The Molokai Dispatch -- December 28, 2016

DECEMBER 28, 2016 - VOLUME 31, ISSUE 52

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Kualapu`u School students kicked off May's Lei Day celebrations.

Photo by Catherine Cluett Pactol

YEAR IN REVIEW Farmer athletes and coaches from the MIL Championship 8-man football team were honored during the Pro Bowl half-time in January. Photo by Nichol Kahale

JANUARY - JUNE Molokai keiki met inflatable life sized Hawaiian monk seals during an educational program from Storybook Theatre from Kauai. Photo by Catherine Cluett Pactol

Eight seven-foot-tall murals were painted by students and artistic masters depicting 48 Molokai mo`olelo.

Photos by Catherine Cluett Pactol

Lohio Paoa joined the Hokule`a on its leg between South Africa and Brazil in February, pictured here with a special visitor on the voyage. Oiwi TV photo by Jason Patterson

Hundreds gathered for an action-packed Heritage Rodeo hosted by Molokai Ranch in April.

Photo by Catherine Cluett Pactol

More than 100 Molokai college graduates of all ages were represented at a once-every-four-year graduation ceremony. Photo by Colleen Uechi

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YEAR IN REVIEW

January

Community Plan in Progress The Molokai Community Plan that will guide the island's future launched into its next phase of the update process: review by the Molokai Planning Commission (MoPC). After six months of intensive vetting, debate and suggestions from the Community Plan Advisory Committee that wrapped up in November, MoPC members start their review on Jan. 14 and continued over five meetings wrapping up in March.

The public was invited to offer input at each meeting. The community plan is organized into 10 main chapters, covering a range of topics from land use and economic development to cultural resources and environmental resources.

Separate from the MoPC's review meetings, the Aha Kiole O Molokai held its own moku gatherings to discuss the Community Plan. Organizers said the purpose was to get additional community input as to what residents would like to see in the plan. The Aha Kiole's meetings were held at the community centers in each moku.

40 Years of Aloha `Aina

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Having spent hours building, programming and practicing, dozens of elementary and middle school students demonstrated real-world applications of math and engineering in a robotics competition on Molokai. Not only were students pushing themselves towards excellence and a shot at competing in the upcoming state level VEX IQ Robotics Championships, they were participating in something historic. It was the inaugural year for Molokai's own robotics league, making Molokai the first island in Hawaii to create a robotics league, and also attain 100 percent participation by all schools on-island. The competition, held at the Molokai High/ Middle School cafeteria, was a qualifying tournament for the state championship on Feb. 6, which six Molokai teams attended.

Ho`olehua Credit Union Changes On Dec. 29, 2015, the First Hawaiian Homes Federal Credit Union (FHH FCU) closed its doors after being liquidated by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Located in Ho`olehua, the small building at the corner of Farrington and Pu`upe`elua Avenues served 1,379 members and had assets of nearly $3.2 million, according to the credit union’s most recent Call Report. An NCUA press release said the national organization made the decision to liquidate the FHH FCU and close operations "after determining the credit union was insolvent and had no prospect for restoring viable operations." The FHH FCU was chartered in 1937 and served homesteaders dating back to the days of the pineapple plantations.

In March, the Molokai Community FCU assumed its shares and assets.

Customers can now do their banking at either the Kaunakakai or Ho`olehua locations.

Forty years ago, on Jan. 4, 1976, nine people landed on Kaho`olawe as part of the A.L.O.H.A. (Aboriginal Lands of Hawaiian Ancestry) protest to draw attention to the injustices suffered

by Native Hawaiians due to the illegal role of the U.S. in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. Six were detained and escorted back to Maui by federal marshals. One, George Helm left with a journalist before the marshals landed.

The remaining two were Noa Emmett Aluli and Walter Ritte, who explored the island for two days before being arrested and issued letters barring them from the island. The Protect Kaho`olawe `Ohana was formed to build a movement to end all military use of the island. The tragic loss of two members, George Helm and Electric Study Suggests Kimo Mitchell, in March 1977 as part of ‘Paradigm Shift’ A recent independent study on the ongoing protests, fueled the movement to persevere until the bombing Maui County's electric utility, contractwas ultimately stopped on Oct. 22, 1990, ed by the county to consulting company Guernsey, examined alternate forms 25 years ago. of electric utility ownership and operation models. It recommended that Maui A First for Robotics County seek an Independent Systems Operator (ISO) or Regional Transmission Operator (RTO) to oversee the electric grid and energy market.

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February ‘Sons of Halawa’

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Molokai Mercantile began with an idea Nanette Walters and Dusty Dancy "just couldn't get out of their heads." The pair pictured an eclectic blend of curiosities and local goods and products -- part antique museum, part general store, part market for Molokai cottage industries.

"We feel the mercantile represents the plantation days," explained Walters.

Though not yet officially open yet, Dancy and Walters opened the workin-progress Mercantile for a test run for Valentine’s Day, offering a selection of plants, home baked goods and jewelry.

In the future, residents will be able to find jellies, marinades, dry rubs, coffee and tea, jewelry, art, crafts, kitchen goods, unique wears and trinkets.

Unresolved Solar Molokai-born Matt Yamashita’s Applications

passion for the aina, his kupuna and Hawaiian heritage came together with his passion for making films in his documentary, “Sons of Halawa.” The film depicts both the tenacity and precariousness of an ancient culture surviving in the modern world by telling the life story of Halawa valley legacy keeper Pilipo Solatorio and his search for a successor. The film made waves across the Pacific and beyond, enjoying soldout success at its November, 2015 premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival, as well showings across the islands. “Sons of Halawa” was more than three years in the making. It is a story Yamashita feels is important to give a wider voice, and the opportunities to do so have exceeded his expectations.

“I’m hoping that it’ll give people that don’t know anything about Hawaii a very rich and intimate experience of what Hawaiian values are like, and what the Hawaiian world view is…” said Yamashita.

Lohiao Paoa on Hokule`a Molokai's Lohio Paoa said Hokule`a has not only always been part of his life but voyaging is part of his genealogy.

As a crew member on the leg of Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage from Cape Town, South Africa to Brazil, he shared his thoughts in a crew blog during the voyage, following in the footsteps of his late father and Hokule`a captain, Mel Paoa. While on board, he and the crew celebrated his dad’s birthday.

A fellow crewmember wrote this account: “A noio bird was flying around last night when we came on watch...

This afternoon it returned and Lohiao walked to the back of the canoe and raised his hand and it landed on his hand as if visiting an old friend. We were all blown away. It hung with us for a while, checked us all out and then took off. Thanks for coming by and checking in on us Mel!"

More than 100 applications to install rooftop solar on Molokai remained pending at the hands of Maui Electric, according to a company representative.

This delay was reprimanded by Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Chair Randall Iwase, who issued a statement expressing dissatisfaction in the holdups.

"In light of… the ongoing void in comprehensively addressing the Molokai system, and the slow progress associated with approving new grid-supply applications raises serious questions about the HECO Companies’ actions pursuant to the letter agreement,” he wrote.

MECO said it has initiated additional studies for Molokai to determine how best to address the stability and service reliability issues caused by the high levels of PV on Molokai’s small electrical grid. As of February, 107 PV applications were pending on Molokai, according to MECO, and the company said it is "consulting with the PUC before taking any actions to address these service reliability concerns."

March 35 Years of Ag

A Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture (DOA) land use study showed dramatic changes in agriculture land use in the last 35 years, both on Molokai and statewide. Most of Molokai's agriculture is in the Ho`olehua area, on DHHL, state and Molokai Ranch land. The largest ag land users in 2015 -- farming about 2,300 acres -- are seed companies that primarily lease from Molokai Ranch. Prior to 1980, many Ho`olehua homesteaders leased their land for pineapple production, while some of that land today is being used to grow diversified crops like sweet potatoes, dryland taro, vegetables, macadamia nuts, bananas and papayas, according to the study. On Molokai, crops include 28 acres of aquaculture, 123 acres of coffee, 937 acres of Molokai Mercantile diversified crops, 26 acres of flowers or In a secluded garden oasis in Mah- landscape plants, 93 acres of papaya, 2 ana between Ho`olehua and west Molo- acres of taro, 43 acres of tropical fruit kai, a new business took shape this year. and 38,261 of pastureland for cattle, to-

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YEAR IN REVIEW taling 41,854 in agricultural acres.

Pilot Program Promises More Solar Maui Electric launched a pilot program for Molokai that the company hopes will allow additional rooftop solar to be connected to the island's grid.

During the two-year program, test technology will be installed onto the electric utility's that could address some of the grid's current challenges that have resulted in long wait times for customers trying to set up photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

"This equipment can be monitored and controlled by utility system operators, potentially improving the interaction of rooftop PV systems with the grid and reducing the chance these systems will undermine reliable service and power quality for all Molokai customers," said Jim Alberts, Hawaiian Electric senior vice president of customer service. Now, working with E-Gear LLC, a renewable energy innovation company, MECO will install Energy Management Control (EMC) and storage technology, paid for by the utility. The pilot will allow 10 Molokai PV systems that have been awaiting approval to move forward.

Hokule`a Goes to Cuba

Three Molokai residents are joining Hokule`a’s Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage on its leg from the British Virgin Islands to Havanna, Cuba. Todd Yamashita, Kawika Crivello and Eric Co were crewmembers on the 1,080 nautical mile journey that left port and took about a week en route. From Cuba, Hokule`a continued north to the voyage’s first Continental U.S. port in Florida around the end of March. Yamashita, who works in communications at the Polynesian Voyaging Society, is also majority owner of The Molokai Dispatch.

Co has worked for many years in marine conservation, while Crivello is a Molokai educator. So far, since departing Hawaii in May 2014, Hokule`a has sailed more than 21,000 nautical miles and made stops in 12 countries and 55 ports.

Fire and Flood A flood and fire affected Molokai's east and west ends, respectively. Twenty people in two separate groups were hiking in Halawa Valley when they encountered a flash flood. They decided to remain in safe locations until water dropped back down to a level in which they could safely cross the river. The groups consisted of both visitors and local residents ranging in ages 6 to 38, according to the Maui Fire Department (MFD).

The following day, a brushfire in Kaluakoi burned about five acres of land. Firefighters received the call at about 2:20 p.m., and ground crews faced difficult terrain to access the fire, assisted by a helicopter from Maui.

April

Vietnam Vets Honored As part of a nation-wide commemoration, Molokai Vietnam-era veterans were honored in a ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Though this year doesn't technically mark 50 years since the U.S. involvement in VIetnam began in 1964, the commemoration of Vietnam veterans extends from Memorial Day 2012 through Veterans Day 2025, according to a national Defense Authorization Act. This year, a day of appreciation was observed across the country on March 29, Vietnam Veterans Day, to say a special thank you to those veterans who often faced a less-thanwarm welcome upon their return from service. At Molokai's commemoration ceremony last Tuesday at the Veterans Center, the island's Vietnam-era veterans received many words of thanks and a pin commemorating their service.

Schools Get AC Donation When she was running for student council president at Kauanakakai School last fall, sixth grader Leonahe Crivello made a promise to fellow students that she would help bring air conditioning to the school's sweltering classrooms. She won the election, and this month, every classroom in the school is a cool one, along with several at Kilohana School

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too. Thanks to Leonahe's efforts and the thanks to invasive species removal and Wa`akapaemua Canoe Club paddled toteamwork of several agencies and orga- habitat protection efforts. gether as the Molokai Masters team, connizations, NextEra Energy donated solar sisting of Louann Moser-Reyes, Annette hybrid AC systems to cool 14 classrooms English, Stefani Bush, Janice Kalanihuia, at Kaunakakai and four at Kilohana.

Donna Paoa and Choppie Kalama. They The project doubled the amount of AC competed in the three Master 60 Women at Kaunakakai and replaced two older events, and though they did not medal, AC units. Kilohana Elementary had one they made the island proud. classroom with AC, prior to the additional four installed.

Final Stage for Community "[Leonahe] wanted all the students Plan to enjoy the AC comfort so they could The Molokai Community Plan beconcentrate on their studies, rather than gan the final step in the update process. the heat," said Kaunakakai Principal The Maui County Planning DepartJanice Espiritu. ment transmitted the draft document Making a Mural of Mo`olelo to the County Council for review and Earth Day Honors If you ventured to Keawanui Fish- adoption. Once completed, the plan Environmental Action pond, you would have found life tak- -- a comprehensive blueprint for the ing shape. On eight seven-foot high island's economic and environmental canvas panels, the stories of Molokai resources, infrastructure and cultural were transformed from words to im- values -- will help guide Molokai's fuages. With warm colors and bold brush- ture over the next decades. This is the strokes, more than a dozen local youth final step in the process for updating worked alongside artistic masters to cre- the 2001 Molokai Community Plan ate a mural that tells mo`olelo that many that began more than a year ago. The have never seen -- only heard. The mural County Council has one year to review consists of eight panels, each depicting the draft plan update, make revisions, stories from different areas of Molokai. and adopt the updated Molokai ComAbout 48 mo`olelo are represented, with munity Plan by ordinance. about five stories shown in each panel.

The County Council will hold pubSixteen Molokai students, ages 10 to 16, lic meetings on Molokai, which have five master Native Hawaiian artists and yet to be scheduled. In the meantime, Molokai came out in force in honor two Molokai apprentices worked for residents can contact the County Counthe Earth at the 24th annual Earth Day one week straight to bring life to ancient cil directly during the remainder of the Celebration and the people who help tales. Led and inspired by educator, art- process with any written testimony, care for it. Resident Gary Teves was ist and poet Maile Naehu, who teaches concerns or questions, and particularly honored with this year's Malama Kule- here on Molokai, the project is driven by reach out to Molokai's council member ana Honua award to his years of service a desire to empower youth to tell their Stacy Crivello. cleaning trash from the island's high- island's stories. The theme for the projways. Local organizations shared other ect is Aloha `Aina, and the mural project 4H Success successes and information about the is traveling around Hawaii.

Nearly 30 Molokai youth showed work they do for the environment and off their animals large and small at the opportunities that exist for residents to 9 Valedictorians Among MHS annual 4-H Livestock Expo on Mologet involved.

Graduates kai. Youth aged 5 through high school Twelve percent of this year's 73 senior introduced themselves and Molokai High School graduates were their animals.

"After 180 days of hard work, valedictorians and 33 percent have althey're ready to present their finished ready earned college credits.

New Sign Marks Historic "This is unprecedented," said Prin- products," said emcee and rancher Crash Site cipal Stan Hao. "This is the most [vale- Jimmy Duvauchelle during the openIn 1927, the first civilians to fly a dictorians] we've ever had. In farming ing parade. "It's all about training, it's plane from California to Hawaii ended terms, we have a bumper crop of really all about building character for these their flight somewhat abruptly on Molo- smart kids." kids." kai in the branches of a kiawe tree. Their Later in July, 10 Molokai 4-Hers Members of the class of 2016 helped plane was wrecked, but Ernest Smith the school claim four MIL team cham- entered their animal projects into the and Emory Bronte Jr. lived to tell the pionships in football, girls basketball, State Farm Fair. Grand Champion tale -- miraculously, without injury. The baseball and boys volleyball, as well as Market Hog went to Nainoa Bishaw25-hour-2-minute flight landed Smith individual champions in wrestling, track Mokiao with his hog from Mike Vida and Bronte a place in aviation history -- and field and judo, according to Hao. In on Maui. Hog Senior Showmanship and a newly installed roadside sign on addition to athletic successes, the class went to Acey Reyes with her hog from Molokai. The pilot, Smith, and Bronte, has proved that Molokai students are Sakugawa Farms on Maui. Nainoa also the navigator, took off from the Oak- well-deserving of higher education at took the Overall Champion Hog Exland, CA airport on July 14 in a Trave- the Ivy League level. Among this year's hibitor, great award to earn considerlair monoplane named City of Oakland. graduates, students will be attending ing you have more than one judge to Having successfully reached the Hawai- Brown, Columbia and Stanford univer- impress. Saije Aiana came out Grand Champion in the carcass category. Naian Islands, they ran out of gas. They sities, among dozens of other colleges. iau Arce took the Market Steer Reserve landed in a kiawe thicket in east MoloChampion title and Reserve Champion kai. For years, an old wooden sign had Showman. marked the crash's location between Ka- College Grads, Family malo and Keawanui, and the family of Learning More than 100 Molokai graduone of the pilots recently arranged for a new sign. It was created by local artist ates of all ages were honored for com- Newspaper Awarded The Molokai Dispatch was honpleting an important milestone in their Lee Mott of Doc Mott Signs. lives as they earned associate, bachelor ored with four Excellence in Journalism and masters degrees on Molokai. Every awards at a dinner in Honolulu hosted Robotics Molokai Competes four years, University of Hawaii Maui by the Society of Professional Journalat Worlds College Molokai campus holds a com- ists Hawaii chapter. Awards were preMolokai Middle School’s STEM mencement ceremony and this year's sented in newspaper, TV, radio and Robotics Teams 434 traveled to the 2016 41 graduation participates represented magazine categories, for news coverVEX Worlds Championships in Ken- just a portion of the 116 students that re- age during 2015. Molokai's own weekly tucky. Team Kalo, Team Menehune, and ceived degrees between 2012 and 2016. paper received two first place and two Team Naiwa represented STEM RobotThe graduates -- ranging in age from finalists awards. Over the last three ics, Molokai Middle School, Molokai 17 to 59 -- are 75 percent Native Hawai- years, the Dispatch has now received Robotics League, and Molokai at the ian. They represent all walks of life, in- 13 SPJ awards.

Former Dispatch reporter Colleen event, and was the only Maui County cluding three couples, two siblings and team in the VEX IQ Challenge Middle three military veterans. They are par- Uechi was awarded first place in the School Division. The 434s were ranked ents to 38 kids. Some of them completed non-daily newspaper category for for in the Top 200, Top 100, Top 50, Top 30, their degrees in two years while others her story "Fuel for Thought: Molokai's and even Top 20 in World/International worked hard for more than 20 years to Gas Prices." She earned another first standings. They also won the Pit Area complete their goals. This year's com- for her coverage of Kapuaiwa Coconut Award for the Middle School Division mencement also included the college's Grove, a series on community concerns that featured Molokai History and Cul- youngest ever graduate, 17-year-old regarding the health of the historic trees ture. This year’s event featured over Shyla Kamakaleihiwa Purdy-Avelino, and government and environmental ac1,070 teams across the five robotics divi- who earned her associate degree in Ha- tion that followed.

Catherine Cluett Pactol, editor of sions, and included teams from places as waiian studies. the Dispatch, received a finalist awards far as Thailand, Manila, Shanghai, South for "Secret Lives of Monk Seals” and Korea, Syria, Russia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, "Molokai Drive Inn Closes.”

Bahrain and Egypt.

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June

Banding Shearwater Seabirds Paddlers at World Sprints As dusk fell on the Mo`omomi coastline, silhouetted birds began to swoop over the shore and across the grasses and native plants of the dunes.

Donning their headlamps, a dozen biologists, conservationists and volunteers stood by, waiting for the birds to settle.

They were part of an annual banding project for Wedge-tailed Shearwater, or `Ua`u kani, an indigenous seabird with gray-brown and white feathers, a long, hooked beak and a wingspan of more than three feet.

Volunteers captured the birds, placed a small, metal band on one leg, then released them back to their burrow dug in the sand. By logging data on the bands and keeping track of recaptures, experts hope to be able to learn more about the demographics of the bird population, breeding habits and where colonies are thriving. Mo`omomi has one of the state’s populations of shearwaters

Molokai paddlers were well-represented at IVF Va`a World Elite and Club Sprint Championships held at Lake Kawana in Australia. Molokai paddlers Penny Martin and Camie Kimball joined forces with other Hawaii women in the Island Masters team, winning four gold medals in their division in events such as the Masters 60 Women V6 500 and 1000 meter races. Six women from

Damien Tours Celebrates 50 Years The 50th anniversary of the founding of Damien Tours in Kalaupapa was held at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki. The celebration also honored Gloria Marks and her late, Richard Marks, the co-founders of Damien Tours.

Fifty years ago Gloria and Richard started Damien Tours from humble beginnings. It was a struggle at first but this dynamic duo progressed from trucks to cars to vans to buses, bringing the story of Kalawao and Kalaupapa to the many pilgrims who came from all over the world.

In the process they told the world about the great and heroic men and women such as St. Damien and St. Marianne and others who gave their lives to caring for the victims of Hansen's disease.

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

Youth Ceramic Arts Classes every Saturday, for ages 4 - 11, using primarily clay. Two classes available for an hour each: Session 1 at 9:30 a.m. and Session 2 at 11 a.m. For info, email molokaiartscenter@gmail.com.

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

Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, pottery class taught

by Dan Bennett. New students must have instructor permission to join class.

MAC Jewelry Making Class with Helen Bergman at Coffees of Hawaii, 1st & 4th Thurs. of every month from 1-3 p.m.

Email bergman96748@yahoo.com for details.

month, Mondays at 5 pm in Kalele Bookstore backyard.

Contact Viola Mundrick-Wichman at tippy711@live.

Advanced Zumba with Preciouse Senica, 553-5848 Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class com or 560-6215 for info. Next meeting Sept. 14.

M Home Pumehana, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

T,Th Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 9-10am HI Seed Savers, Green Gorilla Growers meet every W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m. third Monday at 5 p.m. for a potluck. For location, T,Th, F Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center 5-6pm Open to all. For more info call 553-5402 contact 336-1566.

Aloha Yoga every Mon, Wed and Fri from 12 - 1 p.m. at Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot Ho`olehua Hawaiian Civic Club Meetings for MCHC. Call 553-3930 for more info.$40/monthly rate for TH Mitchell Pauole Center, 7 p.m.

Open to public.

December, Janurary, March, and May 2nd Wednesday unlimited classes or $10 drop in rate per class. begin at 5 p.m. at Kulana ‘Oiwi Conference room.

Molokai Swim Club Dance Joyfully with Kala Bishaw-Juario Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, Mornings: 5:30-7 a.m.

TH Home Pumehana 5 p.m.

Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym and Afternoon: 4:30 to 6 pm.

Hula with Valerie Dudoit-Temagaa conference room.

Pick-up Soccer W Home Pumehana, 10:30 a.m.

Living through Loss, Support group for anyone who MEETINGS W Duke Maliu Regional Park., 5pm has experienced the loss of a loved one. Meet every TH Mitchael Paole, 10:30 a.m.

Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Club. AA Hot Bread Meeting, Tues. & Fri from 9-10 p.m.

Thursday 2- 4 p.m. at Hospice Office in Kamoi Center.

Personal Training with Elias Vendiola Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities welcome. Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191.

For more information please call 553-4310, ext 1972 M,T,W,Th,F Na Pu’uwai Fitness Center 553-5848, by apAARP Monthly Meeting 1st Wed of every Month Th 7:30 to 8:30 am at Hale Wa`akapaemua.

Molokai Community Children’s Council Every pointment only, 5am-1:30pm Mitchell Pauole Ctr 9:30 a.m. second Thursday at Home Pumehana, 3-4 p.m. Contact Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and kayaking.

Quit Smoking Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai conference Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama Park. Call Clare Seeger Ahahui Kaahumanu Chapter VIII, Meetings for 567-6308 for info. room. 560-3653.

December, Janurary, March, and May, 2nd Wednesdays Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@youthinmotion.org.

Molokai Humane Society meets the third Tuesday of begin at 3:30 at Kulana ‘Oiwi Conference Room.

Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews. every month, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Kaunakakai ElemenMUSIC & ARTS M Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship tary School Room C-107.

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

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Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Molokai Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 Th Kualapu`u Rec Center, 5:15 p.m.

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

Na Ohana Hoaloha Music and Hula Hotel Molokai, p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John F Home Pumehana, 7:45 a.m. Call Connie at 553-3947.

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Wordin at 553-8100 for info.

Classes begin on Jan. 3, 2017 Strings Class on Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass starting Aug. OHA/DHHL. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st Yoga Class open to students, families and the community. 18. Kaunakakai Elementary Room A-103, Tues. & Thurs. and 2nd Tues. of each month at MAC with special field Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Beginner 3 p.m., Intermediate 3:30 p.m., Advanced 4 p.m. trips on Fridays.

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Gods Grub Hot meal served at 5 p.m. every Monday Yoga class focused on individual form, internal practice, Call Free to all ages. Contact Bob Underwood at 646-0733.

Read to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesat the corner of the baseball park. Free and open to Community Band (trumpet, trombone, sax, clarinets, Karen at 558-8225 for info. day of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 553-1765. flutes) starting Aug. 20 at Kkai Elementary at 5 p.m. Contact the public.

Zumba with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool at MCHC Mon. Bob Underwood at 646-0733.

T, Th Mitchael Paole, 9 a.m.

Families Against Bullying meets every 3rd Tues & Wed., 8:30-10:30a.m., and Kaulapu’u Community Molokai Art of Tones & Sounds w/Joshua Adachi, Mon. at Home Pumehana Conference Room from 3:30 to F Home Pumehana, 9:45 a.m.

Center Tues. & Thurs., 8:30-10:30a.m. Call 560-5642 for 3-5 p.m. & Tues. 3-5 p.m. @ MHS Band Room for middle and Zumba Gold with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 high schoolers. Tues. 5-7 p.m. for community and students 5:00p.m. Contact Shrene Naki at 553-4225 or snakikei- enrollment forms.

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Open to the public. For more information go to http://bit.ly/2dlu1GK ► Molokai Arts Center presents

Painting in Paradise with Kauai artist Patrick Ching Jan 7 from 5-7 p.m. at Hotel Molokai. No experience needed.

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p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fee is $100 per athlete and you can register at Rawlins Chevron or online at www.GiveItBackFoundation. org/RegisterHawaii. Email info@giveitbackfoundation.org for any questions.

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Molokai Community Health Center from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are avaiable from any Halau member, Mana’e Goodz & Grindz, or Molokai Ranch Office in Maunaloa. For more information call 553-3356, 658-1707, or 553-5945

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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 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 Abel Pangan | 808-646-1237 | 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 Rev. John Lunn | gracemkk.episcopal@gmail.com | 567-6420 | 2210 Farrington Ave | Worship 10 am Sun 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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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Donatello was a renowned Italian sculptor. His favorite piece was "Lo Zuccone," a marble statue of the Biblical prophet Habakkuk. As Donatello carved his workin-progress, he addressed it. "Speak, damn you! Talk to me," he was heard to say on more than a few occasions. Did the stone respond? Judging from the beauty of the final product, I'd have to say yes. One art critic testified that "Lo Zuccone" is a "sublimely harrowing" tour de force, a triumph of "forceful expression," and "one of the most important marble sculptures of the 15th century." I suspect you will have Donatello-like powers of conversation in 2017, Aries. If anyone can communicate creatively with stones -- and rivers and trees and animals and spirits and complicated humans, for that matter -- it'll be you.

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an artist whom Matisse revered. I think it's quite possible you will have comparable experiences in 2017, Virgo. Therefore: Don't give up on yourself!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The self in exile remains the self, as a bell unstruck for years is still a bell," writes poet Jane Hirshfield.

I suspect that these words are important for you to hear as you prepare for 2017. My sense is that in the past few months, your true self has been making its way back to the heart of life after a time of wandering on the outskirts. Any day now, a long-silent bell will start ringing to herald your full return. Welcome home!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with your astrological omens for 2017, I've taken a poem that Shel Silverstein wrote for kids and made it into your horoscope. It'll serve as a light-hearted emblem of a challenging but fun task you should attend to in the coming months. Here it is: "I've never washed my shadow out in all the time I've had it. It was absolutely filthy I supposed, so I peeled it off the wall where it was leaning and stuck it in the washtub with the clothes. I put in soap and bleach and stuff. I let it soak for hours. I wrung it out and hung it out dry. And whoever would have thunk that it would have gone TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Japanese novelist to Haruki Murakami, "A certain type of perfection can only be re- and shrunk, for now it’s so much littler than I." alized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect." Let's SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Walk your wisdom walk in amend that thought so it's exactly suitable for your use in 2017. 2017, Sagittarius. Excite us with your wisdom songs and gaze out Here's the new,Taurus-specific version: "A messy, practical, beau- at our broken reality with your wisdom eyes. Play your wisdom tiful type of perfection can be realized through a patient, faithful, tricks and crack your wisdom jokes and erupt with your wisdom dogged accumulation of the imperfect." To live up to the promise cures. The world needs you to be a radiant swarm of lovable, of this motto, make damn good use of every partial success. unpredictable wisdom! Your future needs you to conjure up a stream of wisdom dreams and wisdom exploits! And GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini gymnast Marisa Dick has steady please note: don't have to wait until the wisdom is perfect. created a signature move that has never been used by any other You shouldn'tYou worry about whether it's supremely practical. Your gymnast. To start her routine, she leaps up off a springboard and job is to trust your wisdom lands on the balance beam doing a full split. The technical term revel in your wisdom magic.gut, to unleash your wisdom cry, to for this bold maneuver is "a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit," although its informal name is "The Dick Move." The Inter- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As I was ruminating on your national Federation of Gymnastics has certified it in its Code of astrological omens for 2017, I came across a wildly relevant Points, so it's official. During the coming months, I expect that passage written by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. It conveys a message I you will also produce one-of-a-kind innovations in your own encourage you to memorize and repeat at least once a day for sphere. the next 365 days. Here it is: "Nothing can hold you back -- not childhood, not the history of a lifetime, not even the very last CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you will be as well- your moment now. In a moment you can abandon your past. grounded in 2017 as you have ever been -- maybe even since And oncebefore you can redefine it. If the past was a ring of your past life as a farmer. I trust you will go a long way toward futility, let abandoned, become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. mastering the arts of being earthy, practical, and stable. To do this If the pastitwas a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your right, however, you should also work on a seemingly paradoxical power." task: cultivating a vigorous and daring imagination -- as perhaps you did in one of your other past lives as an artist. In other words, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Naturalist John Muir regarded your ability to succeed in the material world will thrive as you nature as his church. For weeks at a time he lived outdoors, comnurture your relationship with fantasy realms -- and vice versa. muning with the wilderness. Of course he noticed that not many If you want to be the boss of reality, dream big and wild -- and others shared his passion. "Most people are on the world, not in vice versa. it," he wrote, "having no conscious sympathy or relationship to about them -- undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Even if you don't think of yourself as anything marbles of polished stone, touching but separate." Is there an artist, you are always working on a major art project: yourself. like about you that even partially fits that description, You may underestimate the creativity you call on as you shape anything Aquarius?

If so, I'm pleased to inform you that 2017 will be an the raw material of your experience into an epic story. Luckily, I'm excellent year to address the problem. You will have immense here to impress upon you the power and the glory of this heroic potential to become more intimate and tender with all of the effort. Is there anything more important? Not for you Leos. And component parts of the Great Mystery. What's the opposite of I trust that in 2017 you will take your craftsmanship to the high- loneliness? est level ever. Keep this advice from author Nathan W. Morris in mind: "Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your master- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Seven Chilean poets were fruspiece, after all." trated by their fellow citizens' apathy toward the art of poetry. sarcastically dramatized their chagrin by doing a perforVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): French painter Henri Matisse They for baboons. Authorities at the Santiago Zoo arranged (1869-1954) turned out to be one of the supremely influential mance for the poets' safety, enclosing them in a protective cage within artists of the 20th century. But he was still struggling to make a the baboons' habitat. audience seemed to be entertained, at living well into his thirties. The public's apathy toward his work times listening in raptThe and at other times shrieking raudemoralized him. At one point, he visited his dealer to reclaim cously. I'm sure you cansilence with the poets' drastic action, one of his unsold paintings. It was time to give up on it, he felt, Pisces. How many timesempathize have you felt you don't get the appreciato take it off the market. But when he arrived at the gallery, his tion you deserve? But I bet that will change dealer informed him that it had finally been bought -- and not have to resort to performing for baboons. in 2017. You won't by just any art collector, either. Its new owner was Pablo Picasso,

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America needs to help its doctors

By Jesse Church Aloha all my fellow veterans and residents of Molokai, old Jesse here with all the veterans news, and upcoming events. Every year, emergency rooms across the U.S. see roughly 70 trauma cases in which a patient arrives at the hospital wearing a tourniquet. That number is a very small percentage when you consider that 2.3 million Americans are hospitalized each year for trauma. Military physicians say more lives would be saved if the general public had access to and knew how to use tourniquets. Defense Department combat trauma experts said the skill should be as widely taught as basic first aid, especially with all the mass shooting and terrorist attacks that are increasing. The goal is zero preventable deaths from trauma injury. In the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, 133 of the 484 who died perished before arriving at a medical facility, retired Navy Capt. Frank Butler said. Most were caused by uncontrolled bleeding, and bystanders could have helped by applying a tourniquet or by applying pressure to a wound, if they only knew how.

The U.S. military has made some remarkable advances in the last 15 years and there is an obligation to take some of these advances home to help care for our friends, loved ones, and fellow citizens, said Butler. The National Academy of Medicine issued a report recently calling for the creation of a national trauma system, an integrated emergen-

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cy medicine system of military and civilian hospitals with physicians and surgeons trained in the most advanced trauma skills. The Institute of Medicine was asked to study the feasibility of an integrated trauma system, and the Department of Homeland Security has announced their program of “Stop The Bleed,” a campaign to encourage citizens to learn proper tourniquet techniques and promote the public availability of tourniquets. Institute of Medicine research estimates that 30,000 lives could be saved in the U.S. each year if they country created a national trauma system and aggressively educated and supplied first responders with cutting edge trauma care techniques.

Dr. Carlann Defontes will be having office hours in January at the outpatient building at Molokai General Hospital. Hours of operation 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on these dates January: Jan. 3, 4, 5, 10, 1, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31. Please call Alisha at 553-3191 for an appointment. The VA Eye Clinic with Katrina at the Veterans Center will be on Jan. 3, 17, and 31 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and no appointment is needed.

Please give old Jesse a call at 5533323 and tell me your wishes for the New Year, or just talk story. Remember old Jesse Loves all the people of Molokai every man, women, and child from my heart, you are my family. Please continue to support our men, and women in uniform they have a tough job to do.

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The Friendly Isle United Fund (FIUF) has touched many lives on Molokai. Every year, FIUF donates money to all the Department of Education and Hawaiian language immersion schools on Molokai. These funds allow our schools to purchase supplemental learning material that helps to enrich our children’s learning experience. Recognizing the limited opportunities on our island, our schools can always use more kokua.

Supporting the keiki on our island is one of FIUF’s primary goals, but far from its only goal.

A number of community-based projects also received FIUF grants each year. One such recipient, Ko Molokai Keiki `O Ke Kai, is a nonprofit group of volunteers who work to promote community fellowship and physical health for the youth of Molo-

kai through surfing. The emphasis is on drug and alcohol-free family time, putting on a safe and constructive event for the youth and community of Molokai. Participation in the meets builds the confidence and pride of the community while improving participants’ overall health and wellbeing.

From keiki to kupuna, FIUF has helped to fund many great initiatives benefiting our island since 1956. Donations to FIUF have supported educational programs, youth activities, health care, and cultural projects for the entire Molokai community. FIUF has been sponsored by the Molokai Community Service Council for three decades. If you are interested in making a year-end, tax deductible donation to support initiatives that help to strengthen our community, please visit PayPal.me/FriendlyIsle or www.

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OBITUARIES

Larry Swenson Larry Swenson, 85, died on Dec. 16, 2016. He was born Aug. 9, 1931. The Swensons purchased their home property in 1976 and have resided on the island full time since 1982.

Larry was a building contractor building over 100 homes on the island, the majority for Molokai residences. Larry and Diane also owned Tropical Island Properties, LLC dba Swenson Real Estate. Larry was past President of the Hawaii Association of Realtors and was honored by his peers as Real of the Year.

He leaves his wife Diane; sisters Phylis Hyde, Toochie Rockwell and Loretta Sable; sons Eric Swenson and Leif Swenson; daughter Heidi Swenson Chipman; grandchildren Brooke Beavers, Cori Chipman, Garrett Swenson, Tommy Chipman and Allyssa Jolls; and great grandsons Dylan and Gavin Jolls and Lincoln Swenson. He was preceeded in death by brother Phillip Swenson.

A celebration of life will be held at the Molokai Yacht Club on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at 10 a.m. The family requests instead of flowers, donations can be made to The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii for Molokai or Saint Francis Hospice, 24 Puiwa Road, Honolulu, HI 96817.

YEAR IN REVIEW

Sports Girls Paddling

The Girls Canoe Paddling team placed second in the MIL Championships and wrapped up their season under Head Coach Stefanie Hubbard in fifth in State finals. They placed third in their preliminary race and then won their semifinal heat and advanced to the finals.

Boys Basketball The Molokai High School Boys basketball team finished the regular season with an 8-4 record and in second place behind regular season champ Seabury.

In the Maui Interscholastic League Division II tournament, they defeated Lanai 53-37 and advancing to the championship game, falling to the Seabury Spartans 67–46. Molokai finished the season with a 9-5 record under first year Head Coach Mike Kahale.

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tournament, Cendall Manley claimed the island's sixth ever state championship in the sport. She was one of 10 Molokai High wrestlers representing at the event, and one of eight to medal.

Five wrestlers qualified on the girl’s side and all five Lady Farmers got a medal.

Cendall Manley was State Champion in the 168 weight class, Alexandria Simon was third at 138 pounds, Esther Torres Umi was fourth at 145, Kelsie Lee Bicoy Juario was sixth at 132 and Martika English was sixth at 184. On the boys’ side, three out of the five qualifiers earned a medal with Caele Manley taking fourth at 126 pounds, Maka Kaahanui earning fifth at 220 and Kuikamoku Han taking sixth at 285. Jordan Boswell and Diego Dupont also qualified for states but did not place this year.

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qualified for the final four rounds of the at the Barn, and the Farmers came out MIL Individual Golf Championships victorious. The Molokai boys completed and shot 90 at Ka`anapali Golf Course. an undefeated season, 8-0, and won their first Division II title since 2005 by winBaseball ning two matches on their home court under Head Coach Hale Domingo. Molokai was the only representative from the MIL DII league at the state tournament, where they finished as runner up.

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The Molokai High School Boys Baseball team won their fourth straight league title and completed an undefeated season by toppling Seabury 11-1 in the MIL DII Championship under Head Coach Ilika Kaahanui. Molokai has won the last four MIL D-II titles and 37 straight league games. They were seeded fourth in the state, and finished out in sixth after losing a tough game to St. Francis in their first state game.

Tennis Swimming Molokai swimmer Keao Ross won the Maui Interscholastic Championship in the 50 freestyle. Represented by just four athletes, the Molokai boys team garnered enough points to place third overall, making the team one of the strongest in the last decade, according to Coach Jess Ford. Ross was the first qualified individual to swim at the state meet representing under Ford. At states, both the girls and boys competed in the 200 yard medley relay, while also swam in the 50 yard Freestyle event. None of the Molokai swimmers made it past the preliminary rounds, but the team had a strong season.

The Girls Basketball team clinched the regular season championship and went on to clinch their fourth straight Maui Interscholastic League Division II Championship, defeating Seabury 3129. It also marked their eighth title in the last nine years, and an undefeated season record at 12-0 under Head Coach Lee DeRouin. The girls traveled to Hilo Boys Volleyball The Molokai Boys Volleyball team for the Division II State Tournament seeded fourth and lost their two games completed an undefeated season and at states. They end their strong season clinched the MIL DII Boys Volleyball regular season championship under with a 14-2 record.

Head Coach Hale Domingo. At the State Wrestling championships, they were seeded numThe Molokai Wrestling Team, un- ber two and finished as runner up to der Head Coach Randy Manley, brought five-year champions Hawaii Baptist. home five league championships and five runner ups. The girls came in second Golf Molokai High's Jershon Kaalekahi overall, and the boys third. At the state

The Molokai High School Tennis team finished strong at the MIL Tennis Championships in Wailea. Preston Pascua Kahookano and Kaiea Dowling finished of the doubles competition in fourth place, falling to the team from Lahainaluna in the third place match. Under Head Coach Kanahele Montizor, the boys doubles team went on to compete in states, losing in the first round against Punahou.

Track and Field Molokai Track and Field athletes were among the top finishers at the MIL Championships. Kori DeRouin placed first in the shotput with a personal record of 34 feet 11.75 inches, being named the MIL Champion in the event. Luhi Perdo took second in the discus at 102 feet 6 inches, another personal record.

The team was led by Head Coach Jess Ford, with assistance from throwing coach Micah Buchanan. DeRouin and Pedro competed in states, with DeRouin, a senior this year, coming in 21st place with a throw of 29 ft. 6.5 in. Pedro, a sophomore, placed 17th with a throw of 97 ft. 6 in.

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The Boys and Girls Judo teams both placed third overall at the MIL Judo Championships at Maui's King Kekaulike High School. The girls’ individual MIL placers were Gabby Aquino at second place in the 103 pound division, Cameryn Kahalewai earning first place at 122 lbs, Giesha Nunez in fifth place at 129 lbs, Alex Simon taking first place at 139 lbs, and Esther Torres-Umi also claiming the first place title at 154 lbs. On the boys’ side, Jake Samaniego took place at 121 lbs, Tekoa Torres-Umi in third place at 132 lbs, Hauoli Caparida earning second place at 132 lbs, Ikua Deponte claiming first place at 145 lbs, Jarron Boswell earning second place at 161 lbs, and Kuikamoku Han taking first place at 285 lbs.

Molokai went on to take nine judoka to the state tournament, led by Head Coaches Eli Maioho and Tilana Kawaa.

The Molokai High School Girls Softball team clinched a state tournament berth for the fourth straight year after beating Seabury Hall in the semifinals of last week’s DII softball championships on Lanai. Kysha Kawano pitched a one hitter and Cami Horner had a home run in an 11-1 five-inning win over Seabury Hall. Horner finished three-for-three and drove in a pair of runs for the Farmers. Coached

by Kawehi Horner, the girls fell in their first state game and rebounded to win their second, advancing to the consolaVolleyball tion championship game, which they This year’s Boys Volleyball MIL lost, finishing eighth in the state.

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