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April 04, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usSacred Hearts graduate Sandra Chang, an immunologist at UH medical school, is working on a possible vaccine for malaria that will lessen its severity. This is no whim - she’s been working on it for 20 years, in competition with other labs. If hers gets the nod from the World Health Organization, then she’ll need a few million dollars to test it ... Another brainy individual in the area is Hawaii Kai’s PingSun Leung, who will receive the Excellence in Research Award April 12 at the College of Tropical Ag and Human Resources dinner in Waikiki. PingSun’s field is molecular biosciences and bio-engineering. Also honored that night by CTAHR will be Waialae’s Pamela Kutara, named Outstanding Extension Agent in Nutrition or Human Resources ...
Kaimuki storyteller and balladeer James McCarthy shares original stories “specifically created for this venue” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and April 21 at the Contemporary Museum (237-5230) ... Dale Matsumoto of Hawaii Kai graduated cum laude from Boston University in January with a B.A. in psychology ... Hawaii Kai’s Gordon Sun has been promoted to assistant VP for Central Pacific Bank’s investment services. Outside of work, Gordon is active in the Hawaii State Jaycees ... Speaking of which, former Hawaii Kai Jaycee leaders Julie Nakata and Annette Lum have moved up to vice presidents on the state Jaycee board. Julie is now in charge of community development and Annette handles membership ... Hawaii Kai’s Kimberly McDonald (Chaminade ‘99) has completed Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. ... Kelsey Sakimoto, a junior at Punahou, hasn’t forgotten his roots at Liholiho Elementary School. His Military History Club won the grand prize in a debate contest, and Kelsey shared his award by giving a $125 book gift to the LES library ... Kaimuki resident Roy Kamida received the Outstanding Postsecondary Business Educator Award at the Montana conference of Western Business and Information Technology Educators last month. Roy is an accounting professor at Leeward CC ...
Paul Naki
Kaimuki Middle School drug-free coordinator Paul Naki won a 2007 Ola Pono Award for his other passion: the Waipahu High School JROTC program, its style and excellence in precision drills ... Army Corps of Engineers project manager Harold Nakaoka of Waialae Iki was Employee of the Month in December for his outstanding performance on civil works-funded studies and projects in American Samoa ... Hawaii Kai financial planner Jeff White is in the top 4 percent of all advisers and was initiated into the LPL Financial Services Chairman’s Club at its year-end conference on the Big Island ... Among East Oahu’s many talented musicians are violinist Mary Elizabeth Keller, pianist Noel Lee and violinist Michael Lim. All three attend Punahou and are winners in the Hawaii Youth Concerto Competition. They played March 17 at the Concert Hall ... Kaimuki’s Lois Taylor has a hot one for you: One of the best floral arrangers in the nation, B.J. Dyer, discusses his creative designs with the Garden Club of Honolulu at 10:30 a.m. April 11 in Doris Duke Theater (737-4232) ...
Hawaii Kai’s Darrell Lum is as good with his mouth as he is at his laptop. The award-winning writer and co-founder of Bamboo Ridge Press was keynote speaker at the Koolau Writers Workshop last month. Reports say he was very well-received by the crowd of aspiring authors ... Kaiser High cellist Kathleen Chao and Kalani High trumpeter Casey Tamanaha and pianist Joyce Wang played March 25 at the Mozart Music Hall in Honolulu as winners of $1,000 scholarships from the Morning Music Club ... Liholiho Elementary’s chess team (advised by Peter Nakashima) won the state chess title in March for grades K-3. Players are Zachary Arakaki, Nathaniel Emerson, Ryan Nakashima, Ian Taniyama and Jeffery Wood
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