#Anica Ancheta

The inauguration of the Maui County Council for the 2025-2027 term will be held Jan. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Castle Theater.

The Ian Walsh Menehune Mayhem Foundation (IWMMF) has awarded six outstanding student athletes with $5,000 scholarships for their college or university expenses. The 2024 scholarships were made possible with the generosity of Audrey and Scott Blum and the Harbaugh Foundation.

A total of 10 Hawaiʻi students have received the 2024 Bayer Hawaiʻi Life Sciences Scholarship.  Recipients are: Alyssa Pong (Mililani High School), Anica Ancheta (H.P. Baldwin High School), Emily Hegrenes (Lahainaluna High School), Kielyn Guzman (Maui High School), Kylie Lucas (Pearl City High School), Madison Strand (King Kekaulike High School), Maia Payne (Kalaheo High School), Mailani Higa (Aiea High School), Tara Zamani (Kīhei Charter High School), and Stephanie Lee (Kalani High School).

Hawaiʻi Alpha Delta Kappa (HADK), Gamma Chapter, of an international honorary sorority for women educators, presented $1,000 to 12 recent high-school graduates from Maui public schools.

The Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra will open their Spring Concert 2024 with members of the newly formed Kahului School String Orchestra Beginning Strings Class (fourth graders) joining the MYPO Beginning Strings Class performing Dance of the Strings and Jazz of the Open Strings, both composed by JiYoung Um, as well as the traditional French Folk Song.