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Author Archives: Catherine Cluett Pactol

Hawai‘i Ant Lab Offering Free Workshop

Friday, July 26th, 2024

CTAHR News Release

Ants have become a major pest, both indoors and out. To address this issue, the Molokai Cooperative Extension Service is teaming up with Hawai‘i Ant Lab for a free training workshop on Aug. 1 from 3-5:30 p.m. at our office in Hoolehua.
The focus of the training will include the background and biology as well as prevention, detection and identification of various ants found in Hawai‘i. This training will include both classroom and hands-on outdoor activity.
Registration is required by emailing andreace@hawaii.edu with your name, phone number and number attending in your group. Space is limited.
Molokai Cooperative Extension is a part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).…

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‘The Wind and the Reckoning’ Available on Cable and Streaming

Friday, July 26th, 2024

The Hawai‘i independent movie The Wind and the Reckoning, based on a true story that took place following the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, is now available to watch, rent or purchase on cable TV and several online platforms.
The year is 1893. The Hawaiian Kingdom has been overthrown by Westerners just as an outbreak of Hansen’s disease engulfs the islands. Native Hawaiians suspected of having the foreign disease are permanently exiled to a remote settlement in the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the island of Molokai.
On Kauai, a local cowboy named Ko‘olau and his son, Kalei, contracted the dreaded disease. They refused to allow their family to be separated, sparking an armed clash with island authorities, making Ko‘olau and his wife Pi‘ilani heroes.…

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Banana Bunchy Top Virus Control, Prevention

Friday, July 26th, 2024

CTAHR News Release

On Monday, July 29 the University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) will conduct a Workshop on the Control and Prevention Strategies of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV).
The workshop will be held at the Molokai Cooperative Extension Office from 3-5 p.m. The office is at 69-1 Puupeelua Ave. in Ho‘olehua, next door to the Ho‘olehua Post Office.
Amjad Ahmad and Jennifer Hawkins, Extension Agents with the Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program at CTAHR will provide presentations to include Banana Fertilization, Propagation, and BBTV Prevention Strategies.
Banana plantlets will be distributed during the workshop.…

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HDOA Opens Ag Micro-Grant Program

Friday, July 26th, 2024

HDOA News Release

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the popular Micro-Grant for Food Security Program (MGFSP).
This is the fourth year of the grant program which provides support for small-scale gardening, herding and livestock operations to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food-insecure communities. A total of $3,576,470 is available, which was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the 2018 Farm Bill.
This year’s program is open to:
● Individuals, including backyard farmers – for the amount set at $5,000 per applicant.
● Applicants must be a Hawai‘i resident, at least 18 years old and head of the household.…

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DOH Launches Beat Diabetes Prevention Program

Friday, July 26th, 2024

DOH Launches Beat Diabetes Prevention Program

DOH News Release

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health recently launched a new public service announcement campaign to motivate people with prediabetes to adopt healthier behaviors to prevent Type 2 diabetes. The public is encouraged to take the Prediabetes Risk Assessment and talk with a health care provider about the need for additional testing. For people with blood glucose levels in the prediabetes range, participation in a lifestyle change program, like the Beat Diabetes Prevention Program, can lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in Hawai‘i and the number one cause of blindness, kidney failure, and lower limb amputations in the U.S.…

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County Seeking Input on Potential Intracounty Ferry

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Maui County News Release

The County of Maui is seeking resident feedback in person and online about a potential ferry service to connect Lānaʻi and Molokai with Maui.
Community members are asked to provide input on demand, routes and other preferences for a possible intracounty ferry. Options are being assessed in the Maui County Ferry Feasibility Study, a Maui County Council-initiated report that is being conducted by the County Department of Transportation. The study is anticipated to be finalized and presented to Council for consideration in February.
Residents are encouraged to take the online Maui County Ferry Feasibility Study Passenger Survey at https://bit.ly/mauiferry…

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Talk Story with Rapa Nui Film Producer Saturday

Friday, July 26th, 2024

MAC News Release

Join us as we present “MAC Talk” or a “talk story” session with film of writer/director Sofia Rodriguez who hails from Rapa-Nui/Easter Island. The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Molokai Arts Center.
Rodriguez will be sharing “Marahoro,” a film she produced. This film is about the amusing and heartwarming coming of age story of 12-year-old Marahoro’s typical summer routine on his island home, Rapa Nui. The film was shot in Rapa Nui/Easter Island. It has a 100 percent Rapa Nui-ethnic cast confirmed and a multicultural crew made up of Chileans, Rapa Nui and one Maori-New Zealander (cinematographer Fred Renata).…

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Molokai Preschool Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Molokai Preschool Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

MEO News Release

The “Where the Wild Things Are” summer for the preschoolers in the Molokai Head Start program concluded with a Rumpus Dance around the Maui Economic Opportunity Kaunakakai office earlier this month.
Head Start staff turned their summer session classroom into the forest where Max encounters the “Wild Things” in author and artist Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book. Vines hung from ceiling windows, and pictures and dolls of the Wild Things, Max and his crown adorned the classroom.
Preschoolers engaged in lessons including language arts, math, science and music, as well as arts and crafts aligned with the Wild Things theme.…

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Molokai Heritage Trust Moving Forward

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Molokai Heritage Trust Moving Forward

The Molokai Heritage Trust (MHT) is more than halfway through its membership drive and community information sessions. About 20 people attended a meeting at Mitchell Pau‘ole Center July 15 — the third of 10 planned meetings. By the closing of this issue, three additional meetings were held on the island.
“We are hoping this is going to be the beginning of a monumental moment for Molokai,” said Zhantell Dudoit Lindo, a founding member of the trust.
Ultimately, MHT wants to purchase more than 55,000 acres of land — about a third of the island — owned by Molokai Ranch. The trust would then manage the lands through an elected Board of Directors.…

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Keiki Clean Up Beaches at the Wharf, Canoe Club

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Keiki Clean Up Beaches at the Wharf, Canoe Club

A three-prong partnership brought together several dozens of keiki to a beach cleanup at Kaunakakai Wharf and at the Molokai Canoe Club Friday morning, gathering about 50 pounds of trash and 100 pounds of invasive red mangrove seedlings.
“This is our second year hosting the beach cleanup with Molokai Holokai,” said Sonja Angst, marketing communications manager at the nonprofit organization Sust‘āinable Molokai.
Angst said about 75 children from Maui County’s Summer PALS program, plus a handful of other keiki from the community showed up at the wharf for the cleanup. The children filled three large bags – two filled with snapped mangrove seedlings and another filled with trash picked up on the shoreline.…

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