The Department of Planning and Natural Rescources announces that the renewable energy rebate programs is approaching the end of its fiscal year. The current cycle ends Friday, Aug. 31. Only items bought on or before this date will qualify for rebate. Clients have up to 60 days after purchase to apply for rebates.
Items currently on rebate include: solar water heaters, solar panels, wind turbine generators, and inverters.
Rebate dealers on St. Thomas are: Altona Trading and Sales, Lighthouse Marine, Silent Power, Virgin Energies, and West Indies Windsurfing.
The new rebate cycle is scheduled to begin in Oct. 2001.
REBATE CYCLE SOON ENDS
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that the renewable energy rebate program is approaching the end of its fiscal year 2001 cycle. The current cycle ends Friday, Aug. 31. Only items bought on or before this date will qualify for rebate. Clients have up to 60 days after purchase to apply for rebates.
Items currently on rebate include: solar water heaters, solar panels, wind turbine generators, and inverters. Rebate dealers on St. Croix are: Fischer Industries and West Indies Solar.
The new rebate cycle is scheduled to begin in Oct. 2001.
Items currently on rebate include: solar water heaters, solar panels, wind turbine generators, and inverters. Rebate dealers on St. Croix are: Fischer Industries and West Indies Solar.
The new rebate cycle is scheduled to begin in Oct. 2001.
REBATE CYCLE ENDS SOON
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that the renewable energy rebate program is approaching the end of its fiscal year 2001. Items bought on or before Friday, Aug. 31, will qualify for rebate. Clients have up to 60 days after purchase to apply for rebates.
Items currently on rebate include: solar water heaters, solar panels, wind turbine generators and inverters.
Rebate dealers on St. Thomas are: Altona Trading and Sales, Lighthouse Marine, Silent Power, Virgin Energies and West Indies Windsurfing.
The new rebate cycle is scheduled to begin Oct. 2001.
Items currently on rebate include: solar water heaters, solar panels, wind turbine generators and inverters.
Rebate dealers on St. Thomas are: Altona Trading and Sales, Lighthouse Marine, Silent Power, Virgin Energies and West Indies Windsurfing.
The new rebate cycle is scheduled to begin Oct. 2001.
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT WHOSE VEHICLE IT IS
To the Source:
Well, I have seen the mysterious vehicle parked on the road that Fred Watts has reported ("Good Samaritan seeks owner of vehicle"). I used to have one that looked just like that, a Jimmy 4×4. I sold it just before I left St. Thomas. Why don't the cops check the serial number on the dash? That should at least lead to registration details.
Grinning, as usual…
Anita Davis
Atlanta
Well, I have seen the mysterious vehicle parked on the road that Fred Watts has reported ("Good Samaritan seeks owner of vehicle"). I used to have one that looked just like that, a Jimmy 4×4. I sold it just before I left St. Thomas. Why don't the cops check the serial number on the dash? That should at least lead to registration details.
Grinning, as usual…
Anita Davis
Atlanta
PISTARCKLE TRYOUTS, FUND-RAISER IN SEPTEMBER
Aug. 13, 2001 – Pistarckle Theater will kick off its 2001-02 season with two essential activities: auditions on Sept. 10 for all three of the adult productions that are planned and a reception on Sept. 14 to raise funds.
The auditions are for roles in "You Can't Take It With You" by Moss Hart and George F. Kaufman, "Rumors" by Neil Simon and "Beguiled Again: The Music of Rogers and Hart."
Male and female singers and actors of all ages and types are needed, according to a release. The tryouts will take place in the Pistarckle Theater building in Tillett Gardens starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10.
The fund-raiser will be held at the Offshore Bar and Cyber Café in Havensight, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. The evening's activities will include formal announcement of the new season, entertainment by singer Lynette Oliver and a raffle. The $15 admission includes a glass of wine and hors d'oeuvres.
For further information, contact Pistarckle producer Nikki Emerich at 775-7877.
The auditions are for roles in "You Can't Take It With You" by Moss Hart and George F. Kaufman, "Rumors" by Neil Simon and "Beguiled Again: The Music of Rogers and Hart."
Male and female singers and actors of all ages and types are needed, according to a release. The tryouts will take place in the Pistarckle Theater building in Tillett Gardens starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10.
The fund-raiser will be held at the Offshore Bar and Cyber Café in Havensight, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. The evening's activities will include formal announcement of the new season, entertainment by singer Lynette Oliver and a raffle. The $15 admission includes a glass of wine and hors d'oeuvres.
For further information, contact Pistarckle producer Nikki Emerich at 775-7877.
GLOWING REPORT ON 'MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE'
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
by Louise Erdrich
Harper Collins, 356 pp., $26
Magic is not solely the province of magicians, and when it is produced by a writer with the creative talent of Louise Erdrich, it can be even more amazing. For most of us, reading the classics is ever on our list of good intentions, only to be postponed indefinitely in favor of the latest "good read."
Here we find both genres combined in a rollicking tale of a lust-filled love affair, a brutal murder, a bank robbery, a monstrous flood and a Catholic priest who is in reality a nun. This story snaps and crackles in the telling. It is full of miracles as each of us is a witness to the wonders that take place at Little No Horse (an Indian reservation in the Dakotas) more than a century ago.
Cecilia, the nun who becomes Father Damien, was obsessed by her blind passion for the piano and the music her inspired hands could create. It caused her separation from her vows and the convent; she feared her love for music surpassed her love for God.
"My child, my dear child," comforted the Mother Superior, "come away and rest yourself."
The young nun, breathing deeply, refused. Her severe gray eyes were rimmed in smoky red. Her lips bled purple. She was in torment. "There is no rest," she declared, and then she unpinned her veil and studiously dismantled her habit. She folded each piece with reverence and set it upon the piano bench. With each movement the Superior remonstrated with Cecilia in the most tender and compassionate tones. However, just as in the depth of her playing the virgin had become the woman, so the woman in the habit became a woman to the bone. She stripped down to her shift, but no further. Quoting, from page 16:
"He wouldn't want me to go out unprotected," she told her Mother Superior.
"God?" the older woman asked, bewildered.
"Chopin," Cecilia answered.
Religion has always been an intently personal subject, and rarely is a writer able to express clearly its deeper meanings — to make one say, "Yes, that's the way it is."
The lyrical quality of the language in "The Last Reports" shines a light into the innermost parts of the human spirit. It clears the way for one to understand how faith can spring from the heart and how that faith can make life worth living. The prose of this novel makes 9-to-5 life recede, as the people in the book become more real than those around us.
Father Damien has been sent, by God it appears, to represent the Church on the Indian reservation at Little No Horse in North Dakota. The "Report" of the title comprises the letters from Father Damien to the Pope, to whom he has been writing for more than 50 years. He pleads for a reply at the end of each one, but silence is all that ensues. Although discouraged, he never loses hope and the reports continue, ending with fervent pleas for counsel and direction.
Decades slide by while the Indians of North Dakota are living in frigid poverty, their land gradually stolen from them by crooks and shysters. Father Damien and the reservation convent minister to their flock, and through the everyday events in these people's secret lives, they become warmly familiar to us.
Two visiting priests, Father Gregory and Father Jude, make a deep impact on the life of Father Damien and the mission. Father Jude has been sent by the Vatican to make inquiries about Sister Leopolda, a candidate for possible sainthood. His search lifts many veils, clearing long-hidden mysteries that are both shocking and awe inspiring. Erdrich's brilliant style is never slow or tiresome. We rush to follow the journey drawn by her elegant prose, wondering if it could be set to music.
"Last Report" is thoroughly enjoyable. It takes you on a moving journey to live with a tribe of people who care immensely about one another but not very much about money and the things it buys. It's an exceptional mind-set, and a fascinating book.
"The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" is available at Dockside Bookshop in Havensight Mall on St. Thomas. To check out other Dockside favorites, click here.
by Louise Erdrich
Harper Collins, 356 pp., $26
Magic is not solely the province of magicians, and when it is produced by a writer with the creative talent of Louise Erdrich, it can be even more amazing. For most of us, reading the classics is ever on our list of good intentions, only to be postponed indefinitely in favor of the latest "good read."
Here we find both genres combined in a rollicking tale of a lust-filled love affair, a brutal murder, a bank robbery, a monstrous flood and a Catholic priest who is in reality a nun. This story snaps and crackles in the telling. It is full of miracles as each of us is a witness to the wonders that take place at Little No Horse (an Indian reservation in the Dakotas) more than a century ago.
Cecilia, the nun who becomes Father Damien, was obsessed by her blind passion for the piano and the music her inspired hands could create. It caused her separation from her vows and the convent; she feared her love for music surpassed her love for God.
"My child, my dear child," comforted the Mother Superior, "come away and rest yourself."
The young nun, breathing deeply, refused. Her severe gray eyes were rimmed in smoky red. Her lips bled purple. She was in torment. "There is no rest," she declared, and then she unpinned her veil and studiously dismantled her habit. She folded each piece with reverence and set it upon the piano bench. With each movement the Superior remonstrated with Cecilia in the most tender and compassionate tones. However, just as in the depth of her playing the virgin had become the woman, so the woman in the habit became a woman to the bone. She stripped down to her shift, but no further. Quoting, from page 16:
"He wouldn't want me to go out unprotected," she told her Mother Superior.
"God?" the older woman asked, bewildered.
"Chopin," Cecilia answered.
Religion has always been an intently personal subject, and rarely is a writer able to express clearly its deeper meanings — to make one say, "Yes, that's the way it is."
The lyrical quality of the language in "The Last Reports" shines a light into the innermost parts of the human spirit. It clears the way for one to understand how faith can spring from the heart and how that faith can make life worth living. The prose of this novel makes 9-to-5 life recede, as the people in the book become more real than those around us.
Father Damien has been sent, by God it appears, to represent the Church on the Indian reservation at Little No Horse in North Dakota. The "Report" of the title comprises the letters from Father Damien to the Pope, to whom he has been writing for more than 50 years. He pleads for a reply at the end of each one, but silence is all that ensues. Although discouraged, he never loses hope and the reports continue, ending with fervent pleas for counsel and direction.
Decades slide by while the Indians of North Dakota are living in frigid poverty, their land gradually stolen from them by crooks and shysters. Father Damien and the reservation convent minister to their flock, and through the everyday events in these people's secret lives, they become warmly familiar to us.
Two visiting priests, Father Gregory and Father Jude, make a deep impact on the life of Father Damien and the mission. Father Jude has been sent by the Vatican to make inquiries about Sister Leopolda, a candidate for possible sainthood. His search lifts many veils, clearing long-hidden mysteries that are both shocking and awe inspiring. Erdrich's brilliant style is never slow or tiresome. We rush to follow the journey drawn by her elegant prose, wondering if it could be set to music.
"Last Report" is thoroughly enjoyable. It takes you on a moving journey to live with a tribe of people who care immensely about one another but not very much about money and the things it buys. It's an exceptional mind-set, and a fascinating book.
"The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" is available at Dockside Bookshop in Havensight Mall on St. Thomas. To check out other Dockside favorites, click here.
CHAMBER HOSTS TROPICAL SHIPPING EXECUTIVE
Jennifer Nugent-Hill, assistant vice president of Tropical Shipping will address the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 22 about "The Challenge of Cargo Transportation."
Nugent-Hill is in charge of the operations of the shipping company in both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Her remarks about the impact of cargo transportation on the islands’ businesses will be of great interest, especially to corporate and business leaders, said Carmelo Rivera, St. Croix Chamber president.
According to the Tropical’s website, the company has grown over the past four decades to become the largest containerized cargo carrier in the Caribbean region. Tropical operates as a liner carrier and owns 11 vessels, ranging in size from 235 feet to 423 feet.
The company’s current trading areas include Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Central America, Curaçao, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Barths, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Virgin Gorda.
Serving thousands of customers throughout this region, Tropical has a broad range of worldwide clients whose diverse shipping needs include moving millions of tons of cargo throughout the global marketplace.
Prior to joining Tropical Shipping, Nugent-Hill served as the Virgin Islands commissioner of Housing, Parks and Recreation and was executive director of the V.I. Private Industry Council. Nugent-Hill has also worked as a management consultant. She earned an MBA from the University of the Virgin Islands.
The Chamber luncheon at Gertrude’s Restaurant is open to the public and begins at noon on Aug. 22. Reservations must be made at the Chamber office no later than Aug. 21. For reservations call Linda Bruton at 773-1435.
Nugent-Hill is in charge of the operations of the shipping company in both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Her remarks about the impact of cargo transportation on the islands’ businesses will be of great interest, especially to corporate and business leaders, said Carmelo Rivera, St. Croix Chamber president.
According to the Tropical’s website, the company has grown over the past four decades to become the largest containerized cargo carrier in the Caribbean region. Tropical operates as a liner carrier and owns 11 vessels, ranging in size from 235 feet to 423 feet.
The company’s current trading areas include Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Central America, Curaçao, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Barths, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Virgin Gorda.
Serving thousands of customers throughout this region, Tropical has a broad range of worldwide clients whose diverse shipping needs include moving millions of tons of cargo throughout the global marketplace.
Prior to joining Tropical Shipping, Nugent-Hill served as the Virgin Islands commissioner of Housing, Parks and Recreation and was executive director of the V.I. Private Industry Council. Nugent-Hill has also worked as a management consultant. She earned an MBA from the University of the Virgin Islands.
The Chamber luncheon at Gertrude’s Restaurant is open to the public and begins at noon on Aug. 22. Reservations must be made at the Chamber office no later than Aug. 21. For reservations call Linda Bruton at 773-1435.
ARRESTS MADE IN MAN'S BEATING DEATH
Aug. 13, 2001 – Two men were arrested Saturday in the Aug. 5 beating death of another man outside the Frederiksted Kmart store.
St. Croix police arrested Kendall Smith, 30, on Saturday as he sat on a Liat Airlines flight while it was preparing to depart for Antigua. Police also arrested Arthur Stapleton, 30, at another location, according to V.I. Police Capt. Jeremy Swan. Both men were charged with first-degree murder of 25-year-old Hildon Johnson.
Johnson was allegedly killed by Smith and Stapleton after he was attacked with a pipe and thrown through a glass panel at the front of the Kmart store. Soon after the incident, police officials said Johnson had a history of mental problems and was reported to have struck a woman in the face earlier in the day.
Police said the incident unfolded when Johnson walked up to Lisette Cruz and punched her in the face, causing injury to her nose and eyes. He said Cruz left the area and returned with Smith and Stapleton who turned on Johnson, beating him with a pipe before throwing him through the glass panel. Johnson was pronounced dead at Juan Luis Hospital hours after the attack.
After the assault, Smith and Stapleton were detained by police and questioned, then released. They were both arrested without incident on Saturday and are being held on $250,000 bail.
St. Croix police arrested Kendall Smith, 30, on Saturday as he sat on a Liat Airlines flight while it was preparing to depart for Antigua. Police also arrested Arthur Stapleton, 30, at another location, according to V.I. Police Capt. Jeremy Swan. Both men were charged with first-degree murder of 25-year-old Hildon Johnson.
Johnson was allegedly killed by Smith and Stapleton after he was attacked with a pipe and thrown through a glass panel at the front of the Kmart store. Soon after the incident, police officials said Johnson had a history of mental problems and was reported to have struck a woman in the face earlier in the day.
Police said the incident unfolded when Johnson walked up to Lisette Cruz and punched her in the face, causing injury to her nose and eyes. He said Cruz left the area and returned with Smith and Stapleton who turned on Johnson, beating him with a pipe before throwing him through the glass panel. Johnson was pronounced dead at Juan Luis Hospital hours after the attack.
After the assault, Smith and Stapleton were detained by police and questioned, then released. They were both arrested without incident on Saturday and are being held on $250,000 bail.
REGISTRATION FOR UVI THIS WEEK
Aug. 13, 2001 – Tuition and fees for The University of the Virgin Islands' Fall 2001 semester are due this week. Returning students must pay for their courses by 4 p.m. Wed., Aug. 15 or their classes will be canceled..
Here is the schedule for registration and payment of fees:
Tuition payments for returning students will be accepted in the form of a check, money order, credit card or cash by the deadline date of Aug.15. All registered students, including scholarship and financial aid recipients, must go to the cashier to accept charges and pay tuition and fees.
To pay, forward tuition and fees by mail, or : On the St. Thomas campus, payments will be accepted at the Chancellor’s Office (cashier’s window) weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Tuesday, Aug. 14. On Aug. 15, payments will be accepted in the Classroom Administration building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On the St. Croix campus, payments will be accepted in the business office in the Melvin Evans Center weekdays through Wednesday, Aug.15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Late registration for returning UVI students who failed to register in April for the Fall 2001 semester will take place on Friday, Aug. 17 and Monday, Aug. 20 on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. Classes begin on Monday, Aug. 20.
Advisement and registration for new UVI students –– new freshmen, transfer, graduate and part-time students –– will take place on Thursday, Aug. 16, on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. On St. Thomas, new freshmen and transfer students will meet with advisers on Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the academic division offices. New graduate students and part-time students will meet with advisers from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Classroom Administration building. On St. Croix, new student advisement will take place from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the new Student Center. Faculty advisors will be available to assist students in course selection at these times.
On St. Thomas, new freshmen and transfer students are required to register and pay fees from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16 in the Classroom Administration building.
New graduate students and part-time students on the St. Thomas campus are required to register and pay fees from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Classroom Administration building.
On the St. Croix campus, new students are required to register and pay fees Aug. 16 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Melvin Evans Center.
For further information call 693-1147 on St. Thomas or 692-4160 on St. Croix.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website atwww.uvi.edu.
Here is the schedule for registration and payment of fees:
Tuition payments for returning students will be accepted in the form of a check, money order, credit card or cash by the deadline date of Aug.15. All registered students, including scholarship and financial aid recipients, must go to the cashier to accept charges and pay tuition and fees.
To pay, forward tuition and fees by mail, or : On the St. Thomas campus, payments will be accepted at the Chancellor’s Office (cashier’s window) weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Tuesday, Aug. 14. On Aug. 15, payments will be accepted in the Classroom Administration building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On the St. Croix campus, payments will be accepted in the business office in the Melvin Evans Center weekdays through Wednesday, Aug.15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Late registration for returning UVI students who failed to register in April for the Fall 2001 semester will take place on Friday, Aug. 17 and Monday, Aug. 20 on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. Classes begin on Monday, Aug. 20.
Advisement and registration for new UVI students –– new freshmen, transfer, graduate and part-time students –– will take place on Thursday, Aug. 16, on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. On St. Thomas, new freshmen and transfer students will meet with advisers on Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the academic division offices. New graduate students and part-time students will meet with advisers from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Classroom Administration building. On St. Croix, new student advisement will take place from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the new Student Center. Faculty advisors will be available to assist students in course selection at these times.
On St. Thomas, new freshmen and transfer students are required to register and pay fees from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16 in the Classroom Administration building.
New graduate students and part-time students on the St. Thomas campus are required to register and pay fees from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Classroom Administration building.
On the St. Croix campus, new students are required to register and pay fees Aug. 16 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Melvin Evans Center.
For further information call 693-1147 on St. Thomas or 692-4160 on St. Croix.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website atwww.uvi.edu.
WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Aug. 13, 2001 – A St. Thomas woman is dead after the car in which she was riding careened over the side of the road near the hairpin turn on Mafolie Hill Road.
Police rerouted traffic at both ends of the road late Saturday night as ambulances transported the injured to the Roy L. Schneider Hospital.
According to the Daily News, six women were traveling in the vehicle which apparently lost control just before the turn, causing the four-door Suzuki Esteem to jump a foot-high wall and drop 30 feet down the hill on the other side, landing on a road below.
Family members called Radio One early Monday morning to say the dead woman was Desiré Telemaque, one of four sisters who were passengers in the vehicle. Police had identified the deceased as 27-year-old Diane Telemaque.
Of the five surviving passengers, two were reportedly in stable condition at the hospital Sunday, and three were treated and released Saturday night.
Police rerouted traffic at both ends of the road late Saturday night as ambulances transported the injured to the Roy L. Schneider Hospital.
According to the Daily News, six women were traveling in the vehicle which apparently lost control just before the turn, causing the four-door Suzuki Esteem to jump a foot-high wall and drop 30 feet down the hill on the other side, landing on a road below.
Family members called Radio One early Monday morning to say the dead woman was Desiré Telemaque, one of four sisters who were passengers in the vehicle. Police had identified the deceased as 27-year-old Diane Telemaque.
Of the five surviving passengers, two were reportedly in stable condition at the hospital Sunday, and three were treated and released Saturday night.
