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hings could look very ipinos, it’s certain to be a sig - different in Hawai‘i pol - nificant portion and increase itics if the population of the total number in the Fil - This elder gentleman’s life- Filipino ancestry were to reg - ipino voter base. savings is threatened. Tister and vote their full nu - are followed by How can you avoid this? merical strength. Though the Mauians of Hispanic or Latino p.8 state and local landscape is origin: 18,488; Native Hawai - lightly sprinkled with success - ian and other Pacific Is - ful Filipino elected representa - landers: 15,545 and Japanese: tives past and present (such as 11,575 according to 2015 fig - former Hawai‘i Governor Ben ures. Cayetano, current state sena - The State Office of Election Benjamin Cayetano Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran tor Gil S.C. Keith-Agaran and figures show the 2016 total PHOTO COURTESY NAT ’L GOVS ASSN . PHOTO COURTESY GIL KEITH -A GARAN current Maui County council - county primary election regis - men Alika Atay and Don S. tration was 91,138 and the This Maui Church Guzman) the turnout was a celebrates a milestone number of Fil - “When eyeing paltry 25,992 in its faith and history. ipinos who the Filipino (29.6%). The p.9 serve in elected general election office is relative - vote in 2018, was also thin ly sparse given it’s important soup—registra - the numerical tion increased strength. to remember slightly to The most re - 93,912 and the cent figures in that not all turnout was a the 2015 Maui people who tepid 52,972 County Data (56.4%). Alika Atay Don S. Guzman What is your “teleserye” Book show identify as In both the favorite? “What do you PHOTO COURTESY MAUI INDEPENDENT PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US Maui County Filipino look primary and think” explores this. with a popula - general elec - p.15 tion of 164,593 the part.” tions, Maui had

in 2015, up –SUSAN HALAS the lowest from 141,698 in turnout in the 2009. state and Of that number Whites are Hawai‘i had the lowest the largest group with 61,299, turnout in the nation. The key up from 54,371 in 2009. to winning the election in The next largest ethnic 2018 is not registering new group is Filipinos. The Filipino voters; it is in getting those population grew from 21,108 who are already registered to in 2009 to 28,450 in 2015, actually cast a ballot. and has almost certainly con - The 2018 election will cer - tinued its upward trend. tainly test whether the Fil - “That’s funny, you don’t ipino ethnic connection has look Filipino” any clout at the polls. The Maui mayor’s race is likely to When eyeing the Filipino be a three or four way con - vote in 2018, it’s important to test. Don S. Guzman, present - remember that not all people ly a county council member who identify as Filipino look representing Kahului, has al - the part. Lots of voters identi - ready declared he is running What’s it all about? It’s all about the vote! Things could look very fy themselves as affiliated and is campaigning hard for different in Hawai‘i politics if the population of Filipino ancestry were to register and vote their full numerical strength. The Fil - with two or more ethnic the office. Councilwoman Elle ipino population grew from 21,108 in 2009 to 28,450 in 2015, groups. There are almost Cochran and former Council - and has almost certainly continued its upward trend. Find infor - 40,000 Mauians who fit that man Michael Victorino have mation relating to voter registration, mail in and walk in voting at bill, so while the data doesn’t also announced their candida - give exact numbers for Fil - see PREVIEW p.2 http://elections.hawaii.gov/voters/registration/. Do it NOW! Preview… from p. 1 cies for Maui Mayor while Lt. Gover - nor Shan Tsutsui recently announced he would not seek any office in 2018. Guzman, a 48 year old Kahului at - torney, lists many Filipino organiza - tions in his campaign biography in - cluding past state president of the United Filipino Council of Hawai‘i, co- chair of the Filipino Community Task Force of Bini At Ani, and former legal counsel for the Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce. He also chaired the ... Neil Abercrombie was soundly de - The 2016 South Maui victory for Kelly In 2016, Alika Atay won a come-from-be - 2006 Maui Filipino Centennial Cele - feated by his Democratic opponent, un - King was also viewed as an upset when hind, final print-out-last-minute- bration Coordinating Council. derdog David Ige , adding an unscientific she beat incumbent councilmember Don squeaker to capture the Wailuku seat by But aside from Guzman, candidates observation supporting the trend that Couch (who had been one of the top vote beating opponent Dain Kane 23,322 to with a Filipino orientation are few and upsets are part of the “new normal.” getters in the primary). 22,513, in another upset. far between. Areas with heavy concen - PHOTO COURTESY GOVERNOR .HAWAII .GOV PHOTO COURTESY MAUI DEMOCRATIC PARTY PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US tration of Filipino voters include the island of Läna‘i, where nearly all of the permanent population is of Fil - candidates is posted on online at for public office are decided in the Au - The deadline to register for the ipino ancestry, Central Maui especially Hawai‘i Office of Elections Calendar gust primary and with a few excep - Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 general elec - Kahului, North Kïhei, and portions of http://elections.hawaii.gov/about- tions the general election in November tion is Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. Lahaina. us/calendar/. is often only a formality. Those who register and vote in the Open seats in the 2018 election Filing for candidates opens on Feb Likewise, with expanded early mail primary do not need to re-register to (i.e. with no incumbent) will include 1, 2018 at 7:45 a.m. Nominations and walk-in voting, as much as 30% vote in the general. Guzman’s old Kahului council seat; close on June 5, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. All of the total vote is already decided Find information relating to voter the West Maui council seat now held filings must be submitted by that date well before election day. To be sure, registration, mail in and walk in vot - by Elle Cochran, who has also an - together with other essential paper - there are still some close races, where ing at http://elections.hawaii.gov/vot - nounced she is running for mayor, the work. the winner is not decided until the fi - ers/registration/. Kihei-Wailea-Mäkena state house seat The August Primary nal print-out in the wee hours of the now held by Kaniela Ing, who recently Usually Counts for More than morning, but most of the time, the What’s different announced a bid for Congressional the November nod goes to the trend set by the early District 1 which is located entirely on General Election vote. about the coming the island of O‘ahu, and other oppor - Be more politically active in tunities may arise as the date draws In Hawai‘i the primary election is 2018: Be a voter—Make Our elections? closer. the name of the game. Presently all of Filipino Vote Count Maui’s elected representatives are ei - Thinking of running for pub - What a difference lic office and tapping into that large ther non-partisans or Democrats. Be - The deadline to register for the Sat - and as yet not very mobilized Filipino cause of the heavy tilt toward the urday, Aug. 11, 2018 primary election four years makes. Democratic preference, most hot races is Thursday, July 12, 2018. vote? The timetable for prospective As Maui County gears up for the

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2 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 There you have it: Close races, real opposition, new faces, genuine upsets, all part of the “new normal.” As the voice of environmentalists, Hawaiian activists and those con - cerned with land use and water rights got louder and more organized, the voice of the traditional power struc - ture diminished. Nothing put this change into stark relief like the closing of HC&S, the last of Hawai‘i’s operat - ing sugar plantations. HC&S went from an agricultural workforce of more than 700 to fewer than a dozen. With its demise, the plantation—the Of the women who “came on strong” winning the 2016 respective Maui County Council seats were from left to right shown above; power of the ILWU—continued to Elle Cochran, Stacy Crivello , Yuki Lei Sugimura , and shown on opposite page, Kelly King . erode and a union endorsement was PHOTOS COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US no longer an automatic ticket to elec - tion or reelection. Women Coming on Strong 2018 elections, only a year away, times—the “new normal.” traction. The “Ohana” put up an en - there are several obvious game chang - Likewise “initiative” had long been dorsed candidate for every council One area that really turned the cor - ers that may indicate broader trends. an available option on Maui. That’s seat and also ran candidates against ner in the last four years is the in - Upsets are the “New Normal” the process where a legislative ques - the incumbents in State House dis - volvement of women in the political tion is put directly to the voters. Be - tricts 8, 11, 12 and 13 and OHA seats. process. One of the most obvious facts of re - fore 2014 no issue had ever been able In the 2016 election, endorsed There was a time, and it wasn’t cent political history is the new and to gather enough signatures to appear “Ohana” candidates incumbents Elle that long ago, when the only way a very real potential for upsets. For ex - on the ballot. But an upstart coalition Cochran of West Maui and Don S. woman could be elected on Maui was ample, until 2014, every incumbent aka SHAKA cobbled together a GMO Guzman of Kahului ran #1 and #2 for to fill out the term of a husband who governor since statehood who ran for moratorium, and not only did the the council. Kelly King and Alika Atay, died in office. a second term won that second term. question make it to the ballot, it won both first time candidates endorsed by But that day is over. From across But that all changed in the last guber - at the polls. the “Ohana” won their seats for South the political spectrum, women repre - natorial race when Neil Abercrombie Though the court struck the legisla - Maui and Wailuku respectively. senting Maui have proven their ability was soundly defeated by his Demo - tion down, it didn’t change the fact The South Maui victory for King not only to win but to win big. cratic opponent, underdog David Ige. that suddenly there was a new, loud, was also viewed as an upset when she When the votes were counted in The challenger won the primary in a effective and well-organized voting beat incumbent councilmember Don 2016 the County Council had Elle spectacular upset and went on to win block estimated at about 19,000 Couch (who had been one of the top Cochran, Stacy Crivello, Kelly King the general easily. Since then all bets strong. That was new. That was very vote getters in the primary). To round and Yuki Lei Sugimura. Lynn DeCoite are off. new. out the surprises Alika Atay won a was re-elected to the State House. Roz Many think that Ige will find what The election of 2016 just accentu - come-from-behind, final print-out-last- Baker continued to serve in the State goes around comes around and his ated the power of the coalition when minute-squeaker to capture the Senate, Tulsi Gabbard, the county’s fate will be “one and done.” But if the slate calling itself the “Ohana” Wailuku seat by beating opponent top vote-getter in the general election, that does happen it won’t be new or coalition and sponsored by the SAFE Dain Kane 23,322 to 22,513, in anoth - was re-elected to the U.S. House, and see PREVIEW p.4 shocking, it will just be a sign of the PAC (an offshoot of SHAKA) gained er upset.

Vol 1 • No 9 | November • 2017 | Fil-Am Voice | 3 From the Edito r’s Desk Tante Urban EDITOR & P RESIDENT • F IL -A M VOICE A Quick Look

at the 2018 Election Joe Souki , Old-Old Shan Tsutsui , New-Old PHOTO COURTESY THE HAWAI ‘I HERALD PHOTO COURTESY HAWAII .GOV

awai‘i’s 2018 elections are 50,000. But 30,000 is not a major - just around the corner. ity of 90,000. It is in this scenario The filing of candidacy will that a local favorite who has a sol - begin on February 1, 2018. Quali - id group of supporters may easily Hfied individuals for public office win the election, even without be - will have the opportunity to be in - ing elected by the majority of the cluded on the ballot. Meanwhile, registered voters. the deadline for filing candidacy is To boost higher turnout and set on June 5, 2018. minimize the impact of long lines Voter registration, on the other in election precincts, the office of hand, is an ongoing activity for Elections has adapted the early those who meet the requirements. voting system, also known as ab - All qualified voters have until July sentee voting or vote by mail. This 12, 2018 to register, just a month means that a voter does not have away from the Primary Election on to wait until Election Day to vote. August 11, 2018. For instance, a voter can vote by Election is the process by which absentee in person at the office of Kaniela Ing , New Alan Arakawa , New-New the people are given the power to the County Clerk on designated PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO COURTESY MAYOR ALAN ARAKAWA choose their leader. For it to be dates prior to Election Day. For meaningful, there has to be greater vote by mail, a voter needs to com - participation by the registered vot - plete the Wiki Wiki voter registra - Preview… House Speaker Emeritus Joe Souki, ers, that is, more registration with tion and permanent Absentee former councilmember Mike Victori - from p. 3 higher turnout rate. Election form, which is available on line no, and present councilmember Riki records show that voter turnout in at https://olvr.hawaii.gov and Hokama of Läna‘i (whose dad, the Hawai‘i was 56.4 percent in the send it by mail. A request for a Mazie Hirono continued in the U.S. formidable Goro Hokama, was the 2016 General election, and 52.7 mail ballot must be received by the Senate. Läna‘i member and council chair be - percent in the 2014 State and Lo - County Clerk Office no later than In 2014, first time candidate fore him). cal Elections. If measured against 7 days before election. The dead - Tamara Paltin challenged incumbent These are public officials whose the total registration, the turnout line for request a ballot is August Mayor Alan Arakawa and drew near - identity was forged by the plantation becomes apparent how a small 4, 2018 for the Primary and Octo - ly 40% of the vote. In 2016, first era and who matured in public office portion of the voting population is ber 30, 2018 for the general elec - time candidate Tiare Lawrence gave with the growth of tourism and real actually electing the leaders. tion. Kyle Yamashita a real run for the estate speculation that followed. As an example, if the total reg - We have enough time to make money and almost scooped the in - These are people who came up when istered voters is 90,000 and out of sure that next year’s election will cumbent’s state house seat. Sugimura the Jaycees and the County Fair were this, only 50,000 casted their be fair and honest, with a higher emerged victorious in the Upcountry all stepping stones to winning elec - votes, and if there are at least two turnout rate, and less public disin - council race but she had to beat two tion and reelection. candidates, Candidate 1 got formation so that our democratic female opponents—Stacey Moniz and On the bad side, the Old-Old Dems 30,000 votes, as against Candidate system will allow the election of Napua Nakasone—to get there. are like the political version of petri - 2 getting 20,000 votes. If Candi - the best who will govern with in - On the distaff side the bench looks fied wood, a tad on the fossilized date 1 is the declared winner, in tegrity, probity and support of the deep, talented and rapidly develop - side and all that goes with it. As a co - reality the candidate is elected by majority of all the registered vot - ing political skills: more women hort they tend to be set in their ways only one-third of the entire regis - ers. It will be a daunting task but elected, more women appointed and and have a mighty hard time making tered voters. Instead of election by that will be the time we can say more women of all ages, sizes and new friends. On the good side, get to the “majority,” it becomes an elec - that our system is the government political beliefs coming up through know an Old-Old Democrat and find tion by “the majority of the major - of the people, by the people, and the ranks. a wealth of in-depth knowledge and ity.” Translated as 50,000 is major - for the people. If you’ve gotten this far here's a often a well concealed but tender ity of 90,000; now, 30,000 is in Aloha, new way to understand the current heart, most of it, unfortunately, re - the same token a majority of Tante political climate as the 2018 election served for a very select group of comes into focus. When it comes to friends and supporters. the players there are four flavors— The New-Old Democrats are a hy - Editor • Publisher and they are all Democrats brid version of the Old-Old Democrat . Contributing Writers Tante Urban Scratch a New-Old Democrat and info@filamvoicemaui.com Elsa Agdinaoay-Segal Elizabeth Ayson, Ph.D. Democrats: you’re apt to find a very fortunate Treasurer • Co-Publisher Vince Bagoyo, Jr. political appointment in their bio. Vince Bagoyo, Jr. L OCATION info@filamvoicemaui.com Joaquin “Jake” Belmonte Old-Old, *Think Shan Tsutusi, who was 24 Central Avenue Alfredo Evangelista State Senate President and then was Wailuku, Maui, Hawai‘i Secretary • Co-Publisher Susan Halas New-Old, New, appointed Lt. Governor. USA 96793 Alfredo Evangelista Gilbert Keith-Agaran info@filamvoicemaui.com *Think Brian Schatz, who was Lt. C ONTACT Lawrence Pascua New-New Governor and was transformed with Tel: (808) 242-8100 Co-Publisher Vernon Patao Elizabeth Ayson, Ph.D. the stroke of the governor’s pen to Email: Lucy Peros info@filamvoicemaui.com senior Hawai‘i U.S. Senator, filling info@filamvoicemaui.com Liza Pierce There are the John Tomoso the very big shoes left by the death I NTERNET Art Director • Co-Publisher Lawrence Pascua Tante Urban Old-Old Democrats, of the late Daniel Inouye. Web: graphics@filamvoicemaui.com www.filamvoicemaui.com Sharon Zalsos New-Old Democrats, *Think Gil S.C. Keith-Agaran, a Facebook: Account Executive successful attorney who, with only Co-Publisher Distribution facebook.com/FilAmVoiceMaui Sharon Zalsos New Democrats and the teeniest bit of finagling by his Paul Manzano info@filamvoicemaui.com New-New Democrats well-connected law firm, got the nod The Fil-Am Voice , a newspaper focusing on issues concerning our Filipino American community here on Maui, is published every month. to fill the vacancy created by the ©2017 Fil-Am Voice Inc. All rights reserved. The Fil-Am Voice is valued at $1 per issue. One complimentary copy per person is available at is - The Old-Old Democrats are the landwide distribution locations. Multiple copies may not be taken without the permission from the Fil-Am Voice . Disclaimer: The views and death of State Rep. Bob Nakasone. opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Fil-Am Voice, most familiar and the most readily Inc. Any assumptions made within these articles are not reflective of the position of Fil-Am Voice, Inc. All of the New-Old Democrats are identifiable. Three easily identifiable see PREVIEW p.11 specimens of this breed are State 4 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 Chef’s Corner

ith over 7,100 is - lands, the style of cooking and the food associated with Filipino WCuisine have evolved over many centuries from their origins: Malaysian, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, Spanish, and American influences, in line with the ma - jor waves of influence that en - riched the cultures of the Pearl of the Orient Seas, known as the Philippine Islands, and as well as others that adapted to the indigenous ingredients and the local palate. Adobo (Inadobo) - cooked in , oil, garlic and soy (above) is cooked sauce. style Babad (Ibinabad) - to mari - PHOTO COURTESY KAWALINGPINOY .COM nate. Banli (Binanlian) - to blanch. - cooked with (right) is fermented fish/ cooked luto sa . kawayan style. Binalot - literally wrapped. PHOTO COURTESY LIFEOFACI .COM This generally refers to dishes wrapped in leaves, pandan leaves, or even alu - minum foil. The wrapper is Glossary of Filipino generally inedible in contrast to . Buro (Binuro) - fermented. Cooking Techniques (Dinaing) - marinated with garlic, vinegar, and black In the Philippine National Language—Tagalog peppers. Sometimes dried and Chef Joaquin “Jake” Belmonte usually fried before eating. Guinataan - cooked with co - conut milk. Lumpia - savory food wrapped with an edible rice paper. Guisa (Ginisa) - sautéed with garlic, onions or tomatoes. Luto sa Kawayan - literally “cooked in a bamboo” as the cooking (Hinalabos) - mostly for vessel over a hot charcoal. shellfish. Steamed in their own juices and sometimes carbonated soda. Minatamis - sweetened.

Hilaw or Sariwa - unripe fruits or Nilaga - boiled, simmered, or vegetables, raw. Also used for un - braised in a rich and hearty broth. cooked food in general as in Nilasing - cooked with an alcoholic lumpiang sariwa , known as Fresh beverage like wine or beer. Summer Roll. - to cook with vegetables Hinurno - baked in an oven or usually with long beans, calabaza , roasted. eggplant, bitter melon, and okra, tra - Ihaw () - grilled over coals. ditionally with bagoong or patis or fragrant fish sauce. or Kilawin - fish or seafood marinated in vinegar or cala - (Pinaksiw) - cooked in vine - 50 properties across gar. Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii mansi juice along with garlic, onions, Island, South Lake Tahoe ginger, tomato, peppers. A Filipino Palaman - filled or stuffed, like and Orlando. version of Ceviche, or even Poke . Manapua a.k.a. , though “pala - - roasted on a spit, particular - man” also refers to the Spread used ly a whole hog, or a type of poultry. see GLOSSARY p.7

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Vol 1 • No 9 | November • 2017 | Fil-Am Voice | 5 Kwento Kuwentuhan Food, Food, and More Food

it’s not easy to be a judge of ! Liza of “A Maui Blog”

id you attend the Maui Fil- and Chef Jason Carpio of Wailea Am Heritage Festival® last Beach Resort-Marriott. month? It was so much fun The theme of this year’s Cook Off wasn’t it? If you missed it, make sure was “Street Food.” Oh I love street Dyou attend next year’s Festival as it is food. I remember the , the fish an annual event. balls and the while growing up The 2017 Maui Fil-Am Heritage in the Philippines. It was a time to A masterful dish, yielded from among the competing chefs at the Maui Fil-Am Festival® took place on Saturday, reminisce and I did. Heritage Festival®s Master P-Noy Chef® Cook Off. Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at There are three thoughts I want to the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center. It share in my experience of being a Myself (left) and two was a fabulous event with various judge: other judges executed the difficult task of entertaining and engaging activities 1. It’s hardwork! It wasn’t easy be - adjudicating the Maui highlighting Filipino culture. One of ing a judge because all the chef Fil-Am Heritage Festi - the highlights of this event is the The contestants are talented and cre - Master P-Noy Chef® Cook Off. val®s Master P-Noy ative and gave their best. I want - Chef® Cook Off. A few days before the event I re - ed to give all of them perfect ceived an invitation or request to be scores. But I reminded myself I one of the three judges for this cook- really need to pay attention to off. I was hesitant. I had not judged the criteria: execution, taste, pres - a cook-off before and so I wasn’t sure entation and most unique inter - if I was the right choice. Neverthe - pretation of the Filipino culinary less, I agreed to do it. I decided it is heritage. And so I did my best. an honor, a privilege and it will be Still, the difference in points were fun. Plus I’d get to eat yummy Fil - miniscule, but I did my best in ipino food freshly cooked by talented rating them. The chef contest - chefs! 2. I wish we had more time to eat ants did an excel - This cook off featured Chef Gem - and finish the meal presented to lent job at what sley Balagso of Westin Nanea us. I wanted to finish eating all their goal was; Ocean Villas, Chef Jonathan Pa - the food presented to me during bringing their sion of Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort culinary expertise to the theme of Filipino “Street Foods.”

judging time. Due to time con - House Restaurant and he did an ex - straints, we couldn’t leisurely eat cellent job of keeping the audience and finish the dishes presented to informed and entertained. The direc - us, so we tasted and gave points. tor of the cook-off was Chef Jake After the contest I was wishing I Belmonte who did a fabulous job in could eat some of the left overs its organization and making the con - to really appreciate each and test truly a success. All the students every dish. I am remembering the from the U.H. Maui College culinary Pork dish that tasted like adobo , school who assisted the chefs also did the , the spiked halo a marvelous job. halo , the fried gizzards on the Will I judge again? Yes I would stick, and more. Maybe judges but only if I can eat the rest of the who are used to judging cooking dishes I tasted after the contest. contests don’t feel the same way and they are happy just to have small bites to taste, but for me, I wanted tp finish the meal! Okay, maybe it was a lot of food and I couldn’t really finish it, but I’m sharing this thought anyway, in case next year, it’s your turn to be a judge. 3. The Filipino heritage is so rich and we are well represented in Liza Pierce of A Maui Blog is an In - the area of Culinary Arts on teractive Media Strategist in Hawai‘i. Maui. After submitting my score - She started blogging in 2006 and she cards, I started to muse on how loves talking story online and spread - the Filipino heritage is so rich. ing aloha around the world. She’s And since I was judging a cook been living on Maui since 1994 and off at that time, I thought of how considers Maui her home. A wife, a many famous chefs on Maui are mother, a friend…and so much more. Filipinos (or part Filipino). We She loves Jesus; Maui Sunsets Catch - have many award-winning chefs er; Crazy About Rainbow; End such as Chef Sheldon Simeon Alzheimer’s Advocate. Her life is full of Tin Roof, Chef Isaac Banca - and exciting here on the island of co of Andaz and more. Maui. The guest host this year was Chef Liza is currently the Interactive Media Jojo Vasquez of The Plantation Strategist with Wailea Realty Corp.

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Rellenong Manok PHOTO COURTESY SMITHSONIANAPA .ORG

Glossary… from p. 5 Recipe in a sandwich. Pinakuluan - boiled. Torta - Pork Giniling Prito (Pinirito) - fried or deep fried. From the Spanish frito . Ingredients Relleno (Relyeno) - stuffed, as in a 1 lb ground pork 1/4 cup green peas Rollade or a Galantine. 1 cup yukon potatoes, Salt and pepper to taste Sarza (Sarciado) - cooked with a small diced thick sauce. Above, , smoked fish. 6 tablespoons vegetable oil Sinangag - garlic . PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA 1 cup carrots, small diced (divide in 2) Sigang () - boiled in a sour 8 ounces tomato sauce 1 cup water broth usually with a tamarind base. meanwhile is almost exclusively asso - Other common acidic fruits include 6 cloves garlic, chopped 8 whole Fresh Eggs ciated with smoked fish. young green guava, raw green man - 1 maui onion, small diced goes, and or sometimes, Tosta (Tostado) - toasted. pias . Torta (Tinorta) - to cook with eggs (Tinapa) - dried and smoked. in the manner of an omelette. Giniling Procedure Tapa refers to meat treated in this (Turrones) - wrapped with an Heat vegetable oil in a medium sized pot to medium-high manner, mostly marinated and then edible wrapper; dessert counterpart and sauté the garlic, onion, potatoes, and carrots. Add the dried and fried afterwards. Tinapa of lumpia . ground pork and render until brown, approximately 10 –12 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and water. Simmer for 12 –15 minutes and add the green peas. Let the flavors develop. Season with salt and pepper. Let it cool down.

Torta Procedure When the cooked Giniling reaches room temperature, beat the eggs and pour into a bowl. Mix well to distribute. Heat a large saute pan with vegetable oil in medium-high heat. Add the Giniling with the beaten mixture to the pan. Ha wai‘i-inspire d Cook each side for about 4 minutes or until you see that the eggs are almost cooked, considering the carry-over Filipino-Asian Cuisine cooking time. Serve immediately.

by Chef Joey— Three-time Master P-Noy Chef® ! I like eating it with . Enjoy and share if you must!

Chef Joaquin ‘Jake' Belmonte, Jr. is a Culinary Lecturer at the UH Maui College, Culinary Arts Program. Belmonte was graduated from Maui High School and worked extensively in the Food & Beverage operation in the hotel industry. He is currently the Chef • Short Ribs Hash Loco Moco Representative of the Blue Zones Proj - ect - Central Maui Restaurants & Gro - • Maui Cattle Company Burgers cery Stores, a Facilitator of Hawai‘i • Fish Tacos • Fresh Poké National Great Teachers Seminar; and • Crispy Pork Lumpia Rolls an active member of the American • Stir Fry Vegetable Noodles Culinary Federation. Belmonte was rec - ognized by the Hawai‘i Hospitality Come and Eat! Magazine as one of the 2008 Top 10 his ad Rising Chefs of Hawai‘i under 40 and a‘äina special! Mention t Kam ive a was the 2009 Chef Representative of nd present HI ID to rece a eation Complimentary Chef’s Cr the Hawai‘i Visitor and Convention Bu - reau's West Coast Marketing Cam - paign. Happily married with two chil - (808) 21 4-5590 dren, Belmonte is also a Small Business Owner and Operator of Maui Lifestyle Locations at Näpili Plaza and Whaler’s Village Healthy Choice, a premier healthy vending company. Vol 1 • No 9 | November • 2017 | Fil-Am Voice | 7 Ka-Ching!

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s a Christian, I view the occur - rence of an elec - Ation as referring to God’s choosing of indi - viduals or peoples to be the objects of His grace, to fulfill His purposes in the world. As a Christian, I can easily view an election as being associated with God’s choice of individuals or peoples to put into place His plan of salvation. Thus, through - out Salvation History, God has chosen, from among His people, leaders to help deliver them to Himself, into His kingdom and perfect peace, based on His own intentions. He continues to choose, and each of us is a part of this deliver - How To Protect Your Loved Ones ance “unto God.” Through a life of faith, one can live and experience an election by God. As citizens of this country, we can choose to from Elder Financial Abuse participate in a biennial election , a time when we choose our government leaders, who will deliver Could someone you love be a victim of elder financial abuse? our constitutional ideals and traditions of gover - Elsa Agdinaoay-Segal nance, to be enjoyed by all. Ah, but not all do the choosing and it can be said, then, that not all ach year, seniors lose over sion. This new “friend” could Services agency for Maui at enjoy the results of an election . Thus enters the $36 billion to elder finan - be an acquaintance, a family 243-5151. The agency was notion of imperfection. Unlike God, who elects cial abuse and more than member, a health care created to protect elderly and for His own intentions, which are perfect in every a third of seniors are affected by provider, or even someone the vulnerable adults. way we, as citizens, elect for what I like to call our financial abuse in any five year elderly person met on-line. Contact your local police de - E • In Acts 6:1 –6, the first period, according to one recent The new “friend” or family partment if you believe that • century’s first election study¹. This total includes crimi - member refuses to let you the elderly person has been a among the Christians, nal fraud, caregiver abuse, and speak to the elderly person, or victim of fraud. Stephen was chosen financial exploitation, where sen - insists on being present when Finally, if the elderly person along with six other men iors are subjected to high-pres - • you talk with the elderly indi - has another trusted contact to see to the daily serv - sure sales tactics and misleading vidual. such as an attorney or ac - ing of food—men full of marketing. You may see questionable sig - countant, he or she may be wisdom and the Spirit. Lawmakers are paying atten - • natures on documents, or it able to help. tion. Federal and state govern - “imperfect intentions.” They are “imperfect” be - may appear that numbers on Seniors lose approximately ments have begun to pass laws cause these intentions, as citizens involved in financial documents have been $17 billion annually to elder fi - to protect seniors from financial the democratic process, lead to clashes, where forged or changed. nancial exploitation alone. Crim - abuse. This is good news. How - intentions are up against each other and inal fraud accounts for $13 bil - ever, these laws often protect a whereby not all candidates win. So, the elections “There is an • lion and caregiver abuse is esti - senior only after someone real - of the democratic process we share in as citizens, mated at $7 billion¹. Keeping an izes that an elderly person is be - appearance can get messy, confusing, frustrating, emotional eye out for red flags of elder ing exploited. An elderly person and well, “imperfect.” Elections produce winners of a new abuse can help protect the ones can lose a significant amount of and losers. I wonder if God has anything to do you love. their savings before someone ‘friend’ who with the results of the elections we conduct ¹T HE T RUE L INK R EPORT ON close to the senior realizes what every two years. Perhaps if we pray before vot - E LDER F INANCIAL A BUSE 2015 has happened. is insistently ing, His voice will tell us how and who to vote for. 2018 is an Election Year. What are your inten - Red Flags requesting tions for this election? As a priest, I would like to In order to stop elder financial information think that God’s grace and mercy will help you to abuse, is critical that those clos - make your intentions clear and perfect, as are est to seniors be on the lookout about the His. If you enter into an election , knowing the is - for possible red flags. As a family elderly sues and candidates and their positions, I think member or close friend of an eld - this can help to clear your thinking, decision- erly person, you may be in the person’s making and ultimate actions. I believe this will best position to detect early signs accounts…” also help you to know not only your intention but of elderly financial abuse. also your purpose and to find it in both the win - Would you know the signs of ners and losers. If we look at elections as inti - elder abuse and exploitation? You may learn of sudden or mately personal exercises, perhaps even Here are some: unexplained changes in bene - inclusive of prayer, then I believe that “imperfect The elderly person becomes ficiaries on life insurance poli - intentions” can be made to look like fulfilling the • dazed, nervous or fearful cies, or see that there have Provided by Elsa Agdinaoay- purposes God intended for His perfect creation, when discussing financial mat - been unexplained changes of Segal , registered representative which is the world we live in, as citizens of this ters address on an elderly person’s of MassMutual Pacific, courtesy of country and state. financial statements. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur - He or she does not remember John A. Hau’oli Tomoso † is a Social Worker and • ance Company (MassMutual). having requested certain trans - What To Do? Episcopal Priest. He is a Priest Associate at Good Lic. #357268. Agdinaoay-Segal actions Shepherd Episcopal Church in Wailuku and an on- If you see any of these signs, was graduated from Hawai‘i Pa - The elderly person provides it is critical to act quickly. call Chaplain at Maui Memorial Medical Center. • cific University where she received Tomoso was graduated from St. Anthony Jr./Sr. contradictory or questionable There are a number of steps a Bachelors of Science in Business High School, the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, explanations for financial that you can take: Administration with an emphasis Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science transactions Contact the bank or financial on Human Resource Manage - • and Sociology) and Myron B. Thompson School of You observe a significant professional who manages the ment. In 2009, she earned the • Social Work at the University of Hawai’i at Mänoa change in the senior’s finan - elderly person’s accounts. The Chartered Retirement Plans Spe - (Masters of Social Work). In 2008, he retired from cial habits (such as more fre - bank or financial professional cialistSM designation (CRPS7). the civil service as the Maui County Executive on quent or larger withdrawals) can freeze accounts or take Agdinaoay-Segal has nine years Aging. Tomoso is currently the Executive Director There is the appearance of a other action. (MassMutual has of experience in the financial serv - of the non-profit Tri-Isle Resource Conservation • new “friend” who is insistently resources to help its clients ices industry. She is the mother of and Development Council, Inc. His wife Susan is a requesting information about with these situations. You can two children, Joshua and Lily, 7th grade Language Arts Teacher at Maui Waena the elderly person’s accounts, email ElderAbuse@massmutu - and married to Brandon Segal, a Intermediate School. or who tries to make changes al.com with questions). deputy prosecuting attorney with without the senior’s permis - Contact the Adult Protective the County of Maui. • 8 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 sometimes refer to myself sardon - mostly in Northern Luzon and the Ilo - ically as an F.B.I. cos regions. Christ The King Church Pastors But in this age where tribalism So when a local Parish celebrates a may be defining much of the resurging milestone, it’s kinda serendipity that it Sacred Heart Fathers cultural wars, I have to admit that I’ve begins during October, which is Fil - Fr. Bartholomew Bax, SS.CC...... 1932 – 1942 I Fr. Evarist Gielen, SS.CC...... 1942 – 1946 grown up both fiercely connected to ipino-American History Month. The my Filipino roots yet also strongly de - Christ the King community marks 85 Fr. Eugene Rakels, SS.CC...... 1946 – 1947 tached from certain cultural well - years worshiping at its location at the Fr. Anthony O’brien, SS.CC...... 1947 – 1958 springs. corner of Pu‘unënë and Wäkea in Fr. Joseph Putman, SS.CC...... 1958 – 1967 In Hawai‘i, you rarely refer to your - Kahului and will conclude its grand Fr. Ernest Claes,SS.CC...... 1967 – 1969 self as a hyphenated-American. We’re celebration with a special mass featur - Fr. Felix Vanderbroek, SS.CC...... 1969 – 1979 Filipino. Or Hawaiian. Or Japanese. Or ing Bishop Larry Silva on November Fr. Joseph Hendricks, SS.CC...... 1979 – 1989 Portuguese. Or Scots Irish. Or some 26. ‘Ïao Congregational Church recent - Diocesan Fathers combination of ly welcomed a the various peo - new pastor just Fr. Gary Colton ...... 1989 – 1995 ples who now three years before Fr. Charles Oyabu ...... 1995 – 1997 call the islands celebrating its Fr. William Shannon ...... 1997 – 2004 home. 125th anniver - Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette My own sary. In 2016, Fr. Efren Tomas, M.S...... 2004 – 2012 mindset is part & Pinakbet both Wailuku Fr. Adondee Arellano, M.S...... 2012 – 2016 of my upbring - Union Church and Fr. Augustine Uthuppu, M.S...... 2016 – present ing—I grew up Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Good Shepherd during the slow Episcopal Church winding down of marked 150 years plantation life on Maui. My parents of Christian services in Wailuku. Frank Baldwin, manager of the Kahu - demographics of Hawai‘i and Maui. purchased a 12th Increment home in I grew up going to weddings and lui Railroad Company and HC&S, to In 1989, Christ the King’s ties with Kahului at the tail end of the Dream funerals at the old Christ the King request land to build a church. the Sacred Heart Fathers ended with City era. But I continued to live in our Church adjacent to the elementary The plantation manager offered Fa - Father Hendricks’ departure. Served by old house in lower Pä‘ia with my school and Convent. Constructed in ther Bartholomew Bax, SS.CC, pastor Diocesan Priests during the interim, for grandparents. 1932 with the help of the plantation of Holy Family Church in Pu‘unënë, a over a decade now, the Missionaries of I couldn’t help being Filipino. Upon and its workers, the old church was piece of beach front property near the Our Lady of La Salette have been giv - his retirement from the hotels, my built in the style of a California mis - Kahului Harbor. The Holland native, en authority over Christ the King. Pas - grandfather decided that he would on - sion—different from the other wooden however, worried about the chance of tors from that order have been provid - ly speak Ilocano around the house and Roman Catholic Churches in Wailuku a tidal wave, asked for property fur - ed from the Philippines. my grandmother, who arrived in 1963, (St. Anthony’s) and in Makawao (St. ther inland. The plantation, for $1 Fr. Efren Tomas, M.S. was the first never learned the language. As a re - Joseph’s), or the solid structures of St. (and a clause that the land could not administrator in 2004 and later sult, I grew up the typical Hawai‘i-born Rita’s in Pä‘ia or St. Theresa’s in Kïhei. be sold), granted an area along the presided on as pastor. Two other Filipino, speaking English (pidgin and Above the altar was a larger than life- main highway. Today, Christ the King priests of the order, Fr. Wilfredo Imin - standard) to my family and friends, sized portrait of Christ the King that Church still anchors the corner of ga, M.S. and Fr. Ronald Guzman, but understanding the dialect they di - was painted by its first Pastor. Like St. Wäkea and Pu‘unënë Avenue. The site M.S., also arrived to help. In 2012, Fr. rected back to my sister and me. My Joseph’s and St. Antho - offered originally is Adondee Arellano M.S. became the “Christ the King… use of Ilocano today remains largely ny’s, Christ the King also where the Seaside and pastor until leaving for an assignment sporadic and undoubtedly provides had a school. 75th Anniversary former Hukilau Hotels in another community associated with moments of amusement and some - King Kamehameha IV Souvenir Book are located. Msgr. Filipinos: Waipahü, O‘ahu. Presently, times surprise to my fluent relatives. and Queen Emma invit - Stephen Alencastre Fr. Augustine Uthuppu, M.S., serves as What always seem different from ed the Anglican Church traces its start blessed the new Church Christ the King Church Pastor with Fr. other Filipinos was faith. My parents, to the Kingdom in the as a mission on the feast of Christ the Edwin Conselva, M.S. as associate pas - unlike many of their friends, were not 1860s and established King, October 30, 1932. tor. outpost of the members of a Roman Catholic Parish. Good Shepherd with a With the planning of Today, Kahului includes 3,707 reg - Instead, my father’s people were Agli - grant of the lands it now Sacred Hearts “Dream City” by Alexan - istered Christ The King parishioners, payan and attended Ilocano language sits on. In local church Father’s Holy der & Baldwin, Fr. An - and 1,685 registered families. services at the Filipino mission meet - history, the monarchs, thony O’Brien purchased As the Christ the King family cele - ing at Good Shepherd Episcopal worried about growing Family Parish four and a-half acres of brates another milestone, it’s useful to Church in Wailuku. Although practic - American influence in Pu‘unënë.” land for a school and the reflect on how much traditions (and ing similar High Church liturgy, the which favored annexa - first wing was construct - yes, faith) still maintain community –GILBERT S.C. Philippine Independent Catholic tion into the United KEITH -A GARAN ed under Fr. Joseph Put - ties. As someone who has grown to ap - Church did not follow the Bishop of States, invited English nam in 1955. By 1966, preciate the almost-Roman Catholic Rome. missionaries as a coun - the parish had 700 liturgy of the Episcopal/ Aglipayan tra - Filipinos on Maui today practice in terpoint to the New England Protes - Catholic Families. The school, for dition, I can celebrate with them this various faith traditions but most con - tants and their descendants. much of its operations as an elemen - landmark. tinue to maintain historic ties to the In the plantation era (after annexa - tary school though 2012 was staffed Gilbert S.C. Roman Catholic Church. Christ the tion and the overthrow of the Hawai - by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Caron - Keith-Agaran , King in Central Maui, like St. Antho - ian monarchy), the sugar companies delet. Today, only the pre-school re - a full-blooded ny’s and Maria Lanakila, have a fairly played a similar role in the growth of mains in operation. Ilocano (FBI), large number of Filipino parishioners certain churches, including Christ the By the 1970s, successive Pastors attended Doris and registrants among the Portuguese King. The Parish 75th Anniversary and parish leaders began work and Todd Memorial and Hawaiian faithful. Christ the King, Souvenir Book traces its start as a fundraising to expand the nave and Christian Day moreover, has been blessed with Pas - mission outpost of the Sacred Hearts aisles. Expanded into the shape of a School and reg - tors over the last decade or so from Fathers’ Holy Family Parish in cross, the nearly half-million dollar ularly went to Pä‘ia Baptist Church as the Philippines. For people outside the Pu‘unënë. For much of plantation era, renovation kept the Spanish Mission a child. He serves as the State Senator community, Catholicism remains a Pu‘unënë and Pä‘ia were two of the architectural feel. Bishop John J. Scan - for Central Maui and worships at Good mark of being Filipino. The Church of largest towns on Maui. Until the lan blessed the enlarged Christ the Shepherd Episcopal Church in Wailuku. Rome boasts 74 million members in 1920s, Kahului remained a fairly small King Church on April 12, 1981. The background and history of Christ the Philippines. Aglipayan , the second village with few Catholics. As the con - The history since the new church the King was provided by Lucy Peros largest Christian denomination counts gregation historians recall, in late dedication has marked some endings and adapted from the 75th Anniversary between six to eight million members, 1929, Annie Enomoto approached as well as a change that reflects the Souvenir Book of the church.

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Sen. Gil S.C. Keith Agaran stands after session at the Hawai‘i State Capitol in Honolulu, Hawai‘i

“Papa” Lino Agaran , (upper right) Gil’s adoptive maternal grandfather. Manuel Coloma , (inset) Gil’s father.

his Sakada Offspring is one of those legislators from Maui who is considered “quiet but effective.” Sen. Gilbert S.C. Keith- GLucy Pierols b| A LeL PHrOTOtS C OUSRTES.Y OCF G I.L S .C.K K EITeH -A GiARtAN h-Agaran TAgaran represents Senate District 5 which includes the Central Maui com - B.A. in History from Yale College and and formed Takitani and Agaran Law married to Kallie Keith-Agaran and munities of Kahului, Pu‘unënë, Wai - holds a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Corporations. The firm added David raised a niece, Leah Agaran who grad - he‘e and Wailuku. He is the current Law at the University of California at Jorgensen in 2011 and the three uated from college in 2013. Vice Chairperson of the powerful Sen - Berkeley. He practiced law with Carl - lawyers formed Takitani, Agaran, and The Agaran Sakadas according to ate Ways & Means Committee, after smith Ball in that firm’s Honolulu and Jorgensen LLLP. Sen. Keith-Agaran, came to Hawai‘i chairing the influential Senate Judici - Wailuku offices before going into pub - Sen. Keith-Agaran is a Maui native, when sugar still ruled. Lino, and his ary and Labor Committee. Governor lic service. He served in Gov. Ben the son of Lydia Agaran Coloma and cousin Teodoro, or “Doro,” arrived on Neil Abercrombie ap - “Sen. Keith- Cayetano’s Administra - the late Manuel Coloma. He was Maui on April 5, 1928 while brother pointed him to the Dis - tion for eight years, two adopted and raised by his maternal Juan, or “Uncle Johnny,” landed on trict 5 Senate seat in Agaran… was years as the Department grandparents, Lino and Laureana Hawai‘i Island in November 1929. His January 2013 when adopted and of Land and Natural Re - Agaran, who lived in Lower Pä‘ia, Or - Uncle Toribio came earlier to either Shan Tsutsui became Lt. raised by his sources (DLNR) Chair - pheum Camp near the Pä‘ia Sugar - Kaua‘i or Läna‘i. All four are gone Governor. He was elect - man (2000 –2002) and cane Mill. He grew up in Pä‘ia during now. Sen. Keith-Agaran shared his re - ed to complete Lt. Gov. maternal four years as the Deputy the long transition of that mill town to flection about his grandfather Lino. He Tsutsui’s Senate term in grandparents, Director under Chair - a cosmopolitan windsurf mecca. He said that when he was growing up in November 2014. He ran Lino and man Michael Wil - attended Doris Todd Memorial Chris - Pä‘ia in the last century, there were no unopposed for re-elec - son(1995 –1998). He al - tian Day School located above the old Filipino restaurants or Filipino cater - tion to a second four Laureana so worked as the Deputy Pä‘ia sugar mill and was graduated ers. His grandfather Lino was one of year term in August Agaran…” Director of the Depart - from the Kahului campus of Maui those Filipinos in their neighborhood 2016. Sen. Keith-Agaran ment of Commerce and High School. Sen. Keith-Agaran’s fa - who would cook the food needed for –LUCY PEROS previously represented Consumer Affairs ther, Manuel, a 1946 Sakada , worked big parties. He and his buddies would House of Representa - (1999 –2000) and briefly as a sugar cane irrigator at Pioneer procure and then butcher the animals tives District 9. Governor Linda Lingle as the Director of the Department of Mill and at HC&S for nearly forty needed, pick up cans of peas and appointed him to complete the unex - Labor and Industrial Relations (2000). years. Lydia Coloma worked at the tomato paste, pimentos and other gro - pired term of the late Bob Nakasone He also served as Public Works Direc - Maui Pine Cannery. Manuel and Lydia ceries from the old Ah Fook’s Super - in January 2009. He won the seat in tor for the County of Maui Coloma were both members of the IL - market and Noda Market. Then they November 2010 and was re-elected on (2003 –2005). He returned to private WU, Local 142. His family hails from spent the day cooking in their silyasis , August 11, 2012. law practice in 2005 when he joined the Badoc-Pinili region of Ilocos Norte, or “big woks,” the various dishes or - see AGARAN p.14 Senator Keith-Agaran received a Wailuku attorney Anthony Takitani the Philippines. Sen. Keith-Agaran is

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10 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 male version) was a distant second. Preview… As for the New-New Democrats , from p. 4 well, it’s come full circle: the New-New Democrats are people who want to younger, they’re talented and person - stay in public life and keep winning able but the universal trait they share elections but finds it inconvenient to is friends in the right high places. be a Republican in the age of Trump They’re not bad and they’re not dumb, and a place where all the winners are but they’re the kind of “retro” that re - Democrats. sults when you depend on the connec - For examples of New-New Democ - tions those who went before you to rats look no farther than Alan make your luck. Arakawa, who would like to be Lt. Comes next the New Demo- Governor, but probably thinks he’ll crats: Do you feel the Bern? have a better chance now that he’s a Democrat. The New Democrats are younger, Then there’s Don Couch, who hipper, and apt to be a techie or a didn’t have to state a party preference wonk or both. The New Democrats rely when he was running for the council. heavily on their phones and organize Now that he’s eyeing a state house through social media. They are more seat (where Republicans are mighty policy driven, more outspoken, more scarce and at the bottom of the food active and went heart and soul for chain) Couch has a brand new Demo - Bernie Sanders in 2016. The New De - cratic registration. mocrats have position papers and ide - In truth the New-New Democrats ology; they love nature, sacred rocks, are very, very similar to the Old-Old tiny houses and march collectively to Democrats or as the French would put a drummer that is heard either dis - it: “Plus ça change, plus c'est la même tantly or not at all by their Old-Old chose;” The more it changes the more and New-Old counterparts. Ready or it stays the same. not as the changing of the guard pro - gresses the New Democrats will be Where Are coming next to a smart phone near you. The Votes? Looking for your New Democrats ? Look at Tulsi Gabbard and Kaniela Ing and a host of vocal others who made More than half the sure that the Hawai‘i Democratic Pres - registration in only idential Caucus went to Sanders. Ac - cording to a March 29, 2016 New York 11 precincts. Times report, Sanders won the Aloha The areas of greatest registration State caucus by a resounding 69.8% have shifted substantially in recent with 23,530 votes of 33,716 cast. Out years from Central Maui to Ha‘ikü, La - here in the mid-Pacific, Hillary Clinton haina, Kula and Kihei. Maui County see PREVIEW p.16 (a true Old-Old Democrat albeit the fe -

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A photo opportunity was taken by the Santo Niño Club of Maui after they excel - Wayne Aguiran was the host Chef Jojo Vasquez (with microphone in hand) of the lently performed the “Sinulog” to a captive audience, thus enticing participants and emcee for this year’s Maui Plantation House Restaurant in Kapalua was the guest of the Maui Fil-Am Heritage Festival and this year’s event’s new venue, the Fil-Am Heritage Festival. host for this year’s festival’s signature event, the Master Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center in Kahului. P-Noy Chef® Cook Off

Kabatak Club Members of U.H. Maui These young competitors line the stage with their Organizers, and Volunteers gather for a photo opportunity following the College were an indisposable asset genius “Parol” productions, showing the creativity of success of the Maui Fil-Am Heritage Festival® at the entertainment to the festival. Here they are, having our Filipino youth, and their affinity to a closely-held stage of the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center. Maraming Salamat Po, overseen the construction of Christmas-time cultural craft-making legacy. and Mahalo for a job well done! “Parol” frames.

Matthew Agcolicol conducted the Pinoy Artist Contest® at the Fil-Am Heritage Volunteers from both Baldwin High School’s and U.H. Amancio Sarmiento Festival. He is shown here with the winner, Johanne Paige Cruz Guevarra , and Maui College’s “Kabatak Club” help to procure festival crooned the crowd with constest sponsor Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura . Thank you to all those attendees to sign up for the free Philippine Trip give - Filipino songs and “Harana.” young up-and-coming creative artists who participated in this event. aways; sponsored by Philippine Airlines, during the Festival.

Angelina Abapo Dance International entertains the crowd Production shows with “Akoy Ay their rendition of the Pilipino,” “Lagkaw” dance “Bulaklakan.” which is a Visayan (left) Also a part of classic, and “Hey.” the organization’s She is also the folk activities include Kali singer for La Galería Escrima—the demon - dance troupe and stration is flawlessly member of the Santo executed. (right) Niño Club of Maui.

Pasko by Pascual’s Catering! At Pascual’s Caoile party at Kahului Café & Catering Community Center. In PHOTO COURTESY OF e Promenade TANTE URBAN Main St .inWailuku (808) 986-0760 Great Value at all of Your Catered Events too! 12 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 If you have a photograph of a community event, please email to [email protected]. Please include a short description, your name and contact information.

The chefs and volunteer helpers at the Maui Chef Jake Belmonte , Chair of this year’s Maui Fil-Am Three chefs in attendance of the Festival’s Master P-Noy Fil-Am Heritage Festival® are shown here Heritage Festival and instructor at University of Hawai‘i Chef® Cook Off are shown here on stage at the Queen intensely thinking and working hard to win Maui College Culinary Program is shown here with some Ka‘ahumanu Center to receive their accolades. the coveted prize and bragging rights to of his students who volunteered to help with the the title of “Master P-Noy Chef®.” Master P-Noy Chef® Cook Off.

Shown above are some happy partici - pants of the 2017 Maui Fil-Am Heritage The winner of the Any Kine Adobo® Festival®; Hawai‘i’s premier celebration Contest was Edward Evangelista . of Filipino-American History Month. President Sharon Zalsos shows the award plaque that will bear his name hereto-forward in perpetuity. (Above) Shown left are the kids, anticipating what they will grab during the “ Pabitin At The Fest® ” game.

Jia Micol Garcia and Tricia Basig of La Galería: Compañía Baile Filipino, performed the dance “Sayaw Ed Tapew Na Bangko,” or Dance on top of a Bench. This tricky dance is native to Pangasinan and was researched by Jovita Sison.

An annual tradition of the Maui Fil-Am Heritage Festival is the performance of the “Tinikling ” dance to cap the fun event, and rendered by all dance group participants. This year’s finalé was performed by La Galería: Compañía Baile Filipino, and Dance International Production.

Shown here are the attendees of the Noble Travel Agent’s 1st Interliner Program and Familiarization Trip, who traveled to Hong Kong and Macau in China, and Bacolod in the Philippines, Oct. 17 –26, 2017. PHOTO COURTESY OF TANTE URBAN

Vol 1 • No 9 | November • 2017 | Fil-Am Voice | 13 What’s Happening On Maui Calendar Fil-Am Voice 2017 –2018 Please submit your community event by the seventh day of each month via email to [email protected]

21 November MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE January 2018 15 Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact 21 ELECTIONS AND ANNUAL Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 55 TH ANNUAL FEAST DAY CELE - MEETING OF MAUI FILIPINO tion. for more information. BRATION held by the Santo Niño Club CHAMBER OF COMMERCE at Tante’s of Maui. Mass at Christ the King Island Cuisine. Contact Cheryl McCan - ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER & MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA Church, 3:30 p.m. Dinner and enter - dliss at 283-9700. DANCE OF THE KAISAHAN CLUB OF Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz tainment at 6 p.m., Wailuku Commu - 18-19 MAUI 5:30 p.m. Binhi At Ani. Contact Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - nity Center. Nine Nights Novena PHILIPPINE CONSULATE Lu Symonds at 757-0161. tion. prayer begins Jan. 12, 2018, 7 p.m. at OFFICE OF HONOLULU ’S OUTREACH Christ the King Church. Contact Liezl 17 22 Call Maui County Immigrant Services MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE Oandasan at 276-5548 or via email to at 270-7791 for more information. KING Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact [email protected]. 26 Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 GRAND FINALE OF THE 85 TH for more information. for more information. February ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF 18 CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA MRS . M AUI FILIPINA PAGEANT CHURCH 10 a.m. Mass with Bishop Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz sponsored by Binhi at Ani. 6 p.m. Bin - Larry Silva. Lü‘au and entertainment Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - hi at Ani. Contact Nora Takushi at after the Mass for Christ the King tion. tion. 276-8861. parishioners. Contact Lucy Peros 18 23 April at 269-1602 or 877-7045. MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact 21 NNUAL CHOLARSHIP OLF December Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 A S G TOURNAMENT sponsored by Maui Fil - 2 for more information. for more information. 25 TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAGSIN - ipino Chamber of Commerce Founda - tion. The Dunes at Maui Lani. Contact GAL ASSOCIATION OF MAUI Binhi at MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA Tournament Chairperson Bill Ruidas at Ani, 6 p.m. $20 includes dinner. Call Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz 344-5251 or Tournament Co-Chairper - Marlina Cachola at 280-2924. Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - son Alfredo Evangelista at 294-5510. 6 tion. tion. CHRISTMAS PARTY AND INSTALLA - 19 24 May TION DINNER of Maui Filipino Cham - MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE ber of Commerce. Kahili Restaurant. KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact KING Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact 25-26 49 TH ANNUAL BARRIO FIES - 5:30 p.m. $65 in advance, $75 on or Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 TA sponsored by Binhi at Ani. Contact after Nov. 20. Contact Cheryl McCan - for more information. for more information. dliss at 283-9700, Elsa Agdinaoay Nora Takushi at 276-8861. Segal at 276-6946 or MauiFilipinocc@ MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA gmail.com. July Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz 9 Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - 19-23 WORLD ESCRIMA KALI ARNIS ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS tion. tion. of Maui Filipino Community Council. FEDERATION (WEKAF) T OURNA - 11 a.m. at Binhi at Ani Conference 20 30 MENT at Lahaina Civic Center. Contact MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE RIZAL DAY PROGRAM AND IN- Room. Contact Elmer Tolentino at Madelyne Pascua at 268-0686. KING Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact STALLATION OF OFFICERS sponsored 283-8145. Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 by Maui Filipino Community Council. 16 for more information. 6 p.m. at Binhi at Ani. $20 includes MISA DE GALLO AT CHRIST THE dinner. Door prizes and Filipino attire ING K Catholic Church. 5 a.m. Contact MISA DE GALLO AT ST. T HERESA contest for males and females. Contact Lucy Peros at 269-1602 or 877-7045 Catholic Church. 6 a.m. Contact Luz Virgilio Agcolicol at 283-6943 or Mag - for more information. Ramil at 879-9186 for more informa - gie Evangelista at 298-9029. tion. Sakada Offspring

ar and pineapple clos - days.” The loss is personal to Sen. Kei - Agaran… ings but to have sugar th-Agaran. The loss is personal for all from p. 10 mark its final end in our of us especially those who are the community feels differ - Sakadas’ Offsprings. dered by the party host. According to ent. No more black snow Lucy Peros is Sen. Keith-Agaran, his favorite dish of small kids times. No a retired school was igado . He also added that the more familiar pungent teacher, having most interesting dish was the deep smells floating to town taught for 32 fried pork bones with some meat on on the winds.” He re - years, 11 years it, dipped in eggs and flour batter sim - membered reservoir at St. Anthony ilar to tempura style. He also remi - swimming pools and Grade School nisced that he ate ketchup with tournahauler inner tubes and 21 years at chicharron and lechon . However, as trampolines. He saw Waihe‘e Ele - grandpa Lino did not make cancanen , his parents going to bed mentary Sen. Gil S.C. Keith-Agaran’s nuclear family. or Filipino desserts. Mostly the women early and awoke before School. Both of in those days made the various dawn to go to work. The her parents, Elpidio and Alejandra Ca - desserts like , , cas - eateries. Pä‘ia Mill stood dead on hanawai , or “irrigation” gang like his balo of Häli‘imaile, worked for Maui caron, patupat, baduya, etc. Baldwin Avenue. The camps were father Manuel would jump into red Land and Pine Company. Her dad was Throughout his life, Senator Keith- largely gone or redeveloped. pick up trucks for the drive to their as - a 1946 Sakada. Lucy is currently a Re - Agaran noticed that Maui has been Senator Keith-Agaran also shared signed fields. altor Associate at Peros Realty, the shifting away from sugar’s heyday. his reflection on the closing of Senator Keith-Agaran solemnly business her late husband Sylvester Per - While he was away at college, H.C.&S: “Plantation work brought my commented: “The end of sugar really os, Jr. started 30 years ago, where her Pu‘unënë town disappeared into Cen - family to the islands. Sugar formed marks my childhood’s end. But rather daughter Lianne Peros-Busch is now the tral Maui sugar fields and big box the common cultural DNA shared by than cavalierly focusing abruptly and Broker. Lucy devotes a significant parking lots. Pä‘ia converted to wind - my Filipino, Portuguese, Japanese, insensitively on what’s next, I can’t amount of time to activities at Christ surfing hostels and vacation rentals, Chinese, Hawaiian and Hapa class - help but cherish the flesh and blood The King Catholic Church as well as fashion shops, Mana foods and quaint mates. We’ve lived through other sug - folk who lived through plantation babysitting her grandchildren. 14 | Fil-Am Voice | November • 2017 | Vol 1 • No 9 What Do You Think?

Mga Anghel na Walang Langit

n our humble opinion, drama in Angie of Kïhei with roots in Tagum, compelling for me because I just love pelling is that it reflects the reality of the Philippines began with Doctor Davao: “I like to watch ‘ The Good Son ,’ the Kathniel love team. Aside from hardships in the Philippines, while at Jose Rizal’s book, Noli Me Tangere I really like it because I enjoy watch - them, my very favorite actors; Angel the same time it reflects how Filipinos where the dashing Crisostomo Ibarra ing the veteran actors and actresses Locsin and are on choose to remain hopeful in spite of Ireturns home to find his father mur - involved like , Albert Mar - the cast too. I always love Angel Loc - their hardships.” dered under mutable circumstances, tinez, and . Also, when it sin’s movies and dramas, that's why Kim of Kahului with roots in Bo - and cannot find closure because of the comes to ABS-CBN making dramas, I'm really into this teleserye. This tele - hol:“‘ ’ because the con - corruption of the Spanish occupiers they are number one. The story re - serye also gives us a lot to learn, like, cept of werewolves versus vampires and their not-so-sanctimonious Roman flects on that there are good sons, and be a good and kind person. It shows interest me.” Catholics who brought a divinely-dubi - really evil ones too. But I can relate a lot of affection within the family, Mary of Kahului with roots in Makati ous ministerial order to their shores. because in real life, I really do have a and how you should protect your fam - City, : “This is my favorite: ‘ On And followed by his book, Il Filibuster - good son.” ily from bad things—not just family, the Wings of Love ’. It relates to Filipino ismo , in where Ibarra is reinvented as but to friends too. It shows teamwork Anne of Kïhei with roots in Tabaco life abroad—about pinoys who marry the dark character, Simoun; a jeweler as a ‘pack,’ protectiveness to their City, Albay: “‘ The Greatest Love ’ is a someone just to get their VISA and all- by trade, and loved ones, be - of-a-sudden find themselves so ‘in now jaded by his ing strong when love’ in the end. It's a mix of comedy, inability to things aren’t drama and it is so real. The actors change the social working out or portray their roles naturally. Even my order except by What Do You Think... when losing is your favorite “Teleserye” and what about it makes it foreign friends who’ve seen that show what he believes someone impor - couldn't stop watching it because of must be terror - so compelling for you? tant in their Fil-Am Voice Staff their love story. I like watching shows ism against the lives. It shows [like this] that I know will entertain system. But to - people focusing me and can change my mood—shows day, with the convenience of cable on their mission that one day will be family-oriented teleserye starring that also relate to our everyday lives.” TV—with Philippine programming as the main character, accomplished, while going through a Michelle of Kahului with roots in that can be piped into every paying- Gloria. This was and still is my fa - lot of ups and downs. There are a lot Pangasinan: “I like watching ‘ Ang customer’s household, one can easily vorite Philippine teleserye. She breaks of failed missions too, but in the end, Probinsyano .’ I like it because it’s very watch the copious varieties of Filipino everybody’s heart with her portrayal they still move forward to commit to realistic—from the politics and drugs, dramas, known as the “Teleserye” with as a dying mom with Alzheimer’s dis - having justice for everyone.” to the terrorists—and it’s really hap - the touch of a button. ease. Most of the scenes were heart- Jellyfer of Wailuku with roots in pening now in our country, like the The Fil-Am Voice staff asked mem - wrenching. It gave me great insights Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila: “My bombing in Marawi due to the terror - bers of Maui’s Filipino Community, into what it is like to lose a loved one answer is ‘ Wildflower .’ That’s my fa - ists, the drugs and corruption.” “What do you think is your favorite to Alzheimer’s.” vorite show because it shows the re - ‘Teleserye’ and what about it makes it Trisha of Kahului with roots in Santo Bernadette of Kahului with roots in silience and strength of Lily Cruz. I al - so compelling for you?” Domingo, Ilocos Sur: “Reminiscing Pinili, Ilocos Norte: “My favorite tele - so like how they took revenge in a about the show today, ‘ Mga Anghel na Angelika of Kahului with roots in serye is ‘ La Luna Sangre .’ First of all, I way where they kept their morals. Walang Langit ,’ I believe it highlighted Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur: “Right love to watch it because Kathryn And I think that’s such a good value the problem of poverty in the Philip - now I would say my favorite Philip - Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are the to show the viewers.” pines and how child labor—even up to pine teleserye to watch is ‘ La Luna San - main characters. Another reason is Joana of Kahului with roots in Bacar - this day—actively flourishes amongst gre .’ I don't usually watch a lot of TV, that it is a ‘fantaserye’ about vampires ra, Ilocos Norte: “My favorite Filipino kids of such young ages. The title itself but because my mom is the [hugest] and werewolves which Filipino film - teleserye is ‘ Be Careful With My Heart .’ explains how even the innocent youth Kathniel fan in the world, she watches makers barely make. It is like a new It was about a simple girl named have to face the reality of life.” it every single night, and it kind of be - thing for me to watch since most tele - Maya dela Rosa (Jodi Sta. Maria) came our little bonding moment. She seryes on air right now are about dra - from the province of San Nicolas who Woon of Kïhei with roots in Cebu: just looks so happy every time twists mas, family feuds, and relationships.” took her chances and went to the city “The ‘ La Luna Sangre .’ I like the genre and turns pop up in the storyline, and and their characters; the way they act, CM of Lahaina with roots in Cebu: “I to provide more for her family. Maya seeing her happy makes me happy. the way they express their emotions have a lot of favorite teleseryes but dreams of becoming a flight stew - The show is super unpredictable and and the script… It feels like its real, like right now I'm always looking forward ardess, and through some twist of thrilling; it always leaves you wanting they are truly vampires and were - to watching the teleserye called ‘ La Lu - fate, she found a good husband and more. So that's how I got hooked on wolves. And i like the conflicts and na Sangre .’ The main characters ‘Kath - became successful and lived happily binge-watching ‘ La Luna Sangre ’ every things.” niel’—a love team couple—makes it ever after. What makes it so com - night with my mom.” Vol 1 • No 9 | November • 2017 | Fil-Am Voice | 15 Preview… Who Got the Most from p. 11 time low. In each of these precincts Maui County Votes in 2016 for every person who cast a vote has more than 30 voting precincts there were two and in some cases spread out over six districts num - three more who could have voted but bered 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13. In the didn’t. 2016 elections, more than half of all With numbers like these even a eligible voters were concentrated in small change in the turnout can only 11 precincts. make a big difference in the results. Though registration has continued In 2016 the precincts with the to grow, the percentage of eligible largest number of registered voters voters who actually vote is at an all- were: Precincts over 6,000 registered District/Precinct Primary General (%Turnout General) Sen. Brian Schatz (D) Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) Mike White 13-2 Ha‘ikü 6,973 7,169 (31.1%) PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US 10-5 Lahaina Civic 6,027 6,203 (29.1%) Precincts over 4,000 registered District/Precinct Primary General (%Turnout General) 12-5 Kula 4,943 5,101 (29.8%) 11-2 Kamali‘i 4,404 4,570 (29.0%) 11-4 Kïhei El 4,193 4,374 (28.7%) 8-5 ‘Ïao School 4,110 4,238 (23.7%) Precincts over 3,000 registered District/Precinct Primary General (%Turnout General) 11-3 Kïhei CC 3,915 4,082 (28.1%) 9-1 Kahului El 3,682 3,786 (29.5%) Don Couch Yuki Lei Sugimura 9-2 Maui Waena 3,440 3,546 (26.0%) PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US 8-2 Wailuku CC 3,393 3,487 (24.4%) Primary Election 13 Maui Top 5 Vote Getters 2016 - Maui County 8 Molokai 9 1) Sen. Brian Schatz (D)* US Senate 18,264 10 2) Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D)* US House 17,919 13 13 11 3) Mike White * Makawao Council 13,328 Läna‘i 12 4) Don Couch * S.Maui Council 11,305 Election Map 5) Yuki Lei Sugimura Upcountry Council 10,048 Maui County 13 Kaho‘olawe Of the top five Couch was defeated in the general election. Sugimura was a first-time candidate and went on to win in November. All the council races are nonpartisan, i.e. no party preference is declared by the candidate. Names with (*) were incumbents.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) Sen. Brian Schatz (D) Hillary Clinton (D) PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA

We grow more than food. At Monsanto, we are dedicated to growing a strong Elle Cochran Don S. Guzman agricultural community. From our commitment to PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US PHOTO COURTESY MAUI COUNTY .US sustainable agriculture and conser vation practices to helping to cultivate Hawaii’s next generation of farmers. General Election We grow more than food. Top 5 Vote Getters 2016 - Maui County

1) Tulsi Gabbard (D)* US House 41,046 2) Brian Schatz (D)* US Senate 37,214 3) Hillary Clinton (D) President 33,480 4) Elle Cochran * W. Maui Council 31,970 5) Don S. Guzman * Kahului Council 30,764 Helpi ng t o g row a s us tainable f uture f or a gric ulture, a nd r ooted i n H awaii f or 50 y ears. (*) Incumbent

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