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And the woman he married, Agnes Manglona, was educated by the Mercederian Sisters on Navy Hill. Sam says his father had just come out of the Episcopalian seminary when the elder McPhetres met and not long after married his mother, who was a 16-year-old from an old California pioneer stock. He recal…

Maj. Richard T. Spooner recalls the day the Americans stormed the beaches of Saipan. The WWII veteran, who was on Saipan last week for the first time since coming here in 1944, tells Variety that it was the first time they faced mass Japanese artillery and noted the presence of civilians. “It was a…

Sachico N. Mafnas, Aqua Resort Club director of operations, said  reaching 20 or more years of operations is not an easy feat for anyone in the hotel industry, especially with the economic downturn. There won’t be any splashy anniversary celebration for  Aqua Resort Club this year because of the ha…

McCafé Mango Pineapple Real Fruit Smoothie is the deliciously sweet, must-try, cool-me-down refresher at McDonald’s to beat the summer heat. This heavenly blend of sweet ripe mango finished with the tartness of pineapple and blended with creamy low fat yogurt and ice is available in three sizes —sm…

The store occupied only about half of the space they currently use as a display area today, with only seven employees to start the operations. Han Nam Supermarket store manager Mr. Ju said that being the only 24-hour store open in the area, Han Nam became a household word in no time and its list of…

A novel concept, painting on leaves has become Ernie David’s passion since the day he found the kind of leaves that would make good canvases. Before falling in love with leaf painting, Ernie had been into acrylics and watercolors. He says as early as seven years old, the fourth child in a brood of …

The youngest of Telion and Chutaro Gushi’s eights kids, Tokie, as she is fondly called by friends, was born and raised on the island of Mili in the Marshall Islands. Mili is about 80 miles away from Majuro, the capital city of the Marshall Islands. Tokie remembers her father, a businessman, built s…

Max Church, son of Kraig Church, and Alani Miones, son of Allan Miones, both from Dandan Elementary school, are this year’s winners from the kindergarten division. Ernesto Cho, 7, son of Edward Cho from Oleai Elementary School is the winner from the first grade. Isa Aldan, 7, daughter of Gary Aldan…

For Agnes, despite some relegating women to minor roles, she fervently believes in what women can do to help the commonwealth extricate itself from the rut. She has been through a lot as a woman, especially during her time when men dominated the political landscape of her time. As the first preside…

The youngest of Ana Ada Manglona and Jose Mendiola Manglona’s 10 children, Agnes was born in a cave on Jan. 2, 1942. “I was born in a cave,” says Agnes who remembers how children her age teased her. She says she turned that around for a while. She says she told those who were teasing her, “Only fam…