Happy Camper for Friday, May 20, 2022

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Bernard Carvalho Jr., representing the Kaua‘i County Council congratulate Drs. Monty Downs and Roger Netzer on their retirement following 50 years of service to the Wilcox Medical Center, Thursday afternoon at an in-person reception that required face masks and social distancing due to the recent CDC high risk classification.

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Wilcox Medical Center doctors Spencer Smith, Monty Downs, Roger Netzer, and Jay Murphy are masked appropriately for the CDC high risk classification for Kaua‘i, Thursday during a small reception hosted by Wilcox for those staff, government leaders, and community friends wanting to do in-person retirement wishes for Drs. Downs and Netzer who each contributed 50 years of service to Wilcox.

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Amy Blanchard shows off her pieces in the 4th Annual Washed Up Marine Debris Art Exhibit, including the seahorse that is already sold.

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Lucy Blanchard, an eighth grader at the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, shows off ‘Lu’s Dolphin’ while gallery sitting with mom, Amy Blanchard on Wednesday in the afternoon rains at the KSA gallery at the Kukui Grove Center.

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‘Debbie of the Seas Debris’ by Amy Blanchard earned Third Place honors at the 4th Annual Washed Up Marine Debris Art Exhibit at the KSA gallery at the Kukui Grove Center.

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Kaua‘i Community College instructors Jie Shen and Emily Broderick (she was a co-chair of Earth Day activities at the college) show off the students’ work that was created using debris from the recent entangled whale off the shorelines of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau.

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Artist Debra Burson shows off her mermaid and octopus pieces entered in the 4th Annual Washed Up Marine Debris Art Exhibit co-sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation at the KSA gallery at the Kukui Grove Center.

Renaé Hamilton-Cambeilh / Special to The Garden Island

Nearly 150 people turned out at Kaua‘i Community College in Puhi for a rally in conjunction with the last Saturday’s national reproductive rights marches. The rally was organized by Indivisible Kaua‘i and the YWCA Kaua‘i, and was a mix of all ages, ethnicities and religious beliefs. State Rep. Nadine Nakamura gave a short speech about the status of reproductive rights in Hawai‘i and possible action steps for the next legislative session.