Mililani High senior Viola Mocz <\/B>is going out in style – as a Hawaii semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar, and for placing first ($12,000) in physical science at the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium last month in Washington, D.C. Viola is heading for Princeton in the fall on a full scholarship to study particle physics …<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
The consulting firm Th!nk, a partnership of Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura <\/B>of Mililani and Cindy Sakai<\/B>, has won the 2013 Ruby award for international sales. The veteran businesswomen offer leadership development, training and strategies for the workplace … Central Oahu musicians do doubleheader concerts this month at HPR’s Atherton Studio. Haleiwa’s Joe Green <\/B>and Wahiawa’s Rick Smith <\/B>play the blues at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, and North Shore native Ian O’Sullivan <\/B>and Patrick Landeza <\/B>play classic and slack key at 7:30 p.m. May 23 (955-8821) … Hawaii Distinguished Principal of 2014 is Mililani resident Duwayne Abe<\/B>, who oversees Salt Lake Elementary School (and Mililani Mauka El. previously) … Helemano Elementary principal Ernest Muh <\/B>won $2,000 as a semifinalist for the Tokioka Leadership award … Update on 1991 Mililani High grad Tom Lee<\/B>: A professional puppeteer who makes his own, Tom is currently onstage in Madama Butterfly <\/I>at the Metropolitan Opera, when not teaching at New York’s Sarah Lawrence College … Mililani Ike Elementary students Olivia Colte<\/B>, Kacie Kato<\/B>, Megan Choi <\/B>and Katie Kimura <\/B>all earned honorable mentions in competitions that were part of Hawaii State Library’s recent Nene Award program …<\/p>\n
Wahiawa Middle teacher Darlene Oshiro <\/B>won the luck of the draw in the recent Toyota Hawaii Dream Car Art Contest. She and three other teachers were selected at random to win a $250 gift card for school and art supplies from Toyota … Wahiawa’s Jonathan Belcher <\/B>has graduated with distinction from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas …<\/p>\n
Three Mililani students made the fall dean’s list at Azusa Pacific University: Catherine Armstrong<\/B>, Taylor Mendiola <\/B>and Ty Tirpak <\/B>… Mililani’s Susan Mueller <\/B>made the fall dean’s list at Arizona State University at Tempe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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