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WALK WITH A DOC 7 a.m. Wilcox Medical Center lobby KAUAI CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE FESTIVAL Walk with Dr. Eugene Lao, primary care physi5 to 9 p.m. Hanapepe cian specializing in geriatrics at Kauai Medical A celebration of all things chocolate and coffee Center. Free breakfast and talk on the aging with lots of sampling, educational displays and process. Register, 245-1198 workshops, entertainment and exhibitor booths MOVIE NIGHT AT THE GARDEN featuring a variety of chocolate and coffee 5 p.m. National Tropical Botanical Garden products from around the state.

Special screening of “Coco” will take place on COOKIE DECORATING WORKSHOP the meadow. Food, drinks available for pur5 to 7 p.m. Monkeypod Jam shop, Kaumualii chase. Keiki activities. Movie starts after sunset.

Free. Donations accepted.

Highway adjacent to 7-Eleven in Lawai Cost is $75. Workshop includes hands-on SUNDAY instruction, all supplies, royal icing recipe and “WHO DUNNIT?” information. Light pupu will be served. Info: Gaylord’s Restaurant, Puhi, 5:30 p.m. info@monkeypodjam.com A gala for St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal EDGAR CAYCE STUDY GROUP Church. Deck yourself out in 1920s garb and 4 p.m. Kapaa Neighborhood Center step back in time. While dinner is being served, Studying cooperation, meditation, reincarnation take part in a silent auction. Premeire event is and the EC philosophy. Come for details. Info: an intriguing mystery that needs to be solved.

George, 214-762-3045 Tickets $120. Info: 651-9333 or email stmichaelgala@gmail.com SATURDAY MONDAY KAUAI CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE FESTIVAL MAYORAL CANDIDATE MEET AND GREET 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hanapepe Kauai Community College Fine Arts A celebration of all things chocolate and coffee Auditorium, noon to 1 p.m. with lots of sampling, educational displays The KCC History Club organizes and hosts the and workshops, entertainment and exhibitor event. Info: Mark Ombrello, 245-8311. booths featuring a variety of chocolate and coffee products from around the state.

TUESDAY FRIDAY

BARKTOBERFEST 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Shops at Kukuiula Dog costume contest. Fundraiser for Kauai Animal Welfare Society. $10 entry fee.

NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 7 a.m. to noon Lydgate Beach Park Lend a hand to clean up the park. Includes light breakfast and buffet lunch.

KAUAI FILIPINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 5:30 p.m. Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu The theme is “A Night in the Philippines,” the guest speaker is Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr., and election of officers will take place. $65 includes dinner. Info: 634-4130 or

info@kauaifilipinochamber.org FIVE-MINUTE MAKE-AND-TAKE FALL PUMPKIN GATHERING 6 to 7:30 p.m. Kapaa Public Library Led by Maile Bloxsom of Vicky’s Fabrics. Make a fall Halloween pumpkin using fabric, a roll of toilet paper and other provided materials. Each participant will take home their own newly created pumpkin. Registration required. Call the library, 821-4422.

WEDNESDAY

INTERNET SECURITY SEMINAR 6 p.m. Waimea Public Library Learn how to practice good cyber hygiene and use the internet safely and securely. Free, onehour presentation by cyber expert Tracy Fu. NET PATROL CLEANUP OF AHUKINI 3 to 5:30 p.m. Behind the airport, parallel to the landing runway Look for Surfrider signs. Yellow gate closes at 5:30 p.m. Info: 635-2593 ROTARY CLUB OF POIPU BEACH FOR RAISE A GLASS TO END POLIO FUNDRAISER 3 to 5 p.m. Palm Court next to Merriman’s Gourmet Pizza & Burgers at The Shops at Kukuiula Refreshing beers from Kona Brewing will be served for $5, and all proceeds to go to Rotary Foundation’s PolioPlus Fund toward the eradication of polio worldwide.

THURSDAY

LIHUE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING 7:30 a.m. Duke’s Canoe Club, Kalapaki Program on visitor impacts on Kauai. Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. and others will speak. Free.

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PRINCEVILLE ART EXHIBIT COMING UP TGIFR!DAY

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he Princeville Community Association recently announced the 10th annual Princeville Community Fine Arts Exhibit.

The exhibit is open 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 and Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Princeville Community Center.

North Shore artists will be sharing drawings, paintings, ceramics and sculptures never before exhibited on Kauai.

The event is free to the public. Celebrate the 10-year anniversary at the Friday evening reception with pupu.

This non-juried exhibit is open to all artists over 18 who live on the North Shore, from Kilauea to Ke‘e Beach. Artists should submit artwork Friday, Oct. 26, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the center.

For online prospectus and entry forms visit bit.ly/2yLHpzj or contact April McGinnis, April@princevillecommunity.com, 826-6687

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS THIS WEEKEND

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n Saturday, Oct. 20, Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens hosts a Spooktacular from 4 to 7 p.m. at 4101 Wailapa Road, Kilauea. The entry fee is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Info: 828-0525 On Sunday, Oct. 21, the annual Kauai Harvest Ag Festival takes place at the Waimea Athletic Field from 11 a.m., with food, music, rides, games, pumpkins and more.

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SPREADING THE LOVE

Coconuts Fish Cafe celebrates anniversary with Kauai United Way fundraiser the raffle is $10 for one chance to win and $25 for three chances to win. Donations are

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arol Wood and LaMont Fisher are stoked about their first-year anniversary at Coconuts Fish Cafe in Waipouli’s Kauai Village shopping center — so excited that they want to spread the aloha.

They’re raffling off a surfboard, tacos and a helicopter ride in a month-long fundraiser, with all proceeds going to the Kauai United Way. “We just appreciate everyone so much,”Wood said.

“Come on in and help us give back to Kauai.”

Coconuts Fish Cafe opened in the fall of 2017, slinging coconut shrimp, fish tacos, sandwiches and poke in their spacious restaurant with a polished, surfer-shack vibe.

Since then, they’ve been streamlining staff and building a customer base — all the things restaurateurs hope to do in their first years — and the pair says it’s been a whirlwind.

“We’ve built up regulars and it’s always great to see them,”

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Carol Wood and LaMont Fisher are franchise owners of Coconuts Fish Cafe in Kauai Village shopping center, Waipouli.

Wood said.

Fisher said since the beginning they’ve been looking for ways to help the community, and were approached by Kauai United Way. KUW supports disease prevention and health programs, disaster recovery and emergency services, rehabilitation services, youth services and family services. More than 25 different agencies participate and more than 35,000 Kauaians are served annually through KUW partner agencies.

“They support a lot of people and they do the Table

53 thing (at the Sheraton Kauai Resort’s RumFire restaurant), but it’s kind of difficult to do that here with our system,” Fisher said. “So it’s always been a goal. We’ve been thinking of ways (we can contribute).”

Two prizes are up for grabs in the raffle drawing, which will conclude on Oct. 30 with a 7 a.m. drawing for the prizes on KONG radio.

A Tamba surfboard and gear is the first prize, with one free order of fish tacos per week for a year. The second prize is a 60-minute Safari Helicopter deluxe waterfall tour for two.

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In addition to Authentic Mexican Cuisine our menu also features Omelettes, Pancakes, and French Toasts as well as Club and Santa Fe Sandwiches, Vegetarian Burger and Mahi Mahi Sandwich.

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CHOCOLATE & COFFEE TGIFR!DAY

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he Fourth annual Kauai Chocolate & Coffee Festival is exactly how it is billed: a celebration of all things chocolate and coffee, with lots of sampling, educational displays and workshops, entertainment and exhibitor booths featuring chocolate and coffee products from around the state.

The festival kicked off with a Wednesday night VIP event, continues tonight and then picks up again on Saturday morning, highlighting all the attributes of these two favorite local crops.

The festival takes place in Hanapepe and includes a silent auction, keiki

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Festival showcases some of Hawaii’s most delicious and tasty products

HAVE PASSPORT, GET FREE STUFF All who purchase passports at the festival are guaranteed samples and logo tote bags from the following: Shops on Hanapepe Road Aloha Spice Company Banana Patch Studio Blu-Umi and Japanese Grandma’s Cafe Ku‘ulei’s Gourmet — Friday only Little Fish Coffee — Saturday only Angela Headley Island Art Under the big tent in Hanapepe Park Free tote bags Aloha Chocolate Company Aloha Spice Company Hawaii Chocolate & Cacao Association Kauaii Coffee Company — Friday only Kauai Kookie Koloa Rum Fudge Sauce Kona Coffee Leaf Tea Lydgate Farms Manoa Chocolate Hawaii Madre Chocolate Ono Pops Hawaiian Gourmet Frozen Pops Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory Waialua Estate Chocolate

Photos courtesy Amy Hammon

ABOVE: Coffee, start to finish, can be seen at the Kauai Chocolate & Coffee Festival today and Saturday in Hanapepe. LEFT: ON THE COVER: An iced latte made with Aloha Spice Company’s Kauai Aloha coffee is topped with Aloha Spice Company’s Aloha Cacao Grind (also pictured).

LEFT: Steelgrass Farm chocolate bars are on display and for sale this weekend.

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activities, samplings and much more.

It is presented by the County of Kauai, Hanapepe Economic Alliance, Friends and Family of Agriculture, The Garden Island, Special Events Hawaii and the Hawaii Chocolate & Cacao Association and sponsored in part by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

The mission of the Kauai Chocolate & Coffee Festival is to: w Offer an event that entertains both visitors and residents of Kauai; w Highlight Hawaii agricultural industries of both cacao and coffee; w Showcase fine products and talents of local farmers, chefs, roasters, chocolatiers, baristas and manufacturers while bringing prosperity to Hanapepe.

The festival will feature chocolate and coffee from Kauai and around the Hawaiian Islands.

Those holding event passports are guaranteed samples from certain vendors, as well as logo goodie bags.

One vendor will be unveiling their sauce at the festival.

Red Beard’s Pepper Sauce was established in 2017 by Bobby Skelton and Paulina Michel. Their love of hot sauce starts with the peppers, which they grow organically on Kauai.

From plant to bottle, their goal is to make the finest quality pepper sauce from the hottest peppers.

Currently they have three year-round sauces: Col. Mustard, Reapercussions and Papa Yeahs.

They are introducing a new fall flavor, Holy Mole, a delicate blend of local cocoa, orange, honey, Carolina Reapers, Bhut Jolokia, Trinidad Scorpions and 7 Pot Peppers.

The festival is 5 to 9 tonight and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday. It takes place on Hanapepe Road.

Tickets are available in advance online for $15 or for $20 at the door and, while

Photos courtey Amy Hammon

ABOVE: Kauai Coffee will be on hand at the Fourth annual Kauai Chocolate & Coffee Festival today and Saturday in Hanapepe.

BELOW: Cups and coasters with the festival logo are available for sale in Hanapepe today and Saturday.

supplies last, at Aloha Spice Company, Banana Patch Studio, Japanese Grandma’s Cafe, and Angela Headley Island Art for $20.

For more information and tickets visit www.KauaiChocolateandCoffeeFestival.

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IN LIFE AND IN WORDS, DUKE WELLINGTON SETS THINGS STRAIGHT BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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uke Wellington.

The name alone is pretty imposing, impressive.

The man himself is, too. His career and achievements speak for themselves. This guy should have been on the big screen.

If you’ve met Duke Wellington, from Essex, England, you know he’s not someone who tolerates fools. He is a no-nonsense, getthings-done kind of guy with a big heart. And if you haven’t met him, you should. And in his days, I might add, he was a fine runner.

The Eleele man, married to Millie, operates the Rocking W ranch on Kauai. Over the years he has moved cows, castrated calves, pumped water, fixed fences and shredded pastures. He embraced the life of a paniolo and, as he writes, “I have the best job in

the world, and make about five dollars an hour.”

Duke is also a fine writer.

His two books are “He Mau Mo‘olelo Na Kekahi Paniolo Pelekane: Tales by an English Paniolo” (published in 2004), and “Ka Pua‘a Kane A Me Kekahi Mau

Mo‘olelo: The Boar and Other Stories” (published in 2013).

A war veteran, he writes about life, about his experiences, about family, about what inspires him, about what amuses him, about what he sees before him. And as you would expect, Duke does not use flowery, fluffy, extraneous words. No wasted sentences. No unnecessary adjectives. His writing is to the point. He says what he wants to say, clearly, concisely.

Some writings leave you scratching your head trying to figure out their point. Not so with Duke Wellington.

One particular poem describes well Duke Wellington and the man he is. In “Who Am I,” he wrote: It’s not a family name I’m seeking Like the one my father gave me.

But the name I’ll leave behind me, When I’m laid down in my

grave.

When I look into the mirror Is that the image that I see, The same image that my neighbor Sees each day he looks at me?

Does he see a man of honor One who helps his fellow man?

One who’s humble, honest, truthful, Lives his life as best he can?

In “Ka Pua‘a Kane A Me Kekahi Mau Mo‘olelo,” his writing is again straight and simple. There are no hidden messages here. He tells stories close to his heart.

The introduction to “Na Lawai‘a O‘opu,” reads like something Hemingway would enjoy: “The sun was not yet visible on the horizon when the truck and trailer pulled in to the open area beside the river crossing. The driver opened his door but did not get out, instead, he reached for the thermos on the passenger seat and poured himself a cup of coffee, then sat beside the open door listening to the river and the sounds of the valley waking up to a new day.”

Such writing is a joy to read. No pretense. No drama. Tell it straight.

That’s Duke Wellington.

FORTY YEARS LATER, MICHAEL MYERS, ‘HALLOWEEN’ SLASH AGAIN JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ith hollow eyes and sagging cheeks, the flabby white mask of Michael Myers is horror’s great blank slate.

Project your fears here, it says. Myers doesn’t speak. His movements never rise beyond a deliberate gait (well, aside from all the stabbing and strangling). Even his name is purposefully bland.

Decades after John Carpenter’s slasher landmark, David Gordon Green has resurrected the faceless Boogeyman of “Halloween”

(three stars out of four) and set him loose on another Halloween night, 40 years later. Time has done little for Michael’s personality. He is still a poor conversationalist.

(He hasn’t uttered a word in the intervening decades, says a doctor at the sanatorium that holds him.) He is still handy with a knife.

With gliding cameras, Carpenter’s score and original cast members Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle (the man under the mask), it has tried very hard to take much more, too.

But while Green’s “Halloween,” which he penned

with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, has faithfully adopted much of what so resonated in Carpenter’s genre-creating film — the stoic killer, the gruesome executions, the suburban nightmares — what makes his “Halloween” such a thrill is how it deviates from its longago predecessor.

Setting the template for countless slashers to follow, Carpenter’s film often reserved its most painful endings for more promiscuous girls or drug-using teens.

But what Carpenter did do was equate sex with violence, a connection

that Green has elaborated on with a more feminist streak. Having survived the “Babysitter Murders” of 40 years ago, Laurie Strode (a fabulously fierce Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising the role that was her film debut) is now a self-described “twice-divorced basket case” living in a run-down house on the outskirts of the fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. She is prepared for the second coming of Michael she’s always been sure will happen.

The curiosity of “Serial”-like podcast journalists (Jefferson Hall, Rhian Rees) introduces us to both the locked-up

Myers and the withdrawn Strode.

When Michael is transferred to another facility, hell predictably breaks loose. Once Michael is again stalking the suburban streets of Haddonfield, custom kitchens start seeing their cutlery disappear, and the shadows and closets of seemingly safe neighborhoods are again rife with danger. Evil — soulless and unkillable — lurks everywhere, even if does wear a silly mask.

Green can’t recreate the eeriness of Carpenter’s original. But he pumps more

blood into the story, both literally and figuratively.

Foggy nights and gas-station bathrooms turn predictably gory, more so than the original. But the scenes that fall between those foreboding, twinkling piano notes have far more warmth and spirit than you’d expect.

You almost wish Green — easily the most talented filmmaker in the franchise since Carpenter — was instead making something original here on the same streets, with the same cast (including the scene-stealing Miles Robbins) and none of the skull crushing.

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The Rev. Ryan Newman, Chucky Boy Chock, Linda Viado

Kumu Pua Gomes, Belle Gomes, Gardenia Gomes

Kirsten Darrell, Skylaya Darrell, Dominique Pascua

CELEBRATING SOVEREIGNS

S Dr. Erin Newman, Alessandra “Lexie” Newman

Ita Rubio, Linda Crocker

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Soloman Levi, Enrico Levi, Makoa Rubio-Cummings, Harper Darrell, Paxton Darrell

Uli‘i Castor, Noalani Nakasone, Elaine Panui, Linda Viado, Cecelina Dana, Julie Souza

Maryann Manintin, Carylee Gifford, Leona Workman, Elena Ka‘auwai, Carol Lovell

everal hundred people, including those from major Hawaiian organizations, gathered for the annual Feast of Our Holy Sovereigns at the All Saints Episcopal Church and Preschool in Kapaa to honor the lives and accomplishments of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.

“This is the 14th year we’ve hosted the event,” said David Murray, All Saints Church senior warden. “It is always held during the weekend of the Emmalani Festival (in Kokee).”

In addition to the ho‘okupu and hula presented by kumu Pua Gomes and the Haumana O Kanuikapono, the service was extended to include the blessing of the newly renovated Queen’s Chapel.

“This is known as ‘The Queen’s Chapel’ because we are celebrating the memories of both Queen Emma and Queen Liliuokalani, the first and only reigning Hawaiian queen, and the last reigning monarch of the independent kingdom of Hawaii,” respectively, Murray said.

Lei Taber, Verlie Aiu, Nette Manaday

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