COMMUNITY BRIEFS

KAGES PTA MEETING SET

All parents and legal guardians are being informed that there will be a Parents Teachers Association meeting at Kagman Elementary School on Oct. 13, 2004 at 6:30pm in the school cafeteria. All parents and legal guardians are encouraged to attend. For more information, call PTA secretary Maria Muna at 664-3911 or 256-1607.

TANAPAG FIESTA ON OCT. 10

Father Nonoy Recaido Jr., the Parish Pastoral Council, and the parishioners of Nuestra Senoras Bithen delos Remedios (Tanapag) is inviting all the people of Saipan to join them in celebrating their annual Patronal Fiesta on Oct. 10, 2004, Sunday at 9am.

After the Mass, procession will follow and immediately after the procession, lunch will be served.

SSHS PTA MEETING ON OCT. 7

This is to inform all parents and the general community that Saipan Southern High School will have a Parents Teachers Association meeting this Thursday, Oct. 7, at 6:30pm in the schools cafeteria. All parents are encouraged to join them for this meeting. Very important issues will be discussed.

VETERANS DAY MEETING RESCHEDULED

We would like to remind and invite all concerned and interested parties that the Office of the Military and Veterans Affairs will meet starting Oct. 14, 2004 at 3pm for the upcoming Veterans Day celebration. Meetings will be held every Thursday at 3pm at the Office of the Military and Veterans Affairs on Capital Hill, Bldg. #1364. All are welcome. For more information or questions, call the office at 664-2650/2651.

OWWA SETS TRAINING ON FOOD HANDLING, CULINARY ARTS

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, in conjunction with the Dai-Ichi Hotel Saipan Beach, is sponsoring a training on Basic Food Handling and Culinary Arts on Oct. 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2004, 1pm to 5pm, at the Filipino Workers Resource Center of the Nauru building in Susupe.

Interested members of the Filipino community are requested to register at the OWWA office, ground floor, Nauru building no later than Oct. 6, 2004. The training shall be limited to 30 participants only, hence registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

OPA WORKSHOP RESET

The Office of the Public Auditor would like to announce that the Government Accounting Training Workshop scheduled for Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, 2004, has been postponed.

The new schedule for the workshop will be Oct. 18 through 20, 2004. OPA will contact all participants and provide notice of venue.

ADA TRAININGS POSTPONED

The scheduled Americans with Disabilities Act trainings for Sept. 27 and 29 at the World Resort Hotel has been postponed to Nov. 2 and 3. Organizers of the trainings, called “Symposium: Independence Day for People with Disabilities,” apologized for the short notice and thanked everyone for their patience

CHUUKESE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER

This is to inform all Chuukese who are eligible voters in the CNMI that there will be a special election on Oct. 14, 2004 from 7am to 7pm, at the Garapan Central Park (Round House).

Please contact your regional leaders for more information.

PALAUAN VOTERS IN NMI URGED TO CAST VOTES

All Palauans who are registered voters in the Republic of Palau and are currently residing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are being encouraged to participate in their country’s presidential election.

The general election will be held on Nov. 2, 2004 and any voters who requested absentee ballots for the primary will automatically receive ballots for the general election.

For those who did not request the primary election’s absentee ballots may request their absentee ballots for the general election at the consulate. However, if the polling boxes going abroad is granted, then the general election for Saipan will be held on Oct. 30, 2004 and the venue will be announced later on before the general election.

For those needing more information or clarification about the primary and general elections, contact the consulate at 235-6804.