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February 04, 2009 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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UH anthropology professor Nina Etkin is one of two recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Economic Botanist Award. She will be honored in June at the Society for Economic Botany’s annual meeting in South Carolina. Members call the Hawaii Kai resident “the class act” of ethnobotany. This caps a long career of multiple awards and research grants for her ...
Kapiolani Community College scuttlebutt: KCC culinary graduate Adina Guest is on the American team that placed sixth in the Bocuse d’Or in France, considered the Olympics of cooking competitions. They also are featured in the New York Times and an industry magazine this month ... The 2009 Miss Chinatown Hawaii Jenna-Lynn Kam aspires to be a KCC culinary student, too. The Sacred Hearts graduate wants to open her own restaurant someday ...
KCC emergency medical services instructor Jeff Zuckernick was in the right place at the right time. He and others assisted a fellow United passenger and cardiac arrest victim last month and revived his heartbeat with CPR and the airport’s defibrillator. Jeff, you see, was on his way to an EMS conference on the Mainland ... On a sadder note, KCC student and Kaimuki resident Zachary Mar, 19, died accidentally on Jan. 18 in Honolulu. Donations can be made to the “Zachary Fujisaki Mar Foundation to support Special Olympics Hawaii” ...
The new Narcissus Queen Lisa Wong hails from Kaimuki. She’s a dental assistant to her father Roger - when she’s not attending banquets and being Hawaii’s ambassador of Chinese culture ... Hokulani Elementary School fifth-grader Kevin Costa is one of four poster artists singled out for special honors in Hawaiian Electric Co.‘s Home Energy Challenge campaign. Kevin’s entry pledged: “Planting more plants in my yard to make the house cooler.” For this vow and his drawing, he won a performance by Mad Science at his school. “We wanted to show that everyone, including children, can make a resolution to help protect our environment by using energy wisely,” said HECO’s Kaiulani de Silva ...
Nathan Bourg (Kaimuki 2000) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. ... There’s a big “Mardi Gras Carnaval” in the works for Feb. 24 downtown, and indefatigable Aina Haina resident Mark Tarone is co-producing it with Tim Bostock. Look for Hawaii Kai’s Marsha Joyner with the SindaFella carriage in the second Samba Parade at 9 p.m. (271-9140) ... Niu Valley talent Peter Rucci is musical director of the Broadway hit Curtains, playing Feb. 26-March 14 at Army Community Theatre (438-4480) ...
Ty Pak, who is helping his wife sell roses for their church at the moment (see page 1), has become a prolific and acclaimed author since retiring from UH-Manoa as an English teacher. Born in Korea, Ty lived through the Japanese liberation, U.S. and Soviet occupation and the trauma of the Korean War, before moving to America and earning multiple degrees. The Hawaii Loa resident also is a distinguished speaker on Korean affairs and literature and has published Guilt Payment, Moonbay and Cry Korea Cry ...
The Hawaii State Bar Association has honored Nalani Fujimori of Hawaii Kai with the Schutte Award for “key leadership and work on the state needs assessment on Access to Justice for Hawaii’s poor communities.” Nalani is Legal Aid Society interim director ... Next time you have the munchies, go say hi to Simon Lam. He’s the newly promoted general manager of Hawaii Kai Pizza Hut ...
HPR will tape its Aloha Shorts show Feb. 16 in Atherton Studio, honoring Neighbor Island works. Music by Kupa’aina band starts at 6:45 p.m. to warm folks up. Also in the spotlight will be Kapahulu’s Wil Kahele, reading from Manuela Boy by the late Michael McPherson. I wonder if Wil has heard Kupa’aina’s Sunday afternoon practice down the street from him? (955-8821)
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