Paloma Banto earns scholarships to attend Concordia University
By BY WALTER CHIHARA - | Feb 5, 2021
Surrounded by her family, Paloma Banto commits to attend Concordia University in California on academic and swimming scholarships. PHOTO BY RAY CHIN.
NAPILI She is a bright light of optimism and integrity that will surely contribute to a positive future for the West Side community and the world at large. Eighteen-year-old Paloma Banto is a Maui Preparatory Academy senior who was recently awarded scholarships to attend Concordia University in California. The awards are for full academic tuition based on her 4.3 grade point average and further financial aid from the swim team.
Pope family reunites to run Pi Artisan Pizzeria
By BY WALTER CHIHARA - | Dec 31, 2020
From left, Paula, Jack and John Pope, and Ben, Rell and Laura Tomko, at their family restaurant, Pi Artisan Pizzeria.
LAHAINA The Pope family of Lahaina manifests the strength and integrity of the positive energy of the West Side community. Maintaining their altruistic and hard-working values in life, they have embarked on a new journey in acquiring Pi Artisan Pizzeria at the Outlets of Maui along Front Street in Old Lahaina Town. Pi Artisan Pizzeria offers pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches featuring homegrown herbs and vegetables from their family garden in a unique, European-style sidewalk cafe setting that looks out with unobstructed views across the Lahaina Roadstead to Lanai and beyond.