Kauai Family Magazine Fall 2018

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Welcome to Kaua`i Family Magazine!

Kaua`i’s Go-To Resource for Engaging Families

Food, Reading, Phones and Grandparents School is back in full swing. Your mornings and evenings may feel rushed.

If you can prepare ahead of time, it helps. Organize the night before to get the kids off to school on time. As for dinners, try to stay away from fast foods every night.

On the weekend, plan meals for the next week. The article on page 34 gives more tips for on the go families. Mealtime preparedness takes the stress off so you have more time to enjoy the kids.

Plan time to read together as a family. Little ones enjoy learning and using their imagination while listening to books- or have them read to you.

Make homework less stressful by removing the smartphone or limiting its use. Find more about this important topic on page 42.

September 9 is Grandparents Day. It’s great fun when we are involved in our grandkids’ lives- they are so busy with their own activities! On page 22 gives great suggestions to honor and celebrate grandparents.

We hope this magazine will provide you with the resources to your families health, safety, education and readiness at your fingertips. So turn the pages for more guidance and support.

Mahalo, Kaua’i for allowing Kaua’i Family to be a part of your ‘Ohana.

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ENTER OUR COVER KIDS SEARCH It’s Easy. Find out the Details FALL FAMILY FUN FESTIVALS & EVENTS Fun for the Whole Family!

AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS Arts, Sports and Education at Kukui Grove Center

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PLAN A MONTH OF MEALS Serve a Healthy Meal Every Night

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KAUAI KEIKI Calming the Butterflies KAUAI KUPUNA Aging in Place KAUAI`I SPORTS KIF Fall Schedules KAUAI PETS No-Kill Animal Rescue & Adoption

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Message from Mayor Caravalho & DOE Superintendent Bill Arakaki Aloha! I hope all of our Kaua’i families enjoyed a fun and rejuvenating summer break!

As we prepare for the Back-to-School season, I encourage everyone to be involved in our keiki’s lives. Our bright and wonderful children are watching, listening, learning, and growing from us. It is our kuleana to set good examples and encourage them to further their development.

Mahalo to the publisher and contributors of “Kauai Family Magazine” for continuing to support our families by sharing important information, articles and available resources.

I wish you all the best in the upcoming school year! Study hard, be safe, and have fun!

Me Ke Aloha Pumehana,,

Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. Mayor, County of Kaua‘i, State of Hawai‘i Welcome Back to the new School Year 2018-19!

I am excited about the opportunities of the new school year as we continue our mission that the Kaua`i Complex Area: “Empowers and guides schools to inspire and educate children to become adaptive, innovative, contributing members of their community.” TOGETHER we will focus on our Statewide Priorities to provide: Equity and Access to Quality Education for All Students; Safe Learning Environments that Support Students Well Being; Student Centered School Design; Staff Professional Development, Recruitment, and Retention; and Communication and Engagement.

We will integrated the unique Hawaiian values (Na Hopena A`O) and sense of place, equip students for local and global leadership and the ambitious community, career, and college goals of their choice. “We Care for and We Prepare ALL Students for Careers, College, and Citizenship in the 21st Century” Lastly, Mahalo to Kauai Family Magazine for their continued support to our families by sharing valuable information and resources. “TOGETHER WE CAN!”

William N. Arakaki Kauai Complex Area Superintendent

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Kaua‘i Mokihana Festival a contemporary hawaiian cultural festival September 23-29, 2018

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Emalani Festival Kaua'i Saturday, October 13, 2018 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow, Köke‘e State Park Queen Emma enters the Meadow On horseback at 11 am.

No admission.

Song, Hula, and Pageantry In the Uplands of Köke‘e Family Fun - Food, Exhibits, and Silent Auction.

Bring your own blankets or chairs. No tents, alcohol, pets, and coolers.

Limited parking. Carpooling strongly suggested.

Sponsored by Hui o Laka with support from participating halau, the community, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, County of Kaua‘i, & DLNR State Parks

Visit Hui o Laka / Koke‘e Museum on Facebook and the web: www.kokee.org For more information or auxiliary aid, please call 808-335-9975 ten working days before the event.

Fall Festival

Kauai Christian Academy’s 18th Annual

Oct. 26 & 27, 4-- 9 p.m.

Family Fun in a carnival atmosphere!

Professional Magician (Friday night only)!

Local Food Vendors Pony Rides Hay Rides Petting Zoo Carnival Games Huge Pumpkin Patch Live Music Enchanted Castle Corn Maze Bounce Houses Cotton Candy

The Kaua`i Japanese Cultural Society Presents

Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

Kauai Memorial Convention Hall • Free Admission Entertainer: Torao Hikariyama Soba makers from Japan will be demonstrating noodle making from scratch, cooking and sampling.

Fun activities include, Iris folding, Calligraphy, and Bonsai.

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Education & Schools

Festivals and Events

St. Theresa School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Hawaii Children’s Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Child and Family Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55

Kauai Mokihana Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hawaii Technology Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Kauai Christian Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Kahili Adventist Preschool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Gather Federal Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Kawaikini Charter School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60 Kauai Complex Dept of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 79 Patrick Ching Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Parent Chat 4 to 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Kipuka Kauai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Hale Kipa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 STEM works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Health & Medical Services

Emalani Festival Kauai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Matsuri Kauai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Kauai Christian Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12 KFM Cover Kids Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Anaina Hou Community Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Kukui Grove Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Community Partners

Mary Navarro, MA, LMFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31

Gather Federal Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Regency at Puakea Assisted Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Kauai Restoration & Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Kauai Adult Day Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25

Friends of Derek Kawakami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Kalaheo Dental Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 51

Friends of Luke Evslin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wilcox Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 80

Mark’s Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Jason Blake Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Grove Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71, 72, 73

HMSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41

Kukui Grove Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Hawaii State Dept of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hawaii Public Health Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Malama Pono Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hui Ho’omalu Foster Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 County of Kauai Agency of Elderly Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

After School Programs, Sports, Theatre

Leah Ragsac, Realtor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 DEJAVU Surf Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hawaii Dairy Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Kauai Island Utility Cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 County of Kauai Department of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 County of Kauai Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Anaina Hou Community Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

County of Kauai Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Hawaii Children’s Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

County of Kauai Office of the Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

County Parks & Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,53

County of Kauai Lifeguard Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Kukui Grove Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47

County of Kauai Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 79

Kauai Film Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

County of Kauai Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Korean Style Hotteok or sweet pancake

By Chef Mark Oyama

Pancake dough Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 Tbsp. sugar 2 teaspoons dry yeast ----------------------------1/2 teaspoon salt 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour Yield: 8 pancakes Measure first four ingredients into a medium sized bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together flour and salt, then add to the wet mixture. Stir until a dough forms. Cover and let rise about 1 hour. Punch dough to release gases. Cover again and let rest up to 20 minutes more.

Scrape dough onto floured surface and divide into 8 balls. Flatten and fill each ball with filling, pinching edges together to seal. You may coat your hands with oil or flour to handle dough balls.

In a saute pan over medium heat, add vegetable oil to coat surface. Place ball into pan and press down slightly. Cook until bottom is golden brown. Flip pancake over and turn heat down to low. Press down on pancake until flat, then place lid over saute pan. Cook pancake for about one more minute.

Serve hot or at room temperature, being careful that the sugar filling is very hot.

Standard pancake filling: 1/2 cup light brown sugar 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp. chopped nuts (walnuts or macadamia nuts)

Alternate filling options: Koshi an or Tsubushi an (sweet bean paste) Shredded Mozzarella cheese (with or without brown sugar filling) Shredded coconut and brown sugar mix with nuts Chunky peanut butter and bananas Chopped kim chee (with or without cheese)

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Kauai KauaiChristian ChristianAcademy Academy18th 18thAnnual Annual

Fall Festival

Friday & Saturday October 26th & 27th, 2018 4:00PM-9:00PM on the Kauai Christian Academy campus.

Ask any north shore resident what to do at the end of October and you will be told Kauai Christian Academy’s Fall Festival.

A fun, family-friendly, fall themed carnival Parents will love visiting the extensive event that features something Silent Auction for a chance for every member of the family. to bid on amazing The youngest kids love the Keiki products, services, Korner, a safe enclosure of restaurant gift cards, and activities geared specifically even hotel stays. They’ll for them, and also the also enjoy live music petting zoo. Older kids and watching the kids love the bounce houses, have a blast! The pony rides, Enchanted whole family will be Castle, pumpkin patch, delighted with this year’s and carnival games where special presentation on they can have fun and win Friday only: a professional treats. Teens can find some ono magic show. Come join us on grinds as well as challenge their friends October 26 and 27 so that next year when to beat their best catapult shot in Angry someone asks YOU what to do at the end Birds or actual shot in the of October you can gladly reply: the KCA Airsoft range.

Fall Festival!

For more info visit www.kcaschool.org

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Picture your child

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We’re looking for Kauai kids ages 2 to12 with bright smiles and fun personalities to participate in this years Cover Kids Search.

It’s easy to enter: Register your child at KauaiFamilyMagazine.com and pay $20 for one child, and add additional children for a small fee. See website for details.

Deadline to enter is September 20.

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All families who enter the contest will be required to attend an exclusive and fun Cover Kids Search Party hosted at Kukui Grove Center on Saturday, September 22, 10:00am-3:30pm, where the kids entered will have their photo taken by our official photographer, Kauai Film Academy.

PLUS: If you are one of the first 100 to enter, your family will receive a swag bag from Kukui Grove Center and Kauai Family Magazine at the event that is full of great surprises!

Mahalo to our sponsors:

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Fall Family Fun Festivals and Events AUGUST

Gather FCU $500 Bingo Blackout Friday, August 17 8 p.m.

Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair Vidinha Stadium Senior Fun Day Wednesday, August 22 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lydgate Beach Park FREE Kamaaina Mini Golf Sunday, August 26, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Anaina hou Community Park, Kilauea

SEPTEMBER

Koloa Youth Baseball T-Ball registration September 1-15 westkauai.siplay.com to register Kaua‘i Marathon Keiki Run Saturday, September 1 8:00 a.m.

Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort KauaiMarathon.com Garden Isle Drag Races Saturday, September 1 & Sunday, September 2 at 7 p.m. www.dragrace-kauai.com Kaua‘i Marathon & Half Marathon Sunday, September 2 6 a.m.-1 p.m.

Grand Hyatt Kauai KauaiMarathon.com Grandparents Day Sunday, September 9 Plan an ‘ohana day!

Senior Pickleball Tournament September 14-16 Kalawai Park Kalaheo Ultimate Hawaii Trail Run Saturday, September 15 Omao Track ultimatehawaiiantrailrun.com Car Seat Safety Checks Tuesday, September 18 Wilcox Medical Center

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Matsuri Kauai Saturday, September 22 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Kauai Japanese Cultural Society celebration FREE Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Kauai Family Magazine Cover Kid Search Saturday, September 22 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Kukui Grove Center *(Must pre register online at KauaiFamilyMagazine.com) FREE Kamaaina Mini Golf Sunday, September 23, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Anaina hou Community Park, Kilauea Kaua‘i Mokihana Festival September 23 – 29 A seven-day event filled with Hawaiian culture and music maliefoundation.org Kaua‘i Pow Wow September 28- 30 A cultural Native American celebration Kapa‘a Beach Park. www.kauaipowwow.com

OCTOBER

Kukui Grove Center Haunted House & Freaky Fridays Fridays, October 5- 27 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lihue Ohana Fit Fest Saturday, October 6 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

5k and 10k obstacle trail/run/walk Anaina Hou Community Park, Kilauea K.I.D.S School Holiday Craft Carnival & Silent Auction Saturday, October 6 Kapaa Kaniko’o at Rice Camp Crafts & Merchandise Sale Saturday, October 6 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Note: Dates and Times May Change Without Notice Please Call First to Confirm Lihu‘e Christian Church Bazaar Saturday, October 6 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the LCC social hall Local-style crafts, baked goods, sushi, quilts and more Emalani Festival Kauai Saturday, October 13 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow Kokee State Park Queen Emma enters the meadow on horseback 11 a.m.

Senior Food & Craft Entertainment Fair October 16 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Kauai Chocolate and Coffee Festival October 19 & 20 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Historic Hanapepe Town October Family Fun Day Sunday, October 21st 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Kauai Christian Fellowship South Campus Koloa www.kauaichristian.com Nightmare in Waimea Haunted Village October 25, 26 and 27 Non-scary maze: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Scary maze: 7:30-11 p.m.

Movies on the lawn: October 26 & 27 after sunset Waimea Canyon Park Kauai Christian Academy 18th Annual Fall Festival Friday & Saturday, October 26 & 27 4 p.m.-9 p.m., Kilauea www.kcaschool.org Kukui Grove Halloween Festival Saturday, October 27 Trick or treat around the center Costume contest and prizes National Make a Difference Day Saturday, October 27 7:30 a.m. at Lydgate Park A family workday suited to all ages

Kauai United Way’s Walk a Thon Saturday, October 27 8 a.m.-10 a.m. at Kukui Grove Wilcox Health Halloween Babies Parade Wednesday, October 31 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

Wilcox Medical Center Ghoulish Golf Halloween Wednesday, October 31 Anaina Hou Community Park Dress in costume and enjoy a free round of mini golf

NOVEMBER

Kalaheo Dental Group’s Halloween Candy Buy Back Thursday, November 1 Rainbow Plaza, Kalaheo www.kalaheodental.com Kaua‘i Veterans Day Parade Saturday, November 3 Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. in Kapaa Hawaii Children’s Theatre Presents Newsies November 9-26 Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Hawaiichildrenstheatre.org SUDZ Car Wash FREE for Veterans & Active Military Personnel Saturday, November 10 Lihue & Kapaa Holiday Craft Fair St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church Saturday, November 10 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Old Koloa Sugar Mill Run Saturday, November 10, 2018 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Anne Knudsen Park 5K, 10K, 10-mile runs and non-competitive 5K walk www.active.com

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Grow a Good Citizen:

How to Teach Your Kids About Voting Let the results roll in! Election Day is (nearly) here! Voting is one of the primary ways we participate in our democracy, but it can be hard to know how to talk to kids about voting, especially during this contentious election season. Election Day is a great opportunity to help your kids understand how our country works—and to talk about the values you believe in (whomever you’re casting your ballot for).

Wondering how to get started?

Here are 7 tips for kicking off the conversation with your littlest citizens.

1. Illustrate the Concept of Voting

2. Share your beliefs

Even preschoolers can grasp the idea that voting is a way for people to make decisions. To bring the concept home, go grassroots! Try having a family vote about something that really impacts your child’s day. For example, vote about what to make for Sunday dinner, what game to play, or what book to read. For older children, try introducing the concept of nominating a meal or game before the vote—or get’em on a soap box and let them make a speech to advocate for their favorite choice!

You absolutely can tell your kids who you’re voting for and why. Talk about the things that are important to you and your family in this election—after all, many of the decisions we’re making today, from environmental protection to affordable education and job creation, will impact our kids as they grow.

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3. Teach Respectful Disagreement For young children who are still learning how to be kind and considerate to others, this combative election can be tough to understand. But this is a great time to teach kids that it is perfectly fine to

NO VOT VEM E BE R6 disagree with people—and that we can all practice listening to other ideas with respect. Talk with your child about how you handle disagreements in your home. Use concrete examples, like: Sometimes we can solve a problem together, remember when you and your sister wanted to play with the same doll, and you decided to take turns? Remind her that grown-ups loose their tempers, too and that it’s okay to apologize when we do. Talk about how to manage big feelings by taking time to calm down in a quiet space or with a deep breath.

4. Reassure Them During election season, media stories about hard-to-understand issues may cause kids concern. One of the best tactics is to focus on kid-sized solutions.

For example, if a child is concerned about environmental issues, give her opportunities to help in ways that are understandable and immediate by, say, turning off the lights or recycling.

5. Get Them Excited About Elections If you vote by mail, show your children the ballot. If you head to a ballot box, take your child with you if you can. By showing

your kids that you think voting is important, they’ll be more likely to grow up participating in the voting process, too.

6. Use Math to Explain Election Results Represent the election results with a jar of bottle caps, crayons, or other household objects. Start with 100 objects and then divide them into two jars to represent the percentage of the vote each candidate received. Use words like more and fewer with younger children. Older children may want to help you count or write numbers on cards to label the jar for each candidate.

7. Point out Signs of Election Season There are a lot of signs an election is near including bumper stickers, election signs, and sign waving.

Point out these concrete examples of election season and encourage your child to notice them as well. After all, these signals encourage us to learn about the candidates and remind us to vote!

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`Ohana Is Everything Every June, families separated by Child Welfare Services (CWS) and later reunified, are given official recognition across the U.S. This year, Estrella Barnett from Kilauea, and her daughter, Alexi, were the honorees at Hawaii’s National Reunification Month (NRM) ceremony.

Ms. Barnett’s journey began one rainy night, two years ago. She, and 6-yearold Alexi, were driving home when her car hydroplaned and crashed into a tree.

Because the accident involved a serious injury to a child, CWS stepped in. Upon waking in the hospital, Estrella learned her spleen had ruptured and her daughter had been taken into foster custody. For her, the separation for Alexi was the more painful experience.

That pain, however, launched Estrella on a journey of recovery. As a young singer who partied to fit in with peers, being a single parent was a struggle. Estrella

absolutely loved Alexi, but she relied on her parents to help raise her daughter while she went out with friends.

On CWS’s recommendation, Estrella entered a recovery program. After completing the program, she stayed sober, repaired family relationships, and daily did something positive. She sang and found solace in music, attended AA/NA meetings, therapy, and practiced yoga. She spent time with Alexi. She found strength in God. Her hard work paid off. She and Alexi are happily back together again.

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Q&A with Derek Kawakami How has being a parent affected you?

Being a parent has made me a better person. My son and daughter have given me a sense of purpose that affects everything I do. I hope that they will have the ability to live here. When I talk with them, I tell them, “This is your home.” They tell me that they want to live here. That motivates me to address the challenges that we have--so that not only my kids but everyone’s kids have that opportunity to live here on Kauai.

They keep me grounded and I learn a lot from my kids. I really value their ideas, even if I don’t understand some of them. Every generation has a different way of doing things and looking at things. Technology is one big challenge.

My daughter always teaches me about new apps to use, which I can incorporate into my everyday life to help me be more efficient.

What do you hope to pass on to your children?

I hope that as parents, Monica and I have taught them to work hard, to never give up and to always choose kindness. I hope that we have provided them with the tools they need to succeed in life. I want them to know that they are loved and that everything that we did as parents was for the betterment for their future. I pray that they are compassionate, patient, strong, and beautiful inside and out and that’s basically hoping that they end up like their mother.

What are your dreams for your children?

My dreams for my kids are that they find happiness and that they find a partner that loves them unconditionally for who they are. That they find careers that they wake up every morning excited to get to.

That they have a sense of purpose, that they have good health and that they will always be close to us.

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The Next Generation Cigarette, for the Next Generation of Addicts

There’s a new fad among youth that is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 and comes with potentially severe health risks – VAPING! The most popular tobacco product used

by Kaua‘i youth is the electronic smoking device (also called ESD, e-cigarette or vape). The 2017 Youth Behavior Risk Survey, published by the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, states that in Kaua‘i county, 24.7 percent of high school students and 23 percent of middle school students reported vaping in the past 30 days. An alarming rate considering it has been illegal for youth to purchase or possess ESDs in Hawai‘i since 2016. ESDs are battery-powered smoking devices constructed to heat e-liquid

(also called e-juice) producing a vapor for inhalation, which is where the term “vaping” comes from. The liquids used for vaping contain nicotine, flavorings not intended for inhalation, and other dangerous chemicals.

We have long known that nicotine causes addiction and interferes with brain and lung development in adolescents. In fact, inhaling 40-60mg of nicotine can cause overdose symptoms. With some e-liquids containing up to 110 mg/mL, the danger of nicotine addiction is real.

Exposure to ESD vapor can contribute to reproductive harm, respiratory damage, and cardiovascular disease.

TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT VAPING Start by recognizing that your teen or pre-teen may have personal experiences to arrive at their own conclusions.

Start with genuine curiosity.

“What do you know about vaping/ecigarettes?” or “Do you have classmates who vape?”

*Tip: don’t accuse your child of vaping or doing something wrong.

Ask open-ended questions. Be positive, don’t repeat negative statements.

“Do you know why some of your peers choose to vape?”

For more information, please contact the Coalition Coordinator for the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i, Valerie Saiki at valerie@hiphi.org or visit our website at hiphi.org

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Grandparents are special. They offer sage advice, wisdom, and wonderful “listening ears.” Sometimes, especially when mom and dad aren’t around, they let their grandkids get away with things their parents won’t.

President Jimmy Carter recognized the importance of grandparents when he made Grandparents Day a national holiday in 1978. The holiday falls on the first Sunday after the Labor Day weekend, this year on September 9th.

Grandparents often give so much and expect so little in return, other than time and contact with their grandchildren. How can you and your children show love and appreciation for their grandparents? Here are some favorite family-tested ideas that celebrate and honor the important roles that grandparents and great-grandparents, play.

Photo Calendar The photo calendar is one of the most appreciated gifts.

Sites like Shutterfly and Snapfish have easy-to-use templates in which you can include pictures of the grandchildren-with and without grandparents--artwork, pictures of drawings, poems, stories, and anything else that has been saved and can

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be uploaded as JPEGs. The only limitation is your imagination.

Framed PiCtures With the digital age, hard copies of pictures aren’t shared and framed like they used to be. Single? A collage? What about a handmade frame with the picture?

Check out a craft store for endless inspirational ideas.

Consider purchasing a digital frame if you want to give the grandparents multiple pictures. The digital picture frame is easy to set up and use. The frame allows grandparents to view a revolving set of pictures that have been uploaded via a memory card, USB, or a wired or wireless connection to the home’s network.

Brag Book

Grandparents love to brag on and share about their grandbabies, no matter what their ages. A brag book full of current pictures makes it easy.

Keep the brag books small, a size that can fits conveniently into grandma’s purse and can be readily shared. The smaller size is also much easier for hands that may not be as nimble as they used to be.

“love ” CouPons

These can be created with or without the help of the grandkids depending on their ages. These special and personal handmade coupons can be embellished with stickers, drawings, puffy paint, artwork, etc. The ideas are endless, but a few favorites are picnics in the park, library or reading time, and baking together. Allow the kids to lead on what they and their grandparents like to do.

The emphasis of our coupons is the gift of time to foster deeper connections and lasting memories.

movie night

Do the grandparents enjoy movies?

How about a movie night and a sleepover, complete with popcorn and/or the grandparents’ favorite snacks?

game night

Play board games and cards. Games teach kids fairness, patience, strategy, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.

Make sure the games will work well with and hold the interest of the ages

of the grandkids and grandparents. For example, most ages can play Dizios, but this does not hold true of Bananagrams.

g randParent interview Help the kids create a list of openended questions to ask. The interview can be recorded. You can also dedicate a journal for this purpose, preferably created by the kids, something like “The Biography of ____________, My Grandpa.” If you opt for the journal, the list of questions can be in the front pages.

Sharing stories is bonding, grandchildren feel claimed by this sharing of the past.

They also learn surprising and wonderful things about their grandparents and are able to see them as more than “just” grandparents. They learn to appreciate what their grandparents have experienced.

a PPreCiation Poster Create a “Why we love...” poster. The kids can construct and decorate a poster small enough to fit somewhere visible on one of their grandparents’ wall. Again, leave the kids to their imaginations.

One thing fun is to include a hand-in-hand area, the child’s hand outlined in pencil, ink, paint, glitter glue, or puffy paint, inside the shape of the grandparent’s hand, also outlined in a contrasting color.

This can be added before or after the gift is given. Put a date next to the outlines.

The ideas to honor and celebrate grandparents are endless. Get the kids started early because they will spend a lot of time creating something special for these remarkable people in their lives. And grandparents will appreciate knowing they matter and are loved.

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Aging in Place

By Jasmine Yukimura Kauai Adult Day Health Center

Aging in place means having the health and social supports and services you need to live safely and independently in your home or your community for as long as you wish and are able. Whether you are that older adult or the child of an aging parent, here are just few things to consider.

Make Your Home Safe and Accessible.

A key step in planning for independence is assessing your home to determine if it can meet your changing needs as you age.

Examples of some changes to consider are widening doorways in your home to allow access by a walker or wheelchair, installing grab rails in the bathroom, and clearing clutter.

Area Services. Age-friendly communities provide seniors with access to essential supports and services such as meals, recreational activities and in-home therapy services. You can get help for just about any service or need you have. Check with your local community and government services, including your local Agency on Aging.

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Stay Connected. Staying connected to friends, family and community provides many benefits as you age. Social connections with community members of all ages can support physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being.

Caring for Others. Talk to your family and friends about your plans and wishes, and understand the plans and wishes of the people you care for. Planning for your caregiving role and being aware of community health resources can help support you in your role.

Caregiving can be stressful, but knowing where to get help and information can make it easier.

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Senior Programs

Classes and activities are scheduled at community neighborhood centers throughout the island.

Some of the classes available include: art, aquatics, ukulele, hula, bonsai, cultural dances, exercise, hanafuda, weaving, quilting, line dance, sewing, crafts, and painting.

If you are interested in joining our senior program contact the Neighborhood Center closest to you.

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Take Control of Your Health:

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Many falls are preventable. Stay safe with these tips!

Find a good balance and exercise program

Look to build balance, strength, and flexibility.

Contact your local Area Agency on Aging for referrals. Find a program you like and take a friend.

Talk to your health care provider Ask for an assessment of your risk of falling.

Share your history of recent falls.

Regularly review your medications with your doctor or pharmacist Make sure side effects aren’t increasing your risk of falling. Take medications only as prescribed.

Get your vision and hearing checked annually and update your eyeglasses Your eyes and ears are key to keeping you on your feet.

Keep your home safe Remove tripping hazards, i ncrease lighting, make stairs safe, and install grab bars in key areas.

Talk to your family members Enlist their support in taking simple steps to stay safe. Falls are not just a seniors’ issue.

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Healthy Aging & Wellness Programs Upcoming Events Senior ID (Individuals 60 years and older) August 16, September 4 & 17, October 1 & 16 9:00am to 11:00am Agency on Elderly Affairs, Piikoi Building, Lihue Bring identifying documents.

Memory Keepers Fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Association Saturday, August 18 • 8:00am to 12:00pm Līhu’e Neighborhood Center Elder Law Day September 14 • 8:30am to 3:00pm Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 245-4728 Kaniko’o at Rice Camp Crafts & Merchandise Sale Saturday, October 6 • 8:30am to 2:00 pm 4215 Hoala St, Lihue (Behind the fire station) Symposium: Bully Free Kaua’i, Keiki to Kupuna October 24 • 2:00pm to 4:00pm Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall For services or more information call 241-4470 or visit kauaiadrc.org

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Food & Entertainment Fair Every year, the seniors from all neighborhood centers throughout the island look forward to showing off all of their skills including: cooking, sewing, singing, dancing, and many others. This event is a great opportunity for our community to see and experience what our seniors can create.

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If you are interested in joining our senior program contact the Neighborhood Center closest to you.

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Make Every Drop of Water Count!

By The Kauai Department of Water

Water is an important part of our lives – it is present in everything that we do.

Did you know? Only 1% of the Earth’s water is available to the whole world.

That small percentage of water is used for all of humanity’s needs, such as in agricultural, community, residential, manufacturing, and our own personal needs.

As caretakers of our beautiful community, we must all do our part to conserve water. This Fall, make every drop of water count with these 5 easy tips: 1. Water the lawn just 2-3 times a week.

Bring out the hose only for a few times a week to achieve a green and luscious yard.

2. Check for leaks in plumbing and toilets Did you know? Leaks inside your toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day.

Detect and fix leaks in your household.

3. Put a nozzle on your garden hose.

A hose can waste 6 gallons of water per minute if it’s running.

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4. Take shorter showers Challenge yourself to lessen your shower time by 5 minutes. Fun fact: 15-25 gallons of water is used in an average 5-minute shower!

5. Don’t let the faucet run.

Instead of defrosting frozen food items under running water, place them in the fridge overnight or defrost in the microwave. Turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth or handwashing dishes.

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Tips to Help Your Child Stay Organized

By Mary Navarro, MA, LMFT

“School Dayz, School Dayz…..” Back to school often brings happy and excited reactions from kids and parents for very different reasons. Kids want to see their friends and parents are grateful for the routine school brings back to their daily lives! How parents can help will depend on the ages of your children. But for all kids, the biggest help is for parents to pay attention every day and help them stay organized.

Help with organization is needed when kids are in elementary grades, but even teens need you to pay attention and show an interest in their school work every evening. Of course, teenagers will tell you either “I have no homework “or “I did it in class” to get you to stop asking. I suggest you review their Planner each night and ask questions. A blank page does not mean there was no homework. Thankfully, Kaua`i middle and high schools use an online program where all teachers must post assignments given with due dates and when they are turned in.

Parents and students are given passwords to the site. This helps parents see what their student has turned in, depending on how quickly teachers post completed work. Parents can even access this site on their phone, making it easier to verify what work was completed.

For your elementary school kids, go through their backpack every evening as

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part of your daily routine, looking at their papers and any notes from the school.

(My daughter never brought home any school notes. I always had to call her BFF’s mother. My daughter is now a high school English teacher!!) Helping your child or teen stay organized is extremely important. Having a binder with divider pockets is helpful, but checking to see if they are using them and helping them declutter regularly is essential.

Do not expect your child to welcome this attention from you. In fact, they may complain loud and long every evening as you pull out papers and stuff from the bottomless pit of their backpack.

Consider this “decluttering” a way to help your child stay organized. Just remember, you are helping them not get overwhelmed with their own mess and modeling for them how to be organized.

And most of all, this is a clear way you can show your love by paying attention every day.

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Your child may feel “butterflies in his tummy” if he has a big event coming up such as an important test, a piano recital or even the first day of school. Feeling nervous is normal when kids are facing performing or speaking in front of a group of people, going to an upcoming dentist or doctor appointment, or trying to meet the pressure to do well on a test or at a sporting event. Many adults find themselves feeling nervous for similar events at work or in the community. Even though nerves are common, parents can help kids calm the butterflies and be successful.

Model calming behavior

Prepare and discuss

Watching our child battle nervous feelings can be difficult for us parents—and even may cause us to feel anxious and worried ourselves. Kids can sense this and may grow more panicked as a result. Model calming behavior to your child. Speak in a calm voice, try not to rush and do keep your chit chat positive and encouraging.

Prior to the big day, discuss what your child can expect. Spend time talking about the event a few days before. Allow them to ask questions and understand what to expect throughout the process.

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Relaxation techniques If you find your child is nervous often, sit down ahead of time and discuss some

By Sarah Lyons relaxation techniques that can be helpful in calming butterflies when they arise.

Some relaxation techniques may include to take slow deep breaths and to pretend the child was somewhere else, stretching, reading a book, sipping a favorite drink, listening to music or talking to a friend.

Many kids find physical activity relaxing.

Encourage your child to take a short walk or jog, do jumping jacks, shoot hoops or play on the swing set. These activities will help your child release some nervous energy. Once your child has found a relaxation technique that works for him, he will have a tool in his back pocket when nerves arise.

Visualize and problem solve

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If your child is nervous about an upcoming recital, performance or game, have her sit still, close her eyes and visualize each step of the upcoming event and how it will go. Picture a positive outcome with everything going smoothly. During the visualization process, address any obstacles your child may foresee.

Problem solve with your child how she can overcome any of the challenges she may be worrying about.

As the big day approaches, set your child up for success with a good night’s rest and a healthy diet before the event. This will help him feel he is at his best when the butterflies arrive. Explain to your child that even adults get nervous about situations and these feelings are normal. Children tend to feel more secure in new situations when they know they have your support and understanding along the way.

Symptoms of anxiety in children While some nervousness is normal in children, kids may suffer from extreme anxiety that negatively affects their dayto-day lives. If your child is experiencing the following symptoms, it may be time to seek additional help: Children with extreme anxiety may “act out” with tantrums, refusal to do typical activities and generally disobedient behaviors.

While some nervousness is normal in children, kids may suffer from extreme anxiety that negatively affects their day-to-day lives.

Excessive and extreme worry about normal, everyday activities causes him to miss out on events at school or with friends. (KidsHealth.com) They may be restless, have difficulty concentrating, have trouble sleeping and experience irritability.

They also may experience physical difficulties, such as muscle tension, frequent urination, stomachaches, difficulty swallowing and headaches.

(VeryWell.com) If you believe your child may have an anxiety disorder, seek professional help for an official diagnosis and support. In the meantime, continue to be supportive and patient with your child and let him know you will help him work through these challenges.

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Plan a Month of Meals YOUR Family Will Eat

Fall gives mom a chance to hit the reset button. It is the time of year to make time to plan out our dinners in advance, shop for everything at one time and serve a healthy meal every night.

Take the stress out of meal planning with this easy guide.

crockpot meals or bag and dump dinners that your family enjoys.

Start by making a list of the family go-to meals. How many times do you make them each month? For my family, I found I make eight family favorites two times a month, which satisfies 16 days.

Next, make a list of meals that you make only once a month like a ham, roast or something that takes several hours to cook. Then, add in simple, quick meals that can be cooked in 15 minutes like Panini’s or omelets. Finally, choose a few

Create a calendar of sorts on your table or countertop using post it notes. Write each dinner on a separate post it note and start putting in order on the calendar.

As you put your days together, be realistic about your family’s schedule. If you will be occupied from 3:00 to 6:00, don’t plan to start a dinner that takes hours to prepare. When you lay out your calendar, plan meals with similar ingredients in the same week to avoid waste. For example, if

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By Pam Molnar two recipes use ½ can of tomato paste, put those meals next to each other on the calendar.

Make a shopping list for the month. Shop for all nonperishable items at one time and shop weekly for fresh produce or dairy. Meat can be purchased and frozen or purchased fresh weekly.

As you see a pattern forming for your staples, pick up a few extra ones at the store. With the unpredictable schedules of my teenagers and their friends, I like to keep extra items like frozen burgers or extra packages of rice or pasta to supplement a meal if we have extra guests.

Leave some flexibility in your schedule. If you know one of the nights will be too busy to cook, plan a leftover night by making a double batch the night before. If your son has karate

lessons that end at 6:00 and the dojo is right next to the take-out Chinese, plan that into your menu. Also, if there is a great sale going on at the store one week, feel free to adjust your plan.

Consider cooking a week of meals one night. While I have yet to master this, many busy moms spend one long afternoon chopping, mixing and cooking their family dinner for the whole week. It is a great time saver to make dinner when you have the time instead of during the busy after school rush. You can put more than one kind of meat on the grill, chop all veggies for the week’s menu, or make soups, casseroles and sauces to freeze for later.

With dinner plans already taken care of, you will now have time to help with homework, play a game with the kids or just put your feet up and relax.

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Behind The Scenes Of HCT’s Summer Stars This summer, more than 75 children take the stage during the Hawaii Children’s Theatre (HCT) Summer Stars Program learning theatre skills, teamwork and confidence culminating in a performance at the Kauai Memorial Convention Hall.

Along with them, Kauai teens are enhancing their own theatre and leadership skills through the Summer Stars Intern and Jr. Production Staff programs. This option has been especially appealing to teens looking at careers in creative industries.

A Summer Stars student since 2009, Taj Gutierrez became an Intern and worked his way up assisting the Stage Manager and then the Director to learn all the elements of staging a production. In 2017 he served as rehearsal Stage Manager for the Fall Show - Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang while performing on stage as Baron Von Munchausen.

This year, Taj takes on the full role of Stage Manager for Beauty and the Beast, Jr., assisting Director Rebecca Hanson.

We asked Taj what inspires him:

“I have a passion for Directing. As soon as I’m given the opportunity I want to direct a musical! Being both behind the scenes and on stage has been a great learning experience in that aspect. It has really allowed me to observe the different sides of the directing process. But above all, I love working with the kids!”

“It’s been great to observe the growth of the program. I will never forget the priceless friendships I made and the spectacular teachers I learned, and still learn from.”

While you can still see Taj Gutierrez on stage this summer – he’ll be in HCT After Dark’s Production of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award winning musical, “Into the Woods,” in the fall he will be heading to New York to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).

Taj is among this year’s 2018 HCT Ethan Shell Scholarship recipients. For more information on HCT and how to get involved, visit www.hawaiichildrenstheatre.org

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Kaua‘i Pediatricians Prescribe Books to Cure Low Literacy Rates on the Garden Isle When Kaua‘i Medical Clinic Pediatricians Drs. Brigitte Carreau and Carl Yu learned that nearly half of Kaua‘i keiki showed belowaverage reading skills when they enter kindergarten, the duo decided to bring the nationwide program Reach Out and Read to the Garden Isle.

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importance of reading, demonstrate how to read with keiki at different ages, and give families a new book to take home and read together.

The program was established at the “Literacy is an important part of a main Lihu‘e clinic in child’s development January 2017. and being able to “Literacy is do well in life. We Later that year, an important get to reinforce that KMC incorporated its importance by giving part of a child’s Kapa‘a office as families a new book to a satellite location development and take home and read so that physicians being able to do together with their there could children,” Yu says. well in life.” distribute books to their patients.

Since the program’s inception, KMC pediatricians have “Something all kids should be distributed more than 4,000 books to involved in is coming to their regular the keiki on Kaua‘i. checkups. This program gives us a chance to start reinforcing good “We know that this is a winning reading habits at a young age,” Yu program!” Carreau says. “We know says. that it makes a difference not only in children’s lives, but in the family’s life.

Through Reach Out and Read, We are hopeful in encouraging others pediatricians provide free books to become part of the Reach Out and during a child’s well-child visit.

Read program because it’s a win-win They also discuss with parents the program. Everybody benefits.”

To schedule an appointment with a KMC pediatrician near you, call 245-1561 or visit WilcoxHealth.org/Pediatrics.

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Are We Addicted To Cell Phones?

How much time did your kids spend on their cell phones yesterday?

When was the last time you checked your cell phone? If contemplating these questions makes you uncomfortable, you’re not alone.

Cell phones dominate our lives in part because they are designed to do precisely that, according to Tristran Harris, a tech entrepreneur who worked as a Product Ethicist at Google. Now he runs TimeWellSpent, a non-profit that points out how cell phones and their apps hijack our attention. The group urges tech designers to take the equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath and encourages consumers to make more mindful decisions about when, how, and where to use their phones.

Harris isn’t the only expert concerned about cell phone overuse. Some researchers have noted that brain scans of people who spend a lot of time online are disconcertingly similar to those of people with substance abuse problems. In a recent NPR report, Dr. Anna Lembke, an assistant professor in addiction medicine at Stanford, noted that Internet use can follow a classic pattern, “Intermittent to recreational use, then progresses into daily use, and then progresses into consequential use.”

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Here are a few consequences of over cell phone use you may recognize in yourself or your kids:

Time - You devote more and more time to cell phone activities, partly because you lose track of time and partly because it takes longer to feel satisfied.

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Obsession - You think about being online even when you are offline. There is a failure to cut back phone use despite a resolution to do so.

Mood - You feel anxious, restless, irritable or even angry when online activities are interrupted or when you have to be offline.

Social - You withdraw from friends and real-life social activities. You have the feeling that online relationships are more significant and genuine.

Interference - You spend time online even when it interferes with other important activities including employment, schoolwork, chores, exercise, family time, and sleep.

Deception - You lie to yourself or others about how much time you spend with your phone.

Of course, for most people, cell phone use doesn’t rise to the level of addiction.

Still, many parents have the uneasy feeling that phones take up too big a chunk of family life. In contemporary culture, total abstinence isn’t realistic for adults or teens, but there are ways to become more deliberate about when and how we use our phones.

Here are a few suggestions: 1. Evaluate activities. Pay attention to what you and your kids are doing on your phones. Some activities - games, social media, news - are designed to be endless. Others - gambling, shopping, looking at porn - are associated with offline addictions.

Identify activities that are productive and/or enjoyable. How much time should be allotted to each? Develop a budget that guides how you spend your time online. Use the timer on your phone or ask other family members to hold you accountable.

2. Create an essential home screen. Harris suggests sorting apps into three categories: 1. Tools that help you complete essential tasks: Calendar, camera, etc. 2. Bottomless Bowls: Apps that encourage you to binge. 3. Aspirations: Things you’d like to do. Create a homescreen that includes only indispensible tools and realistic aspirations. Hide other apps in folders where you won’t see seductive icons. Having a folder called News, Games, or Social forces you to think, even briefly, about whether you really want to engage in that activity.

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Are We Addicted to Cell Phones? (Continued) 3. Identify triggers. Addictive behavior often starts with uncomfortable feelings such as depression or anxiety.

Talking about feelings helps children and adults recognize their emotions and make more conscious decisions about how to manage those feelings.

If a family member is upset because of something that happened at school or at work, they may get temporary relief from playing a game or bingewatching YouTube. That’s not necessarily a problem, if the person eventually thinks through the basic problem and comes up with ideas about how to address it. Without that kind of emotional intelligence, kids and grown-ups may habitually turn to the phone to escape their feelings.

4. Customize notifications. The ding

from a cell phone is like a slot machine.

Most of the time it’s meaningless, but occasionally there’s a big payoff. Assign special ringtones to family members and other people so you won’t miss genuinely important messages, and then turn off notifications from everything else. As Harris points out, there will always be breaking news, urgent emails, and fresh information on social media. You won’t know everything about everybody all the time, so put an end to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Attention is valuable; don’t squander it.

5. Create rich offline lives. Seek

out tech-free experiences that are rewarding for family members. Take every opportunity to be physically active

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outdoors, if possible. Ride bikes, take walks, play sports. Cultivate face-toface social skills by giving children lots of opportunities to meet and interact with other people. Get to know your neighbors. Join a faith community or other community organization. Invite friends and extended family over for meals or game nights and collect cell phones at the door.

6. Get an alarm clock. Using

a cell phone as an alarm makes it the last thing you see before you fall asleep and the first thing you check in the morning. It may even interrupt sleep with notifications that matter much less than being rested.

Claim the luxury of thinking your own thoughts as you drift off to sleep. Take a little time in the morning to wake up fully before engaging with whatever is on your phone.

Finally, appreciate what’s good about cell phones.

Some researchers, for example, have noted that use of drugs and alcohol among teens has declined over the same period that smartphone use increased. They speculate that interactive media may satisfy adolescent cravings for independence, risk-taking, and sensation-seeking without the devastating consequences of other addictions. In other words, cell phones - like so many other technologies - can make our lives better or worse. It’s up to parents to pay attention to that uneasy feeling about phones, so we can gently take corrective action if needed.

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Make a Mouthguard Part of Your Sports Uniform!

by Michael Lutwin, DDS, Kalaheo Dental Group As summer smiles change into back to are growing, so these are school smiles, many Kauai keiki get big particularly at risk for injury. into sports. Football, soccer, volleyball, Mouthguards can help Jiu Jitsu- all super fun and rewarding, but cover and protect them. imagine injuring Where to find mouthguards? There are or losing a front many types and all will function well as tooth, especially long as they fit properly. Your dentist can a permanent make your athlete a custom mouthguard, one? It happens which are usually the best fitting and more than you most comfortable. Less expensive “boil think and can and bite” types can be found in stores or have lifetime online. Cool colors (camo? hot pink!) get consequences. kids pumped to wear them, make them Mouthguards help cushion a blow to the harder to lose, and easier to see that face, minimizing the risk of broken teeth they’re being worn. and injuries to the jaw. Many organized sports require them, but they’re also a So, keiki (and grown up keiki), good idea for many recreational sports grab your helmet, knee pads, gi, where contact, or a collision, is possible. and don’t forget your mouthguard Top front teeth often stick out a bit more, to ensure a fun and safe back to especially with kids as their face and jaw school sports season!

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With all the candy and sugary snacks that Halloween brings, why not balance holiday snacking with healthy treats? There’s no need to sacrifice the festive theme- these goodies still bring the fun to your Halloween party.

Cheesy Monsters These calcium-packed monsters are so much fun to eat, the kids won’t notice (or care), that they’re eating a healthy treat!

Halloween Hummus Serve this hauntingly healthy dip at a Halloween party or as an afterschool snack. It’s so easy to make. It’s scary!

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SPOOKY FUN: No-Carve Pumpkins The Kids will love helping decorate for Halloween with these DIY no-carve pumpkin projects that minimize mess and maximize fun!

Magazine Mosaic

Cut pictures and words from old magazines to create a mosaic that represents your unique style.

Spooky Spider

A few simple materials help turn a mini pumpkin into an adorable creepy crawly spider.

Pumpkin Bling

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Helping a Quiet Child Bloom

When a child shirks social interaction — hiding behind your legs at the playground or hugging the wall at a birthday party — it’s easy to label that child shy. But a socially withdrawn child might not be shy at all. He or she may simply be an introvert or in the throes of normal separation anxiety.

In rare cases, a child may have a social phobia. The National Institute of Mental Health describes true social phobia as an

If slow-to-warm-up describes your child, give him ample time to adjust to each new social environment.

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intense fear of being watched, judged or humiliated that interferes with the ability to form relationships. This condition is relatively rare, appearing around age 13 and experienced by around 5 percent of teens.

But many more children and teens display traits of shyness or mild social anxiety, including feeling uneasy at social events, avoiding eye contact and retreating to solitude at the earliest opportunity. If these behaviors sound familiar, here are ways to help your quiet child thrive.

By Malia Jacobson

Early Years

Cool Comfort It’s normal, even healthy, for babies and toddlers to experience some separation anxiety when they’re away from their primary caregiver, particularly from around 8 months to 3 years old.

But what about children who display distress even when they’re not separated from a primary caregiver? These children may be slow-towarm-up.

Slow-to-warm-up temperament is a style of relating that’s not necessarily problematic.

While some kids crave variety and leap into new situations, other kids have a more cautious style. They like to observe and get the lay of the land before they jump in. Again, these kids aren’t necessarily shy (socially anxious).

If slow-to-warm-up describes your child, give him ample time to adjust to each new social environment. For example, arrive 15 minutes early to the toddler gym and introduce your child to the instructor beforehand. Choose classes or activities that allow your child to remain by your side (or on your lap) while he warms to a new social group.

Elementary Years Label Game

Even if your child is undeniably shy, avoid using that term to describe her. Be careful

about labeling your child as ‘shy’ because that implies this is an unalterable part of who they are. Instead, you can say things like, ‘You prefer…’ or ‘You’re more comfortable doing…’ These phrases acknowledge your child’s feelings but also leave room for your child to grow and change.

Socially hesitant children may dread the first day of school or a birthday party because they fear the unexpected. Take some surprise out of feared encounters by talking through each aspect of the encounter in advance. For example, talk about what your child will do when she boards the bus for school or arrives at the party. Role-play through especially stressful scenarios to help your child gain confidence and learn to cope with social stressors.

Teen Years

Social Scripts Peer acceptance is paramount during the teen years. Teens who have trouble meeting friends and joining groups may respond well to purpose-driven activities organized around an activity. When the group has a clear purpose and assigned tasks to complete, social interactions are less intimidating and forced, and real friendships can blossom. Think teen volunteer groups, youth groups, coding or gaming clubs, or art or music classes.

If lunch time is torturous for your quiet teen, check with her school’s counseling department about organized lunch groups, or see if she can use lunch as a quiet study period.

Theater or drama may come especially natural to quieter teens. Having a script to work with lets them try out different ways of being around others and makes them less self-conscious.

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of instruction, each aligned with the Common Core Standards of education, giving students a well-rounded foundation for college and beyond: Kaua`i a Manokalanipa (Kaua`i Curriculum), Ke Ala `Ike (College and Career Preparation) and Ola Pono (Health and Wellness).

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Hale Kipa Offers Three Locations for At-Risk Youth Services on Kauai

Hale Kipa’s School Success Program, which assists youth and young adults up to age 22 with GED, credit-recovery and skills-based education, celebrated its fifth cohort of graduates last year.

“The program is an opportunity to identify youth early on when they start to miss school,” said Case Manager Kyla Dill, one of two Hale Kipa staff handling School Attendance Support Services.

“Our goal is to help get to the bottom of what the barriers are that are keeping the youth from getting to school. Then work with them to solve those issues.”

Waimea: Hale Kipa recently opened a new office in Waimea to support School Attendance Support Services, a multi-agency effort designed to help middle- and high-school youth curb truancy when it starts. Hale Kipa provides academic support, transportation, and other services under the program to help students get back on track and stay there. Program participants are identified by school staff and referred to

Hale Kipa. The Waimea building features couches, snacks, and quiet study areas to offer an additional safe and welcoming environment for participants to receive program assistance outside school.

Kapaa: Youth services, including the School Success program, are offered in Kapaa.

The program assists youth and young adults up to age 22 with GED, credit-recovery and skills-based education. School Success enrollment is ongoing and open to youth and young adults interested in completing missed high school coursework (credit recovery, suspension and in-school support); earning their GED; or earning a Skills Course Certification.

Lihue: Hale Kipa’s main Kauai office, where staff services and offices are located.

Hale Kipa, or “House of Friendliness,” is a multi-service, fully accredited nonprofit agency that specializes in working with at-risk youth and their families who often have nowhere else to turn. For more information contact: www.halekipa.org.(808) 589-1829 info@halekipa.org

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Above and Beyond, Memories of Scott Sims Dr. Scott Sims zest for life and selfless compassion for Animals

When I met Scott Sims for the first time I found it odd that he was working barefoot in a surgery suite in some buss’ up shorts and a holey t-shirt. Little did I know that behind his rough appearance there was a man of valor, generosity, and intelligence. He was far from the stereotypical veterinarian that you come across, but when it came to his work, the animal always came first. He would use his skills as a surgeon, diagnostician, welder, mechanic, and overall handyman to help relieve the suffering and improve the lives of his patients and clients.

There were many occasions in which he would see something he needed, and build it. One time a horse came in with an injured leg, there was no splint that could aid the healing process exactly the way Scott wanted, so that it could have the best healing process, so what did he do... he built one himself. That’s just one of the many times he went above and beyond for a patient to achieve the best outcome.

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One of his clients had him coming out to trim their goats hooves, vaccinate, and deworm. Those days were always adventure. It usually started with Scott, and who ever he had with him, chasing goats into a pen. Then we had to catch them individually, do what we had to do, then let them free out the gate from which they entered. Well one of the goats decided he didn’t want to be done. Scott

By Ella Arume Kaua’i’s aspiring veterinarian assisted Dr. Scott at his Pegasus Clinic. Ella is attending Vet school at Colorado State University. in the doorway turns around to look out to see where the goat went and BAM the goat comes flying back into Scotts head knocking both of them over. It may have broken his glasses a little that day. But just like Scott would do, he got back up and finished the rest of the goats.

Something interesting about Scott was his love for flying. I guess that’s also why he loved his African Grey parrots. He would go around the islands helping animals, especially in places where either there were no large animals veterinarians or where his services were needed. We flew to Moloka’i, Lana’i,

Oahu, and I’m sure he’s been elsewhere.

It was so great to see someone who was willing to fulfill a need in an area without.

Another thing he taught me was the importance of people, good people that you can rely on. I had the honor of meeting a few of Scotts close friends and his dad.

They were there for him when he needed, and he was there for them. I really appreciate their influence as well in my life.

His life was about all animals, even the two legged kind. He cared about people, and wanted to leave this place better than he found it.

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Making a Difference In The Lives of Kauai’s Animals

No-Kill Animal Rescue, Adoption and Education Every animal on Kauai deserves to have a safe, nurturing and loving home.

Below are some of the amazing people working to promote NO-KILL animal rescue, and making a difference in the lives of Kauai’s animals.

The Kauai Animal Welfare Society KAWS provides moral, financial and medical support for those fostering homeless pets. They advocate for the rescue and re-homing of the most at risk dogs from the local animal shelter. Their goal is to end the practice of euthanasia as population control, but to promote spay/neuter programs. KAWS seeks to create a sanctuary for animals waiting for foster or forever homes.

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The Kauai Community Cat Project Their focus is on the care and welfare of homeless, stray and feral cats. They advocate for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) as the most effective, compassionate method of reducing the community cat population, as well as the rescue and removal of kittens and socialized cats for adoption. For more information visit www. kauaicommunitycats.org

Contact Info: KCCP Managing Director, Mary Wilder (808) 634-4890 Email mary@kauaicats.org

Patty Lyons and Tommy Sherman Their goal is to educate people to better care for their animals. They rescue and care for all animals big or small, on their 13 acres of agricultural land, while looking for loving homes for the orphaned animals.

Contact Info: (808) 635-1166 Email 62chicha@gmail.com

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By Carol Curran

Karin Stoll Karin, a clinical social worker with a love for horses, combined the two when she founded Healing Horses Kauai and the Kauai Equine Facilitated Program for Special Needs Children and Adults.

Volunteers, supplies, food and donations are greatly appreciated.

Tanya Bordenkircher

Tanya, a busy wife and mother, rescues all animals big and small, and will never turn away an animal in need. http://www.gofundme.com/ savetheanimalsofka

Contact Info: (808) 482-0884 Email bordysworld@yahoo.com

Rainbow Wings Parrot Sanctuary

A no kill rescue sanctuary for all birds, founded by Dia Battilla. She provides care, rehabilitation and adoption services for abused, abandoned or unwanted birds.

Contact Info: (808) 632-2010 Email kstoll@hawaiiantel.net

Katja Langholz and Gregory Tronier Their focus is on rescuing and giving new life to sick, abandoned or abused animals.

They work to rehabilitate them by offering care, socialization and training to assure successful re-homing.

Contact Info: (808) 482-0251 Email larimarland@earthlink.net

Rainbow Wings is in need of donations to help with supplies and food for the birds.

Contact Info: (808) 346-6277 Email diabattilla@gmail.com

Carousel Ranch

A horse rescue service, that is also run by Dia Battilla. They offer riding instruction, birthday parties and volunteer opportunities.

Contact Info: (808) 346-6277 Email diabattilla@gmail.com

Linda Bonds

Linda’s focus is on working with and retraining abused horses. She also works with new owners on riding and handling practices that work best for both horse and rider.

Contact Info: (808) 635-1911 Email linbonds@msn.com

Save Our Shearwaters Kauai is home to many species of seabirds that nest and raise their young in our mountain forests and coastal beaches.

When they leave their nests, seabird fledglings are guided by the light of the moon out to sea.

For seabird emergencies and public SOS aid station locations, call

(808) 635-5117 For more information visit www.kiuc.com

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Proud to Sponsor the 2018-2019 Fall KIF Sports Schedules

BOWLING- 2018-2019 Day

Date

Matchup

Site

Time

Wed.

8/8/18

Pre-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

6:00 p.m.

Thur.

8/30/18

Week 1

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Thur.

9/6/18

Week 2

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Thur.

9/13/18

Week 3

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Thur.

9/20/18

Week 4

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Thur.

9/27/18

Week 5

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Thur.

10/4/18

Week 6

Lihue Lanes

5:30 p.m.

Wed.

11/7/18

Post-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

CROSS COUNTRY- 2018-2019 Day

Date

Matchup

Site

Time

Wed.

8/8/18

Pre-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

6:00 p.m.

Sat.

9/1/18

Waimea HS Invitational - TBD

Waimea

7:30 a.m.

Sat.

9/8/18

Week 1

Waimea

7:30 a.m.

Sat.

9/15/18

Week 2

Kauai

7:30 a.m.

Sat.

9/22/18

Week 3

Kapaa

7:30 a.m.

Sat

9/29/18

Week 4

Island

7:30 a.m.

Sat.

10/6/18

KIF Championships

Island

7:30 a.m.

Wed.

11/7/18

Post-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

5:00 p.m.

Note: Dates & Times May Change Without Notice.

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FOOTBALL - 2018-2019 Day

Date

Matchup

Site

Time

Pre-Season Fri.

8/3/2018

Kauai VS Kapaa

Vidinha Stadium

JV 4:30 p.m.

Fri.

8/3/2018

Kauai VS Kalaheo

Vidinha Stadium

Varsity 7:00 p.m.

Sat.

8/4/2018

Kapaa VS Lahainaluna

Vidinha Stadium

Varsity 7:00 p.m.

Fri.

8/10/2018

Maui VS Kauai

War Memorial Stadium

JV and Varsity

Fri.

8/10/2018

Honokaa VS Waimea

Honokaa

Varsity 7:00 p.m.

Sat.

8/11/2018

Konawaena VS Kapaa

Konawaena

JV 5:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Fri.

8/17/2018

Waimea VS Classico Academy (CA) Hanapepe

Varsity 7:00 p.m.

Regular Season Fri.

8/24/2018

Kauai VS Waimea

Vidinha Stadium

JV 5:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Fri.

8/31/2018

Kapaa VS Kauai

Vidinha Stadium

JV 5:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Fri.

9/7/2018

Waimea VS Kapaa

Hanapepe Stadium

JV 5:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Fri.

9/14/2018

Waimea VS Kauai

Hanapepe Stadium

JV 5:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Sat.

9/22/2018

Kauai VS Kapaa

Vidinha Stadium

TBD

Sat.

9/29/2018

Kapaa VS Waimea

Vidinha Stadium

TBD

Sat.

10/6/2018

Kauai VS Waimea

Vidinha Stadium

TBD

Sat.

10/13/2018

LEAGUE BYE - FALL BREAK

Sat.

10/20/2018

Kapaa VS Kauai

Vidinha Stadium

TBD

Sat.

10/27/2018

Waimea VS Kapaa

Hanapepe Stadium

JV 12:00, Varsity 30 min after JV

Sat.

11/3/2018

KIF Playoff - If needed

Wed.

11/7/2018

Post-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

7:00 p.m.

State Tournament 2018 Sat.

Nov. 10

Quarterfinals

TBA

TBA

Sat.

Nov. 17

Semifinals

TBA

TBA

Sat.

Nov. 24

Championship

Aloha Stadium

TBA

Note: Dates & Times May Change Without Notice.

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL - 2018-2019 Day

Date

Matchup

Site

Time

Wed.

8/8/18

Pre-Season Meeting

Kauai HS Library

6:00 p.m.

Wed.

8/29/18

Kauai VS Waimea

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kapaa VS Island

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kapaa VS Kauai

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Island VS Waimea

Island School Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Waimea VS Kapaa

Waimea HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kauai VS Island

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Waimea VS Kauai

Waimea HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Island VS Kapaa

Island School Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Sat.

Wed.

Sat.

9/1/18

9/5/18

9/8/18

Wed.

9/12/18

Kauai VS Kapaa

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Sat.

9/15/18

Kapaa VS Waimea

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Island VS Kauai

Island School Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Tue.

9/18/18

Playoff, If Needed

6:30 p.m.

Fri.

9/21/18

Playoff, If Needed

6:30 p.m.

Tue.

9/25/18

Waimea VS Kauai

Waimea HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Island VS Kapaa

Island School Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kauai VS Kapaa

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Waimea VS Island

Waimea HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kapaa VS Waimea

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Island VS Kauai

Island School Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kauai VS Waimea

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kapaa VS Island

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Fri.

Tue.

Fri.

9/28/18

10/2/18

10/5/18

Tue.

10/9/18

Kapaa VS Kauai

Kapaa HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Fri.

10/12/18

Waimea VS Kapaa

Waimea HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Kauai VS Island

Kauai HS Gym

JV 5:00, Varsity no earlier than 6:30

Mon.

10/15/18

Playoff, If Needed

6:30 p.m.

Tue.

10/16/18

Playoff, If Needed

6:30 p.m.

Wed.

10/17/18

Playoff, If Needed

Wed.

11/7/18

Post-Season Meeting Kauai HS Library

5:00 p.m.

Sat.

1st Sat

Lahainaluna VS Kapaa Lahainaluna

JV and Varsiy

Note: Dates & Times May Change Without Notice.

Photo By Naea Oda

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Ocean Safety

Although I’m a Wailua resident, this ocean safety article has to be about things I have heard and learned about the “Storm with no name” that flooded many North Shore areas along with a few other scattered places on Kauai (I.e Anahola, Kaepana, and even Koloa).

The first thing I’ve learned was how terrifying the storm itself actually was. A reporter for the San Francisco Examiner, Tom Stienstra, was camping in the area and here’s what he wrote: “The rains started as a light mist in the night. The tiny flecks peppered the jungle flora with a light patter. The air was filled with sweetness. An hour later the first lightning bolt of the storm lit up the blackness like a strobe. The thunder that followed was ear-splitting, a high-pitched crack that fractured the sky for nearly 10

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seconds. It sounded like the earth was cracking apart and we might fall into the fissure.”

Well, then there were around 8 uninterrupted hours of this crashing and cracking thunder and jarring lightning and the most torrential rain you can imagine. As I understand it, there was a few hours of let-up, and then the storm came back with a vengeance for several more hours the following day. For several hours before and after there was plenty of “regular rain.”

By Monty Downs, M.D. President Kaua`i Lifeguard Association

In Kapa’a, this onslaught lasted maybe 3 hours, taking place in the very early morning hours. I live at some elevation in the Wailua Homesteads and there was no flooding danger, but I knew bad things were happening. (And interestingly, people in Kalaheo and Waimea didn’t even know there was a storm going on at all). I’ve had the opportunity to talk with some of you who lived through the North Shore storm and that’s why I used the word “terrifying.” One of our Lifeguards and his fiance’ could hear unusual and powerful sounds outside of his house even through the storm’s own blasting sounds and he realized they had to abandon their house and get to high

ground, in a hurry. His decision saved three lives (the 2 of them plus their cat), because just a few minutes later his house was washed away, never to be found.

Some people I know live in homes that are built aloft on cinderblock/cement piers.

You’ve seen these homes, some of them are 15 feet off the ground. They could tell the water was coming up to their floor boards and they were praying (a) that the piers would hold, and (b) that the water wouldn’t get above their floorboards and maybe take their home off the piers to be washed away like a boat.

As we all know, no one was killed despite many many close calls. We are all very thankful for that. As we also know, when the storm eased and assessment could be taken, there was huge damage done. This damage is still being addressed as I write, and will be for quite some time to come.

In the ensuing days, and even during the storm itself, acts of heroism were

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the norm. Our Lifeguards themselves, along with other community members, performed some amazing work on their Jetski’s and other small craft, driving their vessels down roads and through taro patches in the Hanalei area, extracting people from their flooded homes, checking in on people to see what their needs were, bringing in food and water. Meanwhile, as we also all now, the road from Waikoko northwards was made impassable both my multiple mudslides that covered it, and also by undercutting erosion of the road’s very platform.

This made Wainiha and Haena inaccessible except by sea or by air, and a huge amount of relief work was done over the next few weeks by local Samaritans with Jetskis and zodiacs, County Lifeguards and Firefighters, State

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rescue personnel, and Federal/Military personnel in Chinooks and BlackHawk helicopters and LST landing craft.

Meanwhile, it was all hands on deck for local heavy equipment contractors as well as for local Haena residents who might have a landscape business with trucks and excavators and such.

Downed branches were removed, trash was put into large piles — and emergent work was undertaken to re-establish the North Shore highway. I myself have only the slightest idea of what really too place in this effort. I do know that the military landing craft and heavylift chinooks brought in bulldozers and the like, unloading them in the Tunnels area.

With this, work on the highway could be

done both from the southern Waikoko end as well as from the northern Haena end. The highway disruption was maybe only a couple of miles long, but the work to clear it was amazing and fraught with great danger. There was so much slick mud that trucks and equipment would slide, perilously close to the edge of the cliff. Expert engineers were on hand to study the underpinnings and make sure the narrowed platform was safe.

The work done was nothing less than heroic — and again, it is a Godsend that no one was killed. We all know that even now only one lane is open, for local traffic and only at certain hours when a pilot vehicle will escort you through. I am told by Haena/Wainiha residents that the current situation is bittersweet. Sweet to no longer have this fairly small area be swamped by thousands of vehicles and visitors daily; bitter for those whose livings are dependent on these visitors.

Hopefully the storm will prove to be the needed opportunity for our politicians and administrators to get it right in terms of establishing and maintaining a ceiling on the number of daily visitors.

down. A tip of the hat to our Tower guards (including those at our brand new Nukumoi Tower in Poipu), and to our roving patrol units.

To those who lost their homes and had their lives severely disrupted by the water deluge that happened on April 14 & 15, “What’s done is done”. We sorrow in your suffering, we hope you’re getting good support, and we hope that the strength you’ve had to muster will serve you and your families well as you move forward in your lives.

Meanwhile our Lifeguards are back on duty at Haena Beach Park and of course at the 2 Hanalei Towers. In fact Hanalei Beach is full-on busy except for the pier area. Our Junior Lifeguards are having a great training week as I write this piece.

And, to swing the conversation away from the North Shore for a moment, South Shore beaches have been smashed with beachgoers and snorkelers, in compensation for Ke’e being shut

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STEMworks Internships Provide Kauai High Students with Work-Based Learning TM

This is not your ordinary summer! Three of Kauai High’s students practice engineering and cybersecurity through work-based learning in MEDB’s STEMworks™ Internships, funded by Maui Economic Development Board.

Kauai High School’s acclaimed STEMworks™ lab, run by lead facilitator Leah Aiwohi, has put Kauai on the national and global stage for outstanding STEM programs. Her lab bursts with student creativity and passion! With a focus on improving their community, students persevere through projects that develop professional skills alongside software skills.

As a Cybersecurity intern, Brandon Marcos spends his summer at Kukui IT. His mentor, IT Support Engineer, Arvin Fernandez guides Brandon in computer restoration and backup, network and account set up, operating and sever systems, imaging, updating systems, and cloning networked computers. Building resilience in troubleshooting is a part of the job!

And learning does not end with the school year, the MEDB STEMworks™ Internship program matches student’s professional abilities and interests with local companies on every island across Hawaii. Through partnerships, STEMworks™ Internships provide local work-based learning for students to explore and grow skills into career pathways!

STEMworks™ features weekly learning live webinars design to build students professional skills in interview and resume branding, technical reading, professional networking, ACT/SAT guidance, college planning, and more.

Kauai High students Ben Brady and Eunice Gasper intern at SSFM. Both STEMworks™ students spend their summer sharpening their engineering skills. Their mentor, Senior Project Engineer, Galen Gokan supports real projects using Civil 3D and autoCAD, plot data, convert plans, inspect stations, survey erosion damage, and discuss preventative measures.

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Be a part of the future of STEM! In its 8th year, Maui Economic Development Board’s STEMworks™ Internships have provided 209 opportunities to date! To support our students year round we seek community partnerships and program donations for STEM programs. Contact STEMworks at 808-875-2341 for more information.

Website: www.stemworkshawaii.org Facebook: STEMworks

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Students’ First Day August 6, 2018

Statehood Day August 17, 2018

Labor Day

September 3, 2018

Fall Break

October 8-12, 2018

Election Day

November 6, 2018

Veterans’ Day (observed) November 12, 2018

Thanksgiving & School Holiday Nov. 22 &23, 2018

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Dec. 24-Jan. 7, 2019

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To schedule an appointment, call 245-1561 or visit WilcoxHealth.org.

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