Page 5 - MidWeek Kauai - Oct 5, 2022
P. 5
OCTOBER 5, 2022
KAUA‘I MIDWEEK 5
CHOOSE ALOHACARE
GET MORE FROM YOUR HEALTH PLAN AND LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE.
AlohaCare listens and supports you with complete medical coverage, a large network of healthcare providers, and tools and programs to help you feel your best.
balanced and healthy lifestyle. These include:
• The Active&Fit EnterpriseTM program so you can access
• Culturally responsive, Native Hawaiian healing programs that include hula, lomilomi, ‘ai pono, and ho‘oponopono.
• An education program for adults to complete a high school education, which has been linked to improved
Toll Free (877) 973-0712 TTY/TDD (877) 447-5990 or visit AlohaCare.org
Ranjita Kundu of Ko- dameta, India, has accused her husband of stealing and selling one of her kidneys four years ago, Oddity Central reported.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Cad Of A Husband Sells Off Ex-wife’s Kidney
According to reports, Kun- du discovered that she has only one kidney after visiting the doctor. She believes that when she was treated for kid- ney stones four years ago, her husband secretly arranged for one of her kidneys to be sold on the black market.
“If you want vegan food, go to a vegan restaurant ... Your choice does not fit with our style of cooking.”
Rescue Fail
“I was unaware of the whole incident,” she said.
60th birthday.
“I’ve been dreaming about
The crew radioed that they “had a subject that partially matched the description ... but his backpack was upside down so it was the wrong color,” ex- plained the group’s Anna De- battiste. “The pilot said, ‘He’s saying hi, he doesn’t seem to be in distress,’ so they left,” she added.
She even knows who he sold it to: Asim Haldar, who lives in her district. Kundu and her husband were married for 12 years before he took off with another woman eight months ago. Kundu said with help from his sister, he sold the organ to make up for dowry money he believed he was owed. Police have taken him into custody.
this,” he said. “This has been a five-year journey to get a pumpkin that’s big enough.”
In other Weird happenings:
The Kitchen at London House, a popular restaurant on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, put its foot down in August when it rolled out a new menu with no vegan items, the Daily Mail reported.
Thankfully, the crew went back and retrieved the man, who was reportedly cold and dehydrated but otherwise un- harmed.
Paddling A Pumpkin
Duane Hansen, 60, has ful- filled a long-held dream of his: to paddle the Missouri River in a pumpkin, NBC News reported. On Aug. 27, Han- sen set out in an 846-pound pumpkin for a 38-mile float on the Big Muddy to celebrate his
The eatery used to feature some vegan selections, but owner Sally Cooper said the restaurant stopped because of a “militant minority.”
Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to weirdnewstips@ amuniversal.com.
Ahoy There, Pumpkin!
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
The Summit County (Colo- rado) Rescue Group was in a helicopter on Sept. 7 looking for a lost hunter, KCNC-TV reported, when they spotted a man waving slowly and ca- sually.
Hansen grew the pumpkin himself; his wife named it Berta.
In fact, it was the missing hunter, and in a classic case of blame-the-victim, Debattiste said he “should have” waved aggressively with both arms overhead, or waved “a bright- ly colored piece of clothing.”
Vegan-free Eatery
“We got fed up with the arrogant, ‘holier-than-thou’ attitude,” explained Cooper.
Creating that
“place of peace
and balance”
in your garden
828-6400
www.gardenpondskauai.com
In Kilauea, next to Mini Golf • Open Wed-Sun • 12 to 5 pm
* Eligibility and locations vary for each program
The Active&Fit EnterpriseTM program is provided by American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc., a subsidiary of American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH). Active&Fit Enterprise is a trademark of ASH and used with permission herein.
h
s
t
o
p
w
e
a
v
e
a
r
n
r
i
v
e
d
