Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻohuli ka Halepule Presbyterian Mua ma 12th Street a me East Third Avenue i ka hoʻololi i kahi ʻano hou o ka panel solar "ma waho o ka grid."
ʻO ka Pōʻaono ka lā mua e hilinaʻi piha ai ka halepule i ka mana o ka lā e hoʻoulu i kāna ʻenehana uila, e komo pū ana nā kukui o loko a me waho, nā ʻōnaehana sprinkler, nā elevators hiki ke loaʻa a me "nā mea a pau," wahi a ka luna pule ʻo Dave Hugh.
"He ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o kēia polokalamu ma mua o ka mea āu e ʻimi nei ma ka Yellow Pages, akā makemake nui mākou i ka manaʻo o nā kaiāulu e kōkua ana i nā kaiāulu," wahi a Shew.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hugh, ʻo ia kāna moeʻuhane e hoʻohuli i ka ikehu hou i hāʻawi ʻia enā panela lāi loko o Pastor Bo Smith. ʻElua makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hāʻawi kekahi kāne New Mexico i kahi ʻāpana waiwai i ka hale pule. Ua kūʻai aku ka hale pule i ka waiwai a waiho i ke kālā i loko o nā panela lā.
Ua ʻae ka papa i ka manaʻo, a ua hoʻomaka ka ʻekalesia e noiʻi i nā hui e kōkua i ke kau ʻananā panela lā, i hoʻomaka i ka waena o Iune. Ua hōʻea aku ka hale pule i ka Solar Barn Raising, kahi hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka panel solar i Durango e lawelawe ana i nā kihi ʻehā.
Ua kōkua ʻia ʻo Solar Barn Raising e nā haumāna ʻenekinia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Lewisburg. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Shew ʻo ka nonprofit ka noʻonoʻo o John Lyle, aia ma ka pūnaewele e alakaʻi i ke kaʻina hana.
Ua loaʻa pū i ka halepule ke kōkua mai nā poʻe manawaleʻa ʻewalu ʻAmelika Legion, nā hale pule a me nā limahana o ka hale pule, a me nā mea manawaleʻa kaiāulu ʻē aʻe.
Ma ka hopena o Iulai, ua hoʻopau ʻia nā uwila a me nā pili uila. Hoʻomau ka laikini a me nā ʻae aupuni a hiki i ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa.
Aia kekahi mau lohi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻae kūpono, ka mea i koi i ka lā hopena i manaʻo ʻia mai ka hopena o ʻAukake a i ka hopena o Kepakemapa, akā i ka hopena ua pau nā mea a pau.
"Ua wehe ʻia i ka Pōʻalima," wahi a Shew.
Ua hoʻokumu nā panela solar ma kahi o 246 kilowatts o ka uila i ka Pōʻaono, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka hilinaʻi o ka hale i kēlā me kēia lā, wahi a Shew.
"Ke holo nei mākou ma lalo o 246 poʻe i ka lā," wahi a Shew.Loaʻa iā mākou nā pila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Shew, ma muli o kona ʻike i ke kaʻina hana ʻenehana, hiki i ka pākaukau ke mālama i ka ikehu keu, a inā koho ka halepule e hana pēlā, hiki nō paha ke kūʻai aku iā ia i ka La Plata Electric Society.
"Ke kū nei mākou a holo, hoʻopau mākou i ka uila," wahi a Shew.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hula ballroom a me ka kuke ʻana, ʻo ka Presbyterian Church kahi home o ʻehā mau hui Al-Anon a me ʻelua mau hui Alcoholics Anonymous, wahi a Shew.
"Hoʻohana nui ka ʻōnaehana kula 9-R i kā mākou lumi kuke," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hugh, ʻo Durango First Presbyterian Church kekahi o nā hale kahiko loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mar-26-2022
