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December 03, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Following in the footsteps of his late father Paul, Kaeo Gouveia has been promoted to CEO and general manager of Ho’ala Landscape & Maintenance. (Paul was vice president and director of Maintenance for Mililani Memorial Park.) “I remember Dad hiring my brothers and me when we were younger to dig ditches and perform other laborious work at his landscaping job,” Kaeo recalls. “But it was that value of hard work that he instilled in us that brought me back full circle to this field” ... Central Oahu’s young voices are spreading their cheer to Pearlridge Center soon: Iliahi Elementary School choir at 7 p.m. Dec. 4, Wahiawa Middle School choir at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 and Wheeler Elementary School choir at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 ... One of your neighbors is now out on DVD in the local award-winning film, All for Melissa: Chloe Amos of Mililani ...
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Foster “Mike” Afalava of Mililani has been promoted from pickup driver to field supervisor for Hawaii Self Storage. Company spokesman Shaun Salvador says since he joined HSS three years, Mike “has developed into a respected leader and manager” ... Two more reasons to get your tree at Helemano Farms in Whitmore Village: 1) Norfolk Island Pines stay green longer that cut fir trees, and 2) You can return it to the farm after Christmas for composting (622-4287) ... Hoku award-winning island jazz star Ginai Curti is happy to be called a Wahiawa Lion these days, after realizing all the good deeds they perform. And the club is glad to have her in the den as well. At a multiple-club Halloween party at Dot’s, for example, Ginai won the karaoke contest, and the Wahiawa club gets to keep the trophy for a year ...
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A retired DOE educator now living in Las Vegas, Barbara KimYamashita was raised in Wahiawa by her Korean immigrant mother, who had plenty to say and teach her young daughter. Now Barbara, who was Leilehua High’s first female student body president, has written a book in tribute to her hard-working seamstress/mom, which you can order through the Hawaii Education Association. It’s called Mama & Me, Words to Uplift (949-6657) ... Robert Hayashida wants all former Hawaii boxers (like himself) in Central Oahu to know that the Old Timers Club will meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Oahu Veterans Center by Radford High School to talk story about the glory days. Cost is $10, and you can call him at 677-4501. (Two such boxers are Mililani’s Calvin Chang from the 1940s era and Benny Quiseng of Wahiawa from the 1950s). Though Calvin’s no relation to me, my grandfather-in-law was Chang Kau, a colorful figure who invented the portable boxing ring in the 1930s ... Mililani High graduate Ann Yoshida (and her service dog Echo) write that her graduate studies are going well at Utah State in rehabilitation counseling and speech pathology. After an accident left the active athlete a paraplegic, Ann set about reversing all of those “can’t do” perceptions through her surfing, racing, tennis, kayaking, swimming, skiing, rock climbing, hand cycling and horseback riding. She also was featured in Women’s Surf Style Magazine for November. “The snow is starting, and I think the winter is going to be a good one for skiing and snowboarding,” she writes ... Time for more license plate sightings: AYYOLE and ISK8R .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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