Community Briefs-January 16, 2009

[B]DEQ brigade sets COP cleanup[/B]

The Division of Environmental Quality cleanup brigade will be picking up trash at Coral Ocean Point (Unai Dangkulo) on Feb. 7.

Thos who would like to volunteer may join the group on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 8am. Volunteers will clean until 10am and break for drinks and then continue, if needed.

This month, outstanding brigade volunteers who participated in at least 10 monthly cleanups will receive a brigade cap and those who participated in at least three cleanups will receive a green brigade t-shirt.

The DEQ cleanup brigade began in 1996 and continues to maintain clean, healthy beaches.

For more information about volunteering, contact the DEQ office at 664-8500. (DEQ)
[B] Marianas High School schedule[/B]

Jan. 19 No classes (Martine Luther King Day)

Jan. 29 3rd-4th Period Exams

Jan. 30 1st-2nd Period Exams

Feb. 2 No classes (PSS Professional Development)

Feb. 11 2nd Quarter Report Card Day/Open House, 4pm-6pm (student released at 1pm, parents pick up report cards from Homeroom teachers)

Feb. 16 No classes (President’s Day)

Feb. 17 No classes (PSS Professional Development)

Feb. 27 Cultural Day, 9am-3pm MHS Campus, Open to the public

For questions and concerns, contact 237-3206. (PR)

[B]Deadline set for filing quarterly tax returns[/B]

The Division of Revenue and Taxation is reminding all CNMI residents that the 2008 4th Quarter deadline for filing the quarterly tax returns is Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. The Division of Revenue and Taxation will be open from 7:30am to 6:30pm on Monday Feb. 2, 2009. The office of the Division of Revenue and Taxation is located at the Joeten DanDan Commercial Center. For more information call 664-1000, 664-1034 Compliance Branch, or 664-1065 Collection Branch. (PR)

[B]Bayani to host cultural show fundraiser[/B]

The Bayani Association will host and launch a Filipino Cultural Show called “Balik-Tanaw Sa Kulturang Pinoy” on Jan. 17, at 7pm, at the Hibiscus Hall of the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan in Garapan.

The two-hour cultural show and banquet dinner presents about 16 creative cultural dances that portray the Filipinos’ regional culture, tradition and arts representing the Philippine islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

The CNMI Guma’ Ezperansa/Karidat is the chosen beneficiary for the net proceeds of the event. (PR)

[B]Vendors needed for Puengin Inetnon[/B]

The Kagman Community Association is looking for interested vendors to sell food, drinks, arts, crafts, clothing, produce, snacks, or other items at Puengin Inetnon. Puengin Inetnon is Chamorro for “A Night of Gathering”. Puengin Inetnon will be Kagman’s Friday Night Market and will be held every government payday Friday outside the Kagman Community Center. More vendors are needed. Call the Kagman Post Office at 256-POST for more info. (PR)

[B]Attention to families with disabilities on Tinian, Rota[/B]

The Family Hope Center under the CNMI Council for Developmental Disabilities and Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems, Inc. would like to inform the community that the System Navigators would be traveling to Tinian and Rota to conduct interviews and follow up(s) with families with disabilities on the following dates:

Tinian Jan. 15-16, 2009

Rota Jan. 22-23, 2009

We are encouraging families with disabilities on Tinian and Rota to contact our offices at NMPASI, 234-7273/4 for Frances Torres or Dorian Camacho or CNMI DD Council for Lillian Ada at 664-7005/7000 or cell phone no. 287-5643 for an appointment. (PR)

[B]Additional English placement test scheduled [/B]

The Northern Marianas College has scheduled an additional English Placement Test date set for Friday, January 16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room A-6.

No admittance to the testing room will be allowed after the starting time. Those who wish to take the test must bring a valid photo ID (driver’s license, passport or school ID) and pencils.

There is a $25 fee for the English Placement Test that must be paid in advance at the NMC Cashier (M-F, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm). No one will be allowed into the testing room without proof of payment (a receipt for either the placement test fee or the NMC application fee). Payment for the application fee will cover the English placement test fee.

If you have any questions, call Mark Haag at the Languages & Humanities Department at (670) 234-5498 ext. 1733 or 1242.

Registration for the Spring 2009 semester has been ongoing since Monday and will continue until Saturday, Jan. 17. (NMC)

[B]MLK DAY schedule[/B]

Jan. 16 Workshops at schools on Saipan;

Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Day

Forum: 1pm – 2pm;

Mini-March: 3pm – 4pm;

Program includes essay/speech finalists and keynote: 4pm – 6pm

Jan. 20 Workshops at schools on Saipan

Jan. 21 “Fulfilling the Dream” Inaugural Celebration Dinner; $15; Bud’s Bar; 6pm-8pm. (PR)