Waha Nui – 10/15/14
Where is Jack Nakamura, you ask? The 91-year-old Pohai Nani resident and 442nd/100th Battalion veteran is in France this month as the French government’s guest. He says he wishes to revisit the old battlegrounds in Bruyeres and Biffontaine, “in a time of peace” … Elayne Cho and Richard Smith represented Kailua’s Christ Church Uniting at the people’s march (400,000 strong) during the historic U.N. Climate Summit last month in New York City …
HHF Planners has hired Kaneohe’s Angelica Rockque-more as a planner and landscape designer. She has studied and contributed to beautiful outdoor spaces from Japan to New Zealand, and to Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum … U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard hosts a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Kahuku Community Center (286-0803, if it’s not too late) … Winners of Ko’olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club’s 2014 original song composers competition Sept. 21 in Kaneohe are Liko Martin, Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa and Laulani Teale …
Kaneohe native Uilani Kaitoku now is officially principal of Hau’ula Elementary, where she hopes to develop engineering and agriculture opportunities for the kids … Kaneohe crowd-sourcing T-shirt entrepreneurs Adam Worrel and Peter Keizer will bring their mobile screen-printing company FlashFlood to BayFest Hawaii this weekend. Pick your design and see the shirt appear (flashfloodhi.com) …
Kaneohe’s Kim Binsted is principal investigator of UH-Hilo’s Mars Habitat, a dome that opens today to six crew members. For eight months, they’ll live at the 8,000-foot level on Mars-like Mauna Loa … Kalaheo’s Navy JROTC unit helped at the school’s 9/11 ceremony for graduate Christine Snyder, who was aboard the hijacked UA flight 93; Cadet Hasina Shah sang the national anthem … Kaneohe’s Courtney Graham is now human resources director at ProService Hawaii, after a successful decade of similar work on the Mainland, where she also won the title of Mrs. Colorado of 2012 & & & cchang@midweek.com
