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November 12, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Mililani residents Gavan Abe and Shaun Mitsui are scheduled to share the Big Island TV stage with Vanna White and Pat Sajak next Monday (Nov. 17) in our tropical version of Wheel of Fortune, filmed recently at Hilton Waikoloa Village. If you tune in Nov. 18, look for yet another ambitious and daring neighbor, Barbara Bonura, who gets her turn to match wits and yuck it up with the game show hosts ...
Colby Benson of Mililani will play the role of the diva Sharpay in Army Community Theatre’s version of the popular show High School Musical 3, opening Nov. 20 at Fort Shafter (438-4480) ... Tips to prevent eye injuries in your active children from Wahiawa ophthalmologist Christopher Tortora (621-8448): “Make sure they are equipped with proper safety glasses, goggles or face shields before participating in sports” ...
Leilehua and UH graduate Tammy Nakamatsu, who still lives in the area, has been promoted to senior vice president and senior human resources manager at Bank of Hawaii ... Mililani artist Elsha Bohnert has tons of crafty materials stored in her house, along with the usual furnishing. But now she and her husband Phil are moving to Bali, renting out their house, and none of it can go with her. So the queen of recycled art is auctioning it all off at a “house-cooling” party, by invitation only, complete with poetry and music. If you are simply dying for an unpainted door, mannequins and other wacky things, e-mail her at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ...
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Veteran Mililani actress and teacher Kristi Kashimoto has added -Rowbottom to her name by way of marrying Sean Rowbottom, whom she met while she was performing on a national tour and he was running sound for the show. Well, Sean is still running sound for Kristi’s shows (see page 1) and also works for NEP Broadcasting. “I’m so happy to be married to a wonderful man,” she says - and she’s not acting. Kristi also gets her sister, niece and mom onto the stage in Sound of Music. I guess that’s enough to form the Von Kashimoto-Rowbottom family singers ...
Enid McKay of Mililani has become an independent distributor for Reliv International, which sells nutrition products (625-7445) ... Speaking of food, Turtle Bay executive chef Hector Morales has created a recipe for “Idaho Potato Crusted Kahuku Prawns,” which won a top award in an Idaho competition. Hector’s recipe will be featuring in culinary magazines around the spud-eating world next year ... KUMU radio personality Mandy Suganuma -the lady who survives Frank B. Shaner every morning by laughing a lot - did a great job emceeing the recent gala at KEY Project in Kahaluu. The mother of a 2-year-old boy, Mandy commuted from her Wahiawa home, and then had to move on to emcee a late-night gig at Rumours in Honolulu ...
Pro football players Ty Detmer, Vai Sikahema and Chad Lewis will speak at BYU-Hawaii’s international business conference, going on this week in Laie (675-3780) ... Mililani’s Cliff Hunter will perform with the Honolulu Symphony Chorus in a free Thanksgiving concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at Blaisdell Concert Hall. Cliff is a tenor in the chorus, which invites all ages to come to Ho’omaika’i - A Celebration, which also introduces its new artistic director Esther Yoo (524-0815, ext. 257) ...
Don’t laugh at money won in Las Vegas. Every bit helps these days. Lucky winners of recent downtown Vegas slot machine adventures are Janis Anzai of Mililani, $9,000; Peter Sebala of Wahiawa, $5,000; and Mary Scharsch of Mililani, $4,000
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