Niu Valley Middle student Emerson Goo <\/B>is one of two poetry winners in his division of the Wordsworth Poe-TREE Contest, sponsored by Watermark Publishing and Wordsworth book series author Frances Kakugawa <\/B>to encourage keiki to appreciate trees. He won the three Wordsworth books, gardening tools and a Koa Legacy Tree … <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
Sacred Hearts junior Nadia Busekrus <\/B>won a Junior Travel Award for her language skills and high scores on the national Spanish exam. Valued at more than $3,000, the grant will enable her to fly to Costa Rica in July with other winners … Congratulations to Mrs. Honolulu Paige Shimamoto<\/B>, who earned second runner-up in the April 13 Mrs. Hawaii International Pageant at Kaimuki High auditorium … <\/p>\n
Kaimuki’s Malia Kaaihue <\/B>is the new director of community planning for WCIT Architecture. Malia has extensive experience in Native Hawaiian planning, language immersion and cultural sensitivity – a good fit for her new job … The $1,000 2013 Citizenship Award for outstanding seniors “who best exemplifies citizenship” at every Hawaii public high school include Kaimuki High’s Trent Jacobs<\/B>, Kaiser’s Ra’iatea Lohe <\/B>and Kalani’s Jenna Pak <\/B>(sponsored by the Star-Advertiser<\/I>, Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association and other businesses) … <\/p>\n
Nicholas Lim <\/B>(Kaiser 2012) has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas … Hawaii Kai’s Miles Kutara <\/B>will be honored at Hickam May 10 as an Employee of the Year in his division by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for his contribution to the federal mission. Miles, a lead civil engineer, is mentor of the year, especially for tutoring capital improvement staff in electronic applications to improve performance … <\/p>\n
St. Patrick’s church cantor Andrew Won <\/B>also landed a good day job. He’s joined the Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties Leeward office as a Realtor-associate … Sherlyn De La Hoya <\/B>(Kaimuki 2011) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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