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February 06, 2008 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Ken Becker
Ken Becker

Niu Valley Middle School student Kai Patterson was first runner-up in the Mobi PCS Teen Video Challenge, winning a Motorola W315 phone with free minutes for one month. (I hope he wasn’t speechless.) Kai created a 30-second commercial about a boy who needs a clone to help with chores - so he could take advantage of those great unlimited minutes ...

Chisa Woodley of Kaimuki has been promoted to controller at Oceanic Institute. She’ll be counting money, not fish for the Waimanalo research facility, where she previously served as senior accounting manager ... Artist Edward Medeiros Jr. of Hawaii Kai has his work on view now through March 31 in the Louis Vuitton Creative Arts Program at Rehab hospital’s gallery ...

The grand opening won’t happen until April 5 and 6, but the animals are officially in the house now - at the new Pet’s Discount store in Market City where Blockbuster used to be ... Palolo’s David Bess returns to the Islands with his band, Public Property, which he established with fellow Hawaii student Mareva Minerbi while in college in Iowa. You can hear how reggae evolved through that journey at 9 p.m.

Katherine Katsuda
Katherine Katsuda

Feb. 29 at Anna Bannana’s, among other gigs this month ... Ken Becker of Hawaii Kai has joined Century 21 All Islands Real Estate as its marketing director, with the stated goal of making it the largest real estate firm in Hawaii. Ken will also produce their Hawaii Moves magazine ... Greg Knudsen resigned last week from the DOE after a two-decade stretch as the spokesman for Hawaii’s public schools. The Kalama Valley resident has been the DOE’s chief communicator through four superintendents: Charlie Toguchi, Herman Aizawa, Paul LaMahieu and Patricia Hamamoto ...

Kaimuki High Performing Arts students will give shoppers a sneak preview of their upcoming West Side Story at 4 p.m. Sunday on the Ala Moana Center stage ... St. Louis students, parents and volunteers honored Father William Joseph Chaminade last week with a special day of community service - from park cleanups to charity fundraisers. Father William founded the religious order that runs the school ...

Katherine Katsuda of Hawaii Kai has a sweet new job. She joined Hawaiian Host Chocolates as a human resources assistant. Katherine previously worked at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve ... Botany news. Neil Snow of Hawaii Kai is the new botanist at Bishop Museum, where he brings a wealth of knowledge about species conservation, vascular plants and herbs. Neil’s neighbor Alan Teramura is the interim botany department chair at UH-Manoa ...

Neil Snow
Neil Snow

Kaimuki’s May Izumi will share her experience as a mixed-media artist during the monthly Art Lunch at noon Feb. 26 the Hawaii State Art Museum (586-0900). May also has a way with words. She calls her talk: “The Fire Horse’s Granddaughter Goes Looking for Shadows (or How I Took my Dark Side out for Dinner and a Movie” ... Also at HSAM, East Oahu sculptor Karen Lucas does some hand-casting this Saturday ... Kaiser grad Jon Yamasato shares the Atherton studio stage Saturday with Darin Leong for a blend of slack key, folk, finger-style and classical guitar delights (955-8821) ...

Kaimuki’s Noah Seui (St. Louis ‘07) has completed Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. ... Busy Hawaii Kai author and mentor Rich Budnick gives a free workshop on Hawaiian history at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Waikiki Library (395-1161)

 

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