‘Hawaiian Sense of Place’ opens Koloa Plantation Days
KOLOA — A shopper was thrilled with her pahu purchase from woodcarver Tepairu Manea, and another individual pondered the proper English (she described it as “American”) way of saying her name while creating a miniature kahili.
Hanalei Canoe Club lu‘au helps club’s keiki
HANALEI — The Hanalei Canoe Club Golden Jubilee Lu‘au is right around the corner. Tickets for the event are available online by visiting hanaleicanoeclub.org/luau/.
Happy Camper for Saturday, July 22, 2023
Alice Luck, of the Kaua‘i Planning and Action Alliance, was as good as her name when she found the blue envelope containing one of the prize giveaways on Thursday during the Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce Mayor’s Luncheon that was sold out with more than 330 people at Koloa Landing Resort (did you park at the upper, or lower parking lot?).
KIUC looks back to move forward
PUHI — A guest to the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative 21st annual meeting at Kaua‘i Philippine Cultural Center remembered out loud about how everyone came when you gave out rice.
Nearly two-thirds of Kaua‘i’s tested waters polluted
LIHU‘E — Washing off isn’t supposed to make you dirtier. But depending on where you’re swimming, it just might.
CRITTER: Lehe the Hawaiian thicklipped jack
Fishman here in Hawai‘i like to catch the giant trevally (ulua) or a large bluefin trevally (omilu) as these are the two most common large game fish that live on our shallow near shore reefs.
ISLAND HISTORY: Kaua‘i-born historian Rubellite ‘Ruby’ Kawena Kinney Johnson
Historian Rubellite “Ruby” Kawena Kinney Johnson (b. 1933), daughter of Ernest Kaipoleimanu Kinney (1906-1987) and Esther Kauikeaulani Kaulili (1913-1979), was born and raised on Kaua‘i and educated at Kaua‘i High School, the University of Hawai‘i and Indiana University.
JONES: Friends in Fitness: July 23 ‘Walk & Talk’ 6:30 p.m.
Aloha to the faithful readers of “In Health & With Hope” here at The Garden Island. After a full year of sharing my thoughts about exercise and eating with my Kaua`ian community, I think that it’s about time that we put a little more action behind my biweekly words of wisdom.
K-DRAMA: Sook-jung threatens Young-shin
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
TAX MAN: Honolulu ready to study empty homes tax again
One concept that has popped up again, more often than the little animals in a Whack-a-Mole game, is the prospect of an “Empty Homes Tax.”
Obituaries for Saturday, July 22, 2023
• Roy Stewart Honjo • Joyce Faye Takemoto • Patrick ‘Pat’ Jerome Pavao