Earth Day in Lydgate Park 2018
By Tommy Noyes About 160 volunteers, including Rob Ladendecker of the Center for Spiritual Living, worked together on June 16, celebrating Earth Day in Lydgate Park 2018. The annual community workday...
View ArticleSafer Roads for Bicyclists
By Tommy Noyes The new Safe Passing Three Foot law amends existing HRS 291c-43 — which already required safe passing — to state specifically that three feet is the minimum safe passing clearance when...
View ArticleBikes on Rice Donates Refurbished Bikes to YWCA
By Tommy Noyes The YWCA of Kaua‘i staff gratefully accepted five refurbished bikes with helmets from the Bikes on Rice team. Contributed photo by Kaleo Carvalho Bikes on Rice volunteers have come up...
View ArticleDOW’s Make a Splash Festival Celebrates 15 Years
Students from Kapa‘a Elementary School prepare to fill up at the water station using their reusable water bottles, before heading to their next activity at DOW’s Make a Splash Festival on Sept. 20....
View ArticleNational Make A Difference Day at Lydgate Park 2018
By Tommy Noyes Kaua‘i Veterans Express crew and Beach Cleanup Team members collaborate to clear away driftwood at Lydgate Beach Park following the Tropical Depression Lane flooding and albizia...
View ArticleRice Street Block Party
By Tommy Noyes Lihu‘e’s town core will be Kaua‘i’s most happening place from Monday, Nov. 12 through Saturday, Nov. 17. The week’s finale is the Rice Street Block Party on Saturday, Nov. 17, a free...
View ArticleLearning Biking Skills at a Young Age
By Tommy Noyes Kaua‘i Path Board President and League Certified Instructor Dr. Randy Blake reviews with Chiefess Kamakahelei sixth grade students how to drive a bicycle through a roundabout...
View ArticleStats on Users of Ke Ala Hele Makalae
By Tommy Noyes There is a fairly good distribution in age of questionnaire respondents. However, the majority (68 percent) of them are over the age of 55. Path users expressed appreciation for the path...
View ArticleCommunity Partnerships Saves Lihu‘e Post Office
By Tommy Noyes More than a hundred Kaua‘i coconuts mailed to postal administrators on the Mainland conveyed a clear message: ‘It would be nuts to close this post office!’ Photo by Pat Griffin The...
View ArticleTricycles
By Tommy Noyes Joshua Pappas and his mom, Nancy, attend just about every Bikes on Rice ride on the second Tuesday of each month, starting at Lihu‘e Civic Center at 4:30 p.m. Joshua’s delta trike...
View ArticleEarth Day at Lydgate Park
By Tommy Noyes One hundred Hawaiian Airlines Global Sales and Alliances employees devoted the morning of March 13 in a community service project to enhance Lydgate Park. In just a few intense hours,...
View ArticleBeing Visible in Your Community
By Tommy Noyes Rita Kungel, left, and Tommy Noyes are both quite visible on the Ke Ala Hele Makalae, but since Tommy started by riding along Kuhio Highway he chose to raise his conspicuity by wearing a...
View ArticleSupporting Carol Ann Davis’ Vision
By Tommy Noyes Arts Kaua‘i sponsored the Kaua‘i Songwriters event on May 10, with contestants vying to perform at the Hawai‘i Music Festival on the Big Island in June. The finalists were, back row,...
View ArticleFive Safety Layers
By Tommy Noyes Dr. Randy Blake positions himself at the left side of Umi Street’s lane at the intersection with Ahukini Road. He’s using all five layers of protection by being visible, predictable,...
View ArticleSafety First
By Tommy Noyes Simple changes such as building sidewalks make our neighborhoods safer for all. Photo by Tommy Noyes Hawai‘i took a cautious first step toward eliminating traffic related deaths and...
View ArticleThe Rise of E-Bikes
By Tommy Noyes A basic e-bike setup is this red hub mounted onto a traditional bicycle frame. The Copenhagen Wheel, produced by Superpedestrian, is controlled by an app on the rider’s smart phone, and...
View ArticleTwenty-Five Years of Building Community
By Tommy Noyes Seated on Melinda Morey’s fantastical mosaic eel bench in Kamalani Playground, Graeme Merrin recalled heading up the dedicated all-volunteer construction crew in 1994. Photo by Tommy...
View ArticleE-Cigarette, or Vaping Associated Lung Injuries
By Tommy Noyes Youth vaping and associated lung illnesses are at epidemic levels according to the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of the Hawai‘i State Department of Health....
View ArticleBandwagon Educational Program
By Tommy Noyes Julie and Jeremy Hartshorn (second and fifth from left) manage the Bandwagon Music Center studio in Kukui Grove Center, a welcoming haven of creativity for budding musicians. Photo by...
View ArticleEarth Day Goes Digital
Walls Bracken helped to cleanup the beach during Earth Day in Lydgate Park 2019. This year, due to social distancing, Earth Day efforts should either be collaborative online or solo in the environment....
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