COMMUNITY BRIEFS

ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST SET

The Northern Marianas College will once again administer an English Placement Test for the Summer Semester 2006 on May 15, 2006, at Room D-1, from 9am to noon.

Test-takers must bring a valid photo ID and pencils.

There is a $25 fee for the English Placement Test that must be paid in advance at NMC’s Finance Office (Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm).

Students will not be admitted to the testing room without proof of payment—a receipt for either the placement test fee or the NMC application fee. This $25 fee is applicable to the NMC application for all students.

If you have any questions call the Languages & Humanities Department at Ext. 2000/2603.

FLAME TREE ARTS FESTIVAL ON APR. 27-30

The 25th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival will be held at American Memorial Park from April 27 to 30

The deadline for high school students to submit entries for “Ebb and Flow: Tides of Culture” Pacific youth poetry and illustration project is April 2 at 4:30pm.

Contact Catherine Perry Anderson, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, at 670-664-2571 or dccaadm@pticom.com.

The deadline to submit entries for the Flame Tree Film Festival is April 24 at 4:30pm. Contact Felix Fitial, Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission, at 670-664-2571 or felixfitial@yahoo.com.

In related news, Beach Road will be close on Saturday, April 28, from 8:30am to 11am from the Carolinian Utt to Micro Beach for the Parade of Cultures.

INCOME TAX RETURN FILING DEADLINE

Division of Revenue & Taxation is informing all CNMI residents that the deadline for tax filing of the 2005 Individual Income Tax Return is Monday, April 17, 2006 at the office of the Division of Revenue and Taxation located at the Joeten Dandan Commercial Center.

Their deadline hours for April 17, 2006 are from 7:30am to 10:30pm.

ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT COMMUNITY READING CLUB?

The Attorney General’s Office wants to hear from all CNMI consumers who have been solicited by a company calling themselves Community Reading Club of Southern California. This company contacts consumers over the phone and tries to sell them magazine subscriptions. Often, the sales pitch involves an offer of a “free” gold watch with the placement of an order with this company, please call the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Counsel at 664-2333. You may be entitled to a refund.