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Outstanding Results for Kualapu`u Team

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Outstanding Results for Kualapu`u Team

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By Sue Forbes-Kikukawa

On Sunday, May 1 the Kualapu`u Running Team competed in their first off-island race, participating in the Honolulu 5K for Kids.  All team members turned in solid performances in their first competition at this level, with top results coming from the Ringor twins – Mary Rose and Mary Grace.  The twins came in second and third in the girls’ 9-10 age group, with times of 30:07 and 30:20, respectively. Other top ten age group performers were Nainoa Kahale, fourth in the boys’ 9-10 age group with a time of 24:09; Noelani Helm, sixth in the girls’ 9-10 age group with a time of 32:46; Raphael Adolpho, seventh in the boy’s 9-10 age group with a personal record of 25:34; and Genevieve Kikukawa, eighth in the girls’ 11-12 division with a personal record of 30:20. Just missing top ten recognition were Kekama Naeole-Starkey, who ran 27:13 and came in 12th place in boys’ 9-10 division; while Noah Donnelly ran 27:40, earning 14th place in boys’ 11-12 group. 


With close to 1,000 racers competing in the Honolulu 5K for Kids, the Kualapu`u kids did a terrific job of representing Molokai this year, and after getting a taste of some real competition are looking forward to returning to compete on Oahu again next year.  As Genevieve Kikukawa said to her mom after the race, “That was fun, I want to do this again.”  And so the practices and the on-island fundraising races will continue, with track practices scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5 p.m., and the next two Saturday running races on the calendar for May 14 and 21.

 

MCC’s Biggest Loser

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

MCC’s Biggest Loser

Along with getting a higher education, some students at the University of Hawaii Maui College-Molokai, formerly known as MCC, also tried their luck at losing a few pounds this past semester during UHMC’s first-ever “Biggest Loser” competition.

Professor Donna Haytko-Paoa, the coordinator for the event,  was inspired by her favorite TV show “the Biggest Loser,” a reality series which helps people lose weight. She and her staff partner, Kelley Dudoit, reeled in twenty students to participate in the weight loss program, and awards for biggest losers were handed out last Friday at the college’s campus.

First-place winner, April Maddela, won a volleyball and the respect of her classmates after the 10-week event. She  lost 26 pounds during the Biggest Loser competition.

wasn’t about losing weight,” she told the program’s graduates. “It was about changing your lifestyle, so you wouldn’t go up and down and be unhappy with yourself, so you can have confidence.”

Commissioner Nomination Contested

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

The Molokai Planning Commission (MoPC) has one open seat and it could be filled by early June by Oliver “DeGray” Vanderbilt.  But his nomination by Mayor Alan Arakawa has been under review for the past two weeks after several Molokai community members have questioned his residency status.

Arakawa nominated Vanderbilt in April to fill the seat previously filled by Napua Leong, who resigned from the commission in December 2010. The commission has a maximum of nine seats, and eight out of them have been filled. Vanderbilt already served on the MoPC from 2003-2008, and was chairman his last year.

Wharf Water Line Permits OK’d

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

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