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Wahiawā District Park Gym Reopens With Many Upgrades
A long-awaited reopening and blessing ceremony of the Wahiawā District Park Gym that has been years in the making took place on Feb. 18.
(Clockwise from top left) Lilette Subedi,
a Native Hawaiian practitioner, performs a ceremonial opening of the gymnasium; Honolulu Department
of Parks and Recreation director Laura Thielen with park maintenance and recreation services assistant administrator Zach Lee participate in the blessing; Wahiawā Neighborhood Board chairperson Jeanne Ishikawa with Honolulu City Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi and her senior adviser Michael Sakata attend the ceremony; Members of the Wahiawā Community Policing Team with the Honolulu Police Department (from left) are Cpl. Nicholas Shane Muna, officer Tim Iinuma and Capt. Paul Okamoto. PHOTOS COURTESY
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along with leaders from groups such as the Wahi- awā Lions Club, Rotary Club of Wahiawā-Waialua, Leilehua Alumni and Com- munity Association, and many others.
Honolulu City Coun- cilmember Heidi Tsuney- oshi, who represents the town, led the event. She ex- plains that Wahiawā District Park, located at 1129 Kilani Ave., has seen a number of improvement projects.
They include renovation of the swimming pool, re- wiring of the electrical sys- tem, redevelopment of the skate park, resurfacing of the outdoor courts in addi- tion to reroofing of the Hale Koa room.
ing of the gymnasium.
“I am pleased to be able to celebrate this momentous and long-awaited occasion for the community, that will benefit from the reopening and blessing of the Wahiawā
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Native Hawaiian practi- tioner Lilette Subedi per- formed a ceremonial open-
District Park Gym,” Tsuney- oshi states. “I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Design and Construction, and the com- munity, toward the realiza- tion of these projects.
to seeing the park full of life where many, many wonder- ful memories will be made for years to come,” Tsuney- oshi adds.
city Department of Parks and Recreation director Laura Thielen, Wahiawā Neighborhood Board chair- person Jeanne Ishikawa, members of the Wahiawā Community Policing team,
Among those participat- ing in the ceremony were
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