The firm also won the Award of Merit for Large Residential for a project titled “Hualalai Serenity,” located at Hualalai Resort. Dean wins O, The Oprah Magazine contest ADVERTISING Last spring, O, The Oprah Magazine partnered with The White House
Dean wins O, The Oprah Magazine contest
Last spring, O, The Oprah Magazine partnered with The White House Project to put out a call to women who already had initiated a leadership project and wanted to take it to the next level. More than 3,000 women with ideas applied for Women Rule!, the first-ever leadership project contest held by O, The Oprah Magazine and the national, nonpartisan White House Project.
Andrea Dean, 42, of Kapaau, was one of the 80 standouts invited to New York City for three days of leadership training with coaching by some of the top women trailblazers in the country. Dean will take what she learned at Women Rule! and implement it into her personal project: a consulting business that works with businesses and government to enhance environmental sustainability in Hawaii.
Kona Stories announces events
Kona Stories Book Store will host a galactic alignment sound healing experience, “Harmonizing with the Universe,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. Estaryia, an international sound healer and educator, will share special sound techniques and frequencies for personal and planetary transformation and healing. This presentation will include experiencing the harmonic tuning tubes, specially designed instruments that produce scientifically researched sound frequencies of nature and the universe. Workshop fee is $25.
Sacred geometry specialist Francene Hart visits the shop at 1 p.m. Oct. 25. “Sacred Geometry Cards for the Visionary Path” portrays the sacred geometrical proportions of animals, oceans and celestial bodies. With a guidebook explaining interpretations and divination spreads, these cards will help those on the path of conscious evolution to access higher levels of consciousness.
Kona Stories Book Store is located in Mango Court, Kealakekua. Call 324-0350 or visit www.konastories.com for more information.
Property managers meeting Oct. 22
The Big Island Chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers’ next monthly membership/luncheon meeting will be from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at Vista Restaurant, Kona Country Club. The meeting is open to members, affiliates and their guests.
Guest speakers will be William Hanson and Barry Periatt, from Hawaii County Civil Defense.
The cost is $18 for members and affiliates and $22 for nonmembers and includes lunch. Call Linda Sasaki at 329-8097 for more information or to make a reservation.
Design firm honored by ASID Hawaii chapter
Big Island design firm, W Interiors, based in Waimea, was given with a handful of awards including a new award, the “Members Choice Award,” voted by American Society of Interior Designer members at its recent annual Hawaii chapter meeting in Honolulu. The award was for a project located at Kukio Resort. The same project also won the Award of Honor for Large Residential for principal designer, Gina Willman, ASID, CEO and owner of W Interiors.
The firm also won the Award of Merit for Large Residential for a project titled “Hualalai Serenity,” located at Hualalai Resort.
