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Hawaii Red Cross elects board

The Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross elected the following members to its board of directors: Norman Chong (Arcadia Retirement Residence), Chuck Cotton (Clear Channel Radio Hawaii), Dale Goya (Sprint Hawaii), Tertia Freas (Deloitte & Touche), Scott Higashi (Prudential Locations), Stanley Kuriyama (A&B Properties Inc.), Dew-Anne Langcaon (Hookele), Brian Tatsumura (Nordstrom Ala Moana) and Robert Whiting (Holy Nativity School).

Officers for 2008-09 are: Chairman William Wilson (Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co.), Vice-Chairman Peter Ho (Bank of Hawaii), Secretary Patrick Kobayashi (Kobayashi Group) and Tertia Freas.

Hale Kipa was given a $50,000 grant by the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation for the construction of the Hale Kipa Services Center in Ewa Beach.

The center will consist of a multipurpose education/administration building and up to six residential shelters for runaways and homeless youth.

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