(Fourth part of a series)
Iti Lions Club International
Nakipagbangonak iti Honolulu Fil-Am Lions Club, nagpaayak a Lions Tamer, Secretary, Vice President, Honolulu Fil-Am Lions & Leeward Lions Club. Nag-Chairman, Citizenship Committee, Leeward Lions Club; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, Leeward Lions Club; Chairman, Leo and Youth Committee, Leeward Lions Club; Chairman, Membership, Publicity & Newsletter. Delegado iti Annual Convention: Hilo, Hawaii, Lihue, Kauai, Honolulu, and Kahului, Maui.
Iti kina-ilokanok, patiek a naitalek kaniak ti nadumaduma posision iti Lions Club kas volunteer Agpakan iti Elderly &Senior Citizens Adopt a- Highway Clean-up.
Citizenship training:
Agbirok iti missing persons: Diane Suzuki, Deborah Lopez, Lisa Au
Agpinta iti school classrooms; bleachers; cafeteria; hallway ti House of the Blind; bus shelters.
Agpatakder iti bus shelter iti sango iti Waipahu Daiei; sango iti Elena’s Restaurant, Waipahu’; sango iti Times Market, Waipahu; sango iti Waipahu High School; sango iti Elena’s Restaurant, Kalihi, King St.
Chancellor, Order of Knights of Rizal-Hawaii Chapter.
Agpatakder ti monumento ni Dr. Jose Rizal iti sango ti FilComCenter; agpinta ti monumento ni Dr. Rizal iti River St., iti Fil-Com Center.
Gumil, media, radio and writers’ association
Dati a kameng iti Gumil Filipinas. Sangapulo ket uppat a tawen bise presidente iti Gumil Hawaii; Literary Adviser, Gumil Ilocos Sur, Philippines; Literary Adviser, Hawaii Talent Searcher Club; Dati nga opisial iti Gumil Sinait, Gumil Ilocos Sur; Nakipangrugi iti regular a Gumil Oahu Literary Forum; Moderator, Gumil workshop, 1st Gumil Filipinas International Conference with Gumil Oahu, November 15-17, 2002; Co-Chair, Handouts, Flyer, Production Committee, 1st GF International Conference with Gumil Oahu, 2002
Others
Writings engagements
Winner in poetry, short story, feature story, drama, bucanegan, sarindaniw, biography writing.
Novelette: Adda Pitpiting a Napan Idiay Hawaii; Agsinatan!
Columnist and contributing writer in Bannawag, The Ilocos Times, Tawid, Saringit, Fil-Am Courier, Filipino Chronicle, Leeward Sun Press, Philippine News, Amianan, Ilokandia, Pacific Journal, Pacific Courier, Hawaii Filipino News, Santak, Pluma, Baggak, others
Participant: Gov. Roque A. Ablan For Iluco Literature (GRAAFIL).
3rd prize Winner: Short Story writing, ETTI 1985, umuna ni Rogelio Aquino, maikadua ni Peter La Julian.
1st prize: Ulopan Literary Award 1995, maikadua ni Roland Bueno, maikatlo ni Lorenzo Tabin.
Sponsor to Literary and Youth Leadership Development: Journalism Award, Dakilang Ugat Award, AMMA Foundation Literary Awards, MAA Foundation for Literary Award
Song writer: Sika, Ammuem Koma, Others
Rimat, Hawaii Bureau Chief 2002-2004
Editorship
Editor-in-Chief, Pingki, Ilocos Surian Assn of Hawaii; Editorial Board, Oahu Filipino Times, OFCC; Editorial Staff, Fil-Am Courier: “Bareng Maisalat Ni Gasat”; Editor/Author: Pluma: Siit ken Rosas, poems anthology; Author: Yubuyoban: Sukogan ken Pasnaan: Wen, Kabaelem Met ti Agsurat (pamphlet); author: “Get Hired Now: Ace Your Interview” (pamphlet); editor, Ilokandia Magasin, 1977-1981; editor, Santak, Hawaii Filipino News Supplement; Editorial Consultant: Gumil Hawaii Anthologies; Editor/Co-Editor, Dawa, Bin-i, Agtangkayagen ti Init; Co-Publisher and Editor, Pluma Magasin;
Staff member, Hawaii Filipino News; Staff member, Hawaii Bannawag Bureau, Inc.; Staff member & Columnist, Community Advocate News Magazine; President, Tangguyob, Gumil Oahu; Member, Federation of Filipino Media Assn of the US and Canada FFAMAS.
(To be continued)