New Maui Whole Foods Store

The grand opening of Maui's first Whole Foods store is scheduled for February 24th. Located in the Maui Mall, the grocery chain is hiring as it prepares to open for business.

They expect to hire about 140 new workers for the store, which is about 26,366 square-feet. You can find job applications online at wholefoodsmarket.com. For Maui, that's a nice chunk of jobs, and at a welcome time.

Ray Stockton, the manager of the Kahala Whole Foods branch is transferring to open the Maui store, which is a good idea since an experienced hand tends to make these things run more smoothly.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Whole Foods, it's a natural and organic foods supermarket that is rather popular on the mainland, especially in California (although it was founded in Texas). One of the fun aspects of Whole Foods is that the business likes to tailor their stores to their location. In Maui's case, they plan to provide more raw and vegan options to meet the island's demand for such food. Of course there will also be organic and natural meats, seafood, produce, wines and cheeses. If they don't have one of their amazing olive bars at this location, it will be a surprise. The average Whole Foods Market carries up to 135 varieties of cheese, which rotate on a seasonal basis. Not a cheese person? Well they also offer 295 varieties of beers.

Whole Foods is replacing the old Star Market and there are high expectations that it the new supermarket will help to continue the revitalization of Maui Mall.

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Class for Maui Residents on Keeping Your Idea Safe

We've all seen it happen: your friend or yourself comes up with a great idea and runs it by a few friends. The next thing that happens? Someone they know has put that idea into action and is reaping the benefits.

There are countless ways people can snag your creative genius and unfortunately, it's all too common. You could be a writer, an artist, an entrepreneur or fill any number of other professional descriptions and see it happen to you. When it does, it can be enormously disheartening and frustrating. So how to avoid it?

Good classes often pop up at the Maui County Business Resource Center in Maui Mall, but this is definitely one of the especially "Maui applicable" ones we've seen (and it's free). Making a living on the island can require more than a good work ethic and professional experience. It often requires resourcefulness and ingenuity. This class is called "Avoiding Infringement: The Essentials of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets."

Presented by Shannon S. Imlay, an intellectual property attorney who is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the class should impart invaluable information on protecting your creative works and ideas. It's part of the U.S. Constitution that inventors, authors, etc. have an exclusive right to benefit from their own creative work. What Shannon will discuss is how to establish and protect patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

The workshop will take place on February 4, from noon to 1:30p.m., again, in the Maui Mall across from IHOP. We this will help some creative individuals maintain their security and peace of mind!

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Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce Service Project

The Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce is holding their first service project of 2010 this month. That will be the restoration of Ko`ie`ie, an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located in North Kihei. 

You can sign up to participate by emailing Melissa Beimes at melissab@oha.org or by calling 808-594-1899 and leaving your name, email, and phone number. The sign up deadline is January 25 and the outing will take place on January 30 between 8a.m. and noon. 

Aside from the satisfaction of knowing that you will be helping to preserve a treasure of Maui's heritage, you will also be provided with lunch, and of course water.

You can learn more about Ko`ie`ie at www.mauifishpond.com. Work days like these are open to everyone. It's a great opportunity to do good and satisfying work while learning new things and also getting to know other people in the community who share your similar interests in preserving Hawaiian culture.

These restoration efforts are an ongoing process and you can volunteer or even become a board member. Depending on your specific talents, you may be able to help contribute to the education program, fund raising, grant writing, public relations, administrative support and several other important tasks. The restoration work is especially nice for those who enjoy the outdoors, the ocean and the ecology of Maui.

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Maui Pops Orchestra Performance

The Maui Pops Orchestra will be performing "Music from Around the World" at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on the 24th of this month.

The Maui Pops has put on some really great concerts in the past, with all kinds of entertaining themes and outstanding music. This intercultural feature is right in line with their excellent history of entertainment. The performance includes musical themes from Germany, Russia, Hungary, Japan and America, with a little bit of Maui in there as well.

It should be interesting to see how they integrate such diverse sounds from extremely different musical cultures. With music director James Durham leading the orchestra, expectations are high. This is an all-orchestral concert and it's a great opportunity to get an inside view into music as a contributor to cultural expression.

The performance is at 3:30p.m. It should be an enjoyable experience for a broad age range. Seeing as the Maui Pops Orchestra is a non-profit, donations are always welcome and are necessary for them to continue their inspiring work.

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