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Who Owns My Home?

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023

Who Owns My Home?

Community Contributed

By Eileen M.S. Nims, Esq.

This is a question I get asked all the time. Homeownership can be a bit confusing. After you buy a home on Molokai with a mortgage, you often don’t see the actual deed, or the title to the house. It gets sent to the bank or the escrow company after recording. You may even be told that “The bank owns your home until it has been fully paid off.” However, this is not true! Once you have signed the paperwork prepared by a residential conveyancing expert, the house is yours. Your name is on the deed as owner.…

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Golf Ace

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023

Golf Ace

Community Contributed

By Rick Schonely

Rodney Reyes is the January ace winner for the Hui O Kukui Golf Club. “Hot Rod” Reyes and retired Molokai dentist and Molokai golf pro Dana Takashima were tied with a 69 net each which forced a play-off. Still tied after two playoff holes, Reyes got his par on the number three hole to claim the victory.

A great day was had by all at the first golf tournament of 2023. There was great fellowship, and great golf and a luncheon to follow. The club would like to thank the staff and management of iconic Ironwood Hills golf course for perpetuating the game of golf on Molokai.…

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MHS Principal’s Honors List & Honor Roll

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023

The Principal’s Honors List are students who have earned Mark Point Averages of 4.000* or above while enrolled in four or more courses, two or more of which are solid courses.  For the second quarter of the 2022-23 school year, they are:

Grade: 12 Augustiro Dion 4.000Grade: 12 Bumatay Joanne Nicole 4.000Grade: 12 Bumatay Quedin Clever 4.000Grade: 12 Duffy Danica 4.000Grade: 12 Duvauchelle Olapaholunape 4.000Grade: 12 Kahue-Cabanting Reina 4.000Grade: 12 Lima-Villa Kairee 4.000Grade: 12 Mamuad Jaslyn 4.000Grade: 12 Morris Raven 4.000Grade: 11 Adolpho Jericho 4.000Grade: 11 Agcaoili Sheniah Halle 4.000Grade: 11 Bush Chevy 4.000Grade: 11 Chong Kalima Kailiah 4.000Grade: 11 Davis Miliopuna 4.000Grade: 11 Duvauchelle Kauahekiliohu 4.000Grade: 11 Han Sonni 4.000Grade: 11 Kanemitsu Aiko 4.000Grade: 11 Kaupu Tollefsen Ella-Janee 4.000Grade: 11 Pali-Pahupu Kamauwai’ihi 4.000Grade: 11 Pu-Puaa Soulriah 4.000Grade: 11 Tanabe Clarence 4.000Grade: 10 Arinoki Te Waitemata 4.000Grade: 10 Braxton Mahealani 4.000Grade: 10 Cockett Rose Marie 4.000Grade: 10 Dunaevskaya Elizaveta 4.000Grade: 10 Manaba Anjolie 4.000Grade: 10 Pua’a Ara Meiliah 4.000Grade: 09 McLaurin Timika 4.000Grade: 09 Oamil Jr.…
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Molokai Group Awarded for Highway Cleanups

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

Molokai Group Awarded for Highway Cleanups

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

A group of Molokai residents were honored for their exemplary public service in picking up debris from the highway. The Kawela Plantation Homeowners’ Association was recently named the recipient of the No Ka Oi Highway Hui Award, a program of the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation Highways Division, Maui District. The award recognizes Adopt-A-Highway groups for their environmental volunteerism. 

The Homeowners’ Association is comprised of nearly 200 full- and part-time residents. They committed to cleaning a two-mile segment along Kamehameha V Highway and have organized a cleanup every few months. With an average 10 volunteers, they pick up about 20 bags of rubbish each time, according to a press release. …

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$1.6M for Health Center Dental Expansion

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

$1.6M for Health Center Dental Expansion

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

Molokai Community Health Center’s dental services will be expanding after receiving $1,664,000 in Community Project Funding as part of a recently passed $1.7 trillion federal spending bill.

The funds will be used to renovate MCHC’s dental clinic to add three new dental operatories, office partitions Melbourne for flexible dental/hygiene/office spaces, an enlarged patient waiting area, state of the art dental equipment and a multi-tiered air sanitization system, according to MCHC. The new clinic space will double patient access to dental services and accommodate three full-time dental/hygiene providers to address the overwhelming increase in demand for oral hygiene and dentistry services island wide, the center stated.…

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Weekend in Sports

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

Weekend in Sports

By Sage Yamashita, Intern Reporter

It was a busy weekend for Molokai High athletes, with many teams kicking off the new year with competition. Boys Basketball had two home games last weekend against Waldorf. The final score on Friday came out to Waldorf 45, Molokai 41. The rematch on Saturday took the score to Waldorf 41, Molokai 33. 

On Maui, Farmers paddling, swimming and soccer competed. For paddling, the girls took fourth, the boys took fourth and the mixed team also placed fourth. Six swimmers swam great times, and Mauli Pupuhi came in first overall in the 100 and 50 freestyle.…

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Temporary Water Shut Off of Hoʻolehua Water System

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

DHHL News Release 

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), through its contractor Goodfellow Brothers, will conduct improvements to a main water line of Molokai’s Hoʻolehua Water System beginning on Jan. 16.

As part of these improvements, water service is scheduled to be shut off from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Jan. 17 and 18.

Residents in Kalamʻula are advised to conserve water. Upon reactivation, customers may experience low water pressure until the system is fully pressurized. Affected customers are asked to store water and adjust schedules accordingly.

The temporary water service interruption is a portion of DHHL’s $37 million capital improvement project to upgrade Molokai’s 80-year-old Hoʻolehua Water System.…

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Kilohana School Finalist in STEM Competition

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

Samsung News Release 

Molokai’s Kilohana School is among 300 public schools across America have been named State Finalists in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national competition, announced Samsung Electronics America. Representing the cream of more than 1000 competition entrants, each state finalist has won a package of $2,500 in technology and school supplies. Kilohana was one of five schools in Hawaii that became finalists. These finalists advance to additional stages of the competition that will culminate in three schools being selected in May as national winners, and receive $100,000 prize packages. 

The annual Solve for Tomorrow competition challenges public school students in grades 6-12 to explore the role science, technology, engineering, and math (the core STEM subjects) can play in addressing some of the biggest issues in their local communities.…

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$2.7M Awarded for Small-Scale Agriculture

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

HDOA News Release 

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has announced the award of 579 grants, totaling $2,684,350, for small-scale agriculture; including home gardening, herding and livestock operations in areas that are food insecure.

More than 7,400 applications were received this fall under the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP). The applications and project proposals were evaluated and ranked by HDOA’s Market Development Branch (MDB) and final approval was received last week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Funding for this grant program is provided by the USDA under the 2018 Farm Bill. Grant amounts ranged from $750 to $5,000.…

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Kupuna Receive $50 Gift Cards

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

MEO News Release 

More than 400 lower income kupuna on Maui, Molokai and Lanai received a special holiday present – a $50 gift card to markets on their islands – through a $20,000 AlohaCare donation that was distributed by Maui Economic Opportunity.

The 415 gift cards were mailed or hand-delivered by MEO over the holidays and are redeemable at Foodland on Maui, Misaki’s and Friendly Market on Molokai and Pine Isle and Richard’s Markets on Lanai.

A Foodland discount supplemented the number of gift cards.

“Our goal this holiday season was to partner with nonprofits to make the holidays brighter by giving back to our community, with a special focus on keiki and kupuna,” said Francoise Culley-Trotman, AlohaCare CEO.…

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