KENSINGTON – Ua hele ke kauka niho hoʻomaha ʻo Kauka Mark DiBona mai ka ʻeli ʻana i nā lua i ka ʻeli ʻana i nā lua wili no kāna mau papa cornhole i hana lima ʻia.

ʻO DiBona, nāna i mālama iā DiBona Dental Group no 42 mau makahiki ma Exeter, ke mālama nei ʻo ia iā New Hampshire Wood Art mai kāna hale kūʻai home. ʻO kāna kaikamahine ʻo Kauka Elizabeth DiBona he kauka niho hanauna ʻekolu a ke hoʻomau nei i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana, a ua hoʻolālā kāna kāne i kāna hale kūʻai lāʻau.

ʻOiai manaʻo paha ka poʻe he nui ʻaʻole like ka hana niho a me ka hana lāʻau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo DiBona ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia he nui aku ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia.

"Pono ka hapa nui o mākou nā kauka niho e akamai i ka hana ʻana me ko mākou mau lima a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka maka o ka mea pena kiʻi," wahi a DiBona. "He mea hoʻonani ka nui o nā hana niho a ke hana nei ʻoe i nā mea ʻaʻole maoli e like me ka mea maoli. ʻO ka mea mua āu e ʻike ai ke hālāwai ʻoe me kekahi no ka manawa mua, ʻo ia ko lākou minoʻaka, a he nui nā kiʻi i kēlā."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DiBona ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hana lāʻau ma muli o ka pono ma hope koke iho o kona male ʻana i kāna wahine ʻo Dorothy 49 mau makahiki i hala, no ka mea, pono lāua e hoʻolako i ko lāua home hou.

“Ua aʻo ponoʻī loa wau,” wahi a DiBona. “I ko māua male ʻana, ʻaʻohe o māua kālā, no laila ʻo ka hana ʻana i nā mea a māua e pono ai ke ala wale nō e loaʻa ai nā mea.”

Hana ʻo DiBona i nā mea āpau mai nā mea nui e like me nā papa hoe kū, nā seti lumi moe holoʻokoʻa a me nā papa pāʻani hoʻoilina lāʻau paʻa, a hiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi e like me nā mea pāʻani hana lima a me nā lako kīhini. I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo kekahi o kāna mau hana lima punahele e hana ai he mau kīʻaha, nā wili pepa a me nā ipu pua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mīkini wili lāʻau.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DiBona mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Lā Makua a me ke kauwela, ʻo kāna mau papa cornhole kāna mea kūʻai nui loa. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua hana ʻo ia i 12 i nā mahina ʻelua i hala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kaulana pū kāna mea ʻoki lāʻau kedera a me nā papa lawelawe tīhi lāʻau i kēia manawa o ka makahiki.

"I kaʻu hana o kēlā me kēia lā (ma mua), e ʻōlelo wau he pono e puka pono nā mea āpau," wahi a DiBona. "Ma ka hale kūʻai, inā ʻaʻole i puka pono kekahi o kaʻu mau papahana, hiki iaʻu ke waiho i loko o ke kapuahi wahie. Ua hana pinepine paha ia ma mua o ka ʻole, akā he wahie koʻu."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DiBona no kekahi mea e ʻimi nei i kahi leʻaleʻa hou a i ʻole kahi hana hou i ka wā hoʻomaha e "hoʻomaka liʻiliʻi a hoʻomau."

"Noʻu, ʻo ke komo ʻana i loko o ka hale kūʻai e pili ana i ka pakele ʻana a me ka nalowale ʻana o ka manawa," wahi āna. "No laila e hoʻomaka koke a e makaʻala e paʻa i nā manamana lima ʻelima. Mai poina i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he mea weliweli ka hana, no laila e lawe pono i nā hana palekana āpau."

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