Molokai Disaptch -- October 29, 2014

OCTOBER 29, 2014 - VOLUME 30, ISSUE 43

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Molokai’s Own Named Educator of the Year

Molokai Hosts Its First Volleyball MILs

By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

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or three nights last week, Molokai High became the epicenter of Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) volleyball, as all six Division II teams gathered in The Barn for the first ever MIL Volleyball Championships on Molokai. The tournament also coincided with the 25-year anniversary of the airplane crash that took the lives of several Molokai volleyball players and coaches flying home from the 1989 MILs on Maui.

“I think it was a real honor to have it here this year,” said senior Rebecka Adolpho. “On the 25th anniversary of that plane crash, to be

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very day, Molokai teachers nurture our students in the classroom, spend hours of their own time preparing lessons and assisting youth in afterschool programs, and carry the weight of ensuring the success of the future generation. One Molokai educator was recognized in particular this year for doing it all with grace, and going above and beyond her job description.

Molokai Middle School (MMS) Hawaiian Language Immersion teacher `Iolani Kuoha received the Hawaii Association of Middle Schools Educator of the Year award last weekend – and she said she accepted the honor on behalf of her fellow teachers.

“I represent not only myself but all the teachers,” she said. “Even though we’re under all this pressure, we’re still getting recognized.”

MMS Principal Gary Davidson, who nominated Kuoha, said it’s important that our community knows that teachers at the middle school are doing a good job.

“What goes on in schools these days, both the teaching and the learning, is quite different from what we adults may remember,” explained Davidson, via email.

“The process of educating our youth so they can be happy and successful when they are adults is so much more complex and demanding than in the past because the world itself is more complicated and moves at such a rapid pace.”

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Farmers Shooters Take First Ever MIL Title Pg. 3

Divas Bring Glitz and Glam Pg. 9

able to represent our school, represent all the people here, it was just a great, great honor for us.”

In the first round, Molokai beat the Maui Prep Na Pueo in three quick sets, 25-12, 25-15, 2513, but the Hana Dragons eliminated the Lady Farmers from the tournament in the second round with another three-set contest, 25-10, 25-23, 25-14. Hana fell to Seabury Hall the next day in the championship game. The Spartans are now regular season and MIL tournament champions, while Molokai closed out the season in third place.

“Emotions were high,” said head coach Mahea Rawlins after Molokai won the first game, against Maui Prep. “It was really good just seeing all the support from the community.…

Nice to see this gym

crowded again.”

Against Na Pueo, Molokai outside hitter Shanrese “Lehiwa” Pedro dominated the edges with 11 kills, while middle blocker Adolpho and setter/defensive specialist Precious Rawlins notched eight kills apiece.

Precious Rawlins also served up eight aces, several of which helped Molokai scramble out of a close second set. The Lady Farmers had little trouble with the first and third sets, racing off to quick leads that Na Pueo were unable to challenge.

“The best [thing] we did was our communication,” said freshman outside hitter Shaelyn McCutcheon. “… Everybody came together to work as a team.

We didn’t just leave one out.”

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Top, Shaelyn McCutcheon jumps for the kill.

Bottom, the Lady Farmers faced Hana Thursday night at The Barn.

Photos by Colleen Uechi

Moratorium Continued pg. 7

Cool Chicks

Cross Country Crowned MIL Champs

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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ast week, biologists and experts were joined by community volunteers in an effort to place identification bands on Wedge-tailed shearwater bird at Mo`omomi. Pictured here, six-year-old Te`aloha Co carefully held a shearwater chick prior to banding, with guidance from volunteer Audrey Newman at left.

“Experiences like this speak volumes about the many wonderful opportunities we have on Molokai,” said volunteer Diane Pike. “It’s great to see the next generation getting involved in conservation -- I see the excitement in being proactive for the future of Molokai.”

The joint project was led by Dr. Fern Duvall of the Wildlife Biologist with the State Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife, Isabelle Walker from Maui Nui Sea Bird Recovery Project, and Wailana Moses of The Nature Conservancy.

“By banding birds and recapturing them, we learn where young birds recruiting into the breeding population came from and how long they survive in the breeding colony,” said Moses, via email.

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Photo by Steph Dunbar-Co

The first Wedge-tailed shearwater bird nest was discovered in 1999

by Arleone Dibben-Young. This year, more than 1,000 nests were found, and Mo'omomi Preserve now has the largest colony on Molokai, according to Moses. This is mostly due to the removal of over 18 acres of kiawe thus providing more sand-dune habitat for the sea birds. Additionally, there have been efforts to protect the birds from cats and dogs.

ear the end of the season, interim cross country coach Manu Adolpho said that the Molokai boys’ goal was “becoming the MIL champions as a team.”

Mission accomplished.

Although Molokai’s boys’ team finished fourth in a mixed field of Division I and II teams in last Saturday’s Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) Championships, the Farmers’ team finished first amongst Division II squads and took this year’s MIL D-II crown.

“This could’ve been their final race, so everybody ran hard and gave it their all,” said Adolpho, who traveled with the teams to Maui’s Keopuolani Pit for the three-mile race. “I’m really proud of them

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Supporting Future Health Careers

Child & Family Service Celebrates New Office

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ore than 20 students in the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) club at Molokai High School are preparing for a busy year of competition in healthrelated fields. The club, led by advisor and MHS health and physical education teacher John Van Ornum, is part of the national HOSA organization and has earned high honors in national competitions.

In June of the last school year, an MHS HOSA team of six students won second place in the national competition for their Public Service Announcement on child hunger. The team also won several state competitions, said Van Ornum. Competitions include academic challenges in health topics as well as other areas like hands on or prepared speaking contests. Currently, the group of MHS students are preparing for the state competition in February.

HOSA club president and MHS senior Luke Kikukawa was one of those who traveled to the national event.

“It’s been good because you not only get to meet with students interested in the field, but learn a lot more about what’s needed for a career in health fields,” he said.

All students in the club share an interest of going into health-related jobs. Sophomore Jacob Norris said he’s excited for the possibilities it opens to up him in medical positions.

Now, HOSA students have an extra boost to achieve their goals. Rosie Davis, executive director of the Maui County Area Health Education Center (AHEC), is offering funding for pre-test prep for SATs, especially for students interested in health careers.

The organization has been partnering with the high school for seven years to support students going into health careers through recruitment, training and preparation, said Davis.

Two weeks ago, Davis presented a $1,175 check from AHEC to MHS for SAT preparation.

“We are grateful for this partnership with AHEC,” said MHS Principal Stan Hao, saying it helps get the next generation college and career ready.

Along with the presentation of the check, AHEC is also assisting HOSA students who are raising money through indiegogo.com for travel funds to attend off-island competitions.

“Maui County is home to some of the smartest, motivated, and talented students in the world. For those who would like to enter medical, nursing, public health, or EMT careers, the Maui County Area Health Education Center provides funding to link these students with state and national education resources,” reads their Indiegogo site.

If you’d like to donate to the cause, visit indiegogo.com/projects/ helping-high-school-students-intohealth-careers.

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hen Child & Family Service (CFS) first arrived on Molokai in 2008, staff members worked with families in a one-room building in Kualapu`u, according to Nicole Hokoana, CFS’s Director of Maui County Programs.

Six years later, CFS has a new, seven-room office on Kaunakakai’s main street, a fresh location for Hawaii’s oldest human service nonprofit.

“We’re all here because we have one thing in common: we love our children,” said Kahu Jimmy Duvauchelle, who came to help bless the new location last Friday.

“We wanna give them nothing but the best.”

CFS, which helps families through serious issues that include domestic violence and sexual assault, went from the small building in Kualapu`u to a location next to Hometown Goods on Kaunakakai’s main street. However, the office space was only separated by partitions and provided no privacy for families, explained CFS Island Manager Titi Hernandez. So this past summer, staff members finally moved the organization to its current location next to Bank of Hawaii.

“We have individual rooms, we have doors we can actually shut,” said Hernandez of the new office. “… It makes a huge difference. Our clientele is so much more comfortable with it.”

The new office includes play areas for children, spaces for supervised visitations and rooms for counseling families and victims. CFS used to fly a therapist in to Molokai for counseling, but now the organization has a therapist on-island. Hav-

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ing members of the local community be a part of CFS is key for the program, said Hokoana.

“It’s so important to me that [our staff] be of this community,” she said. “It means a lot that … they connect to the community and have that vision for a better future for our kids.”

According to its website, Child & Family Service (CFS) was founded in 1899 and is “Hawaii’s oldest and largest nonprofit human service organization,” with locations on Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Kauai and Molokai. Hernandez said that Molokai’s CFS offers a variety of services, including parent education programs, counseling sessions, domestic and sexual violence advocacy, a 24-hour hotline, food bank and community closet. The organization also plans to work with the Children’s Justice Center in the future to help victims of severe child abuse.

Although CFS is expanding its services, Hokoana said the challenge is conveying CFS to the community as “a safe place that people can come to without stigma.”

Many people are mandated by the court to work with CFS, but Hokoana hopes that, through CFS, people will decide for themselves that they want a different life.

“Real change won’t come by mandate,” said Hokoana. “Real change will come because there’s a reason to change your choices. There’s someone in your life that really motivates and inspires you, and it’s someone that you can say, ‘Wow, he did it, or she did it, and I can do it, too.’”

For more information, call Child & Family Service at 808-553-5529, or reach out to their 24-hour sexual assault hotline at 808-213-5522.

Community Plan Update Maui County News Release A public open house for the Molokai Community Plan Update will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kaunakakai Elementary School cafeteria. The purpose of the open house is to present and review key information that will be used during the community plan update process. Because the event is organized as an open house, people can drop in at any time. There will be several displays that depict the planning process and schedule, summaries of previous workshops, and a description of key issues that the Community Plan Ad-

EDUCATOR Continued From pg. 1 Fellow educator Lyn Bonk with the UPLINK afterschool program said Kuoha always extends herself to strengthen the school. Bonk said Kuoha makes herself available to students at all times after school, and has even held sleepovers in her classroom for students who have not met a project deadline. The sleepovers include a home-cooked dinner from Kuoha.

“I believe one of the things Iolani excels in is she exemplifies Hawaiian culture and brings it into the 21st century,” said Bonk. “She tries to look for ways to make education meaningful for students within their culture.”

That has included service learning projects funded through Kuoha’s own pocket such as taking her students to pick up litter at Mo`omomi, said Bonk. Kuoha even took the project to the next level, guiding youth to categorize, count, weigh and keep careful records of the beach debris for longer-term education on how it affects coastal waters, according to Bonk.

“On a campus we don’t always know what a teacher offers in addition to classroom teaching… in preparing students for success,” explained Bonk. “There’s so much more we all need to succeed in our lives [other than the classroom] and that’s what she offers.”

Kuoha said one of the most rewarding parts of her job is positively touching lives.

For one youth, just pausing to say a few words was all it took to turn his life around – he credits Kuoha for keeping him alive or out of jail.

Upon hearing of Kuoha’s award, Hawaiiloa Mowat wrote a Facebook post, shared with the Dispatch by Kuoha, thanking her for encouraging him and connecting him with a state program for young adults almost 15 years ago. Mowat recalled how “messed up” he was at age 17.

“If [Kuoha] did not turn around that

visory Committee (CPAC) will be addressing. Staff from the Maui County Planning Department will be present to talk with participants and answer questions.

Appointments to the CPAC will soon be completed. Once that’s done, the CPAC can begin the job of reviewing and providing recommendations for the updated Community Plan, which is scheduled to take six months.

CPAC meetings are projected to begin in late January.

For more information, contact Jen Maydan at jennifer.maydan@ mauicounty.gov or 808-270-7399.

day to reach out to me, I would not be where and who I am today,” Mowat wrote.

“You [are] such an instrumental tool in many, many people’s lives.”

At the time, Kuoha was working for the Department of Labor while going to school to make a career of helping youth as a teacher.

“I was very overwhelmed by his story,” she said of Mowat’s words.

Last week, educators on Molokai took a day off from teaching to participate in workshops, focus groups and evaluations for professional development. Kuoha was congratulated by fellow teachers and she shared what Mowat had written – though she said she couldn’t read to the end without tearing up.

“As a teacher, I know I have touched several lives,” she said. “Students who already graduated and have kids of their own have come and thanked me.”

Davidson said in his nomination letter that Kuoha often attends conferences and workshops to gain knowledge and enhance her skills and represent MMS as a school leader. In addition to contributing as a teacher, she has also acted in additional roles like Grade Level Chair, Accreditation Chair, member of the School Community Council, and lead liaison with several professional and nonprofit entities, said Davidson.

Currently, Kuoha is on a year-long sabbatical to write project-based curriculum connected to the Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage of the Hokule`a, to be shared with MMS teachers and other schools throughout Hawaii and the world.

Last weekend, Kuoha traveled to Honolulu to receive the Hawaii Association of Middle Schools Educator of the Year in a ceremony at `Iolani School.

“When `Iolani [was] honored by her peers across the state as someone who does an extraordinary job, that reflects back on our school and our island,” said Davidson. “Molokai is home to some of the best people in the world, and Molokai Middle School is proud to count `Iolani Kuoha as one of ours.”

YOUTH & SPORTS

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Farmers Shooters Take First Ever MIL Title

Community Contributed

Students Rock College and Career Readiness

By Ric Ornellas

This coming Thursday, Oct. 30, 14 Molokai High School students want to thank their many donors and community members who helped the students make a recent life-changing trip to the East Coast. The students will share their New York City experiences in college and career readiness at the MHS Library at 6 p.m. They will recount surviving rushhour subways and negotiating crowded NYC sidewalks with thousands of pedestrians. They will also highlight their visit to Yale University and bonding with cur-

CROSS COUNTRY Continued From pg. 1 and how they finished.”

For five of the cross country boys, however, their last race will instead be at the state championships on Oahu on Nov. 1. Molokai will send runners Keaolono Ross, who finished ninth overall in the individual division last Saturday with a time of 18 minutes 48.72 seconds, Luke Kikukawa (16th, 19:24.02), Markis-Grayson Aldridge (21st, 19:44.56), Hunter-Gabriel Manaba (31st, 20:38.34) and Kaina Adolpho (33rd, 20:55.88). Tanner Mosher (36th, 21:01.87) will serve as a second alternate and will go to states if any two qualifying runners throughout the state can’t attend the race.

Kori-Lee DeRouin and Kamahina Kai-

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By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

rent Yale students.

The students will talk and share photos and videos of visits to the Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, the 9/11 Memorial, Chinatown, the NYC Public Library, Columbia University, Barnard College, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York University, Central Park, ABC Studios, Barclay Investment Bank, Citibank, Grand Central Station, Little Italy, and the West Village.

A special invitation is extended to former New Yorkers who are now Molokai residents. Please join us.

ama-Kanuha represented Molokai’s girls in the MIL Championships, running individually, since schools need at least five runners to compete as a team. Kaiama-Kanuha finished 46th with a time of 37 minutes and 15.47 seconds. DeRouin came in at 47th place with a time of 37:15.72.

“This is actually the first time that I can remember that Molokai’s gonna have a scoring team,” said Adolpho. “It takes five runners to have scoring team. [Our goal] is to try and place as a team at the D-II level of states.”

These days, when Molokai runners set a goal, they meet it.

Although regular cross country coach Mahina Hou Ross will return next season, Adolpho said he may come back to help next year and “keep the momentum going.”

Photo by Leah Johnston, courtesy of Maui News

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olokai High will be making room for a new championship banner in The Barn: a Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) title banner for boys’ air riflery, the school’s first boys’ title in the sport. The Farmers placed first overall in last Thursday’s championships with 1,990 total points.

Molokai shooter Cody Nip finished first in the individual category with 519 points.

“While their performance throughout the entire season … was impressive, I am most proud of how they handled the pressure that comes along with being the team to beat,” said boys’ coach Daniel Imakyure.

The girls’ team, whose first air riflery title came in 2010, finished fifth, with Hi`ilani Kanuha as their top individual shooter in 10th place overall.

Kanuha qualified for the state championship for the first time and competed on Oahu on Tuesday, Oct. 28. “[Hi`ilani] applied herself really well, didn’t get stressed out or pressured out,” said girls’ coach Chinky Hubbard. “It’s a big accomplishment.”

On the boys’ side, Imakyure said that Nip’s first-place finish also guaranteed him a place at states, along with teammates Joshaviah Cabreros (third place), Jershon Ka`alekahi (fourth) and Michael Corpuz (eighth).

Each of these shooters has won an individual competition during the regular season.

“These boys competed with fewer resources than most teams, and [with] the additional stress of traveling from Molokai for each competition,” said Imakyure of this year ’s history-making squad. “They overcame these obstacles to win and remained humble throughout the season. A testament to both their skill as shooters as well as their quality of character.”

Maui High took first place overall in the girls’ competition. Hubbard said he knew Maui High’s girls would be tough to beat, but added they were a little surprised by the Sabers’ high tournament score of 1,940. During the regular season, the Sabers rotated

Photo by Matthew Thayer of The Maui News

their best shooters in competitions before having the whole team shoot during the MILs, piling up a higher score than teams had come to expect from them throughout the season.

While Hubbard hadn’t heard of teams doing it before, he said it was simply a strategy, and that Molokai “might look into that next year.”

Molokai brought 12 shooters total to the MIL championships at Maui High. The team’s other finishers included Keahi Imakyure (43rd place, 383 points) in a field of 62 boys, and Kea`a Davis (20th, 439 points), Sonja Angst (21st, 438 points), Alysha Agliam (41st, 380 points), Shaileerae Cabreros (44th, 365 points), Kamalani Puailihau (51st, 317 points) and Ko`i Davis (52nd, 313 points) in a girls field of 54.

The Farmers traveled to Oahu on Monday for Tuesday’s state air riflery championships. During the regular season, shooters take shots at one target for each of the three positions of standing, kneeling and prone (lying down). Each target includes a series of rings, with a bull’s-eye worth the most at 10 points. In the MILs and state championships, shooters get two targets for each position, but the 33-foot distance and points system remain the same. The field at state championships included the top 60 boys and 60 girls from around the state.

“We have not changed anything in preparation for states, as everything we’ve been doing thus far seems to be working well,” Imakyure said Sunday.

100 100 for

Five years ago, the Friends of Molokai High & Middle Schools Foundation initiated a fundraising effort called “100 for 100” to help our athletes at Molokai High School. This fundraiser generated $11,000 that went to the Athletic Department. Because of the success of the first 100 for 100, the Friends Foundation wants to try again for another fundraiser campaign.

The Friends of Molokai High & Middle Schools Foundation will be holding a month long fundraiser during the month of November to generate funds that will be applied to our General Endowment Fund. The Foundation is hoping to find 100 individuals or families who are willing to make a $100 donation. If successful, we will be able to increase our endowment by $10,000.

All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law, and a donor list will be printed in a December issue of The Molokai Dispatch.

Friends of Molokai High & Middle School is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization that strives to enhance the quality of competitive opportunities for the students of Molokai High and Middle Schools.

For more information or to make a donation, contact: Treasurer Ron Kimball at 553-3530.

Donations can be sent to: Friends of Molokai High & Middle School Foundation P.O. Box 1618 Kaunakakai, HI 96748 Checks can be made payable to: Friends of MHMS Foundation

COMMUNITY NEWS

GMO Survey Results

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Community Contributed

Veterans Corner

By Jesse Church

The MOM Hui News Release Out of a total of 219 Molokai residents who participated in an online survey, 109, or 49.77 percent, are in support of a moratorium (temporary suspension) of all GE operations and practices within Maui County. The moratorium would last until an environmental and public health impact study is conducted and finds the proposed cultivation practices to be safe and harmless. Of the total survey participants, 110, or 50.23 percent, were not in favor of this bill.

One of those in favor shared that, “because of their history of contamination, collusion, coercion and endless greed for capital and control, companies like Monsanto cannot be trusted, and therefore independent studies need to be conducted to insure these practices taking place on our island are safe for its inhabitants and future inhabitants.”

Another individual argued that, “the State Constitution protects the public trust. In the Waiahole decision, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the public trust as a constitutional mandate includes the adoption of the precautionary principle which essentially states that where there is no definitive scientific evidence, it is best to err on the side of caution to prevent potential harm to people, the natural resources, and the environment. The County would be following this constitutional mandate by placing a moratorium on GE crops until studies can be done to determine what

the risks are.”

With contrary beliefs, one has asserted that, “GEO [genetically engineered organisms] is a process for farming as Organic is for organic farming.

There is no scientific evidence that displays GEO processed foods are a danger to the health of humans and animals.

Until the scientific community determines that the process is harmful to humans and animals, I will continue to say no on placing a moratorium on GEO in Maui County.”

Another respondent said they feel strongly that “it is highly regulated and tested. It has been used for many years with NO ill effects based on true repeatable science.”

Here is what the proposed bill will look like on the election ballot: Voter Initiative: Genetically Engineered Organisms Should the proposed initiative prohibiting the cultivation or reproduction of genetically engineered organisms within the County of Maui, which may be amended or repealed as to a specific person or entity when required environmental and public health impact studies, public hearings, a two thirds vote and a determination by the County Council that such operation or practice meets certain standards, and which establishes civil and criminal penalties, be adopted for Maui County?

What will you vote on Nov. 4?

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Aloha all my fellow veterans and residents of Molokai, old Jesse here with all the veterans news and upcoming events. All kinds of acronyms have worked their way into our vocabulary, such as CC for commander.

But where did CC come from? Many have tried to place the second “C,” saying the acronym stands for commander in chief or combat commander, among others. Military forums on the web often leave CC in acronym limbo, but in 2009, U.S. Transportation Command’s public affairs office at Scott Air Force Base, IL, reported that the mystery of the CC acronym had been solved, with testimonies explaining its definition. The aconym, the command said, is for “company commander,” a throwback to the Army Air Corps days, before the inception of the Air Force. Company Commander just flowed over to the Air Force.

In a recent announcement, the Department of Veterans Affairs has said that primary care has been added to the Mail Type

line-up of services available to veterans through Patient Centered Community Care (PC3) contract. The VA believes this to be the key evolving part of the non-VA medical care program. Eligible veterans for this program are already able to access in- or out-patient specialty care, limited emergency care, mental health care, and limited newborn care for female veterans after child birth. VA Medical Centers can now use PC3 to provide additional types of care in order to reduce wait times, said VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald. “We will be expanding our ability to provide timely access to health care services to our veterans, and PC3 is just one part of the overall non-VA medical care program,” said Dr. Carolyn A Clancy, VA’s interim under-secretary for health.

The U.S. Postal Service has issued some mailing guidelines to ensure that gifts get to overseas military locations by Dec. 25. To get them there in time for the start of Hanukkah on Dec. 16, subtract nine days from the deadline of Dec. 3.

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I hope that everyone did well with the last question, which was, surfing is often called the sport of kings. Why? The answer is, because it was once reserved for Hawaiian royalty. The next question is, in 1901, who founded the Hawaiian Pineapple Company?

This week in history, on Nov. 1, 1977, the federal minimum wage was raised to $2.65 per hour, with an increase to $3.35 scheduled for 1981.

To all our active duty serve members, our veterans and the people of Molokai who support them, I send you all a big mahalo, and I hope you have a great Veterans Day. If anyone has any questions, suggestions or news, please give old Jesse a call at 553-3323. Have a wonderful week, and remember that old Jesse loves you all. So until next week, aloha.

Community Contributed

Molokai Fitness: Behavior Change

By Ayda Ersoy Why do we create habits? If something feels good, then most likely we will do it again and again, even if it is not really doing us good. But our body starts automatically doing it, without thinking about it. Our body takes control over our mind.

And why then is it so hard when we try to break our habits? Because a change, or a new habit, feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar. We are trying to change ourselves without changing the way we think. We can’t change the way we feel, or what we do, if we don’t first change the way we think.

First, you need to understand that in order to change a habit, you have to change your perception. And you should ask yourself the real reason why you want to change.

For example, if you want to lose weight, then first identify what that means to you. Yes, you want to be healthy, but what does it really mean to be healthy? Tell yourself why you want to lose weight, and write down the reasons. Be specific.

Then, if you’ve tried it before and it didn’t work, think what it was that stopped you before. Be totally honest with yourself -- maybe you failed before, but you don’t want to fail again. Maybe your environment affected you. Or maybe you’ve been in that state and it didn’t feel right or familiar.

Don’t you agree that if you positively change the way that you think,

you can change your habits?

I can hear you now saying, “I understand everything, but how?”

Here’re a few tips.

Be aware, be present. What does that mean? When you are present, and really aware of what you’re doing, you will realize quickly when you go back to your old habits. Of course it’s not easy to begin with, but if you repeat over and over again then you can create a new, better habit Identify what you want to change, and remind yourself what the exact reasons are. If you think any negative thoughts, then say out loud why you can’t do it. When you hear your voice, you’ll realize that you are just making excuses. You can do it!

You have to have a plan. This will keep you on track and help you do what you’re actually thinking about. You can create a new you!

Remind yourself what you are proud of -- maybe your career, or your kids, or just the way you help other people. You should be proud of yourself. You are stronger than what you think about yourself.

Today is an amazing day, so start right now, today, don’t wait until tomorrow.

Remember, my next free nutrition workshop is Tuesday Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m., at Home Pumehana. I will talk more there about behavior change while you are dieting, and how you can keep on track. Keep smiling, stay healthy!

M OLOKAI H IGH S CHOOL H ONOR R OLL PRINCIPAL’S HONORS LIST The Principal’s Honors List are students who have earned Mark Point Averages of 4.000* or above while enrolled in six or more courses, four or more of which are solid courses. For the first quarter of the 2014-15 school year, they are: Kikukawa, Luke, 12, 4.400; Alvarez, Edel Mae, 12, 4.333; Jenkins, Sarah, 12, 4.286; Afelin, Amber, 11, 4.286; Madani, Oceana, 11, 4.286; Manley, Cendall, 11, 4.286; Svetin, Erik, 10, 4.286; Ilaban, Jonelle, 12, 4.167; Davis, Keaaokahonua, 11, 4.167; Boswell, Jordan, 11, 4.143; Curtis, Sabrina, 11, 4.143; Ewing, Anna May, 11, 4.143; Nunez, Giesha Mae, 11, 4.143; Parker, Misty, 11, 4.143; Soares, Yasemin, 10, 4.143; Bishaw Marquez, Tiera-Lee, 12, 4.000; Espejo, John Pol, 12, 4.000; Soares, Michaiah, 12, 4.000; DeRouin, Kori Lee, 11, 4.000; He, Manu-Kailopa, 11, 4.000; Kahale, Kaimana, 11, 4.000; Kawano, Kysha, 11, 4.000; Motas, Marissa Taylor, 11, 4.000; Nichols, Johnathan, 11, 4.000; Simon, Alexandria, 11, 4.000; Akutagawa, Linaka, 10, 4.000; Alvarez, Edel Mark, 10, 4.000; Angst, Sonja, 10, 4.000; Boswell, Jarron, 10, 4.000; Kaalekahi, Jershon, 10, 4.000; Ramos, Sebastian, 10, 4.000; Cariaga, Althea, 9, 4.000; Kahale, Nainoa, 9, 4.000; Manley, Caele, 9, 4.000; McGuire, Michelle, 9, 4.000; Pongmulee, Ida, 9, 4.000; Tancayo, Cameron, 9, 4.000 HONOR ROLL The Honor Roll students who earned Mark Point Averages of 3.500 to 4.000* for the first quarter of the 2014-15 school year are: Adachi-Kawamae, Khaylie, 11, 3.857; Kee, Rainbow, 11, 3.857; Kekino-Puaoi, Maile, 11, 3.857; Torres-Umi, Esther, 11, 3.857; Yamamoto, Tai, 11, 3.857; Jenkins, Lily, 10, 3.857; Adolpho, Rockwell, 9, 3.857; Campos, Marianna, 9, 3.857; Maioho, Kau`i, 9, 3.857; Kelly-Paleka, Waipuna, 12, 3.833; Espaniola, Moses Don, 11, 3.714; Falealii, Hepuakea, 11, 3.714; Gloor, Joshua, 11, 3.714; Imakyure, Keahi, 11, 3.714; Victorino, Chelsen, 11, 3.714; Norris, Jacob, 10, 3.714; Yerhot, Awa, 10, 3.714; Adachi, Kekaiomalu, 9, 3.714; Maroto, Paula Nicole, 9, 3.714; Ragonton, MA Cassandra, 9, 3.714; Agliam, Jenilynn, 12, 3.667; Cabreros, Joshaviah, 11, 3.667; Ringor, Gelly Ann, 10, 3.667; Torres-Umi, Kairos, 10, 3.667; Basubas, Keneth, 12, 3.571; Abafo, Alden, 11, 3.571; Tamanaha, Thomas, 11, 3.571; Victorino, Abe Maurice, 11, 3.571; Young, Ajalyn, 11, 3.571; Bishaw-Mokiao, Nainoa, 10, 3.571; Bumatay, Jamaica Lei, 10, 3.571; Duvauchelle, Austin, 10, 3.571; Miguel, Journey, 10, 3.571; Rawlins-

Manuel, Precious-Unique, 10, 3.571; OswaldKalawe, Kaydence-Lee, 9, 3.571; Ragonton, Romelyn, 9, 3.571; Espiritu-Tanabe, Kelsie, 12, 3.500; Takata, Trevor, 12, 3.500 HONORABLE MENTION LIST The Honorable Mention students who earned Mark Point Averages of 3.000 to 3.499* for the first quarter of the 2014-15 school year are: Han, Kuikamokuokalani, 11, 3.429; Yasso, Kolealono, 9, 3.429; Dudoit-Enos, Hanalei, 12, 3.429; Dela Cruz, William, 11, 3.429; Domingo Key, Brandi, 11, 3.429; Emia, Katelyn, 11, 3.429; Davis, Jaycee, 10, 3.429; Duvauchelle, Ida, 10, 3.429; Greenleaf, Edwin, 10, 3.429; Kaahanui, Nainoa, 9, 3.429; Ledesma, Camille-Paige, 9, 3.429; Purdy, Janley, 9, 3.429; Rawlins-Manuel, Lorralynn-Shai, 9, 3.429; Davis Namauu, Jasmyn, 11, 3.333; Hamakua Poepoe, Olelo K.P.A, 12, 3.286; Kaulia-Makaiwi, Koal, 12, 3.286; Meyer, Lee-Lan, 12, 3.286; Ragonton, May Rose, 12, 3.286; Arce, Dallas, 11, 3.286; Balbas, Kelcyn, 11, 3.286; Horner-Villa, Levi, 11, 3.286; Davis, Fera, 10, 3.286; Keliihoomalu, Brooke, 10, 3.286; Nerveza, Mckenzie, 10, 3.286; Adolpho, Kaeo, 9, 3.286; Kamakana, Rex, 9, 3.286; Manaba, Lahilahi, 9, 3.286; Pico, Sierra, 12, 3.167; Ramos, Jodalyn Ann, 10, 3.167; Dudoit-Cuello, Stazandra, 12, 3.143; Semitara Makaiwi, Saydee Anela, 12, 3.143; Aquino, Kristine, 11, 3.143; Duvauchelle, John, 11, 3.143; Ugoji, Stephanie, 11, 3.143; Ah Van, Kananiokeaolani, 10, 3.143; Nerveza, Megan, 10, 3.143; Ranis, Poliahuawaiau, 10, 3.143; DePonte, Diego, 9, 3.143; Hiro, Cody-Hunter, 9, 3.143; Keoho, Napana, 9, 3.143; McGuire, Tashia-Lyn, 9, 3.143; Naeole-Starkey, Shraedon, 9, 3.143; Purdy, Wyott, 9, 3.143; Kaiama-Kanuha, Hiilani, 11, 3.142; Adolpho, Rebecka, 12, 3.000; Alcon, Kahanuola, 12, 3.000; Aldridge, Markis Grayson, 12, 3.000; Hanohano, Kamalina, 12, 3.000; Kaholoaa, Jonah, 12, 3.000; Kaulili, Shonni, 11, 3.000; Kuahuia-Morton, Maleka, 11, 3.000; Poaipuni, Alohalani, 11, 3.000; ReichColipano, Kaitlynn, 11, 3.000; Agliam, Alysha, 10, 3.000; Donnelly, Kevin, 10, 3.000; Kanemitsu Toa, Sauniatu, 10, 3.000; Merkel, Catherine, 10, 3.000; Florendo, Tashady, 9, 3.000; Kaawa Richardson, Ilimaakea, 9, 3.000; Kikukawa, Genevieve, 9, 3.000; Lorico-Cuello, Lelia, 9, 3.000; McCutcheon, Shaelyn Nicole, 9, 3.000; Pale, Kekuaokala'au'alailiahi, 9, 3.000; Sagario, Kamuela, 9, 3.000; Takata, Trenton, 9, 3.000; Tancayo, Sarah, 9, 3.000

*Note: Mark Point Averages reflect inclusion of online course marks.

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Maui County Council candidate

ROBERT (BOB) CARROLL is involved in solving the problems of our county

One of the more important challenges he dealt with was improving traffic flow at the junction of Haleakala and Hana Highways, grid lock starting at Dairy road frustrated motorists traveling to upcountry on Haleakala Highway. It is his ability to find solutions while working with our community, county, state and federal officials combined with a determination to implement innovative ideas that make him so effective.

His experience encompasses public service, operating a small business, and working for Hawaiian telephone of Maui, Molokai and Lanai that gives him the background neccesary to be a dynamic council member.

He has always thought of how to be of service to others, and has been one who will listen to the concerns and opinions of all the people of Maui County.

Bob Caroll is running for the East Maui (Hana) seat on the Maui County Council. This seat is elected at-large by all of Maui County’s voters. If you are qualified to vote in our next county election, no matter where you live, you can vote for Bob. He will be working for you, working with you, and all of Maui County.

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The Maui Initiative is “very poorly written” Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa

Enormous financial implications for the County “We’re talking about the County Council having to approve funding for operational costs. And we’re talking about an area that’s highly specialized, so this can be a very, very expensive undertaking.

“We the taxpayers will have to shoulder this financial burden, which will cost millions of dollars.”

Alice Lee, Former County Councilwoman and Chair of the County Budget Committee

Would devastate our local economy “…if Maui loses this part of its economic base it will be impossible to replace in the near future, and there will be significant adverse economic impacts on both Maui and Molokai.”

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The Molokai DispaTch • ocT 29, 2014 •

Divas Bring Glitz and Glam

By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

Nicki Minaj. Audience members also participated in a costume contest and a raffle.

Molokai local Kraig Lucas, who goes by the stage name Kalaika DeReon-Lamour, started Halloqueen four years ago after the Molokai Ultimate Diva Pageant, a drag queen showcase and competition, came to an end.

“Since it died off, I wanted to do something annually for the island,” said Lucas, a hairstylist who’s been doing drag since 2009. “I figured, why not Halloween?”

Drag queen and Oahu resident Alara Deschanel, who’s performed at every Halloqueen, said the event started in a backyard and grew from there as more people wanted to attend and participate. Maui native Anastacia Colby-DeZsanreo, a two-time

Halloqueen performer, said she loves the community’s support and ends up finding new relatives every time she visits Molokai. Performers also included Molokai’s own Missty Blue and Betty, as well as Keara Lamour and Zanaya Daniels of Oahu.

Deschanel added that, with recent events putting more focus on Hawaii’s transgender community, doing drag is a way to encourage expression.

“I think through the expression of our art, we can try to find a balance between our equal rights and our freedom of expression,” said Deschanel, who doesn’t personally identify as transgender but falls under the category by performing as the opposite sex. “… [Drag] is our American duty. If people can carry guns, I can carry a wig.”

season. After struggling with ball control against hard-hitting Hana in the first set, Continued From pg. 1 the Lady Farmers pulled off a gritty second set, bolstered by the team’s strong blocking at the net. They fought the DragMolokai faced a bigger challenge ons for every point and were tied for most against Hana, which, besides Seabury, of the match before Hana finally inched was the only team to beat Molokai this past for the win.

However, Molokai’s players also made sure the tournament wasn’t just about the games. In remembrance of the 20 passengers who died on Flight 1712, the girls’ volleyball team decked out The Barn in pink, pasting pink cutout ribbons, pink streamers and inspirational signs throughout the gym, with the words “Never Forgotten” written in pink on the far gym wall. Before the game, survivors and families of the victims were honored with lei and recognition.

Mahea Rawlins said the girls put up the streamers and signs without any prompting from their coaches.

“They did it all themselves,” she said.

“I came in [Thursday] at about two, and it was like this. I had to sit back and actually look around and be like, ‘wow.’”

With the season now over, Coach Rawlins said she will miss key senior hitters and the leadership they provided in their own different ways, some as quiet,

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n the Saturday before Halloween at Paddlers’ Inn, seven local drag queens got the chance to break out their fanciest dresses and craziest dance moves for Molokai’s fourth annual Halloqueen celebration.

“The girls bring a very eclectic and vibrant energy,” said show attendee Leslee Florea, who sported pink cat ears and a long tail as part of the audience costume contest.

“Their passion for what they do is endless and fabulous.”

The show included a runway-style strut through the bar, lip syncing performances and elaborate dances to popular songs from such artists as Beyonce and

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Molokai diva Betty. Photo by Colleen Uechi

laidback leaders, others as high-octane, emotional leaders, and others as motherly figures. Adolpho, who along with Pedro, Kiana Simmons and Kelsie Espiritu-Tanabe will say goodbye to the team, said in all the sports she’s played, this year’s volleyball team has had the most interesting personalities.

“They’re not afraid to be who they are all the time,” said Adolpho. “We’ve grown to become sisters.… You’re always gonna remember something about [a person] that’s always gonna make you laugh.”

Overall, interim athletic director Lee DeRouin said he felt the tournament, which included over 100 volleyball players and coaches, went along smoothly.

“It’s been a great experience for our kids, for the island to see all six Division II schools come over here to Molokai,” said interim athletic director Lee DeRouin. “We would love to host the tournament again.”

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VOLLEYBALL MIL CHAMPIONSHIPS @ THE BARN, 10/22-24 MOLOKAI, THIRD PLACE OVERALL 10/22 MHS over Maui Prep, 25-12, 25-15, 25-13 10/23 Hana over MHS, 25-10, 25-23, 25-14 10/24 Championship: Seabury over Hana, 2519, 25-14, 25-11

CROSS COUNTRY MIL CHAMPIONSHIPS @ KEOPUOLANI PIT, 10/25 BOYS TEAM: FIRST PLACE, MIL DIVISION II CHAMPS Boys individual (top three finishers): 9th place: Keaolono Ross, 18:48.72 16th: Luke Kikukawa, 19:24.02

21st: Markis-Grayson Aldridge, 19:44.56 Girls individual (competing with two runners): 46th: Kamahina Kaiama-Kanuha, 37:15.47 47th: Kori-Lee DeRouin, 37:15.72 AIR RIFLERY MIL CHAMPIONSHIP @ MAUI HIGH, 10/23 MOLOKAI BOYS’ TEAM: FIRST PLACE, MIL DIVISION II CHAMPS 1st place: Cody Nip, 519 points; 3rd: Joshaviah Cabreros, 498 pnts; 4th: Jershon Ka`alekahi, 497 pnts MOLOKAI GIRLS’ TEAM: FIFTH PLACE 10th: Hi`ilani Kanuha, 469 points; 20th: Kea`a Davis, 439 pnts; 21st: Sonja Angst, 438 pnts

MALAMA MO`OMOMI WORKSHOP

Ka Honua Momona invites you to celebrate...

The official signing and release of

Uncle’s Magic Thrownet!

Saturday, November 1 | 12 - 3 pm | Alii Fishpond This new children’s book written by Molokai’s,Todd Yamashita, and illustrated by Jamie Meckel Tablason, was inspired by Uncle Mervin Dudoit, Kupuna Lawai’a of Ali’I and Kalokoeli fishponds.The story teaches us to be aware of sound fishing practices and to take only what you need.

All books purchased through KHM benefit our nonprofit! Books will be available at KHM’s office and on our website for $13.00 each.You may call to pre-order and reserve your book at (808)5538353. Or purchase on our website at www.KaHonuaMomona.org.

(Choose to pickup at office for no shipping cost!)

DATE: November 8th, 2014 TIME: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm PLACE: Lanikeha PURPOSE: Help develop pono rules for Mo’omoni CBSFA (Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area).

You can go online to themolokaidispatch.com to see the proposed rules. Participation from all is needed, if we are to solve this problem of “declining resources” and to honor our kuleana to our future generations.

Todd, Kauluwai, and Uncle Merv will be available for book signing.

Come join us in sharing the spirit of momona and aloha at KHM!

FOR MORE INFO CALL 646-0548

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Farm Tax Workshop Kuha`o Business Center News Release

Endorsed by: ILWU, HGEA, SHOPO, UPW, IBEW Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Local 1463, Hawaii Operating Engineers Local Union 3, Carpenters & Joiners Local 745, Laborer’s International Union Local 368, Hawaii Mason’s Union, Plumbers & Pipe-fitters UA Local 675, Hawaii Operating Engineers Stabilization Fund, Realtors Association of Maui, Maui Hotel & Lodging Association

Maui County is a special place.

I want to continue to work on your family’s behalf to support programs that promote jobs, affordable homes, higher education, safe beaches and parks, transportation, keiki and kupuna programs, hi-tech businesses, and a vibrant visitor industry that compliments our island’s multicultural and agricultural history.

I humbly ask for your vote in the upcoming General Election. Mahalo!

Paid for by the Friends to Elect Mike Victorino, P.O. Box 3085, Wailuku, HI 96793

www.mikevictorino.com

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There will be a Farm Tax Workshop held Nov. 6, 2014 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) Business Development Classroom. Michael Holl will be the returning to Molokai to speak to farmers and ranchers about business taxes. This workshop will help you manage your labor, financial and legal risks. Holl, who is from Oahu, is an enrolled agent who is a federally-authorized tax practitioner, licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to negotiate with the IRS on behalf of taxpayers.

The Molokai Farm Tax Workshop is designed to enable farmers to lower their tax liabilities by a better understanding of business deductions, tax preparation and record keeping to minimize taxes and

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chances of an audit, business entities for your farm, how employment laws and independent contractor requirements affect your business, and special provisions in the tax code regarding farm income averaging to significantly lower taxes resulting from “bumper” crops.

To sign up or for more information for this workshop, please call the Kuha`o Business Center at 5538100 no later than Nov. 5 to reserve your seat. You can also email the center at Jennifer.hawkins@mauicounty. gov. The workshop is being brought to Molokai by the County of Maui Mayor ’s Office of Economic Development Kuha`o Business Center in conjunction with the MEO Core 4 for Farmers Class. All Molokai Farmers and Ranchers are encouraged to attend the 2014 Molokai Farm Tax Workshop.

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Kiora! MMS Benefit Event with Darren Benitez MMS News Release The Hawaiian Language Immersion program at Molokai Middle School, `O Hina i ka Malama, is having a benefit concert and dinner on Friday, Nov. 7 at the Molokai Community Health Center (Old Pau Hana Inn) at 5 p.m., under the banyan tree.

Dinner tickets are $50 per person and our VIP tables are $1000. We have a great lineup of entertainment starring our own Middle Schools students of `O Hina i ka Malama, Na Pua Ho`oheno, and guest artist Darren Benitez and friends.

Proceeds of the benefit concert and dinner, along with a silent auction that night will support our students to travel to Aotearoa, New Zealand.

The purpose of their travel is to make actionable the Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage’s promise to the children

to gain leadership opportunities and skills. The objective of travel is to provide out-of-school context for students to apply Hawaiian language in formal and informal settings. Throughout this experience, students will have the opportunity to apply knowledge of Maori and Hawaiian customs and practices in authentic settings. Students will tour land and ocean-based educational, cultural, and business initiatives and will be exposed to STEM and collegecareer awareness and readiness with an emphasis in technology related to Malama Honua.

Our featured entertainer, Darren Benitez, grew up surrounded by music, and we are grateful because of his ambition of keeping traditional Hawaiian music alive.

In his earliest years, he loved the sound of his mother and uncle’s voices.

Growing up listening to Dennis Pavao,

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Ledward and Nedward Ka`apana – better known as the “Hui O Hana” – he assumed that this was the way that true Hawaiian music should sound.

His first solo release Broken Hearts by Fat Katz Production was dedicated to his mom because of all her love and compassion. Darren’s second release of Dear Mama was a tribute to his mom thanking her for the gift of music, and for giving him a solid foundation in music and for constant support.

He can excite you to move with the beat – Hawaiian, County or Kachi kachi. This third release Mother of the Sea, contains more of what made him popular in the first place -- lots of crisp ukulele, lots of casual falsetto singing, and a little bit of straightforward country music.

Come and enjoy the music, for more information regarding our benefit concert and dinner, please con-

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tact `Iolani Ku`oha at (808)298-9686 or email at peepuhala@hotmail.com.

If you would like to just support our travel, check out our online donation page at gofund.me/bkr118, titled Malama Honua Youth Leadership Marae.

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

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.

Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, pottery class taught by Dan Bennett. New students must have instructor permission to join class.

Youth Ceramic Arts Classes every Saturday, for ages 4 - 11, using primarily clay (slab & pinch pot methods), although other methods may be used. Two classes available for an hour each: Session 1 at 9:45 a.m. and Session 2 at 11a.m. To sign up or receive additional info, please email molokaiartscenter@gmail.com.

school families and teachers. Call Heather 658-0124 Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club 2nd Wednesday of Adult “Aqua Jogger Class” Oct. 15 – Dec. 19 every month at 5:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

T, Th 9 a.m. at Cooke Memorial Pool 553-5775 I Aloha Molokai, alternative energy solutions for Advanced Zumba with Preciouse Senica, 553-5848 Molokai. First Monday of every month, 6 pm at Kulana SPORTS & RECREATION Oiwi. Go to IAlohaMolokai.com for schedule or locaT,Th Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 9-10am tion changes.

Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class T,Th, F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm M Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Aikido Class at Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu Bakery. W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m.

Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym M, W, F, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com Open to all. For more info call 553-5402 MEETINGS conference room.

Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot Aloha Yoga every Monday, Wednesday and Friday AA Hot Bread Meeting, Tues. & Fri from 9-10 p.m.

Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who from 12 - 1 p.m. at MCHC. Call 553-3930 for more Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191. has experienced the loss of a loved one. Third Thursday TH Mitchell Pauole Center, 7 p.m. Open to public. info.$40/monthly rate for unlimited classes or $10 drop of every month at 10 -11:30 a.m. or 4:30 -6 p.m. at AA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai Molokai Swim Club in rate per class.

Hospice Office in Kamoi Center. Call Barbara Helm at Offi ce upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm 336-0261.

Beginning Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m.

Pick-up Soccer W Home Pumehana 10 a.m.

Ahahui Kaahumanu Chapter VIII meetings. 2nd Wednes- MAC Ceramics Class at Coffees of Hawaii. 9 - 11 a.m.

W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm day of every month at 4:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

Molokai Community Children’s Council Every secTh Kaunakakai Gym 10 a.m.

Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship ond Thursday. Home Pumehana, 2:30-4 p.m. 567-6308 Hula: Ka Pa Hula `O Hina I Ka Po La`ila`i Club. Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Molokai Humane Society meets the third Tuesday M Hula Wahine, 4:30-5:30 Advanced @ MCHC welcome.

Mon. & Thurs. 7-8 p.m. of every month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Kaunakakai Gym 5:30-6:30 Beginners Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. OHA/ Conference Room.

T Papa Oli (Chanting) 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

DHHl. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 Tues. each month at MAC Special field trips on Fridays. kayaking. Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama Intermediate Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@ Al-Anon Meeting, a weekly meeting to help family and Wordin at 553-8100 for info.

W Home Pumehana 11 a.m. youthinmotion.org friends of alcoholics, every Monday at Grace Church Molokai Lions Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of Th Kaunakakai Gym 11 a.m.

Community Hall in Hoolehua at 5:30 p.m. every month at 8:30 am at Paddlers Inn. MUSIC & ARTS Personal Training with Elias Vendiola ArtAloha! Moloka‘i Summer Art for kids and open Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down Na Kupuna Hotel Molokai, Fridays 4-6 p.m.

M,T,W,Th,F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 553-5848, by studio for adults every Wednesday 1-5 p.m. Contact the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Strings Class on Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass at appointment only, 5am-1:30pm Heather Williams at 658-0124, artalohamolokai@ Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Kaunakakai Elementary Room A-103.

Tuesday & ThursPiYo LIVE with Solana Adachi every Monday at 5 p.m. hotmail.com or Art Aloha on facebook.

Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tuesdays day 34:45 p.m.

Beginners 3 p.m., Intermediate 3:30 and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at MCHC and Thursdays at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8 to p.m. and Advanced 4 p.m. Ages 5 to adults. Contact Families Against Bullying meets every 3rd Tues Quit Smoking Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai 9 a.m.Open meeting. For more info, call Rodney at Bob Underwood at 646-0733 for more info. at Home Pumehana Conference Room from 3:30 to conference room. 560-3653.

Na Ohana Hoaloha Music & Hula at Paddlers, Sunday 5:00p.m. Contact Shrene Naki at 553-4225 or snakikeiki- 213-4603.

Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews from 3-5 p.m.

Plein Air Molokai - Art Outdoors painting, drawing, care@hawaiiantel.net M Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m. photography and more. First Friday every month plus Brass & Woodwinds Community Band class for ages Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day T Home Pumehana, 5:15 p.m. special dates with ArtAloha! Contact Heather at 6588 to adult, free of charge.

Emphasis on music performance Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational Th Kualapu`u Rec Center, 5:15 p.m. with Spring Concert as grand fi nale at end of school year.

Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each 0124 or artalohamolokai@hotmail.com F Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m. Call 553-5402 for info.

Instruments available for loan: Clarinets, Flutes, SaxoRead to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesday month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

Yoga Class open to students, families and the community. phones, Trumpets, Trombones. Classes held at Molokai of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 553-1765 HI Seed Savers, Green Gorilla Growers meet every third TH Kilohana cafeteria from 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

High School every Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. with Bob Monday at 5 pm for a potluck.

Call for location at 336-1566.

Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool at MCHC Mon. and Underwood. Call 646-0733 for more info.

Yoga class focused on individual form, internal Wed. at 8:30-10:30a.m., and the Kaulapu’u Community Home-School Connection First Thursday of every practice, Call Karen at 558-8225 for info Takeaway Tuesday guided ceramic studio 6-8 p.m., Center Tues. and Thurs. at 8:30-10:30a.m. Call 560-5642 month.

Support in homeschool academic, creative curMolokai Arts Center. For more info contact moloZumba Basic with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 riculum and extracurricular activities.

Meet other homefor enrollment forms. kaiartscenter@gmail.com.

T, Th Home Pumehana 9 a.m.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

► Domestic Violence Awareness Month Events organized by Hale Ho`omalu. Movie Night at the Molokai Youth Center at 6 p.m.

prize. Categories: Original, Scary and Cutest. Registration 4-4:45 p.m.; judging and prizes to follow. Contact President Ron Bauman at 553-3665 for more info. ► Glow Show: A Black Light Production on Oct. 31 at 5:15, 6:15 and 7:15 p.m. Ages 0-12 welcome. Event is at King’s Chapel Molokai and is free to the public.

► Flu Shot Clinic at Home Pumehana, 9-11 a.m. No co-pay. Bring picture ID and medical insurance card. Must be 18 or older. No shots for those with egg allergies. ► HallowHim Festival at Kaunakakai Ball Field on Oct. 31 from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

While supplies last. ► The ABC’s of a Business Plan by Craig Swift from 12-1 p.m. at Kuha`o Business Center. Participants will receive an outline of the business plan taught by MEO’s Core Four Business Plan Course.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1

► Faith Formation Conference at St. Damien Catholic Church from 8:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. Theme is “In the Footsteps of the Saints.” The cost is $10 per session. Pre registration available. Contact the parish office at 553-5220.

► Celebrate the music of R. Alex Anderson with Ke Ola Pono No Nā Kupuna, Alu Like Kupuna Program and other Kupuna MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3 of our community. Molokai Public Library, ► “Have I Got a Story to Tell You” with 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more info call 553-1765. internationally acclaimed storyteller Diane THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 Ferlatte, 3 p.m. at Molokai Public Library.

Featuring cultural and personal stories and ► Molokai High School students will songs. Open to ages 5 and older; parents share stories from their college and career or guardians must accompany young chilreadiness trip to New York. MHS Library, dren. Call 553-1765 for more info.

6 p.m. Trip donors, community members TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 and former New Yorkers invited.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 ► Domestic Violence Awareness Month Events organized by Hale Ho`omalu. Sign Waving in front of the library at 5:30 p.m. ► Lions Club Costume Contest on Oct. 31, 3:30-5 p.m. on Library Lawn. Age groups: babies-preschoolers, grades K-2, 3-5 and 6-adult. Also one family/group

► Hawaii State General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Check your voter registration card for your polling location. Visit hawaii.gov/elections for more info. ► Free Nutrition Workshop with nutritionist Ayda Ersoy at 5:30 p.m. at Home Pumehana. She will discuss how to make behaviorial changes when on a diet.

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MOLOKAI HIGH SCHOOL ► Enrollment To enroll at Molokai High School call Lori Kaiama at 567-6950 ext.

228 or Julia De George at ext. 229 to set up an appointment for enrollment. Please go to the following Hawaii DOE website to see what documents will be needed for enrollment. doe.k12.hi.us/register/index.htm

MOLOKAI MIDDLE SCHOOL ► Spirit Week, Oct. 27-31 Schedule: Monday: Hawaii’s Finest/Surfer; Tuesday: The 80s; Wednesday: Hippie/Geek; Thursday: Crazy Hair; Friday: Costume.

SAVE THE DATE ► Farm Tax Workshop will be held Nov. 6 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) Business Development Classroom. Michael Holl will speak to ranchers and farmers about business taxes. For more info, call Kuha`o Business Center at 553-8100, no later than Nov. 5 to reserve a seat, or email the center at Jennifer.hawkins@mauicounty.gov. ► Molokai Middle School’s Hawaiian Language Immersion Program to have benefit concert and dinner with Darren Benitez on Nov. 7 at Molokai Community Health Center at 5 p.m. Dinner tickets $50; VIP tables $1,000. For more info, contact `Iolani Ku`oha at (808)298-9686 or email peepuhala@hotmail.com ► Molokai Congregational Churches Bazaar at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church. Nov. 8 from 8 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Food, plants, White Elephant, entertainment and crafts. Roast Pork plate ($10 pre-sale tickets). Drawings include grand prizes in cash and a stay at the Waialua Pavillion. ► First Annual Molokai Floating Lantern Ceremony at the Molokai Community Health Center on Nov. 8 from 3 to 6:30 p.m. ► Book Sale by Friends of the Molokai Public Library will be held Nov. 15 from 8-11 a.m. in the carport behind the library. ► Molokai Community Plan Update public open house will be held Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kaunakakai Elementary School cafeteria. Staff from the Maui County Planning Department will be present to

website is a one-stop hub to help students and parents with reminders of weekly classwork and homework assignments for each teacher and grade level.

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► Adult Education Program to earn ► Join a Parent Support Team on the your High School diploma. For more info Molokai Middle School Facebook Page! call Molokai Site Supervisor Bernell Kaleo SEARCH- 7th Grade: “Class of 2020 Support Bishaw at 808-336-0460. ► 21st Century Grant Application Molo- Team” and 8th Grade: “Class of 2019 Sup► Registration for Youth Volleyball kai Middle and Molokai High Schools are port Team.” ages 5 to 8 and 9 to 12. Forms are available in the process of submitting an application ► New Homework Link Website on the at Kaunakakai Gym Office. Stop by or call to the 21st Century Community Learning Molokai Middle School website at moloCenters grant. This is a five-year grant for 553-5141 for more info. kaimiddleschool.com/homework.html. The $200,000 each year.

24 HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE 808-213-5522

answer questions. For more info, email Jen Maydan at jennifer.maydan@mauicounty. gov or call 808-270-7399. ► Molokai Bowhunting Tournament Turkey Shoot on Nov. 22 at Kalae Hwy Bow Range. Registration 8-9 a.m. Tournament begins 10 a.m. Open to members and nonmembers. Entry fee $10. Turkeys to win and other prizes. For more info call Godfrey Akaka at 567-9413 or Nelson Rapanot at 567-9031. ► Turkey Rainbow Run/Walk on Nov. 29. at Kualapu`u School’s field. Early bird pricing until Oct. 31. For more info call Komela or Ty at 560-3653. ► Christmas Light Parade and Ho`olaulea on Dec 6. Applications for vendor and craft booths are available on the website at molokaiislandfoundation.org. ► Merry Christmas Food and Craft Fair at Maunaloa School on Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission. Christmas crafts, jewelry, plate lunches, smoothies, Book Fair and more. Vendors welcome for $25 fee; call 552-2007. For more info, contact Kalani Pagan at 552-2000, ext. 227.

► Registration for Youth Basketball ages 12-14. Forms available at Kaunakakai Gym Office Monday to Friday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Deadline is Nov. 17. Volunteer coaches welcome! Call 553-5141 for more info. ► Free Monthly Rummage Sale 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. ► Open Your Home to Hawaii’s Keiki in Foster Care through Hui Ho`omalu. Call 268-5122 or visit pidf.org for more information.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you live in Gaza, you don't have easy access to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The closest KFC restaurant is 35 miles away in the Egyptian city of El-Arish.

But there was a time when you could pay smugglers to bring it to you via one of the underground tunnels that linked Egypt to Gaza. Each delivery took four hours and required the help of two taxis, a hand cart, and a motorbike. (Alas, Egypt destroyed most of the tunnels in early 2014.) I recommend, Aries, that you be as determined and resourceful to make your longed-for connections as the KFC lovers in Gaza were.

Halloween costume suggestion: smuggler, bootlegger, drugdealer, black-marketeer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's urgent that you expand your options. Your freedom of choice can't lead you to where you need to go until you have more possibilities to choose from. In fact, you're better off not making a decision until you have a wider selection. To playfully drive home this point to your subconscious mind, I suggest that this Halloween you consider disguising yourself as a slime mold. This unusual creature comes in more than 500 different genders, at least 13 of which must collaborate to reproduce. Here's a photo: bit.ly/yellowslime.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the animated sci-fi TV sitcom Futurama, Leela is the mutant captain of a spaceship.

In one episode, she develops an odd boil on her hindquarters. It has a face and can sing. The actor who provides the vocals for the animated boil's outpouring of song is Gemini comedian Craig Ferguson, whose main gig is serving as host of a late-night TV talk show on CBS. Telling you this tale is my way of suggesting that you consider going outside your usual niche, as Craig Ferguson did, to offer your talents in a different context. Halloween costume suggestion: Kim Kardashian as a nurse wearing ebola protective gear; science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson as a male stripper; a cat wearing a dog costume, or vice versa.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Native American hero Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was a renowned Lakota chief and holy man. He led his people in their resistance to the U.S. occupation of their land. How did he become so strong and wise?

In large part through the efforts of his doting mother, whose name was Her-Holy-Door. Let's install her as your exemplar for now. May she inspire you to nurture beauty and power in those you love. May she motivate you to be adroit as you perform your duties in service to the future. May the mystery of her name rouse you to find the sacred portal that ushers you to your next big gift. Halloween costume suggestion: a sacred portal, a divine gateway, an amazing door.

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however, that your own brain will be functioning better than ever in the coming weeks, even if you don't partake of this exotic dish. Be sure to take advantage of your enhanced intelligence. Solve tough riddles! Think big thoughts! Halloween costume suggestion: a brain-eating *Homo erectus.* LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The egromenious hilarity of psychadisical melarmy, whether rooted in a lissome stretch or a lusty wobble, soon defisterates into crabolious stompability.

So why not be graffenbent?" So said Noah's ex-wife Joan of Arc in her interview with St. Crocodile magazine. Heed Joan's advice, please, Libra. Be proactively saximonious. I'M KIDDING! Everything I just said was nonsense. I hope you didn't assume it was erudite wisdom full of big words you couldn't understand. In offering it to you, I was hoping to immunize you against the babble and hype and artifice that may soon roll your way. Halloween costume suggestion: a skeptic armed with a shock-proof bullshit-detector. (For inspiration, check out these visuals: http://bit.ly/bsdetector.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In AMC's famous TV drama, a high school chemistry teacher responds to his awful luck by turning to a life of crime. The show's title, "Breaking Bad," refers to what happens when a good person cracks and veers over to the dark side. So then what does "breaking good" mean? Urbandictionary.com defines it like this: "When a criminal, junkie, or gang-banger gets sweet and sparkly, going to church, volunteering at soup kitchens, and picking the kids up from school." I'm concerned that you are at risk of undergoing a similar conversion, Scorpio. You seem so nice and kind and mild lately. I guess that's fine as long as you don't lose your edge. Halloween costume suggestion: a criminal with a halo, a sweet and sparkly gang-banger, or a Buddhist monk junkie.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I've got two possible remedies for your emotional congestion. You might also want to make these two remedies part of your Halloween shtick.

The first remedy is captured by the English word "lalochezia."

It refers to a catharsis that comes from uttering profane language. The second remedy is contained in the word "tarantism." It means an urge to dance manically as a way to relieve melancholy. For your Halloween disguise, you could be a wildly dancing obscenity-spouter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are at a point in your astrological cycle when you deserve to rake in the rewards that you have been working hard to earn. I expect you to be a magnet for gifts and blessings. The favors and compliments you have doled out will be returned to you. For all the strings you have pulled in behalf of others' dreams, strings will now be pulled for you. Halloween costume suggestion: a beaming kid hauling around a red wagon full of brightly wrapped presents.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Two physicists in Massachusetts are working on technology that will allow people to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. For Halloween, I suggest that you pretend you have already acquired this superpower.

It's time for you to be brash and jaunty as you radiate your influence with more confidence. I want to see you summon reserves of charismatic clout you haven't dared to call on before. Costume suggestion: The X-Men mutant named Cyclops or the legendary Native America creature known as the thunderbird, which emits lightning from its eyes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is one of those rare times when it's OK for you to just throw out the dirty dishes that you are too lazy to wash. It's also permissible to hide from a difficult person, spend money on a supposedly foolish indulgence, eat a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, binge-watch a TV show that provokes six months' worth of emotions in a few hours, and lie in bed for an extra hour fantasizing about sex with a forbidden partner. Don't make any of these things habits, of course. But for now, it's probably healthy to allow them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The African nation of SwaziHalloween costume suggestion: total slacker. land has passed a law prohibiting witches from flying their VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Our evolutionary ancestors broomsticks any higher than 150 meters above ground. That Homo erectus loved to eat delicious antelope brains. The fos- will a big problem for Piscean witches. There is currently an sil evidence is all over their old stomping grounds in East Afri- astrological mandate for them to swoop and glide and soar ca. Scientists say that this delicacy, so rich in nutrients, helped as high and free as they want to. The same is metaphorically our forbears build bigger, stronger brains themselves. These true for all Piscean non-witches everywhere. This is your time days it's harder but not impossible to make animal brains to swoop and glide and soar as high and free as you want to. part of your diet. The Chinese and Koreans eat pig brains, and Halloween costume suggestion: high-flying witch, a winged some European cuisines include beef brains. I'm confident, angel, the Silver Surfer, or a mythic bird like the Garuda.

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Destructive Ordinance In Hawaiian tradition, the mahi'ai (farmers) were stewards of the aina, the trusted providers. Now sadly, radical environmentalists want to break that trust -- throughout Maui County they're busy vandalizing businesses, ripping out profarming signs and spreading misinformation, in this forum and elsewhere. Go to hawaiifreepress.com for an article called “Ugliness of the Aunty-GMO Movement in Hawaii,” about the wealthy, mainlandbased Shaka Movement's campaign of subterfuge and dirty politics.

Two futures are at stake: one of scientific progress and feeding hungry millions, and another that ignores evidence for an idealized, backward-looking “sustainability.” As Earth's population tops eight billion, the world's scientists are using gene-splicing to wipe out famine, malnutrition, even fatal diseases like Ebola. In a laboratory, GM biotechnology combines things already in nature, not chemicals. Plant proteins are altered to repel weeds and insects, so GM crops reduce farm spraying yet remain safe to eat. Worldwide, authorities like the Royal Science Academy, the European Health Commission plus our own EPA have called glyphosate in RoundUp (originally en-

dorsed by the Sierra Club) “one of the safest herbicides currently in use.”

The Seralini study linking cancer to GMOs was discredited as junk science, and Stanford University tests concluded that “organic foods are no more nutritious than GM grown.” Before, with only organic-grown crops in the developing world, people were starving to death. GMOs have revolutionized food production and become the norm -- if farming becomes less efficient, it's a big step backwards. How “sustainable” is it to condemn millions of Third World people to lives of unending misery and scarcity? Or locally, take away jobs and add $800 to families' food bills?

Mainland activists don't have to live with the consequences here, we do. Significantly, while all three candidates for governor support farmers, Mufi Hannemann stated that “concerns about GMO's were not scientifically backed,” and Duke Aiona said “it should be a federal decision, not state or local.” How could any thinking person vote for such a foolish, destructive, agenda-driven ordinance that effectively bans farming?

It's counter-intuitive.

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GMO Test In a July issue of the Molokai Dispatch, Kevin Brown suggested a test program where 1,000 eat GMO ag products and a control group eat organically grown fruits and vegetables. The two groups are to be routinely monitored for chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Citizens Against The Maui County Farming Ban -- those people who have sponsored the slick sheet mailings, those people who have appeared in the slick sheets, who believe that the GMO ag products are safe -- are invited and challenged to

step forward and be part of the 1,000 group that eats only GMO ag products: beef fattened on Bt corn, Roundup Ready soybeans, Roundup Ready canola oil, and any fruit labeled as genetically modified. The USDA has a label system where a GMO product is given a five-digit No. starting with “8.” For example, GMO red table grapes are 83333.

You are invited to step forward and put your mouth where your money is!

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Act of Honesty An awesome event took place last week. With all the slander going around Molokai regarding the voting issues, I have just been taken by surprise by an act of caring and honesty. I would like to send mahalos and great job done to Tania Joao, manager of MOC, Noe, and the staff of MOC for showing me that we have hope for us all.

In these hard times, Molokai being a high priced haven to live, Noe assisted me over and beyond to get my car washed.

While washing my car, they apparently found $80 while vacuuming and returned the money to me when my car was done.

I was deeply touched by this gesture and wanted to share it with all of Molokai.

Great job Molokai MOC, I will send all my business to you!

Sincerely appreciated, Puni Burrows-Ignacio

fabric than cotton, makes good paper (no more tree-cutting!) and takes in carbon dioxide and lets out oxygen. It is also the only plant on Earth that is a complete vegetable protein, providing all the essential amino acids, and benefits the heart and brain, plus feeds livestock. It takes less fertilizer than corn and 14 times less water than cotton.

Carol Hinton

Movement Here to Stay Turns out the GMO initiative that we have the opportunity to vote on on Nov. 4, is not a "Farming Ban" after all, like all those slick, expensive mailers say. Instead, it’s a moratorium which would simply temporarily suspend open field GMO operations until health and safety studies show no harm to humans or the land. Seems to me everyone would want to be assured of that... yes?

Also, no family farmers are affected by the moratorium as only Monsanto and Dow (Mycogen) grow genetically engineered crops on Maui and Molokai. No small farmers will be fined or go to jail and no gardens will be confiscated. Those scare tactics are hogwash!

No one has to lose their job, as both Monsanto and Dow also grow conventional non-GMO seed crops, which are not affected by this law. Unfortunately, they most likely are using pesticides on these crops. But hopefully one day, as more and more people learn how all these chemicals contribute to cancer and other degenerative diseases, they will no longer be interested in purchasing foods contaminated with

them. New jobs will emerge in sustainable farming and agriculture.

Anyone paying attention has seen the interest in organic, non-engineered and non-poisoned foods increase dramatically in the past decade worldwide. Wouldn't it be fantastic if Hawaii would become known for growing pure unadulterated foods rather than altered, poisoned ones?

It would be a win-win for us all... workers included!

We must vote Yes on the GMO initiative on Nov. 4 to get the message out that these huge, multi-billion dollar companies cannot continue to use unhealthy practices in exchange for giving a few people jobs working with a bunch of questionable chemicals. Thanks to SHAKA (Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and `Aina), more than 19,000 residents in Maui County signed to get this initiative on the ballot. We will not go away, no matter what the outcome of this election. The movement is going strong, and it's here to stay!

Carol Burgess

What I Care About According to last week’s letters in the paper, apparently if you are opposed to the bill, it is because you are uneducated, although there has been much more independent research cited about health and environmental risks associated with GMO production and almost none showing it to be safe. There has been little discussion of how the rampant use of Roundup and other pesticides has led to a new generation of super weeds and bugs that are resistant to these pesticides, forcing the industry to lobby for stronger poisons.

And apparently, if you support a moratorium, you don’t care about the workers and their families on Molokai. Not true -at least for me. But who cares about all the people who are suffering from a myriad of serious health problem? Who cares about the increases in birth defects and cancer, autism and other learning disabilities?

Monsanto and the other pesticide corporations seem to think they can politic and buy their way into whatever makes a profit, with no scrutiny. They monopolize by trying to patent life. They lobby, spin and intimidate through fear of lawsuits and unemployment to avoid regulation. They

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Bill is Flawed

Alternative to GMO Industrial hemp can create many jobs, uses little water and almost no pesticides, so no need for genetically modifying it to spray RoundUp. This year, Hawaii made it legal to grow hemp. It is part of the cannabis family, but is not marijuana. To better understand this, there is a DVD at the library called “Bringing It Home.”

Hemp renews the soil, is fast-growing, burns clean as fuel, makes much stronger

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have come to Molokai and Maui County, hired a lot of people, mainly for their lower level jobs, and then expect that they can do whatever they want, no questions asked.

Even many people I have talked to who are against this bill have said that they support the idea of labeling. I read that Monsanto has spent over $16 million to defeat mandatory labeling in Oregon. How much have they poured into this Maui election? Why would they rather spend so much money than to simply tell the truth?

Why are they resisting a bill that is simply asking them to demonstrate that what they are doing is safe?

I support a moratorium because I care about my health of my family and community. I care about the environment and living sustainably. I respect concerns about loss of jobs. Please care about my health.

Let’s all work together to find a better and safer solution which can continue on for our keiki to inherit.

With aloha, Levie Yamazaki-Gray, Kamiloloa

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Recently I watched the Maui County candidate forum on AKAKU and had the opportunity to get an idea of what each candidate thought about the Maui County Initiative. There was an overwhelming disapproval of the initiative and its legalities that has been proposed to take precedence in our county over state and federal laws. It is clear that the law is flawed and it should be brought back to the table to be revised.

Should this bill be approved and set into law, it will definitely put us in a position to go into legal battles with all persons and entities this bill prejudicially targets. It has already taken place on Kauai, where their mistaken efforts were unsuccessful because it preempted state laws that govern agriculture. There are a lot of taxpayer’s

monies that will have to be used to pay for attorneys and the battle that this costly initiative will put us in. I believe better solutions to biotech and their company’s policies and practices can be addressed without putting hundreds of folks out of work on Molokai and on Maui. I will be voting no!

I encourage everyone to find out the effectiveness of this initiative and find it in your heart to vote no also. Bring this issue back to the table and see if a more reasonable approach can be made.

Mahalo, Noa John Horner Ho`olehua

Protect Molokai Growing up on Oahu, I remember how I was always intrigued by Molokai and her people. They stuck to their values at all costs. Year after year, they resisted the commercialism that has taken over most of the other islands and they always respected the land. I would often encounter people (including my parents) who just couldn't understand how the residents of Molokai would turn away a cruise ship, a ferry, or a hotel development because it meant jobs.

Yet it was perfectly understandable to me, and in my heart I was proud for what they stood for. They inspired me.

It pains me to see what is happening on Molokai. Monsanto has decimated communities all over the world and now they have arrived on our soil, on our land. Given their history, why would we welcome them with open arms? Why would the people of Molokai welcome them? Maybe it is time

for the other islands to reach out and help the people of Molokai to be able to survive and prosper without having to depend on Monsanto to make ends meet.

For those who live on Molokai who are wanting to vote no, what do you need?

For those who are voting yes....what does Molokai need to move forward? Please let us know because the alternative is a future that I can't bear to think of. There has got to be a better way than the enslavement and poisons that Monsanto brings. Let the rest of Hawaii know what you need, and together we can build a better future for you and for the rest of Hawaii as we are all in this together.

Mahalo, Brad Edwards Maui Resident, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Fear and Fiction of GMOs In a cabinet below the sink in almost every home, there are bottles of bleach, cleaners, polishers and soaps -- and they will all kill you if you mismanage them.

Yet here they are in our homes, within easy reach of our children. But we keep them there because they really aren't that dangerous unless you start drinking them from the bottle. Salt, sugar, and caffeine will kill you as well if you abuse them. In fact, we are surrounded by things that have the potential to hurt you but we live in harmony with them because on balance they improve our lives. Isn't that the true test of mankind's experiments?

In spite of overwhelming evidence around the world that GMO enterprises are improving the quality of life and food supply for billions of people, there are numerous people on Molokai who refuse to look at things in that balanced manner. They are

like the mother who freaks out looking at the ingredients in Clorox Bleach when she realizes that drinking it out of the bottle will kill you.

It is terribly unfair for some Molokai residents to lobby for the shutdown of an industry because they refuse to read the overwhelming evidence from the scientific community about the value of GMO to the planet.

But the worst unfairness is their willingness to deprive hundreds of families on Molokai of any hope of economic independence from a demeaning life of welfare, without balancing the good of GMO against their poorly reasoned and fearful prejudices.

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Judah was born a little earlier than expected on Oct. 3, 2014 at Molokai General Hospital. He weighed

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• KAUNAKAKAI 211 Makaena Place level lot near town $30,000 1527 Puili Place close to town w/ ocean views. $57,960* 1531 Ocean view lot close to town. $72,960* *1527 & 2531 SOLD TOGETHER • MOANA MAKANI Lot 24 73 acres off of Kaluakoi Rd. $320,000

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HO M E S Heights: $289,000 (fs)

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

Manila Camp: $188,000 (fs) IN ESCROW

Kanoa Beach: $489,000 (fs)

Kawela Beach Front: $650,000 (fs)

2208 sf duplex with individual water 3 bed/1 bath with added1 bed/1bath mother-in-law suite & electric. Plenty of storage area with Kalae: $270,000 (fs) IN ESCROW private beach access.

3 bed/1 bath, with large double carport, roofed lanai with ocean views

East End: $326,000 (fs)

3 bed/1 bath home with awesome mountain views.

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Ke Nani Kai: $325,000 (fs)

Lot 78 fantastic sunset views

1.87 acres of amazing panoramic views

Unit #117, 2 bed/2 bath, corner unit

Halawa: $140,000 (fs)

Honouliwa: $134,000 (fs) IN ESCROW

2 full acres, beautiful untouched land.

2 acres of beautiful views on top of hill

CO M M E RC I A L

Ranch Camp: $89,000 (fs)

Maunaloa: $27,500 each (fs)

Corner lot, water meter installed

Two adjoining lots with a total of 13,626 sf. Located on the corner and ready for building. Sold as a set.

Kalae: $369,000(fs) SOLD

West Ohia: $479,000

Papohaku: $350,000 (fs)

Seaside Place: $250,000(fs) IN ESCROW

Heights: $96,000 (fs)

3 bed/1 bath, private and clean. Many upgrades including Manila Camp: $169,000 (fs) Heights: $255,000(fs) IN ESCROW deck and carport. Photovoltaic system installed to reduce 3 bed/1 bath home with great ocean 1272 sf 3 bed/2 bath home. Good ocean views. utility costs. views from the lanai

Ranch Camp: $225,000 (fs)

CO N D O S

Kawela: $99,900 (fs)

Kawaikapu: $890,000 (fs)

3 bed/2 bath fully renovated home in cool quiet Kalae 3 bedroom/1 bath. Fixer Upper. Ocean front

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

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

Ranch Camp: $99,500 (fs)

10,477 sf lot in the heights

Gently sloped lot on a quiet cul-desac. Wonderful ocean views.

Ranch Camp: $80,000(fs)

REAL ESTATE:

Kaunakakai: $399,000(fs)

16,306 sq. ft., Prime commercial property, in the heart of K’kai town.

Kaunakakai: $150,000(fs)

Commercially zoned with two installed water meters.

Fenced with gate. Great opportunity.

PRICE REDUCTION

Mauka side of the road 3 miles from town.

3B/2B with carport. Across the street from ocean $350,000

OFFER PENDING WAVECREST B106 - Ground floor remodeled unit with nice views of lush greens and ocean.Tenant occupied.

Owner/listor $105,000

PRICE REDUCTION

OFFER PENDING EAST END - over an acre of land on Molokai’s east end. Views of shrimp farm across the road with distance ocean views. Large trees for shade. Level lot $125,000

KAWELA AREA - Over an acre of land on the water. Paddle in and out every day of the year! $385,000 Owner’s hold a HI real estate license.

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 $449,000

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

STUDIO CONDOSON KEPUHI BEACH KKV1212 $100,000 (fs) KKV1133 $109,000 (fs) KKV1233 $115,00 (fs)

Our Meyer Building office has all the listing of our long term houses and condos available or a rental application.

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