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Hineokahaloa Pi`olualani Tallis Pastrana was born on February 28, 2011 at Molokai General Hospital to proud parents, Josh and Harmonee Pastrana. Grandparents are Sonny and Laila Pastrana, and Bill and Katrina Williams. Hine was 20 inches long and weighed 7 lbs. Josh and Harmonee would like to extend a big aloha and mahalo to all of our family and friends.
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Lydia E. Espiritu, of Lahaina, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at age 67. She was born on February 12, 1944 in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. She was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Jun Espiritu; son Jerry Espiritu; daughters Miraflor (Zaldy) Velasco and Michelle (Kai) Mahuna; brother Lloyd Reyes; and four grandchildren, Mackenzie-Lee Velasco, Zamir Velasco, Angelica Manegdeg, and Mischa Mahuna.
Family and friends are invited to gather for funeral services on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the Kalaniana`ole Hall. Visitation will begin 6 p.m. with a service at 8 p.m. Burial will be held 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Kapa`akea Cemetery in Kaunakakai, Molokai.
Jan K. TenBruggencate, longtime Molokai pineapple researcher and the author of a history of the Hawaiian pineapple industry, died Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 89.
He was born March 16, 1922 in the Netherlands, and moved in 1956 to Molokai’s Libby McNeill and Libby plantation in Maunaloa, where he was an agronomist. The plantation closed in the 1970s. In later years, while living in Florida and Wisconsin, TenBruggencate consulted for the pineapple industries of Colombia, Swaziland, South Africa and other parts of the world. After his retirement, he wrote Hawaii’s Pineapple Century, the history of the Hawaiian pineapple industry.
Last Saturday, the Maui Canoe and Kayak Club hosted the Maui to Molokai (M2M) race, for both solo and relay paddle divisions. Over 200 contestants took to the water, from Flemings Beach Park to Kaunakakai Wharf – with a good showing of Molokai participants.
“These are our stomping grounds,” Clint Labrador said of the course, adding that good wind and downwind swells urged them along.
Labrador, Chad Lima and Carlton Helm led the pack for Molokai – Helm and Lima came in eighth and ninth, respectively, in the men age 30-39 division. Labrador said he was proud to come in 29th in the 18-29 division.
Molokai’s Solo Results:
Asa Ward, 41st in the men age 18-29; Adolph Helm, 47th in the men 50-59; Greg “Doc” Davis, 105th in the men 60+
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Community Contributed
By Sue Forbes-Kikukawa
On Saturday April 23, the fifth and final 5K in the “Do 5 for the Kids” race series was held. This time the race course was moved to the road in order to simulate course conditions that the Kualapu`u team will encounter on May 1 in Honolulu. The 3.1-mile course ran from Coffees of Hawaii to a half mile past Molokai High School and back. Course conditions were hot and fast, with temps in the mid-80s by the 8 a.m. start. Several runners turned in personal records, with Akona Adolpho leading the pack in a time of 20:10. Other standout performances included Kaina Adolpho, in his first-ever appearance, winning the boys’ division in a time of 24:15, and Mary Grace Ringor besting her twin sister, Mary Rose for the first time, running 29:10.
Race organizers have decided to continue hosting a monthly race so that the kids (and the adults) can continue to improve their times over the summer. The next race will be held on May 21 starting from Coffees at 7 a.m.
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The students of Paxen Huli Ke Alo – About Face! and Jump Start programs – no longer have funding to continue their educational after-school program. The state-wide program helped students with academic and life goals, and served middle and high school youths on Molokai.
State budget cuts went into effect on March 31, and Paxen Huli Ke Alo lost 90 percent of its staff state wide, according to Lehua Kaauwai-Cougar, the program’s general manager.
Molokai’s site supervisor, Jera Pali, said she got the kids involved in the process to try and save their budget.
“[We said,] what we need from you [students] is support letters,” Pali said. “They went on Facebook, they were taking an active approach in hoping the programs would not end.”
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Four drag queens strutted the catwalk last Saturday evening at Hotel Molokai, vying for Miss Queen Diva and Miss Princess Diva of Molokai’s third annual Ultimate Diva Pageant. Jokes, diva attitude and Molokai pride flowed, with two local contestants joined by two visiting divas showing off what they got.
Molokai-born participant, Bubbalicious – aka Lee Hanohano – won the coveted Miss Queen Diva crown, followed by Diamond Armani of Oahu as Miss Princess Diva. Kylee West-Williams landed in third, and Molokai’s own Jaela Jamez-Dereon came in fourth.
From bikinis to ball gowns to complete animal print, the pageant is all about costume changes. In between contestants, an enthusiastic audience was entertained by The Girly Show, a popular group of transgender performers from Maui.
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The Molokai High School Theater Group is getting back in the acting groove and preparing for its upcoming play, “The Princess and the Pea.”
The group started getting together for practice after school four days per week in January, preparing a play that will take the stage on May 2, 3, 5 at the MHS cafeteria-turned-theater.
Theater used to be offered as a class at MHS, when the funds were available, but now, the 21st Century program supports the acting club as an after-school program.
With the help of 21st Century, they are able to buy costumes and stage supplies.
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The Molokai High Farmers baseball team has had an extrodinary season, finishing regular season 5-1, and are heading to the state championship as Maui Interschoalstic League (MIL) Division II’s top seed. The Farmers haven’t made it to states for the last three years. The Farmers took the crown after two games on Friday against Seabury Hall (5-3) at Maehara Stadium and improved their record to 7-1.
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They took the first game on Friday afternoon in only four innings after ending with the mercy rule, 16-1.
Kaoli Place had a breakout pitching game on Friday evening by striking out 12 batters in total. The Farmers won with a score of 10-2.
Place also went 3-3 at the plate with a double, an RBI and three runs. Kamakana Duvauchelle-Andrade also contributed by hitting a double with 2 RBIs. Maverick Dela Cruz had an RBI single.
Coach Mike McCutcheon did not return calls for comment.
The Farmers will travel to Oahu for the state tournament on May 5.
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While St. Damien is a household name on Molokai, Blessed Mother Marianne Cope isn’t far behind in the process of being declared a saint. A relic of the venerated nun, who served in Kalaupapa with Damien, will be on display on Molokai on May 6 and 7.
Not only did Mother Marianne leave her home in New York to care for Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa and Honolulu for 35 years, but she also founded the first hospital on Maui, as well as Hilo General Hospital and orphanages for children around the state.
“I am hungry for the work, I am not afraid of the disease, hence it would be my greatest delight even to minister to the abandoned lepers,” said Mother Marianne in response to a request to serve in Hawaii, in 1883, according to blessedmothermarianne.org.
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