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THE commonwealth concluded yesterday its month-long Liberation Day festivities with a lively parade and float competition.

This time, the parade was scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. instead of 2:30 p.m.

Organizers described the festivities and the parade as “very successful.”

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Nearly every time I’ve done the drive I’ve gone through without stopping, but a few times I pulled over at a rest stop and closed my eyes for about an hour. I am no longer the kind of person that can do that. After living on Saipan for 4 years, I grumble at the thought of driving 5 miles, never mind nearly 1000.

Luckily, I now have family living in Fayettesville, North Carolina, so I can stop and spend the night whenever I make the journey.

My cousin Diego Villagomez, his wife and three daughters live in Fayettesville. They lived on Saipan while I was there, and after a small stint on Guam, recently went to North Carolina

They have a cute three bedroom house with a huge fenced-in back yard.

Fort Bragg is right around the corner and wherever you find active military, you are bound to find Chamorros. Fayettesville is no different.

Diego invited some Chamorros over, including my first cousin’s son, his wife and their two kids, and we had a Saipan-style BBQ complete with red rice, finadeni and Bud Lite.

After we ate Diego broke out the cards and the poker chips.

And we played until it was dark. For the record, I did not win.

Before I lived in Saipan, I never, and when I say never, I really mean not very often, saw other Chamorros or people from Saipan. Between 1982 and 2006, I saw my Dad, of course, and then a distant Villagomez family member lived in Orlando for about a year, and then I saw some Chamorros when I went to San Diego in 1998. That’s about it.

Now, I reckon due in large part to the connections I have been able to make and hold on to on Facebook, I see Chamorros and people from Saipan all the time. I reckon that’s pretty cool. It is something I wasn’t able to experience for most of my life and I am pleased now that I can.

That and I’m pleased that I have a place to stay with people I like when I travel along I-95.

*I wasn’t really celebrating

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I’d like to reckon that I place a lot of attention on the role of the Mayor’s Office last year. In the past people might not have cared because the position was usually only sought out by older men who spent their time in office racking up frequent flyer miles. This time around people had an option to elect someone who had really performed the duties of the Mayor’s Office, albeit as an idealistic environmental volunteer. Electing Donald Flores was like electing Juan Tudela for a third term. Sure, he’s done a few cleanups and scraped up a few dogs (I did more cleanups with no money in my spare time as a volunteer), but he’s not going to let his projects get in the way of his travel.

So where is Mayor Flores today? He’s in Korea. I’m guessing that he’s probably promoting tourism.

Donald Flores is on pace to equal or possibly exceed the travel expenses that Juan Tudela pissed away during his 8 years in office. Will the Saipan voters re-elect a travel ambassador in 2014, I wonder? Or do you reckon they’ll wise up and really elect a mayor?

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