www.sams.sh Vol. 2, Issue 4 - Price: £1 ursday 18 April 2013 “serving St Helena and her community worldwide” SENTINEL THE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd. Talking Millions on Prosperous Bay Plain St Helena Airport - filling in ‘the hole’ Picture: Dry Gut. Note the 40 ton ADT construction vehicles in the valley giving an idea of scale report & photos, pages 15, 16, 17 & 18 The visit of cruise ship MS Amsterdam on Mon- day was a success as calm seas allowed Captain Mercer to permit passengers ashore to sample St Helena for a few hours. Local traders and tour operators could not have asked for better weather. As usual reports were mixed on how well every- one did with regards sales on the day. Full report, pages 26 & 28 MS AMSTERDAM Canon, Roy Doxsey’s charity Ladder challenge, this Saturday, page 26 A nursery class out in Jamestown on Monday to view the MS Amsterdam New Customs Bridge in Use-Nearly 2 hours to land first passengers Report from Boatswain Bird Island, Ascension Island Sports Arena - Golf, Cricket, Skittles, Volleyball - back pages
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Vol. 2, Issue 4 - Price: £1 Th ursday 18 April 2013“serving St Helena and her community worldwide”
SENTINELTHE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd.
Talking Millions on Prosperous Bay PlainSt Helena Airport - fi lling in ‘the hole’Picture: Dry Gut. Note the 40 ton ADT construction vehicles in the valley giving an idea of scalereport & photos, pages 15, 16, 17 & 18
The visit of cruise ship MS Amsterdam on Mon-day was a success as calm seas allowed Captain Mercer to permit passengers ashore to sample St
Helena for a few hours. Local traders and tour operators could not
have asked for better weather. As usual reports were mixed on how well every-
one did with regards sales on the day. Full report, pages 26 & 28
MS AMSTERDAM
Canon, Roy Doxsey’s charity Ladder challenge, this Saturday, page 26
A nursery class out in Jamestown on Monday to view the MS Amsterdam
New Customs Bridge in Use-Nearly 2 hours to land fi rst passengers
Report from Boatswain Bird Island, Ascension Island
Sports Arena - Golf, Cricket, Skittles, Volleyball - back pages
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
Gravity Rush - The Race is on Go. Go. GoHomemade go-carts soon to be racing through the streets of Jamestown, in a fun-draising event, “Gravity Rush” inspired by SHAPE.The race through the streets of James-town will start from near the AVES buildings and will run down the hill, past the bank and through the Bridge. Martin Joshua of SHAPE said, “We have contacted the highway authorities and gained per-mission to use the highway. Everything is go at the min-ute.”SHAPE’s ambitious plans for the day don’t stop at just the Go-cart race. They plan to have stalls and maybe afterwards a party, which will add to the day’s festival feeling. “We are yet to fi nalise some of the other activities, stall holders, bars, maybe the Big Easy for the after party.” Martin said. “There is a lot more stuff that needs to be sorted out before the event can be a success.
FIRST NEW BOY FOR 2013Little man Tylon James Adams made a grand entrance on Friday 22 March at 4pm. Born to fi rst time mum Jayne Adams-Duncan of Hunts Vale, he weighed 7lbs 15oz and measured 50cm in length. Jayne is be-sotted with her baby son but says the knowledge of motherhood is still sinking in. Tylon is a good baby and hasn’t afforded any sleepless nights – yet. He is the fi rst boy to be born on St Helena this year.
“We are still liaising with ESH to book the market so we can have fun stuff for the kids. We would like to have stalls and face-painting activi-ties. We are hoping to sell sponge balls with buckets of water. When the Go-carts come down past the Rose and Crown, bank area, children can throw them at the cars and drivers on their way to the fi nish line.”The SHAPE team came up with this event while planning fundraising
events for the year. The team decided to do something with a dif-ference. The Gravity Rush event ticked all the boxes. The
competition is open to all who want to design, create and race their own Go-cart through the streets of
Jamestown on 16 June.How many cars do SHAPE hope will
take the racing challenge? “To make it a really good competi-
tive day we are looking at, at least 20 entrances,”
said Martin. All interested parties should contact Martin
rules must be adhered to as an in-spection will take place prior to the event.
Mother Nature has been kind again this week show-casing some beautifully painted sunset skies. It’s the perfect backdrop for islanders to enjoy a cool sund-owner after a long day. Here are the weather readings taken at the Met Station at Bottom Woods and ANRD at Scotland for the past week.
A new music CD to be released across the island will show off the talents of St Helena’s hippest young adults from Prince Andrew school’s glee club choir, “Vocalz.” Their music teacher Miss Teeny Lucy plans to release their very fi rst CD album in the not too distant future. We went to fi nd out a bit more about the forth-coming release. During the second of the three planed recording sessions we spoke to Miss Lucy. She explained that the choir had only been formed 14 months ago. “We have been
wanting to do this for a long time. Vocalz have come together brilliantly. They are making such a good sound that it seemed time to put it down on a CD.” Although only in the recording stage, there is plenty of work ahead as the tracks are mixed before being ready for pressing. An album cov-er will need to be designed and printed before the CD is ready for general release. On the CD, the twelve members of the group “Vocalz”, will be performing contemporary,
Latin, Country and Spanish numbers. Up-tempo numbers like” La Bamba” will be sung alongside quieter and more thoughtful tunes like Take That’s “Believe.”The profi ts from the CD sales will contribute to music education at Prince Andrew school. If the CD gets a good enough uptake will there be a follow up CD? “Perhaps we should do a Christmas CD next year. We will see how this one goes fi rst.” said Miss Lucy.
VocalzStriking A New Chord
Budding scientists at St Paul’s primary school are being encouraged to experi-ment and “think outside the box” for the island’s fi rst ever Science Fair to be held this Saturday, 2 to 5pm.
The grassy playing fi eld will be transformed to an outdoor laboratory, displaying student’s science projects that will be judged for com-petition and viewed and enjoyed by visitors.This initiative is the brainchild of Steve Plato, science teacher of the school and is support-ed by the PTA. “It’s an exciting event that encourages students to think like young scien-tists,” he said. The main focus is the children’s investigative skills and to encourage them to investigate things they wonder about. “The generation of children we get today tend to ac-
cept that things just happen. They take it for granted.” He gave an example of fl ipping a switch and a light bulb comes on.Projects have been covertly in the planning over the past six weeks behind the privacy of the pu- pils’ closed doors,
w i t h the sup-port of p a r e n t s . Unsurpris- ingly the f i r s t thoughts to pop up when the event was introduced were erupting volcanoes. “Its amazing, all that children want to do is make things go ‘boom’!”
Winners will be judged for creative thinking, display and informa-tion and ‘wow’ factor of their projects and monetary prizes are up for grabs. All entrants
will receive a certifi cate of participation.EMD, the Hospital Lab and Connect Saint Helena are joining in and will have stalls on
the day. Human anatomy models will be on d i s p l a y
show-ing internal organs of a torso and an ear canal. A
fun exhibit will be a vandagraph
machine that will make your hair stand on end. There will be a tuck shop and
light background music.Everyone is invited to attend there will be an admission fee of 50p for adults and 20p for children. “Science affects us all in some way,” said Steve. Come along and support St Paul’s young scientists.
It’s Not Rocket Science - But It Could Be!Pupils getting ready for fi rst Science Fair
“Its amazing, all that children want to do is make
things go ‘boom’!”
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Michael Binyon, SAMS
It seemed an innocent question. “Do you like walking?” Andrew Gurr asked me before I fi rst came to St Helena in 2009. I said I did, so packed my boots. The fi rst weekend after my arrival, he took me to Sandy Bay. “It’s a nice walk from here,” he said. We set off. It wasn’t too diffi cult – a bit rocky and twisty perhaps, but the youngsters from Prince Andrew School went bounding ahead. It began to get steeper, the path narrowed and we came closer to the cliff edge. I hadn’t ex-pected that, and began to feel uneasy. “You go on ahead,” I said. “I’ll wait here.” “No, no,” the Governor said. “It’s fi ne. You’ll like it. And at the end of this walk you can swim in Lott’s Wife’s Ponds.” I carried on. But by then it had become ter-rifying. “Don’t look down. Just look at the path,” they said. At one point I had to swing across a sheer drop to the sea. But I made it – and arrived at the rope going down to the ponds. That was when I decided I was tempt-ing fate. I signed the postbox book – “The Governor made me do it”, I wrote – and wait-ed on the plateau before starting back. Some-how, I survived. Never again. St Helena has some of the most spectacu-lar walks in the world. But do Saints realise that not all outsiders are as agile as mountain goats? The guides to the postbox walks are somewhat over-optimistic. “An easy walk – 30 minutes down and 40 minutes back. Dif-fi culty 2 out of 10”, it says of one. Well, I would make that an hour each way at least. And what of the real killer, the Barn? It’s 9 out of 10. When the airport opens and tourists ar-rive in numbers, there will be an embarrassing number over the cliff in the fi rst week alone.Luckily, it seems, St Helena has woken up to its beauty and its dangers. The National Trust is sensibly helping walkers with the tricky bits – what a superb job it has done at the Heart-Shaped Waterfall and at High Hill. With more money, more could be done in other places. Walking used to keep the Saints fi t. It’s not only tourists and visitors who should enjoy the superb exercise and dramatic views the is-land provides: tummies would slim down and general health would improve if more Saints (and not just the daredevil fi shermen) were also out at weekends. Why not hold some marathon walks, im-prove and repair existing paths, mark out new routes, provide a few more rest stops and encourage private landowners to open up their lands? Best of all, why not write a “walks for wimps” guide, with some easier routes for those who have a problem with ver-tigo? I would be out every day if I didn’t fear that each route might take me straight over a precipice. And surely, there must be an easier way to get to Lott’s Wife’s Ponds?
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Dear Editor,
I write to you in connection with the maritime review by Marine Maven. I would like to state I am not a saint and would never pretend to be, but the growing affection I have for the island and its people makes me want to say something.
I have for the last 8 years been a Navigation Offi -cer and 4 off them serving on the RMS, in these 4 years I have learnt so much from the St Helenian crew I can guarantee I would have never learnt as much if serving on any other vessel. The knowl-edge the saints know about there maritime histo-ry and current facts about the waters surrounding the island never ceases to amaze me, this from the two masters of the vessel, right through to the crew.
This brings me to my fi rst point, after reading what Marine Maven intend to do, I fail to see how a outside company can benefi t the island, when right on your door step are countless ex-perienced St Helenian fi sherman and seafarers which could lead the government on the right track. I do not intend to dispute Marine Maven experience in such matters, but I fail to see mon-ey spent on outside advice when you have such abundance of knowledge of the waters, walking round St Helena.
This brings me to my second point, Each port is unique, and the way it reacts to the waters around it can never be duplicated. I have studied ports in both my Of-fi cer of the Watch course and my Chief Offi cers course and each one has its own pro’s and con’s. Looking at other small island ports my help but to fully understand your own port facilities and requirements you need to start with the people that use it on a daily basis, not just on a “listen and research” basis,
I mean the local people need to be involved and have a sense of pride in there port, they need deep involvement.
My third point is training, forgive me for putting em-phasis on this last point but I strongly feel that this will be the downfall to bringing in reform on standards and training for local fi sherman and commercial boats.
I strongly feel this needs to be conducted by qualifi ed Persons, now this is where the St hele-nian local marine community can benefi t, and standards of safety can be raised, My suggestion is a St Helenian be trained up and become a qual-ifi ed offshore lecturer recognized by for example the MCA ( UK Maritme and Coastguard)
Please understand I have come from a indus-try where my training is laid down in STCW Code (Standards of Training, Certifi cation and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) which is governed by the IMO (International Maritime Organiza-tion) which is made up of signatrees of leading Maritime nations. All this incorporates my safety certifi cates including Personal Safety Techniques and Survival Training, All this was done under supervision at a approved MCA offshore survival center in the UK. If Marine Maven intends on reviewing the standards of training and includes teaching such technique’s in survival training who will be the governing body and does Ma-rine Maven have a recognized qualifi ed trainer to conduct such surveys and training. I feel this last point being the most important.
In all, I am proud to be a small part of the mari-time industry on the island, be it on the RMS. I hope these questions can be answered and ways forward found where the St Helelian people could feel secure in there own future.
Lee Clarke-Vorster Qualifi ed Navigational Offi cer Isle of Man
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Dear Editor,
My name is Laurent Garnier and I am living in France. I’ve been interested in St Helena his-tory for many years now and I do my best to read everything related to your island. That’s the reason why I’m a regular reader of The Sentinel and probably the only one here in Toulouse.As a genuine French man, one of my passions that comes just after going on strike every spring is the love of wine.In the latest issue of The Sentinel, I read an article about making local St Helenian wines from frozen grape juice imported from South Africa. I understand that the local govern-ment’s agricultural policy prohibits the import of root stock but I don’t think that imported juice is the solution when you want to produce something called wine. By the way, the French word for producing wine is, “elever” which means, “to grow”. Why not trying to convince the government to change its policy and allow people like Paul and Lynette to develop a true wine business with real locally made wines.The new airport is going increase the number of tourists visiting you island. Among them, many French tourists would really appreciate a locally grow bottle of wine but certainly not a fermented frozen grape juice sort of wine. I’m also sure that the tourists coming from France for the anniversary of Napoleon exile will never buy a single glass of a so-called brandy also made with grape juice. Last thing, chenin blanc grape is strictly forbidden when making real Cognac!!!
Best regards.
Laurent Garnier.(Toulouse - France)
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A few months ago Gian Luca Giudice, a visi-tor to the island from Italy, asked if he and his companions could have a look around the of-fi ces of SAMS. We took the chance to show them where the Sentinel paper is produced, as well as where the Sunrise morning show and Afternoon Drive are broadcast from. We of-fered him a chance to record a SAMS radio identifi cation, and so listeners may hear his Italian accent as he gives the SAMS promo in English and again in Italian. Sometime later we received an email from him. This is what he said.
“I can already say that it was a great trip; we met wonderful people, for their kindness, hos-pitality and friendship. Keep in mind that I live in a small town, Spotorno, Italy, a small vil-lage near the sea, a bit like Jamestown. But in St Helena the atmosphere is different, though thousands of miles away from home, we had the feeling of being at home all the same. We returned home with a desire to revisit...”
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GARAGE SALE
A garage sale of various household items:
books, bed linen, and various other items, good bargain
prices.
At Pat Henry’s residence at Cow Path on
Saturday 20 April 201310am to 1pm
Today we began our meeting with discussion of a paper presented by the Attorney Gener-al, which sought approval for the number of Council Committees to be reduced from eight to fi ve and for work to be taken forward to produce detailed proposals on how the Com-mittees should be structured. The Attorney General noted that recent consultation about possible revisions to the Constitution foun-dered upon the issue of whether there should be a Chief Councillor. However, during that exercise it seemed clear that a broad consensus existed within Council, and amongst the pub-lic, for a reduction in the number of Commit-tees. To adjust the number of Committees does not require an amendment to the Constitution and it would be open to Councillors to choose to restore the link between Committee Chair-manship and Executive Council. Councillors approved the proposed return to fi ve Council Committees and undertook to ad-dress the detail of the structure with a view to a further paper coming to EXCO with recom-mendations for the Committee structure. The issue will fi rst be further discussed by all 12 Councillors at an informal meeting of LEGCO on Friday. The Solicitor General joined EXCO to pres-ent the next paper which concerned the intro-duction of a Minimum Wage on St Helena. The Solicitor General had been more closely involved over some months with the develop-ment of the Minimum Wage policy. Council was asked to approve the Minimum Wage rates as recommended by the Employment Rights Committee and that the rates, if ap-proved, should become effective from 1 June 2013. Council approved the minimum wage rates and confi rmed that they should be intro-duced from 1 June 2013. Council welcomed the establishment of mini-mum wage rates and the expected positive so-cial impact to be gained from protecting the interests of the lowest paid. Moving on to the next paper, this concerned the annual increase in the freight tariffs and passenger fares on the RMS St Helena; and the fi rst stage of phasing out transhipment sub-sidies for freight. The paper was presented by Councillor Derek Thomas, Deputy Chairman of the Access and Transport Committee. Council approved the routine 4% annual in-crease in RMS fares and freight to take effect from 1 July 2013, which was in keeping with the RMS 2013/14 business plan.
EXCO REPORTfor Tuesday 16 April 2013
Mark Capes, Governor SHG
continued on page 6
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POT PLANTSFOR SALE
Sylvia Buckley will have a variety of pot plants on sale in the Jamestown Market on
Thursday, 25 April from 7.30am
The fi rst of 92 passengers to disembark from the RMS St Helena made the short walk from the new customs building, across the moat via the newly installed footbridge, a little after 1615 on Sunday 14 April. The ship had an-chored nearly two hours earlier at 1430.Whilst all 92 arrivals safely negotiated the bridge there were a number of complaints from bystanders and passengers about the disembarkation process. I arrived at the wharf at 1510, thinking I had timed my arrival to perfection. How wrong could I have been? I took refuge in the shade after waiting for half an hour at the bridge exit to photograph the fi rst passengers to cross it. Some people wanting to greet friends and family endured a more than two hour wait in intense heat from the direct sunlight in the concrete jungle that is
BRIDGING THE GAPDamien O’Bey, SAMS
First use of the new Customs footbridge bridge
now the wharf. The outlet from the bridge on to the sea front was packed in the traditional Saint way with people hoping to catch a fi rst glimpse of re-turnees and new faces, but adding to the chaos were parked vehicles. Passengers were re-quired to bob and weave their way around the numerous obstacles blocking the path, no easy task with baggage trolleys that looked nothing like being up for the task.The changes to the disembarkation process were intended to make it faster and more ef-fi cient, but in fact the process has been slowed. Immigration was once carried out in the air-conditioned comfort of the main lounge on board the ship, the process is now carried out in an overcrowded terminal, where I was told, the only comforts are two rows of chairs and a small pedestal fan.Of course the process will require refi nement, so let’s hope this happens at a faster pace than current operations.
In respect of the reduction in the tranship-ment freight subsidy this applies only to cargo shipped from the UK. It was agreed in the DAPM process, that the subsidy should be re-duced in stages over three years from 2013/14 so that it is removed completely by the time the airport opens in 2016. Council noted that given the time over which this change is being introduced there should be no appreciable im-pact on the economy. The reduction in subsidy will take effect from 1 June with (depending on the type of cargo) the following increase in cost per 20 ft container: 60 to 100 pounds in the fi rst year; and 200 pounds per year in the following two years. A paper presented by the Attorney General on a licence issue related to Connect Saint Helena Ltd was deferred to the next sitting of Council to allow more time for review of the details. The fi nal matter for discussion today was a let-ter from a member of the public to Governor in Council seeking relief from customs du-ties. Council instructed that the letter should be dealt with by the Collector of Customs in accordance with current regulations.
Before our meeting closed at 12.30, I told Councillors that I would visit the UK shortly on business to attend the annual FCO Leader-ship Conference and also a Governors’ Con-ference. I would follow that with some leave in Europe, returning to St Helena in early June.
Thank you as always for listening and so, from Jamestown, a very good afternoon to you all.
EXCO REPORTcontinued from page 5
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The Falkland Islands are to issue a set four stamps on 16 May to commemorate Marga-ret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister who ordered a task force to liberate the islands from Argentine military occupation in 1982. It will be the fi rst territory to honour Baroness Thatcher, whose funeral, with full military hon-ours, was held in St Paul’s Cathe-dral, London, on Wednesday. By sending the British military to repel the invasion of the South Atlantic archi-pelago, the former Prime Minister earned the enduring thanks of the islanders, who continue to celebrate Thatcher Day every 10 January. “She will be forever remembered in the islands for her decisiveness in sending a taskforce to liberate our home following the Argentine invasion in 1982. Her friendship and support will be sorely missed, and we will always be thankful for all that she did for us,” said Mike Summers, speaking on behalf of the islands’ Legislative Assembly. The Falkland Islands have a huge respect for Lady Tha tche r and are issuing a set of four s t a m p s , spanning four de-cades, to honour her life and the role that she played in defending their liberty. The 30p stamp depicts Prime Minister Thatch-er and her late husband Denis arriving at 10 Downing Street after becoming Britain’s fi rst woman Prime Minister, 4 May 1979. The 75p stamp shows her inspecting a mine-fi eld in the Falkland Islands, which she visited in 1983. The £1 stamp shows an image taken during her second visit to the Falkland Islands in 1992, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Lib-eration. The £1.20p shows Lady Thatcher holding a Falkland Islands coin commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Liberation which she struck in 2007 at a special ceremony at the Po-bjoy Mint.
The First Day Cover envelope shows Lady Thatcher visiting the British Military Cem-etery at San Carlos Bay. The Falklands played a prominent role in Lady Thatcher’s funeral, with contingents from the units that fought in the islands in 1982 forming part of the military guard of
honour that carried her coffi n during the funeral service. The military op-eration in 1982 was a bold gamble, with British Forces op-erating 8,000 miles
from home in terrible conditions. The two-month campaign, which ended in the surren-der of the Argentine forces on 14 June, was a huge success and today is remembered as one of the defi ning moments of the Thatcher years. It ensured her victory in the subsequent British general election in 1983, and it sent a message to the rest of the world that the Thatcher gov-ernment was determined to reverse the per-ceived decline in Britain’s power and global infl uence. Ministerial aides in the British Ministry of Defence and the
Foreign O f f i c e h a v e s u g -g e s t e d the capi-tal, Port Stanley, s h o u l d
be renamed Port Margaret in honour of Baroness Thatch-er, an idea supported by a number of se-nior cabinet offi cials. David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said he was open to the idea provided it was acceptable to the Falkland Islanders themselves. Book-makers are already offering short odds that the islanders would agree to any such move. Port Stanley, or Stan-ley as most islanders call it, was named
Michael Binyon, SAMS
PORT MARGARET, FALKLAND ISLANDSMOD & FCO lead calls to rename Port Stanley
“She will be forever remembered in the islands for her decisiveness in sending a taskforce to liberate our
home following the Argentine invasion in 1982.”
Ministerial aides in the Brit-ish Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Offi ce have suggested
the capital, Port Stanley, should be renamed Port Margaret
in 1845 after Edward Smith-Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby and three-time British Prime Minister in the 19th century. However, the earl never visited in the Falklands. If the capi-tal is now called Port Margaret, it would link the Falklands for ever with the former British Prime Minister. Argentina has insisted that whatever new name is given to Stanley, Bue-nos Aires will continue to refuse to recognise British sovereignty.
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
A HEALTH NUGGETfrom your friends the Adventists: 1 Corinthians 6:19,20
Massage increases oxygen fl ow to your muscles while releasing toxins, boosting circulation and making your limbs more limber and fl exible. A good massage may be particularly helpful for people with fi bromyalgia. It’s also a good option for women looking for relief from PMS and menopausal symptoms. In a study in The Journal of Alternative and Complemen-tary Medicine, researchers found that people who received massage had a signifi cant decrease in the hormone arginine-vasopressin, which helps regulate the body’s water retention. Studies have also found that massage can reduce stress and the frequency of headaches. Regular massage can also naturally increase the immune system. The activity level of the body’s natural “killer cells” are increased. Massage helps the body pump more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs. This makes massage therapy a great supplement to post-operative rehabilitation. Rehabilitation can be frustrating. A continual massage program can accelerate the recovery process, as well as help you relax and stay motivated. You know getting a massage feels good, but you may not realize how good it can be for your health. For example, as soon as your body senses the fi rst touch of pressure, it sends a signal to your nervous system that can slow your heart rate by more than 10 beats per minute and lower your blood pressure by as much as eight percent. It can help alleviate back pain, chronic headaches, muscle aches, stress, etc. Even a 5 or 10 minute relaxing chair massage done by a friend can help ease those stiff ‘behind the counter’ muscles. If you want to learn more about it or just feel more relaxed you are welcome to come and enjoy a free back massage, chair massage or foot massage this Sunday the 21st of April between 3 and 6pm. Bring a friend along and enjoy the experience together. For more information phone 2267. Massage is considered safe for most people, but ask your doctor fi rst if you have skin burns or wounds, a tendency to develop blood clots, severe osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis or cancer.
Baby boy Rio Fernando Doran Henry made his entrance into the world on Wednesday 3 April at 6.29am weighing 2.2kgs. The little cutie kept perfectly still as he slept through the photo shoot, propped up in his Dad’s arms. Doting parents Hannah Duncan and Fernando Henry of Half Tree Hollow said he is a good boy and only cries when he’s hungry.
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
On Saturday 13 April the Ladies Fundraising Group held a tea party for approximately 300 of the island’s senior citizens. Instead of the ruckus of sporting activities, the hum of chit-chat fi lled Prince Andrew School’s main hall as St Helena’s elderly enjoyed a spot of tea.The Ladies Fundraising Group, previously the Ladies Craft Group, busied themselves ensur-ing cups were full and everyone had plates of tasty morsels. The group was renamed “be-cause a lot our members don’t really do crafts anymore,” explained founder member Delia Hoole. “We started the group at Plantation in August 1991 when Alan (Delia’s late husband) was Governor.”The small group does various fund raising ac-tivities to raise money for the elderly and the less fortunate at times. “Once a year we host a tea party like this for between 250 to 300 people,” said Delia, “and at Christmas we do money vouchers for them.”
BACK TO SCHOOLLadies Fundraising Group tea party at PASDamien O’Bey, SAMS Entertainment at the party included a multi
raffl e, John Reid made a surprise visit to per-form with his bagpipes and John Crandfi eld provided music for dancing a bit later on in the afternoon.The Ladies Fundraising group would like to
say a special thank you to all of their volun-teers and everybody who gave so generously during their fundraising efforts.Buses arrived around 6pm to transport every-body home.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FOR
INCOME TAX 2013
• 30 April: Employers to submit P7 forms to Tax Offi ce• 30 June: Annual Self Assessment Tax Return due (Self employed, business & company)• 31 July: Annual Self Assessment Tax Return due (Employee’s)
Please note: If you are required to meet any of the above dates and fail to do so or if you are required to fi le a Tax Return and DO NOT penalties will be imposed.
If you are receiving income and are unsure if you should complete a Tax Return you should contact us now.
If you need a Tax Return you may collect one from the Tax Offi ce or Customer Service Centre.
If you require any help, the staff can be contacted on telephone number 2287 or you can visit the offi ce at the new Customs Building at the wharf.
It’s Your Health Reuse of Water BottlesPlastic water bottles are very convenient for carrying water around when we are on the go, as they don’t break if we drop them. Are you one of those who, like I used to, keep a water bottle and fi ll it up several times a day for drinking purposes? It is a recognised fact that re-use of water bottles is widespread and some reuse the bottles over and over again. I used to think “why buy a fresh bottle or two everyday when at work, when I can rush downstairs to the cooler to fi ll my bottle up?” However research has shown that the reuse of water and soda bottles is unsafe and here is some information that I hope will, as it did me, deter you from reuse of bottles. It certainly stopped me from doing so. Research elsewhere has included testing water samples from typical soft-drink and water bottles that is made from polyethylene terephthalate (also known as PET). The analysis showed that with repeated use, washing and rinsing, chemicals in the plastic can break down and carcinogens (cancer causing agents) migrate into the liquid inside. Furthermore, the more bot-tles were used repeatedly, the concentration of toxins gradually became more pronounced. If you check on the bottom of the bottle there is a triangle sign with a number on it. The number actually represents the type of plastic which is used in the manufacture of that particular type of bottle. For example, the number ‘5’ is made out of propylene (PP) whilst the number ‘1’ is called PET. For most water bottles the number is 1 and health advocates has recommended not re-using bottles made from PET 1. In fact all bottles with the number less than 5 will release chemicals. So remember, bottles may be safe for one time use, but re-use should be avoided. Better still invest in water bottles that are meant for multiple uses. Contributed by Environmental Health
MIKAEL PER OLSSON (50) of Main Street, Jamestown, was convicted after trial, being a director of St Helena Media Produc-tions Limited, of failing to furnish an annual income tax return for the tax year 2011/2012 in respect of St Helena Media Productions Lim-ited. The case was adjourned to provide Mr Olsson an opportunity to furnish such a tax return to the Commissioner of Taxes prior to sen-tencing. Mr Olsson had previously produced accounts on the morning of the court but not as yet completed a tax return. The case was there-fore adjourned for one week on the undertaking of Mr Olsson that he would furnish such a tax return to the Commissioner of Taxes prior to sentencing. Mr Olsson, having now furnished such a tax return and on being required to pay penalties of £190.00, was further sentenced to a conditional discharge of one year requiring him to comply with the law for that period, including fi ling future tax returns, otherwise Mr Olsson will be resentenced on this matter in addition to any further offences. Mr Olsson was further ordered to pay costs of £50.00.
CLAYTON WILLIAM THOMAS (25) of Botanical Gar-dens, Jamestown, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. Four days prior to this offence Mr Thomas was sentenced to a fi ne having pleaded guilty to a similar offence. The Court remitted the fi ne and sentenced Mr Thomas on this matter to a Probation Order of one year with a condition that he carries out 40 hours of unpaid work for the community. Mr Thomas is required to comply with the law and the conditions of the Order for this period otherwise Mr Thomas will be resentenced on this matter in addition to any further offences.
St Helena Magistrates’ 11th April 2013 CourtSALE
Saturday 20th April - 10am to 3pmat Bates’, Near Treatment Plant, Hutt’s Gate
Kitchenware & Household
Miscellaneous Tools
Home Maintenance & Improvements Decorating
Fishing Equipment Boat Parts / Maintenance
Other
Any enquiries, please contact Yvette on 4307
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In January this year a three tier project to renovate Plantation House began. Access to the his-toric building was restricted to ensure work would be complet-ed on time. Renovations com-menced while Governor Mark Capes and Mrs Tamara Capes were on overseas leave in Dec/Jan.The building was rewired, fi re protection in-stalled and a refurbishment of the decor was done. Giving the house a makeover was local interior designer Josias Jacobus Dancoisne-Martineau , better known as JJ.JJ has been responsible for a number of interi-or design projects locally, including the Com-munity Care Complex, Noleen Fowler’s Beau-ty Salon, 2onMain restaurant and the room where Napoleon died at Longwood House.Plantation’s new look was unveiled on Satur-day with a coffee morning and a walking tour of the building.The library, which has never been valued, is
lined with wooden bookshelves that are en-closed with glass panelled doors. This is the room that has been most transformed, said JJ. The walls have been painted green, the room’s original colour when Governor Hudson Lowe converted it between 1816 -1811; originally the library was a part of the court yard. “How-ever we don’t know exactly what colour green
it was,” commented JJ, who explained that regent green was the shade chosen to suit the era. Paintings are on loan from the British Mu-seum. “They have been reframed so they are in colour harmony.”“I won’t say that I strictly stuck to the era of when Plantation was built because the house has a life after (the era) and it is still a func-
A MAKEOVER FOR PLANTATION HOUSE
Sherrilee Phillips, SAMS
The library at Plantation
Tamara & JJ
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tioning house that has to entertain,” said JJ. “Most of the furniture is antique but most of the easy chairs and that sort of thing are all modern. I tried to create a balance; keeping the essence of the house, however, not make it so restrictive that you can’t live in it.”Outside the library is a long corridor painted in regent and jade green separated by a white border. The wooden fl oor retains a red car-pet. Mounted on the walls are newly gold
coloured, framed pictures of previous Gover-nors, rehoused from Council Chambers where the light was causing them to fade. Tamara told me she was “overawed” when she saw pictures of the work while still in London, and like JJ, she too was most impressed by the library’s transformation.As you come out of the library, to the left is a lonesome picture of Governor Hudson Lowe, Jailer of Napoleon Bonaparte, still in its origi-nal wood frame. The pictures of the Governors are in chronological order; Lowe is the oldest. The dining room has been painted a vibrant
yellow, another fea-ture of the regency era. The focal point of the room is the large table which seats twenty four. Wellington is among the distinguished guests who have sat here. An impressive chandelier hangs from the ceiling: “This has been put together from two chandeliers from Longwood House,” JJ told me. “These were there when Napoleon was there. One was in the Salon (the death room) and the other was in the dining room.” This chandelier was taken to Plantation after Napoleon’s death in May 1821. A copy of the original chan-delier that hung in Napoleon’s death room has been made and replaced.
. I tried to create a balance; keeping the essence of the
house, however, not make it so restrictive that you can’t
live in it.”
Mobile Banking April 2013
Bank of St Helena would like to advise the public that Mobile Banking will take place again as of Monday, 22 April 2013, in the following areas:
Cashiers Office at ANRD Scotland Monday, 22 April, 9:30 - 1:00pm HTH Supermarket Wednesday, 24 April, 9:30 - 1:00
Longwood Supermarket Friday, 26 April, 09.30 - 2:30pm
Save yourself the trip into Jamestown, have all your bills paid, make a withdrawal or a deposit, request the balance of your account, set up your standing order, submit your remittance
requests, you can even open a new account. SStatement Prints are also available
All of this and much more from your nearest Mobile Banking Station..
H e a d O f f i c e : M a r k e t S t r e e t · J a m e s t o w n · S t . H e l e n a · S o u t h A t l a n t i c · S T H L 1 Z Z T e l : + 2 9 0 2 3 9 0 · F a x : + 2 9 0 2 5 5 3 · e - m a i l : i n f o @ s a i n t h e l e n a b a n k . c o m
Established and regulated in St. Helena under the Financial Services Ordinance, 2008 and the Bank of St. Helena Ordinance, 2003
Plantation House
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Congratulations Carlos Yon – winner of £200This week playing for £50
Game 4, Week 4 – Green Card65 numbers called in order from left to right
• If you have a full house please bring the whole book to Y&T before 5pm on Monday April 22 • This draw playing for the £50 prize.• In the event of more than one full house the winner is decided on the lowest number called moving left to right• If more than one winner on the same number then prize is shared• Numbers called by Tobias and Ian
The Face Of Climate ChangeEARTH DAY 201322 April is Earth day, a day where individuals, communities, organ-isations, and governments acknowledge the 3rd rock from the sun (Planet earth) that we call home and take action to protect it.
For 2013 the theme or message is, The Face Of Climate Change.
Climate change is gaining an increasing number of faces. As rising sea levels threaten coastal communities there’s the face of a worried father making plans to relocate his family, then there’s the face of a lonely polar bear. Numbers of this majestic creature are dwindling as more and more ice melts in the Arctic. The number of species now listed as endangered is a stark reminder that the effects of cli-mate change aren’t just being felt by the human race.
The effects of climate change are being felt by people, animals, and the ecosystems and natural resources on which we all depend. If ignored, they’ll spread quicker than a pair of breeding rabbits.Thankfully there are good faces of climate change. The faces of those who have taken a stand and are trying to do something about it, from the man who’s trying to run a house using renewable en-ergy, to organisations that try to operate a green business.
On April 22, 2013, more than a billion people around the world will take part in the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day. From Beijing to Cairo, Melbourne to London, Rio to Johannesburg, New Delhi to New York, communities everywhere will voice their concerns for the planet, and take action to protect it.What actions will we be taking here on St Helena?
St HELENA GOVERNMENTVacancy
SHG requires a Medical Equipment Technician to work within the General Hospital of the Health & Social Welfare Directorate
The Medical Technician will be responsible for the repair and mainte-nance of the medical equipment, instrumentation and Support Systems in the directorate.
The technician will be expected to work closely with the medical staff and address any questions or concerns about the machinery and equip-ment. They will also run technical diagnostic tests, calibrating machin-ery and performing necessary upkeep routines
Salary for the post is Grade E, commencing at £10,275 per annum.
Closing date for applications is 3 May 2013.
For further information please look on the SHG website or view the notice board in the foyer of the HR Directorate, The Castle, Jamestown. Application forms and information packs are available from the Health & Social Welfare and Human Resources Directorate.
Barbara A George (Mrs) Assoc CIPDDirector of Human Resources 16 April 2013
‘We’re all human’Radio programme on SAMS Radio 1
Thursday 25th April, 5:30pm
With Glenn Mohamed,
Karl Martin, Raquel Johnson & Gavie Williams
Topic of discussion: Living life to the full
Got a question you would like answered!!Send it in beforehand to
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One of the largest construction fi ll operations of its type in the world is on track at the St Helena airport project site, at Prosperous Bay Plain. A million cubic metres of fi ll has now been compacted into a 17m thick layer in Dry Gut in less than 5 months. Another seven mil-lion cubic metres are needed to reach the run-way level, 83m above the current level. Sta-tistics that come with fi gures such as these are diffi cult to comprehend without seeing it for yourself.During a site visit on Sunday morning, along with a group of members of the public, we
were able to appreciate fi rst hand, the size of the project.Community Liaison Offi cer, Julie George, led the tour, along with Charles Schwarz, HR Manager. The fi rst stop, alongside the stone crushers and mini-mountains of crushed material, looked down into the uppermost part of Dry Gut val-ley and four large water reservoirs. Consider-ing areas of the island are currently restricting water use due to prolonged drought condi-tions, it’s immediately noted by many on the tour, just how full these reservoirs are. The source for this plentiful supply is right beneath us, on Prosperous Bay Plain, accessed by the drilling of bore holes, 30 to 150m deep. In fact 16 of the 19 holes drilled yielded water, the largest capable of delivering 30,000 litres per
hour. Each reservoir has a storage capacity of 2.2 million litres, from which 1 million litres is used every day on the project, compacting the fi ll in Dry Gut, for dust suppression on the construction roads from Rupert’s through to the airport site, for the crusher and also in the batching plant.Next, a photo op alongside the line of neatly parked 40 ton ADT (Articulated Dump Trucks) and excavator machines. Julie explains from Monday to Saturday the machines and work-ers operate 24 hours a day shifts divided into
four teams of 5 ADTs each, which keeps the project moving on schedule. Floodlight units can be seen at various points around the site. Sunday is a rest day.The vehicles are parked near where the air-port terminal will be built, on which work is scheduled to begin in July this year. In fact, arriving on the RMS that same day was Der-rick Alexander, Building Manager, who will
be overseeing the construction of the terminal building. The regular public radio blasting no-tices have related to excavation work in this area, as the airport terminal, parking apron and indeed the runway will all sit in a 30 metre recess, below the surface level of Prosperous Bay Plain. The excavated material is used for fi ll in Dry Gut. The third stop is the big talking point, the Dry Gut fi ll. From our viewpoint directly above, the smooth, light coloured fi ll contrasts sharp-ly with the jagged, deep brown of the rocky valley sides. Most Saints will have some ex-perience of the time and work that comes with levelling housing plots. Seeing the progress for the fi rst time so far in Dry Gut is a head shaking moment. A bulldozer parked in the middle of the fi ll looks like a child’s toy from our vantage point, tiny against the expansive
fl at that has been created.Colin Bargo, one of those on the tour told me he was last here in December and it’s most no-ticeable how much work had been done in Dry Gut. “I’m very impressed,” said Colin, “it’s an eye opener.”Brian Yon was on the tour with his wife, June. Looking down into Dry Gut, Brian said: “I’m quite amazed with the amount of work that’s been done, which you can’t see from Bradley’s site.”My immediate thought, going back to the house building comparison, is, ‘how do they know this enormous fi ll won’t sink and shift, similar to a house plot which can cause cracks in the building on top?’Charles explained the fi ll process is quite
TALKING MILLIONSThe St Helena Airport ProjectDarrin Henry, SAMS
Each reservoir has a storage capacity of 2.2 million litres, from which 1 million litres is used every day on the project
“I’m very impressed, it’s an eye opener.”
“The men will live anywhere and have any conditions, as
long as the food’s right”
continued on page 18
Community Liaison Offi cer, Julie George leading the site tour
Inside the dining area at Bradley’s Camp
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A million cubic metres of fi ll has now been compacted into a 17m thick layer in Dry Gut in less than 5 months. Another seven million cubic metres is needed to reach the runway level, 83m above the current level.
Four reservoirs, storage capacity of 2.2 million litres, from which 1 million litres is used every day on the project, compacting the fi ll in Dry Gut, for dust suppression on the construction roads from Rupert’s through to the airport site, for the crusher and also in the batching plant.
40 ton ADT (Articulated Dump Trucks) work24 hours a day - shifts divided into four teEach ADT makes approx 40 deliveries of fi ll
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k Monday to Saturday eams of 5 ADTs each. l into Dry Gut per day.
The fi nal, total length of the runway, including turning pads, will be 2,050 metres
Above right: temp fuel storage facility on Prosperous Bay Plain. Fuel is transported by bowsers and stored in this tank then used to fi ll the plant on site. Capacity, 250,000 litres.
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scientifi c. The excavated earth and rocks are carefully sorted and graded. Only suitable ‘fi ll grade’ material is then trucked into Dry Gut. The ‘spoil’ is used elsewhere on the project. The process of placing and compacting the fi ll is also very precise. A bulldozer spreads the fi ll, a carefully calculated spread of water is applied and a roller passes over the top a spe-cifi c number of times. Movement measuring instruments will be installed into the fi ll soon, which will allow engineers to keep a close eye on everything. Once the Dry Gut fi ll has reached the runway level it will be allowed to settle for six months before the end of the runway is laid on top.Interestingly, under normal conditions, air-craft are unlikely to run onto the length of run-way that will be laid over the fi ll of Dry Gut. This extra tarmac is mostly required as a safety overrun. The fi nal, total length of the runway, including turning pads, will be 2,050 metres.Susan Francis, on holiday from Ascension gave her reaction: “The scale of it. It’s beyond me really. I’m glad I came out here, as I always follow it in the Sentinel, but it has come so far to when I was here a year ago.”Percy Yon, from Clay Gut, was making his fi rst visit to the site along with some of his family.
Percy told me he spent 34 years working on Ascension Island, and the work on Prosperous Bay Plain reminded him of a similar operation on Ascension by a company called Sloane. The fi nal stop of the tour was the camp at Bradley’s. As the camp now houses around 60 workers (of 130 capacity) our visit was restricted to the galley and dining area. First impression was how spotless and smart the place looked. Not at all what one might have expected for a contractor canteen. Holiday maker Nobby Goldsmith was on the tour. “I was in the military for 28 years and we lived in places like this in Canada when we were on exercise,” said Nobby. “I’m im-pressed with all of it, and very importantly the cook house is excellent. The men will live
anywhere and have any conditions, as long as the food’s right. They’ve obviously tak-en that onboard here.”Based on appearance alone, if this was a restaurant open to the
public on St Helena, it would certainly be well used.It would appear Basil Read have made rapid progress, particularly in the last 5 months. The impending wet winter weather will no doubt make things more diffi cult, but as the contrac-tors have been on the island for more than a year already, the conditions over the coming months are unlikely to be a surprise.
TALKING MILLIONSThe St Helena Airport Projectcontinued from page 15
“The scale of it! It’s beyond me really.
I’m glad I came out here, as I always follow it in the Sentinel
Boston Marathon BombingFederal investigators involved in one of the largest manhunts in US history have re-vealed that the Boston marathon bombs that killed three people and injured more than 170 may been made from pressure cookers packed with ball bearings and nails.More than 1,000 law enforcement offi cials from 30 state and federal agencies have now been committed to tracking down whoever was responsible for Monday’s twin blasts, the worst terror attack on US soil since 9/11. Forensic examiners have recovered frag-ments of black nylon cloth they believe to have come from backpacks used to carry both bombs. They have also found what DesLauriers described as “fragments of nails that could have been contained in a pressure cooker”. He added that he was talking about a basic household pressure cooker of the sort found in many kitchens.The devices exploded at about 2.50pm on Monday, within seconds of each other and 50 metres apart, causing a current casualty toll of 176 injured, 17 critically, and three dead including an eight-year-old boy from Boston’s Dorchester neighbourhood. www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook Inc. (FB) is talking to Apple Inc. (AAPL) about crafting a version of its new mobile software for the iPhone, in a push to boost revenue from the growing number of users who access the social network on smaller screens. Now that the majority of users access Face-book via mobile devices, Chief Executive Offi cer Mark Zuckerberg is looking for ways to keep them engaged longer and coaxing more advertisers to pay to place promotions
It’s a no for India’s fi rst Playboy club, pro-posed to be set up in Goa. The state govern-ment has rejected a plan to set up a Playboy facility on one of its beach belts at Cando-lim, 20km from Panaji. The state had received an application from former Congress legislator Agnelo Fer-nandes seeking permission to set up a Play-boy shack in Goa.“The shack policy makes it mandatory that the application should be made by a lo-cal individual in his name and not a brand name,” Parrikar said. “Goa will never allow any foreign company to set up a shack in the state,” he added.
WORLDNEWS SNIPPETS
Bradley’s Camp, overlooking the airport, which is currently home to approx 60 workers
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NEW STOCKIncluding children’s
clothing and trainers, boy camo shorts
NEW STOCKgents trainers and
boots, ladies trainers, jeans size 14-24 etc
Happy 4th Birthday
Saskia YonHave Fun!
GOVERNOR TO DEPART ON BUSINESS & LEAVENext Monday, 22 April 2013, HE The Gov-ernor and Mrs. Capes will depart for Cape Town from where they will continue to the UK. In London, the Governor will attend the annual Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce Leadership Conference which is attended by all Governors, Ambassadors and High Com-missioners from around the global, British diplomatic network.In addition, the Governor will join a sepa-rate conference for Governors and will also call on a number of UK Government offi -cials and other business related contacts. After a short spell on holiday, the Gover-nor will return to St Helena on Thursday 13 June. In his absence, Chief Secretary Mr. Owen O’Sullivan will act as Governor.
SHG15 April 2013
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“I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!” is a line read by macho Dad, Liam Nee-son, in the movie ‘Taken’ when his daughter was kidnapped in Paris. Although it was a captivating movie for many, for a girl who had never travelled before, the thought of kidnappers at airports was terrify-ing! Jean Georgia A Mendoza who is visiting the island until June made her fi rst travel expe-rience an ambitious one, travelling all the way from the Philippines alone. “That movie kept me thinking, maybe there’s somebody who was going to take me!” she said, “but my fa-ther gave me plenty of important advice.”Although anxious about the travel, Georgia’s nerves were overcome by excitement, “I’ve never travelled on a plane or ship and this travel to St Helena allowed me to experience it all,” she smiled. For some people, the fl ying and the bustling rush in the airports are considered the most diffi cult part of travelling, but for Georgia is was fi ve
days on the ship, “I got sea sick and food sick. The main thing was I missed Filipino food.” This experience has wid-ened her knowledge of the world with meeting new people and learning about their lifestyle. “I only realised now that I want to travel more and more, I want to go to dif-ferent countries and see different people,” she said.Although her Uncle Gil-bert, who lived on island with his wife and son previously, prepared her for a difference in cul-ture, she was still over-whelmed by the friendli-ness of the people. “My fi rst step on the island everybody said, hello. The people are so good and friendly. In the Phil-ippines even your dis-tant relatives won’t say hello.”Being a young person, I asked Georgia what sights she wanted to see the most on island: “I want to go to every tour-ist attraction here with my family.” On the RMS, the saw a booklet of St Helena’s tour-
ist attractions, “The fi rst thing I wanted to see was Jacob’s Lad-der. I want to go up there but I don’t know if I will make it!” she laughed. Last
Sunday she did the Heart Shaped Waterfall walk, “I was so tired! But when I saw the place
it was so beautiful.”Another experience that St Helena has opened up to her is driving. “I never thought I would learn how to drive because it is so scary in the Philippines. The drivers are so careless there.” However now that she is learning here, she feels so proud seeing that she can manage the twisty and narrow roads and when she returns she will take up driving, “In the Philippines the roads are only fl at and it’s so wide but here there is only space for one car!” she said. The social life between Philippines and St Hel-ena is probably the major difference. “Here I had my fi rst proper drink and ‘clubbing’ expe-rience. We have many clubs in the Philippines but the people are so wild when they get drunk there so I don’t want to go in,” she explained. “My fi rst impression when I went to Donny’s was it had so many people because we went there on Maundy Thursday and the dance fl oor was full! We had to squeeze in and dance and I didn’t know how to dance!” she laughed.Georgia’s father, Joff Mendoza is the chef at the Orange Tree Oriental Restaurant and she is spending time with him whilst she is on vaca-tion from university. “I fi nished my practicum early so I had a longer vacation, about three months,” she explained. Georgia is studying BSITTM (Bachelor of Science in Interna-tional Travel and Tourism Management) at Lyceum of the Philippines University and she will graduate in two years. Georgia’s ambition when she graduates is to return to St Helena and help the island’s airport. “I am very inter-ested in tourism and I want to come back and work here.”
Georgia to St HelenaStepping out into the world for the fi rst time
Chloe Terry, SAMS
“My fi rst impression when I went to Donny’s; it had so many people because we went there on Maundy Thursday and
the dance fl oor was full!”
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TIME OUT
COFFEEBREAK
HUMOUR
PEOPLE moments on the RMS journey
A beautiful blonde woman boards a plane to L.A. with a ticket for coach. Once she boards, she chooses an empty seat in fi rst class. The fl ight attendant checks her ticket and tells the woman she has to move back. The blonde replies, “I’m young, blonde and beautiful, and I’m going to sit here all the way to L.A.” Flus-tered, the fl ight attendant goes to the cockpit and informs the cap-tain. The captain goes back and briefl y whispers something into the blonde’s ear. She immediately gets up, hugs the captain and rushes back to her seat in the coach section. The fl ight attendant asks what he said to the woman. “I just told her that the fi rst class section isn’t going to L.A.”
A gentleman sits next to a priest on an airplane. He sees the priest doing a crossword puzzle.Time passes and the priest says, “Excuse me, sir, but do you know a four letter word that describes a woman and ends in ‘u-n-t’?” The gentleman thinks about this and fi nally says, “I believe the word you’re looking for is ‘aunt.’” The priest replies, “Oh, you’re right. That fi ts, too. Would you happen to have an eraser?”
Children: You spend the fi rst 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.
If you would like to take part, we need a good picture of you (which we can do) and your top 3 - it could be your top 3 movies, songs, books or cars. It could be your top 3 places on St Helena, or top 3 achievements. The more interesting the better chance of being chosen, as we will only print 1 per week! Email: [email protected] with subject heading, top 3.
1. On-board cricket
2. Meeting New Friends
3. Getting on and off on the launches
TIME TO REBOOT - Going back to 18 April2002 - The city legislature of Berlin decided to make Marlene Dietrich an honorary citi-zen. Dietrich had gone to the United States in 1930. She refused to return to Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power.
1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing. The protests were triggered in April 1989 by the death of former Communist Party General Secretary, Hu Yaobang. Students went on to occupy
the square for 7 weeks, in what became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre or the June 4 Massacre when troops with assault rifl es and tanks infl icted thousands of casualties on unarmed civilians.
1955 - Albert Einstein, whose theories exploded and reshaped our ideas of how the universe works, died on April 18, 1955, of heart failure. He was 76. Although Einstein’s body was cremated, his brain was saved. A pathologist removed Einstein’s brain on the morning of his death.
Famous Birthdays18 Apr - 24 Apr
Carmen Electra (41)US Actress (Baywatch)
20 Apr
Queen Elizabeth II (87)21 Apr
Kelly Clarkson (31)US Country Singer
24 Apr
WUZZLEA wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to fi gure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent.
Answers on page27FUN QUOTE“Although we are in different boats you
in your boat, and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.”
John Gilchrist (Audit)
DID YOU KNOW...• The world’s oldest continuously operating airfi eld is College Park Airport in Maryland, set up by Wil-bur Wright in 1909• Sydney Airport claims to be the world’s oldest continuously operating commercial airport. It began operations in January 1920.• The world’s busiest commercial airport is Harts-fi eld-Jackson Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, with 970,000 airplane movements a year.• One-third of the world’s airports are in the US.• Dubai Airport has the world’s largest airport duty-free section, 161,000 square feet of shopping space.• Singapore’s Changi airport has a swimming pool on the roof.• The Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (IATA code SAB) is perceived to be the most dangerous airport in the world. However, despite its reputation of hav-ing the “toughest to negotiate” landing, the airport has never seen an accident!
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The three bears went for a walk. Goldilocks knocked on the door of the three bears’ house. Goldilocks fell out of the chair. Goldilocks went up stairs and went to sleep. The three bears opened the door. They watched Goldilocks run out through the door.Ashlyn George
There was a Daddy Bear, a Mummy Bear and a Baby Bear. One day a girl named Goldilocks came along and she went in the house. She went in the kitchen and she saw three bowls of porridge. First she tasted the big bowl of porridge, it was too hot. Then she tasted the middle size bowl, it was too cold. Then she tasted the baby bowl of porridge it was just right. Then she went to sit down. First she tried the big chair it was too hard. Then she tried the middle size chair it was too soft. Then she tried the baby chair and fell out. She was very sleepy, so she went upstairs and saw a room. She got in the big bed it was too hard. Then she got in the middle size bed it was too soft. She went in baby bed. Then the bears came back home. Daddy bear said “Someone is in this house.” The three bears went upstairs and into the room and they saw Goldilocks in Baby Bear’s bed. When Goldilocks woke up she ran out the door and she never came back again.Leah Bedwell
Mama Bear cooked some porridge. It was too hot, so they went for a walk. Goldilocks came to their house. When the bears came back home, Daddy Bear could hear a noise. “Let’s go upstairs!” said everyone. So they went upstairs to the bedroom, Goldi-locks was in Baby Bear’s bed. They were standing around her when she opened her eyes. She ran downstairs and out through the door.Rachel Newman
St Paul’s Primary SchoolYear 1 pupils of St Paul’s Primary have been studying the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Year one’s have been looking at the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
We have done role-play, retold the story as well as letter writing.
Pyjama Day at St Pauls’ NurseryOn Thursday 11th April 2013, the Nursery class at St Pauls’ Primary School had a pyjama day. This was a child initiated topic chosen by the class on ‘Boots and Shoes’. All Nursery children and staff wore their pyjamas and slippers to school.Many children brought along their favourite soft toy or blanket and all activities were undertaken in pyjamas. One of the activities was designing their own pyjamas which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.St Pauls’ Nursery were pleased that Mrs Claire Leo from Pilling Primary School and Mrs Bev-erly Francis, Deputy Director were able to join them in this fun fi lled learning day and hope that they had lots of fun just as they did.Learning is great fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bear Cottage,The Dark Forest,15th April 2013
Dear Goldilocks,
How are you? I am feeling very sad. Why did you eat my porridge? You took it without asking. I was very hungry after because you ate it all.
From Baby Bear(Georgia, Kaelyn and Tyrone)
Yellow Cottage15th April 2013
Dear Baby Bear,
I’m sorry that I ate your porridge and broke your chair. I was very hungry and tired from walking in the woods. I didn’t mean to sleep in your bed, but it was cosy.
From Goldilocks(Georgia)
Bear Cottage,15th April 2013
Dear Baby Bear,
Thank you for your letter. Sorry for breaking your chair. Sorry for eating your porridge. Sorry for sleeping in your bed. I will not do that again. If you would like me to I will stay and play next time.
From Goldilocks
(Travis, Edson, Calum, Lucio, Alayah, Kieran and Danny)
NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Th ursday 18 April 2013 THE SENTINEL
PUBLIC NOTICEEXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The Property Division of the Environment and Natural Resources Directorate is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualifi ed contractors for the Proposed Structural Repair Works to the seaward tower (adjacent the Council Chamber and Governor’s Offi ce) at the Castle in Jamestown.
All expressions of interest should be submitted to the Lands and Buildings Manager, Essex House, Jamestown, by 16.00 hours on Friday 26th April, 2013. For further information please contact Tracy Goldsmith on telephone 2270 or email [email protected]
AIRPORT PROJECT OFF-ISLAND GENERAL MANAGER HAS ARRIVEDGraham Temlett, Basil Read’s Off-Island General Manager for the Airport Project, has arrived on-island for the fi rst time on Sunday 14 April 2013 for an 8 day visit.
Graham is based in Johannesburg and his role is closely linked to that of Deon de Jager’s (Basil Read On-Island Director). Deon has responsibility for directing the on-island elements of the Airport Project and Graham’s focus is on co-coordinating the work taking place off-island. They work closely together to co-ordinate on and off-Island support functions, such as buying, transporting and shipping the equip-ment and materials needed for the Airport Project.
Graham’s key responsibilities include co-coordinating the process for certifi cation of the Airport, putting in place arrangements with Basil Read subcontractors, and liaising with the Airport Operator (Lanseria).
The purpose of Graham’s visit is to view the progress to date and to participate in management discussions with the on-island Basil Read Team, and with the PMU and SHG. Discussions are planned on a variety of design and technical issues, for example, plans for the permanent jetty, construction of the terminal buildings, and matters related to airport certifi cation.
Basil ReadSt Helena Airport Project
Vacancy
StewardessRMS St Helena
Main Duties:Cleanliness and orderliness of Personal accommodation and other crew areas;Cleanliness and Servicing of Passenger cabins;Dining Salon duties including silver service;Drinks Service;Storing Duties;Handling of baggageAny other general duties as directed by the Hotel Services Offi cer.
Start date:15th June 2013 for training/overlap
Salary, Terms and Conditions: Upon application
Applications:Please forward covering letter and CV as follows:� St Helena applicants to Solomon’s� Onboard applicants to the HSD onboard� All other applicants to Tanya Price at BSM, email: [email protected] or fax +44 1624 687280
Previous applicants need only confi rm if they are still interested, ini-tially there is no need to resubmit a CVClosing date:18th April 2013
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Activities at the Army
Friday 19th April Thrift Shop Jamestown Open Tea/coffee/cake
– Drop in centre 10am Musical evening 7.30pm – Half Tree Hollow
Hall Saturday 20th April
7pm Open Air meeting Market SquareSunday 21st April
Commissioners Langa due to leave St Hel-ena.
There is always a warm welcome for you at the Salvation Army.
If you would like to know more about The Salvation Army’s activities, contact Lt. Coral Yon on telephone nos 2703/4358.
FaithMatters
Seventh Day Adventist
Thursday 18 April7:00pm- Prayer Meeting at Longwood Com-munity Centre.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND For more information, contact Pastor Clack Tel No. 2267 , Email: [email protected]
BAHA’IFAITHWORLD PEACE
Looking at the state of the world at present, where there is so much m i s e r y , as wars, p o l i t i c a l d i s p u t e s , o p p r e s - sion of the weak, and i n n u m e r -able other d i s a s t e r s never seem to stop, the goal of World Peace for which people have prayed for millennia, seems very far away.
However if we look at some of the more car-ing things that are happening as the world be-comes more accessible to more people, we can be more hopeful that one day this goal could be realised. Now, through the Internet, in no time we can fi nd out what is happening in dif-ferent parts of the world and offer help quickly, as when St. Helena joined the rest of the world to help Haiti after that terrible earthquake. Enough people here on our tiny island felt moved to put on a concert to raise money to help people on another island many miles away.
Both Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Can-terbury, the spiritual leaders of many millions of Christians around the world, appealed for Peace in their recent inaugural addresses, rec-ognising that “Unity, Peace and Love” are the way to a brighter future for all. Reported also on the world news there was a small but signifi cant item of hope – a minister of the United Church of Scotland had noticed that the congregation of the Mosque next door to his church in Ab-erdeen had become too large and people were having to pray outside on the pavement, so he offered his church as extra space for their daily prayers. A neighbourly gesture, but with huge signifi cance illustrating the fact that Prayer is universal and that we all pray to the same God, our Creator, the Unknowable Essence, the Almighty - whatever name we call Him.
Surely these are indications of the true mean-ing of religion – to unify, not divide. The forms and customs which have become part of the religions over the centuries should not hide the basic fact that the religion itself, in its pure form, at its time and in its place in the world, came from God, and taught people how to love each other. The story of the Good Samaritan is well known, and Je-sus told that story over 2000 years ago!
I quote from a letter presented in 1985 to all the Leaders of the World, from the Univer-sal House of Justice of the Baha’i Faith: -
“The Great Peace towards which people of
good will throughout the centuries have in-clined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vi-sion, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long last within the reach of nations. For the fi rst time in history, it is possible for everyone to view the entire plan-et, with all its myriad diversifi ed peoples, in one perspective. World Peace is not only pos-sible but inevitable. It is the next stage in the evolution of the planet – in the words of one great thinker, “ the planetization of mankind”.
Whether peace is to be reached only after unimaginable horrors precipitated by hu-manity’s stubborn clinging to old patterns of behaviour, or is to be embraced now by an act of consultative will, is the choice be-fore all who inhabit the earth. At this criti-cal juncture when the intractable problems confronting nations have been fused into one common concern for the whole world, fail-ure to stem the tide of confl ict and disorder would be unconscionably irresponsible. -----“
This statement was written 27 years ago and many more terrible confl icts have con-tinued, and many more people have died as a result. Obviously, we, the people of the world have not yet taken the steps necessary to establish peace on earth.
Baha’is believe that world peace is in-evitable. They work with others to has-ten its establishment and reduce this time of such violence and sorrow. Bah’u’llah wrote: -“ The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is to establish unity and concord amongst the peoples of the world; make it not the cause of dissension and strife.”
BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org
BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods
DEVOTIONAL MEETING
Thursday18th.April 20138pm.
ALL ARE WELCOME“The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is
in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord”
Baha’i Scripture.
DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENASecond Sunday after Easter, 14 April 2013.
The Cathedral Parish of Saint PaulThird Sunday after Easter, 21 April.8.00 am. Eucharist Cathedral.10.00 am. Eucharist Cathedral.3.30 pm. Eucharist Saint Peter.
Thursday 25 April, Saint Mark.10.00 am. Eucharist Arabia. Fourth Sunday after Easter, 28 April.8.00 am. Eucharist Cathedral.11.00 am. Eucharist Saint Andrew.11.15 am. Eucharist Saint Helena.5.30 pm. Evening Prayer Cathedral. The Parish of Saint James.Third Sunday after Easter, 21 April.9.30 am. Eucharist Saint James.Wednesday 24.7.30 am. Eucharist Saint James.
Fourth Sunday after Easter, 28 April.9.30 am. Eucharist Saint James.7.00 pm. Evening Prayer Saint John.
The Parish of Saint Matthew.Third Sunday after Easter, 21 April.8.00 am. Eucharist. Saint Matthew.11.00 am. Eucharist, Levelwood Community Centre.7.00 pm. Eucharist Saint Mark.
Saint George, Tuesday 23 April Saint Mark.7.00 pm. Eucharist Saint Mark.
SAINT MARK, Thursday 25 April. 7.00 pm. PATRONAL FESTIVAL MASS. SAINT MARK.
Fourth Sunday after Easter, 28 April.11.00 am. Eucharist. Saint Matthew
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
Reading is the key to all knowledge and if you can’t read you can’t succeed!! This was the key thinking behind the Reading Workshop held at Harford Primary School on Monday, April 8th. The evening was led by Mrs Marilyn Joshua – Advanced Skills Teacher for English. There was an excellent turnout from parents all eager to know what they needed to do to help their child succeed with their reading at home.One of the main aims of the evening was to help parents understand how reading is taught in school. This was done in a very interactive manner to allow parents to gain experience of the strategies used so that they can provide the support at home. This linked mainly to the pho-
The visiting Canon, Roy Doxsey, who is do-ing the sponsored walk up the ladder in his full robes told us a bit about his training regime in preparation for this weekend.
“I did go up the Ladder on Monday morning at seven o’clock, just to give it a trial run - with-out my robes on I hasten to add. I have to con-fess it was slightly tougher than I expected. I managed to do it in about 15mins. I’m afraid it may take me longer than that on Saturday.”
The Canon said that he was feeling a bit ap-prehensive but thinks it’s going to be tough, but he will probably make it. “As long as there is a gin and tonic at the top, I shall probably make it,” he laughed.
The climb, to raise funds for St James’s steeple and for SHAPE, hopes to make a reasonable amount of money as people seem to have tak-en a lot of sponsorship forms.
Canon Roy will be doing his ascent of the Ladder on Saturday at 4pm and is encouraging others to join him for the climb. If you cannot do the climb he invites all to come along and watch. “Yes, as many as possible if they wish to do so. It is not going to be as exciting as the South African boys running up it.”
netic approach which has recently been adopted in school and is proving extremely successful. Par-ents were keen to get to know the pronunciation of the sounds used in the phonic programme and requested a follow-up session to help them under-stand how to help their child with blending words when encountering problems while reading.Focus also was placed on linking reading to writing and the importance of this correlation was stressed. Parents are now becoming more au-fait with levels of ability and understand that their child needs to make progress in sub levels to meet their expected levels of attainment for their age.One of the main thrusts of the evening was looking
Harford Primary School explores ‘THE POWER OF READING’
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Canon Sets Sights HighSponsored Ladder Challenge taking place on Saturday at 4pm
Canon, Roy Doxsey, at the bottom of Jacob’s Ladder
Nine hundred and forty passengers off the visiting tourist ship, MS Amsterdam, came ashore on Monday, greeted by warm sunshine and clear skies. A popular challenge for tourists was the Lad-der. The Museum reported one hundred cer-tifi cates were bought ($4.00 each). Tourists, Sharon and Greg had booked their cruise with St Helena in mind. “I wanted to take this cruise to get to these islands that nobody gets to. Then buy some stamps; they are very col-lectable in the States.” Longwood Green was transformed into the usual parking lot for tour buses, as tourists ar-rived to visit Longwood House. One of the tour guides at Longwood house, Ivy, reported the day a success. “We’ve had lots of visitors passing through and lots of questions. They are very impressed by the ‘prison’ that Napoleon lived in.” Chuckling,
THE VISIT OF CRUISE SHIP MS AMSTERDAMSherrilee Phillips, SAMS
continued on page 28
Captain Jonathan Mercer off MS Amsterdam
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ASCENSION ISLAND
WUZZLE ANSWER from pg 211. You can count on it 2. Foot in the door 3. No can do 4. Honest to goodness 5. Way overpriced 6. Living on a shoestring
On 2nd March 2013, the Ascension Island Conservation team, together with the RSPB, had a once in a lifetime experience visiting Boatswain Bird Island, in order to research and monitor the fl ight patterns of Ascension’s Frigate birds.Boatswain Bird Island is of great importance in terms of Ascension’s unique biodiversity, as it is home to a large variety of seabirds, in-cluding Black and Brown Noddies, Masked and Brown Boobies, Fairy Terns, Tropicbirds and, of course, the endemic Ascension Island Frigate Bird. After the catastrophic effects of releasing feral cats on the island to control rat numbers, Boatswain Bird Island became
the only cat-free safe haven for many of these species for years and provided a predator-free environment for the Frigates. In fact, up until the end of 2012 (when the fi rst Frigate nest on mainland Ascension in 175 years was excit-edly discovered) Boatswain Bird was the sole habitat for this entire species, showing how vulnerable they were. Getting to the Island was no easy task! After weeks of planning, risk assessments and rope work, we boarded the early morning one hour boat to Boatswain Bird, brilliant white in co-lour due to a annual build up of guano (bird droppings). Accessing the island was great fun
in itself, requiring a leap (when the swell was right!) from the back of the ferry boat, onto a ladder hanging down from a gantry. Before we could carry out work on the plateau, we had to make our way around a fairly intimidating track on the side of the island. Thankfully, we were all safely attached to a rope system using the latest abseiling equipment, unlike the island’s visi-tors who made this original track; the guano collectors who exported guano to be sold for use as a fertil-iser during the 1880s.When reaching the top of the Island, we were surrounded by thousands of birds of all different sizes, both on land and in the sky, which seemed to darken due to the uncountable number of Frigates fl ying above us. The noise around us was amazing, and after the exhilarating entrance (which led to almost fl at camera bat-teries after the fi rst fi ve minutes, due to our excitement!) we got down to what the trip was all about. Armed with GPS devices, data sheets, bin-oculars, and satellite transmitters, we set out to retrieve transmitters from previously tagged Frigate Birds and attach transmitters to new nesting adults. The data collected by these satellite transmitters can be downloaded and mapped to show exactly where the Frigates fl y, how far they travel and how long they stay away from the island, all of which is currently unknown.Travelling around the island proved diffi -cult, tip-toeing around to avoid the countless numbers of eggs, chicks and protective adult birds. Nevertheless, under the baking sun and white glare, we mustered on, enjoying every moment of it - even the occasional bird splats from above couldn’t put us off! After seven hours of hard, noisy, smelly work, and all agreeing that some camera space should be left for the journey home, we packed up,
left the island’s inhabitants in peace and made our way back down the daunting track to the boat waiting to take us back to the mainland.Overall the whole day was incredible; a unique experience never to be forgotten! With sun-burned faces, tired feet and the sun set-ting in the background, we said goodbye to the once-again isolated Boatswain Bird Island and headed back to Clarence Bay, with Bottlenose dolphins riding the bow waves to complete our fantastic day amongst Ascension’s rare wild-life!
Boatswain Bird Island Once in a lifetime tripA Conservation visit to the top of Boatswain Bird Island, Ascension
Kenickie Andrews, Ascension Island
at the move from ORT Reading Stages to ‘Book Bands’. A demonstration was given to parents to show how the texts varied within each band. Parents were able to see how their child would be given a wider range of text within the band. This will now improve children’s reading ability as they will have a broader range of vocabulary that they can also apply in their written work.With the changes being made this year for SAT’s 2013 (that is taken by year 6 pupils) parents were informed of how this change affects all children in the school. The new test will involve a grammar, punctuation and spelling test. Grammar skills need to be embedded from an early age. A recap on the nine parts of speech involved an activity which generated much discussion amongst parents.Parents were also enlightened on the importance of
comprehending text; ie - the need for pupils to un-derstand what they read. A lot of interaction took place in classrooms where class teachers organised reading activities for parents of their year group.Feedback from parents at the end of the evening showed that they found the session very benefi cial. The following quotations are a fi tting testament to the evening and a reminder of the power of being able to read:
“The more that you readThe more that you knowThe more that you learnThe more places you will go‘Creating a love of reading in children is po-tentially one of the most powerful ways of im-proving academic standards in school’ .
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REPORT
Ivy explained that the house was the French Emperor’s prison and com-mented that “the tourists all want to be prisoners.” MS Amsterdam’s Shore Excursions Offi cer, Kim, was pleased with the visit. “It’s great. The overall expe-rience, the weather is great and it’s a very interesting place to visit. I think everyone is having a lovely day today.” A handful of stalls had been set up on Longwood Green, includ-ing craft work by SHAPE. Those working the stall reported “very slack trade.” However, SHAPE’s two other stalls (Jamestown and the top of the ladder) made £260. The Arts and Crafts shop took an around £800 and the Museum estimated 150 visitors came through their doors. Approximately £11,000 rev-enue would have been raised from landing fees. Feedback given to SAMS reporters over the past year has included poor access to Napoleon’s Tomb for el-derly and disabled. Merrill Joshua, Tourism Manger commented: “The Tomb is one of the places where we can improve accessibility. It’s al-ready been discussed with Michel Martineau (French Consul) and Cathy Alberts the Tourism Direc-tor.” One of the ideas on the table is to lessen the gradient of the walk and build some steps, “so it’s safer and more comfortable for people to
walk up and down,” said Merrill. A tourist on this
visit suggested a golf cart to taxi them to the grave site. “Any mobility buggy hasn’t been consid-ered yet,” commented Merrill, “sim-ply because there are issues with energy, with a track and the funding that comes with it.”SAMS spoke to a few taxi drivers who said tourists haggled for lower rates on island tours. A taxi driver, who had taken out a day’s insurance for the Amsterdam visit, did the is-land tour with two passengers, for a total fee of 40 US dollars, equivalent to approximately £26 sterling. En-terprise St Helena (ESH) reported feedback that mentioned a notice-able difference in taxi prices.Students of Prince Andrew School carried out ESH feedback surveys on 280 passengers, the result of which were reported as mostly positive. The ambulance service was called out to attend to a tourist who hurt his ankle on the wharf. Merrill pointed out these types of incidents were very rare when compared against the number of visitors who come ashore. The next tourist ship scheduled to visit is the much smaller MV Plan-cius, on Tuesday next week. MV Plancius was built in 1976 as an oceanographic research vessel for the Royal Dutch Navy. The vessel has since been completely rebuilt in 2009 and is now a 114-passenger vessel that specialises in polar expe-dition cruises.
continued from page 26VISIT OF CRUISE SHIP MS AMSTERDAM
Tourists inside Longwood House on Monday
Staff at the Tomb were kept busy
Clear blue skies over Longwood House
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Marathon: A period of silence will be held before the start of the London Marathon on Sunday to pay tribute to those killed and in-jured in the bombings in Boston, race organ-isers have announced.There will be a period of silence lasting 30 seconds before the start of the elite men’s race and the mass start.Organisers are also encouraging runners to wear black ribbons and a separate campaign has been launched for runners to cross the line with their hands over their hearts to mark the events in Boston that left three people dead and 150 injured, many seriously.The build-up to the London Marathon and the race itself will go ahead as originally planned after a review of security arrangements by police, local authorities and race organisers.Security for London is expected to be beefed up, although exact details have yet to be an-nounced. www.sportinglife.com
Football: Cardiff won promotion to the Bar-clays Premier League after a 0-0 draw with Charlton.Malky Mackay’s class of 2013 had goalkeep-er David Marshall to thank for a string of fi ne saves to keep out the in-form Addicks before the fi nal whistle sparked memorable scenes in the Welsh capital 53 years to the day since they last achieved promotion to the top tier.
Golf: Tiger Woods never contemplated with-drawing from the Masters amid controversy over a two-shot penalty for taking an incor-rect drop during his second round. Woods was only given the penalty on Satur-day morning, more than 12 hours after he had signed for a 71 that left him three shots off the lead. www.sportinglife.com
Golf: Nine months after blowing a four-shot lead in the Open, Adam Scott gained sweet redemption with a dramatic Masters triumph at a rain-soaked Augusta. Scott, who bogeyed the last four holes at Roy-al Lytham and lost by one to Ernie Els, bird-ied the second hole of a sudden-death play-off after he and 2009 champion Angel Cabrera had fi nished tied on nine under par.Scott’s win means all four majors have now been won by players using anchored putters, which the game’s governing bodies propose to ban from 2016 www.sportinglife.com
The fi rst week back from the Easter break saw the fi rst defeat for Youngsters due to a Henry 80 for Veterans. There also were wins for Hur-ricanes, Punishers and Super Sport 6.The fi rst match on Monday saw Punishers gain a narrow win over Who Cares 355 to 351. Paul Williams topped scored with 66 for Punishers but was ably supported with 60+s from Andrea Timm, Roy Andrews and David Reynolds. In the second match Gavin (Duff) Ellick and
SKITTLESNEWSJamestown Community Centre
Amanda Peters made 60s for Punishers as they beat Wipes & Shakers 332 – 321, with Patrick Peters and Terry Lawrence making 61 and 60 respectively.On Wednesday, Super Sport 6 won in a low scoring match beating Fire Strikers 307 to 274. The Platos, Stasia and Leon, led the way for Super Sport 6 with 73 and 61 respectively. The main contributions for Fire Strikers came from Clarissa Osborne 56 and Peter Fowler 55. In the last match of the week, ten spares were scored with Brian (Henry) Thomas mak-ing 4 of them as he made the highest individ-ual score of the season, 80, and Charlie Young 63 to help Veterans to defeat Youngsters 358 to 330. Mark Williams 64, and Shane Williams 62, were the main contributors for Youngsters.
08 AprPunishers 355 bt. Who Cares 351
L. HSc. Andrea Timm 60 Shandy Osborne 56G. HSc. Paul Williams 66 Darren Reynolds 68L. HSp. Shandy Osborne 12
Celia Reynolds 12G. HSp. Paul Williams 15
Hurricanes 332 bt. Wipes & Shakers 321L. HSc. Amanda Peters 62 Kedell Lawrence 58G. HSc. Gavin Ellick 63 Patrick Peters 61L. HSp. Kedell Lawrence 13G. HSp. Gavin Ellick 15 Patrick Peters 9
10 AprSuper Sport 6 307 bt. Fire Strikers 274
L. HSc. Stasia Plato 73 Clrissa Osborne 56G. HSc. Leon Plato 61 Peter Fowler 55L. HSp. Stasia Plato 17 Clrissa Osborne 14G. HSp. Leon Plato 15
Veterans 358 bt. Youngsters 330L. HSc. Zena Peters 57 Sophie Peters 56G. HSc. Brian Thomas 80 Mark Williams 64L. HSp. Sophie Peters 15G. HSp. Brian Thomas 17 Shane Williams 17
Wed. 24 April: Punishers v Fire Strikers & Bandits v YoungstersMon. 22 April: Oldies but Goldies v Veterans & Who Cares v Wipes & Shakers
Saints Served Hot 0 - 2 All Star Hot Shotz(25-13) (25-21)LOM: Olivia TimmCongratulations, Serve-ivors are league champions. Saints Served Hot and Ballsy
Ladies must play off to decide 2nd placeFixtures Sunday 21 April, Knockout, 2.15pmAll Star Hot Shotz vs Serve-ivorsumpires: Ballsy Ladies and Saints Served HotOrganiser: All Star Hot Shotz
2.45pm: Ballsy Ladies vs Saints Served Hotumpires: All Star Hot Shotz & Serve-ivorsOrganiser: Ballsy Ladies
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and St Pauls’ normally explosive opener, AJ Bennett, was a bit subdued, scoring just 3 runs off the fi rst over before being caught by Ross Leo, having skied a Scott Crowie delivery.Spurred on by snagging Bennett’s wicket, Longwood sustained their high level of inten-sity in the fi eld. Alex Langham joined the par-ty bowling from the Peak Hill end. Although fi nishing wicket-less, his 4 over opening spell
went for a paltry 15 runs.Having lost his opening partner cheaply, Ga-reth Johnson, who has played second fi ddle to the more enigmatic Bennett so far this tour-nament, produced a gutsy innings. Whilst the wickets of Mike-e Williams, (3) bowled S Crowie, and Tris Moyce (25) caught J Gil-christ, bowled Geoff Dawson, fell around him, Johnson ground out a respectable 40 before being caught behind, giving Dawson his sec-ond wicket.The only other innings of note came from Cheddy Lawrence who smashed 23 before being caught by Alan Thomas, off S Crowie’s second spell. St Pauls stumbled (by their stan-dards) to a less than convincing total of 136. A total that, although not on par with previous performances, was defendable.The St Pauls district team have shown week after week that they are in fact an excellent fi elding side, and I’m sure they would have felt confi dent having to defend 136. With a well
balanced bowling attack of youth and experi-ence, a team of sharp fi elders, and great cama-raderie built up during post match banter, this was surely their match to lose.However standing in their way were 11 Long-wood batsmen. Number 4 in their line-up, their premier batsmen, The Great Scott Crow-ie. Coming off innings of 80*, 90* and 85* Scott had been unbeaten in 3 matches and in the form of his life.Longwood’s run chase began brightly, with Alex Langham striking the fi rst delivery he faced for a boundary. Having negotiated the fi rst 2 overs and scoring 14 runs whilst doing so, Longwood looked to be cruising. However, their young opener perished in the 3rd over, bowled by Tris Moyce for 11, with his team’s score on 20. His father A Thomas, soon fol-
Only one of the two competitions that were scheduled was played over the weekend and that was the Medalford played on Sun-day, where 16 players took part.Still on form and claiming the top spot again was Brian (Peachy) Coleman af-ter winning on a count back with Norman Thomas, both players’ returned joint scores of 17 after nine holes of medal play and 9 holes Stableford.Two players holed out in 2 to share the ball pool, that was John Joshua on 16th and Leon Crowie, who had an eagle 2 on par 4 10th hole.Congratulations to the winners.The singles knockout has advanced to the semi-fi nals with Lawson Henry beating Norman Thomas, Lawson will now play Tony Green. The match between Martin (Jackson) Buckley and Jeffrey (Foxy) Ste-vens was also played, where Foxy emerged as the winner and has moved to the fi nals and will play the winner from the match be-tween Tony and Lawson.Members are reminded that the fi xture for the doubles knockout has been posted and games are to be played by the dates shown. Only one competition is scheduled for next week. On Sunday 21st April there will be an 18 hole Tombstone, please sign list on club noticeboard.Stay safe and happy swinging!
GOLF NEWS St Helena Golf Club ReportWeek ending 14 April
Pat Henry on the 10th tee on Sunday
This week’s shooting, Tuesday 16 April was another exciting and challenging evening of good entertainment from our youth team members. First were the Alarm Bells; Thomas Hickling shot 89.2, Scott George 89, Chelsea Benjamin 87.1 and Calum Ellick 91, their fi nal team score was 356.3. They were up against The Ebonies; Niza Yon shot 67.1, Shelby Bar-go 81, Caitlyn Buckley 74 and Nicole Paulsen highest score 83 gave them a total 235.1, and they lost out on the points. The second match was the Trigger Happies with Deirdre Maggott 98, Wendy Plato 85, Mario Coleman 95.1 and with Karen Ellick yet to shoot, their score 278.1. They shot against The Young One’s with Rex Young 92, Chel-sea Young 93.1, Megan Young 90 and Serena Young Thorpe 82 giving them a total score of 357.1. Which means Karen only needs to shoot 80 to gain 2 points, should be easy-peasy
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for her. A knock-out match was also played, Snip-ers vs Trigger Happies. Shooting for Snipers, Kevin George 98.2, Patrick Young 97.1, Eric Constantine 93 and Mavis O’Bey 87 giving them a total score 375.3. Trigger happies with Deirdre 96, Mario 93.1 Wendy 91 making their score 280.1, with Karen still to shoot put-ting all the pressure on her to make it in the fi nals she needs to shoot 95.3... can she do it? Yea go for it girl, see you all next week 23 April 13 with Top Gun’s V Sharp Shooters and Snipers V Young Ones, have a splendid week. by Pat Henry, Chairman, JRC
The Great Scott Does It AgainCricket Report continued from back page
Gareth Johnson, who has played second fi ddle to the
more enigmatic Bennett so far this tournament, produced a
gutsy innings
“it was important to build a good base, after that I started
to see the ball nicely and began to hit a few.”
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lowed, bowled by Moyce for 2.The demise of Thomas brought S Crowie to the crease. The explosive batsmen started rather slowly by his standards but in a post match interview he explained, “it was impor-tant to build a good base, after that I started to see the ball nicely and began to hit a few.”Hit a few he did, taking control of the innings when his dad P Crowie lost his wicket LBW to Tris Moyce for 12. S Crowie exploded, punishing the bad ball whilst hugging the strike. He did however take a few risks, and there were moments when all of Longwood’s players and fans held their breath, but to the dismay of many and the delight of more, St
Pauls didn’t take their chances and S Crowie was dropped twice by two of the most accom-plished fi elders in the St Pauls side, Mike-e Williams and Cheddy Lawrence.S Crowie brought his side home with a charge down the pitch to dispatch the ball back past St Pauls bowler Tyrel Ellick for a boundary to fi nish unbeaten on 85 and with a tournament average of 90.5.The old phrase of catches win matches will probably still be reverberating in the minds of every St Pauls player. “They did well to restrict us to 136 runs,” said St Pauls captain Eddie Duff after the match, “but Scott was exceptional today, although we dropped him a couple of times.” A more relieved than ec-static S Crowie said of the victory, “It was a great team effort once again. I knew that our batting line-up was a little weak so I had to
“It will be another challenge, but we’ve come this far. I think we have enough
to take them.”
step up and take control. I’m glad we pulled through in the end.”Levelwood defeated Rest 1 on Sunday to set up a playoff against St Pauls for the honours of District Champions. “It will be another challenge,” said Eddie Duff, “but we’ve come this far. I think we have enough to take them.” The match promises to be an exciting one. Don’t miss it!
Saturday 13thSandy Bay 144/7Ian Williams 66Mark Isaac 1/26
St Pauls 136Gareth Johnson 40Tris Moyce 3/18
Sunday 14thHTH 174Chris Owen 55David George 4/17
Levelwood 267Shavone Leo 95*Delroy Leo 2/23
CRICKET FIXTURESKnock Out Semi Finals
Saturday 9.30am: Sandy Bay Pirates v Levelwood Allstars Umpires: Nick Stevens and Scott Crowie
Saturday 1.30pm: Jamestown Barracudas v Western B Warriors Umpires: Les Baldwin & Jerry Roberts District Play Off GameSunday 1pm:St Paul’s v Levelwood Umpires: Terry Richards & Alan Thomas
Jamestown 139/3Damien O’Bey 44Calum Ellick 2/29
Longwood 137/5Scott Crowie 85*Scott Crowie 3/26
Rest 2 169Deon De Jager 40Deon Robbertse 2/32
Rest 1 142Nick Stevens 64*Nick Stevens 1/33
CRICKET RESULTS
Alex Langham bowling
Cheddy Lawrence
Patrick Crowie attempts to run Tris Moyce out
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Scott Crowie’s 3 wickets, catch and magical unbeaten innings of 85 helped Longwood end St Pauls’ unbeaten T20 district run, on a rather gloomy Saturday afternoon at Francis Plain.The eagerly anticipated match got underway nearly an hour after it had been due to start, thanks to Tommy Young and Darrel Leo vol-unteering to umpire. Rest 2 were responsible for providing umpires. Perhaps a points deduction from a team who has no points is not a harsh enough punishment for not providing umpires?Such has been the form of St Pauls during this year’s district T20 tournament, it was always going to take a magical performance to beat them. So far, (until Saturday) St Pauls had batted fi rst and won in every fi xture, so it was a bit of a surprise when Longwood Captain Patrick Crowie won the toss and decided to insert St Pauls, allowing them to set the target. His decision was probably infl uenced by the strangely overcast conditions at the Plain.Right from the start Longwood’s bowlers revelled in the conditions afforded by the cloud cover. The ball seemingly moved about a bit
The Great Scott Does It AgainDamien O’Bey, SAMS
Crowie leads Longwood to Victory
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All Peachy for Brian once moreGolf report, page 30
