Around the Islands

 SPRING 2009. Students register for Spring 2009 classes at Northern Marianas College. In addition to registration, the college is also accepting admissions applications until Jan. 17. For more information, contact 234-5498 ext. 1537. Contributed photo

HOLY INFANT. A Mass and procession was held on Sunday in Hagåtña, Guam in honor of the Santo Niño.

Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza

 THANK YOU MOBIL. Guam’s Father Duenas Memorial School recently received a $3,000 donation from Mobil Oil Guam Inc. The proceeds will be used to upgrade the school’s biology, chemistry and physics laboratory. Presenting the check to principal William R. Roth are Mobil Oil Guam/Micronesia/Mariana Islands Inc.’s retired manager for public and government affairs Cecile Bamba Suda and current manager Cathy Leon Guerrero. Contributed photo

 DIRECT FROM WYOMING. Friends of the arts and social work members of the Chamorro Artists Association as well as social workers from Guma’ Mami and I Famagu’on-ta, Sanctuary pose for a group photo with students and faculty of the University of Wyoming School of Social Work during a gathering at the Guam Gallery of Arts at the Chamorro Village in Hagåtña on Friday. The students and faculty of the Wyoming university presented a certification to Guam’s artists and social providers in celebration of their work in the area of preserving local arts and culture. Photo by Jason Palmertree

Humanities Council to hold poetry competition

(Humanities Council) — The NMI Council for the Humanities wishes to remind all junior high and high schools in the CNMI about the upcoming submission deadline for the Sixth Annual Sengebau Poetry Competition.

Poetry entries must be received by the Humanities Council no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18.  Each eligible school is asked to hold internal competition to select its top two entries.

Entries may be dropped at the Humanities Council’s office in King’s Plaza in Dandan or sent via fax at 235-4786.

The final recital event will be held at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center Theater at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27.  First place finishers will have their names inscribed on perpetual trophies.  First through third place finishers will receive cash prizes.

This event is sponsored each year to promote poetry as a literary form.  The competition is open to all junior high and high school students on Saipan, Rota and Tinian.

Individuals wishing additional information about this competition are invited to contact Humanities Council staff at 235-4785 or visit its Web site at www.nmihumanities.org.

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