Molokai Dispatch -- April 16, 2014

April 16, 2014 - Volume 30, Issue 16

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Airlines Vie for Kalaupapa Service

Nurturing `Olelo Hawaii

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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By Bianca Moragne | Staff Writer

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he competition is becoming fierce between two airlines for the opportunity to serve the Kalaupapa community under a federal contract. Makani Kai and Mokulele airlines are two of the four companies that applied for subsidies to provide regular flights into the small, isolated settlement. In a show of hands last week, 77 out of 78 Kalaupapa residents attending presentations by both airlines voted in strong support of Makani Kai, which has been serving the peninsula for the past two years.

Community members say they appreciate the personalized service that Makani Kai and its owner Richard Schuman provides.

“More than once Richard Schuman always tells me, ‘if anything goes wrong in Kalaupapa, you call me and I will come there myself and pick up the people.’ That’s the kind of person he is,” said patient resident Gloria Marks at a community meeting at Kalaupapa’s McVeigh Hall last Tuesday.

With Makani Kai’s two year Essential Air Service (EAS) contract expiring this year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) opened up the bidding process. The federal EAS program provides rural and geologically isolated communities with subsidized air transportation to major national and international airport hubs.

Rising Tensions Several patient residents, including Marks, questioned why Mokulele is just now applying for the EAS when it did not express interest two years ago.

“Kalaupapa is another opportunity for us to expand… this is like any other city for us in regards that we can expand within your city,” said Roxanne Onuma, Mokulele Director of Customer Care. “On every island we see the different types of marketing opportunities and this EAS opportunity came up. We were asked to participate in the program and so we did…we were invited to bid for this city.”

Residents corrected Onuma for referring to Kalaupapa as a city instead of a settlement. Onuma said in 2011, Mokulele was switching ownership and was not in a position to serve an additional route.

Marks said she’s glad the community finally had an opportunity to express their feelings about Mokulele regarding this tumultuous decision. While Mokulele representatives visited the settlement last year, this was the first time they met with residents to share the airline’s proposals.

Onuma struggled to answer questions about Mokulele policy details such as fees, TSA screening requirements, and flight schedules.

“Frankly, to me it’s not even a debate; Mokulele cannot service Kalaupapa the way we can, period. It’s impossible,” Schuman said.

The community’s wishes were clear.

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By Bianca Moragne | Staff Writer

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ast Saturday was filled with keiki, mele, ono food, and `Olelo Hawaii—the Hawaiian language. Hundreds of Molokai residents congregated at Lanikeha in Ho`olehua, to celebrate the Hawaiian language and culture at Punana Leo O Molokai’s annual Ho’omau event.

Punana Leo O is a Hawaiian immersion preschool committed to reestablishing the native language,`olelo makuanhine, as the first language spoken at home. The school opened its doors in 1991, and now after 23 years, has served about 400 keiki ages three to five and ohana of Molokai.

“Today is to celebrate `Olelo Hawaii,” said event emcee Miki`ala Pescaia.

“Our kupuna were [once] punished for speaking [the language]. Today, we reclaim that right to `Olelo Hawaii.”

Lori-Lei Rawlins-Crivello, an event volunteer and former director of Punana Leo, agreed.

“For our native children in our native land speaking their native tongue and embracing our Hawaiian culture, it’s pono,” she said. “It’s our kuleana to make sure to perpetuate our culture, our language, and our values, so that our children continue to know their identity,

Photo by Catherine Cluett

where they come from, and who they are in society.”

Various organizations, from local crafters and food vendors to local bands and entertainers, joined Punana Leo in their 21st annual community celebration to fundraise for the school and promote fluency. Punana Leo is the only Hawaiian language preschool on the island and money from the fundraiser supports its tuition assistance program. The theme for this year’s event was “Pai Ka Leo I Ke Aloha”--Our Language Is Inspired

by Love— and the celebration was filled with face painting, horseback rides, and performances from talented Molokai youth and students of all Hawaiian immersion program levels. . Attendees also browsed hand-crafted retail and jewelry, artwork and bid on silent auction items for the worthy cause.

The day was about `Olelo Hawaii and supporting the youth who speak it, said Kolomona Kalua, Punana Leo O Molokai teacher.

“The importance of this program is to revitalize the language and raise awareness,” Kalua said. “The language revives the people. To revive the language is a blessing in itself. We like to say ‘e ola mau ka olelo Hawaii,’ or so that the Hawaiian language will live on.”

Finding Neverland

Kualapu`u students perform school’s last musical.

Photo by Laura Pilz

By Bianca Moragne | Staff Writer

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eiki sent their loved ones flying on a musical journey to Neverland last Thursday evening at Kualapu`u School’s performance of “Peter Pan” and the school’s last theater production.

The overflowing school cafeteria left only standing room for latecomers to watch 35 eager students of all ages sing, dance, and deliver “Peter Pan,” their second musical and fourth annual production. Students performed last week during school for classmates on April 7

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If it looks like a lopsided score, that’s because it is. We are very humbled by this tally taken at last week’s Kalaupapa community meeting at McVeigh Hall. Residents were asked which air carrier they would prefer to provide Kalaupapa’s air service, Mokulele or Makani Kai Air. Thank you, residents and workers of Kalaupapa, for your landslide vote and overwhelming support of Makani Kai. We are honored to serve you.

Richard Schuman, President

(808) 834-1111 | MakaniKaiAir.com $50 fare, every flight, every day | Makani Kai Air | 130 Iolana Place | Honolulu, HI 96819

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P.O. Box 482219 Kaunakakai, HI 96748

newly-completed house in Maunaloa is ready to become a home for Molokai residents with developmental disabilities. After a year of construction and more than 10 years of discussion and planning, supporters of ARC of Maui County– the local branch of a national nonprofit organization serving those with intellectual disabilities -- call the house a dream come true. “[It’s like] seeing a blessing taking place,” said Leslie Kuloloio, an ARC of Maui board member. “This place is to bring back physical, mental as well as spiritual health.”

The spacious, welcoming home is wheelchair accessible, with five large bedrooms for live-in clients, an outdoor lounge and garden space, and state-ofthe-art amenities. The house will provide 24/7 care for those residents, as well as day programs, according to staff.

“It’s client-centered care… [in which] they are supported toward their independence,” said ARC of Maui County CEO Audrey McGauley. “This kind of organizational structure is new for Molokai.”

While five similar group homes exist on Maui, this is the first of its kind on Molokai. The $1.7 million building was funded jointly by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Maui County’s Community Development Block Grant, according to ARC board members. The building is compliant with all currently regulations, and represents a collaboration between county, state and federal agencies, McGauley added.

ARC of Maui County held an open house for community members and officials to tour the home last week.

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County Recognizes Abuse Descendants of Kalama`ula Homesteaders Sought Prevention Efforts DHHL News Release

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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proclamation by Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month had special meaning for prevention efforts on Molokai. Thanks to the work of staff at Child and Family Service, Child Welfare Service and Molokai’s Consuelo Foundation, support, services and prevention programs have taken a leap forward.

One example of recent success is the founding of a trained team of experts, counselors and first responders called Molokai Sexual Assault Response Team, or MoSART, which enables victims of sexual assault to no longer have to travel off-island for services and care.

At a proclamation ceremony in front of the Public Library last week, community members gathered to recognize those efforts and celebrate the county-wide declaration.

“This is the first time for Molokai to [have a] proclamation [like this],” said Titi Hernandez of the Child and Family Services and the Consuelo Foundation.

“It’s a big thing for me.”

She introduced the nine staff members of the Child and Family Services, five who serve at the Child Welfare Service and several on staff at Consuelo and shared the work they do on the island.

PETER PAN Continued From pg. 1 and 8 and for their ohana on April 9 and 10 at 6 p.m. Students write, choreograph, and direct an original screenplay as part of a class lesson each year. This year, the unit emphasized self-entitlement with a concept titled, “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which students explored their own identities.

“It was really awesome. A lot of us were nervous performing for our classmates, but other than that we did really a good job, and it was really fun,” said Lacy Ann Duarteayau, a student who played Wendy in the musical. This is Lacy’s first time being in a musical, and she hopes to continue theater. “I like feeling the moment that you have [on stage] like it’s your moment, so you can live it.”

This being her last year at Kaulapu`u School, Boswell hopes her students learned to never give up.

Boswell is retiring this year because Kaulapu`u School cut funding support to the school’s performing arts program this year, making the theatrical production of “Peter Pan” the school’s last.

Boswell assures her students and their ohana that the budget cuts won’t keep her from introducing keiki to the theatre. She, along with several volunteers,

EAS Continued From pg. 1 “The pono thing to do down here is whatever the kupuna want. Our kupuna are sharing that they’re satisfied with the [Makani Kai] service…and that’s what they should get,” said Shannon Crivello, a Kalaupapa Department of Health employee.

“I think to be pono [Mokulele] should just pull out.” The crowd broke into applause and cheers.

Understanding the History Makani Kai began servicing Kalaupapa under a two-year EAS contract in January 2012 and has applied for renewal. In October 2013, three additional airlines filed their applications with the DOT to operate under the EAS to serve the settlement’s residents, patients, and visitors.

EAS applicants for Kalaupapa included Makani Kai Air, Mokulele Flight Service, Boutique Air based in San Francisco, and SeaPort Air based in Portland, Oregon. The DOT is analyzing each company’s proposed routes, frequency, aircraft type, subsidy rate, contract period, and community feedback to determine which airline will be awarded the subsidy contract to service Kalaupapa beginning June 1, 2014, according to a DOT spokesperson. “[The community’s] support of Makani Kai has been tremendous. We have 99 percent support. You don’t go anywhere and see that,” Schuman said. “Providing services to this community has been very important to my company and my people, so I want to thank [Kalaupapa] for all the support you have provided in the past and

“Their main concern is our kids,” she said. “It’s not an easy job when you have to take kids away from [troubled] families.”

County councilmember Stacy Crivello thanked those involved in the prevention and awareness efforts for their tireless work.

“We’re a small community and we all know the struggles,” she said. “Sometimes [it’s easier to] turn the other side and live in denial.”

The declaration states that research shows once every minute, a child in America is abused physically, sexually or emotionally. It goes on to “encourage our citizens to support our community agencies in their efforts to provide education on child awareness, neglect and prevention.”

While the declaration is an important step to raise awareness in the county, “it’s more a form of mahalo for the work you do… caring for our precious treasures,” Crivello told staff of Molokai’s prevention and support services.

“As an extended family… our hands and arms are connected to our hearts… so stretch that out to constantly malama each other,” Crivello added. “We’re a caring and sharing community.”

The Molokai Sexual Assault Center can be reached at 553-5529 or call the 24hour Sexual Assault Hotline at 213-5522.

plans to apply for grant money and start a Molokai Youth Theater.

“The kids love it and get so into it, so you can’t beat that,” said Kristin Kaalekahi, the school’s music director, her eyes filling with tears. She has been a part of the annual musical production for two years. “When you see the smiles on their faces and how proud they are of what they have accomplished, it’s great to be a part of that, so it’s hard to let it all go.”

Production began in January with read-throughs of the script and tryouts for each part. In the beginning, many of the students were timid and required microphones to be heard, but with only three months of preparation the students soared above expectations and didn’t need much assistance for their voices to be heard, said Vicki Boswell, the performing arts teacher at Kaulapu`u School. She said the commitment of the students and what is expected out of them is very high.

“I believe you’ve got to expect something or you’re going to get mediocrity,” Boswell said. “There are very high expectations and the students are really devoted. Our kids are as good as any out there and this was a wonderful outlet for them.”

Stay tuned for more information from Boswell on starting the grant application for the Molokai Youth Theater.

currently.”

Before Makani Kai began serving Kalaupapa, Pacific Wings was the only airline providing service under the EAS contract from August 2002 until March 2007. Pacific Wings declined to reapply for the contract renewal the following year, and instead provided service to Kalaupapa without government aid, which allowed the airline to set its own flight schedule and prices. According to the DOT, Airports Division, a one-way ticket from Honolulu or topside Molokai to Kalaupapa averaged more than $500. The high costs, inconsistencies in flight schedule, and unexpected cancellations caused Kalaupapa residents distress. Makani Kai stepped in to provide low fares and flexibility for residents.

“I’m not saying Mokulele is not good but…“[Makani Kai] is doing a good job, a very good job,” Boogie Kahilihiwa, a patient resident of Kalaupapa. “Our hearts are for Richard [Schuman].”

Makani Kai: Local Favorite

The State of Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) is seeking descendants still residing on Molokai of the 22 native Hawaiians allocated homestead lots and the 20 who were allocated residential lots at Kalaniana`ole Settlement, Kalama`ula, from Sept. 16, 1921, through Nov. 13, 1923.

In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Kalanana`ole Settlement at Kalama`ula and the original 42 Hawaiian homesteaders, DHHL is planning on a celebration at Kalaniana`ole Hall, Kalama`ula following the Hawaiian Homes Commission meeting at the DHHL offices at Kulana `Oiwi on April 21, where the families of the original homesteaders will be recognized.

If you are a descendent of one of these pioneering families still living on Molokai, please contact Julie Ka`upu at the DHHL Molokai District Office at 560-6104 or by email to Juliana.K.Kaupu@hawaii.gov.

The original 22 agricultural or pastoral lot lessees were: Henry A. Wise, Lot No.1; Daniel K. Hipa, Lot No.2; Z. Pali Pahupu, Lot No.3; Rebecca Kaahu, Lot No.4; J.K. Kualapai Jr., Lot No.5; Mrs. Kaa-

group home Continued From pg. 1 “I think it’s a beautiful facility and I think it’s needed,” said Maunaloa resident Pat Palmer.

Former County Council Chair Danny Mateo was present to express his support of the home, which he called “so long in coming.”

“This is a house that love built,” he said. “Now that it’s completed, it not only looks good, but it’s another opportunity for Molokai… it will meet the needs of those with special needs and provide employment. It’s well worth the wait.”

Mateo said the effort to bring a group home for those with developmental disabilities was started more than 10 years ago by the late Pat Kawano, Molokai resident and former County Council member, David Kahoohanohano, who has a special needs son, and others. He said the state Department of Health originally “told us it wouldn’t happen on Molokai,” and the project wasn’t initially supported by some members of the Maunaloa community. But he said today, those attitudes have changed.

“People are now ready for a facility like this,” he said, adding that it fills a welldocumented need on Molokai.

In the next couple of months, staff hope the building’s state licenses will be completed, and hiring of seven local staff has already begun. After that, prospective clients may apply.

Any Molokai resident with developmental disabilities over the age of 18 years is eligible, McGauley said. Cost of live-in care is covered by either the client’s soSchuman said resident rates would remain low at $72.50 between Kalaupapa and Oahu and $42.50 between the Kalaupapa and Ho`olehua.

Support for the airline has remained strong in Kalaupapa even after an accident on Dec. 11, 2013, when a Makani Kai flight departing Kalaupapa experienced engine failure and landed in the ocean shortly after take-off. All eight passengers evacuated the aircraft safely, though Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy died in the water shortly afterward. Despite the tragedy, the pilot, Clyde Kawasaki, is referred to as a local legend by community members.

“My planes aren’t brand new but they work pretty well and my pilots have demonstrated that they work pretty well too,” Schuman joked as he nodded in the direction of Kawasaki, while attendees followed suit with applause for the pilot. “…It’s all a huge team effort….I want to do a really good job servicing Kalaupapa and topside.

My whole focus is on Molokai.”

Schuman proposed two-year and four- Mokulele: The Newcomer

year contract options in his application bid to the DOT for the subsidy to serve Kalaupapa seven days a week. He plans to fly 12 nonstop round trip flights between Honolulu and Kalaupapa, and 18 trips between Kalaupapa and Ho`olehua on topside Molokai each week. The subsidy for both contracts is estimated between $700,000 and $800,000 annually. Additionally, he said the community would continue to enjoy benefits including no TSA security screening, no bag fees, no cancellation or rescheduling fees, no fee for pets, and free overnight parking as well as shuttle services to and around the Honolulu airport, downtown area, and Waikiki.

At the town meeting in October 2013,

Now that Mokulele is under new ownership with Ron Hansen and Arizona’s TransPac Aviation Holdings, the company is now seeking to add Kalaupapa to its expanding operation that has been in steady business for over 40 years. The company currently serves eight airports throughout the state and has 120 flights each day.

“I know you folks are wondering what we’re doing here. If you look at the whole picture, Kalaupapa is not about money making. It’s all about service. That’s what Mokulele is trying to offer you folks,” said Mike Shizuma, a Molokai resident and supporter of Mokulele Airlines. “The decision is really up to you folks, but just so you know on the backburner, there is another compa-

naana Bush, Lot No.6; John Geo. Lewis, Lot No.7; Mary Manu, Lot No.8; Keala Kupihea, Lot No.9; Harry Hanakahi, Lot No. 10; Wm. A. Aki, Lot No. 11; Wm. Kamakana, Lot No. 12; George W. Maioho, Lot No. 13; Marcellus Dudoit, Lot No. 14; Fred M. Kailiuli, Lot No. 15; John Puaa, Lot No. 16; Harry Apo, Lot No. 17; Albert Kahinu, Lot No. 18; Clarence W. Kinney, Lot No. 19; Demonstration Farm, Lot No. 20; David Kamai, Lot No. 21; Mrs. Matilda Rodrigues, Lot No. 22; Mrs. David Kaai, Lot No. 23.

The original 20 residential lot lessees were: J.D. Iaukea, Lot No. 25; Mrs. Gussie Joao, Lot No. 26, Lease No. 17; Mrs. Mary K. Rawlins, Lot 28, Lease No.9; Mrs. Kahea Maliu, Lot No. 29, Lease No.7; Peter Kuahulu, Lot No. 30, Lease No.2; Sam K. Kekuewa, Lot No. 32, Lease No. 21; Mrs. Joe Raphael, Lot No. 36; James Kauka, Lot No. 37; Edward Ayau, Lot No. 38; Henry Paleka, Lot No. 39; John Kino, Lot No. 40; George Townsend, Lot No. 41; Mrs. Hannah Burke, Lot No. 42; William Puaoi, Lot No. 43; Mrs. H. T. Rodrigues, Lot No. 44; Moses Burrows, Lot No. 45; Mrs. C. K. Nakihei, Lot No. 46; Mrs. Rebecca Joao, Lot No. 47; David Burrows, Lot No. 48; John Kairniola, Lot No. 49.

cial security or supplemental income, she added, and families will not be financially responsible for any expenses.

Benny Venenciano, Molokai’s Department of Health social worker, who works largely with the island’s developmentally disabled, said despite the new home offering a great option for care and independent living, “it’s a complex situation.”

He said the community is still fighting the stigmas of developmental disabilities.

Though caring for such family members can be difficult, many `ohana on Molokai feel a responsibility to shoulder that responsibility themselves, rather than place their loved ones in a group home. “[It would] give them the chance to live a normal life, with support,” Venenciano said of the new facility. Yet dependency on the financial assistance given to families to care for those with developmental disabilities can cause some to decide against the group home situation, he said.

He said education is key in fighting those stigmas -- something he and others continue to work towards.

In the meantime, ARC of Maui County staff and supporters remain confident the new home -- designed by Molokai architect Rich Young and built by local general contractor Sandy Duvauchelle -- will provide an excellent option for supported living.

Rita Woods, a registered nurse on Molokai who will be providing part-time services in the home, said she is excited about the potential.

“We could have people be independent with [staff] looking after individual’s particular goals,” she said. “It opens the doors of possibility to them.”

For more information, contact ARC Molokai Service Supervisor Suzie Holtzman at 808-660-2619. ny that is willing to do the same thing and maybe go a little bit further. I know it’s hard to let go…but there are options out there.”

If awarded the EAS subsidy, Mokulele proposed two round trip flights daily between Kalaupapa and Honolulu, as well as Kalaupapa and Kahului for a rate of $79 on their 10 new Cessna Grand Caravans.

They estimate an average subsidy between $200,000 and $300,000. The company’s goal, as stated in their proposal application, is to provide Kalaupapa residents and worldwide visitors with daily flights in a four-year contract.

“We can afford you high class experience, knowledge, and wisdom in the field of airline,” said Onuma. “We appreciate this time to be with you and establish a relationship. We are so excited because this is a moment in our history where we have grown so tall and so wide and we want to touch your lives and this community by offering our services.”

Final Decision The DOT seeks community input in making its decision on which airline will service the Kalaupapa settlement for the next EAS contract period. According to DOT spokesperson Caitlin Harvey, the DOT will determine which airline will be awarded the subsidy prior to May 31.

To date, at least 30 residents have signed a letter in support of Makani Kai Air’s continued service in the community, while Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa wrote in support of Mokulele.

Testimonies and comments are posted on Kalaupapa’s complete EAS docket at regulations.gov, which can be accessed by entering DOT-OST-2000-6773 in the search area. The final decision will be published to the docket.

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Easter Hunts, Services and Celebrations

By Bianca Moragne | Staff Writer

We just want to know that she is okay!

Call Deidre (808) 658-5096 or Baja Steve (971) 983-7308

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he combination of sunshine, candy-filled eggs, and an early visit from the Easter Bunny attracted hundreds of keiki to the 26th annual Biggest Easter Egg Hunt in Hawaii on Molokai last Saturday.

More than 8,000 multicolored candyfilled eggs covered Kaunakakai Park’s grassy field for a massive egg hunt sponsored by King’s Chapel Molokai. Children aged 3 to 12 charged the field with bright baskets in hand to gather as many eggs as possible, and maybe retrieve one of six golden eggs. The lucky golden egg finders went home with an oversized Easter basket.

“It’s fun to give things away and be a blessing,” said Pastor Robert Sahagun, who leads King’s Chapel Molokai with his wife, Lani Sahagun. “It’s great to see kids and their entire families come together, even if just for a couple of hours, and have fun not only hunting the eggs, but listening to the gospel.”

Before the egg-frenzy began, the church distributed several free prizes in-

cluding toys, gift certificates, and the biggest prize—two round trip tickets to Maui on the Molokai Ferry, in a drawing.

In case you missed this egg hunt, there are two more this upcoming Easter weekend. The Lions Club is holding their annual search for real eggs on Saturday, April 19 at 9 a.m. at the Mitchell Pauole Soccer Fields (registration from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m.). On Sunday morning, several churches are collaborating to hold Easter in the Park featuring an array of Easter activities at Kualapu`u Community Center at 9 a.m.

2014 Molokai Earth Day The Nature Conservancy Molokai News Release

KHM International

Kamiloloa/One Ali`i Homestead

Community Work Day!

Ka Honua Momona invites you to a Community Work Day at Kalokoeli Fishpond

Saturday, April 19 Time: 9 am - Noon

We will be focusing on Mangrove & Gorilla Ogo removal at Kalokoeli Fishpond.

Poluck lunch to follow, Meet at Ali`i Fishpond 8:45 am

Celebrate the environment and malama aina at the 22nd annual Molokai Earth Day this year on April 18. Come learn from conservation exhibits that bring awareness to our natural resources and what environmental organizations, agencies and local groups are doing to preserve it. Enjoy entrainment, including Moana’s Hula Halau and MoBettah Band, and local food vendors during this grass roots, family-oriented event from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Kaunakakai Ball Field.

An annual event theme is developed by the Earth Day committee and local cultural experts. The 2014 theme is, “He Wa`a He Moku, He Moku He Wa`a; Your canoe is like an island, an island is like your canoe.”

The theme describes how your canoe, like your island is surrounded by water, isolated and with limited resources. Zennie

Sawyer of “Haku Designs” has been providing the artwork for the theme and again has done a beautiful design and is featured on the Earth Day T-shirts, which will be sold to help defer the cost of the event.

There will also be lots of prizes including the “dry box” and bicycle!

This year’s “Malama Kuleana Honua” recipient is Moses “Moke” Kim. Moke is best remembered for leading the “Hana Kupono” program at Molokai High and Intermediate School and has inspired many of our island youths how to malama aina. For at least 10 years, part of his program was inserting a natural history slide show given to every seventh grader and followed up with a field trip to Kamakou Preserve.

The Molokai Earth Day event began in 1993 and is sponsored annually by The Nature Conservancy and co-sponsored by the County of Maui and the East Molokai Watershed Partnership.

E hele mai Come join us

TALK STORY about the opportunity for Hawaiians to manage our own future. Get involved. Attend a town hall meeting and learn more about nation building.

Please bring gloves, tabis/closed-toed shoes, water bottle and hat/rashguard/sunblock.

TOWN HALL MEETING MOLOKA‘I, 10 A.M. APRIL 18 Lanikeha Community Center Mahalo to our volunteers from February’s Community Work Day who removed 2,200 pounds of invasive limu in addition to tons of invasive mangrove and kiawe from Kalokoeli Fishpond!!!

Ka Honua Momona’s mission is to be a model of sustainability mauka a makai (from the mountains to the sea) and we believe Molokai can again return to abundance. We accomplish our mission by developing indigenous education systems by revitalizing natural and cultural resources, perpetuating traditional knowledge and stewardship and evolving with modern technology, which we believe will result in a self sufficient model for all nations.

For more information please contact KHM at (808)553-8353 khmiintern@gmail.com Office Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:30 am - 1pm

For more information visit oha.org/nationbuilding

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Pilot Explains West Molokai Accident

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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or John Weiser, the pilot whose plane crashed on his west Molokai airstrip on Feb. 27, it was a 1 in 10,000 accident.

“I must have landed on this airstrip more than 10,000 times in the last 30 years with no trouble,” he said, adding that he has more than 20,000 pilot hours logged.

“When I came in to land that day, I was offcenter. I should have turned around and come back, but instead, I did the turn and when I rolled out, I was in the trees.”

Weiser said his private grass airstrip on his Papohaku property has runway lights, and though some are out, he still lands at night, as he did on Feb. 27. He said it was dark when he landed, so he couldn’t tell the damage to his twin-engine Partenavia aircraft. He was uninjured and no passengers were on board.

“I just jumped out of the plane and fed my cats,” he said.

Federal regulations require an aircraft operator to immediately report an accident to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB.) Thursday, Feb. 27 was the same night an aircraft crashed on Lanai causing five fatalities, and Weiser said he thought investigators would “have their hands full” with that tragedy. So he said he decided to wait to report what he considered to be a minor incident.

Neighbors reported noticing the aircraft in the trees and notified authorities the following Monday, March 3. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigators traveled to the site the following day, examined and photographed the aircraft, reviewed its maintenance records, and spoke with Weiser, according to FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor.

NTSB investigator Van McKenny said

he is currently reviewing the information and will release a preliminary report within a month.

McKenny said because the aircraft has structural damage, the event is classified as an accident, rather than an incident.

He added that though the four-day delay in reporting the accident doesn’t comply with federal requirements, he’s “never seen action taken” against those who do not follow the regulation.

Weiser said he has never had a serious aircraft accident. “[I’ve had] mechanical problems in the past that have required emergency landing procedures, but never crashes, never severe damage, and never a single injury to the pilot or passengers,” he said.

Online FAA records indicate that Weiser holds only a private pilot’s license for single engine aircraft, but Gregor confirmed that Weiser in fact holds a commercial pilot’s certificate with multi-engine and instrument ratings. Gregor said those ratings are considered temporary because Weiser passed the tests fairly recently and the FAA is still processing the applications.

In December, 2009, the FAA revoked Weiser’s pilot’s license following several violations, and since then, Weiser said he has worked hard to retake the tests and earn his ratings back.

Weiser said until he can repair his damaged aircraft or replace it, his tour company, Pandair, is not currently operating. In addition to running air tours, he said he also helps out those in need of flights or emergency transportation.

“I shall continue helping those who need free flights in and out of Kalaupapa as well as any others with urgent medical problems needing attention,” he said. “I’ve always tried to be a good neighbor.”

Open House at Wetlands Nene O Molokai News Release Celebrate Earth Day by learning about Molokai’s native shorebirds and plants at the Koheo wetland. The Ka La`i o Ke Kioea Bird Sanctuary will be open 8 am til noon on April 19, and is home to one of the rarest shorebirds in the world, the kioea (Bristle-thighed Curlew), the official bird of Kaunakakai.

Over the past 10 years, the wetland

has undergone a transformation from illegal dump site to restored wetland and is now used regularly for field trips by Molokai’s teachers to extend classroom curriculum to the outdoor environment.

Come see Molokai’s shorebirds up close before they take off in two weeks on a 6,000 mile journey to and from Alaska.

For more information call Arleone at 553-5992.

VFW Post Election Results VFW Post 3870 News Release VFW Post 3870 of Molokai conducted their election of officers for 2014 and here are the results. For the office of Post Commander, Samuel Makaiwi, for Senior Vice Commander, Martin Ramos, for Junior Vice Commander Wilfred Takahashi, Quartermaster, Filemon Nanod, Chaplain, Adol-

phus Lankford, One Year Trustee, Juan Alcon Jr., Two Year Trustee, John Dudoit, Three Year Trustee, Alexander Tabilangan.

The offices of Judge Advocat, Surgeon, Adjutant, and Service Officer are appointed positions and will be appointed by the new post commander. We wish them well.

Name Our Program and Win Sust`ainable Molokai News Release Financial literacy is all about money and the knowledge of using money wisely.

However, “financial literacy” can sound pretty boring. Therefore, we are calling upon all Molokai Middle School students to put their creative thinking caps on and name the middle school financial literacy program.

We are looking for hip, cool, totally

rad names that express money. The winner will receive a $50 savings account from the Molokai Community Federal Credit Union. Middle School students can submit their entries to Aunty Kelly Kaawa-Richardson on campus.

If you should have any questions, please contact Jennifer Brown at (808) 5605410. The contest will end April 30, so hurry and get your program names submitted.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MOLOKAI PLANNING COMMISSION The Molokai Planning Commission for the County of Maui hereby gives notice that it will conduct a hearing on May 14, 2014 commencing at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable in the Department of Accounting and General Services(DAGS) Conference Room, State Building, 45 Makaena Street Phase I, Kaunakakai, Molokai, on the following:

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Eggs of the Earth

By Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent | UH CTAHR Squash has been referred to as “eggs of the earth” and was domesticated before corn and beans, over 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. It’s native to a broad area from the southern U.S. to South America, and was cultivated by Native Americans.

Categorized either as summer or winter squash, summer squash are varieties eaten when fruit and seeds are immature, such as zucchini, crookneck, patty, scallop, and others, while winter squash are those eaten when the shell is hardened and seed is fully matured.

Some squash are grown for their high protein seeds, including the Japanese variety, Kakai.

Two popular winter squash species in Hawaii include Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata. Kabocha or Japanese squash is the most popular C. maxima in Hawaii, and resembles Buttercup squash but without the characteristic cup on the blossom end.

Averaging two to three pounds or as large as eight pounds, the easiest way to tell kabocha from other squashes is its large handles or stem, and skin color from medium green to bluish, some with silver white stripes or flecks.

Flesh color is usually greenish yellow to bright yellow.

Recent crosses with the Japanese variety, Ichiki Kuri has created bright orange-skinned kabocha, including Sunshine developed by Johnny’s Seed.

Many Native American tribes had closely related varieties, including Arikara from the native American tribe of the Dakotas, Lakota from the Sioux nation, and candy roaster from the Cherokee of the Appalachians. Other C. maxima varieties include Buttercup, Banana,

Uchiki Kuri, Boston Marrow, Hubbard, and Turk’s Turban.

Kabocha is rich in beta carotene, iron, Vitamin C, and potassium, and the darker orange the flesh, the higher the beta carotene or Vitamin A. Kabocha is cured to bring out its sweetness.

When first harvested, they are still growing and require about two weeks at warm temperatures of 77 degrees F to convert the starch to sugars. They are then stored at a cool temperature of 50 degrees for a month to increase starch content. They reach peak sweetness from 1 ½ to 3 months after harvest.

Curcurbita moschata is considered a tropical species requiring warmer weather, and include Butternut, Field Pumpkins, Seminole, Tromboncino, Long Island Cheese, and Calabaza or Puerto Rican pumpkin. Most of the varieties brought from the Philippines are of this species, and are quite variable in shape, size and taste. These are local varieties of a domesticated plant species which developed over time by adaptation to the natural and cultural environment in which it lives. Many seeds of these varieties are worth saving for the next season.

Diseases include powdery mildew, a fungal disease that wipes out the leaves, but the viruses are the worst, including Watermelon Mosiac Virus II, Zucchini Yellow Mosiac Virus, and Cucumber Mosaic Virus. Spread by aphids, they can severely stunt and kill plants. Whitefly-vectored viruses include Silver Leaf where leaves have a silver sheen to them. Some varieties are more tolerant to diseases than others. Insects are many and include the dreaded Melon Fly, melon thrips, pickle worm, aphids, mites, and more.

Winter squashes can be stored for long periods of time, which makes it an important vegetable for food security.

Community Contributed

Easter, It’s Your Time for a Miracle Opinion by Rick Baptiste It’s time for your miracle at the nondenominational Sunrise Easter Service 6 a.m., April 20, Oceanside of the Molokai Community Health Center. Please join any one of the many churches Easter services and hear about the greatest miracle of all that Jesus is alive and well and is totally in love with you.

Easter is celebrated by Christians on Easter Sunday and by the Jews on the Feast of Passover for seven days, both representing deliverance from bondage.

When Moses led the three million plus Israelites in Exodus out of more than 430 years of slavery in Egypt, the first miracle they experienced was a Passover, found in chapters 11-13 in the book of Exodus.

The next day they left Egypt in style.

Psalm 105:37 (NKJV), “He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.” This included the miracle of God parting the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to cross over on dry land then closing it up again when the Egyptians tried to chase after them.

Nehemiah 9:21 (NKJV), “Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; They lacked nothing; Their clothes

did not wear out And their feet did not swell.” Here is what I found on the Internet of some comparisons of modern day calculations of how God took care of more than three million of His people for 40 years. One expert from the Army estimated that 1,500 tons of food was needed each day. They say it would take two freight trains, each a mile long, to carry that amount of food. It would take 4,ooo tons of firewood to cook the food and another freight train a mile long to carry the wood. Eleven million gallons of water would be needed daily to take care of drinking water, washing themselves and dishes. It would take a freight train 1,800 miles long to take care of this task. Just crossing the Red Sea, if the opening was narrow and crossing double file, the line would be 800 miles long and take 35 days.

So, to get through in one day the opening would have been at least three miles wide and the Israelites would have had to walk across 5,ooo abreast.

John 6:47, 35 (NKJV), “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.”… And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.”

FREE CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING

AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 19.65.080, MAUI COUNTY CODE, SHORT-TERM RENTAL HOMES CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT 1. MR. WILLIAM SPENCE, Planning Director, transmitting a proposed bill amending Section 19.65.080.D of the Short-Term Rental Home ordinance in the Maui County Code concerning Enforcement to be consistent with the Maui County Code Enforcement provisions in Section 19.530 and to ensure appropriate due process. (J. Alueta) The subject public hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Maui County Code, and the Rules of the Molokai Planning Commission. Information pertaining to the subject application are on file at the Maui County Department of Planning, 2200 Main Street, Suite 315, Wailuku, Maui; the Office of the County Administrator, Mitchell Pauole Center, Kaunakakai, Molokai; and the Molokai Public Library, Kaunakakai, Molokai.

All testimony regarding the subject applications may be filed prior to the date of the hearing by providing 15 copies of said written testimony to the Department of Planning or may be presented at the time of the hearing.

Those interested persons requesting accommodation due to disabilities, please call the Department of Planning at 270-7735 or 1-800-272-0117 (Molokai) or 1-800-272-0125 (Lanai) or notify the Maui County Department of Planning in writing at 2200 Main Street, Suite 315, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 at least six (6) days before the scheduled meeting.

MOLOKAI PLANNING COMMISSION

By William Spence, Planning Director

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Saturday, April 26, 2014 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Na Pu`uwai - Kulana `Oiwi Complex • Peripheral Artery Assessment • Carotid Bruit Assessment • Lipid profile Call for appointment for pre-screening blood work

CALL 560-3653 TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

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Gourmet Kitchen is a culinary delight, designer Furnishings, wrap lanai & spectacular ocn views.

Offered at $585,000, Call Susan Savage RB 808658-0648

KANOA OCEAN FRONT HOME Large Cedar 3 bedroom 2 bath home with country kitchen along with a 50 foot long lap pool. Enjoy walks on the beach. Private setting. Offered at $635,000. Please call Ray Miller RB 658-0344

WAVECREST OCEANFRONT A-202 One bedroom 1 bath condo sold with furniture.

3 island views. Beautiful tropical grounds with oceanfront pool, barbecue and tennis. Offered at $199,500, Suzanne O’Connell RB 558-8500

WAVECREST OCEANFRONT A-301 Lovely 2 bedroom furnished condo. Well groomed grounds with pool, barbecue and tennis.

Offered at $299,000 Call Mickey O’Connell RB 808-336-0588

MOLOKAI BEACH SUBDIVISION LOT 10 Highway lot with 8,660 square feet asking only $65,000. Beach access included. Call office For more information

MOLOKAI BEACH COTTAGES #7 Nice two bedroom 1.5 bath furnished ground level condo. Located 1.5 miles east of Kaunakakai. Call for your appointment to view this lovely unit. Offered at $199,000. Please call Susan Savage RB 658-0648

MOLOKAI SHORES OCEANFRONT C-230 Upgraded one bedroom 1 bath condo. Great oceanfront sunset views from covered lanai. Enjoy tropical grounds with gated pool and barbecue area. Offered at $125,000

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KAWELA PLANTATION LOT 173 Two acres with outstanding ocean views. Good buildable lot. Enjoy common area with 5,500 acres including ocean front 3 acres for home owners.

Offered at $290,000. For information call Pearl Hodgins RA at 808-336-0378

MAUNALOA NORTH SIDE HOME Lovely custom built 3 bedroom 2 bath home.

Enjoy ocean views from covered back deck, Located on Kaana st.. Offered at $354,900, call Susan Savage RB at 808-658-0648.

WAIALUA ESTATE HOME What a lovely 2 bedroom 1 bath home with .517 acres, ocean views. Enjoy landscaped grounds.

Well worth the asking price $799,000 Please call Kui Lester RA 658-0134

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Church Services Topside Molokai UCC Churches Kahu Napua Burke | 553-3823 | Waialua - 11:00am Kalaiakamanu Hou - 9:30am | Ho`olehua - 8 am Kalua`aha - 12:30am (4th Sunday, only) Saint Damien Catholic Parish Father William Petrie | 553-5220 St. Damien, Kaunakakai , 6 pm Sat, 9 am Sun; Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Kalua’aha, 7 am Sun; St. Vincent Ferrer, Maunaloa, 11 am Sun; St. Joseph, Kamalo, No weekly services Kaunakakai Baptist Church Pastor Mike Inouye | 553-5671 | 135 KAM V HWY Kaunakakai | 9 am adult Sunday school | Worship service 10:15 am

Grace Episcopal Church Father Jim Loughren | 567-6420 | frjimloughren@icloud.com | 2210 Farrington Ave | Holy Week Schedule l Morning Prayer M-T-W at 9am | Maundy Thursday Liturgy and Holy Communion at 6pm | Good Friday Liturgy at Noon l Holy Saturday Morning Prayer at 9am | Easter Sunday 10am Eucharist All are welcome!

Heart of Aloha Church 1st Sunday - Kilohana Community Ctr 10:30 am | 2nd Sunday - Maunaloa Community Ctr 10:30 am| Other Sundays - Lanikeha Community Ctr 10:30 am |Pastor Cameron Hiro, website: heartofaloha.org | phone: 658-0433

Baha’i Faith Open house every third Sunday of the month Mile 14 east | 3pm | Discussion and refreshments | All are welcome | For information: 558-8432 or 213-5721 Email: bahaimolokai@yahoo.com | www.bahai.org

Polynesian Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Bob Winters | 552-0258 South of Elementary School, Maunaloa Town Sunday School & Adult Worship Service,10 am, Sunday

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First Assembly of God King’s Chapel Kahu Robert Sahagun | 553-5540, Cell: 646-1140 Maunaloa, Sunday 9 am, Kaunakakai, Sunday 10:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Tuesday Evening 6:30, Mana’e, Sunday 6 pm

Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Robin Saban | 808-553-5235 | 1400 Maunaloa Hwy, Kaunakakai, HI | 9:15 am Adult and Children Sabbath School | 11:00 am Worship Service

Molokai Shekinah Glory Church Pu’ukapele Avenue, Hoolehua (drive all the way down) 10 AM Worship Service | Senior Pastor Isaac Gloor, Pastor Brandon Joao | “We Welcome All”

Support faith on Molokai - sponsor this listing today for $150/mo.

Call 808-552-2781 today.

GENERAL & COSMETIC

DENTISTRY

ORTHODONTICS • BRACES New Patients Welcome • Emergencies accomodated ASAP • Most Plans Honored now taking Ohana Liberty Dental

553 - 3602

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Molokai Princess Molokai-Maui Daily Ferry schedule Kaunakakai to Lahaina Lahaina to Kaunakakai DePArTure ArrIvAl 5:15 A.M. 7:00 A.M. 4:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M.

DePArTure 7:15 A.M. 6:00 P.M.

ArrIvAl 8:45 A.M. 7:30 P.M.

sundays nO morning runs to or from lahaina

Effective March 1, 2014 the Molokai Ferry price increased due to mandated fuel charge changes.

FAres - One WAy

Adult: $70.24, Child: $35.12 book of six: $324.84 Monthly fuel charge rates may vary and are subject to change.

Toll Free: 800-275-6969 | reservations (808) 667-6165

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Join us for Easter in the Park as we celebrate with music, dance, a special Easter message, food, and an egg-citing egg hunt for the kids.

Sponsored by Molokai Baptist Church, Heart of Aloha and Calvary Chapel For more information call 567-6689

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

WEEKLY EVENTS

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M - Monday, T - Tuesday, W - Wednesday, Th - Thursday, F - Friday, S - Saturday, Su - Sunday

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 T, Th Home Pumehana 9 a.m.

F Home Pumehana 9 a.m. 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 a.m.

Th Kaunakakai Gym 10 a.m.

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

Th Kaunakakai Gym 11 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 T Papa Oli (Chanting) 4:30 – 5:30 Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews M Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m.

T Home Pumehana, 5:15 p.m.

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

F Home Pumehana, 7:45 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 Aloha Yoga every Monday Wednesday and Friday from 12 - 1 at MCHC. Call 553-3930 for more 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

Na Kupuna Hotel Molokai, Fridays 4-6 p.m.

Na Ohana Hoaloha Music & Hula, Paddlers, Sun. 3-5 p.m.

Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class M Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m.

Open to all. For more info call 553-5402

Hospice Office in Kamoi Center. Call Barbara Helm at 336-0261.

Molokai Humane Society meets the third Tuesday of every month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Kaunakakai Gym Conference Room Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John MEETINGS Ahahui Kaahumanu Chapter VIII meetings. 2nd Wednes- Wordin at 553-8100 for info Molokai Lions Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of day of every month at 4:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall every month at 8:30 am at Paddlers Inn Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tuesdays OHA/DHHl. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd Tues. each month at MAC Special field trips on and Thursdays at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8 to 9 a.m.Open meeting. For more info, call Rodney at Fridays.

213-4603.

AA Hot Bread Meeting, Tues. & Fri from 9-10 p.m.

Plein Air Molokai - Art Outdoors First Fri & Sat. Third Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191 Thursdays. Work on your art with others inspired by nature.

Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym All levels welcome! This is not an instructor led class. Contact Heather (808) 658-0124 or artalohamolokai@hotmail.com conference room.

ArtAloha! Keiki - Every Wednesday private and group sesAA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai SPORTS & RECREATION sions. Register 658-0124 artalohamolokai@hotmail.com Office upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m.

Molokai Community Children’s Council Every secClub. Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship ond Thursday. Home Pumehana, 2:30-4 p.m. 567-6308 welcome.

Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Read to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 553-1765 Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

Mon. & Thurs. 7-8 p.m.

Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down Pick-up Soccer Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot MAC Ceramics Class at Coffees of Hawaii. 9 - 11 a.m. month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

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

Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club 2nd Wednesday of Home-School Connection First Thursday of every Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and month. Support in homeschool academic, creative curevery month at 5:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall kayaking. Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama riculum and extracurricular activities. Meet other homeI Aloha Molokai, alternative energy solutions for Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@ school families and teachers. Call Heather 658-0124 Molokai.

First Monday of every month, 6 pm at Kulana youthinmotion.org Oiwi. Go to IAlohaMolokai.com for schedule or locaTūtū and Me Traveling Preschool at MCHC Mon. and Molokai Swim Club tion changes.

Wed. at 8:30-10:30a.m., and the Kaulapu’u Community M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who Center Tues. and Thurs. at 8:30-10:30a.m. Call 560-5642 has experienced the loss of a loved one. Third Thursday for enrollment forms.

MUSIC of every month at 10 -11:30 a.m. or 4:30 -6 p.m. at 24 HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE 808-213-5522

UPCOMING EVENTS

THURSDAY, APR 17 ► Light and Spectra program hosted by Molokai Public Library at 3p.m. featuring experts from the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Astronomy. For more info visit librarieshawaii.org or call 553-1765. ► Hawaii Health Connector workshop at Kuha’o Business Center (KBC) by Kanoe Davis from 4-5p.m. Sign up by calling 553-8100.

9 a.m. at the Mitchell Pauole Soccer Fields.

Registration is from 7:45 - 8:45 a.m. ► Slam poetry workshop for students age 12-18 with instructors Hanohano and Maile Naehu. The slam will be held at the MHS library from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Email RSVP to diane_mokuao@notes.k12.hi.us ► Global Art Project for Peace: Inviting Adults and Keiki, Individuals and Groups to participate until April 19. Contact Heather for more information 658-0124 artalohamolokai@hotmail.com.

► Girls Paddling practice at 3:15p.m. For more info contact Tiana Merino at 6461241for girls aged 12-18, or Tania Kaholoa’a SUNDAY, APR 20 at 646-0455 for girls aged 8-11. All girls should bring a bottle of water and running ► Easter in the Park at 9 a.m. at Kualapuu shoes to practice.

Rec Center. Come for Music, dancing, food, and an egg hunt for keiki. Call 569-6689 for more ► Exchange your old toothbrush for a info. new one at MCHC’s Toothbrush Exchange WEDNESDAY, APR 23 at Mana’e Goods & Grinds on April 17th from 1-5p.m., at Kaulapu’u Store on April 21 ► 10 Things Every Business Owner Needs from 1-4p.m., and Maunaloa General Store to Do Online by entrepreneur Nicole Fisher on April 22 from 9:30a.m.-12p.m. from 12-1:15 p.m. at KBC.

FRIDAY, APR 18

SAVE THE DATE

► Earth Day Celebration will be held at the K’Kai Ball Park from 5-9 p.m. There will be live entertainment, Ono food, door prizes, and more.

► Community Band Class open to students and adults. Every thursday at MHS in the library from 5 to 7 p.m. Brass and woodwind loaner instruments are available. For ► Rise Be Heard Ho`oulu Lahui town hall more information call Bob Underwood at meeting , OHA Hawaiian Nation building, at 808-646-0733.

Lanikeha from 10a.m.-2p.m. For more info ► Chronic Disease Self-Management contact info@oha.org or 594-1835.

Workshops from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, or June 2 in the OHA/DHHL SATURDAY, APR 19 Conference Room. For more information or ► Lions Club Annual Easter Egg Hunt at to sign up, call 553-5393.

THE BULLETIN BOARD

will be held Monday, May 26 at 10a.m to seal the time capsule. For more information visit www.molokai75th.weebly. ► 75th Anniversary of MHS from May com or the Molokai High School 75th 23-26. Graduation will take place at 5 p.m. followed by Ho`olaulea at 6:30 p.m. Anniversary Facebook page. on Fri, May 23. Sat, May 24 will begin ► Enrollment To enroll at Molokai with a parade at 9 a.m., opening of the High School please go call Lori Kaiama time capsule at 10 a.m., Ho`olaulea at 567-6950 ext. 228 or Julia De George from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and the 75th Luau at ext. 229 to set up an appointment for Celebration at 6 p.m. Closing Ceremony

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► Basic Mediation Training on April 23, 24 & 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at QLCC. Call (808) 244-5744 for more information. ► Katchafire at Paddlers Inn on Thurs, April 24. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 presale, $35 at the door, and are available at the Molokai Hi Finest Shop, Rawlins Chevron or Paddlers Inn. For more information visit ► Ka Hula Piko will be held at Lanikeha on www.hifinest.com Sat, May 3. ► How to Set and Achieve Any Goal You ► Molokai Charity Walk on Sat, May 3 at 7 Have in Your Life at KBC on April 25 12a.m. Hotel Molokai to Paddlers Inn and back.

1p.m. by Certified Life Counselor Ed Gazmen. Call Maui Hotel & Lodging at 244-8625 for ► Kyani Presentation on triangle supplement program with Keiki-Dawn Izumi at the Kaulapu’u Elementary School Cafeteria on April 26 from 10a.m. to 12p.m. Contact George Gramberg at 213-5097. ► Free Cardiovascular Screening at Kulana ‘Oiwi Complex on April 26 at 8:3012:30a.m. Call 560-3653 for appointments. ► Aha Kiole ‘o Mana’e will be having a community meeting on April 29th at Kilohana Rec center from 6:30-8:00. ► The ABC’s of a Business Plan at KBC on April 30 from 12-1p.m. by Craig Swift, Director of the MEO Business Development Center. ► St. Damien of Molokai Catholic Parish Fundraiser Dinner Show featuring Molokai’s own Riatea Helm on May 2 at MCHC from 6-10:30p.m. Tickets are $75 per person and on sale at Imports, Rawlins Chevron, and St. Damien Center.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s Compensation Week. If you have in the past suffered from injustice, it’s an excellent time to go in quest of restitution. If you have been deprived of the beauty you need to thrive, now is the time to get filled up. Wherever your life has been out of balance, you have the power to create more harmony. Don’t be shy about seeking redress. Ask people to make amends. Pursue restorations. But don’t, under any circumstances, lust for revenge.

you may be the unexpected beneficiary of generosity. I’m expecting more of the latter than the former for you in the coming days, Libra. I think fate will bring you sweet compensations for your enlightened behavior in the past. I’m reminded of the fairy tale in which a peasant girl goes out of her way to be kind to a seemingly feeble, disabled old woman. The crone turns out to be a good witch who rewards the girl with a bag of gold. But as I hinted, there could also be a bit of that other kind of karma lurking in your vicinity. Would you like to ward it off? All you have to do is unleash a flurry of good deeds.

Anytime you have a chance to help people in need, do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe,” said novelist John Updike.

That’s a sad possibility. Could you please do something to dispute or override it, Taurus? Would it be too much to ask if I encouraged you to go out in quest of lyrical miracles that fill you with wonder? Can I persuade you to be alert for sweet mysteries that provoke dizzying joy and uncanny breakthroughs that heal a wound you’ve feared might forever plague you?

Here’s what the astrological omens suggest: Phenomena that stir reverence and awe are far more likely than usual.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As they lie in the sand, African crocodiles are in the habit of opening their jaws wide for hours at a time. It keeps them cool, and allows for birds called plovers to stop by and pluck morsels of food that are stuck between the crocs’ molars. The relationship is symbiotic. The teeth-cleaners eat for free as they provide a service for the large reptiles. As I analyze your astrological aspects, Scorpio, I’m inclined to see an opportunity coming your way that has a certain resemblance to the plovers’. Can you summon the necessary trust and courage to take full advantage?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are you sure you have enough obstacles? I’m afraid you’re running low. And that wouldn’t be healthy, would it? Obstacles keep you honest, after all. They motivate you to get smarter. They compel you to grow your willpower and develop more courage. Please understand that I’m not taking about trivial and boring obstacles that make you numb. I’m referring to scintillating obstacles that fire up your imagination; rousing obstacles that excite your determination to be who you want and get what you want. So your assignment is to acquire at least one new interesting obstacle. It’s time to tap into a deeper strain of your CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Do you really have what it ingenuity. takes or do you not have what it takes?” That’s the wrong question to ask, in my opinion. You can’t possibly know the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1937, physicist George answer ahead of time, for one thing. To dwell on that quan- Paget Thomson won a Nobel Prize for the work he did to dary would put you on the defensive and activate your fear, prove that the electron is a wave. That’s funny, because his fadiminishing your power to accomplish the task at hand. ther, physicist J. J. Thomson, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Here’s a more useful inquiry: “Do you want it strongly enough 1906 for showing that the electron is a particle. Together, they or do you not want it strongly enough?” With this as your helped tell the whole story about the electron, which as we meditation, you might be inspired to do whatever’s necessary now know is both a wave and a particle. I think it’s an excelto pump up your desire. And that is the single best thing you lent time for you to try something similar to what George did: follow up on some theme from the life of one of your parents can do to ensure your ultimate success. or mentors; be inspired by what he or she did, but also go LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I swear my meditations are more beyond it; build on a gift he or she gave the world, extending dynamic when I hike along the trail through the marsh than or expanding it. if I’m pretzeled up in the lotus position back in my bedroom.

Maybe I’ve been influenced by Aristotle’s Peripatetic School. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You have been a pretty deHe felt his students learned best when they accompanied cent student lately, Aquarius. The learning curve was steep, him on long strolls. Then there was philosopher Friedrich Ni- but you mastered it as well as could be expected. You had etzsche, who testified that his most brilliant thoughts came to to pay more attention to the intricate details than you liked, him as he rambled far and wide. Even if this possibility seems which was sometimes excruciating, but you summoned the whimsical to you, Leo, I invite you to give it a try. According to patience to tough it out. Congrats! Your against-the-grain efmy reading of the current astrological omens, your moving fort was worth it. You are definitely smarter now than you body is likely to generate bright ideas and unexpected solu- were four weeks ago. But you are more wired, too. More stressed. In the next chapter of your life story, you will need tions and visions of future adventures. some downtime to integrate all you’ve absorbed. I suggest VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Throughout North America and you schedule some sessions in a sanctuary where you can Europe, there are hundreds of unused roads. Many are former relax more deeply than you’ve allowed yourself to relax in a exit and entrance ramps to major highways, abandoned for while. one reason or another. Some are stretches of pavement that used to be parts of main thoroughfares before they were re- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have the power to shut routed. I suggest we make “unused roads” your metaphor of what has been open or open what has been shut. That’s a lot the week, Virgo. It may be time for you to bring some of them of responsibility. Just because you have the power to unleash back into operation, and maybe even relink them to the path- these momentous actions doesn’t mean you should rashly do ways they were originally joined to. Are there any missing so. Make sure your motivations are pure and your integrity is connections in your life that you would love to restore? Any high. Try to keep fear and egotism from influencing you. Be aware that whatever you do will send out ripples for months partial bridges you feel motivated to finish building? to come. And when you are confident that you have taken LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Karma works both ways. If you the proper precautions, by all means proceed with vigor and do ignorant things, ignorant things may eventually be done rigor. Shut what has been open or open what has been shut to you. Engage in generous actions, and at some future date -- or both.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I wonder if it’s time for you to modify an old standby. I’m getting the sense that you should consider tinkering with a familiar resource that has served you pretty well. Why? This resource may have some hidden weakness that you need to attend to in order to prevent a future disruption. Now might be one of those rare occasions when you should ignore the old rule, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

So be proactive, Gemini. Investigate what’s going on beneath the surface. Make this your motto: “I will solve the problem before it’s a problem -- and then it will never be a problem.”

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Good Friday Service: The Last Seven Words of Christ, will be held at the Ho`olehua Congregational Church (behind Molokai High/Middle School) on Friday, April 18, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. There will also be six half-hour

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Thanks for Debating Peter J. Davies claims in the April 9 issue of The Molokai Dispatch that “reputable scientific bodies worldwide” have discredited the findings of some of the studies quoted by “fringe individuals and groups.”

It’ll be worth examining the affiliations of those “scientific bodies” that are discrediting the science that’s done outside of the industry.

Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Spain, UK, Norway, Austria, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Brazil, Paraguay, and a few enlightened communities in the USA ban all or some importing or growing of GM products. These are not hippy, longhaired, sign-waving, screaming radicals -these are governments.

Seven months ago, the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) published an emphatic statement under the heading, “No scientific consensus on GMO safety.”

They say, “We feel compelled to issue this statement because the claimed consensus

on GMO safety does not exist. The claim that it does exist is misleading and misrepresents the currently available scientific evidence and the broad diversity of opinion among scientists on this issue,” according to sustainablepulse.com.

Prof C. Vyvyan Howard, a toxicopathologist at the University of Ulster, said, “A substantial number of studies suggest that GM crops and foods can be toxic or allergenic. It is often claimed that millions of Americans eat GM foods with no ill effects.

But as the U.S. has no GMO labeling and no epidemiological studies have been carried out, there is no way of knowing whether the rising rates of chronic diseases seen in that country have anything to do with GM food consumption or not. Therefore this claim has no scientific basis.”

Even though Peter J. Davis is a scientist, we are not going to back off because our health may be at risk.

Kevin Brown

Monsanto Opposes SHAKA Movement Editor’s note: The SHAKA movement, which stands for Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the Aina, in an initiative to establish a complete moratorium on the cultivation, growing and testing of all GMO crops, seed crops and test crops in the County of Maui until such practices are proven safe, according to shakamovement.org. The organization seeks to accomplish this goal a “citizens’ initiative process,” consisting of collecting 8,500 signatures on a petition of registered Maui County voters.

Monsanto Hawaii has issued the following statement regarding the movement.

Monsanto Hawaii stands with the agricultural community in strong opposition to this terrible initiative. We, along with our community, will be mounting an aggressive campaign against this initiative that would devastate our county’s fragile agricultural economy.

The fact is, this initiative will ban an important part of our county’s economy based on false claims that are not supported at all by the overwhelming body of scientific evidence.

Biotech crops have been proven safe.

And not only are they safe, they are critical to making food available and affordable

to the world while also protecting crops threatened by disease, like Hawaii’s own papaya.

What may be less clear to people is that this initiative will have no impact on the use of biotechnology in the world and its presence in food, but it will have a very major impact to our island’s economy. The initiative is an attack against hundreds of employees and their families throughout Maui County and would result in significant revenue loss for not just the seed companies but other local businesses that benefit from having the seed industry here.

We are confident that, when presented with the facts, voters will agree that this ban on an important agricultural product of Hawaii is unnecessary and meaningless. It’s a bad idea that will have terrible consequences for all of agriculture in Maui County.

We are confident that when voters have the facts that they will join us in opposition to the initiative.

Dawn Bicoy, Community Affairs Manager, Monsanto Molokai

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Join the SHAKA Movement Opinion by Noonoi Selnick The question is not whether organic produce is safe to eat. The question is why did government waffle in 2002 and allow 245 more chemicals to be used in organic crops, mostly grown as a specialty line by agribusiness corporations.

The question is -- as Barbara Kingsolver, author of “Seeing Red,” put it, why are there synthetic ingredients allow in our foods? In 2005, a federal court ruled that organic food could not be made with synthetic ingredients. But agribusiness lobbyists complained, and Congress again waffled and rewrote the law.

It’s now legal to use Bisphenol A (BPA),

which has been linked to developmental problems in kids, in cans of organic food!

Let’s start by taking action here on Molokai by determining what organizations are high pesticide users. How is our aina being poisoned, leaving residues in soil which often stays there longer that the average life span? What practices cause poisonous dust clouds and how can we eliminate them?

Join the SHAKA movement -- Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and Aina. Petitions are available at the Outpost and Kalele Bookstore. Sign up, stand up and learn more at shakamovement.org.

Pesticides in the Soil I would like to respond to the opinion piece, “Pesticides and Children’s Health”

by Artice Swingle. While I share Ms. Swingle’s interest in the protection of children, the pesticides in use since the establishment of the EPA have soil breakdown rates measured in days, not years (npic. orst.edu/ingred/ppdmove.htm).

For instance the herbicide glyphosate has a “half life” of 47 days in a typical soil.

That would mean that only 0.4 percent of the original amount remains even after one

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year or 0.0015 percent after two years. Between that and its low toxicity, persistence in soil is not a significant risk. I also share Ms. Swingle’s concerns about soil degradation, but weed control with herbicides is one of the best ways to avoid the loss of soil structure and organic matter caused by mechanical tillage.

Steve Savage, Ph.D.

In last week’s issue, Artice Swingle’s opinion piece should have state she is a clinical -- not chemical -- level diagnostician.

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O f f i c e : ( 8 0 8 ) 5 5 3 - 4 4 4 4 | C e l l : ( 8 0 8 ) 6 4 6 - 0 8 3 7 | E m a i l : e d. m o l o k a i @ ya h o o. co m 2 K a m o ` i S t r e e t , S u i t e # 1 B | P. O. B ox 1 5 9 K a u n a k a k a i , H I 9 6 7 4 8 In the past year, Molokai Realty, LLC has sold a high volume of properties, while also providing an excellent experience and personal connection for each of our clients. If you are serious about buying or selling your property we can help, call us today.

H om E S Heights: $255,000(fs)

1272 sf 3 bed/2 bath home. Good ocean views.

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Kanoa Beach: $489,000 (fs) IN ESCROW

Great ocean views. Water meter installed.

Close to schools, town and hospital.

3 bed/1 bath, with large double carport, roofed lanai with ocean views and solar water heater.

Manila Camp: $188,000 (fs)

3 bed/1 bath, private and clean. Many upgrades including deck and carport. Photovoltaic system installed to reduce utility costs.

Maunaloa Village: $79,000 (fs)

Kepuhi Beach Resort: $139,000(fs)

West Ohia: $479,000

Papohaku: $350,000 (fs)

Molokai Beach Cottage #4: $175,000 (fs)

3 bedrooms / 2.5 bath, home in the heights. covered garage with a spacious screened lanai

Heights: $96,000 (fs)

Lot #121, large parcel 21.184 acres of gentle sloping land. Across the street from Pophaku.

2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath beautifully landscaped. One of Kaunakakai: $399,000(fs) 10 homes on this property. Great ocean views, next 16,306 sq. ft., This is a prime commercial to an ancient fishpond. Prices to sell. property, in the heart of Kaunakakai town.

Ranch Camp: $99,500 (fs)

Molokai Shores: $112,000 (fs)

Manila Camp: $165,000 (fs) IN ESCROW

Halawa: $140,000 (fs)

2208 sf duplex with individual water & electric.

Plenty of storage area with private beach access.

East End: $822,000 (fs)

Heights: $279,000 (fs)

2.280 sqft 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. Jacuzzi, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops sitting on a large 2.5 acre plus lot

Kaluakoi: $749,950 (fs)

2140 sf home on 30 acres with ocean views.

2 lots consisting of 6.156 acres. Prime location with great mountain views.

10,477 sf lot in the heights

Molokai Land & Homes ENCHANTING OLD HAWAII

CONDOMINIUMS • KEPUHI BEACH RESORT 2244 Oceanfront unit on top floor steps from beach. $229,000 1172 Newly remodeled unit Light & airy. $99,995

Gently sloped lot on a quiet cul-desac.

Wonderful ocean views.

Studio unit #2214 with loft. Enjoy nice ocean views just steps away from the beach.

Co m m E RC i A l Kaunakakai: $150,000(fs)

Unfurnished ground floor unit 123, upgradedkitchen Commercially zoned with two installed water meters. Fenced with gate. Great opportunity. and bath

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*Featured Property- Papohaku Ranchlands Lot 132 ~ 20+ acre residential home site with

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sweeping ocean views & amazing sunsets. Cool trade winds and quiet location. Offered at $199,000

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1201 One bedroom unit completely remodeled with excellent ocean views. $160,000 COTTAGE #2-B OCEANFRONT 2B/2B unit with excellent rental history. $450,000.

Two adjoining lots with a total of 13,626 sf.

Located on the corner and ready for building.

2 full acres, beautiful untouched land.

4 bed/1 bath home newly renovated

Make it Molokai

Totally upgraded, beautiful island condo.

Ready to move in.

Ranch Camp: $89,000 (fs)

Manila Camp: $169,000 (fs)

3 bed/1 bath home with great ocean views from the lanai

Wavecrest B-207: $149,900 (fs)

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Ranch Camp: $225,000 (fs)

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114 Beach & ocean view unit.

Good rental history. $160,000 146 Completely remodeled & painted. Sold w/ high end furnishings. Unit is well maintained . Garden views & private. $199,500.

A-207 Nicely furnished wellmaintained unit with rental history. $115,000 B-225 Ocean view condo, with tile flooring & new LR furniture. $99,000 SALE PENDING

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL LOT IN KUALAPU`U, Located in desired neighborhood. 1 acre located on corner on Farrington Hwy. $250,000. SOLD

Jill McGowan Realtor ~ Broker ABR

Accredited Buyer Representative| Jill@molokailandandhomes.com 808-552-2233 Direct|808-552-2255 Office

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HOME SITES • MAUNALOA VILLAGE LOTS D-97 Level lot ready to build.

Nice views of the rolling ranchlands. $59,500 D-17 Ocean view residential lot. $63,000 F-06 10,019 sf corner lot with ocean views. $99,900 • PAPOHAKU RANCHLANDS Lot 55 Ocean & mountain views. Close to beaches.$120,000

Lot 132 20 acre lot in Papohaku Ranchlands with sweeping ocean views. $199,000 Lot 237 Second tier oceanfront $294,850 Lot 199 Oceanfront private location close to Dixie Maru Beach. $775,000.

• KAWELA PLANTATIONS Lot 54 SUPERB 3 island views $199,000 Lot 90 Unobstructed 3 island views on Onioni Dr. $144,750

• EAST END Honouliwai Bay with views of 3 islands. Survey & Deeded access available. $160,000 •KAUNAKAKAI

Lot 225 on Makanui Rd. Nice ocean views with partial sunrise & sunsets. $135,000 Lot 252 Makaiki Rd. Views of Lanai & west Molokai.

Partial sunsets. $194,980

1527 Puili Place close to town w/ ocean views. $57,960* 1531 Ocean view lot close to town. $72,960* *1527 & 2531 ARE SOLD TOGETHER

“EXPERT ADVICE & PERSONAL SERVICE you can TRUST” REAL ESTATE: NEW

PRICE REDUCTION

WEST SIDE COTTAGE - Live in your cottage while you build your dream house that sits on 5.59 acres on this ocean view parcel.

Garage under cottage.Total Solar. Priced to sell at $475,000

HEIGHTS - A Great Fixer Upper! Bank owned partial ocean view. 3 B/2 B on a large lot. Spacious covered lanai greatly increases outdoor enjoyment, while carport and utility shed provide storage. $198,000

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Time for new hands for the Cook House. After years of running it, owner’s want to sell. Call for more information. Business only $150,000 KAWELA PLANTATION 217- Great ocean view from this 2 acre parcel. Very close to town.

See Sunrise and Sunset from this affordable lot. Priced to sell at $114,000

KAWELA AREA - Over an acre of land on the water. Paddle in and out every day of the year!! $399,000

EAST END - Rare Find: One acre of land about 13 east of town. Large Kaiwe trees for shade and wild basil through out $125,000

EAST END - Just Listed: This cozy 3 bed/1.5 bath home in Kaluahaa for sale. Owners are licenced agents in HI. Priced to sell at $239,000 PRICE REDUCTION

Steps to the Water’s edge. Located 3.5 miles east of town next to the Fishpond. $649,000 Our Meyer Building office has all the listing of our long term houses and condos available or a rental application.

FOR VACATION RENTALS: Call MVP @ 800-367-2984

Located in the Meyer Building off the Wharf Road: Mon - Fri 8 to 4:30 Visit www.molokai-vacation-rental.net or call our office at 553-8334

Kualapu`u Cookhouse Molokai’s Eating Landmark Hwy 470 & Uwao St Kualapu`u, HI 96757

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EARLY BIRD DINNER Country Fried Chicken with Rice & Mac $10.95 3 - 4 pm | Take out only

EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST Single pancake and bacon - $6.99 7 - 8 am | Dine in only

Daily Breakfast & Lunch Specials – Call for take-out – 808-567-9655

Dinner Schedule Monday 7 am - 2 pm, Tues - Sat 7 am - 8 pm Now open on Sundays from 9 am – 2 pm with breakfast all day

Catering available - CALL FOR INFO Breakfast: 7 am - 11 am | Lunch: All Day

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