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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, September 30, 2002

THE LEFT LANE
Hawai'i's child heroes

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i children are featured in a new 9/11 book, "United We Stand: Real Kid Heroes," by Michelle Medlock Adams (Waltsan Publishing, $19.95) with stories about how they stepped forward to make a difference.

Chapter 8 features the children of Annie Godsill's kindergarten class at Kekaha Elementary on Kaua'i, who drew pictures of what "brave" meant to them and collected 41,325 pennies for New York firefighters.

And Chapter 15 is about Pearl City's Rochan Pinho, an 11-year-old with brain cancer who made patriotic buttons and raised more than $23,000 for the firefighters. His buttons were so popular that he was contacted by then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki and asked to appear on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show."

Readers can order the book through Waltsan Publishing at waltsan.com, barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com. A portion of royalties will go to the New York World Trade Center Relief Fund.


Generational ties

Want to make a cross-generational connection? Do something to pass down your culture, spend time with an older relative or play with some youngsters on Sunday in honor of national Intergeneration Day.

It's an effort by nonprofit groups to educate people about the need to address aging issues in our society, such as grandparents caring for grandchildren and baby boomers taking care of their aging parents.

The Hawai'i Intergenerational Network will kick off the awareness program with a symposium Thursday called "Making a Generation Connection."

It will be from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hale Koa Hotel, 2055 Kalia Road, Waikiki. The seminar is $35 and includes breakfast. Call 220-8686 to register.


Lilo's lyrics

At long last, English translations are available for two Hawaiian tunes featured in the "Lilo & Stitch" movie and accompanying soundtrack.

Performed by the Kamehameha Schools Children's Choir and directed by teacher Lynell Bright, both songs by composer Mark Hoomalu — "He Mele No Lilo (A Song for Lilo)" and "Hawaiian Roller Coaster" — have been popular with young island fans, who have wrestled with phonetic sing-alongs without benefit of knowing what the tunes say.

To get the translations, check the Kamehameha Schools Web site, www.ksbe.edu.