Waha Nui – 10/8/14

Good, cool news for hot times: The popular playground of “snow” will return to Cool Kailua Nights this Saturday, along with hot stuff like martial arts, Zumba, food, music, health and more (see calendar) … Family and friends are planning an evening of dinner, pupus and music for Kaneohe optician Kyle Moriwaki, who has aggressive liver cancer and huge medical bills. The benefit is from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Net Shed at Kewalo Basin, close to Kyle’s favorite pastimes: fishing and cooking. To offer help, call his sister Saundra Gentzler at 342-3094. Donations also can be mailed to 46-123 Heeia St., Kaneohe, HI 96744, Attn: Kyle Moriwaki …

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Mike Scott

Congratulations to renowned Kailua artist, teacher and filmmaker Meleanna Aluli Meyer, who recently received the He Kumu Kukui 2014 MAMo award for her creative contributions to Native Hawaiian culture … Students of St. Ann’s School circa 1984-1991 may recall Sister Helen Louise Gleason, who taught kindergarten there before being sent to teach in Papua New Guinea. Sister Helen died Sept. 11 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, N.Y., at age 85 …

Kailua Realtor Tracey Stott Kelley is sold on the Chinatown tours led by Ed Korybski of Hanai Tours (398-7990). “It was so incredible! I feel I must help get the word out,” she said after her family did the walk. She calls Ed a walking encyclopedia, plus they stopped for food five times … Atlantis Adventures welcomes Kaneohe’s Mike Scott as sales representative for its submarine and sunset dinner cruises. It’s a perfect fit, since Mike is an avid waterman who also ran Hawaii Adventure Sport in Kailua, taught kite boarding windsurfing and was on the UH sailing team …

The bold, vivid stylings of Kahaluu native Brook Kapukuniahi Parker illustrate David Kawika Eyre‘s latest children’s book, Kamehameha: The Rise of a King from Kamehameha Publishing … Windward high school graduates off to a good start on college business studies are Longs Drugs’ $1,000 grant recipients Leila Latorre of Castle, Helen Law of Kahuku, Jhoana Mae Delos Reyes of Kailua, Elizabeth Herrera of Kalaheo and Casey Doyle of Le Jardin Academy & & & cchang@midweek.com

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