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November 28, 2007 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Iolani School added to Hugh Yoshida‘s list of honors recently by naming him one of seven 2007 Father Bray Classic Honorees. Hugh has devoted a half century to youth sports with many years at Leilehua (as in Hugh Yoshida football field) and Waialua high schools before heading the OIA and the UH athletic programs. Now the retiree is working on his golf game ... Roberts Hawaii president Neil Takekawa says the 65-year-old tour company is now taking visitors to “those quiet places and real people” of Oahu, with stops at Kahuku farms, Helemano Plantation, etc., where passengers can eat their way pleasantly into the local culture ...
The pros from RIM Architects showed their true talents at pumpkin-carving contest they staged for Aloha United Way Oct. 31. Among the winners were Mililani’s Terri Saito, who took first place for her “Peek-A-Boo” jack-o-lantern ... Guess who qualified as a semifinalist in the 2007-2008 Siemens Competition in math, science and technology? Yep, Philip Mocz of Mililani High School. Philip also is the Trojans’semifinalist for a 2008 National Merit Scholarship, along with Royce Tabora of Hanalani High ... Dawn Kanno has joined Heide & Cooke as AirReps Hawaii division manager. The Mililani woman will oversee “a robust line of products” that are state-of-the-art in the air conditioning world. Dawn previously worked on event planning for the Ihilani Resort ...
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Former Mules Donovan Dela Cruz and Jodi Endo Chai haven’t forgotten their roots. They recently staged a book-signing event at the Ala Moana Barnes & Noble with a percentage of sales going to Leilehua, where Donovan first got a taste for politics. The city councilman and Jodi coauthored the revised version of The Puka Guide: 100 Hawaiian-Style Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants ... Mililani patent attorney George Darby recently conducted a seminar, sponsored by the Small Business Development Center (523-6118), on digital arts and licensing for artists, writers and musicians. “These energetic and committed businessmen and women dream big,” George explains, “but sometimes lack the training they need to thrive and become lucrative” ...
Speaking of lucrative, Bailey Kay Teske of Waialua has won a $1,400 scholarship at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas ... And Rebecca Gray, an emergency room nurse from Waialua, has received a $1,000 “Do-Over” scholarship after writing an essay on “If you could get one ‘do-over’in life, what would it be and why?”
Rebecca wrote of a tragic car accident in high school when she had been behind the wheel ... Mililani’s Michael Wright was promoted to executive vp, acquisitions and investments, at A & B Properties, where he’s been praised for his work on key projects for the company here and in Southern California ...
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Hawaii Pacific University has selected Caryn Ono of Wahiawa and Katelyn Ho of Mililani as President’s Hosts, an honor that reflects their scholarship and diverse contributions to the college. They will represent HPU at social and business functions throughout the year ... Wahiawa native Marita Cruz, now 26, was born with a hole in her heart and now awaits a heart and lung transplant at Stanford University, a procedure that reportedly could cost more than $600,000 ... John Ondrasik, that unique voice behind Five for Fighting, launched his own USO tour earlier this month at Schofield Barracks as a special “welcome home” to the troops
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