Today is the last opportunity to examine voting machines and receive instruction in use of electronic voting machines.
Call the elections office in your district for locations and times of viewing.
VOTER REGISTRATION ENDING
Oct. 6 is the last day for registration for the general election. It is also the last day to change or cancel enrollment in a political party. Note – this is a Sunday, so be sure to visit an elections registration site by Friday, Oct. 4, if no special sessions are publicized.
Call elections officces for locations of instruction in use of electronic voting machines between Oct. 6 and 16.
Call elections officces for locations of instruction in use of electronic voting machines between Oct. 6 and 16.
VOTER REGISTRATION ENDING
Oct 6 is the last day for registration for the general election. Note – this is a Sunday, so be sure to visit an elections registration site by Friday, Oct. 4, if no special sessions are publicized.
Call elections offices for instruction in use of electronic voting machines between Oct. 6 and 16.
Call elections offices for instruction in use of electronic voting machines between Oct. 6 and 16.
SELF-ADVOCACY FOR DISABLED CONFERENCE
Conferences designed to promote self-advocacy among the territory's disabled residents and those who work with and care for them have been planned by a coalition of Virgin Islands organizations.
The first annual "Speak About Issues … Voices That Count" conference, organized by UVI's V.I. University Center for the Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD), will be held Sept. 24 and 25 on St. Croix and Oct. 1 and 2 on St. Thomas.
The sessions are free. On St. Croix they will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Territorial Court building at Kingshill. The St. Thomas sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Windward Passage Hotel.
For details or to reserve space, contact the VIUCEDD St. Croix office at 692-1919 by Sept. 18. On St. Thomas, contact Wilbert Francis at 693-1189 by Sept. 23.
The first annual "Speak About Issues … Voices That Count" conference, organized by UVI's V.I. University Center for the Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD), will be held Sept. 24 and 25 on St. Croix and Oct. 1 and 2 on St. Thomas.
The sessions are free. On St. Croix they will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Territorial Court building at Kingshill. The St. Thomas sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Windward Passage Hotel.
For details or to reserve space, contact the VIUCEDD St. Croix office at 692-1919 by Sept. 18. On St. Thomas, contact Wilbert Francis at 693-1189 by Sept. 23.
'MANAGING YOUR MONEY' SEMINAR
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 to educate individuals on the importance of managing 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.
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.
TRAVEL AGENTS SEE ISLANDS FIRST HAND FOR FREE
Sept. 21, 2002 – The territory's hospitality industry is hoping to reap the rewards of new attention to the Virgin Islands as a vacation destination as a result of hosting hundreds of travel agents for complimentary three-night visits in August.
The fifth annual Travel Agents Month promotion saw 328 agents spend "just under 1,000 room nights" at 12 participating hotels on St. Thomas and St. John, according to a release from the St. Thomas-St. John Hotel and Tourism Association, which along with its St. Croix counterpart sponsored the program.
Agents also stayed on St. Croix at 10 hotels taking part in the program.
"The concept behind this program is to allow travel agents to visit the Virgin Islands and experience the destinations in the same way that their clients would," Beverly Nicholson, St. Thomas-St. John association executive director, said. "We believe that the most effective way for travel agents to sell the United States Virgin Islands is to see us and experience what we have to offer."
The accommodations participating on St. Thomas were Blazing Villas, Bolongo Bay Beach Club and Villas, Holiday Inn Windward Passage, Marriott Frenchman's Reef, Point Pleasant Resort, Renaissance Grand Beach Resort, Sapphire Beach Resort and Marina, Secret Harbour Beach Resort and Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa.
Those on St. Croix were the Hotel Caravelle, Carrington's Inn St. Croix, Divi Carina Bay Resort, Frederiksted Hotel, Hibiscus Beach Hotel, Hotel on the Cay, InnParadise, King Christian Hotel, Sugar Beach Condominiums and Tamarind Reef Hotel.
Those on St. John were Gallows Point Resort, Maho Bay Camps and the Westin Resort and Villas.
American Airlines, US Airways and United Airlines offered agents special air fares to visit the Virgin Islands, the release said.
On St. Thomas and St. John, agents received discounts or gifts from AT&T, Awesome Power Boat Rentals, Budget Rent-A-Car, Chalet D'Or, Coral World Marine Park, Islander Taxi, Little Switzerland, Nauti Nymph and Magic Moments, Paradise Point Tramway, Shell Seekers and Virgin Islands EcoTours.
On St. Croix, such incentives were provided by A Boardwalk In Restaurant, Big Beard's Adventure Tours and Gift Shop, Centipede, Mile Mark Water Sports, Olympic Rent a Car, Sonya Jewelry, St. Croix Safari Tours and Violette Boutique.
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The fifth annual Travel Agents Month promotion saw 328 agents spend "just under 1,000 room nights" at 12 participating hotels on St. Thomas and St. John, according to a release from the St. Thomas-St. John Hotel and Tourism Association, which along with its St. Croix counterpart sponsored the program.
Agents also stayed on St. Croix at 10 hotels taking part in the program.
"The concept behind this program is to allow travel agents to visit the Virgin Islands and experience the destinations in the same way that their clients would," Beverly Nicholson, St. Thomas-St. John association executive director, said. "We believe that the most effective way for travel agents to sell the United States Virgin Islands is to see us and experience what we have to offer."
The accommodations participating on St. Thomas were Blazing Villas, Bolongo Bay Beach Club and Villas, Holiday Inn Windward Passage, Marriott Frenchman's Reef, Point Pleasant Resort, Renaissance Grand Beach Resort, Sapphire Beach Resort and Marina, Secret Harbour Beach Resort and Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa.
Those on St. Croix were the Hotel Caravelle, Carrington's Inn St. Croix, Divi Carina Bay Resort, Frederiksted Hotel, Hibiscus Beach Hotel, Hotel on the Cay, InnParadise, King Christian Hotel, Sugar Beach Condominiums and Tamarind Reef Hotel.
Those on St. John were Gallows Point Resort, Maho Bay Camps and the Westin Resort and Villas.
American Airlines, US Airways and United Airlines offered agents special air fares to visit the Virgin Islands, the release said.
On St. Thomas and St. John, agents received discounts or gifts from AT&T, Awesome Power Boat Rentals, Budget Rent-A-Car, Chalet D'Or, Coral World Marine Park, Islander Taxi, Little Switzerland, Nauti Nymph and Magic Moments, Paradise Point Tramway, Shell Seekers and Virgin Islands EcoTours.
On St. Croix, such incentives were provided by A Boardwalk In Restaurant, Big Beard's Adventure Tours and Gift Shop, Centipede, Mile Mark Water Sports, Olympic Rent a Car, Sonya Jewelry, St. Croix Safari Tours and Violette Boutique.
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COLORS COUNT IN THE PRODUCE ON YOUR PLATE
Sept. 22, 2002 – Celebrate National 5 A Day Week, Sept. 22-28, by forking into a colorful Tropical Five Fruit Salad. It's a tasty way to start fulfilling this year's event theme — "Eating 5 to 9 and Feeling Fine, Fruits and Vegetables Anytime!"
The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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COLORS COUNT IN THE PRODUCE ON YOUR PLATE
Sept. 22, 2002 – Celebrate National 5 A Day Week, Sept. 22-28, by forking into a colorful Tropical Five Fruit Salad. It's a tasty way to start fulfilling this year's event theme — "Eating 5 to 9 and Feeling Fine, Fruits and Vegetables Anytime!"
The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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COLORS COUNT IN THE PRODUCE ON YOUR PLATE
Sept. 22, 2002 – Celebrate National 5 A Day Week, Sept. 22-28, by forking into a colorful Tropical Five Fruit Salad. It's a tasty way to start fulfilling this year's event theme — "Eating 5 to 9 and Feeling Fine, Fruits and Vegetables Anytime!"
The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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The 5 A Day for Better Health program was developed in 1991 as a partnership between the National Cancer Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. This unique partnership has been successful in increasing public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, and also increasing their consumption in the United States, including the Virgin Islands.
Just look at the plastic bags for fruits and vegetables in the produce department of our supermarkets, and you'll see the 5 A Day logo. Ditto for the price signs for various produce items and on bagged produce items themselves.
This year, the 5 A Day message has taken on yet another facet — color. The idea is based on the book "Eat by Color" by David Heber. The author, a physician, makes the point that color is the key to good nutrition:. Produce that comes in vivid hues contains an arsenal of disease-fighting chemicals called phytonutrients.
To make sure you get enough of these vital ingredients, add a single serving from each of these color families — red/purple, red, orange, yellow/green, green and white/green — to your usual daily diet of whole grains, protein and healthy fats. The salad recipe here will get you started!
Tropical Five-Fruit Salad
2 medium-sized oranges, peeled, sliced and quartered
2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 red apples, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
Juice from one fresh lime plus 1/4 teaspoon grated peel
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. For an extra-nice look, garnish with a sprig of mint. That's it! Enjoy!
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 110 calories, 0.5 gm fat (3 percent calories from fat), no cholesterol, 4 mg sodium.
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WHAT ABOUT THE V.I. VICTIM OF SEPT. 11?
Dear Source,
I am a soldier on active duty status stationed in Germany. I have served in the military for 17 years now. I have traveled the world and will travel even greater destinations while stationed here. I have all intentions to return to my roots — Paradise.
My issue is the "neglect" of the mention of a dead soldier. This has bothered me since Sept 11, 2001, and still does. I read your article on how the Virgin Islanders paid tribute to all that died in the September attack.
There was a staff sergeant named Maudlyn White, 38. She was from St. Croix and died in the Pentagon attack. (See "V.I. terrorist victim buried at Arlington".) I did not know her personally, but I did know St.Croix was listed as her hometown and she was a fellow soldier. I have nowhere yet read anything or seen anything done for this soldier in remembrance of her.
At the mimimum, the soldier's name should have been mentioned in your article or tribute paid to her in a ceremony at home. I found out that the St.Croix firefighters visited New York to raise money or show their support. So I ask, what did they, or even the National Guard, more appropriately, do for this soldier or her family?
No matter where you are, when you see St. Croix, St. Thomas or St. John mentioned as someone's hometown, you automatically relate. You feel proud.
Near Canegata Ballpark on St.Croix, there is a big memorial marker for the guy from Guam who was electrocuted while trying to help us recover from a hurricane some years ago. We didn't even have to do all this for Maudlyn, but we should have done something.
Maybe I am taking this too personally, or maybe I don't know the whole story. Please forgive me if I have been misinformed. I would hate to die serving this country and not be recognized, at least in a small way, by my beautiful Virgin Islands.
Ellen M. Magras, CW2
DISCOM Food Adviser
I am a soldier on active duty status stationed in Germany. I have served in the military for 17 years now. I have traveled the world and will travel even greater destinations while stationed here. I have all intentions to return to my roots — Paradise.
My issue is the "neglect" of the mention of a dead soldier. This has bothered me since Sept 11, 2001, and still does. I read your article on how the Virgin Islanders paid tribute to all that died in the September attack.
There was a staff sergeant named Maudlyn White, 38. She was from St. Croix and died in the Pentagon attack. (See "V.I. terrorist victim buried at Arlington".) I did not know her personally, but I did know St.Croix was listed as her hometown and she was a fellow soldier. I have nowhere yet read anything or seen anything done for this soldier in remembrance of her.
At the mimimum, the soldier's name should have been mentioned in your article or tribute paid to her in a ceremony at home. I found out that the St.Croix firefighters visited New York to raise money or show their support. So I ask, what did they, or even the National Guard, more appropriately, do for this soldier or her family?
No matter where you are, when you see St. Croix, St. Thomas or St. John mentioned as someone's hometown, you automatically relate. You feel proud.
Near Canegata Ballpark on St.Croix, there is a big memorial marker for the guy from Guam who was electrocuted while trying to help us recover from a hurricane some years ago. We didn't even have to do all this for Maudlyn, but we should have done something.
Maybe I am taking this too personally, or maybe I don't know the whole story. Please forgive me if I have been misinformed. I would hate to die serving this country and not be recognized, at least in a small way, by my beautiful Virgin Islands.
Ellen M. Magras, CW2
DISCOM Food Adviser
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