Happy Camper for Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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A single lane of traffic on the east-bound lane of the new Hanapepe Bridge utilizes the new bridge, Monday morning. The second west-bound lane was scheduled to open following the completion of striping.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Ike Kaohelauli‘i and Elijah Gonsalves of WW Clyde construction do finish work on the new Hanapepe Bridge, Monday as east-bound traffic makes its way across the bridge.

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Motorist Charlene Dorsey beams with happiness, Monday as she is one of the east-bound motorists using the new Hanapepe Bridge.

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Construction workers prepare to let the first east-bound motorists onto the new Hanapepe Bridge, Monday morning.

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Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank director Kelvin Moniz talks with farmer Justin Chen about what the food bank can use Monday during the Pau Hana Market at the Kukui Grove Center.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Melissa Tremblay scored two bunches of watermelon raddish (they still had more for Amy Chun) from Wirat Farms Monday at the Pau Hana Market at the Kukui Grove Center.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Girl Scout Kirra Leonard of Troop 775 shows off the drop bags the scouts created for the Zonta Club of Kaua‘i’s Malama Pu‘olo Na Wahine collection to create care bags for the Child and Family Service, and Catholic Charities Hawai‘i.

Watermelon radish is the name of that fancy white radish that’s pink on the inside, Amy Chun! Amy loves to make pickles with them — they’re available at Wirat Farms at the Pau Hana Market at the Kukui Grove Center — because they leak the pink color into the brine (doesn’t always need to be salty?).

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