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LADY LUCK

Kapaa resident wins TGI Football Fever grand prize

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TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRIDAY

PROPHETIC WORSHIP CONFERENCE 2019 6 to 9 p.m., New Hope Church, Kilauea Presented by Joseph and Charla Apana. They invite you to hear their story and learn biblical resources to combat the spirit of suicide on Kauai.

Potluck. Free. To register text: Brenda Viado 346-1436 SATURDAY

PROPHETIC WORSHIP CONFERENCE 2019 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lihue Christan Church Presented by Joseph and Charla Apana. They invite you to hear their story and learn biblical resources to combat the spirit of suicide on Kauai.

Workshop. Free. To register text: Brenda Viado 346-1436 KAUAI VOICES CONCERT “BROADWAY, BABY!” 3 p.m. Waimea Theatre Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $30 VIP early seating. Info: www.kauaivoices. org, 800-838-3006 COMMUNITY CARING DAY 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lawai International Center Volunteers nurture the grounds and plant orchids. Lunches made by the aunties of Lawai will be served. Bring gardening tools. Info: 639-4300, lm@hawaii. rr.com, www.lawaicenter.org

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IMMUNIZATIONS MEETING 11 a.m. Kapaa Neighborhood Center Public meeting held once a month on the first Sunday to discuss immunizations in Hawaii. Organized by a group of parents. Info: 212-1199 VEGAN SOCIETY OF HAWAII KAUAI GATHERING 1 p.m., Kapaa Neighborhood Center Allison Jacobsen’s talk is “Five Things I wish I Knew Before I Went Vegan.” Suggested donation is $10, or bring a vegan dish inckuding recipe and ingredient list, for potluck dinner. Info: 319-8440, www. vsh.org MONDAY

LIVE POETS SOCIETY MEETING 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lihue Public Library Bring poems in progress and writing materials. Info: 2413222 WEDNESDAY

HANAPEPE BRIDGE PROJECT MEETING 6 to 7 p.m. Hanapepe Public Library Project update, discussion of and solicitation of comments on an informational display for the historic Hanapepe River bridge and surrounding area.

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SHE HAS FOOTBALL FEVER!

Eileen Rapozo wins trip for two to Las Vegas and $500 cash; mom, sister also won trips to Vegas from TGI

“I didn’t think I would ever win,” the BILL BULEY Kapaa woman said.

TGIFR!DAY “I had tried so many times.” ileen Rapozo has When her caller ID football fever. said it was TGI calling, Carreira She has for she wondered what some time now. this was all about.

But it’s gotten worse “Is this Eileen Rapozo?” Soto asked. since she learned Yes, Rapozo answered, with some she was The Garden E. Rapozo hesitation.

Island’s Football Fever “Congratulations, you just won the grand prize winner.

Football Fever grand prize!” Soto said.

That’s a pretty good prize. We’re Rapozo, stunned, walked into the talking a trip for two to Las Vegas, break room at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which includes airfare, hotel and meals, and $500 cash — all for filling where she works, and screamed.

Yup, she screamed. out the weekly online form and “I won the football trip, I’m going predicting the winners of 15 college to Vegas,” she shouted for all to hear. and professional games.

It was a moment she still chuckles The winner, each week over the about.

19 weeks of the contest, won $250.

“Oh my God, really! I couldn’t beTGI remains one of the few daily lieve myself. It was so fantastic,” she newspapers in the U.S. to offer a weekly cash prize in a Football Fever said. “I ecstatic. I can’t wait.”

Football has long been part of Eicontest. leen’s life. Her son, Philip, is the head Rapozo didn’t win a weekly prize. coach for Kapaa High School.

She did even better.

“My boys were always involved Her name, along with thousands of others who submitted online en- in football,” she said. “I always had football in my life from when my kids tries, was put into the final drawing to determine who got the big prize. were young.”

Everybody has a favorite team, she When TGI’s Averie Soto called to let Rapozo know the good news, she added, and hers include the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco initially didn’t believe it.

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49ers.

Today, the Tennessee Titans reign supreme for Eileen, but she said she tends to root for most teams to do well.

C. Rapozo “I like them all, I like the Chiefs. I think they did a fantastic job this year,” she said.

Depending on teams she’s watching, Eileen can get pretty worked up, and there’s no shortage of emotion, with plenty of screaming and yelling and cheering.

“My husband says the whole neighborhood can hear me,” she said.

The Super Bowl is big for the Rapozos. One year, they set up a tent in their yard, roasted turkey and had legions of family and friends over.

“One side was for the Bengals and one side was for the 49ers,” Eileen said.

The 49ers pulled out a 20-16 win in that 1989 Super Bowl, considered a classic.

More recently, they’ve started watching the big game at their son’s home, where a big-screen TV is in the family room.

Eileen hasn’t settled yet on SEE FEVER, PAGE 3

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whether she’ll be cheering for the Rams or the Patriots on Sunday. She said for many, Pats QB Tom Brady is easy not to like, but she said you have to give him credit.

“A lot of people don’t like the Patriots, but you know what, give the guy a break,” Rapozo said. “He’s a fantastic quarterback.”

Luck, along with football fever, runs in the Rapozo family.

Eileen’s mother, Frances Carreira, won a trip for two to Vegas and $500 last year when her name was drawn in August from more than 1,000 ballots that were turned in for TGI’s popular Best of Kauai special section.

The 91-year-old said it was first time she’s won anything, and was excited when TGI called to tell her the good news.

Daughter Charlotte Rapozo joined her mom for the excursion that included airfare and a hotel stay.

They went in mid-January.

Eileen and sister Pat held some fundraisers — like selling smoked meat — to cover trip costs, and they went along, too, a few more of their ohana met them there, and they had a mini family reunion.

“It was a great time,” Eileen said, adding she and Pat landed terrific deals on their airfare, hotel and food.

For the 2016-17 football season, that same Charlotte Rapozo was a weekly winner early in the season in The Garden Island’s Football Fever campaign, won $250, and had her picture in the island’s daily paper.

In the final Football Fever drawing for the grand prize, Charlotte Rapozo won.

She, too, screamed when she learned of her good fortune, and later took her mom to Vegas.

It was Charlotte’s first season participating in TGI’s Football Fever.

Charlotte’s son, Daniel, was a weekly winner, too, that season, and took home $250.

“We’ve been lucky, for sure,” Eileen Rapozo said.

In Vegas, Eileen enjoys the music and entertainment. She likes to play the slot machines, but every now and then she ventures over to the Wheel of Fortune and puts in $20. Win or lose, that’s it.

“I limit myself,” she said.

“When it takes my money, I say, ‘You ain’t getting no more money from me.’”

Rapozo hopes to use her free trip to go to Vegas during the Academy of Country Music Awards.

She’s a huge country music fan, and her bucket list includes seeing superstars Reba McEntire and/or Shania Twain perform.

About five years ago, courtesy of a surprise gift from her granddaughter Chantel, Rapozo got to see her favorite country musician, Alan Jackson, perform in Honolulu. She said in the past, she always played Alan Jackson music while driving to Koloa for hula.

“And she never forgot that,” Rapozo said. “So when she found out he was coming to Honolulu, she bought me a ticket.”

In case anyone wants

‘RED LINE’ PUTS NOAH WYLE AT CENTER OF POLICE SHOOTING DRAMA LYNN ELBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

2009 medical drama “ER” to action series including “The oah Wyle is back in Chicago for a TV drama Librarian” and “Falling Skies,” that’s far different choked up as Wyle than the 1990s hit “ER” that he discussed launched his career.

“The Red Line,” a title referring In CBS’ limited series “The Red Line,”Wyle’s character loses to a major train line that cuts his African-American husband through Chicago’s diverse in a mistaken police shooting neighborhoods.

“My emotional reaction to that’s the catalyst for family my first reading of the script anguish and social uproar.

Wyle, who went from fresh- was so intense. I’ve never read faced Dr. Carter in NBC’s 1994- a piece of material that moved

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me like that. I can’t even talk about the show without getting upset,”Wyle told a TV critics’ meeting Wednesday, pausing to gather himself.

In the eight-episode limited series debuting April 28, the shooting of teacher Daniel Calder’s doctor-husband leaves him as single dad to their daughter, Jira. The survivors are mired in grief, while the white police officer at fault for killing an innocent man faces the public and legal repercussions of his actions.

to buy her tickets to other country performers, Rapozo likes Toby Keith and Garth Brooks, too.

“Garth Brooks is expensive,” she said, laughing.

“But I wouldn’t mind seeing Garth Brooks.”

If he’s playing in Vegas, Football Fever might be the ticket to get her there.

Or someone from the

Rapozo family.

••• Bill Buley, editor-in-chief, can be reached at 245-0457 or bbuley@ thegardenisland.com.-

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MONICO’S SERVES UP GOOD TIMES, GOOD FOOD Restaurant offers pleasant atmosphere, many menu choices of Mexican dishes BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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he first impression of Monico’s Taqueria Kauai might not be the best.

Parking.

Because the spaces in the parking lot are for more than one business and are more for compact cars than larger vehicles, it can be a tight squeeze, and some SUV drivers find that annoying. They might even give up and leave.

But don’t.

Go ahead, park in that small spot, take the short walk to the front door, because what’s inside is worth it. You will not be disappointed.

This restaurant at 4-733 Kuhio Highway tucked in near the fire station offers fresh authentic Mexican food from 5 to 9 for dinner and 11 to 3 for lunch, Tuesday through Sunday.

On our recent visit Sunday night, we were seated promptly on the lanai on a cool evening, with the setting sun casting a pleasant glow. A bowl of complimentary chips and salsa quickly arrived at the table, and within minutes of being ordered, our watiress brought out the bottle of wine for my wife and two friends.

Then came the main attraction.

Mind you, the food isn’t cheap here, but it is good. Very good.

The veggie chimichanga was $16.95. Other items were in the same range. The chicken quesadilla was also $16.95, as was the

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ABOVE: The setting sun casts a glow over Monico’s Taqueria Kauai in Kapaa. BELOW: The bar is bright and relaxing.

enchiladas mole and the enchiladas verde.

The seafood burritos was $21.95, as was the seafood taco. Fish burritos went for $19.95.

The Monico’s special, their version of surf and turf, comes in at $27.95, but is excellent. It includes fresh fish, shrimp and a scallop sauteed with veggies, served over jalapeno crema and chile de arbol sauce, topped with carnitas and pico de gallo, and served with rice, beans and guacamole. You get your choice of corn or flour

tortillas.

The dinners are not only fresh and delicious, with local ingredients, they are of generous portions. You will not leave hungry.

Presentation is key here, too. They want the food to not only taste good, but look good as well. And it does.

Monico’s is a long-time favorite on Kauai, and opened about 10 years ago. But it recently moved to this new location, and it’s been SEE MONICO’S, PAGE 5

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well-received, with lunch and dinner times busy and catching the attention of tourists and locals.

And the waitress has the service down just right. They visit enough to keep tabs on anything you might need, but not too much, and they don’t disappear into the night and you never seen them again after your food is delivered.

The outside seating area is actually quite pleasant, despite the rush of traffic passing by on Kuhio Highway. The palm trees in the pasture next door add to the peaceful ambiance and make you feel as though you’re far away from the city.

Sometimes at restaurants, the tables are pressed tightly together and you feel as though you’re part of the conversation of everyone seated around you.

Not so at Monico’s. They give you plenty

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of space to have a private conversation over your meal.

The inside seating is fine, clean and no-nonsense. It covers the basics. The outside offers more of a unique dining experience, so if the sun is shining and you like to be outdoors for dining, sit there.

There’s a clean, friendly, seven-seat bar with a big-screen TV, in case it’s drinks you’re after more than food.

They don’t take reservations unless you have a party of at least six.

Monico’s is a bit of both fine and casual dining, a place to stop by after a day at the beach, or a place to celebrate an anniversary, birthday or just a special occasion.

Monico’s takes its work seriously, and it shows in the staff, the food, the setting and the atmosphere. They will take care of you.

••• Bill Buley, editor-in-chief, can be reached at 245-0457 or bbuley@ thegardenisland.com.-

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SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY Thankfully, what this cookbook does for the beginner is make it easy to cook and eat ketogenicalnyone made a new year’s ly with a huge variety of recipes resolution to drop a few that are beautifully displayed with pounds and finding it not full-color photos, which makes your mouth might salivate on going as well as intended? each recipe look so delicious that sight.

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These keto recipes not only can help lead you to weight loss, but with these uncomplicated recipes it also frees up the amount of time spent cooking.

Author Elizabeth Cunningham includes her “Top 10 Keto Recipes.”

Her brunches and dinners taste so good, they can make you feel like you’re “cheating”!

She also includes breakfast recipes as well as a wide variety of soups, salads and stews. Working with most varieties of diets, this cookbook is filled with a variety of meat recipes, and yet it also includes the meatless or vegetarian dishes sitting right up next to the

delicious snacks and desserts!

Even though this says it is for the beginner, it is quickly becoming an essential cookbook for both the keto beginner as well as the experienced ketogenist because of how wonderful these recipes really are.

This ketogenic diet book is a great resource regarding lowcarb dieting, too. It even includes possible dieting results as well and offers up very specific ways to enhance your ketogenic experience.

Enjoy!

••• Cynhia Lynn and Ed Justus are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapepe.

HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR SURVEYS RISING TIDE OF ANTI-SEMITISM ANN LEVIN ASSOCIATED PRESS

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eborah E. Lipstadt was surprised at how hard it was to write her latest book, “Antisemitism: Here and Now” (Schocken Books). A leading authority on the Holocaust, she was used to “skulking in the sewers of anti-Semitism and genocide.” But that was history.

What made her latest work so challenging — documenting the recent resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe and America, on the right and the left — was that it was happening now.

The end result was well worth it.

“Antisemitism: Here and Now” is an indispensable

guide to contextualizing activities as diverse as the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, also known as BDS. And it’s about as even-handed as it could be, given the disturbing subject matter and the fact that Lipstadt’s strong self-identification as a Jew made the topic intensely personal for her.

The book is structured as a series of letters between a Jewish student of hers named Abigail and a colleague named Joe at the law school at Emory University, where Lipstadt is on the faculty.

They are fictional characters who are composites of many people she’s had discussions with over the past few years.

The letter format gives the book an urgency that might otherwise be lacking in a scholarly work, although at times, it can seem a little contrived.

Lipstadt is best known for being sued for libel by David Irving after calling him a “Holocaust-denier.” She won the case, which was later made into the 2016 film “Denial” starring Rachel Weisz.

At the outset Lipstadt expresses her hope that both sides of the political divide will be discomfited by her analysis and conclusions, and they probably will.

For instance, she classifies both Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn, the head of Britain’s Labour Party, as “antisemitic enablers” — Trump for failing to call out the white supremacists, racists and

anti-Semites who support him and Corbyn for tolerating the anti-Semitism of his political allies.

“While Trump is probably not an antisemite,” she says, “enabling antisemites is itself an antisemitic act that causes as much damage as something that comes from an ideological antisemite.”

Lipstadt wrapped up the manuscript in August 2018 after noting that pace of anti-Jewish incidents and rhetoric had made it almost impossible to finish. Sadly, she was right.

Just weeks after penning her note to readers, a man gunned down 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. The suspect had a history of posting anti-Semitic vitriol online.

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etting the students from the Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band to the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim, Calif., is an expensive proposition, said Mary Lardizabal, the program’s director.

As a fundraising effort to offset some of the expenses involved in taking the choir and band to the competition, the KMS Choir Booster’s Club hosted Aloha Keiki Fest, featuring an afternoon of keiki talent from around the island.

The entertainment lineup was bolstered by crafters, food vendors and activity stations that kept traffic flowing through the Kauai Veterans Center parking lot, where K’s Shave Ice and Treats food truck helped keep the heat in control.

Lardizabal said they also put out fishbowls to collect for some of the participating schools.

Marlene Eliana, Alyana Machado, Natasha Machado, Elijah Machado, Naylea Machado

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