Happy Camper for Friday, April 26, 2024
Talk about late breaking news, Leona Sa, a coach with the Kaua‘i Special Olympics said the First Hawaiian Bank Troy Barboza Law Enforcement Run is taking place on Saturday starting at 7:15 a.m. with “2024 Leg Leader” Kaua‘i Police Department officer Johnathan Anderson, KPD, other law enforcement officers and Special Olympic athletes, friends and supporters.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Kudos to the Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i on getting all those people out to Kukui Grove Center on Saturday for the all-troop fire safety exercise before the monthly Movie Night.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 22, 2024
Teya Silva was just one of the more than 60 vendors taking part in The Beach House Craft Fair on Sunday near Prince Kuhio Park where the high water mark from last week’s flooding clearly marked the height of flood waters.
Island History for Saturday, April 20, 2024
Amara Coon could not attend the Special Olympics’ Rockin’ Range fundraiser on Friday because she was busy helping Rowena Contrades Pagan and her mom, Pat Coon, with the weekly relief day at Ho‘omana Thrift Store, which was flooded during last week’s rains that dumped more than 12 inches at the island’s highest rainfall reading.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 19, 2024
What? Did you miss it? The Kaua‘i Beer Company hosted a Ramen Pop-Up with Aaron Matson on Sunday.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning entertainer Kekai Chock said the “old” ‘ukulele was better than the one Kehau Schimmelfennig won from the silent auction at the first Kaua‘i ‘Ukulele Festival held at the Kukui Grove Center.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 15, 2024
Mahalo, Garden Island Orchid Society on getting the long-awaited Spring Orchid Show and Sale off the ground following overnight rainfall that messed up traffic (Ron Wiley said it was “very slow going” in the area around Wailua Bridge) on the eastside!
Happy Camper for Saturday, April 13, 2024
About the only thing that did not get canceled or postponed because of the Thursday night storm was the Friday Night Art in Hanapepe whose organizers came on the radio especially to let people know the event was on.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 12, 2024
Those crazy chickens are everywhere … Roger Lepley has written a book containing 21 chicken stories, “Kaua‘i Rooster Book,” and will be doing a book signing on Friday from 5 p.m. at Talk Story Bookstore, coinciding with the weekly Friday Night Art put on by the Hanapepe Economic Alliance.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Now that E Kanikapila Kakou finished its 2024 run at the Outrigger Kaua‘i Beach Resort, the Garden Island Arts Council is looking to other ventures beyond Kat Ho’s Indigo project, which was part of the Boroboro Boutique at the craft fair component of Grove Farm Market.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 8, 2024
Congratulations to Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin and Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala for finishing the 2024 Hula competition in solid second place, and mahalo to the Island School boys volleyball for nailing the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation first round title on Friday night so we could watch the second night, or Group Hula ‘Auana, not distracted on Saturday night.
Happy Camper for Saturday, April 6, 2024
Kudos to Heleolanimainamaka‘oha‘ena Haileejo Yokotake of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala, and Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin on finishing as the third princess in the Miss Aloha Hula pageantry that took place on Thursday at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo
Happy Camper for Friday, April 5, 2024
Didn’t you always want to get a Mustang when you were in high school, Cyndi Ayonon wanted to know as she showed off her new set of wheels (it’s electric!) at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort parking lot where she parked (how did she score an end stall?) to represent the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank (KIFB) that was the recipient of a food donation from Royal Sonesta.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Killarney Swim Club Coach Mike Meldrum said there are snow warnings for Thursday in Calgary, Canada. Meldrum, a swimmer in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, has been bringing his KSC swimmers to Kaua‘i since 2008 to participate with Swim Kaua‘i Aquatics athletes at the SKA meets.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 1, 2024
The roads were still wet on Saturday, so that meant we had a rain delay while the new tennis courts at Kaua‘i High School had to dry off before Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation tennis could resume
Happy Camper for Saturday, March 30, 2024
Kudos to the King’s Chapel for hosting “Hawai‘i’s Biggest Easter Egg Hunt” on Saturday at the North Vidinha soccer fields! Volunteers said there were 10,000 plastic candy-filled eggs prepared for the more than 1,000 youngsters who preregistered for the event where former Miss Kaua‘i Filipina (that scholarship pageant is right around the corner) Tiffany Sagucio was doing photo duty, saying the youth age group leaders were pretty cool.
Happy Camper for Friday, March 29, 2024
Kudos, congratulations and mahalo to Noah and Lauryn Gordines for bringing Spectra Fest (that Adobe workshop sounded interesting if there was no Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation event to attend …
Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Congratulations, Tomoko Ouchi (her kitty is depicted on this year’s Kaua‘i Society of Artists promotional poster!) on earning two awards — the People’s Choice Award and the special Steve Lim Award (also deemed “Best in Show” by KSA) — for her “Sumo Ramblings Vol. 4” piece.
Happy Camper for Monday, March 25, 2024
Chef Judy Capertina of Haole Girl Island Sweets was off-island on Friday, but Chef Judy’s stand alone croissant shop (with coffee!) and a store is within walking distance of the new Garden Island Federal Credit Union, Kapa‘a Branch. Who could resist a visit?
Happy Camper for Saturday, March 23, 2024
There are only two Thursdays remaining to take in the National Tropical Botanical Garden Florilegium exhibit at the NTBG Botanical Laboratory in Kalaheo … the ‘ohi‘a (NTBG in partnership with the Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee is giving away ‘ohi‘a seedlings as part of its Grow Aloha program on April 20) was not cooperating.