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[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HPD-Pedestrian-Safety-Month1.jpg” title=”Kids, Cops and a Pooch” caption=”Honolulu Police Department officers and children gather at the Capitol on Tuesday for an event in advance of Pedestrian Safety Month, which starts Saturday.” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/REP-LUKE-SEN-TOKUDA.jpg” title=”Taking on Homelessness” caption=”State Sen. Jill Tokuda, center left, and Rep Sylvia Luke follow Gov. David Ige into a press conference announcing the Governor’s Leadership Team on Homelessness on Monday. The group will meet weekly to devise a strategy to address Hawaii’s homelessness crisis. ” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GOV-MAYOR-TOKUDA-LUKE-WIDE.jpg” title=”The Big Picture” caption=”For Civil Beat, I like to break away from the pack, such as this media group focusing on the governor’s newly announced team on homelessness.” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hale-Kula-Elementary-School2.jpg” title=”Fruits of a Partnership” caption=”The U.S. Department of Defense teamed up with the state to produce a two-story, 10-classroom addition to Hale Kula Elementary School on the Schofield Barracks. The student body is made up almost exclusively of children of military dependents. ” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hale-Kula-Elementary-School-Blessing1.jpg” title=”Blessing the Building” caption=”Gov. David Ige, center right, and Col. Richard Fromm stand at the Hale Kula Elementary School entrance during a blessing of the new classroom building Monday.” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hale-Kula-Elementary-School-laptops1.jpg” title=”Ready to Compute” caption=”New Apple laptops await students and the first day of the new school year at Hale Kula Elementary School.” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hale-Kula-Elementary-School1.jpg” title=”Checking Out the New Digs” caption=”Visitors walk around the second floor of the new building at Hale Kula. The state Department of Education managed the $33.2 million project with a Department of Defense grant of $26.5 million.” fontsize=”14px”]

[ci src=”/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hale-Kula-Elementary-School-5th-grade-classroom.jpg” title=”Shop Talk” caption=”Fifth grade teachers Ronda Gillam and Esther Park talk with the governor and First Lady Dawn Ige in their new classroom.” fontsize=”14px”]

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Cory Lum is a fourth generation, Japanese, Chinese, Korean local boy who went to Lunalilo Elementary, St. Louis School and is a proud graduate of the University of Hawaii Manoa. GO BOWS! Cory first picked up his camera in 1980s and had one of his first gigs at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Cory has seen...