Kaimuki High Recycles Oct. 18
A Going Green recycling drive is planned for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 18 at Kaimuki High School, where canned food also will be accepted for Hawaii Foodbank, along with an unlimited number of residential and...
View ArticleThrowing Horseshoes In Kahala Helps Sand Volleyball Team
Helping the UH Rainbow Wahine sand volleyball team may be as simple as throwing some horseshoes around — just so long as you register by Oct. 9 for the second annual Rainbow Wahine Sand Volleyball...
View ArticleDHT ‘White Christmas’ Tryouts
It’s not even Halloween yet, but Diamond Head Theatre is preparing for Christmas by holding auditions this month for its holiday musical. Tryouts for White Christmas are scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 24...
View ArticleKaiser Gets $$ For Girls Locker Rooms
Female athletes at Kaiser High School are one step closer to having their own locker rooms, as $1.87 million in capital improvement funds has been released to build locker rooms and showers for girls...
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School Closes In On Better Gym
Matson Foundation added $10,000 to Sacred Hearts Academy’s gym fund. At the check ceremony: (front, from left) students Callie Yonemoto and Aina Katsikas, (back) SHA board chairman Terence Enriquez,...
View ArticleLearning How To Help Someone
Hawaii Red Cross is determined to cultivate a community of rescuers and lifesavers from its East Oahu headquarters. Toward that end, it has announced October training sessions for the public. Most...
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Kalani Senior Plunges Into New Cause: Keeping US Beautiful
Brittany Amano.Photo from Iolani School Brittany Amano is going to spend a year making Hawaii a little more beautiful. Now a Kalani High senior, she’s is one of 10 high school students nationwide to...
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Group Wins Funds To Spread Tennis Benefits
Jarrett Middle School students participate in the Hawaiian Isle Tennis (HIT) project, which doubles as free after-school leadership and character development. A HECO grant will help HIT continue to...
View ArticleRoss Opening At Kahala Mall
Mall space seldom stays empty for long. Ross Dress for Less opens in the old Barnes & Noble space on Kahala Mall’s upper level this month, while LAVISH and Fighting Eel will fill smaller vacancies...
View ArticleHoly Nativity Hosting Great Pumpkin Fest
The Great Pumpkin Festival comes to Holy Nativity School for the second year Oct. 18, offering more then 2,000 pumpkins from Aloun Farms as just one way to mark the school’s 65th anniversary. Open from...
View ArticleCougars Should Play Keep-away With Stubborn Mules
There are some things you guess at, some you assume and others you just know. A breakdown of Friday’s 7:30 p.m. matchup between host Leilehua and Kaiser is below. Setting the stage — why watch: As the...
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‘Coach V’ Gets Two Thumbs Up From Past College Teams
HPU’s Darren Vorderbruegge Hawaii Pacific University men’s basketball head coach Darren Vorderbruegge’s impact at his previous coaching stops soon will be recognized by two former schools. He will be...
View ArticleEast Oahu Highlights
Send East Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by Oct. 29 for the Nov. 5 edition. * NEIGHBORS Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 28 at Hahaione Elementary cafeteria,...
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Focus on East Oahu
Kalani High's Robotics Team (from left) Courtney Goo, Dylan Kwock, Blake Yamamoto and Madisyn Sim pose with Atlas, their ball-tossing bot, at a Back to School event in Mililani. Photo by Anthony...
View ArticleNa Ali‘i Rally For OIA Volleyball Tourney Despite Injuries
The Aiea girls volleyball team counted on its cohesiveness all through the season. As it prepares for the first round of the OIA Red post-season tournament, it will need team unity more than ever, in...
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Focus on West Oahu
Cherry Blossom Festival Hawaii princess Chelsea Okamoto greets Esteban Toledow at the 18th hole. Photos by Chandra Luchetti. ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 5
View ArticleHaleiwa Elementary Among Nation’s Best
Haleiwa Elementary joined two other Hawaii schools being named 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Haleiwa, Ernest Bowen deSilva Elementary in Hilo and Red Hill Elementary were among 337 schools...
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Waha Nui – 10/8/14
Mililani High freshman Hunter Gentryshared first-place teen honors in the 2014 Hawaii Food and Wine Festival’s Keiki in the Kitchen competition. Hunter prepared tasty and healthy shrimp and vegetable...
View ArticleKunia Opens Up New Acreage To Farmers
Small farmers have until Oct. 14 to apply to lease land in a new 37-acre parcel that has opened up in Kunia. Managed by Hawaii Agricultural Foundation (HAF) in partnership with Island Palm Communities...
View ArticleKahuku Hospital Shows Off New CT Scanner
Kahuku Medical Center invited the public in Sept. 24 to see its new scanner and tour the upgraded facility, which includes the ER and its oxygen system, which generates its own supply. The Toshiba...
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