Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2002 — Museum board [ARTICLE]

Museum board

Bishop Museum, the memorial to Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop established in 1889, has named its 2000 officers and board members, Officers are Chairman Mark Polivka, Monarch īnsurance president; Vice Chair Bert a, Kobayashi, Kobayashi Development Group; Vice Chair Donald Horner, First Hawaiian Bank vice chair; Secretary Jennifer Goto Sabas, chief of staff to Sen, Daniel Akaka, Two new board members are See NEWSBRIEFS on page 14

NEWSBRIEFS from page 3 Haunani Apoliona, OHA trustee; and Robert Morgado, maroley Media Group. Those renewing their terms as board members are Dr. Isabelle Aiona Abbott, University of Hawai]i at Mānoa Wilder Professor of Botany; Dr. Edison Miyawaki, Family Heahh īne. president and CEO; and Russell Okata, HGEA executive director. Members at-large of the executive committee are Jean Ariyoshi, Kenneth F. Brown, Richard Dahl, W. Allen Doane and David C. Hulihe'e. Bishop Museum president, director and CEO is Dr. William Brown. For information on museum activities, events and programs, eall 848-4160, or visit online at www.bishopmuseum.org. Health Screening The Hawai'i Breast and Cervical

Cancer Control Program is offering a free heahh screening for women at the St. Francis Medical Center and Hawai'i Women's Healthcare. The screening includes a mammogram, breast exam, pelvic exam, and pap smear — a package normally costing $250 — at no cost for women who are 50-64 years old, uninsured or underinsured, and who meet certain ineome qualifying guidelines. For more information and to see if you qualify for the free heahh screening, please contact the St. Francis Medical Center Screening and Education Program at 5476798. Waihe'e School Waihe'e Elementary School received a Christmas present: $35,000 worth of new computer equipment. The donation was made on Dec. 19 by Maui-based developer Dowling Company after school

officials told its president Everett Dowling of the students' need for new equipment. "This generous gift is very meaningful to our students and teachers," said Principal Larry Joyo. "We are so grateful to have finally found the resources to help better develop and educate our students in computer literacy." Waihe'e Elementary School serves a diverse student population from North Maui, with over 45 percent being of them of Hawaiian ancestry. Dowling Company built the second phase of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Wai'ehu Kou 2 project, where some of the schools' children live. The eompany's developments also include Maui's only privately developed public school, Kamali'i Elementary School, One Palaue'a Bay, and the Kulamalu project, whieh includes the Maui campus of the Kamehameha Schools. ■