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Add your commentSabers Down the Farmers
The Lady Farmers soccer team was again bested by a Maui team, as the Maui High Sabers defeated Molokai in both of last weekend’s games.
Friday’s match wasn’t easy for the Lady Farmers as they suffered seven goals from the Sabers. The final score of 0-7 marked the eleventh loss of the season.
Liberty Dialysis Upgrading
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Molokai Dialysis Facility is preparing to upgrade their facilities to better suit special case patients, so they’ll no longer need to travel off-island for dialysis treatments.
“Most people would just move off-island, so this way they can stay on Molokai,” said Kristie Capardia, clinical manager at Molokai Dialysis Facility. The new isolation room will be to serve hepatitis B patients. She added most people require dialysis three times per week, so traveling back and forth for treatment can get expensive and time-consuming.
Dialysis is an artificial filter treatment used to clean blood in people who have acute kidney failure.
Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii has been on Molokai since 2006, and the dialysis center was operated for six years by St. Francis Healthcare System before that.
To be in compliance with new Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) standards, set in 2009, Liberty Dialysis has filed for a permit and will start building an isolation room as soon as the permit is obtained through Maui County.
“We don’t know when the permit will be approved, but we’ll start construction as soon as possible,” said Melissa Souza, Director of Operations at Liberty Dialysis for facilities in Maui County.
Caparida said she could not share how many patients will benefit from this new service, due to privacy laws. However, patients are in good hands. Liberty Dialysis on Molokai won an award as a “Best Practice Facility” in 2010.
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The facility gained that title for performing arteriovenous fistulas on 80 percent of their patients in 2010. “For AV fistulas, surgeons join a vein and artery to draw and purify blood – a preferred method to perform dialysis.
“That type of access lasts many years,” Souza said. “If it’s your own vein it will last many years opposed to a temporary catheter.”
Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii has been active on Molokai for eleven years with the help of the Molokai community, St. Francis Medical Center and David and Judy Mikami. The Mikami’s, who own Molokai Drugs, leased space for free for the first 10 years of business in the Kamoi Center.
“With the help of the community and the Mikami’s, we were able to put this facility together. And it’s truly been a blessing,” Souza said.
Liberty Dialysis has a history of helping patients in rural areas. They have been providing in-home service in the small community of Hana since 2007 – before that, Hana patients had to travel 52 miles to the nearest dialysis care center in Wailuku.
Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii is the only certified communal home treatment facility in the nation. They were recently approached to move forward with home communal service in Kalaupapa and will begin as soon as possible.
“We are currently sending some people to evaluate the area,” Souza said.
Molokai Cuts it Close on Senior Night
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The Farmers faced off with the Lanai Pine Lads this weekend at the Barn, their last home games of the season, and celebrated Senior Night. Molokai won both games, now 4-0 in Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) season, including an exciting overtime win on Friday night.
David Rapanot was a thief in the first quarter, taking the ball with ease from Lanai and dribbling it down the court untouched for layup after layup.
The Farmers put down 28 points in the net opposed to Lanai’s six points in the first half. Lanai returned a more composed team in the second half by cashing in on multiple fouls made by the Farmers.
The Farmers kept a comfortable lead of 37-24, but that quickly dwindled when Lanai scored 10 unanswered points.
Lanai had the lead 42-44 with a little more than a minute left in the game, causing Molokai fans to get off their seats as the clock ticked.
Hauoli Falealiu, who was not seen much earlier in the game, threw the ball up for a 3-pointer with three seconds left on the clock. His defender tipped the ball slightly, but just enough for the ball to go through the net.
Molokai held their ground and dominated in overtime. The final score was 54-49.
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“I told them in the fourth quarter to keep their heads up, attack the corners and put up a shot.”
After the game, Falealiu was overwhelmed with joy after knowing he led his team to a win.
“I just thought we needed three points. I told David [Rapanot] to pass me the ball and I’d shoot it,” Falealiu said.
Shooting three-pointers can be easy in practice, but can be a different matter when the game is on the line.
“Yeah, I was nervous,” he said.
Saturday’s game had less tension, but the Farmers did not let their guard down as they sent the Pine Lads home with another loss.
Seniors Kamakana Duvauchelle and Ryan Rapanot scored 24 and 11 points, respectively, to help the Farmers win 47-27.
“We came out a lot harder today,” Duvauchelle said.
Along with senior Nainoa Langer, these were Duvauchelle and Ryan Rapanot’s last basketball games played at the Barn.
“We’ll miss playing here in front of family and friends and bonding as a team. We’ll definitely remember last night’s game,” they said.
Dragons Down the Farmers
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The Hana High School Dragons were a bit too much for the Lady Farmers to handle this past weekend.Molokai hosted their second pair of home games in Kaunakakai last Friday and Saturday. Friday started well with a strong shot on the goal by team captain, Chelsea Sakamoto. The goal was saved, however, it gave the team life.“We came out on Friday a little flat, and were able to catch up toward the end, but it was too late,” coach Jason Keanai said.The ball spent a lot of time on Molokai’s side and kept their defense on their toes most of the time. With the help of the Farmer’s goal keeper, Susan Smith, they were able to keep the score down. The Farmers’ were plagued by missed passes, steals and were outrun by their opponents, who defeated the Farmers 0-7.Saturday morning’s game looked like a repeat of the previous. The Molokai defense stepped up a bit more and the goalkeeper, Susan Smith did her job well considering how many shots on goal there were.The Molokai offense could not find a way to get the ball in the net, but they managed to get a couple shots on goal.“We need to work on some communication and running. But our defense played pretty well today,” said Leila Quiniones.The final score was 0-4, where unfortunately, Molokai scored one goal against themselves.“I think we’re almost there,” Sakamoto said. “We are learning to play with our hearts and minds.”_0.JPG)
Wind, Cable on the Table
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism News Release
With Lanai’s wind farm taking a tentative step forward, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) are seeking public comment at meetings on Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Oahu regarding the Hawaii Interisland Renewable Energy Program (HIREP), and the Wind Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
A meeting will be held on Molokai on Feb. 3 at the Mitchell Pauole Center at 5:30 p.m.
The EIS reviews possible environmental impacts that may arise from wind energy program development under the HIREP and the range of reasonable options.
Mobi is Mo Betta
Three new cell phone towers were recently installed on top of the Wilhelm Center, where Paddlers Inn is located, to ensure better service for Mobi PCS customers.The cell phone towers, which were approved by the Molokai Planning Commission last June, enhanced Mobi’s 3G network through Kaunakakai, Kualapu`u and Kakahai`a, according to a news release.Mobi has been serving Hawaii since 2003, and serves Molokai through Molokai Cellular, located in the G&M Variety building in Kaunakakai.“We like to think we are the local pulse of the community,” Ed Kurzenski said, Chief Technical Officer of Mobi PCS.Tutu’s Corner
The Nature Conservancy News Release
The Nature Conservancy has received a $10,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund for its conservation work on the island of Molokai.
Thanks to a strong recommendation from Ray Foster, general manager for Monsanto Molokai, the Monsanto Fund awarded the grant to the Conservancy’s Molokai programs to support watershed and stream management.
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“On behalf of the Molokai staff, I would like to thank Monsanto and Ray Foster for their continued support of the Conservancy during these tough economic times,” said Ed Misaki, director of Molokai programs for the Conservancy. Monsanto has provided the Conservancy with annual grants totaling $95,000 since 2005.
According to Misaki, the funds will be used for watershed and stream management at its Kamakou and Pelekunu preserves. The two preserves, which total almost 9,000 acres, lie within the greater East Molokai watershed.
The $10,000 gift will also serve as private matching funds for the state Natural Area Partnership Program, or NAPP. The state program provides $2 for every private dollar the Conservancy raises and spends on management activities at Kamakou and Pelekunu. Essentially, Monsanto’s gift will leverage an additional $20,000 in NAPP funding for a total of $30,000.
Machado New OHA Chair
Colette Machado was elected chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) last month, with the full support (7-0) of the OHA board.
Machado has represented Molokai and Lanai on the board since 1996, and has been involved in a number of Native Hawaiian organizations and supports the congressional passage of the Akaka bill.
She replaces longtime chairwoman Haunani Apoliona, who stepped down voluntarily.
Machado did not return calls for comment.
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