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HUGS (Help, Understanding & Group Support) has named Maureen Purington as its new executive director. Purington previously served as the clubhouse director for Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii’s Windward Clubhouse for 15 years.
Like commentary writer Leilani Madison, I, too, had high hopes after reading Dr. Dale Bredeson’s book, “The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s” (“Engage isle kupuna in Alzheimer’s study,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Jan. 14).
I have high hopes for what we will do in Hawaii in terms of breaking new ground in caring for our kupuna by developing a program to reverse cognitive decline in a group setting.
Lyle Nelson a longtime Honolulu Star-Bulletin staff writer, avid sportsman and World War II veteran died Nov. 11 at Pohai Nani in Kaneohe. He was 99.