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EWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Ewa Elementary School
TASTE OF KAPOLEI
AUGUST 6, 2006 - The Rotary
Club of Kapolei announced that tickets are on sale for its seventh
annual Taste of Kapolei scheduled for Saturday, September 23, from
5:30-9:00pm at Ko Olina Resort & Marina, 4th Lagoon. Tickets are
$70 per person. For more information, call 808-674-2500. Tickets are
available online at www.tasteatkapolei.com and at Chevron Kapolei.
STUDENT ALL OUT TO EMBRACE HER EWA
MARCH 30, 2006 - Brittany Moncrease can be found cleaning litter and
debris from the 'Ewa canal or raising scholarship money for
underprivileged 'Ewa Beach students.
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CHAMPS GETTING SECOND PARADE
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005
- The World Series Little League champs will be honored with a second
hometown heroes' parade in Ewa Beach Sept. 24 at 3 p.m.
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EWA BEACH WINS LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD
SERIES
AUGUST 28, 2005 -
Michael Memea hit a home run to center field in the bottom of the
seventh inning to lead West O'ahu (Ewa Beach) past Curacao, 7-6, to
win Hawai'i's first Little League World Series Championship today at
South Williamsport, Pa.
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Michael Memea
EWA BEACH REACHES LITTLE LEAGUE
WORLD TITLE GAME
AUGUST 28, 2005 -
The new U.S. Little League champions partied until nearly midnight
following their 6-1 victory over previously undefeated Vista, Calif.,
yesterday in South Williamsport, Pa.
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Layson Aliviado
HAU BUSH REUNION EVOKES MEMORIES

Tesha Malama, organizer of reunion.
JUNE 23, 2005 -
Henry Chang Wo remembers the abundance of limu and fish. Kurt Fevella
recalls the family gatherings and sandy beach.
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MAKAKILO SCHOOL WINS PRIZE
JUNE 9, 2005 - Ma'ili Elementary and Makakilo Elementary students have
earned $5,000 for each of the schools through D.R. Horton-Schuler
Division's Read-to-Win program.
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RESIDENTS AWAIT LOOK AT MODIFIED WALL
MAY 23, 2005 -
Last July, nearly 100 residents clamored into a small auditorium at
Ewa Beach Elementary to discuss their concerns -- and vent their anger
-- about an 18-foot wall built along Papipi Road that divided an
older, mostly lower-middle class community from a new, upscale
development.
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story
NEW FEATURES
MARCH 29, 2005 -
Express your views and opinion. Try our online poll
Ewa Talk. Post notices and comments on our
bulletin board.
EWA GIRL WINS SPELLING BEE

MARCH 14, 2004 -
Jasmine
Kaneshiro, a seventh-grader at Hawaii Baptist Academy, won the
competition at Windward Community College's Paliku Theatre.
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EWA SCHOOL HONORS LINCOLN

FEBRUARY 21, 2005
- Tiana-Salinas Galeon drapes leis onto the Abraham Lincoln statue
fronting Ewa Elementary School. The school's annual ritual celebrates
"Lincoln Day," the Feb. 12 birthday of the 16th president of the
United States. The statue, dedicated in 1944, was funded by Katherine
McIntosh Burke, a former school principal who admired Lincoln. The
nationwide Presidents Day holiday will be observed on Feb. 21.
NEW ROAD MAY EASE TRAFFIC

FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - The first phase of the 2.5-mile road project will
construct three lanes from Kapolei Parkway to the H-1 Freeway,
creating an alternative route for thousands of 'Ewa Plain commuters
who sometimes spend up to an hour each way on the road.
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EWA BEACH PATROLS TAKE OFF

DECEMBER 20, 2005 -
Eight
men in a white pickup truck arrive at 7:20 p.m. to a warm greeting
from 24 people wearing yellow "Citizens Patrol" T-shirts gathered in
the driveway of Vondell "Cissy" Waiwaiole-Cabos' home on 'Ewa Beach
Road.
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PLAN FOR NEW SCHOOL ADVANCES
November 11, 2004 - Plans to build a new school in a rapidly growing 'Ewa
Beach subdivision are moving forward, with public comments on a draft
environmental assessment invited through Dec. 8.
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CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GAIL
AWAKUNI WINS NATIONAL AWARD

September 25, 2004 -
Colleagues call Campbell High School principal Gail Awakuni tireless,
dedicated and just all-around better than the Energizer bunny.
The National Association of Secondary School Principals calls her its
principal of the year.
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Midweek
TRACING EWA'S PATH FROM SUGAR TO SUBURB
SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 - As suburban development changes the landscape of
the 'Ewa Plain, students at Campbell High School are working to
preserve the past through literature, photography, video and social
science displays. full
story
FORT WEAVER ROAD EXPANSION MAY BEGIN IN
DECEMBER
AUGUST
2, 2004 - State transportation officials say they are looking to break
ground on a major roadway in Ewa as early as December, more than 20
years after plans for the thoroughfare were first presented to Leeward
Oahu residents. full
story
PRINCIPAL RETURNS TO HIS RURAL ROOTS

JULY 29, 2004 - The village of 'Ewa began in 1890 with the founding of
'Ewa Plantation Co., but the beginning of 'Ewa School predates both
the company and the village by eight years. full
story
JUDGE EXTENDS ORDER ON WALL
JUNE
30, 2004 - A state judge ordered mediation yesterday between 'Ewa
Beach residents and the developer responsible for an 18-foot-high wall
along Papipi Road that residents want torn down. full
story
WALL HOT TOPIC IN EWA
JUNE 10, 2004
- Celeste Lacuesta appeared to best sum up the sentiment of many 'Ewa
Beach residents last night at the 'Ewa Neighborhood Board meeting
about an 18-foot-high wall along Papipi Road. full
story
DRIVERS WANT RIGHT TO TURN LEFT
JUNE 9, 2004 -
The only time Logan Willett heeds the "No Left Turn" sign at
the corner of Fort Weaver Road and Kaimalie Street is when his wife is
in the car. full
story
EWA ROAD PLANS DRAW CONCERN
MAY 21, 2004 -
State transportation officials heard residents' concerns and questions
last night regarding the first phase of a five-year Fort Weaver Road
widening project, which will start next month and eventually give the
thoroughfare six lanes. more
FORT WEAVER ROAD WORK BEGINS
MAY 20, 2004 -
Work will begin next month on
the long-sought widening of the Fort Weaver Road corridor, one of the
most congested areas in the state, transportation officials said
yesterday. more
EWA BEACH CLEAN-UP
APRIL 16, 2004 - Ewa Beach residents plan to observe Earth Week by
taking to Oneula Beach Park from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow to gather and
properly dispose of beer bottles, tires, shopping carts and even
abandoned cars. To participate or for information call 689-1713.
EWA vs. WAIPAHU

JULY 10, 2003 - The
state is planning to put a 13th traffic signal on Fort Weaver Road,
one of the most congested streets on O'ahu, and frustrated 'Ewa
residents say they are ready to revolt. more
EWA BEACH ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS READ 45,345 BOOKS

JUNE 4, 2003 - Ewa Beach Elementary School teacher Ryan Peters rubbed
the top of his newly shaved head and grinned. more
CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL
WINS STATE MATH BOWL

JUNE 2, 2003 - The little metal
plaques down two sides of the State Math Bowl Perpetual Trophy read
like some sort of chant: Punahou, Punahou, Punahou, McKinley, Punahou
...more
PRIDE
4 EWA DRAWS 10,000

MAY 11, 2003 - An estimated 10,000 people descended yesterday on West
O'ahu's Geiger Park for the second annual Pride 4 Ewa day. The family
festival featured everything from pony rides to 'ukulele sensation
Jake Shimabukuro, inflatable attractions to two rock-climbing walls,
and more than three dozen food and craft booths. more
PLANTATION
DAYS - 1950'S
MAY 2002 - "When I was a little boy, I had a twin Brother Ricky, I was Mickey.
There used to be this great big tree in our yard. There was a dirt road in
front of the house. The road now is called Ala Loa Street."
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