Waha Nui – 1/21/15

Kristen Kauhane

Plays from Robert St. John‘s playwriting program at Le Jardin Academy get the readers-theater treatment at 8 p.m. Friday at Leeward CC theater, featuring works by Clay McDermott, Jennifer Fachan, Daisy Sprenger, James Christensen, Maddison Mathews and Kivalu Ramanlal (455-0380) … This month Christ Church United welcomes its new pastor Liz Leavitt, who was educated at University of Oregon and Harvard Divinity School …

Want to be a foster parent? Hui o Ko‘olaupoko has just the plant for you in its plant care program — “green thumb or not.” Call Kristen Nalani Mailheau at 381 7202 … Kaneohe’s Loxley Keala has transferred from Missouri to University of Iowa, where she’ll play for the Hawkeye women’s volleyball team next season. “Loxley is smooth as silk, has great touch in her hands and is really athletic in her movement,” says coach Bond Shymansky. “This really jump-starts our program.” Go, Cuz! … Hawaii Reporter co-founder and editor Malia Zimmerman of Kailua begins work this week as an investigative reporter for FOX News Channel out of its Los Angeles bureau …

Anthology Marketing has hired Kailua’s Kristen Kauhane as account coordinator, which includes itineraries for visiting travel writers. Kristen was a UH Manoa honors student while earning degrees in marketing and business administration … Erin Chang Wells (Castle 1996) reports that the Unpampered on Purpose group she volunteers with in California achieved its first goal of funding a water well in Guatemala. “To everyone who donated, hosted parties, attended parties and sacrificed those extra pamperings, thank you so much!” …

Kaneohe’s Jenni Sakamoto and Hau‘ula’s Tiaura Samyiou, both nursing majors, made the fall dean’s list at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore. … HHF Planners has promoted Kailua’s Rob James and Kaneohe’s Ronald Sato to senior associates. Rob’s geography experience and Ron’s work in urban planning should support the firm’s major projects …

Castle High art teacher Casilda Rippard says she was so inspired by the Hawaii arts program at WCC that she’s added a new course at the high school: Arts & Crafts of Hawaii … Breaking news from the Board of Water Supply: To get rid of slugs, put an open beer can in the ground. “Slugs can crawl in, but they can’t crawl out,” it declares to customers & & & cchang@midweek.com