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How Cost-Efficient is Your Home?
Chad Pata The 56th annual Parade of Homes sponsored by the Building Industry Association this year focuses on shopping for a home like you shop for a car - what gets good 'mileage?' ver the past half...
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The Autism Whisperer
Chad Pata When Helene Mann's daughter was born with severe cerebral palsy, she learned to communicate non-verbally with children Take a moment to picture every redhead you have ever seen or met in your...
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Winning One For Ben
Chad Pata Playing to honor their late coach Ben Naki, a Honolulu softball team wins the over-50 world softball title When men pass the age of 50, they usually define victory differently than they did...
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Reinventing The Taxi Business
Chad Pata EcoCab uses hybrid cars, hires its drivers, trains them in customer service and provides tablets in the backseat. It's a new way to ride It all starts with an idea, right? Find an existing...
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Using The Law To Assist Immigrants
Chad Pata Mark Twain once remarked, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme," and this sentiment can be seen most plainly in our treatment of immigrants in this country. While each of us has...
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Cathy Style
Chad Pata Photography By Justin Dotson Her roots could not be more blue collar - her dad was a police officer, and her first job was cleaning carpets - but Cathy Lee built a reputation designing...
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An Unlikely Leader In The AIDS Fight
Chad Pata Paul Groesbeck wasn't what the Life Foundation was looking for 20 years ago - for starters, he's straight - but he was exactly the right guy The fervor and clamor over the AIDS epidemic has...
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Giving More Than Money
Chad Pata American Savings Bank CEO Richard Wacker and his employees donate money to Child & Family Service, but go beyond that by serving as tutors and mentors, and by offering internships. With...
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Handbell Choir Shares Peace Songs At Paliku
Chad Pata Hakuoh University Handbell Choir is back on Oahu for the 22nd year of its Goodwill Tour, and its students are bringing their “instrument of peace” to link the world to the bells’ unique,...
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Definitely Not Old School
Chad Pata It's all about the kids for state schools superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi, whose philosophy is 'Don't make excuses and figure out a way to make it better' - and it's working wonders State...
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Bringing State Government Up to Speed
Sonny Bhagowalia, the state’s new chief information officer, is changing the way government works and how it thinks about itself, and even more, how government can better serve the people of Hawaii By...
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Just Pickin’ and Grinnin’
When you think of bluegrass music, you invariably picture pine-tree-covered mountains in the background behind denim overall-attired folks with gaps in their teeth and a grass stalk kicked out between...
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Hawaii Boy Scouts Soar As Eagles
We often think of the Boy Scouts in the sepia tones we reserve for drive-in movies and tail fins on a Cadillac. But while the Caddie’s lines are all smooth now and the films are being displayed on...
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Medical Care For Those Who Need It
Aloha Medical Mission has been saving and changing lives for 30 years, both abroad and in Hawaii with a free dental clinic at Palama Settlement. At AMM’s annual gala on May 17, Art Ushijima, president...
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TACA Is There For Families Of Autism
Discovering your child is autistic can be traumatic, but a support group offers advice dealing with a variety of issues unique to this disease Each year, billions of dollars are spent looking for the...
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The Ties That Bind
Pacific Century Fellows is looking for another group of successful young men and women to improve their leadership, expand their perspective and help solve community problems through the ties they form...
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In The Swim
Ben Komer turned mom Lori’s summer swim school into a year-round, full-time operation, teaching Islanders of all ages Most people go to college to find out what they want to do with the rest of their...
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Les Femmes Of Farm To Table
Chefs couldn’t get creative in the kitchen without the hard work of farmers and the food they produce. MidWeek joins the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival (Sept. 1-9) in raising a glass to the ladies of...
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125 Years Young
The history of Young’s Market is fascinating – from steers to Charlie Chaplin – and even more so as a lesson in how a business must survive by being flexible and willing to change directions while...
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HOME Is Where The Med Students Are
Homeless people need medical care. Medical students need patients. UH’s Dr. Jill Omori created HOME to address both problems It is rare in life for two deficits to come together to create a positive,...
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