Public Outreach Week

William Aila will be on island tonight. A lot of people have asked for more information about the monument in Hawaii and we invited him here to provide just that.

We have lined up meetings with the saipan fishermen association and some tourism leaders, among others.

The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a public forum with William on Thursday night at 6 PM at American Memorial Park. The public is invited.

We will also be on the John Gonzales MP 96950 talk show this Wednesday at 7 PM and the Harry Blalock Island Issues talk show Thursday at 7 AM.

Good Luck, Bev

Bev left Saipan today. It makes me sad when people leave. It seems like only yesterday that I caught her stealing my photos and reposting them on her blog. I'll miss you, Bubbles.

Good luck.

Barack N Roll

Anybody interested in putting together a fundraiser for Barack Obama? He should wrap up the nomination in June. Are there any liberal bar owners out there willing to host? Rick?

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Taotao Tano has announced that they will endorse a candidate in the non voting delegate election in November. The Saipan Blog may or may not endorse a candidate, but I am going to create a questionnaire for the candidates. It will be environmentally leaning, with a dash of civic duty thrown in.

Killer on the loose

On Sunday, May 4, 2008 Grande Nonan was killed in a hit and run accident. The police say it was a drunk driver, driving along Sadog Tasi. The vehicle was apparently a brown or beige Sport Utility Vehicle.

If you know of a gray or champagne color SUV (for example: Pathfinder, 4 runner, Exterra, Expedition, Explorer, Montero, Rav4, etc.) with damage to the front portion of the vehicle, especially if those damages occurred on Sunday, May 4th, please contact the police and or Crimestoppers at 234-7272 (PARA). A reward up to $1,000 will be paid to the informant. Crimestoppers is anonymous.

I apologize for the inconsistencies in the colors of the SUV, I'm just copying what I read on the Taotao Tasi blog.

Online Monument Poll

There is an online poll at the bottom of the Saipan Tribune website today asking "Do you support the proposal to create a Marine Monument in the northern islands?"

Please vote "YES"

Thank you.

More Co-ed Soccer

Last week about 15 people showed up for our Co-ed pickup soccer game. We're stretching our legs and honing our skills for the upcoming Co-ed soccer league.

Come on out and play with us. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level, just keep in mind that this is an adult league. Younger players are welcome, but be forewarned that Brenda Schultz has been known to drop the F-bomb every now and then. Really.

We'll start playing right after work on Thursday at 5 PM.

I'll bring my ball even though Michael Thomas made fun of it last week. If you don't want to play with my ball, which by the way is approved by the Korean Football Association, bring another one.

We're still looking for some captains. Norm and Dora Camacho, Greg and Mel Borja, and Angelo Villagomez (that's me!) and Meaghan Hassel-shearer (Irish?) are captaining three teams. We need three more pairs of captains if we are going to have six teams. Any volunteers?

Good Luck, Yoshimi

Yesterday afternoon one of Beautify CNMI's Champions left Saipan for good. Yoshimi Yanagasawa, a manager at Aqua Resort Club, was one of our biggest fundraisers and a dependable volunteer. She was also a great friend.

She moved back to Tokyo.

Good luck, Yoshimi.