By The Way...

Macy’s “More Community” Campaign in Hawaii raised $372,432 to benefit the Aloha United Way, American Cancer Society, The Hawaii Food Bank, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hawaii, Maui and the Big Island, Guam charities Catholic Social Services and the Salvation Army – Guam Corps.

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Hawaii Business, the oldest regional business magazine in the U.S., promoted Jacy Youn to Managing Editor. Youn, who joined the monthly magazine in 2000, had previously been the Assistant Editor.

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Long-time arts management leader George Sinclair has been named executive director of the Hawaii Opera Theater. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for the day-to-day management, marketing, financial health and planning for the 42 year old art company.

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A former Navy ship will have a new role as it sails the waters of the western and central Pacific. The Oscar Elton Sette – commissioned into the NOAA research fleet – will be working to assess and protect the region’s fisheries and living marine resources under the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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William D. “Bill” Pratt has been named Vice President of Commercial Brokerage & Leasing for Coldwell Banker Commercial Pacific Properties (CBC). Pratt will be headquartered in CBC’s downtown Honolulu office and will be responsible for new business, focusing on retail and investments, on Oahu and on the neighbor islands.

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A 5-month-old sea lion recently arrived at Sea Life Park after being rescued and rehabilitated to good health at the Friends of the Sea Lion Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, CA. The sea lion pup was transported from California courtesy of Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays and Pacific Air Cargo and was named Kimokeo Li’i, “Little Timothy,” by Pleasant Hawaii Holidays employees in honor of the President and CEO Tim Irwin.

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Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey, a property and construction consulting firm, announced the appointment of Jian Zhou as Cost Manager. Zhou brings over eight years of professional cost management experience to the position.

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Radio station 105.9 FM, The Big Kahuna, announced the promotion of Dave Lawrence to the title of Music Director. Lawrence has been working for the radio station since August – he can be heard during the day between 10am and 2pm.

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Kim T. Gould has joined Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) as Director of Human Resources. Gould comes to PREL from the Nature Conservancy, where she served for eight years as Human Resources Director of the Asia/Pacific Region.

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The Hawaii Publishers Association, a nonprofit organization that promotes the print publishing industry in Hawaii, announces the election of new officers for 2003 through 2004. Jim Wilson, Publisher of the Hawaii Tribune Herald, will serve as President, Stan Mulkey with This Week Magazines as Vice-President and Rick Asbach with West Hawaii Today as Secretary/Treasurer.

In addition, the board members will consist of the following: Derek Ferrar of Pacific Travelogue, Isabel Figel, of JGH International, Dennis Francis of The Honolulu Advertiser, Carl Hebenstreit of Trade Publishing, Jamie Kemp of Pacific Media Publishing, Don Kendall of Oahu Publications, Larry LeDoux of HPU Kalamalama, Jim Myers of Honolulu Publishing, Don Ojiri of Obun Hawaii Group, Pat Saka of Maui News, Lee Schaller of Trade Publishing, Scott Schumaker of Honolulu Magazine, and Peter Stone of Stone Publishing.

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Vivienne Gan has been appointed Director of Communications at Kahala Mandarin Oriental. Gan will be responsible for all local, national and international public relations activities including media relations, community issues and promotional strategies for the AAA Five-Diamond property.

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Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management consulting firm, recently hired Paula Imamura as Senior Consultant. Imamura, who has more than 10 years of strategic communications experience in Hawaii’s healthcare and visitor industry, will be based at the firm’s Honolulu office. Imamura will provide marketing support for one of the firm’s healthcare technology clients, and will serve as public relations liaison for the firm’s local efforts.

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The Hawaii Business Roundtable has elected H. Mitchell D’Olier, president, & chief executive officer of Kaneohe Ranch Company and the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, as president of the Roundtable for 2003-2004. The Hawaii Business Roundtable is a local nonprofit organization whose members include leaders in Hawaii’s business community.

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Ten outstanding high school senior hoopsters from Hawaii have been nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Basketball Teams. The Hawaii girls selected were Punahou’s Becky Hogue, Rachel Kane and Elyse Umeda; Kamehameha’s Megan Ching; McKinley’s Amber Lee and Mele Mateaki of Farrington. On the boys’ side selections included, Bobby Nash of Iolani; Jason Rivers of St. Louis; Daniel Tautofi of Kaimuki and Maui High’s Ma‘afu Finau. Later this month, 24 boys and 24 girls will be picked from these nominees to
compete in the McDonald’s All-American Basketball Games, scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, in Cleveland. ESPN will broadcast both the boys’ and girls’ games.

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Pearlridge Center recently made a donation of $39,724.10 to the Hawaiian Railway Society (HRS). This donation is the largest ever made in the history of the HRS and will now allow the society to construct a 50-foot by 100-foot engine car repair building.
In the picture are (l-r) Scott Creel, Pearlridge Center’s Marketing Director; Lurline Kawainui, Pearlridge Center’s Special Projects Manager; Larry Howard, HRS Secretary; Steve Vendt, HRS Administrator; and Robert Yatchmenoff, HRS President.

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Audrey Renee Wicklund of Manoa has been tapped to join the national tour of “The Lion King,” according to cast director Mark Brandon of Binder Casting, who held local auditions for actors, singers and dancers at the University of Hawaii and Ballet Hawaii in Honolulu in October 2002.

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Starbucks Coffee and Jamba Juice opened at the Aiea Shopping Center on January 15, 2003 and general managers were named at both stores. Sharon Jones was appointed general manager at Starbucks Coffee Aiea and Suzanne Livas was named general manager at Jamba Juice Aiea. The two new stores mark the 34th Star-bucks Coffee store and the 12th Jamba Juice store in Hawaii.

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Aloha Festivals has set the stage for 2003 with new board appointments and original thematic artwork. The 57-year old festival welcomed its new president Valery O’Brien who has selected E Mau Ana Ka Hula I Ke Kanaka (“Hula Lives Through Its People”) as the theme and focus for the 2003 celebration. A marketing veteran in the retail and visitor industries, O’Brien is the marketing director for Kamehameha Investment Corporation.