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October 15, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Little Joanna Nakasone is now a calendar girl. You’ll find the Mililani 2-year-old on the April page of the 2009 Hawaii’s Miracles Calendar, selling now at Foodland and Sack N Save. The $15 calendar supports Kapiolani Medical Center during its 100th year. Now thriving, as you can see, Joanna was born prematurely and spent time in the hospital’s newborn intensive care unit ...
Give a hand to two North Shore role models who claimed Whose Keeping Hawaii Green? awards for 2008. It’s no surprise that Jack Johnson won in the Celebrity category for “living what he sings.” In addition to all the good that Kokua Hawaii Foundation has done, Jack records his music in a solar-powered studio with recycled shingles, insulated with blue-jean scraps. (Jack also was featured recently for his stewardship efforts in his UC Santa Barbara alumni magazine.) And North Shore resident Denise Antolini won with Aviam Soifer in the Nonprofit Resource category for the contributions made by the UH Environmental Law Program. Denise directs the program, which led to the UH law school putting up a LEED-certified library. The second annual awards were announced last month to honor those “who have gone beyond the everyday effort to preserve or enhance our environment”...
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Leilehua High graduate Kristine Ayson is the new algebra teacher at St. Francis School, but she could probably teach many things. Fluent in Tagalog, Kristine also has degrees in physics and biology from UH, took four years of Japanese and is a black belt in karate ...Another former Mule, Russell Park, is now senior vice president of the Atlas Insurance Agency’s client consulting group ...
Darlene Rodrigues of Mililani is booked as one of “six of Hawaii’s emerging Filipino-American poets” for the Flippin’on Poetry reading set for 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the state library building (first floor, 728-4620). Darlene’s poems have appeared in anthologies, and she’s read at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, StudioBe’s Rant and Rave and Mark’s Garage. She’s also produced several shows on ‘Olelo ... Mililani singing sensation Jasmine Trias is performing with the Society of Seven Las Vegas through Oct. 25 at the Outrigger Main Showroom (923-SHOW) ...
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Many Central Oahu steak-eaters and friends applaud a recent honor bestowed on the managing partner of the Outback Steak House in Waipio. Julie Uyemura has received the Presidential Award for Volunteer Service - earned from her dedication to Mililani area anti-drug campaigns. For more on Julie’s good deeds, see the Good Neighbor story by Sarah Pacheco on page 16 in the big MidWeek that you pulled this insert out of so quickly ... Breast cancer survivors don’t just survive; they survive with passion, and Iwalani Tseu is a great example.
The Mililani hula instructor has created a foundation and pet project for awareness of the disease, Pink Ohana Project. And from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 she’s staging a gala at Chai’s Island Bistro with top entertainment, food and fashions. To support her cause, call 699-1888. Tickets are $120 ... Designer David Wheeler of PMI Builders will proudly present his project - a home at 1748 Walea St. in Wahiawa - during the Great Kitchen & Bath Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. It’s one of 11 residences on the tour, which costs $15 and benefits Honolulu Habitat for Humanity (538-7070)
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