Members of Maui High School’s Class of 2018 sing “Good Old Days” by Macklemore featuring Kesha during Saturday’s graduation ceremonies at War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku. The 465-member class kicked off Maui’s graduation season. Baldwin High School is up next at 6 p.m. Tuesday at War Memorial. Ka’ahumanu Hou Christian School will graduate its seniors at 7 p.m. Wednesday at King’s Cathedral Church. And, at 6 p.m. Thursday, King Kekaulike High School’s Class of 2018 will hold graduation exercises at the school’s newly refurbished stadium. Other public and private schools will hold graduations through June 10.
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Tiny green seedlings sprout from the ground on one of Mycogen’s farm plots in Hoolehua earlier this month. About 70 percent of the 420 acres that Mycogen owns and leases have been planted with cover crops of grass and legumes in preparation for the seed company’s departure later this year. With the harvests over and most workers laid off, Mycogen has all but shut down on Molokai. — The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo
Mycogen site leader Adolph Helm drives through one of Mycogen’s fields in Hoolehua. Helm is one of seven employees who’ve stayed behind to help close down the company through the end of the year. — The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo
A field of cover crops gets a shower of water. The fate of the former Mycogen lands depends on whoever buys them next. Mycogen site leader Adolph Helm said the company has gotten inquiries, but he could not disclose any names. — The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo
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Sionetelua Koloi, 46, of Lanai City poses with girlfriend Kendra-Leah Sabin (in white) and their daughters Keleah-Aiko, 19, and Kamila-Mafi, 8, in a recent family photo on Lanai. Koloi died May 11 after suffering head injuries in a fight with Travis Morita, 35. Morita has been charged with second-degree murder.