Updated at 11:18 a.m., Tuesday, March 20, 2007
State flags flying at half-staff for Kaulukukui, Aduja
Advertiser Staff
State flags are flying at half-staff today and Thursday to honor two former state elected officials who died recently.Gov. Linda Lingle has ordered state flags at state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff today in honor of former Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr., who died on March 9. Kaulukukui served on the OHA board from 1980-1994. He also was a legendary multisport athlete — the first University of Hawai'i football player to earn All-America honors.
On Thursday, state flags will be at half-staff in honor of former state Rep. Peter Aduja, who died on Feb. 19. Aduja, a native of Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines, became the first Filipino in Hawai'i to be elected to the Territorial House of Representatives. He represented Hilo as a Republican for one two-year term.
The half-staff flag will be displayed from sunrise to sundown on the respective day of interment for Kaulukukui and Aduja.
