Waha Nui – 9/3/14
Kaimuki filmmaker Chris Kahunahana was chosen for Sundance Institute’s Native Lab Fellowship on the strength of his Karaoke Kings project about the homeless population in Honolulu’s Chinatown. He’s also busy crowd-funding for the short film Lahaina Noon (with three short stories about the phenomenon). Check out the Kickstarter site on that …
Wilhelmina Rise potter and Chaminade fine arts prof Yukio Ozaki is creating some cool plates for Hawaii Potters Guild’s inaugural Plates & Pasta fundraiser Sept. 20 at Manoa District Park (hawaiipottersguild.org) … Kahala update: Melody Rose Lindsay, who won awards as a teen harpist, is now a Princeton graduate working on her doctorate at Montana State. She studies microorganisms found in Yellowstone’s geysers — when she’s not playing harp with the Billings and Great Falls symphonies. Meanwhile, brother Christopher won first place ($1,000) in National Education Center’s Go For Broke student essay contest for his entry, “Silent Heroes.” The prize comes with an awards dinner Sept. 27 in L.A. for the ‘Iolani freshman …
Yolisa Ishibashi and Lisa Westly seem to know the most about Hawaii Kai, according to Rep. Gene Ward, who declared them winners of his seven-point quiz about the community’s history … Aina Haina businessman and Navy veteran (decorated in Vietnam) Tim Guard is now chairman of the USS Missouri Memorial Association board …
Waialae Iki’s Thomas Witten has been elevated to Council of Fellows of American Society of Landscape Architects for project excellence and helping start UH Manoa’s professional degree program …Vino Mehta‘s new book is pretty heavy: Personal Competitiveness: Achieve Breakthrough Success in the Global Economy, but it’s based on the Kahala man’s four decades of experience with high profile companies (amazon.com) …
See the classy new sign for Koko Head District Park’s rain garden? Thank Futura Stone’s Rich Cozzo and Malama Maunalua members Ron Nichols and Makoa Santarini who installed it … Kaiser grads now in military college: Joshua Oh (Air Force) and Kanoe’ala Nakoa (Navy Academy prep school) & & & cchang@midweek.com
