Kahuku, Kalaheo Battle-tested For State Hoops Tourney
As Kahuku and Kalaheo prepared for this week’s boys basketball state championships, two things were certain: Both already are well-seasoned from the ultra-competitive OIA tournament last week, and both...
View ArticleCoach Counting On Kailua Defense At State Soccer Tourney
Midseason found Kailua’s boys soccer team making a name for itself on the offensive end with 31 goals during a four-game stretch. It’s defense, however, that head coach Steve Dignam hopes his team will...
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Former Kahuku Woman Finds Her Calling In Science Fiction
The cover of ‘Remake,’ Ilima Todd’s first published novel. Image from Shadow Mountain Publishing. Never have dystopian societies been so wonderfully popular. Thanks to novels like The Hunger Games and...
View ArticleWindward Oahu Highlights
Send Windward items to cchang@midweek.com by Feb. 25 to be considered for the March 4 edition, or call 529-4850. • BETTER POSTURE Kaneohe Family Chiropractic has a free workshop on “Breathe Your Way to...
View ArticleTwo Area Schools Want To Recycle Your Stuff
Puohala and Hau‘ula elementary schools both have scheduled Aloha Aina community recycling drives in the near future. Hauula’s is from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 28, and Puohala is open the same hours on March...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Huakailani School for Girls students (from left) Allysha Colton, Bella Darby, Grace Santala, Eve Teraoka, Aleah Webb and Kylie Kobayashi display one of two awards (Elementary, Excellence, Design) its...
View ArticleKailua Target Opening March 4
Kailua Target officially opens to the public at 8 a.m. today (March 4), following a Monday blessing and festivities for invited guests at the Hahani Street site. The Minneapolis-based retailer also...
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Orchid Society Marks 35 Years
Consider Windward Orchid Society a sanctuary for wilting flowers and their bewildered keepers. “We were growing some, and we were killing more than we were keeping alive,” joked longtime club member...
View ArticleMarch Blood Drives Handy For Donors
Hawaii Blood Bank provides several opportunities for Windward Oahu residents and employees to save lives in March through its community blood drives. All donors must be in good health, age 18 and...
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Waha Nui – 3/11/15
Don Ramos Library assistant Don Ramos has won the 2014 Excellence in Service award from Friends of the Library of Hawaii for his more than three decades of “extremely dedicated, hard-working and...
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Get Security Guard Training At Waimanalo Hawaii Job Corps
Students in Hawaii Job Corps’ first Security and Protective Services course began studying in October to qualify and help meet the growing national demand. They are (from left) Jaren Elderts, Ceasar...
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‘Absorber’ To Capture Wave Energy At MCBH
Rep. Thielen speaks with other wave energy supporters at the Feb. 18 blessing of the Azura Wave Energy Device. Photo from Charlotte Farmer. Thielen’s Turf…Cynthia Thielen The Azura has arrived! I...
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Hear Author, Poet At HPU Writers Workshop
Nicholas Becher, an HPU English major, is the 2015 winner of the James M. Vaughan Award for Poetry. He will read from his work March 21 at the college’s annual Ko‘olau Writers Workshop on Hawaii Loa...
View ArticleRun, Sign Up By Friday To Take On The Beast
The Beast 10K marks the first race of the Commanding Officer’s Semper Fit Series, hosted by Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS). Runners can compete as individuals or as 10-person formations in the...
View ArticleRecycle E-waste Saturday At Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center
As technology develops and improves, the safe disposal of e-waste has become more important — which is why residents can bring their unwanted electronics to Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center from 9 a.m. to 1...
View ArticleSTEM Seminar Aimed At Girls
What do chocolate, interview skills and edible plastic have in common? All are seminar topics at American Association of University Women’s Tech Savvy conference, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleForm Teams Now For April Kickball Tourney
P.A.R.E.N.T.S. Inc. Hawaii will take to the field for its fourth annual Kickball Tournament from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11 at Kaneohe District Park — and there’s time now to get a team together to...
View ArticleCastle’s Lane Clinches Chaminade Soccer Scholarship
Castle senior Brandee Lane is what might be called a quick study. Certainly, when she took up soccer three years ago, continuing with it in college was not something she had envisioned. “I didn’t...
View ArticleSeasoned Mustangs’ Pitching Is Key For Division II Play
For members of the Kalaheo baseball team, it’s hard not to look upon 2015 as the “payoff year” on their investment. After two years of competing in Division I with one of the youngest rosters in the...
View ArticleWindward Oahu Highlights
Send Windward items to cchang@midweek.com by March 11 to be considered for the March 18 edition, or call 529-4850. • BRASS QUINTET Chamber Music Hawaii presents Honolulu Brass Quintet and harpist...
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