Hawaii Kai marine biologist Brenda Asuncion <\/B>is the new loko i’a (fishpond) coordinator for KUA (Kua’aina Ulu ‘Auamo), a nonprofit stewardship group with an OHA grant of $228,000 to build capacity of fishpond practitioners. There are nearly a dozen ponds on Oahu alone for Brenda to help, and she’d like to hear from their caretakers at brenda@hcsnet-work.org … Palolo singer and UH Hawaiian studies professor Jon Osorio <\/B>will perform with other award-winning musicians Oct. 12 in Hawaiian Mission Houses benefit concert series (447-3910 for tickets) … Looking ahead to good eats? November is the 40th anniversary month for Jose’s Mexican Cafe and Cantina <\/B>in Kaimuki …<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
The Legislature appointed Hawaii Kai’s Judy Kern <\/B>to the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women. Judy is a veteran of public health operations and is on several boards for “vulnerable populations” … Hawaii Rotary Foundation awarded $5,000 scholarships to Kaiser High grads Kira Fox <\/B>and Gina Hyun<\/B>, Kalani’s Jenna Pak <\/B>and Sacred Hearts’ Kelly Zheng <\/B>and Chelsea Nicholas <\/B>… <\/p>\n
John Edwards <\/B>(Kaiser 1990, UH 1995) has been promoted to U.S. Air National Guard colonel. John is a national defense fellow assigned to the Air Force Research Institute in D.C. … Kaiser grad Steven Fukino <\/B>was promoted to New York Air National Guard colonel, capping a 35-year military career, plus college degrees and assignments from Antarctica to the Persian Gulf. He and wife Barbara <\/B>now have two grown sons, one of whom is in the Air Force … <\/p>\n
Hawaii Kai’s Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi <\/B>won a gold award from the Society of American Travel Writers for three “Hawaii’s Backyard” columns in the Star-Advertiser <\/I>… The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation leadership dinner in D.C. honored Kaimuki’s Trisha Watson<\/B>, and as the local group’s very active Volunteer of the Year, she also brought Native Hawaiian cultural practices into its management approach … Former Hawaii Kai resident Kenna Ogasawara Marriott <\/B>wrote Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda<\/I>, a tribute to daughter Jeannine<\/B>, who died in 2008 after a long battle with cancer, plus insights and lessons learned (rsimpson@bohlsengroup.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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