Sept. 25, 2001 – Because of heightened security measures now in effect, anyone doing business with the V.I. National Guard will need to present photo identification.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the mainland, all U.S. military facilities are requiring I.D. checks of anyone seeking access to the premises, a release from the V.I.N.G. stated. This applies to all individuals and agency representatives providing services, as well as to dependents of National Guard personnel and retirees wishing to enter the facilities, it said.
The release noted that Post Exchange (PX) operations are continuing as usual.
For more information, call the V.I.N.G. headquarters at 712-7715, or Staff Sgt. Karen Williams in the public affairs office at 712-7750.

Calvert C. Marsh died Monday, Sept. 24. Funeral services are pending.
He is survived by his wife Augusta M. Marsh; son David; daughter Liz Yvonne Tanner Marsh; brothers Kenneth and Meredith Marsh; sisters Eglah Clendenin, Myrine Hodge, Minerva Marsh Jacobs and Joan Marsh Krigger; and relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Arrangements are in the care of Creque Funeral Home.

Sept. 25, 2001 – The V.I. Police Department has received a $2.23 million award from the U.S. Justice Department for a COPS-In-Schools program. Twenty officers will be hired and trained for assignment to territory schools as "school resources officers." The new hires will receive the normal 16-20 weeks of department training, said Sgt. Annette Raimer of the Police Department public relations office.
School resources officers, according to the Government House release, are sworn law enforcement officers assigned to schools to provide police presence, to teach crime prevention and drug prevention, and to act as mentors.
Police Commissioner Franz A. Christian Sr. said the award "shows a commitment on the part of the U.S. Department of Justice to join forces with local law enforcement agencies to fight crime on all fronts."
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull commended the Police Department for actively pursuing federal dollars for the territory's crime fighting initiative. The grant application was submitted to the U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

Sept. 25, 2001 – The V.I. Police Department has received a $2.23 million award from the U.S. Justice Department for a COPS-In-Schools program. Twenty officers will be hired and trained for assignment to territory schools as "school resources officers." The new hires will receive the normal 16-20 weeks of department training, said Sgt. Annette Raimer of the Police Department public relations office.
School resources officers, according to the Government House release, are sworn law enforcement officers assigned to schools to provide police presence, to teach crime prevention and drug prevention, and to act as mentors.
Police Commissioner Franz A. Christian Sr. said the award "shows a commitment on the part of the U.S. Department of Justice to join forces with local law enforcement agencies to fight crime on all fronts."
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull commended the Police Department for actively pursuing federal dollars for the territory's crime fighting initiative. The grant application was submitted to the U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

Sept. 25, 2001 – More than 200 upper school students and faculty at Antilles School and members of the local Muslim community took part in a forum Tuesday to discuss issues of ethnic tolerance in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
Panelists included Antilles students, a counselor, teachers and the Islamic representatives. The goal was to preserve open-mindedness and multiculturalism, according to Michael Harrigan, the social studies teacher at the school who moderated the forum.
"We must continue to exhibit tolerance and respect for all humankind," he said.
People must make a distinction between the religion of Islam, which teaches peace and respect for other religions, and the terrorists who committed the attacks in the name of their religion, said Mansoor Thuneibat, a St. Thomas resident who was born in Jordan and later became a spiritual leader in the Islamic community on St. Croix.
"Islam was hijacked in those airplanes. Those men didn't represent Islam," Thuneibat said. Later, when a student asked what the panelists expected reaction in the Muslim world to be toward American demands that Osama bin Laden be turned over, Thuneibat responded: "We should not permit any criminal in our midst. He should be brought to justice."
Students offered a wide range of questions and opinions. Shana Karlin, a 10th grader, wanted to know what the panelists thought an appropriate U.S. retaliation should be. Lane Sell, another sophomore, said he thought people should put away their flags and what he called "jingoism," and treat the attacks as a human tragedy going beyond national boundaries.
Jill Tyler, a senior and president of the school's student council, said in a speech that history is full of examples of people waging war under the guise of religion. It would be wrong, however, to treat all members of any religion as aggressors simply because others are making war in their god's name, she said.
"How can you condemn an entire group?" she asked. "The men who hijacked those planes distorted the words of the Islamic faith."
Favinn Maynard, a sophomore on the panel, invoked the example of placing Japanese-Americans in concentration camps during World War II to show what can happen when whole ethnic groups are lumped together as scapegoats. "We are the human race, and it's time for us to take the next evolutionary leap," she said.
Harrigan said he hoped Tuesday's forum would be the first in a series at Antilles School to discuss topics that are shaping life in the Virgin Islands.

All workers in the Hospitality Industry are invited to attend a Town Hall meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Windward Passage Hotel on St. Thomas.
Representatives of the Hospitality Industry will be on hand to respond to questions and concerns.

All workers in the Hospitality Industry are invited to attend a Town Hall meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Windward Passage Hotel in St. Thomas.
Representatives of the Hospitality Industry will be on hand to respond to questions and concerns.

The Lew Muckle Elementary School will hold a PTA meeting and Open House from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, in the school's cafetorium.
Discussions will include 2001-2002 initiatives, election of PTA officers and an orientation session for parents and teachers.

The first PTA meeting of the school year at the Claude O. markoe Elementary School will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the cafetorium.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend.

Parents and guardians of students attending the Lew Muckle Elementary School are invited to attend the PTA meeting and Open House to be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, in the cafetorium.
Discussions will include 2001-2002 initiatives, election of PTA officers and an orientation session for parents and teachers.