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Week of Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 36

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‘BIRTH OF A FAMLY’

Documentary made on Kauai premiers Sunday

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. DOCUMENTARY:

‘Birth of a Family’

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: The Greenery Cafe

6. BOOK REVIEW:

The Star Trek Book

7. CHECK DA SCENE: Pop Warner Football

On the cover: New parents Andrea Vellejos and Nathan Shuey welcome twins Asiri and Alesya.

Photo courtesy Robert Zelkovsky

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SAT SUN COMMUNITY MEETING 5:30 TO 8:30 P.M. WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Celebration of the approval of Alakai O Kauai Public Charter School. Entertainment, food and silent auction. Free

Grammy award-winner and reggae album of the year Morgan Heritage is coming to Kauai for a one night show. Tickets $35 in advance. www.bampproject.com

MELE MEI 7 P.M., WAIMEA THEATER Mele Mei concert with Na Hoku Hanohano award winners Nathan Aweau and Maunalua. $20, 6515744

THE POWER OF PRAYER 7 TO 8:30 P.M. OMLINE ASHRAM — HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL TRAINING CENTER KAEHULUA ROAD, KAPAA. A night of prayer and learning. Info: 633-8221.

HIROSHIMA 6 P.M., KCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER An evening with grammynominated Hiroshima.

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HOT KAUAI NIGHTS II HOT KAUAI NIGHTS II: 5 TO 10 P.M. HISTORIC COUNTY BUILDING. Two nights of free music and dancing, with a cultural flair, and a Bon Dance each night for the community’s entertainment.

MORGAN HERITAGE 5:30 P.M., POIPU BEACH ATHLETIC CLUB.

HONOPU TRAIL KOKEE STATE PARK Join the Sierra Club on hike of the Honopu trail. 4 miles roundtrip. 826-6105 USED BOOK SALE 10 AM. TO 4 P.M., PRINCEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. CANOE PLANT BINGO & BBQ FUNDRAISER 5 TO 8 P.M., HANAI MARKET, KAPAA Proceeds to lunch program at Kawaikini charter school HOT KAUAI NIGHTS II 5 TO 10 P.M. HISTORIC COUNTY BUILDING Free music and dance, with a cultural flair, and a Bon Dance KAUAI ISLAND CRAFTERS FAIR 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. Church of the Pacific

CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF NAMAHOE 9:30 A.M., CEREMONY 11 A.M. KALAPAKI BAY. Kauai’s Polynesian Voyaging Canoe will be presented to Kauai. Namahoe will represent and serve the island of Kauai in many aspects of contemporary society, such as education, culture, leadership, stewardship, and service. Contact: Dennis Chun, 245-8202 BIRTH OF A FAMILY 5:30 P.M. HILTON GARDEN INN’S KUHIO BALLROOM World premier of documentary made on Kauai. $20, includes pupus, music.

MONDAY KAUAI CHORALE WINTER CONCERTS REHEARSALS 7:30 TO 9:30 P.M. ISLAND SCHOOL. New members may sign up during the first 3 weeks of rehearsals. Membership dues for the season are $30. For more information, call (808) 822-5633.

TUESDAY RIBBON CUTTING 9-10 A.M., MALIAKAI BOUTIQUE Meet the new owners.

THURSDAY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS 5-7 P.M., KAUAI BEACH RESORT Check out newly renovated lobby, complimentary “adult” shave ice samplers and pupu at the pool deck, prize drawings. $20 chamber members. $25 guest/nonmembers at the door.

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‘Birth of a Family’

Premier of documentary made on Kauai set for Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Kuhio Ball Room

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tion team interviewed six birthing and medtorybook Theatre has created a ical professionals and six new and soon to 50-minute documentary video about navigating healthy birth choices from be parents about their experiences relating to the birth of children. conception through the “4th trimester” of Guimaraes, who lived on Kauai from 2007 new life.

Entitled “Birth of a Family,” the video was to 2011 and worked for a time at The Garwritten by screen play writer Keya Guimar- den Island newspaper, said she wanted to show that when a baby is born, a father, a aes with cinematography by Dr. Robert Zelkovsky. It provides, through interviews, mother, a brother, a sister, aunts and uncles narration, 3D models, in-utero images, pho- are also born.

There is transformation tographs and dramatic seassociated with birth for quences and information for BILL BULEY many people, she said. families and caretakers about TGIFR!DAY A concept of the film is the choices that are made at that throughout life, people the time of birth, in order to help insure a healthy and positive outcome are birthing new experiences from one moment to the next. for baby, mom and family.

“It’s definitely about the journey of pregThe world premier of this made-on-Kauai nancy,” Guimaraes said. “The gift of a child video documentary will be Sunday at the is that it’s new life, very celebratory, very Hilton Garden Inn’s Kuhio Ball Room. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with heavy pupus, powerful.”

She hopes “Birth of a Family,” shares that live music and remarks from the producers of the movie’s importance for new families. message, especially for young people about With funding support from the Samuel N. to start a family or who have a family. & Mary Castle Foundation and the Hau’oli Mau Loa Foundation, Storybook’s producSEE BIRTH, PAGE 4

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Birth Continued from 3 “It’s really important they understand they will be changed by this,” she said. “It’s something beautiful, it’s something powerful, and it’s hard.”

The entire process of pregnancy is a moment of preparation, Guimaraes said, for everything that parenthood will demand upon you later on — the challenges and the joys of being a mother or a father.

“It’s a holistic vision of understanding that from the minute conception begins, you are growing a human being,” she said. “Your journey as a parent begins then.”

Guimaraes, who has a 5-year-old son, pointed out that the premier is on Sept. 11, the anniversary of the terrorist attack.

“It would be a nice thing to go out and see this film that is really about the strength of the ohana,” she said.

People are drawn to infants, Guimaraes said, because they somehow remind us of

this essential part of the human journey.

“If you are lucky in this life, you will be born again and again by the experiences you have and you will continue to grow,” she said.

After the premier, Storybook Theatre plans to tour the island and present the video at schools and community centers free of charge, providing educators, parents and the public with vital information about child development and learning.

Storybook will also facilitate public forums to encourage discussion of how best to help children and their families succeed in the early years of the child’s life.

“Parents and caregivers generally want to be as knowledgeable as possible in this area, but they also do not have the time or luxury to study the latest research, they are busy providing and caring for new mothers their children,” said a press release. “Therefore, Storybook’s production advisers believe public viewings of the documentary video will be well-received on Kauai.”

Tickets to the premier are $20 and will be available at the door.

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Grubbin’ Greenery style Cafe boasts healthy, hearty meals

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ealthy food that’ll stick with you. That’s what’s on the menu at The Greenery Café.

The restaurant, surrounded by a garden and tucked behind a cottage on Akahi Street, boasts a mix of southern soul food and Filipino favorites, all designed to be hearty with a healthy twist.

“Healthy food is happy food,” said Dayne Greene, who owns and oper-

cluding the rosemary plucked from ates the café with his wife Neina. the garden for which it gets its name.

“Healthy food lifts you up, and it And the dish’s inception was as should taste good.” organic as the chicken thighs that Food should have that dual purpose of filling the belly and soothing are used.

“When we got here the soul, but Greene (to the cafe’s current losays it should also JESSICA ELSE cation) we had a bunch come at a fair price.

TGIFR!DAY of rosemary and we “It should fill you wanted to use what was around us,” up and be substantial, and it shouldn’t harm you. You should feel Greene said. “Plus, it’s got great healgood after eating,” Greene said. “The ing properties, so we experimented with that.” goal is to provide high quality food Basil, spearmint, and lemongrass at an affordable price.” are other herbs that the Greene’s The restaurant’s signature rosemary chicken dish, for example, is SEE CAFE, PAGE 6 marinated only in house spices — in-

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Rosie Mariani-Sander (left) and Alyssa Gutierrez, who both work at The Greenery Café, harvest basil for sandwiches and salads from the garden.

Cafe Continued from 5 grow in their garden and add into their dishes at the cafe.

“We like to have a variety of flavors,” Greene said.

That variety is evident on their menu, which encompasses things like black-eyed peas, collard greens, yams and potato salad, as well as salmon croquettes and fish plates, and avocado hummus wraps. Vegetable pancit is also thrown into the mix, as well as various smoothies and juices, coffee and freshly brewed teas.

Neina said there’s one more thing involved in making fresh meals.

“When you have passion for what you’re doing, and you add love into your food, that flavor comes from your love,” she said.

Eating organically and cooking with as whole-food ingredients comes naturally to both Neina and Dayne, because both of them grew up in families where meals were cooked at home regularly.

“My mom had her garden and she taught us about moringa and ginger and lemongrass,” Neina said. “His (Dayne’s family) loves to cook, too.”

Neina learned about the medicinal properties of many household herbs from her mother as well and she transfers that into the cafe’s menu.

It was the desire to share the food from their own lifestyle, as well as a desire to share information about healthy living that spurred the couple to start the cafe.

Utensils and take-out containers at cafe are compostable. The Greenery Cafe is open Tuesday through Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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“Star Trek” is one of the longest-running science fiction franchises in history, and Sept.

8 marked its 50th anniversary. It has inspired countless inventors, scientists, engineers, astronauts, filmmakers, writers, and many others to achieve great things that were once only ideas. The original show spurred six spinoff television series, thirteen movies, and a host of merchandising products, including comics and books, and its many concepts have become part

of our cultural lexicon.

Are you ready to discover (or re-discover) this iconic series?

With 50 years of back story, we have the perfect book for you by DK publishers.

“The Star Trek Book: Strange New Worlds Boldly Explained” is a fun and informative guide to the abundance of the “Star Trek” world and its history.

For those who have heard of “phaser” or “warp drive” but don’t have any clue about what it really is (and don’t want to be bogged down with “technobabble” which us Star Trek geeks do love!), it is chock-full of great explanations and illustrations.

The book covers the subjects such as the geography, history, and various timelines of the series, including maps, graphs, and high-quality vibrant-color images.

These pages also cover what Starfleet is and its many starships,

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Every series is covered and is presented in the order of “Star Trek’s” own chronology.

For Trekkers and Trekkies, or science-fiction fans, you’ll find it to be the perfect addition to your other collectibles on your shelf!

Until next week, “Live long and prosper!”

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bigail Dominguez said she just moved here from Texas, and will be part of the Hanapepe Colts cheer team Saturday during the 54th annual Pop Warner Jamboree at Vidinha Stadium.

Reyna Arellanes of the Lihue Red Raiders cheer squad said the JAMZ invitation to participate in the Citrus Bowl is close to Christmas, and her birthday.

The accomplishments and achievements of the Kauai Pop Warner Football

League and its five associations were highlighted during the jamboree that marked a day of get-together by the KPWFL associations ahead of its regular tackle football season.

Lenny Rapozo, director of the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation, received accolades for his longtime contribution of Kauai Pop Warner football.

KPWFL president Teddy Arroyo said regular games start Saturday from 8 a.m. at Vidinha Stadium.

Ashlyn Agena, Taylor Montemayor, Kasey Carveiro, Isley Ulanday

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