Community Briefs

FRG barbecue set

In appreciation to all the July 4th Parade participants, the Echo Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Family Readiness Group would like to inform all members and families that there will be an Appreciation Barbecue this Sunday, July 10, 2005, at 10am, at the Tronkun Daok, Susupe. For more information, contact Betty Ichiro at 288-3945 or your Telephone Tree Point of Contact.

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Overseas Workers Credit Union meeting

The Overseas Workers Credit Union (CNMI) Inc. is advising all members and subscribers that there will be a general membership meeting and election of new officers on Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 3pm, Susupe Beach Park.

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GTC registration schedule set

Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School will be registering Kindergarten and transfer student from July 11-15, 2005. Registration will be open from 8am to 11:30am and 12:30pm to 4:30pm daily. Required document are:
* Birth Certificate
* Public Health Certification
* Copy of Heath Insurance
* Map to your House
* Progress Report from Headstart or other Pre-School

Kindergarten student must be 5 year old on or before Aug. 31, 2005.

For transfer student, the following document must be submitted:

* Withdrawal form from previous school
* Birth Certificate
* Public Health Certification
* Copy of Health Insurance

For more information, call 664-3400 or 3405

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Search on for CNMI’s best designer of recycle wear

Attention designers!

How would you like to have your creation put on display at Duty Free Shoppers Galleria? Here’s something to tickle your fancy.

The Eco Arts Festival will be holding a Recycle-Wear Fashion Show on July 31 at the American Memorial Park Amphitheater as part of the three-day EcoArts Festival. The one-hour show is aimed at promoting the latest trends in recyclable wear from talented designers on island.

There are three categories: paper and cardboard; plastic; and aluminum

So head down to your drawing boards and win fabulous prizes, plus, a chance to have your creation displayed at one of DFS Galleria’s display windows.

Deadline for submission of registration is on July 22 at the DEQ office in Gualo Rai Center along Middle Road.

For more information, call Laila Boyer at 888-1609 or Jack Sablan at 483-5659. The EcoArts Festival will be the first of its kind to promote environmental awareness through the arts. It is being organized by DEQ, in partnership with various public and private organizations and volunteers.

The recycle-wear contest will take place at the American Memorial Park on July 31, 2005.

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NMPASI sets public hearing

The Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., or NMPASI, will be holding a public hearing to inform the community of its 2006 Statements of Objectives. and Priorities. The dates of the public hearings are July 12, 2005 at the Tinian Mayor’s Office; July 14, 2005 at the Songsong Round House on Rota; and Aug. 5, 2005 at the NMPASI Conference Room on Saipan. All hearings will take place from 6pm to 8:30pm.

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SSHS sets schedules

To all new registrants and transfer students at the Saipan Southern High School, the schedules are as follows:

July 11-15 9am-11am & 1pm-4pm

To all 9th grade and new students with parents or guardians, orientation is on July 28 and July 29, 2005 (pick one). It will start at 10am in the cafeteria.

For returning students, schedule of pick-up is:
Aug. 1, 2005 12th grade 9am-11am and 1pm-4pm only
Aug. 2, 2005 10th grade and 11th grade 9am-11am and 1pm-4pm only

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July 10 concert to benefit NMC

Dubbed as A Night To Remember with Martin Nievera, this concert is a fundraiser for the Northern Marianas College. This two-hour concert featuring Nievera, the Concert King of the Philippines, and one of the performers at Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, is scheduled on July 10 at 7:30pm at the Hopwood Amphitheatre. His reportoire includes interpretations of songs from Sammy Davis, Johnny Mathis, and Josh Groban to a medley of Broadway hits.

Twenty-six Saipan businesses have pooled their resources to bring this high caliber performer to Saipan for a one-night show only. Aside from a night filled with songs and nostalgia, ticket buyers are helping a very worthy cause—funding higher education in the CNMI.

For more information, and for tickets, contact Teri Flores at 235-0560, ext. 166.

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‘Dinner with Man’Amko’ reset to July

The fundraising “Dinner with the Man’Amko” has been rescheduled from June 17, 2005 to July 22, 2005 but due to availability of the Garapan Central Park, the fundraising has been moved to July 23, 2005, from 6pm to 10pm.

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MHS Class of 1995 to hold reunion

The reunion committee of Marianas High School Class of 1995 would like to invite the school’s alumni of 1995 to a reunion celebration on July 9, 2005 at Charley’s Cabaret, Pacific Islands Club.

Doors will open at 6:30pm and entrance fee costs $25 per person. A Family Fun Day picnic will follow the next day at the Minachom Atdao pavilion in Oleai.

For inquiries, donations, or suggestions for the reunion, please send email to reunioncommittee_95@hotmail.com. (PR)

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Booths available for 2005 Summer Festival

The Carolinian Affairs Office, in collaboration with the Chamolinian Cultural Village, is proud to announce the 2005 Summer Festival, which will be held from July 6 until Aug. 30, 2005, at the Chamolinian Cultural Village ground in Garapan. Booths are available to any nonprofit organization interested to raise fund during the festival.

For more information, stop by or call the Carolinian Affairs Office at 234-6383 to 2346385.

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Toll free phone service for veterans

The regional office of the Honolulu Veterans Administration announced Saturday that veterans throughout the U.S. territories in the Pacific—the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa—and the island of Oahu in Hawaii will be able to dial the national benefits toll-free number, 1-800-827-1000, to obtain general benefits information and the status of benefit payments.

The number will also enable veterans residing on Oahu, Guam, American Samoa, and the CNMI, to access the wide range of benefits information that is available on the national menu. Neighbor island veterans in Hawaii have had access to this national toll-free number for years.

The new number is expected to be operational on July 1, 2005. Medical appointments at the Honolulu VA Medical Center can still be arranged toll-free from most areas by dialing 1-800-214-1306.

Other frequently called toll-free numbers that are available to veterans are:
* VA Education Program 888-442-4551
* Home Loan Eligibility 888-487-1970
* VA Life Insurance 800-669-8477
* VA Health Enrollment 877-222-8387
* CHAMPVA 800-733-8387
* Gulf War or Agent Orange 800-749-8387
* Telecom Device for the Deaf 800-829-4833