Waha Nui
August 01, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usHawaii Kai botanist Derral Herbst and co-author George Staples have won the 2007 Literature Award from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Their monumental reference book is A Tropical Garden Flora from Bishop Museum Press (2005). Start reading it now: It tells about 2,100 plants, and it’s 900 pages long ... Cruz Joseph Hatanaka of Hawaii Kai (Saint Louis ‘02) has graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a BA in psychology ...Wanna make sure of your meter reader? No problem. According to a recent HECO newsletter, meter readers are cloaked in healthy stuff: They wear “a light blue, collard shirt” and HECO name patch ...
Glenn Sexton
East Oahu resident Glenn Sexton and developer Stanford Carr have joined Rehab Hospital’s board of directors. Stanford heads his own real estate development company, and Glenn is vp and general manager of Xerox Hawaii ... Young Brothers has hired Matthew Humphrey as vice president and general manager. Matt’s second good decision is to settle his family in Hawaii Kai. He was previously with APM Terminals at the Port of Los Angeles ...
Stanford Carr
Coming out this fall from UH Press is the seventh book by Hawaii Kai’s beach expert John Clark, Guardian of the Sea: Jizo in Hawaii. John tells of the Japanese fishing shrines, such as Bamboo Ridge near Blowhole, that have protected fishermen here for generations ... Palolo’s Jeff Gere received the 2007 Oracle Award for Service (Pacific Region) last month at the National Storytelling Conference in St. Louis. Jeff founded and coordinates the city’s Talk Story Festival and has branched out to TV, public radio, tours and CDs in the name of great tale telling. His CD Rank Devil Mountain (created on Maui) also received honors as an outstanding recording from the Storytelling World Resources Project out of Tennessee ...
Anita Pangan
Anita Pangan is the first Employee of the Quarter awardee for St. Francis Healthcare System. The Kuliouou valley resident is an office clerk at the system’s Nuuanu hospice where she’s worked in various roles since 1988 and is regarded as “the heart of hospice” ... In her spare time, East Oahu mom Reiko Ho has opened the Martial Arts Family Fitness in Puck’s Alley (949-0749). She’s a second degree black belt and kickboxing instructor who recently directed La Pietra’s drama program. Reiko also has a 7-year-old at Waialae Elementary ... New supporters for B.E.A.C.H. (a beach cleanup campaign) in East Oahu are Doug and Sheryl Locke of Wet Feet Aina Haina. They volunteered and also donated prizes to the July 22 workday at Makapuu Beach ...
Pepi Nieva
Hawaii Kai’s Pepi Nieva, a veteran award-winning public relations pro, has joined Bright Light Marketing Group as vice president of PR. Pepi also co-wrote 2006 documentary Mabuhay with Aloha with Emme Tomimbang ... Inspired by their mom, a Kaimuki native, Bia, Annette and Dee LaBorte‘s Spirit Soul band has a track on the All States All Stars CD. They are Hawaii’s representative on the album, which was released July 4 through the non-profit Music for Troops. Go to www.amillionsongs.org to support the cause
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