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Artist and award- winning prep debater “Mahea” Combs also clinched a $2,500 Mc- Donald’s National Employee Scholarship as Hawaii’s outstanding worker. She clocks in at the Mililani Mauka outlet and will major in business at UH …

Three Mililani teens have won $1,500 scholarships through the Military Children Program. They are Victoria- Kamalani Garnett, who will attend UH Manoa, presented by the Hickam commissary; Erika Grant, who’ll go to Salisbury University, presented by Pearl Harbor commissary; and Matthew Howard, who will attend HPU, also presented by the Hickam commissary…

Soroptimist International of Central Oahu joins with two other Oahu branches from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday for the annual A Taste of the Arts at Honolulu Country Club, featuring “A Taste of Hollywood.” Menu samplings: Scarlett ‘O Hara’s Southern Fried Chicken, Rambo’s Rice and Cheech & Chong’s Modified Brownies. This and more are yours for $125 per person for a good cause (625-1776) …

Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties has hired Mililani’s Linda Tanaka as a Realtor in its Leeward office. Linda also has an associate degree in pastry arts, which could spice up those Sunday open houses …

Avid Wahiawa fisherman and former soldier Chris Baires organized a fishing tournament in Lake Wilson for the Wounded Warriors Battalion — and now it looks like the Aug. 5 outing may become an annual one. Wahiawa Middle schoolteacher James Chow made plaques for the winners, Wahiawa Christian Church served lunch, and everyone (except the fish) had a good time, both locals and military …

MidWeek Islander sportswriter Jack Danilewicz has written and produced Hawaii Prep Game Week, a new show debuting at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 on OC Sports channel 12, tying in with the station’s weekly live prep telecasts. Entertainer IA hosts