{"id":382745,"date":"2023-01-31T06:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=382745"},"modified":"2023-01-31T06:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:06:09","slug":"island-snapshots-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/island-snapshots-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Snapshots \u2013 January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-382745 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\/third-auction-pix-pw\/'>Third-auction-pix-PW<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-382743'>\n\t\t\t\tTHIRD AUCTION-\nThe third auctions to raise money to satisfy the outstanding court judgments against Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC is set to close this Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, focusing on the sale of\u00a0casino chips and roulette wheels, and more.\u00a0The auction, to take place as a closed bid, will include almost the entire chip inventory of the casino. File photo shows IPI\u2019s Imperial Palace-Saipan in Garapan in a drone file footage taken by BJ Eddy. Check out his YouTube channel at\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/bhMPCVsaEzM. (BJ EDDY)\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\/scs-pix-pw-2\/'>SCS-pix-pw<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-382742'>\n\t\t\t\tSCS WINNER-\nThe winner of the Samsung Galaxy A7 10.4\u201d tablet is the MMB Maturana House of Prayer, with a representative posing with Saipan Computer Services staff Mary Grace Delos Santos during the\u00a010th Customer Appreciation Raffle Promotion held on New Year\u2019s Eve last Saturday at the SCS store on Beach Road. (DONNA LIWAG RIVERA)\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\/mcdonalds-party-pix\/'>McDonald's-Party-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-382741'>\n\t\t\t\tWELCOMING 2023-A grand fireworks display was set off at the Papago home of Jose \u201cJoe\u201d and Marcia Ayuyu during the McDonald\u2019s Guam and Saipan owners\u2019 New Year\u2019s party last Jan. 1. The New Year\u2019s party, which doubled as a Thanksgiving event for a successful 2022, had friends, family, and business partners in attendance. (MARK RABAGO)\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-january-2023\/christmas-in-the-marianas-pix-pw-5\/'>Christmas-in-the-Marianas-pix-PW<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-382904'>\n\t\t\t\tLAST NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS IN THE MARIANAS-Saipan residents take pictures at the Marianas Visitors Authority\u2019s illumination display at Garapan Fishing Base on Saipan as part of the Christmas in the Marianas celebration this year. The event will conclude with a final night of live entertainment, food and drinks tomorrow, Jan. 7, from 5pm to 9pm.  However, in celebration of Lunar New Year on Jan. 22, 2023, the light sculptures will remain on display until then. (MVA)\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\/indo-pacific-man-o-wars-pix1\/'>Indo-Pacific-Man-o-Wars-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-383040'>\n\t\t\t\tBEWARE!-Everybody should exercise caution as thousands of Indo-Pacific man-o-war hydrozoans have been driven onto the western shores of Saipan by the steady high winds.\u00a0 Here some are seen on Wing Beach. Avoid wearing flip-flops, sandals, or going barefoot on the beaches for a few more days as the nematocysts (stinging cells) are still active even though the animals are on land and dying.\u00a0(MARK FARMER)\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\/indo-pacific-man-o-wars-pix2\/'>Indo-Pacific-Man-o-Wars-pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-383041'>\n\t\t\t\tBEWARE!-Everybody should exercise caution as thousands of Indo-Pacific man-o-war hydrozoans have been driven onto the western shores of Saipan by the steady high winds.\u00a0 Here some are seen on Wing Beach. Avoid wearing flip-flops, sandals, or going barefoot on the beaches for a few more days as the nematocysts (stinging cells) are still active even though the animals are on land and dying.\u00a0(MARK FARMER)\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-january-2023\/63bbb13c0b391-image\/'>63bbb13c0b391.image<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-383056'>\n\t\t\t\tTHREE KINGS CONCERT-To wrap up the end of the holiday season, Mount Carmel School\u2019s Concert Band held a \u201cThree Kings Concert\u201d this past Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The performance included a special collaboration with the MCS Wind Ensemble, MCS Middle School Music Class Choir, MCS Choir, and special guests the Tumon Bay Youth Orchestra. For more information about Mount Carmel School\u2019s band program, contact patricia.gleason@mcsknights.com. (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\/63bd30df15dd2-image\/'>63bd30df15dd2.image<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-383205'>\n\t\t\t\tCHRISTMAS VILLAGE CONTEST WINNERS-Winners of the Mini Christmas Village Contest are awarded on Jan. 7, 2023, at 18th Annual Christmas in the Marianas festival at the Garapan Fishing Base on Saipan. From left, first-place winner Lucy Deleon Guerrero, second-place winner Gina Nabetinan, third-place winner Sharma Iginoef Laniyo, and Marianas Visitors Authority community projects specialist Jack Aranda. (MVA)\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-january-2023\/boonies-pix1\/'>Boonies pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384349'>\n\t\t\t\tOFF THEY GO!-Volunteers check to make sure the cages full of boonie dogs are secure before their flight to Guam on Monday morning as part of the effort to reduce strays in the CNMI by adopting them out to families in the United States. (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-january-2023\/boonies-pix2\/'>Boonies pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384350'>\n\t\t\t\tThirty-nine boonie dogs were flown via the Micronesian Air Cargo Services from Saipan to Guam, then off to adoptive families in the United States via Lisa Schoppa-Meador Animal Travel Agent, on Monday in an effort to reduce the stray animal population in the CNMI.\u00a0(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO\/QUINN BREADY)\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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix1\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384351'>\n\t\t\t\tSPAY\/NEUTER CLINIC-Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Control Program staff assist volunteer Emily Hurtt, right, during their last day of the spay\/neuter clinic on Friday at the SMO Dog Shelter in As Perdido, in which they sterilized 68 animals. (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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix2\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384352'>\n\t\t\t\tAlison Hadley,\u00a0executive director of Guam Animals In Need, or GAIN, is seen teaching\u00a0Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Control Program staff about evaluating the health and behavior of shelter dogs during the\u00a0spay\/neuter clinic on Friday at the SMO Dog Shelter in As Perdido, in which they sterilized 68 animals. (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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix3\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384353'>\n\t\t\t\tSaipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Control Program staff, join clinic volunteer Kiana Propst, left, and Emily Hurtt, second right, during their last day of the spay\/neuter clinic on Friday at the SMO Dog Shelter in As Perdido, in which they sterilized 68 animals. (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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix4\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384354'>\n\t\t\t\tVolunteer vet Dr.\u00a0Brenda Smith from Guam Animals in Need prepares someone&#8217;s pet cat for surgery, while Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Shelter staff Derek Deleon Guerrero assists on the first day of the spay\/neuter clinic at the SMO Dog Shelter in As Perdido last Tuesday. (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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix5\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384355'>\n\t\t\t\tLauren Cabrera, center, along with Alison Hadley, and Simion Nepayo, check on a dog during\u00a0the first day of the spay\/neuter clinic last week at the Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Shelter in As Perdido. (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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix6\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384356'>\n\t\t\t\tThe waiting area for pets are seen here while Rep. Edwin K. Propst (D-Saipan), kneeling, in black, picks up his dog that was neutered on the first day\u00a0of the spay\/neuter clinic\u00a0at the SMO Dog Shelter in As Perdido on Tuesday. (LEIGH GASES)\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-january-2023\/spay_neuter-clinic-pix7\/'>Spay_neuter clinic pix7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384357'>\n\t\t\t\tCalvin Borja, left, administers a shot, while Simion Nepayo, top right, and Derek Deleon Guerrero, assist\u00a0during\u00a0the first day of the spay\/neuter clinic at the Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office Dog Shelter in As Perdido. (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-january-2023\/scs-spelling-pix2picw-2\/'>SCS-spelling-pix2picw<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384372'>\n\t\t\t\t Iyani Mu\u00f1a won at the elementary level of the schoolwide Saipan Community School Spelling Bee last Jan. 20 and was able to move on to the next round, against the SCS junior high students.  (SCS)\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-january-2023\/scs-spelling-pix1picw-2\/'>SCS-spelling-pix1picw<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384373'>\n\t\t\t\tSPELLING CHAMPS Celine JeongBin Park, an 8th grade student at Saipan Community School, was named the schoolwide Spelling Bee winner during the competition last Jan. 20. Park will be travelling to Guam in March to compete in the next level for the Regional Scripps Spelling Bee. 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