{"id":32834,"date":"2013-12-18T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=32834"},"modified":"2013-12-19T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T20:00:17","slug":"waha-nui-121813-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/waha-nui-121813-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Waha Nui &#8211; 12\/18\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaimuki High grad and Chaminade student <B>Takumi Abe <\/B>received a Purple Heart Nov. 10 in Hawaii Army National Guard ceremonies at Kalaeloa. A veteran of Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, Takumi was wounded by an IED in 2011 during another ceremony, for Afghan National Army members, yet he went on to help others &#8230; <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>Palolo&#8217;s <B>Maxine Burkett<\/B>, Kaimuki&#8217;s <B>Suzanne Skjold<\/B>, Kuliouou&#8217;s <B>Paul Chattergy <\/B>and Hawaii Kai&#8217;s <B>Lance Parker <\/B>are 2013-2014 Omidyar Fellows, picked for the honor and rigorous training program because of their experience and leadership potential. Maxine is a UH law professor noted for her expertise in climate change; Suzanne leads Hawaii Literacy and helps coordinate Hawaii Book &#038; Music Festival; Paul is chief investment officer for Hawaii Employees Re-tirement System. As senior vp and principal broker at Alexander &#038; Baldwin, Lance handles acquisitions and dispositions for all of its commercial real estate &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Chaired by <B>Melanie Long<\/B>, Hawaii Kai Rotarians hosted a party at shelters in Waianae Dec. 14 for 480 homeless folks, bringing dinner, gifts, entertainment and activities for all &#8230; And Pastor <B>Nofo Eletise <\/B>and his Kaimuki Christian Church members were busy Nov. 24 with a Thanksgiving feast at Palolo Elementary for about 600 guests from the nearby public housing &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Happy 10th birthdays to Great Harvest Bread Co. and KCC Farmers Market &#8230; Thinking of making a gift of your blood during December? 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