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JULY 14, 2021
Kapolei’s Meli- na O’ Reilly has been named to the dean’s list at Univer- sity of New Hampshire. Keep up the good work! ... Wet’ n’ Wild Hawaiʻi will be screening movies every week this month. Coming up, catch showings of Raya and the Last Dragon (July 17), Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet (July 24) and A Bug’s Life (July 31). Visit wetnwildhawaii.com for more info ... Westside boy Bretman Rock graces the cover of Teen Vogue’s July issue. The interview took place in his West Oʻa- hu home and can be read at teenvogue.com/story/bret- man-rock-cover-july-2021 ... Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
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rious and the key to keeping ricane with sharks,” states safe is basically the same director Kealiʻi Lopez.
for most any type of emer- Visit aarp.cvent.com/ gency, even a fictional hur- sharknado to sign up.
holds a mobile vaccine clinic at Ka Makana Aliʻi every Saturday in July. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., any- one age 12 and older can stop by the pop-up event in front of Straub Kapo- lei Clinic & Urgent Care. Walk-ups are welcome but registration is encouraged at hawaiipacifichealth.org/ hph-covid-19-updates/vac- cine-update ... Congrats to area City Councilwom- an Andria Tupola, who has earned a doctorate in music education from Uni- versity of Hawaiʻi. “It took me 10 years to do it,” she states. “I finally achieved it. Despite everything, I’ ve never given up on my love for music nor my pursuit of higher education” ... Now
through Aug. 31, residents can drop off nonperishable food items to Nakamoto Realty (94-615 Kupuohi St. Ste. 205) in Waipahu. This is part of Hawaiʻi REAL- TORS Charitable Founda- tion’s #OneCanIfCan food drive, and monetary do- nations are also accepted. “The Hawai‘i REALTORS Charitable Foundation rec- ognizes the incredible strain our food banks are under during the COVID-19 pan- demic as 1 in 6 Hawai‘i residents struggles with hunger,” states Moana Andersen, president of the foundation. “Even a small donation makes a big differ- ence in helping feed fami- lies in need” ... gkeller@ midweek.com
This month, AARP Ha- waiʻi’s always-helpful webinars are putting the spotlight on disaster pre- paredness. The free series starts 2 p.m. July 21 on Zoom and will continue each Wednesday through Aug. 11. Attendees do not need to be a member of AARP to participate.
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Topics are vast and in- clude tracking hurricanes and retrofitting your home in the event one hits, plan- ning for climate change, preparing for tsunamis and wildfires, and even a visit from “Sharknado.”
“We’re obviously having a little fun with the title of our four-part webinar se- ries ‘How to prepare for a Sharknado and other disas- ters,’ but the message is se-
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