Two Kahuku High School seniors have placed in the top one percent of U.S. test-takers on their SAT exams, which puts Chenoa Yorgason <\/B>and Cooper Schwartz <\/B>in the running for National Merit Scholarships next February. Cooper, the youngest person in the U.S. to get certified as a computer voice stress analysis technician (handy for detective work), had a perfect 800 score on the writing portion and a total of 2300 out of 2400; while Chenoa, who ranks first in her class, racked up 2310 points. For good measure, she could probably take the tests in Mandarin Chinese and Hawaiian as well … <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
<\/I>Kaneohe singer Mailani Makainai <\/B>has released her Island Christmas <\/I>CD, featuring several Windward Oahu musicians on guitar and vocals … Kailua’s favorite bluegrass band, Saloon Pilots<\/B>, will play HPR’s Atherthon Studio in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (955-8821) … Speaking of the band, the furiously fiddling Lesley Kline <\/B>of Kailua Music School and the Saloon Pilots was seen in the Oct. 25 episode of Hawaii Five-O<\/I>, playing away at O’Toole’s downtown pub … Kalaheo High got its ping pong table, thank you very much; now Kailua Elementary requests a small Lego set. To help them out, call Kathie Wells <\/B>of Community Helping Schools at 225-2621 …<\/p>\n
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Kailua’s Bret Ranoa <\/B>to senior director of customer service initiatives. Bret has 20 years in the industry, most of them at Hawaiian. Think of him when you use the new luggage tagging system … The latest lucky slot players in downtown Las Vegas: Brian Araki <\/B>$27,860, Bernadette Makaula <\/B>$9,306, and Ed Tawara <\/B>$6,667, all of Kailua; Kaneohe’s George Higaki <\/B>$5,423, and Waimanalo’s Elizabeth Daoang <\/B>$4,000 … Kaneohe’s Jonathan Mito <\/B>has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Rusty Rivera <\/B>(Castle 2007) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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