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Week of Friday, December 1, 2017 | Vol. 5, No. 48

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A MESSAGE OF HOPE Calvary Chapel’s Christmas musical shares faith for the holidays

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alvary Chapel Lihue’s Community Theater Outreach is presenting their musical drama this Christmas season, and invites the Kauai community to come and enjoy “Hope Station,”an original script.

It is described as a performance with music, laughter, “and a message of hope and faith for the holidays.”

The setting is Christmas Eve at a Train

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way to New York City to deliver an important sermon; a young runaway planning to make it big as an actress on Broadway; a wounded soldier returning from war; a young Jewish man and his pregnant wife who had escaped the Nazi invasion of Poland to start a new life; and

a wealthy woman who’s been living her high society dreams, but still searching for real love; along with a supporting cast of both children and adults.

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Ramen and raw fish restaurant opens in Hanalei

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enerations of Japanese immigration to Hawaii has made the islands a hub for ramen, the Japanese noodle soup. The problem on Kauai, says local chef and restaurateur Jim Moffat, is that there aren’t all that many places left serving up these slurpable, belly-warming bowls of broth and noodles, apart from the few-and-far-between mom-and-pop shop.

So, in September, Moffat and his business partner Jondy Malone launched Ama, a modern ramen and raw fish

restaurant in Hanalei. The new eatery’s name is the Hawaiian word for the outrigger of a Polynesian canoe.

Cast in the shadow of Hanalei’s iconic, waterfall-drenched mountains, Ama is an Asian-inspired cevicheria with the feel of a Japanese whiskey bar. Apart from an indoor bar with bench seating, all the restaurant’s dining tables are outdoors. Like its decor of natural woods, Ama’s food menu is simple. The main event is ramen, served in rich, silky chicken, pork or miso

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The view from Ama, a modern ramen and raw fish restaurant in Hanalei.

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vegetable broth that simmers for 24-hours before it is served.

“In the big cities, ramen is killing it,” says Moffat, who also owns Bar Acuda, Hanalei’s reservation-only tapas and wine bar.

“Our island is wonderfully behind the times by about seven or eight years, so we are just catching up to what the big cities like San Francisco and New York are doing.”

The noodles are made in Honolulu by Sun Noodle, a ramen manufacturer founded by a second-generation noodle maker from Japan. Add-ons include soft eggs, pork belly, fried tofu and garlic chips. Finished with kombu seaweed, shaved bonito flakes and shiitake mushroom, Ama’s piping ramen bowls are best

described as umami, the so-called fifth flavor that informs a great deal of Japanese cooking.

“It just gives you that savory, rich full-mouth feeling,” Moffat explains.

In addition to ramen, Ama serves up raw fish, salad, kushiyaki-style skewers, beer-battered fish tacos and a spicy shrimp burger.

Menu favorites include a Burmese salad brimming with flavor.

Ginger, jalapenos and a fish sauce vinaigrette excite the tongue, while peanuts and sesame seeds provide a satisfying crunch.

Hawaii fishers and farmers are the sources of many ingredients, including mahi-mahi, tuna, Bok choy and green onion.

For dessert, the choice is simple because there’s only one: House-

made doughnuts with chocolate sauce and caramel ice cream.

They pair best with a cappuccino or a spot of sake beneath a starry Hanalei night sky.

Located in Hanalei Center, Ama provides guests with a relaxed, spruce atmosphere for an outdoor meal or late-night cocktail.

There are large tables for party seating, as well as a fire pit and a grassy area that guests sometimes utilize for games of bocce.

“After living here for 15 years, we’ve come to really recognize what our community needs and it needs more outside restaurants,” Moffat says.

Ama is open for dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through SunPhoto by Brittany Lyte day. Monday service is slated to Apart from an indoor bar with bench seating, Ama’s dining begin in December. tables are outdoors.

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THE STARS ARE IN ALIGNMENT CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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verywhere we look there are wondrously mystifying patterns.

But patterns we might not think about are those that are

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The director and actor playing the role of the reverend is Lance Kerwin, known primarily for his starring role in the TV series “James at 15”

formed in long terms. Astronomical terms!

“A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System”, by theorist John Martineau, is a fascinating look at how the movements of the planets, and the math behind it, over time begin to create beautiful natural patterns and shapes that have eluded most of us!

And what amazing formations appear once you begin to look!

You feel smart just opening this book! Even at 58 pages,

this little book is truly packed with golden nuggets of eye-opening information and we were amazed at how much we learned. Along with each section are beautiful black and white illustrations that evoke the mystery and wonder that is being described.

Did you know that some planets that orbit along side each other form patterns in the shapes of hearts? Or even five-sided stars? And many other truly wild and

intricate combinations of patterns!

Even more interesting are some of the repeating numerical patterns in the solar system, be it by their orbits around the sun, or their distances from each other, or even their difference in sizes… all tend to be in factors of certain specific numbers! Who knew? (Well… author John Martineau did!)

Since bringing this book regularly into the bookstore,

and the made-for-TV film, “The Loneliest Runner.”

The co-writer, artistic director and actress, playing the role of Lady Ann Rockefeller, is Sophia Ross. The cast of Kauai residents this year include Pastor Bruce Baumgartner, Pastor Anwar Ali, Jennifer

Plunkett, Jason Hoyle, and Hannah Hoshide in their vocal lead roles.

There will be five performances: Thursday, Nov. 30, Saturday, and Sunday; Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9. The evening begins at 7 p.m at Calvary Chapel Lihue, 3-3100 Kuhio Highway, across from the McDonald’s in Lihue.

Refreshments will be available and there will be Christmas desserts provided afterward in the church’s youth center. Doors will open at 6:30, and the open seating is limited each night and sure to sell out quickly, so please secure your tickets as soon as

possible.

Tickets are available for a donation of $7 and are available at the Word4word Resource Center, Bandwagon Music Studios, Scotty’s Music in Lihue, and Kauai Music & Sound in Kapaa, and all Lifeway Pharmacies.

Proceeds go to support several ministries on Kauai and reaching around the world: Camp Agape Kauai, U-Turn for Christ Kauai, Operation Christmas Child, Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief and Gideon’s International.

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teric, and other philosophical matters. Small and compact but packed full of great easy-to-understand information that easily soaks into the memory, these are sure to be great stocking stuffers and make excellent presents not only to friends, but to yourself, as well!

Truly, the universe is a we have found people love not only this book, but dozens beautiful thing!

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Hannah Hoshide, playing Mrs. Hubbard, and Alina Evanoff, rehearse a scene from “Hope Station.”

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he Garden Island Federal Credit Union, the Kauai Teachers Credit Union, combined with the merchants at the Kukui Grove Center to present the 24th annual Kauai Christmas Parade before an audience of several hundred people who braved the blustery weather at the mall.

Santa (in Paradise) had to dig out his biggest hat to keep it from blowing away in the wind and afternoon showers.

The parade provided a break from the hectic weekend shopping for Black Friday deals and also an opportunity for the shopping center merchants to earn recognition for its Small Business Saturday.

The parade also heralds the start of a calendar filled with holiday events which includes the launch of the holiday Lights Spectacular at 9 tonight near Longs Drugs.

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