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Releases that pertain to the Molokai and Hawaiian communities.

Science Education Grant Available

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Applications are now being accepted for the Monsanto Hawaii Science Education Fund. This Monsanto Fund grant program is open to public schools serving students at the intermediate, high school and college levels on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Molokai.

Established in 2005, the fund helps provide Hawaii public schools with programs, tools, supplies and equipment to enhance science education, and encourage today’s students to consider a future career in the sciences. To date, the program has awarded more than $115,000 to public schools throughout the state.

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Concert to Celebrate 25 Years

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Concert to Celebrate 25 Years

Molokai Dispatch News Release

For more than 25 years, The Molokai Dispatch has been bringing you Molokai news, Molokai style – and now we’re bringing you an awesome family-friendly concert to celebrate!

Molokai-born music sensation Sashamon will perform at Mahana Gardens on Saturday, Sept. 10. Bring your own blankets, beach chairs and beer, and make yourself comfortable while enjoying some of Hawaii’s best jams.

Located at the new Mahana Gardens nursery, expect a beautiful tropical setting that lends itself to good times. With discount admission for kids ($5 for kids under 13, and free for children under 5), families are encouraged to attend. Tickets are $15 for adults. Proceeds support the island’s only free newspaper.

Doors open at 4 p.m. and the show goes until midnight. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Sodas and ono BBQ plates will be available for sale, as well as exclusive commemorative Dispatch T-shirts. Drawings and prizes will be held throughout the evening – must be present to win!

Please note the new date and location for this event: Sept. 10 at Mahana Gardens, located 14 miles west of Kaunakakai on the left side of the base of Maunaloa. For more information and to buy tickets, stop by the Dispatch office at the Moore Center or call 552-2781.

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Stand Up for the Kingdom

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Hui Kane News Release

The Kingdom of Hawaii, also referred to as the Reinstated Hawaiian Nation, is holding educational classes starting Thursday at 5 p.m. at Mitchell Pauole Center in the conference room. This is also an opportunity for those who want to become participants or citizens of the nation, to start the process. There is an election for the kingdom coming up on Nov. 5, and people will be able to register to vote at the classes. Everyone is welcome to attend. The time has come for us to stand up for our basic human right called sovereignty in Hawaii, and especially on Molokai. This effort is supported by Hui Kane.

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Krazy For Kolea Kontest Winners

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Krazy For Kolea Kontest Winners

Nene O Molokai News Release

Each year, Nene O Molokai holds the Krazy For Kolea Kontest, in which residents and visitors record the return of the birds to winter habitats, marking the end of the breeding season. A three-way tie for the first place kolea sighting goes to Moriah, Sarah and Lily Jenkins, who simultaneously observed the first kolea to return to Molokai on July 30, back ‘on territory’ at the Ke Nani Kai. The three sisters will each receive a Kolea Research T-shirt from the Hawaii Audubon Society and a certificate for a free scoop of ice cream at Kamo`i Snack-N-Go.

The kolea or Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) has one of the longest transoceanic migrations of any of the world’s shorebirds, with some birds flying from breeding grounds in Alaska to winter as far away as Madagascar. In Hawaii, the winter range of the kolea include pastures and cultivated fields, coastal wetlands, golf courses and residential lawns. The kolea spends most of its daylight hours foraging and can be recognized from a distance by its peculiar feeding behavior of run-stop-run.

The second place kolea of Tommy Larson appeared on the Kaluakoi Golf Course at sunset Aug. 3, followed two days later by a kolea reported in Kawela by Caroline Crumpley. Helen VonTempsky reported that her kolea returned to territory Aug. 6 at Kupeke Pond with a leg fractured above the foot. Amputee shorebirds have been known to live normal lives missing one leg or foot.

Fifth place goes to Darrell Rego for his observation of a flock of five kolea on the Ironwood Hills Golf Course on Aug. 7, and sixth place was tied by Bill Feeter and Joe Kitagawa, with a kolea on a forest road on Aug. 8. Two Home Pumehana residents reported a kolea two days apart – Danny Gutierres and Aunty Kapua Templeton, and Chelsea Dudoit reported the tenth place kolea. Mahalo to all the other participants who reported a kolea but didn’t place – there’s always next year!

Krazy For Kolea Kontest Winners should call Arleone at 553-5992 or email researchbirds@yahoo.com to receive their prizes.

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Moana’s Halau Receives OHA Grant

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

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