Waha Nui
September 06, 2006 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usIn search of orphans “needing hope and families,” Waialae Nui’s Kristine Altwies Nicholson is on a mission this month with her brother to Addis Ababa, and she’s taking her own 1-year-old daughter, Ava, with her. Kristine directs the non-profit Hawaii International Child, which has been placing children from China, Vietnam and Kazakhstan with local families since 1975. She hopes to set up a humanitarian program between Hawaii and Ethiopia. Attending to her child at hand, meanwhile, means: “I’m taking six times the luggage I usually have, and I’m also bringing her bed for her” ...
Timothy Leong
A. Timothy Leong (Kalani ‘03) has completed Air National Guard basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas ... Another Leong has been busy helping the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. East Oahu’s Auntie Edith Leong donated $50,000 to Rehab to create the Jack and Edith Leong Endowment for Charity Care. A member of its board of directors, Edith and her children also purchased a fluidotherapy machine for Rehab’s Aiea clinic ...
Holly Matsuda
A bequeath of $1.15 million from the late Dorothy Ring has gone to Catholic Charities Hawaii. A member of Star of the Sea Parish, Dorothy was a real estate agent and active community leader before her death in September 2005 ... Lt. Col. Timothy Armstrong of Hawaii Kai has graduated from Naval War College in Newport, R.I., earning an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies. Tim is married and assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C. ... Rehab Hospital of the Pacific is $13,500 richer, and you can thank Natalie Parker of Diamond Head, the energetic 20-year-old who coordinated a benefit art sale and gala Aug. 16 at Compadres for the hospital ... Holly Matsuda of Kaimuki is now a contract administrator for Heide & Cook, bringing accounting and auditing experience, and two college degrees, with her to the air conditioning firm ... Kaiser High graduate Mikael
Rachel Fukumoto
Sigouin is winemaker for his Kaena Wine Co. of Santa Barbara county. Mikael’s local roots show up on the Kaena label of bright island flowers. He also produced a well-received wine in 2004 called “Hapa” ... TransPacific Hawaii College has promoted CPA Rachel Fukumoto of Hawaii Kai to vice president and CFO.
Rachel is a Sacred Hearts Academy and UH-Manoa graduate. The college also promoted Donna Allen Prather of Aina Haina to vp for academic affairs.
Donna Prather
Donna is a veteran educator with background in second-language learning ... Speaking of languages, Aloha Festivals Oahu prince Cameron Keali’i Bell has received a $1,000 scholarship from the organization. Cameron is a graduate of Kaiser High School ... Kahala author Rianna Williams’ new children’s book is out. In Mahealani and the King of Hawaii, Rianna tells the story of a young girl’s friendship with King Kalakaua, filling in many historic details of the times ... St. Louis School senior Andrew Gines has returned from the International Youth Democracy Summit in Washington, D.C., where he met and talked with 300 of “the best and brightest” student leaders from around the globe ... Sign of the times: Dove chocolates come with free advice inside their foil wrappers, the latest one being “Write a real letter, not just an e-mail”
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