Honolulu Community College will honor four distinguished alumni at a gala benefit Feb. 20, including Haleiwa’s Brock Little <\/B>(1994) and Mililani’s Denis Mactagone <\/B>(1970). Brock is a pro surfer, avid waterman and lifeguard who mentors young surfers and has coordinated stunts for more than 60 films and TV shows, including the latest Hawaii Five-0 <\/I>series. Denis recently retired from Carpenter’s Local Union 745, where he elevated the carpentry and drywall industry through his dedication and work ethic … <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
Mililani’s Jayson Fukumoto <\/B>has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas … Now in the fund-raising and development stage, the film project I Am Haloa <\/I>will feature three Kamehameha seniors, including Taylor Anne Meali’i Fitzsimmons <\/B>of Waialua, who explore their ancestral link to the first Hawaiian, Haloa <\/B>(and eat plenty of healthy kalo along the way). Kickstarter donation deadline is Feb. 14 to raise $77,000. For details, visit iamhaloa.org … <\/p>\n
Mililani’s Logan Zeuner<\/B>, an avid triathlete and senior at Mid-Pacific, has been nominated by U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz <\/B>to attend one of our nation’s service academies, based on his academic, athletic and leadership skills. Schatz and U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono <\/B>both nominated Wahiawa’s Seamus Hurley<\/B>, an all-round athlete and student at Saint Louis School, and Hirono nominated Leilehua High’s Nathan Fields <\/B>…Mililani’s Ryan Nakagawa <\/B>is now senior loan officer at Honolulu Homeloans. He also is part of the team behind the 801 South St. high rise project and is on the board of Honolulu Jaycees … <\/p>\n
The fall dean’s list at Seattle Pacific University had two Mililani smarties on it: Lauren Marie Buenaventura <\/B>and Kristi Keiko Hayashida <\/B>… It’s been out for awhile, but Gabe Baltazar<\/B>‘s autobiography is still swinging, in hardback and paperback from UH Press. The world-renowned Waialua jazz musician wrote If It Swings, It’s Music <\/I>with Theo Garneau <\/B>… Makani Moniz <\/B>(Waialua 2010) has graduated for Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, and Haleiwa’s Adrian Espiritu <\/B>has graduated from Army Reserve basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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