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Page 10 samoa news, Thursday, February 28, 2013 Where it’s at in American American Samoa Samoa 3250 Airport Road Pago Pago AS 96799 DAILY RATES WEEKLY RATES MONTHLY RATES CALL NOW! RUNWAY BAR & GRILL Under New Management Happy Hour - 5:00pm to 7:30pm Drink Specials - Free Pupu’s Try our Beef & Shrimp Stir Fry Serve with Fries pupu platter spend your happy hour with Jake playin all the oldies Dance with Tap’s/Wess - Friday & Saturday Night Steak & Shrimp Dinner served during Happy Hour Phone 733-7195 Open from Monday to Saturday 5pm to Closing OFFDAROCKTATTOOS Island Island Funeral Services Services in Nu’uuli FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL NEEDS!!! 24 Hour Services www.islandfuneralservice.com “Lean on Us in Your Time of Need” Office: 699-2384 Fax: 699-2108 Home: 699-6803 Mobile: 733-3201 High Gas Prices Hurting You? Check Out Our Stocks!! • Brand New Scooter $1,500 • Brand New ATVs $5,500 We also have a Used Scooter for $1,000 & a Used Motorcycle for $1,500 Licensed and Insured Call 733-3598 ALL PARTS & SERVICE AVAILABLE SAVE ON GAS AND BUY A FUEL EFFICIENT MOTORBIKE!! AVERAGES 90 MILES TO A GALLON! Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy who was slain in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, holds a picture of himself with his son Jesse and wipes his eye while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ➧ NEWS iN BRiEF… Father oF neWtoWn ViCtim: ban all assault Weapons WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting tears, the father of one of the first graders slain in the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting is begging the Senate Judiciary Committee to ban assault weapons. A ban is not expected to pass Congress. But the father, Neil Heslin, on Wednesday urged lawmakers to consider the prohibition his son, Jesse, who was 6 years old. The 50-year-old construction worker said he supports the Second Amendment right to bear arms, and backs sportsmen who like using firearms. But he said the Second Amendment wasn’t written a time when firearms were as sophisticated as today’s assault weapons. Heslin spoke in support of a bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that would ban assault weapons. Republicans at the hearing said the ban could violate the Constitution. suspeCt in deputies’ shooting attaCked in Jail SAN DIEGO (AP) — A child molestation suspect charged with shooting two San Diego County sheriff’s deputies has been attacked in jail. San Diego County sheriff’s officials say Daniel Witczak was stabbed Saturday night at the George Bailey Detention Center in San Diego. He was treated for non-life threatening wounds. Authorities aren’t not releasing any details of the assault. The 30-year-old was wounded in a shootout last September after deputies went to his Lakeside apartment to investigate allegations that he molested his girlfriend’s daughters. Two deputies were wounded. He’s pleaded not guilty to molestation and attempted murder of a peace officer. break-in at shop Featured on tV’s ‘ameriCan guns’ WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Police in suburban Denver are investigating a break-in at the gun shop featured on Discovery Channel’s “American Guns.” Wheat Ridge police were notified of a silent alarm at the Gunsmoke Gun Shop just before 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found that the shop had been entered through a hole in the roof. Police say a witness across the street reported seeing a silver two-door car leaving the gun shop’s parking lot, shortly after the silent alarm was received. Police say it appears more than one person may have been involved in the burglary. Investigators had no suspect descriptions Wednesday afternoon, and an inventory of stolen property was not yet complete. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives is assisting local investigators. Continued from page 9 Ca man arrested For killing 9-year-old son With hatChet SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento-area man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 9-year-old son in a hatchet attack. Sacramento police say 36-year-old Phillip Raymond Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of homicide around noon Tuesday. The Sacramento Bee reports officers arrived at the suspect’s Natomas home after receiving two emergency calls. They found the boy was unresponsive and had suffered from blunt force trauma to the head. He was declared dead at the scene. Officials say police set a perimeter around the neighborhood and soon found Hernandez, who was detained without trouble. Police say Hernandez’s 12-year-old son was also home but was not harmed. The victim’s mother was out of California when he was killed. In a press release, police said, “There is no explanation for Hernandez’ unimaginable actions.” alleged sWordsman arrested aFter el CaJon standoFF EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A man allegedly armed with two swords has been arrested after a six-hour standoff in San Diego County. El Cajon police say they were called to an apartment shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday by a woman who said her husband had beaten her. She was treated for facial injuries. Police say a 38-year-old man was seen with a machete and knives and that he threatened to stab officers and kill himself during a standoff. A SWAT team and crisis negotiators were dispatched but couldn’t get the man to surrender. Police fired tear gas at around 5 a.m. Wednesday. They say the man left the apartment a half-hour later with two swords and was arrested after being shot with a sponge projectile. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation. eX-CoaCh ordered to trial For deadly dui aCCident FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former California high school basketball coach has been ordered to trial for a drunken driving crash that killed a 7-year-old boy. Prosecutors say Loren LeBeau was behind the wheel of a car that struck Donovan Maldonado and dragged the boy 800 feet to his death in Fresno last summer. The Fresno Bee says LeBeau’s car struck Donovan, his sister Bella, and their father Jesse Maldonado as they bicycled in a crosswalk. A Fresno judge on Tuesday ruled there was enough evidence to order trial for the former Central High School coach on charges of drunken driving, gross negligence and other charges. LeBeau is free on $256,000 bail pending a March hearing.
‘Allure of mystery’ helps recluse’s gold net $3.5M CARSON CITY (AP) — The tale of a mysterious Nevada recluse’s gold has reached a new chapter when a portion of the trove raked in more than $3.5 million at auction. The allure of mystery pulled some bidders to the courtroom where the auction took place Tuesday. For others, it was the sheer value of a collection unknown to the public before Walter Samaszko Jr. was found dead in his modest ranch-style home last year. Regardless of motivation, those who converged on the auction could sense the immense value of the treasure upon arriving. Numerous guards were stationed at the entrance, more in the hallway outside the courtroom, and finally several with bulletproof vests and others with helmets inside the room holding the gold. Five bidders diligently inspected the 11 lots of gold displayed in plastic sleeves, tubes and felt jewelry display boxes heavily guarded room before the bidding wars began. By the time all sales were final, however, one bidder had secured nine of the 11 lots for sale. Carson City’s Alan Rowe of Northern Nevada Coin spent $617,000 from his own company, and another $2 million on behalf of the Illinoisbased Rare Coin Company of America Inc. It was the uniqueness of the gold that drove his bidding, he said. “Every one of us has a little hoarder nature in our culture and we all like to have things, but to this degree is quite a story,” Rowe told reporters after the auction, adding that the metal value “is not as exciting as the story itself, there’s actually value to the story.” He added that some of the coins will be available in the store or online for locals hoping to snag a piece of history. Others, he said, will be marketed nationally and likely on television. This auction was only for the bullion coins — items that are not necessarily rare, just expensive because they are made of gold. There will likely be a second auction for the larger portion of the collection which is comprised of the rare coins, said Alan Glover, the public administrator for Samaszko’s estate. “They’re buying and bidding on an ounce of gold, pure gold by the weight,” Glover said. In total, about 150 pounds of gold was sold at Tuesday’s auction. About $800,000 will pay various fees and estate taxes, and the rest of the profits go to a substitute teacher in San Rafael, Calif., who is the first cousin and sole heir to the trove of Walter Samaszko Jr. Because of the other coins’ rarity, that sale is expected to net higher profits. James Mitchell of Reno’s Silver State Coin and a California-based group named Spectrum Group International Inc. grabbed the two lots not purchased by Rowe or his partners. Mitchell landed the lot of 4,600 Mexican dos pesos, the largest number of coins in a single lot. He said the story posed no additional value to him. “It had the most potential for profit,” Mitchell said of his purchase. “There was one lot I wanted more, but this one will have to do.” That lot, a collection of 620 Canadian Maple Leafs, was the largest in terms of weight and the coins were the purest gold available. It fetched $1.16 million from Rowe and the Rare Coin Company of America. No one knows exactly when the collection began, or why Samaszko never sold it. Frankly, no one knew anything about him even though he lived in the same neighborhood for ➧ DOE needs 18 teachers… Continued from page 1 rooms she met with the governor, who authorized the hiring. Finau said there are many problems within the schools that need to be addressed but filling the classroom teachers’ jobs was a priority and other immediate needs will be attended to later. She told Samoa News that they must have teachers given the importance of education for each student. “Our children need to be educated; it equips us and it opens doors to brilliant career opportunities… it fetches better prospects in career and growth and every employer today requires his prospective employees to be well-educated and have expertise. So, education becomes an eligibility criteria for employment in any sector of the industry,” she said. Human Resources Director, Le’i Sonny Thompson, told Samoa News that he signed off on the all proper paperwork for the emergency hires, and noted that this follows the governor’s approval, however each qualified teacher is required to go through the clearance process that every government employee must undergo. “And, if a teacher has a record, HR will take the appropriate action and remove them,” he said, adding, “If DOE fills in the slots already budgeted, and the demand still exists for teachers in the classrooms, the government will hire more teachers with the approval of the governor.” decades. Weeks passed before authorities even discovered he had died in his modest Carson City home. A coroner said he died of heart problems. When cleanup crews arrived, they made the startling discovery of the 69-year-old man’s vast collection of thousands of gold coins worth millions of dollars stashed in old ammunition boxes in his garage. Officials discovered the trove neatly wrapped and stored mostly in ammunition boxes stacked on top of each other. There were more than 2,900 Austrian coins, many from 1915; more than 5,000 from Mexico; at least 500 from Britain; 300 U.S. gold pieces, some dating to 1880; and more than 100 U.S. gold pieces as old as the 1890s. Among the coins were meticulous records of the purchases dating back to at least 1964, when gold averaged about $35 per ounce. The precious metal currently sells for more than $1,600 an ounce. Authorities believe that his mother, who lived with Samaszko until her death in 1992, purchased most of the coins. Despite the millions of dollars in his garage, Samaszko didn’t appear to lead a luxurious life. Records show he only withdrew about $500 a month to pay modest bills. He died with $1,200 in a checking account and just a bit more than $165,000 in a money market and mutual fund account. Since learning of her inheritance, Magdanz has shunned publicity and not made any comments about the fortune. samoa news, Thursday, February 28, 2013 Page 11 NOTICE FOR SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO Members of the AFOA Family and to all whom these present may come! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TULOTO FA’ATONU & SOLI FA’ATONU of UTULEI has offered for recording in this office an instrument in writing which seeks to separate a certain structure which is or to be erected, on land LESOLO, allegedly belonging to AFOA FAMILY of the village of UTULEI. Said land LESOLO is situated in or near the village of UTULEI in the County of MAOPUTASI, Island of TUTUILA, American Samoa. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested person may object to the recording of such instrument by filing in the Territorial Registar’s Office in Fagatogo, a written objection to the recording of said instrument. Any objections thereto must be filed with in 30 days from the date of posting of this notice. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no such objections are filed within the said 30 day period, the instrument will be recorded and shall be valid and binding on all persons. The said instrument may be examined at any time at the Territorial Registrar’s Office. POSTED: FEBRUARY 21, 2013 thru MARCH 25, 2013 SIGNED: Taito S.B. White, Territorial Registrar FA’AALIGA O LE FEAGAIGA MO SE TU’U’ESEINA I tagata o le aiga sa AFOA, ma i latou uma e silasila ma lauiloaina lenei fa’aaliga! O le fa’aaliga lenei ona o TULOTO FA’ATONU & SOLI FA’ATONU o le nu’u o UTULEI ua ia fa’aulufaleina mai i lenei ofisa se feagaiga tusitusi e fa’ailoa ai se mana’oga fia tu’u’eseina o se fale ua/po o le a, fa’atuina i luga o le fanua o LESOLO e fa’asino i le aiga sa AFOA, o le nu’u o UTULEI. O lenei fanua e totonu pe latalata ane i le nu’u o UTULEI, itumalo o MAOPUTASI, ile motu o TUTUILA, Amerika Samoa. O le fa’aaliga fo’i e fa’apea, so o se tasi e iai sona aia i lenei mata’upu e mafai ona fa’atu’i’ies e ile fa’amauina o lenei feagaiga pe a auina mai i le ofisa ole Resitara o le Teritori of Amerika Samoa i Fagatogo, sana fa’atu’ese tusitusia. O fa’atu’iesega uma lava e ao ona fa’aulufaleina mai i totonu o aso e 30 faitauina mai i le aso na faíaalia ai lenei fa’aaliga. Afai ole a leai se fa’atu’i’esega e fa’aulufaleina i totonu o aso 30 e pei ona ta’ua i luga, o le a fa’amauina loa lenei feagaiga e taualoaina ma ‘a’afia ai tagata uma. 02/28 & 03/14/13
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