A O FEA O I AI LE TAUSALA A AM. SAMOA?

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1 Californian boy, 9, is the youngest to reach Aconcagua summit 4 Fa afotutupu le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane 2 The good, bad and weird of the 2013 NFL season B1 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Saturday, December 28, 2013 $1.00 C Y C Y M K M K Le alo o le tama ita i o le afioga Satele Galu Satele ia Salamasina (ogatotonu) i le taimi na ia paluina ai le ava o le feiloaiga i le aso Lua na te a nei, e faafeiloaia ai e le malo le taunuu mai o au taaalo mai Hawaii, Kalefonia ma Utah, lea o lo o malaga mai e auai i le taamilosaga lona 11 a le Samoa Bowl e pei ona faagasolo ai i lenei vaiaso. [ata: AF] Tomumu le isi vaega ina ua faaitiitia tupe o Food Stamp E SILI LE FAAITIITIA O PENEFITI NAI LO LE FAI MAI UA UMA tusia Ausage Fausia E ui e toatele ni isi o le atunuu ua latou faaalia i le Samoa News lo latou faasea ona o le faaiuga ua faia e faaitiitia ai tupe mo a latou Food Stamp o lo o maua i masina taitasi, peitai na faaalia e le Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Auaunaga ma Tautua Lautele a le malo (DHSS), e leai se isi gaioiga e mafai e lona Ofisa ona faia ina ia taofia ai le tupe ua faaitiitia, ona e pule mai lava le malo tele i le faatautaiga o le polokalame. Na taua e ni isi o tama ma tina matutua na valaau mai i le Samoa News e faapea, afai sa mafai e le alii kovana ma le faigamalo ona fesoasoani e faaopoopo tupe i pepa ai (food voucher) a tagata matutua i le Ofisa o le TAOA, aisea fo i la ua le mafai ai ona maua se fesoasoani mo lenei faafitauli. Fai mai fo i e faamuamua tagata a o lenei ua leai se fesoasoani e maua mo le atunuu ma latou food stamp, o le tomumu lea a le isi tama matua e le i finagalo e faailoa lona suafa i luga o le Samoa News. Na taua e le isi tootoo i le Samoa News e faapea, e foliga mai e le o finau le malo o Amerika Samoa e saili se isi auala e faatumua ai pea faamanuiaga tau tupe nei mo tagata matutua ma tagata mama i, ae soo se taimi lava e fai mai ai le malo tele o le a faaitiitia tupe o le polokalame, e talia lava e le malo e aunoa ma se toe talosaga atu i ai. Na taua e le tofa a Taeaoafua Dr. Meki Solomona i le Samoa News ananafi e faapea, e tatau ona silafia e le atunuu, o le polokalame lenei e 100% o lo o faatupe mai e le malo feterale, lona uiga foi e leai lava se isi gaioiga e mafai e le malo o Amerika Samoa po o lana matagaluega ona toe fai i ai ina ia suia ai faaiuga ua aumai e le malo feterale. E leai lava sa tatou faaiuga e mafai ona fai ai ai, o le faaiuga lava e aumai i fafo o le faaiuga lava lena tatou te mulimuli ma usita i i ai, o le saunoaga lea a Taeaoafua. Aisea tatou te le faafetai ai i le Atua ona o lea o lo o maua pea lenei polokalame e fesoaosani ai i nai o tatou aiga, ae silia i fo i i lo lena, tatou faafetai i le Atua o lea e faaitiitia le polokalame ae le o faapea mai le malo tele e faauma loa ua le toe i ai se tatou, o le saunoaga lea a Taeaoafua. (Faaauau itulau 14) Buckle up & CRASHES 945 LOCAL HIGHWAYS Save a Life! 2 LOCAL HIGHWAYS to date to date A O FEA O I AI LE TAUSALA A AM. SAMOA? tusia Ausage Fausia O le tofia ai o le alo tama ita i o le afioga a Satele Galu Satele na te paluina le ava, i le taimi na faafeiloaia ai e le malo o Amerika Samoa le toai taunuu mai o au taaalo mai Hawaii, Kalefonia ma Utah i le aso Lua na te a nei, ua fesiligia ai e le toatele o le atunuu le mafuaaga ua ala ai ona le tofia le Tausala a Amerika Samoa na te faatinoina lea matafaioi, ae ua tuu solo i isi tama ita i o le atunuu. O le alo tamaitai o le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa ia Jenna Salamasina Satele na gafa ma le paluina o le ava i le aso Lua na te a nei, e faafeiloaia ai le taunuu mai o au taaalo mai fafo mo le Samoa Bowl, lea sa faia i le Fale Samoa i le malae o le Su igaula a le Atuvasa. Na taua e le toatele o le atunuu na valaau mai i le Samoa News e faapea, e le afaina le filifilia o le alo tamaitai o le afioga i le Alo o Salamasina na te faatinoina le galuega, pe ana faapea e le o nofoia le nofoa o le Tausala a Amerika Samoa, ae talu ai o lo o i ai le ua faapaleina e avea ma Tausala o le atunuu, e talitonu la i latou, o le matafaioi tonu lena a le Tausala a Amerika Samoa e tatau ona fai i soo se faagaioiga a le malo na mafua ai ona faapale o ia e avea ma Tausala o le atunuu. Na faamanino e le Faatonusili o le Ofisa o Faatoaga ia Leala M. Purcell, o ia fo i o se totino o le Komiti o le Samoa Bowl i le Samoa News e faapea, e le o le Komiti a le Samoa Bowl e tatau ona tuuaia e le atunuu i le mataupu lenei, ona o le polokalame mo le paluina o le ava sa tuuina atu lea i le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa. Na pau le matou vaega na fai o le talosagaina lea o le afioga Satele ma le latou ofisa, ina ia fesoasoani mai ia te i matou i le paluina o le ava, ina ia mafai ai ona vaavaai fanau aoga o lo o malaga mai i au taaalo mai fafo i le auala e faatino ai le ava pe a feiloa i Samoa, e le o se faaletonu la o le Komiti a le Samoa Bowl ae tatau ona fesiligia le afioga Satele, o le saunoaga lea a Lealao i le Samoa News. E le i manuia taumafaiga a le Samoa News i le sailiina lea o se finagalo o le afioga Satele e uiga i lenei mataupu. Ina ua vili atu i lana telefoni feavea i ananafi, ae na faailoa mai e lona faletua o Satele o lo o faigaluega ae ua galo lana telefoni i le fale, ae ina ua faafesoota i atu lona Ofisa ananafi, sa faailoa mai e lana failautusi, o Satele o lo o fai lana fono ae mafai ona toe valaau mai i se taimi o le aoauli. E lomia lava lenei ripoti e le i toe fesootai mai le afioga Satele e tusa ai o le saunoaga a lana failautusi, sa taumafai fo i le Samoa News e vili lana telefoni feavea i i le aoauli ananafi ae leai se isi na taliina mai le telefoni. Na taua e se tasi o tina i le Samoa News e faapea, na tupu muamua fo i le faaletonu lenei i tausaga ua mavae a o avea le tama ita i o Skyline Nua ma Tausala o Amerika Samoa, ina ua aami e se tasi o sui o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa lona afafine e palu le ava i se feiloaiga a le malo sa faia, ae o lo o nofo le Tausala o Amerika Samoa o lana matafaioi tonu lea e tatau ona fai. Na toe tupu fo i i le tausaga na te a nei ina ua aami e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa le isi tamaita i na te paluina le ava i se sauniga a le malo sa faia ae nofonofo lava le tatou Tausala o Amerika Samoa e le valaauliaina, ma ua tula i mai ai se fesili i lo u mafaufau, o fea o i ai le Tausala o Amerika Samoa ua mafua ai ona aami solo mai nei tamaitai latou te paluina le ava, (Faaauau itulau 15) FATALITIES office of highway safety

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WINDSHIELD IN STOCK $ Hundreds of RADIATOR IN STOCK We carry Genuine Aftermarket and Used Parts All PPG Paints 10% OFF Auto Nation in Nu uuli next to Talofa Video O se va aiga i Fa afeagaiga Taulagi uma i le afio aga o Fagatogo i so o se fata faitaulaga ua fa ae e o latou a ao i luga o le Fa anofonofo le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane ma le faletua o Talita i le sauniga sa fa atautaia i le Malumalu Ki o le Malo o le Lagi EFKAS i Fagatogo lava i le aso Tofi 27 Tesema 2013, na te a nei. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] Fa afotutupu le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane tusia: Leua Aiono Frost O le aso 27 Tesema 2013 na fa atumulia ai le Malae o le Talu i le to atele o i latou sa molimauina le fa apa iaga o le fa anofonofo le afioga le Toeali i Mailo Ioane ma le faletua o Talita i le sauniga mamalu sa fa atautaia lea i le Malumalu Ekalesia Kerisiano i Amerika Samoa, Fagatogo lava i le itula e 3:00 i le afiafi. O le susuga le Fa afeagaiga taulagi i le afio aga, Rev. Iasepi Ulu sa ia ta ita ia lea sauniga mamalu, peita i, ina ua o o i le taimi o le fa apa iaga o le fa anofonofo ma le faletua, sa ia vala auina le pa ia lasilasi o ositaulaga uma sa latou fa atasi i le sauniga pa ia, ina ia auai ma ia mo lea vaega taua o le sauniga i le malumalu, Ki o le Malo o le Lagi. O le tele o fa aaloaloga ma le aiga mama ole afiafi, sa pa au i ai aiga i ona itu tetele ma ona itu taulagi sa fa atautaia lea i le Maota o le Malo i le Malae o le Talu, ma ua avea lava lea ma Maota i Fanuatanu, e fa asino i le afioga le Toeali i ma Aiga. Na afifio fa atasi i ai pa ia o le itumalo fa apea le afio aga i lea fa atasiga fa apea ma le pa ia o le aufaigaluega a le Atua i so o se fata faitaulaga i le afio aga o Fagatogo, ma sa mafuli fo i aiga i fa aaloaloga masani ina ua mae a le taumafataga matagofie ma fa ai u ai le afiafi a tamali i i le ulua i aso o le fa amoemoe. Peita i, ina ua toe malama taeao, sa ala usu aiga e tapenapenaga o le ava o le feiloaiga o le itumalo, Samoa ua atoa ma le afio aga i Malaeoletalu ina ia fa aofi le afioga le Toeali i i lona nofoa i le itumalo ma lona afio aga. O a ao i afioga i le Aloali i, le susuga le Tupufia Faumuina Tagisiaali i, ma nisi o le vasega o Tamali i o le Fagaloa sa latou fa ae e a ao ina ia fa apa ia fa ale-aganu u le afioga le Toeali,i ona tapa ipu ai lea o ia i lona itumalo ma Samoa na auva a potopoto e molimauina lea aso atofa mo lona o o i le itumalo. Thieves allegedly steal, then return a vehicle s computer by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu, Samoa News Reporter The Attorney General s office has charged two men, alleging they stole a vehicle s computer in March, Maluaifonua Mamatuki and Tevita Tenefufu are each charged with felony stealing. According to the government s case, on March 25, 2013 police visited the CBT Hardware in Tafuna doing follow up investigation regarding a stealing case. It s alleged the owners of the vehicle told police the computer to their Chevy truck that was parked at the shop (CBT Hardware) had been removed. CBT provided the video footage to the police. The incident came to light when the mechanic who was working on the vehicle couldn t start it, and discovered the computer to the engine was missing. Court filings say that the mechanic spoke to two Filipino men who were also working on the car regarding the whereabouts of the vehicle computer, however the two men said they were not aware of the computer. According to the government s case, when the police were viewing the video footage, one of the CBT employees recognized Mamatuki, who worked at a wholesale store nearby. Police visited Mamatuki who allegedly admitted to police that he was with Tenefufu when Tenefufu unplugged the vehicle s computer and handed to him. It s alleged Tenefufu said he was looking at the truck that was for sale and saw it was a Chevy truck. It s further alleged he then went to the truck, unplugged the computer and gave it to Mamatuki. Tenefufu informed police that he would return the vehicle computer to the owner, which he did. The pair are represented by the Public Defender s office in this case.

3 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 3 Salon Sophia Let us get you looking and KATIE s & MIAH s Chemical Specials include cut and style: All Chemicals, Highlites, Lowlites, Curly Perms, Relaxers 20% Off Thermal Japanese Straightening 20% Off * We also offer wedding hair/make-up packages in Salon or your place of choice ** Coming Soon * SENIORS ONLY DAY OF PAMPERING Holiday Greetings and a Huge Fa afetai, Faafetai tele lava for your support for the past 15+ years of our service Call: or feeling your best. HOLIDAY SPECIAL A team of cardiac pediatricians and technical support staff visited the territory recently from Oregon Health Sciences University to conduct research and evaluate the prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the territory. A novel screening program directed by Dr. Jen Huang (foreground, front row) screened over 200 high school students and identified about 30 with silent rheumatic fever that had begun to affect their heart. The program was begun due to the efforts of LBJ pediatrician Dr. Beth Parker (not shown) who solicited support from colleagues, LBJ, Dept. of Health, and off-island groups such as OHSU staff to tackle the problem of RHD among the youth here. [photo: tlh] MAUA E LEOLEO LE AU GAOI tusia Ausage Fausia se tasi o tagata faigaluega, (lea na mulimuli ane O alii e to alua lea o lo o masalomia na la ave iloa lona igoa o Mamatuki) ma fesili i ai pe maua faagaoi se totoga o se taavale sa paka i tua o le atu ia Tene, ae na faailoa i ai e le tagata faigaluega faleoloa o le CBT i Nuuuli i le masina o Mati lea, o Tene e le i leva ona manava ua alu i le fale. 2013, ua molia nei e le malo i le moliaga o le gaoi, Ae ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Mamatuki pe ina ua maua gaioiga uma sa laua faia i totonu o se na te silafia le mataupu e faatatau i le computer masini pu e ata a le CBT, lea na tuuina atu i leoleo o se pikiapu chevy lea na gaoia mai i tua o le mo le suesueina o lenei mataupu. fale inisinia a le CBT i Nuuuli, na tali ai le ua O i laua ua molia e aofia ai Tevita Tenefufu molia ioe, o laua ma le alii o Tenefufu na toalua ma Maluifonua Mamatuki. i le taimi na faatino ai le solitulafono. I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea, o le mataupu lenei 21 Mati 2013, na la o ai ma Tenefutu i le CBT, Na taua e Mamatuki i leoleo e faapea, i le aso na tofu atu i le Vaega o Leoleo Suesue a le Ofisa ma la agai atu ai loa i le fale inisinia o lo o i le o Leoleo i le aso 25 Mati 2013, mo le toe faaauauina o le suesueina o le mataupu lea na ave taavale pikiapu o lo o paka ai i luma. pito i tua o le faleoloa, ma la matamata ai i se faagaoi ai e se tagata se computer o se taavale Ao la i ai i tua i le fale inisinia, sa ia vaaia pikiapu le ituaiga o le Chevy, lea sa paka i tua o Tenefufu o savali agai atu i le pito o lo o paka le fale inisinia a le CBT i Nuuuli, ma tofia ai loa mai ai le pikiapu chevy. le alii leoleo suesue ia Det. Siliaivao Sea mo le Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Mamatuki pe sa ia faaauauina o le suesueina o lenei mataupu. iloaina gaioiga a Tenefufu na faia i le taimi lea, Na taua e se sui o le faleoloa o le CBT i na tali le ua molia na te lei iloaina poo a gaioiga leoleo e faapea, o le amataga o le masina o Mati a Tenefufu sa faia, na te le i vaai foi o tatala e 2013 na malolo livi ai le alii inisinia o lo o galue Tenefufu se computer o se pikiapu, na pau le i le fale inisinia o lo o i tua o le CBT, ae o lo o tala a Mamatuki na fai i leoleo, ina ua uma ona atoatoa uma totoga o taavale sa paka ai i tua o le aveese mai e Tenefutu le computer o le taavale, fale inisinia, ae ina ua toe a e mai le malologa a sa alu atu ma tuu atu ia te ia faatasi ai ma lana le alii inisinia i le aso 25 Mati 2013, sa ia faailoa faaupuga e tuu le computer i totonu o le taavale ai i lona pule ua leai se computer o le pikiapu lea na la o atu ai. Chevy o lo o paka ai i tua o le fale inisinia. Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo ia Tenefufu, sa ia Na taua e le alii inisinia i leoleo e faapea, ioeina ai lo la o ma Mamatuki i le fale inisinia i ao le i alu e malolo i le aso 16 Mati 2013, sa i tua o le CBT, ma ia vaaia ai se pikiapu chevy o ai lava le computer o le pikiapu chevy i totonu lo o paka ai i luma o le faleoloa, sa ia vaaia foi o le taavale, sa mafai foi ona faaola le taavale, se computer o le pikiapu o lo o i ai i totonu o le ae ina ua toe fo i atu lana malologa i le aso 24 taavale, ona ia tago atu loa lea ua tatala ese mai Mati 2013, sa ia iloaina ai ua aveese e le tagata le computer o le taavale mai le vaega o le afi sa le computer o le pikiapu chevy, ua le mafai foi pipii ai ae alu ma ia i le la taavale ma Mamatuki. ona toe faaola le chevy. O le aso 25 Mati 2013 na agai atu ai leoleo Na fesiligia e le alii inisinia lea isi alii inisinia e toalua sa galulue ai i le fale inisinia i le ave e Tenefufu ma teu i lo latou fale, ma ua toe ma toe aumai le computer o le taavale pikiapu na taimi na malolo ai i le latou kamupani, pe la te faafoi atu i le kamupani a le CBT, ma ina ua fesiligia le faleoloa o le CBT e uiga i le computer, sa le i vaai i le computer o lo o tau saili, ae poo ai foi se isi o i latoua o lo o i ai ni faamatalaga latou faamaonia i luma o leoleo, o le computer e faatatau i le computer o le pikapu chevy o lo lea o le latou chevy sa ave faagaoi e se tagata. o tau supe, ae na faailoa i ai e alii inisinia ia e Na taua e le loia a le malo ia Tony Graf, o se toalua, la te le iloaina se computer o se taavale. tasi lenei o auala ua mafai ona fesoasoani malosi A o taumafai leoleo e saili se faamatalaga e i le malo i le tau sailiina o i latou e faatinoina uiga i lenei mataupu, sa mafai ona tuuina atu e solitulafono e aunoa ma le i ai o ni molimau, o le kamupani a le CBT se ata sa pueina e se tasi masini pu eata o lo o faapipii i totonu ma fafo o o a latou masini pueata i fafo ma tua o le kamupani, lea o lo o vaaia ai ni tagata o feofeoa i solo Na taua e le alii loia e faapea, o le tele o pisinisi ma faleoloa i le atunuu. i totonu o le lotoa. mataupu tau talepe fale ma le gaoi ua mafai ona Na faailoa e se alii e faigaluega i le CBT, o maua e leoleo i latou na faatinoina nei solitulafono ma molia i le tulafono, e mafua mai ina se tasi o alii o lo o ia vaaia i totonu o le ata sa pueina e le masini pueata, o le tagata e igoa ia ua fesoasoani masini pu e ata i le faailoaina o i Tene, ma e faigaluega o ia i le kamupani a le latou sa faatinoina nei solitulafono. Panamex Wholesale Company i Nuuuli. Na taunuu leoleo i le kamupani a le Panamex Feso ota i mai i le tusitala ia Pacific Company i Nuuuli ma latou talanoa loa i ausage@samoanews.com NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the FONOTI Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LEVI LEVI, MAFUTAGA LEVI & HELEN LEVI of TAFUNA has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land ALATUTU I, allegedly belonging to FONOTI FAMILY of the village of TAFUNA. Said land ALATUTU I, is situated in or near the village of TAFUNA in the County of TUALAUTA, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar s Office. POSTED: DECEMBER 16, 2013 thru JANUARY 15, 2014 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU U ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa FONOTI, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa aaliga! O le fa aaliga lenei ona o LEVI LEVI, MAFUTAGA LEVI & HELEN LEVI o le nu u o TAFUNA ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atuina i luga o le fanua o ALATUTU I, e fa asino i le aiga sa FONOTI, o le nu u o TAFUNA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o TAFUNA, itumalo o TUALAUTA, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samo a i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i toton u o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 12/28/13 & 01/11/14 happy hour from 4:30pm to 9pm with free pupus! Oasis for Fine Dining MONDAY-SATURDAY 5PM TO 9PM NOW SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH MON-SAT FROM 7AM - 2PM BOOK RESERVATIONS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY NOW! BAR & RESTAURANT MON thru SAT 7AM-2AM LOCATED IN SAMOA SPORTS BUILDING, AIRPORT RD NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the TALIA Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TALIA MAUGA, SIMONA H. FENUMIAI & VENISE FENUMIAI of MALAELOA has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land FAILAGI allegedly belonging to TALIA FAMILY of the village of MALAELOA. Said land FAILAGI is situated in or near the village of MALAELOA in the County of AITULAGI, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar s Office. POSTED: DECEMBER 16, 2013 thru JANUARY 15, 2014 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU U ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa TALIA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa aaliga! O le fa aaliga lenei ona o TALIA MAUGA, SIMONA H. FENUMIAI & VENISE FENUMIAI o le nu u o MALAELOA ua ia fa aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa ailoa ai se mana oga fia tu u eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa atuina i luga o le fanua o FAILAGI e fa asino i le aiga sa TA LIA, o le nu u o MALAELOA. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu u o MALAELOA, itumalo o AITULAGI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa aaliga fo i e fa apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata upu e mafai ona fa atu i ies e ile fa amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samo a i Fagatogo, sana fa atu ese tusitusia. O fa atu iesega uma lava e ao ona fa aulufaleina mai i toton u o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa atu i esega e fa aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta ua i luga, o le a fa amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma a afia ai tagata uma. 12/28/13 & 01/11/14

4 Page 4 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 THE BOB FRANKEN COLUMN American Apartheid By Bob Franken Based on all the commentary and recollections since his death, apparently I am one of the few people on Earth who never personally met Nelson Mandela. I could only admire from afar his superhuman magnanimity and willingness to bond with those who so brutalized him. But since I do the occasional guest shot on MSNBC, I obviously have met Al Sharpton and Chris Matthews. Although we don t agree on everything, I emphatically embrace the thoughts that Sharpton expressed, seconded by Matthews, that the GOP politicians in the United States don t care if the country suffers. The Republicans, being the hand puppets of those who prosper from the growing gap between the have-nots and the have-nearly-everythings, foster a type of economic apartheid in our country. As a result, their principles fall short of those in South Africa who finally were willing to surrender power to the moral force of Nelson Mandela and abandon their country s vicious system of apartheid. The dictionary defines apartheid as any system that separates people according to race, caste, etc. In the United States right now, the top 10 percent takes in half the compensation. The typical CEO makes 273 times more than his or her average workers. Between 1970 and 2007, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the very richest saw income growth of 275 percent -- those at the bottom, just 18 percent. The gap keeps widening. Upward mobility, which defines our aspirations, is becoming a myth, and getting back to the comparison with South Africa s ruling class, those in the U.S. continue to resist any effort to achieve a more equitable society. It explains their fight to the death against labor unions, against raising a pathetic minimum wage, against paying their fair share of taxes or any semblance of it. Are we totally at the mercy of the powerful, who refuse to share their hoarded wealth and band together to stave off any efforts to make them do so? When we hear the word Alec, right now, most of us think of Alec Baldwin. But the vastly more pernicious ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange Council, which just met in Washington. A variety of corporate and right-wing money people, the infamous Koch brothers among them, fund the group. This year s agenda includes planning to fight disclosure labeling for foods, even in the face of contamination. As always, they also discussed strategies to set up obstacles to union organizing; they bitterly oppose any environmental or climate-change initiatives; in other words, anything that might cause them to share for the greater good of society and to spread their wealth with anyone else. They and their accomplices also are working hard to undermine that most fundamental American birthright, the opportunity to participate in free elections. In various states under their control, they ve taken actions to set up barriers against those who might cast ballots against their candidates or policies. It is reminiscent of the Jim Crow days, but nothing is too shameful for them. Whether we met him or not, we all benefit from the example and accomplishments of Nelson Mandela. But he couldn t do it alone. To rescue his country from oppression, he needed cooperation from the oppressors, and he got it. That isn t happening here. (c) 2013 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd., Inc. Osini FALEATASI Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local and federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, American Samoa Contact us by Telephone at (684) Contact us by Fax at (684) Contact us by at samoanews@samoatelco.com Normal business hours are Mon. 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. Tyler Armstrong, from Southern California, poses for a portrait as he arrives to a hotel in Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 27, The 9-year-old boy from has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina s Aconcagua mountain, the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. (AP Photo/Claudio Gutierrez) U.S. boy, 9, is youngest to reach Aconcagua summit BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) A 9-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina s Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters) is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. Tyler Armstrong of Yorba Linda reached the summit on Christmas Eve with his father Kevin and a Tibetan sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup, who has climbed Mt. Everest multiple times. They were in fine spirits Friday as they left Aconcagua, whose sheer precipices and bitter cold have claimed more than 100 climbers lives. You can really see the world s atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you, and it s really cold, Tyler said, describing the summit to The Associated Press. It doesn t look anything like a kid s drawing of a mountain. It s probably as big as a house at the summit, and then it s a sheer drop. Only 30 percent of the 7,000 people who obtain permits to climb Aconcagua each year make the summit, said Nicolas Garcia, who handled their logistics from down below. No one under 14 is usually allowed, so the family had to persuade an Argentine judge that Tyler could safely accomplish the feat. In their case, they took the Polish Glacier route, which doesn t require climbing, and roped themselves together only when crossing steep ice-covered slopes. Any kid can really do this, all they have to do is try. And set their mind to the goal, said Tyler, who worked out twice a day for a year and a half to prepare for the climb. He also held fundraisers, not only to defray the cost but to raise money for CureDuchenne, which funds muscular dystrophy research. I think Tyler s record speaks for itself and because I think he s doing it for a good cause, he s doing it to help other people, I think the judge recognized that, said his father, an emergency medical technician. Tyler s mother is a pediatric neuropsychologist, and they also have another son, Tyler s younger brother Dylan. Most people think we as parents are pushing Tyler to do this, when it s completely the opposite. I wouldn t climb it if I didn t have to, but my wife makes me do it to keep watch on him, he said. He s a great dad, Tyler said. At 20,000 feet, he wanted to turn around but I kept him going. And the day we were getting off the mountain, he had a blister and it popped... He made it to the summit and everything but that dang blister made him ride a mule. Aconcagua s previous record-holder was Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado, who was 10 when he reached the summit in There was one younger boy who climbed the lower slopes of Aconcagua, Garcia noted: An Inca boy was sacrificed some 500 years ago at 16,400 feet (5,300 meters) on Piramide, one of the mountain s lower peaks. Scientific tests on the mummy, recovered in 1985, put his age at about 7. Tyler had already climbed the 19,341-foot (5,895-meter) Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 8, and with Aconcagua conquered, is determined to reach all seven summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. Luckily for Kevin Armstrong, who also coaches his kids in soccer, his younger son prefers a more earthly sport. I was not a climber. He got me doing this because he wanted to, and I wanted to experience it with him, Armstrong said. Financially, these mountaineering expeditions have been difficult, Armstrong said. My wife and I have just kind of scraped everything we can together and put off family vacations and everything else so that Tyler can do this, he said. I ve had to charge half of this on my credit card. But he did what he needed to do, so I felt I needed to support him. Asked to describe his most memorable moment of the climb, Tyler didn t hesitate: Seeing my dad reach the summit. Tyler is a really happy kid, very open. And he s prepared for these climbs very carefully, Garcia said. Neither he nor his father are in for adventure. Their project is pretty conservative, with a guide who is very experienced, so from my perspective, their climb wasn t imprudent. His mother Priscilla Armstrong, back home in Southern California, was apparently worried nonetheless. Didn t sleep a wink thinking about you honey. Praying for you guys! Good luck and can t wait to hear from you! she posted on his Facebook page while they were climbing down. Next on Tyler s list is Mt. McKinley in Alaska, North America s tallest peak. I do want to be the youngest for that, but we don t have the money, Tyler said. If we get a sponsor, we can do it. If not, we can t, because we re broke.

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6 Page 6 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 A towing company worker prepares to pull the mangled wreckage of a car driven over a Palos Verdes Peninsula cliff by a 19-year-old Los Angeles man on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. The man was hospitalized in critical condition and told paramedics that he intentionally drove of the cliff in the Bluff Cove area of Palos Verdes. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Chuck Bennett) NEWS IN BRIEF Family finds facility to Both survived. take brain-dead girl Crocodile attacks are common in rural Zimbabwe during the rainy season but many go OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead says it unreported. has located a second nursing home willing to Christmas trees sought as provide for her long-term care, after another treat for Colorado goats facility backed out. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) Your The family s lawyer, Christopher Dolan, trash could become a holiday treat for some says the new facility is in Southern California, goats in western Colorado. but he wouldn t provide its name. The Top of the Hill Ranch in Collbran, about Dolan said Friday that he had held a teleconference with the director of the facility and pick up discarded Christmas trees from nearby 40 miles east of Grand Junction, is offering to a lawyer for Children s Hospital, where Jahi homes to give their goats some extra roughage McMath is now being kept on a ventilator. during the winter. Rancher Teresa Fletcher tells The hospital said it would cooperate with KKCO-TV that the goats can devour a tree in a transfer under certain conditions, including less than an hour. obtaining consent from the Alameda County The Little Mooo Ranch in Fruita and the 5-R coroner. Dolan says he has obtained that consent. Livestock Company in Loma are also collecting Jahi started bleeding heavily after tonsil surgery and went into cardiac arrest before being Arizona family says crucifix trees for the goats. declared brain dead. formed on cheesecake Driver survives a 300-foot SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) A suburban plunge off California cliff Phoenix family says their Christmas cheesecake PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) sent them the message of a holiday miracle. A driver who plunged 300 feet off of a The Arizona Republic reports that when the Southern California ocean cliff was rescued family in Scottsdale, Ariz., pulled their dessert out of the oven, it cracked as it cooled and after firefighters waded into the surf to free him from the car. formed a crucifix. KNBC-TV says the 19-year-old man was The family members, who have not given hospitalized in critical condition and told paramedics that he intentionally drove of the cliff message. their names publicly, say the crucifix is a in the Bluff Cove area of Palos Verdes Estates. They say they won t be eating the cheesecake. Instead, they plan on selling it and Authorities were called to the scene at about 2 a.m. Friday. They found the car being donating the money to a local charity or church. slammed by waves. washington judge strikes Los Angeles County firefighters, lifeguards PARt of wage hike measure and local police helped in the rescue. The driver SEATTLE (AP) A Washington state was finally pulled free and flown to a hospital. judge has struck part of the voter-approved $15 The crash site is on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 20 miles south of downtown Los workers in SeaTac. an hour minimum wage measure for airport Angeles. King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Zimbabwe man fistfights Darvas says the measure applies to about 1,600 crocodile to save child hotel and parking lot workers in the city of HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) State media SeaTac, but does not apply to employees and in Zimbabwe says a villager fought a crocodile contractors working within Seattle-Tacoma with his bare hands to free his son from its jaws International Airport, which is operated by the in northeastern rural Mutoko. Port of Seattle. The Herald newspaper reported Tafadzwa Darvas said the state Legislature has given Kachere and his 11-year-old son Tapiwa were municipalities like the Port of Seattle exclusive jurisdiction over their operations. trying to cross a river on Christmas eve when the crocodile attacked the boy. It reported that Supporters of the measure say they will file Kachere jumped onto the crocodile s back and an appeal to the state Supreme Court. tried to force open its jaws, beating at its head Last month voters in the city of SeaTac with his fists and poking at its eyes with reeds. narrowly approved the measure, which would The crocodile released the child and turned apply to around 6,000 workers at the airport on Kachere who wrestled free of its grasp. and related industries, like hotels and rental car The newspaper says the child lost a leg and his companies. father s arm was severely gored. Teens thievery turns tragic for Honduran cop TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) Edwin Mejia didn t want to go out and steal that morning. The $75 he and his buddy had made the day before from the stolen motorcycle felt like a fortune compared to the $5 a day he earned selling his mother s tortillas. The 15-year-old lay in bed inside the wooden one-room house he shared with his 10 brothers and sisters, while his partner, Eduardo Aguilera, insisted they go steal another bike. From yesterday s take, their first job, Edwin could buy a cellphone. If they did the same today, maybe Edwin could buy new sneakers. The boy relented. A few miles away, in downtown Tegucigalpa, Santos Arita was starting a 12-hour shift as a traffic cop. At 42, he d spent most of his career working in small towns. His new job in the capital made him nervous. He d already been assaulted once by three gunmen on a bus. With the world s highest murder rate, Honduras is a dangerous country. People in the capital watch murders on You- Tube, wake up to photos of the dead in the newspapers and drive by bodies dumped on the outskirts of town. It is a nation that never developed democratic institutions that guarantee the rule of law. Instead, it is a largely lawless land where there are few choices for the poor, heroes are scarce, and violence is a given. After gulping down a breakfast of coffee, the boys headed downtown. They would use the same strategy as the day before. Edwin would drive, Eduardo on the back seat. When they found a target, Eduardo would hold the person up, then drive off on the stolen bike. Easy. It was illegal for two men to ride tandem on a motorcycle a new law meant to cut down on drive-by shootings. The boys ignored it and made their way downtown. Oddly, amid the traffic chaos in one of the poorest cities on the continent and in a place where the law is rarely obeyed, what would bind the fates of Edwin and Eduardo with that of a humble traffic cop was a red light. The boys stopped. They did not see Arita, helping a woman cross the street behind them. Arita had been assigned to Tegucigalpa two months earlier and already had requested a transfer back home. He missed his family. They lived in Ocotepeque, a seven- or eight-hour bus ride from the capital, and with his $400 monthly salary, Arita couldn t afford a ticket. He hitchhiked home every two weeks for just 24 hours to see his wife and three children, go to church. When he was in the capital, he stayed in a police barracks with dozens of other men. There was no running water for a shower, just a cup and a barrel. No heat for the chilly evenings. No meals. On the afternoon of Aug. 7, the traffic camera at Arita s intersection captured his last day. As soon as Arita saw the two teenagers on their motorcycle, he ran up to them. He ordered them off the bike and pulled out its keys. He did not see Eduardo, dressed in black, reaching for something tucked into his pants. A gun. Eduardo fired two shots before the policeman wrestled him to the ground and attempted to disarm him. Edwin, in a blue T-shirt, rushed in as drivers sped out of the way. Edwin tried to grab the policeman s weapon. Eduardo managed to hand him the other gun. In the struggle, Arita fell down. As he tried to get up, Edwin shot him twice in the back of the head point-blank. Arita collapsed lifeless. Edwin picked the bike keys up off the road, waited for Eduardo to climb on, and sped off. But their calm soon gave way to panic, a series of CCTV camera footage shows, with the boys running on the streets after ditching the bike, desperately trying to stop anyone to give them a ride. Two policemen finally caught the boys in a parking lot near the Marriott Hotel, in the same block as the presidential palace. Police won t say what happened next, but according to public prosecutor Alexis Santos, officers beat both teens. Immediately they started beating us, with their weapons, with their feet, Edwin said. They d hit me on the head with the back of the gun, and they kept telling us they were gonna kill us. Before long, police took the young men to headquarters, where beatings continued for three hours. The cops took pictures with cellphones, something Honduran policemen often do when they catch a suspect. La Tribuna pub- (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 14)

7 samoa news, Saturday, December 28, 2013 Page 7 Compiled by Samoa News staff CITIZENSHIP LAWSUIT APPEAL HAS NEW TWIST There is a new twist in the appeal by six American Samoans who filed their citizenship lawsuit, along with a California based Samoan organization against the federal government arguing that they are entitled to being U.S. citizens under a provision of the U.S. Constitution. The lower court in June this year dismissed the lawsuit, and sided with the U.S. State Department, the federal government, and two officials of the U.S. State Department. The defendants have asked the appeals court in Washington D.C. to affirm the lower court s decision. However, on Dec. 20, a professor of law in the U.S., one Samuel Erman filed a notice with the appeals court of his intention to file an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of the plaintiffs. The notice states that in accordance with a provision of the federal court, Erman will explain the concept of jus soil citizenship in the United States. Additionally, this amicus brief may be joined by other professors and scholars of American citizenship. (According to Princeton University website, jus soli is Latin for right of the soil and is commonly known as birthright citizenship.) As of last Friday, there were no other details filed by Erman with the appellate court. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VISIT AUNU U WHARF More than a week ago, an official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Honolulu Division was in the territory to conduct a site visit of the Aunu u and Auasi wharfs in order to determine the types of improvement needed. This is in accordance with part of Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga s request to the federal agency. The site visit by Justin A. Goove, also followed a request by Rep. Talaimatai Elisara Su a, whose constituency includes Aunu u, to the Department of Port Administration for help in getting necessary repairs done on the wharves. Talaimatai says he is very happy with the support from the Lolo Administration, adding that while in Honolulu recently he met with Goove for specific concerns from residents of Aunu u regarding the wharf. Talaimatai says the biggest concern for Aunu u comes from small alia boat owners who have said that there is a need to dredge the water-way into the wharf to make it deeper and safe for sailing in and out, and this has been a problem there for many years. It needed a push for something to be done, before a serious accident could occur that would claim the life of anyone, he noted. He explained that when it s low tide, it makes it very difficult for boats to enter the wharf because it s not deep enough. He said the Auasi wharf also needs to be dredged for safety reasons. Talaimatai says he is now waiting for an update from Port Administration and the Army Corps. He also has a request pending with Port Administration for an ASG vessel to sail between Aunu u and Auasi. (Original Samoan story on this issue was published in the Dec. 24 edition of Samoa News) HAWAIIAN AIRlines is ON-TIME FOR OCTOBER Hawaiian Airlines was the nation s highest-ranking carrier for on-time performance in October as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), which says Hawaiian flights arrived on schedule 95.2% of the time throughout the month of October The DOT also reported that Hawaiian was one of the top three airlines with fewest flight cancellations for October at 0.1%, representing four cancellations out of 5,985 total flights. Meanwhile, Hawaiian s next extra flight for the holiday season is Sunday, Dec. 29 (tomorrow night) arriving and departing on the regular schedule at night. 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Job Duties and Responsibilities: Design, monitor, improve and update content and performance of ASCC Web presence. Work with MIS staff to design pages and provide support to resolve technical issues with ASCC Web site(s) and discuss new directions for web presence and technology. Work with the ASCC community, including divisions and committees, to publish on the website all approved documents for significant changes made at ASCC, especially those that are required to be publicized. Ensure Web server and browsers properly handle , transmmit news and download files. Ensure ASCC site(s) may be accessed by various systems using various operating systems and various browsers. Ensure file secu rity on the W eb when necessary. Monitor webmaster mail for ASCC Web site inquiries, questions, and/or comments. Identify topics that might be fitting for new sections of the ASCC home page, and trends or items that could be of interest to other departments. Manage all portal issues for new Colleague system and provide support for portal questions from Coll eague users. Work with Network Specialist to ensure integration between existing ASCC Website, new Colleague departmental portals and other systems on the ASCC LAN. Develop training on and through the Internet. Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the CIO. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications recommendations: Bachelor of Arts/Science degree in technology related field from an accredited community or technica l college or university, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. At least 2 years experience in Web design or related profession. Knowledge of Microsoft XP Professional/Vista/7/8. Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 Professional (Wo rd, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Knowledge of http, html, xml, php and Java. Salary: Salary will commensure with degree and experience. Deadline: January0 8,2 014 Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources OFfice at Ext. 477/335/ 403 or Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu or Lipena Samuelu at l.samuelu@am samoa.edu. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer And A Drug-Free Workplace Python kills security guard near Bali hotel BALI, Indonesia (AP) A python strangled a security guard near a luxury hotel on Indonesia s resort island of Bali on Friday, and then escaped into nearby bushes following the deadly attack, police and a hotel employee who witnessed the incident said. The incident happened around 3 a.m. as the 4.5-meter (15- foot) -long python was slithering across a road near the Bali Hyatt hotel, said Agung Bawa, an assistant security manager at the hotel, which is closed for renovations until The victim, Ambar Arianto Mulyo, was a 59-year-old security guard at a nearby restaurant. He had offered to help capture the snake, which had apparently been spotted several times before near the hotel, located in Bali s Sanur area, Bawa said. Mulyo managed to secure the snake s head and tail and put it on his shoulders, but the python wrapped itself around his body and strangled him, said Bawa, who was present during the attack. People watching the incident were unable or unwilling to help and called the police, who came but failed to save the man. The python escaped into nearby bushes, and police were still searching for it. Denpasar police Capt. Gusti Ngurah Yudistira said Mulyo died of suffocation. It happened so fast, Bawa said. We were sad because we could not do anything to help him. Yudistira warned people to be alert since the snake was still on the loose in the area, which is popular with tourists. Deadly attacks on adult humans by pythons are rare, but have been documented before.