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By Catherine Cluett | Editor
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or many people, salt issome-thing found in shakers on the dinner table. But for ancient Hawaiians who harvested snow-white flakes of pa`akai from the rocky shores of Molokai, it held sacred
val-ue. After seawater dried in the sun and the remaining salt was scraped from bowl-like crevices in the lava rock, it was used in ceremonies, puri-fication rituals, to preserve food, and even regarded like money for trading “[Native Hawaiians] have been harvesting salt as long as people have
been here,” said Mac Poepoe, a Molo-kai-born traditional resource manag-er. “People used to walk miles just to collect salt.”
In the mid-1800s, salt began to take on a different value -- as a
com-Cameron Hiro, salt farmer and local operations manager for Hawaii Kai Corporation, holds salt in its whole, unrefined form harvested from drying boxes on his homestead. Photo by Catherine Cluett.
Kaunakakai Salt Works, 1901. Photo Courtesy Arleone Dibben-Young
Island Air’s new branding and aircraft. Photo Courtesy Island Air
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uly 11 marked what Kalaupapa’snew Catholic priest believes is the fulfillment of his destiny. Father Patrick Killilea was installed as the pastor of the peninsula’s St. Francis Church, replacing Father Ambrose Sapa, who was reassigned to serve on Oahu.
“My story really begins in Kalaupa-pa in the summer of 2004,” said Killilea, a native of Ireland who had been serving in Massachusetts. He had come over to Ka-laupapa to visit fellow members of the Sa-cred Hearts order -- of which St. Damien was also a member.
“The words… ‘Damien the Blessed’… nearly brought me to tears,” he said. “I knew [then] I was destined to be here.”
In 2006, he was asked to fill in as pas-tor at St. Francis Church in Kalaupapa over the summer months. A year later, Killilea mentioned to his Provincial Su-perior at the time -- Father William Petrie, who was just installed as pastor of Molo-kai’s topside St. Damien Parish -- that he would like to be transferred to the island permanently. Last year, the request came true when current Provincial Johnathan Hurrell assigned him to Kalaupapa.
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Middle School joins four other Molokai schools in meeting state standards
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By Eileen Chao | Staff ReporterT
hough this is the first time ever that Molokai Middle School (MMS) has met Hawaii State’s Adequate Yearly Prog-ress (AYP) standards, Principal Gary David-son said it is the amount of improvement the school’s students have shown this year that is its biggest achievement.AYP standards, implemented by the national No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001, measure participation, proficiency and progress in math and reading. In previ-ous years, MMS has made either the reading or the math section, but never both, which are needed to make AYP. Last year, the stu-dents were at 38 percent proficiency in math.
This year, they increased their scores by a whopping 27 percentage points, meeting the AYP target –which was 64 percent this year –with 65 percent proficiency. MMS also increased in reading by 15 percent, meeting this year’s AYP target of 72 percent.
“When a school moves five points, it’s a big gain,” said Davidson. “But our gains –I guarantee no other school in the state made those kinds of gains.”
MMS joins Kaunakakai Elementary, Maunaloa Elementary, Kilohana Elementa-ry and Kualapu`u ElementaElementa-ry Public Char-ter schools in making AYP standards this year. Molokai High School (MHS) made safe harbor, an evaluation based on 10 percent
improvement from non-proficient students in prior years.
Overcoming Challenges
Since the school separated from Molo-kai High School eight years ago, MMS has experienced less-than-stellar results. The school has been listed under NCLB status levels as “restructuring,” which attaches the most severe sanctions based on the school’s AYP results track record. In order to move up from the “restructuring” level, MMS must meet AYP standards two years in a row.
When Davidson started at MMS in
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ood news may be on the horizonfor Molokai air travelers. Hawai-ian Airlines has announced that Molokai is one of the destinations it is looking to serve with new turbo-prop aircraft it plans to acquire. In addition, current Molokai service provider Island Air is upgrading its aircraft to allow increased passenger capacity and im-proved service.
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Hawaiian Airlines (HA) announced
last week that is has signed a “letter of intent” to acquire smaller, turbo-prop aircraft (powered by propeller rather than jet engine) with the aim of estab-lishing a subsidiary carrier to serve air-ports like Molokai’s Ho`olehua Airport, which are not currently part of HA’s routes. This move is made possible af-ter the company successfully negoti-ated union agreements for its pilots and flight attendants to operate turbo-prop aircraft, said Ann Botticelli, senior vice president for corporate communica-tions and public affairs.
She called the letter of intent a first
step in the process, and said the com-pany could not yet give details about a time frame, specific aircraft or con-firmed destinations.
“We’re looking at smaller routes
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mercial export product. During the reign of King Kamehameha V, the first major salt works on Molokai was called Kahapa`akai, or “resting place of the salt,” encompassing about 3.5 acres, according to local historian Arleone Dibben-Young. Located in present-day Kawela area, it was operated largely by Chinese workers, and also known as the “Chinese salt beds.” Because working there was so backbreaking, it was also used as criminal punishment, and un-lucky local lawbreakers were sentenced to labor in the salt works, according to historic records.
There, salt was “developed to a high state of perfection, specifically for chiefs, subjects and fishermen,” stated George Paul Cooke’s Mo`olelo of Molo-kai.
Later, in the first decade of the 20th century, the Kaunakakai salt works was established just west of the present-day harbor. The salt works covered about 15 acres on either side of the Kaunaka-kai Stream. Seawater was pumped into
inland drying pans by laborers working paddle wheels, according to Dibben-Young. Alternatively, historic records tell of a water buffalo that was used to pump the brine.
“At one time, Kaunakakai salt works was one of the largest producers of salt exported to the mainland from Hawaii,” said Dibben-Young. In 1870, the then-Kingdom of Hawaii exported 2,513 tons of salt to the mainland.
Today, commercial production of salt from Molokai’s seawater continues. Two companies have gained interna-tional recognition for their Molokai salt -- Pacifica Hawaii, locally owned and operated by Nancy Gove, and Hawaii Kai Corporation, now California-based but produced locally by homesteader Cameron Hiro and his family.
Through the centuries, Molokai pa`akai still holds great value, both cul-turally and economically. Modern adap-tions on nature’s salt formation enables today’s larger-scale commercial opera-tions to be less backbreaking than it was during the time of King Kamehameha V. But tradition is also carried on by lo-cals who still gather salt from the same rock crevices as their ancestors.
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Molokai Gets Verizon
Wireless 4G Upgrades
“It feels wonderful,” he said of his in-stallation. He now serves the settlement’s 20-some Catholic parishioners, which he
said includes 6 to 7 patient residents. Killi-lea lives full time on the peninsula, but said he will do some traveling as part of his min-istry.
“My hope is to help raise the spirits of patients and workers… and bring a type of humanness that comes from someone who grew up on a farm in Ireland,” he said.
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erizon Wireless users on Molokainow have an added boost for data speeds with 4G Long Term Evolu-tion (LTE) service that was installed last week. 4G is the fourth generation in cell phone communication standards, allow-ing high speed data transfer, video stream-ing, web browsing and other applications. Verizon’s partial Molokai upgrade is part of a statewide initiative to expand the 4G network
“With our 4G LTE network, more resi-dents, small businesses and local govern-ment in Hawaii will be able to leverage the speed and connectivity through a variety of 4G LTE devices to connect with family and friends,” said Russ Preite, region president for Verizon Wireless.
Verizon spokesperson Heidi Flato said the upgrade, with a tower located at Pu`u Nana between Mahana and Maunaloa, will serve primarily Ho`olehua, with partial
coverage in Kaunakakai and Kualapu`u. “We will be upgrading more of the Molokai network with 4G in the future,” she said.
Existing 3G voice and data coverage in Ho`olehua and Maunaloa, as well as parts of Kaunakakai, Kualapu`u and east Molokai remains unchanged, added Flato.
Some west end Molokai residents have reported receiving 4G coverage since January, which Flato said is being picked up from cell sites on Oahu over 25 miles away.
With the upgrades, Verizon Wire-less 4G LTE customers should experience average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink, according to a Verizon press release.
Only certain devices are able to make use of the 4G network. For details on avail-able devices and other information, visit verizonwireless.com/4GLTE.
Humane Society Reaches Goals, Plans for More
By Eileen Chao | Staff ReporterI
t’s been a year of growth for the Molokai Humane Society (MoHS), a nonprofit or-ganization based in Ho`olehua that serves the needs of the island’s animals. At the start of the last fiscal year, MoHS had three needs –a veterinarian, land and money. With one goal accomplished, the organization’s newly-elected board of directors hope to make prog-ress on the other two in the coming year.A Year’s Worth of Progress
Last year, MoHS hired its first-ever full time veterinarian. Dr. Stewart Morgan moved to Molokai in November and has been administering to the animals ever since. His presence has allowed the organization to complete more procedures -- from spaying and neutering to more complicated surgical procedures, according to Executive Director Jenn Whitted.
“He is amazing, very thorough,” said Whitted at MoHS’s annual meeting last Fri-day. “He loves Molokai and he loves the animals. It is a definite positive for the orga-nization.”
While MoHS does not have a perma-nent facility on the island, they were able to add a second storage container to their cur-rent site in February. This was critical to op-erations because it allowed MoHS a place to perform sterile surgeries, said Whitted. Pre-viously, all operations were cramped into a single 40-foot container, but having this sec-ond facility allows the vet to be undisturbed during surgeries. Additionally, MoHS boasts a newly remodeled covered reception area with chairs, animal magazines and an area for cats.
In terms of funds, this year has been monumental for MoHS. They hired a book-keeper at the start of the fiscal year in July 2011 in order to “better maintain quality re-cords,” according to MoHS Board Secretary Carol Gartland.
“Every dollar that comes in gets a re-ceipt,” said Whitted. “This year, we have been very diligent in making sure every dol-lar is accounted for.”
The MoHS accumulated over $152,000 in donations, grants and fundraisers, as well as $75,000 from the county. Much of those funds were directed at securing medical
sup-plies and veterinary services.
MoHS performed over 3,500 vet servic-es throughout the year, including 549 spays and neuter procedures. Their net income for the year was a recorded $79,237, and accord-ing to Gartland, they still have over $93,000 in the bank, which will be allocated by the incoming Board of Directors.
MoHS plans on spending a good chunk of those funds towards facility management and improvements, as well as towards im-plementing a low-cost spay and neuter pro-gram for the island, said Whitted.
“We’ve never had those kinds of num-bers before and it’s been wonderful to have that to work with,”said Gartland. “Still, we always try to be as frugal as we could [while still] helping the community.”
Changes Still to Come
Beginning in August, MoHS will be expanding their appointment hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, with a 30-minute lunch break at noon. Current hours are 8 a.m. to noon, and Whitted said the extra four hours will allow operations to be less hectic. The extension is a temporary
two-month trial, after which a permanent decision will be decided upon by the board.
MoHS also hopes to continue improv-ing its facilities, includimprov-ing buildimprov-ing a roof be-tween the two containers to create a breeze-way, and also securing monies for new solar panels to be installed for more cost-efficient energy.
Lastly, MoHS plans on developing a system of high-volume spaying and neuter-ing program with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASP-CA), a New-York based organization com-mitted to the humane treatment of animals. “This is a perfect opportunity for us because they mentor, provide training and make sure you get a sustainable program up and running,” said Whitted. Additionally, working with ASPCA will qualify MoHS for grant monies from other sources like PetSmart, PetCo, and the Bob Barker Foun-dation.
At last week’s annual meeting held at Mitchell Pauole Center, MoHS also elected five new board members: Lydon Dela Cruz, Tony Lauifi, Nan Walters, Karen Buhr and Frank Pratt.
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that we can’t currently serve with 123-seat Boeing 717s,” she said, adding that the new planes would likely seat 50 or less.
The last time HA served Molokai was in 2004, when the carrier stopped service because of bankruptcy, said Bot-ticelli. While she said it was too early to say for sure if the airline’s new planes would be serving Molokai, Peter In-gram, HA executive vice president and chief commercial officer, told the Maui News that Kapalua, Lanai and Molokai are “absolutely all on the list.”
For HA, the additional aircraft are “part of our larger strategy to provide more frequency, flights, and price op-tions for our neighbor island system,” according to Botticelli.
“We want to improve access and affordability,” she said. The airlines has already implemented a new fare structure that lowers neighbor island ticket prices by up to 25 percent. The new rates are designed to stimulate kama`aina travel, according to an HA press release.
“We are committed to providing safe, frequent and reliable service that allows our residents to travel more eas-ily between all the islands, and we be-lieve the additional capacity and new fares will encourage that,” said Ingram
in the release.
Botticelli said the company has re-ceived a positive response from the fare changes -- within 3 hours of an email notification sent to frequent fliers, bookings had doubled, she said.
If HA added Molokai to its itiner-ary, it would join Island Air, Mokulele Airlines and Pacific Wings in providing scheduled service to the Ho`olehua Air-port.
Island Air Upgrades
Meanwhile, Island Air announced that it will be upgrading its Dash 8 air-craft as part of a re-branding and image overhaul. Over the next year, the airline will be replacing its fleet with ATR42 and ATR72 aircraft, which are more fuel
efficient and carry more passengers. Island Air spokesperson BJ Whit-man said all four of the company’s 30-seat Dash 8 planes -- which currently serve Molokai -- will be replaced, be-ginning next month. Two new ATR42s, with a 46-passenger capacity, will be phased in this year, while five 72-seat ATR72s will begin service next year.
Whitman said the new aircraft will provide more efficient service and in-creased capacity statewide.
“We will be the first to operate this comfortable ATR72 Jet-Prop aircraft in Hawaii and with additional aircraft de-livery on the horizon, we’ll be Hawaii’s fastest growing inter-island carrier,” said Lesley Kaneshiro, CEO of Island Air.
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2011, he noticed that there had been is-sues with motivating both students and teachers. Having been labeled as a “failing school,” teachers were frustrated with the pressures of meeting seemingly impossible standards, he said. He describes it as hav-ing an “adult focus” – or one that focused on what teachers needed – instead of what the students did.
“If I did anything, it was just to shift the focus back to the kids,” said Davidson. “I told them ‘Let’s focus on celebrating stu-dent success [instead of] talking about adult needs or problems.’”
He celebrated those successes with treats like pizza or candies every time stu-dents did well. When the teachers care, the students care, and when the students care, they’ll do anything you ask them to, said Davidson.
“The principal gets a lot of credit, but it’s not me,” said Davidson. “It’s the stu-dents that make the difference.”
Their Methods
How did MMS manage to turn it all
around in such a short amount of time? To that, Davidson has a surprisingly simple answer.
“The truth is, we focused on the kids,” he said. “They knew they were important, and that we cared, and then they [started to] care. And they worked hard, honestly. We tested them to death.”
In addition to taking the Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) three times a year, the students at MMS also take a benchmark test every month, administered by Edi-sonLearning Incorporated, an education management organization for public school in the United States. Davidson said work-ing with Edison has been critical to MMS’s success. Representatives came to MMS twice a month to build relationships with the teachers, share educational knowledge and address any needs that may arise in the classroom.
Also, last year MMS implemented Professional Learning Communities (PLC), a free period on Friday afternoons where teachers were allotted time to meet and talk about individual students’ struggles and needs, according to Davidson. He said these meetings made a huge difference for MMS this year.
The afterschool program, UPLINK, has also played an important part in sup-porting the students at MMS. UPLINK pro-vides support for students in both character development and academics by providing fun activities.
“Every school is unique, so the solu-tions we have are unique,” said Davidson. “But if we focus on their kids and celebrate their staff, that is our turnaround formula.”
Statewide Success
MMS joins a statewide trend of land-mark improvements this year. According to data released by the Hawaii State Depart-ment of Education (DOE), Hawaii’s public school students in every grade increased their scores in both reading and math in 2012. Though more than half of public schools in Hawaii failed to meet AYP this year, seventeen more schools have met the benchmark, compared to last year.
“The remarkable growth in reading and math proficiency for all grade levels is a direct reflection of the hard work of our educators and students,” said DOE Super-intendent Kathryn Matayoshi in a state-ment. “Our plan to create systemic change is working. Increasingly, more students in more schools across the state are on the path
toward college and career readiness.” Next year’s national AYP target will be 86 percent in reading and 82 percent in math, with a 100 percent proficiency rate in both by 2013.
Looking Forward
Even with such monumental results, Davidson knows there is always more to be done. He is already brimming with ideas for the upcoming school year.
“In order to get out of that restructur-ing label…we have to do everythrestructur-ing this last year, and more,” said Davidson.
That includes taking initiatives in pre-paring not only students, but teachers. Da-vidson has already planned a retreat at the start of the upcoming school year for teach-ers, staff, parents and students to talk about “school culture.”
Davidson also hopes to involve the students in their own learning more in the upcoming school year, which can range from discussions about what they find im-portant at school to planning what their own celebrations.
Davidson would like to thank the elemen-tary schools who prepare students for MMS, the parents and the community.
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Assessment Identifies
Molokai’s Agriculture Needs
Monitoring Monk Seals
Scientists hope to gather data via video cameras
Sust`aina ble Molokai News Release
Sust`aina ble Molokai has completed a comprehensive Agriculture Needs As-sessment for food production and secu-rity on Molokai. The Assessment is based on survey results that show where your food is being grown, who is growing it, and where you can buy it. The document is also valuable in that it shows what we don’t have as an island, and therefore what opportunities exist for job creation in the agriculture field.
One of the needs identified by the survey, for example, is an agriculture coordinator for Molokai to connect local farmers with stores and restaurants both on- and off-island. This would allow local food producers to have better venues to sell their products, and stores can regu-larly stock more local produce.
The Ag Needs Assessment is the first of 12 surveys based on the Sustain-ability Wheel, which identifies areas in which the Molokai community can cre-ate sustainability, with the center of the wheel being the land and the people. The Sustainability Wheel will be available on-line as the Molokai-pedia, an open source database for the community with a com-panion green business resource guide listing all “green” business on Molokai with access to geo mapping.
To create the Assessment, 3.9 percent of the adult population was surveyed. Molokai’s adult population is at 5,401 out of a total island population of 7,345, ac-cording to the 2010 U.S. Census. Thirty-six interviews were conducted with ag
experts and educators, farmers and Com-munity Supported Agriculture (CSA) operators, deer and cattle ranchers, fish-ermen and aquaculture producers, hotel and restaurant operators.
Results show that:
• 94 percent of community members
of the sample population care/think about where there food comes from, while 5 percent do not.
• 90 percent of those surveyed prefer
to buy local Molokai food products, while 2 percent do not.
• 98 percent of those surveyed would
eat more local food it were available, while 1 percent would not.
• Common challenges associated with
farming on Molokai include high costs of equipment, water, shipping, operational costs, and natural ele-ments like wind, drought, and wild animals. Additional training and edu-cation would help address these chal-lenges.
Mahalo again to all those that were interviewed and who submitted/com-pleted the food production and security survey. For more information or to read the agriculture needs assessment visit sustainablemolokai.org. A hard copy can also be purchased for $15. Our next sur-vey to be conducted is renewable energy. We will be out in the community within the next month for personal requests to complete and submit the renewable en-ergy survey.
For more information, please call Emillia Noordhoek at 808-560-5410 or email [email protected].
Summer Send-Off
By Eileen Chao | Staff ReporterI
n order to bring more tangible data to ongoing efforts to better understand Hawaiian monk seals, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion (NOAA) has developed a research project that will attach Crittercams, or small video cameras, to the backs of the seals. Video footage would allow not only scientists to gather important data, but would also help community mem-bers better understand the seals’ diet, behavior and potential impacts in the main Hawaiian Islands.There are currently approximately 200 seals living in the main Hawaiian Islands. Their presence has created some contro-versy and conflict with divers and fisher-man near shore, who believe the seals are competing with them for fish. The goal of the Ho`ike a Maka Project –as it has been called – is simply to “answer questions and ground discussions with legible data,” said Dr. Charles Littnan, lead scientist for
NOAA’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program. He visited Molokai last week to share the project with residents.
“If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million,” said Littnan. “It is something that anyone can easily grasp and understand, you just need to watch the video to see what is going on.”
The project will span a course of roughly three years, with six trips to Molo-kai. Each Crittercam, provided by National Geographic, records six to eight hours of video footage, and takes at least a few days to retrieve off each seal, using a tracking device. By the end of the project, scientists expect to put out at least 20 cameras around the state. After each camera is retrieved, a community meeting will be hosted so that scientists and community members alike will be sifting through the same raw, uned-ited footage, said Littnan.
In addition to collecting important data on monk seals, the other main goal of the project is to foster a transparent and
inclusive dialogue with the community, ac-cording to Littnan.
NOAA hopes to accomplish this by in-volving residents in all three phases of the project –development, fieldwork and vid-eo review. The talk story session held last Monday at the Mitchell Pauole Center was meant to gather feedback from the commu-nity as part of the “project development” phase. Littnan and his team will continue travelling between Molokai, Oahu and Kau-ai, the three islands where monk seal popu-lations are highest.
The first trip to deploy cameras will be to Molokai at the end of August. The
team will be made up of NOAA, National Geographic, community members and a re-searcher from Duke University. Littnan said he hopes to also involve high school stu-dents in the fieldwork and video analysis.
Only about 1,100 of the endangered Hawaiian monk seals are alive today, and most of them live in the Northwestern Hawaiian Island chain. But the popula-tion there is declining, due in part to a high fatality rate of pups. Crittercams have al-ready been used on some individuals in the Northwestern islands, and scientists hope the Ho`ike a Maka Project will continue the effort to better understand the species.
Monk Seal with Crittercam mounted on its back. Photo Courtesy Charles Littmen
Molokai PALS celebrate another successful summer
By Eileen Chao | Staff Reporter
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lay and Learn Sessions (PALS)keiki and staff from all four elementary schools on Molo-kai sang and danced their way to healthy living at this year’s Ohana Nite, held at Kualapu`u Rec Center on Thursday. This year’s theme cel-ebrated “Ke Ola Pono No Na keiki,” or “Healthy living for our children.”
While the keiki from Kilohana “walked it out,” Maunaloa PALS stu-dents danced, wielding homemade posters of healthy snacks. Kualapu`u sang about aloha and Kaunakakai keiki went on a “buta hunt.”
PALS is a summer program that keep kids engaged physically and men-tally through arts and crafts, sports, cul-ture lessons, music and dance.
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Wrapping Up the Summer
Keiki Surf Final Meet of
Season
By Kalei “Pumpkin” MossIt is hard to believe that summer is nearing an end for our children. Soon another year of learning will be begin-ning as the school year starts again, but learning did not end over the summer. At many of our schools, the learning and fun continued through the summer months. Kaunakakai Elementary offered many great programs, and a few of them were showcased at the Kaunakakai Elementary 21st Century Ho`ike a few weeks ago.
Students were able to share some of the projects and things that they had learned over the summer program with their families and friends at the Ho`ike. First graders, led by Kumu Tania Will, performed a hula about the compass di-rections, something they had been learn-ing over the summer. Katie Leong, along with the help of her students, shared dif-ferent art techniques -- such as drawing, painting, etching and printing -- and art appreciation that that students of a variety of grade levels participated in.
Mrs. Kalani taught Physical Educa-tion (PE) and nutriEduca-tion to the different grade levels, concentrating on healthy eating with “my plate.” Students learned what types and amount of foods should be on their plates at each meal. The students logged what they were eating and how much exercise they were doing. The stu-dents created a song about “my plate” and shared the song at the Ho`ike.
Officer Sonny Ka`ai shared informa-tion about the Summer Leadership Pro-gram that Kaunakakai Elementary School
had in partnership with the Molokai Police Department. This past summer was the second year that the program was offered to students third through sixth grade. Its goal is to encourage students to be positive and guide them to be future community members. One of the community mem-bers that taught during the leadership program was Dan Emhof from Akaku. He shared public service announcements at the Ho`ike that the students helped cre-ate on different Hawaiian values, such as laulima (work together) and kuleana (be responsible). The PSAs featured students in real life situations such as bullying, lit-tering, and cheating in school, and often had funny scripting that had the audience laughing.
Bob Underwood worked with vari-ous grade levels in music appreciation, including playing the violin. The violin students performed a couple songs such as “Twinkle, Twinkle” and “Frere Jacques,” and wowed the audience with their skills. Grant Bear shared that his second graders had worked with science over the sum-mer, planting lettuce using aquaponics and conducting experiments, such as what color M&M would crack first in the micro-wave.
All of these programs would not have been possible if not for the federally-funded 21st Century grant program. If you would like more information on the programs 21st Century has to offer, please contact Joshua Adachi or Janice Espiritu at 553-1730.
2012 MCRA REGATTA RESULTS
4th REGATTA
Keiki Surf Final Points
and Rankings
EVENTS 1ST TIME 2ND TIME
GIrLS 12 & under WA 2.03.93 mO 2.06.64
mIXed BOYS & GIrLS 12 WA 2.08.62 Ku 2.15.66
GIrLS 13 & under WA 2.04.58 mO 2.14.28
GIrLS 14 & under WA 2.00.62 Ku 2.03.64
BOYS 14 & under Ku 1.52.62
WOmen nOVICe "B" WA 2.08.99
GIrLS 15 & under WA 5.16.62 Ku 4.38.50
BOYS 15 & under WA 3.46.89 Ku 3.56.46
GIrLS 16 & under WA 4.35.08 mO 4.43.01
BOYS 16 & under WA dQ
WOmen mASTer 60 WA 4.40.15 mO 4.23.13
WOmen mASTer 55 WA 4.21.06
mIXed mASTer 55 WA 3.54.25
men mASTer 55 mO 3.53.57
men mASTer 50 WA 3.41.52
WOmen mASTer 50 WA 4.41.70
men nOVICe "A" mO 9.06.41
mASTer WOmen 40 WA 9.01.74
WOmen freSHmen WA 8.59.47
Ko Molokai Keiki O Ke Kai News Release
Saturday, July 7, was the last Keiki Surf Meet for 2012, sponsored in part by Friend-ly Isle United Fund. Rain and wind helped make the waves good; Waialua stream had flooded down, washing a lot of sand out to the surf break, and the wind whipped up the waves to waist-high by the afternoon as the tide filled in. Several new faces arrived for the final meet, despite the morning rain and clouds. It was a chance for everyone to enjoy the ocean together and show off skills and tricks. They all did their best and it was awesome to watch their efforts!
The 6 and under surfers hit the water first; the low tide made it easy to get out to the waves and to watch the kids from the sandbar exposed along the beach. Several non-swimmers stood up on their surfboards for the first time and rode to the waiting arms of a family member.
Then it was time for the 7 and 8-year-old division to do their thing. And they did it with style. Next it was the 9 and 10s, most of whom were able to catch their own waves. Finally, it was time for the big kids, 11 and 12-year-olds, to see who would get the best waves. They all caught their own, riding and paddling back out as fast as they could in a race against the clock. The
volunteer judges watched to see who was catching their own waves and how each child did on the rides. It can be hard be-cause three or four kids can be surfing one wave at the same time. Thank you judges!
We would like to congratulate three surfers with perfect first-place scores for all three of the meets. Excellent job Kailani Bicoy, Kahula Kahokuloa, and Noah Ar-chuleta!
Excitement ran high as the tables were covered with food. The trophies and prizes were laid out and the kids had a hard time keeping their hands off. A beautiful Ha-waiian prayer was offered in thanks for the great day, good sportsmanship, the rain and wonderful food. While everyone ate the pot-luck lunch the surfers were called up by division and awarded goodie bags filled with stickers, hats, T-shirts and oth-er great prizes. Four surfboards and four body boards were given out, as well as tro-phies for first through fourth place in each division. Every surfer got prizes, applause and photos of their proud smiles.
Keep surfing, keiki, and congratula-tions! We hope to see you next summer. Mahalo to everyone for their participation and support of this important youth event! Please visit us at Facebook at Ko Molokai Keiki ‘O Ke Kai Surf Meet for lots of pho-tos, final scores and more.
6&Under Meet 1 Meet 2 Meet 3 Points Rank
Kailani Bicoy 1000 1000 1000 3000 1
La'akea Inciong 730 860 610 2200 2
Apuakea Greaney 860 438 860 2158 3
Liula Busby 670 670 670 2010 4
Khloe Bicoy 528 555 500 1583 5
Donovan Wyatt
Bicoy 610 500 450 1560 6
Joshua Xavier Bicoy 528 500 450 1478 7
Kaliah
Gonzalez-Chong 0 730 730 1460 8
Leedan Place 475 500 400 1375 9
Jaxin Bicoy 475 438 450 1363 10
Matthew McGuire 610 610 0 1220 11
Makana
Nelson-Angelsea 555 555 0 1110 12
Harvey Lyman 0 610 500 1110 12
Kaipu Kahokuloa 528 0 500 1028 14
Enzo Lyman 0 500 500 1000 15
Sakai Labrador 0 438 450 888 16
Kauwila
Lopez-Aglima 0 0 610 610 17
Ku Chow 0 0 555 555 18
Sojin Higashi 0 0 555 555 18
Haloa Bicoy 0 500 0 500 20
Kuanalu Dudoit 475 0 0 475 21
Iokua Place 475 0 0 475 21
7& 8 Years Meet 1 Meet 2 Meet 3 Points Rank
Kahula Kahokuloa 1000 1000 1000 3000 1
Kamele Kahokuloa 670 860 860 2390 2
Tlyea Cuello 860 670 730 2260 3
Hina Chow 610 730 670 2010 4
Kai'ina Afelin 730 610 555 1895 5
Kanikai'o Inciong 528 555 583 1666 6
Kamaehu Kuoha 610 555 488 1653 7
Hulali Busby 475 488 488 1451 8
Kamalani Adolpho 610 555 0 1165 9
Kristen Oswald 0 610 555 1165 9
Pono Adolpho 0 488 555 1043 11
Sairus Jose Tancayo 0 0 610 610 12
Shia Bush 500 0 0 500 13
Kahuhu
Linker-Meyers-Moss 500 0 0 500 13
Ivan Yap 0 488 0 488 15
9&10 Years Meet 1 Meet 2 Meet 3 Points Rank
Virtuous Kaahanui 1000 610 1000 2610 1
Miracle Kaahanui 730 1000 860 2590 2
Kelsey-Lee
Bicoy-Juario 860 730 730 2320 3
Keeya Bicoy 583 670 670 1983 4
Buck Afelin 610 555 555 1720 5
Kaeo Waits 555 555 555 1665 6
Kukiai Kaopio 555 430 583 1568 7
Beverly Ludgate 450 500 555 1505 8
Iokepa Kuoha 488 500 488 1476 9
Slater Oswald 0 860 610 1470 10
Kaiwi Greaney 555 450 450 1455 11
Kilani Afelin 670 450 0 1120 12
Alex Mawae 0 610 488 1098 13
Ioana Ludgate 0 500 488 988 14
CJ Adolpho 0 450 450 900 15
Pi'itoa Pou 0 500 0 500 16
Wailana Dudoit 488 0 0 488 17
Channon Bush 488 0 0 488 17
Bianca Connatser 450 0 0 450 19
11&12 Years Meet 1 Meet 2 Meet 3 Points Rank
Noah Archuleta 1000 1000 1000 3000 1
Rafael Adolpho 860 860 860 2580 2
Heavenly Kaahanui 730 610 730 2070 3
Keao Chow 670 610 0 1280 4
Michelle McGuire 610 555 0 1165 5
Hojo Pou 0 730 0 730 6
Cazimero Alavazo 0 670 0 670 7
A variety of crews will be represent-ing the Molokai Canoe Racrepresent-ing Associa-tion at this year’s Hawaii Canoe Racing Association (HCRA) State Champion-ship on Oahu on Aug. 4. Those crews are: from the Wa`akapaemua Canoe
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1)Kainoa Kamakana
2) Taylor Keliihoomalu
Market Swine
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Oral Resoning
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Monetary Donations
Hawaii farm Bureau federation
molokai farm Bureau
Coff ees of Hawaii
misaki’s
Kualapu`u ranch
narito Sheet metal/Honolulu
Winona Kaawa
maui Offi ce of economic
development
Expo Organizations
Ha`a Kamakana (4H Club Leader)
rex Kamakana (Livestock expo
Cooridnator)
Sonny and Andreana reyes
(Special events Coordinators)
William and Ipo davis (food
Booth)
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Lian Gonzales (door Prizes)
Buyers
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Atlas
naiwa farms
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double J Livestock
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An Evening with
Visiting Artists
MAC News ReleaseJoin us for an evening of art and lively discussion with visiting artists Ron and Su-san Evans, Tuesday July 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the UH Maui College Molokai campus, room 107, sponsored by the Molokai Art Center (MAC).
Ron will be sharing knowledge gained through over 40 years as a ceramic artist and professor of art at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif., beginning in
1971. Through the use of video and still photography, Ron will highlight multicul-tural ceramic practices that he filmed in a round-the-world study of the ceramic art form. Ron’s own artwork consists primari-ly of crystalline glazed wheel-thrown forms and one-of-a kind art pieces. His love of the ceramic art processes -- ceramic sculpture, Raku, low, medium and high-fire pottery, and utilitarian ware.
Susan Smith Evans is an artist who works in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking and photography. In general, her work is based on observa-tions of nature, and deals with juxtaposi-tions which create many layers of meaning. Susan who is painting a mural at the MAC, will show some of her other murals and artwork, as well as speak about her creative process.
These two artists will be the first in a
Left: Susan Evans-When Chuckawallas Dream Mural. Right: Ron Evens photographing Indian Potter
Community Contributed
Molokai’s Own 442
By Larry HelmThe men pictured above served this country with integrity and honor and were part of most decorated Army unit in World War II. The young Molokai Jap-anese Americans worked for CPC (Cali-fornia Packing Corporation) pineapple plantation in Kualapu`u and family busi-nesses in Kaunakakai.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor they joined the Army. Being of Japa-nese ancestry, they had to overcome the stigma of racism and internment. While fighting with the famous go-for-broke 442 Battalion in Europe, they helped save France and Italy from the Hitler German occupation, rescued a lost Texas Army company that was surrounded by the enemy, and rescued 12,000 Jews from Dochaw prison camp.
After the war, many came back to Molokai to work, bought property and opened businesses. Albert (Art) Kiku-kawa was owner of the famous Midnight Inn restaurant east of Friendly Market; Big Daddy’s was Kazu Araki’s store; Donald Shimzu and Tonti Seichi
Sakai-da worked for the pineapple plantation. These names are familiar with Molokai’s old timers -- the Takatas, Tamuras, Ten-gans, Okimotos. Most of these war he-roes have died. Robert Takeo was killed in action. Many of their ohana live on Molokai.
Molokai is proud of these veter-ans and their families. They served and fought for your freedom. There are other Molokai residents who served with the 442 not pictured. Their legacy will al-ways be remembered in the new Molo-kai Veteran Center Museum. This picture was gifted to the Molokai Veterans from Mrs. E. Abe, originally from Molokai.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: pictured kneeling left to right, Donald Shimizu, Ed K. Okawaki, Watary Uemura, Earl Finch from Hattisburd, Mississippi, William M. Okawaki, Ka-zumasa Waraki; standing left to right, Masato Takata, Tokua Okimoto, Albert Tamura, Bert Kikukawa, Masami Takata, Akiso Tengan, Seichi Sakaida, Albert Ki-kukawa, Kiyotoshi Mitsui. Robert Takeo from Kualapu`u was killed in action.
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Studio Art
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College,
Molokai
MAC News ReleaseUH Maui College, Molokai, will offer 3 college credits (90 instructional hours) in ART 105 at the ceramics studio of Molo-kai Arts Center (MAC) this fall semester. MAC is located at the Coffees of Hawaii Plantation in Kualapu`u. In this course, titled “Elementary Studio,” students will study ceramic form, hand building, glaz-ing techniques and surface treatment.
Beginning on Wednesday, August 22 and ending on Wednesday, December 5, classes will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 12 noon to 2:50 p.m. The instructor is
Master Potter Dan Bennett. This course meets the UH Manoa Arts & Sci-ences core requirement. This is the first ceramics course offered at the MAC in the history of the institution. Tuition for the course is $309. For more information on how to enroll, call the Student Services of-fice at 553-4490 extension 21 at the Molo-kai campus of UH Maui College.
Avoiding
Fraud and
Scams
Molokai AARP News Release
Adele Ching of the Oahu Office on Aging will be the guest speaker at the August AARP meeting. Her subject is “How to avoid fraud and scams.” It is an important topic for everyone to know, and the information may help all those who may encounter the dangers of being a victim. Her presentation is open to all residents.
The program will begin at 10 a.m. in the Mitchell Pauole Center conference room. It will follow the regular business meeting. If you are interested in joining the local AARP chapter, the treasurer, Frances Feeter, will be glad to help you. Dues are only $5 a year. Please plan on attending the meeting and bring your friends.
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Community Contributed
Basics about Vitamins
By Jon Mikami, RPh, and Kelly Go,RPh, Molokai Drugs Inc.
Vitamins are essentials – they are sub-stances your body needs to function nor-mally. You can usually get the vitamins you need from a healthy, balanced diet. Add a “rainbow of color” to your diet and you increase your chances of getting what you need.
But some people lack certain vitamins, so they need supplements. Ask your doctor whether or not you do. And, remember: too much of a good thing can be bad for you. So be careful not to overdo.
Here are the basics about vitamins: Vitamin A helps with vision, bone growth, and reproduction. It also plays a role in cell division and promoting healthy surface linings in eyes and other places in your body. Sources of Vitamin A include beef and chicken liver, carrots, sweet pota-toes, pumpkin, spinach and cantaloupe.
B vitamins such as B6 and B12 are versatile, helping with many of the body’s functions. This includes forming red blood cells and helping your body get or make energy from food (a process called me-tabolism). You mostly find B vitamins in proteins such as tuna, salmon, poultry, beef liver, and dairy products. Some foods, such as breakfast cereals and breads, are also for-tified with B vitamins.
Vitamin C helps the body form col-lagen (a fibrous protein) in blood vessels,
bones, cartilage, and muscle. Fruits high in Vitamin C include guava, oranges, kiwi, and strawberries. Vegetables high in Vi-tamin C include raw red and green sweet peppers, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin D works with calcium to maintain bone strength and quality. Vita-min D is also involved in cell growth, as well as nerve, muscle, and immune func-tioning. And, it can reduce inflammation in the body. Few foods contain Vitamin D. However, it is found in fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, and in fish liver oils. Or-ange juice, milk, and yogurt may be forti-fied with Vitamin D. You may also get some Vitamin D from sunlight.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant. It helps protect cells from damage. Vitamin E also is involved with immune function and metabolism. Sources of Vitamin E include wheat germ oil, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanut butter, and sunflower or safflower oil.
Vitamin K helps make proteins for healthy bones and tissues and for blood clotting. Foods high in Vitamin K include dark berries and green, leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach, turnip greens, and collards.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are espe-cially useful to other people. Which aspects of your soulful beauty are potentially of greatest service to the world? How can you ex-press your uniqueness in ways that activate your most profound generosity? If you learn the answers to these questions, you will make great progress toward solving the riddle that Uranus poses. I’m happy to report that the coming years will provide you with excellent opportunities to get to the bottom of this mystery. And now would be a good time to launch a concerted effort.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the coming weeks, I’m afraid there’s only a very small chance that you’ll be able to turn invis-ible at will, shapeshift into an animal form and back, or swipe the nectar of immortality from the gods. The odds of success are much higher, though, if you will attempt less ambitious tasks that are still pretty frisky and brazen. For example, you could ger-minate a potential masterpiece where nothing has ever grown. You could legally steal from the rich and give the spoils to the poor. And you could magically transform a long-stuck process that no one thought would ever get unstuck.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are there are any weaknesses or problems in your approach to communication? They will be ex-posed in the coming weeks. If you’re even slightly lazy or devious about expressing yourself, you will have to deal with the karmic consequences of that shortcoming. If there’s more manipulative-ness than love in your quest for connection, you’ll be compelled to do some soul-searching. That’s the bad news, Gemini. The good news is that you will have far more power than usual to upgrade the way you exchange energy with others. In fact, this could be the time you enter into a golden age of communication.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you narrow your focus now, the world will really open up for you in the second half of Oc-tober and November. To the degree that you impose limitations on your desire to forever flow in all directions, you will free up creative ideas that are currently buried. So summon up some tough-minded discipline, please. Refuse to let your moodiness play havoc with your productivity. Dip into your reserve supply of high-octane ambition so you will always have a sixth sense about exactly what’s important and what’s not.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The state of Maine has a law that pro-hibits anyone from leaving an airplane while it is flying through the air. This seems like a reasonable restriction until you realize how badly it discriminates against skydivers. Legal scholars will tell you that examples like this are not at all rare. Laws tend to be crude, one-size-fits-all formulations. And as I’m sure you’ve dis-covered in your travels, Leo, one-size-fits-all formulations always squash expressions of individuality. In the coming weeks, be ex-tra alert for pressures to conform to overly broad standards and sweeping generalizations. Rebel if necessary. You have license to be yourself to the tenth power.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I propose that you try to accom-plish the following clean-up projects in the next four weeks: ten bushels of weeds yanked out of your psychic landscape; 25 pounds of unused stuff and moldering junk hauled away from your home; ten loads of dirty laundry (especially the meta-phorical kind) washed free of taint and stains -- and not blabbed about on social media; at least $5,000 worth of weird financial karma scrubbed away for good; a forgotten fence mended; and a festering wound tended to until it heals.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Philosopher William Irwin
Thomp-son says that we humans are like flies creeping along the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. We literally cannot see the splendor that surrounds us. As a result, we don’t live in reality. We’re lost in our habitual perceptions, blinded by our favorite illusions, and addicted to beliefs that hide the true nature of the universe. That’s the bad news, Libra. The good news is that every now and then, each of us slips into a grace period when it’s possible to experience at least some of the glory we’re normally cut off from. The veil opens, and previously undetected beauty appears. The weeks ahead will be the closest you’ve come to this breakthrough in a long time.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Can you guess which European country has the best military record in the last eight centuries? It’s France. Out of the 185 battles its soldiers have engaged in, they’ve won 132 and lost only 43. Ten times they fought to a draw. Of all the signs of the zodiac, Scorpio, I think you have the best chance of compiling a comparable record in the next ten months. Your warrior-like qualities will be at a peak; your instinct for achiev-ing hard-fought victories may be the stuff of legends years from now. But please keep in mind what the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said in his iconic text The Art of War: The smart and powerful warrior always avoids outright conflict if possible, and wins by using slyer means.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After consulting the astro-logical omens, I’ve concluded that during the next three weeks, you will deserve the following titles: 1. Most Likely to Benefit from Serendipitous Adventures; 2. Most Likely to Exclaim “Aha!”; 3. Most Likely to Thrive While Wandering in Wild Frontiers and Ex-otic Locales; 4. Most Likely to Have a Wish Come True If This Wish Is Made in the Presence of a Falling Star. You might want to wait to fully embody that fourth title until the period between August 9 and 14, when the Perseids meteor shower will be gracing the night skies with up to 170 streaks per hour. The peak flow will come on August 12 and 13.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may have to travel far and wide before you will fully appreciate a familiar resource whose beauty you’re half-blind to. It’s possible you’ll have to suffer a partial loss of faith so as to attract experiences that will make your faith stronger than it ever was. And I’m guessing that you may need to slip outside your comfort zone for a while in order to learn what you need to know next about the arts of intimacy. These are tricky assignments, Capricorn. I suggest you welcome them without resentment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My daughter Zoe has been writing some fine poetry these last few years. I regard it as professional-grade stuff that has been born of natural talent and developed through discipline and hard work. You might ask, quite reasonably, whether my evaluation of her literary output is skewed by fatherly pride. I’ve considered that possibility. But re-cently, my opinion got unbiased corroboration when her school awarded her with the “All-College Honor” for her poetry manu-script. I predict you will soon have a comparable experience. Your views or theories will be confirmed by an independent and objective source.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The critic Dorothy Parker didn’t think highly of Katherine Hepburn’s acting skills. “She runs the emotional gamut from A to B,” said Parker. I realize that what I’m about to suggest may be controversial, but I’m hoping you will be Hepburn-like in the coming week, Pisces. This is not the right time, in my astrological opinion, for you to entertain a wide ar-ray of slippery, syrupy, succulent feelings. Nor would it be wise to tease out every last nuance of the beguiling vibes rising up within you. For the time being, you need to explore the pleasures of dis-cerning perception and lucid analysis. Get lost in deep thought, not rampant passion.
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HaWaIIaN: HIa`a
• translation: sleepless
• exaMple: `oiai ua moe au ma ka papahele i ka po nei, he po hia`a ia`u.
• TRANSLATION: I had to sleep on the floor last night, it was a sleepless night for me.
ENGLISH: EffacE
• DEFINITION: To wipe out, erase. • EXAMPLE: I determined to efface my memories of that terrible day
PIDGIN: NaILS
• DEFINITION: A multi-functional term meaning bad, junk, the pits; lame or crazy; or term of annoyance
• EXAMPLE: “Ho, you look nails, wot happen las night?” “Gurl, I feel mo worse den dat. Nails!”
• translation:“What happened last night? You look terrible this morning.” “I feel even worse than I look. Ugh!”
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