Shop for clothes, shoes, toys, books, baby gear, furniture, electronics and much more.
Enjoy your shopping — and breakfast. Coffee and pastries will also be available for purchase.
PTSA meeting
(OES) — The PTSA officers of Oleai Elementary School inform the parents and guardians that there will be a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6:15 p.m., in the school cafeteria.
A great week of learning for GCA students
(GCA) — From October 26th through November 1st Grace Christian Academy/Assembly held its
annual Missions’ Convention.
This year’s theme: Every Way (Reaching people with the Good News of Jesus in every way possible.)
The week’s events included:
Monday, October 26th – A Parade of Nations Students from Kindergarten to 12th grade dressed in various cultural costumes and paraded around the campus. There was also an assembly in which there was a contest for best culturally dressed students.
Tuesday through Friday we had chapel services and nightly services with guest speakers Pastor Bob and Evelyn Anden from the Philippines. They delivered challenging messages throughout the week.
On Wednesday, October 28th We had a casual day for a cause. Students paid $1 to wear casual clothes for the day. The proceeds are going to a school in the Philippines that was hit by the recent typhoon and to help with shipping costs for Operation Christmas Child.
On Friday, October 30th – Classes had a potluck feast of various cultural foods. There was also a judging of the best decorated classroom per department. The winners were 1st grade, 5th grade, 8th grade, and 9th grade.
It was a great week of learning about various cultures around the world and praying for the needs of those nations as well. Places represented were: Brazil, Japan, India, China, Italy, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Philippines, France, England, Australia, Egypt, and the CNMI.
Students also began packing shoeboxes for a project called Operation Christmas child. The shoeboxes will be sent to children around the world that otherwise would not receive gifts this Christmas.
The week was a great success. Thanks to the support of the parents and a job well done by the staff and students as well.
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
(NMPASI) — This is to inform the general public of Saipan that today, Nov. 6, will be the last day that NMPASI will accept applications for assistance under the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program for Saipan residents until further notice.
For residents of Tinian and Rota, the NMPASI staff will be accepting applications and conducting intakes for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program at the Tinian and Rota Northern Marianas Housing Corp. offices.
The staff of NMPASI will be on Tinian, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
For Rota residents, NMPASI staff will be there on Nov. 12, at 10 to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Nov. 13, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Applicants should stop by and pick up applications and brochures to avail if qualified for the HPRP program.
For more information, contact NMHC Rota at 532-9410, NMHC Tinian at 433-9212, NMPASI at 235-7273/4 TTY: 235-7278, CNMI Council on Developmental Disabilities at 664-7000 TTY: 664-7002 or Coalition for Anti-Stigma of Mental Illness at 288-5293.
IT&E advisory
(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 emails 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 information to clipboard and to paste the listing information into either your new IT&E Web address book or into your client email’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.
Please note IT&E’s upgraded email system will require a complete login with your username and full domain name.
For example, if you type only the username before as “johnsmith”, please now type [email protected] or [email protected].
NMC partners with UH, University of Virgin Islands, UOG to launch grazing academy
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College has partnered with other colleges to launch the Marianas Grazing Academy, which is aimed at building local agricultural capacity and educating farmers and ranchers about increasing the economic viability of their products.
A project organized through a collaborative effort between the NMC-Cooperative Research Extension and Education Service and experienced pasture, livestock, and soil specialists from the University of Hawaii, University of the Virgin Islands, and the University of Guam, the academy also seeks to enhance the production of high quality meat products, which can serve to improve food sustainability through the adoption of appropriate technologies and practices in grazing and livestock management.
“We’re really excited to be collaborating with the universities from Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and Guam to make more training and professional development opportunities available for our farmers and ranchers,” said NMC President Carmen Fernandez.
The first segment of the Marianas Grazing Academy will involve a series of workshops that will be held on Rota in Nov. 11, 12, and 13, and on Tinian on Nov. 17, 18, and 19. These initial workshops will include training on pasture and livestock management issues, including forage production, grazing management planning, weed control, forage selection, animal health and treatment practices, meat quality and marketing, and mobile slaughter facilities.
To register for the workshops, contact Alejandro Badilles on Rota at 532-9513 or Dr. Allen Sabaldica on Tinian at 433-2576.
The academy project has been made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
