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Mililani’s Kamden Hilliard, a freshman at Sarah Lawrence College, has won a $10,000 Davidson Fellowship, based on his creative writing portfolio and potential to benefit society through literature. Title of his work? Reflections on Everything There Ever Was …

Kamden Hilliard

Haleiwa jewelry designer Noelani Love of Noelani Designs and Sunset Beach’s Jane Hoskins of Tiare Hawaii fashions will be featured Oct. 19 at Aloha ‘Aina Boutique’s
anniversary party at Royal Hawaiian Center (924-4333) …

Richard Cherry IV (Leilehua 2011) has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, as has Ernest Burns (Mililani 2009, Remington College 2011), Aaron Ibrao (Mililani 2009), who is an honor graduate, and Joseph Roman of Wahiawa …

Polynesian Cultural Center’s menehune have finished renovating the Hawaii Village. Look for new exhibits, taro, a waterfall and interactive learning …

Hector Morales

Speaking of which, Hector Morales, a busy chef from Haleiwa and a leader in Hawaii’s farm-to-table movement, has moved a little himself — from overseeing five restaurants at Turtle Bay Resort to a job with the same title, executive chef, at PCC …

Mililani residents (and MHS grads) Laurie Castro and Lisa Takasaki-Young opened Sounds of Success Preschool several months ago in Aiea, where they provide speech-language therapy — the only preschool in the state to do so in an all-day preschool setting, Laurie says (488- 2211) …

Waialua High junior Noelani Picollo played on the USA Hawaii team in an exhibition match Sunday (her 16th birthday) vs. the Nine Dragon Hills Polo Club team from Shanghai at Mokuleia …

Last month North Shore resident Dustin Bradshaw released his memoir, White Lilies in Autumn, covering his and wife Hiva’s struggles through the sudden death of their baby and many other challenges, balanced by love and kindness. Learn more at dustinbradshaw.com …

North Shore muralist Hilton Alves hasn’t been idle since doing his first wall project in Waialua in 2007. The Brazilian native recently completed two murals with the folks at U.S.Vets Pai‘olu Kaiaulu Homeless Shelter in Waianae via his Surf Art Kids