| PEOPLE MAKING NEWS JUNE 1999 - Kern
Agader (MHS '91, UH-Manoa '95) recently graduated with honors from Oregon Health
Science University, where he received his DMD degree (dentistry) ... Melissa M. Manzano was awarded a $3,000 John W. Fisher Scholarship for
achievement in academics, community involvement, & leadership...The Mililani Mauka Baptist Mission held a constituting service at its
new church at the corner of Ukuwai & Makaikai streets...Mililani
AYSO Gold Select team captured first place in the 1999 Kirk Banks tournament...Melanie Makaipo won the high school division of the 1999 State
Scholastic Championships...the Mililani Sharks won the
15-and-under March Madness basketball tournament at Wheeler Airfield...Allyson Lohr was awarded a $1,000 Sam Walton Community Leadership
Scholarship...Thomas Yamashiro joined Grant Thornton LLP as a
senior manager in the Management Consulting Department... |
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CLASSES
JUNE 1999 - Free internet classes are available at the Mililani Public Library.
Visit the library information desk or call 627-7470 to register.
MILILANI
RESIDENT JOINS PEACE CORP
OBERLIN, OHIO--The adventure
and challenge of going to another country to learn a new culture are among several reasons
10 Oberlin College graduates and one near graduate will soon share their expertise as
Peace Corps volunteers.
Among the volunteers is May graduate Marilou
Vergara Marcelo, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Florencio M. Marcelo, 95-212 Wailawa
Street, Mililani, Hawaii.
The 11 former Oberlin students have accepted positions in health
extension,
English, teaching, forestry, business advising, and community services. They
will be assigned to a number of the 78 countries served by the Peace Corps.
Eighteen Oberlin alumni are already serving overseas in the program.
With more than 413 alumni having joined the Peace Corps, Oberlin is fifth in the nation
among the small colleges and universities whose graduates have served in the agency since
its founding in 1961.
Peace Corps Director Mark Gearan says that nominee designates
applicants whom the Peace Corps has chosen for service. "Volunteers such as Ms. Marcelo, have qualified for a program and received the
necessary recommendation to move to the next step in the process-- an invitation-- after
they pass clearances."
Nearly 6700 Peace Corps volunteers work in 78 countries in education,
the environment, health and nutrition, business advising, and community development. Since
1961, more than 150,000 Americans have joined the agency.
The Peace Corps recently received an 8 percent budget increase, from $222
million in fiscal year 1998 to $240 million in this fiscal year. Director Gearan says this
comprehensive budget agreement will enable the Peace Corps to send more volunteers
overseas.
"The budget increase will allow us to capture the growing spirit
of volunteer service across the country, giving hundreds more Americans the opportunity to
serve help us meet increasing demands in the developing world. The agreement puts us on
the path to having 10,000 volunteers serving overseas, a goal of the Congress for the last
13 years."
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