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Kailua Intermediate School student Ka- inoa Thomas is the winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 2022-2023 Pa- triot’s Pen essay contest. For his composition, My Pledge to our Veterans, Thomas re- ceived a $400 check from the VFW Department of Hawai‘i and will represent the state at the VFW national level to compete for a $5,000 grant. Other winners — who all also attend Kailua Interme- diate — are second place recipient Logan Olsen, who got $300 and Phoebe Kahele and Alana Kanaan, who tied for third place and received $200. The VFW Patriot’s Pen contest is open annual- ly to all sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade public and pri- vate school students. Next year’s contest for 2023-2024 will open in September and the deadline to submit entries will be Oct. 31 ... In celebra- tion of its fifth anniversary, Ko‘olau Distillery in Kailua has launched its new tasting room where customers can try a variety of craft cocktails that use the company’s local- ly produced spirits. The décor is “warehouse chic.” Many elements are repurposed us- ing recycled materials, and high- and low-top tables are made from Waimānalo mon- keypod trees. The artwork in the room supports veteran
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and military family artists and will be available for pur- chase. The general manager is Justin Rivera. For more information, visit koolaud- istillery.com/store ... Kailua resident Sheryl Seaman is the chief operations officer of G70+, which is the newest venture of the Hawai‘i based design firm G70. It will in- clude all overseas projects primarily in Tahiti, French Polynesia and Mauritius, with plans to expand to other areas. Services will include architecture, planning and interior design. Seaman has more than four decades of experience in architectural interior design for new con- struction and renovations with award-winning projects in Hawai‘i, Japan and the Pacific Rim. In 1982, she be- came Hawai‘i’s first female president of an architectural firm, making G70 the largest firm in the country led by a
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woman president ... The Marine Corps Exchange at Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i in Kāne‘ohe has announced the grand reopening of its newly renovated and ex- panded 58,000-square-foot store. It is a one-stop-shop open only to authorized pa- trons. For more information, visit hawaii.usmc-mccs.org or follow (@mcxhawaii) on Facebook and Instagram ... Take note, Windward O‘ahu folks: Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union has announced a call for applications for its 2023 Investing in Education grant program. Hawai‘i State FCU will distribute $40,000 in grants of up to $500 to el- igible public school teachers to help purchase much-need- ed supplies. Applications are available through April 1. For more info and to apply, visit hawaiistatefcu.com/grants- for-teachers ... drobbins@ midweek.com
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