Author: Aimee Harris
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Back to School: Learning How to Age
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is partnering with the University of Hawai‘i Foundation in sponsoring the new Mini-Medical School on Healthy Aging. The Mini-Medical School is designed to prepare participants for the second half of their lives. The school will deliver relevant scientific information on aging, similar to what JABSOM medical students…
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Message from The Editor – February / March 2014
Sometimes we have to work hard and long to change our lives, and then sometimes it just happens — for better or for worse. When 9/11 happened, many lives were changed forever in an incendiary flash … and in unthinkable ways. In the days following 9/11, most of us struggled to process the turn of…
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Top Tutors
A Valley Isle couple commits to academics & nurtures Maui schoolchildren & families The Lahaina Complex After School Enrichment Tutoring Project, founded by Richard and Pat Endsley of Lahaina over 13 years ago, helps students in the four public schools of West Maui. The project offers 3rd through 8th graders free after school tutoring in…
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Frank B. Shaner
With a desire to express himself, comedian and media personality Frank B. Shaner moves from the mic to paint palette. Toward the end of 2011, popular radio personality Frank B. Shaner did his last stint as host of the morning show on KUMU radio. After seven years, his contract was not renewed. At the time,…
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Silver & Strong: Three Seniors, Exercising Life.
It’s important to recognize that exercise is not merely for sculpting young bodies. It is for everyone — especially seniors, who often have the most to gain.
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Make Your Voice Count
As a budding broadcaster in the 1960s, Linda Coble struggled to have her voice heard in the news business. In those days, women were not on the air. Yet, Hawai‘i offered her something that the Mainland couldn’t — a foot in the door…
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Welcome to The Plaza Assisted Living
In the early 1990s, local businessman Steve Metter searched for a safe and affordable place for his aging father to live. Faced with limited options, it became his mission to build a quality community for the people of Hawai‘i who faced the same situation.
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Les Murakami: The Heart of a Warrior Through & Through
“Don’t give up… I still exercise six days a week.” Former UH Coach Les Murakami had an award-winning baseball coaching career at the University of Hawai‘i. He coached more than 500 players in a victory-studded career that stretched from 1971 to his retirement in 2001. But his retirement didn’t come by choice. On Nov. 2,…
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One Meal at a Time: Reverse aging and disease in 10 days with Dr. Shintani
Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH, KSJ is a local physician, attorney, nutritionist, author, lecturer, radio show host and community advocate. You probably know him best for his whole-person diet programs, such as Eat More, Weigh Less Diet and the Shintani Diet. In 1992, his health program won the highest national award from the U.S. Secretary…