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May 06, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Congratulations to the Mililani High’s Trojan Times newspaper staff, which earned the Best in State award for editorial writing in the 2009 Hawaii State High School Journalism Awards program. (They also got free lunch at the Pagoda Hotel.) Written by Cyrus Takahashi, the MHS entry bemoans the “inundation” of valedictorians and pleas for some standards that would produce just one special student rising to the top of the class.
This June, Cyrus predicts, Mililani may have at least 28 valedictorians. The Board of Education has introduced a Senior Project standard for the Class of 2010, but with little fanfare. “The issue is not that it has been added as a requirement,” Cyrus writes, “it’s that this information is so ridiculously inaccessible to the public that the hardest thing about becoming a valedictorian is trying to figure out how to become one” ...
Rudy Ortega of Haleiwa has graduated from the Plumber Utilities Apprentice Course at Sheppard AFB, Texas ... Michelle Ballard of Schofield Barracks and Molly Gowen of Kunia are in the Women’s Chorus for the Army Community Theatre play Children of Eden, opening May 7 at Fort Shafter (438-4480) ... Craig Togami of Mililani has been appointed vice president of client services for Qmark Research, where he will help clients learn and conquer their marketing challenges.
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Craig was previously with American Saving Bank during its successful “kalo” branding period ... Hey, jocks, Wahiawa ophthalmologist Christopher Tortora wants you to take care of your eyes. Protective eyewear for athletes, he says, “is 20 times stronger than typical lenses and can withstand the impact of a ball or other object hitting them” ... You can catch Wahiawa Middle School’s performing arts troupe at 1 p.m. May 16 at Pearlridge Center Uptown ...
The new vice president and controller at Finance Factors is from Mililani. George Nip was promoted recently to supervise and manage the money side of the company, which specializes in real estate loans. George is a CPA and avid volunteer with American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life every year ... Haleiwa tot Kailah Faye MaliuAulike Herron-Souza has a pretty long name for all 2 feet and 30 pounds of her. But us common folks can just call her “Your Highness.” She was crowned Miss Pretty Little Princess 2009 at the Hawaii Convention Center recently. Kailah Faye also picked up prizes for winning the category of Miss Personality and Prettiest Hair ...
Island Air is proud of its first graduating class of 18 who completed the Aviation Student Explorer course last month. (It revived the program after Aloha Airlines bowed out). Central Oahu graduates are Mililani High School students Punahele Dalde and Breanne Naone
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