Community Briefs

VFW monthly meeting

All members of VFW Saipan Post 3457 are reminded that the final monthly meeting of the 2005-2006 term will be held on June 3 at 1300 hours at the Post Home on Beach Road. The officers for the 2006 –2007 term will be installed at this meeting. All members are encouraged to attend. All eligible veterans are encouraged to come and submit an application for membership. (PR)

Parade, float applications now available

Applications to participate in the 2006 Liberation Day parade on July 4th is now available at the Saipan Mayor’s Office in Afetnas, Saipan.

The parade will start at 9am on Beach Road in front of the National Office Supply and end at the site of this year’s festivities, the Garapan Fishing Base.

Prizes for the floats will be awarded.

“Awards will be presented for first, second, third, fourth and fifth place, totaling $7,500. Floats will be judged on originality, creativity, design, workmanship, balance, presentation and overall appearance based on this year’s theme, ‘Liberasion Taotao Marianas’,” said parade committee chair Larry Guerrero.

A safety briefing will be held on June 30 at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe at 4pm. At this meeting, the sequence of the parade will be addressed.

Interested individuals, groups or organizations may contact Larry I. Deleon Guerrero at 235-7025/7032 ext 172 or Norbert Diaz at 664-1402 or Mariano Fajardo at 235-235-7025/7032 ext 135. (PR)

Boy Scout Troop 913 event

Boy Scout Troop 913 will hold its quarterly Court of Honor at 7pm on June 17, 2006, according to Valrick Welch,913 scoutmaster. (PR)

Renewal of alcohol license being accepted

The Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Control Division of the Department of Commerce is reminding all licensed business establishments that applications for Alcoholic Beverage Control license renewals are now being accepted.

Application forms may be obtained at the Department of Commerce’s One Start Business Center located on the second floor of the Joeten Dandan Building. Interested applicants may also pick up application forms at the ABTC Division, Department of Commerce Building on Capitol Hill.

All licensed businesses in Rota and Tinian may pick up application forms from the Resident Department Head at the departments of Commerce on Rota and Tinian.

The deadline for filing of renewal applications, including payment of fees, is on June 30, 2006.

All licensees whose renewal fees remain unpaid as of June 30, 2006 will automatically by suspended pursuant to 4 CMC Section 5528. Licenses that remain suspended as of July 31, 2006, due to unpaid renewal fees will automatically be revoked and the Secretary of Commerce shall not issue a renewal license. If a license still remains revoked as of July 31, 2006, a new application must be submitted for consideration by the Secretary of Commerce.

Application forms are now available and may be obtained from the One Start Business Center or at the ABTC Division anytime between 7:30am to 4:30pm, Monday thru Friday except on weekends and legal holidays.

For more information call the One Start Business Center at 664-3002/3031 or the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Control Division at telephone numbers 664-3026/3065. (PR)

Dandan Elementary School registration

Dandan Elementary School will begin the registration for school year 2006-2007. The registration is for all NEW and TRANSFER students only.

June 1-30, 2006 Kindergarten thru 6th grade

Kindergarten student must be born from Sept. 1, 2000 to Aug. 31, 2001, to be eligible to register and must be residing within the Upper and Lower Dandan Homestead, Airport Road zone. The same goes to the rest of the grade levels. Registration will be held in the main office from 7:30am to 4:30pm. Kinder student will be on a first come first serve basis.

To prevent unnecessary delay, parents are urged to provide the school registrar or official with copies of the following documents: Birth Certificate, Health Insurance, Social Security, Map to your house. We will NOT register students without the complete documents. Dandan Elementary School will prioritize zone students and new students who have siblings attending DES.

For more information, call Carmen Tudela, school administrative officer, at 237-3662.