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November 24, 2010 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Melissa McIntyre

Coach Glenn Lee‘s Waialua High robotics team is at it again. This time the students paired up with Waiakea High to win the American School in Japan VEX Robotics Tournament Nov. 9 in Tokyo. The Bulldog team also won the Best Build award there. The next VEX tourney is Dec. 3-5 in Honolulu ...

Army National Guard Pfc. Billie Vogt of Wahiawa has graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and has also completed the military police specialist course ... Wahiawa ophthalmologist Christopher Tortora warns that “it’s never too late to start protecting your eyes,” and sunglasses can be your friend year-round in Hawaii, especially for those over 60, who are vulnerable to cataracts ... Mililani’s Melissa McIntyre, a UH Manoa senior majoring in nursing, is the first recipient of the $1,000 Gordon & June Ito Foundation Scholarship, set up to support “the next generation of nurses.” The foundation liked Melissa for her academic record, nursing awards and community involvement ...


Borrowers at state libraries liked these best in September and October: James Patterson‘s bestsellers Postcard Killers and Don’t Blink (with co-authors); DVDs The Closers: The Complete Third Season and Next; CDs Neil Diamond‘s 12 Greatest Hits and The BeatlesRevolver ...

Penny Palfrey

Kathy the Waialua Plant Lady has finally run out of pots to put her plants in. She grows ‘em and gives them away to church fundraisers, St. Michael’s School and other good causes. “I just pot and pot and pot,” she admits. If you’ve got any pots “of all kinds” to spare, give her a call at 637-0488 ... Haleiwa harbor gave Australian long-distance swimmer Penny Palfrey a good send-off Nov. 9, as she sailed from there to Kaena Point and then swam out into the Kaieiewaho channel under her own power. Alas, the jellyfish got her again, halting her second try for the Garden Isle about halfway through her swim ...


Haleiwa’s Kerry Germain runs Island Paradise Publishing, which recently released its first children’s picture book: Plenty Saimin by Feng Feng Hutchins. “Although we’ve received many (submissions) over the years, nothing touched us with its message quite like this one has,” explains Kerry. Find out for yourselves at your local bookstore

 

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