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Planning Commission Approves STR Phase Out

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Planning Commission Approves STR Phase Out

After multiple meetings and 17 hours of testimony, on July 23 the Maui County Planning Commission unanimously recommended passage of Mayor Bissen’s proposal to convert over 7,000 short-term rentals (STR) countywide into long-term housing. For Molokai, this would mean that 211 STRs at the Ke Nani Kai and Wavecrest condos would no longer be allowed to operate as vacation rentals. That’s 37 percent of the island’s total current STRs.

This ruling from the Maui Planning Commission came almost two weeks after the Molokai Planning Commission had likewise unanimously favored the mayor’s proposal on July 10.

The proposal will affect properties on the Minatoya List, which describes residential units built in apartment zoning before 1989 that were grandfathered in to be allowed to operate as STRs.…

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M2O Paddleboard World Championships

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

M2O Paddleboard World Championships

The 25th running of the Molokai to Oahu (M2O) Paddleboard World Championships took place this past Sunday, July 28. Athletes of all ages and nationalities gathered at Kepuhi Beach to begin the daunting 32-mile journey across the Kaiwi Channel.

“It’s one of the most special feelings,” said race founder and director Mike Takahashi. “Something about it just resonates inside your being.”

Takahashi, who competed in the first running of the event in 1997, explained that the sensation of being in “really deep, blue, wild ocean” is part of what makes the crossing so impactful.

Walking off the beach into the surf to start is “probably one of the most stressful situations you’ve ever been in,” said Takahashi, who competed in his last M2O race 12 years ago.…

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Applications Open for College Courses

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Maui College News Release

Apply now for Fall 2024 at hawaii.edu/molokai. The application deadline is Aug. 9. If you need help with the admissions application, contact the EOC office at (808) 553-4490 x 2. We have a lineup of in-person courses and many online options through Maui College.

The following courses are either tuition-free or have tuition funding available and will be held live at the Molokai Education Center: AEC 110 Basic AutoCAD, AG 101 Home Gardening, CARP 120 Basic Carpentry Skills, OSH 100 First Aid, CPR & AED, PHYL 141/L Human Anatomy and Physiology and the lab component. We hope to see you in the Fall.…

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DOH Launches Beat Diabetes Prevention Program

Friday, July 26th, 2024

DOH Launches Beat Diabetes Prevention Program

DOH News Release

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health recently launched a new public service announcement campaign to motivate people with prediabetes to adopt healthier behaviors to prevent Type 2 diabetes. The public is encouraged to take the Prediabetes Risk Assessment and talk with a health care provider about the need for additional testing. For people with blood glucose levels in the prediabetes range, participation in a lifestyle change program, like the Beat Diabetes Prevention Program, can lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in Hawai‘i and the number one cause of blindness, kidney failure, and lower limb amputations in the U.S.…

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Molokai Preschool Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Molokai Preschool Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

MEO News Release

The “Where the Wild Things Are” summer for the preschoolers in the Molokai Head Start program concluded with a Rumpus Dance around the Maui Economic Opportunity Kaunakakai office earlier this month.
Head Start staff turned their summer session classroom into the forest where Max encounters the “Wild Things” in author and artist Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book. Vines hung from ceiling windows, and pictures and dolls of the Wild Things, Max and his crown adorned the classroom.
Preschoolers engaged in lessons including language arts, math, science and music, as well as arts and crafts aligned with the Wild Things theme.…

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Molokai Heritage Trust Moving Forward

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Molokai Heritage Trust Moving Forward

The Molokai Heritage Trust (MHT) is more than halfway through its membership drive and community information sessions. About 20 people attended a meeting at Mitchell Pau‘ole Center July 15 — the third of 10 planned meetings. By the closing of this issue, three additional meetings were held on the island.
“We are hoping this is going to be the beginning of a monumental moment for Molokai,” said Zhantell Dudoit Lindo, a founding member of the trust.
Ultimately, MHT wants to purchase more than 55,000 acres of land — about a third of the island — owned by Molokai Ranch. The trust would then manage the lands through an elected Board of Directors.…

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Keiki Clean Up Beaches at the Wharf, Canoe Club

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Keiki Clean Up Beaches at the Wharf, Canoe Club

A three-prong partnership brought together several dozens of keiki to a beach cleanup at Kaunakakai Wharf and at the Molokai Canoe Club Friday morning, gathering about 50 pounds of trash and 100 pounds of invasive red mangrove seedlings.
“This is our second year hosting the beach cleanup with Molokai Holokai,” said Sonja Angst, marketing communications manager at the nonprofit organization Sust‘āinable Molokai.
Angst said about 75 children from Maui County’s Summer PALS program, plus a handful of other keiki from the community showed up at the wharf for the cleanup. The children filled three large bags – two filled with snapped mangrove seedlings and another filled with trash picked up on the shoreline.…

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2024 Molokai Holokai Ho‘olaule‘a

Friday, July 26th, 2024

2024 Molokai Holokai Ho‘olaule‘a

More than 220 waterman and waterwomen took on the challenge to race across 27 miles over the Pailolo Channel, starting on Maui’s Fleming Beach and arriving at Kaunakakai Wharf on Molokai July 19. The Maui to Molokai Challenge officially kicked off the 2024 Molokai Holokai Ho‘olaue‘a – two days of sports competitions, live music, gathering, cultural workshops and environmental education.

“Molokai Holokai is really a community event,” said Clare Albino, one of the organizers together with Kelly A‘awa. “It’s really to inspire our youth.”

The Maui to Molokai Challenge was first held in 2003. In 2010, Molokai added a 10-mile race from Kamalo to Kaunakakai.…

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Molokai Man Found Guilty in 2022 Murder

Friday, July 19th, 2024

Molokai Man Found Guilty in 2022 Murder

By The Molokai Dispatch Staff

Mariano Garces, 61, of Molokai, was found guilty in the 2022 death of 43-year-old Aime Kaholoa‘a in November 2022 at his house in Kaunakakai.
It took a jury about five hours on July 3 to issue the verdict of murder in the second degree.
Court records showed a history of domestic violence in their relationship. About a year before her death, Kaholoa‘a had filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against Garces for domestic abuse.
Garces faces life in prison with the possibility of parole at his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 26.…

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July Golf Ace

Friday, July 19th, 2024

July Golf Ace

Community Contributed
By: Rick Schonely

Charles “Kawai” Puaa-Spencer is the July Ace winner for the Hui O Kukui Golf Club. Puaa-Spencer, firefighter and bus driver extraordinaire and one of the famous Spencer Twins with brother Kamoana, shot 44-46 for a gross total of 90 and with his 28 handicap his 62 net score earned him the victory. Congratulations Kawai!
The Hui O Kukui Golf Club would like to thank the staff and management of the iconic Ironwood Hills golf course for perpetuating the game of golf on Molokai.…

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