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Keep Kaua‘i kipuka safe

A kipuka is described as a place surrounded by lava, protected and able to flourish. They are often small oases of vegetation and life surrounded…

Letter for Thursday, July 30, 2020

I hope people can still feel welcome on Kaua‘i I was sad to hear Nolan Ahn’s call for charging much higher rates for us to…

Finding the perfect candidate

There are good people and there are good candidates. But the two are not always in alignment, none are without flaws and all have strengths…

Letter for Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Art Cafe Hemingway not alone in struggle Aloha Kaua‘i friends. On Tuesday, July 14, the front-page article told a very distressing story of the struggle…

Finding meaning for Hawai‘i

It has been almost two months since I wrote an op-ed piece titled “Grief for a World Killed by covid” (I still refuse to honor…

Letters for Monday, July 20, 2020

Computer illiterate at a disadvantage This is really discerning, unfair, not good, and very discriminating. Everything you want to do nowadays must be done “ONLINE.”…

Samaritans, emergency responders helped her

I am a 14-year returning resident to Kaua‘i and 17 years out here in Hawai‘i. Having just completed my 14-day quarantine on June 22, I…

Don’t give in to fear, panic

These are frightening times. In my office, I talk with so many people who are unsettled and increasingly nervous about this virus. Many are confused…

Letter for Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Kauai Sings was spectacular Our Monday, July 6 issue of TGI, front page, bottom, scored a huge “at-a-boy/girl?” award with the “virtual choir” story of…