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The Hawai'i Coral Reef Initiative Research Program is making approximately $800,000 in grants available to projects aimed at alleviating threats to the health of the Islands' coral reefs.
Proposals are being accepted until March 18. Projects will be selected in May. For details, call 956-7479.
The research program is co-managed by the University of Hawai'i and the state's Division of Aquatic Resources.
• Kanu o ka 'Aina Learning 'Ohana has received a $520,100 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a bilingual pre-kindergarten program for Native Hawaiian children. The Malamapoki'i program will emphasize Hawaiian culture and language as well as all aspects of early childhood education. It is slated to begin in April.
• Chittaranjan Ray, an associate professor in civil engineering at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, has had his grant renewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Ray's research deals with water flow in soils and aquifers, drinking water quality and pesticide contamination of groundwater. He is conducting research to assess the vulnerability of farmstead and rural domestic wells to pesticide and nitrate contamination.
• The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has awarded Calvary Episcopal Preschool in Kane'ohe $20,000 toward the renovation of its two playground facilities. The preschool also received $17,000 from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation.
• The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i has announced the winners of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate it co-sponsored with Kamehameha Schools this winter.
High school teams from Hawai'i and the Mainland debated whether national security concerns should take precedence over the exercise of civil liberties.
The championship winners were: first place, Sarah Damerville of Iolani School; second place, Amanda Chew of Kahuku High; third place, Chad Shomura of Roosevelt; and fourth place, Nicole Wilson of Iolani School.
Novice winners were: first place, Daniel Lee of Kamehameha; second, Mark Alexander of Iolani; third, Natalie Kamauoha of Kahuku High School; and fourth, Lara Malins of Iolani.
• Several students from Saint Louis High School have been honored for their academic achievements.
Senior Keone Young has been selected as a National Gold Key finalist in the Scholastic Art Competition, a recognition program for creative young people.
Brian Rafeal was the only Hawai'i student to be honored as a scholar in the National Young Leaders Conference.
Seniors Chase Kutara and Han Bing Zhou received perfect scores — 800 — on the math SAT. Only 5 percent of seniors in Hawai'i have scored 750 or higher.
• Junior Achievement of Hawai'i has presented its 2001 High School Volunteer of the Year Award to Dr. Khan Lau, managing optometrist with LensCrafters, in recognition of his work with teenagers.
For the past three years, Lau has served as the volunteer adviser for the Junior Achievement Company Program at Pearl City High School, where he assisted Myra Borges in teaching business principles and success skills.
