Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 8, 1 August 2014 — Kauaʻi Museum presents the 2014 Living Treasures [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kauaʻi Museum presents the 2014 Living Treasures

Contributed by the Kaua'i Museum Since 1988, the trustees of the Kaua'i Museum have acknowledged special people for their contributions to culture, education and the welfare of the people and communities of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau. Join the museum in celebration on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Kaua'i Beach Resort's Jasmine Ballroom. No host cocktails at 11 a.m. with luneh and awards ceremony to follow. Tickets are $50 and are available at the museum gift shop or by calling (808) 245-6931.

LINDSAY A. FAYE JR.

Preser\'ing Kaua 'i's Sugar Heritage With a 30-year career in Amfac, the last 14 as manager at Llhu'e and Kekaha sugar plantations, Faye's accomplishments were many, but

providing affordable homeownership and rentals for plantation employees and retirees at Kekaha ranks most important. Retired, he shares his knowledge of an industry that shaped the island's history and culture significantly and has been

a resource for 19 years as a board member for Grove Farm museum, where he fostered expansion of its railroad expansion program.

DENNIS FUJIMOTO

Exceīīence in Photo Journaīism Pinning down photojournalist Dennis Fujimoto to receive recognition for what he considers to be "just doing my job" is difficult. Integral to news reporting on Kaua'i for two decades, Fujimoto covers news stories with camera and notebook. It was a fateful day when he begged

his father for a camera he saw in the window of a store as a kid. Soon more than a hobby, it was no surprise that he was the go-to kid when the The Garden lsland newspaper needed someone to cover Sunday Pop Warner games while only in fifth grade.

JAY FURFARO

Preser\>ing Aīoha in the Visitor Industry and Government After a 40-year career in the visitor industry, Jay Furfaro saw the need for an appreciation his-

tory and culture for the places the industry works in by developing the "Project Punahele" manual and a program for application of Hawaiian values. A monthly tour of the restored Historic County Building is his latest endeavor in sharing his pas-

sion for history. He has a long list of puhlie service and volunteerism to his credit including his present role as County Council chairman, where his deep understanding of Hawaiian values comes in to play daily.

NORMAN AND MABEL HASHISAKA

Excellence in Business with Aloha Mahel and Norman Hashisaka embody the concept teamwork and making the most of their potential. Not only did they work together in a family business begun by Mabel's

father, they also worked within a partnership of family businesses that bonded together to create a successful islandwide ehain of Big Save stores and businesses. The introduction of a simple eookie into the Waimea Big Save Snack Shop turned into the popular Kaua'i Kookie that gained international fame as one of the first goods marketed as a "Kaua'i Product."

BEVERLY APANA MURAOKA

Perpetuation of Hawaiian Music and Dance An entertainer to the core. There is the light-hearted, audience-pleas-ing Hawaiian musical performer of more than 50 years and then there is the serious kumu hula, teacher of wāhine in the venerable art of SEE KAUA'I MUSEUM ON PAGE 31

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Continued from page 17 hula. "Aunty Bev" embraces both with skill and aloha. Her hula lineage is traced to a great-grandmother, a court dancer for King Kalākaua. In 2013, her hālau, Healani's Hula Hālau and Music Academy, was invited to perform at the 50th Merrie Monarch Festival. whieh she did in honor of her late sister Lovey. MARINA PASCUA Exceīīence in Community Service Marina Pascua gained a passion for sharing the aloha spirit from her plantation roots and career in the visitor industry. The proof is the many lifelong friends she made. When she volunteers in countless clubs, service organizations, at her church and as a greeter at the Kaua'i Museum, she brings her passion for engaging in people with aloha. When she volunteers, she gives her all. Pascua also excels at making ribbon and flower lei and studies the art of Japanese flower arranging. These she shares through exhibits and teaching at the county fair and other venues. FRANK AND ABBEY SANTOS Excellence in Business Leadership and Community Service Learning from their elders, Abbey and Frank Santos eaeh grew up learning about and appreciating nature. Through Frank, a Kaua'i native, Abbey learned to treasure his island home in deep and meaningful ways not only through their landscaping business but through the perpetuation of Hawaiian salt making that has been handed down in his family for generations. Through their business, Nō Ka 'Oi Landscaping, they have

been leaders in community service, including Hanapēpē Bougainvillea and the Knudsen Gap Tree īunnel elean-up projects. MARY THRONAS Excellence in Government Service Strength and resilience are the fabric of Mary Thronas' chosen career paths. She learned about both in training as a stewardess with an overnight dunk in a life vest! She entered the political fray of the early statehood years as a Democratic convention delegate in 1962. Thronas was appointed in the later years of the John Burns administration as governor's liaison for Kaua'i, and she remained in the office under Govs. George Ariyoshi and John Waihe'e. In this way, see championed concerns of the people of Kaua'i, not just the businesses but the everyday people. ED KENNEY Excellence as a Performing Artist Spending summers with his grandmother in Anahola, Ed Kenney grew up surrounded by the Hawaiian culture. He fell in love with his island home and its music, both new and old. Music and acting heeame muses for the young singer and in 1950 he won a Rodgers and Hammerstein scholarship, whieh allowed him to appear in the Broadway production of Shangri La. Other productions followed giving him the opportunity to heeome one of the most successful singers and actors from Hawai'i. He missed the islands and return to Hawai'i as a headliner in Waiklkl. Now retired, Kenney has made his home in Anahola again, life at full circle. This is the first time the museum honors someone who made an impact on all of Hawai'i and spent most of his life away from his spiritual home of Kaua'i. ■

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