Archive for December, 2010
Drive-Inn cash register stolen then recovered
Robber leaves money and register behind in field across the street By Seth Lichtenstein The Molokai Drive-Inn has served burgers in Kaunakakai for 40 years without any serious incidents, so it was a shock to employees when an unidentified man came to the counter and helped himself to the cash register Wednesday night. “I’m screaming [...]
Fireworks displays tonight for Maui County
As usual, there will be no public fireworks display on Molokai tonight for New Year’s Eve. However, expect many private displays. A private fireworks display held in Kaunakakai during 2010 New Year’s celebration was recently posted by the San Francisco Chronicle. The video is a good example of what will probably be seen later tonight. [...]
Kalaupapa shoreline beset by North Pacific ‘garbage patch’
Although the landfill at Kalaupapa shut down earlier this year, garbage continues to come to the isolated peninsula from an unlikely source. As reported by nationalparkstraveler.com, a huge vortex of trash in the North Pacific Ocean deposits garbage on Hawaiian shorelines, making beach cleanup a “never-ending task” at Kalaupapa National Historical Park. Arthur Ainoa, who [...]
Adolpho leads Farmers in MIL season opener
After finishing the preseason with a 5-2 record, the girls basketball team opens the Maui Interscholastic League Division II season with two games in Lanai City. The defending DII state champs soundly beat Lanai yesterday 58-15. The wahine Farmers finished the preseason with a 59-40 victory over a team from Canada in the Lahainaluna Tournament [...]
Santa Claus coming to Kualapu’u Elementary School
Santa Claus, aka, Kumu Marshall Joy, paid a visit to Kualapu’u Elementary Charter School Dec. 17 bearing gifts for school children in grades K-6. Santa received a special escort to the school from the Maui County Fire Department in a fire truck. During this same Christmas program at Kualapu’u, students representing grades K-6 join in [...]
Young Brothers requests rate increase in response to reduced cargo volume and new Pasha service
In response to anticipated loss of revenues from Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines entering the interisland transportation business, along with a weakened economy, Young Brothers last week applied for a 24 percent rate increase that could go in effect by August. The application, filed with the Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 22, claims that the decline [...]
Residents reminded of holiday-related changes in refuse collection schedule
Press Release from County of Maui WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii— The Department of Environmental Management reminds residents on Molokai and in Hana that due to the New Year’s holiday next week, the refuse collection schedule will change as follows: Molokai: Regular Friday pickups for 12/31 will be picked up on WEDNESDAY 12/29. Hana: Regular Friday pickups [...]
Machado chosen as OHA chairwoman
Collette Machado is the new chairwoman of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs after former chairwoman Haunani Apoliona stepped down voluntarily. The OHA board this morning voted 7-0 this morning to replace Apoliona with longtime colleague and close ally Machado, 60, who is the OHA trustee representing Molokai and Lanai. Apoliona had been chairwoman for nearly [...]
Weekend sports: Soccer and basketball teams each drop two games
Molokai’s girls soccer team remains winless after dropping a pair of home games to Lahainaluna. In the first home game of the season, the wahine Farmers lost 4-0 on Friday afternoon. For Lahainaluna, Erica (Shelby) Liburd, Avery LaClerque, Hija Mae Bautista and Kayla Ewing each scored. The next day, Liburd poured in four goals in [...]
Video: Mele kalikimaka from Kualapuu School
Click this link to see video Hawaiian Language Immersion Program at Kualapuu Elementary School performed “What Child is This,” sung in Hawaiian to the tune of “Greensleeves,” as part of the Tuesday evening Christmas program at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center. The young wahine performers keep time to the song while performing an interesting glow-in-the-dark string [...]
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