Waha Nui – 1/22/14
Retired Kailua electrician and Elks Lodge member Herb Weatherwax, 96, now generates interest in Pearl Harbor among the Arizona Memorial’s youngest visitors. The WWII veteran volunteers there weekly, and you can buy his autobiography on site … Services were held Jan. 17 for Kailua’s Faith Evans, 76, who represented Kaneohe and Kailua for eight years in the State House, chaired Kailua Neighborhood Board and was named the nation’s first female U.S. marshal in 1982. Faith died Jan. 9 at Castle hospital after a long illness …
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Kailua’s Lisa Parker to direct shared services, training and development. Lisa brings years of similar work experience from Prospect Education and Argosy University, including a Ph.D. from Argosy in business administration … Hauula Elementary fourth-graders need a large area rug and a paper shredder. To help them out, call Kathie Wells of Community Helping Schools at 225-2621 …
Castle High alumnus Gary Shiroma has digitalized the Knights’ yearbooks from 1968 to 1971. Want a copy? Email him at gkshiroma@hotmail.com … A video taken of my granddaughter Aria Wells in her car seat more than a year ago is attracting a new audience on several websites, including Huffington Post and YouTube (645,255 hits as of Jan. 16). And it’s also boosting sales of her daddy’s song, Beautiful Girl. You can google “Tyrone Wells Beautiful Girl” to see what all the fuss is about, thank you very much …
Windward resident Cindy Fujioka‘s new job is human resource specialist for McDonald’s of Hawaii, where she will enroll staff in orientations plus wellness and benefits programs … Kaneohe’s Lori Pobuk (accounting) and Kailua’s Kayleigh Roberts (communication disorders) made the fall dean’s list at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. …
Waimanalo’s Kayelynn Kohatsu graduated in winter ceremonies at Azusa Pacific U., and Kaneohe’s Christopher Lancaster completed Army Reserve basic training at Fort Benning, Ga.
