Small Size Means Great Opportunities For Waialua Students
The more sports the merrier is the theme when it comes to Waialua High School, according to athletic director Bryce Kaneshiro. At a time when specialization in one sport is as common as ever at the...
View ArticleCentral Oahu Highlights
Email Central Oahu calendar items to cchang@midweek.com by Aug. 6 for the Aug. 13 edition. * WAHIAWA FILMS Free film night at Wahiawa Library screens Disney’s Little Mermaid (for families) at 5 p.m....
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Focus on Central Oahu
Kahu Kelekona Bishaw and his assistant, 8-year-old Joy Komej, bless Hermitha Heron and her 4-year-old son, Junior, May 31 as they celebrate the reopening of the renovated Kawahi Maluwai Apartments on...
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Rebecca Yarumi, (10), Daiki Yamaguchi (12), Yuho Fujiwara (11) and Seryu Kobayashi (11) perform a Japanese dance at a recent Schofield Family Day event. Photo by Anthony Consillio,...
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...
View ArticlePCC’s Hukilau Marketplace To Open In ’15
Five years of renovations end January 2015 when Polynesian Cultural Center opens its Hukilau Marketplace, a new collection of restaurants and shops that will evoke old Laie. The 119,000-square-foot...
View ArticleLeilehua To Face Kailua Saturday; Mililani Plays McKinley
By JACK DANILEWICZ When the OIA opted to restructure its football conference in the off-season, exciting new matchups like this weekend’s Kailua-Leilehua and Mililani-McKinley games are just what the...
View ArticleHurricanes Cause Cancellations For Most Football Games
Among the prep football games cancelled last weekend because of Hurricanes Iselle and Julio were a couple of epic matchups featuring Mililani-Saint Louis and Leilehua-Punahou. Whether those games will...
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Email Central Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by Aug. 20 for the Aug. 27 edition. * NATURE HELP Oahu Army Natural Resources Program seeks volunteers to remove weeds, collect seeds and plant native...
View ArticleLHS Teen Art Talent On View At Library
Though its busy summer reading program has ended, Wahiawa Library remains a bastion of creativity via its continuing display of Leilehua High School student art. The exhibition, which opened in early...
View Article2014 Hispanic Grant Goes To Mililani Grad
Mililani High School valedictorian Isis Usborne will receive a $3,000 college scholarship today (Aug. 27) from the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislatures. Making the presentation in the...
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Waha Nui – 8/27/14
Wahiawa native Alyshia Shimizu won the title of 2015 Miss Ultimate Elite at a Scottdale, Ariz., pageant Aug. 3. Currently 19 years old and a Leeward Community College student, Alyshia first made...
View ArticleBig Weekend Ahead In Central Football
After back-to-back home games, the Trojans will now test their mettle with three straight road games. A preview of Mililani, Leilehua and Waialua weekend games follow. Mililani at Kapolei, 6:30 p.m....
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