Preparation A Critical Factor In Hurricane Season
Richard’s Roundtable…Rep. Richard Fale Hurricane season lasts from June 1 to Nov. 30, but it’s also a good time to think about natural disasters and emergency preparedness. Take some time this summer...
View ArticleCentral Oahu Highlights
Email Central Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by July 23 for the July 30 edition. * WAIMEA HELP Oahu Army Natural Resources Program seeks volunteers to remove weeds, collect seeds and plant native...
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Focus on Central Oahu
Dylan Yanazaki, 8, goes for a goal at the 'I Got Skills' soccer camp June 6 at Patsy Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. Photo by Anthony Consillio, aconsillio@midweek.com. ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 3
View ArticleDOE Names Teacher Fellows
The state Department of Education has selected two Central Oahu teachers to join its inaugural Hawaii State Teacher Fellows, sponsored by the nonprofit Hope Street Group. The panel of 17 public school...
View ArticleBusiness-savy Farmers Could Win Five Years Of Rent-free Land
Five acres of prime North Shore farmland is the prize for the winner of Kamehameha Schools and Ke Ali’i Pauahi Foundation’s Mahi’ai Match-Up. All applicants have to do to win is produce the best...
View ArticleLions Collecting School Supplies In Wahiawa
The Wahiawa Lions are accepting school supplies and cash donations for the benefit of needy children attending area schools. Donations are welcome from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and July 26 at Wahiawa...
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Waha Nui – 7/16/14
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Honolulu has made Wahia wa’s Dr. Craig Ono its new chief of staff. Craig is an orthopaedic surgeon and professor at UH medical school who’s been at Shriners since 1992,...
View ArticleUpcoming OIA Football Season Brings Challenge, Opportunity
In prep football, there’s always a season within the season — the critical games that make or break a team’s year. With the release of the OIA schedule for 2014, MidWeek‘s Central Oahu Islander breaks...
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Ho‘ala Student’s Environmental Plea Wins State Essay Contest
Contest winner Kate Welch. Courtesy photo. Ho’ala School seventh-grader Kate Welch was selected as a winner in the 2014 My Hawaii Story Contest, a creative writing competition open to all middle school...
View ArticleHaleiwa Preps For 17th ArtFest
If it’s art, you’ll find it at the 17th annual Summer ArtFest this weekend at Haleiwa Beach Park. The free festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Sunday, featuring more than...
View ArticleOcean Tips At Kainalu Academy
Students interested in touring North Shore’s famed beaches should consider Kainalu Academy: two five-day camps in August focused on ocean safety, recreation and education, and based at Turtle Bay....
View ArticleTesoro Helps Special Olympics
Sending an athlete to Special Olympics will be as easy as pumping gas until Aug. 5. Four Central Oahu Tesoro2Go locations (and others across the island) have teamed up with Special Olympics Hawaii to...
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Troops Back From Afghanistan Post
Nearly 200 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion reunite with family and friends at Wheeler Army Airfield after completing a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt....
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Mililani High Team Wins National HOSA Honors
Rejoicing national champions from Mililani High School’s delegation to the recent HOSA-Future Health Professionals’ conference in Orlando are (from left, group with No. 1 salute) Fejiereich Luz Lopez,...
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Waha Nui – 7/30/14
On top of many other awards, Waialua 2014 gradu ate William Blaser III won a $7,500 STEM Scholarship from Chevron and the U.S. Golf Association, which he’ll use to study mechanical engineering at UH...
View ArticleTony Conjugacion To Sing At Haleiwa Luau
Lili’uokalani Protestant Church hosts its 38th annual Benefit Luau from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, with both takeout and dine-in options and live entertainment. On the menu are the tried-and-true luau...
View ArticleHall Honors For Mililani Grads
Two Mililani High School graduates were presented with honorary certificates July 9 after being inducted into the 2014 Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) Hall of Honor. The presentation...
View ArticleTreatment Camp At Mokuleia
Mark Turansky, the senior pastor of Pacific Islands Bible Church and New Horizons president and CEO, is hosting an inpatient addiction treatment program at Camp Mokuleia. The six-day program offers...
View ArticleFire Ant Infestation A Serious Community Matter
Kidani’s Korner…Sen. Michelle Kidani When the state Department of Agriculture (DOA) confirmed that fire ants had established a foothold in Mililani Mauka, I began planning a town hall meeting with my...
View ArticleMililani Basketball Standout Ready For Big Senior Year
Mililani’s Summer Bolibol can’t help but see the coming basketball season as an opportunity for her and her teammates to settle unfinished business. Now a senior, she can feel her eligibility clock...
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