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MISSIEN: Victoria Missien. Mailing, P. O. Box 6100, and we own property on KapiÒolani Road. WARNER: Sherm Warner. Mailing address is Box 1185, Kamuela. HOUSEL: Thank you. Would you like to start, please? BUSCHER: Hi. I provided written testimony, so IÓd like that to stand. I have one clarification: I wrote that my great-grandfather had come in on a mule, and actually my dad just told me it was actually an ox cart, so Î almost 100 years ago, and it was a very different town then. It was a very different town when I grew up there. Just driving by Bank of HawaiÒi yesterday, I was looking at the hitching post out in front there, and I remember being a kid and tying my horse up there and going into Sure Save for ice cream. ItÓs a really different town now. And itÓs, you know, I wish that my son in some ways could walk into town and I would feel safe about that Î heÓs only nine years old. But our town has grown and itÓs going to continue to grow. And there are things that are great about the growth of our community, and I totally support Parker School growing with our community. So, thank you. HOUSEL: Thank you. GOODSPEED: Hi, IÓm Tom Goodspeed. IÓm the athletic director at Parker School. I also serve as the K-through-5 PE instructor. I am a parent of a first-grade student at Parker School. And IÓm in support of the application for use amendment because Parker School is an inerrable aspect to the community. And as athletic director, I facilitate our kids and how they participate in the community parks and recreation leagues. And currently in 6 through 12 we have about 80 percent of our kids involved in after-school sports, and without a gym in our facility we send our kids off to places; we send our kids off to New Hope Gym to practice, we send them over to Thelma Parker to practice and play games, we shuttle them out to the field by Parker Ranch, we go across the street to the fields, we run the KapiÒolani loop, and weÓre all over the place Î we are all over the community. And as a safety issue and a traffic issue, if you can kind of picture that, thatÓs about 130 kids after school Î parents coming to pick their kids up to take them to these various places to get them involved in these after-school activities. If we had a gym and fields on our property, those kids would be self-contained; we wouldnÓt have that excess traffic coming in to pick these guys up, and that will help with traffic in the community as well. As a K-5 PE instructor, we take our kids out in the Waimea rain and cold. And we need a place to hang our hat. And a gym serves not only for athletic functions in PE, it serves so that we donÓt, you know, all cruise over to Kahilu Theatre for graduation; we can hold graduation there. A middle school building is a place for middle school students to hang their hat, put their banners up, and say we are proud, a part of this Parker School community. So IÓm in complete favor of this. And I thank you for your time. HOUSEL: Thank you. MISSIEN: (Inaudible) I just want to -. 22 EXHIBIT A