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Add your commentA Farming Affair
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Farmers perused plate lunches for sale, families picked up seedlings and fresh vegetables from the country store and keiki giggled over the greased pig contest –the second Molokai Agriculture Fair brought the community together.
Hosted by Molokai Homesteaders Farmers Alliance (MHFA), the 2011 ag fair was well-attended last Saturday, including dignitaries amongst the crowd, such as Mayor Alan Arakawa.
“This is a tremendous event,” said Arakawa before joining the Molokai Economic Opportunity (MEO) team in the corn eating contest. “I grew up in a 4H family so this is my backyard. It has been well worth the trip over and so good to see our community coming together.”
The event also garnered attention from top officials of state legislature. Both the Hawaii State Senate and House of Representatives gave MHFA a special award in recognition of the event’s success and accomplishment within the farming community.
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Lynn Decoit, president of MHFA, said the only thing the fair was missing were Ferris wheels and roller coasters.
“Some people said it was better than some of the fairs they’ve been to on Maui,” Decoit said.
Molokai Middle Top at Chess
By Ted Takamiya
There are 64 squares on a chess board – 32 squares are occupied by various pieces at the start of a game. The unique moves of each piece tests every competitors ability to attack, defend, and counter-attack to achieve the game’s ultimate goal of checkmating the opponent.
Eleven Molokai Middle School (MMS) students, under the tutelage of Tubz Kalipi, dedicated themselves over a three week period in March to hone their skills, preparing for the 2011 Hawaii State Scholastic Chess Tournament. Besides chess strategies, Coach Kalipi emphasized the parallel between the game of chess and life where every decision made has consequences, both positive and negative.
Slug Hunting
Community Contributed by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent
For many, a slug is just a slug, but there are over nine varieties of slugs in Hawaii, including brown ones, black ones, and striped-back ones. To control them, you treat them all the same way. Get rid of them before they get your food or your beautiful plants.
Slugs thrive in humid and wet areas, and are damaging pests of fruit trees, ornamentals, and vegetables. In dry areas, they’ll start moving on the first rain, and do most of their work at night. They can be very damaging in a garden with tender seedlings by chopping them off at the stem. Slugs are mobile and can cover 20 feet or more in a night.
Naturally Speaking:
Community contributed by G.T. Larson
2011 Molokai Men’s Basketball League schedule
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First games begin at 7 p.m. at the Kaunakakai Gym
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Wed 4/20 Heat vs. Bad Boyz; Mycogen vs. Alright
Thurs 4/21 Just Us vs. Fiya; Young Bloods vs. Hawaiian Heros
Mon 4/25 Bad Boyz vs. Hawaiian Heros; Young Bloods vs. Alright
Tues 4/26 Heat vs. Fiya; Just Us vs. Mycogen
Wed 4/27 Hawaiian Heros vs. Just Us; Heat s. Bad Boys
Thurs 4/28 Alright vs. Fiya; Mycogen vs. Bad Boys
Mon 5/2 Young Bloods vs. Alright; Hawaiian Heros vs. Just Us
Tues 5/3 Mycogen vs. Heat; Young Bloods vs. Fiya
Crossing the Ka`iwi
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Loaded with ample Molokai fuel – fresh coconut water, Kumu Farms fruit cups and poke – Clint Labrador voyaged across the 32 mile Ka`iwi Channel in his single-man outrigger canoe last Saturday.
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“Physically I was very prepared for the race,” said Labrador, a first-time race participant. “It’s really just a mental battle when you are out there alone for that long and you have to just keep paddling while a lot of stuff goes through your mind.”
A lack of wind and waves made for a grueling course and caused three people to drop out due to the rough conditions. Both Lima and Labrador finished within the first half of the group, Labrador ending with a time of 5 hours, 15 minutes.
“Next time I can only hope for downwind waves and to finish as strong as I did today,” Labrador said.
Naturally Speaking
Community Contributed by G.T. Larson
Student Sonnets
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Submitted by Kumu Maile Naehu
The first and second grade students at Kilohana Elementary School wrote different forms of poetry in their classes, and some included drawings. Here are a few to enjoy.
Eagles are golden sparkly rings in a jewelry store.
An eagle is a carnivorous T. Rex stomping through the forest.
Eagles are beaked terradactyls [pterodactyls] flying over all volcanoes.
- Malu Duquette, second grade
Barack Obama is a tall giraffe playing basketball.
Barack Obama is a thunderous applause.
Barack Obama is a cool shark hunting for a restaurant to eat.
Barack Obama
- Maya Lima, second grade
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Lazy
Blah, gray
Cooking, devouring, plaing
I am too lazy to make my favorite breakfast
T.V.
- Chaves Petronave, first grade
Inamona – Kukui nut
The inamona looks wonderful like tiny little fizz candy
The inamona sounds lovely like tiny rocks in a small bottle and like soft great music.
The inamona smells like ltos of bacon mixed with peanut butter.
The inamona taste like tasty mocha roasted with coffee beans.
The inamona feels like hard bumpy tiny rocks and soft sand crushed together.
The inamona makes my na`au feel wonderful like strawberry shortcake.
- Elisia Poole, second grade
Lions Roar
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Community Contributed by Jackie Cushman
On March 22, Maui eye doctors and technicians came to Molokai to work with the Molokai Lions and provided free vision screening of elementary students.
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Over 300 students with parental permission were screened. It is the practice of these Maui doctors that any student that needs further testing can be seen at either location on Maui at no charge.
The Molokai Lions Club Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Contest will be held on the Kaunakakai Soccer field on Saturday April 23. Registration for contest begins at 7:45 a.m. and ends promptly at 8:45 a.m. The contest will be divided into age groups and will include Decorated Eggs, Bonnets and Baskets. The egg hunt, also divided into age groups, will begin at 9 a.m. If you are only participating in the egg hunt be sure you are there on time because the hunt doesn't last long! Prizes will be awarded immediately after the hunt ends! A Golden Egg will be hidden in each age group.
The Lions Club will also host a Mother’s Day breakfast at Paddlers Inn, on May 8. All proceeds from this breakfast help the Molokai Lions bring you their yearly events, including the Easter egg hunt, Halloween contest, MOC luncheon and vison testing, as well as the Service Award for MHS seniors. Tickets are available from all Lions and MHS Leos for $12.
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