Pilikia kekahi mau kānaka o Maui i ka wai ʻole ma muli o ke ahi o ka lā 8 o Kepakemapa.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 13 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO ia mau nō ka pilikia o ko Lāhainā a me ko Kula i ka wai ʻole. Haʻi ʻia aʻe nei nā kānaka o ia mau wahi, ʻaʻole e inu i ka wai o nā paipu, a ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻauʻau ma ia wai, ʻoiai, ua ʻinoʻino ma muli o ke ahi. I ka Pōʻalua nei, ua kūkala aʻela ke Kalana ʻo Maui, ʻo nā kānaka o ka Māhele 1 ma uka aʻe nei o Kula, he hiki nō iā lākou ke inu i ka wai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i komo aku nā mea ʻinoʻino i loko o ka wai. Akā, ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai, e hoʻoholo ʻia ka wai o nā paipu he 10 minuke a ʻoi i mea e pau ai ka wai e waiho wale ana ma nā paipu. ʻO kahi pilikia, ma kekahi palapala ʻāina a ke kalana i hōʻike ʻia aʻe i ka lehulehu, no ka hapanui o nā wahi o Kula ma kahi o ke Awāwa ʻo Pūlehu, ke pāpā ʻia aʻe nei ka inu ʻana i ka wai a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana ma ia wai. ʻO kekahi pilikia, aia nō nā kānaka kinai ahi ke noke aʻe nei i ka hana i mea e pio loa ai ke ahi ma Olinda.
Ke noi aʻe nei ke Keʻena Mākaʻi o Honolulu i ka lehulehu i kōkua ma ka ʻimi ʻana i mau kānaka i ʻike maka i ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o Joseph Mattson a make. Ua loaʻa aku nei kona kino make ma ke Ala ʻo Marconi i ka lā 8 aʻe nei o Kepakemapa. Aia nō ka māhele lawe ola o ke Keʻena Mākaʻi ke noiʻi aku nei i ke kalaima pepehi kanaka ma ke kekelē ʻelua, ʻoiai, ua hou ʻia aku ke kino o Mattson he mau manawa, a ʻo ia kona mea i make ai. ʻO ka lōʻihi o Mattson, he 5 kapuaʻi 7 ʻīniha, a he 175 ona paona. Inā he wahi ʻike kāu, e kāhea aku i ka helu 911, a i ʻole ia, i ka helu 808-955-8300. A hiki nō hoʻi ke waiho ka ʻike me ka hōʻike ʻole ʻia o kou inoa ma ka pūnaewele, ma www.honolulucrimestoppers.org a i ʻole ia ma ka polokalamu P3 Tips.
ʻO Kahuku ke kula kiʻekiʻe helu ʻekahi ma ka pāʻani pōpō peku ma Hawaiʻi nei. Akā, ma ka hopena pule nei, ua hāʻule iho nei nā keiki o Kahuku ma ka helu ʻai he 55 i ka 8. ʻO ko lākou hoa paio, ʻo Mater Dei, ka hui helu ʻekahi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I kēia Pōʻaono, e kūʻē aku ana ʻo Kahuku iā Kāna Ioane Boseco o Kaleponi. ʻO Kāna Ioane Boseco ka hui helu ʻelua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Oki kilohana ka pali o Waialoha.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka kino māʻoheʻohe.
Ke Aolama 