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New park hours posted August 4, 2006 with no public input. See letter to Governor below. Park available to public slightly more than fifty percent of day. No more sunset viewing. Twenty plus years of Sunday drumming circle eliminated. Addresses listed below if you wish to comment.

NO CAMPING
NO SOLICITING
NO ALCOHOL POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION
NO VEHICLES ON BEACH OR PARK AREA
NO PORTABLE DRIVEN ENGINES OR MOTORS
NO UNLEASHED ANIMALS
NO OPEN FIRES
NO LAUNCHING VESSELS
NO OPERATING VESSELS
NO PARKING OF VESSELS

PARK CLOSED 9 pm to 5 am VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED
NO BEACH ACCESS AFTER PARK CLOSED (PARK CLOSED 33%
OF THE DAY) (before August 4, 2006)

NO LIFEGUARDS
NO FACILITIES
NO SECURITY
NO WATER
NO HANDICAPPED TOILET
NO SHOWERS

Dr. George R. Harker
Dr. Leisure’s Friends of Makena State Park
P.O. Box 1137
Kihei, HI 96753
DrLeisure1@aol.com
808-250-4160

Honorable Governor Linda Lingle
Executive Chambers
State Capitol
Honolulu, Hawai`i
96813
Phone: 808-586-0034
Fax: 808-586-0006

August 4, 2006

Dear Governor Lingle:

What is going on at Makena State Park? I noted today that park signs indicate the park is
open from 5 AM to 6 PM. Just the other day and for as long as I can remember the park hours
were from 5 AM to 9 PM. I work closely with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to
provide a safe environment for the park visitor. As you know I have been actively seeking to get
life guards on the beach for the last two years. Those efforts have been effectively thwarted by
State Park officials.

Closing the park at 6 PM will end the Sunday drum circle at Little Beach which has been
a tradition for some twenty years that I am personally aware. Weddings often planned around
sunset will be verboten. What of the countless visitors that want to take in an ocean sunset? I am
just astounded that such a move has been made without any consultation with the park visitor be
they tourist or Maui resident.

This matter needs your immediate attention. I expect you will be hearing from other
perplexed park users.

Sincerely,

George R. Harker

cc
Mayor Alan M. Arakawa,
Chairperson - Peter T. Young, State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources
Dan Quinn, Director State Parks, DLNR
Phil Ohta, Makena State Park Superintendent,
Chris Halford, 11th Representative District,
Joseph "Joe" Souki , 8th Representative District,
Rosalyn H. Baker, 5th Senatorial District,
J. Kalani English , 6th Senatorial District,
Media

Addressess and other contacts Stewards of Makena

Friends of Makena State Park

Friends of Makena State Park is a not for profit group formally formed in 2003 to assist the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources in the stewardship of Makena State Park.

Membership is open to anyone interested in the stewardship of the unique natural resource that constitutes Makena State Park situated on the island of Maui in the Hawai 'i Islands. The world famous nude beach known as Little Beach is contiguous to Makena State Park.

To declare your membership and to receive the electronic newsletter of Dr. Leisure's Friends of Makena State Park click this link: LittleBeachMaui-subscribe@topica.com and send a blank email.

Dr. Leisure's Friends of Makena State Park
PO Box 1137
Kihei, HI 96753
808-250-4160

--Dr. George R. Harker can be reached by email at drleisure1@aol.com.

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