{"id":334324,"date":"2020-12-02T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=334324"},"modified":"2020-12-02T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T20:00:25","slug":"island-snapshots-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots &#8211; December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-334324 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><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-december-2020\/tree-trimming-pix1\/'>Tree-Trimming-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-334325'>\n\t\t\t\tTREE TRIMMING TIME Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang poses with his team that did their annual tree trimming along Beach Road and the Beach Road Pathway about two weeks ago. (Neil Fama)\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-december-2020\/tree-trimming-pix2\/'>Tree-Trimming-pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-334326'>\n\t\t\t\tA claw truck being maneuvered by a crewmember of the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office picks up the cut branches from a tree and drops it into the truck\u2019s cargo hold for disposal. (Neil Fama)\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-december-2020\/stellar-marianas-pix2-2\/'>Stellar-Marianas-pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-334596'>\n\t\t\t\tTHANKFUL TO GIVE!  \t                         \nMiss Marianas Shannon Sasamoto invites the community to donate toys at any of the bins at Triple J Payless &amp; Truckload Store to give to families in need these holiday season.\u00a0 The bin donations have been extended to Dec. 20. (Stellar Marianas)\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-december-2020\/stellar-marianas-pix1-2\/'>Stellar-Marianas-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-334595'>\n\t\t\t\tTHANKFUL TO GIVE!  \t                         \nMiss Marianas Shannon Sasamoto invites the community to donate toys at any of the bins at Triple J Payless &amp; Truckload Store to give to families in need these holiday season.\u00a0 The bin donations have been extended to Dec. 20. 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(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-december-2020\/mcdonald_sdonatestoclub200_pix1\/'>McDonald_sDonatesToClub200_PIX1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-335085'>\n\t\t\t\tMCDONALD\u2019S DONATES TO CLUB 200 \t\t\t              Marcia Ayuyu, left, owner\/operator of McDonald\u2019s Saipan, presents a pledge of $2,500 to American Red Cross-NMI Chapter Club 200, represented here by American Red Cross board chair Tayna Belyeu Camacho and other ARC officials. McDonald\u2019s Saipan\/Guam has consistently donated to the American Red Cross since 2010, with this year being the first time in a long time that the ARC Walkathon was cancelled due to the pandemic. 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