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Happy Camper for Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Nov. 20, 2024
Malachai Waechter was more interested in the Florence Tavares cookies (no new flavors, this time) on Sunday during the monthly The Beach House craft fair (the next one is on Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) where the wind was blowing at a good clip (The Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Salt crew anchored their tent to a coconut tree to keep everything stable).
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Happy Camper for Monday, November 18, 2024

Nov. 18, 2024
Kudos to Kumu Kamakana Bray, the haumana of the Kauai Maoli Woodcarving Academy, and the Kukui Grove Center on the dedication of “Lonoiki ‘Eke Makahiki,” the in-place wood carving of Lono from a coconut tree that was the victim of winter winds
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Happy Camper for Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024

Nov. 16, 2024

Melissa McFerrin Warrack said her son Finnigan cut his hair for his role as a Bikini Bottom newscaster in The SpongeBob Musical that opens on Sunday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, as the annual Hawaii Children’s Theatre food bank fundraiser. The curtain rises at 3 p.m. at the show where theater goers get special admission when accompanied by a contribution of “shelf-stable” food or cash.

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Happy Camper for Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024

Nov. 13, 2024

Kudos to the Hanapepe Pop Warner Colts and the Hanapepe Youth Baseball League on coordinating the two-day Hanapepe’s Biggest Little Carnival (Alden Pablo said it’s the “Fifth-and-a-Half!”), where Waimea High School students Kristan Raposas and Nia Pablo (that’s Alden’s daughter) spearheaded a $15,000 contribution to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. The presentation was a result of the Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Run that was Nia’s senior project.

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Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Oct. 30, 2024
Happy Halloween and kudos to the Kauai Community College Cognition Learning Center on a successful Exploring Fear and Phobias (did you find the necklace?) run during the weekend at the Kukui Grove Center, former Macy’s Mens location.
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Happy Camper for Monday, October 28, 2024

Oct. 28, 2024
Guest emcee Dylan Ancheta (he also emceed the Kauai Pop Warner Football League island-wide cheer competition on Sunday at the old Kauai High School gym) said the coolest (but it didn’t rain as much as Oahu) place at the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Kauai Region Fall Festival at the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital campus was the portable comfort stations.
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Happy Camper for Saturday, October 26, 2024

Oct. 26, 2024
Congratulations, Stephanie Iona, Laurie Yoshida, Aloun Farms and the many hands involved in growing and producing nearly 5,000, if not more, pumpkins for Kauai, Molokai and the Big Island to celebrate Halloween with carved jack-o-lanterns …
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Happy Camper for Monday, October 21, 2024

Oct. 21, 2024
Congratulations, Nia Pablo on being voted Miss Homecoming 2024 for Waimea High School! Nia was escorted by her dad, Alden Pablo (watch for announcements of the BIG carnival presented by the Hanapepe Colts Pop Warner Association …
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Happy Camper for Friday, October 18, 2024

Oct. 18, 2024
Safeway Senior Vice President Kevin Lovell, after looking at the Safeway Lihue store (it’s in the Hokulei Shopping Village) on Wednesday, did not know whether it was Christmas or fall because of the elaborate in-store displays that overflowed to the vintage Jeep laden with pumpkins.
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Happy Camper for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

Oct. 12, 2024 • Updated 12:12 a.m.

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.

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Happy Camper for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

Oct. 11, 2024 • Updated 9:50 p.m.

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.

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Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Oct. 09, 2024 • Updated 10:52 a.m.
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 …
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Happy Camper for Monday, October 7, 2024

Oct. 07, 2024 • Updated 11:05 a.m.
It’s the real thing! Kudos to Kauai Fire Department’s Kilipaki Vaughn and the crew at Station 3 (that’s Lihue) for being able to respond to the dispatch call
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