Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka ʻike i kēia lā, e Indy!
I Feberuari ua huki au i kekahi mau pō a pau a me nā hopena pule i ka manawa manawaleʻa no ka 2012 Superbowl Komite. Ua kāhea ʻo Pat Coyle iaʻu i ka wā e piʻi ana a ua ikaika wau e kau ma luna o ka moku a hāʻawi i kahi alakaʻi (a me kahi ʻano o ka hoʻomohala ʻana) e ʻohi pū i kahi ʻoihana a me ka ʻimi ʻimi e loaʻa ai ka inoa o Indianapolis ma ka pūnaewele. ke kūlanakauhale e koho ai.
Ua hōʻuluʻulu pū ka pūnaewele i nā ʻike i kānana ʻia mai nā pūnaewele puni honua a mai nā pūnaewele media kūloko e hoʻomau i nā kamaʻāina Indy i kēia lā i ka holomua o ka papahana. He papahana maikaʻi loa ia a he hui maikaʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e Mark Miles. Ua māhele a lanakila nā kānaka a pau… a ua hana mākou! He alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻo Mark - ʻike ʻo ia i ka hui pū ʻana i kahi hui, wehe i nā pale i ka holomua, a hoʻoikaika i kona poʻe e hoʻokō i ka hana.
I kēia lā, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi pāpale nani mai Michael Karnuta, Hope Pelekikena o ka Hoʻomohala ʻoihana no ka ʻO ka Hui Haʻuki ʻAilani no ke kokua a'u i haawi aku ai. Loaʻa i ka plaque kahi ʻāpana maoli o ka RCA Dome ma luna ona, ʻoluʻolu loa!
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i kamaʻāina i ka Indiana Sports Corporation a ke noho nei ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi, pono ʻoe e hui pilikino i ka hui a loaʻa i kāu hui e loaʻa i kahi lālā! Ua loaʻa iā mākou he nui o nā hanana e hiki mai ana i Indianapolis i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana a inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻāina a loaʻa i kahi ʻike nui - ʻo ia ka hui e hui pū ai!
ʻO ka Hui ʻAi ʻAiʻi ʻo Indiana
ʻO ka hui lālā o Indiana Sports Corporation ka mea hoʻoikaika i ka huki ʻana i nā hanana nui i Indiana a hāʻawi i nā manawa kūikawā no kā mākou ʻōpio. ʻO kāu hāʻawi ʻauhau-deductible pū kekahi me nā pono he nui. Inā he nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka lālā ISC, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Mike Pruzin ma membership@indianasportscorp.com a i ʻole (317) 237-5020.
Mahalo nui iā Michael no ka lawe ʻana i ka manawa i kēia lā e ʻike iaʻu. Ua ʻoluʻolu loa ʻo Mike i kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iaʻu no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, ka hoʻokō, a me ke alakaʻi aʻu e hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻolei ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻeke ʻāpana lāʻau no ka barbecue e hōʻailona i ka hopena i loaʻa iaʻu e hoʻā ana i ke ahi malalo o ka papahana. Haʻaheo au i koʻu komo ʻana i ka Superbowl (ʻoiaʻiʻo… Ua kōkua pū paha ʻo Peyton lāua ʻo Irsay) a mahalo i koʻu pilina mau me Pat Coyle e wehe i kēia mau manawa.
Manaʻo wau i ka hahai ʻana me Michael a me nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe e hana ikaika ana e lawe i nā hanana haʻuki nui i ka ʻāina! No ʻoukou e ka poʻe ma waho o Indianapolis - ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e hoʻokuʻu i ko mākou kūlanakauhale, akā he kūlanakauhale nui ia me kahi kahua ʻoihana pili maikaʻi loa. Ma hea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi manawaleʻa a lele i loko e kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi Superbowl?!