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March 19, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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The Salvation Army honored volunteer bell-ringer Beatrice Lindseylast week for outstanding community service. “Beatrice is a fixture at the Wahiawa Longs Drugs each Christmas, bless her heart,” says spokesman Daniel de Castro. For nine years, she’s reported for holiday duty to help the needy - nine hours a day, six days a week! Her ears must be ringing, too ... As an antidote to the “throwing puppy” video recently in the news, many Hawaii friends of Army Capt. Timothy Cho have received reports from Iraq about two “morale booster” puppies his platoon adopted after finding them under a mud shack in a marketplace. The pups got a bath, a heated room, bedtime stories and plenty of cuddles from the troops ...
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Graduating in December from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant were Mililani students Ervin Hendrix Jr. (MS), Danette Nakamura (MS) and Jaime Hogsten (BS); and Wahiawa’s Herman King (graduate certificate) ... Lillian Yano of Mililani will demonstrate ikebana at 10 a.m. March 25 at Honolulu Hale. Lillian has been teaching the delicate flower art for 10 years, including classes at Mililani’s Olaloa Retirement Center. Her demo is part of the city’s “Splendors of Ikebana” ...
From ancient tradition to cyberspace: You can now surf the Net while hanging out at Mililani Town Center. Road Runner’s Speed Zone is available in the center court/stage area there ...Yes, WCC assistant professor Mary Bass Segura has a life outside of the Kaneohe campus - she and her father and daughter are all members of the Mililani-Waipio-Melemanu Neighborhood Board, and are the first three-generation family on one board in the city’s NB system ... Several North Shore merchants have signed on with Blue Hawaii Lifestyle owner Michael Zhang to have him market their “health and aloha” products in China - Oils of Aloha, Waialua Soda Works, North Shore Soap Factory and Kamauoha Farms (North Shore Noni) ...
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Wahiawa native Camy Tang has self-published her second novel on a series of what she calls “Christian chick lit.” You can find out more about Camy and her adventures with words at www.camytang.com ... Also Wahiawa-raised, TV reporter Marvin Buenconsejo has left KHNL8 to direct communications for U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono ... The Daughters of the American Revolution (local chapter) gave their Community Service Award to Ho’ala freshman Jordan Bayang at a Waikiki luncheon March 8. Jordan was cited for his compassion and dedication as a volunteer. Examples: reading to little tots, collecting clothes for a shelter, picking up trash, advocating for green sea turtles and more ...
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Mililani’s Kelsey Ige has raised a cover-boy. Her German short-haired pointer Pono graces the front of the Hawaiian Humane Society’s 2008 Pets in Paradise calendar - available at a pet store near you. Kelsey, a UH student, says Pono likes to run and hike. And run. “He has lots of energy.” Yet he managed to stay still long enough for her to snap his winning profile for the calendar ... Veteran Mililani Boy Scout leader Leroy Lehano was among the Silver Beaver honorees feted by the Aloha Council at its banquet last Saturday at Bishop Museum. The award is the highest for an adult volunteer in scouting ...
Congratulations to Eric Chock on his 30th birthday, so to speak. In 1978 the Mililani Mauka resident co-founded (and still co-edits) Bamboo Ridge magazine with Darrell Lum, and they’re going strong, supporting the local voice in literature ... A challenge I look forward to in traffic is figuring out the message on local license plates. Here are three recent ones to keep your mind fit: NTNANI, NOBNOZ and the best one, NOTM2P
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