Happy Camper for Sunday, December 19, 2021
Kudos to Peach and her ‘ohana on coordinating another Little Pea’s Pop-Up Holiday Market!
ISLAND HISTORY: John Cook’s resurrection plus two more early Kauai medical histories
Firstly, sometime between 1849 and 1854, when James F. B. Marshall was manager of Lihu‘e Plantation, John Cook, an English carpenter who’d built some of Lihu‘e’s earliest buildings, suffered a stroke that rendered him paralyzed and unconscious.
CRITTER: Meet ‘o’ili the barred filefish
This 15-inch-long gray and yellow fish has a serious overbite and looks like it needs to go to the dentist! While diving you often hear this fish before you see it.
K-DRAMA: Chi-sook feels betrayed; Hwa-kyung rescues Chairman Oh
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
TAX MAN: The new Honolulu County TAT earmarks aren’t the real problem
Honolulu, just like most of the other neighbor island counties, has passed a 3% addition to the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT).
VOICES: Don’t wait, vaccinate your keiki today
In early November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11. While this may seem like a long-awaited step on the journey to end the pandemic for some, the decision to vaccinate keiki is daunting for many parents.
Letters for Sunday, December 19, 2021
• Kaua‘i is not a racist place • Kaua‘i needs to be more self-sustainable
Obituaries for Sunday, December 19, 2021
• Kinichi Ishikawa • Nancy Louise Null • Alice F. Jeremias • Anthony James ‘Tony’ Kay • Maggie V. Alayvilla
Like on top of OPA special primary election; general in February
LIHU‘E — The county is one step closer to electing its next prosecuting attorney.
Hits ‘keep coming’: Hospitals struggle as COVID beds fill
DETROIT — Hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers, already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 delta variant and now bracing for the fallout of another highly transmissible mutation.
SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites from California base
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — A SpaceX rocket carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California early Saturday.
Governor: No one still missing in Kentucky after tornadoes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — All of the people reported missing in Kentucky after tornadoes swept through the state last weekend have been accounted for, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday.
EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care workers and federal government contractors.
‘SNL’ ditches audience, limits cast and crew amid omicron
NEW YORK — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won’t be a live audience to see it happen.
Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron
LONDON — Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationwide lockdown.
Migrants rally in Mexico City to mark immigration day
MEXICO CITY — About 100 migrants who trekked on foot north from the Guatemalan border gathered in Mexico City on Saturday to mark International Migrants Day and remember fellow travelers who have died on the journey.
Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over Belarus
MOSCOW — Russia sent a pair of nuclear-capable long-range bombers to patrol the skies over Belarus on Saturday, a mission intended to underline close defense ties between the two allies amid tensions with the West.
How COVID-19 upended Blinken’s diplomatic mission
HONOLULU — U.S. Air Force Special Air Mission 50601 departed from Joint Base Andrews on the night of Dec. 9 with an ambitious journey ahead — an eight-day, around-the-world trip with America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
WHO: Omicron detected in 89 countries, cases doubling fast
VIENNA — The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad, the World Health Organization said Saturday.
Report: Hawaiian culture, land should top astronomy at peak
HONOLULU — A working group tasked by the state Legislature to come up with recommendations for a new management plan for Hawaii’s tallest peak and its affiliated telescopes released the first draft of its proposal Friday.
Honolulu COVID-19 cases up fivefold over past 2 weeks
HONOLULU — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Honolulu has surged nearly fivefold in the past two weeks, according to data from the Hawaii state Department of Health.
Christmas Funds go toward cars, toys for 3-year-old George
Single mom Grace is busy raising her 3-year-old son George, who lives part-time with his grandma.
9 new COVID-19 case on Kaua‘i Friday
Friday, the state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Kaua‘i.
Kaua‘i Bar Association celebrates 10th anniversary of Self-Help Center
“Don’t worry,” said retired Judge Trudy Senda Wednesday during the Kaua‘i Bar Association year-end event at the Mahiko Lanai at Kilohana. “We’ll do whatever hell needs to be done to get this going.”
Little Pea’s Pop Up Holiday Market helps infant fighting leukemia
Seeley Borges, the Kaua‘i infant battling leukemia, could not be present when doors to Little Pea’s Pop-Up Holiday Market opened Friday at the Kukui Marketplace near Target.