Longtime Hospice Maui supporter Leslie Kuloloio (first photo) conducts Wednesday’s blessing for the agency’s planned meditation garden and walking path. Kuloloio concluded by offering a heartfelt mahalo to hospice staff. “Thank you, to each and every one of you, thank you.” During Wednesday afternoon’s blessing for Hospice Maui’s planned meditation garden and walking path, CEO Greg LaGoy (second photo) shares a story of how he approached Maui Lani Partners in the 1990s with an out-of-the-blue request to donate the parcel of land adjacent to the Wailuku agency’s parcel. LaGoy said that he suggested to Maui Lani Partners it would probably have a hard time getting zoning to develop the property and Hospice Maui could put the three-quarter-acre parcel to a use that would benefit the entire community. The company agreed to donate the land and, after a long process of taking care of the details, the parcel was officially turned over to Hospice Maui this fall. LaGoy said that the quiet space, with its view overlooking Central Maui and the slopes of Haleakala will give patients’ families, staff and the public a place to unwind. “We will create something that is a value to the entire community,” LaGoy said. “We look forward to serving the community in a new way.”
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Oregon State forward Janessa Thropay reads to students at Pomaikai Elementary School on Thursday. Nevada visited Kamalii Elementary, while Utah State visited Kihei Elementary — Montana State was unable to visit a school due to a flight conflict. Brand and Brush photo
Marie Gulich is averaging 15.2 points and 8.0 rebounds a game this season for the Beavers. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY photo
Oregon State’s Mikayla Pivec shoots around Notre Dame’s Jessica Shephard and Jackie Young during the Beavers’ 72-67 loss on Nov. 19. Oregon State, Nevada, Utah State and Montana State play in the Maui Jim Maui Classic today and Saturday at War Memorial Gym. Albany Democrat-Herald via AP / Mark Ylen photo
The Beavers’ Mikayla Pivec receives a lei from a student. Brand and Brush photo
Tyler Wright competes in the quarterfinals Thursday. World Surf League / Damien Poullenot photo
Tyler Wright of Australia holds up her trophy after clinching her second straight World Surf League women’s world championship Thursday at the Maui Women’s Pro at Honolua Bay. World Surf League / KELLY CESTARI photo
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Jim Nabors and his friend and longtime collaborator in comedy Carol Burnett celebrate Nabors’ 85th birthday on June 12, 2015, at his home in Honolulu. Nabors died peacefully at his home in Honolulu on Thursday with his husband, Stan Cadwallader, at his side. He was 87. John Berger Honolulu Star-Advertiser file photo via AP
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Skeeter Stebbins (in hat) and Chuck Dicker of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise unload trees from a refrigerated container to sell Thursday at the Lahaina Cannery Mall. Despite reports of tree shortages, the Lahaina club has brought in its normal amount of 500 trees this year. King’s Cathedral Maui in Kahului, which has been selling trees for 35 years, will not be selling them this year. THEO MORRISON photo