Stories by Dennis Fujimoto

Pumpkins roll out ahead of Halloween in Kekaha

KEKAHA — “Stephanie Iona is under the tent, buying food for the Aloun Farms team that just unloaded about 1,200 pumpkins,” announced Laurie Yoshida of Corteva Agroscience during the 11th annual Harvest Festival at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Saturday.

Red Raiders air rifle wins outside of Kauai

LIHUE — Kauai High School air rifle teams, which swept the latest Kauai Interscholastic Federation air riflery matches at Island School, also defeated Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club with a score of 1,093.6 to 933.8 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League.

Medicare forum on Wednesday in Lihue

LIHUE — AARP Hawaii and the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program will host a forum in Lihue on Wednesday to help people review their benefits and choose appropriate plans during the Medicare Open Enrollment that runs from Oct. 15. to Dec. 7.

Happy Camper for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

Alice Parker said the Senior Craft Fair taking place at the Lihue Neighborhood Center from 9 a.m. to noon today will feature plants, crafts, sewing and a country store from several different senior centers … have to go early before everything (especially the homemade food) sells out.

39th Matsuri happens on Saturday

LIHUE — The doors to Kauai Matsuri Festival 2024 opened to the public starting at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.

Happy Camper for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

Rev. Kerry Holder Joffrion and volunteer Tiffany Watkins from Alabama were thrilled when the 54 bags of St. Paul’s Tomatoes were attacked on Monday during the Pau Hana Market (and the free pumpkins are when?) at Kukui Grove.

KCSW distributes feminine hygiene products

LIHU‘E — The Kauai Committee on the Status of Women, or KCSW, donated and distributed feminine hygiene products to three outreach agencies, including the YWCA of Kauai, Catholic Charities and Kauai Economic Opportunity on Wednesday.

Kauai sweeps KIF cross-country races

LIHUE — Just two points separated first and second place during the girls race at the Kauai Interscholastic Federation cross-country event that was run on Saturday afternoon at Kauai Community College and hosted by Kauai High School.

Red Raiders sweep quad meet

PUHI — Kauai High School boys and girls air rifle teams topped the Kauai Interscholastic Federation Quad Meet at the Island School air rifle range on Saturday.

Harvest Festival in Kekaha on Saturday

LIHUE — The Kauai County Council, per an internal memo, was garbed in pink on Wednesday when the governing body presented a certificate to organizers and sponsors of the 11th annual Harvest Festival, which takes place at Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Saturday.

Specialist to talk about large whale entanglement responses

PORT ALLEN — During the 2023 to 2024 humpback whale season (when the whales are in Hawaiian waters from Nov. 1 through May 30), the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported seven different entangled humpback whales that elicited 11 on-water response efforts mounted over an extremely busy two-month period.

Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Another busy Saturday is in store for Kauai for all parts of the island starting with the 11th annual Harvest Festival (there is another one presented by the Koloa Missionary Church on Oct. 31!) in Kekaha …

Warriors shut down Menehune in KIF football

HANAPEPE — Kapaa High School quarterback Evan Daligdig passed for three scores and kept the ball on another two scores on Saturday, when the Warriors shut out Waimea High School 49-0 during a Kauai Interscholastic Federation football game played at the Hanapepe Stadium.