Sometime last Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, four of my horses and seven cattle were killed in Kalae. I filed a police report and they took pictures. If anyone has any information on who killed my animals, please call the police department at 553-5355.
Rick French
Sustainable Living Institute of Maui News Release
In a training program on Molokai, residents can learn to design and install photovoltaic energy systems. The Entry Level Photovoltaic (PV) Training Program is a comprehensive training program that prepares students to take the entry level NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) exam. Held from Feb. 21-24 and Feb. 29 through March 3, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., it will train participants in the principles of small business, residential and commercial PV installation and design.
Maui Crime Stoppers News Release
This week the Maui Police Department and Maui Crime Stoppers asks for the public’s assistance in identifying person(s) responsible for a robbery that occurred Feb. 4, 2012 at Pascua’s Store in Kaunakakai on the island of Molokai.
At about 6:30 a.m., Feb. 4, 2012, an unidentified male entered Pascua’s Store in Kaunakakai and demanded money from the worker. The male then reached over the counter, grabbed the cash register and ran from the store with the register. The male is described as approximately 5’8” tall, weighing approximately 140 lbs. and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
State of Hawaii News Release
Last week, a bill passed another hurdle on its way to establishing a working group to explore options for reducing shipping costs from Molokai and Lanai to Oahu. House Hill 2380, Relating to Shipping, passed the House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce with unanimous testimony in support of the measure.
Molokai homestead farmer and rancher, Lynn DeCoite submitted testimony in strong support of House Bill 2380 HD1. “The island of Molokai feels that this bill is critical to the survival of our economy,” she said. “We have been crippled with nowhere else to turn. We need options, not a monopoly.”
MCHC News Release
The Molokai Community Health Center (MCHC) has expanded its ability to serve the Molokai community. After a successful move to the new MCHC Oceanside facility, the Dental Department has added a third dental chair. A new hygienist, Heather Sluss, has also been brought on board. Sluss is a graduate from Indiana University, Fort Wayne with a degree in Dental Hygiene.
“Being from a small town myself, I really wanted to work in a rural under-served area where I could feel like a part of the community,” said Sluss. “I’m really enjoying Molokai.”
Ho`olupa News Release
Cyril Pahinui in Free Concert Ho`olupa News Release Cyril Pahinui and Friends provide an evening of free entertainment at Hula Shores at Hotel Molokai on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7pm. This free monthly music series is brought to you by Ho`olupa Hawaiian Culture Foundation.
A product being sold as incense on Molokai is causing concern, especially for its possible abuse among students and teens who are reportedly smoking it. Known as Spice, K2, herbal incense and other names, the substance, legal in Hawaii, is classified as synthetic cannabis and is chemically blended with herbs.
A Molokai High School teacher, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed concern about the drug, saying students are using the substance.
“Every parent needs to be aware of it,” the teacher said. “I would like to see this get out before it becomes an endemic.”
Bouncing to the beat of Zumba music, Molokai keiki waved their arms to mirror Zumba teacher Kananikala Bishaw-Juario at the eighth annual Molokai Keiki Expo last Saturday. Youth showed off their hula talent and babies clambered toward victory in a crawling contest, as parents learned tools to better support their children’s future.
The event was put on by the Molokai Keiki Group, an organization designed to integrate the island’s early childhood providers, families and community partners. At the Expo, ohana and keiki explored booths from safety, health, education and activity-based local organizations revolving around youth.
“It’s all about the kids,” said event organizer Lori-Lei Rawlins-Crivello.
For years, Molokai businesses have been supported by the use of containers. A handful of entrepreneurs in Kaunakakai run their businesses solely out of the metal structures, while others depend on them for storage overflow. However, county law requires containers to have a building permit, among other conditions, and many businesses are in violation. Now, with a recent crack-down on enforcement, some businesses have to move or close shop.
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Growing up on Molokai, Angela (Ellertson) Carpenter learned hula as many young girls do. Now, where she lives in Utah, she is taking hula to a whole new level – in her words, a “fitness craze” called Hot Hula.
The fitness class is to hula what Zumba is to Latin dancing. Hot Hula strengthens the muscles through dance movements from the Pacific Islands, with a hip hop flare. One-hour classes boast full body workouts, with hip motions rooted in Tahiti dance and arm movements drawn from hula. Workout soundtracks include Polynesian drumming and reggae beats.
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Hot Hula does not teach halau-style dances but uses hula as a basis for fitness, she said.
Raised in Ho`olehua, daughter of Joel and Laura Kahee and granddaughter of Cissy and Hank Ellertson, Carpenter graduated from Molokai High School in 1998 and moved to Utah a year later.
There, she became one of the teachers that first brought Hot Hula to Southern Utah. The fitness program was developed by Anna-Rita Sloss, a California-based fitness instructor with Samoan heritage, who has lived in Samoa, Hawaii and Fiji. Sloss teaches master classes to certify instructors in Hot Hula.
Carpenter said she learned a lot from being raised on Molokai, and appreciates where she came from.
“It’s mostly the spirit of love and acceptance I learned that’s helping me…” she said. “I’m trying to bring a little bit of Molokai to everyone I meet – it all comes back to the aloha spirit.”
To Molokai’s youth, Carpenter advises to aim high and don’t limit your aspirations.
“Being from a small place does not mean that you can only accomplish small things,” she said.
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