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CALL 538-NEWS TO SUBSCRIBE 75C OAHU, SI NEIGHBOR ISLANDS TUESDAY 12710 lunation Neil Abercrombie hawaii's seventh governor Gov. Neil Abercrombie was sworn in yesterday by Associate Justice James Duffy as Abercrombie's wife, Nancie Caraway, looked on. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL 'Our driving message will be, Make it happen' Linda Lingle 2002-2010 In a string of firsts for Hawaii, Lingle was the first woman elected to lead the state and the first Republican chosen in more than 40 years. SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION Ben Cayetano 1994-2002 Cayetano was the nation's first Filipino-American governor, serving two terms during a time of economic uncertainty. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION Obama, Republicans extend tax cuts The deal keeps benefits flowing to the long-term unemployed and cuts payroll taxes for all "workers for a year A3 local State extends stand-up paddling corridor trial More information is sought on separating swimmers from stand-up paddlers at Ala Moana Beach Park B1 Pearl Harbor survivors group will live on for now The organization's board had proposed calling it quits because of aging membership and dwindling numbers Bl today On your mark, get set, go! Running in Sunday's Honolulu Marathon? Here's what you should do before, during and after the race Dl moneys Hawaii hotel discounts draw more tourists Lower room rates helped push up the statewide occupancy rate to 70.9 in October, boosting the economy B5 3 Warriors are selected to All-WAC team Receiver Greg Salas, linebacker Corey Paredes and safety Mana Silva land first-team honors, while six other players are named to the second team CI V.J JoiinWaiiiee 1986-1994 Waihee was the first native Hawaiian to serve as chief executive and was a member of the first graduating class of the William S.

Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. if 1 i.JC BY DERRICK DEPLEDGE AND BJ. REYES ddepledgestaradvertiser.com bjreyesstaradvertiser.com Neil Abercrombie was sworn in yesterday as the seventh governor of Hawaii in an emotional and eclectic inauguration at lolani Palace where he pledged to restore confidence in state government. The 72-year-old Buffalo, N.Y.-born Democrat called for a new sense of civic courage and a public conscience consistent with the message of aloha. "Never did it occur to me when I arrived in paradise some 51 years ago that I would stand here today," Abercrombie said after taking the oath of office from state Supreme Court Associate Justice James Duffy at noon at the palace's coronation pavilion.

The former campus radical, who spent four decades as a legislator in the state House and Senate, the City Council and the U.S. House, made the transition to chief executive with what he described as joy and a full heart. HE AND HIS family scattered the ashes of his late mother, Vera June, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village lagoon on Sunday. His wife, Nancie Caraway, was with him at the pavilion yesterday. His mother-in-law, Ellen Caraway, sat in the front row on the lawn below.

Wearing a cream-colored sports coat and a pink shirt and tie with beige slacks, Abercrombie said he drew inspiration from the Dalai Lama and from Dietrich Bon-hoeffer, a Protestant ethicist who was executed for conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II in Germany. He read from the Bible's book of Psalms. He made reference to Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a president's Cabinet as labor secretary under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Abercrombie said island people understand the importance of lokahi, of working together.

"Yes, our first job is to accelerate the economic recovery, restoration of good jobs create good jobs, capitalize on new opportunities. Work smarter. Work in partnership to optimize our results," he said. Please see Abercrombie, A8 OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, AND THAT I WILL George Ariyoshi 1974-1986 Before becoming the first governor of Japanese-American ancestry elected in the nation, he was acting governor when John Burns stepped down for health reasons. i I DUTIES FAITHFULLY i -i DISCHARGE MY John Bums gathering labor others the A.

Burns 1962-1974 built the Hawaii Democratic Party, together plantation workers, unions, Japanese-Americans and left out of the power structure in state. AS GOVERNOR TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. William Quinn 1957-1962 Quinn was last appointed governor of the territory of Hawaii and became its first elected governor after statehood. Inn v'! (FBI "'yff atsr- SS.4 IBB.