Happy Camper for Sunday, May 5, 2019

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Kauai Police Department Chief Todd Raybuck congratulates Guy Ambrose on being one of Kauai’s great Older Americans as Carl Todd and Neil Brosnahan chat Friday during the Older American Month recognition ceremony at the Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu.

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Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami got to meet Marsha Posner Williams (she’s an Emmy Award winning television producer!) and Marsha’s husband Wayne (you need to see his book on environmental landscapes, including a double-truck Kalalau Valley!) during the Older American Month recognition ceremony at the Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu Friday.

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Kimberly Hope thrilled Marsha Posner Williams with her rendition of “Thank You for Being A Friend,” the theme song for the “Golden Girls” television series of which Williams is one of the original series co-producers. The two ladies were among the Older Americans Month celebrants Friday at the Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu.

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Jo Manea (and we thought she only did Heiva I Kauai!) got copies of her “He Mo‘oleo Pokole” (it’s in Hawaiian and English!) from the Forest Bird Recovery Project people to sign for patrons to the special gathering of book writers at the Kauai Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center. Manea said proceeds benefit the Forest Bird Recovery Project.

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Dennis McGraw (his wife was one of the book writers Friday at the Kauai Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center) is a one-man-do-it-all, and is looking for more gigs.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Pedrata (she’s a she, and has been all over the world!) joins Sj Hylton LeHoven at the gathering of book writers Friday night at the Kauai Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center, where LeHoven was signing copies of “My Life As a Mule,” in which Molly awakens.