Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 9, 1 September 1988 — Editor Haina Resigns His Post [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Editor Haina Resigns His Post

Ka Wai Ola O OHA and the staff of the Office of Hawaiian Affairssalute Editor Kenneth "Kenny" Samuel Kamaka Haina, 63, who has resigned from his position at the helm of the monthly newspaper after more than four years of dedicated work and personal devotion to the paper.

Drawing upon his more than 38 years of experienee as a journalist, Haina developed the OHA newspaper into an information-packed voice of the community that received praise locally as well as nationally. Haina was most proud of having three articles of his read into the Congressional Record by United States Senator Daniel K. lnouye. Haina

was editor and public relations officer of the Hawaii Government Employees Association newspaper for 13 years. He was a sportswriter for the Honolulu Advertiser for many years, and before that he covered sports and general news for the Hilo Tribune Herald (now Hawaii Tribune Herald) in Hilo.

Haina is the new Hawaii State Public Library System information officer. Production of the Ka Wai Ola O OHA will be carried out by Deborah Lee Ward as acting editor. Haina graduated from Kent State University's journalism program in 1950, whieh he attended on the GI bill as the school's first Hawaiian student. He was fond of quoting his instructor's mandate, "Nothing short of right is right," and was known for his high journalism standards and strict adherence to deadlines.

He was proud of his upbringing in the Keaukaha Hawaiian Homesteads, his "aina ho'opulapula." Haina attended St. Mary's Catholic School and graduated from Hilo High Schol in 1944. Haina was a strong proponent of education for Hawaiians, and perpetuation of the Hawaiian language, whieh he spoke fluently. He is also president of the Princess Ka'iulani Hawaiian Civic Club.

His wife is Mary Ku'ulei Haina of Hana, Maui, and their daughter is Kris Ku'ulei Marie Haina, Kamehameha Class of 1989. Haina has three children by a previous marriage, all of whom graduated from Kamehameha Schools: Kim (1974), Kent (1976), and Kye (1978). The twoolder daughters live and work in California. Son Kent is a U.S. Air Force Captain who flies the F-lll as a pilot stationed at the Lakenheath Air Force Base in Lakenheath, England, where he lives with his wife and two young children. -V

Ka Wai Ola O OHA Editor Kenneth "Kenny" S. Haina.