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June 07, 2006 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usEast Oahu students Thomas Halpenny, Colin O’Brien and Kurt Zwald have received their B.A. degrees from Boston College. And Kurt was cum laude. Their commencement speaker on May 22 was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who received an honorary degree ... Congratulations to the Hawaii Kai Lions, who earned several awards at the District 50 Lions convention in May on Kauai. Not only did they produce the Best Bulletin (via editor Roy Aoki), member Mervin Wee was elected the new district governor.
The Palolo Lions have the Best Division II Secretary in Dwight Ovitt ... Retired judge Marie Milks of East Oahu will tell all (almost) in a Sakamaki lecture at UH-Manoa (Krauss 012) at 7 p.m. June 14. Among Marie’s possible topics: being the first here to try a murder-for hire case (as a public defender), the first Asian woman at Georgetown Law Center, and the first Asian woman appointed to the state judiciary ... Kaimuki High student Kathryn Cole is a semifinalist for literature in the Hawaii PTSA Reflections Art Program ...
Kathleen Torres
Rehab Hospital gave KCC nursing grad Kathleen Torres the AT&T Award of Excellence, a grant that will allow Kathleen, an RN, to pursue her study of spinal cord injuries and rehabilitation nursing ... Kaiser High business teacher Jackie Okumura won an Excellence in Career Education award recently from Heald College on the strength of an essay submitted by her student, Sean Kau. Her colleague, science teacher Tanya Ashimine, won the 2006 Best Buy Teachers Award. It comes with a grant to buy video and other tech stuff for the school ... Kalani High had five winners in the city’s Memorial Day poster contest. Jason Lee was 1st in the high school division, Tara Tamayori 2nd, and Cheryl Chinaka, Jasmine Knight and Reyna Nishimura were honorable mentions. Jason and Tara won round-trip tickets from Aloha Airlines ...
Speaking of art, Marilyn Cristofori of Hawaii Kai has been promoted to CEO of the Hawaii Arts Alliance, a strong presence at First Friday, the ARTS at Mark’s Garage and many other venues ...
Wally Zimmerman
Kaimuki’s Wally Zimmerman has joined Bright Light Marketing as vp of client services after 35 years as a local and national TV news producer. And Wally went right to work by sending me this tip: Kahala Nui’s new assistant executive director is hotel management veteran
Terence Fowler
Terence Fowler of St. Louis Heights. It should be a good fit. After all, Terence says, Kahala Nui is where residents “have the amenities of a fine resort” ... Congratulations to Hawaii Kai’s Richard Rankin, famed economics teacher, who coached another Iolani team to the national title at the Economics Challenge May 22 in NYC ... Sacred Hearts Academy is one of the 2006 “Best Places to Work,” says Hawaii Business magazine. Still, choral director Joanna Takagi managed to tear herself away long enough to lead her students in a June 4 performance at Carnegie Hall ... Condolences to the Bond family, who lost matriarch Jan Bond, 91, on May 10. To many in East Oahu, she was the tasty jams-and-jellies lady at Holy Nativity Church. Donations in her name are welcome at the church and at St. Francis Hospice ... Political science professor Neal Milner of Hawaii Kai is setting up an ombudsman office at UH-Manoa, where he previously helped establish the school’s conflict resolution program. Peace, Neal
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