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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Megan Deets received an unexpected treat for Valentine’s Day when she correctly answered a very simple question posed by a MidWeek Kaua’i representative. The Kapa’a resident won a $100 gift certificate to Foodland, which she frequents at least once a week. “Of all the main grocery stores onisland, it has the best organic selection and [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Uncle Charlie Pereira perpetuates and teaches the ancient Hawaiian fishing style – how to make a net, then how to throw and retrieve it There are many lessons to be learned from Uncle Charlie Pereira, master of holei ‘upena (throw-net fishing) and Kaua’i treasure-troveat-large: Tread softly, take only what you need, and whenever you’ve got [...]
The election season is in the air and sometimes that means change. Of course, change isn’t possible without discourse and communication, and that’s why I’d like to remind readers out there to get out to the polls, especially for the upcoming Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative election next month. (A mere 25 percent of voters participated [...]
The Malama Pono director says that’s the best way to tackle difficult issues D.Q. Jackson isn’t shy. The Malama Pono executive director is not afraid to confront issues such as sexual abuse or hepatitis transmission head-on. Hoping to make it easier for others to talk about these difficult topics, too, one of the many activities [...]
