Waha Nui – 12/10/14

Kyle Matsumiya

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii has honored Mililani’s Cey Murakami as its Civilian Engineer of 2015 for his leadership, technical skills and support of facilities engineering. In 2014, for example, his boss says that Cey “managed and led his team to complete more than 200 projects” …

Wyland Galleries (637-8729) will feature North Shore artist Heather Brown and other surf artists Dec. 13 at its annual Surf Show at Haleiwa North Shore Market Place … The Story of the Northern Fur Seal is the title of North Shore artist Ilano Hemperly‘s latest children’s book, which is based on the true account of a weary seal that beached at Rocky Point a couple years ago, where it was rescued and healed. Waimea Valley’s gift shop and The Growing Keiki in Haleiwa have the book …

Century 21 Liberty Homes named Wahiawa resident Kyle Matsumiya as its Top Listing Associate for September … Mililani teenager Kelsey Ann Murobayashi walked the red carpet Nov. 4 at the Hollywood premiere of Disney’s Big Hero 6. It was part of her prize package for being among the top six science whizzes in the film’s XPRIZE Challenge. Her video entry presented an environmentally friendly transportation solution — self-driving “pods.” Kelsey also got a private tour of Walt Disney Animation Studios, a meet-and-greet with Disney Imagineering’s creative minds, and the cost of a registration fee for the upcoming LEGO Robotics season …

Alexis Lucas-Klein (Leilehua 2012) has graduated from Air National Guard basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, and Lauren Nelson (Leilehua 2013) did the same in the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. … Jon Ichimura (Mililani 2006, Chaminade master’s 2012) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. … Courtney Gower (Leilehua 2014) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., as has her classmate Kaiulani Agaran (Leilehua 2014) & & & cchang@midweek.com