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GALDONES:Thank you, Mrs. Kamimura. Commissioners, any questions of <br />Mrs. Kamimura? Hearing none, sir? <br />YAMANAKA:My name is Wayne Yamanaka. My wife, Barbara, and I live in <br />Waikoloa with our three children, ages 8, 6 and 4. We are also members of the Kamuela <br />Congregation of JehovahÓs Witnesses and, such, we do regard all of our meetings as an <br />essential part of our worship. As you might agree that, in todayÓs world, raising children <br />these days are quite challenging. And itÓs at these meetings that we can learn how to <br />apply and to live by Bible standards and principles. And by striving to raise our children <br />to be in harmony with these principles, they, for example, can learn to hate violence, to <br />respect authority and, also, have genuine love for their neighbors. As you are currently <br />aware, we share our congregation meetings with a hall in Honokaa. We make the hour- <br />and-a-half trek twice a week, which our Tuesday night meetings are for us as families <br />quite challenging also because we have their school routine to consider. Having a hall in <br />Kamuela would certainly not only benefit my family but many othe <br />same drive. <br />Personally, I truly feel that this hall would certainly be an asset to the community and, <br />economically, with the rising cost of fuel, it would certainly save a lot of expenses and <br />time, also. So, with that, I do thank you for listening to my personal views and I do hope <br />that the members of the Planning Commission, likewise, would approve this application. <br />Thank you. <br />GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Yamanaka. Commissioners, any questions of <br />Mr. Yamanaka? Commissioner Kubota? <br />KUBOTA:Mr. Yamanaka, you felt that this addition of your church structure <br />would be an asset to the community or that area. How do you think, in what way would <br />it be an asset? <br />YAMANAKA:Well, as Mrs. Kamimura mentioned, what we can learn, we go out <br />and help to teach the Bible message to all those in the community. And from what IÓve <br />experienced as an individual, myself, I have really appreciated the fact of how it changes <br />oneÓs personality for the better and, at that, making better citizens for the community <br />certainly would benefit the community in general. <br />KUBOTA:YouÓre talking about the religious aspect of it, perhaps? <br />YAMANAKA:Respect of, yes -. <br />KUBOTA:Thank you. <br />YAMANAKA:Authority. <br />KUBOTA:Character-building and so forth. Thank you. <br />7 <br /> <br />