With its alluring north shore vistas set in tranquil azure waters and tropical breezes, Seacove is a spectacular 4 bedroom, 4 1/2 bath home with caretakers studio apartment. A 40-foot lap pool, waterfall, custom elephant bamboo and alder wood furniture, built for comfort and entertaining are among the many amenities designed to please the senses. Located on St. John's North Shore, surrounded by National Park lands in the gated community of Peter Bay, this hillside home has deeded rights to the palm fringed, white sand beach. $5M.
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GERS RETIREMENT WORKSHOP POSTPONED
The GERS Pre-Retirement Workshop that was scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 22, has been postponed until further notice.
MARGARITA JURGENS SMALLS FUNERAL SERVICE
Margarita Jurgens Smalls "Miss Maggie" of St. John died Aug. 21. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, with viewing at 8 a.m.
She is survived by her son Warren Smalls; close friend Rosa Samuel; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, five grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Creque Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.
She is survived by her son Warren Smalls; close friend Rosa Samuel; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, five grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Creque Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.
JAMES A. MACEDON FUNERAL SERVICES
James A. Macedon, "Jimmy" or "The Marshall" age 61, passed away on Aug. 19 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida. Funeral services will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 24, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Viewing will take place at 10 a.m. Interment will take place at Frederiksted Cemetery.
James Macedon is survived by his wife Eleanor Ratcliffe Macedon; daughters Lucette Macedon-Malone, Maloma and Patrice Macedon; sons Dale and Tyrone Macedon, Sr.; grandchildren Uniqua and Deanna Malone, Damani, Dameeka and Damonique Cepeda, Andel Herman, Jr., Tyrone Macedon, Jr., DeJonice, Ebony and Jahmara Parris; sisters Gloria, Marcella and Patricia Dawson, Olga, Theresa, Michelle, Venessa and Cheryl Macedon; brothers Camille Macedon, II, Miles, Vern, Rudolph, Camille, III, and Shelly Macedon; nieces and nephews too numerous to mention; mother-in-law Marguerite C. Ratcliffe, step-mother Erika Macedon; brother-in-law Walter A. Ratcliffe; son-in-law Deon Malone; sister-in-law Leona Macedon; special cousins Joan Sealey and family, Joan Sealey Christian and family, Sylvester McIntosh and family, Vera Williams and family and Eleanor Sealey and family; friends Rochelle Gomez and family, Warren Richards and family, Franisco Paquito Melendez and family, Alfred O'Reilly and family, Augustin Williams and family, Mary Richards and family, the entire Estate White Lady Community, George and Lisa Adams, Norma, Rufus George and friends of Mt. Pellier Domino Club, George Washington and family, entire U.S. Marshall Service, Krim Ballentine and family, Louis McKinney and family, Elmer James and family, Alfred Francis and family; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
James Macedon is survived by his wife Eleanor Ratcliffe Macedon; daughters Lucette Macedon-Malone, Maloma and Patrice Macedon; sons Dale and Tyrone Macedon, Sr.; grandchildren Uniqua and Deanna Malone, Damani, Dameeka and Damonique Cepeda, Andel Herman, Jr., Tyrone Macedon, Jr., DeJonice, Ebony and Jahmara Parris; sisters Gloria, Marcella and Patricia Dawson, Olga, Theresa, Michelle, Venessa and Cheryl Macedon; brothers Camille Macedon, II, Miles, Vern, Rudolph, Camille, III, and Shelly Macedon; nieces and nephews too numerous to mention; mother-in-law Marguerite C. Ratcliffe, step-mother Erika Macedon; brother-in-law Walter A. Ratcliffe; son-in-law Deon Malone; sister-in-law Leona Macedon; special cousins Joan Sealey and family, Joan Sealey Christian and family, Sylvester McIntosh and family, Vera Williams and family and Eleanor Sealey and family; friends Rochelle Gomez and family, Warren Richards and family, Franisco Paquito Melendez and family, Alfred O'Reilly and family, Augustin Williams and family, Mary Richards and family, the entire Estate White Lady Community, George and Lisa Adams, Norma, Rufus George and friends of Mt. Pellier Domino Club, George Washington and family, entire U.S. Marshall Service, Krim Ballentine and family, Louis McKinney and family, Elmer James and family, Alfred Francis and family; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
GERALDINE SYLVIA BROWNE SERVICES
Geraldine Sylvia Browne "Magretta", age 36, formerly of Antigua, passed away on Aug. 18, at Juan F. Luis Hospital. Her funeral will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, at Sunny Isle Baptist Church. Viewing will begin at 10 a.m. Internment will take place at Kingshill Cemetery.
She was employed by McDonald's Fast Food Restaurant.
Funeral services are pending.
Geraldine Browne is survived by her mother Gritley Browne, father Joseph Joye; daughters Prudence, Eboney, Indica and Azariah; son Haliston, Jr; sisters Debbie, Rosalie and Laura; brothers David, Wayne, Morris, Alex and Shawn; nieces Latoya, Semone, Raelene, Gabriel, Cora, Sabera, Mylla, Terecia and Shontelle; nephews Tedo, Kurt, Brent and Shackiel; aunts Clina, Elsa, Lillian, Rosalyn and Leola; uncles Radford, Oscar and Kenneth; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Professional arrangements are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home.
She was employed by McDonald's Fast Food Restaurant.
Funeral services are pending.
Geraldine Browne is survived by her mother Gritley Browne, father Joseph Joye; daughters Prudence, Eboney, Indica and Azariah; son Haliston, Jr; sisters Debbie, Rosalie and Laura; brothers David, Wayne, Morris, Alex and Shawn; nieces Latoya, Semone, Raelene, Gabriel, Cora, Sabera, Mylla, Terecia and Shontelle; nephews Tedo, Kurt, Brent and Shackiel; aunts Clina, Elsa, Lillian, Rosalyn and Leola; uncles Radford, Oscar and Kenneth; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Professional arrangements are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home.
STREET LIGHTS, ROADSIDES FOCUS OF MEETING
Aug. 22, 2001 — Street lighting, roadsides, land erosion and drainage will be the focus of town meetings to be held next week by Sen. Emmett Hansen II.
The meetings will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Public Works and Department of Planning and Natural Resources. Presentations will be made by the EPA’s Jim Casey, DPW’s Commissioner Wayne Callwood, and Sonya Nelthropp and DPNR’s Leonard Reed.
The meeting will be held on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. in St. Gerard’s Hall in Frederiksted and Aug. 29 at the American Legion Post in Christiansted at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Hansen’s office at 712-2210.
The meetings will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Public Works and Department of Planning and Natural Resources. Presentations will be made by the EPA’s Jim Casey, DPW’s Commissioner Wayne Callwood, and Sonya Nelthropp and DPNR’s Leonard Reed.
The meeting will be held on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. in St. Gerard’s Hall in Frederiksted and Aug. 29 at the American Legion Post in Christiansted at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Hansen’s office at 712-2210.
FUNDING SOUGHT FOR CAMP ARAWAK PARK PLAN
Aug. 22, 2001 — Almost two years after a judge blocked the Beal Aerospace purchase of land at St. Croix’s Great Pond Bay and ordered the V.I. government to develop a park plan for the 14.5 acres commonly called Camp Arawak, an effort is underway to find money to preserve the area.
On Tuesday, Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christensen said that local and federal officials have begun talking about restoring Great Pond Bay and some 15 acres of publically owned land adjacent to the bay where Camp Arawak sits.
Along with blocking the exchange of public property at Camp Arawak between the V.I. government and Beal Aerospace on Dec. 15, 1999, Territorial Court Judge Alphonso Andrews gave the Turnbull administration 60 days to pick a department to come up with a "flexible, comprehensive master plan for the use of the property and structures as a park facility."
Turnbull chose the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation to draft the plan. Commissioner Ira Hobson selected, among others, Raymond "Usie" Richards and Valmy Thomas to sit on the task force.
The plan was completed in early 2000 and turned over to the administration. But nothing has happened since. After Hobson submitted the plan, he said a lack of money would stand in the way of a future park.
Hobson contacted Christensen in the hope of finding federal opportunities to fund the master plan. Christensen said that through her membership on the Congressional Coastal Caucus, she was able to connect with Coastal America, a consortium of 12 federal agencies that work together to help communities preserve and protect coastal areas that are of environmental, historical and cultural significance.
"Today," said Christensen, "we were able to start a dialogue between Commissioner Hobson, his staff, Attorney Ned Jacobs, Senator Alicia Hansen and the Southeast Region of Coastal America, in [the person of] Mr. Dennis Barnett and Dave Holland, that could finally give us the resources needed to preserve and protect Great Pond Bay in the manner in which the people of St. Croix have said it should be preserved."
She said the key to the dialogue was the partnership that would be formed between local and federal agencies and the public to get the property preserved as well as enhanced as was intended.
Christensen said everyone at the meeting was encouraged by the report given by Dave Holland of Coastal America, who did a site visit of the property last week and said it was "indeed a project that was worthy of the group's resources and attention."
"This is the beginning of a process," Christensen said. "It will take a great deal of planning, dialogue and hard work on the part of all concerned, including the general public, before the process truly gets underway."
In his 1999 order, Andrews stipulated that the park plan had to include a means of funding and that money collected for the plan must be deposited in a separate account independent from the V.I. government’s general fund.
Camp Arawak was donated to the people of the Virgin Islands by the late Frank Wiesner in 1974. The deed stipulated that the property, which contains the ruins of a Danish colonial-era great house and other cultural and archeological artifacts, was to be developed into a park.
Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and the government’s cash shortfalls, however, have left the great house in disrepair and the property undeveloped.
On Tuesday, Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christensen said that local and federal officials have begun talking about restoring Great Pond Bay and some 15 acres of publically owned land adjacent to the bay where Camp Arawak sits.
Along with blocking the exchange of public property at Camp Arawak between the V.I. government and Beal Aerospace on Dec. 15, 1999, Territorial Court Judge Alphonso Andrews gave the Turnbull administration 60 days to pick a department to come up with a "flexible, comprehensive master plan for the use of the property and structures as a park facility."
Turnbull chose the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation to draft the plan. Commissioner Ira Hobson selected, among others, Raymond "Usie" Richards and Valmy Thomas to sit on the task force.
The plan was completed in early 2000 and turned over to the administration. But nothing has happened since. After Hobson submitted the plan, he said a lack of money would stand in the way of a future park.
Hobson contacted Christensen in the hope of finding federal opportunities to fund the master plan. Christensen said that through her membership on the Congressional Coastal Caucus, she was able to connect with Coastal America, a consortium of 12 federal agencies that work together to help communities preserve and protect coastal areas that are of environmental, historical and cultural significance.
"Today," said Christensen, "we were able to start a dialogue between Commissioner Hobson, his staff, Attorney Ned Jacobs, Senator Alicia Hansen and the Southeast Region of Coastal America, in [the person of] Mr. Dennis Barnett and Dave Holland, that could finally give us the resources needed to preserve and protect Great Pond Bay in the manner in which the people of St. Croix have said it should be preserved."
She said the key to the dialogue was the partnership that would be formed between local and federal agencies and the public to get the property preserved as well as enhanced as was intended.
Christensen said everyone at the meeting was encouraged by the report given by Dave Holland of Coastal America, who did a site visit of the property last week and said it was "indeed a project that was worthy of the group's resources and attention."
"This is the beginning of a process," Christensen said. "It will take a great deal of planning, dialogue and hard work on the part of all concerned, including the general public, before the process truly gets underway."
In his 1999 order, Andrews stipulated that the park plan had to include a means of funding and that money collected for the plan must be deposited in a separate account independent from the V.I. government’s general fund.
Camp Arawak was donated to the people of the Virgin Islands by the late Frank Wiesner in 1974. The deed stipulated that the property, which contains the ruins of a Danish colonial-era great house and other cultural and archeological artifacts, was to be developed into a park.
Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and the government’s cash shortfalls, however, have left the great house in disrepair and the property undeveloped.
HAMPTON ALUMNI MONTHLY MEETING
The St. Thomas St. John Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association will hold its monthly membership meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Palms Court Harborview Hotel. For further information, contact Chapter President Nelson Jones at 775-3619.
HAMPTON ALUMNI MONTHLY MEETING
The St. Thomas St. John Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association will hold its monthly membership meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Palms Court Harborview Hotel. All alumni of Hampton University are urged to attend. On the agenda — preparations for the National Hampton Alumni Association's Biennial Convention, which the St. Thomas/St. John Chapter will host, at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef in July 2002.
For further information, please call Chapter President Nelson Jones at 775-3619.
For further information, please call Chapter President Nelson Jones at 775-3619.
BARGE OIL SAMPLES TAKEN IN SPILL PROBE
Aug. 21, 2001 – When a U.S. Coast Guard inspector responded to a call and found an oil spill of unknown origin in Cruz Bay's cargo docking area Monday afternoon, he could not determine what caused it.
But in about 10 days he hopes to know where it came from — or at least where it didn't come from.
Petty Officer First Class Scott Howell, assigned to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit on St. Thomas, said he received a call about the spill in what's commonly called "the Creek" from Troy Williams, a V.I. National Park protection ranger, at 3:30 p.m. Monday. At the scene, Howell said, he found "30 gallons of black bilge waste oil" floating on the surface of the water in a corner between the barge ramp and the U.S. Customs dock. No one has claimed responsibility for it.
Howell decided to collect samples from the oil spill and of the engine oil from each of the five barges that were operating at the site on Monday — Auto Transit, Capt. Vic, General II, Pi'ti Bleu and Roanoke — for laboratory comparison.
He said the samples will be analyzed by the Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory in Groton, Conn., using a device called a gas chromatograph. The objective is to try to find among the five barge oil samples a "chemical finger-print matching that of the oil sample taken from the water."
Lt. John V. Reinert, supervisor of the St. Thomas Coast Guard unit, said he expects to have the test results "within 10 days." If the source of the oil spill is determined, he said, the guilty party can expect to receive a "bill for the cleanup and/or a fine of up to $27,500."
Reinert said the spill was cleaned up Monday in a voluntary operation directed by Cheryl Boynes-Jackson, vice president of Boyson Inc., which owns the Auto Transit, General II and Pi'ti Bleu. The volunteers utilized a Coast Guard stockpile of floating "oleophilic adsorbent rolls" to take up the oil from the water and hold it for disposal as hazardous waste. Reinert said assistance also was provided by Caneel Bay shipyard personnel.
But in about 10 days he hopes to know where it came from — or at least where it didn't come from.
Petty Officer First Class Scott Howell, assigned to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit on St. Thomas, said he received a call about the spill in what's commonly called "the Creek" from Troy Williams, a V.I. National Park protection ranger, at 3:30 p.m. Monday. At the scene, Howell said, he found "30 gallons of black bilge waste oil" floating on the surface of the water in a corner between the barge ramp and the U.S. Customs dock. No one has claimed responsibility for it.
Howell decided to collect samples from the oil spill and of the engine oil from each of the five barges that were operating at the site on Monday — Auto Transit, Capt. Vic, General II, Pi'ti Bleu and Roanoke — for laboratory comparison.
He said the samples will be analyzed by the Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory in Groton, Conn., using a device called a gas chromatograph. The objective is to try to find among the five barge oil samples a "chemical finger-print matching that of the oil sample taken from the water."
Lt. John V. Reinert, supervisor of the St. Thomas Coast Guard unit, said he expects to have the test results "within 10 days." If the source of the oil spill is determined, he said, the guilty party can expect to receive a "bill for the cleanup and/or a fine of up to $27,500."
Reinert said the spill was cleaned up Monday in a voluntary operation directed by Cheryl Boynes-Jackson, vice president of Boyson Inc., which owns the Auto Transit, General II and Pi'ti Bleu. The volunteers utilized a Coast Guard stockpile of floating "oleophilic adsorbent rolls" to take up the oil from the water and hold it for disposal as hazardous waste. Reinert said assistance also was provided by Caneel Bay shipyard personnel.
