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Dr. Gary P. Leupp of Oahu has received his second fellowship from the Fulbright Foundation for research support at Kyoto University. He has served the past six years as professor of Japanese history at Tufts University in Boston. He is a graduate of Radford High School, the University of Hawaii, University of Michigan and Osaka University.

Lynelle Kashiwagi, a junior at Kapaa High School, will be Hawaii's representative for the Sony Student Project Abroad, a program to encourage 50 talented students in math and science, and to foster a deeper understanding of Japan among young Americans.

Tiarie Leina'ala Madali of Kalakaua Intermediate School is the recipient of a $300 cash award for her winning essay about Kauai Island, entered in The Grove Day Writer's Prize contest, sponsored by The Program to Preserve Hawaiian Place Names. Receiving honorable mention were Lily Kim of Washington Intermediate; Matthew Ying of Kawananakoa School; Riki Hanalei Lee of Waiakea Intermediate in Hilo; Tracie Kajiwara of Iao Intermediate in Wailuku, and Leilani Sakamoto of Kalama Intermediate in Makawao.

Hawaii Pacific University has recognized the following students for their academic achievement and scholarship awards: David Raymond and Stella Krumova, $500; Ying Hui Thai Low, $1,500; Lisa Corpus; Karen Lise Jensen, $1,000, and Sandra Tan Gaw Gonzalo, $500.

Brandy Hoogs, a Roosevelt High School senior, has been awarded the Nebraska Wesleyan University scholarship, worth $16,000 over four years.

Arthur Kimura, vice principal of Keaau Elementary and Middle School, and program director of Future Flight Hawaii, Hawaii Space Grant College of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the recipient of a 1996 Crown Circle Award. It is the most prestigious award bestowed on an outstanding teacher by the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education.

Kathleen Goto of Iolani School and Ruth Reilly Fletcher of Punahou School are the recipients of the $2,500 Tandy Prize, which recognizes outstanding teachers of mathematics, science and computer science.

Kit Okimoto of Iolani, Roy Esaki and Yuka Mizobuchi of Punahou and Jason Kuan of Kaimuki Intermediate represented Hawaii in the national finals of the 13th Annual "MathCounts" competition in Washington, D.C. Recipients of individual trophies were Okimoto, first place; Esaki, second place; Kuan, third place; Jaime Chinen of Iolani, fourth place; Sheryl Lau of Kaimuki, fifth place; Aron Ahmadia of Waiakea Intermediate, sixth place; Rio Vierra of Waiakea Intermediate, seventh place; and Mizobuchi, eighth place. The event is sponsored by the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers, Hawaiian Electric. Co., Aloha Airlines, and Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate.

Kevin Shin of James Campbell High School and Courtney Nekota of Mililani High are the recipients of $1,000 Sam Walton Scholarships from Royal Kunia Wal-Mart and Mililani Wal-Mart, respectively.

Winners of gold medals and blue ribbons in the Oahu Band Directors Association's intermediate solo and ensemble event include Nicole Cabral, In-Young Chung, Steven Kamanawa, Lindsey Kepaa, Abraham Lagrimas, Keoni Leiato, Kaiewa Masuda, Shelley Nakasone, Michelle Phillips, Kimberlee Sasaki, Nina Taniguchi and Ross Unebasami, from Iolani, Kamehameha, Kawananakoa and Punahou Schools.

Huanani-Kay Trask, professor and director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies, has been awarded a National Endowment of the Arts grant to be a writer-in-residence at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. She will be advising students in creative writing classes and in American literature and will give two public poetry readings.

Naidah Gamurot of Waianae High School is one of 24 teachers in the United States to be granted the 1995 Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching by the Geological Society of America.

The University of Phoenix, Hawaii Campus has presented awards to Morton Cotlar for "Outstanding Business Faculty;" Dianne Wakatsuki, "Outstanding Nursing Faculty," and Cynthia Okinaka and Linda Pribyl, "Outstanding Research Project."

Three sixth-graders from Robert Louis Stevenson Intermediate School are the 1996 winners in the Hawaii division of the U.S. Savings Bonds National Student Poster Contest. They are first place winner Lee Anne Mathews, $1,000 U.S. savings bond; second, Norman Leong, $500 bond, and third, Jane Park, $200 bond.

Jesse Sapolu, Thomas Kaulukukui Jr. and Norma Wong have been elected to the board of directors of the Pacific Islanders in Communications, whose purpose is to increase national public broadcasting by and about indigenous Pacific Islanders.

Katherine M. Johnson, a Liholiho Elementary School teacher, is the Hawaii winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Americanism Contest. Her entry was based on a program about her own ancestors; she is a direct descendant of former U.S. president Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

Recipients of the Winners at Work scholarships, funded by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, include Jon Kalauawa, Lanette Roberts, Benjamin Carvalho, Shantelle Castro, Lucan Hanohano and Cornelius Stone of Honolulu, Kawika Makaneole of Wahiawa, Terrance Chong-Tim of Waianae, Howard Kamekona of Kailua and Peter Pakele of Kaneohe. The scholars are native Hawaiians with physical and/or learning challenges enrolled in Winner's Mohala Like program.

Alohanani Tiana Jamias of the Kamehameha Schools has received the $1,500 Youth Citizenship Award from the Soroptimist International of Honolulu, a service organization for executive and professional women and men.

Leslie Eileen Kendall of Kapiolani Community College has received the training program award of $1,500, in addition to a $500 district award, and Jenny Duhaylonsod of Leeward Community College won the runner-up prize of $1,000.

Steven Sawada of Mililani High School received the first place Senior Division Research Trophy in the Central Oahu District Science and Engineering Fair, sponsored by the Mililani Technology Park, Honolulu Cellular Telephone Co. and Oceanic Cable. Other winners included Evie Joy Kanno, second place; Jong Min Lee and Lauren Okamoto, third place, and Vanessa Howarth, fourth place.

The Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce has selected the following students as Junior Ambassadors, who will travel to Japan and interact with more than 300 children from over 40 Asian-Pacific countries: Tyler H. Gray and Clarynne C.M. Ishikawa, Mililani Mauka Elementary ; Erick N. Jaimes and Kasey R. Kajiwara of Aina Haina Elementary; Brent N. Kakesako and Megan S. Worthley, Iolani; Joseph B. Weidenbach of Waialua Elementary, and Kimberly E.L. Kido of Enchanted Lake Elementary.

Winners of the 17th annual University of Hawaii Journalism Day writing competition for high school students include the following: SENIORS: Niranda Chantavy and Bradley Wong of Kaimuki High; Herman Gunn and Teri-Ann Shiroma of Moanalua High; Hazell Tabangcura, Jomalyn Flora and Kris Mayeshiro of Farrington High; Kimo Koshi and Eloise Lee of McKinley High; Christine Gunderson and Tina Tamayoshi of Sacred Hearts Academy; Richard Kuwahara and Bernadette Trevias of Mililani High; Nicol Walker of Waianae High, and Tara Hatzenbuhler of Waialua High.

UNDERCLASSMEN: Evie Joy Kanno, Stuart Kim, Jessica Little, Brandon Randall and Laurie Kawakami of Mililani High; Lasha Salbosa and Jennifer Kelleher of Waianae High; Lori-Anne Shiu and Peter Boylan of Iolani High; Maile Moore of Hawaii Baptist Academy; Jason Mossholder and Lauren Uyetake of Kaiser High; Alex Iverson of Kaimuki High, and Kathy Ha of Mid-Pacific Institute.

Leah Lani Kane of Iolani School was the winner of the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest. She represented Hawaii at the regional competition in April in Fresno, Calif.

Christopher S. Bryan of Mililani was promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout by the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Five law students representing the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii became champions for the fourth consecutive year of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. They are Teresa Favilla-Solano (captain), Susan Stick, Suzanne Tiapula, Allison Chang and Jason Lawrence. They also captured awards for the best written brief, second best oralist (Favilla-Solano), and an honorable mention for oralist performance (Stick).

Shu Lin, former electrical engineering professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been awarded the Humbolt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, one of the most prestigious international awards in scientific research. The award includes a cash prize of $80,000, and was established in 1953 to promote cooperation between German and foreign scholars.

Audrey Russell, a seventh grader at Kailua Intermediate School, has been named a merit award winner in the eighth annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Her poster was one of 23 selected from more than 300,000 entries from 49 countries. She received a $250 cash award and certificate.

Teresa Lui, an Asian studies major at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been named the 1995 National Student Employee of the Year. An editorial assistant at the UH Center for Biographical Research, Lui received a $500 award.

Vanessa Stewart of Castle High School was selected to attend the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. She was among 350 outstanding scholars attending the leadership development program from across America.

Karen Aetonu and Deborah M. Goto, two business majors, are the recipients of $500 scholarships from the Clerical Staff Council of Leeward Community College.

Darryl Fox of Radford High School placed first in Hawaii Pacific University's Seventh Annual Hawaii High School Writing Award contest for his essay entitled, "The Complications of Annexation." He received a $500 U.S. savings bond and a certificate of merit. Kimberly Hubbard of Aiea High School and Sharon Agsalda of Waialua High and Intermediate School received second place honors and $200 savings bonds.

Other winners in the 14-19 age group included Michael Oshiro of Radford High, first place; Joe Brown Jr. of Moanalua High, second place, and Joe Fizer of Radford High, third place. Winners in the 9-13 age group were Romeo Caban of Dole Intermediate, first place; Jeremy Domingo of Kalakaua Intermediate, second place; Taraka Goodman-Robinson of Kalakaua, third place, and Shantell O'Brien of Kaimuki Intermediate, honorable mention.

Goldie Brangman-Dumpson, a volunteer to the American Red Cross since 1940, received the Hawaii chapter's Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award and the Ann Magnussen Award, the highest honor of nursing achievement in the Red Cross and presented annually to only one registered nurse.

Derek Phillips has won the Exceptional Volunteer award. He has been a volunteer for 11 years, since the age of 10.

Barbara Van Dine has been elected 1996-97 Secretary of the Year by the Professional Secretaries International's Oahu chapter. She is the senior executive secretary with The Castle Group, Inc. and has been with the company for 13 years.

Kiyoko Nishizawa and Bert Kakugawa have received the Friend of Youth Award from the Hawaii State Teachers Association. Nishizawa has been a volunteer teacher's aide at Waimalu Elementary for the past 11 years. Kakugawa has been a volunteer at Waikiki School for 14 years.

Galen Chinn, a junior at Mid-Pacific Institute, has won the Windward Community Arts Council's 1996 Visual Arts Scholarship.

Claude Ayakawa and Dwight Okumoto were top winners of the Hawaii Photorama Print Competition, sponsored by the Professional Photographers of Hawaii.

Akea Kiyuna, a second grader from Christian Academy in Mililani, is the national runner-up prize winner of the McKids coloring contest for a new line of clothing and other items created especially for children and sold at Wal-Mart. The contest was held in Wal-Mart stores which included McDonald's restaurants.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Onofre C. Martin Jr. received the honorary rank of Six Stars from a group of South Korean civic leaders for exceptional professionalism and dedication during his service in the Republic of Korea.

Tasha Kobashigawa, formerly of Aiea and now a Seattle resident, was crowned this year's Greater Seattle Japanese Community and Cherry Blossom Queen. She represented Seattle in the Hawaii Cherry Blossom Festival.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii recently bestowed its Hidden Gem award to Melody Fanning, Amy Watts, Dr. Carolyn Pang, and the Wailuku Clinic High Risk Oncology Department; and its Grace Under Fire award to the Managed Care Coordinators Department, Byron Kawane, and the neighbor island management team of Dr. Donna McCleary, Mary Hew, Skip White, Ellen Bassford and Earlyn Ginoza. Other award winners included the Kona Clinic, Personal Health Appraisal/Women's Health Department, Hawaii Kai Clinic, Moanalua Cardiology Department and 1 East Hospital Department.

U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink has received a recognition award from the Interfaith Impact Foundation for furthering ecumenical and interreligious collaboration in public policy.

Mari Sakamoto of Honolulu and Kip Krieger of Wailuku have been selected to exhibit works of art in the Texas National 96 exhibition at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Gavin Goo of Iolani School, Melanie Rae Baltero of Kamehameha Schools, and Devin M.A. Medeiros of Hilo High have been accepted into the West Point Military Academy.

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mortimer were awarded the annual Benjamin Franklin distinguished alumni award by the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mortimer is the president of the University of Hawaii.

Judith Ann Muncaster of Honolulu is the recipient of the first Hawaiian Hotels and Resorts Humanitarian Award for Community Service. Her most recent fund-raising project was the establishment of a lumphedema treatment program for cancer patients at the Kapiolani Hospital Women's Center.

The American Marketing Association, Honolulu Chapter received the "Highest honors" award in the organization's national 1994-95 Chapter Excellence Awards Program. Ralph Hook, marketing professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a founder and past president of the Honolulu chapter, received the 1994-95 Wayne A. Lemberg Award for Distinguished Service.

Recipients of the 1995 Mental Health Association awards include Laurie Meech, Valerie Wickert, Mayor Jeremy Harris, "On Target" (television series), Star-Bulletin reporter Helen Altonn and Russ Goode Jr.

Seven members of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific received the Scissors Award, which recognizes Veterans Affairs employees for their efforts to reinvent and streamline operations. They are Alan S. Sumitomo, Larry L. Thornton, Joseph G. Flores, Alfred. J. Jeremiah, Jeffrey Bernardino, Billy J. Christensen and Anthony B. Fernandez.

Sgt. First Class Gerald J. Trahan Jr., commander of the U.S. Army Recruiting Station at fort DeRussy, has been awarded the Army Recruiter ring for recruiting excellence. He is from Clarksville, Tenn.

Pamela L. Laderta, station secretary for Philippine Air Lines, has received the 1996 Woman of the Year award from the American Business Women's Association.

Louise Miller, a Project ALERT educator, received commendation from former first lady Nancy Reagan at a national gathering of drug abuse prevention trainers in Southern California recently.

Evelyn Char and Diana Davids have received Golden Apple Awards from the Edu-Center for Nurses for their continued support and contribution to nursing in Hawaii.

James C. Castle Jr., representing the cumulative contributions of three generations of the Castle family, has been awarded the "Best Friends Award" by the Honolulu Veterinary Society. The award is presented annually to an organization or person that contributes to the welfare of domestic animals.

Bill Bonnet, manager of Hawaiian Electric Co.'s Environmental Department, has been selected as the 1996 Engineer of the Year by the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers. He is responsible for obtaining environmental permits and complying with regulations for Hawaiian Electric and its subsidiaries.

Kona Community Hospital Medical Staff: Joel Simasko, chief; Richard Creagan, vice chief; John Bellati, secretary; John Lattimer, immediate past chief. Department chairmen: Larry M. Peebles, surgery; Dickran Boranian, medicine; Robert Laird, pediatrics; Jim Hubbard, obstetrics/gynecology; Doug Rogers, emergency.

Executive Women International, Honolulu chapter: Gwen Clarke, president; Elena Seu, vice president/president-elect; Cynthia Rodrigues, secretary; Daryle Nekoba, treasurer; Dee Balfour, sgt.-at-arms.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Maui: Priscilla Mikell, president, board of directors; Mercer ''Chubby'' Vicens, immediate past president and vice president of planning; Pat Singsank, president elect; Clark Champion, vice president of program; Jo-Ann Miyashiro, vice president of public relations; John Wilt, vice president of administration; J. Mike Bradley, treasurer; Sarah Tavares, secretary. Board members: Rudy Balinbin, Barbara Bosley, Lane Ciacci, Anna DiBenedetto, Mike Dunnicliffe, Greg Everett, Rory Frampton, Bob Gretz, Duane Kim, Gim Lim, Gayle Long, Carla Nakata, Mark Nerenhausen, Ken Ota, Daren Suzuki, Gene Viglione, Greg Walls, Mike Wright.

Independent Order of Foresters: Linda Siruno, chief ranger; Ignacio Arellano, Jr., Donnie Arellano, Linda Babas, Hugh Foster, Monica Foster, Nancy Murphy, Dale Sabbaghi, Homayun Sabbaghi, Daniel Tucker, officers.

Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation: Gail Robertson, president.

Oahu Band Directors Association: Kent Sato, president; Michael Nakasone, vice president; Dennis Kaneshiro, secretary; Gregg Abe, treasurer; Robert Larm, festival coordinator.

Chinese Women's Club of Honolulu: Rena Young Ochse, president; Mary L. Jung, first vice president; Pearl S.K. Ching, second vice president; Gloria N. Wu, recording secretary; Juanita Hu-Takara, corresponding secretary; Dorothy Y. Lum, treasurer; Cynthia T. Manabe, assistant treasurer; L. Virginia Tom, auditor; Pacita Pong, sergeant-at-arms; Betty K. Leong, Viola C. Ong, Elsie L. Won, Vivian H. Young and Blossom Y. Tyau, directors; Ellen B.Y. Wong, ex-officio.

Hawaii Economic Association: Kazuo Shirakawa, president; Harvey Shapiro, vice president of programs; Sterling Nakano, vice president of membership; Russell Iwamura, secretary; Mark Murakami, treasurer; Bill Akamine, Mary Blewitt, Carl Bonham, Paul Brewbaker and Claire Doi, directors.

Daughters of the American Revolution, Aloha Chapter: Mrs. George E. Madden, regent; Linda Woodstock, vice regent; Mrs. Paul E. Hancock, chaplain; Mrs. Steve L. Mann, recording secretary; Mrs. Thomas K. Sing, corresponding secretary; Mrs. John S.G. Hom, treasurer; Mrs. John M. Williams, registrar; Mrs. Robert G. Rigler, historian; Mrs. Michael T. Cloyd, librarian.

The Hawaii Foodbank recently collected $53,000 statewide over a two-month "Check-Out Hunger" campaign to fight hunger in Hawaii. Participating retailers included Safeway, Star, Times, Daiei, Tamura's Wahiawa and Waianae Tamura Super.

P.A.R.E.N.T.S. (Providing, Awareness, Referrals, Education, Nurturing, Therapy, Support) has received $15,700 from the following organizations: Hawaii Hotel Association, James and Abigail Campbell Foundation and County of Maui, $5,000 each; Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor, $500, and Pacific Asia Travel Association, Hawaii Chapter, $200.

Liberty House has donated $11,400 to the University of Hawaii Foundation as part of its annual "Touchdowns for Teaching" program. Each time the UH Rainbows football team scored a touchdown, Liberty House donated $300. Among the beneficiaries were the Schools of Nursing and Architecture and the College of Arts and Humanities.

Hawaii Pizza Hut has donated $55,000 to the redesign of the children's section of the Kailua Public Library, due for completion this June. A "Reading Tree," resembling a forest tree, will be the most significant addition to the children's room. Since 1991, Pizza Hut has raised more than $700,000 for literacy projects throughout the state by selling discount cards for carryout pizza.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation has bestowed a $5,000 grant to support the Maui AIDS Foundation's food program for those in financial need. Approximately 120 food boxes are provided to 40 clients each month through the program.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has donated $100,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii to grant wishes to two children under the age of 18 who have terminal illnesses or life threatening medical conditions.

The Hawaii Hotel Association has donated $8,000, raised during its 1995 Visitor Industry Charity Walk, to the Hawaii Foodbank. The foodbank will use the donation to start up a Food Purchase Program to insure a steady supply of high-demand, nutritious food to its member agencies.

The Waikiki Rotary Club spent over 200 hours helping to renovate the Salvation Army Family Treatment Services Center in Kaimuki, thereby earning a $10,000 grant from the Weinberg Friends Program to be donated to Frank DeLima's Adult Friends for Youth.

Bank of Hawaii has donated $10,000 to the Pacific Business Center, which provides management and technical assistance to businesses and community development organizations in Hawaii and the American-Affiliated Pacific Islands (formerly the Trust Territories of the Pacific).

The Alexander and Baldwin Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Honolulu Symphony Society in support of its 1995-96 season. The foundation's support has amounted to more than $450,000 over the years.