{"id":188917,"date":"2015-01-08T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=188917"},"modified":"2015-01-08T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:00:57","slug":"tanapag-school-marine-biology-club-cleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tanapag-school-marine-biology-club-cleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanapag school Marine Biology Club cleans up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188941\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tanapag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tanapag-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tanapag Middle School Marine Biology Club collected trash along the beach in San Roque on Dec. 13, 2014, as part of the \u201cBeautify My Marianas\u201d program administered by the Marianas Visitors Authority and the Saipan Chamber of Commerce.  (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tanapag Middle School Marine Biology Club collected trash along the beach in San Roque on Dec. 13, 2014, as part of the \u201cBeautify My Marianas\u201d program administered by the Marianas Visitors Authority and the Saipan Chamber of Commerce. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Marine Biology Club of Tanapag Middle School took time out last month to help clean the environment by participating in the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s Beautify My Marianas campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve members of the club met at Aqua Resort Club lobby on Dec. 13, 2014, and proceeded to collect trash along a 1-mile beach strip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAqua [Resort] beach wasn\u2019t that dirty, since it\u2019s a resort,\u201d said participant Maria Agustin.\u00a0 \u201cThe trees gave us a good cooling shade. The scenery was beautiful with clear, crystal blue waters, even the houses near the shore were stunning.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>But the effort was not entirely pleasant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong the way we came to a place that had piles of beer cans that still contained beer,\u201d said Agustin.\u00a0 \u201cThe stench was revolting and disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group ended up filling at least seven trash bags.\u00a0 Cleanup participants were: Agustin, Maria Cruz, Joanne Ragasa, Sami Nimura, Jose Anon, Fiona Rathburn, Andrew Camacho, Enrico Morales Jr., Jovina Pua, Darlyn Maca, Hannah Palacios, and De Faustina Camacho.\u00a0 They were chaperoned by Andrea Camacho, Enrico Morales, and Terra Allen.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBeautify My Marianas\u201d program offers $100 for each 1-mile cleanup in assigned areas. For more information or an application for \u201cBeautify My Marianas\u201d visit the MVA homepage at www.mymarianas.com. <em><strong>(MVA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Marine Biology Club of Tanapag Middle School took time out last month to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":188941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-188917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-mva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}