Waha Nui
August 09, 2006 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usHaleiwa’s Debbie Eguirres won the title of All-Around Cowgirl (and $198) at the Jackpot Rodeo held July 29 at Barbers Point arena. Debbie took first and third (on different horses) for Open Barrels, first in 3 D Barrels, first in Open Poles, second in first D in 3D pole-bending and fourth in Novice Horse Barrels ... Glenn Mayeda Jr. of Mililani will perform with Pilioha at the annual Ka Himeni Ana contest (unamplified, old-fashioned singing), set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hawaii Theatre. Other local talent on the program: Jennifer and Henry Camacho of Mililani, Waipahu’s Leilani Kong of the group Kaleoiki, and Waipahu’s Kale Gouveia of Keauwena ... The Wahiawa Lions honored their community service heroes last month: Carole Kai Onouye for Outstanding Achievement as a charity catalyst and TV producer who “gave many their start in the entertainment industry,” and Aki Kakazu as the club’s Every Day Hero for his push to support the town’s National Guard troops in the Middle East, much of it in care packages sent at his own expense ...
Lynn Miller and Kerri Luera are seeking volunteers to read aloud to children at Mililani Uka and August Ahrens elementary schools during evening programs that start this month. Call Read Aloud America at 531-1985 and speak up ... Mililani resident Suzanne Jones, the city’s recycling coordinator, humbly suggests that you flatten your corrugated boxes before tossing them into the recycling bins. “It leaves more room in the bins,” she says. “All that air space means the trucks have to haul more frequently” ... Isaac Smith spent more than 370 hours during the last five years working for free at every Neighborhood Legal Clinic in Waipahu, earning a Spirit of VLSH Award (Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaii) ... How much makeup can you sell? Two Waipahu residents are doing just fine. Earning “Best of the Best” awards from Avon are Suzette Cerezo (for selling $112,020 worth of inventory) and Melvyn Soyangco ($175,800) ... In addition to everything else they do, Schofield soldiers conduct rat patrols in the West Range and elsewhere to protect the endangered elepaio bird ... Mililani’s Jessica Kawana placed first and sister Melissa placed third in their age groups at the annual Banana Man Chase this summer at Ala Moana Park. Their prize? A year’s supply of Jamba Juice smoothies. Also earning a year’s worth of cool slurps were third-place “chasers” Deanne Soon of Mililani and Barbara Shanks of Waipahu and second-place runner Lynn Gok of Mililani ... Mililani insurance man Rodney Yoshida is proud of his award-winning Allstate agency in Waipahu. A different company was named in last month’s Waha Nui column ... On the dean’s honor list recently at Eastern Washington University were Cari Ann Urabe of Mililani and Amy Groves of Wahiawa ... The UH Professional Assembly has named state Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu (Waipahu, Waikele) its 2006 Legislator of the Year. UHPA associate director John Radcliffe says he has gone “above and beyond” in efforts to inform the public about the Legislature and the lawmaking process ... The UH board of regents has made Peter Quigley‘s interim chancellor position a permanent one at Leeward Community College. A former Fulbright Scholar, Peter’s specialty is environmental literature, and he’s a huge fan of poet Robinson Jeffers ... Destiny Sumile of Mililani placed third in the 2006 Meadow Gold Healthy Baby of Oahu contest, held July 9 at Ala Moana Center. Destiny also won a $1,000 savings bond ...
Leilehua and Radford high schools were honored recently by the Joint Venture Education Forum for “exemplary attention to the needs of all transitioning students and families ... Leilehua graduate Bradlee Sako is now a Barry and Virginia Weinman Fellow. Bradlee is one of three first-year UH medical students to receive the 2006 fellowship, which encourages local students to remain in Hawaii to practice medicine ... The Honolulu chapter of Executive Women International has given a $2,000 scholarship to Leilehua student Hilary Nakasone
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