US Air Force Staff Sergeant Danny Hollister dies

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Record-seeking
skydiver makes
13-mile jump 2
Faifeau charged
with vehicular
homicide… 3
Commissioner Tuaolo
Manaia Fruean (middle)
is accompanied by the first
female police officers in the
territory to be certified to
operate police motorbikes,
with Sgt Maria Le’iato and
Deputy Commissioner Leiseau Laumoli. Read tomorrow’s Toasavili- English
section, for details of the
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Four fishermen injured at U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant
sea medivaced to Hawaii Danny Hollister dies after fall
by Samoa News staff
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an accident at sea
on board an American Samoa based purse seiner where four
fishermen were injured then flown to Honolulu for treatment,
says Lt. Steven Caskey, supervisor of the Coast Guard Marine
Detachment Unit in Pago Pago.
The Marshall Islands- based Marianas Variety newspaper
reports that the incident occurred Monday (Sunday - American
Samoa time) when the vessel Cape Ferrat was fishing at high
seas in the western Pacific. The injured were flown to Hawai’i
three days later.
Caskey told Samoa News yesterday that the accident
occurred when the cable that holds the boom for the large finishing net at the back of the vessel broke and the boom fell on
the fishermen, injuring the crewmembers.
He said the U.S. registered vessel belonged to Tri Marine
International— the new cannery operator in the territory —but
he didn’t have additional information regarding the nationality
of the injured crew members or the types of injuries sustained
by the fishermen.
“The Coast Guard is conducting an investigation in this incident,” that occurred close to the Marshall Islands, said Caskey
in a brief phone interview.
The Marianas Variety quotes a U.S. Embassy official in the
Marshall Islands’ capital Majuro saying that a “huge boom
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by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa News Correspondent
A son of American Samoa, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danny
Robert Hollister of Ili’ili was pronounced dead this week at the
Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu after being airlifted to
Hawai’i from Thailand, where he was on a military mission.
“My wife and I are grieving the loss of our eldest of five siblings, and our only son,” said Rev. Dr. Tony Hollister in a telephone interview from Honolulu yesterday morning. “It has been
really tough but we accept his passing. We depend on God’s spirit
to get us through these difficult times.”
Rev. Hollister and wife Ann Marie left the territory Sunday
night for Honolulu after receiving word that the couple’s son was
in an accident and was being transported from Thailand to Tripler.
Hollister said his son arrived in Honolulu Tuesday morning and
was still in a coma.
The Air Force said in a news release that Staff Sgt. Hollister
suffered a head injury on Mar. 9 after falling from a one-story
building while deployed to Udon Thani, Thailand, in support of
Exercise Cope Tiger 2012. The cause of the fall is currently under
investigation.
Hollister, an A C-17 loadmaster assigned to the 535th Airlift
Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawai’i, was pronounced dead at Tripler on Mar. 13, the news release says.
A beautiful panorama view of Vatia Bay, taken the day the village dedicated their new fautasi — the Fuao. [photo: tiotala.com]
LBJ Medicare/Medicaid money the focus of next SIC hearing
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
The Senate Investigative Committee
(SIC) will continue its investigative
hearings on the financial demise and
operations of the LBJ Medical Center,
after hearing verbal testimony this
week from three top hospital officials.
Committee chairman Sen. Lualemaga
Faoa said yesterday that SIC will now
focus on the federal Medicaid program,
which was previously part of the medical
center until it was transferred last August
to the Governor’s Office under the lead-
ership of the Lieutenant Governor.
Samoa News understands that one
of the issues being probed by the SIC is
how much money the hospital gets from
the U.S. Center for Medicaid and Medicare Service (CMS) for the Medicaid
and Medicare programs; and how much
money LBJ actually received. SIC is also
looking at any problems dealing with the
way these funds are being spent.
Niuatoa Andy Puletasi,who heads
the Medicaid Office, is being subpoenaed by the SIC along with pertinent
documents. Puletasi is scheduled to
testify at 9 a.m. next Wednesday before
the SIC.
According to LBJ’s first quarter performance report for FY 2012 — covering the period of Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2011
— the hospital’s workforce for the
quarter includes four Medicaid Agency
workers, who were transferred to the
Governor’s Office effective Aug. 23,
2011, but who continued on the LBJ
payroll until Apr. 1, 2012 at the request
of the Lieutenant Governor.
Also being subpoenaed for
next Wednesday’s hearing, is Jen-
nifer Tofaeono, who was previously
employed with LBJ’s Business Office
but resigned last year reportedly during
the summer after the office was being
re-organized under the lead of chief
financial officer Viola Babcock.
However, it’s unclear if SIC investigators were able to serve the subpoena on Tofaeono, who is reportedly
off-island. Samoa News was unable
to obtain information yesterday as to
SIC’s focus on Tofaeono, or the specific reasons she has been subpoenaed.
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Record-seeking skydiver
makes 13-mile test jump
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is
more than halfway toward his goal of setting a
world record for the highest jump.
Baumgartner lifted off Thursday for a test jump
from Roswell, N.M., aboard a 100-foot helium
balloon. He rode inside a pressurized capsule to
71,581 feet - 13.6 miles - and then jumped. He
parachuted to a safe landing, according to project
spokeswoman Trish Medalen.
He’s aiming for nearly 23 miles this summer.
The record is 19.5 miles.
“The view is amazing, way better than I
thought,” Baumgartner said after the practice
jump, in remarks provided by his representatives.
Thursday’s rehearsal was a test of his capsule,
full-pressure suit, parachutes and other systems.
A mini Mission Control - fashioned after NASA’s
- monitored his flight.
Baumgartner reached speeds of up to 364.4
mph Thursday and was in free fall for three minutes and 43 seconds, before pulling his parachute
cords, Medalen said. The entire jump lasted eight
minutes and eight seconds. She stressed that the
numbers are still unofficial.
With Thursday’s successful test, Baumgartner
is believed to be only the third person ever to
jump from such a high altitude and free fall to a
safe landing, and the first in a half-century. “I’m
now a member of a pretty small club,” he said.
When the 42-year-old Austrian known as
“Fearless Felix” leaps from 120,000 feet in a few
months, he expects to break the sound barrier as
he falls through the stratosphere at supersonic
speed. There’s virtually no atmosphere that far
up, making it extremely hostile to humans, thus
the need for a pressure suit and oxygen supply.
The record for the highest free fall is held by
Joe Kittinger, a retired Air Force officer from
Florida. He jumped from 102,800 feet - 19.5
miles - in 1960.
Baumgartner is out to beat that record. He
plans one more dry run - jumping from 90,000
feet - before attempting the full 120,000 feet. The
launch window opens in July and extends until
the beginning of October.
For comparison, commercial jets generally
cruise at over 30,000 feet.
Baumgartner has jumped 2,500 times from
planes and helicopters, as well as some of the
highest landmarks and skyscrapers on the planet
- the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio
de Janeiro, the Millau Viaduct in southern France,
the 101-story Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
He’s also plunged deep into the Earth, leaping
face-first into a pitch-dark cave in Croatia.
Baumgartner considers that 620-foot-deep cave
jump his most dangerous feat so far, soon to be
outdone by his stratospheric plunge. His mission
takes its name, Red Bull Stratos, from the stratosphere as well as the energy drink-maker sponsor.
“I like to challenge myself,” Baumgartner told
The Associated Press in a recent interview, “and
this is the ultimate skydive. I think there’s nothing
bigger than that.”
He’s caught NASA’s attention, even though
space officially begins much higher at an even
100 kilometers, 328,084 feet or 62 miles.
Kittinger is now 83 and one of Baumgartner’s
chief advisers. A former NASA flight director
directs the medical team: Dr. Jonathan Clark,
whose astronaut wife, Laurel, was killed aboard
space shuttle Columbia in 2003. The accident led
Clark to become an expert in spacecraft emergency escape.
Kittinger and Clark were among those taking
part in Thursday’s dress rehearsal.
Online: Red Bull Stratos:
http://www.redbullstratos.com/
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force:
http://tinyurl.com/2dsnn6
Court dismisses negligence
lawsuit filed against Gov’t
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
The High Court on Wednesday dismissed a
negligence lawsuit filed against the American
Samoa Government due to lack of subject
matter jurisdiction.
It was early September of 2009 that Rufina
Perewperew Flores, on behalf of the estate of
Hermogenes Flores, filed a Verified Complaint
against ASG and other defendants, Harbor Maritime and New Zealand based Sanford Limited
— owner of the San Nikunau — for damages
resulting from the death of seaman Hermogenes
Flores while he was on board the Nikunau.
Flores alleges negligence against ASG for
failing to compel San Nikunau to pay the costs for
repatriating Flores’ remains to the Philippines, his
country of birth. Last October ASG filed a motion
for judgement against the plaintiff for failing to
state a claim upon which relief can be granted and
for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
After hearing the motion last November,
“we now grant ASG’s motion and dismiss this
action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,”
according to the 8-page decision signed by
Associate Justice Lyle Richmond and Associate
Judge Mamea Sala Jr.
According to the judges, ASG would only be
held liable to Flores “if there is an analogous
situation in which a private person could be
held liable to the plaintiff for negligently failing
to enforce a statute that would compel a third
party to perform a service for plaintiff.”
Plaintiff, however, has not adequately
addressed the issue of whether there exists an
analogous situation in which a private person
would be held liable, the judges note.
“In failing to do so, plaintiff has not met her
burden of establishing that this court has juris-
diction” over her Government Tort Liability
Act (GTLA) claim against ASG, the decision
points out.
Moreover, there is “another hole in plaintiff’s argument that is just as, if not more, damaging to plaintiff’s position,” the judges said.
“Specially, plaintiff has failed to establish sufficient legal foundation to persuade us that [San]
Nikunau may very well be legally obligated to
repatriate the remains of Hermogenes Flores to
the Philippines.”
According to the decision, the plaintiff had
asked the court to look at ASCA 41.0506 —
which states: “No person, including the owner,
agent, charterer, master or commanding officer
of any vessel or aircraft, may pay off or discharge
any non-American Samoan crewman employed
on board a vessel or aircraft arriving in American Samoa without first having obtained consent of the Attorney General in writing.”
The judges say the plaintiff’s interpretation
of this statute “is off the mark” but agrees that
the statute imposes some sort of legal obligation on a foreign vessel to not abandon a nonAmerican Samoan crew-member on American
Samoa soil.
“To construe... 41.0506 as imposing a repatriation requirement on [San] Nikunau would
require us to travel down a path we clearly do
not see,” the judges point out.
Based on the Verified Complaint, the deceased
was a legal immigrant residing in American
Samoa and Harbor Maritime — a local business
— sponsored Flores with regard to his immigrant
status and in accordance with the immigration
laws while he was alive, the judge says. Additionally, plaintiff does not present anything that
would cause the court to suspect or believe that
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Faleniu faifeau charged
with vehicular homicide
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Staff reporter
Reverend Ali’ioaiga Filioali’i made his initial appearance
before the District Court on Wednesday in connection with a
car accident, which led to the death of a 12-year old girl on
September 19, 2010. He is a faifeau of the Congregational
Christian Church of American Samoa- Faleniu.
The church leader is facing vehicular homicide — a felony
which is punishable by up to five years in jail — and/or a fine
of up to $5,000 or both.
According to court filings, the victim was walking on the
sidewalk with her friend along the village of Faleniu public
highway. It’s alleged the victim was walking a few feet ahead
of her friend when the victim stepped onto the highway and
was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by the church
minister (faifeau). The victim was struck by the front right
fender of the truck.
The victim’s friend told police the truck was traveling at a
high rate of speed; and witnesses told police there were other
minors walking in the same area, the court documents state.
The driver of the vehicle that was in front of the Reverend’s
car also told police the defendant’s vehicle was traveling at
a very high speed, and estimated the speed at approximately
35 mph. According to the government’s case the victim was rushed
to LBJ medical center following the accident and she slipped
into a coma, dying 11 days later.
An autopsy was conducted on October 1, 2010 by Dr. Ivy
T. Clemente, who said the cause of death was determined to
be a cerebral cortical contusion with “associated subdural and
intraparenchymal hemorrhage caused by blunt force injury to
the head”.
Bail for the faifeau was originally set at $5,000, however,
it was later reduced to $2,500.
District Court Judge John Ward has scheduled the preliminary examination hearing for the case on March 19, 2012,
which is next week Monday. The PX hearing is for the court
to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to have this
matter bound over to the High Court.
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American Samoa
observes Women’s
History Month…
(BASED ON A PRESS RELEASE) — In support of Governor Togiola Tulafono’s proclamation declaring March as
Women’s History Month, the American Samoa Government’s
Department of Human Resources will host a Women’s History Month ceremony on Thursday, March 22 at 10 a.m. at the
Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium.
The governor and First Lady Mary Ann are scheduled
to attend the observance; a government-wide invitation has
also been extended to employees and government officials as
well as members of the business and private sector community. The 2012 theme is “Women’s Education — Women’s
Empowerment.”
“As we celebrate Women’s History Month in honoring
women’s educational achievements, I urge everyone to pause
and recognize the major contributions of women because they
continue to make a difference in our homes and families, in
our island community and in the place where we work,” said
Togiola.
The Keynote Speaker for the ceremony is U.S. Army Colonel Leafaina “Ina” Tavai Yahn, who is currently serving as
the Commander of the 404th Army Field Support Brigade at
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Colonel Tavai Yahn
is the daughter of late High Chief Atiumaletavai Kaleopa and
Lauolive To’omalatai of Gataivai.
The 404th Army Field Support Brigade delivers fullspectrum Materiel Enterprise support throughout the western
United States, Alaska and Hawaii. Its subordinate units provide acquisition, contract, logistics and technology-related
sustainment support to Army, joint, and multinational forces,
including government agencies, through a combination of
direct and general support as directed by Army Sustainment
Command (ASC).
The evolution of the history of National Women’s History
Month observance began in the late 1970s as documented by
the National Women’s History Project organization.
(Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and
Cofounder, National Women’s History Project provide the
following background)
CALIFORNIA CELEBRATIONS
As recently as the 1970s, women’s history was virtually
an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public
consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task
Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the
Status of Women initiated a “Women’s History Week” celebration for 1978. March 8, International Women’s Day, was
chosen as the focal point of the observance. The local Women’s History Week activities met with enthusiastic response,
and dozens of schools planned special programs for Women’s
History Week. Over 100 community women participated
by doing special presentations in classrooms throughout the
country and an annual “Real Woman” Essay Contest drew
hundreds of entries. The finale for the week was a celebratory parade and program held in the center of downtown Santa
Rosa, California.
MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT
In 1979, Molly Murphy MacGregor, a member of the
National Women’s History Project, was invited to participate
in The Women’s History Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, which was chaired by noted historian, Gerda Lerner and
attended by the national leaders of organizations for women
and girls. When the participants learned about the success of
the Sonoma County’s Women’s History Week celebration,
they decided to initiate similar celebrations within their own
organizations, communities, and school districts. They also
agreed to support an effort to secure a “National Women’s
History Week.”
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Commentary by Lewis Wolman
I could spill a lot of ink covering the endless testimony of LBJ officials as they appear
before countless Fono tribunals, retelling their story over and over.
But I pretty much know what I need to know: running a hospital system in American
Samoa is freaking expensive and we don’t have much money.
Let’s put a few bullet items on the table:
Emergency Rooms are very expensive things to maintain, but for some reason, LBJ
sends everyone to the ER to be seen.
LBJ charges $10 to be seen at the ER (or at a clinic), which is a service that probably
costs them about $200. Maybe it is only $100. In any case, the cost to LBJ is a whole lot
more than $100.
Ditto for pharmaceuticals: LBJ only charges a small fraction of the cost of drugs.
Ditto for most other LBJ services (e.g., delivering a baby): LBJ only charges a small
fraction of the cost of the service.
And it’s not like we are a very healthy population. American Samoa is well documented
to be at the extreme end of all sorts of bad things: prevalence of obesity, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, dialysis, heart problems, gout, etc. Most of these “bad things” are
what are called “lifestyle diseases.” That is, they are caused by lifestyle patterns (primarily
diet and exercise and weight). To make it worse, most of these “bad things” are “chronic
diseases.” In other words, they are diseases that you don’t treat and recover from (like a
broken bone or infection or fever). They are diseases that last and last and last.
The high incidence of lifestyle diseases should not surprise anyone familiar with the
unhealthy lifestyles that most residents follow. I’m not blamin’; I’m just sayin’.
Did I mention we are thousands of miles away from support services (e.g., medical labs,
warehouses, experts, technicians)? Did I mention that hospitals use a lot of electricity (very
expensive here)? Did I mention that hospitals use a lot of advanced technology, which is
even more expensive to maintain and train people to use properly than it is to purchase it?
We have trouble maintaining ditches in American Samoa ― can you imagine how hard
it is to maintain a hospital, and to maintain it to the federal standards imposed by HCFA
(Health Care Financing Administration)?
So nobody should be shocked that we have trouble providing a high standard of health
care here under any budget, and nobody should be shocked that LBJ is having financial
problems today, yesterday, and tomorrow.
What should we do about it? I dunno. But we know a few things:
LBJ is going to need a lot of money today and tomorrow.
The off-island medical referral program could be so costly that LBJ has no chance of
ever being adequately financed if monies are instead diverted to that worthy program.
That’s a vexing problem.
Money for LBJ is going to have to come from somewhere. If the federal government
won’t come up with it (something I don’t know much about), we will have to come up
with it through taking money from other government programs, raising taxes or fees, or
some other form of financial alchemy.
We have been putting off the problem by borrowing money from the Retirement Fund.
That is a scheme that cannot last long. Let’s say LBJ borrows $10 million and spends it
all in a year. The loan from the Retirement Fund has to be repaid for the next ten years. So
what happens in years 2-9? This is basically the problem that the Fono is grappling with
right now, and that they would be grappling with it in 2012 was entirely predictable.
We’ve got a bunch of people running for Governor. I’m looking forward to hearing
what they have to say about this challenge.
A version of these commentaries first appeared on the website ‘Tiotala.com’ and is used with permission.
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Staff reporter
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA
A high school student who was charged after school officials found illegal drugs in his possession at school will be sentenced on April 19, 2012. Eighteen-year old Ioane Tu’umalo
of Pago Pago pled guilty to the amended charge of unlawful
possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony that
holds a lesser penalty than the initial charge. Associate Justice
Lyle Richmond accepted the plea deal between the government and the student.
Tu’umalo told the court that when he went into the bathroom
at school, he saw a plastic vial, and when he picked it up, he
found it contained marijuana. He added that when he went to
the cafeteria, where he had been caught smoking earlier by a
school official, the official searched him and found the plastic
vial in his pocket. According to court documents, there were
four marijuana joints inside the vial.
Public Defender Ruth Risch Fuatagavi asked the court to
consider releasing the defendant on his own recognizance
with the supervision of his mother. She added that the defendant has no prior record, and the quantity of the marijuana
found was very small.
Assistant Attorney General Cable Poag said the government
does not object to the defense lawyer’s request.
He said given the quantity is very small, he will recommend
placing the defendant on probation. The judges took a brief
recess and when they returned, Richmond denied the request
and said it’s better if the defendant stay at the Tafuna Correctional Facility. The student is in custody with bail set at $10,000.
TAVITA TALI
Chief Justice Michael Kruse has ordered a probation officer
to make a report regarding an incident where convicts were
drinking homemade brew with other inmates at the Tafuna Correctional Facility. Kruse’s order came after the inmate alleged
to be involved with the brew incident— Tavita Tali— asked the
court to be released from jail so he can find a job to pay the fine
which was ordered in his case.
Tali was convicted for conspiracy to commit forgery, for
which he’s serving a 20-month jail sentence as a condition of
his probation. Thirty-year old Tali allowed the use of his American Samoa birth certificate, Social Security number and hospital card to be used to create a fraudulent Certificate of Identity
for a Tongan man who used it to travel off island.
He has been incarcerated since November 2010. Public
Defender Ruth Risch Fuatagavi said that aside from a slight
misstep, Tali has been a good inmate at TCF. She said the
defendant wants to get his life back on track and wants to find a
job to he can pay his fine in this matter.
The misstep the Public Defender mentioned is the homemade
brew incident at the TCF with which the defendant was involved,
causing him to be placed in maximum security. The Chief Justice
said the court would need more information regarding this incident because it doesn’t look favorable for Tali. POLICE OFFICER APISAI ATOE
The jury trial for police officer Apisai Atoe is now scheduled for July 16, 2012. The cop has been charged on allegations that he was trying to cover up an alleged sexual incident
involving his uncle, Mike Kim. Kim is accused of having sex
with a 17-year old girl against her will, and it’s alleged he gave
the victim $100 when he was done.
The government claims that Atoe had asked the victim’s
father to go to the police and withdraw his complaint against
Kim. Atoe is charged with witness tampering and concealing
an offense.
Associate Justice Lyle L Richmond who was accompanied
on the bench by Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr scheduled
the trial date. Also charged in this same incident is Motau
Samani, who allegedly told the victim that he had a job for
her and took the victim to where Kim lived and left her there.
The lead prosecutor for this case is Deputy Attorney General
Mitzie Jessop Folau.
LAGA TUI
A pretrial conference for a man accused of striking another
man with a machete has been scheduled for April 5, 2012. Laga
Tui, a man in his 20s, is facing first-degree assault after he
allegedly struck another man with a machete. The incident is
alleged to have occurred December 3, 2011 in Mapusaga Fou.
According to court filings, the defendant, who was intoxicated, was upset after the complaining witness told him to get
off his property. It’s alleged that the defendant left the scene
and returned with a machete, and then struck the complaining
witness on his head, arm and shoulder. The victim underwent
emergency surgery as a result of the alleged attack.
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Local Republicans go for Romney –
Unanimous with nine votes pledged
6 delegates, 6 alternates elected, 3 party officials make up total
by Samoa News staff
Waving Romney posters and wearing
Romney stickers and labels, the American
Samoa Republican Caucus threw its support to
Gov. Mitt Romney who, as expected, captured
all nine of American Samoa’s delegate votes.
Set by party rules, the Caucus was held for
the selection of the American Samoa delegates
and alternate delegates to the 2012 Republican
National Convention and for other purposes, on
Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
Dr. Victor T. Tofaeono was elected
Chairman for a two-year term effective March
13, 2012 and becomes a member of the Republican National Committee.
High Chief Aumoeualogo T. J. Fuavai, one
of the founders of the local party, and Aumua
Amata, daughter of the territory’s first elected
governor, the late Peter Tali Coleman, were
elected to four-year terms as National Committeeman and National Committeewoman.
Officers elected to two-year terms are: Mr.
Falema’o M. “Phil” Pili, Vice Chairman; Ms.
Sherry Ah Hing, Secretary; Mrs. Bernadette
Lafaele, Treasurer.
Brandon Smart serves as Executive Director
of the RPA
Chairman Tofaeono, National Committeeman Aumoeualogo and National Committeewoman Aumua are delegates to the 2012
Republican National Convention by virtue of
their positions.
The following six persons were elected
as delegates to the National Convention: 1.
Falema’o M. “Phil” Pili; 2. Su’a Carl Schuster
3. Aofaga Mickey R. Salanoa 4. Brandon Smart
5. Salote Lutu Schuster and 6. Ali Pili.
The following six persons were elected
as alternate delegates to the national convention: 1. Bernadette Lafaele 2. Sherry Ah Hing
3. Va’a Tofaeono 4. Natasha Ledoux 5. J.R.
Fa’aola and 6. Johnny Mapu.
As international media speculated in the
days leading up to the caucus, the delegation
cast all of its nine votes for Gov. Mitt Romney
for President of the United States.
Chairman Tofaeono summed it up by saying,
“The Republican Party of American Samoa
is made up of registered voters in American
Samoa who believe in the philosophy and goals
of the Republican Party. We are the Party of
the open door. Ours is the Party of equality of
opportunity for all and favoritism for none. We
encourage the broadest possible participation
of all voters in the Republican Party activities
at all levels and to assure that the Republican
Party is open, accessible to all and answerable
ultimately to the people in the true American
tradition and in keeping with Samoan custom,
and we maintain the Republican Party as an
instrument for the political realization of the
concept of individual liberty on which our constitutional government is founded.”
He concluded, “We’re excited and look forward to the national convention to cast our nine
delegate votes for Gov. Mitt Romney, the next
President of the United States.”
Samoa News has received phone calls about
the caucus that took place on Tuesday, with the
callers saying they were not happy with the fact
that when they arrived, they were told that the
delegates had already been chosen, and who
they were going to vote for was already set too
— all before the actual caucus was held. The
committee was asked why then ‘publicize’ the
event, and according to callers, the local Republican members were told they were there to vote
for the alternates.
Samoa News understands the by-laws of the
local Republican Party allows the selection of
delegates and casting of votes by committee
members, which was explained at the caucus.
However, the question of ‘fair process’
remains, said one of the callers.
Fishing boat sinks in New
Zealand, 8 presumed dead
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy and
a captain who was recently praised as a hero are among eight
people believed dead after a fishing boat sank in rough weather
off the coast of southern New Zealand.
The sole known survivor from Thursday’s accident near
Stewart Island was found clinging to a barrel in the ocean after
enduring 18 hours in dark and cold conditions. He was taken to
a local hospital suffering from severe hypothermia.
Rescue crews have recovered three bodies and hold out little
hope of finding more survivors from the vessel Easy Rider due
to poor sea conditions and a long delay before authorities were
alerted to the accident.
The survivor, Dallas Reedy, 44, told police he was on the
deck just after midnight when the boat was hit by a rogue wave,
causing it to capsize almost immediately.
He managed to cling to the overturned boat’s hull for about
two hours before it sank, according to Invercargill Police
Inspector Lane Todd.
The 40-foot boat was taking a family group to a remote island
so they could hunt for mutton birds, which are considered a delicacy by some locals.
There were three crew and six passengers on board, including
the 7-year-old, Odin Karetai.
The captain of the boat, 47-year-old Rewai Karetai, was
lauded two months ago when he helped rescue three people
from another capsized fishing boat. Two people died in the earlier accident.
Police said the captain and the boy are related but are not
father and son.
The Easy Rider sank at the southern end of New Zealand in
Foveaux Strait, which is notorious for its treacherous conditions.
According to New Zealand meteorological agency MetService,
there were very rough seas in the area at the time of the accident
as well as winds of about 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour and
heavy rain.
The MetService says the water temperature was about 13
degrees Celsius (55 Fahrenheit).
It took some 14 hours before authorities knew the boat was
missing. The boat was supposed to meet with a helicopter
Thursday afternoon, and when it didn’t show up, the helicopter
pilot raised the alarm.
Police say that neither the survivor nor the three victims
they’ve found were wearing life jackets. If the boat had an emergency locater beacon, police say, it wasn’t activated when the
boat capsized.
Rescuers recovered the first victim Thursday evening and
found two more bodies Friday afternoon, after a civilian ship
assisted by the New Zealand navy located the wreck on the
ocean floor, about 40 meters (130 feet) below the surface and
2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the northwestern tip of Stewart
Island.
Rescue crews are considering attempting a deep-sea dive
onto the wreck Saturday, after equipment and specialized dive
squads arrive.
A predator on MySpace
convicted of 79 felonies
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A California man who used the
social networking site MySpace to exploit and abuse young
girls across the country was convicted Wednesday of dozens
of felony charges.
A jury found Joshua David Threlkeld, 34, guilty of 79 felonies and one misdemeanor charge after deliberating a little
more than two days in Riverside County Superior Court.
Between 2007 and early 2009, Threlkeld created a fake
modeling agency and created an online identity as a 13-yearold model named Sara to lure young girls into sending him
nude pictures, prosecutors alleged.
The victims were between the ages of 11 and 17 and jurors
heard from 41 of them during the trial, according to the district
attorney’s office.
Threlkeld was also convicted of kidnapping a minor for
lewd acts because he took a 13-year-old victim to his friend’s
condominium in Palm Springs for what he said was a photo
shoot and then sexually assaulting the girl in the shower there
instead, according to prosecutors.
He took other children to his home in Orange or a location
in San Jacinto (hah-SIN’-toh) where he photographed them in
the nude.
Threlkeld was discovered when one of the would-be model’s friends reported the pictures to her mother.
Threlkeld faces a maximum sentence of life in prison when
he is sentenced on April 11.
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The Samoana High School Sharks fautasi crew carries their fautasi across the street from Utulei Beach Park into their high school gymnasium just after a practice
session, where they are preparing to compete for the second time, in as many years, in the 2012 American Samoa Flag Day Celebration fautasi race.
Last year, when Samoana made their debut in the race, they were considered a long shot, but placed 2nd — shocking the fautasi aficionados.
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
The Aeto took the victory in last year’s race. ➧ Hollister…
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A graduate of Leone High
School, the twenty-four year old
staff sergeant entered military
service right after high school.
Next month would mark his
sixth year in the Air Force, said
Rev. Hollister, who added that
his son had already re-enlisted
for another five years.
Rev. Hollister, who is the
church minister of the Congregational Christian Church
of American Samoa in Ili’ili,
could not speak for several
seconds when asked what he
would miss most about his son.
When he finally spoke, he
said, “He is someone who really
wants to do good for others.”
Softly, and with sadness he continued, “He is a person who likes
to give his service to others. My
son wanted to work in the service of others and in service to
his country and it was the reason
he joined the Armed Forces.”
“My son was also doing a
lot of good for us,” he said in
a quivering voice. “I miss my
son. He has also left behind his
wife Rena, who is pregnant and
expecting their second child in
two months. He and Rena have
a nine-month old baby.”
“My son wanted to be a
pilot... he dreamed of being a
pilot and this is the main reason
he joined the Air Force,” said
Rev. Hollister. “We are all
very proud of him and he was
very happy in the Air Force.”
Rev. Hollister is hoping
to return home with his son’s
remains next Thursday but it
all depends on the military and
their investigation at this point.
Besides his parents, his wife
and infant child, Staff Sgt. Hollister is also survived by four
sisters. Samoa News extends
condolences to the Hollister
family in their time of sadness.
Reach the reporter at
[email protected]
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The Utulei Beach EPA Warning — as of yesterday, the beach waters are again considered ‘safe’ and the sign now carries a ‘green’ card indicating EPA has tested
the waters for clearance. Last weekend, the sign carried a red card, noting the waters were unsafe for swimming. Unfortunately, the warning was ignored and the
ocean along Utulei Beach was filled with swimmers — a very familiar sight on the weekend. EPA said, the decision to swim in ‘red’ card waters is at the discretion of
swimmers, and they can only warn the public about the dangers. AS-EPA also runs a notice in the Samoa News every week notifying the public what popular coastal
[photo: JH/ THA]
water areas are considered safe or unsafe to use, not only for recreational purposes, but also for fishing.
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OTHER ISSUES
One of the issues that surfaced during Wednesday’s SIC
hearing deals with a $5 million
loan LBJ received from ASG
in 2003. Responding to SIC
questions, LBJ’s chief financial officer Viola Babcock told
committee members that no
payment has been made and
no interest has accrued on this
loan. “We understand that we
need to petition the government
to forgive this loan,” she said.
LBJ chief executive officer
Mike Gerstenberger added
that the hospital does not have
any information regarding the
funding source to repay this loan.
The $5 million loan was
an effort to provide financial
assistance to the hospital, but
five years later the governor
submitted to the Fono a bill
to amend local law to allow
the American Samoa Medical
Center Authority to borrow
money from financial lending
institutions.
A provision of the bill forgives the $5 million loan — but
the measure was automatically
defeated when no action was
taken before the end of the 30th
Legislature in 2008. There was
no new action to have this loan
be forgiven, but there were calls
in the Senate last year for the
government to write this loan
off from its books.
Togiola at the time sought
to forgive the loan in order to
free up LBJ funds to pay the
more than $9 million the hospital owes to the federal Medicaid program due to Medicaid
overpayment to LBJ. Failure
to make the required monthly
payments would result in the
federal government withholding millions of dollars for
American Samoa.
Reach the reporter at
[email protected]
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Many homes damaged as tornado rips through Mich.
Neighbors help salvage personal items from a home after a tornado touched down in their
neighborhood, Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Dexter, Mich. Several houses were damaged and
at least two destroyed in one southeastern Michigan community after a tornado touched down
(AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Kimberly P. Mitchell)
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DEXTER, Mich. (AP) -- A tornado ripped through a rural southeastern Michigan community Thursday, damaging or demolishing
more than 100 homes, downing trees and power lines, sparking fires
and flooding neighborhood roads.
The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail,
heavy rain and high winds. The touchdown was reported in the Dexter
and Pinckney areas northwest of Ann Arbor, said Marc Breckenridge,
director of Emergency Management for Washtenaw County.
Crews were assessing damage, but in one neighborhood, a home
appeared to be flattened while an adjacent home lost most of its roof
and second floor. Houses across the street also sustained damage to
their roofs and siding. There were no reports of serious injuries or
fatalities, authorities said.
Sheriff’s spokesman Derrick Jackson said 105 homes were significantly damaged in Dexter and the surrounding area, and 13 were
destroyed. Damage was concentrated in two subdivisions. About
two dozen homes in Sharon Carty’s Huron Farms neighborhood
“are pretty much unlivable,” she said. “And a significant number
more than that are severely damaged. One house, the whole front of
the house is gone. Folks whose houses were hit are pretty stunned.
We don’t get too many tornados around here.”
She saw no evidence of any injuries.
Carty, 38, said she and her family heard the first weather siren
about 5:15 p.m. and were in their basement when the tornado struck.
Their house was untouched.
Jack Davidson, 63, said he was watching TV when he heard
warning sirens go off twice near his home in Dexter, sending him
and his wife to the basement.
When they emerged, Davidson said the couple at first didn’t see
much damage and thought the storm had spared the area. But one
look across the street revealed a different reality: a flattened selfserve carwash was among the damaged structures.
Two blocks away, the twister never touched down. “I guess we
were just lucky we were in the right spot,” Davidson said.
Sheriff’s Deputy Ray Yee was the first officer on the scene in
one of the hard-hit subdivisions. He approached one destroyed
home and saw a hand sticking out of the rubble. He pulled out an
elderly man, who was shaken but walked away.
“That’s the best part,” Yee said. “Every place I went to, I would
have thought I would have found somebody laying there - deceased
or whatever. But, knock on wood, everybody was OK.”
Still, destruction was a common sight in the village’s business
district. A sign that declares Dexter a “Tree City USA” community
was bent and affixed to a telephone pole. Nearby, trees lay on the
ground, rendering surrounding roads closed or impassable.
There also were unconfirmed reports of tornados touching down
in Monroe County’s Ida Township and northwest Lapeer County,
near Columbiaville, where trees and power lines had been downed,
National Weather Service meteorologist Amos Dodson said. The
storm packed wind gusts up to 70 mph in Lapeer County and 2-inch
hail, he said.
“We’re getting absolutely hammered,” Fire Capt. Jim Hemwall
of Monroe County’s Frenchtown Township said Thursday night.
“We have funnel clouds spotted all around us.”
Hemwall said a house in the town of Exeter was struck by
lightning and debris swirled around another in Monroe County’s
Dundee. No injuries were immediately reported, “but it’s early,”
Hemwall said.
All roads into the village of Dexter were closed as darkness fell,
with police diverting traffic. Area police and fire agencies were
going door-to-door searching for any injured, Washtenaw County
sheriff’s spokesman Derrick Jackson said. People needing shelter
for the night were directed to a local school.
Bill Marx, head baker at Dexter Bakery, said he was closing up
shop when he noticed the change in the weather and heard storm
sirens. “I stepped outside and saw the clouds turning around,” Marx
said. “It was coming toward us. After it went by, it really started
raining and hailing.”
Eastern Michigan University in nearby Ypsilanti also was buckling down for the storm.
“We put out an all-campus notice to students to take cover, and a
tornado warning is in effect,” school spokesman Walter Kraft said.
The notices were sent out via text messages and emails, Kraft said.
University of Michigan Health System spokeswoman Kara
Gavin said patients were moved into hallways and window blinds
have been closed in rooms. Some critically ill patients were moved
away from the windows and would be moved farther if necessary.
Gavin said there have no reports of damage in or around the Ann
Arbor hospitals.
The American Red Cross of Washtenaw and Lenawee counties
expected to open a shelter at Mill Creek Middle School in Dexter
and provide shelter, food, water, other basic needs and mental
health services, spokeswoman Jenni Hawes said.
“I’m sure a lot of people are pretty distraught,” she said. “If
you know people affected, encourage them to the shelter and get
assistance.”
Hawes said a second shelter opened nearby in Ann Arbor, where
significant flooding forced the evacuation of an apartment complex.
Hawes said anyone wanting to donate can contribute through the
Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund by calling (734) 971-5300 or online
at www.wc-redcross.org .
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(AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit
Mitt Romney where it hurts
most: his wallet.
New signs of financial stress
are emerging in Romney’s campaign, which has built a wide
lead in delegates thanks in part
to the might of his bank account
and multistate operation. As
rival Rick Santorum’s surprising
strength keeps extending the
nomination battle, Romney has
scaled back expenses, trimmed
field staff in some cases and
begun to count more on free
media coverage to reach voters.
And he’s still relying on an allied
super political action committee
to supplement his spending on
expensive TV ads.
This week, the former Massachusetts governor was forced
to spend two days privately
courting donors in the New
York area, even as his Republican rivals were wooing voters
ahead of pivotal elections in
places like Illinois, where he
hasn’t been in four months, and
as President Barack Obama was
stockpiling cash for the fall general election fight.
On Wednesday, Romney had
five finance events in New York,
all packed, raising about $3 million, with more set for Thursday.
So the news is hardly all bad.
Wednesday “was the best day
we’ve had so far,” said New York
Jets owner Woody Johnson, who
accompanied Romney to multiple events, including a donor
breakfast in New York City.
But it’s less encouraging for
the campaign that the money
is badly needed to re-fill coffers that had sunk close to their
lowest levels since Romney
launched his presidential effort
last year. It’s unclear if he will
tap his own personal wealth.
The former financial executive, whose personal wealth is
estimated between $190 million and $250 million, loaned
his 2008 presidential campaign
$42 million. Top aide Eric Fehrnstrom says Romney has not
loaned his campaign any new
funds this cycle and has “no
plans” to do so.
Raising money to get through
a protracted primary fight is
clearly not how Romney wanted
to be spending his spring. He had
hoped to have wrapped up the
nomination by now, giving him
the freedom to raise money for the
general election against Obama.
The incumbent Democrat doesn’t
have a primary challenge, and
already is well into running for reelection. He’s spending 14 hours
Friday raising money; the biggest
event is to be with actor/director
Tyler Perry and musician Cee Lo
Green in Atlanta.
As Romney reloads for his
GOP fight, his chief Republican rival, Santorum, is showcasing new fundraising success.
The once-lopsided money race
between the top two Republican
candidates has never been closer.
For the month of February,
Romney boasted his second-best
fundraising month ever, taking
in $11.5 million. Santorum, who
has a vastly smaller organization
to support, wasn’t far off, with
$9 million.
For months, the former Pennsylvania senator’s campaign was
marked by disorganization and a
shoestring operation that largely
depended upon passionate but
inexperienced volunteers. Santorum has finally opened a
national headquarters to replace
the post office box that previously served that role. And he’s
added several paid staff.
Romney aides acknowledge
they’re looking at ways to reduce
costs. The campaign stopped conducting expensive polling ahead
of the Michigan primary. Instead,
it now counts on lower-cost voter
ID phone calls, which aides
contend are nearly as accurate
as internal polls. Romney also
stopped using the 150-seat plane
that could accommodate the press
after Super Tuesday and is instead
flying with a small group of aides
and Secret Service agents on a
smaller and cheaper aircraft.
Further, his staff is pursing
what it calls creative ways to maximize free television coverage to
supplement a flood of paid television advertising. Romney notified local media, for example,
that he’s scheduled to arrive at
the San Juan airport Friday at
2:30 p.m., although there are no
formal remarks or events planned
for that time. That’s not typical
for the buttoned-down campaign
with the tightly controlled media
schedule.
Publicly, Romney and his
senior team have offered no hint
of financial stress. Fehrnstrom
said that “we started March with
more cash on hand than any of
our opponents. Our fundraising
continues to be healthy. We
have all the resources we need to
remain competitive in this race.”
Indeed, Romney scored
narrow victories over Santorum
in Michigan and Ohio in recent
weeks, drawing on his financial
advantage to outspend his opponents on the local airwaves. It
was the same in Mississippi and
Alabama this week. But in those
Southern cases, Santorum overcame his cash deficit and scored
twin victories that threatened to
re-set the Republican contest.
Henry Barbour, a Republican
operative who is helping Romney’s fundraising in the South,
said money won’t necessarily
decide the nomination.
“Cash is always a fundamental
factor, but if it becomes a one-onone, it becomes a little less important,” said Barbour. “Romney has
several structural advantages cash is one. He also tends to have
more staff, surrogates, party regulars and leaders who should make
it easier for him to fight on multiple fronts. Santorum’s back is
still against the wall, but we need
to close the deal.”
Santorum hopes to maintain momentum by defeating
Romney Sunday in Puerto
Rico’s GOP primary, which
offers candidates the opportunity
to score points with Hispanic
voters, while building a broad
donor base with ties throughout
Florida and New York.
But after his two days of fundraising in New York, Romney
arrives in Puerto Rico on Friday
without any finance events
scheduled. Aides were concerned that the trip might be portrayed as an ATM withdrawal.
Instead, only a handful of deeppocketed donors are expected to
contribute the maximum allowed
under federal law, $2,500.
Illinois, which hosts a primary
on Tuesday, is the next big test.
And despite financial strains,
Romney is showing little sign of
abandoning his traditional paid
advertising dominance, thanks
in part to the Romney-aligned
Restore Our Future super PAC
working on his behalf.
Romney and that group have
been running Illinois television advertising that, combined,
exceeds $2.4 million. Santorum’s aligned super PAC is
spending $400,000 there so far.
And Romney super donor
Johnson says the fundraising
community is as engaged as ever.
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NOTICE is hereby given that USOAGALELEI TALAILEVA LAGOO of FAGAALU, American Samoa,
has executed a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as FOTU-OTAMA which is situated in the village of FAGAALU, in the County of MAOPUTASI, EASTERN
District, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on file with the
Territorial Registrar to be forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval
thereof according to the laws of American Samoa. Said instrument names JUNG H LEE as
LESSEE.
Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land
Commission before the 9TH day of APRIL, 2012. It should be noted that any objection must
clearly state the grounds therefor.
POSTED:
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 thru APRIL 9, 2012
SIGNED:
Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar
KOMISI O LAU’ELE’ELE
O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o USOAGALELEI TALAILEVA LAGOO ole nu’u o
FAGAALU, Amerika Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o FOTU-O-TAMA, e
i le nu’u o FAGAALU i le itumalo o MAOPUTASI, Falelima i SASA’E ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika
Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina
atu ile Kovana Sili mo sana fa’amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea
mata’upu o lo’o ta’ua ai JUNG H LEE.
A iai se tasi e fia fa’atu’i’ese i lea mata’upu, ia fa’aulufaleina mai sa na fa’atu’iesega tusitusia
ile Failautusi o lea Komisi ae le’i o’o ile aso 9 o APERILA, 2012. Ia manatua, o fa’atu’iesega
uma lava ia tusitusia manino mai ala uma e fa’atu’iese ai.
02/16 & 03/16/12
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PROJECT
EYE CARE 2012
Fitiuta, Manu’a
The Lions Club of Pago Pago, in collaboration with ASG Public Health,
LBJ Eye Clinic and the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council,
University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities, will
sponsor a FREE Vision/Eye Screening Clinic, in Fitiuta, Ta’u Island,
Manu’a. The public is invited to attend.
1st Session Friday, March 16th • 1:00pm-3:00pm
Fitiuta, Ta’u @ Ale Filoiali’i Guest House
2nd Session Saturday,March 17 • 8:00 – 2:00pm
Fitiuta, Ta’u @ Ale Filoiali’i Guest House
The Lions Club of Pago Pago is happy to once again provide this much
needed service to the community.
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Afghan policemen listen to speeches during a graduation ceremony at a police training center
in Guzara, Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Around 270
policemen including 27 policewomen graduated after receiving ten weeks of training in Herat.
The process of a complete handover to Afghan forces will only be completed in 2014 with the
(AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)
withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. JOHN CARTER – Rated: PG-13
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Thomas Haden Church, Willem Dafoe
War-weary, former military captain John Carter is inexplicably transported to Mars
where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst
the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas and the captivating Princess
Dejah Thoris. In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity
when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Friday: — 4:00 7:00 9:45
Saturday: 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:45
Sunday: 1:00 4:00 7:00 —
“Discount Tuesday”:
— 4:00 7:00 —
Mon-Wed-Thurs:
— 4:00 7:00 —
DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX – Rated: PG
Voices: Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift
A boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the
girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the
grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Friday: — 4:15 7:00 9:00
Saturday: 1:15 4:15 7:00 9:00
Sunday: 1:15 4:15 7:00 —
“Discount Tuesday”:
— 4:15 7:00 —
Mon-Wed-Thurs:
— 4:15 7:00 —
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Lawyer: Afghan suspect’s
friend had leg blown off
SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. soldier accused
of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last
weekend saw his friend’s leg blown off the day
before the rampage, his lawyer said Thursday
night.
Seattle attorney John Henry Browne told The
Associated Press that his client’s family provided him with details of the injury to another
U.S. soldier. The details have not been independently verified.
“His leg was blown off, and my client was
standing next to him,” he said.
Browne said the incident affected all of the
soldiers at the base. It isn’t clear whether the
incident might have helped prompt the horrific
middle-of-the-night attack on civilians in two
villages last Sunday.
The suspect had been injured twice during
his three previous deployments to Iraq, and he
was loath to go to Afghanistan to begin with,
Browne said.
Browne declined to release his client’s
name, citing concerns for the man’s family,
which is under protection on Joint Base LewisMcChord, near Tacoma. But he said the soldier
has two young children, ages 3 and 4.
The soldier, a 38-year-old father of two who
is originally from the Midwest, deployed last
December with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, and on
Feb. 1 was attached to a “village stability operation.” Browne described him as highly decorated and said he had once been nominated for a
Bronze Star, which he did not receive.
But he did say that the soldier and his family
thought he was done fighting. During tours in
Iraq, the soldier suffered a concussive head
injury in a car accident caused by a roadside
bomb, Browne said, and he suffered a battlerelated injury that resulted in surgery to remove
part of his foot.
He was screened by health officials after the
head injury before he redeployed, Browne said.
He did not know if his client had been suffering
from post-traumatic stress disorder, but said it
could be an issue at trial if experts believe it’s
relevant.
He and the rest of his brigade had initially
been told they wouldn’t have to go to Afghanistan, Browne said.
Browne and his co-counsel, Emma Scanlan,
said they had met with the soldier’s wife and
other family members, and Browne said he
spoke briefly by phone with the soldier, whom
he described as stunned and distant.
His family was “totally shocked,” he said.
“He’s never said anything antagonistic about
Muslims. He’s in general very mild-mannered.”
Browne said he knew little of the facts of
the shooting, but disputed reports that a combination of alcohol, stress and domestic issues
caused him to snap. He said the family said they
were unaware of any drinking problem, and
described the couple’s marriage as “fabulous.”
The soldier is accused of going on a shooting
rampage in villages near his base in southern
Afghanistan early Sunday, killing nine children
and seven other civilians and then burning some
of their bodies. The shooting, which followed a
controversial Quran-burning incident involving
U.S. soldiers, has outraged Afghan officials.
The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on
Wednesday evening to what officials describe
as a pretrial confinement facility in Kuwait.
Officials have anonymously described him as a
father of two who has been in the military for
11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq and
began his first deployment to Afghanistan in
December.
The soldier asked to be represented by
Browne, a well-known Seattle defense attorney,
when he was taken into custody, the lawyer
said.
Browne said he’s spoken with the soldier,
but did not discuss the substance of the allegations. He said the soldier had no prior events in
his Army dossier indicating misbehavior.
Browne once defended serial killer Ted
Bundy and recently represented Colton HarrisMoore, a youthful thief known as the “Barefoot
Bandit.”
Browne said he has only handled three or
four military cases before. The soldier will also
have at least one military lawyer.
Military lawyers say once attorneys involved
in the initial investigation of an alleged crime
involving a service member have what they
believe to be a solid understanding of what happened and are satisfied with the evidence collected, they draft charges and present them to a
commander.
That person then makes a judgment on
whether there is probable cause to believe that
an offense was committed and that the accused
committed it.
That commander then “prefers” the charges
to a convening authority, who typically is the
commander of the brigade to which the accused
is assigned but could be of higher rank.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Pago Pago American Samoa 96799
Proclamation
Women’s History Month
WHEREAS, March 2012, has been designated as “Women’s History Month”, and
WHEREAS, the theme for Women’s History Month is “Women’s Education - Women’s Empowerment”,
and
WHEREAS, women of every race, class, and ethnic background in American Samoa and across the globe
have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of humanity; and
WHEREAS, in countless recorded and unrecorded ways, the contributions that women have made in
their homes, churches, villages, communities, in the workplace, in the armed forces, the classrooms,
boardrooms, courtrooms, in politics, have been overlooked and undervalued; and
WHEREAS, through vision, hard work, and determination, countless women have broadened the
opportunities for themselves and for others and continue to break barriers to fulfill their personal and
professional potential; and
WHEREAS, American Samoa has a rich history of noteworthy women whose achievements helped shape
and improve the quality of life for its people in education, government, military, religion, business,
healthcare, community service, sports and entertainment.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOGIOLA T. A TULAFONO, Governor of American Samoa, do hereby
proclaim the Month of March as “Women’s History Month”, and call upon the people of the Territory to
observe the Women’s History Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. I encourage all
citizens to recognize the countless women whose efforts continue to enhance the economic, social, spiritual
and cultural life of our Territory and our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my Signature and Seal of my Office on this 13th day
of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve.
Togiola T. A. Tulafono
Governor of American Samoa
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The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier arrives Friday, March 9, 2012, at its new home port, Naval
Station Everett, in Everett, Wash. The carrier replaces the USS Lincoln, which was previously
stationed at the base. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
➧ Observing Nat’l Women’s History Month…
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PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT
The first steps toward success came in February 1980 when President Carter issued the first
Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8, 1980 as National Women’s History
Week. In the same year, Representative Barbara Mikulski, who at the time was in the House of
Representatives, and Senator Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a Congressional Resolution for National
Women’s History Week 1981. This co-sponsorship demonstrated the wide-ranging political support for recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the achievements of American women.
A NATIONAL LOBBYING EFFORT
As word spread rapidly across the nation, state departments of education encouraged celebrations of National Women’s History Week as an effective means to achieving equity goals within
classrooms. Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Alaska, and other states developed and
distributed curriculum materials for all of their public schools. Organizations sponsored essay
contests and other special programs in their local areas. Within a few years, thousands of schools
and communities were celebrating National Women’s History Week, supported and encouraged
by resolutions from governors, city councils, school boards, and the U.S. Congress.
Each year, the dates of National Women’s History Week, (the week of March 8th) changed and
every year a new lobbying effort was needed. Yearly, a national effort that included thousands
of individuals and hundreds of educational and women’s organizations was spearheaded by the
National Women’s History Project.
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
By 1986, 14 states had already declared March as Women’s History Month. This momentum
and state-by-state action was used as the rational to lobby Congress to declare the entire month of
March 1987 as National Women’s History Month. In 1987, Congress declared March as National
Women’s History Month in perpetuity. A special Presidential Proclamation is issued every year,
which honors the extraordinary achievements of American women.
Presidential Message 1980
President Jimmy Carter’s Message to the nation designating March 2-8, 1980 as National
Women’s History Week. “From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American
Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation.
Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the
achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as
vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.
As Dr. Gerda Lerner has noted, “Women’s History is Women’s Right.” – It is an essential and indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long-range vision.”
I ask my fellow Americans to recognize this heritage with appropriate activities during National
Women’s History Week, March 2-8, 1980. I urge libraries, schools, and community organizations to
focus their observances on the leaders who struggled for equality - - Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner
Truth, Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, and Alice Paul.
Understanding the true history of our country will help us to comprehend the need for full
equality under the law for all our people.
This goal can be achieved by ratifying the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution,
which states “Equality of Rights under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of sex.”
➧ Lawsuit dismissed… ➧ Fishermen injured…
Hermogenes Flores was here illegally.
Even if Hermogenes Flores was illegal and
ASG prohibited San Nikunau from leaving his
remains in the territory, ASCA 41.0506 “speaks
nothing about placing upon [San] Nikunau
the financial burden of returning Hermogenes
Flores’ remains to the Philippines,” the judges
said, adding that the plaintiff “grossly misinterprets” 41.0506.
In conclusion, the judges said, the plaintiff “has not met her burden to show that we
have subject matter jurisdiction over her claim
against ASG” and therefore dismissed the case.
broke and fell on the crew members”.
According to the newspaper, Capt. John
Cabral, an American, said one of the crewmembers suffered a severely broken ankle, while
others suffered broken bones and other injuries
that needed urgent medical attention. The injured
fishermen were Vietnamese, Tongan, Columbian
and Filipino, according to the report.
Marianas Variety also reports that a special
medical evacuation flight was organized with a
company in Hawaii that dispatched a plane to
pick up the injured crew.
Reach the reporter at [email protected]
Reach the newsroom at
[email protected]
Spring flooding? Not this year, US forecasters say
WASHINGTON (AP) -- At
least it’s a dry heat.
The federal government’s
spring weather forecast offers
no respite from warmer weather,
but the country should get a
break from the spring flooding
that’s hit the last four years.
The National Weather Service’s outlook for spring, which
arrived early with 577 warm
temperature records broken
Wednesday, predicts mostly
warmer and drier-than-normal
weather, except in the Northwest. The current summer-like
weather - with some temperatures as much as 35 degrees
above normal - is expected to
stick around through next week.
All or parts of 36 states are
forecast to be warmer than
normal April through June, with
only Alaska, Hawaii, Washington
and Oregon and the tip of Idaho
forecast to be cooler than normal.
Every state east of the Mississippi
River, except Wisconsin, and
most of the Southwest should be
warmer than normal this spring,
the weather service predicts.
No place in the contiguous
United States is forecast to be
wetter than normal this spring.
The seemingly snowless winter
- the third least amount of snow
in the US in 46 years - means
there is less snow melting and
flooding rivers. So only a small
fraction of the country has an
above normal risk for flooding
and no areas have a high risk of
flooding this spring. Only the
Ohio Valley and parts of Louisiana have elevated flood risk.
That’s quite a change from
last year when record flooding
struck major rivers, including
the Mississippi. “The United
States is getting a much needed
spring break” from flooding,
said National Weather Service
Deputy Director Laura Furgione.
“Due to a lack of snow pack residents along the Red River of the
north may finally enjoy spring
without sandbagging.” That
hasn’t happened since 2008.
This spring less than 5 percent of the continental United
States has an above -normal risk
of flooding, compared to nearly
half the country last year at this
time, according to the weather
service.
Flooding is the biggest
weather killer in the United
States on average, she said. There
still could be flash flooding from
extreme rainfall, Furgione said.
Meteorologists say drought
should continue across much
of the West and South, but
shouldn’t be quite as extreme
as last fall, forecasters said.
The Southeast should brace for
some restriction on water use
and in some places those have
already started. While more of
the country has severe drought,
only 7 percent of the nation has
extreme or excessive drought
conditions, which are even
worse than severe, said senior
meteorologist David Miskus of
the Climate Prediction Center.
The same conditions that
made the winter so snowless and
mild are likely to keep spring
warm and dry, said Ed O’Lenic,
operations branch chief at
the climate prediction center.
That’s heavily influenced by the
Arctic Oscillation, a northern
cousin to the more well-known
El Nino weather phenomenon.
The Arctic Oscillation has keep
storms and cold bottled far up
north, making it milder and drier
in much of the country.
While meteorologists can’t
connect a single weather event
- like the unusual heat outbreak
going on in much of the country
- these types of extreme will
happen more often and become
more likely as the world’s climate changes from man-made
global warming, said O’Lenic
and climate scientists.
Spring has started so early
that weather forecasters are
working with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to see if there is
a way to monitor diseases that
come from pests that would
arrive earlier and stay longer
because of warmer weather.
National Weather Service:
http://1.usa.gov/z9eLoa
As residents of Carencro, La. cleanup after Mondays flooding, areas in the West of Lafayette
Parish are still fighting flooding Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Trucks travel past flooded fields on
(AP Photo/The Advertiser, P.C. Piazza)
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Do you hear?
It’s not just Melody
It’s Memory
It’s not just Sound
It’s Sensation
It’s not just Harmony
It’s History
It’s not just a Song
It’s Soul
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In this photo provided by Red Bull Stratos, Felix Baumgartner
prepares to jump during the first manned test flight for Red
Bull Stratos over Roswell, N.M. on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a
world record for the highest jump. A spokesperson says the skydiver took a practice jump from more than 13 miles high over
New Mexico. He’s aiming for nearly 23 miles in the summer.
The record is held by Joe Kittinger who jumped from 19.5 miles
(AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Jay Nemeth)
in 1960. Page 18
Lali
Le
O se va’aiga i le fanau talavou a le uarota a Tafuna muamua i se latou polokalama sa
[ata: A. Tuna]
fa’ataunu’uina i le afiafi o le Aso Lua na se’i mavae atu nei.
Molia Rev. Filioali’i fa’alavelave na maliu ai se teineititi
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le vaiaso nei na tulai ai i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo a le malo o Amerika Samoa,
le susuga i le alii faifeau ia Rev. Ali’ioaiga Filioali’i mo le tuuina atu o lana tali, e tusa ai o
le moliaga lea ua tuuaia ai o ia e le malo, ona o le faalavelave lea na maliu ai se teineititi e 12
tausaga le matua i le tausaga na tea nei.
O le faafeagaiga a le ekalesia EFKAS i Faleniu ua tu’ua’ia e le malo i le moliaga mamafa
o le ave ta’avale fa’atamala ua mafua ai ona o’o le maliu i se tagata, ma ua ia te’ena foi i lea
moliaga.
I lona te’ena ai o le moliaga mamafa, ua faatulaga ai loa lona uluai iloiloga e faia lea i le
aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou, lea o le a iloilo ai e le faamasinoga molimau a le malo, pe lava
mau e faamaonia ai sa soli se tulafono, ae poo le alii faifeau foi o loo tuuaia i le solia o lea
tulafono.
Afai ae faamaonia e le faamasinoga mau a le malo, ona tuu sao atu loa lea o lenei mataupu
i luma o le Faamasinoga Maualuga, e faataunuu ai se faamasinoga autu o le alii faifeau, poo le
faia foi lea o nisi maliliega mal e malo e faamuta ai lenei mataupu.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o loo taua ai e faapea, o le faalavelave na maliu ai lenei
alualutoto na tulai mai i le aso 19 Setema 2010 i Faleniu.
Pe tusa o le itula e 5:35 i le afiafi o le aso lea, ao savalivai atu le alualutoto ua maliu ma
lana uo i luga o le aualatele i Faleniu, sa alu atu saoasaoa le taavale na uli atu e Rev. Filioali’i,
ma so’a ai le na aafia.
Fai ai le ripoti a le tamaitai leoleo ia Malia Leiato sa suesueina lenei mataupu, sa toatele foi
isi fanau laiti sa i ai i le vaega lea o le nuu i le taimi na tulai mai ai lenei faalavelave.
Na taua e se molimau i leoleo e faapea, na tipi e le taavale a le alii faifeau lana taavale, ma
ia maitauina ai le saoasaoa tele o le alu o le taavale a le alii faifeau pe tusa o le 35 maila i le
itula sa alu ai.
Na faanatinati atu i le falemai le alualutoto na aafia mo togafitiga ma i’u ina coma ai o ia,
ae o le te’a laititi o le itula e 12:00 i le vaveao o le aso na sosoo ai, le aso 30 Setema na faailoa
aloaia mai ai loa e le fomai le maliu o lenei alualutoto.
Sa faia se taotoga e faamaonia ai le mafuaaga o lona maliu ma faamaonia mai ai i se ripoti
a le fomai ia Ivy T. Clement e faapea, o le tuaga o manu’a na aafia ai le ulu o lenei alualutoto
na mafua ai ona oo le oti ia te ia.
E $5,000 le tupe na faatulaga e le faamasinoga e totogi ona faatoa mafai lea ona tatala le alii
faifeau i tua, peitai i le maea ai o faafinauga a loia, na toe faaitiitia ai loa i le $2,500 le tupe e
tatala ai le ua molia, i lalo o poloaiga a le faamasinoga e ao ona ia usitai i ai.
O le moliaga mamafa lea ua tuuaia ai e le malo le alii faifeau, e mafai ona faasala ai se tasi
i le toese mo le umi e le silia mal e 5 tausaga i le falepuipui, pe faasala foi i le salatupe e le ova
atu ma le $5,000, poo le faasala foi i faasalaga uma ia e lua.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
To’afa manunu’a i luga o
se va’a fagota
tusia Ausage Fausia
E le’i i ai se soifua na ma’imau ina ua tula’i mai le
fa’alavelave i se vaa fagota e lesitala i Amerika Samoa, lea o
lo o ai nei i sana malaga i luga o le sami, ae to’afa i latou na
manunu’a.
I se ripoti na maua mai i aiga o nisi o le auva’a o lo o a’afia
i lenei faalavelave, sa latou faailoa mai ai i le Samoa News
e faapea, e toafa tagata fagogota na manunu’a i lenei faalavelave, lea e aofia ai ni alii mai Filipaina se toalua ma se alii
e afa Tonga, afa Samoa.
Ae ina ua fesiligia e le Samoa News le Ofisa o le U.S Coast
Guard i le aso ananafi, na faamaonia mai ai e le susuga Lt.
Steven Caskey e faapea, “e leai nisi na maliliu i lenei faalavelave, sei vagana ai alii e toafa na manunu’a ina ua pau se
boom mai luga o se masini sisi i le pito i tua o le vaa”.
Na taua e Lt. Caskey e faapea, o lo o faaauau suesuega a
le Coast Guard e uiga i lenei mataupu, ma ua faamoemoe o se
taimi o i luma o le a tuuina mai ai se isi ripoti atoatoa e tusa
ai o lenei faalavelave.
Sa ia taua foi e faapea, o le faalavelave na tulai mai i na
ua motu le uaea (cable) lea e nonoa ai le boom e faaaoga e
le isi masini silini pito i tua o le vaa, ma tulai mai ai loa le
faalavelave.
E faapea se ripoti o i latou na manunu’a ua faamoemoe e
auina atu i Hawaii mo le faia i ai o ni togafitiga.
E lei mafai foi ona faamanino auiliili mai poo fea tonu le
vaega o le ogasami lea o loo fagota ai le vaa lea i le taimi nei.
Ae na taua e se molimau e lei finagalo e faailoa lona
suafa e faapea, o le vaa lea o loo tulai mai ai lenei faalavelave, o se vaa e lesitala i se tasi o kamupani vaa fagota i
le atunuu, lea e tusa ma le tai 6 masina e malaga ai e fagota
ma toe foi mai.
O le vaa fagota o loo aafia i lenei faalavelave o se vaa fagota
mai le kamupani a le Tri Marine.
Fai mai le molimau, sa taumafai nisi o le latou aiga faapea
ai ma aiga o isi foi sui o le auvaa e faafesootai le Ofisa mo ni
faamatalaga e uiga i lenei faalavelave, peitai sa mumusu le
Ofisa o le vaa fagota e faamatuu mai nei faamatalaga ia te i
latou, o le mafuaaga lena sa ia talosagaina ai loa se fesoasoani
a le Samoa News, ina ia mafai ai ona manino le faalavelave o
loo tulai mai.
E lei mamao atu foi i le tausaga na tea nei se isi foi faalavelave na tulai mai i luga o se vaa fagota lea na maliu ai se
alii sa galue i galuega ta i’a, ina ua motu le boom mai luga o
se tasi o masini silini ma manu’a tigaina ai lenei alii ma iu ina
maliu ai.
E le o manino mai i le taimi nei poo afea ua faamoemoe e
toe foi mai ai le vaa lenei i totonu o le atunuu.
Fesootai mai i le tusitala ia [email protected]
28 candles are brought in honor of the bus crash victims at
the church “ Saint-Croix” (Holy Cross) in Sierre, Switzerland,
to remember the victims of a tourist bus from Belgium that
crashed in a tunnel of the motorway A9 Tuesday, in Sierre,
western Switzerland, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Twenty-eight
people, including 22 children, returning to Belgium from a
skiing holiday died in a bus accident in Sierre.
(AP Photo/KeystoneE/Maxime Schmid)
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSEES
Be advised that the TA’ITA’ITAMA Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative
in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety
will be conducting compliance check activities in your area
beginning in March 2012 and continuing through December 2012.
Please remember that selling alcoholic beverages to a person less than 21 years of age
is illegal per American Samoa Code, Title 27, Chapter 05; Section 27.0531:
“No licensee may sell any alcoholic beverage to any person under 21.”
American Samoa is committed to protecting the health, safety,
and welfare of its people. Our priority issue is to combat and prevent
underage drinking and the problems that arise from this illegal activity.
Responsible Beverage Service Training (RBST)
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? All staff of licensed alcohol vendors including:
bartenders, waiters/waitresses, managers, owners, store cashiers etc.
WHAT? A 3-hour merchant education course that covers the following key topics:
American Samoa Alcohol Laws, How Alcohol Effects the Body, Preventing Intoxication,
How to Refuse Service, Preventing Disturbances & Liability. Pre-Registration Required.
WHEN? 9:00 to 12:00 pm — March 13th, April 10th & May 8th.
4:00 to 7:00 pm — March 27th, April 24th & May 22nd.
HOW TO REGISTER? Call 633-1582 or Email: [email protected]
Classes are on a First Come, First Serve Basis. Call Today to Register!
For additional information, feel free to contact the
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws-EUDL Program at 633-1582.
ABC Board & DHSS
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“Ou Te Mimita i le Avea o A’u Ma Tagata Samoa”
O LE FA’ATAUAINA O LE
TUPUAGA FA’ASAMOA
O le a faia ni a’oa’oga o le Gagana Samoa ma le Aganu’u i le Falesa
o le Assembly of God i Kokoland, i ona aso fa’atulagaina:
TATALA POROKALAMA: Aso Sa, Mati 11, 2012
5:30 i le afiafi
ASO FA’ATULAGAINA:
Aso Gafua, Aso Lua, Aso Lulu
5:00 - 6:30 i le afiafi
E 4 VAIASO O LENEI POLOKALAMA
Maliu mai, tala mai a’ao, tatou mafuta fa’atasi
mo nei a’oa’oga matagofie.
TELEFONI 699-5302
Ua lagolagoina lenei polokalama e le Amerika Samoa Humanities Council,
o le lala o le National Endowment for the Humanities
ALOFA
FA’Avae ai Aiga
Vaega 136
Ua faigaluega Loimataoapaula i Tutuila, ma o se galuega ua sili ona mautu, o se galuega fo’i e
tele le tupe e maua ai. Ina ua mautu le galuega lea a Loimataoapaula, sa taumafai ina ia toe maua
se isi ana galuega, pe a i le fa itula pe a manava mai i lana galuega lea. Na i’u ina alu le su’ega
galuega a le teine i le faleoloa o se ali’i Kolea ua leva ona fai ana pisinisi i totonu o Tutuila. O le
galuega la lea a Loimata, e amata i le lima i le afiafi ae manava i le sefulu tasi i le po. Na iloa lelei
e le ali’i Kolea uiga o le teine, o se tama’ita’i e galue malosi, o se tama’ita’i e fa’amaoni i lana
galuega, o se tama’ita’i fo’i e tausa’afia ona uiga pe a feiloa’i ma tagata.
O le ali’i Kolea lenei, e au mai i lona aiga i Kolea mea uma o le faleoloa, lea e i ai nei i totonu
o Tutuila. E le o iloa e Loimataoapaula, ua vala’au le ali’i Kolea i lona aiga, ae maise ai o lona
uso o lo’o fa’agaioia a latou pisinisi i Kolea, ma fa’ailoa i ai o lo’o i ai se tama’ita’i lalelei e fetaui
tonu ma ia.
O lea la e pisi Loimata i le fa’atinoina o lana galuega, ae na te le o iloaina tulaga fa’alupelupeina
lea e fai nei e le ali’i Kolea. Ua tofia e le Kolea le tama’ita’i o Loimata na te fa’afoeina le masini
tupe o le faleoloa, ona ua mautinoa e ia o se tama’ita’i e fa’amaoni i lana galuega. Ina ua amata
Loimata i lana matafaioe lea, e leai se sene mu mu e pau i le faitau a le teine. E leai fo’i se lisiti e
tasi e fa’aletonu o fa’atauga a tagata, e o gatasi lava lisiti ma le aofa’iga o le tupe e maua i lea aso
ma lea aso. Ua tu’u atu fo’i le fa’amoemoega o le Kolea i a Loimata na te va’aia le faleoloa tele
lea, ona o lo’o i ai le isi faleoloa o lo’o i le taulaga i Fagatogo. E leai se fa’aletonu o Loimataoapaula i le tulaga lea, e le mafai ona fa’atamala le teine i ona tiute e tatau ona fai. Na toe maua
le fa’asiliga i le totogi o Loimata e le ali’i Kolea, ona o lona va’ai i le galue malosi ma le galue
fa’amaoni o le tama’ita’i.
O le siaki muamua lava a le teine, na fa’atau ai le ato ta’ita’i mo lona tina o Tagiilima e pei
ona i ai le mana’oga o lona tina lea o lo’o teu loto pea. O le ato ta’ita’i lenei ua sili ona matagofie
i le va’ai fa’atasi ai ma le tau o le ‘ato, ae sa le i popole i ai Loimata i lea itu, o lea ua fa’atau e le
teine mo lona tina. O le isi itu na ia lagona ai le fiafia, ona o le tupe sa maua mai i lona afu, ma
ana taumafaiga.
Ua tonu nei i le manatu o Loimata, ua sili pe a alu Eteuati i Samoa e feiloa’i i o la matua ma
fa’amatalatala i ai fuafuaga ua la malilie fa’atasi i ai. Ua alu nei le malaga a Eteuati i Samoa e logo
o la matua e tusa ai ma lo la fa’amoemoe, ae maise ai, o le fa’aiuga ua la faia ma Loimata, o le a
nonofo i Tutuila e faigaluega ai ma fesoasoani i lo latou aiga i Samoa.
O se fa’aiuga na lagona ai le le fiafia o Tagiilima, ae maise ai o le fa’aiuga lea ua nonofo lava
Loimata ma Eteuati ma fai, ae le se i talanoa muamua atu i a la’ua. O mea uma na alu atu ma
Eteuati mai Tutuila, ua le fia pupula ane i ai le lo’omatua. Na i’u lava ina o’o le lima o Tagiilima
i lana tama o Eteuati, ua le lava e le lo’omatua tatali lona le malie. Ua na o le nofo o le toeaina o
Lameko e le tautala ae ua liliu ane nei Tagiilima ma lona ita i lana tama.
“Eteuati, o le a la le mea na e toe sau ai nei, afai ua oulua malilie ma Loimataoapaula o le a
oulua nonofo i Tutuila, fai le mea ua oulua loto i ai. Ua tausi tausi oulua ua lua maua le ola ma le
atamai, a lea ua fai ai lava o oulua loto. Ia o e fai tou loto, o a’u fo’i, ou te fai atu Eteuati, ou te le
toe fia va’ai i se isi o oulua, fai la’u tala lea i a Loimataoapaula, o a fo’i galuega lea e fai mai ua
maua i Tutuila, ou te le fia ‘ai atu i ai, ae o e fai lua loto, ua sa fo’i se isi o oulua ona toe o’o mai
i le aiga lenei.”
Ua tau to le sela o le lo’omatua, ina ua uma ona o’o lona lima i a Eteuati. Ua na o le punou o
Eteuati ma ona loimata i lea taimi.
E faia pea
Molia Nisi Fasioti Tagata
— Fetauiga
Ta’aloga
Soka Aikupito
saunia: Leua Aiono Frost
O le fetauiga a tagata maimoa ma le au tapua’i a ‘au soka
e lua i le a’ai o Port Said i Aikupito, o se tasi lea o mea sili
ona fa’aletonu ua o’o i ni ta’aloga soka talu mai ona fa’avae le
fa’agatama, e tusa ai ma lipoti fa’ailoa mai e le Asosi Soka a
le Lalolagi - le FIFA, lea fo’i e fa’atupea le tele o ta’amilosaga
soka i le tatou nei atunu’u.
O se mea e lelei ai, e ao ina nofouta ai si tatou fo’i atunu’u
i nei ituaiga o fa’aletonu, ia le maua ai i tatou i nei faiga sese
ma le leaga, a’o tatou savalia pea le soifua taumafai o a tatou
fanau talavou i lea fa’agatama.
E ui fo’i ina laititi lava Samoa i le fa’afanua, po’o Samoa
Tuto’atasi po’o Amerika Samoa, ae mautinoa lava, a o’o ina
o’oo’oga le ita o le Samoa, e muliga fasiotiga tagata lea ua
fa’ailoa mai na tupu i Port Said i Aikupito i mea e fa’atino fo’i
e o tatou tagata i taimi e sese ai le fa’autautaga loloto ma le
to’a ai le tai i loto o tagata e to’atele.
Peita’i, ona o i tatou ua matua ai le Talalelei, ua avea ai
fa’agatama ua tauva ai o tatou alo ma fanau, ma afuaga o mea
lelei ma masaniga mafana mo tupulaga uma lava. Peita’i o le
fa’alavelave lea ua tupu i Port Said, ua fa’asalaina ai le Asosi
Soka a lea malo e le FIFA ae ua fa’asaga ane le Malo latou
matua molia le to’a 75 o e na fa’ataututu ma leoleo, ma latou
fa’apogaia le maliliu o tagata e tusa ma le 74 i latou, ae le
taulia ai le to’atele na manunu’a ma mea totino sa susunuina
ma ua fa’aleagaina ai.
O ‘au Soka nei e lua, o al-Masry ma al-Ahly i le aso
muamua o Fepuari 2012.
Ua fa’ailoa mai, e to’a 9 ali’i leoleo, ua aofia ai i le to’a 75
o i latou ua molia i le fasioti tagata ona o lea fa’aletonu, o lona
uiga, o itugalua o le fa’alavelave na tupu, ua tau fai totofu i
le fa’amasinoga e tula’i ma tali i o latou moliga ona o le silia
ma le 74 o i latou lea na maliliu ma manunu’a ogaoga i lea
fa’alavelave.
O le isi mea na atili ai ona vevela toto o tagata lautele, ona
ua fa’aalia i nisi ripoti, e le’i faia tiute o leoleo ina ia latou
taumafai sofa’i le pisa a nei au maimoa ma ‘au tapua’i o le
ta’aloga, aua ana latou faia lo latou tiute, e le o’o ina tetele
fa’apea le to’atele o i latou e maumau ola. Ona o lea tala na pa
atu i tua, na toe sofa’i ai nisi fa’afitauli ma toe maliliu ai nisi
e to’a 16.
Ua aofia ai ma le Taitai Uati o le ‘au Leoleo o le Malae sa
faia ai lea ta’aloga, le ali’i o Maj Gen. Issam Samak, ae le’o
manino lelei po’o le a lona moliga o i ai. Na mae’a loa lea
vevesi tele, ae fa’amalolo lelei ai lava ma Maj Gen. Samak
mai lona tulaga lea sa i ai e le Malo o Aikupito.
O le isi to’alua ua molia i nei moliga matuia, o ni tamaiti e
le’i mafai ona fa’atula’ia i le fa’amasinoga maualuga, peita’i,
ua fa’ailoa mai, o le a fa’afofogaina lava o la’ua fa’amasinoga
e le Fa’amasinoga mo fanau e i lalo o le 18 tausaga le matutua.
Ua fa’ailoa mai o le ‘au mai Port Said al-Masry na
manumalo i le ta’aloga lea 3-1, peita’i, i le taimi na mae’a
ai loa le ta’aloga, na osofa’i mai loa le ‘autapua’i a al-Masry
ma pa’ilima loa le au tapua’i a al-Ahly. O le afuaga lea o le
fa’aletonu, ma ua le toe mafai pe faigofie lava fo’i ona toe
vaovao.
Na mafai ona ave’esea mai tama ta’a’alo a ‘au e lua, ae
ua oso ai lava le fiva o le au tapua’i latou aua ua masani lea
atunu’u i le fa’atatutu lava o fetauiga a ‘au nei e lua i so’o se
taimi e faia ai ni ta’aloga i lo latou va. O se mea fita, ua fa’ailoa
mai nei, na iloa lava e le vasega o leoleo, sa fa’ataga tagata
maimoa e o mai i totonu o le malae ta’alo mo lea ta’aloga ma
latou naifi ma meatau fa’apena.
I ni nai aso na te’a ai, sa toe fa’aalia mai i ni tala tusia i le
BBC e le susuga John Leynei Cairo, ua va’ai atu i le fa’afitauli
na tupu, sa leai se galuega tele a le Au Leoleo po’o le Militeri
na faia i le fa’alavelave na tupu, e foliga mai sa auai ma i latou
i taupulepulega leaga nei ina ia tupu se fa’alavelave i le i’uga
o lea ta’aloga, a leai, e tauau sa latou iloa ua tupu le mea, ae sa
latou tu’ua se’i fa’atele se mea e tupu mai.
tusia Ausage Fausia
SAGELE SAGELE
O le alii lea na se’i e le
Fa’amasinoga
Fa’aitumalo
lana laisene ave taavale, ina
ua ta’usala e le faamasinoga
o ia i le solitulafono o le ave
taavale ‘ona, ua faamaonia nei
e le faamasinoga faaitumalo le
moliaga o le ave taavale a’o se’i
lana laisene ave taavale, ma ua
faamoemoe o le aso 12 Aperila
o le a lauina ai lona faasalaga.
O le moliaga o le ave taavale
a’o se’i le laisene, o se solitulafono mamafa e faamalosi ai le
loka o se tasi i le toese mo le
umi e amata atu i le 90 aso, ae
le sili atu ma le 5 tausaga, pe
faasala foi i le salatupe e le silia
ma le $5,000, ia poo le faasala
foi i faasalaga uma ia e lua.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga na taua ai e faapea, na
taofi e leoleo le taavale na ave
e Sagele ao agai atu e momoli
lana fanau i le falema’i, ina ua
leai se isi e mafai ona aveina le
taavale i le taimi o le appointment a lana fanau.
Ua poloaina e le faamasinoga se ripoti mai le Ofisa
Faanofovaavaaia mo Sagele
ina ia fuafua ai e le faamasinoga se ituaiga faasalaga e
talafeagai mo ia.
CALVIN IOAPO
O le alii ‘ona lea na ulufale
faamalosi i totonu o le fale o
se tasi o ona tuaoi ma gaoi le
DVD player mai totonu o le
fale, ua faamoemoe le malo e
tatau ona maea le vaiaso lenei
ua latou failaina moliaga faaopoopo faasaga ia te ia.
O le alii o Calvin Ioapo na
taofia e leoleo i le faaiuga o le
vaiaso na tea nei, ma tulai ai i
luma o le faamasinoga faaitumalo
e tali i le moliaga mama o le
faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga na taua ai e faapea, na
agai atu le ua molia e ‘ona i le
fale o le tagata sa tagi, ma fesili
i ai i se DVD sa faasalalau o
loo fia faatau atu. Ao uu e le ua
molia le DVD, sa fai i le tagata
e ana ia le DVD, e i ai le tupe
o loo i se tasi o ana uo e nofo
latalata atu i le nofoaga lea, e
mafai ona avatu e faatau ai le
DVD, peitai na tei le tagata e
ana le DVD ina ua alu i le atoa
le ua molia ma ave lana DVD.
O lo o fa’aauau pea suesuega a le malo e uiga i lenei
mataupu.
PIO FAGAAUTAU
O le alii lea o lo o tuuaia i
le talepe fale ma le gaoi, ona
o se faalavelave na tulai mai i
le tausaga na tea nei, ina ua ia
gaoia ni mea aoga mai se fale a
se tasi o ona au aiga, ua faatulaga le isi ana iloiloga e faia lea
i le aso 2 Aperila, ina ua talia
e le faamasinoga le talosaga
na faaulu e lana loia ina ia tuu
atu se isi taimi faaopoopo e
faaauau ai feutanaiga ma loia a
le malo mo se maliliega e faamuta ai lenei mataupu.
O lo o taofia pea i le toese
le alii o Pio Fagaautau ina ua
le mafai ona ia totogiina le
$15,000 sa faatulaga e le faamasinoga e tatala ai o ia i tua.
I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga o loo taua ai e faapea, o
le aso 7 Tesema 2011 pe tusa
o le 5:00 i le vaveao, na ulufale faamalosi ai le ua molia i
totonu o le fale a se tasi o ona
au aiga, ma ia gaoia ai seevae,
telefoni ma se tupe. Na mafai
ona iloa lenei gaioiga ina ua
ala a’e i luga se tasi o le aiga
ma ia vaaia ai le ua molia o loo
fealuai i totonu o le latou fale.
Na faailoa e le loia a le ua
molia o Mike White i le faamasinoga e faapea, e i ai lona talitonuga e tatau ona oo atu i le
aso lea ua toe faatulaga i ai le
isi iloiloga o lenei mataupu, ua
maua se maliliega a le ua molia
ma le malo e faamuta ai lenei
mataupu.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia
[email protected]
O se va’aiga i fa’amavaega a aiga i le malae va’alele i Tafuna, ina ua sauni atu Filipo ma Sue
Tuala ma le aiga e toe taliu atu i atunu’u i fafo, ina ua mavae polokalama mo toe aso o le tama
[ata foa’i]
matua.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Proclamation
American Red Cross Month
March 2012
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross of American Samoa is celebrating 89 years of service to the Territory; and
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Burton, a woman selflessly devoted to the needs of
humans; and
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross keeps military service members and their families in touch around the world; and
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross offers training in First Aid, CPR and other skills; and provides lifesaving blood across
America; and
WHEREAS, the local American Red Cross preparedness depends upon a readily available supply of disaster supplies,
well trained and enthusiastic volunteers, and the financial support of the people of American Samoa; and
WHEREAS, these resources must be available at a moment’s notice when a personal or family crisis strikes, or manmade disaster occurs; and
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross of American Samoa met the immediate needs of people affected by disasters and to
renew their commitment to a worthwhile humanitarian organization which is here to serve each day of the year.
NOW THEREOF, I, FAOA A. SUNIA, Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, do hereby proclaim March
2012, to be American Red Cross Month in American Samoa. I commend the good work of the American Red
Cross in the Territory and strongly encourage community members to donate, assist and support the efforts of this
organization in keeping with our spirit of giving and compassion to fellow mankind.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of my office on this 1st day of March, in the
year of our Lord two thousand and twelve.
American Red Cross American Samoa
will open its National American Red Cross Month
with a prayer service on Sunday March 18th, 2012
at 4:00pm at the Nuuuli Methodist Church
The Public is Welcome
FAOA A. SUNIA
Acting Governor of American Samoa
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O le au a tama’ita’i ua fa’aigoaina o le “All Natural” ua va’aia fo’i le malolosi o nai a latou sipaika i le latou fetauiga uiga ese i le po o le aso Lua na te’a nei.
Malo le ta’a’alo fa’atausala.
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Tala ‘oto’oto
o le Pasefika
SN/Le Lali
MALEMO SE TAMA’ITA’I NIU SILA
I LE LOTO SAMASONI I SAMOA
O se tama’ita’i Niu Sila na tafao atu i ona aiga i Samoa, ua maliu
ina ua tafea ma malemo i le Loto Samasoni i le vaitafe o le Vaisigano lea e tu lata i Apia. Ae o lo o tau sa’ili pea se tasi, na tafefea
fa’atasi ma lenei tama’ita’i. O se aiga e to’aono mai i Niu Sila, sa
fai se latou ta’elega i le Vaisigano, ae tupu ai lenei fa’alavelave.
E to’afa i latou ua fa’ata’otolia i le falema’i. Na ta’ua e le sui o le
RNZI, le susuga Tipi Autagavaia, e le’i leva na taunu’u le tafaoga a
lenei aiga, i Samoa, mai i Niu Sila. Ma a’o faia se latou ta’elega i le
Loto Samasoni, ae fa’afuase’ia ona pa mai le vaitafe.
PASIA E LEOLEO FITI TALOSAGA SDL
MO LE FAIA O SE LATOU FONOTAGA
Ua toe suia nei e le ofisa leoleo a Fiti, se latou fa’ai’uga na faia
muamua, lea na te’ena ai se pemita mo le Itu a le SDL, e fai ai se
latou fonotaga e talanoaina ai le fa’avae fou a le atunu’u. O le taitai
o le SDL, o Laisenia Qarase, lea na fa’atula’i’ese fa’amalosi i le
2006, ma sa ia talosagaina se pemita ina ia mafai ai ona fono ta’ita’i
o le latou itu, mo le talanoaina o ni fuafuaga e mafai ona fa’aulu e
fa’atatau i le fa’avae. Na te’ena le pemita e aunoa ma se mafua’aga,
ae peita’i, ua mae’a ona toe iloiloina le talosaga, ma ua pasia nei.
I se pepa o fa’amatalaga mai i le Minisita o Feso’ota’iga, ua
ta’ua ai e fa’apea, e mafai e so’o se fa’alapotopotoga ona faia a latou
fonotaga, ae e ao ona pasia mai e le ofisa a leoleo pemita talosaga,
aua le fa’amautuina o tulafono ma le saogalemu lautele.
FA’AMAONIA A’AFIA TAGATA TO’ALUA
I TONGA I LE FAMA’I O LE TYPHOID
Ua lua ni tagata Tonga ua fa’amaonia mai le a’afia i le fa’ama’i o
le Typhoid, o ulua’i tagata mama’i lea o lenei tausaga. Na ta’ua e ni
tagata atamamai e fa’apea, o le a fa’aauau pea ona i ai lenei fa’ama’i
i totonu o le malo o Tonga, se’ia vagana ua mafai ona togafitia uma
i latou o lo o feoa’i ma le vairusi i totonu o latou tino.
Na ripotia e le ofisa leitio i Tonga, le a’afia o se ali’i talavou
ma se ‘alu’alutoto e lima tausaga, mai i Tatakamotonga, i lenei
fa’ama’i, ma ua aveina atu nei i la’ua i le maota gasegase i Vaiola
mo togafitiga. O lo o i ai se talitonuga, na mafai ona pesi nei fanau
i le fa’ama’i ona o matua ma ua i ai fo’i se talitonuga, o lo o i ai ni
tagata i Tongatapu o lo o tau’aveina lenei siama, ae e le o fa’aalia ni
uiga mama’i. Ua fa’asaina nei e le Minisita o le Soifua Maloloina,
le toe faia o ni fiafia tele ma o le a su’esu’eina fo’i aiga ma uo a nei
fanau ua a’afia i le typhoid.
FA’ATE’A E LE PALEMIA O LE ATU
SOLOMONA IA NI FAILAUTUSI E TO’A 11
E to’a 11 lelei ni failautusi tumau ua fa’ate’a e le palemia o le
atu Solomona mai i a latou galuega. O lo o taumate sui o vaega
fa’asalalau e fa’apea, o le mafua’aga o lenei gaioiga, o se vaega
o taumafaiga a Gordon Darcy Lilo, e fa’amamaina ai totonu o le
malo. Na ta’ua e le sui o le RNZI i Honiara e fa’apea, e le o manino
tonu le mafua’aga o lenei gaioiga. O lo o i ai se masalosaloga, atonu
e mafua ona o le gaioi a nei failautusi, ae atonu fo’i ua mafua ona o
tulaga fa’apolokiki. [radio new zealand international]
Boy who vanished
in 2004 might soon
rejoin his family…
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Long after tiny Miguel Morin disappeared
in late 2004, the infant’s family still paused to mark the milestones
of his life, holding a celebration every year on his birthday and
praying for his safe, swift return. Now that wished-for reunion may
be only days away after police arrested the boy’s former baby sitter
on charges she abducted him and began raising Miguel as her own.
“It’s kind of hard to believe,” the child’s mother, Auboni Champion-Morin, said Thursday. “Some of these cases take years and
years, and sometimes they don’t come back. It was overwhelming.”
Miguel, now 8 years old, is in foster care in the Houston area
while investigators sort out his complicated story. At a court hearing
Thursday, a child-welfare investigator testified that he was healthy
physically and emotionally but had apparently not attended school.
Lisa Rose, an investigator for child-protective services, said the
boy is a normal height and weight and that he’s well-mannered but
cannot read or name the school he attends. He believed he was 6 years
old and identified a photo of the kidnapping suspect as his mother.
Miguel’s parents agreed in court to provide DNA to confirm
that the child is theirs. The whole family is eager to have him back,
including the couple’s five other kids ranging from 7 to 14, the
mother said. “They’re anxious,” Champion-Morin said. “They’re
ready to see him.”
The former baby sitter, Krystle Rochelle Tanner, had been a
friend of Champion-Morin’s and she was Miguel’s godmother.
She lived in the same apartment complex.
Police identified her as a suspect shortly after the boy disappeared, but investigators soon lost track of her. Relatives said she
had vanished too. When the boy was reported missing, Houston
police declined to issue any sort of alert that might have drawn tips
from the public. Champion-Morin said officers told her she would
have to pay $500 for that step, and she didn’t have enough money.
Instead, she put up fliers and constructed a website about her
son’s disappearance.
In San Augustine, a community about 140 miles northeast of
Houston where Tanner was jailed, police said evidence against
Tanner had been presented to Houston prosecutors in February
2005, but no charges were filed because authorities could not verify
the exact date the boy was reported missing.
Further complicating matters were unconfirmed claims by Tanner’s relatives that Champion-Morin asked Tanner to keep Miguel
indefinitely and may even have had a written agreement to that effect.
With no charges filed, Houston police closed the case in 2006.
Gary Cunningham, chief deputy of the San Augustine Sheriff’s
Department, did not know why the case was abandoned.
“I will add, however, that I truly think they did the best they
could do with the information that they had,” he said.
The boy’s parents were frustrated that the case was not more
aggressively pursued. Police “kept changing the person who was
supposed to be handling this case,” Champion-Morin said.
Victor Senties, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department,
said the case was handled as a suspected kidnapping and was therefore assigned to homicide detectives. He said the department is now
investigating why the matter was closed, but he would not elaborate.
The case got new life last summer, when Tanner took the boy to
the hospital for some kind of leg injury. She could not provide his
name or Social Security number, which raised doubts among the
hospital staff, who contacted child welfare investigators.
Tanner told authorities different stories about the child: He
went by different names and she had been asked to keep him for
an extended period of time for a woman that she had met in a park.
She told investigators she did not know the women’s last name and
had only been given a cellphone to contact her but that the number
had since been disconnected, Cunningham said.
In January, sheriff’s deputies began investigating the matter
as a missing child’s case. Neither Child Protective Services nor
law enforcement knew about the 2004 Houston kidnapping case
because the boy had been removed from a national database of
missing children. Caseworkers kept digging and told police on
March 7 that Tanner’s older child may have been reported missing
in Houston years earlier.
On Monday, officers arrested Tanner, who admitted she was
keeping the boy “off the radar” by not sending him to school. Authorities located Miguel a day later, when Tanner’s sister called to say she
had seen reports of the arrest and offered to turn over the boy, whom
she believed was her sister’s stepchild, Cunningham said. Tanner was
expected to appear in court next week. She does not yet have an
attorney, and jailers were not making her available for interviews.
Miguel’s mother, a stock clerk at a clothing store, has not seen
a recent photo of the boy and does not know for sure when she will
be permitted to see him. She plans to get a lawyer to pursue legal
action against Tanner. “This is my child, not her child,” she said.
“It’s hard for me to hear that he’s had no type of education, that he
didn’t know his age. I want to tell him that I love him.”
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SIERRE, Switzerland (AP)
-- Relatives of the 28 people
killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss
tunnel endured a heartbreaking
task Thursday: identifying the
bodies of their loved ones ahead
of their repatriation. Most of the
dead were children.
Family members, some sobbing, were driven from a hotel in
the southern Swiss town of Sion
to the nearby morgue, where the
bodies of some of the 22 schoolchildren and six adults killed
in Tuesday’s crash were being
kept. The fatalities included the
two drivers aboard the bus.
“Where possible, the bodies
will be shown to the families,”
police spokesman Jean-Marie
Bornet told The Associated
Press. “In some cases this is not
possible because the bodies are
too badly injured.”
Afterward, relatives visited
the site of the crash inside the
Tunnel de Geronde near the Swiss
town of Sierre. AP reporters saw
family members carrying flowers
to the site where 21 Belgians and
seven Dutch were killed and later
the bouquets that had been left
inside the tunnel.
Christian Varone, police
commander for the Swiss canton
(state) of Valais, led families to
the site Thursday.
American Samoa Government
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Special Education
Request for Public Participation/
Comment on Special Education
FUNDING APPLICATION
The Department of Education Division of Special Education has for public review its
application for funding under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
for the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) with the US Department of
Education. These funds are used to provide special education services to all school
age children, 3-21years, in the territory of American Samoa who have a disability that
adversely affects their classroom achievement. As a condition for granting the funds,
each state or territory submitting an application must publish it for at least 60 days
and accept public comments for at least 30 days. The public must be afforded
reasonable opportunities for comments for 30 days prior to the submission of the
application on May 10, 2012. The Department of Education must review and give due
consideration to all comments and suggestions prior to submission of the
application for funding.
The Application is posted on the ASDOE website: http://www.doe.as/ . Copies of the
application are available at the Special Education Office located at the west end of
Matafao Elementary School in Faga’alu. All persons interested in the application are
encouraged to visit and pick up a copy between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00pm.,
Monday through Friday. Written comments will be taken during those hours.
Comments and suggestions may also be made via e-mail at
mailto:[email protected] or mailto:[email protected] or may be sent surface
mail to Fa’aui Vaitautolu, Deputy Director or Jeanette Vasai Tilo Assistant Director,
SPED P.O. Box AS-DOE, Pago Pago 96799. Public comments are welcome beginning
March 5, 2012 to April 4, 2012. A public review of the document and comments
received will be held April 10th 2012. Venue for this public review will be announced
at a later date.
“They showed great dignity
and courage,” he told reporters
afterward.
Some of the families of the
victims flew back home to Belgium out of the Geneva airport
on Thursday night. Separately,
a plane carrying eight of the
more lightly wounded children
who had been released from
hospital and their relatives also
returned to Belgium.
The tourist bus carrying 52
people hit a wall Tuesday night
less than an hour after heading
home from a ski vacation in the
Swiss Alps. Twenty-four other
children were hurt, some seriously. The cause of the crash is
unknown and being investigated.
Inside the tunnel, reporters
were led to the crash site - about
1 kilometer (O.6 miles) after the
entrance to the 2.5-kilometer (1.5
miles) tunnel - where relatives
had laid flowers in front of the
wall that the bus had hit head-on.
Bornet said authorities were
working to release the bodies
of all 28 victims as soon as possible, after the identification
process for all was completed.
In Belgium, plans were being
made to begin repatriating the
bodies with three military planes
on Friday. Authorities announced
that Friday would also be a
national day of mourning.
Florence Renggli, a spokeswoman for hospitals in Valais,
said doctors performed 50 operations on 16 children.
She said eight of the children have now been released,
leaving 12 children still in the
Sion area. Three others who
were more seriously injured
were transferred to a hospital in
Lausanne, and one was taken to
a hospital in Bern.
In Sion, Dr. Michael Callens
said Thursday the children in
the hospital there were “doing
well” and should be able to be
repatriated to Belgium soon.
“We don’t know if it’s going to
be tomorrow or the day after,”
he told the AP. But he said it
would take longer for the four
other children who were more
badly injured and are being
treated in Lausanne and Bern to
be returned home.
Investigations are under way
to determine how a modern bus
with two rested drivers and a
tunnel considered safe could
result in one of the deadliest
highway crashes in Swiss history.
Olivier Elsig, prosecutor for
canton Valais, told a news conference Wednesday that officials
are looking at three possible
causes - a technical problem
with the bus, a health problem
with the driver or human error.
Swiss and Belgian media
reported Thursday that survivors
of the crash claimed the driver
had reached to change a DVD
on the onboard entertainment
system shortly before the crash.
It was unclear whether that could
have contributed to the crash.
Varone, who was asked
repeatedly
by
reporters
Thursday about the DVD
theory, declined to address the
question directly. But he said
that no line of inquiry was being
excluded or made a priority.
In Sierre, locals expressed
their shock at the tragedy.
“I am very sad, because I have
children and today I awoke with
them and I think very strongly
about these people because it’s
really very hard,” said Genevieve
Romailler, a pharmacist.
“It’s very hard to come to
terms with this kind of situation.
Even if we didn’t know these
young victims, we are really
taking this to heart and we
really moved by this tragedy,”
said barman Franck Bartolucci.
A Catholic chapel in Sierre
was opened to allow the public
to pay their respects to the victims, and a memorial mass was
planned for Thursday evening at
the town’s Holy Cross Church.
The Vatican conveyed its
condolences to Belgium’s Archbishop Andre-Mutien Leonard.
Pope Benedict XVI was
praying for the mourning families and had conferred a special blessing on all affected, the
Vatican statement said, and he
wished to express his “profound
sympathy” to the injured and their
families and his sense of “closeness” to the rescue workers.
In the evening, hundreds of
locals, young and old, packed
the Holy Cross Church for
a memorial Mass held by
the Bishop of Valais Norbert Brunner. The church fell
silent as the bishop presided
over prayers for the dead and
invoked the Catholic creed that
they would be resurrected.
At the entrance, on top of
a basin holding consecrated
water, was a child’s drawing
depicting hearts and candles.
US, EU & Japan challenge Utah boy, 8, takes his little
5-year-old
sister
on
joyride
China over minerals trade
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints yesterday
with the World Trade Organization charging that
China is limiting its export of rare earths, minerals
that are vital to the production of high-tech goods.
China accounts for more than 90 percent of
global production of 17 rare earth minerals that
are used to make goods including hybrid cars,
weapons, flat-screen TVs, mobile phones, mercury-vapor lights, and camera lenses.
China has cut export quotas while it tries to
build up its own industry to manufacture lightweight magnets and other products made with
rare earths. The government also cites environmental concerns and the need to preserve scare
resources.
U.S. industry officials suggest it is an unfair
trade practice, against rules established by the
WTO, a group that includes China as a member.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said
China’s export quotas and export duties give Chinese companies an unfair competitive advantage
and must be removed. “These measures hurt our
producers and consumers in the EU and across
the world,” De Gucht said.
President Barack Obama announced the filing
of the U.S. complaint at the White House. His
administration says it is part a broader effort to
crack down on unfair Chinese trading practices.
“If China would simply let the market work
on its own, we’d have no objection,” Obama
said. “But their policies currently are preventing
that from happening. And they go against the
very rules that China agreed to follow.”
Senior administration officials said Beijing’s
export restrictions give Chinese companies an
advantage by giving them access to more rare earths
at a cheaper price, while forcing U.S. companies to
manage with a smaller, more costly supply.
China’s Commerce Ministry defended the
curbs Tuesday as an environmental measure but
promised to abide by the WTO dispute-settlement process.
“The Chinese policy objective is to achieve
sustainable development in order to protect
resources and the environment, and this is not
a trade-distorting way of protecting domestic
industries,” said a ministry statement.
China has about 30 percent of global rare
earths deposits. The United States, Canada, Australia and other countries also have rare earths but
most mining stopped in the 1990s as lower-cost
Chinese ores came on the market.
The three separate but coordinated filings with
the WTO formally request dispute settlement
consultation, the first step in a WTO complaint.
If no resolution is found after 60 days, the dispute
can be transmitted to a WTO Panel for a ruling.
At the end of the process, depending on the outcome, sanctions against China are possible.
In addition to rare earths, the complaints cover
tungsten, a very hard metal, and molybdenum, a
metallic element used in making different types
of steel as well as in other industries.
Global manufacturers that depend on Chinese
supplies were alarmed by Beijing’s decision in
2009 to limit exports while it built up an industry
to produce lightweight magnets and other goods
that use them.
The complaints filed Tuesday follow an earlier EU challenge to China at the WTO on restrictions on other raw materials. Earlier this year, the
WTO ruled that export restrictions on those other
material were incompatible with the rules of the
global trade organization, of which China is a
member.
But EU officials said China has made no move
to comply with the earlier ruling.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- An 8-year-old Utah boy made sure
he and his 5-year-old sister buckled up before heading out
on a middle-of-the-night drive in their mother’s minivan, but
they didn’t get far. The boy, who couldn’t even see above the
steering wheel, made it just a few hundred feet before crashing
the vehicle into a line of trees along the Ogden River, about 40
miles north of Salt Lake City.
No one was injured and the children were returned to a
stunned mother who awoke to police officers in her apartment
at about 2 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.
“They had just come out of the driveway, went across both
lanes, then hit those trees,” said Ogden police Lt. Danielle
Croyle. “It could have been much worse if they didn’t have their
seatbelts on. They were just too smart for their own good.”
Authorities didn’t identify the mother, and she did not answer
her door on Thursday. No telephone number was listed for her.
Croyle said police have no previous history with the woman
or her children, and neglect was not an issue. She called it an
accident and said no charges were pending.
Witnesses said it was a shock.
“It was crazy,” said Justine McDonald, 18, who heard the
crash and ran outside with a friend to help. “They looked a little
freaked out. The kids just kept saying they were happy to be
alive,” McDonald said. “I said, ‘Where’s your mommy and
daddy? Are they still in the car?’ But she was at home asleep.”
The young boy told Ogden police that his sister wanted to
go to the store, so he grabbed the keys and headed out with his
mother asleep in another room. Witnesses called 911 to report
the crash. “This kid wasn’t even tall enough to see above the
steering wheel,” said neighbor Holly Maxwell, who also ran
across the street to help. “They were worried their mother was
going to be mad at them.”
The 25-year-old said she held the little girl’s hand and walked
with police back to their apartment, along with McDonald.
An officer knocked repeatedly on the woman’s door, then
walked in, McDonald said.
The woman eventually walked out from a back room.
“Did you know your kids took a joyride in your car?” McDonald
said the officer asked the mother. “She just rubbed her head.”
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• Certified mechanical trade qualifications
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• Management experience incl. budgeting, accounting &
inventory control
• High computer literacy including Word, Excel & knowledge
of website maintenance
• Strong decision making ability with excellent communication
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Please send application to P.O. Box 5664
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LAND COMMISSION
NOTICE is hereby given that TUIASINA SIOLOSEGA of VAILOA American Samoa, has executed
a LEASE AGREEMENT to a certain parcel of land commonly known as MULIVAIOTOA which is
situated in the village of VAILOA, in the County of TUALATAI, WESTERN District, Island of Tutuila,
American Samoa. Said LEASE AGREEMENT is now on file with the Territorial Registrar to be
forwarded to the Governor respecting his approval or disapproval thereof according to the laws
of American Samoa. Said instrument names TIAMU & SALEIFI UILI as LESSEES.
Any person who wish, may file his objection in writing with the Secretary of the Land
Commission before the 9TH day of APRIL, 2012. It should be noted that any objection must
clearly state the grounds therefor.
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SIGNED:
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O LE FA’ASALALAUGA lenei ua faia ona o TUIASINA SIOLOSEGA ole nu’u o VAILOA, Amerika
Samoa, ua ia faia se FEAGAIGA LISI, i se fanua ua lauiloa o MULIVAIOTOA, e i le nu’u o VAILOA i
le itumalo o TUALATAI, Falelima i SISIFO ole Motu o TUTUILA Amerika Samoa. O lea FEAGAIGA
LISI ua i ai nei i teuga pepa ale Resitara o Amerika Samoa e fia auina atu ile Kovana Sili mo
sana fa’amaoniga e tusa ai ma le Tulafono a Amerika Samoa. O lea mata’upu o lo’o ta’ua ai
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ODDBALL NEWS
Cops: Pa. clerk
noticed stolen card
was her mom’s
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP)
-- Police say a teen fraudster’s
cunning credit card plot was
foiled by a Pennsylvania convenience store clerk who noticed
her own mother’s name on the
card. Manor Township police
say the clerk also recognized
the teen as a former classmate
when he tried to use the card to
buy gas early Tuesday morning.
Authorities say 19-year-old
Joshua Devonshire fled but was
spotted later apparently trying
to put the stolen card back in
the clerk’s mother’s car. He was
eventually taken into custody
after being spotted sleeping in
a car in the same development.
Investigators say they recovered several items from the car
that were suspected to be stolen.
Devonshire is being held on
$3,000 bail. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an
attorney.
German celeb
bunny meets
untimely demise
BERLIN (AP) -- An earless
baby bunny that was a rising
star on Germany’s celebrity
animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an
abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman.
The fate of 17-day-old Til,
a bunny with a genetic defect,
was plastered across German
newspapers on Thursday, the
same day a small zoo in Saxony
was to have presented him to
the world at a press conference.
The cameraman told Bild
newspaper he hadn’t seen Til,
who had buried himself in hay,
when he took the fateful step
backward Wednesday.
ELECTION OFFICE
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF UPDATES TO
AMERICAN SAMOA’S 2006 STATE PLAN FOR
PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COMMENT
Public Law 107-252, commonly referred to as the “Help America Vote Act” of 2002
(HAVA), was signed into law on October 29, 2002, by the President of the United States.
HAVA requires each State and Territory to develop a comprehensive Plan for
implementing mandates aimed at improving the conduct of elections. Pursuant to Section
256 of HAVA, the American Samoa State Plan Committee hereby gives notice of its
intention to update American Samoa’s 2006 State Plan that has been developed with the
assistance of the Election Office.
Copies of the proposed State Plan are available at the Election Office for review.
Interested persons may submit written comments to the Election Office no later than
4:00pm.on Wednesday, April 11 (30 days), 2012 at the Election Office in Tafuna,
American Samoa.
Dated: March 9, 2012
Posted: March 12, 2012
Henry Kappel
Chairman
American Samoa State Plan Committee
Zoo director Uwe Dempewolf
tells Spiegel magazine Til didn’t
suffer: “It was a direct hit.”
Germany has been home to
several global animal celebrities in recent years, including
polar bear Knut and Paul the
prognosticating octopus.
urology practice
offers pizza with
vasectomy in mass.
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP)
-- Get a vasectomy, eat some
pizza and watch some basketball. That’s the idea behind a
promotion by a Massachusetts
urologists group that’s offering
a free pizza to vasectomy
patients during March Madness.
An administrator with Urology
Associates of Cape Cod says
it’s a lighthearted way to raise
awareness about the procedure
and drum up business.
Evan Cohen tells the Cape
Cod Times that getting a vasectomy during the NCAA basketball tournament is the perfect
time because typically a day or
two of recovery is needed following the operation, so it gives
patients an excuse to lie on the
couch and watch hoops.
Dr. Evangelos Geraniotis, a urologist at the practice
with offices in Hyannis, Sandwich and Nantucket, calls a
vasectomy an “easy and less
stressful” form of birth control.
Colo. man ticketed
after cat refuses
to go for a jog
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) -Police in Lafayette, Colo., have
ticketed a man who is accused
of tying his cat to a rock after
the feline refused to go jogging.
Sgt. Fred Palmer says
19-year-old
Seth
Franco
brought his cat on a leash to the
path around Waneka Lake Park
on Wednesday, but the cat was
unable to keep up. According to
the Boulder Daily Camera, witnesses told police that Franco
secured the cat’s leash to a rock
while he finished his run. A
passer-by called police. Franco
was ticketed on suspicion of
“domestic animal cruel treatment,” a municipal offense.
Palmer says an ordinance in
the city, about 20 miles north of
Denver, “prohibits that kind of
tethering.”
The cat wasn’t injured, so it
was released to its owner.
Franco could not immediately be reached for comment.
Mom gives birth on
sidewalk outside
Minn. hospital
MAPLE GROVE, Minn.
(AP) -- Elissa Simonson didn’t
quite make it to a hospital for
the birth of her third child. But,
she was very close.
Simonson and her husband,
Josh, knew the birth of their baby
was imminent as they walked up
the sidewalk to Maple Grove
Hospital, Minn., on Tuesday.
But as they neared the entrance,
Elissa realized she couldn’t
make it inside. Josh says his wife
got down on her knees next to a
bench as he bolted into the hospital to find help.
By the time her husband ran
back outside with medical personnel, Elissa had given birth,
behind the bench. Mother and
baby were rushed inside. KARETV reports both are doing well.
McKenna Rose weighed in at
just over 5 pounds.
Arkansas teen
texts prank to
police detective
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) -- A
northwest Arkansas teenager
thought it would be funny to
text a random phone number
saying she hid a body, but the
joke backfired.
Of all the local phone numbers she could have chosen,
the 15-year-old Rogers girl
picked one that belonged to a
police detective. Police found
the girl’s address by tracing her
cellphone number.
The prank? To text: “I hid
the body ... Now what?” to a
random phone number. The
teen said she got the idea for
the prank from a posting on the
website Pinterest.
Police didn’t find the prank
funny and say it tied up some of
the department’s resources.
The girl was released with a
warning.
Deaths barred in
Italian village
ROME (AP) -- Since the start
of the month it has been illegal
to die in Falciano del Massico,
a village of 3,700 people some
50 kilometers (30 miles) from
Naples in southern Italy. Mayor
Giulio Cesare Fava issued the
tongue-in-cheek decree because
the village has no cemetery and
it is feuding with a nearby town
that has one - creating a logistical problem about what to do
with the deceased.
The mayor told newspapers
that villagers are content. “The
ordinance has brought happiness,” he was quoted Tuesday
as saying. “Unfortunately, two
elderly citizens disobeyed.”
Boston police
clamp down on
slam dancing
BOSTON (AP) -- Add slam
dancing to activities banned in
Boston. Police recently cited a
city club for allowing violent
mosh pit dancing and vowed a
crackdown on what they called
“dangerous behavior” and a
“public safety hazard.”
The Boston Herald reports
that police cited the House of
Blues for a license violation
because of a mosh pit that broke
out during a Feb. 21 show by
Flogging Molly.
Police say 60 concertgoers
engaged in slam dancing.
Police say the dance violated
safety rules and the club was
cited because security did not
intervene. The club has agreed
to put up signs that say mosh
pits are banned.
Brian Fair, vocalist for
Boston band Shadows Fall,
called the clampdown “ridiculous.” Musicians say slam
dancing is part of the metal and
hardcore culture.
➧ ODDBALL NEWS…
NJ’s capital to
make emergency
toilet paper buy
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -Officials in New Jersey’s capital say they’ve resolved a fight
over toilet paper. Trenton’s
The Times newspaper reports
Mayor Tony Mack’s administration will move forward with
an emergency purchase of toilet
paper and paper towels.
Supplies of both dwindled in
city buildings while the administration and City Council quarreled over a contract to resupply
city government.
The stalemate began last
September. The council twice
rejected a $42,000 contract for
a year’s supply of paper products because members raised
concerns about a high unit price
for hot-drink cups.
Before the $16,000 emergency contract was announced
Tuesday, officials said paper
towel and toilet paper dispensers were nearly depleted
in senior citizen centers, police
headquarters, the fire department and other city offices.
Kan. House squashes
bid to make Toto
breed top dog
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -There may be no place like
home, but don’t tell Toto.
A Kansas House committee
squashed a bid Monday to
make the cairn terrier, a breed
perhaps best known as that of
Dorothy’s canine sidekick in
“The Wizard of Oz,” the state’s
official dog.
Democratic state Rep. Ed
Trimmer told the Wichita Eagle
he plans to reintroduce the bill
next year. And Brenda Moore,
a South Central Kansas Kennel
Club official who first proposed
the idea, says she plans to drum
up public support for it this
summer.
The animal rights group
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals opposed the measure, saying it believes it would
cause Kansas puppy mills to
“churn out litter after litter of the
breed” and lead to fewer adoptions from animal shelters.
Thief grabs UT
deli’s fancy meat,
skips cheap cuts
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
-- Police in Salt Lake City are
trying to find a thief with a discriminating palate who broke
into a deli and stole its finest
meats and cheeses.
Caputo’s
owner
Troy
Petersen says five or six legs of
prosciutto, artisan salami and
the fanciest imported cheeses
were gone when the burglary was discovered Monday
morning.
The less expensive cuts of
meat were untouched.
Petersen says the lock to a
walk-in cooler that’s accessible
from outdoors was broken, and
about $2,400 worth of food was
gone. He tells the Deseret News
that replacing the gourmet products will take weeks because
many come from distributors in
southern Europe.
Petersen says the thief will
have a tough time selling some
of the products, because special cutting tools are required to
process them.
Mysterious flash
of light in Phoenix
is finally solved
PHOENIX (AP) -- A large,
fleeting flash of light that
appeared in the darkened skies
over the northwestern edge of
metropolitan Phoenix last week
is no longer a mystery.
Arizona Public Service said
Monday that a breaker on an
electrical line opened, causing
a big flash and a brief power
outage.
APS officials say an
employee came forward last
weekend and informed them of
the breaker opening that caused
no damage to equipment and no
power line replacement.
The ball of light that looked
like an explosion was captured
by a traffic camera on Interstate 17 around 4:45 a.m. last
Thursday.
It happened to be broadcast
by KSAZ-TV when the station
showed footage of the roadway
during a report on the morning’s commute.
But until now, nobody could
identify the flash’s source.
In 1997, dozens of people
saw lights in a V-formation
over Phoenix, a mystery that
was captured on videotape and
spurred calls for a government
investigation.
Top Irish food producer jailed for
garlic tax scam
DUBLIN (AP) -- One of Ireland’s top food producers has
been found guilty of dodging
taxes on more than 1,000 tons
of imported Chinese garlic and
sent to prison.
Paul Begley admitted running a scam from 2003 to 2007
in which he instructed his Chinese suppliers to produce false
export invoices labeling garlic
as apples. Irish import duties on
apples are just 9 percent but on
garlic up to 232 percent.
The fraud allowed Begley
to avoid euro1.4 million ($1.8
million) in tax. He has been
trying to repay the sum since
Dublin Port customs officers
discovered the deception in
2007 but still owes euro700,000
($923,000).
A Dublin judge sentenced
Begley to six years in prison
Friday.
Begley
Brothers
Ltd.
employs 150 people in growing,
importing and distributing fruit
and vegetables across Ireland.
Ohio legislators
require footwear
in the Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Visitors to the Ohio Statehouse
must now wear shoes.
The Columbus Dispatch
reports that a legislative panel
cleared the rules Thursday.
Statehouse spokesman Gregg
Dodd has said the requirement
was prompted by concerns
about public safety.
The policy follows attempts
to visit the Statehouse by a barefoot activist who says going
shoeless is a healthy lifestyle.
Bob Neinast (NEE’-nast) of
the Columbus suburb of Pickerington says his feet hurt when
he wears shoes, so he goes
barefoot nearly everywhere,
even in winter.
The new rule approved by
the Joint Committee on Agency
Rule Review says all visitors
must be wearing “shoes or
comparable footwear.”
Sheriff: Judge’s
stolen nameplate
seen on Facebook
FORT
LAUDERDALE,
Fla. (AP) -- Authorities in South
Florida say a man is facing
charges after he was seen in a
photo on Facebook holding a
judge’s stolen nameplate.
Twenty-one-year-old
Steven Mulhall was arrested
Thursday on violation of probation charges.
Broward County Sheriff Al
Lamberti told the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel Mulhall pried the
$40 nameplate from the courtroom door of Broward Circuit
Judge Michael Orlando.
He says Mulhall has multiple petty theft convictions and
now faces felony charges.
Arrest reports show the
nameplate was stolen last
month. Authorities received a
tip that Mulhall took the nameplate and that the picture could
be found on his girlfriend’s
Facebook page.
The nameplate will be
returned to the judge.
A phone number wasn’t
available for Mulhall.
Vehicles For Sale
ANZ - Amerika Samoa Bank has the following vehicles for sale.
2010 FORD ESCAPE
Minimum Bid: $15,000.00
2001 FORD EXPEDITION
2000 TOYOTA TACOMA EXTRA CAB
Sealed bids are invited for the purchase of the above vehicles
on an “as is” basis. Vehicles may be inspected at Amerika
Samoa Bank Tafuna Branch per appointment only.
Please address all bids to:
ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank
Assets Management Unit
P.O. Box 3790
Bids close at 3:00pm on March 19th, 2012
For more information contact:
Line Tuailemafua, Sabrina Felise,
Naomi Fale, Ross Filivaa or Lui Pua,
at 633-1151 ext 362 or 343
ANZ Amerika™ Samoa Bank is a registered name of Amerika Samoa Bank
Ashley Accounting & Tax Services
PO Box 326 Fagaima Road, AS 96799
Ph: 699-5115
Offering a variety of Accounting & Tax Services, including:
• Personal Tax Planning and Return Preparation (including all
schedules) Federal, State, & Local
CALL
• Business Tax Planning and Return Preparation
• Quarterly Payroll Tax Services (IRS & Local)
US
• Tax Audit Resolution (IRS & Local)
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OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB No: 055-2012
Issuance Date: March 12, 2012
Date & Time Due: March 26, 2012
No Later than 2:00pm local time
1. INVITATION
Sealed bids are invited from qualified individuals and firms to Supply Mobile Tents and
Accessories, to be located in the Territory of American Samoa.
2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa
Government, Tafuna, American Samoa 96799, until 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 26, 2012
at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read.
3. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Contract documents, including Plans and Specifications may be examined at the Office
of Procurement or obtained therefrom, free of charge.
4. The American Samoa Government reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any bid.
5. The American Samoa Government reserves the right to waive any informalities in
bidding as may be in the best interest of the American Samoa Government.
IVY V. TAUFA’ASAU
Chief Procurement Officer
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