The reason for this letter is to ask for your help in whatever ways you can provide to support to our local high school. We are operating on a shoestring budget under the state’s weighted student formula that, this year, provides barely sufficient funds to run a small high school such as ours.
I am writing to voice my concerns and complaint regarding the editorial that ran in the Oct. 27 issue of this paper entitled, “Righteous Votes” by Pastor Adolphus Lankford. The letter is a call to voters to “vote for the righteousness of God Jehova,” followed by a list of candidates who Lankford claims “uphold the righteousness of God.” There follows no explanation of why Mr.
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Molokai High School Girls Volleyball Team state champions! Lesson of the day: Dedication! Hard Work! And Ohana! "Molokai No Ka Heke!"
Walter Ritte
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Kualapu`u School is beginning a penny drive this week to raise money for 30 fifth- and sixth-grade students who want to travel to the East Coast, May 8-18. Penny jars will be placed at 20 local business locations to collect donations. If you would like to support student travel for this group, please drop your donations into the “Kualapu`u School Penny Jar” at your favorite local business. Students will be collecting penny donations on the 12th of each month all the way up until the 102nd anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth- February 12, 2011.
Sue Forbes
We would like to say a big mahalo to Coffees of Hawaii for their continuing to make their facilities available for the entertainment provided by Molokai JAZZ on Saturday nights, and also the delightful and talented Na Ohana Ho Aloha on Sunday evenings.
They have expanded their food service offerings a great deal, and we always enjoy our Saturday night “date” for dinner and music; we rarely miss it. And we feel the addition of a $5 cover charge is entirely worth it for the joy we receive. Where else can you hear musicians of such caliber that they could be playing at any commercial venue. They are even better than the group I heard last year at a pricey jazz club in Santa Cruz, California.
We would like to extend a big mahalo to the Molokai community, and everyone who participated in the 8th Annual Business and Food Expo to make it a successful event.
Thank you to Mayor Tavares, Maui County Council Chair Danny Mateo and the Office of Economic Development for partnering with the Molokai Chamber of Commerce and ensuring this event happens each year.
Mahalo to all of our sponsors, Monsanto Molokai, Young Brothers, American Savings Bank, and Alamo Rent a Car for their support.
Mahalo nui loa to everyone who supported me in my effort to represent you on the Hawaii School Board of Education.
I would like to thank my dedicated family, friends and island neighbors who helped me throughout the entire campaign and never wavered. A special mahalo to the ILWU, the Carpenter's Union, and the Hawaii State Teacher's Association for their support and hard work on Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Hawaii and Kauai. Without your efforts I would not have been successful in the campaign.
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Sending a very special thanks to all of you: my many friends, relatives, sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, far and near, for celebrating my 80th birthday with me!
Love,
Lillian and Tiny Puaoi
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Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Army, Coast Guard and many others. Vietnam, World War II, Korea and Desert Storm. Veterans of different backgrounds, hometowns and fighting grounds came together for this year’s Veterans Day services on Molokai.
The Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans hosted a ceremony at the Ho`olehua Veteran’s Cemetery last Thursday morning, attended by family, friends and volunteers from Molokai Middle School.
During a solemn rendition of taps by Rob Stephenson on the saxophone, the veterans released 21 red, white and blue pigeons in lieu of a 21 gun salute.
Bob Aldridge joined the Molokai veterans group nearly 10 years ago for the camaraderie.
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Mayor Charmaine Tavares is seeking volunteers to serve on county boards and commissions.
Sixty vacancies need to be filled on boards including the Maui, Molokai and Lanai planning commissions, the Police Commission and the Cultural Resources Commission.
Applications are available online at www.mauicounty.gov, as well as at all public libraries and numerous other county service centers.
Deadline to apply is Dec. 15, although applications will be accepted year-round to fill unexpected vacancies. For more information, call the Mayor's Office at 270-7855 or visit www.mauicounty.gov.
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