Stories by Dennis Fujimoto

Life’s Choices accepting proposals for grants

Starting Friday, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Life’s Choices program will be accepting proposals for Adult and Adolescent Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Community Program Grants for Fiscal Year 2024-25, Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Like said on Thursday.

Makana opens E Kanikapila Kakou 2025

Armed with dual themes of “Music Heals” and “Hawaiian Music Traditions,” the Garden Island Arts Council presents E Kanikapila Kakou 2025 (EKK), with a series of weekly concerts, or musical presentations starting Feb. 3 and continuing through the month of March at the Outrigger Kauai Beach Resort in Nukolii.

Salvation Army ARC donation returns on Jan. 10

Just in time for New Year’s cleaning, the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center crew will be on-site at the Kauai Resource Center located at 3460 Ahukini Road, adjacent to the Reynolds Hi5 recycling center, and near the Lihue Refuse Transfer Center on Jan. 10 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Happy Camper for Friday, January 3, 2025

If you wear your alohawear (muumuu or fancy aloha shirt), there is no admission donation at the Kauai Historical Society event, “Blue Hawaii Movie and Hawaii History Trivia Night,” that takes place on Friday, starting at 5 p.m. at the Kauai Veterans Center and Museum located adjacent to the courthouse and Vidinha Stadium.

New Year Baby are twins!

Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center announced on Wednesday the birth of its first babies of 2025, Thaddeus and Alvena Esene.

Visiting Hillsboro wins 3-game series

The synergistic play of Hillsboro High School’s Braxtyn Ellsworth, Amaya Johnson and Zoe Rodrigues led the visiting Spartans to a 41-30 edge over Kapaa High School on Tuesday at the Bernice Hundley Gym.

Happy Camper for Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Did you know that in the past TGI bosses (TGI has been here for 122 years!) would not happy if the photographers didn’t get a picture of the splendor of sugar cane stalks as an icon of Christmas in Hawaii?

Waimea takes the KIF first round

With just one game remaining in the Kauai Interscholastic Federation girls basketball first round, Waimea High School clinched Round 1 honors following a 59-20 victory over Kapaa High School at the Clem Gomes Gym on Monday.

Happy Camper for Monday, December 30, 2024

Tired, exhausted and ready for a few days of rest, Mele Makeke vendor Duane Miyasato said the experience that started on Black Friday and ran until Sunday (three days to go in the eight-day Hanukkah celebration) was “a good ride.”

Waimea in the lead for KIF girls basketball round 1

Kapaa High School Junior Varsity girls basketball saw Ginger Nunes and Taisa Tupou each finish with 12 points in the JV Warriors’ 34-17 win over the Kauai High School JV on Friday night during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation girls basketball games played at the new Kauai High School gymnasium.

Christmas and Hanukkah on the same day is a rarity

The menorah with its sole lamp burning drew little attention from shoppers at Kukui Grove passing the arrangement near the Keiki Korner play area, even though a radio advertisement from Kukui Grove also offered “Happy holidays, and Happy Hanukkah.”