Growing up, Dr. Kerry Dillberg longed for a stable family and created it with wife Michele. Together they also established his family medical practice Since he was a young child, Dr. Kerry Dillberg has been working toward a sense of wholeness. At the age of 5, he knew he wanted to study medicine. At the [...]
Go ahead, call Ashley Dougherty an ‘extreme couponer.’ But as she and her couponing friends can attest, clipping coupons from the newspaper can make a huge difference in your shopping costs every month. And she has a website to share her expertise Some people won’t think twice about going out and blowing $100 on dinner. [...]
At least 40 lives have been saved thanks to Branch Lotspeich and John Gillen and their rescue tubes Panic courses through your body when you’re caught in a riptide. As Branch Lotspeich knows very well. A former lifeguard, he experienced a “very real moment” of distress while trying to swim back to shore at Hanalei [...]
THE ANNUAL SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ISSUE, NOW ON NEWSSTANDS, FEATURES SEVERAL PHOTOS OF HAWAII GIRL MICHELLE VAWER SHOT IN AUSTRALIA Local girl Michelle Vawer makes her rookie debut in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on newsstands now with three full-page photos throughout the extremely popular magazine. There are a lot more photos of the [...]
The day his life nearly ended in the Kaiwi Channel is the day his life really began, says Luke Evslin, and he’s living it to the fullest It’s a chickenskin moment when paddling phenomenon Luke Evslin talks about what could have been the end of his life. Yet somehow what he’s simultaneously describing is his [...]
Hawaii is the only state that grows cacao, and our growing chocolate industry is getting noticed around the world as a gourmet brand Ladies, gentlemen and chocoholics, we direct your attention to center stage for the presentation of Hawaii’s first Auwe! Award. It is an honor given to an individual or situation that best exemplifies [...]
If so, this is the man you need to see. As the director of Hawai‘i Small Business Development Center on Kaua‘i, he and his staff have tips and tools to make starting a business easier, and existing businesses more efficient John Latkiewicz wants small businesses to succeed. In an effort to do so, the director [...]
Whether it’s his homemade stew or kulolo, Ron Kouchi knows that the way to a fellow senator’s heart (and vote) is the stomach It’s a lazy weekend morning, and state Sen. Ron Kouchi and wife Joy have filled their house with the aroma of warm sugar. That’s because they’ve just finished up a batch of [...]
A new program allows volunteers to put Hawaiian language newspapers online There are three types of history buffs: Those who study it, those who write it and those who make it happen. Which are you? If you say all three, Awaiaulu wants you! On computers at homes, on iPads and at public libraries everywhere, folks [...]
First-time Kaua’i County Councilwoman Nadine Nakamura wants to improve the quality of life for everyone on Kaua’i. “That, for me, is the bottom line and why I’m doing this,” she says. “How can we improve our life on this island for us and for future generations?’” It seems she’s already helped answer that question. Nakamura, [...]
