Happy Camper for Sunday, January 6, 2019
Happy New Year to Risa Clemmons, who was hard at work Friday at the county’s Sunshine Market at Vidinha Stadium (Glenna Ueunten had some mizuna left over from all that New Year ozoni, and the citrus is looking really good!).
Happy Camper for Friday, January 4, 2019
Happy birthday to Clammie at the 7-Eleven in Lihue, who got the day off on New Year’s, and mahalo to Daisy at Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital (congratulations on getting the Kauai New Year’s baby!), who helped coordinate coverage of the new 2019 arrival.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Happy New Year!
Happy Camper for Monday, December 31, 2018
Kudos to Gerald Hirata, Roberta Yanagawa and the Kauai Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji and the Kapaa Hongwanji Mission on their respective mochi-making efforts to keep the New Year traditions alive on Kauai! Kim Murakami said he’s retired now so his entire family (even Kalani came home from California to help) gets involved with the church, and Brian Yamamoto had his Okinawa exchange students, Natsuki Morii and Kana Iwamoto, helping at the Kapaa gathering.
Happy Camper for Sunday, December 30, 2018
Auwe! No ice sculpting demonstration following the Thursday afternoon street fair at Kukui Grove Center, as major cracks developed in the block of ice. Chef Wally Nishimura decided it would be too dangerous to proceed despite waiting for a period of time.
Happy Camper for Friday, December 28, 2018
Happy retirement to Helaine Perel of The Shops at Kukuiula (and to Val Rynda of FM97!), who was enjoying her final Kauai Culinary Market Wednesday, stopping to chat with Aida Dolfo, who had guests Jeff, Carson, Lauren and Tristy Tara of California in tow, enjoying the aroma of those sliders before hitting the next level.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Welcome back, Jeff and Cindy Haigh! Jeff creates those fabulous sand sculptures at Kalapaki Beach (happy holidays to Morris Unotoa’s family who was cruising the beach walk following Sunday brunch)! Jeff is planninganother display for the New Year’s (how about Chinese New Year?) that should be up by Monday.
Happy Camper for Monday, December 24, 2018
Congratulations to Kauai Community College culinary arts students Angela-Rhey Ventura, Sean Austin and Phenny Prado on winning silver medals during the American Culinary Federation Culinary Salon competition last week on Oahu!
Happy Camper for Sunday, December 23, 2018
Happy birthday to Julian and Nathan Remigio, who celebrated their special day (those birthday crowns are a sure giveaway!) cruising through the Thursday afternoon market at Kukui Grove Center featuring Kauai Made vendors!
Happy Camper for Friday, December 21, 2018
Gwen Carveiro said the lights are on at Onihi Lane in Kalaheo — just in time for the final weekend of viewing before Christmas comes on Tuesday.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Happy birthday to Aiden Gadingan who celebrated his birthday with family and friends (even Tori Kagawa came over for the shindig), Sunday with a big party at the Fun Factory at the Kukui Grove Center!
Happy Camper for Monday, December 17, 2018
Kudos to Melissia Sugai, Nalani Brun and the organizers of the Kauai Made Holly Jolly Holiday Fair that attracted a large crowd (who said there was no parking?) to the front parking lot of the former Big Kmart store.
Happy Camper for Sunday, December 16, 2018
Mahalo to Juvie Bercasio for “the itchies,” and kudos to Josie Pablo (she’s the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Kauai Region recreation director) and the entire Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital ohana on a great Christmas party for its residents and their families Friday evening (yep, it got moved from the daytime so everyone could come).
Happy Camper for Friday, December 14, 2018
It was a good thing to have the smart phone Tuesday when a beautiful rainbow formed over Hanapepe Stadium during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation boys soccer game between Waimea and Kauai high schools.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 12, 2018
“PPP” is Pork, Peas and Pimentos, and was on the menu (perfect for that cold, windy night!), at The Joy of Christmas display at the St. Raphael Church (even the replica is lit up).
Happy Camper for Monday, December 10, 2018
Mahalo to Vance Pascua and the Ainofea ohana for the new paddling outfits, said Kauai High coach Lori Parraga during the opening of the Kauai Interscholastic Federation paddling season at the Wailua River Saturday. Parraga said Ainofea is one of the sponsors for the Raider teams’ outfits.
Happy Camper for Sunday, December 9, 2018
Angela Ventura (she’ll be helping with the Kauai Gymnastics Academy free showcase at Kukui Grove Center starting at 1 p.m. today) used to hang out in the stroller while her mom Debra Ventura used to help cook at the West Kauai church. Debra was among the helpers with Becky Komaki and Priscilla Badua at the Hawaii Government Employees Association Kendall Scholarship fundraising (no kadomatsu this year) booth at the Kauai Museum’s Annual Christmas Craft Fair — kudos to Gerald Ako and Dale Shimomura for doing another bang-up job with the effort. Dr. Kelly Robb (she’s got a set of twins coming!) was looking for a tree after all that lumpia.
Happy Camper for Friday, December 7, 2018
Joanne Chang’s sticky buns beat out Bobby Flay, said Kauai Community College chef Martina Hilldorfer during the demonstration by Chang and Christopher Meyers, Chang’s business partner.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Shelley Gerardo and Lillian Vierra said “The Joy of Christmas” lights display at the St. Raphael Church in Koloa is on from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through December.
Happy Camper for Monday, December 3, 2018
Elvrine Chow wanted to learn how to do the holiday cards using Kauai’s dirt, and Edwin Vea (if you missed the West KauaiUnited Methodist Church – Kaumakani craft fair, you missed out on an opportunity to visit the church that is in the middle offormer cane fields) had some old-style Christmas wreaths using macadamia nut leaves (you can make it really old style bypainting them gold or silver) and dried koa pods.