Molokai residents to serve with state boards sworn in

KAUNAKAKAI - Lt. Gov. James R. "Duke" Aiona swore in 21 Molokai residents to serve on various state boards and commissions at a ceremony held Tuesday on Molokai.

The appointees and the boards they will be serving on are as follows:

* Vanda Hanakahi; 'Aha Kiole Advisory Committee.

* Robert Granger, Janice Kalanihuia, Jersula L. Manaba and Marlene Purdy; Governor's Molokai Community Advisory Council.

* Glenn Soichi Izawa and Dr. William L. Thomas Jr.; Tri-Isle Sub-area Health Planning Council.

* Malia K.H. Akutagawa, Frances Cobb-Adams, Sue Ann M. M. Hasegawa, Kekamaikaikamaikalani Helm, Elroy K.M. Malo, Manaba and Michelle Kananionapua Ayau Pescaia; Molokai Island Burial Council.

* Lori Leimamo Buchanan; Legacy Land Conservation Commission.

* Phil E. Kay; Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Maui Service Area Board.

* Steven L. Arce, James A. Boswell, Audwin A. Calairo, George Wellington Maioho and Richard K. Wheeler; Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board.

* Peter Dean Gonzalez; State Council on Mental Health.

Nearly 1,300 people statewide serve on more than 160 boards and commissions established by the state constitution, Hawaii laws, or executive orders.

For more information or to apply to serve on a board or commission, visit the governor's Web site at www.hawaii .gov. or send an e-mail to gov.boards@hawaii.gov.