Tasting the good life
Nearly 2,000 people, including patrons and volunteers, converged at Smith’s Tropical Paradise in Wailua Sunday for the Rotary Club of Kauai’s 30th Taste of Hawaii.
Keiki be bashin’
Bradley Chiba, president of the Lihue Baseball League, and his committee of volunteers led the hosting of the traditional Da Bash baseball tournament that wrapped up Monday at the Lihue County Park.
Youth bands battle in Poipu
The Battle of the Bands (for middle school students), presented by Bandwagon and the Aloha Angels program, wrapped up a school year of work by students under the Adopt-a-Band program, administered by the Aloha Angels and Bandwagon Music Center.
Walk shatters fundraising record
More than 2,000 walkers banded together to raise a record $442,000 during the 2019 Kauai Visitor Industry Charity Walk, centered around the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.
Walking to help Kauai
The Kauai Visitor Industry Charity Walk launches Saturday, starting with registration from 6:30 a.m. at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields.
Hanapa‘a for charity
Junior Fuimaono kept his secret very well Sunday during the weigh-in of the second Fishing for Charity Shoreline Challenge that benefits the Kauai Visitor Industry Charity Walk.
Cleaning for Earth Day
Muruga Simmonds of California said he came because it is a good way to give back to the place he’s enjoyed.
‘Friends’ fight cancer
Hundreds of people braved the wind, punctuated by bouts of showers blowing off the Kalaheo plateau, to celebrate survivors in the battle against cancer during the Relay For Life at the Hanapepe Stadium soccer fields.
Growing strong
Nearly 2,000 people flowed through the gates in the first 90 minutes of the opening of the 24th annual Garden Fair that shared its space with the Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council Kauai District Makahiki Saturday at Kauai Community College.
Burn out suicide!
Kaylynn Drake started Kekua Aloha Foundation after being impacted by suicide. That was four years ago when she was just a high school freshman, when her home town of Anahola saw a rash of youth and young-adult suicides.
Good fun fishing
Brad Hiranaka, president and commissioner for Kauai Youth Football, said the motivation for holding the KYF second Shoreline Fishing Contest was the lack of good fishing contests.
Celebrating a prince
Anahola was the first Hawaiian Homes program on Kauai created by Prince Jonah Kuhio in an effort to rehabilitate and put Hawaiians back onto the land to become successful homesteaders.
Bowling for the littles
The Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii bowling tournament, a fundraiser for the Kauai branch of Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, was sold out Saturday at the Kauai Bowling Center.
200 complete Caper
About 200 runners completed either the 2K, 5K or 10K distances of the 42nd annual Captain Cook Caper Run on Saturday in Waimea.
Fish and poi still a complete meal
“Fish and poi” — where did it come from?
Hula hoike
Hundreds of people flocked to the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club for the annual hoike presented by Halau Hula O Leilani with kumu hula Leilani Rivera Low and Darryl Low.
Lihue Keiki fest showcases talent
Getting the students from the Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band to the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim, Calif., is an expensive proposition, said Mary Lardizabal, the program’s director.
Broadway experience
Debra Spung, a high school classmate of Anne Runolfsson, was definitely in attendance Saturday night when the Zonta Club of Kauai Foundation presented its “Heroine’s Song” as a fundraiser at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
Fresh produce for the New Year
The holidays have come and gone, and people still came to visit and shop at the Kauai Community Market, a partnership between the Kauai County Farm Bureau and the Kauai Community College, on the Puhi campus.