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A Most Unusual Life

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Nancy Cooke de Herrera sat on the floor of her son’s home in the early 2000s, her only companions a black lab and 27 piles of paper around her. Each pile represented a chapter – including one detailing her first visit to India, and another recounting the time she met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the father of Transcendental Meditation (TM). There was even a pile that would later be titled “The Beatles Invade the Ashram.”

After isolating herself in Oregon and churning out the 27 piles, she moved them around to determine their order, wrote four additional chapters, and in 2003 published “All You Need Is Love,” a true account of TM’s spread from the East to the West and her own role therein.

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Helping Your Mind’s Health

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Life is stressful. Maybe you want to quit smoking or the economy is getting you down. Maybe you’re having a tough time talking to your spouse, or your keiki moved out and left you with an empty nest.

Stephanie Napoli understands, and she wants to help.

Napoli took over as Molokai Community Health Center’s (MCHC) Director of Behavioral Health Services (BHS) July 1, replacing Darryl Salvador. With master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Argosy University in Atlanta, she has lived all over the country practicing at community health centers, including in Honolulu in 2006 as a foster care program supervisor and most recently at Ventura County Behavioral Health in California.

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Molokai Students Enter UH Medical School

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

UH News Release

Two students from Molokai are among 66 new students selected to enter the John A. Burns School of Medicine Class of 2015. The students, chosen from more than 1,600 applicants, received the short white coats that mark them as physicians in training during a ceremony last Friday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel.

Molokai’s Kaimana Chow graduated from Kamehameha Schools and is a recent graduate of the UH Imi Ho`ola Post-Baccalaureate Program, a year-long intensive study for students from culturally, socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The second Molokai student, Dayton Wong, attended Molokai High Intermediate School before college.

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Naturally Speaking

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Community Contributed

By G.T. Larson

Part III

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Molokai Commends OHA

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

When the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) grants money to Molokai organizations, each dollar gets stretched to its fullest thanks to the interconnectedness of the local community, OHA chairwoman Colette Machado said last week.

“We are truly blessed with how families extend and extend with the aloha,” she said during an annual Molokai community meeting hosted by the OHA Board of Trustees at the Kulana `Oiwi Halau last Wednesday. The event preceded the trustees’ board meeting Thursday.

More than 100 people packed the halau Wednesday night, and more than a dozen individuals and representatives of local organizations testified before the trustees for about four hours.

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Young Brothers Seeking Rate Increase

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The cost of living on the islands continues to rise as Young Brothers, Ltd. (YB) seeks to increase their shipping rates. During a visit to Molokai last week, YB’s Vice President of Strategic Planning and Government Affairs Roy Catalani explained that dropping volumes of cargo are forcing the company to apply to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for a rate increase of about 24 percent. Their last rate increase was in August 2009.

Along with lower cargo volume, a second shipping company, Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines, has entered the Hawaii market. They are “cherry-picking” service to larger harbors but not serving smaller ports like Molokai, according to Catalani. Pasha began service in February; their presence could also affect YB’s rising costs of operations.

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Wrestling Her Way to the National Stage

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Wrestling Her Way to the National Stage

To make it to a national tournament, the only motivation wrestler Mikayla Pico needed was one point.

In February, that one point separated her from a first-place finish in Hawaii’s state wrestling tournament, where she was runner-up. But this summer, it drove her to spend nearly two months training at Utah Valley University in Salt Lake City, sacrificing the last summer before her senior year at Molokai High School to become a better wrestler.

Her training paid off last week, when Pico placed third at the Asics/Vaughan USA Wrestling Junior National Championship in Fargo, N.D. while representing Team Hawaii.

first time ever wrestling,” she said.

Wrestling in North Dakota at 97 pounds, Pico pinned California’s Priscilla Quiroz in 57 seconds and won by decision over Georgia’s Amy Hou. After getting pinned by Colorado’s Cody Pfau, she took bronze with a technical fall over Hawaiian teammate Kayelnn Canyete.

When not training for her own competitions, Pico volunteers as a coach with the Molokai Wrestling Club, which teaches keiki from age 4 through 8th grade about the sport. Head Coach Randy Manley, who also co-coaches the high school team, said Pico is a committed student-athlete who has “improved tremendously since she started three years ago.”

“She’ll be the one we look to for leadership on our squad this year for sure,” he said.

Pico hopes to continue her wrestling career in college, and has received interest from schools including Jamestown University in North Dakota and Menlo College in California. Nationals advanced that goal, she said, while also teaching her valuable life lessons.

“I don’t think it matters where you’re from, you can accomplish anything,” she said. “You can reach your potential. The sky’s the limit; you can do anything if you believe.”

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Keiki Surf Holds Final Meet of the Summer

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Keiki Surf Holds Final Meet of the Summer

Community Contributed

By Minka Nelson and Peter Angelsea

Saturday, July 9 was a perfect day for the final Keiki Surf Meet because the tide was rising for most of the morning, pushing in waves with one to two foot faces. Several new faces arrived for the final meet, as well as some old friends who moved off-island a few years ago. It was a chance for everyone to enjoy the ocean together and show off skills and tricks.

The 6-and-under surfers hit the water first to show their stuff. Several non-swimmers stood up on their surfboards for the first time and rode to the waiting arms of a family member. It is amazing to see how these babies love the water and how well they can balance.

The 7-and-8 division followed and did their thing with style! Next was the 9- and-10-year-olds, most of whom were able to catch their own waves. Finally, it was time for the big kids to see who would get the best waves. Most of them were catching their own waves too, and paddled back out as fast as they could in a race against the clock.

The volunteer judges watched carefully to see who caught their own waves and how each child did on the rides. It can be hard because three or four kids can be surfing one wave at the same time. Two surfers in the 7-and-8 division ended in a tie for third place, so a “surf-off” was held for the first time in several years. These two surfers were put head-to-head in a 10-minute heat.

Trophies and prizes were laid out after the meet and the kids had a hard time keeping their hands off. A pulewas offered in thanks for the great day, good sportsmanship and wonderful food.

While everyone ate lunch the surfers were called up by division and awarded goodie bags filled with stickers, hats, T-shirts and other great prizes. Four surfboards and four body boards were given out, as well as trophies for first through fourth place in each division. Every surfer got prizes, applause and photos of their proud smiles. Long-time supporters Don and Lavone Pahia hand-delivered two boxes of prizes from Quiksilver on Oahu to encourage the surfers and share in the fun.

Keep surfing keiki and we’ll see you next summer!

Results


Divisions                 MEET 1  MEET 2  MEET 3    TOTAL POINTS  RANK        
6 & Under                    
Kailani Bicoy                  1000       1000       860          2860        1          
Kristen Oswald               860          730           0          1590        2    
Kauwila Lopez-Aglian      0         860           610           1470        3  
Khloe Bicoy                    200       670       555             1425        4
Kahula Kahokuloa          0           0         1000             1000        5         
Matthew McGuire            200       200       555              955          6           
Donovan Bicoy               200       200           500          900          7               
Kanikaio Inciong            0           0           730             730          8
Leedan Lorico-Place        0       200           500             700          9
Kamele Kahokuloa         0           0           670             670         10    
La'akea Inciong             0           0           610             610         11
Kaipu Kahokuloa            0           0           500             500         12
Ivan Yap                       0           0           500             500         12
Waiikaika                      200            0          0             200         13

7&8 Divison                    
Keeya Bicoy                  1000     1000          860        2860           1    
Tylea Cuello                  610       730          610         1950           2         
Jonny Lopez-Agliam       610       555          730         1895           3    
Alex Mawae                   670       670          555         1895           4    
Slater Oswald                860       860              0         1720           5
Kamalani Adolpho          730       610         0             1340           6
Beverly Ludgate             555           0          555        1110           7    
Virtuous Kaahanui          0           0        1000            1000           8
Kukiai Kaopio                0           0          670             670            9     
Sirius Lumin                  0       610              0             610            10        
Miracle Kaahanui            0           0          610             610            10

S9&10 Division                    
Kanalu Lopez-Agliam      860    1000       1000            2860           1
Kelsey-Lee Bicoy            1000      730         610          2340           2
Marlina Pupuhi-Kamai     555      860         860           2275           3    
Kaeo Waits                    670      555         730           1955           4    
Waiohinu Cuello             730      555             0           1285           5    
Michelle Mcguire             488      583         670           1741            6  
Josie Mawae                  488     488         555             1531           7            
Kaydence-Lee Oswald     555     730            0              1285           8
Rafael Adolpho              610      610            0             1220           9
Ioana Ludgate               555          0    500                 1055         10
Heavenly Kaahanui         0          0        600                 600          11   
Elkan Bishaw                  583          0        0                 583          12        
Kalena Vaivai                 0      555            0                  555         13            

                    
11&12 Divison                    
Noah Archuleta               860          860      860              2580      1           
Decker Bicoy                  1000          730      730            2460       2
Hojo Pou                        0         1000        1000            2000       3
Lelia Cuello                    730           610      555            1895       4    
Kilikea Lopez                  0           670          610            1280      5
Barbara Ludgate            670               0      500             1170       6                
Sage Perez                    0            610         555             1165      7
Anela Montemayor          0               0          670             670       8
Kahanu Kaahanui            0               0           610            610       9

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Little League, Big Fun

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Little League, Big Fun

Little League players represented Molokai in the Major League Division, for 11- and 12-year-olds, at the Maui District Championship in late June. They won against Upcountry and Lanai, but lost to Kihei and eventual champion Central. Photo courtesy Kelly Richardson.

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Schatz Discusses Molokai’s Strengths, Challenges

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Schatz Discusses Molokai’s Strengths, Challenges

Lt. Governor Brian Schatz visited Molokai last Wednesday, attending an award ceremony honoring Monsanto Hawaii’s Molokai farm for receiving the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s top safety designation. He also visited several Molokai businesses and organizations before sitting down with The Molokai Dispatch for a question and answer session.

TMD: How has office been so far for you?

SCHATZ:  We’ve been making good progress. I think it’s important to remember how far we’ve come in the last seven months. We started with a $1.3 billion budget shortfall and not a lot of economic momentum. By the end of the year, we expect to have a balanced financial plan and we’re gonna see some improvement in the private economy as well. We understand that there are special challenges on Molokai and that’s one of the reasons that I’m here on behalf of the governor, is to better understand how state government can help folks and try to create jobs.

the public utilities commission to decide upon together, hopefully by consensus. The truth is Oahu is not in a position to generate its own energy, there’s not enough land, and so Molokai has an opportunity to benefit from the fact that they can provide electricity to Oahu. So it’s just a matter of configuring an arrangement so that Molokai gets its fair share.

TMD: Should the community stay so opposed to Big Wind, and their mind isn’t changed, do you still think this is the right path?

SCHATZ: I think it depends on how you define community. It’s very early in the process, and I’m confident that we can find ways to make renewable energy work and still have respect for and appreciation for the places where the energy gets generated. So I don’t want to get through a hypothetical about well what if it doesn’t work out, because I think that would be a couple of years from now, but I really do think there are models that work. For instance, with Puna on the Big Island, geothermal, there was strong opposition to that and now because the model has changed, you have many of the same people who were opposed to the project asking for additional wells and additional geothermal energy. Why is that? Because their opposition in the ’70s wasn’t about being opposed to geothermal energy, it was about a sense that it wasn’t fair. And so if you do these things in a way that’s fair, then you can get maybe not everyone unanimously in favor of something, but you can get some degree of consensus. And I think as long as you’re respectful and fair, that’s the right way to do things.

TMD: We just wanted to talk a little bit about agriculture. How do you think Molokai can contribute more agriculturally to the state?

SCHATZ: I think there are a lot of people who want to farm. One of the challenges on Molokai is water, and I think our Department of Hawaiian Homelands and our Department of Agriculture are working to try to make sure that those who want to farm have water that’s available and affordable. So that’s the government’s job. The government’s job is to set the table, set the stage for agriculture to occur. We can’t force anybody to farm or anybody to buy a product from a farm, but what we can do is provide training, provide technical expertise. We can do a little bit in the area of creating markets through the Department of Education, through our prison system. There’s a strong desire to make sure that if we’re buying food for our own prisoners and certainly for our own keiki that it ought to be as much as possible local food. And that would be to create a built-in market, and that all takes time. So we’re working on those issues. If we can create a market and allow people’s land to have access to water, that’s real progress.

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