Community Briefs

MIFICPA TO HOLD HOT LUNCH FUNDRAISER

The Marianas Institute of Filipino CPAs and Accountants would be having a hot lunch fundraiser today, July 30, at the pavilion nearest to the 13 Fishermen Monument along Beach Road in Garapan.

The hot lunches would come in bento-style packaging and would include generous servings of pork steak, mixed vegetables, steamed rice, plus desert and fruit juice. The fundraiser would start at 10:30am and would conclude at 1:30pm.

Money raised in the hot lunch fundraiser would be used to fund MIFICPA’s future activities, which include the acquisition of the latest U.S. CPA review materials and the 2005-2006 MIFICPA Idol competition.

For more information, please visit MIFICPA’s website at www.mificpa.org. (PR)

RENEW WELL OPERATION PERMITS BY AUG. 31

The Division of Environmental Quality would like to remind all Well Operators that applications for Well Operation Permit renewal is due on Aug. 31, 2005. Please refer to section 12.2(c) of the Well Drilling and Well Operators Regulations for clarification.

DEQ would also like to remind well operators to perform routine water quality analysis. Well permit numbers 0051-0100 are due by July; permit numbers 0101-0150 are due by August; and permit numbers 0151-0200 are due by September.

Routine analysis should also include the following parameters: Chloride, Conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Hardness, Nitrate, ph, and Total Coliform.

Contact Joe Kaipat, Safe Drinking Water program manager, at 664-8500 for questions or concerns.

BARWARS AT GIG

It’s all systems go for the most talked about showdown of bartenders in the CNMI next month at the premier discotheque on the island, GIG.

The competition, dubbed “BarWars” and slated on Aug. 10, would gather top “mixologists” from different bars, clubs and hotels to shake things up as they vie for supremacy by showing off their agility, speed and panache in mixing cocktails.

GIG will be giving away $200 for the first place, $150 for the second place and $100 for the third place winner. A special prize will go to the Best in Taste winner.

For more details, contact GIG Discotheque office at 234-5050 during office hours or 234-3131 during night time. The deadline for registration is on Aug. 6.

NMPASI PUBLIC HEARING ON SAIPAN

The Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., or NMPASI, will be holding a public hearing on Aug. 5, 2005 at the NMPASI Conference Room on Saipan to inform the community of its 2006 Statements of Objectives and Priorities. The hearing will take place from 6pm to 8:30pm.

HOTLINE VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to help out your community? Are you interested in helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault?

If you answer yes to any of the above questions, then you may qualify to become a victim hotline volunteer. The hotline is a 24-hour telecommunication crisis intervention, which provides access to information, referral, and a listening ear to victims of crimes here in the CNMI.

The hotline will train the right people to answer the crisis phone in the comfort of their homes in the evenings and weekends.

There will be a volunteer training on Saturday, July 30, 2005 at the Pacific Islands Club from 8:30am to 1:30pm. The training is free but those interested must pick up the registration form at the Karidat Social Service main office in Chalan Kanoa (near Mt. Carmel Cemetery). Registration deadline is July 27, 2005.