David Ige - Community Notices

[Taken from a memo from the Hawaii 3R's organization, sent on May 30, 2006.]

Hawaii 3R's is a non profit organization that assists our state public schools in much needed repair and maintenance projects with available funds and volunteer support.

This year, Hawaii 3R's is assisting two of our district schools: Aiea High School and Highlands Intermediate School.

• Aiea High School has been awarded a grant of $37,500 to repaint bleachers, replace windows, renovate the circulation area, and relocate the circulation desk.
• Highlands Intermediate School has been awarded a $16,000 grant to replace light fixtures and repaint the locker room.

Hawaii 3Rs is always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in participating in these projects, please contact the schools directly. Volunteer work days start in the morning and work lasts for a few hours, ending with lunch and a short mahalo presentation.

[Taken from the Honolulu Advertiser, Friday, June 2, 2006 edition]

Congratulations to Aiea High School senior Jennifer Lam for being awarded a Regional Coca-Cola Scholar! Jennifer was chosen from a pool of more than 50,000 students nationwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship based on her academic achievements, school and community service, leadership and desire to succeed.

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[Taken from the Honolulu Advertiser, High School sports section in the Tuesday, June 6, 2006 edition.]

Ending our school year with a bang, High School Baseball, Water Polo and Judo are all honored today in the Honolulu Advertiser - High School Sports section!

Baseball
OIA West First Team:

• Coach of the Year: Ryan Kato - Aiea


• Player of the Year: Derek Grace- Aiea


• 2B: Dustin Kim Seu - Pearl City


• 3B: Derek Grace - Aiea


• SS: Casey Fujishige - Pearl City


• OF: Shane Koga - Aiea


• C: Tripper Chung - Aiea


• P: Cody Aquino - Aiea


• DH: Brian Morihara - Aiea

OIA West Second Team:

• 3B: Kurt Tanabe - Pearl City


• OF: Rorry Nakayama - Pearl City


• P: Jason Tamanaha - Pearl City

OIA West Honorable Mentions:

• Aiea: Kanekoa Ashing, Reid Nakamura, Anthony Tsui


• Pearl City: Jeff Domingo, Bryant Katakura, Matthew Ko, Chad Quillopo, Kellen Ushijima

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• Roycelynn Dunleavy - Aiea
• Trisha Sato - Aiea
• Athena Souza - Aiea
• Natasha Souza - Aiea

Judo
OIA West Boys First Team:

• Coach of the Year - Ivan Yoshimura - Pearl City


• Player of the Year - Tyler Lauifi - Pearl City


• 121 - Jason Wong - Pearl City


• 132 - Ben Higa - Pearl City


• 145 - Brock Bal - Aiea


• 161 - Jeremiah Drumeller - Pearl City


• 178 - Christian Pavo - Pearl City


• 275 - Tyler Lauifi - Pearl City

OIA West Boys Second Team:

• 108 - Justin Leong - Pearl City


• 114 - Grant Tong - Pearl City


• 121 - Cory Oba - Pearl City


• 145 - Jordan Yokoyama - Pearl City


• 161 - Nicholas Pait - Pearl City


• 178 - Nathan Ancheta - Pearl City


• 198 - Aaron Puahala - Pearl City


• 220 - Andy Toyama - Pearl City

OIA West Girls First Team:

• Coach of the Year - Robin Puahala - Pearl City


• 109 - Paige Inouye - Pearl City


• 122 - Tonya Kageno - Pearl City


• 139 - Jillian Fontanilla - Pearl City


• 154 - Tiyana Arakaki - Pearl City


• 172 - Kelsey Awa - Pearl City


• 220 - Kasey Fujihara - Pearl City

OIA West Girls Second Team:

• 98 - Keani Hueu - Pearl City


• 103 - Jessica Domingo - Pearl City


• 109 - Kristin Inouye - Pearl City


• 115 - Kimberly Rivera - Pearl City


• 129 - Jolana Gallero - Pearl City


• 154 - Veah Tapat - Pearl City

[Taken from the Honolulu Advertiser, Tuesday, June 20, 2006 edition - High School Sports section.]

Congratulations to all the members from our district who are seated on the 2006 Advertiser All-State Team!

First Team:

• Tripper Chung - Aiea High School (Catcher)

Second Team:

• Derek Grace - Aiea High School (3B)

Honorable Mentions:

• Dustin Kim Soo - Pearl City High School (2B)


• Shane Koga - Aiea High School (OF)


• Cody Aquino - Aiea High School (P)


• Brian Morihara - Aiea High School (DH/U)

(Click here to view the full official article.)

[Taken from a memo from the State Department of Education.]

According to a memo from the State Department of Education, that construction to replace water lines at Phase I ofAiea High School will be initiated shortly. The contract has been awarded to D&C Plumbing, Inc.

Dates to begin construction are still pending.

Please bear in mind that there will be some disruption and disturbance during the construction work; however, we will do our best to minimize the inconvenience where practical.

[Taken from the Honolulu Advertiser, June 8, 2006 edition.]

Congratulations to Mary Rose Lansangan of Aiea High School for being one of three local recipients of the Toyota Community Scholarship worth $10,000 a year for four years.

"Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. awarded 100 high school seniors across the country for their academic achievement and community service. Three Hawaii recipients were chosen from a pool of nearly 9,000 applicants nationwide."

(Click here to view the official article on honoluluadvertiser.com.)

As found on the news and most local papers, the dispute between the Governor, the City Council, and Mayor Hannemann have lead to the question, "who's responsible?"

As printed in the June 20th edition of the Star Bulletin, there was a meeting held at Honolulu Hale to sort out these problems. As chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, I was contacted by the Mayor to help bridge the gap in communication regarding funding and responsibility. In the following article are written some of my comments.

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