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Waihee Elementary School kindergartner Kaira Sniffen, 6, zips down a Keopuolani Park sidewalk on her cousin’s skateboard. This photo was taken Aug. 14, three days before the beginning of school. “She’s missing her friends so much,” said mom Michelle Sniffen. “She was so excited to meet her teacher. We just need to keep them active.” Michelle Sniffen is the head coach for the Baldwin High School varsity cheerleading team.

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

Jason Fujimoto, president and CEO of HPM Building Supply (right), and David Miyake, CEO of Miyake Concrete Accessories, Inc., stand outside of the Miyake Concrete Accessories branch in Wailuku. The two companies announced a merger that goes into effect today. Photo courtesy HPM Building Supply Collin Morikawa, whose grandparents once owned a restaurant in Lahaina, played in the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation Course in January. Earlier this month he won the PGA Championship for his first major title. RIGHT PHOTO: In this photo taken in January, the Morikawa Restaurant matchbook acquired by Dave Murphy and given to Collin Morikawa is shown. AP file photo
The Maui News photo Murphy HPM Building Supply President and CEO Jason Fujimoto (back, far left), visits with Miyake Concrete Accessories Inc. CEO David Miyake (front, right), wife Irene Miyake (front, left) and children Stacie Miyake (back, left to right), Michelle Miyake-Tuquero and Tyson Miyake. Photo courtesy HPM Building Supply
Miyake Concrete Accessories has merged with HPM Building Supply and will be called Miyake – HPM Building Supply. The Kihei Miyake outlet is shown in this photo taken in July. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Servicemen, reporters, and photographers perch on the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, for the onboard ceremony in which Japan surrendered in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, and General Wainwright, who surrendered to the Japanese after Bataan and Corregidor, witness the formal Japanese surrender signatures aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. AP file photos
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