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May 03, 2006 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usRenowned actor and teacher Alan Arkin addressed Waldorf High School students recently, following an improv workshop for parents and staff ... Meanwhile, Waiokeola Preschool keiki hopped up and down all at once (call it a hop-a-thon) and earned $2,931 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. That’s the highest sum of all 18 hopping schools statewide ... Just call Kahala’s Peter Juhn outstanding. Last week Mayor Mufi named Peter the Outstanding (Senior) Male Volunteer for his dedication to Kalakaua Gym programs for stroke victims (which he founded) and to boxing opportunities for area youths. Another East Oahu senior, Doris Ikenaga, received the Akamai Living Award at the same ceremony for her help with Wesley United Methodist Church, UH and as a longtime caregiver ...
Speaking of Methodists, Rev. Sandra Olewine speaks May 21 during morning worship at Kilohana United Methodist Church about her experiences as a missionary in Palestine for the past 10 years ... In an entirely different lifestyle, former isle resident Phil Cardella won an exciting mixed martial arts bout in Ohio recently (in front of Joe Frazier, the Gracie jiu-jitsu clan and others). Phil’s secret? Daily conditioning at Sandy Beach on sand and in the sea, such as “carrying lava rock boulders in the rough winter waters” ... Portlock artist Susan Rogers-Aregger will help you turn newsprint (please, not this column!) into art at her collage workshop May 19, 22 and 24 at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kaneohe - a great place to dye and glue paper (395-4702) ... Zoe MartinDoike of Palolo Valley placed first for senior string performance at a 2006 national music teachers convention in Texas after several local and regional triumphs. Zoe also makes her violin sing with the Hawaii Youth Symphony and was recently featured on NPR’s From the Top broadcasts from Hawaii ... New “audit seniors”
John Paul Bautista
at the large Nishihama & Kishida CPA firm are Hawaii Kai’s John Paul Bautista and Kaimuki’s Shari Lau and Jenny Yeung ... If you’re at Ala Moana Center May 17, listen for the Kaimuki High
Jenny Yeung
School band. The Bulldogs are performing a free concert there at 6 p.m. ... David Craig (Kaiser ‘04) has reported to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for active duty with the Army ... Kuliouou resident Adam Pack, dolphin expert and educator, has joined the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council ... Biology major Kathryn Rian of Kaimuki/Kahala made the fall dean’s list at Grinnell College in Iowa ... Irish music lovers should thank Niu Valley’s Bill Comerford for his constant support of it on this wayward emerald isle. In addition to operating two Irish pubs in Honolulu, Bill also underwrites HPR’s weekly broadcast of The Thistle & Shamrock . My son, Kevin “O’Chang,” sings a few un-Irish ditties at O’Toole’s once a month, so I can also toast Bill on his own turf ... Another O’Toole’s regular (including May 1) is The Girlas, who’ve just released a first CD Now or Never to rave reviews. The mellow-voiced women’s band includes Kaiser High and Chaminade graduate Kelli Heath, as well as sisters Connie and Tiffa Cruz Garza of Palolo’s talented Cruz clan, Carly Smith of St. Louis Heights, Candy Diaz and Anela Choy ...
Koko Head Elementary student artist Eleanor Yuan won first place (and a $100 savings bond) for grades 1-2 in the Board of Water Supply’s annual poster contest. Honorable mention went to Caitlin Atienza of Niu Valley Middle. Their work is on view through Friday at City Hall ... East Oahu choreographer Deanna Luster is behind the lively dance scenes in ACT’s Damn Yankees, opening May 11 at Richardson Theatre (438-4480) ... Evan Killips of East Oahu made the fall semester dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis
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