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BACHINO: And I’m not sure what I can add other than from what everyone else has been saying tonight, or today rather. We were there in the very beginning when Marcel and Connie purchased the property. And from the pictures you saw, what the property looks like now is completely different. Both houses were a total wreck. They completely cleaned up the property, planted hundreds of trees and planted many, many other flowering bushes and taken real god care of the property. I’ve had the privilege to be able to work on the property throughout the years that he has been there. And there’s, again, there has been a tremendous amount of work, and he has really put a lot of time, love and energy into the place. And I believe from knowing them for so long, knowing what they want to do, they just want to share this area with people, to show them what is possible, what people can do, not only with the land but with themselves as far as their healing, as far as their, to educate them to show them there is another way of living, a more natural way of living, and for, for them just to be able to share that, the property and view with those who come to them for actual healing. I think that’s it. So if there’s anything I can add please -. WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Bachino. Any questions? Okay. Seeing none, Sue Loewenhardt was next. If you’ll give us your name and address and then you’re free to begin. Your name and address first and then begin your testimony. LOEWENHARDT: Thank you. My name is Susan Loewenhardt. I live at 44-3333 Kalopa Mauka Road in Honokaa. I’ve know the Hernandezs for several, for a long time, I don’t want to say several months, for a long time, more than several months. And I kind of met them by accident. I have three physicians, sorry, they all recommended me going to them. When I first met them I was close to being diabetic. I had high blood pressure and I had high cholesterol. My cardiologist who is James Lucas has an office in Honokaa and he said I urgently needed help. And these people gave it to me; and I consider myself one of their success stories. I’ve never been there where it has been crowded. If I’m there, there’s one car there, that’s it. It’s never noisy. It’s not a resort. It’s just, you go there and you feel really good. I’m sorry, sorry. I wholely support this group and I hope you’ll give them a special use permit cause they certainly deserve it. And it doesn’t, I don’t see any traffic there, it’s not noisy. I’ve never, it’s just a very peaceful place to go. And they’ve helped me tremendously; and I hope you understand that and support this group. WOODWARD: Thank you. Do we have any questions for Ms. Loewenhardt? Okay, now, seeing none, Mr. Pettus. PETTUS: Thank you. My name is David Pettus. I live at 47-383 Velez Road, just around the corner and up the road from Mr. and Mrs., Dr. and Mrs. Hernandez, the Doctors Hernandez. And I know it’s easy enough to just be going through life blithely trying to do what seems to be the right thing at the time and then suddenly find that you are not in compliance with one law or regulation or another. And in this case I think we could say that just about all of us, I can’t think of an exception, I can’t think who wouldn’t say that they are glad that Marcel and Connie Hernandez did not check in advance to find out if there were regulations that would make it complicated for them to commence the kind of work that they’re doing. Because if they had known this they might not have and our community would then be poorer. So we’re grateful that 12 EXHIBIT A