Getting INVOLVED

The end of life is always difficult and fraught with emotion. It‘s tough for everyone involved.

But there are local organizations dedicated to making the transition easier, such as Hospice Maui

Per the agency’s mission statement, “Caring for a dying person can be one of the most physically, emotionally, and spiritually challenging things one will ever do. [Our] team of professional staff are there to ease the stresses of caregiving, and support family members in making the very most of the singular opportunities that caring for a dying loved one can bring.”

You can aid this worthy endeavor by working directly with patients, or assisting in fundraising, facilities and equipment maintenance, or with a tax-deductible cash donation.

For more information, call 446-8234 or email khogarty@hospicemaui.org.

Nicholas Ochs, founder of the Hawai‘i Proud Boys chapter, was sentenced to four years in prison for participating in the Jan. 6 2020 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Ochs threw smoke bombs at police and illegally entered the Capitol building, where he filmed himself smoking cigarettes and recorded his companion, Nicholas DeCarlo, writing “Murder the Media” in marker on a door. In a sentencing memo, prosecutors wrote, “These were no teenage pranks. Ochs’ conduct targeted the police and Congress—and like the conduct of every rioter that day, threatened democracy itself.”

Maui County released its initial Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and is soliciting public feedback. The plan—which addresses electric vehicles, a composting facility, funds for disaster mitigation and more—can be viewed and commented upon at resilientmauinui.org/pages/ climate-action-resiliency-plan.

A tagged, 12-foot great white shark nicknamed “Tough Guy” has made his way from California to Hawai‘i waters. “White Sharks are peeling away from the mainland coast,” Michael Domeier, head of the Marine Conservation Science Institute, wrote on Instagram. “Looks like ‘Tough Guy’ is coming back to Hawai‘i to say hello.”