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Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

DOH News Release 

On March 20, Governor Josh Green, M.D., proclaimed April 2023 as “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” (SAAM), which is part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the issue of sexual violence. A statewide SAAM sign-waving is planned for Tuesday, April 4, including an event at the Hawai‘i State Capitol from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and at other locations and times across the islands. Molokai sign-wavings will be held every Wednesday in April. 

This year’s theme, “Foundations for the Future,” aims to envision a future without sexual violence through healthy relationships and safer communities. During the month of April, the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) and partner agencies are providing statewide trainings, events, and activities to bring awareness to the continuum of sexual violence from primary prevention to response and intervention.…

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Na Ali’i Sunday Service

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Na Ali’i Sunday Service

Community Contributed

By Wailana Purdy-Avelino

On March 26, ‘Aha Hui Ka’ahumanu Chapter VIII, Molokai and Hale O Na Ali’i honored our Queen Elizabeth Ka’ahumanu, who lived from March 17, 1768 to June 5, 1832, and Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, born March 26, 1871 and died Jan. 7, 1922. We attended Ali’i Sunday Church Service at the Ho’olehua Congregational Church on Lihi Pali Avenue. Na Ali’i Sunday Service included sister Molokai congregational churches Kalaiakamanu Hou, Waialua and Kalua’aha. It was an inspiring day of worship. 

Mahalo to Kahu Janice Ogoshi and the church kokua, and all that attended to honor our Creator and Ali’i, and also for the ‘ono mea ‘ai prepared by Puni Ignacio.…

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Golf Ace

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Golf Ace

Community Contributed

By Rick Schonely

Retired USPS federal employee and Molokai samurai professional golfer Ronald Nakagawa is the April Ace winner for the Hui O Kukui Golf Club. Nakagawa shot 40-40 for a gross total of 80 and with his 13 handicap his 67 net got him the victory. Congratulations Oda NobuNaka! The Hui O Kukui Golf Club would like to thank the staff and management of iconic Ironwood hills for perpetuating the game of golf on Molokai.…

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Molokai Celebrates Inaugural George Helm Jr. Day

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Molokai Celebrates Inaugural George Helm Jr. Day

By Jack Kiyonaga, Reporter

“George Helm, Jr. is known as one of Hawaii’s greatest Aloha ‘Aina heroes, setting in motion a movement of consciousness for generations,” reads a recent Maui County proclamation that declared March 23, 2023 to be George Helm, Jr. Day throughout Maui County. 

Helm is best known for his activism, leadership and music. Part of the “Kaho’olawe Nine” along with prominent figures like Walter Ritte and Dr. Emmett Aluli, Helm helped spearhead the movement protesting the U.S. Navy’s bombing of Kaho’olawe. On March 7, 1977, amid a rescue effort on Kaho’olawe, Helm and Maui’s Kimu Mitchell disappeared at sea.…

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Mayor Bissen Heard Mokulele Concerns

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

By Jack Kiyonaga, Reporter 

Molokai residents took the opportunity to air their many flight grievances and address overwhelming frustration with unreliable and expensive flights on Mokulele Airlines two weeks ago when Mayor Richard Bissen made a two-day visit to Molokai.  

A talk story event at the Mitchell Pauole Center constituted the mayor’s first stop on his Holomua Kakou initiative, with the goal of visiting towns around Maui County. 

The purpose of the trip was to run the County of Maui out of Molokai for two days, as well as field questions from Molokai residents in a communal talk story gathering. 

While reminding the Molokai community that the County government does not have input on private airlines like Mokulele, Bissen called Keith Sisson, Chief of Staff at Mokulele’s parent company Southern Airways, to have a conversation with Molokai residents. …

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Molokai Robotics: A Legacy of Learning

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Molokai Robotics: A Legacy of Learning

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

Preparing for their regional competition on Oahu, Molokai High School robotics students spent their spring break practicing the delicate art of maneuvering blocks onto three levels using a robot they designed, built and programmed over the past several months. In the competition, they form alliances with teams from around the world, with a dozen other students and their robots all competing to perform the same tasks on a basketball-court-sized competition field. It’s a high-tech, high-pressure activity that costs thousands of dollars just to enter. 

But in their tiny workshop set up on Molokai High cafeteria’s stage area, students use the tools they have. …

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Wins for Volleyball and Baseball

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Wins for Volleyball and Baseball

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

The Molokai High Baseball and Boys Volleyball teams had a weekend of wins last Friday and Saturday. 

The Volleyball team hosted Seabury at The Barn, winning 3-0 in three sets last Friday, when they also celebrated the team’s seniors with a home crowd. On Saturday, the Farmers won 3-2. The boys are off to a strong 4-0 start to their season. 

Baseball also played Seabury, on Maui. Friday’s game closed 11-0 in a three-inning mercy rule. On Saturday, Seabury rebounded but the Farmers still brought home a win with a 10-8 game. The team now increased their season winning streak to 6-0.…

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Paka’a Lanakila Comes to Molokai

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Paka’a Lanakila Comes to Molokai

By Jack Kiyonaga, Reporter 

Molokai residents were treated to a multisensory art experience last week that blended classical music with Hawaiian legend. 

Composed by Dr. Jon Magnussen, this performance of the Paka’a Lanakila story featured chamber music by the Spring Wind Quintet, part of Chamber Music Hawaii, as well as storytelling by Kalama Cabigon.  The performance combined chamber music with Hawaiian language storytelling and visual art effects to create an experiential form of storytelling. 

“It’s meant to be a theater piece that envelopes everybody,” explained Magnussen. “Multiple elements are telling the story. They all work together in a way that makes it much greater than it ever could be with just one of them.”…

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College Resource Fair

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

UHMCM News Release

Find a degree pathway that best fits your interests! Join us at our Resource Fair at the UH Maui College Molokai (UHMCM) campus on Wednesday, April 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. to meet with program coordinators within the UH System. We have a wide range of representatives joining us, from UH Manoa’s College of Education and the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, to UH Maui’s ABIT program and ELWD Apprenticeship and Trades. 

If you need help applying for the Fall or summer semester, stop by the Center for assistance with the application process. For more information or if you have questions, call (808) 553-4490.…

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Resident Raises Awareness for Early Cancer Screenings

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

UH Cancer Center News Release 

Molokai resident Nancy Swartz noticed redness and a lump on her right breast. Having breast cancer in her family and a husband with prostate cancer, Swartz took these symptoms seriously. If your husband is also dealing with prostate cancer, I recommend you to find out here a great supplement that can offer many health benefits.

To continue, she consulted her primary care physician who found her symptoms to be consistent with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). IBC is a rare form of breast cancer that gets its name from symptoms appearing swollen and red, or inflamed. IBC can present different symptoms than other types of breast cancer, such as rapid change in breast size or shape, redness or rash on the breast or nipple, pain or tenderness in the breast, nipple retraction or discharge, and enlarged lymph nodes under the arm or collarbone.…

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