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July 02, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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UH medical school student Marcus Kawika Iwane has won the $10,000 Minority Scholars Award from the AMA Foundation, recognizing achievement and promise among first or second-year students in “historically underrep-resented” groups. He is the first Native Hawaiian to receive the award, and one of 12 across the country to be honored this year. Marcus went to Mililani Waena Elementary before attending Kamehameha Schools ...
Central Oahu is sending Glen Hayashida and Karen Settlemire off to the U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh, Penn. July 11-16 with Team Hawaii, which is fielding athletes in six sports plus a support team of living donors and donor families, sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Karen is a Waialua resident whose late husband was an organ donor. Glen is CEO of local chapter of NKF ... REHAB hospital has promoted Audrey Torres to vice president and chief nursing officer. A Mililani resident, Audrey also belongs to the Association of Rehabilitation Nursing and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
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Speaking of REHAB, the hospital has appointed Erin Bigler, a clinical neuropsychology professor at BYU-Provo, as its Morita Distinguished Fellow for 2008. Erin will be teaching at BYU-Hawaii while he’s here and studying how patients adjust to brain injuries at both REHAB and at Queen’s ... Congratulations to Mililani Mauka Elementary, which won the $10,000 grand prize from HECO for its performance in the Home Energy Challenge. (Islandwide, school families saved nearly $46,000 on their home electricity bills) ...
Brittany Atiburcio of Mililani was honored at her Maryknoll High School graduation with the Mother Mary Joseph Rogers award, which recognizes her “good will and sensitivity toward the needs of fellow students and the Maryknoll community.” Brittany plans to attend HPU ... North Shore master shapers Jeff Bushman and Kyle Bernhardt have launched Country Feeling Surfboards, featuring boards made with “environmentally friendly materials,” such as soy- and sugar-based foams, plant-based and solar-activated resins, and hemp, silk and bamboo cloth.
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For more, call them at 638-7192 ... Scott Ishikawa of Mililani Mauka is now vice president of Bright Light Marketing, after years as a journalist (including the Sun Press and MidWeek) and very visible spokesman for the state Department of Transportation ... Susan Fujita was promoted recently to director of inpatient therapy services at REHAB hospital. The Mililani resident specializes in speech therapy and has been assisting patients at the hospital for 15 years ...
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii’s Home Care and Hospice Division has honored state Sen. Marilyn Lee, who is also a registered nurse, with its 2008 Community Service Award for her “significant contributions” to the industry ... Waialua High (42.5 percent) and Mililani High (40.2 percent) were among the six public schools with the highest percentage of graduates earning the more-challenging BOE diploma. It requires additional credits and a 3.0 gpa ...
The Hawaiian Humane Society’s “Be Kind to Animals Week” promotional contest attracted many vivid posters, including winning art from Sunset Beach Elementary student Zoe McDougall and Mililani High’s Kristi-Ann Lee
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