Lively Program At SJV Show
The students of St. John Vianney School will perform everything from Pachelbel’s Canon in D to the Hawaii Five-0 theme at their free Spring Concert, set for 6:30 p.m. Friday in the parish church....
View ArticleFlowers, Leis Needed For Veterans’ Graveside Honors
Kaneohe Girl Scouts are counting on Windward blossoms to help them create a Lei of Aloha for Memorial Day weekend at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Donations of fresh flowers will be welcome from 9...
View ArticleChurch’s Scholarships The Most Ever
Windward United Church of Christ has announced its 2015 Holmes Scholars, a list comprised of the largest number of awardees in the scholarship program’s 55-year history. “We were impressed with the...
View ArticleJuly 4 Parade Will ‘Let Freedom Ring’
Right now is a good time to sign up for the 2015 Kailua Independence Day Parade, which has the theme “Let Freedom Ring.” The 69th annual march will run from 10 a.m. to noon July 4 along Kainalu Drive,...
View ArticlePets’‘Big Fix’ This Month
Poi Dogs and Popoki will bring “The Big Fix” — a mobile spay and neuter clinic — to two Windward locations this month. The Big Fix visits Waima-nalo Beach Park for dogs May 18, and Kapela Beach Park in...
View ArticleTelling MA’O Organic’s Story
The story behind the vegetables — and about food sustainability as a whole — will be revealed at 7 p.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Church in Kailua. MA‘O Farms’ co-founder Gary Maunakea-Forth will discuss...
View ArticleArea Video Teams Honored By ‘Olelo
Four entries from Windward Oahu video teams made it to the winners circle in the 2015 ‘Olelo Youth Xchange Video Competition, which drew a record 892 submissions this year. At stake was a...
View ArticlePoet Promotes Peace With ‘Linguistic Style And Purity’
“Peace is a river of color/washing away the stress and horror/and filling the black and white of life/with a rainbow of happiness, enveloping every husband and wife … “The glow of the people, the glow...
View ArticleWindward Oahu Highlights
Send Windward items to cchang@midweek.com by May 13 to be considered for the May 20 edition, or call 529-4850. • MAY ART Kailua High’s General Art class students have their works on view at Morning...
View ArticleLady Mustangs Galloping Into State Softball Tourney
The year 2015 will be remembered for when Kalaheo returned to the high-rent district of Island softball. With its first appearance in three years at the Division II state softball championships this...
View ArticleKalaheo Alumnus To Lead Mustang Girls Basketball
As the new head coach of Kalaheo girls basketball, Royce Kurihara doesn’t have to look far for a model program to emulate. The Lady Mustangs share the school gym with the boys team, which is riding...
View ArticleLongtime Windward Hoops Coach Zeroes In On Knights
Neil Bowers didn’t have a lot of experience in the role of underdog as a player for Kalaheo, which sets the standard for excellence on the local hardwood. As Castle’s new head coach for boys...
View ArticleWindward Oahu Highlights
• MAY ART Kailua High’s General Art class students have their works on view at Morning Brew (in Times Shopping Center) now through the end of May. Their art teacher, Noni Floyd, will display her...
View ArticleWindward Waha Nui
John Tanner Kaneohe’s Sierra Hirayama is one of Hawaii’s two U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2015, earning high SAT and ACT scores and glowing recommendations. The Kamehameha Schools senior will be...
View ArticleHot Music, Good Food At 15th Habilitat Luau
If the Hawaiian menu or award-winning musical talent doesn’t entice attendees to “one of the biggest luaus of the year,” maybe the massive live and silent auctions will. All that and more will run at...
View ArticleWindward Waha Nui
Kailua’s Brian Kaji-yamahas a new UH scholarship named after him, Heart of a Warrior. Supported by donations to June Jones Foundation, the first grant will be made in 2016 to a UH student who has...
View ArticleCheck Out Renovated Bookstore At Kaneohe Library
After being closed for two months, the basement bookstore at Kaneohe Library is back in business with a clean new look and plenty of space for Windward bargain hunters to browse. “It’s been cleaned...
View ArticleJune Talks At Hanauma Bay
Hanauma Bay Eduction Program offers free public lectures by local experts and research affiliates this month on a variety of topics. Each Sunday talk begins at 3 p.m. in the education alcove classroom...
View ArticleSuperheroes To Take Over Library
Superheroes plan an invasion of Kaneohe Library this Sunday, and all children are invited to meet them, learn how to draw them, and just have plenty of fun from 1:30 to 4 p.m. “The day will be chaos,...
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