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May 05, 2010 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Gary Powell

Congratulations to Trojan Times adviser Christopher Sato and staff for their triumph at the state high school journalism awards. Mililani High’s product was named Best in State, as well as first for features, sports and single issue. Staffer Bianca Sewake was named most valuable reporter ...

Meanwhile, back from downtown Las Vegas, here are Central Oahu’s latest lucky slot players at Boyd casinos: Charline Terukina of Haleiwa, $6,464; Kerry Koide of Mililani, $6,182; Belinda Castro of Mililani, $6,000; and Geraldine Wabinga of Haleiwa, $5,000 ...


 

Gary Powell of Mililani has earned his Guardianship certification after passing a national exam to show he meets the standards “worthy of the responsibility entrusted to him.”

Matthew Araujo

Gary is the executive director of the Hawaii-based Caregiver Foundation of America (625-3782) ... Trinity Lutheran School got a makeover in December from former student Matthew Araujo, 15, who assembled a dozen fellow Boy Scouts from Troop 126 to landscape, paint and enhance pathways on the Wahiawa campus.

For that (plus 21 merit badges) Matthew will receive his Eagle Scout badge in June. He’s also a CPR instructor, by the way, and has trained more than 250 people in the procedure ...

As Hawaii’s regional awardee, Mililani High’s Melissa Monette has won a $10,000 Coca Cola corporate scholarship recognizing her leadership potential. (To learn about her tennis potential, turn to page 9) ...

Michael Lapsley

Trojan alumna Shelle Shimizu, now at Macalaster College in Minnesota, has been named a 2010 Truman Scholar, which comes with $30,000 for graduate study. Currently in China, Shelle will be a Fellow this summer in Public Policy and International Affairs at Princeton. Then she wants to join the Peace Corps, get a law degree and a master’s at Columbia. Whew! ...

Anglican priest Michael Lapsley brings his healing mission to Mililani Hongwanji at 7 p.m. May 13 (342-6550). Father Michael was part of South Africa’s liberation movement when one day he received a letter bomb.

As a result, he lost both hands, one eye and was severely burned. He has since share his journey to healing through workshops worldwide. His first Hawaii workshop this May 7-8 in Kalihi Valley (734-7130) ...


North Shore jazz singer Ginai Curti performs with Pierre Grill and Ernie Provencher at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at HPR’s Atherton studio to kick off a summer concert series (955-8821). Look for Ginai July 17-18 at the Haleiwa Arts Festival, too ...

Mililani grad and former Sabrina Starr Dancer of Wahiawa Wendy Calio is back home to share her Broadway, TV and film experience with keiki. On May 1 she opened Pas De Deux, her own performing arts studio in Waipahu (671-0350). She’s also booked for the Pineapple Festival Saturday (see page 3)

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