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Marcus Mariota’s
“electric debut”
probably a sign
of things to come
by WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, file photo, Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota looks to
pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla.
Mariotaís electric debut against NFL draft classmate Jameis Winston looked a little like Manning vs.
Leaf 2.0, with Mariota confidently flicking four touchdown passes while posting a not-a-typo 158.3
(AP Photo/Scott Audette, File)
passer rating, the NFL quarterbackís version of a perfect game. An early AFC West showdown – Broncos at Chiefs
by BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
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One quarterback comes off a superb opener,
the other off a mediocre performance.
The switch heading into Thursday night’s
Broncos-Chiefs matchup in Kansas City is that
the Chiefs’ Alex Smith had the big game, and
Denver’s Peyton Manning struggled.
The Chiefs manhandled the Texans in
Houston with Smith going 22 of 33 for 243 yards
and three touchdowns in the first half. His passer
rating against J.J. Watt and company was an outstanding 118.6.
In the Broncos’ 19-13 home victory against
Baltimore, Manning was 24 for 40 for a meager
175 yards and no touchdowns with one interception and a 59.9 rating.
“I’m sure offensively I speak for a lot of guys
that we certainly want to play better. I feel like
that Thursday probably couldn’t come soon
enough,” Manning said.
Nor could it come quickly enough for the
Chiefs, who are eager to build off their impressive start by further establishing their credentials against Denver (No. 3, AP Pro32). The
Chiefs (No. 9, AP Pro32) are 3-point favorites,
yet another change to recent trends in this AFC
West series, which dates back to the AFL when
the Chiefs were the Dallas Texans.
“I think for us the one thing is win the division,” Smith said. “That’s the focus, right? ...
We’ve got a chance against the division champions at our place, so it starts with this week.”
Indeed it does.
CHIEFS, 24-23
KNOCKOUT LEAGUE TIP:
Green Bay survived last week at Chicago.
This week’s choice to win outright — remember,
no repeat picks in a knockout pool — is
INDIANAPOLIS.
No. 18 Atlanta (plus 2) at No. 22 New York
Giants
Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning and Ben McAdoo
won’t have brain freeze at the end of this one.
BEST BET: GIANTS, 27-20
No. 26 Houston (plus 3) at No. 16 Carolina
On the theory that the Texans will be better
prepared and far sharper and intense than last
week.
UPSET SPECIAL: Texans, 19-17
No. 21 New York Jets (plus 7) at No. 14 Indianapolis, Monday After that stinker in Buffalo, the
Colts will be ready for their home opener.
COLTS, 26-16
No. 5 Seattle (plus 3 1-2) at No. 2 Green Bay
Hard to believe the Seahawks will start 0-2.
Then again, the Packers owe them big time for
NFC title game.
PACKERS, 24-17
No. 1 New England (pick ‘em) at No. 8 Buffalo
Anytime you get the Patriots not giving points,
jump on it, even against Rex’s strong defense.
PATRIOTS, 21-17
No. 4 Dallas (plus 5) at No. 17 Philadelphia
Eagles probably should have won last week
and Cowboys probably should have lost. Does
that make this justice?
EAGLES, 30-27
(Continued on page B4)
Nice start, Marcus Mariota. Good luck in that encore on
Sunday against Cleveland.
History says you might need it, at least this week.
Mariota’s electric debut against NFL draft classmate Jameis
Winston looked a little like Manning vs. Leaf 2.0, with Mariota
confidently flicking four touchdown passes while posting a nota-typo 158.3 passer rating, the NFL quarterback’s version of a
perfect game.
Statistically, there’s nowhere to go but down. Just how far
down? Well, Mariota hopes not too far.
“I mean I just got to continue to play my game and focus on
what I have to take care of,” he said.
Mariota is probably talking about the Titans, but just in case he
was also taking your fantasy team into consideration, no offense
Marcus, but savvy owners will probably stick you back on the
bench for a bit, though probably only for a bit.
Reality tends to come quickly for quarterbacks who turn their
first four quarters in the NFL into something out of a Madden
video game.
Courtesy of STATS, a look at some of the top opening week
rookie performances in league history, what happened in Week 2
and beyond:
FRAN TARKENTON
Week 1: A scrambling quarterback before being a scrambling
quarterback was cool, Tarkenton was a fresh-faced 21-year-old
when he entered the first game in Minnesota Vikings history on
Sept. 17, 1961, against the Chicago Bears. Tarkenton threw for
250 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score in a
37-13 win.
Week 2: Nightmarish. The Dallas Cowboys picked off
Tarkenton twice and held him to 8 of 24 passing for 117 measly
yards in a 21-7 Minnesota loss.
It got better, right? It did. Eventually.
The Vikings went 2-8 in Tarkenton’s 10 starts in 1961, though
it was the beginning of a Hall of Fame career that saw Tarkenton
lead Minnesota to three Super Bowls (all losses) and retire as the
league’s all-time leader in passing attempts, completions, yards
and touchdowns. Hey, that’s incredible. Or so we hear.
JIM KELLY
Week 1: Kelly was a “rookie” in name only when he arrived in
Buffalo in 1986 after the Donald Trump-led USFL shuttered. He
torched the New York Jets for 292 yards and three touchdowns. The
Bills lost 28-24, but Kelly’s performance served notice the sad-sack
Bills were headed back toward respectability after years adrift.
Week 2: On the road in Cincinnati against a pretty good Bengals team, Kelly hit 13 of 22 for 228 yards with a score and two
picks, and Buffalo fell in overtime.
It got better, right? Way better.
The Bills went 4-12 in 1986, with seven of the losses coming
by seven points or fewer. Two years later Buffalo was rolling
behind the “K-Gun” offense and the Bills were playoff fixtures
on their way to becoming perennial Super Bowl runners-up. Like
Tarkenton, the lack of a Super Bowl win didn’t keep Kelly out of
the Hall of Fame.
ROGER STAUBACH
Week 1: The 1963 Heisman Trophy winner walked out of five
years of naval service and straight into the Cowboys’ huddle for
the 1969 opener against the St. Louis Cardinals (football, not baseball. Yes, there was such a thing). Staubach hit Lance Rentzel for a
75-yard score in the first quarter and finished 7 of 15 for 228 yards
while adding a touchdown on the ground in a 24-3 win.
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samoa news, Thursday, September 17, 2015
SEC West survivor
games begin with
Ole Miss-Bama
and Auburn-LSU
by RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer
Texas Rangers Hanser Alberto, rear, and Rougned Odor, right, dunk Prince Fielder with a pair
of liquid filled coolers while Fielder was giving a post-game interview to broadcast personality
Emily Jones, left, after their baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in
Arlington, Texas. Fielder hit a two-run home run in the eighth that helped the Rangers to a 5-3 win
(AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
over the Astros. Texas has 5 HRs in 14-3 win
over Astros, stretch West lead
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Prince Fielder
hit two of Texas’ season-high five homers
and drove in five runs in the AL West-leading
Rangers’ 14-3 victory over the Houston Astros
on Wednesday night. After taking over first place
with a 6-5 victory Tuesday night, Texas increased
its advantage over Houston to 1 1/2 games going
into the series finale Thursday night
Fielder’s RBI single in the first put the
Rangers ahead to stay. The slugger pulled both
of his homers into the second deck in right field,
leading off the third and then capping an 11-pitch
at-bat in the sixth with a three-run shot that made
it 12-1. Mike Napoli, Rougned Odor and Bobby
Wilson also homered to help Texas win its third
straight game in the series.
Martin Perez (3-5) gave up one run over seven
innings while allowing 10 base runners — nine
hits and a walk. The left-hander struck out three.
Dallas Keuchel (17-8) was the loser.
BLUE JAYS 9, BRAVES 1
ATLANTA (AP) — David Price allowed one
run in seven innings, Russell Martin hit a homer
and drove in four runs, and Toronto beat Shelby
Miller and Atlanta to protect its AL East lead.
Price (16-5) gave up six hits and had nine
strikeouts. He improved to 7-1 since coming to
Toronto in a trade with Detroit, and lowered his
ERA to 2.42. The Blue Jays stayed three games
ahead of second-place New York.
Toronto had 12 hits as it returned to its customary high-scoring pace after managing only a
combined two runs in two straight losses. Martin
hit a two-run double in the four-run first and added
a two-run homer off Ryan Kelly in the ninth.
Miller (5-15) didn’t make it through the fourth
inning. He is winless in 22 straight starts, the longest streak for any pitcher in a season he was an
All-Star. The right-hander has lost 14 consecutive decisions since his last win on May 17.
YANKEES 3, RAYS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Prized
rookie Luis Severino rebounded from his worst
start, Greg Bird homered and drove in two runs,
and New York beat Tampa Bay.
Severino (4-3) allowed one run and six hits in
5 2-3 innings. The right-hander gave up a careerhigh six earned runs over 2 1-3 innings in an 11-5
loss Friday to Toronto.
After Bird had a second-inning RBI double,
Chase Headley put the Yankees up 2-0 with a
run-scoring single in the sixth. Bird, also a rookie,
made it 3-1 on his ninth-inning shot.
Justin Wilson, Dellin Betances and Andrew
Miller, who pitched the ninth for his 34th save,
combined for 3 1-3 scoreless innings for New
York. Chris Archer (12-12) was the loser.
CUBS 3, PIRATES 2, 12 INNINGS
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-runner Quintin
Berry raced home on Anthony Rizzo’s sacrifice
fly in the top of the 12th inning, and Chicago
slipped by Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh rallied to tie it in the eighth against
Jake Arrieta, spoiling his bid to become the first
20-game winner this season. Arrieta allowed two
runs, one earned, and six hits, but failed to pick
up a win for the first time since Aug. 4.
Chris Denorfia singled off Vance Worley (4-6)
to start the 12th, and was replaced by Berry, who
advanced to second on a wild pitch and third on
Austin Jackson’s single. Starling Marte tracked
down Rizzo’s sinking liner to left field but had no
shot at Berry. Hector Rondon (6-4) worked two
innings to help Chicago pull within three games of
the Pirates for the top spot in the NL wild-card race.
MARLINS 6, METS 0
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Conley slowed
New York’s pursuit of the National League East
title with a career-high seven innings for streaking
Miami. Facing a makeshift lineup of all righthanders, Conley (4-1) allowed three hits and struck
out six as Miami beat New York for a second
straight night to secure its fifth straight series win
— matching a franchise record set in 2003 for
most consecutive series won in one season.
Martin Prado and J.T. Realmuto homered off
Bartolo Colon (14-12).New York’s lead over
Washington was cut to 7 1/2 games.
NATIONALS 12, PHILLIES 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jayson Werth hit
two homers, Bryce Harper also went deep and
Gio Gonzalez tied his career high with 12 strikeouts in Washington’s victory over Philadelphia.
Werth and Harper each had four home runs
in the three-game sweep that extended the
Nationals’ winning streak to four. Gonzalez
(11-7) allowed two runs on five hits with a pair
of walks in seven innings. Darin Ruf homered for
Philadelphia. The Phillies have dropped seven of
10. Alec Asher (0-4) was tagged for four runs on
seven hits in five innings.
DODGERS 2, ROCKIES 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Wood pitched
one-hit ball for eight innings on only 78 pitches
and retired his last 19 batters, leading Los Angeles
past Colorado. Wood (10-11) struck out five and
walked none in the game tha took just 2 hours,
8 minutes. Kyle Parker’s clean two-out single to
right-center field in the second was the only hit
against the 24-year-old left-hander, whose only
complete game in 64 big league starts was on April
17, 2014, when he pitched eight innings in a 1-0
loss at Philadelphia while with the Atlanta Braves.
(Continued on page B4)
The SEC West survivor series begins.
Sure, the power of the Southeastern Conference has been overplayed, but there are still a bunch of really good teams in the western
division and they often play intense, entertaining games. Hate the
SEC if you want, but you are only spiting yourself by not enjoying it.
No. 2 Alabama tries to avenge last season’s loss at Mississippi
when the No. 15 Rebels come to Tuscaloosa on Saturday. Under
Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has won seven of eight games against
teams that it lost to the season before — by an average of 21 points.
No. 18 Auburn gets a shot at redemption at No. 13 LSU after
dodging what would have been a historic upset. “No, it makes no difference to me whatsoever,” LSU coach Les Miles said, dismissing
last week’s Auburn struggles against FCS Jacksonville State.
Consider the SEC West a double-elimination tournament.
The winner has had one loss each of the last three seasons as the
strength of the division has spread. The losers of Saturday’s games
aren’t out, but they are likely out of mulligans.
THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
No. 11 Clemson (minus 6) at Louisville
Cardinals coach Bobby Petrino has never had a college team
start 0-3 ... CLEMSON 28-24.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
No. 9 Florida State (minus 7½) at Boston College
This ain’t Howard ... FLORIDA STATE 31-21
SATURDAY
MARQUEE MATCHUPS
No. 15 Ole Miss (plus 6½) at No. 2 Alabama
About to learn a lot about two quarterbacks — Rebels’ Chad
Kelly and Tide’s Jake Coker ... ALABAMA 28-21.
No. 15 Georgia Tech (minus 2½) at No. 8 Notre Dame
Injuries will catch up to the Fighting Irish — eventually ...
NOTRE DAME 28-24.
No. 19 BYU (plus 17) at No. 10 UCLA
Tanner Mangum magic runs out for Cougars ... UCLA 35-21.
No. 18 Auburn (plus 7½) at No. 13 LSU
Sports are weird ... UPSET SPECIAL, AUBURN 28-23.
CONFERENCE CALLS
Stanford (plus 10) at No. 6 Southern California
After four straight wins by the Cardinal, the Trojans have won
last two and are retaking control of the rivalry ... USC 28-14.
South Carolina (plus 16½) at No. 7 Georgia
Strange things happen in this rivalry ... GEORGIA 42-14.
SMART FOOTBALL
No. 23 Northwestern (plus 3½) at Duke
The winner gets the ranking ... NORTHWESTERN 21-20.
PLUCKY UNDERDOG OR MISMATCH?
Northern Illinois (plus 34½) at No. 1 Ohio State
The Huskies have been to the MAC what the Buckeyes have
been to the Big Ten ... OHIO STATE 42-14.
Air Force (plus 26½) at No. 4 Michigan State
The Falcons option offense can be a real pain in the neck ...
MICHIGAN STATE 38-24.
No. 21 Utah (off) at Fresno State
Utes go to backup quarterback and Bulldogs happy to be home
and away from Ole Miss ... UTAH 34-23.
UConn (plus 21) at No. 22 Missouri
And so it begins for the Huskies ... BEST BET, MISSOURI 37-7
UTSA (plus 24½) at No. 25 Oklahoma State
Cowboys QB Mason Rudolph is second in Big 12 in completion percentage at 67 percent ... OKLAHOMA STATE 45-17.
TWITTER REQUESTS
Nebraska (plus 3½) at Miami
Has Been Bowl ... NEBRASKA 27-23.
Memphis (minus 3) at Bowling Green
Group of Five nonconference game of the week ... BOWLING
GREEN 42-38
Texas Tech (plus 11½) at Arkansas
Razorbacks need a quick bounce back after tanking against
Toledo ... ARKANSAS 38-28.
Florida (minus 3) at Kentucky
Gators have won 28 straight against the Wildcats ... KENTUCKY 28-17.
California (minus 6½) at Texas
Longhorns fans already got one bit of good news this week ...
TEXAS 35-31.
Last week’s record: 17-4 straight; 11-10 vs. spread
Overall: 31-6; 21-17. • Upset specials: 2-0. • Best bets: 0-1.
SPORTS SHORTS
Carroll says that Lynch’s mom
just looking out for her son
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pete Carroll thinks Marshawn
Lynch’s mom is just looking out for her son.
The Seattle coach brushed aside comments made by Delisa
Lynch in a Facebook post criticizing the organization and calling
for offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to be fired. Her comments
came after her son was stopped on a fourth-and-1 run play in overtime in the Seahawks’ 34-31 loss in St. Louis on Sunday. “I heard.
I haven’t seen the actual comments,” Carroll said Wednesday.
“Mom looking after her kid, there ain’t nothing wrong with that.”
Delisa Lynch posted her comments late Monday night. Delisa
Lynch wrote that Bevell is the “worst play caller ever,” and that
the run play on fourth-and-1 against the Rams was called only to
justify the fact Seattle did not call a run play from the 1-yard line
in the Super Bowl when Russell Wilson’s pass was intercepted
by New England’s Malcolm Butler. She added that the Seahawks
staff “loves” Bevell “more than a win.”
“There is a lot of passion with our following and the 12s and
with the family members and all. ... It’s just something I’m sure
she has strong feelings and I don’t blame her for having strong
feelings. She’s a mom,” Carroll said.
After practice Wednesday, Bevell said he had not spoken with
Lynch about the comments from his mom.
Stolen Red Sox World Series
ring found during drug raid
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Police conducting a raid at a suspected drug dealer’s home south of Boston made an unusual discovery — a stolen 2004 Red Sox World Series ring.
Quincy police had been watching the home for several months,
and on Tuesday they executed a search warrant after witnessing
a drug deal. Capt. John Dougan says they found a “significant”
number of oxycodone pills, money-counting machines, police
scanners, $9,000 in cash and the ring.
Dougan says the ring belongs to a team employee, not a player
or coach. The Red Sox broke an 86-year World Series championship drought in 2004.
The man who lives in the home and two men to whom he allegedly sold pills are expected in court Wednesday.
Dougan says it’s unclear how the ring ended up in the home.
Sentencing reset for ex-NFL
player Sharper in Vegas sex case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sentencing has been reset to Dec. 17 for
former NFL star Darren Sharper in a felony Las Vegas attempted
sex assault case made part of a four-state plea agreement.
Defense attorney Richard Schonfeld said Wednesday that prosecutors didn’t oppose the delay during a Sept. 3 hearing in Clark
County District Court.
Sharper is expected to appear by video from Louisiana, where
he’s jailed after pleading guilty in June to three rape charges.
Sharper pleaded guilty in March in Las Vegas to attempted
sexual assault. A plea deal calls for the 39-year-old Sharper to be
sentenced to 38 months to eight years, but serve the Nevada time
concurrently with sentences from California, Arizona, and state
and federal courts in New Orleans.
Those sentences are expected to amount to about nine years.
High school student removed
from team after helmet incident
LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school football
player who was captured on video apparently hitting an opposing
player with that player’s own helmet was removed from the team
on Wednesday while police investigate the incident.
“The brutal action taken by this young man is simply unacceptable and will not be condoned,” Linden School Superintendent
Danny Robertozzi said in a statement.
The school board is pursuing the “severest disciplinary measures permitted under law,” Robertozzi said.
However, the board said it cannot lawfully comment on the
specific disciplinary action taken.
The student’s name was not released because of his age.
Linden High School played Immaculata High School at home
on Friday night. Videotape showed the Linden defensive lineman
apparently pull the helmet off his opponent and hit the player on
the forehead with it. The Immaculata player stood up after the hit.
A referee penalized the Linden player for unsportsmanlike conduct, but did not remove him from the game.
The Immaculata player was taken to a hospital, where he
received 10 stitches for a contusion.
Robertozzi said his player’s action on the field “is contrary to
the type of sportsmanship Linden requires from its student athletes.” The school board will stress to all its athletes that such
“egregious conduct” will not be tolerated, the superintendent said.
Linden Police Capt. James Sarnicki said the police department’s juvenile bureau investigation was ongoing.
Immaculata said it received an apology from Linden school
officials. Immaculata beat Linden 26 to 6.
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Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero tags out Pittsburgh Pirates’ Pedro Florimon during the
eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Florimon was going on
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
contact on a ball hit to second baseman Starlin Castro by Josh Harrison.
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Favre, Owens and Faneca
among 1st-year nominees
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Rene Rivera reaches for a high throw as New York Yankees’ Brian
McCann scores on an RBI single by Chase Headley off Rays pitcher Chris Archer during the sixth
inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
(AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
At left is home plate umpire Larry Vanover.
➧ Major League Baseball Roundup…
Continued from page B2
A.J. Ellis homered and rookie Corey Seager
had an RBI single for the Dodgers, the winner of
17 of their last 22 games. Jorge De La Rosa (9-7)
went the distance, allowing six hits over eight
innings with five strikeouts and a walk.
GIANTS 5, REDS 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants pitcher
Jake Peavy homered through the low-hovering
mist for his first long ball in more than nine years,
leading San Francisco past Cincinnati.
Peavy struck out eight in six-plus innings on
the mound and connected for his third career
home run in the fourth against reliever Collin
Balester. It was Peavy’s first since July 26, 2006,
at Dodger Stadium with the Padres.
That gave Giants pitchers nine home runs this
season, most since hitting 10 in 1934. The 1924
staff also had nine.
Peavy (7-6) won his third straight start and
fourth consecutive decision. He became the fifth
San Francisco pitcher to go deep this season,
matching a major league record. Madison
Bumgarner has five.
Ehire Adrianza had an RBI double and a runscoring triple as the Giants chased starter Michael
Lorenzen (4-9) after three innings.
Santiago Casilla retired Brandon Phillips on a
bases-loaded grounder for his 34th save.
CARDINALS 5, BREWERS 4
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tommy Pham homered twice and tripled, Matt Carpenter added a
solo shot and Jaime Garcia went 6 1-3 innings in
St. Louis’ 5-4 victory over Milwaukee.
Pham’s two-run shots came in the second and
the fourth off Wily Peralta (5-9).
Carpenter led off the third with his 22nd home
run and 74th RBI of the season, both team highs.
Jaime Garcia (9-5) won for the third time in
his last four starts and improved to 6-1 in nine
starts since Aug. 1, helping the Cardinals go 8-1
over that span.
Trevor Rosenthal struck out the side in the
ninth for his 45th save.
RED SOX 10, ORIOLES 1
BALTIMORE (AP) — Dustin Pedroia homered twice and had a season-high five RBIs
to back a dominant pitching performance by
rookie Henry Owens in Boston’s victory over
Baltimore.
David Ortiz also went deep for the last-place
Red Sox, his 35th homer of the season and 501st
overall.
Owens (3-2) gave up six hits over 7 2-3
shutout innings. The 23-year-old lefty struck out
four, walked none and reduced his ERA from
5.25 to 4.33.
Pedroia hit a two-run drive off Mike Wright
(2-5) in the third and a three-run shot against
Jorge Rondon in the fourth to stake Boston to a
9-0 lead.
INDIANS 5, ROYALS 1
CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor was 3 for
4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead Cleveland past Kansas City.
Lindor had a solo homer in the first for his
100th hit since being called up from the minors
June 14, added a two-run single in the second and
an RBI single in the fourth.
Danny Salazar (13-8) took a three-hit shutout
into the seventh before Mike Moustakas started
the inning with a home run. The right-hander
allowed one run and struck out six in seven
innings. Danny Duffy (7-8) allowed four runs in
2 1-3 innings for the Royals. They have dropped
nine of 12.
TIGERS 7, TWINS 4, 12 INNINGS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ian Kinsler’s twoout RBI single preceded a two-run homer by J.D.
Martinez in the top of the 12th inning, pushing
Detroit past Minnesota in a game delayed by rain.
Martinez’s 37th home run came off Brian
Duensing (4-1). The Twins remained 1 1/2 games
behind Houston for the second AL wild card.
Ian Krol (2-3), the ninth Tigers pitcher, got the
last nine outs for the win. He stranded the two
runners he inherited with nobody out in the 10th.
Jefry Marte had a two-run single in a fourhit ninth inning against Kevin Jepsen, his first
squandered save in eight attempts with Minnesota. Then the Twins got one back in the bottom
half on a tying double by Trevor Plouffe.
Eddie Rosario homered and had a go-ahead
RBI single in the eighth for Minnesota.
MARINERS 3, ANGELS 1
SEATTLE (AP) — Jesus Montero continued
to get the best of Los Angeles’ Jered Weaver, hitting a three-run homer to help Seattle hand the
Angels their third loss in four games.
Montero hit a line drive into the bullpen in left
field with two outs in the fourth inning. He has
five career homers and six hits overall against
Weaver (7-11).
Hisashi Iwakuma (8-4) allowed one run
and struck out a season-high nine in six strong
innings.
David Murphy homered for the second
straight game for the Angels.
PADRES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3
PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Kemp hit a three-run
homer to back Andrew Cashner and San Diego
beat Arizona.
Cashner (6-15) allowed seven hits and three
runs, striking out six and walking two in seven
innings. He had lost 13 of his previous 17 decisions since April 24.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a solo homer off
Cashner in the sixth to cut the Padres’ lead to
4-3. Craig Kimbrell got the final four outs for his
37th save.
Robbie Ray (4-12) was the loser.
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Brett Favre is back in the news — no,
he’s not attempting another comeback.
Favre was among the 108 modern-day nominees for the Pro
Football Hall of Fame class of 2016 announced Wednesday night.
The NFL’s career leader in nearly every passing category when he
retired after the 2010 season and winner of the 1997 Super Bowl
with Green Bay, Favre leads a strong list of first-time nominees.
That group includes Terrell Owens, one of the league’s most
prolific and dynamic receivers for most of his 15 pro seasons, and
Alan Faneca, an elite blocker who made six All-Pro teams at guard
in his 13 seasons.
Other first-year-eligible nominees are safety Lawyer Milloy;
running backs Brian Westbrook and Clinton Portis; place-kicker
John Carney; and linebackers Keith Bulluck and Mike Vrabel.
Already nominated by the seniors committee are Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel. The 2016 contributor candidate is former
49ers owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr. The nominees consist of 93
players (51 on offense, 33 on defense, 9 from special teams) and
15 coaches. They will be trimmed to 25 semifinalists in November
and, from there, to 15 finalists in January. Voting will culminate
Feb. 6, the night before the Super Bowl. While there is no set
number for any class of enshrinees, the selection process bylaws
provide that between four and eight new members will be selected.
Favre, of course, is the headliner. A three-time league MVP, he
retired with 508 touchdown passes, 71,838 yards and 186 victories. Of course, he temporarily retired twice late in his career, and
finished up with Minnesota for two seasons following 16 in Green
Bay and one with the Jets. He spent his rookie season as a backup
in Atlanta before being dealt to the Packers, where he helped revitalize the franchise.
The polarizing Owens played for five franchises, making AllPro five times. T.O. led the league in TD receptions three times,
retiring with 153, and perhaps in feuds with his quarterbacks,
many of whom he felt didn’t target him enough.
Asked about aiming for the Hall of Fame, Owens told NFL
Network: “I still don’t, never realized it, never a dream of mine,”
Owens said. “I never thought I would play beyond the collegiate
level. Everything I did playing in the NFL, I look back and marvel
at it. I am a very competitive person, once I get my mind on something, I go full-bore into it.”
Faneca anchored Pittsburgh’s offensive line for a decade, winning a Super Bowl. He also played two years for the Jets and one
for Arizona.
Finalists from 2015 who are on the ballot are place-kicker
Morten Andersen; coaches Don Coryell, Tony Dungy and Jimmy
Johnson; running back Terrell Davis; linebacker-defensive end
Kevin Greene; wide receiver Marvin Harrison; safety John Lynch;
tackle Orlando Pace; and quarterback Kurt Warner.
➧ NFL Pro Picks…
Continued from page B1
No. 10 San Diego (plus 3 1-2) at No. 7 Cincinnati
Toughest matchup to figure this week, this could come down
to late field goal.
BENGALS, 24-23
No. 32 Tampa Bay (plus 10) at No. 24 New Orleans
Bucs were embarrassing in opener, Saints were inconsistent.
New Orleans has less to reverse.
SAINTS, 33-17
No. 19 San Francisco (plus 5) at No. 13 Pittsburgh
Steelers are lucky they are so well-rested for physical 49ers.
STEELERS, 28-24
No. 20 Detroit (plus 3) at No. 25 Minnesota
We’ll give Adrian Peterson a rustiness pass for first game back.
Watch out in this one.
VIKINGS, 31-26
No. 6 Arizona (minus 2) at No. 27 Chicago
Bears played Packers tough and might do same against
Cardinals.
CARDINALS, 23-20
No. 23 Tennessee (minus 1) at No. 30 (tie) Cleveland
Lots of love for Marcus and the Titans. Just a hunch it’s overdone.
BROWNS, 21-20
No. 11 St. Louis (minus 3 1-2) at No. 28 Washington
Lots of love for the Rams, especially on defense. Not overdone.
RAMS, 23-13
No. 15 Miami (minus 6) at No. 29 Jacksonville
Battle of the Sunshine State. YAWN!
DOLPHINS, 21-17
No. 12 Baltimore (OFF) at No. 30 (tie) Oakland
Questions about Raiders QB Derek Carr. Ravens will win
whether he plays or not.
RAVENS, 22-10
2015 RECORD: Against spread: Week 7-8-1, Season (7-8-1).
Straight up: Week 10-6, Season (10-6)
Best Bet: 0-1 against spread, 1-0 straight up.
Upset special: 0-1 against spread, 0-1 straight up.
➧ SPORTS SHORTS…
samoa news, Thursday, September 17, 2015 Page B5
Continued from page B3
Timothy Bradley announces
Nov. 7 bout with Brandon Rios
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. insists he is
retired. Manny Pacquiao faces a long road back from shoulder
surgery. There is a vacancy on top of the welterweight division
this week, and Timothy Bradley is the most probably worthy candidate to fill it. A victory over Brandon Rios on Nov. 7 would
boost Bradley’s candidacy for unofficial 147-pound supremacy.
Just don’t expect the WBO champion to campaign for any honors
he can’t win in the ring.
“I don’t like to say that I feel like I’m the best welterweight in
the world,” Bradley said Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles
while announcing his next bout. “I feel like I’m one of them, but
I would like to beat all the guys in the division before I say that. I
haven’t faced everybody, but I know that I can fight these guys. I
know I can beat all the guys in the welterweight division.”
Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title against Rios at
the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on an HBO telecast.
The undercard will be headlined by vaunted featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko in his sixth professional fight against
little-known Mexican featherweight Romulo Koasicha.
The main event is another chance for Bradley to show off his
combination of technical skill and scrapping instincts against Rios
(33-2-1, 24 KOs), who has never shied away from a good brawl.
Bradley has enlisted veteran trainer Teddy Atlas to prepare him
for Rios, seeking a fresh start and new information after parting
ways with longtime trainer Joel Diaz.
NYC teacher arraigned in US
Open drone-crashing incident
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City high school science
teacher who authorities say was piloting a drone that plummeted
into empty seats and caused a scare at the U.S. Open tennis tournament has been arraigned on reckless endangerment charges.
Daniel Verley was arraigned Wednesday in the drone crash
that occurred on Sept. 4 during a women’s singles match.
According to the criminal complaint, Verley wanted to get
photos of the globe statue at Flushing Meadows Park, near the
tennis center. The drone buzzed diagonally over the court in Louis
Armstrong Stadium before plummeting into the seats during the
next-to-last game of a second-round match. No one was injured.
His attorney did not respond to a request seeking comment.
Whitecaps beat Olympia 1-0 in
CONCACAF Champions League
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kianz Froese
scored in the first half and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Honduras’ Olympia 1-0 on Wednesday night in CONCACAF Champions League play.
The 19-year-old Canadian midfielder poked a shot home in
the 42nd minute that goalkeeper Noel Valladeres could only get a
piece of before it looped up and over a helpless defender.
The Whitecaps (1-0-1) moved into a tie with the Seattle
Sounders (1-1-1) atop Group F heading into their game next week
in Seatte. Olympia is 1-2-0.
Malone’s funeral on Saturday in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Moses Malone
will be remembered at a funeral service on Saturday in Houston.
Malone, a three-time NBA MVP, died Sunday at age 60.
The funeral will be at noon CST at Houston megachurch Lakewood. The church is in the same building where the Houston
Rockets played during Malone’s time with the team from 19761982 when it was called The Summit.
Florida holds off naming
starting QB for SEC opener
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s starting quarterback
remains a mystery heading into the team’s Southeastern Conference opener. Coach Jim McElwain said Wednesday he hasn’t
settled on a starter for Saturday’s game at Kentucky. Sophomore
Treon Harris and redshirt freshman Will Grier split snaps during
the first two games, with each getting a start.
Harris has completed 19 of 27 passes for 269 yards and two
touchdowns. Grier has completed 26 of 35 for 317 yards and four
scores. Grier also has an interception and a fumble.
McElwain says he doesn’t have a timeline for picking one, either.
“The team has settled into it,” he said. “Here’s the good thing: both
guys are really studying the game plan. ... That mindset is you prepare yourself as a starter because you’re going to get a ton of reps.”
Jaguars TE Thomas practices
in limited role, remains out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars tight end
Julius Thomas has been cleared for limited practice. He still won’t
play for at least a few more weeks.
Thomas was on the field Wednesday for the first time since
breaking a bone on the back of his right hand in the preseason
opener Aug. 14. He had surgery Sept. 1, and the Jaguars have targeted Week 4 for his return. But that could be optimistic considering coach Gus Bradley said Wednesday that Thomas will return
to the hand doctor in two weeks, adding “I think we’re just waiting
to see what we find out in the second evaluation.”
Thomas signed a five-year, $46 million contract, including
$24 million guaranteed, to be the centerpiece of Jacksonville’s
receiving corps.
Czech Republic’s Vojtech Hruban, centre, attempts a shot during the quarterfinal basketball match between Serbia and Czech Republic, at the EuroBasket European Basketball
(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Championships,Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Lille, northern France.
Bills spill their dislike of
AFC East rival Patriots
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills
really don’t like the New England Patriots. And
they’re not afraid to say it.
“Don’t nobody like the Patriots,” Dareus
said. “Let’s just be honest about it now. Put it out
there.”
Safety Aaron Williams referred to his dislike
as being personal.
“I just don’t like New England,” Williams
said, fully appreciating his comments will likely
wind up being bulletin-board material.
“They’re a great football team, don’t get that
twisted at all,” he said, before adding: “It’s just
the way they carry themselves.”
Now, Williams said, it’s time for the Bills to
start backing up their emotions on Sunday, when
the Super Bowl champions travel to Orchard
Park for an early-season AFC East showdown
between two 1-0 teams.
The Bills have good reason to carry ill will
toward New England after serving as the Patriots’
personal patsies for much of the past 15 seasons.
It’s a span in which Buffalo has gone 3-26. That
includes a mean-nothing 17-9 win in last year’s
season finale, when playoff-bound New England
rested most of its starters after the first half.
This year, the Bills vow, will be different
in their latest bid to end what now stands as a
15-season playoff drought — the NFL’s longest
active streak. To do so, they know they need to
unseat the Patriots, who have claimed the division 11 times since 2002.
“I definitely think this is the most talented
team I’ve been on,” seventh-year center Eric
Wood said. “So with that, I would assume it
would make it our best team we’ve brought
against them.”
Buffalo opened with a 27-14 win over Indianapolis last weekend. And the team is coming off
an offseason in which it restocked its roster with
high-priced talent on offense, and returned one of
the league’s top defense’s.
The Bills are further emboldened by the hiring
of brash-talking coach, Rex Ryan, who was never
afraid of taking a jab at the Patriots during his
previous six-year tenure with the New York Jets.
“I respect them probably as much as any team
in the league, but I don’t fear them, I can tell you
that much,” Ryan said, referring to New England
on Wednesday. “We don’t fear anybody. In fact
we’re looking forward to it.”
Ryan didn’t come close to repeating what he
said during his first season as Jets coach in 2009,
when suggesting he had no intention of kissing
Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s Super Bowl rings.
And yet, Ryan made it clear that beating
Belichick would be more meaningful than most
any other regular-season win.
“It is a personal challenge because you want to
go against the very best,” said Ryan, whose Jets
went 4-9 against the Patriots, including a playoff
victory in 2010. “I’d much rather have a win and
compete against a first-ballot Hall of Fame coach
in Belichick than a slappy coach.”
All the talk from Buffalo hardly resonated in
New England.
“It doesn’t matter to me,” star quarterback
Tom Brady said. “The games are won by what
you do over the course of the week and how
you go about your preparation, so that you can
be prepared for the game on Sunday. He’s a
great coach. He’s obviously got them confident. They’re ready to go — sounds like they’re
already ready to go.”
Belichick and Brady are aware that Ryan’s
arrival has generated a big buzz among Bills fans,
who roared through much of the opener against
Indianapolis.
The crowd might be even louder at Ralph
Wilson Stadium on Sunday, though Belichick
isn’t overly concerned.
Noting that the Patriots can take the crowd
out of the game by getting off to a fast start,
Belichick said: “They will be as loud as we
allow them to be.”
A New England-based reporter posted Belichick’s comment on his Twitter account. The Bills
retweeted the comment on their team’s account
with the note: “That’s cute.”
“The game’s at our place on Sunday, let’s see
what happens,” Ryan said. “If they beat us they
beat us, but we don’t concede anything. We’re
not beat just because they get off the bus, like
some teams.”
NOTES: CB Corey Graham practiced on a
limited basis while still being monitored for a
concussion. His playing status is uncertain. ...
The Bills will honor former GM Bill Polian, who
will receive his Hall of Fame ring on Sunday.
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samoa news, Thursday, September 17, 2015
Universal Crossword
Edited by Timothy E. Parker September 17, 2015
ACROSS
1 Fellow
4 What a
feller leaves
behind?
9 Kind of
decongestant
14 Horse
population
of a small
town?
15 Choir part
16 Like some
angles
17 Pussycat’s
boat mate
18 Short-tailed
lemur
19 Native
American
home, stereotypically
20 Start to
finalize
23 Caulking
stuff
24 Hawaiian
adornment
25 Butter on a
farm
28 Like some
concerts or
markets
31 Magician’s
hiding place
34 Remove
forcefully
37 Author
Horatio
38 Concluding
a sketch?
44 Ready and
willing
45 Lip-___
(mouth the
words)
46 Small finch
9/17
48 Online
merchant
54 Altar avowal
55 Advance in
years
58 Genetic
double
59 Inspecting
firsthand
64 In a fitting
way
66 Debate
67 Young goat
68 Kind of urban
pollution
69 Natural water
sources
70 Beer’s
cousin
71 Prepares
potatoes,
in a way
72 Eyelid
swellings
73 Danson of
TV
DOWN
1 Yogi Bear’s
buddy
2 Open, as
Christmas
presents
3 Resemble
4 Mark of
disgrace
5 Canvas
structure
6 Computer
command
7 Fable
offering
8 Shopper’s
concern
9 Cold war
alliance
10 Winning
serves
11 Id’s relative
12 Consumed
13 Jeans brand
21 Sister with a
habit
22 Fleur-de-___
26 They’re
numbered in
NYC
27 “A ___
bagatelle!”
29 Charged
element
30 Toupees,
slangily
32 Fond du
___, Wis.
33 Rightangled wing
35 Swine’s
spot
36 Healthy
muscle
condition
38 Salami shop
39 Kitchen
foray
40 Lacking faith
41 Benign cyst
42 Anger
43 Do a thespian’s job
47 Mai ___
(cocktail)
49 Door’s
provision
50 Not well
51 Observe
52 Store, as
fodder
53 Like a
clarinet
56 Behaves
like a beaver
57 Wading bird
60 Or ___
(ultimatum
words)
61 Facial
features
62 Deficient in
beauty
63 Whimper
like a child
64 What “&”
means
65 Maui paste
PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
9/16
© 2015 Universal Uclick
www.upuzzles.com
SHUT IT DOWN By Wesley Holman
Thursday,
September 17,
2015
Happy Birthday: You’ve got what it takes to push your way to the top. Relentless courage and sheer
determination will help you achieve goals you could only dream about in the past. Stand tall and use any
adversity or challenges you face as your driving force. Take charge and don’t let anyone deter you from
doing what you want to do. Your numbers are 8, 14, 24, 26, 31, 34, 42.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Follow through with your plans. Don’t let boredom set in, causing you to
abandon a project or pursuit that has the potential to alter your life or a relationship that’s important to you.
Believe in your abilities and finish what you start. ✸✸✸
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look at the big picture. Now is not the time to try to do the impossible.
Try to set up a realistic exercise routine that will help strengthen you mentally, physically and emotionally.
Avoid jealousy and possessiveness. ✸✸✸
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do your own thing. Don’t meddle in other people’s affairs. Chitchat is fine,
but criticizing or telling others how to do things will work against you. A low-key approach will bring the
highest returns. ✸✸✸
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Accept what’s going on around you and you will avoid barriers. Learning
to take whatever comes your way and making it work for you is an art that can help you turn any negative
situation into a positive. ✸✸✸✸✸
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Minor adjustments will be all it takes to make things work in your favor. Make a
point to shorten your to-do list and do whatever you can to make the self-improvements that will add to
your appeal. Love is on the rise. ✸✸
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Learn from your experiences. Use your ability to keep a secret to your
advantage. A relationship issue will become clear once you step back and look at the motives behind the
problem. Assess the situation and make adjustments. ✸✸✸✸
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Decide if you need to make changes in order to reach the happiness you
dream about. If things aren’t going well at home, speak up. You have plenty to offer and shouldn’t settle
for less than you deserve. ✸✸✸
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll have trouble making a decision when it comes to emotional matters.
Take a step back and sit tight until you feel grounded enough to make suggestions that are feasible. An
unusual proposal will be made. ✸✸✸
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Love, adventure and travel are all featured, but don’t go over budget
or let indulgence take over. You’ll be tempted to follow someone who isn’t the best influence on you physically, emotionally or financially. Think before committing to something you may come to regret. ✸✸✸
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Tweak the way you do things and you’ll attract interest in yourself and
your latest idea. Investing in something that brings you joy and can save you money is favored. Distance
yourself from indecisive people. ✸✸✸✸
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Control your emotions and do what needs to be done. Actions are
favored over talks. Show how much you care and what you are willing to do in order to make things work
for everyone involved. Love the one you are with. ✸✸
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let your mind wander and ideas will pop into your head that will help you
move in a direction that suits you. Rely on your imagination and insight and keep things simple, original
and affordable. ✸✸✸✸✸
Birthday Baby: You are dedicated, unique and sensitive. You are popular and proactive.
Dear Abby
by Abigail Van Buren
SAPPHIRES PASS AS DIAMONDS IN CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
DEAR ABBY: Last year I gave my new (at that time) girlfriend, “Alyssa,” a pair of earrings for her birthday.
They were in a box from a department store marked “fine jewelry.” She loved them and became emotional in
expressing her gratitude. I thought it was because it was the first piece of jewelry I had ever bought for her.
When she opened the box I explained that they were her birthstone -- sapphires -- but WHITE sapphires.
In her excitement she must have missed that part. The earrings are large -- maybe one carat apiece. Yesterday I overheard my granddaughter ask Alyssa if they were real diamonds, and Alyssa told her yes!
I kept my mouth shut when she said it, but now I understand why she was so excited when she first saw
them. She cherishes the earrings and has told me numerous times she will never take them off. I want to
make this right, but I’m afraid she’ll feel embarrassed because she must have told her girlfriends and family
I gave her diamond earrings -- which I didn’t. Abby, what do I do? -- LOVING BOYFRIEND IN VIRGINIA
DEAR BOYFRIEND: You should straighten this out with your girlfriend, but do it privately. After that, let
her disclose the fact that her diamond earrings are really sapphires at her discretion -- or not.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
DEAR ABBY: My husband’s daughter and her husband are in their early 40s. When they invite us to visit
them, there is never any preparation or advance planning. They provide no clean sheets or towels. If they
order out, they expect us to pay.
When they visit us, they leave beer cans in the bookcases, devour all snacks without asking, etc. Their
house smells strongly of pet odors. If we opt to stay in a hotel, they are offended.
Every occasion revolves around drinking alcohol, and lots of it. I’ll have one drink, so they won’t say I
am uptight and feel uncomfortable around me. My husband is intimidated by his strong-willed daughter,
and wishes this just would all go away.
There have been many, many more incidents and overall generally narcissistic and rude behavior.
My husband wants a relationship with his daughter. What to do? -- JUST WANTS TO RELAX
DEAR JUST WANTS: You either grin and bear it -- and that includes laundering your own sheets and
towels when you visit -- or send your husband to visit his daughter alone.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
DEAR ABBY: A very good friend of mine had a facelift. I’m out of the country, so I have only seen pictures of her. I don’t think it looks good at all. It looks fake and, in my opinion, has ruined her looks.
What should I say when I see her or when she asks me directly what I think of it? I hate to lie, but I don’t
want to hurt her feelings. -- HONEST FRIEND
DEAR HONEST: Sometimes people can be “too” honest, so be diplomatic if you are asked directly. Tell
her you always thought she was beautiful -- inside and out -- and thought she looked great before, but if
she’s happy with the result, that’s what’s important.
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At 1-0 like last
season, Titans
wary of repeat
performance…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are in an
all too familiar situation, a case of deja vu they can’t wait to end.
Just like 2014, the Titans went 2-2 in the preseason and opened
the season with a big win on the road. Now they want to ensure
their rout at Tampa Bay doesn’t end up being half their win total,
which was the case last season when the Titans finished 2-14 after
a surprising season-opening win at Kansas City.
Left tackle Taylor Lewan wants his teammates so focused on
avoiding a repeat of 2014 that he made sure rookie quarterback
Marcus Mariota was aware of the similarities while they watched
the 42-14 win in Tampa Bay from the sideline in the fourth quarter.
Lewan also talked to coach Ken Whisenhunt as soon as they got on
the plane. “I think everyone’s very wary of what happened last year,”
Lewan said Wednesday. “I mean we’re a different team. We’re
establishing a different culture about us, and we’re ready to play this
football game. ... We just have to continue to keep growing.”
Making the Titans even more cautious is their opponent
Sunday. They set the wrong kind of NFL mark last season against
the Cleveland Browns, blowing a 25-point lead that was largest
ever by a home team in losing.
Right guard Chance Warmack said that ranks in the category
of something a person never forgets, especially the fourth-and-1
they didn’t convert with a chance to run out the clock to seal a win.
Instead, the Titans were left at 1-4 and finished the season with 10
straight losses. “I’m not going to say it haunts you throughout your
career, but you definitely remember things like that,” Warmack
said. “Going into Cleveland just want to put yourself in the best
situation possible.”
These Titans are very different from last season with 18 new
players on the roster, including seven starters. The biggest change
is at quarterback where Mariota is coming off a nearly impeccable
debut. Mariota had a perfect passer rating of 158.3 against Jameis
Winston and Tampa Bay while throwing four touchdown passes.
It was the kind of win Mariota enjoyed frequently in college at
Oregon, and the rookie called it a confidence booster for one game.
“I wasn’t here last year, but a lot of the guys continue to talk
about how they won the first game and it didn’t work out so well,”
Mariota said. “So these guys are really motivated. They know they
can’t take all the credit in the world right now. We’ve just got to
focus on what’s at hand and take it one day at a time.”
Mariota also has heard a little bit about the loss to the Browns.
“That’s why these guys in the locker room are motivated and
hungry to redeem it,” Mariota said.
This franchise hasn’t started 2-0 since 2008 — its last playoff
appearance. So Whisenhunt can just point back to last year if he
sees anyone not focused enough. “That certainly helps, but that’s
where we are as a football team,” Whisenhunt said. “We really
haven’t done anything. I like our approach. I like the way that guys
have handled it, and hopefully we’ll keep doing it.”
Notes: TE Delanie Walker said his right wrist was sprained.
He did not practice Wednesday along with CB Jason McCourty
(groin), NT Sammie Hill (right knee), CB Cody Riggs (knee) and
RB Antonio Andrews (hamstring).
➧ Mariota’s electric debut…
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Week 2: Apparently Dallas coach Tom Landry was unimpressed. Staubach didn’t start another game the rest of the season
after ceding the job to veteran Craig Morton.
It got better, right? Roger that. (Cue groans).
Staubach finally took over full-time in 1971. Eight years and two
Super Bowl titles later, Staubach retired as arguably the best quarterback of the 1970s and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.
ROBERT GRIFFIN III
Week 1: Oh the fall of 2012, a simpler time when RG3 was the
reigning Heisman Trophy winner and perhaps the most exciting
player in football. The sixth pass of his career went 88 yards to Pierre
Garcon for a touchdown, and he threw for 320 and two scores in all
as the Redskins stunned New Orleans on the road, 40-32.
Week 2: Griffin was solid against the St. Louis Rams, going 20
of 29 for 206 yards and a touchdown and rushing for 82 yards and
two scores, but the Rams rallied for a 31-28 win.
It got better, right? Uh, not really.
Griffin was Rookie of the Year in 2012, but shredded his right
knee in a playoff loss to Seattle. He hasn’t been the same since
because ... it’s the Redskins.
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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski runs after catching a pass against the Pittsburgh
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(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Unsung tight ends have big
opening weekend in the NFL
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A big, dynamic tight
end is a mismatch nightmare for NFL defenses.
Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham are too
quick for a linebacker and too big for a safety.
“ When you have a tight end you can count on
to catch the football, especially in the red zone,
it’s huge,” Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians
said. “It gives the defense another guy to worry
about. You have to pick who you are going to
single cover and if you are going to double cover
one of them.”
A new crop of sure-handed, athletic tight ends
surfaced in a big way in Sunday’s season openers.
“It’s a special position,” Cincinnati coach
Marvin Lewis said. “The way football is going,
it seems like kids aren’t gravitating as much to
running back, they’re going to receiver.”
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Tyler Eifert and
Darren Fells may not be familiar names around
the league, but they soon could be.
Arizona safety Tyrann Mathieu, who stands
5-foot-9, is as good as anyone at defending the
big guys, but says it’s a huge challenge.
“It’s tough to get around their bodies,” he
said. “They’re just so good at boxing you out and
keeping you from the flight of the football. You
just have to play ball-hawking football and just
be extra competitive.”
Seferian-Jenkins was a rare bright spot for
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their 42-14 loss to
Tennessee. Slowed by injuries, the 2014 secondround pick out of Washington caught five passes
for 110 yards. His two touchdowns matched his
total for all of last season. His yards receiving
in one game were almost half of his total of last
year (221).
“I wasn’t here last year,” Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter said, “but Austin
looked like he was moving towards the type of
player that we all want him to be.”
The Bengals expected big things from Eifert a
year ago, but he injured his elbow in the opener
and never played again. He emphatically showed
he was back with his nine-reception, 104-yard
performance in Cincinnati’s 33-13 win over Oakland on Sunday.
Perhaps no one has a more interesting story
than Fells. The 6-foot-7, 281-pound Arizona tight
end played basketball at Cal-Irvine, then spent
five years playing hoops in Belgium, Finland and
Argentina before deciding to switch to football.
Fells toiled on the Cardinals practice squad
in 2013, then played in 10 games last season,
catching just five passes for 71 yards.
“It was like trying to learn Chinese coming in
here,” he said. “All the coaches were talking and I
had no clue what they were talking about. Having
to pick up the language first, then the playbook
was second after that. It took a lot of time.”
Fells’ biggest challenge was learning to block.
Catching came easier, thanks to all those years of
basketball.
After a strong preseason, and with other tight
ends struggling with injuries, Fells won the
starting job.
In Arizona’s 31-19 opening win over New
Orleans, he caught four passes for 82 yards, the
most yards receiving in game for a Cardinals tight
end since 1989. With fellow tight end Jermaine
Gresham delivering a crushing block that cleared
two defenders out of the way, Fells gained 48
yards on one play. His fingertip catch of Carson
Palmer’s 17-yard pass for a touchdown clinched
the victory with 1:33 to play.
“He knew he had to step up and make plays,”
Palmer said, “and to see him do what he did and
exceed expectations was huge.”
Not unexpectedly, Gronkowski and fellow
veteran tight ends Jared Cook and Heath Miller
had big days.
So did Travis Kelce, who may not be a household name but should be. He had six catches for
106 yards and two scores in Kansas-City’s 27-20
win over Houston. For Chiefs fans, his performance was not unexpected: Kelce led the Chiefs
with 67 catches for 862 yards last season.
“It’s one of those things where I want to have
all the eyes on myself, so other guys can shine
when I’m on the field,” Kelce said. “Taking coverages, taking defenders away from other guys so
they can get open. It’s going to be fun what we
can really accomplish here.”
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Fa’atusa Galea’i
tagata faigaluega
Ofisa o Aoga o
‘tagata ulu malo’
tusia Ausage Fausia
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E le gata na fa’atusa e le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Galea’i M.
Tu’ufuli le Fa’atonusili o Aoga o se tagata “e le fa’alogo,” ae sa
ia fa’atusa fo’i tagata o lo o galulue i le Ofisa o Aoga, “o ni tagata
ulu malo.” O ia saunoaga mai le afioga i Le na Mua i Ao, o sana
saunoaga lea e lagolago ai i le mataupu na fa’aalia e le afioga i le
ali’i senatoa ia Magalei Logovi’i i le taimi o folafolaga a le maota
maualuga i le taeao ananafi, i le i ai lea o ni matua mai le itumalo
o Tualauta ua fa’asea i le polokalame fou lea ua faia e le Ofisa o
Aoga, e a’oa’o ai fanau aoga i le Gagana Samoa.
Saunoa Magalei e fa’apea, o le aso Gafua na te’a nei na telefoni
fa’asea atu ai ni isi o matua a lona itumalo ia te ia, ina ua o atu
fanau ma meaaoga e fai i le fale i le gagana Samoa, ma ua fesiligia
ai loa e matua pe ua i ai se tulafono e a’oa’o ai le gagana Samoa
i a latou fanau. Na taua e Magalei e fa’apea, o le fa’asea a matua
nei, sa tu’u atu a latou fanau e a’oa’o i le gagana fa’aperetania, ae
foliga mai o lea ua a’oa’o i ai le gagana Samoa, ma, afai e fa’aauau
pea lea tulaga, e ono mafai ona latou tu’u fa’atasia se talosaga e
tu’uina atu i le Fa’amasinoga, e fesiligia ai le gaioiga ua faia e le
Ofisa o Aoga. O popolega o le ali’i senatoa, ina nei avea le suiga
ua faia e le Ofisa o Aoga ma auala e tula’i mai ai se avega mo le
malo ona o lenei mataupu.
Saunoa Galea’i e fa’apea, ua uma ona fautuaina le Ofisa o Aoga
e fai muamua se suiga i le Tulafono o lo o i ai, ina ia mafai ona
fa’aopoopo i ai le gagana Samoa i le a’oa’oina o fanau aoga, ae
foliga mai lava e le o manatu mamafa i ai latou.
“O lo o manino le tulafono, o le gagana Faaperetania e aoao ai
fanau aoga i totonu o faleaoga, ae o le gagana Samoa e fa’aaoga
e fa’amalamalama ai se mataupu pe afai e le manino lelei le
fa’amalamalamaina i le gagana peretania, ae foliga ai lava e le o
fa’autagia mai e le Ofisa o Aoga le fautuaga sa avatu,” o le saunoaga lea a Galea’i. “Ou te ofo i le ulu malo o nei tagata e galulue
i le Ofisa o Aoga sole, o le Ta’ita’i fo’i o le Ofisa o Aoga, e pei a
fai atu fautuaga ae u mai le tuataliga o le tagata e le fia faalogo,” o
le isi lea saunoaga a Galea’i.
Saunoa atili Galea’i e fa’apea, afai ua i ai ni matua ua amata
ona faatuiese i le mataupu lenei, ua talafeagai lo latou fa’atuiese,
ae o le mataupu e matua faigofie lava, e leai fo’i se afaina o le
fa’aaoga o le gagana Samoa e a’oa’o ai fanau aoga, pau le itu e
tatau ona fai, ia sui muamua le tulafono.
Sa ia fa’ailoa i luma o le maota maualuga e fa’apea, afai lava
e fiu le fono e fautua i le Ofisa o Aoga ae le fa’alogo ma usita’i,
e mafai ona aapa le fono e talosaga i le fa’amasinoga mo sana
poloaiga, e taofia ai le fa’aauauina o le polokalame lea ua faia e le
ofisa o aoga, e fa’aaoga ai le gagana Samoa e aoao ai fanau aoga.
“O nei tagata uma e faigaluega i lalo o le kovana, o mea le lelei
uma latou te faia e atagia mai ai le alii kovana, e le tatau fo’i ona
latou faalagolago mai i le fono e avatu ai ni fautuaga i ni mea latou
te faia, e le o se galuega lena a le Fono, pau le galuega a le Fono e
fai o le fau o tulafono,” o le saunoaga lea a Galea’i.
Na taua e le Faatonusili o Aoga a le malo ia Vaitinasa Dr. Salu
Hunkin Finau i se feiloaiga ma Tusitala i le vaiaso na te’a nei, ina ua
ia saunoa e fa’amalamalama le polokalame e uiga i le Gagana Taumualua lea ua lua tausaga talu ona amata i totonu o aoga, e muamua
fesiligia e le Ofisa o Aoga matua pe finagalo e aoao a latou fanau i le
polokalame lea, ona fa’atoa mafai lea ona auai fanau aoga, e o o fo’i
i faiaoga o lo o aoaoina le gagana lea, e fesiligia muamua pe latou te
finagalo e auai i le aoaoina o le gagana Samoa i fanau aoga, ae le o
fa’amalosia fanau aoga ma faiaoga e auai i le polokalame.
O se va’aiga lea i le aotelega o le aufaigaluega a le Food Stamps a le tatou Malo i Utulei, ua fiafia
e pu’eina le latou ata, ina ia auina atu ai le latou fa’atofa ma le fa’afetai i le tama’ita’i sa latou mua’i
feso’ota’i mai i le taimi na fa’ato’a amatalia ai lea auaunaga, o ia lea i le Ofisa i San Francisco ma o lo
ua litaea nei o ia. O lo’o ta’ita’ia lenei Ofisa e le tama’ita’i o Carol Samoa [lona lua mai le taumatau].
[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Saunia: L.A.F./Naenae Productions
FAASEA SE ALII NA OSOFAI SESE E LEOLEO
Ua maea ona tuuina atu se tusi faasea a se alii faipisinisi talavou na osofai sese e leoleo sa latou
tau’aveina ni laau malosi, i masalosaloga o le umia o le laau faasaina o le mariuana ao faatau ana
oloa i le maketi i Fugalei. Na faaalia le le malie o le alii o Suitupe Nanai ona o le faalumaina o ia e
leoleo sa latou ulufale faamalosi i totonu o lana poloka sa faatau ai ana oloa i le maketi i Fugalei,
ma latou sue faamalosi lana poloka i le tau sailia o ni mariuana. Na saunoa le alii o Suitupe, ua maea
ona ia tusi faasea i le alii palemia, le susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, o le le talafeagai tele o le
gaioiga a leoleo na faia i lona tagata. “Na matua faateia lava lou nei tagata ina ua oo faafuasei mai alii
leoleo ma laau malosi ma faasiilima a’u pei o se tagata leaga ao silasila mai le atunuu lautele sa i ai i
le maketi i lena aso,” o le faagaulemalie lea a Suitupe. “O le tulaga ou te le fiafia ai, o le faalumaina o
au faapenei, ae leai ni mariuana na maua, aua ou te le faaaogaina lea laau faasaina.” Fai mai a ia, ua
tatau lava i le Matagaluega o Leoleo ona mataitu lelei muamua lea tulaga faato’a fa’atinoina ai a latou
osofaiga, aemaise o lo o latou tau’aveina laau malosi e ono afaina ai se tasi o le mamalu o le atunuu
i nei nofoaga faitele. “Ua tauau ina le mafaufau le tulaga ua i ai nei gaioiga a leoleo ona o le masalosalovale ae leai ni faamaoniga,” o le faagaulemalie lea a se tasi o tina sa i ai i le maketi i lea aso. E oo
mai i le taimi nei e lei fa’ailoa mai se fa’amatalaga aloaia mai le Matagaluega o Leoleo i lea mataupu.
FAAMANATU 170 TAUSAGA EKALESIA KATOLIKO I SAMOA
O le aso Sa na te’a nei na amatalia ai sauniga mo le faamanatuina o le atoaga o le 170 tausaga
talu ona taunuu mai le Ekalesia Katoliko Roma i laufanua o Samoa. O ia sauniga o lo o faagasolo i
Lealatele i Samalaeulu i Savaii, le nofoaga na taunuu mai ai le ekalesia i Malaeola ma Gafoaga i le
1845. O lea fa’amoemoe a le Ekalesia Katoliko ua maea ona faamanatuina e Vikaliatu e tolu i Upolu,
ma o lea ua oo atu le fa’asologa i Salafai. O lo o auai le taitai o le ekalesia i Samoa nei, le afioga
Akiepikopo Alapati Lui Mataeliga, o le Ituaiga Sa, ma le Puleaga Samoa Apia i ona tulaga eseese, o
sauniga e aofia ai Taulaga Paia o Misasa, o le fatuga o le Eukalesitia atoa ai ma faiga Kofesio, atoa ai
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Poloaina Pule Ofisa Femalagaaiga
ina ia oo atu luma Fa’amasinoga
Tala ‘oto’oto
o le LALOLAGI
tusia Ausage Fausia
FASIOTI E SE TAMAITAI LONA TINA INA UA MATAMATA I ATA A LE ISIS
DENMARK - E 9 tausaga le ua faasala ai e le faamasinoga se tamaitai e 15 tausaga le matua i
le falepuipui, e mafua mai i le faalavelave lea na ia fasiotia ai lona tina i le masina o Oketopa o le
tausaga na te’a nei, ina ua maua atu e le tama’ita’i lona tina o lo o matamata i ata a le ISIS i luga o
le ‘youtube’, i le taimi lea na fasiotia ai le alii Peretania. Na taupulepule le tamaitai o Lisa Borch ma
lana uo tama e fasioti lona tina, ma e silia i le 20 tui i se naifi sa maua i le tino o le fafine. Na vili e
Lisa leoleo mo se fesoasoani, ina ua ia maua atu lona tina o loo maliu i luga o le moega, atoa ai ma
se alii pa’epa’e sa ia vaaia o lo o tamo’e ese atu mai lo latou fale, ae ina ua taunu’u leoleo, sa vaaia
le nofonofo o Lisa i luga o lana computer, e le taitai ano i le fa’alavelave ua tupu i lona tina, o lo o
matamata fo’i o ia i ata a le ISIS i luga o le youtube. I suesuega a leoleo na maua ai se taumafaiga a
Lisa ma lana uo tama e aga’i atu i Suria e auai i le vaega a le ISIS. E 13 tausaga lea ua fa’asala ai le
uo tama a Lisa i le falepuipui, o ia fo’i o se ali’i na soifua a’e i Iraq.
SOLO ATOA I LE FALEPUIPUI ALII FAAMALOSIA SE FAIAOGA
FLORENCE, Ariz - O le ali’i pagota lea na ia fa’amalosia se tama’ita’i faiaoga i totonu o le falepuipui,
ua fa’asala nei e le fa’amasinoga o ia ina ia taofia i le falepuipui mo le olaga atoa. O le aso Gafua na tea
nei na lau ai le fa’asalaga a le alii o Jacob Harvey ina ua ta’usala o ia i le fa’alavelave lea na ia fa’amalosia
ai se tama’ita’i faiaoga e 35 tausaga le matua, lea na alu atu e fai aoga mo i latou ua ta’usala i le faia
o amioga mataga i tama’ita’i i totonu o le falepuipui, ae tula’i mai ai loa ma le fa’alavelave. E ui sa
fa’atoese le ali’i i le tama’ita’i na a’afia mo se fa’amagaloga mo ia, peita’i na finau le tama’ita’i faiaoga
i le fa’amasinoga e fa’asala Harvey i se fa’asalaga pito sili ona mamafa. E 30 tausaga le fa’asalaga a
Harvey sa tuli i le falepuipui, e mafua mai i le fa’alavelave lea na ia fa’amalosia ai se fafine i Phoenix i le
2011, ae alia’e mai ai loa ma le fa’alavelave e pei ona fa’asala ai o ia i le toese mo le olaga atoa.
FAUSIA NOFOAGA TAU A SAINA I ELEELE FAASAINA
HONG KONG - E foliga mai i ata sa pu’eina mai i luga i satelite le faaauau pea lea ona fausia e Saina
sana malae va’alele lona tolu i luga o le eleele i le itu i Saute o Saina, lea e fa’asa ona fausia ai ni atina’e
po o ni nofoaga mo mea taua. I ni ripoti ua salalau i le lalolagi i le vaiaso nei, o lo o fa’ailoa ai ata sa
pu’eina mai i luga o satelite, lea o lo o fa’ailoa ai le galuega mo le fausiaina o se vaega e sese’e ai va’alele
tau a Saina, o lo o fausia i luga o le motu fa’asaina lea i le itu i Saute o le atunu’u. O le aso 8 Setema na
te’a nei na fa’alauiloa aloaia ai e Saina lona le toe faia o ni galuega mo ana vaega ‘au i luga o le motu
lenei, peita’i ua manino i ata le le fa’amaoni o le atunu’u i ana folafolaga. O le popolega o malo eseese
o le lalolagi e aofia ai ma Amerika, ina nei avea le fa’aauau pea e Saina o lenei galuega ma itu e fai ma
to’atuga i tulafono o puipuiga, ma, e ono afua mai ai se taua i le itu i Asia i se taimi e le o toe mamao.
TU’UAIA EUROPA LAGOLAGOINA O VAEGA FA’ATUPU FA’ALAVELAVE
Ua tu’uaia malosi e le Peresetene a Suria ia Bashar al-Assad atunu’u Europa, ua mafua ona to’atele
tagata sulufa’i ua sosola ese mai Suria ona o lo o latou lagolagoina malosi vaega fa’atupu fa’alavelave
o lo o faia osofaiga fa’asaga i le malo ma tagata lautele. Na taua e le alii peresetene i sana saunoaga
faalaua’itele i luga o televise i soo se vaega o le lalolagi i le vaiaso nei, afai e taofia e atunuu i Europa
lo latou lagolagoina o vaega fa’aterorisi, o le a le toe i ai fo’i ni tagata sulufa’i. Ae na taua e atunu’u
Europa e fa’apea, e le moni le fa’amatalaga a le ali’i peresetene o Suria, ona o ia lea o lo o tau solomua
i le fasiotiina o tagatanu’u lautele, lea ua mafua ai ona sulufa’i solo tagata i le fia maua o se lafitaga.
TA L A
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TAALOGA
Faaliliu: Toleafoa Haserota Auva’a
JEROME KAINO MA LE ALL BLACKS
O Jerome Kaino o le ‘flanker’ No. 6 ae talu ina ua filifilia e le ‘au a le All Blacks, na maua ai se
tonu e filifili mai na o le toalua loka, ae avane i ai ma Kaino e sauni e sui ai i le loka, ma sa fiafia i ai
Kaino i lona tofiga fou. I le faataitai ai Kaino i le taaloga ma Waitakere i le vai aso ua te’a, e 60 minute
o tamoe ai Kaino i le tulaga o le loka. Na vaaia ai le lelei a Kaino, i le tuleiina o sikalamu ma vaai atu
ua pu’e tagata mai i le malae. Fai mai a ia, “Oute faia soo se mea e manao ai le ‘au ia te ‘au, pe fai
mai oute ‘oso i luga, oute ‘oso lava, pe fai mai oute tago e lifi le tagata i luga, e lelei lava mea uma.”
O Kaino o le isi lea No.6 o le lalolagi, e tauva lava ma Victor Vito ma Liam Messam i le latou
tulaga lena. O Kaino e faaigoa o le ‘Hit man’ e pei o Jerry Collins le malosi o le pue ma e le fefe i se
tagata mamafa. Ao Vito e fiafia tele e alu ma le polo, e lelei lona faaaogaina o lona tino e pue mai e
isi tagata, ae lelei ma vave le pasiina o le polo i le isi tagata.
TALIA JARRYD HAYNE E LE 49ERS
Ua pikiina e le San Francisco 49ers i le NFL le susuga ia Jarryd Hayne. Na sau ma lana miti e fia
taalo i le lakapi faa-America, aua o ia na taalo i le lakapi liki a Ausetalia i le Parramatta Eels, o ia foi
na ia mauaina le ‘tama taalo o le tausaga 2014’ i Ausetalia.
Na amata ia Oketopa lana moe miti lea e fia taalo i le taaloga faa-Amerika lea o NFL. Na amata
loa ona aumai tagata e ‘ao’aoina ia i tulafono uma o le PR ma isi mea uma e iloa ai le lelei o le naunau
o Hayne, ina ia mafai lava e ia, ona ofi atu i totonu o le lakapi faa-Amerika.
LE LELEI LE FAIGA O TAMA MAI MOTU PASEFIKA
O Fiti o le atunuu ua toatele tama saoasaoa e o mai ai, e pei o Niu Sila (Waisake Naholo), Ausetalia (Henry Speight) Farani (Noa Nakaitaci) Enelagi (Semesa Rokoduguni) ma Sikotilani (Taqele
Naiyararo). Lea ua toe itiiti soo lelei le lalolagi o tama taaalo e o i Fiji ua iloga i latou i tulaga pei a
le uigi ma le ‘centre’, o tagata a fuafua atu i ai, e $3.30 a’o faigaluega i Fiji.
Ma o i latou ia ua tumu ai le IRPA (International Rugby Players Association).
E su’esu’e atu e IRPA, e leaga le faiga a latou pepa poo VISA, na o le 11 masina e lelei ai VISAS
ona uma loa lea, e ave uma e le tagata e vaaia tupe a le tama taaalo (agents).
E maua e le tama taalo le 30% ae siou ai le (agents) i lona afu, e toe fesili mai i ai i se Ofisa a le
tamaloa lea, ae fai, “Poo ai lana igoa?” Ane leai le IRPA e le maua se tupe a nai tama na, ae fai mai le
kalapu lea e taalo ai, ua leva ona sauni mai i tua tupe a nai tama na. Ma ua le toe maua se fesootaiga
ma le ‘agent’ lea, o le mea lena ua tau le o mai ai i latou ia i Fiji ini konekarate, vagana ua mautinoa
ua avatu uma pepa ma saini ai le Iuni Lakapi a atunuu laiti nei.
MANUMALO MAYWEATHER JR IA BERTO
I le faaiuga o le vaiaso ua te’a na fetaui ai Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr., ma Andre Berto. Sa
manumalo Mayweather i taamilosaga uma e 12 i fusuaga sa faia i Las Vegas i le aso Toanai ma o le tupe
manumalo ai Mayweather i lea fusuaga e $32 miliona. Ua faailoa e Mayweather faapea o lana fusuaga
mulimuli lea ona oo lea i le tulaga litaea, ae le o iloa lava i ai e te’i ua toe suia le manatu o Mayweather.
Ua tu’uina atu nei se poloaiga malosi mai le afioga i le
Fa’amasino Sili ia Michael Kruse i le Pulesili o le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga ia Peseta Dennis Fuimaono, ma se sui o lona Ofisa, ina ia
o o atu i luma o le Fa’amasinoga Maualuga i le aso 16 Oketopa,
2015, mo le tu’uina atu o ni a laua fa’amatalaga i le mafua’aga
na laua le aloaia ai le poloaiga sa tu’uina atu muamua, e o o atu
ai i luma o le fa’amasinoga i le masina o Iulai mo se mataupu sa
mana’omia ai i laua e le faamasinoga.
O le isi sui o le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga o lo o aofia i le poloaiga
lenei a le fa’amasinoga, o le susuga a Lawrence Apo, o ia lea o le
Pule mo le Vaega o Fa’amaumauga a le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga.
Na fa’ailoa e ali’i fa’amasino i le latou poloaiga ia Peseta ma
Apo e fa’apea, o le aso 1 Iulai 2015 na tuuina atu ai se poloaiga a
le fa’amasinoga ia te i laua, ina ia o o atu i luma o le fa’amasinoga
e molimau i le mataupu sa fuafua e fofogaina i le aso 9 Iulai.
O le mataupu sa iloiloina e le fa’amasinoga, o lo o fesiligia ai
le mafua’aga na toe ulufale mai ai Pelenato Maiava i le teritori, a
o lea sa poloaina o ia e le fa’amasinoga le faasa lea ona toe ulufale
mai o ia i le atunu’u mo le 5 tausaga, e mafua mai ina ua ta’usala
o ia i le faia o uiga mataga i se tama’ita’i talavou.
Na toe tolopo le iloiloga sa fuafua e faia i le aso 9 o Iulai i le
aso 30 o Iulai, ma toe poloaina ai loa e le fa’amasinoga maualuga
molimau uma ina ia toe o o uma atu i le aso lea mo le fa’aauauina
o le iloiloga. “Ina ua o o atu i le aso 30 o Iulai sa fa’ataunu’u ai le
iloiloga, lua te le i oo atu ai i le aso lea i luma o le fa’amasinoga,
ae ina ua lua le o o atu i le fa’amasinoga i lea aso, sa faila ai e
le tama’ita’i loia sili lagolago ia Ta’ase se pepa e fa’aulutalaina
fa’apea, ‘Fa’aaliga o lo oulua le auai i le iloiloga,’ ona o se lua
fuafuaga e te lua malaga i fafo ae misi ai le iloiloga,” o se vaega
lea o le poloaiga sa tuuina atu ia Peseta ma Apo.
Na fa’ailoa e le fa’amasinoga ia i laua nei e to’alua e fa’apea,
e mafai e le fa’amasinoga ona poloaina se tagata ina ia oo atu i
luma o le fa’amasinoga mo se iloiloga, e ala i le tu’uina atu i ai o
se tusi aloaia i lea tagata, ae afai e fa’atamala lea tagata e usitaia
le poloaiga ua tuuina atu e aunoa ma le tu’uina atu o se mafua’aga
tatau, o le gau pule lea i le poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga.
Na siitia e alii fa’amasino le vaega o le tulafono toe teuteu a
Amerika Samoa 3.0203 (3), lea o lo o fa’amanino mai ai le malosi
o le fa’amasinoga e mafai ai ona fa’asala se tasi i se salatupe po o
se fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui i lana faitalia, pe afai ua gau pule lea
tagata i le faatonuga a le fa’amasinoga, pe ua le usita’i fo’i, tete’e
i se faatonuga po o se poloaiga sa tu’uina atu e le fa’amasinoga.
“O lea la ua poloaina ai oulua ina ia lua o o mai i luma o
le fa’amasinoga i le aso 16 Oketopa, 2015 i le itula e 9:00 i
le taeao, ma fa’amanino mai se mafua’aga e le tatau ai i le
fa’amasinoga, ona fa’asala oulua ina ua lua gau pule i le finagalo
o le fa’amasinoga, e ala i lo oulua le usitaia po o le tete’e foi i
le finagalo o le fa’amasinoga sa tu’uina atu,” o se vaega lea o le
poloaiga a le fa’amasinoga.
“Ua matua fautuaina fo’i oulua ina ia oulua o o atu i lea aso
ma avatu ni a oulua loia,” o le vaega fa’ai’u lea o le poloaiga a le
fa’amasinoga.
O lenei poloaiga o lo o saiina ai Kruse, ma ana fa’amasino
lagolago, afioga ia Fa’amausili Pomele ma Muasau Tasina Tofili.
Tulimanu
o le
fa’aolataga
O LE POLOAIGA SILI ONA FAIGATA O LE ALOFA
(Luka 6:27-36)
O le faamagalo i se mea sese na fai mai e se isi tagata ia te
oe, ailoga e mafai ona faamagalo atoatoa i lena mea. Pe afai
ona mea matuia. E moni lava o lea ua taua ua faamagalo, ae e le
iloaga na ala ese ma lau mafaufau i se mea leaga ma matuia? Fai
mai Iesu, i le Luka 6:27, ‘A ou te fai atu ia te outou o e faalogo
mai, Ia alofa atu i e o fai outou mo latou fili, ia agalelei atu i e
ita mai ia te outou’
Oute fai atu i le finagalo lenei a Iesu, tatou faamagalo i e o fai
i tatou ma fili. Vagana ai se tagata ua atoa le faatuatua i le Atua,
le tagata e le amanaia mea ia o i lona siosiomaga. E pei o tagata
ua ia te ia le Alii, e pei o perofeta ma aposetolo, o tagata lena e le
tausi aiga, ua na o le finagalo a le Atua mea ia ua i lona mafaufau.
E le tele ni faaosoosoga e taui ma i latou i taimi uma, ma ni
mea e tiga, e tupu pea ia te’i latou. O e ua avea le Atua ma ona
lafitaga i taimi uma, e le popole i se isi lava mea o le olaga lenei.
Na o le Atua. Ae afai o oe o se tagata sulu fai mai i se isi atunuu,
pei o le atu Asia tu totonu, pei o Suria, e te tumau pea lou faatuatua i le Atua? O loo ia te oe lou tali, Amene.
UAEALESI
MOSOOI A
LE FAFIGE
FAIKAKALA
TUSIA SAM
“AISEA UA LEAI AI NI FESILI
I LE PAKETI A LE FONO”
E ofo fa’amaga le Fafige Faikakala ina ua maua i ana
uaealesi mosooi fa’amatalaga ua salalau i le ea, e leai ma se
senatoa po o se faipule na fesili i tulaga o le paketi a le Fono
Faitulafono, aemaise lava i totogi o tagata faigaluega o lo o
feofeoa’i solo i le Fale Fono pei gi sifi, o ie faikaga ma pegi e
ka sulu i kaga o oku kigo ae leai ma ni galuega o faia. O le itu
e ofo fa’amaga ai le Fafige Faikakala, toeititi leai se vaipanoa
o paketi a matagaluega ma ofisa tu maoti a le malo e le’i laga
e senatoa ma faipule, e le gata sa latou fesiligia mafua’aga ua
maualuluga ai totogi o isi tagata faigaluega, o tupe fa’asili o
loo maua e komiti faafoe, ae oo lava foi i ni avanoa faigaluega
e le o manino lelei i totonu o le paketi, sa oo ai lava suesuega
a kama sese, ae ina ua o o mai i le paketi a le Fono, sa matua
gu-gu lava Sakalia e leai ma se isi na gagana i se fesili, ae
anoanoa’i le mau gasu o lo o i totonu o le paketi a le Fono e
tatau ona fesiligia e senatoa ma faipule, e pei la o lenei, Sa
tatau ona fesili faipule poo senatoa, po o a tonu lava galuega a
le au sifi ia o lo o faia i le Fono, lea e masani ona tumu tumu i
le potu o loo i luga o le maota fono a le senate ma le maota o
sui, e oo i le taimi o iloiloga a maota taitasi, ona o atu lea ua
saofafa’i mai i luga o nofoa ma fa’aaliali manatu ai, toe faalavelave i taimi o iloiloga, ae augapiu ma ni galuega e faia, ae
o loo totogi i tupe o lafoga a tagata faigaluega o loo pologa i le
atina’eina o le malo. O le isi fesili sa tatau ona fesili ai faipule
ma senatoa, aisea e manaomia ai e le fono tagata kuka, ma
tau alu ai nei tupe e totogi nei kuka. Fai mai le tomumu a le
isi toeaina i le Fafige Faikakala, “O ai a lakou ua fai ai lakou
kagaka kuka, se’i vaai i le Kogekelesi a le malo kele e le o i ai
gi kagaka kuka a Segakoa ma Faipule i Uosigikoge.” Ia tailo i
ai, ae o le manatu o le Fafige Faikakala, afai ua naunau le Fono
e fufulu le gasu o lo o a’afia ai le paketi a le malo, e tatau ona
save’u ese muamua le gasu o lo o i ai i le paketi a le fono, ina
ia mafai ai ona fa’aitiitia lana paketi, lea e 100% e fa’atupe mai
i tupe lotoifale, ma maua ai loa le avanoa e fa’asao ai sina $3
miliona e fesoasoani ai i le siitaga o totogi amata o tagata o lo
o pologa i le fa’atinoina o galuega mamafa ae o lo o manuia ai
le malo. E le o se faitioga a le Fafige Faikakala, ae ua na o se
manatu e fa’aee i le tau, e pei lava o le upu e masani ai Samoa
tuaoi, “O le mea e lelei mo Upolu e tatau fo’i ona lelei mo
Savai’i.” Lona uiga, afai e lelei i senatoa ma faipule le saini
ta’i $1,000 ma ona tupu i le lua vaiaso, e tatau fo’i ona lelei mo
nai tagata o lo o galulue i le suaina o le auala, safuina o le i’a
ma isi uma galuega maualalo ona saini ni nai siaki feololo mo
latou aiga. Ua na o se manatu e taoto atu i tafatafa o le Fono a
le atunu’u, ae aua e te to’a tama’i mai ai, aua o upu a le pese,
“Afai e te ita lona uiga e sa’o lelei lava a’u.”
“UA LE FIA TAUTALA FA’ASAMOA LE TAGATA SAMOA”
Ata fa’amaela si Fafige Faikakala ina ua taia i lana fa’alogo
le to’atele o isi matua ua tomumumu ma fa’asea, i le polokalame fou lea ua amata mai e le Ofisa o Aoga i aoga maualalo,
o le fa’aaogaina lea o le gagana Samoa e aoao ai fanau aoga,
ina ia mafai ai ona foia le faafitauli o le leaga o togi o fanau
aoga i suega, e mafua mai i le vaivai o i latou i le gagana Faaperetania, toe vaivai fo’i i le gagana Samoa, ae o le itu e malie
ai, ua toatele matua ua le fiafia i le faaaoga o le gagana Samoa
e a’oa’o ai fanau aoga, ae naunau ia a’oa’o pea i le gagana
Faaperetania. Na faaalia e nisi o matua i le Fafige Faikakala
e fa’apea, “E sili aku lava le gagaga igilisi e vave ai oga akamamai fagau, gai lo le a’oa’o i le gagaga Samoa, e makukua
age ua fiu e kau a’o le gagana igilisi.” Fai mai le fautuaga a le
isi olomatua i le Fafige Faikakala, “afai e malamalama lelei
fanau aoga i le gagana Samoa, e faigofie fo’i ona latou malamalama i le gagana faaperetania.” Tatou onosa’i, o le mea
moni, e tatau lava ona ave le fa’amuamua i le gagana a Samoa,
ae o le mea ua maitauina, ua amata ona le fia tau tatala tagata
Samoa i lo latou laga gagana, ma ua moni ai loa upu o loo fai
ma ulaga a le to’atele, “E le gata ua iai palagi toy, ae ua maua
fo’i ma Samoa toy,” e mafua mai i le pulepule o le gagana. Ua
na o se manatu ae pule lava oe i lau fa’atatau.
samoa news, Thursday, September 17, 2015 Page B11
AMERICAN SAMOA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Student Services
EMPLOYMENTO PPORTUNITY
VETERANS AFFAIRS SERVICES COUNSELOR
Position Title:
Employment Status:
Full Time/12 months (Career Service)
General Description:
The Division of Student Services (DOSS) assists students in their academic, career, personal, transfer,
tutorial, and social development to help them achieve their goals while attending ASCC. The general
responsibility of the Veteran Affairs Services Counselor (VASC) is to coordinate and perform technical
administrative work in support of veterans services programs and services; assist student veterans in
identifying and determining eligibility for educational benefits; serve as American Samoa Community
College’s liaison with the Director of Muskogee Regional Processing Office; serve as the Certifying
Official for the delivery of various benefits and services; and perform related work as assigned by
Supervisor or Dean.
Distinguishing characteristics: The VSC coordinates and performs specialized administrative functions
that require technical knowledge of veterans programs and services in order to make decisions and
complete assignments. The successful candidate must be able to communicate, interact and organize
effectively in order to build mutually beneficial relationships with the students and with ASCC. The VASC
reports directly to the Counseling supervisor, Division of Student Services.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Coordinates and performs complex technical administrative work pertaining to specialized veteran
students programs and services.
• Meets with students to discuss the educational benefits available to veterans; assists in
determining eligibility for the benefit programs.
• Serves as the designated Certifying Official for ASCC; receives a wide range of forms and
documents that are required for benefit applications, eligibility and/or delivery; reviews documents
for accuracy and completeness and certifies their validity and source; reviews college transcripts,
military backgrounds, and other information to identify student eligibility for services; assists
veterans students in completing and submitting application forms and documents.
• Serves as a technical information resource to student veterans and others regarding available
programs and services; explains and interprets policies, regulations and operational procedures to
persons contacting the office such as faculty, students, staff and the general public.
• Monitors student enrollment at ASCC to verify that classes meet program and graduation
requirements; reviews and identifies non-qualified classes; notifies students regarding classes that
are not eligible for program payment; confers with the Regional Processing office and Veterans
Affairs staff to advise students regarding an appropriate course schedule for student to meet
graduation or career requirements.
• Assists veteran students in resolving delinquent benefit payment issues.
• Evaluates program process and procedures; plans, develops and presents recommendations
regarding technical methods and techniques of program administration.
• Plans and coordinates various veterans outreach programs and services; prepares brochures, a
newsletter and other informational materials to keep student veterans and others informed
regarding changes in ASG-VA, US-DVA and District policies; plans, organizes and participates in
informational booths at fairs, college nights and various other marketing events.
• Assists veterans in transferring their benefits to other colleges and universities.
• Serves as a liaison to the ASG-VA and USDVA; monitors program activities for compliance with
regulations, policies, procedures and requirements; provides information in support of audits and
compliance surveys.
• Performs research on internal and external data, methods, mechanisms and processes; performs
technical data analyses and comparisons; monitors and reviews veteran-related legislation;
complies, prepares and presents issues/recommendations to management for evaluation.
• Enters, maintains, and tracks complex data in manual and/or automated systems; develops and
runs computerized queries; tabulates, summarizes and evaluates data; identifies trends and
concerns; prepares summary reports, bi-weekly reports, quarterly reports and annual reports.
• Organizes, plans and develops work accomplishment time lines.
• Establishes and maintains complex file and record systems, including those for confidential and
sensitive materials.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor and dean.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications recommendation:
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, marketing, counseling, psychology, social work or a
closely related field from an accredited college or university.
• At least four (4) years of increasingly responsible administrative support experience, including two
years performing technical administrative work in support of veterans programs and services.
Counseling experience at the high school or college level is desirable.
• Knowledge of technical administrative methods, procedures, and techniques pertaining to the
operation of a veteran students services program; modern office practices and administrative
procedures; public outreach tools and concepts; English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation
and arithmetic processes; general college instructional goals and objectives; computerized data
management, storage and retrieval systems.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently implement the administrative activities pertaining to a veterans
services program; understand and apply veterans educational benefits, and aid veterans in
applying for and receiving allowed benefits; perform arithmetical calculations with speed and
accuracy; understand and carry out oral and written directions; communicate effective, both orally
and in writing, establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the
course of work.
Salary: Salary will be commensurate with degree and experience.
Application Deadline: Thursday, Sept 24, 2015 at 4:00pm
Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources Office at
699-9155 Ext. 477/405/335 or by emailing Silaulelei Saofaigaalii at s.saofaigaalii@amsamoa.edu or
Lipena Samuelu at l.samuelu@amsamoa.edu .
“An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
And A Drug-Free Workplace”
Page B12
samoa news, Thursday, September 17, 2015
O se va’aiga lea i le tama’ita’i o lo’o fa’auluulu i ai ituaiga polokalama ma a’oa’oga fa’apitoa e
fa’atautaia mo le aufaigaluega a le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Fa’alotoifale, Esther Savusa Savini ma
sui e to’alua e latou te galulue fa’atasi lava mai le FEMA ina ia mautu lea tulaga. [ata: leua Aiono Frost]
Fa’ata’ita’ia fuafuga fa’ataoto
Am. Samoa mo Afa ma Matagi
tusia: Leua Aiono Frost
O le Fuafuaga Fa’ataoto a Amerika Samoa
(TEOP) e fa’agaoioia pe a o’o mai matagi malolosi ma afa, ua alo nei i ai sui o matagaluega taitasi o le Malo, fa’apea ma le vaega a le FEMA
ma isi lala uma o le Feterale e tofu sao mo ni
fesoasoani e fa’ao’o mai i nei taimi fa’aletonu o
le olaga, ina ia fa’atino lea fuafuaga fa’ataoto, ua
mae’a iloilo, pasia ma sainia e Kovana Lolo Matalasi Moliga fa’atasi ma le Sui Kovana Lemana
Peleti Mauga.
“Ina ua mae’a pasia ma sainia le Territorial
Emergency Operational Plan a le tatou Malo
e tatou Taiulu o le Faigamalo, ua fa’ataunu’u
loa ma le tiute fai o le Matagaluega o le Saogalemu Fa’alotoifale [Homeland Security] ma
le TEMCO ina ia mautinoa ua mae’a tula’i mai
matagaluega ta’itasi i le tulaga mata’alia ma
ua iloa lelei le latou pito la’au tausi i taimi o
fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i,” o le saunoaga lea a le
susuga le Fa’atonu Utuali’i Iuniasolua Savusa.
“E le o misia fo’i le vaega a le Au
Fa’asalalau i lea fonotaga ma fa’ata’ita’iga,
aua e tatau lava ona nofouta tagata fa’asalalau
uma i ituaiga fe’au taua e ao ina fa’ao’o atu i le
mamalu lautele i taimi pagatia, ma ia iloa lelei
fo’i e i latou le ala e maua ai e i latou nei fe’au
taua mo le fa’ailoa atu i mamalu lautele o le
atunu’u, aua o lea taimi e sola ai manatu lelei i
le to’atele o i latou o aofia i auaunaga eseese,”
o se fa’aopoopo mai lea a Utualii.
“Ina ua iloga ua masani le aufaigaluega
mo taimi o fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i, e ao ina
fa’ata’ita’ia lenei fuafuaga fa’ataoto mo le teritori. E le gata i lea, ae ao ina va’ai patino i ai le
aotelega ua aofia nei, pe i ai nisi suiga e tatau ona
faia i fuafuaga ua mae’a lomia e fa’atautaia aga’i
i ai galuega lavea’i, galuega fesoasoani e fa’aoo
mai i tagata ua a’afia, ma galuega fa’amaumau
le aotelega o mea totino ua fa’aleagaina a le
atunu’u, aiga ta’itasi, afio’aga ma le Malo,” o le
isi lea ana saunoaga.
O le vaega lona tolu o le galuega ua fa’atinoina
nei, sa ia fa’ailoa mai, “O mea o le a iloga mai
e ao ina fa’aofi i le fuafuaga fa’ataoto lenei a le
Teritori i vaitau o fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i, e ao
lava ina tu’uina i totonu o le TEOP lea ua i ai nei.
Ma ua alagatatau ona fa’atautaia lea fa’ata’ita’iga
i le taimi nei, ae ua tatou aga atu i le vaitau ua
mae’a silafia e le atunu’u atoa, o vaitau e masani
ona lutia ai i tatou i Afa ma Matagi Malolosi.”
I le fuafuaga fa’ataoto ua i ai nei e tolu lava
ona vaega ua aofia ai:
• Ituaiga o fa’alavelave fa’afuasei:
O le tatou atunu’u ma ituaiga o fa’alavelave
ua matauina e Ofisa o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu
Fa’alotoifale ma le TEMCO e masani ona a’afia ai,
lea ua lisia i lea vaega. “E pei o le tele o taimi o Afa
Ma Matagi Malolosi e masani ai i tatou, e leai lava
ni Asioasio e tatou te a’afia ai. O le Galulolo tele e
pei ona lutia ai i tatou i le 2009. O Sologa, Lologa
ma mafui’e, o mea lava ia e masani ona nofouta i ai
i tatou, ae ua lisia fo’i ma Mu tetele o le vaomatua
ma fale o aiga ma e ono soso’o lautele atu i aiga
tuaoi ona o uaea eletise.” Sa fa’ailoa mai e Savusa.
• O galuega e patino i lea matagaluega ma
lea matagaluega ma latou aufaigaluega totofi ae
maise, o le taimi e fa’ao’o atu ai mo le lautele o
afaina lea tautua. O a fo’i mea e mua’i faia a’o le’i
o’o mai le vaega mo le lavea’ina o i latou o afaina.
O le aotelega lea o le galuega fa’atino ina ia
fa’amaumau uma afaina tau le soifua o tagata,
meatotino ua fa’aleagaina, e i ai ni mea e mafai
ona toe fa’aaogaina, ma o a fo’i ituaiga o fesoasoani o lo’o mo’omia e ao ina fa’ao’o vave i lea
nofoaga ua a’afia. O le aotelega o le Lipoti lea, e
tatau ona taua’aoina i le fa’auluuluga o le malo i
se taimi vave, ina ia mafai ona fa’ao’o i fafo mo le
talia mai e le Peresetene e fa’ao’o mai ai fesoasoani
a le malo tele mo tagata ma le atunu’u atoa o a’afia.
• O ni galuega ua fa’atula’ia ina ia fesoasoani atu
ai i tagata ua a’afia ma tau sologa lelei ai le soifua
o i latou ua a’afia i le fa’alavelave fa’afuase’i. E ao
ina mautu lelei le fa’agaoioiga o nei vaega ta’itasi
o le a fa’amauina. O fale e tausia lelei ai i latou
ua le toe i ai ni fale, o fa’ato’aga ua fa’aleagaina
po’o a ni fesaosoani e ao ina talosagaina ma ala o le
a toe taumafai ona fa’aleleia mea ua fa’aleagaina.
Falea’oga ma tautua Lautele a le Malo ua afaina
ma ala o le a taumafai ona fa’aleleia vave ai mo
le tautuaina o le lautele. O nei fa’amaumauga ma
lipoti uma i mea ua taumafai e fa’atula’ia, ia mausali fa’amaumauga, aua e mo’omia uma mea nei e
le FEMA pe a to’ai mai i fanua.
“O le ala lea o le taumafai e fa’atautaia ni
fa’ata’ita’iga o le tatou fuafuaga fa’aoto ua ta’atia
ma pasia nei, ia masani ai tagata faigaluega tofia
i ala e fa’amaumau ai uma mea ua fa’aleagaina,
ala e taumafai ona toe fa’afo’ia ai le pagatia, atoa
ai ma le tele o le auaunaga sa mo’omia e fa’atino
ai le auaunaga ia fesoasoani ai i tagata lautele sa
a’afia.,” o le tala lea a Utuali’i.
Afai e mae’a le vaiaso lenei o talanoaina ai le
fuafuaga fa’ataoto mo Afa ma Matagi Malolosi,
ona fa’ato’a talanoaina lea i le vaiaso a sau le fuafuaga fa’ataoto mo galulolo ma galu afi i le atunu’u.
➧ TALA MAI SAMOA…
Mai itulau B9
ma le fa’atinoina o le tala o le taunuu mai o misionare lea na talia
aloaia e Tuala ma Sala, lea o le a saunia e le afioaga o Leauvaa. O
nei sauniga mo le faamanatuina o le 170 tausaga o le ekalesia o lo
o faagasolo i le tausaga atoa ma o lo o i ai le fa’amoemoe e taualuga i le osiina o le Taulaga Paia o le Misasa i le malumalu o Maria
Imakulata i Mulivai, Apia i le masina o Tesema o le tausaga nei.
TATAU ONA FAAAOGAINA IE SAE I FAALAVELAVE
Ua talosagaina e le au matua u’u ma le au se’e papa i le motu
tele i Salafai le le toe faaaogaina o ietoga malo i fa’alavelave
faaleaganuu, ae ia faaaoga tasi le Ie Sae. O lea talosaga na tuuina
mai ina ua maea nisi o aoaoga fa’apitoa na fa’atautaia i Salelologa
e le au matua u’u ma le se’e papa e silia ma le to’a 60 ua loa
tausaga o gafa ma lenei galuega taua, ina ia fefaasoaa’i ai tomai
faapea manatu ma lagona, i le tulaga ua tatau ona ave i ai le faataua
i lea vaega taua o le aganuu a Samoa. Na saunoa le tina o Apaula
Mose, 56 tausaga mai le afioaga o Pu’apu’a e faapea, na o le Ie Sae
o lo o faaaoga e lona aiga i a latou fa’alavelave ona o le manaia ma
le vavai. Na faaalia e se tasi o tina mai le faalapotopotoga o tina
faipisinisi sa fa’atautaia le aoaoga, so o se atunuu lava o le lalolagi, e teu ma fa’apelepele i a latou measina aua e maua gata, ma e
matua alu i ai le fai mea lelei o le tagata e gaosia. “O le tulaga foi
lena ua tatau ona i ai measina a Samoa,” o lona manatu faaalia lea.
SAILI SELENI SOSAIETE O LE KANESA
E toa 35 i latou ua maea resitala i le faamoemoe tele a le Sosaiete o le Kanesa a Samoa e faafuga le ao poo le vali foi o le ao,
aua le sailiga o seleni e faaauau ai le tautua a le sosaiete aemaise
lava le tautuaina o le mamalu o le atunuu o lo o aafia i gasegase
eseese o le kanesa. O le taua tele o lenei faamoemoe ua foai atu
ai e le kamupani a le Bluesky Samoa le $38,000 i le Sosaiete o le
Kanesa aua ana galuega fai. I se feiloaiga puupuu a sui o le komiti
faatonu o le sosaiete ma le pulega a le Bluesky lea na tauaao aloaia
ai lea seleni, na faafetaia ai e le sui peresitene o le Sosaiete o le
Kanesa le manatu atu o le Bluesky Samoa i le latou taumafaiga.
O le sailiga tupe o le a faatautaia i le po o le aso Toanai nei, ma o
i latou ua maea resitala o le a faauga o latou ao, o nisi o le a vali i
lanu eseese o latou lauao lea e aofia ai ma le afioga i le minisita o
Faamasinoga, le afioga i le Sa’o Faapito ia Fiame Naomi Mataafa.
Everything is awesome about
Lego Vatican on view in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city’s science museum
already was hosting a blockbuster exhibit of Lego sculptures and
preparing to unveil a huge display of Holy See treasures for the
pope’s visit when administrators got a serendipitous inquiry.
Would they like to see a model of the Vatican that a priest
built entirely of Legos?
“It’s amazing,” said Larry Dubinski, president and CEO of
The Franklin Institute, where the plastic brick structure is now on
view in downtown Philadelphia. “People are in awe.”
The Rev. Bob Simon spent about 10 months constructing a
mini St. Peter’s Basilica out of a half-million Legos. His architectural feat includes a Lego pope on a balcony overlooking the
crowd in St. Peter’s Square, which itself is made up of about
44,000 Lego pieces resembling cobblestones.
A colorful cast of Lego characters populates the piazza,
including a nun with a selfie stick and a bespectacled figurine
of Simon. All told, the display measures 14 feet by 6 feet and
weighs about 100 pounds.
“It was daunting,” said Simon. “It was an exercise in patience,
and I was thrilled with the way everything came out.”
Simon said he built his first, rather crude, Lego model of the
Roman Catholic church’s headquarters when he was in seventh
grade. Today, he serves as pastor at St. Catherine of Siena church
in Moscow, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles north of Philadelphia.
He’s been to the real Vatican five times.
To create the model, Simon used an image from a book cover as
a guide. The hardest part was creating the round basilica dome from
square bricks, he said. Although he looked for hints by watching
YouTube videos, “I hardly understood what I was watching.”
Yet he persevered. Using Lego life preservers to replicate the
dome’s windows — one of many ways he repurposed various
shapes — he delicately built the structure without glue.
Denise Brownell, visiting the museum from Phoenix, was
duly impressed.
“It’s just such a perfect replica of the real thing,” said
Brownell. “It’s just awesome.”
Simon started the project a year ago in an empty room in his
rectory. He finished in time to bring it to BrickFair, a Lego convention held over the summer near Washington, D.C., where it
received many accolades. A friend then suggested The Franklin
Institute might be interested.
Simon’s creation is being displayed alongside “The Art of the
Brick,” an exhibit of Lego sculptures, and “Vatican Splendors,”
which opens Saturday. The latter includes art, vestments and
religious relics from the Holy See.
There are no plans for the pope to see the Lego Vatican while
he’s in Philadelphia. But Simon hopes to see Francis: He will
participate in the papal Mass on Sept. 27.
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Talitonu Magalei o
lo o soli e le faigamalo le tulafono…
tusia Ausage Fausia
E talitonu le affoga i le ali’i senatoa ia Magalei Logovi’i, ua
lava molimau a le Faatonu o le Ofisa o le Paketi ma le Faatonusili
o le Ofisa o Tagata Faigaluega a le malo sa tu’uina mai i luma o le
Komiti Soofaatasi a le Fono i le taimi na iloilo ai le paketi ma itu
e fa’amaonia mai ai, o lo o soli e le malo le tulafono sa pasia e le
Fono mo le paketi o le tausaga tupe lenei 2015.
Ona o lea tulaga, na talosagaina ai loa e Magalei le alii peresetene o le Senate, mo se avanoa e aami ai le Loia Sili o le malo se’i
fesiligia, pe fa’amata e talafeagai le gaioiga o lo o faia e le malo
i le fa’aaoga lea o tupe sa pasia atu e totogi ai tupe fa’aopoopo
mo tagata faigaluega atoa ai ma ova taimi, e fa’a faigaluega ai isi
tagata faigaluega fou i le malo.
Ina ua fesiligia le Fa’atonusili o le Ofisa o Tagata Faigaluega
a le malo i le mafua’aga ua le totogiina ai tupe fa’aopoopo ua
uma ona pasia mo tagata faigaluega a le malo, ae na tali Sonny
Thompson, o le vaega tupe lea o lo o fa’aaoga e faa faigaluega ai
tagata faigaluega fou i le malo.
Saunoa atili Thompson i luma o le komiti e fa’apea, e tele atu
le tupe a le malo e toe maua mai i le fa’a faigaluegaina o tagata
faigaluega fou, ma o lea molimau e le i talitonuina e Magalei.
Saunoa Magalei e fa’apea, e leai se vaega o i totonu o le tulafono
o le paketi sa pasia e le Fono, o lo o taua ai le fa’aaoga o tupe nei
e faa faigaluega ai ni isi tagata faigaluega fou i le malo. E o o fo’i i
tupe o lo o pili ai e le malo kamupani va’alele mo le totogiina o ova
taimi o tagata faigaluega, e le o sa’o fo’i le auala lea ua fa’aaoga i ai
e le malo tupe ia, e fa’a faigaluega ai isi tagata fou i le malo.
Na fa’amanino atili e Magalei i luma o maota maualuga ananafi e
fa’apea, so o se taimi lava e pasia ai e le fono le tulafono o le paketi,
o fa’aupuga uma ma tupe o lo o i ai i totonu, e tatau ona fa’aaoga i le
auala sa’o na pasia atu ai e le fono le tulafono o le paketi.
Sa ia taua e fa’apea, i suesuega sa ia faia ua ia maua ai, afai
e faa faigaluega e le malo se tagata faigaluega fou i le totogi e
$10,000 i le tausaga, e leai se tupe fa’asili a le malo e maua mai ai,
ae na o tupe a le malo e alu ai i le tagata faigaluega lea.
Mo se faataitaiga e pei ona saunoa Magalei, afai e faa faigaluega se tagata faigaluega fou, pau le tupe a le malo e maua mai ai,
o le 4% o lo o tipi i le lafoga ma le 2% o lo o maua mai i le lafoga
o totogi o lo o alu aga’i i le falema’i.
“O le isi tulaga e tatau ona manino, afai e faa faigaluega e le
malo se tagata faigaluega fou ae avea ma totino o le litaea, e 8%
le tupe e totogi e le malo i le litaea, ae ese ai le tupe mo le FICA
ma le Medicare, lona uiga la, e leai se tupe a le malo e maua mai i
le tagata lea, na o tupe o lo o alu ai,” o le saunoaga lea a Magalei.
“O le fesili tele lea ua tula’i ai, pe le ua soli ea e le malo le tulafono o le paketi e ala i le fa’aaoga o tupe i auala e le i pasia atu e le
Fono,” o le saunoaga lea a Magalei.
A o avea o ia ma Teutupe a le malo i le nofoaiga a Togiola
ma Faoa ua mavae atu, na taua e Magalei le i ai o se taimi na
fesiligia ai o ia e le afioga i le ali’i Senatoa ia Tuana’itau Tuia, i le
mafua’aga ua to’a 10 ai lana aufaigaluega ae na o le to’a 8 sa pasia
atu i le paketi, ma, sa ia fa’ailoa i ai le mafua’aga taua na ala ai ona
fa’aopoopo le aofa’i o tagata faigaluega.
Na lagolagoina e Galea’i M. Tuufuli ma Nuanuaolefeagaiga S.
Nua le finagalo o Magalei.
Saunoa Nua e fa’apea, afai e tutupu ni fa’aletonu faapenei i
gaioiga a le faigamalo, e faigofie lava i le Fono ona aapa i le malosi
o lo o umia e le fa’amasinoga, mo sana poloaiga e fa’amanino ai
mataupu fa’apenei. Sa ia lagolagoina le tatau lea i le malo ona
fa’aaoga sa’o tupe sa pasia atu e le fono i le paketi, nai lo le
fa’aaoga sese i auala e le i pasia atu e le Fono.
Le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Magalei Logovi’i
[ata AF]
Le Peresetene o le Senate ia Gaotetoe Palaie Tofau
[ata AF]
Gaoteote: Tatau fo’i ona maua
avanoa o Faipule e fesili ai…
tusia Ausage Fausia
E ui o lea ua mae’a iloiloga tu’u fa’atasi a le Fono Faitulafono e fesiligia ai le paketi a le malo
mo le Tausaga Tupe fou 2016, peita’i sa fautuaina lava e le Peresetene o le Senate le Taitaifono o
le Komiti o le Paketi a le Senate i le taeao ananafi, e le tatau ona toe faia ni mau e vave fa’aagafua
ai molimau, ae tatau fo’i ona tu’u le avanoa i afioga i Faipule e fesili ai i ni isi o mataupu o lo o fia
malamalama ai i le taimi o iloiloga o le paketi.
O le aso Lua na te’a nei na mae’a aloaia ai iloiloga a le Fono mo le paketi a le malo, ma ua
faamoemoe o le aso Gafua o le vaiaso fou lea ua fa’atulaga e toe talanoa ai le Komiti Soofaatasi
mo sa latou fa’aiuga fa’ai’u i le paketi, a o le i tu’uina atu e faia i ai se finagalo o le Fono.
Ina ua maua le avanoa o le afioga a Gaoteote e saunoa ai i luma o le maota maualuga ananafi, sa
ia fautuaina ai afioga i senatoa ina ia silasila toto’a i a latou fa’aiuga ua sauni atu i ai mo le paketi,
e le tatau fo’i ona vave vave se finagalo o le fono e fa’atatau i le paketi.
“Fai ia sa’o a outou fa’aiuga, aua le faavavevavea, aua o le faaiuga tatou te faia e le mafai
ona toe suia, o lea fo’i e tele aso o lo o totoe e pasia ai le paketi a le malo,” o le saunoaga lea a
Gaoteote.
“E talosaga atu fo’i i lau afioga i le ta’ita’i komiti, e tatau fo’i ona maua ni avanoa o afioga i
Faipule e fa’asoa ai ni isi o mataupu e fia malamalama i ai i latou, a i ai ni mataupu e galo i afioga
i Senatoa ae manatua mai e faipule pe a tuu i ai le avanoa e saunoa ai, aua fo’i ne’i toe faia nei
mea o mau e fa’aagafua ai le molimau, ae tatala pea le avanoa e iloilo ai mataupu o le paketi ina
ia manino ma malamalama lelei,” o le saunoaga lea a Gaoteote.
I le aso mulimuli na iloilo ai e le Fono le paketi a le malo, sa tulei saunoa ai fo’i Gaoteote i le
mataupu lava lea, i le le tatau lea ona toe faia ni mau e fa’aagafua ai molimau ma le tele o le vevesi
o sui o le komiti.
“Aua tatou te toe fa’aaogaina nei mea o mau e fa’aagafua ai molimau ma le tatou pisa ai, tu’u
pea lava le avanoa e fa’auma ai fesili, ae tuu na mea o mau ma le tatou femisaa’i soo, ma soia
fo’i le femisaa’i i mea laiti,” o le saunoaga lea a Gaoteote na tali-e ai sui o le komiti, ina ua tau
fa’amuta e le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Laolagi Fonoti Savali Vaeao le iloiloina o le paketi a le
Ofisa o Fesootaiga a le malo (ASTCA), ae o lo o si’i atu aao o ta’ita’i o le Fono mo ni la avanoa
e fesiligia ai molimau.
E le i auai taitai o le fono i le taimi na tula’i mai ai ni feeseeseaiga i le va o le afioga i le
tama’ita’i faipule ia Vui Florence Saulo ma le afioga a Laolagi, fa’apea ai le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Soliai T. Fuimaono, ina ua taumafai atua Vui mo sona avanoa ae o le taimi lea ua aloaia ai
e le komiti le mau e fa’aagafua ai molimau sa fesiligia e le komiti soofaatasi a le fono.
Ae na saunoa le afioga i le alii senatoa ia Galea’i M. Tu’ufuli e faapea, e eseese maota e lua
a le fono faitulafono, ma, afai fo’i e naunau le Fono ina ia fa’amalosia tulaga o faigamalo Fa’a
Temokarasi, e tatau fo’i la ona amanaia e le maota maualuga le malosi o lo o i ai i le maota o sui.
O le agaga atoa o le finagalo a Galea’i, e tatau lava ona fai eseese iloiloga o paketi a maota e
lua, ina ia manino ai tulaga o faigamalo faa temokarasi.
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LEONE HS ALUMNI ASSOC will hold an important meeting on Monday, Sept 21st @ 5:00 p.m. at the School Library. We will continue to
discuss matters regarding our upcoming 50th Anniversary Celebration
from Oct 12th-17th. ALL Alumni from Class of 1966 to 2015 are asked
to please attend. For more info, pls call 258-5474. [09/21]
TAMA MA TEINE TUAI A LE AOGA MAUALUGA A LEONE i le Aso
Gafua, Setema 21 i le 5:00 i le afiafi i le Potu Tusi a le Aoga mo le talanoaina o mataupu taua e faatatau i le faamanatuga o le tatou Iupeli
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LEONE HS CLASS OF 1998 meeting on Friday, 9/18 @ 4pm at Lion’s
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LEONE HS CLASS OF 2002 will be having an important meeting at
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REPUBLICAN PARTY OF AMERICAN SAMOA General Meeting on
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the ASLA office in Pago Pago at 2:30pm. Pls contact 633-3300/01
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Sexual Violence
SAMOAN SAINTS ORGANIZATION Roadside Clean Up on the 21st
and 29th of this month until the end of the year. All are welcomed.
Meet infront of Lupelele Elementary School, 5:30pm, rain or shine. Do
it for our beautiful island. Contact Jay @ 254-0651 for more info.
URGENT HOMES NEEDED FOR ADULT DOGS being trapped at Lyons Park!! Majority of adult dogs trapped are healthy &very friendly
but will be humanly euthanized if no one claims them after 48 hours
of being held. PLEASE HELP! Call Mona at 258-4116 or 699-9445.
FEASDAT Families for Effective Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness & Treatment (addressing behavioral & autistic disorders) Join our
monthly social encounters & learn ways to help your loved one. (Samoan) 252-9278 (English)731-3959 (Filipino) 633-1222 ext 526
GROUP SUPPORT HANNAH to rebuild strength, to restore wisdom &
understanding & working together side by side to overcome any obstacle, please call and join us. Pua 770-6938 or 633-2855
SURVIVORS TAKING ACTION THROUGH SHARING Meeting every
Saturday. Open Fellowship, everyone welcome @ Lion’s office by
Showers of Blessing. Elizabeth 770-2504 or 699-0272 (Victiims of Violence)
ASOA General Meetings. Will be held each month on the 3rd Friday
at 10am at ASOA Center in Tafuna on Tasi St. All seniors welcome.
Questions, call 699-1131
WHEELCHAIRS Old, Battered or Banged up. Pls donate, in any condition to ASOA so we may be able to help someone in need. Call Marysita 770-1838 or 699-1131
SCUBA FISHING BAN It is unlawful to possess any spear while using
SCUBA. Marine & Wildlife Resources. 633-4458 / 252-0445.
WOMENS HOSPITAL AUXILIARY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS of all ages
to help in the Fale. Support your hospital, donate your free time by
calling 633-1222 Ext. 199. All proceeds from Fale sales donated to
purchase equipment for LBJ.[till]
HUNTING BAN ON WILD BIRDS & BATS is still in effect - it is unlawful
to kill or hunt wild birds & bats. Dept. of Marine & Wildlife 633-4458 /
252-0445
VETERANS A.A. MEETING Every Thur. 2:30-3:30pm V.A. Clinic (next
to PX) More info Tisha, VA Clinic 699-3730.
ASCADSV (AS Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence) invites
you to talk to us on two TALK LINES 254-talk and 258-talk about anything you want to speak out about. Anything at all. Talanoa mai.
USED MOTOR OIL? Take it to a LUBE CUBE. Drop off used motor oil
at a service station near you. Protect the land, protect our drinking
water. ASEPA 633-2304.
HURTING? ABUSED? Free peer-to-peer teen counseling at Teen Challenge for peer pressure, suicide prevention, drug & alcohol prevention.
TC open Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm & Fri 9am-noon. 699-2635/2636 Teen
Hope 699-2641
FEELING DOWN and like there is no one to talk to? Contact Catholic
Social Services, 8 am - 4 pm, 699-5683 or 699-6611, after hours 2586302. Where someone is there to listen.
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