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Blossom DeSilva, Director <br /> P.O. Box 377272, Ocean View, HI 96737 <br /> Phone: 8o8-640-0447 Email: blosscainidesflyaarA_@ R1JLCXWJ <br /> Director Blossom DeSilva is a Native flawaiian/Filipino born on Maui and raised <br /> on Molokai. She is presently employed with the State of Hawaii, Department of <br /> Education, Migrant Education Program as a recruiter, connecting migrant families who <br /> do farm and orchard work in Ka'u with social and economic services offered through <br /> the local schools. She spent more than 30 year's working in the tourist industry as a <br /> hospitality supervisor at various hotels and at the airport. She is a well-respe,cted <br /> kupuna and is the immediate past-President of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka- 'u where <br /> she now serves as a club advisor. She was also a former director of the Bay Clinic in <br /> Naalelm. Mrs. DeSilva and her husband, James, own their home in Ocean View. <br /> William laukea, Director <br /> P.O,, Box 4722, Hilo, FIT 96721 <br /> Phone, 808-938-8674 Email: <br /> William lauke,a, a full-blood Native Hawaiian born and raised in Puna and Hilo, <br /> is a retired businessman and a Marine veteran of the Vietnam and Desert Storm Wars. <br /> He owned businesses (moving.and construction companies) in North Carolina for more <br /> than 30 years until lie sold them and moved back to Hawai'i Island in the late 199o's. <br /> He is a Ka'u homeowner and currently volunteers his time to work with military <br /> veterans (for more than 14 years) and teaches the art and philosophy of judo to juveniles <br /> and young adults. Coming from a family of ancient Hawaiian healers and having been <br /> trairied by his father and uncle in unrecorded family healing traditions, Mr. Iaukea often <br /> speaks to local and visitor groups about traditional Hawaiian healing practices. <br /> 3 <br /> 10 <br />