BEST FATHER'S DAY PRESENT: Maui prison inmate Paea Tasini held his 1 1/2-year-old daughter, Tui, yesterday during a special visit to the Maui Ocean Center to celebrate Father's Day and his graduation from a correctional parenting program.
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