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July 04, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usKaimuki’s Lindsey Anne Austin, 22, is set to race Bill Myers’ yacht Cirrus from Long Beach to Honolulu July 9, making her the youngest captain in the history of the TransPac race. Lindsey’s mom, Donna Domasin Austin, will be part of her crew ... Speaking of youth, TransPac racers are growing younger and younger. We’ve got Hawaii’s Mark Towill, 18, the youngest on the crew of Roy Disney‘s Morning Light - where the average will be 21.2 years at race time. Then there are the local Doyle boys - skipper Sean (19) and navigator Justin (18) - on their dad’s yacht, On the Edge of Destiny. With their three other youngish mates, including Roscoe Fowler (20) of Kahala, the Doyles claim a new record for youngest crew (19.8 years), breaking the 1969 record of 22.57 years. (Add it all up and you’re getting close to my age) ...
As an enthusiastic member of the “Red Hats with Attitude,” Hawaii Kai’s Rosaleen Beyer knows how to have a good time. She celebrated her 60th birthday last month by having a pedicure party at Kailua Nail Care with her friends. Here’s toe you, Rosaleen ... Sacred Hearts Academy students tied for Best Anti-Drug PSA in the 2007 HMSA Teen Video Awards for Spelling Bee, earning $1,000 toward the purchase of video equipment for the school ...
Wally Zimmerman
Wally Zimmerman of Kaimuki has been promoted to senior vice president of client services at Bright Light Marketing Group. Wally joined the public relations firm in 2006 after working for 35 years in local TV production and communications posts ...
Holly Matsuda
Holly Matsuda of Kaimuki has been promoted to air-conditioning service department contract administrator at Heide & Cooke, a cool job to have these days ...
Shane Peters
Shane Peters of Kaimuki has been promoted to vice president at Communications Pacific. Shane previously worked as public access manager at the state Legislature ... Ward Warehouse hosts some East Oahu talent on its stage this month: Palolo’s Plymouth Vaefaga and Kapahulu’s Jackie Lowe join the Na Mele Nei Backyard Gang at 1 p.m. July 22, and Will Kapali Long of Hawaii Kai will perform A Broken Hearted Serenade at 1 p.m. July 29 (778-2945) ... Seventh-graders Shay Chun and Matthew Fong of Niu Valley Middle School had winning entries in the 2007 Eddie Aikau essay contest. Shay was second for their grade with Your Life Comes Second, and Matthew placed fifth for If Eddie Would Go, Would You? ... Qinglan Wang of Kuliouou participated in a campus-wide exposition of academic work at Bates College in Maine, where she is a freshman ... Kahala resident Bruce Stevenson is the new executive director and CEO for Pacific Health Research Institute. Bruce has spent much of his career studying cell biology, and he moved here after working at the Salk Institute in California ... Palolo resident Dawn Nakamura is one of the first five recipients of the First Hawaiian Bank Fellows program, which awards stipends for advanced study to employees at Rehab hospital. She’s been a physical therapist at the hospital for 12 years ...
Jennifer Hee is the new director of development (i.e., find the money!) for the William S. Richardson School of Law, and she’s had a good track record in similar work with Hawaii Baptist Academy. Jennifer teaches hula and sign language at Hawaii Kai Baptist Church, and she served on the Katrina Disaster Relief team in New Orleans ... Nataysha Echevarria, who was Belle in the Saint Louis Player spring show, Beauty and the Beast, is taking on New York City now where she’ll attend a performing arts school with her sister Tatiana. Her Hawaii Loa family has settled into a condo near her older brother Isaac Calpito, who is in the Mama Mia cast on Broadway. Nataysha’s dad, Dr. Lee Au Sr. has begun his commute between Hawaii and the East Coast
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