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October 21, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Gina Lum

State Sen. Marcus Oshiro will read Wahiawa writer Kenneth Lynn Quilantang Jr.‘s immortal classic Peanut Butta Jelly during the live taping of HPR’s Aloha Shorts program at 6:45 p.m. Nov. 1 at Atherton Studio in Honolulu (955-8821). Kenneth is a UH graduate student, whose piece will be published in the upcoming Bamboo Ridge No. 94 ...

Vera Arita of Mililani has authored the children’s book, Can You Catch a Coqui Frog? through BeachHouse Publishing. It’s a colorful cascade of questions presented in a style reminiscent of Dr. Seuss. A teacher at Mililani Uka Elementary, Vera is on a book-signing tour of Oahu, including a 1 p.m. stop Nov. 1 at Borders Waikele, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at Borders Pearlridge and 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Borders Express Mililani ...


Wahiawa singer/songwriter Hope Mayo officially releases her CD End of the Day this week. You can find it at http://www.hopemayomusic.com, come to her release party at The Pearl Oct. 20, or see her at the REVO show at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Leeward Community College ...

Joe Morales

Gina Lum of Mililani was shopping at Pearlridge one day when she decided to enter a “Keep It Local” drawing and promotion sponsored by DTRIC Insurance.

She was the grand-prize winner of $500 cash to spend at the mall: “My children are definitely excited about going shopping,” she declared ... As the Mililani and Wahiawa Lions clubs continue their vision screenings at local schools, they discover that as much as one-third of the children tested have vision problems and don’t know it. Wahiawa ophthalmologist Christopher Tortora says that 80 percent of learning is visual during the first 12 years of life, so get your kids’eyes checked, folks ...

Speaking of Lions, the Wahiawa Leo Club at Leilehua is now 60-cubs strong under new adviser, teacher Amy Sun. Look for them in the Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11 ... Leilehua High School graduate Joseph Morales has joined the national tour of the award-winning Broadway play In the Heights, along with Mililani alumna Christina Black. Both are in the ensemble, and Joe also is an understudy ...

Christina Black

Another former Mule (Leilehua 2009) is Stepphun Gregg, who has just graduated from a four-week Army ROTC leadership training course at Fort Knox, Ky. Stepphun is a student at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell ...


It’s official: Mililani Middle School is the largest intermediate/middle school in the state with 1,752 children in grades 6 to 8 (hey, that rhymes!). Also in the top five for their grade level are Mililani High (2,460) and Mililani Ike Elementary (1,072) ... North Shore photographer Sean Davey will open a new exhibition, The North Shore in Black & White, with a reception from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 2 at Canon U.S.A. in Ward Plaza. So if you’re down in town and you miss your favorite waves, stop in for a fix at Canon’s Honolulu gallery to check out Sean’s version. The show runs through Nov. 25

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