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American Samoan Charity Anna Porotesano has been selected as a 2013 Pacific Young Leader on Disarmament. She is a recent graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
 
She was also the recipient of the prestigious Truman Scholarship, a graduate study scholarship sponsored by the Harry S. Truman Foundation. Since graduation Charity has returned to American Samoa to work for educational change and is a youth representative on the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council.
 

Ms. Eirenei Tesimale, a Natural Resources and Agriculture major at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has been chosen as this semester’s recipient of the ASCC Matai Alumni Scholarship. The Alumni Association presents the cash award each semester to help defray the education costs of academically outstanding students who do not qualify for the Pell Grant available to most college-bound students born in American Samoa.
 

Kaiser High School Assistant Football Coach, Cameron Higgins and his University of Hawaii QB brother, Jeremy, came to Kaiser High School graduation Friday night to congratulate Savaii connected cousin, Winnie Markowitz. Now the State of Hawai’i and the Markowitz Family are congratulating former Hawai’i Football walk-on, Jeremy,who earned and has been presented with a football scholarship from Head Coach Norm Chow and the University of Hawai’i.
 

SUMMER TRAVEL FORECAST: BETTER, BUT NO BLOWOUT
 
NEW YORK (AP) -- This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds.
 
The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live bands, air guitar contests and chocolate pudding slip `n slides.
 

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E 35 tausaga o se tina mai Nuuuli ua tuuaia e le malo i se faalavelave na manu’a tigaina ai lona ‘niece’ e 10 tausaga sa nofo ia te ia, ina ua ia sasa faamo’amo’a o ia i se uaea moli.
 
O le taeao ananafi na tula’i ai Masina Toleafoa i luma o le Faamasinoga Faaitumalo mo le taimi muamua, ma ia teena ai moliaga mama e lua o le faatupu vevesi i totonu o le aiga atoa ai ma le faaoolima i le tulaga tolu, ae ua i ai le faamoemoe o le malo o le faaiuga o le vaiaso nei latou te failaina ai moliaga faaopoopo faasaga i lenei mataupu.

FAASA ONA FAATAU LE APA ELENI O LE “OCEAN MOON” INA UA MAUA AI ANUFE I TOTONU
 
Ua faasaina foi se tasi o apa eleni ona toe faatauina atu i faleoloa ona ua faamaonia i suesuega le le talafeagai mo le fofoga taumafa o le atunuu. Na faaalia e se alii fomai i le maota gasegase i Motootua e faapea, sa faatoai atu i lo latou ofisa se faasea a se aiga sa faatauina lea apa eleni ina ua tatala atu ae maua ai i totonu ni tamai anufe e pei o ni ilo i totonu o i’a o le apa eleni.
 

O faamaumauga mai le Ofisa o le Loia Sili o lo o i totonu o le Ripoti mo le Kuata Lua o le Tausaga Tupe 2013 a le malo mo le masina o Ianuari - Mati 2013, o lo o taua ai le silia i le 1,000 mataupu tau solitulafono na mafai ona taulimaina e le Ofisa.
 
Mai lea aofaiga e 203 mataupu tau i solitulafono mamafa; 268 mataupu tau i solitulafono mama ma sala i luga o le alatele; 700 mataupu mai le EPA ma le Soifua Maloloina, ma mataupu e 16 o le ave taavale ‘ona.
 

TONE PULOU
 
O le aso 14 o Iuni 2013 lea ua tolopo i ai e le Faamasinoga Maualuga le iloiloga o le mataupu a Tone Pulou sa fuafua e faia i le taeao ananafi, ona o lo o finagalo alii faamasino latou te fia maua se faamatalaga a le Ofisa Tutotonu a le Ekalesia EFKAS e uiga i le mataupu a le ua molia.
 

E silia i le $3 miliona lea ua valoia e le Teutupe a le malo e ono nofo aitalafu ai le malo o Amerika Samoa, pe a oo atu i le faaiuga o le Tausaga Tupe lenei 2013, e pei ona taua e Falema’o ‘Phil’ M Pili i sana tusi sa tuuina atu i le alii kovana sili faatasi ai ma le ripoti o le Kuata Lona Lua o le tausaga tupe lenei 2013.
 

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Fa’atalofa atu i lou alafa’i mai i fanuga lelei i lenei taeao fou i le alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua Soifua. E ao ai pea ona o tatou fa’afo’i le vi’iga i le Atua, ona o Lana tausiga alofa mo i tatou i aso uma o lo tatou ola. Ae alo maia, o le a toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala fa’asolo e pei ona masani ai.