HPM awards scholarships
HPM Building Supply has awarded five outstanding Hawaii high school graduates and three Hawaii Community College students with scholarships for their academic and co-curricular activities.
For over 30 years, the annual Barney S. Fujimoto Memorial Scholarship has promoted academic achievement and excellence to Hawaii Island high school seniors planning to attend a University of Hawaii Institution. Last year, this scholarship also became available to Oahu and Kauai high school seniors.
Barney Fujimoto, a past president of HPM, strongly valued the importance of higher education. Today, HPM continues to express these same values through this $1,000 scholarship.
Recipients Theodore Uekawa of Waiakea High School, Liberty Ann Alconis and Sydney Millerd of Waipahu High School will attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the fall. Uekawa plans to study biochemistry, Alconis will pursue pre-nursing and Millerd will major in chemistry. Keaau High School graduate and Chancellor’s Scholar, Lorelei Taylor Padasdao will study early childhood education and Eliot Sichter from Assests School will pursue a marine science degree at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Hawaii Community College students Keoki Baily, Andres Chwoschtschinsky and Mike Tamayo were selected to receive $750 Building Future Builders Scholarships. Each year, the Building Future Builders Scholarship is awarded to selected students entering their second year in the carpentry program.
Applications for the annual scholarship will be available online via the University of Hawaii Common Scholarship Application in January 2017.
Souza makes dean’s list
Kamela Toyoko Souza of Kailua-Kona, was named to the dean’s list at the College of William &Mary for the spring semester.
In order to achieve dean’s list status, a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 quality point average during the semester.
Host an informational meeting about ants
The Big Island Invasive Species Council is trying to book neighborhoods where it can hold informational meetings about treating ants on private property.
Specific strategies for various landscapes, getting neighbors to work together to treat as groups, and cost-effective and efficient approaches over the long-term will be covered.
To become a community leader and host a meeting, call Kinslow Brewer, 987-0620 or 933-3340.