DOE Autism Effort Steps Up In WW
Editor’s note: Communications specialist Jorene Barut of the DOE Windward District office contributed to this report. There’s some good news for autistic children here, as Castle Complex is expanding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waha Nui – 6/4/14
Kailua is growing some pretty sharp history buffs. Kailua Intermediate will send three students to National History Day competition June 15-19 in College Park, Md.: Cameron Kalaukoa (research paper),...
View ArticleYoung Kailua Team Shows How It’s Done
With one of the youngest rosters in the OIA this spring, Kailua was perhaps a year away from being a contender. With a tone-setting 4-0 start in the OIA Red East, however, the baseball team quickly...
View ArticleBe Prepared: Yes, Even On Sunny Oahu
Hawaii’s ever-sunny paradise is just as prone to tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods as any island community and needs to be prepared. To this end, Life Church hosts free Community Emergency...
View ArticleMeeting June 5 on marsh plans
Dear Editor, Kailua Neighborhood Board (KNB) will hold a community discussion at 7 p.m. June 5 at Kailua District Park on the Kawainui-Hamakua Marsh Master Plan, recently released by the state...
View ArticleReaders Theatre Play This Week In Kaneohe
What is a “folly”? The common definition is “foolishness” or a “mistake,” but that’s not what it means in Talley’s Folly. To figure it out, curious theatre-goers will have to head over to Pohai Nani’s...
View ArticleLow-income Home Energy Assistance Seeks Families To Help
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program gets underway for island residents with an application drive in June at five Honolulu Community Action Program sites, including the Windward District...
View ArticleClubhouse Gala At Mid-Pacific
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii’s Windward Club-house is inviting guests to spend a night “Under the Koolau Stars” from 6 to 9 p.m. June 21 at Mid-Pacific Country Club. The seventh annual benefit for...
View ArticleFishing Derby Saturday At Park
Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden’s annual Keiki Fishing Derby promises competition for budding anglers from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the garden’s reservoir. Entry is open and free to anglers in three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kailua’s Stewart Scores National Soccer Leadership Role
Mark Stewart. Photo courtesy AYSO. As a member of AYSO’s national board of directors, traveling off-island is just part of the job for Kailua resident Mark Stewart. And having recently been appointed...
View ArticlePlenty Of Blood Could Flow To ‘Bank’ In June
Hawaii Blood Bank has scheduled six donor drives during the month of June at Windward Oahu sites to help supply the 200 pints that are required daily for Hawaii patients. All healthy adults who weigh...
View ArticleHo‘omaluhia: Art Inside And Outside
Art can be found amid the flowers at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden from now until June 30, with “Collages & a bit of Clay at Ho’omaluhia.” The exhibit, located at the park visitor center’s...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
Send items to cchang@midweek.com by June 4 to be considered for the June 11 edition. Wednesday June 4 Clutter class Marilyn Nagel’s “Clutter Free for Life” series of classes begins at 6:30 p.m. at WCC....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Focus on Windward Oahu
Le Jardin Academy fifth-graders (from left) Lily Edwards, Karl Weisenfeld and Malia Swirsky created this mural — an all-day project — as part of a 'graffiti versus street art' study with teacher Suzie...
View ArticleKahuku Girls Polo Dominates
When it comes to the OIA, the Kahuku girls water polo team practically can sign its own figure to the conference checkbook. Indeed, since water polo became an officially sanctioned sport in 2004, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quarterback Has Sights Set On Major League Baseball
Jack Bell. Photo courtesy the Bell family. Kalaheo senior-to-be Jack Bell is definitely a man for all seasons, having competed in soccer, baseball, football and track and field during his previous...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
Send Windward items to cchang@midweek.com by June 11 to be considered for the June 18 edition. Wednesday June 11 Stargazers Hokulani Imaginarium presents “Stargazing” at 7 tonight and “Maunakea Between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Focus on Windward Oahu
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii-Windward Clubhouse members (from left) Tiare Kekauoha, Elizabeth Hawkins Mahaulu, director Maureen Purington, Tia Perreira, Cash Helman and Julian Ramos join in a group...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ko‘olauloa Welcomes New Boundary Sign
Officials gathered May 23 at Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center in Punaluu to dedicate the boundary marker for ahupua’a Papa’akoko — the first marker for the moku of Ko’olauloa. Present are (from...
View Article‘Navigators’ Enter New School
The newly established Malama Honua Learning Center hopes to create a generation of navigators from its quarters at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Waimanalo. “The way that we see it, the mind of the...
View Article