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AAmbros, Inc. has been around for 60 years, but

when they started they were just a trio of guys witha tin shack.

On Aug. 30, 1949, Ambrosio Shimizu, VanceSmith and Vincente Palomo created Ambros, Inc.

“My dad and Mr. Palomo were good friends,”Frank says. “They got to know Mr. Smith. Togeth-er they formed the corporation.”

Shortly thereafter, Palomo pulled out of the busi-ness and moved to California, where he formedCampa Mercantile, Inc. But Palomo’s interactionswith Ambros did not stop there. Campa and Am-bros were able to do business together in the yearsfollowing.

Before the company began distributing brandslike Budweiser and Huggies, they were selling themilitary’s overstocks.

“When they first started out, they were purchas-ing military surplus products, including beer and re-selling it in the civilian market,” Frank says. “Someof the beers I recall were Acme, Iron City Beer,Blatz. The Navy surplus beer was what they would

bring in from all kinds of manufacturers in theStates.”

There was one manufacturer in particular Am-bros hoped to conduct business with — Anheuser-Busch.

“Smith was originally from St. Louis, so he hadbeen contacting the St. Louis brewery to try and getthem to allow us to sell their product. Anheuser-Busch was not ready to entertain them,” Frank says.“So in the meantime, they continued to resell mil-itary surplus beer.”

In 1949, the continued requests of Ambros werefinally accepted and their first shipment of Bud-weiser sold in a matter of hours.

“Through the persistency of Smith, who contin-ued to communicate and write to Anheuser-Buschin St. Louis, they agreed to ship Ambros 500 cas-es of Budweiser,” Frank says. “When those 500cases arrived, in one day they were gone. Then An-heuser- Busch agreed to ship 1,500 cases the sec-ond time. That went out in a couple days. The restis history.”

As the business began to grow, the tin shack inEast Agana became too small so the business movedto a warehouse in Asan in 1950.

The partners settled into comfortable roles thathad the business running like awell-oiled machine.

“Smith took care of the ad-ministrative, management andmarketing side. He did all thecorrespondence that was neces-sary,” Frank says. “My dad tookcare of all of the operations—go-ing through the commercial port,ensuring all the trucks were oper-able and more.”

Their recipe for success took ahit in 1962 when the Asan ware-house and offices were destroyedby Super Typhoon Karen.

Ambros, Inc., however, did not lay down and die.They picked themselves up, brushed themselvesoff and moved to a new facility in Tamuning.

While Ambrosio Shimizu spent his days work-ing out business concerns, he spent his evenings witha very supportive wife, Ruth.

“She played a very small role in the businessbecause she was busy raising three boys and onegirl,” Frank says. “Now she’s 89 years old andshe’ll be celebrating her 90th birthday on Nov. 15.”

Little did she know at the time but Ruth wasraising the next generation of Ambros, Inc.

In 1973, Smith wanted to retire to Hawaii andAmbrosio Shimizu was faced with a decision, whichhe brought to his sons.

“Mr. Smith retired in 1973 and my father boughtout his shares,” Frank says. “When my dad boughtout Smith’s shares, my father asked my brother Joeand I, ‘If you boys are interested, come and help merun the company. If you’re not interested, then Iwill find another partner or sell it.’”

The boys agreed to help their father run Ambrosand the new line up brought continued success.

The business then could not be contained toGuam only and in the following years, Ambrosopened subsidiaries or representatives in Yap, Palau,Saipan, and Truk.

When the lease on the Tamuning building wasup in 1984, Ambros moved to its current home inAnigua.

Then in 1988, the last founder of the company,Ambrosio Shimizu, passed away.

The legacy he started, however, is proving it canstand the test of time. The company has expanded

to not only include other spir-its like p.i.n.k. Party Spirits, butalso health and beauty prod-ucts like Ponds, Dove andSpeed Stick.

Ambros, Inc. continues itsrise and Ambrosio Shimizucontinues to observe his com-pany and family from the por-trait on the first floor of theAmbros office. As the secondgeneration is helping accli-mate the third to the familybusiness, it’s likely that Am-brosio Shimizu will also con-tinue to be witness to success.

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Father and son: A1954 photo of Frank Sr.

wi th his fa ther, Ambrosio T. Shimizu.

Grad: A snapshot f rom FrankJr. ’s graduat ion f rom Father Due-nas High School in 1980. From

lef t are John- John, Meming, Tom,Ambrosio, Frank J r. , Cr is t ina Ce-

c i l ia, Ruth, J im and Frank Sr.

Generations: Seated, f rom lef t , are FrankSr. ’s grandmother Carmen Palomo San Nico-las, great grandmother Ger t rude Toves Palo -mo, mother Ruth San Nicolas Shimizu, andoldes t son Frank J r. S tanding, f rom lef t , areFrank Shimizu Sr. , h is second oldes t son J im(being carr ied), and wife Meming Shimizu.

Celebrations: A snapshot f rom the 40th wed-ding anniversar y of Frank Sr. and Meming on

Januar y 13, 2002. Photograghed wi th the cou-p le is Frank Sr 's mother Ruth Shimizu and

granddaughters Tammy, Chelsey, Amber, I sabel -la, Vic tor ia ( to the rear) , Cyaundra and Demi -Rae. Not pic tured is Car l ina, a granddaughter

in Walnut Creek, CA.

Ruth Shimizu, left and daughter Connie.

A look back at 60year s o f success

Ambros, Inc.

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Frank Shimizu Sr. remembers lots of hardwork at Ambros during his high school years.It was the mid-1950s, and there was no suchthing as an aluminum beer can.

“My father would take me down to the ware-house to help out,” Frank says. “One chore wasvery labor intensive. At that time the Budweis-er cans were steel, so if it sat in the warehousemore than a couple of weeks it would rust. Soeverybody was involved in taking off the rustand repacking it so it could be sold.”

And while rusted beer cans are now a thingof the past, those memories have always stoodout in his almost four decades of running thecompany. Ambros, Inc. has grown by leaps andbounds since Frank “Chief” Shimizu wasnamed Chief Executive Officer and CorporatePresident in 1973.

“It’s really different,” he says. “Back in thosedays we were only a beer and spirits company.Over the years we’ve diversified. With the costof doing business continuing to escalate, youcan’t be tied down to just one or two products.”

Frank and his brother Joe have spurred thatgrowth since taking over their father Ambrosio’sbusiness 36 years ago. They nurtured their beer,spirits and tobacco portfolio, they expandedtheir reach throughout Micronesia and they of-fered their customers many more products.

As their portfolio expanded, so did theShimizu family. The kids that used to playaround the Ambros compound were now onthe payroll. They too, had humble roots.

“You have to look at your family membersand find out how they fit in the organization.

You can’t just start them at the top. My threeboys involved in the company now started at thebottom,” Frank says. “The thing with familymembers is they have to be every bit as good

as or better than the people they’re managing.”And while management styles changed

through the years, Frank says it is excellencethat drives the Ambros leadership.

“In the almost 40 years I’ve been with thecompany there’s been a change in the style ofmanagement,” Frank says. “The current style ofmanagement is an upside-down triangle. In theold days it used to be a triangle with the big bossat the top directing traffic and telling everyoneelse what to do. It’s no longer that way. Nowit’s the idea of empowerment, listening and be-ing in an advisory role. You can still manage butyou welcome and encourage advice from yoursubordinates.”

The employees appreciate a chance to con-tribute to the company, he says, and will al-ways be a one of three facets to company suc-cess.

“We’re very honored to be celebrating 60years of being in business but I would be remissif I don’t mention the employees. The staff ofAmbros has been very professional, capableand loyal,” Frank says. “It’s necessary to alsohave quality products. The third piece is sup-port from the supplier. Fortunately, all the com-panies we work with support us.”

The recipe for success is one Ambros hopesto continue for another 60 years. Frank says hewants the company to someday be everyone’sfirst thought for all their distribution needs.

“We’re still known as the Budweiser distrib-utor, but we’re more than that,” Frank says.“We hope as the years go by people will referto Ambros as the one-stop distribution center.”

Just like the many Shimizus that followed hispath, Joe “Joegun” Shimizu used to spend hissummer vacations working part time for Am-bros in the 1960s.

He went to high school and some college inthe States and came home for the summer, butthey sure weren’t vacations. In fact, Ambros’regular accountant at the time, Gus Orlino,looked forward to summers so he could take abreak.

“I would be in the office helping out our ac-countant. I would help out because he wasswamped,” Joe says. “Then I looked into thefield of accounting to be my major. It workedout well. He would go on vacation and I wouldrun the accounting office. That’s how I got intothe accounting field.”

His college years and busy summers gave

him the valuable background and experienceneeded for the company’s future. So after abrief stint with the U.S. Army, he was preparedfor his next job – Vice President and Chief Fi

ShimizusMeet theFrank “Chief” Shimizu Sr. Chief Executive Officer and Corporate President of Ambros, Inc.

Joe “Joegun” Shimizu Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

You have to look at your familymembers and find out how they fitin the organization.You can’t juststart them at the top. My three

boys involved in the company nowstarted at the bottom.The thing

with family members is they haveto be every bit as good as or betterthan the people they’re managing.

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I would be in the office helping outour accountant. I would help outbecause he was swamped.Then Ilooked into the field of accountingto be my major. It worked out well.

He would go on vacation and Iwould run the accounting office.That’s how I got into the account-

ing field.

Frank Sr. and family: Seated, f rom lef t ,are Meming, Frank Shimizu Sr. and daughterTina Shimizu -Chung. Standing, f rom lef t , are

sons Tom, Frank J r. , John and J im.

Joe and family: From left are daughterJamie, son-in- law Joaquin, grandson Stevie,daughter- in- law Leti t ia, grandson David, son

Steven, granddaughter Ana-Lourdes, wife Annie,grandson Ambrosio, Joe Shimizu, granddaugh-

ter Maia, daughter Theresa, son-in- law Michael,grandson Connor and grandson Noah. Not pic-tured are son Shannon Phil l ips, daughter- in- law

Betty and granddaughter Lauren.

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HHis earliest memories of Ambros are filled

with happy times, driving around with his dad,running around the warehouse and being en-thralled by heavy equipment and machinery.

“I loved the warehouse. I liked driving thevehicles and operating equipment. And I gotinto a lot of trouble too,” says Paul S.N.Shimizu, youngest of the Shimizu brothers andcorporate secretary of Ambros, Inc. He paused,then laughed at one memory: “Once they sentme to go cut the grass at my mom’s house. Iwound up taking the flatbed and strolling allaround Agana.”

He remembers plenty of company businesstrips too, though for Paul the teen, that meanttagging along with dad to coffee shops for busi-ness meetings, plus trips to the port and bank.

And every once in a while, when he foundhimself looking for something to do, he’d hoponto a delivery truck and help out drivers ontheir routes.

After a few years of that, right around age 16,young Paul was officially on the payroll – rightbefore his two older brothers took over overalloperations. He learned as those before him did,working in the warehouse, offloading contain-ers by hand (no palletizing in those days), work-ing quickly, working hard and keeping cus-tomer needs first and foremost.

By the time he finished high school, hisbrothers had been running the company formore than a year. Paul knew he had to focus oncollege to prepare him properly for business, buthe couldn’t help but have fun too. School in theBay Area opened up a new, exciting world.

“San Francisco, back in those days, man, itwas a mecca for music. It was a very influen-tial city for just about all the genres of music,”he says. “So I got the chance to see many con-

certs. I had always been interested in music;growing up, my mom had all of us take pianolessons. I guess you could say that I pursued ita little further than my brothers.”

He returned to Guam in 1979, full of ideasand dreams. His first quest was personal, how-ever. He wanted to try out for Guam’s basket-

ball team that was headed to Fiji to defend its1975 South Pacific Games gold medal. Hemade the cut, Team Guam destroyed every op-ponent that year and they struck gold. Now hewas ready for business.

“From there, my dad, Frank and Joe askedme to come on board and work full time, so Idid.” Paul has been the corporate secretarysince.

But he never lost his love for music. In themiddle of learning operations, delivery routes,sales and accounting for Ambros, Paul foundtime to open another division. What started outas a music production and promotions compa-ny to help sell Budweiser evolved into a muchlarger operation.

Today, besides retail sales of instruments,Shimbros also connects budding musicians totop instructors at its music school. And since thefirst concert at Paseo in 1982, they remain oneof Guam’s most prolific music producers andsponsors.

“It’s definitely been a great ride,” says Paul.“But the family is growing.”

Shimizu says that with another generation ofchildren, grandchildren, nieces and nephewswell into adulthood, expansion is inevitable –and necessary.

“I encourage them to explore other areas:law, real estate, communications, finance …because it will all come back,” he says. “In afamily business, it’s easy to get complacent be-cause you can always rely on other family mem-bers to pick up the slack. But I always cautionthem that there’s no substitute for hard work.You got to grind it out, you can’t just take thebenefits right off the bat. You have to find outhow it got there. Not only will you have grati-fication, but the rewards may be greater.”

nancial Officer of his former summer jobemployer – a title he holds to this day.

He oversaw numerous areas of the compa-ny but spent much of his energy on the finan-cial side of business. But as his father had al-ways taught him, the customers had to comefirst – and that meant a strong commitment tothe community.

Since his early days as an Ambros leader,Joegun Shimizu has signed off on hundreds ofthousands of dollars – (although he admits thenumber is well into the millions) in charitablecauses. The practice continues today.

“We give back a lot,” Joe says. “One pro-gram we helped initiate in the last three yearsis i-recycle program. We were instrumental instarting that program to recycle aluminum cans

in the schools.”In the coming years the company hopes to

expand the i-recycle program to include othermaterials such as plastics.

Besides recycling, Ambros also gives backthrough sponsorships of local sports and com-munity programs.

“We also sponsor a lot of community actionand programs. Our local sponsorships includethe Olympics, the South Pacific Games andmany sports leagues,” Joe says. “Ambros is aconsumer-oriented company. We have to makesure we give the consumer credit and give backto the community.”

And while he has no plans to retire, Joe andhis brothers have made way for the next gen-eration to take over the family business. Themost important thing for them to remember,he says, is to stay committed to the business.

“You have to make sure that everything is bythe books. You need to focus on it being run ina business-type manner not in a family-typemanner,” Joe says. “We try to run the businessthe way my dad did in his day – very profes-sionally. That’s what the next generation needsto focus on.”

He also wants the next generation to contin-ue to give back to the island that supports them,for it will develop an even stronger relationshipwith their consumers.

“I just hope that working with my dad, thenworking on our own, then working with thethird generation has given the company guid-ance,” Joe says. “I hope the company will bewhat it is now and continue on to a fourth gen-eration. We just have to make sure we contin-ue to be a good citizen.”

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Paul S.N. Shimizu Corporate Secretary of Ambros, Inc.

I loved the warehouse. I likeddriving the vehicles and oper-ating equipment.And I got intoa lot of trouble too. Once theysent me to go cut the grass atmy mom’s house. I wound up

taking the flatbed and strollingall around Agana.

Paul and family: In the back row, f rom lef t ,are wi fe Jeni , son Car los, Paul S. N. Shimizuand son Lucas. In the f ront row, f rom lef t , areson Diego, daughter- in - law Maggie, son Toby,

granddaughter Nova and daughter P i lar.

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TTom Shimizu often says that he’s got the

best job in the world.As general manager of one of Guam’s

biggest wholesalers, Shimizu is responsible inpart for making sure consumers get what theyneed for any one of dozens of beverages, tobac-cos, wines, spirits and consumer products.

And while the buck stops at his office today,his path to management wasn’t always glam-orous, even as he was being groomed for the jobby his father Frank Shimizu Sr., president andCEO of the company; and uncle Joe Shimizu,vice president and CFO.

“When we were kids, we were runningaround the warehouse, climbing around onstacks of beer, probably causing problems forthe warehouse staff. I also found it was fun todrive the forklift,” says Tom Shimizu. “I start-ed washing the company trucks at the age of 15and we were paid in lunch. At 16, I was al-lowed to go and deliver. We would load stuffon flatbeds and I would ride in the back.”

And while playing around the warehousewas fun for the Shimizu teens, it wasn’t untilhe started going to college that he realized themagnitude of the family business.

“My dad and uncle had done a great job withthe brands over the years. If the customer hadan ABC license, chances are they sold one ofour products,” he says. “Even if it’s not a bar,if they sell groceries and such, we are probablyrepresented.”

It was in college when he realized that an in-voice for thousands of dollars might seem likea lot of money … but it was also deceiving.“What I didn’t know until after college wasthere’s costs of goods sold. And that’s the bulk,that covers most of the revenue. So now youhave the costs of goods, besides that you havethe cost of utilities, the cost of labor, all of that,”he says. “So I realized that that this companydoesn’t work for dollars, we work for pennies.But we were fortunate that there were lots ofpennies.”

Upon his return from college, Shimizu tookon an unlikely role with the company. With ed-ucation in business, finance, sales and market-ing, Shimizu was instead told to be the compa-ny techie.

“While I was in college, they had asked meto find a computer system. I recommended one,they bought it,” he says. “So at the time I wasthe MIS guy. That was my full-time job aftercollege. I got it ordered, installed, set up and Iran it.”

Then he was moved to warehouse opera-tions, responsible for receiving the product atthe port, de-vanning it, adding it to inventoryand prepping it for sales.

“Those were very stressful, very long hours.

Six a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Fridays, up to 10p.m., because in our business, there’s higherconsumption on weekends,” he says.

By the time he left that position, the compa-ny had adopted a few “best practices”, specif-ically pre-sales. “So instead of drivers loadingup product and selling them individually to cus-tomers, we took orders beforehand and deliv-ered the following day. That really streamlinedoperations.”

Shimizu also had a chance to run his own ter-ritory when the company sent him to Saipan torun MarPac. He loved it, and they were prof-itable days.

“I have to say, if they didn’t pry me awayfrom there when they did, I might still be theretoday,” he says. “Saipan was a great place to liveand work.”

In 1995, Shimizu was recalled back to Guamand took over the beer division. As for when hewas officially named the general manager, hehonestly can’t say.

“It just kind of evolved as people retired, re-signed, etcetera. There was no real announce-ment, things just kind of happened.”

Shimizu helped find ways to improve thecompany. He led the movement to restructurethe sales division, which had different teams forbeer, tobacco, spirits, consumer products and

nutritional items.“Times get tough so you have to start mak-

ing adjustments. We went from six sales divi-sions and consolidated them into three, basedon the logistics of how the products get sold anddelivered,” he says.

“It was much more efficient. Plus, it allowedthe sales team to become familiar with a widerrange of our products.”

And while Tom Shimizu represents the thirdgeneration that’s well into the digital age, he stillmakes sure to include his forefathers in the mix.

“I go back to them on a regular basis, espe-cially when it comes to major purchases, orrestructuring of a department. I always workwith them,” he says. “I work with my teamfirst, come up with ideas, the pros and cons.Then I’ll ask them what they think, then theywill get their guns ablazing and shoot holes init, make recommendations and adjustments,then we go from there.”

As for the future of Ambros, Shimizu sayshe hopes the company will continue to be vi-able and successful for another 60 years, andjokingly adds that he better not still be aroundin six decades.

More important to him are the next 20 years,where he hopes to increase revenue by at least50 percent by either getting more products todistribute or getting more territory to sell theproducts they already have.

“I think something that’s in front of us rightnow is American Samoa. A couple of our sup-pliers are asking us to consider that area, andplaces like that, plus high-end environments,”he says.

Through all the hard work, Shimizu says hisday-to-day duties are far from a daily grind.He says while plumbers might have leakyfaucets at home, and carpenters might havehanging cabinets at home, or an auto mechan-ic might not have the best running car, his jobis different.

“Generally, if it’s something you do all day,you don’t want to go home and do it,” he says.“But this is one of the few businesses that evenafter work, you don’t mind doing a little morework and going to the restaurants and the barsand doing some quality control. And I gottaadmit, I do some quality control at home aswell.”

Asked to sum up the work of the olderShimizus in a short lesson, Tom Shimizu did-n’t hesitate.

“Work hard, but play just as hard,” he says.“My uncle Joe once told me something helearned from his father. If you’re gonna hangwith the owls at night, you better soar with theeagles in the morning.”

Tom Shimizu General Manager of Ambros, Inc.

Work hard, but play just ashard. My uncle Joe once told

me something he learnedfrom his father. If you’re

gonna hang with the owls atnight, you better soar with the

eagles in the morning.

Tom and family: From lef t are TomShimizu, his wi fe Lynn, daughters Tammy and

Bel la, and son TJ .

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They call him Old School, the Ambros drillinstructor, and probably a bunch of othernames too. But for the last 30 years, goldenemployee Julio Certeza has been doing every-thing that’s been asked of him, making himone of the company’s most valued employees.

“He definitely has a military style. Thingsare black and white with him, there’s no grayarea,” says Joe Shimizu, vice president andAmbros CFO. “He’s in accounting, so ifyou’re short, you are short. Nothing else. Ifyou are short by one penny, then you bettergo look for it.”

Although he’s thin, with a dark complex-ion weathered by age and experience, Certezacarries a presence of authority. When he sayssomething, people listen. Often, they listenbecause he’s right and he’s got the backgroundto say something worthwhile. But sometimes,they listen because they’ve got no choice.When Julio speaks loudly, everybody in theroom knows about it.

“Julio likes to tell employees wheneverthey do not do their job right. He says, ‘Younever had it so good until you work at Am-bros,’” says Bernie Tainatongo, an exportclerk who’s been with Ambros for 24 years.

But, she adds, there’s also a soft side.“After he yells at any female accounting

staff, he will say quietly to the individual af-ter he calms down, ‘You know baby, I’m madat you because I love you.’”

Old school guys are often resistant tochange, says Tom Shimizu, general manager,but he remembers one instance many yearsago that proves that anything is possible.

Shimizu says that for years, Certeza wasmired in his old ways, reconciling accounts byhand and keeping manual ledgers. He wasgood at it, so nobody complained. He resis-ted the company’s move to a computer-basedsystem, telling anyone who would listen thatif they took away his adding machine, hewould quit.

“Then he went on vacation, or somethinglike that. We removed his manual system andput a computer there. So he had no choice,”says Tom Shimizu.

It was a touchy time, says Joe Shimizu.“I really had my doubts when we changed

to the automated system,” he says. “But helearned real fast, and he does his job with pro-ficiency. Now he’s the kingpin of that com-

puter!”Tom Shimizu says that now Julio jokes,

“If you take away my computer, I’ll quit!”His accounting colleagues, many of whom

have worked with him for many years, areused to him.

“Whenever an employee does not submittheir paperwork correctly and on time, he willnever stop nagging and giving lectures to theemployee,” says 16-year Ambros veteran LisaRidep. “He will say ‘the Company is good butthe people are not.”

Josie Bocatija, an accounts payable clerkfor more than two decades, has a favoritememory:

“Julio hardly misses work. The only timehe took off was when he had his minor nosesurgery,” she says. “He showed to everyonethe pictures of what was removed from hisnose and said ‘Now I can smell!’”

Certeza is not one for the limelight and dis-misses requests for pictures and interviews.But he is a wealth of institutional knowledge.

“I have seen the company grow over theyears. When I joined Ambros, we only hadbeer and liquor. But now, Ambros is distrib-uting so many product lines.”

There are many Ambros memories for thediehard company man, who prefers MichelobUltra over any other company beverage. Hisfavorite involves food:

“My best memory is when Joe Shimizuused to buy employees a case of steak everyFriday afternoon and we will barbecue outsidethe building after office hours,” he says.

Certeza showed his mettle and worth whenAmbros switched its company policy to re-ward performance, not seniority. Mr. C. did-n’t even bat an eye.

“In my line of work as an AccountingClerk, it always has been based on perform-ance so I did not feel the change,” he says.

That’s why Joe Shimizu is happy with thelongest non-Shimizu employee and says thatthe company could use more like him.

“He has a roar, and he can be intimidating.But he’s also mellowed with age,” says JoeShimizu. “Retirement? I don’t think so. Hewants to work until he dies. And as long ashe’s capable of working, we’ll have him.”

Certeza agrees.“I love my job and the people I work with.

I have no plans to retire yet since I can stilldo the job,” he says. “I will work until suchtime that Ambros will tell me that my perform-ance is not up to par. Working for Ambrosmakes me feel younger.”

Golden employee “ O l d S c h o o l ” e a r n s t i t l e f o r d e d i c a t i o n o n t h e j o b

(Julio Certeza) has a roar, and he can be intimidating. But he’s also mellowed withage. Retirement? Idon’t think so. He

wants to work until he dies.And as

long as he’s capable of working, we’ll have

him.– Joe Shimizu

Marketing team: Seated, f rom lef t , are James Gascon, Mar -ket ing Manager Casey Truong and Chelsey Shimizu. S tanding,f rom lef t , are Ken Camacho, Pedo Guzman and John Garcia.

Maintenance Department Marketing Department

Mainte-nance

team: Frontrow, f rom

lef t , areNate Ari i

and RockyDe Gracia.

Back row,from lef t ,

are Mainte -nance Man-

ager JohnG. Shimizu,Chris Salas

andLawrence

Aldan.

Beer Department Accounting Department

Beer team: Seated, f rom lef t , areShaun Pascua, Shaun Remis, SalesManager John Myers, Jesse Cast ro,

Jesse Vi lante and Shane Pangel inan.Standing, f rom lef t , are Mat t Mesa,Joe Cruz, Vince Santos, Josh Cruz,

Sunny Pangel inan, Luis Ignacio,George Kelm and Shade Pi t ter. Not

pic tured is Gi lber t Chaco.

Accounting team: Seated, f romlef t , are Anthony Molar te, RudyDorego, Ju l io Cer teza, Bernard Ebi -lane and George Sinadjan. S tanding,f rom lef t , are L isa Ridep, BernieTainatongo, Contro l ler Maureen Vigi -lante, Angie Balajadia, MinesValeroso and Jos ie Bocat i ja.

Wine & Liquor Department

Wine & Liquor team: Seated,f rom lef t , are Adrian Zapanta andVince Sablan. S tanding, f rom lef t ,are Sales Manager John Myers,Char les Erne, Shei la Peebles, Ex -por t Manager Frank G. ShimizuJr. and James Rumong.

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Harmon Operations Operations Department

Operations team: Front row, f rom lef t , are Pat Quidachay, Randy Ezekias,Ass is tant Operat ions Manager Steve Shimizu, Operat ions Manager Shan

Phi l l ips, Pat Arr io la and Byron Tesei . Second row, f rom lef t , are JazQuidachay, Jonah Lujan, Dan Cruz, Josh Perez, Peter Ada, John Barcinas, Vic -

tor Tainatongo and Frank Cabrera. Third row, f rom lef t , are Rol Quidachay,Ben Ignacio, Brandon Baluran, Ed Wolford, Zachar y L izama, Fel ix Balajadia

and Ken Ezekias. Not pic tured is S teve Perez and Car ter Char ley.

Consumer Products Division

Consumer Products team: Seated, f rom lef t ,are Patr ick Barnum, Ray Sablan, Sale ManagerPierre T. Aguon, Melv in Rosero and John Palomo.Standing, f rom lef t , are Expor t Manager Frank G.Shimizu J r. , Je f f Espinosa, Bruce F lores, DianeAgui lo, Ricky Santos, Roy Kaipat and Keone Bad-ua.

Administration Department

Administrat ion team: HR Manager GigiSablan and Carol l Miranda. Not pic tured is

Rossan Magdia.

Expor t Manager FrankG. Shimizu J r.

Harmon team: Front row, f rom lef t , are Manager RandyJose, Danny Tai tague, John Ari le and Glenn Ungacta.

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For more than two years, Ambros,Inc. has been helping to keep Guamclean by encouraging island residentsto recycle.

The company was one of the orig-inal business partners to start up theI-Recycle Program.

The program works by having res-idents drop off their aluminum cansto any participating school. Theschools have designated bins specif-ically for the project.

When the school reaches 40,000pounds of cans, the aluminum is then

shipped off island to a recycling fa-cility.

The money made from selling thealuminum goes right back into theschool.

Ambros President and Chief Exec-utive Officer Frank Shimizu Sr. saysthey were excited to get in on theproject at the ground floor and hopeto help it expand in the future.

“It’s really been growing,”Shimizu says. “We hope to somedayinclude other materials like plasticand steel.”

He says the project has beenslowed slightly with the economicdownturn, as the price of aluminumhas dropped, but Shimizu is confi-dent things will turn around and soonthe kids will be getting more for theircans.

Even though prices are down,schools have been able to earn a lot.The first shipment of cans alone gen-erated about $21,000.

I-Recycle hopes that soon the en-tire island, children and adults, willmake recycling second nature.

In the meantime, the success ofthe program has sent a buzz throughthe region.

“We’ve been contacted by leadersof other nations who are interestedin starting their own I-Recycle pro-grams,” Shimizu says. “We’ve prom-ised to help in any way we can.”

Guam’s schools have received over $44K from the firstthree containers, and the check from the fourth container is

coming soon!

Ambros helps spearhead I-Recycle Program

from the Management & Staff of

Route 16, across Micronesia Mall Paylessnext to SK Auto Parts.

Tel: 646-3696Open: Mon. - Sat. 9am - 8pm • Sun. 9am - 6pm

CDear Frank,

Congratulations on your 60th Anniversary.The Guam Rugby Football Union is proud tohave been associated with Ambros and Bud-weiser since our inception in October 1997.Your support has been instrumental in gettingrugby established and accepted as a main streamsport on Guam and in providing the young peo-ple of Guam with another option for their ath-letic endeavours.

I remember hearing the news in 1996 thatGuam was to host the South Pacific Games butthat rugby sevens was not to be contested at theGames. To those of us who know rugby, thiswas sacrilege as three of the best Rugby sev-ens teams in the world hail from the South Pa-cific - Fiji, Tonga and Samoa - and whileGuam may not have hadmuch interest in rugby, thepresence of these teamswould certainly attract in-ternational attention. Andthis it did, with the Inter-national Rugby Board (iRB)convening a meeting of allOceania rugby nations, including Australia andNew Zealand, during the Games to establish theFederation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU).

The Guam Rugby Club entered into negoti-ations with the Department of Parks & Recre-ation to adopt Lower Wettengel Field, as it wascalled, under the Government of Guam’s“Adopt A Park” program to develop a rugbyfield for the SPG and for the long-term futurefor rugby on Guam.

Funding for the development of the fieldwas a combination of corporate sponsorship atvarying levels, contributions in kind from var-ious businesses and fund-raising activities andmanpower provided by GRC members. How-ever, the largest single contributor then, as to-day, was Budweiser, the King of Beers. Tom

Shimizu of Ambros Inc.and J. Lee Babb of An-

heuser-Busch Asia

embraced the vision and mission of GRC, pro-viding a significant Sponsorship deal over 5years which greatly helped finance the project.

In preparation for the tournament, GRC host-ed the first Guam Rugby International Tourna-ment, or True GRIT 7’s as it became known, inFebruary 1998. Eight teams representing sixcountries participated with Saipan defeating aUS Military team to win the inaugural Bud-weiser Cup. Budweiser True GRIT is now anannual event although, post-SPG, the formatchanged to the more player-friendly Rugby 10’sgame.

In April 1998 Guam was elected as the 83rdmember nation of the iRB with-in FORU. Rugby development

progressed over the nextfew years but the real

impetus forgrowth camewith the moveof Guam from

FORU to the AsianRugby Footbal l

Union (ARFU) in 2004. Thismove saw Guam quickly invitedto participate in international rug-by with our first ever BudweiserInternational Rugby match against India in June2005.

Budweiser International Rugby continueswith Guam having now played 11 internation-al matches over 5 years with two wins and adraw to our credit. Guam plays in Division 3of the Asian 5 Nations competition and is look-ing to once again host this tournament and bringBudweiser International Rugby back to Guamin 2010.

Guam Men and Women have also participat-ed in a number of Asian Rugby Sevens tourna-ments with the Guam Women’s team featuringvery prominently in the recent Asian Women’sSevens Championships in Pattaya, Thailandfinishing in sixth place as Plate Runners up.

Back in the here and now, Guam has a flour-ishing rugby community. Guam has shown

that its rugby teams can compete onthe Asian stage while in-

ternationally, Guam-

raised talent has played in world rugby withStephen Sablan having represented the UnitedStates in the IRB Under 20 Rugby World Cham-pionship in Wales in 2008 and Zachary Pangeli-nan representing the US Eagles Rugby Sevens

team in a number of IRB Rugby Sev-ens Series tournament in 2009.

Ambros involvement and enthu-siasm for rugby will see the comple-tion of the second field and the Bud-weiser Rugby Series will continue tofeed players into a national squad tocompete throughout the region.

We are extremely grateful for theinitial faith you and Tom placed inGuam Rugby in 1997 and for theenthusiasm and commitment wehave received and continue to re-

ceive from the management and staff of Am-bros.

Once again, congratulations on your 60thAnniversary

Kind regards,Stephen Grantham, President

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Sumi tomo Samuraiz celebrates the wed-ding of one of thei r p layers under thegoalposts , where the ceremony was

held, af ter winning True Gri t . Above: Team Guam in the Phi l ippines in 2007

Womens rugby at Bud-wesier True Gri t 2007

Above: Samuraiz’captain celebrates

dr inking f rom the Bud-weiser Cup.

Sumi tomoSamuraizcelebratesthe wed-ding ofone of

their p lay -ers af terwinning

True Gri t .

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OHafa Adai!

On behalf of the Guam Kayak and CanoeFederation (GKCF), I extend my warmestwishes to the staff and management of Ambros,Inc., on your 60th Anniversary!

As we all know, hosting events and compe-titions is often difficult for many of our localsports federations and clubs. Without the gen-erosity of local businesses such as Ambros, thecultural and historical sport of paddling wouldnot be as widespread. Having the support ofAmbros enables our events and sports to gainmuch needed exposure and credibility.

The Micronesia Cup is the premier outrig-ger paddling race in this region. Guam, Saipanand Palau each take turns hosting this impor-

tant event annually. Whenever the MicronesiaCup is held on Guam, we can always count onAmbros for their sponsorship and support. TheAmbros Marketing staff, led by Ms. CaseyTruong, is professional and helpful, makingthe experience enjoyable for everyone. Muchof what we do in GKCF would not be possiblewithout the support of key businesses like Am-bros, Inc.

Congratulations once again to the Ambrosfamily! Here’s to another 60 years of being animportant member of our island community!

Sandra LowPresident

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Guam Major League, Inc.

Dear Frank:Congratulations to you and your family on

the 60th anniversary of Ambros, Inc. It is a trib-ute to the foresight of your father Ambrosio, andthe dedication and hard work of the entireShimizu family and Ambros, Inc.’s staff to havereached this important milestone.

On behalf of the baseball community onGuam, we are proud to be associated with Am-bros, Inc.- Anheuser-Busch and more particu-larly with you.

For as long as I can remember, Ambros, Inc.and Budweiser have been the primary spon-sors of the adult baseball league on Guam. Thesponsorship has allowed the league to surviveduring difficult financial times and to prosperthrough organizational difficulties.

Frank, your guidance and dedication to baseballhas resulted in Guam being accepted back into fullmembership in the Baseball Confederation ofOceania and the International Baseball Federation.With this membership, we hosted the AustralianProvincial team in a friendship series in May 2009,and hosted the first annual Budweiser Major

League Baseball Championship in July 2001. TeamGuam played very competitive games against ayounger Australian team and won the last game ofthe series.

The 2009 Guam Budweiser Baseball Leaguechampion, Moylan ODC Braves, won the inau-gural Budweiser Marianas Major League Base-ball championship in July against the 2009 Bud-weiser Saipan Major League champion, Ford

Rangers.The involvement and sponsorship by Am-

bros, Inc. has allowed a junior national teamto develop and play in the 2009 BudweiserBaseball League. Members of the junior na-tional team will be part of Team Guam thatwill participate in the 2010 MicronesianGames in Palau and the 2011 Pacific Gamesin New Caledonia.

Your support has allowed the baseballfederation to support the youth teams that gooff island for competitions.

Finally, we appreciate the assistance giv-en by your marketing staff led by Ms. CaseyTruong.

We are extremely grateful for the con-tinued support by Ambros, Inc. and An-heuser-Busch in the development of baseball

in Guam. Congratulations again to you and yourfamily on your 60th anniversary. Thank you for be-ing a leader in the sports community.

Robert J. Steffy, PresidentGuam Major League, Inc.

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CCongratulations to our friends at Ambros on

the occasion of your 60th anniversary!The Guam Football Association (GFA) is

proud to call Ambros not only our first but alsoour largest official corporate partner.

Since attaining full membership in Federa-tion Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) in 1996, GFAhas worked diligently onfurther developing and solidifying our pres-ence on Guam. In addition to FIFA’s and AFC’sassistance programs, wehave received muchneeded assistance fromour corporate sponsorssuch as Ambros We havecompleted our “house offootball” as well as devel-oped and maintained ourplaying fields.

Improvements and ad-ditions to the GFA Head-quarters and Training Fa-cilities were instrumentaland necessary to the growthof soccer on Guam. LastSpring season 2009, GFAregistered 1600 youth play-ers ages 4 - 16 and 600adult players.

Our 1600 player strongyouth division rangingfrom Under 6, Under 8,Under 10, Under 12, Un-der 14, and Under 16. con-sists of players from 15youth clubs . The youthdivision participates inthe spring and fall withtwo separate seasons.The end of each season ismarked by a jamboree, which is a one-day fun event.

In addition to youth soccer games in theSpring and Fall, GFA’s facilities are also hometo men’s and women’s leagues as well as atraining ground for seven national teams, bothyouth and adult.

The 23 team, 345 player strong BudweiserMen’s League has one year round season in thespring and fall. Comprised of Division 1 andDivision 2 groupings each division names a

champion for the season. The season ends withan “FA Cup” competition to crown an overallmen’s league champion.

The Bud Lite Women’s league consists ofthree seasons. They normally play a seven a-side small field season in the spring, an elevena-side full field season during the summer, andconduct an indoor league in the fall. There arecurrently 9 teams with 145 registered playersin the

women’s division.Team Guam continues to participate in

many international events such as the :• Boys/Girls Under 13 and U14 Football

Festivals, • Boys/Girls U15 and U16 tournaments, • Men/Women U18 and U19 tournaments, • Men’s/Women’s Asian Championship

Qualifiers, • Men’s/Women’s East Asian Championship

Qualifiers.In 2009 alone, a record number of seven na-

tional teams will be competing in off-islandtournaments. Guam Football Association na-tional teams have consistently shown improve-ment; most recently was our Men’s historicwin in the East Asian Championship Qualifi-er in 2009 held on Guam.

With the comple-tion of the FIFA 2ndgoal Project, GFAnow has adult andyouth futsal gamesand soon beach soc-cer r ight on thegrounds.

With the supportfrom Ambros andour other corporatesponsors, the sportof footbal l hasgrown very quicklyon

Guam and theGuam Football As-sociation continuesto take major stepsto increase not onlyparticipation, butalso the quality ofthe coaches, officials,and administrators.

We add our voiceto those honoringAmbros and its 60years of providingquality goods andservice to the commu-nity of Guam!

Thank you for yourcommitment to im-proving soccer on

Guam.We wish you a joyous event, and much suc-

cess in the years to come.

Richard K. LaiPresidentGuam Football Association

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