May 15, 2018
Wailea, Maui
E komo mai! Welcome, thank you for joining us today on our beautiful aina—this land we know as Maui no ka oi!
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Oluwalu “Many hills”
Four miles south of Lahaina; a Pu’u Honua (a place of refuge); a ‘Mother reef’—coral spawn spreads to other islands.
Oluwalu was the sight of a Massacre of Hawaiian people in 1790. After several squabbles for many reasons, an American named Simon Metcalfe who was in command of the small fur trading brig, Eleanora, ordered the brutal murder of more than a hundred Hawaiians there. It is sometimes called the Hawaiian “Wounded Knee” incident.
Inspiration: Judy Gray
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.” –John Wayne
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” –
Eleanor Roosevelt
Our Guests
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Beth Mathias, our speaker
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Olga Kolenko (Karin’s guest)
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Fred Ferrara
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Doug Twibell, from Aberdeen Rotary, WA
Maui Minute
Ron Bartle now of Kihei shared, “Our first visit here was when South Kihei Road ended at Kamaole 1 Beach, and our family was the ONLY one on the beach for the whole day!”
Announcements
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President-elect: Jay Satenstein encouraged all members to step up to become a board member and/or a co-president starting Jan 1, 2020. He introduced Joanne Doell, our current President as our President Elect for 2019-2020. Joanne reminded the members present that she will do the first 6 months of the new Rotary year and assist the next Co-President who will take over for the last 6 months, January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
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District Assembly: Saturday, May 11: Joanne thanked the nine club members who attended.
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Joanne and Mark Harbison will be attending the
District Conference: May 17-19 in Honolulu
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The Huliau Environmental Student Film Festival will be held: May 19, 6 p.m. at the Iao Theatre. The short film we saw last week was quite good and the other films/videos should be as well.
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Kathy Hass announced two events:
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Save Yourself from Cyber Scam, Thursday May 23rd | 6pm – 8pm at the J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku
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Maui Finance Your Future Conference Saturday June 29th, 9am – 2pm, $5 (includes lunch) Kaunoa Senior Center, 401 Alakapa Pl, Paia
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Speaker's Schedule
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May
May 28: Pau Hana Pot Luck, 5 Palms-bring food, chair, beverage, 5:00-Sunset
June
June 5: Megan DeGaia, Publisher-Neighbors of Wailea and Makena Magazine
June 12: Mini-Club Assembly during regular meeting at Mulligan’s, no Speaker
June 19: Maui County Mayor, Michael Victorino
Last Week in June—Club Party—to be announced
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July
July 3: Justin Yanagida, Fighting Sickness with Wellness
July 10: Lehua Huddleston-Hafoka, Director of Kihei Youth Center
July 17: Pending
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Happy Dollars: Kathy Hass
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Paige was happy because she got to see both her kids on Mother’s Day
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Elizabeth was happy that Margie is feeling better—we had a Get Well card for her.
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Gloria praised all who work on the Rescue Tube project.
Today's Speaker
Beth Mathias
Joanne introduced Beth Mathias, a Maui Resident of 40+ years and Director of Marketing for Pacific BioDiesel for 9 years who gave us information about sustainable farming operations on three islands, recycling programs, cooking oil, and other products.
Founded on Maui in 1995, Pacific Biodiesel is the nation’s longest operating and most experienced biodiesel producer, and established the first retail biodiesel pump in America. Today with more than 100 employees statewide, the company is the only commercial producer of liquid biofuels in Hawaii.
Summary: Their new Hilo plant produces the highest quality biodiesel (biodegradable). Production is at 5.5 million gallons per year. Recently, Pacific Biodiesel became the first state-licensed industrial hemp farm on Maui. On Earth Day, 4/22/19, Founders Bob and Kelly King announced the development of Maui’s first state-licensed industrial hemp farm, in Central Maui to be the first industrial hemp farm in the U.S. powered 100% by biodiesel. This operation will initially produce full-spectrum industrial hemp extract, including CBD and marketed to cosmetic manufacturers; to be featured as an ingredient in BioDiesel’s natural skincare brand, Kuleana. Contact beth at bmathias@biodiesel.com, or (808) 866-5101