Ua hoʻokuʻu aku ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jefferson, Texas iā Juanita Chitwood, ka luna hoʻokele o ke kūlanakauhale no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua hiki koke mai kona hoopau ana.
I Pepeluali, ua kau ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Chitwood i ʻeono mahina no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ma hope o kona hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i ke kauoha a ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jim Gibson e ʻoki i ka hoʻolaha kīwī e manaʻo ana e lawe i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale.
Ua hoʻolālā ka ʻaha kūkā e kūkākūkā i ka hana a Chitwood i kahi kau i pani ʻia i ka Pōʻalima, akā ua noi ʻo Chitwood e mālama ʻia ke kamaʻilio ma ka lehulehu. Ua kaupalena ʻo Mekia Bob Avery i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā hanana i hana ʻia ma hope o kona hoʻāʻo ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gibson ma ka lā 17 o Pepeluali, ua leka uila ʻo ia iā Chitwood i kahi papa inoa o nā pahuhopu e hoʻopau ai. Aia ma ka papa inoa ke kipa ʻana i kekahi kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Texas a hōʻike i kāna mau ʻike, ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka noi ʻana i kahi haʻawina, a me ka palapala ʻana i nā hoʻolaha āpau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gibson ʻaʻole hiki i Chitwood ke hoʻopau i kekahi o nā pahuhopu; Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chitwood ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea a pau i noi ʻia iā ia.
"ʻO Jefferson koʻu home a me kaʻu aloha mua," wahi a Chitwood, ka Marion County Chamber of Commerce's 2009 kamaʻāina o ka makahiki. "Ke lawe nui nei au i kaʻu hana. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu kaʻu mea i hana hewa ai.
Ma ʻApelila 17, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gibson ua nīnau ʻo ia iā Chitwood e pili ana i kona holomua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua haʻi ʻo Chitwood iā ia ua kipa ʻo ia i Natchez, Mississippi, a ma ka lā 23 ʻApelila, hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i kāna mau ʻike. Ua noi ʻo Gibson e kipa aku i kahi kūlanakauhale ʻo Texas a hana i kahi hōʻike hou. Ua kipa ʻo Chitwood iā Fredericksburg a waiho i kahi hōʻike i Iune.
Ua noi pū ʻo Gibson iā Chitwood e hele i kahi seminar ma nā pūnaewele pūnaewele pūnaewele, e like me Facebook a me Twitter a e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ia mau pūnaewele ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku no ke kūlanakauhale.
"ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e hoʻolaha ma kēia ʻano," wahi a Gibson.
Ua noi ʻo Gibson iā Chitwood e noi i kahi haʻawina e kōkua i ke kūlanakauhale me kāna kālā huakaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia e noi ana i nā makana Hometown Stars a me Bootstrap Bucks ma o ka Texas Department of Agriculture - ua loaʻa nā makana ʻelua i ka lā 31 Iulai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gibson ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia iā Chitwood e pili ana i ka hāʻawi, paʻi i ka ʻike ma luna, a hāʻawi iā ia i Mei. ʻO Chitwood, ka mea i kākau ʻole i kahi haʻawina ma mua, ua kākau lima i ka hāʻawi a hāʻawi i kahi kikoʻī iā Gibson ma ka waena o Iulai. Ma Iulai 23, ua nīnau ʻo Gibson i hoʻokahi nīnau a noi iā Chitwood e paʻi i ka palapala noi. Ua noi ʻo Chitwood iā ia e kau inoa i ka palapala noi hāʻawi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gibson ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kau inoa i ka noi no ka mea "ʻaʻohe ona mana kānāwai." Ua koi ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hope mai ua helu ʻo Chitwood iā ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonohonoho papahana a ua hiki iā ia ke kau inoa ma kēlā wahi akā ʻaʻole i hana pēlā no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka manawa ua helu ʻia ʻo ia ma kēlā koho.
ʻAʻole ʻo Chitwood a me Gibson i ʻōlelo ua ʻike lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana e koi i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ke kūlanakauhale a hiki i ka lohi. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka mea i ka papa kuhikuhi o ka ʻaha kūkā.
“Inā paʻi ʻia ka haʻawina a ʻaʻole paha, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻouna ʻia i ka ʻaha kūkā no ka ʻae ʻia," wahi a Alderman Bruce Key, ʻaʻole ia i hewa i kekahi ʻaoʻao. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Key e loaʻa hou nā kālā hāʻawi kālā i ka lā 1 o Kepakemapa. Ma waena o Pepeluali a me Iulai, ua hoʻouna ʻo Gibson i nā haʻawina hou aku iā Chitwood ma o ka leka uila. Ua hoʻouna aku ʻo Chitwood i hoʻokahi papa hana i kekahi mau lālā o kāna papa ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi me ke kumuhana ʻo "Jim Gibson's homework." Ua hōʻike aku kekahi mau ʻelele i ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.
"Manaʻo wau aia mākou i loko o ka haunaele nui aʻu i ʻike ai iā mākou," wahi a Alderman Heaster. "He pilikia maoli koʻu i ka mea e hana nei."
Ua nīnau ʻo Heaster i ka ʻaha kūkā i ka mea e hiki mai ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale inā e kipaku ʻia ʻo Chitwood. Ua hoʻokumu ke kūlanakauhale i kahi papa mākaʻikaʻi hou a wehe i kahi kikowaena malihini e pono e hoʻohana i nā limahana i ka lā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Avery ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka poʻe makemake e komo i loko e hana manawaleʻa ma ke kikowaena malihini a loaʻa kahi pani.
"Iaʻu, ua ʻōlelo nā ʻoihana āpau aʻu i kamaʻilio ai, 'ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana me Juanita," wahi a Alderman Key. "Ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻoholo kūpono?"
"Pono mākou e nānā i ke kiʻi holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Alderman Larry Pinkerton. “ʻO ka mea nui loa e pili ana i kāu ʻoihana, ʻo ia ka lokahi ... Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi paio nui ma ʻaneʻi. Ke kumu ia i nā pilikia i ka ʻoihana kūlanakauhale.
I ke koho ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hoʻōho kekahi poʻe ma kahi o 50 mau kānaka, "Ke pepehi nei ʻoe iā Jefferson" a "E nalowale ana kā mākou huakaʻi āpau."
"He mea ʻakaʻaka," wahi a ka mea noho ʻo Diana Anthony ma hope o ka hālāwai.
"Pehea lākou e ʻaʻa ai e puhi i ke kamaʻāina o ka makahiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kitt Williams, ka mea nona ka Kitt's Kornbread Sandwich a me Pie Bar.
"ʻO ka laina lalo ke piʻi nei kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Sarah Williams, ka mea nona ka hale ʻaina. "Ke lawe mai nei ʻo ia i nā kānaka ma ʻaneʻi."
ʻO Chitwood ka luna mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō o ke keʻena kalepa ma mua o kēlā.
"Hoʻolālā wau e ʻimi i kaʻu mau koho i ka hana e hiki mai ana ma ke kahua hoʻokahi aʻu i noho ai no nā makahiki he 20 aʻe," wahi a Chitwood. "ʻO kaʻu mea hiki ke ʻōlelo aku ua hahai wau i nā kuhikuhi a me nā noi i nīnau ʻia iaʻu. Makemake au i ka maikaʻi no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jefferson.
