{"id":87003,"date":"2005-01-07T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-07T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a1e4c53b-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2005-01-07T05:13:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-07T05:13:00","slug":"a1e4c54e-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a1e4c54e-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY BRIEFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AGING, DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER OPENS<\/p>\n<p>The Office on Aging, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, announces the opening of the Aging and Disability Resource Center, a one-stop center helping individuals age 60 and over and adults with disabilities to access clear and uniform information and counseling on all available services.<\/p>\n<p>The ADRC provides information and referral in determining the eligibility of individuals for public and private long-term support programs and benefits that can help them with their special needs. It also directs and guides individuals in accessing needed support and the services of agencies within the network.<\/p>\n<p>For assistance or more information, call the Aging and Disability Resource Center at 670-664-2598 or the Office on Aging at 670-233-1320 or visit the ADRC at 1347 Ascencion Ct., Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>SAIPAN STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN EXCHANGE PROGRAM<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Mayor of Saipan is inviting students to participate in the 2005 Sanpo-En Winter Cultural Students Exchange Program to be held on Nagoya, Japan, from Feb. 11 to 16, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Only 12 students will be accepted for the program.<br \/>\nThe following requirements must be met in order to travel to Japan:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust be a Saipan Student between the age of 15-17 years old;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust have a valid passport not to expire within the next six months; (for non U.S. citizens students, you are required to obtain a tourist visa to enter Japan);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust submit a copy of passport and or Japan tourist visa;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust submit $284.70 for round trip airfare;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust submit $4.70 for group travel insurance coverage;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust have at least $300 for personal expenses;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tMust submit application form, two 2\u201dx2\u201d photos and with payments to the Mayor\u2019s Office;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tInterested students must pick up an application form at the Mayor\u2019s Youth Learning Center in Chalan Kanoa, District #3, next to the basketball court or the corner of Gregorio\u2019s Avenue and Hilarion Street.<\/p>\n<p>All listed requirements must be met and submitted to the Mayor\u2019s Youth Learning Center no later than Friday, Jan. 21, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Mayor\u2019s Office at 234-6208\/80, or youth program coordinator Olinka C. Chaudhry or youth assistant Jemalyn T. Tenorio at 234-6211.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging, disability resource center opens&#8230;<\/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-87003","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\/87003","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=87003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}