Waha Nui
December 13, 2006 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usKaiser High teacher Michelle Kapana-Baird won the Educator Award from the Coral Reef Outreach Network’s Hawaii Living Reef Program for her contributions to environmental protection. Michelle’s students have been learning how to build a canoe from two Albezia logs they purchased with a grant she won for the cultural project ... Kaimuki Middle School’s 160-member concert band will deliver a rousing show at 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 18) at Ala Moana Center ... East Oahu’s Karen Keawehawaii and the Diamond Head Shooting Stars join dozens of other talents in celebrating Jim Nabors’ 10th annual Merry Christmas with Friends and Nabors this weekend at Hawaii Theatre (528-0506). Area residents in other key roles: Wally White on sets and John Rampage directing ... After attending St. Patrick’s and Star of the Sea schools, he became an all-star lineman for the Saint Louis Crusaders (class of 1968). Fast-forward to Dec. 11, 2006: In ceremonies at Fort Shafter, Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Peterson became the first Army officer of Hawaiian ancestry to receive his third star ...
Shari Chang
Shari Chang has made something of herself, too. The Aina Haina resident is now senior vice president of sales, marketing and revenue management for ResortQuest Hawaii, just one of many pivotal roles she’s played in the field. Shari has also been honored as Destination Marketer of the Year, is among Travel Agent magazine’s “top 100 most powerful women in travel,” and chaired the Hawaii Tourism Authority board in 2000 ... Hawaii Kai music teacher Beth Uale will direct the children’s choir this weekend at the Honolulu Hawaii Stake Christmas concert at the Latter-day Saints tabernacle on Beretania. Beth was national Mother of the Year in 2004 ... Dai Sun and Betty Chang of Kanewai Street must be proud. Their grandson Charles Vogl is co-producer with Socheata Poeuv of the film New Year Baby which just won the Movies that Matter Human Rights Award at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam. It’s Socheata’s story of her family’s trip back to Cambodia “to uncover the secrets of a tragic past at the hands of the Khmer Rouge” ...
Shira Aspesi
Shira Aspesi of Hawaii Kai is the new operations manager for Island Insurance Co. She previously worked for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in San Diego ... Star of the Sea teacher (and veteran award-winning Hawaii entertainer) Keith Haugen and wife Carmen are presenting a free Peace on Earth Christmas concert for everyone at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand. “It’s our Christmas gift to the community,” explains Carmen, a professional hula dancer. Keith also wrote many of Hawaii’s favorite Christmas songs ... Veteran celebrity columnist Eddie Sherman will autograph copies of his new book, Frank, Sammy, Marlon and Me, during Kahala Nui’s holiday bash next Monday night ... New Hawaii Kai state Rep. Gene Ward has stepped in to help judge the Hawaii Kai Boat Parade Saturday, and the Hawaii USA Federal Credit Union has stepped up as an event sponsor. Sail on, folks (see Highlights on page 10) ... HPD’s annual “Shop with a Cop” program is still active at Kahala Mall, where selected students from area schools have breakfast at California Pizza Kitchen with their special officer, get gift packs from the mall and then go shopping. Only thing is, they can’t top it off with a movie this year. Consolidated Theatres has yet to announce a reopening date ... Dr. Padma Muthiah of Hawaii Kai has joined the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Queen’s Medical Center. She earned her MD at John Burns School of Medicine
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