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October 27, 2010 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usMililani resident Joe Hunkler was recognized Oct. 9 as the 2010 Oahu Red Cross Volunteer of the Year during its Heroes Breakfast. A retired engineer, Joe reports daily to Red Cross headquarters on Diamond Head Road. He helped deploy 41 volunteers to the Gulf Coast during the 2008 hurricane season, prepared 20 Hawaii volunteers to go to American Samoa after the tsunami struck, and has created a mentor program for retaining new volunteers ... Chloe Chang of Mililani took second place (and $100) in HFD’s Fire Prevention Week poster contest for firefighter employees and their families. “Smoke Alarms: a sound you can live with” is the theme ...
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The Billboard Touring Awards Humanitarian for 2010 is North Shore singer/environmentalist Jack Johnson and his wife Kim, who have devoted the past seven years to “effecting change in their home state of Hawaii and worldwide through involvement in many social and environmental issues.” Besides all the projects of Kokua Hawaii Foundation here, Jack’s lucrative music tours incorporate green practices, and he gives 100 percent of tour profits (via the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation and its All At Once campaign) to local and national groups who can make the world a better place. The couple will accept the honors Nov. 4 in New York City ... Kimoli Thomas from Team Lally at Re/Max Honolulu urges residents to bring donations of Hawaiian goodies (and leftover Halloween candies) to her office before Nov. 3 for shipment to our Schofield troops in Iraq. Call her at 687-8933, ext. 5, for details ... On a recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, MidWeek columnist Rick Hamada saw that the wreath-laying part of the changing of the guard ceremony was dedicated to Mililani Middle School. “Our experience was richly enhanced by the participation of such an engaged group of Hawaii students,” he recalls ...
Leilehua’s team took third, not fourth (as reported in an earlier story), at the national Health Occupation Students of America competition in June ... Mililani High senior William Gaul has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program for his “exceptional academic ability and potential for college success.” Stay tuned ... Army National Guard Pvt. Arthur Kiyabu (Mililani 2008) has graduated from Fire Support Specialist training at Fort Sill, Okla.
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