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Robert Stephenson, president of the Molokai Chamber of Commerce, recently became the second Molokai resident accepted to the Pacific Century Fellows Program, founded by politician Mufi Hannemann in 1996 to develop Hawaii’s young leaders.
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Heartfelt harmonies, fast-paced strings, peppy bass lines and something you can’t quite put your finger on? You’re probably listening to Pili Pa`a. The four-man local band mix traditional Hawaiian sounds with modern, unusual flavors hinting of reggae, rock and even country. Made up of members George Aiwohi (bass), Justin Avalino (ukulele), Joshua Adachi (guitar) and his son Jeremy Adachi (drums), Pili Pa`a’s friendly banter between songs will keep you laughing – if Joshua Adachi talks plans for a yard sale, be prepared for Aiwohi to ask how much his yard costs.
Three-fourths of Pili Pa`a talked story with the Dispatch last Tuesday between sets at Hotel Molokai, where they played songs about everything from surfing to women to food, and about places as close as Kalama`ula and as far away as Arkansas. (A plan for a song about Ranch Camp is on the way – they say they’re joking, but we’ll have to wait and see.)
The Molokai Dispatch (TMD): How long have you been playing together?
Joshua Adachi: We’ve been playing six or seven years. George and I used to play together, and we had group members interchanging. [A few years later] we put together a group to play a graduation party for Justin’s family in Alaska, and it kind of evolved to different things. We’re pretty versatile in our music.
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At the last of four public meetings hosted by the Department of Health (DOH) last week, members of Molokai’s healthcare community said it’s time to put aside old differences and look toward the future. Now, a task force is being organized to move their efforts forward.
“We all live here, we all know one another and we’re all friends,” said Cedric Alonzo, who works at the Molokai Community Health Center (MCHC). “We need collaboration.”
The group of about 60 attendees – including workers from MCHC and the Molokai General Hospital (MGH), as well as private practitioners and other professionals – designated Beverly Pauole-Moore to coordinate the task force.
Frank DeLima spent four years in a seminary preparing to become a priest. Augie Tulba trained to become a boxer, winning Golden Gloves in Hawaii in 1985 and ’86.
But somehow the pair’s paths changed – and eventually crossed. DeLima, a 36-year comedy veteran from Oahu, and Tulba, better known as
Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex News Release
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking comments on a draft conservation plan for Molokai’s Kakahai`a National Wildlife Refuge. When final, the plans will guide management of the refuges for the next 15 years.
Refuge staff will hold an open house to hear comments from the public and to address questions regarding the draft plan and its associated environmental assessment. On Molokai, the open house will be Sept. 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Mitchell Pauole Center.
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Lopaka Colon has music in his blood. You could say it’s in his heartbeat.
The percussionist’s grandparents moved from Puerto Rico to Oahu in 1901, looking to make a better life working in sugarcane plantations. They gave birth to Augie Colon in 1928, and in 1955, Augie joined a four-man Honolulu band headed by Martin Denny, widely recognized as the father of exotica music. The pseudo-tropical genre is marked by jazz-based sounds over jungle rhythms, and was ushered into the mainstream by the group’s 1957 album – aptly titled Exotica.
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With nine newcomers on the Molokai High School (MHS) girls’ volleyball team this year, head coach Matt Helm said before the season started that “there would be a lot more teaching going on” than in 2010, when the Lady Farmers clenched the state title and their third consecutive Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) crown.
It looks like they’re learning fast, as the girls in green went undefeated in their first two MIL games last weekend, downing Lanai in three sets each match.
“We are definitely improving,” Helm said after Saturday’s match, which the Lady Farmers won 25-15, 25-15 and 25-20. “We’re going in the right direction.”
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Two 15-passenger vans were set ablaze at Malama Park in Kaunakakai last Friday evening. No injuries or damage to park property and buildings were reported.
The Molokai Fire Department responded to multiple calls beginning at 8:01 p.m. by community members who saw the burning vans, according to Fire Captain Willy Barut. The fires lasted no more than 10 minutes from when the first call came in, he said.
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Agriculture producers exporting crops have until Friday, Sept. 9 to apply for reimbursements covering transportation costs. Authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill, the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (RTCP) provides payments intended to offset a portion of the costs of transporting agricultural inputs and products over long distances. The program assists farmers and ranchers in Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Republic of Palau.
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