Journal 12/2/1982
P1 President Kabua seeking aid in Far East
President Amata Kabua left December 1 on a 10-day trip to the Far East, according to Resources and Development Minister Kessai Note. The trip to Taipei, Hong Kong, possibly Manila and Guam was described as a continuation of the trip that was interrupted in June by the Kwajalein landowners’ occupation of their land. The government radio station said the President would attend the 10th anniversary celebration of the Bank of Guam. Accompanying him are Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum, Helena Alik, secretary, and security Larry Baring.
P5 New hospital groundbreaking
Health Services Minister Jeton Anjain and Chief Secretary Oscar deBrum wield shovels (at the groundbreaking),while President Amata Kabua is the foreman in a hardhat. Also in attendance: Speaker Atlan Anien and Gazette Editor Fred Pedro.
P8 Houses on Enewetak destroyed
Plywood houses on Enewetak were blown away, according to Senator Ismael John. The damage was done by Typhoon Pamela when it passed Enewetak on Sunday. John also said water was driven over about half of Enewetak Island. The field trip ship Militobi is scheduled to leave December 2 on a run which will include Enewetak.
Journal 12/6/1991
P1 Storm rocks atolls
Thursday and early Friday morning last week saw Majuro bracketed in the confines of a tropical storm which battered the lagoon and shore of the downtown area. Huge wind-driven waves washed up powerfully against the relatively undefended lagoon beaches, and moored sail boats and fishing boats alike rocked like wild ponies on the first day of Spring. The Aqua Bar, an unfortunate victim of last Thursday’s tropical storm Zelda, was left embarrassingly underwater at its mooring at Marina Del Pinho.
P6 Judge sworn in
Presiding Judge of the District Court Beia Lalej was officially sworn in during a ceremony November 29 at the Majuro courthouse by Associate Justice Witten Philippo as Chief Justice Neil Rutledge looked on and Lalej’s wife, Nelly, held the Bible.
P18 Slow sales stagger the Island Voice
The Island Voice, published by local businessman Sandy Alfred, has suspended publication for the time being while the paper “gets a chance to reevaluate the situation,” according to Sandy. Disappointing sales are attributed to the decision to halt. “We were putting the paper out but they just weren’t moving,” he said. He indicated that both printing costs (the Voice was printed in the Philippines) and delivery costs (close to $1,000 weekly, according to Alfred) were forcing his business to use money from other operations to pay costs for the paper. A surprising number of local writers got their oats at the Island Voice stable, including Jeremy Myazoe, Larry Muller, Champlain Capelle, director of operations Lora Lee Mason, R. Yvonne Mesa- Magee, Craig Magee and Ray Heath.
P22 Junior Jambos
One of the coolest parts of the recent Jambo Arts exhibition and sale was the Junior Jambo Arts component. One large corner of the RRE Shoreline ‘gallery’ was devoted to kids creativity with paints and beads available for the youngsters to work with, including those by Faith Alik. Meanwhile, a number of older students had pieces on display in the show, including J.J. McCaffrey and Leah Halferty.