YMCA’s Masters Team Triumphs
Rasa Fournier Norm Scott volunteered to train a swim team at the Windward YMCA in 2010. Now that effort is paying off to the tune of top honors at the recent North Shore Swim Series. Ten of the team’s...
View ArticleTuli’s Back On BYUH Courts
Jack Danilewicz Tuli (Peters) Tevaga’s reputation as a volleyball player has always followed her, so when the Kahuku and BYUH standout returned to Laie after a brief Mainland stint, she always got the...
View ArticleHealers Say Family Is Key To Teen Therapy
Carol Chang A new effort to assist teens on probation began this spring in Kahuku, and program manager Williams Falevai wants everyone to know about it. “We recently expanded to include youths from...
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Waha Nui
Carol Chang Winner of the 2012 1st. Lt. Nainoa Hoe Scholarship of Honor is Kalaheo High senior and Navy JROTC cadet Juvie Ignacio Varela for her outstanding academics, athletics and lead- ership....
View ArticleYoung Artists Sought For Kailua ’13 T-shirt
MidWeek Staff The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle seeks entries by Sept. 30 from area youths in its “I Love Kailua” T-shirt Design Contest. At stake is a $100 cash prize and the prestige of having the work...
View ArticlePoetry To Fill New WCC Library
MidWeek Staff A public poetry reading, complete with digital music, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in an “Out Loud in the Library” program at Windward Community College’s new Library Commons. “If you...
View ArticleCoach Torres: Kahuku Needs To Make Plays Sooner, Faster
Jack Danilewicz When Reggie Torres talks about playing fast these days, he doesn’t mean after play begins. The veteran Kahuku head coach would like to see his offense get out of the huddle quicker....
View ArticlePaliku Ends Its First Decade With A Bang
Rasa Fournier For its 10th anniversary, Paliku Theatre intends to top last year’s incredibly popular Phantom of the Opera with a show that brings together Broadway songs, 41 talented local and...
View ArticleKahaluu Paddlers Rip Through Canada Water
MidWeek Staff Windward paddlers returned triumphant last month from the World Va‘a Sprint Championships in Canada. The 15th annual outrigger race, known as the Olympics of paddling, was held Aug. 11-15...
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Pro Surfers, Sponsors Were Backbone Of Keiki Surf Meet
MidWeek Staff (Editor’s note: The following report is submitted by the organizers and co-founders of an annual benefit and keiki surf meet in Kailua.) BY SEAN YANO and MIKE MILLER The 2012 Kailua...
View ArticleGolfing With The Nazarenes
Carol Chang Windward Church of the Nazarene will host its inaugural Bay View Golf Tournament Oct. 11, featuring an 11:30 a.m. shotgun start, a putting-and-chipping contest and much more at Bay View...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
MidWeek StaffWednesday September 19 Travel talk Teacher/guides brief families at 6 p.m. on educational tours next June to New Zealand/Australia and Eu- rope, at Round Table Pizza in Enchanted Lake...
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Bon Dance Is Going To College
Carol Chang As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, Windward Community College will have its first- ever bon dance this week- end in front of the new library and on the Great Lawn where a large...
View ArticleKailua Artist’s Unique Snapshots: From Beach Days To Elvis
Nicole Kato Kailua artist’s “Retro Hawaii” exhibit at Ho‘oma- luhia Botanical Garden gallery showcases beautiful paintings of the Waikiki Beach Days of the 1930s and ’40s, as well as the ’60s. “I named...
View ArticleOkita: Decades Of Great Softball
Jack Danilewicz The wins on the field never stopped coming for longtime Hawaii Pacific University and former Kailua softball coach Howard Okita. As he reflects on his 50 years in the game, however,...
View ArticleCritical Rankings At Stake In Windward Football Action
Jack Danilewicz This weekend’s prep football action should be called “Separation Saturday” for Windward teams as Kalaheo, Kailua, Castle and Kahuku all play critical games. With playoff prospects...
View ArticleAll-girls Rodeo, Fair At Kualoa
MidWeek Staff It’s time for some ropin,’ some toe- tappin,’ and all-around paniolo style fun at Kualoa’s third annual Ohana Country Fair and All-Girls Rodeo. The ranch will host activities from 8:30...
View ArticleHPU Gallery Explores Maoli Art’s Meaning
Nicole Kato Kanaka maoli artists explore the convergence of art, teaching and learning in Hawaii, as well as the world, in “MAP (Maoli, Art, & Pedagogy),” an exhibition from Sept. 30 to Nov. 16 at...
View ArticleHaunted Ride Opens At PCC
MidWeek Staff Polynesian Cultural Center’s annual Haunted Lagoon rides open Friday night with a new story line, inviting canoe passengers along for a “Dreams and Nightmares” journey through park waters...
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