Posted on: Friday, February 21, 2003

Awards & Appointments

4 students win photo awards

Several students at La Pietra i Hawai'i School for Girls received recognition in the recent national Scholastic Art and Photography Competition, sponsored by Neiman Marcus:

• Eighth-grade student Courtney Gaddis won a Special Photography Achievement Award for her pinhole camera picture.

• Sara Mason and Azzurra Alliata, both seventh-graders, won Silver Key Awards, also for pinhole pictures.

• Senior Emily Makini won a Silver Key Award for her photogram with poem.

Publishers name officers

The Hawai'i Publishers Association has announced its 2003-2004 board officers and members:

• Officers: president, Jim Wilson, publisher of the Hawai'i Tribune-Herald; vice president, Stan Mulkey, with This Week Magazines; secretary/treasurer, Rick Asbach, with West Hawai'i Today.

• Other directors: Derek Ferrar, of Pacific Travelogue; Isabel Figel, of JGH International; Dennis Francis, of The Honolulu Advertiser; Carl Hebenstreit, of Trade Publishing Co.; Jamie Kemp, of Pacific Media Publishing; Don Kendall, of O'ahu Publications; Larry LeDoux, of Hawai'i Pacific University, Kalamalama newspaper; Jim Myers, of Honolulu Publishing Co. Ltd.; Don Ojiri, of Obun Hawai'i Group; Pat Saka, of The Maui News; Lee Schaller, of Trade Publishing Co. Ltd.; Scott Schumaker, of Honolulu Magazine; and Peter Stone, of Stone Publishing Co.

2 families get educator honor

The Kawaguchi and Kadatori families of Maui — who number 38 members working in the field of education — were honored as the Educator Families for 2003 at the recent annual convention of the Hawai'i State Retired Teachers Association.

Also honpred for volunteer work in schools, churches, clubs and community organizations were retired teachers Kay Ono (O'ahu); Ruth Walker (Big Island); Doris Crowell (Kaua'i) and Alyce Yoshino (Maui).

Teen C.A.R.E. on national list

A local school-based substance abuse treatment program operating in 12 public schools — which allows students to seek help anonymously for alcohol and drug use — has been included in a national exemplary programs list. Teen C.A.R.E. (Counseling, Awareness, Rehabilitation and Education), a program of the Windward O'ahu drug treatment program Hina Mauka, is included among 144 programs in the comprehensive guide, "Treating Teens: A Guide to Adolescent Drug Programs," published by Drug Strategies.

The guide brings together research and clinical practice in adolescent drug treatment for parents, counselors and others. The C.A.R.E. program is partially financed by the state Department of Health.