HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0021.149 - Testimony - CA-7 - PONC fund and Maintenance fundHezekiah Keohuloa-Aldaya
8th grade student
Volcano school of art and science
Volcano, Hawaii 96785
February 5, 2019
Charter commission
Hilo,
Hawaii 96720
Regarding : 2 percent land program
Aloha Charter Commission,
My name is Hezekiah Keohuloa-Aldaya, my parents are Sarai Keohuloa
and Ezra Keohuloa and I live in Kau/Pahala. I am a student of Volcano
School of Arts and Sciences and I am happy that we get to go to Kawa. I've
been going to Kawa for over two years now and I like helping Uncle Duane,
Kumu James Akau, Uncle Kaui Felder, Aunty Clarissa Pua. Me and my
class Malama the Aina at Kawa and we water plants, move rocks, planting
plants, and more. Last year, Kawa got destroyed by high surf so my and
my class went to Kawa and fixed it up.
Kawa is really beautiful and it has a lot of native plants and animals. I really
love going to Kawa and helping Na Mamo 0 Kawa restore the place to
what it used to be back then. I went to Kawa when I was a little kid and
used to go fishing. Kawa was one of the first beaches that I always go to
when I want to bodyboard. The people on the mainland and the people
from the Hawaiian island can have a good time at Kawa.
Comm. No. 21.149
Kawa is important to me and everyone that uses it because it is a pretty
nice place to be. Kawa is a special place because you will not find a place
like Kawa elsewhere. Kawa is a place where you can go fishing,
bodyboarding, swimming. Kawa is beautiful and makes me feel good in
side. Kawa is not the place that can be replace from a rich person. Kawa
is not the place that can be prevented or you don't have to pay for going in
side there.
Mahalo,
Hezekiah Keohuloa-Aldaya