Community Briefs

CURSILLO MEETING SET

All Cursillo brothers and sisters are invited to attend the general assembly meeting on April 25, Tuesday, 7pm at the Chalan Kanoa Diocese Curia. The election of officers for the CNMI Cursillo Movement will be held. Please be there. (PR)

TAMAN OPENS PRECINCT OFFICE

This is to inform all residents of Election Precinct 4 that Rep. Candido B. Taman recently opened a precinct office in Tanapag village next to the elementary school and basketball court. Feel free to call the precinct office at 664-4865 or the main office at 664-8897 or 664-8898. Please come and visit us.

SNISWCD MONTHLY MEETING SET

The Saipan & Northern Islands Soil and Water Conservation District would like to inform the public of their monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at 1:30pm at the Natural Resources Conservation Service Office. For more information contact our office at 256-7923.

FLAME TREE ARTS FESTIVAL SET

The 25th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival will be held April 27-30, 2006, on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The main venue will be at American Memorial Park on Thursday (6-10pm), Friday (6-11pm), Saturday (10-11pm) and Sunday (10am-10pm).

The “Ebb & Flow: Tides of Culture” poetry forum and illustration exhibit will be open to public at the Children of Our Homeland Cultural Center, Joeten Kiyu Public Library during the festival. The deadline for high school students to submit entries for the contest is 4:30pm, April 24, 2006.Ten entries will be chosen for publication. Contact Catherine Perry Anderson at Community and Cultural Affairs, at 670-664-2571 or dccaadm@pticom.com.

The deadline to submit entries for the Flame Tree Film Festival is 4:30pm, April 24, 2006. The Flame Tree Film Festival will be held at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center. To submit entries, contact Felix Fitial, Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission, at 670-664-2571 or felixfitial@yahoo.com.

The Parade of Cultures will be held on Saturday, April 29, in Garapan. Beach Road will be closed from 8:30-11am from the Carolinian Utt to Micro Beach for the parade. To join, contact Ed Diaz, Marianas Visitors Authority, at 664-3200.

The free PREL workshop “Expressing Culture through Visual Literacy” will be held on April 28-29, 2006, at Fiesta Resort and Spa. To pre-register, contact Jonas Barcinas, Dandan Elementary School, at 664-5025. Limited seating. (PR)

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.

MEMORIAL DAY PREPARATIONS

On May 29, 2006, Memorial Day, the CNMI will be paying tribute to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have passed on.

This is to let all Memorial Day Committee members and all interested in being a part of the committee know that we will begin to meet every Tuesday at 9am at the Office of Military/Veterans Affairs on Capitol Hill building 1365. Everyone is encouraged and invited to attend.