Hot Shots – 9/16/25

Photo courtesy Darrell Degrazia

NJROTC Program Gets $2,000 Boost

Darrell’s Coin Laundry in ‘Ewa Beach recently gifted $2,000 to James Campbell High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program. The donation invests in future leaders and creates a positive impact within the community. Owner Darrell Degrazia (seventh from right) is pictured with the school’s senior naval science instructor for NJROTC Harrison DePondicchello (fifth from left), and cadets from the NJROTC Saber Battalion.

Photo courtesy Stanley Oka and Terry Takaki

Saluting Veterans For Their Service

Several U.S. veterans were honored at Maunalani Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Kaimukī for National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. Pictured in the front row (from left) are veteran Charles “Chuck” Bly; veteran Andy Aguillon; guest Ken Tashiro, representing Korean War Veterans Association Hawai‘i Chapter No. 1; veteran Stewart Smith; guest Takaaki Kajiwara, representing Korean War Veterans Association Hawai‘i Chapter No. 1; and veteran George Naito. Pictured in the back row (from left) are vice consul Haneul Yu of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; guest Richard Poe, representing the Korean War Veterans Association Hawai‘i Chapter No. 1; guest Bob Imose, president of Korean War Veterans Association Hawai‘i Chapter No. 1; guest Walter Furuyama, representing Korean War Veterans Association Hawai‘i Chapter No. 1; and retired U.S. Army Col. Walter Ozawa, who served as guest speaker at the event. Veteran Zeke Izon was also honored posthumously at the ceremony.