{"id":51820,"date":"2000-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/95ecaf9d-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2000-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2000-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"95ecafae-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/95ecafae-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib-Day concession applications due today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The applications for Liberation Day concession space are due today. Those interested in operating a concession stand at this year&#8217;s Liberation Day celebration at the American Memorial Park are urged to submit their applications at the Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office before 4:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee is encouraging as many vendors as possible to become a part of one of the biggest events of the year,&#8221; said Agnes McPhetres, chair of the 2000 Liberation Day Committee. &#8220;After all, this is the first Liberation Day celebration of this century, which makes it that much more exceptional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Liberation Day Celebration, which will run from June 9 and culminate on July 4, promises to be the biggest local celebration this century to date. The carnival grounds is expected to play host to a variety of concessions that will feature local delicacies, games for children and adults and rides for the young ones. The month-long festivities will also present a variety of local entertainment nightly.<\/p>\n<p>The carnival activities, which are being held at the American Memorial Park this year, have traditionally been a part of the annual Liberation Day celebration, in which the people of the Commonwealth commemorate the anniversary of the opening of Camp Susupe back in 1946.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberation Day Committee is inviting those interested in operating a concession at the carnival grounds to pick up a concession application from Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office, located in Afetna Square in San Antonio. Those seeking more information may contact Ed Manglona, Concession Committee chair, at 236-6379 or the Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office. Concession applications will only be accepted until 4:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The applications for Liberation Day concession space are due today. Those interested in operating a concession stand at this year&#8217;s Liberation Day celebration at the American Memorial Park are urged to submit their applications at the Saipan Mayor&#8217;s Office before 4:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51820","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}