One of my favorite aspects of working for MidWeek Kaua’i and looking for positive stories is getting to meet, over and over again, so many inspirational people. Case in point: Luke Evslin, this week’s cover story. Evslin, the paddler who suffered life-threatening injuries when the propeller of a boat ran over him during a water [...]
It was so exciting to see all the paddlers and families down at Waimea Pier Feb. 18 enjoying the Garden Island Canoe Racing Association‘s first longdistance race of the year. The race marked the 21st anniversary of the Warren Resquer Memorial Kilohana Long Distance Canoe Race, and congratulations are in order to the following firstplace [...]
It made me smile to learn about the visit by University of Hawaii’s new head football coach and offensive genius Norm Chow Feb. 13, which the county proclaimed Norm Chow Day. Of course, on hand were Warriors fans, including Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. Chow talked about leadership and spent some time with KIF coaches, [...]
I was so taken aback recently by a group of musicians that took an event by storm: Tone II, made up of four adolescents (three of whom are brothers), Kai, Wyatt and Noa Harrison and Eli Smart, had people moving and shaking at the Feb. 4 Family Summit in Kapa’a, playing The Police‘s Message in [...]
A November MidWeek Kaua’i cover story showcased an innovative program that would bring free health care to the island, and now the time has come. Physicians, dentists and other specialists will be on-island providing free physical examinations, vision checks, eyeglasses, dental care and counseling Tuesday, Feb. 28, through Friday, March 9. The clinics will be [...]
How sweet it is when keiki get involved in helping the community, and that’s just what happened when third-graders in the Kamehameha Schools’ Kali’imamo Program built and donated a wooden bench for the bus shelter at Kapa’a Neighborhood Center. The group of students included Lani Cabresa-Dotimas, Julianne Castro, Justyce Enrique, Kaipo Fulton, Calista Gealon, DeShawn [...]
I used to think that oatmeal or anything else healthy, for that matter didn’t belong in cookies. That was before I jumped onto the raw food bandwagon, a culinary category that includes some of the most to-die-for, easy-todigest chocolate in the world. That said, I’d like to give a nod to Rose Warken Ceballos, who [...]
Now that 2012 is under way and we’ve survived another end-of-the-world prediction, I’d like to begin with a Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi quote sent in recently by a MidWeek reader: “Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive, because your [...]
We can’t reveal the outcome, but folks in Honolulu are saying great things about the intelligence, work ethic and resiliency of the Kaua’i High School team that competed in the new TV quiz show It’s Academic Hawaii, which premieres on KFVE Jan. 9. It’s a tournament-style format involving 27 public, private and charter high schools [...]
Focusing on the same approach as MidWeek highlighting all that’s good I was heartened to learn of an upcoming benefit concert intended to spotlight the positive. It’s a fundraiser for Mary MacDermott, a local singer and actor battling Parkinson’s disease. The concert, titled “Accentuate the Positive,” will feature local musicians and Howard Arlen‘s songs, including [...]
