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December 02, 2009 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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The beloved mother of Hawaii chef D.K. Kodama, the late Sandy Kodama - who grew up in Wahiawa and spent many years hosting at her son’s restaurants - now has a legacy of her own sprouting at Leeward Community College: A culinary scholarship has been established in her memory ...
Speaking of food, Thanksgiving at Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter was a family affair - just 600 pounds of turkey, 335 pounds of ham, 75 gallons of eggnog, 575 pounds of potatoes, 2,200 pounds of flour for rolls, 150 pounds of nuts and 1,000 slices of pie ... Signed copies of Clark Little‘s new coffee-table book, The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little, are finally available as of Nov. 16. Surf on down to your nearest computer for this North Shore photographer’s ocean action images (http://www.clarklittlephotography.com). Penning the forwards for Clark’s book are Kelly Slater and Jack Johnson ...
If you’re shopping at Pearlridge on Dec. 10, you’ll hear the ukuleles and sweet voices of Na Kamalii O Iliahi Elementary School Choir there from 7 to 9 p.m. (Uptown).
The keiki also perform at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday at Kahala Mall ... Army officer Marty Muchow of Mililani took third place for his division in the Saucony Val Nolasco Half-marathon Nov. 8, a 13.1-mile races through East Oahu ... Shaiw-Mae Schmidt of Mililani (see page 8) was honored recently by RSVP for her volunteer work for The Judiciary. “She is the face of the Volunteers in Public Service office,” says VIPS coordinator Bryan St. Arnault. She helps bar exam hopefuls, schedules proctors and generally keeps the office humming and justice coming ...
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In addition to its shoebox campaign (page 5), Mililani-based Chinen & Arinaga Financial Group won the 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award in an Agency from Symetra Investment Services ... Speaking of investments, very lucky slot players on recent trips to downtown Las Vegas include Regina Gagalac of
Wahiawa ($55,040), Terence Amioka of Waialua ($25,000), Jane Oda of Wahiawa ($12,631), Laura Sewake of Wahiawa ($6,907) and Candace Chun of Mililani ($5,800) ... Mililani High graduate Stewart Silva got a job as a power plant operator at HECO’s Waiau plant after finishing LCC’s Process Technology program (its first graduating class). Stewart, who once thought about studying insects, liked the course because “we weren’t just sitting around with a book; we would have hands-on classes (at Waiau),” he says ...
Wanna study music? Wahiawa’s Don Sagara recommends Thursday nights at Dot’s restaurant where Mililani resident Steve Lucas and friends rage on with their old-time tunes. Just last week they played backup there for Bobby Ruffin of the Drifters fame ... You can sure learn stuff in the Army. Army National Guard Col. Keith Tamashiro of Wahiawa has graduated from U.S. Army War College via distance learning at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. The two-year course prepared Keith for civilian and military leadership positions, and earned him a master’s degree in strategic studies. Keith commands Headquarters, 298th Regional Training Institute at Bellows AFB. He also has a degree from DePaul U.
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