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Squeals of delight were mixed with sea spray as Molokai kids experienced the ancient art of Hawaiian sailing canoes last Friday. The Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association (HSCA) held its third annual “Mahalo Molokai” event at Hale O Lono to thank the community for supporting them during their race season. The association, with teams on almost every island, races around the state every summer, sharing their love of the sport that carried their ancestors.
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The first keiki fishing tournament on Molokai proved a success on July 2, with more than 125 entries. The goal of the shoreline tournament on the island’s east end was to give children the chance to learn how to fish, practice catch and release techniques and most of all, have fun. More than 100 fish were caught, all weighing less than one pound. Entrants were judged on biggest catch or most caught.
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One of the tournament’s organizers, Jr Kalawe, said he has participated in many fishing events himself, and wanted to give his son the same opportunity. He added the event was such a success that they’re already planning it again for next year.
Keiki Fishing Tournament Results
Ages 2 to 5:
1. Olana Phifer
2. David Lima English
3. Tie: Khloe Bicoy, Tyahahua Cuello, Kailani Bicoy
Ages 6 to 9:
1. Taua Lima English
2. CJ Adolpho
3. Maya Lima, Saven Ka`ahanui
Ages 10 to 12:
1. Treyden Kalilikane
2. Kaniela Kaupu
3. Kea Sumarnap
Molokai Culinary Center News Release
Danish pastries for 24 cents? Cookies four cents each? Dinner for about a buck? Don Hill and the Molokai Culinary Center can show you how. Hill, a long-time resident of the island and well-known local chef, has just begun a new non-profit cooking school.
The school is aimed at several target groups. The first are homemakers and caregivers, especially those on tight budgets, food stamps and WIC. The school will teach them how to get the most nutrition for their money, including how to shop.
Students can also learn from the school. Young children can learn about nutrition, especially the vital role played by fruits and vegetables. Older students will learn to cook, and even to earn a living from this skill.
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“I like chess because it’s fun and I like strategy games,” he said.
QLCC Direct Service Specialist Ebra Silva, who helped organize Saturday’s tournament, said playing chess teaches students and adults “critical thinking, planning, evaluation and analysis of their moves.”
“I think it just helps them to grow more as an individual, and in doing community events like this, it helps to bring the community together,” she said.
Local businesses donated prizes for the adult winners, with first place receiving about $250 to $300 of goods. Organizers purchased backpacks from Molokai Surf and filled them with school supplies for the keiki winners. All contestants received small prizes for participating.
Winners
Adult Division (age 18+)
1. Julian Torres, 5 points
2. Cheesung Stone, 4 points
3. Sam Kealoha , 2.5 points
Middle/High School Division (Grades 7-12)
1. Three-way tie: Ken Brito, Jayven Paleka-Wright and Cody Bocoboc; 4 points each
2. Two-way tie: Hanalei Dudoit-Enos and Logan Kamali`I; 3 points each
3. Two-way tie: Kelson Cabalar and Ray-Jay English; 2 points each
Elementary Division:
1. Clancey Wright, 4.5 points
2. Tehya Almazan, 0.5 points
Donors
Molokai Gifts & Things
Moana’s Florist
Upcountry Market
Hometown
Hotel Molokai
Maka’s Korner
Shop 2 Beauty Salon
Molokai Burger
Kat’s Beauty Salon
Hayaku’s
Kamakana Country Store
Kualapu`u Market
Misaki’s
Molokai Mule Ride
Coffees of Hawaii
Ironwoods Golf Course
Friendly Market Center
Kumu Farms
Rawlins’ Chevron Service
Molokai Drug Store
Mana`e Goods & Grindz
Molokai Surf
Denise’s Furniture
Paddler’s Inn
P & S Refrigeration, LLC.
Imports Gift Shop
Pancho Alcon/Hawaii’s Finest
Molokai Pizza Café
Kualapu`u Cookhouse
Simon & Friends Pet Shoppe
Atlas Hardware
Organizers would like to thank volunteers who donated their time, including Ted Takamiya, Cindy Brito, Anthony Fukuoka and Honey Girl English. Planners included Silva, Tubz Kalipi, Nyree Kang, Lani Ozaki, Barbara Kalipi, Kekama Helm and the support staff of QLCC.
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Lights flooded the Kaunakakai Ball Park last Friday night, with fans filling stadium seats ready to cheer the keiki on the field. But there were no strikes or homeruns during this performance – only “moos” and “oinks.”
More than 30 youth involved in the Molokai 4-H Livestock Club showed off the animals they’ve raised within the last six months at the annual Livestock Expo last weekend – a Molokai tradition participants say has been carried on for generations.
“The kids learn a lot… It teaches them all about being sustainable through backyard-raising animals,” said rancher Jimmy Duvauchelle, who served as emcee and whose children, grand-children and great-grandchildren have participated. “Molokai, we don’t got much, but we got plenty backyards.”
Junior and senior participants, ages 9 through 19, were judged with their steers and hogs Friday night. Participants scored in two categories: market, which judged the livestock’s marketability, and showmanship, which was based on keiki’s ability to display animals to the judge.
Six contestants showed hogs, herding them around a circular pen on the field’s diamond. 4-H volunteers followed with spray bottles, squirting the swine to keep them cool. Giggles erupted from young audience members when a hog snorted or made a dash across the dirt.
Jill Eguires, a former 4-H member from Oahu, judged the competition, awarding Rex Kamakana Jr. first place in the market competition for his swine, named Pork Chop. Acey Reyes placed first for her showmanship of Fat Pig.
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Noel Tancayo may be only 9 years old, but she’s no stranger to rodeos. The youngster won her ninth buckle at the 56th annual Makawao Rodeo during the July 4th weekend, placing first in the junior keiki barrel event and fourth in open wahine division.
“It’s actually pretty fun ‘cause you just experience riding a horse, and you feel like you’re falling off but you’re not,” she said.
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Pottery classes. Keiki learning how to sculpt or paint. Dance lessons. Workshops to teach local artists marketability, and for visiting artists to share the secrets of their craft. That’s what Molokai Arts Center (MAC) organizers envision as a vibrant workspace for community members to learn, teach and engage in art.
The vacant building behind Coffees of Hawaii might look sparse now, but it is already undergoing a transformation into what could become an artistic hub for Molokai.
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While school furlough days ended last year, education budget woes are not over. The Department of Education (DOE) is facing a $32.8 million budget reduction over the next two fiscal years. As part of the cuts, the DOE made adjustments to the weighted student formula, or per-pupil funding, as well as redefined the student enrollment required to be considered a small school. Sixty-four campuses around the state, including all schools on Molokai, will lose money as a result of the small school redefinition, according to DOE Budget Specialist Brian Hallett.
Community Contributed
By Barbara Haliniak
As a board member of the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), I would like to spotlight the significance of the Ke Alahele Education Fund to Molokai. To date, MEDB has awarded over $90,000 to our schools and educational projects to help educators, students and special programs expand skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.
This is an excellent avenue to fund Molokai schools and student projects, especially during this time with the DOE budget cuts.
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Did you know that the history of chess spans 1,500 years and that the earliest form of the game originated in India? Did you know that chess is called the game of kings, because for many centuries it was played primarily by nobility and the upper classes? Did you know that the longest game theoretically possible is 5,949 moves?
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