The 2009 MMAC team captains meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency’s Chamolinian Room.
All team captains or their representatives are encouraged to attend as important information will be discussed and disseminated.
NMC Charter Day committee extends deadline for vendors
(NMC) — The Northern Marianas College Charter Day Committee is inviting different agencies, businesses, clubs, and other civic organizations to participate in the upcoming Charter Day celebration.
Organizations may purchase booth space for the following categories: food/drink, specialty drinks (e.g. coffee coolers or pearl shakes), games booths, and retail (arts and crafts, toys, etc). The deadline to submit applications for booth spaces has been extended to Friday, May 1.
For more information, call Perry Inos at 234-5498 ext. 1253 or 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 Marine Beach.
If you would like to volunteer, join the brigade on Saturday, May 2, at 8 a.m. in Kagman.
For more information, call 664-8500.
Mount Carmel School students vie for national championship
ABOUT 1,100 high school students from all 50 states and the CNMI will test their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights during the 22nd annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals.
Students from Mount Carmel School of Saipan won the CNMI competition to advance to the national finals.
The first-round hearings were held Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and April 26, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Va.
The championship round was scheduled for Monday, April 27, 9:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m., Cannon House Office Building, Room 122, on Capitol Hill.
Additional information is available at www.civiced.org/2009finals.
Palau VP visits Saipan
(Republic of Palau Consulate-CNMI) — Palau Vice President Kerai Mariur is here on an official trip and is requesting to meet all the Palauans in the CNMI on April 28, Tuesday, at the Minachum Atao Kilili Beach Pavilion in Susupe from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Contact 235-6804 for more information.
Veterans Affairs’ new Web site
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs, in a media release, says it has launched its new “Returning Veterans” Web site — www.oefoif.va.gov — to welcome home veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts with a social, veteran-centric Web site focusing on their needs and questions.
The Web site will feature videos, veteran stories, and a blog where veterans are encouraged to post feedback.
The site also will restructure the traditional index-of-benefits format found on other VA pages into question-based, categorized, and easily navigated links by topic.
This will allow veterans to find benefits of interest easily and discover related benefits as they explore.
