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Keep That New Year’s Resolution

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Keep That New Year’s Resolution

Community Contributed

By Kalei “Pumpkin” Moss

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight or get fit? Has that resolution come and gone? The dancercise class at Kilohana Elementary School may be the answer to finally keeping that promise. The 21st Century grant is now offering Dancercise at Kilohana Elementary on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m.

Like all 21st Century grant programs, the Dancercise class is free and open to anyone who would like to attend. Led by Lani Sawyer, the class is guaranteed to get your heart pumping. Dancercise is a combination of cardio, aerobics, dance and stretching that will leave you feeling energized and a little sweaty.…

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Keep That New Year’s Resolution

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Keep That New Year’s Resolution

Community Contributed

By Kalei “Pumpkin” Moss

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight or get fit? Has that resolution come and gone? The dancercise class at Kilohana Elementary School may be the answer to finally keeping that promise. The 21st Century grant is now offering Dancercise at Kilohana Elementary on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m.

Like all 21st Century grant programs, the Dancercise class is free and open to anyone who would like to attend. Led by Lani Sawyer, the class is guaranteed to get your heart pumping. Dancercise is a combination of cardio, aerobics, dance and stretching that will leave you feeling energized and a little sweaty.…

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Tutu’s Corner

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Tutu’s Corner

Community Contributed 

TV and Your Child

Column by Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of 2 should not watch any TV or videos. Children at this age need to be interacting with people and materials, rather than sitting passively watching TV. Children over 2 should also be engaged in play activities with adults and other children, but may watch a limited amount of TV. Choose educational programs for your child, such as “Sesame Street” or “Dora the Explorer,” and age-appropriate videos.

Children who watch too much TV tend to do worse in school, be more overweight, and learn behaviors from television.…

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Bicycles? No Sked Um!

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Community Contributed

Opinion by Christopher Carey

When was the last time you thought about bicycles? Was it watching Carlo riding down from Kaunakakai Wharf, or a vague memory of keiki days?

Many of us dismiss bicycles as childhood relics, but gasoline prices continue to soar in Hawaii. Rather than casting stink-eye at Molokai Chevron as we pass, perhaps it’s time to do something more constructive about a real economic crisis that only continues to worsen each month.

Recently, three college students drove an old London taxi 32,500 miles around the world in about 14 months. Buying gasoline in a number of countries highlighted the fact that the United States has the cheapest gas in the world.…

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Disability Awareness Fair

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Hawaii Center for Independent Living News Release

On Wednesday, April 25, Hawaii Center for Independent Living will host an awareness fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kulana `Oiwi. Frank De Lima will MC this event dedicated to the disabled community. Come join us! For more information, call HCIL at 553-3340.…

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Live Well with Diabetes

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

UH Molokai Extension Office News Release

Got diabetes? Know someone who does? Be on the road to living well with diabetes by enrolling in the Diabetes Detection and Prevention Project. Participants will receive free, confidential medical screenings and information about diabetes and how to live well with the disease.

To participate, you need to have been diagnosed with diabetes or have a spouse or other family member with the disease, answer two surveys, provide a small blood sample (fingerstick) and urine sample, and attend this session to learn more about diabetes.

University of Hawaiian and Department of Hawaiian Homelands team up for “Farmer’s Friday” on March 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.…

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Kanoe Davis is New Cultural Health Navigator

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Kanoe Davis is New Cultural Health Navigator

MCHC News Release

Molokai Community Health Center (MCHC) is excited to announce a new patient resource. A Cultural Health Navigator Manager position has been added to the staff line-up at the MCHC. The position is filled by Molokai’s own Kanoe Davis.

“Among other things, I help link patients to alternative and traditional options of healing and treatment,” explained Davis, “while respecting the patient’s choice to choose what works best for them.”

Davis is assigned to assist patients in understanding what their healthcare options are. Whether it’s seeing a medical doctor or dentist, to receiving acupuncture or massage therapy, it’s her job to help patients navigate existing resources in a way that feels culturally correct and inviting.…

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New Programs and Staff for MCHC Dental

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

MCHC News Release

The Molokai Community Health Center (MCHC) has expanded its ability to serve the Molokai community.  After a successful move to the new MCHC Oceanside facility, the Dental Department has added a third dental chair.  A new hygienist, Heather Sluss, has also been brought on board. Sluss is a graduate from Indiana University, Fort Wayne with a degree in Dental Hygiene.  

"Being from a small town myself, I really wanted to work in a rural under-served area where I could feel like a part of the community," said Sluss. "I'm really enjoying Molokai."  

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Teas of Hawaii

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Teas of Hawaii

Herbal tea made from the dried fruit of the coffee plant is a Molokai product that’s spread its wings over the past two years. Originally produced by Coffees of Hawaii (COH) in Kualapu`u, the business has now been sold as Teas of Hawaii to COH employee Jessie Ford, who initiated the product’s development on Molokai.

“Tea is a passion and has been a dream of mine since I discovered it in my early days of college. I am very excited for this new company and adventure,” said Ford in a COH press release last week.

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Hospice Celebrates Life

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Tis the season, let us celebrate life.

At Hospice Hawaii Molokai we like to celebrate life with compassionate end-of-life care.

Join us Friday Dec. 9 or 16 between noon and 4 p.m. at Bank of Hawaii for our annual fundraiser. Celebrate life and help fill our Christmas tree with doves by making a gift to Hospice Hawaii Molokai in memory or in honor of your special loved one.

Life is a journey each of us makes. Along the way there are opportunities to make a difference as well as moments to cherish memories and honor loved ones. Making a difference in end-of- life care is Hospice Hawaii’s gift to Molokai and together with support from our community we can continue to bring hope, reduce fears, and impact lives.

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