2019-04-18 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SMA 07-020)

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LINGER: Aloha. ROY: Can you hear me? Aloha. In Hawaii, we stand on the shoulders of those who come before us. And I am the daughter of Kahu David Kahelemauna Roy, Jr. who led the restoration of the first temple in the Hawaiian Islands, restored in the breath of life of the Spirit of Akua, Mana Mana Loa. I inherit this responsibility, and it is in this cause that I stand before you and present this testimony. Many of you I have the honor of knowing. This is an article written about the work of the restoration of Ahu`ena Heiau in the mid-70's. This is a Ke Ola Magazine article written in 2014. I would like to honor my father with a mele that I wrote for him, and I would like to be free, because the reason, the call that came to me was by my heart, and as many of the people who have testified today, they give voice to this aspect, the living aspect of being human and being connected to our source: Trails Mountainward From the shorelines to the plains See the dryland gardens The kalo grows, the `ulu flourishes Persistently, follow the trails The trails mountainward are dim Due to the building up on the land Backbones rise to protect Kaluaokalani in Holualoa The long malo extends to Holualoa Land of Keolonahihi The Kapuali and the Hui trails `Oiwi, tell of the history Sacred place of the ho`omaukeiki ceremony Where the Chiefs, the heavenly Ones before Conducted ceremony in great reverence When battles on every island ceased Keolonahihi the gathering place Established families of the land of that area A pueo flew in the morning at meeting time Alongside a hawk, flying above the families Here is a song in your honor, Mountain-Roaming-Chief As you encourage from shorelines to the plains The kalo to grow, the `ulu to flourish And the people to follow the trails of the ancestors 24 EXHIBIT B