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September 24, 2008 - MidWeek The Islander
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One of the Windward Half Marathon’s most enthusiastic participants Sept. 14 was Yoshiya Matsutani from Ibaraki, Japan. As he wrote in a letter to Fleet Feet in Kailua, Yoshiya ran in the half marathon last year and had lots of fun. To make it even more fun, he also bicycled from Waikiki to Kailua before the 13-mile race, and pedaled back afterwards ...
Community Helping Schools has a request from a special ed teacher at Kahaluu Elementary. They need a blender, toaster/convection oven and a two-burner hot plate. Sounds like some good eating is planned in that classroom. If you can grant these wishes, call Kathie Wells at 225-2621 ...
Kaneohe artist Michael Furuya, known for his vivid, detailed portrayals of Island wildlife, will display his original acrylics at Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries from Oct. 3 to Nov. 2, located at 817 Cedar St. in Honolulu (589-1580) ...
King Intermediate School eighth-grader Lia Medeiros’ photos are in the Reawakening exhibit as part of ProjectFocus 2008, an annual 12-week photographic internship. The program is designed to give selected children whose mothers are incarcerated a voice in their life experiences, culminating in a “coffee table” book of their work. The touching display is on view at Kahala Mall through Sunday, and will be up at Windward Mall Oct. 6-19 ...
Castle High School took second place in the inaugural Hawaiian March competition of the Aloha Festivals parade, winning $350 for band director Arnold Alconcel. The award is sponsored by the Friends of the Royal Hawaiian Band ...
Waimanalo volunteer Josephine Keanu recently was installed as western division national vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary - the country’s largest women’s patriotic service organization with nearly 900,000 members. Josephine’s been involved since 1968, and Hawaii gets this chance to serve every 10 years, she says ...
Busy Wally Amos opened his second Chip & Cookie outlet last weekend - with a special cookie tasting, of course - at Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki. It’s been three years, but seems like only yesterday that the Lanikai entrepreneur and super story reader opened his shop on Kailua Road. Wally also is guest speaker Sept. 23 at the American Marketing Association-Hawaii luncheon downtown. One winning tip about his favorite product: You can eat eight cookies and it only amounts to 110 calories. Of course, they’re little cookies ...
Kaneohe resident Thomas Goodin is one of 30 finalists in the 2008 Society for Science & Public Middle Schools competition. (He also won the applause of his U.S. Congresswoman, Mazie Hirono.) Thomas will fly to Washington, D.C., for the Oct. 19 showcase of the nation’s best projects. He did his research on “Which Windmill Rotor Pitch is the most Efficient?” ...
Castle Performing Arts Center news: Former CPAC star Robert Orosco of Kailua got married this month in California to Heather McMasters. Marriage isn’t always a fairy tale, but they may beg to differ. Both Robert and Heather work for Disney. Attending the ceremony were their Hawaii drama friends Michael and Jade Bright, Cliffton and Dee-Dee Magno and Ron and Erin Wong - most are involved in Paliku Theatre’s upcoming Miss Saigon production. (See page 18) ...
Kailua resident Tim Carney will direct the Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble at 5:30 p.m. Sunday during the Oahu Sacred Music Festival Concert at St. Andrew’s Cathedral (524-2822, ext. 217) ... Ernestine Enomoto gives a Dharma talk Sunday morning at the Kailua Shambhala Mediation Center (342-6298). She studies under Vietnamese zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and now runs the Honolulu Mindfulness Community ...
BONUS FACTS: Two names in the news, in case you want to address them formally: Fannie Mae is the Federal National Mortgage Association; Freddie Mac is the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
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