Happy Camper for Saturday, October 26, 2024
Congratulations, Stephanie Iona, Laurie Yoshida, Aloun Farms and the many hands involved in growing and producing nearly 5,000, if not more, pumpkins for Kauai, Molokai and the Big Island to celebrate Halloween with carved jack-o-lanterns …
Happy Camper for Friday, October 25, 2024
Mahalo Stephanie Iona for getting Aloun Farms to donate (and deliver) some 250 pumpkins to the county’s employee council for their annual celebration!
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tickets for the Kauai Visayan Club 23rd International Costume Ball are still available by calling Adrian Ardiente at 808-940-4725.
Happy Camper for Monday, October 21, 2024
Congratulations, Nia Pablo on being voted Miss Homecoming 2024 for Waimea High School! Nia was escorted by her dad, Alden Pablo (watch for announcements of the BIG carnival presented by the Hanapepe Colts Pop Warner Association …
Happy Camper for Saturday, October 19, 2024
William Balbin of Lovelea said it’s alright to refer to Filipino Americans as “Fil Am” like they used to be referred to.
Happy Camper for Friday, October 18, 2024
Safeway Senior Vice President Kevin Lovell, after looking at the Safeway Lihue store (it’s in the Hokulei Shopping Village) on Wednesday, did not know whether it was Christmas or fall because of the elaborate in-store displays that overflowed to the vintage Jeep laden with pumpkins.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 16, 204
Kahu Kerry Holder-Joffrion, of the West Kauai United Episcopal Church, offered to pay for the watermelon that decided it would suicide at the Pau Hana Market, but the offer was declined.
Happy Camper for Monday, October 14, 2024
Puni and Troy Waialeale, of Gay & Robinson, made their own bento-style breakfasts for the Sounding the Alarm volunteers.
Happy Camper for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Alice Parker said the Senior Craft Fair taking place at the Lihue Neighborhood Center from 9 a.m. to noon today will feature plants, crafts, sewing and a country store from several different senior centers … have to go early before everything (especially the homemade food) sells out.
Happy Camper for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
Rev. Kerry Holder Joffrion and volunteer Tiffany Watkins from Alabama were thrilled when the 54 bags of St. Paul’s Tomatoes were attacked on Monday during the Pau Hana Market (and the free pumpkins are when?) at Kukui Grove.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Another busy Saturday is in store for Kauai for all parts of the island starting with the 11th annual Harvest Festival (there is another one presented by the Koloa Missionary Church on Oct. 31!) in Kekaha …
Happy Camper for Monday, October 7, 2024
It’s the real thing! Kudos to Kauai Fire Department’s Kilipaki Vaughn and the crew at Station 3 (that’s Lihue) for being able to respond to the dispatch call
Happy Camper for Saturday, October 5, 2024
Councilwoman Felicia Cowden was able to sip a congratulatory glass of champagne on Thursday after making Julie Souza and her dad’s 40-year dream of converting Hoona Road into a one-way, mauka to makai, road near what is known as Baby Beach.
Happy Camper for Friday, October 4, 2024
October started with a bang, as Kauai High School girls volleyball players (yes, even the Junior Varsity) showed up with pink hair ribbons (the security guard said October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month) since the players couldn’t join the Kauai Committee on the Status of Women at their sign waving campaign at Kauai Community College.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Registration for the 2024 edition of the Kauai Resilience Trunk or Treat opened today at https://tgilinks.com/3N6oNAq.
Happy Camper for Monday, September 30, 2024
Mahalo to Longs Drugs and its team that included more than a handful of not-Kauai techs for providing improved access to flu and other seasonal bugs on Saturday during the vaccine drive-thru event at Kukui Grove Center …
Happy Camper for Saturday, September 28, 2024
There are only two days remaining in September, and the Kauai Committee on the Status of Women invites everyone to join them and other community sponsors like the YWCA of Kauai and the Zonta Club of Kauai to welcome October with a sign waving event at the front of the Kauai Community College on Tuesday (that’s Oct. 1) afternoon from 4 p.m.
Happy Camper for Friday, September 27, 2024
Congratulations to Kauai Filipino Women’s Club President Barbara Green (her husband, Rod Green, was one of the Finest Barong winners with Cyrus Panoy), Charlmaine Bulosan, event chairperson, and all (there were more than 300 people attending) for creating the 58th Terno Ball, which is a major fundraiser for scholarships that are presented to graduating high school seniors in the public high schools.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Congratulations, Pam Jardin and the Lihue Senior Center for hosting a “coffee hour” forum on Tuesday morning, when eight of the 14 candidates for the Kauai County Council showed up to meet in-person with the audience that included members of the Lihue, Waimea and Kekaha senior centers.
Happy Camper for Monday, September 23, 2024
Sam Brown and Charles Fulks of Cheesesteak Sammy’s were ready for the crowd on Saturday at Grove Farm Market after “learning” all kinds of lessons during last week’s debut, and Isaiah Dosono of Kauai Kim Chee had to park his pizza oven trailer out of the line of food vendors because there wasn’t enough space.