FSM LAWMAKERS REVIEWED THE COMPACTHDLONIA, Pohnpei—The FSM

Legislators' Conference net inPohnpei Pteb. 12-14 to review theprovisions of U.S. Public Law99-239, approving a Comapct ofFree Association with the UnitedStates.

the two-and-a-half-day meet-ing at the Pohnpei LegislatureChamber was chaired by FSM Con-gress Speaker Bethwel Henry.

It was the first session ofthe newly organized FSM Legis-lators' Conference, which was

U.S. Public Law 99-239, whichwas passed by the United States.Congress last December and signedby U.S. President Reagan on Jan-uary 14, 1986, proposes severalchanges to the Compact of FreeAssociation as approved by theFSM in 1983. The U.S. public lawwas officially transmitted to FSMPresident Tosiwo Nakayama on Jan.30 by President Reagan's PersonalRepresentative for MicronesianStatus Negotiators, U.S. Ambassa-

early as April to consider ter-mination of the Trusteeship.

During the first day of theConference, the FSM law-makersdiscussed major changes to theCompact proposed in the U.S.public law, including changesaffecting regulation of foreigntuna vessels in the FSM's 200-mile zone, changes to the tax andtrade incentive provisions of theCompact, and coipensation for thetax and trade changes. FSM Con-gress legal and budgetary staff,

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originally scheduled to meet inKbsrae later this year.

In addition to members of theFSM Congress, the conference in-cluded delegations from each ofthe four State Legislatures,headed by Speaker Ambros Senda ofPohnpei, Speaker Thurston Siha ofKosrae, Speaker Jospeh Ayin ofYap and Floor Leader Nahoy Seli-fis of Truk.,

dor Fred Zeder, for review and adetermination as to the accept-ability or unacceptability of theproposed changes.

Zeder informed President Na-kayama in a previous communica-tion that, if the FSM accepts theproposed changes, the UnitedStates would request special ses-sion of U.N. Trusteeship Counciland the U.N. Security Council as

FSM LBGISLWOPS MEET - The FSM state and national legislators aremeeting Feb. . 12-14 in Pohnpei State Legislature Chamber in the firstConference of FSM legislators to review the provisions of the U.S.Public Law 99-239, approving the Compact of Free Association, withFSM Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry presiding. The above photo re-veals only a part of the delegations present on the opening day.From upper left clockwise are: Henry; FSM Congress Legal CounselGary Takeuchi; FSM Congress Journal Clerk Sue Ann Scnadeck (partlyhidden); FSM Congress Vice Speaker Joab Sigrah of Kbsrae; Congressstaff Abselim Ehicar; FSM Congress Floor T pder John Haglelgam ofYap; Kosrae State Senator Hiteuo Shrew; FSM Senators Jack Fritz andKalisto Refalopsi of Truk; Kosrae State Legislature Speaker ThurstonSiba; FSM Senator Isaac Figir of Yap; Truk State Senator SimLramSipenuk; Pohnpei State Senator Kasiano Joseph; Pohnpei LegislatureVice Speaker Job Micah, and Pohnpei State Legislature Speaker AmbrosSenda.

the counsel for the Commission onFuture Political Status and Tran-sition, and the Fjaecutive Dir-ector "of the Micronesian MaritimeAuthority served as resourcepersons.

Discussions during the second.day centered on procedural mat-ters relating to the review ofU.S. Public Law 99-239 by the FSMCongress and the State Legisla-tures. Questions addressed in-cluded whether the FSM Congressor State Legislatures should actfirst, the timing of Legislativereview, formulation of FSM under-standings and interpretations re-lating to the Compact the estab-lishment of a Compact effectivedate, and the approval processfor the addition agreements re-quired by the U.S. public law onlaw enforcement, audits, and theeconomic development plans.

The Conference adopted threeresolutions during the closingday of their meeting.

Resolution 1-1 sets forthrecanpended procedures for for-mulating FSM understandings andinterpretations and the approvalof the Compact changes proposedthe U.S. Congress. Resolution1-2, calls for at least three outof four FSM State Legislaturesand the FSM Congress to approvethe additional agreements to theCompact of Free Association.Resolution 1-3 sets forth Con-ference 's consensus regardingestablishment of an effectivedate for the Compact of FreeAssociation.

The Conference set its nextmeeting to be held in Kosrae.

Pohnpei Salary Plan becomes lawHOIONIA, Pohnpei - A bill to

convert minimum biweekly salaryrate from $108 to $120 or anhourly minimum wage from $1.35 to$1.50 for the Pohnpei State gov-ernment employees became law onJan. 29 without the signature ofGov. Resio S. Moses, according toState Legislative Liaison Hein-rick Stevenson.The bill, which was passed fi-

nal reading by the Bohnpei StateLegislature during its DecemberSpecial session held prior to theelection of its new officers,sets a new salary plan frameworkfor employees under the stategovernment Public Service SystemAct with a retroactive implemen-tation date to Jan. 1, 1986, andwill take effect on April 1, forthe appointed and elected offi-cials.The salary plan which is de-

signed to provide a legal basisfor a uniformed and unified cov-erage to all three branches ofthe State Government, gives theelected and appointed state gov-ernment officials annual salariesof $25,000 for the governor, and$23,000 to the Lt. governor; de-partment directors, $16,000-$21,000 and deputy directors,special assistants including bud-geting, planning and statisticsadministrator each, between$13,000-$17,000.The law also sets annual salary

of the State Chief Justice at$23,000 and $20,000 for the asso-ciate justices and the State Leg-islature Speaker. Other statesenators will receive annual sal-aries of $17,000, each. Statepublic auditor's annual salary isset between $18,000 and $20,000,while government agencies, au-thorities and commissions chiefexecutives who are subject to ad-vice and consent of the legisla-ture will each receive between$15,000 and $18,000. Senior land

leprosy Survey beginsLELU, Kosrae - A survey to lo-

cate and identify persons associ-ated with the Hansen Disease(Leprosy) was launched Feb. 10 byKosrae State Public Health Servi-ces, according to Kosrae StateComunicable Disease Program Co-ordinator Matchugo Talley, aState Information release said.The survey also inlcudes a

state-wide health education pro-gram aimed at teaching Kosraeansin elementary and high schools aswell as in the communities aboutthe Hansen Disease, its effectson them and how to deal with it,the release added.

commissioner and Associate landcommissioners annual salaries areset between $15,000 to $18,000and $13,000-$16,000, respective-ly. Land registration team mem-bers annual salaries will rangebetween $8,000-$10,000 while themunicipal court judges will re-ceive between $3,000-$5,000, each.former Health and Social Serv-

ices Committee Chairman SenatorNelson Pelep said extensive pub-lic hearings were held on theproposed salary plan prior to theDecember special session to con-sider the merits of the bill."Wiile the administration of

personnel within the three gov-ernment branches continues to beseparate, the salary pay scalesupon which employees are paid,will be based on a 'unifrom' sal-ary schedule," the new State De-partment of Treasury acting Dir-ector Ihlen Joseph said.The salary plan, which reduces

the base salary schedule from paylevels 30 to 22, also sets eightpercent inbetween step increasesfor levels 1-6, seven percent forlevels between 7-15, and six per-cent for levels inclusive of 16and 22, Joseph said, adding thatthe plan is designed to protectthe separation of powers uponwhich the government is premisedand at the sane time provide forflexibility and cost efficiencyregarding payroll processing.The initial cost of implement-

ing the salary plan is being pro-vided for under the Interim Com-prehensive Budget Act.The executive branch alone

would need a supplemental fundingof about $300,000 to cover thecost of salary implementation forits employees during fiscal year1986, acting Administrator DionG. Neth of. the new Office of Bud-get, Planning and Statistics(EPS) said.Joseph, who was instrumental in

research and passage of the sal-ary plan, said that governmentdoes not anticipate financialsetbacks once the plan is imple-mented and will reduce spendingin areas of travel and purchasingof equipment and improve its rev-enue and tax and utilities col-lection methods in order to helpdefray initial expenses of theplan.All three state government

branches were urged by the Legis-lature during its final approvalprocess of the plan to "carefullyscrutinize their spending pat-terns and reprogram sufficientmonies from non-essential itemsto personnel accounts to minimizethe impact of implementing theplan."

Disabled-datafo be compiledHOLONIA, Pohnpei - The Microne-

sia Central Data CoordinatingCommittee, a panel of Health,Head start, Special Education andVocational Rehabilitation servi-ces personnel throughout Mccrone-sia, had it first annual meetingJan. 6-10 at the Hotel Pohnpei todevelop a collaborative computer-based data management system forprograms serving handicapped ordisabled persons throughout theRepublics of Palau and MarshallIslands and the FSM, according toCentral Data Project Coordinator,Pohnpei First Lady Susan Moses.Moses, who works with the CCM

Special Education Division, saidthat the project is being fundedby the University of Hawaii Reha-bilitation Research and TrainingProgram and is aimed at develop-ing a system through which datafrom various programs servinghandicapped and disabled personswill be collected, processed bycomputer at a central data filein CCM and shared among variousagencies."It is hoped that the estab-

lishment of this data system willfacilitate the preparation of re-ports at various levels and pro-vide a base for appropriate pro-gram management and planning,"she said, adding that the nextmeeting is scheduled to be heldin January 1987.Participants in the week-long

meeting were: Kiyoko Rengiil,Health Services, Paul ReJdai,Vocational Rehabilitation, andFelicia Ikesiil, Special Educa-tion, Palau; Sizue Yoma, HealthServices, and John Johnny, Voca-tional Rehabilitation, FSM; NoraKilmej, Vocational Rehabilita-tion, Marshall Islands; WilsonKephas, Special Education, Kosr-ae; Godaro Lorrin, Vocational Re-habilitation, Sasao Alexander,Special Education, Dr. BurtonJano and Wincener David, HealthServices, and Mitchon loanis,Head Start, Pohnpei; Kangichy R.Welle and Natalia RekemesHc, CCMSpecial Education Division; andDr. Ronald Smith, university ofGuam Special Education Division.

Kosrae students placed 3rdLELU, Kosrae - Kosrae students

attending schools on Guam wereissued Jan. 14 a certificate ofrecognition signed by Guam Gov.Ricardo J. Bordallo and Lt. Gov.Edward D. Reyes after winning a7-0 forfeit game over Dededo Acesand placing third in the secondround finals of the Guam AmateurBaseball League with three winsand two losses, according to aKosrae State Information release.

Moses citesdeficitHDLONIA, Pohnpei - Gov. Kesio

Moses announced plans to reducefiscal 1986 budget expenditureand travel by $1.5 million andimprove local revenue collectioncapabilities up to a $3 millionnark in an effort to meet the1985 deficit of $1.2 million andimplement the state new salaryplan while calling for creationof an executive-legislative taskforce to review the state shareof compact funds in a Jan. 24 ad-dress to the Bohnpei State Legis-lature.Moses made his state-of-the-

state message during legisla-ture's first regular session be-fore a gallery packed with citi-zens and officials from the Pohn-pei state and FSM national gov-ernments in a third progress re-port since he took office in May1983.Stating that with the help of

the Legislature, Bank of Hawaiiand the U.S. Federal Government,Moses said the Farmers Home Ad-ministration and the Housing Au-thority funded construction of605 hones in the state, making"1985 the best year for home con-struction" while informing thelegislature that he will submitan appropriation legislation toborrow $1 million during fiscal1986 to top 1985 record for homeconstruction and renovation.He said that the deficit which

"resulted from over appropriationof our revenues and under appro-priation in areas of medical re-ferrals and supplies and publicutilities" also recommended tothe legislature that the $1.2million deficit facing the gov-ernment could be met by 50 per-cent reduction in travel, reduc-tion or privatization of some ofthe government on-going programs,improved revenue collection meth-ods, supplement operation of De-partment of Public Works withCapital Improvement Projects, andan addition of $.25 million totreasury as indirect costs foradministration of federal pro-grams in 1985."With the above possibilities

and fiscal responsibilities onour parts, we can eliminate ourdeficits, improve services andcontinue to develop," the gover-nor said.He said with the administration

policy to assist growth in theprivate sector, he is pleased toreport that the state "has almostentirely withdrawn from directcompetition practices against theprivate businesses" and that thisposture will assist the govern-ment in cutting operational cost,

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President signs 11 bills into law I8

HDIONIA, Pohnpei - PresidentTosiwo Nakayama signed into laweleven bills enacted by theFourth FSM Congress during itsOct. 14-Nov. 12 Second RegularSession, while allowing fiveothers to become law without hissignature, according to ESM Pub-lic Information Officer KetsonJohnson.legislation approved by the

President includes Public Laws4-12 amending PL 4-11 the interimfiscal 1986 national governmentoperations budget in eliminatingthe 25 percent spending restric-tion and restrictions en new pro-grams and purchase of equipmentin excess of $50 and 4-16 to ap-propriate $50,000 to combat lep-rosy in the FSM, which were sign-ed on Oct. 30 and Dec. 5, 1985,respectively.A vetoed bill which requires

FSM congressional and legislativeapproval of the Compact of FreeAssociation as amended by theU.S. Congress was overridden byFSM Congress during its OctoberSession and is new designated bythe President as P.L. No. 4-13,Johnson said.Bills which became law without

the signature of the Presidentinclude Public Laws 4-14 amendingPublic Law 3-56 to designate de-velopment authorities as allot-tees other than governor of Trukfor funds appropriated for Fiscal1985 public projects in all TrukState except lower and mid-Mort-locks, and 4-15 amending P.L. 2-34 to change allottee of publicprojects from governor of Truk todevelopment authorities in re-spective areas of Truk state ex-cept for the Mortlocks.In allowing a measure appropri-

ating $1 million for fiscal 1986public projects in Pohnpei to be-come law without his signature,while agreeing with concernsraised by Gov. Resio Moses whorecommended that the bill be ve-toed for reasons that it lacksboth Pohnpei State Government in-put and resonance with programpriorities established by thestate and local governments,President informed Speaker Beth-wel Henry that while he does notwant to question the Congresswisdom and constitutional author-ity in allocating the limited re-sources, he felt that appropria-tion packages in the past did notreflect priority needs of theStates and the Nation.President said that he felt ve-

toing the bill will not be theright solution to the problem andrecommended that Gov. Moses begiven the opportunity to discusshis concerns with senators from

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Pohnpei so a "mutually satisfac-tory solution" could be found.Johnson noted, adding that thePohnpei $1 million appropriationbill was designated Public LawNo. 4-22.Two other measures which became *

law without President's signature •«were P.L. 4-27 to appropriate §.$230,000 for fiscal year 1986 Hpublic projects in the Mortlocks gand P.L. 4-28 to appropriate *$1.17 million for fiscal 1986 *public projects in Truk State. HBills signed include P.L. 4-17 »

to appropriate $350,000 for fis-cal year 1986 public projects in £Kosrae, P.L. 4-18 to appropriate oo$100,000 for defraying cost of *enforcing the National CriminalCode in the FSM and P.L. 4-19amending P.L. 2-59 to change thename of the Federated States De-velopment Bank to FederatedStates of Micronesia DevelopmentBank, which were all signed onDec. 11.P.L. 4-20 to appropriate $20,-

000 for funding the hosting of aForum Fisheries Conference in FSMduring fiscal year 1986 and P.L.4-21 to further amend P.L. 4-11to provide for a supplementalbudget were signed also on Dec.11.P.L. 4-23 to appropriate $500,-

000 for fiscal 1986 public pro-jects in Yap and P.L. 4-24 topermit designated customs person-nel to open and inspect mail andseize any articles subject toduty, or imported into FSM con-trary to law, under certain cir-cumstances, were signed on Dec.26.P.L. 4-25, signed on Dec. 31,

to amend title 50 of the FSM Coderelating to issuance of ESM pass-ports and P.L. 4-26, signed onJan. 2, 1986, to amend title 30of the FSM Code to provide forPresidential and Congressionalspecific responsibilities regard-ing debts and obligations of theFSM Development Bank.Trust Territory High Commis-

sioner Janet J. McCoy advised thePresident through Jan. 24 thatshe elected not to suspend thelaws, Johnson added.

Two win scholarshipsLEUJ, Kosrae - Students Rolner

Joe and Moses Palik of Kosraewere awarded Jan. 18 agriculturalscholarships following their com-pletion of an Organization forIndustrial Agricultural and Cul-tural Advancement (OISCA) coursein Palau, according to KosraeStudent Services Coordinator Gai-ner Tosie, a State Informationrelease reported.

Truk mourns for Buliche

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MDEN, Truk - Truk Lt. Gov. Ro-bert (Bob) Mori declared Jan. 13a "state of schock" and orderedall flags to be flown at half-mast for four-day observance fol-lowing the sudden death of TrukHousing Authority Executive Di-rector Sachuo Buliche, accordingto Broadcast and Inf onraticn Di-vision Chief Peter Maipi.Mr. Buliche died Jan. 11 at the

Truk State Hospital after he wasbrought there by relatives fol-lowing complaints of severe painin the chest, Maipi said.In a telex to President Tosiwo

Nakayama, the High CommissionerJanet J. McCoy said, "The staffof TTPI and I were deeply sadden-ed to be informed of the untimely

death of Truk Housing AuthorityDirector Sachuo Buliche. Mr.Buliche's varied carrer as a mem-ber of the Truk District Legisla-ture, in the field of Education,as Director of the Truk HousingAuthority, and through his workin the ministry and associationwith the Peace Corps reflectedhis deep commitment to serve hisfellowmen. This gentle and hon-orable man will be truly missedby all whose lives he touched."Buliche is survived by his

widow, Kiroko, five sons and sixdaughters.Faster Sisam is now acting Di-

rector for Truk Housing Author-ity, Maipi added.

« Halcyon fo sefup college in FSMKDLONIA, Pohnpei - Resolutions

inviting Halcyon Foundation, Inc.to its next meeting in Guam andrequesting the FSM Congress totake prompt action on adoption ofthe FSM Code of Education wereamong four resolutions passed bythe FSM Board of Education duringits meeting held on Truk, Feb. 3-6, according to Board's Adminis-trative Officer Herbert Gallen.Gallen, who coordinated the

said that the Board con-educational policy guide-

lines for the state and nationalgovernments and a charter appli-cation by Halcyon Foundation,Inc., to operate a post secondaryinstitution in the FSM.FSM Congress Speaker Bethwel

Henry, who participated in themeeting, told the Board that [theFSM] needs to train its own peo-ple to replace the expensive la-borers imported from the outside,while observer CCM President Dr.Catalino Cantero added that it isnow time to re-evaluate the FSMeducational system, while ad-dressing the Board during themeeting.Others who spoke during the

three-day conference include:Truk Gov. Erhart Aten, FSM Con-gress Health, Education and So-cial Affairs Committee ChairmanTony Otto, FSM Education DivisionChief Daro Weital, Truk Legisla-ture Speaker Simeon Ihnocenti,Pohnpei State Legislature Educa-tion and Cultural Affairs Chair-man Midion Neth of Madolenihmwviho represented Speaker AmbrosSenda, Pohnpei State EducationDirector and COM Vice Rector Da-mian Sohl, and Board ChairmanManuel Sound of Truk.Othep resolutions adopted by

the Board include:-Expressing the Board's

disappointment that the FSM At-torney General's Office was notable to provide lawyer servicesat the Truk meeting.

-Expresssing sincere appre-ciation to the hosts and partici-pants at the February meeting ofthe FSM Board of Education in theTruk.In another Board activity, a

three-page FSM Education Delinea-tion of National and State rolesand responsibilities has been ap-proved by the Board and will betransmitted during the secondweek of February to the Presidentfor his approval , Gallen said.The document encompasses areas

of technical assistance, programcoordination, teacher certifica-tion, board, manpower and post-secondary developments, charter-ing of non-public schools and de-velopment of legislations, Gallenadded.Board members who participated

in the meeting include: SantiagoJoab, Pohnpei; Rensley Sigrah,Kosrae; and Sound, Truk.

SOFTBALL CHAMPION - FSMSpeaker Bethwel Henry (right) isawarding the championship trophyto Pelihna Moses, team Captain ofthe Eagles, champions in a Coed(men and women-teams) SoftballLeague which started in raid-No-vember and finished with finalson Feb. 6; 16 teams participatedin the league. Speaker Henry isthe Pohnpei Sports CouncilTreasurer.

Moses recommendsprivatization of projects(Continued fran Page 3)increase tax base and improve thebusinessmen's perception and ccn-fidenoe in government rhetoric.Citing that government vehicle

repair servicer sand and coralmining operations, the MV Kachohave been successfully transferedto private sector, Moses said im-mediate consideration for privat-ization are the rock quarryingoperations and public utilities:water, power and sever; addingthat EDA business-type activi-ties, government cafeterias, op-eration of MS Micro Glory, schoolbussing, electrical, plumbing,and carpentry shops, and the newcold-storage plant are being con-sidered for privatization.To implement the recently sign-

ed reorganization law, Moses sub-mited his cabinet nominations for

(Continued on Page 8)FSM bar exam setKOIONIA, Pohnpei - An examina-

tion to practice law before theFSM Supreme Court is scheduledfor March 6 in Pohnpei and Truk,according to FSM Supreme CourtChief Clerk Emiliana J. Musrasrik.The court also will consider

requests to administer the barexamination in Yap and Kosrae, ifsuch requests are made promptlyto allow time for the court tomake the necessary arrangements,she said.Applications for the exam are

to be filed 30 days before thedate of the written test withsupporting documents and a $25application fee with the Officeof the Chief Clerk, FSM SupremeCourt, P.O. Box J, Kblonia, Pohn-pei FSM 96941, said Musrasrik whoadded that the court may permitlate filing of applications uponshowing of good cause.

Insurance checks awardedLELU, Kosrae - Aliksru Edmond,

59, of Utwa Municipality, Kosrae,was presented Jan. 28 severalchecks by Gov. Yosiwo Georgealong with Kosrae State PersonnelDirector Fred P. Skilling andPersonnel Specialist Dais Alokoain the first case of governmentinsurance coverage under deathclaim for his wife, Sepe, accord-ing to a State Information re-lease.Mrs. Sepe Edmond, recently de-

ceased, was a cook aide at theUtwa Elementary School, who wasinsured by Travellers life Insur-ance Overseas (ILIO) by MoylanInsurance Company of Guam in anewly Kosrae government institu-ted insurance coverage for itsemployees.

Articulation ofcustoms in courtcited in conferenceHDIONIA, Pohnpei - Proper Main-

tenance and articulation of Mic-ronesian customs and traditionsinto court system here are amongthe topics being discussed in thesemi-annual FSM judicial confer-ence held on Feb. 3-4 in Honolu-lu, according to FSM SupremeCourt Director of Court Adminis-tration Christina T. Michelsen.

This llth Judicial Educationand Development Conference isjointly sponsored by the FSM. Su-preme Court and the University ofHawaii Richardson School of lawfor the FSM state and nationalcourt personnel. Invitation tothe conference was extended tothe Micronesian neighboring Re-publics of Ealau and the MarshallIslands.

Michelsen said there is a needfor the participants to exchangeviews on judicial administrationand explore ways of improving thejudicial system in the FSM duringthe conference.She said the other topics being

covered in the conference are:origins and sources of law, con-

pits of precedent, functions oflicial branch, civil and crim-al procedure and maintenance of

courtroom control.

The conference is being attend-ed by judges, law clerks and lawinterns from all over the Federa-ted States of Micronesia and Re-public of Ealau, she added.Participants included: Supreme

Court Chief Justice Edward C.King, Supreme Court AssociateJustice Richard Benson, NationalJustice Ombudsman Nickontro John-ny, FSM Supreme Court; Yap StateChief Justice John Tharngan, As-

sociate Justices Alf onso Rangan-bay and Stanislaus Yiggin, andProbation Officer John Mcoteb,Yap; Truk State Chief JusticeSoukichi Fritz, Associate Jus-tices Keske Marar and John Pete-won, and Senator Jack Fritz,Truk; Pohnpei State Chief JusticeEdwel Santos, Associate JusticesCarl Kbhler, Yoster Carl and Ju-

dah Johnny, and Chief Clerk Doh-sis Albert, Bohnpei; Kosrae ChiefJustice Harry Skilling, Kosrae,and Judges Amador Ngirkelau andSingichi Ikesakes, Republic ofPalau.law clerk and Intern partici-

pants include: Joses Gallen andPeter Cheida of Pohnpei and ReadyJohnny of Truk, Michelsen added.

Micfcefsen new Admin. Director groiDNIA, Pohnpei - Farmer As-

sistant Credit Analyst for Nor-star Bank in Lewiston, State ofMaine, Christina T. Michelsen hasbeen appointed FSM Supreme CourtDirector of Court Administrationby Chief Justice Edward C. King.Michelsen replaces former dir-

ector Gideon Doone who resignedto run in the Truk State guber-natorial elections in March.Michelsen is a native of Palau,

who received Associate and Bach-elors degreein Business Ad-1ministrationwith special-iization in Ac-Icounting at the!University of IMaine at PortHland-Gorham and)attended send-1nars in opera- Michelsentional and Internal Auditing con-ducted by Norman Morris Associ-ates, Inc., Loan Reviews and Fin-ancial Analysis by University of

New Hampshire, and management ofCourt and Justice Environment bythe Institute of Court Manage-ment of the National Center forState Courts, Steamboat Springs,Colorado.Prior to the appointment, Mi—

cnelsen served as a finance of-ficer and accounting consultantto the FSM Supreme Court, andserved as Management trainee andAssistant Credit Anayst for Nbr-star Bank in Maine in 1983 to1984. She previously worked as

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an Office Manager for the T.T.Public Defender's Office in 1970- £1971, as an accountant for the ooMicronesian Industrial Corpora- *tion in Palau and in the T.T. *aRevenue Division of Finance in £1976 and as T.T. Department of •Public Safety administrative spe- y,cialist for seven months in 1982,also as a Management Trainee andBranch Manager for the AmericanSavings and Loan Association inGuam from 1979-1981.

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FSM v. Primo HarderFSM v. Weld Sexual AbuseFSM v. looey RapeLuda v. Maeda

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FSM v. Sigrah Tax TrialPalsis v.Rosrae Deposition Requested by RampTRIAL DIVISION-STATE OF POHNPEICASE NAMEAisek v. ForeignInvestment Board

Aisek v. ForeignInvestment Board Injuct. Relief Trial

Murder Trial

Injuct. Relief Pretrial

FSM v. PrimoChua Eng Chuan v.Island Hardware Debt Hearing

FSM DevelopmentBank v. Nanpei Debt Hearing

Chua Eng Chuan v.Island Hardware Debt Trial

FSM Development Bankv. Rodriquez Corp. Debt Trial

George v. state ofPohnpei Deposition Requested by Michelsen

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roiONIA, Pohnpei - The Federa-ted State of Micronesia was oneof the eight Pacific nationswhich participated in the U.S.International Ebtid Show held Dec.4-6 at the Los Angeles ConventionCenter in Los Angeles, Califor-nia, according to External Af-fairs Micronesian Relations Depu-ty Chief Gabriel Ayin.Ayin said the KM brought only

"Pohnpei Pepper" to the show butrealized there is a potential forPohnpei mangrove crabs and other

Micronesian products if they areof good quality and FSM can pack-age them.There were 18 participants from

eight South Pacific nations whodisplayed more than 50 types ofPacific products in the South Pa-cific Bavilion portion of the ex-hibition center with severalselling their entire productionto single buyers and others madeimmediate on-the-spot sales whilestill others established solidleads for sales of their productsor found a U.S.-based importer ordistributor, Ayin said.The FSM "Pohnpei Pepper" was

taken by the Trade Representativefor South Pacific Bureau for Eco-nomic Cooperation (SPEC) as asample to be tested in the WestGerman market, Ayin said, adding"We were told that best marketfor Gourmet pepper is West Ger-many."The U.S. Agency for Interna-

tional Development {USAID} fund-ed the participation of South Pa-cific Nations including the ESM,he added.Pacific Islands food products

displayed at the show includedtropical fruits, fish, coconutproducts, rum and spices.Ayin, who was accorpanied by

Pohnpei businessman Herman Semesto the trade show, said more than10,000 food brokers and buyersfrom all over the world attendedthe show with more than 40 na-tions participated.Participating South Pacific

countries included: Fiji, Vanua-tu, Papua New Guinea, Western Sa-moa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands,and ESM, Ayin said, adding thatthe next year's trade show willbe held same time in San Francis-co.

Aging to seek funding during CompactroiDNIA, Pohnpei - A workshop

focusing on planning and develop-ment of program services to theelderly in the FSM for fiscal1966 was held here Jan. 6-10,1986, according to FSM Area Di-rector on Aging Wehns K. Billen.The workshop, sponsored by the

FSM Office on Aging, Division ofHealth Services was conductedprimarily for the State's AgingCoordinators and Nutrition andgeriatric Home Health Care pro-gram Supervisors to help developand complete their programs andgrant proposals.The 1986 fiscal year aging

grants has been consolidated intoTitle III-B under ?upportive ser-vices but still allows flexi-bility for priority services con-siderations including ones cur-rently under Part Cl and C2 ofNutrition Program, according toRegion IX Aging Specialist W. RaySmith, Billen added.The workshop also considered

topics including nutrition, foodassistance programs and introduc-tion of the Gerontological DataResources Unit Project, and urgedthe collaboration and cooperationefforts of the Aging key person-nel in securing funding for pro-grams during the Compact period,Billen said.Guest speakers at the workshop

included: T.T. Aging Division

Cheif Erlinda T. Dumatol; FSMHealth Services Division ChiefDr. Eliuel Pretrick; PohnpeiState Education Director DamianSohl and Billen.Participants of the one-week

workshop included: Vincent Uhta-man, Monica Leerbay, Dedagus Ga-pach, and Robert Taylor, Yap; Na-rio Eter, Stephen Lino and Caro-line Nowell, Truk; Alokoa Talley,Palik Sigrah, and Jocelyn Char-lie, Kbsrae, and Dageo Jano, Ro-bert Patricio, and Deborah J.Rospel, Pohnpei.Air mike adds new flightK)IDNIA, Pohnpei - Continental

Air Micronesia added one flightto and from Japan each weekthrough Saipan from Guam, begin-ning Feb. 1, according to aschedule released by officialshere.The Narita-bound flights from

Guam pass through Saipan goingand returning on Sunday throughSaturday with a switch on Fridaywhich goes to Nagoya, Japan.Continental also announced it

will discontinue service to HongKong and Taipei effective March1, 1986 due to slow traffic andoperational losses; however, asixth flight to Manila will beadded someitme during the secondquarter of 1986, the airline of-ficials here said.

H1GHOOM STOPS OVER IN FOHMHU. -Trust Territory High CommissionerJanet J. McCoy is greeted uponarrival at the Pohnpei Interna-tional Airport by President Toe-iwo Nakayama, left, during atwo-hour stopover Feb. 10 whileenroute from Guam to Rwajalein.She was accompanied by Commanderof Naval Forces Marianas Rear Ad-miral Chauncey Hoffman (farright, back to camera). PohnpeiCAT Team Officer-in-Charge Lieu-tenant Nelson Newhouse (middle)was on hand to greet the offi-cials. President hosted a lunch-eon for the group.Navigator to be stagedroiDNIA, Pchnpei-Honolulu Play-

wright Michael Cowell's Song ForThe Navigator - subtitled WA sto-ry ~ofMicronesia", is a new playcommissioned with funds from amajor National Endowment for Artsgrant, begins public performanceson Feb. 9-27 throughout the Mi-cronesian islands by the HonoluluTheatre for Youth, according toan HTY press release.The play, which dramatizes the

impact of modern Western cultureon the lives of Pacific Islandspeople by focusing on the greatnavigational skills of Microne-sians, is brought to the islandsthrough the special assistanceprovided by President Reagan'sPersonal Representative to theMicronesian Treaty NegotiationsAmbassador Fred Zeder and Con-tinental/ftir Micronesia, therelease said.Dates of public and school au-

dience performances in the FSMinclude: Feb. 15-18, Yap; andFeb. 22-25, Pohnpei. Reasons forabsence of performances on Trukand Kbsrae were not given.Coordinators of the scheduled

performances on Pohnpei are:State Public Works Department Di-rector Bermin Weilbacher, FSM Ed-ucation Division Program Develop-ment and Research Officer StuartArno and Pohnpei State EducationDeputy Director Ewalt Joseph.Joseph said all performances on

Pohnpei are scheduled at PICS au-ditorium with performances forthe general public to be heldduring the nights of Feb. 23 and24, while school-audience perfor-mances will be held during theday on Feb. 24 and 25.

Bradley new Jesuit SuperiorPohnpei—Former Truk

State Jesuit Superior Eev. GaryBradley, S.J., has been appointed"Mission Superior" for the Caro-line and Marshall Islands Jesuitsduring a Jesuit mission consul-tors meeting held at Ponape Agri-culture and Trade School (PATS)on Jan. 7-9, 1986, according toRev. John Curran's Jan. 25 letterto the Jesuits in Micronesia.Bradley replaces Rev. John F.

Curran who has been appointed tohead the St. Ignatius House onGuam.Curran, whose tenure as Mission

Superior terminates on April 22,said that reassignment of threeJesuit directors of major aposto-lates in Pohnpei, Truk and Guamwas also decided upon during themeeting.He said that Xavier -High School

Director Rev. Don Divine, PATSDirector Rev. James Stehr andGuam St. Ignatius House DirectorRev. Dan Mulhauser are completingtheir terms as directors and willtake up other Jesuit assignmentsin New York or Micronesia oh adate to be announced later.Rev. Francis (Fran) Bezel, who

is also the Director of Microne-sian Seminar which is located at

the Bishop's residence in Tunnuk,Truk, has been appointed to re-place Bradley as Superior of theJesuits in Truk, and is expectedto begin work there on April 22,while PATS Board of Directorswill be considering the Jesuitnomination of Rev. Joseph Cava-nagh as director during theirannual meeting on May 18, theletter said.Other appointments include:

Rev. Kenneth (Ken) Bezel as Di-rector of Xavier High School inTruk, and Curran as director ofSt. Ignatius House on Guam. Theeffective dates for these two ap-pointments will be announced on alater date, the letter said.Curran, who has been the "Mis-

sion Superior" for the past sixyears, upon congratulating Bead-ley for his new appointment alsothanked the departing directorson behalf of the entire Jesuitconmmity in Micronesia for"their often heroic services" andtheir devotion to duty.He said Stehr and Divine are

returning to New York for newundertakings while Mulhauser isreturning to Guam to take upcounselling and Campus Ministryat the University of Guam after asabbatical year.

Castro leaves after27 years service

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Talent Search begins in the islandslOIDNIA, Pohnpei—The "Talent

Search" program to identify andprepare the top high school stu-dents for college was implementedduring January in Majuro, Trukand Kbror through the College ofMicronesia, reported Dr. EdwardL. Duckrow, Upward Bound and Tal-ent Search director for the Paci-fic Poetsecondary Education Coun-cil (PPBC), according to a COMnews release.PPBC received a $336,000 grant

to implment the Talent Searchprogram through Aug. 31, 1988, inGuam, the Northern Marianas andAmerican Samoa, as well as theMarshall Islands, the FSM and Pa-lau, Duckrow said."We are requesting additional

funds to include Pohnpei, Kosraeand Yap in the next school year,"he said.Talent Search is similar to Up-

ward Bound in seeking scholasti-cally talented students who aredisadvantged due to isolation,cultural differences and low in-cone and would be the first gen-eration in their families tograduate from a college or uni-versity, though Talent Searchdoes not require all of its stu-dents meet the low-income and

first generation requirements,Duckrow said.Pohnpei and Palau have Upward

Bound programs.After funding began in Septem-

ber, Talent Search counsellorswere hired by COM in the Microne-sian jurisdictions and teacherswere asked to nominate studentsfor the program, according toDuckrow who said that the programis limited to 100 students, in-cluding sophanores, juniors andseniors in Truk and Majuro andsophomores only in Palau.

The COM "Talent Search counsel-lors are Iromy Kony, Truk; Mari-lyn Kabua, Majuro, and Kuye Bele-lai, Palau.The Talent Search goal is to

place 60-80 percent of futurehigh school graduating seniors inpostsecondary institutions andreduce the rate of college drop-outs from the PPBC region by pro-viding special training for tal-ented students and help them ob-tain adequate financial aid toremain in college, Duckrow said.Talent Search is serving 600

students in the PPBC region, in-cluding the 300 students enrolledin Micronesia.

KXLDNIA, Pohnpei - Frank LecnGuerrero Castro, 55, originallyfrom Guam, a •veteran of U.S. Civ-il Service, accounting for morethan 32 years of service to Pohn-pei, part of which as Senior landCcnroissioner who played a majorrole in investigation and deter-mination of over 4,000 land ti-tles on Pohnepi left Feb. 11 forgreener pastures in Honolulu,Hawaii.Known as "Erankie", Castro was

conmended forhis "outstandinggovernment serv-ice and excel-lent record ofsuperior per-formance" byPohnpei StateGov. Pesio S.Moses in a brief „ .ceremony, who Castro

also said Castro has gained res-pect of Pchnpeians for his impar-tiality and fairness in landclaims adjudication and for beingan efficient administrator ofland records.In its tribute to Castro, the

Pohnpei State legislature adopteda resolution thanking him andciting his significant contribu-tions to cotirunities and to theknowledge of land tenure systemsin Pohnepi State.Castro and his wife "Tcni" who

also was a veteran worker formany years as a secretary to theDirector of the State PublicWorks Department will be missedby their friends and colleagueshere on Pohnpei. Kaselehlie.

Tom Bryan honoredHDIDNIA, Pohnpei - Banner In-

formation Advisor Thomas E. Bryanwas commended for his "dedicatedservice" in a Dec. 31 letter fromPresident Ibsiwo Nakayama.Bryan, who previously served as

the first FSM Information Officerand later served two years as aninformation advisor in the FSMPublic Information Office wascited for his efforts in format-ing the National Union paper andfor his dedication to duty whilein the service of the FSM nation-al government and its people.

Upon completion of his con-tract, Bryan left the FSM PublicInformation Office on Dec. 30 toassume a consultancy positionwith the College of Tropical andAgriculture Science (eras) at theCollege of Micronesia, in Pohnpei.

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£ Welbert the newI chief of Pingelapu KIDIDNIA, Pohnpei - Pingelap•-1 Chief Magistrate Brens Solomon>i has declared candidate Welden% Welbert as winner of the Feb. 33 Pingelap chief magistrate special^ election, according to a Pohnpei0 State Information press release.•• Welbert, 38, who ran unopposed,.. got a total of 560 votes exclud-

es ing absentee votes from Guam andH Saipan which are expected in theg mail this week, according to

Pingelap Acting election chairman•j! Soulik Zebedy, who said that theas absentee ballots are few.oH|j! Welbert, who was a former Pohn-2' pei State senator, was a graduateM of PICS High School, attended thew University of Guam and served as^ a classroom teacher at Ohmine El-

ementary School, Kolonia Town,for nine years before he replacedthe late Nanmwarki Dens Solomonas Pingelap representative tothe then Pohnpei District Legis-lature in 1975.He resigned from the Legisla-

ture in March 1983 to prepare forhis unsuccessful bid in the Pohn-pei gubernatorial race in May ofthat year and had remained a pri-vate enterpreneur since.The new Waien Pingelap along

with the newly elected members ofthe Waien Sapw (Council) arescheduled to take the oath of of-fice on Feb. 17 to begin theirtwo-year terms in office.

The special election was heldto fill a vacancy created whenformer FSM Congress retainedcounsel Delson Ehrres, winner ofthe Nov. 12 Waien Pingelap (ChiefMagistrate) election, declinedfor health reasons.Welbert will become the first

elected Waien Pingelap under thenew Pingelap Municipal Constitu-tion which went into effect onOct. 10, 1985.Seven other persons who receiv -

ed write-in votes include: Kiehsilehsi, 22; Brens Solomon, 3; Lan-der Ilai, 2; and Smither Clark,Sintaro Ezra, Ilai Ilai, and Lan-so Lanso got 1 vote each.

Moses submits cabinet nominations(Continued from Page 4)the newly created departments andoffices as follows: Ihlen Josephof U Municipality, Department ofTreasury; Wagner (Moses) Lawrenceof Kitti, Department of land;Marty Rodriquez of Nett, Officeof Youth and Social Affairs;Alenson Solomon of Pingelap, Of-fice of Personnel, labor and Man-power; Rev. Shem Jimmy of Sokehs,Office of Islands Affairs, andTadasy Yamaguchi of Kolonia asSenior land Commissioner.In the hour-long speech deliv-

ered in Pchnpeian, Moses alsoasked the legislature to author-ize him to borrow: $1 million forelectrical power distributionaround the island and an amountyet to be determined for a twcr-lane paved road around Pohnpeiand coral roads across the island.He also asked the legislature

to pass a comprehensive budget atthe beginning of the fiscal year,saving the administration hasbeen forced to operate on contin-uing resolutions or interim bud-gets for the past three years.Citing accomplishments of the

administration during the year,Moses noted the completion of theKepinle sewer and water treatmentplant, the beginning of construc-tion for Seinwar Elementary Sch-ool and the almost soon to becompleted circumferential road.He said the new year will see

the administration solve theelectrical power problems withthe acquisition of four Aloo gen-erators and upgrade PICS highschool as well as continuing ef-forts in the road project andprivatizing of some of the gov-ernment operated services.

ix payaos deployed around PohnpeiKDLDNIA, Pohnpei - Six 2x7x27-

foot bamboo fish aggregation de-vices (FRDs) or "payaos" were an -chared in place around PohnpeiIsland on Feb. 1, according toPohnpei Economic Development Au-thority (EDA) acting DirectorAlex Luzama.The devices, which are held

from the bottom of the sea by 55-gallon cement barrels with 2,000-pound tested one-inch thick ca-bles ranging between four to sixthousand feet long, and are de-signed to attract and shelterschools of both surface and deepsea swimming pelagic fish spe-cies, were installed for Pohnpeifishermen at selected fishingsites at the distance of three tofour miles off the reef aroundPohnpei Island, Luzama said.Each payao is equipped with a

bamboo radar-reflector tower foreasy access and location purposes.The construction and deployment

operation of the payao rafts costthe Pohnpei State governmentabout $18,000 and will increasefishermen's catches, reduce fuel,search and travel time, and pro-vide safety operation of smallerboats, Luzama added.Materials provided in the con-

struction of the payaos were madeavailable to EDA thru the Goodsand Services assistance providedunder the Fishing Agreement exe-cuted between the FSM governmentand Japan fishing associations.Originally conceived in the

Philippines, payaos are anchoredin waters of over 1,000 fathomsand handline Fllipino fishermenfishing from canoes were able toland up to 18,000 metric tons ofyellowf in tuna annually fromthese rafts, an EDA report said.The new payaos, which were fer-

ried to designated fishing sitesby MS Micro Glory under a char-tered expedition supervised byLuzama and EDA Pishing SpecialistToshuki Rudolph, were installedin various fishing grounds aroundPohnpei and are located three tofour miles off: Mwand Island, Oh-wa Pass, Lohd Pah Channel, Rohn-kitti Channel, Dawahk Channel,and Palikix Channel, Luzama added.He expressed concern over the

six payaos deployed in Oct. 1983which were vandalized and damagedby some comic fishenjien severalmonths after installation, addingthat even with the weather condi-tions the new payaos are expectedto last for a long time.

THE NATIONAL UNIONPublished by: FSM Information OfficeP.O. Box 490, Kolonia, PohnpeiFederated States of Micronesia 96941Telephone: 548

Ketson Johnson, Information OfficerEsikiel Lippwe, Broadcast Division ChiefBalverson Johnny, Information SpecialistElieser Rospel, Graphic ArtistAngle Mualia, Administrative AssistantMary Alien Manuel, Clerk TypistKB! James. Clerk Typist