Happy Camper for Monday, November 13, 2023

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Kaleo Carvalho, of the Office of the Mayor, places one of two wreaths he created for the annual Kaua‘i Veterans Council Veterans Day ceremony at the Kaua‘i Veterans Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. In addition to creating the wreaths, Carvalho rendered the national and state anthems before the presentation of colors by the all-girl Honor Guard from Waimea High School JROTC.

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Bill Bryner, a 97-year-old veteran, performs with the Sunset Swing Band led by Sarah Tochiki, which provided the music and Taps for the Kaua‘i Veterans Council Veterans Day ceremony at Kaua‘i Veterans Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

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Jason Silva, of the Department of Parks and Recreation, gets a lei from Mikayla Galan, a Koloa Elementary School fourth grader and member of the Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i group visiting the Kaua‘i Veterans Cemetery to decorate graves with lei on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Silva is the lead caretaker for the cemetery, which recently completed a $5 million expansion and renovation project.

Ed Kawamura (Senate President Ron Kouchi teased him about the “strong connection” with TGI) said he told his boys they could open Kawamura Farm Enterprises after the veterans observance on Saturday. That advice must’ve been heard by a lot of people as Elyse Litvak of Kumu’s Cupboard and Sheila Bradly of Paper Pie opened their book sale benefiting Kumu’s Cupboard on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., where they got a visit from Ana and Arianna Munoz (they’ve got the Special Needs Prom coming up in February) who wrote “Perfectly Loved,” a book intended for parents with Special Needs children that made the No.1 position at Amazon.

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