[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 334]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING THE KO`OLAUPOKO HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB ON ITS 75TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. MAZIE K. HIRONO

                               of hawaii

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 25, 2012

  Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Ko`olaupoko 
Hawaiian Civic Club on the 75th anniversary of its founding and to 
recognize its impressive contributions to the preservation and 
perpetuation of Native Hawaiian culture. Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic 
Club has a distinguished record of service to the ahupua`a of Kane`ohe, 
Heaeia, Kahalu`u, Waihe`e, Ka`alaea, Waihole, Waikane, Hakipu`u, and 
Kualoa on the windward side of the island of O`ahu. The civic club, 
along with community and other local partners in Hawaii, has planned a 
year-long celebration featuring the musical, natural, and cultural 
heritage of O`ahu's windward coast.
  Our civic clubs have played an important role in the history of 
Hawaii, dating back to the first Hawaiian civic club founded in 1918 by 
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanian`ole. He was a stalwart figure in Hawaiian 
history, a tireless advocate for the Hawaiian people and served in this 
very chamber as Hawaii's delegate to Congress from 1902 to 1922. 
Carrying on Prince Kuhio's legacy and strong belief in civic duty and 
grassroots activism, more than sixty Hawaiian civic clubs have been 
established in Hawaii and the continental United States. These clubs 
proudly keep Hawaiian traditions, language, and culture alive and work 
to improve the conditions of the Native Hawaiian people and our island 
communities.
  Founded by community leaders George Ke`ehukulani Cypher, Johnny 
Townsend, Isaac Kanakanui, and Solomon Halualani, as well as renowned 
hula master Kau`i Zuttermeister and Honolulu City Planner George 
Houghtailing, the Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, has taken its core 
value of malama--or to take care--to heart. Through its efforts to 
maintain ancient heiau (sacred Hawaiian religious sites), restore 
threatened wetlands, provide annual scholarships for Native Hawaiian 
students, and many other initiatives, the Ko`olaupoko Civic Club 
continues to support the culture and heritage of Native Hawaiians. It's 
only fitting that the club was awarded the Prince Jonah Kuhio 
Kalanian`ole Award as the ``most outstanding Hawaiian Civic Club'' at 
the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs' 2011 Convention.
  Congratulations to the members of the Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club 
for all their accomplishments, their dedication to the betterment of 
our community and continuing the civic clubs' heritage of service.
  Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much).

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