Ua kū ʻo Larry Kingsella a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Belen ma ka lālani mua i ke kakahiaka Pōʻaono a ua kū i loko o kā lāua kaʻa, e hoʻomākaukau ana e hana i kekahi mau paikikala no nā keiki o ke kaiāulu.
“ʻO kēia ko mākou manawa punahele o ka makahiki,” wahi a Larry Kingsella. “Mai ko lākou hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana, he kuʻuna mau kēia i loko o ko mākou ʻohana,”
No nā makahiki he nui, ua kauoha a hoʻākoakoa ʻo Waste Connections i nā paikikala no nā keiki nele i ka wā hoʻomaha. ʻO ka maʻamau, aia kahi "lā kūkulu", ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea kūkulu manawaleʻa āpau e hui pū ana ma kahi hoʻokahi. Ma laila, hoʻohui lākou i nā paikikala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kinsella: "Ua like ia me kahi hui ʻohana Clark County kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hui pū ma lalo o hoʻokahi hale."
Ua noi ʻia nā mea manawaleʻa e kiʻi i kā lākou helu o nā paikikala a laila lawe iā lākou i ka home no ke kūkulu ʻana ma kahi o ke kūkulu pū ʻana iā lākou.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hele pū ʻo Waste Connections i ka pāʻina. Aia kekahi DJ me ke mele Kalikimaka ma luna, hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Santa Claus, a me nā meaʻai māmā a me ke kofe i ka wā e hele mai ai nā SUV, nā kaʻa a me nā kalaka e kiʻi i kā lākou mau paikikala.
"Makemake au i kēia manaʻo. He mea maikaʻi loa ia. E kiʻi mākou i kahi meaʻai, kahi kofe, a e hoʻolilo lākou iā lākou i mea hoʻolauleʻa e like me ka hiki," wahi a Kingsra. "Ua hana maikaʻi loa ʻo Waste Connections ma kēia ʻano."
Ke kiʻi nei ka ʻohana Kingsella i ʻeono mau paikikala, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e kōkua ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana i kēia mau paikikala.
Ua kū kaʻa ma mua o hoʻokahi kakini, e kali ana e hoʻokomo i nā paikikala i loko o nā ʻeke a i ʻole nā ​​​​kaula hoʻoili. ʻO ia wale nō i ka hola mua. Ua hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia ka lawe ʻana o ke paikikala e hala i ʻekolu hola.
Ua hoʻomaka ia me ka manaʻo o Scott Campbell, he alakaʻi kamaʻāina a he limahana o ka hui "Waste Connection".
"He 100 paha mau paikikala i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, a i ʻole ma lalo o 100," wahi a Cyndi Holloway, ke alakaʻi o nā hana kaiāulu o Waste Connections. "Ua hoʻomaka ia ma ko mākou lumi hālāwai, ka hana ʻana i nā paikikala, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā keiki e pono ai. He hana liʻiliʻi ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Holloway no ka hopena o ka pūnāwai: "ʻAʻohe paikikala ma ʻAmelika."
I Iulai, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Waste Connections e kauoha i nā paikikala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Holloway, mai nā mokulele 600 i kauoha ʻia i kēia makahiki, he 350 kā lākou i kēia manawa.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā mau 350 a ʻoi aku paha i nā mea kūkulu hale i ka Pōʻaono. E hōʻea mai ana kekahi mau haneli ʻē aʻe i nā pule a me nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Holloway e hoʻākoakoa ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia aku.
Aia pū ʻo Gary Morrison lāua ʻo Adam Monfort ma ka laina. ʻO Morrison ke luna nui o ka hui hoʻihoʻi waiwai ʻo BELFOR. Aia lākou ma luna o ke kalaka o ka hui. Manaʻo ʻia lākou e kiʻi a hiki i 20 mau paikikala. Ua komo pū kā lākou mau limahana a me nā ʻohana i ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana o ke paikikala.
"Makemake mākou e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa i loko o ke kaiāulu," wahi a Morrison. "Loaʻa iā mākou ka hiki ke hana i kēia."
He lālā hou ʻo Terry Hurd o Ridgefield i kēia makahiki. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke kōkua ma ka Ridgefield Lions Club a ua haʻi ʻia iā ia ua pono lākou i nā kānaka e kiʻi i nā paikikala.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “He kalaka koʻu, a hauʻoli loa wau e kōkua aku.” Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia ua hana ʻo ia i kāna mea maikaʻi loa e hana manawaleʻa.
Ua komo ʻo Paul Valencia iā ClarkCountyToday.com ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ka ʻike hana ma nā nūpepa. I loko o nā makahiki he 17 o "Columbia University," ua lilo ʻo ia i mea like me ka hōʻike haʻuki ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Clark County. Ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i Vancouver, ua hana ʻo Paul ma nā nūpepa i kēlā me kēia lā ma Pendleton, Roseburg a me Salem, Oregon. Ua puka ʻo Paul mai ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo David Douglas ma Portland a ma hope ua komo i ka US Army a ua lawelawe ma ke ʻano he koa/mea hōʻike nūhou no ʻekolu mau makahiki. Ua hoʻolauleʻa koke nei ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ʻo Jenny i ko lāua makahiki 20. He keiki kāne kā lāua e makemake nui ana i ka karate a me Minecraft. ʻO nā leʻaleʻa a Paul e komo pū ana me ka nānā ʻana i nā Raiders e pāʻani ana i ka pôpeku, ka heluhelu ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā Raiders e pāʻani ana i ka pôpeku, a me ke kali ʻana e nānā a heluhelu e pili ana i nā Raiders e pāʻani ana i ka pôpeku.