Susan Chen, Mike Kawasaki and Florence Marcelo of the University of Hawaii at Manoa have won summer internships with the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Washington, D.C.If you want something listed, please send it in writing to Taking Notice, City Desk, Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. You may also send it by e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com.
Jasmine Waipa of Kamehameha Schools and Clifford Collio of Moanalua High School were selected to represent Hawaii at the 1996 Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation World Leadership Congress in Houston, Texas.
Susan Chen, Mike Kawasaki and Florence Marcelo of the University of Hawaii at Manoa have won summer internships with the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Washington, D.C.
They are among 100 students nationally selected for the honors internship program.
Four teachers were awarded scholarships and travel expenses to attend the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge graduate credit program seminar this summer.
They are Lynne Nagano of Hawaii Baptist Academy, Katherine Johnson of King Liholiho School, and Patricia Pasqual and Margarita Adair of Maryknoll Grade School.
Council member Donna Mercado Kim has awarded $10,000 in scholarships this year to high school students planning to attend college, with one award at each high school designated for an exemplary female athlete.
They are Sharol C. Batangan, Raquel T. Villarta, and Evina A. Tagata of Farrington High School; Leila M. Davalos, Michael A. Collio, and Cheuk Yan Helen Ng of Moanalua High; Situfu Pesefea Fiaseu, Maria Clara Hinchey, and Roland B. Guieb of Radford High; and Julius Reynaldo Tigno of Damien Memorial High School.
Four intermediate school students won Kim's 1996 Aloha Spirit Award, including a $100 U.S. savings bond, $50 cash and a personal plaque. They are Jo-Ann Bali Ganitano of Dole; Vanessa K. Escajeda of Kalakaua; Jacquelyn Manuma of Aliamanu; and Fofo Tuiolemotu of Moanalua.
Jainnie T. Cox of Honolulu has won $1,000 as fifth place winner in the 1996 career awards competition in ceramics, sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Shannon Rowe and John Feiteira IV of Maui High School won second place in the 1996 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge on the Mall in Washington D.C.
They will share $23,500 in scholarships and prizes.
The Hawaii Government Employees Association of the AFL-CIO has awarded nine $1,200 scholarships to dependents of its members.
Winners from Oahu include Jason F. Knight of Maryknoll High, Michele K. Kiyono of Castle High, Daniel C.H. Kidani of the University of California at Berkeley, and Tracy A. Masuoka of Hawaii Community College. Winners from Maui are Stephen T. Rodrigues of Baldwin High and Kelly M. Yoshitake of Maui High. Winners from Kauai are Melodie Canales, a Kauai County Department of Water employee, and Moanamalia L.K. Viado of Kapaa High. The Big Island winner is Jorelei A. Casteneda of Hilo High.
Five alternates, who received $250 scholarships, include Grace K. Mokulehua, Harmoney E. Mooney, and Tracie N. Tanakaya of Oahu; Brad J. Nakamura of the Big Island; and Kathleen M. Lordan of Maui.
Christine V. Amby, a recent graduate of Kamehameha High School from Waianae, has been awarded a $2,000 faculty scholarship from Saint Martin's College in Lacey, Washington.
Anna Duvall, Katrina Niehaus and Meredith Narrowe of Kalama Intermediate School on Maui won first place in the junior division of the 1996 National History Day competition, sponsored by the Committee for the Humanities and held at the University of Maryland in June.
Casey Mathison of Maui High received a $5,000 scholarship from The History Channel; his teacher, Janyce Omura, received $3,000 and a video library for their high school. Also winning honors were Christian Palmer, Jared Lau and Jesse Palmer of Kahukua High; Sandra Miyamoto of Mililani High; Twyla Kukahiko of Lahaina Intermediate; and Mary Duddy of Sacred Hearts Academy.
Heather L. Hawthorne, a Moanalua High School graduate now attending Yale University, was awarded an Asian studies summer internship at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy research institute.
Karisa Roberts of Wahiawa has been awarded the Bookcliff Scholarship to attend Mesa State College this fall. The scholarship is valued at $2,235 and is renewable for four years.
Goodwill Industries of Honolulu Inc. has used more than $48,000 in interest from its Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Endowment Fund to purchase a new truck for donation pickup.
The Sukamto Foundation has donated more than $18,000 in the past year to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii to grant special wishes for children suffering from terminal or life-threatening medical conditions.
American Savings Bank has donated $10,000 to Winners at Work, Inc. to develop a training program to educate retail industry employees on ways to provide better service to customers with disabilities. The Pilot Club of Honolulu has also donated $450 to the agency.
Foodland Super Market has awarded more than $300,000 worth of computer equipment to 174 public and private schools that participated in the company's 1996 "Shop for Better Education" program. The contribution brings the total value of equipment distributed through the program to $3.5 million since it began in 1989.
Four business organizations have been honored by the state Board of Education and the Hawaii State Public Library System for their support of public libraries. They are Hawaii Pizza Hut, Inc., which donated $57,000; McDonald's Restaurants of Hawaii, $50,000; GTE Hawaiian Tel, $98,000; and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., consultation work for a new library automation system.
Alexander & Baldwin Foundation has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Maui AIDS Foundation's "Think First" teen-age peer support group program.
Apple Computer has provided over $100,000 in equipment and training to Nuuanu Elementary School and the University of Hawaii Information Technology Services division to support the Malama I Ka Wai project, involving an interdisciplinary study of water.
The Hawaii Community Foundation's Okumura Family Fund has awarded the Mission Houses Museum a $10,000 grant to support its community festivals.
Promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout by the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America were Devin Leong, John Stephen Chang, and Bryan Miyasaki of Honolulu; Gavin Hirohisa Fukada of Kailua; Brian Nakagawa of Pearl City; and Lawrence Kekuhaupio Ah Foo Chun III of Waianae. Matthew M. Katsura, formerly of Honolulu, also received his promotion in Norwalk, California.
Thirteen winners of GTE's "The Everything You've Ever Wanted" $30,000 sweepstakes contest included Emele Antonio of Waipahu, the $10,000 grand prize winner; and Robin Dwight and Ann Kealoha, $5,000 winners.
Candace Tangora Matelic, Mission Houses Museum executive director, has become the seventh person to receive the John T. Schlebecker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Living Historical Farms and Museums.
Xerox Hawaii has recognized the following employees with its NA Po'okela Awards: Ray Caday, Lynn Kataoka, Allen Oyama, Renee Toguchi, Bruce Larson, Marilyn Lee, Stephen Lee, Kathy DeCaires, Carla Fabella, Mavis McGurn, Jean Serikaku, Fay Kaku, Sandy Murakami, Maureen Okada, Renee Toguchi, Steve Matsuda, Ray Chaco, Tim Carpenter, Hank Hilliard, Della Lima, Butch Bland, Michelle Arelliano, Lynn Cambia, Jewel Heanu, Sunni Henning, Sharida Matsumoto, Waonette Norman, Elaine Reyes, Iris White, Carla Fabella, and Debbie Kini.