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November 11, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Ho’ala principal Nancy Barry had a great birthday present: A trip to Rome for the canonization of Father Damien. And Rev. Clarence Fisher, retired pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Wahiawa, also went. Nancy, who worships at the Newman Center at UH, also claimed a third-row seat for a mass audience Oct. 8 with Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter‘s Square. Her interest in St. Damien was sparked, she told the Hawaii Catholic Herald, by her experience practicing “reiki” on patients at Kalaupapa to reduce their stress and help healing. Father Clarence, meanwhile, was ordained in the sanctuary of the main altar at St. Peter’s Basilica ...
Tickets are on sale now at the box office for Jack Johnson‘s Friday and Saturday concert and documentary screening at Hawaii Theatre. Proceeds go to Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which has sprouted gardens and healthy eating classes at several North Shore and Windward schools. The En Concert film of his latest world tour starts at 8, following by a full acoustic treat from Jack and Zach Gill ... As all of you know, Marcus Oshiro is in the state House, not the Senate, as I wrote in this column Oct. 21…
The American Business Women’s Association has named Lee Ann Matsuda of Mililani one of its 2010 Top Ten Business Women of ABWA for career excellence, education and community involvement. Lee Ann belongs to the Na Kilohana O Wahine chapter and works as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Easter Seals Hawaii ...
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Veronica Castellanos is looking forward to Waialua Community Association’s Barefoot Boogie on Nov. 21 (see Highlights). The free dance is for dance fans all ages, and it’s the first one they’ve put on, says the WCA office manager. “Come and have fun and just dance to your heart’s content” ... Millicent Cummings, a frequent resident and visitor to the North Shore, performs her original music in “Life is a Gift” (for Thanksgiving) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 in HPR’s Atherton studio on Kaheka Street (955-8821) ... Another Central Oahu talent, Leilehua teacher Tyler Miranda, will read from his manuscript, The House of Luke, at Bamboo Ridge’s book launch Nov. 23 at UH Campus Center Ballroom (626-1481). Tyler won the Editor’s Choice Award for prose ...
Shannon Taparra, an executive loan officer with Aloha Lending Services in Waipio Shopping Center, wants all Mililani residents to know she will donate a portion of her earnings this month and next to Hawaii Foodbank. Take out a loan and feed the hungry (671-0977) ... Way to go, Nicole Sarrazin of Mililani. She placed second (for women 20-24) in the recent Aloha United Way 5K Run last month at Campbell Industrial Park, followed by third-place Mililani runner Sarah Pacheco of MidWeek. The Tesoro-sponsored race earned $137,000 for AUW ...
Nine-year-old Ryan Cadirao of Mililani, afflicted with mitochondrial myopathy (a disease rendering communication non-verbal) went to Disneyland for the second time last month, courtesy of Make A Wish and UnitedHealthCare. Ryan, his younger brother and parents Ryan and Caroline got the VIP treatment in the Magic Kingdom and Universal Studios. A highlight for him was meeting Peter Pan, riding a Ferris wheel and watching High School Musical III
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