Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 11, 1 November 1999 — Trustee Keale announces retirement; offers Randy Wiehman as replacement [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trustee Keale announces retirement; offers Randy Wiehman as replacement

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Moses Kapalekilahao Keale Sr. formally announced Oct. 20 his retirement, effective Oct. 31, from the OHA Board of Trustees. Trustee Keale, representing Kaua'i and Ni'ihau, was one of the first trustees _ . /~VT T A ' „ 1

ai > Deguining in 1980. "I have tried to serve all beneficiaries faithfully and humbly. Therefore, please accept my request to retire," he wrote in a letter delivered Wednesdav

to OHA Board Chair Rowena Akana. "In all humility," he wrote,

"let me offer these last words of wisdom: In unity there is strength; in harmony there is peaee, and in service there is salvation. Above all, with justice we ean truly achieve a unity of spirit between God, man and the 'āina." The following week, Trustee Keale wrote a letter to all trustees announcing his selection of Randy Brandt Wiehman as interim trustee to represent Kaua'i on the OHA Board. "I believe I have a duty to ensure continuity and appropriate representation from my islands of Ni'ihau and Kaua'i," wrote Trustee Keale. "Therefore, in searching for a replacement it was necessary to eonsider the attributes and character of this person who would fill this honored position as trustee of the Hawaiian people's trust. "With this in mind, I am honored and pleased to ask your kind consideration for my ehoiee of Randy Brandt Wiehman... He has been a small-business owner and operator, See KEALE on page 22

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and his various other activities would bring a rich and perhaps a new awareness to OHA's board," added Trustee Keale. Additionally, Wiehman has worked with muhiple Hawaiian organizations such as the Polvnesian Vovaeine Societv. and is

the current chair of the Rules and Legislative Committee for the Anahola Homesteaders Association. Born in Līhu'e, Kaua'i, Wiehman was educated locally and internationally. Trustee Keale's seat on the Board of Trustees was advertised on Kaua'i and on OHA's main Web page at www.OHA.org, with an application deadline of midnight Oct. 31. OHA trustees will examine all applieations before making a final decision on an interim trustee. A vote of six trustees is required for selection of any interim trustee applicant. OHA trustees have 60 days from Trustee Keale's effective retirement date to make their selection. If no selection is made at the end of 60 days, the decision goes to Governor Cayetano. ■