Zonta appreciates Red Carpet contributors
PUHI — Guests to the third Red Carpet Gala enjoyed a “night out on the town” on Feb. 21, 2024, at the Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre Puhi Theatrical Warehouse.
Happy Camper for Saturday, March 2, 2024
No, there were no Leap Year babies at Wilcox Memorial Hospital, but the Future Farmers of America state convention was in full swing with their Career Development.
Births for Saturday, March 2, 2024
• Luca Gentoku Kia‘i Deason • Brody Kamea Malama • Nai Judson Alayvilla Ragasa
JONES: Starting March third … March forth!
I can hardly believe that it’s been a year since our first Super Sunday Sunset Stroll. Time marches on, huh? Mahalo to all who have enjoyed the scenic coastline with us during our monthly “commute and communicate” community congregation… aka “Walk & Talk.”
CRITTER: Keeper of a 400-foot underwater cliff at Ni‘ihau
For those of you who like to snorkel or scuba dive, can you imagine jumping off a dive boat into water that is so clear you can see the bottom 400 feet below?
ISLAND HISTORY: IJN I-3, the Japanese submarine that shelled Nawiliwili during WW II
On December 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser submarines I-1, I-2, and I-3 arrived in the Kauai Channel between Oahu and Kauai under orders to conduct reconnaissance and attack ships that sailed from Pearl Harbor during and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that morning.
Happy Camper for Friday, March 1, 2024
Kudos to the Kaua‘i Community College culinary arts department, including Susu Okada, Marty Amaro, chefs Mark Oyama, Steve Nakata and all those students for “working so hard” to make and sell the many different sausages and bacon, and even the cold smoked salmon that looked like a meal ready-to-eat during the Thursday Garde Manger sale.
Students explore turning points in history
LIHU‘E — Seventeen projects by students in grades seven through 12 will advance to the state level History Day after judging and interviews by a panel of 14 judges, many from the Kaua‘i Community College (KCC) during Kaua‘i District World History at the KCC Learning Resource Center on Saturday.
KFCC donates 457 pounds of food
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Filipino Community Council, known for its signature Miss Kaua‘i Filipina scholarship pageant, was joined by the presidents of seven affiliated Filipino organizations at the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center on Sunday when the group presented 457 pounds of food to Heidi Padilla of Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Congratulations to Kinohi Kanahele and Ophelia Ornelas for taking first and second places, respectively, in the kindergarten through sixth grade division at the Scotty’s Music ‘ukulele contest that was held during the Waimea Town Celebration ho‘olaule‘a on Saturday.
Show ties together art and literacy
LIHU‘E — Artist Betty Jean Nativio spent a lot of time researching adhesives, said RoseAnn Jones of the Kaua‘i Society of Artists (KSA).
Girl Scout cookies have arrived on Kaua‘i
WAIMEA — Girl Scouts from Waimea Troop 824 wanted to know what was the favorite flavor of Girl Scout cookies of people using the sidewalk fronting the historic Waimea Theatre on Saturday.
Big crowd turns out for Waimea Town Celebration
WAIMEA — Hundreds of people collected at the Waimea Product Fair under the shade of the old sugar mill to wrap up the 47th Waimea Town Celebration over the weekend.
Happy Camper for Monday, February 26, 2024
Congratulations to Kevin and Christine Lenard of New York, who acquired a personally signed Patrice Pendarvis on Friday while honeymooning at the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort.
ERSOY: Should we worry about insulin resistance? Part 1
According to a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, only 12 percent of adults are metabolically healthy.
CRITTER: Hawaiian fish cooperate with each other to find food
The Hawaiian Islands rise straight up off the seafloor and into the sky making vertical cliffs underwater.
ISLAND HISTORY: Kaua‘i pineapple and sugarcane homesteader Elmer Cheatham
Originally from Missouri, Elmer Cheatham (1882-1961) established residence in Honolulu in 1910 and obtained employment at B. F. Ehler’s & Co., the predecessor of Liberty House, which was in operation from 1918 to 2001.
Births for Saturday, February 24, 2024
• Hunter Haikili Murphy-Jack • Beau Kalihiwai Kaden • Masyn Isikeli Langi • Holuokekai Nainoa Megumi Ruiz McAllister • Malakai Zane Lacaden • Thea Elowyn Pardoe • Makaio Huntyn-Kanekoa Lopez • Kamalei Jackie Marie Balagat • Remi Yun Wah Cadiz • Kathy Keola Ana Naomi Frost
Free reading at Kaua‘i Community College on Thursday
PUHI — The public is invited to a special reading from the Bamboo Ridge Press 45th anniversary issue, “Da Big Book,” on Feb. 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Community College library or the Learning Resource Center as signed on the Puhi campus.
Happy Camper for Saturday, February 24, 2024
Where is Nanakuli playing?