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Company gives scholarships

Hawaiian Cement has announced the recipients of its 2003 Scholarship Awards Program. The program is designed to recognize the academic achievements of college-bound children of its employees. The recipients are:

• Chad Itokazu, $8,000 award. He is a graduate of Pearl City High School who will attend the University of New Mexico.
• Justin Muraki, $8,000 award. He is a graduate of Mid-Pacific Institute who will attend the University of Hawai'i.
• Cherlyn Koizumi, $4,000 award. She is a graduate of Pearl City High School who will attend Leeward Community College.
  
  
  

O'ahu students get college aid

Three O'ahu students have been awarded scholarships to attend the University of North Dakota. They are Colin Namba of 'Ewa Beach, Tara Eavey of Honolulu and Martin Cameron of Kapolei.

Punahou senior gets $500 award

Kelly Kanayama, a Punahou School senior, has been awarded a scholarship by Fulfillment Corporation of America. The $500 scholarship recognizes academic and community accomplishments as well as appreciation of traditional family and ancestral values. Kanayama will be attending Washington University of St. Louis, majoring in English and linguistics.

Mililani student in national fair

Kyle Monette, a ninth-grader at Mililani High School, was a semifinalist at the state Science and Engineering Fair.

His project, "Factors Affecting Forensic Entomology," was submitted to the Discovery Channel Young Scientists Challenge in Washington, D.C.

In August he was selected as a semifinalist out of 1,969 contestants from 45 states. If he is selected as a finalist on Sept. 17, he will be sent on an expenses-paid trip to Washington to compete for $45,000 in scholarship money.

MDA honors Hawai'i achiever

Jovanka Ijacic of Honolulu has been named recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2003 Personal Achievement Award for Hawai'i.

Ijacic, 34, has battled the debilitating effects of myasthenia gravis but achieved many personal and professional goals.

After graduating from the University of Hawai'i with a bachelor's degree in business administration, she went to work for HAPI Physician Indemnity Plan in Honolulu. There she spearheaded the development of a Web site and newsletter. She also earned first runner-up honors in the Mrs. Hawaii Pageant and was crowned Mrs. Oahu in 2001.

Ijacic devotes many hours as an MDA volunteer.