Investigation of Five Suspicious Fires Continues

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Investigation of Five Suspicious Fires Continues
August 31, 2011 - Volume 27, Issue 35
The
Molokai Dispatch
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Testing
Toward
Success
Schools look to raise
state scores through
monthly benchmarks.
Since 1985
Investigation of Five Suspicious
Fires Continues
By Catherine Cluett
By Maggie Cassidy
T
aking tests does not have to be the
bane of students’ lives – in fact, a
new program on Molokai may
show that regular assessment tests can
help students learn more efficiently. Most
Molokai public school students this year
will take monthly benchmark tests in
reading and math, as educators attempt
to better track their progress and improve
their Hawaii State Assessment (HSA)
scores.
The benchmarks are the result of a
new year-to-year contract with the Hawaii EDISON Alliance, a subgroup of the
EdisonLearning company. The Alliance
partners with Hawaiian schools struggling to meet national testing standards,
and attempts to raise students’ scores
through
professional
development,
achievement systems and more, according to its website.
The monthly benchmark tests will
be administered through a computer program during 45-minute periods. Once a
student scores proficient on the test, he
or she is exempted from re-taking the test
for the rest of that year. That provides incentive for students to study and exceed
on the tests, according to Alliance’s Vice
President of Educational Services (VPES)
Tom Ekno, who spoke at last week’s
Molokai High School Community Council (MHSCC) meeting.
Teachers will be able to login to the
computer program and analyze the results in such a way that they can “drill
down to specific skills with each specific
child,” Ekno said.
Additionally, students will be able to
see their scores as soon as they finish the
test. Social sciences teacher Laura Buller
said the immediacy of the results encourages students to do better.
“They’re way more interested in the
test and that’s important. They see improvement and that makes them happy,”
she said at the meeting.
“I’m hopeful” that the partnership
and benchmarks will improve students’
HSA scores, said Molokai High School
(MHS) senior Eescha-Charyya DudoitAlapai, the MHSCC student representative. “It’s something to look forward to.”
Partnering Up
On Molokai, all schools will receive
weekly support visits from Ekno. MHS
and Molokai Middle School will also receive curriculum support from two Alliance directors – one specializing in math,
and one in reading – a minimum of four
times per month.
During the visits, Alliance staff will
host one-on-one coaching sessions with
teachers, direct leadership meetings with
school staff, assist in the distribution of
the benchmark tests, and more.
The directors also plan to provide
curriculum support to Kaunakakai, Kilohana and Maunaloa elementary schools
as a team, according to EdisonLearning
Hawaii Senior Vice President Babette
Moreno.
At the MHSCC meeting last week,
Moreno said the Alliance team aims to
“be here for three years.” In an email, she
said their general goals are lowering the
number of non-proficient students by 10
percent in each category.
Alliance staff members are currently
observing MHS classrooms, Ekno said.
Although the observers are not yet interacting with the classes, Dudoit-Alapai
said students are taking notice.
Ekno, who is one of the observers,
stressed that the Alliance will work in
partnership with teachers – not as their
managers.
“We’re not here to tell you everything must be done this way,” he told educators at the MHSCC meeting. “There’s
a deep rich history at this school that you
respect. … What you’ve been doing for
three years, five years, 10 years has value.
Molokai firefighters contained the 20-acre fire last week within two hours. Photo by Rick Schonely.
M
olokai firefighters responded to
three brush fires last Tuesday – for
a total of five fires on the island
within five days. Two fires burned over
20 acres along Maunaloa Highway three
miles west of Kaunakakai Tuesday afternoon, causing a temporarily loss of phone
and 911 service. Later that day, firefighters
responded to a third, smaller blaze near the
highway in west Molokai. Previously, on
Thursday, Aug. 18, firefighters responded to two small
fires also reported back to
back, according to Molokai
Fire Captain Travis Tancayo.
Local fire officials
said they believe all five
fires may have been set intentionally.
The first fire Tuesday
was reported about 1:30
p.m. and burned 5,000
square feet just west of
Hawaiian Research facilities. The second
fire, reported within minutes of the first,
burned about 20 acres nearby. Traffic was
stopped on Maunaloa Highway for about
one hour.
Because of rapid fire team response
and favorable winds, the pair of fires
Tuesday were contained within two
hours, according to Molokai Fire Inspector Rick Schonely.
“If we had had regular trade winds
that day, we could still be fighting it,”
Schonely said on Friday.
All Molokai units and a total of 22
firefighters responded to the pair of fires,
with air support from a Maui helicopter.
Crews were also were assisted by the
county Public Works Department and the
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Several departments pooled
resources to douse the flames.
their
“On Oahu, kids
set fires every
day, but Molokai
is different.”
-Rick Schonely
Flames lapped at Maunaloa Highway just
west of town during the largest of three
fires last Tuesday.
Molokai fire crews regroup on the scene
after the first two fires on Tuesday had been
contained. Side photos by Catherine Cluett.
Fires cont. on page 3
Learning in the Dirt
This Week’s
Dispatch
By Maggie Cassidy
Easy Riders
Check out the new wheels in town
Page 2
Left: Kahi Poaha smiles as he and other Molokai Middle School seventh graders dig composted
soil for vegetable gardens they are building. Right: Students rake soil over a temporary garden
bed they built in front of their classroom. Photos by Maggie Cassidy.
A
aron Rapanot likes planting the
seeds. Michael Rabara likes watering the plants. Eric Svetin likes
the exercise, and Shyloh Kawa`auhauPua`a likes harvesting the food – and
eating it.
They have plenty different reasons,
but one thing is clear: These Molokai
Middle School (MMS) seventh-graders
really like gardening, and they’re excited to do so during school as one of their
exploratory “wheel” classes. The class
of about 25 students is working to build
and expand a sustainable vegetable
garden, a project science teacher Laree
Testing cont. on page 3 Mowat started two years ago.
Molokai Dispatch
Highways Division of the state Department of Transportation.
While no buildings were affected, fire
damaged two fiber optic cables that provide phone service to much of the island,
according to Hawaiian Telcom spokesperson Ann Nishida Fry. Phone service was
lost until about 2:30 a.m. the next morning,
while teams worked in dark and smoky
conditions to cut out sections of the cable
and splice in new fiber optics.
Access to 911 service
was also disconnected for
about 45 minutes, during
which time emergency
calls were routed through
Maui. Tancayo said the
outage resulted in delayed
response for at least one
Molokai 911 medical call.
Some Internet and cell
phone service were also temporarily lost.
A third small brush fire Tuesday was
reported around 6:30 p.m. at mile marker
14 west, just before Kaluakoi Road.
The previous week’s two fires burned
about 3,000 square feet each, reported back
to back Aug. 18. Firefighters responded to
one on the forest road near Homelani Cemetery, and a second on Kalae Highway before Kualapu`u, according to Tancayo.
A joint investigation by the fire and
police departments of all five fires is continuing. Officials ask residents to report
any suspicious activity.
Tancayo said he believes the fires
may have been set with malicious intent
because of the consecutive nature of the
reports on both days.
Through the class, students practice general learner outcomes, which are
non-academic skills like leadership and
community contribution.
“We learn hard work,” Noah
Ka`ahanui said last week. He and a
handful of students used hoes and shovels to clear grass and weeds from a plot
of land toward the back of MMS campus, where students will build a tiered
grove for different vegetables. Behind
Mowat’s classroom, another group of
students shoveled composted soil into
a blue wheelbarrow, which was brought
around to the front of the building and
Gardening cont. on page 3
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Community News
Easy Riders
by Maggie Cassidy
I
f you ask Max Agan, more slow is
mo’ bettah.
“Driving and going fast is a
state of mind,” he said. “People are in a
rush to go nowhere.”
Good thing for him and wife Joyce
Agan, they have one of the slowest cars
around – and one of the coolest. The
couple had their 1930 Ford Model A
shipped from California to Molokai last
week, and the antique beauty maxes
out around 45 mph.
No need to go any faster, according
to Max, who plans to use the Model A
as his primary mode of transportation.
Driving around Kaunakakai last week,
the car was already building up a buzz.
“I call it the smile machine,” Max
said, “because what it does is it brings
back memories. People tell you stories
like you wouldn’t believe.”
In addition to smiles, the car –
named Emily – also brings the couple
savings. Equipped with an original
four-cylinder Ford engine, the Model A
takes regular gas and can achieve up to
48 miles per gallon.
Part of the savings is in the slowness, Max said. Staying below 45 mph
means the engine isn’t working too
hard, he said, thus saving gas in any
car. With the Model A, that’s the only
option.
The couple sought the car to replace one Joyce had years ago in California – “I’ve always just ached to have
it again,” she said – and named this
Model A after her old one. The car was
popular with doctors back in its heyday, and is “just your basic car,” Max
said – a stripped-down version of today’s vehicles. It has only six volts of
electricity, unlike the 12 volts in most
modern cars. Almost everything requires manual action in the Model A;
even turning it on is a multi-step process that might confuse most drivers.
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no such plans. They like the car the
way it is, with its original black steel
body, rumble seat in the back, and cable
brakes – no hydraulics here.
Their only plans right now are to
replace its current 16-inch wheels with
19- to 21-inch wheels, which were the
Kupuna Carnival
By Catherine Cluett
T
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Pu`uwai’s Senior Enrichment Adult
Day Care program one year anniversary last week in carnival style, complete
with balloon animals, popcorn, and games.
Above, participants circle in a “cake walk.”
“We’ve come a long way in the first
year,” said program supervisor Val Starkey.
“It was a real struggle to get up and going.”
With three certified nurse aids and
one director, the adult daycare center is in
full operation at Home Pumehana with
seven patients out its full capacity of 12,
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this coming October. Thanks in part
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able to continue to run the event over
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of Aloha event. The Halau is very appreciative of the support from OHA.
This year’s Festivals of Aloha,
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being held Oct. 13-15 at the Mitchell Pauole Center beginning with the
investiture of the Royal Court and
honoring of our kupuna on Thursday,
Oct. 13. Friday night will focus on the
youth in our community, of course followed on Saturday by the annual parade and Ho`olaulea.
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Community News
Community Contributed
Wa`akapaemua Goes the
Distance
By Bozo Dudoit
T
he Molokai men’s crew paddling for Wa`akapaemua Canoe Club finished third overall
out of 22 canoes Aug. 21 at the Great
Kahakuloa Long Distance Race, a 35mile race on Maui. Wa`akapaemua
men finished with a time of 3:44.19,
just 35 seconds behind first place.
Teammates included Asa Ward, John
Russell Pheifer, Chad Lima, Keola
Kino, Titus Castor, Bozo Dudoit,
Clint Labrador, Clancy Wright and
Brian Gomes.
Photo by Tammy Castor.
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Molokai residents may receive
a combination of seasonal flu
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in upcoming weeks. There is no copay for the vaccine, but you must be a
Molokai resident age 14 or older with a
Molokai physician. A driver’s license or
other photo ID is required, as well as a
health plan membership card if you are
insured. Flu shots are not available for
people who are allergic to eggs or running a fever.
and Wednesday Sept. 14, 9 to 11 a.m.
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Fires cont. from page 1
“It’s not normal to have three fires in
one day,” Schonely added. “On Oahu, kids
set fires every day, but Molokai is different.”
While Tancayo said Molokai has
been lucky in the past with no homes
being lost to fire, he’s “not sure how
long the luck will last.”
Brush fires have the potential to
damage much more than brush. Loss of
property such as cattle and pasture land
is a big concern for Tancayo.
“If we lose those pastures…ranchers
could be greatly affected,” which could
in turn damages the economy, he said.
Fire could also damage the reef through
ash run-off, he added – everything goes
“hand in hand.”
While Schonely said residents have
increased efforts to clear brush around
their homes and property as a preventative measure, Tancayo said the elderly of-
ten have a hard time doing this. “Kupuna
homes could be threatened” by brush
fires, he explained.
Meanwhile, officials continue the
search for whoever may be responsible
for the recent fires, backed by a community that is “up at arms” about the incidents,
according to Schonely.
“It just shows how fragile everything
is,” Tancayo said of last week’s blazes.
“We want to stop it before we lose a life
or property.”
The last major brush fire on island
took place in 2009, burning about 8,000
acres in central Molokai. Several in the
late 1980s and ’90s damaged more 15,000
acres each, according to Tancayo. He added that Molokai has the most fire equipment and personnel per capita in Maui
County because of the island’s extensive
history of fires.
testing cont. from page 1
However, schools cannot be stagnant.”
He added: “We ask a lot of questions
but we don’t really give a lot of answers,
because the answers are gonna come from
you folks [the school staff].”
The Stats
Adequate yearly progress (AYP)
is a federal measurement mandated by
the No Child Left Behind Act. In Hawaii, the AYP is measured by the HSA.
Students have three chances to pass the
HSA each year.
To achieve AYP, HSA standards currently require 72 percent of students score
proficient in reading and 64 percent to
score proficient in math. Island-wide on
the 2011 HSA, students achieved 51 percent reading proficiency and 40 percent
math proficiency, according to information provided by the Department of Education. Only two Molokai schools – Kilohana and Maunaloa elementary schools
– made AYP last year.
Molokai schools had previously
partnered with a different testing-
improvement company, ETS, which
stands for Educational Testing Service.
But as many students continue falling
short of HSA proficiency standards
– with some schools’ scores even decreasing from year to year – the ETS
contract was not renewed.
MHS Principal Stan Hao said that
since the start of the school year, MHS has
already “seen more of [the Alliance] than
we’d seen of ETS all last year.”
Upcoming Schools Meetings
Parents of all students are encouraged to attend a general schools community council meeting Sept. 27 at the
Kaunakakai Elementary School cafeteria
from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Representatives
from each of the schools will discuss HSA
test scores, past progress and future plans.
The next MHSCC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 3:30
p.m. to 4:45 p.m. MHSCC meetings are
held at the MHS Library and are open
to the public.
gardening cont. from page 1
heaved into two temporary plant beds
the class previously built with rocks.
“It’s fun picking up all the dirt and
putting it inside there,” said Keaolewa
Davis-Mendija, explaining that the class
will transplant the seeds they’re growing in starter pots – tomato, cilantro,
pumpkin, bok choy, papaya and many
others – once the beds are ready.
“We get to make our own food and
cook ‘em,” added Preston Pascua, referring to the portion of the class when
students learn about preparing the vegetables to eat – a favorite aspect of the
class for many of the keiki.
Through a grant secured by teacher
Jen Ainoa, students will soon create a
second garden dedicated to native Hawaiian species restoration.
The current vegetable and flower
gardens will be moved to radiate out
from the Hawaiian garden, she said,
adding, “Once that happens, the seventh graders will explore how the Nature Conservancy [through Ed Misaki],
Molokai Land Trust [through Butch
Haase], and local biologists are protecting and bringing back endangered
plants here on Molokai.”
Concert to Celebrate 25 Years
Sashamon to play at The Gardens
Molokai Dispatch News Release
F
or more than 25 years, The Molokai Dispatch has been bringing you
Molokai news, Molokai style – and
now we’re bringing you an awesome
family-friendly concert to celebrate!
Molokai-born music sensation Sashamon will perform
at Mahana Gardens on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Bring your own
blankets, beach
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and make yourself comfortable
while enjoying
some of Hawaii’s best jams.
Located
at the new
Mahana Gardens
nursery, expect a
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and free for children under 5), families are encouraged to attend. Tickets
are $15 for adults. Proceeds support
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Doors open at 4 p.m. and the show
goes until midnight. Minors must be
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Please
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date and location for this
event: Sept.
10 at Mahana
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Education
Science Education Grant
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Community Contriubuted
Senior Project `Ohana Night
Monsanto News Release
A
By Julia De George
pplications are now being accepted for the Monsanto Hawaii Science Education Fund.
This Monsanto Fund grant program
is open to public schools serving students at the intermediate, high school
and college levels on the islands of
Oahu, Maui and Molokai.
Established in 2005, the fund
helps provide Hawaii public schools
with programs, tools, supplies and
equipment to enhance science education, and encourage today’s students to consider a future career in
the sciences. To date, the program has
awarded more than $115,000 to public
E
very year, seniors at Molokai
High School (MHS) complete
a senior project – an effort that
incorporates a research paper, a portfolio, community service action, and
a panel presentation. Students and
parents got information about the senior project at MHS’s `Ohana Night
on Tuesday, Aug. 16. `Ohana Night
participants learned about the senior
project links on the school's website
and spoke to MHS graduates Guy
Brito, Ceriann Espiritu, and Misty
Mollena about their projects.
MHS administrative staff, Principal Stan Ha`o and Vice Principal
Daniel Espaniola, as well as, Kelley
Dudoit of the UHMC Molokai Insti-
schools throughout the state.
Monsanto’s recent round of grants
supported a wide variety of educational
endeavors such as robotics programs,
alternative energy investigations, and
supplies and equipment for courses in
marine biology, chemistry, physiology,
biology and agriculture.
Grant applications are accepted
twice a year. Upcoming application
deadlines are Oct. 6, 2011, and Feb. 6,
2012. Applications can be downloaded online at monsanto.com/hawaii or
by contacting Monsanto’s farm station
on Molokai at 808-553-5070.
tutional Support were all present at
the `Ohana Night.
The senior project will also be
featured at an MHS community outreach meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7
at 6 p.m., at Kaunakakai Elementary
School’s cafeteria.
Community adults interested
in opportunities to assist with the
senior project can call Karen Harada, Senior Project Coordinator,
or email Senior Project Committee
Member, Glenda Kahoohanohano
at Glenda_Kahoohanohano@notes.
k12.hi.us. You can also contact Senior Project Committee members
Diane Mokuau, Nancy Lawrence,
and Jocelyn “Pinky” Buchalter.
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Krazy For Kolea Kontest Winners
Nene O Molokai News Release
E
ach year, Nene O Molokai holds
the Krazy For Kolea Kontest, in
which residents and visitors record
the return of the birds to winter habitats,
marking the end of the breeding season.
A three-way tie for the first place kolea
sighting goes to Moriah, Sarah and Lily
Jenkins, who simultaneously observed the
first kolea to return to Molokai on July 30,
back ‘on territory’ at the Ke Nani Kai. The
three sisters will each receive a Kolea Research T-shirt from the Hawaii Audubon
Society and a certificate for a free scoop of
ice cream at Kamo`i Snack-N-Go.
The kolea or Pacific Golden-Plover
(Pluvialis fulva) has one of the longest
transoceanic migrations of any of the
world’s shorebirds, with some birds flying from breeding grounds in Alaska to
winter as far away as Madagascar. In Hawaii, the winter range of the kolea include
Photo by O.W. Johnson
pastures and cultivated fields, coastal wetlands, golf courses and residential lawns.
The kolea spends most of its daylight
hours foraging and can be recognized
from a distance by its peculiar feeding be-
havior of run-stop-run.
The second place kolea of Tommy
Larson appeared on the Kaluakoi Golf
Course at sunset Aug. 3, followed two
days later by a kolea reported in Kawela
by Caroline Crumpley. Helen VonTempsky reported that her kolea returned to
territory Aug. 6 at Kupeke Pond with a leg
fractured above the foot. Amputee shorebirds have been known to live normal
lives missing one leg or foot.
Fifth place goes to Darrell Rego for
his observation of a flock of five kolea on
the Ironwood Hills Golf Course on Aug.
7, and sixth place was tied by Bill Feeter
and Joe Kitagawa, with a kolea on a forest road on Aug. 8. Two Home Pumehana
residents reported a kolea two days apart
– Danny Gutierres and Aunty Kapua Templeton, and Chelsea Dudoit reported the
tenth place kolea. Mahalo to all the other
participants who reported a kolea but
didn’t place – there’s always next year!
To receive prizes, Krazy For Kolea
Kontest Winners should call Arleone at 5535992 or email [email protected].
Community Contributed
Saving Hawaiian Monk
Seals
By Brandon Luuloa
H
awaiian
m o n k
s e a l s
have occupied the
Hawaiian archipelago for a long
time. The Hawaiian monk seals were here longer than us
and now we’re trying to help them because they are becoming extinct. They
are important to us because they can
help us in different ways like saving
our island and helping to stop developments. There are 1,100 Hawaiian monk
seals left in the state of Hawaii and the
Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).
The pups in the NWHI are dying off
because of starvation and getting eaten
by sharks.
On Aug. 8, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) held a meeting at Mitchell
Pauole Center about the monk seals.
There were lots of fishermen who came
and also kupuna and people of the community. Some of the kupuna and fishermen were pretty upset when they heard
that NOAA wanted to make a critical
habitat for the Hawaiian monk seals on
Molokai. Some of the people from the
community said to the NOAA people,
“why do you guys call them Hawaiian
monk seals, when they’re not even native?” That night I heard one uncle say
when he went diving for squid he saw
a monk seal digging up the coral and
plowing it through like a bulldozer.
On Aug. 9, the day after the meeting, our class walked into La`au. We
saw about six monk seals that were lying on the beach. We took pictures of
them and recorded their number tags.
There were huge seals that we saw and
different colored ones; we also saw a
pregnant seal.
I would like to support the seals
because they are native to the Hawaiian Islands. They are coming back to
the Hawaiian Islands because they’re
dying off in the NWHI and starving.
We would like to help them by finding
them a better place to live so they can
reproduce and stay alive. It would be
better if the seals don’t eat all the fish
but save some for the next generation so
they have fish when they grow up, and
hopefully the seals will eat the rubbish
fish instead of the good fish.
This spot could be yours!
Call
808-552-2781
or
email us at [email protected]
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Community Contributed
Oh My Okra
By Glenn I. Teves, UH County Extension Agent
O
kra is one of those vegetables
you either like or you don’t.
One of the few vegetables in
the hibiscus family, okra loves the
heat, and is very comfortable in the
dog days of summer.
Okra is believed to have originated
in an area of Africa that includes the
Ethiopian highlands and eastern Sudan.
The word ‘okra’ is believed to be of Nigerian origin. Okra was introduced to
Arabia by Muslims when they invaded
in the seventh century. Around the 12th
and 13th century, the Spanish Moors and
Egyptians carried it with them around
the Mediterranean and as far southeast
as India. This vegetable soon flourished
throughout North Africa and the Middle
East where the pods were cooked and
the seeds toasted, ground and served as
a coffee substitute. Oil extracted from the
seeds was used to produce cooking oil.
Okra eventually made its way
to North America via Louisiana
around the 1700s, where it became
an important part of French-style or
Cajun cuisine. Okra is also known as
lady’s fingers and gumbo, quingombo, a variant of the Portuguese word,
quillobo. Two favorite southern U.S.
dishes include deep fried okra first
dipped in corn meal batter, and gumbo – a hearty soup comprised of meat
or seafood, celery, bell pepper and
onion, with okra used as a thickener.
The Spanish are believed to
have introduced it to the Philippines
where it became part of their cuisine.
On Molokai, okra is an essential ingredient in Pinakbet, a Filipino stew
that includes many other vegetables
including eggplant, long bean, bittermelon and pumpkin.
Okra should be picked when it’s
young and tender, and before it gets
stringy. Usually, okra is harvested
when pods are two to three inches
long, but round-podded okra varieties remain tender at larger pod sizes
up to six inches or more. Some of the
round-podded types include Philippine Lady Finger, Louisiana Green
Velvet, Emerald, Stewarts Zeebest,
Peter Pan, Greeny Splendor, and others. Most okra varieties have angular pods, and there are also varieties
with red or burgundy pods. Indigenous African varieties can grow to
12 feet tall, with a base stem of four
inches in diameter.
Okra plants have spines or thick
hairs on the plant and pods that can
cause skin irritation, so gloves and
long sleeved shirts are worn when
harvesting pods. Okra is a fast grower and should be picked every two to
three days to maintain tender pods.
Remove oversized pods from the
plants since they sap the plants energy by making seeds. In the South,
pods are even dried for later use.
Pests include stink bugs, corn
earworm, aphids, and rose beetles.
Feeding activities of a microscopic
eelworm called root-knot nematodes,
which are microscopic eelworms, can
cause roots to swell, affecting nutrient and water uptake. To overcome
this problem, practice crop rotation
with a nematode resistant crop such
as Sunn Hemp, and don’t plant in the
same area twice. Powdery mildew,
a leaf fungus that looks like white
powder on the leaves can also be a
problem, but can be controlled with
sulfur sprays. Okra prefers neutral
soil with a pH of six or above. The
key to disease and insect control is to
grow a healthy plant. And it’s a good
idea to save seeds so you’ll always
have them when you need them.
Community Contributed
Prevent Molokai Fires
By Fire Inspector Rick Schonely
O
ne of the most important
things you can do to prevent
fires is to clear brush from
vacant lots and around your house.
Many Molokai residents have already done this – mahalo! The Maui
County Dept. of Fire and Public
Safety will continue to inspect overgrown lots year round so please continue to maintain your property.
Here are some other fire
safety tips:
•Clean your garage or carport
of stored newspapers or other rubbish that can fuel a fire. Newspapers
stored in a damp, warm place may
ignite spontaneously.
•Test your smoke alarms monthly.
•To help prevent nuisance alarms,
gently vacuum your smoke alarm
every six months or as needed.
•Change batteries in smoke
alarms, flashlights and carbon monoxide detectors.
•Replace all smoke alarms every
10 years or as recommended by the
manufacturer.
•Check your electrical box; make
sure it has the proper clearance (30
inches) and the breakers are properly labeled.
•Keep outdoor debris or dead
vegetation away from the house.
•Properly dispose of oily or
greasy rags. If these items must be
stored, they should be kept in labeled, sealed, metal containers.
•If you store gasoline, keep it outside your home in a shed or detached
garage. Keep only small quantities
in tightly sealed safety containers.
Use gasoline only as a motor fuel –
never as a cleaning agent.
•Always store paint and other
flammable liquids in their original,
labeled containers with tight-fitting
lids. Always store them at least 18
inches from appliances, heaters, pilot lights and other sources of heat
or flame.
•Use outdoor barbecue grills with
caution. Place in a safe area away
from building, windows, heating,
ventilation and air conditioning
units or places with high/dead vegetation.
•Never use gasoline to start the
fire, and don't add charcoal lighter
fluid once the fire has started.
•Use barbecue grills outside only
– not under overhangs or balconies,
and away from combustibles.
•Check your propane barbecue
grill hose for leaks and cracks; never
store propane indoors.
If you have any questions or
would like clarification on any fire
safety tips, please call the Fire Prevention Bureau Molokai Office at
553-8491. Stay fire safe!
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Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Strange but true: To pave the
way for your next liberation, you will have to impose some
creative limitation on yourself. In other words, there’s some
trivial extravagance or unproductive excess in your current
rhythm that is suppressing an interesting form of freedom.
As soon as you cut away the faux “luxury” that is holding
you back, all of life will conspire to give you a growth spurt.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Using two tons of colorful
breakfast cereal, high school students in Smithfield, Utah
helped their art teacher create a gymnasium-sized replica
of Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Starry Night.” After admiring it for a few days, they dismantled the objet d’art and
donated it as food to a farm full of pigs. You might benefit
from trying a comparable project in the coming days, Taurus. What common everyday things could you use in novel
ways to brighten up your personal palette? What humdrum part of your routine could you invigorate through
the power of creative nonsense? It’s high time to try some
experiments in play therapy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The energy you use to read
this sentence is powered, ultimately, by sunlight,” says
science writer K.C. Cole, “perhaps first soaked up by some
grass that got digested by a cow before it turned into the
milk that made the cheese that topped the pizza. But sunlight, just the same.” That’s a good seed thought to meditate on during the current phase of your astrological cycle.
In the coming weeks, you will thrive by gleefully remembering your origins, by exuberantly honoring the depths
that sustain you, and by reverently returning to the source
for a nice, long drink of magic.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Speaking about her character Harry on the TV show Harry’s Law, Cancerian actress
Kathy Bates said, “Harry is her own woman. She isn’t going
to take guff from anybody. I’m very much like her. I try to
be diplomatic, but sometimes pterodactyls fly out of my
mouth.” I wouldn’t always advise you to follow Bates’ lead,
Cancerian, but in the coming week I do: Be as tactful and
sensitive as possible, but don’t be shy about naming the
difficult truths or revealing the hidden agendas. Pterodactyls may need to take wing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Age of Mythology” is a
computer game that invites participants to strategically
build up their own civilization and conquer others. There
are of course many “cheats” that help you to bend the rules
in your favor. For instance, the “Wrath of the Gods” cheat
gives you the god-like powers of lightning storms, earthquakes, meteors, and tornadoes. With “Goatunheim,” you
can turn your enemies into goats, and “Channel Surfing”
allows you to move your armies over water. But the cheat I
would recommend for you right now, whether you’re playing “Age of Mythology” or the game of your own life, would
be Wuv Woo, a flying purple hippopotamus that blows
rainbows out its back end and blasts lovey-dovey hearts
from its mouth. (P.S. Using it will make other good cheats
easier to access.)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the tribes of the
zodiac, Sagittarius is most skilled at not trying too hard.
That isn’t to say that you’re lazy or lax. What I mean is that
when it’s time for you to up the ante and push toward your
goal with more force and determination, you know how
to cultivate a sense of spaciousness. You’ve got an innate
knack for maintaining at least a touch of cool while immersed in the heat of the struggle. Even when the going
gets tough, you can find oases of rejuvenating ease. In the
coming week, I suggest you make an extra effort to draw
on these capacities. You will need them more than usual.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Wild mountain goats in
northern Italy have been photographed moseying their
way up and across the near-vertical wall of the Cingino
Dam dam. (Go here and scroll down seven rows to see
photos: tinyurl.com/GoatTrick.) It looks impossible. How
can they outmaneuver the downward drag of gravity, let
alone maintain a relaxed demeanor while doing it? They
are apparently motivated to perform this feat because they
enjoy licking the salty minerals that coat the face of the
dam. I foresee you having a comparable power in the comLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “My green thumb came only as a ing weeks, Capricorn. Rarely have you been able to sumresult of the mistakes I made while learning to see things mon so much of your mountain goat-like power to master
from the plant’s point of view,” said gardener H. Fred Ale. seemingly unclimbable heights.
I urge you to experiment with a similar approach in your
own chosen field, Leo. Conjure up more empathy than you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Phrygia was an ancient
ever have before in your life. Use your imagination to put kingdom in what is now Turkey. In its capital city was the
yourself in the place of whomever or whatever it is you Gordian Knot, a revered icon that symbolized the power
hope to nurture and commune with and influence. And be of its ruler. According to legend, an oracle predicted that
perfectly willing to make productive errors as you engage whoever would be able to untie this intricate knot would
in this extravagant immersion.
become the king of all Asia. Early in his military career, Alexander (who would later be called Alexander the Great)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Avante-garde author Ger- visited the capital and attempted to untie the Gordian
trude Stein was renowned for her enigmatic word play Knot. He was unsuccessful, but then changed his tack.
and cryptic intuitions, which brought great pleasure to Whipping out his sword, he easily sliced through the
her long-time companion Alice B. Toklas. “This has been a gnarled weave. Some regarded this as the fulfillment of
most wonderful evening,” Alice once remarked after an es- the prophecy, and Alexander did in fact go on to create a
pecially zesty night of socializing. “Gertrude has said things vast empire. Others say that he cheated -- didn’t really do
tonight it’ll take her 10 years to understand.” I expect that what the oracle had specified. And the truth is, his empire
something similar could be said about you in the coming fell apart quickly. The moral of the story, as far as you’re
week, Virgo. It’s as if you’ll be glimpsing possibilities that concerned, Aquarius: Untie the knot, don’t cut through it.
won’t fully ripen for a while; as if you’ll be stumbling upon
prophecies that will take months, maybe even years, to PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you don’t become the
unveil their complete meaning.
ocean, you’ll be seasick every day,” sings Leonard Cohen in
his song “Good Advice for Someone Like Me.” I think you
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I periodically perform a public already know that, Pisces. Of all the signs of the zodiac,
ritual called Unhappy Hour. During this focused binge of you’re the top expert in simulating the look and feel of an
emotional cleansing, participants unburden themselves ocean. But even experts sometime need tune-ups; even
of their pent-up sadness, disappointment, frustration, professionals always have more to learn about their speand shame. They may choose to mutter loud complaints or cialty. And I think this is one of those times when you will
howl with histrionic misery or even sob uncontrollably. At benefit from upgrading your skills. If your intentions are
the end of the ceremony, they celebrate the relief they feel pure and your methods crafty, you just may reach a new
at having freely released so much psychic congestion, and level of brilliance in the art of living oceanically.
they go back out into the world feeling refreshed. Many
English: Laud
DEFINITION: To praise highly, especially in public
EXAMPLE: During family dinner, she lauded her son for getting an A+ on his test.
Hawaiian: Kulia
DEFINITION: ka ho a`o`ana e ho`oko I ka pahuhopu
TRANSLATION: To try and reach a goal
EXAMPLE: Ua pono au ekulia I ka hana ma ko`u ha`awina pili home.
TRANSLATION: I need to try my best in all I do, expecially on my
homework.
PIDGIN: Bebadeez
DEFINITION: BVDs, men’s underwear
EXAMPLE: He wen weah his bebadeez for jump in da watah.
.
TRANSLATION: He only wore his underwear when he went swimming.
people find that by engaging in this purge, they are better
able to conjure up positive emotional states in the days and
weeks that follow. It’s a perfect time for you to carry out
your own Unhappy Hour, Libra. For inspiration, listen to my
version here: http://bitly.com/UnhappyHour.
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What’s Happening Molokai
Aunty’s Corner
column by kathy “Kapua” Templton
A
loha,
aunty
here…What
do
you do for a bad
hair day? Lawdy, Lawdy,
Ms. Claudy, my hair is
going junk in this humidity. Any suggestions are
gladly accepted.
My cat, Mimisan, got her head
stuck in a plastic mayo jar the other day
and went ballistic. Thanks to Taylor’s
quick response he was able to catch her
and take the jar off and put her down.
She promptly ran into the unit they are
fixing and hid under the equipment
there, howling loudly. Thanks to John,
who likes my cat – he was able to catch
her and calm her while I came to get
her. She would not go out all day and
then she wouldn’t leave my side. Poor
thing, so scared. Curiosity killed the
cat, my mom always said.
Try the morning swim at the pool.
They open at 7 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is something really cool to be the first ones in
the pool and make the first splash. The
water seems to be the warmest then.
Aunty Pasing had her 79th birthday last week. Whoa, tons of food and
music. Great fun with all the neighbors
there to enjoy a birthday.
I have started school once again.
I’m the oldest one there but one of
my previous classmates was there so I
didn’t feel so lost. I always get so worried when I first start. Now all I have to
do is study!! So you’re not alone in the
stress of the first day of school. Aunty
is right with you!
Maricelle and her husband, at
Take’s, are so helpful. Maricelle gives
100 percent in customer service and
her husband offered to find special cat
litter that they had had previously but
don’t have any longer. I call that great
service. I don’t know the name of the
young man next door at Napa but he is
also very helpful. One day I had a huge
box to carry in and there was no one
else around so I huiii’d him from across
the street and he came right over and
helped me. Mahalo to you all!
Be sure to come to our exciting 25th
Anniversary celebration of The Molokai
Dispatch newspaper. While doing the
scanning into the archives I was able to
follow the changes in the paper’s news
and style.
Well, this is all for now but I want
to leave you with a thought, this is for
you ladies: overheard in the Dispatch
office, “how come hurricanes are called
hurricanes and not himicanes?” Ever
think of that? Hug your kids, feed the
dog, pet the cat, kiss your sweetie, and
malama your mama. Aunty Kapua
Signs
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8359
by Doc Mott
“Quality custom framing at competetive
prices and completed and delivered on time”
Give us a call and come on up 336.1151
We’ve Moved! 206 A`ahi St. (2nd Heights)
www.MolokaiFrameShop.com
Community Calendar
►► featured event
every week
¤¤ Thursday, Sept. 1
►► The Kingdom of Hawaii (Reinstated Hawaiian
Nation) starts holding educational classes today at 5
p.m. at the Mitchell Pauole Center. Learn about the
nation or start the process of becoming a citizen.
Turbo Kick Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness
Center, 6-7 a.m. 553-5848
Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, Mitchell
Paouole Center, 9 a.m. 553-5402
Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Maunaloa
Senior Center, 9 a.m. 553-5402
Hula class with Valerie Dudoit Temahaga.
Mitchell Pauole Center, 10 a.m. 553-5402
Molokai Community Children’s Council
(every second Thursday). Home Pumehana,
2:30-4 p.m. 567-6308
Reading Partners Program Molokai Public
Library front porch, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Yoga class open to students, families and the
community: Kilohana cafeteria from 2:30 – 3:45
p.m. Call to register 553-1730
Youth In Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and kayaking 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama
Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or
clare@youthinmotionorg
Ka’ano Meeting on Hua’ai Road (a.k.a.
MCC road). Garden on left, 4 p.m. 553-3254
Strength/Yoga Classes
Na Pu`uwai Fitness, 5-6 p.m.
Svaroopa® Yoga Class Kualapu`u Rec
Center, 5:15-7 p.m. 553-5402
Al-Anon Meeting Papohaku Beach Park,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot
MPC, 7 p.m. Open to public
Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship Molokai General Hospital (around to
the back please), 7-8 p.m.
Nancy, 553-3290, with any questions
Na Kupuna: Hotel Molokai, 4-6 p.m.
AIKIDO Class at Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu
Bakery, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com
Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, Kilohana Recreation Center, 5:15 p.m.
Hotbread Meeting, AA meeting: Molokai
Princess pavilion at the wharf, 9-10 p.m. 336-0191
¤¤ Saturday, Sept. 3
Youth In Motion Clean Up SUP, sailing,
windsurfing and kayaking 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Malama Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 5534477 or [email protected]
AA meeting Ka Hale Po Maikai Office
upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the
Mauka side of the road), 5:30–6:30p.m.
¤¤ Sunday, Sept. 4
Yoga class focused on individual form, internal practice: east end beach, 10:30 a.m. Call Karen
at 558-8225 for location information, details
Na Ohana Ho Aloha Music & Hula,
Coffees of Hawaii 3-5 p.m.
Meditation at Guzeiji Soto Mission, 5-6
p.m. Call Anne (558-0320) or Koki (553-3633)
for more information
Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting)
Ka Hale Pomaika’i’s center (13.5 miles Mana’e
in Ualapu’e), 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 558-8480
¤¤ Monday, Sept. 5
►► American Sign Language workshop, free,
hosted by UH Maui College, Molokai and Hawaii
Centers for Independent Living. Sept. 5-9. Register
at 553-3340 or [email protected]
Cross Fit Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 5-6 a.m. 553-5848
Svaroopa® Yoga Home Pumehana, 7:459:30 a.m. 553-5402
Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and
Crafts Fair down the lane between Imports
¤¤ Friday, Sept. 2
Gifts and Friendly Market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Svaroopa® Yoga Home Pumehana, 7:45Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Home Pume9:30 a.m. 553-5402
hana,
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, MitchNa
Pu’uwai
Quit Smoking Program: learn
ell Pauole Center, 9 a.m.
ways to quit with less cravings. Mondays
Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and
11:45 a.m. Introduction Sept. 12 and 19. Na
Crafts Fair down the lane between Imports
Pu’uwai conference room. 560-3653. IndiGifts and Friendly Market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Home Pume- vidual sessions available
Yoga at Kilohana Resource Center, 2 –
hana, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Open to all, 553-5402
3:15p.m.
with Karen Noble
Narcotics Anonymous: No Fear Meeting,
`Aina
Momona
Growers & Crafters MarManila Camp Park, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Open meeting
Girl Scouts meeting, Fridays, 2:15-3:45 p.m. ket behind MCSC, 2-5:30 p.m. Looking for
There is no meeting when there is no school. Call more growers. 567-6713
Turbo Kick Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness
¤¤ Molokai High School
►► MHS Community Outreach Meeting
at Kaunakakai School cafeteria, Wednesday,
Sept. 7, at 6 p.m. Learn about the MHS Senior
Project, among other topics.
►► MHS Community Council hosts its next
monthly meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 3:30 p.m.
in the MHS Library. Public welcome to attend. For
questions, please call Diane Mokuau at 567-6950.
►► Grades and Assignments Online for MHS
Students! Students and parents can access
class assignments and grades at engrade.com/
molokaihigh. User ID and password to students’
accounts were given to students on Aug.10 in
advisory. Grade and assignment information will
be updated on the following dates: Sept.12, Sept.
26, Oct. 24, Nov. 7, Nov.10, Nov. 21, Dec. 5. If you
need technical assistance, please contact Julia De
George at 567-6950 ext. 229.
►► Molokai High Dress Code-Uniform Policy:
you can order at www.kulathreads.com or pick
up an order form at the main offi ce. Orders will
be taken throughout the school year. Please call
Lisa Takata at 567-6950 if you are experiencing
a fi nancial hardship. Uniforms include: Molokai
High School uniform shirt; shorts, pants, jeans,
skirts, etc. that comply with the general dress
code policy. (shorts/ skirts are to be no more than
3 inches above the knee); and uniform shirts
Center, 5-6 p.m. 553-5848
AIKIDO Class Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu
Bakery, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com
Al-Anon Meeting Grace Episcopal Church
in Ho`olehua, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 213-5353
Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle
Fellowship Molokai General Hospital (around
to the back please), 7-8 p.m.
Call 553-1765
Pick-up soccer Kaunakaki baseball field, 7 p.m.
¤¤ Save the Date
►► Learn to Swim Program, ages 3+, Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 3 - 4:30 p.m. by class level. Cooke
Memorial Pool. Limited space. To register, call K’kai
Gym at 553-5141 or Mike Mangca at 553-5819.
Classes available Aug. 16 to Sept. 8
¤¤ Tuesday, Sept. 6
►► Hawaiian poet Jamaica Osorio, who presented to President Obama during the White
Turbo Kick Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness
House Poetry Jam, performs Thursday, Sept. 8
Center, 6-7 a.m. 553-5848
Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, Mitchell at Kulana `Oiwi at 6 p.m.
►► The Molokai Dispatch celebrates more than 25
Pauole Center, 9 a.m., 553-5402
years with a concert Saturday, Sept. 10, at the MaAunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Maunaloa
hana Gardens nursery (14 miles west at the base of
Senior Center, 9-10 a.m. 553-5402
Hula class with Valerie Duoit Temahaga, Mitch- Maunaloa) featuring Sashamon. 4 p.m. to midnight.
All ages; minors must be accompanied by adult.
ell Pauole Center, 10 a.m. 553-5402
Bring your own beer, chairs, beach blankets. Soda,
Youth In Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfBBQ plates for sale. 552-2781
ing and kayaking 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama
Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or ►► Molokai 105 Roi Tournament. Free and open
to the public. Saturday, Sept. 10 at One Ali`i Park
[email protected]
from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Applications available at
Strength/Yoga Classes Na Pu`uwai
Misaki’s, Mana`e Goods and Grindz, MCSC
Fittness, 5–6 p.m.
Svaroopa® Yoga Home Pumehana, 5:15-7 ►► Hawaii Lifeflight Membership Drive, Saturday, Sept. 10 in front of Kalele Bookstore, 8
p.m. 553-5402
a.m. to noon. 808-833-2270
Hotbread Meeting, AA meeting Molokai
►► Hawaii Teacher Standards Board Public HearPrincess pavilion at wharf, 9-10 p.m. 336-0191
ing. 3:30 p.m., Sept. 12, Molokai High School
¤¤ Wednesday, Sept. 7
►► Ahahui Ka`ahumanu Meeting, 4:30 p.m. at
Cross Fit Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness CenKalanianaole Hall, Sept. 14. For more informater, 5-6 a.m. Call 553-5848
tion call Edwina Cacoulidis at 558-8222 or
Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Home Pumeemail [email protected]
hana, 9-10 a.m. 553-5402
►► Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club Meeting,
Hula class with Valerie Dudoit Temahaga.
5:30 p.m. at Kalanianaole Hall, Sept. 14. For
Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m. 553-5402
more information call Edwina Cacoulidis at
Yoga at Kilohana Resource Center 1:15 –
558-8222 or email [email protected]
3:15pm with Karen Noble
►► Suicide Intervention 2-Day Workshop, Sept.
`Aina Momona Growers & Crafters Mar15-16 at QLCC. Learn to recognize and assess the
ket behind MCSC, 2-5:30 p.m. Looking for
risk of an individual in crisis and provide suicide
more growers. Call PJ White at 567-6713
prevention first aid. Register at hawaii.gov/health
Turbo Kick Classes Na Pu`uwai Fitness
►► Molokai Complex School Community
Center, 5-6 p.m. 553-5848
Council Family and Community Member
Active Vinyasa Yoga Baha’i Center 14 mile
meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 5-6:30 p.m at the
marker east of Kaunakakai, 5-6:30 p.m. 553-3930
Kaunakakai School cafeteria. Presentation of
AIKIDO class Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu
2010-11 data for all Molokai schools; talk story
Bakery, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com
with principals and staff
Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, Maunaloa
►► Festivals of Aloha, Oct. 13-15 at the MitchRecreation Center, 5:15 p.m. 553-5402
ell Pauole Center
Alcoholics Anonymous Mana`e Meeting,
►► State ID personnel will be at Kaunakakai
Ka Hale Pomaika`i Office, 13.5 miles east of
School to process applications for State ID cards
Kaunakakai, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kaunakakai Community Learning Center
$10 for seniors 65+, $15 for all others, payable
(K’kai School Computer Lab) open 5:30-7:30 p.m.
in cash only. For document requirements, call
Read to Me at Molokai Public Library
808-587-3111 or visit stateid.hawaii.gov
first Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
The Bulletin Board
cannot be altered in any way (e.g. no writing,
cutting,ripping, etc).
-8 p.m. Library work-study and business students will
present Family Night on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
►► MHS Hana Hou Tuesdays Returns! Students
and the general public are welcome to use the MHS
Library on Tuesdays from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., when they
will have access to have access to books, databases,
computers, iPads, ebooks, tutors and refreshments.
Upcoming special events include: Senior Project
Support, 2-8 p.m., Sept. 13, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 22,
Dec. 13, Jan. 31, Feb. 21, March 6, April 10, May 1;
Science Fair Support, 6-7:30 p.m., Sept. 6, Oct. 11,
Nov. 1, Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6; Commemorating 9/11 Ohana Night, Sept. 13, 6-7:30 p.m.;
National History Day Support, 2-3:30 p.m., Sept.
20, Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8,
Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13.
►► Molokai High School is experiencing difficulties with our telephone voicemail system.
You may email any teacher at Molokai High School
by typing [email protected]. For
instance, to contact the principal, the email address
would be [email protected].
¤¤ Opportunities &
Services
►► Molokai High School Drivers Education
Please check out the website molokaihigh.weebly.
com/driver-education-program.html for information regarding driver’s education. This web page
will provide up to date announcements as well as
prerequisites students need to complete.
►► Kamehameha Schools is now accepting
applications for admission to its three campuses for
the 2012-2013 school year. The application deadline
is Sept. 30. Moloka‘i district residents may apply
to grades 7 and 9 at Kapälama. For kindergarten,
eligible applicants include boys born between July 1,
2006 and June 30, 2007 and girls born between Oct.
1, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2007. Applications to grades
10, 11 and 12 are accepted at all three campuses,
but seats are based on availability. Applications can
be downloaded online at ksbe.edu/admissions. For
more information, call one 842-8800.
►► The Scholastic Book Fair will be held from
Tuesday, Oct. 11 to Friday, Oct. 21 at the MHS Library.
Students can purchase well-priced bestsellers,
children and young adult series, journals, games,
learning kits, how-to-do books, and ever-popular
cookbooks from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families are
welcome Oct. 11 from 2-3:30 p.m. and Oct. 18 from 2
►► Girl Scout Registration. Registration is on
Friday, September 9th from 2:15 – 3:45. Cost is $12
registration, $13 for a sash and emblems if needed
and $1 per week dues. Meetings will be every Friday,
when there is school, from 2:15 – 3:45 p.m. Open to
girls in Kindergarten thru 8th grade. Location is at
228 Kamehameha V Hwy (across from west end of
park). Sign will be posted at driveway. Call Nancy
Poland at 553-3290 if you have any questions.
►► Molokai Youth Center Homework assistance: E Ho Mai (after school homework
help for all youth) Monday through Thursday,
Reading Hour (hours are split to accommodate
various schools) Fridays 2 - 4 p.m.
►► Brown Bags to Stardom is registering elementary, middle and high school students for the Back
to School talent contest beginning Aug. 31. It’s free
to audition to represent your school; winners representing their schools have a $25 registration fee per
student. For more information, call 808- 951-6699 or
go to www.brownbagstostardom.com.
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August 31, 2011 • The Molokai Dispatch • Page 11
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Priced to sell, this lot offers beautiful mountain views
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OCEANFRONT CONDO
Amazingly affordable price for a homesite right on the
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OCEANFRONT UALAPUE
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PO BOX 2081
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
www.island-realestate.com • [email protected] • 808-553-3648 • Mobile 808-336-0085 • Fax 808-553-3783
WICKES ENTERPRISES
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners
553-3448
• Residential &
Commercial
• Deep Soil
Removal
• Flood Water
Removal
P. O. Box 639
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
Phone: 553-3448
DUSTY’S
POWER EQUIPMENT
SALES SERVICE REPAIR
DON’T SCRAP IT - I’LL BUY IT
Bring it in!
If I Can’t Fix It
I’ll Buy it!
213-5365
(808)553-5120 [email protected]
R E A L
• Kualapuu, Commercial, 1 AC. corner. Great
location. Fee Simple. Asking $325,000.00 or trade
for a small 2 bedroom house on Molokai. Contact:
567-6074, Shirley
• Kalae, Kalama St. 7676 Sf/Fs. CLEARED.
Water meter in. Asking $150,000.00 Make offer, seller
motivated.
• East End, PUKOO 3 bdrm/2 ba, large 2 car garage,
1.9+ acres, F/S, Public access to ocean across the street.
$950,000. Reduced.
IN ESC
ROW
PO Box 220 Kaunakakai
808-553-3058
Ka Ho`ailona Rural Health Clinic
646-1155 Mon-Fri 8am - 5pm
Mary Hoffman, APRN, FNP BC
Board Certified Family Practice
Providing the best care to all
ages through working together
in a collaborative partnership
for your specific needs. Aloha.
E S TAT E
• Vacant Land, Keawanui Ocean View, Near
Keawanui Fish Pond. ½ Acre, Fee. H20 Line In, No
Meter. Sign On Property. Asking $500,000.00
• RENTALS, call for information
• WESTEND, 1560 KALUA KOI RD., 30 Acres where
the old radio station was located. 1 bedroom, two
baths, furnished small kitchen and living room.
Lot’s of potential. Needs TLC and a few $. NEW
PRICE REDUCTION: $795,000.00 Make Offer, seller
motivated. OCEAN VIEW. Call for details. 567 6074. It is
also co-listed with Friendly Isle Realty 553-3666.
• KUALAPUU,VACANT LAND, Corner, Farrington Ave.
and Kalae Hwy. 187 Ac. Ideal for small house or
building. Across from Coffee’s of Hawaii. 2-5-2-29-27.
Asking: $105,000. Fee Simple
• Ke Nani Kai # 112. 2/2, Knock your socks off Ocean
view! Beautifully remodeled with a combination
of Rattan and Antique furniture. New appliances,
everything in excellent taste. PRICE REDUCED: $328,000.
Call Shirley for showing instructions. Includes Nissan
Pathfinder, in good shape.
Ph: 567-6363 & 567-6074 • www.molokai-aloha.com/alapa • P. O. Box 177 Kualapuu, HI 96757
W.A. Quality Masonry
• Concrete • Block • Rock
Free Estimates!
“Professional Services At Reasonable Prices”
Wiliama Akutagawa, Lic. # C-26379
Ph: 558-8520 | Cell: 658-0611 | Fax: 558-8540
Moloka’i
Porta Potties
• Portable toilet rental
• Grease trap
• Cesspool & septic pumping
Brent Davis - 553-9819
SHANNON K. AU
General Contractor
BONDED & INSURED
Rising sun solar, maui county’s #1 solar company
Local crew, on-island support
For a free estimate call Matt Yamashita at 553-5011
O f f i c e : ( 8 0 8 ) 5 5 4 - 7 9 9 5 D i re c t : ( 8 0 8 ) 5 9 0 - 9 7 6 7
Fax: (866) 405-4066
Email: [email protected]
We b s i t e : w w w. a u c o c o n s t r u c t i o n . c o m
Contractors Licence # BC-27559
“Your Home, Is Our Home”
Located behind Molokai Dispatch in the Moore Business Center
PO Box 482175, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748
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Classified Advertising
Services
Waialua Permafarm
ACCURATE PLUMBING - CT#28998
PJ#8733 Plumbing Repairs, New
Construction & Solar Installation
(Hawaii Energy Certified Solar Installer)
*Special Financing & Rebates Available
for Solar Systems.808-553-3905.
[email protected]
ANYTHING CARPENTRYREMODELING-CONSTRUCTION
Cabinets-Bookshelves-Kitchens
Baths-Tile-Flooring
Decks-Sheds-Additions-Guest Houses-Homes
References-Reasonable-Estimates
35 years Quality Craftsmanship
John 558-8966 / 646-9153
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ISLAND OF MOLOKAI
Maria Sullivan -Family Law, Wills & Estates,
Civil Matters. (808) 553-5181 / [email protected]
Backflow Test & Repair
Pae ‘Aina Backflow Services. Maui County
Board of Water Supply & KPHA approved
tester (ABPA certified & insured). Call: (808)
553-3801 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.paeainabackflowservices.com
Levie Yamazaki-Gray,
MA, LMHC Counseling ~
Neurofeedback
Improved brain function, can help with:
ADHD & other learning disabilities,
asthma, anxiety, autism, developmental &
behavioral problems, depression, recovery
from addictions, sleep disorders, stroke,
and often many other issues, most major
insurances accepted. Call 336-1151 for more
information or a consultation
LICENSED ARCHITECT
Rich Young - Doing business in Maui County
since 1979. Online portfolio at richyoungarchitect.
com. 553-5992 [email protected].
Molokai Style Borrow Car
Vans (7 & 14 seaters), 4x4 Trucks available.
Also used tire sale. 808-264-7528
PARR & ASSOC. - ARCHITECTURE
commercial & Residential
Arthur H. Parr, AIA
Licensed in California, Nevada & Hawaii.
808-553-8146 EMAIL: [email protected]
Party Table & Chair Rentals
$7.00 per table & $0.75 per chair Pick up or
*delivery available at a small fee Please Call
646-0904 or 646-0934
Painting & Powerwashing
Reasonable Rates. Contact Dave Schneiter
(H) 808-553-9077 (C) 808-205-7979,
[email protected]
Roy’s Repair & Services
Auto and small engine repair (lawn mower,
chain saw, weed eaters…) Home maintenance
repairs incl. electrical, plumbing & sewer
backups. Call 553-3746
rror
Home delivery Wednesdays
Fruits, Vegetables, and Duck Eggs
Custom packed, Huge variety
35 years of Permaculture soil building
Unequaled Flavor and Nutrition 558-8306
Financial
Business Loans Available
Ask Kuulei at MEO Business Development
Corp how she can help you finance the startup or expansion of your business. Call 5533270 today! Along with working through any
credit issues you may have, MEO BDC also
offers business planning classes.
H omes /C ondos F or R ent
For Rent, 1 bdrm apartment $750
in town & includes utilities, cable TV, wi-fi
internet, and washing machine. Call 646-0850
and leave a message with phone number.ENT
FREE RENT
2 or 3 Bedroom Oceanfront Units Available
Now! 4 miles east of Kaunakakai. Furnished
or Unfurnished. Long or Short Term.
SECTION 8 WELCOME. First month free
w/12 month lease. Deposit required. $995 $1595. 1-800-493-0994 or 602-980-5070
For Vacation Rentals Visit
Molokai.com
East End House, $725/month.
1 bed/1 bath plus outdoor shower, solar hot
water, covered deck, large yard. References
and deposit required. Call 808-679-1492.
The Fishpond Cottage
Quiet, comfortable newly renovated seaside
home. 2bd, & 1 ½ baths, sleeps 4, parking,
close to town. Air, computer, Internet, flatscreen cable TV, teak furn, marble floors
& counters. $175/nt, weekly & monthly
discounts – snowbirds welcome. www.
StayMolokai.com or call Molokai Vacation
Rentals and ask for the Fishpond Cottage:
Direct 808-553-8334, Toll Free 800-367-2984
For rent: 2 bedroom home
with 2 bathrooms and semi-enclosed patio. 2
miles east of Kaunakakai School on ocean side
of road. Call 553-5783
Furnished studio
with sleeping loft, kitchenette, lanai. Pool,
restaurant, coin laundry on premises. $800
month including utilities, 6 month lease.
Contact 808-392-7375
For Sale
SAVE MONEY $$
New ink cartridges and rubber stamps for sale. Call
Cartridge Express at 808.553.5375
want to stay on molokai? be your
own boss. run your own business.
2 retail stores & t-shirt printing operation for sale.
Established turnkey businesses. Owners retiring.
Will train. Call for details. (Serious inquiries only)
Call 808.638.8558 O’ahu
MOPED STOLEN
From Molokai Dispatch Office
Please return
immediately,
no questions asked.
-Bright green SYM model
-Missing left mirror
If seen, please report to the Molokai Police Department 553-5355 or the
Molokai Dispatch 552-2781
Announcements
Community Contributed
Veteran’s Corner
Column by Jesse Church
H
ello Veterans,
old Jesse here
with all the
veterans’ news and
upcoming
events.
There was an article
in Army Times titled “Shorter Tours
Coming Soon.” For soldiers, shorter
deployments with revamped units
are just around the corner. Chief of
Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey set a September deadline for a plan to reduce
deployments from 12 to nine months,
with 18 months at home. The Army’s
stated goal is to bring the dwell-time
ratio to 27 months at home for every
nine months deployed by 2014.
The Air Force Times recently ran
a story titled “Jet Takes Trans-Arctic Route to Afghanistan.” An Air
Force jet, the C-5M Super Galaxy,
flew nonstop for 15 hours from Dover Air Force Base, Del. to Bagram
Airfield in Afghanistan via the Arctic. The route, which is the first of
its kind in Air Force history, could
give deploying airmen a few extra
days with their families, the service
announced in a news release. The
C-5M traveled over United States,
Canada, Russia and Kazakhstan and
was refueled over northern Canada.
The mission was a proof of concept
flight that helps Air Force leaders
examine new ways to deliver crucial
supplies to Afghanistan.
Marines and sailors have used
the term “brig” for more than a century to refer to a jail or prison, but have
you ever wondered why? Well, the
term originates from the days of sail,
when prisoners were held on a type of
ship called a brig, according to Naval
Heritage and History Command. The
small prison ships had two masts and
evolved from a class of ship called a
brigantine. Today the term “brig” remains synonymous with prison to
Marines and sailors on or off land.
It saddens me to report that
Lance Cpl. Christopher L. Camero,
19, of Kailua-Kona died July 15 in
Helmand province Afghanistan of
wounds suffered while conducting
combat operations. He was assigned
to 3rd Bn., 4th Marine Div., Twentynine Palms, Calif. On another somber
note, Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Kraig M.
Vickers, 36, of Kokomo died Aug. 6 in
Wardak province, Afghanistan, when
the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in
which he was riding was shot down.
He was assigned to an East Coastbased Seal team.
I’d like to send a big mahalo to
Tony Wickes, who donated his time
on Sunday, Aug. 7, and steam-cleaned
the carpet in the Vets Center. Tony is a
Marine veteran and a member of the
Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans.
Thank you Tony.
I’d like to remind everyone that
VFW Post 3870 will have a meeting
on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 12:30 p.m. at
Commander George Harada’s home.
If you have questions call the commander at 553-5730. Also, remember
that John Candello will be on Molokai
the first two Thursdays, Sept. 4 and
Sept. 11 from 7:30 am. to 1 p.m. by appointment; call 553-3611.
I hope everyone has a nice holiday, Labor Day, Sept. 5, and invites
a vet for a barbecue. Please let’s remember our troops around the world,
and especially those in harm’s way.
I’d like to send a big mahalo to them,
and tell our veterans – and the people
of Molokai – you are the very best,
and I love you all. Give old Jesse a call
at 553-3323 and say hello.
Church Services
Saint Damien Catholic Parish
First Assembly of God, King’s Chapel
Father Clyde Guerreiro
553-5220
Kalanianaole Hall, 6 pm Sat, 9 am Sun;
Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Kalua’aha, 7 am Sun;
St. Vincent Ferrer, Maunaloa, 11 am Sun; No weekly
services at St. Joseph’s, Kamalo
Pastor Robert Sahagun
553-5540, 646-1140 cell
Maunaloa, 9 am, Sun; Kaunakakai, 10:30 am,
Sun; Mana’e 6 pm, Sun; Tues Eve, 6:30 pm
Grace Episcopal Church
Kahu Heidi Edson
567-6420
2210 Farrington Ave.,
10 am Sun; Summer Hours,
All are welcomed
Polynesian Baptist Church
Pastor Rev. Bob Winters
552-0258
South of Elementary School, Maunaloa Town
Children’s Sunday School & Adult Worship Service
10 am, Sunday
Kaunakakai Baptist Church
Pastor Mike Inouye
808-553-5671
135 KAM V HWY Kaunakakai, HI 96748
9 am adult Sunday school;
worship service 10:15 am
To have your church services listed
here, call the Dispatch at 552-2781.
Molokai Ocean Tours
553-3290
Join us for an awesome adventure aboard our
40’ Power Catamaran, the Manu Ele’ele
Whale Watching * Hookah Max for 2 to 30’ * Snorkeling
Submersible ROV with Free DVD * Comfortable Leather Seating
Visit our website for more info: www.molokaioceantours.com
Small kind machine shop, milling and boring.
Also specializing in aluminum & steel welding, plasma cutting, etc.
Molokai Princess
Molokai-Maui Daily Ferry Schedule
Kaunakakai to Lahaina Lahaina to Kaunakakai
DEPARTURE ARRIvAL
5:15 A.M.
7:00 A.M.
4:00 P.M.
5:30 P.M.
DEPARTURE
7:15 A.M.
6:00 P.M.
ARRIvAL
8:45 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
Sundays NO morning runs to or from Lahaina
Effective June 1, 2011 the
Molokai Ferry price increased due
to mandated fuel charge changes.
FARES - ONE WAY
Adult: $67.84, Child: $33.92
Book of Six: $ 313.76
Monthly fuel charge rates may vary
and are subject to change.
Toll Free: 800-275-6969 | Reservations (808) 667-6165
SLIP #3, LAHAINA HARBOR, MAUI HI | WWW.MOLOKAIFERRY.COM
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Letters & Announcements
Stand Up for the Kingdom
Senator Akaka’s Mahalo
Hui Kane News Release
T
he Kingdom of Hawaii, also referred to as the Reinstated Hawaiian Nation, is holding educational classes starting Thursday at 5
p.m. at Mitchell Pauole Center in the
conference room. This is also an opportunity for those who want to become
participants or citizens of the nation, to
start the process. There is an election for
the kingdom coming up on Nov. 5, and
people will be able to register to vote at
the classes. Everyone is welcome to attend. The time has come for us to stand
up for our basic human right called
sovereignty in Hawaii, and especially
on Molokai. This effort is supported by
Hui Kane.
Helmet Drive
F
ootball’s future on Molokai is
bright. It is the second year of a
three-year plan to becoming an
MIL sanctioned sport and to officially be
a part of the Molokai High School (MHS)
athletics. The current football team operates independently from the high school
and all funds for equipment and travel
are from generous donations, marketing
and public relations and fundraising. It
can be a huge endeavor, but things are
looking up! This year the team will don
new uniforms and helmets, dressed in
proper Molokai Farmer green.
The team is still in need of helmets
so we are continuing our helmet drive.
We need to raise money for five more
helmets. Each helmet is $200. If you
would like to invest in the lives of these
young men and the future of football on
Molokai please send an email to [email protected] or get
further information by visiting the Molokai High Farmers Football Facebook
page. Football T-shirts and car decals are
selling fast. Get yours and help spread
the word about Molokai’s football future
and advertise by wearing your T-shirt
off-island. In addition, be on the lookout for Krispy Kreme tickets sold by the
athletes in the next few weeks to help
cover travel costs.
Mahalo to the following for their financial support: Kevin Misaki, Kekama
Helm and QLCC, Glenn Izawa & Karen
Holt with Friendly Isle United Fund,
Larry and Barbara Helm and the families
of Flight 1712 the Halia Aloha Scholar-
ship Fund, Sam and Drigette Pedro, Kory
Toyozaki, and Dolphin and Karen Pawn.
Mahalo to Carl Brito and MYSL for the 20foot container and coach Kale Ane of Punahou High School for equipment. Thank
you to Zach Helm and the county crew
for lining the field. Also a big mahalo to
coaches Kaleo Puaa, Desmund Manaba,
Hano Naehu, and Kyle Giffen, for volunteering your time and pouring your heart
into the lives of these young men. Mahalo
to the athletes for sticking it out every day
at practice and for working hard in school.
It will pay off someday. Remember, you
are a part of making history. And mahalo
to the parents for supporting your child
and the future of football on Molokai. And
finally to my wife Nichol – your unending support and tireless work behind the
scenes is what really makes this thing happen and helps me stay on the right track.
Mark your calendars and support
the Molokai football athletes at their
season games on Saturdays. Here is the
schedule:
First game @ home vs. Seabury, Sept. 17
Second game @ St. Anthony, Oct. 1
Third game @ Seabury Oct. 15
Fourth game @ home vs. St. Anthony, Oct. 22
Mahalo Molokai. Keep positive,
and help us stay true to our team slogan
and chant: “Wiwo`ole – Fearless, Kupono – Disciplined and Lokahi-Unity.”
Mike Kahale
MHS Club Football Coach
Submitted by Gladys Brown
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Photo by Lisa Fernandez
That is why I can say with conviction that Linda is not the “bomb-throwing” “hyper-partisan” some national
political operatives would try to assert.
She is a practical moderate who has always kept the best interests of Hawaii
as her core motivation. Governor Lingle
is a public servant of the noblest demeanor who always puts people before
Party.
In Hawaii we have a saying, “no
talk stink.” The folks in Washington
D.C. need to respect our island standards.
Victoria “Cricket” Chung
No Windmills on Lanai
T
he island of Lanai, one of Maui
County’s treasures, has breathtaking natural beauty, lavish resorts and a crown jewel – the last intact
plantation town in the country, centered
around a spacious central park. In 2009,
Lanai City was listed as one of the 11
most Endangered Historic Places in
America.
All of this is at risk, and the threat
is two-fold: Castle & Cooke has recently
applied for the demolition of 15 to 20
historic buildings in Lanai City to make
way for large-scale commercial development. Rather than preserving the historic buildings and incorporating them into
a development plan, they hope to erase
them altogether.
The second threat is that Castle &
Cooke intends to dynamite and bulldoze
one-fourth of the island to make way for
a mega industrial wind turbine power
plant. Although the ILWU has recently
paid for signs that say “Yes Windmills.
Make Lanai Green,” all energy produced
will be taken from Lanai and transferred
via cable to Oahu. The turbines do not
reduce carbon emissions or significantly
Brody Gabriel Lawai`a Kahookano
B
rody Gabriel Lawai`a Kahookano
was born at Molokai General Hospital Aug. 18 at 2 a.m. to proud
parents Gina Marisol Gomez and Gabriel Donald Kahookano. He weighed
7 pounds, 5 ounces and was welcomed
by siblings Hiilani, Natasha, Jaisten and
Genesis, and grandparents Ella Mersberg of Hawaii Island and Donald Kahookano of Ranch Camp. His Hawaiian
name, Lawai`a, means fisherman.
Obituaries
G
Laud For Linda Lingle
have been able to call former Gov.
Linda Lingle a friend for more than
30 years.
As a retired public school teacher
and life-long resident of Molokai, I have
watched Linda gain the respect and admiration of our community for her services as a council member and her leadership as Mayor of Maui.
I was privileged to work on her
council and mayoral campaigns and
was her Molokai Field Director for her
three campaigns for governor. As anyone who has worked in a political campaign knows, you get to see a person up
close and under considerable pressure
when she is running for office.
Births
George Stanley “Keoki” Pahapu
Kaulia Sr.
Birthday Babies
t was a double duty party for twins
Colton and Angeline Befitel, who
celebrated their first birthdays on
Friday, Aug. 19 at Home Pumehana.
They are pictured above with parents
Nelson and Aileen Befitel.
O
n Friday, Aug. 26, many Molo- honey, sweet potato chips, Molokai
kai veterans boarded the ferry poi, etc.) donated by Irene Tancayo
to Maui at 5 a.m. to attend an and a stand-up engraved wood paddle
expressing aloha
appreciation
from the Mololuncheon coorkai Veterans. The
dinated by the
crowd applauded
Maui Veteran
and Senator Akaka
Council for Senwas ecstatic when
ator Akaka held
hearing what was
at the Maui
in a cooler being
Tropical Planpresented to him
tation.
More
filled with ophihi
than 500 veterfrom Kama Han,
ans and guests
limu `ele`ele (seaattended—inweed) and cooked
cluding the 18
he`e (squid) from
Molokai
vets Photo courtesy of Bo Mahoe
Earl Paleka, dried
with their yellow shirts that stood out in the crowd. squid from Dobie Enoka, kukui nut
While politician and veteran groups from Jesse Dudoit and Karen Joao,
honored Senator Akaka with procla- limu koho and chili peppa watah.
Mahalo to the veterans who atmations and some tokens, Molokai
honored him in Molokai style. After tended the luncheon to represent the
thanking him for being instrumental in Molokai Veterans. They are Wendy
getting many of the Molokai Veterans DeFreitas, Dr. David Hafermann, Bo
Affairs (VA) services (VA physician Dr. Mahoe, Kama Han, Mac Poepoe, Jesse
Hafermann, more psychologists/psy- Dudoit, Earl Paleka, Rosalie Scweiber,
chiatrists, benefit counselor and social Clay Adachi, Sam Kealoha, Jim Bevil,
worker visits, etc.) and health benefits Hank Ellertson, Jr. Habon, Ted Johns,
that are available today for some 600 Ben Bali, Manny Garcia, Lou McKee,
and myself.
Molokai veterans.
Jesse Dudoit, Ben Bali, and Hank
Larry Helm, Commander
Ellertson presented the ho`okupu (ofMolokai Veterans Caring for Veterans
fering) from Molokai that included an
all-Molokai products basket (bread,
reduce oil dependence, according to European government studies after years
of research and compiled data. A fragile
ecosystem that supports the whale sanctuary, endangered plants and animals,
as well as hundreds of significant Hawaiian archeological sites, will be gone
forever. These things seems to be of no
value to corporations whose fiduciary
duty is to stock their holders and nothing else. The value is to the people who
live here in Hawaii, and who will have
to live with the consequences. Long after
the wind turbines have rusted away, after subsidiaries have dried up (as in Europe), the people of Lanai, Maui County
and Hawaii will be left with a scarred
landscape and a lost cultural heritage
that can never be restored.
Let your senators, representatives
and councilmen know how you feel.
There is a video that you might want to
watch. Its impact on you will be more
than my words. Go to windaction.or/
videos/31669.
Susan Osako
Lanai City
eorge Stanley “Keoki”
P a h a p u
Kaulia Sr. passed
peacefully Aug. 3,
2011 at the Molokai General Hospital with his sons,
daughter, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren at his side. Born July
13, 1937 on Oahu, he was married to
his beloved wife Moana “Aunty Mo”
Kaulia and had 20 grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren. Our “Papa”
was well known for living life to the
fullest. He was famous for this “green
thumb” – everything he touched flourished. He was a man of many talents.
Family and friends are invited to
share their stories during a celebration of
life at George Kaulia’s hale in Kalamaula
on Sept. 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions and Public Hearings
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) is pleased to announce the
availability of the Draft Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
NMFS is proposing to implement specific management actions and administer the associated research and
enhancement program for Hawaiian monk seals in the Hawaiian Islands. In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), NMFS is preparing the PEIS to evaluate reasonable alternatives, potential impacts,
and propose mitigation for this action. NMFS approved the Draft PEIS for public review, and the Notice of
Availability (NOA) was published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2011. A link to the NOA can be found on the
project website at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/eis/hawaiianmonkseal.htm
Public Hearings and Open House: The purpose of the public hearings is to provide an opportunity for you to offer
comments on the Draft PEIS. Public hearings will be held September 12 through 17, 2011 to seek comments
regarding the Draft PEIS. You can sign up for each hearing beginning 30 minutes prior to and during that hearing.
Each individual or group must sign up in person to testify, and will have one opportunity to testify as an individual
and one opportunity to testify as a group over the 6-day period. Public hearings will continue until the end time listed.
If people who have signed up have not had an opportunity to testify by the end of the hearing, the hearing officer
will announce the continuation of the meeting. The open house sessions allow the public to view project information
and speak with members of the project team in preparation for verbal testimony. The open houses will be identical in
content for all hearing locations.
Following is a list of the public hearing locations, dates, and times, as well as where paper copies of the document will
be available for public review.
Honolulu, O‘ahu: Monday, September 12, 2011; Central Union Church; 1660 South Beretania Street
Open House: 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Public Hearing: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i: Tuesday, September 13, 2011; Hale Mahaolu Home Pumehana; 290 Kolapa Place
Open House: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Public Hearing: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Hilo, Hawai‘i: Wednesday, September 14, 2011; Mokupāpapa Discovery Center; 308 Kamehameha
Avenue, Suite 109
Open House: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Public Hearing: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Kīhei, Maui: Thursday, September 15, 2011; Kīhei Community Recreation Center; 303 East Lipoa Road
Open House: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Public Hearing: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i: Saturday, September 17, 2011; Wilcox Elementary School; 4319 Hardy Street
Open House: 9:00 am – 9:30 am
Public Hearing: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Open House: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Public Hearing: 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
These meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary
aids should be directed to Rachel Sprague, (808) 944-2200 (phone) or (808) 973-2941 (fax), at least 5 days before the
scheduled meeting date.
Where the Draft Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS is available: Paper copies of the Draft PEIS are
available for review at the following public libraries:
Hawai`i State Library; 478 South King Street; Honolulu, O`ahu HI; (808) 586-3617
Moloka`i Public Library; 15 Ala Malama Avenue; Kaunakakai, Moloka`i HI; (808) 553-1765
Hilo Public Library; 300 Waianuenue Avenue; Hilo, Hawai`i HI; (808) 933-8888
Kīhei Public Library; 35 Waimahaihai St; Kīhei, Maui HI; (808) 875-6833
Wailuku Public Library; 251 High Street; Wailuku, Maui HI; (808) 243-5766
Līhu`e Public Library; 4344 Hardy Street; Līhu`e, Kaua`i HI; (808) 241-3222
Princeville Public Library; 4343 Emmalani Drive; Princeville, Kaua`i HI; (808) 826-4310
The Draft PEIS may also be viewed online at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/eis/hawaiianmonkseal.htm
To obtain a paper copy of the Draft PEIS or a complimentary USB flash drive containing the Draft PEIS, please send
a written request to the project postal address or email address (below) indicating your physical mailing address. The
document will be provided within 10 days of processing the request.
Public Comment Period: Comments on the Draft Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS will be accepted until
October 17, 2011, and can be submitted in writing and mailed to the addresses below:
Postal Address and Email Address - to send public comments and/or requests for a copy of the Draft PEIS (as a paper
copy or pdf file on a complimentary USB flash drive):
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS
NOAA NMFS PIRO
1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110
Honolulu, HI 96814
or e-mailed to: [email protected].
THE DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS IS OCTOBER 17, 2011.
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Molokai Land & Homes
CONDOMINIUMS
TM
• KEPUHI BEACH RESORT
185 A’ahi Place Two homes on 23, 958 ENCHANTING OLD HAWAII
1244 OCEAN FRONT 1 bedroom completely
SF lot. 3B/1B in each home. Separate
Lot 248 Beachfront lot on quiet cul-de-sac street
furnished. $264,900.
electric & septic. $299,000 Sale Pending
$995,000 PRICE REDUCTION!!
2131 1B/1B corner unit with a loft, washer &
Lot 268 BEACH FRONT lot with RESTORED sand
dryer, and Automobile. BEST VALUE ON A TOP 63 Ka’ana Street New Custom 3B/2B home with
attached 2 car garage. Sold furnished with high end dunes, fencing, water lines pulled to house pad
FLOOR 1 Bedroom Unit $199,000
appliances and furniture.Shown by appointment.
1131 One bedroom corner unit recently
$1,395,000
$485,000. PRICE REDUCTION!!
remodeled. Neat & Clean. $335,000
Lot 199 Oceanfront private location close to Dixie
1143 Remodeled w/ WD $149,900
237 Makanui Road, Kawela 3B/2B home with
Maru Beach. $775,000.
unobstructed views. Needs someTLC. Make an Offer. $399,500 • MOANA MAKANI
1172 Ocean view condo with upgraded
furniture, kitchen & bathroom. $175,000
Moana Makani Lot 47 ~ 73 acres of rolling
1212 Ocean views & rental history $125,000 HOME SITES
ranch land with sweeping views. Suitable for a
• MAUNALOA VILLAGE LOTS
Cottage #2-B Oceanfront 2B/2B unit with
large Horse ranch. $385,000 PRICE REDUCTION!!
excellent rental history. $450,000.PRICEREDUCTION!! D-58 Wonderful Ocean View building lot $61,000
Cottage 3A Oceanfront cottage, recently D-59 Corner Ocean View lot can be purchased with • KAWELA PLANATAIONS
remodeled with high-end furnishings and D-58 for a larger building lot. $61,000
Lot 54 SUPERB 3 island views $199,000
appointments. $625,000 Shown by Appt.
D-63 Top of the hill $59,900
• EAST END on Honouliwai Bay with Views of
• PANIOLO HALE
3 islands. Survey & Deeded access available.
D-17 Ocean view residential lot. $63,000
C-2 Studio unit very neat and clean w/ new
$200,000
appliances. Best priced unit in the complex. $175,000 D-100 Corner lot $85,000
• MOLOKAI SHORES
D-101 Open to ranch land $85,000
207 REMODELED unit with reliable rental
F-06 10,019 sf corner lot with ocean views. $99,900
income Website inc. w/sale. $134,900. Owner
Fairways Lot 9 Close to beach. $300,000.
financing is available to qualified Buyer.
vACATION
• PAPOHAKU RANCHLANDS
• KE NANI KAI
RENTALS
114 Beach & ocean view unit. $199,000
Lot 132 20 acre lot in Papohaku Ranchlands with
104 Time Share ~ Two week floating. Own a piece sweeping ocean views. $299,000
AvAILABLE
of Paradise for $6,750
Lot 237 Second tier oceanfront $439,000
Jill McGowan Realtor / Broker ABR
ACCREDITED BUYER REPRESENTATIVE
808-552-2233 Direct | 808-552-2255 Office
E: [email protected] | Website: www.molokailandandhomes.com
“EXPERT ADVICE & PERSONAL SERVICE you can TRUST”
SUMMER STAYCATION DEAL! Now thru September 5th:
Studio at Kepuhi Beach Resort - $75 per night 1 Bedroom at Paniolo Hale - $125 per night
2 Bedroom at Ke Nani Kai - $110 per night
1 Bedroom at Wavecrest - $85 - $95 per night
*Three night minimum stay. All reservations subject to cleaning fee and tax. Please call to inquire.
PRICE REDUCTION - Imagine building your oceanfront
dream house on this lot located on Waialua beach. Great views of
Maui, Lanai across the channel. Water meter installed. $425,000
WC214 - Owner’s are moving and really want to sell their ocean
view one bedroom one bath unit, totally furnished. Asking $100,000
will entertain offers.
NEW LISTING - East end home in Kilohana Kai. Perfect for
first time buyer’s. This charming home has 3B/2B and great views
of the Ualapue fishpond and so close to the school. Priced to sell at
$259,900. Call for appointment to show, owner occupied.
Wavecrest Resort B107 - Owner’s need to sell their one bedroom
one bath ocean view unit, totally furnished. Tenant occupies. Must
make an appointment Asking $112,500
PENDI
Wavecrest A207 - REO, totally gutted oceanfront unit, needs work.
Great view! $79,000
NG
Paniolo Hale Q2 - 1 Bed/2 bath two story condo with open
beam ceilings and hardwood floors. Nicely tiled in bath and kitchen.
Asking $300,000
KKV 1175 - Nice studio available. One room with small
kitchenette. Furnished with nice tropical flare $115,000
Wavecrest Resort C203 - Nice ocean view unit with Murphy Bed
in living room area to sleep and hear the waves in the back round.
Furnished. Asking $225,000
LONG TERM RENTALS 6 months or longer:
Wavecrest Condo - 1 bedroom 1 bath units available for rent.
Utilities included except phone and cable TV. $900- $1000. Fully
furnished.
Property Management | Second Homes | Vacant Land
Make it Molokai
ISLAND HOMES
REAL ESTATE:
Residential | Vacation Rentals | Commercial
Studio units at Kaluakoi Villas - $750 - $850 per month, includes
most utilities.
CALL MOLOKAI VACATION PROPERTIES, 808-553-8334 TODAY!
Located in the Meyer Building off the Wharf Road • Monday – Friday 8:30 to 4:30 or call our office at 553 -8334
Moloka`i 105
Roi Tournament
Beverly
Pauole-Moore, RA
From mauka
to makai,
we capture
it all.
Ed Onofrio, RA
Cell: (808)646-0837
LAND
Kaluaaha (East Side): $99,000 (fs)
10,149 sf lot. Oceanside of hwy. Priced to sell
quickly, submit all offers.
Kawela Plantation I: $150,000(fs) NEW
REDUCED PRICE
Lot 49 includes water meter, ocean views, and
great for whale watching.
Kawela : $295,000 (fs)
This is a beautiful 1.027 acre level lot, on mountain side of highway. This prime realestate is
ready to be developed. Call Eddie for more
details. Ph 808-646-0837
Kamiloloa Heights:
(fs) 32,714 sq ft
SOL$130,000
Docean and mountian views.
large vacant lot. Beautiful
Kamililoa Heights: $125,000(fs)
Kahinani Street 10,477sq. ft. lot, close to town.
Kamililoa Heights: $110,000(fs)
Kamililoa Place 10,719 sq. ft. lot, ocean views.
HOMES
Pukoo: $850,000 (fs)
3 bdrm/2 ba home on 2.014 acres located on mauka
side of Pukoo, offers unblockable views of Maui and
Lanai. This one of a kind offering has fresh spring
water, surrounded by an abundance of plants & fruit
trees in a peaceful tropical setting.
Kalamaula: $299,000 (LH)
2 story 3 bedroom, 3 bath home located on Hawaiian
Homestead. This offering is subject to qualified
buyers meeting Hawaiian Homestead approval and
acceptance.
Maunaloa: $249,900 (fs)
Enjoy great ocean views in this 1,360 sf home. 3
bedroom/2 bath with a large carport and lanai. Call
Eddie at 808-646-0837 for more information.
Ranch Camp: $124,900 (fs) REO, NEWREDUCEDPRICE
Great starter home. 1,008 sf with 2 bedroom/2 bath
including carport. Sitting on a 6,947 lot with ocean
views. Call Eddie for more details at 808-646-0837.
Ranch Camp: $219,000(fs) IN ESCROW
3-bedroom/2bath home with double
carport.
Call or stop by today!
B: (808) 553 - 9000
Fax: (808) 553-9075
Toll Free: (866) 309-9001
Ranch Camp: $230,000(fs)
Very clean 2-bedroom/1bath home on a well
landscaped 8,111sf property. Located close to
town, school and hospital. Call Eddie for more
information 808-646-0837
Manila Camp: $202,000 (fs)
3 bedroom/1 bath home that has incredible ocean
views from it’s 672 sq.ft. lanai. Located close to
town, school and hospital. Call Eddie for more
details. Ph 808-646-0837
Kamiloloa: $1,100,000 (fs) BEACH FRONT
Hard to find ocean front with old Hawaiian
settings overlooking an ancient fishpond with
unbelievable island views of Maui and Lanai. Enjoy
beautiful unobstructed sunsets in this 2/bedroom-2/bath spacious open beam home. Includes
a large detached garage with a full bathroom, pool
and wrap-around decking. This is a must see, too
many amenities to describe. Call Eddie for more
details Ph 808-646-0837
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Kaunakakai Town: $625,000(fs)
16,306 sq. ft., This is a prime commercial
property on main street, in the heart of
Kaunakakai town.
CONDOS
Molokai Shores: $135,000 (LH)
Unit C-332, 1/bedroom-1/bath includes loft
with spiral staircase. Many upgrades including solar attic fan, full size appliances and large
windows. Can be sold furnished. Owner financing
may also be available.
Ke Nani Kai: $405,000(fs)
Unit 117 2 bedroom/2 bath fully renovated
corner lot.
Wavecrest: $225,000(fs)
Unit C-312 1/bedroom-1/bath newly remodeled
with many updates. Very clean, includes furniture
and many extras.
Molokai Shores: $98,000 (LH) OCEANFRONT
Unit C-132 1/bedroom- 1/bath Desirable ground
floor unit. Good vacation rental home.
On the corner of Kam V & Kamoi St.
2 Kamo`i Street, Suite #1 | P.O. Box 159
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
Email: [email protected]
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