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Park: Asking ‘Critical Questions’ In Taiwan On Fellowship
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with Kaiser High alumna Kelly Park during a meeting of cultural exchange fellows in Taiwan this summer. Photo from Kelly Park. Hawaii Kai resident Kelly...
View ArticleRotarians Cultivate Job Skills
Rotary Club of East Honolulu is trying to help college graduates find work through its new Pacesetters Program and it’s asking the community to help crowdfund the project by Aug. 11. “Unemployment...
View ArticleFunds Ready To Help Train Nurse Assistants
Ninety students can receive partial scholarships for the Red Cross Nurse Assistant Training Program, thanks to a $49,500 grant from Walmart Foundation’s Hawaii State Giving chapter. Funds will allow...
View ArticleLady Falcons Prepare For McKinley Pre-season VB Tourney
Among the priorities for Kalani girls volleyball head coach Janeen Waialae during “fall” camp is finding a leader on the floor, having graduated a large senior class of players. In senior returnees...
View ArticleLearn Chinese At Kaimuki Summer Camp
Chinese Language Learning Center in Kaimuki conducts its final one-week Chinese-immersion summer camps Aug. 11-15 and 18-22 at 1342 7th Ave. (The first one ran last month.) The camps teach Chinese...
View Article‘Laughs For Lions’ Set For Aug. 23 At Mamiya
There’s funny business in store at Kamehameha Lions Club Foundation’s “Laughs for Lions,” set for Aug. 23 at Mamiya Theatre. Pearl City-born Paul Ogata headlines the ninth annual comedy show, with Dat...
View ArticleEast Oahu Highlights
Send East Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by Aug. 27 for the Sept. 3 edition. * BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Aug. 4 at Kahala Hotel’s Waialae Ballroom,...
View ArticleKahala Mall Hosts Healthy Baby Contest
Parents of hale and hearty babies can turn them into award-winning tykes by entering the 2014 Healthy Baby Contest. Registration is open now for preliminary rounds, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon...
View Article‘Mary Poppins’ Tryouts
Those who aspire to sing while dispensing spoonsful of sugar should take note: Diamond Head Theatre has auditions this weekend for Mary Poppins. The stage adaptation about the magical-yet-no-nonsense...
View ArticleWest Football Teams Face Their East Rivals This Weekend
Geographically speaking, East meets West is the theme in the local prep football scene this weekend, especially in the Oahu Interscholastic Association, as Aiea, Campbell, Pearl City and Waipahu all...
View ArticleWest Oahu Highlights
Send West Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by Aug. 13 to be considered for the Aug. 20 edition. * BLOOD DRIVES Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11 at Aulani resort’s Kaala...
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Focus on West Oahu
Members of Boy Scout Troop 326, many of whom live in Pearl City, recently earned the Boy Scouts of America Conservation Good Turn Award. Among their good deeds, the troop helped to establish a...
View ArticleArmy Logistics Changes Command
By SGT. MAJ. MARK SWART Public Affairs Pacific Theater’s senior Army logistics welcomed a new commanding officer July 23 at Hamilton Field. Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons relinquished command of the 8th...
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Waha Nui – 8/13/14
Mililani’s Jared Higashi is the new director of government and community affairs for Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association, bringing skills honed as a legislative aide in the state House,...
View ArticleWahiawa Church Celebrates 80 Years With Worship, Picnic
First Baptist Church of Wahiawa will conduct a special worship service at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 24 to help mark its 80th year in the community. Thomas McDonald, son of the church’s founder, will attend,...
View ArticleCasting Call For ‘Peter Pan’
Peter Pan and his delightful band of lost boys are set to leave Neverland for Paliku Theatre Aug. 22. But before then, director Kristi Kashimoto-Rowbottom is looking to cast young men and women to play...
View ArticleLions Collect School Supplies
Add another successful effort to Wahiawa Lions Club’s list of achievements. After two days of collecting donations, the Lions 12th annual school supplies drive generated 204 pounds of much-needed study...
View ArticleTurtle Bay Kicks Off Its Biathlon Aug. 23
Biathlon enthusiasts have a brand new course to conquer when Turtle Bay Resort presents its inaugural Turtle Bay Biathlon Aug. 23. The North Shore resort has two race options, both starting at 10 a.m.,...
View ArticleBoating Safety Becomes Law
Safe boating is more than just prudent behavior: Effective Nov. 10, it becomes Hawaii law. According to Jerry Mershon of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, by that date recreational boaters must show that...
View ArticleLittle Fire Ant Eradication; Dyslexia Workshops
Direct from Donovan …Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz MORE ON LITTLE FIRE ANTS: In recent weeks, there has been much information disseminated on the little fire ants (LFAs) that have invaded parts of Oahu, but...
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