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GALDONES:Commissioners, any more questions? MaÓam, please state your name and your resident address? STENGER:My name is Laurie Stenger, P.O. Box 38-3399, Waikoloa, H 96738. And as a young person, I see the need and importance of having a Kingdom Hall in the territory. ItÓll not only provide closer, itÓll not only be closer to my home but at a convenient situation for the many youths that live in Waikoloa a meetings are very beneficial for the lives of the young people today. For example, I see my classmates that I once went to school with, many who now have babies or toddlers and married and unhappily trying to take on a heavy responsibility but unable to do so because many are addicted to drugs or turning to alcohol. And the result is a feeling that they have no purpose in life and the person that they thought they were going to be, they are not. By attending and participating with the Congregation of JehovahÓs Witnesses has provided a purpose for my life as well as assure hope for the future. And at these meetings, myself and the other young people in the congregation have come to understand the principles and guidelines set out in the Bible and that the young ones in our congregation have really applied the guidelines in the Bible; and the result has turned out to be a feeling of security and appreciation for life. And IÓve told, IÓve mentioned to the young people in our territory about the Bible, these courses given at the congregation meetings, and many of whom hav them. And since a Kingdom Hall would be in a community, it would be a convenience for them since many have school or work schedules. And I hope you can consider these very important reasons for us to have a Kingdom Hall in our area. Thank you. GALDONES:Thank you, Ms. Stenger. Commissioners, any questions of Ms. Stenger? Hearing none, sir? Please state your name and your resident address, and you may begin your testimony. R. KAMIMURA:My name is Ricky Kamimura. IÓm at 65-1323-C Kawaiha Road, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743. Obviously, IÓm not the Applicant but I am the owner of the property. And I would like to just give a little background of how we came about, I came about purchasing that property. Back then in the late 1999-1998, I was part of a committee by the congregation to search out for property in the Kamuela or Waikoloa area. As in the hearing before this, it was presented in the minutes that all of the different businesses that we went to, well over 20-something different businesses as well as different properties that we looked at to be able to build a Kingdom Hall on, and each one had different types of situations where it was not ADA-compliant and we have three individuals that require this within our hall, or, it was not, the space was not large enough to be able to hold them. We even looked at different properties with Hawaiian Homes, as well as State, as well as Parker Ranch. And then in March of 2000, about at that time, a realtor who I knew very well, who knew that I was looking for property in Kamuela, Regan Matsumura from Parker Ranch Realty, found this property for sale; and thatÓs when I, he called me up and I pursued that. 8