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Two brush fires broke out on Molokai today, both about three miles west of Kaunakakai. One burned about 20 acres along Maunaloa Highway, while the smaller blaze burned about 5,000 square feet in the same area, according to Molokai Fire Captain and incident commander Travis Tancayo. Both were reported just after 1 p.m., and were contained by 3:30 p.m.
Department of Water Supply NOTICE
Water Conservation Request: Ualapue to Waialua, MolokaiCustomers from Ualapue to Waialua, Molokai, are asked to conserve water while the Department of Water Supply well pumps at Ualapue Well are out of service. Water service should be restored to normal by Friday, August 19, 2011. Irrigation systems should be turned off and water should be used only for health and safety purposes for today.
The Department of Water Supply would like to thank its customers for their assistance in ensuring a safe water supply for the east end water system.
Local Woman Wins Journalism Awards
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Community Contributed
By Heidi Chang
Hawaii’s journalism community recently turned out to celebrate some of its best work at the annual Excellence in Journalism Awards dinner in Honolulu. The Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter handed out awards for work produced in 2010. Multimedia journalist Heidi Chang, who has Molokai ties, won the two highest honors for radio news and feature reporting. Chang won a first-place award for her story about Father Damien of Molokai: Hawaii’s First Saint, which aired nationally on AARP Radio’s “Prime Time Postscript.”
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Chang also won a first-place award for her story about the 40th annual Ukulele Festival in Hawaii, which aired on Public Radio International’s “The World.” She produced the radio story, and also a video of Jake Shimabukuro playing ukulele and took all the photos featured in the photo gallery.
Chang is part of the Yuen ohana on Molokai, who has lived on the island for generations. She has also contributed stories to The Molokai Dispatch, including one about her grandfather, Y.K. Yuen, and her late aunty, Marybeth Yuen Maul.
“It’s always good to promote the best reporting in the state to make sure the standards are kept high, as the number of jobs in journalism decline, and the number of traditional media outlets shrink,” said Society of Professional Journalists President Stirling Morita.
Chang is currently working on an oral history project in Kalaupapa with the Hawaii Council for the Humanities. If you’d like to collaborate or help in anyway, please contact Chang at Heidi@HeidiChang.com.
You can listen to Heidi’s award-winning stories on her Hawaii Tales blog:
http://heidichang.com/2011/06/heidi-wins-two-spj-hawaii-awards-for-hawaiis-first-saint-and-ukulele-festival/
AARP Radio’s “Prime Time Postscript”
Hawaii’s First Saint (Father of Molokai)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAL9rsxYCd4&feature=player_embedded
Ukulele festival
Public Radio International’s “The World”
http://www.theworld.org/2010/07/ukulele-festival/
Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 2010 Hawaii Ukulele Festival
http://youtu.be/xE33l8JrFlQ
Hawaii Ukulele Festival: Photo Gallery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/sets/72157624434325193/
Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter
http://www.hawaiispj.org/
See a complete list of the 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners here:
http://www.hawaiispj.org/Awards/2010%20contest%20news%20release%20USE.txt
Molokai Pioneer and Humanitarian: Yun Kee Yuen | Molokai Dispatch
http://themolokaidispatch.com/molokai-pioneer-and-humanitarian-yun-kee-yuen
A Groundbreaking Woman | Molokai Dispatch
http://www.themolokaidispatch.com/groundbreaking-woman
Keep Kupuna From Falling
Maui Adult Day Care Centers News Release
Maui Adult Day Care Centers and Maui County Office on Aging are inviting members of the public to a free caregiver workshop, “Fall Management Training for Caregivers.” The workship, held on June 29 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kulana `Oiwi Halau, is open to both professional caregivers as well as those caring for family members,
Ted Anderson, Doctor of Physical Therapy and member of the Hawaii Chapter of American Physical Therapy Association, and his assistant Jonathan Bucki will offer presentations. They will cover fall statistics and solutions, why falls increase with age, recognizing the warning signs, protection during a fall (demonstrations), fall recovery and Tai Chi for balance.
Ho`omana Hou School 4th Quarter Honor Roll
Honor Roll
Shaquille Rapanot McGuire: 3.69 GPA
Honorable Mention
Danielle Mersburg: 3.32
Kamohoali`i Gomes: 3.23
Rashel Ka`aikala: 3.21
Che Gonzales: 3.19
Mikayla Tengan: 3.18
Hayzen Franco-Kelekolio
Hayzen Kamalu O Nalani Fanco-Kelekolio was born on May 27, 2011 at 11:32 a.m. to parents Shalina Franco and Caleb Kapahakula Kelekolio, at Molokai General Hospital. He joins sisters Mikayla and Kaylee and brother El Jay; grandparents Rhonda Albino of Hilo, and Gabriel Kelekolio Sr and Roselani Soares of Kalamaula, Molokai. He was 5 lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long.
Some Molokai Nonprofits Lose Tax Exemption
More than a thousand nonprofits around the state have lost their tax-exempt status this year, and a handful of those are Molokai organizations, according to a list recently published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Most tax-exempt organizations, other than churches, must file a yearly tax return with the IRS. If an organization fails to do this for three consecutive years, it automatically loses its tax-exempt status.
“Loss of exempt status means an organization must file income tax returns and pay income tax, and its contributors will not be able to deduct their donations,” according to the IRS website.
Theraputic Thanks
Pakolea Rehab Inc. (Physical, Occupational, & Speech Therapy), Dr. Shauna Russell, DPT and Dr. Suzann Wojciechowski, OTR, would like to thank the community for its support during its grand opening held on May 7, 2011. The facility and staff was graced by the presence and blessing of Kahu Anna Lou Arakaki, who said the facility emulates the "good it brings to the community.” Following the blessing, ono food was shared by everyone while the crowd was serenated with the beautiful voices of "Melva" and "Baba" Hanohano.
Philip Benedito
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Philip Fujita Benedito of Kaunakakai, died May 20, 2011 in Honolulu at age 81. He was born Jan. 18, 1930 in Waimanalo, and was a retired National Security Technologies maintenance technician and U.S. Army veteran in the Korean War.
He is survived by his wife, Emelia; son Philip Jr.; daughters Phillynn Benedito-Haas and Phyllis Benedito-Felipe; brothers Carlos Roy and Leocadio; sisters Rosalina Omalsa, Lourdes Fujimoto, Caroline Kawano, Jeanette Arellano, Elenita Keanini, Beatrice Abadilla and Adele Gorospe; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be on June 4, 2011 at Kalanianaole Hall at 8 a.m., followed by eulogy at 9:45 a.m. and mass at 10 a.m. Flowers welcome; aloha attire. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.
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