Tax-Aide preparer Jerry Yankowitz helps another tax preparer when the Koloa Neighborhood Center site opened on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. More than 20 local people took advantage of the free tax preparation service.
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The Kauai High School batter makes connection with an RBI single in the fifth inning on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 as the second run of the 2-0 victory over Mid Pacific Institute waits to score from thirdbase during the Waimea High School preseason tournament at Vidinha Stadium.
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Kapaa High School student Sienna Yamashita gets help from a Kauai Community College Nursing instructor in getting a blood pressure reading from Alina Abell on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 during the Finding Your Future orientation at the college.
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Kudos to Kauai Community College Chancellor Margaret Sanchez and her many team hands in hosting almost 200 senior and junior students to the Finding Your Future orientation at the Puhi campus (the orange wiliwili tree is in full blossom), where Samira Siale and the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, Kauai Chapter opened its Second Annual Charity Walk Pickleball Tournament.
Kudos to Kauai Community College Chancellor Margaret Sanchez and her many team hands in hosting almost 200 senior and junior students to the Finding Your Future orientation at the Puhi campus (the orange wiliwili tree is in full blossom), where Samira Siale and the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, Kauai Chapter opened its Second Annual Charity Walk Pickleball Tournament.
Chef Steven Nakata put all those bananas collected by Amy Chun and Laurie Ho at the Pau Hana Market to good use by feeding samples to the high school junior and senior students and even the college presenters.
Mahalo to all the schools that sent students to the college campus, where the students were treated to hands-on demonstrations of various careers and studies.
Are you ready for Malasada on Tuesday? Retired police chief George Freitas (how many Malasada Days have you worked?) and Elizabeth said they will be prepared at the Immaculate Conception Church for the return of Auntie Alice Arruda’s recipe malasadas from 7 to 11 a.m., or until the supply runs out.
It’s hard to figure out who’s got the malasadas… is Kauai Bakery open on that day? How about the bake shop in the Kauai Village? Are they going to be cooking malasada in the parking lot? Passion Bakery has malasadas scheduled for Tuesday, so you can breathe there unless the crowd overwhelms their supply.
And after that, how about Ashes to Go on Ash Wednesday?
Okay, it’s time to check out the Mahelona Healthy Living fair (the head cabbages last year were really good!) and learn some Hawaiian at the Ola Ka ‘I event at the Kukui Grove Center.
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Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 808-245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.
