COMMUNITY BRIEFS

SOCIAL SECURITY TO VISIT TINIAN, ROTA

Social Security representative Alfredo Quiroz will visit Tinian and Rota this week. He will be available to receive applications for Social Security numbers, to discuss Social Security benefits and SSI payments and to provide information about programs administered by Social Security.

Quiroz will visit Tinian today, July 12, and will be available from 8:30am to 11:30am at the CCA Office at the gym in San Jose Village.

He will visit Rota on Friday, July 16, and will be available from 8:45am to 12:30pm at the Aging Office in Sinapalo Village.

For more information, Tinian residents can call Social Security on Saipan toll free at 433-9421. Rota residents can call toll free at 532-9421. The local number on Saipan is 234-6203.

GTC REGISTRATION SET

The Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School is informing all residents of As Matuis, San Roque, Achugao and Capitol Hill that the Kindergarten registration for school year 2004-2005 will start on July 14 through the 16, from 8am to 11:30am and from 12:30pm to 4:30pm.

Parents and guardians need to bring the child’s birth certificate, a school entrance health certificate and the map to their house. If the child does not have a school entrance health certification, they will not be registered until they get one. Anytime before the registration starts, the parents/guardians may come to the office to pick up the registration form.

For more information, call GTC at 664-3400/05.

ARTS AND EDUCATION TRAINING SET

The DCCA Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning will present the Standards-based Art Education institute “Weaving Pacific Art into Classroom Training” on Rota on July 15-16, 2004, and on Saipan on July 17, 2004. Educators, artists, museum educators and other interested individuals may register by calling the Arts Council at 670-322-9982/3.

OWWA OPEN ON SUNDAYS

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office would like to inform the Filipino community that starting this month, the OWWA office will be open on Sundays from 10am to 5pm to better serve overseas Filipino workers in Saipan.

NMC ENGLISH PLACEMENT TESTS

Following is the schedule of our upcoming English Placement Tests:

Thursday July 29 Room D-1 1pm-4pm

Friday July 30 Room D-1 5:30pm-8:30pm

Thursday November 4 Room D-1 1pm-4pm

Friday November 5 Room D-1 5:30pm-8:30pm

There is a $25 fee for the English Placement Test, which must be paid in advance at NMC’s Finance Office (M-F, 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.

All students seeking a degree and/or certificate are required to take the English placement test.

RESIDENTIAL, BIZ INSPECTIONS IN KAGMAN II VILLAGE

The Division of Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Environmental Health would like to inform the residents of Kagman II village that on-site disposal system and premise compliance inspections would be conducted on residential and business facilities. The inspections have been ongoing since April 21, 2004 and will continue to be conducted every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Kagman II residents are requested to cooperate with inspectors in keeping their dog(s) on a leash, for the safety of the inspectors. Both BEH and DEQ inspectors are required to wear their respective uniforms and photo identification during all inspections.

For additional information on the OSDS inspections, contact the BEH office at 664-4870/2 or the DEQ office at 664-8500/1.