The Health Services Department of the University of the Virgin Islands will host an HIV/AIDS Peer Education and Training Project, sponsored by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) on May 15, 16 and 17 on St. Thomas and May 18, 19 and 20 on St. Croix.
The goals of the HIV Peer Education and Training Program are to:
•• Enhance the HIV knowledge of student peer educators through experiential exercises and activities.
•• Increase peer awareness of the variety of perspectives on risky behaviors associated with HIV infection as well as behavior change strategies.
•• Provide presentation and delivery skills, a forum for their practice and feedback from peers on their effectiveness.
The program is a certification course designed for adolescents and young adults who identify themselves or who have been identified as appropriate candidates for participation.
To register, call Nurse Diane Ruan-Bonelli on UVI's St. Thomas campus at 693-1124 or Nurse Tita Thompson on UVI's St. Croix campus at 692-4214.
SOUTHERN DETAILS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLANS
Official of Southern Energy Inc. and its parent company, Georgia Power, held a public meeting Monday night to introduce local businesses and the community to the Southern community investment and economic development programs.
About 60 people showed up at the Palms Court Harbourview hotel, mostly business people and government officials, to partake of the food and information.
Company officials described two programs they propose to establish in the local community if the Legislature approves the joint venture between the V.I. government and Southern for the company to acquire 80 percent of the Water and Power Authority. One is a $1 million line of credit at local banks as security for loans to locally owned businesses. The other is a mentorship program to assist vendors in doing business with V.I. Electric and Water, the company to be formed.
Someone in the audience asked why Southern would be willing to pay more to do business with local vendors instead of ordering supplies from the mainland. Jim Davis, Southern's community economic development director, said: "Ethics!"
Earlier Davis had told the audience, "Ethical behavior is a must." He said Southern wants to do business with local vendors because it is the right thing to do.
Sen. David Jones, who was in attendance, said he expected a vote in the Legislature by June. Gov. Charles W. Turnbull sent the legislation to the Senate on April 17.
Jones, who strongly supports the partnership, said, "Even Fred Flintstone could see this is a good deal."
Sen. Violet Anne Golden was also in attendance.
About 60 people showed up at the Palms Court Harbourview hotel, mostly business people and government officials, to partake of the food and information.
Company officials described two programs they propose to establish in the local community if the Legislature approves the joint venture between the V.I. government and Southern for the company to acquire 80 percent of the Water and Power Authority. One is a $1 million line of credit at local banks as security for loans to locally owned businesses. The other is a mentorship program to assist vendors in doing business with V.I. Electric and Water, the company to be formed.
Someone in the audience asked why Southern would be willing to pay more to do business with local vendors instead of ordering supplies from the mainland. Jim Davis, Southern's community economic development director, said: "Ethics!"
Earlier Davis had told the audience, "Ethical behavior is a must." He said Southern wants to do business with local vendors because it is the right thing to do.
Sen. David Jones, who was in attendance, said he expected a vote in the Legislature by June. Gov. Charles W. Turnbull sent the legislation to the Senate on April 17.
Jones, who strongly supports the partnership, said, "Even Fred Flintstone could see this is a good deal."
Sen. Violet Anne Golden was also in attendance.
STX TOO SMALL TO HAVE BIG CRIME
Dear Source:
During the four years I lived and worked on St. Croix my family and I fell in love with the people and the place.
We all hope to, either together or separately, return there to live again in the not too distant future. Paradise not withstanding, while there, three friends of mine were murdered. Yes, murdered.
That's a very big comment for such a small place of 60,000 people – ten and twenty murders a year. You'd be hard pressed to find small towns that size in the States and elsewhere with those stats. It can't be the climate because the British Virgin Islands doesn't sport that kind of crime.
Yes, it's beautiful on St. Croix. And yes it's dangerous. Just like New York City, Chicago or L.A. Only St. Croix is not big enough to have that kind of crime. I think when you look at the beauty and friendliness of so many on that small spot in the ocean and think that at any moment someone can walk into a place like Consumer Gas Station and in cold blood shoot and kill its owner in broad daylight — in front of customers – it's a hard thing to imagine.
Unfortunately it's not imagination but reality. Bad news spreads fast. And in the tourist business, bad news is bad business.
Charles Thanas
Leicester, MA
During the four years I lived and worked on St. Croix my family and I fell in love with the people and the place.
We all hope to, either together or separately, return there to live again in the not too distant future. Paradise not withstanding, while there, three friends of mine were murdered. Yes, murdered.
That's a very big comment for such a small place of 60,000 people – ten and twenty murders a year. You'd be hard pressed to find small towns that size in the States and elsewhere with those stats. It can't be the climate because the British Virgin Islands doesn't sport that kind of crime.
Yes, it's beautiful on St. Croix. And yes it's dangerous. Just like New York City, Chicago or L.A. Only St. Croix is not big enough to have that kind of crime. I think when you look at the beauty and friendliness of so many on that small spot in the ocean and think that at any moment someone can walk into a place like Consumer Gas Station and in cold blood shoot and kill its owner in broad daylight — in front of customers – it's a hard thing to imagine.
Unfortunately it's not imagination but reality. Bad news spreads fast. And in the tourist business, bad news is bad business.
Charles Thanas
Leicester, MA
EPA SETS HEARINGS ON REGULATING LANDFILLS
Following through on warnings issued earlier this year, the federal government announced initial steps Monday toward taking over regulatory oversight of the two Virgin Islands landfills.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move echoes statements made by its V.I. coordinator, Jim Casey, at a Senate committee meeting in February. Casey told members of the Planning and Environmental Protection Committee then that after years of V.I. government failure to manage solid-waste facilities according to agreements with the federal government, the EPA was set to declare the local landfill program unsatisfactory.
In 1993, the V.I. government applied to the EPA for approval of a solid-waste program. According to the EPA, the territory was then advised that to receive full approval, it would have to have regulations comparable to or stricter than federal guidelines in place by May 1996. The EPA also called for the local government to commit staff and financial resources to operate the territory’s two main landfills in accordance with federal standards.
Seven years later, the Planning and Natural Resources Department has yet to submit an acceptable plan. Meanwhile, because of the threat to human health and the environment, the EPA in April ordered the cleanup of the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas. Issued with the consent of the local government, the action was one step short of the agency taking unilateral action to force compliance.
"In the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands and their natural environment, EPA is prepared to assume the primary role of enforcing federal solid-waste laws in the territory," EPA regional administrator Jeanne Fox said in a release from the agency Monday. "Our agency has been unable to obtain the regulatory and resource changes by the Virgin Islands needed to approve its program."
During the period when federal regulations have gone unadopted, EPA inspections of the territory’s landfills have found motor vehicle and marine batteries leaking lead-acid, improper storage of used oil, underground methane fires and the contamination of waters adjacent to the dumps.
The EPA will hold two public hearings to discuss the possible regulatory takeover. The first will be at 7 p.m. on June 27 in the Education Department Curriculum Center in Tutu on St. Thomas. The second is set for 7 p.m. on June 28 at the Curriculum Center on St. Croix.
After the hearings, the EPA will decide whether to disapprove formally the territory’s solid-waste landfill program. According to the EPA, the process will take at least 90 days from May 8.
The EPA’s long-sought regulatory program, which is supposed to be implemented by PNR, entails permitting, inspection and enforcement of federal regulations at the territory’s landfills. At the Bovoni and Anguilla sites, PNR would have oversight of the Public Works Department, which operates the local facilities.
Even if the EPA takes on a larger role in enforcing solid-waste regulations, Public Works will continue to operate the landfills and PNR will still have the authority to enforce local laws and regulations. The federal agency would assume PNR’s role of primary enforcement agency by inspecting and ensuring that the landfills meet federal regulations — and by taking action when they do not.
"This is an unfortunate situation," Fox said. "The nation’s solid-waste laws were designed to be implemented and enforced locally by states and territories because local governments can generally deal with their solid waste needs better and faster than other government entities."
In order for the EPA to approve solid-waste management programs, Fox said, local governments must have laws and regulations in place that are comparable to federal requirements, as well as funding and staff in place to monitor compliance.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move echoes statements made by its V.I. coordinator, Jim Casey, at a Senate committee meeting in February. Casey told members of the Planning and Environmental Protection Committee then that after years of V.I. government failure to manage solid-waste facilities according to agreements with the federal government, the EPA was set to declare the local landfill program unsatisfactory.
In 1993, the V.I. government applied to the EPA for approval of a solid-waste program. According to the EPA, the territory was then advised that to receive full approval, it would have to have regulations comparable to or stricter than federal guidelines in place by May 1996. The EPA also called for the local government to commit staff and financial resources to operate the territory’s two main landfills in accordance with federal standards.
Seven years later, the Planning and Natural Resources Department has yet to submit an acceptable plan. Meanwhile, because of the threat to human health and the environment, the EPA in April ordered the cleanup of the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas. Issued with the consent of the local government, the action was one step short of the agency taking unilateral action to force compliance.
"In the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands and their natural environment, EPA is prepared to assume the primary role of enforcing federal solid-waste laws in the territory," EPA regional administrator Jeanne Fox said in a release from the agency Monday. "Our agency has been unable to obtain the regulatory and resource changes by the Virgin Islands needed to approve its program."
During the period when federal regulations have gone unadopted, EPA inspections of the territory’s landfills have found motor vehicle and marine batteries leaking lead-acid, improper storage of used oil, underground methane fires and the contamination of waters adjacent to the dumps.
The EPA will hold two public hearings to discuss the possible regulatory takeover. The first will be at 7 p.m. on June 27 in the Education Department Curriculum Center in Tutu on St. Thomas. The second is set for 7 p.m. on June 28 at the Curriculum Center on St. Croix.
After the hearings, the EPA will decide whether to disapprove formally the territory’s solid-waste landfill program. According to the EPA, the process will take at least 90 days from May 8.
The EPA’s long-sought regulatory program, which is supposed to be implemented by PNR, entails permitting, inspection and enforcement of federal regulations at the territory’s landfills. At the Bovoni and Anguilla sites, PNR would have oversight of the Public Works Department, which operates the local facilities.
Even if the EPA takes on a larger role in enforcing solid-waste regulations, Public Works will continue to operate the landfills and PNR will still have the authority to enforce local laws and regulations. The federal agency would assume PNR’s role of primary enforcement agency by inspecting and ensuring that the landfills meet federal regulations — and by taking action when they do not.
"This is an unfortunate situation," Fox said. "The nation’s solid-waste laws were designed to be implemented and enforced locally by states and territories because local governments can generally deal with their solid waste needs better and faster than other government entities."
In order for the EPA to approve solid-waste management programs, Fox said, local governments must have laws and regulations in place that are comparable to federal requirements, as well as funding and staff in place to monitor compliance.
EPA SETS HEARINGS ON REGULATING LANDFILLS
Following through on warnings issued earlier this year, the federal government announced initial steps Monday toward taking over regulatory oversight of the two Virgin Islands landfills.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move echoes statements made by its V.I. coordinator, Jim Casey, at a Senate committee meeting in February. Casey told members of the Planning and Environmental Protection Committee then that after years of V.I. government failure to manage solid-waste facilities according to agreements with the federal government, the EPA was set to declare the local landfill program unsatisfactory.
In 1993, the V.I. government applied to the EPA for approval of a solid-waste program. According to the EPA, the territory was then advised that to receive full approval, it would have to have regulations comparable to or stricter than federal guidelines in place by May 1996. The EPA also called for the local government to commit staff and financial resources to operate the territory’s two main landfills in accordance with federal standards.
Seven years later, the Planning and Natural Resources Department has yet to submit an acceptable plan. Meanwhile, because of the threat to human health and the environment, the EPA in April ordered the cleanup of the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas. Issued with the consent of the local government, the action was one step short of the agency taking unilateral action to force compliance.
"In the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands and their natural environment, EPA is prepared to assume the primary role of enforcing federal solid-waste laws in the territory," EPA regional administrator Jeanne Fox said in a release from the agency Monday. "Our agency has been unable to obtain the regulatory and resource changes by the Virgin Islands needed to approve its program."
During the period when federal regulations have gone unadopted, EPA inspections of the territory’s landfills have found motor vehicle and marine batteries leaking lead-acid, improper storage of used oil, underground methane fires and the contamination of waters adjacent to the dumps.
The EPA will hold two public hearings to discuss the possible regulatory takeover. The first will be at 7 p.m. on June 27 in the Education Department Curriculum Center in Tutu on St. Thomas. The second is set for 7 p.m. on June 28 at the Curriculum Center on St. Croix.
After the hearings, the EPA will decide whether to disapprove formally the territory’s solid-waste landfill program. According to the EPA, the process will take at least 90 days from May 8.
The EPA’s long-sought regulatory program, which is supposed to be implemented by PNR, entails permitting, inspection and enforcement of federal regulations at the territory’s landfills. At the Bovoni and Anguilla sites, PNR would have oversight of the Public Works Department, which operates the local facilities.
Even if the EPA takes on a larger role in enforcing solid-waste regulations, Public Works will continue to operate the landfills and PNR will still have the authority to enforce local laws and regulations. The federal agency would assume PNR’s role of primary enforcement agency by inspecting and ensuring that the landfills meet federal regulations — and by taking action when they do not.
"This is an unfortunate situation," Fox said. "The nation’s solid-waste laws were designed to be implemented and enforced locally by states and territories because local governments can generally deal with their solid waste needs better and faster than other government entities."
In order for the EPA to approve solid-waste management programs, Fox said, local governments must have laws and regulations in place that are comparable to federal requirements, as well as funding and staff in place to monitor compliance.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move echoes statements made by its V.I. coordinator, Jim Casey, at a Senate committee meeting in February. Casey told members of the Planning and Environmental Protection Committee then that after years of V.I. government failure to manage solid-waste facilities according to agreements with the federal government, the EPA was set to declare the local landfill program unsatisfactory.
In 1993, the V.I. government applied to the EPA for approval of a solid-waste program. According to the EPA, the territory was then advised that to receive full approval, it would have to have regulations comparable to or stricter than federal guidelines in place by May 1996. The EPA also called for the local government to commit staff and financial resources to operate the territory’s two main landfills in accordance with federal standards.
Seven years later, the Planning and Natural Resources Department has yet to submit an acceptable plan. Meanwhile, because of the threat to human health and the environment, the EPA in April ordered the cleanup of the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas. Issued with the consent of the local government, the action was one step short of the agency taking unilateral action to force compliance.
"In the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands and their natural environment, EPA is prepared to assume the primary role of enforcing federal solid-waste laws in the territory," EPA regional administrator Jeanne Fox said in a release from the agency Monday. "Our agency has been unable to obtain the regulatory and resource changes by the Virgin Islands needed to approve its program."
During the period when federal regulations have gone unadopted, EPA inspections of the territory’s landfills have found motor vehicle and marine batteries leaking lead-acid, improper storage of used oil, underground methane fires and the contamination of waters adjacent to the dumps.
The EPA will hold two public hearings to discuss the possible regulatory takeover. The first will be at 7 p.m. on June 27 in the Education Department Curriculum Center in Tutu on St. Thomas. The second is set for 7 p.m. on June 28 at the Curriculum Center on St. Croix.
After the hearings, the EPA will decide whether to disapprove formally the territory’s solid-waste landfill program. According to the EPA, the process will take at least 90 days from May 8.
The EPA’s long-sought regulatory program, which is supposed to be implemented by PNR, entails permitting, inspection and enforcement of federal regulations at the territory’s landfills. At the Bovoni and Anguilla sites, PNR would have oversight of the Public Works Department, which operates the local facilities.
Even if the EPA takes on a larger role in enforcing solid-waste regulations, Public Works will continue to operate the landfills and PNR will still have the authority to enforce local laws and regulations. The federal agency would assume PNR’s role of primary enforcement agency by inspecting and ensuring that the landfills meet federal regulations — and by taking action when they do not.
"This is an unfortunate situation," Fox said. "The nation’s solid-waste laws were designed to be implemented and enforced locally by states and territories because local governments can generally deal with their solid waste needs better and faster than other government entities."
In order for the EPA to approve solid-waste management programs, Fox said, local governments must have laws and regulations in place that are comparable to federal requirements, as well as funding and staff in place to monitor compliance.
VITRAN LAYOFFS LOOM AS CONCESSIONS GO IGNORED
Administration officials and labor leaders locked horns before the Senate Labor and Veterans Affairs Committee Monday night on St. Thomas at a hearing called to look for ways to avert the layoff of half the Vitran work force at the end of the day Wednesday.
After four and a half hours of discussion, no agreement was in sight. Barring any last- minute developments, more than 60 Vitran workers will lose their jobs, and bus service on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will be curtailed.
In the last to weeks, Vitran workers on St. Thomas and St. John have offered to forgo sick-leave, holiday and overtime pay. Those on St. Croix have proposed doing the same plus going to a four-day week as well. Public Works Department and other Turnbull administration officials had not responded publicly to the concessions prior to the hearing, and they weren't buying it Monday night.
Government chief labor negotiator Karen Andrews told the committee she had received no written proposal of concessions from the union, only a verbal proposal last week. She said the government would review a written proposal and meet with union leaders at a later date.
Tensions ran high at the committee hearing, as labor leaders claimed government mismanagement had ruined the transportation service. But administration officials, citing Vitran's $12.7 million deficit, responded that there are insufficient funds for the government "to cover the cost of Vitran operations."
"The Vitran employees are victims of bad management, there is no doubt about it," Ralph Mandrew, president of the V.I. Workers Union, told the senators, administration representatives and an audience of Vitran employees. He had announced the worker concessions on St. Croix at a press conference two weeks earlier.
Committee chair Roosevelt David said the current crisis underscores the need to privatize Vitran, a move proposed to the Senate Finance Committee earlier in the day by the Turnbull administration's economic recovery task force. Vice chair Gregory Bennerson agreed. "The first resolution that has to be done is get this Vitran out of the government's hands," he said.
After four and a half hours of discussion, no agreement was in sight. Barring any last- minute developments, more than 60 Vitran workers will lose their jobs, and bus service on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will be curtailed.
In the last to weeks, Vitran workers on St. Thomas and St. John have offered to forgo sick-leave, holiday and overtime pay. Those on St. Croix have proposed doing the same plus going to a four-day week as well. Public Works Department and other Turnbull administration officials had not responded publicly to the concessions prior to the hearing, and they weren't buying it Monday night.
Government chief labor negotiator Karen Andrews told the committee she had received no written proposal of concessions from the union, only a verbal proposal last week. She said the government would review a written proposal and meet with union leaders at a later date.
Tensions ran high at the committee hearing, as labor leaders claimed government mismanagement had ruined the transportation service. But administration officials, citing Vitran's $12.7 million deficit, responded that there are insufficient funds for the government "to cover the cost of Vitran operations."
"The Vitran employees are victims of bad management, there is no doubt about it," Ralph Mandrew, president of the V.I. Workers Union, told the senators, administration representatives and an audience of Vitran employees. He had announced the worker concessions on St. Croix at a press conference two weeks earlier.
Committee chair Roosevelt David said the current crisis underscores the need to privatize Vitran, a move proposed to the Senate Finance Committee earlier in the day by the Turnbull administration's economic recovery task force. Vice chair Gregory Bennerson agreed. "The first resolution that has to be done is get this Vitran out of the government's hands," he said.
VITRAN LAYOFFS LOOM AS CONCESSIONS GO IGNORED
Administration officials and labor leaders locked horns before the Senate Labor and Veterans Affairs Committee Monday night on St. Thomas at a hearing called to look for ways to avert the layoff of half the Vitran work force at the end of the day Wednesday.
After four and a half hours of discussion, no agreement was in sight. Barring any last-minute developments, more than 60 Vitran workers will lose their jobs, and bus service on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will be curtailed.
In the last two weeks, Vitran workers on St. Thomas and St. John have offered to forgo sick-leave, holiday and overtime pay. Those on St. Croix have proposed doing the same plus going to a four-day week as well.
Public Works Department and other Turnbull administration officials had not responded publicly to the concessions prior to the hearing, and they weren't buying it Monday night.
Government chief labor negotiator Karen Andrews told the committee she had received no written proposal of concessions from the union, only a verbal proposal last week. She said the government would review a written proposal and meet with union leaders at a later date.
Tensions ran high at the committee hearing, as labor leaders claimed government mismanagement had ruined the transportation service. But administration officials, citing Vitran's $12.7 million deficit, responded that there are insufficient funds for the government "to cover the cost of Vitran operations."
"The Vitran employees are victims of bad management, there is no doubt about it," Ralph Mandrew, president of the V.I. Workers Union, told the senators, administration representatives and an audience of Vitran employees. He had announced the worker concessions on St. Croix at a press conference two weeks earlier.
Committee chair Roosevelt David said the current crisis underscores the need to privatize Vitran, a move proposed to the Senate Finance Committee earlier in the day by the Turnbull administration's economic recovery task force. Vice chair Gregory Bennerson agreed. "The first resolution that has to be done is get this Vitran out of the government's hands," he said.
After four and a half hours of discussion, no agreement was in sight. Barring any last-minute developments, more than 60 Vitran workers will lose their jobs, and bus service on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will be curtailed.
In the last two weeks, Vitran workers on St. Thomas and St. John have offered to forgo sick-leave, holiday and overtime pay. Those on St. Croix have proposed doing the same plus going to a four-day week as well.
Public Works Department and other Turnbull administration officials had not responded publicly to the concessions prior to the hearing, and they weren't buying it Monday night.
Government chief labor negotiator Karen Andrews told the committee she had received no written proposal of concessions from the union, only a verbal proposal last week. She said the government would review a written proposal and meet with union leaders at a later date.
Tensions ran high at the committee hearing, as labor leaders claimed government mismanagement had ruined the transportation service. But administration officials, citing Vitran's $12.7 million deficit, responded that there are insufficient funds for the government "to cover the cost of Vitran operations."
"The Vitran employees are victims of bad management, there is no doubt about it," Ralph Mandrew, president of the V.I. Workers Union, told the senators, administration representatives and an audience of Vitran employees. He had announced the worker concessions on St. Croix at a press conference two weeks earlier.
Committee chair Roosevelt David said the current crisis underscores the need to privatize Vitran, a move proposed to the Senate Finance Committee earlier in the day by the Turnbull administration's economic recovery task force. Vice chair Gregory Bennerson agreed. "The first resolution that has to be done is get this Vitran out of the government's hands," he said.
CHS, TWIRLERS ENTRIES TAKE CARNIVAL PRIZES
It was pretty much the consensus that everybody was a winner at this year's V.I. Carnival, with old and new entries from St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and even Water Island enchanting the throngs along the parade route in both the Children's and Adults' Parades.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
'INSPECTION LANE' WIPES UP THE ROAD MARCH
It was pretty much the consensus that everybody was a winner at this year's V.I. Carnival, with old and new entries from St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and even Water Island enchanting the throngs along the parade route in both the Children's and Adults' Parades.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
'INSPECTION LANE' WIPES UP THE ROAD MARCH
It was pretty much the consensus that everybody was a winner at this year's V.I. Carnival, with old and new entries from St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and even Water Island enchanting the throngs along the parade route in both the Children's and Adults' Parades.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
But some must by decision of the judges be more winning than others. And on Monday afternoon the Carnival Judging Committee announced its choices. Each category had a "winner." In some cases, there were also (following the winner), first place and second place finishers. The official results:
Adults' Parade
The road march winner was — guess what? — Jam Band's "Inspection Lane." First place behind them went to the Imaginations' "Not a Man Move 'Til Morning."
In the Adults' Parade, the winning floupe with more then 300 participants was Elskoe and Associates with "Tout Mon Ca-dence."
In floupes of 100 to 300 members, the winner was Hugga Bunch with "All Chiefs, No Indians." First place, behind them, went to the Infernos' "Fire 'n' Ice: The End of an Epoch."
In floupes of fewer than 100 participants, the winner was Water Island's first-ever entry, the Water Island Civic Association's "Paradise Pirates."
In troupes of more than 100, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Amazing Space." Behind them, in first place, was a new group making its debut, Intrigue.
In troupes of 50 to 100, the winner was the Gypsy band with "Fireworks." Taking first place behind them was the Jesters' "Millennium Mash-Up."
For troupes of fewer than 50 members, the winner was "Party Lovers." First place went to the St. Croix Central High School entry, "Y2K True Colors on the Horizon." And second place went to "Splendor of Sunset (Radiant Sun)."
Among majorette groups, Stunts & Twirlers was the winner, with the St. Croix Majorettes taking first place and the Charming Twirlers second place.
In the judging of stilt-dancing groups, the winner was the John McCleverty Virgin Islands Traditional Mocko Jumbies. First place went to Mocko Jumbie Jamboree with "New Millennium," and second place went to the St. Thomas Mystical Mocko Jumbies.
Among individual entries, the winner was Cherry Bonelli's "Umbrella Com Center On-line Again Y2K." In first place was Bim King's "In a Nut Shell."
And in the "traditional" category, the winner was the St. Thomas Tropical Masqueraders (Clown), while first place went to the Traditional Indians.
Children's Parade
In the floupes category, the winner was Class Is Class Too. Taking first place behind them was the new Tall Tales Theater and Arts Company's "Circus 2000." The group is made up of special needs and other students from several public and private schools. Second place went to the Montessori Meteors with "Jump Up and Sway, It's Carnival for Y2K."
Among troupes of more than 50 members, the winner was the Fun Lovers' "Millennium Bugs." Taking first behind them was the University of the Virgin Islands and Kirwan Terrace entry. And in second was the Joseph Sibilly School "Sun Rays."
For troupes of under 50, the winner was the Sun Children's "Celestial Dreams." First place went to "Even the Birds Join the Fray for Carnival Y2K." Second went to the Soca Munchkins.
The winning float was an entry from Future World Pre-School.
The winning mocko jumbie group was the Antilles Mocko Jumbie Bacchanal "Jumps and Sways for Carnival Y2K."
Among majorette entries, the winner was the St. Croix Majorettes, with Charming Twirlers next in first place, and Stunts & Twirlers in second place.
In the "traditional" category, the winner was the Tropical Masqueraders (Clowns), with the Traditional Indians following in first place.
