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MAKEPA: I absolutely do. CRITCHLOW: Yes. WOODWARD: Okay, and then before you begin our testimony if you’ll give your name and address for the record, please. MAKEPA: My name is Diana Makepa. My box number is PO Box 1067, Mt. View 96771. So I want to say I came to this island in 1969. I’m not a newcomer here to complain. There are a lot of things that were said this morning that have made me shaking. I’m just shaking. I’m here to fight for the quality of my future. I have a lifetime lease on 12 acres that is upwind from Mr. Maeda. His gun range is directly in front of my living room. I noticed that recently he might have toned it down a bit but when he shoots you cannot do anything. So I’m glad to hear that he might not be doing that. The dog kennel as it is placed now is practically in my front room. So smell and dog barking is going to affect me. I’m almost 70 years old. I work very hard every day on my farm. I’m telling you the only thing I hear all day long are birds. I don’t hear dogs barking except yesterday. I took note to sit quietly for about an hour to see what I could hear in the neighborhood, and I can hear Mr. Maeda’s dog barking. I don’t know how many dogs he has, one or two now, but I can hear the dogs barking. A certified kitchen can be run 24/7, I’ve called and asked. You can rent it to other people and you can pretty much cook and do what you want once you get the permit. I feel that the future expansion is rather ambiguous and leaves me wondering what is going to be expanded. I would also like to point out that the presentation that we presented you with has 11 signatures from everyone in the neighborhood who said, no, they don’t want this. There were only three people not contacted in the neighborhood. One is a renter, one doesn’t want anything to do with anyone in the neighborhood and the other is Mr. Williams who is Mr. Maeda’s good friend. I have nothing against dogs but a kennel with 27 dogs barking in front of my living room is going to affect my life. Dog cookies being cooked whenever they want to and the smell drifting up to my house is going to affect the quality of my life. This whole thing borders on the Olaa Forest Reserve. There are only 14 homes up there but we all hear the shooting. Everyone all the way down to the very last person on the road hears the shooting, so sound carries dramatically. I haven’t been invited back to see what he has planned. I haven’t had anyone discuss anything about what he has planned. And I’d like to point out that Mr. Histo who will be the most affected is not even here. I don’t know if you have a letter from him but he’s the lot immediately above Mr. Maeda, and he’s in jail. His wife is in a care home. She has had four strokes. They love dogs but I don’t know if they’re going to want 27 possible dogs barking in their face. What about the property value should one of us chose to sell? We all bought and live in that neighborhood because it’s remote, it’s solitude and it’s quiet. We are not Hawaiian Acres, we are not Fern Acres. We are a very unique little neighborhood with only 14 EXHIBIT A 11