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M. ROY:Commissioners, thank you for allowing the changes that weÓve gone through today. And, so, my father will present, at this time, up through the lunch hour -. D. ROY:Excuse me. I -. GIFFIN:Are you okay? D. ROY:If youÓll excuse me, I have an excruciating pain in my shoulder that comes up every so often and so you might understand what happens if something takes place like that. Thank you. M. ROY:Dad, in the, with regard to the subject matter being the application for Mr. Blasman, the design for which is behind you, at this -. On the land now, were you aware of, what are you aware of in terms of what is upon the land and when did you become aware of that? D. ROY:I always heard of Snug Harbor being the only other operating motel next to ours. Now, we had been in operation in 1950 and just about before then -. I had actually heard about this, Snug Harbor place, but IÓve never seen the arrangement, or the buildings, or anything. IÓve never noticed it as I passed by. All I knew was that it was in there. And my impression of that area was brought back to me real forcefully when I was asked by the State to be the chairman of this advisory committee to undertake the study of Keolonhihi. And this is after we had been actively involved as a community in protecting the development of this area known as Kalae O Kamoa, the promontory of the young warriors. It became more and more interesting to me because of what it seemed to indicate as a promontory of the young warriors. It fascinated me to think that this would be a staging area for the preparation for battles of the alii of old. And, then, all of a sudden I was brought up short, whereas, it was also told to me that there were areas of extreme sacredness in this area, and it had to do with the religious beliefs of the people in the kapu system of the Hawaiian people. Well, at that time, I had begun reading the story of the first jetting of the missionaries around the island with Asa Thurston and his party. It was brought to my attention that this party had come across an area known as Kaluaokalani. Kaluaokalani was known, was a village that was thriving at that time; and it was strange to me because I had never heard of it. No one had ever written about that, that I knew of, except what I saw in this book about the missionaries going around the island of HawaiÒi. And I thought, after awhile I thought nothing more of it but I often wondered why it was that such a thriving and populous place should all of a sudden disappear from history at all, and no further sound of it about that village was ever made. And so it came to surprise when all of a sudden a friend of mine described to me the ancient practices that were located within this area known as Kamoa Point; and that is when I noticed the area. 32