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Kaimukī resident Ki- ley Esprecion will take over service dog training, dog team support and program development at Hawaiʻi Fi-Do Service Dogs Hawaiʻi. The Susan Luehrs Legacy Fund aims to raise $250,000 for Esprecion to get specialized dog training certification in California. To donate, visit hawaiifido.org ... Waimānalo resident Sasha Colby won the 15th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and was the first Native Hawai- ian māhū to ever compete in it. Using her platform, she educated her castmates and the world on what it means to be Hawaiian and also being māhū both past and present ... Sacred Hearts Academy Ka Leo publication was awarded first place for Best in State at the annual 54th Hawaiʻi High School Journalism awards ceremony. Sacred Hearts
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mantha Europa); Nonfic- tion Storytelling (Ember Joy Guevarra); Opinion (Abigail Walker); and Portrait Photo (Reina Moriguchi). Kalani High School also ranked Best in State in third place; Kalani High students Azriel Badon and Lily Washburn also won in the Infographic category. Sacred Hearts senior Emily
students also won in a vari- Trueba won Most Valuable ety of categories: Breaking Staffer alongside Kalani High News (Kennedy Wardlaw); School student Lin Meyers
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