Archive for April, 2010
Molokai’s first Ag Country Fair on May Day at Lanikeha
With May Day, often called Lei Day in Hawaii, falling on Saturday, Kualapuu Elementary School will be celebrating with a royal court ceremony today. The other Molokai public schools celebrated with a royal court investiture yesterday because today is another Furlough Friday. Tomorrow the big event will be Molokai’s first Ag Country Fair calling for [...]
Planning Commission tables exemption request on East End home construction
Steve Chaikin chosen to be Molokai Planning Commission Chair, replacing Joseph Kalipi At the Molokai Planning Commissions previous meeting of April 14, the decision to choose a new chairperson and vice chairperson was deferred because only five commissioners were in attendance. At yesterday’s meeting of the Planning Commission, there again were only five members in [...]
Final public hearing on Maunaloa School consolidation set for May 10
A public hearing is scheduled for May 10 at Maunaloa Elementary to accept testimony on the most recent report from the school’s Consolidation Task Force. Based on findings discussed at the last two meetings of the Task Force, the report concludes that it does not make sense to close Maunaloa. Once testimony is added to [...]
Another Molokai church damaged, this time by wind
By Maria Sullivan The high winds of Holy Week took a toll on St. Joseph Church in Kamalo, on Molokai, tearing a gaping hole in its fragile steeple and blowing the cross off. The damage to this historic church, one of several St. Damien built, is the second calamity to strike the island’s St. Damien [...]
Sarento’s/Kai Wa`a Maui to Molokai Challenge has 146 participants
Jimmy Austin finished first in the men’s solo canoe category in the Maui to Molokai Challenge held Saturday. Conditions were favorable with moderate tradewinds of about 15-20 mph coming from the northeast. The race included 146 canoers and stand-up paddlers and was put on by the Maui Canoe and Kayak Club. Austin finished the 27-mile [...]
Record set in swimming Kaiwi Channel
Swimmer Chris Palfrey set a record of 12 hours, 53 minutes, 15 seconds for crossing the Kaiwi Channel on Saturday. Palfrey set out from Laau Point on Molokai’s southwest shore at 4 a.m. At the same time, Palfrey’s wife Penny began a 72-mile swim from Ka’ena Point to to Kaua’i. Palfrey became the 12th person [...]
Volleyball team splits two matches with Hana
Two closely fought volleyball matches took place this weekend at the Barn in Hoolehua when Hana visited Molokai. On Friday, the Molokai boys volleyball team topped Hana three sets to two by a score of 25-22, 15-25, 25-20, 23-25 and 15-13. For the Farmers Haaheo Falealii led the team at the net with 22 kills. [...]
Busy day on Molokai for Lt. Gov. Aiona
Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor, James R. Duke Aiona Jr., spent Earth Day 2010 on Molokai yesterday. He met with 50 Molokai robotics students at Kaunakakai Elementary, along with parents, teachers and volunteers to talk story about Earth Day, CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs, thousands of which have been recently donated to Molokai), robotics, healthy living and “imagination.” [...]
Lt. Gov. Aiona at Kualapu’u today for Read Aloud Program
Lieutenant Governor James “Duke” Aiona will be on Molokai today to attend Read Aloud America’s Read Aloud Program at Kualapu’u Elementary School. This is the sixth and final Read Aloud Program at Kualapu’u this year. Kualapu’u School Principal Lydia Trinidad urges everyone to greet Lt. Governor Aiona and show him the commitment the school has [...]
Molokai’s Maui College campus will expand by 20 acres if Molokai Ranch agrees to sell surrounding parcels
Molokai Ranch reluctant to sell land to allow growth of Molokai Education Center “It shouldn’t have to be this hard,” concluded Donna Haytko-Paoa, in discussing the desired expansion of the Molokai Education Center. Haytko-Paoa, a longtime professor and coordinator for the newly-named University of Hawaii-Maui College, Molokai, began her presentation April 13 to the Governor’s [...]
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