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June 08, 2011 - MidWeek The Islander

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Kimokeo sisters

Congratulations to the city’s Lei Queen Sandrina Lei Ilima Cabato De La Cruz, who works as an administrative assistant at PACT and studies at WCC. She’ll make public appearances throughout the year to promote aloha and lei making. Look for her Saturday in the Kamehameha Day Parade ... Leis have been flying in the Kahaluu home of sisters Bethany and Kehaulani Kimokeo.

Both graduated last month: Bethany from UH Manoa with three bachelor’s degrees, and Kehaulani from KCC.

Bethany is a five-year recipient of the AAUW Windward scholarship fund ... Turtle Bay Resort executive chef Hector Morales will offer tastings from Leonardo’s Restaurant during Haleiwa Farmers Market’s Tomato Fest Sunday (388-9696) ...

Before graduating in May, Kaneohe’s Kuuipo Kanekoa was May Day Queen at Punahou, where she dedicated her dance to the late Aunty Hattie Eldredge Phillips, longtime director of the school’s Holoku Pageant ... Dr. Shinichi Hamashige (Kahuku 1944) died May 16 in Utah, but his legacy lives on in the Shinichi and Tona Hamashige Endowment. Donations to the fund can be made in his memory at the school ...

Kristen Wong

A photo-journalist and stringer with the weekly Hawaii Marine newspaper, Kaneohe’s Kristen Wong took first place in writing (a repeat win) at the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association and Division of Public Affairs Merit Awards Program ...

HPR’s next Aloha Shorts taping is at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at Atherton studio, including readings from Kailuans Paris Priore-Kim and Kati Kuroda (955-8821) .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)