Putting
People First
ERNEST MARTIN (MILILANI ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY WORKER)
RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL
JULY
2002 - Ernest
Yorihiko Martin, ("Ernie Martin") a 15-year
public administrator and corporate attorney, is actively
campaigning for a seat on the Honolulu City Council to
represent the areas of Mililani Mauka, Wahiawa, North
Shore, Koolauloa, Kahaluu and Kaneohe.
Since
1987, Martin has held leadership positions in the
administration of the City and County of Honolulu,
starting as program coordinator for at-risk youth, and
then serving for eight years as Chief Planner for the City’s
Executive Branch. More recently as Chief Executive of the Office
of Special Projects in the Department of Community
Services, he has developed award-winning programs to
address the needs of Oahu's disadvantaged.
Martin
is most recognized for initiating public projects and
services that efficiently utilize federal grants. He
directed the development of the Community
Reinvestment Program which promotes community-based
management in serving the needs of distressed communities.
He also personally developed the initial Weed
and Seed application for Kalihi-Palama-Chinatown and
most recently, the Ewa application, applications that were
highly regarded and culminated with official Weed and Seed
site designations from the Executive Office for Weed and
Seed in the U.S. Justice Department. Other programs under
his direction have addressed the needs of the homeless,
provided job training and employment for welfare
dependents, and offered child care in underutilized city
parks for the economically disadvantaged.
Martin,
41, is a lifetime resident of Oahu and a graduate of
McKinley High School, Honolulu Community College,
University of Hawaii at Manoa and the William S.
Richardson School of Law. He and his wife, Melanie, and
their three children, Mallory, Ernest Jr.
("Buddy") and Rebecca, reside in Mililani Mauka.
When
asked why he chose to seek election to the City Council,
Martin replied, "When I choose to enter public
service, I never forgot that having the opportunity to
serve my community is a privilege, a privilege that should
not be taken for granted. Public service should always be
about "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST!" To seek election
to the City Council is to further extend my commitment
towards "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST!" In this period
of economic uncertainty and our communities’ lack of
faith in public leadership, I firmly believe that I can
not only offer our county’s voters a candidate that has
a thorough understanding of county government and
operations, but also has a demonstrated and extensive
history of community-oriented accomplishments that are
focused on "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST!"
If
elected, Martin plans to continue advocating for the needy
in the community and to ensure that the City Council is
equally committed to "PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST!"
Martin
can be contacted at erniemartin2001@yahoo.com.
LAND
PANEL APPROVES ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR MILILANI
JUNE 2002 - The state Land Use Commission voted 6-1 today to approve a proposed 761-acre Castle & Cooke development below Mililani in a compromise that puts
area school construction on a fast track. more
FOUR SWIMMING CHAMPIONS FROM ALOHA AQUATICS AND MILILANI TOWN
MILILANI – Aloha Aquatics and the Mililani community can boast of having four swimming state
champions. Bryan Avery, Dustin Fukuda, Raelynn Gaspar-Asaoka, and Kent Yamada each brought home
individual state swimming honors at the 2002 Hawaii Age Group Long Course Championships held in June at the
Kailua Recreation Center.
Bryan Avery (age 14), a freshman at Mililani High School won the Male 13-14 High Point Award for the
championships while swimming to first place victories in his age group’s 100-Meter Free (58.70), 200-Meter Free
(2:06.59), 100-Meter Fly (1:06.20), 200-Meter Fly (2:29.58), and the 200-Meter Individual Medley (2:25.88) events.
Avery also finished second in the 100-Meter Back (2:27.70) and the 200-Meter Back (1:07.46) events.
Dustin Fukuda
(age 14), also a freshman at Mililani High School finished second to Avery for the Male
13-14 High Point Award. Fukuda swam to first place victories in the 400-Meter Free (4:35.34), 800-Meter Free
(9:30.06), and the 1500-Meter Free (18:08.50) events. Fukuda also placed second in 2 events, the 200-Meter Free and
the 400-Meter Individual Medley, 3rd in the 200-Meter Fly and fourth in the 100-Meter Free.
Raelynn Gaspar-Asaoka (age 14), another freshman at Mililani High School swam a strong 2:35.82 to win
the Female 13-14 200-Meter Fly championship. Gaspar-Asaoka also swam to a 2nd place finish in the
400-Meter Individual Medley and 5th place finishes in the 200-Meter Individual Medley and the 400-Meter Free.
Kent Yamada (age 10), a fifth grader at Mililani Mauka Elementary School finished third in the Male 10 &
Under High Point Award race. Yamada won individual state championships in the 50-Meter Breast (41.85) and the
100-Meter Breast (1:33.47) events. Yamada also swam to a 3rd place finish in the 200-Meter Individual Medley, 4th
place finishes in the 100-Meter Free and 200-Meter Free, 5th place finishes in the 50-Meter Free and 50-Meter Fly,
and a 6th place finish in the 50-Meter Back.
Other individual performances of note:
Kekoa Taparra (age 11) competing in Male 11-12 events:
3rd 50-Meter Breast, 3rd 100-Meter Breast,
6th 200-Meter Free, & 7th 50-Meter Fee.
Kristi
Horiuchi (age 13) competing in Female 13-14 events: 3rd 800-Meter Free, 3rd 400-Meter Individual Medley,
5th 1500-Meter Free, 6th 100-Meter Back, & 8th 400-Meter Free.
Lynnette Fukuda (age 13) competing in Female 13-14 events: 6th 1500-Meter Free, 6th 400-Meter Free, 7th
800-Meter Free, & 8th 100-Meter Back.
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka (age 11) competing in Male 11-12 events: 6th 400-Meter
Free & 6th 100-Meter Back.
Travis Ito (age 12) competing in Male 11-12 events: 5th 100-Meter Breast
& 8th 50-Meter Breast.
Peter Lofreddo (age 12) competing in Male 11-12 events: 5th 50-Meter Fly.
Sean Iwamasa (age 10) competing in Male 10 & Under events: 7th 50-Meter Breast.
Kiana White (age 10) competing in Female 10 & Under events: 7th
50-Meter Breast.
Catherine Nakamura (age 11) competing in Female 11-12 events: 8th 100-Meter Fly.
Aloha Aquatics – Mililani is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that competes as Aloha Aquatics
Association in USA Swimming and Hawaiian Swimming sanctioned events. Aloha Aquatics practices in pools at Mililani Town
Association Recreation Center I and II.
CENTRAL
OAHU RESIDENTS CRITICIZE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
from Honolulu Advertiser
NOVEMBER 2002 - Concerned Central O'ahu residents spoke
out last night in a last-ditch attempt to encourage
changes to a development plan that they say lacks
solutions to the area's growing problem of crowded schools
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MANSHO
SENTENCE PLEASES FORMER AIDES
JUNE 2002 - Michelle Kidani and six other former staff aides of former Councilwoman Rene Mansho waited in the Circuit Court
gallery to hear her apologize for ordering them to do campaign work on city time.
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ROTARY
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
JULY 2002 - The Rotary Club of Mililani Sunrise recently elected
new Officers and Directors as follows:
Officers:
- President - Donna Ribellia-Abreu
- President Elect - Yolette Nishimoto
- Vice Pres. - Donald Birdseye
- Secretary - Jodie Brede
- Treasurer - Wayne Matsumura
- Sergeant of Arms - Scott Sumi & Kyeton
Uyech
Directors:
- Comminity Service - Wendell Nekota
- Club Service - Scott Sumi, Jodie Brede, Don Robbins
- International Service - Pete Anderson
- Vocational Service - Pat Ichimura, Paul Nakachi
- Membership - Wayne Takahashi
- New Generations - Dexter Yee
- Rotary Foundation/HRYF - Mel Kumasaka, Donna Abreu
- Historian Club Bulletin - Jodie Brede
- Speakers - Don Robbins
- Golf Tournament - Paul Nakachi , Wendell Nekota
REPRESENTATIVE
MARILYN LEE TO HOST TELEVISION PROGRAM
JULY 2002 - State
Representative Marilyn Lee will moderate a new 30-minute
television program on Sundays at 4:30pm on Oceanic Channel
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In July, the topic is environmental issues. In August,
the focus is on Women's Caucus issues. In addition, health
care issues will be featured on July 2 & 3 at 6pm, and
on July 4 at 8am.
For more information, contact
Representative Marilyn Lee at 586-9460 or replee@capitol.hawaii.gov.
PEOPLE MAKING
NEWS
The Mililani Junior Peewee, Peewee,
and Midget Pop Warner cheer squads will advance to
the national competition in Orlando Florida Dec 8-14...Steve
Nakasato is the principal for the new Mauka
Elementary School...Leandra Wilson was appointed
a House of Representatives page for the 2002-03 school
year...Doug De La Fontaine
earned the deignation of Certified Insurance Counselor...Cherilyn
McGowan and Shari Shimizu won Hawaii State Federal
Creditu Union scholarships...Andrew
Kamikawa was awarded a $500 scholarship from the
National Society of Accountants...Kacy Kurio will be entering
1st yr at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Class of 2006...David Yoshida was name a
Presidential Scholar...Members of the Hawaiian
Kajukenbo Association of Mililani won nine
individual events at the recent Hawaiian Kabuki Martial
Arts Open Karate Cahallenge...
TOWN
CENTER ADDS NEW BUSINESSES
JULY 2002 - Several restaurants recently opened: Phuket
Thai, Double Dragon II, Subway, and Pizza Hut.
State Farm added a new office,
and Mililani Physical Therapy LLC opened.
The Hawaiian Travel Club is
scheduled to open this month, Clayground is set to open in
August, and Zippy's will open some time late in the third
quarter.
GIRL
FROM ALABAMA SEEKING EX SOCCER TEAM-MATES AND COACHES
JULY 2002 - Alabama is not only the Heart of Dixie, but is
also home to the University
of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Conference_USA,
Division 1, women’soccer team. A member of the team is
Cindy Penaranda, who started playing soccer when she lived
in Mililani. The team is scheduled to play the University
of Hawaii at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium, August
30 and 31 at 7 pm.
Cindy
starts this next semester as a senior and her parents,
Carl and Beverly, cannot think of a better way for her to
conclude her collegiate soccer career, than returning to
where it all began. She played for the following Mililani
AYSO teams: Patriots (89), Ninja Turtles (1990), I`kai`ka
(1991), Kids (1992), Silver and Gold Select teams, and for the
then newly formed HYSA Sudden Impact team. Her parents
kept some of the team rosters, but do not have them all.
Consequently, they need your help in contacting her former
AYSO coaches/assistant coaches and AYSO/HYSA team members.
With the exception of Ivan Ah Sam and Rene Murakawa, only
the first names of some coaches (Dane, Brandon, and Ray)
were remembered.
Carl
and Beverly, want to setup a Mililani Aloha spirit
pot_luck luncheon for Cindy and the UAB team, similar to
what was done by team families after the girls finished a
soccer game. They are willing to pay for the event, but do
not have the contacts for making it happen.
Cindy’s
parents leave for the Islands, August 20 to visit the Big
Island and Maui, and will arrive on Oahu, August 27 and
will be staying at the Hale Koa Hotel.
Her parents e_mail addresses are soccermgr@msn.com
and bpen7@hotmail.com.
Their home phone number is 256-883-4362 (Huntsville, AL).
MILILANI BONSAI CLUB
ANNUAL DISPLAY SET FOR AUGUST 24
JULY 2002 - The Mililani Bonsai Club will present its annual bonsai display on
Saturday, August 24, 2002, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at The Town Center
of Mililani.
The annual display features a variety of one-of-a kind bonsai created by the Mililani Bonsai Club members.
Bonsai is the art of training and shaping small trees or shrubs in such a way as to resemble a full-size tree, but grown in a shallow container. A bonsai should give an impression of a naturally grown tree.
The Mililani Bonsai Club is a non-profit organization of Mililani
residents who grow bonsai and is dedicated to promoting and perpetuating the art of bonsai.
SOCCER
CLUB ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
SEPTEMBER 2002 - The Strikers of Mililani is accepting
applications for its9th annual 7-A-Side soccer tournament.
Applications are available at Sport Authority, Soccerama,
Soccer Locker, and at www.mililanisoccer.com.
MILILANI
BIRTHS
Hi`ilani K. Helenihi, born
Sep 9 to Eleena and Christopher Helenihi.
RELIEF STILL 14 MONTHS AWAY FOR MILILANI SCHOOL
from Honolulu Advertiser
OCTOBER 2002 -
The new elementary school in Mililani Mauka is expected to
open in January 2004, offering relief to an overcrowded
Mililani Mauka Elementary School whose enrollment just
keeps growing.
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