ʻAʻole i make i ka lāʻau make nā koholā pailaka i loaʻa ma Kauaʻi.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 20 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
I ka mahina ʻo ʻOkakopa, loaʻa maila he ʻelima koholā pailaka make ma Kauaʻi. ʻElua o lākou, ua pae akula i uka o ke Kahakai o Kalapakī. A ʻekolu o lākou, e lana wale aʻe ana nō ma ke Awa Kū Moku o Nāwiliwili. Kuhi ihola kekahi, i make ia mau koholā pailaka i ka lāʻau hoʻomake ʻiole i lū ʻia aku nei ma Lehua i nā mahina ʻo ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa. Akā, ma ka hōʻike a ka ʻOihana Mahiʻai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻohe wahi lāʻau hoʻomake ʻiole i loaʻa ma ke ake o ia mau koholā. ʻAʻole naʻe i akāka mai ko lākou kumu i make ai. Aia nō nā akeakamai ke noiʻi akula.
ʻO kahi o ka hale kūʻai ʻo Sports Authority ma mua ma ke Alanui ʻo Ward, e lilo ana i mākeke maluhale i kēia makahiki aʻe. E hoʻopukapuka ana ʻo Chris Ulu, ka mea nona kahi waihona ʻo Storkeeper Self Storage, a me kekahi hoa ona he $1.5 miliona no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ia hale. ʻAkahi nō ʻo Ulu a pūlima i ka palapala hoʻolimalima me ka hui nona ia ʻāina. E hemo ana ia mākeke i ka mahina ʻo Mei. A ʻo nā ʻoihana o loko, e kūʻai ana i nā mea like ʻole i hana ʻia ma Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO ka nui loa o nā ʻoihana o loko, he 250. A ʻo ka uku hoʻolimalima o ka mahina, he $2,100 no kahi wahi he 100 kapuaʻi kuea, a he $1,500 no kahi wahi he 50 kapuaʻi kuea.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Nei ka honua, he ōlaʻi ia.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻike ʻia ke ʻano o kekahi mea ma kāna hana.
Ke Aolama 