Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 2017 — ‘Aukake| Agust 2017 Vol. 34, No. 8 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

‘Aukake| Agust 2017 Vol. 34, No. 8

MO'OLELO Nlll I g0ver feature Granting change page 16 BY STERLING W0NG The 0HA Board of Trustees approved $6 million in grants over the next two years, $2 million of whieh is dedicated to housing and ineome services.

HO'OKAHIIA WllWil I EGONOMIC SELF-SUFFIGIEHGY

Retired fire captains pay it forward page 6 BY LINDSEY KESEL Four retired fire captains are offering free training at Papakōlea to help potential recruits prepare for the fire department's entrance exam.

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New law relaxes blood quantum requirements H6E 5 BY TREENA SHAPIR0 lf approved by Congress, a new state law will reduce the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' minimum Hawaiian blood quantum

requirement for successors to 1/32.

HE HO'OMiNi'O I IN MEMOHIiM He mana'o, he aloha page 10 BYAAR0N J. SALĀ Hawai'i lost beloved vocalist Edwin Mahi'ai "Mahi" Copp Beamer on July 14.

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Kalama'ula homesteader Kapua Kalama Lauifi -

Photo: īreeno Shapiro

Edwin Mahi'ai "Mahi" Copp Beamer. - Photo: Elaine Pergerstrom