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l~~ t,~~;~~, ~j~t~, <br /> My name is Lou r~nn Gurney. I speak in opposition to the proposed ~ti~~ <br /> irradiation facility. <br /> I work for the state as a public school teacher. This year I am on a <br /> leave of absence writing child-en's books. My husband and I own a home <br /> and two acres where we grow aid- organic papayas and other fret for <br /> market. ~#1,w-~ <br /> I wish that we were all here today because we were united behind a <br /> great idea. I wish that this great idea was environmentally sound and <br /> based on the latest and most enlightened views on health. <br /> Months ago when I first read in the Tribune Herald that Mayor <br /> Yamashiro was proposing an irradiation facility, I thought, "Why would he <br /> want to suggest something that will be so divisive?" I am saddened to see <br /> our community divided when our goals are the same: peace, prosperity, <br /> health, and happiness. I am confident that there is a way we can work in <br /> harmony with nature and with each other to accomplish these goals. <br /> We are being asked to spend our tax money in support of a technology <br /> about which experts can't agree. Here in our public debate, experts accuse <br /> each other of falsifying information, not knowing the facts, and not <br /> telling the truth about the dangers and safety of this technology. We can't <br /> be made powerless by the fact that the experts don't agree because we <br /> each have our own life experience of radiation. I ask each person to think <br /> about what your life experience has been. What do you already know about <br /> <br /> radioactive materials and radiation? Is it positive? Is it harmless? <br /> Does it make the general public feel safe? <br /> I know what the answer is in my own life. I urge the council to slow <br /> down here. Don't rush into this. ~k~. ~a.C.,~,.~,(. ,co, ac. ,oa-~u-d <br /> There are many alternativesi~as to be considered. Let's use our <br /> creativity and our intelligence not to argue with each other, not to try to <br /> <br /> prove each other wrong. Instead, let's use our creativity and intelligence <br /> to pursue a saner and safer way to deal with the fruit fly and improve the <br /> island's economic status. Won't you lead us in a direction that unites us? _ <br /> Please take the time i~sn~y to find the ways irr-~w~3~ the island of <br /> Hawaii can contribute to the world with pride. <br /> ~.1i.~J~ <br /> _~;i~ ti.,.~1~1~~..~~r~' <br /> ToP~S.~"?~ ~,W,.~1 <br /> MAY 2 0 1997 <br /> <br />