A proud moment indeed – ‘Molokai Girl Top Wrestler’ Leya Justina Luafalemana – not just for Molokai but all Hawaii. We have a diamond in the rough, an All-American with the potential of not just being a U.S. wrestling Olympian but a great chance of being a gold medalist. You go girl!
Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr.
Ka`amola
A reunion is being planned in honor of the past and present ohana of Charles Victor Abraham Dudoit and Margret (Maggie) Maikai Nawahine. Their children are Clementine Lum Ho, Theodore Dudoit, Anna Dudoit, Clarence Dudoit, Fannie Hamili, Emily Pali, George Kiohinu Dudoit, John Kiohinu Dudoit, Jesse Dudoit, Ella Keahi Rodrigues, Benjamin Dudoit, Charles Dudoit, Isabella Spencer, Saramita Fujimori, Lizzie Haiku Tamura, Marjorie Edburg Tom Hoon.
The reunion will be held on Molokai, Aug. 6-7, 2011. If you are a descendant of Abraham and Maggie and would like more information please contact Mapuana Pali Kansana at (808) 553-5309 or Midge Keahi Nakagawa at (808) 567-6195.
Corina Keahi Gomes
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Kualapu`u School would like to thank the community for their support of the two recent East Coast Trip fundraisers held on island. The three-month penny drive that was held at 20 local businesses, as well as the Kamoi Snack-N-Go ice cream FUN-raiser held last Wednesday, were great successes. Thanks to Molokai community support, this group of 30 fifth- and sixth-grade students was able to raise over $2,000 for their spring trip to the East Coast.
Kualapu`u School would like to thank the following local businesses for their sponsorship – Kamoi Snack-N-Go, Rawlins Chevron, Coffees of Hawaii, Pizza Café, Molokai Surf, Molokai Bicycle, Molokai Drive Inn, Mana`e Goods ‘n Grindz, Maka’s Corner, Mini Mart, Misaki’s, Pascua’s, Kualapu`u Market, The Storehouse, Napa Auto, and Hayaku Gas.
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On behalf of the Molokai Keiki Group, we would like to take this opportunity to share our gratitude and extend our warmest mahalo to all those who made our seventh annual Molokai Keiki Expo a huge success! First and foremost, mahalo to our advisory council for their continued support, planning, and dedicated hours year round.
Big time mahalo nui to all of our generous sponsors, for without them this event would not be possible: Punana Leo o Molokai, County of Maui – Parks and Rec, Queen Lili`uokalani Children’s Center, Kamehameha Schools, and Rawlins Chevron / Chevron Hawaii.
We wish [to extend] our sorrow and regards to Aunty Ku`ulei Perez’s family, friends and the island. She will be sadly missed, but not forgotten. Her signed and noted portrait has been displayed in our home for several years, and will continue to do so. Aunty (and many other island residents) has been an inspiration for us to return to the Friendly Isle each year, to experience and enjoy the true Hawaiian culture and aloha spirit. Mahalo nui, Molokai, for sharing that with us.
A hui hou kakou,
Ron and Mary Neale
Evansville, Indiana
Emma E. Gonsalves, 93 of Honolulu died on Jan. 30, 2011 at the St. Francis Hospice-West. She was born Dec. 12, 1917 in Kualapu`u, and was a retired Housekeeping Supervisor at the Ilikai Hotel.
She is survived by sons Gerald P. Gonsalves and Joel K. Gonsalves; daughters Geraldine K. Donahue and Abeleen ‘Abe’ L. Lau; 13 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends may call on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the Diamond Head Mortuary Chapel; funeral service will begin at 10:15 a.m. Graveside service will be held at 12:45 p.m. at the Diamond Head Memorial Park. The family requests casual attire. Arrangements by Diamond Head Mortuary.
Love`i Ka`aha`aina McGuire Guerrero was born on Feb. 2, 2011 at 12:08 a.m. at Molokai General Hospital to Julia Guerrero and Matthew Ho`olulu McGuire. She weighed 8 lbs and was 20 inches. Sister Kailana McGuire-Guerrero, and grandparents Dollyann and Frank Guerrero of Ewa Beach, Oahu, and Manono and Stanley Rapanot and David Auld welcomed her into the world.
Community Contributed
By Marla Spencer, Program Manager
During the past several years, I’ve witnessed firsthand amazing achievements of our young people, many of whom had all but given up on attaining their dreams.
In places like Molokai High, Molokai Middle, Baldwin High, and Kalama Intermediate schools, I’ve seen lives turned around, cycles of poverty broken, and new incredible opportunities created.
As the Maui County program manager for Paxen Huli Ke Alo About Face! Family of Programs, I’ve served with a team of approximately 10 instructors and support staff to provide work-readiness, academic and life skills training and education to more than 250 Maui and Molokai students each year.
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Community Contributed
Column by Tutu and Me
Colors have a profound effect on our lives. They can bring about emotional responses that trigger sensory memories. Our language is full of colorful connotations. A green traffic signal means to go. Our bank balance can be in the black, meaning that we have a balance, or in the red meaning that we have no balance. We could be feeling blue because we lost our job. Colors symbolize countries, schools, families, cultures and causes.
Color preferences can begin for young children even before the age of one. Babies have been observed reaching for the same color block, book, toy or food item. Young children choose and can name their favorite color between the ages of two and four years.
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Community Contributed
By Steve Morgan
Why not use solar instead of wind power?
This seems like a reasonable question given the amount of sun that we possess. The simple answer is that solar in considerably more costly. In 2008, a study was done by the Department of Energy to evaluate all alternative energy sources including utility scale solar farms and widespread use of individual roof top solar systems. In regard to both types of systems, the cost was roughly double that of wind. A report demonstrating a comparable renewable energy analysis is expected to be released by the Department of Agriculture in March 2011. This information will also be included in the environmental impact statement (EIS). Nevertheless, solar will play a part of Hawaii’s energy portfolio as tax incentives and net metering encourage the development of independent systems. Furthermore, in the event that an independent renewable energy grid is established for Molokai, solar would be a viable option as one of the components of this system.
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