Pat Gee | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Students connect to heritage as Filipino studies begin

Pat Gee — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Filipino history and culture matter.

Kupuna spellers stay s-h-a-r-p

Pat Gee — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Daily crossword puzzles and brain teasers of all kinds were the keys to excelling in the 3rd annual Kiwanis Kupuna Spelling Bee, which drew over 80 participants, age 60 years and older, across the state to compete.

Leaders to meet at Hawai‘i Agriculture Conference

Pat Gee — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Registration is still open for the 2024 Hawai‘i Agriculture Conference, to be held Nov. 7 and 8 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

Student ensembles to perform at Hawaii Youth Symphony fundraiser

Pat Gee — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Performances by student ensembles will highlight the Hawaii Youth Symphony annual He Makana o na Mele gala on Nov. 10, celebrating 60 years of music education and youth development.

Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Mission leaders seek to restore sense of community

Pat Gee — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

As the Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji Mission celebrates its 100th anniversary this month, Mary Matsuda, who grew up at the temple while her father was minister, reflected on the large role Buddhist temples played in supporting Japanese members struggling with their American identities in the wake of World War II.

Honolulu Museum of Art exhibit spotlights McKinley’s artists

Pat Gee — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

In Hawaii one of the first things people ask to get to know each other is, What high school did you go to (or usually in pidgin, What high school you went)?

Farmers convention promotes sustainable solutions

Pat Gee — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The Hawai‘i Farmers Union United is opening its 14th annual convention on Maui this weekend with speakers focused on sustainable agriculture, food systems and security, and community resilience.

For Walter Kawaa, singing offers both joy and solace

Pat Gee — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Playing bingo is not for Walter Kaloheaulani Kawaa Jr. — singing is his game.

Festival at Windward Community College to showcase the versatile banana

Pat Gee — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The 3rd annual Ka Mai‘a ‘Ho‘olaule‘a/Banana Festival on Oct. 20 will open up a world of banana flavors and notions of what the popular fruit can be.

Aloha Festivals kicks off Saturday in Waikiki

Pat Gee — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Aloha Festivals, the state’s longest-running cultural festival, begins with the 70th Annual Waikiki Ho‘olaule‘a on Saturday along a closed-off Kalakaua Avenue, offering local entertainment, cuisine and crafts.

Mother-son postmasters on Maui are devoted to duty

Pat Gee — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Being a part of an extended ohana that serves the community is a priority with a mother and son who are postmasters on Maui.

Nisei military units to be honored at Punchbowl

Pat Gee — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Nisei military units that fought heroically in World War II will be honored Sept. 29 at the 19th annual Joint Memorial Service, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.

Kauai fishpond’s restoration is recognized

Pat Gee — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Scores of volunteers have been sweating and toiling in the mud the past five years to restore the Alakoko fishpond on Kauai, one of the last remaining ponds built by Native Hawaiians some 600 years ago.

Ex-Olympic skater’s program boosts reading

Pat Gee — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic gold medal skater, author and founder of the Always Dream philanthropic organization, is sponsoring a reading program at 19 elementary schools in her 10th year of supporting Hawaii keiki.

Sign-up now open for kupuna spelling bee

Pat Gee — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

All Hawaii residents 60 years or older are invited to compete in the 2024 Kiwanis Kupuna Spelling Bee at 10 a.m. Oct. 26 at the Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin.

Workbook helps disabled cope with Maui wildfire

Pat Gee — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

As a single mother raising two teenagers with autism, Ashley Lagazo is still struggling to help her kids cope with the fear and anxiety that plague them, even a year after they drove desperately away from the Lahaina wildfire.

Hawaii authors receive literary honor

Pat Gee — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Local writers Brandy Nalani McDougall and Susan Scott have won the Elliot Cades Awards for Literature this year, considered the most prestigious literary honor in Hawaii.

Students to find career inspiration after graduation

Pat Gee — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Echelon West Oahu, a young-professionals branch of The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division, has invited over 870 students to its inaugural Inspire Day to educate them about career possibilities after graduation.

Hawaiian treatments help heal Maui fire survivors

Pat Gee — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Practitioners of two Hawaiian healing methods have joined together in helping Maui wildfire survivors in their recovery, offering complimentary lomilomi massage and hooponopono conflict-resolution sessions.

Mental health needs rise on Maui

Pat Gee — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Whenever a brush fire breaks out and smoke darkens the sky, it triggers terrible memories for Maui residents still traumatized by the deadly wildfire that razed the town of Lahaina a year ago this week.

Waialua ‘village’ helped foster teen flourish

Pat Gee — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:05:00 +0000

“You gotta have good grit!”

Volunteers build beds for keiki

Pat Gee — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

There’s nothing like the comfort of your own bed, whether it’s at the end of a long day or even coming home from a fancy vacation.

Impact SmallBiz program taking applicants business booster program starts

Pat Gee — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii is launching its first business accelerator program, Impact SmallBiz, to help small businesses and early-stage entrepreneurs succeed.

Volcanic marker to return from national museum

Pat Gee — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The volcanic pohaku (rock) named Kanepo will return to its home on Hawaii island after two decades representing the western cardinal point of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall.

Fostering animals from Hawaiian Humane Society fulfills caregivers

Pat Gee — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Since 2011, Pamela and Jade Hinsdale have been hooked on nursing back to health over 100 dogs for the Hawaiian Humane Society.

Limu culture classes to start this fall

Pat Gee — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Windward Community College has announced the launch of its new limu culture studies program this fall, combining traditional Native Hawaiian knowledge with Western scientific methods to prepare students for careers in algae cultivation, production and biomanufacturing.

School pantry program helps keep keiki fed during summer

Pat Gee — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The Hawaii Foodbank is providing food to pantries at 35 Oahu schools to supplement the meals of students who don’t get enough food at home, including during the summer months when a school lunch is not available as their most consistent meal.

Teens to offer free tech help to kupuna

Pat Gee — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Kupuna who are clueless about technology are welcome to bring their phones, laptops and other devices for assistance from Tech Savvy Teens, who will be at Windward Mall’s Center Court from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Keiki in the Kitchen to feature at Hawaii State Farm Fair

Pat Gee — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The Hawaii Food & Wine Festival’s popular HMAA Presents Keiki in the Kitchen event is pairing up this year with the Hawaii State Farm Fair on Aug. 3 and 4 at Whitmore Village in Wahiawa.

Hawaii students learn English by writing about immigration

Pat Gee — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Heartfelt experiences about leaving their native countries and adjusting to a new life in Hawaii are a common thread entwining stories that have been written by students at Waipahu High School to improve their English-language skills.

100th Battalion soldiers’ values motivate youth

Pat Gee — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:05:00 +0000

How did Hawaii’s first group of nisei soldiers — who averaged only 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 125 pounds — of the 100th Infantry Battalion in World War II become one of the most decorated military units in U.S. history?

Lahaina Methodists remember fire victims

Pat Gee — Sat, 25 May 2024 10:05:00 +0000

On Sunday the congregation of the Lahaina United Methodist Church, which was decimated by fire in August, will recite a unison prayer to remember the town’s 101 wildfire victims on the eve of Memorial Day.

An Oahu teacher writes rap tunes to teach kids grammar

Pat Gee — Mon, 13 May 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Can you remember the difference between a regular and an irregular verb, name the seven relative pronouns or identify the object of a preposition?

Program has caregivers accompany kupuna on outings

Pat Gee — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Vivia, a service line under Ho‘okele Home Care, recently began offering kupuna clients transportation to appointments along with the personal assistance they need once they get there.

Silver Alert program helps find missing kupuna

Pat Gee — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:05:00 +0000

It’s been 11 months of anguish since Patricia Arde’s 86-year-old father wandered off and vanished in Kapolei near Home Depot and Costco.

WorkHawai‘i takes job-related services to libraries

Pat Gee — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Since February, Work Hawai‘i has helped over 200 people apply for housing and employment, sign up for classes to improve their job skills and receive other services after catching their eye at public libraries.

Senior prom brings together Island Pacific students and kupuna

Pat Gee — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:05:00 +0000

It was a senior prom in more ways than one when kupuna from the ‘Ilima at Leihano senior living community danced and made friends with students from Island Pacific Academy on Wednesday night.

Maui mobile ministry takes its support directly to the unsheltered

Pat Gee — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:06:00 +0000

Church volunteers on Maui who have operated a van since 2014 to distribute food and supplies to the homeless have seen the number of unsheltered people more than double since the catastrophic wildfires.

Hawaii welcomes French students learning about Nisei soldiers

Pat Gee — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:05:00 +0000

The gratitude and aloha that grew between citizens of Bruyeres, France, and the veterans of the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team is still going strong 80 years after the Hawaii-born soldiers valiantly liberated the small town from years of German occupation in World War II.

Hauula teen wins Prudential Emerging Visionary award

Pat Gee — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Genshu Price of Hauula was named a 2024 Prudential Emerging Visionary for his nonprofit project “Bottles4College,” which collects recyclable cans and bottles to generate college scholarships for Hawaii youth.