Grants and awards
Advertiser Staff
Women's group officers sworn in
Lei Ahu Isa has been installed as president of the Organization of Chinese American Women, Hawaii Chapter, for 2004. She and her fellow officers were sworn in by attorney Cora Lum. Other new officers are vice president, Kimberly Oliveira; secretary, Jane Pang; and treasurer, Juliette Ling.
Committee chairwomen appointed: auditor, Phyllis Shea; budget and finance, Patricia Lau; communications, Shirley Chung; membership, Sandra Hagen; newsletter, Rena Young Ochse; nominations, Yun Soong Jim; courtesy, Queenie Mow Chee; historian, Vivian Young; parliamentarian, Blossom Tyau; publicity, Gladys Lee.
A highlight of the program was the presentation of a $7,000 check to Leigh-Wai Doo, capital campaign chairman of the Palolo Chinese Home, by outgoing president Diane Wong.
Foundation trustees named
The members of the Hemophilia Foundation of Hawaii Board of Trustees for 2004 are: president, Dean Tamanaha; vice president, Martin Krahner; secretary, Mirella Brooks; treasurer, Michael Moore.
Honorary board member, U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye.
Board members: Janelle Chun, Angela Keen, Myrna Lui, Irene Morrow, Lisa Pepple, Tiiu Talva, Dr. Robert Wilkinson, Dr. Kelley Woodruff, Stanley Yates and Roxanne Young.
Columnist, author honored
Honolulu playwright and newspaper columnist Lee Cataluna and author Stuart Holmes Coleman have been named to receive the 2003 Elliot Cades Awards for Literature, the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council announced recently.
The awards, which come with a substantial cash prize, are awarded annually to established and emerging artists who have made substantial contributions to the cause of literary arts in Hawai'i.
Cataluna, a columnist for The Advertiser and the author of numerous well-received plays in Hawai'i, was named to receive the established-artist award. Judges cited her widely popular plays as well as her newspaper efforts to chronicle the joys and follies of life in Hawai'i in selecting her for the award.
Coleman is the author of the book "Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero," which fuses the biography of one of Hawai'i's most famous surfers with the history of the modern surfing movement. Coleman, winner of the emerging-artist award, has lived in the Islands for 10 years, where he has been able to combine two lifelong passions — writing and surfing.
