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Planning for the Plan

Friday, May 7th, 2010

County planners have been planning for it, Planning Commissioners have been waiting on it and residents have heard about it for years. The Molokai Community Plan update is finally on the move. Maui County planners are working to kick-start the development process on Molokai with a series of public information and input events.

The first Molokai Community Plan was adopted in 1984 and was updated last in 2001. That plan was supposed to last until this year, when a new update would be created. However, that schedule is about two years behind, and the new update is projected to be completed in 2012.

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Orchid Workshop at Kilohana School

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Orchid Workshop at Kilohana School

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By Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent, UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

There are orchid fanciers all over this island – so I’ve decided to go to them instead of them coming to me. I’m presenting the first of a series of orchid workshops in the different communities, starting at Kilohana then moving west. I’ve wanted to have a workshop in Mana’e for sometime because there’s a bunch of diehard orchid hobbiests who always drive to Kaunakakai and even to Hoolehua to attend these workshops. The workshop will run for about one-and-a-half hours at the longest, so people can still take care of their Saturday chores. I’d like to thank Linda Place and Mary Kalilikane for hosting me and assisting with arrangements. It should be a fun morning with lucky number drawings for plants and supplies, and an orchid plant giveaway.

The first workshop will be at Kilohana School on May 15, at 8:30 a.m. The workshop will focus on dendrobiums, the different species and their characteristics, potting techniques, media, nutrition, and pest control.  We’ll also go on a photo journey to the Big Island, from Hamakua to Mountain View to visit several orchid farms. The Big Island is the epicenter of orchid production in Hawaii with many microclimates growing an array of orchid types, from cattleya and vanda, to dendrobium, phalaenopsis, lady slippers, and cold weather zygopetalums.

These workshops are sponsored by the County Office of Economic Development and the UH College of Tropical Agriculture to promote orchid production on Molokai. There will be more orchid workshops scheduled for June and July in Kaunakakai, Hoolehua, and hopefully even in Maunaloa, so stay tuned.

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Science Program Funding Available

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Ho`okuleana News Release

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Survival of the Fittest

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Jason Lester is always seeking bigger and better athletic challenges. That drive has led him to plan the EPIC5 Challenge – five Ironman events in five days on five Hawaiian Islands. The triathlete has been planning the course for years. Starting on Kauai, the event will come to Molokai on its third day, this Friday, May 7.

On each island, Lester and his training partner, Richard Roll, will swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26 miles. The event, described as “an unprecedented athletic and spiritual odyssey” is the first of its kind. The course will cover Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii Island in that order, beginning on May 5.

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Don’t Throw Away Your Phonebooks

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Berry, Hawaiian Telcom News Release

The race is on to see what island’s schools can collect the most telephone directories per student to win cash prizes. Berry and Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages (HTYP) are once again challenging local schools to Think Yellow, Go Green and reduce their environmental footprint. Berry is kicking off its yellow pages recycling program, Think Yellow, Go Green (TYGG), on behalf of HTYP. Forty-five schools on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui and Molokai are competing in the contest. 

“If you lined up last year’s 16 tons of recycled directories, it would stretch one-and-a-half miles long, end to end,” said Scott Szczekocki, client services regional director for Berry, publisher of HTYP directories.

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Poetry Protégés

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Poetry Protégés

Keiki took to the mic during this month’s Read to Me program at the Molokai Public Library. It was an evening of poetry, as verses were read aloud to a young and enthusiastic audience. Kumu Alestra Menendez of Kilohana Elementary led keiki in writing their own poetry in a form called a cinquain poem, consisting of five lines revolving around one subject. The students then sat in the author’s chair and read their poems aloud. Above, participants (left to right) Meredith, Gus, Shaelynn (with mic), Xiomara and Maia (front) join in a team effort to read Meredith’s poem.

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Door to Door

Friday, May 7th, 2010

U.S. Census Bureau News Release

Haven’t sent in your census form? You may be getting a visit soon – and you’re not alone. On May 1, nearly 2,700 census takers will begin statewide door-to-door canvassing to collect information from about 200,000 households that did not return their census forms by mail.

In Maui County, including Molokai, an estimated 36,500 households are scheduled to be contacted. Other numbers around the state are even higher, with Honolulu County alone having 77,000 homes that will be visited.

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Sharing and Caring

Friday, May 7th, 2010

"Ka Kou"
'She is... Pule O'o Ka kou, Many Strong and Fulfilling-Answered-Prayers.
'She Is..."HARMONIX" in Being "PONO" and Staying in "Right-Standing"- with Ke Akua, and with One Another.
'She Is... Her People Being MA'A and Always Sharing and Caring to Be and Remain PA'A.
'She is...  our SPECIAL-LITTLE-ISLAND-COMMUNITY, Our "Sweet-n-Lovely" HOME...
"She is... Being!!!  Who, What, Why, How... She Is:
"Molokai Being Moloka'i"- "Moloka'i Being Wahipana"
'She Is...  Pono-ness Ka Kou.
'She Is.. Precious, and Sacred to her Po'e.
'She Is... Expressing-Freely the "Given" Heart-Felt unconditional "ALOHA".
Molokai's Is:  Wahi Pana Ka Kou...

Aloha no ka kou,
Iruka Saitoh

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Lost Band of Brothers

Friday, May 7th, 2010

In the Marine Corps 52 years ago, there was a “band of brothers” known as simply “4 ½.” We were in an outfit called MAG13 stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii in 1958 and ’59.

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Marybeth Yuen Maul

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Marybeth Yuen Maul

Marybeth Yuen Maul, who grew up on Molokai, and became one of Hawaii’s pioneering women attorneys, passed away on April 23, 2010. She was 85.  Maul was one of the first women judges of Asian Pacific American ancestry in Hawaii.  She was appointed magistrate for the island of Molokai in 1957, and also served as a Molokai District Court judge for the County of Maui.  After retiring as the administrator of Kalaupapa Settlement in 1992, she had been living in Honolulu.

Maul was born in Honolulu on March 26, 1925.  During the school year, she lived with her grandparents while attending Punahou.  In the summers, she’d return to Molokai, where her father, Yun Kee Yuen, operated four grocery stores.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Maul’s parents sent her with her siblings to live in Wisconsin, where she graduated from high school.  She completed her law degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1950.

In the 50s, Maul returned to Molokai to help her father with the stores, and became treasurer of Kualapu`u Market.  She raised her two daughters on Molokai.  In 1963, Maul started Molokai’s first and only Chinese restaurant with her family, called Hop Inn.

For many years, Maul was the only attorney on the Friendly Island, often working pro bono, and counseling members of the community.

Known for her compassion for people and animals, Maul cofounded the Molokai Humane Society, assisted the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program and the Girl Scouts, and served on the State Advisory Committee to the Department of Education on Title IV.

Maul is survived by her daughters, Robin Campbell and Christy Rice; four grandchildren; sisters, Lilyan Yuen Anderson and Jane Yuen Chang; brother, John “Sonny” Yuen; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, May 7, 2010 at Grace Episcopal Church in Ho`olehua, Molokai.  Visitation will be from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Services will follow.

Heidi Chang

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