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1 AS Forum Enabling the political voice of youth within confines of the culture 4 Tele fa asea ina ua teena FEA talosaga aiga na a afia 3 Faga itua girls take both Varsity and JV volleyball crowns B2 PAGO PAGO, AERIAN SAOA Saturday, November 1, 2014 $1.00 apisi Saina. Fai ivae Lawsuit vs. ongressman s office, baseless & without merit by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News orrespondent Fai ivae Alex Godinet, chief of staff of ongressman Faleomavaega s local District Office has called a civil action lawsuit against the ongressman s office in Washington D.. baseless and without merit. Victor E. Salazar, who was employed at the ongressman s D.. office for two years until his employment was terminated last November filed the suit Thursday at the federal court in Washington D.. He sites five counts of civil rights violations; one count of violation of prohibition of intimidation or reprisal; and two counts of violating the federal Family and edical Leave Act (FLA). Through these allegations, Salazar also claims violations of provisions of the ongressional Accountability Act, which protects the rights of ongressional employees. Fai ivae said that because the matter is now pending in federal court the office cannot comment on the specific allegations cited in the civil suit. He did point out that as an ardent supporter of the ongressional Accountability Act, ongressman Faleomavaega respects the rights of ongressional employees to pursue remedies for perceived violations of the Act. (ontinued on page 15) [ata: AF] Le toe talia kapisi School Lunch ona o anufe na maua meaai tamaiti aoga tusia Ausage Fausia Na avea le fa afitauli lea na tula i mai i le Aoga Tulaga uamua a Aua i le amataga o le vaiaso nei, ina ua maua se anufe i le ipu meaai a se tasi o le fanau aoga, ma itu ua faia ai le fa aiuga a le Fa atonusili o le Ofisa o Fa atoaga a le malo, ina ia taofi le toe fa atauina mai o le kapisi a le aufai fa atoaga i le polokalame a le School Lunch seia i ai se taimi. Saunoa Lealao. Purcell e fa apea, o le fa afitauli e pei ona tula i mai i le aoga a Aua, ua tula i mai ai ma se fesili tele i lona manatu, po o fea lea e mafua mai ai le fa aletonu, po o le Ofisa o Fa atoaga po o le pito laau fo i a le Ofisa o Aoga ma le School Lunch i totonu o Fale o lo o kuka ai meaai, ina ua le mata ala tagata uma i le fa atinoina o a latou tiute tauave. Ou te le tusitusi lima po o ai e mafua mai ai le sese, pau la u fa aiuga lea ua faia ina ia taofia ai le toe tula i mai o se isi fa aletonu fa apea i le lumana i, o le taofi o le toe fa atauina mai o le kapisi mai le aufai fa atoaga a le atunu u i le School Lunch seia i ai se isi aso, o le saunoaga lea a Lealao. Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News le afioga Lealao po o ai tonu lava lea o lo o fa atamala, po o le Ofisa o Fa atoaga po o le au kuka, ae na saunoa le ali i fa atonu, manatua fo i e faigata tele ona iloa tama i anufe ia e pipi i mau i le lau o le kapisi, tusa lava pe mama le fufuluina o le kapisi, e i ai lava le avanoa e pipi i ai se tama i anufe i se vaega o le kapisi, lea la e pei ona tula i mai ai le fa aletonu. E ui e le i taua e Lealao po o ai tonu lea na mafua ai le fa aletonu, peita i e talitonu le ali i fa atonusili, so o se taimi lava e fa atau mai ai e le aufai fa atoaga fualaau aina po o isi ituaiga fua o fa aeleeleaga i le School Lunch, e tatau ona matua mautinoa ua mama mea uma ina ia taofia ai le tula i mai o ni fa aletonu fa apenei i fanau aoga. O le aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou lea ua fa atulaga e le ali i fa atonu e amata le toe taliaina ai se kapisi ona toe fa atau atu i le School Lunch. Na fa ai u le saunoaga a le ali i fa atonu i lona fa amalulu i le mamalu o matua, fanau aoga ma le aoga atoa i Aua, ona o le fa aletonu e pei ona tula i mai i taumafa a le fanau. Na fa amaonia mai e le Fa atonusili o Aoga ia Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin Finau i le Samoa News le mae a lea ona faia sa latou fonotaga faapitoa a le Ofisa o Fa atoaga e fa atatau i le mataupu lenei, ua mae a fo i ona faia fa aiuga ina ia taofia ai le toe tula i mai o se isi fa aletonu fa apenei i le lumana i. Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News ia Vaitinasa i sona finagalo, po o ai lea o lo o fa atamala i le mataupu lenei, ae na saunoa le tama ita i fa atonusili e fa apea, anatua fo i so o se mea lava tau i fa atoaga ma le School Lunch, e amata mai lava i le pito laau a le tagata faifa atoaga, e le gata e tatau ona fufulu mama fua o fa aeleeleaga ao le i tuuina atu i le school lunch, ae tatau fo i ona teu i totonu o ni atigi pusa mama e sauni ai mo le fofoga Buckle up & RASHES 591 LOAL HIGHWAS Save a Life! FATALITIES 2 LOAL HIGHWAS to date to date taumafa a le atunuu. E talitonu le tama ita i fa atonusili, e i ai lava ni isi o le aufai fa atoaga e le o fa amaoni i le fa atinoina o le pito laau faigofie lea, o le fufulu mama lea o fua o fa aeleeleaga i le taimi e avatu ai e fua i le School Lunch. A e ina ua toe fesiligia Vaitinasa, pe le o le aufai faigaluega a le Ofisa o Aoga o lo o gafa ma le kukaina o taumafa a fanau aoga e tatau ona tu uaia i le fa aletonu lenei, ina ua fa atamala e fufulu fa amama kapisi a o le i fa aaoga e kuka ai meaai a le fanau, na saunoa Vaitinasa, atonu lava e mafai ona tuuaia le au kuka, ae manatua fo i, e i ai lava le taimi e ela ma sasi ai le vaai a le tagata kuka i nai tama i fa aletonu fa apea, ona o le tele o taumafa mo fanau aoga o lo o kuka fa atasi atu i le Fale uka a Samoana i Utulei, lea e aofia ai ma taumafa e la u mo le aoga a Aua. Saunoa Vaitinasa e fa apea, e ova i le 1,000 le aofa i o ipu meaai o lo o kuka e le aufaigaluega i le fale aiga a le aoga maualuga a Samoana i aso taitasi, mo fanau aoga i Samoana atoa ai fo i ma le aoga i Aua, lona uiga e i ai lava le taimi e tula i mai ai sina sasi i le fa atinoina o galuega. Na fa amalulu Vaitinasa i le mamalu o matua, fanau aoga aemaise ai o le pulega a le aoga atoa, ona o le fa alavelave e pei ona tula i mai, faatasi ai ma lana ta utinoga, e le toe tula i mai se fa aletonu (Faaauau itulau 15) office of highway safety

2 Page 2 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 omoli taxi molimau i fale talimalo ma luga va a fagota tusia Ausage Fausia Na taua e le molimau e to atasi a le itu tete e i luma o le vaega iloilo iuga i le taeao ananafi, e lua lava nofoaga sa masani ona ia momoli i ai tama ita i e to alua o lo o avea ma molimau autu a le malo i le mataupu fa asaga ia Fa asaina Park ma Lusia Tusi po o Sheila, a le o le faletalimalo a Scanlan o luga o va a fagota. Na taua fo i e le molimau e fa apea, e ova atu ma le fa a 10 ona ia piki mai tama ita i ia e to alua mai le nofoaga masani lava lea e tasi, i le leva o le po ma le aga i atu i le vaveao, ma e le fesiligia i lana molimau, o tama ita i sa ia piki ma momoli i lana taxi, o tama ita i tonu lava ia o lo o avea ma molimau autu a le malo i le mataupu sa fa agasolo i le vaiaso atoa lenei. E le i atoa se itula na tuu atu ai le avanoa i le itu tete e mo le valaauina o ana molimau ae mae a loa, ma tuu atu ai loa se fa aiuga o lenei mataupu i aao o ali i ma tama ita i iloilo iuga, latou te iloiloina se fa aiuga talafeagai mo lenei mataupu. A o le i valaau e le loia a Park ia Fiti Sunia le molimau e tasi a le latou itu e molimau, na muamua fa afetaia e le ali i loia ali i ma tama ita i iloilo iuga, i lo latou onosa i atoa ai ma le fa aavanoaina o latou taimi e fa afofoga ai ma le toto a i mau o lenei mataupu. Na toe fa atepa e Sunia finagalo ali i ma tama ita i iloilo iuga i se vaega o le molimau a le tamaitai o.w, o le molimau lona lua lea a le malo, lea sa ia taua ai se tagata e igoa ia Ralph i lana molimau. Na fa ailoa e Sunia e faapea, o le tagata e igoa ia Ralph lea na fa atele ona taua e.w i lana molimau tauto, o lona igoa mo i lava o Tuia i Leota Jr, o ia o se ali i ave taxi mo le tele o tausaga, lea fo i o le a ia fa ailoa le moni o lana molimau i le taimi e valaauina ai o ia e molimau, ma ua ia sauni e fa amatala i luma o le fa amasinoga le moni ma le fa amaoni o le mea sa tupu i tama ita i na a afia. Na taua e Leota Jr i luma o le vaega iloilo iuga e fa apea, a o le i galue o se ali i kamuta mo le umi e tusa ma le tasi nei le tausaga, o ia sa avea ma ave taxi i le fale ta avale o le Aeto Stand mo le umi e 12 tausaga, lea na amata mai i le 1994 ae mae a i se taimi o le Na fesili Sunia i le molimau pe faapefea ona maua ana pasese i taimi a o avea o ia ma ave taxi, na tali le molimau, o le tele lava o tagata e telefoni atu i le Fale Ta avale ma talosaga atu mo se taxi, ae o isi e valaau sa o atu i lana telefoni feavea i. Na taua foi e le molimau e faapea, o ni isi o pasese sa masani ona ia pikiina mai luma o le pamu kesi i Leloaloa, o tama ita i e to alua ia o lo o avea ma molimau autu a le malo i le mataupu lenei, o I. ma.w, lea e masani ona ia piki pe tusa o Fa afetai Tele to ASG Paid for by Friends of Amata, P.O. Box 6171, Pago Pago AS Luana Tagomailelagi, Treasurer le itula e 3:00 i le vaveao, ona momoli lea i le faletalimalo a orris Scanlan i Fagatogo i ni isi o taimi, ae o isi taimi e momoli sa o ai i le vaega o lo o ia i va a fagota. E leai ni fesili a le alii loia o Joel Shiver o lo o tula i mo Tusi na fesiligia ai le molimau, sei vagana ai le loia a le malo sa ia fesiligia le molimau a le itu tete e e tusa ai o ni isi o vaega o lana molimau. Na fesili le loia a le malo ia Jessica Bargmann i le molimau, pe na te manatua e fia ni pasese sa ia la uina i totonu o le 12 tausaga na avea ai o ia ma ave taxi, na tali le molimau, e tele naua pasese sa ou lauina, ae fuafua lava le tele o pasese e piki e lana taavale i le manaomia e tagata o le tautua a lana taxi. Na fesili le loia a le malo i le molimau, pe masani ia Park, na tali le molimau, e le masani tele ia Park, sei vagana ai lona iloa o le ua molia, ona o le tele o taimi e paka ai lana taxi i luma o le fale kalapu a Park, pe As this election season winds down, I want to take a moment to stand aside from all the campaign rhetoric and promises to take a moment to thank all the hard working people in the American Samoa Government, from the Governor to the abinet to the division heads and their teams for all the work they do to make it possible for American Samoa to receive all the federal assistance we do. And thanks also to the various Federal Departments that create and manage the programs for which we are eligible. uch of the funding we receive comes because of formulas the federal government ha s developed so that when an appropriation is received, all the states and territories benefit from a p reset formula. Other discretionary grant money comes to us because of the hard work of ASG in preparing the grant applications. These moneys come to us purely on the basis of merit, not political influence. Finally, we are fortunate to get an annual grant for IP and operations through Interior Department. We are not alone in getting this operations grant. Only the Northern arianas does not receive one because a past governor opted out of that system so as not to tie NI too closely to federal government rules. Guam receives their funds in the form of rebates from federal income taxes paid by the many civilian and military personnel stationed on the island. The Virgin Islands receives theirs in the form of rebates on tax es paid on rum exported from the islands, which is worth millions of dollars each year. The delegate is not responsible for these funds. His or her role in all this is as a cheerleader on the sidelines, working to make sure the laws passed maintain if not increase the formulas under which ou r grants are received. But it is a team effort in which all the territorial delegates share because the formulas treat us all equally. afai e alu atu e piki mai ni ana pasese i luma o le fale kalapu. Na fesili le loia a le malo i le molimau, pe sa faia se la feutanaiga ma Park e alu atu e la u mai pasese mai le araoke Bar pe a o o i le taimi e tapuni ai le fale kalapu, na tali le molimau e leai, ae ina ua toe fesili le loia i le molimau, pe masani ona alu ma piki mai ni pasese i luma o le araoke Bar i le taimi e tapuni ai le fale kalapu, na tali le molimau ioe. Na fesili le loia a le malo i le molimau i le umi talu ona la masani ma Park, ae na tali le molimau, na ia iloa Park talu mai lava le taimi na fa atoa ave taxi ai. Lona uiga la o le 12 tausaga lea na e ave taxi ia, o le umi fo i lena na e iloa ma masani ai ia Park?, o le fesili lea a le tama ita i loia, ae na tali le molimau, o lea lava. Na fesili Bargmann ia Leota Jr pe i ai ni isi tamaitai faigaluega a le araoke Bar e masani ona ia pikiina mai i luma o le fale kalapu pe a tapuni, na tali le molimau, ioe, ae ou te le momolia i latou i le faletalimalo. Na toe fesili le loia a le malo i le molimau i tamaitai e to alua lea e masani ona ia pikiina ma momoli i le fale talimalo po o luga o va a fagota, pe sa i ai fa atasi ma ni tamaloloa i le taimi lea, na tali le molimau, o lea lava. I le aotelega o molimau sa mafai ona tuuina atu a latou faamatalaga tauto i luma o alii ma tamaitai iloiloga, o lo o manino mai ai ni isi o mataupu o lo o finauina e itu e lua e lagolagoina ai la latou itu. Na taua e le isi molimau a le malo e faapea, o le tele o taimi e faia ai fonotaga a le aufaigaluega ma Park, e fautuaina ai i latou e Park e taumafai e faatosina alii fagogota o lo o aga i atu e tafafao i le fale kalapu, e le gata ia faia i ai uiga e faatosina mai ai latou e eva pea i le fale kalapu, ae sa ia fautuaina foi le toaaga e inu pia ia vave uma, ina ia faaalu ai e i latou nei a latou tupe e toe faatau ai nisi pia. Na taua foi e le molimau le faatonu e Park o ia ma isi teine faigaluega, ina ia talia so o se mea e manana o atu i ai ali i fagogota o lo o aga i atu e tafafao i le fale kalapu, aemaise lava pe afai e fia tago atu le tagata tafao i vaega o latou tino. Ae na taua e Park i lana fa amatalaga tusitusia sa tuuina atu i leoleo, na mafua ona ia fasia tama ita i e to alua o lo o tu uaia na a afia i lenei mataupu, ina ua tete e atu i lana fa atonuga ae manana o e o e pati ma inupia ma ni isi o ali i fagogota i luga o le va a fagota. Na taua e Park e fa apea, sa popole tele lona mafaufau i le saogalemu o tamaitai nei, o le mafua aga lena e le mana o ai e o e pati ma fiafia ma tamaloloa i luga o va a fagota. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com

3 Tele fa asea ina ua teena FEA talosaga aiga na a afia tusia Ausage Fausia Sa fa aalia e ni isi o aiga na a afia i lologa ma tafega i le masina o Iulai o le tausaga nei o latou lagona le fiafia ma le fa asea, ina ua le talia e le Vaega o Taui o Fa alavelave fa alenatura a le malo tele (FEA) a latou talosaga sa tu uina atu i ai, mo ni nai vaega tupe e fesoasoani ai i le toe fausiaina o vaega o a latou fale sa fa aleagaina i tafega, timuga ma lologa. E leai se isi alofaga mo maua ma le aiga, sei vagana ai loa le tagi i lima e saili mai ai se fesoasoani tau tupe e toe fa aleleia ai ni isi o vaega sa fa aleagaina i lologa, aua o lea ua fa ailoa aloaia mai e le FEA lo latou le taliina o le talosaga sa tu uina atu e Amerika Samoa, o le saunoaga lea a se tasi o tama na teena e le FEA la latou talosaga sa tu uina atu mo se vaega tupe. O le vaiaso nei na fa alauiloa aloaia ai e le afioga i le ali i kovana ia Lolo atalasi oliga i luma o lana kapeneta, le tala fa anoanoa e pei ona fa asea i ai ni isi o aiga. Saunoa Lolo e fa apea, e ui ua teena e le FEA la tatou talosaga apili, sa tuuina atu i ai mo ni fesoasoani i nai aiga sa faaletonu maota ma laoa ona o lologa ma tafega, ae o le a toe taumafai e tu uina atu se isi talosaga e fa avae lea i luga o ripoti mo mea sa fa aleagaina. Sa ia talosagaina fo i sui o le kapeneta ina ia tuu faatasia uma a latou ripoti mo mea sa fa aleagaina, ina ia mautinoa e mafai ona fesoasoani i le talosaga o le a toe tu uina atu. Saunoa Lolo e fa apea, ina ua mae a ona iloiloina e le FEA vaega uma o le talosaga apili sa tu uina atu e Amerika Samoa, fa atasi ai ma le ripoti sa saunia e se sui o le FEA lea na malaga mai e suesue mea sa fa aleagaina i le teritori, na faia ai le faaiuga ina ia aloaia pea le ulua i ripoti sa tuuina atu e le sui a le FEA e tusa ai o mea sa faaleagaina i totonu o le atunu u. Na taua e le alii kovana e faapea, e silia i le to a 100 aiga o le atunu u sa aafia nofoaga o lo o nonofo ai i le malosi o tafega ma lologa, peita i o le faasilasilaga sa tuuina mai e le alii peresetene o le Iunaite Setete ia Barack Obama, sa ia faalauiloa ai le avanoa o vaega tupe mai le feterale, e fesoasoani ai i le vaega sa faaleagaina i le lautelega o le atunu u, e le ofisa ai meatotino a tagata taitoatasi. Ina ua tuana i le vaiaso na aafia ai se vaega o le atunuu i lologa ma tafega, sa faalauiloa atu ai loa e le alii kovana i aiga na mafatia le maua o le fesoasoani mai le malo, e fesoasoani ai i le toe fausiaina o maota ma laoa sa faaleagaina. Sa fa apea foi ona faatonu e Lolo fa atonusili a le malo, o lo o aofia a latou ofisa i polokalame e mafai ona fesoasoani atu ai i aiga na aafia, ina ia faaavanoa uma ni polokalame e mafai ona fesoasoani ai i tagata nei, e aofia ai ma le fa aagafuaina o tulafono, ina ia televave le faagasoloina o talosaga mo ni nonoga tupe, e fesoasoani ai i le toe atina eina o latou aiga. O se tala fa anoanoa e pei ona taua mai e se sui o le Ofisa o le Faletupe o Atina e a le malo i le Samoa News, e na o le lua talosaga sa mafai ona talia mai talosaga uma sa tuuina atu, ina ua le ausia e le to atele sa tusi talosaga agava a ma aiaiga e tatau ona latou ausia, fa atoa mafai ai ona agava a i latou e tautua. O ni isi o aiaiga e agava a ai se tasi i ituaiga nonoga tupe e pei ona talia ai na o le to alua, ia avea oe ma nesionale o le Iunaite Setete, sitiseni po o se tagata fo i o lo o faigaluega i le taimi nei. Na taua e se ulugalii sa teena le la talosaga i le Samoa News le fa anoanoa tele o la lagona, ona o le tulaga le amanaia o le la talosaga sa tuuina atu mo se fesoasoani tupe, e ui sa matua pagatia lo latou aiga i tafega ma lologa, ma faitau selau ma selau le tau aofa i o meatotino sa fa aleagaina. Na taua e le tama o le aiga e fa apea, sa i ai le manatu e fesoasoani le faigamalo i ni vaega tupe e mafai ai ona latou nono mai ai, ina ia mafai ai ona toe vave fausia fale ma fa aleleia le siosiomaga e nonofo ma tausi ai le fanau, peita i ua ese lava folafolaga sa tu uina mai i le taimi muamua na faatoa mae a ai le fa alavelave, ese tulaga sa faailoa atu e tagata faigaluega a le malo ia te i latou. O le fa amatalaga sa tu uina mai i le taimi muamua, o le a fesoasoani le malo i so o se auala mo aiga na afaina, ae ina ua tuuina atu la maua tusi talosaga, na ma maitauina ai le tele o le fa aletonu ma le lavelave o lo o tula i mai i le mataupu, e manaomia fo i le nonofo lelei i lalo ma soa laupule faalelei aiaiga uma o polokalame nei, aemaise ai o auala e agava a ai le tagata ua talosaga, o le saunoaga lea a se tasi o tama e le i taliaina lana talosaga, ae le i finagalo fo i e fa ailoa lona suafa ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News. O fesoasoani na fautuaina e Lolo sui o le kapeneta e faaavanoa mo aiga na mafatia, e le gata o le polokalame lea e totogi ai e le Ofisa o Tupulaga Talavou, Tina ma Tama ita i fale mau totogi mo aiga ua leai se fale e nonofo ai, ae o nonogatupe fo i o lo o avanoa i lalo o le Faletupe o Atina e a Amerika Samoa, aemaise ai o galuega fesoasoani sa mafai ona ofo atu e le atagaluega o Tautua Lautele, e fesoasoani ai i aiga na aafia fale sa nonofo ai. O le taimi nei e pei ona taua e le sui fa atonu o le atagaluega o Tupulaga Talavou ia Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr, o lo o fa aauau pea ona totogi e le polokalame a le feterale lea e i lalo o le ofisa o Tupulaga Talavou ni isi o fale mo aiga na matua faaleagaina lava fale sa nonofo ai. O ni isi o aiga sa faaletonu o latou maota ma laoa i Gataivai ae na teena a latou talosaga, ua latou manatu e sili ai loa le tagi i lima ma saili mai se vaega tupe e toe fa aleleia ai manaoga o lo o tula i mai i totonu o latou aiga, na i lo le latou fa atali i nei polokalame ae leai se mea o maua mai ai. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 3 Va aiga Fou o A Taeao! A New Vision for A Brighter Tomorrow! Sui Tauva mo Uosigitone LEADERS OF AERIAN SAOA Puipui A.S mai le a afia i fa ama i tuga o laau tusia: Leua Aiono Frost E tolu ituaiga o fa ama i tuga o la au o lo ua o o mai le ali i foma i fa apitoa o la au, Dr Philip G. annon, o le atagaluega o Fa ato aga a le Iunaite Setete e sailia pe ua o o mai ia i tatou, pe leai, ae avatu fa afautuaga tima iga i le atunu u, ia puipuia i tatou mai le o o mai i ai o nei ma i o la au. O lo ua fa akonekarate lo u nei sui, ina ia ou o o mai i Amerika Samoa ma Samoa Tuto atasi, ina ia sailia lelei, pe ua o o mai le fa ama i o le Puccinia Psidii lea e foliga mai e maua ai la au i le laumigimigi ma ua foliga mai o se lega i lau o isi la au, ae pefu pa epa e pe afai e tele luluina le lala la au o i ai lau ua migimigi. Va ai i le ata, ona tatou iloa patino lea, ua amata ona va aia iinei lea ituaiga o fa ama i, ae ua fa ailoa mai, E le i maua e nei ali i i le tolu aso talu ona fa ato ai mai, se la au ua a afia i lea tulaga. O se tala e fiafia ai, ae afai tatou te taga i i ata sa fa aalia o foliga mai o lau la au ua a afia i le Puccinia Psidii, ua tatou va aia ia ituaiga lau la au i nisi o tatou togala au aina ma isi la au tutupu tu lata i le sami. Ona o gaoioiga fa atopetope ua faia nei e le atagaluega o Fa ato aga a le alo Tele, ina ia taofia le o o mai o lea ituaiga o fa ama i i o tatou laufanua ma a afia ai tatou meatoto, o lea ua talosagaina ai, Aua ne i toe taumafai se tasi e o o mai ni la au toto i le atunu u ae le i mua i fa aasuina i malo o lo o aumaia ai. Lona lua o fautuaga, O le tele o nei fa ama i fita, e afua ona fe avea ia fa asolo atoa i atunu u vavalalata i feoa iga o va alele, ona o fugala au ma latou au o lo o auina mai isi atunu u. Ua fa ailoa mai fo i, E le i mae a lelei fo i se sailiiliga o fa ato aga ma la au o Samoa Tuto atasi i le fa ama i lea ua fa aigoaina o le Pefu Auro lona fa asalalauga o i ai nei i Hawaii. Peita i i isi fa ama i tuga e lua sa faailoa mai, ua mae a i ai lea i Samoa ona o fa ato aga oko e matele ina a afia ai. O le fa ama i lona lua o le Phellinus Noxius. O le ituaiga Limu lea e fa aigoaina o le Limu ea i le tele o faifa ato aga i Samoa Tuto atasi, ma e pepe ai lava oko i le tele o taimi, ona ua le mafai ona tineia le fa ama i lena, ua sosolo lava e pei o le tane teuteu lona foliga mai i le pa u o le pogati koko. I osrae, le isi motu o le Atumotu o le Atu o ikorenisia, ma o lo o i lalo fo i o le puipuiga a Amerika, sa latou fa ailoa mai, E mafai ona pe le limu pea pe afai e salusalu ese uma mai le pogati la au ua a afia, ae sasa lea pogati la au a afia i fua o le ano [ginger] lea e ola solo i le togavao. I le isi fa ama i lea e foliga mai e pefu pa epa e, e matele fo i i la au ua fuga e aoga tele mo teu fugala au, ma e te mafatua pe afai e te latalata i lea la au pe ete asaina fo i i sau savaliga, aua e puaina mai ai le pefu pa epa e, ae matua mimigi ai fo i pogati la au ma tuai ai ona tupu maualuga la au pe a fa atusaina i la au e le o a afia. Pe afai e taofiofia le fa aulufale mai o fugala au mai fafo ma o latou au ae le i fa aasuina, masalo e tuai fo i ona a afia i tatou i lea lava fa ama i. O le taofia, o se tali lelei tele lea mo tagata uma! O se tala lea na fa amamafa mai e annon mo Amerika Samoa. Na fa afofogaina e le to atele o faia oga uma o kosi eseese o le Land Grant a le olisi Tu ufa atasi lea folasaga matagofie, fa atasi ai ma Faifa ato aga ma nisi o le mamalu lautele, ina ia fa amaonia, ua lava tapena le atunu u, ia taofia fa ama i o la au mai le ulufale mai i o tatou eleele. POB 4856, Pago Pago, AS tel:(684) Landline and Facsimile ell: (684) meleagi4congress@aol.com Website: meleagi4congress.weebly.com The Leaders of American Samoa must come together to set the direction the government ought to pursue. The government must provide equal access to employment opportunities and government services for all residents regardless of nationality or immigration status. I will be diligent to accomplish as much if not all of what our people and our government leaders wish, when you elect me as your next Delegate to ongress in Washington D.., November 4, Vote for ELEAGI SUITONU-HAPAN in November 4, Paid for by the supporters of eleagi for ongress

4 Page 4 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 THE BOB FRANEN OLUN Washington D.. Needs ore of the Dogs Life By Bob Franken In my opinion, far too many of those who live with me in Washington are jerks -- duplicitous, self-important jerks. This does not include everybody; far from it. But the town is crawling with viciously ambitious sycophantic young people cozying up to the more-established officeholders, lobbyists, consultants and, yes, us media types, who hold on to their lives of unprincipled entitlement. Frankly, I think their pervasiveness has a lot to do with the disintegration of politics and government because they control the agenda. But here s something I find never-endingly fascinating: Any number of these people I deal with regularly and know that they fit right into this category, when I ve encountered them in a dog park, these very same card-carrying cretins are magically civilized, cordial, considerate, even relaxed. Obviously, their pups transform them. It s amazing. Harry Truman said it: If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. aybe we should add, or find a human who s with a dog. I mean, how can you be obnoxious when you re basking in unconditional love? Their very presence makes our lives more enjoyable. Unless, of course, you re a White House fence jumper. I ve always shied away from writing about dogs because I ve looked at the subject as a cheap aw device, by which I mean that you are supposed to read it and go Awwwwww. But Hurricane and Jordan have inspired me to abandon that principle. Hurricane and Jordan are the two Secret Service -9s who ripped into the latest intruder when he vaulted the barrier onto the North Lawn. Each is a Belgian alinois, which is a sleek version of a German shepherd. The two of them made short work of the guy this time around, literally ripping into Dominic Adesanya just after his feet hit the ground. Adesanya did manage to inflict some pain himself, kicking and punching both animals before he was quickly arrested. The dogs needed a trip to the vet, where they were treated and returned to duty. When Adesanya appeared in court the next day, his arms were bandaged, thanks to Hurricane and Jordan. With their work done, they reverted to their playful selves. He, on the other hand, faces a variety of criminal charges, including misdemeanors connected to his assault on the dogs. There are strong indications that he may be mentally ill, but if he is judged instead to be competent, then I agree with Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle, who argues that he should be charged with felonies on the books that carry a 10-year prison sentence. His lawyers certainly would argue that he was merely defending himself from the Belgians attacks, but his defense is blown out of the water by the fact that he had jumped the fence into a heavy security zone. Sadly, not everyone agrees that our pups are canine children, happy devoted and gentle until some twisted human coerces them to be otherwise. I am among those who believe there is a special place in hell for those who mistreat them, particularly here in D.., where there is such a dog eat dog mentality. Actually, it s more like vulture eat vulture. The dogs are just trying to inspire some humanity. (c) 2014 Bob Franken Distributed by ing Features Synd., Inc. Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published onday through Saturday, except for some local and federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, American Samoa Telephone at (684) Fax at (684) advertisements to ads@samoanews.com the newsroom at news@samoanews.com Normal business hours are on. thru Fri. 8am to 5pm. Permission to reproduce editorial and/or advertisements, in whole or in part, is required. Please address such requests to the Publisher at the address provided above. BGAS organized its second annual Hope House Fatu o Aiga canned goods drive this month where BGAS members, parents and families, management and staff collected 400 plus canned goods to support Hope House with the donation presented this past Thursday. [courtesy photo] AS Forum Enabling the political voice of youth with- in the confines of the culture by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu in the politics and once we come together I Samoa News Reporter would be able to summarize it for the people, Samoan culture plays a very prominent and then talk it over with the Fono and the governor, because youth is power that s the way role in our local politics, how would you enable the voice of the youth within this system was it is, she concluded. among the questions posed to the eight candidates who attended the congressional forum, Samoa residents to be involved with the poli- Lancaster believes that for American hosted by the AS Student Government Association last week Thursday at the AS gym. tives accountable to them. ake your contics they should hold their elected representa- The congressional candidates who attended cerns known, talk to you leaders, you are here were Aumua Amata, apu J. Jamias, ark at AS getting yourself educated, that s what Ude, eleagi Suitonu-hapman, Rosie Fualaau Tago Lancaster, Togiola Tulafono, Tua au time, at home your parents are caring and pro- democracy is all about. However at the same ereti atautia Jr., Tuika Tuika, while incumbent Faleoamavaega Eni Hunkin was absent. a God given right to talk to your faipule. She viding for you, and at the same time you have Tuika was first to respond and pointed out told the students that she will propose for the that the Samoan culture and tradition is passed youth to come together with their lists of priorities and they will debate on those issues. on by word of mouth. He said that the treaty signed by our ancestors with US officials holds No child left behind was the education much more power than the US constitution motto in past, but Amata believes that American Samoan students have been left behind. I and also federal laws. He said every American Samoan should protect the treaty signed by out really think the delegate could do so much more ancestors. in terms of bringing more federal funding in Jamaias said he believes the Samoan culture is very strong and history is passed down She said American Samoan students have which is one of my top priorities. through word of mouth, while the denominations and the pastoral schools teach the children it s not their fault, not the parent s fault, not the the lowest test scores in the entire nation, and the values of life. teacher s fault. What it is is not being able to Our culture is very intact, now when we fully access the opportunities available. leave American Samoa our culture is strong. Ude said knowledge is power and unfortunately everyone here in American Samoa gets However we must learn the western ways, for example reading and writing. Jamaias said only a third of what the people in the US get and there should be more community centers in the that DOE s sole source of funding for education territory for the youth to go and learn more is from the federal government. It s hard to but not just our culture also the schools need succeed and excel if you re only getting a third to teach both Samoan and English. of what your peers are getting in other states, Tua au said if is the successful candidate, said Ude. his first piece of legislation or administrative Togiola told the students not to think that action would be to afford the local Department their voices have not been heard, however they of Education funding to continue the dual language program. themselves to be the future leaders of families, need to commit to getting educated and train He said English should go hand in hand with churches and in the community. Believe me, the Samoan language, But not English first and that is your part, our generations are supposed Samoan later because in the end we will pay for to give you the tools, while you train yourselves it, if we don t instill this from early education. and be committed to it and be honest with it. hapman said she would organize all the Don t just show up at school for the sake of youth similar to AS s SGA and have them showing up use the opportunity that is given debate other student bodies on this particular to you. question. She said the Samoan culture will Togiola said under the constitution there are always play a prominent role in local politics, two very strong rights for the youth and those and a debate would allow students to respond are, the right to vote at 18 years old and the as to why they have a negative or positive view right to petition. No one has ever told you not of this issue. to exercise your right, it s your passiveness that It s your future, so it s up to you to tell me causing it. Stand up and be heard exercising what it is about our culture you don t like that s your rights.

5 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 5 THERE IS NO INTENTION TO IPL THE ENDORSEENT OF AUUA AATA FOR PUBLI OFFIE B AN OF THE SOLDIERS IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. Veterans In Politics International United States ongress have agreed to wholly endorse and support Aumua Amata 2014 candidate for U.S. ongress Representing American Samoa Steve Sanson President aren Steelmon Auxiliary Director Jason Brooks - Nevada President October 22, 2014 Date The mission of Veterans In Politics is to educate, organize, and awaken our veterans and their families to select support and intelligently vote for those candidates whom would help create a better world, to protect ourselves from our own government(s) in a culture of corruption, and to be the political voice for those in other groups who do not have one. VeteransInPolitics.org. This ad is paid for Friends of Amata / friendsofamata@gmail.com

6 Page 6 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 THAN OU! AERIAN SAOA It is with profound humbleness that I offer my sincere fa afetai tele and fa amalo to the people of Tutuila, anu a, Aunu u and Olohega; and also the people of Samoa for their prayers and wellwishes for me during my time of illness. Like in every sickness, there is nothing more desirable and more welcoming and encouraging than the healing power of prayer. I was always uplifted and spiritually comforted because I felt your prayers and well-wishes all along, and they were always soothing and comforting in my moments of infirmity. I thank the various denominations and churches; servants of God and all the prayer groups; families, relatives, friends, individuals, and the countless of those whose kindness, love and faith I can never ever hope to repay. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I have recovered and am ready to serve the people of American Samoa again, God willing. And so it is with this renewed health and refreshing spirit that I humbly seek re-election as your representative in the United States ongress. I respectfully ask for your vote for me for the United States ongress for the next two years in the November 4 Elections. Thank you and God bless, RE-ELET FALEOAVAEGA This ad is paid for by the ommittee to Re-Elect Eni Faleomavaega for ongress

7 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 7 FAAFETAI TELE AERIA SAOA O tautai matapalapala ua iloa ogasami o penina tautele Tulouna ia oe Samoa o le atunu u tofi, i le afua mai alaetele na ma ape ai tofiga, se ia pau mai i Agalega sa teu ai malo, ma valo ia ai le suluia o Samoa i ave o le Tala Lelei. O upu o le Tu itu i Fa atau a Samoa, o Samoa o le Ati-poia, o le Ati-pouniu, o le Ati-fasia. O Samoa ua so o ona ta iao, o le maota e malamalama. E lasi fo i vasa, ae ua iloga le tolotolo o fa amoemoega lelei. Pe o le a fo i le ninimo, ae ua maitaulia e le tautai matapalapala ogasami o penina tautele. Ta alolo la ia ou paia fa aleatunu u i To oto o Sisina ma le Au-fue-loloa, o le latou fatu aiga tausi lena. Ae ou te mua i fa atulou atu i le paia o Lupesina o le Tala Lelei, le mamalu o le Aufaigaluega a le Atua, o lo o asuina le ipu vai o le ola, aua Samoa ma ona tagata. O a outou taulaga si i ma tapua iga i ao ma po, o lea e fa aifo mai ai pea i lagi manuia o Samoa atoa i ona auga-tupulaga. Tulouna lava Ou te fa atulou atu Tutuila ma anu a, o oe o le ao mamala mai le fa asouga o ao ma le atu folasa. O ou pa ia ua fai ai oe ma papa e le gae e, a o o le oneone fo i e le utufia. O le paia lava lea aua Sua ma le Vaifanua, Fofo ma Aitulagi, Itu au ma Alataua, Sa ole ma le Launiu Saelua, fa apea afioga i a opu E le vaea fo i fala o oto i le paia maualuga i le otu Sa, le La au na Amo tasi i a Samoa, le afifio i Fa atui ma le Fetalaiga i To oto o o le Fale ula. Tulou, tulouna lava Ou te fa atulou atu i lau faigamalo Tutuila ma anu a, i le afio o lau afioga i le ovana Sili, lau Tofa Lolo atalasi oliga ma lou tausi. Afio fo i le afioga i le Lutena ovana Lemanu Peleti auga ma lou faletua, o le aotelega lava lea i le nofo i matagaluega ese ese ma ofisa o le faiga malo a Amerika Samoa. Tulouna lau afioga i le Peresitene o le aota aualuga ma le mamalu o afioga i Senatoa; tulouna le Fofoga Fetalai ma Faipule Tofia o le atunu u i le aota o Sui, o pa ia lava ia o le Fono Faitulafono a Amerika Samoa. Tulouna fo i lau afioga i le Fa amasino Sili, le vasega o ali i Fa amasino ma le ofisa o Fa amasinoga, tulouna lava Ona ou tu ai lea i fatifatiga ma ou matamata i uluvao tetele, i le tapua iga mamalu i le usoga i a Tumua ma Pule -- i le afio o lau afioga i le Ao o le alo o Samoa: lau afioga Tupua Tamasese Efi ma lau asiofo; lau afioga i le Palemia; le mamalu i le alo o Samoa, ma ona tagata nu u uma. O le paia lava lea i Aiga ma a latou Tama, o Tama ma o latou Aiga, Itu au ma Alataua, Aiga i le Tai ma le Va a o Fonoti. E ui ina ta vao ese ese ia ta faiga-upu-fai fa a-malo, ae o ta ua lava o le uso tu ofe. Tulou, tulouna lava. Tutuila e ma anu a, Aunu u ma Olohega, ma Samoa atoa le mamalu i auauna paia a le Atua i so o se fata faitaulaga, tama ma tina matutua, tupulaga lalovaoa o le atunu u, ae maise o le au fai tatalo: Ua outou seu i le vateatea lupe o matagi, lea ua to a malie ai peau lagalaga. Ua mou atu fo i galu tau ma galu fesoua i, ona ua tali mai a outou tatalo fa atauanau i le Atua mo au, a o apulupulusia i tofaga ma fala efu lo u nei tagata fa atauva a. Ua o o ifo i le ta ele o lo u agaga le mafanafana o lo outou alofa, ona o a outou talosaga mamana. O a outou tatalo na avea ma lamepa i le pogisa, i taimi na mu itiiti ai le fa amoemoe, i le luluti o le apulupulusia o le tino-ma i ma le sapo-tu-vale o le manava. A o ai ea lenei tagata noa ua e manatu mai pea lava i ai? Paga lea, ua le tasi ae ua atulasi lo outou agaga faitama fa apito mo a u. Ua le lilo lo outou alofa i sa u upu, pe lanu fo i lo outou agalelei i so u manatu, aua o a u lava ua na o se auauna vaivai ma le fa atauva a. E ui ina tata fa alau fesilia i, a o lea ua to a peau taulaga, ina ua lafo le malu, ona o le agalelei ma le alofa o le Atua, e ala i le mamana o a outou tatalo. Fa afetai, fa afetai, fa afetai tele. Ua le lava upu o le gagana e sula ai lou alofa ae maise o au talosaga mamana Tutuila ma anu a. E fai fo i o lena, ae i le taimi a o o u tauavea le tofi o le atunu u i nei tausaga e tele. Talofa e, ua e taoto lava i le mageso o le ta ata a, ma e tofa i le gaoa ma le pefu o le ala, ona o lau fa aeaea i lo u nei tagata vaivai. Ae o le a ea se auala ou te toe taui atu ai lenei fa aaloalo faifai pea ua matua i maualuga? Tutuila e, ma anu a: Ua lagona le toe fa afouina o le mafaufau, le agaga, fa apea le malosi o le tino ona o le alofa o le Atua. Ona osofia ai lea o le manatu tumau pea ia te a u, e le mavae le fia tautua tuavae pea mo oe e ala i le tofi i Uosinitone mo le isi lua tausaga o lumana i, pe a tusa ai ma lou finagalo. E ui ina o le a ou toe tagi-sa fo i ia te oe, ae pau lea o le auala e mafai ai ona aoga lo u fa atauva a, e tali ma fa afo i atu ai lou agalelei ma lau fa aaloalo mo a u. O a ni aso o totoe o lo u nei ola, ta te fia aoga ai pea e asu vai ma molimoli lou finagalo i le Laumua i Uosinitone, aua lava se manuia o si o tatou atunu u, ae maise le lumana i o Amerika Samoa. Tau ia ina ou fa apea atu ma le agaga maualalo lava: malo le tiu, malo le fili fetu una i, ua malie le pale; malo le fatu, ua malie le ula i lau teu fa atupu ma au fa aaloaloga fa atamali i. Tutuila e, ma anu a, afai lava sa i ai se mea na pona i lau silasila ma lau fa afofoga i le tele o nei tausaga o o u tauavea le tofi o le atunu u i Uosigitone, ou te tatalo atu ma le agaga maualalo, ia natia fa amanu-gase ma ia fa amagalo mai se sese o le auauna. Ou te fa afetai i le afioga i le aluolefale-o-le-alataua, lau afioga Faiivae Iuli Alesana Godinet ma le faletua i a Ilaisa. Ua oulua sautia ma timu ia pea lava pea e ala i lo oulua agalelei ma la oulua lagolago mo a u i nei mau tausaga e tele. E momoli fo i la u fa afeta tele i nai o u aiga uma, o uo ma e masani, o pa aga ese ese ua le mafai ona ou taea i le taimi nei, fa afetai tele lava. I le mamalu o sui tauva uma mo le tofi o le atunu u i Uosigitone i lenei faiga palota. Fa amalo atu le finau, fa afetai le agaga fia fai mea lelei aua Amerika Samoa ma lona lumana i. Ia tatou maua pea le fa atamali i a o tatou alo faiva i le fa amoemoe, ma ia manuia lava le palota. O la u tatalo i le Atua: Tutuila e ma anu a, Aunu u ma Olohega, ia tumau pea Lona alofa ma Ana fa amanuiaga i totonu o ou pa, ia si omia ai ou maota ma ou laoa, ma ia lau usiusi pea le tamaoaiga o ou laufanua, aua ou tupulaga fai a e i le lumana i. Ia manuia le alo Tele o le Iunaite Setete, ma ia manuia fo i le faiga malo a Amerika Samoa le atunu u pele. TOE PALOTA O FALEOAVAEGA Totogia e le komiti mo le toe filifilia o Eni Faleomavaega i le onekeresi

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9 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 9 (Togiola speaking with US Secretary of State Hillary linton) O TOGIOLA UA FAAAONIA LONA AFAI ONA GALULUE A ISI TA ITA I O ALO A PISINISI A E FAATUATUAINA O IA I VA FAAALO A PISINISI ************* Na faatuatuaina e le Faamasino Sili iyamoto, i le tofia o Togiola na te tau ave le ulua i tofiga o le Faamasino faa-itumalo (district court); Na faatuatuaina e ovana olumane i le tofia o Togiola na te ta ita i le ulua i Fono Faafoe o le ASP A, ina ua faatu-ma oti; Na faatuatuaina e ovana Lutali i le tofia o Togiola na te ta ita i le ulua i Fono Faafoe o le olis i Tuufaatasi, ina ua tu to atasi; Na faamoemoeina e le Senate o le Fono Faitulafono, i le filifilia faalua o Togiola na te ta ita iina le omiti Su esu e faapitoa a le maota. Na faatuatuaina e ovana Tau ese i le tofia o Togiola na te ta ita i le faafoeina o taaloga (ini Ga mes) a le Pasefika i le 1997, ma tofia e ta ita i le faailogaina o le Senituri (100 tausaga) o le alo o Amerika Samoa i lalo o le fu a a l e Iunaite Setete i le tausaga e E faatolu ona filifilia togiola e le ekalesia faapotopotoga kerisiano i amerika samoa e avea ma ona ta ita ifono aoao. O le nofoaiga muamua a Togiola na talosagaina ai ma aumai ai i Amerika Samoa le faatasiga a atumotu o le Pacific Arts Festival i le Sa mafai e Togiola ona talosagaina Ta ita i o le Fono Faitulafono ina ia latou lagolagoina faatasi t aumafaiga a Faleomavaega mo le tulafono sa ta ua o le A.S.P.I.R.E.. mo le Star ist ma le Samoa Packing E tusa o le talosaga atu a Togiola, na galuea ina ai e le afioga i le U.S. Senatoa Inouye suiga i le tulafono o sikolasipi mo fanau fia aooga faa ta ita i au (Senior ROT) sa maua na o sitiseni, ma tatala ai loa le avanoa mo nesionale p ei o Amerika Samoa e agavaa ai e a oga i ia sikolasipi. O lenei avanoa ua vave ai ona faatupula ia le tele o alo ma fanau a Amerika S amoa, ua a oa oina faa-ofisa (officer training) e ala i lea porokalame o le Senior R.O.T.. O le talosaga a Togiola i le elandia ina ia faatuina se paaga faapisinisi i le va o le malo o amerik a samoa ma le elandia ina ia galulue faatasi e fausia le uaea ta oto i le alititai (submarine fiber optic cable) i le va o Hawaii, Amerika Samoa ma Samoa, mo le faalauteleina ma le faaleleia o fesoota iga tau telefoni ma initeneti. Na toe liliu Togiola feutaga i ma le Initeria ma faamatuu mai ai se vaega tupe tele e fesoasoani i le taumafaiga o lenei uaea, ma o lea ua selesele e le atunuu lea manuia. Sa tula i Togiola ma fai fesoota iga mo se maliliega i le va o le alo o Amerika Samoa, Samoa Packin g ma le Tri arine, ma mafai ai ona faatau mai e le Tri arine le fale gaosi i a a le Samoa Packing. Sa faaauau feutaga iga ma le Tri arine mo le faavaeina o la latou pisinisi i totonu o le atunuu e a la i fesoasoani e tuuina atu e le alo, ma faavae ai se kamupani i a tuu apa fou i totonu o Amerika Samoa o le Samoa Tuna Processors latou te faagaoioi lea pisinisi. I ia feutaga iga, sa tapa atu fo i Togiola i nisi o fai pisinisi e lava le silafia i mata upu faapea mo se fesoasoani, ma tula i mai ai arlos Sa nchez ma avea ma sootaga manuia na faigofie ai ia fesoota iga ma talanoaga ona o ia e iai ona silafia faapitoa i nei pisinisi. E ala i le talosaga mo Amerika Samoa na tuuina atu e Togiola i le Failautusi o Setete, Hillary lint on, na faamatu u mai ai e le Failautusi le avanoa, e avea ai Amerika Samoa ma isi teritori o le pase fika ma usufono faalogologo i totonu o fono a le Pacific Islands Forum (P.I.F.). Ia e 2014, sa ta iala Togiola i le sainiga aao mai le atunuu e lagolago ai taumafaiga a le Faipule, Faleomavaega ma nisi o pisinisi ina ia teena le taumafaiga a nisi kamupani e sui le tulafono mo le i a o le tuna tuu apa faaaogaina i mea taumafa a tamaiti a oga. Aua ana faia lea suiga, e tele le afaina o a tatou kamupani faapea galuega I totonu o kamupani ae faapea fo I le atunuu. Ia e 2014, sa ta iala Togiola i le sainiga a tagata faigaluega mai le Star ist, Tri arine ma le l autele o se tusi tuu sa o atu i a Failautusi o Faatoaga Tom Vilsack e tetee ai le taumafaiga a isi kamupani mai fafo e sui le tulafono (Buy America n Act) mo i a tuu apa e faaaoga i le school lunch ona o le aafiaga o a tatou kamupani ma galuega i totonu o Amerika Samoa. TOGIOLA HAS A PROVEN REORD HE AN WOR WITH OTHER GOVERNENT AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND THE TRUSTED HI HIEF JUSTIE IAOTO TRUSTED TOGIOLA B APPOINTING HI THE VER FIRST DISTRIT OURT JUDGE FOR THE NEWL ESTABLISHED DISTRIT OURT OF AERIAN SAOA IN 1979; GOVERNOR OLEAN TRUSTED HI TO LAUNH THE FIRST BOARD OF DIRETORS AND ANAGEENT OF ASPA WHEN I T BEAE AUTONOOUS; GOVERNOR LUTALI ENTRUSTED TO HI THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INAUGURAL BOARD OF HIGHER EDUATION WHEN A S WAS ADE A SEI- AUTONOOUS AGEN; THE SENATE TRUSTED HIS ABILITIES B APPOINTING HI TWIE TO HAIR THE SPEIAL SENATE INVESTIGATION OITTEE; GOVERNOR TAU ESE ENTRUSTED TO HI THE HAIRANSHIP OF THE HOSTING OITTEE FOR THE PAIFI INI GAES IN 1997, AND AGAIN TO HAIR THE OITTEE FOR THE AERIAN SAOA ENTENNIAL ELEBRATION OF 100 EARS UN DER THE UNITED STATES FLAG. HE WAS ELETED THREE TIES TO BE HAIRAN OF THE ONGREGATIONAL HRISTIAN HURH IN AERIAN SAO A; TOGIOLA NEGOTIATED WITH THE LEADERS OF THE FONO TO JOIN HI IN SUPPORTING DELEGATE FALEOAVAEGA S EFFORTS TO PROOTE THE A.S.P.I.R.E. AT TO HELP STAR IST AND SAOA PAING. TOGIOLA AND THE FONO LEADERS SI GNED A JOINT LETTER IN SUPPORT AND SENT IT TO FALEOAVAEGA. AT TOGIOLA S REQUEST, U.S. SENATOR INOUE SUESSFULL AENDED THE LAW RELATING TO ELIGIBILIT OF STUDENTS FOR SENIOR R.O.T.. SHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE ONL TO U.S. ITIZENS, ALLOWING U.S. NATIONALS, SUH AS A ERIAN SAOANS, TO BEOE ELIGIBLE FOR SHOLARSHIP. OPENING UP THIS OPPORTUNIT HAS ALLOWED AN ORE AERIAN SAOAN STUDENTS TO ATTEND OLLEGE UNDER SENIOR R.O.T.. S HOLARSHIPS. TOGIOLA STRU AN AGREEENT WITH ELANDIA TO FOR A PARTNERSHIP TO WOR TOGETHER TO SET UP A SUBA RINE FIBER OPTI ABLE TO ONNET HAWAII, AERIAN SAOA AND INDEPENDENT SAOA. HE TURNED AROUND AND NEGOTIATED WITH THE U.S.DEPARTENT OF INTERIOR TO ASSIST IN THE FUNDING OF THE PROJET AND THE U.S.DOI AGREED AND HELPED AERIAN SAOA EET THE FINANIAL GOALS OF THE PROJET. TOGIOLA FOSTERED AN AGREEENT BETWEEN HIEN OF THE SEA, TRI ARINE AND THE AERIAN SAOA GOVER NENT AING IT POSSIBLE FOR TRI ARINE TO TAE OVER THE VAATED HIEN OF THE SEA ANNER PLANT IN ATUU, AND AING IT POSSIBLE FOR TRI ARINE TO ESTABLISH ITS NEW BUSINESS IN AERIAN SAOA B FORING A NEW ORPORATION TO TAE OVER THE ANNER AND ESTABLISHING THE NEW BUSINESS. TOGIOLA ALSO REAHED OUT TO THE LOAL OUNIT EXPERTS, AND ARLOS SANHEZ RESPONDED B VOLUNTEERING TO ASSIST AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THE NEESSAR ONTATS IN THE INDUSTR THAT HE NOWS VER WELL AND NEGOTIATIONS THAT RESULTED IN THE SUESS OF THE ENTIRE PROJET. PURSUANT TO TOGIOLA S REQUEST, SERETAR OF STATE HILLAR LINTON, FORALIZED AERIAN SAOA S AP PLIATION TOGETHER WITH OTHER PAIFI TERRITORIES TO BE OBSERVERS IN THE PAIFI ISLANDS FORU. THE APPLIATION WAS APPROVED B P.I.F. IN IN A 2014, TOGIOLA LEAD THE OUNIT IN SIGNING A STATEENT GIVEN TO FALEOAVAEGA TO SUPPORT H IS EFFORTS TOGETHER WITH THE OALITION OF BUSINESSES FRO AERIAN SAOA FIGHTING THE PROPOSED HANGES TO BU AERIAN AT WHIH WOULD HAVE AFFETED OUR AN NERIES. THIS WAS HAND DELIVERED TO FALEOAVAEGA S OFFIE AT THE ASTAA HEADQUARTERS IN TAFUNA. IN A 2014, TOGIOLA, TOGETHER WITH OUNIT LEADERS ARLOS & HRISTINA SANHEZ AND R. LEWIS WO LAN, SPEARHEADED THE APAIGN THROUGH A LETTER SIGNED B ANNER WORERS AND OTHER BUSINESS WORERS ASING THE U.S.SERETAR OF AGRIULTURE TO VILSA TO DE N THE EFFORTS OF STATESIDE OPANIES TO ODIF THE REQUIREENTS OF THE BU AERIAN AT BEAUSE IT WOULD HAVE DRASTIALL AFFETED OUR ANNERIES AND THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS DEPENDENT ON OUR FISHERIES IN AERIAN SAOA. THE LETTER WAS SENT AND REEIVED B THE SERETAR OF AGRIULTURE, TO VILSA. VOTE FOR TOGIOLA ON NOVEBER 4 THE ANDIDATE WITH A PROVEN REORD OF AOPLISHENTS FOR AERIAN SAOA PALOTA O TOGIOLA IA NOVEA 4 O LE SUI UA FAAAONIA ANA GALUEGA ANUIA O AERIA SAOA Togiola speaking at Democratic Governors Association Washington, D.. For more information please go to 4 ongress, and our website: THIS AD WAS PAID FOR B THE OITTEE AND FRIENDS SUPPORTING TOGIOLA FOR ONGRESS.

10 Page 10 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Talofa! E momoli atu le fa afetai tele mai le taele o lo u fatu mo i latou o lo o palota, ma fa aaluina latou taimi i le lagolagoina o au taumafaiga. Ou te fa afetai mo fautuaga e ao mo Amerika Samoa ona i ai se sui malosi e galue ma auauna i le atinaeina o le malo. E leai se tasi e iai se agava a e pei o lo u nei tagata ma le malamalama atoatoa i aia tatau ma manaoga fa apitoa o tagata o le teritori. Ua silafia uma e tagata o le teritori lo u nei tagata ma lo u tulaga. E le fulitua ae finau mo mea lelei, e i ai lo u talitonuga o manaoga fa apitoa o le teritori o lo o fa aleaogaina e le sui tulai. Ua o o i le taimi e tatau ai ona tatou faia se mea sili atu. Ua sefulu-fa nei tausaga o avea a u ma se loia, ou te faia mea uma i lo u malosi atoa e fesoasoani ai ia i latou e le o amanaiaina. Po o fea lava le alalafaga ma le aiga e o mai ai i latou sa manaomia la u fesoasoani, sa ou le va ai i le vaivai o le seleni (tupe) a o le alofa mo i latou. I le aso ou te talitonu o le a sili atu la u tautua mo tagata nu u o Amerika Samoa i le avea mo lo outou sui i Uosigitone. E le tatau mo Amerika Samoa ona tulai na o sui mo lona aiga ae galo ai le lautele. Palota mo se tagata e alofa i tagata uma o le atunu u ma se tagata e galulue fa atasi ma le malo ia tupu mai ai galuega ma manuia lautele o le atunu u. Ou te talosaga atu i le ava ma le fa aaloalo, ou te manaomia lau palota mo le sui tauva i Uosigitone. Fa afetai tele, Fa amolemole palota mai mo lou uso palagi!!!

11 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 11 Talofa! I would like to say a heartfelt Fa afetai to all the voters who have taken the time to express their support for my campaign. our kind words and encouragement are deeply appreciated. Speaking with all of you has reinforced my belief that the people of American Samoa deserve a strong representative who can work tirelessly to serve this island s interests. No other candidate has my level of experience in dealing with government indifference to the rights and needs of the residents of this Territory. The people of this Territory know who I am and what I stand for. I have a lengthy and proven track record of not backing down from a difficult fight, and I believe the needs of the Territory have been neglected by our current representative. Our residents deserve better, and the time has come for us to demand better. During the fourteen years I have spent as a practicing attorney, I have done everything in my power to assist those who have had nowhere else to turn. While not always successful, I have made every effort to stand up for those who otherwise would have no voice, regardless of which village they come from, which family they belong to, or how much money they have. Today, I believe that I can best serve the residents of American Samoa in a far greater and more meaningful capacity as your representative in ongress. American Samoa cannot afford to elect a candidate who will only be there for his or her family or one whose attention is diverted away from the needs of our people. Vote for the candidate who will represent all of the people of American Samoa equally and work to return our economy to one that produces jobs for all. I therefore ask for your vote on Election Day to be your Delegate to ongress. Fa afetai tele. Palota mai mo lou uso palagi Faamolemole.

12 Page 12 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 American Samoa has so many issues to face in Washington next year: fishery issues, cannery tax incentives, minimum wage, Pacific conservation zone, new budget reductions, Obamacare revisions and much more. Our delegate to ongress must be able to hit the ground running full speed to represent our interests effectively. any of our traditional friends like Danny Akaka, Dan Inouye and George iller are gone or are leaving and we must quickly develop new friends and alliances in a brand new ongress with new leadership. Because she has had 10 years experience working with the House ajority Leadership and as the most senior ember of the RN, Aumua Amata already has the friendships and working relationships in place to begin serving our people from Day One. Aumua presents Ula Fala to ongresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) at her swearing-in reception in ongress. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) endorses Amata for ongress Famous ivil Rights Leader, ongressman John Lewis (D-GA) U.S. House Judiciary ommittee hairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-OH) Amata meets up with her friends (left) Agriculture ommittee hairman Frank Lucas (R-O) and Natural Resources hairman Doc Hastings at Pago Pago Airport in August. hairman U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheeries, Wildlife, Oceans & Insular Affairs w/c has jurisdiction over American Samoa. Dr. John Fleming (R-LA) Effectiveness in ongress is all about nurturing relationships. ~ Aumua Amata Vote for Aumua Amata for delegate to ongress on November 4. She is ready to go! Paid for by Friends of Amata, P.O. Box 6171, Pago Pago AS Luana Tagomailelagi, Treasurer

13 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 13 OUNIT Devoted ommunity Service Brought the famous Flying Doctors of America and Flying Dentists of America to American Samoa to provide free medical and dental services to the people of Ofu, Olosega, Ta u, Tutuila and Aunu u, working with DOH, the LBJ EO and Board Helped 100+ local students earn college scholarships worth at $5 million dollars. Founding Board ember, nonprofit Field House 100/American Samoa Established Samoan Womens Health Project (affiliate of National Breast ancer oalition), Raised and presented $10,000 check to then LBJ EO Utu Abe alae for ammography Program at LBJ. Volunteer, Shriners, Lions lub and Rotary lub community fundraising projects Volunteer, LBJ Hospital Womens Auxiliary ember, Business and Professional Women of American Samoa; event volunteer, Breast ancer Awareness onth events Loving family member arried 40 years; three grown children, 1 grandchild One of 13 sons and daughters of the late Gov. and rs. Tali Peter T. oleman Granddaughter of Amataupulevasegaotupu Pulu Asuega Aumua of Pago Pago Great Granddaughter of Tagoilelagi Tu i Tupua Aumua of Vatia, Fagasa, Aasu Serves Lavata i Family, Nuuuli Holds registered orator title Aumua serving the Tali Family, Pago Pago Education St. Francis School Lepua A oga Samoa (Pastor s School) Nu uuli St. ary s Primary, Savalalo, Samoa Fiailoa School, Utulei Graduate, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu Graduate, University of Guam with additional coursework at Loyola arymount and George ason Universities PUBLI SERVIE Dedicated Public Servant Executive Assistant to Paramount hief A.U. Fuimaono, American Samoa s first ever elected Delegate-at0Large, Washington D U.S. House of Representatives ajority Leadership Staff member ASPA Washington advisor International Democracy Trainer for congressionally-established IRI and IFES 1993-present. Work in yrgyzstan, azakhstan, ambodia, orocco. Trained Uyghur businesswomen from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Iraqi women from Baghdad. Informal Washington advisor to Governor of American Samoa Appointed ember for American Samoa, Western Pacific Fishery Regional anagement ouncil Pelagics Advisory Panel Washington advisor to hairman, AS Senate Government Operations ommittee (salary: $1.00 per year) ember, American Samoa delegations to South Pacific onference 1981, 1983; advisor to U.S. delegation to Second Pacific Islands onference of Leaders, Rarotonga Naval Facilities Engineering ommand US Navy, Guam; U.S. Department of the Interior, Trust Territory Headquarters, Saipan; U.S. Peace orps/icronesia languages coordinator; U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Executive Office of the President; Immediate Staff of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Washington D; Official ember, Republic of the arshall Islands Delegation, Eighth Pacific Islands onference of Leaders, U.S. Department of State 2007 Official ember, Republic of Nauru Delegation to INTELLSAT onference, Washington, D Advance oordinator, Vice President s Visit to American Samoa Paid for by Friends of Amata, P.O. Box 6171, Pago Pago AS Luana Tagomailelagi, Treasurer NATIONAL US House of Representatives Speaker, John Boehner Proven National Leader ommissioner, President s Advisory ommission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; chaired ommunity Security Subcommittee Woman of the ear Award, National Association of Professional Asian American Women 2003 Visionary Leadership Award, International Leadership Foundation 2008 ary Louise Smith Trailblazer Award, Washington, D ember, American ouncil of oung Political Leaders Alumni ouncil; participant, APL Australia Study Tour 1986 Asian Pacific American Heritage onth Guest Speaker I am Beyond Award, Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio 2014 FA AOLEOLE PALOTA O AUUA AATA NOVEA 4

14 Page 14 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 E toe fa atalofa atu i le aufaitau i le fa aiuga o lenei vaiaso, ae alo mai loa i le toe sosooina o le tatou tala fa asolo, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te a nei i le taimi lea na fa atonu ai e ati le ali i loia e soia na te taumafai e tauanau le tamaitai o lo o la talanoa la te o. Na nofo le ali i loia mo sina taimi puupuu, ao tau to manatu i le gaioiga e tatau ona fai, peita i na toe oso ae ona manatu, e le te i te i fai atu le tagata lenei ia te ia, e foliga mai e i ai se sootaga o le tagata lenei ma le tama ita i lea o lo o ia tauanauina la te o, ae o le tamaitai i le taimi lea, na ona tu a e lava i luga, piki ma lana ato o lo o ta atia i luga o le laulau, fa asaga loa i luma o le a savali ese, ae na toe faliu lava i le itu lea o lo o tu mai ai le alii o ati ma fa apea atu i ai, fa afetai mo le fa asaoina o lo u ola i lenei afiafi, e le galo lou agalelei ma le to a o lou loto i le fa asaoina o lo u ola, na ona uma lava o tala ia a le tama ita i ia ati, liliu atu loa i le ali i loia ma fa apea atu i ai lana tala, lau susuga a le loia, faamalulu atu ona o lenei po, ae atonu ta te toe feiloa i ai foi i se isi taimi Na ona uma lava o le tala lea a le tamaitai fa asaga loa i luma ma savali loa aga i i le itu o lo o i ai le la potu ma le ali i na fa asaoina lou olaga, a o le ali i loia i le taimi lea, na ona tu sasa e a e lava i luga, ato ese le laulau sa la nonofo ai ma le tama ita i i luga ae ua valaau atu ia ati pe i ai se mea e mana o ai, ae o le a fo i lana feau e taumafai ai fua e fa alavelave i le tamaitai sa la talanoa. Vaai oe uso, o la u galuega tonu lava lea na mafua ai ona fa a faigaluega a u o se leoleo nana i totonu o le malo o Italia, ae o lo u i ai i totonu o Aferika i Saute nei, o au o se tasi o sui usufono a lo u atunu u, ma ou te iloa e fa apena fo i oe, o oe o se sui usufono a le atunu u lena e te malaga mai ai, ae ua lelei, o le a ou alu ese leaga ua to atele tagata lea ua aga i mai i totonu o le fale kalapu, ma ua tau fai au tilotilo uma mai fo i i le vaega lea ta te tutu ma talanoa atu ai, po o ai taua ae o a fo i ta galuega o lo o faia iinei, o le talanoa atu lea a ati i le alii loia lea ma savali ese loa mai luga o le laulau lea o lo o nofo to atasi atu ai le ali i loia, ma ua fa asasa o loa i le itu lea e i ai le la potu ma lana paga lea na semanui e a afia i le gaioiga faafuase i a le ali i loia lea sa la talanoa. E alu ese atu fua ati mai le vaega o lo o nofo ai le loia, ae o lona mafaufau ua taamilo solo i se gaioiga e ono muamua tula i mai i totonu o le fale kalapu, ona o lea ua ia vaaia le tau fai autilo uma ane o isi tagata o lo o laulau tutu solo i totonu o le fale kalau, e foliga mai e i ai so latou sootaga ma le alii loia lea o lo o nofo mai pea i luga o le laulau na o ia. E fetaui lava le taumafai o ati e fesootai i totonu o le potu lea o lo o faatali mai ai lana paga, ae tau atu loa ma lana vaai i le tau fai geno geno solo o lima o le vaega Saina lea o lo o lau lau tutu e pei oni Sikulaki i vaega eseese o le fale. ALOFA E OO I LE OTI E toe fa atalofa atu i le aufaitau i lenei aso, faamoemoe sa outou maua se vaiaso manuia i feau ma tiute masani, ae alo mai loa, o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou talafaasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te a nei i le taimi lea na fa afuase i ona tatagi ai i lalo tulivae o Liko ma fa atoese loa ia Veli. E le i uma lelei mai le fa atoesega a Liko ae pasasa ai ma le kiki a Veli i le autafa ma pau atu ai i le isi itu o le paepae, ona aapa atu loa lea o le tamaloa i le amo o lo o ta atia i tafatafa tonu o le vaega o lo o ta atia ai Liko ua gagau lua ae fue ai le papatua o le tamaloa, ae o lana fanau i le taimi lea ua le iloa se mea e sulu solo ai tamaiti i le fia ola, ae o le latou uso matua lea na manu a i le agaese na tulioso atu Tania ma lona uso laititi ua toso ese mai ae faanatinati atu i totonu o le fale ma togafiti ai manu a o le ali i, e fa atali ai le taxi a Pegi lea ua toeititi taunuu atu e ave ai i le falema i. Liko, amata aku i le aso legei e oo i le fa avavau, aua ge i o u koe fa alogo o koe ku ua i e le kou aiga le kamaloa fai ava legei i le gaoiiga o la oukou ma umaga, ua e fa alogo mai ou maka ga e pupula mai..? o le tala lea a Veli ma lona lima tusi toeititi tu i mata o Liko, ae na o le luelue ulu o le tamaloa i le fefe i le vaaiga lea ua ia vaaia. Na taunuu fa atasi lava le taxi a Pegi e ave ai le atalii matua o Liko i le falema i, ma le Sipu uliuli a leoleo lea ua paka i luma o le fale, ma vaaia ai le tumu tumu o tagata i tuafale o le fale o le olomatua o Felila, ona fesili fia iloa lea o nai leoleo i le mea sa tupu, ae tali le olomatua o Felila, e leai, o vevesi lava a kamaiki ae leai lava se mea kele o kupu, faamalulu aku ai ia ke oukou o malu o le malo, e fetaui lava le uma atu o le tali lea a le olomatua o Felila e tusa ai o le fesili a le leoleo, ae tatagi loa ma le fa aumu leotele lava i tua tonu lava o le umukuka, ma vaaia ai loa se tagata tino ese e soo uma lona tino i pe a o lo o savali sa o atu lava i le vaega le e nofo mai ai Veli ma lana fesili muamua sa fesili atu ai, O oe lea o Veli, o le a le mea eke maga o i ai, e le i uma lelei le fesili a le tagata tino ese lenei ae lelea atu loa ma lana tu i malosi ae na vave le alo a Veli ma misi ai le tu i, ma sulu atu ai ma le tagata lenei i luga tonu o le paepae ma a lea o lo o sa to otuli ai Liko. O le vave tele o gaioiga a le alii lea na mafai ai ona toe tu vave i luga ma toe aapa atu i le amo lea na sasa ai e Veli le papatua o Liko ma sasa ai le ulu o le ali i o Veli ma manu a tigaina ai le tamaloa, ae fetaui ma le taunu u o leoleo ma pu e fa apagota loa Veli ma ta ita i atu i le pito i luma o le fale lea e tu mai ai le Sipi uliuli a leoleo ma velo ai loa si tamaloa i totonu a o manu a tigaina lona ulu i le gaioiga a le tagata tino ese lea. Na pei o le emo o le mata gaioiga a leoleo i le tau faatoa filemuina o Veli lea ua amata ona fiti i luga, ma tasi ai loa le tonu o le a momoli sa o le tamaloa i le falema i se i siaki ona manu a, E le i umi se taimi na tuu ai na o Veli i tua o le Sipi a leoleo, ae toe maua mai le tala ua fiu e fafagu Veli ua le toe ala mai i luga. Tala i Vavau o Samoa O LE OLO O VAOANOGI vaega #1 O le olo lenei, ua tamau ai le taofi e pei ona tau ave mai i le tele o tausaga, o tagata Tonga na fausia ina i taimi ao pulea e Tonga ia Samoa, ma o lenei ua tele ina a oa oina ai tama fanau a le atunu u o Samoa o lo o aumau i atunu u ese ese, ma ua so o ai le lalolagi, peita i e ese ma le mau a le afio aga o Luatuanu u. Fai mai le mau a le afio aga, o le olo lenei na fau e le itumalo o Atua i le taimi o va tau ma le Tuamasaga talu ai o la ele ele, lea na avea ai alietoa Falefatu ma ta ita i au o le Tuamasaga ae o Tuiatua Fotuitama i na ta ita ia maia le au tau a Atua, ma o le igoa o lenei taua na ta ua o le Fasitele, ona o le taua muamua na to ilalo ai Atua. Fai mai ua si i le tua oi i le pitonu u e ta ua o Asusu i Salelesi i le itu i Sasa e o Luatuanu u, peita i e le i fa amalieina Tuiatua ina ua to ilalo ma sa fa anatinati loa ana tapenaga ina ia toe sosofa i lalo le tua oi ua mae a ona faia, ae o alietoa ma lana itu au, ua fa amalieina lava i le tulaga ua i ai le taua, ma sa manatu fo i ailoga e toe vave lagaina le to ilalo o Atua, peita i sa le fa apena le finagalo o Tuiatua, ona e le i mapu pea lona finagallo i le matuitui o le to ilalo ua o o i lana itu taua. O le mea ua tupu, ua fa alilolilo le faia o tapenga a le au tau a Atua, ma ua latou ui fa alilolilo atu ai i le olo, e ui atu i saute ma le itu i uta, ma a o fa aauau pea ona gasolosolo atu le au tau a Atua i le olo, na fa afuase i ona o o le avea i ia alietoa, ua nofoia e au tau mai Atua le olo ma ua fa aletonu ai le mafaufau o alietoa, pe na fa apefea ona ala atu au tau mai Atua i le olo. Fai mai sa fa anatinati atu loa alietoa i gatai o Luatuanu u e auala atu i ana fuava a, ina ia fa ailoa atu ia Tuiatua ona tomai i le tulaga o le tau i luga o le sami ma ana fuava a, peita i na atili ai ona fa aletonu lona mafaufau ina ua taunu u atu, e leai ma ni fuava a a Atua o taula mai i gatai o Luatuanu u, peita i sa leai se mea na lilo i le va ava ai mai o le au tau a Atua mai luga o le olo. Sa le maua pea se tonu lelei i le finagalo o alietoa, o lea na ia nanati atu ai loa i lana autau ma amata ai loa la latou osofa iga fa asaga ia Atua, e fa aaoga mai ai luga o le mauga ma le tuasivi, fai mai e le i faigofie ia alietoa ma lana autau lenei osofa iga, ona o le to atele o lana vaega au na fetolofi i tuli i luga o le mauga, lea na maua ai le igoa o le oga ele ele lea e ta ua o Olotuli. Fai mai le tala o le taeao po lava o le aso na soso o ai na taunu u ai vaega au a alietoa i le olo ma amata loa lea taua, ma o se taua na matua tele ai le toto masa a talu ai le tomai tele o autau mai Atua i luga o le foga ele ele, ae pei fo i ona silafia, e fita le ala na uia e alietoa ma lana autau, o le ala lena o le to atele o le fasi ona ua vaivai i le taimi na aea ai le olo. E fa aauau atu i le vaiaso fou le tulaga na o o i ai le taua. Soifua. O ATI LE LEOLEO NANA Taunu u Loia Sili ripoti fa asaga vevesi na a afia ai ni leoleo tusia Ausage Fausia Ua taulimaina nei e le Ofisa a le Loia Sili a le malo le ripoti mai se su esu ega sa fa atautaia e le atagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Lautele, e tusa ai o le mataupu e pei ona tu uaia ai ni ali i leoleo se to alua, i lo la a afia lea i se vevesi na tula i mai i le Fale alapu o le Evalani i le lua vaiaso talu ai. I se fa atalatalanoaga a le Samoa News ma le afioga i le omesina o Leoleo ia William E. Halack i le vaiaso nei, sa ia fa amaonia mai ai le mae a o le latou suesuega sa faia, ma ua tu uina atu la latou ripoti i luga o le Ofisa o le Loia Sili mo sa latou fa aiuga. O ali i leoleo e to alua na a afia i lenei mataupu e aofia ai Det. Ioane Johnny Paselio ma le susuga ia Geoffrey Tagaloa. O le vevesi na tula i mai i le po o le aso 18 Oketopa 2014 i le fale kalapu o le Evalani, ina ua fautuaina e tagata faigaluega o le fale kalapu ali i leoleo e tuua loa le nofoaga ona ua tapuni le fale kalapu, ae na avea ma itu na le fiafia ai se tasi o ali i leoleo a o ofu savili i laua, ma tu uaia ai loa lona tu iina o le bouncer o le fale kalapu, ae ina ua taunu u atu i fafo o le fale kalapu, na tu uaia ai e ni isi o molimau le togi e le isi leoleo o se fagu ma ta e ai se fa amalama o le fale kalapu. Na taua e molimau sa i ai i le taimi na tula i mai ai le fa alavelave i le Samoa News, sa vaaia le matua ova o le onana o ali i leoleo na a afia, ae na matua fa ateia i latou ina ua leai se isi o i laua na taofia e leoleo i le po lea, e tusa ai o aga masani i so o se taimi e tali atu ai leoleo i ni vevesi e tutupu i so o se vaega o le atunu u, latou te taofia faapagota ai so o se tasi e tuuaia i le save u o le nonofo filemu o le atunuu, aemaise lava pe afai na a afia ai le ava malosi. E le i fa apena le mataupu fa asaga ia Paselio ma Tagaloa, e le i taofia faapagota i laua, ae na faia e le Ta ita i Uati le fa aiuga e fa ataga ai laua e fo i i o la aiga i le po na tula i mai ai le fa alavelave. Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News le omesina o Leoleo e fa amalamalama le mafua aga na le taofia ai e leoleo ia Paselio ma Tagaloa, na saunoa ai Haleck e fa apea, o le faaiuga e aua ne i taofia ali i leoleo e to alua na a afia i le fa alavelave, o le fa aiuga na faia e le Ta ita i Uati. Na toe fesiligia e le Samoa News ia Haleck pe na te lagolagoina le faaiuga sa faia e le Ta ita i Uati e aua ne i taofia ali i leoleo i le po na tula i mai ai le fa alavelave, ae na tali le komesina, e na o le Ta ita i Uati na te fa amaninoina le tulaga o lana fa aiuga sa faia i lea po, aua e pau i ona luga aafiaga o le faaiuga sa ia faia. Na taua foi e le omesina o Leoleo e fa apea, sa tatau lava fo i i le Ta ita i Uati ona ia fesiligia se fautuaga mai isi leoleo e maualuga atu ia te ia, aemaise lava pe afai o se mataupu e a afia ai ni leoleo, aua i lona talitonuga, na te le taliaina ituaiga amioga faapenei pe a fai e leoleo, aua o leoleo na faatautu e faamalosia le tulafono, ae le o le soli o le tulafono. O le tula i mai ai o lenei mataupu, na faia ai loa e le omesina se suiga i tiute tauave mo ali i leoleo e to alua na a afia, ina ia aua nei toe aofia laua i mataupu e fesootai ai ma le atunuu, peita i ina ua tula i mai le mataupu e fa atatau i le tama ita i talavou lea na taofia e leoleo i le vaiaso na te a nei, i lona umia fa asolitulafono lea o vaega o le pauta fa asaina o le aisa ma le fa amoemoe e tulei ma fa atau atu i ni isi tagata, na tofia ai loa le ali i leoleo su esu e ia Paselio na te ta ita ia le suesueina o lenei mataupu, ae na avea ma itu na fa asea ai ni isi o leoleo, i le tofia o Paselio e faauluulu i ai le suesueina o le mataupu tau i fualaau faasaina, ae o lo o to atele isi leoleo o lo o i ai le agava a latou te fa atinoina ai le galuega. Ae na taua e Haleck i le Samoa News i le vaiaso nei e fa apea, na mafua ona tofia Paselio e fa auluulu i ai le suesueina o le mataupu lenei, e le gata ua lava lona tomai i le suesueina o mataupu e faatatau i fualaau faasaina, ae ua tele foi tausaga o galue i le Vaega a le Vice and Narcotics a le Ofisa o Leoleo. O le ali i apeteni ia Peau Paulo Leuma lea sa fa auluulu i ai le vaega a le Vice and Narcotics a le Ofisa o Leoleo, ua tofia nei e fa auluulu i ai le Ofisa o Leoleo i Leone, e pei ona saunoa Haleck, ma tula i mai ai loa na o Paselio o lo o totoe i le vaega sa gafa ma le suesueina o fualaau faasaina. O le faafitauli i le vaega a le Vice and Narcotics e pei ona saunoa le alii komesina, o le le lava o leoleo e galulue e faatino le galuega, ae talu ona tuu atu le Vice and Narcotics i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le ID, ua to atele leoleo e mafai ona galulue e suesue ma faatino le galuega i so o se taimi e tula i mai ai se manaoga. O le faaiuga la pe molia ali i leoleo o lo o tu uaia na a afia i le vevesi e pei ona tula i mai i le Evalani, o le fa aiuga lena e tuuina mai e le Ofisa o le Loia Sili e pei ona saunoa le alii komesina o leoleo, pau le vaega a le ofisa o leoleo sa fai, o le faia lea o le suesuega ma ua mae a foi. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com

15 Le toe talia kapisi School Lunch ona o ai itulau 1 fa apenei i le lumana i, peita i na taua e ni isi o sui o le PTA a le aoga a Aua na valaau mai i le Samoa News e fa apea, e le moni lea fa aupuga e le toe tupu se isi fa aletonu i le lumana i, aua o le fa alua ai lea ona tula i mai fa aletonu fa apenei i totonu o le aoga, ae foliga mai o lea lava e manatu mama i ai le Ofisa o Aoga. Na taua e le tamaitai faatonusili o aoga i le fonotaga a le kovana ma le aufai fa atoaga sa faia i le vaiaso na te a nei, o lo o i ai pea lava ni isi o le aufai fa atoaga e le o manatu mamafa i le faatinoina o a latou tiute, e ala i le faamama lea o fua o fa aeleeleaga o lo o la u atu i le School Lunch, pau lava le mea o lo o naunau i ai latou o le tupe ia maua, ae le o manatu e fa ataua le soifua maloloina o fanau aoga. O le fa atamala ma le le fa amaoni i le fa atinoina o latou tiute na tofia i latou e faia, ina ia saogalemu taumafa mo fanau aoga, o ni isi ia o upu na fa aaoga e ni isi o matua mai le Aoga a Aua e fa amatala ai o latou lagona le fiafia, fa asaga i le fa afitauli lea na tula i mai i le aoga i le vaiaso nei, ina ua maua se anufe i totonu o le ipu meaai a se tasi o le fanau aoga. O le itu e laki ai, e le i aia e le fanau aoga e ana le ipu meaai le anufe, ae sa ia fa aaogaina se vaega o le ipu meaai, e lagona ai le fa anoanoa ona o lenei mataupu ua alia e mai, ma ua tula i mai ai le mau fesili, o Fai ivae ontinued from page 1 However, r. Salazar s complaint is without merit and does not provide an accurate account of the underlying circumstances. Suffice it to say that r. Salazar s claims are false, Fai ivae said yesterday. Further, the Office of ongressman Faleomavaega did not and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, or any other legally protected characteristic, nor does it retaliate against its employees. Fai ivae said the ongressman s office is being represented by legal counsel from the U.S. House of Representatives and the facts will show that these malicious allegations are baseless. The plaintiff is asking the court to be awarded, among other things, $300,000 in compensatory damages for extreme embarrassment, humiliation and mental anguish; and damages equal to the amount of wages and benefits Plaintiff would have earned had he not been terminated. (See yesterday s frontpage story in Samoa News for more details) According to federal court records, this case has been assigned to U.S. District ourt Judge Reggie B. Walton. ai la lea o lo o fa atamala i le fa atinoina o lana pito laau?, o le saunoaga lea a se tasi o matua e le i finagalo e fa ailoa lona suafa. E le i ofi gofie i finagalo o ni isi o sui o le PTA a Aua saunoaga a afioga i Fa atonusili e fa apea, o le sasi ua mafua ai le fa aletonu e pei ona maua ai le anufe i totonu o le ipu meaai. E leai se mea e ta u o le sasi, o le avaavau mai lea a le isi sui o le PTA i luga o le telefoni, O ai la e tua i ai le sasi pe ana faapea e fa aaoga e tamaiti le ipu meaai ma ai fa atasi atu ai ma le anufe, tula i mai ai loa lea o se fa aletonu, o ai la e tua i ai le ola o le tamaititi aoga e ma imau ona o fa atamala faapea i vaega laiti o le galuega. E talitonu isi matua mai Aua, e tu uaia uma lava le aufai fa atoaga, o le ofisa o fa atoaga, vaega o le School Lunch, aemaise lava i le aufai galuega o lo o kukaina taumafa mo fanau aoga i le fa afitauli lenei. Ana fa amaoni le aufaigaluega e fa atino a latou galuega e ala i le fufulu mama lea o kapisi, pe iloilo uma fo i le tino o le kapisi ina ia mautinoa ua leai ni manu po o ni anufe o pipi i ai, atonu e le tula i mai lenei fa aletonu, o le molimau lea a le isi matua e le i finagalo fo i e fa ailoa lona suafa. E le i nofo lelei i le finagalo o se tasi o sui o le aufai fa atoaga i le atunu u le fa aiuga ua faia e le Fa atonusili, e taofi ai le toe fa atauina atu o kapisi i le School Lunch. E leai se mea faapea e fa atamala le Ofisa o Fa atoaga ma le Ofisa o Aoga e fa atino a latou tiute tauave, ae pagatia ai fua le aufai fa atoaga, aua o le isi lea auala o lo o maua ai le tupe mo le aiga, o le kalisi le e la u atu i le School Lunch, o le saunoaga lea a se sui o le aufai fa atoaga. Fesoota i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 15 Lealao. Purcell TEUTEUGATA O LE FA AVAE I LE FA ALEAOGAINA O LE VITO PALOTAGA NOVEA 4 E lelei le motu o le pa, ae ua e iloa. Ia Novema 4, 2014, o le a maua ai e le au palota le avanoa e palota ai i le IOE po o le LEAI i le te uteuga o le Fa avae i le fa aleaogaina o le vito. O le fa amoemoe ia e silafia lelei lenei mataupu ae e te le i alo atu mo la u palota. O le a le vito? O le vito o le te ena lea e le ovana o se pili po o se tulafono taufa aofi na pasia e aota e lua o le Fono. O le a le fa aleaogaina o le vito? O le toe pasia o se pili e avea ma tulafono, ae o lena pili na muai vito e le ovana. I le taimi lenei e le mafai ona fa aleaogaina pe sopoia e aota e lua o le Fono le vito a le ovana, ma avea le a pili toe pasia ma tulafono, vagana ai ua ioe le ovana po o le Failautusi o le Initeria. O le a le fa amoemoe autu o le teuteuga o le Fa avae mo le fa aleaogaina o le vito? O le fa amoemoe o le teuteuga o le Fa avae i le fa aleaogaina o le vito, ia le toe auai le Failautusi o le Initeria i le fa aleaogaina o le vito, ae ia maua e aota e lua o le Fono le malosiaga e fausia ai tulafono ma mafai ona fa aleaogaina le vito a le ovana. O le matafaioi a le Fono i totonu o le U.S.A. o le fausia o tulafono. Ae peita i i Amerika Samoa, e le o maua e le Fono le malosi aga atoa e fai ai tulafono e pei o isi Fonofaitulafono i le U.S.A. : E mafai ona pasia se pili e le Fono i le fulisia o aota e lua (10 mai le 18 Senatoa, 11 mai le 20 Faipule o loo palota). A saini e le ovana lena pili ua avea loa ma tulafono. Ae afai e vito e le ovana lea pili e le avea ma tulafono se i vagana... Sitepu 1: E mafai ona fa aleaoga e le Fono le vito a le ovana i le toe pasia o lea pili i le palota fulisia 2/3 o Sui uma o aota e lua (12 pe sili atu mai le 18 Senatoa, 14 pe sili atu mai le 20 Faipule). Peita i e le avea lava lea pil i toe pasia ma tulafono... Sitepu 2: (Sitepu fa aopopo ua na o Amerika Samoa) : Afai e le fa amaonia e le ovana le pili lea na toe pasia e le 2/3 o le Fono, ona momoli lea i le Failautusi o le Initeria na te faia le fa ai uga pe fa aleaogaina le vito a le ovana ma avea lea pili ma tulafono pe leai. O le a le mata upu lea e te palota ai? O le a e palota pe faia se teuteuga o le Fa avae o Amerika Samoa e ave ese ai le Sitepu lona 2 ae tu uina atu i Sui o le Fono o loo filifilia e o tatou tagata le malosi aga e fa aleaogaina ai le vito a le ovana, ae le o le Failautusi o le Initeria. O le palota IOE : Ua teuteuina le fa aleaogaina o le vito, ma ave ese le Sitepu 2 lea e manaomia ona ave ai se pili na toe pasia i le 2/3 palota fulisia o le Fono i le Failautusi o le Initeria pe avea lena pili ma tulafono. O le a mau a e le Fono o loo filifilia e o tatou tagata, le malosiaga e fa aleaogaina ai le vito a le ovana ma avea loa ma tulafono se pili ua toe p asia i le 2/3 palota fulisia a le Fono. O le palota LEAI : Ua le teuteuina le fa aleaogaina o le vito, ae tumau pea i le Failautusi o le Initeria e le o fil ifilia e o tatou tagata, le malosi aga e fa aleaoga ai le vito a le ovana ma ia faia le faaiuga pe avea ma tulafono se pili ua toe pasia i le 2/3 palota fulisa a le Fono. E manaomia e isi setete, teritori ma le alo Tele ona faamaonia e le Failautusi o le Initeria le fa aleaogaina o le vito a se ovana poo le Peresetene? E leai. E na o le Fono a Amerika Samoa le Fono i totonu o le U.S.A. e manaomia ona ave i le Failautusi o le Initeria se pili toe pasia e le Fono e na te faamaonia pe avea ma tulafono ma fai a sana faaiuga pe fa aleaogaina le vito. Afai e pasia lenei teuteuga o le Fa avae, e suia ai le so otaga fa afaigamalo a Amerika Samoa ma le U.S.A.? Leai. E tumau pea Amerika Samoa o le teritori o le U.S.A. ma e le suia ai le sootaga faafaigamalo a Amerika Samoa ma le U.S.A. o nisi fa amatalaga fa afeso otai i mai i le telefoni po o o le imeli: vetooverride2014@gmail.com omiti Fa amatala o le Teuteuga o le Fa avae i le Fa aleaogaina o le Vito [ata: AF]

16 Page 16 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 PUTTING AERIAN SAOA FIRST hief of Staff, Paramount hief A.U. Fuimaono, American Samoa s first elected Representative to Washington, ABOUT FALEOAVAEGA ember of ongress: 1989 to Present Ranking ember, House Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific ember, House ommittee on Foreign Affairs ember, House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere ember, House ommittee on Natural Resources ember, House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, & Insular Affairs ember, House Subcommittee on Indian & Alaska Native Affairs Other Work Experience Lt. Governor, American Samoa, Deputy Attorney General, Staff ounsel to the late ongressman Phillip Burton, then chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks and Insular Affairs Educational Background aster of Law degree, University of alifornia at Berkeley Juris Doctor degree, University of Houston Law School BA degree in Political Science and History, Brigham oung University at Provo, Utah AA degree, Brigham oung University at Laie, Hawaii ilitary Background U.S. Army, a Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army Reserve, aptain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General s orps A former member of the 100 Battalion, 442 Infantry Reserve Unit, Honolulu, Hawaii As an experienced and proven leader committed to putting people of American Samoa first, Faleomavaega has continued to focus on improving the quality of life for American Samoa. In a time of unprecedented budget cuts, Faleomavaega has been able to keep in place $23 million per year in federal funding for the operations of the American Samoa Government which, to this day, continues to be the only local government in the U.S. that receives this kind of federal aid. ASG also receives about $10 million per year for apital Improvement Projects that help the American Samoa Government for development and infrastructure. As a matter of record, between F2009 and F2012, American Samoa received close to $1.5 billion in federal funds. These are a few examples of the many accomplishments and achievements that have been made possible by Faleomavaega s service and leadership. RE-ELET FALEOAVAEGA ON NOVEBER 4 This ad is paid for by the ommittee to Re-Elect Eni Faleomavaega for ongress

17 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 17 T ALA mai brought to you by SAOA tanoa tusitala hotel, apia, samoa Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions AU TAALO A SAOA OSOOI Na iloga ona silamio le au taaalo volipolo faapea le au maimoa i Amerika Samoa i le vaiaso na te a nei, i le maoa e o le taumafai a alo ma fanau mai Samoa nei sa tausinio ai i le Liki Volipolo o le osooi o lenei tausaga. E lua au na tuufaatasia e le Asosi Volipolo a Samoa ma na toe malolo lava le au a alii i lalo o le 19 tausaga i le sailiga siamupini ma le au malosi o le Tafuna izuno, ae sola mai le au a tamaitai i le vaega e le faatapulaaina ni tausaga po o le Open Division ma le ipu, ina ua manumalo i le au a le DGI i le sailiga siamupini. Na maua e le au a tama i lalo o le 19 tausaga le talita o le tulaga lua ma le faailoga tupe e $400 tala Amerika, ae suipi le au a tamaitai i le ipu o le siamupini ma le faailoga tupe e $800 Amerika. I le Liki irikiti Faasamoa o le osooi, e lei manuia le taumafaiga a le au kirikiti a le Ainiu Sami mo le siamupini, ae na latou maua le tulaga tolu ina ua manumalo i le ao o le Papaseugogo mai le afioaga o Nua ma Seetaga. Na siamupini le au a le osiula mai le afioaga o asefau ina ua manumalo i le au a Tama o le uaau mai Faleniu. Na faaalia e le taitai komiti o le liki, le susuga Sooamaalii Sani Lefaoseu e faapea, o lo o fuafua le latou komiti e valaaulia atu le siamupini o le Liki irikiti o le Teuila o lenei tausaga, le au o le Tanifa o le Vao mai Sili i Savaii ma se isi au mai Upolu, i le liki o le tausaga fou. BGAS proud to be part of LIGHTS ON Afterschool Programs FESOASOANI IAPANI AOGA SALELOLOGA O le vaiaso nei sa sainia ai le feagaiga ma le Amepasa o Iapani, le susuga Shibuta i le Ofisa o Iapani e ala i le latou fesoasoani e $ 220,000 mo le toe faaleleia o le faleaoga Tulaga Lua a le afioga o Salelologa, ma sa auai atu uma i ai le komiti, le afioga i le peresetene o atamua Eti faapea le afioga i le tamaitai pule o le aoga a Salelologa o Anapogi Fiu, mo le tauaaoina mai o lea meaalofa taua. O lenei talosaga sa taulamua ai le failautusi o le komiti le fetalaiga ia Pipi Ioane Va atausili o ia foi o le pule o le Faletupe o le National Bank of Samoa i Salafai, ae sa lagolago i ai nisi o sui o le nuu pei o le fetalaiga ia atamua Alapati ma sui o le komiti. O le agaga maualuga ia lelei potu aoga mo le aoaoaina o alo ma fanau a Salelologa i le lumana i. FAASOLO ANUIA SE TAAITAI SA AAFIA I FAIGAAIGA FAAALOSI Ua matauina le faasolosolo lelei o le tulaga ua i ai le soifua ma le mafaufau o se tamaitai talavou sa taumafai e pule i lona ola ma o lo o i lalo nei o le vaavaaiga a le Toomaga mo e Puapuagatia, e pei ona faaalia mai e le tamaitai pule, le susuga Lina hang. O lea tamaitai e 19 tausaga na faiaiga faamalosi i ai se alii mai lo latou afioaga, ma sa ia pueina ni ata o ia faia ni uiga mataga ia te ia. O lea alii e 27 tausaga ua faasalaina nei e le Faamasinoga i le 11 tausaga i le falepuipui ina ua faamaonia moliaga o le faiaiga faamalosi, o le faamata u o se tagata e faailoa ni mea faatatau i lea tagata ma lona pueina o ata mataga o se isi e aunoa ma se faatagaga po o se maliega. O ia ata mataga sa faasalalau faalauaitele e lea alii i luga o upega tafailagi lea sa suesueina ai loa e leoleo. Na faailoa mai Lina hang, e ui ua tele le suiga i le amio ma le mafaufau o lea tamaitai, ae e tele lava tulaga moomia e ao ona faia e ala i faatalatalanoaga ina ia faamausali a ii lona mafaufau, o lo o i ai lava le faamoemoe e mafai ai ona soifua e aunoa ma le popole i le faasinosinolima o tagata. SOIFUA ALOLOINA E LEAI SE EBOLA I SAOA Ua teena malosi e le minisita o le Soifua aloloina, le afioga Tuitama Leao Dr. Talalelei Tuitama, ia lipoti e faapea o lo o i ai se tagata e toatasi i Samoa ua pesia i le faamai oti o le Ebola. E pei ona lipotia mai e le au tusitala faavaomalo, ua faitau afe tagata i atunuu i sauté i sisifo o le konetintea o Aferika ua pesia ma maliliu i lea faamai. O se alii leoleo Samoa sa auai i vaegaau mo le tausia o le filemu a alo Aufaatasi i se tasi o ia atunuu ua toe taliu ma ii Samoa, ma o lo o masalomia ua pesia o ia i le siama o lea faamai. Peitai on lo o teena malosi e le atagaluega o Leoleo lea tulaga. I se faatalanoaga ma le faatonu aoao o le atagaluega o le Soifua aloloina, le susuga Leausa Toleafoa Dr. Take Naseri, na ia faaalia ai e faapea, o lo o mataituina ma le toto a e le matagaluega ia uafu ma malae vaalele aua i latou e ulufale mai i le atunuu pe le o pesia i lea faamai. Fai mai a ia, ua saunia se potu faapitoa e tuu ai i latou e masalomia ua maua i lea faamai ma o le a auina ane i latou i le falemai i Faleolo mo suesuega. BGAS joined more than one million Americans participating in efforts to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs in our communities and throughout the nation. [courtesy photo] (Based on Press Release) The Boys & Girls lubs of American Samoa (BGAS) is proud again to have taken part in the LIGHTS ON Afterschool Programs event on Oct. 23, with an Open House and anned Goods Drive community service project. This national program is organized and promoted by the Afterschool Alliance Organization in partnership with the National Boys & Girls lubs of America. BGAS joined more than one million Americans participating in efforts to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs. Afterschool programs continue to keep kids safe, help working families and inspire leaning. They provide opportunities to help young people develop into successful adults. In line with the Lights On Afterschool Programs event the BGAS organized its second annual Hope House Fatu o Aiga anned Goods Drive. BGAS members, parents, families, management and staff last year collected 280 canned goods. This year, the hugely successful project yielded 400 plus canned goods to support Hope House. At a ceremony held Thursday at the BGAS lubhouse, Sister Faustina Stowers and nurse Fane Ofa received the gifts on behalf of Hope House. On behalf of the Board of the Directors, membership and parents chairman and chief volunteer officer, rs. ary A.T. Tulafono together with management made the presentation.

18 Page 18 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Spacecraft for tourists breaks up on test flight OJAVE, alif. (AP) A winged spaceship designed to take tourists on excursions beyond Earth s atmosphere broke up during a test flight Friday over the ojave Desert, killing a pilot in the second fiery setback for commercial space travel in less than a week. Virgin Galactic s SpaceShipTwo blew apart after being released from a carrier aircraft at high altitude, said en Brown, a photographer who witnessed the accident. One pilot was found dead inside the spacecraft and another parachuted out and was flown by helicopter to a hospital, ern ounty Sheriff Donny oungblood said. The crash area was about 120 miles north of downtown Los Angeles and 20 miles from the ojave Air and Space Port, where the mid-morning flight originated. British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, has been the front-runner in the fledgling race to give large numbers of paying civilians a suborbital ride that would let them experience weightlessness and see the Earth from the edge of space. Branson was expected to arrive in ojave on Saturday, as were investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board. Branson released a statement Friday night saying it was among the most difficult trips I have ever had to make but that he wants to be with the dedicated and hardworking people who are now in shock at this devastating loss. American Samoa Government TERRITORIAL ADINISTRATION ON AGING (T.A.O.A.) FA ASILASILAGA TAUA NEWS IN BRIEF three girls trickor-treating killed in hit-and-run SANTA ANA (AP) Three teenage girls trick-ortreating in costume were hit and killed in a Halloween Drivers scramble for flying cash on d. highway URBANA, d. (AP) Drivers scrambled to grab money flying around a aryland highway after an armored Embattled Ferguson chief criticizes Holder remarks FERGUSON, o. (AP) The embattled police chief of the suburban St. Louis town where a white officer s fatal hit-and-run collision while truck s door burst open. shooting of a black 18-year-old walking at a Southern alifornia aryland State Police say a remains under investigation has intersection Friday lock on the truck seems to have criticized Attorney General Eric night, authorities said. malfunctioned, causing the Holder s recent call for wholesale The girls were in a crosswalk door to open Friday morning. change in the department. near an elementary school A bag of cash fell onto Inter- Ferguson chief Tom in Santa Ana when the vehicle with two men inside hit them about 6:45 p.m., police and fire state 270 near Urbana and the bills flew in the air. Police say a number of drivers stopped on Jackson tells the St. Louis Post- Dispatch that Holder s comments in Washington this week officials said. the interstate and grabbed what were irresponsible while The girls, whose names were not immediately clear, ranged in ages from 13 to 15, Orange ounty fire apt. Steve oncialdi said. Two of them were declared dead immediately, and a third died as paramedics prepared to take her to a hospital, oncialdi said. The suspects fled. Police had no immediate description of the vehicle or suspect. cash they could before a fire department vehicle arrived and turned on its emergency lights. Responding troopers were able to help the truck s driver recover about $200. It s not known how much cash was lost. Police urge the drivers who took the cash to return it to the state police barracks in Frederick, or else face charges of theft if they re found. federal investigations into both ichael Brown s Aug. 9 death and the broader Ferguson police operations are still going on. A St. Louis ounty grand jury considering whether to bring criminal charges against Ferguson officer Darren Wilson. Jackson said he is lowhanging fruit after a series of published reports suggesting he was being forced to step down to soothe department critics. The chief said he has no plans to resign. the Grim Reaper attacks woman in alifornia home VISTA, alif. (AP) A San Diego ounty woman has been attacked and stabbed in her home by an intruder dressed as the Grim Reaper on Halloween. U-T San Diego says a woman in Vista told sheriff s deputies that she was blow-drying her hair in the bathroom of her town house shortly before 2 a.m. Friday when someone dressed like the Reaper stabbed her several times and fled. Sheriff s Sgt. Nick aryn says the woman was treated for a scratch to her scalp and injuries to her upper body and back. It s unclear how the intruder got into the home. Deputies used dogs to search the area but couldn t find the attacker. federal No-fly list challenge survives state-secrets claim ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) A judge has rejected the federal government s effort to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list on the grounds that the lawsuit would expose state secrets. In a ruling issued Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Judge Anthony Trenga said that while he might allow certain evidence to be kept out of trial, he would not shut down the entire lawsuit. The government argued that the entire lawsuit needs to be tossed, but Trenga said he reviewed the documents in question and remains unconvinced that the lawsuit will necessarily expose state secrets. He said remedies can be fashioned that leave the lawsuit intact. Gulet ohamed of Alexandria filed the lawsuit in 2011 after his apparent placement on the no-fly list left him detained by uwaiti authorities. Ona o palotaga a le Atunu u ua fa atulagaina i le Aso Lua, Novema 4, 2014, ma o le a fa aaogaina ai nisi o aota o Ekalesia o lo o fa aaogaina i le vaitaimi nei e tufatufa ai taumafa vevela a Tama ma Tina matutua, o le mea lea o le a taofia ai taumafa vevela mo le Aso Lua, Novema 4, ae o le fa aauauina i le Aso Lulu, Novema 5 ma le Aso Tofi, Novema 6. Aso Lua Novema 11, 2014, o le aso malolo a Fitafita Tuai (Veterans Day Holiday), o le a le tufatufaina ai taumafa vevela i lena fo i Aso ae o le a fa aauauina i le Aso Lulu Novema 12, ma le Aso Tofi, Novema 13. O le a toe fo i le tatou polokalama e pei ona masani ai i le vaiaso e soso o a i i le Aso Lua, Aso Lulu, ma Aso Tofi. a le fa aaloalo lava, IPORTANT NOTIE Due to the Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, some of the hurch Halls will be utilized as Polling Stations; therefore, we would like to inform all Senior itizens that are registered for the ongregated Hot eal and Home Delivery eal Program, that we will not be serving any meals on Tuesday, November 4, Instead, Hot eals will be served on Wednesday, November 5, and Thursday, November 6. Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Veterans Day Holiday, we will not be serving hot meals during any holidays, but we will continue on Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13. Then the following week, we will be serving our regular scheduled days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). HT Ale Tifimalae Ale Director, TAOA (ontinued on page 20)

19 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Page 19 ROSIE FUALA AU TAGO LANASTER FA ATAUA LE TUANA I, AE FAUSIA LE LUANA I Education : aster of Public Administration candidate (PA), Golden Gate University, A BA (Public Administration), Golden Gate University, A BBA (Business Administration), Hawaii Pacific University Diploma, Advanced ommissioned Warrant Officers Training, U.S. Army Diploma, ilitary Personnel/Human Resources Training, U.S. Army AS (anagement Leadership), Hawaii Pacific University, HI Diploma, Samoana Accelerated High School, Utulei, AS Diploma, Fia Iloa Junior High, Utulei, AS Diploma, anulele Tausala-Nu uuli onsolidated Elementary, Nu uuli, AS Experience: Veterans Affairs-Student Employment oordinator, American Samoa ommunity ollege (2001-Present) Registrar, AS ( ) ilitary Personnel Officer, Director, anager, Supervisor, lerk ( ) ommunity Resident of Nu uuli/leone Fuala au Iose Tago~Samoana Accelerated H.S. 74 Fia Iloa Junior High Nu uuli onsolidated-anulele Tausala (Lady Bird Johnson) Elementary 17 yr. AS Staff ember (1997-Present) United States Army Active Duty Veterans Affairs oordinator/ertifying Official 40 yr. Personnel anagement & Human Resources Professional ambridge Registry of Who s Who of Executives, Professionals & Entrepreneurs Veternas Affairs Pacific Islands Health are System (VA-PIHS) Advisory Board ember Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 3391 Board ember (Treasurer) Armed Forces-Veterans War emorial ommittee AS Faculty ember AS Registrar Business & Professional Women (BPW) ember, Former Officer Tafuna H.S. PTA, Former Officer Assembly of God hristian Life enter & Word of Life ommunities Wife, other and Grandmother Honor the Past, Build for the Future The Vision: hampion the cause of our people in ongress, by offering my professional skills and experience as an honored ilitary Officer & Human Resources specialist, toward the successful completion of multiple missions that provide tautua mo tagata lautele. ompassion 40-year Dedicated Public Servant 23 yrs. US Army Active Duty-Armed Forces ( ) ~ Director, Personnel Officer, anager, Supervisor, lerk 17 yrs. American Samoa ommunity ollege (1997-Present) ~ Administrator, Faculty, Registrar, lerk For the past 17 years. I have been sharing with you the joys, disappointments, and sorrows of everyday life in American Samoa. I know your problems because they ve been my problems. I know from experience the problems we face as a people and a territory. I have lived and worked among the people in American Samoa since returning home. I have raised children in the educational system, been dependent upon available healthcare and watched the great talent pool of young adults go untapped. As a retired veteran, I have experienced firsthand, the chasm of what should be and what is. With all due respect to our leaders, past and present, I am running for the office of ongressional Delegate in order to FOUS the POWER of the office ongressional Delegate on what American Samoa NEEDS to secure her future. The state of the economy dictates that action must be taken to ensure that the territory in included in all currently running programs directed at our greatest needs, healthcare, education, environment, immigration and veterans. VOTE Rosie Fuala au Tago Lancaster Honor the Past, Build for the Future X Paid for by the itizens to Elect Rosie4ongress~P.O. Box 1322 Asofitu, Nu uuli, American Samoa Rosie Fuala au Tago Lancaster ongressional andidate~nov 4, 2014

20 Page 20 samoa news, Saturday, November 1, 2014 NEWS IN BRIEF ontinued from page 18 All the way from Auckland, NZ, the Andrew Faleatua Quintet, pictured here after a special performance on Friday at AS, will be part of the Samoana Jazz & Art Festival taking place this weekend. (Photo: J. neubuhl) E te fia Poka? Toleafoa Haserota Auvaa O LE EA ALOFA O le tolu o tausaga o la u tama o Sakalia, na alu atu ai lona grandmother ma lana mea alofa, ua nofo nei le tama o Sakalia ma tatala, ma e vaai atu i totonu o le faga vai. Ae vaai i le e e i luga o le gutu ma tamoe solo i totonu o le fale ma fai mai ia te au, E te manatua foi ua ou fiu e viga e faatau sa u faga, i lou ita i ai aua o oe e te fefevale tele i le nei mea e tau o le faga, e ea?. E lei umi ae faalogo mai le tina o le tamaloa o Simi, ua patu atu le tama fai faga vai, fai atu loa ma le fafine, Ou te tamoe lava e vaitaimi lena ona o la e ata mai i le fiafia mai lou tama, ao le taimi le nei, e leai a ma se isi ou te fefefe i ai i totonu o lou fale. Sa tagi loa le tamaitiiti o Sakalia, E sau afea Daddy. E le koe sau, o la ua o ma lou Baby sitter, kuu laia o lou guku!!!!. O LE EA LENA NA AFUA AI ONA A PISA Na ma o ma lou toalua i le reunion a le latou aoga, na ona ma taunuu lava nonofo loa i le laulau, sau loa le isi tamaloa fesili mai loa i lou toalua, Lisa, o i Lisa, o e manatua au?. na ou fesili atu loa i lou toalua, E te iloaina le la tamaloa?. Ae fai mai la u teine, Ah.o la u uo tama muamua. o u fai atu loa i ai, Sole a o le a le mea ua tupu ai?. E le i toe tuua lava lona inu pia lena talu mai ona ma leaga. Ou fai atu loa i ai, Oi o lena e le i uma lava lona fiafia talu ona lua le toe feiloa i. O IINA NA AATA AI LOA ONA A PISA. Na ma o i le faleaiga e aai ai, na ma taunuu loa sau loa le teine o le faleaiga, fai loa la u oka muamua, Ou te mana o i sau steak, e medium rare faamolemole. O le fesili mai o le teine fai oka, E a e te le mana o i se mad cow? ae ou fai atu, E iloa ea e lea teine fai se oka?. O IINA NA AATA AI LOA ONA A PISA. 2 arrested as people flock to lava PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) Two Hawaii residents have been arrested for trespassing to see lava, police said Friday amid growing interest from people eager to witness the slow-moving flow. Hawaii ounty police said officers saw a man and a woman on county property Thursday taking photos within 5 feet of the lava in the small town of Pahoa. The 65-year-old woman and 59-year-old man had two golf clubs that had been dipped in lava, which had hardened on the clubs, police said. They crossed private property to get to the spot where they watched the lava. Hawaii ounty ivil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira said the county is restricting the public s access to the lava flow to keep people safe. It s unfortunate. We would hope we wouldn t have to take steps to enforce the rules, Oliveira told reporters. He said the lava is currently in people s backyards. The county may be able to enable public viewing if and when it enters public land, he said. But authorities need to be able to manage the situation. In 1990, when lava poured into alapana on the Big Island s southern coast, parked cars lined the roads and people crowded in to watch. Tourists and Big Island residents have been streaming into Pahoa for a glimpse of the lava since the flow edged closer to the town s main road. The influx of people has been giving restaurants extra business. Glen Bousquet, a tree trimmer from the nearby community of Nanawale, said he hiked to the flow multiple times since the weekend and trespassed to do so. He followed the glow through 6-foot-tall grass, he said. It s so interesting to see nature unfolding. It s like a once in a lifetime chance to actually see it up close and personal without having to wait for it to be on TV, he said. ou kind of get the real deal. Though he trespassed, he said he did so with the utmost respect and didn t break any fences or otherwise harm anyone s property. But he said won t go back because he doesn t want to get arrested. Josiah Hunt, of the coastal town of apoho, said he hiked to see the lava before it crossed Apaa Street, a country road on the edge of Pahoa last week. He wanted a look because the molten rock was affecting life in the town and the larger surrounding community of about 10,000 people. Somehow it helped me to come to grips. and feel a sense of closure, to some degree, he said. It helps put an image to it in your mind s eye. He doesn t think now is a good time to gather to see the lava because it s threatening homes. N worker suspended for using robotic voice NEW OR (AP) If some workplace problems happen because employees are only human, one New ork ity government worker got in trouble for virtually the opposite. He was suspended for 20 days without pay partly for answering an information-technology help line in a robotic voice. The city ivil Service ommission upheld the suspension this month. An administrative law judge s report says the Health Department worker told callers you have reached the help desk in an over-enunciated monotone. allers complained and one even hung up, later saying she needed to speak to a human. The worker said at a hearing he was following a callanswering script and articulating carefully because his Brooklyn accent can be difficult to understand. The judge called him a disgruntled employee acting out. His lawyer called the suspension exceedingly harsh. FBI raids alexico police headquarters ALEXIO, alif. (AP) The FBI seized computer hard drives and documents from alexico Police Department headquarters in what it said Friday was a criminal investigation involving several officers. The allegations involve officers suspected of committing crimes while on duty, said FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth, who wouldn t be more specific. Thursday s raid came less than three weeks after Pompeyo Tabarez was fired as police chief in the border city of 40,000 people about 120 miles east of San Diego. The city gave no explanation for the firing at the time. Interim Police hief ichael Bostic, who retired as an assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in 2007 after 34 years, said Thursday that several officers have been suspended. I ve come from an agency that s dealt with corruption several times, and it s always a few that make us all look bad, he said. If there are a few, we will weed them out, but we don t know. Interim ity anager Richard Warne said he hoped to transform the Police Department. 88-year-old issouri man charged with killing wife OLUBIA, o. (AP) Police say an 88-year-old central issouri man accused of fatally stabbing his 86-year-old wife told investigators he didn t want the couple to be a burden on their family. The olumbia Daily Tribune reports Donald arvin Rowland was charged Friday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The Boone ounty prosecutor requested cash-only bond of $1 million, but it wasn t clear if Rowland was jailed. ourt records didn t list a lawyer. olumbia police were called Friday afternoon to the couple s home after an adult daughter reported finding them in their bed. Police said in a probable-cause statement that the wife, Betty Rowland, was stabbed in the chest and Donald Rowland had what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries. A neighbor told the newspaper that Betty Rowland had recently had a stroke. Police seeking mother of boys wandering Long Beach LONG BEAH, alif. (AP) Police say they have identified the mother of two toddlers found wandering a Long Beach street and they are concerned about her well-being. A Police Department statement Friday says relatives who recognized the boys from news reports Thursday night identified the mother as 23-year-old Shenae Irene Dixon. Investigators are hoping for information from anyone who knows her whereabouts or who has seen her. A witness reported the boys to police at 8:45 a.m. Thursday at Atlantic Avenue and 60th Street. Police couldn t find a parent or guardian in the area so they released photos of the boys. One is about a year old and was wearing a T-shirt and diaper. The other is about 2 years old and was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sandals. edicare paid for meds after patients were dead WASHINGTON (AP) all it drugs for the departed: A quirky bureaucratic rule led edicare s prescription drug program to pay for costly medications even after the patients were dead. That head-scratching policy is now getting a second look. A report released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department s inspector general said the edicare rule allows payment for prescriptions filled up to 32 days after a patient s death at odds with the program s basic principles, not to mention common sense. Drugs for deceased beneficiaries are clearly not medically indicated, which is a requirement for (edicare) coverage, the IG report said. It urged immediate changes to eliminate or restrict the payment policy. edicare said it s working on a fix. Investigators examined claims from 2012 for a tiny sliver of edicare drugs medications to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and then cross-referenced them with death records. They found that the program paid for drugs for 158 beneficiaries after they were already dead. The cost to taxpayers: $292,381, an average of $1,850 for each beneficiary. edicare s current practices allowed most of these payments to occur, said the report. It underscored that the problem extends beyond HIV drugs. (ontinued on page 22)

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