Lilo aku nei kahi makana iā Kealohapauʻole Wong.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā iwakālua kūmālua o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua lilo mai nei he haʻawina kālā iā Kealohapauʻole Wong no kona ʻano he haku mele kau i ka hano no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi. He $50,000. A he puʻu kālā ia mai ka ʻAhahui Haku Mele ʻAmelika mai. ʻO Wong, ʻo ia ka haku mele kau i ka hano mua o Hawaiʻi nei. A ke paʻa mai ia puʻu kālā iā ia, e paʻi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻia kekahi mau papa haku mele me ka lana o kona manaʻo, e hoʻoulu ʻia nā kānaka a e kaʻana like i ko lākou mau moʻolelo ma o ka haku mele. E mālama ʻia ana ia mau papa haku mele no nā haumāna o ka papa ʻehiku o ke Kula Hoʻāmana ʻo Ka Waihona o ka Naʻauao ma Waiʻanae. A ke pau i ke paʻi ʻia, e hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahua pūnaewele, kahi e ʻike ai ka lehulehu i nā haʻawina, nā mele, a me ia mau papa. Ma ke kau ʻahaʻōlelo o Hawaiʻi i hala iho nei, paʻa ihola kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, e wae ʻia he haku mele hanohano hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻekolu. A e hoʻomaka ana i ka mahina ʻo Ianuali o ka makahiki 2023.
ʻO OBRL Kado Hawaiʻi nō ka ʻoi! ʻĀhaʻi aku nei nā keiki o OBRL Kado Hawaiʻi i ka inoa moho o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho ʻo Babe Ruth no nā keiki he 13 makahiki a emi mai. Ma ke komo ʻana ʻekahi, e ʻoi ana ʻo Pittsfield, Makakukeka, he ʻakahi i ka hua kakā. Akā, hiu aʻela nā keiki o Hawaiʻi, a lanakila ai lākou ma ka helu ʻai he ʻalima i ka ʻakahi.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
He iʻa kokoke kā ka lawaiʻa.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka hiki ke hoʻokō koke i kona makemake ma muli o kona akamai.