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Volunteers wanted for Mokulua Islands habitat restoration project

Volunteers wanted for Mokulua Islands habitat restoration project

Information courtesy Kailua Surfboards and Kayaks:

Press Release 1/1/2013

New Years Resolution: Volunteer!

Kailua Sailboards & Kayaks is recruiting volunteers for the next DLNR habitat restoration project on the Mokulua Islands in January after the wedge-tailed shearwater nesting season ends. Volunteers will have the unique opportunity to enter the island interior to remove invasive weeds, such as koa haole, which competes with native species and creates poor habitat.

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Hawaii's Public Libraries will Observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday

Hawaii's Public Libraries will Observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday

All public libraries will be closed on Monday, January 21 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday.  Twelve libraries will be closed on Tuesday, January 22:  Aina Haina Public Library, Hanapepe Public Library (Kauai), Hilo Public Library (Big Island), Kahului Public Library (Maui), Kailua-Kona Public Library (Big Island), Kihei Public Library (Maui), Lahaina Public Library (Maui), McCully-Moiliili Public Library, Princeville Public Library (Kauai), Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library (Big Island), Waialua Public Library, and Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library.      

Visit www.librarieshawaii.org or call your local library for regular public service hours.

 

Hyundai Hope on Wheels Awards $75,000 to Kapiolani Medical Center for Research

Hyundai Hope on Wheels Awards $75,000 to Kapiolani Medical Center for Research

Information courtesy Rogers Finn Partners:

HYUNDAI HOPE ON WHEELS WILL AWARD KAPI’OLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH $75,000 HYUNDAI SCHOLAR GRANT FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH

 

Hyundai Motor America’s non-profit has donated nearly $60 million in total donations to support childhood cancer research since inception; Kapi’olani Medical Center has received $245,000 from Hope On Wheels since 2009

 

On Thursday, January 3, Hyundai Hope On Wheels® will award Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children of Honolulu with a $75,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant to Dr.

Student artists encouraged to participate in Toyota's Dream Car Art Contest

Student artists encouraged to participate in Toyota's Dream Car Art Contest

Information courtesy of Toyota Hawaii:

 

HAWAII STUDENT ARTISTS STATEWIDE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE

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TOYOTA’S 7TH DREAM CAR ART CONTEST

Draw “Your Dream Car” for a chance to win a trip to Japan, iPad Mini® or $150!

 

HONOLULU – ToyotaHawaii.com – Toyota Hawaii is inviting all Hawaii student artists age 15 years and younger to create a drawing of “Your Dream Car” for TOYOTA’s 7th Dream Car Art Contest. Hand-drawn entries must be submitted by February 25, 2013 to any Toyota dealer in the state or mailed to Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, P.O. Box 2788, Honolulu, Hawaii 96803-2788.

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FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAWAII NAMES JEFF SHONKA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAWAII NAMES JEFF SHONKA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

 

HONOLULU – The First Insurance Company of Hawaii (FICOH) board of directors has elected Jeff Shonka senior vice president, chief operating officer (COO). Shonka joined FICOH in 2002 as its chief financial officer. With this promotion, Shonka has assumed responsibility for key operational areas of the company, including Claims, Personal and Commercial Lines, Legal, Surety & Fidelity, and First Risk Management Services (FiRMS), a subsidiary brokerage operation for non-standard risks.

“Jeff is an invaluable member of the executive team who during his 10 years with First Insurance has not only earned the respect and trust of our officers, but of his department, our company and other industry leaders in Hawaii,” said Allen Uyeda, president and CEO of First Insurance.

First Lady Michelle Obama helps track Santa from Hawaii

White House Image by Pete Souza

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.- For the third consecutive year, First Lady Michelle Obama took time from her holiday vacation in Kailua to deliver cheer to children across America. She personally answered phone calls on Santa's journey as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program run by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

Answering the telephone with, "Hello, this is First Lady Michelle Obama with NORAD Tracks Santa. How may I help you?" Mrs. Obama fielded calls from Hawaii to surprised children calling in to the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center.

Mrs. Obama answered children's questions about Santa's exact location using NORAD's global Santa Tracker and let the children know when to expect Santa to visit their homes. She assured them all that NORAD was tracking Santa's progress closely, and his journey was going well this Christmas Eve.

Kailua residents awake to find homes decorated

Image: Shirley Okumura

KAILUA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow)- Secret Santa helpers spread some holiday cheer along a street in Kailua Wednesday night.

Residents on Hele Street in Enchanted Lake awoke to find their mailboxes tied up with tinsel and decorated for the holidays.  The colorful creations continue down the street for more than a third of mile, 32 homes in all.

"I looked across the street and I saw my neighbor's mailbox over there decorated," said Kailua resident, Shirley Okumura. "I thought ‘Oh, how cool, they decorated their mailbox maybe I should do the same thing.' But then I noticed the next-door neighbor had theirs decorated. Then I look over there and theirs is decorated. And then I see something fluttering on my mailbox, and I come out and look, and lo and behold my mailbox is decorated."

Residents do not know who did this random act of Christmas kindness, but they want to say thank you.