Special Appreciation Kommool Tata to Our Sponsors, Donors, & Supporters in Helping to Make

Special Appreciation “Kommool Tata” to our sponsors, donors, & supporters in helping to make our 26th Anniversary Celebration of Republic of Marshall Islands Constitution Day 2005 May Day in Northwest Arkansas a definite reality by NWAMCO 2005 President, Carmen S. Chong Gum:

Financial Sponsors: 1. Republic of Marshall Islands His Excellency President Kessai Note - $2,000.00 2. Tyson Foods, Inc. - $1,000.00 3. Rockline Midwest Inc. - $500.00 4. P&N Oriental Market own by Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ninkham - $100.00

In Kind Donors: 1. Jones Center for Families – used its facilities for free, gym and banquet rooms 2. Honorable Mayor Jerry Van Hoose, Mr. Wyman Morgan, & Springdale Police Department – police patrols 3. Tyson Foods, Inc. - 25 cases of whole chickens 4. EOA Cultural Resource Center – administrative & communication supports 4. Cargill Inc. - 14 cases of smoked whole turkey 5. Springdale PayDay Money Store own by LeeAnn - 20 cases of soda & 20 boxes of pizza 6. Springdale Department of Public Works – lent us 20 cones for the field day event 7. Honorable Ambassador & Mrs. Banny deBrum – 1 cooler of baru (crab) 8. Honorable Ambassador & Mrs. Alfred Capelle – a variety of amimono (handicrafts) 9. Texas Koba Maron President & Mrs. Hila Bajo – 1 queen blanket & 1 bathroom set 10. Honorable Minister & Mrs. Mattlan Zackhras – 1 Namdrik woven mat & 1 box of amimono 11. Springdale H&T Store own by Holmless & Telina Tibon – 100 # rice; cooked the rice; provided propane gas cooker to cook the curried chicken 12. Joci’s – 1 set of silk macramé hanging plant

Hosts of Visitors’ Meals: 1. Mr. & Mrs. Waston Attari, Edison & Mona Kabua Maddison, & Lamaran – welcoming dinner for Rockzenmaan team on Thursday, 5/27 2. Welcome Dinner & leis on Friday, 5/27/05 – Kora in Rikaki Anita Iban & women from all three Assembly of God Churches; women from Bahai Faith Marshallese community; Kora in Rikaki Merlyna Chinglong & women from BNJ Churches; Kora in Rikaki Valen Lokebol, Rev. & Kora in Rikaki Kejmelang & Angela Samuel & women from two Full Gospel churches; & Cecilia Jally 3. All Arkansas teams – visitors’ breakfast on Saturday, 5/28 4. 1st Marshallese United Church of Christ & Rev. Albon Langbon - After Opening Ceremony Reception; Provided Visitors’ Dinner on Sunday, 5/29/05; Rev. Langbon came up & also designed our 2005 motto & our commemorative t-shirts 5. 1st Marshallese Full Gospel led by Rev. Kejmelang Samuel & Marshallese Faith Full Gospel headed by Rev. Neiam Karu – Provided Dinner on Saturday, 5/28/05; borrowed their RMI flag during Opening Ceremony; hosted the combined Sunday service 6. Saimon Milne, Heon Heon, & families from Mormon Marshallese community; Cecilia Jally, Polly & Gertrude Navarro, Gloria Andrew, & families representing Catholic Marshallese community - visitors breakfast on Sunday, 5/29 7. NWAMCO, relatives & friends of visitors – breakfast on Monday, 5/30 7. Holmless & Telina Tibon and Daniel Langrine from Jeran Rarik Doon UCC - visitors lunch on Monday, 5/30 8. Holmless & Telina’s Store, Charlie Chong Gum, PayDay Money Store, NWAMCO – dinner on Monday, 5/30 9. Waston & Family – hosted Rockzenmaan dinner on Tuesday, 5/31 10. Edison & Mona, Lamaran softball team, Julie Capelle, Telkij & Hertin Alik from Arkansas Yokwe softball team & NWAMCO – dinner for Rockzenmaan team on Thursday, 6/2 11. Last but not least, a Special thanks to all Springdale families, relatives, & friends of our visitors who helped in many ways from day 1 to their last day with us in Northwest Arkansas; families including Oscar & Lisey Mendoza, David & Jubar Aneo, Carland & Rillan Kaisha, Niis & Mona Lisa, Thompson & Rotha Mejbon, Kenny & family , Jackie & Rose Lavin, Mr. & Mrs. Steve Lorennij, Kamram Joel & family, Lynda Jerilong, kids & family, Lanki family, Peter & Sandy Joel & family, Langrine families, and all other families we were not aware of.

Supportive Volunteers: 1. Richard McKay – attended meetings; shopped for Sports Supplies & Equipments; checked out softball fields; welcomed visiting team from Majuro at airport; helped provide transportation from airport; announced for recognition of visiting and home teams during opening ceremony; helped MUCC members ready for reception; helped setting up reception area; helped serving MUCC hosted dinner for visitors; supervised the softball games; & other minor but very important works delegated by President 2. Waston Attari – attended meetings; helped at welcome dinner; designed & printed the program for opening ceremony; attended to our VIPs’ needs – Hon. Minister & Mrs. Mattlan Zackhras & baby daughter; took them to airport 3. Lumon Benjamin – attended meetings; made the game schedules & rules for teams to follow; made program for awarding trophies; supervised the softball games; figured out men & women softball mvps 4. Tim Mea – attended meetings; helped to straight out the game brackets; supervised volleyball games; figured out the volleyball mvp 5. Joseph Timos – attended meetings; helped straight out the game brackets; supervised basketball games; figured out basketball mvp; helped handing out trophies to Senator Abacca to award winning teams and mvps 6. Meria Sorimle, Garcia Benjamin, Jenny McKay, & other MUCC women along with Kora in Rikaki Ann Langbon – set up reception area; practiced & performed a fishing dance during reception; singing choir; prepared a delicious lunch; gave gifts of colorful food trays, coffee mugs, & razorback hats to visiting team from Marshall Islands 7. Eileen Jorkan – attended meetings; preplanned for 2005 Battle of Marshallese Dances; welcomed visiting team from Majuro at airport; sold 2005 t shirts; helped to clean Bulldog & Youth Center; put leis & farewell to Rockzenmaan at airport 8. Kanku Langinbelik – attended meetings; preplanned for 2005 Battle of Marshallese Dances 9. Eola & Junior Lokebol – picked up trophies & stored at Jones Center 10. Eola Lokebol – attended meetings; delivered letters to churches; made important calls; emailed correspondences; helped sell 2005 t shirts; called to follow up on donation letters with local companies; put leis on guest speakers & visitors during opening ceremony; & other minor but very important tasks as delegated by President 11. Emlain Mea & Rises Zachraias – attended meetings; helped organized visitors’ meals; helped with welcome dinner; served lunch after combined Sunday service; helped with field day games 12. Hertin Alik – provided his pickup truck to transport Rockzenmaan’s bags & luggages to their hotel; helped with last dinner for Roczenmaan 13. Mr. & Mrs. Justin Aini – helped shopping for field day supplies; helped coordinated field day games; helped delivered announcement letters & flyers before May Day weekend 14. Kora in Rikaki Valen Lokebol – conducted the field day games; drove for & accompanied Senator Abacca Anjain Maddison with the help of Titus & Charity, Jorur & Julie, & other Mejatto folks 15. Paulani Mejbon Timos – cut out papers from plastic leis & helped to sort them out ready for opening ceremony; helped selling 2005 t shirts 16. Makkiko Malachi – 2005 graduating senior sang U.S. National Anthem during Opening Ceremony 17. Melisa Laelan – introduced Keynote speaker at Opening Ceremony 18. Edison & Mona Kabua Maddison – helped organized welcome & farewell meals for visitors 19. Helenteen Mackbi – helped serving lunch after combined Sunday service; shopped for and made candy leis for departing Rockzenmaan team 20. Julium Lejjena – photographed event & sent photos to yokwenet 21. Ann Cohen – took photos of field day games 22. Kathleen Randall – helped folded & put away fabric materials on gym floor after opening ceremony; gave a tour of Cultural Resource Center office to some visitors 23. Arki Harry – helped with field day games 24. Walkup Zachraias & Floyd Edwards – helped Charlie transport to Tyson Park all trophies and leftover cases of chickens and smoked turkeys; helped picking up trash at Tyson Park after softball games 25. Telina Tibon & Lynda Jerilong – cooked 100# rice for last dinner on Monday, 5/30 26. Charlie Chong Gum – picked up donated whole chickens at Tyson Distribution Center in Rogers; picked up Cargill’s donated 14 cases of smoked turkeys; rented out two freezers at Castles’ to store the chickens & Cargill’s donated smoked turkeys; cooked curried chicken for last dinner on Monday, 5/30; delivered food, drinks, trophies to Tyson Park; fixed RMI flag pole a few minutes before opening ceremony; transported visitors’ meals between sites; picked up from Tyson Park & returned cones to Springdale Public Works 27. Baby – helped folded opening ceremony programs & passed them out 28. Deacon Aem Mea – sang RMI National Anthem 29. Deacon Aem Mea, Kora in Rikaki Angela Samuel, & Aina Bellu – sang a special number during opening ceremony program 30. Elizabeth Aem & Aina Bellu – put leis on visitors during opening ceremony 31. Rikaki Albon Langbon – Opening ceremony invocation prayer 32. Rikaki Riktak Iban – Opening ceremony benediction prayer 33. Rikaki Kejmelang Samuel, Miki Mackphie, Albon Langbon, Nelson Labout; Deacon Marti Anien, Deacon Wilson Enos & CA choir, Peter Anitok, Atmi Hermios, Donnely Kiluwe, & others in choir for combined Sunday service 34. Kora in Rikaki Valen Lokebol & Angela Samuel & other ladies from the two Full Gospel Churches – brought leis & food/drinks for welcome dinner 35. Kora in Rikaki Merlyna Chinglong & BNJ Church women – brought leis & food/drinks for welcome dinner; helped with the welcome singing; donated leis to combined Sunday service 36. Rikaki Almen Ted Chinglong & members – Opening, closing prayer and entertaining music at Award Trophy program on Monday, 5/30 37. Kora in Rikaki Anita & women from three Assembly of God Churches – leis and food/drink for welcome dinner on Friday, 5/27; helped cleaning up after welcome dinner; helped with welcoming words to guests & visitors 38. Helly Anjerok, Rosana Capelle, Rosina Jacob, & ladies from Bahai Faith – brought leis and food/drinks for welcome dinner; sang welcoming songs to visitors 39. Kora in Deacon Shiveth Kiluwe – helped with welcome singing and entertaining remarks to visiting teams 40. Senator Abacca – helped with picking up trash at Tyson Park softball field; helped at Youth Center getting kids down from climbing; awarded trophies to winning teams and MVPs; contributed to our Marshallese community documentary by consenting to be interviewed by the producer of this documentary, Mr. Dale Carpenter 41. A big thank you to all the chief referees, 1st & 3rd base referees, sideline referees in the volleyball games, scorekeepers, those in charge of the clock in the basketball games, the announcers or commentators, and the site supervisors 42. Last but not least, a big kommool tata to all others not listed here who did something contributing to the success of our 3-day weekend celebration.

“Kojab ino jeiklok jen wa in bwe ialan mour eo in”. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you one and all for your generous supports. I extend our sincere apology for any wrongdoings on our parts, and we would gladly accept any constructive criticisms which I see as our sources of growth as community leaders. We also need to know what we did well on, so please let us know as well. Most importantly, we hope everyone had fun. Once again, thank you and may the Good Lord bless us all and our growing country, Republic of the Marshall Islands.