Chamber rounds out October with two events The Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce will round out October with two events. This month’s Business After Hours, sponsored by Kaua’i Community College, will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday
Chamber rounds out October with two events
The Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce will round out October with two events. This month’s Business After Hours, sponsored by Kaua’i Community College, will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday at the college’s fine dining room. The event is a business networking opportunity for members and non-members, and allows attendees to meet and greet one another, while enjoying delicious pupu and beverages prepared by the college’s recently accredited Culinary Arts program/American Culinary Federation. There will be business card drawings for prizes. The cost to attend is $15 for members; $20 for guests.
The 2007 Hawaii Employment Law Seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 30, at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club. The event is presented in affiliation with the Society for Human Resource Management and by Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Moore & Hetherington. Topics for the annual seminar include: a legislative update, family responsibility discrimination, smart pay, discrimination and harassment law, the disability act and balancing strategies. The cost is $275 for members, $235 each for groups of three or more, and $315 for non-members.
The chamber also continues with its fourth quarter membership drive. Members who recruit new members as well as new members themselves are each eligible for a drawing of a roundtrip Neighbor Island package, including airfare, accommodations and ground transportation for two people. Winners will be selected at the membership meeting and silent auction Dec. 6, also at the Kauai Marriott.
For more information about the events, call 245-7363 or visit www.kauaichamber.org.
Kauai Village Halloween event a ‘scream’
Halloween comes early this year at Kauai Village. The shopping center will host its first annual “Halloween Howl and Scream” challenge Saturday.
Hosted by comedian Augie T, the event for kids ages 4 to 12 begins at 10:30 a.m., with the top noisemakers taking home tickets to the Mainland on ATA and two inter-island tickets on Aloha Airlines. The first 100 kids to make some noise receive free Meadow Gold ice cream and Halloween candy.
Screamers take the stage at 11 a.m., followed by howlers at 11:30 a.m. The winners of each round will go head-to-head in a howl- and scream-off at noon to decide the ultimate champion. The Lima Hula Halau will perform at 1 p.m.
Kids are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes and Augie T will be giving away autographed copies of his latest DVD.
Kauai Village in Kapa’a is located on Kuhio Highway. For more information call 661-5304.
USDA Crop Insurance workshops scheduled
Crop insurance for some of Hawai‘i’s major tropical fruit and nut crops is now available, with a signup deadline of Dec. 31. The program is underwritten by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is available through private insurance companies on all islands. Its development has been the combined work of AgriLogic Inc., a national agricultural consulting firm, the USDA Risk Management Agency and the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
Educational workshops are being scheduled for the last week of November at UH extension offices on each island. The workshops will provide practical information on the basics of Hawai‘i’s crop insurance: the benefits to the farmer, how to calculate the amount of insurance required, how much it will cost and how to sign up. Representatives from insurance agencies providing crop insurance will be on-hand to help ensure participants meet all requirements and make the deadline. Crop insurance premiums will be the same, regardless of the providing agency. In addition, premiums are not paid at time of sign-up.
Until recently, crop insurance for Hawai‘i farmers has been available only for macadamia nut and nursery crops. Now, the program has been extended to coffee, bananas and papayas. Its expansion is the result of several years of analysis and program development by AgriLogic, UH Manoa and the USDA’s Risk Management Agency.
“Hawai‘i has seriously lagged behind the Mainland in the availability of crop insurance,” Dr. Kent Fleming, UH Manoa extension economist, said in a press release.
The workshops will provide a wide range of risk management information beyond crop insurance. Other topics will include evaluating all types of risk in Hawai‘i agriculture, assessing risk tolerance, developing effective risk management strategies, using records to help manage risk and reducing income taxes in case of a loss from a natural disaster.
For more information, contact Fleming at 989-3416, e-mail fleming@hawaii.edu, or visit www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/agrisk.
Workplace honors
• Mary Tausend, head hostess; Catherine Cerda, bar cocktail server; and Brian Mahn, line cook, were named employees of the month during the fourth quarter at Keoki’s Paradise. The honor recognizes the employees’ commitment to go above and beyond their normal work duties.
New hires
• Fonz Nartatez has joined Century 21’s Kapa‘a office sales associates as a luxury homes specialist following completion of the company’s fine homes and estate training course. The position reflects a career change for Naratez, who previously worked at Duke’s Kauai for 18 years, most recently as its assistant general manager.
