Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2010 — OHA's Lānaʻi office reopens [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA's Lānaʻi office reopens

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs held a blessing and open house on Oct. 29 for OHA's Lāna'i office, letting everyone know that

I the office

has

I reopened since the passing of Pearl Ah Ho, OHA Community Outreach Coordinator, in July. Colette Machado,

OHA Trustee for Moloka'i and Lāna'i attended

the blessing, along with OHA Community Outreach Manager Dirk Soma, and OHA's Community Outreach Coordinator on Moloka'i, Irene Kaahanui, who helped serve Lāna'i beneficiaries during the interim. Also attending was OHA's new Community Outreach Coordinator on Lāna'i, Leinani

Zablan. "I just want to let beneficiaries know that I'm here and I really need the community's help and I'll help them with anything they need," said Zablan, a

daughter of Miehele and Kimo Zablan. Zablan, 20, graduated from Lāna'i High School and spent the last two years working and attending Honolulu Communitv Colleae. She

is continuing her studies on Lāna'i through distance-learning classes at HCC and Maui College. Since starting with OHA in October, Zablan said she has fielded questions on OHA's

Strategic Plan, loans and Hawaiian Registry. The Lāna'i office is open from noon to 4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Zablan may be reached at 808-565-7930 orleinaniz@oha.org. ■

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Leinani Zablan