Community
Briefs
Compiled by
Samoa News Staff
PAGO PAGO
VILLAGE COUNCIL DONATES PILLOWS, SHEETS TO ARTS FEST
The Pago Pago
Village Council got into the act and has made a donation to the
organizing committee for the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts.
Pago's aid for
this event is more of a practical nature - 500 pillows and 200
sheets.
High Chief Asuega
Fa'amamata and Pago Pago Faipule Fiasili Haleck formally offered
the gifts - that are being held at the Jean P. Haydon Museum
- to Arts Festival Executive Director Lauti Simona and organizing
committee co-chairs Leala Elisara Pili and Fagafaga Danny Langkilde.
The presentation
took place yesterday at the Pago Pago Community Center (Tautua
Hall) in Pago village.
BLUE SKY GIVES
AWAY MORE THAN $500 IN RAFFLE PRIZES
Blue Sky Communications
has awarded 10 customers with prizes amounting to more than $500
for simply completing customer surveys during the 2008 Flag Day
week.
Blue Sky collected
more than 100 surveys from its customers, said the company's
Sales and Marketing Manager Sherry Sele.
"We take
customer surveys very seriously because it helps us to improve
our products and services," she said.
Surveys were
dispersed during Flag Day week, some were called in and some
were distributed at the ASCC campus in Mapusaga.
Each customer
who completed a survey had his or her name entered into a raffle
and names were drawn Wednesday, April 30.
The top four
winners received their prizes yesterday at the Blue Sky store
at the Laufou Shopping Center.
The grand prize
winner was Carmel Ianu, who received a cool iPod touch. Second
place winner was Cecelia Reid who received a $50 phone card and
third place winner Mereneite Tualaulelei received a $20 phone
card. Birdie Ifopo received a $10 phone card.
Other winners
include Jr. Sagapolu, Saleaula Tuiasosopo, Loma Laban, Mate Leaoa,
Sheppard Alaimaleata and Victoria Lang received, Blue Sky caps,
phone accessories and lima cards.
OUTGOING MISS
ASCC ANNELIESE SWORD SAYS GOOD-BYE
In closing her
reign as Miss American Samoa Community College, former titleholder
Anneliese Sword had many people to thank in her farewell speech
that was not delivered during the pageant held Saturday, April
26 at the ASCC gym.
In a copy provided
to Samoa News, Miss Sword, the daughter of Gary and Lori-Ann
Fale Sword, thanked a great number of people including her parents
who helped her during her reign.
To her "Nana"
Anneliese T. Haleck-Sword, who has imparted "strength, wisdom,
and beauty in my life" she said "I am privileged to
be your namesake."
She thanked God
and said that "prayer is the key to anyone's success"
and added "I am honored to have had the opportunity to represent
such an esteemed institution with standards and morals that create
the flourishing learning environment ASCC provides."
She thanked many
family members, friends and spiritual family at the Cornerstone
Assembly of God Church for their support plus her spiritual parents
Pastor Vainuupo and Aunty Repeka Nu'usa; Uncle Don an Aunty Hope
Kruse; Pastor Otto and Aunty Vickie Haleck.
Special thanks
went out to her ASCC family - President Dr. Seth Galea'i, Dr.
Irene Helsham, Dr. Repeka Nuusa, Dr. Emelia Le'i and Maxine Tuiolemotu
for their "support, encouragement" and "for allowing
me the opportunity to participate in several events both inside
and outside of the college."
To organizers
of the 2008-2009 pageant, won by the new Miss ASCC Kayla Sauafea,
she thanked the Student Government Association "for putting
together the whole event and especially Samantha Finau for making
sure everything went according to plan."
FAGATOGO LEADERS
CALL FOR TOWN MEETING FOR VILLAGE CLEAN-UP
Fagatogo lawmaker
Leapai Sipa Anoai and village mayor Ionatana Tufono have called
a town meeting for the village on May 16 in order to get all
villagers involved in a major clean-up of Fagatogo in preparation
for the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts.
Leapai said because
Fagatogo is the seat of government and it is home to many businesses,
the clean-up of the village is very important.
He said ministers
of churches in the village will be announcing the town meeting
during their services so that there is a big turnout of village
members - from the youth to women's groups and other community
organizations - attending the meeting.
The Fagatogo
lawmaker said he hopes that representatives of the businesses
established in the village will also attend.
He said the date
of the clean-up will be finalized during the town meeting. The
focus of the clean-up will be within the village, such as putting
up welcome signs, cleaning of the streams, picking up trash and
putting together a plan for the control of stray dogs.
Leapai said he
also wants to see whether it's possible to do a clean-up of the
trail heading to where the first AS and US flags were raised
in the territory (Sogelau Hill behind Samoa News). He said the
trail leads to Faga'alu and also connects to a reservoir.
"This is
very important and the village understands this so we hope to
prepare our village for the upcoming regional event," he
said.
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