Happy Camper for Monday, December 30, 2019
Santa Claus could not stay away after seeing the Showtime Characters’ celebrated Disney princesses appear at his Santa’s House for the first-ever Princess Party Saturday at Kukui Grove Center. Well done, Mrs. Claus, who was busy preparing to dismantle the holiday masterpiece until the next appearance!
Raiders split home stand
Kauai High varsity boys basketball improved to 2-0 on the young Kauai Interscholastic Federation boys basketball season with a solid 56-45 win over Kapaa High before a strong audience that included Principal Marlene Leary garbed in Red Raider crimson at the Kauai High School gym Saturday night.
Happy Camper for Sunday, December 29, 2019
Ed Kawamura Sr. is home from Japan — just in time for the family’s traditional mochi-making on the final weekend between Christmas and New Year’s.
Lady Menehune celebrate round 1
WAIMEA — Kauai High School’s Marissa Layosa scored 10 of her night’s 17 points in the second quarter Friday night during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation girls basketball game that determined the league’s first-round title before an audience that was roused to thunderous cheering in the final six minutes at the Clem Gomes Gym in Waimea.
‘Devastated’
The owner of Safari Helicopters said he and his team are devastated by Thursday’s helicopter crash that claimed seven lives.
Donations for cats and dogs
Ruby-Sue was festively sporting her red-and-white lei collar at Natural Pet Hawaii on Monday, sleepily guarding the business from her soft bed behind the counter between dogs Nicky and Legend.
Fireworks on Kleinfeld’s birthday
Bryan Kame‘enui said setting off firecrackers for New Year’s is a family tradition.
Hokulei trying to save the trees
The opening of the Pacific Fireworks shop at Hokulei Village shopping center was greeted with the sounds of chain saws and power blowers Thursday morning.
Paying it forward
Jenise Onishi said this has been a very hard year for her family.
Holiday hoopla
The winds blew, but the rains stayed away Saturday during the annual Waimea Lighted Christmas Parade that delighted the hundreds of people that lined Kaumuali‘i Highway from the West Kauai Tech Center through the Waimea Bridge.
Happy Camper for Friday, December 27, 2019
We made it!
Game tonight for first-round marbles
Exciting Kauai Interscholastic Federation basketball is on tap today when the Kauai High and Waimea High girls basketball teams square off on the floor of the Clem Gomes Gym in Waimea with the first-round title on the line.
Enterprise ‘invests’ in community
LIHUE — Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck said every contribution to the Kauai Police Activities League is directed toward providing keiki with positive after school opportunities that they might not otherwise have.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Christmas is in the air, everywhere — slow down, drivers! Christmas isn’t going anywhere, fast! Kudos to Esther Estes and her West Kauai Professional and Business Association on braving the threat of inclement weather.
Having a ‘Nene Kalikimaka’
NAWILIWILI — Jeff and Cindy Haigh of California are back.
A Zonta Merry Christmas
LIHUE — The Zonta Club of Kauai, The Garden Island newspaper and the collaboration of nearly 10 agencies made Christmas brighter through the efforts of the community.
Cowboys’ cheer find fifth in Florida
HANAPEPE — The Hanapepe Cowboys D12 cheer team, performing under the Kauai Youth Football umbrella, finished the American Youth Cheer National competition with a fifth place after advancing to the Super Sunday finals in Kissimmee, Florida.
‘I thank God for the tires’
LIHUE — Stanley Henos was so excited about the four new tires for his truck, he was among the line of people Monday morning at Tire Warehouse.
Waimea’s parade is Kauai’s last one in 2019
The Waimea Street Front Decoration Contest sets the tone for the annual Waimea Lighted Christmas Parade presented by the West Kauai Business & Professional Association, Saturday night before hundreds of appreciative fans who braved the windy (but not rainy) weather.
Happy Camper for Monday, December 23, 2019
The weather may have canceled the Kauai Interscholastic Federation paddling and soccer events Saturday (Tori Kagawa said she didn’t get the message so came in all the way from the Westside — good thing the Isle Hoops Holiday Classic was taking place so she could take in some basketball!) — but could not stop the shoppers on the last weekend before Christmas, who flocked to the Kauai Community Market at Kauai Community College (the one in Hanalei was canceled, too), where Jason Ebesu was a hit with his homemade ramen (Elvrine Chow said there was a lot of ono noodles).