Posted on: Monday, July 26, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Homes flooded on Big Island
Advertiser Staff
Flooding brought on by heavy rains forced the evacuation yesterday of three homes along St. John's Road in Captain Cook on the Big Island. No injuries were reported. Flooded classrooms were reported at Konawaena Middle School.
Ethnic group honors leaders
The Honolulu chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League recently presented community leaders Colbert Matsumoto and Art Koga with its Service Award at its annual membership meeting.
The chapter also swore in its new board led by president Karen Nakasone. Also honored were the winners of the chapters Emerging Leader Scholarship Award for 2004.
Koga was an educator and school administrator and was a national policy fellow in the U.S. Department of Education. He was the executive director of the Hawai'i Information Network Corporation and has served on boards for the citizens league and other community organizations.
Matsumoto — chairman and chief executive officer of Island Insurance Co. Ltd. and a former attorney — played a key role in the fund-raising campaign to save the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, where he now serves as board chairman. He served as the court-appointed master charged with reviewing the annual accounts of the trustees of Kamehameha Schools.
Scholarship grants of $1,000 each were presented to Lindsay Doi of Kamehameha Schools, Tiffany Loo of Maryknoll School and Kathryn Tanigawa of St. Andrew's Priory.
USO conducts 6th walk/run
USO Hawai'i is holding a 10K-5K walk/run on Aug. 8 at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i at Kane'ohe Bay.
The sixth-annual race is USO Hawai'i's major fund-raiser of the year.
The organization, whose services include providing food, soft drinks and items like books and playing cards to service members, maintains centers at Honolulu International Airport and Hickam Air Force Base.
More than 50,000 members of the military community coming to or leaving Hawai'i in 2003 took advantage of USO Hawai'i services, as did thousands of soldiers who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan this year.
"More than ever before, it's important to support our military personnel and their families with your sweat and your dollars," said retired Army Gen. David Bramlett, president of USO Hawai'i.
All monies raised by the Outrigger/USO Hawai'i walk and run support the program. The cost is $18 for applications received by Aug. 1. Applications are available at The Running Room, 819 Kapahulu Ave., or can be downloaded at uso.org/hawaii. Call 836-3351. Free workshops on homeless
Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i's HOMES (Higher Organizational Management Effectiveness and Sustainability) Project will offer three free workshops in August for faith- or community-based organizations that work with homeless people on O'ahu.
Here is the schedule:
All workshops will be at the Small Business Resource Center at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Advance registration is required. Call 522-1858 to request a registration form.
