Hoʻolauleʻa ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lakewood i kā mākou mau ʻoihana ma o kāna papahana Hōʻikeʻike ʻOihana. I kēlā me kēia mahina ʻē aʻe, kaʻana like kēia papahana i nā moʻolelo o nā mea kālepa kūloko o Lakewood a me nā mea nona nā ʻoihana i loko o ke kaiāulu.
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ʻAukake 2026 – Nā Hoʻoponopono Bandido
Mai ka wā i wehe ai ʻo Bandido Solutions i kona mau puka ma Lakewood i ka makahiki 2013, ua loaʻa i kēia ʻoihana kūkulu hale ʻohana, nona ka hapa liʻiliʻi, kahi inoa kaulana no ka hana lima maikaʻi, ka ʻike maopopo, a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina mau loa ma ko mākou kaiāulu. Me ka loea i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hoʻolālā-kūkulu a me ka hana maʻamau, ua ulu nui ʻo Bandido Solutions ma o nā kuhikuhi a nā mea kūʻai aku—he hōʻike i ka hilinaʻi a me ka hilinaʻi a lākou i loaʻa ai mai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā makahiki.
Ma waho aʻe o kā lākou holomua ʻoihana, hōʻike ʻo Bandido Solutions i ke ʻano o ka lilo ʻana i hoa kaiāulu. ʻO ke kūpaʻa o Jimmy Davison i ka hana manawaleʻa, ke aʻo ʻana i nā ʻōpio kūloko, a me ka lawelawe ʻana ma nā papa hana waiwai ʻole e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana iā Lakewood i wahi ikaika ma ka wahi hana a ma waho. Haʻaheo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lakewood e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Bandido Solutions no kā lākou mau hāʻawi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai kūloko, ko lākou kūpaʻa i ka maikaʻi, a me ka hopena maikaʻi a lākou e hoʻomau nei i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu.
Iune 2026 – Touchstone TMS
Ke kōkua nei ʻo Touchstone TMS i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke komo ʻana i nā koho lapaʻau hou no nā kamaʻāina ma Lakewood a me South Sound. I alakaʻi ʻia e Kauka Kris Peterson, loea ʻo Touchstone TMS i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau holomua i ʻāpono ʻia e ka FDA no nā poʻe e noho nei me ke kaumaha kūʻē i ka lāʻau, me ka Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) a me ka lāʻau Spravato.
Aia ma Lakewood, hoʻohui ʻo Touchstone TMS i ka ʻenehana lapaʻau holomua me ka mālama aloha a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mea maʻi. Hāʻawi kā lākou hana i ka manaʻolana no nā poʻe i hakakā e loaʻa ka hōʻoluʻolu ma o nā ʻano lapaʻau kuʻuna, e kōkua ana i nā mea maʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou ola a hoʻopili hou me ko lākou mau ʻohana, nā ʻoihana, a me nā kaiāulu.
Ma waho aʻe o nā lawelawe a lākou e hāʻawi nei, hōʻike ʻo Touchstone TMS i ka ʻuhane hou a me ke kūpaʻa i ka pono o ke kaiāulu e hoʻolilo ai iā Lakewood i wahi maikaʻi loa e noho ai a hana i ka ʻoihana. Ma ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i nā lawelawe mālama ola kūikawā a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke olakino noʻonoʻo o nā kamaʻāina kūloko, hāʻawi lākou i kahi kaiāulu ikaika a olakino no nā mea āpau.
Ua haʻaheo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lakewood e hoʻohanohano iā Touchstone TMS ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohanohano no ka Business Showcase no kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ola, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka mālama ola kino, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hopena koʻikoʻi i ka pono o ko mākou kaiāulu.
Malaki 2026 – Lakewood Autobody
Ua haʻaheo ʻo Lakewood i ka noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he home no nā ʻoihana kūloko lōʻihi e like me Lakewood Auto Body, kahi hale hana hoʻoponopono ulia pōpilikia hilinaʻi e lawelawe ana i ka South Sound mai ka makahiki 1964. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e Creighton Mueller ma hope o kāna lawelawe ʻana ma Fort Lewis, ua hoʻomaka ka hale hana ma ke ʻano he hale kaʻa liʻiliʻi ʻelua puka a ua ulu a lilo i inoa hanohano i ka hoʻoponopono kino kaʻa ma nā wahi ʻo Lakewood, Tacoma, Olympia, a me Spanaway.
Kūkulu ʻia ma luna o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka hana lima, ka pono, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī, hāʻawi ʻo Lakewood Auto Body i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ulia pōpilikia, ka pena hou ʻana, ka hana mīkini, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kaʻa. Haʻaheo ka hui i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻenehana hoʻoponopono holomua me nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka ʻike ʻoihana e hoʻihoʻi i nā kaʻa me ka palekana a me ka pono. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻuhane hana o ke kaiāulu Lakewood ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hana lima ʻoihana, a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku kūikawā.
Kōkua nā ʻoihana e like me Lakewood Auto Body i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko o Lakewood a hōʻike i ka hoʻolaʻa, ke akamai, a me ka lawelawe e wehewehe ana i ko mākou kaiāulu.
ʻAukake 2025 – Hale Kūʻai Kamaliʻi
Wahi a lākou he pono ia i kahi kauhale, a he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ʻo Children's Trading Post o ke kauhale ʻo Lakewood. Ma ke ʻano he hale kūʻai kūʻai hou aku no nā keiki, hāʻawi ʻo Children's Trading Post i nā mākua i ka manawa kūpono e kūʻai aku i nā lole, nā puke, nā mea pāʻani, nā moena pēpē a i ʻole nā mea āpau e hiki ai i nā keiki ke ulu aʻe a kiʻi i nā mea hou ma ke kumukūʻai kūpono.
Inā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia aku, waiho lākou iā lākou i loko o kahi puʻu hāʻawi manawaleʻa ma waho o ka hale kūʻai. Manuahi loa kēia mau mea no ka poʻe makemake a makemake paha iā lākou.
Wahi a ka mea nona ʻo Shyanne Corrente, ʻo nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i loaʻa ma kāna hale kūʻai no ke kūʻai aku ma 30-70% o ke kumukūʻai kūʻai hou. Hiki i kēia ke lilo i mea kōkua nui i nā mākua e ʻimi nei i nā mea liʻiliʻi a nui paha, mai nā Legos a i nā strollers.
Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia mau kumuwaiwai a me kahi ʻano hoʻokipa, ua hāʻawi ka mea nona ʻo Shyanne Corrente lāua ʻo Children's Trading Post i ke kākoʻo e pono ai i nā mākua a me nā keiki he nui ʻole o Lakewood, a mahalo mākou no kā lākou mau haʻawina i ko mākou kaiāulu.
Mei 2025 – Hakakā Kūpono + Hakakā Kūpono
Me ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki "ʻO wai a me kekahi kino," ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia nā mea nona ka Good Fight + Good Fit ʻo Rachel Goodner lāua ʻo Elizabeth Wiltsie i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi palekana no nā kānaka a pau e ola i ke ola olakino me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo i nā pilikia e hiki iā lākou ke ʻike ma nā hale hoʻoikaika kino ʻē aʻe.
Me 10 mau mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa manawa piha a hapa manawa, ua māhele ʻia ka hale hoʻoikaika kino i ʻekolu ʻāpana: kickboxing, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ikaika a me kahi hale hula. Hōʻoia kēia i ka pahuhopu a Goodner lāua ʻo Wiltsie o ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka hoʻoikaika kino no nā mea a pau e hele mai ana, ʻaʻohe mea pehea lākou e makemake ai e hoʻoikaika kino.
Ua haʻaheo nō hoʻi lākou i ke kaiāulu a lākou i hānai ai i ko lākou kūkulu ʻana i kā lākou ʻoihana. "...he poʻe ko mākou e haʻi mai nei iā mākou he ʻohana a he mau hoaaloha mākou no lākou. Poina iā mākou ʻo ka mea a mākou e hana nei ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻiʻo a me ke olakino maikaʻi," wahi a Wiltsie i kā mākou ninaninau.
Inā paha he kickboxing, hula, hāpai kaumaha a i ʻole kekahi mea ma waena, ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei ʻo Good Fit + Fit Fight i nā ola a ke kūkulu nei i ko lākou kaiāulu ponoʻī ma aneʻi ma Lakewood. No kēia, ua ʻike ʻia lākou ʻo ka Mei 2025 Business Showcase.
Pepeluali 2025 – Juanita Lanier State Farm
Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Juanita Lanier i ka ʻinikua ma Lakewood no kekahi mau makahiki wale nō, akā he kamaʻāina kūloko ʻo ia. Ma hope o kona ulu ʻana a me ke hele ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma ʻaneʻi, ua hoʻi ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī ma ke kūlanakauhale. I kēia manawa, hāʻawi ʻo Lanier a me kāna hui i ke kaiāulu ʻo Lakewood ʻaʻole wale ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi loa, akā ma o ka hana manawaleʻa a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā.
"Kōkua mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokele i nā pilikia o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, a hana mua mākou i kēlā ma ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou," wahi a Lanier i kā mākou ninaninau. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia i nā manawa he nui he mea nui loa ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka lawelawe ʻana iā ia a me kāna hui.
Hoʻopoina pinepine ʻia ka ʻinikua i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, akā he mea nui loa ka lawelawe i hāʻawi ʻia. Mahalo ʻo Lakewood i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o Juanita Lanier State Farm i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe kūikawā i ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina, me kā lākou mau lawelawe ʻoihana a me ke kaiāulu.
Nowemapa 2024 – Diamond Designs Unlimited
Ua hana ʻo Diamond Designs Unlimited no 35 mau makahiki, a ua mahalo nui ka mea nona ʻo Shawn Luvaas i kona noho ʻana ma Lakewood e like me kā mākou mahalo iā ia ma ʻaneʻi. He lālā hana o ka Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, hāʻawi mau ka poʻe hana ma Diamond Designs i ko mākou kaiāulu ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā internship i nā haumāna kūloko, nā hāʻawi manawaleʻa a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe he nui.
Ma nā ʻōlelo a ka mea nona ʻo Shawn, "Ke kūʻai aku nei au i ka makemake, ʻaʻole ka pono. Akā, hoʻohauʻoli ia i nā kānaka a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea e hauʻoli ai iaʻu." Ua kūpaʻa nō hoʻi ʻo ia ʻaʻole pili ka holo ʻana i kahi ʻoihana i ke kālā akā ʻo nā manawa kūpono e hāʻawi ai i ke kaiāulu.
Nui aʻe nā ala e hauʻoli ai nā kānaka ma mua o ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea hoʻonani, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā hana liʻiliʻi o kēlā me kēia lā e hōʻoluʻolu ai ʻo Luvaas. "Me he mea lā ʻo ka Pōʻalua ka lā kiaʻi. Make ka pila o ka uaki a nā kānaka a pau i ka hopena pule, a hele mai lākou e hoʻololi iaʻu." Ma luna o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā pila o ka uaki, loaʻa iā Luvaas ka hauʻoli i ka lawe ʻana i ka manawa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mea hoʻonani no ka manuahi i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai ʻole. "Hele mai nā kānaka me kahi apo lepo a hoʻolilo wau i ʻelima, ʻeono, ʻehiku mau minuke e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana a he minoʻaka nui ma ko lākou helehelena."
Pono ʻo Lakewood i nā kānaka e hoʻohauʻoli ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, no laila mahalo iā Shawn Luvaas a me kāu hui ma Diamond Designs.
Ma muli o kona kūpaʻa i ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kaiāulu me ka hauʻoli, kona lōʻihi ma Lakewood a me kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a me nā kamaʻāina o Lakewood ma o ka launa pū ʻana me ke Keʻena Kālepa o Lakewood a me nā manawa hana internship, ua hāʻawi ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lakewood i ka Hōʻikeʻike Pāʻoihana ʻo Nowemapa 2024 iā Diamond Designs Unlimited.
Kepakemapa 2024 – Hale ʻAina ʻo Burs
He meaʻai nui ʻo Burs ma Lakewood mai ka makahiki 1950. No kahi kokoke i 70 mau makahiki, ua lawelawe nā limahana hoʻokipa ma Burs i ka meaʻai hōʻoluʻolu i nā kamaʻāina o Lakewood i ke kakahiaka a ua hāʻawi i kahi e hālāwai ai me kā lākou mau hoaaloha ma hope o ka hana i ka pō. I loko o kēia manawa, ua loli ʻelua ka mana o ka hale ʻaina akā ua mau ka ʻuhane o ka hale ʻaina, me nā limahana a me nā malihini he nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris Judd, ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻĀpana Hema no ka ʻOhana Hale ʻAina ʻo Sound, ʻo ka mea e haʻaheo loa ai ʻo ia ma Burs, ʻo ia nā limahana e hoʻomau nei i ka holo ʻana. "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo i nā kānaka e mālama i kahi a lākou e hana ai. Mālama nui ka poʻe e noho ana ma kēia wahi a hana pū ma ʻaneʻi i ia mea."
Ma luna o nā limahana, ua wehewehe ʻo Judd ʻo nā mea kūʻai maʻamau nō hoʻi ka poʻe i mālama i ka hale no kēia mau makahiki āpau. I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka ma kahi o ka hola 7 am, ua piha ka hale ʻaina i nā mea kūʻai maʻamau i hele mai e ʻaina kakahiaka ma Burs no nā makahiki. Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kēia mau lā i hala iho nei ua ʻike lākou i kahi hanauna hou o nā ʻohana ʻōpio ʻo Lakewood e hoʻokumu ana i ka hale ʻaina ma ke ʻano he wahi e hele ai lākou.
ʻAʻole like ʻo Lakewood me ka ʻole o Burs, a ʻaʻole like ʻo Burs me ka ʻole o ka poʻe o Lakewood e hana a ʻai ana ma laila. ʻO ka hale ʻaina kekahi ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻoilina o Lakewood. No kona kaulana no ka meaʻai maikaʻi, ke kaiāulu, ka lawelawe kūikawā a me nā makahiki he nui he wahi kaulana i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Lakewood, ʻike mākou iā Burs ʻo kā mākou Hōʻikeʻike ʻOihana o Kepakemapa.
Mei 2024 (Paʻi Kūʻai ʻole) - Pūnaewele Meaʻai Pilikia
Ua hana ʻo Emergency Food Network (EFN) no 40 mau makahiki a he 30 o ia mau makahiki ma Lakewood. I loko o ia manawa, ua kōkua ʻo EFN i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻumi miliona paona o ka meaʻai i nā hale kūʻai meaʻai he 75 ma Pierce County.
ʻOiai e hana ana ma Lakewood, ua lilo ʻo EFN i hoa ikaika me ke kūlanakauhale a ua hana pū nei i nā manawa i hala iho nei e kūkulu i nā hale kūʻai nui aʻe e mālama i nā meaʻai i hāʻawi ʻia.
Ma luna o ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka meaʻai, ua haʻaheo loa ʻo CEO Michelle Douglas i ka lawe ʻana mai o EFN i nā meaʻai pili i ka moʻomeheu i nā hale ʻai kūloko āpau. "Makemake mākou e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe i ka meaʻai ʻaʻole wale i piha i ka meaʻai a maikaʻi no lākou akā e hōʻike ana i ko lākou ʻano i loko o ke kaiāulu."
Me ka ʻole o ka hana a EFN, kāna mau limahana a me nā limahana manawaleʻa, ʻaʻole e loaʻa i nā tausani o ka poʻe ma Lakewood a me nā wahi e pili ana ke komo i ka palekana meaʻai paʻa. No kēia, ke hoʻomaopopo nei mākou iā EFN ʻo kā mākou Hōʻikeʻike ʻOihana Mei a mahalo aku i nā mea a pau i komo i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka holo ʻana.
Malaki 2024 – Hale ʻAina Italia ʻo Casa Mia
Ua ulu aʻe nā mea nona ʻo Gerald lāua ʻo Jamie Pense ma kahi ʻo Aberdeen/Hoquiam kokoke i kahi o Casa Mia mua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua noho ʻo Gerald i ʻelua poloka wale nō mai ka hale ʻaina. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo ia e hana ma laila ma ke ʻano he hana mua. I kēia manawa, ua lilo nā Penses i mau mea nona nā ʻoihana kūloko ma Lakewood no 21 mau makahiki.
"ʻAʻole loa wau i manaʻo e lilo wau i ʻoihana noʻu iho, akā ua hiki mai ka manawa kūpono a he manawa kūpono ia e hana ai i ka wā i hana ai mākou," wahi a Gerald.
I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana i kāna mea i haʻaheo loa ai i kā lākou ʻoihana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerald ua haʻaheo ʻo ia i kāna mau limahana.
"Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi nui ʻia mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā poʻe ʻōpio maikaʻi, a he nui ka poʻe o lākou e hoʻohana nei i kēia ma ke ʻano he wahi e hoʻomaka ai i ko lākou hele ʻana i ke kulanui ma hope o ke kula kiʻekiʻe." He haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i hana ma Casa Mia ponoʻī, ua maopopo ua maopopo iā Gerald ke koʻikoʻi o kahi ʻike hana mua maikaʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana.
Ma muli o ka hana nui a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka ʻohana Pense no nā makahiki he iwakālua, a me ko lākou kūpaʻa e hāʻawi hou aku i ke kaiāulu ma o ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka ʻike a me nā ʻike hana maikaʻi i nā ʻōpio o Lakewood, ʻo Casa Mia ka Hōʻikeʻike ʻOihana o Malaki 2024.
Ianuali 2024 – Hale Hoʻolulu Koa
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Veterans Roofing ma Lakewood i 14 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, akā ʻo ka mea nona ʻo Jose Gonzales he kamaʻāina no Lakewood no ke ola holoʻokoʻa. Ua puka ʻo ia mai nā kula ʻo Clover Park School District a ua koho ʻo ia e hoʻi i Lakewood e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana. He koa kahiko, makemake ʻo Gonzales e kapa i kāna ʻoihana i kahi mea e hōʻike ana ʻaʻole wale i kona mau waiwai a me kona ʻike, akā, i nā mea o ke kaiāulu ʻo Lakewood.
"ʻOiai he koa kahiko wau, he mau koa kahiko koʻu ma ka hui, makemake mākou i kahi mea e kū i waho e kākoʻo ai mākou i nā koa kahiko a me ke kaiāulu kūloko," wahi a Gonzales e pili ana i ke kumu i koho ai ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Veterans Roofing. "He nui nā koa kahiko o Lakewood, no laila makemake mākou i kēlā inoa."
ʻAʻole kēia wale nō ke ala e hōʻike ai ʻo Veterans Roofing iā Lakewood. Ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, hana nui ʻo Gonzales i loko o ke keʻena. Ke komo pū nei ʻo ia i kahi kuʻuna koʻikoʻi i kēlā me kēia kau hoʻomaha: Lakewood Blue Lights.
Ua hoʻomaka kēia kuʻuna i ka makahiki 1937. ʻO ia ka manawa i kūkulu ai ʻo Norton Clapp, o ka Lakewood Development Company, i ke Kikowaena Kolonia ʻo Lakewood. I ka manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo ke Kikowaena Kaiāulu ʻo Lakewood, ua hoʻonani ʻo Clapp i ke kikowaena me nā kukui polū i kēlā me kēia Dekemaba no ka mea, ʻo ke kala punahele a kāna wahine mua ʻo Mary Cordelia Davis, he polū.
I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻāla hou ke Keʻena Kālepa o Lakewood i ka hana a paipai i nā ʻoihana kūloko e komo. Ua kōkua ʻo Gonzales a me kāna hui ma Veterans Roofing. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hāʻawi manawaleʻa ka ʻoihana i kona manawa a me nā kumuwaiwai e kau i nā kukui polū ma nā hale a puni ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke kōkua a Veterans Roofing e maʻalahi ai i nā ʻoihana ke komo ma ka hana ʻana i ka hana nui o ke kau ʻana i nā kukui. ʻO ka mea hope loa, hōʻailona nā kukui i ka ʻuhane hoʻomaha ma waena o ke kaiāulu ʻoihana kūloko o Lakewood.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Veterans Roofing ʻo ia ka Ianuali 2024 Hōʻikeʻike Pāʻoihana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lakewood ma muli o kona lōʻihi a me kona hopena maikaʻi ma Lakewood a me kona kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i nā kuʻuna a me nā pono e hōʻike ana i ke kūlanakauhale a me kona poʻe kamaʻāina.
Nā Hōʻikeʻike ʻOihana i hala
ʻAi ʻAi AA
Mai ka makahiki 1955, ua lilo ʻo AA Meats i mea hilinaʻi nui no Lakewood, a ke mau nei ia i ka makahiki 2023. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea nona mua, ua hana ʻo Tammy Faelnar ma ka mākeke ʻiʻo kuʻuna no 34 mau makahiki a ua nona ia no 17 mau makahiki.
Ua hāʻawi kēia iā ia i ka manawa nui e nānā i ke kūlanakauhale, nā mea kūʻai aku a me ia iho e ulu ana, he mea ia e haʻaheo ai ʻo ia. "Ua nānā au i nā mea kūʻai aku e komo mai ana i ko lākou wā kamaliʻi, hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, haʻalele a hana i kā lākou mea a laila hoʻi mai me kā lākou mau keiki," wahi a Faelnar i kā mākou ninaninau. Ua haʻi pū ʻo ia i kāna ʻakaʻaka hoʻopūhoihoi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hiki i kāna mau mea maʻamau ke hoʻomaopopo iā ia ma ke kani wale nō.
He lōʻihi ka manawa e kūkulu ai i nā pilina ikaika me kēia. Mai nā kuke ʻana i ka barbeque kauwela a hiki i nā pāʻina ʻohana hoʻomaha, ua loaʻa iā AA Meats ka manawa a me ka hoʻolaʻa e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai hoʻomanaʻo he nui ʻole i ke kaiāulu ʻo Lakewood me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā lākou iho i ka mōʻaukala o ke kūlanakauhale.
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Hale ʻoki lauoho ʻo Lakewood
No kahi ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, waiho ʻo Lakewood Barbershop i kahi māka nui ma ke kaiāulu. ʻO ka mea nona ka ʻili lauoho ʻo "Lakewood's leading barbershop," ua wehewehe ka mea nona ka ʻili ʻo Jordan Parker (JP) i ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana ma mua o ka ʻoki lauoho. Iā ia a me ka mea nona ka ʻili ʻo Kyro Parker, ʻo ka hale ʻoki lauoho e pili ana i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi palekana no ke kaiāulu.
ʻOi aku kēia manaʻo ma mua o nā paia o ka hale ʻoki lauoho, a hoʻāʻo lākou e hāʻawi hou aku i nā wahi āpau e hiki ai iā lākou. I ka wā ma mua, ua hāʻawi ʻo Lakewood Barbershop i nā ʻoki lauoho manuahi ma ka hanana Caring for Kids hoʻi i ke kula a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā lole a me nā kapa moe. ʻOi aku ka kikoʻī, hāʻawi lākou i ka Lakewood Legacy Scholarship i hoʻokahi haumāna puka ʻo Clover Park e kōkua i ke aʻo ʻana ma ke kulanui. Ua hui pū ka ʻoihana me Anthony AP Peterson i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Lakewood Legacy Scholarship, i hana ʻia no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke hoahānau o Parker i make ʻo D'Juan Clark.
Me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā a me nā ʻoki lauoho manuahi i ko mākou poʻe ʻōpio, hoʻokumu ʻo Lakewood Barbershop i nā manawa kūpono no ko mākou kaiāulu e hoʻopili a ulu. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Lakewood Barbershop ʻo ia ka Lakewood Business Showcase Kepakemapa 2023 no ka mea mālama ia a hoʻomau i ka moʻomeheu o Lakewood ma o kāna hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi palekana a kākoʻo no nā lālā o ko mākou kaiāulu e lilo iā lākou iho.
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Hale Bisiketi
ʻIke ʻia no kāna mau biscuits nunui a palupalu, ua lawelawe ka Biscuit House i ke kaiāulu ʻo Lakewood mai ka makahiki 2016. No ka makuahine a me ke kaikamahine pālua, ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā wahi ʻaina kakahiaka punahele ma Lakewood.
I kēia manawa, ʻehiku mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua mahalo lākou no ke kākoʻo mau ʻana o ko lākou kaiāulu. ʻAʻole wale nō ko lākou wahi mua, akā ua hiki iā lākou ke wehe i kahi lua ma Tumwater. I kā mākou ninaninau ʻana, ua hōʻike ka mea nona ʻo Galina Onishchenko ua haʻaheo ʻo ia i nā pilina āna i kūkulu ai me nā mea kūʻai aku, nā limahana, a me kāna mea nona a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Sofia Davis.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sofia ua haʻaheo nō hoʻi ʻo ia i nā pilina a lākou i kūkulu ai, ʻoiai me kā lākou poʻe limahana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana "he nui o kā mākou poʻe limahana he mau makuahine, a he nui nā wāhine e hele mai e hana no mākou, a hoʻomohala lākou i ko lākou mau mākau e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohana i kā lākou mau hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a wehe paha i kā lākou ʻoihana ponoʻī."
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Nā Hana a Crane 2.0
He ʻoihana Lakewood lōʻihi ʻo Crane's Creations i loea i nā hana pua. ʻO Crane's Creations 2.0 ka hana hou o kēia waiwai Lakewood. Ua kūʻai ʻo Dave lāua ʻo Charlene Olson i ka ʻoihana i ʻekolu makahiki i hala.
Ua hana pū nā Olson me ke keiki a nā mea nona mua i ko lākou lawe ʻana i ka ʻoihana. Ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i nā limahana a ke hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hana nui a nā mea kūʻai pua a me nā limahana nāna i hoʻolilo iā Crane's Creations 2.0 i wahi e hele ai no nā pono o ke kaiāulu.
ʻO ke kikowaena ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku kūikawā, ka hoʻolālā nani a me ka hoʻolālā maʻamau. He pua punahele kāu? He kala punahele kāu? E hoʻopilikino ʻo Crane's Creations 2.0 i kahi pūʻolo pua e hōʻike ana i kēlā mau punahele.
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I kēia manawa, he ʻoihana holomua e hoʻomoʻa ana i 14,000 mau kuki i ka hola, ke hāʻawi aku nei ʻo Bite Me! i ke kaiāulu nāna i kākoʻo mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana.
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