Apr 27, 2021
Crisis Intervention Team graduates pose with clinical psychologist Alicia Rodriguez (center right) who led the training with assistance from Sondra Leggi-Brandon of The Queenâs Medical Center (center left). Also in the photo are Sgt. Jan Pontanilla (far left) and Lt. Joy Medeiros (far right) of the police Critical Outreach and Response through Education unit. MPD photo
The Maui News
Sixteen people completed training last week as part of the Maui Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team.
The 40-hour class included hands-on training on how to interact with people potentially suffering from a mental illness or experiencing an emotional crisis.
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An injection well at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Treatment Facility pumps treated water from the sewage system into the ground in September 2019. Maui County is proposing upgrades to the West Maui Recycled Water System that it says will reduce the use of the controversial injection wells. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Saying it will minimize the use of controversial injection wells at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility, the County of Maui is proposing $26 million in upgrades to the recycled water system.
The West Maui Recycled Water Expansion Project calls for renovating the existing Honokowai Reservoir; replacing an aging 20-inch recycled waterline with a 24-inch pipe; and constructing a new reuse pump station and recycled water storage basin at the Lahaina facility.
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Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate promotes Dennis Elms to factory and technology director
By Staff | Dec 11, 2020
New Factory and Technology Director Dennis Elms joined Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate Inc. in March 2019.
LAHAINA Dr. Gunars Valkirs, CEO of Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate Inc., recently announced the promotion of Dennis Elms from technology director to factory and technology director. With his double duties of factory and technology director of Maui’s first farm-to-bar chocolate factory, Elms is responsible for overall support of technology at the complex as well as overall support of factory-related activities. He also works side-by-side with Dr. Valkirs every day to make some of the world’s finest chocolate!