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January 07, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Congratulations to Hawaii Fi-Do, the North Shore-based service/therapy dog training agency now marking (and barking?) its 10th year of service. According to spokes-woman Judy Suan, the group also has acquired three breeder females and looks forward to many more “mini doodles” come spring. That’s in addition to its standard Labradoodles (a happy cross between Labrador retrievers and standard poodles) ...
In its quest to give away turkeys and holiday cash, Waipio Center mailed more than 3,000 entry forms to neighboring homes. Now the results are in, and two Mililani residents, Therese Gagarin and Candace Chun, were among a dozen winners of $25 Foodland gift cards to buy their gobblers ... In another part of the forest, the Beavers (of Oregon State University) are doing as well in the classroom as they have done on the football field during fall semester.
Among those on the fall scholastic honor roll are Joli Johnston of Haleiwa, a psychology major, and four Mililani students: Dexter Carolino (exercise and sport science), Nicole Chun (animal sciences), Bryson Kamisato (general science) and Zachary Kaneshiro (computer engineering) ... American Savings Bank recently hired two Mililani men:
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Kenneth Kirton (as a financial adviser) and Taylor Kirihara (as business relationship manager at the main branch). Kenneth, a member of the United Okinawan Association, was previously with Merrill Lynch. Taylor comes from Bank of Hawaii where he was a business banking officer for Wahiawa and Haleiwa ... At last report, Whitmore Village boy Gene Villiatora was still in the running in the Top Chef-New York contest, airing each Wednesday on the BRAVO Channel. The self-taught chef and Leilehua High School graduate has found a home in the Las Vegas casino restaurant scene and has gained many friends and fans among the reality show’s viewers ...
Another Whitmore/Leilehua product, Ron Aoki of Mililani, has won the Summer 2008 Responsible Coaching Award for Hawaii from Liberty Mutual. The honor comes with a $250 gift card and trophy for his volunteer work with Junior Olympic ASA Softball and the Island Ladies team for grades 9 and 10 ... Nolie Diakoulas of Haleiwa has joined Suntech Hawaii as a project engineer. He will manage project integration of the local company’s solar panel installations ... Wahiawa ophthalmologist Dr. Christopher Tortora warns that diabetes is a very real threat to your vision, but “it develops slowly,” so you need to have it checked out early on before blurred vision, light flashes and floating spots appear ...
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At least three Central Oahu college women have completed ROTC specialized training recently at mainland Army posts. Natalia Cardona (Mililani 2005) and Shannon Killian (Leilehua 2005) graduated from Operation Warrior Forge at Fort Lewis, Wash. Shannon attends the University of South Alabama at Mobile. Robyn Mateo (Leilehua 2005) completed a four-week leader training course at Fort Knox, Ky.. Robyn is a student at UH-Manoa ... Also, Kaleo Andersen (Waialua 2001, Universal Technical Institute 2008) has been deployed to Iraq. The Army National Guard sergeant is a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic from Haleiwa
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