Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 4, 1 April 1990 — Kris Haina wins civic club scholarship [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kris Haina wins civic club scholarship

The Princess Ka'iulani Hawaiian Civic Club recently installed new officers and announced its first scholarship recipient for the 1990-91 academie year, Kris Mane Kuulei Haina, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Kenneth S. Haina of Honolulu. A 1989 graduate of the Kamehameha Schools and a participating member of the first 'Aha Opio O OHA in 1988, the 18-year-old native Hawaiian is currently a freshman at the University of Redlands in California. The award is for $500. In a solemncandlelightceremony on Feb. 11 the following officers were installed by Melvin Kauila Clark. first vice-president of the O'ahu District Council, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs: Gladys E. Rodenhurst, president; Tane Wailehua, vice president; Walter V. Rodenhurst III, secretary: Merlyn Akuna, treasurer; Mary Kuulei Haina, historian; Tiona Wailehua,chaplain; and Sonny Perreira, sergeant-at-arms.

Directors are Dorothy Gillett, Mahina Perreira, Clarence Sardinha and Carol M. Anzai. The immediate past president is Rona Rodenhurst, who was founding president of the club when it was chartemd in 1978. The club's scholarship fund began modestly and was built for three years, this is the first award made. The award is a first for Miss Haina from an Hawaiian Civic Club or any Hawaiian organization. Her parents became members of Princess Ka'iulani a few months after it was chartered. Miss Haina is the youngest of the family's four children to graduate from Kamehameha. Preceding her were sisters Kim ( 1974) and Kye ( 1978) and brother Kent (1976). Kim is a physical therapist in Newport Beach, Calif.; Kye is a school teacherin Orange County, Calif. and Kent, a former Air Force fighter pilot, is now a DC-10 pilot with American Airlines.

Kris Haina