A family of part-time Turtle Bay Ocean Villas residents recently made a $14,000 donation to the Kahuku Public Library Bookmobile project through a silent auction at Turtle Bay Resort: Pictured at right, family member Fiona Matson, 11, presents the check to Kahuku Library Branch Manager Fran Corcoran.
The extended Matson family along with Bob Boyle, Turtle […]

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Approximately 250 volunteers — about two-thirds of them from the Laie Hawaii North Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — helped clean marine debris from Kahuku beach on Saturday morning, August 2. Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii (BEACH) organized the activity as part of the Hawaii Conservation Conference and also in […]

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The BYU-Hawaii voyaging canoe Iosepa arrived in its new home at the Halau Wa'a O Iosepa in the Polynesian Cultural Center's Hawaiian Village on July 22. PCC, BYUH and the community held a grand opening for the new canoe attraction from June 25-28, but inclement weather and poor sailing conditions delayed the canoe's actual arrival.
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Manny Mattos, a Big Island wood carver, explained his appreciation of ancient Hawaiian weapons and his love of creating museum-quality reproductions of them — some from rare endemic wood — to a small group at Kahuku Public Library on June 24. "Basically, I recreate all of the old Hawaiian weapons out of endemic woods for […]

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It was a "chicken skin" moment on a number of levels when William K. "Uncle Bill" Wallace III — filled with emotion and visibly affected by a chemotherapy treatment earlier that day — stepped to the microphone on June 25 for a private dedication ceremony of the new Halau Wa'a O Iosepa in the Polynesian […]

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Two Koolauloa women play prominently in recent Brigham Young University Hawaii executive actions:
Former Laie resident Dr. Debbie Hippolite Wright, LCSW, Ph.D., [pictured at left] has been named Vice President for Student Development and Services at BYUH, effective July 7; and…
BYUH Vice President of University Advancement V. Napua Baker of Laie [pictured at right] retired at […]

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HONOLULU — Governor Linda Lingle has signed into law a bill to strengthen the State’s and community’s ongoing collaborative efforts to preserve valuable lands and natural resources throughout Hawai‘i for future generations. The bill (SB2423 SD2 HD2 CD1), which becomes Act 140, provides the Governor with additional negotiating tools to use in acquiring and protecting […]

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Kahuku High Head Coach Reggie Torres shared a few comments with Kaleo before the start of the varsity Red-and-White Scrimmage on June 2: “We look forward to the season. In the off-season we’ve evaluated the whole program and we’re trying to fix some things one step at a time.”

For example, he noted the team has […]

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A lot of well deserved recognition at this time of year goes to graduates who earned scholarships — with athletes in our community usually outshining the academics. Such scholarships provide a wonderful way for a select few of our youth to extend their skills beyond Koolauloa. We all feel a measure of pride in […]

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Congratulations to the 256 seniors who graduated in the Kahuku High Class of 2008 on May 29. Once again, Kahuku's commencement ceremony, held in the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, proved truly unique.

For example, the floral decorations and stage set up were impressive; the crowd arrived early, toting loads of lei, gifts, balloons, signs, some […]

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The members of the Kahuku High Class of 2008 are:

Jasmine Abila*~ Jerome Acoba Justin Adolpho […]

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Congratulations to the following Kahuku High 2008 graduates who received more than $1.75 million worth of scholarships — as of May 29 commencement — with still more coming in:

Phoebe Arnett: Red Raiders Activities Award; Kristian Au: KEAC Scholarship, $500, Red Raider Valedictorian, $1,000, Principal’s Award, Hamashige Endowment Scholarship; Ella Aiwohi: UH Centennial Scholarship, $1,000, […]

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