{"id":54525,"date":"2015-06-03T09:28:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T19:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=54525"},"modified":"2015-06-03T09:28:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T19:28:35","slug":"windward-waha-nui-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/windward-waha-nui-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward Waha Nui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kailua&#8217;s <strong>Brian Kaji-yama<\/strong>has a new UH scholarship named after him, Heart of a Warrior. Supported by donations to June Jones Foundation, the first grant will be made in 2016 to a UH student who has overcome great personal challenges. Now a doctoral candidate and instructor in UH Department of Special Education, Brian was the first person with cerebral palsy to serve on a Division I college football coaching staff. As he told all those teary-eyed Rainbow Warriors at the ceremony in his honor, \u201cOur purpose here on Earth is to make things a little better for the next generation\u201d \u2026 Kailua&#8217;s<strong>Kielan Fedorka<\/strong>has claimed his bachelor&#8217;s degree in computer science and business at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. \u2026 Award-winning music teacher <strong>Micah Hirokawa<\/strong>, a Kalaheo grad and former Le Jardin music director, is now teaching at Island Pacific Academy in Kapolei, where his students are winners of the national Rock Your School 2015 song competition, sponsored by GRAMMY Foundation and Jostens and judged on school spirit and talent \u2026 In a sentimental trip back to New York in remembrance of her late husband, Kaneohe&#8217;s <strong>Laurie Bachran<\/strong>found out something she never knew about <strong>Bill Bachran <\/strong>(a golf media director here for decades). He was the 1948 Mr. Iona at his alma mater, Iona College. They were married for 67 years \u2026 Not often does a future canonized saint visit Ahuimanu, but <strong>Jozef Damien De Veuster <\/strong>definitely did. During his study for the priesthood, Father Damien spent about a year at Ahuimanu College \u2014 the starter campus for Saint Louis School on the slopes of Ahuimanu valley, way before Kahekili Highway. Does anyone know where the seminary buildings once stood? \u2026 Adept Laie performers <strong>Jeralee Galeai <\/strong>and <strong>Achilles Tafiti <\/strong>placed second and third, respectively, in the junior division May 8 at Polynesian Cultural Center&#8217;s World Fireknife Championships \u2026 Waimanalo singer and minister <strong>Kawika Kahiapo <\/strong>collected two more Na Hoku awards May 23 for best Slack Key Album (<em>Ho\u2018omaluhia<\/em>) and Island Music Album (<em>Ku\u2018u \u2018Aina Aloha<\/em>) \u2026 Kahaluu&#8217;s Ukulele Band plays Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ocean Fest at Turtle Bay. Plan your day accordingly for a real treat \u2026 Kailua Intermediate School students <strong>Sean Aoki <\/strong>placed first and<strong>Thatcher Fernandez <\/strong>fourth for grades 7-8 in the Board of Water Supply&#8217;s 2015 Water Conservation Week poetry contest.<strong>Maddison Matthews <\/strong>of Le Jardin Academy placed third among grade 11-12 entries. You can see their work for yourself at Windward Mall June 15-25 \u2026 On the dean&#8217;s list at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, is Kaneohe student <strong>Quincy Woo<\/strong>(cinema and media major) \u2751 \u2751 \u2751 <em>cchang@midweek<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kailua&#8217;s Brian Kaji-yamahas a new UH scholarship named after him, Heart of a Warrior. 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