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Love City Country Music Festival Hundreds of country music fans packed the final night of the Love City Country

Music Festival at the Winston Wells Ball Field in downtown Cruz Bay, featuring Pat Green, above, who brought Gifft Hill School student Marley Anderson on stage to dance, much to the delight of the concert audience. More photos on Page 16.

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IEKHS 9th Grade Orientation May 19Ivanna Eudora Kean High School in St. Thomas will conduct

orientation for incoming 9th grade students for the 2015-16 school year on Tuesday, May 19, at 4 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria.

All prospective 9th grade students should attend, as it is the only orientation prior to the start of next school year.

Parents are required to bring a copy of their child’s immuniza-tion card, proof of insurance, as well as a $64 school fee, which includes the cost of summer reading novels.

All students are required to wear the uniform of the school they currently attend.

For more information, contact Ivanna Eudora Kean High School at (340) 775-6380.

The Democratic Party Territorial Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. at the Department of Education’s Curriculum Centers.

Come to the Elaine Sprauve Library on Thursday, May 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. to meet the new St. John Librarian Ashley Till. Till replaces veteran librarian Carol McGuinness who retired in 2014, and brings much enthusiasm and ideas for library-goers of all ages.

Sponsored by Friends of the Library, light refreshments will be served and future plans, discussed. All are welcome.

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Democratic Party Meeting May 30

The St. Thomas St. John District Board of Elections will con-duct their regularly scheduled board meeting on St. John in the Legislature Annex Conference Room on Thursday, May 21, at 11 a.m. as part of an on-going effort to reach out to the voting public and as mandated by law.

The members of the STT/STJ Board of Elections will have election related discussions, according to the announcement.

Board of Elections To Meet May 21

St. John Administrator’s Office will host a town hall meeting in conjunction with The Virgin Islands National Park Management Team on Tuesday May 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the St. John Legis-lature Annex in Cruz Bay. Come, listen, voice your recommenda-tions and concerns with the Virgin Islands National Park.

Town Hall Meeting with VINP Is May 26

May is Older Americans Month and there will be health fair for senior citizens on Tuesday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Marketplace on the 2nd Floor in space 209.

Health Fair Set for Seniors on May 19

Miss Intellect

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When she won the title of Miss St. John in 2013 Khadijah Lee was attending the University of the Virgin Islands. On May 14 the former queen -- who also won the title of Miss Intellect -- donned another crown befitting her other title. Lee was one of 170 St. Thomas-St. John UVI graduates who received their diploma at the Spring 2015 commencement.

The Crime Prevention Unit of the V.I. Police Department and the Coral Bay Community Council will co-hosting a community meeting to discuss crime prevention measures on Wednesday, May 27, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Caribbean Oasis Restaurant in Coral Bay.

This meeting is particularly targeted to local business owners and their concerns. Everyone is welcome. Light Refreshments will be served. For more information, call the CBCC office at 776-2099.

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cruZ bAy — St. John Administrator Camille Parris Jr. says he wants to give the public a chance to clear the air with Virgin Islands National Park officials at a town meeting May 26.

Residents who show up at the St. John Legislature for the 6 p.m. meeting will have

a chance to question VINP officials and comment on any aspect of park operations. Without sharing much detail, Parris said he chose the National Park as the May 26 topic because some residents raised issues with him about the National Park Service.

Virgin Islands National Park Superin-tendent Brion Fitzgerald, a 37-year em-ployee with the National Park Service who

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Between May 20 and May 24, the Cruz Bay Baptist Church will be hosting a Youth Extravaganza.

The church hopes that it will attract scores of young people to enjoy fun and games. The event will feature the sale of goods, face painting, storytelling, games, nature talks, bounce houses and more.

“We want to reach out to the community and show them that we’re here for them,” explained Pastor Reginald Joseph. “We hope to help people come to truth about life.”

May 23 is the main event and Fun Day that will be held at the Pine Peace Basket-ball course. From 9AM to 3PM, children can enjoy storytelling.

The event not only caters to young children, but the older children as well. For ages 14 and up, three seminars will take place. The seminars will focus on the ways to live a successful life.

May 20 and 21 will take place at the Cruz Bay Baptist Church, and the 22-24 will take place at the Pine Peace Basketball Court.

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“Lolo” Willis, 57, the former Executive Director of the Vir-gin Islands Legislature, was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday, May 14.

On November 19 , a federal jury convicted Willis of four counts of federal programs brib-ery and extortion under color of official right. Willis, a resident of St. Thomas, was sentenced by District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez.

“Public corruption tears at the fabric of any society that op-erates under a system of

laws,” U.S. Attorney Sharpe

said. “That is why it is one of the U.S Attorney’s Office’s high-est priorities.”

“Willis’ corrupt and criminal acts violated the public trust,” Sharpe continued. “Fortunately, through the hard work of our local and federal law enforce-ment partners, he has been held accountable. Today’s sentence should serve as a reminder to public officials of the conse-quences when they seek to use their office for personal gain and unjust enrichment.”

Willis was the executive di-rector of the Legislature between 2009 and 2012. His responsi-bilities included oversight of the

major renovation of the Legis-lature building and awarding and entering into government contracts in connection with the project, according to evidence presented at trial. Willis was also responsible for authorizing payments to the contractors for their work.

Evidence presented at trial demonstrated that Willis accept-ed bribes, including $13,000 in cash and checks, from contrac-tors in exchange for using his official position to secure more than $350,000 in work for the contractors and to ensure they received payment upon comple-tion.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s San Juan Field Office’s St. Thomas Resident Agency, the Internal Revenue Service-Crim-inal Investigation and the Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General. The case is being pros-ecuted by Trial Attorney Justin Weitz of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section, Trial Attorney Traccee Plowell of the Criminal Division’s Office of Enforcement Operations, Trial Attorney Jennifer Blackwell of the Environment and Natural Re-sources Division’s Environmen-tal Crimes Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Delia Smith of the District of the Virgin Islands.

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began his stewardship on St. John two and a half years ago, said he accepted Parris’ invitation to attend the town meeting.

“He (Paris) had somebody call me and ask if I was willing to participate in a town hall meeting,” Fitzgerald said.

Other than that, there will be a few other speakers addressing the public at that time, Fitzgerald said.

The island administrator said he wanted to be more of a facillitator at the May 26 meeting and leave the talking to his con-stituents.

The Virgin Islands National Park has been around since 1956. Some of the most common issues raised between park offi-cials and St. John residents over the years touch on fishing rights, traditional use of the coastline, historic estate roads and ac-cess to landlocked private property within the park boundaries.

There have been on-going attempts by Virgin Islands government officials to ne-gotiate a land exchange with the NPS for park property in the center of the island with an eye towards relocating the Julius E. Sprauve School in Cruz Bay.

Fitzgerald, a soft-spoken former park ranger, said he became familiar with the St. John park through other NPS administra-tors he met and served with while at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida.

Associations with veteran employees from the St. John park service were formed throughout his career, most of which was spent in the NPS southeast region, the su-perintendent said. Fitzgerald said he enjoys the park’s recreational features and meets many local residents early in the morning or in the evening when he’s out for a run or taking a swim.

“I know the community is using the park in ways that I would if I weren’t work-ing with the park, and that’s how it should be,” he said.

The superintendent said he gauges the relationship between the park and the sur-rounding community by talking to people — visitors, park staff members and com-munity members.

“I would like to leave that up to the pub-lic,” Fitzgerald said. “I’d like for the public to come and vent… I don’t want to put any-body on the spot. I want this to be about the people, not the administrator.”

At the start of his term as the top ap-pointed official on St. John, Parris said he wanted to conduct public forums every three months. The scheduled VINP town meeting will be his second.

About 40 residents attended the first town meeting in April which covered is-sues related to the operations of the Virgin Islands Port Authority.

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st. John —Relatives of In-ner Visions bandleader Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering say he’s moved into a new phase of recov-ery, following a late March health scare.

Mother Irma Pickering said the veteran musician and St. John community activist checked into a Puerto Rico rehabillitation center May 14 after being treated at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital since Easter Sunday.

Family members took to so-cial media over the weekend to celebrate the singer, songwriter and guitarist’s birthday on May 13. Meanwhile a weekend lineup of musical artists staged a May 16 fundraiser in Woodstock, New York, benefitting Grasshopper.

“He’s come a long way. I’ve been to visit him twice,” Irma said, adding that other family members

who traveled to Puerto Rico to visit him in the hospital are also pleased with his progress.

The local reggae star was air-lifted by way of AeroMed after spending a week at the Schneider Regional Medical Center to the VA Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit

April 5. Relatives are praising the treatment he received while abroad.

“The VA Hospital took very good care of him and the nurses were so nice, and everyone spoke English,” she said. “They treated him like a king.”

Doctors have told Pickering’s relatives they will make a determi-nation on the next phase of recov-ery after one week at the therapy center.

Meanwhile, the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock reported brisk sales of the May 16 Reg-gae for Life concert, reporting a limited number of tickets would be avialable at the door the night of the show. Local artists joining with Jamaican performers to make musical magic included Ras T Asheber, Iya Ingi, Julia Nichols, Queen Tubby, K Vibes, Ras Atiba, Lion Melta, BOMBMOB and the female singing group, Harmony.

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Ashley Till, a familiar face on St. John after two years at the UVI Center at The Marketplace, has found her niche on Love City, replacing veteran island librarian Carol McGuinness who retired in 2014. Till brings much enthusiasm and many ideas for library-goers of all ages. The Elaine Sprauve Library will host an open house on Thursday, May 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. for the public to meet the new St. John Librarian. Sponsored by Friends of the Library, light refreshments will be served and future plans discussed. All are welcome!

Elaine I. Sprauve Librarian Ashley Till is putting her mark on the restored greathouse library that has a strong non-profit “Friends of” support group. Till has been working closely with St. Thomas Head Librarian Symra Chinnery, (right).

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Park’s largest-ever Beach-to-Beach Power Swim May 24 is coming up fast. Registra-tion is still open, but is limited to 350 swim-mers and filling fast.

If you are interested in swimming please register soon to avoid disappointment. Reg-istration fees are $65 for adults and $30 for those under 18. Register on-line at www.friendsvinp,org/swim or by phone at 340-779-4940.

You can also register in person at the Friends of the Park Store or office in Mon-goose Junction, at Connections in Cruz Bay and Coral Bay, at Caribbean Surf Co in Red Hook or Havensight on St. Thomas, and at SCUBA in Christiansted on St. Croix.

Late registration (@ $85 for adults and $50 for those under 18) will also be avail-able at the Pre-race Meeting on Saturday evening at Cinnamon Bay Campground — if space is still available.

There will be absolutely no registration on race day (Sunday).

To prepare for the race please visit www.friendsvinp.org/swim and review the sec-tions on: the race information; competition rules; and, course description.

A few other updates for your informa-tion:

Pre-race meeting saturday, may 23, before Power swim)

A Pre-race Meeting will be at Cinnamon

Bay Campground starting at 3 p.m. on Sat-urday, May 23 (the day before the race) in the restaurant pavilion. While attendance at the pre-race meeting is not mandatory, all swimmers are strongly encouraged to at-tend — especially those who are first-time competitors.

At the pre-race meeting swimmers will do their preliminary check in and receive their t-shirt and goodie bag; this will be fol-lowed, at about 4 p.mm by a detailed brief-

ing on the competition rules and description of the course. While there will be a short briefing on the beach in the morning, it will not be as detailed as the briefing at the pre-race meeting.

Again, the Power Swim has several navigational challenges and swimmers are strongly advised to review the competi-tion rules and course description at www.friendsvinp.org/swim prior to the race. This is especially import for those swimmers who

will not attend the pre-race meeting.Event/distance changes

You can change the event/distance you signed up for up until to 4 p.m. (EDT) Thursday by phone (340-779-4940) only. No changes are permitted after this deadline. If registered participants want to change the event signed up for, they should let race or-ganizers know as soon as possible.

race startThe race will start at about 8 a.m. on

Sunday morning. Check-in on the beach will begin at 6:45 a.m. and swimmers are encouraged to get to the start as early as pos-sible to help ensure a timely start. A brief-ing will begin at 7:30 a.m. so all swimmers should be checked in, numbered and ready to start by then.

transportation to/from maho bay and between race Venues

Swimmers and spectators coming from St. Thomas must take the Red Hook ferry that departs Red Hook at 6:30 a.m. Later ferries will arrive too late for the race. This is the only ferry that will be met by event shuttles.

Swimmers and spectators on St. John are advised to park either in Cruz Bay (some parking is available at the NPS Maintenance Division parking lot) or at Hawksnest Bay and take advantage of the free shuttle service to get to Maho and between race venues.

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Gifft Hill School is now accepting applications for enrollment for the 2015-2016school year for students in preschool through 12th grade.

At GHS, our small size allows us to marry rigorous college preparatory content with real world, experiential learning. We use the community and natural resources of our island

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corAl bAy — Trading in a research job for a chance to change the world, Gifft Hill School alum-na Emese Nemeth is heading off to Malawi next month to teach biol-ogy to primary school students as a Peace Corps volunteer.

After graduating from Sim-mons College with a psychology-biology degree, Nemeth, now 24, spent two years working in clini-cal research but was not feeling fulfilled, she explained.

“After graduation I was work-ing in Boston in clinical research studying aging and dementia and the elderly,” said Nemeth. “I did that for two years and realized that clinical research is not my calling. Then I read a book by Dr. Paul Farmer and it inspired me.”

“I really wanted to do more hu-manitarian type of work and help people on a large scale,” Nem-eth said. “I also wanted to work

abroad, so the Peace Corps seemed like a natural fit.”

Nemeth began the lengthy Peace Corps application process in March 2014 and was not informed of her acceptance until December.

“Throughout the process you are interviewed and then you are nominated for a program and then you enter the doldrums,” said Nemeth. “They just go through your application, which is pretty lengthy, and go over one thing at a time and then you get the accep-tance.”

Nemeth was nominated for Peace Corps’ education sector as a biology teacher and was given three countries from which to choose for her assignment, she ex-plained.

“When I applied I didn’t put any preference for where I wanted to go,” Nemeth said. “I was liv-ing in Boston at the time so I just wanted to be someplace warm. But I was nominated in the education

sector and I had to choose between Malawi, Liberia and Ghana.”

“I chose Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, as my top choice and when I got my acceptance in December I was told I was going there,” she said.

The Peace Corps commitment is a 27 month post with a three month training.

“I’m flying over on June 17 with a group of volunteers and we’ll do training for three months in Malawi,” said Nemeth. “The training will be about the language, the culture and their way of life. English is the official language but in rural Malawi, which is where I will be posted, many people speak Chicewa, so I think it will be a mix of both languages.”

As soon as she received notice of her acceptance, Nemeth began the process of receiving vaccines and inoculations to prepare for liv-ing in Africa.

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After a stint in clinical research, Gifft Hill School alumna Emese Nemeth is heading off to Malawi as Peace Corps volunteer.

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corAl bAy — Following a swift donation campaign, planned renovations to the dilapidated Coral Bay basketball court, organized by Rotary Club of St. John and Coral Bay Community Council, were derailed for months by government administration changes.

Now, however, officials are ready to move for-ward with resurfacing the area, installing new fencing and bleachers and new basketball standards.

Governor Kenneth Mapp’s election in the fall brought different commissioners heading up the De-partment of Public Works and Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, which delayed the planned renovations, explained CBCC President and Rotarian Sharon Coldren.

“We raised about $50,000 in Spring 2014 and we knew that the biggest expense would be the asphalt resurfacing,” said Coldren. “There are a limited num-ber of companies in the territory capable of doing this and we had numerous discussions over the summer and into the fall.”

“The administration change which came about after the election delays the project,” she said. “We needed some assistance from the government, but with the administration changes, those things take time.”

“Now we are ready to move forward,” said Cold-ren. “We need to get this done for the youth of Coral Bay to have this court to play on again. We need to step up and make this happen.”

With no immediate threat to the area by planned

development, and a written agreement that the basket-ball court will remain in place even if a construction project begins, renovations should be starting soon, Coldren explained.

“There is no immediate threat to the basketball court,” she said. “The Moravian Church and the de-velopers have a written contractual agreement with the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation to run this court for a few years at least until, in the course of development, a new court is built somewhere else.”

Rotary and CBCC officials are committed to this project and plan to get moving quickly, Coldren add-ed.

“It is important to get this project up and run-ning,” she said. “No more delays. I’m committed and Rotary is committed and people have donated to this and given money.”

“So now what we need to do is get some pro-fessional volunteers to make this happen,” Coldren said.

A local company with Economic Development Authority tax breaks must donate asphalt which of-ficials are hoping they can secure for the Coral Bay basketball court renovations.

“Rotary President Alicia Wells has sent a letter to he new Commissioner of Public Works Gustaf James asking him to release some asphalt that is EDA donat-ed and we’re waiting for his response,” said Coldren.

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The completion of renovations should soon come at the Coral Bay Basketball Court, months after community members raised the necessary funds to refurbish the facility – which could be relocated someday to make room for a proposed development of the Moravian Church owned site. The aged bleachers were removed late last year.


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cruZ bAy — Freshman Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett met with about two dozen St. John residents and officials at the V.I. Legislature in Cruz Bay on Thurs-day, May 14, and heard their issues and con-cerns while explaining her progress in rep-resenting the territory in Washington, D.C.

From doing free legal work for her com-mittee leadership “to get some leverage as a non-voting member,” to working on im-plementing a special visa waiver program in USVI for Caricom residents and secur-ing more federal highway money and rum tax rebates, to being an original co-sponsor of special tax waiver got National Guard members, Del. Plaskett described her hectic life as a freshman, non-voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

“We’re just trying to do some creative things,” Del. Plaskett told her attentive audience, including working with federal transportation and homeland security of-ficials “to really understand that we are a third border.”

“Between West Indies and Puerto Rico, 40 percent of the drugs to mainland are coming through us,” Del. Plaskett said suc-cinctly. “That accounts for much of the vio-lence.”

workhorse not showhorse“I’m trying to be known as not a show

horse, but a work horse,” said the V.I. Del-egate who has “signed onto 36 bills and 124 letters,” with other members of Congress.

“Unless I know it says the Virgin Islands on it I’m not signing it,” she explained.

“I know the people of St. John have very unique issues,” Del. Plaskett told her atten-

tive Love City audience.“You can’t push him to do something,”

Plaskett said of her interaction with Presi-dent Obama. “He has to make it his own brilliant idea.”

Federal bailout for usVi? “How do we think we can go to the fed-

eral government and ask them for a billion dollars,” Del. Plaskett said of a federal bail-out for the V.I. “What we should be doing

is putting the proper support mechanisms in place before

“Granted there are places where we haven’t been given our fair share,” the fresh-man delegate continued. “But, the way we have been managed has been so poor.

Jobs for native Virgin islanders“Since the federal government owns

more than half the island, there are things the Park Service should be doing,” said re-

tired St. John NPS veteran Paul Thomas, including “to the maximum extent feasible hire native Virgin Islanders to work”

“I was approached at University of Maryland to come back,” Thomas recalled of historical efforts to recruit native Virgin Islanders for VINP positions. “Such issues really need to be looked at.”

Del. Plaskett agreed that the issue of color has to be addressed, relating her ex-change with a man who struck up a conver-sation with her at a recent function.

“He wanted to know why I was the only Black person there,” Del. Plaskett related. “He said in Washington, D.C., if he went to a function like that the majority would be Black.”

“Unfortunately, we have started walking backwards,” the rookie Delegate said.

Constituents at the Cruz Bay meet-ing with Del. Plaskett raised St. John is-sues from reopening historic island roads through federal property to protecting na-tive fishing rights.

infringement on Fishing rightsOne native woman related her encoun-

ter with NPS enforcement action against historic fishing practices off the East End of St. John, which recently has been enveloped in the Federal National Underwater Monu-ment designation.

“We were told we were fishing by the monument,” said the St. Johnian communi-ty leader who objected to NPS interference with historic fishing grounds. “You guys are trying to criminalize us,” she said she told the NPS official. “You need to mark where these monuments are.”

“You need to be a big voice,” the St. Johnian told Del. Plaskett.


Freshman Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett spoke with more than 20 St. John residents at the Thursday, May 14, meeting.


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Sixth grader Mateo DiBlalsi and fifth grader Sam Ferrigno, above, team up to fight hunger at Antilles School.

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st. thomAs — Students queued up at Antilles School’s Mark Marin Center on May 12 for the fourth annual Empty Bowls event. Sixth graders introduce fifth graders to the concept of community service by sharing a cup of soup and a slice of bread for lunch.

The Empty Bowl project combines artistic expressions, in the form of hand-thrown pottery bowls made by sixth graders, with les-sons on hunger at home and around the world. Students are taught that a cup of soup and a slice of bread is a whole meal for many chil-dren their age around the world, while many other children receive even less.


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St. John TradewindscorAl bAy — With funding from the US

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) grant program, the Coral Bay Community Council (CBCC) will be-gin the field portion of its groundwater study in May.

This initial groundwater study will help deter-mine the feasibility of using groundwater as one of several water supply options for local residents and businesses. Through this work, more informa-tion will be available on the flow paths, quanti-ties, and discharge points of groundwater in Coral Bay.

CBCC has retained Ozark Underground Labo-ratory to conduct the investigation with help from CBCC personnel. An Ozark Underground Labora-tory representative conducted a site visit in Febru-ary and identified potential watersheds where the research could be carried out.

The results of this visit included maps of dye introduction points high up in the watersheds and lists of groundwater well, ghut, spring, and bay lo-cations lower in the watersheds to be used as dye sampling stations.

Currently CBCC is targeting the Calabash Boom drainage basin. A second watershed will also be selected for groundwater tracing based upon access to groundwater sampling locations, which is still being researched.

In late May, CBCC and Ozark Underground

Laboratory will be releasing the tracer dyes into designated locations in the selected watersheds. These liquid and powder dyes will be placed in a ghut and carried into the ground during a dis-charge of trucked water. Seasonal rain will help flush the dyes through the underlying fractured rock toward the sampling points.

Information on the specific dyes that will be used is available from CBCC. The dyes are en-vironmentally safe and pose no risk to humans, livestock, or to aquatic life in the amounts that will be used for this study. Also, except at the in-troduction points, these dyes should not be visible to the naked eye after they have been diluted in the environment.

Sampling will occur from May through July. Samples consist of small charcoal packets (the same stuff found in water filters) that are left in various locations for one to two weeks to absorb the dye. These packets, along with grab samples of water, are then collected and mailed back to the Ozark Underground Laboratory for analysis.

The results of the groundwater study will be available in September and will be part of CB-CC’s overall work to determine available water resources for drinking (potable), agricultural and other needs, and the prospective future demand for water.

CBCC encourages people to contact us at 340-776-2099, or [email protected] or to stop by the office.

CBCC Does Coral Bay Groundwater Study


St. John TradewindsAuditions will be Saturday,

June 6, at 2 p.m. at the St. John School of the Arts for all out-standing and talented students on St. John and St. Thomas.

The scholarship is applied to tuition for the 2015-16 school year at SJSA.

Requirements are as fol-lows:

• Qualified students must be between the ages of 11 - 17 years old.

• A reference letter from a teacher or professional must ac-company your completed appli-

cation.• Application forms must be

completed and returned to the SJSA office no later than June 1. No applications will be con-sidered submitted after this date. Forms may be picked up in the office or download an applica-tion from our website at www.stjohnschoolofthearts.org

What is a performance or merit scholarship?

Students are awarded schol-arships based solely on excep-tional noted talent during the audition process.

Scholarships will be given in

art, music, theater and dance. At least a two-minute performance will be required for music, dance and theater students. At least a two-minute presentation of art work will be required. Partici-pants should be prepared to an-swer questions.

Three community leaders will be conducting and judging the audition.

For more details, call 779-4322. SJSA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. We are partially funded by Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and National Endow-ment for the Arts (NEA).

June 6 Auditions for Ruth “Sis” Frank Scholarships

Roller Ghost

St. JohnTradewinds News Photos Tom Oat

The Cruz Bay street scene has been enlivened with special events, but “The Ghost from Jost” sometimes can be an event all by himself.

Much to the delight of visitors, above, and bemusement of island residents who may have thought they had seen everything in Love City, Ghost spent mid-May tooling around Cruz Bay on a shiny new pair of roller skates.

No explanation of the new footwear was proffered by the legendary Virgin Islands traveler who has been in residence on St. John much of this season and whose animated antics have been the delight of visitors and denizens of downtown Cruz Bay.

The roller skates actually may have slowed Ghost down.


Price Reduction Make Estate Carolina Home Enticing

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6-2-2-B Estate Carolina, is a 0.58-acre parcel of land with a colorful cottage and a separate driveway with a cistern to begin construction of your island dream home.


corAl bAy — An adorable, Caribbean style cottage bursting with character, nestled in a con-venient location and offering lots of potential, has recently been re-duced in price by the motivated seller.

The property, at 6-2-2-B Estate Carolina, is a 0.58-acre parcel of land with the cottage and a sepa-rate driveway with a cistern and is for sale for $499,000, explained Tammy Donnelly, broker/owner of 340 Real Estate.

The existing one bedroom, one bathroom cottage is tucked on a hillside with a paved and gated driveway. The other part of the property has a second driveway and cistern in place and is just waiting for you to build your St. John dream house.

“This is a great starter home,” said Donnelly. “It would be per-fect to live in the existing cot-tage while you complete the main house which has beautiful Coral Bay harbor views.”

Some of the hard work, like cutting the driveways and laying

the foundation for a cistern, has already been completed, Donnelly added.

“There are already two sepa-rate driveways in place,” she said.

Another highlight of this prop-erty is the price, which was recent-ly reduced by the owner.

“The price of this property was recently reduce d and the owner is motivated,” said Donnelly.

The existing cottage is a charm-ing yellow home with purple and green trim tucked away on a shad-ed hillside lot. The gated driveway allows for plenty of privacy and serenity.

Inside this Estate Carolina home, find an open plan kitchen featuring a large island with seat-ing. The cheerful kitchen offers plenty of counter space to cre-ate gourmet meals for all your friends.

The great room features a clas-sic Caribbean style exposed beam ceiling and large windows and doors which bring in plenty of sun-light. This airy and inviting room is also tiled throughout. The cot-tage includes a full bedroom and bathroom and lots of deck space.

There are also plans available to build a four bedroom home on the other part of this 0.58-acre Es-tate Carolina property, Donnelly explained.

“Plans are available to a new buyer to complete a four bedroom, four bathroom, 3,000 square foot home,” said the 340 Real Estate broker/owner. “The views of Coral Bay harbor are beautiful from that area.”

The property is being sold as is with owner financing possible for a qualified buyer, Donnelly added.

For more information about 6-2-2-B Estate Carolina, call Don-nelly at 340 Real Estate at (340) 779-4478 or on her cell phone at (340) 643-6068.


Island notes from the publisher

Congratulations to the UVI Class of 2015! Way to go graduates!– MN

Washington Week on PBS this week was really good, they took a look at the politics that is going on in the US.

A big focus of the week’s events was Jeb not knowing anything about his brothers war. This is part of learning process that the candi-dates go though. The candidates need to try to satisfy their sponsors as well as get some votes.

All Politicians are not bad, a lot are but not all. The problem is in America the balance between what is good for the country and its people and getting elected is a very tough balance. This is an interest-ing campaign season.

In the VI what we are wondering about is the capabilities of our new Governor and where we are gong. I have met him and he seems like an ok guy, but getting but getting rid of all the Commissioners of all the government agencies as soon as he got in office was difficult to understand.

I don’t know of any bad choices but the last Governor that I know of that did that was Dr. Schindler and it took ten years for us to get back to where we were. Which was a much better semi-functioning government.

I think it might have been a little wiser to have made the transition a little slower and a little more informative for the new bosses.They may have have learned a little about managing their Departments.

I am placing my hope on Lt. Governor Potter, it appears that he knows how to get things done. PBS and our local programing seemed to have benefited from his leadership. Hopefully he will start with fixing the Office of the Lt. Governor.

b. Greg millerst. John, Vi

Placing Hope on Potter

Crossword Answers (Puzzle located on Page 20)

Letter to Tradewinds

The Obama administration finally listened to our military leaders, and they are now planning on leav-ing 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through 2016 and probably beyond.

Originally they were going to draw down to 5,500 troops.

The Taliban continues to pose a threat in Afghan-istan and ISIS could rear its ugly head. Our troops could be needed to quash enemy attacks in the re-gion.

Compared to our prior strength of 100,000 troops, the U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan might not have the numerical strength to counter the Taliban throughout the country, and we cannot count on the Afghan Army to stand up to the Taliban.

General Joe Dunford, Commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, stated Afghan troops

will not be capable to conduct meaningful operations in Afghanistan once U.S. forces leave. We should keep the 9800 troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2017 and then reevaluate the situation. We need on-going capabilities to conduct special operations and surgical air and missile strikes to support the troops.

The release of five top level Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo will come back to haunt us when they return to Afghanistan to continue their destabi-lizing activities and attacks on our forces and Afghan citizens.

Our national security is partially dependent on maintaining a significant military presence in Af-ghanistan.

donald A. moskowitzlondonderry, nh

Troops Are Needed in AfghanistanSuBMIT LETTERS, OPINIONS & OBITuARIES TO:

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As government retirees, members of Government Retirees United for Fairness, Inc. (GRUFF), and thus stakeholders in the Government Employees’ Retire-ment System (GERS), we wish to make clear our po-sition on matters which can directly impact the finan-cial status of GERS.

We are keenly aware that in various segments of the community, there are ongoing discussions about the sale of the GERS-owned property, Havensight Mall including Port of Sale. We are also clearly aware that the Virgin Islands government owns the West Indian Company dock and Catherineberg.

This entire property is of significant value and worth to the Government Employees’ Retirement System, its retirees and the Government of the Vir-gin Islands and its people. To eliminate any room for doubt, we want to make it abundantly clear that we do not favor, support or recommend the sale of this property in any way, shape, form or fashion.

In addition, we are also aware that the portion of the Havensight Mall property known as Port of Sale was under a lease agreement to a certain individual. Our organization’s position was that at the end of the term of the lease agreement we would have strongly recommended that the Government Employees’ Re-tirement System (GERS), through its representative WICO, resume control of this portion of the property so that the system could realize the substantial finan-

cial benefits from this area of the property. It is our understanding that, recently, to the sys-

tem’s future detriment a twenty (20) year lease agree-ment between WICO and several individuals has al-ready been renewed and signed.

We also question the existing relationship be-tween GERS and WICO. The relationship was cre-ated by law to allow WICO to operate as a public company and a private cooperation. This relationship has outlived its positive impact for the Government Employees’ Retirement System, its retirees and active government employees.

We would strongly advise the senators of the 31st Legislature to review this relationship, explore other possible options and pass legislation that changes the relationship between WICO and GERS. This change can be part of COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS ur-gently needed in order for the Government Employ-ees’ Retirement System to survive beyond its project-ed life span.

We have confidence that as TRUSTED principals who will be involved in FUTURE DECISIONS made on these matters, that you recognize that the VOICES OF THE PEOPLE MUST BE HEARD. We EXPECT your actions to convey that our voices matter.

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Obituary



Fatty Crab, the eclectic restaurant adjacent to the Julius E. Sprauve School Annex in Cruz Bay, has been closed with little fanfare. The longtime commercial location across from the Winston Wells Ball Field has seen numerous culinary iterations over the years, but Fatty Crab appears to have left the building, according to industry sources.

Island Green Building Association

St. John Youth Coalition

St. John Tradewindsst. John — Senator Almando “Rocky” Liburd

has introduced legislation to grant the Economic De-velopment Authority greater flexibility in negotiating tax benefit packages as well as creating a system for diminishing benefits in order to help businesses now receiving exemptions gradually begin to pay their fair share of local taxes.

“Some huge mistakes have been made at EDA over the years and it may be painful to fix, however we must take action if we are to get what is best for the territory out of this program,” Senator Liburd said.

Sen. Liburd said he was alarmed by the Virgin Islands Inspector General’s recent findings as well as comments made by the Governor at an early May press conference relative to two problematic benefi-ciaries.

“We should not be in the business of running an agency dedicated to corporate welfare — the EDA was established to spur economic activity in the territory and to create new jobs,” Sen. Liburd said. “These were never supposed to be permanent benefits and extensions should only be granted if significant new investment is planned.”

The Senator-at-Large said he agrees with Sena-tor Clifford Graham, who has stated that the EDA

has power to negotiate for less than 100 percent tax breaks, but that some clarification to the law was re-quired given recent changes to regulations governing the program.

“My bill will make it perfectly clear that the EDA has the power to negotiate ‘up to 100 percent’ as per the Inspector General’s recommendations,” the St. John senator said.

“However, I want to take it a step further and create a mechanism for the EDA to be able to grant diminishing benefits whereby a business may be granted an extension with the understanding that the benefits will be reduced by a set amount each year in order to help wean these businesses off of the tax breaks,” Sen. Liburd added. “As a business becomes more established and more profitable it must begin paying its taxes.”

Regular audits and assessments are also necessary in order to determine that the program is truly cost effective, Sen. Liburd said. The IG’s January report indicated that many beneficiaries are not meeting minimum thresholds for charitable giving and other requirements. Senator Liburd recently successfully introduced a bill to monitor the effectiveness of the EDA’s STARS tax benefit program and said that such reporting should be expanded to cover all beneficia-ries.

Liburd Calls for Sliding Scale EDA BenefitsSaying No to Permanent Breaks for Business

Crab Hole Empty


St. John Tradewinds welcomes notices of community-orient-ed, not-for-profit events for inclusion in this weekly listing. Call 776-6496, e-mail [email protected] or fax 693-8885.

tuesday, may 19— Ivanna Eudora Kean

High School in St. Thomas will conduct orientation for incom-ing 9th grade students for the 2015-16 school year on Tues-day, May 19, at 4 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria.

— There will be health fair for senior citizens on Tuesday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Marketplace on the 2nd Floor in space 209.

wednesday, may 20— The community to join

Gifft Hill School on Wednes-day, May 20, from 5:3 to 7 p.m. for the State of the School pre-sentation and musical concert.

thursday, may 21— The St. Thomas St. John

District Board of Elections will conduct their regularly sched-uled board meeting on St. John in the Legislature Annex Con-ference Room on Thursday, May 21, at 11 a.m. as part of an on-going effort to reach out to the voting public and as man-dated by law.

sunday, may 24— The 12th annual Beach-

to-Beach Power Swim will be on Sunday, May 24, in the pro-tected waters of Virgin Islands National Park along the north shore of St. John.

— John Saxon will address members of the Unitarian Uni-versalist Fellowship Service on

Sunday, May 24 at 10 a.m. at Gifft Hill School Lower Cam-pus for the topic: One Light, Many Windows: The Gospel According to Forrest Church.

tuesday, may 26St. John Administrator’s

Office will host a town hall meeting in conjunction with The Virgin Islands National Park Management Team on Tuesday May 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the St. John Legislature Annex in Cruz Bay. Come, listen, voice your recommen-dations and concerns with the Virgin Islands National Park.

wednesday, may 27— The Crime Prevention

Unit of the V.I. Police Depart-ment and the Coral Bay Com-munity Council will co-hosting a community meeting to dis-cuss crime prevention mea-sures on Wednesday, May 27, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Caribbean Oasis Restaurant in Coral Bay.

thursday, may 28— Come to the Elaine

Sprauve Library on Thursday, May 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. to meet the new St. John Librar-ian Ashley Till.

saturday, may 30The Democratic Party Ter-

ritorial Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. at the De-partment of Education’s Cur-riculum Centers.

Alcholics Anonymous mEEtinGsAll meetings are now open. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

and Friday 6 p.m. Nazareth Lutheran Church, Cruz Bay; Thursday 7 a.m. Nazareth Lutheran Church, Cruz Bay; Sunday 9:45 a.m., Hawksnest Bay Beach; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 6 p.m. at Moravian Church, Coral Bay

nArcotics Anonymous mEEtinGsNarcotics Anonymous has open meetings from 6:30 to 7:30

p.m. every Saturday at St. Ursula’s Church.

Al-Anon mEEtinGsFor Al-Anon meeting location and times, please call (340)

642-3263

Love City Country Music Festival

St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat

The Love City Country Music Festival began with an official beach party at the Soggy Dollar Bar on Thursday, May 14, and concluded with the final night of performance in Cruz Bay featuring Jerrod Niemann, Pat Green (below right), Sunny Sweeney and the Wheeland Brothers.


Entrance Examinations for Police and Correction Officers Set for May 19

Pollution Solutions Reuse items to keep them out of the landfill and our environment! Practice reuse: Maintain and repair

durable items

Borrow, rent, or share items

Donate items to ReSource Depot; Do Not leave at dumpster sites!

Repurpose old items such as pallets into furniture or using bottles for walls

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Gifft Hill School State of the School and Musical Concert Is May 20

The community to join Gifft Hill School on Wednesday, May 20, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for the State of the School presentation and musical concert.

This special evening will begin with a short concert by students in preschool through high school led by Ms. Kristen Carmichael-Bowers and steel pan music led by Mr. Mike from St. John School of the Arts.

After the concert and presentation, guests are invited to a re-ception inside the Upper Campus building featuring passed appe-tizers created by Chef Lori and her Farm to Table and Culinary Arts classes.

Mark your calendars for this important evening, which is open to all. Call 776-1730 with any questions.

Territory-wide testing for applicants for Correction Offi-cer and Police Officer has been scheduled for July 13-17 and the application process is open from May 18 until June 1, according to an announcement by Milton E. Potter, SHRM-SCP; IPMA-CP, Director, Division of Personnel.

Candidates are required to have completed Grade 12 or possess an equivalency certificate. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen at least twenty (20) years of age and not have reached his/her forty-sixth (46) birthday.

A candidate must also possess or be able to qualify for a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License. Candidates must suc-cessfully pass Civil Service Written examination, physical agility test, psychological exam and oral board interview, as well as a background check.

All interested candidates must sign-up and submit a

complete application package at their respective district of-fice by Monday, June 1.

Candidates who have submitted a prior application are required to notify the Division of Personnel of any changes in mailing addresses to ensure receipt of confirmed exami-nation notice. Preparation guide for the police officer writ-ten examination will be distributed May 18- June 1, 2015.

The Division recruitment policy has been amended to include new criteria which will allow candidates to be waived from sitting the written examination; however, can-didates are required to meet all other established criteria for qualification.

The new criteria are:• All degrees (associate, bachelor and master level) from

accredited institutions will now be accepted in addition to

the degrees currently accepted which include police sci-ence, criminal justice, (certain) social science, criminology, forensic science, accounting, public and business adminis-tration; however, all accredited non-related degrees will re-quire proof of completion via official transcript.

• All military veterans who served full military ser-vice with an honorable or general discharge listed on their DD214 are eligible.

Applications are available at the Division of Personnel St. Thomas Location at, 3438 Kronprindsens Gade-GERS Complex, Third Floor, St. Croix Location at 3009 Orange Grove Shopping Center, or visit the website at www.do-pusvi.org

For more information, contact Loretta David at (340) 774-8588 or Zolymar Garcia at (340) 718-8588.

St. John Festival 2015 Vendors Applications will be available at St. John Tourism on Monday, May 18, 2015. There will be ap-plications for the following Parade, Food Fair/Parade and Festival Booth. The applications are first come basis. Additional informa-tion please contact 340-690-3692 or 340-690-1725.

The Festival Committee is still soliciting sponsors for this year’s Festival Fireworks. If anyone is interested they can contact 340-690-3692.

Festival Vendor Applications Available

A temporary ban on burning and the issuance of burning per-mits in the ST. Thomas/St. John District, Eugene Farrell, Director Designee of the Virgin Islands Fire Service notifies the general public that

In the last few weeks the landscape of the territory has changed because of increase temperatures and the lack of rainfall; therefore, all previously issued permits are hereby revoked until further no-tice, according to Farrell. The Fire Service will make adjustments to the remaining time on permits that are in effect however; no new burning permits will be issued until the ban is lifted.

Director Farrell emphasizes that the recent climate change fa-cilitates the spread of brush fires, therefore burning rubbish at this time would be extremely hazardous. Director Farrell apologized to the public for any inconvenience.

Temporary Ban on Burning Imposed


baha’i community of st. JohnFor Devotions and Study Circles, call 714-16417:30 p.m. Fridays; Study Circles 9 a.m. Sundays

776-6316, 776-6254

bethany moravian church Sunday School 9 a.m., Divine Worship 10 a.m.

calvary baptist church13 ABC Coral Bay, 776-6304

Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday evening 6 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m.

christian ministryCinnamon Bay Beach

Inter-Denominational, Sunday 8:30 a.m.

church of Jesus christ of latter-day saints Sun. 9 a.m., on St. Thomas . 776-2379

Sun., 5 p.m., STJ, Lumberyard

cruz bay baptist church Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m. 776-6315

Emmaus moravian church Coral Bay, Divine Worship 8:30 a.m., 776-6713

Freshwater churchFreshwater Church St. John USVI

Sunday Worship 10 am at Hawksnest BeachFollow us on Facebook, 340.514.6578

Jehovah’s witness7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 7 p.m.

Saturdays (Español), 10 a.m. Sundays, 340-715-053

missionary baptist church9:30 a.m. Sunday Services, 10:45 Worship,

Tuesday 7 p.m. Bible Study 693-8884

nazareth lutheran churchSunday 9 a.m., Sunday School 8 a.m. 776-6731

our lady of mount carmel catholic churchSaturdays: 6 p.m.; Sundays: 7:30 & 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. in Coral Bay

at the John’s Folly Learning Institute & 6 pm. in Spanish; Mondays: 12:15 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays: 7 a.m.

& Fridays: 7 p.m. Call 776-6339 for more information.

Prayer house of FaithSunday Morning Service at 8 a.m; Bible Study at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays

Prayer services at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays; 340-690-3820

st. John methodist church Sunday 10 a.m, 693-8830

seventh day AdventistSaturdays, 779-4477

st. John Pentecostal churchSunday 11:05 a.m., 6:30 p.m.Tuesdays Prayer 7:30 p.m.,

Thursdays Bible Study 7:30 p.m. 779-1230

st. ursula’s Episcopal churchSunday Church Service, 9 a.m.

Bible Class on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. 777-6306

unitarian universalist Fellowship 9:45 a.m. Sunday, 776-6332

Church Directory

Beach-to-Beach Power Swim Is Set To Be “Largest Ever”

Cruz Bay to Maho Bay. The first one will depart at 6:15 a.m. and the last one will depart at about 6:50 a.m. (or after the arrival of the Red Hook ferry, which-ever is later).

They will all start at the public ferry dock in Cruz Bay, stop at the NPS Maintenance yard (parking available) near Mongoose Junction, Hawksnest beach (parking available), Cinnamon Bay (please be on the road) and on to Maho Bay. They can be flagged down anywhere along the route — but please be on the main road, the shuttles will not enter Caneel, Hawksnest, Trunk, or Cinnamon parking areas.

Please note that the last shuttle will leave Cruz Bay about 6:50 a.m.

Shuttles will also run between all race venues and are for use by all swimmers and spectators. They will also run between Hawksnest and Oppenheimer for the beach party and award ceremony. Shuttles will periodically run back to both Maho Bay beach and Cruz Bay and after the beach party.

For those of you who will be parking a car at one of the race venues please note that parking regula-tions are strictly enforced in the park. Please park responsibly to avoid getting a ticket.

beach Party and Awards ceremonyA Beach BBQ and Awards Ceremony will be held

at Oppenheimer Beach following the Beach-to-Beach Power Swim. The beach BBQ will start at about 11 a.m. and the Awards Ceremony will start at about noon. Competitors, volunteers and the general public

are welcome at the Beach BBQ and Awards Ceremo-ny. Food and drink will be available for purchase and shuttles will provide transport between Hawksnest and Oppenheimer.

Viewing the raceUnlike most open water events, the Beach-to-

Beach Power Swim is very viewer-friendly. To see the action and to cheer on friends and family mem-bers go to Maho Bay to see the start, Cinnamon Bay to see short course swimmers finish and the rest of the swimmers as they pass by close to the beach, Trunk Bay to see intermediate course swimmers finish and the rest of the swimmers as they pass by close to the beach, and Hawksnest Beach for the long course fin-ish.

recovery Party/boat tripReturning this year is the Recovery Party Boat

Trip to Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands on Mon-day, the day after the Power Swim! Hosted by our friends at Cruz Bay Watersports, join us for a day of island adventures aboard th

eir beautiful boats for snorkeling, libations and a day at White Bay on Jost Van Dyke. The trip is deeply discounted and is a donation to Friends: $100 per person including customs, drinks and snacks on board. For more information visit: www.friendsvinp.org/race-info, or call Cruz Bay Watersports (340-776-6234) to make your reservations. Space is limited.

For further information or last minute concerns please call 340-779-4940 up to 5:00 pm

Continued from Page 5


Last year’s first place men’s long course solo swimmer Rex Tullius, 27, emerges from the water at Hawksnest Bay.


“…I’m really excited to teach and I firmly believe that education is the key to helping people move out of poverty.”

– Emese Nemeth

Emese Nemeth Ready to Change the World as Peace Corps Volunteer

Continued from Page 6

“I have made many trips to Myrah Keating lately,” she said. “I got accepted in December and they say you have three months to get to the dentist and the doctor’s office for the three or four vaccines I needed.”

After her initial three month training, Nemeth will receive her official assignment somewhere in rural Malawi.

“Those first three months will be jam packed with training and then we will get our official assignment as to where in the country we’ll be living for the next two years,” said the Peace Corps volunteer. “Right now I know I’ll be going to Malawi but I have no idea where exactly I’ll be teaching.”

Having grown up on St. John will give Nemeth a bit of an advantage when adjusting to life in southeastern Africa.

“I think growing up on St. John and living here will help me adapt to living in Malawi,” she said. “I know what it’s like to have power outages and to have to collect rain water. I know it’s going to very different, of course, but I think living here will definitely help.”

While she is under no illusion that life in southeast Africa will be easy, Nemeth is passionate about the positive impacts education can have on improving the world.

“It will be hard to be away from my family and friends and the com-forts of being here and all the amenities we have,” she said. “But I’m really excited to teach and I firmly believe that education is the key to helping people move out of poverty. If I can help a few students move past high school and get to college, that will be huge.”

While teaching biology will be her primary goal, the Peace Corps also requires volunteers to work on a secondary project which Nemeth hopes will center around empowering female students, she added.

“You go over to do your primary goal — I’ll be teaching — but there is also a secondary project requirement,” said the Peace Corps volunteer. “For that I want to do something with keeping girls in school. At the same time, it will depend on the needs of the community.”

“If they need help building a well, I’ll do that of course,” she said. After her Peace Corps commitment is fulfilled, Nemeth hopes to pur-

sue a master’s degree in public health.“I’m passionate about women’s rights and my dream job would be

working for the World Health Organization,” she said.With two bags of clothes, a copy of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone” and laminated photos of her family, Nemeth is thrilled to start her Peace Corps adventure on June 17.

Congratulations Emese!

Coral Bay Basketball Court Renovations Back on Track

stalled, however, until after the asphalt is resur-faced and the cyclone fencing and concrete repair work is complete, explained Coldren.

“We are ready to rebuild the bleacher seats which is going to take some professional assis-tance,” she said. “We’re hoping that some of our local construction companies can step up to doing this and donate some of their time over the next couple of months. We could begin today if we had the professionals.”

“We could pay for the supplies and some of the labor that is necessary for the project,” Coldren said. “The same thing applies to the repairing and

installing the cyclone fence around the court. That can be done right now, but we need professional assistance.”

The project is not a huge one — and once start-ed should only take a few weeks — but is tech-nical enough that construction professionals are needed. Coldren hopes that volunteers will step forward during this slow time of year.

“We’re asking people to put it on their agenda to donate their time during the next few months to help us complete the project,” said the CBCC President.

Anyone willing to help should contact Coldren at (340) 513-4298.

Continued from Page 7The summer enrichment program at the Julius E., Sprauve School, is

seeking teachers and teacher’s aides for the 2015 Sprauve School Sum-mer Enrichment Program, hiring teachers for: Math, Literacy, STEM, ESL, Spanish, Fitness, Computer, Sewing and Baking, etc. and teacher’s aides.

The summer enrichmnent program begins with teacher orientation on Friday, June 26, and classes begin on Monday, June 29, through Fri-day, July 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The staffing schedule will be: teachers, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and teacher’s aides, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Teachers, Teacher’s Aides Sought for Summer Enrichment


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The challenge, beginning on May 1, asks individuals to record themselves singing a chorus and verse of USVI native recording artist Pressure Busspipe’s hit song, “Virgin Islands Nice.”

Participants upload their video to www.VisitUSVI.com/NiceChallenge, and encour-age their friends and family to share and vote for their video via social media.

The DOT awards the grand prize to the participant with the most votes and shares at the end of May. The prize includes a five-night/six-day stay at a luxury resort on St. Thomas, complimentary airfare for two, roundtrip airport transfers on St. Thomas, $500 in V.I. Nice certificates for shopping, dining and activities, a private dinner with Pressure Busspipe and VIP access to the Virgin Islands Nice Peace Concert this sum-mer.

“The Department of Tourism is excited to once again partner with Pressure and en-gage with our visitors,” said Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty. “This promises to be a fun competition that will bring our beautiful islands top-of-mind for travelers heading into the summer months.”

Leading up to the grand prize announce-ment, the Department of Tourism will ran-domly select one individual each week to win a smaller prize. The prizes slated for each week are:

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“Every day, unbuckled motorists are los-ing their lives in motor vehicle crashes. In the territory, 5 unbelted vehicle occupants died in 2014 and we have already lost 3 per-sons in 2015 with twice as many males that died compared to females with lower belt use,” said [Commissioner or Chief]. “As we approach Memorial Day weekend and the summer vacation season, we want to make sure people are doing the one thing that can save them in a crash, buckling up.”

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Currently, the national seat belt use rate is currently at 87 percent, according to NHT-SA and the territory is at 66.1%. Therefore, the Click It or Ticket campaign is targeted at the 33.9% of the people who do not wear their seat belts. “The bottom line is that seat belts save lives. If these enforcement crack-downs get people’s attention, and get them to buckle up, then we’ve done our job.”

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FESTIVAL THEME: Come Together Culturally on the Scene for St. John Festival 2015

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