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Free Denture Cleanings at MCHC

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Free Denture Cleanings at MCHC

MCHC News Release
Moloka’i Community Health Center’s dental team is now offering free denture cleanings at annual exams. This new service was implemented to help patients keep their dentures clean and free from plaque buildup and tarter that causes oral infections and gingivitis. Go Here to get rid off dental issues or you can also look for the best dental implants Mexico to sort out any kind of issues related to oral health.

When a patient schedules an annual check-up or cleaning, they will receive an oral cancer screening along with head and neck exam, and their dentures will undergo an ultrasonic cleaning.…

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Letter – Is Pork and Beef Gone with the Wind?

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Molokai Ranch wants to raise and market pork and beef. Supposedly the wind energy company Pattern Energy cut its ties to Molokai Ranch and is gone with the wind. Is that the real picture?  When will the Molokai Ranch pig farm start?  Can Molokai people partner and grow the feed?  Depends on world economics.  Does it make “cents” for Molokai residents, private business, the State and Maui County to be partners in rejuvenating west end in water, hotels, golf, etc?  A lot of little can make one big.  Raising pigs and beef on Molokai to feed the world is a good idea — just keep the waste smell from blowing down wind.…

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An Evening with the Galliard String Quartet

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

An Evening with the Galliard String Quartet

MAC News Release

The Galliard String Quartet, considered Hawaii’s premier string quartet, will perform a free concert March 5 in the Kaunakakai Elementary School Cafeteria. The students from the Molokai String and Brass program, under the direction of Bob Underwood, will open for the Honolulu-based quartet. The Molokai students will also work with the quartet individually in master classes while the musicians are on Molokai.

The Galliard String Quartet performs programs that include the works of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Ravel, Schubert and Brahms. Music of the masters is the Galliard’s forte, but the group’s repertoire also includes Strauss waltzes, romantic interludes, light classics, Hawaiian music, popular music and more.…

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Molokai Bowhunters Welcome a New Year

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Molokai Bowhunters Welcome a New Year

Molokai Bowhunters Club News Release

 

 

The Molokai Bowhunters Club wishes everyone a Happy New Year. We plan to keep everyone informed of our club activities throughout the year. Our range is located in Kalae, just past Coffees of Hawaii on the left, heading up to Kalaupapa. The range consists of 10 acres of official targets, uphill & downhill challenges and practice targets.

First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge our elected officers of the Molokai Bowhunting Club:
PRESIDENT – DAMIAN PIRES
VICE PRESIDENT – GODFREY AKAKA
SECRETARYS – KALEO LENWAI / SHARIS KIKUKAWA
TREASURE – BRYAN YATSUSHIRO
SGT @ ARMS – BRIAN TACHIBANA
HUNTING COORDINATORS – NELSON RAPANOT, KIMO KAIAMA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
NFAA TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – NELSON RAPANOT
RANGE DIRECTORS – LANCE TANCAYO, BRIAN TACHIBANA
REGISTRATION LEADERS – MARY RAPANOT, SUSAN NARTATEZ, SHERYL RAWLINS-LENWAI
HANDICAP CHAIRMAN – KALEO LENWAI
FOOD COORDINATORS- WARREN LEE, FRANKY PUPUHI

The Molokai Bowhunters Club first started back in 1988 and was founded by our late friend Joe Kailiponi, a seven-time state champion and well known member of the archery/bowhunting community.…

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FoodCorps Seeks Volunteers

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

FoodCorps Seeks Volunteers

FoodCorps News Release

The national FoodCorps is recruiting service members throughout Hawai‘i who are passionate about healthy food, farms and kids to help connect our keiki to real food and help them grow up healthy. Sust `aina ble Molokai, the grassroots community organization that educates keiki to bring back Molokai’s legacy of `aina momona, will be a service site for two members.

FoodCorps, a national organization addressing childhood obesity and food insecurity in underserved communities, operates in 12 states and will add Hawai`i, California and New Jersey this year. The Kohala Center will be the Hawai`i host site.

FoodCorps is accepting applications for its third class of service members and is seeking to hire ten service members in Hawai‘i.…

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Larry Ellison Buys Island Air

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Larry Ellison Buys Island Air

 

Island Air News Release
Island Air closed the sale of the airline today to a newly formed holding company owned by Lawrence J. Ellison. The sale secures the future of Island Air and its employees.

There are no planned staff changes and Island Air will continue its operations as usual while developing plans for additional planes, routes and services. All current tickets will be honored and all Cloud9 members will retain their status and benefits.

“This is another major investment and commitment to Hawaii,” said Paul Marinelli, vice president of Lawrence Investments, LLC. “We understand the critical importance of transportation in an island state, and we will ensure that Island Air strengthens its role, capacity and service to the people of Hawaii.…

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Wrestlers Bring Home the Gold

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Wrestlers Bring Home the Gold

The Molokai High School Wrestlers competed at the MIL championships on Maui this weekend. The girls team finished second overall, and the boys finished fourth overall. There were ten wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament this coming weekend.

Here are the individual awards for the MIL championships:

1st Place – Kaila’oe Cabating (107lbs); Desiree Corpuz (113lbs); Alexandria Simon (119lbs); Rizpah Torres-Umi (127lbs)

2nd Place – Karley Kaulili (111lbs); Rizpah Torres-Umi (137lbs); Cendall Manley (142lbs); Noah Caparida 142lbs); Solomon Maliu (173lbs); Rusty Nakayama (217lbs)

3rd Place – Sierra Pico (123 lbs); Saydee Makaiwi-Samitara (132lbs); Alika Kaahanui (147lbs)…

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22 tons of hope

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

22 tons of hope

As families come out to Kaunakakai Ball Park this July to receive free food, entertainment and services, they just may receive something else as well – hope.

Convoy of Hope, a faith-based nonprofit whose mission is to feed the world, will come to Molokai July 19, 20 and 21, offering free groceries, family portraits, haircuts, health screenings, shoes and lunch to everyone who shows up for their weekend of hope.

Lynette Eastman, Convoy of Hope Hawaii organizer, said they will have 22 tons of groceries – 5,000 bags – waiting for the families who come out.

“We will not allow anything to be sold,” Scott Sonoda, Convoy of Hope Hawaii coordinator, said.…

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Two Wheels and a Cause

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Two Wheels and a Cause

The Sons of Hawaii Motorcycle club revved into town Feb. 15, bringing with them support for a good cause.

Each year the club comes to Molokai with a makana for a nonprofit, and this year they presented Ka Hale Pomaika`i recovery center in Mana`e with $500 to go toward groceries for the house where they offer support and services to people recovering from addictions or alcoholism.

“The Sons of Hawaii wanted to improve the image motor cycle clubs have and reduce the stigma associated with them,” Shari Lynn of Ka Hale Pomaika`i said. “In that way we have a common force.…

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Food Business Basics workshop on Molokai

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Food Business Basics workshop on Molokai

Kohala Center News Release

Value-added and specialty foods consultant Lou Cooperhouse will present his “Food Business Basics: Getting Started and Finding Your Niche in the Specialty Foods Business” workshop March 15 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Lanikeha Community Center in Ho‘olehua, Molokai.

The workshop is designed for farmers seeking to develop their raw product into a value-added product that they can bring to markets, entrepreneurs and restraunteurs interested in diversifying their revenue streams with specialty food products and established producers looking to take their food business to the next level.

Cooperhouse will deliver his three-hour “Food Business Basics” workshops, and then Nicole Milne, agriculture business specialist at the Kohala Center, will present two one-hour sessions focused on financial resources available to Hawai`i farmers as well as strategies for marketing agricultural products.…

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