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November 22, 2006 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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Del.icio.usHamburgers must be flipping fast and furious in East Oahu, as McDonald’s of Hawaii recently named Ligaya Miguel of the Kahala outlet an Outstanding Restaurant Manager. Her coworker Maribel Carvalho was honored as an Outstanding Assistant Manager, as was Jaren DeYoung of the Palolo eatery ... Matthew Flores, a Kaiser High senior, has completed basic Army Reserve training at Fort Benning, Ga., under the “split option” program for high school students. Matt will attend weekend drills this school year and then become a member of the Guard or Reserve after graduation ... Diligent Hawaii Kai researcher Richard Budnick has discovered 700 new streets since his Hawaiian Street Names book was first published nearly 20 years ago. Look for the updated version to come out soon ... Kanani Rogers lives on a street in Hawaii Kai, but these days she’s playing the orphan Pepper in Army Community Theatre’s musical Annie, on stage now through Dec. 2 (438-4480) ...
Steven Pang
Kuliouou resident Steven Pang is the new risk consultant for Atlas Insurance’s construction and industry clientele. Safety management is definitely Steven’s thing. His past work has been with hospitals, HAZMAT, FEMA, etc. He’s also trained in bomb awareness, first aid, CPR - the works ... Alvin Adams‘30-year career as a diplomat took him all over the world, including posts as U.S. Ambassador, projects with Henry Kissinger and as a deputy for counter terrorism. Alvin speaks four languages, has the Medal of Valor, and often speaks on behalf of the United Nations. These and many other gems are on his resume. But it also lists other things this retiree is proud of: “tutored students at Palolo Elementary,” “assists with Meals on Wheels in Kaimuki” and - get this - “is qualified as a substitute history teacher at Iolani and UH Lab School” ...
Justin Horie
Justin Horie (Kalani ‘04) has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas ... Kaimuki authors have new books out from Mutual Publishing: MacKinnon Simpson‘s A Century of Aloha and Muriel Miura‘s Japanese Cooking Hawaii Style. Former Waldorf teacher Michael Preston is also in the bookstores with Let’s Kanikapila, complete with CD and 74 songs and lessons on the ukulele ...
Gary Okamoto
Medical news: Dr. Gary Okamoto of Kahala is the new chief medical executive and senior VP at Rehab Hospital. Queen’s Medical Center has hired Kaimuku CPA Clinton Yee, formerly with Hawaii Pacific Health, to be its controller ... Charles Schnake of Halekoa Drive graduated from the Army ROTC leadership course at Fort Lewis, Wash. Charles is a student at Notre Dame ... The UH Founders Club has inducted Sally Lampson-Kanehe of Waialae Iki. It honors those who give $100,000-plus to the university. Sally, who earned her MSW at Manoa, says she’s donated primarily to the School of Social Work because “we are a profession of compassionate, contributing people who serve mostly our most needful and deserving citizens” ...Robert Saarnio came all the way from Rome to be associate director of Doris Duke‘s Shangri La museum/estate at Black Point. Robert was a National Endowment of the Arts Prize Fellow there ... Keiki ID must be a popular safety promotion in East Oahu. At a recent Kahala Mall drive, for example, police officer Jason Hendricks took photos of more than 350 children
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