Molokai Dispatch -- July 24, 2013

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Oceanic Internet Upgrade

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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ceanic Time Warner Cable broadband Internet customers on Molokai have waited for years, filed dozens of complaints and wrung their hands in frustration as hundreds streaming Netflix movies failed to load -- all because of Internet speeds many called substandard.

Finally, the wait is over and YouTube videos can buffer in an instant. Last week, Oceanic upgraded Molokai service from microwave technology to fiber optic -- effectively doubling Internet speeds to its approximately 1,000 island customers, according to Oceanic President Bob Barlow.

Last week, Oceanic notified its Molokai customers of the upgrade through an automated telephone message. Barlow said no interruption in service occurred, and despite their preparation for potential technical issues, none were experienced.

“Nobody even knew it happened,” said Barlow. “When you go home tonight [last Thursday], you’ll just have a little higher speeds.”

Those speeds, he said, went from 5 megabits per second (Mbps) download speed to 10 Mbps. The upgrade means Molokai customers are now receiving RoadRunner -- the same service offered on Oahu -- whereas before they got WAVE, though at same price charged to RoadRunner customers.

For Kawela customer Doug Beijer, who has lobbied for the upgrade for several years, it’s no cause for celebration.

“I can’t get thrilled about finally getting what I should have been get-

Anointed With Hope Daniel Lehmann performing at the Concert of Hope. Photo by Vincent Meadows adding he hopes the Weekend of Hope is just the beginning of similar events that serve residents and bring the community together. The main goal of the Convoy was to meet the needs of the people and have the churches working together, according to Hiro.

The event offered free haircuts to CPR training, groceries to music, family portraits to a kid zone.

Nearly 3,000 residents attended Saturday’s festivities, and an estimated 400 volunteers took part.

Seven desktop computers were given to local families, along with shoes, backpacks, socks, light bulbs and many other necessities.

Pastor George Nagato, a Convoy greeter and volunteer leader, showed a passion for the event’s mission that uplifted fellow volunteers. The event impacted people “physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually,” according to Nagato.

The Convoy of Hope is a nation-wide humanitarian effort to provide food and services to those in need that has been held on Oahu since 2011. Organizers said they have also done work in Haiti, Japan, and other international loca-

By Vincent Meadows | Staff Writer

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housands of pounds of free food and goods and dozens of services were given away on Molokai last weekend during what has been called the largest humanitarian event in the island’s history. But more importantly, organizers of the Weekend of Hope said the event was a celebration of fellowship, unity and helping your neighbor.

The Weekend of Hope, held Friday through Sunday at the Kaunakakai Ball Park, was the culmination of months of planning and the efforts of 11 local churches as well as organizers nation-wide. The weekend included three major events: the Convoy of Hope that provided a host of free food and services; the Concert of Hope, featuring wellknown musicians from around Hawaii and the country; and the Message of Hope on Sunday morning -- a unified church service that spoke directly to the true intention of the weekend’s events. That message, in the words of event coordinator Pastor Cameron Hiro, was the “spirit of unity.” ”This is not a onetime thing, this is a movement,” said Hiro,

tions. Convoy of Hope not only helps in places of poverty but any place in the world where spiritual uplifting is needed, according to Staff Volunteer Hugh Duncan .

This is the first year that the Convoy has come to Molokai, and local organizers coordinated the event with the existing annual Molokai Concert of Hope.

Convoy Senior Director Ron Showers, who has been actively involved with the effort for eight years, said the Convoy of Hope normally selects locations through the invitation of a government body or community leaders to get the local people actively involved. As Showers puts it, the Convoy’s mission is “neighbors helping neighbors.”

Lynette Eastman is a Convoy organizer who helped greet and count incoming guests. She said she truly felt “anointed” to be on Molokai and to be part of this effort. She said she felt that God chose Molokai at the right time for this event.

Award-winning Hawaii musicians Barrett and Tara Awai have toured all over the nation and performed at Molokai’s Concert of Hope. They described Molokai as “different” and a completely Hope Continued pg. 4

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Breaking the Silence Vigil remembers Malia and Kaimana Kahalewai

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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Brother Dutton Statue Gifted to Molokai pg 2

I want to be the last mother standing here,” said Mary Jane Kahalewai, as she stood before community members -- each holding a lit candle -- remembering the lives of her children Malia and Kaimana.

A vigil gathering was held last week in their honor and other victims of domestic violence.

“God can take what is deadly… what is wrong… and something good can come out of it,” said Pastor Robert Sahagun on the Molokai Public Library lawn at dusk last Wednesday. “And that is why we’re here.”

“For us, it’s about awareness, giving aloha to the family and [letting people know] we’re available if anyone needs help,” said Wanette Lee, Program Director of Hale Ho`omalu Women’s Shelter and the Alternatives to Violence Program.

She added the vigil offered closure to family and loved ones, but also a new be-

ginning to start over.

Lee said the Molokai domestic violence hotline is available 24/7 by calling 567-6888 for a place to stay or just to talk, and when in a crisis, always call 911.

“A lot of people believe, ‘[domestic violence will] not happen to me or my family,’ but you never know,” said Lee. “Silence can sometimes bring more harm than good.”

With a goal of breaking the silence, nearly three dozen Molokai residents came out to share memories of Malia and Kaimana. Some speakers also recounted their own experiences with domestic violence.

Survivor and advocate Linda Dudoit shared her abusive past, even though “it’s not easy to come up here,” she said.

“I worked but had no money -- he made me broke,” she remembered. “My son told me, ‘why do you stay, Mama?’…

There’s no place to go, no money… when you love, you go back, but you can’t change them,” she said.

Finally, after 18 years, she left.

“Remember, stay strong and believe,” she told her audience. Today, she is happily married to man who is himself an advocate against domestic violence.

Mary Jane Kahalewai said she wants to turn the pain of her children’s loss into an effort to end domestic violence through legislative action. She said she also believes it is important to look at ways to better address treatment of mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, which sometimes lead individuals to abusive behavior.

Marlin Lavoie, who was charged with Malia’s murder in March, was recently granted the request for a mental fitness evaluation before standing trial.

Lavoie’s attorney said the Honouliwai man was suffering from a “physical or Vigil Continued pg. 2

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Continued From pg. 1 ting all along,” he said. “It’s something that they should have done years ago. I just don’t feel I’m getting ripped off quite as bad.”

Barlow admits Molokai’s speeds are still slower than on Oahu, but it’s still a big improvement.

The way Beijer puts it, Oahu is getting 15 Mbps so “now instead of getting 10 percent of what we’re paying for, we’re getting 75 percent.”

New Email Addresses While the change may have been seamless for many, Barlow said the upgrade will require upcoming action on the part of some customers.

“The downside is everyone will have to change their email addresses,” he explained.

The change will affect those Oceanic customers who use a Wave address. Barlow said the first part of the email address should remain the same, but instead of being “@wave.hicv.net,” addresses will switch to “@hawaii.rr.com.” He said the change is nothing urgent -- customers will receive a notice in the mail instructing them how to make the change. Until then, he said, the existing email address will continue to work.

But not all Molokai customers have found the transition to go smoothly. One customer who lives just east of Kaunakakai said her Wave email was able to receive but not send emails after the upgrade. She called Oceanic and a representative gave her her new RoadRunner address already.

The same customer also said she experienced trouble connecting to the Internet after the upgrade. An automated message on Oceanic’s service line, she said, instructed Molokai customers to unplug and replug their modem, which she said fixed the problem.

“I just wish there had been more transparency,” she said of Oceanic’s upgrade. “Customers received no letter explaining the changes.”

Challenges of Rural Service When Barlow spoke with the Dispatch last August about Oceanic Internet upgrades, he promised Molokai would receive increased speeds through microwave technology by the end of 2012, and an upgrade to fiber optic shortly after that.

Those estimates, it turns out, were inaccurate. Oceanic already had fiber cards optic Business technology on Molokai, but$15 not to Molokai. Before the upgrade, a$30 microwave signal was transported to$15 MoloPassport kai from Maui,Photos then delivered to$20 homes $5 and through on-island fiber optic lines Copies coaxial cables. Barlow said last$.20 week $.75 that the company was able to negotiate Subscriptions $70 that a lease agreement with a company $45 already had undersea fiber lines running $35 $20

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to Molokai and connect to Oceanic’s existing on-island fiber.

“We were scrambling just to get the fiber deal done,” he said. And because the agreement was nearing completion, Oceanic decided not to do the intermediate microwave upgrade.

“What tends to happen in Hawaii and across the country is that rural areas have no or low levels of connectivity,” said Keali`i Lopez, director of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). Broadband Internet, she said, is federally regulated, but even though the state has little authority over Broadband service providers, the DCCA is still doing what it can to improve Internet across the state.

Lopez said there are several challenges for Broadband providers to serve rural areas.

“The cost is high because it’s spread across small subscriber base,” she said of places like Molokai.

Lopez said the DCCA is working at the federal level to allocate more funds for Hawaii Broadband providers like Oceanic to better serve rural communities.

The state Broadband Assistance Advisory Council works on a variety of angles, including funding, permitting -- to ease the process providers go through to get easements for access points -- as well as adoption, or how residents and businesses can best utilize Broadband technology, Lopez said.

Even though the state can’t regulate the level of service providers offer, “we’re saying the state should pay attention and look at the ways at the state level that we can remove or limit barriers for access to rural areas,” said Lopez.

Benefits of High Speed Lopez described the potential provided by higher speed Internet as “phenomenal,” giving Molokai residents access to resources that weren’t available to them before. Those benefits can be seen among students able to research projects faster, small businesses utilizing Broadband for worldwide distribution of their services, and Molokai residents having better access to government participation.

“Broadband is the Internet superhighway,” she said. “It needs to be looked at as an infrastructure.”

Barlow said even better Internet is on the way for Molokai. He said the company’s goal is to bring Hana and Lanai up to RoadRunner speeds, then they will refocus their attention back to Molokai.

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Kawela Bridge Construction on Hold

By Catherine Cluett | Editor-In-Chief

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or years, residents of east Molokai have been waiting on improvements to Kawela Bridge to prevent flooding during heavy rains that leave nearby yards filled with debris and the highway occasionally impassible. The estimated $8.4 million project began last summer and completion was expected this January. Now, state permitting delays likely mean construction will continue through next summer, according to officials at Goodfellow Bros., the company contracted for the project.

Work on the bridge has been on hold since early March, said Todd Svetin, Goodfellows project manager. That’s when a state permit relating to water quality expired, according to Caroline Sluyter, the public information officer for the state Department of Transportation (DOT).

“We apologize for the delay and we’re working really hard to get this tied up as quickly as possible,” said Sluyter.

She said the Department of Health’s Clean Water Branch expressed concerns about water run-off of the Kawela Stream related to the bridge construction around the same time the permit expired. Those concerns have caused additional delays in its renewal, Sluyter said. She could not give details about the nature of the permit, but said the concerns had to do with implementation of the erosion plan being different than the plan as stated in the permit.

“We didn’t anticipate [the delays], but we have to work through it,” said Svetin. He said he expects construction on the bridge to resume next month.

The new bridge will be almost 20 feet wider than the former bridge, allow-

ing for a 10-foot wide shoulder on each side of the highway, according to DOT officials. The streambed under the new bridge will be lined with concrete to protect the banks from erosion and to facilitate maintenance.

Currently, a detour route makai of the former bridge allows traffic to continue traveling across Kawela Stream on Kamehameha V Highway about five miles east of Kaunakakai.

The former bridge, constructed in 1940, did not conform to current state and federal highway standards, according to a 2009 draft Environmental Assessment of the bridge. In addition, the structure was deemed “hydraulically inadequate” to handle flooding of Kawela Stream.

Local residents hope the bridge will mean an end to frequent flooding of the area. But many are frustrated with the construction delays.

“It’s unfortunate that this project is being held up because of what seems to be insufficient foresight in obtaining a necessary permit,” said nearby homeowners Frances and Bill Feeter, via email.

“Delays in construction may possibly cause residents to be flooded again.”

Svetin said he does not foresee flooding as a result of the delay.

The stream is currently diverted to allow construction, he said, and once work resumes, pumps will be turned back on to control water in the work area.

He said a potentially high flow of water in the stream might necessitate a temporary pause in the work, but likely would not cause damage or overflow. He said the culvert has already shown it can handle heavy rain last March. And once the bridge is complete, he said, there will be even more water flow space underneath.

Brother Dutton Statue Gifted to Molokai

By Catherine Cluett Editor-In-Chief

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olokai is already home to two saints -- Damien and Marianne -- and if efforts continue, the island might be known for a third: Brother Joseph Dutton. Dutton worked alongside St. Damien and Marianne to serve Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa, but he is just as known for his rocky past before becoming a Catholic.

Thanks to Oahu benefactor John Perreira and a few local residents, including the late Larry Helm, a statue of Dutton will soon arrive on Molokai to help tell the story of a transformation from soldier to would-be saint.

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Meanwhile, Perreira, a fellow veteran on Oahu, was researching construction of a statue to honor Dutton on Molokai. Perreira had also paid for a statue of St. Marianne in Kalaupapa, which was installed in the settlement last year. He wanted something similar for Dutton, but placing a statue in the Kalaupapa National Historical Park requires a lengthy federal approval process, and Perreira, at age 93, did not want to wait that long.

That’s when he contacted Petrie, who suggested the statue be placed either at the new Veterans Center or next to St. Joseph’s church in Kamalo, which was built by St. Damien.

“Larry was excited about it -- he was delighted to think it could go at the vet’s hall,” recalled Petrie. “[Helm] wanted to get all the veterans together and this would be like a symbol, a beacon,” added Perreira.

But because the Veterans Center has not yet been completed and permits are still required to place it in Kalaupapa, Petrie said the statue will likely find a temporary home at St. Joseph’s.

Dutton served in the Northern Army during the Civil War and climbed the ranks for his loyal service.

After the war, he volunteered to find the dead left on battlefields and trace missing soldiers.

He got married, but the union ended in divorce.

He turned to alcohol, and, while suffering from PostTraumatic Stress Disorder The Statue as a result of his military career, drank heavily for The 7-foot-tall marble the next decade, accordstatue of Dutton, weighing ing to accounts of his life. Brother Joseph Dutton in his later more than 2,000 pounds, Things turned years in Kallaupapa is scheduled to arrive on around for Dutton, howMolokai by barge this ever, when he began studying religion week, said Petrie. It was carved in China. and became a Catholic. He learned about Perreira did not want to say how much Father Damien’s work in Kalaupapa, and construction and shipping of the statue he volunteered there for the next 45 years cost. The statue depicts Dutton in his until his death in 1931.

Union uniform, he said.

Because of his status as a military “John wanted to captivate the young veteran and the struggles he overcame, military man who served in the Civil he has become a role model and inspira- War,” said Petrie of Perreira’s vision. Pertion for some veterans today, and many reira said he worked closely with Helm in Hawaii are pushing for his canoniza- to design the statue.

Petrie added the statue will aid in tion as a Catholic saint.

One of those was Molokai resident the process of Dutton’s possible canonand veteran Larry Helm. After Molokai’s ization, which requires several steps. One St. Damien Catholic Parish priest Father requirement for the Catholic Church ton Bill Petrie told Helm about Dutton, Helm consider someone for sainthood is public -- himself a Caholic -- wanted to share the admiration, explained Petrie. He added having a visible statue, especially in Kastory of Dutton’s life.

“When [Helm] found out [Dutton] malo, where many visitors and pilgrims was a Civil War veteran, it peaked his stop, will move that process forward.

“Larry was waiting for this and... interest since my dad is also a veteran,” said Helm’s daughter, Nichol Helm Ka- his dream was fulfilled in this statue,” hale. “He went home and searched Dut- said Perreira, expressing regret that Helm ton on the Internet and was intrigued by will not be here to see the statue.

He said he hopes it will arrive on his story: a civil war veteran with PTSD who went to Kalaupapa to serve those in Molokai in time for Helm’s memorial services this Saturday. need.”

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Congratulations, graduates, on your accomplishments and especially for your dedication and commitment to your education while living away from home all these years.

Ready to Learn at MHS MHS News Release

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“Ready to Learn” is the theme for Molokai High School (MHS) as we begin the 2013-14 school year. We want our students to be 100 percent prepared with habits of mind that address higher education desires as well as be ready to enter the work force. We are looking to implement a few non-negotiable items and hope you will agree these will contribute to the overall success of your student.

We have noticed a rise in inappropriate language, specifically profanity.

Our students should express themselves in ways that will provide them access to the greater global society and not prohibit them. Swearing has always been associated with the gutter and as Hawaiians say, it’s “pilau.” We hope that these same valuable lessons are being taught in the home.

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Uniform were instituted for academic performance, student appearance and conduct. We continue to see dramatic progress in each area thanks to the uniform policy. Your assistance in ensuring that your child is in uniform each day will promote overall student achievement and campus improvement.

Uniform waivers can be obtained from the Administrative Office. Call 567-6950 for information. You may still order uniforms online at kulathreads.com.

All school activities come with a price whether it is Homecoming, FutureFEST, May Day, the Prom or Class Spirit assemblies. These activities are afforded through the payment of class dues and student fees. We seek your assistance in ensuring that all students pay their dues and fees. Any student participating in athletics is required to have these fees paid.

Registration for all students will be held on Thursday, July 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. This will be an opportunity to pay Class Dues ($6) and Student Activity Fees ($6), complete Free and Reduced Lunch and Bus applications, take pictures for student IDs and receive student schedules for the coming year.

Visible IDs During the SY 2013-14 students will be required to wear student IDs on their person. We hope this will increase school security and student responsibility. Organizations and institutions across the globe use similar systems and we want our students prepared to participate in these practices. IDs will carry more than just the student’s image and information -- it will also hold lunch account information and provide access to use of technology, library resources and student activities. All IDs are free when the student pays their student fees. Any lost ID cards will be replaced for $5.

New School Year Teachers return to prepare for students beginning July 30, 2013. The first day for Freshman Orientation is Monday, Aug. 5. All students return to school on Tuesday, Aug. 6. We hope that you will join us in embracing “Ready to Learn” and attend these very important dates.

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Molokai 4 Molokai Race With the Maui to Molokai World Cup of SUP (Stand Up Paddle) race on Saturday, July 13, the idea of the Molokai 4 Molokai (M4M) race the following day was born just eight weeks ago. Its goal was to keep paddlers over on Molokai another day, stimulate the local economy and inspire youth.

With only a short time to throw something together, it almost felt like an impossible task. Stand Up Paddle Association of Molokai (SUPAM) and Youth in Motion made M4M a success with a huge boost from sponsors who came in at the last minute, along with the organizers of the Maui to Molokai race, pledges from the racers and community, local, state and international competitors who believed in the concept. The 8.5-mile course was from Kamalo to Hotel Molokai, and two thirds of the competitors who raced from Maui stayed over for the Sunday’s race.

The weather blessed this event giving good trades, almost perfect conditions and a fun race. The event had two different start lines for the divisions of OC1/2 and SUP. Both SUP and OC1 divisions had prize money for the Men and Women’s divisions from first through third place.

In the OC1, Camie Kimball stormed to first overall, shortly followed by Crystal Egusa and Desiree Puhi. The women rocked on this event with their support and encouragement in making this happen. Jason Aiana took first place in the Men’s division with a $100 check along with some cool prizes and Stephanie Bush and Annette English won the OC2 division.

In the SUP overall and open divi-

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Continued From pg. 1 mental disease, disorder or defect” at the time of the shooting and is not mentally capable of understanding court proceedings. He has pleaded not guilty to charges including second-degree murder, abuse and third-degree assault.

Family and friends of Malia said the nine-year relationship between she and Lavoie had been abusive, evidenced by multiple domestic violence arrests and restraining orders filed against him. One

Photo by Johann Meyea / 808photo.me sion, Dave Kissane from Australia took first place, with Kaeo Abby from Oahu hot on his heels in second and Tomo Murabayashi from Japan in third. In the Men’s 14 ft. division, Maui boy Zane Schweitzer clinched first place over Matt Becker from California and Peter Peterson from South Africa. Jeff Chang from Oahu won the Men’s 50+ division.

In the women’s division, it was Oahu’s Jennifer Lee taking firstplace overall, Lina Augaitis from Canada in second but first in the 14 ft. division and Brigette Van Aswegan from South Africa in third overall, and second in the Women’s 14 ft. division. Sharon Look from Maui took second in the Women’s open and Roz Selback took third. Peggy King from Maui won the women’s 50 division.

Locally for the Molokai racers, it was Todd Yamashita who won the Men’s 12’6 division, with Tabitha Puhi taking the Women’s 12’6 division and Boki Chung in second. Young upstart Alex Mawae won the youth division.

Overall, M4M was a huge success with some great vibes. SUPAM brought together a truly international, high caliber field amongst locals while pushing the limits, enjoying the race, fundraising and achieving the original goals and making sure the racers enjoyed their time on Molokai with a memorable event. Stay tuned for the announcement of the dates of 2014.

family member who spoke at the vigil said they were always worried for her safety.

Malia’s younger brother, Kaimana, committed suicide shortly after her death.

Five in Hawaii, including Malia and Kaimana, have lost their lives to domestic violence so far this year, according to Molokai advocate Rose Pettigrew.

“May Molokai be a spotlight in domestic violence being wiped off this island,” said Sahagun.

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Hawaiian Studies Degree The University of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai will be offering an associate in arts degree in Hawaiian studies starting this fall.

“Establishing the associate degree program is an important step for UH system initiatives perpetuating Hawaiian language, culture, and values,” the Hawaiian Studies instructors at UH, Maui College said.

The new associate degree program will benefit all students seeking a deeper understanding of Native Hawaiian culture and history and is a pathway to any fouryear degree. The degree also is expected to be of interest to those entering the workforce or other areas of study where knowledge of the host culture is desired.

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Kamehameha Schools News Release

Congratulations to the Molokai Class of 2013 Graduates of Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus. Commencement exercises were held on Sunday, May 26 at the Neil Blaisdell Arena. Molokai was represented with 16 graduates who lived as boarders on campus, some entering as seventh graders and some as ninth graders.

Graduates include Mika Lindo, Poki`i Apiki, Kiaka Lima-Mollena, `Ioane Teves, Namakana Pa-Kala, Houston Hiro, Crysten Kalua, Briann Young, Dara Naeole, Lisa Dudoit, Keolewa Puhi, Nanea Manangan, `Olana Chow, Kawaipu-

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from the University of Hawaii, Board of Regents. The degree proposal grew out of a desire to strengthen the University of Hawaii’s goal of being a leading indigenous-serving institution and to support the advancement of Hawaiian culture and knowledge.

The degree also is a product of close collaboration of faculty at the community college campuses interested in offering a single program of study that addresses the university’s strategic goals with a shared focus.

For more information about the new Hawaiian Studies associate degree and to register for the upcoming fall semester come to UH Maui College, Molokai campus or call (808) 553-4490 option 1. Fall semester starts on August 26.

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The Molokai Dispatch • July 24, 2013 •

Community Contributed

Community Contributed

Animals With A Purpose

Seed Savings – Part II

By Glenn I. Teves | UH County Extension bers of the pepper family to prevent unplanned crossings. Eggplant fruit will Agent

Many seed varieties developed in Hawaii and passed down through generations are difficult to find today, such as Lualualei pole beans, and Kulanui and Kauwela lettuce. These varieties were stress-tested and adapted to our specific climatic challenges. Saving and sharing seed helps to preserve these special varieties not only for the next season, but also for generations to come.

Some seeds, such as beans and inbred corn, are among the easiest to save.

Allow them to dry on the plant, and remove them from the pod or husk and screen out misshapen or damaged seed.

You may have to harvest early and dry it afterward if mice or birds are a problem. Seed borers love to eat both bean and corn seed, but adding a little diatomaceous earth, essentially ground coral, to the seed will kill borers. Save the large, plump seeds for next season.

Saving tomato seed takes a little more effort. From a mature fruit, squeeze the seed and juice into a cup or bowl and add half as much water as the liquid from the tomato. Allow the seeds to ferment for a couple of days to kill off diseases and break down a germination-inhibiting gelatin around the seed. Dispose of seeds that float and also mold on the water surface, and keep the ones on the bottom. Wash seeds in a colander and lay them out to dry in a warm dry place on a flat surface out of the wind.

For peppers, just scrape out seeds from a very mature fruit, and dry them out until the seeds are stiff and not rubbery. Isolate peppers from other mem-

turn yellow when mature and even wilt.

You can either let the plants dry on the vine and scrape seeds out or cut open yellow fruits and scrape out seeds with a spoon.

For lettuce, plants will bolt under high temperatures or when mature, and will produce flower buds. Select the last ones to bolt because these are the most heat-tolerant but try to select seeds from more than one plant. When seeds are mature, some flowers will break open exposing seeds. You can either shake the flower head into a brown paper bag to catch the mature seeds or allow the majority of seeds to mature and cut the heads off. Store them in brown paper bag in a dry place and mature seeds will drop to the bottom of the bag.

If you plant many different varieties of lettuce in one part of the garden at the same time, there’s a good chance they’ll cross with each other. This is one way of creating your own varieties. Planting Manoa lettuce next to Romaine types can produce a tall Manoa lettuce. Plant a mix of lettuce varieties and keep the best varieties for seed. You can select for certain characteristics, such as a tight head or a thick leaf or even red stripes.

Clean or separate seed from chaff by winnowing or using wind to separate them, running them through a screen, rolling between two flat boards or using gravity to separate seeds. Store seeds in medicine bottles or glass jars in the refrigerator, and they will last for a year or even more. If you don’t have seed, you cannot plant, and if you cannot plant, you cannot harvest. For more information on seed saving in Hawaii, visit the Hawaii Public Seed Initiative website at kohalacenter.org/publicseedinitiative/ about.html.

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At the Post Office and state buildings, signs read, “No animals allowed As a deaf person on Molokai, my except eye dogs.” This is discriminaservice dog, Kaleo, and I have encoun- tion because service dogs are used for tered many challenges. Service animals a variety of reasons, not just blindness. are essential to many people with a va- I respectfully request these signs be reriety of disabilities. Kaleo helps me safely moved and updated with “No animals cross the street, notifies me of danger and allowed except service animals.” guides me in many situations. My son, It is important for the dog handler who is hearing, helps me communicate to be able to control his or her dog, but using sign language, but he can’t always also that people be respectful. People there, so my service dog is important. cannot make kissing sounds, give service However, I have encountered dis- animals treats or pet them because it will crimination against my service animal in confuse the dog. Service dogs are workstores and busses on Molokai. I moved ing animals, not pets. to Molokai from Maui almost a year Businesses and governments are ago. The first time I required under ADA law rode the MEO bus to allow service animals to here, I couldn’t board accompany people with because the driver disabilities in all areas of wouldn’t allow my the facility where the pubdog on the bus, slamlic is normally allowed to ming the door on us. go. Business owners do not Even though Kaleo alhave the right to demand ways wears a vest and to see paperwork, though ID badge identifying they can ask the handler him as service animal, two questions: Is this a the bus driver refused service animal? And what to acknowledge this. Tereza Kristall and service does he/she do?

I was very upset and dog Kaleo I was recently threatangry. Bus employees ened and denied service at are supposed to be knowledgeable on The Tobacco Shack. My son, dog Kaleo American Disability Act (ADA) laws but and I walked into the store and were told apparently this was not the case. After the dog had to stay outside. We were recalling the MEO supervisor, I haven’t fused service, even after explaining he had a problem boarding the bus. is a service animal. We called the police I face another challenge on the bus, and they explained the laws to the store though. Service animals are not allowed owner, but I will not return there again. to sit on the seat, so I have to sit in the I recently had a positive experience, front of the bus where there is more leg though. Two young girls were sitting room for Kaleo. Others without disabili- behind me on the bus and my son overties often sit there and I have to sit in the heard the younger girl ask her companback. I hope the driver would assist me ion, “Why does she have the dog with by asking them to move for me because her, I thought the dogs were not allowed I cannot hear or speak. When I lived on on the bus?” The other girl told her, “That the Big Island and Maui, bus drivers is her service dog because she is deaf and helped me this way. the dog hears for her.” She explained I continue to be shocked by people’s what deafness means and that you have lack of understanding of what a service to be respectful. When my son told me animal means. ADA defines service ani- about this conversation, I had tears in my mals as “dogs that are individually trained eyes. I was so grateful to her parents for to work or perform tasks for people with teaching her while she is young. It touchdisabilities.” That includes guiding those es my heart to see young kids like her who are blind or deaf, pulling a wheelchair, educate other children. It gives me hope reminding a person with mental illness to that someday, people will better undertake prescribed medications or calming stand the challenges we face.

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KEPUHI RESORT OCEANFRONT COTTAGE 3-A Very nice fully equipped one bedroom condo sold with furniture. Enjoy relaxing sunset views from your lanai.

Just steps to oceanfront pool and beach. Offered at $399,995. Please call Pearl Hodgins RA at 808-336 0378

WAIALUA OCEAN VIEW HOME Custom designed large 1 bedroom 1 bath home plus extra space under the house. You will appreciate this spacious home on 22,520 sq. ft. of land. $799,000. Call Kui Lester RA 658-0134

KALUAKOI HOME Three bedroom 2 bath like-new home. Skylights adorn the vaulted ceilings. 12,425 sq.ft. of manicured tropical landscaped yard. Attached 2 car garage. Short walk to Kepuhi beach.

Offered at $527,000, for appointment Call Susan Savage RB 808-658-0648

PANIOLO HALE E-2 Elegantly upgraded 2 bedroom 2 bath corner unit with large screened in porch. Master bedroom with bath upstairs. Enjoy living in this fully equipped condo. Nice grounds with pool. Short walk to beach. Call Mickey O’Connell RB 808-336-0588

MOLOKAI SHORES OCEANFRONT C-230 Upgraded one bedroom condo. View islands across the Ocean and sunset views from your lanai. Tropical grounds with gated pool and barbecue area. $125,000 fee simple.

CONTEMPORAY STYLE HOME IN KALAE This home was built for the outdoors person.

Water catchment system. Offered at $199,000 For information call Shirley Alapa RB 658-1316

VACATION AND LONG TERM RENTALS We have a large selection of oceanfront and ocean view condos, also long term home rentals available 808-553-3666, 800-600-4158

WAVECREST RESORT B-108 Lovely one bedroom furnished condo. Well groomed grounds with pool, barbecue and tennis. Offered only $99,500 Call Kui Lester RA at 808-658-0134

39 NANIKAI PL KALAE Three bedroom 2 bath home on 7,689 sq. ft. lot.

Love the cool refreshing air in Kalae in this lovely Home. Two miles to schools and shopping. Offered At $329,500 Call Pearl Hodgins RA 808-336-0378

SWEET UALAPUE OCEANFRONT HOME Three bedroom 2.5 bath home plus spacious area Under house for cars, plus 2 car garage with 1 bedroom apartment with 1.5 bath. 16,241 sq.ft. land area.

Offered at $950,000. Call Pearl Hodgins RA 336-0378 WAVECREST RESORT C-109 BARGAIN Low priced one bedroom condo. Enjoy views over tropical grounds to the ocean. Gated pool with cabana, barbecue and tennis Only $99,000 Suzanne O’Connell RB 558-8500

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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

Saint Damien Catholic Parish First Assembly of God King’s Chapel Father William Petrie | 553-5220 Kahu Robert Sahagun | 553-5540, Cell: 646-1140 St. Damien, Kaunakakai , 6 pm Sat, 9 am Sun; Our Lady of Seven Maunaloa, Sunday 9 am, Kaunakakai, Sunday 10:30 am, Sunday Sorrows, Kalua’aha, 7 am Sun; St. Vincent Ferrer, Maunaloa, 11 Evening 6 pm, Tuesday Evening 6:30, Mana’e, Sunday 6 pm am Sun; St. Joseph, Kamalo, No weekly services Baha’i Faith Kaunakakai Baptist Church Open house every third Sunday of the month Baha’i Center Pastor Mike Inouye | 553-5671 | 135 KAM V HWY KaunakaMile 14 east | 3pm | Discussion and refreshments | All are kai | 9 am adult Sunday school | Worship service 10:15 am welcome | For information: 558-8432 or 213-5721 Email: bahaimolokai@yahoo.com | www.bahai.org Polynesian Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Bob Winters | 552-0258 South of Elementary School, Maunaloa Town Sunday School & Adult Worship Service,10 am, Sunday Grace Episcopal Church 567-6420 | 2210 Farrington Ave | 10 am Sun | All are welcome

Heart of Aloha Church 1st Sunday - Kilohana Community Ctr 10:30 am | 2nd Sunday - Maunaloa Community Ctr 10:30 am| Other Sundays - Lanikeha Community Ctr 10:30 am Pastor Cameron Hiro, website: heartofaloha.org phone: 808-658-0433

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Community News

The Molokai Dispatch • July 24, 2013 •

Relay for Life 2013 Relay for Life Molokai News Release

On Aug. 9 and 10, the American Cancer Society will be holding its seventh annual Relay for Life of Molokai.

The effort began in 1985, when one man, Dr. Gordy Klatt, walked, jogged and ran around a track for 24 hours raising money for his local American Cancer Society unit. Today, it’s a worldwide movement to eliminate cancer that now takes place in more than 5,100 communities in the U.S. and in 20 other countries around the world.

Nearly 4 million people participate in the life-changing event, which raised a total of more than $4 billion to fund the American Cancer Society’s mission. Everyone on Molokai who has been touched by cancer is invited to attend. This team event builds friendship among team members by having fun and raising money for the fight against cancer. It’s the perfect team-building event for any organization.

The event consists of teams who spend 24 hours together in efforts to raise money and fight cancer. Each team has at least one member walking or running the track during the entire event. Relay for Life is about celebrating, remembering and fighting back.

The Society celebrates cancer survivors by inviting all local cancer survivors to start each Relay event. The Survivors Lap honors those who have won their fight against cancer and those who are currently undergoing treatment. The

Aunty’s Corner

Society remembers all of those touched with cancer with the Luminaria Ceremony after the dusk. The track is lined with luminaria marked with the names of those who survived and those who lost their battle with cancer.

The Society fights back by raising money for research, education, local patient services, and advocacy. The event is also filled with music, live entertainment, games and other activities. This year, the Relay for Life of Molokai will have games for all, tent decoration contest.

This year’s event is sponsored by Molokai General Hospital, Monsanto of Molokai, Friendly Market Center, Rawlins’ Chevron, Molokai community Federal Credit Union, Molokai Drugstore, Friendly Isle Auto, Mega Enterprise, Molokai Community Health Center, Hotel Molokai, Kualpu`u Ranch and Elsa’s Kitchen.

We hope to raise our $30,000 from this year’s event. To reach our goal, we need your support! By forming a team from your company, church, school, neighborhood, etc., you will not only be part of a great community event, but you will raise funds to improve the quality of life for cancer patients today and the outlook for those diagnosed in the future.

It’s about being a community that takes up the fight!

If you are interested in learning more about this important event, please call Avette Ponce, event chair for the Relay for Life of Molokai, at 658-0327.

By Kathy “Kapua” Templeton

Aloha, aunty here… It seems that this aunty has turned a different corner. After medical complications following my knee surgery, I must move to Washington State with my daughters so that I can get help without traveling from Molokai to Oahu. I can’t say enough about the Hawaii Life Flight crew.

Both crew when I had to be flown to Oahu was so kind and gentle. How the heck do they get the straight gurney in that little jet? I kept putting off getting the Life Flight insurance, but I am so glad I finally got it. I can’t encourage you enough to sign up.

I shall miss my friends at The Molokai Dispatch. No matter how forgetful I was, they always loved me and gave great support. My daughter says that I will get to come back to Molokai and stay for two months. If that happens, I hope I can still answer the phone at the Dispatch!

I give a great mahalo to Carol Gartland who, with her husband, runs The Cat Garden. My cat Mimi San is alive and well with all the other cats. I was surprised that she would be happy with other cats but she’s doing well. The Cat Garden can always use donations of cat food and kala.

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Great kudos, aloha and mahalo nui loa to Maria, Mary, Pat, and Jenny who pitched in and finished cleaning my apartment so I could pass inspection. You are amazing!

But the best are my daughters.

Lisa stayed home the second time I went to Queen’s and packed up all the dishes, housewares, etc. by herself. A huge task! My daughter Wendy came with me each time to Queen’s and watched over me, talk to the doctors when they didn’t know what happened to me, and make sure that I all my meds and had to sleep on really uncomfortable beds. Thank you my dears.

I am staying with my daughter, Wendy, in Belfair, WA. When we got out of the car when I arrived, the air smelled like Christmas because they are in the country surrounded by fir trees and in between two mountain ranges.

I shall miss my kumu hula, Aunty Kawila and my hula sisters. You kept me on my toes. It’s the only thing that helped my memory.

I apologize if I missed anyone to say good bye. I just never got the chance. Here’s a big hug from me to you. I shall miss you all greatly. I will send in a column from time to time.

I’ll leave you with this: pet your dog, feed your cat, hug your keiki and kiss your sweetie. A hui hou and malama pono, Aunty Kathy Kapua Anela.

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

Yoga class focused on individual form, internal practice, Call Karen at 558-8225 for info Zumba/Turbo Kick Classes with Kala Juario, 553-5848 Aikido Class at Soto Mission behind Kanemitsu Bakery. M, M, T,W Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 5-6pm, 553-5848 W, F, 5-6 p.m. 552-2496 or visit FriendlyAikido.com Zumba Classes with Christina K. Aki, 553-5402 Quit Smoking Na Pu’uwai Program Learn ways to quit with less cravings. Mondays 11:45 a.m. Na Pu’uwai conferM, W, F Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 9 -10 a.m., ence room. 560-3653. Individual sessions available.

M, W Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center , 5-6 p.m.

Aloha Wednesday - Drop by and receive your weekly M Home Pumehana, 10-11 a.m. dose of Energy Healing in the Pu’uwai of Kaunakakai T, TH Home Pumehana 9 - 10 a.m. @ Kalele Bookstore - 3:30 to 4:30. Hosted by: Zelie Duvauchelle: 558-8207 Mitcell Pauole Center 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

F Kilohana Recreation Center, 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Reiki share and physic development, ongoing at Home Resistance Training Class with Peter Pale/ Elias Vendiola Pumehana. Call Rev. Jean at 553-3738 for more info Th, F Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 12- 1 p.m.

SPORTS & RECREATION Turbo Fire Class with Kimberly Kaai Recreational Paddling with Wa`akapaemua Canoe Club.

Call 553-3999 or 553-3530. All levels and abilities welcome.

T Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 4 -5 p.m.

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

Th Na Pu`uwai Fitness Center, 5-6 p.m.

Hula Class with Valerie Dudoit-Temahaga will resume in Pick-up Soccer September 2013.

W Kaunakaki baseball field, 7pm Hula: Ka Pa Hula `O Hina I Ka Po La`ila`i Molokai Archery Club Indoor Shoot M Hula Wahine, 4:30 to 6 pm @ Molokai Community TH Mitchell Pauole Center, 7 p.m. Open to public.

Health Center Youth in Motion SUP, sailing, windsurfing and kayaking.

T Hula Kane, all ages/levels welcome 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Tues. & Thurs 3:30-5:30 p.m., Malama Park. Call Clare Seeger Mawae at 553-4477 or clare@youthinmotion.org Svaroopa Yoga with Connie Clews M Home Pumehana, 7:45-9:30 a.m.

Molokai Swim Club T Home Pumehana, 5:15-7 p.m.

M, T, W, Th : Cooke Memorial Pool, 4:30 to 6 pm Th Kualapu`u Rec Center, 5:15-7 p.m.

MUSIC F Home Pumehana, 7:45-9:30 a.m. Call 553-5402 for info.

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

Yoga Class open to students, families and the community.

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

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

Aunty Pearl’s Ukulele Class T Mitchell Pauole, 9-10 a.m.

W Home Pumehana, 9-10 a.m.

TH Mitchell Pauole Cemter, 9-10 a.m.

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

Open to all, 553-5402

► Small Business Networking Group Monday, Aug. 5, 4-5 p.m. at the Kuha`o ► Molokai Bon Dance, July 27, at Guzeiji Business Center. Networking and small Soto Mission on Hotel Lane. Obon service 5 business roundtable discussion for small business owners and entrepreneurs doing pm, Bon Dance to follow at 6 pm. UESbusiness for less than 5 years.

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Friday Aug. 9 at 6 am, ends Aug. 11 at noon. Molokai shoreline only. Weigh-in on Aug. 11 at 3 pm at the Agliams’ house on Pu`ukapele Ave, awards ceremony to follow. Registration deadline July 31. For more info or donation, call 213 -4193

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SATURDAY, JULY 27

SAVE THE DATE

► First Annual Lolly Agliam Molokai Masters Ulua Fishing Tournament starts

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► MHS Football Tryouts The official start date for football is Monday, July 29. Practices will be from 2:30-5 pm all week. Come prepared with cleats and complete your physical ASAP. Keep in mind, this is a week BEFORE school starts. Any questions, contact Coach Kahale @ 213-5831 ► Enrollment To enroll at Molokai High School please go call Lori Kaiama at 5676950 ext. 228 or Julia De George at ext.

229 to set up an appointment for enrollment. Please go to the following Hawaii DOE website to see what documents will be needed for enrollment. doe.k12.hi.us/ register/index.htm ► Registration Day for all students is Thursday, July 25 from 7 am-4 pm at the high school. Pay school fees, pick up uniforms, pick up schedules, make schedule changes, complete bus and lunch applications, and take pictures for student ID. Call the school at 567-6950 for questions

MEETINGS

Alu Like Kupuna Mon & Thurs, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. OHA/ DHHl. Wed, 9:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Lanikeha. 1st and 2nd Tues. each month at MAC Special field trips on Fridays.

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

Kaunakakai Baptist Church. 336-0191 Kingdom of Hawaii II monthly meetings. Third Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. at Kaunakakai Gym conference room.

AA Meeting Mana`e Meeting, Ka Hale Po Maikai Office upstairs (13.5 miles east of Kaunakakai on the Mauka side of the road), Wed. & Sat. 5:30–6:30p.m.

Al-Anon Meeting Mondays, Grace Episcopal Church in Ho`olehua, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous Friendly Isle Fellowship Molokai General Hospital (around to the back please), Mon. & Thurs.

7-8 p.m.

Female Sexual Abuse Meetings, Seventh Day Adventist Church with a group of inter-denominational Christian women. Second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. For more info, call 553-5428.

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.

Ka’ano Meeting on Hua’ai Road (a.k.a. MCC road). Garden

on left, Thursdays 4 p.m. 553-3254 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 Inventors Circle meets Wednesdays 2-4 p.m. at the Kuha’o Business Center. Contact John Wordin at 553-8100 for info Narcotics Anonymous (No Fear Meeting) Tuesdays and Thursdays at Kaunakakai Ball Field dugout, 8 to 9 a.m.Open meeting. For more info, call Rodney at 213-4603.

Solar Hot Water Installation Meetings Learn system sizing, licensing & permitting requirements, and installation safety, tools, & techniques. Online at UH - Molokai, Tues & Thurs 5:30 -8:30 pm. Onsite 9 am - 5 pm, April 24, 25,26.

Apply: www.sustainablemaui.org. Deadline: Feb.10, 2013 Plein Air Molokai art outdoors. First Fridays 1 pmsunset-weekend Third Thursdays 9am- 5pm. Work on your art with others inspired by nature. All levels welcome!

Flexible start/end. This is not an instructor led class. Contact Heather (808) 658-0124 Molokai Community Children’s Council Every second Thursday. Home Pumehana, 2:30-4 p.m. 567-6308 Read to Me at Molokai Public Library First Wednesday of the month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 5531765 Molokai Walk Marketplace Arts and Crafts Fair down the lane between Imports Gifts and Friendly Market, Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Kaunakakai Ball Park. Contact Avette Ponce ► Relay for Life fundraiser for American at 553-3171 or hekumi808@hotmail.com.

Cancer Society. Fri, Aug. 9, 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. at

► Freshman First Day for School All new freshman are to report to school on Monday, Aug. 5. Get a jump start on the upper classmen!

► Free Monthly Rummage Sale. Every second Saturday, we can help you get rid of unwanted junk and treasures. Call us at Coffees Espresso Bar for more info, 5679490 ext. 27.

► Start date for Grades 10,11,12 is Tues► Visitor Paddle, Hawaiian Outrigger day, Aug. 6.

Cultural Experience. Thursdays 7:30 to ► Mandatory Athletic Parent/Student 8:30 am with Wa`akapaemua. Donation Meeting Thursday, Aug. 1, MHS Gym, 6-7 requested. For more info call 553-3999 or pm. For more info call 567-6959 553-3530. Upon request, special events such as weddings, scattering of ashes, etc.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I have tried in my way to be free,” sings Leonard Cohen in his song “Bird on a Wire.” In other words, he has done the best he can to liberate himself from his unconscious patterns, bad habits, and self-delusions. He hasn’t been perfect in his efforts, but the work he has done has earned him a measure of deliverance from his suffering. I recommend you follow his lead, Aries. Do your best to bring more relief and release into your life. Get rid of things that hold you back. Overthrow a pinched expectation and ignore a so-called limitation or two. By this time next week, I hope you will be able to say sincerely, “I have tried in my way to be free.”

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port that you Virgos will soon be offered a gush of revelations about who you are, how you can heal, and what strategies will best serve your quest to minimize your anxiety. Are you prepared to absorb some intense teachings? For best results, make yourself extra receptive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the world’s best race car teams is McLaren. It wins about 25 percent of the events in which it competes. Its skilled drivers account for much of its success, but its technicians are also pretty sensational. During a pitstop in the middle of a race, they can change all four tires on the car in less than three seconds. Do you have helpers like that, Libra? If you don’t, it’s time to intensify your efforts to get them. And if you do, it’s time to call on them to give you an extra boost.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Let’s try an experiment. It’s risky, but I’m hoping you will do it with such flair that there will be no karmic blowback. What I propose, Scorpio, is that you have fun expressing more confidence than usual. I invite you to strut a bit, even swagger, as you demonstrate your command over your circumstances. Enjoy acting as if the world is your plaything . . . as if everyone around you secretly needs you to rise up and be a bigger, bolder version of yourself. The trick, of course, will be to avoid getting puffed up with grandiose delusions. Your challenge is to be more wildly devoted to embodying your soul’s code without lapsing into arrogance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm,” wrote the novelist Willa Cather. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Taurus, you’re in a phase of your cycle when stormlearning isn’t your priority. The educational experiences you need most will unfold when you’re exploring the mysteries of peace and serenity. In fact, I suspect that the deeper you relax, the more likely it is that you will attract life-changing teachings -- lessons that can transform your life for the better SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect that you are and fuel you for a long time. longing to take a quantum leap of faith, but are also afraid to that quantum leap of faith. You sense the potential of exGEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is there a message you’ve take a very cool expansion, while at the same time you wanted to deliver for a long time but haven’t been able to? periencing hesitate to leave your comfort zone and give up your familiar Are you bursting with thoughts or feelings that you’ve been pain. In light of the which may not be entirely conlonging to express but can’t find the right way to do so? Have scious, I suggest youconflict, off on making a gigantic quantum you spent months carrying around a poignant truth that you leap of faith. Instead,hold experiment with a few bunny hops of have felt wasn’t ripe enough to be revealed? If your answer faith. Build up your courage with some playful skips and skitto any of those questions is yes, I believe the time will soon ters and bounces that incrementally extend your possibilities. be at hand to make a move. But it’s important that you’re not impulsive or melodramatic as you initiate your breakthrough CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hoaxes exposed! Bluffs communications. For best results, be full of grace and balance. called! Secrets revealed! Whitewashes uncovered! Curses Taboos broken! Those are the headlines I expect CANCER (June 21-July 22): Bees and other insects can banished! see emblazoned in your Book of Life during the coming see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to humans. When to Can you handle that many holy disruptions? Will you they look at flowers, they detect designs on the petals that weeks. be able to deal with the stress that might come from havyou and I cannot. For example, the evening primrose appears ing so much raucous success? These are important questions, completely yellow to us, but it calls seductively to bees with a because if you’re not up to the challenge, you may scare away flashy star pattern at its center. Many of the secret signs that the transformations.

So steel your resolve, Capricorn. Mobilize flowers offer the pollinators are meant to guide them to where your will. Do what’s necessary to harvest the unruly blessings. the pollen and nectar are. Let’s use this as our metaphor of the week, Cancerian. I am not predicting that you will be able to AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The French novelist Flaubert perceive a broader spectrum of light. But I do believe you will declared that if you hope to write a book, you should first read discern cues and clues that are hidden from most people and 1,500 books. A Roman author named Petronius believed that that have been imperceptible to you in the past. the imagination does not work at its peak power unless it is with reading material. I suggest you adopt their LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I was six years old when my par- inundated and apply it to your own field, Aquarius. Whatever skill ents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside my advice subject you want to master, expose yourself lavishly to the skull, learning to be me.” So said the Leo science fiction writer or efforts other people who have already mastered it. Flood Greg Egan in his story “Learning to Be Me.” Let’s pretend that yourselfofwith well-crafted inspiration. you, too, have a small dark jewel inside your skull that’s learning to be you. It’s a good metaphor for what I believe has been PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Should you be worried that a happening all these years: You have been gradually mastering venomous spider has crawled into your shoe while you were the art of being the best Leo you can be. It hasn’t been easy. sleeping? Just in case, should you flip your shoe upside-down You weren’t born knowing how to be your beautiful, radiant, before putting it on each morning? My studied opinion: hell, courageous self, but have had to work hard to activate your no. The chances of you being bitten on the foot by a venompotentials. Now you’re moving into an especially critical phase ous spider lurking in your shoe are even less than the posof the process: a time when you have the chance to learn how sibility that you will be abducted by an alien who looks like to love yourself with greater ingenuity.

Elvis Presley and forced to sing a karaoke version of Beyonce’s Ladies” at an extraterrestrial bar. And if you are going VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Astrology Guy: Please tell “Single filled with delusional anxieties like that, you will defime why I have to work so hard -- meditate, reflect, read, ana- around interfere with life’s current predilection, which is to give lyze, poke, prod, investigate -- to discover truths about myself nitely a cleansing respite from your fears as well as immunity that must be obvious to others. Why is it so hard for me to see you where I need healing and where I need to let go? Why is it from harm. such an ordeal to grasp what is interfering with my wholeness when I can quickly pinpoint what other people’s issues are? -Overworked Virgo.” Dear Overworked: I’m happy to re-

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• TRANSLATION: My mom is angry when I don’t listen to her.

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EXAMPLE: They quibbled over whether to first spread the jelly or peanut butter on the bread.

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Routine aerial inspections of Maui Electric’s equipment, including electrical lines, poles and substations, are necessary to ensure stable and reliable electrical service for Maui County’s electric customers.

Should there be any questions or concerns, please contact MECO directly at 871-8461 on Maui and 1-877-871-8461 on Lanai and Molokai.

Maui Electric Company (MECO) will be using helicopters to perform routine power line inspections on Maui, Molokai and Lanai. Weather permitting, the inspections will be performed on Tuesday, July 23 to Thursday, July 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Molokai and Lanai inspections are scheduled for Thursday.

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Letters & Announcements School Speed Limit Did you know the 20 mph school speed limit is in effect 24/7 and that the fine for speeding is $297? When I got a ticket last year, the police captain at the time, John Kaupulolo, told me, “Everyone needs to practice safe driving 24/7 to insure that

when children are present they will always be driving only 20 mph in the school area.” School starts August 5. Please drive carefully.

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Joi Geen to MCHC Dental Joi Geen is Cantonese for “see you again” -- literally “again see.”

What are you supposed to do after a 25 year focus on one big goal of becoming a healthcare provider? Apparently, move to Hawaii.

Much to my Asian parents’ chagrin, it probably looks as if my focus has since been lost in the ocean along with my Hong Kong, Torontonian and New Yorker lifestyles. Has it been lost? Or has my focus shifted to something aside from academia that my parents aren’t used to?

I’ll go for the latter.

I think learning how to surf, spear fish, husk a coconut, comprehend pidgin and paddling the Ka`iwi channel took quite a bit of focus. Since moving to Molokai, I’ve learned so much that an average city person wouldn’t, and I have the utmost respect for this lifestyle.

This idyllic island we live on has re-

ally allowed me to “smell the roses” and think about things. Things like my next big goal. It’s no surprise I’m an advocate of implant dentistry (the only way to allow replacing “fixed” missing teeth without needing to “drill” on the adjacent teeth, to create a bridge). I have made the difficult decision to leave my Molokai Community Health Center `ohana in mid-September for work on Oahu to learn more about implant dentistry so that when the opportunity arises, I can return to Molokai with new skills.

Mahalo to those who got me to where I am, and encouraging me to go further.

So for now, a hui hou!

Boki Chung MCHC Dental Dept.

Road Blocks to Giving Birth on Molokai On July 3, my granddaughter and my eldest daughter were told by a midwife at Molokai General Hospital’s Women’s Health Center that “for you (my granddaughter) to give birth on Molokai, Doctor Aluli needs to be your primary care physician (PCP) or else you would need to fly to Oahu to give birth.” Since being informed of this matter my daughter and granddaughter have been trying numerous times to make an appointment with Dr. Aluli with no avail.

So now what? Here’s another question that I need to ask and if someone can seriously answer this I would appreciate it for clarity. My granddaughter already has her own PCP doctor, so why does she need to be forced to switch from her own doctor to Dr. Aluli? And why wasn’t this important information released in the newspaper to alert all women on Molokai that if you got pregnant, Dr. Aluli will need to be your PCP or else you need to fly to Oahu to give birth? What happen to our freedom of rights of who to choose as our PCP? No offense to Dr. Aluli, but this picture doesn’t seem right! My granddaugh-

ter wants to give birth on Molokai around her family. Why are you guys adding more stress to our island, especially our women who are hapai? This is a joyous time and whoever made this decision, let me tell you I will notify our representatives and my daughter is calling the Action Line.

Seriously whoever is making these major decisions of who we see or not medically, it is our choice to select our PCP not you telling us who we need to select? Talk about being forced!

Representative Mele Carroll and Senator Kalani English, please look into this. I will personally be calling you as well. Very disappointed!

One more thing: what about our midwives on Molokai? Why are they here? If they cannot assist with any birth on Molokai why are these women needing to see them? Wow, what next? More disappointed!

Aunty Kehau Pule

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Join the Crop of Producers Whole Foods News Release

Are you a famer or producer interested in creating excellent products? A day-long summit to share information, inspiration and networking opportunities with Hawaii farmers and producers will be held on Kaui, Maui and Oahu Aug. 6-10.

Called Sprout, the program is intended to cultivate Hawaii’s next crop of artisanal producers.

Whole Foods welcomes all existing and aspiring Hawaii farmers and producers to learn more about topics including becoming a Whole Foods Market supplier, pricing and business models, the retailer’s perspective, branding and marketing, financing, Whole Food’s Market’s local producer loan program, distri-

bution, packaging, local ingredient sourcing, and more. Presenters will be community experts, Whole Foods Market team members and exemplar producers.

Sprout events will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Aston Aloha Beach Hotel, in Kapa`a, Kauai; Thursday, Aug. 8 from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at UH Maui College in Kahului, Maui; and Saturday, Aug. 10 from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Kapi`olani Community College in Honolulu.

Entry is free for registered participants, with lunch available for purchase. Register by visiting sprouthawaii.eventbrite.com.

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Mahalo to Molokai Yacht Partners I just returned from a pre-planning meeting in the islands and I want to send a big mahalo to our partners on Molokai as well as many in the community. It was great for me personally to meet some old friends and to make some new connections as well. All of us here at Un-Cruise Adventures are grateful once again for those who assist us in making arrangements that support the character and values of your special island. Your input and efforts are appreciated as we sincerely wish only to compliment what your island has to offer and to respect the local lifestyle.

While we have to work out some operational details with Molokai as our turn-around port this coming year, we are excited at how this will positively impact the hotel and additional vendors

as we continue to refine our program.

Guests are encouraged to extend their stays, to participate in local activities and to patronize the Saturday market. I am encouraged by the excitement of our purveyors with local produce and products that will supply our guests with Molokaigrown, delicious food.

We will be advertising job openings in the coming weeks. Please keep your eyes open in The Molokai Dispatch for more detail. We look forward to enriching our relationships with our Molokai friends and family.

Mahalo nui loa!

Debbie Reid Director of Land Operations & Guest Services, Un-Cruise Adventures

Yacht Disoppointment I read with disappointment the article “New Itinerary for Safari Explorer Yacht” in last week’s Dispatch.

Although it is my voice that presents this objection, I can assure you that I speak for just about all of Molokai who are knowledgeable of our cultural Halawa past. We view such tourism on our cultural sacred grounds as a pure sell-out by some Halawa residents, along with Pu`u O Ranch, who are selling our cultural heritage for monetary compensation.

It is time for Dan Blanchard to again get the message that his cruises are not welcomed on Molokai. This is one island that is happy to remain un-invaded from outside by a string of would-be entrepreneurs whose

sole purpose is to further exploit our island.

Why has Pu`u O Hoku management, which has already attempted to deprive us from exercising our human Kanaka Maoli rights in Halawa, suddenly decided to make Halawa Valley a tourist haven at our expense?

Article 12 Section 7 of our Hawaiian law grants us customary and traditional gathering rights. Nowhere does this same law state that these sites can now become a tourist sites. Our Molokai advice to you, Mr. Blanchard, is to take your Safari tourism somewhere else other than Molokai.

George Shoichi Harada, 90, of Kaunakakai, Molokai died on Aug. 12, 2013 at the Molokai General Hospital. He was born on June 16, 1923 in Hilo, Hawaii. He is survived by son Michael (Linda) Harada of Federal Way, WA; daughter Karen Harada of Kaunakakai; brother Tom Matayoshi of Puko`o, Molokai; and also four beloved grandchildren.

Friends may call on July 25, 2013 at 1 p.m. at an inurnment ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. Also a memorial service will be held on Aug. 17, 2013 at 9 a.m. at the Kaunakakai Baptist Church in Kaunakakai, Molokai.

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*Featured Property- Kepuhi Beach Resort 2244 Oceanfront top floor unit turnkey. One

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bedroom unit has rental history. It doesn’t get much closer to the ocean than this condo. Enjoy spectacular sunsets and views across the channel to Diamond Head Offered at $229,000. SALE PENDING

CONDOMINIUMS

• KEPUHI BEACH RESORT 1146 Corner unit with ocean views $129,000 1163 Larger floor plan in very desirable bldg. $138,000 2244 Oceanfront unit on top floor steps from beach. $229,000 1172 Newly remodeled unit Light & airy. $114,500 1131 One bedroom corner unit recently remodeled. Neat & Clean. $249,900 Cottage #2-B Oceanfront 2B/2B unit with excellent rental history. $450,000.

• KE NANI KAI 114 Beach & ocean view unit. Good rental history. $160,000 PRICE REDUCED 104 Time Share ~ Two week floating. Own a piece of Paradise for $6,750 • MOLOKAI SHORES B-326 Top floor unit w/ Loft & sitting area. Lots of light & remodeled with new furniture $198,900

ISLAND HOMES

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32 Halena Street 4 bedroom 3.5 bath custombuilt home with covered garage. Nice ocean views. $683,200 By Apt.

Commercial Lot in Kualapu`u, Located in desired neighborhood. 1 acre located on corner on Farrington Hwy. $250,000.

• MAUNALOA VILLAGE LOTS D-97 Level lot ready to build. Nice views of the rolling ranchlands. $59,500 D-63 Top of the hill $34,925 D-17 Ocean view residential lot. $63,000 F-06 10,019 sf corner lot with ocean views. $99,900 C- 40 Unobstructed ocean view - $25,000

• KAWELA PLANATAIONS Lot 54 SUPERB 3 island views $199,000 Lot 225 on Makanui Rd. Nice ocean views with partial sunrise & sunsets. $159,500 NEW LISTING

HOME SITES

• EAST END Honouliwai Bay with Views of 3 islands. Survey & Deeded access available. $200,000

SALE PENDING

PAPOHAKU RANCHLANDS Lot 117 20+ acres of ocean view land across from Papohaku beach. $495,000 Lot 55 Ocean & mountain views. Close to beaches.$152,000.

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

• KAUNAKAKAI 1527 Puili Place close to town w/ ocean views. $72,960 1531 Puili Place adjacent to 1527 Puili w/ ocean views $87,910

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Ranch Camp: $99,500 (fs) Kamiloloa: $96,000 (fs) CO N D O S Kamiloloa: $359,000 (fs), l an d 760sf, 4 bed/2 bath home in the Ranch Camp: $96,000 (fs) Gently sloped lot on a quiet cul 10,477 sf lot in the heights Kepuhi Beach Resort: Molokai Shores: de sac.Wonderful ocean views Halawa: $140,000 (fs) Heights.Newly remodeled with $99,500(lh) $135,000(fs) Great ocean views. Water meter a 480sf garage all sitting on a Studio unit #2214 with loft. Unit A - 204. Very clean 2 full acres, beautiful installed. Close to schools, town Kawela: $155,000 (fs) 8,135 sf lot.

Enjoy nice ocean views just with original owners. This Nice level lot. Great location. untouched land. and hospital. steps away from the beach. unit has never been rented.

Honomuni: $485,000 (fs) Kawela Beach: $440,000 Mountain side on Kam V Hwy. Maunaloa: $215,000 (fs) Unique 39’ Geodesic Dome (fs) Fantastic beach location.

Ranch Camp: $199,000(fs) Enjoy great ocean views in this Home. Privately located with 2bed/2bath home with many Co m m e rCial Pro Pe r t Y 1,360 sf home. 3 bed/2 bath fantastic views in the beautiful extras, enjoy ocean, island and 2 bed/1 bath home with a home with a large carport, lanai. East End. Open design, with custom rockwall entry. mountain views.

Kaunakakai: $399,000(fs) Kaunakakai: $150,000(fs) Vacant M-2 Zoned many extra features.

Kawela Beach: $775,000 16,306 sq. ft., This is a prime com- Commercially zoned with two A high visibility industrial parcel Manila Camp: $169,000 (fs) Kamiloloa: $299,000(fs) Kaluakoi: $749,950 (fs) (fs) A lovely 3 bed/ 1 bath 3 bedroom/1 bath home with 1272 sf 3 bed/2 bath home. mercial property, in the heart of installed water meters. Fenced zoned 2.62 acres M-2 located in one of Good ocean views. home with separate 1 bed/ 1 2140 sf home on 30 acres with Kaunakakai town. ocean views. with gate. Great opportunity. Kaunakakai’s busiest intersections ocean views. bath suite.

Ranch Camp $260,000 (fs) East End: $822,000 (fs)

Beautiful 3 bedroom/ 1.5 bath home inside a manicured gated yard. Good ocean views that complement this well kept home.

2.280 sqft 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. Spacious with many extras including walk in closets, Jacuzzi, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops sitting on a large 2.5 acre plus lot

Kamiloa:$279,000 (fs)

3 bedrooms / 2.5 bath, home in the heights. Granite Counter tops, solid wood floors, covered garage with a spacious screened lanai

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WAVECREST B302 - Nice ocean views from this top floor unit. 1B/1B furnished . Tenant occupied call for an apt $99,000 WAVECREST C114 - Nice ocean views from this ground floor unit. 1B/1B furnished .

Easy to show. Asking $100,000

KAWELA ON THE BEACH- 3 bedroom 2 bath oceanfront home 4 miles east of town on a large lot. $699,000

EAST END - Rare Find: One acre of land about 13 east of town. Large Kaiwe trees for shade and wild basil through out $145,000

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Large home with potential 5 bedrooms on the beach with awesome producing Mango tree. A large fenced in yard - very close to town. $550,000 KAWELA PLANTATION 217- Great ocean view from this 2 acre parcel. Very close to town.

See Sunrise and Sunset from this affordable lot. Priced to sell at $125,000

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Fender Friday - bumper stickers available soon. All inquiries in store.

EAST END - Just Listed: This cozy 3 bed/1.5 bath home in Kaluahaa for sale. Owners are licenced agents in HI. Priced to sell at $240,000

PRICE REDUCTION

KEPUHI BEACH RESORT Studio KKV1155- $119,000, StudioKKV1133 -$125,000 Studio KKV1212-$120,0000 1Bedroom KKV1201 $160,000

KALAE - Enjoy cool Kalae year round from this Nice 3b/1bath starter home with nice back fenced in yard. Asking $218,000 call for appointment.

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

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

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