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It would be foolish to dis-miss a wide receiver prospect just because he played at a less prominent college program.

Jerry Rice, after all, went to Mississippi Valley State before becoming one of the greatest players in NFL history.

Still, when somebody like Western Michigan’s Corey Davis arrives on the scene, it’s not easy for pro teams to eval-uate him.

“It is a projection, to some extent. You like the all-star games for those reasons, because you can get everyone on the same playing field,” Buf-falo Bills coach Sean McDer-mott said. “Corey’s a good football player, like the other small-school football players that are out there.”

Davis will be one of the more interesting players to watch when the draft starts Thursday night. He’s the career FBS leader in yards receiving, but in the Mid-American Con-ference, he wasn’t facing the type of competition players in the ACC and SEC went up against week in and week out.

“Corey dominated his com-petition in the MAC and then in those instances where Western got a chance to play up against bigger opponents, those are games that people will really study,” Senior Bowl execu-tive director Phil Savage said. “Obviously, he made a number of plays against Wisconsin at the Cotton Bowl, and I think that really solidified his stock as most likely the top wide receiver.

“I think I like him the best of this group.”

WMU went unbeaten in the regular season and made it to the Cotton Bowl, where the Broncos lost 24-16 to Wis-consin. Davis, a first-team All-American, had six catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in that game.

“I think the drawback with him is just the fact that after the season, he had an ankle sur-

gery, and it’s untested,” Savage said. “This is where an organi-zation’s going to really have to lean and depend on their doc-tors and medical staff, to really forecast when he will be able to return and at what level he’ll be at once he gets back on the field.”

If Davis is the first receiver taken, it will be a nice moment for WMU and the MAC. There are also a handful of other receivers from smaller pro-grams who are hoping to suc-ceed in the NFL despite playing college football outside the

Power Five conferences.COOPER KUPP, EASTERN

WASHINGTONKupp wasn’t just outside

the Power Five, he was at the FCS level, putting up some staggering numbers for EWU. Davis may have set the FBS mark with 5,285 yards receiving in his career, but Kupp dwarfed that total, finishing with 6,464 another level down. Kupp’s father Craig and grandfather Jake both played in the NFL.

TAYWAN TAYLOR, WESTERN KENTUCKYTaylor and the Hilltoppers

won the Conference USA title, scoring at least 44 points in each of their final 10 games. Taylor had a chance to test him-self against Alabama early in the season, and he caught nine passes for 121 yards against the Crimson Tide.

ZAY JONES, EAST CAROLINA

Jones holds an FBS career record of his own with 399 catches. He had 158 of them in 2016, setting the single-season mark as well.

CARLOS HENDERSON, LOUISIANA TECH

Henderson was a standout both on offense and special teams this past season, returning two kickoffs for touchdowns.

KRISHAWN HOGAN, MARIAN

If you’re looking for a real out-of-nowhere story in this draft, Hogan certainly fits. He played at Marian University in Indianapolis, and he helped the Knights to an NAIA champi-onship in 2015. He previously played at Division II Walsh University in Ohio.

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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2016, file photo, Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) hauls in a pass against Central Arkansas during an NCAA FCS college football playoff game in Cheney, Wash. Receivers from smaller schools are hoping for additional success at the next level. Players lcan put up huge numbers in college, but since they’ve faced weaker competition, it’s hard for NFL teams to evaluate them. (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)

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PHOENIX (AP) — After entering in a double switch, Ryan Schimpf gave the San Diego Padres that one big swing they’ve been waiting for.

Schimpf hit a go-ahead, three-run homer with one out in the top of the ninth inning to rally the Padres past the Arizona Dia-mondbacks 8-5 on Wednesday night.

Schimpf began the day batting .102 with a team-high 25 strike-outs, but got in the game with San Diego down 5-3 in the sixth. In his second at-bat of the night, he took closer Fernando Rodney (1-1) into the right-field seats to give the Padres a 6-5 lead. “Just try not to do too much, really,” Schimpf said. “Just trying to get ready for something to hit, trying to square something up, get the run in, keep the inning going. Very happy to do something and get the win.”

Yangervis Solarte added a two-run double later in the inning, and San Diego ended a four-game losing streak.

Padres manager Andy Green said his team was able to take advantage of Rodney leaving fastballs out over the plate.

“That was great for Schimpf. He’s fought so hard. It’s been such a struggle for him offen-sively so far this season,” Green said. “But it was a matter of time. I keep saying it’s one swing. One swing to get him going.” Hunter Renfroe and Erick Aybar also homered for the Padres. Ryan Buchter (1-0) won in relief and Brandon Maurer earned his fourth save.

Rodney was charged with five runs and six hits. He said he threw Schimpf a fastball that cost him. “It was a tough time tonight. Sometimes it’s difficult to get three outs. They got me tonight,” Rodney said.

The announced crowd of 12,215 was the smallest for a regular-season Diamondbacks game at Chase Field. The pre-vious low was 14,110 last July 5, also against the Padres.

Paul Goldschmidt had three

hits and three RBIs for Ari-zona, tying a club record by reaching base in nine consecu-tive plate appearances Tuesday and Wednesday. Diamondbacks right-hander Zack Godley, called up from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day for his first major league start since last season, allowed two runs and four hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked three. After the game, Godley was sent back down to the minors. David Peralta reached base four times. He has scored 10 runs in his last seven games and has 10 multi-hit games this season. Padres starter Trevor Cahill struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings but allowed five runs on nine hits and walked four. He helped himself with an RBI double.

The Diamondbacks scored once in the first and three times in the third for a 4-0 lead. By then, Goldschmidt had set a franchise record with multiple RBIs in five consecutive games. He became the third NL player since the start of the 2014 season to do it. Cahill’s two-out RBI double in the fourth trimmed the deficit to 4-2. It came two batters after Aybar’s second home run of the season. Renfroe homered in the sixth off reliever Archie Bradley, only the second run he’s allowed in 14 1/3 innings. Bradley struck out five in three innings, but Rodney was tagged for his first blown save in seven chances this year.

“Definitely a frustrating ending to a pretty well-pitched night,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.

LET’S GET TWOPadres outfielder Jabari Blash

grounded into a messy 1-2-3 double play to end the second. With the bases loaded and one out, Godley fielded Blash’s comebacker and soft-tossed a one-hop throw home that catcher Jeff Mathis caught for a forceout. Mathis’ throw to first base drilled Blash in the back and bounced away, but Blash was called out for interference.

San Diego Padres’ Ryan Schimpf (11) celebrates his three-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with teammates, including Ryan Buchter, right, during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Phoenix. The Padres defeated the Diamondbacks 8-5.

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Ua taliaina e le Resitara lea talosaga, faatasi ma le talosaga a le aiga faapea ma le tusi faamaonia mai matai o lea nu’u, ma ua i ai nei i teuga pepa a lea ofisa.

A i ai se tasi e faafinagaloina, ia faaulufaleina sana talosaga tete’e, po o sana faalavelave tusitu-sia i le Ofisa o Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na faalauiloa ai lenei fa’aaliga. Afai o lea leai se talosaga tete’e, po’o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea faamauina loa lea suafa matai i le igoa o SAUNI TUITOELAU e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tulafono a Amerika Samoa. 04/27 & 05/30/17

Schimpf powers Padres to 8-5 comeback win

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BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics and Bulls found another thing to argue about after Game 5 of their spirited first-round playoff series:

Was Avery Bradley more impressive on offense, or on defense?

“Everyone knows he’s a good defender. Tonight, he got his offensive game going,” Chi-cago’s Dwyane Wade said after Bradley scored 24 points to lead Boston to a 108-97 victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“You expect him to do what he does defensively, but we gave up 24 points to him tonight. He hurt us offensively tonight more than anything.”

Isaiah Thomas also scored 24 for the Celtics, the top seed in the East. After the road team won each of the first four games, the Celtics won at home in Game 5 to earn a chance to eliminate the Bulls on Friday night in Chicago. A Bulls vic-tory would force the series back to Boston for a decisive Game 7 on Sunday.

Al Horford had 21 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Celtics. Bradley’s 24 points were a career playoff high, but after watching him hold Bulls star Jimmy Butler to 14 points — and just one foul shot — Celtics coach Brad Ste-vens praised Bradley’s defense.

“Jimmy Butler’s a hard guy to guard. Dwyane Wade’s a hard guy to guard. You’re not going to stop those guys, but you just try to make it as hard as possible,” Stevens said. “Avery ... has done a really good job.”

Butler, who shot 23 free throws in Game 4 and made 19, was 0 for 1 on Wednesday.

“I was trying to eliminate letting Jimmy Butler get to the free throw line. That was my goal this game, and I feel like I did it,” Bradley said.

Wade had 26 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. But Wade and Robin Lopez were called for technical fouls 32 seconds apart with just under five minutes left, helping the Celtics to a 20-5 run that turned an 84-84 game into a 15-point Boston lead.

The Bulls cut it to nine before Horford got loose for a dunk, Wade missed a 3-pointer and then Horford fed Jae Crowder for a layup that made it 108-95 with 99 seconds to play.

Despite the technical fouls, there was little of the tension that characterized Game 4, when Butler and Marcus Smart got in each other’s face on the court and continued the criticism in their postgame comments.

The Celtics started slowly on their home court, making just one of their first nine shots to fall behind 12-4. Boston missed its first eight 3-point attempts before making three in a row at the end of the first quarter.

TIP-INSBulls: Before winning the

first two games of the series, Chicago had only won one playoff game in Boston ever — Game 1 of the 2009 first round. ... Butler brought the ball down with 6.2 seconds left in the third quarter and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Bulls an 81-79 lead. ... The Bulls had 16 turnovers that led to 23 Boston points. The Celtics only had six turnovers, leading to four Bulls points.

Celtics: There were at least nine members of the Super Bowl champion New Eng-land Patriots in the crowd, and a handful of players from the Boston Bruins as well. ... Thomas missed his first four shots and didn’t make a basket until a second-chance 3-pointer with 42 seconds left in the first half. ... Gerald Green made his third start, but he played less

than 13 minutes and finished with two points after scoring 18 with seven rebounds in Game 4.

RONDORajon Rondo, who was the

point guard on the 2008 Celtics team that won the franchise’s record 17th NBA title, did not play for the third straight game because of the broken thumb and strained ligament in his right wrist. He was on the court handling a basketball with his left hand before the game, then sat on the Bulls bench in a suit — this one with sleeves — and cheered on his teammates.

The Bulls fell to 0-3 without him in the series, with Wade largely taking over as point guard in Game 5.

CARRY ONBulls coach Fred Hoiberg

made waves after Game 4 when he questioned whether Thomas was getting away with carrying the ball when he dribbled.

Celtics beat Bulls 108-97, take 3-2 lead in series

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYPosition Title: DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR Employment Status: Full Time 10 months (Career Service)General Description: The instructor will report directly to the College Accelerated Preparatory (CAPP) Chairperson under the overall supervision of the Dean of Academic Affairs. The department provides effective instruction and curriculum leadership. In addition to teaching the assigned courses, the instructor will contribute to the overall development and success of departmental initiatives promoting instructional quality.Job Duties and Responsibilities:• Collect, prepare and present instructional materials for all assigned subjects to be taught.• Prepare and distribute course syllabi/outlines for each course during the first week of instruction.• Teach a full instructional course load of 15 credit hours or 225 instructional contact hours per semester.

However, loads may vary between 12 and 16 credit hours per semester.• Prepare and distribute a comprehensive syllabi for all courses taught in a timely manner as requested

by Academic Affairs• Teach each class as scheduled and supervise examinations, field trips, internships, service learning

activities and practicum.• Maintain attendance and scholastic records and submit the required records to the Admissions and

Records Office at the assigned date every semester/session.• Develop, implement, and assess Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for each course taught.• Share data on SLOs collected from courses taught with the department and other college stakeholders,

and provide recommendations for improvement of student learning.• Participate in the different levels of SLO review, program review, and student assessment.• Academically advise students regarding their chosen program of study.• Provide students with information on careers, academic referrals, and transfer opportunities.• Assist with the registration process; participate in faculty orientation, commencement exercises, and

professional development activities.• Post and maintain a class schedule and office hours for student assistance.• Provide safety measures and fully exercise the enforcement of these measures in the classroom.• Actively participate and contribute to college committees and extracurricular functions.• Observe and enforce all ASCC rules and regulations.• Perform other duties as may be required by the Department Chairperson, Dean of Academic Affairs,

or the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. Minimum Qualifications:• Master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in English as a Second Language.• Must have at least three (3) years of teaching experience in developmental English at a two or

four year college.• Must demonstrate knowledge in curriculum development, and have good analytical and

interpersonal skills. • Must also be computer literate (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)Salary: Salary will be commensurate with degree and experience.Application Deadline: May 05, 2017 no later than 4:00pm.Applications are available from American Samoa Community College, Human Resources Office 699-9155 Ext. 428/441/429, http://www.amsamoa.edu/employmentopportunities.html or by emailing [email protected].

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THE TERRITORIAL REGISTRAR is satisfied that the claim, petition by the family and certifi-cate of the village chiefs are in proper form.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that anyone so desiring must file his counterclaim, or objection to the registration of this matai title with the Territorial Registrar Office before the ex-piration of 60 days from the date of posting. If no counterclaim, nor any objection is filed by the expiration of said 60 days, the matai title TA’OTOAI shall be registered in the name of KERUPI MOI in accordance with the laws of American Samoa.

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Fa’aaliga o le Fa’amauina o se Suafa MataiO e fa’aaliga lenei ua faasalalauina e tusa ma le Maga 6.0105 o le tusi tulafono a Amer-

ika Samoa, e pei ona suia, ona o le talosaga ua faaulufaleina mai i le Ofisa o le Resitara o Amerika Samoa, mo le fia faamauina o le suafa matai o TA’OTOAI o le nu’u o FALEAS-AO e ASOSI DAVID AH PING o FALEASAO faalupega o FALEASAO, falelima i MANUA.

Ua taliaina e le Resitara lea talosaga, faatasi ma le talosaga a le aiga faapea ma le tusi faamaonia mai matai o lea nu’u, ma ua i ai nei i teuga pepa a lea ofisa.

A i ai se tasi e faafinagaloina, ia faaulufaleina sana talosaga tete’e, po o sana faalavelave tusitu-sia i le Ofisa o Resitara i totonu o aso e 60 mai le aso na faalauiloa ai lenei fa’aaliga. Afai o lea leai se talosaga tete’e, po’o se faalavelave foi e faaulufaleina mai i aso e 60 e pei ona taua i luga, o lea faamauina loa lea suafa matai i le igoa o ASOSI DAVID AH PING e tusa ai ma aiaiga o le tula-fono a Amerika Samoa. 04/27 & 05/30/2017

Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade, right, drives to the basket over Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) during the second quarter of a first-round NBA playoff basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


BRETT MARTEL, AP Sports Writer

Leonard Fournette is about to lose a little control over his carefully cultivated football career.

The former LSU star run-ning back got to choose where he played in high school — a New Orleans private school called St. Augustine — and in college. But Fournette sounds ready to accept whatever fate brings him in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night.

Some teams drafting early in the first round might be a better fit for the 6-foot-1, 228-pound power runner than others, but Fournette asserts, “It doesn’t matter. I’m not really focused on that.

“Wherever I’m going, I plan on starting, playing my role and my main focus is on a cham-pionship — a Super Bowl and nothing less,” Fournette said in an interview with The Associ-ated Press while doing promo-tional work for the sports nutri-tion supplement MET-Rx this week.

Given his rare combination of size, strength and speed, Fournette knows he might be able to influence the process. One of his fellow New Orleans natives, Eli Manning, did it during the 2004 draft, orches-trating a trade from San Diego to the New York Giants.

Fournette was just in grammar school then, but said he remembers it. Fournette said he didn’t have a problem with Manning’s tactics, but does not believe he needs to resort to that, even though his long-term earning potential could be influ-enced considerably by which team takes him.

“I believe whatever team I go to, they’re going to try to help me, the best way to get the ball into my hand, to do what I have to do,” Fournette said. “It’s 50-50. The player has to be committed to the team and the team has to be all in, in order to be what they want to be.”

It’s now rare for running backs to break the bank in free agency, although there is some sign that could change as pro football continues to evolve. Still, running backs tend to last less than 10 years in the NFL, meaning even some of the best only get one shot at a big free-agent contract after the expira-tion of their rookie deal, which is based on a pre-determined scale tied to the selection with which they are drafted.

Once their second contracts end, most running backs are seen as past their prime and have to accept deals that are modest by comparison to those given to quarterbacks, receivers, pass rushers and defensive backs.

If Fournette ends up with a dysfunctional club, or playing behind an offensive line built more for pass blocking than run blocking, or if he simply plays in an ineffective offense, it could limit his production considerably over the life of his first contract. That, in turn, could weaken his nego-tiating leverage when his first chance to become a free agent approaches in four or five years.

Fournette, however, sounded confident that his value would become self-evident if he per-forms well in whatever role his first NFL team gives him — even if it doesn’t mean racking up elite rushing statistics.

“It’s not about me. It’s the team,” Fournette said. “What-ever team I’m going to, I’m willing to do what I have to do to make the team better. That’s not the team trying to fit me. At the end of the day, I have to go in there and fit with those guys, too.”

In three seasons at LSU, Fournette gained 4,356 yards from scrimmage, mostly as a rusher and sometimes catching passes out of the backfield. Despite playing his entire senior season with an injured ankle, he rushed for 843 yards in seven games. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,953 yards and 22 TDs, and had more than 2,200 hundred yards from scrimmage. He never fulfilled the Heisman Trophy hype with which he entered LSU, but that might have been different if the Tigers hadn’t struggled in the passing game in recent years, allowing defenses to key more on stop-ping him.

Fournette is optimistic that recent successes of the Cow-boys’ Ezekiel Elliott and the Rams’ Todd Gurley have improved the draft stock of top running back prospects. After being drafted fourth overall out of Ohio State last year, Elliott rushed for 1,631 yards and 15 touchdowns.

“I think Todd Gurley and I think Zeke did a great job rep-resenting the running backs coming out,” Fournette said. “They did a great job in the league showing guys that if you draft a running back in the first round you wouldn’t regret it.”

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Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative ActionDR. ORETA MAPU CRICHTONChief Procurement Officer

INVITATION FOR BIDSIFB-2396-17

Issuance Date: April 10, 2017 Closing Date: May 2nd , 2017 No later than 10:00am (local time)1. INVITATION Sealed bids are being solicited to provide Technology Equipment for the

Department of Education (OCI). 2. RECEIPT & OPENING OF BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Procurement Officer, American Samoa

Government, Tafuna, American Samoa 96799, until 10:00a.m. (local time), Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read.

3. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS Bid documents, including Specifications, may be examined at the Office of Procurement

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• not accept the lowest or any bid.• reject all bids and reissue and amended IFB.• request additional information from any bidder submitting a bid.• waive any informalities in bidding as may be in the best interest of the American

Samoa Government.

Fournette entering NFL

draft showing no fear of a bad fit

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, LSU’s Leonard Fournette (7) rushes downfield during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Fayetteville, Ark. After running backs failed to go in the first round of the NFL draft in 2013 and ’14, Fournette, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook could be selected on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Samantha Baker, File)


(Photos: Maelyn)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Shoemaker thought only about his team, not how far he had come personally since a line drive that hit off the right side of his head and led to brain surgery last September.

Shoemaker battled through five innings for his first vic-tory since that injury, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 8-5 on Wednesday night.

“Wins are always great, but the satisfaction is that we won,” Shoemaker said. “It was a tight game up to that point. Just had to battle to get through five. Winning after that, that was the great thing right there.”

Shoemaker (1-1) went five innings in his fifth start of the season. He was injured on a hit in Seattle by Kyle Seager last September. He experienced no problems in spring training in returning to the mound and the only thing he was missing this season was run support.

And he had enough in the tank after a long first inning.

“That’s always satisfying,” Shoemaker said. “Not being greedy, but you always want more. I want to go out (for) the sixth, seventh, eighth innings. Pitch count got up. Just getting through that one. Try to give the team a chance to win. More importantly, that was a big win for us.”

Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce, the former Angel, hit a two-run homer off Deolis Guerra in the eighth inning. Joyce was 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Bud Norris pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his third save. Sean Manaea (1-2) got through just two innings, allowing three runs before his night ended after only 34 pitches because of left shoulder tightness. Manaea retired the first three batters he faced, then allowed three runs on four hits in the second inning.

“Just a little sharp pain,” Manaea said. “Nothing serious. I’ve dealt with it before. It only took me a few days to get back on the mound. To me, I’m not really worried about it. Just trying to do everything I can to minimize the days I don’t throw.”

As of Wednesday night, there were no plans for any tests on his shoulder. “The velo was down at the beginning of the game,” Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. “You’re looking at 88s and 89s. That’s not who he is. We went in and got checked out by the trainers and felt a little bit of tightness.”

Manaea said he experienced some of the same shoulder tightness in spring training and also in 2014 when he was in the Royals organization.

Shoemaker had a long first inning as he allowed three hits, walked one and gave up two runs. He tossed four scoreless innings after that but needed to throw 100 pitches to get through five innings. He struck out six and walked two to get the Angels back to 11-12.

The Angels bullpen, which has been shuffled around con-stantly due to injuries, held up well.

Shoemaker is 6-1 over his last 11 home starts. He had some cushion to work with as the Angels took a 3-2 lead after the second inning. The Angels used a four-run seventh inning to ensure Shoemaker’s victory.

TRAINER’S ROOM:Athletics: RHP Daniel

Mengden (on DL after right foot surgery) threw 40 pitches and could be back earlier than expected, according to Bob Melvin.

Angels: RHP Mike Morin (Disabled list with neck tight-ness) still has not started throwing ... 3B Luis Valbuena (disabled list with right ham-string strain) still has five or seven games of rehab needed before a return.

QUOTE OF THE GAME“I’m sure I’m biased because

I’m on this team, but we’ve got the best defense in the league. Our guys behind us are always busting their butts. It’s great.” — ShoemakerMORE HARDWARE FOR

TROUTThe trophies keep coming in

for two-time MVP Mike Trout. Before Wednesday’s game, he was presented with the 2016 Esurance MLB Award for best major leaguer. Angels manager Mike Scioscia had high praise for his star center fielder.

“It’s tough to compare Mike (with anyone),” Scioscia said. “I didn’t really see (a lot of) Ken Griffey Jr. when he was the same age in the American League, and I was in the other league. To really appreciate these guys, when you see them every day, talking with guys who were around Jr., he was the Trout of his time. When you see it every day and you see what Mike does, every little thing, he never misses a step.”

UP NEXT:RHP Kendall Graveman

(2-0, 2.00 ERA) is back from the disabled list after missing just one start with a minor shoulder strain. He might be on a slightly reduced pitch count.

RHP Ricky Nolasco (1-2, 4.76 ERA) had this start pushed back to work on a mechanical issue. The Angels’ opening day starter won his last start against Texas, allowing two runs, but both via home runs, in six innings.

Shoemaker gets 1st win since head injury,

Angels top A’s 8-5

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tusia Ausage Fausia

Ua tu’uina mai nei e le affoga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo

Matalasi Moliga sana poloaiga fa’alaua’itele Numera 04_2017, e suia ai le poloaiga Numera 02-1988 e pei ona tofia ai totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le Ofisa o Feso’otaiga a Amerika Samoa (ASTCA), ina ia fa’aitiitia ai i le to’a 5 totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le ASTCA, ma fa’atulaga ai loa ma le umi o tausaga e tautua ai totino ta’itasi i totonu o le Komiti Fa’afoe.

O totino fou o le Komiti Fa’afoe e aofia ai le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Puleleiite Li’amatua Tufele Jr, o le afioga i le ali’i senatoa ia Faiivae A Godinet ma Alofagia Nomura e ta’i 2 tausaga e tautua ai i latou i totonu o le komiti, ae o Taiu-lagi Mauga ma Omar Shallout o sui ia mai pisinisi tua e ta’i tasi tausaga e avea ai i laua ma totino o le komiti.

Na fa’afetaia e le ali’i kovana ia Lolo le tautua a i latou sa galulue muamua i le Komiti Fa’afoe a le ASTCA ua le mafai ona toe fa’aauauina la latou tautua, e tusa ai o galuega lelei e tele sa latou fa’atinoina mo le Ofisa o Feso’otaiga a le malo i tausaga ua mavae, atoa ai ma le galuega tele sa latou taumafai mai i ai, lea ua mafai

ai ona fa’ataunu’uina le galuega tele o le BLAST Project, ma ua mafai ai ona fesoasoani i le fa’aleleia atili o tulaga tau fes-ootaiga i le atunu’u.

Sa ia taua fo’i lona tali-tonuga o i latou ua filifilia e avea ma totino fou o le komiti fa’afoe, o le a latou fesoasoani i le fa’atinoina o gaioiga ina ia aga’i ai le tautua a le ASTCA i le lumana’i.

E pei ona fa’alaua’itele e le kovana i lana poloaiga lea na sainia i le vaiaso ua te’a e fa’apea, o totino o le Komiti Fa’afoe a le ASTCA e to’alima e tofia uma e le kovana mo le umi e ta’i 2 tausaga e galulue ai i latou i le komiti fa’afoe.

O totino e to’alua e fili-filia mai e le kovana mai le atunu’u lautele ua lava le tomai i le fa’atinoina o galuega ma fa’aiuga atamai e manuia ai le tautua a le Fa’alapotopotoga o Fesootaiga, ae o le isi to’atolu e filifilia mai lea i sui o pisinisi tua, ae o i latou foi ua lava le tomai ma le agava’a i le faia o fa’aiuga atoa ai ma le agava’a i tulaga tau tupe aemaise ai o auala o fesootaiga.

O le Ta’ita’ifono o le Komiti Fa’afoe e filifilia lea e le afioga i le ali’i kovana, lea ua filifilia ai le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Puleleiite na te tauaveina lea tautua.

Poloaiga Kovana e fa’aitiitia ai sui Komiti Fa’afoe

ASTCA i le to’a 5

Le afioga i le ali’i faipule ia Puleleiite Li’amatua Tufele Jr lea ua filifilia nei e avea ma Ta’ita’ifono o le Komiti Fa’afoe o le Ofisa o Feso’otaiga a Amerika Samoa (ASTCA). [ata AF]

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By Leiloa Ese Malala

Samoa News writer

At the end of 2016 Parris Goebel

finally relaxed and had down time in

Beautiful Samoa after a big year of suc-

cess. She is a 25-year-old, who is an

award winning New Zealand-born cho-

reographer, dancer, singer and actress of

Samoan descent. Her dance crew, The

Royal Family, has won the World Hip

Hop Dance Championship three times.

Goebel has worked with artists

including Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj,

Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Justin Bieber —

choreographing routines and starring in

music videos and movies such as “Step

UP All-in”. One of her momentous successes

was her work choreographing for the

Justin Bieber song “Sorry”, which as of

December 2016 is the 3rd most viewed

video on YouTube with more than 2 bil-

lion views and has scored her 3 Video

Music Award nominations and has

won Video of the Year at the America

by Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu

Samoa News Reporter

Drug defendant, Gerhard Haleck

Otto is facing one criminal count of

unlawful possession of a controlled

substance, marijuana, in connection

with the latest drug bust at the Post

Office last week.

Samoa News notes the court docu-

ment identifies the defendant as —

Gerhard Haleck Otto — however,

sources say the defendant is known as

“Gerhard Otto Haleck”.

The criminal count is punishable

for between five to ten years in jail and

or a fine of $5,000 up to $20,000 or

both. According to the government’s

case, on January 3, 2017 the Criminal

Investigation Division (CID) was con-

tacted for assistance by the Custom’s

K9 Supervisor regarding a young man

who picked up a package at the post

office containing a green leafy sub-

stance that tested positive for THC or

marijuana.

The court filing says that when

CID Detectives arrived there were

four sandwich-plastic baggies. The K9

handler informed the Detectives that

their dog alerted near the parcel during

usual inspection and the following day

Haleck picked up the parcel.

The package was addressed to

Gabriel Otto Haleck, PO BOX 1138,

96799 and the sender’s address was

from a Haleck, 17214 24th Avenue,

CT E Tacoma, Washington, 98445.

According to court documents, on

January 3, 2017 the defendant walked

into the post office to claim the package

and when the defendant was asked if

he was Gabriel he noted that he wasn’t

— it was his little brother. The box

was then inspected by Customs and the

defendant told the Customs agents, “It

was his supplements”.

Court filings further say that the

Customs agent opened a bottle, which

contained powder and the Custom

agent saw a clear plastic baggie inside

Success is all about

following your dreams

Latest drug bust at Post Office

is allegedly a repeat case

by Fili Sagapolutele

Samoa News Correspondent

Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga

has confirmed that the

American Samoa govern-

ment is only able to recoup

just over $2 million of the nearly $5 mil-

lion paid to Native Hawaiian Holding

Company (NHHC), which was awarded a

multi-million dollar contract funded by the

federal National Emergency Grant (NEG)

program following the 2009 earthquake

and tsunami to provide among other things

a job training and call center.

NHHC official Quin Ngoc Rudin

had signed the ASG contract with

former Human Resources Department

Director Evelyn Vaitautolu Langford.

Under the area of financial over-

view of the governor’s official State

of the Territory Address Comprehen-

sive Report, Lolo said the administra-

tion was “critical in prosecuting those

responsible for the failure” of the NEG

program, in which American Samoa

was awarded $28 million to create per-

manent jobs and training for displaced

workers.

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tusia Ausagse FausiaE 28 masina lea ua fa’asala

ai i le toese i Tafuna e le fa’amasinoga maualuga se ali’i mai Samoa, lea na ta’usala i le moliaga mamafa o lona faia lea o uiga mataga i se teineititi e 15 tausaga le matua.

Na ulua’i tu’uaia e le malo le ali’i o Va’afuti Tevita i moliaga mamafa e 2 e aofia ai le moliaga pito sili ona mamafa o lona faiaiga fa’amalosi lea i se teine-ititi e talavou i lalo o le tulafono, lea e mafai ona fa’asala ai se tasi i le falepuipui mo le umi e amata atu i le 5 tausaga ae le silia i le 15 tausaga le umi, fa’apea ai ma le moliaga mamafa o lona tagofia lea o itutinosa o se tein-eititi laititi, o se solitulafono e mafai ona fa’asala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le silia i le 5 tausaga.

Ae i lalo o se maliliega a Tevita ma le malo lea fo’i na talia e le fa’amasinoga, na malie ai le malo ina ia fa’alaititi le mamafa o le moliaga e tali ioe ai Tevita, ina ia sui le moliaga mamafa o le faiaiga fa’amalosi ma se teineititi laititi (statutory rape) i le moliaga o le faia lea o gaioiga fa’afeusuaiga (sexual assault), lea e mafai ona fa’asala ai se tasi i le toese mo le umi e le silia i le 7 tausaga.

I le tali ioe ai o Tevita i le moliaga e pei ona ta’usala ai o ia e le fa’amasinoga, sa ia ta’utino ai i luma o le fa’amasinoga e fa’apea, i se taimi o le masina o Oketopa o le tausaga na te’a nei, sa ia faia ai ni uiga mataga i se teineititi e talavou i lalo o le tulafono, e aofia ai ma lona fai’aiga ia te ia. Sa ia ta’utino atli e fa’apea, o le gaioiga sa

ia faia sa le tusa lea ma ala o le tulafono,

Na fa’atoese le ua molia e tusa ai o lana solitulafono sa faia, ma ia talosagaina ai se isi avanoa mo ia. Sa ia taua fo’i e fa’apea, o le silia i le 7 masina lea na taofia ai o ia i le toese talu mai le tausaga na te’a nei, ua ia a’oa’oina ai se lesona taua i lona olaga, ma ua ia lagona ai le leaga o lana solitulafono sa faia.

Sa ia fa’atoese i le fa’amasinoga fa’apea ai le aiga o le teineititi na a’afia e tusa ai o lana solitulafono, ma ia talo-sagaina ai se fa’amagaloga mo ia.

Na talosaga le loia a Tevita ia Douglas Fiaui i le fa’amasinoga mo se fa’asalaga mama mo le ua molia, ina ia maua ai le avanoa e toe vave fo’i atu ai o ia i lona aiga i Samoa. Na taua e Fiaui e fa’apea, o le fa’anaunauga atoa na mafua ai ona malaga mai Tevita i le teritori, o le sailiina lea o sana galuega e tausi ai lona aiga, lea na galue ai loa o ia o se ave pasi, mulimuli ane tula’i mai le fa’alavelave e pei ona a’afia ai o ia.

Talu ai o tulaga fa’aletonu i pepa nofomau a Tevita, na ioe ai le malo ina ia toe fa’afo’i o ia i Samoa pe mae’a ona tuli sana fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui e tu’uina atu e le malo.

Saunoa le afioga i le ali’i fa’amasino sili ia Michael Kruse e fa’apea, o le gaioiga sa faia e le ua molia, e le gata o se gaoiga e sili ona matuia ae o se gaioiga fo’i ua atagia mai ai le lamatia o le saogalemu o le teineititi na a’afia i lana solitulafono.

Na fa’ailoa e Kruse ia Tevita le matuia o lana solitulafono sa

faia, ona o lea sa molia o ia e le malo i le taimi muamua i le moliaga pito sili ona mamafa o le faiaiga fa’amalosi ma se tein-eititi laititi, e ui o lea sa malie le malo e toe sui le moliaga e tali ioe ai o ia, peita’i i le silasila a le fa’amasinoga, o se gaioiga matuia sa ia faia.

E 7 tausaga na manatu le fa’amasinoga e taofia ai Tevita

i le toese, atoa ai ma le totogi o le salatupe e $5,000, peita’i ua malie le fa’amasinoga e fa’amalumalu le fa’asalaga, ae o le a fa’anofovaavaaia o ia mo le 7 tausaga i lalo o tuutuuga e ao ona ia usita’i i ai.

O ni isi o ia tuutuuga e aofia ai le taofia o ia i le toese i Tafuna mo le umi e 28 masina, atoa ai ma lona totogiina o le

salatupe e $150. Ua poloaina e le fa’amasinoga ia Tevita ina ia ona tuua le teritori ma toe fo’i atu i Samoa, pe afai ae mae’a ona tuli lana fa’asalaga fa’a falepuipui.

Afai ae le mafai e le ua molia ona totogi lana salatupe, ua poloaina e le fa’amasinoga le malo ina ia saili lana sponsor e totogi le salatupe.

Falepuipui mo le 28 masina le ali’i na ia faia uiga mataga i se teineititi

O se va’aiga i le ‘au siamupini i le Liki Volleyball a tama’ita’i 2017 Flag Day mai Hawaii Honolulu Girls..Malo le ta’a’alo fa’atausala. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]


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tusia: Leua Aiono FrostI le ta’amilosaga volipolo Fa’avaomalo sa

fa’atautaia mo le Sisigafu’a 2017, lea na fa’ato’a amatalia i le aso To’ona’i Aperila 15, o le vaiaso o le sisigafu’a ma fa’asolo mai ai ma mae’a ia Aperila 22, 2017 ua mae’a nei ma ua fa’afetaia lenei tausaga i le tele o ‘au na masi’i mai fafo, e aofia ai Samoa Tuto’atasi, Seattle Uosigi-tone, Honolulu Hawaii, na fili fa’atasi ma ‘au fa’alotoifale sa mafai ona tauva i lenei tausaga.

“O lenei tausaga, e le’i faigofie i a tatou ‘au volley ball iinei, ua malolosi lava ‘au mai fafo na masi’i mai, ma o le a tou va’aia lava i le fa’aiuga o ta’aloga o lenei liki i ‘au manualo le moni o lenei fa’amatalaga.

Peita’i, o le mea tonu lava lea o lo’o mo’omia tele e i tatou i a tatou ‘au fa’alotoifale i lenei fa’agatama, e tatau ona matua fili i le fai i latou e tatau ona manumalo. Fa’afetai tele ai le agaga, ona o le tele fo’i o ‘au na masi’i mai fafo mo lenei fa’amoemoe i lenei tausaga. Ia tutumau ai pea le tatou taumafai e aumaia ‘au mai fafo e fa’aleleia atili ai tatou tomai i le ta’aloga,” O se saunoaga lea a le susuga le failautusi o le Asosi Volipolo a Amerika Samoa, Jose Afu Muasau.

Mai le liki atoa sa fa’atautaia na maua mai le i’uga ina ua mae’a ta’aloga fita ia Aperila 22, ua tula’i mai le ‘au masi’i mai Samoa, “Laumua o Tumua” i le siamupini o le Alii matutua ma ua latou si’ia fo’i le Ipu o le Siamupini i Samoa. Tulaga lua po’o le ‘au sa latou saili siamupini o le Au Volley Ball masi’i mai Hawaii.

O le sui ua avea nei ma Tama Ta’alo Lelei i le Liki atoa ua maua lea e le alii o Nonu mai le Laumua o Tumua. E valu ‘au sa tauivi mai i lea pool e 2 ‘au a le Laumua na masi’i mai, Stars, Alisi, Ranger, Asomua e 2 fo’i ‘au ma le Mikasa.

I le vaega o ‘au Volley Ball a le 19 tausaga & Under ua sola fo’i le ‘au a le Laumua o Tumua ma le Ipu i Samoa o le U19. O le ‘au sa latou ivi mo lea ipu ua tulaga lua i lenei tausaga o tama o le taulaga - Laumuatasi mai Pago Pago.

O le tama ta’alo lelei mo lea vaega i le U19 o

le susuga Sam Tagiilima Lavi mai le Laumua o Tumua. I le vaega a le Queens ua sola ma le ‘au a le Seattle Divas mai Washington State le mea atoa, le latou talita ma le fa’ailoga. O le ‘au tulaga lua o le “Tuila Girls” ma o se ‘au fou ua fa’aulu mai i lenei tausaga. A’o tama’ita’i Samoa lava o le laueleele. O le Kuini ta’alo lelei i lenei liki ua manumalo ai Victoria Karina Hunt mai Seattle.

O le vaega a tamaita’i na tauva ai ‘au a tama’ita’i mai Seattle, Hawaii ma Amerika Samoa, ua matua’i ese ai le va’aiga i le tula’i mai mai Honolulu, Hawaii, ua sola i latou ma le talita faapea faailoga uma na atofa mo se ‘au siampini a tama’ita’i i lenei tausaga. O le ‘au na latou fetaui e saili le siamupini ma ua latou maua le tulaga lua o le ‘au malosi mai le Tualauta, Pavaiai Youth Girls.

O le sui ta’alo lelei ua fa’amautu mai i ‘au a tama’ita’i i lenei tausaga o le tama’ita’i tu’i lelei o Rachelle Sua’ava mai Honolulu.

Ua fa’ailoa mai le agaga fiafia ma le fa’afetai tele o le Laulauafono a le Komiti o lea liki ma o i latou fo’i o lo’o fa’atautaia le Asosi Volleyball a Amerika Samoa, ona o le galulue fa’atasi o ‘au uma sa auai i lenei liki ma le latou fo’i komiti o ta’aloga i lenei tausaga.

“Matua matagofie lava le fa’agasologa o lenei liki, ae ua matua manaia atili fo’i ona ua tele ‘au filogia mai fafo ma nisi o ‘au fou ua mafai ona fa’aulu mai e fia tauva mo le siamupini i vaega ta’itasi o lenei liki. Ua talosaga atu ina ia toe auai mai fo’i i le isi liki volley ball i le tausaga fou, ina ia una’i malosi taumafaiga a alo o le atunu’u i lea fo’i fa’agatama.”

Ua amatalia fo’i ona faia koleniga fa’apitoa mo le masina o Iuni 2017, lea e auai atu ai fo’i nisi o tatou ‘au mo Samoa i le Tutoatasi.

Ua fa’ailoa mai e Muasau, “O lenei le ta’aloga e tatau lava ona maua ai pine a le tatou malo, ae sili ona fa’afetai, o lea ua amata ona fua mai gal-uega ua loa o taumafaia pea, ia matua filiga fanau i lenei faagatama tama aua o le fiafia ia i ai o tatou fanau talavou.”

O se vaaiga i le ‘au a tama matutua mai le Laumua o Tumua, sa masi’i mai mo le Liki Volley Ball Fa’avaomalo mo le tatou sisigafu’a 2017, ua toe taliu atu nei ma le siamupini ae o lo’o malo fo’i le latou ‘au a tama U19, i le latou fo’i Liki 2017. E lua lelei Ipu o lo’o malaga ma lea ‘aumalaga i Samoa.

[ata: Leua Aiono Frost]

Lua siamupini a le Laumua o Tumua i liki volipolo o le fu’a 2017

tusia Ausage FausiaO le vaiaso na te’a nei na sainia ai e le afioga i le ali’i kovana

ia Lolo Matalasi Moliga sana poloaiga fa’alaua’itele, e tofia ai le susuga ia Arona Maiava e fa’auluulu i ai le Ofisa e vaavaaia tupe fesoasoani mai le Feterale, le Ofisa sa fa’auluulu i ai le susuga ia Jerome Ierome.

Na taua e Lolo i lana poloaiga fa’alaua’itele lea ua tufatufa atu i Fa’atonusili ma Fa’auluuluga o Matagaluega ma Ofisa eseese a le malo, e fa’apea, talu ai o nai suiga laiti ua faia i ni isi o Ofisa a le malo, lea ua tofia ai Ierome na te vaaia le Ofisa e gafa ma Atina’e tetele a le malo (Capital Improvement Projects and Special Pro-gram), ua ia manatu ai loa e tofia Maiava e fa’auluulu i ai le Ofisa e vaavaaia tupe fesoasoani mai le feterale mo Amerika Samoa (Office of Grant Oversight and Accountability).

O le a galulue fa’atasi fo’i Ierome ma Maiava i le Vaega Fa’apitoa e vaavaaia auala e taofia ai le tula’i mai o tulaga fa’aletonu i tupe fesoasoani mai le feterale.

I le poloaiga a le kovana e fa’avae ai le Ofisa e vaavaaia tulaga o tupe fesoasoani mai le feterale i totonu o le Ofisa o le Kovana, na fa’avae mai lea i le fa’anaunautaiga ina ia tulaga lelei pea le fa’asoasoaina o tupe fesoasoani mai le feterale, lea o loo fa’amatu’u mai e fa’atupe ai atina’e ma galuega tetele i Amerika Samoa.

O se tasi o tiute tauave o lenei ofisa o le vaavaaia lea atoa ai ma le puleaina o fa’amatalaga e fa’atatau i le fa’aaogaina o tupe feterale, ina ia taofia ai le toe tula’i mai o tulaga fa’afitauli e pei ona maitauina i tausaga ua mavae.

E pei ona taua e le ali’i kovana i lana poloaiga, e matua manaomia lava e Amerika Samoa le toe iloiloina o tulaga uma e fa’amalosia ai lona tamaoaiga.

Ae talu ai o le tulaga malosi o loo iai puipuiga a le malo tele i le fa’aaogaina o tupe fesoasoani o loo fa’amatu’u mai i teritori ma setete e aofia ai ma Amerika Samoa, e tatau ai ona fa’avaeina lenei Ofisa latou te vaavaai i auala e fa’aleleia atili ai le tautua a le malo i le fa’aaogaina o tupe fesoasoani mai fafo.

O le a matai fo’i e le Ofisa lenei ona tu’u fa’atasia fa’amatalaga mai Ofisa eseese a le malo o loo fa’atupe a latou tautua i tupe mai fafo, ina ia mautinoa e laina tutusa uma ofisa taitasi a le malo i tulaga o tupe fesoasoani mai fafo.

Na taua e le afioga i le ali’i kovana ia Lolo i le fonotaga a le kapeneta i le amataga o le masina lenei o Aperila, e tatau i Fa’atonusili o Ofisa uma a le malo o loo maua mai a latou tupe mai le feterale ona galulue soosoo tauau a latou tagata faigaluega ma le Ofisa lenei, ina ia mautinoa e le toe tula’i mai tulaga faale-tonu e pei ona maitauina i tausaga ua mavae, o le taofia lea o le fa’amatuu mai o tupe fesoasoani ona o le fa’amatala i le tu’uina atu o fa’amatalaga.

O lenei poloaiga na aloaia lava e le kovana i le taimi na sainia ma tu’uina mai ai, ma ua amata nei le tautua a lenei Ofisa se’i vagana ua toe tu’uina mai se isi poloaiga mai le kovana e toe fa’aleaogaina ai lenei Ofisa.

Poloaiga Kovana suiga Ofisa vaavaaia tupe mai le Feterale



DEAR ABBY: I’m writing because I see a lot of bullying going on at school. One of the bullies is a friend of mine and I’ve asked her to stop, but she doesn’t listen. How I can get through to her so she understands that she’s hurting someone’s feelings? She treats people like they don’t have feelings, like they are non-human. If you can’t answer this letter, I’ll understand, but if you find the time, I would greatly appreciate it. -- NOT A BULLY IN INDIANA

DEAR NOT A BULLY: People bully others for a variety of reasons. Among them, because they are angry and enjoy taking it out on others, because they themselves have been bullied, because it gives them a sense of power, or simply because they enjoy it. Not knowing your “friend,” I can’t guess what’s driving her behavior. I suggest that you ask her what her reason is and after you hear her answer, you re-evaluate whether to distance yourself from her because, with bullies, the target can change and no one is safe.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •DEAR ABBY: We set limits on our son’s screen time at home. My mother-in-law lets him have

quite a bit more screen time when he visits her. My husband thinks grandparents should have the right to determine everything about how they treat and care for their grandchildren. What do you think? -- MOTHER IN BOULDER, COLO.

DEAR MOTHER: I think grandparents should respect the rules that parents set for their children because there are usually good reasons for them. I also think that for your in-laws to ignore your wishes as they have been doing is disrespectful, and your husband should consider that before con-cluding that his parents have the right to ignore them.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •DEAR ABBY: A couple of months ago my husband and I received a very nice “save the date” for

a wedding in August in a town nearby. There were many nice photos of the engaged couple on the card. The problem is, we have no idea who they are.

We called our families to ask if they had received one too, thinking maybe it was a long-lost rela-tive. I even went so far as checking social media, thinking we might have friends in common, but we don’t. I’m hoping the actual invitation may offer more clues, but I don’t think it will.

While this was clearly addressed to us, my fear is that it was intended for someone else who may not be “saving the date” and it may cause some tension within their family. What would be proper when the invitation arrives? Do I check “will not attend” and send it back, or should I include a note with an explanation? -- SAVE THE DATE IN WISCONSIN

DEAR SAVE THE DATE: You are a nice person. A simple “regret that we cannot attend” should be sufficient and by all means include the note.

Happy Birthday: Use your insight and ability to detect how others will respond to your advances. Don’t hold back or give in to anyone who tries to take over or push you in a direction that will hurt your chances of advancement. Your dedication and hard work will lead to success and put those who oppose you at arm’s length. Your numbers are 4, 10, 14, 23, 33, 41, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep original ideas to yourself until you have had a chance to flush out any flaws. Someone you respect will give you valuable information that can shape the way you move forward personally. ✸✸✸

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Getting along with your peers, family and partners will be necessary if you want things to run smoothly. Choose your words wisely and be sure to include everyone in your plans. Diplomacy will go a long way when dealing with others. ✸✸✸

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look over financial papers and prepare your taxes or other govern-ment documents carefully. Not disclosing information will lead to problems that could make it difficult for you to move forward. Having a clear conscience will ease your stress. ✸✸✸

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A partnership can take on a double meaning. Personal and profes-sional gains can be made if you get involved with the right people. Keep your thoughts and feelings out in the open to avoid giving anyone a false impression. ✸✸✸✸

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your emotions under control when doing business with someone who may not see things your way. Use your intelligence, experience and knowledge to handle what-ever situation you face to bring about positive results. Practice what you preach. ✸✸

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Business trips, educational pursuits and networking will help you advance your objectives. Take time to nurture a relationship you have with someone special. Sharing your feelings, intentions and concerns will help you move forward. Romance is in the stars. ✸✸✸✸✸

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A joint venture will help you get ahead. Collaborate with someone who has the skills you lack, and vice versa, and it will help keep the momentum flowing. Take an interest in physical activity that promotes better stamina and health. ✸✸✸

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Personal gains can be made if you work hard to improve your health, physical appearance and your relationships with others. Your unique way of doing things should be viewed as a plus, not a negative, by those you associate with. ✸✸✸

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotional confusion will set in if you let someone guilt you into something you really don’t care to do. Make decisions that will bring you the most in return. Keep demanding people at a distance and pursue your goals. ✸✸✸

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A unique change to the way you live or the choices you make will help you avoid encounters with individuals who may cause you grief, concern or other complications. Look out for your own interests and well-being. ✸✸✸✸✸

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Someone from your past will tempt you to get involved in some-thing that can influence your financial standing. Joint ventures will not be to your advantage and should not be considered. Do your own thing and be secretive about what you do. ✸✸

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on quality, not quantity. Look for an alternative way to help solve a problem. Get together with someone you haven’t seen for a long time. The encounter will help you see a situation with greater clarity. ✸✸✸✸

Birthday Baby: You are tolerant, strategic and adaptable. You are intelligent and enthusiastic.

ACROSS 1 One receiving

hospitality 6 Appetizing 11 Network

across the pond

14 TV’s Winfrey 15 Jigsaw

puzzle component

16 Pale or brown

17 It can run parallel to the shore

19 “Far out” or “awesome” relative

20 Displays one’s age, colorfully

21 Ear of corn, in Africa

23 Maximally 26 Some future

homeowners 27 Large

creatures 28 Miscella-

neous 29 Always, in

poetry of old 30 Site of the

Klondike gold rush

32 Fiber for rope makers

35 Heavy marching band instrument

37 Large picture of cheese-cake?

39 Sensation preceding a migraine

40 Emulated James Bond

42 ___ lazuli (blue stone)

44 Word with “Bless America”

45 Earthly vibration

47 Bagel seed, sometimes

49 Mill water channels

51 City in Iran 52 Located

among these pages

53 Get carried away on stage

55 Eggs, formally

56 Hurdy-gurdy 61 Like sloppy

kisses 62 Expel from

the body 63 Full of anger 64 “Didn’t I tell

you?” 65 Former

Greek coins 66 KeyboardedDOWN 1 Whipped

cream serving

2 Kick-ruckus link

3 “To ___ is human ...”

4 Some NCOs, casually

5 Needing water

6 Nimble and quick

7 Hangs on a clothesline

8 Baseball great ___ Wee Reese

9 Guys bringing cold blocks, once

10 Protects, as one’s goal

11 Brittle, sweet transparent candy

12 Former British P.M. Tony

13 Turns over, as territory

18 Devours and then some

22 Lobbies for light gatherings?

23 Is an accomplice

24 Get ready for a golf drive

25 Sleep-in-ducing drug class

26 Incur, as debts

28 Sub device 31 Some metric

weights 33 Telltale sign

of good food 34 Heavy-___

(burdened)

36 Eagle’s habitation

38 Firing-range weapon

41 Sound loudness measure

43 Take care of a matter

46 Members of a household

48 Spanish wine

49 Broadway offerings

50 Flood preventer

53 Old opening for “while”

54 Prefix with “physical”

57 Sales agent 58 Word with

“gender” or “generation”

59 Feasted 60 Animated

dad of Rod and Todd

Universal CrosswordEdited by Timothy Parker April 27, 2017

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