"See Your Way To Healthier Living" is the theme of UVI's Annual Health Fair and Blood Drive, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, at The Greathouse on the UVI St. Croix campus. The general public is invited to participate.
Activities planned for the day include: blood donations, glucose, blood pressure and HIV Testing, and testicular and self breast examination instructions. Vision screening and information sharing by Peer Health Educators are also planned.
Workshops planned include: "Care Enough to Count Calories." by Alice Henry, R.D., from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; and "Dancersize." by Roy Newton of Paradise Gym, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. An open forum, titled "Here's to Your Health," will be moderated by Arakere Prasad, M.D., from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The first 15 people to register for each of the workshops will receive gifts. For details contact UVI's Health Services nurse Justa "Tita" Thompson at 692-4214 or send e-mail to tthomps@uvi.edu.
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY TO SPEAK AT UVI
Noted civil rights attorney Fred David Gray, who successfully defended Rosa Parks and served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s first civil rights lawyer, will make two presentations on the UVI St. Croix campus on Monday, March 10.
The first, for the UVI community, is scheduled for noon in the Theatre (Evans Center room 401). It is for the UVI community.
The public session is planned at 7:30 p.m. in the UVI cafetorium. For details on St. Croix call 692-4000.
The first, for the UVI community, is scheduled for noon in the Theatre (Evans Center room 401). It is for the UVI community.
The public session is planned at 7:30 p.m. in the UVI cafetorium. For details on St. Croix call 692-4000.
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY TO SPEAK AT UVI
Noted civil rights attorney Fred David Gray will make presentations on March 10 and 11 at UVI. Gray, who successfully defended Rosa Parks and served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s first civil rights lawyer, is described as an entertaining speaker who focuses on the importance of diversity and who can make individuals proud of their cultural heritage.
Gray's St. Thomas campus presentation is slated for noon on Tuesday, March 11, in Chase Auditorium (Business Education room 110). It is open to the UVI community and the general public.
For details call 693-1111.
Gray's St. Thomas campus presentation is slated for noon on Tuesday, March 11, in Chase Auditorium (Business Education room 110). It is open to the UVI community and the general public.
For details call 693-1111.
CARABANA'S 'QUEEN MARY' AT UVI ST. THOMAS
St. John's Carabana Theater Ensemble will bring its production of "Queen Mary" to UVI's St. Thomas campus for two presentations on Friday March 7.
This second performance in the UVI Little Theatre in the CA Building will be at 8 p.m. It is free to the university community and the general public.
These are the only scheduled presentations of "Queen Mary" on St. Thomas. "Queen Mary" is a dramatic performance featuring music and movement. It depicts the life and times of the women who led the St. Croix Labor Revolt of the 1800s. This play features UVI student Dwight Browne and UVI graduate Vanessa Olivacce.
This second performance in the UVI Little Theatre in the CA Building will be at 8 p.m. It is free to the university community and the general public.
These are the only scheduled presentations of "Queen Mary" on St. Thomas. "Queen Mary" is a dramatic performance featuring music and movement. It depicts the life and times of the women who led the St. Croix Labor Revolt of the 1800s. This play features UVI student Dwight Browne and UVI graduate Vanessa Olivacce.
CARABANA'S 'QUEEN MARY' AT UVI ST. THOMAS
St. John's Carabana Theater Ensemble will bring its production of "Queen Mary" to UVI's St. Thomas campus for two presentations on Friday March 7.
Performances in the UVI Little Theatre in the CA Building are slated for noon and 8 p.m. The shows are free to the University community as well as the general public.
These are the only scheduled presentations of "Queen Mary" on St. Thomas. "Queen Mary" is a dramatic performance featuring music and movement. It depicts the life and times of the women who led the St. Croix Labor Revolt of the 1800s. This play features UVI student Dwight Browne and UVI graduate Vanessa Olivacce.
Performances in the UVI Little Theatre in the CA Building are slated for noon and 8 p.m. The shows are free to the University community as well as the general public.
These are the only scheduled presentations of "Queen Mary" on St. Thomas. "Queen Mary" is a dramatic performance featuring music and movement. It depicts the life and times of the women who led the St. Croix Labor Revolt of the 1800s. This play features UVI student Dwight Browne and UVI graduate Vanessa Olivacce.
ROCK LOUNGE WILL BE IN ROYAL DANE MALL
The next Rock Lounge, a poetry, music and visual art open mike experience will be at Beans, Bytes and Websites in Royal Dane Mall.
Featured musical artist will be UVI student Nyesha Staley.
For information call Tiphanie Yanique at 513-2266 or Mary at 693-1340.
Featured musical artist will be UVI student Nyesha Staley.
For information call Tiphanie Yanique at 513-2266 or Mary at 693-1340.
AD CLUB AUCTION WILL HAVE DEALS AND EATS
Everybody's invited to the Ad Club Auction at Pistarckle Theater, Tillett Gardens, starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 7. There'll be complimentary hors d'oeuvres by JKay's Restaurant and a cash bar.
The Ad Club promises great deals on advertising services, media, TV, print and radio, dinners, day sails, hotels, trips, jewelry, perfume, liquor and lots more, said a release.
Funds raised at the auction, sponsored by Caribbean Auto Mart St. Thomas for the Ad Club, will go toward the club's programs for summer interns and for professional speakers. All are welcome. For reservations call 776-7828.
The Ad Club promises great deals on advertising services, media, TV, print and radio, dinners, day sails, hotels, trips, jewelry, perfume, liquor and lots more, said a release.
Funds raised at the auction, sponsored by Caribbean Auto Mart St. Thomas for the Ad Club, will go toward the club's programs for summer interns and for professional speakers. All are welcome. For reservations call 776-7828.
AD CLUB AUCTION WILL OFFER DEALS, RAISE FUNDS
March 1, 2003 — Going once … everybody, to the Ad Club Auction at Pistarckle Theater, Tillett Gardens, starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 7.
Going twice … eats along with entertainment: complimentary hors d'oeuvres by JKay's Restaurant and a cash bar, and the auction.
Sold … great deals on advertising services, media, TV, Internet, print and radio, dinners, day sails, hotels, trips, jewelry, perfume, liquor and lots more, said a release from the Ad Club.
Funds raised at the auction, sponsored by Caribbean Auto Mart St. Thomas for the Ad Club, will go toward the club's programs for summer interns and for professional speakers. All are welcome. For reservations call 776-7828.
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Going twice … eats along with entertainment: complimentary hors d'oeuvres by JKay's Restaurant and a cash bar, and the auction.
Sold … great deals on advertising services, media, TV, Internet, print and radio, dinners, day sails, hotels, trips, jewelry, perfume, liquor and lots more, said a release from the Ad Club.
Funds raised at the auction, sponsored by Caribbean Auto Mart St. Thomas for the Ad Club, will go toward the club's programs for summer interns and for professional speakers. All are welcome. For reservations call 776-7828.
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GOVERNOR SIGNS SPECIAL SESSION BILLS INTO LAW
Feb. 28, 2003 – Government House announced in a release on Friday that Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has signed into law the two bills passed by the 25th Legislature at the special session convened at his behest on Feb. 12.
One measure converts the Fiscal Year 2003 budgets for executive branch departments and agencies from itemized to lump-sum appropriations and also provides for funding for St. John's VITRAN operations to remain available until expended.
Lump-sum budgets was something Turnbull had repeatedly sought in vain from the Finance Committee in the 24th Legislature, and something that then-senator Alicia "Chucky" Hansen as committee chair had refused to give him. With itemized budgets, department heads on repeated occasions had to petition the committee, hat in hand, for permission to move money from one category to another when needs differed from projections.
With conversion to lump-sum appropriations, Friday's release stated, "department and agency heads can manage, control and prioritize their budgets during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2003."
The other measure calls for the Tax Assessor's Office to assess commercial real estate properties for the years 2001 through 2004 based on the 1999 valuations and sets the next commercial property assessment for 2005.
The tax assessment legislation is intended to provide a way for the government to bring desperately needed revenues into its coffers through collection of real property taxes while a challenge to the territory's manner of assessing real property values for taxing purposes is before the District Court.
However, it remains to be seen whether the legislation just signed into law by the governor will stand up to challenges.
A week after the Senate special session, according to published reports, District Judge Thomas K. Moore angrily charged in his court that the government was trying to circumvent his ban on its issuing of any more tax bills until ongoing legal challenges to the method of assessment are resolved. His comments came on the final day of testimony in a consolidated case of 11 property owners suing the government over its practice of assessing taxes based on replacement rather than market value of properties. The plaintiffs are challenging the assessments made for 2000. (See "Judge irate over move to send out 2001 tax bills".)
While testimony in the consolidated portion of the trial is concluded, separate hearings for each property owner are to follow, and observers have said it could be months before a final judgment is rendered.
In January, the V.I. Justice Department attorneys filed a motion for dismissal of the case; Moore rejected it.
Last July, at a Senate budget hearing, Tax Assessor Roy Martin said his office was in "serious trouble" because of the settlement in December 2000 of the first legal challenge to the government's valuation practice, filed by Berne Corp. in August 2000. That case has since given rise to the others.
The terms of the settlement were sealed, Martin said, but the parties agreed to have the court name an independent "special master" to review the territory's procedures and process of assessing commercial properties. Martin said then that the special master must see that the Tax Assessor's Office meets certain requirements before it can resume appraising commercial properties.
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One measure converts the Fiscal Year 2003 budgets for executive branch departments and agencies from itemized to lump-sum appropriations and also provides for funding for St. John's VITRAN operations to remain available until expended.
Lump-sum budgets was something Turnbull had repeatedly sought in vain from the Finance Committee in the 24th Legislature, and something that then-senator Alicia "Chucky" Hansen as committee chair had refused to give him. With itemized budgets, department heads on repeated occasions had to petition the committee, hat in hand, for permission to move money from one category to another when needs differed from projections.
With conversion to lump-sum appropriations, Friday's release stated, "department and agency heads can manage, control and prioritize their budgets during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2003."
The other measure calls for the Tax Assessor's Office to assess commercial real estate properties for the years 2001 through 2004 based on the 1999 valuations and sets the next commercial property assessment for 2005.
The tax assessment legislation is intended to provide a way for the government to bring desperately needed revenues into its coffers through collection of real property taxes while a challenge to the territory's manner of assessing real property values for taxing purposes is before the District Court.
However, it remains to be seen whether the legislation just signed into law by the governor will stand up to challenges.
A week after the Senate special session, according to published reports, District Judge Thomas K. Moore angrily charged in his court that the government was trying to circumvent his ban on its issuing of any more tax bills until ongoing legal challenges to the method of assessment are resolved. His comments came on the final day of testimony in a consolidated case of 11 property owners suing the government over its practice of assessing taxes based on replacement rather than market value of properties. The plaintiffs are challenging the assessments made for 2000. (See "Judge irate over move to send out 2001 tax bills".)
While testimony in the consolidated portion of the trial is concluded, separate hearings for each property owner are to follow, and observers have said it could be months before a final judgment is rendered.
In January, the V.I. Justice Department attorneys filed a motion for dismissal of the case; Moore rejected it.
Last July, at a Senate budget hearing, Tax Assessor Roy Martin said his office was in "serious trouble" because of the settlement in December 2000 of the first legal challenge to the government's valuation practice, filed by Berne Corp. in August 2000. That case has since given rise to the others.
The terms of the settlement were sealed, Martin said, but the parties agreed to have the court name an independent "special master" to review the territory's procedures and process of assessing commercial properties. Martin said then that the special master must see that the Tax Assessor's Office meets certain requirements before it can resume appraising commercial properties.
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GOVERNOR SIGNS SPECIAL SESSION BILLS INTO LAW
Feb. 28, 2003 – Government House announced in a release on Friday that Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has signed into law the two bills passed by the 25th Legislature at the special session convened at his behest on Feb. 12.
One measure converts the Fiscal Year 2003 budgets for executive branch departments and agencies from itemized to lump-sum appropriations and also provides for funding for St. John's VITRAN operations to remain available until expended.
Lump-sum budgets was something Turnbull had repeatedly sought in vain from the Finance Committee in the 24th Legislature, and something that then-senator Alicia "Chucky" Hansen as committee chair had refused to give him. With itemized budgets, department heads on repeated occasions had to petition the committee, hat in hand, for permission to move money from one category to another when needs differed from projections.
With conversion to lump-sum appropriations, Friday's release stated, "department and agency heads can manage, control and prioritize their budgets during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2003."
The other measure calls for the Tax Assessor's Office to assess commercial real estate properties for the years 2001 through 2004 based on the 1999 valuations and sets the next commercial property assessment for 2005.
The tax assessment legislation is intended to provide a way for the government to bring desperately needed revenues into its coffers through collection of real property taxes while a challenge to the territory's manner of assessing real property values for taxing purposes is before the District Court.
However, it remains to be seen whether the legislation just signed into law by the governor will stand up to challenges.
A week after the Senate special session, according to published reports, District Judge Thomas K. Moore angrily charged in his court that the government was trying to circumvent his ban on its issuing of any more tax bills until ongoing legal challenges to the method of assessment are resolved. His comments came on the final day of testimony in a consolidated case of 11 property owners suing the government over its practice of assessing taxes based on replacement rather than market value of properties. The plaintiffs are challenging the assessments made for 2000. (See "Judge irate over move to send out 2001 tax bills".)
While testimony in the consolidated portion of the trial is concluded, separate hearings for each property owner are to follow, and observers have said it could be months before a final judgment is rendered.
In January, the V.I. Justice Department attorneys filed a motion for dismissal of the case; Moore rejected it.
Last July, at a Senate budget hearing, Tax Assessor Roy Martin said his office was in "serious trouble" because of the settlement in December 2000 of the first legal challenge to the government's valuation practice, filed by Berne Corp. in August 2000. That case has since given rise to the others.
The terms of the settlement were sealed, Martin said, but the parties agreed to have the court name an independent "special master" to review the territory's procedures and process of assessing commercial properties. Martin said then that the special master must see that the Tax Assessor's Office meets certain requirements before it can resume appraising commercial properties.
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One measure converts the Fiscal Year 2003 budgets for executive branch departments and agencies from itemized to lump-sum appropriations and also provides for funding for St. John's VITRAN operations to remain available until expended.
Lump-sum budgets was something Turnbull had repeatedly sought in vain from the Finance Committee in the 24th Legislature, and something that then-senator Alicia "Chucky" Hansen as committee chair had refused to give him. With itemized budgets, department heads on repeated occasions had to petition the committee, hat in hand, for permission to move money from one category to another when needs differed from projections.
With conversion to lump-sum appropriations, Friday's release stated, "department and agency heads can manage, control and prioritize their budgets during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2003."
The other measure calls for the Tax Assessor's Office to assess commercial real estate properties for the years 2001 through 2004 based on the 1999 valuations and sets the next commercial property assessment for 2005.
The tax assessment legislation is intended to provide a way for the government to bring desperately needed revenues into its coffers through collection of real property taxes while a challenge to the territory's manner of assessing real property values for taxing purposes is before the District Court.
However, it remains to be seen whether the legislation just signed into law by the governor will stand up to challenges.
A week after the Senate special session, according to published reports, District Judge Thomas K. Moore angrily charged in his court that the government was trying to circumvent his ban on its issuing of any more tax bills until ongoing legal challenges to the method of assessment are resolved. His comments came on the final day of testimony in a consolidated case of 11 property owners suing the government over its practice of assessing taxes based on replacement rather than market value of properties. The plaintiffs are challenging the assessments made for 2000. (See "Judge irate over move to send out 2001 tax bills".)
While testimony in the consolidated portion of the trial is concluded, separate hearings for each property owner are to follow, and observers have said it could be months before a final judgment is rendered.
In January, the V.I. Justice Department attorneys filed a motion for dismissal of the case; Moore rejected it.
Last July, at a Senate budget hearing, Tax Assessor Roy Martin said his office was in "serious trouble" because of the settlement in December 2000 of the first legal challenge to the government's valuation practice, filed by Berne Corp. in August 2000. That case has since given rise to the others.
The terms of the settlement were sealed, Martin said, but the parties agreed to have the court name an independent "special master" to review the territory's procedures and process of assessing commercial properties. Martin said then that the special master must see that the Tax Assessor's Office meets certain requirements before it can resume appraising commercial properties.
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