Molokai Dispatch -- April 22, 2015

APRIL 22, 2015 - VOLUME 31, ISSUE 16

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Paniolo OFFERS Round Up ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION for Rodeo

EARTH DAY

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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olokai’s natural resource managers, biologists and those engaged in preserving Molokai’s environment turned their projects into fun and engaging information to share with hundreds of attendees at Molokai’s annual Earth Day Celebration last Friday.

“I’ve always said, our science is only valuable if shared with others,”

said Jim Jacobi, an ecosystems research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) who has been participating in Molokai’s Earth Day celebration for more than five years. “I tell people, ‘If you want to go to Earth Day, go to Molokai!’ People here are relaxed and interested. We need to make science understandable.”

That was the goal of dozens of organizations that showcased their work at the event’s booths. Earth Day organizers took the education a step further by incentivizing youth and adults alike to interact with presenters. Attendees were given stamp cards, and each colorful stamp represented information gained from different booths.

Once cards were filled up, they could be entered into the drawing for prizes like a new bicycle or a dry box.

“We’re trying to study vegetation and why there’s mud on the reef,” Jacobi explained to eager keiki leaning over a map showing his work in Kawela. After engaging in conversation with them and answering some questions, he gave them each a stamp

on their papers.

For a group launching a volunteer efforts to remove invasive gorilla ogo seaweed that is overtaking Molokai’s reefs, Earth Day was an opportunity to bring their project to the public for the first time. With over half a dozen local and government agencies already in support, Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Colette Machado encouraged residents to sign up to participate in a gorilla ogo survey and assist in the control and removal of the seaweed, a movement spurred by an extensive science fair project launched by a group of Molokai high students.

“What began as a concern is now at a crisis level,” Machado said of gorilla ogo. “Now we’re trying to get agencies reach out to fishermen, paddlers and divers [and other community volunteers]… There’s no funding so we have to rely on the human spirit.”

The Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Molokai chapter members gave attendees samples of dried soursop, a large fruit with green skin covered in soft thorns and white, smooth flesh.

The Molokai Land Trust challenged passersby to identify a variety of plants as native or non-native, including the lama tree, a native persimmon. Its name means “light” in Hawaiian, according to Land Trust Executive Director Butch Haase, because its wood was used historically to make signal fires, as evidenced by remnants of charcoal found near the Kalaupapa trail.

Along with sharing information, Earth Day is also an opportunity to acknowledge outstanding contributions to conservation in the community. Environmental educator Penny

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Keiki Learn Conservation

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his Saturday, 80 paniolo from around the state will gather at the Jimmy Duvauchelle Arena for the first annual Molokai Ranch Heritage Rodeo, to celebrate a colorful slice of Hawaiian culture that was born to counter an environmental problem in mid-1800s Hawaii.

At that time, with newly introduced cattle threatening native crops and people, according to hawaiihistory.org, Kamehameha III realized the need to round up the rampaging livestock. He invited Mexican cowboys to the islands to instruct Hawaiians in horse riding and cattle herding, creating the paniolo and ranching lifestyle that is still a way of life for many in Hawaii.

“It’s such an important part [of Hawaiian culture],” said Oahu-born musician Brother Noland, who has ranching roots and will be performing at the rodeo. “Just the whole thing of how Hawaiian people can adapt, how they can turn themselves into cowboys. … As the industry changed over the years, the people changed, too.”

Rodeo Director Rex Kamakana said that kane, wahine and keiki ranging from ages five to mid-70s will compete in nearly a dozen different events, with multiple racing and roping competitions as well as bull riding. Prizes include custom belt buckles, and the cowboy and cowgirl with the most points will receive custom saddles.

Kamakana added this year is the beginning of what the ranch hopes will be a yearly event.

“We’ve had it in the past, but we’re trying to revive it again,” he

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Molokai Back at Merrie Monarch

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olokai hula dancers and vendors spent months rehearsing and crafting with a specific purpose in mind: sharing the stories of Molokai at the 52nd Merrie Monarch Festival.

After a decade-long absence from hula's premiere annual event, Moana’s Hula Halau traveled to Hilo for the weeklong hula and cultural festival from April 5-11, along with 10 Molokai businesses. Twenty-four halau from Hawaii and the mainland came to compete in solo and group competitions, bringing their own unique take on Hawaii’s renowned method of storytelling.

“It’s not about being pretty,” said Kumu Hula Valerie DudoitTemahaga of Moana’s Hula Halau. “… It’s not about the beauty of being on the stage. It’s all about dancing and your culture and how much you know about what you’re doing.”

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Miss Aloha Hula contestant Larriley KeLarriley Rawlins. Photo courtesy Merrie Monarch

haulani Kaleonahe Kekahuna Rawlins of Molokai said their halau practiced twice a week, sometimes for four hours at a time. In between, halau members prepared kukui nut lei, hemmed skirts and performed at fundraising shows.

As a whole, the halau's 28 traveling members had to raise an estimated $50,000 for airfares, lodging and other expenses, said DudoitTemahaga. She and 30-year Kumu Hula Raquel Dudoit also worked hard to prepare the girls mentally and spiritually, including taking a boat to the backside of Molokai to fully experience the places from their songs.

“For some of us including myself, it was the first time we’ve ever been behind the island,” said Tarrah Lee. “… When we talk about Kahiwa Falls [in our oli], how grand it is, you really don’t grasp that until you see it in person.”

Raquel’s niece and 2009 Miss Aloha Hula winner Henohea Kane split time between Molokai and her home on Maui to help mentor the halau. Kane had the group go on a month-long kapu, a dietary cleanse that barred frosted sugars, shrimp, and he`e, among other things. Rawlins said she stifled moments of cravings by keeping her hula sisters in mind.

“We all felt good inside, we all felt

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Keiki Learn Conservation

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olokai youth don’t have to wait till they’re older to make a difference in the environment. At Keiki Earth Day last Thursday, elementary students from around the island learned how they can save energy, use natural resources and be on the lookout for invasive species.

“It’s important to know because plants and animals need to stay alive to help our native forests and to help our plants,” said Kilohana third grader Waimoku Pale.

This year ’s Earth Day theme, Mai Ke Kupu Mole Hawaii, means “All is found in the Source." Hokule`a crewmember Mahina Hou Ross said a similar theme applies while voyaging.

“When you’re on Hokule`a, the canoe is your land ... You have all the food, the water, and you need to care for those resources because it’s limited," said Ross. "... Then when you come back to land you realize your island is your canoe and you gotta use that same mentality.”

While last Friday’s main Earth Day event offered informational booths that residents could browse at their leisure, students at Keiki Earth Day rotated through stations participating in activities specifically geared toward connecting kids to caring for the land.

Earth Day presenters encouraged students to foster natural resources.

Butch Haase, executive director of Molokai Landcards Trust, gave keiki$25 seeds Business for ko`oko`lau, an endangered Ha$45 waiian plant used to make tea.

Nurturing native species,$15 especiallyPassport those atPhotos risk, is crucial $25 for the community, said Penny Martin, $5 who worksCopies as an environmental educator $.50 with nonprofit Papahana Kuaola. $1.00 “If we can’t protect them, how Subscriptions $91 can we realize their potential?” she asked, pointing out that many$49 plants hold food and medicinal uses$39 yet to

be discovered.

Energy is also a vital resource, explained Maui Electric Communication Specialist Shayna Decker. She said families can conserve electricity by focusing on seemingly minor details, like deciding what to eat before opening the fridge instead of holding it open while mulling over meal choices.

“Little things like that all add up,” she said. “It’s just to remind people, because everyone forgets. ... It’s a matter of just being aware and taking time to kinda think things through."

With fruit-picking season approaching, Decker reminded students to watch for lines when climbing trees.

Maunaloa fourth grader Raven Morris left with a lesson firmly in mind.

“I learned that if you touch an electrical line you will get shocked, so always pay attention where you are,” she said.

Preserving the `aina also means fighting its threats, explained Estella Snowden, field associate for the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC).

One of Hawaii's biggest environmental problems, the red fire ant, is something they're trying to keep off of Molokai, she said.

"Ecologically they're a nightmare," said Snowden. "Anywhere they live, all the other species leave. ...

They're so small and it's hard to detect them until they're a problem."

Snowden encouraged families to do a fire ant test by leaving out a peanut butter-coated stick for 45 minutes 50 cards and sending any red ants to Molokai 100 cards MISC offices for testing. She also recone timetemporarily set up fee quarantining ommended pictures plants2and building materials from off island. for additional pictures "We everything we need, Blackhave & White but there’s Color stuff like that that threaten," said Martin. "We learned about 12 Month First Class USPS the red fire ants ... so we can protect 6 Month First Class USPS our resources."

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“We cannot thank Penny enough for everything she has done and continues to do for our community and Continued From pg. 1 for Molokai,” The Nature Conservancy’s Wailana Moses wrote in the orgaKAUNAKAKAI Molokaiwith Dispatch, Molokai Molokai Coffeesnewsletter. of Hawaii Coff ee Rawlins Martin was honored nization’s “Penny OHA, Rawlins Chevron, Kuleana PizzaHonua Café, Takes Shop, Swenson Realty. this year ’s Malama is Variety truly a living treasure.”

Molokai Public Library, Store,HokuMolokai Mini-Mart, award.

Martin was one of the Martin said while it feels good WEST MOLOKAI Misakis, Molokai Wines Paddlers’ Inn, Hotel lea’s original crewmembers in 1976, to beMolokai, honored, there are many Maunaloa General Store,others Big andshe Spirits, Fish & from UHTahiti Maui College Molokai. and saidMolokai the journey to who also deserve to be recognized.

Wind Kite Factory, Ke Nani Dive, Friendly Hawaii taughtIsle herRealty, many lessons aboutMOLOKAI “They sayKai, I do all this work CENTRAL Molokai Landgood & Homes, Importsthe Giftenvironment Shop, Friendly and valuing workingAirport, but there people that help Ho`olehua Hikiolaare so andmany A Touch of Molokai Market, Sundown Deli, our ecosystem. together to preserve me; I don’t do it by myself,” she said.

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Aunty Moana there but we felt like she was with us," said Raquel. "That's why I think they were so calm. ... They felt that peace of mind on stage."

clean, we all felt stronger together,” she A Labor of Love Off the stage, 10 Molokai vendors put said. “… Dancing for as long as I’ve danced, we never had this bond until kapu started on a show of their own in the festival's craft fair. and Merrie Monarch started.”

For Kahulu Peltier-Yaw, who creates Under the Lights feather artwork for her business Keaohulu, Six months of rehearsal boiled down it was a chance to make a statement in solito a matter of minutes on stage. With the darity with protests on nearby Mauna Kea, Miss Aloha Hula competition on Thursday, where plans for the so-called Thirty Meter Rawlins took her first ever steps onto the Telescope have spurred local and global Merrie Monarch stage. outcry.

“It was one major adrenaline rush.

Peltier-Yaw's handcrafted kahili pa`a I was semi nervous, but I wasn’t scared. I lima and kahili hairpicks included white was makaukau,” said Rawlins. “…You just feathers representing Mauna Kea goddess lose yourself for that whole seven minutes Poliahu and red feathers for modern-day you perform. I honestly don’t remember Hawaii. what I did.”

“It was so powerful, it was so spiriHer kahiko performance expressed tual, it was draining,” said Peltier-Yaw of the people’s love for Queen Emma Kale- the movement she witnessed on Hawaii leonalani. Rawlins said Kane chose the Island, where many Molokai residents are perfect song for the `auana she performed also participating in protests aimed at haltlater that night. The piece, composed by ing the telescope construction on what’s Dudoit’s relative Zelie Duvauchelle, took considered sacred ground.

Rawlins on a mental journey around her Owners of Molokai art and apparel favorite childhood spots on Molokai. business Kupu A`e spent two months makThough Rawlins didn’t win, fellow ing an inventory that included an estimated Miss Aloha Hula contestant Noelani Du- 380 pareos, 400 scarves and 100 ties. doit, who has family ties to Molokai, fin"We tried to make sure that every ished third overall. piece was original and true to our vision of On Friday, Molokai’s dancers, decked what we want to be perceived as," said artin billowing white and tan and crowned ist and part-owner Kala`e Tangonan. with haku lei, performed a group kahiko The pull of Kupu A`e, explained Tanthat commemorated Queen Emma’s trav- gonan, is that no two items are alike. The els throughout Hawaii and scenic stops on business doubled its profits from last year's Molokai. On Saturday, for the group `auana Merrie Monarch. and final night of competition, the dancClothing store Something for Everyers donned Molokai green for a romantic body wove lore into its “aina-inspired, alomele that suggested the love affair between ha-driven” Na Mea Molokai line with lothe god Ku and goddess Hina, mother of cally-made decorated dresses, tops, scarves Molokai in Hawaiian lore.

by Maile Naehu and jewelry by Henohea “We were looking for anything to do Linker. with Molokai,” said Raquel. “We listened to Na Mea Molokai artists produced different types of music about Molokai and Merrie Monarch-edition wear with sayings I fell in love with Wehiwehi Hina [from the such as “hula in our koko," and images degroup `auana]. I loved the melody, I loved picting the laua`e fern, the kinolau of hula the song, I loved what it was portraying.” goddess Laka. New Na Mea Molokai artist With each swaying movement and Teon Simmons reused her grandmother’s perfectly synchronized step, dancers 30-year-old hand-carved silkscreens to crebrought the legacy of their halau founder, ate festival-inspired apparel that included the late Moana Dudoit, with them on stage. lava flow designs, explained Something for It was the first time the halau had attend- Everybody shop owner Wailani Tanaka. ed the Merrie Monarch since the passing “People loved [the products] and we of Moana in 2013. Raquel said the girls kept on hearing, ‘That’s so different,’” she showed few hints of nerves and attributed said. “… Everything that we sold had a this to Moana’s absence. story and that’s really what they buy into.”

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For many, rodeo is a family affair.

A lot of participants in this Saturday’s event are family members, said Kamakana, who has traveled around the state and the mainland with his family for roping competitions.

“It’s just something that I found that I can do with my entire family,” he said. “I ride, my wife rides, my kids all ride.”

The rodeo will also include food booths and live entertainment, featuring Noland and fellow Grammy Awardwinning musicians Henry Kapono and John Cruz, who together perform as the “Rough Riders.” Kapono said the three will play collaborations of their individual songs as well as other Hawaiian hits and cowboy-inspired pieces. Nolan said he feels Hawaiian music by nature has a country feel to it because both are “very family based and culturally based.”

“We have a couple things we worked out that the will get all the cowboys on their horses and riding,” said Kapono with a chuckle. “[Our music is] just kinda something where we can recreate and reinvent and really have fun

doing that. It’s an extension of all three of us.”

Noland, who grew up on a ranch on Hawaii Island, said he’s been coming to Molokai since the 70s and is eager to show the island to his fellow musicians, who’ve only visited briefly before.

“The music is gonna be reflective of how beautiful the place is,” he said.

“Molokai, it’s like … the piko, the center of these islands. It’s small, it’s in the middle and the people are big and strong hearted and spirited.”

Ranch Chief Executive Officer Clay Rumbaoa said in a press release that the rodeo is an opportunity to showcase Molokai’s culture and hospitality.

“We look forward to sharing the cultural heritage of the Friendly Isle with spectators and participants,” he said. “Authentic hospitality is part of our fundamental vision to strengthen our island community while preserving its greatest assets: the hospitality of its people, the natural environment, and the rich cultural heritage and traditions.”

The rodeo will take place Saturday, April 25 from 6-10 p.m. at Molokai Ranch’s arena in Maunaloa. Tickets at the door are $12, while entrance is free for those 12 and under.

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Hawaiians, Know You Are Royalty Today Opinion by Harrie Ann Aki and Gavin Pelekane Tamashiro Our group is proposing a plan to recognize our Maoli Kingdom, to the Hawaii legislature and our people who live in Hawaii. If you agree and support our proposal, please go to change.org or go to Molokai Fish and Dive and sign our proposal petition.

This proposal could make a great impact for everyone to get out of suppression in Hawaii. It’s time to protect and malama what we have left for our children’s generation, before we lose it all to state of Hawaii, Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Kana`iolowalu and others.

We need to agree and come together as one voice. If we can do that, it’s a blessing for us and our children’s generations to come. May God bless everyone who is reading this, and listening and signing to support. Please sign your name clearly on proposal petition. Much Mahalo.

Draft of the proposal: Objectives: To recognize our Maoli Kingdom that our people want to generate for a better future for all of us in Hawaii.

1. The power to enhance and make decisions on promoting to protect, ensure and increase in our Hawaiian lifestyle and our resources on our island by making a Maoli Kingdom policies. Free of charge (exemption) all our people in

Maoli Kingdom.

2. Take suppression off our people in the State of Hawaii.

3. Mass production of food 4. Restore everything from mountain to ocean on our resources 5. Generate a Maoli Kingdom 6. Remove laws suppressing our people in the State of Hawaii 7. Remove departments and cooperations we don't need in our Hawaiian islands, because it will generate in our Maoli Kingdom.

8. Open discussion on policy to reach our goals to make a better future for our children.

Proposal: (Free) Water, land, land tax, house rent, electric, car, safety, registration, insurance, monthly income $5000, medical/dental.

Remove all negative impact rules and regulations on our Hawaiians and and other nationalities who have joined our Maoli Kingdom from the State of Hawaii that we feel suppress us. We say yes or no towards any future decisions on our lifestyle or any development on our resources in the Hawaiian islands.

Dismantle Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Kana`iolowalu, as this is part of a big reasons we are suppressed today, and have everything in their possession released to our new Maoli Kingdom.

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David Rapanot on the Road to His Dreams

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olokai High School 2014 graduate David Rapanot is in his first year of college at Feather River College in California. As a freshman, he is the starting shortstop for the Golden Eagles and is having a fantastic season while doing a great job stepping up to the next level. Born and raised on Molokai by parents Scott and Kim Rapanot, he has played baseball since he could walk with the guidance of his father as his coach. He is now making his family and all of Molokai proud.

Feather River College is located in Quincy, Calif., a little town north of Sacramento across the border from Reno, Nev. The Golden Eagles are leading the California Golden Valley Conference with a 26-8 overall record and 20-3 conference record.

Feather River has a four-game lead in the conference over Butte College.

Rapanot is batting .336 with 21 RBIs, 18 runs scored and three stolen bases. He has 36 hits in 107 at bats.

The Golden Eagles are coached by Terry Baumgartner. He is in his eighth year as coach and has won eight straight Golden Valley Championships. They have also hosted the regional playoffs eight straight times. In the past seven seasons, the team has had a record of 224 wins and 69 losses.

Eight of his players have been drafted to the major leagues and 45 All-Conference players have been selected from his teams.

“I love my coach. He’s a good understanding guy,” said Rapanot. “He loves Hawaiians and he's a good coach.“ His coach also has great things to say about his shortstop.

“David is having a very good freshman season. He comes to practice every day wanting to get better and has improved a lot during his seven months here,” said Baumgartner. “If he continues to develop over the next year he will have a chance to be a Division I player and a professional prospect. We have already had numerous pro scouts inquire about

David. He is continuing the long tradition here at FRC of Hawaiian players coming into our program and being successful.”

While at Molokai High School, Rapanot was the second Farmer in school history to be named The Maui News MIL Boy Athlete of the Year. He was also an All-Star in basketball and eight-player football. Many people on Molokai know him as “Tuff,” the nickname his family gave him after he fought pneumonia as an infant.

Now, Rapanot said he is getting used to college life and taking baseball to the next level. He is currently enrolled in 18 credits per semester and doing well in his classes.

“I am adjusting pretty well, but the weather is a big factor,” said Rapanot. “It's really cold and very different from back home.”

Rapanot added, “The facilities here are very nice. We have outdoor cages and indoor cages for when it's raining. Our field here is a lot nicer than back home and the scenery is nice here also.”

For Rapanot road trips in California are also a big change.

“On our road trips we travel a long way by bus, but you can't even compare it to the ferry because the ferry was two hours and sometimes we travel for eight hours on the bus,” said Rapanot. “We stay at hotels and the past few trips the hotels have been real nice. So it's a lot different from sleeping in the gym on Maui.”

Rapanot has the same dream he has always had.

“Since young kid time I have always wanted to play professional baseball,” he said. “That's my dream and I am pushing forward for it.”

In a new series, the Dispatch celebrates former Molokai athletes who have taken their homegrown skills to new stages off island. If you know of a Molokai athlete competing at college, the professional level or elsewhere, let us know by emailing editor@themolokaidispatch.com or calling 552-2781.

Denim Day Consuelo Foundation News Release April 29 marks Denim Day in recognition of sexual assault awareness. Since 2001, the month of April has been nationally observed as Sexual Assault Awareness Month to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate the community and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.

In Italy in 1992, an 18-year-old girl was raped by her 45-year-old driving instructor. The driver was convicted, but the case made its way to the Italian Supreme Court where it was overturned and dismissed.

The Supreme Court stated that “because the survivor wore “very, very tight jeans,” she had to help him remove them,

and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape but consensual sex! The day after the ruling, the community in Italy wore jeans to protest. Denim Day is now internationally recognized.

Join Denim Day on Molokai on April Wednesday 29 and wear denim to show your support for survivors and educate others on sexual violence. Post a picture of you wearing your jeans on Facebook or Instagram with #mkkdenim.

It’s our turn to protest.

For more information on Denim Day, contact Kealoha Hooper of Consuelo Foundation on Molokai by phone 808-660-2619 or email Kealohahooper@yahoo.com.

Join the E Ola Campaign Growing Pono Schools News Release Are you part of a group who has done a project or activity to improve your school or community this school year? If so, consider joining the E Ola Pono Campaign by May 15 so your efforts can be acknowledged and your group becomes eligible for a monetary award.

The E Ola Pono Campaign is in its seventh year of encouraging student led initiatives in grades K-12 to proactively work to eliminate bullying and promote the concept of living pono, defined as acting with respect toward everyone and everything.

Campaign sponsors ask groups to submit documentation and a brief reflection about their activity by the mid May deadline. Judges will then select exemplary E Ola Pono Campaigns in elementary, middle/intermediate, and high school divisions. Awards range from $250 to $1000.00.

During the 2011-2012 campaign, Kualapu`u Elementary Public Conversion

Charter School won when Diane Abraham’s fourth grade class was recognized for their Molokai Keiki Malama Ka `Aina beach cleanup of Dixie Maru Beach. They researched the biodegradability of all the rubbish and published articles about their campaign in The Molokai Dispatch.

Information about the E Ola Pono Campaign as well as resources to support teaching about living pono can be found at growingponoschools.com. Questions can be sent to GPS Project staff members Randee Golden at rgolden808@gmail.com or Sara Ka`imipono Banks at sarabanks@ hawaii.rr.com.

This project is sponsored by UH Manoa’s Center on Disability Studies, Growing Pono Schools Project, a federally funded education initiative. A culture and place based character education curriculum geared for Hawaii’s fourth through 12th grade students is also available at this website, along with other video and internet resources to help youth learn about living pono.

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Waikiki Kupuna to Explore Molokai Waikiki Community Center News Release Jeff Apaka, the Community Relations Director of the Waikiki Community Center (WCC) has been escorting kupuna on neighbor island excursions for 23 years.

On April 27-29, Apaka will be escorting his seventh WCC kupuna excursion to Molokai.

“A trip to Molokai is always an adventure for both me and our kupuna group,” said Apaka. “They are on an exciting adventure -- and I’m revisiting my childhood!”

As a keiki growing up in Waikiki, Apaka said to him, Molokai was the “babysitting island.” When his parents were leaving on another tour or extended engagement, he recalls being driven to Honolulu airport to meet his grandma Keahi Aholo Afat and grandfather Alfred.

“We boarded a plane and off we went for a wonderful visit to their ‘play house in Ho`olehua,” he remembered. “I can still remember that old house and going to the movie theater in Kaunakakai that had no roof, open air!”

Apaka’s mother was Edna Mae BlakeApaka big band singer and his father was the famous “Golden Voice of Hawaii” Alfred Apaka. He recalls that his grandfather

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had a general store on Farrington years ago close to the post office, and his dad drove a pineapple truck for his dad’s store.

Founded in 1978, the Waikiki Community Center is a nonprofit agency located in the heart of Waikiki in the former St. Augustine Elementary School. The Center provides quality services for over 20,000 Waikiki residents and visitors annually through multigenerational programs and social services for families, seniors and children who live, work or visit Waikiki.

The Center provides over 60 classes for ohana, keiki and kupuna each week, such as dance, ukulele, and exercise.

Led by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, the Center also operates an early childhood education program on weekdays. The preschool provides keiki with quality education and care in a safe and nurturing environment by promoting individual growth and development and meeting the needs of today’s working parents — especially those who live or work in Waikiki’s 24/7 visitor industry. We promote individual growth and development and provide a variety of developmentally appropriate skills that nurture social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth.

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The Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KNHP) Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement is now available for public review.

“This draft plan is the culmination of years of planning and engagement with the public,” said KNHP Superintendent Erika Stein Espaniola. “We are thrilled to present the draft plan on the eve of the National Park Service’s Centennial in 2016. We are now asking for feedback on the draft plan we can make the best long-term decisions for Kalaupapa in partnership with the State of Hawaii agencies, many stakeholders and the public.”

The purpose of the KNHP Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement is to articulate a vision and overall management philosophy for Kalaupapa that will guide decision-making by current and future management teams during the next 15 to 20 years. This document presents management strategies for resource protection and preservation, education and interpretation, visitor use and facilities, land protection and boundaries and long-term operations and management of KNHP. The National Park Service invites

WEEKLY EVENTS

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

HEALTH & FITNESS

SPORTS & RECREATION

Beginning/Intermediate Adult Ceramics with MAC at Coffees of Hawaii. Wed. 4:30-6:30 p.m., Sat. 2-4 p.m.

Adult “Aqua Jogger Class” Oct. 15 – Dec. 19 Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, pottery class M Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

T, Th 9 a.m. at Cooke Memorial Pool 553-5775 taught by Dan Bennett. New students must have instructor W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m. permission to join class.

Advanced Zumba with Preciouse Senica, 553-5848 Open to all. For more info call 553-5402 MAC Jewelry Making Class with Helen Bergman at T,Th Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 9-10am Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot Coffees of Hawaii, 1st & 4th Thurs. of every month from T,Th, F Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm TH Mitchell Pauole Center, 7 p.m. Open to public.

1-3 p.m. Email bergman96748@yahoo.com for details.

Aloha Yoga every Mon, Wed and Fri from 12 - 1 p.m. Molokai Swim Club Cultural Practices & Craft Making with Henohea at MCHC. Call 553-3930 for more info.$40/monthly rate Linker at Hana Hou Family Learning Center in MHS Library.

M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm for unlimited classes or $10 drop in rate per class.

Thurs. 5-7 p.m. All ages. To register, call 567-6950 ext. 273 Pick-up Soccer Ballroom Dance/Exercise with Kealoha Hooper or visit tinyurl.com/1877ztw.

W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm T Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm Beginners Sewing w/ Debbie Kelley, Wed. 3-5 p.m. for middle W Na Pu`uwai Fitness 5-7pm Intermediate/Advanced Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe and high school students in S101. MHS Library, 5-7 Club. Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities p.m. for community and students 5th grade & up. Bring Beginning Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga welcome. old t-shirts to sew. To register, call 567-6950 ext. 273 or W Home Pumehana 10 a.m. visit tinyurl.com/1877ztw.

Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

Th Kaunakakai Gym 10 a.m.

Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and MEETINGS Hula: Ka Pa Hula `O Hina I Ka Po La`ila`i kayaking. Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama AA Hot Bread Meeting, Tues. & Fri from 9-10 p.m.

Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@ M Hula Wahine, 4:30-5:30 Advanced @ MCHC Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191. youthinmotion.org.

5:30-6:30 Beginners AA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai Chess with Mike Hino, Hana Hou Learning Center @ Office upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the T Papa Oli (Chanting) 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

MHS Library. Mon. & Wed. 3-5 p.m. To register, call Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m.

Intermediate Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga 567-6950ext. 273 or visit tinyurl.com/1877ztw.

Ahahui Kaahumanu Chapter VIII meetings. Starting in W Home Pumehana 11 a.m.

MUSIC & ARTS March, meetings 2nd Wednesday of every other month at Th Kaunakakai Gym 11 a.m.

4:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

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

Personal Training with Elias Vendiola Strings Class on Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass at Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship M,T,W,Th,F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 553-5848, by Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Kaunakakai Elementary Room A-103. Tues. & Thurs. appointment only, 5am-1:30pm 3- 4:45 p.m. Beginner 3 p.m., Intermediate 3:30 p.m., Mon. & Thurs. 7-8 p.m.

PiYo LIVE with Solana Adachi every Monday at 5 p.m. Advanced 4 p.m. Ages 5 to adults. Contact Bob Under- Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. OHA/ wood at 646-0733. and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at MCHC DHHL. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd Tues. of each month at MAC with special field trips on Na Ohana Hoaloha Music & Hula at Paddlers, Sunday Quit Smoking Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai Fridays. from 3-5 p.m. conference room. 560-3653.

Al-Anon Meeting, a weekly meeting to help family and Brass & Woodwinds Band with Bob Underwood & Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews. friends of alcoholics, every Monday at Grace Church David Layne, Th. 5-7 p.m., Hana Hou Learning Center @ M Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m.

MHS. Instruments provided. Beginning & advanced classes Community Hall in Hoolehua at 5:30 p.m.

T Home Pumehana, 5:15 p.m. for all ages. Call 646-0733 or visit tinyurl.com/1877ztw.

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

ArtAloha! Moloka‘i Summer Art for kids and open F Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m. Call 553-5402 for info. studio for adults every Wednesday 1-5 p.m. Contact Violin with Kristi Dudoit at MHS Library Mon. & Wed. Six-month progression begins Jan. 6. Call Connie at Beginners 3-4 p.m. Intermediate 4-5 p.m. Call 567-6950 or Heather Williams at 658-0124, artalohamolokai@ 553-3597. hotmail.com or Art Aloha on facebook. visit tinyurl.com/1877ztw to register.

Yoga Class open to students, families and the community. Molokai Art of Tones & Sounds w/Joshua Adachi, Families Against Bullying meets every 3rd Tues Mon. 3-5 p.m. & Tues. 3-5 p.m. @ MHS Band Room for at Home Pumehana Conference Room from 3:30 to TH Kilohana cafeteria from 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. middle and high schoolers. Tues. 5-7 p.m. for commuYoga class focused on individual form, internal nity and students grades 4 & up. No class May 11 & 12. 5:00p.m. Contact Shrene Naki at 553-4225 or snakikeikipractice, Call Karen at 558-8225 for info. care@hawaiiantel.net Takeaway Tuesday guided ceramic studio 6-8 p.m., Zumba Basic with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day Molokai Arts Center. For more info contact moloT, Th Home Pumehana, 9 a.m.

Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational kaiartscenter@gmail.com.

F Home Pumehana 9 a.m. Kilohana Rec Center 5 p.m.

Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each Youth Ceramic Arts Classes every Saturday, for ages Zumba Gold with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

4 - 11, using primarily clay. Two classes available for T, Th Mitchell Paoule 10:30 a.m. an hour each: Session 1 at 9:30 a.m. and Session 2 at 11 Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers meet first Mon. of every month at 5 pm in Kalele Bookstore backyard. Contact Luann a.m. For info, email molokaiartscenter@gmail.com.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

► Identify Your Target Market & Earn More Money video conference workshop with Nico Fisher at Kuha`o Business Center, 12-1:30 p.m. To sign up, call 553-8100. ► Molokai Live Family Fair at MHS Cafeteria, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Performances, info booths, interactive centers and items for sale. Free chili bowl!

► Meeting for Mo`omomi CommunityBased Subsistence Fishing Area Designation, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Kulana Oiwi. Open to public. ► J.B. Pig Hunting Tournament with dinner, awards and option to donate catch to Molokai Baptist. For info, contact Desarae and Justan Kahoiwai at JB.pighunting@ gmail.com or 213-1077.

12-1 p.m. To sign up, call 553-8100.

SAVE THE DATE

► Molokai Charity Walk on May 2, starting at 7 a.m. Route goes from Hotel Molokai to Kaunakakai School and back.

Includes entertainment, food and prizes.

For more info, visit mhla.org.

► Free screening May 2, 8:30-11:30 a.m. for peripheral artery disease and cardio► Heritage Rodeo at Molokai Ranch, 6-10 vascular stroke. Call 560-3653 for appoint► MAC Art Bar at Hotel Molokai, 6-8 p.m. p.m. Food and entertainment with Rough ment.

Beginner’s level painting course with Riders. Pre-sale tickets $10. Day of rodeo materials provided and discount on drinks. $12. For info call Ranch Office at 552-2444. ► Grafting, Air Layering, Seed Saving Workshop, May 2 at Mahana Gardens, 9 Tickets $24 at macartbar.eventbrite.com.

MONDAY, APRIL 27 a.m.-noon., with fruit expert Ken Love. ► Free Yogalates (Yoga + Pilates) Class Open to public. Prices: non-members $45, ► A Course in Life at 196 Seaside Place. every Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the next members $10. For info, call 385-2148.

Every Monday for four more weeks, 5-6 three weeks at One Ali`i Park. Class is 45 p.m. Class price is $50. For info, contact ► National Park Service Public Meeting, minutes with Ayda Ersoy. Bring mat/towel. Joan Gattuso at 725-3956.

May 5 at Kalanianaole Hall, 1-3 p.m. and

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

► Free Mobility and Abs Class every Mon- 6-8 p.m. Discuss draft General Management Plan and EIS for Kalaupapa National day, 5 p.m. for next three weeks at One Historical Park. Contact Erika Stein EspanAli`i. Class is 45 minutes with Ayda Ersoy. iola, 567-6802 ext. 103. ► Hawaii Energy Sharing the Aloha ► Fundamentals of Supervision on May Workshop at Kaunakakai Baptist Church, SATURDAY, APRIL 25 5 at Ohana Health Care. Supervision 101 5:30 p.m. with instructor Helen Wai. from 9-11:30 a.m. (registration 8:45 a.m.) ► MEO Charity Walk Fundraiser/RumWEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 and Basic Employment Laws, 1-3:30 p.m. mage Sale at MEO Molokai Branch, 380 Ko► Intro to Maui Core Four Business Plan- (registration 12:45 p.m.) HEC members lapa Place, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. BBQ chicken, ning Classes video confence workshop $40, non-members $75. For info call Tonya Spanish rolls, cascaron and more. with Craig Swift at Kuha`o Business Center, ► General Membership Meeting for Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans, 10 a.m. at new veterans center. All veterans welcome. For info, call 553-8387.

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the public to attend public meetings on Molokai, Maui, Oahu and online in May to discuss the draft plan and offer suggestions to help define the park’s future. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.

A meeting in Kalaupapa will be held on May 4 at McVeigh Social Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. The following day, Tuesday, May 5, two meetings will be held in Kaunakakai at Kalanianaole Hall – one meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. and another from 6 to 8 p.m.

Two virtual, online meetings will also be open to Molokai residents: Wednesday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Thursday, May 14 at the same time. To access these virtual meetings and information on the web, visit parkplanning.nps.gov/kalagmp.

The National Mark Service welcomes written comments as well, and may be submitted online at the above link, by email, KALA_GMP@nps.gov, or by mail: National Park Service, Attn: Kalaupapa NHP GMP/EIS, 909 First Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA, 98104.

An Executive Summary, supporing documents, and the complete KNHP Draft Mangement Plan and Environmental Impact Statement are available for review online at parkplanning.nps. gov/kalagmp. The comment period extends through June 8, 2015.

Cefola at 553-5265 or lcefola@earthlink.net for more info.

HI Seed Savers, Green Gorilla Growers meet every third Monday at 5 p.m. for a potluck. For location, contact 336-1566.

Home-School Connection First Thursday of every month. Support in homeschool academic, creative curriculum and extracurricular activities. Meet other homeschool families and teachers. For more info, call Heather at 658-0124.

Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club Starting March, meetings 2nd Wednesday of every other month at 5:30 pm at Kalanianaole Hall.

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

Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym conference room.

Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. Third Thursday of every month at 10 -11:30 a.m. or 4:30 -6 p.m. at Hospice Office in Kamoi Center. Call Barbara Helm at 336-0261.

Molokai Community Children’s Council Every second Thursday at Home Pumehana, 3-4 p.m. Contact 567-6308 for info.

Molokai Humane Society meets the third Tuesday of every month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Kaunakakai Gym Conference Room.

Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John Wordin at 553-8100 for info.

Molokai Lions Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month at 8:30 am at Paddlers Inn. Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tues. & Thurs. at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8-9 a.m. Open meeting. For more info, call Rodney at 213-4603.

Plein Air Molokai - Art Outdoors painting, drawing, photography and more. First Friday every month plus special dates with ArtAloha! Contact Heather at 6580124 or artalohamolokai@hotmail.com Read to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 553-1765.

Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool at MCHC Mon. & Wed., 8:30-10:30a.m., and Kaulapu’u Community Center Tues. & Thurs., 8:30-10:30a.m. Call 560-5642 for enrollment forms.

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Ahn at 1-800-392-3589, ext. 815. ► Hospice Hawaii Molokai Mother’s Day fundraiser plant sale on May 8, 7 a.m-1 p.m. in front of Molokai Hospice Office. ► Ask-a-Lawyer Free Legal Clinic on May 9. Kaunakakai Elementary cafeteria, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., with the Senior Council Division of Hawaii State Bar Association.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):If you're stumped about what present to give someone for a special occasion, you might buy him or her a gift card. It's a piece of plastic that can be used as cash to buy stuff at a store. The problem is, a lot of people neglect to redeem their gift cards. They leave them in drawers and forget about them. Financial experts say there are currently billions of dollars going to waste on unredeemed gift cards.

This is your metaphor of the moment, Aries. Are there any resources you're not using? Any advantages you're not capitalizing on? Any assets you're ignoring? If so, fix the problem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first," says Libra actress and activist Janeane Garofalo. I can think of other ways to measure bravery, but for your immediate future, her definition will serve just fine. Your ultimate test will be to freely give your tenderness and compassion and empathy -- without any preconditions or expectations. For the sake of your own integrity and mental health, be steadfast in your intention to always strike the first blow for peace, love, and understanding.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It will soon be that time when you are halfway between your last birthday and your next birthday. I invite you to make this a special occasion. Maybe you can call it your anti-birthday or unbirthday. How to celebrate? Here are some ideas: 1. Imagine who you would be if you were the opposite of yourself. 2. Write a list of all the qualities you don't possess and the things you don't need and the life you don't want to live. 3. Try to see the world through the eyes of people who are unlike you. 4. Extend a warm welcome to the shadowy, unripe, marginal parts of your psyche that you have a hard time accepting, let alone loving. 5. Any other ways you can think of to celebrate your anti-birthday?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I usually have no objection to your devoted concern (I won't use the phrase "manic obsession") with security and comfort. But there are rare phases in every Taurus's life cycle when ironclad stability becomes a liability. Cruising along in a smooth groove threatens to devolve into clunking along in a gutless rut. Now is such a phase. As of this moment, it is healthy for you to seek out splashes of unpredictability. Wisdom is most likely to grow from uncertainty.

Joy will emerge from an eagerness to treasure the unknown. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As I climb the first hill GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There may be a flood-like event along my regular hike, both sides of the path are dominated by that will wash away worn-out stuff you don't need any more. a plant with glossy, three-lobed leaves. They're so exuberant There might be an earthquake-type phenomenon that only and cheerful, I'm tempted to caress them, even rub my face in you can feel, and it might demolish one of your rotten obsta- their bright greenery. But I refrain, because they are poison oak. cles. There could be a lucky accident that will knock you off the One touch would cause my skin to break out in an inflamed wrong course (which you might have thought was the right rash that would last for days. I encourage you, too, to forgo course). All in all, I suspect it will be a very successful week for contact with any influence in your own sphere that is metabenevolent forces beyond your control. How much skill do you phorically equivalent to the alluring leaves of the poison oak. have in the holy art of surrender?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today the French Capricorn CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is your biggest excuse? painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as a foremost Or rather, what is your THICKEST, SICKEST, MOST DEBILITATING pioneer of modern art. Some critics say his innovative influEXCUSE? We all have one: a reason we tell ourselves about why ence on painting nearly matched Picasso's. But during the first it's difficult to live up to our potential; a presumed barrier that part of the 20th century, his work often provoked controversy. we regard as so deeply rooted that we will never be able to When a few of his paintings appeared at a major exhibition in break its spell on us. Maybe it's a traumatic memory. Maybe Chicago, for example, local art students were shocked by what it's a physical imperfection or a chronic fear. In accordance they called its freakishness. They held a mock trial, convicted with the current astrological omens, Cancerian, you'd be wise Matisse of artistic crimes, and burned his painting Blue Nude to do an audit and reassessment of your own LAMEST EXCUSE. in effigy. I don't expect that you will face reactions quite as exI suspect you now have insight about it that you've never had treme as that in the coming weeks, Capricorn. But it will make before. I also think you have more power than usual to at least sense to express yourself with such forceful creativity and originality that you risk inciting strong responses. partially dismantle it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you were a supporting character AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Leonardo da Vinci had skills in a popular TV drama, the producers would be cooking up in many fields, ranging from botany to engineering to cartoga spin-off show with you in a starring role. If you were in an raphy, but he is best known as a painter. And yet in his 67 years indie rock band, you'd be ready to move from performing at on the planet, he finished fewer than 40 paintings. He worked 300-seat venues to clubs with an audience capacity of 2,000. at a very gradual pace. The Mona Lisa took him 14 years!

If you have always been just an average egocentric romantic That's the kind of deliberate approach I'd like to see you experilike the rest of us, you might be on the verge of becoming a ment with in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Just for a while, see legend in your own mind -- in which case it would be time what it's like to turn down your levels of speed and intensity. to start selling T-shirts, mugs, and calendars with your image Have you heard of the Slow Food Movement? Have you read on them. And even if you are none of the above, Leo, I suspect Carl Honoré's book In Praise of Slowness? Do you know about Slow Travel, Slow Media, and Slow Fashion? you're ready to rise to the next level.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Free at last! Free at last! Thanks PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Modern movies don't scrimp to the Lord of the Universe or the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the use of the f-bomb. Actors in The Wolf of Wall Street or a burst of crazy good luck, you are free at last! You are free spat it out 569 times. The word-that-rhymes-with-cluck was from the burden that made you say things you didn't mean! heard 326 times in End of Watch, while Brooklyn's Finest You are free from the seductive temptation to rent, lease, or racked up 270 and This Is the End erupted with an even 200. even sell your soul! Best of all, you are free from the mean little But this colorful word hasn't always been so prominent a feavoice in your head -- you know, the superstitious perfection- ture. Before 1967, no actor had ever uttered it on-screen. That ist that whispers weird advice based on fearful delusions! So year, Marianne Faithfull let it fly in the film I'll Never Forget now what will you do, my dear? You have escaped from the What's'isname. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to cramped, constricted conditions. Maybe you can escape to break a taboo that's maybe not as monumental as Faithfull's wide-open spaces that will unleash the hidden powers of your quantum leap, but still fabulously fun and energizing. Be a liberator! End the repression! Release the blocked vitality! imagination.

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By Jesse Church Aloha to my fellow veterans and residents of Molokai, this past Friday April 10, became the most holy of Veterans Days when the Veterans of Molokai received their certificate of occupancy for the new Veterans Center. What started as the dreams of Molokai Veterans about eight years ago, has finally come to fruit.

It began as a dream of veteran Patty Bird who now lives in the state of Washington, and the late Commander, Larry Helm of the Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans. My greatest wish would have been for Larry to have lived to see his dream finally come true. Before I go any farther into this column, the veterans of Molokai must be congratulated on a job well done. And I'll like to thank the Commander, Sam Makaiwi, and Vice Commander, John "Longie" Dudoit of the Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans for doing a fine job in getting the Molokai Vet Center on the map. All 582 of Molokai's veterans are ecstatic over their new Vet Center, and I know they will use it in good health for many, many years to come.

The veterans not only of Molokai, but all of America's veterans are a proud and tight-knit group that would do anything for one and all. The veterans feel that they have served the county well, and I'm one vet who believes they have served the country in the highest in peacetime and wartime. In the years that

it has taken to build the Molokai Veterans Center, the veterans of this island have had to pay a formidable price in human life; we lost approximately 48 veterans over the building years, good men who wanted to live to see the Vet Center to completion.

But make no mistake the veterans center will be a win win situation not just for the veterans but all the people of Molokai.

All the people of Molokai have been waiting a long time for the Veterans Center, and everyone knows it will be good for the whole island.

The people of Molokai had asked about the center for years and now it's finally here, Molokai has its Veterans Center, what a blessing for the people or the island. Well, the veterans of Molokai now have a place to hang out, there's going to be a lot of talking story and drinking coffee when it gets up and running. Who knows, maybe the women will start having monthly dinners to start raising money, that would be great.

But the big thing is that the Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans must be sure that they continue to help each other when someone needs the help.

To all the veterans, and nonveterans who became involved in this building, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will never forget what the people of Molokai did to this built and for all of you I send a big mahalo. To all the people of Molokai, please always remember that old Jesse loves each and every one of you from my heart. 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 May 13, 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:

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Topside Molokai UCC Churches Kahu Napua Burke | 553-3823 | Waialua - 11:00am Kalaiakamanu Hou - 9:30am | Ho`olehua - 8 am Kalua`aha - 12:30am (4th Sunday, only)

Saint Damien Catholic Parish Father William Petrie | 553-5220 St. Damien, Kaunakakai , 6 pm Sat, 9 am Sun; Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Kalua’aha, 7 am Sun; St. Vincent Ferrer, Maunaloa, 11 am Sun; St. Joseph, Kamalo, No weekly services Kaunakakai Baptist Church Pastor Mike Inouye | 553-5671 | 135 KAM V HWY Kaunakakai | 9 am adult Sunday school | Worship service 10:15 am Heart of Aloha Church 1st Sunday - Kilohana Community Ctr 10:30 am | 2nd Sunday - Maunaloa Community Ctr 10:30 am| Other Sundays - Lanikeha Community Ctr 10:30 am Pastor Cameron Hiro, website: heartofaloha.org phone: 808-658-0433 Polynesian Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Bob Winters | 552-0258 South of Elementary School, Maunaloa Town Sunday School & Adult Worship Service,10 am, Sunday

Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Robin Saban | 808-553-5235 | 1400 Maunaloa Hwy, Kaunakakai, HI | 9:15 am Adult and Children Sabbath School | 11:00 am Worship Service First Assembly of God King’s Chapel Kahu Robert Sahagun | 553-5540, Cell: 646-1140 Maunaloa, Sunday 9 am, Kaunakakai, Sunday 10:30 am, Sunday Evening 6 pm, Tuesday Evening 6:30, Mana’e, Sunday 6 pm

Grace Episcopal Church Father Jim Loughren | 567-6420 | frjimloughren@icloud.com | 2210 Farrington Ave | Mass at 9 am Wed, 10 am Sun | All are welcome Baha’i Faith Open house every third Sunday of the month Mile 14 east | 3pm | Discussion and refreshments | All are welcome | For information: 558-8432 Email: bahaimolokai@yahoo.com | www.bahai.org Molokai Shekinah Glory Church Pu’ukapele Avenue, Hoolehua (drive all the way down) 10 AM Worship Service | Senior Pastor Isaac Gloor, Pastor Brandon Joao | “We Welcome All”

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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) (public hearing previously scheduled for the March 25, 2015 meeting.)

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 Street, Suite 315, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 and P.O. Box 526, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748. The deadline to file a timely Petition to Intervene is April 29, 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 1-800272-0125 (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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The Molokai DispaTch • apr 22, 2015 •

Tax Service Mahalo

Deep Appreciation

This was my third year doing tax returns here on Molokai. Mahalo to all who entrusted me with preparing and filing your tax returns this year. It was a pleasure being of service but my satisfaction came from meeting you, talking story and helping you have a stress-free tax filing.

I started three years to fill the void left by Mits Watanabe and Johnny Kaalakahi when they retired. I didn’t realize when I began how gratifying a venture this would be. The people of Molokai are one of a kind! I appreciate all the fabulous tips I received… mullet, `o`io, manini, he’e, papio, dried squid, sweet potato, banana, mango bread, Kanemitsu pastries, Mapulehu mango trees, bouquet of lavender and protea, `opihi, venison, candies to keep my trim figure intact, and most especially, your kind words.

I work very hard for each customer to ensure every return is done on time and done accurately. To all of you, please remember I can and do make mistakes. It’s humanly impossible to be perfect. I can report that of the more than 3000 tax returns

We, the family of Emily Nalani Maliu Paleka, who was embraced by God on March 14, 2015, would like to send our deepest appreciation and gratitude to everyone for all your donations, monetary gifts and especially your presence at her celebration of life.

To our ohana, extended ohana and our devoted friends, words alone cannot express what is in our hearts. Your unconditional love, comfort, laughter and sharing of your company with us these past weeks has been the best and every moment will be cherished.

I’ve done here on Molokai, I have had four errors that resulted in the customer having to pay back some of their refund. I am truly disappointed when I make a mistake. I am here to help. If you get a letter from IRS or the State of Hawaii, please call me for assistance.

Half of those 3000 tax returns were done as a community service for our kupuna who aren’t required to file. If you didn’t file a tax return because you don’t have to, call me. You can still get $85 from the State of Hawaii, and there is no charge for me helping you get that done. If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, it’s not too late!

With this year’s tax deadlines passed, my office next to Big Daddy’s will be closed. If you need help, you can reach me at 553-4300. I live on island and am available year round.

Mahalo Hou e ka po`e o Molokai!

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Open Letter to Rep. DeCoite Thank you for your response to my letter last month in The Molokai Dispatch.

You write eloquently. I am glad to hear that your vote will not be bought or sold. It has been demonstrated that some of these large for profit corporations have nearly bottomless pockets and are not afraid to spend millions of dollars to distort the truth and push their agendas, and financial pressures and temptations can be subtle.

Thanks for your clarification about leasing. But I need a little more help to sleep easily at night. Do you or your family have any business dealings or receive any benefits from Monsanto or the other agrochemical companies? If you did, would you consider this to create a conflict with regard to voting on issues pertaining to GMOs or pesticides?

I hope that we both believe that full transparency with regard to any relationship would be pono and the best way to maintain the trust and support of your constituents.

I understand that you wouldn’t comment on a particular bill without thorough review, but it would be helpful to know if in general if you believe and support the idea

that the use of pesticides and genetic modifications should be demonstrated to be safe to people and the environment beyond a reasonable doubt before they are allowed to be used. Is that an example of what you would call doing the right thing? Would this mean expecting more proof than just the assurances of people employed by or previously employed by the companies who are profiting in their use? Like maybe some independent testing and review?

Further, aside from the agricultural regulatory aspect of this issue, where do you stand on the issue of requiring that food which contains GMOs be labeled? Do you agree with and support the idea that individuals should be allowed to have the information to make an informed choice for themselves about what they consume? Do you think it is wrong to resist honestly sharing this information?

I appreciate and eagerly await your response to these concerns.

Respectfully and with aloha, Levie Yamazaki-Gray Kamiloloa

Emerging Field of Health Navigation UHMCM News Release Want to learn how to navigate the health and social service system? Here is your chance! University of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai (UHMCM) will be hosting Human Services 101 (Health Navigator) via sky-bridge on Tuesday nights from 6 to 9 p.m., instructed by T. Schlather.

The class will provide you with the

knowledge and practical skills to navigate and assist patients in various systems in search of appropriate diagnosis, treatment and resolution.

To register for the class, come to the college or call us at (808) 553-4490 option 5.

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E Ha-‘awi I Ke Ola, E Ho‘iho‘i... To Offer Healing, To Restore Trust The Diocese of Honolulu, which encompasses the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawai‘i, wishes to acknowledge the pain, anger and confusion caused by the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, religious or church workers. The Diocese of Honolulu remains committed to the promotion of safety, healing, reconciliation and the maintenance of safe environments for our children and young people.

Support and Services for Adults The Victims Assistance Coordinator provides support and services for adult survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy, religious or church workers of the Diocese of Honolulu. The Victim Assistance Coordinator will provide: • an immediate and confidential meeting with the victim of abuse to assess personal needs and preferences for treatment; • assistance in obtaining the services of mental health professionals trained in the area of sexual abuse victimization by qualified providers; • assistance in providing or presenting your report to the Diocese of Honolulu, and arranging visits or meetings with officials of the diocese so that they can act upon your report; • the coordination of any support services, resources or other services which directly enhance your ability to maintain a level of emotional well-being, while maintaining contact with you throughout the counseling and healing process.

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All of you has made it possible for us to cope through our sorrow. Just knowing that she is not suffering and that she is resting in peace has uplifted our hearts with comfort. We know she was loved, she will be missed but she will not be forgotten. From the bottom of our hearts, mahalo again and again.

With Love, James Ioane “Kimo” Paleka Sr., children and grandchildren

Employment Opportunity at Kaunakakai Elementary KES News Release Kaunakakai Elementary School (KES) is looking for a qualified individual to fill its Parent-Community Networking Center’s (PCNC), School Parent Facilitator’s position.

The PCNC role is an important one within our school. The primary focus of the PCNC position is to help schools and families build student esteem and achievement by creating a sense of community with partnerships among students, parents, teachers, and the community.

The PCNC, under the general direction of the Principal, develops, coordinates, and implements programs and activities which meet the assessed needs of the school/community. The PCNC will also be expected to direct, instruct and conduct appropriate learning experiences for parents, teachers, and other members of the school/ community as related to program goals; coordinate and train all volunteers; participate in the development and preparation of the school and PCNC budget and serve on faculty committees as assigned; and be responsible for the use of PCNC facilities, equipment and supplies.

Applicants must have knowledge of guidelines relating to parent involvement; procedures dealing with forming parent, school, community partnerships; basic rules for facilitating group meetings,

fundamental rules of oral and written communication; and basic process of public education.

Applicants must have the ability to understand and explain the philosophy, goals and objectives of the school; explain processes and operational procedures which must be followed; work effectively with parents, staff and community members to encourage participation and involvement; and set up group meetings, trainings on workshops, communicate effectively with individuals and groups.

Education and experience necessary includes a high school diploma, or higher degree, plus experience in developing and implementing parent/family involvement, support and education.

For more information about our school, visit our website at kaunakakaischool.net. Applicants should send a resume and cover letter outlining how they meet the specific requirements of the position and please include your name, contact number and email address. Drop it off at the Kaunakakai School Main Office, between 7:30a.m. to 4:00p.m., Monday through Friday or mail it to: Kaunakakai School; c/o Janice Espiritu, principal; P.O. Box 1950; Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748.

The deadline date to receive resumes and a cover letter is Wednesday, May 6.

OBITUARIES

Barbara Fackelman Barbara Fackelman, 79, died on April 4, 2015 in Arizona. Her husband, William, whom she married in 1956, passed away in 2012. She is survived by daughters, Jeri Lizsbeth, and Jean Babette Pfarrer and five grandchildren. While living on Molokai, Barbara worked at the Dept. of Social

Service and was the manager of Home Pumehana for some years. William was a teacher at Molokai High School. Barbara will be sorely missed by her bridge and quilting friends. For more information call Ada DeCourcy at 553-3308.

Moses Gudoy Luczon Moses Gudoy Luczon, 59, died on March 27, 2015 at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born on January 26, 1956 at the old Ho`olehua Hospital on Molokai. He lived life with passion but his greatest passion was to serve people: whether it be through cooking, photography, hospitality, or by being a part of different organizations. He desired to be a part of Molokai’s progress and commit his time in making Molokai a better place to live for the generations to come. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends; and his colleagues who served with him on many boards and organizations here on island.

Moses was survived by his wife, Es-

trelita Luczon; daughters, Starlet Luczon Joao (Clint) and, Natalie Luczon; his parents Gerardo (93) and Mary (83) Luczon of Kaunakakai, Hawaii; Andrew Luczon (Era) of Kahului, Maui; Esther Luczon of Kona, Hawaii; and Ermelinda Ibera (Andres) of Kalihi, Hawaii; and his grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, cousins, grand nieces, grand nephews, and Godchildren.

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Molokai Community Health Center. Family viewing will begin at 8:30 a.m. and public viewing will commence at 9:30 a.m. The memorial service will start at 10:30 a.m. and a burial will follow at Kapa`akea Cemetery. The family wants to say a big Mahalo and Salamat to all of you who were a part of his life! Family and friends are invited to a celebration luncheon following the burial.

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IN ESCROW Unit #204. Never Rented. mother-in-law suite 3bedrooms/2bath on 5.56 acres. Call for more details • KE NANI KAI Kawela: $144,900 (fs) Ranch Camp: $80,000(fs) Unit T-3, 1 bed/ 2bath Condo This unit Lot #221 Gently sloped w/ fantastic island views on Ke Nani Kai: $165,000 (fs) Kaunakakai: $399,000(fs) Kanoa Beach: $489,000 (fs) has never been rented. Kept in pristine 11,832 sf corner lot with water meter installed 2.052 acres 16,306 sq. ft., Prime commercial condition with many upgrades.

REDUCED PRICE 2208 sf duplex with individual water & electric. Plenty of storage area with property, in K’kai Unit #117, 2 bed/2 bath, corner unit private beach access.

Ranch Camp: $99,500 (fs) Ranch Camp: $89,000 (fs) Molokai Shores: $320,000 (FS) Hawaiian Homeland:s IN ESCROW 8,195 sf gently sloped lot on a quiet cul-desac.

Molokai Shores: $114,000 (LH) Corner lot, water meter installed with ocean views Unit B-317 Beautiful, fully furnished 2 Camp: IN ESCROW Wonderful ocean views.

2 bedroom/1 bath home sitting on .971 acre Manila bdrm, 2 bath with loft. Enjoy tropical 1 bedroom with good rental history.

3 bed/1 bath home with great ocean views from the lanai West Ohia: $479,000 grounds, barbecue and pool. A must see!

Unit #B-226 Kaunakakai: $150,000(fs) 2 lots of 6.156 acres.

Great mountain views.

Kualapuu: $219,000 (fs) East End: $790,000 (fs) 17,511 sf commercially zoned with two installed water Wavecrest Resorts: $305,000 (FS) Wavecrest Resorts: $149,900 (fs) 4 bedroom/1 bath home located on nice Oceanfront, with two homes. Front house a 2-story 2,.742 sf. 4 bed/3.5 Heights: $96,000 (fs) 10,477 sf lot in the heights meters. Fenced with gate.

Unit A-304, Beautifully furnished oceanfront Unit #B-207, Turn Key ready, beautifully corner lot baths. Back house 288 sf 1 bed/ 1 bath. Beautiful large flat 2.334 acre lot furnished. condo with fantastic rental history.

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Kamiloloa: $100,000(fs)

Seaside Place: $320,000 (fs)

10,010 sf vacant lot, one mile east of town

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WEST END - Stunning 2 bedroom home on WAVECREST CONDOof-Oahu Bankand west side withOCEANFRONT outstanding views approved short sale. $119,500. Easy to see nightly sunsets. $969,000

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