Waha Nui

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November 07, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Darren Lee
Darren Lee

Sweet lady luck has arrived for Lorrin Honda and Faith Kaupu of Hawaii Kai. They have each won a round trip for two to Kona courtesy of Hawaiian Host. The women are among 15 whose names were drawn at random from 3,500 entries in an online Kona Caramacs contest (the company’s newest candy) ...

Things are sweet at Saint Louis School, too. It has a record high number of advanced placement scholars (based on their AP exam scores) this year, including Kaimuki resident Calvin Ly, now at UC-Davis ... Hawaii Kai’s Karen Newman, 49, was one of 1,000 sweepstakes winners who got tickets to J.K. Rowling‘s Open Book Tour in New York City last month. She counted up her frequent-flyer miles and took along her husband Ken. Also winning was KCC student Jason Miwa, who took his girlfriend and schoolmate Jennifer Loo ...


Nishihama & Kishida CPAs has appointed Darren Lee of Hawaii Kai to senior tax manager. Darren earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UH ... Kahala Nui residents will honor about 70 of their own in a Veterans Day salute on Sunday. Among them are three retired generals: Winton Marshall (Air Force), and Thomas Rienzi and Fred Weyand (Army) plus several troops from the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a World War II prisoner of war and a woman Air Force pilot. ...

Former head of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Tom Fargo of Kahala, received the American Patriot Award Sept. 21 from the Honolulu Council of the Navy League ... Does anyone know of any very gifted Hawaii psychics? No storefront psychics need apply. New Yorker Mary Ann Bohrer is researching a book on those with “genuine untapped abilities” who don’t advertise their services. Her e-mail is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (But you knew that already, yeah?) ...



Young Palolo violinist Asia Doike will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in HPR’s taping of the national show, From the Top, at Hawaii Theatre (528-0506) ... The East Oahu-based band The Girlas will help close Girl Fest Hawaii on Nov. 18 at Bar 35. Doors open at 8 p.m. The band (Kelli Heath, Carly Smith, Candy Diaz-Yasuda and Ernie Cruz Jr.) won the STAR 101.9 Acoustic Battle of the Bands recently, earning a new sound system and a gig opening for “a big act.” You can also catch them at Diamond Head Cove Health Bar on Monsarrat Wednesday nights, and Dec. 8 on the Perry & Price show ...

James Newberry
James Newberry

Realtor specialist Jeffrey Samuels has opened a branch office in Hawaii Kai Shopping Center, reflecting “a big growth in our business in this area,” says the residential specialist (589-1776) ... James Newberry of Kahala is now assistant vice president and risk control manager for Island Insurance, bringing three decades of industry experience to the job ... Need a good party fix this weekend? Kristine Altwies Nicholson of Hawaii International Child recommends HIC’s first benefit gala from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at La Pietra. Proceeds help HIC maintain its quality adoption service for orphans from Asia and Africa (589-2367) ...

Ophthalmologist Melanie Tantisira, a resident of Hawaii Loa Ridge, will represent Hawaii in a national fundraising effort to help cure blindness in Africa. Part of that campaign is a Botox Clinic she’s conducting Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at TrueVision Center, 1010 S. King St. #503. To make an appointment, call 591-9111. All fees go to One World Sight Project

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