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by Anne E. O’MalleyHundreds of persons drove into a field adjacent to the Regen-erations Botanical Garden seed garden in Kalihiwai, near which hundreds of seeds, starts and cuttings lay on tables awaiting new homes and gardens in which to sprout. Baskets of used #10 en-velopes on each table gave collectors a place to stash their loot. Those with seeds to share came early, followed by a blessing by and gift of cash from Palaniswami of the Kaua‘i Hindu Monastery. Music by the Malama Pono Allstars filtered through the garden, and cool water, juice and fruit samples pleased palates. This event was a production of Regenerations, GMO-Free Kaua‘i, and Mālama Kaua‘i and included other partners, as well.

Seed Exchange—Fruitful and Social

Palaniswami offers a gift from the Kaua‘i Hindu Monastery to Regenerations Botanical Garden. Vice president and cofounder Jill Richards accepts

Music by the Malama Pono Allstars band (l-r): Joe Lamore, Paul Crowe,

Pickin’ Pat, Jimmy Trujillo and, not visible, Fielding Milish, Bill Dick and

King ZorJeri di Pietro, a founding member of GMO-Free Kaua‘i and president of Hawai‘i Seed, a state organization that umbrellas all of the statewide GMO-Free groups.

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Botanical Garden and Jill Richards, vice president and

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In her 33 years at H&M Kaneshiro Farms, Inc., the last 27 of them as herd manager, Valerie Kaneshiro has become an expert in moving among approximately 1,200 pigs ranging from 30-pound piglets to 800-pound hogs. It is a dance she does gracefully, willingly—in fact, lovingly. And from this dance by this slip of a wom-an muscling among a herd of pigs set on 11 acres in Omao, she learns, keeping her observations in a little

Valerie Kaneshiro: Dances with pigsCover story: Garden Island Range & Food Festival

by Anne E. O’Malleyblack book she calls her book of wisdom. “The pigs teach me about people,” says Kaneshiro. “I see the parallels between the pigs and people and from them I gain a better understanding, and I can see how we sometimes behave like pigs—I see it happen a lot! “This farm is a mi-crocosm of our society. You have all the differ-ent personality types present. You have the male, female, the alpha type males or females, different color skins—

Valerie Kaneshiro, Range Co-Chair of GIR&FF with Red Baron, an 800-lb. Duroc Boar. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

I see how they behave, how they treat each other.” Seeing all manner of behavior from her charges—“pigs can be vicious,” she adds—never keeps her away from a day’s work on the farm that knows no clock but 24/7. In spite of the de-mand on her time, Kaneshiro says, “I don’t dream about getting away and do-ing something else. I dream about how can I make life better for my pigs. “I’ve spent my life

dedicated to the pigs and to the people who work with the pigs. I’ve dedicated my life to helping other farmers, selling the breeding stock at prices that give them a good deal and helps them out.” Kaneshiro takes pride in the fact that the farm is a leading seed stock provider in the state, an arena that is her specialty. “I don’t sell just the stock I want to get rid of. I sell quality, not quantity, and then I’ll teach the new owners how to take good care

of the pigs. “I want them to know that I’ve given them my very best and know that those ani-mals will do well for them. They can call us any time they have questions.” The farm sprang

from humble begin-n i ngs—Ka nesh i ros have been farming pigs since 1920 in Koloa, later moved to Omao and built a farm, mod-ernized it and later, in 1983, incorporated it.

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Today, M&H Kane shiro Farms, Inc. is a multi-facet-ed business that sells all sizes of animals, live from the farm, including show pigs to 4-H, and breeding stock. The farm also runs its own abattoir and delivers fresh meat from 30-lbs. to 250-lbs., twice a week. It’s a family-owned outfit in which Valerie is a minority share-holder, giving her all to contribute to the ap-proximately $.75 mil-lion annual revenue. And it is miles from where she was raised in Northern Wiscon-sin by her Kaua‘i-born father and Ojibwe mother. Moving back to Kaua‘i with Valerie and her two sisters in the early ‘70s, her fa-ther turned her life upside down, but, says Kaneshiro, “I grew up not being afraid. I al-ways had a drive to succeed.” Part of that drive includes her willing-ness to help when people ask. She’s the retired president of the Hawai‘I Pork Indus-try Association and a member of the Kaua‘I County Farm Bureau, volunteering at the fair. Her willingness to help is how she came to be co-chair with Duane Shimogawa Sr.

of the Garden Island Range & Food Festival coming November 13. “I believe in the cause,” says Kaneshi-ro, pointing to the festival’s locavore em-phasis. “We’re promot-ing local food sources, food sustainability, and using the whole animal.” “I believe that we need to have food se-curity and we need to encourage local busi-nesses. This festival will help us transition into the businesses we farmers and ranchers need to become—and the locavores we must become, also, includ-ing being willing to pay a little more for something that’s pro-duced here.” Why does she keep doing what she does?“I think about it ev-eryday. The answer is multifaceted. “Farming is hard, and it’s risky. The locavore event is an extension of the farm. Why I do anything boils down to this: I do it for the pigs, for the family, and for the community.”

GIR&FF Range Co-Chair. Duane Shimogawa, Sr. in the tack room at his A‘akukui Ranch. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

Home on the Range. Read about Rancher Duane Shimogawa Sr. on page 6

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GIR&FF Volunteers include (l-r) Tray Pimental and Betty Nakamoto, 4-H leaders; and Valerie Kaneshiro, GIR&FF Range Co-Chair. Photo by Anne E. O'Malley

The 3rd Annual Garden Island Range and Food Festival is modeled after the annual Taste of the Hawaiian Range on the Big Island, an event that’s grown in popularity over the last 15 years. This Kaua‘i version is one of a series of initiatives born out of the larger non-profit organization, Kaua‘i Agricul-tural Initiative, founded in 2009 by For Kaua‘i Publisher Barbara Bennett, who also is this event’s chair. Her intent is to encourage an increase in locally grown food, raise awareness of sustainability and green issues, benefit the growth of the food industry here and more. In preparation, participating chefs receive a cut of meat and/or produce

prior to the event and create their recipes for the event. At the event, attendees graze their way through Kilohana Lua‘u Pavilion, mixing and mingling with the farmers and ranchers who provide the Kaua‘i-grown products for the feast. Contributors include: Duane Shimogawa Sr. of A‘akukui Ranch, Wil-liam Sanchez and Andrade Ranch for beef; M&H Kaneshiro Farms, Inc. for pork; and Daryl Kaneshiro of Omao Farms for lamb. Dozens of farmers contribute the fresh produce. Contributing chefs come from 16 or more of the best hotel restaurants and local restaurants and from the Kaua‘i Community College Culinary Arts Program.

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GIR&FF in briefWhat: The 3rd annual Garden Island Range & Food Locavore Festival with the theme “A Family Affair.”

When and Where: Sunday, November 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. at Kilohana Lu‘au Pavilion, Lihu‘e

Why: For the community of Kaua‘i to experience and enjoy a sustainable model of collaboration among local farmers, ranchers and chefs in preparing and promoting the concept of nutritious and delicious locavore dining.

Highlights: 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; awarding of two $1,000 scholarships to Culinary Arts Students at Kaua‘i Community College

How much: $35/adults; $17.50/children; Free/children under 5 years of age.

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The Imu pit at Kilohana Luau roasting local beef for the festival by one of 22 North's Chefs. Photo by Barbara Bennett

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Years ago, A‘akukui Ranch owner Duane Shimogawa Sr. saw a TV commercial that stuck with him. In it, a mainland visitor gives a $10 tip to a local waitress, who spends it at a local supermarket, the owner of which brings it home to his family, who uses it to buy locally, and on and on the $10 bill travels around the island. “By buying local, we keep all monies in the local economy, thus keeping our lo-cal economy healthy, rather than buying imported goods and having the dollars go to the mainland,” says Shimogawa. Shimogawa is walk-ing—er, riding—the sustainability talk via horseback on Pekele, his American Quar-ter Horse and via his truck, on approxi-mately 1,600 acres of former sugar land in Lawa‘i that he’s leased from Grove Farm Company, Inc. since 1996. He calls it A‘akukui Ranch, after a former sugar planta-tion camp in the area. The name means, liter-ally, candlenut root. On this stunning acreage, a large por-tion of which nestles against the storied Ha‘upu Mountain

Duane Shimogawa Sr.Sustainable A‘akukui Ranchby Anne E. O’Malley

Duane Shimogawa Sr. riding Peleke, an American Quarter Horse. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley

Range, he raises grass-fed cattle from birth to slaughter. The current herd numbers approx-imately 1,600. Shimogawa started his herd with a plan, purchasing purebred Hereford cattle from Kipu Ranch, which he managed for 30 years. He added several Red Angus bulls from Ke-hena Ranch on the Big Island. “I crossed Hereford heifers with Red An-gus, starting our basic herd,” says Shimoga-wa. “Striving for herd vigor improves growth and genetics, and pro-motes more muscle growth. “What we tried to achieve in our end product was a smaller animal at a younger

age that will fatten on grass alone. They get supplements with a mineral mixture that supplies them with whatever minerals are deficient in the soil.” When A‘akukui calves reach the age of six months, Shi-mogawa weans them from their mothers, pastures them for a year and markets them

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as they’re finished. The bulls he keeps for six to eight years, then slaughters and sells them for hamburger meat. “By keeping all the calves here, we keep all the money raised from those calves here,” says Shimogawa. “It’s about sustainability. “If there’s a shipping strike or a natural di-saster, we’ll have more beef in the pipeline to feed the people of Kaua‘i.” He says that six oth-er cattle operations on Kaua‘i run similarly to his, i.e., animals are

grass-fed and slaugh-tered here. But there are many, smaller op-erations here that must ship their cattle for fin-ishing. “Slaughter houses here can’t handle the volume,” says Shi-mogawa, member of the Hawai‘i Cattle Producers Coopera-tive that owns ship-ping containers that ship cattle out of state so that what can’t get sold locally goes to a feed yard on the main-land to be finished as a natural beef product. Shimogawa, with a natural marketing in-stinct, makes oppor-tunities to share beef

from A‘akukui Ranch. For example, he did a promotion at Ishihara Market in Waimea, where he prepared a customer appreciation cook-out, offering free samples of beef tri-tip cooked over an open grill onsite. And though he works seven days a week for at least 10 hours a day, Shimoga-wa accepts every op-portunity to make time to promote a sus-tainable Kaua‘i. “I’ve done ranch tours for 22º North Restaurant, Roy’s, Merriman’s, Sheraton Kaua‘i. We bring them by, give a little talk and

tour, come back and put some burgers on the grill. It’s the cost of business,” says a solid supporter for a sus-tainable Kaua‘i. The Kaua‘i commu-nity can get a hit of A‘akukui Ranch beef on Sunday, Novem-ber 13 at the Garden Island Range & Food Festival that Shimoga-wa co-chairs with Valerie Kaneshiro. His biggest reward for working with the festi-val, he says, is “Seeing beef we produce being prepared by a trained chef, and people being amazed it was locally grown beef.”

Puamohala Kaholokula will portray Queen Emma at the annual festival in Kokee that celebrates the Queen's journey from Lawa‘i to Koke‘e. Photo courtesy of Kaholokula family The festival takes place on Saturday, October 8 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Kanaloahuluhulu meadow in Koke‘e State Park. Free and open to the public. Kaholokula, a kumu hula, told FOR KAUA‘I, "I am deeply honored and delighted to have been selected as this year's representative to portray Keali'i Emalani. Emalani was a woman of great influence and represented the strength and independence of the modern Hawaiian women of her time. I look forward to this year's festival with great anticipation."

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Church of the Pacific food pantry. Photo by Joan Conrow

The concern was that people coming to the Church of the Pacific’s food pantry weren’t getting high quality, healthful groceries. Now the garden they created three years ago on church grounds in Princeville is provid-ing some 250 patrons

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Michelle Obama, who urged other religious institutions to follow the lead of the United Church of Christ. “We never, ever saw how far-reaching this would be,” Pla says. “It’s such a unique concept to just grow food for people who are hungry.” “To get land, fertil-izer and free labor to feed hungry people is almost impossible,” Burkhouse adds. “This is all about doing the impossible and giving it away.” They’ve had some help along the way,

starting with church Pastor Glenn Fra-zier, who joined them in taking gardening classes from Joseph Dunsmoor. Initially, they did all the soil preparation, planting, tending and harvest-ing, but have since gotten additional as-sistance from court-ordered community service workers, as well as other volunteers. Most recently their efforts got a big boost from the North Shore Lion’s Club, which took the initiative to secure a $10,000 grant and some 50 helpers to build a second, much larger garden adjacent to the original.

They also have regu-lars who show up to help unload the trucks and distribute the food. “It’s not that hard when you think about it,” Burkhouse says. “Everybody’s helped.” Besides donating one day each week to the food pantry set up and distribution, Bur-khouse spends con-siderable time buying food at the island’s two food banks and Cost-co to ensure that all patrons get a similar allotment, as well as bread and more pro-tein. They also glean fruit, so any orchard owners who have ex-tra, or can’t pick their

own, can share with volunteer pickers from the pantry. When Burkhouse first got involved with the pantry, which opened 15 years ago, it was distributing about 8 pounds of food per person, at a cost of $3.46 each. Now it’s giving out about 20 pounds, and through the garden and careful shopping, the cost is down to $2.65. “It’s a lot better food, too,” Pla notes. “It was pretty much just stale crackers and canned goods when we start-ed.” “It’s not cheap to run the whole thing,” Bur-khouse says, but in ad-

dition to support from the church, the pantry and garden project has gotten some grants. “The only reason we got money is because we’re going the right thing.” But good food isn’t the only thing given away freely at the Church of Pacific pan-try. Burkhouse works hard to create a loving, hospitable, nonjudg-mental atmosphere, with no separation be-tween those giving and getting the groceries. “It’s really trained some sheltered people on how to deal with the bigger communi-ty,” he says. The supportive en-

Pantry vironment, which fits the church’s mission “to give out the hope and the inspiration to try to help people get back on their feet,” has made a difference, he says, with some food pantry patrons go-ing on to get jobs and homes. “People should be helping people and that’s the bottom line,” Burkhouse says. “We do this from the heart and soul for love. You’ve gotta give it back sometimes.” For more informa-tion, or gleaning re-quests, call 639-2146.

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1:00 pm Scholarship Awards Two $1,000.00 Culinary Arts Scholarship Awards to students at Kauai Community College Recognition of Festival Chair and Committee Volunteer Mahalo to Vendors, Sponsors and Contributors

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The Paniolo history dates back to the 1800’s. Deeply embedded in our island culture, the cattlemen and ranchers have long been a part of Kaua‘i history. Honoring hard work and labor throughtout many

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Event ChairBarbara Bennett 338-0111KAI, Island Coordinator

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Range Chair Duane Shimogawa A‘akukui Ranch

Range Co-Chair Valerie Kaneshiro M&H Kaneshiro Farms

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Learn more about the variety of activities and see a schedule of this festival’s events by visiting online at www.nalimahana.net

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6 ft. and 250 lb., but I’m fast. A lot of coaches were after me to play football.

HOBBIES: I have a strong interest in his-tory, and I collect coins and replica samurai swords. I’m aiming to get the real deal. It takes

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Chris Murray decided to take an idea he and his parents had and run with it. He runs the Koloa Mill Diner with family backing and blessings. Harkening back to small kid time, he says, “When I was young, I told my mom we should have a small shave ice cart down at the beach, so it was always an idea in our heads to do something easy, bring it into the community and Koloa will accept it. “Koloa accepted me. Sueoka guys order from me.” And just what do they order? Murray’s handmade artisan sandwiches of the yum variety, that he builds

and passes on to wait-ing customers through the window of his 1970 Chevy Van, aka Koloa Mill Diner. Parking next to the Koloa Sugar Monu-ment, Murray dis-

penses a turkey pesto on wheat; a turkey ba-con avocado on sour-dough; a roast beef and cheddar and…wait for it…his proud concoction, the Jersey Shore. Not that eat-ing the Jersey Shore guarantees you a role on MTV’s show of the same name, nor does it

make you into a Guido or Guidette, but the Italian sausage, pas-trami, ham and pro-volone on sourdough could very well be crafted from a deli on the Eastern seaboard

of the mainland. Murray keeps the menu simple and finds it works for him. He’s even got a veggie sand-wich with cheese—his Pesto Capprizi—moz-zarella, basil, tomato and pesto on wheat. His penchant for melt-ing the cheese led him to call his sandwiches

“melt-ums.” He encourages people to come to his diner, saying his sand-wiches are reasonably priced, from between $5 to $7. And here’s a plus, it’s not often you get to dine out at an historic spot. What he finds re-warding, he says, is “I know it sounds cliche, but when I ask some-body how the food is and they say good, I’m happy, knowing I’ve

satisfied another cus-tomer.” Murray credits as his mentors his parents, Dr. Michael and Mrs. Valerie Murray and also Joe Grace, who does a lunch wagon in Lihu‘e. What motivates him to rise each day and drive the bright blue van to the gateway into Koloa Town is, he says, “Knowing that no matter what job I’ve had, I’ve always been

self-motivated to get up and do what I need-ed to do.” His motto is some-thing he says he heard often at home: “If you put your mind to it. you can accomplish anything.” Koloa Mill Diner is open Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 351-6565 or send an email to k o l o a m i l l d i n e r @ yahoo.com

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Chris Murray, artisan sandwich maker, in his Koloa Mill Diner. Photo by Anne E. O’Malley


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LAST LISTENED TO: Give it all by Rise Against, but I’m not limited. I like whatever sounds good. I like my tastes of classic, hip-hop, rock and country.

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FAVORITE QUOTE: I heard this a long time ago “Knowledge: it moves men, it moves countries, it moves his-tory.”

STILL TO COME: Mov-ing up through the ranks in the world of culinary arts.

DRIVES: 1997 Toyota Corolla.

SEEKING: More knowl-edge, more skills. Life is a learning experience—you don’t stop learning

HOW ARE YOU FOR KAUA‘I?: I love Kauai. I’ve lived on this island all of my life. I ask people , “How are you?” I hope to inspire people around me, future gen-erations to greatness by being a positive role model like my grandfa-ther was.

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Thursday, Oct. 6 Fabric painter Lea Ingram will offer a course on “Fabric Col-lage as a Functional Art” from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 3 at Kaua‘i Community College. $50 registration fee and one-time $10 materials fee. Call 245-8319 to register.

Saturday, Oct. 8 The annual Eo e Emmalani i Alaka‘i Festival, celebrating

Queen Emma’s historic journey to Koke‘e with hula, music, crafts, cultural displays, food booths and more, is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kanaloahu-luhulu Meadow in Koke‘e State Park. Free. Call 335-9975.

Sunday, Oct. 9 The Aloha School annual Fall Fair, with live music, family-ori-ented games and activities, food booths, silent auction and more, is set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hanalei Community Center. Call Jamie Listman at 652-4005.

Sunday, Oct. 9 The Kaua‘i Lifeguard Associa-tion’s First Wave Celebration, a fundraising event with musi-cians Taj Mahal, John Cruz and Donovan Frankenreiter, comedi-ans Augie T, Frank DeLima and Andy Bumatai, master hypnotist Tina Marie, silent auction, prize drawings, food booths and beer garden, is set for 5 to 10:30 p.m. at the Kilohana Plantation Luau Pavilion in Puhi. Tickets are $65. Call Dave Rullo at 634-3556.

Sunday, Oct. 9 The Sierra Club will lead a mod-erate, 3-mile public walk that starts at sunset at Shipwreck Beach and ends in the moonlight at Maha‘ulepu Beach. Car shuttle for one-way hike. Call 246-9067.

Saturday, Oct. 15 A traffic skills class for bicycle riders ages 14 and older, with information on bike handling skills and basic bike maintenance, is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the state Department of Health Vector Control Building in Lihu‘e. $50 fee includes lunch. To register contact Dr. Randy Blake at 635-8823 or [email protected].

Saturday, Oct. 15 The annual Hawai‘i Healing Garden Festival, with a health fair, healthy food, cultural dem-onstrations, children’s programs, presentations, workshops, cooking demonstrations, lei and local food contests, music and entertainment, all emphasizing green and multi-cultural living, is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kilohana Plantation in Puhi. Entry fee $5. Call 808-638-0888 or visit www.hawaiihealthguide.com for details.

Saturday, Oct. 15 The Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser to benefit the job training and life skills programs offered at Ho‘omana Thrift Shop, is set for 9 a.m. to noon under the Wailua Bridge. Rubber ducks to race can be purchased for $5, $10 and $20. Call 821-2818.

Saturday, Oct. 15 Storybook Theatre will present the Princess Ka‘iulani Keiki Festi-val, with entertainment, celeb-rity story readers, hula dancing, a keiki talent contest, coloring and essay contests, horseback rides, a main street parade, food

and vendor booths and a visit from the Princess, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hanapepe Town. Free. Call 335-0712.

Saturday, Oct. 22 The Sierra Club will lead an easy 3-mile public hike on Kuilau Ridge Trail in Wailua, with lovely mountain and valley views. Call 647-0727.

Saturday, Oct. 22 The Mokichi Okada Association will present a Japanese Tea Ceremony, Healing, and Flower Arrangements from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Museum. Call 245-6931.

Saturday, Oct. 22 Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala will celebrate the Hawaiian art of hula in a ho‘ike featuring dancing by keiki, kupuna, kane and wahine, as well as cultural displays, food and crafts booths and a silent auction, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall. Call 346-1737.

Saturday, Oct. 22 The Hanapepe and Lihu‘e Chap-ters of the Kaua‘i Ballroom Dance

Club will celebrate seven years of ballroom dancing on Kaua‘i at their gala anniversary ball, with a dinner buffet, ballroom dance exhibition performances and dancing, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i Resort in Po‘ipu. Tickets $50. Call Dan at 335-5823, Glenda at 335-3554 or Tomas at 212-9392.

Wednesday-Satur-day, Oct. 26-29 Na Lima Hana, a cultural festival featuring activities, demonstrations and learn-ing experiences, such as lei-making, weaving with endemic plants, salt-making, drum-making, lomi lomi mas-sage, lauhala weaving, kapa (tapa) making, carving, ancient chants, hula kahiko and the uses of kalo (taro), as well as Hawaiian food and entertain-ment, is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the Grand Hyatt Regency Kaua‘i. Free. Call 240-6369 or 651-5394 or visit www.nalimahana.net.

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Kaua‘i Aloha Festivals 2011 will start at 10 a.m. with a presen-tation of ho‘okupu (gifts) to the Royal Family in the main lobby of the Grand Hyatt Regency Kaua‘i and continue with food, entertainment and crafters all afternoon in the Grand Ballroom. Free. Call 346-6924.

Friday, Oct. 28 The Kaua‘i BOO Ball, a Hallow-een costume party and dance with music by String Theory, costume contests with prizes, photo booth, beer garden and complementary pupu, is set for 7 to 10 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center. Tickets $25. Visit www.LiveMusicKauai.org for ticket locations or call 635-6477.

Saturday, Oct. 29 The Sierra Club will lead a strenuous 7-mile round-trip hike halfway along the Powerline Trail, starting on the Princeville side, with

panoramic mountain views. Call 826-6105.

Sunday, Oct. 30 The 5 and 10K TriKaua‘i Costume Sprint Triathlon, a ¼-mile swim, 14-mile bike ride and 3.5-mile run is set for 7 a.m. to noon at Brenneke‘s Beach Park in Po‘ipu. Entry fee for the triathlon is $60; $30 for the run only. Call 635-6311 or visit www.trikauai.com.

OngoingVolunteer OpportunitiesCommunity Garden The Kekaha Community Garden meets from 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays at St. Paul‘s Episcopal Church, 8610 Kiowea Rd., Kekaha. Garden open daily. Contact [email protected] or 651-5197.

Waipa Foundation ‘Ohana Day Help out in the taro patch at Waipa, one mile west of Hanalei

School, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing for working in the ‘auwai (taro irrigation system); bring water bottles, hats, tabis. Lunch provided from Waipa-grown produce. Reserva-tions recommended. Contact [email protected] or 639-6905.

Koke‘e Work Day Koke‘e Natural History Museum hosts a forest work at 8:30 a.m. one Saturday each month, meeting at the Koke‘e CCC Camp. To register contact 335-9975 or [email protected] or visit www.kokee.org.

RecreationUltimate Frisbee Ultimate Frisbee games are held at 4:30 p.m. Sundays on the Hanalei soccer fields, 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the north Lydgate sports fields and 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Koloa baseball fields. All levels welcome. Call 808-345-9069 or visit www.kauaiultimate.com.

Bridge Games The North Shore and Poalua Bridge clubs play at 9 a.m. every Thursday at Sun Village, behind Wilcox Hospital. Visitors are welcome. Call Jane Nearing Go at 826-9753 or Betty Moore at 245-1994 to find a partner or for more details. Jane Nearing Go also hosts a two-table Chicago Bridge Game at 9 a.m. Mondays at the Princeville Community Center. Call 826-9753.

Service ClubsAmerican Legion Meeting The American Legion, Westside Post 51 meets the third Thursday of each month, at 3880 Kilohana St., Kalaheo. Call Adj. Dan Cordes at 332-7189.

Zonta Club Meeting The Zonta Club of Hanalei meets at 11:30 a.m. on the third Tues-day of each month at the Westin Nanea restaurant in Princeville. Call President President Robin Savage-Thompson at 639-9640

or visit www.zontaclubofhana-lei.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 speaking 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.

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

Hanalei Rotary The Hanalei Rotary meets Thurs-days at noon at the St. Regis Hotel in Princeville.

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

Performing ArtsComedy Theatre Oceanside Productions presents “The Complete History of America (abridged),” a 90-min-ute family-friendly comedy production with intelligent

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