Pacific Daily News from Agana Heights, Guam • 1

4 Tucker is working hard in Korea for Olympics Educator touts benefits of oral communication Page 40 Page 3 acfftc A Gannett Nawtpopar Inc) AUGUST 9 1988 Adc to eitpamidl still premature to discuss the he said Purse and Floreani denied however rumors of discussions to lay off Continental Air Mike pilots in Guam There have been talks of laying off pilots in Denver Colo but not in Guam Floreani said yesterday can assure you that Continental in Guam is expanding and not he said By ROBERT TEODOSIO Daily News Staff Continental Air Micronesia is discussing plans to expand to other areas of the Pacific but final plans be announced until next year said Dan Purse vice-president and general manager of Continental has been a lot of meetings Hopefully we will finalize it by he said Purse said it was premature (1988 Guam Publications VOL 19 NO 191 AGANA GUAM Courts bid deadline extended By RON IGE Daily News Staff The contractor for the proposed judicial building complex agreed yesterday to keep the original bid in effect awhile longer according to Leland Bettis research and policy analyst for Speaker Franklin JA Quitugua Bettis said Quitugua met with Hanil General Manager Eui Hun Park yesterday morning At the meeting it was agreed Hanil would extend the bid until Aug 26 A Farmers Home Administration loan agreement to finance court construction was tied to the original 60-day bid bond with Hanil Development Co Ltd The FHA loan has not received legislative approval and the bid was to expire July 13 Ada had previously received a 30-day extension from Hanil That extension was to expire Friday The Committee on Justice Judiciary and Criminal Justice held a public hearing yesterday on Bill 852 which agrees to the $11 million FHA loan Superior Court of Guam officials testified yesterday in favor of the bill Superior Court Deputy Administrative Director Arlene Santos said the court be able to finalize the loan until it receives legislative approval Legislative approval of the loan was included as an amendment to three separate bills recently passed by the Legislature All three bills were vetoed by Gov Joseph Ada Quitugua in a letter yesterday to Ada said Park agreed on the extension to allow several senators who are off island to return to address the issue Cost for construction of the court project could rise by as much as $4 million if concurrence given Santos said In addition the FmHA adjusts its interest rates every quarter and that could add to cost of the project she said Please see COURTS Page 4 40 on Guam Deficit debt cut by $13M By PAT COUNSELL Daily News Staff New estimates released yesterday by the office indicate the general fund deficit and associated long-term debt have been reduced by at least $13 million stopped that runaway train in its tracks and we have now reversed course And we did so without derailing Gov Joseph Ada said in a statement- Last year the general fund deficit and associated long term debt was projected to be at least $170 million and as much as $200 million he said New figures indicate that as of May the estimated debt was about $157 million If projections hold the deficit could be reduced by as much as another $20 million by the end of the fiscal year (Sept 30) he said The deficit has been growing since 1974 and the figures represented the first time in 14 years the trend has reversed according to Ada spokesman Mark Forbes A portion of greater-than-anticipated general fund revenues could be diverted to reduce the debt even further Forbes said The Bureau of Budget and Management Research and the legislative Ways and Means committee last week agreed GovGuam will receive an estimated $291 million in revenues in fiscal year 1989 which could give the government a surplus of $30 million already made her first sale curtain rods looks like a mall at said Pattie Fleming of Dededo prices are nice We thought it was only a furniture said Brenda Mendiola of Santa Rita who was shopping with Cynthia Santayana of Dededo very vei7 proud of what the people in the store have accomplished said General Manager Doug Logan The first merchandise Tor tne 81250 Please see MALL Page 4 to discuss what countries are being considered for expansion because the plans would involve bilateral agreements and the affected countries must first be contacted been out here for 20 years and been real careful in our he said Richard Floreani chief pilot for Continental said he also had heard of plans to fly to new destinations from Guam opens in mark the opening and the dedication of the $20 million mall at the intersection of Marine Drive and Route 16 in Dededo will like it and you will be said Ada who compared it to stores in San Francisco As grand opening guests sipped champagne Chong said the next step is to open other stores in the mall He said he expected that to happen within a month very excited and we are so proud of our said Chong Don Boone-Wallis Daily News Staff SEARCHING Rescuers load their gear yesterday before resuming the search for Forest Fravel a Navy Seabee believed drowned Saturday near Piti From left are David Crawford David Blade Ken Hardin Randy Lynch and Frank San Nicolas Crawford Hardin and Lynch are Seabees Blade is a Guam Fire Department volunteer and San Nicolas is a member of the Guam Police Department Micronesian Mall Sterling By PAT COUNSELL Daily News Staff Sterling Department Store yesterday became the first business in the Micronesia Mall to open its doors is indeed a sterling said Robert Repsher senior vice president of operations for Goodwind Development Corp developers of the Micronesia Mall and owners of the store Gov Joseph Ada Archbishop Anthony Apuron and Goodwind President Raymond Chong were among those who helped cut a silver ribbon to Inside the store shoppers were given directories listing 37 departments on two levels Clothing hardware and sporting goods are on the first floor Furniture bed and bath accessories homeware appliances and island gifts are on the second level Though there appeared to be more browsers than buyers clerks were making sales despite malfunctioning cash registers Within 15 minutes of opening drapery department clerk Brandy Ogbum said she had.