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232 graduate from Kahuku High

 
Story and photos by Mike Foley

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• Class of 2009

• '09 Scholarships

During the annual commencement ceremonies on May 28 in the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, 232 Kahuku High and Intermediate School seniors graduated in the Class of 2009.

Despite on-and-off drizzling rain, thousands of family members, friends and neighbors filled [...]

Koolauloa Neighborhood Board election results

The following were elected or re-elected to two-year terms on the Koolauloa Neighborhood Board during recent first-ever Internet-based polling:

Jimmy Leonardi (Kahuku)
Junior Primacio (Kahuku)
John Elkington (Laie)
Norman Kaluhiokalani (Laie)
Kela Miller (Laie)
Les Steward (Laie)
Richard Fale (Hauula)
Moana Kalua'ü (Hauula)
Dotty Kelly-Paddock (Hauula)
Creighton Mattoon (Punaluu)
Dee Dee Letts (Kaaawa)

Neighborhood boards, which are geographically distributed throughout Oahu, are designed to advise City [...]

Kahuku summer school ends

[ July 10, 2009; 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. ] …on a new schedule this year.

Kahuku summer school begins

[ June 12, 2009; 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. ] …on a new schedule this year: A semester course is two weeks, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at a cost of $80 (breakfast and lunch are free).

Funaki gives Kahuku baccalaureate speech

Former two-time Kahuku High state football champion quarterback Inoke Funaki [pictured at right] told a modest sized crowd of seniors and parents gathered in the school cafeteria on May 24 for the annual baccalaureate service that they should set goals, plan and prepare for the future. "There are so many people who have left this high [...]

HRI blood drive

[ May 30, 2009; 8:00 am to 1:30 pm. ] Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI) is sponsoring a Laie community blood drive at Laie Shopping Center, in conjunction with the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Please bring a valid picture ID. Call the Blood Bank for more information or appointments at 848-4721

May ‘09 sports updates

As the 2008-09 school year comes to a close, sports honors and news continues to pour in. Here are some of the latest updates:

Nationally acclaimed Punahou school football athlete Manti Te'o of Laie — who earlier this year made headlines when he accept a full-ride football scholarship from Notre Dame — was recently named to [...]

Oloa reclaims PCC World Fireknife Championship

Polynesian Cultural Center night show performers give the royal treatment to Mikaele Oloa, who minutes earlier on May 16 won the World Fireknife Championship… for the third time. — Photo by Mike Foley
 
The runners-up in the PCC's 17th annual World Fireknife Championship were:
 

Joseph Cadousteau of Papeete, Tahiti, 2nd place
 Viavia "VJ" Tiumalu Jr. of Orlando, [...]

Koolauloa ‘Relay for Life’ this Friday

Just a reminder that the American Cancer Society's Koolauloa "Relay for Life" will be this Friday, May 22 at 6 p.m. through Saturday, May 23 at 6 a.m., at the Hauula Playground.
The local fundraising event — with Kahale Charles as chair, and Bae Aumua as co-chair — is part of a national campaign by more [...]

PCC World Fireknife Championships underway

The Polynesian Cultural Center's 17th annual World Fireknife Championships got underway on May 14 in the Hale Aloha when 16 senior men competed in the preliminary round. They came from as close as Laie, and as far as Hong Kong, Guam, Samoa, Maui, Kona, San Diego, Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida…all hoping for a shot [...]

Josh Christensen’s Eagle Scout project

[ May 23, 2009; 9:00 am to 10:30 am. ] For his Eagle Scout project, Josh Christensen of Laie is offering a free tennis clinic at the BYU–Hawaii tennis courts between the dormitories. Come and learn. Bring a racquet, if you have one…and have fun. The Kahuku High tennis players and other members of Josh's Troop 16 will be volunteering.

Kahuku Elementary: May Day 2009

Kahuku Elementary held their annual May Day program on May 8 in the BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center.
[Editor's note: For some reason, I'm having difficulty displaying a photo gallery on this site. For a sampling of the pictures, please go to:
 http://nanilaie.info/?p=350#more-350
...and select "View with PicLens". Sorry for the inconvenience: MF]