CEDAR RAPIDS (KCRG), Iowa-ʻAʻole i hoʻōki kēia maʻi maʻi i kekahi poʻe e hele i ka hoʻomaha.Kūʻai minuke hope loa.Hele nā mea kūʻai aku ma ke Keʻena Kūʻai ʻo Lindale ma Cedar Rapids.Ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe kūʻai ʻaʻole i emi ka lehulehu o kēia makahiki a ʻokoʻa ka lewa.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Drake Bishop: "ʻAʻole nui ka lehulehu ma ʻaneʻi.""Akā, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ke ola ma mua o ka wā ma mua."
Loaʻa iā Michelle Ehr nā kumu maikaʻi e komo ai i ka Lily a me Rose Floral Studio ma Marion no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā minuke hope loa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua kau inoa wau i kahi kuʻikahi me Covid, a ua haʻalele wau i nā lā he ʻumi i hala.""No laila ʻo kēia lā wale nō ka lā no kaʻu lā hope o ka quarantine."
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hoʻōla hou ʻia nā limahana hospice.I kēia manawa, huli ʻo ia i kona manaʻo e kōkua i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana ma ka ʻāina ka mea maikaʻi loa i kēia makahiki.""No ka mea wale nō i hana nā mea a pau.:
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lora Dodd-Brosseau, nona ka Lily a me Rose Floral Studio, ʻo ka nele o nā hana a me ka pale ʻana i nā hana i lohi i kāna ʻoihana pua.ʻAʻole nui nā kaʻa ma laila.ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, i nā lā hoʻomaha, hiki i nā pua ke hōʻemi i ka pilina ma waena o nā kānaka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe e hele i waho, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, no laila hāʻawi lākou i nā pua.""Maikaʻi loa ka lawe ʻana, no laila ua ikaika loa ia i ka pule i hala."
Loaʻa iā ia kahi ala e ʻike ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā pua ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "E kāhea ka poʻe iā lākou, e hāʻawi mai lākou iaʻu i kahi ʻike a lākou e makemake ai, a laila lawe wau i ke kiʻi.""A laila e hoʻouna iā lākou i ke kiʻi, a koho lākou."
Hauʻoli ʻo Ehr i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, akā manaʻo ʻo ia he ʻokoʻa kēia makahiki.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻAʻole like kēia makahiki me ka Kalikimaka."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-25-2020