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Kimo Ah-Hoy Waimanalo resident Kaycie Merrihew is feeling pretty merry these days. The Sea Life Park marine animal trainer is one of two Hawaii finalists for wildlife caretaker in Tourism Australia’s...
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Kaneohe insurance defense attorney Katharine Nohr was elected Region VIII vice president of the International Ass’n. of Insurance Professionals, and is keynote speaker May 17 at University of Erciyes...
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A champion promoter of the Children’s Miracle Network charity drive for years at Hawaii Kai Costco, Kailua’s Vince Hill’s motto is “Just go out and enjoy life and help people.” He’s retiring this month...
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Kailua’s AnnMarie Manzulli is faculty adviser to HPU’s advertising team, which took the state title last month and will compete in June at the ADMERICA finals during the American Advertising Federation...
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Castle’s Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay will speak Sunday at the HHSAA Hall of Honor banquet, where the 2013 outstanding Hawaii high school athletes will take their bows and accept $2,000...
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Kaneohe’s Lydia Kumasaka is the new director of nursing for Queen’s Medical Center-West, after managing the Pain and Palliative Care Department at the Honolulu hospital. An award-winning RN active in...
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Kaneohe’s Carrie Aku-Harakai participated in the traditional Nightingale ceremony at Widener University in Pennsylvania, where she earned her nursing degree. The candlelight program includes Florence...
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The American Board of Obesity Medicine has approved Kailua’s Peggy Latare to treat patients for the condition. A Kaiser Permanente doctor, Peggy is Hawaii’s first physician and among the first in that...
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Kaneohe’s Ashlei Poziembo was named Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii. The recent Iolani graduate has volunteered with two students at Ala Wai Elementary for the past three...
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Maunawili Elementary enrichment student Maya Arakaki met her teacher’s Legacy Project challenge by raising $2,500 in one month by writing a grant and numerous letters to school ohana, neighbors and a...
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Kualoa Ranch keeps adding cultural enhancements for visitors, moves that have gone way beyond walking in Godzilla’s footsteps. John Morgan proudly introduced Kualoa Ranch’s new pond boat, Moku Kaha’i,...
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Castle High senior-to-be Alex Mascarenas has won a national Athleadership Grant from the NCSA Athletic Recruiting and the NFLPA, based on his leadership, sports skills, studies and submitted essay. The...
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Kailua playwright Jan McGrath will see her comedy-drama Outage come to life Aug. 9-Sept. 1 at The Actors Group theater in Dole Cannery. The cast includes actors Hoku Gilbert and Lisa Barnes of Kaneohe...
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Richard Burns Kailua’s Richard Burns earned an “exceptional” rating from the state BOE for his work as State Librarian this past year. With BOE support, Richard and his staff added many technology...
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Dion Scott Kailua Elementary teacher Dion Scott, known as Boogie to the blues world, pays homage to Eric Clapton at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at HPR’s Atherton Studio (955-8821). You also may catch the Kailua...
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B. Mauricio Castle High’s Jacob Fong is among 10 Hawaii students to win a four-year, $16,000 Fukunaga Scholarship for 2013-2017, which he will use at Seattle Pacific University … Kailua’s Shannon...
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A former Department of Defense police officer at Kaneohe Marine base, Derek Hinkley of Kaneohe, has graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. as a Navy ensign. Derek also has degrees...
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Selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar, Kalaheo High English teacher Marc Murdock attended the NEH workshop “One Place, One Time: Jackson, Mississippi, 1963″ at Millsap...
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Former BYU-Hawaii women’s basketball coach Wendy Anae has joined the Rainbow Wahine coaching staff, returning from BYU in Utah, where she’s directed basketball operations for its women’s team since...
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A ha Hipu’u, a hui of Hawaiian royal societies, honored six “priceless cultural treasures” at its Sept. 7 Kalani Ali’i Awards luncheon for their lifetime of teaching, living, preserving, translating...
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