It was a great opportunity for students to be able to clean up the shores of neighborhood beaches, and to plant over 60 coconut saplings.
“It is important to our school to be environmentally conscious, and to protect our community beaches,” said Angie Perez, PR director.
“As a school we strive to form leaders that live to give back to their community. Our Student Association officers demonstrated great leadership in planning as well as organizing this event, and we want to congratulate them for their successful International Coastal Cleanup Day.”
Seventh-day Adventist School has dedicated this year to “Live to Give.”
“We are committed to our community through many projects, and one of our biggest community project this year is our Student Worthy Program, which will provide financial support — commencing August 2010 — to community kids, so that they can join our family,” Perez said.
This program is possible through ETC contributions. For more information, contact Angie Perez at 234-7330.
(MVA) — Student essayists and local artists inspired by the island hospitality spirit of “Hafa Adai Tirow Way” were recognized by Marianas Tourism Education Council and Marianas Visitors Authority last week at the Garapan Street Market on Saipan.
MTEC awarded the top winners of an essay and logo contest under the theme, which includes the indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian words of greeting, “hafa adai” and “tirow.”
Recognition was given to top essayists Adeleyah Mojica (1st), Christie Camacho (2nd) and Jeffrey P. Che (3rd) and top logo designers Arthur Anda (1st), Hyun Jeong Lee (2nd) and Khristine M. Reyes (3rd).
“The biggest single act each resident can do to promote tourism is to just do what islanders can do best — be friendly and hospitable!” said MTEC president Ed Cho.
“The ‘Hafa Adai Tirow Way” is more than a slogan. It’s a way of life, a way to show that we appreciate visitors, and a way to also reinforce our traditional culture.”
Mojica suggested, “Inviting someone into your home is a great way to show hospitality. Another way is to offer someone a tour of the islands.”
Anda’s winning logo depicts the silhouette of two island dancers framed by coconut trees against a setting sun. A Chamorro latte stone and Carolinian mwar are also incorporated into the design.
“Tourism is our bread and butter — or to put it another way, our breadfruit and fish,” said Cho. “We encourage each resident to make visitors feel welcomed by being hospitable whenever they can. Stop at a crosswalk for pedestrians, smile, share your picnic — a little bit of kindness can make a long and lasting impression.”
All winners will receive cash prizes. Cho also acknowledged the support of the former Hafa Adai Tirow Way Spirit Committee and Integrity Communications in conducting the contest.
Power outage today
(CUC) — The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. would like to inform the general public that a temporary power interruption is scheduled for today, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
This interruption is required to allow the linemen to safely connect Feeder 4 to Power Plant 1 and again have separate circuits for both feeders.
Feeders 4 and 7 were consolidated last year to accommodate the Aggreko power plant connection.
Areas to be affected:
Feeder-4: Entire Grid
Portions of Lower Base, Sadog Tasi, Capital Hill, Kagman and portions of Papago (Botanical Garden)
Feeder-7: Entire Grid
Lower Base industrial area north to Tanapag, Achugao, San Roque, As Matuis and Marpi
CUC apologizes for any inconvenience this outage may impose on the community.
(PREL) — “There are many reasons why I want to be a teacher, but the number one reason is I want to help the children of my island and nation to educate them both socially and academically,” says Charity Faith Ileyagisiug of Woleai, Yap state.
She also took every opportunity to assist teachers at the elementary level and continues to do so as a full-time student at the College of Micronesia-FSM in Pohnpei.
Charity is pursuing her bachelor of arts degree in education and plans to return to Yap and teach elementary education there or on one of the outer islands.
Charity applied for and was awarded an educational scholarship from Pacific Resources for Education and Learning at this year’s Pacific Educational Conference on Guam.
Each year, PREL awards scholarships to U.S.-affiliated Pacific island teachers or teacher candidates who are in the process of completing an accredited teacher preparation program.
Festival
HAPPY Vijaya Dashami is the great festival of the Nepalese community.
It will be held on Sept. 27, 5 p.m. at Tachona Beach onTinian.For more information, call Bal Keishna Thapa Magar at 287-8220 or Kedar Bahadur Shrestha at 287-0239.
Korean classes
THE Korean Cultural Center’s Korean Language School has developed a Korean as Second Language and Korean as Third Language programs. The center also provides beginners classes at Northern Marianas College.
For more information, call Daniel Huh at 285-2221 or e-mail [email protected].
AUTHOR and columnist Walt Goodridge will present a workshop on penning, publishing and profiting from your passion for writing at the Northern Marianas Trades Institute in Lower Base on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is $7. Students pay $2. For directions to NMTI call 235-6684. For more details, visit www.SaipanText.com.
THIS Saturday, Sept. 26, residents will once again make their annual trip to Managaha for the Chief Aghurubw celebration.
Held every year in September, this event commemorates the completion of the monument by the gravesite of Chief Aghurubw, a navigator from Satawal who had resettled his people on Saipan in the early 19th century.
The island, considered sacred by the Carolinian community and Chief Aghurubw’s descendants, was the final resting place of Chief Aghurubw.
In 1970, a small monument was erected in his honor. Saturday’s celebration signifies the 39th year of that initial commemoration.
The schedule of the boat trips from Smiling Cove Marina on the Jambolaya: departing 8 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 11:30 a.m.; returning 12:55 noon, 3 p.m. and 3:55 p.m.
At the Submarine Dock in Lower Base behind the former CUC location: departing 8 a.m. and returning 1 p.m.
For more information, call 285-3282 or 287-5422.
