Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Kudos to Dave and Stephanie Chaikin for coordinating the Kauai Dinosaur Volleyball Tournament that wrapped up Sunday on the sands of Kalapaki Beach.
Happy Camper for Monday, March 18, 2019
Kudos to Kauai High School student Mayumi Fulgencio for taking the initiative of getting other students together to bring their message about global climate change to the streets of Lihue!
Happy Camper for Sunday, March 17, 2019
Wine-tasting for occasions, big or small! Fancy-label wines, and even etched bottles with special messaging?
Happy Camper for Friday, March 13, 2019
Happy birthday to Jenny Saguid, who was surprised on her special day at the launch of the 2019 Visitor Industry Charity Walk held at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort (two big events in less than a week?).
Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Kudos to Elyse Litvack and The Mokihana Club on a great scholarship fundraising concert featuring Keola Beamer (how many of you remember when they used to play at Territorial Tavern, or Arakawa’s?)!
Happy Camper for Monday, March 11, 2019
Mariano Catbagan Jr. said the Grove Farm Old Time Games was a blast from the past when he tried to explain the workings of the plantation-era rain gauge (his father used to be a ditchman for Lihue Plantation) to his young children Saturday at Grove Farm Museum on Nawiliwili Road in Lihue.
Happy Camper for Sunday, March 10, 2019
Kudos to Tiffany Dick and all those Aloha Dance Studio performers on getting the new Aloha Dance 2 location at Kukui Grove Center settled during winter break.
Happy Camper for Friday, March 8, 2019
Mahalo to Grace Galiza of Kauai Bakery for making sure we could enjoy some malasadas on Malasada Tuesday! Even Melissa McFerrin-Warrack had a stash of the sugary morsels available at the Kukui Grove Center management offices to whet customers’ sweet teeth.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Kudos to Dennis Brown (he’s the original Little Brother!), Nicole Cowan, and all the Big Brothers Big Sisters Kauai ‘ohana on another successful bowling fundraiser.
Happy Camper for Monday, March 4, 2019
Elvrine Chow was having to decide which lei would be appropriate for Arnold Meister’s birthday, and Alan Van Zee was sold out again! Cynthia Chiang was trying to debate on whether to take in the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach’s One Fine Evening or the Big Brothers/Big Sisters bowling fundraiser, and where were the Girl Scout cookies this weekend?
Happy Camper for Sunday, March 3, 2019
Happy Girls Day, Kauai!
Happy Camper for Monday, February 25, 2019
Kudos to Kauai High School baseball coach Hank Ibia, his staff, and players for hosting a clinic for more than 60 youngbaseball players Saturday at Vidinha Stadium. Coach Hank and the Red Raiders go into action starting Thursday when theytake on the Mid Pacific Institute Owls at the Walter Souza Invitational baseball tournament.
Happy Camper for Sunday, February 24, 2019
Mahalo to all those who took care of the Camper (Mrs. Abeshima, whose granddaughter Riana Abeshima plays for the Mililani Trojans, Tommy Rita for not one, but two days of Pepsi (no Cokes at the tournament), and Michael Koerte for making sure all the scores are flowing) during the Waimea Menehune Invitatational Softball Tournament that played out at two fields at Hanapepe Stadium.
Happy Camper for Friday, February 22, 2019
Mike and Joyce Cavanaugh of Nebraska said they’ve been coming to the Waimea Town Celebration so long they feel like residents.
Happy Camper for Wedneday, February 20, 2019
Walter and Jeanie Lutz of Vancouver, Canada, were making the connections at the American Culinary Federation Kauai Chapter breakfast, enjoying the shindig with Ben and Melissa Desrogiers and family from Alberta, Canada, and even learning about the Trinity University (the Lutz’s have two grandchildren that attend that college) group doing work at the Kauai Habitat for Humanity Eleele Iluna neighborhood.
Happy Camper for Monday, February 18, 2019
Caroline Lum was getting excited about seeing the “Dennis” quilt at the Kauai Quilt Show, and James Yamamoto (he’s an all-the-time volunteer with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary) had to go see what the excitement was about Saturday at Kukui Grove Center.
Happy Camper for Sunday, February 17, 2019
Wind plus east swell always spells excitement at the Ammonia’s break at Kalapaki Beach, as comments such as “Did you get clearance from the tower?” and “Is that board short enough?” wafted through the gusty north winds from earlier in the week.
Happy Camper for Friday, February 15, 2019
Congratulations to Lolita and William Villanueva on the honor of being chosen the Valentine’s Day royalty at Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital in Kapaa (the Kilauea Seniors had an entertainment gig there earlier in the week).
Happy Camper for Wednedsay, February 13, 2019
Texeira Toes (we won’t tell you whose toes these are) and new clothes (Aowl Owen and Kimberly Hope went looking for new threads for their concert, Thursday — yikes, it’s Valentine’s Day! — were the order of the day, Sunday when the wind and cold blanketed the island.
Happy Camper for Monday, February 11, 2019
Happy birthday to Jamilee Jimenez (she’s all about Mu‘u Monday, or Aloha Friday, or anything mu‘umu‘u!), who was up early after a birthday paina (yep, she had a mu‘u on) Saturday at the Lihue United Church of Christ Sweets & Sweet Things, where everything was coming up Valentine’s Day (it’s Thursday, people!).