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December 2014–January 2015 Kēkēmapa 2014–‘Ianuali 2015

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Aloha from the Publisher

As we close out 2014, I am excited to share news about the growth of Ke Ola’s Maui County edition. As you’ll notice, this issue is more substantial than the previous one.

Mahalo nui loa to the many businesses which have recognized the value Ke Ola offers in effective, high-quality yet affordable, and longlasting marketing—while we share Maui County’s most inspriational and meaningful stories.

We are thrilled to announce three new additions to the Ke Ola magazine ‘ohana: Rochelle Ashana started with us in September 2014 and is primarily responsible for the growth of the issue you’re holding.

Former Maui Weekly Editor, Debra Lordan, joins Ke Ola as our new Maui County Editor beginning with the February/March 2015 issue.

Debra will be taking the place of Kaualani Pereira who has left Ke Ola to start a new chapter of her life. We wish Kaualani a fond aloha and are thankful for all of her contributions to the Ke Ola Maui County edition.

We also welcome Miranda Kawaiola, former Maui Weekly Account Executive.

With these wonderful additions, Ke Ola is on track for exponential growth in 2015!

Towards that goal, this issue launches our first Wedding and Special Occasion magazine on the other side. The plan is to grow both the regular and wedding editions to the point where they can be split apart and there will be two separate magazines—the same way they are published on Hawai‘i Island.

May your holidays and New Year be blessed with peace, safety, health, and happiness.

I look forward to meeting more of you in 2015.

Me ke aloha pumehana (with warm aloha), Barbara Garcia, Publisher

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Contents

7 Helping Local Charities During the Holidays

By Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith

15 Breaking Ground in 2015: West Maui Hospital Medical Center is Almost Here!

By Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith

Spirit 5 Aloha Wale ka Nikiniki

By Cultural Practitioner Kaui Kanaka‘ole

Departments Featured Cover Artist: Philip Sabado Talk Story with an Advertiser

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UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ĀINA I KA PONO.

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

[Its sustainability depends on doing what is right.] Proclamation by Kona-born King Kamehameha III in 1843. Later adopted as the Hawai‘i state motto.

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Aloha Wale ka Nikiniki

| Submitted by Cultural Practitioner Kaui Kanaka‘ole

Aloha wale ka nikiniki Ke kanaenae pua o Mailehuna E ae ia ana ia Kapaa I ke kahuli a ke kalukalu Honi u i ke ala o ka hinalo e Pe wale i ka uaua E lei ae au E lei hoi au i ke kanaka, i mea aloha I mea i hoopulapula hou O ka moe.

The knot that binds us is precious The chant of praise offered to Mailehuna Kapaa is trod upon In the surging of the kalukalu grass The fragrance of the hinalo is inhaled Made fragrant in the rain I am offering a lei I will lei my beloved So that we may procreate And lie together.

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s we come to the end of the Makahiki season here in Hawai‘i, it’s appropriate to look back at our kūpuna and the customs and traditions of this season of peace and rest. In ancient days this was a time to enjoy all the gifts that peace brings and merriment, love, and procreation were celebrated. Kilu was a game of lovemaking that was played only by the upper echelon of chiefly society. The objective was to win three nights and three days with a handsome chief or beautiful chiefess who was present.

On top of being able to hit the kilu marker with a halved coconut shell from 60 feet away, the players had to be able to chant and dance exquisitely and through their ability to entice the other with their words and hula, one wins!

The first line of this chant, “Aloha wale ka nikiniki” (the knot that binds us is precious), symbolizes our native people’s undeniable appreciation and understanding of the importance of love and aloha in life and its healthy continuance.

Contact Kaui Kanaka‘ole: kkanakaole@yahoo.com Chant words and translation can be found in: Kanahele, Pua Kanaka‘ole. Holo Mai Pele.

Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Pacific Islanders in Communications, 2001. Print.

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The Elf Parade opens this yearʻs Holiday Faire at Haleakalā Waldorf School in Kula on December 6 photo courtesy Haleakalā Waldorf School

Helping Local Charities During the Holidays

| By Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith

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oliday giving is an American tradition. Sharing the harvest at makahiki time is also a Hawaiian tradition. For this reason, many Maui nonprofits plan their annual appeals and fund raising events in the days leading up to Christmas.

It seems that Maui’s economic recovery is lagging behind the mainland. Our nonprofits continue to struggle too, as grantors cut the number of grants and award amounts. At the same time, sustaining funds from community donors are well below pre-recession levels.

Volatility and uncertainty abound.

With these factors in mind, Ke Ola magazine decided to look for some charities with limited resources or setbacks who are working hard to help people in need. Their events might not come up on major lists, so sharing their stories is our way of giving to our Maui community at the holiday season.

Haleakalā Waldorf School’s Holiday Faire: Tuition Assistance for Students Haleakalā Waldorf School is a private K–12 program that offers a practical, active learning experience integrated with the arts. Students represent a broad cross-section of our Maui community because the school offers tuition assistance and scholarships for many families

who cannot afford full tuition. Every December, Waldorf School administration, faculty, and parents put together a Holiday Faire to raise thousands of dollars to assist these families. All private schools must raise funds to make up for the gap between tuition and the actual cost to educate each student. The Holiday Faire is Haleakalā Waldorf School’s way to help kids from lower income families.

The December 6 event begins with the childrenʻs Elf Parade at 9am.

Splendid campus grounds dressed in holiday dècor welcome visitors all day long with food, entertainment, games, holiday crafts and homemade baked goods. Many booths allow children to make their own handcrafted gifts. The Gnome Moss Garden—mosses planted on driftwood or special rocks and decorated by the children—is a hit with moms. There is even a gift shop for kids with inexpensive items they can afford. This fair sells lovely wreaths made from fresh upcountry greens, so be sure to visit this booth early in the day, before the wreaths are gone.

Children have fun playing games and competing on an obstacle course at the athletic field, while tūtū (grandparents) Gnome Moss Gardens for Grandma–a tender holiday gift little children can make themselves photo courtesy Haleakalā Waldorf School

Kids rise to the challenge of an obstacle course photo courtesy Haleakalā Waldorf School

enjoy a cup of herbal tea and fresh baked goods, by the piece or packaged to go. Event organizers recommend wearing comfortable shoes to get around their large campus. Parking is available at the Kula Community Center, a short walk from the school entrance. Shuttle vans are also available for mothers with small children, and those who have trouble walking.

If you have never experienced this upbeat Kula tradition, or if you are looking for a way to help lower income Maui children get an excellent education, then visit this event December 6.

Donations may be made by credit card at WaldorfMaui.org, or mailed to the school office at 4160 Lower Kula Road, Kula HI 96790.

808.878.2511.

Prayers and Packages: Care Packages for Overseas Military

course, and we began fundraising, through our church, Kumulani Chapel at Kapalua,” recalls Lola.

As an outreach ministry of the church, she runs bake sales to raise funds and other volunteers solicit donations of items to send. “The soldiers tell us what they need, and we try to get it. For example, Green Beret Special Ops soldiers don’t want candy, they love bodybuilding supplements from BodyBuilding.com.”

Lola said that during the height of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, hotel amenities like shampoo and body lotion were in demand. “We donʻt have much call for them now. Ground troops say fragrances make them more ‘detectable’ by the enemy.”

Socks, playing cards, surf magazines, and CDs are popular. Lola shops garage sales for CDs. “We always put in things from Maui— that touch of home in every box—arare, li hing mui mango, and teriyaki snacks.”

Also in demand are protein bars, protein whey powder, insoles for boots—and pads of paper, pens, note cards, dental floss, toenail clippers, and moleskin for blisters.

Prayers and Packages Volunteers with Lola Ledbetter, founder (2nd from R) photo courtesy Prayers and Packages

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In 2004 Lola Ledbetterʻs son was getting ready to deploy to Iraq.

She began supporting her son by sending care packages stuffed with extra socks, helmet liners, CDs, and snacks. “Then I started sending packages to his platoon, then 50 boxes to his unit, and during the surge, a few friends helped me send 300 boxes to his entire company of 300.”

The economy was strong, so funds and gifts to stuff the boxes came in from everywhere. “Everything scaled back in 2008, of

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“Maui hotels are great supporters.

Packages bring big smiles to Kā‘anapali Beach Hotel recently did young men on a one week appeal for items for the duty in Iraq troops. On Veterans Day, Kumulani Chapel had a Prayers and Packages Appeal,” said Lola.

When people bring her the APO address for a loved one overseas, Lola adds them to her list. When extra donations come in, she gets names from AdoptASoldier.com, so long as they are stationed in foreign countries.

She accepts PayPal donations through Kumulani Chapel at KumulaniChapel.org; just type photo courtesy “Prayers and Packages” on the memo Prayers and Packages line. If you wish to drop off a carton of CDs or your collection of surf magazines, call Lola at: 808.280.8572.

The Haku Baldwin Center: Using Horses to Help Veterans with PTSD

Veterans with PTSD can benefit from close interaction with intelligent animals photo courtesy Haku Baldwin Center

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The Haku Baldwin Center has established an equestrian and animal center for the therapeutic treatment, education, and nurturing of challenged individuals. Their “Free Horsemanship Training for Veterans” is a six-week course on how to groom, care for, and communicate with a horse. It allows veterans to connect oneon-one with a single animal, establishing a trust relationship. This type of interaction Shoeing and grooming create a “trust with intelligent relationship” between a veteran and a horse animals has proven photo courtesy Haku Baldwin Center to be therapeutic for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The Horsemanship for Veterans Program is open to all US military service members, including active duty, disabled, and retired veterans. Men and women of all ages are encouraged to apply. No riding is involved, so any level of disability will be accommodated.

No prior horse experience is required. The horses are gentle, and six weekly 40-minute sessions take place in a safe, private environment at the Makawao facility. There is absolutely no cost to veterans.

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Harriett Haku Baldwin started the center 20 years ago to help a disabled friend. Horseback riding was therapeutic for physically challenged patients, improving confidence, and balance. Today the center named for her has grown to assist many disabled patients and veterans. This fall, Tropical Storm Ana caused Haku Baldwin Center to cancel its October fundraiser. To help them make up the shortfall, tax deductible donations via PayPal, may be made at HakuBaldwinCenter.org or send a check to Haku Baldwin Center, 444 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, HI, 96768. 808.572.9129.

Wounded Warrior Wave Riders Association (WWWRA): Teaching Veterans to Surf Every morning at 7am, former US Marine Captain Dave Fletcher sets up his paddleboards on Cove Beach in Kihei and waits for veterans who will accept his offer to teach them wave riding.

Reaching out on a shoestring budget is difficult, but Dave hopes to be able to get enough traction so he can scholarship veterans from the

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View the smile on this veteran’s face as he succeeds at wave riding at wwwra.org photo courtesy Captain David Fletcher

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mainland to fly to Maui and experience the healing that comes with learning to surf and paddle.

He will teach any Captain Dave is at Cove Beach every morning at veteran how 7am to teach veterans surf riding to ride a photo courtesy Captain David Fletcher paddleboard: prone, sitting, kneeling or standing, depending on their physical ability. As they become absorbed in learning the skill of the sport, they experience the freedom and peace that only wave riding gives.

Physically challenged and PTSD veterans experience healing. For many veterans, it is the very first time they have experienced joy or smiled since they were injured.

Dave’s custom-designed paddles with a 94-inch shaft and large blades allows amputees to generate enough speed to catch waves without assistance. Once trained, veterans can navigate around Mauiʻs shores, build confidence, and continue to benefit from this encounter with the nurturing sea.

On the Wounded Warrior Wave Rider Association website you can see a video of one amputeeʻs successful ride seated on a soft-top paddleboard. To help Captain Dave extend this therapy to more amputees, please make a tax deductible donation via PayPal at WWWRA.org, or call Captain Dave at 808.633.4938.

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Center: Homeless Families in Need at Christmas Time For many years the Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ritz Carlton Kapalua, a heavily attended community event, supported Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Centers (KHAKO), Mauiʻs shelter and resource center for homeless families. These sustaining funds were an important part of the charityʻs operating budget.

Recently financial pressures forced the hotel to cancel its outreach events. “We are so grateful for all that Ritz Carlton did for us through the years—their annual gift at Christmas, and also providing a Christmas dinner for all our client families and staff, said KHAKO CEO, Erin Fleming.

Clifford Nae‘ole, Cultural Advisor at the Ritz Carlton, solicited the Sheraton Resort and Spa at Kā‘anapali to provide Christmas dinner for all our homeless families on December 10, and Ikaika Blackburn will donate entertainment.

Unfortunately, there will be no big Christmas donation coming in, and yet the needs remain: physical, social and economic 2011 Ritz Carlton Kapalua Tree Lighting Ceremony fundraiser for Maui homeless, unfortunately cancelled this year photo by Jill Engledow, Maui Island Press

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challenges crush families every day; strategies to resume a normal life are costly and take time. KHAKO gives families a safe place to find the time and resources to heal and get back on track.

Erin explains, “Homelessness can happen to anyone. Each one of us has the capability to help homeless families get on their feet. Our approach is to provide individualized help to relocate, find medical care, Dedicated and skilled staff transition to a new job or members provide counsel and battle addiction. I encourage education in a safe environment everyone to explore ways so homeless families may get you can become involved, as a new start photo courtesy Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Centers a donor or a volunteer.”

The homelesss shelter first started in Pu‘unene in 1986. In 1993, they built the current facility in Wailuku, which offers life skills classes designed to break the pattern of homelessness: budgeting, parenting, and communication. As a full resource center, they provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, training, counseling, primary medical care, child care, and coordinate with other agencies to provide Head Start for homeless preschoolers.

A retaining basin on property was recently turned into a community garden that grows fresh produce for the kitchen, and teaches children sustainability skills. Says Erin, “We have a great team with a lot of heart, a lot of patience and commitment. This is a safe place of nurture where our clients have the space to reach out for what they need.”

The holidays are a great time to help homeless families. Tax deductible cash donations may be made via PayPal at Khako.org or by check to Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Center, 670 Waiale Road, Wailuku, HI 96793. The center also receives donations of food, clothing, lawn furniture, small appliances, household items, and toys. Wrapped Christmas gifts for children help families who cannot provide holiday festivities for their kids. Call 808.242.7600 for details.

Of course these are only a few of the many wonderful charities on Maui. Make this holiday season special by making charity giving a family activity. Pass on our wonderful cultural practice of sharing to the next generation.

Mele Kalikimaka! ❖ Contact writer Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith: HonuPublications.com The community garden teaches farming skills and supplies Ka Hale A Ke Ola community with vegetables and fruits photo courtesy Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Centers

Featured Cover Artist: Philip Sabado

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aui artist Philip Sabado’s oil paintings channel history and culture. They depict a time in Hawaiian history known as the “Pre-Ali‘i.” On Moloka‘i this was commonly known as the time before the Ali‘i and the Tahitians arrived in their long boats from Tahiti.

Philip’s early art education began on the island of Moloka‘i where he was raised. As the youngest of twelve children, his mother always put aside enough money for colors and paper for the young artist. Philip found his first artistic experience at the age of four to be a box of crayons.

After serving in the army he returned to Honolulu to attend The Honolulu Academy of Art. In 1976 he chose to study art

comprehensively in California and attended the prestigious Art Center College of Design as well as the Otis Parsons Institute of Design, both in Los Angeles.

On Maui, the ‘Īao Valley State Park signs were created by Sabado in 1999. The year 2000 Sabado returned to his boyhood home, Moloka‘i, to create a forty-foot mural for the library at Kaunakakai School. This was painted for the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. This mural encompassed the 900 year history of Moloka‘i.

In 2001 he completed a mural for the spa at the Hilton Kalia Towers hotel in Waikīkī. All 20 floors of the Kalia hotel proudly display his floral and hula paintings.

Philip is now also creating rugs with his images on them.

Contact Philip Sabado: SabadoStudios.com, 808.249.0980

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he tradition started in 1928, when Alexander Boniface Akina established a transportation company on Maui with banana wagons, buses, and taxis. Alexander also provided transportation service for the US Government. These ventures established Maui’s oldest and most experienced transportation company, Akina’s Transportation Service.

For 86 years the Akina family has operated the oldest and continuous passenger transportation service on Maui. Their goal to provide unique tours, quality service, and the Aloha Spirit to all of their customers has become a tradition.

Since 1988, Akina Aloha Tours has been owned and operated

by Douglas and Sandra Akina.

Akina Aloha Tours, Inc. and Akina Bus Service, Ltd., have been ranked one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Motorcoach Operators in the nation.

An acknowledged industry leader, Akina Aloha Tours is known for its “state of the art” equipment, on-time performance, and superior personalized service. Their modern fleet consists of deluxe limousines, luxury sedans, vans, Van Hool Motorcoaches, and an Executive Van Hool Limousine Coach.

Akina Aloha Tours provides the most professional and reliable transportation service on Maui­—private ground transportation to and from all locations, unique island tours, meet and greet services, as well as customized tours and events.

The experienced and knowledgeable staff is readily available to assist its clients with all aspects of ground transportation, tour, and hospitality services. With the combined effort of more than 45 employees, the Akina’s provide transportation services second to none.

Akina takes great pride in the first-rate quality of its vehicles, drivers, and tour narrators as well as the reliability and on-time performance of its service. They are the only transportation company you’ll need, whether it’s for corporate, social, educational or any other requirements for moving people from one place to another.

Their excellent quality control is quite obvious with the best equipment, staff, and ultimately, the best in service and Hawaiian hospitality!

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Breaking Ground in 2015:

West Maui Hospital Medical Center is Almost Here!

The West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc. (WMHF) was formed in 2013 and will be the owner and operator of the hospital facility. Developer of the West Maui Hospital and Medical Center, Newport Hospital Corporation, acquired the land for the hospital and the Certificate of Need (CON) required by the State of Hawai‘i Planning and Development Agency.

WMHF has recently been named and approved by the Hawai‘i State Legislature as the recipient of up to $50 million in Special Purpose Revenue Bonds that will provide a viable financing option and vehicle for the development and construction of the hospital facility.

In July, Lee Imada, Managing Editor of the Maui News, interviewed Brian H. Hoyle, President of Newport Hospital Corporation, who is also a board member of WMHF. Lee reported that the hospital site plan and applications for land use and building entitlements were filed and that the approval process was expected to take a year. Newport Hospital Corporation will oversee construction of the facilities, which it estimates will take 18 months.

What’s next?

After County of Maui budgets are approved at the end of March 2015, remaining items required from the county government will be addressed. When all the required project entitlement approvals and site development permits are in hand, Newport Hospital Corporation will start site work construction.

Brian hopes this will be as early as the third quarter of 2015.

Brian applauds all the support of West Maui residents.

For more information and further project updates: WestMauiHospitalAndMedicalCenter.com

Contact writer Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith: HonuPublications.com

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ust north of Kā‘anapali, on land that is part of the Kā‘anapali 2020 community plan, sits 14.994 acres of land between the Honoapi‘ilani Highway and Kā‘anapali Coffee Farms.

This site will soon become the first hospital built in Hawai‘i in 20 years, and West Maui’s connection to healthcare; a 24-hour emergency room and hospital with 25 critical access beds, plus three operating rooms.

Unlike large state-run hospitals, this small private facility will be able to achieve a “critical access” designation from the Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Under this designation, cost based reimbursement for services to Medicare and Medicaid patients will give the West Maui Hospital business model a high probability for success.

Adjacent to the small hospital there will be two other facilities: a 40-bed Skilled Nursing Facility, a separate 40-bed Assisted Living Facility, as well as a future 40-bed Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility. West Maui residents will also benefit from two new medical office building/clinics on the hospital campus, so that physician and hospital services are available at one central location, midway between Lāhainā/Kā‘anapali and Honokōwai/Kapalua areas.

Currently, it takes up to one hour to drive to Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku; an ambulance can make the run in 30 minutes in good weather. The single lane highway that winds over the Pali cliffs between Lāhainā and Wailuku can be impassable during rockslides or run-away brush fires, and there is no safe alternate route. For West Maui residents and visitors, access to immediate critical care in Lāhainā could make the difference between life and death—especially for victims of stroke, heart attack, or major trauma. The community has supported this hospital project since its inception in 2002.

Despite many obstacles and revised plans, the hospital initiative survived. Even the 2008 recession was not enough to discourage the West Side community or the developer of the hospital, Newport Hospital Corporation. The hospital project has emerged with renewed strength and the formation of the new West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc.

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