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1 Tri Marine receives the green light for dock and seawall project 2 Man kills 4 in Calif. before the police shoot him dead 6 A fighting adventure for ex-boxing champ Riddick Bowe B1 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Saturday, June 8, 2013 $1.00 C Y M K ITA LE TO ALUA AE SUSUNU AI FUA FALE FAIGALEUGA A LE FAFINE tusia Ausage Fausia O le ali i lea o lo o tu uaia i lona susunuina o le fale e faigaluega ai lona to alua, sa ia faailoa i leoleo e faapea, na mafua ona ia susunuina le fale faigaluega o lona ita i lona toalua. O le vaiaso nei na taofia ai e leoleo le alii o Turituri Jr Opelu, ma tula i ai o ia i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo i le aso Lulu na te a nei, mo le tuuina atu o sana tali i moliaga e tolu ua tuuaia ai o ia e le malo. O lo o tuuaia faatasi e le malo Opelu ma le alii ave taxi ia Iona To o i lenei mataupu, ma o lo o taofia uma i laua i le toese i Tafuna i le taimi nei. O moliaga e tolu ua tuuaia ai le ua molia e aofia ai le susunu fale i le tulaga tolu ma le faaleaga meatotino i le (Faaauau itulau 14) Le tofa Availopa Lopa Seti [ata: AF] LEAI SE MALOSI O SATELE FAATE A AI LOPA MA VAILOATAI FAUTUA LOIA IA SATELE MA TUIAGAMOA AVEESE FAAIUGA FAASAGA IA LOPA tusia Ausage Fausia Afai e tuana i le aso 17 Iuni 2013 ae le i maua e Availopa Lopa Seti se tusi mai le afioga a Satele Galu Satele, e faaleaoga ai le faaiuga ua faia ina ia faate a Lopa mai le nuu o Vailoatai, o le a faia loa se tagi faaletulafono faasaga ia te ia e faaleaoga ai le faaiuga ua faia; faamanino tulaga o tupe a le afioaga; totogiina o le tau faaleagaina o le suafa Availopa; totogiina o le soona faaaoga le tatau o lona malosi o le Failautusi o le Ofisa Mataupu Tau Samoa, atoa ai ma le totogiina o soo se isi lava aafiaga na aafia ai Lopa ona o lenei mataupu. Ae afai e maea ona faila lea tagi i luma o le faamasinoga, o le a tuuina atu loa se faatonuga i le kovana sili ina ia aveese o ia mai le tofi o le Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa, ma se faatonuga i le Ofisa o le Loia Sili ma le Matagaluega o Leoleo, ina ia suesue po o i ai sona aafiaga i le faaaogaina o tupe sa tuuina atu i le afioaga. Ae mo Tuiagamoa Tavai le Sui Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa, afai e tuana i le aso 17 Iuni, 2013 na te le i tuuina atu se tusi i le afioaga o Vailoatai e toe sui ai lana faaiuga sa tuuina atu i le aso 13 Me, 2013, e ono faila se tagi faasaga ia te ia i luma o le faamasinoga, faasaga ia te ia atoa ai ma le soona faaaoga le tatau o lona malosi o le Sui Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu tau Samoa. (Faaauau itulau 15) C Y M K LBJ Board Chair named to head Medicaid Office by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu, Samoa News Reporter Tofoitaufa Sandra King Young has been appointed State Medicaid Director, and it will be her job to oversee the State Medicaid Office. Young, who has been Chairperson of the LBJ Medical Center since earlier this year, will remain as such until the completion of specific tasks that are ongoing, says Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga in a general memorandum issued on Thursday, prior to his departure. Mrs. King Young brings to the position many years of experience in the successful management of a grant-funded NGO (Non-Government Organization) providing social services in the territory. Mrs. King Young will continue as Chair through the completion of some specific tasks that are now in progress, including an ongoing audit and then will be stepping down from that position, said Governor Lolo. Tofoitaufa, founder and CEO of PiCED, a federally funded program which enabled many local students to receive academic aid and enrichment, was a candidate for lieutenant governor in the 2012 gubernatorial race. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University and her Juris Doctorate from the George Washington University Law School where she was a member of the GW International Law. Governor Lolo has amended a 2011 Executive Order establishing the State Medicaid Office in the governor s office and provided for the appointment of the Medicaid Director and the Medicaid Coordinating Council. The purpose of the Executive Order is to provide the governor the authority to appoint the Medicaid officer and to broaden the permanent membership of the Medicaid Coordinating Council. The section five amendment of the Executive (Continued on page 15) The graduating Class of 2013 for South Pacific Academy smile for the camera following their commencement ceremony held Monday afternoon at the school gymnasium. The senior graduates from the Home of the Dolphins took their theme from the American author and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. See SPA graduation highlights in Monday s edition, brought to you by Coca- Cola and Powerade, distributed exclusively by GHC Reid & Co. Ltd. Oloa O Leala, Your Family of Fine Beverages. [courtesy photo]

2 Page 2 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Pharmacy Automated Refill Line Call or Press ext. 555 Information from your prescription label, Your Name, Hospital number, RX number, Name of Medicine and Phone number to reach you Or you can us at [email protected] Or call the LBJ operator at & ask for Ext 555 Pick up will be next day after 10:00am **Refills called on Fridays will Be available for MONDAY Pickup Buffett charity lunch sold for $1 million-plus OMAHA, Neb. (AP) The annual charity auction of a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett went for just more than $1 million Friday night a bargain price compared to past years for an opportunity to sit down with one of the world s most successful philanthropists. An anonymous donor had the high bid of $1,000,100 when the bidding ended Friday night on ebay. The private audience with investor drew bids of more than $2 million in each of the past five years, including last year s record-setting winning bid of $3,456,789. All proceeds go to the Glide Foundation, which helps the poor and homeless in San Francisco. The nonprofit relies on the auction to provide a significant chunk of its $17 million annual budget. It means a lot to us to make sure we continue meeting the needs of the people who need it most, said the Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide s founder. Last year s Buffett lunch was the most-expensive charity item ever sold on ebay. The most expensive item ever sold on ebay was a jet that drew $4.9 million in 2001, ebay spokeswoman Karen Sayah said. Buffett said he will spend several hours discussing whatever the winner wants to talk about, except that Berkshire Hathaway s chairman and CEO won t talk about potential investments. The owners of New York s Smith & Wollensky steakhouse have again donated $10,000 to Glide, so they can host the meal with Buffett. But for the past three years the winners have chosen to remain anonymous, and they dined with Buffett at one of his favorite Omaha steak restaurants. Since 2006, Buffett has been gradually giving away his fortune. He plans to eventually divide most of his shares of Berkshire stock between five charitable foundations, with the largest chunk going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett has raised nearly $15 million for Glide with these auctions over the years. He has supported Glide ever since his late first wife, Susan, introduced him to Williams. Glide is marking its 50th anniversary this year, and Buffett said he believes the charity does a remarkable job helping people the world has written off find hope and become contributing members of society again. Buffett s Berkshire owns roughly 80 subsidiaries, including clothing, furniture and jewelry firms. Its insurance, utility and railroad businesses typically account for more than half of the company s net income. It also has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. LBJ Tropical Medical Center In an effort to reduce waiting times at the LBJ Pharmacy, a new service to expedite the refilling o f prescriptions will be in place to avoid overcrowding and long waittimes at the Pharmacy. Starting 10 June 2013, p atients may request refills by phone or . Please take advantage of this new service. NEW LBJ PHARMACY AUTOMATED REFILL LINE Avanoa Telefoni -Faatumu ai Fualaau Valaau mai i le po o le so otaga 555 Manaomia le Suafa, Numera Falema i, Numera Fualaau, Igoa o le Fualaau ma lau telefoni. E mafai fo i ona e imeli mai i le [email protected] pe valaau mai i le ma fesili mo le so otaga 555. E maua au fualaau i le aso e soso o ai i le te a o le 10 i le taeao. **A vala au mai i Aso Faraile mo le fa atumuina o au fuala au - fa ato a mafai ona piki au fuala au i le Aso Gafua Tri Marine receives green light for dock and seawall project by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved the federal permit for Tri Marine International for the construction of their seawall and dock project. This project, which will be adjacent to their new cannery, signals the third and final part of Tri- Marine s plans to make American Samoa their hub in the South Pacific, as the permit which they have been waiting for was necessary for the company to move forward with construction of the Samoa Tuna Processors Inc. cannery facility in Atu u. The company already has 11 fishing boats based in the territory and in April this year completed the construction of a huge cold-storage facility. Late last week Tri Marine announced in a news release that the U.S. based company received notice that the Army Corps Honolulu District had issued the preliminary permit for the project and Tri Marine had been assured that the final, fully executed permit would be provided in the coming days. A Samoa News story published earlier this week based on the Tri Marine news release prompted a response from Joseph, Bonfiglio, the Army Corps chief of Public Affairs based in Honolulu, saying that Tri-Marine s permit was approved by the [Army] Corps on 31 May. They may now begin work. Asked for comments, Tri Marine vice president of production Dan Sullivan said the Army Corps information, is, of course accurate and noted that Samoa Tuna Processors received the preliminary permit on May 30 and the final permit the following day, on May 31. We are very pleased and grateful to everyone who made this milestone possible, Sullivan told Samoa News yesterday morning. He recalled the company s news release last week indicating that Tri Marine has begun to rebuild the cannery and we can now proceed without concern related to the needed seawall project. Engineering work will now commence on the seawall project which required final permit conditions to proceed. We expect the seawall project to progress in a way that does not delay work on the cannery, he said. Ask about the number of workers required to construct the seawall and complete the cannery project, Sullivan said he doesn t yet know at this point. We will utilize as many as we can to efficiently work on these projects, which will be determined by the contractors we use for the projects, he emphasized. Tri Marine has been utilizing the local construction workforce since it started more than a year ago to reconstruct the Atu u site, which was previously occupied by COS Samoa Packing. NEG workers utilized to get accurate # of local veterans By Jeff Hayner Samoa News Reporter A joint effort spearheaded by the local Office of Veterans Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Human Resources (DHR), the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and the Samoan Affairs office, is supporting an effort to account for all of the local veterans and their dependents with the hope of better serving them with federal grants. About 500 National Emergency Grant Workers (NEG) showed up at the Samoana High School gymnasium yesterday morning where they applied for work which will continue from June 10 to June 28. Their job is to locate all local veterans. Samoa News spoke with the Program Manager for the National Emergency Grant under the Workforce Investment Act of the Department of Human Resources, Tuimavave Tauapai Laupola, who said, It is our hope that we will be able to use those updated numbers to apply not only through our local American Samoa VA for federal grants, but also utilize other federal agencies to apply for federal grants in terms of better serving our veterans and their dependents, he said. Speaking on the NEG workers role, Tuimavave said, The NEG has been utilized and trained here with the hope that they will be deployed out to the villages to account for all of the veterans and their dependents. He said that they are asking all of the villages through the Pulenu u to please support this effort and to all of the veterans to please help out in terms of volunteering their services to account for this task. We are using the same concept that was used during the general election, as we will identify those same locations where we will deploy our NEG workers to man those places. We will also have a station at the compound of the PX and VA clinic to help account for all of our veterans, Tuimavave explained. We are trying to have everything be redundant so that we will be able to catch, if not all, the majority of the veterans and their dependents here locally, he said. The NEG program manager went on to state that they hope by the end of June they will have the most updated numbers, so that the VA Office will be able to utilize them as well as the Department of Human Resources. According to Tauaa Sam Vaouli, the local VA Director, an accurate count of veterans will enable them to apply for federal grants to help the veterans and their families. The NEG workers employed for this assignment will be paid $5 per hour. Reach the reporter at [email protected]

3 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 3 Compiled by Samoa News staff NON-PROFIT GROUP CONCERNED WITH DOGS IMPORTED FOR BREEDING A member of the Alofa Mo Meaola, or Love for Animals, non profit group has raised concerns over new breeds of dogs being brought into the territory for breeding saying it should be disallowed until the issue of getting the stray dog population under control in American Samoa is resolved. (Dogs and cats mostly from Hawai i are allowed as long as they meet all health and quarantine requirements under local law). We don t need anymore breeding on island. We have more than enough breeding, said Mona King. She also said that this issue is something the newly established Animal Control and Care Program (ACCP) Task Force is looking to include in any proposed legislation in addressing the stray dog and roaming animal problem in the territory. King is a member of the ACCP, which is chaired by Marion Fitisemanu of the Department of Health. Meanwhile, the task force s Needs Statement pointed out that the territory currently has an over-population of stray dogs, which can be associated with adversely affecting the quality of life in American Samoa. It pointed out that LBJ Medical Center reports treating dog biterelated injuries on a frequent basis, many involving small children. Additionally, there are daily occurrences of rubbish spread from receptacles by malnourished dogs, resulting in an eyesore. Moreover, people often dump unwanted puppies and sick adult dogs in public parks on government land, and in remote locations to escape the responsibility of caring for their animals. (Samoa News has received in the past couple of months reports from some residents who have witnessed cars pulling up at public parts and just leaving puppies there). According to the task force, the link between leptospirosis, stray dogs and humans in American Samoa endangers public health. TSUNAMI AWARENESS WORKSHOP TRAINING SET FOR JUNE The local Department of Homeland Security is hosting for two days starting June 18 a Tsunami Awareness Training at the Governor Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center in Utulei. There are two sessions - both from 8a.m. to 5p.m. - with the first one for ASG executive officials and the second will be tailored to ASG deputies, managers and staff. ASDHS has also invited members of the business community to attend these sessions, which are hosted in conjunction with the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In his memo about the training sent to ASG departments and agencies, ASDHS director Utuali i Iuniasolua Savusa says the sessions will provide participants with a basic understanding of tsunamis, warning and dissemination, hazard assessment and community response strategies to effectively reduce tsunami risk. He pointed out that the September 2009 earthquake and subsequent tsunami showed us that no amount of preparation can alleviate this type of disaster, however, through continued preparedness training and exercises, we can effectively respond to and recover from these kinds of natural disasters. He encouraged attendance by a representative who is able to redistribute the required training information to further enhance the preparedness level to departmental personnel. This training will better equip them in saving lives and property during emergencies, he said. For more information and to confirm attendance for the training, please contact Esther Savusa-Savini DESPITE COMPETITION ASTCA DOING WELL WITH REVENUE Despite stiff competition from BlueSky Communication, the government owned American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority is doing well with its revenue, collecting just over $4 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, according to ASTCA s 2nd quarter performance report, which covers Jan. 1 - March 31, At the end of the second quarter, ASTCA collected $4.14 million in revenue, compared to expenditures at $3.43 million. The highest expenditures are in the equipment category at $1.94 million as ASTCA continues to upgrade, not only to provide better service but to comply with certain federal regulations. The next highest expense falls under personnel cost at $811,235 covering 167 full time/career service employees and 11 full time/temporary contract (one-year) employees. Budgeted positions stands at 185. For the first six months of the fiscal year, ASTCA collected $9.64 million in revenue and expended $8.05 million. The semi autonomous FY 2013 approved budget is $15 million, according to the report, which was prepared by Aleki Sene Sr., whose last day on the job as ASTCA executive director was May 1. (Continued on page 14) CBT Ho Ching & Co., Inc. Nu uuli: Tafuna: Store Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:00 am- 5:00pm Sat: 7:30am - 2:00pm SAVE 30%-50% ON SELECT ITEMS SAVE 50% SAVE 30% ALL DESIGN GLASS BLOCK CHECK OUT MORE GREAT SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE STORE. NOW TIL JUNE 29 ON SELECT KITCHEN CABINETS SAVE 50% VINYL SLIDING WINDOW SAVE 50% ON SELECT PVC FITTING SAVE 30% - MAHOGANY DECORATIVE 36 DOORS SALE APPLIES TO ONLY CASH PURCHASES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. PRICES IN EFFECT WHILE QUANTITIES LAST. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT PRINTING ERRORS.

4 Page 4 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Bobbing & Weaving If you don t like what you are getting, Change what you are doing. Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. A happy Saturday to friends and Fans alike of Hawkeye. As we find ourselves bobbing & weaving through life like a most prominent Boxer, we still have the urge to assist a loser when he is down in the Ring of life. Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor always stop to hand a dollar to a person that is down and out on his luck, as having been there and done that, a dollar is most precious when one is looking for their next meal. Hawkeye used to collide with his old dead redneck daddy when it came to beggars as the old man figured the poor bastard should get up off his a#s and get a real job! The old man was never accused of being lazy: as a matter of fact there were few men that could keep up with him in the arts of manual labor. For that, he could honestly have been proud. Hawkeye and Leanor have this in common: what goes around comes around. One good deed per day allows a clear conscience for a good nights sleep! It is when you offer the beggar $1.00, and he turns his nose up at you and demands that you fess up with a five dollar bill that can often be testy to ones temper. So: in order that we do not become a small Island Nation of Beggars, let s all do our best to go out there and search for an honest job! For those who are sincerely disabled and find them-selves in the street, let s keep offering them that dollar for their next meal! Remembering that all the while, they are Bobbing & Weaving their way through life in their own way, not by choice, but attempting to live with the hand that fate has dealt them. For this pride, Hawkeye does in fact applaud them! As a matter of fact, Hawkeye applauded himself when he was down and out without TUPE (Money) to purchase a can of Soda! Taking into consideration that it was by Hawkeyes own doing that put him there in the first place, gave him the self pride and willpower to pull himself back up and to lead a semblance of what he now feels is a fairly normal life. Thus the Bobbing & Weaving effect.. Humm. While Hawkeye was growing up in the Susquehanna River Hills in Southeastern Pennsylvania, he encountered those who were actually worse off than he. While he often went W.O.S. (with-out shoes) due to the simple fact that his parents were so dirt poor that they could not afford to buy shoes, He went out and earned money by Hoeing weeds in people s gardens, and cleaning out Cow S*#t for neighboring farmers. He went ahead and purchased his own shoes, and enough clothing to be presentable in school. Hawkeye was so presentable that he decided to drop out after 2 months of a 9th grade repeat. He thought he liked earning Tupe (money) by shoveling s*#t better than he liked school. In those days, traveling was very dangerous as there were cannibals and they would stop you, abduct you, and they would cook you and ate you up! At any rate, the Moral of Hawks story is: Consider yourself lucky to be afforded the opportunity to earn a good education, and a chance to enter the Military after High School and make something better of your selves, while at the same time, serving your mother country, the Good old USA! It is also a fine feeling that we all have the opportunity to dwell in Paradise! There is a whole lot in the world and national news about the Tornadoes that have struck in various places in Oklahoma, namely: Moore. Hawkeye overheard one old lady on the news saying that the reason that the Tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma so bad is that them thair people ain t right with Jesus! This immediately took Hawkeye back to Southeastern Pennsylvania where he grew up as a child. Should anything go wrong in and around the little town of Delta Pennsylvania according to Hawkeyes Mom, it was the work of the devil and that them thair Homo-sapiens ain t right with de lawd! Hawkeyes Daddy used to blame everything on the Russians being the devout Atheist that he was. This was the era of the Cold war that we were having with the Communists. As far as the old man was concerned, everything was brought on by the Russians, and Hawkeye almost admits now that he could have been right! Presetene Valatimere Pukin, of the Modern USSR is still stirring the crap and aiding and abetting the troublemakers of the Middle East. This boy is trying to take his nation back to the dark ages. He is assisting, Syria, Lebanon, Hamas, Hezbully, Iran, and any other little jerkwater country that is out to destroy freedom and democracy throughout the world including Venezuela! The next thing we know he will be coming after we the people of Amedikan! And that s it from Sweet Leanor & Hawkeye until next week Aumua Amata with Alualu Claxton and Loka Muna of Pago Pago who hosted her visit, along with members of the Samoan community at Fort Stewart. The gentleman in white on the left is Pastor Uati Savea of the First Samoan Church of Christ which sits on a large nine-acre parcel of land in Hinesville, adjacent to the base. Savea, a military veteran and his wife and congregation graciously hosted a dinner for us at the church and we were pleased to visit with members as well as some of the Samoan soldiers stationed at Stewart. [courtesy photo] Amata s Journal Day 4 American Samoa s major exports: Tuna, Soldiers & Football Players At a recent conference I lightheartedly told my audience that American Samoa s three major exports were canned tuna, soldiers and football players. All three of those commodities came into play on the fourth stop of my military base tour: Fort Stewart, GA. I would say that close behind those three items is a fourth export: churches. Everywhere there are Samoan communities be they civilian or military it will come as no surprise that you will find a Samoan church. In the case of Fort Bragg, with over 1,000 soldiers and many retirees living in the area, there are two Samoan churches. Unfortunately, a scheduling conflict prevented me from visiting the Samoan Assembly of God church on the base, but before we left for Fort Stewart we did have a chance to worship with the Samoan community at the CCCAS Fayetteville Church, whose pastor is Rev. Mana omia Tauanu u. I was delighted to discover that both he and his wife Se ela hail from Manu a. We enjoyed the wonderful service, particularly the pastor s inspiring sermon and the beautiful singing. The pastor also gave me an opportunity to speak to the congregation and I told them how proud I was that the young people, especially those who have never even been to American Samoa, are maintaining our cultural traditions so far away from home. From Fort Bragg we drove to Charleston, SC where I visited the Citadel in my capacity as a member of the board of directors of Field House 100 American Samoa. I am always on the lookout for colleges that might be interested in providing scholarships for our student athletes and it seemed to me that as a military academy, the Citadel might be just the sort of school to which we might be able to send two of our exports rolled into one: football players interested in becoming soldiers. I met with the college s chief recruiter and will be putting him together with FH100-AS Executive Director Brandon Smart when I return to give him my report. Although it is not an active military facility, I very much wanted to tour Charleston s historic Fort Sumter, at which the first shots of the Civil War were fired. It sits in the middle of a bay, however, and it would have consumed more time than we had available before our scheduled arrival at Fort Stewart, just over the South Carolina state line and outside of Savannah, GA. Because there are only one fourth as many soldiers at Fort Stewart as Fort Bragg, I had expected the physical size of the fort to be smaller than Bragg as well but was surprised to find it was twice the size of Bragg and is actually the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, where tank, field artillery, helicopter gunnery, and small arms ranges operate simultaneously throughout the year with little time lost to bad weather. Even though there are fewer soldiers (and fewer Samoans) at Stewart than at Bragg, there are two Samoan churches here as well. Our host for the visit was Alualu Claxton and Loka Muna of Pago Pago, and I look forward to visiting with their sister Pastor Lupe Salt at Fort Gordon. Alualu and Loka frequently attend Pastor Salt s church and they also stay in touch with the congregation of the First Samoan Church of Christ, whose pastor is military veteran Uati Savea. Pastor Savea and his wife graciously hosted a dinner for us at the church, which is on a large nine-acre parcel of land in Hinesville, adjacent to the base. After a private meeting with the pastor and several church elders, we had dinner with his congregation, which included many of the Samoan soldiers stationed at the fort. Because so many of the units are deployed, there are relatively few Samoans at the fort at the moment but we were pleased to be able to bring news from back home to their family members. The soldiers we did meet with included some who had transferred from Fort Knox, which is consolidating with other forts. We met with Naotala Rob Misaalefua of Manu a. He is the nephew of the late Felei Misaalefua and his wife Tapu, two very good longtime friends. Pastor Savea, himself a military veteran, is a proactive, energetic minister who reaches out to all the Samoans and brings great (Continued on page 10) Osini Faleatasi Inc. reserves all rights. dba Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local & federal holidays. Please send correspondences to: OF, dba Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, Am. Samoa Contact us by Telephone at (684) Contact us by Fax at (684) Contact us by at [email protected] 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.

5 by Joyetter Feagaimaali i-luamanu Samoa News Reporter NOFO UTU DENIES ALLEGATIONS DURING ARRAIGNMENT During her arraignment yesterday morning, Nofo Te o Utu, an alleged Visa agent, entered a not guilty plea in the High Court on two charges of stealing, which are both class C felonies punishable by imprisonment of up to seven years, a fine of up to $5,000, a fine equal to twice the amount of gain from the commission of said crime up to $20,000 or both fine and imprisonment. Utu, who s released out on a surety bail of $10,000 is represented by Fiti Sunia while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Julie Pasquale. The defendant on Thursday waived her right to a preliminary examination in the District Court before Judge John Ward. According to the government s case, on March 2013, IT and his wife, upon learning that the defendant was an individual Visa agent, went to her residence and asked for her help in applying for a United States Visa for IT through the U.S. Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa. It s alleged that Utu told the couple that they needed to pay $100 for the processing fee, $150 for the visa application request, $160 for fingerprinting and $150 for IT s airfare to Samoa. Court filings state that IT paid the defendant $560 in March 2013 and that the defendant informed IT that she had processed all paperwork for his visa and to get ready for his appointment in Apia. It s also alleged that on the day before IT was scheduled to fly to Apia, the defendant called him, saying that he would not fly to Apia but instead she (the defendant) would be the one to represent IT and other applicants at the U.S. Embassy in Apia to answer questions on their behalf. The government claims that IT and his wife stated that when the defendant returned from Apia she told IT that his visa will arrive in two weeks time, but when more than two weeks passed by without a Visa confirmation, IT contacted the defendant again. According to court filings, the defendant gave IT a different story on when his visa would arrive and the stories kept changing up until May 17, Police also spoke to another complaining witness, SS who also paid money to the defendant for a U.S. Visa, which he also did not receive. SS told CID Detectives that on March 12, 2013 he paid the defendant $150 for a Visa Confirmation number and then two days later, he gave the defendant $100 for processing fee and $150 for airfare to Apia. It s alleged that the defendant told SS he would leave for Apia on Apr. 6, 2013 for his interview but when SS spoke with defendant on April 4, 2013 she told him that he needed to pay $160 more for a fingerprinting process which SS paid. Court filings state that according to SS, the defendant kept changing her story on SS s departure date for Apia, thus driving SS to seek assistance from the CID Division at the Department of Public Safety. Court filings also state that the police spoke to Utu on May 21, 2013 where she said that the appointments have been set for the two male individuals and she allegedly admitted that she had been overcharging the two males and used the money for personal purposes, and she was willing to pay back the victims in a timely manner. The defendant had also stated that she had given false information to the victims regarding their visas and wished to apologize for it. Pre-trial conference in this matter is scheduled for July 23, SEX CASE MOVED TO FAMILY COURT Chief Justice Michael Kruse has ordered the case of a 26-year-old man accused of impregnating a 16-year-old girl transferred to the Family Drug and Alcohol Court. This was after Assistant Public Defender Mike White informed the court that the defendant wishes to start a family with the victim upon his release from jail. Wesley Motuliki, who is facing charges of rape, sexual abuse first degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, yesterday pled guilty to the first charge while the government moved to dismiss the latter charge. Chief Justice accepted the plea agreement. The defendant apologized for violating the law, and for ridiculing his family name due to his actions. He then apologized to the girl involved and said in open court that he loves her and cannot wait to start a family with the 16-year-old. The defendant, who s being held on bail of $50,000 is represented by Assistant Public Defender Leslie Cardin while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Kimberly Hyde. Kruse moved to continue this matter, asking the Probation office to provide the court with a report from the Department of Human Social Services pertaining to similar cases. According to the government s case the incident came to light when the girl s grandfather filed a complaint with the police on Feb. 5, The grandparents informed the police that the girl was living with her mother but had moved in with them. It s alleged that the girl felt ill and was taken to the hospital, where physicians informed the grandparents that she was five months pregnant. Court filings say that the girl s mother told the grandparents that the girl had sexual intercourse with Motuliki in August 2012, and it was reported to the police, however when the police officers failed to respond to the call, the family decided to resolve the matters privately and told the girl and Motuliki to refrain from engaging in sexual intercourse. However, the family was surprised when the girl was found to be pregnant. According to the government s case, the girl told that police that she met the defendant in January and had sex for the first time in April She said they had engaged in a sexual relationship until September. The girl told the police that initially the defendant refused to have sexual intercourse with her because he was afraid of being arrested. Upon questioning by police, the defendant admitted to engaging in sex with the girl when she was 16 years old. (Continued on page 13) samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 5 Mom gives birth in minivan in the hospital driveway CHICAGO (AP) Melissa Jones almost made it. The suburban Chicago mom was heading to the hospital to give birth. She got as far as the hospital s driveway, but her daughter just wasn t going to wait any longer to come into the world. While nurses rushed out and her children looked on, Jones delivered her baby in the family s minivan Thursday just feet from the front door of Northwestern s Prentice Women s Hospital in downtown Chicago. A doctor leaving work assisted with the front-seat delivery, calling out for gloves and blankets. All I could do was hold onto the dashboard and the side of the car and push, said 30-year-old Jones of Calumet City. Earlier that evening, Jones was at work as a restaurant cashier at a downtown Chicago hotel when she started having contractions. She called her fiance, Marcus Ross, and asked him to come get her, then made sure one more customer got his order, a milkshake. Meanwhile, Ross put the four children in the couple s minivan and headed into the city. The plan was to head to the suburban hospital where they d planned to deliver. His mother would meet them there and they d hand off the children to her. But it was soon clear the baby wasn t going to wait long enough to get to the suburbs. With contractions getting stronger and closer, they drove to the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus and searched for the correct entrance. We passed it two or three times, Jones said. In the driveway at last, her water broke. It pops like a balloon, I kid you not. I felt her slip down the birth canal. Jones expects that her daughter 6-pound-8-ounce Mariah Faith Ross will be an unstoppable child because of the way she came into the world. She s going to give me a run for the money, Jones said. She made a grand entrance. The other children, Jones said, now know for sure where babies come from. The Equator Restaurant at Tradewinds invites the GRADUATES to come celebrate Burger Madness June 1st - 9th $8.00 SPECIAL Buy one, get one Half-off 1/3 Pound of ground beef hand formed patty, seasoned and grilled. Topped with cheddar cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and our very own house sauce. 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6 Page 6 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Amid safety fears, U.S. Navy jets still train on Iwo Jima Los Angeles Police officers detain an unidentified man near a shooting at Santa Monica College, Friday, June 7, 2013, in Santa Monica, Calif. Two people were found dead in a burned home near the college, where someone sprayed a street corner with gunfire, wounding at least four people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah) Man kills 4 in CA before police shoot him dead SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed four people and wounded five others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city. Police shot him dead in the Santa Monica College Library. The violence began when the gunman, acting alone despite early reports of a possible second shooter, opened fire on a house where two bodies were found, police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said. Two officials said the killings began as a domestic violence incident and the victims in the home were the gunman s father and brother. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. Only about 20 minutes passed between the first reports of trouble and the gunman s death, but it led to hours of fear and confusion in the balmy coastal city. It s a horrific event everyone wishes didn t happen, Santa Monica police spokesman Sgt. Richard Lewis said. As the house burst into flames, the man, dressed all in black and wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket, carjacked a woman at gunpoint and directed her to drive to the college campus, having her stop so he could shoot along the way, police said. He wounded one woman in a car, left three more women with minor injuries after firing on a city bus, and also fired on police cars, bystanders and pedestrians, police said. In a faculty parking lot on the edge of campus, he fired on two people in a red Ford Explorer that crashed through a block wall. The driver was killed and a passenger critically wounded, police said. From there, the gunman entered the campus, fatally wounding a woman as he made his way toward the college s library, where students were studying for final exams. We saw a woman get shot in the head, said administrative assistant Trena Johnson, who looked out the window of the dean s office, where she works, when she heard gunfire. I haven t been able to stop shaking. The gunman fired on people in the library, Seabrooks said, but apparently didn t hit anybody there as dozens ran for the exits. I was totally scared to death and I can t believe it happened so fast, said Vincent Zhang, a 20-year-old economics major. Officers entered the library and shot and killed the gunman moments later, Seabrooks said. Just 3 miles away, President Barack Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said the agency was aware of the shooting, which began just before noon, but it had no effect on the president s event. After the gunman was killed, police combed the campus for a possible second shooter. They detained a man, but he was questioned and released and was not a suspect, Lewis said. The body of the suspected gunman remained on the campus sidewalk hours later as coroner s investigators examined the scene. The gunman was found with a canvas bag that included a rifle, a handgun and magazines of ammunition, Lewis said. ATF agents also responded to the home where fire erupted earlier, to investigate a small cache of ammunition found in a room, Lewis said. The identities of the dead would be released by coroner s investigators after relatives were notified, officials said. Three of the gunman s victims, the two in the house and the SUV s driver, died immediately. The woman near the library died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center about three hours later. Lewis said the woman appeared to be in her 50s and had with her a bag of recyclables she may have been collecting. Two other women were also admitted to the hospital, said Dr. Marshall Morgan, the chief of emergency medicine. One, the passenger from the SUV, was listed in critical condition after undergoing surgery. The other, who d been shot by the gunman just after the carjacking, was in critical condition. The three women from the bus were treated at the hospital and released. One had shrapneltype injuries and the two others had injuries not related to gunfire. Nine crime scenes were under investigation by officers from 11 different law enforcement agencies, said Lewis, the police spokesman. Police were at another place of interest late Friday believed to be linked to the gunman and would likely execute a search warrant, Lewis said. Police had said earlier that seven people were killed, including the gunman, but they revised the death toll to five at a news conference late Friday. Lewis said there were conflicting descriptions of some victims and they were counted twice. Jerry Cunningham Rathner, who lives near the house that caught fire, said she heard gunshots and came out onto her porch to see a man shooting at the residence. Soon, the building (Continued on page 13) IOTO, Japan (AP) Iwo Jima is a training site like no other. The rugged volcanic crag was one of the most iconic battlegrounds of World War II, and is so isolated and barren it has almost never been inhabited by anyone other than military troops. But from the perspective of U.S. Navy fighter pilots who regularly train on the island s one functioning airstrip, it is unique in another way. If a plane finds itself in serious trouble and for some reason that lone airstrip on the island isn t viable, the only alternative is to eject and ditch in the Pacific. It s a problem that the U.S. Navy, which is now conducting training on the island to prepare pilots for deployment to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, has been trying to fix for nearly 25 years. But, so far, Japan has failed to find a more suitable site. Briefing reporters on the tiny island Friday, Capt. Dennis Mikeska, the assistant chief of staff for operations, planning and operations for the U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, said Iwo Jima is the only place in the world where the Navy conducts crucial carrier landing practice without an emergency divert an alternate location where a plane can go in an emergency. He said the Navy hasn t lost a plane on Iwo Jima yet, but added, That s not to say there haven t been any close calls. Mikeska was quick to note that although the site is not so critically dangerous as to be unusable, it does not meet Navy safety standards and must be replaced as soon as possible. Japan is responsible for providing locations for all U.S. bases within Japanese territory that both countries agree are necessary. The Navy s plea has run up against the classic dilemma that faces all U.S. forces in Japan. Though the Japanese government is one of Washington s staunchest and most reliable allies, it is virtually impossible to find a city, town or village that will quietly accept having U.S. troops based near it. The not-in-my-backyard problem is most intense on the island of Okinawa, where about half of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are based. Plans to simply deploy the Marine Corps new transport aircraft, the MV-22 Osprey, have sent tens of thousands of Okinawans to the streets in protest. This week, the mere suggestion by the mayor of Japan s second-largest city that the U.S. should use a small suburban airfield there was met with an immediate outcry, and has become a national debate. For the Japanese leadership who are rarely willing to risk such controversy Iwo Jima is the perfect place to put the noisy U.S. fighters. Now officially called Ioto in Japan, the island is inhabited full time only by a few hundred Japanese troops. It is about 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) south of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, the base on Japan s main island where the George Washington aircraft carrier s air wing the units that train on Iwo Jima is stationed when not at sea. Local anger over the noise and dangers of a crash are what drove the wing to Iwo Jima to begin with. With little other choice, the Navy has been using the Iwo Jima facility for carrier landing practice since 1989, when the two governments agreed to move such operations there on an interim basis in response to the noise complaints, and costly lawsuits, from Atsugi residents. Carrier-based fighter pilots need to train intensely and are required to take qualification tests before deploying to sea. The strip on Iwo Jima has a mock-up of an aircraft carrier s deck. Veteran pilots stand nearby as the fighters approach, both to guide them in and to grade each landing. Iwo Jima has its advantages. Because there is no local population to worry about, fighters can fly at low altitudes and at all hours of the night. But according to the Navy, the nearest place a pilot can divert, or make an emergency landing, is 600 miles (960 kilometers) away, or about six times farther than the 100 miles (160 kilometers) that is considered safe. We need a special waiver every time we train out there, said Jon Nylander, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy in Japan. Moving it is a high priority for us. Tokyo has acknowledged Iwo Jima is only a temporary solution. Japan has suggested the Iwo Jima flight training be conducted on Mageshima, an island in Japan s southwest where Tokyo plans to build a military base to bolster its southern defenses and its preparedness for natural disasters. Mageshima was officially named a candidate in 2004 in a meeting between the U.S. and Japanese foreign and defense ministers. Mageshima would provide access to alternative landing sites, and would also be closer to the home base of the air wing when it moves to Iwakuni, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) away. That move was scheduled for 2014, but has also stalled. No progress has been announced on moving to that island, however. Mikeska said Mageshima is still officially a candidate site, but no firm plans have been agreed upon.

7 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 7 NEG Training Orientation Program The National Emergency Grant (NEG) Program will hold a training orientation Work Experience Internship for all unemployed NEG participants Friday, June 7, 2013, 8:00am- 12:00pm, at Samoana High School gymnasium. The Work Experience Internship will assist the Office of Veterans Affairs with counting of all veterans and their dependents. This data will help the NEG program, DHR and the Office of Veterans Affairs to better serve the veterans and their dependents residing in the Territory. TIME:EVENT:PRESENTER 8:00-9:00Sign-inNEG Staff 9:00-10:00Program OverviewNEG Staff 10:00-11:00Registration formneg-va Staffs 11:00-12:00Finance BriefingsNEG Staff For more information, please contact Tuimavave Tauapai Laupola at or Tulimanu o le FA aolataga O LE MATA U I LE ATUA E FAA- GAGANAINA AI LE AMIOTONU. (Ieremia: 5:6-13. Luka 12: 6-12.) E le faatauvaa i tatou i le silafaga a le Atua, e le tutusa i tatou o tagata ua ta u amiotonuina i lona silafaga ma e tau o mea faatauvaa ua fuafuaina i isi tagata, e oo ia tatou lauulu e le pau fua se lauulu i aunoa ma le faitauina e le Atua. I le taua o le asari i Iutaia poo le e 4 siliva, poo le 4 unite (units) i le pauna o le troy poo le 12 aunese poo le avoirdupois 16 aunese i le pauna e tasi, le asari, pennies, poo le sene ( kalama) ona maua lea o le tasi le asari poo le penny. Lea ia ua taua i Samoa nei o le sene. I le vaitaimi na afio mai ai Iesu i le lalolagi na taumafai Iesu e tau atu ia Iutaia le mea moni, e alo ese mai ai ma mea pepelo lea e talaiina e le au farasaio, o tagata ua le talitonu lava i le afio mai i le lalolagi. E le talitonu o le Mesia Iesu, e le talitonu o ia o le Alo o le Atua, e le talitonu o Ia o le faaola o le lalolagi. E ese ese lava le la talitonuga faa-fia-atua na, ma le taunuu mai o le Tala Lelei lea na aumaia e Iesu. E pei o Perofeta a le Atua ma i ai i le Feagaiga Tuai, o tagata na latou talai le finagalo o le Atua i lona nuu o Isaraelu na tau i ai mea o loo finagalo ai le Atua e pei o valoaga, o mea e finagalo i lona nuu e faia i ona tagata. Peitai o le tele lava o Tupu o le nuu i ai Iutaia ma Isaraelu ua fai lava le mea e loto i ai le tagata ia, ua solomua lava i tupu le soli o tulafono o le Atua. Pei ona taua i le 2 Tupu 6:5-7, Ua ta e le tasi le laau, ona pau ese ai lea o le matau i le vai, ona alaga lea o ia, ua faapea mai, Aue! le alii e, aua o le mea nono. Ona fai atu ai lea o le tagata o le Atua, Pe na pau ifea? Ona faasino mai ai lea e ia o le mea. Ona vavae mai ai lea e ia o se laau, ua lafo i ai, ona opeopea ai lea o le uamea. Ona fai atu ai lea o ia, Ina avae ia. Ona aapa atu ai lea o ia lona lima, ua tago i ai. Pei ona tusia i le Mataio 10: 29, E le faataulia ea ni manu iti se lua i le asari? E leai foi so laua e pau i le eleele e aunoa e aunoa ma le outou Tama. Ia e pei o le tala ia Neemia, o le tagata i le tatalo i le Atua i soo se mea lava e manao i ai, e oo i lona ala mai, tatalo, o le taimi e ai ai, tatalo, e sauni o le a moe, tatalo soo se mea lava e na te faia, o le tatalo lava i le Atua. Na ave i ai e le Atua le loto malosi, loto toa, loto tele e fefe e tau i le Tupu lana manao, e alu e toe fai le pa o le Malumalu o Siona i Ierusalema, ae maise ai o tuugamau o ona tuaa ua leaga uma i le afi. O le mata u i le Atua e faagaganaina ai le amiotonu le faamaoni o Neemia ua talitonu ai le Tupu o Aretaseta ma le tautala sa o o ia, lea na alofagia o ia e le Tupu, na tuu atu e le Tupu e alu e fai le mea lea na manoa ai i le toe fai faalelei tuugamau o ona tuaa ma toe fai le pa o le Malumalu i Iersalema. I le oo ai o Neemia e fa mea ia na ia toe faia, (1) o le toe foi o Neemia e Ierusalema, (2) toe faiga o le pa i Ierusalema, (3) o le toe faitauina o Tulafono e Esara, (4) o le faa e eina o le tofi Kovana ia Neemia. Le tagata ua ola i le ola e fesoasoani mai i ai le Atua, le tagata ua ia faalagolago i le Atua o le tagata lea e ola fua i le olaga nei, o ua soifua mo le Atua Soifua. E sili a e tau o manu iti pe i ona faatauvaa ai le ola o le tagata Iutaia, e tele puapuaga e feagai ma i latou e le pipii lona soifuaga i le Atua, e vaivai gofie o tatou loto ona o mea o lenei olaga, ae a tatou soifua mo le Atua, o le tagata lena ua soifua i le Agaga Paia. Fai mai le tatou matua, O le matau i le Atua e faagaganaina ai le amiotonu. Amene. LOKA LE ALII NA TUUAIA I LE TALE- PEINA O SE FALEOLOA I LE 2012 tusia Ausage Fausia O le ali i talavou lea o lo o tuuaia i lo latou talepeina lea ma osofaia se faleoloa i Satala i le aso 5 Ianuari 2012, na taofia faapagota e leoleo i le vaiaso na te a nei ina ua molia e le malo i moliaga mamafa e lua o le talepe fale i le tulaga muamua ma le gaoi. E $20,000 le tupe na ulua i faatulaga e le faamasinoga e totogi ona faatoa mafai lea ona tatala Vallen Matuato i tua mai le toese i Tafuna, ae i le mae a ai ona iloilo e le faamasinoga o faafinauga a loia e uiga i lenei mataupu, na toe suia ai loa le tupe e tatala ai le ua i lalo i le $10,000. I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea, o le vaveao o le aso 5 Ianuari 2012 pe tusa o le 4:00 na vili ai e le pule o le faleoloa na osofaia le ofisa o leoleo mo se fesoasoani, ona o lona faleoloa ua talepe e ni tagata. E sosoo faatasi lava le faleoloa ma le fale e nofo ai le alii pule o le faleoloa i Satala. Na taua e le pule o le faleoloa i leoleo e faapea, ina ua toe fo i atu i totonu o lona fale, sa ia maitauina ai le masini pu eata o lo o i totonu o lona potu ua le ola, ma o iina na ia masalomia ai loa e i ai le tagata na alu atu i totonu o le faleoloa. I suesuega a leoleo na maua ai e faapea, o le faitotoa pito i tua o le faleoloa na talepe e tagata ae ulufale ai i totonu. Ao faaauau pea suesuega a leoleo faasaga i isi faleoloa na osofaia ma talepe e ni tagata o lo o tau sailia i lea taimi, na mapuna a e ai ma le suafa o Matuato, o ia lea o lo o masalomia sa auai i le talepeina o le faleoloa e pei ona taua i Satala. Ina ua fesiligia e leoleo le ua molia e uiga i lenei mataupu, sa ia taua ai e faapea, i le po o le aso e pei ona taua, sa la faia ai ma lana uo o Aitofele le tonu e osofa i le faleoloa na aafia. Na taua e Matuato e faapea, o Aitofele ma le isi la uo na i totonu o le faleoloa, ae o ia na tu tu i fafo e vaai ni tagata e atu, ina ua maea le osofaiga, sa latou vaevaeina loa mea sa maua mai i le osofaiga. Na faamaonia e Aitofele ma le isi alii i leoleo, e faamaonia o latou na osofaia le faleoloa, ae o le fautuaga a le ua molia na mafua ai ona latou faatinoina lea solitulafono. Afai ae mafai ona tatala Matuato i tua mai le toese i Tafuna, ua poloaina o ia ina ia aua ne i toe taumafai e faafesootai le faleoloa na tulai mai ai le solitulafono, aua fo i ne i ona toe taumafai e soli se tulafono a le malo, a ia fesootai ma lana loia i soo se taimi ma auai i taimi uma e valaau ai lana mataupu. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]

8 Page 8 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Club of world s rich & powerful meet in Le vaa o le Samoa Express mai Samoa lea o lo o i ai nei i luga o le Vaega Tosovaa i Satala, mo le faia i ai o ni isi o galuega lipea. [ata: AF] TO A 3 SAILA MAI SAMOA NA TA LOKA LEOLEO MA MOLIA FAATUPU VEVESI tusia Ausage Fausia E to atolu ni Saila mai Samoa na ta loka e leoleo i le po o le aso Lulu na te a nei ona o tu uaiga i lo latou faia o ni gaioiga e ono lepeti ai le nonofo filemu o tagata lautele, ma tutula i ai i luma o le Fa amasinoga Fa aitumalo i le taeao o le aso Tofi na soso o ai. O i latou na ta loka e leoleo e aofia ai Iosua Tusega, Malosi Sameli ma Siu Lotoa, lea ua toe tatala i tua i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le kamupani vaa o lo o galulue faatasi ma le kamupani va a a Samoa, le Samoa Shipping Corporation. O i latou e toatolu na taofia e leoleo, o ni alii saila i le vaa a le Samoa Express, lea na aumai i le vaiaso i ona tua atu mo le toe faia i ai o galuega lipea, ma o lo o i ai nei i luga o le vaega tosova a i Satala le vaa. O lo o tuuaia e le malo i latou nei i le moliaga mama o le faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele, o se solitulafono e mafai ona faasala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le silia i le 6 masina, pe faasala foi i le salatupe e le silia i le $500, po o le faasala foi i faasalaga uma ia e lua. O tuuaiga faasaga ia i latou nei na alia e mai i le fale kalapu o le Karaoke Bar i Satala, ma ua poloaina ai loa e le faamasinoga i latou nei ina ia aua ne i toe oo i le nofoaga o lo o i ai le fale kalapu na tulai mai ai le faalavelave. I le toe tatala ai o i latou e toatolu i tua mai le toese i Tafuna, ua poloaina i latou e le alii faamasino ia John L. Ward II ina ia tumau pea lo latou nonofo i luga o le vaa o lo o i luga o le vaega toso vaa i Satala, e faatali ai le aso lea ua toe tolopo i ai la latou mataupu. Ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News le Pulesili o le Kamupani Vaa a Samoa, le afioga a Papalii Uili Nansen, lea fo i sa i ai i totonu o le potu faamasino ina ua fofogaina le mataupu a alii saila mai Samoa, pe i ai ni faaiuga a le kamupani va a i saila e aafia i ni mataupu faapenei faavaomalo, na saunoa ai Papalii e faapea, e i ai faaiuga poo faasalaga e faia e le kamupani vaa i ana tagata faigaluega pe a aafia i tulaga faapenei, ae fuafua lava fo i i le matuia o solitulafono e faia atoa ai ma le faamaonia o ia tuuaiga. O le taimi nei e le o faamaonia tuuaiga o lo o faia faasaga i saila e toatolu, e le mafai foi ona ou talanoa atu i se faaiuga e faia i ai, o le saunoaga lea a Papalii. Sanoa Papalii, o lo o i ai le faamoemoe e tatau ona oo atu i le vaiaso fou ua maea galuega mo le toe faaleleia o vaega o le vaa na mafua ai ona aumaia i Amerika Samoa nei, ma toe fuafua ai loa mo le toe foi atu i Samoa. A o tatala ai i latou nei e toatolu i tua i lalo o poloaiga a le faamasinoga, ua poloaina i latou ina ia faasa ona latou toe tagofia le ava malosi, aua nei o latou toe soli se tulafono, aua nei o latou taumafai e tuua le atunuu, a ia fesootai vavalalata ma le latou loia e faatali ai le isi a latou iloiloga lea ua faatulaga mo le aso Lua o le vaiaso fou. secret near London LONDON (AP) It s a busy weekend at the luxury Grove Hotel, favored haunt of British soccer players and their glitzloving spouses. More than 100 of the world s most powerful people are at the former manor house near London for a secretive annual gathering that has attained legendary status in the eyes of anti-capitalist protesters and conspiracy theorists. The guest list for the Bilderberg meeting includes Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. British Prime Minister David Cameron is due to drop by Friday. The Bilderberg Group was set up in 1954 to support military and economic co-operation between Europe and North America during the Cold War. Named for the site of its first meeting the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland the forum for prominent politicians, thinkers and business leaders has been held annually at a series of secluded venues in Europe and North America. What happens at Bilderberg, stays at Bilderberg. There is no media access and the public is kept away by a large security operation. The group says that there is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued. But in a move toward slightly more openness, the group now has a website, which lists attendees and key topics for discussion, including the economy, U.S. foreign policy, cyber warfare and the proliferation of asymmetric threats and major trends in medical research. Invitees include British Treasury chief George Osborne, Goldman Sachs chairman Peter Sutherland and Thomas Enders, CEO of aerospace company EADS. Publication of these details has done little to ease the concerns of protesters, who sense a shadowy global elite at work in the secretive meeting. When 130 of the leaders from all across the West get together, and many of these are billionaires, they are people who are immensely wealthy and immensely powerful, said Michael Meacher, a lawmaker from Britain s Labour Party. And when they all get together, it s not just to have a chat about the latest problem, it is to concert plans for the future of capitalism in the West. That is on a very different scale. Others go even further, putting Bilderberg at the heart of a global web of conspiracy. The protesters in Watford include U.S. talk-radio host and Sept. 11 truther Alex Jones, and former professional soccer player David Icke, who believes the world is run by a race of reptiles in human form. Demonstrators plan to hold a Bilderberg fringe festival outside the hotel until the conference ends Sunday. A Bilderberg spokesman reached by since no phone number is listed said there is nothing sinister about the gathering. We disclose the date, the location, the participants and the key topics of the conference, Xander Heijnen said. Many groups of people meet without announcing it publicly at all, without disclosing who is taking part and without giving any key topics. That message has not swayed protesters like Judd Charlton, a ventriloquist from London who showed up Thursday to jeer at cars with blacked-out windows entering the hotel compound. We are basically here to bring down the parasites who are drug dealers and bank collapsers who seem to want to destroy this world, he said. C Y C Y M K M K Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]

9 T ALA mai brought to you by samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 9 SAMOA tanoa tusitala hotel, apia, samoa C Y M K Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions TUILAEPA: O SE MITI GAOGAO TOE FAAVALEVALEA Na tuusa o saunoaga a le alii palemia, le susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi i le mau faatu a se kamupani Saina o lo o fia inivesi a latou tupe i Samoa ma na ia faaalia e faapea, o tuutuuga o lea mau faatu o se miti gaogao toe faavalevalea. I se feiloaiga ma le au tusitala i le aso Tofi, na faailoa ai e Tuilaepa le taunuu mai o le kamupani o le Zhao Yi Li Management Company Limited. Fai mai a ia, e laititi faamatalaga ua iloa i lea kamupani ae na ia faaalia, e i ai le mafuaaga na ia le faalauiloa ai le taunuu mai o lea kamupani. Ou te lei faailoaina lea kamupani i le au tusitala aua ou te iloa, o le a fesiligia foi sui o lea kamupani e le au tusitala i ni fesili faavalevalea, o a Tuilaepa lea. TOE PULEA PULEGA MALAE VAALELE MALAE VAALELE FAGALII O le a toe fo i le pulega ma le vaaiga o le malae vaalele i Fagalii i le Pulega o Malae Vaalele, le Airport Authority (AA). O le taimi nei o lo o tuufaatasia e le komiti na tofia e le Kapeneta ia taiala mo le liliuina o le faafoeina o le malae vaalele mai le kamupani vaalele o le Polenisia i le AA. O lea faaiuga a le kapeneta o le a afaina ai tupe maua a le Polenisia lea sa taulamua i le toe tatalaina o le malae vaalele i Fagalii ina ua tapunia i nai tausaga ua tuanai. O le mamao na ua o le malae vaalele faavaomalo i Faleolo mai le taulaga i Apia, le mafuaaga na toatele ai tagata e faaaogaina le malae vaalele i Fagalii i faigamalaga mai Pago Pago i Apia. LU I KAPETENI USS PEARL HARBOR SEGAVAO I FAAGATAMA O LE TAI Ua lu i e le kapeteni o le vaa o le Navy a Amerika o lo o asiasi mai i Samoa, le USS Pearl Harbor, ia le kapeteni o le sa o le Segavao la te iloilo i se la tuuga na o laua. Na lipotia mai e faapea, sa taumamafa Kapeteni Wallace Lovely o le USS Pearl Harbor ma Kapeteni Vaimasenuu Zita Martel o le Segavao i totonu o le faleaiga e tasi ma sa la fetaui ma talanoa ai. Sa oo le la talanoaga i tuuga fautasi ma sa faapea ona lu i ai loa e Kapeteni Lovely ia Kapeteni Vaimasenuu. Na faaalia, sa tuu e Kapeteni Lovely le avanoa ia Vaimasenuu i le aso Lua o le vaiaso nei e faamaamulu ai mai lana lu i. Peitai e lei talia e Vaimasenuu lea avanoa. Fai mai a ia, Ona o au o se Toa ma Kuini o le Vasa, ou te talia lea lu i. LOKA LUCKY NAUER I LE TOESE I TAFAIGATA Ua faamautu mai e le komesina o leoleo, le afioga Lilomaiava Fou Taioalo e faapea, e oo mai i le taimi nei, o lo o loka i le toese i Tafaigata le alii o Lucky Nauer, lea ua faamaonia lona moliaga o le fasioti tagata faamoemoeina ma o lo o tuli lona faasalaga o le solo atoa I le falepuipui. E pei ona lipotia muamua i a tatou tala, o le vaiaso na tea nei na sola ese ai lea alii mai le toese. Na faamaonia foi lea tulaga e le loia a lea alii, le susuga Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma e faapea sa logoina o ia e leoleo e faapea ua sola ese Lucky Nauer mai le toese. Sa fesiligia e le au tusitala le alii komesina o leoleo i lea tulaga e ala i fesili sa auina atu i le imeli. Peitai, na o le pau le tali ua maua mai le alii komesina, o lo o loka Lucky Nauer i le toese i Tafaigata. O lea tali le manino a le alii komesina, ua le manino ai foi pe moni sa sola ese lea alii mai le toese, ae po o fea foi na toe maua ai. TAUMAFAI NISI ULUFALE LOTOA TOOMAGA MO E PUAPUAGATIA O le aso Faraile na tea nei faatoa maua ai e le Toomaga mo e Puapuagatia ua faaleagaina se vaega o le pa o lo o siomia ai lo latou nofoaga i Tuanaimato, ma o lo o masalomia sa taumafai se tasi po o nisi e ulufale faamalosi I le fale o lo o api ai alo ma fanau a le atunuu o lo o i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le Toomaga mo e Puapuagatia. Ona o lea tulaga ma le popolega i le saogalemu o alo ma fanau ua sulufai atu i le Toomaga mo se mapusaga, ua faagasolo ai nei ona leoina lea nofoaga e malu o le malo i taimi uma o le ao ma le po. Na lipotia, o lo o masalomia o se tasi o lo o taumafai e toe oo atu i se tasi o i latou o lo o i lalo o le vaavaaiga a le Toomaga mo e Puapuagatia. FAIAINA U20 I LANA ULUA I TAALOGA E lei manuia taumafaiga a le au fili a le atunuu mo tama i lalo o le 20 tausaga, lea o lo o tausinio nei i le taamilosaga o le ipu o le lalolagi mo i latou i lalo o le 20 tausaga le matutua i Farani i lana taaloga muamua. O le vaveao o le aso Tofi na sei mavae atu nei sa taaalo ai Samoa ma le au a Uelese ma o le iuga o lea taaloga e 42 Uelese i le 3 a le Manu Samoa i lalo o le 20 tausaga. E le o mautinoa po o i ai nisi o le au o manunua, ae o le latou taaloga lona lua o le a taaalo ai ma le au malosi a Argentina i le aso 13 o le masina nei. E te fia Poka? C Y M K tusia: THA GAOIA LE FALE I E E malie lei ulugalii o Samasoni ma Tilaila, oo loa i le po o le weekend fai mai loa le tonu a Samasoni i lana toalua, Tilaila, ta o ia i fafo ta momoe ai i luga o le matafaga. tali Tilaila, Ia manaia lena tonu, ta o e tapena ta faleie ae alu atu oe e aumai ta alagu ma ie afu. Ua o atu nei ma faatu le la faleie i luga o le matafaga, uma loa o ifo i fafo ua taooto ai ma matamata i luga i fetu, ao le tamaloa o Samasoni e fiafia i fetu ona na te iloa le tele o fetu. Oo loa i le taimi ua fia momoe ai, o loa i totonu o le faleie ma fai loa lo la malologa, te i a e i luga le fafine o Tilaila ma le vaai atu i luga ua ese lava lana vaai i le lagi, tago loa fafagu Samasoni. Soni Soni.SAMASONI.!!!!!. ala loa i luga le tamaloa, O le a, ua fia momoe tagata ae faalavelave maiiiiiii,! fai atu loa le fafine, O le a sou vaai atu i luga?. tali le tamaloa, Oi o fetu la e tau le pupula, o fetu na ua tiliona maila ua va ai ma le la, ae vagana fetu lena e te vaai atu o lo o pupula malolosi mai lona uiga o la e latalata i le la ma le lalolagi. E lei uma mai tali a Samosoni ae ee atu le fafine, Ou te le i fai atu lava o ni fetu poo ni a, pau le mea lea na fai atu ai, POO UA E TILOTILO ATU UA LE LEAI SE TA FALEIE.UA GAOI E LE TAGATA. E TASI LE KAKUNI COORS LIGHT Na fai galuega a Paulo, Peteru ma Apisai i luga o le vaa na ta ia ai, pau ifo loa le tama o Peteru i le ana, avane i luga ma ave faatopetope loa i le falemai, sau ma le tala a alii fomai ua tuai atu, ua maliu. Fai loa le tonu a Apisai, o le a faatali ia i le bus-stop ae alu Paulo e ta u i le fafine ua maliu Peteru, e le i atoa le afa itula ae foi mai Paulo, ma le kakuni Coors Light, fai atu loa Apisai ia Paulo, Sole e faatali atu tagata ae sau ma le kakuni Coors Light, se faanoanoa mai o le ua oti si tama o Peteru, faaali lou faaaloalo i le ta tama. Ae fai atu Paulo, Sole o le fafine e le vela ma tu le taxi lea na alu atu ai, ou alu loa ma fesili i ai poo ia o le toalua a Peteru?. ae fai mai le fafine, O ai se isi fafine o e vaai mai i ai?. Ou fai atu loa, Ka peki se kakuni pia a Peteru la e totonu o le pusa aisa, o oe o le koalua a Peteru. ia ata loa ma savali aumai ia kakuni e 2, fai mai loa, O au lava lea. ou fai atu loa i ai, Alu e vili le falemai e uiga ia Peteru. E uma ifo lou kakuni muamua i luma o le auala, ae ou faalogoina le e e a le fafine, taofi lau pasi ae tago mai lou apa lea. SEMINA A FAFINE O le faifeau lea na faia le semina i fafine o lana aulotu, ua faapea lana saunoaga i fafine e toafa na faatasi atu i le semina, O au ua ou iloa uma mea e fiafia i ai le fafine i le olaga atoa lenei, lea la ua outou tuu le olaga tuai, lea ua faaigoa ai tou fanau. O oe Ruta, o lena e te valea i mea ai, ua faaigoa ai lou pepe ia Candy. Ia faapena oe Naomi, O oe na o Naomi, ua alu tele lou mafaufau i tupe, le mea na e nofo ai ma faaigoa lou tama ia Penny. ia faasaga mai i le fafine o Sarai, Vaai oe Sarai, o lou fiafia i le mea malosi, ua e nofo ai ma faaigoa lau tama ia Brandy. E faasaga atu loa ia Maria, ae tu loa i luga Maria ma taitai i fafo lana tama, ma fai atu i si tama, Sau oe Dick ta o i le fale, ua ou iloa lelei le mea e fai mai ai le faifeau ou te fiafia i ai.e pule a le tagata latou ia e le pule lava se isi i le mea e fiafia ai le isi. FAI LAVA E FIKA E MANA O I AI LE TAGATA IA. President Barack Obama walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands as they meet for talks Friday, June 7, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Seeking a fresh start to a complex relationship, the two leaders are retreating to the sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea s nuclear threats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

10 Page 10 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Tafaoga i Matafaga? O matafaga nei UA LE malu puipuia mo ta elega ma fagotaga ona ua maua ai ni siama e ono lamatia ai le soifua maloloina. E le tatau ona toe au au pe fagotaina nei ogasami se ia toe logo atu. SISIFO: Asili Beach, across LMS Church Leone Pala, near bridge Fogagogo Swimming Hole, at resort TUTOTONU: Coconut Point in Nuuuli Gataivai Beach, across Laundromat Yacht Club Beach Utulei Utulei Beach across High School Fagatogo Stream Mouth by the market SASA E: Fagasa Fagalea Beach near stream Fagasa Fagatele Beach across boat house Afono stream mouth, adjacent cricket field Vatia stream mouth, 2 nd bridge Aua beach across Pouesi Mart Aua stream mouth near bridge Aua beach across from A&M Video Store Lauli i Tuai stream mouth Alega beach adjacent resort Alega stream mouth Aoa stream mouth Eastern Utumea Beach Alao Beach Lapata iga mo Matafaga: Iuni 05, 2013 Ofisa o le Puipuia o le Si osi omaga i Amerika Samoa (AS-EPA) Amata s Journal Day 4 Continued from page 4 comfort to family members worried about the safety of their Toa o Samoa abroad. We also visited with my friend Ruth Tauanuu whose dad Tauanu u I often visit at his store in Se etaga for a chat. There were many other congregation members I enjoyed meeting including Martin Tauai, Misa, and Eveline Falelua who took great photos. We would have loved to have more time to tour the fort but we had a long drive ahead of us the next day and needed to get an early start because we had one stop to make along the way to Fort Benning. DETOUR TO LYONS Just off the Interstate that connects Savannah with Columbus GA on the other side of the state lies the small, rural town of Lyons GA. With a population of 5,000, Lyons is but a blip on most radar screens, but it is well known in American Samoa because it is the town where Chicken of the Sea canning plant was relocated when the company closed its plant in the territory. The cannery is a huge, windowless facility, which I had hoped to tour, but plant security guards said that was not possible without advance arrangements. I also had hoped to speak with plant executives to see what additional employment opportunities might be available for Samoans, since we have military retirees living not too far away outside of Forts Stewart and Gordon. Unfortunately, I was not able to meet with any plant executives either, without an appointment in advance and was unable even to speak with one by telephone. It is a shame that I could not make a connection but I intend to pursue this issue when I return home. As I hope to combine football and soldiering at the Citadel in South Carolina, I also thought I might be able to link military veterans with tuna cannery jobs in Georgia. We shall see. One benefit of having made the small side trip to Lyons was that I had to pass through the small town of Vidalia to return to the Interstate. Vidalia is the home of my favorite variety of onions and I picked up a large 50-lb bag which was distributed to Samoan Vidalia onion fans. We also passed through Peach Country so, naturally, a bag of Georgia peaches also found its way into the trunk of my car. With that, we set off for our next destination: Fort Benning. More photographs from this and other stops on my trip can be found on the Aumua Amata Facebook page. NEXT STOP: Fort Benning O KATI LE LEOLEO NANA [Sosoo ane loa lau faitau i le tatou tala faasolo mo lenei vaiaso, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na tea nei i le taimi lea na maua ai e Kati le isi faaaliga a o lafi i le tulimanu o le fale, ua susunu uma i lalo e le vaega faatupu faalavelave le fale kofe sa masani ona afe i ai ma lana vaega.] E nofo fua Kati i le vaega lea o lo o lafi ae o lona loto atoa lea ua alu atu i lana uo tama ita i o lo o pulea le fale aiga sa masani ona latou afe i ai ma lana vaega ma talatalanoa ai. E ui i ona mafaufauga fai vavale ae ua matua faigata lava ona fai se isi laasaga i le taimi lea, ona o lea o lo o vevesi le taugafana i le va o le au alii amio valea ia ua latou fasiotia Amapasa o aai taitai o le malo o Italia sa latou fono i totonu o le potu fono. Pe tusa ma le 40 minute talu ona vevela fetauiga a itu e lua, ae amata ona tau le toe lagona atu ni papa o ni fana se tele, e foliga mai ua amata foi ona mamao atu leo o fana o lo o pa pa mai i le nofoaga lea. Na taumafai Kati e minoi ina ia mafai ai ona tu i luga sei tau autilo pe i ai se isi na te iloaina atu. Ina ua sa o lana tu i luga, sa ia vaaia ai ni tagata se to afa o lo o fola mai i luga o le mutia i autafa atu o le vaega lea o lo o lafi ai, ma le anoano o le mau taavale leoleo, fiumu ma taavale a le falema i o lo o laina mai i tua atu o le pa o le lotoa lea o lo o i ai. E aapa atu i lana uaealesi e leai ma se ola, ona ia tape lea ae toe tuu i le taga o lona ofuvae uumi o lo o fai. Ua tele le fia savali i fafo o le tama e saili sana O le isi lenei Vavau a le atunuu e le gata na mafua mai ai nisi o muagagana faaalagaupu mai le amataga, ae o le tulaga malie fo i o lona faamatalaina. Fai mai le mau a tagata Aopo i Savai i, o le Sauai lenei o Faaufilauulu, e tele lava ina nofo i luga o le sami, ia poo le isi fo i ona igoa sa faaigoa ai i aso ua mavae, o le pupu, e pei o le pupu o loo i le nuu o Taga. O le mau la a tagata Aopo e faapea, o le Pupu lenei, sa masani ona ia pipisi a e ina le suavai magalo mai le manava o le eleele, ma o le suavai lea sa faaaoga e tagata Aopo e fai ai a latou taumafa i aso ua mavae, ona o le nuu e le oo i ai se vai. A oo la i le po, ona o mai lea o tagata Aopo ua ta mai lau taamu, ua fola faataamilomilo i le gutu o le Pupu, ina ia mafai ona tali tali ai le suavai lea e pipisi mai e le Pupu i le po, ma, a oo lava i le taeao, ona o mai lea o tagata ua ao atu suavai ia na maua i le po, ma ave ua faaaoga e fai ai meaai. Ae fai mai le mau a le nuu, o se tasi taeao, na agai atu ai tagata o le nuu e asi a latou lautaamu ia sa fola faataamilomilo i le augutu o le Pupu, pe o i ai ni suavai, ae asi atu, e leai ma se suavai o to a mai ai, talu ai se mea mata utia sa tupu i le po, ao tofafa le nuu atoa. Fai mai le tala, ona o le malosi o galu i lea po, na mafua ai ona leotele le ee a le Pupu o Faaufilauulu, pe a oo i le taimi na te pipisi ina ae ai le suavai magalo i uta, ma o le leotele tele o le ee a le Pupu o Faaufilauulu, na mafua ai ona tei valevale le Sauai o loo nofo i le Pupu i Taga. Ae ona o le ita tele o le Sauai o loo nofo i le Pupu i Taga i le leotele tele o lenei tagata e ee atu, na mafua ai a upega ae fefe ina ne i osofa i o ia e se tagata, ona tonu ai lava lea i lona manatu o le a nofonofo pea i le tulimanu o lo o lafi ai atonu toeitiiti oo atu ni leoleo e siaki le nofoaga po o i ai ni isi o lalafi ai. Na te i Kati ina ua faasaga atu i le pito i tua o le fale, ae toeititi lava oo atu le solo a leoleo e to a 10 e tofu ma a upega ma latou teuga ua faia faapitoa e taofia ai le ono aafia i ni osofaiga faatatope. Na togi e le tama se faailoilo i le itu o lo o fetolofi ane ai leoleo ona latou iloa ai lea lea, e i ai le tagata o lo o lafi i tua o puipui ia o le fale o lo o ola. Na ona maua lava e leoleo o Kati, siaki uma lona tino po o okay o ia, fesoota i loa i le latou vaega o lo o i fafo o Kati lea o lo o okay i le isi itu o le fale ma o se tala fiafia lea na tuuina atu i le vaega o leoleo, peitai o le augani muamua lava a le tama na fai i leoleo, e fia maua sana a upega se i faanatinati atu ai i le nofoaga lea o lo o taua mai ai se fale aiga o lo o sasao ai se afi. Na ona oso lava o le tama i lana taavale sa paka i fafo o le pa, faasasa o loa i le nofoaga o lo o i ai le fale aiga, ma o se vaaiga faamomoiloto ia Kati i le taimi na taunuu atu ai, le leai o se vaega o le fale na totoe ua liu efuefu uma i le afi, pau le mea sa ia fia maua, pe sa i ai se tagata faigaluega na sao mai i le fa alavelave, ae na fiafia le tama o Kati ina ua faailoa atu i ai e leoleo, e na o le to atasi lava le tagata faigaluega na maliu, ae o le aufaigaluega atoa o lo o maloloina ma ua auina atu uma i latou i le falema i e siaki ai manu a laiti sa aafia ai o latou tino. POLOGA I LE ALOFA [E toe faatalofa atu i le mamalu o le au faitau i lenei taeao, malo le soifua maua malo foi le onosa i, ae alo mai loa o le toe sosooina lenei o le tatou tala faasolo lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te a nei i le taimi lea na tali atu ai le tama ita i o Lisa ia Lisati, o le a alu atu e matamata i taaloga a lana au lakapi E alu ese atu le taavale a Lisa ina ua uma ona tuu le tama i luma o le latou fale i le afiafi lea, ae tutu ai lava le tama i le mea na tuu ai o ia ma faataupupula i le alu ese atu o le taavale, e fetaui loa le faliu o Lisati o le savali ae tatagi ma lana telefoni, na vave le autago a le alii i lana telefoni ua tatala ma tali loa ina ua vaai atu o Lisa lea ua vili atu, ae na te i le ali i ina ua faapea atu i ai Lisa, E i ai se mea ua tupu ua e tu tu ai na o oe iina ma faataupupula i le alu ese mai o le taavale,? o le fesili lea a le tama ita i o Lisa na te i ai Lisati, ona ata lea o le tamaititi ma faapea atu lana tala ia Lisa, E leai se mea o tupu, pau lava ua ou fia tu tu ma vaavaai i le alu ese atu o le taavale a lau susuga i le Samaria Agalelei, e fai lava tala a Lisati ma savali aga i i le fale, ona faaauau ai lava lea o le la talanoaga ma le tama ita i i pe tusa ma le itula atoa, ana le uma lava e le alu le tamaititi i totonu o le fale. O ai lava lega sa e upe ai i le kelefogi, ai fo i o Lasela ga e faalavelave mai lava i lou olaga, a ea alii Lisaki,? o le fesili leotele lea a le aunty a le tamaititi lea o lo o nofo ai, ae sa na o le ata lava o le tamaititi ma savali e aunoa ma sana tali. Ua ese le suiga o le olaga lea ua ola ai Lisati talu ona taunuu i Niu Sila mo lana aoga. Ua savali atu nei i le 5 masina talu ona i ai le tama i Niu Sila, ma ua tele foi mea fou ua ia aoaoina mai ai, e le gata o tu ma aga o lo o ola ai tupulaga Samoa i totonu o lea atunuu, ae o le tulaga foi o lo o i ai le olaga o aiga i Niu Sila pe a faatusatusa i olaga o aiga i Samoa. O le maea ai o le lotu afiafi a le aiga i le afiafi lea, na talatalanoa atu ai loa le aunty o le tamaititi i le tulaga ua i ai si ona tama i Samoa, ua ma itigaina ona o se manu a na aafia ai o ia i lana galuega, ma ua le toe maua ai se avanoa e faigaluega ai, ae ua na o le nofo lava i le fale ma fesoasoani i lona tina i le tapenaina o nai ona tei laiti i le aoga i aso taitasi, ae o tupe o lo o lafo atu i Niu Sila ma Ausetalia i le isi ona uso laititi o lo o i ai ua fai ma toomaga o le aiga o Lisati i Samoa, ma o se lu i tele lea na tupu a e i le loto o le tamaititi, ma ia finau ai loa ina ia fai se mea lelei mo lona aiga. O le aso na sosoo ai na tuua ai loa e le tama le fale mo le umi e 4 aso ona o le camp a le au lakapi a le latou aoga aua le taamilosaga lakapi a tama aoga i totonu o Niu Sila lea ua faagasolo i le taimi nei, ma o se tasi lea o taamilosaga pito sili ona toatele tagata Samoa e matamata ai, ona o le toatele o tamaiti aoga mai Samoa o lo o aumau i Niu Sila ma aooga ai, o lo o taaalo i le taamilosaga lea, lea foi ua maua ai ma le avanoa o le tamaititi o Lisati e taalo ai. Tala i Vavau o Samoa UA FOLA VALE LE LAUTAAMU A AOPO ona ia alu e saili, poo ai lava lenei e le mafaufau i le leva o le po, ma le isi itu, sa i ai le manatu o le Sauai mai Taga, e na o ia lava le Sauai leotele o totonu o Salafai atoa, ae o lea ua maua ane, e i ai le isi Sauai e sili atu lona leotele nai lo ia. Ua amata le sailiga a le Sauai mai Taga, i lona fia mauaina o le tagata le mafaufau lea o loo ee leotele i le leva o le po, fai mai ua alu pea le sailiga ma ina ua latalata i le tulua o po ma ao, na taunuu ai loa le Sauai mai Taga i le vaega tonu o loo ee mai ai le Pupu o Faaufilauulu. Fai mai e lei toe faatali le Sauai mai Taga i (Faaauau itulau 12)

11 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 11 TERRITORIAL OFFICE OF FISCAL REFORM OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Draft Environmental Assessment Le atele Elementary School Buildings Replacement FEMA-1859-DR-AS, PW 193 The American Samoa Department of Education s Le atele Elementary School in Fagasa Village was severe ly damaged by the earthquake, tsunami, and flooding that occurred on September 29, 2009, and was declared a Presidential disaster (FEMA-1859-DR-AS). To restore the function of three destroyed buildings (the administration building, the Early Childhood Education bu ilding, and the kitchen/cafeteria building), the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) has requested financial assistance fro m the U.S. Department of Homeland Security s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If approved, FEMA would provide fina ncial assistance to ASDOE, through the Territorial Office of Fiscal Reform (TOFR), under FEMA s Public Assistance Program. ASDOE proposes to replace the three buildings damaged by the disaster by constructing a new, two-sto ry, 4000-square-foot building southwest of the existing, two-story, school building. The new building would be constructed to curr ent codes and standards, including floodplain management requirements, which would result in the lowest floor being elevated above the height of the modeled 100-year flood. FEMA has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) in compliance with the National Environment al Policy Act, as amended, and applicable implementing regulations. The DEA evaluates the environmental impacts of ASDOE s proposed project and alternatives. FEMA has made the DEA available for public review and comment at and the following locations: TOFR s office on Ili ili Road (call for location information) and ASDOE s main office in Utulei (call for location information). FEMA, TOFR, and ASDOE will consider all comments on the DEA before making decisions regarding ASDOE s proposed project. Comments relevant to the DEA should be provided in writing to FEMA Region IX, EHP / Le atele ES DEA, 1111 Bro adway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA or [email protected]. Questions regarding the DEA or its availability c an also be made by telephone at (510) (messages only). To be considered in the decision-making process, comments on the DEA must be received by midnight June 21, AVANOA MO FA ASILASILAGA FA ALAUA ITELE Fuafuaga Fa ata ita i mo le Si osi omaga Suiga Fou o le Fale A oga a Le alatele Tulaga Muamua FEMA-1859-DR-AS, PW 193 O le aoga tulaga muamua a Le atele i le afio aga o Fagasa, le Matagaluega a le Ofisa o A oga a Ameri ka Samoa, na matua fa aleagaina i le mafui e, galu lolo, ma lologa, i le aso 29, o Setema i le tausaga e 2009, ma sa fa alauiloa ai o se fa alavelave matautia i le poloaiga a le Peresetene, (FEMA-1859-DR-AS). I le toe fa atumauina o auaunaga o fale e tolu na fa aleagaina (ofisa autu o le aoga, fale mo aoga fa ata ita i o fanau laiti, ma le fale mo taumafataga/umukuka a fanau aoga), na talosagaina se fesoa soani tau tupe e le Matagaluega a le Ofisa o Aoga a Amerika Samoa mai le Ofisa o Fa alavelave Tutupu Faafuase i a le Matagaluega o le Sao galemu Fa alotoifale a le malo tele o Amerika (FEMA). Afai e fa amaonia ma talia, o le a auina mai e le FEMA se fesoasoani mo le Matagalu ega a le Ofisa o Aoga a Amerika Samoa, e tauala mai i le Ofisa tau Tupe e toe fa afoisia ai manuia o le Teritori (TOFR), i lalo o le Porokalame a le FEMA i le Fesoasoani mo Tagata Lautele. O le Matagaluega a le Ofisa o Aoga a Amerika Samoa ua fuafua e toe fa afouina fale aoga e tolu na af aina i le faalavelave mata utia fa anatura i le toe fausiaina lea o se fale fogafalelua, e 4000-sikuea-futu le fale i sauteisisifo o le tulaga o iai le fogafalelua o le fale a oga. O le fale fou o le a galueaina i tulafono ma aiaiga o iai nei, e aofia ai fuafuaga e tatau ona iai mo tafega ma lologa, i le mafai e ala mai i le aupito maualalo o le fola na si i a e i le maualuga o le fua o lologa e 100-tausaga. Ua saunia e le FEMA se Fuafuaga fa atatau o le Si osi omaga (DEA) ia mulimulita i i tulafono ma aiai ga o Si osi omaga na suia, ma fuafuaga fa atatau o tulafono. O Fuafuaga Fa atatau o Si osi omaga e iloiloina le malosiaga e tula i mai a le Matagaluega o le Ofisa o Aoga mo fuafuaga o le porokalame ma isi taualumaga. Ua fa aavanoaina e le FEMA ia Fuafuaga Fa atatau o Si o si omaga mo iloiloga, ma fautuaga mai le mamalu lautele o le atunu u i le tuatusi lea i nofoaga ua ta ua: Ofisa o le TOFR i le auala i Ili ili (vala au le telefoni mo nisi fa amatalaga), faapea le ofisa autu o le Matagaluega o le Ofisa o Aoga a Amerika Samoa (ASDOE) i Utulei (vala au le telefoni mo nisi foi fa amatalaga). O le a iloiloina e le FEMA, TOFR, ma le ASDOE ia fautuaga uma mo Fuafuaga Fa atatau o le Si osi omag a ae le i faia ni fa a iuga e tusa ai ma le polokarame fuafuaina a le Matagaluega o le Ofisa o Aoga a Amerika Samoa. Fautuaga ua aloaia i le polokarame fuafua a le Matagaluega o le Ofisa o Aoga, mo Fuafuaga Fa atatau o le Si osi omaga e onomea ona tu uina atu i tusitusiga i l e FEMA i le tuatusi o ta ua atu: Region IX, EHP / Le atele ES DEA, 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200, Oakland, CA or fema-rix-ehp documen [email protected]. O ni fesili mo le Fuafuaga Fa atatau o le Si osi omaga po o se avanoa, e mafai ona faia i le telefoni lea (510) ( na o fa amatalaga lava). Mo lou fia auai i taualumaga i le faia o fa ai uga, o tima iga mo Fuafuaga Fa atatau o le Si osi omaga e ma tua i mana omia lava ona taulimaina i le vaeluaga o le po o Iuni 21, 2013.

12 Page 12 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Troopers: Man killed in bear mauling in Alaska Some of the local NEG workers who showed up to take part in a joint effort spearheaded by the Office of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Workforce Investment Act, Department of Human Resources and Samoan Affairs. The two week project will hire the NEG workers to locate all veterans on island. [photo: Jeff Hayner] IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE BY THE AMERICAN SAMOA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ASDC) The American Samoa Development Corporation (ASDC) which owns the old Rainmaker Hotel buildings, hereby notifies the public that any individual, business or entity that removes any type of material (sink, bathtub, window, mirror, lumber etc.) from the old Rainmaker Hotel buildings without the written authorization of ASDC, will be reported to the Department of Public Safety and Attorney General s Office for criminal prosecution for the crimes of Stealing and Trespassing. The public is encouraged to report to the Administration Office (telephone number ) of the Development Bank of American Samoa (DBAS) located at the Second Floor of the Lumanai Building at Fagatogo, any suspicious activity at the old Rainmaker Hotel premises. American Samoa Government DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program Fiscal Year 2014 CSBG Funding The Department of Commerce, as the lead agency designated to administer American Samoa s Community Services Block Grant Program, announces informative workshops for all public agencies and non-profit organizations for FY 2014 prospective CSBG applicants. Date:June1 2,2 013 Time:10:00am Location: Department of Commerce Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Executive Office Building, Utulei This workshop will assist prospective applicants in preparing their proposals for FY2014. Attendance is recommended for this session in order to receive all the information necessary to write an acceptable application. This session will cover the technical aspects as well as the type of criteria used in the evaluation process. In accordance with the CSBG Act s mandate, no project can be funded without a complete application meeting the requirements of the CSBG Act. For further information about these workshops or any other CSBG related matter, please contact CSBG staff at Keniseli F. Lafaele Director ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A 64-year-old Fairbanks man was mauled to death by a bear at a remote lake in Alaska s interior, authorities said Friday. The man and a family member were at a cabin at George Lake, about 110 miles southeast of Fairbanks, when the attack occurred Thursday evening. The family member sought shelter inside the cabin and called authorities, Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said. A troopers helicopter dispatched from Fairbanks was unable to land in the terrain, but a Pavehawk helicopter from Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks was able to drop personnel at the site. Alaska Wildlife Troopers also responded by boat, aided by Good Samaritans. Responders found the man s body outside the cabin, and the traumatized family member inside. The victim was identified as Robert Weaver, Peters said. Troopers did search the area when they first got there, but no bear was located, Peters said. That soon changed, however, as responders investigating the death encountered a black bear. The black bear was stalking up on the trooper and the civilian who was assisting him, when they noticed it and killed it, Peters said. It wasn t immediately known if this was the bear involved in the mauling. The necropsy on the bear was completed Friday afternoon in Fairbanks, said Cathie Harms, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Measurements were taken for comparative purposes once the autopsy on Weaver s body is completed in Anchorage. We ll know more, but we may or may not know that this bear was involved in the attack, she said. The bear necropsied was an adult male. They don t yet have an exact age, but assume it was an older bear because of the great deal of wear on its molars, she said. It had normal levels of fat, meaning it was not in a condition of starvation, and did not have any apparent disease or infirmity, she said. Harms stressed that it s not yet known if this was the bear involved in the attack, or if it was a black bear attack, at all. She said an attack by a bear is not common, even less so for black bears. Fatalities by black bears are even more rare. In fact, Harms said she could only find records for four deaths by a black bear in Alaska for the last 61 years. The family member at the cabin with Weaver was his next of kin, Peters said. That person, who wasn t identified, apparently was uninjured but traumatized. We haven t done a follow-up interview yet with the person, Peters said. They are understandably very, very upset by what happened. Our heart goes out to the family, Harms said. It s a very sad situation and they have our sympathies. It wasn t immediately known when authorities might be able to interview the other family member to see if they can get more details about what happened. Peters said the important thing to take away from this is attack is to be always prepared and alert. Any time that you are out in Alaska recreating, whether it s in your backyard or out camping in rural Alaska, there s always a risk of coming into contact with wildlife, she said. It doesn t matter if it s a black bear or a brown bear or a polar bear, it doesn t matter the size, they are wild animals, and they are dangerous, Peters said. She said people should familiarize themselves with safety tips on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game s Living with Bears website: Alaskans live in bear habitat and if people pay attention to about five basic rules, they can lessen their chance of an interaction or a serious interaction with bears, Harms said. Those include not surprising, approaching or feeding a bear, not camping on a trail and staying away from a bear s food cache. VAVAu a Samoa Mai itulau 10 se isi lava mea e fai, ae ua faasaga atu loa ma sasau lana po malosi i le alafau poo le manifinifi o le Pupu o Faaufilauulu. Na avea le tauga o le po a le Sauai mai Taga i le gutu o Faaufilauulu ma itu na motu faafuasei ai lana ee, ma ese ai loa le mea ua faasaga i ai lona gutu, ua le faasaga sa o mai i uta i le pa u matu e pei ona masani ai, ae ua faasaga i tai i le sami. Ua malama le taeao, ona agai mai loa lea o le nuu o Aopo e asi a latou lau taamu lea sa fola i le po, pe o to a ai se suavai, peitai e taunuu mai, e leai ma se suavai o to a atu ai. Na o latou taumafai e saili pe o le a le mafuaga, ma o latou iloa ai, o le suavai magalo lea sa masani ona pipisi mai e Faaufilauulu i uta, ua pipisi agai i tai i le sami, ona ua faasaga i tai i le sami lona gutu, ma o iina lea na maua ai le muagagana lea e masani ona fai e le toatele e faapea, Ua fola vale lautaamu o Aopo. O lona uiga, ua mao Aopo i le folaina o a latou lautaamu, ae leai se suavai na maua ai, ma fai mai foi le mau a tagata Aopo, e oo mai lava i aso nei, ua le toe pipisi mai i uta le Pupu o Faaufilauulu, ae o loo pipisi pea i tai i le sami. Soifua

13 Se vaaiga lena ia i latou na faauu a latou tofi o le Failauga Fa amaoni, mai le Sinoti a le Ekalesia Meetotisi i Amerika Samoa, i se sauniga sa faataunuuina i le malumalu o le Ekalesia o Susana Uesele i Tafuna i le aso ananafi. [ata: AF] FA AU U TOFI FAILAUGA FA AMAONI SINOTI METOTISI AmERIKA SAMOA tusia Ausage Fausia A o sauni atu ai le Sinoti a le Ekalesia Metotisi i Amerika Samoa mo le Koneferenisi tele a le Ekalesia i Samoa i le masina fou, na faataunuuina ai ni isi o ana galuega masani e moomia ona faataunuuina i le taimi o fonotaga a Sinoti, e pei o le faauuina lea o tofi mo Failauga Fa amaoni, atoa ai ma le tuuina atu mo le faamalosi ia i latou ua atoa le 70 tausaga o avea pea ma Failauga o le Talalelei i totonu o Ekalesia ta itasi. E to a 12 i latou sa faauuina i tofi o Failauga Faamaoni, ina ua latou pasia suega sa faia e agavaa ai ona galulue i tofi failauga, ma le to a 3 sa tuuina atu i ai le Faamalo faapitoa a le Ekalesia, ina ua latou ausia tausaga e 70 a o avea pea i latou ma Failauga o le Talalelei. O i latou e toa 3 ua ausia le 70 tausaga o tautua pea i le galuega o le Failauga o le Talalelei e aofia ai le afioga i le Tama ita i o le Ao ia Gaoteote Tapatonu mai le Matagaluega a Vatia;, tofa Malaefono Iakopo Samuelu mai le matagaluega a Nuuuli, ma le afioga a Faafiti Pita Tauanuu mai le matagaluega a Futiga. O i latou e toa 12 na faauuina mo le tofi Failauga Faamaoni e aofia ai Isaia Tupule ma Tuiga Siliga mai le matagaluega a Fagaitua; Samuelu Pulou o le matagaluega a Laulii; Moamoaniu Loke ma Penina mai le matagaluega a Leloaloa; Elisala Alo o le matagaluega a Pago Pago; Amituana i Ierome ma Sanele Mapusua o le matagaluega a Fagatogo; Francis Maluia mai le matagaluega a Nuuuli; Vui Florence Vaili Saulo ma Tautunu Fiti mai le matagaluega a Tafuna, ma Arona Gagaseu mai le matagaluega a Pava ia i. O le Susuga i le Sea a le Sinoti i Amerika Samoa nei, susuga Rev. Lokame Malaesilia na taitaia le sauniga o le faamanatuga atoa ai ma le faapaiaina o tofi i le taeao ananafi, ona sosoo ai loa lea ma le fonotaga o mataupu ina ua mae a sa taumafataga puupuu. I se feiloaiga a le Samoa News ma le Failautusi Aoao a le Metotisi i Amerika Samoa nei, susuga Rev. Falefia Sione Tupu, sa ia faamanino atili mai ai tulaga e pei ona i ai le fonotaga a le Sinoti i le aso ananafi. O le aso ananafi na fono ai Sinoti a le Ekalesia Metotisi i Samoa ma Amerika Samoa nei, e pei ona saunoa Rev. Falefia, ma o mataupu uma sa talanoaina i fonotaga ananafi, afai ae pasia, ona tuuina atu lea i le fonotele a le Koneferenisi i lona nofoaga autu i Samoa. O le fonotaga a le Sinoti i le taeao lenei (taeao ananafi), o le a talanoaina ai mataupu e pei o atina e a ekalesia, aoga, autalavou, aulotu, mafutaga eseese faapea ai matagaluega, ina ia mafai ai ona soalaupule le Sinoti i auala e faaleleia ai atina e i totonu o le Ekalesia, o le saunoaga lea a Rev. Falefia. Na taua e Rev. Falefia e faapea, e 17 Ekalesia i totonu o le Sinoti, ma o ekalesia uma fo i ia ua maea ona filifilia a latou sui usufono mo le fonotaga a le Sinoti sa faia ananafi, faapea ai ma le fonotaga a le Koneferenisi i le masina fou i Samoa. O le fonotaga a le Koneferenisi a le Metotisi i le masina fou o le a suia ai fo i ma le tele o tofiga a le Ekalesia e pei ona masani ai i tausaga taitasi. samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 13 COURT BRIEFS Continued from page 5 DAVID BROWN TO ENTER GUILTY PLEA IN BURGLARY CASE David Brown is facing charges of first degree burglary, second degree assault and property damage on allegations that he broke into a store in Ili ili and attempted to stab the store owner. Brown, who s being held on $20,000 bail, is represented by Assistant Public Defender Mike White while prosecuting is Assistant Attorney General Camille Philippe. The defendant is scheduled to have his change of plea hearing next week Monday. According to the government s case, in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 2013, police received a call from a Chinese couple requesting assistance regarding a burglary taking place. It s alleged that when the police arrived at the scene they were told by a bystander that two men were inside the store but when the police entered the store, the pair took off on foot. The Chinese couple informed the police that they were sleeping when they heard noises coming from the store, and when they opened the door, one of the suspects swung a knife at the man but missed and the knife landed on the door. The man managed to get back into his bedroom, locked the door and sought assistance from the police and the landlord. According to the government s case, the suspects gained entrance into the store by removing three wooden slabs on the side of the store and kicking in the kitchen door. It s alleged that two cleaver knives were missing from the kitchen and that after the burglary one of the knives was identified to have been used during the burglary. Police on the day in question drove around the Ili ili area and came across two men who matched the description given by the Chinese couple. It s alleged that when police approached the pair, one took off on foot but they were able to apprehend Brown. The defendant told the police that he had just met the suspect that took off on foot. Court filings say that Brown told the police that the suspect had come to his house in Nu uuli telling him they were going to break into the store. He also stated that the other suspect planned the entire operation and had walked there from Nu uuli, through Petesa and Happy Valley and all the way to Ili ili. Brown said they got to Ili ili and the other suspect went into the store and came out with a flashlight and then they both went into the store. It s alleged that the other suspect kicked in the kitchen door to enter the store and was trying to get through another door but they were unsuccessful. Brown claims it was the other suspect who held the knife. Reach reporter at [email protected] Man kills 4 in California Continued from page 6 erupted in flames and was billowing smoke. She watched the gunman carjack one woman and fire on the other driving by. He fired three to four shots into the car boom, boom, boom, right at her, said Cunningham Rathner, who went to help the woman and saw she was wounded in the shoulder. From there, the chaos shifted to Santa Monica College, located among homes and strip malls more than a mile inland from the city s famous Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade and its expansive, sandy beaches. The two-year college, spread out across 38 acres, has about 34,000 students. In the parking lot, college employee Joe Orcutt said he saw the gunman standing calmly with his weapon, looking as though he were trying to determine which people to shoot at. I turn around and that s when he s just standing there, like he s modeling for some ammo magazine, Orcutt said. He was very calm just standing there, panning around, seeing who he could shoot, one bullet at a time, like target practice. Le afioga i le tama ita i faipule mai le itumalo o Tualauta ia Vui Florence Saulo ma ni isi o lona aiga i le mae a ai lea o le faauuina o lona tofiga o le Failauga Fa amaoni i le Sinoti a le Ekalesia Metotisi i le aso ananafi. [ata: AF] Find anything yet? Place an ad now!

14 Page 14 samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 COMMUNITY BRIEFS Continued from page 3 One of the Baha i delegates from American Samoa, Mrs Kalameli Tasele of Iliili casting her ballot at the 44th Baha i Convention that was held at the church s center in Tiapapata, Samoa. [courtesy photo] LBJ Tropical Medical Center LBJ DENTAL CLINIC In an effort to reduce waiting time to see a Dentist at the LBJ Dental Clinic, the Hospital Board ha s approved the new appointment system to help improve our service to the people by avoiding overcrowding and long waiting times at the Dental Clinic. The LBJ Tropical Medical Center Dental Clinic will be taking appointments for treatment starting Monday, June 3, Please call and ask for extension 532 to make an appointment. Information needed to make an appointment: Patient s Name Patient s Hospital Number Date of Birth Contact Telephone Numbers Thank you, The LBJ Tropical Medical Center Dental Clinic * Walk-ins will be seen on a Space Available basis only.* Fa asilasilaga mo le Mamalu o le Atunuu. O le a amatalia se suiga fou mo le fa asologa o gasegase tau nifo i le tatou falema i Tutotonu(LBJ Dental Clinic). Mo e o lo o fuafua e fia maua se avanoa e va ai ai le Foma i tau Nifo, vala au mai i totonu o le Ofisa e fa atonu ai le aso ma le taimi e te o o mai ai mo lou avanoa (appointment). O le a amataina lenei tautua i le Aso Gafua, Iuni3, Vala au mai i le telefoni, numera so otaga (ext) 532. O mea nei e mana omia i le taimi e te vala au mai ai: Suafa/Igoa Numera Falema i Aso Fanau Numera Telefoni e Maua ai Oe O gasegase tau nifo e le i faatonuina (walk-in) mo lea aso, e maua le avanoa pe afai ua le o o mai le tagata ua uma ona faatonuina lona taimi faatulagaina i lea lava aso. Fa afetai, Potu Fa i Nifo It should be noted that this annual budget does not include some $91 million which ASTCA received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) project, which continues to move forward. During the second quarter, the BLAST project activities included progress made in the construction of the submarine cable line and microwave links between Tutuila and the Manu a island group. BAHA I FAITH HOLDS NATIONAL CONVENTION The Baha i Faith in Samoa held its 44th National Convention last week on the grounds of its House of Worship at Tiapapata, Samoa, which many local members attended. The Convention was open to delegates from Bahá í communities throughout Samoa and American Samoa. The Acting Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly Mrs Karen Te o explained that The National Bahá í Convention that is held annually has a twofold purpose: the election of nine individuals who will serve for the next year on the National Spiritual Assembly, the governing body of the Faith for Samoa and American Samoa; and consultation on programs for the development and well-being of peoples and communities in both countries and the world over. Mrs Te o added that The main aim of every Bahá í believer is to transform themselves, and serve the transformation and progress of society. Therefore consultations at the Convention considered effective ways to increase the capacities of individual Bahá í and their institutions to serve the social and spiritual development of their countries. The nine members elected this year to serve on the Faith s national governing body were: Simanuafoa Fepulea i Titi Nofoagatoto a, Karen Te o, Bill Gordan, Masina Pomale, Alesi Asovale-Taofiga, Tofilau Taefu Tepa Suaesi, Peseta Fogaseuga Demetrius Taofiga, Auimatagi Bob Ale & Lemalu Si omia Auvele. A special guest to the National Convention this year is an advisor for the Bahá í Faith in this part of the world, Counsellor Dr Kirk Johnson from Guam, who officially opened the gathering on Friday morning. Delegates also visited to offer prayers and presented flowers at the resting place of the late Malietoa Tanumafili II, who was the first reigning monarch to embrace the teachings of the Bahá í Faith. ITA LE TO ALUA Mai itulau 1 tulaga muamua, solitulafono mamafa o le vaega D, lea e mafai ona faasala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le silia i le 5 tausaga, ma le moliaga o le talepe fale i le tulaga muamua, o se solitulafono mamafa o le vaega B, lea e mafai ona faasala ai se tasi i le toese amata atu i le 5 e oo i le 15 tausaga le umi. I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o lo o taua ai e faapea, i le vaveao o le aso 1 Iuni pe tusa o le itula e 1:22, sa vaaia ai e se taavale a leoleo se ali i o lo o tutu i luma o le pa o lo o siomia ai le Warehouse a le kamupani i a a le StarKist i Tafuna ma ula lana sikaleti, ae pe tusa o le te a o le 2:14 i le vaveao lava lea, na vaaia ai loa e leoleo se asu tele lava o alu a e mai le vaega tonu o lo o i ai le Warehouse, e foliga mai o se mu. A o le i tula i mai le mu e pei ona molia ai le ua molia, sa vaaia ai fo i e leoleo ma se taavale la u pasese numera (T-408) i luma o le lotoa, ma ua aga i ese atu mai le vaega sa paka ai. Na ulufale le ali i leoleo sa gafa ma le suesueina o lenei mataupu ia Lomu Mosese ma ni isi o leoleo sa latou i ai ma taumafai e ofo atu se fesoasoani e tape ai le mu, ae pe tusa o le itula e 4.09 i le taeao lava lea ae taunuu atu le toalua a le ua molia ma faailoa i leoleo e faapea, sa vili atu lona to alua ia te ia i le taeao lava lea ma fai atu ia te ia e faapea, ua uma ona ou susunuina le StarKist. Na taua e le alii ave taxi ia Too i leoleo e faapea, i le vaveao na tulai mai ai le faalavelave, na telefoni atu ai Opelu ia te ia e alu atu e piki o ia i luma tonu o le Warehouse a le StarKist i Tafuna, ae ina ua taunuu atu ai, sa manao la te o i le faleoloa e faatau mai sana afi penisini. A o la aga i atu i le faleoloa, sa faailoa atu e Opelu ia te ia e faapea, ua uma ona ia susunuina le Warehouse a le StarKist, ae o le afi sa ia faaaoga ua susu, o le mafuaaga lena ua ia toe manaomia ai se isi afi. Ina ua maea le faatau a Opelu, sa atoe aga i atu loa ma Too i luma o le pa o le Warehouse a le StarKist, ma tuu atu ai loa e Opelu le $19.20 e totogi ai le taxi a Too atoa ai ma se pea tautaliga. Na oso Opelu i fafo ma le taavale ona ia faatonu lea o le ave taxi e faatali atu ae se i toe alu i totonu o le Warehouse, e le i umi ae vaaia loa e Too le taavale a leoleo ua aga i atu, ma faaola loa lana taavale ae alu ese ona o lona popole ne i aafia atu ai ma ia i lenei mataupu. O mea na faaleagaina i le afi e pei ona taua i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga, e silia ma le $1,000 lona tau pe a faatupeina. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]

15 LEAI SE MALOSI O SATELE FAATE A AI Mai itulau 1 O le aso 6 Iuni, 2013 na tuuina atu ai e Fiti Sunia lea ua avea nei ma loia fautua a Lopa sana tusi ia Satele ma Tuiagamoa, e fautuaina ai i laua i gaioiga e ao ona la faia ona o le mataupu e pei ona tu uaia ai le faate aeseina o Lopa mai le faiganuu a Vailoatai. O le masina o Mati na tuuina atu ai e le pulega a Alii ma Faipule o Vailoatai sa latou faaiuga i le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa, e faate a ai le tofa Lopa mai totonu o le faiganuu a Vailoatai. O le faaiuga a Alii ma Faipule a Vailoatai e faate a Lopa mai le faiganuu a Vailoatai, sa faavae mai i se fonotaga sa faia a le afioaga, lea na fesiligia ai e Lopa le afioga Satele i le faaaogaina o tupe a le afioaga na maua atu i le ta i $1miliona a Falelima e tolu i le atunuu. O lo o tu uaia e Alii ma Faipule le tofa Lopa i lona le ava ia Satele faatasi ai ma sana saunoaga na lafo i le fa aao o le afioaga ma le Itumalo. Na taua e Sunia i lana tusi ia Satele e faapea, e leai sona malosi e faate a ai Availopa mai lona nuu o Vailoatai. Na faamaonia mai e le tofa a Lopa i le Samoa News ananafi e faapea, ua maea ona tuuina atu tusi a lana loia i le afioga Satele ma le tofa Tuiagamoa faasaga i lenei mataupu. Na taua e Sunia i lana tusi ia Satele e faapea, o lo o fesiligia le alaga tatau o le faaiuga e faate a ai Lopa mai le faiganuu a Vailoatai, atoa ai ma le aveeseina mai o le suafa Availopa mai ia te ia. O le tali puupuu lava, e leai se malosi o ia te oe e te taofia ai Lopa mai lona umia o le suafa Availopa i soo se auala, o se vaega lea o le tusi a Sunia ia Satele. Na faailoa e Sunia ia Satele e faapea, o Lopa o lo o ia umia faaletulafono le suafa Availopa, ma e leai sona malosi e taofia ai Medicaid Continued from page 1 Order states that the Medicaid Director shall be appointed by the governor until the Legislature provides procedures for the appointment of a new director. The section six amendment indicates that established within the State Medicaid Office is the Medicaid Coordinating Council and permanent members of the council include: the Director of Health, as well as the Attorney General, the Director of Department of Commerce, the Secretary of American Samoa, Director of Human and Social Services and Chairman of the Hospital Board. According to the Executive Order each Department represented on the Council shall provide one staff member to assist the work of the council. The governor may appoint additional non-permanent members who shall serve for two years and may be reappointed or removed by the governor without cause. Reach reporter at [email protected]. Lopa mai lona faaaogaina o le suafa Availopa, ma fai ai o ia ma sui o lona aiga i totonu o le nuu, itumalo ma soo se mea lava. Sa ia taua foi e faapea, talu ai Sa o o aiga i Samoa o se tasi lea o tu ma aga faatemokarasi, e le tatau ai i le suafa Satele ona ia faia se auala e pulea faamalosi ai tulaga faapenei. Ae i le tusi a Sunia ia Tuiagamoa sa ia taua ai e faapea, e leai fo i se malosi o Tuiagamoa na te tuuina atu se faaiuga mai le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa i le aso 13 Me, 2013, e faailoa atu ai ia Satele le talia aloaia e le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa o le faaiuga a Vailoatai e faate a ai Availopa ma le faiganuu a le afioaga. Ae afai e i ai se malosi e faia ai lea faaiuga, lona uiga ua soon faaaoga i se auala le tatau ina ia faamalieina ai Satele o lo o avea ma Failautusi o le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa, ae o le tulaga e pito sili ai ona leaga lea tulaga, ua ia le amanaia ina ai tiute tauave a lea Ofisa e pei ona faataoto mai i le Faavae ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa, ma o lea faaiuga ua ia faia, e le gata ua ia le amanaina ai aia tatau a Lopa ma lona aiga, ae ua o se auala fo i e tau faaleaga ai i le suafa Availopa. Na fiu le Samoa News e vili le telefoni a le afioga a Satele i le aso ananafi e le i tali mai, ae ina ua fesiligia le tofa a Tuiagamoa sa ia taua ai e faapea, e leai se mea o aafia ai le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa i le mataupu faasaga ia Lopa ma Vailoatai. E le i faate aeseina e le Ofisa le tofa Lopa, o le faiauga lena a Alii ma Faipule na tuuina mai, pau le gaioiga a le Ofisa sa faia, o le tusi sa ou tuuina atu ia Satele ma le nuu, e faailoa atu ai le aloaia ma talia e le Ofisa o le latou faaiuga ua faia ia Lopa, o le saunoaga lea a Tuiagamoa. Na taua foi e Tuiagamoa e faapea, o ni isi fesili e faatatau i lenei mataupu o le a mafai ona tali pe a maea ona ia talanoa i lana loia. Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected] samoa news, Saturday, June 8, 2013 Page 15 GRAND OPENING MATINEE Doors open at 11am - Game 1pm Sports Complex in Tafuna MAY 31st, 2013 Samoan Congregational Christian Church South Los Angeles Presents SAMOANA BINGO CLUB Sponsored by: OHANA WELLNESS CENTER $10,000 in Prizes No Buy-ins $1 per sheet (4 squares) Come experience the fastest game in Samoa OVER 40 GAMES MATINEE BINGO First 300 people in FREE LUNCH Live entertainment 11:30am BINGO! BINGO! BINGO! 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