Incidental Lives Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium RSS Feed for Incidental Lives Premium en-us Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT Love and care reciprocated between mother and son http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130514__Love_and_care_reciprocated_between_mother_and_son.html When Damien Memorial School senior Ethan Dayton steps to the dais May 26 to deliver his valedictory address, he'll do so with the wisdom of a young man who has not only reached a worthy academic milestone, but one who has seen his way through a personal journey of grief, love and self-discovery. Things are turning around for mother and her family http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130507__Things_are_turning_around_for_mother_and_her_family.html Antonita Phillip knew her youngest daughter, Junny, needed more help than she could get at home in Onoun, Chuuk. Autistic boy's oli will show his progress and gratitude http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130430_Autistic_boys_oli_will_show_his_progress_and_gratitude.html When Chanz Palau was first diagnosed with autism at age 3, doctors told his mother that it was unlikely he would ever speak. Special-needs kids' smiles light up teacher's 'Play Days' http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130423__Special-needs_kids_smiles_light_up_teachers_Play_Days.html It may be true that the character of the worker is revealed by the tools she selects, but in the case of Lolly Romano — whose tools of trade include bulging bags of bouncing balls and not-so-bouncy beanbags, a fleet of modified trikes and go-carts, storerooms of hand-painted cardboard dinosaurs, and trunkloads of paddles and pulleys and fishing rods and catapults — perhaps it is wiser to focus on the results. Calligraphy lessons help autistic youth find his voice http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130416__Calligraphy_lessons_help_autistic_youth_find_his_voice.html Sensei Mary Mineko Weite has taught Japa­nese calligraphy long enough — some 20 years at the Wahiawa Community School alone — to know that what is rendered in free-flowing stroke on washi paper is often the truest statement of the artist in the moment. Hawaii remains a paradisefor world-traveled resident http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130409_Hawaii_remains_a_paradise_for_world-traveled_resident.html Having spent the better part of his 70 years escaping to and from one exotic locale to another, Ed Gardner fancies himself something of an expert on the paradisiacal. Former Kaneohe resident uses fun to teach science http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130402__Former_Kaneohe_resident_uses_fun_to_teach_science.html At Oak Canyon Junior High School in Lindon, Utah, spring is announced not just by sunshine and snowmelt and bird songs, but also by bottle rockets and hot air balloons and perfectly good eggs catapulted to the heavens. Work, school, more work fills the days of a 'lazy guy' http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130326__Work_school_more_work_fills_the_days_of_a_lazy_guy.html Matthew Hayakawa would have you believe that he's just another shiftless 19-year-old who whiles away his days watching his beloved Oklahoma City Thunder on TV and playing "Call of Duty" until the wee hours. Feisty advocate is devoted to rallying for the underdog http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130319_Feisty_advocate_is_devoted_to_rallying_for_the_underdog.html The police warned her not to cross the line, a warning that anyone who knows Lela Hubbard would recognize as a gold-embossed invitation to do just the opposite. Performing Shakespeare enriches Punahou student http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/incidentallivespremium/20130312_Performing_Shakespeare_enriches_Punahou_student.html Pity poor Lea DiMarchi. For four years now the love-addled lass has chased fickle Demetrius only to be overshadowed by her supposed friend Hermia, fought over by the aforementioned Demetrius and a magically demented Lysander, and subjected to the mischievous enchantments of the sprite Puck.