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Turning eleven in eleven, the birthday boy requested an Angie's dinner in lieu of a traditional barbecue.  That would be a chicken sandwich.  And this would be foloyak. Nga nikun efu. Sahp el lungse yok ketchup, e kut tinac sang.  As in the recent royal wedding evening gala, the guest list was small and highly selective. No gifts per se - somehow or another we have raised kids who do not necessarily expect gifts. Not that we preach an anti-materialism line, no, more the case that this day and age has everyone on tightened budgets.

Deacon Palikun George was remembered Sunday evening in a service at the Kosrae Congregationalist Church of Kolonia, Pohnpei.  Steve.  Women's Christian Association sings.  Palikun's brother addresses the gathered mourners.  Adelia Kinere Suldan, herself recently widowed .

The College of Micronesia-FSM 5k saw a strong turn-out. The weather was ideal - breezy, partly cloudy with patches of sunshine. My son pushed his own personal best down to 33 minutes. With the assistance and encouragement of a local Olympian, my daughter lopped eight minutes off of her personal best and finished in 40:39.   Untimed, but also finishing the five kilometer fun walk.  The kids with Elena Yamada. I joggled to a finish just ahead of my son in 31:12.

Fall 2010 the field practical portion of the ethnobotany final examination had some academic integrity and honesty issues. Supervising twenty-five students in the field during a single examination period proved problematic. Spring 2011 I split the class of 28 into five groups of no more than seven students per group. The spring 2011  final also expanded the number of plants. Peter and Vanessa in the field. As the weather permitted, students completed page two in the field. This allowed the students to spread out, and echoed the outdoor nature of the course. Plexiglass underwater clipboards were borrowed from the marine science program. Although passing light sprinkles had chased a couple of groups up onto the classroom porch to complete page two, the deluge did not occur until 5:20, as the last group finished up in the field. Elvira, Isabella, and Annjanette head for the shelter of the porch ahead of the downpour.  The porch was pressed into service due to the lack of ...

An alumni of the Community College of Micronesia who went on to become a teacher, vice principal, principal, councilman, and a leader in his church has passed on. I knew Esdanis Suldan best as the proprietor of 6-11, his son was also a student of mine. Active in his community and a devoted father, he touched and changed many lives.  Sra Ioanis by the casket keeping wake  Tulpe Wilson and other mourners. Soumas en kousapw presides over evening sakau. When the uhpeimwahu was loaded there were only two pounders and an apparent shortage of other ready and willing pounders. Glances were exchanged, a couple older men looked down. I was outside the open sided nahs lost in my own thoughts, but aware of events in the nahs. The next day I would be proctoring my ethnobotany final examination. Part of the final is a field examination in the ethnobotanical garden. Attempts to do this practical portion of the examination as a class last term - twenty-five students - led to issues of h...

Sunday morning service began at Ohwa Congregational Church. A couple of parishioners ready for morning service. Judyleen sings in the youth choir. Youth choir at Ohwa Congregational Church on Pohnpei Pastor Nena Kilafwasru on the need to be pure of heart in order to enter the kingdom Senior Pastor Dion Neth translates In the evening the Kosrae Congregational Church held a service at the hospital morgue for Esdanis Suldan. Juanita Suldan Rilometo. Adelia Suldan and Sepe Salpasr Tilfas Adelia's mother. Johnnyboy

Pohnpei campus held an open house for programs on the their campus. In the automotive area a student explains the inner workings of a transmission to a group of off-camera high school students.  Over in the RAC area my son observes a circuit.  My daughter was not as excited as I to get to see all of the inner workings of a refrigerator.  The cabinetry program displayed furniture that they made. The hospitality program had the kitchen in operation, students preparing sample foods for visitors. The front desk for the mock hotel.  The facility also includes a mock hotel room. Students in the agriculture program were giving tours of the traditional plants of Pohnpei garden.  My two touring the garden, still eating their food sample from the hospitality program.