Hui! Ei nei!
Islanders with lots of Heart
Our PIA has been around well over FIFTEEN years and
we still pretty much like each other anyway. We stay in touch! Email is good, the phone gets the word out,
and good ole reliable gossip. We got - Air Force retirees,
misplaced Hawaiians, college graduates, lucky (or not so lucky)
islanders that settled here and plan on staying around, that's what we're made of.
PIA Leaders (2009-2011) Contact the club
- Stephanie Bell, president (509) 468-9954
- John Dang, vice-president (509) 235-4301
- Grethia Rigsby, secretary (509) 254-3199
- Donna Masaniai, treasurer (509) 993-2893
- Starnani Tomlinson, historian (509) 922-2288
Our May Day 2009 event was a blast - And if you weren't there with us then you'll
have to read our Newsletter for the "ono" details (see link below).
We host a potluck lunch / dinner at least every other month of the year.
October (Halloween for the children and children at heart), December (Winter/Christmas season),
February (Just in time for Valentines Day), April/May (Right around May 1st or just before; You know the
"May Day is Lei Day" thing), and as many times as possible during the Summer (Picnics at the park, weddings,
etc, etc).
The next gathering will be a "potluck" picnic on Saturday, June 28th
at Mirabeau Park (Spokane Valley off of Pines). Come join us around 2pm, early bird catches the worm.
The club will provide the chicken (main dish) you provide the rice, salad, and desserts.
Please RSVP with Stephanie (sdangbell@yahoo.com). We
gotta buy chicken enough for the masses!
The gathering after that will probably be the 4th Annual PIA Fishing Contest at Williams Lake
on Saturday, July 11th. Check out the flyer. All you need to know about our Fishing Contest
Oh!!! before I forget ... Don't forget to read the latest Newsletter. And check out some oooo-lllll-ddddd PIA pictures on Kai's webpage.
PIA Newsletter June'2009 ... Click
here.
PIA Newsletter April'2009 ... Click
here.
PIA Newsletter February'2009 ... Click
here.
Download a copy of the
Christmas Music that we all sang
at the Xmas potluck on Sunday (7-Dec-2003). Enjoy! Joyeux Noel!
Our club is always happy to include students from the local area colleges,
Gonzaga, Whitworth, Spokane Community/Spokane Falls, Eastern. Heck! We'll welcome students from anywhere.
Islander or not, if you'd like to join us, please feel free to do so. We start working on our annual May Day
program around February and we'd like nothing better than to include some fresh talent.
Besides it will give you an opportunity to get to know our ohana.
Do you play Hawaiian Music? Well Kenny and I play music all the
time and sometimes around town for parties and stuff. Our friends Chan,
Grethia, and Eric help make up a group we call "Lokomaika'i" and have traveled
around the area to entertain Island Style for large or
small audiences (recently as far away as Ritzville). And thanks to LeAnne, Rachel, Kanakolu, Jody,
and Grethia we've even been able to provide some Hula for our fortunate clients.
Anyhow, if you play Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, or sing Hawaiian/Hawaiian
Styled music give me one
Email Eh! Brah! anytime.
Maybe we can get together, our normal island-jam day is Wednesday at around 6:30pm,
unless something else is up like Volleyball or Basketball games at Gonzaga. Check us out!
Take care and "A Hui Hou!" (Till we meet again!)
Kaihehau K Uahinui (Moloka'i)
Last updated: 06-02-2009 6:55 am