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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Blogs > Camper
Previous Blogs HeadlinesJune 27th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, June 27, 2009Mahalo to Coco Zickos for the fuel...can’t have the Joe Grace prime rib since it cuts too close to the staff meeting, but the Vault fits the bill, and the Cheetos is perfect for the Kilauea run.June 24th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, June 24, 2009Congratulations to Marcie Millett and her Nawiliwili Yacht Club ‘ohana on a great fishing tournament.June 22nd, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, June 22, 2009Congratulations to Kaua‘i County Councilman Derek Kawakami and all of the County Council’s support staff for doing a great job hosting the 2009 Hawai‘i State Association of Counties Annual Conference last week.June 20th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, June 20, 2009Senator Billy Fernandez is looking really good. He is a charter member of the Kaua‘i Community Federal Credit Union and was joined by George Oshita for the KCFCU groundbreaking, Monday. Kudos to Mel Chiba and all the KCFCU ‘ohana on the new headquarters.June 17th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, June 17, 2009Who would think a trip to visit Chef Chai Chawarasee at the Westin Princeville would yield so much?June 15th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, June 15, 2009Congratulations to Mary Ann Shintani who got a hole-in-one at the Wailua Golf Course No. 14, Saturday morning. Sharron Weber was there and phoned in the report as it took place — thank heaven for technology!June 13th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, June 13, 2009Mahalo to all of the coaches who help to make TGI Sports what it is! Veronica Nagahisa brought in the scorebook for the Kawaihau Majors championship game since it conflicted with the Mustang Sectionals; Dondi Viquelia and Lihu‘e PONY coach Tommy John Cox both said Lihu‘e won the championship 12-2, Sunday (that one conflicted with “Taste of Hawai‘i”), and coach Sean Andrade said the Kaua‘i Police Activities League flag football program starts this morning at Hanapepe Stadium. Mahalo, coaches!June 10th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, June 10, 2009Today is the day for Joe Grace at the KJ Lunchwagon in front of the PS&D store in Lihu‘e. Joe said he’s been offering prime rib on Wednesdays and was surprised when it sold out on the first time. Since then, he’s put prime rib on his Wednesday lunch menus and has been doing really well.June 8th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, June 8, 2009Congratulations to the Kaua‘i High School football program on collecting more than 200 pounds of food during its Red-and-White game last week. That total came courtesy of Kelvin Moniz who couldn’t make the game, but got the totals from Michelle Panoke.June 6th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, June 6, 2009Today is Mia Ako and the rest of the Kaua‘i Economic Development Board’s day since everyone is at the Robotics Expo at Kukui Grove Center. You still have time since the groups will be there until 2 p.m.June 3rd, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, June 3, 2009Wayne Miyata was worried he might not make the Okinawa Festival, but he got there without any of the food being sold out.June 1st, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, June 1, 2009Laura Haack (her husband was working with Nicole Farr on the field) had her yellow shoes on for the Blue-and-White game as she sat with the Waimea High School band. She said her two sons, the percussionist and trumpet player, graduate this year and will be trying out for the band in college.May 30th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, May 30, 2009Congratulations to Hanapepe Cubs’ coach Howard Frasco and his wife Kim!May 27th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, May 27, 2009Glenna Ueunten was trying to figure out the schedule for the weekend while juggling sales at the Sunshine Market, Friday.May 25th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, May 25, 2009Congratulations and kudos to the organizers of all the Memorial Day weekend tournaments that has this island hopping with visitors.May 23rd, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, May 23, 2009Mahalo to Puanani Carvalho and Mia Pauletto for being such great mind readers and knowing how we’d like to share the results of the Walter Smith Regatta that opened the paddling regatta season, Saturday.May 20th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, May 20, 2009Real gold and diamonds are on Brian Viloria’s world champion belt that young boxers from the Kaua‘i Police Activities League, Lihu‘e stable, got to touch, feel and carry.May 18th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, May 18, 2009Rebecca Smith is waiting for school to let out (who said only kids wait for school to end?) so she can try out her new camera.May 16th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, May 16, 2009Bev Brody (a.k.a. Miss Canada) is getting excited about the Mayor-A-Thon coming up in about a month! She’s excited because it gives people an opportunity to gear up for the eight-mile walk along The Path. Mark your calendars for June 27 — 7 a.m.!May 13th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, May 13, 2009Happy birthday to Analyn Flores who celebrated her special day with a fragrant plumeria lei from Judy Lenthall! Kelvin Moniz had just come back from O‘ahu (he said they couldn’t see the game because no one had it on at the Pagoda Hotel) and he and Paul Douglass were busy collating the letter carrier food collection.May 11th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, May 11, 2009Congratulations to Allen Yamada and Noel Brooks on the great job with the Kaua‘i Orchid Society’s Mother’s Day Show and Sale! They were also American Orchid Society award winners, but were non-stop through the weekend at the mall.May 6th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, May 6, 2009Brandon Palacio and Ariel Lahip are looking for someone to coach basketball. Both players were at the county’s 11 and Under games, Monday, and said they want to play in the summer league but need a coach.May 4th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, May 4, 2009Welcome to Kaua‘i, Takashi and Nobuko Tanaka! The couple from Japan are here trying to get photos of apapane (they said Jim Denny is famous in Japan!), but took time out of chasing birds (they’ve seen a lot of mejiro) to take in the Kaua‘i Museum’s 29th annual May Day Lei Contest and Celebration after Takashi read about it during his lunch break in Japan.May 2nd, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, May 2, 2009Congratulations to Ashlee Jimenez (if you didn’t see her run at Vidinha Stadium, you missed out!) of Kamehameha Schools who won the “Best in Show” at the Kaha Ki‘i Congressional art contest.April 29th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 29, 2009In the old days, it was “eat all the rice you want, but you only get one Vienna sausage” — that was the Plantation Days Sandie Kato-Klutke was talking about. She’ll be having Portuguese bean soup Friday at the Aston Islander on the Beach as a fundraiser for the Visitor Industry Charity Walk, and if you don’t think that’s going to be good, Lawton Sugihara is at the Islander on the Beach and everybody remembers how good the plate lunches at Aloha Airlines’ United Way fundraisers were.April 27th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, April 27, 2009Erika Sy of the American Cancer Society said people can still come to the Relay for Life after the KIF volleyball game since the event at Hanapepe Stadium runs until 6 a.m., May 3.April 25th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, April 25, 2009Ernie Domingo wanted to know when the KIF baseball playoff was going to take place — it’s Wednesday starting at 2:45 p.m. at Hanapepe Stadium.April 22nd, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 22, 2009Hats off to Darryl Izumo (he finished fifth!) of the Lihu‘e Bowling Center on another great PBA tournament. And congratulations to crowd favorite Tony Reyes on a great comeback to win the tournament for the first time. Russell Shimazu took a break from hair care duties to check out some of the final-day action, Tuesday, and kudos to Gary Mage for making sure all the results are up on the PBA Web site. Actually, Gary saw the Camper doing Food Collection, Saturday at the Wal-Mart store, but wasn’t sure.April 20th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, April 20, 2009Mayor Bernard Carvalho and Regina didn’t get chicken skin watching Kristi Celebrado take the stage on TV. Instead, the Carvalhos were ringside at the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival and caught a 6:30 a.m. flight Friday morning to make the dedication and blessing of Kalepa Village, Phase 4.April 18th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, April 18, 2009Sandi Sterker said this is a Lions weekend. ... Today there is the West Kaua‘i Lions Club’s spaghetti dinner at ‘Ele‘ele School cafeteria (fine dining or take-out?) starting at 5 p.m. (Eric Nordmeier and Naoko Ho still have tickets), the East Kaua‘i Lions are having its golf tournament at Wailua Golf Course (how does Kelvin Moniz get in a round and still do the Kaua‘i Food Bank collection?) and Sunday is the North Shore pancake breakfast (go check out the Gary Pacheco special). Bill Troutman said they never run out of food, and if you’re really lucky, you might see coach Mits Yokotake performing.April 15th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 15, 2009Mark Ozaki of the Kaua‘i Police Activities League opened up the flag football registration while the county’s 11 and Under basketball game was underway, Monday at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center.April 13th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, April 13, 2009Mahalo to Donna Umetsu for going the extra mile to get the tennis results out. Donna said her computer was having problems so she had to go to the Waimea Library to get the results e-mailed.April 11th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, April 11, 2009Cynthia Edralin said she will have some copies of her dessert cookbook (really good stuff in here) available at the MS Walk next Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Kukui Grove Shopping Center. This features a lot of personal dessert recipes from a lot of well-known Kaua‘i people and is available as a fundraiser for MS. But you gotta take in the walk to get a copy.April 8th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 8, 2009Coach Bobby Kamakele and Pedro Saligumba have the basketball thing down pat, ending their Kaulupono practice so the girls can watch the boys play at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center.April 6th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, April 6, 2009Don’t forget the Boy Scouts Makahiki this Saturday at Kaua‘i Community College. That’s just one of the many things happening the day before Easter.April 4th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, April 4, 2009Jason and Jason... Yes, at one time there were two of them with FM97. The way you tell them apart is that Jason Fujinaka (remember the hair thingie?) does cage matches and Jason Yotsuda is now doing traffic in Honolulu.April 1st, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, April 1, 2009Kudos to Roy Asher, Ron Victorino and all the people who braved the cold and wet weather to help the Kaua‘i Chapter of the American Red Cross. Angela Vento and Alex were at the event waving off the riders, and Guy Nagai came later. Have you checked out that little bear with the first aid kit?March 30th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, March 30, 2009Gary Hooser had the right word Saturday — “regrounding.” He was at the Prince Kuhio protocol ceremonies and said that was an opportunity for him to reground with Kaua‘i and its people.March 28th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, March 28, 2009Arnold Leong is going to check out the West Kaua‘i Hongwanji Mission’s Flying Saucer fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hanapepe Temple on April 19.March 25th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 25, 2009If you’re heading to the Princeville Library (they’ve got their 10th anniversary coming up) on Friday, make sure Jennifer Relacion is working, and don’t forget to wish her a happy birthday. The same applies if you’re at the Kapa‘a Product Fair ... stop in and wish Don Ogasawara a happy birthday, too!March 23rd, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, March 23, 2009Erik Burkman is getting excited about the school’s upcoming production of Willy Wonka Jr. The cafeteria stage has been equipped with new curtains and there are acoustic panels hanging from the ceiling to enhance the production that’s coming up in April. And if it’s like the previous school productions, get your tickets early because it’ll sell out.March 21st, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, March 21, 2009Happy birthday to Judy Lenthall, who celebrated her special day wearing green and getting some food for the Kaua‘i Food Bank from Wilcox Hospital. Kudos to Rene Cottingham for doing a great job with the green cookies, edamame (one of Judy’s faves) and green punch!March 18th, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 18, 2009Scott Nakamatsu said he was feeling old since Kaua‘i High School tennis coaches Brad Lum Tucker and Eddie Kane were both playing in the KIF when he was coaching. Add to that, Scott said Waimea coach Paulette Lum coached him when he was playing. But it’s all good, Scott.March 16th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, March 16, 2009Mahalo to Paul Just of Western Kentucky University’s sports media department for keeping everyone in the loop about the Kaua‘i Collegiate Cup. Paul had his son Trey here helping with the tournament along with former WKU golfer Ryan Waialae (yes, he was born on O‘ahu).March 11th, 2009 Happy CamperTom Finnegan was getting motivated at the food court area of Kukui Grove because that was a nice place to stay out of the Monday rains and work on the computer.March 9th, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, March 9, 2009Wendy Tannery had the opportunity to expose Waimea Canyon Middle School physical education students to softball since the Waimea Invitational Softball Tournament was in her back yard. Wendy said some of the students had never experienced the game before while others were thrilled because they had relatives playing for all three of Kaua‘i’s high school teams in the tournament.March 7th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, March 7, 2009Hats off to Jon Kobayashi, Michael Koerte, Teddy Pereira and all the Menehune supporters who pulled the Waimea Invitational Softball Tournament together.March 3rd, 2009 Happy Camper for Wednesday, March 4, 2009Happy birthday to Bev Pang who was celebrating her birthday all weekend, first at the Children’s Day celebration, moving to the East Kaua‘i Lions Club pancake breakfast and finishing off with dinner at the Bull Shed.March 1st, 2009 Happy Camper for Monday, March 2, 2009Hats off to Waimea coach Michael Rita, Lois Keamoai, Jon Kobayashi and a host of other Waimea supporters for a great baseball tournament.February 28th, 2009 Happy Camper for Saturday, February 28, 2009OK, if you hurry, there’s still time to get some Kenny Ishii pancakes. No, it’s not at Ono Family Restaurant. Kenny is helping the Island School third graders at a pancake breakfast at the Island School cafeteria (I think you missed the pancake eating contest, though). |
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