Sept. 20, 2001 – Junior and senior high school students and parents are invited to an orientation session for the Science Awareness Saturday Academy Programs and Mentoring Program, at 11 a.m. Saturday at the University of the Virgin Islands. The sessions will be in the Business Room B-110 in St. Thomas, and EC 401/Theater in St. Croix.
Interested students should come with an essay stating which science area they are interested and why.
The Junior Academy will be for students from grades 6-8 and the High School Academy will be for students from grades 9-12. Each academy will accommodate 30 to 35 students.
Sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics, the programs will meet monthly. Experiments will be conducted with doctors, scientists, health professionals, engineers, computer specialists and other science professionals. Students will do some homework or follow-up assignments, and will work toward a science poster presentation for the closing May 4, 2001.
For information on St. Thomas, contact the coordinator, Dr. Rosenid Hernández-Badía at (340) 693-1383 or email rhernan@uvi.edu. On St. Croix, contact Dr. Barbara Evans at: email bevans@uvi.edu or (340)692-4101.
JUDGE'S ORDER TO REMOVE FLAG PIN OFFENDS
Dear Source,
It was with much surprise that I read of Judge Rhys Hodge's order to Lofton P. Holder to remove an American flag lapel pin that Mr. Holder was wearing to court recently. Attorney Stephen Brusch and Judge Hodge should be ashamed of themselves for this act of anti-patriotism. While the Virgin Islands is geographically far removed from the United States, it is still, to the best of my knowledge, a territory of the United States of America.
Mr. Holder said that he feels as if his First Amendment rights had been violated. I'm not sure you even have to go that far! Mr. Brusch and Judge Hodge have basically just slapped America in the face with these actions.
This, at a time when we all need to stick together, united under one flag. Wave the flag, citizens of the UNITED STATES Virgin Islands!
Eric K. Roeske
Watertown, Wis.
It was with much surprise that I read of Judge Rhys Hodge's order to Lofton P. Holder to remove an American flag lapel pin that Mr. Holder was wearing to court recently. Attorney Stephen Brusch and Judge Hodge should be ashamed of themselves for this act of anti-patriotism. While the Virgin Islands is geographically far removed from the United States, it is still, to the best of my knowledge, a territory of the United States of America.
Mr. Holder said that he feels as if his First Amendment rights had been violated. I'm not sure you even have to go that far! Mr. Brusch and Judge Hodge have basically just slapped America in the face with these actions.
This, at a time when we all need to stick together, united under one flag. Wave the flag, citizens of the UNITED STATES Virgin Islands!
Eric K. Roeske
Watertown, Wis.
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FISH MARKET GROUND BREAKING FRIDAY
Sept. 20, 2001 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Mid-Island Fisherman’s Market in St. Croix will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 21. The Market site, located in Estate Body Slob, is close to the Farmer’s Market at Ville La Reine. When the Fishermen's Market opens in about a year, shoppers can pick up produce and fish in one stop.
Norman Edwards, executive assistant to Agriculture Commissioner Henry Schuster, said that currently fishermen sell their wares along Queen Mary Highway and from their boats in Frederiksted and Gallows Bay. He hopes that the fishermen will shift their sales to the new facility when it opens.
"We are building a proper facility with refrigeration," Edwards said. He said the refrigerating the fish will help prevent waste.
Norman Edwards, executive assistant to Agriculture Commissioner Henry Schuster, said that currently fishermen sell their wares along Queen Mary Highway and from their boats in Frederiksted and Gallows Bay. He hopes that the fishermen will shift their sales to the new facility when it opens.
"We are building a proper facility with refrigeration," Edwards said. He said the refrigerating the fish will help prevent waste.
FISH MARKET GROUND BREAKING RESCHEDULED
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Mid-Island Fisherman's facility has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21, at Estate Body Slob, adjacent to the Farmers Market at Ville La Reine.
This planned construction will serve to correct some of the problems with selling fish on the roadsides on St. Croix. When completed, this facility will coincide with the Farmers Market at Estate Ville La Reine and provide an enhanced shopping experience for the people of St. Croix.
This planned construction will serve to correct some of the problems with selling fish on the roadsides on St. Croix. When completed, this facility will coincide with the Farmers Market at Estate Ville La Reine and provide an enhanced shopping experience for the people of St. Croix.
SCIENCE AWARENESS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
Sept. 20, 2001 – Junior and senior high school students and parents are invited to an orientation session for the Science Awareness Saturday Academy Programs and Mentoring Program, at 11 a.m. Saturday at the University of the Virgin Islands. The sessions will be in the Business Room B-110 in St. Thomas, and EC 401/Theater in St. Croix.
Interested students should come with an essay stating which science area they are interested and why.
The Junior Academy will be for students from grades 6-8 and the High School Academy will be for students from grades 9-12. Each academy will accommodate 30 to 35 students.
Sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics, the programs will meet monthly. Experiments will be conducted with doctors, scientists, health professionals, engineers, computer specialists and other science professionals. Students will do some homework or follow-up assignments, and will work toward a science poster presentation for the closing May 4, 2001.
For information on St. Thomas, contact the coordinator, Dr. Rosenid Hernández-Badía at (340) 693-1383 or email rhernan@uvi.edu. On St. Croix, contact Dr. Barbara Evans at: email bevans@uvi.edu or (340)692-4101.
Interested students should come with an essay stating which science area they are interested and why.
The Junior Academy will be for students from grades 6-8 and the High School Academy will be for students from grades 9-12. Each academy will accommodate 30 to 35 students.
Sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics, the programs will meet monthly. Experiments will be conducted with doctors, scientists, health professionals, engineers, computer specialists and other science professionals. Students will do some homework or follow-up assignments, and will work toward a science poster presentation for the closing May 4, 2001.
For information on St. Thomas, contact the coordinator, Dr. Rosenid Hernández-Badía at (340) 693-1383 or email rhernan@uvi.edu. On St. Croix, contact Dr. Barbara Evans at: email bevans@uvi.edu or (340)692-4101.
BIR ACCEPTING CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS
The V. I. Bureau of Internal Revenue is now accepting credit cards as payment for all types of taxes.
Director Louis Milton Willis says that the type of credit cards presently accepted by the Bureau are VISA and MASTER CARD. For convenience, ATH cards (debit cards) will also be accepted. Taxpayers must go to the bureau to make these payments.
Director Louis Milton Willis says that the type of credit cards presently accepted by the Bureau are VISA and MASTER CARD. For convenience, ATH cards (debit cards) will also be accepted. Taxpayers must go to the bureau to make these payments.
SCIENCE AWARENESS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
Sept. 20, 2001 – Junior and senior high school students and parents are invited to an orientation session for the Science Awareness Saturday Academy Programs and Mentoring Program, at 11 a.m. Saturday at the University of the Virgin Islands. The sessions will be in the Business Room B-110 in St. Thomas, and EC 401/Theater in St. Croix.
Interested students should come with an essay stating which science area they are interested and why.
The Junior Academy will be for students from grades 6-8 and the High School Academy will be for students from grades 9-12. Each academy will accommodate 30 to 35 students.
Sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics, the programs will meet monthly. Experiments will be conducted with doctors, engineers, scientists, health professionals, computer specialists and other science professionals. Students will do some homework or follow-up assignments, and will work toward a poster presentation for the closing May 4, 2001.
For information on St. Thomas, contact the coordinator, Dr. Rosenid Hernández-Badía at (340) 693-1383 or email rhernan@uvi.edu. On St. Croix, contact Dr. Barbara Evans at: email bevans@uvi.edu or (340)692-4101.
Interested students should come with an essay stating which science area they are interested and why.
The Junior Academy will be for students from grades 6-8 and the High School Academy will be for students from grades 9-12. Each academy will accommodate 30 to 35 students.
Sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics, the programs will meet monthly. Experiments will be conducted with doctors, engineers, scientists, health professionals, computer specialists and other science professionals. Students will do some homework or follow-up assignments, and will work toward a poster presentation for the closing May 4, 2001.
For information on St. Thomas, contact the coordinator, Dr. Rosenid Hernández-Badía at (340) 693-1383 or email rhernan@uvi.edu. On St. Croix, contact Dr. Barbara Evans at: email bevans@uvi.edu or (340)692-4101.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING CANCELLED
The League of Women Voters' luncheon meeting scheduled for 12 noon on Monday, Sept. 24, in the Room With a View at Bluebeard's Castle, has been cancelled.
Watch for a rescheduling of this meeting with guest speakers Mark Augenblick, Chairman and CEO of Caribe Waste Technologies, and former Senator Osbert Potter.
Watch for a rescheduling of this meeting with guest speakers Mark Augenblick, Chairman and CEO of Caribe Waste Technologies, and former Senator Osbert Potter.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING CHANGE
The League of Women Voters' luncheon meeting, scheduled for 12 noon on Monday, Sept. 24, has moved to Room With a View at Bluebeard's Castle.
The guest speakers will be former Senator Osbert Potter and Mr. Mark Augenblick, Chairman and CEO of Caribe Waste Technologies. They will speak about the proposed gasification technology for the treatment of waste in the Virgin Islands.
For more information and reservations, contact Mrs. Eleanor Cerge at 776-9357, Mrs. Elizabeth Delagarde at 776-0287, or Jason Budsan at 777-7190.
The guest speakers will be former Senator Osbert Potter and Mr. Mark Augenblick, Chairman and CEO of Caribe Waste Technologies. They will speak about the proposed gasification technology for the treatment of waste in the Virgin Islands.
For more information and reservations, contact Mrs. Eleanor Cerge at 776-9357, Mrs. Elizabeth Delagarde at 776-0287, or Jason Budsan at 777-7190.
REVISE FISCAL 2002 BUDGET, 3 SENATORS SAY
Sept. 20, 2001 – Three senators are on record as saying they think the governor's Fiscal Year 2002 budget needs to be reworked in light of the terrorist attacks on the mainland and the resulting effect on tourism and, thus, the Virgin Islands economy.
The whole administrative budget package is being considered by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Whatever is approved is to go before the Rules Committee on Saturday, and whatever is approved there is scheduled to be put to a final vote by the full Senate on Monday and Tuesday.
In recent days, Sens. Lorraine Berry and Emmett Hansen II have written separately to Gov. Charles W. Turnbull asking him to redo his FY 2002 revenue projections, which envision a healthy V.I. economy and a continuation of the income-tax "windfall" the governor and his fiscal aides announced in June for FY 2001. Sen. Vargrave Richards has said airline cutbacks make a total review of the budget essential.
(In addition, Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen said on Wednesday that she intends to submit proposals to revise the budget, including making sure all money in the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund goes for advertising. (See "Hansen: Bailout could subsidize flights to V.I.")
Berry urged the governor to call a meeting of executive officials, the legislative branch and his national financial advisers to go over the FY 2002 budget before the full Senate considers it next week. "I suggest you confer soon … about the impact on our economy stemming from national anxiety over air travel," Berry wrote the governor. In a release, Berry noted that she had urged the governor to the same effect in a personal conversation shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Hansen said on Tuesday that he was not urging an executive/ legislative meeting. "Whatever formula the governor … deems necessary to readdress the budget will do," he said, adding that whatever the Legislature sends him, "he will have to implement and line-item veto."
The governor "needs to look at the individual department spending," Hansen said. "The Tourism Department is chock full of nonclassified positions."
Hansen said he has been working with the Finance Committee, "going from 10 a.m. right through 1 a.m." in recent days. "We need to put more money toward revenue-generating departments," he said.
Sen. Vargrave Richards called on Monday for a review of the proposed budget. Cutbacks by the airlines are "going to have a major impact on the territory," he said. "We need to look at every single capital project on the table and see how we can get each one started. It's necessary we get these projects going — like the St. Croix boardwalk for one — to offset the impact on tourism."
Richards added, "The Legislature is going to have to revisit the present budget in planning for 2002, with the hotels down about 10 percent now and probably worse by the beginning of season."
The whole administrative budget package is being considered by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Whatever is approved is to go before the Rules Committee on Saturday, and whatever is approved there is scheduled to be put to a final vote by the full Senate on Monday and Tuesday.
In recent days, Sens. Lorraine Berry and Emmett Hansen II have written separately to Gov. Charles W. Turnbull asking him to redo his FY 2002 revenue projections, which envision a healthy V.I. economy and a continuation of the income-tax "windfall" the governor and his fiscal aides announced in June for FY 2001. Sen. Vargrave Richards has said airline cutbacks make a total review of the budget essential.
(In addition, Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen said on Wednesday that she intends to submit proposals to revise the budget, including making sure all money in the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund goes for advertising. (See "Hansen: Bailout could subsidize flights to V.I.")
Berry urged the governor to call a meeting of executive officials, the legislative branch and his national financial advisers to go over the FY 2002 budget before the full Senate considers it next week. "I suggest you confer soon … about the impact on our economy stemming from national anxiety over air travel," Berry wrote the governor. In a release, Berry noted that she had urged the governor to the same effect in a personal conversation shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Hansen said on Tuesday that he was not urging an executive/ legislative meeting. "Whatever formula the governor … deems necessary to readdress the budget will do," he said, adding that whatever the Legislature sends him, "he will have to implement and line-item veto."
The governor "needs to look at the individual department spending," Hansen said. "The Tourism Department is chock full of nonclassified positions."
Hansen said he has been working with the Finance Committee, "going from 10 a.m. right through 1 a.m." in recent days. "We need to put more money toward revenue-generating departments," he said.
Sen. Vargrave Richards called on Monday for a review of the proposed budget. Cutbacks by the airlines are "going to have a major impact on the territory," he said. "We need to look at every single capital project on the table and see how we can get each one started. It's necessary we get these projects going — like the St. Croix boardwalk for one — to offset the impact on tourism."
Richards added, "The Legislature is going to have to revisit the present budget in planning for 2002, with the hotels down about 10 percent now and probably worse by the beginning of season."
