The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #60568   Message #1000711
Posted By: Naemanson
12-Aug-03 - 05:34 AM
Thread Name: News From Guam
Subject: RE: News From Guam
Such a deal I have for you. This deal is open to anyone and everyone with the one exception of Tenjiro. She may NOT participate!

GovGuam (as the local government is called) is trying to work a deal with the U. S. Navy to help them get rid of a problem up at the magazine (ammo storage area). It seems that a herd of carabao have multiplied to the extent that they are damaging the facility. Navy sharpshooters have been killing them at a rate of 10 to 15 a week and now the island is up in arms. Yesterday the newspaper had an article where GovGuam wanted to work a deal with the Navy for people to adopt the carabao to get them off the facility. It would only cost them $150.

I wanted to post a link to that story but couldn't find it. However I found this article in the Pacific Daily News about the protest that will be happening tomorrow afternoon.

As I say, Tenjiro can NOT participate in this offer. NO! You cannot have a carabao.

The house is clean and ready for the furniture and junk to go in. The great day is tomorrow. The moving van pulls up to the front door and all the stuff has to be jammed into the house. By this time tomorrow I will be exhausted, dirty, and in a lot of pain. But I will have a home.