{"id":252511,"date":"2017-05-18T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=252511"},"modified":"2017-05-18T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:00:40","slug":"island-snapshots-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-252511 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/galvin-2\/'>Galvin-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252513'>\n\t\t\t\tBOE REP \t\t\t\t\t \nBoard of Education chair Maria Lourdes S. Ada administers the oath of office to Mount Carmel School president Galvin Deleon Guerrero yesterday morning. Deleon Guerrero officially began his second consecutive term as the non-public school representative on the CNMI Board of Education. (PSS)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/nasa-jpg\/'>NASA.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252516'>\n\t\t\t\tNASA PROGRAM  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t             \nThe Northern Marianas College School of Education\u2019s Teacher Preparatory Program was recently selected to participate in the National Aeronautics Space Administration\u2019s Minority University Research Education Project or MUREP. Four NMC students have been selected to participate in a NASA education program as part of their teacher training. Standing from left, Myron Mendoza, Edinna Cepeda, Mele\u2019Ani Cepeda, and Jason Atrero. Also in the photo are NMC School of Education director Charlotte Cepeda, NMC president Dr. Carmen Fernandez, NMC School of Education instructor and NASA team adviser Rosaline Cepeda. This is the third year MUREP\u2019s Office of Education has offered a summer program to help ensure that NASA can meet future workforce needs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by strengthening involvement with higher education institutions to include participation of underrepresented and underserved students. In a Skype conference that included NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summer Program facilitators Dr. Ota Lutz, NASA senior education specialist for Elementary and Secondary Education; Dr. Lyle Tavernier, NASA education technological specialist; Dr. David Seidel, JPL executive educational director; Northern Marianas College SOE instructor Rosaline Cepeda and NMC SOE director Charlotte Cepeda, it was known that NMC-SOE\u2019s NASA team will be the first representatives from a far-western Pacific location. (NMC)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/docomo-pic\/'>Docomo-pic<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252605'>\n\t\t\t\tGOLF TOURNEY PRIZE    \t\t\t\t\t    \nTriple J Motors sponsored a 2017 Mitsubishi Lancer ES as a hole-in-one prize during the 7th Annual Docomo Pacific Golf Classic held at the LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort last Saturday, May 13. Shown with the car are Triple J Motors and Docomo Pacific managers and staff, led by Randy Steele, GM of Triple J Motors, far left, and Ryan Calvo, account executive at Docomo Pacific, far right. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/chongs-corp-pix\/'>Chong\u2019s-Corp-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252733'>\n\t\t\t\tCHONG\u2019S CORP. DONATION\t\t\t\t   \n Chong\u2019s Corp. donated $2,500 in cash to the upcoming Governor\u2019s Tournament of Champions on May 27 and 28, 2017,\u00a0at the Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort. Joanna Pai, president\u00a0of Chong\u2019s Corp., third from left, presents the check donation to Marida Pensader, TOC committee member, third from right. Also in photo are representatives of Chong\u2019s Corp. (Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/bridge-capital-pix-11\/'>Bridge-Capital-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252891'>\n\t\t\t\tBRIDGE \nCAPITAL \nDONATION\nBridge Capital, LLC Business Development manager Joseph Guerrero, left, presents a donation to 16th HANMI Golf Tournament committee members Socorro Huliganga, center, and Das Krishnan, right, on April 24, 2017.  The tournament will be held at Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort west course on June 24, 2017.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/pacific-islands-club-pix\/'>Pacific-Islands-Club-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252892'>\n\t\t\t\tPIC DONATION\nPacific Islands Club recently announced a $2,500 cash and in-kind donation made to the 22nd Annual Governor\u2019s Tournament of Champions, which will be held on May 27 and 28, 2017 at the LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort. From left, Marie Sablan, TOC committee member; Yoshihito Shibahata, PIC general manager; Ben Babauta, TOC tournament director; Steve Balakrishna, PIC F&amp;B director; and Marida Pensader, TOC committee member.  (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-may-2017\/christina-manabat-flores\/'>Christina-Manabat-Flores<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253129'>\n\t\t\t\tSPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENT \nCongratulations to Christina Manabat Flores, who graduated magna cum laude from Maryland University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration last May 14, 2017. Flores, who is also a U.S. Air Force veteran, is married to Darrel Flores of Guam. They have two children. She is the daughter of Efren and Omega Manabat, both longtime employees of Herman\u2019s Bakery.  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