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MIHA foreclosures now total 3 7Gov. Guerrero asked to help FmHA force acton from housing authority

By Dava HughesPrevious reports made by the Mariana Islands Hous

ing Authority and the local office of the Farmers Home Administration which placed the number of pending foreclosures at “around 20” were not the total picture. According to a letter written to Gov. Larry I. Guerrero by FmHA’s Hawaii office the total is now 37.

The June 18 letter from Daniel K J . Lee, state director in Hawaii, to Guerrero was written asking him help to force MIHA to do proceed with foreclosure proceedings

against the families which had defaulted on their house payments.

Lee’s letter said that the 37 foreclosures now date back to December, 1987andrepresenta$l,723,115 investment by FmHA.

According to Lee, the total payment defaults - as of June 18 - totalled $314,502.

“We have repeatedly requested action by MIHA with few results,” Lee wrote, and he said that Saipan and Guam representatives of the agency have found “MIHA to be

unresponsive.The Hawaii FmHA executive said that his agency has

not been osures and “ . . . We are not able to obtain the quarterly reports on the escrow account established under the agreement.

That escrow account, according to previously interviews with MIHA and the local FmHA office was originally set at about $1 million. Steve Lemieux, assistant executive director o f MIHA said in an interview

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R O H R s i t e s t u d y

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T i n i a n r e - l e a s i n g(F irs t in a series)Initial proposals to lease back 12,500 acres of the 18,000 acres of

land currently designated as a military area on Tinian would have to be scrapped if the proposed Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar installation is placed on that island.

According to a Department of the Navy Naval Space Command environmental impact statement recently issued by the military, all of that land will be needed to not only erect the 34 vertical antenna towers, but to also provide an area free of all vegetation to make sure the facility’s signal is not attenuated.

The EIS also said that all o f the North Field runway system would be required to install the over 500 feet of linear space for the antenna system, but it felt there would be minimal impact on access to the historic sites located within the old air base site before, during and after construction of the system.

According to the report the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar or ROTHR program, has a defense mission that serves the interests of nauonal security because it allows the monitoring of aircraft operations from most of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia and other Communist countries.

The program is the construction and operation of up to three

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Inos defends Japanese 'consultant1 Senate role

CNM I Senate President io - sephlnosofRotasaidThursday m om ingthathedidnot wantto dignify a series of advertisements appearing in the newspaper with a reply. He said the ads were “ in bad taste and the new spaper should not run them ”

Inos said he felt that the ads paidfor by “concetnedcitizens" was the work o f one m anJ.S.Demapan.The Senate president said that Demapan should have come io him man-to-man’’o ra t leastcalledm eon the telephone ifh e had any questions.

The most recent ads questioned why Tadishi Kinumura was a special advisor for economic iff?«rs/Japan and why

hehadacardfromthepresidcm’soffice.

Inos said the allegations contained in theads were“not worth answering.. . “

He said “staff members would be answering thead later today."

Inos said the ads w cre“hitting below the belt. What the guy is doing is condemning m e . . . “

H e said that Demapan was “against Shim izu. I am for Shimizu and he is really ....ed off and called me on the phone different kind o f names - then he cameout with that (advertising.)”

Inos said that Demapan has been in school for some time and recently returned to the Commonwealth.

“Kinamura has been here for

quite a while longer,”Inos said, and has been specially-recognized as a friend of the€NMI. in fact,lheSenaiepresKlent said the Japanese national was an “honorary citizen” of the Commonwealth % /special declaration.

■“This guy has been very good tolheCMMi Inos said , especially help ing a il k in d s o f charities an d was responsible for the erection o f the many bus shelters a ll over Saipan. He said that Kinumura was responsible for the distinctive latte stone bus shelters.

During typhoons Inos said

FOURTH PARADE WET, SMALL - Saipan's annual Fourth of July parade was rained on and delayed almost two hours. . . just like last year and the year before that. Only two floats featuring the Llberatbn Day Queen and Court and a Hotel Association entry, were in this year's celebration. But, hundreds of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts made up the difference with smiles and waves enough for all. See more pictures Inside.

Suit says car

agency erred

leasing vehicleA two-year-old traffic acci

dent which involved an alleged drunk driver operating a rented car has resulted in the filing of a $1 million-plus civil action in Superior Court.

Jean T. Lizama has filed suit against the driver of that vehicle, William Kintz, the man’s employer, Marianas Tugand Barge, M arianas Rental Car Corp., Marine Insurance Company, Pacifica InsuranceUnderwriters and a “John Doe.”

Lizama is seeking a million dollars in actual damages, plus another two million in punitive damages, attorneys fees and costs from the defendants.

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Kinumura donated money, tents, lanterns, foutons and other needed items to help victims in the CNML

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2-MARIANAS v a r ie t y NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-JULY 6,1990

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MPLC real culprit In land use squabbleIf anyone has caused a headache, misunderstand

ing and ugly arguments related to the Shimizu project and its supporters or opponents it has to be the Marianas Public Land Corporation.

As the trustee for all public lands in the Commonwealth MPLC should have done its job properly and objectively when it was decided to approve the Shimizu project. It should have designated, approved and released equal amounts - or doubled the size - of land for homesteads, grazing and public parks.

But, since MPLC has failed to fulfill its obligation to this community, The CNMI Legislature should demand - before considering the Shimizu request - full satisfactory, written commitments that there is the same amount of land hectares designated for those thousands of homestead applicants that MPLC currently holds.

Our recommendation to the lawmakers is to do so, mainly to satisfy both sides of the community and the developers of the Kagman area.

We were told this week by supporters of the Shimizu project that they had found out from MPLC that there are about 2 ,000 house lots available for homestead. It was not MPLC officials who came out publicly to tell this community what they have for them; nor have they officially designated the land for such purpose.

To save Shimizu Corp. and its allies from further hardship and high expenses for them to get the project agreed upon by the local community, we recommend also for them to pressure MPLC to come up with full answers and guaranteed solution for those homesteaders and for those who are against giving the public land for development only.

The land alienation provisions clause in the CNMI Constitution is one of the most protective ideas that island nation could have, but to deny or ignore the rights of the CNMI indigenous people from owning it first is more than a criminal act.

Our friends on Guam were late in finding out how land deals were working out. Are we going to go through the same experience too?

Hope not.

IMarianas Wariety^Serving the Commonwealth for 19 years

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J R ’s A g e n d aBy; John Del Rosario

The opinion expressed in this column are thepersonal opinion of the author and may or may not express the opinions of the newspaper.

Some 21 years ago, the island was adorned by athletes wearing colorful uniforms from Mili to Tobi., Each of the districts in what then was known as Micronesia brought in its top athletes to compete in the various meets including baseball, swimming, track and field, among others.

A colorful ceremony was held at the Civic Center ball field right adjacent to Joctcn's Shopping Center. All delegations sang the Microncsian Anthem which ended with "...'til we have made these islands another promised land." I think we did however separate our ways. After the formalities, the various events took off in nearby designated areas for track and field in Susupc, sw im m ing at the Garapan Fishing Base, etc.

The Marianas was expected to dominate in two areas—baseball and basketball. It found itself stunned by Lhc more well coordinated and superbly conditioned athletes from Palau. Swimming went to a natural also from Palau. Palau almost

at will dominated nearly every event to the surprise of the other athletes from the Marshalls, Ponape, Truk, Yap and the Marianas.

We had a fine baseball team that we all expected would give any team in Micronesia a hard run for the gold medal. Instead, the final score against Palau tells it a ll-first game 1 believe the score was 27-2. A pleasant surprise was the baseball team from Truk. It was the team that gave Palau a run for the gold. The score on the final game was 1-0. Palau scored on an error.

It was in the final game between Bclau and Chuuk that the crowd was treated to some fine com edy by the laic Masaloki, a Chuukese natural comedian who had everybody sitting on the bleachers or near the sidelines laughing to tears. 1 certainly will miss my friend this time around.

Then there was the Ponapcan marathon runner who turned the event to one of "no contest". He was so far ahead that he even took time out to ask

for a smoke from spectators lining both sides of beach road leading to the Garapan Fishing Base. He's super in every way imaginable. I understand that he even chases deer back home bare fooLcd. No wonder he dwarfed everybody in this meet.

Bul 1 also give credit to the Yápese marathoner who came in about 45 minutes late. But his persistence brought the crowd to its feet as he circled the Susupc Track and Field for the last stretch of his run. 1 forgot his name but his efforts illuminates persistence at its best.

The Microncsian Games begins tomorrow. Let us turn out by the numbers and welcome our friends from the FSM, Palau, Marshalls,and Guam. Let this mode of competition be an occasion to renew our friendship with our brothers and sisters from our neighboring islands. Too, let this occasion serve as one avenue to Pacific Regionalism and Solidarity! And may the best team win! Welcome to the Northern Mariana Islands.

/ Letters To The EditorDear Editor:Last week you published a

letter from "Name Withheld Upon Request", an anonymous person who did not understand the effect of H.B. No. 7-151 and purposely lied about the hiring of nurses at CHC. The person did not want to sign the letter, because nobody wants to look like a fool.

There is a very small group of nurses now working at CHC who have the same qualifications and experience as some other nurses who are classified as RN's as provided by the "Nurse Practice Act of 1982". A lthough they are similarly qualified and perform the same duties, one group receives higher salary. That is unfair.

H.B. No. 7-151 makes a technical amendment to the "Nurse Practice Act of 1982" to allow those nurses who are now working at CHC and who graduated from GCM or TT School of Nursing to be classified as a registered nurse, just as those other nurses were classified when they returned from the same school. What is fair for one person should be fair for another person.

The proposed legislation affects only a handful of nurses

who were still attending school at the time the 1982 law took effect. It docs not open the door to unqualified nurses; it does not lower health care standards. What it is docs is correct a technical deficiency that penalized a few nurses, nurses that are doing the job that we so need. Let's help, not hurt, them.

For example, Manuel Sablan Camacho graduated from the TT School of Nursing but missed the deadline imposed by the 1982 Act. I have witnessed many times with my own eyes the outstanding work he docs in the Intensive Care Unit, often performing supervisory work when a patient is rolled in, nearing death. Yet he is not classified as a registered nurse. H.B. No. 7-151 would allow Mr. Camacho to receive a salary more commensurate with his actual duties.

The writer deliberately lied about the restrictive work shifts for newly hired nurses at CHC, which desperately needs

qualified and dedicated nurses. Maybe "Name Withheld Upon Request" is qualified but not dedicated. If the person really cared, he or she would get out o f the closet and volunteer! D on't forget The Florence Nightingale Pledge With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care."

Sincerely,Congressman Stanley T.

Torres

Dear Editor May I respectfully request

your goodsclf to publish this Letter of Appreciation in your widely read newspaper.In so short a time that the in

cumbent Directory of Public W orks, Mr. Nick C. Sablan assum ed office, tremendous improvements have benefitted Saipan; such as the asphalt paving of the highways, and other public work projects. It

See LETTERS page 4

LeUers to the editor on any and all subjects are welcome here, All we ask is that your tetter be handsigned and have a daytime telephone number where you can be reached for confirmation. Letters copied and mailed to us MUST nave original signature, not a photo copied one.

FRIDAY, JULY 6 ,1990-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS- 3

Public auditor w ill decide fuel protestPublic Auditor Scott Tan has

about 20 days to decide if the fuel the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation now uses to power Saipan's electric, generators is (1) the wrong kind for the machines, and/or is being bought from the wrong company.

Tan refused to discuss the controversy in an interview last week, saying he had to look over the papers and other docum ents provided by Taga Petroleum - the company asking for the change, or Shell, the successful low-bidder.

C hief o f the Procurement Division, David Apatang, has

already denied Taga's appeal o f the original bid award, saying that the paperwork is defective and thus can not be considered.

A June I I letter from the law offices of William Fitzgerald to Tan asks him to reverse the denial and summarily rule that Taga protested in a timely manner - or to address the merits of Taga's protest.

Taga's barristers argue that they had 10 days to file a protest, but under the rules they did not know o f Shell's successful bid until it was too late because they were not told.

Much o f the argument revolves around allegations that the time period for filing a protest was unfairly delayed by

Apatang not releasing pertinent files in a timely basis, but Taga's main protest is that the fuel being used is not the type designed for the M itsubishi engines.

A February 28 letter to Apatang from Taga alleges that CUC selected what they termed an "illegal fuel." Their letter said that Taga was the only supplier of the low-emission gas-oil which not only meets the United States Environmental Protection Agency's re quirem ents for low -su lfur emissions, but also complies with Mitsubishi engines need for the fuel type for long term usage before overhaul.

Taga said in their letter that

since CUC contracted with Shell for an illegal fuel, their contract is invalid. They also say that usage of the Shell fqel will cause a deterioration in the air quality o f Saipan.

CUC's executive director, Ramon Guerrero, said in a recent interview that he wasn't taking sides in the issue - it was up to the public auditor, but he said that since the prevailing winds would take any engine emissions away from Saipan and into the open sea, there was no basis for saying that burning the heavy fuel oil supplied by Shell could cause air pollution on Saipan.

Taga’s protest to Apatang said the Commonwealth and

CUC did not look at all the factors when choosing the slightly less expensive fuel from Shell, including the fact that the higher sulfur content of Shell's fuel would damage engine valves at a much higher rate than their lower-sulfur gas- oil product.

The required overhauls at shorter tim e periods w ould negate any savings from the lower-cost fuel, they allege.

They said that total cost o f fuels and maintenance would be included in awarding bids, and by following that guideline, Taga's price would - in the long run - be much lower.

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Over thirty individuals from Saipan, Rota, Tinian and Guam, led by Bishop Tomas Camacho attended the fifty years anniversary, golden jubilee celebration of the priesthood for Fr. Arnold Bendowske, O. F. M., Cap. The celebration was held last June 2 3 at Mount Calvary, Wisconsin. Fr. Arnold spent many years on Saipan teaching at the Mt. Carmel School.

AG looking at seizing Cabrera's assetsBy Dave H ughes Commonwealth legal offi

cials may not wait eight years to attempt collection of the money Frances Cabrera stoic from CUC while she was com ptroller there. Attorney General Robert Naraja said Thursday he will be discussing what avenues the CNMI has open, including the possible seizure of any assets or property the woman may have in the CNMI or elsewhere.

C om m onw ealth Superior

Court Judge Marty Taylor 'lowered the boom' on Cabrera during the final day of her sentencing and restitution hearing. Throwing out a recommended probation sentence,·Taylor said that Cabrera showed no remorse for her actions and had not even agreed to repay the money she had stolen.

He sentenced her to six years in the Department of Corrections and imposed a S I0,000 line , plus re s titu tion of S86,174.27 and repayment of

her almost 512,000 in salary.Naraja said there is some

concern if she can pay back the money in the prescribed time - or at all. Chief Prosecutor Ron Hammcu said Thursday that if Cabrera did not repay the money as ordered by the judge within eight years she would have to finish serving the two suspended years.

He referred all questions to Naraja dealing with the possibility of seizing assets.

The attorney general said he

had no idea what assets the woman could have, but the interest she put up in a family inheritance still in probate was not worth much - "possibly 510,000 or less."

Naraja said he would probably enlist the aid of Scott Tan and his public auditor's office to "track down" any bank accounts that Cabrera may have, property on Guam or on the mainland.

Cabrera's lax returns or other information could lead to bank

accounts or investments.All could be subject to

seizure and sale to satisfy her debt to the Commonwealth, he said.

Cabrera's request to delay incarceration was denied and Department of Correction officials took her into custody forthwith to begin serving her sentence.

Until arrangements can be made to house her in the main prison complex, Cabrera is being held at the former boating safety office in Lower Base.

Parachutist lands on, dam ages pickup truckPolice activity during the

Fourth of July holiday was fairly routine . . with one exception. The driver of a pickup truck complained to the Department of Public Safety that one of the four U.S. Army Special Forces parachutists apparently landed on his truck.

That landing somehow resulted in the back window of the vehicle getting smashed.

DPS spokesman Capt. Frank Ducnas said police knew it was one of the parachutists because sgt. J.R. Cruz saw it happen.

"Just about that time it got

very busy,” Ducnas said, and Cruz did not have time to investigate the matter.

The incident happened at the Micro Beach area near the beach, he said.

"He just folded up his chute and walked away," Ducnas said.

A nother one o f the sky divers landed in heavy vegetation a long way from the designated landing zone.

Ducnas said that driving while intoxicated arrests were about usual for a holiday and the only mishap involving injuries was'when a four-wheeler

motorcycle and a car collided.He did not identify the loca

tion, but said the injuries were not sever, other than compound fractures to one rider.

On a more serious note, Ducnas said a routine reckless driving traffic stop made by detectives resulted in the arrest of Jose Rios, 35 of Koblcrville for illegal possession o f a firearm and ammunition.

Rios was not driving the vehicle, but officers performed a "frisk" on his person, finding the small caliber handgun, Ducnas said.

In other police news former Northern Islands Mayor Vincente Aldan told police on July 3 that on his last trip to his former home on Anatahan to retrieve personal property the theft of several items was discovered.

Aldan told police several days after he returned from Anatahan with a group of volcano scientists about the thefL

Missing are several pairs of fishing fins and other types of fishing apparatus. He said that two and one-half cases of corned beef and Span respec-

tively was also m issing, as well as 3,000 feet o f nylon rope.

A lthough Gov. Larry I. Guerrero has banned travel to Anatahan because of the danger of volcanic activity there, it is 'patrolled' on a regular basis by civil defense and other agencies.

Duenas said that somehow someone made off with a 10 kilowatt-hour generator worth over $5,000 sometime during July 3.

He said that World Corp. in Sadog Tase reported the theft.

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By Dave HughesE d ito r 's no te : This is the

f i r s t in a series o f reports on the proposed Saipan Shimizu project.)

An international accounting firm com m issioned by the Shimizu Corporation has prepared a report showing that the proposed Kagman golf course and hotel project will show a profit . . . a relatively small one.

The report backs up previous press releases issued by Saipan spokesm an fo r S h im izu , former It. gov. Pete A. Teno- rio, which said that the local perception that the company will make staggering amounts of money on their 25-year lease is far off-base.

As a matter o f fact the report predicts that the first 'profits' made by the company won't come until 1996-2000, when a profit of $3,743,000 is projected.

N et lo s s e s to ta l l in g S3,506,000 are projected from 1990 until the beginning of the 1996 budge period.

The Touche-Ross June 5 report to Takahashi Taguichi, resident director of Shimizu Corporation's Saipan office said that the accountants of their offices look a look at various factors, including the number of actual days the golf course would be available, local labor conditions, estimated costs and profus to make their projections.

The unsigned report said that statistics on golf course usage were compiled from other courses on Saipan and those on Guam. Figures on hotel profitability were based on checking hotels and resorts on Guam and Saipan because of their similar climates and other factors.

Touchc-Ross said they based their estim ates on what is term ed "key assum ptions" which include:• The golf course will be 36

holes.• A 90-room hotel with re

lated club house and sports facilities.

• An aggressive program of advertising prior to the opening and during the golf course's operation.

• Maintenance and replacement of some facilities to ensure continuing high quality.

• The Japanese economy will remain healthy.

• The lease period will be 25 years and construction can begin in the first year.

■ The holding company will finance and construct golf course and entire resort complex.

• Memberships will be sold on an aggressive basis - but the deposit is returned at the end of lease period.

Management company - a subsidiary of the holding company - handles and pays for resort operations, inc lud ing rep lacem ent

• costs of facilities.Information contained within

the Touche-Ross report shows that the management company formed to oversee the resort would be totally funded by Shimizu to the tune o f $3 m illion ' $2 m illion would come from the funds o f the holding company as 100 percent owner of the Common stock.

Another half-million dollars would be in preferred stock - not cash - donated to the Public School System by Shimizu and the retirement fund.

The TR report said that $500,000 in preferred stock would also be made available to Saipan "investors." Nothing was said in the report about the investors being "locals."

Projected short and long-term profits are based on total construction o f all facilities, including resort and golf course - no later than Jan. 1, 1993.

The Kagman Golf Course management company would be responsible for paying "rental fees" equivalent to the depreciation costs o f the facility, according to the report.

That management company would also be "required to periodically replace the facilities as necessary over the life of the 25-year lease."

Revenues for the project would com e from several sources, but golf course income are based on a complex formula which used set factors of the golfing industry adjusted to the western Pacific.

Projections for income assume:V 316 playable days in a yearV 4 hours per day of playing

timeV 8-10 minute tee-off times

in a group.V 4 players in a groupV 75 percent facilities usage

on weekendsV 55 percent usage on week

days.This lormula would set an

estimated 83,030 players per year for the 36 holes.

However, the man in charge of Saipan's newest golf resort, Coral Ocean Point, says his course is slightly below those projections now.

Mike Imai said in a recent interview that for 18 holes the company estimates 11 hours of play instead of TR's four, and their course usage averages about 55 percent on weekends and weekdays.

Imai said that was the maximum "allowed."

That translates to 240 people on the Coral Ocean Point course from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m.

Once open TR predicts 60 See SHIMIZU page 7

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Shimizu..percenLroom occupancy when first opened, and 100 percent after 1995.

Average room occupancy1 is estimated at 60 percent over the 25-year lease period.

The report said that more reports are planned for Saipan and that will dilute the total room leasing for the resort, but according to M arianas Visitors Bureau statistics the number of available rooms may not keep up with the demand as more tourists from Asia and Austra lia 'find ' the C om m onwealth.

Room rates by 1993 are expected to be in the $100 per- day region, according to the report.

Additional revenues - figured into the yearly 'bottom line' - also estimate that each guest will generate about $10-$ 15 per day in food and beverage sales.

Sports facilities at the resort are projected to generate three percent o f the golf course revenues.

General and administrative expenses are projected to be approximately 10 percent of the total revenue - or approximately $40 million over the 25-year period. Not included in these costs are depreciation, etc. This is for office-related costs, office supplies, general m anagem ent, au to leasing costs, communications, etc.

The local management company will be paid on a two- tiered basis. Their basic rate o f . compensation would be five percent of gorss revenues, plus an 'incentive fee' equal to seven percent o f net income before facilities use costs.

Land lease costs, one of the most controversial subjects dealing with the proposed 25- ycar lease, are projected at:• 1990-93 - $240,000 per

year1994-2005 - 3% of gross revenues

• 2006-2015 - 3% + one-tenth o f one percent increase per year to 4%.

Profit is also based on the assum ption that the Com monwealth's five percent gross receip ts tax w ill rem ain constant for five years.

Dividends will be paid to preferred stock holder, including PSS and retirement fund from at least 25 percent of income.

Shimizu's holding company will receive a 20 percent dividend as 100 percent owner of common stock.

In the event short-tcrn loans arc needed by the management company they will be expected to pay only 10 percent interest on the money.

All cash surpluses will stay stay with the m anagem ent company to pay for miscellaneous items.

TR issued a set o f caveats following their final projections. These warnings were entitled "risk factors," or major

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situations which could change their figures.

They include:

• L ab o rThe TR report said that the

current unemployment rate on Saipan is considered low. "Many of the hotels and businesses are experiencing difficulty in hiring capable em ployees to perform even the most basic tasks. As a result, there has been an influx of people from many different areas of the Micronesia and Asia to fill this void. Although it is unknown as to the availability of labor when the proposed project is ready to open, management has formulated options which will be undertaken to reduce this risk."V 1 Ensure that the project

owner retains a quality management team. An experienced operator will be capable of implementing proven accounting and information systems, training and employee retention program s, and m anagement systems which will help to ensure there is adequate labor and profitabil- ity.

v 2 Pay scales must be attractive to attract quality personnel to the tourism industry.

V 3 Attract undcr-cmploycd w orkers, such as the elderly, the handicapped, students and women with young children through a variety of benefits such as training, day-care centers, and flexible hours.

Jap an ese T o u ris t The growth rcccmly experi

enced in Saipan is the direct result of the strengthened yen, with resulting visits of the Japanese tourist. The continued purchasing pow er o f the Japanese is impossible to predict. However, opportunities for mitigating the risk of declining dem and include: 1) Form allegiances with major tour operators who arc capable of delivering a substantial number of tourists. 2) Retain a strong management/hotel operator who can provide marketing support. 3) Diversify the client mix to be attracted to the hotel. 4) Provide a first-class facility offering a full range of amenities and features such that the hotel and golf course will be the resort of choice.

TR warns that competition from other markets and islands could have an adverse effect on their profit projections. The said "many other islands in Micronesia arc building hotels and resorts to a ttrac t the Japanese tourist. Guam, in particular, has several golf course projects planned.

"New golf courses in Saipan are also expected. In order to m aintain its m arket share, Shimizu should expect to provide truly firsi-class service and facilities.

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will be holding a Public Hearing in conjunction with the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC), Sewer division, on Tuesday, July 10, 1990 at the Carolinian UTT Building in Garapan. The hearing will be held at 7:00pm to discuss the Construction Grants Priority List for the 1991 Fiscal Year.

Construction Grants are federal monies provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund major sewer projects in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The US Congress ended the Construction Grant Program nationally in 1990. The CNMI was fortunately awarded and extension of the grant program for FY- 90. However, it is uncertain if federal grants will be available for FY-91.

Therefore the FY-91 Priority List is especially important this year since CUC Sewer Division will be more dependant on local appropriations. The Priority List is the annual ranking of sewage projects based on health and population factors, required for all projects that may be eligible for federal funding.The government and legislative representatives, as well as the

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MICRONESIAN GAMES OPENING DAY PROGRAM

July 7, 1990

8:00 a.m. Athletes, Coaches, Managers and Games Officials must assemble at Civic Center field in their games uniforms.

9:00 a.m. Parade Begins at Civic Center Field

10:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies at Susupe Baseball Field

Introduction of teams as they enter baseball grounds

Playing of U.S. National Anthem. (U.S. Navy Band)Singing of the CNMI Anthem (By Candy B. Taman)

InvocationBishop Tomas A. Camacho, Diocese of Chalan Kanoa

Introduction of Distinguished Guests and local dignitaries

Welcoming RemarksEd Manibusan, Chairman, Micronesian Games Organizing Committee

Keynote AddressGov. Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero

BenedictionRev. Dwight Chapman

Declaration of the Games OpeningGov. Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero

(Release of Balloons)Raising of the Micronesian Games Flag by Police Honor Guard

U.S. Navy Band will play different numbers as athletes leave the field

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1. July 6, 1990 9 a.m. at the Susupe Gym Conference Room, meeting of the Micronesian Games Organizing Committee and representatives from the Micronesia, Guam and CNMI.

2. July 7, 1990 Parade Begins at 9 a.m. at Civic Center FieldOpening Ceremony Begins at 10 a.m. at Ball Field

3. July 7, 1990 6 :3 0 p.m . Welcoming Reception at Aqua Resort hosted by Gov. Guerrero and MGOC for off-island and on-island dignitaries (By invitations only)

4. July 9, 1990 7 :00 P .M . Micronesian Night featuring dances, singing at Civic Center Beach across the street from the Gymnasium. Dancers from Palau and Yap.

5. July 10, 1990 7:00 P .M . Micronesian Night at Civic Center Beach. Dancers from Pohnpei and Kosrae

6. July 11, 1990 7:00 P .M . Micronesian Night at Civic CenterBeach. Dancers from the Marshalls and Chuuk.

7. July 12, 1990 7:00 P .M . Micronesian Night at Civic CenterBeach. Dancers from the CNMI and Guam.

8. July 12, 1990 9 a.m . Meeting at Gymnasium Conference Room between MGOC and representatives from Micronesia, Guam and the CNMI to decide on the venue of the 1994 Games.

9. July 14, 1990 5 p.m . Meeting at Gymnasium Conference Room between MGOC and representatives from Micronesia, Guam and the CNMI to vote on the Games' Most Outstanding Athlete, both male and female.

10. July 14, 1990 7 p.m. Farewell Fiesta for all athletes, coaches and officials of the Micronesian Games at Beach Side, Hopwood Junior High School. Sponsored by the Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association.

11. July 15, 1990 10 a.m. Closing Ceremony at Susupe Baseball Diamond.

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The "Citizen o f the Year" aw ards is an annual event organized by the Rotary Club of Saipan to recognize and award citizens o f the Marianas who have served and contibuted many efforts for th is community. Other personalities who have been recognized and awarded by the Saipan Rotary include, Dr. Jose Chong, Bishop Tomas C am acho, Jose C. Tenorio (Jo e ten ) and M anuel S. Villagomez.

Rem edios,who has been a school teacher from 1951 to the present,was instrumental in the

estab lishm ent o f the first k indergarten school on the island. Recognized for her dedication to the education of Saipan children for almost 40 years now, Sister Remedios has been involved with the Sister Remedios Pre-School .CNMl’s oldest and largest pre-school.

Born on October 10, 1915, Sister Remedios first served as a teacher's aide for the Japanese School for the N atives- Chamorros and Carolinians and in 1933 began teaching the C atho lic D octrine know n locally as "doctrina". to the Saipanese children.

It w as in 1941 w hen Remedios entered the Convent for the Mercedarian Sisters and assisted in their domestic works and responsibilities. In 1950, she made her first vows as a re lig io u s s is te r o f the Mercedarian M issionaries of

Berriz.The awarding ceremony was

among the events of the Rotary Club o f Saipan's Installation night o f the 1990-91 Board of Directors and Officers. Inducted as President o f Saipan Rotary is Norbert Sablan while Karl Reyes is named Vice-President.

Jeff Schorr is Secretary while Mike Naholowaa handles the treasury. Bill Michling is the D irector for Club Services, N o rm a n T e n o r io fo r C om m unity Services w hile Vocational Services is handled by Tony Pellegrino.

M ike Pai is D irector for International Services while H enry S asak i is nam ed Sergeant-at-Arms.

R obert Laughrey was also recognized and awarded by the R otary as "senior active" member.

Sister Remedios holds the trophy she was awarded while being assisted by her neice Paz Younis and Lt. Gov. Benjamin T. Manglona.

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Incoming Rotary Board members and officersbeing sworn in by Justice Ramon Villagomez.

New President Norbert Sablan was pinned by outgoing President Mike Pai while David Sablan, founder of Saipan Rotary, Karl Reyes (center) and Jeff Schorr looks on.

FRIDAY, JULY 6 ,1990-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEW S-13

House hearing on Shimizu July 17,10 a.mThe House Committee on Nat

ural Resources, Seventh Northern M arianas Com m onwealth Legislature, will hold a public hearing on the proposed lease of approximately 200 continuous hectares of public land to the Shimizu Corporation for the development of two golf courses and other related development.

The hearing will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 17 at the House Chamber, Capitol Hill, Saipan. The following witnesses are requested to be present:

V Honorable Jesus S. Guerrero, Mayor of Saipan

V Robert Naraja, Attorney General

V W illiam Concepcion, Executive Director, MPLC

V Board Chairman, MPLCV S.C.Properties(Saipan)Inc.

(Shimizu Corporation)V Ramon S .-G uerrero ,

Executive Director, CUC' I President, Kagman Home

steaders AssociationV Saipan Golfers AssociationV SaipanFarmer’sCooperative

A plaque expressing appreciation was presented to outgoing Executive Director Gabriel Boyer by Chamber President Maggie George at a dinner hosted by the Board o f Directors on the 28th of June. In a prepared farewell speech, he described his last 7 years as Director to be a rewarding experience."I can honestly say, that during this 7 years of my life working with you, I have grown to be a more mature person and gained the experience necessary to tackle any job in the private sector. " said the outgoing Director. On the same night the Board of Directors recognized the succeeding Director, Dino Jones, with a brief message of "Teamwork". He sees his new job to be educational and challenging.

V Nicolas C. Sablan, Director of Public Works

V Greg M. Camacho, Director, Public Safety

V Vicente T. Seman, Chief, Department of Corrections

v Russell Mecham, Chief, Environmental Quality

V Ben Aldan, Acting Administrator, CRMO

V Nicolas M. DeLeon Guerrero, Director, Natural Resources

V Arnold I. Palacios, Chief, Fish and Wildlife

V Juan I. Castro, Chief, Lands

and SurveysV Chief, Plant Industry and

Extension ServicesV Charlie Frear, Soil and Water

ConservationV Michael Fleming, Historic

Preservation OfficerV Maggie George, President,

Saipan Chamber of Commercev BennetT. Seman, Managing

Director, MVBV Cindy Bower-Camacho,

Administrator, Zoning BoardV Jesus B. Pangelinan, Direc

tor, Community and Cultural

AffairsV President o f the Saipan Taxi

AssociationV General Public.The Witnesses are requested to

submit written testimonies. The general public and all interested parties are also invited to attend. All written testimonies are to be submitted at least three (3) days pprior to the hearing date.

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Rotary recognize Bob

Rotarían Bob Loughrey was recognized as "Senior Active" by his fellow Rotarians during the club's installation night. Bob has just returned from medical treatment in Hawaii for his injured hip.

Lorie Loughrey proudly happy for her Bob, and Patt) Hefner loks on.

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Sister Remedios (right) is listening to the brief remarks read by Justice Ramon Villagomez about her contributions to the community. Sitting next to her are Lt. Gov. Benjamin Manglona and Rotary's new president Norbert Sablan.

PUBLIC NOTICEISLAND OF TINIAN MASTER PLAN

STRATEGY STUDY

The Mayor of Tinian and Aguiguan is calling for proposals for the preparation of a Master Plan Strategy Study for the island. Interested consultants with appropriate qualification, ecpertise and experience in statutory and physical planning, economics, engineering and project development may obtain copies of the terms and reference.of the above study from the Office of the Mayor, Municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Tinian, MP 96952.

Proposals in response to this invitation must be submitted to the attention of the Honorable James M. Mendiola, by close of business on July 31,1990

Is/ JAMES M. MENDIOLA Mayor

FRIDAY, JULY 6 ,1990-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15

Goodman resigns as club prexySaipan Press Club President

Wes Goodman officially relinquished his presidency at the Club's regular meeting earlier this week, saying he hoped the Club's early enthusiasm under its first president would continue after his departure..

Recalling the spirit o f first president Tom A nderson, Goodman said he felt the Club should be proud o f its accomplishments to date, and of the role it has played in the community.

"The gubernatorial debate is a good example - lt gave us credibility in the community, and Showed the kinds of positive things we can do as a

group,” he told members in attendance.

Goodman will be leaving his position as P acific D aily News' Saipan Bureau chief in- mid-July to pursue a graduate degree in journalism at New York’s Columbia University.

He took the occasion o f the Club's regular monthly meeting to urge Club members to "keep going, make lt a functioning body, and use it to further the gods of the press."

The Club could be an instrument of value, getting involved in projects that would benefit the com munity, he said.

Goodman came to Saipan in

1988, after 18 m onths in M oen, Chuuk as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

A fter w orking fo r the Variety for five months, he assumed his present position with the Pacific Daily News in September,1988.

The "gauntlet" passed on by Goodman’ will be taken up by Ruth L. Tighe, club vice-president, who will now assume the presidency.

The Saipan Press Club holds monthly luncheon meetings the last Tuesday o f every month.

Membership is open to all interested persons.

Chamber organizes Junior AchievementFor the past four months, a

group o f Saipan Chamber of Commerce members have been organizing a Saipan Chapter of Junior Achievement. On June 25,1990, Junior Achievement of Saipan, Inc. was accepted as a C N M I N o n - P r o f i t Corporation with the purpose to the youth of Saipan with practical economic and business experience in a competition free enterprise system through a partnership with the business and educational community in Saipan.Junior Achievement, (JA), a

U.S. based non-profit organization founded more than 70

years ago, has chapters in over1.000 communities in the U.S. and Canada with more than70.000 business people volunteering their time. The first p ro g ra m o f J u n io r Achievement o f Saipan, Inc. will be the classic JA Program; a 20 week business cycle scheduled to begin with the new 1990-1991 school year this September.All high school juniors and

seniors and first year Northern Marianas College students will be eligible to participate in this year's Junior Achievement. The students involved will have an

unique opportunity to obtain practical business experience by actually organizing and operating their own businesses or JA Companies. Saipan business people will volunteer their time to provide management and consulting assistance to the students in each JA Company. If you are interested in learn

ing m ore ab o u t Ju n io r Achievement or participating in the JA Program, please contact the Saipan Chamber of Commerce at 234-6132, Heidi Yelin of Pacific Postal Plus at 234-8438 or Roy Morioke of MTC at 234-6100.

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HELP WANTEB ! ! !The CNMI Governor's Conference On Library And Information Service is looking for 20 community spirited individuals to serve as at-large delegates to the Governors Conference, to be held October 22- 25,1990.

Qualifications:Applicants should have:An interest in improving CNMI libraries A Commitment to the CNMI community The Time to attend the entire conference

Also helpful:An Understanding of community needs An Awareness of potential library service

For more information, call Malinda Matson or Kim Lafferty at the Olympio T. Borja Library, Northern Marianas College, 234- 5498, 5499, or 7642 during working hours.

Deadline for application is July 15, 1990

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TO: THE FAMILY OF MR. SID PETERSAIPAN TAXI DRIVERM adam e,We, the CNMI Taxi Drivers Association shared with your grief the sudden demise of petersan, who is also our fellow taxi driver. We are extending our heartfelt condolence to you and your family.

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Kendall Foundation needs supportIn memoriam

Friends and relatives of Schuyler Nijri Kendall, son o f Republic of the Marshall Islands ambassador to the U.S. Wilfred I. Kendall and Rosemary C. Kendall have established a memorial foundation in his name.

In recognition o f excellence in English composition by senior honor roll students at the private and public high schools in Majuro, Marshall islands a sum o f $200 w ill be awarded annually to one student from each high school.

A topic will be selected annually by the Kendall Family, and all entry essays will be judged by a committee o f advisors from each school and subject to the approval o f the Kendall family and the trustee of the foundation.

Judgement criteria will include among other things: style, clarity and conciseness, content, and originality o f thought and expression. Contributions may be submitted to:

The Schuyler Nijri Kendall Memorial Foundation

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Dear Editor,

As trustee for the recently established Schuyler Nijri Kendall Memorial Foundation, I am sending to you the enclosed announcement. Since the Foundation is both new and small in size, it cannot afford to pay to have your publication publish the announcement. Your consideration is requested in either running the announcement as it is or at least in mentioning the existence of the Foundation. Your assistance and generosity would be greatly appreciated, as well as recognized in future press releases. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at my office (202)331-3282, or at home (703)768-6120.

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Saipan hosts PATA Micronesia Pacific W ·

\ four day gathering included a seminar and election o f officials for the Pacific Asia Travel A sso c ia tio n 's M ic ro n esia Çhapter. It was held last week a t Coral Ocean Point Golf Resort.

The three day sem inar on "Strategic Planning for the Travel Industry" attracted 29 participants from throughout Micronesia. The program was geared to giving insiders in the business the latest information about selling their destinations in an increasingly worldwide maiket.Speakers during the seminar

were Professor Dexter Choy o f the School o f Travel Industry Management at the University o f Hawaii and Alwin Zwecha, a form er President o f PATA, w ho is cu rren tly C h ie f Executive Officer o f Pacific- Leisure Group.

During the final day of the meeting, new PATA officers were elected, with Guam representatives m aking a clean sweep. The new officers are: Chairman, John C. Salas; Vice Chairman, Joey B. Cepeda; S e c re ta ry , M arco P o lo ; Treasurer, Jerry Gatch, all o f Guam.

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b ig n a m e h e lpAttorney for convicted mur

derer Mariano Mendiola, Lecia Eason, denied Wednesday saying that she would ever consider calling internationally- known attorneys such as F. Lee Bailey to assist in the defense of her client.

She termed the story in Tuesday's paper "ridiculous," and that her statements about seeking outside help were taken out o f context.

Eason said Monday that she was planning to file an accelerated appeal request before the C o m m o n w ealth S uprem e Court on behalf of Mendiola.

A three-judge appeals panel ordered his 1988 murder con

viction set aside, quashed certain evidence introduced in the original trial, and ordered evaluations of Mendiola's mental capabilities to stand trial.

Hearings to determine admissibility of other evidence, such as confessions made by Mcndi- ola while in custody of the D P S arc scheduled-to lake Place July 12, but a writ of prohibition order from the CNMI high court to presiding Judge Robert Hefner could stop that proceeding.

Eason said Monday that she was taking the suggestion made by the high court in it's order and seeking an accelerated appeal on his case.

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TÔF0L, Kosrae - The Second Citrus Production Technology Workshop, hosted by the Cooperative Extension Services o f the College o f Micronesia, was held on Kosrae in February. Conrado 1. Gonzales Assistant Regional Director and National Coordinator of the UNDPFAO Citrus Project in the Philippines, conducted the workshop. Four agriculturalists from the Freely Associated States o f Micronesia joined CES staff, Kosrae extension agents and farmers a t the workshop.

Gerson Jackson, Director of Kosrae State Department of Conservation and Resources, welcomed participants to the opening day at the Kosrae Department of Education conference room.

A ccording to Gonzales, commercial citrus production has great potential in Kosrae due to the absence of many of the common citrus pests and diseases.—'You- need disease free root stock to produce healthy citrus," said Gonzales. "Kosrae is a disease free state as far as citrus is concerned." Gonzales advised Kosraean agriculturists to be very careful of introducing new stock from other s ta te s and transmitting diseases.

Kosrae is the leading citrus grower in the FSM, and the fruit is exported to other islands in Micronesia. Plans are to develop the industry to increase exports.

Of the estimated over one- thousand citrus growers in the state, approximately 300 arc commercial farmers.

Most citrus growers give the fruits away to friends or relatives overseas.

According to Chief of Kosrae State Agriculture Critin Phillip, in. support of the c i t r u s in d u s try th e government will plant at least 3,000 citrus plants each year until the maximum amount for fresh fruit exports is re a c h - . In addition to exporting citrus fruit, the K osrae governm ent is considering constructing a juice processing plant in a few years, said Phillip.

Added Phillip, Though Kosrae has been fortunate by the lack of major pests and diseases, we do face a problem in regards to marketing. Current restrictions on Kosrae citrus imported to Guam and Saipan pose a major problem since these are our biggest m arketing points." Other export destinations include Ebcyc, M ajuro, Pohnpci, Chuuk and Nauru.

Varieties of citrus grown in Kosrae include Kosrae Sweet orange, Valencia Sweet Orange, Kosraean Lime, Algerian Tangerine, Dancy Tangcr-

ine and Satsuma Tangerine. The Kosraean lime and Valencia S. Orange bear fruits year around, while the others mature in June and December. Because of the abundance of citrus in Kosrae, prices are very reasonable: oranges at $.20/lb; limes, $.30/lb; and tangerines, $ .50/lb. When sold overseas Kosraean citrus fetches a much higher price: buyers in Pohnpei pay $1.1 S/lb. for Kosraean limes and $1 ,7511b for tangerines.

Gonzales compared citrus grown from seeds and those grown from rootstock. Most of the citrus in Kosrae is grown from sour-orange root-

stock, said Phillip. Varieties of lime, tangerines and oranges are then budded to the rootstock. "The drawbacks of citrus grown from seeds," said Gonzales, "is the tree is often thorny and late bearing - it takes seven to ten years to bear fruits. It takes about two to three years if propagated using the budding method."

Gonzales presented information on citrus nursery and orchard operations and manage- m en t, in c lu d in g s ite considerations. According to Gonzales, the best site to grow citrus is a semi-elevated area with good drainage, close to a water source and easily

accessible. He gave a slide presentation on commercial growing methods used for citrus in other parts of the world, as well as pests and diseases that cause problems for the citrus industry. Nelson E s g u e n a , A E S /C O M E n to m o lo g is t, d iscussed citrus insect pests in the FSM and methods of control. Also included were discussions on f e r t i l i z e r a p p l ic a t io n , inter-ropping, and pruning.

Participants were given a demonstration o f budding by Kosrae agriculture staff at the agriculture greenhouse. The group also visited a citrus farm in Malem and were

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Gonzales was retained by the Department of Agriculture to provide additional training and advice on citrus production development to agriculture staff and farmers J after the workshop.

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$15.1m. judgement entered against MarcosNEW YORK (A P )-A $15.1

million judgment has been entered against form er Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos in a W ashington state case in which she and her late husband were found liable in the murders o f two anti-M arcos activists.

Mrs. Marcos was acquitted Monday with Saudi financier Adnan Khashoggi o f federal racketeering and fraud charges that she helped loot her homeland's treasury of $222 million and spent it on art and real estate, much of it in New York.

The $15.1 million judgment, entered June 19 in a federal court in New York and June 27 in a state court here, clears the

way for the slain men's families to attach Marcos property in New York. The judgments were published in the New York Law Journal on Tuesday.

On Dec. 15, a civil jury in a federal court in Seattle found Marcos, the late deposed president o f the Philippines, and Mrs. Marcos liable in the 1981 murders o f the two Filipino activists.

Marcos' estate and his widow were ordered to pay more than $15 million to the survivors of S ilm e D om ingo and Gene V iem es. The ju ry awarded Domingo’s wife and two young daughters $12.8 m illion, and Viemes' wife $2.3 million.

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for the Marcoses, blamed the verdict on the couple's unpopularity and said he would appeal, which could delay payment of the award for years.

The jury decided that the Marcoses were conspirators in the deaths o f the two men and were negligent in failing to control their intelligence agents in the United States.

Domingo and Viemes, both 29 and leaders o f the Alaska Cannery Workers Union, were slain in the union's Seattle office on June 1, 1981, four weeks after they successfully sponsored a resolution calling for an investigation o f antiunion activity in the Philippines.

The case alleged that a Marcos friend in San Francisco used $15,000 from a corporation he controlled to pay for the murders, and that the Marcoses had a network in the United States to monitor, harass and intimidate their opponents.

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The Marcoses fled a popular revolt in their homeland in 1986 and moved to Hawaii. Ferdinand Marcos died there in September before the racketeering case in which his wife was acquitted went to trial.

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in the western Pacific. Each system contains three components: a transmitter potentially located on Tinian; a receiver potentially located on Guam, and an operational control center located near the receiver. ‘

Each system is a stand-alone project, would operate independently, and would not require the construction o f a second or third system to be operational.

By collocation of the transmitters, some support facilities could be shared.

All three transmitters would be located on Tinian, within lands leased by the U.S. Government for defense purposes. One of the proposed transmitter sites is located within the North Field National Historic Landmark. The three proposed receiver would be located on Guam at any combination of the following sites: Northwest Field, a property controlled by the U.S. A ir Force; South F inegayan/H arm on Annex, property controlled by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force respectively; a portion on land controlled by the U.S. Navy Public Works Center, Guam; and private property located in the Dandan area of southeastern Guam.

Northwest Field is included within the area being considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services for designation as critical habitat. Northwest Field is also being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. Three bird species listed as endangered by the Federal Government were found on three of the proposed receiver sites and one species was found on the proposed transmitter sites. Consultation required by Section 7 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act has been completed between the U.S. Navy and Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

An exclusion fence area, will extend a maximum of 1,058 LF in front and 200 LFbehind the antenna array. The fence will be posted with signs warning of radiation hazard from the antenna array.

The transmitters will be operated by civilian contractor personnel on a 24-hours per day, 7 days per week basis. Two military and 60 civilian personnel will be provided quarters at the transmitter site.A total of approximately 92 personnel will be required to operate the three transmitters, if collocated.

Each receiver will require an operational control center consisting of operational vans, receiver equipment shelters, and other support facilities. The receivers and OCC will be operated by military and civilian contractor personnel on a 24- hours per day, 7 days per week basis. A total of 216 military

and 69 civilian personnel will be required to operate three receivers and OCCs.

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and receivers) operations, and the receiver site must be free of radio frequency interference for one mile to the front of the array, 1,200 LF behind and 700 LF on each end.

Only Tinian seemed to meet this need, according to the report.

According to the report the U.S. Navy has long recognized the need to provide wide area over the horizon surveillance to support m aritim e tactical forces. Surveillance o f critical ocean areas and maritime choke

points is necessary for the defense o f at-sea battle groups. Each of the proposed Relocat- able-Overthe-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) systems provides the capability to detect, track, and estimate the composition of groups of ship and aircraft in a f ix e d a n g u la r s e c to r (approxim ately 60-degrees) with ranges o f 500 to 1,800 nautical miles from the radar site. Combined, the three ROTHR systems proposed for locatian on Tinian and Guam " provide an unique early warning coverage of aircraft and ships coming from the Pacific

coast o f the Soviet Union, China, and Vietnam, including the Soviet facilities a t Cam Rahn Bay. No other U.S. location in the western Pacific provides this extensive coverage position," the report said.

The m ajor need fo r the ROTHR program, according to the report, stem s from the shortcomings o f conventional or line-of-sight land or ship based radar systems, which only have detection, capability of about 20 nautical miles for low-altitude aircraft and 200 nautical miles for high-altitude aircraft.

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