2013 HANAPI REUNION - REGISTRATION - OHANA - FRIDAY - 7-19-13

MAHALO A NUI LOA - MONETARY DONATIONS

$100 - $200\

• Carol Kondo
• Mike Hanapi
• Blanche Quintal

Up to $199

• David Estes
• Herbert Estes
• Rose Lee
• Paul Estes
• Nalani Gomez
• Maylei Barros

DIANE HUGHES AND KEALA KAI'S PLACE - REGISTRATION

Wini Abbey Smith and Flynn Wood

This was the first day of arrivals from Kauai, Oahu and the Mainland. What a pleasant surprise to see so many coming to register especially with the new lower prices for the Luau and T-Shirts. Wini Abbey Smith had her work cut out for her but she was up for the challenge. Many prepaid at the higher price for the Luau but not for the T-Shirts so she had to apply the refund to T-Shirts, Refund or Donation. Others did not pay yet so they were a little easier to process. Others came in place of those who prepaid but all in all it worked out. I did my best to support her as much as I could by providing a spreadsheet to work from.

OHANA FROM THE MAINLAND

HERBERT AND CARLA ESTES, ROSE ESTES LEE

Carla and Herbert Estes, Rose Estes Lee

Herbert and Carla hail from Mountain House, CA. Herbert was born and raised on Maui until he was about 12 years old when the family moved to northern CA. Herbert's brother is Donovan Hughes who I knew whenever I visited the Hughes family in Kaimuki on 4th Ave. when my grandmother, Elizabeth Bungo Ewaliko came to see her sister, Lily Bungo Hughes. That's how I got to know the Hughes kids my age. Rose is Herbert's younger sister visiting from Custer, SD so she met the family here for the reunion. It was very nice of them to come to the reunion even though they live far away. Herbert is an artist and donated some paintings as a door prize and gifts.

PAUL AND DAVID ESTES AND FAMILY

Front.- Paul & Darlene, Olivia
Back- Alec, Samuel, Toria, David Estes

Paul Estes and Darlene Morra came from San Anselmo, CA for the reunion. Paul said he spent some time in Hawaii while in the military. You can tell he and Herbert have not lost their Hawaiian roots because he likes to eat all the local food. They go shopping for Hawaiian food in the Bay area of San Francisco. 

Paul's son, David Estes, came with his family from Anderson, WA which is south of Tacoma. David works for the train company that travels from Seattle to Portland. He and Toria raised 3 nice kids who were outgoing and fun to be with. David is the techie that took a video of me giving the presentation at the gravesites in Anahola. We can share the information about those buried so you can get familiar with your Ohana who once lived there.

OHANA FROM OAHU

RICK AND LAURIE APIKI AND FAMILY

Back- Rick, Laurie, Shaun
Front- Chyara, Chloe

Rick and Laurie are from Honolulu. She is the genealogist for the Ahana family. Aunt Mary Ewaliko Ahana was probably the most knowledgeable on the Hanapi Ohana genealogy since her grandmother is Lucy Hanapi Bungo. Laurie concentrates on the documentation supporting the genealogy to confirm the relationships between families. 

It was through Aunt Mary's sketch that we were able to see how Wailuanuimanokalanipo who is Hanapi's wife looked like. Aunt Mary also had the middle name of Wailuanui-a-Hoano-Manokalanipo which impresses upon me how important the Wailua Ahupuaa area is to the Hanapi family.

OHANA FROM KAUAI

WILLIE CARRILLO AND RACHEL HUDDY

Rachel Huddy, Anuhea, Willie Carrillo

Willie grew up in Anahola Village with the Carrillo family, Wong family and my grandmother, Elizabeth Bungo Ewaliko. Willie got a Hawaiian Homes lot and lives in Anahola today for many years. He worked for Coco Palms for many years and today he works at the Wailua River Boat Ride playing music for the tourists. If you should ever visit his place, he keeps the yard in great shape. Today, Willie's family has grown and you will see in the Sunday blog what I mean. He just keeps going. Good to see him becoming active with the Hanapi Ohana. Rachel is his significant other. The Huddy family is huge on Kauai so she's never far away from family.

Looks like I got everyone that came to register and meet the Hanapi Ohana on Friday. My next blog will cover the activities for Saturday as well as who else arrived for the reunion.

2013 HANAPI REUNION - COMMITTEE - FRIDAY - 7-19-13

THE REUNION COMMITTEE

ELIZABETH KIKUCHI, KERI KOBAYASHI, AND KENT KIKUCHI

Dee Slater, Darrell & Dory Farias,
 Eli Kikuchi & Diane Hughes

With humble hearts, we mourn the loss of Elizabeth Ahana Kikuchi and offer our sincerest condolences to her daughter, Keri Kobayashi, and her son, Kent Kikuchi and their families. Without Eli's efforts, I don't think we would have any 2013 Hanapi Reunion on Kauai. Because of her love of family she instilled in us the desire to fulfill the commitment we all made to complete what we set out to do. Each of us on the committee all agree that this is what she would have wanted even though she wouldn't be able to be present. We look forward to seeing Keri and Kent along with their families in joining with the rest of the Hanapi Ohana at future reunions to come.

DIANE HUGHES AND KEALA KAI

Diane Hughes, Wailani Bell

Everybody on the committee had to fill their assignments for the reunion to go smoothly. Diane Hughes and Keala Kai volunteered their home instead of us renting the War Memorial in Lihue. Diane also volunteered to take charge of the food and that was a biggie but she pulled it off just the way she planned it. What a giving spirit for the Hanapi Ohana to have someone like that taking charge of a big responsibility. That one thing of dropping the price of the food to $15 a head instead of the $60 and it even covered the Continental breakfast Saturday morning. That opened up the way for many Ohana who otherwise couldn't afford it to come and join us.

REGISTRATION

Wini Smith, Flynn Wood

Well, the day has arrived where we started the first day for registering for the Luau and T-Shirts. Was that a wake-up call as what had to be done. Wini Abbey Smith did a bang up job to keep track of who paid for what.really made it a challenge was that some paid ahead and some not at all. No one paid for T-Shirts and some didn't order in time so because of time constraints but Wini like a champ took on the challenge and made something look hard into something simple. I was happy to assist wherever possible to help ease the pain.

DORY AND DARRELL FARIAS - NAOMI TABONAR

Dory Farias, Naomi Tabonar

There's always those in the background doing all the tedious jobs arranging, calling, setting up and everything else that needs to be done and that's Dory, Darrell and Naomi. They were the supporting cast that made it all work smoothly so that everybody could have a good time and not miss a beat. Not only the food was excellent but the napkins, drinks, cups, plates and everything else was taken care of. We owe these three our heartfelt thanks because the reunion could be remembered as a memorable one. Dory did the Pule at the Wailua Marina on Satuday to start the events off and Naomi did the Oli of the Wailua area which gave it a personal touch that the Hanapi Ohana has with this Wailuanui-a-Hoano area. Dory and Lani Wong worked on the gravesite markers with the T-Shirt signs so you could find them easily. Dory also did the Pule for the Luau.

CLIFFORD AND LANI WONG - DEE SLATER

Dee Slater, Lani & Clifford Wong

These are the ones who made the leis for you to wear and feel welcomed. They kept looking for T-leaves and afterwards for freezer space to store them once they were ready for the reunion. In addition, the Wongs provided for the stew we ate Friday night to care for the work-a-bees and Ohana from the mainland who arrived to meet us and complete their registration as well as receive their T-Shirts if they ordered them ahead of time. They also helped with the Wailua Continental breakfast and Boat Ride to the Fern Grotto.

KALANI AND DEE SLATER

Kalani & Dee Slater

You can thank Kalani and Dee for taking these pictures for you to enjoy because you can associate names with faces. Who would have known that Kalani would be our in-house photographer. I didn't have to worry about taking pictures because he was on it like an opihi. They also took care of the group at the Wailua Boat Ride and guided them to the Anahola store and then to the Anahola Koolau Huiia Church. Kalani continued to practice his photography skills by taking pictures right up through the Luau and maybe beyond?

FLYNN WOOD AND WINI SMITH

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Finally on Saturday, after Kalani and Dee brought the Ohana from the Wailua Boat Ride to the Anahola Koolau Huiia Church, Flynn presented background information about the five gravesites. This same information is shown on the July 16, 2013 blog. While I was presenting the information about the gravesites, Dave Estes from Seattle was recording a video and brought it with him on Sunday for the viewing pleasure of all the Ohana present at the Sunday Luau. From the gravesites, Flynn led the group down to the Anahola Village where my grandmother, Elizabeth Bungo Ewaliko, the Carrillo Family, and the Wong Family lived together. We then moved on to see the Anahola beach where the Ewaliko families went swimming together. From the gravesites, Wini invited all the Ohana to visit her home in the Anahola Hawaiian Homestead to get to see the beautiful view she has of the Anahola Bay. All enjoyed themselves and were able to share their experiences together.

NEXT BLOG

The next blog will be about those from the Oahu and mainland Ohana who came Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the registration, the Wailua Marina Boat ride, and finally the Luau. You can still order T-Shirts in case you missed out. Please call Diane at 808-651-7830 to order. I would like to invite the Ohana who took pictures to send them to me so we can share to all those who were able to join us and those who were not available to be at the reunion.

A Hui Ho

2013 HANAPI REUNION - ANAHOLA VILLAGE -1 DAY LEFT

I would like to show where the family lived in Anahola Village. I can only account for ELIZABETH BUNGO EWALIKO's (my grandmother) side of the family because my mom, Elizabeth Ewaliko Wood Slater (she was the baby of the family) and my dad, Harry Hikape Ku Wahieloa Kuwehie Wood, brought my older brother, Clinton, and I to visit the family to Anahola from Honolulu for our vacation.

If you look at the map for 4306 Anahola Rd in Anahola Village, you will see the lot that my grandmother, the Carrillo family and the Wong family used to live at. The house was an old house built in two sections, one for the Carrillos and another for the Wongs.

There was no electricity or sewage system. There was an outdoor shower with no hot water and an outhouse to do your business without lights for night usage so you had to take the lamp or flashlight. There were lots of frogs and mosquitoes and chickens like we have today.

ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO

ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO

 In this picture, you can see my grandmother, ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO along with her 4 daughters and moopuna celebrating her 91st birthday in 1973. From left to right standing is Elizabeth Ewaliko Wood Slater (my mom), Kalani Slater (my brother), Mary Ewaliko Ahana, Virginia Ewaliko Carrillo, Flora Wilcox (Aunty Ruth's daughter), Ruth Ewaliko Wilcox Wong Texeira, Wilma Carrillo Farias Meyer, Darrell Carrillo Farias and the rest of the moopuna I'm not sure of. My grandmother has two older sons, Bernard Smith from Oahu and John Ewaliko who was in the mainland. My grandmother lived to the ripe old age of 92.

UNCLE BERNARD SMITH

UNCLE BERNARD SMITH, FLYNN

This is UNCLE BERNARD SMITH who is the oldest of all the siblings from ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO. He was one of my favorite uncles. He would come by our house in Kakaako to visit with my family and I would call my Mom and say that a Haole man was at the front door. I soon found out he was my mother's older brother. He owned property in Waikiki and sold it to a large company who put up a hotel/condominium and negotiated a penthouse at the top for him as one of his perks. He retired at Amfac, Inc which used to be one of the Big Five corporations in Hawaii. This picture was taken while I was living in Lakewood, CA and shortly thereafter I got a job working at Amfac with their very first computer.

UNCLE JOHN EWALIKO

UNCLE JOHN EWALIKO is the oldest sibling from ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO with GEORGE EWALIKO from Hilo, Hawaii. We don't really know too much about him except that he left Hawaii as a young man and was in the merchant marine for many years. My mom said that one day he showed up and taught his sisters a song about Anahola that he wrote and wanted them to sing it while he was gone to remember him by. Last week, I asked Willie Carrillo if he heard the song sung by the singing Anahola sisters and he said he did. So Willie is supposed to write the song down for the rest of us so we can all sing at the reunion. Hopefully, we can remember the tune to go with the words.

AUNTY RUTH (LUKA) EWALIKO WILCOX WONG TEXEIRA

Wong Family

Those representing the WONG family are from left to right - Solomon, Joe, Clifford, Ruth, and Annie with AUNTY LUKA in the front middle. They grew up in Anahola Village and when my brother and I came to visit we had a ball together. Later, I met Solomon in Los Angeles about 1960 by accident when I was walking to my favorite restaurant called Aloha Saimin. This was the day before he was getting married to Maria, his first wife. Clifford cared for his mother before she passed away so now his lives in his mom's home in Anahola.

AUNTY VIRGINIA EWALIKO CARRILLO

Carrillo Famil

Those representing the CARRILLO family are from left to right - starting with the 6th one in the back row is Willie, Wilma, Rafflie, and Luana. Like the Wong family they too grew up in Anahola Village. I also got to know them whenever I came for a visit to Anahola. I guess it was important to the Anahola sisters that their kids would know their first cousins and remain friends always. Although Wilma and Luana are gone, Willie and Raffie still remain friends and I look forward to spending some time catching up with their family. As soon as I can get some better pictures, I will replace this one.

AUNTY MARY EWALIKO AHANA

Ahana Family

Those representing the AHANA family are from left to right - Janice, Joyce, Eli (turned around), and Carol on the far right. The four girls were raised in Lihue but I always remembered them because Aunty Mary made sure all the cousins got together with them. Recently, we lost Eli suddenly which left a huge void in organizing for the 2013 Hanapi Reunion. The only one remaining is Carol. Except for Eli I haven't seen them lately with the exception of Carol. I know we will see them in the future. Aunty Mary and Uncle Ahsau Ahana were one of my favorite Aunty and Uncle. I will replace this picture as soon as I get a better one.

ELIZABETH EWALIKO WOOD SLATER

Wood Family

I left my mom for last because she was the baby of the family. She met my dad and moved to Honolulu where my brother and I were born and raised in Kakaako. As I've been mentioning, my brother and I were close to our cousins living in Anahola because the Anahola sisters made sure of that. As you can see, my brother, Clinton, and I went to Kamehameha when they had ROTC. My brother passed away 1992 while my mother passed away 2003. I moved to Anahola in 2003.

ANAHOLA BEACH

Ahana, Wood, Carrillo Kids

If you go to the map of Anahola Beach, you will see why we kids couldn't get enough of it. What a scraggly bunch wouldn't you say? This is where I learned how to body surf. We ate breakfast, went to the beach, had lunch, went to the beach, had supper, and went to the beach. By the time I went back to Honolulu, I was pitch black from all that sun. From all those happy memories, my wife and I decided to move to Anahola to retire after the opportunity presented itself when I came home for my Mom's funeral and here we are today. From left to right - Janice, Joyce, Flynn, Clinton, Willie, Raffie, Carol (far right), front row - Eli (turned around), Wilma and Luana.

Well, that's about it for now. We'll start in on the 2013 Hanapi Reunion next.

A Hui Hou

2013 HANAPI REUNION - UPDATE - REGISTRATION - 3 DAYS LEFT

The new prices are being posted to allow any last minute holdovers that might want to reconsider to join us for the 2013 Hanapi Reunion this weekend. These new prices will take care of the Luau and the Continental Breakfast on Saturday morning at the Wailua Marina Boat Ride.

REGISTRATION (NEW PRICES)

HANAPI REUNION 2013

July 19,20,21, 2013

Lihue, Kauai

C/O The Hughes

39 Niolopa Place

Honolulu, Hawaii  96817

hanapiohana@hawaii.rr.com  (808) 595-8899

HEADCOUNT

Name: _________________________________     Spouse: _____________________________________

Name and ages of those in attendance with you: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________ Cell Phone: __________________________________

Email address: __________________________________________________

YES _________ I/We are planning to attend the family reunion.

_________ (number of adults) @ $15 per person                               $______________________

_________ (number of children 10 to 6 yrs)

 @ $10 per child                 $______________________

_______I/We would like to make a monetary donation                         $______________________

                                                TOTAL PAYMENT                        $================

(please make check payable to:  Hanapi Ohana)

YES ______I/we are interested in the Optional Tours

_________ (number of adults)        _________ (number of children 12 yrs and under)

Please complete and mail to the above address.  Also, please forward to your family members (sons, daughters, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, etc.).  We still do not have everyone’s addresses/email addresses.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above address/email address/phone number.

EXCESS FUNDS ALREADY PAID

 

As you can see, the cost for Adults is $15 per person and for children between 10 to 6 it will be for $10.00 while children  between 5 and under will be FREE! These prices are effective immediately!

If you paid more than these prices, you may donate the balance or apply the balance to others in your family who couldn't make it to the reunion because of the prices or apply the balance to the T-shirts or any of the foregoing combinations.

You can take care of the registration by filling this form this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday at Diane's house.

A Hui Hou

2013 HANAPI REUNION - ANAHOLA - 3 DAYS LEFT

The days are winding down to 3 days left before the reunion starts. We, on our end are finalizing the applications, food arrangements, blogs, etc. So I thought it's time to showcase Anahola if you are inclined to visit where our ancestors settled from Molokai.

KOOLAU HUIIA ANAHOLA CHURCH

Koolau Huiia Anahola Church

This is the church that Rev. Robert Puuki Hanapi started when he and his brother Rev. George Puuloa Hanapi were assigned after graduation on Maui from the Chief's school at Lahaina. They were both raised on Molokai and Maui. After graduation, the missionaries announced that they needed volunteer ministers to go to Kauai and preach the gospel. The two brothers volunteered. If you go to the link for the KOOLAU HUIIA ANAHOLA CHURCH, you'll see the location on the map.

WAIOLI CHURCH IN HANALEI

Waiohi Hanalei Church

This is the other church Rev. Robert Puuki Hanapi started which is in Hanalei. You can see the location for the WAIOLI CHURCH which is just past the Chings Young Village Shopping Center within the next two blocks along the mauka side of Kuhio Hwy on the way to Haena.

GRAVESITES IN ANAHOLA

When you visit the five gravesites at the Koolau Huiia church in Anahola there will be markers with a picture of the Hanapi T-shirts indicating the location of these graves. The following graves will be marked:

Rev. Robert Puuki Hanapi

REV. ROBERT PUUKI HANAPI

It was said that when Rev. Puuki Hanapi was a minister at Waioli Church in Hanalei, Kauai, he also went to Kalalau Valley on Kauai to preach to the Hawaiians living there. (These Hawaiians were smaller in stature compared to other Hawaiians and they lived off the land, eating taro, potato, breadfruits, wild fruits, and fish from the ocean and streams.) The only way to get to Kalalau Valley was via the surrounding ocean by row boat.

ARAI BUNGO (BUNKICHI MURATA)

Arai Bungo Gravesite

As of yet, we do not have a picture of Arai Bungo. He arrived in 1868 on the very first ship from Japan along with 168 Japanese immigrants. He was a Samurai under the Meiji government which was being replaced by the Shogun.government. Aunty Babes Reid who I met while I was living in Los Angeles told me she was raised by Lucy and Bungo while growing up. She said he spoke Japanese, Hawaiian and Emglish. He was used as a translator in court whenever they needed someone to translate. While working for the plantation at Hanamaulu, he worked his way up to a Luna (Supervisor). After working for the plantation, he became a cook with his own restaurant and ended up as a cook for the Rice family in Nawiliwili.


RUTH (LUKA) EWALIKO WILCOX WONG TEXEIRA

Aunty Luka was the oldest of the Anahola sisters. She married three times. Her first husband was Robert Wilcox and she had Flora as her firstborn. Her second husband was Michael Wong from whom she gave birth to Annie, Solomon, Clifford, Joe, and Ruth. Luka loved to sing and play her wash tub bass (Clifford still has her wash tub bass) with all her sisters who I call the Anahola singing sisters of Luka, Virginia, Mary and Elizabeth (my mother). After Michael Wong passed away, she married Joaquin Texeira but had to no children with him. She grew up in Anahola Village and raised up her family there and later moved to a Hawaiian Homes house in Anahola where Clifford now lives.

MICHAEL WONG

I don't remember Uncle Michael too much because he died at a young age of 40 years old. He was a good cook, carpenter and provider. Clifford was about 8 years old when he passed away. As mentioned above, he had 5 children with Aunty Luka. They are Annie, Solomon, Clifford, Joe and Ruth.

WILMA CARRILLO FARIAS MEYER

Cousin Wilma was the 3rd child of Aunty Virginia Ewaliko Carrillo and was raised in Anahola Village before moving to Hawaiian Homes in Anahola. With her first husband, Stanley Farias, she had Stanley, Jr., Darrell, Frederick and Anthony. She had two children from William Kaleleiki who are Glenn and Virginia. With her second husband, Arthur Meyer, she had Wilma. When we moved back from Seattle she had a little get together for my wife and I. I still remember the times when my parents would bring us to visit our family in Anahola. So nice to see them all grown up with their own kids and family.

Well, that covers the gravesites you will visit this coming weekend. I hope it was informative so when you visit the gravesites you'll know a little more about them.

My next blog will cover Anahola Village and the families who lived and currently live there.

A Hui Hou

2013 HANAPI REUNION - WAILUA - 5 DAYS LEFT

WAILUA MARINA BOAT RIDE

I thought I'd include some additional information about Wailua especially for those interested in the Wailua Marina Boat Ride. Good thing I checked because there's still time to Book Online and SAVE. It appears you get $2.00 off for adults and $1.00 off for children.

With the previous Blog about the Wailua Complex, you can probably get more out of the boat trip and note other interesting features of the journey. One of our cousins, Willie Carillo, plays music on one of the Boat Tours. He'll be attending the reunion also.

I also heard that the Fern Grotto tour was discontinued because it is no longer safe to walk onsite so the State of Hawaii shut it down. The Boat Tour will take you up to the Fern Grotto but you won't be able to disembark for the tour of the Fern Grotto.

WAILUA KAI (BEACH)

Here's a map of LYDGATE STATE PARK which is directly across Kuhio Hwy from the WAILUA MARINA BOAT RIDE. You can take your family and go swimming there where two stone-walled ocean pools provide safe areas for swimming.

You can see two cultural sites there. The Hauloa South bank of Wailua rivermouth which likely included a pu‘uhonua (place of refuge) as well as Hikina-a-ka-lā part of Hauloa. You just might see the Na Ki‘i Pōhaku (Petroglyphs) South bank of Wailua rivermouth which is sometimes covered with sand.

Well, I'll share the Anahola story for the next Blog.

Enjoy!!

2013 HANAPI REUNION - UPDATE - 1 WEEK TO GO

Yesterday, was the memorial for Cousin Eli Kikuchi in Lihue and there were a lot of relatives, classmates and friends. She was much loved by many people who will miss her many talents from high school thru college thru her adult life.

Well, we're getting down to the last week before the reunion and everything is coming together. The last minute registrations are floating in so that Diane Hughes can have a better idea how much we need to prepare for.

After Cousin Eli's passing, her daughter, Keri Kobayashi, mentioned that her grandmother's (Mary Ewaliko Ahana) middle name was Wailuanui-a-Hoano-Manokalanipo. Wailuanui-a-Hoano is the area of Wailua from the beach at the river mouth to about 1.5 miles inland.

Hoano is the name of the kapu high chief back in the 14th century and Manokalanipo is another famous high chief back in the 1400's. When you combine this knowledge with Hanapi wife's name, Wailuanui-Manokalanipo, you can see the special significance the Hanapi Ohana has with the Wailua Ahupuaa.

If you go to the link for Wailua-a-Hoano-Manokalanipo you will see a description of the whole area of Wailua to give you an idea what it was like to live there. The following Wailua Complex map will help you to visualize where all these places are located.

WAILUA COMPLEX MAP

So you can see the significance of the Wailua area is to the Hanapi Ohana.

The next blog will show the area of Anahola where the Hanapi Ohana settled after moving from the island of Molokai.

2013 HANAPI REUNION UPDATE

The Reunion Committee met this past Sunday and came up with an update for the reunion. It's been about a week since Cousin Eli passed away. We've had to make adjustments to the schedule but before I get into that we would like to share the arrangements for Cousin Eli.

Cousin Eli, her daughter, Keri Kobayashi and her son, Kent Kikuchi were an important part of the reunion committee so we made some adjustments to the reunion itinerary. Please note the location for the registration has been changed to Diane Hughes' home in Kapaa instead of Cousin Eli's home in Lihue.

The other change is that we no longer will be meeting at Wailua beach but instead will be meeting at the Wailua Marina in Wailua. Please follow the map for Diane's place and see the map for the Wailua Marina.

HANAPI OHANA REUNION REVISION

HANAPI ‘OHANA REUNION

JULY 19, 20, 21, 2013

UPDATED REUNION ITINERARY (July 9, 2013)

July 19 (Friday):           5:00-8:00 pm               Registration / Tee Shirt Distribution / Light Snack      

                                                                        Location:  Diane Hughes’ home

                                                                                           4925 Pelehu Road,  Kapaa

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Diane:  808-651-7830

                                                                                                                        Flynn:   808-652-6126

July 20 (Saturday):       7:30 am                       Continental Breakfast

                                                                        Location:  Wailua Marina, Wailua

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Diane:  808-651-7830

                                                                                                                        Flynn:   808-652-6126

                                    9:30 am                       Wailua River Boat Ride to Fern Grotto

                                                                        Location:  Wailua Marina, Wailua

                                    11:00 am                     Anahola Town (Tour departs from the Wailua

                                                                        Marina after the Boat Ride)

July 21 (Sunday):         11:30 am                     Luau

                                                                        Location:  Diane Hughes’ home

                                                                                           4925 Pelehu Road,  Kapaa

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Diane:  808-651-7830

                                                                                                                        Flynn:   808-652-6126

***If you are planning to attend only one or selected events, and need information and directions to the event(s), contact:           Flynn:  fhwood@gmail.com

2013 Hanapi Ohana Reunion Shirt

Well, it looks like the deadline for the Hanapi Ohana Reunion Shirts crept up on us so quickly. Today, is the deadline to order your shirts. Send your orders to Chester Hughes or call Diane Hughes at the phone number below. Here is what was sent out if  you didn't get the word yet.

Please give a big mahalo to Herbert Estes designing the back of the shirt and Keala Kai who is Diane Hughes' significant other. Kudos to both of them for their artistic talents and their love shown for the Hanapi Ohana.

Men's - small thru XL $15.00 / 2X - $16.00
Women - small thru XL $15.00 / 2X $16.00
Youth - small thru XL $15.00
The brand is Gildan.  If you have any questions please let me know.
Mahalo
Diane 808-651-7830

SHIRT BACK

SHIRT - FRONT

3rd Hanapi Reunion Committee Meeting Highlights

 

Dee Slater, Darrel/Dory Farias, Eli Kikuchi, Diane Hughes

We had our meeting at cousin Eli's home in Lihue about 4:30 pm this past Sunday on 6/23/13. This is where the registration will take place Friday, July 19, 2013. We're seeking ways to modify our plans to keep our costs low so that as many of the Ohana can come to the Hanapi reunion.

Diane Hughes, Wini Smith, Lani/Clifford Wong

We also would like as many on Kauai island to come and take part in the festivities so that they can also meet those coming from the other islands as well as the mainland.

Lani/Cliffor Wong, Kalani/Dee Slater

Clifford Wong, Kalani/Dee Slater

We plan on providing information about Kauai, the locations where the activities will be and how you can get there. You'll also be able to visit areas where our Kupuna are buried and where they lived.

 Many of us still live in Anahola where they settled after moving from Molokai. Aunty Mary Ahana's story of how Rev. Robert Puuki Hanapi and Rev. George Puuloa Hanapi came to Kauai after graduating from the Chief's School at Lahainaluna on Maui.

2013 Hanapi Reunion Committee has finalized the final Agenda.

HANAPI ‘OHANA REUNION

JULY 19, 20, 21, 2013

UPDATED REUNION ITINERARY (June 24, 2013)

July 19 (Friday):           5:00-8:00 pm               Registration / Tee Shirt Distribution / Light Snack      

                                                                        Location:  Cousin Eli Kikuchi’s home

                                                                                          4259 Puaole St., Lihue

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Flynn:   808-652-6126

                                                                                                                        Eli:       808-652-3362

July 20 (Saturday):       5:45 am                       Sunrise Celebration / Heiau Visitation

                                                                        Location:  Lydgate Park, Wailua

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Flynn:   808-652-6126

                                                                                                                        Eli:       808-652-3362

                                                                        *For the events below, call Flynn or Eli

                                    7:30 am                       Continental Breakfast

                                                                        Location:  Wailua Marina, Wailua

                                    9:30 am                       Wailua River Boat Ride to Fern Grotto

                                                                        Location:  Wailua Marina, Wailua

                                    11:00 am                     Anahola Town (Tour departs from the Wailua

                                                                        Marina after the Boat Ride)

July 21 (Sunday):         11:30 am                     Luau

                                                                        Location:  Diane Hughes’ home

                                                                                           4925 Pelehu Road,  Kapaa

                                                                        Contact for directions/info     Diane:  808-651-7830

                                                                                                                        Flynn:   808-652-6126

***If you are planning to attend only one or selected events, and need information and directions to the event(s), contact:           Flynn:  fhwood@gmail.com

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