Community

Don’t Manufacture Problems

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

The world challenges us with choke burdens such as tsunamis, plane crashes, al-Qaeda and North Korea.  Difficulties abound even when good communities such as Molokai pull together to help one another.  We most certainly do not need to put up with additional, manufactured problems.  Manufactured problems are created by those who wish to impose their will on others and gain leverage in order to feel empowered.  I am a strong believer in taking complex situations and rendering them down to the simplest form.

Happy 30 Birthday, Greig!

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Warrior Training

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

On Oct. 1 and 2, respected Olohe, Keeamoku Kapu brought Lua (Hawaiian Martial Arts) to Keawanui Molokai. His students from Na Kao Kaui Ka Meheu o Na Kupua (warriors who walked in the footsteps of their ancestors) helped to begin training over a dozen Molokai students. Olohe Keeamoku wants to train warriors and invite them to participate in the yearly gathering at Pu`u Kohola Heiau in Kawaihae on Hawaii Island. He hopes to come to Molokai on a monthly basis to train warriors. Go talk story with Gandhi Ross, Kauhane Adams, or Justin Avelino if you want to check things out. The training includes lots of Hawaiian protocols, and includes women as well as men. 

Walter Ritte

Close-knit Community

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

When you turn on Kolapa Street past the community swimming pool, do you get da urge to turn right at da entrance shaded by two big shady trees on each side? It’s da entrance to the Home Pumehana residence, a home of our kupuna. It houses the oldies but goodies. Singles and couples alike live a unique lifestyle that is pleasant and full of aloha. They are allowed to grow plants outside the units to enhance the living space. If there were no plants for kupuna to plant, you can imagine how empty all the front yards would look. The majority at Home Pumehana know who their neighbors are, so there’s no loneliness, being alone, depression or emptiness. You can see sharing, helping, hookipa, laulima, lokahi, kupono, alu alu, etc.

What’s Up Maunaloa

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Column by Aunty Kehau

Did you hear that there is a Choking Game on Molokai? Well your roving reporter got an email that was circulated to various churches regarding this horrible game among our keiki. I went to the website and saw a few videos on it and it is terrible. This is a website you can go and do more research on at chokinggame.net/chokinggameeducationalmaterial.html. Please take heed to this information and if you have keiki, please take the time to sit down and discuss this with them. Let us come together to save our keikis on Molokai from this deadly game before it's too late. Mahalo for caring.

I thank the good Lord for sending my grandson Joshua back home safely after he fractured his right knee. With a cast on his leg, he needed to come home on the air ambulance from Oahu to Molokai. I can't seem to understand why. Island Air cannot have at least one seat that has accessibility for those passengers wearing a leg cast? I understand that there are federal regulations that need to be followed but can you imagine if my grandson didn't have medical coverage for this? Wow, a big bill, hotel expenses if there is no ohana on Oahu, expense, expense and more expense! So this roving reporter is doing a big shout out to all my representatives from the state and federal level. You gotta do something about this, this is not fair. This is the second time my grandson needed to be medi-vaced back home and I don't want to see anyone else go through what my grandson had to go through. So who is going to step up to the plate and do something about it? Hey, you'll get my vote.

A belated happy 15th birthday to Isaiah Espaniola and happy 49th anniversary to Ron and Mary Neale. This is your roving reporter Aunty Kehau closing with this thought of the day. Friends are of utmost importance. We love, trust, get hurt, sometimes get mad, but we love and trust anyhow because that's the best way to let our friendship grow. Until my next article, take care, love one another and appreciate each day to the fullest with life and joy. A hui hou and malama pono.