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December 15, 2010 - MidWeek The Islander

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UH professor Chip Fletcher has won the 2010 EPA Environmental Award in Hawaii for his work in climate change science with the university’s Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy. The Kailuan also chairs the Geology and Geophysics Department ...

KEY Project welcomes Linda Goldstein to its board of directors. A longtime Kahaluu resident, Linda manages environmental and community relations for Ameron Hawaii and also serves on the boards of the Kailua Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Heeia State Park. A perfect fit ...

Kailua’s Ashlyn King and Christine Tanuvasa (Kailua 1993) have graduated from Air National Guard basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas ... Zsalyn KuewaMokiao of Waimanalo has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas ...

Turkeys don’t really trot, but Knights do. The gobble circulating is that Nolan Koyamatsu and Elena Aki soared to the finish line first in Castle High’s annual Turkey Trot ... Moving at a more regal pace will be CHS junior prom king Dustin Telefoni and queen Jasmine Solley ...

Kailua’s Lorrie Jean Yuk Chong is the 2011 Miss Hawaii Chinese Queen, crowned Nov. 30 in Honolulu. Lorrie has a doctorate in pharmacy from Creighton University and works as a pharmacist in Aiea. She will represent Hawaii during Chinese New Year at San Francisco’s Miss Chinatown USA pageant ... Kailua artist Frank Oliva currently has paintings in three shows: Oahu Arts Center show at Pauahi Tower through Jan. 8; Honolulu Country Club through Jan. 9; and Cafe Che Pasta through Feb. 26 (where he was judged Best in Show). Look for his “aboriginal style in bright, luminous acrylic colors” ...

Mayor Peter Carlisle has appointed at least three local residents to city posts: Kaneohe’s Sam Moku, formerly of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will direct Community Services; Kaneohe engineer Lori Kahikina-Moniz will be deputy director of Design and Construction; and Kailua’s Forest Frizzell recently became deputy director of Information Technology