Waha Nui

Carol Chang
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September 02, 2009 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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John Rizzo

REHAB hospital’s chief medical officer, Gary Okamoto, will be washing cars Sept. 12 to support the hospital and other charities, along with other East Oahu executives Glenn Sexton of Xerox and Mark Teruya of Armstrong Produce (371-2882) ...

Show some respect the next time you help a little old lady across Kalanianaole Highway. She may have taken a fitness class at Kahala Nui, which has hired Olympic bronze medalist and North American kickboxing champion Lyndle Harper as a personal trainer and exercise instructor ... Feeling guilty about neglecting your favorite pooch? You could make it up to him/her with a stay at the Kahala resort. Canine guests get the Pampered Paws treatment (lei greeting, homemade peanut butter dog biscuits, special bowl and bed, a card with commands in Hawaiian language) for a flat rate of $150, plus your room fee, of course ...

James Yokoyama

John Rizzo is the new Saint Louis School principal/vice president, and he’ll take office Oct. 5. John has headed several Catholic schools here and on the Mainland over the past 22 years ... Hawaii Conservation Alliance chose 25 student stories or poems to fit its 2009 theme of “My Hawaii,” and one of them (out of nearly 400 entries) is from East Oahu: Marissa Meyer of Niu Valley Middle School for The Last Dance ... Kiewit

Building Group awarded a college scholarship to outstanding student and Kalani High grad James Yokoyama who will study civil engineering at University of Portland ... Another Falcon, Daren Kuwaye,and Sacred Hearts’ Ann Hashizume participated in a recent Student Research Project Symposium at Windward Community College, where 14 youths presented their projects as part of the WCC Summer Environmental Science Program. Daren’s team investigated an invasive algae in Kaneohe Bay, and Ann studied zooplankton at Waikalua Loko fishpond ...

Ashley Moser

Miss Hawaii Teen Ashley Moser won the Miss Congeniality crown at the Miss Teen USA Pageant in the Bahamas, meaning the Hawaii Kai girl was voted by her peers to be “the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational” in the pageant. (It comes with a $1,000 scholarship and a diamond necklace) ... Mahalo, Lisa Josephsohn, 60, for your many years of telling me who in East Oahu is doing what for this column. The Sierra Drive publicist became the one who asked “where do you live?” of the many actors and crewmembers in countless productions. She died of cancer on Aug. 20. Donations can be made to Kapiolani Health Foundation, for the Elissa Josephsohn Spirit Fund ...

Reading at 7 p.m. Sunday in HPR’s Aloha Shorts taping at Atherton Studio (955-8821) are notables Lee Cataluna of Niu Valley, Nora Okja Keller of Kahala and Cathy Song of Maunalani Heights. Selections are on a food theme, such as A Day in Da Life of a Java Junkie by Lisa Linn Kanae of Kaimuki

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