The event aims to raise funds to help the ongoing efforts to refurbish the aging school gymnasium/cafeteria.
The event will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. and will feature various speakers and slide presentations.
Tickets, which are $50 per person, are now on sale at the Mount Carmel School business office.
You may also purchase tickets from the MCS PTO board officers: Velma Palacios, president; Carlyn Hofschneider, vice president; Maria-Zita Sablan, secretary; and John Blanco, treasurer.
All check and money order payments should be made payable to Mount Carmel School.
The MCS community is encouraging all past and present students, faculty, staff, and the community at large, to come out and attend the event.
For more information, e-mail [email protected].
DEQ cleanup brigade
(DEQ) — The Division of Environmental Quality cleanup brigade will be at it again, this time picking up trash at Aboni Beach in Garapan.
If you would like to volunteer, be at the site behind the Mobil gas station/McDonald’s restaurant on Saturday, July 11, at 8 a.m.
Volunteers will split into groups, cleaning north and south of Aboni Beach until 10 a.m. They will break for drinks and continue, if needed.
For more information, contact DEQ at 664-8500.
Yap to hold music competition
COLONIA, Yap (Yap State Government) — The WAAB Music Art Society has announced plans for the 3rd Annual Battle of the Bands to be held in Yap during the summer.
The society has made schedules for all the bands on island to hold music competitions on four Sundays — July 12, July 19, July 26 and Aug. 2.
The group is also organizing some fun activities to be part of the music competition.
There will be booths where people can buy food and drinks during the event.
Dances will also be performed to entertain the people during breaks or when the competitors are resting or preparing for their next number.
Jim Stowell named high court administrator, PIO
(Office of the Clerk of Court) — Jim Stowell has been named administrator and public information officer for the CNMI Supreme Court.
Stowell took on his new role June 22 replacing Gin Gridley who initially had held the position and left island for Washington, D.C. to further her education.
Stowell, a long term resident of Saipan, first arrived here in 1991 as the general manager of Saipan Cable TV.
He later held positions with Matson Navigation and for 12 years he worked with Pacific Island Aviation Inc. in several capacities including director of safety and chief operating officer.
He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in communications.
Stowell said he is pleased to assume this dual role for the Supreme Court — it will provide both the general administration and public relations opportunities that he has enjoyed with his other employers on Saipan.
Commenting on the work environment at the court, Stowell said: “It is as much about whom you are doing it with as what you are doing. Being surrounded by many of the CNMI’s best and brightest will certainly be mentally stimulating. Additionally, I hope to help make the court process more efficient for everybody’s benefit and to communicate to the public that there are friendly and helpful people inside the House of Justice. A long term goal is to provide greater access to court services through the Internet, with the theme, ‘Avoid the line, go on line.’ ”
Chief Justice Miguel Demapan stated: “Mr. Stowell’s broad managerial experience, dedication to the community and imaginative spirit will serve the judiciary well. We consider ourselves fortunate to have him working with us.”
