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The Mediation Center of the Pacific honored Kaneohe attorney Ellen Godbey Carson and two others for leadership in school mediation at its gala benefit May 5 at Washington Place. Ellen is an authority on health care law and dispute resolution, and she helped start up the peer mediation program on campuses statewide … Big Happiness, a book by Mark Panek about murdered Waikane sumo wrestler Percy Kipapa, won a Ka Palapala Po’okela Award for Excellence in Nonfiction at the 2012 ceremony May 11 at Bishop Museum …
Ahuimanu’s Michael Taniguchi is the new Windward Mall operations manager, bringing experience from Nextel Partners Hawaii and Waikele Premium Outlets. Michael also was chief building engineer for the Pan Am building, erected in Honolulu in 1967 …
Former Kailua resident Pamela Michael earned a prestigious NOAA marine policy fellowship and has already settled in Washington, D.C., for a year of work with government leaders on key issues affecting the nation. Pamela has a master’s degree in marine science from HPU and studied at the Oceanic Institute …
Ahuimanu’s Ryan Catalani, a film production major at Boston’s Emerson College, won two EVVYs (for outstanding photography and web design) this month before 1,200 people in the nation’s largest multi-camera, live college campus event. It celebrates Emerson’s renowned communication and arts programs with 40 awards given out. And Ryan’s only a freshman. His mom, Iris, flew into Boston for the ceremony, to make it a crowd of 1,201 …
The posters are out, urging folks to “Sew a Lei for Memorial Day,” and Windward keiki created many of the Honorable Mentions for the city’s annual contest. They include Kylie Wilson and Gienah Southichack of Kailua Intermediate; Mari Kurosawa, Zoe Campora, Malia Moritz and Nani Tomich of Aikahi Elementary. (For what you can do, see Girl Scout story on Page 5) … Castle High librarian Terry Heckman could use some help (through Thursday) packing up the books, since summer means new carpeting and other upgrades for the space (233-5600, ext. 2215)
