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6 SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
HazBinz, Danimals Play A Game At Hans L‘Orange Field
On an early August evening at Waipahu’s Hans L’Orange Field, Danimals played the HazBinz and won the match, 9-3. (Clockwise from right) HazBinz pitcher Christian Capinia hurls a ball at a batter; Kaz Tachino of the HazBinz swings for the fences; and Danimals pitcher Josh Muneno makes a solid throw toward a HazBinz player who’s up to bat.
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Hawai‘i State Public Library System Names Kapolei Public Library Keiki A Winner
This summer, tons of area youth spent their days read- ing as part of Hawaiʻi State Public Library System’s Summer Reading Program — but only one came out victorious. Brooklyn Kotrys from Kapolei Public Library won four roundtrip tickets to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies.
forward to continuing to support all readers all year long,” states Stacey Aldrich, state librarian.
months. In addition, par- ticipants also joined virtual events, author and speaker talks, and complete online activities highlighting an- imals, ocean creatures and more.
“Brooklyn read an amaz- ing 1,200 minutes this sum- mer, and we congratulate her on her reading achievements and for being selected as the grand prize winner. We look
More than 12,000 readers of all ages logged 12.5 mil- lion minutes in the last few
Brooklyn Kotrys and her ‘ohana pose for a photo at Kapolei Public Library after winning four airplane tickets for participating in Hawai‘i State Public Library System’s Summer Reading Program. PHOTO COURTESY HAWAI‘I STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
“We wish the Kotrys ‘oha- na happy travels and a maha- lo nui to Alaska Airlines for their generosity and support of literacy among Hawaiʻi’s keiki, teens, adults and kūpuna through our public libraries,” adds Nainoa Mau, executive director of Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i.
For more information on the library and its programs, visit librarieshawaii.org.