Hale o Ho’oponopono founders & staff, 1975- Renwick “Joe” Tassill, Lloyd Nekoba, Boots Matthews, Eli Nahulu, Dixon Enos, and Herb Kawainui Kane. Along with Tutu Clara Manase, Uncle Abraham and Auntie Lily Moses, Calvin Kelekolio, Andrew and Momi Coito, Diana Aki, and others, they were instrumental in forming Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club as an adjunct of the alternative high school in Honaunau Bay. Our young club’s roster was made up of a wide cross-section of the South Kona community- Alu, Hooper, Deguair, Gaspar, Carter, Cho, Kalili, Kiwaha, Alani, Delaries, Naihe, Mitchell, Ku, Pua, Kamoku, Thompson, Cantiberos, Pali, Grace, Esperanza, Shiraki, Crisafi, Kukua, Medeiros, Kaupiko, Leslie, Cordeiro, Puou, Tilton, Quintal, Ng, Spencer, Lindsey, Kahiwa, Sumida, Casuga, McDaniel, Watai, Mokuohai and others were all part of our early Keoua ‘Ohana.