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Thirteen carpentry students from Honolulu Community College under the supervision of Jeff Uyeda, associate professor of carpentry, lent their skills yesterday to the YWCA on Richards Street, renovating a meeting room. After years of neglect and termite damage, the building was in need of urgent repair. The students knocked down old cabinets and are refurbishing the rooms with brand-new fixtures. Patrick Rivera, left, and Van Hiyakumoto prepared some framing material for a set of doors. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Among other things, the HCC students are creating additional storage space for chairs, tables and supplies used by the YWCA. Moku Handley, left, and Nathan Dang installed the top of the storage area. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Windel Tolentino, left, and Eric Nicol prepared the storage space. CLICK FOR LARGE