It's wonderful that college football season has begun and wonderful to see Arizona Coach Brennan and others wearing the traditional Samoan ula (oo - rhymes with moo - + lah), not lei as the game ...

The ADN article Sept. 26 regarding the resolution of understanding offered by our Samoan community to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Police Chief Sean Case is a rare but necessary act of leadership ...

As a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in Samoa, I cringe every time I hear a beautiful, lyrical Samoan name mangled. Faafetai lava (thank you very much).