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March 10, 2010 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usTrinity Lutheran School pays tribute to teacher Kathy Gustine at 8:30 a.m. today (March 10) for her 25 years of service (and still going). As a second-grade teacher for most of her years at TLS, Kathy’s known for her artistic creativity and her love for her students. Principal David Wittig calls her “an incredible asset to our program.” And she’s already taught some of her students’ children ...
Leticia Yacapin of Waialua had a good time in downtown Las Vegas recently, winning $38,324 at the slots. Keeping her company were Jane Oda of Wahiawa ($11,780), Haleiwa’s Geraldine Wabinga ($10,000), Waialua’s Angelita Corpuz ($6,000), Wahiawa’s Josephine Chargualaf ($5,077), Mililani’s Kerry Koide ($5,010) and Wahiawa’s Dorothy Shigeoka ($5,000) ...
John Au, vice president of Chinen & Arinaga Financial Group in Mililani, continues to be “blown away” by the generosity of public school students. In his fourth annual Shoeboxes for the Homeless Drive, he reports that all 10 schools in the Castle Complex in Kaneohe contributed, producing a total of 1,075 shoeboxes full of toiletries, clothes, food and more their needy neighbors ...
According to AhLan Diamond of Waimea Valley, the park had visits by 86 school groups last year, from preschoolers to college students ... Mililani High senior Carol Nordman will attend Rice University in Houston on a $180,000 Navy ROTC scholarship next fall to study civil engineering. Carol credits much of her success to a lifelong association with the Mililani Uka Kumon Math and Reading Center and instructor Amy Uemoto. It was there that she learned to balance a checkbook and prepare for her SATs, and even her driving test. Carol also was the first Hawaii student to complete Kumon’s Level X (matrices, permutations and statistics) ...
Congratulations to Eric Nonaka of Mililani. Sensei Nonaka recently was promoted to 7th dan and assistant chief instructor of Hawaii Ki Federation. He teaches at the Mililani Hongwanji Ki-Aikido Club ...
Mililani High School students Alex Kawamoto and Sabrina Lowe are finalists in the annual flier contest to promote UH West Oahu as a top choice for college-bound students. They are now in the running for an iPod Nano, Amazon Kindle and - best of all! - having their art entries published in MidWeek and the Star-Bulletin ... A tsunami scare postponed the Boy Scouts recycling drive Feb. 27 in Mililani, but Rene Mansho says you can still take your stuff to Mililani Hongwanji’s drive on March 27, in conjunction with another recycling drive there (see Highlights on page 5 of this issue)
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