Terui earns state Character Counts! honor
LIHU‘E — Saturday was a special day for Kaira Terui, Lily Millard, Karissa Fuchigami, Tristan-Ckylar Andres, Austin Sadamitsu and Justin Ganir at the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center, where the fourth grade students picked up their awards for the Kaua‘i Character Counts! citizenship contest.
Island History for Saturday, April 20, 2024
Amara Coon could not attend the Special Olympics’ Rockin’ Range fundraiser on Friday because she was busy helping Rowena Contrades Pagan and her mom, Pat Coon, with the weekly relief day at Ho‘omana Thrift Store, which was flooded during last week’s rains that dumped more than 12 inches at the island’s highest rainfall reading.
RICK STEVES: Soak in opulence at Budapest’s thermal baths
Centuries ago, the towns of Buda and Pest, the leading cities of a mighty Hungarian kingdom, united to become Budapest.
ISLAND HISTORY: Original Coco Palms Hotel employee Harriet Kamala Kaholokula
Kohala, Hawai‘i-born Harriet Kamala Kaaumoana Kaholokula (1924-2004) was one of the first employees hired by manager Grace Buscher after Lyle “Gus” Guslander opened the Coco Palms Hotel in 1953.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 19, 2024
What? Did you miss it? The Kaua‘i Beer Company hosted a Ramen Pop-Up with Aaron Matson on Sunday.
St. Theresa School carnival starts Friday in Kekaha
KEKAHA — Unlike the past weekend of rain, cloudy and more rain, St. Theresa School (STS) is forecasting fun for Friday and Saturday, when the school hosts its single biggest fundraiser carnival at its oceanside campus.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning entertainer Kekai Chock said the “old” ‘ukulele was better than the one Kehau Schimmelfennig won from the silent auction at the first Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Festival held at the Kukui Grove Center.
‘Celebrating the 70s’ to help The Bridge
PO‘IPU — Tickets and reservations for the gala “Celebrating the 70s” are available online by visiting the website www.kauaitocollege.org.
‘Project Keiki’ provides lunches and meals on Kaua‘i
LIHU‘E — Hunger on Kaua‘i continues to persist to some of the highest levels in the last century, as a combination of inflation and rising food prices have intensified hunger on the island.
Health clinic pop-up helps local residents
LIHU‘E — Rev. Cheri Dennis of the Lihu‘e Christian Church said the Downtown Lihu‘e Health Clinic Pop-Up held on Monday is a means of getting more involved with the community.
Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Festival draw wide range of players
LIHU‘E — The small instrument with four strings and a carved box is everywhere, and its popularity that led it to becoming an icon of Hawai‘i, aloha and Hawaiian lifestyle meant the two-day weekend at Kukui Grove Center should have been melded into one big ‘ukulele festival.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 15, 2024
Mahalo, Garden Island Orchid Society on getting the long-awaited Spring Orchid Show and Sale off the ground following overnight rainfall that messed up traffic (Ron Wiley said it was “very slow going” in the area around Wailua Bridge) on the eastside!
Happy Camper for Saturday, April 13, 2024
About the only thing that did not get canceled or postponed because of the Thursday night storm was the Friday Night Art in Hanapepe whose organizers came on the radio especially to let people know the event was on.
Kaua‘i Brewers Festival takes place on April 20
PUHI — The Kaua‘i Brewers Festival will be held on April 20 at the Kaua‘i Philippines Cultural Center (KPCC).
ISLAND HISTORY: Original Coco Palm Hotel employee Elsie Ho‘opi‘i
In 1953, Lyle Guslander (1914-1984) bought the Coco Palms Hotel, which was in operation until 1992, and hired Grace Buscher (1910-2000) as manager.
CRITTER: Female honu pick the sex of their babies
Just think how wonderful it would be if you had two boys in your family and you decided you would like a girl for your third child and the mom could just decide on her own what sex child she wanted.
ERSOY: How to get most benefit from exercise (part 2)
Do you exercise but are not getting the results that you would like?
Waimea High School JROTC nears funding deadline for trip abroad
LIHU‘E — The Waimea High School JROTC goal of getting funded for their 80th anniversary of D-Day participation was boosted by the $500 award from the Hawai‘iUSA Federal Credit Union on Tuesday.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 12, 2024
Those crazy chickens are everywhere … Roger Lepley has written a book containing 21 chicken stories, “Kaua‘i Rooster Book,” and will be doing a book signing on Friday from 5 p.m. at Talk Story Bookstore, coinciding with the weekly Friday Night Art put on by the Hanapepe Economic Alliance.
Kapa‘a Middle School choir finds gold in California
KAPA‘A — The Kapa‘a Middle School Choir and ‘Ukulele Band returned to California for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, and wowed the judges with their performances to earn gold rankings during the WorldStrides Music Festival in Anaheim during the spring break.