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June 02, 2010 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Hawaii Kai’s Caitlin Mori is one of two Hawaii high school seniors named Presidential Scholars for 2010. Caitlin, who just graduated from Sacred Hearts Academy, will be honored June 19-22 in Washington, D.C., for her varied achievements in school and out, her leadership and “commitment to high ideals” ... Also feeling close-to-presidential is Kaimuki High math teacher Jami Muranaka, who is one of six state finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching ...
Laura Edmunds Kaakua is the new Native Land Field Representative for the Trust for Public Land, Hawaiian Islands Program. A Hawaii Kai resident and attorney, Laura will partner with Hawaiians to identify and protect culturally and historically significant lands in the state. She previously worked at Environ Hawaii, Earthjustice, OHAand others. She also dances hula, and is a wife and new mother ...
Hawaii Kai Lions president Scott Sakata spoke in Japanese April 15 before giving a $1,000 check to the Hawaii Kai Library. Then the Nagoya sister club president Masanori Soh matched that amount - and spoke in English - to librarian Colleen Lashway. (She likely did not tell either of them to hush up!) ...
Chaminade professor (and MidWeek columnist) Larry Price had a special guest in his MBA class May 25. Gov. Linda Lingle came to discuss negotiation and conflict resolution, of which she’s experienced plenty ...
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Chenoa Farnsworth of East Oahu is the 2010 Women in Business Champion of the Year for the city and county of Honolulu. Chenoa owns Farnsworth Consulting, which offers business strategy advice ... A man who started his cooking career as a dishwasher at Zippy’s has just won “Holiday Chef of the Year.” Darrell Aoki is executive chef at Holiday Retirement Hawaii Kai, and he triumphed over 25 of the national chain’s top chefs this spring to claim the title. He oversees daily operations of the kitchen and directs all meal preparations there. Darrell’s advice to aspiring chefs? “Go to school and get a degree, always wash your hands, remember to taste the food you prepare, and treat food and people with respect, always” ...
Check out the 2011 Men of the Hawaiian Islands calendar. Kaiser High 2007 grad Dawson Bell is Mr. July. This tip is courtesy of his loving classmates ... Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ United Methodist Church for former Kilohana UMC minister Rev. Samuel Lee, 94.
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The highly respected leader in the Korean American community was an advocate for our many ethnic groups though his Rainbow Ministry. He led Kilohana from 1962 to ‘68 ... East Oahu residents Priscilla Growney and Jason Nagai (treasurer) have joined the board of the Friends of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii ...
The Sony Technology Award (a new Vaio laptop) went to Jovan Shigetani (Kaimuki 2008) and four other UH undergrads “for significant service to the community.” Jovana helps recruit students and mentors freshmen when they enroll at the college ...
Rich Meiers of Hawaii Kai received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Coral Andrews of Kaimuki earned the Charlotte Dennis Leadership Award from the Healthcare Association of Hawaii at its May 21 banquet in Waikiki .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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