Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 1987 — Hoʻolako Kauai Group Gets $45,000 Donation [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hoʻolako Kauai Group Gets $45,000 Donation

Na Holo Kai, an event of the Kauai committee on the Year of the Hawaiian or Ho'olako 1987, was recently given $45,000 for its Aug. 8 sailing eanoe race from Oahu to Kauai. Hemmeter Corp., heaeleel by Chris Hemmeter, made the presentation to Mayor Tony Kunimura at a luau for workers and members of the community on the grounds of the Westin Kauai Hotel currently under eonstruction.

The Hemmeter contribution thus makes the organization the race's major sponsor. Diane J. Plotts, president of Hemmeter Corp., said the company hopes to continue its support if the race is successful. Theodore Blake, race organizer, reported there were 10 definite canoes committed to the race with several other possible entries. The canoes were scheduled to leave Oahu in the pre-dawn hours, finishing at Nawiliwili. Plotts said at the luau that construction of the Westin Kauai is on schedule for its Sept. 19 opening.

Mayor Tony Kunimura thanks Chris Hemmeter, right, and Diane J. Piotts, left, president of Hemmeter Corp., for $45,000 donat!on.