Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2012 — Aloha, Trustee Donald Cataluna [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Aloha, Trustee Donald Cataluna

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t is with great trepidation that I bid a fond Aloha to mv

friend and fellow trustee Donald Cataluna, who has been a strong voice

for his beneficiaries on the islands of Kauai and Niihau for many years. Don is known for his passion for protecting native rights and his deep compassion for our beneficiaries in need. He is credited with stopping NASA from construct-

ing a massive building alongside their telescopes on sacred Mauna Kea and saving the Salt Ponds in Līhue as well as many other projects. Don has been a true leader whose main focus has been to protect our trust assets while working tirelessly in our beneficiaries' best interest. I will miss him. OHA Election My congratulations go out to Dan

Ahuna, our newly elected trustee for the islands of Kaua'i and

Ni'ihau and to Maui Trustee Carmen "Hulu" Lindsey, Hawaii Island Trustee Robert K. Lindsey Jr., and Molokai and Lanai Trustee Colette Machado, on their re-election. I look forward to working with all of them over the next two years to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians. I am always optimistic about the future. With the election of two new trustees, Dan Ahuna

and Hulu Lindsey to the OHA board, I am hopeful that our board will look to the future and not the past. I will be progressive in their future decision making. Have a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ■

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