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Steven Domingo, wearing a barong, Arlene Tacub and Nelia Luna, both wearing maria clara gowns, of Bailes de Jose show off their costumes at WB’s Exclusive Lounge.

Terno Ball raises scholarship funds B arbara Green, a terno designer and president of the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club, said real corn husks were used on the winning terno worn by Faye Tangonan during last year’s Terno Ball. “The terno is one of the formal wear for Filipino women,” Green said. “The gown is traditionally made from natural material, and Tangonan’s terno used real corn husks as embelishments. It also uses fabric that utilizes fibers from the pineapple with embelishments of beads and lace.” The Kauai Filipino Women’s Club will present the 2017 Terno Ball and contest, Sept. 16 from 5:30 p.m. at the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club. “This will be the 53rd year the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club is presenting the event, which

signature event for the club and is the source for scholarships which are presented to Kauai high school seniors.” During the school year ending in June 2017, the Kauai Filipino Women’s Club presented scholarships to Bree Ann Cayaban, a student from Waimea High School, Alani Jervis from Kapaa High School, Nora Foss from Island School, and Sharae Cua who graduated from Kauai High School. Tangonan’s terno went on to win the 2016 Terno Ball, and also Colette Nagao, 2017 Terno Ball chair earned her top honors in the person, shows off her terno at WB’s terno competition en route to Exclusive Lounge. Tangonan being crowned the 2017 Mrs. Hawaii Filipina during includes contests for the Most Elegant Couple, the Finest Barong, the pageant hosted by the United or formal traditional Filipino men’s Filipino Council of Hawaii on Oahu shirt, and the Most Beautiful Terno,” in April. “This is the first time in a very Green said. “The Terno Ball is a

long time that Kauai brought home the Mrs. Hawaii Filipina title,” Tangonan said. “During the state pageant, my terno earned top honors in design and speech phases. I was so excited because not only did the terno win, I ended up with top honors for photogenic, congeniality, talent, and judges’ interview.” Colette Nagao is the chair person for the 2017 Terno Ball which presents an evening of entertainment including performances from the Bailes de Jose, a mini Michael Jackson tribute, and performances from students Alan Bueno, Nialani Green, and Jeremiah Garcia, a seventh grade student at the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School who has performed during the last three Back to School Bash events at the

Kukui Grove Center. Steven Domingo of the Bailes de Jose said the men will be garbed in barong tagalog during some of the dance performances where the women will don maria clara, another formal Filipino women’s wear. “The maria clara is considered a formal gown,” Domingo said. “It was named after a Filipino heroine by the same name for her traits of being a delicate female with a strong sense of self-assurance. The gown emerged as part of the Spanish influence in the Philippines.” Tickets, including VIP tables for 10 with two bottles of wine, for the 2017 Terno Ball are available from Kauai Filipino Women’s Club members, or by calling (818) 3831155, or Nagao at 652-0065.

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Kauai Pasta Lihue is a relaxing, comfortable place that offers lunch and dinner.

No place like ‘Pasta’

f it’s lunch you’re after, and you’re looking for a place that’s friendly and fast and serves great salads with smiles, allow me to recommend Kauai Pasta Lihue. How would I know this? Well, since it’s right across the street from The Garden Island, I have had lunch at this Italian grill and bar often. Probably more than my fair share. It’s great spot

to have a conversation, feel like you’re right at home, at affordable prices. Kauai Pasta Lihue does it right. Clean and bright, nice and relaxing. Perhaps this is what it’s like when visiting Italy. Having the busy traffic on Kuhio Highway right outside the front door is somehow not noticeable. It’s actually even nice to have a window seat and watch people

BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY pass by. You don’t have an ocean view. You won’t feel tradewinds. You won’t hear waves crashing on share. You won’t see palm trees swaying. What you will see, hear and taste at Kauai Pasta will make you glad you stopped in.

Now, it’s not like I’ve sampled everything they offer. My go-to lunch, which I order 95 percent of the time, is the Classic Caesar. At $8.95, it’s likely one of the best salads on the island. Did I mention fast service? When I ordered a Classic Caesar on Wednesday while having lunch, it arrived at our table, probably within 5 minutes. It never fails to impress. It

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comes with homemade dressing, romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese and croutons. Not too heavy on the Parmesan, light touch with the dressing, fresh lettuce. The ideal meal when you need to eat, talk and recharge for an afternoon at work. You can add shrimp or chicken, but I rarely do, as the salad alone is more than enough for lunch.

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Some of the other salads include: Kailani Field Greens, $8.95, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, balsamic vinaigrette; KP Lihue’s House Salad, $9.95, feta cheese, kalamata olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and balsamic vinaigrette; the spinach salad, $9.95, fresh pears, blue cheese, candied pecans, raspberry vinaigrette; Kunana Farms warm goat cheese and arugula salad, $10.95, tomateos, Kailanai farms arugula, and red wine vinaigrette; and finally, the garlic herb grilled portabello mushroom salad, $11.95, greens, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, roasted red peppers and balsamic

vinaigrette. If it’s more than salad you want, KP Lihue has you covered. Some of the entrees include: chicken Parmesan, $17.95, marinara and Parmesan with your choice of side pasta; roasted ham and caramelized onion panini, $12.95; pesto grilled chicken, $17.95, capellini pomodoro, $16.95 and Greek style pasta, $17.95. I’m big on drinking water for lunch and they keep the water glass full. Every few minutes, someone, waitress, host, the cook, the bartender, is filling the water glass. You will not go thirsty here.

The classic caesar salad at Kauai Pasta Lihue.

If there are a few things to nitpick about, the tables are fairly close together, so when it’s busy, it can get loud and isn’t the best place for an interview. Or at least wait until after the lunch rush. If you park in the front of the restaurant, it means you have to back up into the traffic. Be careful. But the real reason to stop at Kauai Pasta is exactly what you want when you go out to eat. Friendly and fast, they greet you coming and going. In the nearly five years I’ve been eating there, the service has never faltered. The food, always

fresh, is delivered promptly. You won’t find yourself looking at your watch wondering where your meal is so you can get back to work. Lunch eaters are usually on a schedule. And despite the closeness of the tables, it has an open, inviting vibe. Plan for extra time because if you’re a local, you’re bound to run into someone you know here and end up talking story, because this is one of the places frequented by locals because they know how good it is. KP Lihue is at 3-3142 Kuhio Highway. Phone is 245-2227

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Plenty of meat to this book on bones and more

CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

he human body is a marvel. The more we study it, the more fascinating it becomes. Even with thousands of years of medical research, every day we are learning more about the details of it, how it

works, why it works. It’s like a never ending puzzle! And our society has been at it for a long time! “Human Anatomy: A Visual History From the Renaissance to the Digital Age” by Rifkin, Ackerman & Folkenberg gives us a visually fascinating look at the growth of our knowledge of our bodies over a wide span of time. Beginning with “The Art of Anatomy”, this small volume is packed full of illustrations throughout the ages, giving us an inside look on how our knowledge and ability to convey this knowledge has improved over time.

The images selected are incredible, not only for their informational value, but also they have historical, technical, scientific and artistic value. The fine detail composed in each image is like looking at a work of art — which they actually are! Some of the illustrations seem as if they were created out of the fantasy of someone’s imagination, yet these are all true works from our own history! And now, in retrospect and thanks to modern technology, we can now see how accurate our forefathers’ works were. Additionally, the authors’ have done a gratifying job at compil-

ing the vast sum of centuries of advancement into easy-to-read passages which are equally as interesting as the illustrations themselves. And then there’s the more unconventional parts: one of these historic illustrators, ethical or not, would make ikebana-like “artistic compositions” out of skeletons, blood vessels, and organs! So, crack open that rib cage … er, book … and see what awaits you inside! You’ll likely look at the human body (and yourself) in a whole new light! ••• Ed and Cynthia Justus are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapape.

Review: Witherspoon can’t save bland, ‘Home Again’

t’s a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon. You know what’s worse? To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen. That lovely bit of casting alone — Witherspoon and Bergen as daughter and mom — should have been enough

to lift “Home Again,” a debut from writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer, into at least the ranks of fairly entertaining, harmless guilty-pleasure rom-coms. Instead, one is left marveling at how disappointingly inept it feels, from

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plot developments so obvious you see them coming 40 minutes ahead, to the gooey, lingering close-ups of characters laughing happily. What are they laughing about? Maybe there were lots of great private jokes flying around the set, because there aren’t a lot of great ones in the script — save a few choice barbs from Bergen, and a very well-timed “Hamilton” joke. Witherspoon is Alice, a recently separated mother of two who’s returned to Los Angeles from New York, escaping a difficult marriage to a scruffily charming music mogul (Michael Sheen.) Luckily, she can move right into her childhood home — her huge, beautiful childhood home, with linens so soft they’re a topic of conversation, and a sizable guest house. Which is where the three guys come in. That would be Harry (Pico Alexander), his brother Teddy (Nat Wolff ) and friend George (Jon Rudnitsky). They’re budding 20-something filmmakers trying to get their movie produced, and they’re a bit down on their luck. Of course, this movie’s version of being down on one’s luck is a little different than in the rest of the world. It’s not just that these guys somehow waltz into high-level meetings with agents and producers. It’s that everyone here

between Alice and Harry — aborted because Harry’s throwing up. You’d think Alice would wake up, do the laundry (which she does), and realize Harry isn’t much of a catch. But soon all three guys have moved into the guest bungalow — their own Ralph Lauren frat house. And Alice starts sleeping Karen Ballard/Open Road Films via AP with Harry — once he fixes her kitchen cabinet. “We shouldn’t do this,” she says, Reese Witherspoon in a scene from “Home Again.” as they kiss. “But I fixed your cabinet,” he says. Guys at home: that line may not looks like they’ve grown up in a Ralph always work for you. Lauren catalog. Now, plenty of movies And then ex-husband Austen shows have been made about well-off people up. That’s Austen-with-an-E, not Austinwithout real-world problems. It’s not a with-an-I. And he says, “Let’s fix this” (the crime. But takeout from Nobu? That may be marriage, not the cabinet). Alice has to make a decision. pushing it. Meanwhile, there’s a very important Anyway, we digress. Alice, we learn, school play. And this is what we mean is the daughter of a late, well-known by obvious developments, because in filmmaker. Mom Lilian (Bergen) was an any rom-com with a school play, you can actress. Dad didn’t always treat her well, bet that someone isn’t going to make it but Lilian has a great explanation for why she’s not fussed: “He’s gone now, so in time, and there are going to be shots of empty seats and anxious young faces. I won.” And yes, this is what happens. Would that Alice had her mother’s We won’t tell you how it turns out. sang-froid. We begin on her 40th birthWe CAN divulge that there will be more day, and she’s weeping into the mirror. lingering close-ups of people laughing. Then she goes out and celebrates at Again, what are they laughing about? If a bar, where she and her tipsy friends meet Harry, Teddy and George. Drinking you can figure it out, let us know. ••• leads to dancing, to more drinks at Alice’s Associated Press home, to an aborted sexual encounter

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anel Patterson said she only knows of one other person named Janel — the one she read about in the newspaper. Janel and her family were among the hundreds of people who flowed through the Parish Hall to enjoy the Lihue United Church 39th Labor Day Breakfast on Monday. “I did the marathon, yesterday,” said Derek Kawakami. “This morning, I went surfing with Maunakea Trask on the South Shore before getting here.” Proceeds from ticket sales to the breakfast benefited the Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool program while proceeds from the white elephant sale went toward the church parsonage remodel fund. “We are so fortunate that we had enough people turn out to help put this together,” said Joye Irwin, the breakfast co-chair. “We just have an interim pastor and are waiting to see who will be our next pastor.”

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