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October 03, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Kahala actress Jane Benney plays a lead role in All for Melissa, a local film debuting in the Hawaii International Film Festival Oct. 18-28 at Dole Cannery theaters ... If your lawnmower’s not working - and if you really want it to work - Ben Hanamoto‘s your man at Kaimuki Ace Hardware. Hired recently by owner Tyler Zane as new head mechanic, Ben already knows all there is to know about gasoline-powered small engines from working seven years at the Garden House (which closed in July). Tune-ups, blade sharpening, you name it, Ben can do it ... Former Hawaii Kai resident Laurie Ecklund Long returns for a Waterhouse Lecture Series workshop at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at Waialae Baptist Church. The author of two books on the subject, Laurie will discuss something close to our hearts: “Be Prepared, Get Organized and Stop Procrastinating.”


Laurie Long
Laurie Long

As you might guess, she’s an expert in emergency preparedness for all kinds of disasters, personal to weather. For details, call Kuliouou resident and lecture coordinator Suzanne Maurer at 732-5561, ext. 204 ... Kaimuki’s Town Restaurant will co-sponsor a screening of The Real Dirt on Farmer John at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at UH Spalding Auditorium. The show traces the struggle of an Illinois farmer to hold onto his organic farm. And farmer John Peterson will be there in person. Pre-sale tickets are at www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org ... Congratulations to Jasmine Fausaga Laumoli, who won the 2007 Miss Le Lalelei O Samoa pageant in Honolulu. She is at Chaminade studying criminology and English, hopes to earn her master’s and return to American Samoa to teach ... The annual Talk Story Festival features Kaimuki’s James McCarthy (Oct. 12) and Jeff Gere (Oct. 14) telling tales at McCoy Pavilion with talented performers from all over the country. For the full lineup, go to www.honoluluparks.com ...

Jasmine Laumoli
Jasmine Laumoli

Hawaii Kai’s Lisa Ann Dumovich is marketing her Celebrity Cookbook, and will donate a portion of the proceeds to AIDS charities. She says she was surprised by the positive response from actors and other noted contributors when they learned of her cause. For more on the hardcover book, go to www.celeb2006.com ...Rich Budnick has another stellar Honolulu Writers Conference in store from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at Blaisdell Center (395-1161). He says it’s much cheaper that the Maui one, no plane or f-f-ferry trip needed, and the workshops have a dozen pros, including Hawaii Kai’s own Ann Kondo Corum (Spam Cookbook, etc.) and short story author E. Shan Correa ... Look for Waialae-Iki’s Clea Saldania-Rountree in the 2008 Island Heritage Beautiful Women of Hawaii calendar. Clea also filmed Forgetting Sarah Marshall for Universal Pictures with her mother, Gina Saldania.

Clea Saldania-Rountree
Clea Saldania-Rountree

The two women plan a trip to Europe and Greece before they rejoin the Lost cast for its next season ... East Oahu’s Dennis Poulx will play Tevye in Army Community Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof, which opens Nov. 15 (438-4480) ... Kaimuki Middle School with 319 participants made the top five schools for fundraising at the Niketown 5K for Kids race Sept. 23. The school earned $4,785 for its sports programs ... Qinglan Wang of Kuliouou made the dean’s list recently at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine

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