Community Briefs

PALAU PRESIDENT TO VISIT NMI

This is to notify all Palauans residing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that Palau President Tommy E. Remengsau Jr. will be on the island and requests to have a dinner meeting with all Palauans on June 25, Friday, from 5pm to 11pm, at the Carolinian Utt.

For more information, contact the Palau Consulate at 235-6804 or cell phone 788-8320.

ARE YOU A WWII PACIFIC VETERAN?

The Northern Marianas College film documentary crew is looking for WWII veterans with stories that should be told and remembered. If you are a veteran, or if you know one, please contact the NMC crew at 484-2876 and ask for Dominic.

WSR REGISTRATION SET

William S. Reyes Elementary School is announcing its Registration Information for school year 2004-2005. Registration procedures will be slightly different this school.

June 14-25 Incoming Students
a. We gave your child the packet on April 30.
b. You will fill them out and return the packet to your child’s teacher.
c. We will collect all registration forms.
d. If on-going students do not register at this time, you will have to wait until June 14.
e. Please register at this time so we will not have any delay.
f. Inside the packet, we will have a checklist for all necessary documents.
g. A check mark on the checklist indicates that you must turn-in the necessary document to complete your child’s registration.
h. If you are staying outside our zone, you are required to come in our office to sign the waiver form.

Checklist:
1. Emergency Card
2. Student Information (Yellow Card)
3. FERPA form signed
4. Students Insurance (You can purchase at any insurance company)
5. Out of Zone Waiver application
6. Health Certificate

For more information, call 664-3971/72.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR INTO THE WOODS

The radio broadcast of Into The Woods Jr. by students under the direction of Friends of the Arts will be on KRNM 88.1 and 89.1 FM. It will air on Saipan Radio Theatre until today, June 22 at 7:30pm. It will also air on the Novel Hour, Tuesday, June 29, and Saturday, July 3 on the following times: Tuesday 8pm, Saturday 11am.

ATTENTION TO PARENTS OF GES 6TH GRADE GRADUATES

On June 28, 2004 all 6th grade cumulative records will be sent to Hopwood Junior High School to prepare for the new school year. If your child will not be attending Hopwood, please come to the main office at GES to fill out a transfer-out form. This includes the parents of children who will be attending ChaCha Junior High School, private schools on Saipan, and/or any off-island school.

DEQ SETS DEADLINE FOR WATER REPORT

The Division of Environmental Quality would like to announce to the owners and/or operators of all community public water systems that the due date for the annual Consumer Confidence Report for 2003 is on or before July 1, 2004.

All Community Public Water Systems are required to gather all 2003 analytical results and violations, if any, and produce a consumer confidence report, which will be disseminated to all consumers as well as provide a copy to DEQ.

DEQ also looks forward to reviewing and hopes to find all CCR’s in exceptional order.

For additional information on the 2003 CCR, contact Tripler Dela Cruz of the DEQ Safe Drinking Water Branch at 664-8500/01.

GROUP OFFERS FREE HEALTH SCREENING

The United Filipino Organization and the Philippines’ Overseas Workers Welfare Administration on Saipan disclosed launching a health-screening program as part of efforts to curb the rising incidence of diabetes among Filipinos in the CNMI.

UFO president Nel Atalig said the health-screening project would involve free glucose count and blood pressure tests.

Volunteers from the Commonwealth Health Center would perform the tests, she said.

Atalig said the event would be regularly conducted from 9am to 12 noon every last Sunday of the month.