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Last year she attended Northwestern University&#8217;s five-week Journalism Institute on the Illinois campus &#x2026; <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>Honpa Hongwanji Mission honored six Living Treasures of Hawaii last month, half of them from East Oahu: <strong>Blossom Puanana Alama Tom<\/strong>, who danced and taught hula for 75 years and is the last surviving original judge of the Merrie Monarch festival; <strong>Haunani Apoliona<\/strong>, an award-winning musician and longtime OHA leader; and the late <strong>Paulette Nohealani Kahalepuna<\/strong>, a renowned feather lei maker and teacher of the art &#x2026; <\/p>\n<p>Already honored in the state, Jarrett Middle School seventh-grader <strong>Brycen Go <\/strong>received the Parent Heart Watch Heroes for Young Hearts Advocacy Champion award (youth) in January in Arizona. Brycen loves CPR, and he&#8217;s taught more than 10,000 people how to perform it in the two years since he learned it himself. In his free time, Brycen hangs out at the city&#8217;s Emergency Medical Services dispatch center, and he has his own manikin &#x2026; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All forms of dance are excellent exercises,&#8221; says <strong>Salome Sato<\/strong>, 78, a dancing veteran who now teaches line dance to seniors in Palolo (see Highlights), where it&#8217;s a full-on exercise regime. She&#8217;s also part of the Step*Taculars, which means all exercise, all the time &#x2026; Congratulations to East Oahu couples <strong>Rafael <\/strong>and <strong>Pei-Yu Baez <\/strong>and <strong>Charles <\/strong>and <strong>Amy Asselbaye <\/strong>on the three-year anniversary this month of Island Brew Coffeehouse, on the waterfront at Hawaii Kai Shopping Center, where they serve up plenty of good caffeine, sweets and atmosphere to happy customers &#x2026; <\/p>\n<p>Kalani High alumna <strong>Mariah Victor<\/strong>, now a certified freshman Duck, recently won a grant from the local chapter of the UO alumni group via its Duane Cargill Memorial Scholarship fund. 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