Waikapu, HI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/ Waikapu, HI News Moving tip nets 1500 for Waikapu woman http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/f1b0b6c5fb833ae88c8e83668665738e.html WAIKAPU Stacy Baqui was skeptical about sweepstakes and contests but when she had some free time awhile ago she started a hobby entering themIt took about six months for the Waikapu resident and mother of two to hit pay dirt winning second place and 1500 in Henkel Corp's Moving Made Easy ContestI always thought 'Well nobody ever wins that stuff' Now I'm a believer she said Maui:County Employees of the Year http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/e049ee7315aba30e0ccaa5f8dccafa55.html County employees on Maui were honored at a luncheon held last week at the Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapu Mayor Charmaine Tavares announced Honorees received a framed certificate and carved wooden plaque Recent retirees also were recognized for their years Candidates focusing on different issues http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/6280a4e8e5c6f8b8312a029ce2a40742.html This is the fourth in a series of stories on candidates who will be on the ballot for Maui County Council and state legislative seats in Maui County In Thursday's Maui News the featured race will be for the MakawaoHaikuPaia residency seat on the County Council Do you know where your Beef has been http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/e6194cacecfad571335a6bf9e762ef3c.html PUKALANI Maui Cattle Co is relaunching its allnatural islandgrazed premium beef with a new label and a publicity campaign to encourage local consumptionMost Maui residents are still eating imported beef said Maui Cattle Managing Director Alex Franco We want to draw attention to a better and local option We produce much higher quality right here Liberty over luxury http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/f377ae7ea0ac2cb81269ba0187116e17.html WAIKAPU 187; Maui resident Soen Liang Kwee was a university professor and manager at a conglomerate in Indonesia and had a chauffeur and four servants to wait on him and his family Aging: With Aloha http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/3d0661509594c091b1ceedc41113299c.html WAIKAPU The Maui LongTerm Care Partnership has officially changed its name but not its missionNow called the Aging With Aloha Coalition the group of about 100 members countywide pledged to continue its work to support a communitybased model of services for senior citizens who want to age in place and not in institutions Economist's outlook: Expect the unexpected http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/817855f907d4ee88e198ce976a0bea5d.html WAIKAPU Earlier this year Bank of Hawaii Chief Economist Paul Brewbaker walked out of his offices onto Merchant Street to find the Stangenwald Building opposite covered with signs in German and the pavement deep in snowIt's been that kind of year economically too he told a general meeting of the Realtors Association of Maui on Friday at the King Kamehameha Golf ClubHe wondered how many Inflation squeezes commercial properties http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/hawaii/waikapu/content/ca6b44cfd28b53c8ed60b6f5b179db10.html WAIKAPU Although there is good demand for commercial real estate on Maui it is somewhat less than it was a year or two ago And development money is much harder to come byAs a result some projects especially in Kihei are being shelved a panel of Certified Commercial Investment Managers told the Realtors Association of Maui on FridayMike Hamasu of Colliers Monroe Friedlander told an ove