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November 21, 2007 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Hula Grill Waikiki presented its first Ola mau ka Hula Award last week to John Keola Lake. The East Oahu kumu was honored for a lifetime of contributions to preserving traditional Hawaiian hula ... Caterer Karen Miyano will be at this Saturday’s KCC Farmers Market in a white Toyota truck to pick up “recycled, utilized” kitchen equipment from donors (239-7296). Look for her at the Alohea entrance to the KCC parking lot. The items will be sold by Slow Food Oahu folks during the unique Green Market Gift Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dec. 2 at Church of the Crossroads ... East Oahu resident Maggie Phan has joined Central Pacific Bank as vp and internal audit deputy manager. With degrees from Boston and Suffolk universities, Maggie came here after working at two investment firms in Boston ...
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Miss Hawaii Teen America 2006 Tesia Worley crowned her successor, Lea Kunipo of Nanakuli, this month (with Amanda Suiso of Kaiser High as third runner-up). Tesia has had a busy year.
She placed fourth in the national pageant in July, adding $12,000 to her $50,000 scholarship fund. She and her family moved to Kahala last March as specially selected tenants of Genshiro Kawamoto ... East Oahu’s Liz Dreher Howard has received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Hawaii chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers for her many notable projects. She has designed homes from South Carolina to Taiwan. Her touch is also on island homes and the Haleiwa Joe’s restaurants ...
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Two great losses to the community in recent weeks: activist and surfer John Kelly of Black Point and business executive Harry Cooper of Hawaii Kai. John led many environmental campaigns and founded Save Our Surf. Harry, an active Lion locally and a world traveler, directed the Aloha Week Festival for a decade ... The St. Patrick School children’s choir will entertain at 11 a.m. Nov. 27 at Aloha Tower Marketplace ...
Need some new shades? Eyewear Kahala plans a brand-name trunk sale from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Dec. 1. It’s located in Kahala Mall’s rooftop shops, which are closer to the bright, bright sun ...Gabriel Lee is the new board chairman for Diamond Head Theatre, where Meet Me in St.Louis opens Nov. 30. He is a vp at American Savings Bank where he handles commercial markets ...
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Michael Freeman of Hawaii Kai has graduated from the Army ROTC leadership course at Fort Lewis, Wa. He is a student at Central Washington University ... The new Safeway opened with a gesture that should please its neighbors: Store officials presented a $6,000 check to the Kapahulu Senior Center ... Kurtis Kimura of Kalama Valley has joined Allstate Financial Group as exclusive financial representative. Kurtis has more than two decades of experience in the industry ...
You can catch Maunalua from 8 to 10 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Pagoda Hotel’s LaSalle Lounge ... Hawaii Kai’s Paul Hallin has been promoted to executive vp of development for A&B Properties ...
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The Hawaii Navy League will give Eleanor Shimogaki its civilian Shipyard Service Award Dec. 5 on Ford Island, not far from where she works as project material manager for Pearl Harbor Shipyard’s submarines. Her motto is “whatever material is required for (Fleet Maintenance), I get.” A recent challenge was to get her hands on a hydraulic valve control mechanism and fly it here ASAP from a sub base on the Mainland. “It’s challenging,” she admits. “It’s not boring, that’s for sure.” As for those traffic complainers, Eleanor’s commute from Hawaii Kai puts her at her desk by 5:30 a.m. every day. The civilian award comes with $1,000 cash, which she can use to obtain some needed materials for herself this time
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