{"id":281238,"date":"2018-08-01T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=281238"},"modified":"2018-08-01T06:00:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:00:38","slug":"island-snapshots-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-281238 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-august-2018\/graduates-pix\/'>Graduates pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-281239'>\n\t\t\t\tFINAL DISMISSAL       \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t           \nThirty-two members of the 23rd Cycle Police Academy get the final dismissal command during their graduation ceremony at Saipan World Resort\u2019s Royal Taga Hall Friday afternoon. (Ferdie De La Torre)\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-august-2018\/awarding\/'>awarding<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-281987'>\n\t\t\t\tCONTINUING EDUCATION\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \nDr. Philip Dauterman, center, of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. is presented with a training certificate for \u201cdangerous goods shipping\u201d on Aug. 7 by Dr. Rebecca Sciulli and Dr. Mark Nagata of the Hawaii State Department of Health. The training was held at the Royal Orchid Hotel in Tumon, Guam. The certificate was awarded by the\u00a0International Air Transport Association.  (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\/mcs-pix-31\/'>MCS-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282038'>\n\t\t\t\tSTART OF CLASSES-Zita Sablan, a second-grade teacher at Mount Carmel School, lines up students on the first day of the school year. (MCS)\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\/cleanup-pix-4\/'>Cleanup-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282221'>\n\t\t\t\tVOLUNTEER CLEANUP &#8211; Children who go to school at the Japanese Educational Department participate in a cleanup by washing graves at a Japanese cemetery in Susupe last Saturday. (Fahim Uddin)\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-august-2018\/chccea-pix\/'>CHCCEA pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282359'>\n\t\t\t\tBACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE       \t\t\t\t   \nThe CHCC Employees Association conducted their own back-to-school drive to help with the children that come and visit the Children\u2019s Clinic. The school supplies were put in a bin and were dropped off at the Children\u2019s Clinic for their patients to choose from. Another two boxes were donated to Karidat\u2019s Guma\u2019 Esperansa to assist the families on checking off their back-to-school necessities. We are truly grateful to staff of Commonwealth Health Center for donating and in helping us accomplish our goals and our mission. (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\/konfitma-pix-4\/'>Konfitma-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282415'>\n\t\t\t\tKONFITMA EXERCISE-Police officers prepare to \u201cstorm\u201d a former juvenile detention facility in Kagman as part of the Konfitma 24-hour exercise that started Wednesday. The team was responding to a &#8220;suspected chemical laboratory operated by terrorists.&#8221; (Jon Perez)\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\/nmc-pixjpg\/'>NMC-pixJPG<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282512'>\n\t\t\t\tPOLICE ACADEMY TRAINING-Northern Marianas College and the Department of Public Safety recently signed a memorandum of agreement to commence the police academy training cycle for Tinian. Overall, this will be the 24th police cycle in the CNMI and there are 16 cadets enlisted for the Tinian cohort. The academy will begin on Aug. 20, 2018, and will require the cadets to successfully pass 13 courses that are under the college&#8217;s Basic Law Enforcement Certificate Program. Seven of these courses will be taught on Saipan and six will be taught on Tinian. Upon completion, the cadets will earn 39 college credits. This partnership is made possible by NMC, Office of the Mayor of Tinian, and the Department of Public Safety. (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-august-2018\/ferdie-konfitma-2\/'>Ferdie-Konfitma 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282737'>\n\t\t\t\tCAR FIRE  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            \nDepartment of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Hazmat Unit members contain the fire that engulfed a car in the parking lot of ChaCha Ocean View Middle School in Kagman as part of the 24-hour, full-scale all-hazard Konfitma exercise last week. The scenario was that the car, which was left unattended in the parking lot, had unknown substance. While assessing the vehicle, it caught on fire. (Derek Gersonde)\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-august-2018\/golden-harvest-pix-9\/'>Golden Harvest pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282864'>\n\t\t\t\tOPEN HOUSE   \t\t      \nParents, together with their children, attend the Golden Harvest International School open house for school year 2018-2019 just before the start of classes. (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\/youth-leadership-pix-2\/'>Youth-leadership-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282922'>\n\t\t\t\tYOUTH LEADERS-CNMI Public School System Associate Commissioner for Curriculum and Instructional Services Jackie Quitugua, left, speaks to students who were part of the 2018 Youth Leadership Cohort in last month&#8217;s presentation on their solutions to problems affecting the CNMI community. (Jon Perez)\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-august-2018\/mcs-pix-33\/'>MCS pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-283058'>\n\t\t\t\tSTUDENT ACTIVITIES    \t\t\t\t\t\t     \nStudents sign up for athletics at Mount Carmel School\u2019s annual Student Activities Fair last Wednesday, Aug. 22. Over 300 middle school and high school students participated in the fair, signing up for various extracurricular activities available at the school.\u00a0(MCS)\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-august-2018\/lions-club-pix-5\/'>Lions Club pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-283420'>\n\t\t\t\tNEW LION\u2019S CLUB   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \nThe newly officers of the Saipan Centennial Lion\u2019s Club are inducted at the Kanoa Resort Saipan in Susupe last Sunday. The new officers are Charter president Arceli Lizama and vice presidents Jasminda Guiao and Ruth Reyes. Other officers include club membership chairperson Carmel Joan Cabrera, secretary Ligaya Mangahis, assistant secretary Grace Cruz, treasurer Lourdes Ortiz, assistant treasurer Aurelia Rodriguez, club service chairperson Angelo Tiamzon, membership director Nenita Marquez, safety officer Manolo Rosales, first year director Juanito Sarmiento, second year director June Ortiz; and special officers Federico Ortiz and Vilma Emboltorio. 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