Sept. 23, 2002 – If you or your group wants to help with the Education Department's various reading programs, Zoraida Jacobs will tell you how.
Jacobs, who is coordinating Education's 2002-2003 Reading Campaign, said, "The community can help by working with established programs or creating programs of their own."
The campaign expects to raise awareness on the importance and significance of reading.
The department will launch the campaign with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Curriculum Center.
Jacobs said the Education Department faces challenges in helping students learn to read, so community involvement is especially important. She also said there are a number of adults who can't read.
She warned that if the community doesn't get involved now by helping with the reading problem, it will face more serious problems later on.
"When kids graduate and they're not on their grade level or drop out of school, how do they generate a decent income?" she asked.
Jacobs said the help can take many forms, by serving as a volunteer or by contributing materials.
"If you give an hour here and there for a couple of months that will help," she said.
Jacobs said volunteers can also do things like read to patients at hospitals or help with the Education Department's Adult Literacy Program.
The Reading Campaign plans a Book Festival at Sunny Isle Shopping Center, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 12.
Jacobs said events will include storytelling in English and Spanish, books sales and swaps, and puppet making. While the event is targeted at children, shopping center bookstores are welcoming adults.
The Reading Campaign planned the event to coincide with the Library of Congress's Book Festival held on the same day in Washington, D.C., she said.
The Reading Campaign has also created a contest to pick the best logo and slogan for the campaign. It is open to all public and private school students on St. Croix.
To volunteer for the Reading Campaign, call Jacobs at 773-1095 ext. 245 or 248. To help an adult learn to read, call 773-1095 ext. 290.
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WAPA OFFERING SEMINAR ON BOARD EFFECTIVENESS
Sept. 24, 2002 – More than a dozen government and a few private boards will get state-of-the-art advice Friday on how to more effectively conduct their business at a seminar hosted by the governing board of the Water and Power Authority.
The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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WAPA OFFERING SEMINAR ON BOARD EFFECTIVENESS
Sept. 24, 2002 – More than a dozen government and a few private boards will get state-of-the-art advice Friday on how to more effectively conduct their business at a seminar hosted by the governing board of the Water and Power Authority.
The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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WAPA OFFERING SEMINAR ON BOARD EFFECTIVENESS
Sept. 24, 2002 – More than a dozen government and a few private boards will get state-of-the-art advice Friday on how to more effectively conduct their business at a seminar hosted by the governing board of the Water and Power Authority.
The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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The one-day workshop, "Board and Commission Effectiveness: Leading not Rubber Stamping nor Meddling," runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas. It is being led by Carolyn Bailey, an internationally recognized board management and theory expert and president of Bailey and Associates, an Indiana consultant firm.
WAPA Board Chairwoman Carol Burke was the driving force behind the meeting. She said she attended a conference for public utilities last June, where she heard Bailey. "I heard her at that meeting and I realized I wanted her presentation for a retreat we were contemplating."
"After looking at certain boards, including ours," Burke said Tuesday she saw how important this could be for the territory. "I think this is the first time something like this has happened in the V.I."
"I realized we could broaden our scope and invite other boards so they could understand the importance of organizational development in achieving goals," Burke said.
Having invited the Legislature to the seminar, Burke said, "I hope it will be the first of continued technical assistance for the boards and the Senate."
Burke said WAPA's board has already received benefits from Bailey's insights and suggestions. "We have grown tremendously," she said.
Bailey will discuss appropriate board interactions and policies, how to reduce wasted time in the boardroom, and effective board-CEO relationships.
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, vice-president of Tropical Shipping, will be the keynote speaker for the seminar, Burke said.
At least one Virgin Island board, the Public Services Commission, has frequently come under public scrutiny for its practices. Last year Walter Challenger, then board chairman, was criticized by the board's attorney, Maria Tankensen Hodge, for his hiring practices; Hodge then resigned her post.
Last year Challenger hired AUS Consultants, without a quorum present to vote. Current PSC Commission Chair Desmond Maynard walked out of that same meeting, protesting the hiring of AUS. The PSC is currently being sued by a daily newspaper for conducting an executive session which the paper called "illegal."
The PSC is one of the commissions who will be attending the seminar. Others who have responded to date, include the Casino Control Commission, Economic Development Authority, Senator White, Government Health Insurance Board, Joint Boards of Election, Housing Finance Authority, Juan F. Luis Hospital Board and Roy L. Schneider Hospital Board.
Burke said several private corporations were also planning to attend. She said more responses are coming in.
Admission is $75 including breakfast and lunch.
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NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ARRIVES IN THE ISLANDS
Sept. 24, 2002 – National Public Radio is now available in the islands. The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is pleased to announce the arrival of WVGN on 107.3 FM.
The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WVGN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
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The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WVGN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
Publisher's note : Like the St. John Source now? Find out how you can love us twice as much — and show your support for the islands' free and independent news voice … click here.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ARRIVES IN THE ISLANDS
Sept. 24, 2002 – National Public Radio is now available in the islands. The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is pleased to announce the arrival of WVGN on 107.3 FM.
The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WVGN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
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The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WVGN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
Publisher's note : Like the St. Croix Source now? Find out how you can love us twice as much — and show your support for the islands' free and independent news voice … click here.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ARRIVES IN THE ISLANDS
Sept. 24, 2002 – National Public Radio is now available in the islands. The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is pleased to announce the arrival of WVGN on 107.3 FM.
The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WGVN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
Publisher's note : Like the St. Thomas Source now? Find out how you can love us twice as much — and show your support for the islands' free and independent news voice … click here.
The station began broadcasting Sept. 20, and reaches all of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as part of Puerto Rico. National Public Radio programming is being broadcast on WVGN 24 hours a day.
Some of NPR's most popular programming includes Morning Edition, World Radio Network, All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Award-winning journalists, commentators, producers and analysts prepare the news program Morning Edition, which will air on WGVN from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
World Radio Network presents world events from nations in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other regions of the world.
For two hours each weekday, host Robert Siegel presents a mix of news, interviews, commentaries and special features on All Things Considered. Heard by more than 12 million listeners each week, the program also reviews happenings in the arts, books, films and theater.
On The Tavis Smiley Show you'll find a bold new voice with a fresh perspective. The high energy show features provocative discussions and commentary, and will air on WVGN on weekdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m.
Lorraine Baa-Elisha, a local business and civic leader with over 10 years in radio broadcasting experience, is WVGN's general manager. She is excited about building a broad membership for the station here in the Virgin Islands.
Local offices will be open soon, but until then listeners can contact the station via e-mail at npr@ccbradio.org.
The Caribbean Community Broadcasting Company is a local nonprofit corporation established one year ago by Keith Bass, an entrepreneur from the United States.
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HOUSE OKS BILL FOR SALT RIVER EXPANSION
Sept. 24, 2002 – Federal legislation to allow the National Park Service to buy acreage adjacent to the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve on St. Croix has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, Delegate Donna M. Christensen said Tuesday in a release. A similar bill passed the U.S. Senate earlier.
A conference committee from both chambers now will meet to reconcile differences in the two versions before forwarding the measure to President Bush for his signature, Monique Clendinen, Christensen's spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
The legislation is necessary because a private owner of land on the south boundary of the park wants to donate 15.5 acres to the National Park Service to become part of the park, and a neighbor on the western side similarly wants to donate part and sell part of an 8.5-acre parcel. The 8.5-acre parcel includes a 4,800-square-foot house that could be used as a visitor center, something the Salt River site does not now have.
"In order to provide better service and a more rewarding experience for park visitors, it is important for the Park Service to have a place where visitors can come learn about the park and receive assistance from Park Service personnel," Christensen, the bill's sponsor, said in the release.
She said the Salt River area has incredible natural resources as well as areas of historical and archeological significance. "Salt River Bay is the first and best-documented site where Columbus made landfall on his second voyage to the New World in 1493," she noted.
An allocation of $1.5 million to pay for part of the 8.5-acre parcel is included in an Interior Department appropriations bill now making its way through the government process.
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A conference committee from both chambers now will meet to reconcile differences in the two versions before forwarding the measure to President Bush for his signature, Monique Clendinen, Christensen's spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
The legislation is necessary because a private owner of land on the south boundary of the park wants to donate 15.5 acres to the National Park Service to become part of the park, and a neighbor on the western side similarly wants to donate part and sell part of an 8.5-acre parcel. The 8.5-acre parcel includes a 4,800-square-foot house that could be used as a visitor center, something the Salt River site does not now have.
"In order to provide better service and a more rewarding experience for park visitors, it is important for the Park Service to have a place where visitors can come learn about the park and receive assistance from Park Service personnel," Christensen, the bill's sponsor, said in the release.
She said the Salt River area has incredible natural resources as well as areas of historical and archeological significance. "Salt River Bay is the first and best-documented site where Columbus made landfall on his second voyage to the New World in 1493," she noted.
An allocation of $1.5 million to pay for part of the 8.5-acre parcel is included in an Interior Department appropriations bill now making its way through the government process.
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V.I. INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE GETS A WEB SITE
Sept. 24, 2002 – The Virgin Islands Inspector General's Office serves as the audit and investigative arm of the government and people of the Virgin Islands, and just about anything you ever wanted to know about the agency is now available on its Web site, launched on Tuesday.
The VIIG site affords downloads of audit reports on government agencies, a history of the I.G.'s Office, the Fiscal Year 2003 audit plan with the agencies to be audited, 10 frequently asked questions and — "most important," according to Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt — an opportunity for residents to "report online instances of fraud, waste and abuse of government funds."
Van Beverhoudt said Tuesday, "I hope it will help build confidence in people to come forward with information."
People have always been reluctant supply information, he said, either because they don't have it or because they fear retaliation. "Lots of times, people come forward with allegations," he said, "but we have to have substance, something we can work with."
The Inspector General's Office has authority over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the V.I. government, as well as its various instrumentalities.
The site answers questions about the I.G.'s role. For instance, "Can the Office of the I.G. be prevented from auditing or investigating a department or program of the government?" Answer: "No. The code gives the I.G.'s office access to all records and documents of an agency, and prevents anyone from preventing an audit."
Selected audit reports issued over the last five years are available, starting with a June 2002 report on the administration of the Hotel Room Tax. To open the files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be downloaded for free from the site.
Van Beverhoudt said the site was created in "about a month" by iDesign, a Florida company. He said, "I told the iDesign people what I wanted, and that I had a month to do it."
But it wasn't that simple. "I had to turn the files into PDF files [Portable Document Format files accessed through Acrobat Reader] and scan every page. Some of them were 80-page documents. I worked weekends and nights to get it done."
Van Beverhoudt said he is grateful for the professional job that iDesign did on the site. And how much did it cost? Van Beverhoudt laughed. "I'm afraid to say — it cost $1,600, including six months' maintenance."
The I.G.'s Office, like almost all other government agencies, is facing funding problems which were not resolved in the FY 2003 budget. At the budget hearing for his office, lawmakers strongly indicated to Van Beverhoudt that they would give him the increase he requested to fund his agency adequately and fill its vacancies. However, they did not do so.
The agency is in critical need of three investigative agents with peace officer status, he said. "Without funding these positions, it hampers our work," Van Beverhoudt told the senators at his budget hearing. "We need the ability to serve search warrants. We can't put people's lives in jeopardy. All the investigative arms of the federal government have agents with peace officer status."
Van Beverhoudt hasn't given up hope. "Some of the senators have promised that they will act on this after the election," he said. "I'll just have to wait and see what they do."
Talking about the new Web site, however, he is upbeat. "As you peruse the pages, you will learn more of what we do," he said.
In addition to the information available on his own office, there are links to other sites, such as those of the auditors' offices for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the federal Association of Inspectors General, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the various regions of the U.S. Inspector General's Office.
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The VIIG site affords downloads of audit reports on government agencies, a history of the I.G.'s Office, the Fiscal Year 2003 audit plan with the agencies to be audited, 10 frequently asked questions and — "most important," according to Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt — an opportunity for residents to "report online instances of fraud, waste and abuse of government funds."
Van Beverhoudt said Tuesday, "I hope it will help build confidence in people to come forward with information."
People have always been reluctant supply information, he said, either because they don't have it or because they fear retaliation. "Lots of times, people come forward with allegations," he said, "but we have to have substance, something we can work with."
The Inspector General's Office has authority over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the V.I. government, as well as its various instrumentalities.
The site answers questions about the I.G.'s role. For instance, "Can the Office of the I.G. be prevented from auditing or investigating a department or program of the government?" Answer: "No. The code gives the I.G.'s office access to all records and documents of an agency, and prevents anyone from preventing an audit."
Selected audit reports issued over the last five years are available, starting with a June 2002 report on the administration of the Hotel Room Tax. To open the files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be downloaded for free from the site.
Van Beverhoudt said the site was created in "about a month" by iDesign, a Florida company. He said, "I told the iDesign people what I wanted, and that I had a month to do it."
But it wasn't that simple. "I had to turn the files into PDF files [Portable Document Format files accessed through Acrobat Reader] and scan every page. Some of them were 80-page documents. I worked weekends and nights to get it done."
Van Beverhoudt said he is grateful for the professional job that iDesign did on the site. And how much did it cost? Van Beverhoudt laughed. "I'm afraid to say — it cost $1,600, including six months' maintenance."
The I.G.'s Office, like almost all other government agencies, is facing funding problems which were not resolved in the FY 2003 budget. At the budget hearing for his office, lawmakers strongly indicated to Van Beverhoudt that they would give him the increase he requested to fund his agency adequately and fill its vacancies. However, they did not do so.
The agency is in critical need of three investigative agents with peace officer status, he said. "Without funding these positions, it hampers our work," Van Beverhoudt told the senators at his budget hearing. "We need the ability to serve search warrants. We can't put people's lives in jeopardy. All the investigative arms of the federal government have agents with peace officer status."
Van Beverhoudt hasn't given up hope. "Some of the senators have promised that they will act on this after the election," he said. "I'll just have to wait and see what they do."
Talking about the new Web site, however, he is upbeat. "As you peruse the pages, you will learn more of what we do," he said.
In addition to the information available on his own office, there are links to other sites, such as those of the auditors' offices for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the federal Association of Inspectors General, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the various regions of the U.S. Inspector General's Office.
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V.I. INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE GETS A WEB SITE
Sept. 24, 2002 – The Virgin Islands Inspector General's Office serves as the audit and investigative arm of the government and people of the Virgin Islands, and just about anything you ever wanted to know about the agency is now available on its Web site, launched on Tuesday.
The VIIG site affords downloads of audit reports on government agencies, a history of the I.G.'s Office, the Fiscal Year 2003 audit plan with the agencies to be audited, 10 frequently asked questions and — "most important," according to Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt — an opportunity for residents to "report online instances of fraud, waste and abuse of government funds."
Van Beverhoudt said Tuesday, "I hope it will help build confidence in people to come forward with information."
People have always been reluctant supply information, he said, either because they don't have it or because they fear retaliation. "Lots of times, people come forward with allegations," he said, "but we have to have substance, something we can work with."
The Inspector General's Office has authority over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the V.I. government, as well as its various instrumentalities.
The site answers questions about the I.G.'s role. For instance, "Can the Office of the I.G. be prevented from auditing or investigating a department or program of the government?" Answer: "No. The code gives the I.G.'s office access to all records and documents of an agency, and prevents anyone from preventing an audit."
Selected audit reports issued over the last five years are available, starting with a June 2002 report on the administration of the Hotel Room Tax. To open the files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be downloaded for free from the site.
Van Beverhoudt said the site was created in "about a month" by iDesign, a Florida company. He said, "I told the iDesign people what I wanted, and that I had a month to do it."
But, it wasn't that simple. "I had to turn the files into PDF files [Portable Document Format files accessed through Acrobat Reader] and scan every page. Some of them were 80-page documents. I worked weekends and nights to get it done."
Van Beverhoudt said he is grateful for the professional job that iDesign did on the site. And how much did it cost? Van Beverhoudt laughed. "I'm afraid to say — it cost $1,600, including six months' maintenance."
The I.G.'s Office, like almost all other government agencies, is facing funding problems which were not resolved in the FY 2003 budget. At the budget hearing for his office, lawmakers strongly indicated to Van Beverhoudt that they would give him the increase he requested to fund his agency adequately and fill its vacancies. However, they did not do so.
The agency is in critical need of three investigative agents with peace officer status, he said. "Without funding these positions, it hampers our work," Van Beverhoudt told the senators at his budget hearing. "We need the ability to serve search warrants. We can't put people's lives in jeopardy. All the investigative arms of the federal government have agents with peace officer status."
Van Beverhoudt hasn't given up hope. "Some of the senators have promised that they will act on this after the election," he said. "I'll just have to wait and see what they do."
Talking about the new Web site, however, he is upbeat. "As you peruse the pages, you will learn more of what we do," he said.
In addition to the information available on his own office, there are links to others sites — such as those of the auditors' offices for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the federal Association of Inspectors General, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the various regions of the U.S. Inspector General's Office.
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The VIIG site affords downloads of audit reports on government agencies, a history of the I.G.'s Office, the Fiscal Year 2003 audit plan with the agencies to be audited, 10 frequently asked questions and — "most important," according to Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt — an opportunity for residents to "report online instances of fraud, waste and abuse of government funds."
Van Beverhoudt said Tuesday, "I hope it will help build confidence in people to come forward with information."
People have always been reluctant supply information, he said, either because they don't have it or because they fear retaliation. "Lots of times, people come forward with allegations," he said, "but we have to have substance, something we can work with."
The Inspector General's Office has authority over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the V.I. government, as well as its various instrumentalities.
The site answers questions about the I.G.'s role. For instance, "Can the Office of the I.G. be prevented from auditing or investigating a department or program of the government?" Answer: "No. The code gives the I.G.'s office access to all records and documents of an agency, and prevents anyone from preventing an audit."
Selected audit reports issued over the last five years are available, starting with a June 2002 report on the administration of the Hotel Room Tax. To open the files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be downloaded for free from the site.
Van Beverhoudt said the site was created in "about a month" by iDesign, a Florida company. He said, "I told the iDesign people what I wanted, and that I had a month to do it."
But, it wasn't that simple. "I had to turn the files into PDF files [Portable Document Format files accessed through Acrobat Reader] and scan every page. Some of them were 80-page documents. I worked weekends and nights to get it done."
Van Beverhoudt said he is grateful for the professional job that iDesign did on the site. And how much did it cost? Van Beverhoudt laughed. "I'm afraid to say — it cost $1,600, including six months' maintenance."
The I.G.'s Office, like almost all other government agencies, is facing funding problems which were not resolved in the FY 2003 budget. At the budget hearing for his office, lawmakers strongly indicated to Van Beverhoudt that they would give him the increase he requested to fund his agency adequately and fill its vacancies. However, they did not do so.
The agency is in critical need of three investigative agents with peace officer status, he said. "Without funding these positions, it hampers our work," Van Beverhoudt told the senators at his budget hearing. "We need the ability to serve search warrants. We can't put people's lives in jeopardy. All the investigative arms of the federal government have agents with peace officer status."
Van Beverhoudt hasn't given up hope. "Some of the senators have promised that they will act on this after the election," he said. "I'll just have to wait and see what they do."
Talking about the new Web site, however, he is upbeat. "As you peruse the pages, you will learn more of what we do," he said.
In addition to the information available on his own office, there are links to others sites — such as those of the auditors' offices for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the federal Association of Inspectors General, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the various regions of the U.S. Inspector General's Office.
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