Ben Solaita passes away

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Shortfall of $7.2
million, only for
fixed payments 2
DHR director says
we need a local
Dept. of Labor 3
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The ASHSAA Boys
Basketball League
resumed Wed. B1
Ben Solaita who passed
away yesterday at the age of
61 is shown here commanding
the Satani I crew that finished
in third place, Saturday, Apr.
18, 2009. As the Satani I
rowed its way to the Utulei
shore, Solaita led them in a
chant to thank their supporters
who lined the beach in their
Nu’uuli red and white
uniforms. A renowned sportsman, under his leadership and
guidance, the traditional sport
of fautasi racing and the allAmerican sport of baseball
became major youth sports
competitions in the territory.
[Samoa News file photo]
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GALEA’I: Aua le tulei
maia Fono faafitauli
pe afai ua le maua fofo
tusia Ausage Fausia
I le mae’a ai ona faapupula e le Teutupe i luma o le komiti o
le Paketi a le Senate gaioiga uma a le malo o loo faia, ina ia tau
saili ai se fofo o le gasegase lea ua feagai nei ma le atunu’u, na
tule’i saunoa ai le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Galea’i Tu’ufuli, e
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Paketi a le Senate, ona o le taumafai lava e saili se fofo o le faafitauli o loo tula’i mai, i le tulaga faaletonu ia ua i ai tupe a le malo, e ala i pili ua maea ona tuuina atu e le Kovana Sili i le Fono
Faitulafono, lea o loo faamoemoe e maua mai ai se tupe e fesoasoani ai i le tupe e tusa ma le $7.2 miliona, lea ua taua o le a le
mafai e le malo ona ao i le tausaga tupe lenei.
O molimau a le malo na auai i lenei iloiloga e aofia ai le Teutupe ia Magalei Logovii, susuga Melvin Joseph le Pulesili Ofisa
o Lafoga, susuga Tasi Tuiteleleapaga o le loia fautua a le Kovana,
ma se tasi o faletua na fai ma sui o le tofa ia Malemo Tausaga,
le Faatonusili o le Ofisa o le Paketi a le malo, lea o loo toesea ma
le atunu’u i le taimi nei.
Saunoa Galea’i, o le tagata faimalo lelei, e vaavaai mamao i
mea e lelei ai le malo, e sailiili fo’i i auala talafeagai e foia ai faafitauli e ono tula’i mai.
(faaauau itulau 15)
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Le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Galea’i Tuufuli
[ata AF]
Sportsman, businessman, family man
and friend: Ben Solaita passes away
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
President of the American Samoa National
Olympic Committee, Ben Solaita, a well known
figure in the sporting community, passed away
peacefully yesterday afternoon at LBJ Medical
Center. He was 61 years old.
He is perhaps best known for his leadership
in taking the Nu’uuli Satani fautasi to first place
several times in past years, as well as being the
president of ASNOC for 13 years, since 1997.
“My father passed away peacefully surround by
his family,” said daughter Soia Solaita-Iopu, as she
cradled her sleeping young infant son, the youngest
of Ben Solaita’s grand children, in her arms.
She said her mother along with herself and others were at her father’s bedside when he passed away.
Solaita’s wife is Leiataua Laufasa Nu’usa Solaita.
“Wake up honey, we’ll go say good-bye to
grandpa,” she whispered softly to her son, with
tears on her cheeks, inside the LBJ chapel where
the family held a prayer service, attended by more
than 50 people, including Nu’uuli traditional
leaders, lawmakers, family members, friends, and
leaders of local sporting organizations.
Asked what she would miss most about her father, who has been described by others as a pillar of
sporting activities, Solaita-Iopu said, “there’s not just
one thing — there are so many things about my dad
that I will miss and so will the rest of the family.”
She said her father was brought to the hospital Friday and had a stroke at LBJ. “I took it very
hard at the time with so much sadness.”
“I miss my dad,” she said softly as she looked
at her son, holding him close to her. “I don’t feel
that much sadness now. I think my dad gave us
time to deal with what comes later.”
“I miss his presence here. But I don’t want
him to stay with us if he is hurting. So I feel comfort now that he is in peace and it is the will of
our Heavenly Father,” she said during a brief
Samoa News interview, while in the front section of the chapel with friends, relatives, sports
officials, who were lining up to say their goodbyes to the ASNOC president.
Solaita-Iopu recalled her father being involved in
a wide range of activities in the territory and despite
these activities, Solaita was still on hand during family events to ensure that there was no problem.
(Continued on page 11)
Margaret ‘Margie’ Landrigan, the matriarch of the Kneubuhl family passed away
early yesterday in California where she had been living since her husband Keith died
February 2 last year. Arrangements will be announced by the family.
In this file photo taken by Samoa News, during Keith Landrigan’s memorial service
and burial at the family property in Olo, American Samoa, March 27, 2010, Margie is
surrounded by old friends. L-R seated: Dorothy ‘Kolopi’ Haleck, Margie, and Annie
Sword. Standing L-R: Vera Annesley, Pauline Young, and Joan Holland. (Annie Sword
has since passed, in May 2010).
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Shortfall of $7.2 million, only for “fixed
payments”, not other ASG local expenses
Senior officials with the Togiola Administration have further clarified during a Senate
hearing that the projected shortfall of $7.2 million in the current fiscal year is only the cost
of “fixed payments”, which are
for mandatory expenses required to be paid under current
law and does not cover the rest
of ASG’s other expenses.
“So we are faced with a very
serious [financial] situation,” said
Sen. Velega Savali Jr. during a
Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing yesterday where senators questioned
ASG Treasurer Magalei Logovi’i, the Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel Tasi Tuiteleleapaga,
Tax Office Manager Melvin
Joseph, and an official with the
Office of Budget and Planning.
During yesterday’s hearing
— the continuation from last
week’s tax revenue measures
hearing — Velega pointed out
that the Treasury Department’s
summary report states that the
monthly expenditures for ASG
stands at $6.3 million while the
monthly collection is only $5.6
million causing a shortfall of
about $682,230.
Velega requested an additional explanation on the expenditures and later during the hearing
there was another question if the
$682,230 is the only monthly
shortfall for expenditures.
“This cost is [a] fixed payment,” was Magalei’s response
referring to the expenditures and
does not include other expenses
such as materials and supplies,
travel and other regular government expenditures. Magalei said
the government cannot ignore
these “fixed payments” because
they are mandatory by law,
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which includes payroll, subsidies, leases, lawmakers allowances and scholarships.
Additionally, these fixed
payments do not include monthly expenditures to the American
Samoa Power Authority and the
American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority.
Based on yesterday’s testimony and new information provided by the government,
Velega said this is a very serious
issue faced by the government.
Later, it was further revealed
in the hearing that the $7.2 million shortfall is only for the
fixed payments, and if you calculate the average shortage of
$682,230 (cited in the Treasury’s monthly summary expenditures report) by 12 months
that comes to $8.1 million.)
Responding to a committee
question, Magalei said the $7.2
million shortfall is “an estimate”, adding that the latest report as of Jan. 25 on revenue
collections — is not good.
He said that in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, revenue
collections were at $13.5 million
compared to the $11.2 million
for the first quarter of FY2011.
An example in the drop of
revenues, said Magalei is that during the 1st quarter of FY2010,
corporate tax raked in $3.3 million
but in the first quarter of FY2011
only $1.7 million was collected.
He said the government was
saved in the beginning of FY2010
during the post tsunami by federal funding and other resources but
that has since ended. He also reminded senators that another revenue earner for ASG was COS
Samoa Packing cannery which
has since left American Samoa.
Magalei said that while the
government cannot make cuts
“on fixed payments”, there are
areas that cost saving measures
have already been implemented
on locally funded expenditures
such as a freeze on hiring and
travel as well as other reductions that can be controlled
from within the government.
Sen. Alo Dr. Paul Stevenson
asked whether not-for-profit organizations are included in the new
corporate franchise tax of $2,000
to which Tuiteleleapaga said it’s
not the intent of the bill to include
these non-profit groups as they exist for charitable purposes.
However, Alo disagreed,
saying that these organizations
make a profit as well.
“Tough times require tough
measures,” he said.
Responding to concerns
over the new tax measures, Tuiteleleapaga informed senators
that these bills are proposed to
assist the government, faced
with shortfall in local revenues
— an explanation which was
still not satisfactory to senators.
“If you look at all these bills
as a whole, it’s an overall contribution from everyone,” said
Tuiteleleapaga. “These revenue
measures are our best guess to
avoid sending people home…
which is a last option for the
governor to consider.”
However, Sen. Galeai
Tu’ufuli insisted that there should
be no new tax which will only
burden the community — individuals and the private sector. He
also believes that there should be
cuts done from within the administration before giving the public
another burden to carry at a time
when there is already a sharp hike
in the cost of living.
“If you can’t fix the budget
problem, don’t put the burden on
the Fono to make the decision”
on the shortfall with the new tax
bills, said Galeai, adding that if
the workforce needs to be reduced then it should be done.
He said the U.S. is also
faced with a budget crisis but
they don’t hike taxes.
Sen. Mauga T. Asuega
added, that the taxes for businesses will in the long run paid
by the people of American
Samoa. He said these tax bills
“are a real bad thing.”
He suggested for the “administration to take the lead” in
cutting down expenses — for
example, high salaries for some
directors, vehicle purchases and
fuel usage.
Mauga suggested a sales tax
for the government to look into
as a revenue source, which
would be a long term solution to
the current financial plight.
Magalei emphasized that
these revenues measures are to
assist the government, adding
that the last resort will be the reduction of the government’s
payroll but in the end will effect
not only these employees but
everyone in the community.
He said the serious issue for
such a move is the one person
working, taking care of an entire family, is then without a job.
Magalei also said that reducing the government payroll
will be “a temporary solution”,
only and won’t provide a long
term solution.
Tuiteleleapaga pointed out that
the administration —since 2007
— has reduced every budget submission by a certain percentage,
which is about $2.5 million annually. “This administration is not
just sitting around,” he said, adding
that there have been cuts made
across the board on various expenses such as a freeze on hiring
and traveling — they’ve ‘been
stripped down to the bare.’
“The administration is just
not hanging back” to await a decision by the Fono, said Tuiteleleapaga.
“We don’t push anything to
the Fono to be the bad guy,” he
continued, referring to an earlier statement from the committee that the administration is
making the Fono look like the
bad guy in the public’s view
when these bills are approved.
As of yesterday the Senate
will continue hearings on all
revenue measures and there is
no clear indication as to when
any of the revenue bills will be
voted on in committee.
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s am o a n e ws , Friday, January 28, 2011 • Page 3
FONO
BRIEFS
DHR DIRECTOR
TESTIFIES ON NEED
FOR LOCAL LABOR
DEPARTMENT
Human Resources Department director, Evelyn Vaitautolu
Langford
informed
senators last week Thursday
that there is a need to have a local Department of Labor within the government.
Langford was before the Senate Human Resources Committee hearing, chaired by Sen.
Fonoti Tafa’ifa Aufata, on human resources matters when she
was asked by Sen. Dr. Fuata Iatala about the governor’s proposal
to establish such a department.
The Governor made the announcement during his address
to a joint session of the Fono on
Jan. 10, saying that this was
one of the measures he planned
to submit to the Legislature for
consideration.
Langford says American
Samoa as an entire community
needs such a department,
adding that the department is
“necessary” for both the workforce in the government and the
private sector to enforce and
police issues such as wage and
safety compliance.
Currently “there is no oversight to ensure safety, wages
and hours for workers,” she told
the committee, adding that the
Human Resources Department
does not have a safety division
to enforce safety compliance.
She said that there is an
equal employment opportunity
office, whose functions are separate, and it does not have any
oversight of other issues dealing
with the territory’s workforce.
Langford also explained
that federal and state governments all have labor departments to deal directly with
workforce matters.
Togiola first revealed the establishment of such a department on his radio program last
year saying that there have
been incidents involving safety
and wages which require the
territory to have a department
of labor, especially when the
U.S. Department of Labor does
not make frequent visits to the
territory.
SENATE TO TAKE
ALL THE TIME THEY
NEED TO REVIEW
ASG REVENUE BILLS
Senate President Gaoteote
Tofau Palaie called on the Senate to take their time in reviewing the government’s proposed
tax revenue measures and not
to rush into any decision until
they are satisfied with all information, records, reports and
testimonies provided by the Togiola Administration.
Gaoteote made the statement
during Wednesday’s Senate session as senators were poised to
conduct more hearings on the
administration’s four revenue
measures meant to raise money
for the government’s shortfall in
the current fiscal year.
The Senate President pointed out once again that the Senate needs to conduct a thorough
review of all revenue measures
and the Senate has asked the
government to provide several
financial reports to assist with
senators’ decision making.
If the financial reports are
incomplete or do not address
senators’ questions the Senate
can request more reports and
information, because the goal
for the Senate is to understand
and find solutions to the current
financial crisis, said Gaoteote,
adding that all revenue measures should be discussed in
committee and a decision
should be reached before the
measures are submitted to the
full membership for the required floor vote.
Earlier during the session,
Sen. Malepeai Setu told his colleagues that he was very disappointed with statements made
by the Governor on his radio
program as reported by the media pertaining to the call for the
establishment of a Senate Select Investigative Committee.
Malepeai said the Governor’s words — that establishment of such a committee was
an effort to scare the administration — were not proper for a
leader. Malepeai says the Senate is carrying out its duties and
the Senate’s work is in no way
meant to threaten or scare the
administration.
Sen. Galeai Tu’ufuli had
earlier called for the establishment of an investigative committee to probe the current
financial crisis and its cause as
well as other problems in government.
Malepeai also recalled the
Governor’s statement on the radio program that those individuals who are leaders of
departments are not foolish.
Malepeai said that Togiola is
putting the blame on the Fono,
who is trying to find solutions
to the problems in government.
Gaoteote said the Senate is
not trying to scare anyone and
he declined to reply directly to
what the “administration” had
publicly stated as reported by
the media.
He said the Senate will continue to conduct its review of
the measures from the administration and should not rush into
any decision that would not
provide a solution to the financial crisis.
Gaoteote said that based on
the financial information he has
reviewed, revenue collections
are doing well. He said the
Legislative Financial Office is
also compiling its own financial
report for the Fono and it
should be completed soon for
their review.
NO GHOSTS IN ASG
INCLUDING EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT, SAYS
ASG TREASURER
During a Senate hearing
yesterday, ASG Treasurer Magalei Logovi'i told senators that
there are no ghost employees in
the Department of Education,
or the entire government.
He was responding to a
question from Sen. Dr. Fuata
Iatala, who wanted to know if
there are any ghost employees
in DOE.
Magalei recalled a review
of the ASG workforce conducted by the Treasury Department about a year ago to find
out if there are any ghost employees, following public concerns that were raised with the
governor’s office.
(Continued on page 10)
Happy 4th Birthday
PIO AFIA
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Alofaaga mai ia Mama Malia
Alofaaga ma faamanuiaga mai ou tuafafine Mariegaretti, Tifa, faasilisili ai alofaaga mai ou matua
o Tausaga Iosefo ma Talaoloa. Ae le gata i lea o
alofaaga mai ou aiga. Alofa le a Atua ma faaopoopo
nisi aso o lou ola. Manuia le atoaga o lou 4 Tausaga.
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Le t t e r t o t h e Edit or
“A VERY SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS”
Dear Editor,
It is a very sad state of affairs when an over-bloated government seeks to continue its activities by raising taxes on its
citizens and residents. We have a government, not of representation, but of arrogance and dominion. Our very own governor even refers to his critics as fools. What type of leader
would do such a thing? A dictator, perhaps.
Open up the phone book to the government listings. Look
at how many government departments there are. Look how
many phone numbers each department has. Try calling some
of them and asking for the director.
I'll bet you’ll be told that he (or she) is in a meeting, just
stepped out of the office, or is off-island. Even if you try calling back later, they will not be there.
Here’s a money saver for the government to consider: reduce the number of phone lines in the government by two
thirds. Many of those lines are never even answered or are answered by the same person anyway.
Many of the departments really have no need for more
than two lines as phone calling is not really a major aspect
of their jobs (but I’m sure there are plenty of personal calls
going on).
Here’s another exercise for the public to try: just randomly walk into various govt. offices at various times of the day.
How “busy” do the people there look? Not too busy in most
places. Some offices seem to be cafeterias with gaming consoles. They are places where people get all dressed up to go
do nothing all day.
Another money saver: Reduce the workforce to those
who truly work. Everyone who works in a government office knows that there are a couple or few people who do all
the real work, while others pretty much do nothing. Perhaps
if the workforce were reduced in the dept. for aging people (TAOA) we’d be able to increase the amount of money we allow for the aged each month, beyond the pittance
they are given now. Have you seen how many folks “work”
at that office? I was amazed to see it during the Christmas
program this year.
No wonder there’s no money for the elders. I don’t mean
to pick on this one department, it’s just such a good example
of wasted funds.
Another way to save money and reduce costs: Save energy!!!!! I cannot believe how much energy is simply wasted
by ASG.
Next time you drive down the road at night, take a look
at how many lights are on in the classrooms of schools, in
govt. offices, etc. I have it on good authority that not only are
lights left on — but fans, ACs cranking cold air all night, etc.
All summer long, 24/7 banks and banks of classroom lights
were on at nearly all of the schools. It should be mandatory
for all govt. workers to conserve energy. It should be everyone’s responsibility to see to it that lights, fans and ACs are
turned off, or if the AC cannot be turned off, turn the temperature up overnight.
Lastly, the governor, Lt. governor, senators and Fono
should all roll back the last two pay raises that they voted in
for themselves.
Reduce their (tax free) allowances by half, and stop their
excessive travel. They are supposed to be representing us
here, on this island, not globe trotting all over the place.
These are just a few ideas for reducing spending. I think
that raising taxes in any way would only damage the economy further, hurt businesses and families and everyone knows
that once a tax is raised it stays that way. Don’t believe that it
will just be for one year.
This is serious. Hopefully our leaders can lift their heads
from the government trough long enough to realize that yes,
they too must make sacrifices.
Sincerely,
JUST ANOTHER FOOL FOR JUSTICE
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Togi-nomics: Not
a ‘shared vision’
by Rhonda Annesley, Editor-in-Chief of Samoa News
The latest round of ‘gov-speak’ via Governor Togiola’s radio program last Saturday, while
we were preparing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Wilma, was interesting only in that we were
told that no amount of talking, debate or criticism, will sway him from his vision —Togi-nomics.
According to the governor, ASG’s local payroll must continue to be paid if we are to survive
the hard times upon us, and the revenue bills at the Fono right now, are to finance it.
Further, he said, there are critics out there who are twisting the truth, the government is not
broke —the federal money is still coming in —it’s just that the government cannot continue
without additional local revenue. (I’m assuming here, that he means the local government cannot
continue to sustain itself, because it cannot pay itself, or its bills.
Which by the way, after yesterday’s Senate hearing on the revenue measures, we now find out that
the summary report that shows the monthly shortfall, is actually for fixed payments only — because they
are mandatory by law, which includes payroll, subsidies, leases, lawmakers allowances and scholarships.)
Togiola went a step further, after explaining his ‘vision’ again — and he apologized to the
community in advance of any reductions. He explained that it’s a last resort measure, setting a
timetable to enact any reductions as the second pay period in February. He says he needs those
revenue measures passed to prevent this from happening.
I find ‘vision’ an interesting element in leadership, because it’s not only what a leader sees or
conceives something to be... but it is also the ability of a leader to share that vision —to make it a
common goal for the community — or nation — which they are leading.
You heard it in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, on Tuesday, when he
spoke of where he sees the US way of life heading (its future), and what he believed needs to be
done for it to be achieved.
And, while there are naysayers (Republicans) about how it should be done, I don’t think there
was anyone who did not share the president’s vision of a highly educated work force that will ‘create
and invent’ itself into a future that is only limited by its own imagination.
While comparing the economies of the United States and American Samoa seems like comparing
apples and oranges, I do think we have in common a simple concept — called a “shared vision.”
I’m quite sure ASG’s workforce shares the Governor’s vision— after all, they are the direct beneficiaries of it. Their only worry has been that the cuts be fair. On the other hand, the business and private sector
don’t share the vision — because we will be paying for the majority of it, with raised taxes and fees.
The Governor, towards the end of his radio program, announced plans to go on television for a
serious explanation behind the situation faced by the government, and to “correct” so many misleading statements made by critics.
I don’t think he needs to do that — there are no misleading statements — a lot of finger pointing on all sides of the box — but no misunderstandings.
We stand on a great divide, where any investment in our future must be defined by the vision
we have of it, and our willingness to work together to do what we need to do to get there.
Unfortunately, I think — for those of us who live in the territory, it is not a ‘shared vision’ —
so we are at a standstill. And, unless the Governor can ‘share’ his vision with us, there will be only
finger pointing and name calling.
I don’t know about you, but I have better things to do with my life, like enjoying my time on
this earth with my family and friends, searching for the meaning and beauty of life, and taking to
heart that these moments are indeed what define our successes and happiness. It is not enough to
simply maintain the status quo.
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The Challenger: 25 years
later, still painful wound
GLOBAL WARMING SERIES:
Part II: What will climate
change do to Am. Samoa?
by Douglas Fenner (DMWR) & Jeremy Goldberg (CRAG)
(In preparation for the Climate change Summit that will take
place in American Samoa Feb. 1-2, this series of articles was prepared by Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and the
Governor’s Coral Reef Advisory Group.)
In the last article, we learned that climate is the long term average of what the weather is and American Samoa has a warm, wet,
tropical climate. Around the world, there is now a lot of evidence
that the climate is getting warmer, all over the earth. Scientists now
think that the most important thing causing the world to get hotter
are people burning gasoline, oil, and coal for energy.
Okay, so the world is getting hotter. What will global warming do to us here in American Samoa? Well, our islands are surrounded by beautiful coral reefs growing in clear blue water. The
reefs are the home of the fish, and they provide fish for us to catch
and eat. The reefs also protect us from giant waves in hurricanes
and storms. But when the corals that build the reefs get too hot,
they turn white and die in what scientists call ‘bleaching’.
As the world gets hotter, this is expected to happen more and
more often, and the warm waters will kill more and more of our
coral. And we may have less and less fish to catch as a result, and
we may be more vulnerable to storms.
Also, as the ice in Greenland and Antarctica and the glaciers
start to melt, that water goes into the ocean and starts to fill the
ocean up. The ocean will rise as the world warms up. Scientists believe that in the next 50 years, sea levels may rise by up to two feet.
As the ocean rises, when hurricanes hit the giant waves will
go over the reef and smash into the shoreline, and begin ripping
up our shoreline and washing our land away. The carbon dioxide
in the air also dissolves in the ocean water, and when it does that
it makes the ocean more acidic. Acid can dissolve coral rock, so
the acid in the ocean will make it harder for corals to grow, and
may start to dissolve the reef.
In addition, things will happen on land too: some areas will
get more rain, some areas will get less rain, and big storms may
become more common and much stronger. Global climate change
may do a lot of bad things to our beautiful islands.
(Samoa News is presenting this 3-part series of Climate
Change in the spirit of community service.)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- For many,
no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger.
A quarter-century later, images of the exploding
space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong
with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 - a scant 73 seconds into
flight, nine miles above the Atlantic for all to see
- remains NASA’s most visible failure.
It was the world’s first high-tech catastrophe
to unfold on live TV. Adding to the anguish was
the young audience: School children everywhere
tuned in that morning to watch the launch of the
first schoolteacher and ordinary citizen bound for
space, Christa McAuliffe.
She never made it.
McAuliffe and six others on board perished
as the cameras rolled, victims of stiff O-ring seals
and feeble bureaucratic decisions.
It was, as one grief and trauma expert recalls,
“the beginning of the age when the whole world
knew what happened as it happened.”
“That was kind of our pilot study for all the
rest to come, I think. It was so ghastly,” said Sally Karioth, a professor in Florida State University’s school of nursing.
The crew compartment shot out of the fireball, intact, and continued upward another three
miles before plummeting. The free fall lasted
more than two minutes. There was no parachute
to slow the descent, no escape system whatsoever; NASA had skipped all that in shuttle development. Space travel was considered so
ordinary, in fact, that the Challenger seven wore
little more than blue coveralls and skimpy motorcycle-type helmets for takeoff.
In a horrific flash, the most diverse space crew
ever - including one black, one Japanese-American and two women, one of them a Jew - was gone.
The name of NASA’s second oldest shuttle was forever locked in a where-were-you moment.
“You say ‘Challenger’ and then we see that
figure of smoke in the sky,” said Karioth, who
teaches death and dying classes.
There has been a growing list of calamities
since then.
Waco. Oklahoma City. Columbine. 9/11. Shuttle
Columbia. Katrina. Virginia Tech. And now, Tucson.
With so much carnage, another space catastrophe wouldn’t have the same impact as Challenger, Karioth noted. “We’re used to everybody
dying now,” she said.
The death of a young, vivacious schoolteacher, combined with NASA’s stubborn refusal to
share information about the accident and the realization that America’s space program was fallible, added to the nation’s collective pain.
President Ronald Reagan’s poetic tribute
soothed the day’s raw emotions.
“The crew of the space shuttle Challenger
honored us by the manner in which they lived
their lives,” Reagan told a grieving nation after
canceling that night’s State of the Union address.
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we
saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their
journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the
surly bonds of Earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’”
NASA safely had launched shuttles 24 times
before, and a sense of routine and hurry-it-up had
crept in. The space agency wanted to pull off 15
missions in 1986. Repeated delays with
Columbia on that year’s first flight and then with
Challenger were spoiling the effort.
The first federal Martin Luther King holiday
had just been observed. NASA’s Voyager 2
probe, flying farther than any previous spacecraft, had swung past Uranus, discovering 10
new moons. “That’s What Friends Are For,” the
AIDS charity anthem, topped the music charts.
And a 37-year-old schoolteacher from Concord,
N.H., was about to rocket into orbit.
“Imagine a history teacher making history,”
McAuliffe observed before the flight. She got an apple from a technician atop the ice-encrusted launch
pad, before boarding Challenger one final time.
In the 20s at daybreak, the temperature had
risen only into the mid-30s by the time Challenger
blasted off at 11:38 a.m. “Go at throttle up,” radioed commander Francis “Dick” Scobee.
What happened next was unthinkable, his
widow says.
“It was really a shock wave that went across
our country and around the world,” June Scobee
Rodgers said in an interview this week with The
Associated Press. “People witnessed the loss of
Challenger over and over on their televisions.”
Dick Scobee. Michael Smith. Ellison Onizuka. Judith Resnik. Ronald McNair. Christa
McAuliffe. Gregory Jarvis. The first of the shuttle astronauts to die on the job.
Seventeen years later, almost to the day, seven more astronauts were killed, this time at the
end of their mission. Instead of booster rockets
and freezing launch weather, fuel-tank foam insulation was to blame. The similarities between
Challenger and Columbia, though, were haunting. Another multiethnic crew lost, more poor
decision-making, an intolerant work culture,
drum-beating pressure to launch.
NASA paused Thursday to remember all 17
astronauts lost in the line of duty over the years,
including three from the Apollo launch pad fire
in 1967. A wreath was laid at Arlington National
Cemetery. And the shuttle fleet is grounded once
more. Fuel tank cracking is the latest culprit.
NASA hopes to get Discovery flying by the
end of February. Endeavour - Challenger’s replacement - will follow in April. It will fly with
or without commander Mark Kelly, who’s tending to his wounded wife, Arizona Congresswom(Continued on page 8)
FILE - This 1986 file photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the space shuttle
Challenger. From left are Ellison Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick
(AP Photo/NASA)
Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judith Resnik.
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Thursday that the military’s push to
turn recruits into health-conscious
warriors could be a model for making people across the U.S. more focused on fitness and nutrition.
Obama, who has made battling
childhood obesity one of her signature causes as first lady, visited
the Army’s largest training post at
Fort Jackson outside Columbia to
see what the Army has done, from
more rigorous training drills to fatfree milk in its mess halls.
She told Lt. Gen. Mark
Hertling, who has worked to
overhaul both the soldiers’ diets
and exercise programs, that she
was fascinated by the project.
A lack of fitness is “not just a
health issue but a national security
issue,” she said, and the military’s
health initiatives could be a model
for youngsters elsewhere.
“A lot of young people around
the country could use the same
kind of support,” she said.
Hertling gave the first lady a
military-style briefing, accompanied by colorful slides beamed on
three large screens hung on the
walls, that detailed how the nation’s obesity problems create
problems for the Army.
Kids are spending too much
time in front of TV and computer
screens, not getting enough exercise and drinking too many sugary
soft drinks, Hertling said. He said
that makes their bones too fragile
for military lifestyles.
New soldiers are given exercises for core body strength and
stamina. Obama got to see the
green salads, fruit and nuts offered in one of the chow lines at
the post and chatted with drill
sergeants about the challenges of
getting recruits into shape.
The first lady sat with a halfdozen senior trainers, asking them
how they dealt with a generation
more adept at video games than
sports or playground games.
“How are the soldiers reacting to
this new training? I’m a mother, and
it’s all about getting the kids to go
outside,” she told Staff. Sgt. Brian
Evans, of East St. Louis, Ill.
“It takes a while before they figure it out, that this food, this exercise, actually works,” responded
Evans, a 14-year Army veteran who
said he’d been deployed seven times
to Iraq and four to Afghanistan with
Special Operations units. “Hopefully they will take that and adapt it to
their lifestyle, so it branches off back
to their families.”
Obama echoed that message
in her address later in the day to
the 1,100 soldiers graduating after 10 weeks of basic training and
recognized their effort to choose
healthier foods.
“I know these past 10 weeks
haven’t been easy,” she told the
soldiers. “But the truth is, you
never gave up, you never gave in,
you pushed yourself to your limits and beyond.”
To wild cheers, Obama
praised the families attending for
letting their young men and women serve their country despite the
risks. “We want you to know how
proud we are of all that you have
achieved. We are grateful to you
all,” she said.
Fort Jackson’s commander,
Maj. Gen. James Milano, said the
first lady’s visit was a big boost
for military families, particularly
those who have endured years of
deployments and separations.
“It’s a huge benefit for us, to
have her come here and visit. This
is a great day, a chance for her to
come and talk directly to Army
soldiers and their families,” Milano said.
Also Thursday, Obama appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey
Show” to urge Americans to support the struggles of U.S. military
families. The first lady said she
and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, plan to launch a
campaign in March to support
military families.
Three days ago, President
Barack Obama announced programs meant to support military
families, including initiatives to
prevent suicide and homelessness.
“There are things as a nation
we can do big and small,” the first
lady said during her television appearance. “And it’s not a difficult
thing to do.”
Fort Jackson trains more than
60,000 soldiers annually, including more than half the Army’s female soldiers.
First lady Michelle Obama talks with Lt. Col. Sonya Cable during a tour of Fort
Jackson’s “Go for Green” dining program, which encourages healthy eating, Thursday,
Jan. 27, 2011 in Fort Jackson, S.C. Obama, who has made battling childhood obesity
one of her signature causes as first lady, visited the Army’s largest training post at Fort
Jackson outside Columbia to see what the Army has done, from more rigorous training
drills to fat-free milk in its mess halls.
(AP Photo/The State, Gerry Melendez)
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In this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo, the space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after
(AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File)
lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
* The Challenger: 25 years later…
an Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot Jan. 8 in Tucson. Atlantis will close out the 30-year shuttle program with a summertime flight, No. 135.
Shuttle program manager John Shannon
prefers not “to compare and contrast” the Challenger era and now. But he points out that he’s
felt “zero pressure” to rush the remaining flights,
even though “we kind of get beat up a little bit”
in some quarters for all the delays.
Roger Launius, a senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, says:
“When we look back 50 years from now on the
shuttle program, we are going to view it as this remarkable technological achievement. And it had a
remarkable run for 30 years. Some tragedies along
the way, but enormous successes as well.”
For their part, the families of the lost Challenger crew dwell on the good that came out of
the accident: a network of education centers. The
48th Challenger Learning Center opens Friday
in Louisville, Ky.
Steven J. McAuliffe, widower of Christa
McAuliffe, said in a statement Thursday that remembrances by people across the country are “both
comforting and inspirational to our family.”
McAuliffe, a federal judge in Concord, N.H.,
said, “Christa confidently and joyfully embraced
life, no less than her friends and colleagues
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on Challenger, and no less than the crews of
Columbia, Apollo 1, and all of those people who
courageously follow their own paths every day.
I know Christa would say that that is the most
precious lesson - ordinary people can make extraordinary contributions ...”
He said she would be especially pleased by the
Challenger Center for Space Science Education.
Dick Scobee’s widow, June Rodgers, is an educator and founding board chairman of the center.
As she has on every Challenger anniversary,
Rodgers will visit a learning center to watch the children in action. First, she will take part in NASA’s
public memorial service Friday morning at Kennedy
Space Center, some 10 miles from Challenger’s
grave. The remains of the spacecraft - what was retrieved from the ocean - are buried in a pair of abandoned missile silos on Air Force property.
“I wonder if it’s because the image is so ingrained in our brains, that it seems like yesterday,” Rodgers said.
Almost as many years have passed since the
accident, as the span of her 26-year marriage to
Dick Scobee.
“Isn’t it interesting about the number 25?”
she asked softly. “Challenger was the 25th mission. This is 25 years.”
A full generation has come and gone.
LBJ reports increase in reported
cases of ‘dengue fever’ in 2010
More than 450 confirmed
cases of dengue fever were
recorded in American Samoa
for 2010 and local officials have
urged residents to continue to
take preventive measures as the
territory faces wet weather at
the start of the new year.
At the end of 2009 there were
436 confirmed cases compared to
the end of 2008 with 667 confirmed
cases, according to LBJ Medical
Center statistics at the time.
The hospital’s chief medical
officer, Taulapapa Dr. Aloiamoa
Anesi told Samoa News yesterday that for 2010 a total of 704
cases were tested and 467 came
back positive.
For the last three months of
2010, Taulapapa says, 36 were
tested in October and 16 were
positive; 61 tested in November
and 41 were positive; and in December a total of 42 cases were
tested and 36 came back positive.
“From the figures towards
the end of 2010 it seems there is
an increase in numbers but sev-
eral factors may influence this,”
Taulapapa told Samoa News.
“The public is well informed of
the signs and symptoms and
treatment of dengue fever and I
am sure a significant number of
mild cases were self treated and
got better at home.”
This confirms what Samoa
News has learned, where many
people who suspected they had
the symptoms of dengue opted to
stay home to care for themselves
instead of going to the hospital or
attempting to go to work.
“LBJ sees probably the
more serious cases that need
further investigation and I.V.
treatment. Sometimes we do not
test every suspected case. Usually we do not wait for confirmatory tests before we start
treatment,” said Taulapapa.
“As long as we have positive
cases and the mosquitoes, we will
continue to have new dengue cases. We may see a rise with the recent rainy periods from the
cyclone,” he said referred to this
past weekend’s Tropical Cyclone
Wilma, which started out last
week as a disturbance followed
by a depression - bringing a lot of
rain to the territory.
“I cannot over-stress the importance of the usual preventive
measures: 3-Ds,” said Taulapapa, referring to the: Drain standing water, Dress properly and
use products with Deet to keep
mosquitoes from biting.
“The recent cyclone has resulted in more rain and more breeding
grounds for the mosquitoes so it is
possible we may see more cases if
we are not diligent in our preventive
efforts,” he pointed out. “We must
clear our yards of all potential
breeding grounds for mosquitoes,
wear appropriate clothing and use
mosquito repellents with DEET.
Rest, plenty of fluids, and Tylenol
is still the basis for early treatment
of any flu-like illnesses including
dengue suspects.”
Advice and suggestion for
the New Year 2011, said Taulapapa, “Keep your surroundings
mosquito- free.”
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Filibuster lives: Senate rejects changes in rules
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The
filibuster lives on. The Senate voted overwhelmingly late Thursday
to reject efforts to change its rules
to restrict the blockades that have
sown gridlock and discord in recent years on Capitol Hill.
Instead, senators settled on a
more modest measure to prevent
single lawmakers from anonymously holding up legislation and
nominations, and the parties’ Senate leaders announced a handshake deal to conduct business in
a more efficient and civilized way.
The two leaders, Democrat
Harry Reid of Nevada and Republican Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky, also endorsed legislation, to be drawn up later, to
break the logjam of confirmations of presidential appointments by reducing by as much as
a third the number of appointees
subject to Senate approval.
Senators were emphatic in
their votes against limiting the filibuster, a treasured right of minorities trying to prevent majorities
from running roughshod over
them. Many Democrats, while
now in the majority, envisioned a
day, perhaps as early as after the
2012 election, when they would
return to the minority.
None of Thursday’s series of
votes would have eliminated all
filibusters, which are used to stall
action on bills or nominations and
require 60 votes to override in the
100-member body. Instead,
Democrats pushing for change
sought to get rid of filibusters that
specifically stop bills from being
brought to the Senate floor, and to
require senators imposing a filibuster to stay on the floor debating the issue. One proposal would
have gradually reduced the 60vote threshold to a simple majority of 51 as debate proceeded.
The votes were 84-12 against
the proposal by Sen. Tom Harkin,
D-Iowa to gradually reduce the
threshold and 51-44 to reject a
proposal by Sens. Tom Udall, DN.M., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and
Harkin to end filibusters on motions to advance a bill to the floor,
require those initiating filibusters
to stay on the floor and to shorten
debate time on nominations. A
third resolution by Merkley that
focused on requiring those filibustering to keep talking on the
floor went down, 49-46. All the
proposals to change Senate rules
would have required two-thirds
majorities for approval.
But recognizing the frustration of many senators over the
delaying tactics and partisan battles that have paralyzed the Senate in recent years, Majority
Leader Reid and Republican
leader McConnell said they had
agreed on non-binding steps to
restore comity and cooperation
in the Senate. Under the agreement, McConnell said minority
Republicans would block fewer bills and nominations in exchange for a guarantee of more
chances to amend legislation.
The Senate has been plagued
in recent years by procedural delays, often the result of partisan
differences, and public displeasure
with Congress was a key factor in
the fall midterm elections that saw
Republicans recapture the House
and increase their strength in the
Senate. A recent Associated
Press-GfK poll showed that 69
percent of the people disapprove
of Congress and only 26 percent
view it favorably.
Reid defended the central
premise of the filibuster, saying
debate without time limits was
“in our DNA” in the Senate.
But he also said, “We have to
act because when abuses keep
us from doing our work, they
deter us from working together
and they stop us from working
for the American people.”
He said he and McConnell
would both avoid use of the socalled “constitutional option”
where the majority could change
filibuster and other Senate rules
with a simple 51-vote majority
in the 100-member chamber.
McConnell said he was optimistic that he and Reid could
“convince our colleagues that we
ought to get back to operating the
Senate the way we did as recently as three or four years ago, when
bills came up and they were open
for amendment, and we voted on
amendments, and at some point
the bill would be completed.”
Republicans have defended
their use of the filibuster, saying
it was in response to Democrats
limiting the number of amendments they could offer to bills.
The leaders’ deal focuses only on filibusters pertaining to “motions to proceed,” or attempts to
bring a bill or a nomination to the
Senate floor. The compromise did
not extend to filibusters that block
efforts to cut off debate and bring
a bill to a final vote.
Reid said that in the past
Congress Republicans forced 26
votes just to get bills to the floor,
often with the primary goal, he
said, of stalling Senate activities.
Some, he said, were on non-controversial bills that eventually
passed by overwhelming majorities. It can take weeks to get a bill
to a final vote if the minority uses all its filibuster authority.
Merkley, who has helped lead
the anti-filibuster campaign with
Udall and Harkin, applauded
what he called the “modest” steps
taken by the two leaders. But he
said it removed only one of three
walls that now stand in the way of
getting legislation through the
Senate. In addition to the 60 votes
needed to overcome filibusters on
motions to proceed, there can also be filibusters on amendments
and on ending debate.
“How much will it really
change for this Senate?” he asked.
Reid and McConnell said the
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would
be asked to put together legislation on reducing appointments
subject to Senate confirmation,
now about 1,400, by about onethird. The confirmation process
can take months, subject nominees to exhausting investigations,
eat up Senate time and be used
by senators as leverage to advance other causes.
They also agreed that the
practice of disgruntled senators
forcing the reading clerk to read
out amendments in their entirety, a delaying tactic that can take
hours, will be done away with
as long as lawmakers have advance access to the amendment.
A resolution offered by Sen.
Mark Udall, D-Colo., to enact
that change passed 81-15.
The resolution to effectively
end the practice of secret “holds,”
where a single senator, without
revealing his or her name or motive, can block votes on legislation or nominations, passed 92-4.
Under the proposal long
pushed by Sens. Ron Wyden,
D-Ore., and Charles Grassley,
R-Iowa, and also sponsored by
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,
senators would have to make
public their objections within 48
hours of placing them and could
no longer baton-pass their holds
to other senators to avoid having to reveal themselves.
Holds, which require 60 votes
to overcome, have become a
common practice by senators trying either to block nominations or
push some political point.
Udall vowed to continue
pressing the filibuster issue. “Reform is not for the short-winded,”
he said. “I’m committed to making sure the Senate is more than
just a graveyard for good ideas.”
Fa’afetai Tele
A’apa Atu crisis counseling program would like to thank the citizens, residents, government agencies, all of the local non
profit, and private sector entities for your support during the past fifteen months of post tsunami disaster recovery.
With your help A’apa Atu has been able to reach more than 20,000 thousand individuals in the Territory, providing them with
disaster psycho-education, individual and group crisis counseling. Through the services and tools of self empowerment provided
by A’apa Atu crisis counselors combined with the tremendous personal strength and resiliency of the people of American Samoan,
you are successfully building a lasting legacy of personal and psychological recovery and community closeness.
May we remind those of you or your family members who may still be experiencing prolonged or lingering symptoms of
disaster related psychological trauma there will be assistance available through the professionals at DHSS. You may contact them at
633-2696.
It has been our great pleasure to serve the people and residents of American Samoa. We are confident that as you hold to your
strong faith, family ties and community closeness, you will continue to lift each other up, overcome adversity, and through self
empowerment, make a lasting recovery.
Remember: “It’s not the weight of the load that breaks us down, but the way we “chose to carry it”
E momoli atu le agaga
faafetai ale A’apa Atu i le
mamalu ole atunuu, tagata
nuu, matagaluega uma sa
mafai ona lagolagoina le
tsunami poo le faalavelave
faanatura i le tausaga ua
tuanai atu.
Ona o lou soosoo tauau
mai, ua mafai ai ele
polokalame o le A’apa Atu
ona ausia le 20 afe o tagata
nuu, ua aoaoina ma
faatamaoaiga i le tomai
faalemafaufau e fo ia ai
lagona ma ni isi mafatiaga e
tupu tupu pea I aso fai so’o.
Ia fai lea ma faamalosiau.
Matou te faamanatu atu
i si o tatou atunuu, ni isi o i
latou o loo maua pea i ia
lagona o loo iai pea le avanoa e faafesootai mai le Ofisa o le DHSS/Alagamanuia mo tagata lautele i le numera 633-2696.
Manatua “e le ole mamafa o le avega o loo tauaveina e leaga ai, ao le auala tatou te filifilia e tauave ai.”
DHSS/SAMHSA
PROMOTING RESILIENCE,
EMPOWERMENTS & RECOVERY
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 6.0105 of the Revised Code of American Samoa
that a claim of succession which has been filed with the Territorial Registrar’s office for the
registration of the Matai Title MAUGA of the village of FALEASAO by TAUA TOELE of the village of
FALEASAO county of FALEASAO, MANU’A District.
THE TERRITORIAL REGISTRAR is satisfied that the claim, petition by the family and certificate of
the village chiefs are in proper form.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone so desiring must file his counterclaim, or objection to
the registration of this matai title with the Territorial Registrar Office before the expiration of 60 days
from the date of posting. If no counterclaim, nor any objection is filed by the expiration of said 60
days, the matai title MAUGA shall be registered in the name of TAUA TOELE in accordance with the
laws of American Samoa.
Mother: Airline rows too
narrow for infant carrier
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Federal safety officials urge
parents to put their children in
child seat on planes, but a California mother says that twice
in the last month she has been
thwarted by airlines when she
O le fa’aaliga lenei ua faasalalauina e tusa ma le Maga 6.0105 o le tusi tulafono a Amerika Samoa,
e pei ona suia, ona o le talosaga ua faaulufaleina mai i le Ofisa o le Resitara o Amerika Samoa, mo le tried to do the right thing.
Melissa Bradley, 39, said
fia faamauina o le suafa matai o MAUGA o le nu’u o FALEASAO e TAUA TOELE o FALEASAO faalupega
o FALEASAO falelima i MANU’A.
she was forced off a United
Ua taliaina e le Resitara lea talosaga, faatasi ma le talosaga a le aiga faapea ma le tusi faamaonia
Airlines flight at San Franmai matai o lea nu’u, ma ua i ai nei i teuga pepa a lea ofisa.
A i ai se tasi e faafinagaloina, ia faaulufaleina sana talosaga tete’e, po o sana faalavelave tusitusia i cisco International Airport on
Wednesday in a dispute over
le Ofisa o Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na faalauiloa ai lenei fa’aaliga. Afai o lea leai se
talosaga tete’e, po’o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea
an economy-class row too
faamauina loa lea suafa matai i le igoa o TAUA TOELE e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono a Amerika
narrow to accommodate an
Samoa.
12/28/10 & 01/28/11
infant carrier for her 1-yearold daughter. Bradley was inin a similar incident
Notice for Proposed Registration of Matai Title volved
two
days
before Christmas
on a Skywest flight from Asclaim of succession which has been filed with the Territorial Registrar’s office for the registration of the
Matai Title UTUUTUVANU of the village of AMANAVE by TO’OTO’O VILI SALUA FA’ATE’A of the village of
pen, Colo., to San Francisco,
AMANAVE, county of ALATAUA, WESTERN District.
although she wasn’t asked to
leave the plane in that invillage chiefs are in proper form.
stance.
Bradley, who has three
older
children, said she has
title UTUUTUVANU shall be registered in the name of TO’OTO’O VILI SALUA FA’ATE’A in accordance with
been using infant and child
the laws of American Samoa.
seats on planes for years withSIGNED: Samuel B. White, Territorial Registrar
out a hitch until the recent inShe said she buys
Fa’aaliga o le Fia Fa’amauina o se Suafa Matai cidents.
separate
seats
for her children
because she worries that she
faamauina o le suafa matai o UTUUTUVANU o le nu’u o AMANAVE e TO’OTO’O VILI SALUA FA’ATE’A o
won’t be able to hold them in
AMANAVE faalupega o ALATAUA, falelima i SISIFO.
her lap if the plane encounters
turbulence.
National Transportation
Safety Board Chairman Debtete’e, po’o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea faamauina loa lea
orah Hersman has been camsuafa matai i le igoa o TO’OTO’O VILI SALUA FA’ATE’A e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono a Amerika Samoa.
paigning for regulations that
12/28/10 & 01/28/11
would require all infants and
American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No: RFP 038-2011
Issuance Date: January 27, 2010
Date & Time Due: February 17, 2011
No Later than 2:00pm local time
The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) from
qualified individuals or firms to provide:
“Automated Tracking and Data Management System Development and
Implementation for the American Samoa Child Care Program”
Submission:
Original and five (5) copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked:
“AS Child Care Automated Tracking and Data Management System.” Submissions are to be
sent to the following address and will be received until 2:00p.m. (Local time), Thursday
February 17, 2011:
Office of Procurement
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Attn: Tau’ili’ili Pat Tervola, CPO
Any proposal received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any
circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and will be determined as
being non-responsive.
Documents:
The RFP Scope of Work outlining the proposal requirements is available at The Office of
Procurement, Tafuna, American Samoa, during normal working hours.
Review:
Request for Proposal data will be thoroughly reviewed by an appointed Source Evaluation
Board under the auspices of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement, ASG.
Right of Rejection:
The American Samoa Government reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and
waive any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted proposals that are not in the best
interests of the American Samoa Government of the public.
This project is funded under the “AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT of 2009.”
TAU’ILI’ILI PAT TERVOLA
Chief Procurement Officer
young children be secured in
child seats on planes rather
than allowed to fly in a parent’s lap. She has said that
children deserve the same
safety protections as seat-belted adults.
A Transportation Department aviation advisory panel
recommended last month that
the Federal Aviation Administration conduct a new study of
the issue. Glen Tilton, chairman of United’s parent company, UAL Corp., was a
member of the panel.
United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said Bradley and
her traveling party were removed from Flight 75 to Honolulu on Wednesday because
she was causing a disruption
by taking pictures.
Bradley said she took a
picture of the narrow row because an FAA inspector with
whom she spoke after the
Skywest incident had asked
her if she had a picture. She
denied that she was disruptive.
Bradley, who owns a real
estate firm in Marin County,
said she called a United cus-
tomer service executive two
weeks before the Honolulu
flight to ask what she needed
to do to make sure she’d be
able to use the infant carrier.
She said she was told to simply to let United employees
know when she checked in,
which she did. But when she
boarded the Boeing 777, she
discovered the rows in economy seating were too close
together to accommodate the
Graco Snug Ride infant carrier, which is approved for airline use.
Johnson acknowledged
that the rows were too close
together for the carrier, but he
said Bradley couldn’t be
moved to wider row because
those seats were full.
United rebooked her, her
family and their traveling
companions on a later flight to
Honolulu, Bradley said. The
rows were far enough apart on
that plane to accommodate the
carrier, she said.
“Honestly, this was the last
thing I wanted to have happen
on that plane,” Bradley said.
“I begged them to accommodate me.”
Sheriff: SoCal WWII survivor
latest victim of elder abuse
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say the caretaker of a 93year-old Pearl Harbor survivor has been arrested on suspicion
of elder abuse after the veteran was found dirty, disoriented and
living in filth in his San Diego County home.
The Sheriff’s Department says the caretaker, 63-year-old Milagros Angeles was arrested on Tuesday after deputies sent to
check on the veteran’s welfare found the man suffering from dementia and dehydration.
The Los Angeles Times reports the veteran was found sitting in a chair clutching a picture of the ship, the USS Vestal,
that he was serving on the day of the Japanese attack.
Deputies say they also discovered that thousands of dollars
had been taken from the veteran.
Angeles is being held on $100,000 bail.
* FONO BRIEFS…
from page 3
During that review, the Treasury Department had every employee pick up their paycheck and the person was required to
bring a picture ID.
Those who get paid by direct deposit were required to pick up
the receipt of their direct deposit.
Magalei told senators yesterday that there were some minor
issues discovered at the time, such as people on sick leave who
were still claiming a paycheck and all those issues have since
been resolved.
He restated that there are no ASG ghost employees — referring to those individuals getting a pay check who are not employed.
Last year some senators stated that ‘ghost employees’ are also those who receive a paycheck, but never show up to work.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS LIAISON TO THE FONO
The Senate President announced during Wednesday’s Senate session that Paopaoailua J. Fiaui, who has been seen in
the Senate gallery from the start of the current legislative session, is the new liaison officer to the Legislature for the Governor’s Office.
The liaison officer post was previously held by Tuilefano
Vaela’a, a former senator.
Paopaoailua is a former House member from Aua who was
unseated during the 2010 general election by Rep. Faimealelei
Anthony Allen. Faimealelei was previously head of the Office of
Veterans Affairs at the Governor’s Office.
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NUUULI PLACE CINEMAS
699-3456
$5.25 - Bargain Matinees All Shows Before 6pm
$5.25 - Senior Admissions All Day
$5.25 - All Day For Kids
$6.75 - Adults
Thrifty Tuesdays
$5.00 - ADMISSION ALL DAY TUESDAY
Excludes Holidays
Ben Solaita (second from right) accepts the Solar team’s championship award
after they clinched the men’s division title in the American Samoa Softball Association
Gatorade/Pepsi Fast Pitch League on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Tony Solaita
Baseball Field. Also pictured are Panamex Pacific, Inc. general manager David
Robinson, Levu Solaita and Solar team member Loi Suamataia. [Samoa News file photo]
* Family man & friend: Ben Solaita passes…
from page 1
She even recalled the last major event, the
Solaita Family Christmas Light show last month
where her family was the main leader.
“My dad was involved in a lot of things and
everything he did was serious to him,” she said.
“He was a giving person.”
This was echoed by Levu T. Solaita, who is
one of Ben Solaita’s older brothers.
Ben was younger than Levu and brother Fagaima M. Solaita, “but when it came to family
matters it’s like Ben was the older one, putting
things together, making sure everything was in
place,” said Levu outside of the LBJ chapel.
“Even our own children, Ben is a father to all
of them and they listened to Ben.”
“We have been close all our lives so this is a
very difficult and sad time for us,” he said. “Ben
was a man of his own. He was involved with many
activities, events and services from our family obligations to village obligations, Ben was there.”
“He also made time for his passion — sports
and the Nu’uuli Fautasi.
“He also got involved with our church and
youth groups, making sure that the youth were
taken care of and he talked to the youth,” said
Levu, adding this involvement with the youth
was also part of his brother’s work with ASNOC.
Levu said his brother passed away around
1:30 p.m. yesterday.
He said he and other relatives had just arrived
home from the hospital when they received the
phone call that “my dear brother had passed.”
“Ben was a very dedicated person to his job and
he was a hard working man. He spent all his life
working in the ship building industry, starting years
ago when he spent 20 years with the U.S. Defense
Department working on ships for the Navy.”
Levu said his brother came to American Samoa
and was hired during the first Coleman administration to work at the shipyard, where he remained today as the general manager for MYD Samoa Inc.
“Ben was a hard working man,” repeated Levu, who noted that his brother held the family
chiefly title of “Solaita”.
“He was the pillar of our family and the many
things he was involved with,” said Levu, who also relayed a sad story about two of Ben’s sons
— who are in the military — and are en route to
the territory to see their father in the hospital, but
will not be able to see him alive.
The two sons were scheduled to arrive last
night from Honolulu.
MYD official Bob Wiehe said the passing of
his friend Ben is such a terrible loss not only for
the shipyard but for the people who knew Ben
and the sporting community.
“This is such a terrible loss and a sad day.
Ben was a pillar in the shipyard and the finest individual I have ever had the pleasure of working
with. He was a very great man,” said Wiehe.
“Ben was involved in so many things — from
the shipyard, where he was passionate about his
work, to the community. He loved his sports and
his Fautasi from Nu’uuli.”
“It’s a great loss for the local Olympic Committee,” he said in a telephone interview just minutes after getting a call that Ben had passed away.
ASNOC Executive Board member Rep. Larry
Sanitoa says Solaita’s passing “is such a sorrowful
and heartbreaking loss for all of us; especially to the
American Samoa National Olympic Committee.”
“Ben has been a dear friend and colleague,
but he was revered by many of us as a true pioneer and advocate of instilling the love of sports
in American Samoa especially for our youth,”
said Sanitoa, who is president of the American
Samoa Softball Association.
“I’m sure many of those who had the privilege of working alongside Ben on numerous
sports events especially baseball and softball will
agree that we learned a lot from him,” said Sanitoa, who was among the sporting officials who
attended the LBJ chapel service.
“No one had more passion in developing and
continually nurturing the interest in the sport than
him. He was admired by many for his dedication
and love of sports and we will miss him,” he said
and expressed condolences to the Solaita family
especially his wife and children for their loss.
Ben Solaita is survived by his wife and four
children, as well as great grandchildren, brothers
and sisters along with nieces and nephews.
Samoa News extends its condolences to the
Solaita family for their loss.
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THE GREEN HORNET - Rated: PG-13
Starring: Seth Rogers, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz
When Britt Reid’s powerful and wealthy father James Reid is murder, he meets
an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato. They realize that they
have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step
out of James Reid’s shadow. They decide to become Masked Heroes’.
Friday:
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Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Colin 0’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds
Skeptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue) reluctantly attends
exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox
priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of
his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
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Discount Tuesdays, all tickets are $5.25 for all shows.
Movies and Times are Subject to change without notice.
Call 699-3456/699-9225 for additional movie information.
Gift Certificates make the perfect gift and are available at our
Box Office!
In this Oct. 1999 file photo, Ben Solaita spoke with Lewis Wolman about the
Mosooi Race where he captained the
Satani that year.
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The National Park
promotes climate
change research
and awareness
A flag pokes above the snow around mounds of covered grave markers in Veterans
Memorial Field in East Hartford, Conn., after another winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 27,
2011.
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
(BASED ON PRESS RELEASE) — In conjunction with
the Governor’s mission and the
Department of Commerce Climate Change Summit, the National Park of American Samoa
continues to promote climate
change research and community awareness.
The national park has one of
the best natural laboratories in
the world for climate change
research and is already taking
actions to prevent the possible
affects of climate change on the
territory.
Corals in Ofu lagoon are specially adapted to survive brief hot
water events that would normally lead to coral bleaching. The
average summer temperature of
lagoon waters is 29o C (84.2o F),
but can rise above the 32o C
(89.6o F) bleaching level for several hours during low tides. Despite these conditions, bleaching
usually affects less than 1% of
the coral in the lagoon.
During the past 20 years, other territorial reefs have suffered
periodic coral bleaching events.
Recently the national park
renovated its ranger station and
small laboratory to support research on Ofu. The University
of Hawaii, Stanford University,
and Dominican University of
California have conducted
ground-breaking research on
Ofu’s corals unique adaptations
to hot water events.
At the local level, it makes
sense that a healthy rainforest
will be able to confront climate
change impacts better than a
rainforest being over-run by
non-native invasive species. Invasive species are bad because
they out-compete the native
rainforest trees and reduce forest biodiversity.
For the past ten years, the national park has worked towards
eliminating rapidly spreading invasive species and restoring disturbed areas by re-planting native
tree species. Efforts to eliminate
the invasive tamaligi tree from
the park have been successful
and other invasive species are also being removed. Ten acres of
disturbed and damaged forest
lands along the Mt. Alava trail
have been restored by planting
over 1,000 native trees.
The National Park also reminds locals and visitors that
they can take action everyday to
help make our climate cleaner
and be a part of the solution. Simple changes like replacing light
bulbs with compact fluorescents,
turning your A/C temperature up,
turning off and unplugging appliances not in use, covering pots
while cooking, only washing full
loads and line-drying laundry, reducing and reusing bags and other materials, walking, carpooling,
taking the bus and making trips
more efficient, and spreading the
word to your friends and family
to do what they can to stop climate change and be a part of the
solution.
The National Park of American Samoa was established in
1988 to preserve the coral reefs,
tropical forest and archeological and cultural resources of
American Samoa, to maintain
the habitat of fruit bats, and to
provide educational opportunities for visitors and residents.
National Park lands and waters
are leased from villages and the
through a long term agreement
with the National Park Service.
For more information about
visiting the National Park of American Samoa, call 633-7082, email
[email protected] or visit its
website – www.nps.gov/npsa.
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O le aoauli ananafi na faamaonia mai ai i se ripoti, le faamanavaina lea e le Atua o
galuega a se tasi o alo o le
atunu’u, ua lauiloa i lana tautua
i soo se vaega e le gata i le
atunu’u, ae faapea ai lona afioaga o Nu’uuli, le tofa ia Solaita
Ben Solaita.
E maliu le susuga Ben o loo
avea o ia ma Pulesili o le
Kamupani Tosova’a i Satala, le
MYD Samoa Ltd. O isi ana
tautua ua lausilafia ai o ia e le
to’atele, o le avea lea o ia ma
kapeteni o le sa mai le afioaga
o Nu’uuli, le Satani.
O se tala na matua faateia ai
le to’atele aemaise ai lava i latou e silafia ma masani lele i le
susuga ia Solaita, ae ui i le tulaga faanoanoa o lenei tala, peita’i sa vaaia le to’a pea o le tai i
le paia o le aiga ao feiloa’i ma
feofoofota’i i le maota maliu i
Fagaalu i le aoauli ananafi.
Na faatumulia le maota
gasegase o le LBJ i Fagaalu i le
aoauli ananafi, i aiga ma uo o le
susuga ia Ben, lea na lolofi atu
e faailoa lo latou amanaia o
lana tautua i le aiga, ekalesia,
nu’u ma le atunu’u.
Sa faapea fo’i ona aofia ai le
mamalu o le afioaga o Nuuuli i
le afifio o Ma’opu ma Usoali’i,
tainane le susu o Taumafa
Alofi, mamalu i le to’afa, maliu mai upu i le Atimanea, ma oe
le Itumalo malosi.
O le aoauli lava ananafi na
faataunuuina ai loa se sauniga
faaleaiga i le maota gasegase, e
manatua ai le susuga Ben ma
lona soifuaga auauna i lona
aiga ma le atunu’u.
Na tutulu le afioga i le
Maopu ia Levu Solaita, o se
tasi lea o uso matua o le susuga
Ben, a’o ia taumafai e faamatalaga le mafutaga ma si ona uso
ua maliu, faapea ai uiga ma
amioga na te manatua ai o ia.
Saunoa Levu, na te misia
Ben “i mea uma o le mafutaga,” e le gata o lana tautua i le
aiga, ekalesia ma le nu’u, ae
pito sili lava ona misia o ia i le
latou lava mafutaga i totonu o
le latou lava aiga.
“O se tagata e auai i soo se
mea, e iloa uma e tagata o le
nu’u, e fiafia i ai tamaiti o le
matou aiga, e valaau uma fo’i e
tamaiti o ia o le latou tama,” o
le saunoaga lea a Levu e toe
manatua ai le soifuaga o Ben.
“O le aufaipese, autalavou a
le ekalesia, o mafutaga a le
nu’u ma le tupulaga, e oo lava
fo’i i totonu o le matou aiga, o
isi ia vaega e le mafai ona misi
ai o ia, e aufai ma faatasi i ai e
lagolago fo’i i polokalame uma
nei,” o le saunoaga lea a Levu.
Na saunoa le afioga Levu, o
le soifuaga uma o Ben e mo
lona aiga, ekalesia ma le nu’u,
e oo lava fo’i i fanau ma fanau
i totonu o le aiga, e usita’i uma
tamaiti ma faalogo ia te ia.
“E pei lava o ia o se matai i
totonu o le matou aiga, i ana
gaioiga, o ana faaiuga ma mea
uma na te faia, ma o nisi ia o itu
e sili ai ona matou misia o ia,” o
le saunoaga lea a le afioga Levu.
Sa ia taua, e faigata tele ona
faagalo Ben ona o le vavalalata
o le latou mafutaga i aso uma o
latou olaga, ma o se mafutaga
e le mafai ona faagalo, ma o se
tagata o le a matua misia e ona
uso ma lona tuafafine.
“O isi taimi matou te faalogo uma ia Ben i faatonuga e fai
mai, ma ua pei ai lava o ia o se
posi i totonu o le matou aiga,
ma o nisi ia o uiga e faigata ai
ona ou faagalo o ia,” o le
saunoaga lea a Levu.
Na taua e Levu, o le soifuaga atoa lava o Ben sa aoga ma
galue ai i totonu o le malo tele.
E tusa e 20 tausaga na tautua ai
o ia i totonu o vaega au a le U.S
Navy, ma o lana matata lava sa
galue ai o le fausiaina lea o va’a,
lea lava ua toe faaauau ai lana
tautua i le atunuu e pei ona galue
ai i le Kamupani Toso va’a.
“O lana lava lea galuega sa
galue ai mo lona olaga atoa, o
le fau va’a,” o le saunoaga lea a
Levu e uiga i le soifuaga o lona
uso laititi o Ben.
E le’i utuva le tuuina atu e le
aiga o le gasegase o le susuga
Ben i le Atua e pei ona saunoa
Levu, a’o faataotolia ai lona
tino i le falema’i i lenei vaiaso.
Sa ia faamatala i le Samoa
News, sa faia se anapogi tuufaatasi a le aiga i le aso ananafi,
e talosia ai le gasegase o Ben.
I le aoauli, sa latou aga’i
uma atu ai loa i le fale mo le
tatalaina o le latou aso, peita’i
e lata loa ina fai le taligasua, ae
toe maua atu loa ma le telefoni
i le falema’i, ma latou toe aga’i
uma atu ai loa i le falema’i, ma
latou mafuta ai lava ma ia seia
oo ina uma lona soifua.
Na taua e Levu, sa to’atele
lava tagata o le aiga sa i ai i
tafatafa o le moega o le susuga
Ben e aofia ai ma si ona faletua,
i ona toe taimi, ma o nisi fo’i ia
o taimi e faigata ona faagalo.
O le po anapo na faamoemoe e taunuu mai ai alo e
to’alua o le susuga Ben ia o loo
tautua i vaega au a le malo tele,
ma le faamoemoe e malaga asiasi mai i le gasegase o le la
tama, peita’i na taua e Levu, o
se tulaga faanoanoa ona ua le
mafai ona maua mai e alii ia e
to’alua lo la tama.
(faaauau itulau 15)
Le
Lali
Se vaaiga i molimau a le malo a’o felafolafoa’i ma afioga i Senatoa i pili a le
kovana e faaee ai le lafoga e 4% ma le lafoga e totogi e pisinisi ta’i $2,000 i le tausaga.
(mai itu agavale) Tasi Tuiteleleaga, Magalei Logovi’i, Melvin Joseph ma le sui o le
[ata AF]
Ofisa o le Paketi.
O le a le isi laasaga e fai malo pe
afai e le talia Fono sii o lafoga?
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le fesili ua tula’i pe afai e le talia e le Fono
Faitulafono talosaga a le kovana ua tuuina atu, e
uiga i le sii o lafoga ina ia fesoasoani ai i le
tamaoaiga o le atun’u, o le le isi laasaga o le a
la’a atu i ai le malo.
Na faapupula e le afioga i le Sa’o ia Magalei
Logovi’i, o ia fo’i lea o le Teutupe a le malo, afai
loa e le tali le Fono i le faatalauula mai a le kovana ma le faigamalo e tusa ai ma pili ua maea
ona tuuina atu, o le a le toe i ai loa se isi auala e
fai e le malo, ae o le a faaitiitia loa totogi ma itula o tagata faigaluega a le malo.
Saunoa Magalei, afai fo’i e faaitiitia totogi o
tagata faigaluega a le malo, ae le mafai ai lava
ona foia le faafitauli i le faaletonu tau tupe o loo
tula’i mai, o le a vaavaai loa fo’i le malo i le faamaloloina lea o ana tagata faigaluega, peita’i o
ia faaiuga uma e na o le kovana lava na te faia.
O le saunoaga lea mai le afioga i le Teutupe
na tuuina atu i se iloiloga sa faia i luma o le
komiti o le Paketi a le Senate i le taeao ananafi.
O lea iloiloga sa faatautaia e le taitaifono o
le komiti, afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Lemanu P.
Mauga, lea na molimau ai le afioga Magalei,
susuga Melvin Josepn o le pulesili mai le Ofisa
o Lafoga, atoa ai ma le susuga ia Tasi Tuiteleleapaga o le loia fautua a le alii kovana.
O lea iloiloga sa talanoaina ai pili a le Senate e uiga i le lafoga e 4% ua faamoemoe e totogi e tagata faigaluega, ma le lafoga e $2,000 lea
e fuafua e totogi e pisinisi uma i le atunu’u.
O le mataupu na saunoa i ai le Teutupe a le
malo, na saunoa ai fo’i le kovana sili i luga o lana
pokalame i le faaiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei.
I le saunoaga a le kovana na ia taua ai, afai
lava e alu alu suaga o le va’atele i sailiiliga a le
Fono, ae leai se faaiuga latou te tuuina atu e foia
ai lenei faafitauli, ona vaavaai loa lea o le malo i
le faaitiitia lea o totogi mo ana tagata faigaluega.
Saunoa le afioga i le matua ia Togiola Tulafono, e ui o se tala faanoanoa lea tulaga mo le
malo, peita’i na pau lea o le auala e laa i ai le malo ina ia foia ai le faafitauli o loo tula’i mai.
Ae o le itu e sili ai ona faanoanoa lea faaiuga e
pei ona saunoa Togiola, e na o tagata faigaluega lava a le malo o loo totogi i tupe lotoifale e aafia o latou totogi i le faaiuga lea ua fuafua i ai le malo, ae
o i latou uma lava o loo totoogi i tupe o polokalame
mai le feterale, e leai se isi o i latou ia e aafia.
O le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Velega Savali
Jr na fesiligia molimau pe fia sa’o le tupe e aitalafu a le malo i le tausaga tupe lenei, na saunoa
le susuga ia Tuiteleleapaga, e ono sili atu ma le
aofaiga sa ulua’i tuuina mai i luma o le fono.
I faamaumauga na tuuina mai e le malo, atoa
ai ma le saunoaga a le kovana ina ua tatala aloaia le Fono na taua ai, e tusa ma le $7.2 miliona le
tupe ua valoia e le malo o le a le mafai ona maua
e le malo i le tausaga tupe lenei 2011, tusa lea o
le $600,000 i le masina.
Na faamanino e Magalei, i se ripoti na tuufaatasia i le aso 22 Ianuari, o loo taua ai le faaletonu o tupe ao a le malo i le tulaga o lafoga.
Na fesiligia e le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Alo Dr.
P. Stevenson molimau a le malo i le tulaga o tupe o
loo fuafua le malo e maua ai i le lafoga e 4% lea o
le a faaopoopo i lafoga totogi e tagata faigaluega, ma
le lafoga e $2,000 lea ua fuafua e totogi e pisinisi.
Na taua Tuiteleleapaga, e $7.4 miliona le tupe o
loo fuafua e maua mai i le lafoga 4% ae $700,000 o
loo fuafua e maua mai i le lafoga e totogi e pisinisi.
Na fesiligia e Alo le susuga Tuiteleleapaga, pe
o lafoga nei ua faaee o nisi ia o fautuaga na tuuina
atu e le Komiti sa iloiloina tulaga o le tamaoaiga
o le kovana, na tali Tuiteleleapaga, “ioe”.
Saunoa Alo, o le isi fesili tele o loo tula’i mai, o le
a se fofo e maua mai i pili nei pe a pasia, ae o ai fo’i
nisi mea e tatau ona fai e Matagaluega ina ia fesoasoani ai i le tau faaitiitia o le tau o gaioiga a le malo.
“O le itu e ao ona malamalama i ai tatou, e le
gata o le saili o se fofo o le faafitauli mo le taimi nei, a’o le aga’i atu fo’i o le malo ma le
atunuu i le lumana’i,” o le saunoaga lea a Alo.
I le tali fuaitau a le susuga ia Tuiteleleapaga
sa ia taua ai, e tatau fo’i i le malo ona fesili ane,
poo ai nisi auala e tatau ona faia ina ia foia ai le
(faaauau itulau 15)
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saunoa ai i luga o le ea a’o
faafofoga le atunu’u.
“O foliga mai o ni manatu a se
tamaititi ma o loo fai fo’i i isi
tamaiti,” o le saunoaga lea a le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia Malepeai, “e
le o ni tamaiti ia e lafo i ai o tama
o le atunu’u, ma o le maota fo’i na
afua atu ai manatu ia, o le maota o
tamalii ma tupu o le atunu’u.”
“Sa tatau i le kovana ona
saunoa faatamali’i mai, i se finagalo ua lafo atu e le Fono e
tusa ai o fetufaaiga o loo faia, e
tau saili ai se fofo o le faafitauli
o loo tula’i mai i le malo i le taimi nei,” o le saunoaga lea a le
alii Senatoa ia Malepeai.
Saunoa Malepeai, afai ua
saunoa nisi o tama o le atunuu
ina ai toe faatula’i le komiti suesue o le SSIC, o le finagalo lava
lea o lea Senatoa latou ia, o lona
fo’i lea aia tatau e saunoa ai i
auala e finagalo ma talitonu o ia,
e fesoasoani ai i le faafitauli o
loo tula’i mai i le atunu’u, ma e
ao fo’i i le kovana ona saili se
auala e lalafo mai ai sona finagalo e uiga i lenei mataupu, ae
le o le soona saunoa tuulafoa’i
mai faapea, fai mai e tau faafefe
le Fono i le malo.
“O lea e tele manaoga o loo
tula’i mai i le atunuu, ma o loo
finagalo fo’i le Fono ina ia suesue ma auiliili tulaga uma, ina ia
mafai ai ona momoli atu se tali
e faanofo filemu ai tulaga uma
o loo tula’i mai, ae o le autu o
nei sailiga, ia maua se lavea’i
mo le atunu’u,” o le saunoaga
lea a le alii Senatoa ia Malepeai.
Ae o le saunoaga a le afioga
i le matua ia Togiola Tulafono i
luga o lana polokalame i le
faaiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei,
o sana tali atu lea i se fesili na
faatula’i ese tasi o tootoo, i le
mafuaaga o le fautuaga e toe
faatula’i a le komiti suesue a le
SSIC i le taimi lenei.
Na taua e le tootoo na talanoa
atu i luga o le polokalame, e lelei
le fuafuaga e pei ona taua e nisi
o Senatoa ina ia toe faatulai le
SSIC, peita’i e le o sa’o le taimi
ua tuuina mai ai lea fuafuaga.
Ae i le saunoaga a le alii kovana sa ia taua ai, o le mea lava
lea e muamua oso i ai le Fono,
o le fai mai e toe fai le SSIC, e
pei e tau faafefe ai i le malo, ma
foliga mai ai a toe faatula’i le
SSIC ona faapea lea ua tele le
faapi’opi’o o le malo.
Sa ia taua fo’i i le isi ana
saunoaga, o le fesili e ono tula’i
mai, o le a la se isi mea lelei e
tupu mai i le SSIC pe afai e toe
faatula’i. Na taua e le alii kovana, e na o le tau faafefe mai
lava, e foliga mai o loo i ai ni
mea matuia, ma ni mea leaga a
le malo o loo faia.
Saunoa Togiola, o loo i ai i
Senatoa ma Faipule le malosi e
ala i lona tofi e pei ona faatulaga mai i lalo o le tulafono, e
tapa ma fesili ai faamaumauga
uma lava latou te mananao ai
mai le malo.
Afai la e faaaoga e Senatoa
ma faipule lea malosi e ala i lo
latou tofi, e le tau toe mana’omia
nisi suesue, aua o mea uma lava
e talosaga atu ai i le malo, e tuuina atu uma lava e le taofia.
O le afioga i le alii Senatoa ia
Galea’i Tuufuli na faatula’iina le
fautuaga lea i luma o le maota
maualuga i le vaiaso na te’a nei,
ina ia faaulu se iugafono e
talosagaina ai le toe faatula’i o le
komiti suesue o le SSIC, na te
suesueina nisi o mataupu e le o
manino i le finagalo o le Fono.
Saunoa Galea’i, sa tulaga
lelei galuega sa gafa ma le komiti lenei i tausaga ua mavae, ma o
le mafuaaga lea na te fautuaina
ai le tatau lea ona toe faatula’i lea
komiti, ina ia manino ai le fono i
mea o loo tutupu i le malo.
Ae na saunoa Togiola, e le
iloa poo a isi mea ia e fesili mai
ai le fono e le o malamalama i
ai, ua uma ona ia faapupulaina
tulaga uma e pei ona fesiligia.
Sa ia taua, ua maea foi ona
ia faatonuina ana Faatonusili
uma lava, soo se mea lava e fesiligia e le Fono, ia fofola uma i
ai, ina ia mautinoa e leai se vaega o loo fia maua e le fono e le
mafai ona tuuina atu i ai.
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GALEA’I: Aua le tulei maia Fono…
Mai itulau 1
I lana saunoaga na taua ai e le afioga Galea’i,
e foliga mai o lea ua manatu le malo e faaee lafoga, ma faaopoopo ai pea le avega e amo e tagata, a le o siia lava totogi o tagata faigaluega.
“Aisea e saga taofi ai pea tagata e galulue pe
afai ua leai se tupe e totogi ai,” o le saunoaga lea
a le alii Senatoa ia Galea’i.
“Aua le tuleiina mai ia matou le faafitauli pe
afai ua outou le mafai ona saili se fofo,” o le isi
lea saunoaga a le alii Senatoa.
E tusa ai ma faamaumauga ua i luma o le
komiti faatasi ai ma molimau na tuuina atu e
molimau a le malo, na saunoa ai le afioga i le alii
Senatoa ia Galea’i, e foliga mai e le na o le $7.2
miliona le tupe lea e mana’omia e le malo mo le
tausaga tupe lenei, ae foliga mai e sili atu i luga.
Sa ia taua i luma o le komiti, soo se malo lava
e lelei lona vaavaaiga ma le faatautaiga, a latalata
loa ina vaaia faaletonu i le itu tau tupe, e muamua
lava vaavaai le malo i le faapolokalameina o ana
tupe mai lana Paketi, poo lelei ma talafeagai ina
ia foia ai le faafitauli.
“O mafaufauga muamua na e aga’i i ai le malo, ae le o le vave ona oso e sii lafoga e totogi e
tagata o le atunu’u, aua o le a toe faaopoopo atu ai
le avega i le atunu’u,” o le saunoaga lea a Galea’i.
O le alii loia ia Tuiteleleapaga na tali fuaitau
i le saunoaga a Senatoa Galea’i.
Na taua e Tuiteleleapaga, ina ua amata ona
vaaia e le malo tulaga faaletonu i le tamaoaiga,
sa amata ai loa ona fai e le malo gaioiga uma
lava ina ia fesoasoani ai i le faafitauli, ma o ia
gaioiga e aofia ai le taofia lea o le toe faa
faigaluegaina o nisi tagata faigaluega, taofia
malaga faatupe i tupe lotoifale, faatasi ai ma
le taofia o le toe utu e le malo o taavale faigaluega, se’i vagana ai taavale a Faatonusili.
“E le o nofonofo le faigamalo ae lafo mai ia te
outou faafitauli,” o le saunoaga lea a Tuiteleleapaga.
“Matou te le o lafo mai fo’i ni faafitauli ma
faapea e ese outou ese matou, e leai, o le tatou
galuega e fai faatasi, e tasi la tatou faigamalo, ma
e mana’omia ai lo tatou galulue faatasi ina ia saili
se fofo o nei faafitauli,” o le isi lea saunoaga a
le alii loia ia Tuiteleleapaga.
E tusa ai ma faamaumauga na tauaaoina e le
komiti i le taeao ananafi, na taua ai le tulaga
faaletonu ua i ai tupe maua a le malo i le kuata
muamua o le tausaga tupe lenei 2011.
I faamaumauga na taua ai, e $1.7 miliona
tupe na mafai ona ao e le malo mai lafoga pisinisi i le kuata muamua o le tausaga tupe lenei,
faatusatusa i le $3.3 miliona sa i ai lafoga ia i le
kuata muamua o le tausaga tupe 2010.
Saunoa le afioga i le Sa’o ia Magalei, o le
silia i le $600,000 lea o loo taua e le aitalafu a
le malo i masina ta’itasi, o loo faatatau lea i tupe
e tatau ona totogi e le malo, e pei o totogi o
tagata faigaluega, alauni, o tupe fesoasoani i
faalapotopotoga ma ofisa e pei ona faatulafonoina, sikolasipi ma isi lava tupe ua uma ona
faatulafonoina e tatau ona totogi.
Ae o isi tautua e pei o kesi o taavale a le malo,
faigamalaga, o pepa ma mea e faatinoina ai galuega a le malo, o tautua ia e mafai lava e le malo ona
faatonutonu pe taofia fo’i le totogiina atu.
I lana faapupulaga sa ia taua ai, sa tatau ona
aafia le atunuu i le tausaga ua mavae, peita’i ona
o tulaga i polokalame na faatupe e le feterale ona
o le galulolo, na mafua ai ona maua le isi fesoasoani tau tupe mo le atunuu ma le malo.
O le taimi nei i le tapunia ai o le kamupani i’a
o le Samoa Packing, faatasi ai ma le taofia o
polokalame fesoasoani ia a le feterale, ua vavala
mai ai loa faafitauli e pei ona maitauina i le
tamaoaiga o le atunu’u i le taimi nei.
Ae ui i le faaletonu ua feagai ma le malo i le
taimi nei, peita’i na saunoa Magalei, e le o se
faafitauli tele lea pe afai e faatusatusa i isi teritori
o le malo tele e pei o Saipan, lea e faitau ta’i
$200 miliona tupe o loo faaletonu ai, ma o le tulaga lea e pei ona i ai le malo, e talitonu o ia e le
o se faafitauli tele.
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Ben Solaita
Mai itulau 13
Na taua e le afioga i le alii
faipule ia Larry Sanitoa, o le
maliu o le susuga Ben, o se
faanoanoaga tele lea mo ia faapea ai le vaega a le ASNOC. Sa
ia taua, o Ben o se uo mamae ia
te ia ma le komiti o le ASNOC,
ma e tele ni lesona ma ni aoaoga taua ua latou maua mai ia te
ia a’o latou mafuta ai.
Saunoa Sanitoa, e i ai lona
talitonuga o i latou uma lava sa
maua le avanoa e galulue
faatasi ai ma le susuga Ben i
tulaga o taaloga, aemaise lava
i taaloga e pei o le Baseball ma
le Softball, o le a latou talitonu
faatasi ma ia, i le tele o lesona
lelei ma le taua sa latou
aoaoina mai ia Ben.
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Isi laasaga
Mai itulau 13
faaitiitia o totogi o tagata, poo le
faamalolo o tagata mai latou
galuega.
Saunoa le afioga i le alii
Senatoa ia Mauga Tasi Asuega, o se tulaga faanoanoa tele
lea ua oo i ai le malo pe afai e
vaavaai atu i faafitauli ua tula’i
mai.
Sa ia toe faatepa le komiti
ma molimau i le siitaga a le
ASPA na fai i le tausaga na
te’a nei, peitai o le vaiaso na
te’a nei na vaaia ai fo’i le toe
sii i luga o le tau o le suau’u,
ma afai ae toe faaee atu ma nei
lafoga, o lona uiga o le atunuu
lava e pau i ai le mamafa o le
vaega.
“Matou te momoli atu le agaga o le faamaisega i le faletua ia
Levasa ma le aiga atoa o Solaita,
ona o le maliu faafuasei o le
susuga Ben,” o le saunoaga lea
a le afioga i le alii faipule mai le
itumalo o Tualauta ia Sanitoa.
O le tofa Solaita e to’afa
ona alo, to’atasi le tamaitai ma
ali’i e to’atolu, ma o loo soifua
mai uma ona alo faatasi ai ma
lona faletua ia Levasa.
E maliu le susuga Ben ua 61
tausaga o lona soifua.
O le a toe faailoa atu i se taimi
o i luma polokalame uma a le aiga
mo toe sauniga o le susuga Ben.
Ia faamaise le Agaga Paia o
le Atua i le aiga faanoanoa ona
o le motusia faafuase’i o le
mafutaga ma le susuga ia Ben.
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Saunoa Mauga, o se tasi o
itu taua ua tatau ona fai e le malo, ua tatau ona amata faatau
taavale a le malo, poo le faia
fo’i o nisi gaioiga ina ia silasila
mai ai le atunuu, o loo taulamua le malo i le sailiina lea o
auala e foia ai lenei faafituali.
Peita’i na saunoa Magalei, o
fautuaga uma nei e pei o le
faatau ese atu o taavale a le malo ma isi lava mau fautuaga, ua
maea uma ona iloilo e le
Komisi Faapitoa, ma e i ai lona
talitonuga e leai se ma’a e le’i
fulia e le Komisi, peita’i i le
aotelega o nei talanoaga ma fetufaaiga uma, sa manatu ai loa
ina ia faaaoga fautuaga e pei
ona i ai pili ua i luma o le fono.
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Menu for January 31 - February 4, 2011
The eat right tip for this week is:
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Eat lean proteins-- fish, chicken and turkey
to stay fit and build strong muscles.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Pancake Syrup
Sausage Patty
Juice
Baked Bun
Oatmeal with Raisin
Ripe Banana
Milk
Scrambled Egg with
Cheese and Turkey
Ham
Hash Brown Patty
Ripe Banana
Milk
Cereal with Toast
Hard Boiled Egg
Juice
Milk
2 Cinnamon Toast
with Butter & Jelly
Sausage Patty
Papaya/Pineapple
Milk
Beef Curry
B&W Rice
Sweet Potatoes
Cucumber Salad
Fruit Du Jour
Milk
Catch of the Day
Tartar Sauce
G.Banana/Taro
B&W Rice
Pumpkin
Fruit Du Jour
Milk
Chicken Quesadilla
B&W Rice
Pinto Beans
Fresh Corn
Jell-0 with Fruit
Milk
Pepperoni Pizza
Loco Moco Twist
Tater Tots
Egg, beef patty and gravy
Peas & Carrots
over Mashed Potatoes
Fruit Du Jour
Fresh Green Beans
Fruit Du Jour
Milk
Milk
Milk
Substitutions may be necessary due to availability.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES
Fafaga Le Lumana’i
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TA L A
mai
SAMOA
SN/Le Lali
O le faletua ia Esther Ili, ogatotonu, ma nisi o aiga ma uo, i taimi o toe sauniga a le
tama o le aiga, o Matagitau Taugata Ili i le Aso Lulu o le vaiaso ua mavae, i le falesa a
le Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai.
[ata: A. Tuna]
TA’U E LE TAMAITAI NA FAAMALOSI E SE
TAMALOA I LEOLEO SE TEINEITITI MASALOMIA
NA FASIOTIA I LE ONO TAUSAGA UA MAVAE
Na fa’ato’a nofo malamalama leoleo a Samoa i le maliu o se
teineititi i le ono tausaga ua mavae, ina ua ta’usalaina se alii lata
mai nei, i lona faamalosia o se teineititi, ma ua molia nei lenei alii
i lea faalavelave.
Ua molia e leoleo lenei alii ma lona toalua mai i le afioaga o
Tiavea, i le maliu o so la alo tamaitai e 13 tausaga.
Na ta’ua e le sui o le RNZI i Apia, le susuga Autagavaia Tipi
Autagavaia, le ta’usalaina o lenei tamaloa i le faamalosia o se
teineititi, ma o i’ina na fa’ato’a iloa ai e leoleo le maliu faafuasei
o sona afafine e 13 tausaga.
Na ta’ua e Autagavaia le suesueina foi e leoleo o le fanau e
toavalu a lenei ulugalii.
TOALUA NA MALELEMO I
LOLOGA TELE I SAMOA
Ua faamaonia mai e leoleo i Samoa le maliliu o ni tagata se
toalua i lologa tetele na feagai ma le atunu’u ona o le afa o Wilma.
Na ripotia e le Talamua e faapea, o se tasi o i la’ua na maliu, o
se tamaititi 11 tausaga mai i Se’ese’e, lea na pa’u i totonu o se
vaitafe ma tafea ai.
E taunu’u atu i le falema’i i Motootua, ua maliu lenei tamaititi.
Faatasi ai ma le tino maliu o se tamaitai talavou mai i Vaimoso
ma Fugalei na maua i tafatafa o le auala laupapa i Vaimoso i le 3
i le afiafi, ina ua pa lea vaitafe.
O lo’o tau saili e leoleo po o ai lenei tamaitai ma po o fea lona
aiga.
O le maliu lona tolu, o le alii 18 tausaga o Hale Ili Vaosa mai
i Vailele lea na o ma ni ana uo se to’afa e fai sa latou ‘au’auga i le
aoauli o le Aso Sa ae ua lata mai le afa o Wilma i Samoa.
TA’APE PALEMENE SAMOA
AUA PALOTAGA MO MATI
Ua taape nei le palemene a Samoa aua le sauni atu mo le palota
lautele a le atunu’u i le masina o Mati.
Na fa’aalia e le susuga Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, le sui o le
RNZI i Samoa, le fa’atoa ta’ape o le palemene i le te’a o le 12 i le
po o le Aso Lua.
Na ta’ua e Autagavaia le fofogaina ai e le Ao o le Malo o
Samoa sana saunoaga faafetai i taitai o le malo mo galuega lelei i
le lima tausaga ua mavae atu.
Na fa’aalia foi e Autagavaia le iloiloina o le tupe faasoasoa
faaopoopo faapea ma talosaga mo tagata palota mo a latou palota
aua le palota o loma ia Mati.
E toatolu minisita na fa’alauiloa lo latou malolo mai i faigamalo, e aofia ai Hans JOachim Keil, le sui Palemia ia MIsa Telefoni faapea Muagututi’a George Meredith.
O le aso 4 o Mati ua faamoemoe e faataunu’u ai le palota
lautele.
FAAMAGALOINA SUI TAUVA A
LE ITU O LE TAUTUA SAMOA
Ua manatu le Fofoga Fetalai o le Palemene a Samoa, le afioga Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Le’iataua, o le a faamagaloina ia faipule tutoatasi e toalima, lea ua filifili e ‘au i le itu a le Tautua Samoa
i le palota lautele ia Mati.
Na ta’ua e Tolofuaivalelei le faamagaloina o nei faipule ona o
le agaga o le Tausaga Fou ae le gata i lea, ua o’o i le taimi e faata’ape ai le palemene, lea na faata’ape i le po o le Aso Lua.
Sa le’i faatagaina e le Fofoga Fetalai ni manatu fa’aalia e tusa
ai ma lana faaiuga.
Ae peitai, na saunoa le taitai o le Tautua Samoa, le susuga Vaai
Papu Vaai ina ua taape mai i fafo le palemene, e le’i solia e nei
sui e toalima ia ni tulafono faapalota.
[radio new zealand international]
SUIGA TULAGA ESE I LE TALA
I LE GAOIA O SE FALEOLOA
Ua iai nei se suiga fou i le suesuega e faasaga i le au gaoi na
o latou osofaia le faleoloa o le faletua a le afioga Vaai Kolone, i
Siusega.
Na saunoa le susuga Leaupepe Fatu Pula, le sui Komesina a
Leoleo, ua molia nei Leilani Enele ona o faamatala sese sa ia
tu’uina atu i leoleo e tusa ai ma lenei faalavelave.
I sana talanoaga ma le Samoa Observe i se vaitaimi ua tuanai
atu, na ta’ua ai e Leilani, le mata’u tele o ia, ina ua ulufale atu ni
alii se toalua e ufiufi o la fofoga ma o lo’o u’uina ni agaese i totonu o le faleoloa, ma faafefeina o ia.
O Leilani lea e gafa ma le vaaia o le faleoloa ma le fanua pe
a malaga ese le faletua ia Ida Vaai.
Na ta’ua e Leaupepe e faapea, ua faamaonia e Leilani, i leoleo,
e le’i iai o ia i le faleoloa i le taimi na tupu ai le faalavelave. Ae
na mafua ona ia faia lea faamatalaga pepelo, ona o lona fefe ina
nei iloa e lona pule e le’i iai i le faleoloa.
O le Aso 15 o Fepuari ua fuafua e tula’i ai Leilani i luma o le
Faamasinoga Faaitumalo.
[http://www.samoaobserver.ws]
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TOLOPO LE ASIASIGA FAIPULE I LE ASPA
Talu ai o faaletonu na mafua mai i matagi ma lologa na aafia
ai le atunuu i le faaiuga na te’a nei, ua toe tolopo ai le feiloaiga
faapitoa a le Faalapotopotoga o le ASPA ma afioga i Faipule, lea
sa fuafua e faataunuuina i le aoauli o le aso.
O le afioga i le Taitaifono o le Komiti o le ASPA a le maota o
sui, tofa Puletuimalo D. Koko na faalauiloaina lea tulaga i le taeao
ananafi.
Saunoa Puletumalo, ua taunuu le feiloaiga ona ua pisi le
ASPA i a latou galuega fesoasoani e fia faataunuu, ona o nisi o
vaega sa faaleagaina i tulaga leaga o le tau ua mae’a atu.
O le aouli o le aso Lua o le vaiaso fou lea ua faamoemoe e
faataunuu aloaia ai loa lea feiloaiga.
O le autu o lenei feiloaiga e pei ona saunoa Puletumalo, o le
taumafai lea ina ia maua se fesootaiga lelei i le va o le ASPA ma
afioga i sui filifilia o itumalo ta’itasi, mo le talanoaina o nisi o
mataupu o loo fia malamalama i ai le atunu’u.
Saunoa Puletumalo, o le tautua a le ASPA, o se tasi lea o
mataupu o loo tele ina fesiligia pea e le atunuu, ona o le fia malamalama i le tele o vaega, ma ua manatu ai loa le komiti, e lelei
atu le fesilafa’i o faipule ma le ASPA, atonu e umi ai se taimi e talatalanoa ai, nai lo valaau o se iloiloga, e le lava ma puupuu fo’i
le taimi e faatinoina ai.
Ae o le itu taua o le fesilafa’i faapea, o le a maua ai ma le
avanoa e silasila toto’a ai lava afioga i faipule i le faatinoina o tautua ma galuega a le ASPA.
TOFIA PAOPAO AVEA MA FESOOTAIGA
OFISA KOVANA MA LE FONO
O le taeao ananafi na faalauiloa ai e le afioga i le alii peresetene
o le Senate, le afioga i le Tama’ita’i o le Ao ia Gaoteote Palaie
Tofau i luma o le maota maualuga, le filifilia aloaia e le kovana
sili o le tofa ia Paopaoailua J. Fiaui e avea ma Alii Ofisa e fesoota’i ai le Senate ma le Ofisa o le Kovana.
Na faalauiloa e le alii peresetene lea tulaga i le taimi o le
tauaofiaga a le maota maualuga, i le taimi fo’i lea o loo alala mai
ai Paopao i luga o le vaega pito i luga o le maota a le Senate.
Saunoa Gaoteote, “Ina ne’i fesiligia e se Senatoa le i ai o le
tofa ia Paopao i taimi o tauaofiaga a le Maota, o lea ua tuuina mai
e le kovana ia te a’u se tusi e faailoa aloia mai ai lona tofia o
Paopao e galue i lea fo’i vaega mo fesootaiga i le va o le Ofisa o
le Kovana ma le Senate.,”
TAUNUU FONO TOFIGA KOVANA MO TAUFETE’E
AVEA MA FAATONUSILI SOIFUA MALOLOINA
O le taeao ananafi na tauaaoina ai e le maota o sui le iugafono
mo tofiga a le kovana sili, i le tofa Taufete’e J. Faumuina e avea
ma Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina a le malo.
O lea i’ugafono ua tuuina atu i le komiti o le Soifua Maloloina
lea o loo taitaifono ai le afioga Puleleiite Tufele Li’amatua Jr, ma
ua faatulaga ai loa le iloiloga mo lenei mataupu i le aso Lua o le
vaiaso fou.
Ina ua faalauiloa e le afioga a Puleleiite lana iloiloga, sa ia
saunoa valaau ai i sui filifilia o le komiti ina ia auai uma i lenei
iloiloga, ae afai fo’i e i ai sui o le maota e fia auai i lenei iloiloga,
e mafai ona auai mo le molimauina o galuega a le komiti.
O le tofa ia Taufete’e o loo galue i lalo o se polokalame o loo
faatautaia i le Ofisa o Palota, peita’i o lea ua tofia e le kovana e
avea ma faatonusili mo le Ofisa o le Soifua Maloloina.
I sana tusi i taitai o le fono faitulafono, na taua ai e le afioga i
le matua ia Togiola Tulafono lona faatuatuaina o Taufete’e i lenei
galuega, ma ua ia talitonu fo’i, o le a ia tula’i mai e tauave le galuega e tusa ai ma ona agava’a.
O le tofa Taufete’e o loo umia le tikeri o mataupu tau Matematika, o loo i ai fo’i ia te ia le tomai i mataupu tau soifua maloloina.
Sa avea o ia ma pulesili o le falema’i o le LBJ mo tausaga e 8,
ma faaauau atu ai lava lana tautua mo le malo i nisi o ona Ofisa.
E tele fo’i komiti faafoe na tofia i ai Taufete’e e galue ai, ma o ia
agava’a uma e pei ona taua e le kovana, ua lava ma toe e faailoa
mai ai le i ai o le agava’a i lenei tamali’i o le atunuu mo le faatinoina o le galuega ua tofia i ai o ia.
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Tafaoga i Matafaga? Avea le faalavelave atunuu ma
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.
Pala Lagoon, adjacent playground, Nuuuli
Coconut Point in Nuuuli
Avau Beach Nuuuli
Fatumafuti Beach
Fagaalu Beach adjacent field
Gataivai Beach, across Laundromat
Yacht Club Beach Utulei
Utulei Beach across High School
Fagatogo Stream Mouth by the marketAua 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
$2 Beach, Avaio
* Only Tier 1 beaches were sampled this week
due to unfavorable weather conditions *
Lapata’iga mo Matafaga: Ianuari 26, 2011
Ofisa o le Puipuia o le Si’osi’omaga
i Amerika Samoa (AS-EPA)
633-2304
itu tuai ai galuega o auala malo
tusia Ausage Fausia
O se tasi o mafuaaga autu e
mafua ai ona tuai galuega a le
malo, mo le fausiaina lea o auala
i totonu o nu’u ma afioaga, o le
faalavelave lea o aiga i o latou
eleele ma fanua, pe afai o nisi o
vaega o ia eleele ma fanua o loo
aofia i auala a le malo.
Ona la o lea faafitauli, ua
manatu ai loa le malo o le a taoto le faaleleia o lea auala, ae aga’i
atu mo le faaleleia o isi auala o
loo i ai le manaoga.
O se saunoaga lea mai le Faatonusili o Galuega Lautele a le
malo, i se iloiloga sa faia i luma
o le maota maualuga i le vaiaso
nei, ina ua fesiligia e le komiti o
Galuegaa le Maota Maualuga le
Faatonusili, i le mafuaaga ua tuai ai ona faatino galuega a nisi o
afioaga, a’o a fo’i ni fuafuaga a le
malo mo le faaleleia o isi auala i
totonu o le atunu’u.
O le iloiloga sa faatautaia
lea e le afioga i le alii Senatoa
ia Fuamatu J.V Fuamatu, o ia
lea o le taitaifono o le komiti o
Galuega Lautele a le Senate.
I le saunoaga a le faatonu,
afioga Taeotui Punaofo Tilei sa ia
taua ai, o le isi faafitauli e ala ai
ona tuai galuega a le malo, o le
tulaga i le leai o se tupe, peita’i o
le faataotoina o galuega ma lona
fuafuaina, o loo faatinoina pea e
le malo ma lana aufaigaluega i
lea taimi mai lea taimi ma le
faamoemoe, o le taimi lava e
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Korean Language
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The American Samoa Small Business Development Center is offering a
Beginners Korean Language Course for Small Business and Personal Growth.
The training will start on February 11 and run through May 6, 2011. Classes will
be held from 7 to 8 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays at building M-1 of the
American Samoa Community College. This is a non-credit course, but a
Certificate of Completion will be awarded on the final day of training. This
course is open to the community, and anyone can register with an SBDC
representative by calling 699-4830 or 699-4834.
Registration Fee:
FREE
(TEACHING & MATERIALS ALL FREE!)
Date and Time:
Location:
Instructor:
Contact:
February 11 – May 6, 2011
7 to 8 PM, Tuesdays and Fridays
SBDC, M1 Building
Mr. Lee, Hyun – Hwi
Catherine Balauro, June Paogofie-Sitala or
Elaine Baul at 699-4830, or 699-4834
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maua ai le vaega tupe, faatino loa
ma faagasolo le galuega.
Na fesiligia e le afioga i le alii
Senatoa ia Seui Laau Sr le alii
faatonu, i le mafuaaga e ala ai
ona tuai le fausiaina o isi auala
ua leva ona tuuina atu talosaga.
Na taua e le afioga Seui, ua
silia ma le tausaga o ia
talosagaina le Ofisa o Galuega ina
ia silasila i le auala i totonu o
Nu’uuli ua matua leaga lava ma
omoomo, e le gata o le aga’i i tai
i le aai, ae o le auala fo’i o loo
aga’i atu i le magatolu ma faasolo atu ai i le malae vaalele, lea e
maitauina le omoomo ma to’a solo ai le vai pe a oo ina leaga le tau.
Saunoa le alii faatonu, e le na
o Nuuuli o loo talosaga atu i a latou auala, e faapena fo’i i le tele
o afioaga i le atunuu, ma o le
gaioiga la a le latou ofisa e fai, o
le taumafai lea ina ia tofu lava le
afioaga ma le auala e faaleleia, tau
lava o se mea e faamalie ai lea
afioaga ma lea afioaga, peita’i o
lea saunoaga e le’i nofo lelei i le
faafofoga a Seui.
“Aua le faia mai au tala
faavalevalea na, mataga tele
lena saunoaga ua e fai mai ai,”
o le saunoaga lea a Seui e tusa
ai o le saunoaga a le Faatonu.
“E faafefea ona e fai mai tau
lava o sina mea e faamalie ai
afioaga, o le mea lea e i ai, e fiu
nuu e talosaga atu i latou auala
ae toe siaki atu fo’i i le tou ofisa
ua leai ni talosaga, leai fo’i ni
galuega o faia,” o le saunoaga
lea a Seui, ina ua mae’a sa tula’i malie a’e loa le alii Senatoa
ma aga’i atu loa i fafo a’o faagasolo pea le iloiloga.
Saunoa le alii faatonu, o le
isi faafitauli o loo mafua ai ona
tuai galuega a le malo, o le
to’atele o aiga e faalavelave i a
latou fanua pe afai e aafia se
vaega i auala o loo taumafai atu
le malo e faaleleia.
Sa ia taua, o le taimi lava e
faalavelave ai le aiga, ona me’i
ese loa lea o le malo ae fai ni
feutanaiga poo ni talanoaga ma
le malo e uiga i le fanua, afai e
malilie le aiga e toe faaauau le
galuega, ona toe faaauau lea, ae
afai lava e le malilie, ona taatia
ai loa lea o lea galuega ae me’i
atu i le isi galuega.
O se tasi lenei o mataupu e
le utuva se polokalame a le kovana ma le faasea i ai o le
atunu’u, ona o auala i totonu o
afioaga e le o mafai ona
faaleleia e le malo.
Saunoa le afioga i le matua
ia Togiola Tulafono, o le faafitauli numera tasi lava o loo feagai ma le malo i galuega tau
auala, o le faalavelave lea o le
atunuu ona o latou fanau.
Saunoa Togiola, o nisi taimi
ua tau aafia ai ma le saogalemu
o nai tama o loo galulue i le
faaleleia o auala, ona o le
mateletele o le atunuu pe a satia ni vaega o latou fanua.
Na faailoa e le alii kovana,
e leai se auala e toe pa’i i ai le
malo pe afai e faalavelave se
aiga i fanua, ma afai e finagalo
le atunuu ia faaleleia auala i soo
se vaega o le atunuu, tuu le
faalavelave i galuega a le malo.
I magaala i totonu o le
atunuu aemaise lava i le itumalo
o Tualauta, na fautuaina ai e le
alii Senatoa ia Paogofie Fiaigoa
le alii faatonu, ina ia toe silasila i
le tele o magaala i totonu o le itumalo, lea e tatau ona faaleleia,
aemaise fo’i i le atunuu atoa.
Saunoa Paogofie, o le aga’i
atu i le itu i Sisifo o le atunuu, o
isi ia vaega na te maitauina e fiafia
tele turisi e aga’i i ai mo a latou
maimoaga, peita’i afai e faaletonu
auala, e vave ai lava ona mumusu
turisi e toe asiasi mai.
Na faailoa e le faatonu se lisi
o galuega ua faataoto a le matagaluega i luma o le komiti,
faatasi ai ma lana saunoaga, o
loo faaauau pea galuega a le
matagaluega, ma o le taimi lava
e maua mai ai lea vaega tupe,
ona faataunuu loa fo’i lea o
galuega ua maea ona faataoto.
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Mexican drug gangs using
catapults to hurl pot into US
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) -- Drug smugglers are using
an ancient invention as a new way to move marijuana across the
border from Mexico to Arizona. The discovery of two “drug catapults” in the Mexican state of Sonora marks the latest twist in
the cat-and-mouse game traffickers play with authorities.
U.S. National Guard troops operating a remote surveillance
system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several people preparing a catapult and launching packages over the
fence late last week.
A Mexican army officer says the 3-yard (3-meter) tall catapult was found about 20 yards (20 meters) from the U.S. border
on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle.
The officer says the catapult was capable of launching 4.4
pounds (2 kilograms) of marijuana at a time. He says soldiers seized
35 pounds (16 kilograms) of pot, the vehicle and the catapult.
The smugglers left before they could be captured. The surveillance video of them using the catapult was released Wednesday.
A second catapult was discovered Thursday in near Agua Prieta, another border town. Another army officer in that area said an
anonymous tip led soldiers to the scene and the catapult was similar to the first. Mexican officials say it is the first time they have
seen this smuggling method used by local traffickers.
Mexican traffickers have previously used planes, tunnels, vehicles, boats and couriers to smuggle drugs into the United States.
Colombian drug traffickers have even used homemade submarines.
Obama seeks new path
to environmental goals
WASHINGTON (AP) -Facing a Congress that is more
hostile to environmental regulation, President Barack Obama
is moderating his environmental goals: a clean energy standard that mixes nuclear, natural
gas and “clean coal” with renewable sources such as wind
and solar.
In his State of the Union
address Tuesday night, Obama
called for 80 percent of the nation’s electricity to come from
clean sources by 2035. That
goal represents a new strategy
to reduce emissions of carbon
dioxide blamed for global
warming, following the death
of cap-and-trade legislation
that Obama pushed in
Congress for the last two years.
The president didn’t mention
global warming in his speech,
but a clean energy standard is
another way to combat rising
temperatures.
The new target would double the percentage of electricity that comes from clean
energy sources, according to a
White House fact sheet. Clean
coal, which would be produced
by an experimental technology
not yet available commercially,
and “efficient natural gas”
would be given only partial
credits toward the goal.
Under the cap-and-trade
system, government places a
limit on pollution and allows
companies to buy and sell pollution permits under that ceiling. Companies that can reduce
their emissions cheaply can
then sell their unused credits to
those that cannot afford the
costs of emission controls.
The clean energy standard
represents a second fallback
position to cap-and-trade. Last
year, a powerful coalition of renewable energy producers, environmental groups, governors
and even some utilities couldn’t
push a renewable electricity
standard of 15 percent across
the finish line, in part because
of regional resistance. In the
Southeast, for example, it was
argued that the region lacks renewable sources like abundant
levels of wind.
The nuclear industry soon
touted the idea of a broader
clean energy standard, which
got a nod from Energy Secretary Steven Chu last month.
Chu said a goal of 50 percent by
2050 would be “about right” but it turned out to be much less
than Obama is proposing. The
energy secretary told reporters
Wednesday that he had been responding to a suggested level.
“Now, since that time, we
have gone back and looked at it
and it depends on how you define it,” Chu said after an online
clean energy town hall. The
U.S., he said, already gets about
40 percent of its electricity
from clean energy sources and
more than 30 percent from carbon-free sources.
Chu called the new proposal “a recognition that solutions
can be different in different
parts of the United States, but ...
this is the goal we’re looking for
and depending on the region,
you have different options of
getting to that eventual goal.”
The administration’s plan
has echoes of the GOP’s “all of
the above” approach to energy.
“Let’s not pick just wind or
solar, let’s pick everything,”
White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs told reporters
Thursday. “Let’s do all of it.”
But whether the administration can win over many Republicans isn’t clear yet. Rep.
Doc Hastings, a Washington
Republican who chairs the
House Natural Resources Committee, said Obama “needs to
embrace a robust plan to produce all types of American energy - from renewable to
American-made oil and natural
gas - and it has to be done without harmful government subsidies or unrealistic mandates.”
Sen. Lamar Alexander, RTenn., a big proponent of nuclear power, said the policy was
an improvement over a renewable energy standard, which he
dismissed as “just a national
windmill policy.” But he said
he didn’t support a clean energy standard either.
At the other end of the
political spectrum, several
environmental groups were
opposed to elements of the
broader mandate.
“Developing clean energy
sources for more of our electricity is another way to skin the
carbon cat,” said Bob Deans, a
spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, playing off Obama’s comment last
November that cap-and-trade
was just one way of skinning
the cat. “It’s important, though,
that we do the job right, not
simply redefine the cat.”
Deans called clean coal an
oxymoron and said the government should not be subsidizing
nuclear power, because of concerns over waste and nuclear
proliferation.
“Coal, nuclear power, biofuels and natural gas are inherently dirty,” said Erich Pica,
president of Friends of the
Earth. “Telling Americans anything else is just misleading.”
But Obama received some
support from key Democratic
lawmakers.
“This year we need to double down instead of walking
away,” said Sen. John Kerry, DMass., one of the leaders of the
climate legislation effort last
year. “Today’s energy economy
is a $6 trillion market, and the
fastest-growing segment is
clean energy.”
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., a
longtime supporter of a renewable energy standard, said that
the country needs an “all-ofthe-above approach,” including
natural gas and nuclear.
“I was encouraged to hear
President Obama agrees with
me,” said Udall, D-Colo.
PO. BOX 368, PAGO PAGO, AS. 96799
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Starkist Samoa is seeking three qualified Candidates to fill Electrical positions we have
available.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Starkist is seeking an industrial electrician to join our electrical team to assist in day to day
production running including breakdowns. This will include new electrical project
installations and commissioning. Must have good communication skills in English, both
spoken and written. Be willing to work rotating shifts including weekends - when required.
QUALIFICATIONS
PLC’S, VFD and instrumentation experience.
Microsoft Office competent
Standard electrical license
Four (4) years of experience working in an industrial electrical environment
All qualified Candidates should fax or send Resume to:
HR Safety Department
Attention: Pua Sagapolu
P.O Box 368
Pago Pago AS, 96799
684-644-4231 ext. 423
Fascimile #: 644-4305 or email: [email protected]
AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
American Samoa
Environmental Protection Agency
January 14, 2011
PUBLIC NOTICE
ANNUAL REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has
developed the AS-EPA Nearshore Marine Water Quality
Monitoring Plan that addresses the need to monitor for nonpoint source
pollution in American Samoa. A main group of pollutants that cause water quality
impairments in American Samoa are pathogen indicators, specifically
enterococcus in coastal recreation waters. Two objectives of the AS-EPA
Nearshore Marine Water Quality Monitoring Plan are to determine whether
nearshore marine water quality meets the American Samoa Water Quality
Standards (ASWQS) for enterococci, and to inform the public when coastal
recreation waters do not meet ASWQS for enterococci, as well as the potential
risks associated with the polluted waters.
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency has created a file that
contains the AS-EPA Nearshore Marine Water Quality Monitoring Plan, a summary
of historical bacteriological data of coastal recreation waters, the American Samoa
Water Quality Standards, and the advisory format used to give notice to the public
that the coastal recreation waters are not meeting or are not expected to meet
applicable water quality standards for enterococci. These documents are available
to the public at the AS-EPA office in Utulei. AS-EPA invites public comments
concerning the monitoring and public notification program regarding: (1) the
beach evaluation and classification process, including a list of waters to be
monitored and beach ranking; (2) the sampling design and monitoring plan,
including sampling location and sampling frequency; and (3) the public
notification and risk communication plan, including methods to notify the public
of a beach advisory. Comments must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the
published date of this notice. Submit comments to the AS-EPA office or by mail to
AS-EPA Water Program, P.O. Box PPA, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. For
more information, please contact Christianera Tuitele, Water Program Manager at
at 633-2304.
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Astronomers claim
earliest galaxy yet
These handout images, provided
by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope shows the sky in the region
of the Hubble Ultra-Deep field taken
with the new Wide Field Camera 3
Infra-red imager (WFC3/IR) on HST.
This image is the deepest image of
the sky ever obtained in the nearinfrared, left. Right is the image enhanced showing the galaxy that
existed 480 million years after the
Big Bang and the position in the
Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF)
where it was found. (AP Photo/NASA)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An
international team of astronomers say they’ve glimpsed
the earliest galaxy yet, a smudge
of light from nearly 13.2 billion
years ago - a time when the cosmos was a far lonelier place.
The research hasn’t been confirmed, and some astronomers
are skeptical. The new findings
are based on an image from the
Hubble Space Telescope and are
published in Thursday’s issue of
the journal Nature. The scientists
calculate the new-found galaxy
dates to just 480 million years after the Big Bang.
That would trump last fall’s
announcement by a French
team who said they found a
galaxy from about 600 million
years after the Big Bang. That
discovery also is not universally accepted and one of the
skeptics is the co-author of the
latest paper.
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Even more interesting than
the advanced age of the newly
discovered galaxy is the absence of other similarly aged
bright galaxies. That indicates
that star formation during that
point in the universe’s early
childhood was happening at a
rate 10 times slower than it was
millions of years later, said
study co-author Garth Illingworth of the University of California Santa Cruz.
Illingworth described what
the cosmos might look like at
that time period when the universe was smaller and the stars
bluer and dimmer.
“It wouldn’t be nearly as interesting - a blob here, a blob
there,” he said in a phone interview.
But other astronomers
have their doubts about this
discovery.
Richard Ellis at the California Institute of Technology is
troubled because Illingworth’s
team originally found three
13.2 billion-year-old galaxies
and then withdrew their original study. The authors then
came up with an entirely different galaxy, so all that switching “makes it difficult to
believe,” he said.
Illingworth said originally
he and colleagues confused
what may have been real light
from billions of years ago and
background “noise” from the
process of looking so far away,
so they re-did the study. He
said they then found the new
galaxy and saw that it was
more likely to be real than the
previous ones.
Ellis and Henry Ferguson of
the Space Telescope Science
Institute said they were also
worried that the Illingworth
team only used one of several
telescope filters to find this
galaxy. They speculated that
they might have found an object that’s much nearer.
Illingworth acknowledged
in his paper that there is a 20
percent chance that the smudge
they found is contamination,
but “we’re pretty sure it’s a real object.”
Ferguson said Illingworth
did “a very good job of making
that detection convincing.”
The vaunted 20-year-old
Hubble telescope has progressively produced images of older and more distant objects.
Peering earlier into space will
require the more advanced
cameras of NASA’s new
James Webb Space Telescope,
Illingworth said. However, it
isn’t likely to launch until at
least 2015.
The farther away a galaxy,
the longer it takes for light
from it to travel, so seeing the
most distant galaxies is like
looking back in time. If the
new research is correct, light
from the newly found galaxy
would have traveled 13.2 billion light years to be seen by
Hubble.
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