Co-owner Nathan Benson of MarianasLiving.com, a realty and consulting firm, made the donation earlier this month and presented it to club president Miles Rodriguez and vice president Kwon Sohn.
“I’d like to thank Mr. Benson for his generous donation,” said Rodriguez. “The contribution will help us obtain ample supplies and materials necessary to carrying out our goals of promoting health awareness in the community.”
The NMC Nursing Club has been providing the communities on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota with free blood pressure, blood sugar, and diabetes screenings for the past several years.
The club welcomes any form of support from the community to increase and enhance its various volunteer activities.
“The college is extremely thankful for this donation,” said NMC President Carmen Fernandez. “I applaud Mr. Benson for recognizing our students’ service to the CNMI community.”
Some other community events at which the NMC Nursing Club frequently conduct free health screenings include the “Lead Screening for Head Start Program,” “Walk on Wednesday,” the “Wise Women Village Project,” and “Family Fun Day.”
IT&E Internet/DSL will upgrade new e-mail system
(IT&E) — Beginning Dec. 1 and throughout the month, IT&E will be upgrading all customer e-mail accounts to a new e-mail system.
During this transition time, customers may notice a lag time in accessing their Web-stored e-mails as the IT&E team works to copy all customers’ e-mail histories to the new system.
This lag time will only be temporary while the copying process is occurring. Full integrity of all e-mails is assured during the e-mail system upgrade process.
Customers may also access their historical e-mails on the old e-mail system through the following URL address: https://202.88.64.40/express, after Dec. 1.
Your regular IT&E e-mail account will continue to be available from any Internet connection worldwide from the Web site www.pticom.com or www.ite.net.
To ensure you have complete access to all your Web-stored e-mails you can download all your e-mails to you local computer or laptop at anytime. All that is required is to setup your e-mail account settings on an e-mail client software program such as Microsoft’s Outlook Express or Apple’s Mail program.
For customers who already download their e-mails to their local computer on a regular basis no further steps are required.
Helpful tips and instructions for the most popular e-mail client programs may be found on the IT&E Web site under the Customer Support section, http://www.pticom.com/support/.
If you require further assistance, call the helpdesk at 682-1060.
Customers’ address book or contact information will not be copied to the new e-mail system due to software incompatibility.
After Dec. 1, old contact listings can still be accessed at the above mentioned URL address: https://202.88.64.40/express.
The simplest way to copy address book listings is to copy the address informatio to clipboard and to paste the listing information into either your new IT&E Web address book or into your client e-mail’s address book.
Visit http://www.pticom.com/support/address_book_migration.htm on how to copy your address book listings to Outlook Express.
Assistance on all e-mail questions and issues is available at 682-1060.
IT&E’s upgraded e-mail system will require a complete login with your username and full domain name.
For example, if you type only the username before as “johnsmith,” now type [email protected] or [email protected].
NMC English, Math placement test schedule
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College will be conducting the English and Math placement tests on the following dates:
English Placement Test
• Dec. 16, Wednesday, 1-4 p.m., Room D-1
• Dec. 17, Thursday, 5-8 p.m., Room D-1
• Jan. 5, Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., Room A-6
• Jan. 7, Thursday, 5-8 p.m., Room D-1
• Jan. 12, Tuesday, 9 to 12 noon, Room A-6
• Jan. 13, Wednesday, 1-4 p.m., Room A-6
• Jan. 14, Thursday, 5-8 p.m., Room A-6
• Jan. 15, Friday, 9-12 noon, Room A-6
Math Placement Test
• Jan. 5, Tuesday, 10-12 noon, Room TBA
5-7 p.m., Room TBA
• Jan. 7, Thursday, 10-12 noon, Room TBA
5-7 p.m., Room TBA
• Jan. 12, Tuesday, 10-12 noon, Room TBA
• Jan. 14, Thursday, 5-7 p.m., Room TBA
There is a $25 fee for each placement test that must be paid in advance at the NMC cashier.
For more information, call 234-5498 ext. 1203 or 1242, or 234-5498 ext. 1200 or 1212.
DEQ monthly cleanup brigade
(DEQ) — The Division of Environmental Quality cleanup brigade will be at it again, this time picking up trash at San Roque Beach.
If you would like to volunteer your time to clean and beautify the island, be at the back of GTC Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 a.m.
Volunteers will split into groups and go north or south cleaning the beach until 10 a.m. and break for drinks and then continue, if needed.
This month, outstanding brigade volunteers who participated in at least 10 monthly cleanups will receive a brigade cap and those who participated in at least three cleanups will receive a green brigade t-shirt.
For more information, call 664-8500.
Outstanding student
THE Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society has selected Angela Leilani Salas of Mount Carmel School for membership in the local chapter at Chaminade University.
Students qualify on the basis of academic achievement. Prospective members must have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours at an accredited college or university, while maintaining a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or a scholastic ranking within the top 15 percent of their class.
THANKSMAS. Jolene Torres, manager for MITA Travel & Western Union Saipan, donates $300 cash and two dvd players for the Off the Beaten Path’s ThanksMas event benefiting the Autism Society of the CNMI. ThanksMas will be held on Saturday, Dec 5. For tickets, e-mail [email protected] or call 285-7677. Receiving the donation is Reina Camacho, OBP member. Contributed photo
Beautify CNMI meeting
THE meeting minutes for Operation Paint Over can be found online at www.beautifycnmi.org.
The monthly Beautify CNMI meeting will be held this Thursday, 3:30 p.m., at the Division of Environmental Quality on Middle Road in Gualo Rai.
The winner of the bumper sticker and slogan contest will be announced at the meeting.
The winner gets $150 and 50 stickers to share with friends and family, courtesy of Bridge Capital and Angelo Villagomez.
The holidays are upon us which means that it is time for PDM Promoters’ recycled Christmas Tree contest.
The trees will be decorated after school today and the judging will take place during the street market on Thursday.
On Sunday morning, PDM Promoters will lead the 39th consecutive monthly cleanup of the Garapan tourist district. Volunteers will meet in American Memorial Park’s parking lot at 8 a.m. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
TREKKERS. Northern Marianas College’s Introduction to Travel and Tourism students recently visited the Marianas Trekking headquarters at the Marianas Resort in Marpi to learn about the company’s various tour offerings, activities, and operations. Photo shows Tiger Lee, Samylyn Atalig, Motoman, Joy Rankin, Vince Asanuma, Larry Lee, Sheila Palacios, Kento Togawa, Patty Matagolai and Nick Swain. Contributed photo
