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by Fili SagapoluteleSamoa News Correspondent

The first government paychecks reflecting thereduction of working hours for Executive Branchemployees with salaries funded by local rev-enues are expected to be released today insteadof Monday, a government holiday.

Reduction of hours, which became effective onFeb. 6 until further notice, has employee hours re-duced depending on salary level. For example, em-ployees paid up to $20,800 a year have four hoursreduced and those getting paid more than $62,400annually will have 12 hours cut per paid period.

Because Monday is a local and federal gov-ernment holiday, the ASG payroll will be re-leased today, reflecting the reduction of hours forthose employees working for the ExecutiveBranch, including cabinet directors.

Several ASG employees affected by the cutsare very disappointed that they are sufferingalong with their families, while Fono employees— also fully funded by local revenues — are stillgetting a full paycheck.

“It’s so very unfair to many of us at the ex-ecutive branch when nothing is done to Fonoemployees, who don’t have to work throughout

the year because the Fono does not convenethroughout the year,” said two employees whencontacted Wednesday.

Several employees contacted by Samoa Newsthis week for comments all voiced their anger overthe Fono not acting on any of the bills sent by thegovernor to cover the shortfall — as well as theirdisappointment that Fono employees are not af-fected. None of them, however, wanted to be iden-tified by name for fear of retribution.

“It’s so very, very unfair. We are doing ourjob and why are we being punished?” said oneemployee, who has worked for ASG for 10years and is getting a six hour reduction per payperiod.

Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie toldSamoa News that the Fono leaders cannot act onthe issue of Fono employees until lawmakershave completed their review of the administra-tion bills sent to cover the shortfall.

Some executive branch employees are ex-empt from the cuts, including classroom teach-ers, school bus drivers and those paid by federalgrants, which the governor has said several timesare not affected.

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With their eye on the prize,students prepare for the 17thannual Territorial Spelling Beeby Teri HunkinSamoa News staff

If you absolutely, positively had to spell the word croissant,could you do it? How about cerise? Chihuahua? appoggiatura?Let’s see, we have a rich, flaky pastry, a deep red color, a tiny(noisy) dog, and a musical note with an Italian name... and if itmeant winning the National Spelling Bee... you would want toknow the correct spelling of those words, and most likely theirdefinitions and language of origin, as these were some of the win-ning words down through the years of the Scripps NationalSpelling Bee which began in 1925 in Louisville, Kentucky andcontinues to this day in the nation’s capitol.

In order to qualify for the national event, which is the nation’slargest and longest-running educational promotion, according tothe official website (www.spellingbee.com), a challenger musthave won a local or regional spelling bee.

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by Fili SagapoluteleSamoa News Correspondent

HOUSE REJECTS SENATE AMENDMENTS TO WAGE TAX BILL

The House has rejected amendments made by the Senate to itsversion of the administration wage tax bill but a final decision willnot be made until lawmakers return next month, following a two weekmid session recess.

Senate amendments to the bill reduce the wage tax from 4% to 2%;add provisions requiring all revenues collected from the tax be ap-propriated by the Fono and make the bill effective on the date whenthe governor signs the bill into law.

These are identical amendments to the Senate version of the billpending in the House Ways and Means Committee.

House members were informed yesterday in a Senate communiqueabout the House version approved by senators— with amendments—which House members rejected. But with the Fono closing yesterdayfor the mid session recess there was no time to call a conference com-mittee to iron out the final language of the bill.

Instead the House opted to wait until the Fono reconvenes on Mar.7 to call for a conference committee of both chambers. Samoa Newsunderstands that the senators are firm on their stand to keep the amend-ments and will not budge.

The government estimates it would collect some $7.4 million fromthe 4% wage tax.

TORT LIABILITY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE FONOThe governor’s bill amending local law by limiting the liability of

the American Samoa Government and all recovery which may be hadagainst ASG to $100,000 in every claim under the Government TortLiability Act was introduced yesterday in both the Senate and House.

According to the bill’s preamble, limiting the liability will ensureand preserve the continuance and maintenance of sufficient resourcesand monetary assets necessary to fund ASG and the basic and indis-pensable services and programs it offers and provides to the publicthrough its now existing offices, departments, semi-autonomous agen-cies and employees.

Additionally, the bill, says, it will decrease the threat of harm tothe public caused by disruption or discontinuance of necessary gov-ernment services and programs due to the appropriation of substantialamounts of government funds for the payment of sizable and signifi-cant judgements against the ASG and its offices, departments and se-mi-autonomous agencies.

This is the second time that the governor has submitted the pro-posal for Fono approval. The first time was late March of last year andit came at a time when the High Court ruled in favor of ProgressiveInsurance against ASG over the fire that destroyed the old LaufouShopping Center in 2002. The court awarded Progressive $6.5 millionbut the case was sent back to the trial court following an appeal.

One of the biggest concerns for ASG as well as senators in the pasthave been the frequent lawsuits filed against the LBJ Medical Center,who is represented by ASG in any civil action suits.

CALL FOR REVIEW OF TERRITORY’S POWER NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

StarKist Samoa has called on the Senate to get a better under-standing of American Samoa’s power or utility needs for the future asAmerican Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) works on rebuilding a newpower plant, to replace the one destroyed by the 2009 tsunami.

The cannery general manager’s Brett Butler made the brief com-ment on Tuesday during a Senate ASPA/Territorial Energy OfficeCommittee hearing, when he was asked by Sen. Lemanu Peleti Mau-ga as to what else StarKist would need from the Senate to help them,especially with their situation to remain globally competitive and stillremain in the territory.

Butler said the high cost of utility is one of the major issues thatStarKist has had to deal with. He said this is a good time for everyone“to understand the power needs of the territory” and the future withthe new power facility being proposed by ASPA.

Sen. Alo Dr. Paul Stevenson said there have been rumors thatStarKist may be looking at producing its own power to keep costsdown and questioned Butler if the company is taking such a move.

“We are not in the business to do power,” was Butler’s reply andnoted that the cannery wants to work closely with ASPA on StarKistpower needs. He also said that StarKist, with its new neighbor Tri Ma-rine International, needs to work with ASPA to find the best way ofkeeping power costs low, and a solid working relationship betweenthe parties is very important.

Butler along with StarKist oficial Taeaoafua Dr. Meki Solomonawere before the Senate committee to provide their statements and com-ments regarding the cannery being evicted from the more than one-acre of land owned by ASPA in Satala, where ASPA plans to buildits new $52 million power plant funded by the U.S. Federal EmergencyManagement Agency.

As the largest private sector employer and one of ASPA’s biggestcustomers, “we need regular communication in order to ensure com-petitive power and utility rates,” Butler told the committee.

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By Jeff HaynerSamoa New Reporter

The American Samoa Par-ent Information Resource Cen-ter (ASPIRC), which is underthe umbrella of Pacific IslandsCenter for Educational Devel-opment (PICED), held a Par-ent Empowerment SummitWednesday morning, at theRex H. Lee Auditorium inUtulei, with the theme of thesummit being ‘I’m a Parent,I’m the first Teacher.’

The goal of the summitwas to show parents how theirinvolvement in their children’seducation, can and will makea positive impact their child’sfuture.

The keynote speaker of thesummit was Dr. Taeaofua Me-ki Solomona, and the topic thathe spoke on was, “How to be aninvolved Parent for Your Childand Their School.”

“ The first thing that youhave to do with your childrenis, to make the time to spendwith them. Some parents do notlike to make the time for theirchildren, but they love to makethe time for other things, suchas Bingo.

You might not be good atMath or English, to help yourkids school work, but there arethings that I am sure that youare good at, and it better bemaking time to spend with yourchildren, and If you don’t do it,and your kids go wrong, whosefault is it? Make your time par-ents, make your time,” said Dr.Solomona.

“You should never let yourkids be afraid to approach you,even if they receive a bad gradeon an assignment in school,they should not be afraid to ap-proach their parents. You cannot wait for the report card tocome out, to show how youfeel about your child’s grades,”he said.

Following Dr. Solomona,there were special commentsmade by PICED Founder andExecutive Director, SandraKing Young. “The PICED of-fice was founded in 2001, andin 2006 we were very blessed towin a grant called the AmericanSamoa Parent Resource Infor-mation Center (ASPIRC), andthe whole purpose of ASPIRCis to help parents, with the edu-cation of their children. Becauseresearch has shown, when par-ents are involved in the schools,children do better. Because theyare so proud seeing their momsand dads their at the school ontheir behalf. It inspires children,and makes them want to dowell, and makes them proud.Part of what we did to do thatjob, is that we took some of thatfunding, and we created and es-tablished parent centers in six ofour public schools. Becausethose parent centers are in thoseschools, we have seen parentscome in and learn how to usecomputers, so that they can helptheir children. Our program iscoming to it end, and rightfully

so, and I understand that it hasto be decided by the FederalGovt. about what they are goingto do about the ASPIRC pro-gram. They are still negotiatingand debating those issues inCongress. But we expect theirwill be more funding to contin-ue the work. We are now givingownership of the parent centerthat we have established to theDepartment of Education,” saidYoung.

At that time, there was asymbolic transfer of ASPIRC toDOE officials, by Young.

The closing remarks weremade by Young, where shespoke on the importance ofparents being involved withtheir children, not only athome, but in school as well,while encouraging them in apositive manner.

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2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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FA’AFETAI ESTHER GENERATION

On behalf of Esther Generation, we would like to acknowledge various Businesses and Friends who generously supported us by providing various gifts such as; gift certificates, pastries, drinks, shirts, monetary gift, gift baskets, etc. to support our 1st Mother and Daughter Prayer Breakfast. You played a vital role in making this a memorable event for the future of our young ladies of American Samoa. Listed below are names of Businesses and Friends we want to acknowledge. • Mr. & Mrs. Mase Akapo • T&I Store • Amy’s Bakery • GHC Reid • US Mart • Cost U Less • KS Mart • Daily Store • Mr & Mrs Keneti Tanuvasa • Pacific Sales • Pelene Supermarket Ma le fa’aaloalo lava.

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ASPIRC’s “Parent Empowerment Summit:reminds parents to make time for children

Parents going through a training session, during the ‘Parent Empowerment Summit’Wednesday morning at the Rex H. Lee Auditorium. The American Samoa Parent ResourceCenter (ASPIRC), which is under the umbrella of Pacific Islands Center for Educational De-velopment (PICED), held the summit to show parents how their involvement in their children’seducation, can and will make a positive impact in their child’s future. [photo: Jeff Hayner]


A tribute from Sina Solomona-Tilo

I’ve been reading everyone’s kind remarks about our beloved Tauiliili Iupati Tervolaon line, the gentle giant, the true musician, the brilliant Samoan mind with no airs abouthim, the ultimate government official with a keen eye to precise measures of policies andregulations. His Samoana students who revered him. The many professional counterpartswho valued his expertise.

The most precious was Tapai’s encounter of his last breath and how he went peaceful-ly into glory. Fa’afetai Tapai! He waited for the woman God chose for him.

Pat was perhaps closer to my elder brother Taeaoafua & my late sister Elisapeta Aiga-maua as they worked closely at Samoana High School for many years. Dr. Solomona wasthe school Principal, Pat was Co-Vice Principals with my cousin Dr. Seth Galea’i and mysister was a teacher then later a counselor.

We all had a closeness as products of Leone village, our Auntie Ve’a Enesi endearedand feared by all, depending on your perspective, made sure we had time together andwas friendly with one another, as “fanau a le nu’u ma le lotu.” I was the kid sister,younger than most of them, but always enjoying the fellowship we all shared.

During this time of the year, Paki would always have his taxes done early by mysister’s husband Ben, who was also Pat’s Avegalio cousin. I lived with the Aigamauasin Malaeloa to help care for their children and assist my sister domestically as she had alot on her hands. Never failing every year, Paki would bring his famous “Hawaiianpoke” that was to die for. A secret recipe that was unmatched and indicative of hismany talents, he can cook like nobody’s business. Because I’d be busy around thehome, he would ask if I’d like some of the oka, of course I would say but it was mysister Peka who would interrupt, “Fa’atali, se’i uma na fai feau a le teine teufale maiUpolu na ‘ai lea.”

It would be years after that Paki still referred to me as “Peka’s maid from Upolu,” andhe would only be the one to get away with it too when he teases me! Before my sister’sdeath in 1996, our lives changed and we became born-again Christians, Pat would tellme, “Peka left a lasting legacy in your life, Sina, and I can see the great impact she hadon you.” He was right, she’s still my angel today.

In the late 1990’s I had the privilege of working at Eni’s office in DC. Maybe itwas the first or second year, I was homesick for Samoa and craved the usual talo, wa-hoo, pisupo, palusami. Somehow on that day, I remembered Paki’s scrumptiousHawaiian oka I emailed him for the recipe. He replied instantly, listing all the ingredi-ents and meticulously describing how to mix the delicious concoction of raw fish withthe trimmings.

We talked of family, our relatives, our Siona church and our Leone village. He wasproud of me, he would say, working in a prestigious place, US Congress. He asked aboutour cousin, Pela Coggins, one of the younger daughters of our Auntie Ve’a who was herein DC with me. He told me that Pela, like me, is rebellious, fa’alogogata, simply becausewe’re the younger ones in the family, said to me, “Fai fa’alelei si ou tei.”

And being the true and loving brother that he was, he would also point out that usgirls, his Leone relatives, me, Lika, Tui, even Frances, should hurry up and get married.Said not to have our standards too high, someone out there deserved the kind of love onlywe could give. I cherised his honesty, his care, his genuineness.

A few of us have been excitedly planning a first time ever Fia Iloa IndependenceSchool Reunion for Thanksgiving this year, an institution so many of us native to our is-land attribute an accelerated and most remarkable public education.

I was always so intrigued with Paki’s intellect, he was well-read and spoke Englishlike the best of the palagis. When I learned he was born in Michigan, I remembered say-ing, “Oi, that’s why you’re so smart,” he said, “No, I went to Fia Iloa School.”

He once shared the love story of his late Aunty Su’e Avegalio and the Navy soldierthat is forever memorialized in the “Tolotolo o Su’e”, the road stretch at the eastern mostside of Matafao School and curve to Utulei village with the tombstone at the family buri-al site provided by the palagi romantic engraved, “God is my witness, sweetheart, I loveyou!” Family history has it that Pat’s natural mother Eseta, changed her name to Su’e, inmemory of her sister.

At Siona, Pat liked the fact that I loved to play music, church music to be exact andthe times he attended church, he would always critique me and I would beg him to bringhis bass guitar, insisting that he and our cousin Doug Smith should somehow, some daysoon, really jam it up in Siona and get the congregation rocking.

He thought I was crazy, “Yeah, and have us chased out by Ta-ma Panama!” Well, atleast they would be enjoying the music and not be bored, I would remind him, he readilyagreed.

I last saw Tauiliili just about a year ago this time here in the nation’s capital. He wasone of the witnesses in the major case of our local government leaders and I was the offi-cial Samoan translator for USDOJ, we couldn’t really talk when I briefly saw him at theCourts but I know by the warmth of his gesture along with many more of our people pre-sent, he was proud of what I was doing.

He attended our Samoan church at Fort Meyer with Uncle Galea’i Tu’ufuli andSofa Seumalo; he was grinning when he asked, “Hey married lady, how’s marriedlife?” I beamed and said, “Oh brother, what an awesome life! Everyone should bemarried!” He would later laugh and tell Pela, Sofa and the Senator, “Tafefe e, ua fiafialava Sina ua maua se to’alua.” I took your advice, bro, everyone deserves to havesomeone, we thank the Lord you found Tapai and we pray God’s comfort for her, forlittle Paki, for Aunty So’onafai, Mom Ve’a and all our loved ones left behind. See youon the other side!

SAMOA NEWS EDITORIAL:

The Blame Game &Campaign for 2012

by Rhonda Annesley, Editor-in-Chief

The finger pointing — the blame game is what’s beingplayed right now in our political arena — and quite frankly Ismell Election Campaign 2012, not Solutions to Our Eco-nomic Problems 101.

The latest is Gov. Togiola Tulafono’s letter to the Fonoabout Congressman Faleomavaega Eni’s statement made be-fore the legislature last week, blaming Eni for the local rev-enue taxes proposed by the Administration not being passed.

Further, the governor notes, Eni’s suggestion that ASGuse federal funds to cover local expenses and then reimburseis illegal, and he’s going to tell those in Washington D.C.about it (So there!). The problem, of course, is that Eni’swritten copy of his statement and his verbal statement beforethe Fono, did not have “use federal funds to cover local ex-penses and then reimburse” in it, implied or otherwise.

The Congressman’s statement wasn’t exactly rocket sci-ence either — and really if you’ve been listening to the gov-ernor’s statements on the ASG shortfall, he has been sayingthe federally funded programs are okay, it’s the locally fund-ed ones that are not. So listing all the money from the feds is‘oranges and apples’ — the hours being cut are funded withlocal money, the revenues being asked to be raised are forthe locally funded ASG coffers.

(BTW: Did anyone catch the governor’s remark in hisletter to the Fono about Faleomavaega’s rogue behavior, thatfederal funded operations are “in good order.” So we canlook forward soon to be taken off the federal “high risk”designation list?)

And then there is the Fono.Who is surprised that the Senate is crying for more in-

formation, and then turns around and passes a tax measure,even if it is for only 2%?

This was followed quickly by the House of Representa-tives (who didn’t ask for more information) passing their 4%tax measure. In fact if you followed the House action lastweek you would have learned, the majority controlling theHouse, don’t even want the minority to ask questions, lead-ing to discussions. The questions were asked when the billwas in committee, which according to the new House rules,can only be participated in by committee members. If youhave any questions, you need to put them in writing andgive them to the committee, otherwise, be quiet and just lis-ten. Oh — and they don’t need your vote either, you’re theminority, they can pass the bills without you.

Both legislative houses by the way, are not planning oncutting their hours or salaries or office expenses, becausethey’re set by statute. So… they can pass a supplementary bud-get to finance their budget over runs, at the drop of a hat, butcan’t pass an amendment reducing their pay or office expenses?

And their workers can’t take a reduction in hours rightnow, according to the leadership — because they’re work-ing. Huh?

So much for any kind of ‘shared vision’ like we talkedabout a couple of weeks ago. From the sound of things, itlooks like our leaders would like to impose ‘the new Houserules’ on each other. Don’t ask any questions that might leadto discussions that might lead to solutions that might lead toa bright future — for all of us.

And what do they want from the public? You’ve guessedit I’m sure — our hard earned money (and our vote in 2012).

O La’u Lupe Lena Sa Fa’alele:beloved Leone Bro, “Paki”

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Dear Editor,Reading about the Governor and the Congressman taking

pot shots at each other over the budget reminds me of when Iwas about 10 years old and used to fight with my youngerbrothers.

The difference is— my brothers and I were fighting overa a child’s toy,or something equally foolish. The Governor andthe Congressman are fighting over the future of AmericanSamoa. If they want to call themselves leaders they need to geton the same page and lead.

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Dear Editor,The ongoing shameful act of littering continues to plague

our island. Will it ever stop? Likely not for some… Drasticmeasures are now required. The incident below has shown thatsome parents set poor examples teaching their children aboutthe appalling activity of littering.

On Thursday, late afternoon, while driving up Aloa’u road,again I witnessed what seems to be status-quo relating to lit-ter thrown from a moving vehicle driven by an adult parent orrelative. The SUV that carried children was a dark blue Nis-san Pathfinder, license plate number 2549. Is this your SUV?As the vehicle proceeded up the road with me following behind,I observed a child seated in the left rear throw out a small emp-ty carton of juice onto the street, and then the right rear windowrolled down another child threw out an empty can of soda. Ihonked my vehicle horn in offense as the SUV proceeded upthe road. I am hoping that by listing the vehicle description itwill catch the owner’s eye and hopefully encourage him or herto teach their children NOT TO LITTER.

I am sure the people who reside in Tafeta would appreciateit too. By no means am I encouraging doing wrong to makeright. If your children want to litter, do it at your house, and noton other people’s property, in this case a public street. I havewitnessed the same activity from aiga buses. Disgusting to saythe least!

Moreover, not too many folks walk or jog along the old air-port runway security fence line across from Mulinu’u. I wasthere last week and was “litter”-alley beside myself. There wasapproximately 1-2 feet of trash on top of other trash; Styrofoam,cans, broken bottles, plastics; you name it, including refrigera-tors, small ovens and tires. This trash floated ashore in this areafrom ocean currents. Some people have thrown this garbage in-to the ocean or from nearby shorelines. Repulsive to say theleast. The trash was so thick that it was chore to walk over it.

We hear and see over the radio and television waves aboutkeeping our island villages and water ways clean. But obvi-ously, some don’t care. This letter will probably fall on deaf earsas well. But something needs to be said (again).

To start with, fines for littering should hit the pocket bookwhere it hurts; I say first offense, $500.00 and escalate fromthere. Fines double on second offense, etc. This will create ad-ditional funds needed for the territory.

Law enforcement officers, please do your jobs. Write thoselittering citations. Hoping that it will make some think aboutthrowing trash where they wish. It’s way past education time.It’s time to aggressively act to curtail this despicable act. If kidsdo it, parents do it as well. Therefore, parents of children wholitter do not have respect for this island.

Village Pulenu’u, you have a job here too. Take the initia-tive and perform “clean-up days” in your villages and shore-lines. Address villagers where you govern, impose fines onthose who litter and bring embarrassment to your village.

In the past, there were regular inspection of villages forcleanliness and the cleanest village would be recognized viaprint and televised media. Lastly, parents, you know who youare. Do your jobs and set good examples for your children toemulate.

Respectfully submitted, CITIZEN FOR KEEPING SAMOA CLEAN(Editor’s Note: The Climate Change Summit just ended a

week or so ago, with focus on not littering our oceans, as wellas not taking sand from our beaches. T-shirts, youth partici-pation workshops, as well as other government programs spon-sored with federal money continue to send this message out:Protect our Environment. Yet, as you noted, trash goes into ourocean, to wash up on our shores and as I witnessed, on Wednes-day, sand was being taken out of Fatu-ma-Futi beach, a veryfamiliar sight. There are laws on the books already for both of-fenses — there’s just no enforcement. ra)


A Department of Commerce worker told Samoa News yesterday (Wednesday) that he hasinformed ASPA about the trash behind the Rex H. Lee Auditorium, constantly for two straightmonths, and that ASPA said that they would pick up the trash, but as of yesterday, the trashstill sits, growing bigger every day, according to the DOC worker. [photo: Jeff Hayner]

Letter to the Editor“LITTER BUGS — PARENTS TEACH YOUR CHILDREN

Letter to the Editor“LEADERS SHOULD BE LEADING”

NFL 1, TOYOTA 0The NFL threatened Toyota to get the auto maker to modify a television commercial that high-

lighted the problem of the brain damage football players suffer from repeated concussions. In the original version of Toyota’s ad which aired last November, a mother says she worries

about her son playing football as viewers are shown two young players colliding head to head.The scene is enhanced with crashing sounds, as animated force lines ripple from the player’s hel-meted heads.

The mother says Toyota’s decision to share crash research with scientists who study footballconcussions makes her feel more comfortable about her son playing football.

The ad bore no NFL trademarks or team names, but the NFL threatened to end the car mak-er’s ability to advertise its products during games if it didn’t modify the ad to downplay footballas a cause of traumatic brain injury. Toyota capitulated, and in the new version of the ad, thehelmet collision has been removed and the mother now worries about “my son playing sports,”instead of “playing football.” (Main Source: New York Times, January 21, 2011)

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL MEDIA MACHINEBillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries, the second largest pri-

vately-held energy company in America, have poured millions of dollars into creating a webof media influence to increase their power to sow doubt about climate change among the Amer-ican public.

A network of bloggers, pundits, think tanks and foundations get funding from the Kochs, in-cluding the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which has received over $700,000, and the liber-tarian Cato Institute, which has received $13 million from the Kochs since 1998. The ManhattanInstitute received $1.5 million, Americans for Prosperity has gotten $5.5 million, the Pacific Re-search Institute has gotten $1.2 million and the Federalist Society $2 million.

This web of think tanks and foundations operates blogs and Web sites and house prominentwriters who pump out climate denial writings that help spread the Kochs’ anti-climate changeideology.

The Kochs’ influence isn’t limited to fringe media, either. Syndicated columnist CharlesKrauthammer, who writes for the Weekly Standard and the Washington Post, Philip Anshutz,owner of the Examiner newspapers and the Weekly Standard, Stephen Moore, a Wall Street Jour-nal editorial board member, are just some of the conservative media figures who attend the Kochs’exlcusive, private annual gatherings. (Main Source: Mother Jones, February 4, 2011)

THE REAGAN MYTH CONTINUES TO GROWAs former President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday neared, Republicans continued to

mythologize his political successes. Conservatives like to portray Reagan as the man who broughtdown the Berlin Wall, cut taxes and saved the economy. But when Reagan negotiated with So-viet leader Mikhail Gorbachev over nuclear arms, many Republicans at the time felt he was wrongfor his willingness to negotiate with an evil dictator.

Many people forget that Reagan was divisive for the country and won almost no support amongAfrican-Americans. Conservatives also fail to acknowledge that Reagan raised taxes through-out his presidency, including one tax hike that at the time was the biggest in American history.

Reagan’s legacy is one of unprecedented federal budget deficits fueled by tax cuts made at thesame time the federal budget grew due to massive increases in military spending. Reagan alsowillingly worked with Democrats on major policy issues, like Social Security.

Praise for his economic policies is inflated, according to Lou Cannon, author of several bookson Reagan. Cannon points out that the domestic accomplishment most attributed to Reagan --ending runaway inflation in the late 1970s -- occurred not as a result of the “supply side” eco-nomics that conservatives embrace as part of Reagan’s legacy, but because Federal Reserve Chair-man Paul Volcker drastically tightened interest rates at the time. (Main Source: CNN, February4, 2011)

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WASHINGTON (AP) --Confronting multiple crisesacross the Middle East, theObama administration repri-manded key ally Bahrain onThursday for a violent crack-down on anti-governmentprotesters inspired by the fallof the longtime autocratic lead-er in Egypt.

The United States alsomoved to support efforts toerect a new democracy inEgypt by redirecting some ofthe money once intended forthe ousted government of Hos-ni Mubarak.

As with Egypt, the Bahraincrisis pointed up the limits ofU.S. influence over the politi-cal upheaval that has spreadrapidly and sometimes unpre-dictably. Despite billions in aidto strategic peacemaker Egyptand the presence of a majormilitary base housed in usual-ly placid Bahrain, the U.S.could do little more than ad-monish urge restraint.

The White House ex-pressed the administration’s“strong displeasure” and alarmat developments in Bahrain,the tiny Persian Gulf kingdomthat is home to the sprawlingU.S. Navy base that would bethe headquarters for any futureAmerican conflict with Iran.

At the same time, on a sep-arate front, the administrationengaged in furious last-minutediplomacy to stop the Pales-tinians from forcing a vote ona U.N. Security Council reso-lution condemning Israel. Ifpassed, the measure would in-furiate the closest friend theUnited States has in the regionand if rejected could further in-flame already soaring tensionsthroughout the Arab world.

President Barack Obamacalled Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas, but neitherthe White House nor the Pales-tinians gave a detailed accountof the 50-minute call.

As for Bahrain, WhiteHouse spokesman Jay Carneysaid Obama supports peacefulprotesters but, as in Egypt,does not want to dictate a po-litical outcome.

That message was also de-livered by Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton andDefense Secretary RobertGates who spoke with theircounterparts in Bahrain, thelongtime headquarters of theU.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet and ananchor of U.S. defense strate-gy in the Mideast.

Clinton spoke with ForeignMinister Sheik Khalid binAhmed Al Khalifa, to registerWashington’s shock and con-cern about the crackdownovernight. Army patrols andtanks locked down the capitalof the kingdom after riot police

fired tear gas and beat demon-strators who were demandingpolitical changes. At least fourpeople were killed.

Clinton told reporters she“directly conveyed our deepconcerns about the actions ofthe security forces.” She notedthat there would be funeralsand prayer meetings on Fridayand said she had expressedhope they “not be marred byviolence.”

She said Bahrain had longbeen a friend and ally and “wecall on restraint from the gov-ernment to keep its commit-ment to hold accountable thosewho have utilized excessiveforce against peaceful demon-strators, and we urge a return toa process that will result in re-al, meaningful changes for thepeople there.”

Gates spoke by phoneThursday morning with CrownPrince Salman of Bahrain,deputy commander of Bahrai-ni defense forces, said Pen-tagon press secretary GeoffMorrell. He gave no detailsabout what Gates said, exceptthat he “discussed the currentsecurity situation” with theprince.

Later, Gates told lawmakersthe U.S. has been encouragingreforms in the region for sometime.

“The truth is I think theU.S. has consistently - primar-ily privately, but also publicly- encouraged these regimes foryears to undertake politicaland economic reforms becausethe pressures were building,”Gates told a budget hearingbefore the Senate Armed Ser-vices Committee. “And nowthey need to move on with itand there is an urgency tothis.”

Also on Capitol Hill, Clin-ton gave lawmakers a classi-fied briefing on developmentsaround the Middle East andsaid the administration wouldredirect $150 million of $1.5billion in U.S. aid money toEgypt “to put ourselves in aposition to support the transi-tion there and assist with theireconomic recovery.”

She said senior State De-partment and White House of-ficials would travel to Egyptnext week “to consult on howwe can most effectively deployour assistance.”

Elsewhere in the MiddleEast on Thursday, several thou-sand Yemeni protesters defiedappeals for calm from the mil-itary and the country’s most in-fluential Islamic cleric andmarched through the capital.And in Libya, protesters seek-ing to oust longtime leaderMoammar Gadhafi defied acrackdown and took to thestreets in four cities.

Unrest in Bahrainis latest Mideastcrisis to alarm US

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by Samoa News staffAUGUSTINHO CABRAL

The High Court last weekaccepted the guilty plea by Au-gustinho Cabral, who faced onecount of possession of marijua-na in a case that occurred latelast month after a police officer,who was in a car, spotted thedefendant smoking a marijua-na cigarette which the defen-dant later threw out of the car.

Cabral pled guilty to pos-sessing a portion of the marijua-na cigarette, a crime punishableby not more than five years or afine of not more than $5,000.

Cabral’s attorney DavidVargas requested, and the courtaccepted, to allow the defen-dant, a fishermen, to leave theterritory on board his fishingvessel to fish and to be sen-tenced when his boat returns.Sentencing is set for May 15th.

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der advisement a request by de-fendant Motau Samani, throughhis attorney Assistant Public De-fender, Ricks Trachy, to reducebail from $50,000 to $20,000.Bail was set by the District Courtand the defendant remains in cus-tody unable to post bail.

The court was informed that$20,000 is the only bail amountSamani’s family can afford andis prepared to pay, which in-cludes putting up a vehicle aswell as $2,000 cash to cover theamount of the required bail.

Samani is charged with fivecounts, including conspiracy tocommit rape. The governmentalleges that Samani, with thepurpose of promoting or facil-itating the crime of rape agreedwith businessman Mike Kimthat Samani assist in the rape

of the 17-year old victim byplacing her in a position wherethe defendant knew Kimwould force her to have sexualintercourse.

While the defendant facesseveral charges, Trachy arguedduring the court hearing that hisclient was never involved in theactual crime of rape, for whichKim has been charged. Fur-thermore, Samani was not inthe room where the allegedrape of the victim occurred norwas his client an actual witnessto the alleged crime.

Assistant Attorney GeneralRalph Guerra asked the court toreject the request, arguing thatthe District Court set the$50,000 bail because the courtbelieved the bail amount was inaccordance with the allegedcrime in which the defendantwas accused.

Guerra also argued that thegovernment is concerned aboutreleasing the defendant under alower bail, which might resultin the defendant leaving the lo-cal jurisdiction and returning tohis native country of Tonga.

Guerra referred the court toCertificate of Identity casespending in the judicial systeminvolving Tongan nationals.

JIMMY ALLEN LINThe government has amend-

ed felony charges against Jim-my Allen Lin who has sincepled guilty to a misdemeanorcharge of accepting stolen prop-erty in a case that occurred lastyear and the plea agreement hasbeen taken under advisement.

Under the misdemeanorcount, Lin is looking at notmore than one year in jail, afine of not more than $1,000 orboth. The felony charge of re-ceiving stolen property wouldhave landed the defendant injail for up to 5 years.

According to prosecution,the property was stolen from ahome, whose residents wereemployees of the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency.The property involved were twolaptop computers that anotherperson had stolen from thehome, and sold to Lin for $50.

During his court hearing, Linacknowledged accepting stolenproperty which is a violation ofhis probation from a previouscase, where he was ordered notto commit any other crime.

Lin, 32, is scheduled to ap-pear again in court on Apr. 14when the court will hand downa decision on the guilty pleabased on the agreement as wellas the possibility of having himsentenced at the same time.

The court also ordered thegovernment to provide writtenjustification as to why the pleaagreement should be accepted.

Samoa News reporterAusage Fausia contributed tothis report.

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By James Kneubuhl, ASCC Press Officer

The Alpha Epsilon MuChapter of the Phi Theta Kappa(PTK) International Honor So-ciety at the American SamoaCommunity College (ASCC)will hold its spring 201i induc-tion ceremony this Fridayevening to induct 26 new mem-bers. The Society invites family

and friends of the new and cur-rent PTK members to join thecollege’s administrators and fac-ulty for the ceremony in the AS-CC Lecture Hall, beginning at 7p.m. this Friday, February 18th.

For each induction, the PTKinvites a distinguished memberof the community to give spe-cial remarks, and at this Fri-day’s ceremony, ASCC alumniGwendolyn Emmsley willspeak on the evening’s themeof "Try not to become a Man ofSuccess, but a Man of Value",which is a quote from AlbertEinstein. Ms. Emmsley, a for-mer PTK member herself, hasreturned from her schoolingoff-island to work at ASCC inthe Student Learning Assis-tance Center. “As a formermember who understands andhas lived by the codes of a PTKstudent, we feel that she will bemost fitting to deliver thespeaker’s address for the cere-mony,” said PTK Vice Presi-dent Rani Anandan

At each induction ceremony,the new inductees take the oathto uphold the values of thePTK, and perform the ceremo-nial lighting of candles repre-senting the mythical Greek“flame of knowledge”. PhiTheta Kappa recognizes and en-courages excellence in scholar-ship among associate degreestudents. The Greek words PhiTheta Kappa mean wisdom(Phi), aspiration (Theta) and pu-rity (Kappa). The society basesits programs on its four hall-marks: scholarship, leadership,service and fellowship. The so-ciety provides more than $35million worth of scholarshipsannually to students nationwide.Each member is automaticallynominated for inclusion in theprestigious National Dean’sList, and is also enrolled in thePTK Transfer Database, whichlinks senior institutions acrossthe nation offering scholarshipsto PTK members.

Every semester, PTK advi-sors Jim Sutherland, Elvis Zo-

diacal, Randall Baker, To’aivaFiame-Tago, Evile Feleti,Athena Mauga and EvelynFruean review student’s tran-scripts, reference letters, appli-cation forms and essays, andother relevant data to determinewhich students qualify for themembership in the Society.Candidates must have taken atleast 12 credits, passed theirEnglish 150, English 151 andMath 90 classes, and haveearned a cumulative gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher.Qualifying students receive aninvitation to join PTK, andmost of those invited readilyaccept the offer.

Present PTK Members in-clude Sophia A’asa (Secretary),Leotina A’etonu, Monica Afala-va, Rani Anandan (Vice Presi-dent), Peleimatua Betham, SusieCasem, Tasi Fanolua, MariaCarla Felix, Amber Fuaga (Pres-ident), Astrid Johannson, East-her Kim, Ronaivit Leiato,Theodora Leiato, PelenateleLeilua, Imeleta Lilo, GemmirLuardo (Treasurer), Nerisa Ma-iava, Samuel Meleisea, Metota-givale Meredith, Nolita Motu,Mercy Parungo, Diana Pereira,Va’atofu Shontel Poloai, RyanTaifane, Gloria Tavita, PeleiupuThomas, Carly Toia, , Justin Tu-iasosopo, Tonya Tuigamala,Taua Tuionolua, Marx Uli-masao, Motusaga Vaeoso, andKristina Vailolo.

Spring 2011 inductees in-clude Jacob Afoa, JosephneAfoa, Magic S Aumoeualogo,Ma Moya Bejer, Eterei Fanolua,Roseanne Denise Felise, JuneFuifatu, Da Hae Hong, GunChui Kang, TeuilafestivalLemisio, Bambridge Lin,Sweetheart Nua, Elisa TupouOngosia, Miracle Denise Sene,Toefuataina Ta’ai, Mato’otuaTuli, Atene Fa’amago Uli-masao, Kuwait B. Vaeono, andFaith Fa’alua Vaifanua.

For more information aboutthe nationwide activities of PhiTheta Kappa, visit their websiteat: www.ptk.org.

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WEST: Leone Pala, near bridge Fogagogo Beach, adjacent resort

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Present members of the ASCC chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society areseen here with new inductees preparing for their Spring 2011 induction ceremony, whichwill take place tonight at 7 p.m. in the College’s Lecture Hall. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ina deepening struggle overspending, Republicans andDemocrats swapped chargesThursday over a possible gov-ernment shutdown when mon-ey runs out March 4 for mostfederal agencies.

“Read my lips: We’re goingto cut spending,” declaredHouse Speaker John Boehner.He pledged that the GOP-con-trolled House would refuse toapprove even a short-term mea-sure at current funding levels tokeep the government operating.

The Ohio Republican pref-aced his remarks by accusingDemocrats of risking a shut-down “rather than to cut spend-ing and to follow the will of theAmerican people.”

But moments later, SenateMajority Leader Harry Reid,D-Nev., retorted that Boehnerwas resorting “to threats of ashutdown without any negoti-ation.” Officials added thatDemocrats would seek a short-term bill without any cut inspending levels, a positionsharply at odds with Boehner’s.

The sparring occurred as theHouse labored to completework on veto-threatened legis-lation to cut more than $61 bil-lion from the budget year that’smore than a third over. That billalso would provide funding to

keep the government operatinguntil Sept. 30.

Working through dozens ofamendments, the House voted244-181 in early evening toblock the FCC from imple-menting “network neutrality”regulations. The rules prohibitphone and cable companiesfrom discriminating against In-ternet content and services, in-cluding online calling and Webvideo services that may com-pete with their core operations.

With that one bill at the centerof a political dispute - the Househas repeatedly worked well pastmidnight on the legislation thisweek - Boehner chose the mo-ment to open a second front. Tounderscore the budget-cuttingcommitment by the 87 conserva-tive new members of his rank andfile, he announced that Republi-cans would move quickly thisspring on companion legislationto cut “wasteful mandatory spend-ing” by the federal government.

He provided no details, butparty officials said they expect-ed the effort to begin shortly af-ter the House returns from nextweek’s recess.

The current legislation issweeping in scope, containingcuts to literally hundreds of do-mestic programs, from educationto environmental protection, nu-trition and parks.

In addition, it has become atarget for first-term conserva-tive Republicans eager todemonstrate their budget-cut-ting bona fides and for otherlawmakers hoping to changethe course of government inways large or small.

Republicans led the way ona 250-177 vote to stop the En-vironmental Protection Agencyfrom imposing limits on mer-cury pollution from cement fac-tories. Supporters said the newrules would send Americanjobs overseas, where air quali-ty standards are more lax ornon-existent.

An attempt by DemocraticRep. Barney Frank to increasefunding for the Securities andExchange Commission wasturned back, despite argumentsthat lax enforcement of WallStreet contributed to the finan-cial meltdown of two yearsago. The vote was 270-160.

Controversial social issuesalso came into play.

Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., astrong foe of abortion, pro-posed to block Planned Parent-hood from receiving anyfederal funds. The organizationprovides a variety of women’shealth services, and its websitesays abortion is a “safe and le-gal way to end pregnancy.”

(BASED ON A PRESS RELEASE) — February 17, 2011 —Washington DC — Congressman Faleomavaega Eni announcedtoday that he objects to reduction in the OIA budget, proposedin the continuing resolution for FY 2011 (H.R. 1). In a statementmade during floor consideration yesterday, Faleomavaega arguedagainst the proposed cuts that would affect many programs inthe insular areas.

Faleomavaega stated that the cut to the OIA budget “willtranslate to cuts including, but are not limited, to vital projectsthat foster development of the insular areas in accountability, fi-nancial management, tax systems and procedures, insular man-agement controls, economic development, and also with regardto energy, public safety, health, and immigration.”

Explaining that the OIA budget “has maintained relativelyconstant funding levels since FY1998, despite disproportionateneed for improvements in the territories,” he noted, “For in-stance, the OIA General Technical Assistance program providescritical support not otherwise available to insular areas, com-bating deteriorating economic and fiscal conditions and to main-tain momentum needed to make and sustain meaningfulsystematic changes.”

The congressman said that the cuts proposed by the ObamaAdministration are common sense in approach — and will “ helpbring down annual deficits to more substantial levels, but not atthe peril of programs that are vital to economic growth, job cre-ation and the well-being of our fellow Americans.” However,Faleomavaega said, the proposed cut in the Department of theInterior’s Office of Insular Affairs of approximately $6.6 mil-lion, which includes “an 8 percent reduction in OIA programs,and about 4 percent reduction of OIA salaries and expenses,” willcritically impact US obligations to the insular areas.

“Madam Chairman, I urge my colleagues to continue supportfor the needs of these insular areas and our obligations to ourcompact friends in the Pacific,” Faleomavaega concluded.

(Source: congressman Faleomavaega Eni Office, Washing-ton D.C.)

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Government shutdown? GOP& Democrats swap charges


Critics of the proposal not-ed that federal law already pro-hibits the use of governmentfunds for abortions in most cir-cumstances.

House leaders had original-ly hoped to complete work onthe bill by day’s end, but evenafter long hours in session thisweek, that appeared increas-ingly unlikely.

Among the dozens of pro-posals yet to be voted on wasan attempt to block the use offunds to implement the year-old health care law, and a moveto prevent the Federal Commu-nications Commission fromimplementing proposed newregulations known as networkneutrality.

At 359 pages, the legislationwould eliminate some programswhile reducing many more.

Among those targeted forelimination are the Corporationfor National and CommunityService, which overseesAmeriCorps and Senior Corpsand currently has a budget inexcess of $1 billion.

Funding for the Corporationfor Public Broadcasting wouldalso be wiped out, at $86 mil-lion.

The spending bill bears thestrong imprint of the newlyelected Republicans, many ofwhom were backed by tea par-ty supporters and are sworn toreduce deficits.

An attempt by GOP leadersto send a smaller package ofspending cuts to the floor wasrebuffed last week by the new-comers, who said they wouldaccept nothing less than a mea-sure that met their commitmentto the voters last fall. As candi-dates, they promised to cut Oba-ma’s budget request by $100billion, a figure that translates to$61 billion from current levels.

While passage in the Houseis assured, the legislation facesa rocky reception in the Demo-cratic-controlled Senate.Democrats there have not yetsaid what level of cuts, if any,they will accept through Sept.30. Nor has the White House.

As a result, the expectationis widespread that no final com-promise will be reached beforethe March 4 deadline, leavinglawmakers and the WhiteHouse to work out a stopgapbill - or perhaps even a series ofthem - while negotiating overthe comprehensive measure.

Boehner’s statement that hewill accept no short-term billwithout spending cuts is inkeeping with the mood of hisrank and file. At the same time,it underscores a strategic calcu-lation among Republicans thatthe way to exert maximumpressure on the White House isto demand at least a modest re-duction in spending at each op-portunity.

At the same time, Boehnerhas said repeatedly the Repub-licans do not desire a govern-ment shutdown, an experiencehe has some experience with.

He was a junior member ofthe GOP leadership in 1995when then-Speaker Newt Gin-grich led Republicans into aconfrontation over spendingthat resulted in twin govern-ment shutdowns.

The stalemate ended in aRepublican retreat, and helpedthen-President Bill Clinton res-urrect his presidency aftersweeping defeats in the 1994congressional elections.

Boehner’s statement thatRepublicans intend to cut“wasteful mandatory spending”before writing a 2012 budgetthis spring came as a surprise tosome GOP aides.

They said planning was notfar along, and offered no detailson the overall amount of sav-ings anticipated.

Among the items underconsideration for cuts is a pre-vention and public health fundestablished under the healthcare law approved last year.Alexa Marrero, a spokeswom-an for the House Energy andCommerce Committee, calledit a “massive slush fund” forthe Health and Human ServicesDepartment.

Last year, the Congression-al Budget Office estimated thecost of the program at nearly$13 billion over a decade.

There will be a “Free Benefit Concert” held at the Tradewinds Hotel this Saturday evening 2/19/2011 from 7:30pm to 11:30pm in Tribute to Pat Tervola’s legacy. “SAMPOSIUM” will be the feature band, but all musicians or anyone is invited to come sing a song or testify that night. This event will also initiate the “PAT TERVOLA FOUNDATION” drive in his name to perpetuate real music training and learning for our community youths. We invite all family and friends of Pat…to come out and celebrate his life with us in Tribute to him.

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Man opens fire on girlfriendalong the Las Vegas freeway

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A fight in a moving vehicle ended ingunfire after a man shot his female acquaintance and was thenshot by officers on a bustling freeway near the Las Vegas Strip,police said.

Las Vegas police Lt. Lewis Roberts said the alleged gunmanand woman were in critical condition after the Thursday after-noon shooting near an exit on Interstate 15.

The couple was riding in a red sports utility vehicle with twomale friends when the gunman began arguing with the wom-an. Police say the man punched one of his friends and then as-saulted the woman.

The friend who was driving parked the vehicle and tried tocalm the gunman. That’s when the man pulled out a shotgun,Roberts said.

The woman and the two friends ran from the car, but the gun-man followed, shooting the woman as motorists zoomed past.

The friends fled to a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant, wherethey were taken into police custody immediately after the shoot-ing. Roberts said the men were not suspects.

“He had already shot her and he definitely would have shotthem,” Roberts said. “They fled to a safe place.”

Police received numerous 911 calls before Las Vegas offi-cers arrived at the scene and shot the gunman.

Roberts said the gunman may have fired at police. He didnot describe the extent of the injuries sustained by the gunmanand woman.

Interstate 15 is the busy north-south freeway linking Las Ve-gas and Los Angeles. The shooting happened within sight of thecasino resorts of the Strip.

The Nevada Highway Patrol briefly closed southbound I-15,but quickly reopened the freeway while exits and entrances re-mained closed near the shootings, Trooper Joseph Fackrell said.

Gov. Togiola Tulafono on his weekend radioprogram noted that the first checks that will reflectthe reduction of hours will be released Friday (to-day) and the reduction of hours includes the gov-ernor, lieutenant governor and cabinet directors.

Salaries of directors, who are political ap-pointees, are set by the governor. Salaries for thegovernor and lieutenant governor are outlined inlocal law, for example the governor’s annual payis $85,000 while the lieutenant governor’s annualpay is $75,000.

On his weekend radio program, Togiola againapologized to all affected employees and reiter-ated that the government is faced with a financialshortfall, while the Fono has not taken any ac-tion on the administration’s four money bills.

He even urged the affected employees to con-tact their lawmakers — in both the Senate andHouse — to urge them to pass these measures.

Two directors told Samoa News on Tuesdaythat the governor informed directors during acabinet meeting last week that if the local rev-enue problem persists, the governor was lookingat June for a reduction in workforce.

As of yesterday, when the Fono closed for atwo week mid session recess, only one bill hadmoved through for a vote. That bill was for thewage tax, after the Senate amended the measureto reflect a 2% wage tax instead of the original4%. The House rejected the amendments and aconference committee will be called when law-makers reconvene next month.

As for the other three bills, they remain pend-ing in committees for both chambers and it’s un-clear if the measures will be taken up again whenlawmakers return next month.

Meanwhile, all local government offices aswell as federal offices, including the U.S. PostOffice, will be closed on Monday because of thePresident’s Day holiday. The two local bankswill be closed, along with some businesses.

StarKist Samoa will be working on Mondayalong with other private sector businesses.

In observance of President’s Day holiday,Samoa News will not publish on Monday, butwill return on Tuesday.

Reach the reporter at [email protected]

Seventeen years ago, a very determinedteacher wanted the students of American Samoato be able to qualify for the prestigious nationalevent. That teacher was Evelyn Lili’o-Satele(now principal of South Pacific Academy) andyou might say she had a “bee in her bonnet”.

She knew that one of the rules of the Nation-al Bee said that a local newspaper had to spon-sor the local event, so she went to see LewisWolman, then owner of Samoa News. Seventeenyears later, Samoa News is still sponsoring theTerritorial Bee and Lili’o-Satele is still heavilyinvolved as the local Bee’s Student Coordinator.

Now for the fourth consecutive year, Hawai-ian Airlines has generously teamed with SamoaNews as the major community sponsor, and it istheir generosity, which ensures that the localwinner is able to attend the National Bee with aspelling coach. Airfare, hotel and per diem arefully paid for both.

Participants to the National Bee come fromthe United States, all of her territories, and De-partment of Defense Schools in Europe. Someforeign nations also participate, and there are stu-dents from the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Ja-maica, Liberia, New Zealand and South Korea.According to their website, the purpose of theNational Spelling Bee is “ to help students im-prove their spelling, increase their vocabularies,learn concepts, and develop correct English us-age that will help them all their lives.”

All of American Samoa’s elementary schoolshave enrolled, with the exception of two. Ac-cording to Samoa News Spelling Bee coordina-tor, Carly Steffany, there will be 32 studentsengaged in this year’s Territorial Bee, which willbe held on Wednesday, Feb. 23 under the brightlights at KVZK studios in Utulei.

Yesterday all of the participants gathered fora work session that included hints and ideas to

help the students be fully ready for the bee. Ac-cording to Lili’o-Satele, “One of the factors thatknocks most students out the Bee is just simplenervousness. The lights, the action, the camerascan be intimidating. These practices give themthe opportunity to take a deep breath and learnto utilize their time wisely as they spell the wordthey are given.”

“It’s always exciting to work with theseyoung people, and each year their level of com-mitment and dedication to winning never ceasesto amaze me,” she said.

She admitted, “The champion will not onlybe a good speller, but will also be a dedicated anddetermined individual who can perform underpressure.”

And what pressure... in addition to the fiftystates, and all the territories, several foreigncountries will send their best to the National Bee,which will be held on June 1-2, 2011.

Mary Rose Iramk, a seventh-grader fromKanana Fou Elementary stopped by Samoa Newsto get her picture taken this week. She said sheis participating this year for the first time, and shewon her school spelling bee by correctly spelling“meteorologist”. How does she feel about step-ping up to the next level? “I’m excited... it feelsgood to do this.” she said with a shy smile.

It was her mother who encouraged MaryRose to be in her school spelling bee, and she ad-mitted, “ I was surprised when I won.” She is de-termined to go home and practice, and she notedthat her principal, Ms. Sauni has been her men-tor, the person helping her study.

Judy McCoy, local station manager forHawaiian Airlines noted that Hawaiian Air isgrateful for the support, which the communityhas always given to them, and they are pleasedto be able to support such a worthwhile effort onbehalf of the students of the territory.

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JUST GO WITH IT - Rated: PG-13 Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant’s kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

I AM NUMBER FOUR - Rated: PG-13 S tarring: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron An extraordinary young man, John Smith, is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri, John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events -- his first love, powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny.

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* Students prepare for 17th Spelling Bee…from page 1

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In remote villagesof Ecuador, scientists have found a populationthat may hold clues to fighting diabetes and can-cer - people with a type of dwarfism who almostnever get those diseases.

It turns out that a gene mutation that stuntstheir growth also may block cell changes thatlead to these diseases of aging.

Researchers tracked the health of 99Ecuadoreans with what’s called Laron syndrome.Most stand shorter than 4 feet because the genemutation prevents their bodies from properly us-ing growth hormone.

That alters the activity of other hormones, in-cluding insulin-like growth factor or IGF-1 - asubstance that laboratory studies suggest mightbe manipulated to lengthen lifespan.

So scientists were interested in seeing howpeople with Laron syndrome fare.

Over 22 years, this population experienced nodiabetes and only one non-lethal case of cancer,Ecuadorean endocrinologist Jaime Guevara-Aguirre and University of Southern Californiacell biologist Valter Longo reported. Their re-search appears in Wednesday’s issue of the jour-nal Science Translational Medicine.

The absence of diabetes was true even thoughthe Laron population tends to be heavier thanother Ecuadoreans, and being overweight rais-es the risk for diabetes.

In contrast, 1,600 of the group’s normal-heightrelatives who lived in the same towns experiencedrates of those diseases typical of Ecuador - 5 per-cent got diabetes and 17 percent got cancer.

However, the Laron patients didn’t livelonger than their taller relatives. Their main caus-es of death were accidents and alcohol-related ill-nesses, Longo said.

Clue to diabetes, cancer seen in Ecuadoreans

HAGATNA, Guam (AP)— A federal jury on Guamfound a bar owner guilty Thurs-day on 20 counts of sex traf-ficking, coercion and othercharges for forcing youngwomen and a juvenile girl fromthe Micronesian state of Chuukto work as prostitutes.

Song Ja Cha, a frail 69-year-old, stood stoically as sheheard the verdict of guilty on allcounts, the Pacific Daily Newsreported.

Cha owns the Blue HouseLounge, where authorities saidyoung Chuukese women of-fered sex for money in theclub’s VIP rooms.

Cha paid for passports andplane tickets for the women,who traveled to Guam underthe belief that they would getjobs in legitimate businesses.

The counts carry sentencesranging from five years to 15years to life in prison. Cha isdue to be sentenced on May 18.

U.S. Attorney Alicia Limti-aco said the verdict would senda message to those engaged insex and labor trafficking in theregion.

Limtiaco said the severityof the charges and the traumacaused to the victims, who in-clude a woman who was un-derage, “will warrant the mostserious of a sentence.”

She also thanked the wom-en who provided graphic testi-mony of their lives at the Blue

House.“We want to thank the vic-

tims who were extremelycourageous and strong in com-ing forward and being a part ofthis trial,” said Limtiaco. “Ittook a lot of them to do this.”

Former Blue House em-ployees testified that Cha hadbeen physically and verballyabusive, and said in one caseCha had forced a woman intoan abortion. The prosecutortold jurors he threat of arrest,reinforced by the regular pres-ence of police, had kept thewomen from running away.

That allegation was sup-ported by the testimony ofGuam Police Department Offi-cer David Manila, who testifiedthat he had been a regular visi-tor to the Blue House Lounge.Manila admitted having sexwith an employee in the club’sVIP room, and said he wasfriendly with Cha.

In his official capacity as apolice officer, he said he re-sponded three or four times aweek to various disturbanceswith customers, as well asproblems with Cha’s employ-ees.

Limtiaco declined to com-ment on whether there wouldbe further action against mem-bers of the Guam Police De-partment, but she said her officewas “looking into the matter re-garding testimony and state-ments in regards to the policeofficer.”

Thomas E. Perez, assistantattorney general for the JusticeDepartment’s civil rights divi-sion, said the sexual exploita-tion of vulnerable individualswould not be tolerated.

“The defendant preyed onthe hopes and dreams of theseyoung victims, forcing them in-to a life of prostitution,” Perezsaid in a statement.

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“Notary Public Commission Class” The Secretary of American Samoa wishes to inform the residents interested in obtaining a notary public commission, or in renewing a commission, that the next course on notary law and ethics will be offered at the American Samoa Community College on:

Tuesday, February 22 nd and Wednesday, February 22 rd , 2011

6:00pm to 8:30pm, ASCC As is required by the Notary Act of 2007, Public Law 30-18, as amended, anyone who wishes to obtain a Notary Public Commission must undergo and successfully complete a course on Notary law, procedure and ethics. For more information and registration, please contact Makerita F. Iosefo, Tuna Ma’ae or Melesete Haleck at the Office of the Governor at 633-4116. Secretary of American Samoa Office of the Governor.

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After fiveyears of

being quiet, sun gettinga bit stormy

WASHINGTON (AP) --Scientists say a Valentine’sevening solar flare is causingradio disruptions and may puton a cool sky show Thursdayand Friday nights in somenorthern regions. But theysay the solar storm zappingEarth isn’t that big or trou-blesome.

Bob Rutledge, who’s leadforecaster for the govern-ment’s Space Weather Pre-diction Center, said the solarX-ray flare is the largest of itstype since December 2006.But that’s mostly because thesun’s been unusually quiet fornearly five years.

This solar storm rates anR-3 on a five point scale. It’son the weak end of what’sconsidered strong, but stillthere are about 175 of thoseevery decade or so. Look forauroras in Alaska and othernorthern areas. Rutledge saidsome commercial airlinershave reported radio disrup-tions, but no harm.

Jury convicts Guam barowner of sex trafficking


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7:30-7:45am Brief Prayer Service - LBJ Hospital, Faga’alu 8:15am Funeral Service -Malumalu Siona-Leone EFKAS 10:30am Funeral Procession to family residence in Fa’asau-Leone 2:00pm Final Farewell & Burial Services at his residence in

Fagalele Cove - Leone

TAU’ILI ’ ILI IUPATI “PAT” CLIFFORD TERVOLA TAU’ILI ’ ILI IUPATI “PAT” CLIFFORD TERVOLA TAU’ILI ’ ILI IUPATI “PAT” CLIFFORD TERVOLA

\Ç _Éä|Çz `xÅÉÜç Éy A loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Son, Brother, Uncle, Leader & Friend

Sunrise: October 24th, 1952 ~ Sunset: February 3rd, 2011

“In the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln


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CHURCH SERVICE Monday, February 21, 2011 1:00pm • Siona CCCAS, Leone

FAREWELL & BURIAL SERVICE Immediately following church service

Kneubuhl Family Grave Site • Olo, Taputimu

In Loving Memory Margaret Atalina Emily Kneubuhl Landrigan

June 4, 1922 – January 27, 2011

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it . PSALM 118:24

SN/Le LaliO le aso lea ua faamoemoe e amata tufaina ai siaki po o toto-

gi a tagata faigaluega o le malo, lea e to’esea ai o latou itulafaigaluega, ona o le Aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou, e faamamalu aile aso malolo o le Aso Peresetene.

O le faaitiitia o itula faigaluega, lea na amata faamalosia maii le aso 6 o Fepuari, e fuafua lava i le totogi o tagata faigaluega es-eese a le malo. Mo se fa’ata’ita’iga, afai o se totogi o se tagatafaigaluega e au i le $20,800 i le tausaga, o lona uiga e fa itula eto’esea mai i ona itula faigaluega. Ae mo i latou e silia ma le$62,400 i le tausaga, o latou totogi, o le a to’esea le 12 itula maii o latou totogi.

Ae ona o le Aso Gafua, o se aso malolo feterale, o lea ua tu-fatufaina ai i le aso ia totogi a tagata faigaluega o le malo, ma o lea o latou molimauina ai le suiga i a latou totogi, e aofia ai ma faa-tonusili o matagaluega ma ofisa eseese a le malo.

Se’ia vagana ai le aufaigaluega a le Fono Faitulafono, e lea’afia i lenei suiga fou, ona o lo’o faatupeina a latou totogi i tupelotoifale.

Na fa’aalia e le toatele o tagata faigaluega a le malo, lo latoufaanoanoa tele ona o lenei suiga fou, ona o le a faapea ona aafiaai o latou aiga.

Na fa’aalia mai e nisi o tagata faigaluega a le malo i se sui o leSamoa News e faapea, e matuai le talafeagai lava lenei tulaga, onao la e leai se suiga i totogi a tagata faigaluega o le Fono, ae e leatoa le tausaga o galulue, ona e fai ma malolo le Fono.

Na fa’aalia foi e nisi o i latou o lo’o aafia i lenei suiga, lo latoule fiafia i le Fono ona o le le pasia o nisi o pili na faaooina atu ele kovana mo le fofoina o le faafitauli tau tupe o lo’o tula’i mai itotonu o le malo.

E pei ona saunoa se tasi ua silia ma le 10 tausaga o galue i lemalo, aisea ua faasala ai i latou ae o la e latou te galulue ma le faa-maoni i a latou galuega.

Na fa’aalia mai e le peresetene o le Senate, le afioga GaoteoteTofau Palaie, i le Samoa News, le le mafai e taitai o le Fono onafaia se faaiuga i totogi o tagata faigaluega a le Fono, seia maeaona iloiloina e sui faitulafono pili taufa’aofi ua faaooina atu i lumao le Fono mo le fofoina o le faafitauli tau tupe lea o lo’o pagatiaai nei le malo.

O nisi o tagata faigaluega a le malo e le o a’afia i lenei suigafou, e aofia ai faiaoga, o ave pasi a aoga faatasi ai ma i latou o lo’ototogi mai i vaegatupe mai i le malo feterale (federal grants).

I lana pookalama i luga o le leitio i le faaiuga o le vaiaso na seimavae atu, na fa’aalia mai ai e le afioga i le kovana sili, le matua iaTogiola Tulafono, le a’afia o totogi a tagata faigaluega o le malo, leao le a tufatufaina i le aso, i lenei suiga fou, i le faaitiitia o itulafaigaluega. Ma o lenei suiga, o le a aofia ai le kovana sili, le lutenakovana ma faatonusili o matagaluega ma ofisa eseese a le malo.

O totogi mo faatonusili e filifilia e kovana i taimi o a latou no-foaiga, e faatulaga lava e kovana. O totogi mo kovana ma lute-na kovana, e faatulaga mai e tulafono lotoifale, mo se faata’ita’iga,o le totogi a le kovana, e $85,000 ae o le totogi mo le lutena ko-vana, e $75,000.

I lana polokalama i luga o le leitio i le faaiuga o le vaiaso, nafaamaualalo mai ai le afioga Togiola i tagata faigaluega o le ma-lo o le a faapea ona aafia i lenei suiga fou ma ia toe faamamafainale tulaga pagatia o feagai ma le malo i nei vaitaimi, ae peitai, eleai lava se faaiuga ua faia e le Fono i tulafono taufa’aofi uafaaooina atu mo le fofoina o lenei faafitauli.

Sa faapea foi ona ia uunaia ia tagata faigaluega o le malo, inaia faafesootai ma uunaia sui o a latou itumalo i totonu o le Fono,ina ia pasia nei tulafono taufaaofi.

Na fa’aalia mai e nisi o Faatonusili e toalua i se sui o le SamoaNews i le Aso Lua, i sa latou fonotaga faale kapeneta na faia i levaiaso ua mavae, na saunoa ai le kovana sili, afai ae le mafai onafofoina lenei faafitauli, o le ono amata ona vaea ni tagata faigalue-ga i le masina o Iuni.

O le aso ananafi na tapunia ai le Fono Faitulafono mo sa latoumalologa mo le lua vaiaso, ae ua na’o le tasi le tulafono taufa’aofiua maea ona palotaina. O lea pili e mo le lafoga e 2% e faaopoopoi totogi o tagata faigaluega. Na mafai ona faaitiitia lea lafoga i le2% mai i le 4% lea na i totonu o le ulua’i pili na faaulufaleina. O lemasina fou lea e toe nofoaia ai le tauaofiaga a le Fono Faitulafono.

Mo le Aso Malolo i le Aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou, o le a faapeaona tapunia ai ofisa uma a le malo atoa ai ma ofisa a le malofeterale, faapea le falemeli i Fagatogo. E le gata i lea, o le a tapu-nia ai ma faletupe e lua ma nisi o pisinisi po o kamupani lotoifale.

Ae o le a fa’aauau pea ona faigaluega le StarKist Samoa.O le a leai se lomiga a le Samoa News i le Aso Gafua ae o le

a toe amata lomiga i le Aso Lua.

Ulua’i totogia le malo maitula to’esea

FAAMAMALUINA I LE ASO GAFUA LE ASO MALOLO UA TA’UA O LE ASO PERESETENEI

tusia Ausage FausiaELIZABETH MALAE

Ua taoto atu nei i se faaiuga a le faamasinogatalosaga na faaulu e le tamatai loia o Sharron Ran-court i le Faamasinoga Maualuga, ina ia solofua lemoliaga o loo tu’uaia ai e le malo le faletua o Malae.

O Malae o loo tu’uaia e le malo i le solitula-fono mamafa, o le ia te ia o ni meaola feai, leana latou osofaia se tamaititi e 8 tausaga le mat-ua, i le tausaga e 2007.

Na valaauina e Rancourt ni molimau mai leMatagaluega o le Puipuiga o le SaogalemuLautele ma le falema’i o le LBJ, mo le tuuina atuo faamaumauga

I faamaumauga mai sui o le LBJ na taua ai,talu mai le 2005 e oo atu i le 2011, e 211 le ao-fa’i o mataupu faapea na faatoai atu i le potu ogasegase tigaina a le falema’i, lea na tauaaoina ele Ofisa o Tautua Lautele a le falema’i.

Mai lea aofa’iga, o le 71 o ia mataupu na tu-uina atu i le Ofisa o leoleo, peita’i na taua e le aliileoleo, o Cpt. Saitia Maui’a, na te le iloaina pefia ni mataupu mai ia mataupu na faaoo atu i leOfisa o le Loia Sili.

Na taua e Rancourt, talu ai o Malae le ulua’itagata ua molia i luma o le faamasinoga i leneisolitulafono, mai le tele o faalavelave e aafia aitagata i ta’ifau na ripoti atu i le ofisa o leoleo, ose tasi lea o mau e lagolagoina ai lana talosagainaia solofua le moliaga faasaga i le ua molia.

Na molimau fo’i le tina o le tamaititi e 8tausaga na aafia ma ia taua i luma o le faa-masinoga, e le’i mana’o e faila lenei mataupufaasaga ia Malae, peita’i na unaia o ia e le maloina ia faaauau pea lenei mataupu.

Na finau Rancourt, e le tatau ona faaauauinapea lenei mataupu, ona e le o lava molimau elagolagoina ai le solitulafono, peita’i na finau leloia a le malo o Mitzie Folau, e finau pea le ma-lo ina ia faaauau pea lenei mataupu, ona omanu’a tuga na aafia ai le tamaititi e 8 tausagae mafua mai i ta’ifau a le ua molia.

FAAULIULI FAUFANOUa talia e le faamasinoga maualuga le

talosaga na faaulu e le alii loia o Risks Trachy leao loo tula’i mo le alii o Faauliuli Faufano, ina iatoe tolopo le ulua’i iloiloga na faatulaga a le aliio Faufano, ona o lea ua toeititi lava maea feu-tanaiga o loo faia ma le malo, ina ia faamutainaai faamatalaga e uiga i le mataupu o loo tuuaia aile ua molia.

O Faufano o loo tuuaia i le solitulafono o lefasioti tagata i le tulaga muamua, ona o sefaalavelave na tula’i mai i le masina o Tesema2010, lea na ia fasiotia ai (tulou) lona uso e maualona tino i ma’i.

I le talia ai e le faamasinoga o le talosaga ale itu tete’e, na tuu atu faatasi ai loa ma se fau-tuaga a le alii faamasino sili ia Michael Kruse,e le toe talia se isi talosaga e toe tuuina atu etolopo ai lenei mataupu, ona e matuia le molia-ga o loo tuuaia ai le ua molia.

Saunoa Kruse, e ao i le itu a le ua molia onasilasila toto’a i tulaga o lenei mataupu, ina ia letoe tulai mai ai le tulaga lea o le talosaga atu inaia toe tolopo mo se isi taimi.

O loo taofia pea i le toese Faufano ma lefaamoemoe, e toe tula’i i luma o le faamasinogai le aso 21 Mati i le itula e 8:30.


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O le Aso Lulu, Fepuari 16, 2011 na faapea ona asia ai e alo ma fanau aoga o le vasega K-5a Manumalo Baptist, ia le maota o le kovana sili i luga o Maugaoalii, aua le aoaoina o faitino ofale eseese. Na mafai ona talimalo le faletua ia Mary Ann Tulafono i nei alo ma fanau. I sanasaunoaga faafeiloai mo fanau iti, na fa’ailoa atu ai e Mary Ann i le fanau e faapea, “O le falelenei mo outou. O lo’o ua ma tausia ma le kovana sili mo outou.” [ata: americansamoa.gov]

TALA O TALA O TALA O FAAMASINOGA FAAMASINOGA FAAMASINOGA

(faaauau itulau 20)

tusia Ausage FausiaMALOLO LE FONO MO LE 2 VAIASO

O le taeao ananafi na amataai le malologa a le Fono Faitu-lafono mo le umi e 2 vaiaso,ona o le to’atele o Senatoa maFaipule ua malaga atu nei i lefonotaga faaletausaga a leLitaea, lea o loo usuia i le seteteo Hawaii i le vaiaso fou.

O le po anapo na amatamalaga atu ai sui o le fono molenei fonotaga taua ae o isi uafaamoemoe e malaga i le po o leaso Gafua o le vaiaso fou.

A’o le’i tapunia le fono i letaeao ananafi, na momoli faapi-toa e taitai fono faamanuiaga ile usugafono a le komiti o lelitaea, ina ia fo’i mai ma se aiaua le atunu’u.

O le afioga i le alii Senatoaia Gale’ai Tuufuli lea ua tofia ele alii peresetene o le Senate, efai ma sui o le maota maualugamo nisi o mataupu e tula’i maia’o toesea ai taitai o le fono i lefonotaga i Hawai’i.

O le aso Gafua, aso 1 Matilea ua faamoemoe e toe a’e aigaluega a le fono mo anatauaofiaga masani.

ULUAI TAIMI UA ASIA AI VASEGA ECE LE

FONO FAITULAFONOO le asia ai e le vasega a le

ECE mai le Aoga a Fagaitua o lemaota o sui i le taeao ananafi, uaavea ai i latou o le ulua’i aogaECE ua asia le Fono Faitulafono.

E lata i le to’a 20 tama mateine mai le 3-4 tausaga i levasega o le K3-K4 ma faiaogae toatolu na auai i le asiasiga i letaeao ananafi, lea fo’i na mauale avanoa e feiloa’i ai ma le fo-foga fetalai faapea ai afioga i aliifaipule o le maota o sui, mapu’eina ai sa latou ata e faa-manatu ai lenei asiasiga.

Na talia fiafia e sui filifilia oitumalo taitasi le malaga asiasiatu a fanau aoga. Saunoa le tofaia Savali Talavou Ale, o se ulua’itaimi lenei ua asia ai e se vasegaa le ECE le fono faitulafono.

Sa ia taua, o le tele lava oasiasiga e malaga atu a le o vae-ga o aoga maualuluga o fanaumai aoga tulaga muamua.

Saunoa le afioga ia ToeainaFaufano Autele e faaleo lonaagaga fiafia ina ua asiasi atufanau aoga. Sa ia taua, atonu oloo i ai i lenei vasega ni kovanapoo ni fofoga fetalai mo leatunuu i le lumana’i.

E ui i le laiti o soifua o fanauna auai atu i le asiasiga, ae namomoli i ai e le afioga Toeainale fautuaga, afai e avea i latouma tagata matutua, aua nei o la-tou faalagolago e saili e le ko-vana poo le lutena kovana ni alatou galuega, ae ia saili lava e ilatou a latou lava galuega, ina uamafai lea ona aoaoina i latou mafaaeaina lo lato olaga aoaoina.

Na momoli faamanuiaga aafioga i faipule uma sa auai i fa-iaoga ma le vaega a le ECE.

Na taua e se tasi o tamaitaifaiaoga ina ua fesiligia e leSamoa News, o le autu o le la-tou asiasiga i le taeao ananafi,

ua faaautuina, “Tagata Fesoa-soani”. Sa ia taua, e tele isi ofisao le malo ua asiasi i ai e pei o lefalema’i ma ofisa o le malo, pei-ta’i o se taimi muamua lea uamafai ai ona latou asia le fono,ma o se agaga fiafia ina ua aveale latou vasega o se ulua’ivasega ua asia le Fono Faitula-fono mai le vaega a le ECE.

Na fai fo’i le sao o le fanauaoga e ela i lo latou lagiina lea ole viiga e tatala aloaia ai letauaofiaga a le maota i le taeaoananafi, e tapunia ai galuega a lefono a’o alo atu mo lana mal-ologa mo le umi e 2 vaiaso.

FAAFETAI SENATOA MO SAILINI

Na faaleo e le afioga i le aliiSenatoa ia Mauga Tasi Asuega leagaga faafetai e fai ai o ia ma suio lona itumalo, ona o le galuegai le faapipi’iina lea o faailoilo motaimi o faalavelave faalenatura,lea ua vaaia lona amataina.

Saunoa le afioga i le Maop-utasi, o le vaaia o le tino mai olenei, o se ata vaaia lea o leaga’i i luma o gaioiga a le ma-lo ina ia mautinoa, o le a mafaie tagata uma ona maua leavanoa e fesoota’i ai i soo se tai-mi tula’i mai ai se faalavelavefaalenatura.

Saunoa Mauga, o le poumuamua na eli i le taeao ananafi(taeao aso Lulu) i le vaega o looi ai le pa tenisi i Pago Pago.

E tusa ai ma le ripoti natauaaoina atu e le Matagaluegao le Puipuiga o le SaogalemuLotoifale, e 37 le aofa’i o pouua faamoemoe e faatutu i to-tonu o Amerika Samoa, ma opou ia o le a faapipi’i i ai saili-ni ia o le a avea ma faailoilomo taimi o faalavelave faale-natura.

Ua i ai le faamoemoe e 1 lepou o le a faatu i Aunu’u, 6 moManu’a ma le 30 i tutuila nei.

LBJ Tropical Medical Center

INISIUA OLE MEDICARE PART A: O Tautua eseese o lo’o ofoina atu ile falema’I mo le Medicare Inisiua Part A: E aofia ai o le potu taofia ua lelei ona saunia, mo le to’alua po’o le to’atolu O taumafataga O teine tausima’i ( Nurse ) O vailaau atoa ai ma togafitiga fa’a foma’i

O Tautua E le mafai ona fa’aogaina ai le Inisiua Medicare Part A: O lo’o a’ofia ai tagata tausi ma’I faapitoa ( private nurse ) E aofia ai TV ma telefoni I le potu E aofia ai le tau mo foma’I nifo ma le potu fa’inifo ( Dental ) E le aofia ai fo’I ma talavai tausavali ( clinical visits ) a lo tatou falema’i E i ai le tau fa’aopoopo mo nei tautua.

O le a le Aoga ole Medicare Part B? O le Part B, o le inisiua e a’ofia ai le galuega fa’afoma’i i totonu o potu talavai tausavali (clinic) a le falema’i. O i ai i totonu o lenei tautua le galuega e pei ole: Potu tui toto Potu Faata Potu mo gasegase faafuase’i (ER) Atoa ai ma nisi o tautua e puipuia ai oe. Silasila i lau pepa medicare (Medicare card) mo nisi o tautua e maua ile Part B, ma nisi o mataupu e fa’atatau ile tau o lou inisua. Fa’amolemole valaau ile numera 1-800-Medicare (1-800-633- 4227) pe valaau foi ile ofisa ole Saogalemu i Fagatogo mo se fesili mo lou lava finagalo filemu.

E fa’apefea ona maua le Inisua Medicare Part B? Ina ua e mauaina le teugatupe (penefiti) mai le Ofisa ole Saogalemu Lautele, po’o le teugatupe mai le Railroad Retirement Board, e masani lava ona maua mai ai loa ma lau Part B i le aso muamua o le masina e atoa iai lou 65 tausaga. Afai o lou aso fanau e pau ile aso muamua ole masina, o lona uiga o lau Part B e amata ona maua ile aso muamua ole masina o loo lumana’i. E masani ona taunuu’u mai lau Pepa ole Medicare mai le meli e tusa ma le tolu masina (3 months) fa’atasi ai ma aso e 25 talu ona e maua i se ma’i tumau. Afai fo’i e te le mana’omiaina le inisiua ole Part B, e mafai ona toe fa’afo’i le pepa ole Medicare ile ofisa a le Saogalemu Lautele (Social Security Office) pe valaau foi ile telefoni numera 1-800- 633-4227 mo se fesili.

O le a le uiga ole Tupe ete toe Totogia mai ile Falema’i mo lau Inisiua ole Medicare Part A & B? O le Tupe Toe Totogi (deductible) po’o le Pasene fo’i, ole aofaiga lea o tupe e te toe totogia mo lau Part B, ona fa’atoa mafai ai lea on totogiina e le Part B lou pili. E iai fo’i le Tupe Totogi (deductible) mo le Part A (Inisiua mo le taofia ile falema’i) ma le Part B ( Inisiua mo galuega fa’afoma’i). Ae le’i fa’aaogaina lau Part B e totogi ai lau pili, e tatau ona e totogiina muamua lau tupe totogi (deductible) mo lau pili i le falema’i ona fa’atoa maua lea o se tupe mai i lau Inisiua ole Medicare mo lou pili.

O Tupe Toe Totogiina po’o Pasene e toesea mai I lou Inisiua ole Medicare: O le Tupe Totogi (deductible) a le inisiua a le Part A e tusa ma le $1,100.00 p.a. i le tausaga 2010. O le Tupe Totogi (deductible) o le Part B e tusa ma le $155.00 p.a. i le tausaga 2010. Mo nisi fa’amatalaga, vala’au ile Ofisa a le Medicare i le telefoni numera 1-800-633- 4227.

Mo i latou o e agava’a ile Inisiua ole Medicare ma le Tricare: Afai o ia te oe le Inisiua Medicare Part A fa’atasi ai ma le Tricare (e aofia iai i latou olo’o galulue, ma i latou ua malolo ma o latou aiga). E tatau ona iai sau Inisiua Part B ina ia le motusia ai lou agava’a ile Tricare (Inisiua fa’a milikeli). Pe a fai o oe o se totino o lo’o galue pea, po’o lou toalua, po’o lau fanau, e te le tau tusi talosaga mo le Part B sei vagana ua muta ou aso galue mai le malo. E mafai fo’I ona e tusi talosaga mo le Part B pe a atoa le 65 o ou tausaga po’o le sili atu fo’i, pe afai ua maua oe i se gasegase tumau. Afai e avea oe ma totino ole Inisiua Medicare Advantage Plan, fa’amolemole fa’ailoa ile ofisa ole Tricare, ina ia fa’afaigofie ai ona totogiina ou pili ma le mautinoa. FAUTUAGA: O le LBJ Tropical Medical Center i Faga’alu ua na o se fa’alapotopotoga o falema’i uma ole Malo O Amerika ua ofoina atu nei tautua eseese mo le lautele ole atunu’u aua le fa’aaogaina o le Inisiua ole Medicare Part A & B.

O le Falema’i fo’i, e le o se Ofisa tu maoti mo lea polokalame. Mo nisi fesili, fa’amolemole, fa’afesoota’i le Ofisa o le Medicare mo fesili uma e fa’atatau i lenei polokalame fa’a inisiua i le numera 1-800-MEDICARE po’o le ofisa ole Saogalemu i Fagatogo. Fa’afetai Tele, Puleaga ale LBJ Tropical Medical Center

O le alii fitafita o Quinton Seui, lena e muamua mai iluma, i ana ‘basic training’ po o aoaoga amata i FortBenning i Georgia. O Seui o se alo e faasino i le susuga ile alii Faipule ia Halafili Seui ma le faletua ia Iva LosinaPauni-Seui mai i Nu’uuli. [ata foa’i]


TALA TALA TALA FONO FONO FONO

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O Vaofanua o loo tu’uaia faatasi ma isi alii leoleo e to’atoluona o le faalavelave lava lea na tulai mai i le tausaga na te’a nei,lea na manu’a ai se alii ina ua faaoolima i ai le alii leoleo o Lt.Ray Noa, e pei ona taua i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga.

I faamaumauga a le faamasinoga, o loo taua ai e ni molimaule faaaoga e Lt. Noa o se fagu e faaoo ai manu’a i le alii na aafia,ae o le isi alii na la to’alua na alu i le atoa.

O loo i ai pea i luma o le faamasinoga maualuga le mataupua le alii leoleo ia Lt. Noa, ma o loo finau lana loia i le faamasino-ga ina ia poloa’i le malo e tuuina atu faamaumauga o loo iatalosagaina, e uiga i le faalavelave sa tupu.

O ia faamaumauga e aofia ai le ripoti mai e falema’i i manu’ao le na aafia, faapea ai ma faamaumauga mai le taimi na telefoniatu ai le ulua’i molimau i le #911 e faailoa atu le faalavelave uatupu, ma le ripoti a le falema’i i le taimi na taunuu ai i le nofoa-ga tonu na tupu ai le faalavelave.

O isi alii leoleo e to’alua o loo aofia i lenei mataupu, o lesusuga lea ia Det. Vili Faapouli ma John Liu Chang, lea ua tolopoa la iloiloga e faataunuu i le masina fou. O loo teena uma e aliileoleo e to’atolu ia tuuaiga a le malo faasaga ia te i latou.

O Faapouli ma Liu Chang o loo tu’uaia i le moliaga mama ole faatupu vevesi i nofoaga faitele, ae o Lt. Raymond Noa o loomolia i le moliaga mamafa o le faaoolima i le tulaga muamua, male moliaga o le faaleagaina lea o meatotino i le tulaga lua.

O le solitulafono o le save’uina lea o le filemu o tagata lautele,o se solitulafono o le vaega B i solitulafono mama, lea e mafaiona faasala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le sili atu i le 6 masi-na, pe faasala fo’i i se salatupe e le sili atu i le $500, poo le faasalauma fo’i lea i faasalaga uma ia e lua.

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tusia Ausage FausiaUa teena e afioga i faipule o le

maota o sui suiga a le Senate, i lelatou pili e faaee ai le lafoga e 4%i totogi faigaluega uma i le teritori.

O le Aso Lulu na te’a nei napasia ai e le Semate le pili lea ale maota o sui faatasi ai ma la-tou suiga, i le suia lea o le lafo-ga e 4% i le 2%.

O le afioga i le alii faipule iaLemapu S. Talo na faatuina lemau i le taimi o le tauaofiaga ale maota o sui i le taeao ananafi,e teena ai suiga a le Senate, leafo’i na fulisia e le maota atoa.

O le isi vaega lea o le asoso’o ai nei ina ua teena e lemaota o sui suiga a le Senate, ole tofia lea o komiti teuteu amaota e lua mo le talanoaina ole suiga a le Senate, ma o lea tu-laga, faatoa faia pe afai e toe a’eatu le fono mai lana malologa elua vaiaso, lea e pei ona am-ataina i le taeao ananafi.

Saunoa le afioga i le fofogafetalai ia Savali Talavou Ale, ole taua o le tofia o se komiti teu-teu i lenei mataupu, ina ia mafaiai ona maua se maninoga o lemaota o sui i suiga a le Senate,atoa ai ma le mafuaaga ua fina-galo ai le maota maualuga e suile tulafono mai le 4% i le 2% epei ona i ai la latou pili lea uauma ona pasia.

Ua maea ona tuuina atu lefaaaliga a le maota o sui i leSenate e faailoa ai lo latou teenao a latou suiga, faatasi ai ma letalosaga mo se komiti teuteu amaota e lua, ma ua i ai lefaamoemoe o lea faaaliga o le atuuina atu i luma o le maotamaualuga pe a toe a’e mai i leaso Gafua, aso 1 Mati i le itulae 10:00 i le taeao.

O lea ua atoa le masina taluona tatala le ulua’i tauaofiaga ale fono mo le nofoaiga lona 32lenei, ae na o le tasi lava le pili

lea ua maea ona lalafo i ai mao-ta e lua, e ui o loo eseese o latoufinagalo i pasene e tatau onafaaopoopo, ae o le itu taua e peiona saunoa taitai o maota e lua,ua tau se ai mo galuega a le fono.

O le finagalo o le maota osui i le tulafono lenei, o loo ta-lafeagai pea le 4% o loo finaga-lo i ai le alii kovana, peita’i etalitonu le maota maualuga, e iai aafiaga o le 4% i le lafoga peafai e toe faaopoopo i totogi otagata faigaluega i le taimi nei.

Saunoa le afioga i le aliifaipule ia Toeaina, e taua tele lefinagalo o le maota maualuga,peita’i o le a faatoa saili se fina-galo o le maota o sui pe afai emaea mai lana malologa.

Ae ui o lea ua pasia e mao-ta e lua a laua pili mo le lafogalenei, o loo tumau pea le tete’eo le afioga i le alii Senatoa iaVelega Savali Jr i le tulafonolenei, ona e i ai lona talitonugae le mafai ona fesoasoani leneitulafono i le manaoga vave leaua tula’i mai i le malo.

Saunoa Velega, afai ae sainie le kovana le tulafono lenei, maamata loa ona ao e le malo tupe,faatoa mafai ona maua e le ma-lo ni vaega tupe i le isi 6 masi-na, ma e oo atu i le taimi lea uasili atu ona pagatia tagatafaigaluega, ma e le iloa pe ooatu i lea taimi ua i ai nisi tagatafaigaluega ua maea.

O le talitonuga o le afiogaVelega, e le o pili tupe a le ko-vana e maua ai le fofo o le faafi-tauli lea u feagai ma le malo, auao pili tupe e atili ai ona pagatiale atunuu aemaise lava i pisinisi.———————————————————————————————————————Feso’ota’i mai i le tusitala ia

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Tete’e faipule i suiga a le Senate


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TOLOPO ILOILOGA O LEALII NA FAAMALOSIA

LONA TOALUAO le aso Faraile o le vaiaso

fou lea ua faamoemoe e tatauona oo atu i ai ua maea onasainia le maliliega lea o loo fet-ufaa’i ai le malo ma le itu a lealii talavou, lea o loo tu’uaia ilona faamalosia lea o lonato’alua faaipoipo.

Ina ua tulai lea alii i luma o lefaamasinoga i le taeao ananafi,na faailoa ai e lana loia ia RisksTrachy, ua toeititi lava maea ta-lanoaga o loo faia ma le malo,ma sainia ia loa le maliliega efaamutaina ai lea mataupu.

Na talia e le faamasinoga letalosaga a le itu tete’e matolopo ai loa lenei mataupu.

O moliaga o loo tuuaia ai leua molia na afua mai i sefaalavelave na tula’i mai i lo lafale ma lona toalua i le tausagana te’a nei, lea na ia faia ai niuiga mataga i lona to’alua, eaofia ai ma lona faamalosia o ia.

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* Solofua le moliaga…Mai itulau 1

* TALA O…Mai itulau 18

MADISON, Wis. (AP) --Faced with a near-certain Re-publican victory that would enda half-century of collective bar-gaining for public workers,Wisconsin Democrats retaliat-ed with the only weapon theyhad left: They fled.

Fourteen Democratic law-makers disappeared from theCapitol on Thursday, just as theSenate was about to begin de-bating the measure aimed ateasing the state’s budget crunch.

By refusing to show up for avote, the group brought the de-bate to a swift halt and hoped topressure Republicans to the ne-gotiating table.

“The plan is to try and slowthis down because it’s an ex-treme piece of legislation that’stearing this state apart,” Sen.Jon Erpenbach said.

The move drew cheers fromtens of thousands of protesters -teachers, prison guards and oth-ers targeted by the proposal -who filled the Statehouse duringthe past three days.

Republican Gov. Scott Walk-er, who took office just lastmonth, has made the bill a top pri-ority. He urged the group to returnand called the boycott a “stunt.”

“It’s more about theatricsthan anything else,” Walkersaid, predicting that the groupwould come back in a day ortwo, after realizing “they’reelected to do a job.”

Walker said Democrats couldstill offer amendments to changethe bill, but he vowed not to con-cede on his plan to end most col-lective bargaining rights.

With 19 seats, Republicanshold a majority in the 33-mem-ber Senate, but they are onevote short of the number neces-sary to conduct business. So theGOP needs at least one Demo-crat to be present before anyvoting can take place. Once themeasure is brought to the floor,it needs 17 votes to pass.

Other lawmakers who fledsent messages over Twitter andissued written statements butdid not disclose their locationuntil hours later.

Erpenbach said the grouphad been in Rockford, Ill., butthey dispersed by late afternoon.

In response to a question ofwhere she was, Sen. Lena Tay-lor sent a tweet saying she was“doing the people’s business.Power to the PEOPLE.”

Sen. Tim Cullen of Janesvillesaid he was back in Wisconsinby Thursday night, but he didnot expect Democrats to returnto take up the bill until Saturday.

As Republicans tried to be-gin Senate business around mid-day, observers in the galleryscreamed “Freedom! Democra-cy! Unions!” Opponents cheeredwhen a legislative leader an-nounced there were not enoughsenators present to proceed.

The sergeant-at-arms imme-diately began looking for themissing lawmakers. If authorized,he can seek help from police.

Senate rules and the stateconstitution say absent mem-

bers can be compelled to ap-pear, but it does not say how.

“Today they checked out,and I’m not sure where they’reat,” Republican Senate Majori-ty Leader Scott Fitzgerald said.“This is the ultimate shutdown,what we’re seeing today.”

The Senate planned to tryagain to convene Friday. The As-sembly took no action Thursdaybut could take up the bill on Fridaywhether the Senate does or not,said John Jagler, spokesman forAssembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald.

Elsewhere, some Democratsapplauded the developments inWisconsin as a long-awaitedsign that their party was fightingback against the Republicanwave created by November’smidterm election.

“I am glad to see someDemocrats, for a change, with abackbone. I’m really proud to hearthat they did that,” said Democrat-ic state Sen. Judy Eason-McIntyreof Oklahoma, another state where

Republicans won the governor-ship in November and also controlboth legislative chambers.

Across the Wisconsin State-house, Democrats showed up inthe Assembly chamber wearingorange T-shirts that proclaimedtheir support for working families.

After a routine roll call, theyexchanged high-fives withprotesters, who cried “thank you”as the Democrats walked by.Protesters unleashed venomousboos and screams at Republicans.

Thursday’s events werereminiscent of a 2003 dispute inTexas, where Democrats twicefled the state to prevent adop-tion of a redistricting bill de-signed to give Republicansmore seats in Congress. The billpassed a few months later.

The drama in Wisconsin un-folded in a jam-packed Capitol.Madison police and the State De-partment of Administration esti-mated the crowd at 25,000

Wis. lawmakers flee stateto block an anti-union bill


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CAIRO (AP) -- Two Iraniannaval vessels have submitted arequest to transit the Suez Canal,Egypt’s Foreign Ministry saidThursday. Israel has expressedconcerns over the plans, labelingthem a “provocation.”

Ministry spokesman Hos-sam Zaki said Egyptian author-ities have received the requestto grant the vessels passage,while a Suez Canal official saidthe Defense Ministry wouldprocess the application.

In Tehran, Iran’s official En-glish-language Press TV citedan Iranian naval official sayingthe two warships are to passthrough the canal. The officialsaid Tehran was in contact withEgypt about the ships.

Earlier, a canal official hadsaid the Iranians had withdrawna request to transit the water-way, without giving an expla-nation for the application’swithdrawal. The official spokeon condition of anonymity be-cause he was not authorized tobrief the media.

It was not immediately clearwhy there were contradictoryreports over the transit request.

Earlier, a canal official hadsaid the Iranians had withdrawna request to transit the water-way, without giving an expla-nation for the application’swithdrawal. The official spokeon condition of anonymity be-

cause he was not authorized tobrief the media.

Ahmed al-Manakhly, a seniorSuez Canal official, said interna-tional agreements regulate thetraffic through the canal. He saidthat only in the case of war withEgypt may vessels be deniedtransit through the waterway.

Al-Manakhly noted that Iranand Egypt are not at war, and saidthe final decision on whether togrant the vessels’ passage lieswith the Defense Ministry.

He said he will not allowany warships to transit the canalwithout approval from the De-fense Ministry.

The Suez Canal official iden-tified the two vessels as the Al-vand, a frigate, and the Kharq, asupply ship, and said they wereen route to Syria. He said theywere now in an area near SaudiArabia’s Red Sea port of Jiddah.

Syria’s official news agencycarried a statement Thursdayfrom Iran’s ambassador to Syr-ia, who said the two Iranian war-ships plan to travel to Syria fortraining and that the visit wouldbe “carried out according to in-ternational laws and norms.”

Spokesmen for Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahuand the Foreign Ministry re-fused to comment.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avig-dor Lieberman said Wednesdaythat Iran was about to send two

naval vessels through the SuezCanal for the first time in years,calling it a “provocation.”

Israel considers Iran an ex-istential threat because of itsdisputed nuclear program, bal-listic missile development, sup-port for militants in the regionand its threats to destroy Israel.While Israel has pressed for in-ternational sanctions to stopIran from developing nuclearweapons, it has not taken thepossibility of a military strikeoff the table.

On Wednesday, U.S. StateDepartment spokesman P.J.Crowley confirmed the pres-ence of the two Iranian ships inthe area of the canal but wouldnot say whether that was con-sidered provocative.

“There are two ships in theRed Sea,” he said, “What theirintention is, what their destina-tion is, I can’t say.”

Vessels intending to transitthe canal, which links the RedSea and the Mediterranean,must give the waterway’s au-thority at least 24-hour noticebefore entering the canal.

Only ships that don’t meetsafety requirements are bannedfrom using the canal.

In the case of naval vessels,clearance from the Egyptian de-fense and foreign ministries isrequired in advance, but israrely withheld.

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protesters, the largest number yet.Demonstrators stood shoulder-

to-shoulder in the building’s hall-ways, sat cross-legged across thefloor and made it difficult to movefrom room to room. The scenevacillated from being festive to an-gry or sometimes just plain weird:One protester rode across the mar-ble floors of the Capitol on a Seg-way. Another pitched a tent for anovernight stay.

Protesters clogged the hall-way outside the Senate chamber,beating on drums, holding signsderiding Walker and pleadingfor lawmakers to kill the bill.Some others even demonstratedoutside lawmakers’ homes.

Hundreds of teachers joinedthe protest by calling in sick,forcing a number of school dis-tricts to cancel classes. Madisonschools, the state’s second-largest district, with 24,000 stu-dents, closed for a second day.

Thousands more people,many of them students from thenearby University of Wiscon-sin, slept in the rotunda for asecond night, with more plan-ning to stay Thursday as well.

About 12 law enforcementagencies were helping guard theCapitol, which was scheduledto remain open around the clockfor an indefinite period.

Dane County Sheriff DaveMahoney said authorities wereordered to show “extreme mea-sures of tolerance.”

“What we’re seeing here isperhaps the most dramatic exer-

cise of the democratic process,”Mahoney said. “We’re not onlyprotecting the rights of orga-nized labor, but also the rights ofpeople supporting the bill.”

The proposal marks a dra-matic shift for Wisconsin, whichpassed a comprehensive collec-tive bargaining law in 1959 andwas the birthplace of the nation-al union representing all non-federal public employees.

In addition to eliminatingcollective-bargaining rights, thelegislation also would makepublic workers pay half thecosts of their pensions and atleast 12.6 percent of their healthcare coverage - increases Walk-er calls “modest” comparedwith those in the private sector.

Republican leaders said theyexpected Wisconsin residentswould be pleased with the savingsthe bill would achieve - $30 mil-lion by July 1 and $300 millionover the next two years to addressa $3.6 billion budget shortfall.

Unions still could representworkers, but could not seek pay in-creases above those pegged to theConsumer Price Index unless ap-proved by a public referendum.Unions also could not force employ-ees to pay dues and would have tohold annual votes to stay organized.

In exchange for bearing morecosts and losing bargaining lever-age, public employees werepromised no furloughs or layoffs.Walker has threatened to order lay-offs of up to 6,000 state workers ifthe measure does not pass.

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CAIRO (AP) -- Libyanprotesters seeking to oust long-time leader Moammar Gadhafidefied a crackdown and took tothe streets in five cities Thurs-day on what activists havedubbed a “day of rage,” amidreports at least 20 demonstratorshave been killed in clashes withpro-government groups.

New York-based HumanRights Watch said Libyan inter-nal security forces also have ar-rested at least 14 people.Hundreds of pro-governmentdemonstrators also rallied in thecapital, Tripoli, blocking trafficin some areas, witnesses said.

An opposition website andan anti-Gadhafi activist said un-rest broke out during marches infour Libyan cities - Beyida,Benghazi, Zentan, Rijban andDarnah. Organizers were usingsocial networking sites likeFacebook and Twitter to call fornationwide demonstrations.

“Today the Libyans brokethe barrier or fear, it is a newdawn,” said Faiz Jibril, an op-position leader in exile.

Opposition website Libya Al-Youm said four protesters wereslain by snipers from the InternalSecurity Forces in the eastern cityof Beyida, which had protestsWednesday and Thursday. It’snot clear when the protesterswere killed. The website alsosaid there was a demonstrationThursday in Benghazi, Libya’ssecond-largest city, and that se-curity forces had shot and killedsix people with live ammunition.

Switzerland-based Libyanactivist Fathi al-Warfali said 11protesters were killed in Beyidaon Wednesday night, and scoreswere wounded. He said the gov-ernment dispatched army com-mandos to quell the uprising.

Libya Al-Youm said thatprotesters set out Thursday af-ter the funeral for those killed aday earlier toward the State Se-curity building, chanting “FreeLibya, Gadhafi get out!”

Mohammed Ali Abdellah,deputy leader of the exiled Na-tional Front for the Salvation ofLibya, said that hospitals inBeyida were complaining of ashortage in medical supplies,and that the government has re-fused to provide them to treat anincreasing number of protesters.

Abdellah quoted hospital of-ficials in the town as saying thatabout 70 people have been ad-mitted since Wednesday night,about half of them critically in-

jured by gunshot wounds.Gadhafi’s government has

moved quickly to try to stopLibyans from joining the waveof uprisings in the Middle Eastthat have ousted the leaders ofEgypt and Tunisia. It has pro-posed the doubling of govern-ment employees’ salaries andreleased 110 suspected Islamicmilitants who oppose him - tac-tics similar to those adopted byother Arab regimes facing re-cent mass protests.

An autocrat who has ruledfor more than 40 years, Gadhafialso has been meeting with trib-al leaders to solicit their support.State television reported Tues-day that Gadhafi spoke withrepresentatives of the Ben Alitribe, one of Libya’s biggestclans and one that has branchesinto neighboring Egypt.

Tripoli residents said theywere having trouble accessingthe Internet, although it was notclear whether access had beenblocked or the bandwidth re-duced. At the height of theprotests in Egypt last month, thegovernment shut down the Inter-net for five days in a bid to curbthe protesters’ ability to organize.

The official news agencyJANA said Thursday’s pro-gov-ernment rallies were intended toexpress “eternal unity with thebrother leader of the revolu-tion,” as Gadhafi is known.

Witnesses in the capital saidmany government supporterswere raising Libyan flags fromtheir cars and chanting slogansin favor of Gadhafi. They said itwas otherwise business as usu-al in the capital and stores re-mained open. But protestsalready have turned violent.

Al-Warfali, head of theLibyan Committee for Truth andJustice, said two more peoplewere killed in another city, Zen-tan, on Thursday while oneprotester was killed in Rijban, atown about 75 miles southwestof Tripoli, where power was shutdown Wednesday night and re-mained off Thursday. A videoprovided by al-Warfali of thescene in Zentan showed marcherschanting and holding a bannerthat read “Down with Gadhafi.Down with the regime.”

He said protesters on Thurs-day in the coastal city of Darnahwere chanting “the people wantthe ouster of the regime” - apopular slogan from protests inTunisia and Egypt - when thugsand police attacked them from

a vegetable market.Another video showed

protests by lawyers in Benghazion Thursday demanding politi-cal and economic reform whilea third depicted a demonstrationin Shahat, a small town south-west of Benghazi.

The Libyan governmentmaintains tight control over themedia and the reports couldn’tbe independently confirmed.

Libya’s Muslim Brother-hood, an opposition group in thatcountry as it has been in Egypt,denounced the crackdown.

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STALLINGS, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina couple hasclaimed a $1 million lotto prize just a day before it expired.

Raleigh Hill bought the Mega Millions ticket last summer. Thestate lottery agency said Hill and his wife claimed the prize Tuesdayat the agency’s headquarters. Hill said he only realized a couple ofweeks after the Aug. 20 drawing that his ticket matched all five whiteballs. He waited two or three more weeks to tell his wife, until shecame home at the end of a bad day. Hill told the state lottery he hes-itated to come in because of the attention. At one point, he lost trackof the ticket before finding where he’d hidden it in a shoe box.

After taxes, the couple received $680,000. Hill is a baggagehandler and his wife, Erin Hill, works for the federal government.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan can-celed the rest of its whale hunt-ing season in Antarctic watersFriday citing repeated harass-ment by Sea Shepherd activistsat sea, after netting only a fifthof its targeted catch of 850whales.

Sea Shepherd ConservationSociety, which Japanese offi-cials have derided as a terror-ist group for its annualharassment of the country’swhalers, hailed the result as avictory and said it would keepup the pressure next year.

Australia, which has cam-paigned against the Japanesewhale hunt and wants to bringthe issue before an internation-al tribunal, also welcomed thehalt - the first time activistshave forced the fleet to end itsseason earlier than planned.

“Every year we’ve gottenstronger, “ Sea Shepherdfounder Paul Watson told The

Associated Press by satellitephone from the group’s protestvessel Steve Irwin. “We hadbetter equipment, we had alonger-range helicopter ... real-ly, it came down to havingmore resources.”

Japan’s Ministry of Agri-culture, Forestry and Fisheriessaid the fleet will be returninghome soon, though it did notprovide an exact timeline. Thefleet left Japan on Dec. 2 andwas scheduled to remain untilat least early March.

“We had no choice but toend (the season) to ensure thesafety of lives, assets and ourships,” Fisheries MinisterMichihiko Kano told a newsconference.

The Japanese fleet’s sea-sonal quota is 945 whales, buthad targeted a catch of 850whales this season. It will re-turn home with roughly one-fifth of that, the ministry said.

In past weeks, protestershave thrown rancid butter inbottles toward the whalingships. They also once got arope entangled in the propelleron a harpoon vessel, causing itto slow down.

Sea Shepherd has waged itscampaign of physical interven-tion against the whalers forseven years, and disputesJapanese government asser-tions that its activists have en-gaged in terrorist tactics.

“We haven’t committed anycrimes,” Watson said. “Wehaven’t hurt anybody.”

The group’s efforts havedrawn high-profile donor sup-port in the United States andelsewhere and spawned thepopular Animal Planet series“Whale Wars.”

The whale hunts, whichJapan says are for scientificpurposes, are allowed by theInternational Whaling Com-mission as an exception to the1986 ban on whaling, but op-ponents say they are a coverfor commercial whaling be-cause whale meat not used forstudy is sold for consumptionin Japan.

Australia maintains the an-nual hunts breach Japan’s in-ternational obligations andplans to bring the matter beforethe International Court of Jus-tice in the Hague.

“I’m glad this season isover and Australia doesn’t be-lieve there should ever be an-other whaling season again,”Australian Environment Min-ister Tony Burke said in a state-ment Friday.

Japan had temporarily halt-ed the hunt on Feb. 10 and saidthe suspension would last un-til conditions were deemedsafe. But the government de-cided to call off the hunt afterit deemed conditions hadgrown too risky.

Kano did not indicatewhether Japan would resumewhaling next season, saying in-stead that it would “examine”the matter.

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A man dressed asa package of Belgianfries, protests withstudents in Brussels,Thursday, Feb. 17,2011.

While politicianswallow in Belgium’slongest political crisis which pits theleaders of 6 millionDutch-speakingFlemings againstthose of 4.5 millionFrancophones, people from aroundthe country unite in celebration of crisis day number249 on Thursday,what many see asequaling the worldrecord of a countrygoing without aneffective government,formerly held byIraq.

(AP Photo/Elisa Day)

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