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For Kaua‘i publisher Barbara Bennett keeps company with TV star Russell da Rooster and the owl spokesbird for children’s health, Maka Nui. More about Storybook Theatre on page 3

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Lensed Art Rules2 at KCC One Stop Center Photos by Anne E. O’Malley Works of art by more than 100 art students enrolled in fall semester art courses and representing all of the art divisions at Kaua‘i Community College filled the first floor of the One Stop Center at Kaua‘i Community College. Greg Shepherd directed the KCC Vocal Ensemble, and pupu filled snack tables as students, teachers, family and friends wove their way through the exhibit. There were self-portraits, still lifes, landscapes, watercolors, photography, graphic design posters and clay sculptures.

Ethel Kauahi with her ceramic piece, Monku-Monku Seal

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Greg Shepherd conducts the KCC Vocal Ensemble.

Robert Contrado with his wax oil reverse glass painting titled Mr. Bo Jangles

Shaina Nacion with her acrylic watercolor on paper titled Funky Beginning Drawing intructor Carol K. Yotsuda with some of her students’ work

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Good News Every Week at www.forkauaionline.com CONTENTS Cover Story: Storybook Theatre . . 3 EKK 30 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Corporations & Kids . . . . . . . . . . 8 FIT: Ray Nitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Live Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Jan TenBruggencate: Art . . . . . . 14 BIZ: Aloha Images . . . . . . . . . . 14 KUGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 HomeStyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Kauai Chorale . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Island Activities . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Heath, Wellness & Fitness . . . . . 26 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Directory/Coupons . . . . . . . . . 38 Aloha Spirit Awards Ballot . . . . . 39 FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS call 338-0111 or email publisher@forkauaionline.com PUBLISHER Barbara Bennett Phone 338-0111 Fax 338-0222 barbara@forkauaionline.com EDITOR Anne E. O’Malley Phone 742-9587 editor@forkauaionline.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Joan Conrow Jan TenBruggencate ADVERTISING Barbara Bennett, Sales & Marketing Director 338-0111 barbara@forkauaionline.com Melinda Uohara, Sales & Marketing Manager Cell 652-6878 Office/Fax 245-4648 melinda@forkauaionline.com Published by Kaua‘i Management Group For Kaua‘i Magazine, PO Box 956, Waimea, HI 96796

Storybook Theatre of Hawai‘i Peace through storytelling

by Anne E. O’Malley In a rehabilitated 1932 building that’s lived many lives, Mark Jeffers, founder and head of the Storybook Theatre of Hawai‘i for over 30 years in various incarnations, has plans for the future that draw from the past.

This is the man who breathed spirit into Russell da Rooster and brought the puppet to prominence over the past 22 years. Jeffers has given Russell a voice through his own TV show, and made him the judge in the annual Crow for Koke‘e contest, where kids and adults enter a crowing competition in an attempt to win loot from Russell.

Crowing for Koke‘e. Russell da Rooster and Mark Jeffers listen to a contestant crow. Archival photo by Dave Boynton

Defining Jeffers, who has helped produce over 40 touring productions and played

the role of Robert Luis Stevenson, brought Princess Ka‘iulani to life in a festival

named after her, told the story of the dreaded banana poka vine through, of all see Storybook page 5

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Lensed Wish Fish Photos by Anne E. O’Malley About 128 students at Kapa‘a Elementary School made paper-mache Wish Fish in art teacher Wendy Benton’s classroom, tucking tiny messages written on tissue paper inside the balloon bodies as they worked.

Wishes ranged from the lofty to the mundane and included be rich, remain friends with my favorite friends forever, to fly and more. An art teacher for over 30 years, 25 of them at Kapa‘a Elementary, Benton was stoked at how the students got into it. Following a rubric, students rated their projects. Sounds like A+!

L-R: Ruben Dias, Jr. with Sparky; Matthew Baltazar with Tobusces; Kaden Baliaras with Kiyoyah

L-R: Jared Oliver with Seahawk; Moses Ito with Jet; Braden Tabura with Rainbow

Elijah Williams with Black Magic (l); Sage Ikehara Ragasa with Nerds

Glenn Patrick Aguada with Goldie

Tora Daligcon-Pomokai with Sweet Cheeks

L-R: Kailee Maglinti with Sweet Cakes; Kya Dorati with Mr. Bloopers, Nahele Keale with Purpy; Leilia Panui with Peaches

Fifth grade students of Ms. Wendy Benton’s art class at Kapa‘a Elementary School check out their class’s wish fish.

Isaiah Blas with Dark Magic

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things, a banana poka vine puppet, and much, much more—comes down to this: storyteller, lover of drama, and a big kid at heart Jeffers played hard as a child, and later, through a series of odd jobs, he found himself involved in early education as a career.

Puppets, drama—it’s all storytelling, and, says Jeffers, “It is story that is the vehicle in life. “We all get on at the same place and go.”

It works for all ages and all cultures, and he has made it his life.

In a recent collaboration with the newspaper For Kaua‘i, the puppet Maka Nui, an owl, has become

the spokesbird for children’s health after Jeffers learned that many west side children were becoming diabetic. The wise owl advocates staying physically active, eating lots of local fruits and vegetables and cutting down on screen time.

Says Jeffers, “Having a puppet as a spokesbird is the first step to community education.”

Jeffers plans on taking storytelling to a new level at Storybook Theatre. The mission remains the same—to share cultural diversity; encourage global understanding and citizenship; promote environmental and arts education; enable children to experience and participate in the performing and media arts; and use the medium of televi-

sion to empower children and families through stories and other means.

The theatre that once lived in his closet, then two church offices and in the basement of a prior home and has evolved to become the building and programs it is today in Hanapepe, has yet another step to go.

After the official opening in its Hanapepe location in 2003, Jeffers had the idea to build a peace garden in the back yard of the theatre and cast about for a town hero to name it after. Right away, one name shot up—that of U.S. Senator Spark Masayuki Matsunaga.

“At the national level, he became a politician who made changes in the world,” Jeffers says.

Six years and $.5 million

Some of the stars of Storybook Theatre. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

in numerous donations and grants later, The International Children’s Garden of Peace officially opened in July 2012.

What’s next? Jeffers says it’s critical to have some kind of combination of all the ideas bubbling up since folks involved selected the Hanapepe

site, first identified as the future home for Storybook Theatre even as it lay wrecked after Hurricane ‘Iniki.

He and the board have come up with the notion of an Academy of Pacific Cultural Interpretation, a place that will help people of the Pacific to

tell their stories.

“Conceivably, someone coming to the academy will take what they know about their culture and present it to another culture through festivals, storytelling, media and publishing. And those stories are one way to make peace.”

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EKK Turns 30!

Hawaiian Music Has the Power

by Anne E. O’Malley January is that time of year on Kaua‘i when Hawaiian music fans flock weekly to E Kanikapila Kakou. It means, literally, “Let’s strike up the music.”

But it’s so much more. Now in its 30th year, the 10 Monday night weekly season that runs from January 21 to March 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort brings listeners to their feet, promotes

What: E Kanikapila Kakou 30th season, Kaua‘i Pardee Central Where: Kaua‘i Beach Resort located off the highway between Lihu‘e airport and the Wailua River.

When: Monday evenings from January 21 through March 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Highlights: From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., practice on ukulele or (sometimes) learn a hula. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., musicians break loose on stage, lots of talk story and amazing music.

How Much: Make a donation in the calabash, or become a patron—check it out upon your arrival.

Monday guests most immediately featured include: Jan. 21, Keale, LT Smooth, Donald Kaulia, Let the Celebration Begin!; Jan. 28, Aunty Bev Muraoka and Her Gang,The Queen of Chalangalang at Kauai Pardee Central; Feb. 4, Bobby Moderow, Jr., leader of Maunalua

spontaneous hula and shouts of “Hana Hou”—More!

Each season, there’s also one concert among the less formal Monday structures, and this year, EKK will welcome for the first time the internationally recognized Keali‘i Reichel on Friday, Jan. 25. The concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25.

“It’s a big score that we got him,” says Carol K. Yotsuda, director of the program, its co-founder and the executive director of the Garden Island Arts Council that umbrellas it.

She’s been trying for years.

E Kanikapila Kakou is a huge draw, with locals as well as visitors from around the

Keali‘i Reichel will perform in concert for EKK on Friday, January 25. Photo by U’ilani Friedman

world. They email Yotsuda in advance to get the dates, and when the program is finalized, usually in November, the airlines are going ka-ching! with bookings.

We don’t want to be a onetime destination,” says Yot-

suda, who was also one of the founders of the GIAC 37 years ago. “We want to become everybody’s second visit, third visit, a repeat destination.

“I think Hawaiian music has that power. I see it coming across my desk—emails

constantly arriving.”

You can practically hear the sobs of people emailing from places with five feet of snow, sorrowful that they can’t attend this season.

Musicians who come are ecstatic, and it’s common for see EKK page 9

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state of Hawai‘i and here on Kaua‘i are on the rise, growing in all shapes and sizes, from portable container gardens to a hydroponics system constructed with rain gutters, to beans in rows nearly 100 feet long. Based on its needs and interests, each school intuitively selects its garden size and theme Two teachers at Ele‘ele Elementary School, Maile Mier and Spence Irimata, dreamed of a garden rejuvenation— and acted on it, their kinder –“garten” dreams coming true. The school was the lucky recipient of a $250 grant from Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) that seeded the project. A&B’s donation was the catalyst to rejuvenate the keiki garden, with several local companies joining in to lend strong backs and hands.

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Heart and Soul Organics of Moloa’a donated 4 cu. yds. of organic compost, and Lawrence Tachibana of Kaua‘i Hedge & Ground Covers offered, free of charge, to pick up and deliver the gift. Allowance in the A&B funding was sufficient to provide individual kid-sized buckets, flower

boxes and planters, marigolds and herbs—just the tools needed to get the garden up and growing toward a bright future.

Any school garden is only as successful as the team that supports it, and in this instance, Principal Fred Rose and head custodian Flo made sure the day ran smoothly.

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Joann Yukimura jumped in to help with the planting, and parents and grandparents were on hand for weeding, leveling and helping ensure that all the children had a great first day in the garden.

The Ele‘ele Kinder-“garten” is a tribute to the aloha spirit.

Seeds of plants as well as of aloha will bloom for a long time, taking root and growing with this great nurturing.

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Yotsuda to receive three and four calls a day from those who come —and Blackberry and iPhone messages composed on flights back home, praising the program to the skies.

Says Yotsuda, “It’s an amazing program. You can’t always define everything about it, or how it works—it just seems to have a magical effect.”

Funding for the 2013 E Kanikapila Kakou program is once again made possible by a grant from the Hawai’i Tourism Authority and managed by the Kaua’i County Office of

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Of course, as he says, “A lot of moving is knowing how to manipulate large pieces.

You’ve got to use levers and wheels and pulleys and find different ways.”

Lean and muscled, at 5 ft. 8 in. and weighing 130 lb., Nitta says, “I’m in constant move-

And he does taiko.

When the Rev. Earl Ikeda of the Honpa Hongwanji in Waimea approached Nitta in the middle of 2000 and asked him to start a taiko group, Nitta, who’d been exposed to it, accepted.

Nitta didn’t know he’d wind up assisting in the making of perhaps 100 drums for taiko here and see the sprouting of a number of taiko groups including the one he helped start, Taiko Kaua‘i.

He’d made drums of other kinds, beautiful ones with carvings on them, and even wrote directions on how to make a particular drum. The directions were printed in Gamesmag, published by a place he’d taught in Berkeley.

Somehow, the directions made it into the Whole Earth Catalog and Nitta received inquiries from all over the world. A friend visiting see Moving page 11

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Australia actually saw a drum in a shop there with a sign that said, “Designed by Ray

“They weigh from 15 lb. to 150 lb.,” says Nitta. “I have lifted them, but usually, you get two people to carry them.”

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For Taiko Kaua‘i to make their own drums made sense, says Nitta. The group was beating on poor-boy drums—tires wrapped in clear packing tape and propped up on folding chairs.

Taiko drums from Japan cost between $6,000 to $8,000 each for the big ones, and who could afford that?

They could make their own for about $350 apiece.

And certainly, taiko is an art form that requires strength to fashion the drums and transport the big ones.

playing the taiko drums, an athletic pursuit that causes drummers to break a sweat in every performance.

These days, Nitta is also getting plenty of exercise at Lawai International Center, where he’s part of a team working on building the new Hall of Compassion, made in the art of traditional 13th Century Japanese joinery.

Says Nitta, “I find it an honor to even touch a building like that, no less work on it.”

Volunteering from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, he

ing around, walking on rafters and beams—pieces of wood about two inches wide and 20 feet high.”

What’s changed his perspective?

“The project, the spirit of it,” he says.

Drawing from his kit bag of experiences that could fill a novel, Nitta offers a word or two about staying fit.

“Keep moving,” he says.

I’ll try anything, from jumping out of an airplane—I did some skydiving.

“Life is full of risk. Jump right in with both feet.”

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by Anne E. O’Malley Theatre booms on Kaua‘i. At least 10 different groups delight a mix of audiences with productions ranging from adult drama and musicals to theatre performed by children and theatre performed for children by adults and by teens for their peers.

Probably the granddaddy of community theatre organizations on Kaua‘i is the group known today as Kaua‘i Community Players (KCP). The impetus to form began in 1955, when a group produced You Can’t Take It With You. Eventually, the group incorporated as a non-profit in 1971. see Theatre page 26

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Your Stories are Holy Aloha dear For Kaua‘i Readers, I’ve enjoyed writing your stories in various media for 27 years, and in the past two years, for For Kaua‘i and forkauionline.com. Likely, in the future, you’ll see my byline somewhere. However, I am taking a break and have resigned as the editor of For Kaua‘i and forkauaionline. com, so this January issue is my final one as editor for this publication.

Way back, at a time when I was newer at this, I wondered whether I’d ever run out of stories to tell. At a population of 65,000 plus, you’ve knocked that nonsense out of me, because where there’s

life, there’s story.

Storytelling. We all talk story, with family, friends and neighbors, and even strangers. It is our primary way of making sense of our world, of passing things along. And in some way, I became this kind of storyteller — a journalist.

I knew I could never have every job in the world, yet I was always curious about people and the work they do.

I was fortunate to be able to learn more about those things by talking story and writing somewhere close to 10,000 articles and taking about 150, 000 photos over nearly 30 years — thanks to you, your family, friends and neighbors.

When I’ve called and said

I’d like to write about you, you’ve been gracious, sincere and open. You’ve trusted me to reveal a part of your life in our community and we’ve learned new things not just about you, but from you because of your generosity of spirit.

We learned compassion through a story about a woman who donated one of her kidneys to someone she didn’t know well.

We gained appreciation of our built environment through an expert in architectural design who makes our lives more beautiful as well as functional.

We justifiably cheered when we peeped inside Koloa

School to learn why a Title I school is the #1 elementary school on the island and is leaving NO students behind.

In his first interview in 25 years, we’ve gotten insight into a well-known entrepreneur’s master plan for keeping a piece of Kaua‘i as close as possible to its roots.

We’ve learned about honoring our host culture as we’ve explored the Hawaiian culture with some of its honored kupuna and lifelong practitioners.

And in this January 2013 issue, we explore some of the many and varied arts aspects of Kaua‘i — and barely scrape the surface. There’s so much out there!

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After Hurricane ‘Iniki, a friend told me, “Annie, people are hurting. They need to tell their stories, it’s healing, and you have to write them.”

We conceived the book, Miracle of ‘Iniki. My friend said, “People’s stories are gospel, they‘re holy.”

I’ve held onto that thought and trust that in each article I’ve written, that I’ve told your truths and that you’ve been

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Mahalo to you all, and mahalo to Barbara Bennett for providing this people storyoriented publication.

Aloha, Anne E. O’Malley

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From canvas to a Post Office wall. Hanapepe, home to the island’s popular Friday night art walk, claimed another art first for the island, and for the state, in 2006 with this mural. Mark Jeffers of Hanapepe Storybook Theatre (l) chats with artist Fred Tangalin in front of the Hanapepe Post Office. Tangalin had help—74 then-fourth graders in three classes at Ele‘ele School. Archival photo by Anne E. O’Malley

by Jan TenBruggencate It’s a thrill to wander through any of Kaua‘i’s many art shops, and see how our island’s artists interpret this singular place.

I was sitting in the county’s Pi‘koi Building recently, having a conversation about the debris field arriving from the Japan tsunami—when I noticed that one of the pieces of artwork on the wall had been “painted” in marine debris.

At one show, I was impressed by art rendered in the form of a modern Hawaiianstyle basalt adz—an artistic combination of working in wood (the handle), working in stone (the blade) and working in fiber (the cordage that lashed it together.)

Nearby was a large, glossy, turned wooden bowl.

You could argue that those are craft rather than art, but Page 14

shucks, I’d hang them on my wall. Is a fine canoe paddle hung on one wall less artistic than a framed pressed flower on another, or a watercolor on a third?

Art’s like that. It’s hard to define, and the very act of trying to define it can diminish it.

It’s like, perhaps, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s 1964 statement on obscenity: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced . . . and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it.”

When the artist Christo stretched a curtain of orange fabric across a valley in the Rocky Mountains, was that art? When someone takes chunks of fencing, and nuts and bolts and car parts, and creates a rusty thing in the shape of a horse, is that art?

When a street person paints herself silver and acts like a robot while soliciting donations, is that art? When an accomplished hula dancer glides onto the stage, with liquid fingers and rolling hips, is that art?

And if music is art, and food (culinary art), and landscapes, and pottery, then what isn’t?

Andy Warhol in 1962 helped create a new form of art—pop art—with his 32 Campbell’s Soup cans. Some folks still have a problem with images of soup cans as art, but oddly, since the soup cans were paint-on-canvas, they suit traditional definitions of art more than a lot of other things that get the title.

And yet, it can be uplifting to see what another human brain can do with bits of driftwood, colored wire, scraps of old fishing net, seeds and see Art page 15

Ray Charron, Aloha Images—a candy store for art lovers. Photo by Anne E. O’ Malley

by Anne E. O’Malley “It’s a candy store for art lovers. That’s my motto, and has been, from day one, says Ray Charron, owner of Aloha Images, an art gallery located in the Dragon Building in Kapa‘a.

Situated in the front corner of the Dragon Building at the corner of Kuhio Hwy. and Kukui St. in approximately 2,000 sq. ft. of gallery space, Charron displays roughly 500 works that draw people in.

“This is my canvas,” says

Biz of the Month Charron, waving an arm around the gallery. “I move it around every day. When people come into my space, I’m proud to show it off, tell everything I can about the art.”

Among the 20 or so art-

ists he represents are Steven Valiere and John Holm, both acrylic artists who paint surf themes.

“People who buy them aren’t surfers, but they love the style,” says Charron, who names more artists whose work he sells.

“Miguel and Arozi— they’re my realists. There is the same quality and style as Tabora, but for a lot less money—I call them my poorman’s Tabora’s.”

Charron also sells paintings

by Tim Nguyen, a Vietnamese artist living on O‘ahu.

“He paints Hawaiian people in a really loving way. They’re big bruddahs,” he says, and adds—“he actually sells for up to $200,000—but I don’t carry those.”

The Kaua‘i artist Seamus uses Aloha Images as his studio, and has been painting there for as long as Charron has been in business—now going into his 18th year.

Seventeen years ago, Charron walked away from a successful career, managing three Wyland Galleries on Kaua‘i. He wanted to do his own thing and now lives it.

He calls himself an imagineer, having adopted the word way before Disney did, he says.

“The true meaning of an imagineer is someone who has an idea and fulfills it,” says Charron. “I created this place because I had a vision of it— it’s a store I created because I want to walk into a store like this.

“Hundreds of people have told me this is the coolest art gallery they’ve ever been in anywhere. The whole idea of my galleries is that every bend you go around, I want you to see something you like.”

You can even buy a painting on layaway.

Charron says he doesn’t sell the art—“The art sells itself. see Images page 15

Images from page 14

I’m an educator, not a salesperson. I just give you enough information so you can make a decision.”

There’s no pressure here, just talk story, and Charron’s talented in that arena. So much so, that repeat customers call him, and tell him things such as, “When we were there, we did everything—helicopter ride, ziplining—but we found that the most fun we had is two hours in your gallery, speaking with you. You made our trip.”

One visitor came in and stood in place for a while, tears streaming down her face. “You know, what you have here is a healing wall,” she said. Her husband had recently had surgery and she went out to the

car and brought him in to see.

Charron is Mr. Aloha, even has his own spin on aloha as an acronym—Affordable Location Original Hawaiian Art. And when he packs your art to ship, he includes a personal note that patrons often tuck behind their paintings when they hang them.

Selling about 40 paintings a month offers opportunity for change in the gallery, giving it a different look daily.

“I work in a living painting.

Every day is an adventure,” he says.

Aloha Images is located at 4504 Kukio St. in Kapa‘a. It’s open M-F from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and closed on Sunday. Call 808-639-2756 or 808- 821-1382. Email ray@ alohaimages.com.

Art

from page 14

branches, and, yes, oil and acrylic paint.

Art, ultimately is not only something you know when you see it, it’s also where you find it.

Among my favorite venues, and I recommend them highly to anyone who hasn’t been, are the Kaua‘i Society of Artists shows, which are at Kukui Grove Center. As this is written, the small works show is up, to be followed early in the new year by the society member show.

You can also wander the art nights in Hanapepe on Friday nights and first Saturdays of the month in Kapa‘a—and of course, the many galleries in virtually every town on the island on any day.

At right—Kaua‘i United Way will host Classics… the Kauai United Way, a benefit concert featuring three world-class performers from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center—Anna Kavafian, pictured at right, violin; Yura Lee, violin/viola; and Laurence Lesser, cello. The selections will include Schubert String Trio in B-flat major, D. 8; Beethoven String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 1; Bartok Duos for Two Violins (selections) and Dohnanyi Serenade in C major for String Trio. For more information, visit online at kauaiunitedway.org or call 245-2043.

Jan TenBruggencate is a beekeeper, an author and the former science writer for The Honolulu Advertiser. He operates a communications company, Island Strategy LLC. He serves on the board of the Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative and on the County Charter Review Commission.

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KUGA—Kaua‘i UnderGround Artists—plants seeds of creativity via dance, music & lyrics. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

KUGA was underground, but look again. What Kaua‘i UnderGround Artists founder and dancer Lila (Balmores) Metzgar ran on her own, in friends’ garages for their kids and for the county is now in two Kalaheo locations and spreading.

We’re talkin’ hip-hop and break dancing that for a long time was invisible on the island but now, says Metzgar, “Going into 2013, we’re seen more.”

Begun as RAQUAD in 2003, Metzgar says it was such an alternative lifestyle it was as if KUGA was a safe secret place and you just didn’t know they were around.

That was the case, until Metzgar started to showcase

this dancing style in a Love Life Creative Festival held annually in May and going on its fifth year. The rest of the year, KUGA also does mini hip hop jams “and battle for prizes, for example, for respect, for trophies, and some sponsors donate cool T-shirts and things.”

Students as young as four years old up to her oldest student, age 46, participate in classes up to four days a week, year-round. The dancer’s commitment is individual—as much or as little as he or she wants.

“Our goal is not to create the next big hit dancer,” says Metzgar. “Through what these students are learning and how they express themselves, they’re learning life skills be-

yond those of a professional dancer.

“Our goal is to create conscious reliable citizens of our community. It translates to schoolwork, and adults having dreams and going after them.”

Metzgar knew from small kid time that she wanted to dance and choreograph, but pursued a career in modeling, becoming an IT girl—international traveler. She learned Pilates and took dance classes.

“I paid a lot to take classes as an investment in my dance,” she says.

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I think Pilates is a good background to be able share this kind of movement.

Lithe and lean, a surfer since she was 12, Metzgar points to the men in the Balmores family, known to be excellent surfers, and she says, “I’ve been totally blessed through that gene pool.”

Her go-getter mom has been a role model as she rose through the ranks in the visitor industry from a switchboard operator with no college education to her fourth position as a general manager, today at Aston at Po‘ipu Kai. And if she’s toting up the great role models, Metzgar has

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This year also marks the beginning of Ricciardi’s silver anniversary with the chorale, served in two parts, from January 1979 to mid-1983 and again from 1994 to the present. see Chorale page 24

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Chorale from page 23

Says Ricciardi, “I have a very passionate spot for the Kaua‘i Chorale because it is rewarding to see people grow, as opposed to taking excellent singers that already know a lot.”

Often, the results exceed their expectations—and sometimes, her own.

Meticulous in her preparation, Ricciardi researches tons of choral literature and draws ideas from personal contacts she’s made through years of attending choral workshops.

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gin to shape a program that matches the purpose of the nonprofit chorale as stated in its articles of incorporation—to contribute to the cultural and fine arts climate of Kaua‘i via volunteer musical events.

“I love music,” says Ricciardi. “I love the directing aspect.

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sician who plays organ and piano at the United Church of Christ in Hanapepe, says, “It’s very thrilling when we’ve done something very hard

and we’ve done it well.”

Diana Portillo, 17, is in her first season. Another member heard her sing and asked her to join.

“I got chills when I came,” says Portillo. “This is where I belong.”

Says Paul Curtis, a member see Storybook page 25

Chorale from page 24

for 30 years and a lifelong singer, “If you like or love to sing, come. It doesn’t matter if you can’t read music—nobody’s turned away!”

Wes Cronk, president of the chorale and a member the past six years or so, says what keeps him returning is, “The joy of singing and joy of communicating music to people

in our community—unity.”

Melvin Gallagher founded the chorale in the 1960s.

He served as the Minister of Music for the Kaua’i United Churches of Christ and was a teacher of piano, organ and voice.

Ricciardi met him before he left. She was just coming out of the doldrums following two years of acute homesickness for New York and had become the organist and

choir director at Lihu‘e United Church.

“I took some organ lessons from Mel Gallagher to figure it out, and that was the beginning,” says Ricciardi. I was no longer homesick—no time!”

‘Having a life in music isn’t a decision, says Ricciardi, “It just is a part of you and you can’t push it aside, even if you wanted to.”

And clearly, she doesn’t.

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Diana Portillo

Paul Curtis

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Theatre

PMRF Assistant Fire Chief Receives Community Service Award

from page 12

2012 has been an active and exciting year for Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Assistant Chief of Operations Janis Kimata. In May, when she was promoted to her current rank, she was named the highest ranking female firefighter in the state of Hawaii, and becoming only the second female to obtain that rank in the 161 years of fire service in Hawaii.

On December 6, Kimata became the first woman to receive the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for outstanding volunteer efforts and exemplary community service contributions through fire safety and prevention educational programs for Kauai residents.

“It’s rare to find an employee that has all the attributes to be successful,” said PMRF Fire Chief Manuel Neves, “she has the skill, knowledge, dedication and passion. You add that with her personality, it’s a winning combination.”

In the Island School production of “Skinflints and Scoundrels: Moliere’s Miser,” Junior Christy Jo Williams played the role of Frosine.

Courtesy photo

More theatre companies evolved over the years, giving community members of all ages amazing growth opportunities.

As Wil Welsh, president of KCP and involved in theatre for about 50 years starting back in college says, “The growth is terrific, the social aspects of it. You’re involved in a pretty intense experience and get close to other cast members, and when a production is over, it’s like a family breaking up—and of course, there are the public speaking skills you learn—all kinds of things.”

For Kaua‘i offers a glimpse of those theatres here, with information about their next productions. Take advantage and attend—thespians love to have an audience.

Kimata and the firefighters at Barking Sands presented their hour-long fire prevention demonstration to over 900 students, representing eight different schools from September to November.

Kimata, an 11 year veteran of the PMRF fire department, began volunteering soon after joining the department.

“When I first joined the fire department, I went to Waimea Canyon School with one of the older Firefighters and fell in love with it,” said Kimata, “I enjoyed seeing the kids’ eyes light up and it grew from there. The next year I took on more schools by myself just because I enjoyed seeing the kids get excited about fire safety.”

The firefighters attending career days and promoting fire prevention have brought schools as far away as Lihue to PMRF to see fire demonstrations and tour the station.

“Every year we are adding more schools and getting more children involved in fire safety,” Kimata said, “some of the schools have even turned visiting PMRF into an annual trip and saving it for the end of the year.”

Mary MacDermott and Arnold Meister in An Evening with Tennessee Williams, a recent WIT production. Courtesy photo

The Liberty Mutual Firemark Award is presented annually to hundreds of firefighters throughout the country who best represent their communities through courageous acts and demonstrate the firefighter’s selfless spirit. As a local Liberty Mutual Firemark Award winner, Kimata will be considered for the 2012 Liberty Mutual National Firemark Award. Two national winners, one honored for heroism and one for community service and public education, will receive a $10,000 grant from Liberty Mutual for their fire departments.

The Liberty Mutual Firemark Award takes its name from the firemark, a leaden plate in the form of a Phoenix rising from the ashes. American fire offices in the 18th and 19th centuries used this to mark all the houses they insured.

The firemark stood as a guarantee to all fire brigades that the company which insured the house would reward them for extinguishing a fire on the premises.

The cast of My Three Angels, a recent Kaua‘i Community Players production. Seated (l-r): David Scott, Wil Welsh. Standing (l-r): Dottie Bekeart, stage manager; Bobbee Downs; Dana Bekeart; Thom Newman; Mackenzie Moen; Bailey Hutton; Jo Grande; Chad Dellatan; Jonel Langenfeld, director

Theatre on Kaua‘i at a Glance Organized Alphabetically by Group Group

Acronym

Started

Head

Last Production

Next Production

When

Website

E-Mail

Phone

Hawai‘i Assoc. of Performing Arts

HAPA

2003

Alain Dussaud

South Pacific

South Pacific continues

Wednesdays

www.southpacifickauai.com

—

346-6500

Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre

HCT

1996

Dolly Kanekuni

Scrooge

Bully Survivor by Pono Players

May in schools

hawaiichildrenstheatre@ hotmail.com

www.hawaiichildrenstheatre@ hotmail.com

246-8985

Island School Drama Department

—

1977

Peggy Ellenburg

Skinflints and Scoundrels: Moliere’s Miser

Treasure Island

March 1-2

www.ischool.org

peggy@ischool.org

246-0233 x262

Kalaheo School Drama Club

—

2001

Marly Madayag

Alice in Wonderland, Jr.

No Strings Attached — [Pinocchio]

April 26- May 4 weekends

—

—

332-6801

Kaua‘i Community Players

KCP

1969

Wil Welsh

My Three Angels

Play it Again, Sam

February 1

kauaicommunityplayers.org

—

245-7700

Kaua‘i Performing Arts Learning Center

KPAC

1986

Dennis McGraw

The Crucible

The Pajama Game

Apr 19-28 weekends

—

Dennis_McGraw/KAUAIH/HIDOE@ notes.k12.hi.us

651.242

Kaua‘i Sings

—

2006

Jason Blake

Kaua‘i Sings!

Christmas

Kaua‘i Sings Rogers and Hammerstein

Spring

http://www.malama-pono. org/

barbara@malama-pono.org

246-9577

Lucky Dog Productions, Inc.

—

2012

Jason Blake

—

Miss Saigon tentative

February

www.misssaigonkauai.com

jason@luckydogkauai.com

652-5210

Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids

—

2010

Richard Porto

Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story continues

check website for sked

honutheatre.org

purple.honu@hotmail.com

826-7552

WOMEN IN THEATRE

WIT

2000

Roberta Cable

The Odd Couple, Femaie Version

The Sisters Rosensweig

Feb 22-Mar 10

www.womenintheatre.org

info@womenintheatre.org

635-3727

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There are now a wonderful variety of nurseries as well as plant and flower growers who can be found around Kauai, online and in the farmers markets.

Noelani Pomroy showcased the art of wreathmaking at December’s Kauai Grown & Kauai Made Holiday Celebration at KCC, as well as Dottie Yadao who focused on tropical floral arrangements for the home. This is a great reminder that the best decoration can sometimes be found

in your own neighborhood, or in some cases in your own backyard.

For those coming to farmers markets each week, there is now a growing variety of plants available at the Kauai Community Market on Saturday mornings. George Rosenberger features native plants, while Michael Gregg and his wife Elsie sell a variety of starts to begin your own garden. At the same time Terry Gordines sells bouquets of fresh tropical flowers and takes online orders for those who want to send to friends and family far from home.

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Broke da mout’ dessert at Roy’s. Photo by Janet Miller

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“OK,” I said. “Let me see if I can get a home equity loan and we’ll do that!” see Broke page 33

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She replied, “No—you would be my guests.”

“OK, we’d be delighted!” was my response. “How about Saturday?”

Chef Mel smiled and assured me that she would take care of everything, including the reservations. She asked me if there is anything that we don’t like or are allergic to. Since I truly enjoy food in every form, I told her that we would be totally in her culinary hands.

“Surprise us!” I said.

My husband Joe and I took showers and put on some of the better clothes from the back section of the closet for the occasion. We showed up

as the restaurant opened.

Elegantly dressed Leah asked if we had a reservation.

As I began to explain that Chef Mel made the arrangements, Leah nearly snapped to attention, and gushed, “Oh, you’re Mrs. Miller! Come right this way!” and showed us to a perfectly situated table.

Our ultra-professional server, Mikey, appeared out of nowhere, introduced himself, plucked my napkin from the table, flapped it with a flourish to unfold it and floated it onto my lap.

Mikey suggested that I start off with a “top shelf Mai tai,” of which I happily partook. I don’t know why they keep them on the top shelf,

but it was tasty.

The first thing Chef Mel sent out to our table was a platter of four different kinds of appetizers. I would have called them BBQ ribs, ravioli, pot stickers and shrimp on a stick, but Roy knows them by the more fitting designations: Mongolian ribs, Seafood moon ravioli, Kalbi beef gyozas and seared shrimp sticks.

They were divine. Mikey knew every ingredient and described each one.

My entrée came out next—a seafood combination with sauces that were orgasmic. It was all I could do to not pick up the plate and lick it clean.

Joe’s entrée was a prime rib

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with another heavenly sauce.

Finally, the dessert chef, Karen, honored us with four sweet masterpieces: roasted banana creme brulee, chocolate soufflé, pineapple upside-down cake and apple volcano. She wrote in chocolate syrup around the edge of the platter, “Aloha Janet and Joe.” That, too, was delicious.

Joe and I could not have been treated more royally.

But, as I glanced around, I could see that everyone was being served just as well as we were… except for when Chef Mel, in her formal “whites” came out to our table to ask us if everything was to our satisfaction. Robin, the assistant manager, joined her.

The woman at the next table kept eyeing us, trying to determine what kind of VIPs we were. As we stood to leave, Joe leaned over to her, nodded in my direction, and whispered, “Meryl Streep.”

Janet Miller has a desire to eventually touch every life on Kaua’i in a positive way. Read her columns online at forkauaionline.com on the seventh day of every month.

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More info Kaua‘i Concert Associationinfo@kauai-concert. org (808) 245-7464 www. kauai-concert.org Friday, January 11, 8 am-3 pm A Culinary Romp Through Paradise. Local food experts offer an authentic taste of Kaua‘i by guiding you on a farm to fork culinary experience. The monthly event begins with a leisurely tour of a 26-acre exotic fruit farm then follows with a cooking demonstration and gourmet, four-course lunch made with Kaua‘i-grown ingredients. Ending with a presentation of locally made rum at The Feral Pig and a cocktail making demonstration using Koloa Rum, which participants get to drink! Outdoors at Opaekaa Falls $130 More info Marta Lane, info@tastingkauai.com, (808) 635-0257. www. tastingkauai.com Saturday, January 12, 9 am-4 pm Keiki Rodeo. The rodeo will be held at CJM Country stables in Poipu. Admission is free, lunch wagon available. (Keikis grades, K-High School). For info Charlene charmedeiros@ yahoo.com (808) 241-6394. www.cjmstables.com Sunday, January 13 Maha’ulepu on the South Shore. Spectacular coastal walk with stunning views. See Humpback whales this time of year. Visit the sinkhole/cave archeological site. A moderate 3-mile walk. Allan Rachap 212-3108 www.hi.sierraclub. org/kauai Saturday, January 19, 3 pm to 6:30 pm & Sunday, January 20 2 pm to 6 pm The Kauai United Way—2013 Classical Music Performance.

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Kauai United Way is honored to welcome: Ani Kafavian on violin, she is a professor at the Yale School of Music. Her instrument is a 1736 Strativarius. Yura Lee plays both violin and viola. Ms Lee has performed as a soloist in many symphony orchestras throughout the US and Europe.

Lawrence Lesser on cello: Mr. Lesser is a Professor Emeritus of the New England Conservatory, His instrument was created by the Amati brothers in Cremona, Italy in 1622. This very special event will be held at Elizabeth Freeman’s exquisite Seacliff Estate in Kilauea. All proceeds benefit the crucial communitybuilding work of Kauai United Way’s 29 Participating Agencies. $125 More info www.kauaiunitedway.org or call Scott Giarman 808-245-2043 Sunday, January 20 North Shore Bike Ride.Moderately strenuous 18 miles. Ride the scenic north shore from Hanalei to Ke’e with spectacular coastal views the whole way.

Must bring or rent a bike and helmet. Jane Schmitt 826-6105 www.hi.sierraclub.org/kauai Monday, January 21 & 28 2013 6-9 pm Thirty Years Of EKK— One Long Hawaiian Kine Pardee A Cultural Festival in Lihue Celebrating 30 Years of Bringing the Best of Hawaiian Music to You. Jan 21—Keale, LT Smooth, Donald Kaulia (Let the Celebration Begin!) Jan 28—Aunty Bev Muraoka and Her Gang (The Queen of Chalangalang at Kauai Pardee Central) All programs will take place at Kaua‘i Beach Resort. For info Carol Yotsuda, giac@hawaiilink. net, (808) 245-2733. www. gardenislandarts.org/news/ekanikapila-kakou

Wednesday, January 23 Waimea Canyon Road Clean Up. Afternoon clean up of Sierra Club’s adopted highway requires a little over an hour. Please help keep the gateway to Waimea Canyon litter-free. Bob Nishek at 346-0476 www.hi.sierraclub. org/kauai/ Friday, Jan 25, 7 pm Thirty Years Of EKK— One Long Hawaiian Kine Pardee A Cultural Festival in Lihue Celebrating 30 Years of Bringing the Best of Hawaiian Music to You. Keali‘i Reichel in concert, show time 7pm. At Kaua‘i Beach Resort. For info Carol Yotsuda, giac@hawaiilink. net, (808) 245-2733. www. gardenislandarts.org/news/ekanikapila-kakou Friday, January 25, 5:30 pm to 8 pm Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards 2013. The For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards is an annual celebration honoring individuals, organizations and businesses that have demonstrated leadership and achievement with aloha for Kaua‘i. The final winner of each category will be recognized at an Annual Pau Hana event on January 25th, Friday evening beginning at 5:30 pm. Deadline to submit your nomination is January 10th. Winners, guests and the public are invited.

Tickets available online www. forkauaionline.com/vote/ $15 inclusive. Food, Entertainment and Fun for All. Saturday, January 26 Maha’ulepu Sunset to Full Moon Walk on South Shore. Start out mid afternoon from Shipwreck Beach to watch the sun set and a full moon rise. Spectacular coastal walk. See Humpback whales. We’ll shuttle cars for a moderate one way hike.

Moderate 3.5 Miles. Judy Dalton 246-9067 www.hi.sierraclub. org/kauai

“YES! WE ONLY LISTEN TO FM97!”

Here’s the FM97 Gang, pictured at a few more Kaua‘i businesses who say: “We love listening to FM97 Radio all day long!”

Pro-Am Golf Shop (The FM97 Guys are old friends and customers of Olin Kaulili and Store Manager, Glenn Nakamoto, as everyone’s a golfer.)

The Kapaia Stitchery (FM97’s BB Choi, Jason Fujinaka & Ron Wood are surrounded by beautiful fabric and women, Peaches & Saecha.)

FM97 Radio continues to be the first choice of more offices, businesses and listeners . . . all across the island!

Kauai’s 1st Radio Choice.

Does your office or business listen to FM97? Be featured in our ad campaign.

Call us at 246-1197 or email frontdesk@fm97radio.com.

CALENDAR Sunday, January 27, 3-6 pm Kaua‘i Concert Assosication Presents: El Mundo. El Mundo is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of sixteenth through nineteenth century Latin American, Spanish and Italian chamber music.Made up of some of the finest period instrument performers, El Mundo combines bowed strings with the rarely heard accompaniment forces of mixed guitars, lutes and percussion.With the addition of the wonderful singers, such as Jennifer Ellis Kampani and Nell Snaidas, El Mundo also performs a exciting range of cantatas, zarzuelas, romances, villancicos and tonos humanos that range from sublimely sensual to lighthearted and folk-like. www.richardsavino.net Kauai Community Collage Performing Arts Center Adult $30, Student $10 For info info@kauai-concert.org (808) 245-7464.

Ongoing Kauai Farmers Markets locally known as Sunshine Markets and privately run markets are held island wide Monday to Sunday. Dozens of local farmers sell a variety of unique organic produce, tropical flowers, as well as crafts such as such as handmade jewelry in a festive and colorful outdoor atmosphere. Don’t forget to bring bags and small bills. A full list of farmers markets can be found here www.kauai.com/ kauai-farmers-markets and realkauai.com/FarmersMarkets Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 am-3 pm Tours of the Waioli mission station and house experience in Hanalei. The site offers a chance for you to learn about 19th century education, 20th century restoration, and 21st century preservation. Tours are given on

Kauai‘s only full-powered FM Community Radio Station Serving Kaua‘i since 1997 Listener-Supported & Volunteer Powered • Hawaiian Music Programming • Community Talk Shows • Wide Variety of Music Programs and Personalities P.O. Box 825, Hanalei, HI 96714 • Office 808-826-7774 • Request Line 808-826-7771 • Toll Free 866-275-1112 • Fax 808-826-7977 Email kkcr@kkcr.org

a “first come” basis. grovefarm. org/waiolimissionhouse Na ‘Āina Kai botanical gardens Choice of tours for visitors of all abilities are conducted Tuesday thru Friday. Guests must be on a guided tour in order to see the Gardens. Na ‘Āina Kai, “Lands by the Sea” in Hawaiian, is everevolving and unique among the world’s botanical gardens.

Spanning 240 acres, Na ‘Āina Kai is a living mosaic of diverse and bounteous gardens, a hardwood plantation, a moss- and ferndraped canyon, and a pristine sandy beach stretching between a meadow and the aquamarine waters of the Pacific. Gracing the gardens and wild areas throughout this once-private estate are more than 90 bronze sculptures, one of the nation’s largest collections.www.naainakai. org/visitor/touring.html info Call (808) 828-0525 or e-mail Reservations@NaAinaKai.org Kauai Coffee Company offers daily guided walking tours at 10am, 1 pm and 3 pm. Walk the meandering path beneath the shade of the coffee trees and learn about Kaua‘i Coffee, the history, and the coffee grown on the estate. Interpretive signs identify the five different coffee varietals as well as the entire coffee process from initial blossoming, through harvesting and processing, to the final roasting. www.kauaicoffee.com/

index.php?page=walking tour info kcofvc@kauaicoffee.com (808) 335-0813.

Nanea Chocolate offers daily tours of their chocolate farm from 9:30 am—12:30 pm cost is $55 a person, children 12 and under are free. The tour is open rain or shine The chocolate farm tour is a three-hour guided educational adventure where you will learn all about the cacao tree and see how chocolate is made from the cacao fruit (cacao pods). See 7 different varieties of Theobroma Cacao and Theobroma Grandiflorum. Learn about permaculture and see how a sustainable exotic fruit farm works. At the end of the tour we sit down to a chocolate tasting to sample Hawaiian grown and made chocolates Call 808-6346812 or email koa@naneachocolate.com. www.naneachocolate. com/farm-tour Wednesday Every Wednesday 8:30-10:30 am Na ‘Āina Kai botanical gardens.

NEW!—Seasonal Bird Tour. After a successful premier season, the Bird Tour will be back running from December to April. This special tour visits areas of Na ‘Āina Kai that other tours don’t include. A spotting scope will be available for close views so we don’t disturb the nesting birds. This tour is limited to 8 guests per guide and includes a stainless steel water bottle for the participant to keep. Now taking reservations $60 . www. naainakai.org/visitor/touring. html info Call (808) 828-0525 or e-mail Reservations@NaAinaKai. org Monthly Keiki Day, Last Saturday of each month, 9am-12 pm. Na ‘Āina Kai botanical gardens. Come enjoy the Children’s Garden, a happy and educational oasis for both children and adults. Play in Jack’s fountain, explore the tropical jungle and enjoy the many kid-

friendly areas of this wonderful Garden. Reservations are required. $10 www.naainakai. org/visitor/touring.html info Call (808) 828-0525 or e-mail Reservations@NaAinaKai.org

Yoga Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sunday. 5:30-7 pm Astanga Yoga offers a Relax Deeply class A restorative yoga practice with supported floor postures that support deep relaxation, tension release, stress management and foster your body’s innate healing capacity.

Excellent as a prenatal practice, for remedying fatigue or those suffering chronic pain. All levels welcome. www.yogakauai.com/ Classes.html Fees from $15 for single class, multiple class tickets available. Astanga Yoga Kauai, Yoga Hanalei 5-5121 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei, Hawaii 96714 (808) 826-YOGA (9642) astangayyogakauai@hotmail.com Mon thru Fri, 8-10am Sat 9-10:30 am & Sunday 9:45-11:45 am Astanga Yoga offers a Vinyasa yoga class Levels I/II and II: enthusiastic beginners welcome.

See website for more details www.yogakauai.com/Classes. html Synergy of breath and movement form the basis of Krishnamacharya’s Vinyasa.

Explore a full range of postures; hip openers, forward bends, backbends, balancing, twisting and inverted postures in a systematically approachable way. Fees from $15 for single class, multiple class tickets available. Astanga Yoga Kauai, Yoga Hanalei 5-5121 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei (808) 826-YOGA (9642) astangayyogakauai@hotmail. com Mon, Tues, Thurs, Friday 7-8 am Astanga Yoga offer a morning Satsang class. Start the day with chanting Patanjali Yoga

Sutra and a basic Pranayama practice followed by a meditation. Class is free of charge when attending the following class. All levels welcome. www.yogakauai.com/Classes. html Fees from $15 for single class, multiple class tickets available. Astanga Yoga Kauai, Yoga Hanalei 5-5121 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei (808) 826-YOGA (9642) astangayyogakauai@ hotmail.com Everyday Kalaheo Yoga offers a full schedule of classes, honoring a variety of yoga traditions such as Iyengar, Vinyasa, Restorative, Alignment, Yin, Ananda, Viniyoga and Kripalu.

They also offer workshops, Qi Gong and Total-Barre Classes. The studio provides instruction for everyone from beginning students, who have never tried yoga before, to experienced students, who wish to deepen their yoga practice. See the website for a full schedule kalaheoyoga. com Kalaheo Yoga: 4427 Papalina Road, Kalaheo, Kauai.

808-652-3216 kalaheoyoga@ hotmail.com

Self-Help/Support Groups Narcotics Anonymo Narcotics Anonymous has meetings daily all around the island. Call the Helpline at 828-1674 for a full listing of NA meeting times and locations. na-hawaii.org/Schedules/kauai/kauai.htm Al-Anon & Alateen Meetings Al-Anon and Alateen offers free help to those who are concerned about someone’s drinking. Regular meetings are held all around the island. Call 246-1116. www. afghawaii.org/kauai.html Al-a-Non Meeting An Al-A-Non meeting is held Page 37

CALENDAR from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday in the cottage at Lihu‘e United Church. Get the support you need. Call Jane at 245-6887for info and directions.

AA Meetings Nearly 50 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held each week on Kaua‘i. For times and places, call 245-6677 or visit www.kauaiaa.org

Peer Support Meetings The Kaua‘i Center for Attitudinal Healing holds person to person support meetings with trained facilitators in Kapa‘a and Kalaheo.

Confidentiality is strictly upheld.

For information, times and locations call 821-1690. www. attitudinalhealinghawaii.org/ html/groups.htm

Community Garden The Kekaha Community Garden meets from 4 to 7 p.m (4-6 pm during winter) Sundays and Thursdays 8 – 1pm. behind St. Paul‘s Episcopal Church, 8610 Kiowea Rd, Kekaha. Garden open daily. fees $35 monthly, and 2 hours gardening per week for weekly box of food, tools and all supplies provided. Contact Diane Shoemaker kekahagarden@ gmail.com or 651-5197. www. kekahacommunitygarden.org

Waipa Foundation, Poi Day “Poi Day” happens most Thursday morning at Waipa. Volunteers are welcome to join kupuna, ohana, and staff in making poi in the style of about 70 years ago, and preparing it for distribution. Poi making starts around 5am, the work is usually completed, and lunch is served around noon.

Wear casual clothes that can get sticky kalo and poi on them, and possibly wet. Footwear and

cleanliness is important, as you are working with food. You will be working in an outdoor kitchen. Bring bug spray. Info waipaonline@waipafoundation. org (808) 826-9969 waipafoundation.org/about

Recreation Hanalei River Fair Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Showcasing artisans, craftsman, product and produce merchants from all over the island. Explore

the booths filled with local talent, enjoy great food, fresh produce and refreshing drinks!

Live entertainment. Open every weekend rain or shine.

Located in Hanalei across from the pier on Weke Road. Partial proceeds to benefit local churches and charities. Call Ann (808) 651-8856for more information.

Kaua‘i Business Directory Insurance Factors

Serving Hawaii’s insurance needs since 1931 745 Fort Street, Suite 100 Honolulu HI 96813-3809 Terri M. Workman (Kauai) Tel 808.822.3097 Vice President Fax 808.822.3098 Cell 808.651.886 tworkman@insurancefactors.com www. insurance factors.com

more news about local businesses on Kaua‘i www.facebook.com/ForKauai like us on Facebook & always be up to date Employer Services provides complete human resources, payroll, benefits, and payment solutions to businesses

Compassion. Excellence. Reliability.

Ph: 808.837.2200 | Fax: 808.837.2250

JAMES LIMOUSINE SERVICE KAUAI, LLC Island Wide Tours and Transportation

Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries & Special Occasions

Nursefinders is now BAYADA Home Health Care. BAYADA provides nursing, assistive care such as bathing and grooming, and habilitation including behavioral health, early intervention, and home and community-based services.

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Aloha Spirit

Awards

RECOGNIZING FOR KAUA‘I’S COMMUNITY LEADERS

The For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards is an annual celebration honoring individuals, organizations and businesses that have demonstrated leadership and achievement with aloha for Kaua‘i. For Kaua‘i Magazine recognizes those that have given back to their community and the island of Kaua‘i.

The final winner of each category will be recognized at an Annual Pau Hana event on January 25th, Friday evening. This year we will celebrate at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center and Museum in Lihue. Winners, guests and the public are invited. The Awards Committee will choose the winners based on your nominations. Thank you for your nominations and your participation in For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards. Deadline to submit your nomination is January 10th, 2013. Please mail to: For Kaua‘i Publisher, PO Box 956 Waimea, HI 96796 or vote online at www.forkauaionline.com/vote

VOTE ONLINE at www.forkauaionline.com/vote

Mahalo and Aloha, Barbara Bennett, Publisher, For Kaua‘i

Barbara Bennett, Publisher 338-0111 Barbara@forkauaionine.com

FOR KAUA‘I ALOHA SPIRIT AWARDS CATEGORIES Agriculture _________________________

Family Owned Business _________________

Arts and Culture ______________________

Green _____________________________

A person, business or organization that has taken a leading role in producing or promoting locally grown foods for Kaua‘i.

A leader, contributor or organization that has helped deepen the awareness of art and culture on Kaua‘i.

Business Leadership ___________________ A person with outstanding business leadership and business practices who has brought innovative community ideas and leadership with aloha for Kaua‘i.

Community Service ____________________ An organization or person that has made outstanding contributions to Kaua‘i through community service.

Educator ___________________________ (include school name or level if applicable)

An educator who has dedicated his or her life to helping students achieve their dreams and visions for Kaua‘i.

Entrepreneur ________________________ (include name of business)

An owner or manager of a business who has created initiatives by taking risks and has developed a futuristic vision for Kaua‘i.

MAIL TO: For Kaua‘i Publisher PO Box 956 Waimea, HI 96796

An outstanding company that has been successful in merging family and business interests for Kaua‘i.

A business or person who has shown a steadfast commitment to green living and supports a sustainable green future for Kaua‘i.

Kaua‘i Made _________________________ A product produced and sold with aloha for Kaua‘i.

Lifetime Achievement Award _____________ A person who has been extraordinary in action, word and deed in their lifetime by giving and doing for Kaua‘i.

Living Treasure _______________________ An outstanding individual whose achievements make you consider them a Living Treasure for Kaua‘i.

Non-Profit Organization _________________ Directors, CEO’s and Managers who have given endless hours to projects that give back to the community.

Kupuna, Kane _______________________

A kane whose voice in the Hawaiian community has deepened our understanding of the history of the host cultural to help sustain the aloha for Kaua‘i.

Kupuna, Wahine ______________________ An outstanding wahine who has contributed to Kaua‘i in many ways and continues to support a depth and breadth of the vision of aloha on Kaua‘i.

Travel Liaison ________________________

A person or company that has encouraged communication for mutual understanding between the travel industry and our grass roots for Kaua‘i.

Youth Leadership _____________________

A young person with an outstanding vision and the motivation to make a better life for Kaua‘i.

Youth Program _______________________ An organization that has served youth and that has activities that encourage learning Kaua‘i’s history and aloha for better citizenship on Kaua‘i.

Sports, Youth Advocate _________________

A young sports person who gives his or her aloha to games or sports organizations.

Military Veteran ______________________

Giving to our country and Kaua‘i . Aloha and pride of service.

Active Duty Service ____________________ A man or woman who is serving our country for Kaua‘i

NAME ________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________ CITY _______________________________ STATE ______ZIP ___________________________ PHONE ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________________ Page 39

TRAFFIC ADVISORY During the months of January-April 2013, Kaikor Construction will be working on Kūhi‘ō Highway, between Kuamoo Road and Papaloa Road, to construct a portion of Ke Ala Hele Makalae (the path that goes by the coast).

Periodic closures of the makai lane may occur between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. Motorists are asked to use extra caution in the area, and to observe all speed limit and other posted signs.

The County of Kaua‘i thanks you for your patience during the construction period.

County of Kaua‘i Department of Public Works Building Division 4444 Rice Street, Suite 175 Līhu‘e, HI 96766

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