COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Upcoming MHS activities

To all parents and legal guardians of Marianas High School students:

* As a result of school days missed due to Typhoon Nabi, make-up days are as follows: Nov. 1, Dec. 22 and 23 (There will be no classes on these days).

Mid-Progress Reports will be distributed to students on Monday, Sept. 12.

* Open House/Report Card Distribution will be on Wednesday, Oct. 19 (4-6pm).

* Community Council Meeting (also known as PTA) to be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 6pm, in the school cafeteria.

If there are any questions, call Marianas High School at 664-3800.

OES PTSA meeting set

The Parents Teachers Students Association officers of Oleai Elementary School would like to inform parents and guardians that the PTSA meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, 6pm, in the school’s cafeteria. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

SSHS mid-progress reports out

To all parents/legal guardians of Saipan Southern High School students, the mid-progress report is scheduled to be picked up on Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, from 4pm to 7pm. Teachers will be available in their rooms for parental visits.

Free health screening set

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is reminding the Filipino community of the Free Health Screening scheduled on Sept. 11, 2005 from 9am to 12 noon at the ground floor of the Nauru building, Susupe. Individuals who would like their blood sugar to be tested should fast (no food or water) from midnight of Sept. 10 up to the time of their check up.

Garapan water outages this week

There will be water outages every other day in the Garapan district this week as the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. conducts leak detection and watermain pressure. CUC said the water outages are necessary as new water services are brought online and tested first.

The schedule is as follows:

* Thursday, Sept. 8, 5:45am to 7am
Water outage from Orchid Street to Rosa Street

* Saturday, Sept. 10, 5:45am to 7am
Water outage from Orchid Street to Rosa Street.

Upcoming events at Hopwood

Sept. 8: Progress Reports go home

Sept. 8: Flag Ceremony 2:30 pm-2:50 pm

Sept. 8: PTSA Meeting 6-7 pm in the cafeteria. Social Studies will be presenting.

Sept. 16: Constitution Day! Constitution Day activities

Commercial pesticide applicator workshop

There will be a five-day Category V pesticide workshop on Sept. 19-23, from 9am to 3pm at the Sui Lan Private Room of the Hyatt Regency Saipan. The workshop will cost $20 per person.

The workshop is primarily intended for commercial pest control applicators using restricted-use pesticides for hire. It will focus on structural buildings and pest such as termites, roaches, ants and rodents. Individuals who wish to provide pesticide services for hire to farmers must also pass this course.

The workshop will focus on principles of Pest Control, Insect Biology, Environment Concerns, Transportation, Loading, and Handling, Pesticide Label, Federal laws and CNMI Rules and Regulations of pesticides.

Participants must attend the complete training course and pass the examination in order to purchase and use restricted use pesticides for hire.

This workshop is sponsored by the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality and the Northern Marianas College, Cooperative Research, Extension & Education Service.

For more information, contact NMC-CREES’ Sid Cabrera at 287-0571, Arnold Route at 664-5903, or 287-0560, fax 234-0054 or Benusto K. Somol “Ben” at DEQ at 664-8501, fax: 664-0540. (PR)

New NAP contacts

The Nutrition Assistance Program of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has new telephone numbers. The new numbers are 670-664-2800/2802-19 (phone) and 670-664-2850 (fax).

Corporate Challenge
on Oct. 2

It is not too early to sign up your company’ team for the 2005 Corporate Challenge.

According to the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, eight teams have already registered for the event, which would be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Micro Beach at American Memorial Park. Cost of registration is $300 per team and deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 16.

Don’t have enough employees for a team? If you contact the Chamber office, we will match you up with other businesses looking to form a team.

As you know if you’ve attended a past Corporate Challenge, it’s a fun day that brings together your staff and their families for a day at the beach. It’s a great way to help build morale and team spirit.

For a registration form, call the Chamber or visit our website at www.saipanchamber.com.