Posted on: Friday, June 17, 2005
Salutes
Advertiser Staff
Police recognize Matt Levi's work
The Honolulu Police Department has presented its 2005 Citizenship Award to Matt Levi. For the past 11 years Levi has organized activities for youths living in Kuhio Park Terrace.
He established a martial arts and mentoring program that has taught karate and life skills to hundreds of young residents. He also organizes quarterly Scrabble tournaments, hiking trips and book fairs and arranges for community leaders to speak to the youngsters.
In 2004 Levi initiated similar activities at Pu'uwai Momi, commonly known as Halawa Housing. He also has worked with District 3 (Pearl City) police officers to offer basketball clinics.
Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame inductee Genoa Keawe received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Hawai'i at Windward Community College's recent commencement exercises.
Keawe was honored for her lifetime achievements in music and her extensive contributions to public service. The university noted that she has given freely of her time and talent to advance traditional Hawaiian music, often promoting the talents of youngsters under her tutelage.
Larry Foster, a professor and former dean of the University of Hawai'i's William S. Richardson School of Law, has been appointed president of the East-West Center Association.
Foster has been an active leader of the East-West Center Association for many years, having served as president of the association's Hawai'i chapter and vice president for programs with the EWCA executive board.
In 1999 he received the Hawai'i chapter's Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to the both organizations.
Two Hawai'i organizations recently were honored at the Environmental Protection Agency's seventh annual Environmental Awards Ceremony.
One honoree was Malama Maha'ulepu of Kilauea, Kaua'i, which was created to protect and preserve the natural, cultural and recreational resources of 2,600 acres on the south shore of Kaua'i.
The other was the Living Machine display at the Four Seasons Hualalai, by David Chai, Morris Takuchi and Jan Dill, in Kailua, Kona. The living machines harness the natural abilities of living organisms to maintain contained ecosystems; the organisms are able to self-organize, capture solar energy and concentrate nutrients that naturally decrease contaminants in a waterway.
The Arizona Memorial Museum Association has won two top awards and three honorable mentions at the annual Association of Partners for Public Lands 2005 Media and Partnership Awards.
The museum association won an award for best audio program for a new audio tour that allows visitors to independently explore the USS Arizona Visitor Center with a headset and MP3 player that plays an audio guide to the memorial. Visitors hear from actual Pearl Harbor survivors and former Japanese pilots who participated in the attack. The audio tour is available in English, Japanese, Mandarin, German, French, Spanish and Korean.
Genoa Keawe an honorary Ph.D.
Ex-dean of law to head EWC group
Kaua'i, Big Island groups honored
Arizona Memorial group recognized
