TGIFr!day by The Garden Island Newspaper

Week of Friday, September 22, 2017 | Vol. 5, No. 38

Check Da Scene

‘TOO MUCH LIFE’

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

Photo by Jordy Deason Nativa Law during the filming of the Too Much Life concept trailer. — Story inside

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2017 Fruit and Vegetable Show winning Best in Show Honors for their Broccoli! From Farmers Market to Farm Fair The Kauai County Farm Bureau Supports Agriculture

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TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK SATURDAY

PAWS FOR CELEBRATION DINNER 5:30 p.m. Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club Entertainment, auctions. Benefit for Kauai Humane Society. Info: www.kauaihumane.org. HANAMAULU BEACH CLEANUP 9 a.m. to noon Surfrider and Sierra Club team up for this effort. Turn makai onto Hanamaulu Road by the 7-Eleven store. Look for signs leading to Hanamaulu Beach Park. Bring water. Bags, gloves and refreshments provided. Info: Judy, 482-1129 OHANA DAY 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grove Farm Museum In conjunction with Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! Free tours of the museum, activities, entertainment. Free train rides at the Locomotive Learning Park on Haleko Road in Lihue, and free tours at the Waioli Mission House in Hanalei. Info: 245-3202 or grovefarm.org.

RICE STREET BLOCK PARTY 5-9 p.m. Free parking at Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Entertainment. Learn about Rice Street improvements and what is being planned for town core.

72ND ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR KAUAI CLUB 100 10 a.m. Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe

FREE HEALTH SCREENING 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Walmart. Learn about blood glucose, blood pressure, body mass index and immunizations.

Kauai Composer’s Contest and Concert 9 a.m. Historic Waimea Theatre.

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CAMP AGAPE KAUAI FUNDRAISER 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wahooo Seafood Grill & Bar $15. Twelve bands.

“EO, E LILI‘U” CHILDREN’S/YOUTH MUSIC COMPETITION 5 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall

KANJI CALLIGRAPHY CLASS 10:30 a.m. to noon, Koloa Jodo Mission, 3140 Waikomo Road. Beginners welcome, materials provided, donations appreciated. Info: 742-6735

GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PANEL DISCUSSION 6 p.m. Ha Coffee Bar on Rice Street. Panelists include Luke Evslin, County Councilmember JoAnn Yukimura and Anne Walton. Organized by Apollo Kauai and Kauai Women’s Caucus. Free.

KAUAI MOKIHANA FESTIVAL SERVICE 10 a.m. Kapaa First Hawaiian Church

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FAMILY OPTIONS HAWAII KICKOFF PARTY 3 to 6 p.m. Poipu Beach Park pavilion. Food, games, prizes. Free.

WEDNESDAY

KA MEA ‘AI PONO — ETHNIC HEALTHY LIVING SESSION 6:30 p.m. Ho‘ola Lahui Fitness Center, Lihue RAISE YOUR VOICE AT THE STATE CAPITOL 6 to 7 p.m. Lihue Public Library

The legislature’s Public Access Room is a non-partisan office at the Capitol, and workers there are on island to offer tips and techniques on effective lobbying, testimony and communicating with senators and representatives. BACK PAIN RELIEF WORKSHOP 6 to 7:15 p.m. Kapaa Neighborhood Center Free workshop to learn to live pain-free. Learn the why and how of the Gokhale Method KAMALAMA PARENTING CLASS 6 p.m. Waimea Public Library. Free. THURSDAY

SOLO/GROUP KAHIKO NEI HULA COMPETITION 6 p.m. Kauai War Memorial. RAISE YOUR VOICE AT THE STATE CAPITOL Noon, Hanapepe Public Library, and 6 to 7 p.m., Kapaa Public Library. LIHUE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING 7:30 to 9 a.m. Duke’s Canoe Club, Kalapaki Howard Greene, environmental manager of Gay & Robinson, will talk about hydroelectric helping to power the island’s future. Free KAUAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIRD QUARTER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 5:30 p.m. Kauai Beach Resort. Keynote speaker is Kimberly Legawa. Info: 245-7363

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KAUAI MADE

Fundraiser for film project set for Saturday at Koloa Landing Resort

with students at Kauai High School. The movie revolves around the impact of social media and cyberbullying on a popular student and how her online world leads her to make decisions that affect her offline world in increasingly negative ways. “Cyberbullying and digital self image are

causing our teens increased anxiety and depression,” Sawyer said. “The impact of being bullied by someone you can’t see, and may not even know, has real world consequences for our students.” SEE FILM, P. 6

he feature film “Too Much Life,” which is in development, has received over half of its funding from Kauai backers. Kauai Made Films is still seeking $47,000 to complete funding by their Oct. 8 deadline to begin preproduction on a film made with 100 percent local talent and resources. “I’m confident we’re going to get it,” said Edwin Sawyer, writer and producer of Too Much Life. He said support for the film has been overwhelming. ”Everyone loves the idea of doing a community movie,” he said. “Where, instead of a backdrop, it’s us with a speaking role.

Photo by Jordy Deason

Cherish Mariani walks away from an excited Kahea Botelho as Camera Operator Kaden Keep maintains a steady frame.

“We’re the ones making it. It’s a Kauai made feature film. It’s bigger than us,” he said. He said one person asked about all the efforts going into one scene, and questioned if it was really necessary. Sawyer was adamant, that yes, it was. “It’s not just a scene. It’s a like a party for our island,” he

said. “It’s like a celebration that we’re sharing as a story that came from our schools, that we’re sharing it with the world.” Actress Sonya Balmores, actress/model/yoga instructor Samantha Lockwood, and surfer/model Alana Blanchard have joined the cast of the film, which was written on Kauai working

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All aboard this train for a wonderful read on railroads

loha readers! There are so very few books written about trains and locomotives CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS in Hawaii, SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY and the ones that have been written are scarce and are now in the collector’s range of prices. Finding locomotive books specific to Kauai? Nigh impossible. Fortunately, there have been some lesser-known recent publications which have

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Elliot Lucas, producer, said, “The lead character of Too Much Life loses control of her online world resulting in a series of decisions that hurt her family and friends.” A fundraiser for the film project is set for 6 p.m.

compiled a great assortment of historical photographs of these engines of change in Hawaii, and one of their volumes focuses directly on the Garden Island! “Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs: Volume 4 - Plantation Railways on Kauai and the Remaining Islands”, by Gale E. Trieber and Victor Norton, Jr., is just the book to bring this nearly-forgotten subject to light! From Polihale to Kilauea, we are treated to a wide array of sharp images from the Second

Saturday at Koloa Landing Resort. It will include a special premiere of a cyberbully video students from the Kauai Film Academy called “Rise.” People are welcome to stop by. It is free, with food and beverages. There will also be music, dancing and a film-making workshop, and a keiki dance

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World War-era, featuring locomotives from the many sugar plantations that were in operation around the time, such as: Eleele Plantation, Grove Farm, Hanamaulu Sugar, Hawaiian Sugar Co. Makaweli, Kekaha Sugar, Kilauea Sugar, Koloa Sugar, Lihue Plantation, Makee Sugar Co. Kealia, McBryde Sugar, and Waimea Sugar Mill Co. There has also been some very impressive research done by the authors regarding each of the featured locomotives, including how they

came to be used, the paths of the tracks they operated on, even providing rosters of the types of locomotives for each company. Additionally, we are shown some of the other trains that operated on Molokai and Lanai, including a few newly-discovered operations on Maui and Big Island as well. For locomotive enthusiasts, this book is a gem. For the folks that worked with these beauties, this is a trip down memory lane. For the rest of us, this is a peek into the fascinating history that is right here on Kauai! And if you like this, there are even more in their Hawaii series! ••• Ed and Cynthia Justus are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapepe.

LockJaw Plush Toy from the red carpet on opening night of lnhumans and special edition DVD/blu-ray of the movie. The dinner with Balmores is already around $1,000. Blanchard is donating a signed surfboard. Lockwood is providing a special yoga opportunity at Bikram Yoga Kauai. Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. is expected to stop in and toss his support to the project. Besides these perks, backers can be producers Photo by Jordy Deason of this feature film, stay on set, participate in producNativa Law during the filming of the Too Much Life. tion meetings, and get their own director’s chair. floor. special gift for backers. Up Sawyer said the more Balmores, on the cast of for bid will be dinner with the word spreads about Marvel’s “Inhumans,” has a her, a one of kind signed the project and the funds needed to begin preprog R n i a y i n r r Cha Ca duction, the more people Now Creating that ins come on board. “As soon as they hear in your garden about it, they’re behind it,” he said. He cited a lengthy list of local companies that have pitched in. 828-6400 “It’s staggering,” he said. www.gardenpondskauai.com But it’s clear why, at least In Kilauea, next to Mini Golf

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to Sawyer. He pointed out that many actors from Kauai, more than 60, signed up for auditions for the first casting, which resulted in a second casting call. “Everyone who benefits is all of our kids, and all of our young adults and all of our adults,” he said. “Everyone is really a part of it.” The project’s inception was 2010. Sawyer recalls a conversation that centered around all the films shot by others on Kauai. His thought: Why can’t we make one ourselves? “We could do it here. We could make films,” he said. The name for Too Much Life, by the way, comes from a remark by a student talking about how busy she was. “Mr. Sawyer, I have too much life.” A second casting call for Too Much Life is underway. Sign up online at www. kauaimadefilms.com To back this project go to www.kauaimadefilms/ kickstarter

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ersephone and Kina are ready for the holidays, and Kuma shed his goggles because the event was indoors at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Coordinated by Jan Woo of Barkaroo Bakery (Kilakila decided it was better to sit at the booth), 17 canine and 15 owners presented a variety of doggie wear ranging from whimsical to formal during the first dog fashion show which opened the Kauai Made-Kauai Grown trade fair to the general public. Ron Wood of FM97 emceed the event where Table, the poster dog for the event, showed why he is a poster child. Melissia Sugai of the Kauai Made program at the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Economic Development coordinated the event designed to showcase Kauai Made and Kauai Grown products, including Value Added items, to the trade, and this year, to the general public.

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