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Ho‘ala Students Bike For St. Jude Keiki
Ho‘ala students (from left) Aidden Murray, Sophie Park and Naiya Trujillo go for a ride. Ho‘ala Schools photo. Ho‘ala School students in grades K-4 participated in the St. Jude Children’s Research...
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North Shore Farmers Win Agricultural Business Plan Contest
Counter Culture Foods owners Jay Bost and Rob Barreca. Photo from Kamehameha Schools. By MAE RUSSELL Kamehameha Schools Communications Specialist A North Shore farm has won $15,000 and rent-free use of...
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Opening Doors Critical To Legislative Success
Central Concerns …Rep. Feki Pouha Aloha Kakou, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter holiday. For the past 16 years, Hawaii Women’s Legislative Caucus has spearheaded the donation of Easter baskets...
View ArticleWriters Retreat At Mokuleia
Mokuleia Writers Retreat is returning to the North Shore May 3-8. The annual retreat at Camp Mokuleia offers two dozen writers for a week of intimate workshops and one-on-one coaching on fiction,...
View ArticleStore Selling Soap To Save Lives
Hawaiian Bath & Body, a natural handcrafted soap and skin care line located at Waialua Sugar Mill, is raising funds for Clean the World. Clean the World recycles soap and hygiene products that are...
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Carissa Moore Makes It Three Straight In Australia
Carissa Moore (left) and Stephanie Gilmore hoist their firstand second-place trophies at Bells Beach, Australia. World Surfing League photo. North Shore Surf News…Gary Kewley Aloha surfers and...
View ArticleYoung Leilehua Water Polo Team Has Eye On State Title
The Leilehua girls water polo team entered 2015 certain of one distinction — having the youngest lineup in the OIA. That the Mules would find themselves with a 6-1 record at the midway point of the...
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Mililani Softball Standout Balances Sports And Motherhood
Kylie-Ann and Khloe-Ann Bello. Even a season away from the softball field couldn’t undermine Mililani standout Kylie-Ann Bello’s momentum. Although she missed the entire 2014 season (and the Trojans’...
View ArticleMovie Night At Mililani Temple
Mililani Hongwanji once again is screening the popular documentary Ola: Health is Everything. Written, directed and produced by Matthew Nagato, the film is said to challenge viewers to rethink what it...
View ArticleCentral Oahu Highlights
Send Central Oahu items to cchang@midweek.com by April 22 for the April 29 edition, or call 529-4850. • GREYWOLF Grey-wolf presents a lecture on “Women Warriors of Europe & Asia” at 10 a.m. April...
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Focus on Central Oahu
Mililani Waena Elementary's Brianna Namba, Jasmine Smith, Cassandra Swoboda and Trinity Barrett perform selections from the musical ‘Newsies' March 10 during the Mililani Complex Choral Festival....
View ArticlePact Enhances Education Efforts
BYU-Hawaii’s International Cultural Studies department is partnering with Hawaiian Islands Land Trust to infuse youths into its land protection efforts. A conservation collaboration agreement recently...
View ArticleComics Will Come Alive At Area Library
Libraries across the state will observe Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, including the Mililani branch. Costumed characters from the Pacific Outpost of the 501st Imperial Legion, Rebel Legion Hawaii,...
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Waha Nui – 4/29/15
Dedicated, inspiring and nationally certified, Sunset Beach Elementary kindergarten teacher Sheri Burke de Mendonca (“Mrs. Burke”) had just reached the finals of a national online “Teach for the...
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Mililani 12-year-old A Finalist In Toyota Dream Car Contest
Maile Kaina (front, right) is joined by fellow winners and celebrity emcees: KHON weather anchor Justin Cruz, Shriners Hospital’s director of public relations Mahealani Richardson and Toyota Hawaii...
View ArticleMay Basketball Camp For Keiki
Kailua Basketball Club will sponsor a basketball skills clinic for youths in May at Kailua District Park’s indoor basketball gym. For three straight Sundays — May 17, 24 and 31 — club coach Rob...
View ArticleLuau To Benefit Robotics Team
It’s time to get your robotics on. Dole Plantation is hosting its eighth annual Plantation Benefit Luau for the Waialua High School Robotics Team, and tickets are on sale now. All proceeds from the May...
View ArticleFunding Appropriated For Mililani Schools
Kidani’s Korner …Sen. Michelle Kidani As this edition of Central Oahu Islander is published, the Legislature is just a few days away from our scheduled May 7 adjournment. Our work on most major bills...
View ArticleUnseasonable Waves Hit The North Shore
North Shore Surf News Aloha surfers and ocean lovers, This is week three of North Shore Surf News, and there’s a lot to cover. We’ve had big events and big waves. Mid-month we had a swell that peaked...
View ArticleLeilehua And Mililani Girls Ready For Softball Postseason
At long last, the second season has arrived for both Leilehua and Mililani softball teams. First up, both teams will play in this week’s OIA Red tournament, running Tuesday-Friday at various sites....
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