Waha Nui – 6/3/15

Rick Blangiardi

Hawaii Red Cross sent Hawaii Kai volunteer Candy Iha to assist with health services for residents of Guam following Tropical Storm Dolphin … Full-time East Oahu students are doing well at Creighton University in Omaha. Here’s who made the fall dean’s list: Brandon Finger, Renner Fujiwara, Lauren Tamura, Jaron Tsukamoto and Alden Wong … Honolulu Community Action Program has promoted Palolo Valley’s Rachel Yeager to community services manager for HCAP’s Leahi district, also based in Palolo, to assist low-income families …The Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council really likes Waialae Iki’s Rick Blangiardi. They will make him their 2015 Distinguished Citizen in August for his many, many years of community service to dozens of nonprofit boards, in addition to work with Scouts and his day job managing Hawaii News Now. “Hawaii is a better place as a direct result of Rick’s commitment to our community,” says Boy Scout CEO Jeff Sulzbach … Ian Naumu (Saint Louis 2010) has graduated from Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. … Kalani junior Tomoe Mizutani scored a perfect 800 on her Math SAT. Way to go! … Kona Brewing Co. celebrated the release of its Wela Red Ale April 25 at Koko Marina Pub, and will share proceeds from it with nonprofits like Malama Maunalua in its Makana Series. Singer Makana was a highlight of the party, along with the new ale, which has “a copper hue and subtly smoky flavor” … Chaminade’s Hogan Entrepreneurs honored Richard Tanaka, owner of Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants, with its Lifetime Achievement Award April 22. Director John Webster also noted that Richard’s daughter is a new Hogan Entrepreneurs inductee … East Oahu author John Clark‘s latest book from University of Hawaii Press reaches to the other side of the island in North Shore Place Names: Kahuku to Ka‘ena … Aina Haina Elementary studentLuke Cisneros and St. Patrick School’s Chloe Kwokare among six Junior Ambassadors preparing to go to Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention July 9-22 in Fukuoka, Japan, where they’ll meet hundreds of their peers, camp and stay with host families. All of Hawaii’s 11-year-old ambassadors report for training once a week. That includes hula lessons … Hawaii Kai education specialist Monty Clark‘s new book is I Wish Someone Had Told Me, about low college student-retention rates and tips on getting the most out of college (amazon.com)

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