Updated at 8:18 a.m., Thursday, March 29, 2007
State flags at half-staff today in honor of late legislator
Advertiser Staff
State flags will fly at half-staff today in honor of former Rep. Peter Aduja, who died on Feb. 19, and tomorrow to honor singer and Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Linda Dela Cruz, who died on March 15.Gov. Linda Lingle ordered state flags at state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset.
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, where he represented Hilo as a Republican for one two-year term. Funeral services for Aduja will be held today on O'ahu.
Dela Cruz was first elected as a trustee in 2000 and was serving a second term that would have expired in 2008. A memorial service is scheduled for this evening in Hilo, with burial services to follow tomorrow.
She was best known as a falsetto singer, nicknamed "Hawai'i's Canary" and in 2003 she was recognized by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts with a Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award.
