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able to work with Susan who has set up a situation for me to continue to be able to afford the gym.
<br />That is very vital to me, because when I don’t do my five-days-a-week exercise, as I haven’t been
<br />doing for the last three months, I get sick. I got the nasty international bug that started out with the
<br />cough and ended up with congestion back in February; that was two months of not being in the gym
<br />on a five-day-a-week basis. So I know what happens as we age, and I know how much my body
<br />needs the facility in Waimea. I do not have a car, which keeps me from being able to go anywhere
<br />else. As it is, I have to bike to the gym because there is not a bus that goes out the direction.
<br />Sometimes I walk, sometimes I hitchhike, but I get there, if I can afford it, because it’s important to
<br />me. There is no possible way on this planet that I would be able to do this, okay, at my age without
<br />going to a gym on a regular basis. Please do not take this from me, okay? My health is extremely,
<br />extremely important to me. Without Five Mountain Fitness Gym in Waimea, you take away my
<br />right to stay healthy and well and to be able to do everything that I need to do on this planet with
<br />wellness. Please grant the Special Permit. Also do it for Kevin’s bread family; I eat his bread when
<br />I can afford it, which isn’t very often. But do it for the honey people as well; I don’t buy their
<br />honey, but I certainly prefer honey to sugar. I hope other people will learn that as well. And the
<br />butter, well, that’s part of the Ice Cream. So I ask that you grant us the Special Permit. So those of
<br />us who know and understand that our bodies are what keep us going, that’s the only thing; if you
<br />don’t have your health, you don’t have much else. Please pass the Special Permit for Five
<br />Mountain Gym to stay in its place where it is now. We need this in Waimea. Thank you all for
<br />listening and for your positive vote on this Special Permit, okay? Mahalo.
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<br />CRAWFORD: Hello. My name is Aidan Crawford. I live at 68-1376 South Pauoa Street. And I
<br />am right now speaking in favor of this, what is it, permit. First of all, I would like to say that I’m a
<br />Native Hawaiian. Most of my family is Native Hawaiian. And with this I’ve learned the
<br />importance of livelihood, perseverance, culture and hard work. But along with that I’m also a
<br />student, and with that I’ve learned the importance of mental, physical and emotional strength.
<br />(Secretary’s note: Commissioner Nobriga left the meeting at this time, 11:24 a.m.) Now, along with
<br />this I would like to say that the main populous of prisoners in Hawaiian jails are Native Hawaiian
<br />themselves. They are in there for DUI, domestic abuse, public displays of intoxication and illegal
<br />narcotics. That’s just what I could remember at the time. And along with that kids my age are
<br />more likely than they’ve ever been to partake in sexual activities, drug intakes, drinking, stealing,
<br />committing crimes, felonies, etc. Now, after school every day I have two hours to myself; my
<br />mother works all day and my father is not here for, to support us. So I have to wait two hours in
<br />Waimea until my mother is done with her work to come pick me up. There are two unmonitored
<br />hours that I have where I can be doing anything that I want. And instead of having sex, doing
<br />drugs, drinking alcohol, I decided to walk the mile from my school to the gym and then work out
<br />for an hour and then afterwards I study for half an hour outside of the building. And along with that
<br />I also know that next year if for our Parker School powerlifting team there will be even more
<br />children joining, and I can only imagine them being able to make the same decision that I have in
<br />that say no and go to the gym. Thank you very much.
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<br />ABLAO: Gentlemen of the board, Aloha. My name is Kaneala Ablao. I live at 64-646 Puu Pohu
<br />Place. And I’m speaking in regards of Five Mountain Fitness today. Brief history of myself, I’m a
<br />graduate of Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. I also have an
<br />Eagle Gate College CPT, Certified Personal Trainer. I’m also a National Strength and Conditioning
<br />Association personal trainer. And I mainly say these things because Five Mountain Fitness plays
<br />the role in why I have these success for journeys. Recently I became part of the powerlifting team
<br />that Bill and Susan allows, and I took the role to better myself as a bodybuilder. So I bodybuild as
<br />well to build a better foundation so when I go back to bodybuilding, you know, I have that present.
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