Sept. 26, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:

UVI to Roast & Toast Dr. Kean, Celebrate 40th Anniversary
UVI will roast and toast president emeritus Dr. Orville Kean and celebrate the university's 40th anniversary Saturday, Sept. 28, with a gala at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort.
Regular ticket prices are $100. All full-time UVI faculty, staff and matriculated students with identification are entitled to purchase discounted $75 tickets to the 40th Anniversary Roast & Toast. Only two tickets per person may be purchased at the discounted rate.
To reserve your tickets call the Reichhold Center Box Office at 693-1559.
For Better For Worse to Encore on St. Croix Sept. 28 and 29
The long-running comedy "For Better For Worse," by David Edgecombe, will encore on St. Croix with performances at 8 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 28 and 29) at the Educational Complex in Kingshill.
"For Better For Worse" pokes fun at middle-class hypocrisies in a Caribbean society. Two youngsters, Sandra and Derek, decide they wish to have nothing to do with traditional notions of marriage and raising a family.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students and available at the UVI Bookstore on the St. Croix Campus, Sam Goody in Sunny Isle Shopping Center and John E's Gallery in Christiansted. For more information call 693-1550.
Self-Advocacy Conference for Disabled Set on St. Thomas
The second of two conferences designed to promote self-advocacy among the territory's disabled residents and those who work with and care for them will be held on St. Thomas on Oct. 1 and 2.
The "Speak About Issues … Voices That Count" conferences were organized by UVI's V.I. University Center for the Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD). The first session was held earlier this week on St. Croix.
The St. Thomas conference, which is free, is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Windward Passage Hotel. For details, contact the VIUCEDD St. Thomas office at 693-1189.
Oct. 1 Deadline Set for Scholarship Application
The UVI Scholarship Committee has announced the availability of additional scholarships for UVI students for the 2002-2003 academic year.
The deadline to file applications for the scholarships is Oct. 1, 2002. Applications are available at the UVI Financial Aid, Academic Division and Student Activities offices on both campuses.
To be eligible, individuals must be full-time, matriculated UVI students in good academic standing (with a GPA of 2.5 or better) and demonstrate financial need. Those selected must provide a UVI transcript. Current scholarship recipients are ineligible to apply. Past applicants who were not selected are strongly encouraged to re-apply.
Voter Registration Set Oct. 2 on UVI's St. Croix Campus
The university community and the general public are invited to participate in a voter registration drive on Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Student Center from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on UVI's St. Croix campus. The St. Croix Student Activities Office is sponsoring the event. For details call 692-4188.
SBDC Seminar on "Managing Your Credit" Set October 9
UVI's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and First Bank Virgin Islands, in conjunction with the New Image Foundation Corporation Policy Board, are offering the second in a series of quarterly financial seminars entitled "Dollars and Sense." The goal is to reach all sectors of the community concerning personal finances and planning for the future.
The second seminar, "Managing Your Credit," will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the SBDC Training Facility at the Nisky Center (Suite 720). First Bank Community Development Officer Karen Sprauve will present the seminar. The fee is $5. For more information and to register, contact the New Image Foundation Corporation at 777-8883.
UVI Music Department Schedules Fall Concert on Oct. 12
The UVI Music Department will present its annual fall semester concert, entitled "Christ on Li'l Broadway," at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Christ Church Methodist at the Rothschild Francis Market Square, St. Thomas.
Performing will be the university's premier concert band, under the direction of Austin A. Venzen, and UVI's all-male singing group, the "Men's Glee Club." A number of guest artists from St. Thomas schools will also perform.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children and are available at the UVI Bookstore, the Humanities Office and from UVI band members.
UVI to Offer Legal Assistant Certification Exam Course
UVI's community and personal development unit will offer a Legal Assistant Certification Exam review course on St. Thomas on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Oct. 21. The course will include presentations by guest lecturers, mock exams and study group sessions. The fee for the eight-week course is $995, which includes all materials. Call 693-1100 to register or for more information.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Sept. 26, 2002 – In late February, Coral World Marine Park was happily inundated with calls after announcing that it would give away a birthday party at Coral World to one lucky child and 15 of his or her friends. A week later a winner was announced, 6-year-old Kenesha Bryan of St. Thomas.
Sunday, Sept. 29, Kenesha and friends will celebrate her seventh birthday in the Blue Water Terrace at Coral World from 12 to 2 p.m.
Party guests will be treated to pizza and punch, chocolate cake and ice cream, goody bags for the children, and an exclusive animal activity. And everyone can enjoy all of the marine exhibits, including the fish feeding shows scheduled throughout the day.
"Each year Coral World becomes a more popular venue for children's birthday parties," said Allegra Kean, the park's marketing manager. According to Kean, Sunday's party will be the sixth for the month.
Coral World offers three birthday party packages. All include invitations, decorations, pizza and punch and admission to the park.
The Jumbo Fishy Fiesta includes a supervised animal activity and goody bags, and the Sleepover Party includes an evening tour, movie, an overnight in the Caribbean Reef Encounter exhibit, and breakfast in the morning.
Rates for birthday parties range from $15 per person to $35 per person for the sleepover. Coral World members receive a 10 percent discount.
For more information on birthday parties and other special events at Coral World, contact 775-1555 ext. 246.
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Sept. 26, 2002 – In late February, Coral World Marine Park was happily inundated with calls after announcing that it would give away a birthday party at Coral World to one lucky child and 15 of his or her friends. A week later a winner was announced, 6-year-old Kenesha Bryan of St. Thomas.
Sunday, Sept. 29, Kenesha and friends will celebrate her seventh birthday in the Blue Water Terrace at Coral World from 12 to 2 p.m.
Party guests will be treated to pizza and punch, chocolate cake and ice cream, goody bags for the children, and an exclusive animal activity. And everyone can enjoy all of the marine exhibits, including the fish feeding shows scheduled throughout the day.
"Each year Coral World becomes a more popular venue for children's birthday parties," said Allegra Kean, the park's marketing manager. According to Kean, Sunday's party will be the sixth for the month.
Coral World offers three birthday party packages. All include invitations, decorations, pizza and punch and admission to the park.
The Jumbo Fishy Fiesta includes a supervised animal activity and goody bags, and the Sleepover Party includes an evening tour, movie, an overnight in the Caribbean Reef Encounter exhibit, and breakfast in the morning.
Rates for birthday parties range from $15 per person to $35 per person for the sleepover. Coral World members receive a 10 percent discount.
For more information on birthday parties and other special events at Coral World, contact 775-1555 ext. 246.
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Sept. 26, 2002 – With a title like "Stealing Harvard," it surely can't be all bad. You've got to admit, it gets your attention.
Maybe the movie folks should have stolen Yale; if some of the critics are right, they couldn't have done worse. Well, here we go. The title derives in a fittingly plebeian way: John (Jason Lee who was super as the lead singer in "Almost Famous") is all set to marry his girlfriend Elaine (Leslie Mann) and treat her to a $29,000 wedding, when suddenly he is confronted with a debt he contracted long ago to put his niece through college, ergo the title. Elaine somehow has settled on the $29,000 figure to set up housekeeping, including the wedding.
His no-good pal Duff (Tom Green) convinces our hero that the only way out of his dilemma is to embark on a life of crime, which involves much farce and fumble. So far, the movie could be salvageable, but don't bet your schoolbooks on it just yet.
According to Roger Ebert, the movie is "about as lax and limp a comedy as I've seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material."
But let's stop — remember, even a blind pig roots an acorn sometimes. And Chris Hewitt of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution thinks he has rooted one here. He says the plot "barely matters," something Ebert would second. What matters, Hewitt says, is the movie's "strong cast and clever script."
So, grab your popcorn and take your options. Directed by Bruce McCulloch, "Stealing Harvard" is rated, oh dear, PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references.
It is playing at Sunny Isle Theaters.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – The V.I. government and the United International Association of Firefighters have reached a collective bargaining agreement which covers 193 V.I. Fire Service personnel, according to a Government House release.
Karen Andrews, chief negotiator of the Office of Collective Bargaining, also recently concluded negotiations with United Steelworkers of America Master which cover employees in 15 government departments and agencies, the release, issued Thursday, stated.
The agreements "are subject to ratification by the membership of each union and Gov. Turnbull," Andrews said, adding that details will not be made public until the pacts are ratified.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – The government and the United International Association of Firefighters have reached a collective bargaining agreement which covers 193 V.I. Fire Service personnel, according to a Government House release.
Karen Andrews, chief negotiator of the Office of Collective Bargaining, also recently concluded negotiations with United Steelworkers of America Master which cover employees in 15 government departments and agencies, the release, issued Thursday, stated.
The agreements "are subject to ratification by the membership of each union and Gov. Turnbull," Andrews said, adding that details will not be made public until the pacts are ratified.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – The government and the United International Association of Firefighters have reached a collective bargaining agreement which covers 193 V.I. Fire Service personnel, according to a Government House release.
Karen Andrews, chief negotiator of the Office of Collective Bargaining, also recently concluded negotiations with United Steelworkers of America Master which cover employees in 15 government departments and agencies, the release, issued Thursday, stated.
The agreements "are subject to ratification by the membership of each union and Gov. Turnbull," Andrews said, adding that details will not be made public until the pacts are ratified.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – Public Works Commissioner Wayne Callwood said his department is posting signs at St. Croix garbage dumpsters to notify residents what types of solid waste are acceptable at the sites.
The signs state that no dumping of industrial or business waste is allowed at the garbage bins. Also forbidden are construction materials, large household appliances, hazardous materials, animals, oil, fuel, other flammables, fencing materials, furniture, metals, and wood or brush over 24 inches.
Debris that cannot be dumped at the bins is accepted at the landfill, Callwood said.
"The notice also states that violators will be prosecuted and may be fined up to $1,000," he said, adding that litter enforcement officers will be patrolling the bin sites, issuing citations to anyone violating the dumping laws.
For more information, contact John Green, senior solid waste coordinator at Public Works, at 773-1290 ext. 2218.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – Public Works Commissioner Wayne Callwood said the department has completed repairs to the sewer line in the Golden Rock area, and more repairs are on the way.
"Approximately 450 feet of concrete piping was replaced with 12-inch PVC piping from the area of LBJ to Harbor View Apartments," Callwood said. Blocked connectors for two residential pipe lines were also replaced, he said.
Ongoing repairs include running more of the PVC piping in the area to improve the flow into the manhole, Callwood said. "It is anticipated that this work will be completed within three weeks," he said, adding that the department would continue utilizing "chlorine and deodorizer to control the odor and disinfect the area until the problem is resolved."
Callwood asked that Golden Rock residents and motorists use caution in the area and to adhere to posted traffic barriers.

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Sept. 26, 2002 – Under the newly revised Economic Development Authority, Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has approved 11 new applications for economic development benefits. The governor also granted an extension of benefits to one other company.
"This is a continuous effort on the part of this administration to promote the territory as business-friendly," Turnbull said, noting that of the 12 companies, nine are located on St. Croix.
Turnbull said these companies bring a variety of businesses to the islands, including inter-island ferry services, construction and operation of a five-star hotel/convention center, acquisitions of mortgage and home equity loans for sale in the secondary market, operation of various lottery schemes, and consulting services to clients outside the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"With these additional companies, I have approved over 60 new companies within the last two years, with the majority being located on St. Croix," Turnbull said.
The 12 companies represent a total investment of more than $114 million in the territory and will employ an estimated 450 people, with an annual salary total of approximately $12.3 million.
A list of the approved businesses was not released from Government House, with the reason given that the businesses themselves had not yet been notified.

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