Talosaga Lealao aufai fa`atoaga ia lava onosa`i

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ona saili tagata
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Talosaga Lealao
aufai fa’atoaga
ia lava onosa’i
tusia Ausage Fausia
Some of the159 students who graduated yesterday morning during ASCC’s 61st Commencement Ceremony held at the College Gymnasium. Read story in Monday’s issue.
[photo: Leua Aiono Frost.]
E lua ni feau taua ua finagalo le Faatonusili o le Ofisa o
Fa’atoaga e momoli mai i le aufai fa’atoaga uma a le atunu’u, ae
fa’apitoa lava ia i latou o lo o fa’asea ma muimui i le tuai lea ona
maua fa’ailoga o le Farm Fair, “e le gata ia lava le loto onosa’i,
a ia fiafia fo’i o le vaiaso fou lea ua fuafua le Ofisa e maua ai a
outou siaki ma fa’ailoga Farm Fair o lo o vavao ai le to’atele”.
O le saunoaga lea a le afioga ia Lealao, na tu’uina mai ina ua
toe fesiligia e le Samoa News o ia ananafi, i se tulaga ua o o i ai
le faamoemoe a lona ofisa, mo le tufatufaina lea o fa’ailoga o le
Farm Fair a le aufai fa’atoaga, lea o lo o to’atele ni isi o le aufai
fa’atoaga o lo o tomumumu ma muimui ai, i le tuai lea ona tufa
o fa’ailoga, aemaise ai o le leai lea o se fa’asootaiga a le Ofisa o
Fa’atoaga ma le aufai fa’atoaga, i le taimi sa’o e tufa ai fa’ailoga.
Na taua e ni isi o le aufai fa’atoaga i le Samoa News i le
aso ananafi, afai loa e o o atu i le aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou e le
maua atu lava se tali mautu mai le Ofisa o Fa’atoaga, o le a latou
vaavaai loa i le tu’uina atu o se latou talosaga i le ali’i kovana, po
o le fai loa fo’i o se solo tete’e fa’asaga ia Lealao ma lona Ofisa.
(Faaauau itulau 15)
Marcus Mariota
top contender for
Heisman Trophy 1st for AS
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Samoa News Correspondent
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O se va’aiga i le aiga o Elia Savali, se tasi o faia’oga lauiloa o le atunu’u fa’apea ma lona faletua ma se tasi o le fanau ua fa’au’u mai le Kolisi i lenei tausaga. Ua fiafia fa’atasi i latou i le aso
fa’ailogaina o le afafine. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost.]
Buckle up & CRASHES
Save a Life!
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American Samoa is once again in the spotlight in the world of
football. This time, it has nothing to do with the National Football League (NFL) but instead, the National Collegiate Athletics
Association (NCAA).
Twenty-one-year-old Marcus Mariota, the star quarterback
for the University of Oregon Ducks, is perhaps the biggest name
in college football right now. But you would never be able to
tell. Sports writers across the nation have described him as being
‘boring’, ‘passive’ and ‘too nice’ but one thing they all agree on:
The guy is a god on the football field.
Sports Illustrated called him “the most prolific quarterback
in Oregon history,” and his stats can only confirm that. A threeyear starter who has totaled 10,125 career passing yards, with
2,136 rushing yards and 131 scores, Mariota is definitely the
reason why Oregon has, for the first time ever, earned a spot
in college football playoffs. A win there would give the Ducks
their first national championship.
This past Thursday night in Florida, Mariota went a perfect
three-for-three when he swept the College Football Awards
Show, walking away with the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, the Maxwell Award (presented to the col(Continued on page 15)
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Fanau aoga a le SPICC i le mae’a ai o a latou fa’afiafiaga i le aso ananafi.
(ata: AF)
KRUSE: Tatau fo’i ona saili
tagata faigaluega TCF
tusia Ausage Fausia
Na fa’ailoa e le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino
ia Michael Kruse i le loia a le malo ia Tiffany
Oldfield i le vaiaso nei, afai o lo o su’e e tagata
faigaluega a le Falepuipui i Tafuna tagata uma
o lo o ulufale atu i totonu o le toese atoa ai ma a
latou meatotino e pei o ato ma afifi o lo o avatu i
aiga o lo o taofia i le falepuipui, e tatau fo’i ona
saili uma ma tagata faigaluega a le TCF.
“E le fou le mataupu lenei i le toese i Tafuna,
ma ua tatau fo’i ona amanaia le manatu sa avatu
muamua e le fa’amasinoga i isi mataupu ua
tuana’i atu, ina ia saili fo’i ma tagata faigaluega
a le falepuipui”, o le saunoaga lea a Kruse i le
taimi na lau ai le fa’asalaga a le alii o Nathan
Mauga, lea na ta’usala i lona umia faasolitulafono o vaega o le laau faasaina o le mariuana ao
taofia ai o ia i le toese.
Na fa’ailoa e le tama’ita’i loia na tula’i mo
le malo ia Oldfield e fa’apea, o lo o fa’atino e
le aufaigaluega a le toese i Tafuna la latou pito
laau, ina ia mautinoa e le toe tula’i mai ni isi
fa’afitauli fa’apenei i le lumana’i.
“Ae fa’afepea tagata o lo o ulufale atu i le
toese, o i ai se faiga ina ia mautinoa e tulimata’i
le itu lena”, o le fesili lea a Kruse ia Oldfield, ae
na toe tali le tama’ita’i loia, so o se tagata lava
e ulufale i le toese, e le gata e saili lona tino
ae saili uma foi ma ana meatotino e alu atu ma
ia, ina ia mautinoa e le toe tulai mai lava se isi
faaletonu i le lumanai.
E le o se taimi muamua lenei ua fesiligia ai e
le fa’amasinoga le mataupu e fa’atatau i tagata o
lo o ulufale atu i le toese e asi aiga o lo o taofia
ai, atoa ai ma faamomoli ma afifi o lo o avatu i
totonu o le toese, aemaise lava i taimi e taulima
ai e le fa’amasinoga ni mataupu e fa’atatau i ni
fualaau fa’asaina na faaulufale faasolitulafono e
se tagata i totonu o le toese.
Mo se faataitaiga o le mataupu a Mauga, lea
na maua i ai e se leoleo o le toese i Tafuna se
afifi o lo o ia te ia, ina ua fa’ataga e le leoleo
Mauga e alu e piki mai lona solo sa tautau i le
uaea i le isi itu o le lotoa a le toese, ae na avea le
fiu o le leoleo e fa’atali le taimi e toe foi atu ai
Mauga ma itu na mulimuli atu ai loa, ma maua
atu ai le ua molia o lo o taumafai e taai se sikaleti mariuana mai se afifi o lo o i ai lau mamago
o le mariuana.
E le o se taimi muamua lenei ua tula’i mai
ai le faafitauli lenei i le toese, o le maua i ai o
vaega o fualaau faasaina, atoa ai ma isi mataupu
i le maua lea e tagata faigaluega a le toese o ni
fualaau faasaina e taumafai ni isi e faaulufale i
totonu o le toese.
O le mataupu fou lea na tulai mai i le vaiaso
na te’a nei, o se tina na taumafai e faaulufale
fa’amalosi se afifi pepa fasimoli, ae maua ai e
leoleo o le falepuipui i totonu o le afifi fasimoli
ni ‘straw’ se lua e tau fai tipi tulimanu, o lo o
i ai vaega o le pauta fa’asaina o le aisa, lea sa
fa’amoemoe e ave i lona to’alua o lo o taofia i le
falepuipui, le ali’i o Samuel Wright.
Ua molia nei e le malo le fafine i lona umia
fa’asolitulafono o vaega o le pauta faasaina o le
aisa, atoa ai ma lona umia fa’asolitulafono ma
le fa’amoemoe e tulei pe fa’atau atu i isi tagata,
ae o lona to’alua o Wright, o lo o taofia pea i
le itu o pagota ali’i, e fa’atali ai taualumaga o
lana mataupu, ona o tu’uaiga i lo latou osofaia
lea ma ni isi ali’i le faleoloa o le Gold Gonda i
Fagaalu i le masina o Me na te’a nei, ma fa’alala
ai se fanau i le fa’atau oloa ae fao fa’amalosi e
le isi ali’i sa latou i ai i le osofaiaga se tama’i
pusa sa i ai se tinoitupe sa i lalo o le laulau o le
masini tupe.
A o le i molia e le malo ia Wright i le
mataupu fou e pei ona taofia ai o i le toese i
Tafuna, sa fa’a falepuipui muamua o ia e le
fa’amasinoga maualuga, ina ua ta’usala o ia i
lona umia fa’asolitulafono o vaega o le pauta
fa’asaina o le aisa ma le fa’amoemoe e tulei ma
fa’atau atu i isi tagata.
O le amataga o le tausaga nei na molia ai e
le malo se isi tina talavou, ina ua masalomia
lona taumafai e ave fa’amalosi ni vaega o le
laau faasaina o le mariuana, i lona to’alua lea
o lo o tuli sona fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui i
totonu o le toese, ina ua ta’usala o ia i lona umia
fa’asolitulafono o vaega o fualaau faasaina o le
aisa ma le mariuana.
E to’alua isi pagota sa tuli a laua fa’asalaga
i le toese i Tafuna i le tausaga na te’a nei ua toe
molia i lo la umia fa’asolitulafono o vaega o le
laau faasaina o le mariuana, ina ua maua i laua e
leoleo o le toese o la taumafai e ave fa’anana ni
sikaleti mariuana i totonu o le falepuipui.
O i laua uma nei e pei ona taua i fa’amaumauga
a le fa’amasinoga, sa tatala i tua e faigaluega
ma toe fo/i atu i totonu o le toese mo le tuli
fa’amae’aina o a laua fa’asalaga, ae la taumafai
ai loa e ave fa’anana mariuana i totonu.
I le silasila a le fa’amasinoga maualuga, o
se tasi o auala o lo o mafua ai ona sao fualaau
fa’asaina atoa ai ma isi lava mea i totonu o le
toese ae le tatau ona i ai, o asiga a aiga a ali’i ma
tama’ita’i pagota o lo o faia i fa’aiuga o vaiaso
ta’itasi.
I le amataga o le tausaga nei, sa fautuaina
malosi ai e le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino ia Kruse
le itu a le malo, ina ia toe silasila toto’a i le polokalame lea e fa’ataga ai asiga mo pagota, ona o
le isi lena auala ua maitauina e le fa’amasinoga
o lo o mafua ai ona sao fualaau faasaina i totonu
o le toese.
E le gata i fualaau fa’asaina o lo o atugalu i
ai le finagalo o le fa’amasinoga, ae fa’apena foi
i ni isi o mea e le tatau ona i ai ae ua maua ai i
totonu, e pei o telefoni, laptop atoa ai mea ma e
ono faaaoga e pagota e fai ma a’upega e osofa’i
ai isi pagota, e pei o se tasi o fa’alavelave lea na
fa’aaoga ai e se ali’i pagota se a’upega maai e
tui ai le manava o le isi ali’i pagota, e mafua mai
ina ua tula’i mai se feeseeseaiga i lo la va.
HAWAIIAN AIR ADDS THREE
EXTRA FLIGHTS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
To accommodate the increased passenger traffic, Hawaiian
Airlines is adding three extra flights for the holiday season to
and from Pago Pago. The extra sections will arrive and depart
Pago Pago the same times as the current schedule on Fridays and
Mondays. Hawaiian spokesperson Ann told Samoa News that
the three additional fights have been added to the Pago PagoHonolulu route operating on Tuesday, Dec. 23; Tuesday, Dec.
30. 2014 and Wednesday, Jan. 7 2015. “We typically add flights
during the holiday season to address increased demand,” Botticelli said from Honolulu yesterday.
The two week break for the holiday season brings back home
many students attending school in the U.S. as well as individuals
to spend time with their local families while many local residents
head to Hawai’i and the mainland for Christmas and New Year.
CHAMBER ELECTS NEW BOARD
During a general membership meeting Wednesday night,
the Chamber of Commerce elected 8 new board members, who
intend to meet next week to elect their officers, according to current board chairman Lewis Wolman, who didn’t seek reelection
to the board. The new board was elected from 13 nominees
and the new members are: Archie Soliai (of GHC Reid & Co.);
Charles “Chuck” Warren (chief financial officer of Samoa Tuna
Processors Inc.); David Robinson (individual member and businessman); Francine Gaisoa (of Tautua Mo Oe); Laufa’i Fanene
(owner of Cupcake Kisses by Rayne); Sangdong Kwon, (general
manager of Starkist Samoa); Tom Drabble (owner of Sadie’s
Hotels) and Tuai Auva’a-Mua (owner of All Star Signs).
In an email message to Chamber members about the new
board, Wolman thanked them “for the opportunity to be of service to the private sector over the past year as the 2014 chairman.
Thank you to my fellow board members for their service.”
Drabble and Fanene are returning board members, while
Robinson had previously served several terms as chairman.
MORE CONCERNS WITH VERY BAD ROAD IN
OTTOVILLE/FAGAIMA
With recent heavy rains, the roads through Fagaima and
Ottoville have continued to deteriorate in several areas, with
motorists complaining to Rep. Larry Sanitoa and who ever else
would listen. Samoa News has also received its share of complaints about the same area. On Wednesday this week, Sanitoa
informed Public Works director Faleosina Voigt “residents and
motorists will not let up with the complaints about the condition
of the Fagaima to Ottoville route and I have to keep asking for
DPW’s kind assistance.”
Sanitoa acknowledged that this is the rainy season, but added,
“we cannot afford not to apply some temporary fix to the pot
holes that are increasing; plus the ‘Mormon Lake’ that seems to
be resurfacing again” in front of the Mormon church in Ottoville
and behind Hope House. He reminded Voigt that this is a very
busy route in the morning and evening as motorists are using
more of this alternate route as construction continues on the new
airport and stadium roads. Sanitoa asked DPW for a fix to pot
holes on Fagaima road and to clean or clear up the drainage by
the LDS church on Ottoville Rd.
Local entertainer and Department of Youth and Woman’s
Affairs representative Joe Iosua aka ‘J-Smooth’ is seen here yesterday morning dressed as Santa Claus passing out candy to the
children during the McDonald’s My Christmas Wish program
[photo: Jeff Hayer]
at the McDonald’s in Fagatogo. UAEALES MOSOOI A LE
FAFINE FAIKAKALA
AVE LE FA’AALOALO
I LE TAUSALA O
AMERIKA SAMOA
E le o nofo lelei i le mafaufau o si Fafige Faikakala le
mataupu lea ua amata fo’i ona
toe alia’e mai i luga, i le tu’u
fesili lea o le to’atele po o ai
tonu lava e tatau ona palua le
‘ava i soo se taimi e feiloa’i
ai le faigamalo a Tutuila ma
Manu’a ma malo asiasi mai
fafo, aemaise lava ta’ita’i o
malo e pei o Samoa atoa ai
ma sui o le Iunaite Setete. O le
itu e sili ona ata ee ai le Fafige
Faikakala, ua fai se umi o fai
finauga o le mataupu lenei i le
va o le Asosi a le MASI lea o
lo o faatautaia tauvaga e saili
ai se tausala o le atunu’u, ma
le Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Samoa
o lo o fai ma fa’alavelave i le
mataupu lenei. Te’i si Fafige
Faikakala ina ua text atu le isi
ana uo loomatua ma fai mai,
“eke iloa oe sis, fa’afekai i le
alii kovana ma laga saugoaga
lea na faasalalau i le Samoa
News i le vaiaso legei, lea ua ia
faamagigo mai ai, o le Kausala
lava a le akuguu e kakau ga ia
palua le ‘ava i soo se kaimi e
feiloa’i ai le malo ma ta’ita’i
malaga asiasi mai fafo, ae le
kakau lava ga koe kago i ai se
isi kaupou”. Fesili atu loa le
Fafige Faikakala i lana uo, “ae
faafefea la le taimi e feavea’i ai
le Tausala a le atunu’u, e tatau
fo’i ona fa’afeao fa’alelei”,
te’i le Fafige Faikakala i le
toe oso mai o lana uo, “e ke
le’i faalogo lea fo’i ua fai mai
le ali’i kovana, e kakau fo’i
oga i ai se ka’avale faapikoa
e fa’afeao ai le Kausala i soo
se saugiga a le malo, pei fo’i
oga fa’afeao o le kovana ma le
lukena kovana, ma’imau e pe
ana oo mai gei fa’aeaea o oka
koe laikiki, semagu ou ke koso
oso sa’o lava i le isi kauvaga
Miss lea o le a sosoo mai gei”.
Tau le mafai ona taofi le ata
ee a le Fafige Faikakala ma
toe tali atu i lana uo loomatua
lea e fa’apea, “a fai aku le
ma’agumigumi o ou lima e
ke le koe aoga i se kauvaga ae
…..” malo le eva.
ATUNU’U
FA’AMALIE GATA
Fa’alologo ma le toto’a
taliga lautetele o le Fafige Faikakala i le isi taeao ao nofonofo
i le falema’i, i le muimuiga a
isi foma’i e to’alua e fa’atatau
i le faigata lea ona fa’amalie o
lagona o le ni isi o le atunu’u,
aemaise lava i le taimi e silia
ai ma le itula o tau fa’atali se
foma’i e vaaia latou. Fai mai le
isi teine foma’i i lana tomumu,
“maimau pe aga iloa e kagaka
le faigaka o le kakou galuega, a
ea? e kiga oga vaivai ae galulue
lava iga ia mafai oga kogafiki
uma lakou, ae o le mea lea e i
ai, si kama’i kuai lava fai kio,
paga le faigaka o ga faamalie o
kagaka” Momoo lava le loto o
le Fafige Faikakala i talanoaga
a nai teine foma’i ia e to’alua,
ona ua ia iloa lelei, o ia le isi
tagata e mafi tele i le muimui
ma le fa’asea pe a tuai ona vaai
le foma’i. E le i toe fa’atali le
Fafige Faikakala ae ua sosoo atu
loa ma fai atu i tamaitai foma’i
ia e to’alua, “vaai oulua, pau
lava le mea e fai o le ogosa’i, ia
lua ogosa’i fo’i pei o le ogosa’i
a Iopu”. Te’i le Fafige Faikakala
i le tomumu a le isi teine tausi
ma’i ma fai mai, “E lelei Iopu e
lei faia e gisi oga kala”
TO’ATELE LE AU FIA
MATUTUA UA I AI NEI
Vaai ma le ofo si Fafige Faikakala i le to’atele o tagata e lei
taitai agava’a i le polokalame
a tagata matutua o le TAOA,
ao lea na matua tumutumu i o
i le Fale Laumei i le aso Lulu
na te’a nei i le polokalame a
tagata matutua, ma tau fai tofu
le tagata ma lana ato meaalofa
na alu ma ia. E tiga lava ona
fai atu le isi toeaina matua i
le isi ulugalii sa fai le la pea
puletasi, “Sole, se’i vaai i le
uliuli manaia o lou lau ao e lei
taitai atoa sau 50 tausaga”, ae
fai mai le tali a le ula lea, “Aua
eke worry koeaiga, o kakou o
le maka poko lava i le kaimi o
meaai”. Talofa e, o le fautuaga
a le Fafige Faikakala i le brother
lea, “kuu laia e pisa ai foi”
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samoa news, Saturday, December 13, 2014
THE BOB FRANKEN COLUMN
No State of the Union
By Bob Franken
There have been so many times when we’ve been looking at
issues in the wrong way. This is one of them. When Republican
representatives, led by Paul Broun (Never-Heard-of-Him from
Georgia), demanded that President Barack Obama be denied
an invitation to make a State of the Union address in January,
it was viewed by many as a petulant reaction to the president’s sweeping immigration executive order. That’s probably
because it was.
Broun also was derided as just another conservative who
simply can’t get it into his head that Mr. Obama legitimately
holds the office, never mind the fact that he’s twice been elected.
Some of his fellow hard-liners are suggesting that funds be cut
off for Air Force One, because to them, he obviously doesn’t
deserve the trappings of the office.
But maybe there’s another way to look at it. Perhaps Congressman What’s-His-Name is doing us all, and that would certainly include the chief executive, a favor.
I mean, how totally awkward it is when POTUS schleps to
Capitol Hill and stands in front of a bunch of raucous national
leaders who noisily pretend they’re the slightest bit interested
in the merits of what’s in the address. The only thing less sincere is the commentary from the various reporters covering the
event as we pretend that it means anything whatsoever, which it
rarely does. The president knows it, the dignitaries in the audience know it (is “dignitary” the right word, since it suggests
dignity?), and obviously the American people know it. What
other explanation could there be for so many gravitating to one
of the networks showing something else, like an infomercial
for blenders or a documentary chronicling paint drying or grass
growing. Anything but watching an hour in prime time of that
circus in Washington.
Sad to say, Speaker John Boehner was having none of this.
He brushed off Rep. Whozis by taking a snarky shot at the president: “Listen, the more the president talks about his ideas, the
more unpopular he becomes. Why would I want to deprive him
of that opportunity?” Cute.
Of course, Boehner probably gets his jollies by being in all
the shots as President Obama drones on about what he wants to
accomplish that Republicans have no intentions of letting him.
When you think about it, the GOPs have something in common
with those blenders, given how they always slice-dice-puree
the entire Obama agenda.
So, as some quickly pointed out, he doesn’t have to give a
speech; he can just send a letter to the Hill. No need for all that
embarrassing ritual, at least not every year. All the Constitution
specifies is that, “He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to
their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary
and expedient.” Get that? “Time to time.” Let’s bag it in 2015.
Maybe the year after, too, since we’ll be barely paying attention
to anything but the silliness of the campaign to take over the
next White House.
Besides, with all the discord and anger, we don’t need a
speech or even a letter to know the State of the Union. It stinks.
(c) 2014 Bob Franken
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Tala ‘o LE
LALOLAGI
LOKA SE ULUGALI’I TAMA INA
UA KISI I LUMA O TAGATA
CAIRO - E ta’ilua tausaga lea ua faasala ai i
le falepuipui i Aikupito se ulugali’i tama, ina ua
molia i laua i lo la faia o amioga e fa’alauiloa ai
faiga faatalitane, ina ua la feasogi i luma o la uo
ma aiga i le taimi na mae’a ai ona fa’apaia le la
aiga. O le fa’aipoipoga a le ulugalii tama lenei
sa faia i luga o se va’a e opeopea i le sami, ma
fa’asalalau ai i tulimanu e fa o le maloo Aikupito le ata o le la faaipoipoga, ma avea ai loa
ma auala na aga’i atu leoleo ma ta loka i laua ae
molia i le tulafono, i lo la taumafai e faalauiloa
ma faamalosia faiga faatalitane, e ala i le kisi o
le isi tama i le isi tama i luma o nofoaga faitele,
o se gaioiga e le tusa ai lea i tu ma aga a le
atunu’u o Aikupito, e ui e le o i ai se tulafono a
le malo e fa’asa ai lea ituaiga gaioiga. E fesootai
talitonuga faa Aikupito ma talitonuga faa Kerisiano, o le ulugalii o se mafutaga lea i le va o se
ali’i ma se tama’ita’i, ae le o le ali’i i le isi ali’i,
po o le tama’ita’i ma le isi tama’ita’i. Ua taua
fo’i le amata lea ona fai fa’alilolilo fa’aipoipoga
a ituaiga tagata faapenei, ona o le manatu e le
tatau ona toe aafia o latou olaga i lalo o tulafono
tau tapuaiga a le malo.
FA’ATAMALA LE
OSOFAIGA A AMERIKA
JOHANNESBURG - Na matua sese lava
le osofaiga a le militeli a le malo o Amerika
na alu i Aferika i Saute e fa’asao mai le ola
o se ali’i tusitala Amerika sa taofia ai e le au
faatupu fa’alavelave, ina ua le sa’o le osofaiga
ae fasiotia atu ai le ali’i Amerika na mafua ai
ona alu le osofaiga e fa’asao mai lona ola. O le
alii tusitala Amerika ia Luke Somers na taofia
faapagota e le au faatupu faalavelave ma le
ali’i mai Aferika ia Pierre Korkie, o i laua ia
na mafua ai ona alu le osofaiga ina ia fa’asao
mai, peita’i o se tala fa’anoanoa, na matua sese
le faatonutonuina o le osofaiga ae fasiotia ai i
laua. E oo mai lava i le taimi o lo o taumafai
le malo o Amerika e su’esu’e le mafua’aga o
le fa’aletonu o lana osofaiga, ae ua fa’alauiloa
e le to’alua o le ali’i Aferika na maliu i lenei
osofaiga, lona maua o le loto fa’amagalo ia i
latou na mafua ai ona maliu si ona to’alua, aua e
le mafai e upu ma tala ona toe fa’afo’i mai lona
soifua ua ma’imau.
TO’A 50 MALILIU I LE
OONA O LE SUAVAI
SOMALIA - E silia i le toa 50 tagata mai le
atunuu o Somalia ua faamaonia mai le maliliu
i le falemai i le aso ananafi, ina ua latou inuina
vai mai le vaieli sa faamaonia mulimuli ane le
maua ai o siama. Na taua i ripoti mai lea atunuu
e fa’apea, e to’a 150 i latou na faanatinati atu
i le falemai i le aso atoa ananafi, ina ua maitauina a’afiaga i o latou tino e pei o le mavana
tiga atoa ai ma le pe pe atoa o le tino, ma o ni isi
o i latou e le i atoa se ta’i 3 itula na taunu’u ai i
le falema’i ae fa’ailoa mai e foma’i ua maliliu.
E i ai le manatu e pei ona taua e le ali’i sui
komesina o Somalia ia Osman Mohamed, e ono
to’atele ni isi tagata o lona atunu’u e maliliu i
le fa’alavelave lenei, pe afai e le faia i ai se galuega e foia ai.
OSOFA’I E LIONA FEAI
NI ALI’I KAMUTA
AFERIKA I SAUTE - E to’afa ni ali’i kamuta
sa maliliu i le vaiaso nei i totonu o se tama’i aai o
Aferika i Saute, ina ua osofaia i latou e ni Leona
lapopo’a se to’alua a o galulue i le fausiaina o
se auala laupapa, e feso’ota’i ai tagata o le aai
ma le auala e aga’i atu ai i le taulaga. O ali’i e
to’alua na muamua osofaia e Liona na maliliu ai
lava i le nofoaga na tula’i mai ai le fa’alavelave,
ae o le isi to’alua na maliliu mulimuli ane ai ina
ua tuliloa e manu feai nei i laua ma maua atu ai
i totonu o se vaega o le togavao. E le o se taimi
muamua lenei ua tula’i mai ai se fa’alavelave
fa’apenei i totonu o Aferika i Saute.
SILIA 3,000 TAGATA SULUFA’I NA
MALILIU I LE SAMI
EUROPA - I fa’amaumauga ua mafai ona
fa’alauiloa e le Faalapotopotoga mo Tagata
Sulufa’i i totonu o le atu Europa i le vaiaso nei,
ua taua ai le silia i le to’a 3,000 tagata mai isi
atunuu sa taumafai e ulufale atu i Europa e ala
i va’a na maliliu i le sami, ina ua afatia la latou
faigamalaga i le sou o le va’a, ae o isi na osofa’i
e le au gaoi ma tagata faomea o lo o leoleoina
vaega eseese o nei ogasami. Na taua i lea ripoti
e faapea, i le tausaga atoa lenei, e silia i le to’a
207,000 tagata na taumafai e ulufale faasolitulafono i totonu o Europa, ma o se numera ua
matua fa’ateteleina talu mai le tausaga e 2011,
lea e na o le to’a 70,000 na ripotia sa laasia
ogasami tuaoi o le atu Europa.
samoa news, Saturday, December 13, 2014 Page 5
Sauni malo mo lana fa’afiafiaga o le Kerisimasi
tusia Ausage Fausia
Ua sauni le malo e alo atu mo lana polokalame o Fa’afiafiaga
o le Kerisimasi i lenei tausaga, lea e pei ona fa’atautaia e le Ofisa
o le Arts Council a le malo, lea ua latou tapenaina le polokalame
mo le lona 37 lenei o tausaga o lenei faamoemoe.
E toa 31 autalavou faapea ai aoga ua lautogia mo lenei polokalame, lea ua faamoemoe e amata i le afiafi o le aso Sa o lo
o lumana’i nei i le itula e 6:00 i le afiafi, i le Malae o le Talu i
Fagatogo, le nofoaga masani mo lenei fa’amoemoe.
O le maea ai o le sauniga lotu e tatala aloaia ai le polokalame i le aso Sa nei, ona sosoo ai loa lea ma le saunoaga autu
mai le afioga i le alii kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga, lea o le
a ia saunoa ai i le taua o polokalame fa’aauau nei a le malo,
o lo o mafai ai ona maua le avanoa e fa’alauiloa ai taleni ma
fa’afiafiaga a tupulaga talavou.
Saunoa le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo i le tatalaina o
le polokalame a tagata matutua i le aso Lulu na te’a nei, o le
faamoemoega o le malo i lenei tausaga, ia ave le fa’amuamua
i tama ma tina matutua, e faatino ai se polokalame faapitoa mo
latou atoa ai ma le tufatufaina o ni meaalofa faapitoa mo latou, a
mae’a, ona fa’atoa tatala loa lea o polokalae masani a le malo e
pei ona i ai le polokalame lenei.
Sa ia taua fo’i’ i lana sunoaga e faapea, o le agaga atoa o le
malo i taimi tau fa’ai’u lenei o le tausaga, ia mafai e tagata uma
o le atunu’u ona latou lagona le taua o le agaga o le kerisimasi
ma le tausaga fou.
O le susuga a Rev. Waiana Taielu mai le Ekalesia EFKAS i
Fagasa lea ua faamoemoe na te taitaia le sauniga mo le po lona
lua, o le po lea o le aso Gafua, o le susuga Rev. Johnn Fano mai
le Ekalesia Fagaitua ua tofia na te taitaia le sauniga o le po o le
aso lona tolu, le aso Lua, ma le susuga ia Rev. Iakopo Seumalo
ol e Ekalesia EFKAS mai Lauli’i lea ua tofia na te taitaia le po
fa’ai’u o le polokalame, o le po lea o le aso Lulu.
O le mae’a ai o le saunoaga autu a le afioga i le alii kovana i
le po muamua o le polokalame, ona sosoo ai loa lea ma le ki ina
o moli o le laau kerisimasi a le malo lea ua maea ona fa’atu i le
Malae o le Talu, lea ua sauni i ai le Tina o le atunu’u ia Cynthia
Moliga na te ki ina moli.
Na taua e le Fa’atonusili o le Ofisa a le Arts Council ia Dr.
Uta Laloulu Tagoilelagi e fa’apea, e ui i le tele o au fa’afiafia
sa naunau e tausinio i le fa’amoemoe lenei, peita’i sa fai lava le
filifiliga i au fa’afiafia e fetaui ma matagofie a latou tapenaga mo
le polokalame lenei a le malo.
“O le autu o le polokalame o lenei tausaga, ia fa’ailoa i tagata
le taua o fa’afiafiaga ma pesega, e mafai ai ona momoli mai le
agaga taua o le kerisimasi i loto ma finagalo o tagata, ina ia latou
iloa ai le taua o le taulaga sa ofo mai e le Atua mo le lalolagi”, o
le saunoaga lea a le ali’i fa’atonu.
Sa ia taua foi e fa’apea, o le taua o pesepesega o le kerisimasi
i lenei tausaga, o le a mafai ai ona maua le sao o autalavou,
aufaipese, aoga faapea ai ma faalapotopotoga, e fai so latou sao
e faailoa manino ai le taua o le vaitau lenei o le kerisimasi ua i ai
le atunuu faapea ai le lalolagi atoa.
O le fofoga mo po taitasi o le polokalame, ua tofia i ai le tofa
a Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde, o ia lea o le Faatonusili o le Ofisa
Faasalalau a le malo, ae o le tofa a Paogofie Fiaigoa ua tofia na
te faafeiloaia le mamalu o le au valaaulia.
Ua tuuina atu foi le valaaulia faapitoa a le Ofisa o le Arts
Council i le atunuu i matua ma aiga, ina ia aga’i atu e fiafia
faatasi i lenei polokalame, ma avea ai lenei polokalame o se
amataga lelei lea mo fiafiaga o le kerisimasi o lenei tausaga.
O ni isi o au talavou ua lautogia mo lenei polokalame, e le o
se taimi muamua lenei ua fa’afiafia ai, ma ua lava fo’i lo latou
masani i auala e fa’atino ai a latou fa’afiafiaga.
Na taua e se tasi o ali’i faiaoga mai se tasi o autalavou ua
sauni e fa’afiafia i lenei polokalame, o le taua o fa’afiafiaga o
le kerisimasi, e toto ai fo’i le fatu i loto o tupulaga talavou ma
fanau, e taua le ola manatunatu i le taulaga sa ofoina mai e le
lagi mo le lalolagi, ina ia mafai ai ona faamagalo agasala a le
to’atele.
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samoa news, Saturday, December 13, 2014
DHSS, DPS work
together for a safe
holiday on the road
ASG promotes designated driver sign up
by B. Chen, Samoa News Correspondent
O se va’aiga i le aiga o Elia Savali, se tasi o faia’oga lauiloa o le atunu’u fa’apea ma lona faletua ma se tasi o le fanau ua fa’au’u mai le Kolisi i lenei tausaga. Ua fiafia fa’atasi i latou i le aso
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
fa’ailogaina o le afafine.
IOE LE ALII AMIO VALEA I
TU’UAIGA MALO
tusia Ausage Fausia
O le ali’i e 19 tausaga le matua lea na ia tago
tago i le itutinosa o se teineititi e 13 tausaga le
matua sa moe i luga o le nofoa, ua ia ta’utino
i luma o le fa’amasinoga e matua fa’amaonia
lava tu’uaiga fa’asaga ia te ia.
O ananafi na fofoga aloaia ai se maliliega na
sainia e Lokeni Tausilinu’u ma le malo i luma
o le fa’amasinoga maualuga, ma ua mae’a fo’i
ona talia e ali’i fa’amasino tuutuuga uma o lenei
maliliega, ma ua toe taofia nei le ua molia i le
toese i Tafuna, e fa’atali ai le aso 9 Ianuari 2015
lea ua fa’atulaga e lau ai lona fa’asalaga.
O moliaga mamafa na ulua’i tu’uaia ai e le
malo ia Tausilinu’u e aofia ai le talepe fale i le
tulaga muamua, faia o amioga faasotoma, faia
o uiga mataga faafeusuaiga, faapea ai ma lona
tagofia o itutinosa o se teineititi e laititi i lalo o
le tulafono, faapea ai ma le moliaga mama e tasi
o lona faia lea o ni gaioiga e ono lamatia ai le
saogalemu o fanau laiti.
I lalo o le maliliega lea sa sainia e le ua molia
ma le malo, lea fo’i ua talia e le fa’amasinoga,
ua ia tali ioe ai i le moliaga mamafa e tasi o lona
tagofia lea o itutinosa o se teineititi e laititi i lalo
o le tulafono.
Na talosagaina e le malo le fa’amasinoga
maualuga, afai loa latou te talia le tali ioe a
Tausilinu’u i le moliaga mamafa e pei ona ia
tali ioe, ona talosaga atu loa lea e solofua isi
moliaga uma o lo o totoe ai i le pepa o tagi sa
latou fa’aulu, lea fo’i na talia e le fa’amasinoga.
I le tali ioe a o le ua molia i le moliaga e pei
ona ta’usala ai o ia, sa ia ta’utino ai e fa’apea,
i se taimi o le masina o Oketopa i Amerika
Samoa, sa ia tagofia ai itutinosa o le teineititi
e 13 tausaga le matua na a’afia e aunoa ma se
fa’atanaga fa’aletulafono.
Na tautino le ua molia e fa’apea, i se taimi
o le po o le aso 10 Oketopa 2014 i Nuuuli, sa
faia ai se latou inugapia ma ni isi o ana uo, ae i
se taimi o le leva o le po ua maea le inugapia,
sa alu ai loa i le fale o le tama’ita’i na a’afia ma
tu’itu’i le faitoto’a o le fale, ma tatala mai ai
e le tuagane laititi o le teineititi na a’afia e 11
tausaga le matua le faitoto’a, ma fa’ataga ai o ia
e ulufale i totonu o le fale.
Ina ua taunu’u le ua molia i totonu o le fale e
pei ona taua i fa’amaumauga a le fa’amasinoga,
sa alu atu ai ma saofa’i i luga o se nofoa, lea o
lo o taoto mai ai le teineititi na a’afia i le itu o
lo o moe.
A o nofo le ua molia i luga o le nofoa, sa ia
aapa atu ma tago tago i le itutinosa o le teineititi
na aafia ao moe o ia ma ona lavalava o lo o faia.
O le tama o le teineititi na aafia ma logoina
le mataupu i le ofisa o leoleo, ma aga’i atu ai
loa leoleo e su’esu’e lenei mataupu. O lo o taua
foi i faamaumauga a le fa’amasinoga e faapea,
e tula’i mai le mataupu lenei ae o le taimi lea o
lo o i ai le ulugalii i se polokalame a le aulotu
sa faia.
Ua malamalama le ua molia, o le a maua
le avanoa e finau ai loia i le fa’amasinoga
mo se fa’asalaga mama mo ia, peita’i ua ia
iloa ma mautinoa, tusa lava pe finau loia i le
fa’amasinoga mo se fa’asalaga mama mo ia, e
pule le fa’amasinoga pe talia pe teena ia talosaga, aua o lo o i ai i le fa’amasinoga le malosi
e fa’asala ai o ia i so o se fa’asalaga e manatu
le fa’amasinoga e talafeagai mo le solitulafono
sa ia faia.
Ua malamalama fo’i le ua molia, e le mafai
ona toe suia lana tali ioe ua tu’uina atu i le
fa’amasinoga, pe afai e tu’uina mai se fa’asalaga
a ali’i fa’amasino ae le tau ai lona loto.
O le solitulafono o le tagofia o itutinosa o se
teineititi e laititi i lalo o le tulafono, o se solitulafono D i le fa’atulagaina o solitulafono mamafa,
lea e mafai ona fa’asala ai o ia i le falepuipui mo
le umi e le sili atu i le 5 tausaga, pe faasala foi i
le salatupe e le silia i le $5,000, po o le faasala
foi i faasalaga uma ia e lua.
O lo o tumau pea le taofia ai o le ua molia i
le toese i Tafuna ina ua le mafai ona ia totogi
le tupe sa faatulaga e tatala ai o ia, e fa’atali ai
le aso lea ua fa’atulaga e lau ai lana fa’asalaga.
Na talosagaina e le afioga i le faamasino
lagolago ia John Ward II le Ofisa nofovaavaaia,
ina ia tapena se ripoti e fuafua i ai se faaiuga a le
fa’amasinoga e tusa ai o lenei mataupu.
O le ali’i loia ia Russel Smith na tula’i mo
le itu a le malo i le mataupu lenei, ae o le ali’i
loia fautua ia Michael White na tula’i mo le ua
molia.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia
ausage@samoanews.com
Traditionally, the holiday season is one of the most deadly
times of the year for accidents caused by alcohol-impaired
driving and according to Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, “community-based programs involving consumer education, effective laws, and police enforcement have proven to be successful
in reducing impaired driving.”
Earlier this week, owners of taverns, bars, nightclubs, and
restaurants that sell alcohol attended a special informative session conducted by representatives from the Dept. of Human and
Social Services (DHSS) and a police officer from the Dept. of
Public Safety, to reiterate and emphasize to business owners
local laws that pertain to the legal age to purchase and consume
alcohol, and ways they can help prevent people from driving
drunk. Taxi stand owners were also in attendance, to hear a proposal requesting that they lower the cab fares when transporting
partygoers during the holiday season.
Another request that was made had to do with business
owners providing one or two complimentary non-alcoholic
drinks for designated drivers while they wait.
Samoa News understands that DHSS is in the midst of soliciting people interested in being designated drivers during the
holiday season and sign-ups are ongoing.
3D Prevention Month coincides with the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national campaign
centered on impaired driving, with local police officers set to
conduct the yearly holiday enforcement for the territory’s roadways starting next week.
Motor vehicle crashes kill over 40,000 people and injure
three million people every year, at a cost to society of some $150
billion annually. Alcohol-related crashes account for approximately 40% of those deaths and injuries.
Last year in American Samoa, one life was lost and a total of
133 drivers were arrested for drunk driving. The goal of the DPS
Office of Highway Safety is to bring the numbers down, through
enforcement crackdowns, paid media campaigns, and outreach
programs throughout the year.
The 3D Prevention Month campaign is a collaborative effort
between the Dept. of Human and Social Services, the Dept. of
Public Safety, and the Dept. of Youth and Women’s Affairs
(DYWA). In an effort to up the standards of local enforcement,
DPS traffic cops wrapped up yesterday, a week long training
to certify and re-certify police officers to administer the Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST) as well as a training program on
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A-RIDE)
- a first ever for American Samoa.
The Governor has proclaimed December as National Drunk
and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month and he is urging
“all citizens, government agencies, business leaders, hospital,
schools, and public and private institutions in American Samoa
to promote awareness of the impaired driving problem, to support programs and policies to reduce the incidence of impaired
driving, to promote safer and healthier behaviors regarding the
use of alcohol and other drugs, and to provide opportunities for
all to participate in the National Drunk and Drugged Driving
Prevention Month and ‘Over the Limit, Under Arrest’ campaigns this holiday season and throughout the year.”
samoa news, Saturday, December 13, 2014 Page 7
Fesoasoai Koluse
Mumu fale na
mu Amanave
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
O se tasi o aiga i Amanave sa mu le latou fale e nonofo ai i
latou, ma sa latou fa’atagisia ai le a’ao alofa o le Koluse Mumu.
Ua latou talia ma le fiafia le o’o atu o le suesuega a lea vaega
alofa, ma ua maua fo’i e le aiga le fesoasoani na taua’aoina mai
ma le agaga fa’afetai.
“O le matou aiga, e le’i mafai ona toe kuka se mea’ai, peita’i,
na vave lava ona maua mai le foa’i mai le Word of Life, le
ekalesia na masi’i atu ona ua vala’au i ai le tina o Fatumalala, e
alofagia le matou pagatia.” O se tala lea a Ata, le tina o le aiga
pagatia.
O le isi vaega na o’o vave atu ina ua logotala, o le Koluse
Mumu. “O le ogaumu e fa’aaoga ai le kesi, ma le tele o aluga ma
ie ‘afu fa’apea ma lavalava ma solo ta’ele, sa taua’aoina mai e
le Koluse Mumu, fa’afetai lava le agaga ia, so’o se mea ua maua
mai, e le taliesea, o le agaga fa’afetai e ao ina fa’ao’o i ai.”
O le isi fo’i ekalesia sa foa’i mo lea aiga, o le “Gaod Save His
Special People” ma le tina o Flo. Fa’afetai tele ua maua atu nei
meaalofa o mea’ai ma lavalava mo le aiga pagatia.
Ua fai fo’i le vaega a le tatou nusipepa, e vala’au pe o le a se
tali na fa’ao’o i sia aiga. “E le o o’o le afaina o aiga na a’afia fale
ma nofoaga e malu ai i le tele e ao ina fa’ao’o atu ai se fesoasoani a le Homeland Security ma le Temco.”
O se tali lea ma e ao ina fa’ailoa i sia aiga i Seetaga. Ae o le
mea mautinoa, itiiti pe tele le afaina o ia aiga sa o’o i ai, sa o’o
lava i ai le fesoasoani a le Koluse Mumu.
“O a lava mea na maua e le Koluse Mumu, o le mea fo’i lea
o lo ua taua’aoina.” O se tala a lea a le sui mai le Koluse Mumu
i Amerika Samoa.
O lo ua fausia le fale e nofomau ai Ofisa o le Koluse Mumu.
Afai ae mae’a lea fale, e tele se suiga o meaalofa e ao ina fa’ao’o
mai e le Koluse Mumu a Amerika mo le tatou nei lala i’inei. O
lona uiga, o lea ua fua mai e le Koluse Mumu tele a Amerika,
poo le a se tele o tatou foa’i, ina ia fa’atuina le tatou fale tele lea.
Ua mae’a fa’ao’o mai se vaega tupe a le Koluse Mumu a
Amerika, ae o le tatou vaega, o le fa’amae’a atoatoa o le fale mo
le Ofisa tele. Ua tatau ona tatou mafuli e fa’atino lea galuega ia
mae’a.
Ua fa’ailoa mai fo’i, ua i ai Kamupani faufale ua ofo mai
latou tautua, o le a i ai se isi tala e tusia e fa’alauiloa a’ia’i ai fesoasoani a nei Kamupani tumaoti ua fai latou vaega mo le Koluse
Mumu. Peita’i, e ao ina mafaufau lelei lava tatou uma, aiga o
Amerika Samoa, a fia fa’ao’o ane sau fesoasoani, o lo’o tele le
avanoa.
O le isi itu, atigiapa mo foa’i i faleoloa eseese, fa’ao’o i ai
sau foa’i, e te le mailoa lava, po’o i tatou e soso’o ma pagatia
fa’afuase’i, ma i’u ai ina tatou maua fesoasoani mai le Koluse
Mumu.
Tatou atina’e fa’atasi, ma fai sou sao e iloa ai lou agalelei
foa’i.
While many athletes can only dream about gracing the cover
of Sports Illustrated, local boy Marcus Mariota has already
done it as a college football superstar. If he wins the Heisman
Trophy tonight, Marcus’s photo will be on more than just magazine covers [courtesy photo]
One of the winners in the McDonald’s My Christmas Wish program yesterday was the Pa
family seen here. The Pa children wished to be with their father who is undergoing treatment for
cancer in Hawaii and for his recovery. The family received prizes including a cell phone and other
gifts so that they could keep in contact with their father. Other winners in the McDonald’s My
Christmas Wish were Epati Lang Jr, Cinta Tua’au, Hope Maui, Maila Fagalilo, Gabrielle ‘Gaby’
Gapaya, June Taliva’a, Johnny Lavasi, Wallace Lavasi and Lariah Faamu. The event took place
[photo: Jeff Hayner]
yesterday morning at the McDonald’s in Fagatogo. National Association of Attorneys General to hold training
for prosecutors on island
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
“The Territory recently passed several
important pieces of legislation and as such, we
as attorneys representing the government and
the people of American Samoa, must be prepared to execute these new laws, which calls
for the need to hold the National Association of
Attorneys General (NAAG) training on island
for the first time, says Deputy Attorney General
Mitzie Jessop.
Responding to Samoa News questions,
Attorney General Talauega Elasalo Ale said
that Jessop is taking the lead on this much
needed training for local prosecutors.
NAAG was founded in 1907 to help Attorneys General fulfill the responsibilities of
their office and to assist in the delivery of high
quality legal services to the states and territorial
jurisdictions. NAAG’s mission is “To facilitate
interaction among Attorneys General as peers,
and to facilitate the enhanced performance of
Attorneys General and their staffs.”
According to Jessop the law is always
changing and the Territory recently passed several important pieces of legislation and as such,
“we as attorneys representing the government
and the people of American Samoa, must be
prepared to execute these new laws.” “It is our
obligation to know what the law is and how to
implement it,” she told Samoa News.
“Thus the training we are having with the
National Association of Attorneys General.
We are grateful NAAG is willing to share their
expertise and knowledge with us.”
She said the AG’s office looks forward to
perfecting their skills “so we may represent
ASG and the people to the best of our abilities.”
AG Talauega said NAAG offers various onsite trainings for AG office lawyers and staff
covering various topics, including trial advocacy, consumer protection, human trafficking.
“After attending my first NAAG meeting and
discovering these training opportunities, I asked
NAAG to hold such trainings here in American
Samoa” said the AG, adding that there have
been discussions with NAAG throughout the
year to confirm subject areas and timing, with
Deputy AG Mitzie Jessop taking the lead. “The training this year will focus on trial
advocacy and there will be a section on human
trafficking.” He said NAAG will bring a faculty of experts to conduct these trainings. All
lawyers and certain staff members of the AG’s
Office will be expected to attend.
“We are looking into opening parts of the
program to other government lawyers and staff
as well as local private practitioners. This is a
wonderful opportunity for our lawyers to be
trained by experts from around the country on
methods to improve their craft. These trainings
are offered by NAAG at no cost to our office,”
he stated.
According to the NAAG website, the Association’s members are the Attorneys General of
the 50 states and the District of Columbia and
the chief legal officers of the Commonwealths
of Puerto Rico (Secretary of Justice) and the
Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories
of American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin
Islands. In many areas traditionally considered the exclusive responsibility of the federal
government, the Attorneys General now share
enforcement authority.
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O le afiafi o le aso Faraile
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2AP, le Siufofoga o Samoa,
le polokalama o pesepesega
o le Kerisimasi a le Ekalesia
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E pei ona silafia, o se tasi
lenei o polokalama o le Kerisimasi e tulimataia e le toatele
o le atunuu i tausaga taitasi i
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fafo, e pei ona lautogia ai le
Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano i Samoa mai Suva i Fiti,
e pepese i le aso 21 o Tesema.
O le ekalesia EFKS i Suva i
Fiti o lo o galulue ai le susuga
i le faafeagaiga ia Afa Afato
ma le faletua ia Iutita.
O sui o lenei aulotu e
aofia ai nisi o le mamalu o le
atunuu o lo o alala ai i Fiti ona
o galuega ma aoga e pei o alo
ma fanau o le atunuu o lo o
aotauina i le Iunivesete o le
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i le USP i Fiti i tausaga ua
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tulaga ua i ai le pepesi o le
faamai o le Chinkungunya,
na faaalia ai e faapea, ua maitauina i le 19 vaiaso talu ai le
aafia o tagata e to’a 3,135 po
o le 1.7% o le faitau aofai o
le atunuu i lenei faamai e feaveai e namu.
Mai lea fuainumera, e to’a
1692 tamaitai, ae 1443 alii ua
aafia. O ia faamaumauga a
le matagaluega na maua mai
tagata ua aafia o lo o saili
togafiti atu i maota gasegase
eseese i totonu o le atunuu.
E leai ni maliu ua faamauina ona o lea faamai. Na
faaalia i faamaumauga, le
faatupulaia o vaega eseese
o le atunuu e le gata i Upolu
neoi ae faapea foi Savaii,
ua maua ai tagata ua aafia i
lea faamai.
O lo o aupito i toatele i
latou e i le va o le 20 ma
le 24 tausaga le matutua o
lo o aafia. O lo o faaauau
pea taumafaiga a le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina ina ia tau taofiofi ai
le pepesi o lea faamai ma o
lo o fautuaina le mamalu o
le atunuu ina ia faatamaia
nofoaga e toa ai le suavai
ma tautuufua ai namu, laei
i laei e pupuni ai le tino ma
ia faaaoga tainamu ma mea
tulinamu pe a tofafa. FALEPUIPUI I LE
GAOI O MEA AOGA
E lua tausaga lea ua
faafalepuipui ai nei e le
Faamasinoga Maualuga le
alii o Junior Seumanutafa,
o se alii sa faigaluega i
le Matagaluega o Aoga,
Taaloga ma Aganuu ina ua
faamaonia ona moliaga o
le gaoi ao avea ma tagata
faigaluega.
E 17 moliaga na molia
ai lea alii ma ua faasala ai
nei i le toese i Tafaigata. O
le ua molia faatasi ai ma ni
sui sinia se toalua faapea
ai se tasi sa avea ma ofisa
sili lagolago o le matagaluega, lea o lo o talia le
taimi e tutulai ai i luma o le
Faamasinoga.
O lo o teena e i latou ia o
latou moliaga.
O nei moliaga e mafua
mai i le toesea ai o ni mea
totino a le matagaluega mai
lona ofisa autu i Malifa e
aofia ai pusa api, pusa peni,
computer feaveai po o laptops ma isi mea totino e
faaaoga i aoaoga a le fanau.
Na faaalia i faamaumauga a leoleo e faapea,
o nei solitulafono sa faatinoina i le va o le masina o
Novema 2012 ma le masina
o Aperila 2014.
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compiled by Samoa News staff
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
AMERICAN SAMOA
“Holiday Briefs” is for special events for the month of
December. The events must be
free-of-charge and open to the
community to enjoy.
Samoa News invites those
groups holding such special
events for the holidays to send
us an announcement of your
celebration and we will be
happy to get the message out to
the public for you.
EVENTS CALENDAR
UPDATES
SATURDAY, DEC. 13TH
— “WREATHS ACROSS
AMERICA
DAY”
to
“Remember, Honor, Teach —
Don’t Say I Should Have, Say
I Did!”
In American Samoa, the
Survivor Families of Fallen
Soldiers of the Army and the
local Army Reserve will honor
their loved ones by placing
specially woven wreaths of
fresh flowers on the grave sites
at 6a.m. local time today.
Additionally, at the same
time — SOFIAS (Sosaiete of
Faafafine in American Samoa)
joins the SOS Program and
the American Samoa Veterans
Memorial Center in the Sen.
Daniel Inouye____ Industrial
Park in remembering Fallen
Soldiers of all branches of the
Armed Forces.
The 6 A.M. local time synchronizes with the 12noon time
of the ceremony in Arlington
National Cemetery outside of
Washington D.C., as well as in
veterans cemeteries and other
locations in all 50 states and
territories.
Army Reserve Family Program office director, Taua’a
Sam Vaouli is coordinating
with a representative of each
branch to lay the designated
wreaths. For further information, please contact Salilo Julia
Foifua at the Army Reserve
Family
Program
Office
6999216 or cell 258-1963, or
Director Taua’a Sam Vaouli at
699-9210.
SUNDAY, DEC. 14THWED, DEC. 17TH — The
37TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY
MUSIC FESTIVAL — will
be held at the Malaeoletalu,
Fagatogo Pavilion starting at
6p.m. each night.
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
will deliver special remarks
the first night of the festival,
and eight church youth choirs
are scheduled to perform. First
Lady Cynthia Moliga will light
the Christmas Tree before caroling begins by the groups,
according to the music festival’s official program.
All four nights of the program will be aired live on
KVZK-TV starting at 6p.m
with Office of Public Information director Fagafaga Daniel
Langkilde, the Master of
Ceremonies.
Hosted by the American
Samoa Council on Arts,
Culture,
and
Humanities
(ASCACH) and the Department of Youth and Women’s
Affairs, a total of 31 church
and village choirs will perform
for the annual music festival,
which is supported by an award
from the National Endowment
for the Arts and more information can be obtained by calling
633-4347/4490/5613.
AWARDS CEREMONY
FOR JUDO ASSOCIATION
IS MONDAY
MONDAY, DEC. 15TH —
THE JUDO ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICAN SAMOA
HOLIDAY SEASON SPECIAL
US$145 plus tax, per room per night
Holiday Bonuses
Book 1 room and get the 2nd room half price!
Breakfast and late check-out until 1pm included!
Discounts on golf, spa and free kids club!
Fia Fia Friday Nights—Book 2 seats and the 3rd is FREE!
Conditions apply. Subject to availability. Please call (+685) 45611 to book.
Valid until 31st March 2015. Stays are valid until 31st May 2015.
will hold an awards ceremony
at 5 p.m. for all their students at
the Old VA building in Tafuna,
where classes are held.
The public is invited.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18:
UH COHORT-28 teachers
will be graduating with
their Bachelor of Education
degrees. Mene Tauaa, Coordinator for the 28th Teacher
Cohort told Samoa News that
his teachers are from schools
— ECE to elementary grades
— throughout the island.
TUESDAY, DEC. 23SATURDAY, DEC. 27: THE
SAMOA BOWL will begin
competition between the Territory’s teams and sports teams
representing competitors from
Utah, Hawai’i, and California.
This year, for the first time,
teams from the independent
state of Samoa will join the
action.
Volleyball games will be
held Dec. 23-26 at the ASCC
gymnasium while the highly
anticipated football games are
set for Saturday, December 27
at the Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna.
Everyone is invited to
attend the games.
T H R O U G H O U T
DECEMBER REMEMBER
IN PRAYER: The Army
Reserve Family Program
office is calling on the community’s support throughout the
holidays to remember in prayer
the “Survivors and loved ones
left behind as we approach
the celebration of Hope, Love
and Joy this holiday season.
Thank you for Remembering
and Honoring Fallen Soldiers
and their Survivors here in
American Samoa, Across the
United States of America and
beyond.”
ART SHOW: The Feleti
Barstow Public Library in
Utulei — is displaying an art
show showcasing the work of
one of the territory’s newest
clubs for youth — this one for
budding artists. Calling itself
the “2 C U Create Art Club”,
it features the works of over 20
students, grades 9-12 — with
Fa’asao Marist, Samoana, and
South Pacific Academy High
Schools all represented in the
show. You may contact the
Library at 633-5816 for further
information on the new club,
which welcomes new members to join to express yourself.
JUDO CLASSES continue to be held every Monday
and Wednesday at 3p.m. for
younger students (5-15 years
old), and Friday evenings for
those 16 and older.
MYSTERY
DISCOUNTS
Reach into the box and draw your own discount.
5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%
WE ARE OPEN SUNDAY
December 14th & 21st
from 11am to ? at Nuuuli!
Sale starts Dec. 2nd
Happy Holidays
AMERICAN SAMOA!
HOLIDAY HOURS
December 23rd to
December 24th
8:30am to ???
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Tulimanu O KATI LE LEOLEO NANA
o le
fa’aolataga
O A IGOA NA FAAIGOAINA AI MAKOI NEI ?.
Ina ua to’a le tai sua ma ua maua e le ‘au Kerisiano le saolotoga i le pule o le Malo o Roma, ma ua leai foi le Malo Roma
tuai ae ua liua e avea ma totonu lemu o le tapuaiga o le tapuaiga
Katoliko.
Na ae ai se manatu i le ‘au Kerisiano i le itu lagi i Sisifo a le
a latou faia ni igoa e tau ai le ‘au Makoi i le latou itulagi, lea na
fai ai loa se semina na auai uma le ‘au atatamai mai le itulagi e
Sisifo.
Ona maua lea o igoa e faasuafaina ai o Tupu e o mai i Sasa’e
o Gaspar, Melchior ma Balthasar.
Ae ‘ese foi igoa ia ma faasuafaina e Kerisiano ia o le itulagi
mai Sasa’e. E le iloa le mafauaga na alai ona afea le maota o
le Herota, ae i ai le talitonuga o fuafuaga fai toatasi a le Atua,
e faafua ai le loto o Herota na ‘iu lava ina fai le mea mataga ua
fasiotia uma tama e ta’i 2 tausaga.
I le faiga poo fuafuaga a le Silisili ‘Ese, i le fuafauga a le Atua
e taunuu o le Nasareta le nuu ma tupuga mai ai Tavita, lea o tau
i ai Iosefa.
Ina toe foi mai le solaaga mai Aikupito, na faaali i ai le Atua
i ala i le miti, e o i Nasareta e nonofo ai, ina taunuu upu a le ‘au
Perofeta lea e tusia i le Mataio 22:22-23.
O FUAFUAGA A LE ATUA, E LE TAU-MASINA AI LE
TAGATA MA LONA FINAGALO. Amene.
E toe fa’atalofa atu i le aufai tau i le faaiuga
o lenei vaiaso, faamoemoe sa outou maua se
vaiaso manuia ma le fiafia, ae alo mai loa o le
toe fa’aauauina lenei o le tatou tala fa’asolo ia
Kati le Leoleo nana o le lalolagi, lea na gata
mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le taimi lea na
faitau ai e Kati e tusi mai le kovana o le malo
o Aferika, i lona fia maua lea o le tagata na ia
fasiotia le ali’i leaga o Tomasi ae sei ofo atu i
ai se meaalofa
E le i toe popole le mafaufau o le ali’i Leoleo
nana i le fa’alavelave so o atu o le ave taxi i
lona olaga, aua o lea ua ia iloa, o le atali’i moni
lava lea a se tasi o ana uo mamae i taimi a o
la aooga fa’aleoleo nana i Sepania, pau le itu
lea ua popole i ai lona mafaufau, o le talosaga
a lana uo kovana e faailoa atu le tagata na ia
fasiotia le tagata faipisinisi Enelagi o Tomasi
lea sa lala mua i faiga faatupu fa’alavelave, ina
nei avea lea talosaga o se maunu e mailei atu ai
o ia ma maua ai loa ma le avanoa e fasiotia ai
o ia i totonu o Aferika. O le mataupu na fa’ai’u
ai le fonotaga sa faia i Aferika, o le tofia lea o
le peresetene fou o le vaega o Leoleo nana o
le lalolagi, ma ua filifilia ai le ali’i o Kati mai
Italia e avea ma Peresetene o le Asosi, o se
tofiga fa’atoa pale ai lava lea o se tagata mai le
atu Europa, aua o le tagata lea sa ia tauaveina
mai le tofi mo le 10 tausaga sosoo, o le tagata
mai Amerika i matu, o se tasi o Leoleo nana
sa tele in a fa’amoemoe i ai le vaega su’esu’e
a Amerika i matu atoa ai ma isi atumotu o le
Pasefika.
Na ona mae’a lava o le fonotaga i le aso
lea, fa’asasa’o loa ma Kati ma lana paga i le
Pa Pia mo sina ipu uaina e fa’avevela ai le tino
ua alu le aso o saofafa’i i le fono, e lei umi ona
saofafa’i i le la laulau ae faateia loa le tama i le
po po atu e le tagata o lona tauau ma faapea atu
ia te ia, “malo mo le tofiga fou, ua talafeagai lou
tula’i mai e tauave le tofiga taua lena”, na tepa
le tama i luga ma ia iloa ai le ali’i ave taxi o lo
o tu mai i ona tafatafa ma lona toniga Leoleo
nana a Aferika, pau le eseesega ma lana toniga,
e foliga mai o lea fa’atoa la’asia e le ali’i ave
taxi sitepu muamua o le galuega fa’aleoleo nana
i totonu o le malo o Aferika. “Fa’amalo fo’i le
tapua’i ia te oe le uso, o le itu taua ua ta masani,
ae sili ai o lea ua ou iloa o lou tama sa fai ma a’u
uo mamae i le taimi o le ma tausaga i totonu o le
aoga leoleo nana i Sepania ...” o le talanoa atu
lea a Kati i le ali’i ave taxi, ma ia valaaulia loa
o ia latou te to’atolu i luga o le laulau mo sina
tafaoga puupuu. Na fa’ateia Kati e le i leva ona
latou saofafa’i i luga o le laulau ma e ave taxi,
ae savavali atu loa ma ni ali’i fitafita a le malo
o Aferika se toalua ma tu tu atu i luma o le ali’i
ave taxi ma ifo atu i ai, ona fa’atonu loa lea e le
ali’i ave taxi ali’i fitafita ia e to’alua, e tapena le
potu pito sili ona matagofie i le fale talimalo a
le kovana o le malo, e mapu atu i ai le Peresetene fou o le Asosi o Leoleo nana i le lalolagi, le
susuga ia Kati ma lana paga, sei mapu atu i ai ae
maua ai ma le avanoa e fai atu i ai fa’aaloaloga
a le kovana ma le malo.
ALOFA E OO I LE OTI
E te fia
Poka?
MAFUAAGA O LO:U MANOA MA TE TETE’A.
Fesili le Faamasino i le tamaloa o Etuale, “O le a le mafuaaga
ua e mana’o ai e te lua tete’a? tali le tamaloa, “I le aso 8 o Mati i
le tausaga nei na fai ai ma talanoaga ma Vao, ma te o e fagogota
i le taeao o le aso Toanai.” ae la e faalogologo mai le fafine
Ia ua faalogologo uma le faamasinoga, “Ia ua malama ae le
taeao ua tetele le timuga ae ua alu lava ma faaola lou taavale
ou alu loa. Ae te’i ane ua ou oo atu i Se’etaga, ae tatagi loa ma
le telefoni a Vao, e sili ai le tuu le ma faiva se’i fai i lea aso
Toana’i, ou toe foi loa i le fale.”
Taunuu loa ou toe alu i le potumoe ma lo’u toalua, ‘oso atu
i luga o le moega e toe faaauau le moe, ae fai mai lou le fafine,
“O le mea sili ai o le a la ua alu atu le tamaloa e fagota, si ou alii
Iosefa….”
“O le taimi lena pei o le fetaui pelu ma to’i i lou mafaufau. O
le mea lena ua ou manao ai e tatau ona ma tete’a.”
Fesili mai loa le faamasino, “O ai le tagata e igoa ia Iosefa ?.”
ae tali atu le tamaloa, “O le toeaina lea e vaai laau a le fafine….”
E LE’I FAIA SOU TOALUA.
Na alu le ona lea o Siaosi i totonu o le faleoloa o le KS Mart,
alu atu loa ma aumai lana pepa susu, toe sau tu i le laina e faatali
le taimi e totogi ai lana faatau.
E sau e toatasi lava le teine lea e tu ma la’u i luga lana faatau
i le kesia, fai atu loa le ona lea, “E le’i faia sou koalua a ea ?.”
tilotilo mai i tua le teine e na o le ona lava lea e tu atu.
Ae o le teine e fai le mama faaipoipo i lana lima, na tago loa
le teine na faaaliali mai i ai lana mama faaipoipo, fai mai loa i le
ona, “Ao le a le uiga o le mea lea ?.”
Ae fai mai lava le ona lea, “E ke le’i faaipoipo.” fai mai le
teine lea, “E faafefea ona e iloaina ?.”
“Vaai oe, o ‘au le kagaka ua ou fiu e su’e sau koalua e le maua
lava i lou auleaga, ae o le a ua oo lava ia ke ‘au ouke le fia alu
foi ia oe….!!!!!.”
Ia ua fiu le faatau oloa e vaovao le teine i le tauai ai o lana
faatau i le ulu a le ona lea.
E toe fa’atalofa atu i le mamalu o le aufaitau i le fa’aiuga o lenei vaiaso, malo le onosa’i,
malo fo’i le galulue, fa’amoemoe sa outou maua se vaiaso fiafia ma le manuia, ae alo mai loa,
o le sosooina lenei o le tatou tala fa’asolo, lea na gata mai i le vaiaso na te’a nei i le taimi lea
ua toe fa’asolosolo ai mafaufauga a le fafine o Tania i le la mafutaga ma si ona to’alua o Veli
ua maliu
E ui i le fa’atauva’a o le tamaloa o Veli i le vaai a tagata o le nuu o Palisi, peita’i e le o
le tulaga lena o lo o i ai le mafaufau o Tania isi ona to’alua, e le gata o ia o se tagata e alofa
fa’amaoni i le la aiga, ae o ia fo’i o se tamaloa e tausi aiga lelei. Talofa e i le mafutaga sa amata
mai i si tama’i faleo’o a le tamaloa o Veli i lona aiga i Savai’i, le faleo’o la te tau fa’aofiofi
ai i afiafi uma mo le 5 tausaga na la nonofo ai i Savai’i, ao le’i toe malaga ane i lona aiga i
Palisi, lea ua i’u ai lava le ola o si tamaloa ona o le finau e tausi le aiga o si ona to’alua. O le
fa’amoemoega uma o Tania sa tu’u atu i si ona to’alua ua tafea i le ‘au ‘au o le vasa, ma ua pei
le fafine o se va’a ua leai se taula, ua tafetafea na o le tino i peau sousou, e fai o lona mafatia i
le motusia o le mafutaga ma Veli, ae ua faigata i lona mafaufau pe fa’apefea nei ona ia ta’u i
matua o le tamaloa i Savai’i le mea ua tupu.
“Nia, o le a se tala mai ia Veli”, o le fesili fia iloa lea a le ali’i ave taxi o Meki lea ua amata
ona tau vavala mai le la mafutaga fa’alilolilo ma le fafine o Tania. “Nia, suga Nia, e i ai se mea
ua tupu ua e le talanoa mai ai, ua a mai le ma’i o Veli ....” e fiu lava le alii o Meki e saputu atu
le mau fesili ae pei lava o le timu e pau i le tua o le pato le mau fesili o lo o fai atu, e aunoa
ma se tali ane i ai o le fafine, sei vagana ai le nofo ma tuu ona alofilima i lona muaulu, pei o se
tagata o lo o tau to manatu i se mataupu faigata ua fiu e toe tau mafaufau ua galo lava. Na lava
vaaiga ia na vaaia e Meki ia Tania na ia iloa ai le mea ua tupu i le tamaloa o Veli, o lea na savali
fa’anatinati atu ai loa le ali’i ave taxi i totonu o le falem’i i lona fia iloa o le mea ua tupu, ae na
matua segia le mauli o le ali’i ave taxi i le fetaui o lona savali atu i totonu o le potu tigaina lea
na taofia ai Veli mo aso e lua ae toso mai loa le moega e ni tama’ita’i foma’i se to’alua, o lo o
aumai ai se tagata o lo o ufi atoa lona tino i le ie pa’epa’e a le falema’i.
Na tau fesili Meki i teine foma’i po o ai le igoa o le tagata ua maliu, peita’i na fa’ateia le
ali’i ave taxi ina ua savali atu le isi teine foma’i ma fesili ia Tania, “Tina, e te toe fia fa’amavae
i si ou to’alua a o le i tu’uina atu o ia i totonu o le fale ‘aisa?”, e le i tali Tania sei vagana ai
lona tu mai i luga ma savali atu loa ua susu’e le ie o lo o ufi ai le tino o Veli, o iina na fa’atoa
fa’alogoina ai loa e teine foma’i le mafatia o le fafine ina ua tagi aueue i luga o le tino maliu o
Veli, ae o Meki i le taimi lea ua na o le tu ua le iloa sana gaioiga e fai. E le i toe popoe Tania
i se isi lava mea sei vagana ai lona manatu e fa’aauau pea lona alofa ia Veli se ia oo i le oti.
Tala i Vavau o Samoa
O LE POGAI NA IFO AI LE ASO O LE MALIETOA
Ua mae’a le ‘ava, ona faai’u
lea i le matematega a Malietoa
ma Puleleiite, ma fai mai
le tala na mae’a uma palo a
Malietoa ona mate e Puleleiite,
ona faapea atu lea o Puleleiite
ina o le a toe fo’i i Savai’i
ia Malietoa, “a e susu atu i
Salafai, alu atu ma avatu se tula
o la’u lupe.” Sa finagalo malie
i ai le ali’i, ona malaga lea i le
isi aso i Savai’i ma ave laau,
ae fai ane i ai Puleleiite, “o lou
finagalo ea e oge laau Salafai
nei.?” peitai fai mai le mau faa
Tuisamau ma Auimatagi, sa fai
Puleleiite ia Malietoa i le taimi
o le la matematega a susu atu
i Savai’i, ona alu atu lea ma
avatu se ama o lona va’a, lea
fai i ai Puleleiite, pe o lona
finagalo e oge laau Salafai.
Fai mai le mau a le atunuu,
o Puleleiite lenei sa nonofo ma
le tagata e igoa ia ‘Ae e tautua
Leali’ifano ma Tigilau i Falelatai. Ua oo i le isi aso, ona fai
atu lea o ‘Ae ia Leali’ifano,
se’i alu i lona aiga i Toga, ae
aumai ana i’a e lua se’i malaga
ai, ona malie lea o Leali’ifano
ona fai ai lea o le la tuugatala,
a taunuu ‘Ae i Toga, ona toe
tutuli mai lea o ana i’a, peitai
ua le osi feagaiga ‘Ae, ua
taunuu i Toga, ona ia fasi mate
ina lea o le isi i’a, ae sola mai
(Faaauau itulau 11)
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O se va’aiga i le fale fou ua fausia nei o le Koluse Mumu i Amerika Samoa. O lenei galuega e faia ina ia saili fo’i po’o lava le agaga foa’i o tagata, aiga, kamupani
ma le Malo i lo tatou atunu’u. Ua foaia mai le tupe mo le fausaga o le Maota lea e le Koluse Mumu a Amerika, ae o le fa’amae’aina o le galuega, e faia e o tatou
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➧ Vavau O Samoa…
Mai itulau 10
le isi i’a ua mate i le va o Tutuila ma Manu’a. Fai mai le mau e
fo’i atu le malaga a Puleleiite i Savai’i, ae faae’e loa le faiva a le
Aiga Sa Sa’umani, ona oso ai loa lea o Puleleiite i luga o le va’a,
peitai sa fesili ai tama, “sole, o ai oe a’o ai lou igoa,?” e le’i tali
Puleleiite ae sa ia toe fesili i tama i le fesili lava lea, “o ai outou
a’o ai fo’i o outou igoa,?” ua tali tama, “o Sa Sa’umani,” ona
faapea atu lea o Puleleiite, “ua lelei, Sa’umani Oe, Sa’umani Oe,
ae Saumani Afaese a’u.” O iina lea fai mai le mau na suia ai le
igoa o Puleleiite ia Sa’umani Afaese.
Fai mai ona alu loa lea o le faiva, ma ua taumafai e tuli le i’a,
ona maua lea o le i’a, ma ua tofi Sa’umani Afaese poo le tama o
Puleleiite e si’i a’e i luga, ona naunau atu lava lea o le Aiga Sa
Sa’umani e toso mai i luga le i’a, peitai sa tali Sa’umani Afaese,
“e alu pea le va’a faitalia o ia ma ta’ita’i alalo atu le i’a,” fai mai
le mau o iinei na maua ai le upu, “ua ta’ialalo le i’a a le Aiga Sa
Sa’umani.” Fai mia le tala ua aumai le i’a i Samoa, ae ua malaga
Sa’umani Afaese i Toga, ma fai ia Tuitoga Fakapouli, afai o i
ai ni toega o le i’a o totoe, ona aumai lea e alu ma ia i Samoa,
peitai sa talosaga ane fo’i le Tuitoga ia Puleleiite, tautuana ma ia
e tapu’e ane ni moa ma ia ona e leai ni moa i Toga, peitai sa fai
atu fo’i Puleleiite, a alu atu la i Samoa, tautuana ni ana niu e alu
atu ma ia. O le a faaauau atu i le vaiaso fou le soso’oina o le tatou
polokalame lenei i le feiloaiga a Tuitoga ma Puleleiite, ae maise
ai o le iuga na oo i ai le tagata le alofa o ‘Ae. Faafetai.
Canada restricts booze at
sea, ups prices in port
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Booze will not
be as cheap or flow as freely aboard Canadian
warships after the review of an incident last
summer in which a coastal defense vessel was
ordered home from a U.S. exercise because of
its sailors’ bad behavior.
The report, released Friday by the fleet’s top
commander, Commodore Craig Baines, recommends that the navy develop a strictly enforced
code of conduct in addition to increasing the
shipboard price of alcohol and banning any consumption while ships are at sea, unless there are
special events. The restrictions were imposed
immediately.
Last July, HMCS Whitehorse cut short its
deployment and returned to its home port in
Esquimalt, British Columbia, after some crew
members were accused of sexual misconduct,
shoplifting and drunkenness. Three incidents
are in various stages of being dealt with through
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U.S. counterparts who serve on completely dry
ships, off-duty Canadian sailors have been free
to purchase beer or wine, including from soda
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Those are being removed as part of the
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not be popular, but necessary.
“I have no doubt there will be some folks
who see this as negative, but I have great confidence based on broad consultations through all
ranks of the navy that this will be seen as a positive, measured and progressive step,” he said.
The alternative, Norman said, was to go the
U.S. route and ban booze entirely.
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togo during the McDonald’s My Christmas Wish program. Police say Oregon shooting
appears gang related
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police are
searching for a gunman who left three young
people hospitalized in what investigators say
appears to be a gang-related shooting outside an
alternative high school.
Witnesses told police there may have been
a dispute outside Rosemary Anderson High
School on Friday, just before the shooting
occurred at a street corner.
The assailant and two other people fled, and
the wounded students went to the school for
help, a police spokesman said. A 16-year-old
girl was critically wounded while two males
were hospitalized in fair condition. Another girl
was grazed by a bullet.
“Based on the investigation thus far, the
shooting appears to be gang-related,” Sgt. Pete
Simpson said Friday night in a statement.
Police gang investigators “feel comfortable
saying this is a gang-related shooting based on
some of the people involved,” Simpson added
in an interview. Police said they believe the
shooter has gang ties. Simpson declined to say
which victims might be linked to gangs.
The spokesman said police were still gathering details on the reported dispute.
“There was some kind of dispute between
the shooter and some people,” Simpson said.
“We don’t know if it was (with) all the victims
or one of the victims.”
The victims are students at the high school or
in affiliated job training programs, police said.
Police identified the hospitalized victims as
Taylor Michelle Zimmers, 16, who was in critical condition; David Jackson-Liday, 20; and
Labraye Franklin, 17.
Olyvia Batson, also 17, was treated at the
scene after a bullet grazed her foot.
Sierra Smith, a 17-year-old student, told
The Oregonian she saw one of the male victims
being helped by a teacher inside the school.
“He was laying on the ground. He had blood
coming out of his stomach,” she said. “It was
scary.”
Another student, Oliviann Danley, 16, told
the newspaper she saw a boy run into the school
and yell, “Oh my God, did I just get shot?”
Rosemary Anderson High School serves
at-risk students who were expelled or dropped
out, or who are homeless or single parents.
According to the school’s website, 190 students
annually are enrolled at the north Portland location. The school also has a second location in
Gresham. Gang violence in Portland isn’t a
new phenomenon. Some of the violence occurs
between rival gangs, but bystanders have also
been hurt.
“We’ve made a lot of progress in addressing
the gang problem, but we haven’t eradicated it,”
Mayor Charlie Hales said. “Today’s really a sad
reminder that it’s still with us.”
Portland police have said they saw a spike
in gang crime over the summer and have complained they don’t have adequate resources to
address the problem. Recent violence includes
a man killed in a drive-by-shooting in June and
another man killed in a separate shooting. A
5-year-old boy also was shot in the leg while
playing at an apartment complex.
A Multnomah County report on gang activity
released in June said crime in the county that
includes Portland actually decreased from 2005
to 2012. As inner-city Portland gentrifies, the
report said, criminal activity is shifting from
northern neighborhoods to areas farther east,
including the city of Gresham.
The north Portland neighborhood where the
shooting occurred exemplifies the trend. Before
Friday, the place once known for gangs had not
had a shooting with injuries in nearly four years.
“It brings up a lot of old wounds,” Simpson
said.
Dani Gonzales, 64, has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years and said it’s generally safe
but there has always been some gang activity.
“Kids just get silly and get crazy ideas. I
don’t know what goes on in their heads,” Gonzales said.
There was another school shooting in the
Portland area in June, but it was not gangrelated. A freshman killed another boy in a
locker room, and a bullet grazed a teacher
before the shooter went into a bathroom and
died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
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China leaders preside at WWII
massacre remembrance
Chinese honor guard members take part in a ceremony to mark China’s first National Memorial Day at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders presided Saturday at the ceremony on the 77th anniversary of the Nanking massacre amid a drive to revive
memories of Japan’s brutal invasion and stir patriotism. Chinese characters in white reads “Nanjing Massacre”. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese military band members leave after a ceremony to mark China’s first National Memorial Day at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014. Vowing to nourish peace and ease hatreds, President Xi Jinping and
other Chinese leaders presided Saturday at a ceremony on the 77th anniversary of the Nanking
massacre amid a drive to preserve memories of Japanís brutal invasion and stir patriotism.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
NANJING, China (AP) — President Xi Jinping and other
Chinese leaders presided Saturday at a ceremony on the 77th
anniversary of the Nanking massacre amid a drive to preserve
memories of Japan’s brutal invasion and stir patriotism.
Addressing soldiers, students, and survivors of the December
1937 killings carried out by occupying Japanese troops, Xi
called out Japanese ultra-nationalists who seek to deny the massacre took place.
“Those who uphold justice and love peace must be highly
vigilant and firmly oppose those wrong words and deeds,” he
said. “History will not permit anyone who would deny the facts
of the Nanking atrocity.”
Estimates of those killed range from 40,000 to the official
Chinese figure of 300,000. About 20,000 women were also
believed to have been raped over the six weeks of chaos, mass
looting and arson.
China raised the profile of commemorations this year as part
of three new holidays to mark major wartime events amid a
downturn in China-Japan relations.
Participants at the ceremony and people throughout the city
stood for one minute of silence at 10 a.m. against the wail of
what was described as the world’s largest air raid siren.
In his speech to a reported 10,000 people gathered at the hall,
Xi said the purpose of the event was to “arouse every kind person’s longing for and adherence to peace, and not to perpetuate
hatred.”
Ties with Japan in particular have been roiled by a series of
events leading to a more than two-year suspension in high-level
contacts that have yet to be fully restored. The two have been
sparring over a string of uninhabited East China Sea islands that
are controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by Beijing.
China also was angered by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe’s moves to allow the dispatch of Japanese troops for operations abroad and visits by Japanese officials — including Abe
— to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine that honors convicted Japanese
war criminals among the country’s war dead. They include three
of the top commanders executed for their role in the Nanking
massacre.
Underscoring the bitterness is a long-standing sentiment
among Chinese that Japan has never shown true contrition for
its invasion and occupation of China, in which an estimated 35
million Chinese soldiers and civilians died.
Abe and Xi briefly met last month after the two sides agreed
to gradually resume dialogue. However, a projected landslide
victory for Japan’s ruling party in national elections Sunday
could give Abe political breathing space to push forward with
his nationalist agenda.
Chinese military band members leave near banners with the
words reading “National Memorial” after a ceremony to mark
China’s first National Memorial Day at the Nanjing Massacre
Memorial Hall in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014. Vowing to nourish peace and ease
hatreds, President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders presided
Saturday at a ceremony on the 77th anniversary of the Nanking
massacre amid a drive to preserve memories of Japanís brutal
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
invasion and stir patriotism. Page 14
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NY man pleads guilty to
mailing death threats
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man has pleaded
guilty to charges he mailed 21 death threats with white powder
over 15 years to U.S. Sen. John McCain, a local high school and
others.
Federal prosecutors say Brian Daniel Norton pleaded guilty
Friday to two federal counts of conveying false information
and hoaxes. He faces up to 10 years in prison at his April 10
sentencing.
Prosecutors say that between 1997 and 2012 the 59-year-old
Norton mailed letters with white powder he claimed was anthrax
or ricin. The powder was harmless.
His targets also included former Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates and former U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle of New York.
Norton also sent threatening letters to a high school and college in Syracuse.
Norton’s federal defender didn’t immediately return a
message.
Parents pull their children out of school early due to an anti-government protest that got violent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. United Nations peacekeepers fired at a crowd
of protesters who were demanding new leadership just days after a government-appointed com(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
mission recommended that the country’s prime minister resign. Crew in Korean Air nut
rage says he was insulted
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean Air
flight attendant described being insulted and
shamed by the airline’s executive who ordered
him removed and the plane returned over macadamia nuts, and then being asked to lie about
the incident to investigators.
The “nut rage” drama has captivated South
Korea with tales of outrageous behavior followed by public apologies from the executive
and her father, the airline’s chairman.
Cho Hyun-ah, who has since resigned as head
of cabin service at Korean Air, was angered
when a flight attendant in first class offered her
macadamia nuts in a bag, not on a plate. She
ordered him off the plane and forced the flight
to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy airport
in New York City.
“People who haven’t experienced will not
understand that feeling of being insulted and
shamed,” senior flight attendant Park Chang-jin
told South Korea’s KBS television network on
Friday.
After being confronted about the nuts, he
said he and his colleague kneeled down before
Cho.
He said Cho poked the back of his hand with
a corner of the flight manual book several times.
According to Park, Cho yelled at the crew
to “call right now and stop the plane. I will
stop this plane from leaving.” Park said that in
such a situation, he could not dare to refuse the
“owner’s daughter.”
When Park returned to South Korea on a
separate flight after being forced out from the
plane, five to six officials from Korean Air
came to visit his home every day and asked him
to give a false account to authorities of what
happened, he told KBS. The officials asked him
to tell investigators that Cho did not use abusive language and that he voluntarily got off the
plane, Park said.
Korean Air confirmed that Park was the
senior flight attendant — or head of cabin
crew — who was on the flight with Cho Hyun-
ah and who had to leave the plane. The company declined to comment on the matter under
investigation by the transport ministry and
prosecutors.
On Friday, in her first public appearance
since the incident, a gloomy-faced Cho bowed
and said “I sincerely apologize. I’m sorry,”
before droves of journalists in an almost inaudible, trembling voice. She said she will meet
the victimized crew member and “apologize
sincerely.”
She is facing questioning over the possibility
her actions violated aviation safety law.
Hours before her apology, Korean Air
Chairman Cho Yang-ho also made a deep bow
before journalists. He called his daughter’s
behavior foolish and said he regrets he didn’t
raise her better.
“It’s my fault,” he said. “As chairman
and father, I ask for the public’s generous
forgiveness.”
Earlier this week, Cho resigned as Korean
Air’s head of cabin service but retained other
executive roles at the airline and its affiliated companies. Her father said Friday she is
resigning from executive roles at all affiliates
of Hanjin, the group that controls Korean Air.
South Korean media called the 40-year-old
a princess and some Koreans said she was an
international embarrassment to her country.
Still, many South Koreans were not surprised
by Cho’s display of entitlement, pointing to a
culture that held in high esteem the families
who founded the industrial conglomerates credited with leading the country to modernization
and wealth.
Nowadays, however, there is growing criticism of ostentatious wealth and unfettered
power, particularly directed at the newest generation, which is inheriting the business empires
founded by their fathers and grandfathers. All
three children of Cho Yang-ho rose quickly to
the top ranks of the airline, holding executive
roles in it and affiliate companies.
An RV sits underwater from the flooded Russian River
Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in Guerneville, Calif. While the sun rose
Friday in a dry San Francisco sky, the storm’s affects lingered in
Northern California. In Sonoma County, the Russian River was
approaching flood stage and was expected to crest several feet
above it by early afternoon. Officials advised residents of about
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
300 homes to evacuate low-lying areas. Defense satellite launches
from California coast
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A
U.S. defense satellite launched from California’s central coast
on Friday after weather delays caused by a major storm that
drenched the state.
An unmanned Atlas V rocket carrying a classified payload
for the National Reconnaissance Office blasted from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:19 p.m. and lit the dark, cloudy sky.
A storm that brought rain, heavy clouds and gusty winds
through California delayed the launch on Thursday.
The storm had exited the region by Friday evening, providing
a clear window for the launch.
“The hard work and dedication of everyone involved continues to ensure our nation’s access to space,” said Col. Keith
Balts, commander of Air Force’s 30th Space Wing. “This was
especially evident by our base electricians who worked tirelessly through last night’s extreme weather to ensure power was
available for launch.”
The mission is classified for national security reasons, so no
details are available about the satellite.
samoa news, Saturday, December 13, 2014 Page 15
➧ Talosaga Lealao aufai…
Mai itulau 1
O ni isi o le aufai fa’atoaga ua latou fa’aalia lagona musu e
toe fia auai i ni isi Farm Fair i le lumana’i, pe afai o le tulaga
fa’aletonu lea o le a alia’e mai pea.
“Afai o le faiga lea o isi Farm Fair o lo o mulimuli mai, e
sili ai loa pe a taatia, e le toe fia auai ni isi i ni polokalame e
na o le pologa ma le gau e maua ai, ae fa’atamala le malo i le
tu’uina mai o fa’ailoga mo le aufai fa’atoaga”, o le saunoaga lea
a le susuga a Tanuvasa Mauga, o se tasi o ali’i fai faatoaga a le
atunuu.
Na taua e ni isi o le aufai fa’atoaga e fa’apea, e tatau i le
Ofisa o Fa’atoaga ona latou tausisi i le manulauti sa fa’atulai e
le ali’i kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga ma lana faigamalo, o le
fa’amuamua lea o tagata i so o se taimi.
“O le lagona o le alii kovana ma le faigamalo, e le tatau
ona faatuatuana’i le malo i tagata lautele, ae tatau ona ave i ai
le fa’amuamua, e tatau fo’i la i le Ofisa o Fa’atoaga ona ave le
latou fa’amuamua i tagata lautele, o le aufai fa’atoaga lea”, o le
manatu lea a le tina o Mareta Ifopo.
O le itu o lo o pito sili ona le fiafia ai ni isi o le aufai fa’atoaga
o lo o fa’asea, o le tele o le latou gau i le aso o le Farm Fair, ina
ua tau fai tufa fua uma fua o a latou fa’aeleeleaga i le aso o le
Farm Fair, a o lenei ua fiu e tulituli fa’ailoga sa polomisi le Ofisa
o Fa’atoaga e vave maua ae ua leai se mea e maua.
Ina ua fesiligia le afioga a Lealao i le aoauli ananafi i sona
finagalo, sa ia fa’aalia ai lona fa’anoanoa tele i ni isi o le
aufai fa’atoaga o lo o fa’asea ma muimui, ae ua le onosa’i ma
fa’atalitali e le faigofie le galuega o lo o taumafai i ai le Ofisa.
“E lagona le fa’anoanoa i le aufai fa’atoaga o lo o faia le
galuega o le fa’asea ma le muimui, ae ua le nonofo tatalo ma
onosa’i, e le faigofie le galuega sa matou alo atu i ai, o le tau
tu’ufaatasia lea o togi mo le fa’amoemoe, ina ia mautinoa e tofutofu sia uma i latou ma ni fa’ailoga mo le Kerisimasi”, o le saunoaga leaa Lealao.
Saunoa Lealao e fa’apea, o se tasi o itu lelei o le fuafuaga lea
ua faia mo le tufatufaina o siaki i le vaiaso fou, e fetaui lelei ai
lava nai meaalofa laiti ia mo le aufai fa’atoaga i le kerisimasi ma
le tausaga fou ua latalata mai.
“O le taimi nei, ua mae’a ona tu’uina atu siaki mo le aufai
fa’atoaga uma ua lautogia i luga o le Ofisa o Tupe a le malo, mo
le sainia o siaki ma fa’agaioi vaega uma e mana’omia, ma fuafua
ai loa le tufatufaina atu o fa’ailoga i le amataga o le vaiaso fou”,
o le saunoaga lea a Lealao.
O lo o i ai le fa’amoemoe a le ali’i Fa’atonu, o le a logo aloaia
le aufai fa’atoaga i le taimi e mae’a ai ona saunia uma siaki, ina
ia aga’i fa’atasi uma atu i le Ofisa o Fa’atoaga i Tafuna e tufatufa
ai a latou fa’ailoga.
Na taua atili e Lealao e faapea, o se tasi o itu lelei i le tuai lea
ona tufa faailoga a le aufai faatoaga, o lea ua mafai ai ona maua
ni nai meaalofa mo i latou mo le kerisimasi.
Sa ia taua fo’i le leai o se manatu a lona ofisa e faatuatuana’i
pe manatu mama i le aufai fa’atoaga a le atunu’u, aua o i latou
tonu ia o lo o tua i ai le fofoga taumafa o le atunu’u, faapea ai
fo’i le fofoga taumafa a le fanau aoga.
E pei ona maitauina suiga o le polokalame i lenei tausaga, ua
a’e se manatu e taofi le toe tufatufaina atu o fa’ailoga i mea faigaluega e pei ona faia i isi Farm Fair ua mavae atu, ae ua manatu
le Ofisa ma le malo e sili pe a tufatufa atu faailoga tupe mo le
aufai faatoaga, ina ia mafai ai fo’i ona fesoasoani fa’ailoga tupe
i manaoga o lo o tutupu mai i totonu o aiga o nai fai faatoaga.
“E le faigofie le galuega sa alo atu i ai le komiti ma faamasino, e manaomia le tatau lea ona mae’a lelei ona iloilo togi o
vaega taitasi, ina ia taofia ai le tula’i mai o ni fa’asea i le taimi
mulimuli”, o le saunoaga lea a Lealao.
Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia ausage@samoanews.com
by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Samoa News Reporter
19 YEAR OLD BOY CHARGED IN SEX CASE PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY
A 19-year-old boy charged with several criminal counts in connection with a sex case involving
a 13-year-old girl, who was left at home alone with her 11-year-old brother, has entered into a plea
agreement. Lokeni Tausilinu’u was charged with first-degree burglary, sodomy, deviate sexual
abuse first degree, endangering the welfare of a child, underage consumption of alcoholic beverages; failure to have personal possession of alien registration card and private peace disturbance.
The defendant has pled guilty to sexual abuse first degree and the government moved to dismiss
the remaining charges.
According to the government’s case, police received a call from a man claiming that his
daughter had been sexually assaulted at their home in Nu’uuli. Her mother accompanied the girl to
the police station. The 13-year-old victim told police she was sleeping at home with her 11-yearold brother, while her mother was out for a church function and her father was out drinking, say
court filings. The defendant admitted that he was drinking on October 10, 2014 and around midnight he walked to the victim’s residence, where he knocked on the door and was let in by the
girl’s younger brother. The defendant further stated that he sat on the couch and that’s when he
saw the victim sleeping on the bed, and then he touched her on her private parts.
The plea agreement was accepted and the defendant has been scheduled for sentencing next
month. Tausilinu’u is behind bars on a no bail statue due to his immigration status.
Samoa News first reported this case in the Oct. 17, 2014 issue.
MAN CHARGED FOR SEX WITH MINOR TO ENTER GUILTY PLEA IN SEX CASE
Jermain Maybir has signed a plea agreement with the government after being charged with
statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, sexual assault and sexual abuse first degree. He will plead
guilty to sexual abuse first and the government will drop the remaining charges. Sexual abuse carries a jail term of up to five years, a fine of $5,000 or both.
According to the government’s case, on April 21, 2014 the police received a report that a
13-year-old girl refused to come home to her family. It’s alleged that the police made contact with
victim’s mother and then police spoke to the victim who stated that she was having a relationship
with the defendant. Sentencing is scheduled for next month. Samoa News first reported this story
in the August 23, 2014 issue.
➧ Marcus Mariota contender for Heisman…
Continued from page 1
lege player of the year), and the Walter Camp
National Player of the Year Award. Now, Mariota is the front-runner for the coveted Heisman
Trophy, which, according to wikipedia.com
“is awarded annually to the most outstanding
player in college football in the United States
whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of
excellence with integrity.”
The name of the Heisman Trophy winner
will be officially announced tonight.
ESPN says that winning the Heisman
Trophy is worth at least $800,000 over a lifetime ($200,000 for autograph deals, $200,000
for public appearances and speeches, and
$400,000 for a shoe deal), not counting the
amount of doors that open just by joining the
elite fraternity.
The winner of the Heisman is selected by
votes that are cast by sports journalists, previous Heisman Trophy winners, and fans.
Mariota is currently a junior who, much to
the disappointment of numerous NFL teams and
fans, bypassed a chance to enter the NFL draft
to finish off his senior year at Oregon. He is the
potential No. 1 pick in the 2015 NFL draft.
Known for his quiet demeanor and shying
away from the spotlight, Mariota stands to be
the first player to win the Maxwell Award and
the Heisman Trophy in the same season since
2010 when Auburn University’s Cam Newton
did it.
His chances are great though, as four straight
winners of the Davey O’Brien Award have
gone on to win the Heisman.
Yesterday, Mariota’s aunt, Vaosefa Mariota
Grey told the Samoa News that Marcus has
always been very quiet.
“He is only outspoken when he’s around
family,” she said. “He takes that from my dad
(Marcus’s grandfather) Taulauniu Mariota who
passed away in 2011.”
It was during his grandfather’s funeral that
Marcus last set foot in American Samoa, which
he has visited a handful of times.
His family is from the village of Laulii and
they are just overwhelmed with pride. They
show their support for Marcus by displaying
Oregon flags, stickers, and decals on their
vehicles. Also, throughout the football season,
homemade banners made of fabric hang from
the second story of their home, spray painted
with his name, jersey number, and messages of
support.
“We are all very proud of Marcus,” MariotaGrey said. “We support him from across the
ocean and applaud his achievements.”
Mariota-Grey said that Marcus’s life has
always been centered around his family.
“He has always said that his family comes
first,” she said.
Marcus’s uncle, Jimmy Grey (who is an assistant football coach for the Faga’itua Vikings)
said, “We are so proud of Marcus’s accomplishments and we support him for staying humble.
It’s hard to believe how someone can be a star
and be so quiet about it, but I guess everyone’s
different.”
He added, “We wish him the best of luck
in the upcoming Rose Bowl and the playoffs,
especially throughout his football career.”
Mariota is a graduate of Saint Louis School
in the Aloha State, leading everyone to believe
that he is of Hawaiian descent when in fact,
his father, Toa Mariota was born and raised in
American Samoa and is the son of Taulauniu
and Simeaola Mariota of Laulii (Aumi). His
mother, Ala Deppe-Mariota is Caucasian and
he has one sibling, a brother named Matt.
“Even though news reports from off island
refer to him as being Hawaiian, Marcus is
Samoan,” Mariota-Grey said. “This is something he knows and is very proud of.”
For now, Polynesians here and around the
world are anxiously waiting for the official
announcement naming this year’s Heisman
Trophy winner.
Mariota is predicted to win by a landslide
and if he does, he will become the first Samoan
to ever achieve such a feat, adding yet another
entry in the territory’s history book.
The Samoa News/To’asavili join the rest
of the Samoans here and abroad in wishing
Marcus Mariota the best! Good luck Marcus. O
ou mama na.
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