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Highlands Robotics Team To Compete On International Stage
Members of the Highlands Intermediate robotics team participating in the Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championship, where they won the Excellence Award. They are (from left) Leeden Raquel, Raena Anne...
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Local FBI Operations Find New Home On 10 Acres In Kalaeloa
After 35 years at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building downtown, the Honolulu Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigations has moved to new quarters in Kapolei. An April 9 ceremony, with a Hawaiian...
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August Ahrens Ohana Tackles The Trash At Oneula Beach Park
About 70 students, parents and teachers of August Ahrens Elementary School conducted a community cleanup at Oneula Beach Park in Ewa Beach last month, scouring the beach and park area for trash. The...
View ArticlePearl City Baseball Standout Enjoying Success At HPU
For Tyler Tokunaga, a stellar prep career at Pearl City High meant having a lot of opportunities to play baseball at the college level. The one he couldn’t pass up, however, was when Hawaii Pacific...
View ArticleWest Oahu Highlights
Send West Oahu items by fax to 585-6324 or email cchang@midweek.com by April 17 to be considered for the April 24 edition. * SHAKESPEARE Leeward Community College’s Literature Department presents a...
View ArticleEwa Beach Girl Wins Gold In National Wrestling Tourney
Eleven-year-old Paige Respicio remembers well the moment she realized she had a future in wrestling. “It was when I started to beat people I used to lose to,” said Respicio, who is a student at Ewa...
View ArticleExperts To Share Car Care Tips
April is national Car Care Month, and to celebrate, Flagship FastLube will sponsor a free Car Care Clinic from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at its Pearl City location. Certified technicians will be there to give...
View ArticleLeaders Pushing For Interim Care
In response to concerns by residents in the areas they represent, City Councilmembers Ron Menor (Waikele to Ewa Beach) and Kymberly Pine (portions of Ewa Villages to Makua) gathered hospital officials...
View ArticleRecycling Drive Also Collects Food, Clothing
A recycling drive is planned for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Waipahu Intermediate School (94-455 Farrington Hwy.), adding a canned food drive for Hawaii Foodbank, as well as accepting computers and...
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West Generates Clean Energy
Mike Gabbard Aloha Friends, Sorry, there’s no community meeting in April. It’s crunch time at the Legislature. I will host my next “Listen Story” meeting at 9 a.m. May 4 at Kapolei Starbucks. Our...
View ArticleMauka Lani’s State ‘Teacher Of Promise’
Mauka Lani Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Bryan Rankie recently was named this year’s “Teacher of Promise,” a recognition given by the National Milken Educators of Hawaii for those who...
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Nisei Veterans Share War Stories With Alvah Scott Students
Herbert Yamamura (center), a WWII Nisei veteran who served in the 442nd, then in the Military Intelligence Service, spoke to 63 fourth-graders from Alvah Scott Elementary School. Here he is with one...
View ArticleGift Helps LCC Students Pursue Degrees
The upstart organic farm that sends young Leeward adults to college as well as into the fields has just launched a scholarship endowment program with a $100,000 donation from a Kaneohe-based...
View Article‘Second Season’ Begins This Week In West Oahu Baseball
For Aiea, Campbell, Pearl City and Waipahu, the second season will begin this week with the OIA Red conference tournament. Also at stake are berths for the Division I state baseball tournament, as the...
View ArticleWest Oahu Highlights
Send West Oahu items by fax to 585-6324 or email cchang@midweek.com by April 24 to be considered for the May 1 edition. * HTY PLAY Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents a 45-minute performance of Blue at...
View ArticlePearl City Girls Judo Team Snags Fourth Straight OIA Title
For all the talent across the Pearl City girls judo team’s 2013 roster, there’s no doubt who the pacesetter is at practice and on game day. That role was claimed long ago by senior Taylor Castro....
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Focus on West Oahu
Blanca is a mastiff mix who is looking for a permanent home. She likes to go for walks and loves to be petted. She would do best in a home where she is the only pet. Adoption fee is $200. For more...
View ArticleFilCom Forum Urges Trade In Philippines
The Hawaii Chamber of Commerce plans a Business & Trade Forum and Workshop next week in Waipahu featuring guest speakers and panels that will explore the growing investment opportunities of “Asia’s...
View ArticleFree Comics For Card Holders
Aiea and Kapolei libraries will join in the worldwide celebration of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, and will give a free comic book – while supplies last – to each patron with a valid library card....
View ArticleCrafty Gifts For Mom At Fair
Picking out the perfect gift for mom can be tough, so to assist families with their shopping, Prince Kuhio Community Center will have a Mother’s Day Craft Fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The fair...
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