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C M Y K Junior National Team by Blue Chen-Fruean four varsity letters in the sport, winner of the 2016 Andi Col- Papua New Guinea. Tula and Olosega, Manu’a who Samoa News Correspondent and helped lead the Sea Hawks lins Award, which is presented Iosia has two sisters and reside in Patterson, CA First it was Hector Petri to four league titles and a pair to the best senior setter in the three brothers, and is the Iosia, who has played for the with his javelin and then it was of state championships in 2014 nation. Most notably, daughter of Moe and Marlene Mizuno Long Beach club vol- Kau’ilani Misipeka with the shot and 2015. Those same years, Iosia was part of the Amer- Iosia of Torrance, CA, and leyball team for 11 years, plans put and discus. Now another she was named the Daily ican Samoa National Vol- granddaughter of the late Taufi to pursue a degree in family Samoan athlete is making head- Breeze’s Player of the Year and leyball Team that came home Moeaveave Iosia of Aunu’u and resources. lines. This time, in the world of earned all-state DI Player of the with the gold medal during the Saitaua Peapea Iosia of Leone; Malo lava Noreen! Alo i ou volleyball. Norene Iosia, a setter Year honors. She was also the 2015 Pacific Games held in and Maua and Ailini Teofilo of faiva! for the University of Hawaii’s women’s Rainbow Wahine volleyball team, was last week named to the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team (WJNT), a 12-player squad competing at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women’s U20 World Champi- onship in Boca del Rio and Cor- doba, Mexico - July 14-23. (The US qualified for the World Championship after win- ning gold at the 2017 Women’s U20 Pan American Cup in San Jose, Costa Rica). Iosia is a freshman at UH and she was one of two setters that was selected to the squad, out of a 16-player group that trained July 2-11 at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. The five-foot- eleven graduate of Redondo Union High School from Tor- rance, CA finished off her first season at UH with 971 total assists while averaging 10.33 assists per set, and finished the season second on the team with 31 service aces. According to hawaiiathletics.com, Iosia led UH with 13 double-doubles for the year, earned three Big West Freshman of the Week awards, and was named to both the All- Big West First Team and to the C M All-Freshman Team, while also Y K earning UH Manoa Scholar Ath- lete Honors in the classroom. Samoa News understands that Iosia is the only Samoan on the team representing the U.S. in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Wom- en’s U20 World Championship. Samoans in Colorado and Cali- fornia have shared Iosia’s story with Samoa News, saying she is one of those naturally gifted athletes that is on her way to big things. “She is an Olympic athlete in the making,” said one Samoa News reader. “One of the best Samoan volleyball players — man or woman — that I have seen,” said another. Collectively, they all agree that if she remains injury-free, there is no telling how far Iosia can go. In high school, Iosia always thrived in volleyball. and earned Page B2 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Bauer gets just 2 outs; A’s top Indians 7-3 for 3-game sweep OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) shortest start of his big league — Cleveland Indians manager career as the Terry Francona expected more beat Cleveland 7-3 on Sunday to out of his ballclub coming out complete the surprising sweep. of the All-Star break — a lot “It’s discouraging for a more. number of reasons,” Francona What Francona saw instead said. “You’re trying to salvage was a frustrating three games a game out of the series and in Oakland that ended with the you’re down four before you Indians being swept for only can even look up. That’s a hard the third time this season while way to play, and then you go seeing their lead in the AL Cen- through your whole bullpen. tral trimmed to 1 ½ games over That wasn’t our goal for today.” A group shot of the beautiful women from the Tina Drabble Jr. Foundation – who Minnesota. Bauer (7-8) allowed four were working hard, catering to the tournament competitors last Saturday morning at the Iliili Golf Cleveland starter Trevor runs, three hits and two walks Course. Bauer got just two outs in a four- while throwing just 24 of 43 [Photo: TG] run first inning and matched the pitches for strikes in facing seven batters. Cleveland has lost four straight for the first time since 2015. “I had no feel for anything I was throwing, no feel for how my body was moving, where the ball was going,” Bauer said. “When things started going south I couldn’t figure out how to get out of it.” Ryon Healy and Jaycob Brugman hit two-run singles in the first. Jed Lowrie homered against Dan Otero for a 5-0 lead in the third, and Matt Joyce had three hits and two RBIs. Sean Manaea (8-5) struck out eight in seven innings, allowing two runs and five hits. Before the game, veteran-shed- ding Oakland dealt relievers Ryan Madson and Sean Doo- little to Washington for right- hander Blake Treinen and a pair of prospects, left-hander Jesus Luzardo and infielder Sheldon Neuse. “Maybe the break was good for everyone,” Manaea said. “A well-needed rest. Hearing the (trade) news put a fire under everybody.” Francisco Lindor matched his career high with four hits, including three doubles. Michael Brantley hit a two- run single in the fourth, and Abraham Almonte homered with two outs in the ninth against Simon Castro. Cleveland had leadoff dou- bles in the sixth, seventh and eighth but failed to score. STREAK ENDS The Indians last lost four in a row July 23-28, 2015 when they lost six straight. Cleve- land had gone 312 games since then without a four-game losing streak — the third-longest stretch in major league history behind the 1931-33 Yankees (346) and the 1917-19 Indians (316). TRAINER’S ROOM Athletics: RHP Jharel Cotton will join teammate RHP Kendall Graveman on Wednesday at Triple-A Nash- (Continued on page 3) samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Page B3 Choo loses fly in sun EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FINANCE MANAGER with 2 out in 9th, KC American Samoa Overview We are a multi-national group involved in manufacturing, sourcing and distributing consumer goods across the Pacific shades Texas 4-3 Region. We distribute our own products as well as 3rd party branded products in American Samoa. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) first allowed Merrifield to score. As we expand our global footprint we require a new finance role based in Pago Pago to support the CFO and local — On a bright afternoon in Mike Moustakas’ two-out business unit head. The role will encompass financial control, business analysis, forecasting, as well as day to day Kansas City, the Royals shaded double in the third scored Eric financial operations. This is a great opportunity for a finance professional to build on their broad financial skills within a the Texas Rangers. Hosmer, who had walked. small but dynamic organization. Texas right fielder Shin-Soo Royals starter Ian Kennedy Specific responsibilities Choo lost Lorenzo Cain’s rou- yielded solo home runs to Drew • Ownership of local entity Accounts on daily/ weekly/ monthly basis, control and safeguarding of assets including tine fly in the sun, and the ball Robinson in the third and Mike inventories and receivables. glanced off his glove for an RBI Napoli in the seventh. • Full responsibility of delivering reliable and accurate monthly financials on timely basis. single with two outs in the ninth Kennedy left after 6 2/3 • Weekly stocktake ensuring accuracy of physical and system records guaranteeing no pilferage. • Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of warehouse, ensuring all containers received are cleared on timely inning that lifted Royals over innings and the score tied at 2. basis, stocks are maintained at optimum level, any upcoming shelf life expiries tracked and reported on timely basis. the Rangers 4-3 Sunday. Kennedy, who is winless in • Controlling costs, ensuring costs within budget and monthly reconciliations of various balance sheet items. “When I hit it, I was thinking his past 12 home starts, gave • Year-End audit coordination & group financial statements preparation. out,” Cain said. “Luckily, the up two runs on five hits. After • CFO/ Business Unit head in data/information and adhoc projects as may be required. sun had shifted over just enough throwing 25 pitches in the first Requirements to his view and missing inning, he navigated his way • Degree in Accountancy / Finance or equivalent. that ball. I appreciate that sun in into the seventh on 74 more • 3 to 5 years related experience, commercial experience given higher weightage. that situation.” pitches. • Strong analytical skills and technical knowledge. Choo tried to shield his eyes, “I watched some of the • Attention to detail and the ability to meet timelines, strict adherence to processes. but even sunglasses didn’t help replays of Lorenzo battling with • Experience on large ERP Systems. on Cain’s sliced flyball. the sun and he happened to hit • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and deliver objectives within a rigid timeline. “I saw the ball at the very the ball into the sun to win the • Team player, as well as ability to work autonomously, and be proactive with strong problem solving and beginning and the ball just kept game, so that was ironic,” Ken- organizational skills. going to right field and then I nedy said. “It was a great way • Good analytical, written and verbal communication skills lost the ball,” Choo said. “I’m to end.” Email resume over to [email protected]. guessing the ball’s fair and just The Royals took a 3-2 lead off the glove. I was trying to in the seventh when Drew make the play so I can’t say I Butera, who had singled, scored was very lucky.” an unearned run. Merrifield “You work on it during the doubled and Butera came home season, in spring training on when left fielder Nomar Mazara sun balls. On straight balls, on misplayed the ball. straight popups, you can have a Joakim Soria could not hold better chance, but the ball was the lead in the eighth, charged moving. That’s a lot more dif- with his seventh blown save. ficult to catch,” he said. Mazara’s two-out single scored Cain could empathize, Elvis Andrus, who had doubled. having to fight off the sun to DARVISH PASSES RYAN make three catches in center. Darvish moved past Hall “It’s a tough sun today, so of Famer Nolan Ryan and into I definitely knew what he was fourth place on the Rangers’ going through,” Cain said. career strikeout list. When Dar- The Royals snapped a five- vish fanned out Brandon Moss game losing streak, and also in the fourth inning it was his ended a 12-game skid against 940th strikeout in his 120th the Rangers. start. Ryan, ’s all-time Kelvin Herrera (2-2) pitched strikeout king, fanned 939 in a spotless ninth. Jason Grilli 129 starts with Texas. (2-5), acquired by the Rangers NO GALLO from Toronto on July 2, took Rangers slugger Joey Gallo, the loss. who has seven strikeouts in Alcides Escobar led off the seven at-bats against Kennedy, ninth with a single for his third was not in the lineup. hit and Alex Gordon walked GAME-ENDING GRILLI on four pitches. With one out, Cain’s single was the third Grilli hit Whit Merrifield with game-ending hit Grilli has a pitch to load the bases. After yielded in his last three out- Jorge Bonifacio struck out, Cain ings at Kauffman Stadium — delivered the game-winning hit, with three teams. He gave up with some help. a walk-off double to Merrifield Rangers right-hander Yu with Toronto on June 23, and Darvish, who is 0-4 in his past Kendrys Morales homered off six starts, allowed three runs in him in the 13th inning to beat 6 2/3 innings. He gave up eight Atlanta on May 15. Grilli has hits, walked one and struck out allowed 10 walk-off hits in his one. career and four are against the Darvish’s wild pitch in the Royals with four teams.

➧ Bauer gets just 2 outs… Continued from page 2 ville in injury rehabilitation (5-9, 5.90 ERA) is to start assignments. Cotton, who has Monday at San Francisco. He been hindered by a blister, is limited to two runs expected to throw 65 pitches. and four hits over seven innings ... INF/OF Chad Pinder rested on July 6. his sore left hamstring Sunday Athletics: RHP Daniel Gos- but will run the bases and do sett (1-4, 6.23 ERA) is slated additional baseball activities to pitch in Monday’s series Monday. Manager Bob Melvin opener at home against Tampa said Pinder could begin a rehab Bay. Gossett has allowed eight assignment soon. home runs over six starts but UP NEXT has walked only five during that The raffle ticket station of the Tina Drabble Golf Tournament that was held last Saturday Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin span. morning at the Iliili Golf Course. [photo: TG] Page B4 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Red Sox win 3-0 for split after Yankees take first game 3-0 BOSTON (AP) — Mookie tying homer in the ninth, Craig or more. Betts hit a two-run homer and Kimbrel pitched the ninth for WINNING STREAK Jackie Bradley Jr. went over the his 24th save. New York had not won back- bullpen wall to one from Masahiro Tanaka (7-9) gave to-back games since a season- Aaron Judge, helping David up three runs on eight hits in 7 high, six-game spurt from June Price shut down the New York 2/3 innings, striking out nine. 7-12, going 7-19 before win- Yankees 3-0 on Sunday night The Yankees are the last team ning Saturday and in the first and giving the Red Sox a split in the majors to be shut out. game Sunday. of their day-night doubleheader. Betts homered over the bill- “It’s been a long, long time,” A day after the teams played board above the Green Monster, manager Joe Girardi said. 16 innings over 5 hours, 50 min- his 17th of the year, with one “Really good especially after utes, they spent another long out in the third inning to end the difficult loss we had Friday day at Fenway Park and ended Boston’s scoreless streak at 24 night for our guys to respond the four-game series the way innings. He made it 3-0 when the way they did.” they started: with the Red Sox he singled to lead off the sixth, SLEEPY BATS 3 1/2 games up in the AL East. took second on an error by The Red Sox stranded 10 CC Sabathia allowed two second baseman Starlin Castro, runners and went 0 for 11 with hits over six innings in the third on a groundout and scored runners in scoring position in opener, and Didi Gregorius hit on Dustin Pedroia’s second hit the opener. They went 1 for 7 a solo home run to give New of the game. in the late game, leaving them 3 York a 3-0 victory. In the early game, Sabathia for 38 with RISP in series and 3 It was also 3-0 in the nightcap (8-3) made his second start for 58 against the Yankees this when Judge, the winner of the since a stint on the disabled list season. All-Star Home Run Derby, (strained left hamstring). He TRAINER’S ROOM came up with a runner on first walked five and struck out three Yankees: RHP Michael and launched a high fly ball to improve to 4-0 in his last five Pineda was transferred to the into the Fenway triangle, just road starts. 60-day DL while he seeks a in front of the 420-foot marker. Judge, who leads the majors second opinion on whether he Bradley stalked it toward the with 30 homers, got an infield needs Tommy John surgery. wall that juts out from right- single on a dribbler to the pitcher Red Sox: RHP Blaine Boyer With engines center, leaped and reached over in the seventh, ending a 0-for-15 was put on the 10-day DL with to pull the ball in. slide. Aroldis Chapman tossed a a strained right elbow. He left The sold-out crowd gave a one-hit ninth for his ninth save. Saturday after pitching an huge cheer, and another after In the makeup of an April 25 inning and warming up the next. whirring, electric Matt Holliday struck out to end postponement, the Red Sox hit UP NEXT the inning. The Red Sox gath- just four balls out of the infield Yankees: Open a three-game ered at the edge of the dugout and extended their scoreless series against Minnesota. Adal- steps to congratulate Betts — streak to 22 innings. berto Mejia (4-4) starts for the car racing comes with Price pushing his way Rick Porcello (4-12) gave Twins, against a New York through to thank him. up three runs — one earned starter TBA. Betts had three hits in the — and nine hits in six innings. Red Sox: LHP Eduardo night game. Price (5-2) pitched The 2016 AL Cy Young winner Rodriguez (4-2) starts against to Brooklyn eight innings, allowing seven leads the major leagues in Toronto’s Marcus Stroman hits and striking out eight. losses despite making his 17th (9-5) on Monday night in the NEW YORK (AP) — The food trucks and an Ikea where One night after giving up a consecutive start of six innings opener of a four-game series. roar of the engine was replaced New Yorkers can buy cheap by a furious whirring as the furniture for their expensive future of motorsports came to apartments. With the track right Brooklyn. next to the Brooklyn Cruise Formula E took over part Terminal, the Statute of Liberty of the waterfront neighbor- had a great view of the starting hood of Red Hook on Sunday, grid. the second of two race days for Twenty drivers started the the Qualcomm race with enough battery ePrix. to make it through about 25 The Formula One-style, laps. They switch cars during open-wheel cars reach speeds the race and the key is energy of 140 mph but only about 80 conservation. Drivers are decibels, compared with 130 careful not to lean too hard on decibels for the cars with com- the accelerator and can recharge bustion engines. Instead of the battery when braking. screaming down the straight- “With it being electric, aways the way F1 cars do, FE there’s no delay from when you cars buzz like giant colorful put the throttle down to when it hummingbirds. And they run gets to the wheels,” said Mitch clean and green. Evans of New Zealand, who Sam Bird from the DS drives for Panasonic Jaguar Virgin Racing team won Sun- Racing, a new team to the cir- day’s 49-lap race over the cuit this year. “The energy narrow 1.2-mile, 10-turn track management in the race is quite from the pole to sweep the unique.” weekend races for team owner New York is the second-to- Richard Branson, the billionaire last of nine stops for the For- adventurer. mula E series. Previous race The three-year-old FE series sites include Berlin, Monaco, is sanctioned by the Interna- and Mexico City. In two tional Federation of Automo- weeks, the series finishes in biles, the governing body for Montreal. Thousands attended Formula One, making the New the races in Brooklyn, packing York City ePrix the first race two metal grandstands over- run by a major motorsports looking the track on Sunday. organization in the five bor- Not bad considering Red Hook oughs. The street course was is not the easiest neighborhood squeezed into an industrial area to reach by mass transit and it’s Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts, center, celebrates his two-run home run during the third inning of that has become more residen- no place to try to park a car. the second game of a baseball doubleheader against the New York Yankees in Boston, Sunday, July tial in recent years. Red Hook is Organizers ran shuttle buses 16, 2017. known for its microbreweries, from the Barclays Center, home (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (Continued on page 5) samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Page B5 17-year-old amateur misses chance to win US Department of Human and Social Services Government of American Samoa Women’s Open Utulei, American Samoa 96799 BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) lake. — With three holes left in the “Today, I hit the ball per- U.S. Women’s Open, Hye-Jin fectly and I tried to hit that one TEMPORARY JOB OPPORTUNITIES Choi was all set to re-write the more perfectly,” Choi said. record books. “When I had a birdie on the The Departments of Human and Social Services (DHSS) and Health (DOH) are The 17-year-old South 15th hole, I thought that I may collaborating to conduct a hybrid survey in July 2017 to gather health information that Korean was poised to become have a chance. includes behavioral and mental health questions and non-communicable disease questions the second amateur to win the That went through my mind for baseline data so we may better understand the health needs of our community. The biggest title in women’s golf, and other people were saying survey will be conducted using household interviews with adults 18 years of age and older joining 1967 champion Cath- that I might have a chance, but between the hours of 1 pm and 8 pm. Our target is to survey 3,500 households on the islands erine Lacoste of . at the 16th hole, my ball went of Tutuila, Aunu’u and Manu’a. Quote sheets were handed into the hazard. That’s what out featuring the congratulatory happened. At the time I felt We are currently recruiting for the following temporary, part-time positions for the words of Lacoste, who is now that all this work, all this hard survey. Interested applicants must pick up an application form from the DHSS’ Special 72 years old and lives in . work I put together was going Projects and Community Assistance Division located on the second floor of the Children, Lacoste’s father was famed to disappear, so I was a bit Families and Behavioral Health Services Building (CFBHS) between the ASWIC and the old player and sporting goods disappointed.” Election Office buildings in Utulei on the main road. Please submit completed applications clothier Rene Lacoste. After taking a drop, Choi along with a copy of your birth certificate, Social Security card, a valid picture Identification Choi was tied with eventual settled for a double bogey. With (e.g., Driver’s License, Passport, etc.) and a copy of your Immigration ID card if you are not winner Sung Hyun Park, also that went all hopes of winning. a US citizen or US National. Deadline to receive applications is 3 pm, Friday, July 14, 2017. of South Korea, heading to the “The 16th hole is a tough Please contact Ms. Tu’umafua Maiava or Mr. Wilfredo Tuiasosopo at 633-2696 or 633-0315. par-3 16th, one of the holes hole,” said Choi, who used a that President Donald Trump 7-iron. “I was just trying to get watched from his personal through the hole, maybe with a JOB DURATION NO. POSTS AGE QUALIFICATIONS viewing box. par. Maybe I played that hole “I came a long way from a little too aggressively. There • Associate Degree Korea and I had the United were disappointing parts to my • Must have Management States president and his wife game and that was one. I tried Skills cheering for me and clapping to pull my shot and it didn’t for me,” Choi said through an happen. But I had to refocus Survey • Speak and write in English and Samoan interpreter. “I was quite thrilled. back for the two remaining Supervisors 4-5 months 2 20 and older It was a big honor for me.” holes.” • Must have a drivers license Then, trouble struck. Choi Choi rallied to birdie the • Must be a US citizen, US tried to be too perfect with her 18th for a 1-under 71. She fin- national or a legal resident of tee shot on the 139-yard hole ished second at 9 under, two American Samoa authorized and deposited it right into the strokes behind Park. by the Immigration Board to work in the Territory • High School Diploma ➧ • Speak and write in English electric car racing… and Samoan Continued from page 4 • Must have good PR Skills of the Nets and a major subway We’re going through a transi- • Must be able to walk in the Advance villages hub, to the race site about 3 tion period. It’s going to take Mapping 1.5 months 10 18 and older miles away. There were also a number of years. But what • Must have a Drivers License ride-share stations, a bicycle is quite clear is we do need to • Must be a US citizen, US valet and water taxis and ferries move away from combustion national or a legal resident of from Manhattan. cars for the future. American Samoa authorized The event drew curious “It’s about learning, devel- by the Immigration Board to locals and motorsports fans. oping and proving actual elec- work in the Territory Comedian Trevor Noah of trical vehicle technology on • High School Diploma Comedy Central’s “The Daily the racetrack and applying that • Speak and write in English Show” was among the VIPs who to make our road cars of the and Samoan got to walk the track before the future.” It is no coincidence the • Must have good PR Skills race. The Hudson Horns played series has stopped in big cities, Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” where urbanites see ownership Enumerator/ • Must be able to walk in the as select fans strolled across the of traditional fossil fuel-pow- Interviewer 4-5 months 15 18 and older villages black top as if it was a weekend ered automobiles that pollute • Basic Computer Skills street fair, minus the food carts the air as nonessential. • Must be a US citizen, US and folding tables full of home- “We go to places where cars national or a legal resident of made wares for sale. are really a problem,” Formula American Samoa authorized At the Allianz Explorer E CEO Alejandro Agag said by the Immigration Board to work in the Territory Zone, fans could check out earlier this week. BMW’s electric automobiles Jim Overmeyer, 62, made the • High School diploma and Jaguars’ I-Pace Concept, trip from Islip on • 1 year of Nursing or Medical an SUV that will be the com- for the New York City ePrix. Assistant Experience pany’s first entry into the elec- He said an electric car wouldn’t • Must have good Public tric market. While Formula E work for him right now but Relations Skills aspires to be a highly competi- maybe a hybrid would. He said • Must be able to walk in the tive racing circuit, it is also a the tight course in Brooklyn Enumerator/ 4-5 months 15 18 and older villages means by which automakers gave the ePrix a bit of a go-cart Interviewer • Basic Computer Skills can develop electric technology feel. And, of course, the sound and show off what it can do. takes some getting used to. • Must have a Drivers License “For us, what’s really “It’s certainly a lot quieter,” • Must be a US citizen, US important is this represents he said. “It’s better than what I national or a legal resident of the future,” said James Bar- thought. From what I’ve seen American Samoa authorized by the Immigration Board to clay, team director for Jaguar on TV, it sounds like a bunch work in the Territory Panasonic. “The car industry is of squirrels being tortured or moving toward electrification. something like that.” Page B6 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017

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South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi is greeted by fans and tournament volunteers as she walks to the 16th tee during the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open Golf tournament Sunday, July 16, 2017, in Bed- minster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Park wins US Wom- en’s Open in front of President Trump BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — After weeks Walking to the scoring tent to sign her card, of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped she got a thumps-up from Trump from his box. being about President Donald Trump, his course “Well, to be honest with you, I still cannot and his views toward women and it turned out to believe that it is actually happening,” said Park, be what the USGA wanted: a good tournament who is the leading rookie on the LPGA Tour. PRINTER FOR RENT! on a good course. “It’s almost feel like I’m floating on a cloud in WIRELESS / COPY / PRINTER / FAX / SCANNER Not surprisingly, the best player this week the sky. 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Car Radio The USGA was criticized for not moving She had a two-shot lead with nine holes to play $39.99 the event from Trump National after comments and needed a 5-foot birdie at 15 to regain a piece made by the president about women came to light with Park, who had made a 20-footer in the group during the election campaign. There were threats in front of her. of protests, especially after Trump decided to The 139-yard, par-3 16th over water ended 200 Piece attend the tournament after his trip to Paris on Choi’s hopes. Her 7-iron landed in the water to Tool Set Thursday and Friday. the right of the hole. She ended with a double $49.99 Trump arrived Friday and became the first sit- bogey and basically lost her chance of winning. Air Freshner ting president to attend a Women’s Open, seeing “At the time I felt that all this work, hard work $2.99 parts of the final three rounds. There was a small I put together was going to disappear so I was Everything protest after he arrived at his box near the 15th bit disappointed but I had to refocus,” said Choi, green shortly after 3 p.m., but it was peaceful. who birdied the final hole. in stock and It ended up being a quiet week of politics at Choi’s 279 was the best by an amateur in special order the course. The golf was excellent. the Open, four shots better than the old mark by Park needed a fine chip from over the green Grace Park in 1999. Catherine Lacoste remains 10% OFF! on the par-5 18th hole to save par and win the the only amateur to win the Open, doing it in Seat Cover For our Fagatogo Branch Mon-Fri: 1:00pm to 8:00pm $900,000 top prize from the $5 million event. 1967. NOW OPEN: Saturday Closed $29.99 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Page B7 Sharapova makes first US match appearance since drug ban CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — the world’s most recogniz- Maria Sharapova is realistic as able female athletes, said that she tries to regain her form after she’s answering her critics by a 15-month drug suspension. showing up. “I think no road is easy,” “I think just by doing what I Sharapova said Sunday before a do, and that’s playing tennis,” World match. she said. “That’s what I wanted Sharapova played for the to do from the very beginning. in I’ve done it. I’ve always had the their season-opening match choice of not doing it. I have against the defending champion had a lot in my career. I’ve had San Diego Aviators at the La the support. Costa Resort and Spa. It was “As someone who is 30 Sharapova’s first appearance in years old, I achieved enough to the U.S. since testing positive call it a day. But there’s some- for meldonium at the 2016 Aus- thing deeper. It’s more than just tralian Open. the sport. It’s something I’ve She returned to the court in done all my life and my career. I April and played three tourna- wanted to continue that. That’s ments in Europe. In her first where my focus is and not much event, the Russian star reached else.” the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Sharapova said her schedule semifinals. A thigh injury- pre leading to the U.S. Open will vented Sharapova from com- include another WTT appear- peting in the grass-court season ance and WTA Tour stops at that ended at Wimbledon on Stanford and Toronto. She Sunday. But now she’s fit and declined to predict how she ready for a summer run, hoping would fare at the U.S. Open, the to cap it at the U.S. Open. year’s final event. “It’s nice to have a schedule “It’s not something that I again and something that I think about; it’s not part of my really miss, having a tourna- job,” she said. “Just because I ment on the schedule and a cal- have to be realistic that I haven’t endar and knowing what I have played in a long time. With the to prepare for,” Sharapova said. injury, it was almost like a two- When her initial two-year year break for me. The impor- ban was reduced to 15 months, tance and significance of every some questioned if Sharapova, tournament is much more in my a five-time Grand Slam -cham mind than what I can or cannot pion, was given beneficial do at the U.S. Open.” treatment. Which brought her back “I served the suspension to the WTT and the La Costa period and I think there’s not Resort and Spa, where she won much more that I could add to twice when it was WTA Tour that,” Sharapova said. stop. Ken Macdonald, one of Sun- “This was a great little addi- day’s spectators, welcomed her tion to my schedule,” she said. return. “I hadn’t actually planned on “She’s good for women’s playing World Team Tennis tennis,” Macdonald said. “She but I just thought I could use deserves a second chance.” the bonus matches as I like to But Sharapova also hears call them. Play in front of the her detractors claiming she crowds and come back to places got a pass. Sharapova, one of that I’ve competed at before.”

FILE - In this June 28, 2016, file photo, celebrates a against Amara Safikovic during their women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. Not only is seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams absent, but so is 2004 champ Maria Sharapova, who was forced to sit out last year’s tournament during a 15-month doping ban and would have needed to qualify this time around but is now sidelined by a left thigh injury. Their We’re here for you! • 633-5599 absences lend the same sort of wide-open feel to the women’s draw that the had. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Page B8 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017

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A look at some of the players involved in the ongoing summer basketball clinics being held at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) gymnasium and hosted by the American Samoa Basketball Association (ASBA). The future hoop stars are being coached by Diehl Langkilde and Milton Taufaasau. [photo: Mark Espiritu] Sanchez, Span- genberg hit 3-run homers in Padres’ 7-1 win SAN DIEGO (AP) — After urday night’s 5-3 win. backup catcher Hector Sanchez His homer Sunday bounced hit another big home run for the off the top of the short wall in , a Wally Pipp right-center with one out in the joke began making the rounds first. Spangenberg’s shot went in the dugout, aimed at Austin to straightaway center with one Hedges. out in the third. Hedges isn’t in danger of It was the fifth homer for losing his job, and probably will Sanchez, who has only nine hits back behind the plate as soon this season, and the sixth for as Monday night. But Sanchez Spangenberg. more than proved his reliability What does Green like best when he hit a three-run homer about Sanchez’s at-bats? in the Padres’ 7-1 victory over “Home runs. I’m partial to the on those. You score every time Sunday. you hit one,” the skipper said. Corey Spangenberg also “He competes. He always takes hit a three-run shot off Jeff aggressive passes. If he strikes Samardzija as the Padres took out, or doesn’t have a great two of three in a matchup of two at-bat, it’s not because he got C M baseball’s worst teams. cheated. He took some good Pipp, of course, took a day swings today. Two really good Y K off for the New York Yankees games to have him out there.” in 1925 and Lou Gehrig began Sanchez, who played with his streak of playing in 2,130 the Giants for portions of the consecutive games, the big 2011-15 seasons, said he works league record until Cal Ripken hard to be ready when called on. Jr. broke it in 1995. “That’s what you’re looking Hedges, who sat for two for, is an opportunity to help games as a precaution after get- your team win,” Sanchez said. ting hit in the facemask with a “Bad thing Hedges is hurt, but foul ball Friday night, “is pretty you have to be there to help your safe,” manager Andy Green team. You have to be ready in said. case that kind of stuff happens.” “The good news is he was Hedges said he probably sensitive to it, so that means he could have pinch-hit Sunday, if has some mental clarity,” Green needed. said. “So I think he’ll be out He’s impressed with there soon.” Sanchez. Sanchez hit a no-doubt, two- “He’s been outstanding,” run walk-off homer with one Hedges said. “He does a really out in the ninth inning of Sat- good job with our pitchers. samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Page B9 Gau le malo LeLe ina ua taofi le toe totogiina o LaliLali uta mo Manu’a tusia Ausage Fausia fa’ailoa e le Pulega o Uafu ma E tusa ma le $500,000 le Malaeva’alele i luma o le maota vaega tupe e le i mafai e le malo o sui, lea sa iloiloina e se Komiti C M ona toe maua mai, ina ua taofia e Fa’apitoa, e aofia ai le $1.50 i Y K le faigamalo a Lolo ma Lemanu le sikuea futu mo soo se uta e le toe totogiina o uta sa la’u i la’u i Manu’a, se’i vagana ai uta Manu’a talu mai le tausaga e tetele e pei o container e ta’i 10 2013, i lalo o se fautuaga mai le futu le uumi e $875, o ta’avale afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo e $135, ma pasese e ta’i $30 Matalasi Moliga. I le le toe fanau aoga ma tagata matutua maua ai e le malo o lea vaega e 62 tausaga ma luga atu mo le tupe, na galulue fa’atasi ai loa malaga i Manu’a ma le toe fo’i le ali’i Kovana ma le Pulega mai, ae $70 mo tagata matutua. o Uafu ma Malaeva’alele e Na si’isi’i i luga le si’ufofoga saili auala uma e maua mai se o le sui fofoga fetalai ia Fetui alagatupe, e fesoasoani ai i le Fetu Jr a o ia fesiligia le tausia leleia o le va’a tuai a le tama’ita’i Fa’atonu i le talafe- malo sa tautuaina le itumalo o agai o totogi fou ua latou fa’ae’e Manu’a i femalagaaiga i luga o mo tagata o lona itumalo. Ina ua Le taimi na feiloa’i atu ai le Fa’atonusili o le Pulega o Uafu ma Malaevaalelea le malo ia Taimale- le sami, le MV Sili, atoa ai ma le fesiligia po o ai na fa’atulagaina lagi Dr. Claire Poumele i le afioga i le ali’i faipule mai Manu’a #2 ia Toeaina Faufano Autele, i le taimi na amata ai faiga malaga a totogi o uta mo Manu’a, na taua mae’a ai o le iloiloga sa fa’amanino ai totogi o uta mo Manu’a i luma o le maota o sui i le aso Faraile le va’a fou ua i ai nei, le Sa o le ai e Taimalelagi, “Sa fa’atulaga na te’a nei. [ata AF] Manu’atele. O le molimau a le e le matou Matagaluega ae Fa’atonusili ia Taimalelagi Dr. fesoasoani mai ai ma le afioga Claire Poumele sa tu’uina atu i i le ali’i Senatoa ia Nua mai luma o le maota o sui i le vaiaso Manu’a”. na te’a nei, ua manino mai ai “E le talafeagai totogi mo le tele o le seleni a le malo e uta ia ua outou fa’ae’e i tagata o fa’aalu e fa’atupe ai le malaga le itumalo, e le tusa ma le tula- Fa’aitiitia tagata e tasi a le va’a o le Manu’atele fono fa’aiuga ia ua outou faia, mo Manu’a, nai lo le seleni o lo ana i ai sa’u loia ua faila sa’u su o mafai ona maua mai i le totogi fa’asaga i le malo ma le fa’aiuga o uta ma pasese. lea ua outou faia, o le tiute o Mo se fa’ata’ita’iga e pei ona le malo o le saili lea o auala e saunoa Taimalelagi i su’esu’ega tautua ai le itumalo o Manu’a i a le Matagaluega sa faia, e tusa tulaga tau femalagaaiga, amuia a’afia i auga o le ma le $8,900 le tupe fa’aalu ae Tutuila o lo o tausasami i le i le va o le $4,000 i le $5,000 le pusa moa e $3 lona tau, ae o tupe e maua mai, ma o se tulaga tagata o lo’u itumalo, e aai i le ua matua manino mai ai le tele pusa moa e $12”, o le saunoaga o le fa’aletonu o lo o tula’i mai i lea a Fetui. Saunoa le afioga le itu tau tupe e tatau ona maua i le ali’i faipule ia Vailoata e fa’atupe ai le tausia lelei o le E. Amituana’i e fa’apea, o se ‘Zika virus’ va’a fou a le malo. Mai malaga fa’aiuga talafeagai ua faia e le e 3 a le Manu’atele mo Manu’a Matagaluega e fa’ae’e ai ni nai tusia Ausage Fausia ma o le tulaga lea ua ua a’afia, e ui o le isi lea popo- ua mae’a atu e pei ona fesiligia totogi mo uta e la’u i Manu’a, O fa’amaumauga mai le fa’amamafa i ai puipuiga a lega tele sa i ai i le Matagaluega e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia e tau fesoasoani ai i le lipeaina Matagaluega o le Soifua Malo- le Soifua Maloloina, o Tina talu ona toe alia’e mai auga o le Timusa Tini Lam Yuen le tupe o le va’a fou toe taugata a le loina lea na tauaao e afioga ma’itaga ina ia mautinoa e ‘Zika virus’ i le tausaga na te’a e maua mai ai, na saunoa ai malo lea fa’atoa taunu’u mai i i Faipule i le aso Faraile na le a’afia a latou pepe i ‘auga nei. Taimalelagi e fa’apea, e $4,200 le amataga o le tausaga nei. te’a nei, ua manino mai ai le matuia o lenei fa’ama’i. O ni isi o atugaluga na le tupe na maua i le malaga “O la tatou galuega o le saili fa’aitiitia lea o i latou o lo o Na fesili le sui fofoga fetalai fa’ailoa e afioga i faipule i le C M muamua, $4,800 i le malaga o auala e puipui ai meatotino a a’afia i auga o le fa’ama’i pipisi ia Fetui Fetu Jr pe ua i ai se tasi taimi o le iloiloga, o le amata Y K lona lua, ae $5,200 i le malaga le malo e pei o le va’a fou o le o le ‘zika virus’. ua maliu i lenei fa’ama’i, lea na lea ona le toe vaaia taumafaiga lona tolu. O le seleni e pei ona Manu’atele, tele tupe na fa’atau O le popole o afioga i fa’amaonia mai ai e Anesi, sa amata mai e le matagaluega taua o lo o fa’aalu e fa’atupe ai mai ai, e tatau fo’i la ona saili Faipule i le saogalemu o le e leai lava se soifua ua i masina e tele ua mavae, o le le malaga e tasi a le va’a, o lo o mai e le va’a ni tupe e fa’atino atunu’u, atoa ai ma le fia- ma’imau talu ona toe pipisi mai galulue fa’atasi lea ma afioaga e aofia ai le tau o le suau’u, totogi ai galuega mo le fa’aleleia o malamalama i le tulaga ua i ai le ‘Zika’ i le atunu’u, ma o lo fa’amama le lapisi o lo o mafua o tagata faigaluega e aofia ai ma le va’a pe a tula’i mai ai ni tapenaga a le Soifua Maloloina o fa’aauauina pea fautuaga mo ai ona tele le namu o lo o fea- le Inisinia, atoa ai ma le totogi fa’aletonu, e le fa’apea tatou mo le fa’aitiitia o le pipisi o le le fa’amamaina lea o nofoaga veaia le fa’ama’i, o le tausia leleia o masini o lo te fetagisi lava i mea ave fua, ‘Zika virus’, na mafua ai loa eseese i totonu o nu’u ma le ae na taua e Anesi le fa’aauau o fa’aaoga e la’u ai uta mamafa ae tatau fo’i ona fai sa tatou ona valaauina se iloiloga sa faia atunu’u atoa e faigofie ona tau pea o galuega a le matagaluega i fafo o le va’a pe a taunu’u sao i le malo”, o le saunoaga i le taeao o le aso Faraile na tu’ufua a namu o lo o latou fea- e pei ona galulue fa’atasi ai ma i Manu’a. O le iloiloga e pei lea a Vailoata na mafua ai ona te’a nei a le Komiti o le Soifua veaia le siama o lo o mafua mai Pulenu’u o afioaga eseese i le ona fa’ataunu’uina a le Komiti fa’auilavea le sui fofoga fetalai Maloloina, i lalo o le ta’ita’iga ai lenei fa’ama’i. atunu’u, i le fa’aauauina lea o le o Uafu ma Malaeva’alele a le ma ia saunoa lona si’ufofoga ua a le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia “O le la’asaga lea ua o o i ai polokalame o le fa’amamaina o maota o sui, sa fesiligia ai le si’isi’i i luga e fa’apea, “E le o Ve’evale Meauta Mageo o le puipuiga o le fa’ama’i o le ‘Zika le lapisi. mataupu lea ua to’atele tagata manana’o le itumalo o Manu’a sui ta’ita’i komiti. virus’ mo le isi 3 tausaga, o le O le itu lelei e pei ona taua e o le itumalo o Manu’a ua e ave fua ni uta, e le sa’o lena Na fa’amanino e le sui mai siaki lea o pepe na fananau mai Anesi, o le fa’aauau pea lea ona fa’asea ai, i le fa’afuase’i lea fa’amatalaga, o le tiute o le malo le Soifua Maloloina ia Scott i le vaitau lenei, ina ia mautinoa leai se isi mai Manu’a ua a’afia ona toe totogi uta mo Manu’a o le saili o auala e fa’ataunu’u ai Anesi e fa’apea, e le o i ai se o lo o soifua maloloina pea i lenei fa’ama’i, ae na saunoa e aunoa ma se avanoa e faia femalagaaiga mo Manu’a.” tulaga fa’atupulaia o i latou o lo i latou”, o le saunoaga lea a Fetui e fa’apea, o le ki atoa o ai se feiloaiga fa’alaua’itele e Na taua e Taimalelagi le talia o a’afia i auga o le ‘Zika virus’, Anesi. le puipuiga o le fa’ama’i o le fa’atalatalanoa ai lenei mataupu. o le fautuaga mo se iloiloga ae o lo o aga’i atu ina fa’aitiitia Na faamaonia e Anesi le leai ‘Zika’ o le fa’auau pea lea o le O totogi fou e pei ona le pipisi o lenei fa’ama’i, o ni pepe fou ua fananau mai fa’amamaina o le lapisi. (Faaauau itulau 10) Page B10 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Faamanino Komesina Leoleo mataupu i le lesi- talaina o ta’avale tusia Ausage Fausia totogiina atu o tupe a tagata o le I le to’atele ai o le atunu’u atunu’u sa totogi mai le tele o sa tu’u fesili i le mataupu e tausaga ua mavae, sa ma talanoa pei ona alia’e mai i le Ofisa o fo’i ma le Loia Sili e uiga i le Ta’avaleafi a le malo i Tafuna mataupu lea, o lana fo’i lea sau- (OMV), i le maualuga o le tupe noaga sa tu’uina mai”. e totogi pe a toe fa’afou le lesi- Na fesili le afioga i le ali’i talaina o ta’avaleafi, o le vaiaso faipule ia Timusa Tini Lam na te’a nei na fa’amanino ai e le Yuen ia Le’i poo i ai se fua- Sui o le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina i le taimi na latou tu’uina atu ai fa’amatalaga e Komesina o Leoleo i luma o le fuaga a lona Ofisa e toe totogi fa’atatau i le fa’ama’i o le zika virus i luma o le maota o sui i le vaiaso na te’a nei. maota o sui tulaga uma e uiga i tupe a tagata, ae na saunoa le [ata AF] lenei mataupu. Komesina, “E le i faia lava sa’u O le afioga i le ali’i faipule tala e fa’atatau i le toe totogiina ia Manumaua Wayne Wilson, atu lea o tupe a tagata, e le o se o ia fo’i lea o le Ta’ita’i o le mataupu fo’i lena e tauave e lo’u Komiti o le Puipuiga o le Sao- Ofisa, o le mataupu e fitoitonu i galemu Lautele a le maota o le faigamalo”. sui na taitaia le iloiloga, lea na I le tau sailiina ai la o se molimau ai le afioga i le Kome- auala e foia ai le toe tula’i mai o sina o Leoleo ia Le’i Sonny lenei fa’afitauli, na fa’amaonia Thompson ma sui o lona Ofisa, ai e Le’i i luma o le komiti, le e aofia ai le Pule o le Ofisa o galulue o lona Ofisa ma le Ofisa Ta’avaleafi ia Mary Putuga, o a le Loia Sili e fa’atulaga le le Sui Komesina ia Vaimaga tulafono e tu’uina atu i luma o le Maiava, ma ali’i Leoleo Lutena Fono Faitulafono, e talosagaina ia Lt. Tua Pele Uia o lo o galue i ai suiga mo le toe fa’aauauina o le vaega e pasi ai ta’avale. le totogiina o le $12 i le tane mo Na fa’amanino e le tofa i le ta’avale ta’itasi, ina ia mafai ai Tootoo ia Le’i le fa’aauau pea ona fesoasoani i le malo. lea ona mulimulita’i o le Ofisa Na fa’afetaia e le afioga a o Ta’avaleafi i le tulafono ua Manumaua fuafuaga uma e tele tausaga o i ai, e fa’atinoina pei ona fa’amanino e le ali’i ai lana auaunaga i le atunu’u, Komesina o Leoleo, atoa ai ma aemaise lava i le tulaga o le lesi- le tele o suiga ua molimauina i talaina lea o ta’avaleafi. le tautua a le Matagaluega i le I le fiamalamalama ai o ni isi taimi nei. o afioga i Faipule i lea mataupu, I le tulaga o le tele o le tupe na fa’amanino ai e Le’i e o lo o maua mai e le malo e ala fa’apea, o se vaega o le tulafono i le galuega a ali’i ma tama’ita’i faalotoifale 22-1002 e fa’atatau Leoleo, e pei o tupe o lo o totogi Le Komesina o Leoleo ia Le’i Sonny Thompson ma le Lutena ia Lt. Tua Pele Uia i le lesitalaina o ta’avaleafi, o lo e tagata i le fale fa’amasino pe [ata AF] o manino mai ai le totogi e $32 a ta’usala i le soliina o tulafono mo le lesitalaina o se ta’avale, i luga o le alatele, atoa ai ma fa’atasi ai ma le $12 i le tane tupe o lo o totogi mo le lesit- (ton), ae afai loa e toe fa’afou le alaina o ta’avale, na fautuaina lesitalaina o le ta’avale, e na o ai e Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Tofiga fou mo le Kalapule $32 o lo o fai mai le tulafono Allen le afioga i le Komesina e totogi. ina ia silasila i se auala e mafai Mai le tele o tausaga ua ai ona maua e le Ofisa o Leoleo mavae e pei ona saunoa Le’i, se isi vaega tau feololo e fesoa- sa fa’aauau pea ona totogi e soani ai i le fa’atupeina o lana a le Liona i Pago Pago tagata le $12 mo le tane pe a tautua aemaise ai le fa’aleleia o tusia: Leua Aiono Frost le sui e avea ma Lion Tamer tioata faitau tusi a le mamalu toe fa’afou le ta’avaleafi, e ui e totogi a le aufaigaluega. O le afiafi o le aso Faraile i o Burg Salanoa. E to’afa isi o le atunu’u. O nisi ia o latou le o i ai se vaega fa’apena i le Mo se fa’ata’ita’iga e pei ona le DDW Restaurant i Utulei sa fa’atonu e fa’atulafonoina e piki poloketi ua matua numera tulafono. saunoa Faimealelei o salatupe o fa’ataunu’u ai le suiga o tulaga mo tausaga ta’itasi ua filifilia muamua i le lisi a tagata lautele, Na fesili afioga i Faipule ia lo o tuuina atu e le fa’amasinoga tofi o le Kalapu a le Liona i ai Larry Sanitoa, Joey Cum- pe a o’o ina tatala avanoa e Le’i, po o i ai la se fuafuaga i tagata e ta’usala i le soliina lea Pago Pago e afua mai le Perese- mings, Boem Kim ma Andrew maua ai ni tioata faitautusi ona a lona Ofisa mo le toe - toto o tulafono i luga o le alatele, o tene ma lana laulauatofi i le sui Berquist ma ua toe aofia ai fo’i e le totogia! O le isi galuega e giina atu o tupe a tagata sa se tulaga manaia pe a ta’i 50-50 peresetene, failautusi ma le teu- le ali’i fa’ato’a maea lona tofi, masani ona latou fa’atupeina totogi mo le toe fa’afouina o a le fa’amasinoga ma le Ofisa o tupe ae maise le Komiti Fa’afoe Chris King. se asiaiga a Foma’i Fa’apitoa i latou ta’avaleafi, pe afai o lea Leoleo, na i lo le maua uma e le fou mo le 2017-18. O le to’atele o lenei Komiti gasegase ua to’atele tagata ua ua manino e le o i ai se vaega fa’amasinoga o le salatupe, se’i O le tofiga peresetene lea sa Fa’afoe 2017-18 o le au talavou a’afia ai, ma e talavai fua fo’i le fa’apena i totonu o le tulafono, vagana ai le $10 o le fa’amalosi tula’i ai Chris King, ua soloa’i lava, ma ua fa’ailoa fo’i e mamalu lautele. ae na saunoa Le’i, “E leai se tulafono o lo o alu i le Ofisa o atu i ai le tama’ita’i o Lisa Tau- Tuato’o, “Ua ou fiafia o lo ua O le susuga ia King ua fuafuaga a lo’u Ofisa mo le toe Leoleo. talatasi Tuato’o, Sui Peresetene va’aia e matua vae vave lava fa’atolu ai lea ona tula’i o ia i #1 Tafaimamao Tupuola, Sui i latou o le a matou galulue. le tofi, ma ua fa’ailoa fo’i e le Peresetene #2 Ty Matyjkowsky, Ua i ai fo’i Liona matutua e fofoga o le polokalama i lea ➧ Failautusi o Ponita Laussen ma fa’ato’ato’a maia i matou, ae o afiafi, Liona Vaito’a Hans Gau le malo… le teutupe fou o lenei tausaga o le galuega e tatau ona fa’atino Langkilde, “O le tama sa’o lava Mai itulau 9 Phil Edin. fa’a-Liona mea uma o le a alo lenei e ona le Kalapu o ia o Lion fa’alaua’itele e faia ma tagata e matua taugofie mamao atu O le fa’atonu mo Sui Totino atu e faia.” King! E talafeagai lava ia te ia lautele, ina ia fa’aalia ai o latou lava totogi o uta a le Manu’atele o le susuga Mike Sala ma o le O le Kalapu a le Liona ua ona tula’i i le tofi lea, peita’i, e finagalo e fa’atatau i totogi fou nai lo le totogi o uta a le va’a o sui e avea ma Tail Twister o tele tausaga o alofagia e i latou fa’afetaia o ia i le tele o tausaga o uta i Manu’a. Sa ia fa’ailoa le MV Sili. Liona Charmaine Falea’ana a’o le atunu’u e ala i va’aiga, po’o na te tula’i ai ma faia ona tiute fo’i i luma o le komiti e fa’apea, (Faaauau itulau 11) samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Page B11

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Peresetene fou o le Kalapu a le Liona i Pago Pago, Lisa Tautalatasi Tuatoo, i le taimi o lana sau- noaga i se fa’atasiga sa faia i le DDW Cafe i le afiafi o le aso Faraile ua te’a. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost] ➧ Tofiga fou mo le kalapu… Mai itulau 10 ua fa’atulaga e le Kalapu e ao ina ia fa’atino. I galuega ua lisia sa fa’atino i le tausaga ua Fa’afetai mo lau tautua, Liona Chris King.” mavae ua mae’a: Mulumuluga Veve: Taua e Tuato’o lona agaga fiafia, ona ua faliu O se polokalama sa latou fesoasoani i ai le Kalapu a le Liona e tofia lona sui fa’atauva’a i fa’apa’aga ma le DYWA. lenei tofiga maualuga. Tausoa faatasi ma le Special Olympics e “O lo ua mae’a ta’u mai matata ma galuega e fa’atino a latou tautua fa’atasi ai ma le UCEDD. fa’atino e so’o se tasi e tula’i i le tofi, e le faigofie Na fa’aauau le latou tautua i le ofoina atu o ae tasi le mea ua ou iloa, Mata Tioata po’o Va’aiga i le mamalu o tagata e ao ina ou faia i le malosi, se malamalama matutua fa’atasi ai ma i latou e i ai mana’oga ae maise o le agaga tonu o le fia tautua mo so’o fa’apitoa i le UCEDD. se tagata, ma fa’atino poloketi masani ua mae’a Sa siakia fo’i a latou va’aiga i lea lava tautua. fa’atulaga, Na fa’ataunu’u fo’i le latou sao mo le foa’i o taumafai foi e saili nisi poloketi fou e fa’atula’i, Mea Taumafa mo le Vaitau o le Eseta ia Aperila ma fa’amaoni e faia ma le fiafia,” o a Tuato’o lea. 2017. Sa ia fa’afetaia le galuega sa gapatia mai ai le Na faao’o nei foa’i i le Nofoaga o sala mo ta’ita’iga ua mavae nei, fanau talavou atoa ma nisi o Aiga sa tele le ma ua ia fa’afeiloa’ia fo’i lana komiti fa’afoe mana’omia e pei ona faao’o fou o le a latou galulue fa’atasi ma ia lu’ia fo’i i mai i le Kalapu a le Liona e le DHSS i le latou ina ia ola galulue malosi ma le fa’amaoni vaitau o le Eseta. e pei ona tamau ai e le Kalapu a le Liona latou Na faatino le latou Galuega Fa’amama i le ta’ita’i ma tiute latou te fa’atino. Earth Day ma sa latou fa’amamaina ai le Talu mai le tausaga 1982 - 83 lea na fa’ato’a matafaga e tusa ma le 300 pauna o le atigiapa fa’atula’ia ai lenei Kalapu a le Liona i Pago Pago, ma otaota o ipu pepa sa aoina mai i matafaga na o le lona 36 ai lenei o peresetene ia Tuato’o. fa’atulaga e le ASEPA mo i latou e galulue ai. O le ulua’i tama’ita’i na avea ma peresitenei Na faia lo latou sao i Sikauti i le msina o le tausaga e 1995-96 o ia lea o Trudy Iuli Sala. Aperila ma apitaga i latou i Faga’alu ma sa latou I le tauaofaiga fo’i o lea afiafi mo le Kalapu taua’aoina ai le $200 mo sa toe tolaulauina lava le sini o galuega fa’atino fesoasoani masani e fa’atupe ai mea e mo’omia uma a i latou e ao ina faia i so’o se atunu’u e e le Sikauti i le latou Jamboree Camp. fa’atula’ia ai le Kalapu a le Liona. I le masina o Me sa latou foa’ia ai meaalofa Saunoa Tuato’o “E lalamua i mea uma, ia mo le fa’ailoga na taua’aoina mo le tama matua tatou ola tautua, fa’amasani ma fesoasoani atu, o o Pulefa’asisina Palauni Tuiasosopo mo le ‘auga ua loa ona galulue mai ai le tatou Kalapu, fa’amauga o lana tautua matavela mo le malo o tau lava ina so’oula fo’i lenei nofoaiga i gal- Amerika Samoa. uega o lo’o fa’aauau pea, O lea fa’ailoga na taua’aoina i le vaiaso mo ia aua ne’i motusia, ae ia fa’alautele ma Tama ma Tina Matutua a le TAOA i le Malae o fa’aleleia atili!” le Su’igaula ale Atuvasa i Utulei. Page B12 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017

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Samoa News is looking for a news writer that has a le aiga mo le fa’aipoipoga a le Ua fai nei le polokalama a Fai mai, e ‘ese fo’i le alofa o natural curiosity about our local community and is tama’ita’i o Mataniufeagaima- Lilo ma si ali’i palagi, o le fesili le ali’o Palagi ia Mataniu, o willing to report accurately for our newspaper readers. leata, ma o se ali’i papalagi fo’i ma tali, ona o le naunau lava o ona uiga e fa’aali i totonu o le o le a fa’aipoipo i ai le teine. O Lilo, ia ‘aua ne i toe tupu mai falefaigaluega, o ana mea e fai, The successful applicant must possess bi-lingual, le ali’i la lenei, fai mai, o lo’o se isi mea e pei o le tulaga ua ua iloa ai lava e le ali’i palagi, Samoan and English, speaking and/or writing galue fa’akonekarate i le Matag- o’o i ai si ona tuafafine o Fili- e fa’apea, ua tatau loa ona skills. They must be able to meet daily deadlines aluega o Galuega a le Malo. O pina. Ua uma fo’i ona logo e fa’atatagi logo latou, ‘aua ne i and if needed, to work weekends. le ofisa fo’i lea o lo’o galue ai le Mataniu i ona matua, ua uma toe fa’atali. tama’ita’i o Mataniufeagaima- ona ia su’esu’eina le tala’aga o Ua fa’apea lava ona fai, fai Access to computer, camera and vehicle is a leata. Ua uma ona o’o ane le Viliamu, e moni lava ia, e leai mai o se aso fiafia tele i le aiga definite advantage. ali’i Palagi i le aiga o Mataniu, sona to’alua, ae to’alua isi ona atoa, e moni lava ua le toe va’aia ma feiloa’i ma Lilo ma Loleta uso, ua fai to’alua uma tama i foliga o si o latou tina ma si o Call Samoa News at 633-5599 for an appointment fa’apea fo’i le aiga atoa. Amerika. latou tama o Mose ma Malia, ae to interview. Fai mai le tala, ua uma ona Na talia ai loa le e Lilo ma ua lagona lava e Lilo, ua lelei su’e uma e Mataniu le tala’aga o Loleta le uo a Mataniu, o lea la atoatoa si ona aiga, le ali’i o William, po’o Viliamu, o le a alo atu mo le aso fiafia o ae se i vagana ai si ona tua- ae ai ana fa’apea o soifua pea Mataniu ma le ali’i o Viliamu. fafine o Filipina. Ae i le va’ai a le lo’omatua o Malia, se manu Fai mai, ua na o le tilotilo o isi Lilo i a Filipina, fai mai, e pei We’re Here For You! e fa’aigoa foi e le lo’omatua si teine, le fanau lea a Lilo i le ali’i lava e leai se mea o tupu i le Palagi ia Fiapamu. O le fesili o Viliamu, e le gata i lea, ae ua teine. muamua lava a Lilo na fai i le tau alia’e fo’i ma si mea fo’i lea, Ua va’aiae Lilo ola fiafia o le ua le popoi. A uma ona su’esu’e tala o Ali’ioaiga, e leai lava se e Lilo ma Loleta si tama, ona mea o fa’aletonu, e le gata i lea, toe su’esu’e fo’i lea e Ataata ma a’o le fanau fo’i a si ona tua- isi ona uso laiti si tama. fafine matua o Luisa. Ua maua Ua na o le ata o Viliamu, i fo’i fanau a fanau, ia o se fia- tala a teine, ma e fa’ate’ia fo’i le fiaga sili lea i a Lilo ma Loleta. Palagi, ina ua va’ai i le tama’ititi O le isi itu, o lea ua uma le o Ali’ioaiga. Na i’u lava ina fa’aipoipoga a Mataniu ma lona fesili Viliamu i a Mataniu, po’o to’alua, ia ua sologa lelei lava $80 $90 ai le tamaititi pa’epa’e lea e aso o le olaga. 2013 Hyundai Sonata Daily Rate 2016 Toyota Corolla Daily Rate Automatic (White Car) fetamoea’i solo ma sulu ona ie. 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DEAR ABBY: I am concerned about my niece. She’s 18 and a senior in high school. Her father -- my younger brother -- is incarcerated and has been for 13 years. Our families have been alienated, but I’m trying to reach out to my niece. Although she has been hesitant to get close, we’ve had a couple of face-to-face visits during the past year. She is needy for family, and I know her mother has been overwhelmed having had to raise her on her own. Long story short, my niece has been dating -- for the second time -- a man her father’s age. She lives a few hours away, so most of what I see is on social media. I don’t understand how this man thinks it’s OK. My niece looks like she’s only 13. It makes me cringe, yet I feel this isn’t my business or within my power to change. You can tell me this is none of my business and I should just walk away, but my niece is vulnerable and I’m worried about her. -- WORRIED AUNT IN TEXAS DEAR WORRIED AUNT: Your niece may be vulnerable in your opinion, but she is also 18. She may have father issues that need to be ironed out, but considering the man has been absent since she was 5, that’s not surprising. I agree that this isn’t within your power to change. My advice is to be there for her when she will allow it, be as supportive as you can, resist the urge to try to fill a parental role and do a lot of listening. ** ** ** DEAR ABBY: I am 64. When I was an insecure 15-year-old, I liked showing off for my two best friends. We often made fun of other kids behind their backs. With them, my smart mouth got me the attention I craved. One day I slipped up and whispered something too loudly. The girl heard what I said about her, and the stricken look on her face told me how much it hurt. I looked for her at our 20th reunion wanting to apologize, but she was absent. I wish I could take back what I said, but I can’t. However, I have spent the last 49 years trying to be kind to others to make up for it. If there are people who read your column who remember a stinging remark that was aimed at them, please let them know that some of us regret it very much. I hope they find forgiveness so they can be free of bitterness and hurt. I am truly sorry. -- MISS SMART MOUTH IN OKLAHOMA DEAR MISS SMART MOUTH: I’m glad you wrote because I’m sure more than one reader has been the target of unkind remarks at one time or another, and even may have made a few themselves. An apology to your classmate was definitely in order, even if 20 years late. Too bad the woman wasn’t around to hear it. I’ll share something with you a trial lawyer once told me. He said, “You can’t unring the bell.” What he meant by it was that a judge can instruct a jury to “disregard that statement,” but once something is out there, it’s very hard to erase from memory. The context may be different, but it applies to rela- tionships, too. samoa news, Monday, August 22, 2016 Page B15 Page B16 samoa news, Monday, July 17, 2017 Coach AI: Iverson doesn’t play in Philly Big3 homecoming PHILADELPHIA (AP) — even louder. Allen Iverson walked onto a They made it sound like familiar court to a rousing ova- 2001 at the Wells Fargo Center. tion and then took an unfamiliar Iverson hugged everyone spot on the sideline. in sight, smiled, waved, blew The Answer was Coach AI kisses and went to work as a in his Big3 homecoming. coach. He stood in front of the Iverson said a few hours bench, arms folded, interacted C M before his team played against with officials and did his best Y K Dr. J’s squad that his doctor Larry Brown impression. advised him not to play Sunday The Hall of Famer hasn’t night for unspecified reasons. played much so far. He had six So, he assumed his role as points on 3-for-13 shooting in coach of 3’s Company in Ice the first three games before sit- Cube’s 3-on-3 league. That ting out this one. didn’t stop fans from chanting: Julius Erving, coach of “We want AI!” the Tri-State team, embraced “I’m glad I had a chance to Iverson and whispered in his come back home,” Iverson told ear before addressing the crowd the crowd after introductions. first. “Big3 is a new concept “Ain’t nothing like this rela- but it’s an old story,” Erving tionship we have. I love you for said. “It’s about playing ball supporting me throughout my the way we all learned how to career and still today you’re still play ball out in the playground, supporting me.” like the playgrounds all around After he walked on the floor, Philadelphia.” Iverson cupped his ear the Erving’s team, led by Jer- BallHogs’ Xavier Silas (5) heads to the basket and is fouled by Trilogy’s James White (8) during way he used to during his days maine O’Neal and Bonzi Wells, Game 2 in the BIG3 Basketball League in Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday, July 16, 2017. leading the won the game. Iverson didn’t (AP Photo/Rich Schultz) and implored the crowd to cheer speak to reporters afterward.

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