Molokai Dispatch -- Oct. 30, 2013

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Oceanic Franchise Agreement

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ost people click the TV remote to find their favorite programs every day without thinking twice about it, but there is a lot that goes into that service -- provided for Maui County exclusively by Oceanic Time Warner Cable. Oceanic operates under a franchise agreement, renewed approximately every 20 years and regulated by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), and the Maui County franchise expires at the end of this year.

Last August, a hearing was held on Molokai by the DCCA to collect initial feedback on Oceanic’s service. Oceanic took that information and used it to develop an application for their franchise renewal, according to Catherine Awakuni, cable TV administrator for the DCCA. Now, Oceanic has filed their application with the DCCA and a second hearing was held on Molokai two weeks ago, among others in communities around the county.

Franchise agreements cover the use of county and state rights-of-way to lay Oceanic’s cable, as well as identification of community needs through public hearings, reviews the financial viability of the operator, an outline what services they plan to offer and the company’s technical capabilities, among other agreements. Each county in the state has a separate agreement.

Oceanic attorney Brian Kang said Oceanic has kama`aina roots back to 1969, when the company’s predecessor provided 12 channels to the then-rural Oahu community of Mililani.

“Today – nearly 45 years later -Oceanic Continued pg. 4

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Kiawe Beans Pods Not Just Food For Livestock Pg. 3

By Jessica Ahles | Staff Writer

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ou flush your toilet an average of five times per day, but have you ever wondered what happens once it leaves the porcelain throne? By the time it reaches the end of the sewer line and completes a lengthy purifying process, not only is your wastewater cleaner than it started, but one more thing is clear. The wastewater facility workers who sort through the thick of it, surface with this message: If you think you can dispose of your strangest unmentionables down the drain, you’re wrong.

“There are no secrets. If you flush it down the toilet, we see it.” said Guy Joao, an operator at the Kaunakakai Wastewater Reclamation Facility.

The facility, less than one mile west of town, serves roughly 2,200 residents in Kaunakakai and Manila Camp, collecting your unwanted and unmentionables from the toilet, shower, washing machine and kitchen sink.

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Sludge pumped into stabilization ponds

Chemical used in process: Calcium Hypochlorite (Chlorine)

9,166 gallons go through the full process every hour

After full process: Water goes into injection wells 200ft below ground water Into the fresh water table Infographic By Vincent Meadows

Farmers Football Season Closer

Cheers to the Masters

By Laura Pilz | Staff Writer

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-InChief

“It wasn’t the result we had hoped for, but it was a lot closer than olokai High School football the first game we played against them team wrapped up their sea- [Seabury],” said Kahale. “We appreson last Saturday with a close ciate these boys. They are all hard home game against Seabury Hall. Sea- workers and we will be back next bury emerged victorious with a score year – bigger, faster, stronger.”

For eight of 25 to 14, but MHS seniors, the Farmers still it was the last had a lot to celhome game. ebrate including “We worked a strong season very hard, but it with more comjust didn’t work munity support out for us,” said as well as eight senior Josiah Duseniors who vauchelle. were recogThe other nized for their dedication to MHS seniors were recognized and adorned with lei graduating playafter Saturday’s game. Photo by Laura Pilz. ers are Maka the program.

While the Puaa-Aki, David team went into the game with high Rapanot, Makana Kaholoaa, Alika expectations against the rival Spar- Kaahanui, Kilo Kaawa-Gonzales, tans, Coach Kahale said the boys ran Noah Caparida, and senior manager out of time to make a comeback.

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waste water reclamation facilities on Molokai, the Kaunakakai plant is the only Molokai facility operated by the County of Maui, said Steve Parabacoli, County of Maui wastewater operations program superintendent.

Though the facility processes about 220,000 gallons of wastewater each day, plant workers say the community may not be fully aware of what happens to their waste.

“People just assume wastewater is doo-doo water,” said Joao. “Out of sight, out of mind--as long as everything works, they just don’t think about it.”

When John Souza, supervisor at the wastewater facility, began his career in the reclamation industry, he said even he wasn’t familiar with the process.

“All I knew at the time was that wastewater comes here,” said Souza.

“I was ignorant so I thought ‘oh it’s like a big cesspool or something’ and

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here’s only one event in Hawaii that you’ll see teams of genies, clowns, American Indians, devils and cats jumping into outrigger canoes and paddling away along the coastline. It’s the annual Molokai Master Blasters, a race for older athletes featuring the sport of paddling, the art of drinking and the fun of dressing up.

“We’ve always wanted to do this -- it was our goal race,” said one member of the Pu`uloa Puddy Cats of Oahu, participating in the 28th annual Master Blasters for the first time. This year’s race attracted 23 teams from around the state, including eight from Molokai.

“You can let your hair down -it’s not a serious race,” said another Puddy Cat. But for others, the competition Master Blasters Continued pg. 3

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AT&T Expands 4G Network to Molokai AT&T News Release Telecommunications company AT&T has expanded fast 4G LTE speeds to Molokai, where the majority of its mobile Internet traffic now runs over enhanced backhaul — or the cables that connect sites to the overall AT&T network. The expansion provides customers with speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can now enjoy 4G LTE speeds in Maunaloa, expanding coverage and capacity for the western half of the island. “4G” refers to the fourth generation mobile communication technology standards providing mobile ultra-broadband Internet access. LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.

“Demand for wireless speed is growing rapidly, and we are excited to bring these super-fast speeds to residents and businesses on Molokai,”

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I think the public has that same attitude.”

said Tammi Terrell, vice president general manager of AT&T Hawaii.

This launch is part of AT&T’s Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan announced last fall to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers’ growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services. As part of Project VIP, AT&T plans to add more than 10,000 macro cell sites nationwide by year-end 2015, as well as deploy more than 40,000 small cells and add more than 1,000 Distributed Antenna Systems to increase the density of its wireless network.

AT&T invested nearly $20 million in its Hawaii wireless and wired networks so far this year.

These projects build on the nearly $110 million AT&T has invested in its wireless and wired networks in Hawaii from 2010 through 2012.

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Molokai Represented at World Wilderness Congress

By Maile Naehu Recently my husband Hano and I were invited to be delegates at the 10th World Wilderness Congress, or “Wild 10.” As we prepared for a presentation on Ocean Resource Management emphasizing fishponds, we had no idea what was in store of us in Salamanca, Spain.

On Oct. 1, we left our humble home ber. If you were never taught the lessons to embark on a day and a half journey to of your ancestors, just turn your hands Europe where the oldest university on the into the earth and you will remember.” planet calls home. We arrived to a primarI had to reflect on my role and reily Spanish speaking land until we met up sponsibility that I’ve taken to malama with the other thousand or so delegates `aina. In this era, we are often more confrom around the globe. From every corner cerned with our rights rather than our reof the world, students, government policy- sponsibilities. What rights can we claim making officials, cultural practitioners, if we haven’t been responsible stewards scientists and philanthropists gathered to and caretakers first? After seeing and share and learn about each other’s efforts learning about the struggles with water, to “make the world a wilder place.” This animals, plants, ocean and people on all is their slogan in hopes that the wilderness continents except Antarctica, I was comwill always have a last one half of the in- pletely humbled. Delegates came from as habitance of the land, sky and sea. far as the Arctic Circle, Australian OutBusiness cards $15 cards What I came to realize during the back, 50 India, Namibia, The Amazon Rain$30 100 cards week there was that we must think glob- forest, various tribes from the Americas, $15 one time set up fee ally Passport and act Photos locally. We must decipher and for the first time ever, Hawaii. $20 2 pictures between responsibility and rights.

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Down the Sewer Line Arleone Dibben-Young is a local biologist who originally took interest in the waste water facility because it provides a rich ecosystem for native birds. Now, in her free time, she volunteers to give tours of the facility to local students and community members.

When you flush the toilet, the waste flows through an underground eightinch pipe through Kaunakakai until it reaches a pump station, according to Dibben-Young. For some residents, their sink drains and washing machines also follow the same route.

At the pump station, large objects such as plastic bags, sticks, and rocks are strained from the wastewater to prevent clogging once it moves to the facility. This has also included such strange items as blue jeans and panty hose, according to Souza.

Once your waste reaches the Kaunakakai wastewater treatment facility, it moves through a diverse range of processes that separates solid waste and disinfects the water, said Dibben-Young.

First, the water flows through a screening conveyor belt that catches smaller solid objects into a trash bin that you may have lost or gotten rid. One bin of waste measures one-half cubic yard, or 100 gallons, which facility staff takes to the landfill every two weeks, totaling more than 5,000 gallons of waste items annually.

“Just from looking in here, I see lots of cigarette butts, bottle caps, a toy Lego, and a lot of baby wipes and [feminine sanitary items],” Dibben-Young said, referring to the constantly-growing pile of smelly rubbish.

Other objects sometimes found in the mixture include clothing, jewelry, illicit drugs and partially digested food.

“You know when there is a sale on corn because there will be a lot of corn in the basin,” said Souza, smirking.

Joao said the bins have made him a little richer.

“I just found $3 last month,” he laughed. “I just threw it in the solution, rinsed it out, put it in my pocket, and I bought my next soda with that.”

The most he ever found in a bin was $24.

After the filtering process, your water travels through four giant, rotating disks that grow bacteria to naturally break down toxins and organic material.

The heavier solids, a slimy sludge, collect at the bottom of the eight-footdeep tank and the sludge is pumped into a five-acre, green pond to allow the environment and algae to further remove harmful bacteria. After the sludge is separated in the tank, the remaining water moves through a sand filter and chlorine basin for final cleansing.

Calcium hypochlorite, commonly known as chlorine and used in swimming pools, is the only chemical used during the treatment process, said Souza.

A 340-gallon container of concentrated chlorine continuously drips into the basin to disinfect the water from any remaining harmful bacteria.

After your wastewater completes the reclamation cycle -- an estimated 9,000 gallons in one hour -- it is pumped underground and into the water table from a 200-foot-deep “injection well,” where it can finish its natural purification cycle, said Dibben-Young.

Recycling from Lavatory to Lawn Currently, wastewater facilities on the island of Maui recycle 3.5 million gallons of water daily and Maui County is regarded as the state leaders of reusing its treated water, according to Parabicoli. He said the county reuses 35 percent of the water to irrigate landscapes and agriculture, control dust, use as fire protection

and toilet/urinal flushing as well as a source of drinking water for cattle.

However on Molokai, only 10 percent of the water is reused, which is only utilized on the reclamation facility’s property.

“I think [Monsanto] would be someone who might want this because right now they’re using fresh water for irrigation,” said Souza. “But it’s just cheaper and easier to use regular water right now.”

Parabicoli said reusing water takes a big financial commitment from the county to construct the infrastructure to deliver the recycled water to places where it can be used.

“The infrastructure was never put in on Molokai because [the county] never thought about it, and right now it’s just cost prohibitive,” said Joao. “To put the pipes, pumps and tanks in Molokai for only 220,000 gallons we are producing a day, it’s not feasible and it’s expensive.”

Trash Tips and Waste Education Today, addressing public misconceptions about sewers and the reclamation process is an important step for more efficient facility operations. A common misconception, according to DibbenYoung, is that all trash can be flushed down the toilet.

“People don’t know that the sewer system is only made for organic material and that is…what you’ve eaten the night before and toilet paper,” she said. “So once it all gets here, we have to deal with what’s not supposed to be going into that sewer system.”

Dibben-Young said the most common pipe-clogging items you should never pour down the drain are grease and cooking oil. Absorbing it with newspaper and throwing it in the trash is a safe way to dispose kitchen grease properly, she added.

Parabicoli said another leading myth people have is that wastewater reclamation facilities cause pollution.

“These facilities prevent pollution by converting sewage into very clean and clear water that can be beneficially reused or safely returned back to the environment,” Parabacoli said via email.

“The [water] that is disposed of into injection wells is at least 95 percent cleaner, if not more, than it was before treatment.”

Dibben-Young and Penny Martin, a local cultural and environmental educator, provide community outreach by giving students tours of the facility and explaining the process.

“The kids love the wastewater plant,” laughed Dibben-Young. “It turns out the more gross it is, the more fascinated they are with it.”

Dibben-Young said the facility’s stabilization pond is also an important nesting site for endangered Hawaiian bird species and that she can tie native birds and plants in with the facility tours, teaching the students how the reclamation ponds work as an ecological network.

“The wastewater plant is an ecosystem, but most people don’t think of it in those terms,” said Dibben-Young. “I just think it’s just getting out there and telling people how important this is and what a big role it plays in the ahupua`a ecosystem.”

According to Parabacoli, continuing water reclamation is critical to protect the community’s public health as well as the environment. He said the facility operators are often taken for granted by the public.

“In my opinion they are true professionals who should be regarded as environmental heroes for the great jobs they do and the dedication they exhibit by helping protect our environment,” said Parabacoli.

But for Souza, he said his job hits home.

“I like what I do here and I like to know what goes on with our wastewater,” he said. “I was born and raised here so I like being a part of the process to not pollute our island. That’s the best part.”

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Kiawe Beans Pods Not Just Food For Livestock

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Shauna Kaahanui.

Despite Saturday’s loss, Molokai had a strong season with some big wins such as the season opener against Hana, where Molokai dominated 42 to 0 and a 43 to 6 victory over Hawaii Island’s Ka`u on Oct. 5.

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By Mercy Ritte As you know, our kiawe trees produce an abundance of bean pods every year. Not only is it a nutritious food source for livestock, but also for people. In its native lands, dried kiawe bean pods ground into meal or flour is considered a staple food. It is very delicious and adds a sweet nutty taste to breads, pancakes, muffins, cakes and cookies. It is also gluten free, GMO free, highly nutritious, diabetic friendly and can be used to make syrup, jelly, tea, milk, and wine.

Unlike wheat that digests within one to two hours, kiawe takes four to six hours to digest, resulting in delay of hunger pangs.

The sweetness in the kiawe bean pod comes from fructose which does not require insuilin to be metabolized and because of its high fiber content, the nutrients are absorbed which also assists in stabilizing blood sugar levels. It also contains protein and minerals such as barium, boron, calcium, chromium, obalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potatssium, sodium, sulfur, and zinc.

We were very fortunate to have Vince Kana`i Dodge and Connie “Tita” Hokoana visit from Waianae and teach a two-day kiawe workshop on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19=20. This hands on, sensory workshop was hosted by the MOM hui and was supported by Hawaii SEED and `Ai Pohaku. Those in attendance learned to identify, gather, sort, wash, dry, and grind beans into flour. Using the flour and bean pods we also prepared and enjoyed `ono food and savory tea together.

Personally, my eyes are wide open to the limitless possibilities and

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uses for kiawe bean pods and the tree itself. In fact, in traditional folklore kiawe is known as a generous tree, giving abundantly of its bean pods for food and drinks, branches for firewood and building material, sweet nectar and blossoms for our bees, leaves and bark for medicine, and sap for dying. It is evident that the benefits of this tree outweigh the disadvantages and because it grows so abundant here it can serve as a valuable, sustainable food source for our Molokai families.

If you would like to learn more, email theMOMhui@gmail.com.

`Ai Pohaku Kiawe Bean Tea Recipe Ingredients: Fresh kiawe bean pods Water

Directions: Rinse kiawe bean pods if necessary, then fill pot 1/2 way. Add water to pot, until it’s 2/3 full. Bring to a rolling boil, 10-20 minutes then simmer on lowest heat for one hour.

Makes beautiful dark brown sweet tea. Very tasty hot or iced!

With big plans for next year, Kahale said MHS football will continue to grow both as an organization and a team.

“We want to grow the culture of football here,” he said. “It’s still in its infancy and we want to build it the right way.”

Molokai farmers will play one more game on Nov. 8 against Ka`u on Hawaii Island.

he talented divas of the third annual Halloqueen drag show provided a little extra eye candy last Saturday night for audience members at Paddlers Inn. In addition to fabulous performances and high energy routines by off island and local performers alike, the show also consisted of hilarious commentary, an audience costume contest and a raffle.

Pictured to the right, Molokai’s own Missty Blue stole the show with an elaborate costume and vivacious performance to Selena Gomez’s, “Come and Get It.” Craig Lucas of The House of DeReon, organizer of the event and MC for the night, was pleased with the turnout and said the show was even better than last year’s. He also wanted to extend a special thanks to Paddlers Inn for supporting the event each year.

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was real and fierce.

One paddler of the Molokai Etes, the reigning champions on the women’s side, called it “harder than the channel race.”

A men’s team from Waimanalo dressed as the Tutus from The Cab taxi company commercial featuring the business’ number, 422-2222.

Sporting wigs, mu`umu`u, jewelry and make-up, the team said they’ve paddled in Master Blasters for four or five years.

“We paddle for one hour and drink for five,” they laughed before the race. Their routine also included practicing make-up application. The Tutus said what brings them back every year in the fun and camaraderie, adding “Molokai does a [heck] of a job putting this on.” Overall, the team said they put their energy into their costume creativity.

“We don’t want to win the race -- that’s too much work!”

It turns out their efforts were well-directed, claiming first place in the men’s division costume contest following the race. On the women’s side, Coco’s Genies of Molokai won best-dressed.

The men who did win the race, though, had a few years to make up for. The men of the Molokai Canoe Club sought to reclaim the title they lost a few years ago -- and, sporting their club’s simple shirts for a costume -- paddled into first place overall.

As they neared the finish line at the canoe shack by Kaunakakai Wharf, steersman Ed Misaki could be heard yelling encouragement.

“We all had a dream, boys!” he shouted.

Each team is made up of six men, age 40 and up for a total crew age of 300 years minimum, or six women, 35 and up totaling at least 250 in age.

The race starts from Kawela Rice Patch and ends at Kaunakakai Wharf.

The six-mile course is interrupted by four stops at which teams must jump ashore to chug beers -- four brews total for women and six for men -- before leaping (or falling) back into their canoes. In addition to the usual rules of “you cannot spit out more than you swallow” and others, race director Liko Wallace emphasized the importance of paddling around the outside of shoreline fishponds to avoid damage to canoes.

Wallace said the Master Blasters tradition began with a group of paddlers holding a race they called “Dolla Dolla” because of the money they pooled together to buy beer afterwards. The idea to make it a masters age event started after they competed in an age-specific race on Oahu -- and then a novel notion dawned on them: make a race that combined both elements.

Molokai is still the only place such a concept can be found, said Wallace.

“The race itself is a killer,” said Wallace. “A lot of paddlers are drinkers but when you put the two together it’s like, ‘oh my gosh!’”

Today, the Master Blasters is the Molokai Canoe Club’s largest fundraising event -- but Wallace said it also serves to boost local economy from visiting participants. She added that while some competitors have been racing in the event for more than 20 years, others continue to learn about it through word of mouth. Because there’s no website for the race, Wallace said some admit to searching “high and low” to get information on how to join the fun.

Above, the Molokai Canoe Club won the men’s Master Blasters race. Below, clowns, genies (first place costume contest) and Molokai Etes (top right, first place women’s finishers) battle to push off at the race’s start. Photos by Catherine Cluett

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Continued From pg. 1 Oceanic’s services have grown exponentially, and Oceanic now offers over 400 video and music channels, and provides Maui County residents with innovative cable television, high definition video, voice, broadband Internet, and other services through one of the most technologically-advanced systems in the industry,” said Kang at the hearing.

Supporting Public Programming Cable providers are federally mandated to set aside a few channels for public, educational and government (PEG) access, and content cannot be controlled by the cable company. But some feel public programming -- provided in Maui County by Akaku -- is being given low priority by Oceanic.

Dan Emhof, director of operations for Akaku on Molokai, has been an employee of the company for nearly 10 years and called his job “a dream come true and one of the greatest honors in my life.”

Emhof stressed the importance of continued support for the channels by Oceanic, not only as an educational tool but also as a means to share news about Molokai on TV. Akaku CEO Jay April said Akaku channels give a voice to local communities and allow rural areas to share what matter to them with the rest of the county.

“Dan [Emhof] has given Maui County a much better appreciation of Molokai,” he said.

Digital Migration One of the major changes in how Hawaii residents will view TV that will take place over the next 20 years is the shift from analogue to digital technology.

“During the next franchise period, Oceanic plans to invest further in its system and eventually transition all of the current analog channels to the digital spectrum in phases,” said Kang.

But April is not convinced Oceanic will make that shift with fair consideration to public access programs. He described the migration in terms of “electronic real estate.” Each analogue channel

is six megahertz (MHz), he said -- or a “definite amount of acreage.” In digital technology, however, “channels” become only conceptual, and you can use those six MHz for many different uses -- such as broadband Internet, data, voice or video, said Rick Colletto, Oceanic general manager for Maui County.

“It becomes a more efficient way of providing services,” said Colletto.

Most people won’t be able to tell the difference, but the problem, as April sees it, arises because he feels public access channels are not receiving an equivalent amount of “acreage” as other broadcasts after the switch to digital. “[OC16, for example] is on the analogue band, repeated in digital and again in high definition,” said April, meaning that the same programming can be found three different places. “That won’t happen for public access -- [Oceanic] has no interest in promoting our channels unless they’re required to [because] there’s no economic incentive.”

That incentive could only come from specific language in the franchise agreement -- language that April said doesn’t currently exist. He said Oceanic promises to continue its support of public access programs, but the current agreement does not state what exactly that commitment means. Only the DCCA can mandate more specificity, said April.

The transition to digital has already begun, and April hasn’t been happy with the results for PEG channels so far. Last year, he said Oceanic migrated the education channels used by the Department of Education and UH Maui College -- analogue channels 55 and 56 -- to digital 355 and 356.

“If you don’t have a digital box, you won’t be able to watch it,” said April. “I call it ‘cable Siberia.’”

A so-called “digital box” allows subscribers to view digital programming, but those without the upgraded technology -49 percent of subscribers on Maui, according to April -- can only watch analogue channels. Colletto said Oceanic is also experimenting with a digital converter so customers don’t have to buy the box.

“It’s a digital world now – some cable companies have already switched,”

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The Molokai Dispatch • October 30, 2013 • said Colletto. “But we don’t want to make it tough on our customers and on us.”

He said the transition to digital will continue slowly, and 30 days of notice will be given on the channel before each migration is made.

Community Feedback Suki Halevi, Akaku director of development, said the franchise application does not currently include a plan for Molokai.

“What service exactly will be offered for the next 20 years?” she asked in her testimony.

“Their application is actually quite thin,” said Awakuni of what Oceanic has filed with the DCCA. “They’ll flesh it out along the way.”

Several community members urged the DCCA not to allow a 20-year franchise at all.

“I would not support another 20 year extension because a whole new cable technology could be right around the corner in five years, but we will be paying for the same old [service]…” said Molokai subscriber Moke Kim. “I support their application, but only at five years.”

Howard Selnick, a former media teacher at Molokai High School, agreed.

“In the last years, the only movement of Oceanic to change was when their feet were put to the fire,” he said. “Look at a year to year agreement, or couple-year period – if changes are positive, we’d extend and continue to watch [the company’s] efforts.”

Awakuni said the DCCA has the discretion to determine the length of time the franchise agreement, which -- while they normally last 20 years -- can also be shorter.

Kim called the overall quality of service provided by Oceanic poor.

“We have extreme difficulty in receiving some services… I could be watching a cable show when the whole station blanks out,” he said.

“Oceanic can be better,” he added. “If people all over [Hawaii and the mainland] can get [good service], what’s wrong with us? Are we a stepchild? Are we so far out of the loop? No.” Fellow Kalae resident Artice Swingle called the recent Oceanic Internet upgrade in July from microwave technol-

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ogy to the faster fiber optic signal “great,” but said it offered little improvement for some areas like hers.

“One of our friends teaches online classes and Internet services have been so poor it jeopardizes his income,” she testified. “If we want to use the Internet, we get in the car and drive two miles down the road [where service is better]… People who pay for the services, it’s there maybe 50 percent of the time.”

Emhof said some parts of Molokai don’t have access to Oceanic services at all.

“I believe knowledge is power and everyone deserves power,” testified Emhof. “People in rural areas don’t have the option [to subscribe of Oceanic’s services]… I request that every home has the right to fast, reliable Internet.”

Colletto could not say what percentage of Molokai residents don’t have access to cable services, but said most of the island does.

“We have rules about how many homes we pass to build a cable… it’s no small task to build,” he said, adding that if a resident lives five miles out past the last home on a road, they probably won’t have cable access.

“We talk about it all the time… is it a business justification to extend the cable that far?”

Next Steps Awakuni said the franchise agreement renewal process is still in the early stages. The DCCA will now examine Oceanic’s application and the public feedback received, and will likely request additional information from Oceanic. While Oceanic’s Maui County agreement is due to expire at the end of the year, Awakuni said the DCCA may give an extension if the application process is not complete by the end of the year.

The DCCA welcomes written testimony submitted by Nov. 15 by sending it to: DCCA-CATV, P.O. Box 541, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809 or by email to: cabletv@ dcca.hawaii.gov. Oceanic’s application can be found at cca.hawaii.gov/catv/ files/2013/05/OCEANICAPPLICATIONFORRENEWAL_Maui_20130830. pdf.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Adult “Aqua Jogger Class” Oct. 15 – Dec. 19 T, Th 9 a.m. at Cooke Memorial Pool 553-5775 Advanced Zumba with Preciouse Senica, 553-5848 T,Th Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 9-10am T,Th, F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm Zumba Basic with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 M Home Pumehana 10:30 a.m.

T, Th Mitchell Paoule 9 a.m.

F Kilohana Rec Center 5 p.m.

Zumba Gold with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 T, Th Mitchell Paoule 10:30 a.m.

F Home Pumehana room #2 10:30 a.m.

Personal Training with Elias Vendiola M,T,W,Th,F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 553-5848, by appointment only, Elias Vendiola 5am-1:30pm Turbo Fire Class with Kimberly Kaai/Ceriann Espiritu M, T, W, Th, F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 4-5pm 553-5848 T,Th Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 9-10am Beginning Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga W Home Pumehana 10:15 a.m.

T Mirchell Paoule10:15 a.m.

Intermediate Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga W Home Pumehana 11:20 a.m.

T Mirchell Paoule 11:20 a.m.

Hula: Ka Pa Hula `O Hina I Ka Po La`ila`i M Hula Wahine, 4:30-5:30 Advanced @ MCHC 5:30-6:30 Beginners

I Aloha Molokai, alternative energy solutions for Molokai. First Monday of every month, 6 pm at Kulana Oiwi. Go to IAlohaMolokai.com for schedule or location changes.

MUSIC Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. Third Thursday Na Kupuna Hotel Molokai, Fridays 4-6 p.m.

Na Ohana Hoaloha Music & Hula, Paddlers, Sun. 3-5 p.m. of every month at 10 -11:30 a.m. or 4:30 -6 p.m. at Hospice Office in Kamoi Center. Call Barbara Helm at Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class 336-0261.

W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m.

Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 F Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m. p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John Open to all. For more info call 553-5402 Wordin at 553-8100 for info MEETINGS Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tuesdays Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. and Thursdays at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8 to OHA/DHHl. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd Tues. each month at MAC Special field trips on 9 a.m.Open meeting. For more info, call Rodney at 213-4603.

Fridays.

Plein Air Molokai - Art Outdoors First Fri & Sat. Third AA Hot Bread Meeting, Tues. & Fri from 9-10 p.m.

Thursdays. Work on your art with others inspired by nature.

Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191 All levels welcome! This is not an instructor led class. Contact Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Heather (808) 658-0124 or artalohamolokai@hotmail.com Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym Art Aloha Keiki - Weds Nov 6- Dec 18 from 2-3 p.m. & 3-4 conference room. p.m, Email artalohamolokai@hotmail.com or call Heather SPORTS & RECREATION AA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai 658-1024 Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Office upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the Molokai Community Children’s Council Every secClub. Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m. ond Thursday. Home Pumehana, 2:30-4 p.m. 567-6308 welcome.

Al-Anon Meeting Mondays, Grace Episcopal Church in Read to Me at Molokai Public Library Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

Ho`olehua, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

First Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call Pick-up Soccer Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship 553-1765 Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm Mon. & Thurs. 7-8 p.m. the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

TH Mitchell Pauole Center, 7 p.m. Open to public.

Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational MAC Ceramics Class at Coffees of Hawaii. 9 - 11 a.m.

Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each kayaking. Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@ T Papa Oli (Chanting) 4:30 – 5:30 Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews M Home Pumehana, 7:45-9:30 a.m.

T Home Pumehana, 5:15-7 p.m.

Th Kualapu`u Rec Center, 5:15-7 p.m.

F Home Pumehana, 7:45-9:30 a.m. Call 553-5402 for info.

Yoga Class open to students, families and the community.

TH Kilohana cafeteria from 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Yoga class focused on individual form, internal practice, Call Karen at 558-8225 for info Aikido Class at Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu Bakery.

M, W, F, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com Quit Smoking Na Pu’uwai Program Learn ways to quit with less cravings. Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai conference room. 560-3653. Individual sessions available.

Aloha Wednesday - Drop by and receive your weekly dose of Energy Healing in the Pu’uwai of Kaunakakai @ Kalele Bookstore - 3:30 to 4:30. Hosted by: Zelie Duvauchelle: 558-8207

UPCOMING EVENTS

ing at Mahana Gardens, 5:30 p.m. Interested in tropical fruit? Join us for our new Molokai Chapter meeting! Members and anyone ► halloween Costume Contest hosted interested is encouraged to attend. Call 658by the Molokai Lions Club at the Library.

Registration from 4- 4:45 p.m. Prizes awarded 9935 for more information. at 5 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE

THURSDAY, OCT 31

► Free Diving event: from 9 -11 a.m.

Molokai Freediving Safety Training Course #3: Part 2. Cooke Memorial Pool. Please contact KHM at 553-8353 to register. ► Domestic Violence Awareness events: sign waiving, purple lights and closing ceremony. Call 567-6888 or 5533244 for more info.TURDAY, OCT

SATURDAY, NOV 2

► Molokai heritage Rodeo in honor of Uncle Jimmy Duvauchelle on Sat, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m. at the Molokai Ranch Rodeo Arena.

Free admission.

TUESDAY, NOV 5 ► hawaii tropical Fruit Growers Meet-

► Molokai Professional Women’s League membership kick off meeting Thurs, Nov. 7 at Hotel Molokai at 6 p.m. Pupus will be served. RSVP to Barbara Haliniak at 553-3773 or email barabra.haliniak@ hawaiiantel.net by Thursday, Oct. 31. ► Informational Meeting on Battery energy storage system for Molokai’s electrical grid on Thurs, Nov 7 from 6 -8 p.m. at Mitchell Pauole. ► UCC Molokai Bazaar on Sat, Nov. 9 from 7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Kalaiakamanu Hou Church. Fresh produce, plants, baked goods, white elephant, preserves, entertainment, crafts and lucky number. ► kapualei Ranch Molokai stampede,

THE BULLETIN BOARD Molokai Princess Hawaii DOE website to see what docuMOLOKAI HIGH SCHOOL Molokai-Maui Daily Ferryments Schedule will be needed for enrollment.

Effective June 1, 2011 the

doe.k12.hi.us/register/index.htm ► enrollment To enroll at Molokai Molokai Ferry price increased due Kaunakakai to Lahaina High School please go call LoriLahaina Kaiama to Kaunakakai to mandated fuel charge changes.

ARRIvAL ARRIvAL at DEPARTURE 567-6950 ext. 228 or Julia DeDEPARTURE George FARES - ONE WAY OPPORTUNITIES & SERVICES 7:00an A.M. 7:15 A.M. 8:45 A.M. at 5:15 ext. A.M. 229 to set up appointment for Adult: $67.84, Child: $33.92 ► Free Monthly Rummage enrollment. goP.M. to the following 4:00 P.M. Please 5:30 6:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. book of Six:sale. $ 313.76 Monthly fuel charge rates may vary Sundays NO morning runs to or from Lahaina and are subject to change.

youthinmotion.org Molokai Swim Club M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm

Nov. 9-10, 10 a.m. Free Admission, T- Shirt Sales, Concession Stand Available. Events include Team Roping, Team Branding, Mixed Roping, Jr Match Barrel Racing, Dummy Roping, Calf Scramble. Entries Blanks Available on Sept 1, deadline Oct. 1. Looking for concession vendors; call 558-8142 if interested. ► VOFW Monthly Meeting: The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Molokai Post 3870 will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Jesse Church. If anyone has any questions please call 553-3323.

► Operation Christmas Child on Molokai drop off days at Molokai Baptist Church in Hoolehua: Mon, Nov. 18 from 3-6 p.m.

Tues, Nov. 19 - Fri, Nov. 22 8:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 22 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Sun, Nov. 24 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Contact Julia De George at 658-6513 or 567-9204 for more info.

► 2nd Annual Members Art show presented by the Molokai Arts Center will be ► hoolehua homesteaders’ Assn. held at the Molokai Public Library on Wed., Nov.13. For more info please call 567-9696 or scholarship holiday Craft & Food sale, Nov. 23, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lanikeha Hall, email Molokaiartscenter@gmail.com.

Hoolehua. Any questions see Ochie or ► Akaula ku ka Lau Lama 2013: 10 Year Nona.

Anniversary dinner and silent auction at Hotel Molokai. Auction starts at 5p.m. Dinner & Entertainment 6:30 p.m. Tickets $40.

Call 567-6980 for more info.

Every second Saturday, we can help you get rid of unwanted junk and treasures.

Call us at Coffees Espresso Bar for more info, 567-9490 ext. 27.

requested. For more info call 553-3999 or 553-3530. Upon request, special events such as weddings, scattering of ashes, etc. can be arranged.

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The Molokai Dispatch •October 30, 2013 •

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Short walk to pool & beach. Offered at $235,000. For more Information Call Suzanne O’Connell RB 808-495-6454

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WAVECREST RESORT B-301 Lovely one bedroom furnished condo. Well groomed grounds with pool, barbecue and tennis. Offered only $125,000 Call Mickey O’Connell RB at 808-336-0588

MOLOKAI BEACH SUBDIVISION LOT 10 Highway lot with 8,660 square feet asking only $75,000. Also Lot 7 w/beach access. Reduced to $139,000, Call office for more information

WEST MOLOKAI RESORT 1215 BEST BUY Want a great buy, look no further. Renovated studio condo with ocean views. Walking distance to barbecue, pool or beach.

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KAMILOLOA HEIGHTS LOT Kamiloloa Place ocean view lot with 10,063 square feet Offered at only $82,000. Call Susan Savage RB 808-658-0648

WAVECREST RESORT B-306 Top floor one bedroom condo. Enjoy pool with pool side Cabana and barbecue, Tennis Courts. Enjoy refreshing Trade winds. Maintenance fees include utilities.

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Notice of Public Meeting

STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Potential Battery Energy Storage System on Moloka`i

NOTICE OF ANIMAL CONTROL ACTIVITIES AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR KAMAKOU PREERVE, KAWELA, KAMALO, AND KAUPUALEI, ISLAND OF MOLOKAI Legal Notice DOFAW No. 2013-04 The Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai ‘i, with the assistance of The Nature Conservancy Moloka’i Programs and the East Moloka ‘i Watershed Partnership, will conduct animal control activities, specifically aerial shooting from helicopters, within specific gulches on the private lands of Kamakou Preserve, Kawela Plantation Common Lands, Kamalo (Kamehameha Schools) and Kapualei Ranch on the island of Moloka’i for feral goats. Other feral animals will only be controlled above the fence.

The public is invited to attend an informational meeting about a proposed Battery Energy Storage System for Moloka`i’s electrical grid.

Hosted by the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), an organized research unit of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and Maui Electric, the meeting will be on: Date: Thursday, November 7, 2013 Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Place: Mitchell Pauole Community Center Please come and share your feedback and input.

Control schedules are as follows: November 21-22, 2013.

On the above listed dates, public access to these private properties will be restricted by the landowners. Closure signs will be posted at roads and gates in the vicinity. The temporary closure is needed to minimize the dangers of incompatible uses in the same area and safely allow completion of the animal control activities.

Aerial shooting is required to control animal populations in the subject area for the conservation of south slope watershed and native ecosystems. Animal reduction is necessary to stop foraging herbivores from denuding the steep gulches of the said areas and help reduce erosion of the land and sedimentation of the down slope reef systems.

Copies of the map illustrating the area subject to aerial shooting on these dates are available for inspection at The Nature Conservancy Molokai Office, 23 Pueo Place, Molokai Industrial Park, (808) 553-5236. Meat salvage will be conducted by requests and only if it is safe.

For more information call the Nature Conservancy at 553-5236.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Once when I was hiking through Maui’s rain forest, I spied a majestic purple honohono flower sprouting from a rotting log. As I bent down close, I inhaled the merged aromas of moldering wood and sweet floral fragrance. Let’s make this scene your metaphor of the week, Aries. Here’s why: A part of your life that is in the throes of decay can serve as host for a magnificent bloom.

What has been lost to you may become the source of fertility. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What if you had the power to Halloween costume suggestion: a garbage man or cleaning enchant and even bewitch people with your charisma? Would you wield your allure without mercy? Would you feel wicked maid wearing a crown of roses. delight in their attraction to you, even if you didn’t plan to TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What don’t you like? Get give them what they want? I suspect these questions aren’t clear about that. What don’t you want to do? Make definitive entirely rhetorical right now. You may have more mojo at decisions. What kind of person do you not want to become your disposal than you realize. Speaking for your conscience, and what life do you never want to live? Resolve those I will ask you not to desecrate your privilege. If you must questions with as much certainty as possible. Write it all manipulate people, do it for their benefit as well as yours. Use down, preferably in the form of a contract with yourself. Sign your raw magic responsibly. Halloween costume suggestion: the contract. This document will be your sacred promise, a mesmerizing guru; an irresistible diva; a stage magician. a declaration of the boundaries you won’t cross and the activities you won’t waste your time on and the desires that SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I had a dream that you aren’t worthy of you. It will feed your freedom to know exactly were in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? You were like the what you like and what you want to accomplish and who character played by George Clooney after he escaped from you want to become. Halloween costume suggestion: the a prison chain gang. Can you picture it? You were wearing a striped jailbird suit, and a ball and chain were still cuffed opposite of who you really are. around your ankle. But you were sort of free, too. You were on GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you up for an experiment? the lam, making your way from adventure to adventure as you Not just on Halloween, but for a week afterwards, be scarier eluded those who would throw you back in the slammer. You than your fears. If an anxious thought pops into your mind, were not yet in the clear, but you seemed to be en route to bare your teeth and growl, “Get out of here or I will rip you to total emancipation. I think this dream is an apt metaphorical shreds!” If a demon visits you in a nightly dream, chase after depiction of your actual life right now. Could you somehow it with a torch and sword, screaming “Begone, foul spirit, or I use it in designing your Halloween costume? will burn your mangy ass!” Don’t tolerate bullying in any form, whether it comes from a critical little voice in your head or CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I invite you to try the from supposedly nice people who are trying to guilt-trip you. following exercise. Imagine the most powerful role you could “I am a brave conqueror who cannot be intimidated!” is what realistically attain in the future. This is a position or niche or job you could say, or “I am a monster of love and goodness who that will authorize you to wield your influence to the max. It will give you the clout to shape the environments you share will defeat all threats to my integrity!” with other people. It will allow you to freely express your CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you ready to be amazed? important ideas and have them be treated seriously. Let your Now would be an excellent time to shed your soul’s infantile imagination run a little wild as you visualize the possibilities. illusions . . . to play wildly with the greatest mystery you know Incorporate your visions into your Halloween costume. . . . to accept gifts that enhance your freedom and refuse gifts that don’t . . . to seek out a supernatural encounter that heals AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the course of earning your chronic sadness . . . to consort and converse with sexy a living, I have worked four different jobs as a janitor and magical spirits from the future . . . to make love with the lights six as a dishwasher. On the brighter side, I have performed on and cry when you come. Halloween costume suggestion: as a songwriter and lead singer for six rock bands and currently write a syndicated astrology column. According the archetypal LOVER. to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Aquarians LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people in your vicinity are are primed to cultivate a relationship with your work life smoldering and fuming. The air is heavy with emotional that is more like my latter choices than the former. The ferment. Conspiracy theories are ripening and rotting at the next eight months will be a favorable time to ensure same time. Hidden agendas are seeping into conversations, that you’ll be doing your own personal equivalent of and gossip is swirling like ghostly dust devils. Yet in the midst rock singer or astrology columnist well into the future. of this mayhem, an eerie calm possesses you. As everyone Halloween costume suggestion: your dream job. else struggles, you’re poised and full of grace. To what do we owe this stability? I suspect it has to do with the fact that life PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robert Louis Stevenson is showing you how to feel at home in the world no matter loved the work of poet Walt Whitman, recommending it with what’s happening around you. Keep making yourself receptive the same enthusiasm as he did Shakespeare’s. Stevenson to these teachings. Halloween costume suggestion: King or also regarded Whitman as an unruly force of nature, and in one famous passage, called him “a large shaggy dog, just Queen of Relaxation. unchained, scouring the beaches of the world and baying VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Unification should be a key at the moon.” Your assignment is to do your best imitation theme for you in the coming weeks. Anything you do that of a primal creature like Whitman. In fact, consider being promotes splicing and blending and harmonizing will get him for Halloween. Maybe you could memorize passages extra help, sometimes from mysterious forces working behind from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and recite them at random the scenes. The more you work to find common ground moments. Here’s one: “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am between opposing sides, the stronger you’ll feel and the untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of better you’ll look. If you can manage to mend schisms and the world.” heal wounds, unexpected luck will flow into your life. To encourage these developments, consider these Halloween disguises: a roll of tape, a stick of Krazy Glue, a wound that’s healing, a bridge.

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Irrigation System Reality Check Opinion by Glenn Teves I read with interest the opinion in the Oct. 16 issue regarding the Molokai Irrigation System (MIS) and the quality of drinking water. We only need to remember our recent water history to know that we need to question everything, and that change only comes when people are up in arms and yelling real loud.

First, the MIS is an agricultural water system that was never intended for domestic use. Due to questionable politics and the lack of environmental laws at the time it was approved back in 1974, it was allowed to occur and continues to occur.

The use of the MIS to transport water is a potential health hazard and a homeland security issue. You’re courting trouble if you use an open ditch water system to deliver safe drinking water due to potential health concerns and sabotage.

Looking at this system, pristine water taken out of Well 17 east of Kualapu`u town is pumped and dumped into the 124-acre MIS reservoir south of Kualapu`u. This reservoir is estimated to contain over half a million pounds of tilapia according to a biologist, thousands of pounds of snails, algae and who knows what else. This water is then transported to Mahana in pipes, where a pump moves it West Molokai. On the mountain, the water is then cleaned and treated, and sold to residents on the west end.

What is wrong with this picture?

Why not take it from Well 17 directly to

the west end in a pipe, saving money in the long term, and not having to go through extensive water treatment and re-purification? This means starting with clean water and continuing with clean water all the way to someone’s home.

For decades, drinking water at Maunaloa was the color of its dirt. I lived up there in the early 1980s and used to drink the stuff. What did the Department of Health (DOH) do about it? Every three months, a letter would be posted at the Maunaloa Store stating that “for the last four months, your water hasn’t met turbidity and microbiological standards,” and you should have been boiling your water before drinking it.

Another water issue occurred when the DOH fined Kaluakoi Resort for sewage violations. By crying to then Gov. Cayetano that they didn’t have money, the fine was whittled down to almost nothing. He also forgave a $330,000 bill to the MIS for transport of the water to the west end. Around the same time, two DOH officials were caught taking free rooms from the Kaluakoi Resort when they were on-island to enforce DOH rules at the resort. Other officials were also implicated. So do we assume that someone has our best interests in mind?

For anyone who mentions that all is well on Molokai needs a reality check.

The first question is, “What island are you on?”

Chemicals on Molokai One of the largest chemical corporations in the world is on our Ho`olehua farmlands. Google “Monsanto” and you can find out their history, past and present.

The people of Ho`olehua have to live with these chemicals in the air that they breath. The people of Kauai just passed a County law to protect themselves from five other chemical corporations on their farmlands.

State officials testified at county hearings on Kauai, that neither the state Department of Heath (DOH) nor the state Department of Agriculture (DOA) has the funds or manpower to protect the people from these chemical farmers. The corporations do not disclose their chemical use on the lands; it is a business secret. How can you test and protect, when you have no idea what to test for? They use more than 70 different chemicals and mixes of chemicals, and many are “restricted use” chemicals.

So when the DOA allows drinking

water to be put into an open-air agricultural reservoir, the Molokai Irrigation System, and allows restricted use chemicals to be sprayed next to it, someone needs to say something.

Kauai’s new law also requires “buffer zones” between the GMO fields and public places. We have no protection from the new GMO fields crawling closer and closer to Kualapu`u School or town, or the old fields next to our community college, MEO Day Care Center, Home Pumehana, Maliu Ball Park, Kaunakakai Town, Ranch Camp or Manila Camp.

You can attack the messenger, trust the government will protect you, and trust the corporations will care about your health over their profits, but common sense tells us something is wrong with this unregulated chemical use picture on Molokai. Maka ala, it’s the children who are most vulnerable and will be most affected.

Walter Ritte

Ceramics Class is Back MAC News Release The Molokai Arts Center (MAC) is pleased to announce the return of the Thursday morning ceramics class. This class will run Oct. 31 through Nov. 21 from 9 to 11a.m., with presentations at 8:30.

This class will explore a number of international influences including clay

beads (Africa), torn and carved slabs (Japan), hand building with slab coils (Peru). The instructor is Marilyn Melvin. The class is $60 for nonmembers and $30 for members.

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Mahalo From Hospice Hawaii A very big mahalo to all who donated items to the successful second annual Hospice Hawaii Molokai yard sale fundraiser. A special mahalo to David Mikami for the use of the parking lot at the Kamoi Business Center in front of the Hospice office.

The success was shown in many ways—the joy of seeing people buying treasures at an extremely reasonable price, the opportunity to share

what Hospice is all about, and the unsold items donated this year to the women’s shelter.

Hospice Hawaii Molokai is a nonprofit hospice organization and all donations are very much appreciated.

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Appreciation for Support The family of the late Gloria Lalim would like to thank and acknowledge with sincere appreciation the comforting prayers and messages of love and support and other expressions of kindness during this difficult time. Especially to our families and many friends, thank you so much for all the wonderful donations of food and flowers, your kindness

is greatly appreciated more than words can say. God Bless You All! “Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it is one day further from the last time we saw each other, it is one day closer to the next time we will.”

The Lalim Family

Pumpkin Patch Fun On behalf of Heart of Aloha Church we would like to thank the many families that visited our Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, Oct. 19. It was a fun-filled day, especially for the keiki with eyes lit up as they traversed the field for their favorite pumpkin, taking a wagon ride with Uncle Clay Ching or simply taking time to take a picture behind the scare crow or large pumpkin cut outs.

Thank you to Aunty Jan’s House of Blessing for donating clothes, books, etc. to be given away, Convoy of Hope Hawaii for allowing us to distribute the balance of free kids’ shoes and also to the Heart of Aloha Church Ohana for cook-

ing up the malasadas and Chinese food plate that day.

We also would like to extend a great big mahalo to Monsanto (Ray Foster), Kumu Farms (Grant Schule) and Coffees of Hawaii (Maria Holmes) for their technical support, labor and machinery use.

It’s partnerships like this that make this event a family oriented success for the community.

Keeping the “main thing the main thing,” Loving God and loving others, Pastor Cameron and Jacque Hiro heartofaloha.org

Separation – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Separation of church and state is not just an election year slogan. Church and state exist alongside each other to make our idea of America worth defending.

These two things exist separately because they each contain separate “rules” of identity and authority. It’s because these separate rules and identities can sometimes leak into each other that we remember why they are kept separate -- keeping their existence side by side in our idea that is America.

Sometimes a group identifies a social opinion (the state) that may or may not be happening, and insists that their elected official fix it. Sometimes another group identifies a spiritual opinion (the church) and suggests a fix to their elected official. Elected officials want to decide correctly to keep their elected positions, so in order to lead, they want to know where “we, the people” want to go in a free country. An example of this discussion is happening right now with the issue of gay marriage in our Hawaii legislature.

A free country allows its free people to “play” church and state like a game.

So what if a group wants to leak into another group’s identity and authority, then also wants to change another’s rules legally, including penalties if they don’t

follow along? Can they do this, and why would they want to? Do they want a “better” society for us all, or just for their own group?

It’s time to let the people decide, because rule-changing in a free country makes demands on elected officials and lawyers like rule-changing in a dictatorship makes demands on selfish egos and ammunition. If free people want to be “dictated,” they’re free to vote for it. If people in a dictatorship want to be free, they’ll go to America. If someone doesn’t know what they want, they want to do nothing…and let small self-appointed groups change the rules. In a free society, there’s always the freedom to complain afterwards, but in a dictatorship you learn to live with it or face the penalties.

Not to say that issues of church and state are simple, and they run deeper for some than for others. This however, is basic mechanics of the free political process. While this discussion is taking place nationally, it also affects Molokai residents, and we should all be aware of the issues. It’s not about social experimenting or middle school student government anymore.

Andrew Wahrmund, concerned citizen

Are We Terrorists?

Monsanto has hired Blackwater, a private military security contractor, to evaluate the risk of anyone who speaks against Monsanto. It’s now public information that Monsanto and other chemical companies have hired former investigative military types to document people who oppose GMOs and pesticides.

In the Sept./Oct. 2013 issue of “Utne Reader” (utnereader.com), the article “Could You Be a Terrorist?” states that, according to a report in “The Nation,” “Monsanto contracted with a subsidiary

of Blackwater, the private security firm, to gather intelligence on and possibly infiltrate environmental groups in order to protect the company’s brand name.”

I’d like to ask Monsanto, if you claim to be so good for the community by providing jobs, why hire these agencies to protect yourself from the people that you’re trying to serve? Are there any such agents associated with Monsanto Molokai?

Artie Swingle

Give Us a Choice I read the Monsanto workers’ letters printed in last week’s Dispatch. In response to David Makaiwi, actions speak louder than words. You say you don’t want to hurt anyone, but as a spray operator you personally spray tons of poisons upwind of homes, next to schools and into the land. Nate Oswald, if GMO farming practices on Molokai are so safe, why don’t you use them at home? If you

want freedom to choose, then label GMO products and let us choose. For those of us who live next to or downwind of the fields, there is no choice not to breathe in the pesticide drift and dust that the company provides us.

Ua Ritte

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