MidWeek East - July 20, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 20, 2022
‘PURR’FECT KITTY
Learn some interesting facts about this orange tabby in Pet of the Week. SEE PAGE 6
CHALLENGER SERIES
Read about what’s new in the surf world in The Wavelength. SEE PAGE 7
Local Author Shares Stories Of Statues
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
SERVING UP FUN
Mark Yoshizu plays pickleball at the Eastside’s Wai‘alae-Iki Park. ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTO
KBY STEPHANIE LOPES
amehameha the Great graces down- town Honolulu. Queen Lili‘uokala- ni and Father Damien stand tall in
the Hawai‘i state Capitol. Abraham Lincoln watches over the keiki at ‘Ewa Elementary School. Elvis Presley greets visitors to Neil S. Blaisdell Center.
All these notable statues on O‘ahu — along with 55 others — can be explored in Hawai‘i Kai resident Cheryl Soon’s re- cently released book, Reflections in Stone and Bronze.
“I am very curious about the world and about my own backyard,” reflects Soon on the reason for writing the book. “Statues are of immense interest now, and I explore them wherever I am.”
Soon is an award-winning city planner who has held senior management positions in both the public and private Hawai‘i sec- tors, including serving as the director of the state Department of Transportation and the chief planning officer for the City & County of Honolulu.
SEE PAGE 4