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by T. GasuSamoa News Sports Correspondent

The Wildcats of Nu’uuli Vocational Tech-nical High School are ready to play football and this year, new head coach Andrew Bille Ena will be leading the pack when the 2017-18 American Samoa High School Athletic Associa-tion (ASHSAA) football season kicks off next Saturday.

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The Wildcats’ roster this year features over 60 players and according to Ena, 30 will be playing for the varsity squad, 30 for the JV team, and the mix comprises students from NVTHS, Kanana Fou, and Faasao Marist.

Ena is not new to the football scene. Prior to being named head coach, he served as an assis-tant head coach for the Wildcats.

“Our preparations began during Spring Ball that took place towards the end of last school year,” Ena told Samoa News. “Our Summer practices started up around June 19th and we’ve been coordinating them up to the present time.”

Ena revealed that this year, “We have a few new coaches so that brought a new spirit to our practices. We have been working hard on making sure that we are finishing every play and com-peting in every play.”

When asked about their goal for the 2017-18 ASHSAA football season, Ena said, “Our goal is to build off of last season’s momentum and to take our team further to a winning season and ultimately a championship”.

Last season, the Wildcats went out with a bang when they defeated Tafuna High School for the first time ever, in the varsity division.

Samoa News asked Ena what he would like to see from ASHSAA football this year and he responded, “A safe environment for all our players and spectators to gather and enjoy the games. And for recruiting purposes, it would be really good to see all the games filmed.”

Ena is grateful to everyone who has helped him shape the Nu’uuli Wildcats football program, including school principal Batta Siatuu-Leatual-evao and vice principal Valasi LamYuen “for entrusting me to lead our team. We appreciate their endless support of our student athletes.”

Ena also acknowledged the coaching staff: Crim Sele, Rob Ili, Will Lobendan, Pualau Pualau, Sene Isileli, Eliu Tuata, Rob McCourt and Lupelele Lefiti “for the time that they sac-rifice away from their families to come out and share their knowledge with our players.”

He added, “A big fa’afetai tele to Equalizer Sports Apparel, Carlson Colts head coach Arnold Ale, JM Finance, GHC Reid, Victor Avalos, and Phil Love of Carl’s Jr. for their donation to our team. “None of this would be possible without our players.

I’d like to thank them for all their hard work and dedication shown throughout these past few months. “Last but not the least, none of this would be possible without the support of our par-ents, families, faculty, student body, and alumni of NVTHS, ” he said. Ena concluded, “Best of luck to all the other teams out there! Look out for the Wildcats because we’re coming!”

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The Nu’uuli Vocational Technical HS Wildcats Varsity Football Team. [photo: TG]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texans headed home to flood-ravaged Houston after their final preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys was canceled Wednesday.

“We’ve got several mem-bers of our travel party — our coaches, our players, our staff members — whose families have been evacuated,” gen-eral manager Rick Smith said. “There is so much devastation in the city and the region and we want to be part of the recovery process.”

The game scheduled for Thursday night had been moved from Houston to the home of the Cowboys because of wide-spread flooding in the Houston area in the wake of Hurri-cane Harvey. The decision to cancel the game altogether was announced when the Texans said local authorities had found a safe route for the team to drive the 250 miles home.

Smith said Wednesday was the first day they had the option to return to Houston and the team felt it was better to go home than to try and play a game Thursday.

“When it became available to us, we’ve got so many guys on the team that are distracted by all the events and the cir-

cumstances that it became increasingly more difficult from our perspective to go out and try to play a football game,” Smith said. “And I’m not sure it would have been fair to do so. So when the opportunity arose today that we had a safe route to get home (we) made the decision to cancel the game.”

After the Texans played their preseason game in New Orleans last weekend, they went to North Texas instead of home after the storm. The Texans worked out Monday and Tuesday at the Cowboys’ practice facility.

Smith wasn’t sure when the Texans would resume practice, but said that NRG Stadium wasn’t damaged in the storm and that their opener there on Sept. 10 against the Jackson-ville Jaguars would go on as planned.

“We’re hurting, Houston is hurting, but we’re strong,” Smith said. “We’ve been there over a decade and we are part of the fabric of the community.”

Texans star defensive end J.J. Watt was pleased with the decision to cancel the game and get back to Houston.

“I think it’s the right deci-sion,” he said. “Everybody here is obviously most concerned

Texans ready to head home to Houston

after game canceled

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Before the Atlanta Falcons can think about Super Bowl redemption, they’ll have to con-tend with an NFC South Divi-sion that could be dangerous to overlook.

A Carolina team that was in the Super Bowl just two seasons ago aims to bounce back from an injury-filled 2016. A young, talented Tampa Bay Bucca-neers team looks primed to end a long playoff draught.

And in New Orleans, there is urgency to climb out of a three-year rut of sub-.500 play in what is currently 38-year-old, record-setting quarter-back Drew Brees’ last season under contract. Falcons coach Dan Quinn has gone out of his way to hush any Super Bowl talk — not because he doesn’t want to revisit the pain of his team’s collapse against New England , but because he wants his players focused on what he views as the considerable chal-lenge of staying on top of their division. “That’s where the mindset has to be to get where you want to go,” Quinn said. “We know if you would look past these other three (NFC South teams), that would be a mistake, knowing the toughness these three groups play with on well-coached teams.”

For Quinn, a former defen-sive coordinator for Seattle’s 2013 title team, a key charac-teristic of the division is excep-tional play by quarterbacks with varying strengths. He has his own prolific QB in Matt Ryan, a conventional pocket passer with a 6-foot-4 frame and accu-rate arm. The Saints, of course, have benefited from Brees’ extraordinary timing and accu-racy for more than a decade, including five 5,000-yard sea-

sons passing (and another with 4,952).

Carolina has a true dual-threat QB in Cam Newton. The Bucs have the up-and-coming Jameis Winston, who prefers to stay behind the line of scrim-mage, but has the mobility to escape collapsing pockets and give himself more time to throw.

For Atlanta, re-conquering the division will mean con-tending with “the uniqueness of what Carolina does, the unique-ness of what New Orleans does, the uniqueness of what Tampa does and the way they feature the players in their systems,” Quinn said.

Brees has been around the NFC South long enough to see how hard it has been to stay on top. Since the division was created by NFL realignment in 2002, Carolina is the only repeat winner with a three-year run from 2013-15.

“We know that every team in our division is going to be somebody to contend with,” Brees said.

Here are some other story lines in the NFC South:

STEVE’S SYSTEMThe Falcons had to find a

new offensive coordinator when Kyle Shanahan left to take over as San Francisco’s head coach. Atlanta decided to fill the void with Steve Sarkisian , who was briefly Alabama’s offensive coordinator when the Crimson Tide lost the national title game to Clemson.

Sarkisian was a stopgap measure when the Crimson Tide sent Lane Kiffin packing. Now Sarkisian is back in the NFL for the first time since serving as Oakland’s QB coach in 2004.

NFL 2017: Falcons NFC South Rivals to chal-

lenge for division

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) passes during NFL football practice, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 in Tampa, Fla. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Wildcats coach Skiu Tuata working with his defensive unit during practice last weekend, to get them fit and ready for the 2017-2018 ASHSAA football season sched-uled to kick off next Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. [photo: TG]

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas coach Bret Bielema hasn’t spent the off-season all that concerned about any lasting effects from the dis-appointment of last season.

The Razorbacks, however, have used little else to moti-vate their desire to emerge from recent Southeastern Conference mediocrity — beginning when they open the season against Football Championship Subdi-vision member Florida A&M (1-0) on Thursday night in Little Rock.

Arkansas blew large half-time leads in each of its last two games last season, settling for a 7-6 record and failing to improve its win total for the first time in four seasons under Bielema.

This year, the Razorbacks return a host of talented play-makers on offense — starting with senior quarterback Austin Allen — and are eager to put to rest any second-half ghosts from last season.

“We’ve been waiting on this since last season ended,” Allen said. “We have a chip on our shoulder and something to prove to everyone else and our-selves.” Arkansas will travel to Little Rock’s War Memo-rial Stadium for the opener, and they’ll face a Rattlers team that opened its season with a 29-7 win over Texas Southern a week ago. Florida A&M’s defense was dominating at times in its opening victory, and dual-threat starting quarterback Ryan Stanley accounted for 238 total yards.

The Razorbacks are ready

to finally put to rest any more talk of last season’s second-half failures.

“I think, at this point, every-body kind of focuses in — whether we were coming off a Big Ten championship or last year coming off a 7-6 (record),” Bielema said. “Whatever it is, you’re just eager to get out there.”

Some things to watch as Arkansas becomes the first SEC team to open the season:NEW-LOOK BACKFIELD

The Razorbacks begin the season trying to fill the rushing void left after Rawleigh Wil-liams was forced to walk away from football after a second neck injury. Williams rushed for 1,360 yards last season, and sophomore Devwah Whaley is expected to get the first chance as the No. 1 running back. Freshman Chase Hayden has also impressed throughout the preseason for Arkansas and figures to see plenty of action on Thursday night.

ROAD TRIPFlorida A&M left for

Arkansas early Wednesday, making the nearly 700-mile trip to Little Rock on a bus to save money for the school’s ath-letic department. Regardless of how the Rattlers traveled to the game, coach Alex Wood is well aware of the difficulty of facing the Razorbacks.

“Playing on the road, that’s always a disadvantage,” Wood said. “That’s why we refer to teams that can win on the road as road warriors. Whether you’re flying or driving, that doesn’t really matter.”

Arkansas first to kick off SEC action

against Florida A&M

about their families, their friends, the city of Houston back home. I think it’s extremely important that we get home as quickly as we possibly can.”

Watt almost didn’t know to react to the stunning growth of his flood relief fundraising effort, which started with a web page and a video Sunday. Since then, he’s been offering video updates as the total climbed over $6 million. The original goal was $200,000.

“We’ve upped the goal to $10 million because everything is bigger in Texas,” he said. “Why not? Let’s shoot for $10 million and see what we can do.”

Watt added that he has trucks filled with supplies that he expects to arrive in Houston by this weekend.

“The tentative plan is Sunday we’re going to have a bunch of my teammates are going to help me out in a few different loca-tions around town to be deter-mined and we’re going to hand

out supplies,” he said.Watt said he’s been moved

by watching people help out in the crisis so far and is looking forward to pitching in.

“It’s been extremely difficult to watch,” he said. “But it’s also been unbelievably motivational to see firefighters, policeman. Everyday citizens out in boats helping each other out ... it’s an unbelievable thing to witness what happens in a time of crisis. The most difficult times bring out the best in humanity.”

Cowboys tight end Jason Witten and most of the starters for both teams wouldn’t have played in the preseason finale, and Witten said he was happy the Texans were going home.

“I know they’re probably anxious to get home and see their families, just assess the situation,” Witten said. “These guys have a great opportunity and platform to go back and check on their own families and get involved in the community and rally in a lot of ways.”

Nu’uuli Wildcats offensive coordinator Crim Sele working with his starting quarterback Faletoi, during warm ups at practice last Saturday. [photo: TG]

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PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU won’t be intimidated when it lines up against No. 13 LSU on Saturday. The Cougars are used to being underdogs against Power 5 teams.

This time it’s the Tigers that are 17-point favorites.

“I’m not too worried about LSU (just) because everybody’s like, ‘Ooh, it’s LSU, SEC,’” BYU running back Squally Canada said. “They bleed just like us. It helps that we’ve faced an SEC opponent before. It gives us an extra boost of con-fidence that we’ve been in this situation before.”

The Cougars have played 14 games against Power 5 teams in the last three seasons and hold a 7-7 record. Four of those wins came in 2014, but BYU did defeat Michigan State and Mis-sissippi State in 2016.

Neither of those programs, however, was ranked at the time. The Cougars are 3-7 in their last 10 games against ranked teams.

Confidence will help, but execution will be more impor-tant after BYU struggled offen-sively in their season-opening 20-6 win over Portland State last week. The passing game was choppy, with Tanner Mangum completing 16 of 27 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown.

There were big plays as 97 of those yards came on three completions but there was much left to be desired from the other 24 attempts. Receivers seemed to struggle with press coverage at times and Mangum also took some check-downs when there were opportunities downfield.

Portland State finished with 14 first downs compared to 13 for BYU. “A lot of times guys start a little jumpy,” BYU offensive coordinator Ty Detmer said. “There were some plays left on the field and that happens. Especially when things pick up in a game speed situation. Receivers are moving faster, quarterback has got a little more adrenaline. There were some opportunities down the field that maybe we missed that we were close on.”

Mangum thought consis-tency was the biggest issue — a missed block here, a poor route there. He knows things must be much sharper against a tra-ditionally loaded LSU defense that brings back five starters. The Tigers led the nation with just 16 touchdowns allowed in

2016, but will be without line-backer Arden Key, who set the school single-season record with 12 sacks last season.

“They have NFL first-rounders every year on that defense and that’s no dif-ferent this year,” Detmer said. “You’ve got to be real efficient and play fast. You’ve got to be sharp and can’t be thinking and running and trying to get open. Got to know where you’re going and get there quick.”

The Cougars’ run game fared fairly well last week with 171 yards on 35 carries with Canada leading the way with 98 yards and a touchdown. The running-back-by-committee approach went as planned with Canada getting 16 carries and Kavika Fonua rushing for 59 yards on seven touches.

Canada thought the backs got tripped up in the holes and missed out on bigger opportunities.

“The best way to beat these cats is to run in between the tackles with low pad level,” Canada said.

New LSU coach Ed Orgeron is expecting to see a different team than what BYU put on tape in the opener. The offense was fairly vanilla as most teams try to avoid showing the entire playbook in games they can win without doing so.

Detmer said LSU will have their own defensive tweaks from last year that the Cougars will have to absorb and be able to make in-game adjustments.

“Obviously, they are going to put in new wrinkles for us,” Orgeron said. “From what I’m hearing, they have been game planning for us for a long time. They have been calling other schools about information and stuff like that. But we’ve gone back through 12 games of last year and we’ve gone through every formation and every play ... so we’re prepared for it.”

BYU fans know the offense was mediocre in the opener, but they’ve also seen Mangum shine in big games. As a freshman he led fourth-quarter comeback wins against Nebraska and No. 20 Boise State and came two points shy of upsetting No. 10 UCLA. He set freshman school records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in 2015.

“A lot of it is just belief,” Mangum said. “Faith in our-selves, confidence in ourselves that we can play with them.

BYU not intimidated by No. 13 LSU, must improve offensively

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2017, file photo, BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum (12) passes the ball against Portland State in the first half of an NCAA college football game, in Provo, Utah. The BYU offense had an unspectacular start to the season against Portland State last week. Now, LSU is up next. The Cougars will need more from quarterback Tanner Mangum and the pass game.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Mudge isn’t sure what he would be doing had the Buffalo Bills not called out of the blue in March to invite the offensive lineman in for a tryout.

Maybe he’d be playing a fifth season in some arena league. Perhaps Mudge would be back working a side job in construc-tion to help make ends meet for his wife and three girls.

More than likely, you’d find him milking goats on his farm in Arizona.

Much to Mudge’s surprise, he’s doing none of the above.

The 28-year-old rookie has instead made it through his first NFL training camp still in con-tention to win a roster spot or, at the very least, land on the Bills practice squad. The last chance to prove himself comes in Buf-falo’s preseason finale against Detroit on Thursday, two days before teams make their final cuts.

“I didn’t even think this opportunity was ever going to come,” Mudge said.

“Seeing guys come and go even through (spring) and everything, shoot, like I was supposed to be the first one to go,” he added. “I was only the ‘brought in for a workout’ guy.”

He’s still standing and con-sidered somewhat of a curi-osity because of his age. Since 1988, only 55 players have made their NFL debuts at 28 or older , according to Pro Foot-ball Reference.

“Well, what else was I going to do? I love football. I love it. I love it,” he said. “My wife always laughs because she’s like, ‘You’re not built to do a 9 to 5.’”

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound player also stands out for his ability, something offensive line coach Juan Castillo imme-diately noticed during his tryout in April.

Calling him a “legitimate guy,” Castillo said Mudge has progressed to the point where he forgets the player is still a rookie. He recalled the time he apologized to Mudge for get-ting mad at him during practice.

“I said, ‘You know what, I’m jumping your butt like you were a starter,’” Castillo said.

“I think that’s a compliment to where he’s at,” he added of the player who’s been working at both guard and center. “Instead of looking at him as, ‘Ah, well, he’s going to give us a good camp,’ I’m like, ‘This guy might have to help us one day.’”

Mudge has taken the scenic route to Buffalo.

From Desert Hot Springs, California, he played junior college before landing a spot at Nevada. Then there was a brief stint with the Canadian Football League B.C. Lions, before he

was cut during training camp.What followed was an uphill

climb through the arena foot-ball league ranks, starting with the Iowa Barnstormers in 2013. Playing for the Arizona Rattlers last season, he was the Arena Football League’s offensive lineman of the year.

With the Rattlers stepping down to the Indoor Football League, Mudge wasn’t sure what he was going to do until the Bills called.

Not having an agent, Mudge didn’t know how Buffalo got his number and was unsure who even contacted him, because the Bills’ scouting staff under-went a purge after general man-ager Doug Whaley was fired in April.

Mudge’s age and persever-ance have made him a team favorite. So have his quirks, such as the time Mudge sent Castillo a video of him milking goats .

“He’s different, man. But it’s a good different,” lineman Michael Ola said. “Every NFL team needs a Jordan Mudge on their roster.”

In the Bills media guide, Mudge lists his hidden talent as making balloon animals. He’s pictured wearing an over-sized balloon creation of Yoshi, the Super Mario Bros. video game character — red tongue included.

Then there’s the goats, as well as pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep, bunnies and a tortoise Mudge has on his farm.

“I want to do the crunchy stuff,” he said. “I want to make soap and do the goat milk and cheese and everything.”

Mudge got the idea to raise goats a year ago from a former teammate. His objective is to become so self-sufficient that he’ll never have to go to the grocery store again.

Those plans are on hold for now.

Mudge is driven by the opportunity of providing for his family, something Castillo reminds him of during practice.

“Juan’s always yelling, ‘Think about your girls!’” he said. “I’m trying to get vested. That’s what I’m looking at. I mean, I don’t get vested being on the practice squad.”

The Bills honored Mudge on Tuesday by having him share his story during a team meeting.

It wasn’t lost on some players that Mudge spoke of what an NFL job would mean to him at a time when final cuts are approaching.

“It’s awesome to see a guy like that get an opportu-nity, because by all accounts he shouldn’t be here,” veteran guard Richie Incognito said.

“He’s trying to be included on this roster to not only be a part of a football team, but to improve his family’s life.

Bills’ Mudge puts milking goats aside

to pursue NFL dream

The Nu’uuli Wildcats new head football coach, Andrew Bill Ena working on drills at the line of scrimmage during warm ups at practice last Saturday, in preparation for the ASHSAA football season. [photo: TG]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans might be the AFC South’s most opti-mistic team thanks to quarter-back Marcus Mariota.

Yes, Houston coach Bill O’Brien has picked Tom Savage as his starter with the Texans looking for a third straight divi-sion title, and Indianapolis has the always dangerous Andrew Luck — maybe. The Colts are running out of time to activate Luck and his surgically repaired shoulder off the physically unable to perform list.

Jacksonville’s gone back to Blake Bortles for lack of a better option after benching him this preseason.

Then there’s Mariota, 2015’s No. 2 pick overall who had the Titans in control and chasing their first AFC South title since 2008 until breaking his right leg Dec. 24 in a loss at Jack-sonville . Now fully recovered, Mariota provides a big confi-dence boost for a team trying to follow a 9-7 record by knocking off the Texans and Colts in the division they’ve taken turns dominating.

“We have a great one in Marcus,” Titans Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Orakpo said. “We’re going to let him lead the way.” Tennessee general manager Jon Robinson, who couldn’t fix the entire roster his first offseason, revamped the wide receiving corps and sec-ondary in the latest overhaul.

Now it’s up to coach Mike Mularkey to help a young roster take the next step after a six-win improvement last season. Mularkey has five returning Pro Bowlers and venerated coordi-nator Dick LeBeau coaching the defense in a combination that

has the Titans targeting their first playoff berth since Jeff Fisher coached this franchise.

Here are some things to know about the AFC South:

LUCK-LESS COLTS?The biggest question remains

when will Luck be ready to play after surgery in mid- January to repair a partially torn labrum originally hurt in a September 2015 win over Tennessee. The Colts must decide whether to activate Luck or keep him on the PUP list to start the season, a move that would keep the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback out the first six weeks. Even if Luck is on the active roster, Scott Tolzien with three career NFL starts still could start Sept. 10 against the Rams.

“We’re not going to put a timetable on it because we will not — will not — put any pres-sure on this decision,” Colts owner Jim Irsay said Aug. 13 on deciding Luck’s return.

Whoever starts the season at quarterback won’t have center Ryan Kelly, out indefinitely after having foot surgery . His possible replacement, Brian Schwenke,only returned to practice Aug. 23 himself.

J.J.’S BACKThe Texans have their three-

time NFL Defensive Player of the Year back on the field and healthy . J.J. Watt played only three games last season before his second surgery in three months to fix his back. Now the Texans finally can pair Watt with defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, who blossomed with a career-best six sacks in Watt’s absence on a defense that gave up the fewest yards per game in the NFL.

Houston shed Brock Osweiler

and his contract in Marchtrying to bolster an offense that tied for 28th with 17.4 points per game. O’Brien has picked Savage, with five career starts, to go behind center despite Deshaun Watson making a good impres-sion . Watson is the quarter-back the Texans traded up to No. 12 overall to draft out of Clemson.

MARIOTA’S TARGETSThe Titans had the NFL’s

third-best rushing offense thanks to Pro Bowl running back DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry last season. So they focused on helping Mar-iota and the passing game by making Corey Davis of Western Michigan the first wide receiver drafted at No. 5 overall before selecting Taywan Taylor of Western Kentucky and tight end Jonnu Smith in the third round. Tennessee also signed vet-eran wide receiver Eric Decker in June after he became a salary cap casualty with the Jets. They join Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker and receiver Rishard Matthews.

“We have more options to attack people, and that’s what we’re always looking for,” Mularkey said.MONEY FOR SOMETHING

Tom Coughlin and coach Doug Marrone now are over-seeing the latest rebuild for a team with an NFL-worst 17 wins over the past four years. Bortles has been there for three of those seasons, and the Jag-uars even picked up his fifth-year option in May. The option is guaranteed only for injury.

The Jaguars want to ease the pressure on Bortles and keep him from throwing as much by running the ball more.

NFL 2017: Titans, Mariota eager to push aside Texans, Colts

In this Aug. 13, 2017, photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, center, and tackle Anthony Castonzo (74) look at the scoreboard during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Detroit Lions in Indianapolis. The question remains when Luck will be ready to play after surgery in mid-January to repair a partially torn labrum originally hurt in September 2015. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Laremy Tunsil’s old position is his new position, and the switch back to left tackle allows the Miami Dolphins’ second-year pro to better show his skills.

That’s the case even off the field.

“He was real quiet last year,” coach Adam Gase says. “He was trying to find his niche in the locker room. Now you can see he’s got some ability to talk a little trash every once in a while.

“So you can tell he’s having fun. I think he really enjoys playing left tackle again.”

Tunsil played that position so well at Ole Miss he was the Dolphins’ top draft pick in 2016. But with veteran Branden Albert entrenched at left tackle, they moved Tunsil to left guard, where he started 14 games as a rookie and earned good reviews.

Albert was traded in March to the Jacksonville Jaguars before retiring this summer. His departure allowed the Dolphins to move Tunsil back to his nat-ural position, and they antici-pate he’ll be there for years to come.

“He has all the tools to be a really, really, really good player,” offensive line coach Chris Foerster says.

He’s not there yet. During the preseason, when almost everyone is described as terrific, coaches’ reviews have been lukewarm. Tunsil allowed a sack of Jay Cutler in last week’s game at Philadelphia.

“Laremy has been good in practice,” Gase says. “I know he was really frustrated last week; it’s rare for him to get beat in a game. I just want him to keep getting better and keep getting comfortable with Jay back there.”

It’s uncertain how much Tunsil or the other starters will play in Thursday’s exhibition finale at Minnesota.

Tunsil has excellent foot-work given his 6-foot-5, 318-

pound frame. Gase says tackle is a better fit for the young lineman because it’s hard to get around him, and he redirects pass rushers well.

Plus, Tunsil’s just more comfortable there.

“When he plays tackle, that’s his thing,” Gase says. “He’s playing the position that really he has been playing his whole life.”

The Dolphins will count on Tunsil to help solidify a line that has been a problem for years. Mike Pouncey is back at center after playing in only five games last season, but right tackle Ja’Wuan James is coming off a disappointing 2016. The guard positions are the biggest ques-tion marks on offense.

Miami will miss Albert’s veteran leadership, too, which was especially valuable at such an important position. Last year he described as “a badge of honor” the job of protecting the quarterback’s blind side.

“I could also say it’s a badge of honor,” Tunsil says. “Branden Albert taught me a lot of things and how to play left tackle, how to play guard and just understanding the game of football.”

Another mentor of sorts is Tyron Smith, even though Tunsil has never met him. Tunsil spent time during the offseason studying videotape of the Dallas Cowboys’ two-time All-Pro tackle

“Tyron Smith — that’s a monster,” Tunsil says. “If you want to be the best, you’ve got to look at the best.”

To Tunsil, that means excel-ling in the running game as well as pass protection.

“I want to be great at both, not just one,” he says. “I don’t want to be one-dimensional and good at pass and horrible at run.”

He has a ways to go to great-ness. But the Dolphins believe he’s headed there, now that he’s back at tackle.

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FILE- This Aug. 3, 2017 file photo shows Miami Dolphins left tackle Laremy Tunsil during training camp, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at the Dolphins training facility in Davie, Fla. Tunsil’s old position is his new position, and the switch back to left tackle allows the Dolphins’ second-year pro to show his skills better. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE OF AMERICAN SAMOA.

E ui lava ina tele le timu, ae le magalo pea le sami. Fa’afetai, fa’afetai, fa’afetai tele lava mo le tapuaiga lelei!It is with great hope that I take this achievement and use it for the economic and social devel-opment of our territory in the near future. I look forward to building a better tomorrow for our people in American Samoa. Thank you again for all your overwhelming support and guidance!Tofa Soifua ma ia manuia!Kenape Lesa, MASTER OF ACCOUNTING, CPA.

After years of schooling and unwavering determination, I am officially a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), passing all four required examinations issued by the National Association State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Surely, this accomplishment would not have been possible without the insurmountable support of my ASG Government and Businesses also families and friends , especially my Heavenly Father. I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude and recognize the following individuals and organizations for helping me along the way and for molding me into the person I am today.

• Mylovingandhardworkingparents,RopetiandFarrahLesa,andmysiblings,Peniamina,RopetiJr.,andKatrinaLesa

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tusia Ausage FausiaE to’atele afioga i Faipule ua

fa’aalia lo latou le lagolagoina o le pili a le Senate lea ua mae’a ona pasia, e fa’amanino atili ai le fa’auigaina o nofoaga e faia ai faiga fa’atosina i le aso o le palota a le atunu’u.

Ona o finagalo sa fa’aalia e afioga i faipule e tusa ai o lenei tulafono, na pasia ai loa le mau ina ua mae’a le latou iloiloga i le taeao ananafi, ina ia toe taoto le pili i le Komiti ae sei toe fesi-ligia le Senate e fa’amanino atili le uiga o le tulafono ma suiga ua faia.

O le Komesina o Palota, afioga Uiagalelei Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei, ma le Sui Kome-sina o Leoleo ia Falana’ipupu Sagapolutele na molimau e fa’atatau i lenei tulafono taufa’aofi, i le iloiloga sa taitaia e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Sataua Dr. Samuelu Mataese o le Taitai o le Komiti o Palotaga a le maota o sui.

E pei ona manino i totonu o le tulafono a le senate, talu ai e le o manino i le tulafono o Palotaga le mamao e tatau ona i ai fale ie a komiti fa’afoe a sui tauva, ma le fale o lo o faia ai le palota, o le mafua’aga lena ua faia ai loa le suiga, ina ia fa’atulaga loa le mamao e ‘200 iata pe 600 futu’, e va ai le fale o lo o faia ai le palota ma nofoaga e tatau ona i ai fale ie a komiti mo sui tauva.

Na fesili le sui fofoga fetalai ia Fetui Fetu Jr i le Komesina o Palotaga, pe aisea ua mafua ai suiga e pei ona aumai i le tula-fono, ae na saunoa Uiagalelei, talu ai e le o lava le 100 iata e pei ona i ai i le tulafono, o le mafu’aaga lena ua manatu ai e sui loa i le 200 iata.

Ae ina ua fesili le afioga i le tama’ita’i faipule ia Vui Florence Saulo ia Uiagalelei e fa’amanino atu poo fea o le tulafono o loo taua mai ai le 100 iata, na vaaia le nofo o le molimau ua le tali.

Saunoa Vui e fa’apea, e le o i ai se 100 iata i totonu o le tula-fono tuai o lo o i ai, ma ua atagia mai ai le fete’ena’i o le suiga fou lea ua pasia e le senate ma le tulafono o lo o i ai. Na lago-lagoina e le afioga a Vailoata E. Amituana’i le fesili a Vui.

Na fautuaina e le sui kome-sina o Leoleo ia Falana’ipupu le Komiti, ina ia silasila toto’a i le fa’aupuga o suiga, pe le mafai ona tu’u i ai ma le fa’aupuga,

“ia le itiiti ifo i le 200 iata”, ina ia fa’a faigofie ai i le Ofisa o Leoleo ona fa’amalosi le tulafono.

O popolega e pei ona saunoa le sui komesina, ina nei agai atu Leoleo e fa’amalosi le tula-fono, ae fa’asea le atunu’u ma fa’atonu malu o le malo e o atu e fua le mamao pe atoa le 200 iata pe leai.

O se tasi o mataupu na tele i ai fesili a afioga i Faipule, o le auala o le a fa’amalosia ai le tulafono pe afai ae pasia suiga o le 200 iata

Na taua e Vailiuama S. Leas-iolagi e fa’apea, afai o le a pasia le suiga e 200 iata e va ai le fale palota ma nofoaga e i ai fale ie ma komiti, lona uiga o le a i ai se tulaga fa’aletonu mo lona afioaga i Fagatogo, talu ai le va apiapi o le nofoaga o lo o i ai le fale palota i le taimi nei.

“Afai tatou te fa’amalosia sa’o lava le tulafono i le gagana o lo o aumai ai, lona uiga e tatau ona tapuni le fale fa’amasino i le aso atoa o le palota, ae saili se nofoaga e fai aia latou galuega, e oo lava fo’i i faleoloa o lo o latalata ane i le fale palota, e tapunia uma i le aso lea, o popo-lega na o lo’u sui e uiga i lenei suiga,” o le saunoaga lea a Vail-iuama na lagolagoina e Fetui.

Saunoa Fetui e fa’apea, o le nofoaga a le ekalesia o lo o fa’aaoga mo le palota a Manu’a i Tafuna, e le o se nofoaga tele, afai la e fua le 200 iata, lona uiga o totonu o le falesa e fai ai fale ie a komiti mo sui tauva, ae afai e tuu atu i le isi itu, lona uiga o le togavao, ma ua atili ai ona faigata le faauigaina o le tulafono.

Na fautuaina e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Vaetasi S. Moliga, le tatau lea ona toso lipine a le ofisa o palota e si’omia ai le nofoaga lea ua latou manatu e tatau ona puipuia mo le aso o le palota, ina ia taofia ai le toe tula’i mai o ni isi fa’afinauga i le lumana’i. I le mae’a ai o le iloiloga, na finauina ai loa le fautuaga i luma o le komiti, pe tatau ona tuuina atu le pili e palota ina ia teena, poo le toe taoto atu foi i le komiti mo ni isi galuega mae’ae’a, ae i le mae’a ai ona fetufaa’i o le tofa ma le fa’autaga i le va o afioga i sui filifilia o le atunu’u, na tasi ai loa le fa’afitiga o aleaga, o le a toe taoto le pili i le Komiti mo ni isi suesuega mae’ae’a i le lumana’i.

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Le afioga i le Fofoga Fetalai o le maota o sui, Savali Talavou Ale [ata AF]

tusia Ausage FausiaUa fa’aalia e le Fofoga Fet-

alai a le maota o sui i le taeao ananafi, le tele o le avanoa e ono tu’u fa’atasia ai iloiloga o le paketi a maota e lua.

O lea tulaga e pei ona saunoa Savali Talavou Ale, e mafua mai i le tulaga faigata lea ua molimauina i le taimi nei, i le le mafai lea e Fa’atonusili ona auai i iloiloga a maota e lua pe afai e fa’atulaga i le taimi e tasi, e mafua mai i le vava mamao o nofoaga o lo o fa’atautaia ai gal-uega a maota taitasi.

O le aoauli ananafi na fono ai afioga i Ta’ita’i o le Fono Faitulafono, fa’apea ai ta’ita’i o Komiti o le Paketi a maota e lua, mo le talanoaina o le tulaga tonu e tatau ona i ai iloiloga o le paketi a le fono.

O le fa’aletonu e pei ona taua e Savali, na molimauina i le taeao ananafi, ina ua tula’i le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Samuel Meleisea ma fa’alauiloa le toe tolopo o le iloiloga sa fa’atulaga i le itula e 8:30 i le taeoa nei, lea na fuafua e molimau ai le Teutupe a le malo e fa’atatau i le pili a le faigamalo a Lolo ma Lemanu e fa’aee ai le lafoga e 1% i pisinisi.

Na tula’i le afioga i le tamaitai faipule ia Vui Florence Saulo ma ia fa’aalia lona lagona fa’anoanoa, ona o lea ua toe tolopo se tasi o iloiloga e pito sili ona taua, e talanoaina ai le lafoga mo pisinisi, ae ua mae’a ona tuu atu lana talosaga i le taitai komiti ina ia fa’ataunu’u le iloiloga i le vaiaso nei.

Na avea le tau tula’i mai o se nunumi laititi i tulaga o folafo-laga na mafua ai loa ona fesili Savali ia Meleisea pe aisea ua le oo mai ai le Teutupe, ae na tali Meleisea, o lo o auai atu fo’i o

ia i le iloiloga a le Senate lea ua fa’atulaga mo le taeao nei.

E le i nofo lelei i le finagalo o le fofoga fetalai le tulaga o lo o fa’afoe ai galuega a le maota, aemaise ai fesootaiga i le va o molimau ma ta’ita’i komiti.

“A toe i ai ni suiga e tula’i mai fa’apea, logo mai le laulau, ae le o le nofo lava o le taitai komiti ma fai le faaiuga i lana lava pule,” o le saunoaga lea a Savali.

“E i ai lava tulafono e fa’afoe ai tulaga o galuega i le va o le maota ma le faigamalo, e le pulea mai e le Fa’atonusili galuega a le maota.”

Saunoa Savali e fa’apea, o ituaiga tulaga faaletonu la ia e tatau ai fo’i i le maota ona silasila toto’a i ai, a o tau-mafai ai e fetuuna’i le kalena mo iloiloga o le paketi. Sa ia taua atili e fa’apea, sa i ai le manatu e fai eseese iloiloga a maota e lua, ae afai o le tulaga lea ua maitauina, seiloga e uma ona molimau le Faatonusili i le senate ona fa’atoa sau lea e molimau i le maota o sui, ona tula’i mai ai loa lea o se tulaga popole.

I le talanoaina ai o mataupu e fa’atatau i le paketi, na tula’i ai le afioga i le ali’i faipule mai Manu’a #1 ia Vesi Tala-lelei Fautanu Jr ma talosaga i le maota, ina ia silasila alofa ane i le taimi e iloilio ai le paketi, mo se vaega tupe e fa’aopoopo i le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina, e fesoasoani ai i le la’uina o nofoa fou mo tagata ua fa’amama toto mo Manu’a lea ua taunu’u, atoa ai ma le fa’atupeina o galuega mo le fa’apipi’iina.

I se la fonotaga ma le Faa-tonusili o le Soifua Maloloina, na taua ai e Vesi le fa’amaonia

E ono tu’u fa’atasi iloiloga o le paketi a le Fono Faitulafono

tusia Ausage FausiaUa fesiligia e le afioga i le ali’i

faipule ia Lavea Fatulegae’e P. Mauga le agava’a pea lea o le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Gafa-tasi Afalava, e avea ai pea o ia ma totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga a le malo.

O le taimi o folafolaga a le maota o sui i le aso Lua o le vaiaso nei, na tula’i ai le afioga Lavea ma fesiligia le Fofoga Fetalai e tusa ai o le mataupu e fa’atatau i le ali’i faipule, a o fa’afofoga atu i ai ma le toto’a le afioga a Gafatasi, lea o lo o soso’o lava o la nofoa i totonu o le nofoaga le tumau o lo o faia ai tauaofiaga a le maota o sui, i le fale o loo i le itu i sasa’e o le Fale Laumei i Utulei.

O le afioga i le ali’i faipule mai le itumalo o Atiulagi/Lea-sina, o ia lea o le sui o le maota o sui i totonu o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le Ofisa o Femalagaaiga, ae o le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Fa’amausili Mau Jr, o ia lea o le sui o le Senate.

Talu ai e le i fa’amaonia e le Senate le suafa o Gafatasi e avea ma totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe o Femalagaaiga, o le mafua’aga lea e talitonu ai Lavea, e le o tusa ma le tulafono le auai o le sui mamalu i fonotaga a le Komiti Fa’afoe.

“Talu ai e le i pasia e le maota maualuga le suafa o le afioga i le ali’i faipule, e le tatau ai fo’i la ona nofo o ia i soo se taimi e fono ai le Komiti Fa’afoe,” o le

saunoaga lea a Lavea. “O le fa’aauau ai pea la ona

auai o le sui mamalu i fonotaga a le Komiti Fa’afoe, ua atagia mai ai lona soli o le tulafono,” o le saunoaga lea a Lavea.

“I lo’u la taofi, o fa’aiuga uma a le Komiti Fa’afoe sa aofia ai le palota a le sui mamalu, e tatau ona fa’aleaoga uma,” o le saunoaga lea a Lavea na fa’afuase’i ai loa ona taofi mai e le Fofoga Fetalai.

“Fa’apea lava a’u e te tula’i mai o se mataupu taua ma le aoga mo le faigamalo o le a e saunoa mai ai, aemaise ai fo’i o tulaga i pili tupe ia o lo o tau fuafua atu i ai a tatou galuega,” o le saunoaga lea a Savali Talavou Ale ia Lavea, ma ia fautuaina ai o ia e soia le tau-mafai e talanoa i mataupu e leai se aoga.

Na lagolagoina e le afioga i le tama’ita’i faipule ia Vui Florence Saulo le fautuaga a le Fofoga Fetalai, ma ia fautuaina ai le ali’i faipule e aua le tala-noaina mataupu fa’aletagata i totonu o le maota, ae aumai mataupu e ‘anoa ma aoga mo le lumana’i o le atunu’u ma le malo. O le fa’aiuga o folafolaga a le maota o sui, na tula’i ai le afioga a Gafatasi ma saunoa e fa’atatau i le mataupu na laga e le afioga a Lavea, ma ia taua ai lona fa’anoanoa ona o le agaga na mafua ai ona fesiligia e le sui mamalu le mataupu e fa’atatau ia te ia.

Na faamanaino e Gafatasi i

luma o le maota, e le o i ai lava se iugafono a le Komiti Fa’afoe o ia sainia, ona o lea na te silafia e le i fa’amaoniaina o ia e le Senate. Ae o lona auai i fono-taga o lo o usuia a le Komiti Fa’afoe, o se tulaga taua tele lea mo fa’aiuga fai, ona e leai lava se fono na ia auai e ova atu ai le aofa’i o le kalama a le Komiti Fa’afoe.

A o le i mae’a le tauaofiaga a le maota, na toe tula’i Lavea ma fa’amalulu ia Gafatasi ona o le mataupu sa ia fa’aleoina, ona o le manatu lava e puipui i le paia o le maota. Sa ia taua fo’i e fa’apea, o ia e le o se sui e fiafia e talanoa i mataupu e fa’aletagata, se’i vagana ai lava mataupu e taua mo le fono ma le atunu’u.

I isi tala mai le Fono, ua fesi-ligia e le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Sataua Dr. Samuelu Mataese le mafua’aga ua aveese mai ai le Van na avatu e fa’aaoga mo le aoga Tulaga Muamua i Faleasao, ae tuu i le nofoaga o lo o i ai le Aoga Maualuga i Ta’u. O le taeao ananafi na fa’atoa tula’i ai le Taitai o le Komiti o Aoga al e maota o sui, afioga Vaetasi S. Moliga ma ia fa’amanino le mafu’aaga o le fa’aiuga. Saunoa Vaetasi e fa’apea, o ta’avale uma lava a le Ofisa o Aoga o lo o fa’aaoga i Manu’a, e tatau ona i lalo uma o le aoga maualuga, o iina e aumai ai le fa’atonuga atoa ai ma le fa’asoasoaina mai o le fa’aaogaina o ta’avale.

Fesiligia le agava’a pea Gafatasi avea ma totino Komiti Femalagaaiga

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Afioga i ali’i Faipule ia Gafatasi Afalava ma le afioga Lavea Fatulegae’e P. Mauga [ata AF]

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TAUSALA AMERIKA SAMOA 2017-2018

Ua pasia le aso, Aukuso 15, na fa’atulaga e taofia ai ona toe fa’aulu se sui tauva mo le tauvaga a le Tausala Lalelei o Amerika Samoa, lea e tula’i ai le tama’ita’i lalelei o Antonina Lilomaiava sa lagolagoina e le Pisinisi o le SSAB i Tafuna.

E to’aono i latou ua mae’a fa’aulu o latou suafa, ma kamu-pani o lo’o lagolagoina a latou taumafaiga.

Salamasina Itu’aumalosi Aumua, o lo’o lagolagoina lana taumafaiga e le O & O Inc i Nuuuli. O le tausala tauva lona lua o Shalom Moana lea e lago-lagoina e le Paradise Pizza mai Pago Pago. O le tausala lona tolu o le tama’ita’i o Sharane Tofi Smith 23 ona tausaga o lo’o fa’aulu mai e le NAPA Samoa, ma o ia lea o lo’o faiga-luega ai lava i lena kamupani i lona faleoloa.

O le tausala lona fa mai le afio’aga o Afonotele o Feiloa’i Thompson lea o lo’o sapaia lana taumafaiga e lona aiga ma ana uo mamae. O le tausala lona lima o Matauaina To’omalatai mai Onenoa lea o lo’o lago-lagoina lona fa’amoemoe e le Kamupani a le Lalelei, ma tamaita’i lona ono o Annie Masoe lea e sapaia e le Kamu-pani a le MC Auto Shop.

O le taimi nei ua amatalia lava ona a’oa’oina lelei i latou uma e sui iloga o le MASI, ina ia latou fa’atauaina lo latou tofi, po’o ai lava o le a manumalo, aua o se tofi e le fa’atauagavale i ai se tasi o i latou, e taua tele fo’i mo Amerika Samoa, i le fa’afeiloa’ia o soo se malo fa’aaloalogia a le atunu’u, o ia lava e lalamua e fa’afetauia ma fa’aula i lo latou ulufale mai.

O a latou aga ia tausa’afia i taimi uma ma laufofoga fiafia aua e tatau ona avatu uiga

fa’asamoa talimalo lelei i so’o se taimi lava o le latou ola tautua i lea fo’i tofi e tauva i ai.

Ua fa’ailoa ia i latou tulafono o le tauvaga, ua fa’amanatu ia i latou vaega uma o lo latou agava’a ai mo le tauvaga, ma ia mausali i aga fa’aaloalo i taimi uma lava, e afua atu i lenei taimi ua amata fafau atu ai latou ola auauna i le tofi Tausala Lalelei o le atunu’u.

Ua fa’atulaga lenei tauvaga e fa’amanatu uma ai fo’i le isi to’a 24 o tausala ua mae’a tutula’i ma tautua i le atunu’u o se tausala lalelei sa filifilia ma fa’apaleina. O le manulauti o le tauvaga i lenei tausaga “Toe Tepa Tasi” e toe fa’atula’i ane ai uma nei Tausala Lalelei se’i toe tagai i ai le atunu’u ma pati-patia le latou auaunaga, e o’o mai fo’i i lenei vaitau.

Ua i ai se avanoa matagofie o le tauvaga i lea po o le a fa’aavanoa mo se fa’afiafiaga fa’apitoa a nei tausala lalelei sa tuai, ma o le a fa’alauiloaina aloaia i latou i lo latou toe savavali tasi lava i luma o le aofia o le auai, ma patipatia o latou faiva o le fa’afiafia.

Ua mae’a fa’ao’o ia i latou uma o tausala tuai o latou tusi vala’aulia i le taimi nei, o le tausala fo’i o lo’o tula’i i le tofi i lenei tausaga, e toe tu’u atu ia te ia le avanoa e fa’alauiloa ai lana poloketi sa ia tauva ai, ma toe tepa tasi i le fa’agaoioiga ma le tulaga ua o’o i ai lana tauma-faiga lena, a’o le’i fa’amavae aloa’ia i lona pale ma lona tofi i lea po fa’amoemoeina. O le autu o lana poloketi, “faitau tusi le fanau” a’o i ai i le falema’i mo ona togafitiga po’o talavai.

O le tauvaga tausala lalelei mo Amerika Samoa o le a faia ia Setema 15 i le Gov Rex Lee Auditorium i Utulei, itula e 7:00 i le afiafi.TAPUNIA TAOA - FA’ATOA

TATALA IA SETEMA 5Ua faasalalauina mo le

mamalu o matua matutua o le atunu’u, ina ia nofouta i le suiga, o le a tapunia uma lava To’omaga ma Ofisa autu o le Matagaluega mo Tagata Matutua i le aso Faraile o le vaiaso nei, fa’apea ma le aso Gafua o le vaiaso a sau, ona o le fa’amoemoe o le Malo e fa’atasia le aufaigaluega uma i le fa’amanatuina o le latou aso fa’apitoa ma le malo i le malae Ta’alo i Tafuna “Veterans Memorial Stadium mo le aso atoa.

O le aso Gafua ua fa’atulaga o le aso malolo mo tagata uma ua galulue mo galuega leipa i le Iunaite Setete ma ona teri-tori, ma ua aofia ai fo’i Amerika Samoa i lea aso iloga mo ona tagata faigaluega. O le aso Lua o aso ia ua fa’atulaga e maua ai fo’i le taumafa vela mo tagata matutua uma, ma o le a fa’aauau ai lena tautua.

SUIA TOFIGA CHARLIE COMPANY 442ND

INFANTRYUa mae’a fo’i ona suia le

fa’auluuluga o le Kamupani a le Charlie 442nd Infantry i le Vaega Au Fa’aagaaga, US Army Reserve, i Tafuna. Ua mae’a nei le tautua matavela a le susuga First Lt. Siva ae ua ua fa’afeiloa’ia e i latou le latou ta’ita’i fou ua tula’i mai o Cpt. Cotton. Sa faia se latou sauniga pu’upu’u fo’i i le Konelio Pele US Army Reserve ia Aukuso 28, 2017 e fa’afeiloa’ia lenei nofoa’iga fou ma ua patipatia fo’i le tautua a le ali’i 1st LT Siva sa tu mai le foe i na tausaga ua te’a.

Sa auai i lenei sauniga le susuga le Lutena Kovana, MAJ Lemanu Peleti Mauga o le tatou malo, o se tasi o sui tuai o lenei fo’i vaega, ae maise le susuga Paepaetele LTC Jamias, Mapu lea sa ia fa’avaeina le USAR i le 1980, ona o le taua fo’i o lea suiga tofi mo le tatou vaega au fa’aagaaga.

Sui o le atunuu sa auai i le fonotaga fa’atasi ma le konesila o Filipaina i Honolulu sa malaga mai i le fa’aiuga o le vaiaso na te’a nei. L-R: sui o le kamupani a le CBT, Toloa’i Ho Ching II; Konesula o Filipaina i Honolulu Gina Jamoralin, Puleleiite Tufele, taitai fono Komiti Fa’afoe a le ASTCA ma o ia foi o le faipule i le Maota o sui; Renato Sello, peresitene Asosi Filipino i Amerika Samoa; ma Patele Vaiula Iulio. [ata: foa’i]

atu e le ali’i Fa’atonu o le taunu’u aloaia mai o nofoa sa oka e fa’aaoga e tagata o lo o fa’amama toto i Manu’a, ma le tau malaga mai i Tutuila nei e fa’aaoga le tautua o lo o maua i le falema’i i Fagaalu.

A o lumana’i ai fo’i le iloiloga o le paketi, ua talos-againa e ni isi o faipule ripoti i tulaga o tupe maua a le malo, ina ia tu’uina atu mo le silafia e le fono a o lumana’i ai le fesiligia o fa’atonusili ta’itasi ma a latou

paketi. I le fonotaga mulimuli a le kovana ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga ma lana Kapeneta i le amataga o le masina nei, sa ia fautuaina ai afioga i Fa’atonusili ina ia tapena uma mo le iloiloga o le paketi, ma ia onosa’i i ni fesili o le a fesiligia ai i latou e senatoa ma faipule, ae sili ai i lo na mea uma, aua le soona ofoina atu ni fa’amatalaga i le Fono ma le tele ai o fesili i le faigamalo.

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by Sam - Vaega 85Na umi se taimi o vavao

tagata i le fiafia, ao tuu aloaia atu e Ianeta le teutusi sa uu i lona lima i le ali’i foma’i ia Lavi ma fa’apea atu ai ana upu, “Faafetai tele ia te oe si o’u tuagane i lou agalelei ma lou alofa, ua mafua ai ona ou toe maua le ola”. Na vaaia e le aofia le aga’i atu o le ulugalii o Meki ma Lucy ma fusi i le tama’ita’i o Ianeta atoa ai ma le ali’i o Lavi, ma latou lau-laututu ai lava i luma o le stage mo se taimi umi. O le fa’aiuga o le sauniga o le fa’auuga, ina ua mae’a ona fa’alauiloa sau-noaga faapitoa a fanau uma sa fa’auluulu i ai vasega taitasi, na fa’alauiloa aloaia ai loa ma le vaega muamua o le Tusi a le tama’ita’i o Ianeta lea ua mae’a ona tusia e fa’atatau i le tala’aga o lona olaga. E leai se mea na toe gase poo se isi na toe pisa, ao fa’aemo mai ata fa’asolo i taimi na amata mai ai le galuega o le tusi a Ianeta, e pei o ona ata ao laititi, o nofoaga eseese sa ola mai ai e aofia ai ma le fale lea ua nofo ai nei ma avea o lona aiga. Ua fa’asolo le fa’amatalaga a Ianeta i le taimi ao nofo pologa ai i le aiga o Mekala ma Mase-lusi, i le tama’i fale sa nofo ai ma tau savali i le aoga, o le fala

sa moe ai, o le aluga ma le ie afu, atoa ai ma le laulau ma le tama’i nofoa palapala sa fa’atu i le ogatotonu o le fale, e fai ai ana meaai ma su’esu’e ai ana mea aoga. “E lei faigofie le amataga o lo’u olaga, sa ou ola pologa, moe i loimata, ala i loimata, leai se isi e fesoasoani mai ia te a’u, ma ua oo mai ai le manatu ia te a’u, ua sili ai ona ou oti”. O tagata sa sili ona taula’i i ai le vaai a le aofia, o le ulugali’i o Meki ma Lucy lea ua avea nei ma matua o Ianeta, atoa ai ma lona tuagaine foma’i ia Lavi, lea fa’atoa iloa le la sootaga ina ua matutua i laua.

Ua fa’asolo le talaaga o le tamaitai meauli ma le autu moni na ia filifilia ai le autu e pei ona fa’aautuina ai lana ulua’i Tusi ua tusia, ona o lona manatu e fa’aiiloa i le lalolagi le olaga pologa sa ola mai ai, ma le agalelei o ona matua lea ua mafua ai ona suia lona olaga. O se tala’aga e fa’amomoi loto i le fa’alogo a le to’atele. O nisi sa na o le fetagisi ma mafaufau alofa, aisea latou te lei iloaina ai lenei tamaitai i taimi ao ia manaomia se fesoasoani. I le fa’aiuga o le tala’aga o le olaga o Ianeta, na ia taua ai loa e fa’apea, ua ia iloa nei, e ui i le autu o lana Tusi e

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pei ona fa’alauiloaina nei, ae o lea autu ua na o se autu lava, ae o Meki ma Lucy, ona matua moni lava ia na fanau mai ai i lenei olaga.

“O la’u meaalofa sili lenei mo oulua, o la’u tusi lenei o le a fa’atauina atu i Faletusi eseese i totonu o le malo, o se tupe e maua mai ai, ou te tuuina atu atoa lava mo oulua o’u matua pele”.

O kopi e 500 o le Tusi sa saini ai le lima o Ianeta i le aso o le fa’auuga, na mafai ona fa’atau ma la’u e tagata i o latou aiga. O nisi o ulugali’i e le gata ua fa’atau a latou tusi, ae ua saini siaki ma meaalofa tupe

ma tuuina atu i le tama’ita’i o Ianeta.

Sa i ai i totonu o le fale se alii talavou atamai lava, o ia o le ali’i o se tasi o tagata milionea i le malo, o ia fo’i o se tagata sa ia tusia ni tusi se 2 e fa’atatau i olaga o manulele ma manuvae o le vaomatua.

O lona auai atu i le fa’auuga i lea aso, sa ia fia iloa pe i ai ni isi mai le vasega fa’au’u e i ai le naunau i le avea ma tusitala i le lumana’i, ae na matua fa’ateia o ia ina ua fetaui lona auai ane i le faauuga ae faalauiloa ai loa ma le ulua’i tusi a le tama’ita’i o Ianeta.

Na faatali le ali’i milionea

se’i mae’a ona feiloa’i uma atu tagata ia Ianeta ma ofo atu i ai meaalofa, ona ia fa’atoa alu atu lea e feiloa’i i ai.

O le taimi lava na aga’i atu ai Ianeta ma ona matua faapea ai le ali’i foma’i o Lavi i le vaega o loo paka ai a latou ta’avale, na fa’afuase’i ai loa ona fa’avava atu le ali’i talavou lenei ma fa’apea atu, “Talofa oe le tama’ita’i Tusitala”, na faliu mai i tua Ianeta ma ia iloa ai se ali’i lalelei e le masani ai o loo tu atu i ona tua, ona ia ofo alofa atu fo’i lea i ai ma fa’apea atu, “Faafetai lava, ae malo fo’i le soifua maua i lau susuga”.

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Le tamaitai lalelei ia Samoa, o ia o se tasi o le au faigaluega a le Senate i le Fono Faitulafono. [ata: FS]

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DEAR ABBY: My ex is a recovering drug addict. We have a 2-year-old son together. I realized he was using drugs when I was seven months pregnant and all our money was gone.

I stayed with him for a year after I learned about his addiction. That year was the hardest year of my life. Choosing to leave was extremely painful, and I still cry about it every day.

My ex was never the type of addict who nodded off, cheated or had other issues; if it hadn’t been for the money disappearing, we would have had a perfect relationship. He finally went to rehab and seems to be doing well. He still goes to work at a great job, pays child support now and is involved with our son, who adores him. He wants us to get back together. It has been more than a year since we separated -- and I hate to admit this, but I’m the happiest I have ever been. Abby, I feel guilty about it. Even though I love him, he broke me as a person with his lies, and I don’t think I can ever trust him. I love my life with my son, and the thought of us living as a family in one house again makes me sick. I feel ashamed for not wanting to try, and these feelings are crippling. I told him I want him to move on, but he says he will always love me and will never give up. Do I owe it to him -- and our child -- to try and work it out? -- HAPPIER WITHOUT HIM

DEAR HAPPIER: No, you do not. You are in charge of your life now, and if that gives you peace of mind and makes you happy, then you are under no moral or ethical obligation to change it.

Please remember that you are not responsible for your ex’s happiness. You may always love each other, but that doesn’t obligate you. If he wants to “never give up,” that is his choice. If you want to move on with your life, that is your choice and your privilege.

DEAR ABBY: Can you settle a dispute between my husband and me? Sometimes, I take it upon myself to hand-wash my car because I enjoy seeing my hard work reflected in my shiny car. When I do, it sparks an argument. His view is that since he’s the man, he should be responsible for washing the car. He says there are certain things “women just don’t do.” I think I’m perfectly capable of washing my car. Should I give up and let him take care of washing my car, or should I stand my ground? -- JUST AS CAPABLE

DEAR CAPABLE: If you want to wash your car occasionally, it should not be grounds for an argu-ment. Many women do, and it’s not an issue. However, because your husband seems to find it emas-culating, let me suggest that rather than argue about it you allow him to spoil you by doing it for you from time to time. And when he does, if you feel compelled to polish something, let it be your nails while he’s out there sweating in the driveway.

Happy Birthday: Make plans to travel, learn and to get ahead this year. Pick up skills, network and make changes instead of just thinking about what you want to pursue. Take control of your life and make decisions that will eliminate whatever is standing in your way. Use your ingenuity to figure out a way to get rid of excess baggage. Your numbers are 8, 15, 21, 29, 32, 43, 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on work, getting along with your peers and advance-ment. Take care of your responsibilities, but don’t let anyone take credit for your work or try to manipulate you. Keep emotions out of the workplace or classroom. ✸✸

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Alter the way you approach people and the activities you want to pursue and you will have better luck reaching your goals. Show some enthusiasm as well as mental agility. An open mind will encourage support and acceptance. ✸✸✸✸✸

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look over your personal debt and consider the best way to pay down what you owe. Added discipline and a good plan will encourage success and give you the financial relief you need to get back on track.✸✸✸

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Dig in and do your part. What you contribute today will revive your belief in your ability to get things done over the long haul. Persistence and hard work will help you excel and gain the respect and the rewards you deserve.✸✸✸

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Doing things with youngsters, seniors and the people who can use your help most will be rewarding. Your generosity and energetic approach to life will set a good example for those incapable of doing things on their own. ✸✸✸✸✸

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Socialize and be a part of whatever is happening and you’ll have a say in what’s to come. Your input will inspire confidence and could lead to new alliances. Business trips, educational pursuits and communication are all encouraged. ✸✸✸✸✸

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Use your intelligence to outmaneuver anyone who tries to get in your way. Your emotions will flare up easily and waste valuable time if you give in to outside influences. Listen to your heart and use common sense, and you will be triumphant. ✸✸

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Size up any competition you encounter and use your insight and imagination to outdo any threat that comes your way. Anger will not lead to rewards, but doing your best will. If you work hard each day, you’ll avoid regrets.✸✸✸✸

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Someone will undermine you if you neglect to protect your per-sonal data and your vulnerabilities. Keep your eyes open and be prepared to make a move or change if necessary. A quick response will ward off future occurrences. ✸✸✸

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep your emotions in check. Try to make changes without upsetting the people who will be affected by your decision. Showing compassion and offering intel-ligent solutions will help you gain support once everything is in place. ✸✸✸

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be attracted to someone who is unique. Researching a dif-ferent belief or way of doing things will encourage you to use your imagination and come up with personal changes that can make your life better. ✸✸✸

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A compassionate response to a plea for help will be your best alter-native. Offer suggestions, but don’t take on someone else’s dilemma. Concentrate on being produc-tive and taking care of your own responsibilities. Don’t miss a chance to get ahead. ✸✸✸✸

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for a star 14 Inheritor 15 Place

for Jazz players

16 Translucent gems

17 Verdi opera 18 Loose-

fitting Indian wrap

19 Heart chambers

20 A couple of tools

23 Common pet

24 Face-off 25 Small

clothing size

27 Tried to slim down

30 Artist’s plaster surface

32 Certain venomous snake

33 Republicans’ foes

37 A trio of tools

41 Certain office worker

42 Give-whirl link

43 Objects of devotion

44 Supper, e.g.

47 Borneo sultanate

50 Gilbert of “The Talk”

51 Bard’s bedtime?

52 A solo tool 58 It may be

ironclad 60 Brainstorm-

ing product 61 Infamous

emperor 62 Change

prices for a sale, e.g.

63 Shapely fruit 64 Quick

barbershop service

65 Ocean liner’s rear

66 Picnic pests 67 Fifth Ave.

emporium DOWN 1 Robert of

“Jaws” or Tommy of Styx

2 Low dam across a stream

3 Helper on the Hill

4 Chancellor Willy

5 Spewed forth

6 In any way 7 Desolate 8 Prison

weapon 9 Grow

together 10 Suited 11 ___ Gras 12 “Silas

Marner” author

13 A river in Missouri

21 Pool tool 22 Type of salt 26 Atmospheric

pressure unit

27 Fist bumps 28 Wight,

for one 29 Like some

battles 30 Clock

innards 31 TV award 33 Indian lentil

dish (var.) 34 Large

continent 35 Body

designs, informally

36 Blast a fly or baseball

38 Activist Brockovich

39 Make a new blueprint for

40 Like Zeno

44 Air traffic control devices

45 “To ___ is human ...”

46 Stuff on palettes

47 A team in Chicago

48 Acquire a new tenant

49 Join together

50 It forms in beads

53 Kelly on TV

54 Eve’s home 55 Actress

Miles 56 Actor

Estrada 57 CD-___

(PC inserts) 59 Mars unit

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FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 file photo, Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden prac-tices before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Cleveland. Coach Hue Jackson isn’t denying a report that the Cleveland Browns are attempting to trade cornerback Joe Haden. Jackson says he wants the two-time Pro Bowler on his defense, but he deferred to Sashi Brown, the team’s top front-office executive, to make decisions that help the Browns, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017.

(AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Haden only needed a few hours to find a team that wanted him.

It’s a squad he’s very familiar with.

Goodbye, Cleveland. Hello, Pittsburgh. Cut by the Browns after seven seasons, the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback agreed to terms Wednesday with the rival Steelers, who are giving the 28-year-old a chance to exact some revenge on a team that doesn’t think he can play anymore. Haden’s deal is pending a physical but would be worth three years and $27 mil-lion, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associ-ated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the con-tract has not been signed.

Once Haden passes his phys-ical, he’ll be on the other side of a once-heated rivalry that has become lopsided.

In seven seasons with Cleve-land, Haden went just 2-12 against the Steelers and his signing will add some luster to this season’s opener when Pittsburgh visits Cleveland on Sept. 10. Instead of trying to cover Antonio Brown or inter-cept quarterback Ben Roethlis-berger, he’ll be teammates with

Big Ben and on a team with a legitimate chance at making the playoffs — or more.

The Browns are still rebuilding and they felt Haden had become too expensive and too injury prone. After failing to find a trade partner — Cleve-land remains in search of a wide receiver — or convincing Haden to take a pay cut, they terminated his contract.

Under the five-year, $67.5 million extension he signed with Cleveland in 2014, Haden was due to make $11.1 million this season, $11.2 next year and $10.4 million in 2019. Releasing Haden cost the Browns $3.2 million in salary cap space this season and next season.

With the Browns, he was always assigned the oppo-nent’s best wide receiver and more than held his own against Brown, Cincinnati’s A.J. Green and others. He’s been slowed by injuries the past two sea-sons, but as late as Tuesday, Browns coach Hue Jackson was praising Haden’s performance this summer.

“Joe gave everything he had for the Cleveland Browns and that’s all you can ask for as a coach,” Jackson said in a statement.

Revenge: Joe Haden cut by Browns, set to

sign with Steelers