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Lei for the heroes

Vietnam veteran Roy Nakasone (clockwise from front left) joins Kaunoa Senior Services staffers Kandy Kramer and Clarice Holmes and volunteers Ann Kusunoki and Amy Endo Friday morning in Spreckelsville. "I like to make sure the fallen are not forgotten," Nakasone said. Kaunoa staff and volunteers were collecting and making 3,500 lei to be placed on every grave at Maui Veterans Cemetery, as well as veterans' graves on Molokai and Lanai. Maui Girl Scouts are scheduled to place the lei on the graves Sunday in preparation for Monday's Memorial Day program.

SECOND PHOTO: Ashken Rosa, 7, strings a lei alongside Lilyana Ferguson at the Kaunoa Senior Services drive-thru drop-off event Friday morning in Spreckelsville. Rosa is the son of Kaunoa program assistant Abcde Rosa.

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos