{"id":71401,"date":"2017-04-05T15:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=71401"},"modified":"2017-04-05T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:16:06","slug":"hot-shots-4517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/hot-shots-4517\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Shots &#8211; 4\/5\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mw-hot-shot-040517-cooray-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"MW-Hot-Shot-040517-Cooray\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71402\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cooray Honored For Public Service<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, presents the Distinguished Public Service Award to Kusuma Cooray March 24 at the USPACOM headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, in acknowledgment of her &#8220;distinctive accomplishments and services&#8221; as honorary consul of Sri Lanka in Hawaii for 16 years <strong>PHOTO FROM KUSUMA COORAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mw-hot-shots-040517cherryfest-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"MW-Hot-Shots-040517CherryFest\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71403\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Haiku Art Contest Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Presenting the winners of the 65th Cherry Blossom Festival&#8217;s annual Haiku Art Contest: Kira Nagaki (grade 5, Kaneohe Elementary), Alyssa P. Lo (grade 6, Kaneohe Elementary) and Kristen Pang (grade 11, Punahou School). 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