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E komo mai! Kalaeloa Welcome aboard and thank you to Kahului for choosing Mokulele! We’re 6 always looking for new ways Daily nonstop service to serve our valued passengers, and we have several exciting begins July 1 new developments to share with you.

First of all, we’re pleased to announce that on July 1, we will begin offering daily service between on O‘ahu and Kahului Landing an Airport on . You’ll find more details about our new service from this historic airport in our story 10 Education on page 8. We’re also pleased to announce that our renovations to our Kahului commuter terminal are about Nine dedicated students to get underway. And, we’re making plans to introduce from Moloka‘i go the interisland cargo service. We encourage you to like us on distance to become Facebook so you can watch for future announcements as our plans move forward. nursing assistants

In this issue of Island Hopper, you’ll learn about how Rob Pacheco of Hawaii Forest & Trail hiked more than 65 miles with the Google Street View Trekker strapped to his back to bring you a preview of some of the most High Tech magnificent hiking trails the Big Island has to offer. You’ll also learn about the distance some of our nursing 14 Trekker students are willing to go to complete their education, Rob Pacheco hits the and we’ll introduce you to a very inspiring nonprofit organization that uses the sport of basketball to help kids trails with Google’s Street develop important life skills. View technology Enjoy your flight! It is our honor to serve you and we look forward to welcoming you back on one of our flights in the very near future. Mahalo. Sincerely, Net Ron Hansen 18 Effects Ron Hansen, President & CEO Mokulele Airlines Basketball Maui uses the power of the sport to help kids build character TM

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Flying into the Summer! All of us at Mokulele Airlines would like to thank you for choosing us for your travel needs. We hope you enjoy your flight with us, whether you’re on business or vacation! We would also like to extend a Happy Father’s Day on June 15th and a safe and memorable 4th of July holiday weekend to all of our passengers! Time seems to be flying by as June 21st marks the first day of summer, and we’re ready to get you to all of your favorite destinations for June and July! However, before we officially mark our calendars for the summer, you may want to take the family to celebrate King Kamehameha at one of the parades hosted in Kona and Honolulu on June 14th. Our transition to another season will be christened with the 23rd Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival in Kahului on June 22nd. The music doesn’t stop there, as Waikiki is host to the 44th Annual Ukulele Festival that takes place on July 20th at the Kapiolini Park Bandstand. That takes us to the end of July where the spectacular 32 mile Moloka‘i to O‘ahu Paddleboard World Championships will take place July 27th! We look forward to continuing to provide great service to all of our passengers in the coming year. We’re proud to add Kalaeloa to our list of destinations, and our growth is only made possible with the continued support of our valued passengers who have helped us become Hawaii’s number one Island Hopper! Make your next reservation online at www.mokuleleairlines.com and let us show you Hawaii’s greatest views!

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BY KAREN BROST esidents of the Kapolei and Ewa Beach areas of O‘ahu air station in the Pacific theater and was the Navy’s last naval air as well as visitors to the resorts and attractions on the station in Hawai‘i. The facility was closed in 1999 after 57 years island’s leeward coast will soon find it more convenient of service. R to travel to and from Maui. On July 1, Mokulele will Barbers Point was named for Captain Henry Barber, the begin nonstop service between Oahu’s Kalaeloa Airport and master of the 100-foot British brigantine Arthur that ran aground Kahului with six daily flights, three each way. during a tropical storm in 1796. Captain Barber and six of his crew Kalaeloa is located at the former Naval Air Station (NAS) members survived and reached the shore near a place the native Barbers Point, John Rodgers Field. Known as the “Crossroads Hawaiians called “Kalaeloa.” It was a birthplace of Hawaiian of the Pacific,” NAS Barbers Point served as the largest naval kings and destined to become the site of the naval air station.

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Anyone interested in learning more about the history of NAS Barbers Point can arrange to visit the Naval Air Museum Barbers Point located in Building 1792 on Midway Road. Appointments can be made by calling 808-682-3982 and a donation is requested. The museum’s mission is to save aircraft that are relevant to naval aviation history in Hawai‘i. The museum currently has four retired Navy fighter and attack jets, one UP-2 Orion aircraft, a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter and numerous military ground vehicles on display. When the new service begins on July 1, Kalaeloa will become the ninth airport Mokulele serves. As with most of the other airports Mokulele operates from, parking is free (including overnight parking) and TSA screenings are not required. Travelers will also save time by eliminating the need to drive to and from Honolulu on H1. Check-in time is 30 minutes before departure. Mokulele will offer special introductory fares to celebrate the launch of the new service from Kalaeloa to Kahului. For the current flight schedule, visitwww.mokuleleairlines.com .

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8 I MOKULELEAIRLINES.COM The students, eight women and one man, were enrolled in the nurse assistant certificate program offered by the University of Hawaii Maui College, . According to Donna Haytko- Paoa, professor/coordinator for the school, the college currently has approximately 250 students who are pursuing certificates as well as associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees. “We’re able to get people higher education as part of the University of Hawaii, just right here on Moloka‘i,” she explains. For the nursing certificate program, instructor Kathleen Mumford, RN, BSN, MBA, presented lectures via live video stream from Maui and lab instructor Rosalie Schreiber, RN, APRN, traveled to Moloka‘i each month to work with the students. But there was

Moloka‘i nursing students (left to right): Jonathan Mina, Primrose Kekahuna, Judith Michlig, Angielou ost college students just jump in the Alfante-Deguzman, Tami Michaelson, Kaui Akina, Kyli Joe Mawae, Alicia Maurizio, Julie Schonely

car or grab a bike or bus to get to one requirement for the program that couldn’t be completed on M class, but for one group of nursing Moloka‘i. “The students for the Nurse Assistant Program must do students from Moloka‘i, the only way to get a clinical practicum at a state approved long-term nursing facility during their training to qualify to take the Hawaii state examination where they needed to go was by air. to be a Certified Nurse Assistant,” Kathleen says. “There are no such facilities at this time for students to comply with these regulations on Moloka‘i.”

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10 I MOKULELEAIRLINES.COM Issue 10 I 11 When the nine nursing students began their certificate program in January, they knew they would have to travel to Maui to complete their training. “We didn’t know how it was going to work out, but we were just going to go for it and do it,” says one of the students, Tami Michaelson. Knowing that it would be a financial burden for the students to pay for their travel expenses, Donna was determined to find a way to help the students get to Maui. She had recently met Mokulele’s executive vice president and COO Dave Berry who told her to let him know if the airline could ever assist the college. She contacted Dave and Mokulele offered to fly the students to Maui and back free of charge so they could complete their clinical requirements at the Hale Makua long-term care facility. “When our teacher, Miss Schrieber, announced it to everybody, there was silence,” Tami explains. “We couldn’t believe it. People are just trying to make ends meet here, and now we felt like we had celebrity status. It was the perfect number of seats. There was nobody but us on the flight. It felt like we were in a limo in the air!” After arriving on Maui, the students completed three eight-hour shifts at Hale Makua. “It is a win-win for residents and students,” Kathleen says. “The students get to share their personalized care one on one. Most of the residents are elderly, and therefore students get to know more about the needs of our well-loved Kupuna while making a new friend and possibly easing some boredom or loneliness.” “It was our first experience actually doing everything that we were taught,” Tami notes. “Seeing an adult that can’t take care of themselves is kind of emotional. The last day, we had the hardest time saying goodbye to our patients. It honestly gave us all a different perspective on life. We were so thankful for everything that was done for us. We feel so blessed.” Upon attaining certification, these students will be qualified to help care for patients at home health agencies, clinics and hospitals. “The state certification is an honor and plays a key role in getting a job in many health care organizations, not just in Hawai‘i, but across America,” Kathleen notes. Congratulations to the new graduates of the UH Maui College, Molokai Nursing Assistant Program!

12 I MOKULELEAIRLINES.COM Their natural choice was Rob Pacheco, co-founder with his wife Cindy of Hawaii Forest & Trail, a Big Island-based company that has been offering guided nature tours for the past 21 years. Rob’s first task was to decide which trails to record. Out of 29 Big Island trails on his list, he chose 15. “The trails I chose were all public access trails, trails that are open 24/7. There are no issues with parking, no issues with access. They’re also not treacherous trails or trails where people could get lost. I chose trails that highlighted the diversity of the island.”

hen the folks at Google Maps approached the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) to ask if they wanted to borrow W After an afternoon of training from the Google Maps team, Google’s Street View Trekker device to showcase the beauty of the islands, they naturally said yes. And Rob strapped the 45-pound device to his back and was ready to begin. “Actually, it wore well,” he says. “It was balanced pretty well then the HVCB team turned to an expert to help them even though it looks a little awkward.” To capture the 15 trails with maximize the use of the technology’s 360 degree the Trekker, Rob hiked more than 65 miles, at times assisted by his panoramic capabilities. son Jason. “I’ve been on all of the trails before, but some of them I hadn’t been on in years,” he says. “It was just kind of fun, like visiting old friends. It was really fascinating to go with that Trekker on your back because you’re almost looking at the trails as a cinematographer. It’s just a whole different perspective.”

Rob Pacheco, President of Hawaii Forest & Trail, with the Street View Trekker takes in the view at Pololū Valley’s ‘Āwini Trail

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Street View Operations Lead Chris Fiock (right) teaches Jaci Matsuo of HVCB and Rob Pacheco of Hawaii Forest & Trail how to operate the Trekker’s Android device Rob Pacheco, President of Hawaii Forest & Trail, walks across the beach at Pololū Valley at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park

Rob shared a funny story about a woman he came upon while he was hiking the Kilauea Iki trail. She was staring down at her phone while standing at a trail junction. She looked up, saw Rob approaching, did a double take and said, “What IS that thing?” She could hardly believe his answer because she had just looked up Google Maps to see where she was. “So I go over to her and I’m standing there with the Trekker on my back, showing her on Google Maps where she’s at on the trail. It was like she pulled the Google Pegman down and poof, I appeared!” Rob laughs. He still wishes he had gotten a photo of that moment. Links to the images Rob recorded are posted on the HVCB website under the title Exploring the Parks & Trails of Hawaii, the Big Island. “We’ve enjoyed a fantastic partnership with Google in this exciting journey to bring the unique experiences of the Hawaiian Islands closer to the consumer in a fun and interactive way,” says John Monahan, President and CEO of the HVCB. “The panoramic imagery now available on our GoHawaii.com website serves an integral role in the vacation planning process. I’m confident those visiting our site will enjoy the enhanced features which technically puts them in the middle of destination experiences only found here in Hawai‘i.” In addition to using the Trekker imagery to decide which trails to hike, Rob believes people will use it to relive those hikes afterwards and to share them with others. ”I think it’s going to be a powerful thing for people to bring back that experience that they had out on the trails.” Rob’s faithful companion, the Trekker, has now moved on. The State of Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources is now using it to map trails on O‘ahu, and more content, including images from other islands, will be posted as it becomes available. Rob enjoyed his stint as “the Google Man.” “I’m in the nature connection business. That’s what we do. We connect people with nature, so for me, one of the cool things is that this does have the potential to inspire people to come and visit us, to come to this place.”

16 I MOKULELEAIRLINES.COM hen Ben Prangnell, associate pastor at Hope Chapel Maui, saw the power that the NBC Basketball Camp at Washington State had to change lives, he was hooked. So he asked NBC’s founder Fred Crowell ifW there was any way to get this program going on Maui. Fred said, “You get the gym and the kids, and I’ll help you,” so in 2010 Ben started the nonprofit organization Basketball Maui. “Our mission is to give hope and a future to youth and use basketball as a tool to develop leadership, character and life skills,” Ben explains. “It’s amazing what you can teach a child when you have a basketball in your hands.” “We started doing school assemblies and we found one of the greatest needs in school is youth literacy,” he continues. “Seventy- four percent of kids read below their grade level. They start getting behind in second, third, fourth grade, and by the tenth grade they’re dropouts. So in the last two years, we developed a “Books and Basketball Weekend “ and teamed up with some professional athletes and foundations to help us donate hundreds of books and read to a few thousand kids in classrooms. We bring the athletes in and the kids get excited about reading.” Basketball Maui also presents school assemblies to help kids make positive life choices. “We tell them, ‘Get the bigger vision for your life, not only to graduate high school, but to go to college,’” he says. For the last four years, Basketball Maui has taken a group of student athletes to the mainland to train, compete and tour universities. The organization also hosts basketball clinics where the only price of admission is an item for the Maui Food Bank to teach the kids about giving back to the community. “It’s just the values you can teach when you’re doing athletics that we’re most passionate about.” These clinics and school assemblies are provided free of charge, so Basketball Maui organizes summer events to help fund its programs throughout the year. Its weeklong Basketball Skills Camp for boys and girls ages 7 to 13 and Next Level Camp for teens 14-18 each cost $99, but Basketball Maui provides scholarships for kids in need, such as those who are homeless or who have a parent that is incarcerated. “It’s just so neat to see these kids integrate and get involved,” Ben says. Ben estimates that with the help of “an army of volunteers,” Basketball Maui touches about 8,000 lives each year. He shared the story of a mother who told him that she had been having trouble with “IT’S JUST THE VALUES YOU CAN her son who was about to be kicked out of school. She said, “We sent him to basketball camp and he just came back a changed boy. He TEACH WHEN YOU’RE DOING does so much better at school and he’s so much more respectful at ATHLETICS THAT WE’RE MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT.”

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home.” Ben adds, “We’ve been able to see a lot of families give good reports about the positive changes they’re seeing in their kids’ lives.” To continue its good work, Basketball Maui is holding a major fundraiser called “The Maui Grand Slam Celebrity Classic.” The week of June 23rd, it will hold basketball camps in gyms throughout Maui. On Thursday night, June 26, the Grand Wailea Resort will host a “Poker with the Pros” tournament where guests can play for a chance to bet against celebrity players, including a lineup of NBA stars. The week will be capped off with a two-game event on June 28th called “Night of Shooting Stars” at the Lahaina Civic Center. The first game will match local celebrities such as sports anchors, musicians and politicians against kids from Basketball Maui. “The kids just kick their butts every year,” Ben laughs. “For the second game, we put the pros against each other,” he continues, “so it’s like an exhibition game with all professional talent. You just don’t get to see that on Maui.” The current celebrity lineup includes international pro Patrick Ewing, Jr., Garrett Temple of the Washington Wizards, Anthony Tolliver of the Charlotte Bobcats, C. J. Watson of the Indiana Pacers, Jeremy Tyler of the New York Knicks and Malcolm Thomas of the Utah Jazz, among many others. Tickets, which will benefit Basketball Maui’s programs, are available at www.BasketballMaui.com.

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