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By The Way Awards & Accolades Tiffany Strong, a fifth-grader from Sacred Hearts Academy, was “Mayor for a Day” on Nov. 29. She
was one of seven winners of the 2004 HMSA Hawaii Leader for a Day essay
contest. Tiffany spent the day with Mayor Jeremy Harris and received a
certificate of achievement and a $100 U.S. savings bond. …Hilda Heine
has become the first Marshall Islander to receive a doctoral degree. In
August she completed the requirements for her doctorate in education from
the University of Southern California. …Hawaii Pacific University
associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of
History Dr. Michael Pavkovic appeared on the History Channel Dec. 5
discussing the January 1797 Battle of Rivoli. …Christian Kitamura of
Mililani won the title of Hawaii’s Junior Miss for 2005 and cash
scholarship awards totaling $7,500. • • • Hawaii
Self Storage announces its first year of offering scholarships of $1,000
per year to eight deserving Oahu students pursuing a college degree. All
schools whose students qualify to participate in this scholarship program
are located near Hawaii Self Storage’s Salt Lake location and its new
location being built in Pearl City. To qualify for the scholarship,
students must graduate from one of the following public high schools:
Moanalua, Pearl City, Radford, Farrington, Nanakuli or Waianae. For more
information, about Hawaii Self Storage’s scholarship program, please see
your college counselor, call 836-1500. • • • In recognition of his outstanding academic achievement,
community involvement and on-the-job performance, Michael Dannemiller has
been awarded the 2004 McDonald’s®
Restaurants of Hawaii Employee Scholarship. A past crew member at
McDonald’s of Palolo, Dannemiller graduated from Punahou School this
past spring. He has begun his freshman year at DePaul University (in
Chicago), majoring in computer science. McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii
also awarded 10 scholarships to Hawaii high-school seniors with a
grade-point average of 2.8 or better who have been employed with
McDonald’s for three months or more and maintain a McDonald’s
performance rating of “good” or better. This year’s Hawaii judges
were Kamuela Chun, director of the University of Hawaii Native Hawaiian
Community Based Learning Center, and Superintendent of Schools Pat
Hamamoto. • • • The Pacific Teacher Scholarship Fund received a $15,000
contribution from Bank of Hawaii. The scholarship fund, created by Pacific
Resources for Education and Learning, awards scholarships each year to
teachers or teacher candidates who are in the process of completing an
accredited preparation program. • • • All
eyes were skyward recently as the Bishop Museum hosted a special ceremony
dedicating its three new flagpoles. A traditional Hawaiian blessing was
performed, followed by an official flag ceremony conducted by Damien
Memorial School’s drill team and color guard. The new flagpoles were
made possible by a $10,000 donation from Koga Engineering &
Construction Inc. • • • On
behalf of the staff and advertisers of the Oahu Island News, we wish you a
Happy New Year and hope that the coming months will bring you good health,
prosperity and personal happiness. We thank you for your continued loyalty
to the last true free community publication left on Oahu and ask that you
visit our advertisers and remind others we are still around. —
W. Knox Richardson, Publisher
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