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Photos by Anne E. O’MalleyAll was peaceful in the animal kingdom at St. Michael and All Angels as the church rang with the voices of children singing Jesus Loves All the Creatures in the World, accompanied by the children’s choir direc-tor, Hank Curtis, on piano, with only an arf or a meow here or there. A combination of about 130 people and animals attended this annual event with a hot dog reception, petting zoo, blessing certificates and pet goodie bags.

The Blessing of the Animals

Aki Conquest with Lilly (l) and Lucy (r), both Terrier-Chihuahua mixes

Shawn Grace with his nephew, Chase Orsatelli and Kekoa (l) and Katey (r), both Whippets.

Judy Emmett with Bridgette, her female English bulldog all dressed in her Sunday best for the animal blessing

The Rev. William Miller, pastor, St. Michael and All Angels Church, presided

over the blessing of the animals.

The Rev. Malcolm Miner blesses Kimmie Kau’s Papillion Pomeranians, Kodo, a male (l) and Lilly, a female (r).

Bridgette Orsatelli with snowball

Hunter Grace with Yoshi, a female whippet

Sheila Heathcote with her pound kitty, Juju, a four-month-old male

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Two veterans will be the co-Grand Mar-shals of this year’s November 5 Veterans Day Parade in Kapa‘a that will honor Viet-nam War Veterans. JQ. Smith, a veteran of three wars and Johnny Rabasa, a Viet-nam War Veteran, will share the honor Technically, the U.S. has not declared war since 1941, and so the battles comprised of U.S. intervention in Vietnam are called the Vietnam Conflict. But don’t bother trying to digest that rhetoric. The veterans who fought know the

Two Kaua‘i Veterans Co-Grand Marshal Veterans Day Paradereal deal, and Kaua‘i honors them for their sacrifice in service of our country. J.Q. Smith

J.Q. Smith, 85, says of his appointment as one of the two Grand Marshals, “They’re cit-ing me as the oldest Vietnam veteran on Kaua‘i. I couldn’t be-lieve that they would want to recommend me for that. It’s a great honor and a privilege to represent the people of my generation.” Smith knows a lot about war. He was in aviation in WWII, fly-

ing in dive-bombers, then in transports, also in transports in the Korean War. He was on Hill 22 in Viet-nam, one of the first battles in 1965, he says. “We lost 13 people, 18 wounded, me one of them. I stayed in the hospital for three months, and the day I was supposed to come home, they transferred me back for nine months.” Smith, born on the same day as the birth-day of the U.S. Marine Corps, November 10, joined the U.S. Ma-rine Corps at age 17. He didn’t even weigh

enough, so he filled up on bananas, popcorn and water to meet the weight requirement for the navy (120 lb.) and then jumped from that

recruiting line over to the marine line—ma-rines had a 125-lb. re-quirement—and never got caught. Being a marine took

the country lad from Gonzalez Florida who’d never been more than 50 miles away from home to the Philippines,

J.Q. Smith. Photo by Johnny Rabasa

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WWII veterans welcomed ap-proximately 40 guests from Bruyeres and Biffontaine, two cities in France, at a luncheon held in the Kaua‘i Veterans Center recently. The two cities and the 442nd have some-thing in common. During the war, Bruyeres and Biffontaine, in the Vosges Valley, were occupied by Ger-mans. Members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team including the 100th Battalion liberated the towns in 1944, and there grew a deep con-nection between the Nisei and the French. The cities of Honolulu and Bruyeres struck a sister-city relationship, and this year marks the 50th anniversary.

Bruyeres, Biffontaine and Kaua‘i

Kaua‘i was the first stop on the group’s 13 day tour of Hawai‘i. The French keep alive their grateful memory of liberation with an association they call Le Chemin de la Paix et Lib-erte which means, literally, path of peace and freedom. It honors the 442nd and 101th Battalion. At the luncheon, both French and Kaua‘i dignitaries gave speeches, plaques, rib-bons, medallions, key chains and citations in a convivial mood. In their jointly issued invi-tation to the visitors on behalf of the veterans, Whitey Kura-saki, president of the 442nd Veterans Club and Ken Muri-

kawa, president of the 100th Battalion-Kaua‘i wrote the following. “This visit is a great oppor-tunity to perpetuate an amaz-ing bond between people from two totally different cultures, as well as serve to re-

mind and re-educate the gen-eral public about the legacy of the 100th/442nd RCT and their impact on the history of the Americans of Japanese Ances-try, the State of Hawai‘i, and the United States of America.”

Guests from Bruyeres and Biffontaine, France with Kaua‘i veterans and veteran families at a luncheon commemorating the liberation of the towns by the 442nd RCT and 100th Battalion. Photo by Robert Kennedy

Celebrating freedom

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W W I I Ve t e ra n s G e t t h e G oldIn November, when we traditionally honor veter-ans, a group of the dwindling numbers of those from WWII, members of the 442nd “Go for Broke” Regimental Combat Team, the 100th Infantry Bat-talion and the Military Intelligence Service—MIS—will head to Washington, D.C. to receive an enor-mous honor. They are to collectively receive the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their dedicated ser-vice in WWII. It is the highest award that our coun-try grants to civilians. President Obama signed the legislation for it a little over a year ago. This year, the veterans will at-tend a number of events in Washington, D.C. pay-ing tribute to them—and among those tributes will be a presentation of the gold medal hosted by the U.S. Congress. One medal has been minted and will ultimately reside in the Smithsonian Institution. The honor has been a long time coming for these men whao, in the face of race discrimination, proved themselves over

the top in their loyalty to the U.S. J ust a side note on the 100th Infantry Battalion: it was made up of predominantly of Nisei members of the Hawaii Provisional Infantry Battalion, and was later incorporated into the 442nd Regimental Com-bat Team. Historical data from several sources cite that the 442nd/100th became the most decorated unit in United States military history for its size and length of service. Combined, the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team received 7 Presi-dential Unit Citations, 21 Medals of Honor, 29 Dis-tinguished Service Crosses, 560 Silver Stars, 4,000 Bronze Stars, 22 Legion of Merit Medals, 15 Soldier’s Medal, and over 4,000 Purple Hearts. Over the years, the public knew little about the role that soldiers in the MIS played; related docu-ments were kept classified until 1972. In these pages, For Kaua‘i highlights a few of these veterans, some of whom will travel to D.C. for the events

Whitey Kurasaki did a European tour for three years and some months—the hard way. He was a private in the U.S. Army in WWII, volunteering in the 442nd Regimental Com-bat Team. Wounded three times and awarded the Purple Heart three times, he joined up be-cause he says, “In our young days, get plenty discrimination and all this and that. When they called for volun-teers for 442, I figure it’s a good time to join the Army, figure we might prove something.” He and others of the 442nd with him—Kaua‘i’s Turk Tokita was there—

Whitey Kurasaki: Helping veteransproved plenty some-things. Bruyeres, France was one instance. Germans held the town and the Americans needed to take it and move on-ward. Kurasaki was the scout. He saw flat land everywhere. His Captain told the men it was a suicide mission to go in there and that they should leave their personal ef-fects behind. Everyone knew what that meant. Kurasaki took a road less traveled, a dirt path that led past the sides of houses where they could approach a square. What they found was an unmanned machine

gun—and noth-ing else. A French woman told him the Germans were in a cellar, fooling around with some ladies. “They were lax. It just happened we caught them,” says Kurasaki. Their 442nd captured those men and about half dozen more who came into town, not realizing the Americans had liber-ated it. Bruyere’s relatively easy liberation con-trasted greatly with what awaited the 442nd next.

The 442nd was sent in to rescue the Lost Bat-talion, a unit from Tex-as that had become en-circled by the enemy in the Vosges Mountains. After six days of battle, the 442nd rescued the

Whitey Kurasaki

Veteran Turk Tetsuo Tokita, 91, is headed to D.C. It’s a welcome day for him to see this recognition come to the Nisei after the dis-crimination he and others experienced. Tokita enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in 1942, deter-mined, he says, “To prove our loyalty to the U.S. A.” Volunteer-ing for the 442nd, he shipped out to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat training and went on to Italy, where the 442nd engaged in several battles against the Germans. “The 100th Battal-ion had already been in Italy, in Anzio and Casino, and had taken huge losses and were about to be decommis-sioned,” says Tokita. “But General [Mark] Clark heard about

Turk Tetsuo TokitaFought for his country and against discrimination

the 442nd training in Mississippi and asked that all the 1st Battal-ion, 442nd Regiment be shipped to Italy as replacements, so 660 men from Camp Shel-by 1st Battalion shipped over as replacements for the 100th Battal-ion.” From Rome to Pisa, and on to Florence, Tokita’s group chased the Germans and went on to Bologna, where he saw the city was bombed almost flat. Next destination: Bruyeres, France. “When we got to the outskirts, the 36th Di-vision had been trying for four months to lib-erate the city,” says To-kita. “We did it in one day.” Following the lib-eration of Bruyeres,

Emi and Turk Tokita are going to D.C. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

Congressional Gold Medal for 442nd, 100th and MIS

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When WWII broke out, Jiro Yukimura was at UH, living in a dormitory with other neighbor island fel-lows. Asked to volun-teer, he and his class-mates stood guard against a potential Jap-anese occupation.

“I was stationed down around Ala Wai boat harbor,” says Yu-kimura. “They gave us old weapons with one round. The experience didn’t last. “When they dis-charged us because of our race and classified us as enemy aliens, that was the biggest blow of my life,” he says. “We gathered and practically cried. “When the time came in early 1943 to volunteer,” he contin-ues, “they said we will accept the Japanese to fight for the country.” Yukimura explains

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Some months af-ter graduating from McKinley High School, Norman Hash-isaka learned that the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) was re-cruiting. In January 1944, he enlisted. After nine months of military intelli-gence and basic combat training, he headed to the Philippines, where he was assigned to the

Jiro YukimuraIn the end, who suffers?

Norman Yukio Hashisaka: We all deserve peace

that recruiters want-ed 1,500 to volunteer from Hawai‘i and the same from the main-land, but recruiting on the mainland didn’t go that easily. “The mainland had a hard time, as the Japanese were in con-

centration camps and it was difficult to get volunteers from that situation,” he says. “No problem in Hawai‘i—we didn’t want any-thing special; we want-ed to be treated like anyone else. “They only needed 3,000—10,000 signed up.” Yukimura was among them, mem-bers of the now famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team—and he was swiftly pulled out from the group to form a core of about 250 others who had some experience with the Japanese language.

Allied Translator Inter-preter Section, ATIS. “My job at ATIS was

to translate captured documents which contained informa-

tion of military value and send them up the chain of command,” says Hashisaka. His transfer to Japan and the Yokahama war crimes trials followed. He had to call on inner strength as he faced the horrors revealed there. Each day, he inter-preted for U.S and British majors and

see Yukimura page 26

see Hashisaka page 26

Jenny and Jiro Yukimura will go to D.C. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

Mabel and Norman Hashisaka. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

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Stanley Seiso SegawaGoing to Washington D.C.

ued in Japanese school through the 10th grade, while also graduating from Waimea High School. Many immigrants who came to Hawai‘i didn’t have an edu-

cation, but Segawa’s mother did, and could read and write. She was the secretary for three Buddhist churches and Segawa was her deliv-ery boy, often walk-ing 45 minutes to get her documents to a church. The sands of time

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see Segawa page 24Judy and Stanley Segawa are going to D.C. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

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Back in 1998, Katie Cassel noticed that a lot of people were talk-ing about how weeds were taking over the native forest at Koke‘e, but nobody was doing much about it. So she started. Thirteen years later, she and the hundreds of “weedbuster” volun-teers she’s marshaled locally and interna-tionally have given over 121,500 hours of service to preserve native species, kill-ing some 9.4 million weeds on thousands of acres in Koke‘e State Park and the Alaka‘i

Koke‘e Weeds: KRCP “whups ‘em” with Disney help

The KRCP summer crew relaxes in Koke‘e back country on a work trip requiring camping in a remote area of the forest. L-R: Tess Tarling, an AmeriCorps intern; Nic Barca of The Nature Conservancy; Christine Alevizos, an AmeriCorps Year-round Intern; and volunteers David Cook and Justin Ohara. Photo courtesy of KRCP

Wilderness Preserve. But statistics, how-ever impressive, tell only part of the story, which is more about the power of passion than it is about snuff-ing out weeds. “A lot of people were pretty pessimistic that you really couldn’t make a difference,” Cassel says, recalling the reaction of folks when she formed the Koke‘e Resource Con-servation Program (KRCP) to battle forest weeds. “But I always have a lot of faith. If people can find what their passion is and just start doing it,

they’ll go forward with it.” Cassel’s passion isn’t weeding, though that’s been an ongoing part of her life since age 6, when she joined her two sisters in weeding 20 acres of pasture on her family’s Pennsyl-vania dairy farm. Her true passion is saving the native forest, and that calls for eradicat-ing the kahili ginger, blackberry, strawberry guava, Australian tree fern and other invasive weeds that are trying to consume it. What she has found is that many others

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Every day playful, social, well-behaved dogs arrive at our shelter in Puhi. And every single day, colorful kittens and robust adult cats join our family. We welcome them all with a meal, behavior assessment, health check and big dreams of matching them with their perfect family.

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Koa, the Brittany mix closest to Apana is another great family dog. Hugs from a dozen children couldn’t deter him. He lapped up the attention like a true gentleman.

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The 3rd annual Garden Island Range & Food Locavore Festival with the theme “A Family Affair” Will take place on Sunday, November 13. See the Calendar section for details. Highlights include over 16 food stations ranging from sweet to savory offerings created by top-notch, top-name chefs; makahiki games for keiki; live music and entertainment; and the awarding of two, $1,000 culinary scholarships.

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A new community has added itself to my neighborhood—a hive of pretty docile honey-bees. I look forward to their presence around our property, not so much for the honey, but for the potential pollination. That’s a particular concern after a poor year for mango, citrus, lychee and other fruits. It’s not clear that polli-nation was the prob-lem with some of this year’s Kaua‘i fruit crops, but across the state and the nation, there have been seri-

Honeybees in the ‘Hoodby Jan TenBruggencate

ous concerns for the health of honeybees and the impact of their decline on fruits. In our case, a swarm of bees took up residence a couple of months ago in-side a house wall. They gained entrance through an open-ing under some roof flashing. We considered chemical eradication, but given the problems bees face everywhere, we decided to try to save them. A bee-keeper suggested that we might want to con-sider becoming bee-keepers ourselves—

both saving the swarm and moving them to a hive box that would remain. We would be taking up their care on our property. That sounded inter-esting. If we could get them to stay. I found plans on the Web, built my first bee-hive box and acquired some comb frames. With the help of a couple of veteran bee-keepers, protective clothing and a smoker, we opened up the wall from the outside, and exposed a series of combs. Folks call them honeycombs, but these had little honey. They

Bees swarm over a comb removed from the author’s wall. Photo by Jan TenBruggencate

did have a lot of larval bees. The bee folks call them brood combs, which is where queen bees lay their eggs. We moved the brood combs into the newly built hive box, and transferred a lot

of bees with them. Most declined the first transfer, and we had to move them a second time, a few days later. Luckily, we spotted the queen the second time and made sure she went into the hive, too.

This time, the trans-fer took. For a few days, bees buzzed around the wall they had once oc-cupied. Finally, they seemed to commit to the new home hive.

see Honeybees page 14

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"We saw a need to capture the essence of Hawai‘i, capture that flavor on video and push the technology envelope to stream it all over the world via the Inter-net,” said Chris Jen-sen, half owner of Ha-waii Stream. “And our media content gets better every year,” added Tine Howard, the other half of the Hawaii Stream video-tag-team. And that’s how it all began.

Their choice of working in both video production and the In-ternet requires them to be masters of their me-dia. Jensen continually keeps up with the lat-est technology, thereby being able to provide

his clients with cutting edge online services. Howard pulls the video production end by shooting the video and editing it for the client or web archive.

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Tuesday6:00 am Community Camera7:30 am Music and the Spoken Word8:00 am Church at Koloa9:00 am Employees Today12:00 pm Open Mic3:00 pm Community Camera6:00 pm Open Mic8:00 pm Calvary Chapel of Kauai

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Christ10:00 pm Astrology with Rollin Frost

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They flew in with pol-len, began cleaning the hive of dead bees, and behaved in what I believe is normal bee-ness.Among the things I’ve learned, though, is that I know very little about normal bee-ness. Bees are amazingly complex creatures. There is the whole business of building hives, with hundreds of those perfect waxen hexagonal cavities. There are the multiple tasks, like cleaning the hive, tending the brood, making a new queen and going out to forage. And the navi-

gation thing—how they communicate the location of a new food source. And finally all the products. Honey, wax, a bee glue called propolis. And when they collect pollen, it is mixed with nectar and bee-produced com-pounds to form an ed-ible compound called bee bread. The most amazing thing of all, to me, is that the bees actu-ally let me move them, and to this day, have not responded with any angry swarming, stinging or otherwise unsocial behavior. Pretty good neigh-bors, after all.

Jan TenBruggencate is an author and the former science writer for The Honolulu Ad-vertiser. He operates a communications com-pany, Island Strategy LLC. He serves on the board of the Kaua’i Is-land Utility Coopera-tive and on the County Charter Review Com-mission.

Honeybeesfrom page 11

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HOW IS THE CHAMBER FUNDED? The Chamber has a dues sched-ule based on the number of employees represented by each of its member organizations. This dues schedule makes up about 50% of the Chamber’s funding. The other 50% is funded through an An-nual Silent Auction Fund-raiser and various programs, events, and educational activities sponsored by the Chamber.

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Legislative Advocacy: Legislative efforts on behalf of the business community. Work toward a bet-ter business climate, workers compensation reform, privatization, taxation and health care regula-tion are some of our priorities.

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It’s fun to peek behind the screenery and greenery of semi-rural Kaua‘i. All sorts of things are poppin’, hoppin’, gambol-ing, growing and just waiting

for you to discover them. One way to get behind the scenes is to take farm tours. Each has a different specialty. We highlight two of them here.

Got goats?At Kaua‘i Kunana Dairy & Family Farm in Kilauea, for example, you can see not only gamboling goats, but tour of micro-dairy famed for its ar-tisan goat-milk cheeses, have a light breakfast of seasonal fruits grown on the farm, with juices and baked goods hot from the oven and sample cheeses. Guided tours are from two to three hours, cost $35/adult; children under 12 free; and require reservations. Call 808-651-5046 or email [email protected]. Visit the dairy online at www.kau-aikunanadairy.com.

Chocolate—Isn’t that a food group? Chocolate comes from the cacao tree, known also by its scientific name, Theobroma ca-cao. It translates to “food of the gods,” as many may well agree. Take the three-hour guided Steelgrass Chocolate Farm Tour. Highlights include bo-tanical gardens, tasting many fruits in season, such as ka‘u oranges, starfruit, lilikoi and more. You’ll taste award-winning palm blossom honey, and the grand coup de gras is…a blind-tasting of 11 of the world’s most delicious dark chocolates. Steelgrass Chocolate Farm tours operate Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and cost $60/person, with children ages 12 and younger free. Reser-vations are a must. Call 822-1857, email [email protected]; and visit online at www.steelgrass.org/chocolate

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Dining Kaua‘i Style

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Our Premium Ice Creams are created from the world’s finest ingredients. From around the world, like Guava and Macadamia Nuts, Pineapple, Mango, Kona Coffee, and Coconut just to name a few, and all of them sweetened with the natural taste of pure cane sugar. Lappert’s Ice Cream is classified as “Super Premium” which means it is the smoothest, richest tasting Ice Cream money can buy.

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Serving authentic Italian food in a casual family friendly atmosphere. All our sauces are homemade. Our Pizza and Calzones are made the traditional Napolitano Way. Thin Crust, of course! Come experience what Pizza should look and taste like. Indoor/Outdoor seating - BYOB - 10% Kama‘aina discount for all Kauai residents. Open: Sun -Thur 11a - 9p Fri & Sat 11a - 10p

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history, she welcomed the chance to gain the fieldwork experience that could help her land a job. Like Worswick, Tar-ling appreciates both the tropical locale and the camaraderie. “It’s definitely a nice way to meet people,” she says, “and I’ve learned a lot, too.” While KRCP is able to attract ample vol-unteers without any

active recruitment, it wasn’t always that way. Initially, Cassel says, she would call her friends and offer to make them lunch if they helped. It wasn’t long, however, before the fruits of her la-bors, which included grant writing, began to attract donations of vehicles, supplies and enough money to pay for three fulltime em-ployees, among other operating expenses. Most recently, KRCP was among such no-

table organizations as the Jane Goodall Insti-tute and World Wild-life Fund to receive some of the $2 million in grant monies dis-tributed by the Dis-ney Worldwide Con-servation Fund this year. Disney’s $25,000 award is adminis-tered by the Garden Island Resource Con-servation & Develop-ment, which serves as a nonprofit umbrella for groups engaged in community, cul-ture and conservation

projects. The proposal calls for partnering with the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project to protect critical habitat for rare native birds, as well as surveying the insects that serve as a primary food source. Although this is its first official partner-ship, KRCP has teamed up with a number of organizations, includ-ing the Koke‘e Discov-ery Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Con-

servancy, as well as many scientists pursu-ing research projects in the forest. Together, they’re finding that volunteers make all the difference in preserving Kaua‘i’s native forest for future generations. “It’s wonderful to have a job where you can see a different place every day if you want to and work with lots of wonderful peo-ple,” says Cassel, who logs four, 10-hour days each week in the forest

and spends countless more hours writing grants, organizing vol-unteers and planning for the future of KRCP. “It’s a privilege and a blessing to work in such a special place.”

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Labor Day has passed and the big surf is just around the corner. Be-fore the Vans Triple Crown creeps up on us, let’s maximize our retirement savings. Retirement usually has a long-term ho-rizon to it and as you have seen in the head-lines, the stock market is down. This combi-nation makes for an excellent time to buy and invest for retire-ment. If you haven’t al-ready opened a retire-ment account, visit a discount brokerage on-line and sign up. Use a discount broker-age such as Charles

Schwab or TDA or Vanguard as they tend to have a less expensive fee structure which means more money left in your account to grow. Depending on your plan, the 2011 maxi-mum contribution amounts differ. The maximum contribu-tion that can be made to a traditional or Roth IRA is the smaller of $5,000 or the amount of your taxable com-pensation for 2011. If you are over 50, the maximum is $6,000. A SEP IRA allows up to the smaller of 25 percent of your to-tal compensation or $49,000. If you are over 50, you can add another $1,000 to the limit. Then there is my personal favorite, the “solo K” for the self-employed, which has a limit of up to $54,500 for those over 50. If you have a 401(k) or 403(b), as an em-ployee you can con-tribute up to $16,500 and if you are over 50 that increases to $22,000. If you are for-tunate enough to have an employer match, you should consider taking full advantage of that free money— it will provide you an immediate 100 percent return on your contri-bution. For the 401(k) and 403(b) plans, we can

average our savings over the four months remaining until the end of the year. If your employer will match your first $2,000 in savings and you are paid twice a month, then bite the bullet and have $250 taken out of each paycheck. That will make things tight for four months, but at the end of that time, you will have $4,000 in your 401(k) account! The IRAs give you until April 15, 2010 to make your contribu-tions for 2011. Here you have eight months to use these savings program. With a $6,000 maximum, that is about $140 per week to save. Confused over the long list of investment choices? Keep it simple and pick a low-cost target fund. If you are going to retire in 2018, pick the 2018 target fund. It’s never too early or too late to save. The important thing is to save.

coming a production company also requires them to be available on-call 24/7 to record natural disasters, acci-dents or even a seaside wedding under a full moon. Howard and Jensen seem to be in auto-sync whether they are answering questions about their company or working an event, quietly and smoothly setting up their equip-ment for a live video stream to produce one successful piece after another. “We feel fortunate and privileged to have been allowed access to record many of the

cultural events pre-sented here on Kaua‘i and then sharing it with the world,” said Howard. “When you stop to think about it, we are perpetuating the life of those cul-tures just by sharing and archiving those events,” added Jensen. Presently, Hawaii Stream rolls out vid-eo production as one product of their port-folio including, shoot-ing weddings, live events, and commer-cials for both online and on-air content. Hawaii Stream also shares their video feed for mainstream broad-cast television news services. Over the years, Ha-

Hawaii Streamfrom page 12

waii Stream has free-ly shared their tech knowledge and con-tent with many public, private and non-profit organizations, offering them an online place to display their video productions. Recently, Jensen and Howard began offering online net-work channels for in-dividuals, companies and organizations. Think of this channel-ing product as some-one’s very own online TV show that can be shared with viewers who come to Hawaii Stream to experience specific Hawai‘i con-tent. You can sign up for free with Hawaii

Stream and share your daily message, your online store, your standup comedy rou-tine, a video of your garage band or ...what-evah. Simply go to ha-waiistream.com, click on “create an account” and within minutes you’re sharing your stuff worldwide. Final note: the Ha-waii Stream is a multi-media team on a mis-sion. Reach Hawaii Stream by phone at 808-346-8880; 808-651-0135; via email at: t [email protected] [email protected]; or via U.S. Mail at P.O. Box 51, Kapa‘a, HI 9674.

Yearend tips for retirement savingsby Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett, CFA

Marjorie Bennett, CFA is a registered investment advisor in Princeville. Learn more at www.aegiscapital.com or call her at 808-346-1331.

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China, Vietnam and more. The four days he spent on a train from Florida to San Diego was his first eye-opener. “I never dreamed you could ride a train that far,” says Smith. “In my world, 25 peo-ple lived in a 50-mile radius of where we lived.” When he retired from the Corps and went into the reserves, Smith took up the res-taurant business, ulti-mately owning, then selling three Quinton’s Restaurants on O‘ahu. He’s been on Kaua‘i since 1968. He’s married to Lil-lian, has one daughter, four grandchildren and four great-grand-children. His philosophy, he says, is, “One foot ahead of the other. You always get there.” Though he enjoyed his years as a chef, Smith says, “I wouldn’t trade being in the Ma-rines for anything. I think it’s been the most remarkable thing in my life. “I was always a ma-rine, I’m in the Ma-rine League now and volunteer for Toys for Tots. At the Kaua‘i Veterans Center Mu-seum, I’m operations manager for the Cen-ter, take care of repairs and maintenance, make arrangements. Once a marine, always

a marine!” Johnny Rabasa

Johnny Rabasa, Co-Grand Marshal of this year’s Kaua‘i Veterans Day Parade themed “Honoring the Viet-nam Veterans,” was born on Maui and moved here with his family when he was three years old. He grew up in Koloa, his father working the plantations. After graduating from Kaua‘i High School Class of 1953, he attended UH for a couple of years. But it was tough going finan-cially, so Rabasa joined the U.S. Army in 1955 at age 20, thinking to benefit from the GI Bill—only to learn the Bill had expired earlier that year. Rabasa went on to make the Army his ca-

reer, serving on active duty for over 30 years in a combination of lo-cations from the U.S. Mainland to Japan, Okinawa, South Ko-rea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bolivia, Berlin and Ethiopia. In Vietnam, he was stationed with 120 soldiers in a radio site on a hillside a few miles away from and overlooking the mili-

tary airport facilities at Pleiku. At his retirement from the service, Raba-sa was an E-9, a Com-mand Sgt. Major. After retirement, he worked a year in a security po-sition, then for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring as Postmaster of the Kaumakani Post Office. One of Rabasa’s life

The annual Old Koloa Sugar Mill Run, organized by the Rotary Club of Kaua‘i, will be held on Saturday, November 12. All proceeds go toward local scholarships for the Kaua‘i Community College Nursing Program, Kauai‘ Community College Technical Program, and the Rotary Youth Leadership Award. See November 12 item in the calendar. Call 635-5404, email [email protected] or visit www.oldkoloasugarmillrun.org for information and to register.

Old Koloa Sugar Mill RunRunners in the 2009 Koloa Sugar Mill Run, Amanda Smith, 143; and Karen Summerhays, 147, both of Koloa. Photo by Jim Mayfield

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lessons learned from a career in the military was about his world-view. “I was raised almost entirely with fami-lies with Asian back-grounds,” says Rabasa, explaining, “It was more segregated dur-ing our years. “Then, I found my-self in a completely dif-ferent environment in the Army and for the first time, with folks other than those with Asian background.  I learned that people are people no matter their ethnic background.” Rabasa had the hon-or of attending the Sgt. Major’s Academy in Ft. Bliss, Texas, saying, “I think I was the first soldier from Kaua‘i to attend.” Rabasa says Kaua‘i Veterans Center Com-mander, William Hon-jiyo, also a Vietnam Veteran who served as an infantry offi-cer, surprised him at a veteran’s meeting by naming him co-grand marshal. “I told him that I was

not a hero or a Gener-al,” says Rabasa. “The thought never did enter my mind that I would ever be a Grand Marshal,” says Raba-sa.  “I concluded that as an ordinary enlisted soldier, I represent not only those who served in Vietnam, but also the enlisted men and women in the military. At the Sgt. Major’s

Academy, Rabasa learned something that stuck with him. “For every soldier carrying a rifle in front, there are seven in the back, all serv-ing that one soldier in front.” Commenting on the selection of J.Q. Smith as Co-Grand Marshal, Rabasa says, “You’ll seldom find a veteran

that served in three wars. I was surprised when he told me. “He got wounded twice. To me, he’s the type of guy who de-serves to be the grand marshal—I’m just an ordinary soldier repre-senting the seven sup-porting soldiers.”

Paradefrom page 22

Segawafrom page 7ley—he didn’t have it at the time. What hap-pened was that over time, he kept hearing his name called and going up to the officer in charge and saluting. He kept hearing “Seiso” but in fact, the officer would be re-sponding to his men, saying, “Why didn’t

you SAY SO!” After the war, Segawa saw a lawyer and changed his name legally to Stanley.

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Lost Battalion. That entire Vosges Campaign lasted 34 days, during which the 442nd liberated Bruy-eres and Biffontaine, rescued the 211 Texans of the Lost Battalion and spent nine days pushing the Germans out of the forest. The total casualties of the 442nd were 216 men dead and more than 856 wounded. How did Kurasaki’s company survive? “Lucky. I don’t know,” he says. “Half of the men in our com-pany, “I” Company, were not wounded or killed. Another com-pany had only four or seven men out of 200 left. WWII gave him one big lesson in life, he says. “I survived, so I came back and tried to help the veterans get their benefits,” says Kurasaki. To this day, I tell them if you need help, let me know.” At age 90, looking back, he says, “I’m happy how life came out. You know, life, you gotta help others, others gonna help you, too. It goes around in circles. “I help plenty, some other friends help me. I feel happy.” Whitey Kurasaki will not travel to D.C.

Tokita was wounded but sent back into the fray because a famous battle to rescue the Lost Battalion left the 442nd down to so few men. “Anyone who could pull a trigger got yanked out and sent back to the front line,” says Tokita, who would be wounded once more and still not sent home. He was awarded the Purple Heart twice. “There were hun-dreds of us wounded, but we could walk and pull a trigger. They gave us bandages and said lean and change ‘em every day.” Once again shipped to Italy, an officer an-nounced to the outfit that the war was over. Says Tokita, “I don’t know whether we felt relief or if we wanted to fight some more. You were so used to doing your thing, it’s becoming more nor-mal” Incidences of dis-crimination against the Japanese Ameri-cans in Hawai‘i prior to his enlistment and during his time in the military rankled To-

kita, who likens the days of Territorial gov-ernment in Hawai‘i to living under a feudal system. He witnessed dis-crimination against the blacks in Missis-sippi, and after visit-ing New York, Chi-cago and other cities, he says, “I realized that only statehood for Hawai‘i would af-ford us the same status as other Americans. I vowed that if I lived through the war that I would try to get state-hood for Hawai‘i. Tokita got political. After the war, says Tokita, “All my friends from the 442nd got in-volved in pushing for John Burns as a dele-gate to Congress. They had the same idea as Dan Aoki, Mike Toku-naga of O‘ahu and Dan Inouye and Patsy Mink—John Burns wanted statehood for Hawai‘i and that’s why we all went behind him. “We’re as good as anybody else, any American. It was im-portant to all of us, especially [people of] other oriental and eth-nic races and ancestry.”

Kurasakifrom page 5

from page 5Tokita

Pa‘ina for Historical SocietyOn Saturday, November 12, The Kaua‘i Historical Society will present its annual pa‘ina, titled “Na Wahine Kiekie—Women of Distinction.” It will honor Chiefess Kamakahelei and Emma Kauikeolani Napoleon Mahelona Wilcox.

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They became inter-preters for the Military Intelligence Service, or MIS, also being hon-ored by the Congres-sional Gold Medal. Over the years, the public knew little about the role these MIS men played; related docu-ments were kept clas-sified until 1972. They handled documents funneling in from the Pacific front—Japa-nese soldiers’ diaries, textbooks and more. Yukimura’s time in the MIS took him to Australia, New Guin-ea, the Philippines, and finally, Japan, where he advanced to the public relations office made up of for-eign correspondents gathered to cover war news. He traveled to Yoko-hama and on Septem-ber 2, 1945 boarded the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, a witness to the events of his-tory and the only Nisei from Hawai‘i to wit-ness the signing of the Japanese surrender. While onboard the ship, he says, General MacArthur gave a short talk saying that we had gotten through this horrendous war and destruction and hoped there would never be another again. “And we have had the Korean and Viet-nam Wars, and that’s

Yukimurafrom page 6 from page 6

what gets me. Why don’t we learn the les-sons of getting along with people? “And in the end, who suffers? Civilians.” Yukimura recalls a scene from the nov-el about WWI, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” where two sol-diers, enemies, are in the trenches and one

has shot the other. “One pulls out the dying man’s wallet and sees a family picture. He finds out the guy is just a human being like himself—that’s the kind of feeling that I have.” Yukimura will join the Kaua‘i contingent in D.C.

colonels whose duty it was to conduct the war crimes trials of Impe-rial Japanese Army POW camp com-manders and other Japanese officers and non-commissioned of-ficers. “My job was to inter-pret the questions and answers as accurately as possible in both English and Japanese,” says Hashisaka. “Since I was of Japanese an-

cestry, some of the wives and relatives of the defendants would approach me between sessions and plead for help.” The tribunal charged Japanese soldiers in charge of POW camps with committing “cru-el, inhuman and brutal atrocities,” he says. Hashisaka has a written list of some of the examples of mis-treatment the Japanese soldiers were charged with, including strik-

ing and beating pris-oners with belts, clubs, fists, and ropes, im-mersing them in cold water, forcing water under pressure into their mouths and nos-trils, and forcing them to stand naked in the cold winter wind. His summary ends, “All of the defendants were convicted of their crimes. Some were sentenced to life im-prisonment, others to death by hanging.” Says Hashisaka,

“When we were in the service in the WWII, fighting our enemy, I often wondered why we have to go to war. All the intelligent, healthy young men and women in our country are called to service to train to fight the enemy. “I hope the time will come when people will be able to settle differ-ences without going to war and I was hoping that WWII war was the end of all wars.

We all deserve peace, he says. “In spite of all the differences that we have, I think we should strive to live peacefully in this world. How-ever, if our country calls on us for service, I wouldn’t hesitate to go—I’d like to have the type of feeling of loyal-ty and dedication and willingness to make sacrifices.” Norman Hashisaka is headed to D.C.

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Thursday-Tuesday, Nov. 3-8 The abstract oil paintings and sculpture of Kirsten Jackson will be exhibited, starting at 11 a.m. daily, at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery, next to Claire’s in the Kukui Grove Shopping Center. Call 635-4898 or visit www.studiokerr.com.

Saturday, Nov. 5 The annual Kaua‘i Veteran’s Day Parade will march through Kapa‘a town at 9 a.m., ending at Kapa‘a Beach Park with music, food and military demonstrations. Call Bill Honjiyo at 246-1135.

Saturday, Nov. 5 KIDS School 23rd Annual Holiday Craft Carnival and Silent Auction 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., located 1346 Inia Street, sneez-ing distance away from the post Veteran’s Day Parade activities.

Food, crafters, plenty keiki cool stuff and games; call 822-0262 for pre-sale laulau tix, two tix/$8 and pick up on Saturday.

Saturday, Nov. 5 The Reinstated Hawaiian Nation (Lawful Hawaiian Government) will be conducting its elections all day at the Kalaheo, Kapa‘a, Kaumakani, Kekaha and Koloa Neighborhood Centers, as well as Niumalu Pavilion in Lihu‘e, Anahola Clubhouse and Waipa in Hanalei.

Sunday & Monday, Nov. 6-7 The Kohala Center will present a two-day workshop on seed saving, with presentations on the history of seed in Hawai‘i, global perspectives on seed, the botany and biology of seed production basics, maintaining crop genetics, selecting, harvest-ing and storing seed, and taro production and propagation. The Sunday workshop will be held at Kaua‘i Community College and the Tuesday session at Regenerations Botanical Garden in Kilauea. Registration fee is $50 and includes lunch. Visit

kohalacenter.org/publicseedi-nitiative/about.html or call Jill Richardson at 652-4118.

Sunday, Nov. 6 The Sierra Club will lead a strenuous, 4-mile afternoon hike on the Okolehao trail, which climbs 1,200 feet along a ridge behind Hanalei and offers beau-tiful view of Hanalei Bay and the North Shore. Open to the public. Call Kathy Valier at 826-7302.

Sunday, Nov. 6 Te Vaka, the award-winning Polynesian musical group, will perform in concert from 7 to 9 p.m. in the ballroom of the Kaua‘i Marriott Beach Resort. Tickets $35 in advance from Havaiki Oceanic and Tribal Art, Kaua‘i Music and Sound, Pictures Plus, Larry’s Music, Scotty’s Music and the hotel concierge.

Saturday, Nov. 12 An artisans’ fair featuring 40 Kaua‘i crafters showcasing handcrafted products, tropical clothing, accessories and collect-ables from Kaua‘i and Polynesia, with Hawaiian music, local style plate lunches and shave ice, is

set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Po‘ipu Beach Park. Call 245-9021.

Saturday, Nov. 12 The old Koloa sugar mill walk-run, with 5K, 10K and 10-mile runs, and a non-competitive 5K walk, will start at 7 a.m. at Anne Knudsen Park in Koloa and end with a breakfast and awards at about 9 a.m. Pre-registration of $30 or $40 on race day. Event benefits the KCC nursing program. Call Tom Lodico at 635-5404 or visit www.oldkoloasug-armillrun.org.

Saturday, Nov. 12 The Kaua‘i Historical Society will present its annual fundraiser, with a dinner, silent auction of

unique art and accessories, historical presentation about Chiefess Kamakahelei and Emma Kauikeolani Napoleon Wilcox, chants and hula by kumu hula Leinaala Pavao Jardin and her award-winning halau, and music by Na Hoku Hanohano winner Kupaoa, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Marriott Beach Resort. Reservations required: $75 per person. Call 245-3373 or visit kauaihistoricalsociety.org.

Saturday, Nov. 12 The Kaua‘i premiere of “When the Mountain Calls: Nepal, Bhutan & Tibet,” a film by Maui filmmaker Tom Vendetti about his 30 years of travel in the

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Himalayas, is set for 7 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center. Tickets $20 in advance at www.ticketderby.com; or cash only at the door.

Sunday, Nov. 13 The Garden Island Range and Food Festival, which has local chefs turning island meat and produce into creations that can be sampled by participants, along with entertainment, games, prize drawings and a chance to mingle with Kaua‘i ranchers, farmers and chefs, is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kilohana Plantation. Tickets are $35 for adults, half price for children ages 6 to 18, and available at 22 North Res-

taurant, Scotty’s Music, Vicky’s Fabric and Hanalei Strings & Things. Or call 652-2802 or 338-0111.

Sunday, Nov. 13 The Kaua‘i Concert Association will present the critically ac-claimed Doric String Quartet at 3 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center. Tickets $30; $10 for students. Call 742-9204.

Sunday, Nov. 20 The Sierra Club will lead a work day tending rare native plants at Limahuli Garden in Ha‘ena, followed by a strenuous 3-mile hike to the waterfalls at the back of the valley. Open to the public. Call Jane Schmitt at 826-6105.

Sunday, Nov. 20 The 19th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival “Kaua‘i Style,” featuring music by 15 of the Islands’ finest slack key guitarists, along with food booths, crafters, exhibits, festival merchandise and informational booths staffed by community groups, is set for 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hilton Kaua‘i Beach Resort and Spa. Free. Call 808-226-2697 or visit www.slackkeyfestival.com

Sunday, Nov. 27 The Sierra Club will lead a moderate 4-mile coastal walk at Maha‘ulepu, with stunning views and a stop at the sinkhole/cave archeological site. Open to the public. Call Allan Rachap at 212-3108.

Friday, Dec. 2 Kauai Museum Craft Fair runs from 11 a.m. through the evening on museum grounds and dovetails with the Lights on Rice Parade starting at 6 p.m. on Rice Street outside the Historic County Building, celebrating the holiday

season. For Museum information, call 245-6931. Also this date thru Dec. 31 enjoy the Festival of Lights 2011, consisting of exhibits and displays at the Historic County Building. For Festival of Lights information, call 639-8564.

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Zonta Club Meeting The Zonta Club of Hanalei meets at 11:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Westin Nanea restaurant in Princeville. Call President Presi-dent Robin Savage-Thompson at 639-9640 or visit www.zontaclubofhanalei.com

Kiwanis Club The Kiwanis Club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Hanama‘ulu Cafe. Call 822-1885. Everyone welcome.

Toastmaster Meeting The Toastmasters Club of Kaua‘i offers a structured, yet fun, way to improve public speak-ing skills with prepared, timed speeches and extemporaneous speaking for people whose work requires them to speak in front of groups and anyone seeking to improve their speaking skills. Meetings are held from noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Liquor Control Conference Room 3 of the round building in Lihu‘e. Call Tom at 635-5404.

North Shore Lions The Kaua‘i North Shore Lions Club meets for an hour at 7 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, at the Prince Golf Course restaurant (downstairs) in Princeville. Call John Gordon at 826-9573 or visit www.kauainorthshore-lions.org

East Kaua‘i Lions The East Kaua‘i Lions Club meets the first and third Thurs-day of each month, at Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. For dinner reservations, call President Wayne Shimizu at 822-3753.

West Kaua‘i Lions The West Kaua‘i Lions Club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Wong’s Chinese Restaurant, 1-3543 Kaumuali‘i Hwy., Hanapepe. Call President Tracy Hirano at 335-3568.

Rotary Club of Kaua‘i The Rotary Club of Kaua‘i meets Fridays at noon at JJ’s Broiler at Anchor Cove in Nawiliwili. Call 822-3470.

West Kaua‘i Rotary The West Kaua‘i Rotary meets Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Waimea Plantation Cottages Dining Room.

Kapa‘a Rotary The Kapa‘a Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Kapa‘a Courtyard Marriott. Call 652-2928.

Po‘ipu Beach Rotary The Rotary Club of Po‘ipu Beach meets every Wednesday from 7:10 a.m. at Casablanca’s. Call 652-0773.

Hanalei Rotary The Hanalei Rotary meets Thursdays at noon at the St. Regis Hotel in Princeville. Call 828-6191.

Kalepa Sunrise Rotary The Kalepa Sunrise Rotary Club meets Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at 22º North Restaurant in Puhi. Call 651-6191.

Performing Arts

Comedy Theatre Oceanside Productions presents “The Complete History of America (abridged),” a 90-min-ute family-friendly comedy production with intelligent humor, at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in the Ali‘i Room Theater of the Aston Aloha Beach Resort, next to the Wailua River. For reserva-tions contact 212-8444 or [email protected] or visit www.OPTheater.com

ClassesMondays

Nutan Brownstein teaches an atama yoga class sharing breath (prana) and exploring our being through dynamic asanas, meditative and intuitive movements at 5:30 p.m. at the Princeville Community Center. Call 808-826-4442.

Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays

Susan Dierker leads a yoga class suitable for all ages and stages of yoga, focusing on the breath and gentle stretching postures, at 7:15 a.m. at the Princeville Community Center. $5 per class. Call 639-4366.

Mondays & Thursdays

Leah Tamara Harry teaches Yo-gAlign® developed by Michaelle Edwards upstairs at Powerhouse Jiu Jitsu, 4-901 Kuhio Hwy. A style of yoga suited for all ages and stages of yoga, class runs from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Call 808-639-6177.

Mondays & Thursdays

Donna Lei Kirkpatrick teaches intermediate hula for women, teens and keiki at the Princeville Community Center. Call 639-0862 for times.

Mondays & Fridays

Linda Pooley-Peck teaches a Pilates class with light cardio work and strength training with

light weights, Pilates floor work and yoga stretches at 8:45 a.m. at the Princeville Community Center. $10. Call 652-0363.

Tuesdays

Diane Cline teaches a yoga class with 45 minutes of postures, deep healing and a meditation at the end at 8:15 a.m. at the Princeville Community Center. $10. Call 480-244-7676.

Debbie Lankford leads a Zumba fitness party, with fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body while having fun at 6 p.m. at the Princeville Community Center. $7 or $5 with a 10-class card purchase. Call 635-3519.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Skip Rush teaches a tai chi class at 7:15 a.m. at the Princeville Community Center.

Call 808-826-4001.

Wednesdays

Janice Pendleton teaches a restorative yoga class with postures to relax, restore and rejuvenate, with breathing techniques and meditation, suit-able for all ages at the Princeville Community Center. Donation. Call 346-7821.

Wednesdays

Children of the Land offers Maori poi ball spinning classes from 12 to 12:30 p.m. and Tahitian drum-ming from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at its center beneath the clock tower in

the Kauai Village Shopping Center in Kapa‘a. Call 821-1234.

Wednesdays and Fridays

Ibbie Alshamma and Ben Red-man teach a chair yoga class for anyone recovering from injuries or surgeries, over 55 or having trouble with balance at 10:30 a.m. at the Princeville Commu-nity Center. Free. Call 828-0354 or 346-9864.

Thursdays

Lolita Horney leads bridge games for beginning and intermediate players, with in-struction provided as required, at 8:30 a.m. Thursdays and 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Princeville Community Center. $3. Call 651-3756.

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“Natures Disneyland!” -Jane Emery LA Splash Magazine

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808.742.6331www.napaliriders.com • [email protected]

aptain Chris of Na Pali Riders has the only raft company consistently touring the ENTIRE 17 miles

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Departures are from the West Side’s Kikiaola Harbor in Waimea, the closest harbor to the Na Pali Coast. Snorkeling takes place at one of three different locations depending on currents, water clarity and conditions permitting. All beginning snorkelers have our experienced and knowledge-able crewmen as their personal guides.

The Na Pali Riders difference is unbelievable. We are the only ones to guarantee satisfaction or you can go again FREE. Call direct (808) 742-6331 for reser-vations. We also provide discounts for Military, Kama’aina, and Groups.

Visit “Na Pali Riders” fan pagefor current photos and videos.

*conditions permitting

Page 32: For Kauai November 2011 Issue

Vote for Your FavoritesThe For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards is an annual celebration honoring individuals, organizations and businesses that have demonstrated leadership and achievement with aloha for Kaua‘i. For Kaua‘i Magazine recognizes those that have given back to their community and the island of Kaua‘i.The final winner of each category will be recognized at an Annual Pau Hana event in January. This year we will celebrate at the Hukilau Lanai restaurant in Kapaa. The Awards Committee will choose the winners based on your nominations on this page. Thank you for your nominations and your participation in For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards. Deadline to submit your nomination is January 10th, 2012. Please mail to: For Kaua‘i Publisher, PO Box 956 Waimea, HI 96796 or vote online at www.forkauaionline.com/vote

Mahalo and Aloha, Barbara Bennett, Publisher, For Kaua‘ i

Agriculture _________________________A person, business or organization that has taken a leading role in producing or promoting locally grown foods for Kaua‘i.

Arts and Culture ______________________A leader, contributor or organization that has helped deepen the awareness of art and culture on Kaua‘i.       

Business Leadership ___________________A person with outstanding business leadership and busi-ness practices who has brought innovative community ideas and leadership with aloha for Kaua‘i.

Community Service ____________________An organization or person that has made outstanding contributions to Kaua‘i through community service.

Educator ___________________________(include school name or level if applicable)

An educator who has dedicated his or her life to helping students achieve their dreams and visions for Kaua‘i.

Entrepreneur ________________________ (include name of business)

An owner or manager of a business who has created initia-tives by taking risks and has developed a futuristic vision for Kaua‘i.

Family Owned business _________________An outstanding company that has been successful in merg-ing family and business interests for Kaua‘i.

Green _____________________________A business or person who has shown a steadfast commit-ment to green living and supports a sustainable green future for Kaua‘i.

Kaua‘i Made _________________________A product produced and sold with aloha for Kaua‘i.

Lifetime Achievement Award _____________A person who has been extraordinary in action, word and deed in their lifetime by giving and doing for Kaua‘i.

Living Treasure _______________________An outstanding individual whose achievements make you consider them a Living Treasure for Kaua‘i.

Non-Profit Organization _________________Directors, CEO’s and Managers who have given endless hours to projects that give back to the community.

Kupuna, Kane _______________________A kana whose voice in the Hawaiian community has deep-ened our understanding of the history of the host cultural to help sustain the aloha for Kaua‘i.

Kupuna, Wahine ______________________An outstanding wahine who has contributed to Kaua‘i in many ways and continues to support a depth and breadth of the vision of aloha on Kaua‘i.

Travel Liaison ________________________A person or company that has encouraged communication for mutual understanding between the travel industry and our grass roots for Kaua‘i.

Youth Leadership _____________________A young person with an outstanding vision and the motiva-tion to make a better life for Kaua‘i.

Youth Program _______________________An organization that has served youth and that has activi-ties that encourage learning Kaua‘i’s history and aloha for better citizenship on Kaua‘i.

FOR KAUA‘I ALOHA SPIRIT AWARDS CATEGORIES

RECOGNIZING FOR KAUA‘I’S COMMUNITY LEADERSAlohaSpirit

Awards

2012

Barbara Bennett, Publisher338-0111

[email protected]

NAME ________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________

CITY _______________________________ STATE ______ZIP ___________________________

PHONE ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________________

VOTE ONLINENominate your favorites online

by going to www.forkauaionline.com/vote

or mail your ballot to the address belowYou can make extra copies of this entry online,

or call Barbara at 338-0111

dinner at the Hukilau Lanai. 10 names will be drawn from the nomination entries & invited to attend the For Kaua‘i Aloha Spirit Awards Event as special guests

WIN

MAIL TO:For Kaua‘i Publisher, PO Box 956Waimea, HI 96796