Molokai Dispatch -- February 25, 2015

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 - VOLUME 31, ISSUE 8

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Proposed Solar Program Changes

Lynn DeCoite Appointed District 13 Rep

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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olokai has the highest percentage of renewable energy compared to total electric usage of any island at 51 percent, according to Maui Electric Company (MECO). With that high percentage, however, comes challenges for the island’s small electric grid – as well as unfair prices for customers without solar, claims MECO. The company is proposing changes that would temporarily halt the installation of rooftop solar on Molokai – and many customers and local solar companies aren’t happy about it.

In a program called Net Metering Program (NEM), customers with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are paid by the utility company for excess energy the panels generate at retail rate. MECO says those customers under NEM are not contributing to the operational costs of the electric grid – an expense which then gets transferred to electric users not on the NEM program.

“Many NEM customers are able to lower their bills to the point that they do not help pay for the cost of operating and maintaining the electric grid,” stated MECO in a press release last month. “As a result, those costs are increasingly being shifted from those who have solar to those who don’t.”

MECO claims the proposed changes to their solar program will lower customer bills, increase the amount of solar that can be installed and create a more fair cost system for all customers. The new program -called Transitional Distributed Generation, which MECO filed with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Jan. 20 -- would also end the utility’s current NEM program under which most rooftop solar systems are installed.

“We’re trying to address [the challenges] in ways with the least impact to customers,” said Mat McNeff, manager of engineering at Maui Electric. “The majority of customers don’t have PV… We’re seeking to sustainably increase solar for Hawaii in a way that has tariffs that benefit everybody, not just those that install it.”

End of NEM NEM is an agreement with the utility that allows customers to connect their rooftop solar system to the utility grid and during periods in which the system generates a surplus of energy, that surplus is exported back into the electric grid. The customer receives full retail value for the excess electricity generated, which can be used to offset electricity costs.

That means that when your solar panels generate more electricity that you need for your home, you can make money from that energy instead of

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Halau Prepares for Hula’s Biggest Stage

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

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ast week, residents and visitors at the Molokai Community Health Center got a sneak peek of the talents to come in this year’s Merrie Monarch Festival.

Moana’s Hula Halau, which was invited to participate in the storied hula festival in Hilo this year, held their annual dinner show last Saturday night. Dancers from keiki to kupuna entertained a crowd of hundreds in a fundraiser for festival-bound halau members. It’s been more than 10 years since the halau has performed at the festival.

“To be asked to come again is a privilege for us because we have a lot of new girls and [it’s] a good experience for them,” said halau Kumu Hula Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga.

Halau members and guest performers showcased a medley of Polynesian dances.

The show featured a mix of hula performances, as well as upbeat Tahitian and Maori dances and a rousing fire-knife show by Maui-based performers.

Henohea Kane, the Miss Aloha Hula 2009 and a relative of halau founder Moana Dudoit, also danced a solo number.

Those in attendance enjoyed a roast beef dinner and a chance to win various gifts. A silent auction offered hotel stays, kayak rentals, handmade jewelry, large kitchen appliances and beach bags. At-

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Tournament Brings MIL's Best to The Barn

By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

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or the first time in school history, Molokai hosted the boys’ Division II basketball Maui Interscholastic League Championships from Feb. 1820, and with it, came the Farmers’ final shot at the state championships. Five teams competed in The Barn, with Seabury Hall claiming the league title and a berth at states.

In the opening game on Feb. 18, Molokai kicked off the tournament with a resounding 58-48 win over Hana.

After being down for most of the first quarter against the Dragons, Molokai pulled ahead on sophomore guard Michael Sterner’s three three-pointers.

All of the Farmers were shooting well, and Molokai led 28-21 at the half.

“Michael’s coming around,” said Head Coach Carl Adolpho, Jr. “All season we’ve been telling him to put the ball up as much as he can.”

The Farmers took advantage of Hana’s offensive woes to hold a 49-31 lead after three quarters. However, the Dragons mounted a 15-2 run and were

olokai farmer Lynn DeCoite was named by Gov. Ige to the Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 13 seat and was sworn into office last Friday.

"I know I have a lot to learn,” said DeCoite. “I am committed to setting forth with an open mind and to do the best for District 13, the people of East Maui, Molokai and Lanai. I am thankful for this opportunity and will not take it for granted."

DeCoite is the owner of L&R Farm Enterprises and R.J. Snacks.

Along with her husband Russell, they run the largest sweet potato farm in the state. A third-generation Hawaiian homesteader, she also serves as a member of the State Board of Agriculture and is the president of the Molokai Homestead Farmer ’s Alliance. She is a previous member of the Molokai Planning Commission and a graduate of Molokai High School.

“Her energy, drive and dedication to our democratic values have continually impressed me,” said Democratic Party of Hawaii Maui County Committee Chair Troy Hashimoto, adding that DeCoite has served as a delegate to the State Con-

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down only 51-46 with two minutes in the game. Hana was forced to foul, allowing the Farmers to finish the victory at the free throw line.

“I think we were able to control the pace of the game,” said sophomore guard Jershon Kaalekahi. “We were able

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Representative Mele Carroll Passes Away

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House of Representatives News Release

By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former state House Representative Diana "Mele" Carroll. She passed at 3:50 am on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 with her family at her side. At this time services are pending and will be announced at a later date.

Carroll was re-elected on Nov. 4, 2014 to begin her sixth term, representing the 13th House district. The 13th District is a true canoe district that includes East Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kaho`olawe and Molokini.

“It is a very sad day for the House,” said Speaker Joseph M. Souki. “Mele brought to the Legislature a vigorous desire to serve and deep love for Maui, Molokai and Lanai and Hawaii in general. She will be greatly missed by everyone here at the Capitol. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.”

In 2005 Carroll started her legislative career when she received a phone call from then Gov. Linda Lingle in February to represent the 13th District in the state House of Representatives. At the time she was working as the chief legislative liaison for Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa.

Carroll served as the chair of the House Committee on Human Service (HUS) and as a member for the Committees on Health (HLT) and Housing (HSG). In her tenure as a state House Representative she has also been the chair of the Legislative Hawaiian Caucus, and a member of the Women's Legislative Caucus, Keiki Caucus, Kupuna Caucus, as well as the Historical Preservation Caucus.

Prior to her appointment in 2005 by Governor Lingle, Carroll served as the executive assistant and the chief legislative

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liaison to Mayor Arakawa and was responsible for representing the County of Maui at the Legislature by providing oral and written testimony, researching and drafting bills, as well as providing community updates through public forums and meetings.

Carroll was a key leader and instrumental in helping secure funding for the new emergency medical helicopter service for Maui County, working with a bi-partisan coalition of community leaders.

She served as chief of staff to State Senator Kalani English for two years, in addition to serving four years as his chief of staff at the Maui County Council. She also served on the state’s Cable Television Advisory Committee and the Na Ala Hele Trails Council.

She also participated on a number of boards, organizations and nonprofits as a community service.

The former representative stated many times that serving the people of Hawaii and the 13th District was a "tremendous honor" that she would never forget, and spoke of her position and the people she serve with great admiration. The love that she showed everyone epitomized the aloha spirit.

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to make agar a profitable product that would help fund the elimination of the gorilla ogo itself.

“We want to look at how we’re gonna create this into a business that has some sustainability, ‘cause right now it’s coming out of our government’s pockets trying to eradicate this species,” said Afelin. “The plan is actually to get it eradicated through the business of selling agar.”

Afelin added they’re working with local business instructor Kuulei Arce to develop a business plan to utilize the agar. However, they said the focus right now is simply “to alleviate the economic burden” currently plaguing algae removal projects.

Meanwhile, “March of the Mangroves” was prompted by the effects of mangroves encroaching on Molokai’s coastline. The tree was originally brought to the island with good intentions.

“Mangrove was first introduced in Palaau in 1902 … to try to protect the south shore and coastline from sediment and run off,” said Lily, a junior at MHS. However, the trees have now become an invasive species that has changed such ocean properties and converted water into dry land. Mangroves have also become a host for other invasive creatures.

The Jenkins sisters mapped the Molokai shoreline and found that extent to which the mangroves are taking over the landscape is shocking. Within our lifetime, said Sarah, the mangroves could fill in the coral reefs on Molokai’s south shore.

The sisters said mangrove has to be removed manually. Researchers have also been working on different methods of eradication, including a chemical that could eliminate the mangrove but dissolve harmlessly once it makes contact with water. However, while research on the subject continues to be conducted, the sisters said it’ll take smart planning and hard work days by communities.

“It’s established itself in six of the eight main Hawaiian islands,” said Sarah. “… We need to develop this management plan now to try to remove it as fast as possible, because the impacts it has are very, very tragic.”

The students hope to bring these Molokai-based issues to an international level at the Intel ISEF. According to Intel, the American technology company that sponsors the fair, the event is the “world’s largest pre-college science competition,” featuring nearly 1,800 students from around the globe. Sarah, who’s attended the fair twice before, said it’s a great chance to interact with potential peers and employers.

“It’s a really good experience cause you not only get to present your research, you get a lot of feedback from those professors, so it’s almost like your talking to your future employers,” said Sarah.

“Your judges are actually specialists in the area … so you have to really know your stuff or they’ll basically pick you apart.”

Lily added that it’s motivation for students on a small island like Molokai who may doubt they can bring their knowledge to international levels.

The two groups are now fundraising for the fair. Each needs to raise $2,500, and a press release from MHS Science Department Chair Malia Lee estimates that the total trip cost will be nearly $20,000. The students are writing letters to potential sponsors and said that once they know how much money the county will be able to contribute, they’ll be able to start a GoFundMe page.

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t Molokai High, young scientists are doing groundbreaking studies to solve problems in their own backyards.

One group of students is turning invasive seaweed on the island into a profitable resource. Another is researching the destructive effect mangroves will have on Molokai’s coastline, finding that the trees have invaded over 60 percent of the island’s fishponds. These two projects won top honors at the Maui County Science Fair, and were chosen to represent Molokai and Maui County at the international level competition this spring.

“March of the Mangroves,” by Lily and Sarah Jenkins and “Investigating Agar Extraction” by MHS classmates Alexandria Simon, Amber Afelin and Kea`aokahonua Davis earned first and second place respectively at the county event on Feb. 4. Both groups are eligible to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Pittsburgh in May. “It’s important to put Molokai on the map,” said Afelin. “There’s so much untapped potential, and bringing us the international science and engineering fair is a huge opportunity for us to show the rest of the world just how much we have.”

They were joined by fellow MHS and Molokai Middle School (MMS) students in bringing home the most honors of the Maui district schools in attendance.

Five Molokai projects were selected as Merit Award Winners at the county fair. These projects received a $50 check and qualified for the state science fair.

Merit winners included “March of the Mangroves,” “Investigating Agar Extraction,” “Bring V.A.K. Back” by Caele and Cendall Manley, and “The Effects of Microwave Stimulus on Radish Seeds” by Awa Yerhot and Jacob Norris from MHS. “Molokai South Shore Ocean Water and Study” by Evelyn Haase of MMS was also named a Merit winner.

Two Molokai projects were awarded Honorable Mention and were also eligible to move on to the state competition.

MHS’s Genevieve Kikukawa was named Honorable Mention for her project “Enhancing Soil with Legumes,” as was MMS’s Ayla-Rose Ramos for “Growth of the Mangrove.”

Molokai students also took home nine of the 13 “special awards” given by organizations such as Maui Electric Company, the American Psychological Association and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

Both projects selected for the international competition focus on eradicating invasive species that threaten Molokai’s natural resources.

“Investigating Agar Extraction,” stems from attacking the problem of invasive algae known as gorilla ogo that is damaging Molokai’s southern coral reefs.

“It spreads by fragmentation, so every time you break a piece off it basically grows into another whole plant,” said Davis. “There’s really no use for it, so it’s just been growing and growing. The state’s been putting a lot of money into pulling it out … so that’s where basically our project comes in. Our project was basically trying to find a use for this algae.”

The three MHS juniors discovered that the agar, a jellylike substance that can be extracted from algae, can be used in cultivating bacteria, cooking, making cosmetics and creating a polymer base for bioplastics, or plastics made from renewable and natural items. Their goal, they explained, was to find ways

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First Place for 3 Wrestlers

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n the MIL’s regular season finale last weekend, Molokai won three different divisions. Kui Han beat out Lahainaluna’s Connor Mowat for the 285-pound title, while Saydee Makaiwi (127) and Cendall Manley (145) emerged as Molokai’s girls’ champions.

The battle between Han and Mowat has raged all season. The two have traded titles in the four meets they’ve competed, and each has come out with two victories against the other.

This weekend the Farmers will compete in the MIL championships. While Molokai has performed comparatively well in the field this season, with the third most titles out of the nine competing schools, Head Coach Randy Manley said that many wrestlers are still young and gaining experience.

“Only the top two from each weight class will qualify for the state tournament, so for most of our kids it will be tough,” said Coach Manley. “Our boys’ team is young with only one senior.”

All three champions from this past weekend are contenders for a place at states. While it’s Cendall Manley’s first title, she’s finished second in her weight class twice this season. Han and Makaiwi are consistent top finishers as well. Han has three titles to his name, while Makaiwi has hauled in four. Desiree Corpuz also has a shot for the girls, with a title and a secondplace finish this season, as does Kailaoe Cabanting, who is a two-time champion and a three-time runner-up.

“Physically most of our wrestlers are close to their peak,” said Coach Manley.

“For our freshmen and first-year wrestlers the toughest challenge will be mentally preparing themselves.”

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Sam Abbott

On the morning of February 4, Sam passed quietly from this life in the arms of her husband Kali. She had lost her two year battle to the cancer of lympho-derma. Ironically, Sam had just finished the last chapter of the book that she and Kali had been writing about “Comfort Care”...the final and irretrievable last stage of human life when the sufferer is no longer able to function as a sentient being. Her last words were: “My work is done.” The book, a definitive discourse on the subject, will be published in June.

Upon her graduation from Washington University Sam pursued a career as a planner for towns in New England Eventually her focus returned to the Seneca Nation of Indians whose reservation was close to her birthplace in Western New York.

It was there that she became a member of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, and eventually became one of the six elders certified by the University of New York to teach Seneca history and philosophy.

Sam and Kali produced several videos for that culture that have become precious archives of the Seneca Nation. Eventually “Gwenio’ (Sam’s Seneca name) went on to work as planner for Nations of the Passamaquoddy of New Hampshire, The Wampanoag of Massachusetts and the Seneca of Western New York. In recent years Gwenio was ordained by her elders to open her own teaching lodge in Acton, Massachusetts. In the years that followed many students graduated who carried on the sacred learning that she had been trusted to administer.

Meanwhile, Kali, had founded a free school in Jamaica that taught young students the skills of dealing with kids less fortunate than those with normal coordinative abilities. Though vacant of her own off- spring Sam became a Mother to many who never knew parents. In the eight years of its being in Montego Bay, Haile High turned out over 100 students who possessed skills unheard of in their country. When growing violence in MoBay threatened the lives of its students, Haile High diversified to six smaller communities where its work continues through the efforts of its graduates.

“Queen Sam” is a star in Jamaica that will never be dimmed.

Aside from their writing collaborations, Sam and Kali had established a free school in Jamaica that in eight years had turned-out over one hundred students who were trained in skills to aid the handicapped. At their home at Ohia Bridge, they had begun anew the knowledge they brought from their success in Jamaica. Their new school will sorrowfully miss Sam’s guidance and cheerful countenance, but will continue as planned with the added curriculum of archiving...a much needed skill that, in collaboration with the Molokai Library, will train Molokai’s youth in the skills of interviewing, writing and video production. Hawaii’s ancient history is well documented, however very little is preserved of Molokai family histories in more recent years. Most of the media captured prior to the digital revolution is being lost due to the obsolescence of equipment needed to preserve it. We all know of the “Mule Ride.” But how many remember the colorful days of “The Wagon Ride?” Stay tuned!

Sam Abbott was a graduate of Samra University in Los Angeles, the foremost school of Chinese medicine in America. She went on to teach at that institution, and to eventually pass that knowledge on to her own students at The Blue Flower Lodge in Acton, Massachusetts, It was there that she developed an unique system of healing allergies. She termed that discipline, Applied Resonance Therapy. ART has become a standard in Chinese Medicine that is taught at The New England School of Medicine, and other institutions of a similar nature. Since Sam’s passing it is a pleasant moment to Kali when folks on Molokai stop to tell him how his “Queen Sam” cured their allergies...”instantly without charge or fanfare.” To learn more about this beautiful being, visit her web page, HaileHigh.com.

Sam became “Molokai” the minute she touched its sacred soil. The fleeting years she spent here were laced with love and respect. She was a member of Hokunani DeCosta’s Halau, the Koa Kahiko Auxillary, and Kelly’s Platoon. Sam has passed to another dimension, but her work here on Molokai and the school she helped create will live on.

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Seabury Crowned MIL Champs Photo by Rick Schonely

Dementia Education Workshop Na Pu`uwai News Release On Wednesday, March 11, Na Pu`uwai Senior Enrichment Center Adult Day Care (ADC) will be sponsoring a workshop for family Caregivers and paraprofessional Nurse Aides who do in-home and respite care focusing on dementia and the effect of this disease on their loved ones. Dr. Michael Cheang, University of Hawaii Gerontologist, and Ms. Daria Gray, a speech-language therapist based in Oregon, will be discussing dementia and effective tools to help cope with

By Rick Schonely | Community Reporter

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eabury Hall won a sixth consecutive Maui Interscholastic League Division-II Boys Basketball championship last Friday, defeating Lanai 59-49 in the MIL tournament final at The Barn.

The Spartans (10-0) clinched the league's lone berth to the D-II state tournament and won their 32nd straight MIL game.

Jaxson Stinger scored 27 points for Seabury, and Jordan Haylor added 10.

The Spartans led by just one point at halftime, 26-25. They outscored the Pine Lads 24-15 in the fourth quarter.

Kerl Manuel scored 16 points for Lanai (7-3), sinking four three-pointers. Ezekiel Bolo scored 15 points, and Markus Koep had 10.

“I have to give Lanai a lot of credit, they played hard for their coach and they played well as a group,” said Seabury Head Coach Scott Prather. “I am so proud of our guys. They … played well as a team and came through in the clutch.”

Lanai Head Coach Jimmy Fernandez said Seabury was a “tough, seasoned” opponent with great height on the roster.

“My team played their hearts off,”

said Fernandez. “They remember the disappointment of losing in the final the last three years but they believed they could do it tonight. I believed in them also.”

Fernandez is looking forward to next year but is “going to miss my seniors.”

“We have seven seniors, but we need to keep doing what we did this year and hopefully we can get back to the championship game next year and win it,” he said.

Seabury will play in the state tournament next week in Honolulu.

“It’s going to be a battle, but we will be going hard in practice this week and I know the guys are ready,” said Prather.

“If we are going to make a run, now is the time, and I am excited.”

Both coaches commented on the tournament being held on Molokai this year. Prather said the home team “did a great job of hosting us, and it was a wellrun tournament.”

“The tournament being on Molokai this year was very special to us because we feel at home here,” Fernandez added.

“The crowd, the gym, the mana that we feel here is so powerful over here and the boys recognized that as soon as they stepped off the plane.”

Preventing Child Sex Abuse Consuelo Foundation Molokai News Consuelo Foundation’s Molokai Child Release Abuse Prevention Pathway (MCAPP) One out of four girls, and one out of five boys are sexually abused. Research suggests primary prevention education can increase your child’s ability to selfprotect, report, and seek help..

In partnership with the Hawaii Sexual Abuse Treatment Center (SATC),

currently offers a series of lessons at a few Molokai schools on personal safety, respecting boundaries, recognizing unsafe situations and getting help.

Call us at 660-2619 for more information about primary prevention education for your child.

Community Contributed

No Pressure But Let’s Lower Your Blood Pressure!

By Jon Mikami, RPh, and Kelly Go, RPh | Molokai Drugs, Inc. If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, your heart is working overtime. Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure not only raises the risk of heart disease. It also increases risks to your arteries, brain, kidneys and eyes.

Blood pressure measurements give you two readings: the top number is the pressure in your arteries when your heart pumps blood. The bottom number is the pressure in arteries between beats.

High blood pressure can be a silent killer. What increases blood pressure? As usual, certain risks are outside your control. That includes genetics, age, and a family history of hypertension. In some cases, certain medications can raise blood pressure. Let us look over a list of your medications to make sure that’s not true for you.

Lifestyle changes can make a big difference. Here are some things you can do: 1. Lose a few. Even 5 to 10 pounds can make a difference in blood pressure.

Studies have also found that belly fat may be the kind that’s most likely linked to high blood pressure.

2. Exercise. Try to exercise 30 to 60 minutes most days of the week. You may see a change in your numbers within just a few weeks.

3. Make a DASH for it. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products. Go easy with foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol.

4. Limit salt, alcohol and caffeine.

Read food labels, eat fewer processed foods, and don’t add salt to your food.

Small amounts of alcohol can actually lower your blood pressure. but more can do just the opposite. Likewise, caffeine can also boost blood pressure. Check your pressure 30 minutes after you drink a cup of coffee and see if it’s more than 10 points higher than at other times of day.

5. Go smoke-free. Smoking can be a tough habit to kick. If that’s true for you, get help to quit for good.

6. Chill out. Easier said than done, I know. But stress can temporarily boost your blood pressure. You know better than anyone what helps you relax. Try to build that into your daily (or weekly) routine.

If your doctor gives you medication for high blood pressure, take it exactly as prescribed. But be patient. It can take a while to get your numbers where they need to be. You may also need to try more than one medicine. There are many classes of high blood pressure drugs, and it can get confusing -- we’re here as a resource.

You can’t feel blood pressure, so there’s only one way to know medicine or a lifestyle change is working: Consider buying a blood pressure cuff from our store so you can regularly check your blood pressure. Or, when you visit our pharmacy, you are welcome to use our free blood pressure machine in the lobby area.

As always, please do not hesitate to see one of us in the pharmacy, or call us at 808-553-5790.

Nothing herein constitutes medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, or is a substitute for professional advice. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other medical professional if you have questions or concerns about a medical condition.

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this disease and how to support their loved ones who are afflicted with dementia.

Join us at Kulana `Oiwi in the old Alu Like Room. Registration will be at 8:30 a.m. and the workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided, as well as a lucky number drawing!

Please RSVP by March 4 by emailing karikikukawa@gmail.com or calling 808-560-1068.

5 Farmers Swim in State Preliminaries

By Colleen Uechi | Staff Writer

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espite not qualifying for the final round of the state championships, Molokai swimmers recorded their best relay times of the season in the state preliminaries, said Head Coach Jess Ford. Two weeks after medal-winning performances in the MIL championships, five Molokai swimmers competed in two team events at states last week Friday.

Sophomore Kahale Ramos, junior Keao Ross and seniors Luke Kikukawa and Michaiah Soares swam as a team in the 200-yard medley relay and came in 18th with a time of one minute and 54.64 seconds. Ross, Kikukawa, Soares and senior Tanner Mosher raced in the team 200-yard freestyle relay and came in 17th at 1:39.99.

“Several state records were broken at this meet. It was very fast,” said Ford.

“Molokai swam well, with good composure. They held together a collective of small changes we have been working on.”

In the finals on Saturday, Oahu’s Punahou School won both the boys’ and girls’ overall team titles in a meet where five state records were broken despite rainy weather.

With the season over, Farmer swimmers said their biggest accomplishment is who they’ve become as a team.

“What I've been most proud of is the bond our team has and how we always support each other to try our best,” said Mosher.

Ford said she was pleased that the boys qualified for the same state events as last year. The girls, she explained, were also seconds away from state qualifying times in team relay events. For Ford, the teams’ feats this season are even more impressive given the fact that Molokai doesn’t race

year-round as most schools do.

“It’s just so remarkable what they can do in three months,” she said, explaining that the swimmers have made progress in both speed and aggressiveness.

Ford, however, hopes to change Molokai’s limited training schedule to give the Farmers a more competitive edge.

She wants to have her swimmers racing during the summer in 50-meter pools on Maui, since Molokai doesn’t have any.

This will help prepare them for the winter season when they compete in 25-meter pools.

“Mentally that’ll help a lot as far as not being intimidated by distance,” she said. “It’ll seem so much shorter and faster. They’ll be stronger.”

She added that she also hopes to have them start weight training.

“I think racing and even doing a little bit of training during the summer will help new swimmers to be relaxed when the season comes around as well as to improve times and confidence in their strokes and races,” said Soares.

Ford called Soares, Mosher and Kikukawa “some of our powerhouse boys,” and said she needs to start recruiting for a boys’ team that will lose half its squad to graduation. Several girls’ swimmers will be returning next year, putting them in good shape to be competitive, said Ford.

She added that she saw promise in the number of events her swimmers qualified for in the final rounds of the MILs and is excited to see how the teams’ diverse talents will develop in the future.

“We had more spread, more finals representation,” said Ford of the MILs. “If we have diversity in our strengths, we’ll be able to start earning points for the team. … The versatility is really exciting to me.”

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MECO

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On other islands, MECO is still accepting additional NEM applications until March 30 of this year – and the threshold for adding additional PV in the future was more than doubled.

Because renewable energy is a variable source -- solar, for example, only generates energy during the day -MECO says relying heavily on renewable sources can cause instability in electricity service. To solve this problem, utility companies, in conjunction with the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC), have established various threshold levels, also known as penetration limits, to regulate the amount of renewable energy on each circuit.

These thresholds are measured in percentages of renewable energy based on an electric circuit’s total electricity load.

However, while the potential for instability from renewable energy continues to be a challenge, MECO has said under the new proposal the threshold of PV that can be reliably installed on Maui has more than doubled -- from 120 percent to 250 percent of minimum daytime load.

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no more PV can be installed on Molokai until there’s a way to control the excess electricity generated through solar.

“That program is now closed [on Molokai],” said McNeff of NEM. “For Molokai we’re not proposing [that] no more renewable energy can be connected, but we need… to have controls or some other way to mitigate system challenges that we see.”

The Transitional Distributed Generation proposal includes permission for MECO to control the output, or excess, PV electricity generation from rooftop systems.

McNeff said the normal period of peak PV generation is between 1 and 3 p.m. During those hours, the utility would be able to limit the amount of solar entering the grid, if MECO’s proposal is approved.

What these controls would look like are unclear, and the details are still being worked out. McNeff said the technology allowing utility control would be included in rooftop solar systems when they are initially installed under the new program.

“For Molokai, we can’t interconnect any more systems that don’t have controls,” he said. “Future systems would need to have the controls… under NEM we can’t really [do that.]”

Anyone who had already applied under the NEM program before MECO’s filing with the PUC on Jan. 20 will be grandfathered in (without the controls), according to the utility.

“We’re not trying to exclude anyone who had already applied,” said McNeff.

But any Molokai applications that were turned in after that, are now being denied under the NEM program.

Matt Yamashita, an independent solar sales representative on Molokai, said a customer received the first denial from MECO last week.

“Unfortunately, due to safety and reliability issues which currently exist on Molokai we are unable to approve your application for interconnection at this time,” the letter reads, going on to suggest that the applicant would apply to interconnect under Maui Electric’s Standard Interconnection Agreement – an older program not specific to renewable energy that Yamashita calls “ridiculous.”

Molokai, however, is a different story.

Because Molokai’s electric grid is so small, changes in frequency caused by fluctuations in renewable energy can shut down the whole grid. When the electric frequency drops or rises too much, the system is designed to “load shed” -- or shut off circuits to different areas of the island -- in order to recover more quickly. MECO must be able to generate enough electricity from the utility’s diesel power plant on Molokai to meet the demand and compensate for fluctuations in order to maintain reliable service, according to the company. Because so much PV has been installed on Molokai in comparison to the total size of the grid, it leaves the island’s electric stability in a precarious position. About 2.5 megawatts (MW) has already been installed or approved – which exceeds the grid’s minimum daytime load of about 2 MW, Lower Rate of Return states MECO’s PUC filing.

“We’re proposing a new pricing That means currently, Molokai is at the point where generation cannot structure for customers who install PV be matched to demand, according to systems so that the costs of operating MECO. Because of this, the utility says and maintaining the electric grid are

DECOITE Continued From pg. 1 vention and has played a strong role in in the Democratic Party serving as president of the 8th Precinct in District 13.

DeCoite’s appointment is historic, according to Hashimoto, as the first Molokai resident to serve in state legislature in recent memory.

“This news will no doubt bring pride and joy to the island,” he said.

DeCoite will serve on the House Committee on Finance (FIN) along with the committees on Agriculture (AGR), Economic Development & Business (EDB), Tourism (TUR) and Veterans, Military, and International Affairs, and Culture and the Arts (VMI).

DeCoite will serve out the term filled by the late former Rep. Mele Carroll. Carroll had resigned on Feb. 1 for health reasons, and passed away last Wednesday at the age of 50 following a battle with cancer. She had served Dis-

trict 13 – Molokai, Lanai, East Maui, Kahoolawe and Molokini – as its representative since 2005.

"This is a bittersweet day for me and my family,” said DeCoite on her swearing in. “I know I have some big shoes to fill. I am grateful for having the opportunity to get to know Rep. Carroll. She was my Rep., my friend, and she was my family."

DeCoite was one of three nominees selected by a 22-member committee two weeks ago, and the final decision was made by the governor. The other two nominees were Molokai’s Lori Buchanan and Lucienne de Naie from Maui.

In her presentation to the committee, DeCoite described herself as a mother, wife, business owner, community member and team leader.

"I am committed to keep my ears open and am willing to listen and work with everyone to make the State of Hawaii a better place for all of its people," DeCoite said last Friday.

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solutions. “[We are looking at] key components to modernizing the grid and making the system a lot smarter,” said MECO Director of Communications Kau`i Awai-Dickson. “We have plans to roll that out fairly soon.”

She said the company plans to begin installation of smart meters and smart grids as early as next year, which she said will update the system and give customers more power to control their own electric usage. McNeff said smart meters would provide earlier detection of power outages and incorporate automation into the grid to more quickly stabilize the system.

McNeff said the utility will be running a pilot program for “non-export” solar battery systems which would allow rooftop PV installations to store electricity for home use at night, rather than exporting excess electricity back into the grid. He said MECO is also exploring “community solar” options, consisting of a larger scale PV facility that individuals could invest in and get some credit towards their bills.

On Molokai, McNeff said they’re looking at different ways to increase electric usage during peak hours of PV generation, which would help stabilize the system. Awai-Dickson said the use of electric vehicles could be an ideal solution.

In addition to these future projects, Molokai is currently awaiting the installation of a giant 2 MW battery called a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). It’s a joint effort between MECO and University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, and is designed to instantaneously provide energy to Molokai’s grid if one of the generators tripped off, resulting in a more stable power source and fewer outages. The BESS was scheduled for installation last year but was delayed when the manufacturer moved its operations to China. It’s now on track to be running on Molokai toward the end of this year, according to McNeff.

In a continuation of the Molokai Energy Assessment, Emillia Noordhoek of Sust`ainable Molokai said the organization will be holding upcoming meetings to develop a Community Renewable Energy Plan to move forward together as a model of renewable energy.

In the meantime, MECO will be holding a meeting on Molokai March 3 to discuss its proposed Transitional Future Solutions Distributed Generation program with While customers may not agree the community. The meeting will be with the utility’s assessment, MECO held at Kaunakakai Elementary School says it is working toward longer term cafeteria at 6 p.m. shared more fairly amongst all customers who use the grid,” states the Maui Electric website.

Currently NEM customers receive about $.46 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on excess solar – the same rate as customers pay for electricity. Under the new proposed tariff, rate the utility would pay for rooftop solar would drop to about $.26 per kWh – calculated as a rate equal to the sum of the Base Fuel Energy Charge and the Energy Cost Adjustment rates. Maui Electric states this will still give customers with PV a good payback on the cost of the system.

MECO also claims its reasons for the proposed change to the Transitional Distributed Generation program are not financial for the company.

“We are not harmed by the incorporation of PV – it’s not that we’re trying to get rid of NEM because it hurts our bottom line,” said McNeff. “But as long as we continue to compensate at retail rate, you will get an unfair shift [of cost] from those who have PV to those who don’t.”

However, Yamashita doesn’t buy it.

“The changes they’re proposing are really in [MECO’s] best interest and not in the best interest of the general public because it makes solar less effective in terms of saving homeowners money,” he said.

With Molokai’s soaring electric rates the second highest in the nation, many residents turned to installing rooftop solar to offset their electric bills.

In the Molokai Energy Assessment conducted last year by nonprofit Sust`ainable Molokai, 79 of 277 respondents said their monthly electric bill ranged from $55 to $150, 64 respondents said their bill was between $150 and $250, and 56 said their bill was $250 to $350. Many reported that is a significant percentage of their monthly income.

While the State of Hawaii enacted the NEM program to encourage renewable energy at a time when the cost was prohibitive, that has now changed, claims MECO in its PUC filing.

“PV system costs have decreased dramatically during the last several years and the need to provide retail compensation to incent distributed generation no longer exists,” states the document.

BASKETBALL Continued From pg. 1 to make not all, but most good passes.”

Sterner led the team in scoring with 14 points, while sophomore guard EdelMark Alvarez and freshman forward Kaina Adolpho each brought in 11.

On Thursday, the Farmers fell to Seabury Hall 64-46 but not without a fight. Molokai started off strong against regular season champion Seabury, keeping within five points of the Spartans in the first quarter.

“We had a lot of intensity,” said Assistant Coach Manu Adolpho, Carl’s son. “We came out and our boys instituted their defense exactly how they were supposed to.”

Junior forward Moses Espaniola said the team’s fast-flowing transition between offense and defense kept them in the game.

“We got very key rebounds … and we had really good transitional buckets.

That’s what really put us up,” said Espaniola. “… Since Seabury is very tall and long, we tried to spread them out a little more, give the guards little bit more room to work with.”

In the second half, Seabury pulled away on a tight man defense and strong shooting, led by 17 points from perimeter specialist Cameron Hanisch and 13 from Jordan Haylor. The Farmers were patient with their passing and found occasional holes to score but committed multiple fouls. “[Seabury] kind of ran away on the free throw line,” said Manu Adolpho.

“That and just a few mental errors … really put us in the hole.”

Molokai’s top scorers were Sterner with 13 points, and senior forward Tani Aikala-Falealii with 12.

That same day, Lanai advanced to the championship game after defeating St. Anthony 64-57. The Pine Lads later fell to the undefeated Spartans 59-49 to give Seabury the crown and the division’s only place at states.

It’s the second time this school year that Molokai has received the honor of hosting the MILs. In October 2014, the

Farmers hosted their first girls’ Division II volleyball MILs. Former MHS athletic director (AD) Hoku Haliniak also worked to bring the cross country and softball championships to the island last season.

“I don’t think they were the first, but it [had been] a long time since Molokai [had] hosted any MIL championships,” said Haliniak last week through email. “Every AD has a choice to host when their rotation comes around. … If calculated correctly, Molokai should be hosting something every year.”

Aside from giving a financial break to Molokai, which has to travel for most of its games, home tournaments allow fans the chance to see games normally played only on Maui, according to current AD Lee DeRouin. He coordinated the arrival of the nearly 90 players, coaches and trainers who came on island for the boys’ tournament.

The Farmers finished the season with a 4-6 record, improving their win percentage from last year when they were 3-9. Both coaches and players are excited about next year’s prospects within the league. Espaniola said the other four MIL teams have rosters full of graduating seniors, giving a relatively young Molokai squad an advantage for next year.

“A lot of our players are underclassmen and they all have a lot of experience playing,” said Carl Adolpho, Jr. “We made sure that we got them some playing time each weekend.”

Molokai will lose three seniors: Kaprice Carvahlo, Kyson Castor-Wallace and Tani Aikala-Falealii. As a guard, Carvahlo provided reliable handles at the top, while forwards Castor-Wallace and Aikala-Falealii were big strongholds under the basket.

Seabury will advance to the boys’ Division II state championships on Oahu from Feb. 26-28. Meanwhile, the Farmers will go to work in anticipation for another season.

“As coaches we never doubt their skills and their knowledge of the game,” said Adolpho, Jr. “We’re thinking along the line of getting the mentally focused.

We lose a lot of games just by silly mistakes, so that’s what we’re trying to focus on, that mental toughness.”

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Sust`aina ble Molokai News Release into limited-resource communities for sic health, vision, and dental insurance; nity gardens, connecting children with FoodCorps is currently recruiting service members throughout Hawaii who are passionate about teaching children what healthy food is, where it comes from, and expanding hands-on nutrition education programs. This includes Sust`aina ble Molokai, which is recruiting for new service members to serve on Molokai at our island schools.

The deadline to apply for the 2015–2016 school year is March 31.

FoodCorps is a national organization addressing childhood obesity and food insecurity in underserved communities, and currently operates in 16 states and the District of Columbia. Through its partnership with AmeriCorps, FoodCorps recruits, trains, and places emerging leaders, known as service members,

a year of service. Hawaii Island-based nonprofit The Kohala Center serves as the state’s host site.

Applications are currently being accepted for positions nationwide for the 2015–2016 academic year, including several in Hawaii. Applicants must be 18 years or older by the start of service and hold a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. Hawaii residents are especially encouraged to apply. The service member application and additional information are available online at foodcorps.org/become-a-service-member.

Service members dedicate 11 months of full-time (35.5 hours average per week) public service in select public schools, charter schools, and non-profit organizations, known as service sites.

They each receive a $17,500 stipend; ba-

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potential student loan forbearance; and partial childcare reimbursements. Those who complete their 1,700 hours of service receive a $5,730 education award, which may be used to pay tuition or repay qualified student loans. All service members receive two national trainings, mentoring from food system leaders, as well as local and online training on topics related to food, farming, nutrition, cooking, and public health.

To expand the connection between hands-on learning and core curriculum, service members work with teachers to integrate a series of food and nutrition activity lessons into classes as diverse as health, math, English, and science. FoodCorps service members grow healthy food with students, teachers, and community members in school and commu-

their food and the `aina (land, earth).

They also assist in building relationships between the islands’ farms and local schools in an effort to increase children’s access to healthy food in school cafeterias.

On Friday, Feb. 27, FoodCorps Service Members Lacey Phifer and Jameil Saez, who currently serve with Sust`aina ble Molokai, will be recruiting anyone that may be interested in becoming a FoodCorps Service Member from noon to 2 p.m. at UH Maui College Molokai campus. Please come if you’d like to hear about the program and/or if you would like help with your application.

For more information please email Lacey Phifer at lacey.phifer@foodcorps. org, harmonee@sustainablemolokai.org, or call Sust`aina ble Molokai at 560-5410.

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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.

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.

curriculum and extracurricular activities. Meet other homeschool families and teachers. For more info, call Adult “Aqua Jogger Class” Oct. 15 – Dec. 19 Heather at 658-0124.

T, Th 9 a.m. at Cooke Memorial Pool 553-5775 Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club Starting March, meetings 2nd Wednesday of every other month at 5:30 Advanced Zumba with Preciouse Senica, 553-5848 SPORTS & RECREATION pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

T,Th Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 9-10am MEETINGS I Aloha Molokai, alternative energy solutions for Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class T,Th, F Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm Molokai. First Monday of every month, 6 pm at Kulana M Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

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

Aloha Yoga every Mon, Wed and Fri from 12 - 1 p.m.

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Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191. at MCHC. Call 553-3930 for more info.$40/monthly rate Open to all. For more info call 553-5402 tion changes.

AA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai for unlimited classes or $10 drop in rate per class.

Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot Office upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the Ballroom Dance/Exercise with Kealoha Hooper Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m.

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

T Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm Beginners Ahahui Kaahumanu Chapter VIII meetings. Starting in Molokai Swim Club Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who W Na Pu`uwai Fitness 5-7pm Intermediate/Advanced March, meetings 2nd Wednesday of every other month at M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm has experienced the loss of a loved one. Third Thursday 4:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

Beginning Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga Pick-up Soccer of every month at 10 -11:30 a.m. or 4:30 -6 p.m. at Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship W Home Pumehana 10 a.m.

Hospice Office in Kamoi Center. Call Barbara Helm at W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Th Kaunakakai Gym 10 a.m.

336-0261.

Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Mon. & Thurs. 7-8 p.m.

Hula: Ka Pa Hula `O Hina I Ka Po La`ila`i Club. Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. OHA/ MAC Ceramics Class at Coffees of Hawaii. 9 - 11 a.m. welcome.

M Hula Wahine, 4:30-5:30 Advanced @ MCHC Molokai Community Children’s Council Every DHHL. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd second Thursday at Home Pumehana, 3-4 p.m. Contact Tues. of each month at MAC with special field trips on Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

5:30-6:30 Beginners 567-6308 for info.

Fridays.

Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and T Papa Oli (Chanting) 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Molokai Humane Society meets the third Tuesday Al-Anon Meeting, a weekly meeting to help family and kayaking.

Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama Intermediate Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga of every month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Kaunakakai Gym friends of alcoholics, every Monday at Grace Church Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@ W Home Pumehana 11 a.m.

Conference Room.

Community Hall in Hoolehua at 5:30 p.m. youthinmotion.org Th Kaunakakai Gym 11 a.m.

Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 ArtAloha! Moloka‘i Summer Art for kids and open MUSIC & ARTS p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John Personal Training with Elias Vendiola studio for adults every Wednesday 1-5 p.m.

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

Wordin at 553-8100 for info.

Heather Williams at 658-0124, artalohamolokai@ M,T,W,Th,F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 553-5848, by Strings Class on Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass at hotmail.com or Art Aloha on facebook.

Molokai Lions Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of appointment only, 5am-1:30pm Kaunakakai Elementary Room A-103. Tues. & Thurs. every month at 8:30 am at Paddlers Inn. PiYo LIVE with Solana Adachi every Monday at 5 p.m. 3- 4:45 p.m. Beginner 3 p.m., Intermediate 3:30 p.m., Families Against Bullying meets every 3rd Tues Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at MCHC Advanced 4 p.m. Ages 5 to adults. Contact Bob Under- at Home Pumehana Conference Room from 3:30 to Quit Smoking Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai wood at 646-0733.

5:00p.m. Contact Shrene Naki at 553-4225 or snakikeiki- the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. conference room. 560-3653.

Na Ohana Hoaloha Music & Hula at Paddlers, Sunday care@hawaiiantel.net Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tues. & Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews. from 3-5 p.m.

Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day Thurs. at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8-9 a.m. Open M Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m.

Brass & Woodwinds Community Band class for ages Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational meeting. For more info, call Rodney at 213-4603.

T Home Pumehana, 5:15 p.m.

8 to adult. Free of charge. Emphasis on music performance Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each Th Kualapu`u Rec Center, 5:15 p.m.

Plein Air Molokai - Art Outdoors painting, drawing, with Spring Concert at end of school year. Available for month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

F Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m. Call 553-5402 for info. photography and more. First Friday every month plus loan: Clarinets, Flutes, Saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones. Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers meet the first Monday Six-month progression begins Jan. 6. Call Connie at special dates with ArtAloha! Contact Heather at 658Classes at Molokai High School every Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30 of every month at 5 pm in the Kalele Bookstore’s backyard.

553-3597. p.m. with Bob Underwood. Call 646-0733 for more info. Contact Luann Cefola at 553-5265 or lcefola@earthlink.net 0124 or artalohamolokai@hotmail.com Yoga Class open to students, families and the community. Takeaway Tuesday guided ceramic studio 6-8 p.m., for more info.

Read to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 553-1765.

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

Molokai Arts Center. For more info contact moloHI Seed Savers, Green Gorilla Growers meet every kaiartscenter@gmail.com.

Yoga class focused on individual form, internal third Monday at 5 p.m. for a potluck. For location, contact Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool at MCHC Mon. & practice, Call Karen at 558-8225 for info.

Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, pottery class 336-1566.

Wed., 8:30-10:30a.m., and the Kaulapu’u Community taught by Dan Bennett. New students must have instructor Home-School Connection First Thursday of every Center Tues. & Thurs., 8:30-10:30a.m. Call 560-5642 for Zumba Basic with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 permission to join class.

T, Th Home Pumehana, 9 a.m. month. Support in homeschool academic, creative enrollment forms.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

► Seniorpreneurship is Anti-Aging with Ed Gazmen at Kuha`o Business Center, 12-1 p.m. Free workshop. Call 553-8100 to reserve a seat. ► Black History Month concludes at Molokai Public Library, 1-2 p.m. Featuring Susan Macuse. ► Book Signing with Kumu Louella `Opu`ulani Albino at Molokai Public Library at 5 p.m. for her new Hawaiian language books. ► Hansel and Gretel presented by Molokai High School Drama Club at the MHS cafeteria, 6 p.m. Pre-sale tickets $4 for all ages. Tickets at the door $5.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

► Hansel and Gretel presented by Molokai High School Drama Club at the MHS cafeteria. Doors open 6 p.m. Pre-sale tickets $4 for all ages. Tickets at the door $5.

► Local Reggae 2015 Island Tour at Paddler’s from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ages 21 and over. Featuring Rebecca Beralas, Kaipo Kapua and All Red Eye Tour Band.Tickets at Paddler’s.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

► Financial Aid Kick-off at Molokai Education Center from 12-2 p.m. Get info on financial aid, scholarships and support resources for current and future students and community members. If you plan to attend, contact Nahiwa Naki at nahiwaal@ hawaii.edu. ► Special Education Dept. Info Workshop at Molokai Education Center from 2-4 p.m. Learn about degrees and certificates available for special education teachers through the UH College of Education. For more info, contact Janet Kim at 726-0054 or spedinfo@hawaii.edu. ► Comedian Augie T performs at Molokai High School gym. Doors open 6 p.m., showtime 7 p.m. Admission $10 to benefit Aka`ula School. For tickets and info call 336-0865.

► Soils Workshop from 1:30-5:30 p.m. at Molokai Education Center with Dr. Jonathan Deenik of UH CTAHR. Presentation on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Diversity of Soils on Molokai from 1:303:15 p.m. Basic Soil Fertility 3:30-5:15 p.m. ► 5K for Kids along Farrington Highway course. Registration starts 7 a.m. at CofFor more info, contact Molokai Extension fee’s; race starts 7:30. Entry fee for adults is Office at 567-6932.

THE BULLETIN BOARD MOLOKAI HIGH SCHOOL MEO Bus Schedule WEST Expanded Rural Shuttle Service

$10. Kids run free. For more info, contact Sue Forbes-Kikukawa at 567-6900.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

24 HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE 808-213-5522

► Maui Electric Community Meeting at Kaunakakai Elementary cafeteria, 6 p.m.

Learn more about proposed future energy plans for Molokai. Light refreshments will be served. ► KSCO Family Night at Kilohana School at 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

► Mandatory Men’s Basketball League meeting at the Kaunakakai Gym, 6:30 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE

► 5K for Kids on March 7. Registration starts 7 a.m. at Coffee’s; race starts 7:30.

Entry fee for adults is $10. Kids run free. ► MAC Soup’R Bowl at Community Health Center, March 7 from 5-9 p.m.

Soups, artisan bread and fresh salad with your choice of hand-crafted ceramic bowl. Live entertainment, silent auction.

Suggested donation: $25. For tickets, visit souprbowl.eventbrite.com. ► Kukakuka Talk Story, Molokai History and Culture with Kumu Pa`a Lawrence Aki. March 10, 6 p.m. at Kalanianaole Hall, Kalama`ula. Fee by donation.

► Dementia Education Workshop for caregivers on March 11 at Kulana Oiwi.

Registration 8:30 a.m., workshop 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch and light breakfast with lucky number drawing. RSVP by Feb. 25 with Kari Kaahanui at karikikukawa@gmail.com or 560-1068. ► Spring Break Bash on March 14 at Paddler’s Inn. Doors open 8:30 p.m., music starts 9 p.m., featuring PeniDean and Homstead. Pre-sale tickets $25, at the door $30. Purchase at Rawlins’ or call Buffy at 336-1718. Must be 21 or over. ► J.B. Pig Hunting Tournament on April 25. Open to 8-10 teams of five people a team. Dinner and awards, with opportunity to donate catch to Molokai Baptist. For more info or to participate, contact Desarae and Justan Kahoiwai at JB.pighunting@gmail.com or 213-1077.

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2-3 AM 9:25 AM 9:35 AM 9:55 AM 10:15 AM 21st Century Community Learning Centers kaimiddleschool.com/homework.html. The ► Adult Education Program to earn ► MEO Start is accepting applicagrant, a five-year grant that provides 11:30 PM 11:35 PM 11:45 PM Head 12:05 PM 12:20 PM website is a one-stop hub for students and your High School2-4 diploma.

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2-5 1:30 PM 1:35 PM 1:45 PM NA 2:10 PM parents with reminders of weekly classcall Molokai Site Supervisor Bernell Kaleo Kolapa Place. Parent/legal guardian must work and homework assignments for each MOLOKAI MIDDLE SCHOOL 2-6 3:40 PM 3:45 PM 3:55 PM NA 4:15 PM Bishaw at 808-336-0460. complete application in the office between teacher and grade level.

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The term is French for "whipped turning." As she executes a 360-degree turn, the dancer spins around on the tip of one SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Love her but leave her wild," foot. Meanwhile, her other foot thrusts outward and then advised a graffiti artist who published his thoughts on a wall bends in, bringing her toes to touch the knee of her support- next to the mirror in a public restroom I visited. Another guering leg. Can you imagine a dancer doing this 32 consecutive rilla philosopher had added a comment below: "That's a nice times? That's what the best do. It takes extensive practice and sentiment, but how can anyone retain wildness in a society requires a high degree of concentration and discipline. Para- that puts so many demands on us in exchange for money doxically, it expresses breathtaking freedom and exuberance. to live?" Since I happened to have a felt-tip pen with me, I You may not be a prima ballerina, Taurus, but in your own field scrawled a response to the question posed in the second comthere must be an equivalent to the fouetté en tournant. Now ment: "Be in nature every day. Move your body a lot. Rememis an excellent time for you to take a vow and make plans to ber and work with your dreams. Be playful. Have good sex. master that skill. What will you need to do?

Infuse any little thing you do with a creative twist. Hang out with animals. Eat with your fingers. Sing regularly." And that's GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you're a martial artist and also my message for you, Scorpio, during this phase when it's you want to inject extra energy into an aggressive move, you so crucial for you to nurture your wildness. might utter a percussive shout that sounds like "eee-yah!" or "hyaah!" or "aiyah!" The Japanese term for this sound is kiai. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Don't worry, even if The sonic boost is most effective if it originates deep in your things get heavy, we'll all float on." So sings Modest Mouse's diaphragm rather than from your throat. Even if you're not a vocalist Isaac Brock on the band's song "Float On." I recommartial artist, Gemini, I suggest that in the coming weeks you mend you try that approach yourself, Sagittarius. Things will have fun trying out this boisterous style of yelling. It may help no doubt get heavy in the coming days. But if you float on, you summon the extra power and confidence you'll need to the heaviness will be a good, rich, soulful heaviness. It'll be a successfully wrestle with all the interesting challenges ahead purifying heaviness that purges any glib or shallow influences of you. that are in your vicinity. It'll be a healing heaviness that gives you just the kind of graceful gravitas you will need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The prolific and popular French novelist Aurore Dupin was better known by her pseudonym CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "What I look for in a friend George Sand. Few 19th-century women matched her rowdy is someone who's different from me," says science fiction behavior. She wore men's clothes, smoked cigars, was a novelist Samuel Delany. "The more different the person is, staunch feminist, and frequented social venues where only the more I'll learn from him. The more he'll come up with men were normally allowed. Yet she was also a doting mother surprising takes on ideas and things and situations." What to her two children, and loved to garden, make jam, and do about you, Capricorn? What are the qualities in a friend that needlework. Among her numerous lovers were the writers help you thrive? Now is a perfect time to take an inventory. I Alfred de Musset, Jules Sandeau, and Prosper Mérimée, as sense that although there are potential new allies wandering well as composer Frederic Chopin and actress Marie Dorval. in your vicinity, they will actually become part of your life only Her preferred work schedule was midnight to 6 a.m., and she if you adjust and update your attitudes about the influences often slept until 3 p.m. "What a brave man she was," said Rus- you value most. sian author Ivan Turgenev, "and what a good woman." Her astrological sign? The same as you and me. She's feisty proof AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At the turn of the 19th that not all of us Crabs are conventional fuddy-duddies. In the century, Russian laborers constructed thousands of miles of railroad tracks from the western part of the country eastward coming weeks, she's our inspirational role model. to Siberia. The hardest part of the job was blasting tunnels LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It seems you've slipped into a time through the mountains that were in the way. I reckon you're at warp. Is that bad? I don't think so. Your adventures there may a comparable point in your work, Aquarius. It's time to smash twist and tweak a warped part of your psyche in such a way gaping holes through obstacles. Don't scrimp or apologize. that it gets healed. At the very least, I bet your visit to the time Clear the way for the future. warp will reverse the effects of an old folly and correct a problem caused by your past sins. (By the way, when I use the word PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The British rock band the "sin," I mean "being lax about following your dreams.") There's Animals released their gritty, growly song "The House of the only one potential problem that could come out of all this: Rising Sun" in 1964. It reached the top of the pop music charts Some people in your life could misinterpret what's happening. in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia, and was a hit with critics. Rolling Stone magazine ultimately ranked it as the 122nd To prevent that, communicate crisply every step of the way. greatest song of all time. And yet it took the Animals just 15 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In English and French versions minutes to record. They did it in one take. That's the kind of beof the word game Scrabble, the letter z is worth ten points. In ginner's luck and spontaneous flow I foresee you having in the Italian, it's eight points. But in the Polish variant of Scrabble, coming weeks, Pisces. What's the best way for you to channel you score just one point by using z. That letter is rarely used in all that soulful mojo?

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By Jesse Church Aloha all my fellow veterans and residents of Molokai, old Jesse here with all the veterans news and upcoming events. What is the VA Telehealth program? Telehealth is the use of electronic information to support long-distance health care.

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The VA’s program is called the Coordination Home TeleHealth Services for veterans including those with chronic health problems, homebound veterans, veterans who need assisted living services and veterans with mental health conditions. Benefits of this program include prevention or reduction of completions from chronic health conditions, assistance in managing your health and making health decisions, and daily monitoring of your health condition by a registered nurse care coordinator trained in the use of home telehealth technology. If you feel the program is right for you, it’s up you to make an appointment or call your primary care provider and discuss it. But before taking that step, I’d advise you to call the Telehealth office and ask for some literature about the program and talk with someone there.

I have been in the program almost a year now, and I think it’s terrific – it gives a great feeling just knowing that a medical professional is monitoring my health fata daily using a telehealth

monitoring device, which transmits data to the Telehealth office by use of the telephone lines. If they feel there’s a problem, they call me and we discuss it. So I want all my fellow veterans to know that I strongly recommend the Home Telehealth Program to all veterans who may be eligible. So please get in touch with your primary care provider and/or the Home Telehealth office in Honolulu – their phone number is 808-433-0445. So take it from old Jesse, it’s one of the VA’s batter programs and you should take advantage of it, all you need to do is ask for it.

This date in history, Feb. 25, 1843, the British flag was raised over the Hawaiian Islands. It came down five months later, the British apologized and the islands were returned to Hawaiian rule.

I have been told by Commander Samuel Makaiwi that the new Vet Center has been completed, and we are waiting for one more department to sign off on it, then we can request the certificate of occupancy from the county. It will not be long now, we are in the home stretch!

Please everyone give your support to our troops in these trying times in the Middle East – they can use all the support and help they can get. They are trying to do a very difficult job and they are doing the best they can, and the people of Molokai send them a big mahalo. If anyone has any questions, suggestions or news, please contact old Jesse at 553-3323. I continue to depend on the information you give me to write this column. Remember that old Jesse loves you all very dearly so until next week, aloha.

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 March 25, 2015, commencing at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable at the Kualapuu Community Center, 1 Uwao Street, Kualapuu, Molokai, on the following: STATE LAND USE COMMISSION SPECIAL USE PERMIT 1. MR. JOHN SID PERELL requesting a State Land Use Commission Special Use Permit in order to operate the Perell Ranch Short-Term Rental Home in the State Agricultural District at 4812 Pohakuloa Road, TMK: 5-1-008: 034, Kaluakoi, Island of Molokai. (SUP2 2014/0010) (S. Lopez) COUNTY SPECIAL USE PERMIT 1. MR. MARK EVENSON of CASCADIA PM, LLC on behalf of AT&T MOBILITY requesting a County Special Use Permit for the Maunaloa HILO2231 project for the installation of a 35-foot monopine cell tower with twelve (12) antennas in the B-CT Country Town Business District at 0 Maunaloa Road at TMK: 5-1-009: 118, Maunaloa, Island of Molokai. (CUP 2014/0010) (S. Lopez) 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.

Petitions to intervene shall be in conformity with Section 12-301-25 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Molokai Planning Commission and shall be filed with the Commission and served upon the applicant no less than ten (10) days before the first public hearing date. Filing of all documents to the Commission is c/o the Maui County Department of Planning, 2200 Main St., Suite 315, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 and P.O. Box 526, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748. The deadline to file a timely Petition to Intervene is March 11, 2015.

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.

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Return to Youth in Kalaupapa

By Father Pat Killilea | St. Francis Church, Kalaupapa They were waiting for me in the clearing at the foot of the Kalaupapa trail when I drove up in my Paddy Wagon. It had taken these young people and their adult adviser a casual hour and a half to hike from topside Molokai to Kalaupapa. It was obvious that this quintet of teens and their adviser, Mr. Edgar Alvarez, from St. Damien Parish in Kaunakakai were excited about their visit to our unique settlement, the land of Saints Damien and Marianne.

Shortly thereafter back at the parish house, I learned that a couple of the girls were members of the Farmers’ Basketball team who represented Molokai High School so honorably on the court in recent weeks.

Now while basketball is my favorite American sport, I hesitated to share that with them. I played a lot of basketball in my younger years (just a few years ago), but the only time I got a bloody nose on the court was when I dared to take on two high school girls. They were as tenacious and fierce as mountain lions.

After the young people and Mr. Alvarez had a chance to unwind a little bit, we set out on the 2.6 mile

journey to St. Philomena, the church built by Father Damien in Kalawao.

The young people were impressed by the church and enjoyed visiting in this church built by St. Damien during his last months and weeks on this earth. Then it was time for me to share some words on Damien's leadership and legacy as part of a documentary these daughters and sons of Molokai are making for a school project. I hope my hair was in place for the video!

Our next stop was at the landing in Judd Park where several cameras got a thorough workout, after which we ate lunch. The high spirits continued as we hiked up to the Kauhako crater on the way back to Kalaupapa town. I enjoy taking young people up to the crater (after I ask them not to horse around), but I must confess that there are times when these legs of mine are saying, "Oh no! Not today."

Someone once said that, "the only way to bring back your youth is to take the car keys away from him or her." Having turned 71 (going on 17) one week prior to the visit by these lively young people from topside Molokai, I can say that Sunday, Feb. 15 was a day that both tested my age and restored my youth... as well as my faith in youth.

The Molokai DispaTch • Feb 25, 2015 •

Be Aware of Proposal Aloha everyone on Molokai who enjoys our resources from mountain to ocean, beware today, we have people who live on our island who are so smart in politics and their plan is to put this whole island into conservation, to eventually become a sanctuary. So this is what we need to think about: who gives them the right to sell ours and our children’s fishing and hunting rights to make profit in their pockets? Surely not Gavin and I. We live mountain to ocean. Whoever feels the same way as we do, I advise you to go to Molokai Fish and Dive and sign the exemption paper to save your and your family’s fishing rights. In the conservation plan, there is no protection for us under Article 12, Section 1, Native Hawaiian gathering rights. So God bless all of you on Molokai to do what is right for you and your ohana, especially for our children’s future.

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What is the fairest is for everyone to enjoy our resources here on Molokai.

We all got to eat and feed our families.

Keep our rules and regulations we have today with DLNR, and have DLNR enforce more officials to do their job here on our island. We are living good today on our resources. Nobody has to change anything. I would like to thank all my supporters on our island, and also the ones who don’t live on our island. For all those in support of saving our rights, I ask for donations, so I can educate, make copies of documents and do a lot more to keep Molokai, Molokai. God Bless, much mahalo.

Please send donations to HarrieAnn Nakagawa or Gavin Pelekane Tamashiro at P.O. Box 417, Kaunakakai, HI 96748 with your return address.

Harrie-Ann Nakagawa and Gavin Pelekane Tamashiro

Aloha From a Visiting Priest Aloha! My name is Father Brian Guerrini and I am a visiting Sacred Hearts Catholic priest from the religious congregation of Saint Damien and am filling in for Father Mike Kelly, who is undergoing surgery and recuperation for several weeks. I am currently stationed with our seminarians in Berkeley, CA and have just completed a sabbatical year in Oakland, CA. This is not my first time to Molokai. I have been both topside and at Kalaupapa numerous times and always relish returning to the “saintly” island.

I recently spent 11 years ministering in mission territory in southeast New

Mexico in three parishes and two missions in the areas or religious education and pastoral ministry and have more than 20 years of ministerial experience in parishes, high schools and the missions. I am looking forward to being with the communities of Saint Damien of Molokai in Kaunakakai, St. Vincent Ferrer in Maunaloa, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Kalua`aha and St. Joseph’s in Kamalo over the next several weeks and hope and pray that your 2015 brings with it abundant blessings and hope-filled days! Mahalo!

Father Brian Guerrini

OBITUARIES Mahealani “Sweetness” Mehau

Mahealani “Sweetness” Mehau of Ho`olehua, Molokai passed away on Feb. 16, 2015 at the Molokai General Hospital. She is survived by four children, Emma (Michael) Aina of Hilo, Huberta (Melvin) Mollena of Hoolehua, Barney (Pake) Naki Jr. of Ho-

nolulu, and Lauren Naki of Ho`olehua; 12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; and two sisters, Leinani Kalima of Hilo and Kathrine Pabre of Honolulu.

Services will be held on Feb. 28, 2015 at Kalaiakamanu Hou Church Hall. Visitation is from 9 to 11 a.m. and services from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Burial to follow at Kanakaloloa (Ho`olehua ) Cemetery .

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Robert Richard Ribao, 63, of Kaunakakai, Molokai and Kahului, Maui passed away on Feb. 7, 2015 at the Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born on Aug. 24, 1951 in Punene, Maui. He was a retired Lieutenant from the Maui Police Department.

Robert is survived by his wife, Jean Ribao; children Jody, Jaime and Robert W. Ribao; grandchildren Faith Ribao and

Ka`ehukai Forsen; mother Grace Ribao; and siblings Leslie Ribao, Wayne (Vanessa) Ribao, Joan (Chuck) Martin and Donna (George) Nunes. He was predeceased by his father Manuel Ribao.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 starting at 8 a.m. with mass to begin at 10 a.m. at St. Damien Catholic Church in Kaunakakai, Molokai. Service will be held on Maui at Ballard Family Mortuary on March 7, 2015 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., with service to begin at 10 a.m.

Ashes to be scattered at a later date.

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