Happy Camper for Friday, August 5, 2022

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Bethany Hamilton, central to a national month-long Cobian footwear campaign, addresses the overflowing crowd at the Flip Flop Shops in The Schops at Koloa Village, Saturday during her trip to visit her island where she was born.

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Bob Lasher who brought Ron Garlie to Kaua‘i from Idaho, wishes Garlie a happy retirement, Saturday at parking lot back of Puhi Paint where Garlie’s partner David Clark will continue to operate the shop as Puhi Paint. Garlie, who started Puhi Paint following the devastation from Hurricane Iniki, said he now is an hourly worker, part time.

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Shyla Villanueva was not going to stand in all those food lines, enjoying her hospital plate lunch in the back of her car after finding a good parking space for the Saturday edition of the Grove Farm Bon Odori festival at Puhi Park.

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Fred Villa shows off his “Big Boy Boar” and sow, Monday while meeting a friend who wanted to see the proof.

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A COGS Learning Center staff watches as the keiki sends an Angry Bird flying from the slingshot during the Grove Farm Bon Odori festival. COGS will be at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens South Shore Visitor Center, Saturday when NTBG wraps up its Summer Movie Night with the free showing of Jungle Cruise and gates open at 6:30 p.m.

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Kaua‘i Community College volunteers Rebekah Schoffstall and JulieJane Remigio are face masked in accordance with the University of Hawai‘i COVID-19 guidelines, Tuesday at the Hanana Kainoa Kula event at the One Stop Center.

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NOAA intern Abigail Seibel spends the last day of work behind the counter of the Kaua‘i Ocean Discovery at the Kukui Grove Center during the first day of the KOD revised back to school operating hours.