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Auntie Carolee Nishi from the YMCA is giving free ukulele lessons in Aupuni Place Art Gallery and Studios at Ward Warehouse on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon until the end of July. Nishi, center, is shown with Ben Bruch, left, and his 7-year-old
daughter, Ellen Ruckmann-Bruch, as they listen to Nishi give lessons to K.C. Earnshaw, visiting from San Francisco.
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Marguerite Higa spent some of the Memorial Day
weekend watching her daughter Raine practice with
the Manoa baseball team at Manoa Valley District
Park on Saturday. Pet collie Tim Tam kept her company.
DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COMPrior to the Memorial Day Ceremony, an estimated 38,000 lei will be made, donated, and placed on grave sites within the cemetery. To help meet this goal, the public has several opportunities to donate their pre-made lei and share their lei-making skills or materials. At Honolulu Hale, the City hosted its annual Sew a Lei for Memorial Day event. During the event, people dropped off fresh flowers or lei (measuring 22” to 24” in length) and/or attended lessons on how to make lei, and helped to make lei. This is the 2017 Lei Queen, Puamohala Kaholokula dancing a hula for the volunteers who are making lei at Honolulu Hale.
BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COMBla Pahinui chats with artist Kim Duffett, who created the bronze statue of Gabby "Pops" Pahinui which was unveiled at the Waikiki Beach Walk. This is the 10th Anniversary of the Waikiki Beach Walk project on Lewers St. Pahinui is recognized as an important force in Hawaiian music.
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A construction worker stood Thursday in a glass-bottom pool at the new
Anaha tower in Ward Village. The pool, which cantilevers 75 feet high
in the air over the building's plaza, is scheduled to be filled sometime
next week.
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A man seemed to be painting a work of art on the
side of a building on the corner of Ward Avenue and
Halekauwila Street in Kakaako on Wednesday, but it
was just the shadows from the trees at play on the
side of the building.
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Workmen on scaffolding prepared for the Lantern Floating Hawaii event Tuesday at Ala Moana Regional Park. The annual
Memorial Day event will be held Monday at the park.
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Tytus Ahn, 8, looked into the mouth of a shark-shaped kite held by his friend Koen Wong, 10, between
taking turns flying it Monday on a sunny, breezy day at Kapiolani Regional Park. Koen and Tytus were
accompanied by Koen's mother, Elizabeth, background left, and Tytus' grandmother Alma Ro.
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A swimmer takes some laps in a Kakaako condo pool.
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The 12th Annual Daikon Festival at the Honbushin International Center in Mililani offered families the opportunity to dig up daikon, sample different daikon dishes, and participate in the community festival built on gratitude. This is Harry Mitsui and his 10-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh Matsushita, showing their just harvested carrots and daikon.
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Peter Michelmore and his dog Koa were among those
enjoying the good weather at Kailua Beach Wednesday.
Michelmore had the black Labrador jump for a
piece of driftwood.
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Pedestrians and wares mingled Tuesday at Kekaulike and North King
streets in Chinatown.
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Honolulu Police Department uniformed offi cers walked in formation Monday from HPD's Alapai Street headquarters toward the state
Capitol as they marked National Police Week 2017 with a Remembrance Walk. They were joined by community leaders, Mayor Kirk
Caldwell and other city offi cials and guests including family members for a memorial service for fallen offi cers at the Capitol.
DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COMThis is Kekoa Seward (left) and Russ Gima bringing in the flowers that will be placed on stage. The flowers are from Lyon Arboretum and were arranged by Destin Shigano. UH is setting up for Saturdays graduation ceremony at the Stan Sheriff Center. More than 2100 students are excepted to participate. Due to overcrowding concerns, UH is splitting the graduation into two ceremonies based on the college or school awarding students degrees.
BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COMCharles Hite, right, whose great-grandfather was Hawaii Governor Wallace Rider Farrington, presents the Governor Wallace Rider Farrington Memorial Scholarship to Jaclyn Topinio at the Farrington High School 18th Annual Scholarship Awards Presentation for the Class of 2017 at the school's auditorium on May 10. Topinio receives a scholarship to the University of Hawaii.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COMOn May 11, UH sport coaches hawked our newspapers in a kids benefit at University and King St. UH Basketball Coach Eran Ganot sells newspapers with his daughter, Zeza, and wife, Barbea, on University Ave.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM UH sport coaches hawked our newspapers in a kids benefit at University and King St. UH Football coach, NIck Rolovich, poses with Women's Basketball coach, Laura Beeman.
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A view of Haleiwa Rainbow Bridge, Anahulu Stream and Haleiwa
Harbor could be seen from the air Wednesday.
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Lauren Alexander, right, greeted her parents as they returned from an Extreme
Para-Sailing experience at Kewalo Basin Monday.
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This fun-loving group was on a cart touring Ala Moana Beach Park on Monday. The cart belongs to Paradise Pedals, which is at nearby
Kewalo Basin. It's available for tours, or pedaling, and special events.
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Participants have their heads shaved during St. Baldrick's Foundation's fundraiser for childhood cancer research on Sunday at Dave
and Buster's restaurant in Honolulu. Participants went bald to help the nonprofit group reach a goal of $100,000.
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Eleven-year-old Grace Church, right, checked the
hair length of her father, Jason.
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Above, Honolulu
resident Abby Reed braced herself as the electric
razor removed locks of her hair.
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Gabriel Dela Cruz, 11, coasted on a skateboard Sunday afternoon at Ala Moana
Beach Park. He was with family and friends celebrating his uncle's birthday.
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UFCH Miss Teen Hawaii Filipina Sharon Rose Paul waited for the Sunduan promenade to begin at the 25th Annual Filipino Fiesta held at Kapiolani Regional Park on Saturday. Sunduan is derived from the word “sundo,” which means to fetch, and is a courtship tradition where Filipinas bedecked in finery and parasols are escorted to the town center by their beaus in a show of chivalry.
COURTESY U.S. COAST GUARD
Nine teams comprising local
elementary, middle and high school students participated in the Marine Advanced Technology Education Oahu regional competition on Saturday at Coast Guard Base Honolulu. The underwater robotics competition focused on the application of technologies
used for ocean and space science and exploration.
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Alexio Smith of Waikiki fl ipped into the water at The Wall on Thursday in Waikiki. Smith was taking a dip in the ocean before heading off
to work a night shift.
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Lanai Lookout on the southeast shore of Oahu was crowded Tuesday with people enjoying the good weather and views of waves crashing
on the rocks.
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STARADVERTISER.COM
Oliver Stulen,
3, took a break
from kicking
his ball around
at Kapiolani
Regional Park
on Sunday.
Oliver was out
with friends
and family
celebrating a
birthday.
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A blindfolded Josiah
Alvaro, 11, tried to
whack a constantly
shifting pinata controlled
by Scotty Roark, whose
son Jonathan was
celebrating his eighth
birthday at Ala Moana
Regional Park's Magic
Island on Sunday. Scotty
Roark said the birthday
party had been planned
for some time and that
they chose to forge ahead
despite the overcast
weather.
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Tomohiko Hino weaved his way through a stand of coconut trees at Kapiolani Regional Park on Sunday,
using a plastic poncho as a rain guard. Hino was part of a group tour led by Segway of Hawaii. A few
showers are expected through Tuesday, with southeast wind at 4-8 mph.
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Seven-year-old Rylan Enomoto, right, of Cub Scout
Pack 147 in Aiea, tested his building skills with Rylan
Taguchi, 10, during the "Ellison Onizuka Day of
Exploration: A Boy Scout Service to the Community"
on Saturday at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Presented
by The Queen's Health Systems, the event, formerly
known as the Makahiki, showcased more than
100 STEM-based activities (science, technology,
engineering and math) to both Scouts and non-Scouts
alike.
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