When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Google Speech Team’s Chief of Staff Luke Leonhard said that the big tech company had to make “quick changes” to meet the d
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Mark Ragonton, a Molokai seventh grader, holds the teamâs robot that will be competing at the 2021 VEX Robotics Remote World Championship in May. Photos courtesy of Edwin Mendija
Despite having to learn and construct a robot remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Molokai students persevered to qualify for the 2021 VEX Robotics Remote World Championship.
Eighth graders Maesilyn Yuen and Kalau’ihi Kaai and seventh graders Genesis Nakihei and Mark Ragonton spent the COVID-restricted season passing a robot back and forth between their homes, learning and building remotely with each other.
“I think things ran pretty smoothly, even if we were just talking online and not seeing each other for like three days,” Yuen said during a Zoom call last week. ” . . . That’s one of my favorite things about VEX, is meeting a bunch of different people and I also get to learn more things about STEM, which is always fun to do.”
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The Kwock Hing Society Temple still stands since being built in 1907 in Keokea, however, the building is showing major signs of age and needs repair. The temple has been a place for traditional celebrations, Chinese rituals, and education for generations. Photos courtesy Sarah Shim
A 114-year-old Keokea temple that’s hosted Chinese cultural celebrations for generations is in dire need of repair.
The Kwock Hing Society Temple has long been a place to celebrate Chinese rituals and traditions, share history and remember those who came before, but has only undergone minor fixes over its history in Upcountry.
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Artist Jana Ireijo poses beside a vanishing mural she is painting at the Maui Ocean Center to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on local reefs. Photo courtesy of Maui Ocean Center
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A Hawaii-born artist is painting a vanishing mural at the Maui Ocean Center in Maalaea this month in honor of Earth Day and to spread awareness of the impacts climate change has on local coral reefs.
In partnership with the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute, The Nature Conservancy commissioned Jana Ireijo to create artwork that highlights the slow decline and “perils faced by coral reefs.”
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The state Department of Land and Natural Resourcesâ Division of Forestry and Wildlife is seeking public input on a draft 10-year management plan for the 2,916-acre Kahikinui Forest Reserve. Anthony McWhorter photos
Watershed restoration, invasive species management and community access to public trails are among the state’s 10-year goals for a nearly 3,000-acre native forest on the slopes of Haleakala that has endured many changes over the years.
Kahikinui Forest Reserve, first established in 1928, covers 2,916 acres of public land mostly within the Kaupo district in the ahupua’a of Nakula, according to a draft management plan for the reserve.