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July 01, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Mililani High School’s Sarah Nishioka was Hawaii’s Outstanding Senior Entry at National History Day June 14-18 in Washington, D.C., for her study of “James Longstreet: Confederate Traitor, Republican Patriot.” Sarah’s fellow Trojan historians Macie Chun and Anne Uruu took second place nationally in the Senior Website category for “Henry David Thoreau: Actions for Reform and a Worldwide Legacy of Peace” ...
Distinguished Leilehua High School graduate, chef Alan Wong, cooked up a special luau menu full of seafood for the Congressional Picnic at the White House last week. He was invited by a fan named Barack, and Honolulu’s Tihati Productions provided the entertainment ... Allison Chung, graduate of Mililani High School and University of Southern California, is now the marketing manager for Mobi PCS. Allison moved home to take the job after doing similar work for Universal City Studios Credit Union (a banker to the stars?) ...
Mililani Ike Elementary students did well in the 2009 Nene Award contests. (Students statewide vote for their favorite author and also compete on the good book theme.) Naomi Nakasone won for grade 6 in the poster contest. Also honored at the state library ceremony last month at Paliku Theatre were her school-mates Blythe Ballesteros (tops in grade 5), Keri Togami, Kianni Martinez and Lauren Mooney for their digital arts entries, and performing talents Elizabeth Baker, Vanessa Roybal and Dayni Wada ...
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Dylan Morden (Mililani 2009) has received a $4,000 scholarship from Hawaiian Cement, which supports outstanding students who are children of the company’s employees. Take a bow, Mom (Lori Morden). Dylan plans to attend BYU-Idaho in Rexburg ... Speaking of scholarly achievements, Oregon State University’s honor roll for spring term includes Haleiwa student Joli Johnston (psychology) and four students from Mililani: Nicole Chun (animal sciences), Kelsey Copeland (computer engineering), Zachary Kaneshiro (computer engineering) and Chelsea Kang (business administration) ...
While we’re at it, Mililani’s Kristin Lea Kahealani Akana made the dean’s list at Saint Martin’s University in Washington state, where she’s studying accounting ... Something to bat your eyes at: Dr. Christopher Tortora of Hawaiian Eye Center in Wahiawa is introducing a novel new treatment that’s supposed to grow longer and fuller eyelashes. He calls Latisse “a blockbuster in medical aesthetics” ...
Manoa Valley Theater’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee plays July 1-19 in Honolulu, and in the cast are Mililani actors Joel Libed and Jennifer Oyama Harris (988-0098). I hope I spelled their names koreckly ... Instructor Mara Pike of Jasmine Yoga on the North Shore was part of a special yoga promotion May 30 by Haleiwa resident and pro surfer Rochelle Ballard at Ala Moana Center’s center stage. Rochelle has a new DVD out called Surf Into Yoga ...
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