Happy Camper for Sunday, Augusy 7, 2022
Congratulations, Bradley Pratt, on getting Aug. 4 declared Bradley Pratt Day for the work he did during his summer internship with the Mayor’s Office Communications Team.
Happy Camper for Friday, August 5, 2022
School started and the Kaua‘i Ocean Discovery modified their opening hours to 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. The weekend hours remain 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Happy Camper for Monday, August 1, 2022
Nicolas Navarro just got here Wednesday after a 15-hour flight from Brazil, and starts school today at Waimea High School. Nicolas is the latest Rotary Club of Po‘ipu Beach exchange student, and is being hosted by Milani Pimentel and family, who took him to check out the beach at Ahukini before he joined the rest of the Rotary Club members in participating at the Koloa Plantation Days parade, where state Rep. James Tokioka was walking with his wagon of water and treats.
Happy Camper for Sunday, July 31, 2022
Art & Farm. How appropriate for the weekly Aloha Market at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens South Shore Visitor Center at Kukui‘ula (they have the final film of the summer series Saturday, Aug. 6, for families, with the gates opening at 6 p.m. with the Cognitions Learning Center hosting keiki and family activities (that Angry Birds slingshot was a hit at the Grove Farm bon festival, and did anyone notice those lanterns created from plastic packing sheeting?).
Happy Camper for Friday, July 29, 2022
The KC Waffle Dog must be a Honolulu bon dance thing because isn’t it supposed to be a Pronto Pup (West Kaua‘i Methodist Church makes the most ono ones next to their malasadas!)?
Happy Camper for Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Na Hoku Hanohano Award winning Kaikona (Kekai Chock and Conrad “Kona” Giminiz, congratulations, for their winning jazz album of the year for “Aloha Jazz Lounge”!) were playing in the shadow of the Shaka Burger (Rod Sagucio said all the Sagucios are related, somehow, former Miss Kaua‘i Filipina Tiffany Sagucio!) that was a godsend for Kapa‘a Elementary School student Raychel Corpuz, who was enjoying a no-need-fork-and-knife morsel before the crowd.
Happy Camper for Monday, July 25, 2022
Rowena Contrades Pangan (yes, Ho‘omana Thrift Store is continuing its Friday relief day program in Wailua, where Payow Nishimoto was doing free haircuts at Hair Cut Corner) said you can upcycle old T-shirts to become multi-purpose shopping bags capable of carrying a lot of things.
Happy Camper for Sunday, July 24, 2022
David Wolman came from Hawai‘i Island to put his pen to the paper of the story of Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka‘au‘a in his book “Aloha Rodeo” (it was available at the Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe during the third week of Friday Night Art Walk). Is Nick’s Food the food truck Ed Justus said just opened?
Happy Camper for Friday, July 22, 2022
When was the last time I got to see Ada Koene?
Happy Camper for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Darnell Sugioka and Allen Huber of the Project Vision Hawai‘i Hi‘ehi‘e mobile-hot-shower unit have come a long way from when the project started with the shelter-in-place COVID-19 encampments (and, The Salvation Army is asking for contributions of school supplies to their Lihu‘e and Hanapepe Corps — school starts Aug. 1).
Happy Camper for Monday, July 18, 2022
At the Back to School Bash Saturday at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e, people picked up more than 2,000 backbacks of supplies.
Happy Camper for Sunday, July 17, 2022
Kupuna Ihi Kaneali‘i had a crazy busy schedule Friday, starting out with Shirley Simbre-Medeiros and the “Kaua‘i Kupuna” jamming in the lobby of the Lihu‘e Plantation building before going to volunteer at the Kaua‘i Ocean Discovery.
Happy Camper for Friday, July 15, 2022
Mahalo, Pastor Matt Higa for bringing gubernatorial candidate Duke Aiona (wasn’t he on a live television debate the night before?) for lunch at Sone’s, Wednesday. A lot of lunchtime diners were surprised and thrilled to have Aiona stop by their table to wala‘au.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Stephen Fujii said Kaua‘i Police Department Chief Todd Raybuck is a good guy for letting all those people dunk him during the Touch A Truck event (what? Chief never told you?), and still had time Monday to visit Tommy Rita and all those sports fans at the Kukui Grove Center food court in Lihu‘e.
Happy Camper for Monday, July 11, 2022
Kaua‘i Police Department Chief Todd Raybuck told Janice Bond (she was the first one to dunk the chief at Touch A Truck Saturday!) he still had water in his ears after going into the tank countless times during his two-hour stint in the Fun and Kwazy Ride dunking booth.
Happy Camper for Sunday, July 10, 2022
Mummy’s Mommy was not moving on the Kapa‘a bypass road, but Maile Bloxsom of Vicky’s Fabrics (it’s still their 40th anniversary) was getting excited by all the curves and not-straight lines in Lesley (Mommy) Morris’ quilting creations Friday on opening day of the Garden Isle Quilters exhibit and sale (Lesley said Friday morning was really good!) at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e.
Happy Camper for Friday, July 8, 2022
Where did you get your fried chicken from on National Fried Chicken Day (that was Wednesday)?
Happy Camper for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Police Chief Todd Raybuck had his “Sunday face” Monday (kudos, East Kaua‘i Lions Club on that demonstration of patriotism that was compliant with COVID-19 safety concerns!) or he might’ve gotten to meet Susan and Paul Llanos of California who were waiting for their 9:30 p.m. flight with the kupuna softball gang at the Kukui Grove food court…
Happy Camper for Monday, July 4, 2022
Happy Fourth of July, Kaua‘i (great job to the organizers of the Kekaha Family Fun Day — Pastor Darryl Kua of the Westside Christian Center Assembly of God was beyond the moon with all those happy people!), and Happy Canada Day (it was on July 3, the day before the Fourth of July), Bev Brody, Kaua‘i’s own Ms. Canada, who was helping with Play Streets!
Happy Camper for Sunday, July 3, 2022
Happy Fourth from Emilia Knudsen, who was able to get a few rounds in on the Tropical Tantrum-sponsored Bermuda Blast before the sun set Friday night at the FreedomFest family fun event at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center in Lihu‘e.