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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW

January 11-17, 2010 T
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2 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

Senator Barshinger Leads Committee
on Tour of Florida Petcoke Plant

St. John Tradewinds

Senator at Large Craig
Barshinger has organized a group
of senators to tour an operational
petcoke plant in Jacksonville,
Florida.

“The Virgin Islands Community
is keenly interested in the future of
electric power and waste disposal
in the territory,” said Barshinger
by telephone from Jacksonville.
“This is a big decision and we
have to get it night.”

“We are preparing for an up-
coming Legislative Committee
meeting on the Alpine Energy
Group’s plan to provide the territo-
ry with two combined petcoke and
waste-to energy electricity plants,”
Barshinger explained.

Senator Barshinger, who Chairs
the Committee on Economic De-
velopment, Energy and Technol-
ogy, will tour the St. John’s River

Petcoke Power Plant in Jackson-
ville, Florida, along with members
of his committee, Senator Samm-
uel Sanes, Senator Nelly O’Reilly
and Senator Michael Thurland.

The power plant tour was de-
signed to allow senators to see a
petcoke plant in operation and talk
to managers and engineers about
the realities of burning petcoke
and coal to generate electricity.
Their discussion will include how
the plant works, the economics of
burning petcoke to meet electricity
needs, the handling of petcoke ash
and by-products, the environmen-
tal effects of burning petcoke and
other matters of interest.

Senator Barshinger and mem-
bers of his committee will use the
information gained from touring
the facilities during the senator’s
upcoming committee meeting on
January 13 in the Earl B. Ottley

Culvert Installed Near Estate Adrian

Te 7

Legislative Hall in St. Thomas.

In this meeting, members of the
Economic Development, Energy
and Technology Committee will
take testimony from government
officials, corporate executives,
members of non-profit and com-
munity groups and individuals on
the proposed plan to burn petcoke
and waste in the Virgin Islands as a
primary source of electricity.

“My staff has arranged a broad-
ly-based panel of testifiers,” said
Barshinger. “I encourage all Virgin
Islanders to educate themselves on
this important issue, and to partici-
pate in the hearing if possible.”

During the hearing, senators
will ask questions of the testifi-
ers. Virgin Islanders who listen by
radio or watch by television can
send their questions to any senator
on the floor to ask on their behalf.

St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Andrea Milam

Department of Public Works crews worked to install a culvert on Centerline Road
in Estate Adrian on Friday morning, January 8. Water flowing across the road has
caused it to be greatly damaged in that area.

“We’re putting in a culvert to catch the water and asphalt to smooth this area over,”
said DPW St. John Deputy Director Ira Wade. “We knew it would eventually collapse

here.”

Wade anticipated the culvert installation would be completed in one day, while the
asphalt would likely be done this week.





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CBCC Is Hosting Storm Water
Management Meeeting on January 11

Coral Bay residents are invited to attend a community meeting
on Monday, January 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John’s Folly
Learning Institute.

The Coral Bay Community Council, in partnership with the Vir-
gin Islands Resource Conservation and Development Council, will
discuss planned storm water management construction projects to
be implemented in Coral Bay witha portion of the $2.78 million in
NOAA-ARRA Coastal Habitat Restoration grant funds.

This work complements CBCC’s Coral Bay Watershed Man-
agement Project and utilizes designs developed under CBCC’s
EPA CARE grant. Construction will focus on eliminating or re-
ducing the most severe sediment plumes entering Coral Bay, and
will include work on public and private roads.

Work will be done in cooperation with homeowner’s associa-
tions, Department of Public Works, and groups of residents who
maintain their local roads. Local contractors are encouraged to at-
tend to learn about bidding requirements. For more information,
call the CBCC at 776-2099 or the V.I. RC&D at 692-6932, ext. 5.

Next SJHS Meeting Is January 12

The St. John Historical Society will host its January member-
ship meeting on Tuesday, January 12, at the Bethany Moravian
Church Hall, beginning at 7 p.m.

Featured speakers for the evening will be Don Drost and Roy
Watlington. The two will discuss a variety of interesting topics
from really ancient history to the location of local wells.

Barshinger Alpine Meeting on Jan. 13

Senator at Large Craig Barshinger will host the next Commit-
tee of Economic Development, Energy and Technology hearing on
Wednesday, January 13, at 9 a.m. inthe Earle B. Ottley Legislative
Hall on St. Thomas.

The purpose of the meeting is to take testimony from govern-
ment officials, corporate executives, representatives of non-profit
agencies and interested members of the community on the pending
implementation of the recent agreement with Alpine Energy Group
to produce the territory’s energy using a combined petroleum coke
and waste-to-energy method.

For more information call Barshinger’s office at 693-8061.

Alpine Town Hall Meeting on Jan. 14

The VI. Water and Power Authority, VI. Waste Management
Authority and Alpine Energy Group are hosting a series of town
hall meetings this week across the territory.

On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday, January 14, at the
Cruz Bay Legislature building from 6 to 9 p.m. For more informa-
tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050.

Friends Annual Meeting Set for Jan. 24

Friends of V.I. National Park is hosting its 2010 Annual Meet-
ing on Saturday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree Lizards
Restaurant at Cinnamon Bay Campground.

Olasee Davis is the keynote speaker, VINP Superintendent Mark
Hardgrove will give the State of the Park Address and Friends of
VINP president Joe Kessler will deliver the Friends annual report.

Light refreshments will be served. Parking at Cinnamon is
limited, and attendees are asked to park at the NPS maintenance
area by Mongoose Junction. Shuttle service will be provided from
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St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat

The sidewalk along South Shore Road, above, is almost
complete. The powerlines in the center of the roundabout
will be buried as part of the last major phase.







St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 3

St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat

The last phase of development at the Cruz Bay roundabout includes completing the

sidewalk and burying utilities.

Despite Delay, Cruz Bay Roundabout
Construction Still Ahead of Schedule

By Andrea Milam
St. John Tradewinds

Construction of the Cruz Bay
roundabout has been slightly de-
layed thanks to difficulty coordi-
nating with Innovative and VI.
Water and Power Authority, but
despite these delays, the project
will still be finished ahead of the
contract’s closing date in June.

The holdup came during one of
the final phases of burying utilities,
in the area of the Winston Wells
ball field.

“We're halfway done there,”
said Department of Public Works
Program Manager Thomas Jones.
“We've got the first pole done,
which is all Innovative stuff, and
WAPA will go down to the next
pole heading westbound. We’ll be
running conduit to the next pole
down from there, and the sidewalk
is going to raise up also.”

The sidewalk at the ball field’s
bleachers should be completed
within the next week, and crews
are working hard to finish the
sidewalk at the Julius E. Sprauve
School annex on South Shore
Road, Jones added.

The utility and sidewalk work
represent the last major phases
of construction at the roundabout
project, which began in August
2008. During the final stretch,
motorists should expect frequent,
but minor, traffic disruption at the
site.

“The only traffic disruption will

be in the area of the ball field for
the next three weeks,” said Jones.
“We'll have flaggers, and appro-
priate signs will be up. There will
just be minor road closures here
and there.”

Once the utility and sidewalk
work is complete, contractor Is-
land Roads has several odds and
ends to finish up, including ring-
ing the exterior of the roundabout
with concrete curbs and gutters,
and tearing down the old Texaco
gas station, which has served as
the contractor’s office during the
construction process.

“Once the gas station is gone, it
will be like a grassy knoll,” Jones
said of the space where the build-
ing currently stands.

The center of the circle will be
finished with stamped concrete in
the traditional Danish yellow color
found on historic buildings in the
territory, at the urging of the State
Historic Preservation Office, Jones
explained.

Traffic signs which were in-
stalled at the roundabout several
weeks ago have greatly improved
traffic flow, according to Jones.

“Tt used to be like a freefall
there,” said Jones. “People didn’t
understand how it really works.
We're really happy to have the
signs in place.”

Jones originally predicted the
project would be complete in
December 2009, but the difficul-
ties coordinating with the utility

companies have pushed the esti-
mated completion date back a few
months.

“We're still way ahead of the
original finish date of June 2010,”
said Jones. “No matter what, we'll
be out of there before the contract
ends. It would be nice if we could
have the place cleaned up and turn
it back over to the public by the
end of March.”

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4 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

By Jaime Elliott

Water Bars Help Direct and Stem Stormwater Runoff

St. John Tradewinds

In the ongoing effort to stem the tide of stormwater run-
off in the Coral Bay watershed, one neighborhood is having
success with a relatively inexpensive dirt road fix.

In June 2009 residents in the Mill Vista neighborhood in
the Estate Lower Carolina area of Coral Bay, installed sev-
eral water bars on their dirt road and have seen a dramatic
improvement.

Water bars are basically telephone poles set in the ground
in strategic locations which direct the flow of water to a
swale along the roadway instead of running down and wash-
ing out the road itself.

Mill Vista neighbors learned of the technique and got ad-
vice on the best placement of the water bars thanks to the
Coral Bay Community Council’s former storm water engi-
neer.

Armed with a $300,000, three-year Community Action
for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant from the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, CBCC hired hydrologist Joe
Mina, who shared expert advice with residents looking to
reduce runoff in their neighborhoods.

Mina, who spent about six months on the job in St. John
before having to return stateside for personal reasons, met
with Mill Vista residents in June 2009 and discussed the
best placement of water bars for their road, explained hom-
eowner Toni Lacer.

“Joe came up and met with us and told us where we should
put the water bars because they must be spaced properly in
order to work,” Lacer said.

The price tag for installing four water bars in a dirt road
is much less than the cost would be to pave the road, making
the technique ideal for many neighborhoods.

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Vista residents direct the flow of water into a
swale along the side of the roadway.

said Lacer. “We had someone dig holes with a backhoe and
then we put in the telephone poles. It probably cost around
$1,000.”

A water bar’s most obvious drawback is the bump cre-
ated from the pole. In order to direct the flow of water, the
bars are not embedded entirely in the roadway, but protrude
several inches. While there are essentially several bumps in
the Mill Vista road now, the runoff has improved greatly,
explained Lacer.

“We used to have the road graded, but with heavy rains,
it would just get washed out again,” Lacer said. “This seems
to have slowed down the flow of water dramatically.”

Fellow Mill Vistas homeowner Hilarie Oliver agreed.

“T’ve definitely noticed a difference,” said Oliver. “The
water bars are a fairly inexpensive solution that helps to
maintain the integrity of the road by diverting water to

In addition to directing the flow of water, planting veg-
etation is another way to combat runoff, explained CBCC
president Sharon Coldren.

“The other thing that goes along with this is lots of veg-
etation in the swales,” said Coldren. “There are three things
to remember — vegetate, vegetate, vegetate. Vegetation will
help to keep the sediment in the swales from eroding and if
it’s a light rain, will just absorb the water.”

“Everywhere that you see bare earth on the road, you
have the potential for erosion,” Coldren said. “It takes a lot
of work to get the plants going, but once you get them estab-
lished it makes a big difference.”

An example of the positive impacts of vegetation can be
seen in Estate Upper Carolina in Coral Bay, where residents
have been planting seedlings for years, according to the
CBCC president.

“The Upper Carolina Home Owners Association made a
real effort after Hurricane George in the late 1990s, to veg-
etate and to eliminate the potential for landslides,” Coldren
said. “They already had paved roads, but the vegetation still
helped as far as stabilizing sediment. That is a really good
example of what vegetation can do to help reduce runoff.”

The Mill Vista water bars are truly the EPA grant at work,
explained Coldren.

“This is the EPA CARE grant at work and shows you that
a simple hour’s advice can make a big difference,” she said.
“The homeowners themselves did a lot of the work too. Not
everything gets done in one day, but they’ve done their part
and they continue to do their part.”

“These homeowners are taking responsibility for their
runoff,” Coldren said. “Joe had other suggestions too, which
will be implemented but this is something that he advised
and six months later we can all see the difference it made.”

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Crews expect to finish reconstruction of North Shore Road this summer.

North Shore Road Construction
Expected To Wrap Up Early

By Andream Milam
St. John Tradewinds

Reconstruction of the North
Shore Road is progressing at a
good pace, and work is expected
to move even more quickly once
the project’s contractor, Island
Roads, finishes work at the Cruz
Bay roundabout and is able to
dedicate a second crew to the
North Shore job.

Work began on the road, which
has become severely pockmarked
with potholes in some areas, in
October 2009. The crew took a
break between Christmas and
New Year’s Day, and now is back
out in full force, reconstructing
the road base.

The contractor has 18 months to
finish the project, which stretches
along the North Shore Road all the
way from Cruz Bay out to where
the road ends at Annaberg, and to
where it reconnects with Center-
line Road.

“No one believes they’ll need
the full year and a half to finish
it,” said VI. National Park Su-
perintendent Mark Hardgrove.
“They’re making a lot of prog-
ress. We’re looking to have the
project complete sometime this
summer.”

Crews will first reconstruct the
entire eight mile stretch of road,
and then lay down the new pave-
ment all at once, Hardgrove ex-

plained.

“They re digging down to solid
bedrock and putting in a plastic
material that helps stabilize the
road, making it stronger than be-
fore and able to carry more of a
load,” he said. “They’re going
through and making reconstruc-
tions first, and then they’ actu-
ally come back and throw down
the new pavement all at once. It
should last 15 to 20 years; this is
the right way to proceed.”

Unlike the last time the North
Shore Road, which cuts through
the VINP, was paved 17 years
ago and entirely closed during the
process, there will not be any road
closures during the current recon-
struction. Motorists can expect
the road to be down to one lane in
areas, where traffic is controlled
with temporary stop lights.

In addition to improving the
road’s stability, the reconstruction
should also make the road easier
to traverse, explained Hardgrove.

“Theyre using a high tack as-
phalt, which is really sticky, and
will substantially improve trac-
tion on the switchbacks between
Trunk and Cinnamon Bay,” he
said. “There will also be some
realignment of grades at those
switchbacks to make it as friendly
as it can be made.”

The reconstruction project,
which is expected to cost approxi-

mately $4 million, is being funded
by the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration and money from the eco-
nomic stimulus package.

Response to the project has
been highly positive, according to
Hardgrove.

“We're glad we were able to
recruit a local company that em-
ploys local subcontractors and
residents of the Virgin Islands,
and that was well received by ev-
eryone,” he said. “The taxi drivers
like how it’s going, and even in-
terpret the project as part of their
tours, talking about President
Barack Obama and the stimulus
package at work.”

The project is long overdue, the
VINP superintendent continued.

“I always worry when we is-
sue special permits for bike races,
because we’ve had some acci-
dents due to issues maintaining
shoulders which are eroding,”
said Hardgrove. “We’ve also had
folks hit potholes on bicycles and
motorcycles and pop their tires.
We're looking forward to a safer
North Shore.”

The VINP also plans to improve
the island’s north shore by paving
the road and parking lot at Francis
Bay, helping to reduce erosion in
the area. The contract was recently
awarded to Tip Top Construction,
and work is expected to become
sometime this winter.

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Wagner's Digital Photography Workshop
Focuses on Taking Better Pictures

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

While digital cameras make the
world of photography accessible
to all, many people never even go
so far as to change the manufac-
turer’s settings.

The St. John School of the Arts
is offering a digital photography
workshop this month for people
who want more creative control
of their pictures, or to just learn
about all the features their camera
includes.

Led by commercial photogra-
pher Kathryn Wagner, the six week
class will meet on Saturdays for an
hour and fifteen minutes. Wagner,
a graduate of Virginia Common-
wealth University with a bachelor
of fine arts degree in photography,
will discuss both the technical and
creative aspects of photography
during the workshop.

“It’s an introductory photog-
raphy workshop for people with
all different types of cameras,”
said Wagner. “The workshop is
designed to give people an under-
standing of their camera, how their
camera works, what happens when
they take a photo as well as the
other side of digital photography,



which is the computer side.”

“Tll cover how to use your
photographs after you take them,
like how to upload them or email
them,” Wagner said.

The workshop is perfect for the
beginner to intermediate photog-
rapher, and especially for people
who are still learning about their
cameras, Wagner explained.

“My hope is that this class will
be particularly useful to the non-
tech savvy among us,” said the
photographer. “A lot of people
probably got cameras for Christ-
mas and this workshop would be
perfect for them to learn just what
their new cameras can do.”

“We'll go over how to use all
the functions and I'll explain what

happens when you use those func-
tions,” Wagner said. “It’s really
about how you can have input on
your photos as opposed to just us-
ing the manufacturer’s settings.”

At the end of six weeks, work-
shop attendees will not only know
how to take great pictures, but also
know how their cameras work.

“You'll be able to use all the
functions on your camera and take
great shots and understand what
your camera is doing,” said the
photographer.

The class will consist of no more
than 15 people to ensure hands-on
instruction, Wagner added.

The cost is only $75 for the
entire six weeks, or $12.50 each
class. The digital photography
workshop will meet at St. John
School of the Arts on Saturday
afternoons, but attendees will also
make trips to V.I. National Park for
photo shoots, Wagner added.

Registration is required. To reg-
ister call the St. John School of the
Arts at 779-4322, call Wagner at
244-0581 or email kathryn@kath-
rynwagner.com. To view some of
Wagner’s impressive work, check
out her website kathrynwagner.
com.

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The historic Cinnamon Bay archaeology lab will be
completely refurbished this year. Renderings of the lab,
above and below, show new lights, shelving and windows.



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VINP Archaeology Has Big Plans for 2010

By Andra Milam
St. John Tradewinds

The new year has brought a bevy of projects for
V.I. National Park Archaeologist Ken Wild and his
crew, one of which is the realization of a years-old
plan to renovate the archaeology museum at Cin-
namon Bay.

Funding for the project is coming from the Na-
tional Park Service, which dedicated approximate-
ly $200,000, and the Friends of the VINP, which
raised more than $100,000 for the renovation. The
historic Cinnamon Bay building will be redone in-
side and out, explained Wild.

“We're going to get it fixed up with paint, new
doors and windows and an alarm system and cam-
eras,” he said. “Then hopefully by the end of this
year, we'll start actually getting the exhibits to-
gether. Everything’s falling into place.”

Wild’s ultimate goal is to use the museum as a
teaching tool, he continued.

“We want it to have a good flow, so a teacher can
walk in there with her class and take them all the
way through the history of St. John,” said the VINP
archacologist.

Analysis of artifacts found in the park will con-
tinue at the museum, allowing students and other
visitors a firsthand look at archaeologists at work.
The archaeologists will also be on hand to answer

questions about the exhibits, which Wild hopes will
change frequently.

Hassel Island will also keep the VINP archaeol-
ogy department busy this year, with plenty of his-
toric artifacts to stabilize and restore, and numer-
ous steps which need to be taken to make the island
more accessible and comfortable for visitors.

Among the Hassel Island projects slated for
2010 is the task of making the island more acces-
sible by boat.

“Right now it’s difficult to dock your boat there
at Creque Marine, as there’s no railing or anything
to protect your boat from the stone wall, so we’re
going to put some historically accurate railings in,”
said Wild. “We'll also probably have new bollards
cast for people to tie their boats to, and there are
some historic bollards in the water that we'll send
off to do conservation work on. We have to do ev-
erything historically correct.”

The park will also look into ways to transport
equipment to the island needed for metal conserva-
tion, and for somewhere to safely store that equip-
ment, some of which is quite expensive. The St.
Thomas Historical Trust has hired a landscape ar-
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able and comfortable for the public, by possibly
installing walkways, restrooms, and shaded areas.

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Ecelma Sprauve, Helen Francis and Natalie Thomas.

sprauve, Francis, Thomas Celebrate Retirement

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

Friends and well-wishers gath-
ered at the Cruz Bay Battery on
Thursday afternoon, January 7, to
wish three women — with almost
100 years of government service
between them — happy retire-
ment.

After 41 years as Administra-
tor Secretary II, Helen Francis has
been an integral part of keeping the
St. John government cogs turning.

As different governmental ad-
ministrations came and went,
Francis was the one person who
remained. She worked with Ad-
ministrators William Lomax,
James Dalmida, Julien Harley and
current St. John Administrator
Leona Smith.

Friends often asked Francis
when she would call it quits at the
Battery, she explained.

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me, “Ms. Francis, when are you
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Now that she has officially spent
her last day at her desk in the St.
John Administrator’s office, Fran-
cis will be spending more of her
time cultivating her voice, spiritu-
ality and dance moves.

A member of the Emmaus
Moravian Church congregation,
Francis also sings with the church
choir, is involved with bible study
groups and Quadrille dancing.

“I have things that will keep
me busy,” said Francis. “I might
travel a bit, but the choir, my bible
study and Quadrille will keep me
going.”

Natalie Thomas isn’t about to
slow down either. The Deputy
Supervisor of Elections, who has
worked with the department for
31 years, is not ready to put on a
bathrobe and eat bonbons, she ex-
plained.

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“Tl stay active for a little while
longer,” Thomas said.

After 25 years as Election As-
sistant, Ecelma Sprauve also re-
tired at the end of 2009. When she
was first hired in the mid-1980s,
Sprauve didn’t know she would
remain in her position for more
than two decades.

“T just loved it so much,” said
Sprauve. “I love meeting people
every day and I’ll miss the staff. I
loved the busy season of election
time.”

“I might have to give them a
hand this year during election
time,” Sprauve said.

While Sprauve will miss the
fast paced election time days, she
plans to enjoy her retirement.

“Tm not sure what exactly ’'m
going to do, but I plan to enjoy
life and maybe travel a bit,” said
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Swim in V.I. National Park on Jan. 16

Total Immersion hosted its latest swim course on St. John,
which started on Saturday, January 9.

The group brought a group of 45 to Maho Bay Camps for the
event. To cap off the week-long course they will host a one-mile
and two-mile open water race on Saturday, January 16, and have
invited interested local swimmers to participate.

This is a casual event: no pre-registration; no participation fees;
no formal awards; etc. Just show up at Maho Beach, near the old
green pavilion, at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 16.

Friends of V.I. National Park, organizers of the Beach-to-Beach
Power Swim, are assisting Total Immersion to organize this swim.
The 7th annual Beach-to-Beach Power Swim will be on May 30.

Call the Friends at 779-4940 for more information.

Hearing for New Childcare Regulations

The Department of Human Services will host public hearings to
discuss the new rules and regulations for administering child-care
facilities across the territory.

On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday , January 28, at St.

Ursula’s Senior Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay, from 6 to 9 p.m.
The new rules and regulations are available for comment and
review at DHS main offices on St. Thomas and St. Croix, the UVI
library and all public libraries and on the web at www.dhs. gov.vi.
For more information call Leitha Cummings at 773-2323 ext.
2022.

Crimes Stoppers USVI Anniversary
Celebration Set for January 20

Crimestoppers USVI is having a birthday party on St. John on
Wednesday, January 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz Bay Battery.

The group is celebrating its One Year Anniversary and more
than 500 anonymous tips received from Virgin Islands residents,
which help to make the territory’s streets safer for everyone.

The public is invited to come out and enjoy light refreshments
and hear from Crimestoppers USA Trustees, who are impressed
with the Virgin Islands’ results.

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mentary “Neshoba” at Sputnik’s last week.

2010 Looks Bright for SJFS As
‘“‘Neshoba’”’ Draws Record Audience

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

While entering only its second season, it is already
looking like 2010 is going to be a great year for the St.
John Film Society (SJFS).

The group’s first free screening of year, which was
on Tuesday night, January 5, at Sputnik’s in Coral
Bay, drew a record number of attendees from across
St. John and St. Thomas.

“We had at least 120 people and 20 of them came
all the way over from St. Thomas,” said Martha Hills,
one of the founding members of the non-profit SJFS.
“Earle Thomas ran a shuttle for us from the ferry dock
out to Sputnik’s for the St. Thomas guests. We also
had a group from Maho Bay who came out.”

“Tt was such a great night,” said Hills.

The crowd was mesmerized by “Neshoba,” a chill-
ing tale of racism and violence in the U.S. South in
the 1960s, by filmmakers Tony Pagano and Micki
Dickoff. After viewing the documentary, the crowd
was able to discuss the film with Pagano himself.

“The discussion afterward was really enlighten-
ing,” said Hills. “There were a lot of questions and we
were probably there for close to an hour after the film.
Tony stayed as long as people wanted to talk.”

The fledgling group was formed last February by
founding members Hills, Andrea Leland, Rea Roberts,
Sigi Torinus and Felicia Torres, under the financial
umbrella of the St. John Community Foundation.

SJFS’s mission is to “inspire a positive apprecia-
tion for the history, culture and environment of the
US Virgin Islands by establishing a free monthly film
series open to and for the benefit of our local com-
munity.”

If the January 5 screening is any indication, SJFS
members and enthusiasts have gotten the word out

about the group’s entertaining, educational and
thought-provoking film series.

“After getting through our first year and figuring
out what we were going to do, it felt really good to
have so many people come out to our first screening
of the year,” said Hills.

The next screening in the group’s winter 2010 film
series is “Young @ Heart” a feel-good movie about a
chorus of senior citizens, who give new meaning to
James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”

The 90-minute documentary was filmed by Ste-
phen Walker and Sally George and will be screened
on Thursday, January 21, at The Marketplace at 7
p.m. in conjunction with ITVS Community Cinema,
Independent Lens and WTJX.

Other upcoming films featured by SJFS include
“Sugar,” about an aspiring major league pitcher from
the Dominican Republic, and “The Agronomist,” a
profile of the Haitian independent radio broadcaster
Jean Dominique.

SJFS will also welcome two more filmmak-
ers this season. Marta Bautis will be on hand
on February 18 as the group screens her film
“Sarayaku; Rios de Maiz,” an inspiring tale about the
Ecuadorian Amazon.

Filmmaker Laurel Chiten will join the group on
March 2 when her film “Touched,” about people who
believe they’ve been contacted by aliens, is screened
at Sputnik’s.

SJFS is an entirely volunteer run organization
which relies mostly on donations and memberships
to keep its programs running. SJFS is partially funded
by the VI. Council on the Arts and the National En-
dowment for the Arts. For more information about
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race from Cruz Bay to Coral Bay drew
838 registered runners and walkers who
traversed the hilly 8.38-mile course under
sunny skies.

Injured Soldiers Get
Underwater Therapy
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waters for SCUBA certification

“Doctors originally told me that | had
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depressed that this is the card life dealt
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Burglar Hits Five Cottages at
Cinnamon Bay Campground

The sound of crashing surf did little to ease the
minds of vacationers in five cottages which were hit
by a thief last week at Cinnamon Bay Campground.

The crimes occurred sometime between 9:45 a.m.
and 12:45 p.m. in the 8,9 and 10 cottage units just
steps away from Cinnamon’s white sand beach. VI.
National Park law enforcement rangers and VI. Po-
lice Department officers both responded to the inci-
dent and are collaborating on the investigation.

March 16-22, 2009

Omnibus Earmarks Include

S$8M for Virgin Islands
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Public Lands $2.5 Million

“A couple of years ago when we
bought the property we bought it
with a large conservation loan that
needs to be repaid. This is the first
installment payment of that loan.
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property to VINP for the $2.5 million
this year.”

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VIPD Clears Out Cruz Bay

Squatter Encampment

“They were there until 12 p.m. and they
removed four dump trucks full of debris.
Officers found a lot of drug paraphernalia.
It was a big drug haven — they found a
lot of small plastic bags used to package
marijuana and crack cocaine.”

— Melody Rames, VIPD spokesperson

Boater Held Up at Gunpoint

A local boater was going out to his vessel around 9
p.m. on March 12, when he was held up at gun point.
The man had just stepped into his dinghy when two
men with hoods on jumped on him and demanded
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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



DOJ Says Officer
Acted Appropriately
in Shooting Death
of Burglary Suspect

A VI. Police Department officer acted
within the scope of duty when he shot and
killed 18-year-old burglary suspect Mi-
chael Freeman on January 4, 2007, follow-
ing a car chase which ended in a shootout
between suspects and police.

An investigation conducted by the VI.
Department of Justice concluded the offi-
cer acted properly when he returned fire on
the suspects, who began shooting at police
during the chase.

“Freeman was shot within the normal
scope of duty,” said DOJ spokesperson
Sara Lezama.



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Sussman Donates
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for Telemedicine

St. John skeleton
sensation Alexa Put-
nam scaled the world
rankings and put
herself in a position
to vie for the chance
to represent her home
territory in the 2010
Winter Olympics in
Vancouver, Canada.

James H.
Herrin

James H. “Jimmy”
Herrin passed away Sat-
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He was 55. He was a 30-
year resident of St. John,
not counting a little va-
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Wayne
Lowry Dies

Wayne was a free spirit
and lived his life exactly
as he saw fit. He loved his
children and was a won-
derful father. He loved
telling stories and being
the life of the party.

Texaco Demolished for

Cruz Bay Roundabout

Crews continue to grade the ground
beneath the former Texaco station in
preparation for paving a leveled road-
bed for the future roundabout in the
center of Cruz Bay.

ST. JOHN BLUES

Blues entertainers Janvia
Magness Zac Harmon, and Danielle
Schnebelen of Trampled Under Foot
performed to hundreds of event-goers
at the 7th annual St. John Blues
Festival on Saturday, March 21, at the
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Thursday morning, March 19. The restau-
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opened just a week before the fire and was
so popular the kitchen ran out of food after
only three days. V.I. Fire Department offi-
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sage at a Wednesday evening, March 25, Community Integration Team (CIT) meeting at the Gifft Hill
School. VIPD Commissioner James McCall and VIPD St. John Deputy Chief Darren Foy both urged the

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Morris, the scholarship fund established in
his honor was awarded for the first time last
week to one of his former pupils — Malik
Stevens.

st. Thomas Man Convicted for ‘07
Estate Enighed Shooting, Robbery

A 12-person jury found 28-year-old Micheal Stanislas guilty of at-
tempted murder, robbery and assault and weapons charges stemming
from a December 2007 incident in Estate Enighed.

Stanislas was convicted of the attempted murder of 43-year-old St.
John resident Kevin Samuel. Stanislas was also convicted of one count
of first degree assault, one count of use of an unlicensed firearm during
the commission of a crime, five counts of first degree robbery, and one
count of attempted first degree robbery.

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BJ Harris Receives
Paul Harris Award

Rotary Club of St. Thomas hosted the 25th
Annual Paul Harris-Rose Council Dinner at
St. Peter Greathouse on Saturday, March
21. Rotary Club of St. John president BJ
Harris, center, was presented with a Paul
Harris award by Don Chandler, left, the
Assistant District Governor from St. Thomas
and Rupert Ross the District Governor from
St. Croix, right.

Marcelino Guerrero

Passes Away

Marcelino Guerrero, 74, died March 17, 2009, in
Mexico City after a brief illness.

Mr. Guerrero was born November 27, 1934 in
Mexico. He lived on St. John for many years. He
worked initially at Caneel Bay and later opened a
family business, Marcelino’s Bakery, in Mongoose
Junction.

PSC Approves $2 Rate Hike for Red

Hook Run, $2 Decrease for Downtown

On Wednesday night, April 1, the Public Services
Commission voted to rescind the $1.10 fuel sur-
charge which had been in place since June 6, 2008.

Wrapping up a months-long rate investigation, the
public service regulators voted to raise the adult one-
way fare from Cruz Bay to Red Hook from $5 to $7.
The board also voted to lower the adult one-way fare
from Cruz Bay to Charlotte Amalie from $10 to $8.

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Huge Crowd Cheers New St. John
Men’s Flag Football League

A new tage has gripped Love City and has resi-
dents of all ages packing the Winston Wells ball
park bleachers and nearby streets every Tuesday and
Thursday evening.

Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation of-
ficials had tried to start a men’s flag football league
on St. John for years, but didn’t get momentum go-
ing until January, thanks in large part to First Phase
Datacom owner Brummell Germain.

John R. Littlechild
and Jennifer Elaine
Dorn were married
on March 17 on the
Rainbow River in
Dunnellon, Florida,
in front of family and
friends The couple
got engaged on St.
John and is planing
} to move to the island
next Spring.

Congratulations!

VINP Officials Clear Estate
Sieben and Re-route Trail

As more and more hikers traverse trails in the re-
mote regions of Virgin Islands National Park, it can
be a race against time — and foot traffic — to pro-
tect ruins and collect artifacts.

Such became the case in the Estate Sieben area
after a trail map distributed on island showed a path
cutting directly through several ruins, explained
VINP archaeologist Ken Wild.

“The trail was literally cutting right over historic
walls and through unstable, historically significant
structures,” Wild said. “Basically we have more traf-
fic down there and we’re trying to get everything off
the surface before it disappears.”

The area is a rich in history and attractations.
Love City’s sole boab tree is located on the property
once owned by Johan Sieben who establishd a sugar
plantation at the stie 1721 and moved there from St.
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Easter Bunny and First Lady
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More Lanes Close
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Petition Drive Underway
To Change Ferry Rate Hike

“That’s a $40 difference every two
weeks which adds up quickly. And that
is before all of the other transportation
costs once you get to St. Thomas. A lot
of people really can’t afford it.”

— Sherry-Ann Francis, St. John resident

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man convicted of the 2007 murder of Jamie Cock-
ayne — a crime that cast a harsh national spotlight
on St. John and the Virgin Islands justice system.

VI. Superior Court Judge Brenda Hollar heard
arguments Friday, April 18, requesting another trial
for Jahlil Ward based on new evidence — state-
ments from at least four witnesses who claim they
heard Ward’s codefendant, Kamal Thomas, confess
to stabbing Cockayne in Cruz Bay and leaving the
21-year-old Pennsylvania man for dead.

V.I. Unity Day Formally
Asks PSC To Reconsider
Ferry Rate Hike



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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



Tourist Beaten, Robbed in Cruz
Bay on First Night of Vacation

“It was the first night of my vacation and | caught
the last ferry here. | walked off the dock and around
to where Joe’s Diner is and | was asking for directions
to a taxi or the Westin. My memory is that a group of
young men tried to assist me in finding a taxi and it
turned into something else real quick.”

— Assault and robbery victim

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Parents, Friends, Dignitaries Celebrate
Opening of St. John Montessori School

lvan “Cookie” Chinnery Sentenced
to 15 Years for Sexual Offense of Girl

GBS Flotilla Fund-

raiser Is Fun-filled

The Coral Bay Yacht Club
hosted the almost-annual
Guy Benjamin School Flotilla
on Saturday, April 18, at Miss
Vie’s Campground. The
day provided students and
parents with a morning sail
from Coral Bay to Hansen
Bee Bay

St. John Man Arrested
for Possession, Intent To
Distribute Crack Cocaine

Estate Bethany resident Steven Reichel was arrested last week for
possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, trespass-
ing, disturbing the peace and illegal transfer of license plates, but only
the possession charge stuck after his probable cause hearing.





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Letters to St. John Tradewinds



Alpine Deal will Sicken Residents,
Reduce Tourism

Craig, staff, and others,

It is easy to become mesmerized by details of industrial design and
chemical engineering. I would rather leave the details for analysis by
true experts. Petroleum coke is largely a global waste product that no-
body wants, and we in the VI may find ourselves as a dumping ground
for this dreadful fuel that is loaded with toxins. The proposal is NOT
to burn petroleum coke, but to impregnate with pet coke processed
waste largely consisting of plastics, wood fibers, and other materials
that we in the VI have demonstrated no interest in sorting at any step
in the disposal stream. We do not have the garbage stream to maintain
a 24 hour a day through the year incinerator -- that is precisely why
the proposal demanded we import pet coke, not just from St. Croix,
but from any entity desperate to rid themselves of it.

It has become apparent to me that the “alternative energy” cam-
paign we all heard so much about, associated with a $5 million plus
evaluation of bids -- completely rigged for a particular evaluator who
eventually won the contract -- was a charade. This morning I saw
Waste Met Authority advertising for a public relations contract to sell
this rotten deal to the citizenry.

I would hasten to add that we will not get there if these two Waste
to Energy Plants are built because the bottom ash, fly ash, and the re-
lease of toxic chemicals into our atmosphere will sicken our residents,
reduce tourism and strap us with a serious toxics disposal dilemma.

Tam not drinking the Kool Aid because I am certain that the Virgin
Islands deserves genuine alternative energy, and solar energy is our
best option.

Photovoltaic infrastructure must be largely decentralized, with
retrofitting and strict regs on new construction. We must invest in a

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Technical Information Needed on Alphine Agreement

Open Letter To (Senator) Craig Barshinger,

I read in the paper yesterday that there will be a
hearing next Thursday on St. John regarding the Al-
pine energy proposals.

Id like to participate, but unfortunately I feel ex-
tremely handicapped in my ability to ask any intel-
ligent questions. Although I’ve been following the
story in the papers, I have seen absolutely nothing on
details of the process by which garbage and pet coke
will be combusted and then noxious components of
the combustion gases removed to allow those released
to meet EPA standards.

I’ve also searched the web for examples of this
technology to little result. I did find a very interest-
ing paper on a process for burning pet coke, which
I’m attaching. However, this process had only been
investigated by computer modeling, and did not in-
clude burning garbage.

I assume that detailed description of the process
has been provided to WAPA in order for them to eval-

uate its feasibility.

Given that they chose this technology over other
available ones to meet their mandate to purchase en-
ergy from alternative providers, it must be very cool!
In light of the considerable opposition to this proj-
ect, it’s a mystery to me why its proponents are not
trumpeting it from the rooftops in support of their
proposal.

As chairman of the Senate committee with over-
sight in this area, I assume you have this detailed
information. Please forward it to me at your earliest
possible convenience so that I'll have time to review
it prior to the hearing and prepare some relevant ques-
tions and remarks.

There are probably others being cc’d on this who
would be interested as well. Perhaps you could direct
us to a web link where all interested parties could get
the information.

Yours,
Chris Clark

St. John Capital Improvement Fund Should Be for St. John

Dear Governor John deJongh,

I wish to address an issue for you to consider. Re-
cently, the legislature acted on returning the St. John
Capital Improvement Fund from waste management
to be used for actual capital improvements on St.
John.

That bill now sits on your desk for signing, and I
urge you to do so. For 20 years, our capital improve-
ments have been used for everything but capital im-
provements for St. John.

Since it’s inception, this fund should have provided
about $40 million for St. John improvements, yet we
have not received funds for improvements, only trash
hauling.

Unlike any other island, we have to pay twice for
trash, first in general funding for the Department of
Public Works and Waste Management Authority, and
second to pay for our trash hauling. No other island
pays a special “tipping fee,” which is so wrong.

However, using this fund, we could purchase the
four acres of land at the Enighed Pond from the Port
Authority which sits fenced and dormant, but could
be used for so many improvements for our island.

On this land, Cruz Bay’s “second city” could be
built, relieving the pressure cooker atmosphere of
Cruz Bay. On this land we could create parking, a
Carnival amphitheater and Vendors Village, a car
rental area (just like at an airport), a taxi staging area
freeing the congestion downtown, and a park life at-

mosphere complimenting St. John.

If we don’t move to acquire this land from the Port
Authority for better uses, the Port Authority plans to
use it as an empty trailer parking area. Just what Cruz
Bay doesn’t need, more industrial, instead of a resi-
dent and visitor friendly site.

I would like to discuss this further with you at some
time, because if left to the Port Authority, further mis-
management of the island’s waterfronts will continue.
The Port Authority’s new plan for the Creek removes
parking and increases congestion downtown, just
what we don’t need, yet we are powerless to change.

Have you seen the big black fence, complete with
barbed wire, at our Creek? St. Thomas’ waterfront,
with ferries, cruise ship passengers, mega yachts,
down island boats, etc., doesn’t have a fence, but little
St. John must look like a prison. The people of St.
John consider this an insult.

Governor, we are all in this together. We need to
improve our islands. We need to stimulate the quality
of our towns if we want success. We have to fix our
communities if we want to be the beautiful paradise
we claim to be.

Please, sign our St. John Capital Improvement
Fund Bill and let’s move forward with beautifying St.
John.

My best to you,
Steve Black

Alpine Deal will Sicken Residents, Reduce Tourism

Continued from Above Left
major way, replacing the aged oil burners and boil-
ers with a modern energy infrastructure. I believe that
large wind turbines on our ridge lines, particularly in
the northern VI (its more appropriate for the flat ter-
rain on St. Croix), will discourage tourism because it

detracts from the scenic beauty of our islands.

We must replace this debate with a serious discus-
sion about CLEAN alternative energy for our future
that does not contribute to global warming.

Thanks for listening,
Gary Ray



Letters to St. John Tradewinds



Let’s Get the Facts About Petcoke

During the Holiday season, the Water and Power
Authority, Waste Management Authority and Alpine
Energy Group have been bombarding Virgin Island-
ers with paid advertisements, or “FACTS” as they
deemed, in order to persuade Virgin Islanders that the
construction in 2010 of two petroleum coke and gar-
bage fueled incinerators on St. Thomas and St. Croix
for generating electricity is in their best interest.

Subsequently, WAPA has invited Virgin Islanders
to attend any of the town hall meetings scheduled for
St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John with the inten-
tion that Virgin Islanders should bring an open mind,
but with a caveat: for those who testify against the
projects- be prepared to scientifically and technically
prove why the Alpine method should be rejected over
any other method of generating electricity and gar-
bage disposal.

After reading the advertised series paid for by Vir-
gin Islanders and published in the Daily News, St.
Croix Avis and Island Trader, I am convinced that I,
as well as a majority of those who read _ the adver-
tisements, did not fully understand nor have the re-
sources to disseminate and compare the information
to other proposals.

Now I am no scientist, chemical engineer or coal
tycoon; but as a fairly educated person, I know that
any hypothesis stated true (FACT) with a series of
proper proofs can be refuted by an opposing hypoth-
esis with its own set of proofs, depending on whose
side you are on (Albert Einstein’s and Stephen Hawk-
ing’s theories, Darwinism vs. Creationism, etc.).

And as a descendant of natives of the Danish West
Indies, who valued common sense, common sense
tells me that no flue stacks in the Virgin Islands are
better than having two flue stacks belching out poi-
sonous gasses, and make no mistake-petroleum coke
flue gasses are known carcinogens and a danger to
human health and the environment.

The incinerator stack emissions will release into
Virgin Island air sulfur dioxide, mercury, lead, carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, benzene, vanadium, cad-
mium, volatile organic compounds, ozone and diox-
ins. That is a FACT.

How much? Any amount is too much. Virgin Is-
landers households collect rainwater on house roofs,
which is then stored in cisterns and used for drinking,

bathing, washing, watering vegetable gardens and
fruit trees. The water will become contaminated with
toxic chemicals particularly dioxins.

The Virgin Islands is geographically susceptible
to flash floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. That is a
FACT.

The ash from the incinerators, considered toxic
waste by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), will be buried in landfills that in all probability
will be impacted by natural disasters. The pollution
will contaminate the soil and coastal waters, endan-
gering human health and wildlife.

The $440 million cost of the agreements and all
other costs incurred will become the financial burden
of Virgin Islands’ electric ratepayers well into the
21st century. All inherent risks in the contracts will be
borne by ratepayers, even if Alpine Energy Corpora-
tion fails in its agreements. That is a FACT.

The Virgin Islands is in non-compliance in resolv-
ing its waste issue as mandated by the EPA — also a
FACT. WAPA and WMA have had many years and
a great many opportunities to be at the forefront of
waste processing technology and electrical genera-
tion by using renewable energy.

Now that the deadline is approaching-and the crisis
is looming, both authorities are desperate to convince
Virgin Islanders that the Alpine Energy Group con-
tracts are the only solution.

There is the industrial process that can be used re-
cycling all our waste products and returning a finan-
cial gain to the Virgin Islands. Virgin Islanders must
be enlightened to a new environmental plan for the
planet; they need to know that they have the power to
push their administrators to explore new electricity-
generating technology, such as wind, solar and wa-
ter.

Despite the in-depth paid scientific advertisements,
I am convinced WAPA’s and the WMA’s push for the
Alpine Energy Group proposals are not in the Virgin
Islands best interest. Scientific proof? I say keep it
simple: the islands are blessed with clean air now;
with incinerators it will be dirty dangerous air; and
that’s a FACT.

Moriah Jacobs
St. John resident

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St. John Tradewinds
Keeping Track

2009
TO-DATE

Homicide: 1
Solved: 0

Shootings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 5
Under Investigation: 5
Solved: 0

Arsons: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 6
Under Investigation: 6
Solved: 1

2nd Degree Burglaries: 17
Under Investigation: 16
Solved: 1

3rd Degree Burglaries: 70
Under Investigation: 66
Solved: 4

Grand Larcenies: 67
Under Investigation: 64
Solved: 3

Rapes: 1
Under Investigation: 1
Solved: 0

2010
TO-DATE

Homicide: 0
Solved: 0

Shootings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Arsons: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

2nd Degree Burglaries: 1
Under Investigation: 1
Solved: 0

38rd Degree Burglaries: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Grand Larcenies: 2
Under Investigation: 2
Solved: 0

Rapes: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

St. John Tradewinds’ Keeping Track data comes from the V.I.
Police Department’s Leander Jurgen Command Incident Log, an
unofficial record of calls to the station, reports and arrests on St.
John.



Alcholics Anonymous Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous meets as scheduled: Sundays, 9:45
a.m. at Hawksnest Bay Beach; Closed meeting for alcoholic
only at Nazareth Lutheran Church at 5:30 on Tuesdays; Open
meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at
Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cruz Bay; Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Moravian Church, Coral Bay.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings
Narcotics Anonymous has open meeting from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. every Saturday at St. Ursula’s Church.

Al-Anon Meetings
Al-Anon meets on St. John every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the
picnic table at the VINP ball field, and every Thursday at 5:30
p.m. at St. Ursula’s Multi-purpose center.

Alateen Meetings
Alateen will meet on Mondays at St. Ursula’s Church from 6
to 7 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in attending.



18 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



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An Encounter with

Shortfin Pilot Whales

Marine Biologist Jeff Miller and
co-worker Andy Davis encountered
a pod of shortfin pilot whales as
the scientists were on their way to
Buck Island recently. The scientists
were about 10 miles off the shore
of St. Croix when they spotted
between 15 and 20 of the small
non-aggressive whales.



Top Gun, Sweet Ting, Soma
Win Around St. John Race

May 4-10, 2009





Super Pests
Decimating
Native St.

Artist Annie
Hingham
Dies In Early
Morning Car
Accident






MaLinda Media Wins
Big at Addy Awards

MaLinda Media swept the categories it
had entered winning two golds and three
silvers in the 28th Annual Virgin Islands
Advertising Federation Addy Awards on
Saturday, April 25, on St. Thomas.

Mat Vacharat Wins
Ultimate Chef Challenge

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Downpours Drench Love City

5.79 Inches of rain dropped on
Monday, May 4.

Queen and Princess
Shows Will Include
St. Thomas Contestants



VIPD Arrest Two Men for
Robbery, Assault of Tourist

VI. Police Department officers on St.
John arrested 18-year-old Jah-Wada Jones
and 19-year-old Lawrence Powell Jr. and
charged them with second degree robbery,
third degree assault and grand larceny in
connection with the April 12 robbery of a
55-year-old visitor to the island.

Michael Stanislas
Sentenced to 15 Years
for Estate Enighed
Robbery and Shooting

A year and a half after robbing a poker
game and shooting a VI. National Park em-
ployee, Michael Stanislas was sentenced to
15 years in prison last week.

Stanislas, a 28-year-old St. Thomas resi-
dent, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 5, by
VI. Superior Court Judge Leon Kendall to
15 years for first-degree attempted murder,
five years for first-degree assault, 15 years
for possession of a dangerous weapon, sev-
en years each for five counts of first-degree
robbery and an additional seven years for
first-degree attempted robbery, according
to a published report. He was also fined
$5,000 for the weapons charge.

May 18-24, 2009

Ferry Fares To Remain

at Current Rate — for Now

The price of riding the ferry to Red
Hook will not increase for at least 60 days,
if at all.

At a Tuesday evening, May 12, meeting
before a packed house of about 80 people
at the St. John Legislature building, VI.
Public Services Commission members vot-
ed to stay their order, passed last month, to
increase most ferry fares for runs between
St. John and St. Thomas.

Nahim Jolly Arrested
for Stealing Laptop
from Gifft Hill School

Friends —
of VINP ‘ ys
Welcome
Cavanaugh
As New
Development
Director



With a background in publication, mar-
keting and fund raising, Noreen Cavanaugh
brings a wealth of experience to the Friends
of V.I. National Park.

O’dege Sails To
2nd Commodore’s
Cup Victory

Ina Alicia George Dies

Charles Smalls, 82,
Passes Away

May 25-31, 2009



NPS Returns Young
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
to Hawksnest Bay

After Rehabilitation

Paddy, a young Hawksbill turtle
found stranded and distressed on
Caneel Bay Resort’s Hawksnest
Beach on March 17, was returned
to the same area on Thursday,
May 21, by NPS employee Christy
McManus after being rehabilitated
at Coral World.

One Dies, One
Recovers After Being
Overcome in Cistern

A 33-year-old St. Thomas man died and
a 42-year-old St. John man recovered after
they were overcome by fumes in a cistern
at a home in Fish Bay. The worker who
died was the first one to go into the cis-
tern, according to witnesses. The man who
survived had recovered consciousness af-
ter being overcome and was able to get out
of the cistern while rescue workers donned
breathing aparatus to bring the second vic-
tim out.



St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 19

2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



May 25-31, 2009 continued
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Love City Jumps Up
for Javon at Fun Day;
Scholarship Awarded
to Malik Stevens

The threat of rain couldn’t keep more
than 100 Love City residents from cel-
ebrating what would have been Javon Jade
Alfred’s twelfth birthday at the JJ Fun Day
on Saturday, May 23, at the Winston Wells
ball field. “JJ,” as he was affectionately
known to friends and family, was killed on
December 22, 2004, when he was struck by
a delivery truck as he walked home from a
school Christmas party.

Wagapalooza Nets
$25,000 To Keep
ACC Running
Through December

June 1-7, 2009

Caneel Employee Suffers
Minor Injuries After
Being Run Over by Boat

An employee of the Caneel Bay Resort
suffered lacerations to his shoulder after a
boating accident on Friday evening, May
22. The employee borrowed the boat from
the resort and was just leaving Caneel when
the accident occurred around 10 p.m.

The man lost control of the boat when
his shirt became stuck in the steering
wheel, explained V.I. National Park Acting
Chief Ranger Jeff Mihan.

Memorial
Day
Honors



St. John Hosts Sea
Space Symposium

Toxic Gases in Cistern
Caused Death of
Construction Worker

Toxic gases were to blame in the death
of Fritzner Referve, 43, of St. Thomas,
according to the findings of VI. Medical
Examiner Francisco Landron. Referve died
in the early morning hours of Friday, May
22, after he was overcome the previous day
while working in a cistern at a home under
construction in Fish Bay.



Power Swim Attracts
Record Numbers,
Raises $15,000

The Friends of the VINP hosted its sixth
annual power swim on Sunday, May 24,
generating a record number of participants
and approximately $15,000 that will ben-
efit its many programs, according to Joe
Kessler, Friends president.



With Win Over Prestige,

Westin Takes First Men’s Flag

Football League Championship
Love City’s first men’s flag football sea-

son wrapped up on Wednesday, May 20,

with Westin beating Prestige in a closely

contested match which ended with the re-
sort team on top 32 to 28.

June 8-14, 2009



Hires Ms. Roskin,
GBS PTO Takes to

the Street in Protest

The halls of Guy Benjamin School were
just about empty on Thursday, June 4, as
parents kept students home as part of a
planned Parent Teacher Organization pro-
test to demand the hiring of Jane Roskin.

About 10 GBS PTO members, parents
and students stood outside the school hold-
ing posters which read “We Need Mrs.
Roskin At Our School — No More Ex-
cuses,” and “Together We Can Make Guy
Benjamin Great.” There were only about
18 of the 100 students in attendance on
June 4.

Drowning Reported
at Honeymoon

VI. Police Department St. John Deputy
Chief Darren Foy reported that a 65-year-
old female tourist apparently drowned on
Honeymoon Beach on St. John on Wednes-
day, June 4.

Police were dispatched to that location
just before 12 p.m. June 4 and encountered
a woman unresponsive on the beach. The
victim was identified as Linda Padgett of
North Carolina, who was staying at Blue-
beard’s Beach Club on St. Thomas.

J’Nay Penn Graduates
As Valedictorian of IEKHS

Selengut Donates
2.2-Acre Nanny Point
to Trust for Public Land

Located on Nanny Point on the south-
east coast of St. John, the site was owned
by Stanley Selengut, owner of Maho Bay
Campground and Estate Concordia.



Coral Bay Triangle
Getting A Face Lift

“| want to get this thing up as
quickly as possible. Once we have
the design complete and the mate-
rials and funds together, we’ll get
together and get it up. It will be like
an old fashioned barn raising.”

— Samuel Rymer, Moravian Church property manager



Marketplace Gym
Reopens Under
Original Management

Camille Paris, 73,
Passes Away
Ariel Powell, 28, Dies

Jessie Alice (Todd)
Turner Fitzgerald
Passes Away

June 8-14, 2009



JESS Graduates Reminded
To Make Good Choices



20 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

World Renowned Cellist Performing
at St. John School of the Arts Jan. 28

Kalin Ivanov will be performing at St. John School of the Arts
on Thursday, January 28, at 8 p.m.

This world-renowned cellist is gaining recognition as an artist
whose “dramatic urgency and expressive tone” (The STRAD, New
York) is matched by “his deep, emotional, and poetic performing
style” (Moscow North). From Barber to Brahms and Schumann to
Vivaldi, this performance will entice all music lovers.

A native of Bulgaria, Ivanov began studying cello at age six
and now holds a Master of Music degree from Brooklyn College.
Don’t miss this wonderful night of the classics on St. John. Tick-
ets are $30 and may be purchased at Connections or at the door.
Space is limited.

St. John Rescue Needs Volunteers

St. John Rescue is looking for volunteers to join its dedicated
team of first responders. The group particularly needs volunteers
in Coral Bay. Please contact Bob Malacarne at 626-5118 or Chris
Jordan at 514-4793.

Explore Waterlemon Bay on Jan. 23

The St. John Historical Society will explore the historical land-
scape of Waterlemon Bay on Saturday, January 23, beginning at 9
a.m. and starting from the Annaberg parking lot.

While the Annaberg sugar factory epitomizes singularity in co-
lonial-era industrial design and function, the sprawling remains at
neighboring Waterlemon Bay are a study in diversity.

Join historian David Knight for an in-depth exploration of what
was once the island’s most active and densely-populated coastline.
This is a moderately difficult hike; wear sturdy hiking shoes and
appropriate protective clothing for sun and thorny bush. Also pack
sunscreen, bug repellent, a towel, plenty of drinking water and a
snack. Still cameras are welcome, but no video or recording de-
vices. SJHS activities are free to members and guests; a donation
of $25 per person from participating non-members is appreciated.

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VI Awarded $1.4 Million Grant
for Broadband Mapping

St. John Tradewinds

The Virgin Islands was awarded approximately
$1.4 million from the National Telecommunications
Information Administration of the Department of
Commerce under their Broadband Technologies Op-
portunity Program (BTOP) last week.

The monies will fund mapping of the territory’s
existing broadband network and funding for planning
the expansion of the territory’s telecommunications
facilities, explained Governor John deJongh.

“This competitive federal stimulus grant award will
allow us to begin the process that will result in our be-
ing able to provide reliable broadband services to the
territory’s residents and businesses,” deJongh said.
“This is a key initiative towards bringing the critical
infrastructure to further spur economic growth in the
territory and enable our community to participate in
communications and internet worlds without limita-
tion.”

In May 2009, deJongh hosted all of the existing
telecom and broadband service providers, as well as
the V.I. Water and Power Authority and the Univer-
sity of the Virgin Islands’ Research and Technology
Park to begin the effort which led to this award.

“The purpose of that first-ever such meeting was
to outline the government’s vision in submitting an
application to the BTOP and gain the cooperation and
participation of these stakeholders in sharing vital in-
formation about their networks that is critical to pro-

viding the information requested by the NTIA to first
create a national broadband map and then to form the
basis for developing the plans for expanding the terri-
tory’s broadband infrastructure,” deJongh said.

Local service providers participating in the meet-
ing were Innovative Communications, Choice Com-
munications, Broadband VI, Clear Signal Network
Solutions, ADM Wireless, AT&T Cellular, and Sprint
Cellular.

Following a competitive bid process, Stratum
Broadband Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts was con-
tracted to assist the OEO in submitting the grant ap-
plication for the mapping and planning initiatives as
well as to develop the engineering and business strat-
egy.

It is anticipated that the base data on mapping will
be completed in February and that a submission of
a second competitive grant application for network
build out funding will take place.

“Our success in this area complements efforts that
are underway by the University’s Research and Tech-
nology Park to expand our e-commerce platform of-
ferings to drive business development in the territory
and the recent government submissions of a federal
stimulus grant application to build out our health in-
formation exchange infrastructure and recent approv-
al of a federal grant to development and implement a
Medicaid management information system,” deJongh
said.

Crime Stoppers USVI: Crimes of the Week

St. John Tradewinds

Crime Stoppers is asking the community’s help
to solve the following crimes. Even the smallest
bit of information may be just what law enforce-
ment needs to solve these cases.

St. John

On December 27 at about 6:30 p.m., a black
backpack containing a woman’s US passport and
a black iPhone in an orange case were stolen from
a grey Isuzu Trooper while parked at the Mar-
ketplace. The minimum reward for this arrest is
$357.

St. Thomas

On December 25 at about 12:20 a.m. inthe area
of Silver Dollar Convenience Store, four masked
individuals in a white Toyota Camry robbed and
then opened fire on a group of people playing
dominoes, wounding six individuals. Help police
identify these shooters and get these thugs off the
streets. The minimum reward for the arrest of the
four suspects is $2,500

St. Croix

On August 18, 2008 at about 1:40 a.m., resi-
dents of Williams Delight reported a number of
shots fired. Police officers found 30-year-old

Shada Mustafa lying in his front yard with several
gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital but
later died. Help detectives identify the killer(s).
The minimum reward for this arrest is $1,250.

Community members can submit tips to Crime
Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The
tips are completely anonymous, and the stateside
operators are bilingual. Tipsters can also submit
tips online at www.CrimeStoppersUSVLorg or
by texting “USVI” plus your message to CRIMES
(274637).

If a tip leads to an arrest or the recovery of
stolen property, illegal drugs, or weapons, the
tipster receives a cash reward to be paid accord-
ing to their instructions. Only anonymous callers
to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash re-
wards.

Crime Stoppers is pleased to report that in
2009 we received 508 tips. This is over twice
what was expected and Crime Stoppers thanks the
entire community for sending a strong message to
criminals in the territory that law-abiding citizens
and law enforcement are working to put an end
to this crime spree, thus making the USVI a safer
place to live, work, and raise a family.



Carabana Ensemble Presents “‘Benjie”’
at Cinnamon Bay on Thursday Nights

Carabana Ensemble Theater Company opened its thirteenth
season at the Cinnamon Bay amphitheater on Thursday, January 7,
with its presentation of “Benjie.”

The mono-drama Benjie is the story of Guy Benjamin, a leading
educator, community activist and storyteller on St. John. His story
is told through the lesson of a grade school teacher to her class.

The play was written and directed by Clarence Cuthbertson and
feather Kathleen Pascal as Miss Kay, the grade school teacher. The
play will run each Thursday at 7 p.m. through April 29. Admission
is free. For more information call 779-4940.

First Annual St. Thomas Blues Festival
Set for January 22 at Reichhold

The first Annual Johnnie Walker St. Thomas Blues Festival is
set for Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold Center at the
University of the Virgin Islands.

The much anticipated concert features Curtis Salgado, Tram-
pled Under Food and Eden Brent.

Tickets are now available at The Reichhold Center Box Office;
VI Bridal and Tuxedo at Tutu Park Mall; Home Again at Red Hook
Plaza; Eccentric Shoe Boutique; Urban Threadz at Havensight;
and at Connections on St. John.

Please note that tickets are going quite fast so make plans early.
For more information check out stthomasbluesfestival.com.

DPNR’s Building Permits Division
Is Discarding Old Buidling Plans

Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner
Robert Mathes announced last week that the Division of Build-
ing Permits advised all applicants who have obtained an Occu-
pancy Permit from 1995 to 2007 and all approved plans from 2005
through 2008 that were not picked up, to come in to DPNR and
pick up their building plans.

As mandated by the International Residential Code and the
International Building Code, DPNR will hold construction plans
only six months after the Occupancy permit has been issued.

Dept. of Human Services Offering Free
Training for Non-Profit Organizations

The Department of Human Services announces a free 12-week
training session for directors, managers and board members of
nonprofit organizations.

The sessions will begin on January 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the DHS
Video Conference Center- St. Thomas

Call Ms. Warrington at 774-0930 ext. 4103 for more informa-
tion and registration forms. Space is limited, so register promptly.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Free
Vow Renewal at Trunk Bay Ceremony

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by te-affirming love and commit-
ment at the eight annual free marriage vow renewal with Love
City’s famous barefoot minister Anne Marie Porter.

The ceremony will be on Sunday, February 14, at 5 p.m. at
Trunk Bay beach. So far 630 couples have enjoyed the free, fun
event. No registration is required, just show up! For more informa-
tion call Cathy Dove at 642-2182 or email Cathy@bookitvi.com.

St. John Tradewinds

The Community Foundation of
the Virgin Islands announces the
launch of its 2010 Mini-Grant Pro-
gram.

The mini-grant program was es-
tablished by CFVI to offer support
to school based groups, communi-
ty organizations, non-profit groups
and individuals who propose in-
novative programs that support the
mission of CFVI which is to en-
hance educational, cultural, social,
physical, and the environmental
well-being of children, youth and

St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17,2010 = 21

CFVI 2010 Mini-Grants Available

families in the U.S. Virgin Is-
lands.

“For the 14th consecutive year,
CFVI is able to offer these grants
which enable hard-working vol-
unteers to provide services to Vir-
gin Islands’ children and families
in after-school and summer pro-
grams” said CFVI’s president Dee
Baecher-Brown.

These mini grants range from
$250 to $1,000 and are awarded
on a competitive basis to appli-
cants from St. Thomas, St. Croix
and St. John.

Completed applications for
2010 mini-grants must be post-
marked or faxed by Friday, Feb-
ruary 12. Successful applicants
will be required to submit a brief
written report, receipts for expen-
ditures and, if possible, contribute
visual documentation, on the use
of the grant at the end of the fund-
ing period.

Applications can also be re-
quested via email at general.info@
cfvi.net or kwilliams@cfvi.net. Or
pick up an application at Connec-
tions in Cruz Bay.

St. John Police Report

EMERGENCY NuMBERS:

Land Line: 911 ¢ Cellular: 340-776-9110
St. John Police Dept: 340-693-8880
St. John Fire Station: 340-776-6333

Saturday, January 2

5:55 a.m. - An Estate Pastory
resident r/ that her boyfriend as-
saulted her. Assault.

9:11 am. - A citizen c/re-
questing police assistance with
removing an individual from
Mongoose Junction. Police as-
sistance.

6:35 p.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r an auto accident in the area of
Dolphin Market. Auto accident.

Sunday, January 3

10:00 a.m. - An Estate Grun-
wald resident c/requesting police
assistance. Police assistance.

Monday, January 4

9:30 a.m. - A member of St.
John Rescue c/r seeing suspi-
cious males on the beach at
Chocolate Hole.

10:15 a.m. - An Estate Spring
Garden resident 1/ being assault-
ed by a male. Aggravated assault
and battery.

11:08 a.m. -AnEstate Enighed
resident r/ lost documents. Lost
documents.

5:00 p.m. - A St. Thomas resi-
dent p/r being involved in a fight
at the Cruz Bay dock. Simple as-
sault and battery.

8:27 p.m. - A visitor r/ a bur-

glary. Burglary in the second.

9:23 p.m. - A citizen c/r a dis-
turbance in the area of the Na-
tional Park Service parking lot.
Disturbance of the peace.

Tuesday, January 5

1:33 p.m. - An Estate Caro-
lina resident c/r being threatened
on the telephone. Telephone ha-
rassment.

4:25 p.m. - A Belleuve Vil-
lage resident p/r that she lost her
postal money orders. Lost prop-
erty.

5:17 p.m. - A VI. National
Park ranger r/ an accidental in-
jury. Accidental injury.

8:40 p.m. - A citizen c/r the
smell of marijuana near her resi-
dence. Suspicious act.

9:40 p.m. - A dinghy ran
aground near Moorehad Point.
No injuries were reported. Po-
lice assistance.

Wednesday, January 6

12:20 p.m. - A St. Thomas
resident 1/ being in a fight. As-
sault and battery.

12:45 pm. - An Estate
Enighed resident 1/ an assault.
Assault and battery.

3:13 p.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r a burglary in Estate Adrian.

Unfounded burglary.

3:15 p.m. - A minor p/r she
was assaulted at her home. Ag-
gravated assault and battery,
DV.

4:40 p.m. - A citizen p/r that
his tenant broke his door. De-
struction of property.

Thursday, January 7

4:00 a.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r a burglary in progress in
Chocolate Hole. Police assis-
tance.

10:25 a.m. - An employee of
Waterfront Bistro c/r a larceny.
Grand larceny.

2:49 p.m. - A John’s Folly
resident 1/ that someone stole
his roosters, valued at $4,000.
Grand larceny.

11:33 pm. - An _ Estate
Enighed resident p/r she was as-
saulted by a male. Court order
violation.

Friday, January 8

12:51 a.m. - Acitizen 1/ some-
one removed his dinghy from
Cruz Bay. Unauthorized use of
vessel.

1:22 a.m. - A citizen r/ he was
assaulted by three males in the
area of Wharfside Village. Sim-
ple assault.





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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

Community Calendar



St. John Tradewinds welcomes notices of community-orient-
ed, not-for-profit events for inclusion in this weekly listing. Call
7716-6496, e-mail editor@tradewinds.vi or fax 693-8885.

Monday, January 11
Coral Bay residents are in-
vited to attend a community
meeting on Monday, January
11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
the John’s Folly Learning In-
stitute.
Tuesday, January 12
The St. John Historical
Society will host its January
membership meeting on Tues-
day, January 12, at the Bethany
Moravian Church Hall, begin-
ning at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 13
Senator at Large Craig
Barshinger will host the next
Committee of Economic De-
velopment, Energy and Tech-
nology hearing on Wednesday,
January 13, at 9 am. in the
Earle B. Ottley Legislative
Hall on St. Thomas.
Thursday, January 14
The VI. Water and Power
Authority, VI. Waste Manage-
ment Authority and Alpine En-
ergy Group are hosting a series
of town hall meetings this week
across the territory. On St. John
the meeting will be on Thurs-
day, January 14, at the Cruz
Bay Legislature building from
6 to 9 p.m. For more informa-
tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050.
Wednesday, January 20
Crimestoppers USVI is hav-
ing a birthday party on St. John
on Wednesday, January 20,
from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz
Bay Battery.
Friday, January 22
The first Annual Johnnie
Walker St. Thomas Blues Fes-
tival is set for Friday, January
22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold
Center at the University of the
Virgin Islands.
Friday, January 22
For The Sea Productions,
created by award-winning
underwater filmmaker Ziggy
Livnatto, was designed to
promote marine conservation
via visual experience. He will
bring his entertaining and edu-

cational film “Learning to Sea”

to the St. John School of the

Arts on Friday, January 22
Saturday, January 23

The St. John Historical So-
ciety will explore the historical
landscape of Waterlemon Bay
on Saturday, January 23, be-
ginning at 9 a.m. and starting
from the Annaberg parking lot.

Sunday, January 24

Friends of VI. National
Park is hosting its 2010 Annual
Meeting on Saturday, January
24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree
Lizards Restaurant at Cinna-
mon Bay Campground.

Thursday, January 28

— Kalin Ivanov will be
performing at St. John School
of the Arts on Thursday, Janu-
ary 28, at 8 p.m.

— “Crowns,” a Gospel Mu-
sical about the story of six Af-
rican American women, will
open at Pistarckle Theater on
January 28.

— The Department of Hu-
man Services will host public
hearings to discuss the new
rules and regulations for ad-
ministering child-care facilities
across the territory. On St. John
the meeting will be on ?? , Jan-
uary 28, at St. Ursula’s Senior
Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay,
from 6 to 9 p.m. d run through
February 14.

Saturday, January 30

St. John School of the
Arts Dance-a-thon will be on
Saturday, January 20, from 7 to
11 p.m. at The Westin Resort.

Saturday, February 6

The annual Friends of VINP
Gala will be on Saturday,
February 6, at Janet and Martin
Marshall’s Villa in Great Cruz
Bay.

Sunday, February 14

Celebrate Valentine’s Day
by re-affirming love and com-
mitment at the eight annual free
marriage vow renewal with
Love City’s minister Anne Ma-
rie Porter. The ceremony will



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snorkeling, sailing trips to the BVI, etc. Growing
watersports company has immediate openings:

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Seeking Professional Individuals for two dynamic
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RESERVATIONIST: Customer Services skills/experience,
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GREETERS: Must speak English, have a valid driver’s
license, clean 4 wheel drive vehicle, and cell phone with
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and be available for greetings between the hours of 2pm to
5pm and also weekends. Great part time job for the nght
person!

MUSTS: St. John resident w/ 4wd vehicle, cell-phone w/
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one bath/w/d $1600; Two
bedroom/2 bath/w/d $1600;
Two bedroom/2 bath/pool/
wid $2000; Two bedroom/2
bath/w/d $2200, Two
bedroom/1 bath/w/d in Cruz
Bay 2200; Three bedroom/2
bath/w/d $1700; Large three
bedroom/2 bath/w/d/pool
$2800
Coral Bay
One bedroom apt/w/d
$1250; Two bedroom/2
bath house/washer $1800;

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quiet private location.
No smokers. No dogs.
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utilities 340-514-6611

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30 mile views, paved road,
5 min to Coral Bay, 20 min.
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covered porches, A/C, W/D.
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W/D $2000/mth Feb 1
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St. John Church Schedule & Directory 24 — St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

3 Sail Church Missionary Baptist Church
10 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday Services, 10:45 Worship,

Tuesday 7 p.m. e
Baha’i Community of St. John Bible Study 693-8884 St. John Tradewinds

Race Unity Devotions e@ oe
7:30 p.m. Fridays; Nazareth Lutheran Church
Study Circles 9 a.m. Sundays Sunday 9 a.m., Sunday School 8 a.m. ul Ss I n e Ss Ss I r e CG 0 r
716-6316, 776-6254 7716-6731
Bethany Moravian Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Cruz Bay, St. John Sat. 6 p.m., Sun. 7:30 & 9:30 a.m., = - Holiday H f St. Joh
2 y Homes of St. John
11 am., Sunday School 776-6291 Spanish Mass 5:30 p.m. Accommodations Galleries tel. 776-6776 fax 693-8665

Monday and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Caribbean Villas & Resorts Maho Bay Art Center P.O. Box 40. STI. VI 00831

Calvary Baptist Church Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. tel. 1-800-338-0987 tel. 776-6226 - Glass blowing, pottery, info@holidayhomesVI.com
13 ABC Coral Bay, 776-6304 776-6339 or locally 340-776-6152 recycled art, tie dye, paper making

Sunday School 10 a.m. 7
° Islandia Real Estat
Sunday evening 6 p.m., St. John Methodist Church Catered To, Inc. slandia Real Estate

tel. 776-6666 fax 693-8499
Thursday 7 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m tel. 776-6641 fax 693-8191 Health P.O. Box 56, STJ, VI 00831
693-8830 5000 Enighed #206, STJ, VI 00830 St. John Eye Care - 779-2020 fo. ‘eal

info@islandiarealestate.com
27 years serving Virgin Islanders
Dr. Craig Friedenberg RE/MAX Island Paradise Realty
tel. 775-0949 fax 888-577-3660
Insurance P. O. Box 646, STJ, VI 00831
Christian Science Society St. John Pentecostal Church Suite St. John Villas/Condos Theodore Tunick & Company info@remaxipr.com
10:45 a.m. Sunday- Marketplace Sunday 11:05 a.m., 6:30 p.m. tel. 1-800-348-8444 Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002

Wednesday Testimonials Tuesdays Prayer 7:30 p.m., or locally at 340-779-4486 .
7:45 p.m. on last Wed. of Month Thursdays Bible Study 7:30 p.m. x www.theodoretunick.com Restaurants

- Cc dia Cafe, 693-5855
779-1230 VIVA Vacations ‘oncordia Cafe.

The Church of Jesus Christ ry Happy Hour 4:30-6pm
of Latter-day Saints St. Ursula’s Episcopal Church be eee Jewel Dinner 6-8:30pm Tues-Sat

Sun. 9 a.m., STT. 776-2379 Sundays, 7:15 a.m. and 9:30 am. Pe Ox PEN aon de va t0eet R&I PATTON goldsmithing
Sun., 5 p.m., STJ, Lumberyard Every 3rd Sunday: Servce 9:30 a.m. 776-6548 or (800) 626-3455 Fish Trap Restaurant

Bible Class, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Air-Conditioning pattongold.com, Chat@pattongold.com and Seafood Market

Cruz Bay Baptist Church 777-6306 tel. 693-9994, Closed Mondays
Dr. Cool 340-715-COOL (2556)

Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m. 776-6315 . ae 7
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship One call for all your air-conditioning Landscaping La Tapa

Emmaus Moravian Church 9:45 a.m. Sunday refrigeration and appliance needs Alfredo’s Landscaping tel. 693-7755
Coral Bay, Sun. 9 a.m. 776-6713 716-6332 tel. 774-1655 cell 513-2971 Open Wednesday-Monday

Architecture P.O. Box 91, St. John, VI 00831

Jehovah’s Witness Word of Faith Church — Skinnv Legs
: : : : Crane, Robert - Architect, AIA y Les
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 7 p.m. Word of Faith International ee se Coral Bay Garden Center “A Pretty OK Place”
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Saturdays (Espafiol), 10 a.m. Sundays Christian Center, Sundays 7:30 a.m. tel. 693-5579 fax 714-5628 tel. 340-779-4982
340-715-0530 Gifft Hill SchoolCall 774-8617 Ee ier eee P.O. Box 1228, STJ, VI 00831 www.skinnylegs.com

Christian Ministry
Cinnamon Bay Beach Seventh Day Adventist Island Getaways

Inter-Denominational Saturdays 888-693-7676, islandgetawaysinc.com
Sunday 8:30 a.m. 719-4477 kathy@islandgetawaysinc.com



Barefoot Architect, Inc.
tel. 693-7665 fax 693-8411 OE Ne Dan Doe Cale
Ferry Schedules P.O. Box 1772, STJ, VI 00831 tel. 643-6348 tel. 693-8340 .
Landscaping & Irrigation Located at Mongoose Junction

Art/Galleries 7
Maho Bay Art Center Property Manager Retail
tel. 776-6226 Cimmaron Property Management Sugar Birds
Offering Art Classses tel. 340-715-2666 340-776-6909
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Continued from Page 7

Another Hassel Island project slated for
2010 is the first phase of the renovation
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company,
which put the Virgin Islands on the map in
the 1800s, Wild explained.

“Every ship from the British Empire
that came into the Americas offloaded in
St. Thomas harbor,” he said. “That created
the need for coaling stations and a place for
ships to be repaired. It was a huge industry
from the mid-1800s into the 1900s.”

“We have funding to start cleaning up
the company and getting it in good re-
pair,” Wild added.

Back on St. John, work will continue
on the excavation of centuries-old remains
found at Cinnamon Bay, a project which
has been ongoing for years.

The remains, likely those of men,
women and children who died in a cholera
epidemic sometime between 1680 and the
1800s, have been washing up on Cinna-
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The VINP archaeology department may
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very closely.”

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National Park Archaeology Has Big PlansPage 7“Neshoba” Film Draws Record Audience NumberPage 9Construction on North Shore Road Expected to End EarlyPage 5 January 11-17, 2010 Copyright 2010 Despite Delay, Cruz Bay RoundAbout Still Ahead of SchedulePage 3 St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tommy GibneyBig W aves Pound North ShoreBigger than average swells pounded the North Shore of St. John last week. As beach-goers The Marketplace / Suite 302 / Cruz Bay / St. John / Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 / www.theodoretunick.com The Marketplace / Suite 302 / Cruz Bay / St. John / Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 / www.theodoretunick.com INSIDE: 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW – Part 2

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St. John Tradewinds Senator at Large Craig Barshinger has organized a group of senators to tour an operational petcoke plant in Jacksonville, Florida. “The Virgin Islands Community is keenly interested in the future of electric power and waste disposal in the territory,” said Barshinger by telephone from Jacksonville. “This is a big decision and we have to get it right.” “We are preparing for an upcoming Legislative Committee meeting on the Alpine Energy Group’s plan to provide the territo ry with two combined petcoke and waste-to energy electricity plants,” Barshinger explained. Senator Barshinger, who Chairs the Committee on Economic Development, Energy and Technol ogy, will tour the St. John’s River Petcoke Power Plant in Jacksonville, Florida, along with members of his committee, Senator Sammuel Sanes, Senator Nelly O’Reilly and Senator Michael Thurland. The power plant tour was designed to allow senators to see a petcoke plant in operation and talk to managers and engineers about the realities of burning petcoke and coal to generate electricity. Their discussion will include how the plant works, the economics of burning petcoke to meet electricity needs, the handling of petcoke ash and by-products, the environmen tal effects of burning petcoke and other matters of interest. Senator Barshinger and mem bers of his committee will use the information gained from touring the facilities during the senator’s upcoming committee meeting on January 13 in the Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall in St. Thomas. In this meeting, members of the Economic Development, Energy and Technology Committee will take testimony from government munity groups and individuals on the proposed plan to burn petcoke and waste in the Virgin Islands as a primary source of electricity. “My staff has arranged a broadBarshinger. “I encourage all Virgin Islanders to educate themselves on this important issue, and to partici pate in the hearing if possible.” During the hearing, senators ers. Virgin Islanders who listen by radio or watch by television can send their questions to any senator 2 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 Coral Bay residents are invited to attend a community meeting on Monday, January 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John’s Folly Learning Institute. The Coral Bay Community Council, in partnership with the Vir gin Islands Resource Conservation and Development Council, will discuss planned storm water management construction projects to be implemented in Coral Bay with a portion of the $2.78 million in NOAA-ARRA Coastal Habitat Restoration grant funds. This work complements CBCC’s Coral Bay Watershed Management Project and utilizes designs developed under CBCC’s EPA CARE grant. Construction will focus on eliminating or reducing the most severe sediment plumes entering Coral Bay, and will include work on public and private roads. Work will be done in cooperation with homeowner’s associations, Department of Public Works, and groups of residents who maintain their local roads. Local contractors are encouraged to attend to learn about bidding requirements. For more information, call the CBCC at 776-2099 or the V.I. RC&D at 692-6932, ext. 5.CBCC Is Hosting Storm Water Management Meeeting on January 11The St. John Historical Society will host its January member ship meeting on Tuesday, January 12, at the Bethany Moravian Church Hall, beginning at 7 p.m. Featured speakers for the evening will be Don Drost and Roy Watlington. The two will discuss a variety of interesting topics from really ancient history to the location of local wells.Next SJHS Meeting Is January 12Senator Barshinger Leads Committee on Tour of Florida Petcoke PlantSenator at Large Craig Barshinger will host the next Commit tee of Economic Development, Energy and Technology hearing on Wednesday, January 13, at 9 a.m. in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas. The purpose of the meeting is to take testimony from governagencies and interested members of the community on the pending implementation of the recent agreement with Alpine Energy Group to produce the territory’s energy using a combined petroleum coke and waste-to-energy method. Barshinger Alpine Meeting on Jan. 13The V.I. Water and Power Authority, V.I. Waste Management Authority and Alpine Energy Group are hosting a series of town hall meetings this week across the territory. On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday, January 14, at the Cruz Bay Legislature building from 6 to 9 p.m. For more informa tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050.Alpine Town Hall Meeting on Jan. 14Friends of V.I. National Park is hosting its 2010 Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree Lizards Restaurant at Cinnamon Bay Campground. Olasee Davis is the keynote speaker, VINP Superintendent Mark Hardgrove will give the State of the Park Address and Friends of VINP president Joe Kessler will deliver the Friends annual report. Light refreshments will be served. Parking at Cinnamon is limited, and attendees are asked to park at the NPS maintenance area by Mongoose Junction. Shuttle service will be provided from there. Call Friends at 779-4940 for more information.Friends Annual Meeting Set for Jan. 24 Culvert Installed Near Estate Adrian St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Andrea Milam caused it to be greatly damaged in that area. “We’re putting in a culvert to catch the water and asphalt to smooth this area over,” said DPW St. John Deputy Director Ira Wade. “We knew it would eventually collapse here.” Wade anticipated the culvert installation would be completed in one day, while the asphalt would likely be done this week.

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By Andrea Milam St. John Tradewinds Construction of the Cruz Bay roundabout has been slightly denating with Innovative and V.I. Water and Power Authority, but despite these delays, the project contract’s closing date in June. The holdup came during one of in the area of the Winston Wells “We’re halfway done there,” said Department of Public Works Program Manager Thomas Jones. which is all Innovative stuff, and WAPA will go down to the next pole heading westbound. We’ll be running conduit to the next pole down from there, and the sidewalk is going to raise up also.” bleachers should be completed within the next week, and crews sidewalk at the Julius E. Sprauve School annex on South Shore Road, Jones added. The utility and sidewalk work represent the last major phases of construction at the roundabout project, which began in August motorists should expect frequent, site. the next three weeks,” said Jones. priate signs will be up. There will just be minor road closures here and there.” Once the utility and sidewalk work is complete, contractor Island Roads has several odds and ing the exterior of the roundabout with concrete curbs and gutters, and tearing down the old Texaco gas station, which has served as construction process. “Once the gas station is gone, it will be like a grassy knoll,” Jones said of the space where the building currently stands. The center of the circle will be the traditional Danish yellow color found on historic buildings in the territory, at the urging of the State explained. stalled at the roundabout several weeks ago have greatly improved “It used to be like a freefall there,” said Jones. “People didn’t understand how it really works. We’re really happy to have the signs in place.” Jones originally predicted the project would be complete in ties coordinating with the utility companies have pushed the estimated completion date back a few months. “We’re still way ahead of the said Jones. “No matter what, we’ll be out of there before the contract ends. It would be nice if we could have the place cleaned up and turn it back over to the public by the end of March.” St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 3 Thursday, Jan. 14th INDEXBusiness Directory .............24 Church Schedules ..............24 Community Calendar .........22 Crossword Puzzle ...............22 Ferry Schedules .................24 Letters ...........................16-17 Police Log .........................21 Despite Delay, Cruz Bay Roundabout Construction Still Ahead of Schedule St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat complete. The powerlines in the center of the roundabout will be buried as part of the last major phase. St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom OatThe last phase of development at the Cruz Bay roundabout includes completing the sidewalk and burying utilities.

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4 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 WR-FitnessClub TW 6.09.indd 1 6/10/09 12:42:29 PM By Jaime Elliott St. John Tradewinds In the ongoing effort to stem the tide of stormwater runoff in the Coral Bay watershed, one neighborhood is having In June 2009 residents in the Mill Vista neighborhood in the Estate Lower Carolina area of Coral Bay, installed several water bars on their dirt road and have seen a dramatic improvement. Water bars are basically telephone poles set in the ground swale along the roadway instead of running down and washing out the road itself. Mill Vista neighbors learned of the technique and got advice on the best placement of the water bars thanks to the Coral Bay Community Council’s former storm water engineer. Armed with a $300,000, three-year Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, CBCC hired hydrologist Joe Mina, who shared expert advice with residents looking to reduce runoff in their neighborhoods. Mina, who spent about six months on the job in St. John before having to return stateside for personal reasons, met with Mill Vista residents in June 2009 and discussed the best placement of water bars for their road, explained homeowner Toni Lacer. “Joe came up and met with us and told us where we should put the water bars because they must be spaced properly in order to work,” Lacer said. The price tag for installing four water bars in a dirt road is much less than the cost would be to pave the road, making the technique ideal for many neighborhoods. “We did it all in one day — it probably took six hours,” said Lacer. “We had someone dig holes with a backhoe and then we put in the telephone poles. It probably cost around $1,000.” A water bar’s most obvious drawback is the bump crebars are not embedded entirely in the roadway, but protrude several inches. While there are essentially several bumps in the Mill Vista road now, the runoff has improved greatly, explained Lacer. “We used to have the road graded, but with heavy rains, it would just get washed out again,” Lacer said. “This seems Fellow Mill Vistas homeowner Hilarie Oliver agreed. water bars are a fairly inexpensive solution that helps to maintain the integrity of the road by diverting water to where it should be — on the side of the road.” etation is another way to combat runoff, explained CBCC president Sharon Coldren. “The other thing that goes along with this is lots of vegetation in the swales,” said Coldren. “There are three things to remember — vegetate, vegetate, vegetate. Vegetation will help to keep the sediment in the swales from eroding and if it’s a light rain, will just absorb the water.” “Everywhere that you see bare earth on the road, you have the potential for erosion,” Coldren said. “It takes a lot of work to get the plants going, but once you get them established it makes a big difference.” An example of the positive impacts of vegetation can be seen in Estate Upper Carolina in Coral Bay, where residents have been planting seedlings for years, according to the CBCC president. “The Upper Carolina Home Owners Association made a real effort after Hurricane George in the late 1990s, to vegetate and to eliminate the potential for landslides,” Coldren said. “They already had paved roads, but the vegetation still helped as far as stabilizing sediment. That is a really good example of what vegetation can do to help reduce runoff.” The Mill Vista water bars are truly the EPA grant at work, explained Coldren. “This is the EPA CARE grant at work and shows you that a simple hour’s advice can make a big difference,” she said. “The homeowners themselves did a lot of the work too. Not everything gets done in one day, but they’ve done their part and they continue to do their part.” “These homeowners are taking responsibility for their runoff,” Coldren said. “Joe had other suggestions too, which will be implemented but this is something that he advised and six months later we can all see the difference it made.”Water Bars Help Direct and Stem Stormwater RunoffSt. John Tradewinds News Photo by Jaime Elliott A raised telephone pole in the road helps Mill swale along the side of the roadway.

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 5 By Andream Milam St. John Tradewinds Reconstruction of the North Shore Road is progressing at a good pace, and work is expected to move even more quickly once the project’s contractor, Island Bay roundabout and is able to dedicate a second crew to the North Shore job. Work began on the road, which has become severely pockmarked with potholes in some areas, in October 2009. The crew took a break between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and now is back out in full force, reconstructing the road base. The contractor has 18 months to along the North Shore Road all the way from Cruz Bay out to where the road ends at Annaberg, and to where it reconnects with Center line Road. “No one believes they’ll need it,” said V.I. National Park Superintendent Mark Hardgrove. “They’re making a lot of progress. We’re looking to have the project complete sometime this summer.” entire eight mile stretch of road, and then lay down the new pavement all at once, Hardgrove explained. “They’re digging down to solid bedrock and putting in a plastic material that helps stabilize the road, making it stronger than before and able to carry more of a load,” he said. “They’re going through and making reconstrucally come back and throw down the new pavement all at once. It should last 15 to 20 years; this is the right way to proceed.” Unlike the last time the North Shore Road, which cuts through the VINP, was paved 17 years ago and entirely closed during the process, there will not be any road closures during the current reconstruction. Motorists can expect the road to be down to one lane in with temporary stop lights. In addition to improving the road’s stability, the reconstruction should also make the road easier to traverse, explained Hardgrove. “They’re using a high tack asphalt, which is really sticky, and will substantially improve traction on the switchbacks between Trunk and Cinnamon Bay,” he said. “There will also be some realignment of grades at those switchbacks to make it as friendly as it can be made.” The reconstruction project, which is expected to cost approximately $4 million, is being funded by the Federal Highway Administration and money from the economic stimulus package. Response to the project has been highly positive, according to Hardgrove. “We’re glad we were able to recruit a local company that employs local subcontractors and residents of the Virgin Islands, and that was well received by everyone,” he said. “The taxi drivers like how it’s going, and even interpret the project as part of their tours, talking about President Barack Obama and the stimulus package at work.” The project is long overdue, the VINP superintendent continued. “I always worry when we issue special permits for bike races, because we’ve had some accidents due to issues maintaining shoulders which are eroding,” said Hardgrove. “We’ve also had folks hit potholes on bicycles and motorcycles and pop their tires. We’re looking forward to a safer North Shore.” The VINP also plans to improve the island’s north shore by paving the road and parking lot at Francis Bay, helping to reduce erosion in the area. The contract was recently awarded to Tip Top Construction, and work is expected to become sometime this winter.North Shore Road Construction Expected To Wrap Up Early St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tom Oat

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6 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 Wagner’s Digital Photography Workshop Focuses on Taking Better Pictures 2010 Calendars, Greeting Cards, Gifts Accent Items to Brighten Your Home And WallsPlan The New Year With over 40 extraordinary villas, we provide on-island 24-hour personalized service to every guest. Expansive ocean views, glittering pools, lush landscaping, spectacular decks—we have it all. We live here too—join us and be Catered To! Book on-line at www.cateredto.com Located on the second floor at the Marketplace 6641 CTVH-TW 1.09.indd 1 1/22/09 5:17:15 PM By Jaime Elliott St. John Tradewinds While digital cameras make the world of photography accessible to all, many people never even go so far as to change the manufacturer’s settings. The St. John School of the Arts is offering a digital photography workshop this month for people who want more creative control of their pictures, or to just learn about all the features their camera includes. Led by commercial photographer Kathryn Wagner, the six week class will meet on Saturdays for an a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor will discuss both the technical and creative aspects of photography during the workshop. “It’s an introductory photography workshop for people with all different types of cameras,” said Wagner. “The workshop is designed to give people an under standing of their camera, how their camera works, what happens when they take a photo as well as the other side of digital photography, which is the computer side.” “I’ll cover how to use your photographs after you take them, like how to upload them or email them,” Wagner said. The workshop is perfect for the beginner to intermediate photographer, and especially for people who are still learning about their cameras, Wagner explained. “My hope is that this class will be particularly useful to the nontech savvy among us,” said the photographer. “A lot of people probably got cameras for Christmas and this workshop would be perfect for them to learn just what their new cameras can do.” “We’ll go over how to use all the functions and I’ll explain what happens when you use those functions,” Wagner said. “It’s really about how you can have input on your photos as opposed to just using the manufacturer’s settings.” At the end of six weeks, workshop attendees will not only know how to take great pictures, but also know how their cameras work. “You’ll be able to use all the functions on your camera and take great shots and understand what your camera is doing,” said the photographer. The class will consist of no more than 15 people to ensure hands-on instruction, Wagner added. The cost is only $75 for the entire six weeks, or $12.50 each class. The digital photography workshop will meet at St. John School of the Arts on Saturday afternoons, but attendees will also make trips to V.I. National Park for photo shoots, Wagner added. Registration is required. To register call the St. John School of the Arts at 779-4322, call Wagner at 244-0581 or email kathryn@kathrynwagner.com. To view some of Wagner’s impressive work, check out her website kathrynwagner. com. DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTETAKE CARE OF YOUR 2010 MARKETING ALL AT ONCE.SPACE RESERVATION DEADLINE: JUNE 30THADVERTISING ARTWORK DEADLINE: JULY 30TH For more information about St. John Magazine or to place an advertisement in the 2010 Edition (email) mnelson@stjohnmagazine.com or (tel) 340.776.6496 Download a media kit at www.stjohnmagazine.com BEST WISHES FOR 2010! “Learning to Sea” Coming to SJSA on January 22 St. John Tradewinds News Photo Courtesy of SJSA signed to promote marine conservation via visual experience. two seas separated by over 7,000 miles — the Caribbean and the Red Sea. Learning to Sea creates compassion for preservation of the underwater environment. For more details call SJSA at 779-4322.

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 7 Waterfront Bistro Friday & Saturday 8:30 to 11 PM OPEN EVERY DAY!Sunday, 4PM 12AM Monday through Thursday, 12PM 12AM Friday & Saturday, 12PM 1AM Where the Winners Play!www.myspace.com/granthaze Wharfside Village, Cruz Bay, St. John, USVI By Andra Milam St. John Tradewinds The new year has brought a bevy of projects for V.I. National Park Archaeologist Ken Wild and his crew, one of which is the realization of a years-old plan to renovate the archaeology museum at Cinnamon Bay. Funding for the project is coming from the National Park Service, which dedicated approximately $200,000, and the Friends of the VINP, which raised more than $100,000 for the renovation. The historic Cinnamon Bay building will be redone inside and out, explained Wild. doors and windows and an alarm system and cameras,” he said. “Then hopefully by the end of this year, we’ll start actually getting the exhibits together. Everything’s falling into place.” Wild’s ultimate goal is to use the museum as a teaching tool, he continued. walk in there with her class and take them all the way through the history of St. John,” said the VINP archaeologist. Analysis of artifacts found in the park will continue at the museum, allowing students and other The archaeologists will also be on hand to answer questions about the exhibits, which Wild hopes will change frequently. Hassel Island will also keep the VINP archaeology department busy this year, with plenty of historic artifacts to stabilize and restore, and numer ous steps which need to be taken to make the island more accessible and comfortable for visitors. Among the Hassel Island projects slated for 2010 is the task of making the island more accessible by boat. at Creque Marine, as there’s no railing or anything to protect your boat from the stone wall, so we’re going to put some historically accurate railings in,” said Wild. “We’ll also probably have new bollards cast for people to tie their boats to, and there are some historic bollards in the water that we’ll send off to do conservation work on. We have to do everything historically correct.” The park will also look into ways to transport equipment to the island needed for metal conservation, and for somewhere to safely store that equipment, some of which is quite expensive. The St. Thomas Historical Trust has hired a landscape ar chitect to help make Hassel Island more presentable and comfortable for the public, by possibly installing walkways, restrooms, and shaded areas.VINP Archaeology Has Big Plans for 2010 St. John TradewindsThe historic Cinnamon Bay archaeology lab will be above and below, show new lights, shelving and windows. Continued on Page 25

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By Jaime Elliott St. John Tradewinds Friends and well-wishers gathered at the Cruz Bay Battery on Thursday afternoon, January 7, to wish three women — with almost 100 years of government service between them — happy retirement. After 41 years as Administra tor Secretary II, Helen Francis has been an integral part of keeping the St. John government cogs turning. As different governmental administrations came and went, Francis was the one person who remained. She worked with Administrators William Lomax, James Dalmida, Julien Harley and current St. John Administrator Leona Smith. Friends often asked Francis when she would call it quits at the Battery, she explained. “My friends would always ask me, ‘Ms. Francis, when are you going to retire,’” she said. “I always said, ‘I’ll retire when I’m ready.’ Well, they’re not going to be asking me that anymore.” her last day at her desk in the St. cis will be spending more of her time cultivating her voice, spirituality and dance moves. A member of the Emmaus Moravian Church congregation, Francis also sings with the church choir, is involved with bible study groups and Quadrille dancing. “I have things that will keep me busy,” said Francis. “I might travel a bit, but the choir, my bible study and Quadrille will keep me going.” Natalie Thomas isn’t about to slow down either. The Deputy Supervisor of Elections, who has worked with the department for 31 years, is not ready to put on a bathrobe and eat bonbons, she explained. “I’m not going to just stay home and put my feet up,” said Thomas. “Under the V.I. Code, government workers who are retired are allowed to work for 75 days or so and I plan on doing some work to keep busy.” “I’ll stay active for a little while longer,” Thomas said. After 25 years as Election Assistant, Ecelma Sprauve also retired at the end of 2009. When she Sprauve didn’t know she would remain in her position for more than two decades. “I just loved it so much,” said Sprauve. “I love meeting people every day and I’ll miss the staff. I loved the busy season of election time.” “I might have to give them a hand this year during election time,” Sprauve said. While Sprauve will miss the fast paced election time days, she plans to enjoy her retirement. “I’m not sure what exactly I’m going to do, but I plan to enjoy life and maybe travel a bit,” said Sprauve.8 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 Sprauve, Francis, Thomas Celebrate RetirementSt. John Tradewinds News Photo by Jaime ElliottEcelma Sprauve, Helen Francis and Natalie Thomas. NOW OPEN WITH NEW MENUHappy Hour: 4:30-5:30pm Dinner Served: 5:30-8:30pmOPEN TUE SDAYSATURDAYE state Concordia P reserve, Coral Bay, St. John USVI (Just above Saltpond Bay) 340-693-5855 crane ROBERT CRANEARCHITECT, A.I.A.P .O. BOX 370 CRUZ BAY, ST. JOHN U.S.V.I. 00831(340) 776-6356 Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tel: 693-5579Beautifying America’s ParadiseHUGE DISCOUNTon volume sales Happy Holidays! Total Immersion hosted its latest swim course on St. John, which started on Saturday, January 9. The group brought a group of 45 to Maho Bay Camps for the event. To cap off the week-long course they will host a one-mile and two-mile open water race on Saturday, January 16, and have invited interested local swimmers to participate. This is a casual event: no pre-registration; no participation fees; no formal awards; etc. Just show up at Maho Beach, near the old green pavilion, at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 16. Friends of V.I. National Park, organizers of the Beach-to-Beach Power Swim, are assisting Total Immersion to organize this swim. The 7th annual Beach-to-Beach Power Swim will be on May 30. Call the Friends at 779-4940 for more information. Total Immersion Hosting Long-Distance Swim in V.I. National Park on Jan. 16The Department of Human Services will host public hearings to discuss the new rules and regulations for administering child-care facilities across the territory. On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday , January 28, at St. Ursula’s Senior Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay, from 6 to 9 p.m. The new rules and regulations are available for comment and library and all public libraries and on the web at www.dhs.gov.vi. For more information call Leitha Cummings at 773-2323 ext. 2022.Hearing for New Childcare RegulationsCrimestoppers USVI is having a birthday party on St. John on Wednesday, January 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz Bay Battery. The group is celebrating its One Year Anniversary and more than 500 anonymous tips received from Virgin Islands residents, which help to make the territory’s streets safer for everyone. The public is invited to come out and enjoy light refreshments and hear from Crimestoppers USA Trustees, who are impressed with the Virgin Islands’ results. Everyone who cares about their community will have an oppor the positive impact it is clearly making on the territory. For more information about the organization checkout www.crimestopper susvi.org.Crimes Stoppers USVI Anniversary Celebration Set for January 20

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 9 By Jaime Elliott St. John Tradewinds While entering only its second season, it is already looking like 2010 is going to be a great year for the St. John Film Society (SJFS). on Tuesday night, January 5, at Sputnik’s in Coral Bay, drew a record number of attendees from across St. John and St. Thomas. “We had at least 120 people and 20 of them came all the way over from St. Thomas,” said Martha Hills, “Earle Thomas ran a shuttle for us from the ferry dock out to Sputnik’s for the St. Thomas guests. We also had a group from Maho Bay who came out.” “It was such a great night,” said Hills. The crowd was mesmerized by “Neshoba,” a chill ing tale of racism and violence in the U.S. South in Dickoff. After viewing the documentary, the crowd “The discussion afterward was really enlighten ing,” said Hills. “There were a lot of questions and we Tony stayed as long as people wanted to talk.” founding members Hills, Andrea Leland, Rea Roberts, umbrella of the St. John Community Foundation. SJFS’s mission is to “inspire a positive apprecia tion for the history, culture and environment of the munity.” If the January 5 screening is any indication, SJFS members and enthusiasts have gotten the word out about the group’s entertaining, educational and out what we were going to do, it felt really good to of the year,” said Hills. series is “Young @ Heart” a feel-good movie about a chorus of senior citizens, who give new meaning to James Brown’s “I Feel Good.” phen Walker and Sally George and will be screened on Thursday, January 21, at The Marketplace at 7 p.m. in conjunction with ITVS Community Cinema, Independent Lens and WTJX. “Sugar,” about an aspiring major league pitcher from the Dominican Republic, and “The Agronomist,” a Jean Dominique. ers this season. Marta Bautis will be on hand “Sarayaku; Rios de Maiz,” an inspiring tale about the Ecuadorian Amazon. Filmmaker Laurel Chiten will join the group on believe they’ve been contacted by aliens, is screened at Sputnik’s. SJFS is an entirely volunteer run organization which relies mostly on donations and memberships to keep its programs running. SJFS is partially funded by the V.I. Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about SJFS or to donate to the group, check out the website 2010 Looks Bright for SJFS As “Neshoba” Draws Record AudienceSt. John Tradewinds News Photo by Sigi TorinusFilmmaker Tony Pagano answered questions from a large crowd who viewed his docu mentary “Neshoba” at Sputnik’s last week. Experienced . Personalized . Professional . ProvenSeaview Vacation Homes, Inc. Short Term-Full Service Since 1985 VACATION VILLA MANAGEMENT24 years of on island rental servicee: info@seaviewhomes.com w: www.seaviewhomes.com t: 340-776-6805; toll-free 1-888-625-2963

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 11 DOJ Says Ofcer Acted Appropriately in Shooting Death of Burglary Suspect within the scope of duty when he shot and killed 18-year-old burglary suspect Michael Freeman on January 4, 2007, following a car chase which ended in a shootout between suspects and police. An investigation conducted by the V.I. the suspects, who began shooting at police during the chase. “Freeman was shot within the normal scope of duty,” said DOJ spokesperson Sara Lezama.Music Series Honors Pickering and Smalls Sussman Donates $72,000 to Rotary for TelemedicineSt. John skeleton sensation Alexa Putnam scaled the world rankings and put herself in a position to vie for the chance to represent her home territory in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2 March 23-29, 2009 Wayne Lowry DiesWayne was a free spirit and lived his life exactly children and was a wonderful father. He loved telling stories and being the life of the party.Texaco Demolished for Cruz Bay RoundaboutCrews continue to grade the ground beneath the former Texaco station in preparation for paving a leveled roadbed for the future roundabout in the center of Cruz Bay. Blaze Flares Up on External Wall of Lucky PagodaChinese food restaurant Lucky Pagoda Thursday morning, March 19. The restaurant, located in the Lumberyard complex, so popular the kitchen ran out of food after already extinguished. No one was reported injured in the blaze and owners hope to open next week after VIFD restarts their James H. HerrinJames H. “Jimmy” Herrin passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009. He was 55. He was a 30year resident of St. John, not counting a little vacation one time. ST . JOHN BLUESBlues entertainers Janvia Magness Zac Harmon, and Danielle Schnebelen of Trampled Under Foot performed to hundreds of event-goers at the 7th annual St. John Blues Festival on Saturday, March 21, at the Auction Garners $123,000 for GHS ARE YOU P A YING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR COMP ANY’S GROUP HE ALTH INSUR ANCE?WE CAN HELP!IT’S TIME TO CALLVI Employee Benefit Consultants, Inc. 4003 Weymouth Rhymer Highway, Ste. 2 Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802-2213 (340) 775-9393 / Fax (340) 775-6509 wlewis@islands.vi www.viebcserve.com A R E Y O U P A Y I N G T O O M U C H F O R Y O U R C O M P A N Y ’ S G R O U P H E A L T H C O V E R A GE ?WE C A N H E L P !IT ’ S T IM E T O C A L L V I E m p l o ye e B e n e t C o n s u l t a n t s, I n c . 4 0 0 3 W e ym o u t h R h ym e r H i g h w a y , S t e . 2 C h a r l o t t e A m a l i e , V I 0 0 8 0 2 – 2 2 1 3 ( 3 4 0 ) 7 7 5 – 9 3 9 3 / F a x ( 3 4 0 ) 7 7 5 – 6 5 0 9w l e w i s@ i s l a n d s. vi w w w . vi e b cse r ve . co m

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12 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 March 30-April 5, 2009“Mano” and “Matey” Honored As Music Series 2009 Wraps Up On St. John 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2VIPD Taking Steps Toward AccountabilityThe V.I. Police Department wants to be held accountable for its actions. That was the resounding message at a Wednesday evening, March 25, Community Integration Team (CIT) meeting at the Gifft Hill School. VIPD Commissioner James McCall and VIPD St. John Deputy Chief Darren Foy both urged the Senior Malik Stevens Awarded Inaugural Bill Morris Scholarship Morris, the scholarship fund established in week to one of his former pupils — Malik Stevens.St. Thomas Man Convicted for Estate Enighed Shooting, RobberyA 12-person jury found 28-year-old Micheal Stanislas guilty of attempted murder, robbery and assault and weapons charges stemming from a December 2007 incident in Estate Enighed. Stanislas was convicted of the attempted murder of 43-year-old St. John resident Kevin Samuel. Stanislas was also convicted of one count McGuinness Handpaints Ukranian Easter EggsEach Easter for the past four years Sprauve Librarian Carol McGuinness painsakingly paints a basketfull of eggs in the traditional Ukranian style and displays them at the library for the public to enjoy.

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 13 ATTENTION ST. JOHN HOMEOWNERSHIRING PROFESSIONALS TO MAINT AIN YOUR HOME ISNOT AN EXTRAVAGANCEI T ISSMART BUSINESS SENSE CONTACT THE PROFESSIONALS AT Cimmaron Property ManagementS t. John’s Premier Property M anagement Company Providing:COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GUEST SERVICES (340) 715-2666 / www.cimmaronstjohn.com / info@cimmaronstjohn.com P.O. Box 37, St. John, VI 00831 / Lumberyard Complex – Cruz Bay March 30-April 5, 2009 continuedHuge Crowd Cheers New St. John Men’s Flag Football LeagueA new rage has gripped Love City and has residents of all ages packing the Winston Wells ball park bleachers and nearby streets every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation ofon St. John for years, but didn’t get momentum going until January, thanks in large part to First Phase Datacom owner Brummell Germain. 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2 BJ Harris Receives Paul Harris Award St. Peter Greathouse on Saturday, March Harris, center, was presented with a Paul Harris award by Don Chandler, left, the Assistant District Governor from St. Thomas St. Croix, right.Marcelino Guerrero Passes AwayMarcelino Guerrero, 74, died March 17, 2009, in Mexico City after a brief illness. Mr. Guerrero was born November 27, 1934 in Mexico. He lived on St. John for many years. He worked initially at Caneel Bay and later opened a family business, Marcelino’s Bakery, in Mongoose Junction. PSC Approves $2 Rate Hike for Red Hook Run, $2 Decrease for DowntownOn Wednesday night, April 1, the Public Services Commission voted to rescind the $1.10 fuel sur charge which had been in place since June 6, 2008. Wrapping up a months-long rate investigation, the public service regulators voted to raise the adult oneway fare from Cruz Bay to Red Hook from $5 to $7. The board also voted to lower the adult one-way fare from Cruz Bay to Charlotte Amalie from $10 to $8.VINP Ofcials Clear Estate Sieben and Re-route TrailAs more and more hikers traverse trails in the remote regions of Virgin Islands National Park, it can tect ruins and collect artifacts. Such became the case in the Estate Sieben area after a trail map distributed on island showed a path cutting directly through several ruins, explained VINP archaeologist Ken Wild. “The trail was literally cutting right over historic structures,” Wild said. “Basically we have more trafthe surface before it disappears.” The area is a rich in history and attractations. Love City’s sole boab tree is located on the property once owned by Johan Sieben who establishd a sugar plantation at the stie 1721 and moved there from St. Thomas, according to historian Chuck Pishko. April 6-12, 2009Roundabout Construction Continues demolition of a roadway as construction of the roundabbout in Cruz Bay continued. John R. Littlechild and Jennifer Elaine Dorn were married on March 17 on the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Florida, in front of family and friends The couple got engaged on St. John and is planing to move to the island next Spring. Congratulations!

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14 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 April 13-19, 2009 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2 Easter Bunny and First Lady Cecile deJongh Celebrate with St. John YouthMore Lanes Close as Construction on Roundabout ContinuesStaff and Guests Wish Maho Founder Stanley Selengut Happy 80th BirthdayPetition Drive Underway To Change Ferry Rate Hike weeks which adds up quickly. And that is before all of the other transportation costs once you get to St. Thomas. A lot of people really can’t afford it.”– Sherry-Ann Francis, St. John residentNew Entrance at Caneel Bay Resort April 20-26, 2009Ernest St. Clair Wells Celebrates 100th BirthdayNew Trial Possible for Convicted Cockayne Killer prosecutors could result in a new trial for the only man convicted of the 2007 murder of Jamie Cockayne — a crime that cast a harsh national spotlight on St. John and the Virgin Islands justice system. V.I. Superior Court Judge Brenda Hollar heard arguments Friday, April 18, requesting another trial for Jahlil Ward based on new evidence — state ments from at least four witnesses who claim they heard Ward’s codefendant, Kamal Thomas, confess to stabbing Cockayne in Cruz Bay and leaving the 21-year-old Pennsylvania man for dead.The unassuming entrance to the major transformation. The new entrance provides the resort with an increased level of security to meet federal requirements for the resort’s inter-island passenger ferry service. V.I. Unity Day Formally Asks PSC To Reconsider Ferry Rate Hike

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 15 WR-CBPrime TW 1/2010.indd 1 12/31/09 2:54:20 PM Tourist Beaten, Robbed in Cruz Bay on First Night of Vacation the last ferry here. I walked off the dock and around to where Joe’s Diner is and I was asking for directions to a taxi or the Westin. My memory is that a group of turned into something else real quick.”– Assault and robbery victim 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2Ivan “Cookie” Chinnery Sentenced to 15 Years for Sexual Offense of GirlParents, Friends, Dignitaries Celebrate Opening of St. John Montessori School April 27-May 3, 2009Hundreds of Students Pack VINP Field for Friends’ Earth Day Fair Ruby Rutnik Softball TourneyWhitney Bess and Evanna Chinnery sang the “National Anthem” and “V.I. March” during on Friday night, April 17. St. John Man Arrested for Possession, Intent To Distribute Crack CocaineEstate Bethany resident Steven Reichel was arrested last week for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, trespassing, disturbing the peace and illegal transfer of license plates, but only the possession charge stuck after his probable cause hearing. GBS Flotilla Fundraiser Is Fun-lledThe Coral Bay Yacht Club hosted the almost-annual Guy Benjamin School Flotilla on Saturday, April 18, at Miss Vie’s Campground. The day provided students and parents with a morning sail from Coral Bay to Hansen Bay.

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Letters to St. John Tradewinds EDITOR/PUBLISHER MaLinda Nelson malinda@tradewinds.vi NEWS EDITOR Jaime Elliott jaime@tradewinds.vi WRITERS Andrea Milam, Susan Mann, and Mauri Elbel COLUMNISTS/ CONTRIBUTORS Sis Frank, Eliza Magro, Afrika Anhtony, Chuck Pishko, Vern Tonge, Jeff Smith, Paul Devine, Jerry Runyon, Andrew Rutnik, and Dustin Prudhomme ADVERTISING advertising@tradewinds.vi CIRCULATION Rohan Roberts NEWSLINE Tel. (340) 776-6496 Fax (340) 693-8885 www.tradewinds.vi editor@tradewinds.vi MAILING ADDRE SS Tradewinds Publishing P.O. Box 1500 St. John, VI 00831 SUBSCRIPTIONS U.S. & U.S.V.I. only $70.00 per year THIRD CLASS PERMIT U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 3 St. John, VI 00831 COPYRIGHT 2009All rights reserved. No reproduction of news stories, letters, columns, photographs or advertisements allowed without written permission from the publisher. TRADEWINDS PUBLISHINGThe Community Newspaper Since 1972 16 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 St. John Capital Improvement Fund Should Be for St. JohnDear Governor John deJongh, I wish to address an issue for you to consider. Recently, the legislature acted on returning the St. John Capital Improvement Fund from waste management to be used for actual capital improvements on St. John. That bill now sits on your desk for signing, and I urge you to do so. For 20 years, our capital improve ments have been used for everything but capital improvements for St. John. Since it’s inception, this fund should have provided about $40 million for St. John improvements, yet we have not received funds for improvements, only trash hauling. Unlike any other island, we have to pay twice for Public Works and Waste Management Authority, and second to pay for our trash hauling. No other island pays a special “tipping fee,” which is so wrong. However, using this fund, we could purchase the four acres of land at the Enighed Pond from the Port Authority which sits fenced and dormant, but could be used for so many improvements for our island. On this land, Cruz Bay’s “second city” could be built, relieving the pressure cooker atmosphere of Cruz Bay. On this land we could create parking, a Carnival amphitheater and Vendors Village, a car rental area (just like at an airport), a taxi staging area freeing the congestion downtown, and a park life atmosphere complimenting St. John. If we don’t move to acquire this land from the Port Authority for better uses, the Port Authority plans to use it as an empty trailer parking area. Just what Cruz Bay doesn’t need, more industrial, instead of a resident and visitor friendly site. I would like to discuss this further with you at some time, because if left to the Port Authority, further mismanagement of the island’s waterfronts will continue. The Port Authority’s new plan for the Creek removes parking and increases congestion downtown, just what we don’t need, yet we are powerless to change. Have you seen the big black fence, complete with barbed wire, at our Creek? St. Thomas’ waterfront, with ferries, cruise ship passengers, mega yachts, down island boats, etc., doesn’t have a fence, but little St. John must look like a prison. The people of St. John consider this an insult. Governor, we are all in this together. We need to improve our islands. We need to stimulate the quality communities if we want to be the beautiful paradise we claim to be. Please, sign our St. John Capital Improvement Fund Bill and let’s move forward with beautifying St. John. My best to you, Steve Black Craig, staff, and others, It is easy to become mesmerized by details of industrial design and chemical engineering. I would rather leave the details for analysis by true experts. Petroleum coke is largely a global waste product that nofor this dreadful fuel that is loaded with toxins. The proposal is NOT to burn petroleum coke, but to impregnate with pet coke processed that we in the VI have demonstrated no interest in sorting at any step in the disposal stream. We do not have the garbage stream to maintain a 24 hour a day through the year incinerator -that is precisely why the proposal demanded we import pet coke, not just from St. Croix, but from any entity desperate to rid themselves of it. It has become apparent to me that the “alternative energy” cam paign we all heard so much about, associated with a $5 million plus evaluation of bids -completely rigged for a particular evaluator who eventually won the contract -was a charade. This morning I saw Waste Mgt Authority advertising for a public relations contract to sell this rotten deal to the citizenry. I would hasten to add that we will not get there if these two Waste lease of toxic chemicals into our atmosphere will sicken our residents, reduce tourism and strap us with a serious toxics disposal dilemma. I am not drinking the Kool Aid because I am certain that the Virgin Islands deserves genuine alternative energy, and solar energy is our best option. Photovoltaic infrastructure must be largely decentralized, with Alpine Deal will Sicken Residents, Reduce Tourism Technical Information Needed on Alphine AgreementOpen Letter T o (Senator) Craig Barshinger, I read in the paper yesterday that there will be a hearing next Thursday on St. John regarding the Alpine energy proposals. I’d like to participate, but unfortunately I feel extremely handicapped in my ability to ask any intel ligent questions. Although I’ve been following the story in the papers, I have seen absolutely nothing on details of the process by which garbage and pet coke will be combusted and then noxious components of the combustion gases removed to allow those released to meet EPA standards. I’ve also searched the web for examples of this ing paper on a process for burning pet coke, which I’m attaching. However, this process had only been investigated by computer modeling, and did not include burning garbage. I assume that detailed description of the process has been provided to WAPA in order for them to eval uate its feasibility. Given that they chose this technology over other available ones to meet their mandate to purchase energy from alternative providers, it must be very cool! In light of the considerable opposition to this project, it’s a mystery to me why its proponents are not trumpeting it from the rooftops in support of their proposal. As chairman of the Senate committee with over sight in this area, I assume you have this detailed information. Please forward it to me at your earliest possible convenience so that I’ll have time to review it prior to the hearing and prepare some relevant questions and remarks. There are probably others being cc’d on this who would be interested as well. Perhaps you could direct us to a web link where all interested parties could get the information. Y ours, Chris Clark major way, replacing the aged oil burners and boilers with a modern energy infrastructure. I believe that large wind turbines on our ridge lines, particularly in rain on St. Croix), will discourage tourism because it detracts from the scenic beauty of our islands. We must replace this debate with a serious discussion about CLEAN alternative energy for our future that does not contribute to global warming. Thanks for listening, Gary Ray Continued Below Right Continued from Above LeftAlpine Deal will Sicken Residents, Reduce Tourism

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 17 Let’s Get the Facts About Petcoke St. John Tradewinds Keeping Track2009 TO-DATEHomicide: 1 1st Degree Burglaries: 6 Under Investigation: 6 Solved: 1 2nd Degree Burglaries: 17 Under Investigation: 16 Solved: 1 Under Investigation: 66 Solved: 4 Grand Larcenies: 67 Under Investigation: 64 Under Investigation: 1 2010 TO-DATE 2nd Degree Burglaries: 1 Under Investigation: 1 Grand Larcenies: 2 Under Investigation: 2 During the Holiday season, the Water and Power Authority, Waste Management Authority and Alpine Energy Group have been bombarding Virgin Islanders with paid advertisements, or “FACTS” as they deemed, in order to persuade Virgin Islanders that the construction in 2010 of two petroleum coke and gar bage fueled incinerators on St. Thomas and St. Croix for generating electricity is in their best interest. Subsequently, WAPA has invited Virgin Islanders to attend any of the town hall meetings scheduled for St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John with the inten tion that Virgin Islanders should bring an open mind, but with a caveat: for those who testify against the prove why the Alpine method should be rejected over any other method of generating electricity and gar bage disposal. After reading the advertised series paid for by Vir gin Islanders and published in the Daily News, St. Croix Avis and Island Trader, I am convinced that I, as well as a majority of those who read the adver tisements, did not fully understand nor have the resources to disseminate and compare the information to other proposals. Now I am no scientist, chemical engineer or coal tycoon; but as a fairly educated person, I know that any hypothesis stated true (FACT) with a series of proper proofs can be refuted by an opposing hypothesis with its own set of proofs, depending on whose side you are on (Albert Einstein’s and Stephen Hawking’s theories, Darwinism vs. Creationism, etc.). And as a descendant of natives of the Danish West Indies, who valued common sense, common sense sonous gasses, and make no mistake-petroleum coke human health and the environment. The incinerator stack emissions will release into Virgin Island air sulfur dioxide, mercury, lead, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, benzene, vanadium, cadmium, volatile organic compounds, ozone and dioxins. That is a FACT. How much? Any amount is too much. Virgin Islanders households collect rainwater on house roofs, which is then stored in cisterns and used for drinking, bathing, washing, watering vegetable gardens and fruit trees. The water will become contaminated with toxic chemicals particularly dioxins. The Virgin Islands is geographically susceptible FACT. The ash from the incinerators, considered toxic waste by the Environmental Protection Agency will be impacted by natural disasters. The pollution will contaminate the soil and coastal waters, endangering human health and wildlife. The $440 million cost of the agreements and all of Virgin Islands’ electric ratepayers well into the 21st century. All inherent risks in the contracts will be borne by ratepayers, even if Alpine Energy Corporation fails in its agreements. That is a FACT. The Virgin Islands is in non-compliance in resolving its waste issue as mandated by the EPA — also a FACT. WAPA and WMA have had many years and a great many opportunities to be at the forefront of waste processing technology and electrical genera tion by using renewable energy. Now that the deadline is approaching-and the crisis is looming, both authorities are desperate to convince Virgin Islanders that the Alpine Energy Group contracts are the only solution. There is the industrial process that can be used recial gain to the Virgin Islands. Virgin Islanders must be enlightened to a new environmental plan for the planet; they need to know that they have the power to push their administrators to explore new electricitygenerating technology, such as wind, solar and water. I am convinced WAPA’s and the WMA’s push for the Alpine Energy Group proposals are not in the Virgin simple: the islands are blessed with clean air now; with incinerators it will be dirty dangerous air; and that’s a FACT. Moriah Jacobs St. John resident St. John Tradewinds’ Keeping Track data comes from the V.I. Police Department’s Leander Jurgen Command Incident Log, an John. Alcholics Anonymous Meetings Alcoholics Anonymous meets as scheduled: Sundays, 9:45 a.m. at Hawksnest Bay Beach; Closed meeting for alcoholic only at Nazareth Lutheran Church at 5:30 on Tuesdays; Open meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cruz Bay; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Moravian Church, Coral Bay. Narcotics Anonymous Meetings Narcotics Anonymous has open meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Saturday at St. Ursula’s Church. Al-Anon Meetings Al-Anon meets on St. John every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the p.m. at St. Ursula’s Multi-purpose center. Alateen Meetings Alateen will meet on Mondays at St. Ursula’s Church from 6 to 7 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in attending. What Do You Think? Send your letters to editor@tradewinds.viNEXT DEADLINE: THURSDAY , JANUARY 14

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18 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 An Encounter with Marine Biologist Jeff Miller and co-worker Andy Davis encountered the scientists were on their way to Buck Island recently. The scientists of St. Croix when they spotted non-aggressive whales.NPS Returns Y oung Hawksbill Sea T urtle to Hawksnest Bay After RehabilitationPaddy, a young Hawksbill turtle found stranded and distressed on Beach on March 17, was returned to the same area on Thursday, May 21, by NPS employee Christy McManus after being rehabilitated at Coral World.Top Gun, Sweet Ting, Soma Win Around St. John RaceMaLinda Media Wins Big at Addy AwardsMaLinda Media swept the categories it had entered winning two golds and three silvers in the 28th Annual Virgin Islands Advertising Federation Addy Awards on Saturday, April 25, on St. Thomas. 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2 April 27-May 3, 2009 cont. Michael Stanislas Sentenced to 15 Years for Estate Enighed Robbery and ShootingA year and a half after robbing a poker game and shooting a V.I. National Park employee, Michael Stanislas was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week. Stanislas, a 28-year-old St. Thomas resident, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 5, by V.I. Superior Court Judge Leon Kendall to for possession of a dangerous weapon, sevrobbery and an additional seven years for $5,000 for the weapons charge.Ferry Fares To Remain at Current Rate – for NowThe price of riding the ferry to Red Hook will not increase for at least 60 days, if at all. At a Tuesday evening, May 12, meeting before a packed house of about 80 people at the St. John Legislature building, V.I. Public Services Commission members voted to stay their order, passed last month, to increase most ferry fares for runs between St. John and St. Thomas. O’dege Sails To 2nd Commodore’s Cup Victory May 4-10, 2009 Exotic Super Pests Decimating Native St. John Agave Trees Artist Annie Hingham Dies In Early Morning Car Accident Mat Vacharat Wins Ultimate Chef Challenge Downpours Drench Love City5.79 Inches of rain dropped on Monday, May 4.Queen and Princess Shows Will Include St. Thomas Contestants VIPD Arrest Two Men for Robbery, Assault of Tourist John arrested 18-year-old Jah-Wada Jones and 19-year-old Lawrence Powell Jr. and charged them with second degree robbery, third degree assault and grand larceny in connection with the April 12 robbery of a 55-year-old visitor to the island. May 18-24, 2009Nahim Jolly Arrested for Stealing Laptop from Gifft Hill School Friends of VINP Welcome Cavanaugh As New Development DirectorWith a background in publication, mar keting and fund raising, Noreen Cavanaugh brings a wealth of experience to the Friends of V.I. National Park.Ina Alicia George Dies Charles Smalls, 82, Passes Away May 25-31, 2009 One Dies, One Recovers After Being Overcome in CisternA 33-year-old St. Thomas man died and a 42-year-old St. John man recovered after they were overcome by fumes in a cistern at a home in Fish Bay. The worker who tern, according to witnesses. The man who survived had recovered consciousness after being overcome and was able to get out of the cistern while rescue workers donned breathing aparatus to bring the second victim out.

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 19 Love City Jumps Up for Javon at Fun Day; Scholarship Awarded to Malik StevensThe threat of rain couldn’t keep more than 100 Love City residents from cel ebrating what would have been Javon Jade Alfred’s twelfth birthday at the JJ Fun Day on Saturday, May 23, at the Winston Wells known to friends and family, was killed on December 22, 2004, when he was struck by a delivery truck as he walked home from a school Christmas party.W agapalooza Nets $25,000 T o Keep ACC Running Through DecemberMarketplace Gym Reopens Under Original ManagementSt. John Hosts Sea Space SymposiumToxic Gases in Cistern Caused Death of Construction WorkerToxic gases were to blame in the death of Fritzner Referve, 43, of St. Thomas, Examiner Francisco Landron. Referve died in the early morning hours of Friday, May 22, after he was overcome the previous day while working in a cistern at a home under construction in Fish Bay. 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2 May 25-31, 2009 continued Demanding the DOE Hires Ms. Roskin, GBS PTO Takes to the Street in ProtestThe halls of Guy Benjamin School were just about empty on Thursday, June 4, as parents kept students home as part of a planned Parent Teacher Organization protest to demand the hiring of Jane Roskin. About 10 GBS PTO members, parents and students stood outside the school holding posters which read “We Need Mrs. Roskin At Our School — No More Excuses,” and “Together We Can Make Guy Benjamin Great.” There were only about 18 of the 100 students in attendance on June 4. Camille Paris, 73, Passes Away June 1-7, 2009Caneel Employee Suffers Minor Injuries After Being Run Over by BoatAn employee of the Caneel Bay Resort suffered lacerations to his shoulder after a boating accident on Friday evening, May 22. The employee borrowed the boat from the resort and was just leaving Caneel when the accident occurred around 10 p.m. The man lost control of the boat when his shirt became stuck in the steering wheel, explained V.I. National Park Acting Chief Ranger Jeff Mihan. Memorial Day Honors Veterans Power Swim Attracts Record Numbers, Raises $15,000The Friends of the VINP hosted its sixth annual power swim on Sunday, May 24, generating a record number of participants and approximately $15,000 that will benKessler, Friends president. With Win Over Prestige, Westin Takes First Men’s Flag Football League Championshipson wrapped up on Wednesday, May 20, with Westin beating Prestige in a closely contested match which ended with the resort team on top 32 to 28. June 8-14, 2009 Drowning Reported at HoneymoonV.I. Police Department St. John Deputy Chief Darren Foy reported that a 65-yearold female tourist apparently drowned on Honeymoon Beach on St. John on Wednesday, June 4. Police were dispatched to that location just before 12 p.m. June 4 and encountered a woman unresponsive on the beach. The North Carolina, who was staying at Bluebeard’s Beach Club on St. Thomas.J’Nay Penn Graduates As Valedictorian of IEKHSSelengut Donates 2.2-Acre Nanny Point to Trust for Public LandLocated on Nanny Point on the southeast coast of St. John, the site was owned by Stanley Selengut, owner of Maho Bay Campground and Estate Concordia. Coral Bay Triangle Getting A Face Lift“I want to get this thing up as quickly as possible. Once we have the design complete and the mate rials and funds together, we’ll get together and get it up. It will be like an old fashioned barn raising.” Ariel Powell, 28, Dies Jessie Alice (Todd) Turner Fitzgerald Passes Away June 8-14, 2009 JESS Graduates Reminded To Make Good Choices

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20 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 St. John Tradewinds Crime Stoppers is asking the community’s help to solve the following crimes. Even the smallest bit of information may be just what law enforcement needs to solve these cases. St. John On December 27 at about 6:30 p.m., a black backpack containing a woman’s US passport and a black iPhone in an orange case were stolen from a grey Isuzu Trooper while parked at the Mar ketplace. The minimum reward for this arrest is $357. St. Thomas On December 25 at about 12:20 a.m. in the area of Silver Dollar Convenience Store, four masked individuals in a white Toyota Camry robbed and dominoes, wounding six individuals. Help police identify these shooters and get these thugs off the streets. The minimum reward for the arrest of the four suspects is $2,500 St. Croix On August 18, 2008 at about 1:40 a.m., residents of Williams Delight reported a number of Shada Mustafa lying in his front yard with several gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital but later died. Help detectives identify the killer(s). The minimum reward for this arrest is $1,250. Community members can submit tips to Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The tips are completely anonymous, and the stateside operators are bilingual. Tipsters can also submit tips online at www.CrimeStoppersUSVI.org or by texting “USVI” plus your message to CRIMES (274637). If a tip leads to an arrest or the recovery of stolen property, illegal drugs, or weapons, the tipster receives a cash reward to be paid according to their instructions. Only anonymous callers to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash rewards. Crime Stoppers is pleased to report that in 2009 we received 508 tips. This is over twice what was expected and Crime Stoppers thanks the entire community for sending a strong message to criminals in the territory that law-abiding citizens and law enforcement are working to put an end to this crime spree, thus making the USVI a safer place to live, work, and raise a family.Crossword Answers — Puzzle on Page 22 Crime Stoppers USVI: Crimes of the Week Kalin Ivanov will be performing at St. John School of the Arts on Thursday, January 28, at 8 p.m. This world-renowned cellist is gaining recognition as an artist whose “dramatic urgency and expressive tone” (The STRAD, New York) is matched by “his deep, emotional, and poetic performing style” (Moscow North). From Barber to Brahms and Schumann to Vivaldi, this performance will entice all music lovers. A native of Bulgaria, Ivanov began studying cello at age six and now holds a Master of Music degree from Brooklyn College. Don’t miss this wonderful night of the classics on St. John. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at Connections or at the door. Space is limited. World Renowned Cellist Performing at St. John School of the Arts Jan. 28St. John Rescue is looking for volunteers to join its dedicated in Coral Bay. Please contact Bob Malacarne at 626-5118 or Chris Jordan at 514-4793.St. John Rescue Needs VolunteersSt. John Tradewinds The Virgin Islands was awarded approximately $1.4 million from the National Telecommunications Information Administration of the Department of Commerce under their Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program (BTOP) last week. The monies will fund mapping of the territory’s existing broadband network and funding for planning the expansion of the territory’s telecommunications facilities, explained Governor John deJongh. “This competitive federal stimulus grant award will allow us to begin the process that will result in our being able to provide reliable broadband services to the territory’s residents and businesses,” deJongh said. “This is a key initiative towards bringing the critical infrastructure to further spur economic growth in the territory and enable our community to participate in communications and internet worlds without limita tion.” In May 2009, deJongh hosted all of the existing telecom and broadband service providers, as well as the V.I. Water and Power Authority and the Univer sity of the Virgin Islands’ Research and Technology Park to begin the effort which led to this award. to outline the government’s vision in submitting an application to the BTOP and gain the cooperation and participation of these stakeholders in sharing vital information about their networks that is critical to procreate a national broadband map and then to form the basis for developing the plans for expanding the terri tory’s broadband infrastructure,” deJongh said. Local service providers participating in the meet ing were Innovative Communications, Choice Communications, Broadband VI, Clear Signal Network Solutions, ADM Wireless, AT&T Cellular, and Sprint Cellular. Following a competitive bid process, Stratum Broadband Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts was contracted to assist the OEO in submitting the grant application for the mapping and planning initiatives as well as to develop the engineering and business strategy. It is anticipated that the base data on mapping will be completed in February and that a submission of a second competitive grant application for network build out funding will take place. “Our success in this area complements efforts that are underway by the University’s Research and Technology Park to expand our e-commerce platform offerings to drive business development in the territory and the recent government submissions of a federal stimulus grant application to build out our health information exchange infrastructure and recent approval of a federal grant to development and implement a Medicaid management information system,” deJongh said.VI Awarded $1.4 Million Grant for Broadband MappingThe St. John Historical Society will explore the historical landscape of Waterlemon Bay on Saturday, January 23, beginning at 9 a.m. and starting from the Annaberg parking lot. While the Annaberg sugar factory epitomizes singularity in colonial-era industrial design and function, the sprawling remains at neighboring Waterlemon Bay are a study in diversity. Join historian David Knight for an in-depth exploration of what was once the island’s most active and densely-populated coastline. appropriate protective clothing for sun and thorny bush. Also pack sunscreen, bug repellent, a towel, plenty of drinking water and a snack. Still cameras are welcome, but no video or recording devices. SJHS activities are free to members and guests; a donation of $25 per person from participating non-members is appreciated. Explore Waterlemon Bay on Jan. 23

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Saturday, January 2 5:55 a.m. An Estate Pastory resident r/ that her boyfriend assaulted her. Assault. 9:11 a.m. A citizen c/requesting police assistance with removing an individual from Mongoose Junction. Police assistance. 6:35 p.m. Central Dispatch c/r an auto accident in the area of Dolphin Market. Auto accident. Sunday, January 3 10:00 a.m. An Estate Grunwald resident c/requesting police assistance. Police assistance. Monday, January 4 9:30 a.m. A member of St. John Rescue c/r seeing suspicious males on the beach at Chocolate Hole. 10:15 a.m. An Estate Spring Garden resident r/ being assaulted by a male. Aggravated assault and battery. 11:08 a.m. An Estate Enighed resident r/ lost documents. Lost documents. 5:00 p.m. A St. Thomas resiat the Cruz Bay dock. Simple assault and battery. 8:27 p.m. A visitor r/ a bur glary. Burglary in the second. 9:23 p.m. A citizen c/r a disturbance in the area of the National Park Service parking lot. Disturbance of the peace. T uesday, January 5 1:33 p.m. An Estate Carolina resident c/r being threatened on the telephone. Telephone harassment. 4:25 p.m. A Belleuve Village resident p/r that she lost her postal money orders. Lost property. 5:17 p.m. A V.I. National Park ranger r/ an accidental injury. Accidental injury. 8:40 p.m. A citizen c/r the smell of marijuana near her residence. Suspicious act. 9:40 p.m. A dinghy ran aground near Moorehad Point. No injuries were reported. Police assistance. W ednesday, January 6 12:20 p.m. A St. Thomas sault and battery. 12:45 p.m. An Estate Enighed resident r/ an assault. Assault and battery. 3:13 p.m. Central Dispatch c/r a burglary in Estate Adrian. Unfounded burglary. 3:15 p.m. A minor p/r she was assaulted at her home. Aggravated assault and battery, D.V. 4:40 p.m. A citizen p/r that his tenant broke his door. Destruction of property. Thursday, January 7 4:00 a.m. Central Dispatch c/r a burglary in progress in Chocolate Hole. Police assistance. 10:25 a.m. An employee of Waterfront Bistro c/r a larceny. Grand larceny. 2:49 p.m. A John’s Folly resident r/ that someone stole his roosters, valued at $4,000. Grand larceny. 11:33 p.m. An Estate Enighed resident p/r she was assaulted by a male. Court order violation. Friday, January 8 12:51 a.m. A citizen r/ someone removed his dinghy from Cruz Bay. Unauthorized use of vessel. 1:22 a.m. A citizen r/ he was assaulted by three males in the area of Wharfside Village. Simple assault.St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 21 EM E RG E NCY NUMB E RS: St. John Police Dept: 340-693-8880 St. John Tradewinds The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands announces the launch of its 2010 Mini-Grant Program. The mini-grant program was established by CFVI to offer support to school based groups, communiand individuals who propose innovative programs that support the mission of CFVI which is to enhance educational, cultural, social, physical, and the environmental well-being of children, youth and families in the U.S. Virgin Islands. “For the 14th consecutive year, CFVI is able to offer these grants which enable hard-working volunteers to provide services to Vir gin Islands’ children and families in after-school and summer programs” said CFVI’s president Dee Baecher-Brown. These mini grants range from $250 to $1,000 and are awarded on a competitive basis to applicants from St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. Completed applications for 2010 mini-grants must be postmarked or faxed by Friday, February 12. Successful applicants will be required to submit a brief written report, receipts for expenditures and, if possible, contribute visual documentation, on the use of the grant at the end of the funding period. Applications can also be requested via email at general.info@ cfvi.net or kwilliams@cfvi.net. Or pick up an application at Connections in Cruz Bay. CFVI 2010 Mini-Grants AvailableCarabana Ensemble Theater Company opened its thirteenth season at the Cinnamon Bay amphitheater on Thursday, January 7, with its presentation of “Benjie.” The mono-drama Benjie is the story of Guy Benjamin, a leading educator, community activist and storyteller on St. John. His story is told through the lesson of a grade school teacher to her class. The play was written and directed by Clarence Cuthbertson and feather Kathleen Pascal as Miss Kay, the grade school teacher. The play will run each Thursday at 7 p.m. through April 29. Admission is free. For more information call 779-4940.Carabana Ensemble Presents “Benjie” at Cinnamon Bay on Thursday Nights set for Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold Center at the University of the Virgin Islands. The much anticipated concert features Curtis Salgado, Trampled Under Food and Eden Brent. VI Bridal and Tuxedo at Tutu Park Mall; Home Again at Red Hook Plaza; Eccentric Shoe Boutique; Urban Threadz at Havensight; and at Connections on St. John. Please note that tickets are going quite fast so make plans early. For more information check out stthomasbluesfestival.com.First Annual St. Thomas Blues Festival Set for January 22 at ReichholdDepartment of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Robert Mathes announced last week that the Division of Building Permits advised all applicants who have obtained an Occupancy Permit from 1995 to 2007 and all approved plans from 2005 through 2008 that were not picked up, to come in to DPNR and pick up their building plans. As mandated by the International Residential Code and the International Building Code, DPNR will hold construction plans only six months after the Occupancy permit has been issued.DPNR’s Building Permits Division Is Discarding Old Buidling Plans ment at the eight annual free marriage vow renewal with Love City’s famous barefoot minister Anne Marie Porter. The ceremony will be on Sunday, February 14, at 5 p.m. at Trunk Bay beach. So far 630 couples have enjoyed the free, fun event. No registration is required, just show up! For more informa tion call Cathy Dove at 642-2182 or email Cathy@bookitvi.com.Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Free Vow Renewal at Trunk Bay CeremonyThe Department of Human Services announces a free 12-week training session for directors, managers and board members of The sessions will begin on January 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the DHS Video Conference CenterSt. Thomas Call Ms. Warrington at 774-0930 ext. 4103 for more informa tion and registration forms. Space is limited, so register promptly.Dept. of Human Services Offering Free Training for Non-Prot Organizations

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22 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 DOUBLING UP ON THE STAGEACROSS 1 Snow coaster 9 Skiers’ lift 22 Loving sort 24 Start of a riddle 26 Gossip blogger Hilton 28 It airs “Nova” and “Nature” 29 — -de-sac 41 Moral nature of a group 44 Summer, in Nantes (pen brand) 47 Flat — pancake 49 Water, in Nantes informally 66 Draw in outline 67 Chit letters 76 With 84-Across, kids’ card game 77 According to — (by the rules) 78 Health insurance company 81 Sonic — 84 See 76-Across 92 Shallow pan 94 Belly 98 Ending for home 111 James Bond creator Fleming 112 GA neighbor 121 Avonlea girl 122 Entertainer Durbin Manhattan 124 Lasting mark 126 Gives a new hue to 127 Pine product DOWN 1 Lipton rival 2 Erudite folks 4 Feasted 6 “What’s the —?” (“Who cares?”) 7 Hook shape 8 “— if you’ve heard this one ...” 9 Plait of hair 11 Year, in Oporto 12 Station porter 16 Uninhibited 18 Bow-wielding god 21 Get on a Greyhound, e.g. 27 Squash type wake me!” 42 Guy rowing Stephen Foster song 46 A step below so-so 47 Burning up 48 Not hollow Wanted” host John 61 Shout in tag 62 Occasion for the Vietnamese holiday Tet roses 64 “I’ve got my eye —!” 69 Amoco rival 71 High peaks 72 Destructive precipitation 79 Dictator Amin 82 One of a pair of biblical nations 84 Fabric that shimmers 87 Verdi work 88 Thick porridge 89 Mere commoner 91 Insect head parts 97 People dozing off 99 “Juarez” actor Brian 116 Horse feed 117 Legal addendum? 118 Oath answer 119 Guy doll PREMIER Crossword Monday, January 11 Coral Bay residents are invited to attend a community meeting on Monday, January 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John’s Folly Learning Institute. T uesday, January 12 The St. John Historical Society will host its January membership meeting on Tuesday, January 12, at the Bethany Moravian Church Hall, beginning at 7 p.m. W ednesday, January 13 Senator at Large Craig Barshinger will host the next Committee of Economic Development, Energy and Technology hearing on Wednesday, January 13, at 9 a.m. in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas. Thursday, January 14 The V.I. Water and Power Authority, V.I. Waste Management Authority and Alpine Energy Group are hosting a series of town hall meetings this week across the territory. On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday, January 14, at the Cruz Bay Legislature building from 6 to 9 p.m. For more informa tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050. W ednesday, January 20 Crimestoppers USVI is having a birthday party on St. John on Wednesday, January 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz Bay Battery. Friday, January 22 Walker St. Thomas Blues Festival is set for Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold Center at the University of the Virgin Islands. Friday, January 22 For The Sea Productions, created by award-winning Livnatto, was designed to promote marine conservation via visual experience. He will bring his entertaining and eduto the St. John School of the Arts on Friday, January 22 Saturday, January 23 The St. John Historical Society will explore the historical landscape of Waterlemon Bay on Saturday, January 23, beginning at 9 a.m. and starting from the Annaberg parking lot. Sunday, January 24 Friends of V.I. National Park is hosting its 2010 Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree Lizards Restaurant at Cinnamon Bay Campground. Thursday, January 28 — Kalin Ivanov will be performing at St. John School of the Arts on Thursday, January 28, at 8 p.m. — “Crowns,” a Gospel Musical about the story of six African American women, will open at Pistarckle Theater on January 28. — The Department of Human Services will host public hearings to discuss the new rules and regulations for administering child-care facilities across the territory. On St. John the meeting will be on ?? , January 28, at St. Ursula’s Senior Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay, from 6 to 9 p.m. d run through February 14. Saturday, January 30 St. John School of the Arts Dance-a-thon will be on Saturday, January 20, from 7 to 11 p.m. at The Westin Resort. Saturday, February 6 The annual Friends of VINP Gala will be on Saturday, February 6, at Janet and Martin Marshall’s Villa in Great Cruz Bay. Sunday, February 14 Celebrate Valentine’s Day mitment at the eight annual free marriage vow renewal with Love City’s minister Anne Marie Porter. The ceremony will St. John Tradewinds welcomes notices of community-orient 776-6496, e-mail editor@tradewinds.vi or fax 693-8885.

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 23 For Rent Commerical STORAGE: SECURED LOCKERS Sizes to 10’ x 12’, Autos, Boats, Trailers. Call For Rates: 779-4445 www.properyachts.com EVERYTHING YOU NEED ON EVERY LEVEL GREAT PLACE TO SHOP, DINE AND WORK COME JOIN US WE HAVE SPACES AVAILABLE RETAIL, OFFICE AND STORAGE 340-776-6455 RELIABLE MOBILE AUTO REPAIRProfessional and experi enced. Brakes, CV Joints, Suspensions, Shocks, Alternators, Timing Belts, General Engine, Repair, Foreign & Domestic. All Work Guaranteed. Call 227-9574 The Lumberyard Down Town Cruz Bay Where St. John Does BusinessCommercial Space AvailableFor Space Call Nick 771-3737 Short-term Rental NEW FOR SEASON: Affordable, clean, cute 2 bedroom apartment for rent short-term. Ideal Cruz Bay location provides an easy short walk to the ferry dock, taxi stand and V.I. National Park hiking trails. Accommodates up to four people Starting at $1000/week. For availability and more information, email: stjohnrental@earthlink.net. Glass/Screens Need a Caretaker? Honest, reliable, construction experience, college degree, drug free, experienced boater, male 29 yrs, available February. Jimmy Neighbors 602-312-5235 COMPLETE GLASSES$79 Single Vision $109 BifocalsDr. Craig Friedenberg779-2020 PLENTY OF PARKING GOOD TRAFFIC FLOW SCENIC PROPERTIES 340-693-7777 CRUZ BAY: Cruz Bay Apartments One bedroom/one bath $1200; Two bedroom/ one bath/w/d $1600; Two bedroom/2 bath/w/d $1600; Two bedroom/2 bath/pool/ w/d $2000; Two bedroom/2 bath/w/d $2200; Two bedroom/1 bath/w/d in Cruz Bay 2200; Three bedroom/2 bath/w/d $1700; Large three bedroom/2 bath/w/d/pool $2800 Coral Bay One bedroom apt/w/d $1250; Two bedroom/2 bath house/washer $1800; One bedroom/one bath/w/d $1400 Coral Bay-2+BR 1BA house w/yard near mini market $1,400. Available for business-commercial use at higher rate. 693.3399 Cruz Bay Watersports 776-6857Get a Tan and a Paycheck! snorkeling, sailing trips to the BVI, etc. Growing watersports company has immediate openings: NEXT AD DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 For Rent Services new center with market, bank, spa & more ofce/retail space available 1036 sq. ft. reasonable rates / exible terms excellent location next to Westin call Emily for info. #776-6666 1036 sq. ft./ 726 sq. ft. HOUSE FOR RENT : 2 bd/2 ba Mt. top house, 30 mile views, paved road, 5 min to Coral Bay, 20 min. Cruz Bay, wrap around covered porches, A/C, W/D. $1895/mo. 561-832-3040 561-602-9484 Coral Bay, Seagrape Hill, view of Hurricane Hole, clean, safe, quiet, furnished 2 bedroom $1400/month and 1 bedroom $1000/month. 610-739-3361 SUZUKI ISLAND CAR FOR SALE Partially renovated, $1500 OBO. Call Richard 340 642-5358 GLASS MIRRORS GLASS SHOWERS SCREENS TABLE TOPSAcross from Inspection Lane, Sub Base, STT, 777-9269 An EDC Qualied SupplierLICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND P AINTING Commerical Misc. Autos Boating/Yachting Employment Employment House for Rent. Coral Bay 2-BR, 1 1/2 bath, washer/dryer. Large deck with harbor view. Direct bus route access. $1,400 mo. First and last rent up front. 302-381-5247. New 2BR, furnished, large bath, off-street parking, ceiling fans, microwave, security lights, spacious porch overlooking Westin, $1500/month; 340-776-6331 or 678-715-1129. Long Term Fully Furnished Coral Bay Newer 2 Bed 2 Bath A/C W/D $2000/mth Feb 1 Ron@715-853-9696 Pastory Estate Condo 2 bed/2 bath, great view, clean, one-year lease, $1800/mo. Available April 2010. 616-437-0546 1 bed fully furnished apt. AC in bedroom,internet, quiet private location. No smokers. 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Call Laurie at 340-779-1804 or 340-227-6688 25 hp Johnson electric start outboard 10 hours. $850. Call 340-775-1395. Email bhuggins@mort gagemasterinc.com Seeking Professional Individuals for two dynamic positions at VIVA Villas (St. John) RESERVATIONIST: Customer Services skills/experience, Computer literacy skills, Sales experience, Initiative GREETERS: Must speak English, have a valid driver’s license, clean 4 wheel drive vehicle, and cell phone with voice mail. Must have pleasant and outgoing personality and be available for greetings between the hours of 2pm to 5pm and also weekends. Great part time job for the right person! MUSTS: St. John resident w/ 4wd vehicle, cell-phone w/ references.

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24 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 AccommodationsCaribbean Villas & Resorts tel. 1-800-338-0987 or locally 340-776-6152 Catered To, Inc. tel. 776-6641 fax 693-8191 5000 Enighed #206, STJ, VI 00830 Island Getaways 888-693-7676, islandgetawaysinc.com kathy@islandgetawaysinc.com Suite St. John Villas/Condos tel. 1-800-348-8444 or locally at 340-779-4486 VIVA Vacations tel. 779-4250 P.O. Box 1747, STJ, VI 00831Air-ConditioningDr. Cool 340-715-COOL (2556) One call for all your air-conditioning refrigeration and appliance needsArchitectureCrane, Robert Architect, AIA tel. 776-6356 P.O. Box 370, STJ, VI 00831 Barefoot Architect, Inc. tel. 693-7665 fax 693-8411 P.O. Box 1772, STJ, VI 00831Art/GalleriesMaho Bay Art Center tel. 776-6226 Offering Art ClasssesBankingScotiabank #1 Mortgage Lender in the VI The Marketplace (340) 776-6552 Beauty/SpaBeauty Lounge Salon & Spa 776-0774 www.stjohnbeautylounge.com Located in Mongoose Junction W estin Resorts & Villas Spa Services tel. 693-8000, ext. 1903/1904Building ProductsSt. John Hardware tel. 693-8780 fax 776-6685 Located at The Marketplace GalleriesMaho Bay Art Center tel. 776-6226 Glass blowing, pottery, recycled art, tie dye, paper makingHealthSt. John Eye Care 779-2020 27 years serving Virgin Islanders Dr. Craig FriedenbergInsuranceTheodore T unick & Company Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 www.theodoretunick.comJewelryR&I PATTON goldsmithing 776-6548 or (800) 626-3455pattongold.com, Chat@pattongold.comLandscapingAlfredo’s Landscaping tel. 774-1655 cell 513-2971 P.O. Box 91, St. John, VI 00831 Coral Bay Garden Center tel. 693-5579 fax 714-5628 P.O. Box 1228, STJ, VI 00831 PROPERTYKING tel. 643-6348 Landscaping & IrrigationProperty ManagerCimmaron Property Management tel. 340-715-2666 St. John’s Premier Property Manager Seaview Vacation Homes, Inc. tel. 340-776-6805; 1-888-625-2963 www.seaviewhomes.comReal EstateAmerican Paradise Real Estate tel. 693-8352 fax 693-8818 P.O. Box 8313, STJ, VI 00831 info@americanparadise.com Cruz Bay Realty tel. 693-8808 fax 693-9812 P.O. Box 66, STJ, VI 00831 info@cruzbayrealty.com Debbie Hayes, GRI tel. 714-5808 or 340-642-5995 debbiehayes@debbiehayes.com www.stjohnvirealestate.com Holiday Homes of St. John tel. 776-6776 fax 693-8665 P.O. Box 40, STJ, VI 00831 info@holidayhomesVI.com Islandia Real Estate tel. 776-6666 fax 693-8499 P.O. Box 56, STJ, VI 00831 info@islandiarealestate.com RE/MAX Island Paradise Realty tel. 775-0949 fax 888-577-3660 P. O. Box 646, STJ, VI 00831 info@remaxipr.comRestaurantsConcordia Cafe, 693-5855 Happy Hour 4:30-6pm Dinner 6-8:30pm Tues-Sat Fish Trap Restaurant and Seafood Market tel. 693-9994, Closed Mondays La Tapa tel. 693-7755 Open Wednesday-Monday Skinny Legs “A Pretty OK Place” tel. 340-779-4982 www.skinnylegs.com Sun Dog Cafe tel. 693-8340 Located at Mongoose JunctionRetailSugar Birds 340-776-6909 Located at Mongoose JunctionServicesC4th Custom Embroidery tel. 779-4047 Located in Coral Bay The Marketplace Full service business center Everything you need in one place St. John TradewindsBusiness Directory St. John Tradewinds — Call 776-6496 3 Sail Church 10 Sunday Baha’i Community of St. John Race Unity Devotions 7:30 p.m. Fridays; Study Circles 9 a.m. Sundays 776-6316, 776-6254 Bethany Moravian Church Cruz Bay, St. John 11 a.m., Sunday School 776-6291 Calvary Baptist Church 13 ABC Coral Bay, 776-6304 Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday evening 6 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Christian Ministry Cinnamon Bay Beach Inter-Denominational Sunday 8:30 a.m. Christian Science Society 10:45 a.m. SundayMarketplace Wednesday Testimonials 7:45 p.m. on last Wed. of Month The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sun. 9 a.m., STT. 776-2379 Sun., 5 p.m., STJ, Lumberyard Cruz Bay Baptist Church Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m. 776-6315 Emmaus Moravian Church Coral Bay, Sun. 9 a.m. 776-6713 Jehovah’s Witness 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 7 p.m. Saturdays (Espaol), 10 a.m. Sundays 340-715-0530 Missionary Baptist Church 9:30 a.m. Sunday Services, 10:45 Worship, Tuesday 7 p.m. Bible Study 693-8884 Nazareth Lutheran Church Sunday 9 a.m., Sunday School 8 a.m. 776-6731 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Sat. 6 p.m., Sun. 7:30 & 9:30 a.m., Spanish Mass 5:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. 776-6339 St. John Methodist Church Sunday 10 a.m 693-8830 Seventh Day Adventist Saturdays 779-4477 St. John Pentecostal Church Sunday 11:05 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays Prayer 7:30 p.m., Thursdays Bible Study 7:30 p.m. 779-1230 St. Ursula’s Episcopal Church Sundays, 7:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Every 3rd Sunday: Servce 9:30 a.m. Bible Class, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. 777-6306 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 9:45 a.m. Sunday 776-6332 Word of Faith Church Word of Faith International Christian Center, Sundays 7:30 a.m. Gifft Hill SchoolCall 774-8617 St. John Church Schedule & Directory Subscription Form Ferry Schedules CRUZ BAY TO RED HOOK Every hour on the hour from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. RED HOOK TO CRUZ BAY Every hour on the hour from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. CRUZ BAY TO DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE AMALIE Leaves Cruz Bay Leaves Charlotte Amalie

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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 25 PARADISE ON THE ROCKS – Solidly built, mid island location with mountain valley and sea views. 2 units, upper is 2x2, lower level spacious 1 bedroom apartment. .......... 1.495m WHALE WATCH – Pristine water views from pristine East End. Custom ma sonry home with many comfortable outdoor living areas. Upper level is 1x2, lower has separate apartment. Meticulously main tained. ................................................ 1.375mSPYGLASS – Popular short term rental on hillside overlooking Coral Harbor with expansive north views. 2 x 2 with concrete pool .................................................... 1.195m CASA FIESTA – Location! Location! Location! Views near and far, three bedrooms, three baths. Huge upside potential $850,000– Fine Properties for Sale in the Coral Bay Area – Just for Season: An Affordable Accommodation Affordable, clean, cute 2 bedroom apartment for rent short-term. Ideal Cruz Bay location provides an easy short walk to the ferry dock, taxi stand and V.I. National Park hiking trails. Accommodates up to four people comfortably and off-street parking. Starting at $1000/week. For availability and more information, email: stjohnrental@earthlink.net. Providing professional rental management and marketing services for St. John’ s finest vacation villas and condominiums.For reservations For St. John or brochures business call1-800-338-0987 340-776-6152Vi e w o u r v i l la s a t w w w . c a r i b b e a n v i l l a . c o m Lumberyard Complex P .O. Box 458 St. John USVI 00831 C a r i b b e a nV i l l a s & R e s o r t sM A N A G E M E N T C O . EXCLUSIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDSOfce: 340 714 5808 Cell: 340 642 5995www.StJohnVIRealEstate.com DH@DH. ISLA VISTAExceptional 5 bedrm, 4.5 bath Gated Villa atop Caneel Hill. Seller is Licensed Real Estate Broker.VILLALLUREImpressive 5 bedrm, 7 bath European Style Villa in Coral Bay Contact DEBBIE HAYES, GRI, Your Licensed U.S. Virgin Islands Real Estate Broker DebbieHayes-TW 12.21.09.indd 1 12/14/09 10:21:42 PM Another Hassel Island project slated for of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which put the Virgin Islands on the map in the 1800s, Wild explained. “Every ship from the British Empire St. Thomas harbor,” he said. “That created the need for coaling stations and a place for ships to be repaired. It was a huge industry from the mid-1800s into the 1900s.” “We have funding to start cleaning up the company and getting it in good repair,” Wild added. Back on St. John, work will continue on the excavation of centuries-old remains found at Cinnamon Bay, a project which has been ongoing for years. The remains, likely those of men, women and children who died in a cholera epidemic sometime between 1680 and the 1800s, have been washing up on Cinnamon Bay beach for years due to erosion. They will eventually be reburied in an ossuary with an interdenominational cer emony. “The excavation just takes time,” said Wild. “I actually just returned from Tallahassee, where some of the human remains we’ve found are being stored, to see how much was there to determine how much room we need for the ossuary.” The VINP archaeology department may have an even bigger task to accomplish at Cinnamon Bay, an area rich in historic ar tifacts, if funding comes through for the replacement of the campground’s water system. “The excavation for that project would be a large, large archaeological dig,” said meter deep so they could install the new system. The funding hasn’t come in yet, but it’s something that’s being looked at very closely.” Wild also plans to welcome interns from the University of Copenhagen in approximately 20 undiscovered plantations which were plotted out by the VINP archaeologist and last year’s interns. Continued from Page 7VINP Archaeology Has Big Plans

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LUMINARIA – Luxurious ridgetop villa w/incredible views of North shore and down island. Large pool w/waterfall, 3 bd/ bath suites, 4 car garage, gated entry, beautiful furnishings and landscaping, vacation rental history. $2,495,000 BOATMAN POINT – Masonry 4 bd. home on spectacular 1 ac. waterfront site with amazing views & outstanding neighborhood. $2,795,000. WINDSONG – Stately Boatman Pt. villa, w/separate cottage, situated on a 1ac parcel w/panoramic views. 6 bdrms ., 7 baths, huge pool, fully furnished. $3,495,000 BORDEAUX MT. – Family home w/3 bd./2 baths, large porch, water view, ac. lot w/large trees. $675,000. GOLDEN DRAGON – Beautiful stone villa w/exceptional craftsmanship. 4 bds./4 baths, innity pool, multi patios & decks, lush gardens, Pt. Rendezvous location. $2,195,000.CBR CONDO LISTINGSBETHANY CONDO – Spacious, free-standing 2 bd/2 bath unit w/ amazing views, new common pool. $495,000. GALLOWS POINT CONDO – Waterfront, 1/bd/1 bath condo in resort setting. Pool, restaurant, swimmable beach, hotel amenities. $695K. SELENE’S – Ideal in town location, w/parking, for living/ rental or business. Terric views. Reduced to $399K! SERENDIP CONDO – A great buy! Cute 1 bd unit w/dy namic views, pool & good rental history. $359,000.CBR LAND LISTINGSCANEEL HILL – Gorgeous panoramic views. Improved property w/driveway & foundation slabs in place for 4 bed room villa. Paved roads, underground utilities. $580K. DITLEFF POINT – Extraordinary sites on magnicent pen insula w/sandy beach, gated entry, beautiful landscaping, and incredible views. Prices start at $895,000. KLEIN BAY – Small upscale neighborhood, gorgeous views, commonly owned beach. $799K & $995K . WATERFRONT ON MONTE BAY – Spectacular 13.44 ac. site, ideal for private estate or subdivision. $3,400,000. CRUZ BAY TOWN – Walk to Frank Bay, R-4 zoning. $249K. CHOCOLATE HOLE – Water views, ac. $299K & $379K. GLUCKSBERG – Gentle grade, ac., lg. trees. $130 K. POINT RENDEZVOUS – Outstanding views. $375K & $415K. LEINSTER BAY – 2 lots on Johnny Horn Trail. $225K & $329K. ZOOTENVAAL – Hurricane Hole views, paved road. $400K. GREAT CRUZ BAY – 1.05 acre site w/fantastic harbor views & architectural plans. Walk to dingy landing. $895,000. FLANAGAN’S PASSAGE – 2 beautiful sites. $299K–$350K. ESTATE FISH BAY – Many parcels to choose from, start ing at $165K. Call US for a complete list. ESTATE CAROLINA/EMMAUS – Time to buy. Affordable lots, with water views, $95k and up.CBR BUSINESS LISTINGSFABRIC MILL – Very successful clothing business, estab lished in 1982, in Mongoose Junction. Price includes inven tory & equipment, owner will train: $150,000.

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HOMES GARDEN BY THE SEA B&B , West Indian gingerbread architecture & island furnishings. Owners apartment plus 3 income producing units. Room for expansion. $1,800,000 CVISTA Magnificent open air 4 bdrm villa above tendezvous Bay. Stunning residence exudes comfort, class & elegance. $3,895,000 AMANI Spectacular sunsets,180 views, prestigious Maria Bluff, 3BR/3BA, plus private self-contained guest cottage $2,295,000 ELLISON BIG PRICE REDUCTION New construction in the Virgin Grand. Generous floor plan w/3 levels of living space. 3 master suites. $2,190,000 WATERFRONT RETREAT on Privateer Bay. This 3 BR/3BA masonry beach house is just steps from the water. Paved roads & underground utilities. Pricedto sell! $1,050,000 RAINBOW PLANTATION A private, family estate house on 1.6 acres. Features one of the largest private pools on St. John (w/diving board, & wet bar). Mature landscaping. $1,650,000 FLANAGAN'S PASSAGE VILLA 3 BR, 3.5 BA villa, superior craftsmanship, Spanish tile roof, 180 views, large pool & hot tub $2,850,000 ONE OF THE BEST DEALS ON ST. JOHN!!! LA BELLA VITA is a spectacular villa in the Virgin Grand Estates, 4 a/c identical master suites & breathtaking views of STT. $2,250,000 ISLAND MANOR Hear the surf of Hart Bay. 4 BRs w/ensuite baths, elegant furnishings, .51 acre. Multilevel plan offers privacy. $1,499,000 QUACCO Brand new 3 BR, 4 bath masonry home in Flanagan's Passage. Great views with many amenities. Sleeps 12. $1,999,000 ON THE BEACH AT KLEIN BAY JUST BUILT! Serenata de la Playa offers 5 bdrms and 5.5 baths. Swimmable water access. $4,950,000 ADURO Cute Caribbean cottage in a tranquil setting. Water views of Fish Bay. 3BR/2BA on .27 acres. $710,000. BAREFOOT New 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath guest cottage in quaint Coral Bay neighborhood, Room for expansion. REDUCED TO $699,000. CRUZ BAY Prime .75 acre, 3 BR, pool & panoramic views. 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Most unit sizes and weeks available. Priced from $5,000. “MILL VISTA – CAROLINA” Easy access & build on Centerline Rd. $ 125,000 “EMMAUS SEAGRAPE HILL” Great dual water views 0.387 ac. $ 193,500 “RENDEZVOUS & DITLEFF” Sunset views & gentle site .649 acre $ 274,900 “LEAST EXPENSIVE WATERFRONT”! Gentle slope, 4 min. walk to beach $ 298,000 “SUGAR APPLE WEST” Harbor views gentle ac. with Topo $ 299,000 “FREEMAN’S GROUND” DOWN ISLAND VIEWS .76 ac. Upper & lower access $ 425,000 “CALABASH BOOM” .4 ac. GREAT views, private. Topo map $ 475,000 “GREAT CRUZ BAY” Westin Resort beach access! .78 ac. $ 499,000 “BEAUTIFUL EAST END” Views to Coral Harbor, deeded access to waterfront $ 595,000 “AZURE BAY” IN CONTANT .5 ac. EXTRAORDINARY views, Owner nancing $ 650,000 “LOVANGO CAY” Waterfront & hillside properties; upscale amenities including barge docks, paved roads, undrgrd utilities beach & views. From $425,000 “CHOCOLATE HOLE” VIEW LOTS Sunrise to Sunset. 2 adjoining breezy lots. Hart Bay east and St. Thomas west views. From $425,000. “ESTATE CONCORDIA” hillside sites with stunning views ranging from the BVIs, down St. John’s eastern coast to Ram’s Head , St. Croix. From $550,000 BEST BUY “JOHN’S FOLLY” OCEANFRONT & HILLSIDE private gated enclave with shared generator, beach access; 3 lots from $560,000 “BOATMAN POINT” 2 Waterfront lots with views & breezes. Topo surveys (2) & full house plans (1). From $945,000 “UPPER MONTE BAY ESTATES” 7 Spectacular private parcels above Rendezvous Bay; paved road, stone walls & underground utilities. From $999,000 “PETER BAY ESTATES” Exquisite home sites with breathtaking views over the North Shore, BVI & cays between. Prices from $1,850,000 BEST BUY BEACH FRONT “GREAT CRUZ BAY” private dock access, quiet upscale neighborhood, awesome views. Owner/broker. Call for details. EAST END LAND Parcels in Privateer Bay and on far East End. Coral Bay views and underground utilities. From $285,000“FISH BAY” 3 large parcels. Views, breezes and paved access. One includes cistern slab, well, active plans/permits. From $369,000 “VIRGIN GRAND ESTATES” Gated sub-division, sunset views. Can build FRACTIONAL HOME! Paved roads. 3 from $335,000 SELLER FINANCING WITH GREAT TERMS! “HAULOVER” BEACHFRONT 2.24 acre sub-dividable borders National Park! AMAZING VIEWS! $1,999,000 “SABA BAY” WATERFRONT & HILLSIDE Incredible BVI views! 12 acre sub-divideable waterfront lot for $9,999,000 plus 4 hillside lots available from $699,000 “DREEKETS BAY ESTATES” spectacular BVI views, excellent roads, underground utilities, stone walls, planters, common beach. Minutes from Coral Bay. 12 lots from $399,000 Ask about “MUST SELL BEST BUY” SITUATIONS Call or email today for info! HH-TW 1.11.2010.indd 1 1/8/10 8:19:01 AM

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28 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 IN MEMORIAM:John GibneyFebruary 6, 1954 January 14, 2003




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2 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

Senator Barshinger Leads Committee
on Tour of Florida Petcoke Plant

St. John Tradewinds

Senator at Large Craig
Barshinger has organized a group
of senators to tour an operational
petcoke plant in Jacksonville,
Florida.

“The Virgin Islands Community
is keenly interested in the future of
electric power and waste disposal
in the territory,” said Barshinger
by telephone from Jacksonville.
“This is a big decision and we
have to get it night.”

“We are preparing for an up-
coming Legislative Committee
meeting on the Alpine Energy
Group’s plan to provide the territo-
ry with two combined petcoke and
waste-to energy electricity plants,”
Barshinger explained.

Senator Barshinger, who Chairs
the Committee on Economic De-
velopment, Energy and Technol-
ogy, will tour the St. John’s River

Petcoke Power Plant in Jackson-
ville, Florida, along with members
of his committee, Senator Samm-
uel Sanes, Senator Nelly O’Reilly
and Senator Michael Thurland.

The power plant tour was de-
signed to allow senators to see a
petcoke plant in operation and talk
to managers and engineers about
the realities of burning petcoke
and coal to generate electricity.
Their discussion will include how
the plant works, the economics of
burning petcoke to meet electricity
needs, the handling of petcoke ash
and by-products, the environmen-
tal effects of burning petcoke and
other matters of interest.

Senator Barshinger and mem-
bers of his committee will use the
information gained from touring
the facilities during the senator’s
upcoming committee meeting on
January 13 in the Earl B. Ottley

Culvert Installed Near Estate Adrian

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Legislative Hall in St. Thomas.

In this meeting, members of the
Economic Development, Energy
and Technology Committee will
take testimony from government
officials, corporate executives,
members of non-profit and com-
munity groups and individuals on
the proposed plan to burn petcoke
and waste in the Virgin Islands as a
primary source of electricity.

“My staff has arranged a broad-
ly-based panel of testifiers,” said
Barshinger. “I encourage all Virgin
Islanders to educate themselves on
this important issue, and to partici-
pate in the hearing if possible.”

During the hearing, senators
will ask questions of the testifi-
ers. Virgin Islanders who listen by
radio or watch by television can
send their questions to any senator
on the floor to ask on their behalf.

St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Andrea Milam

Department of Public Works crews worked to install a culvert on Centerline Road
in Estate Adrian on Friday morning, January 8. Water flowing across the road has
caused it to be greatly damaged in that area.

“We’re putting in a culvert to catch the water and asphalt to smooth this area over,”
said DPW St. John Deputy Director Ira Wade. “We knew it would eventually collapse

here.”

Wade anticipated the culvert installation would be completed in one day, while the
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CBCC Is Hosting Storm Water
Management Meeeting on January 11

Coral Bay residents are invited to attend a community meeting
on Monday, January 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John’s Folly
Learning Institute.

The Coral Bay Community Council, in partnership with the Vir-
gin Islands Resource Conservation and Development Council, will
discuss planned storm water management construction projects to
be implemented in Coral Bay witha portion of the $2.78 million in
NOAA-ARRA Coastal Habitat Restoration grant funds.

This work complements CBCC’s Coral Bay Watershed Man-
agement Project and utilizes designs developed under CBCC’s
EPA CARE grant. Construction will focus on eliminating or re-
ducing the most severe sediment plumes entering Coral Bay, and
will include work on public and private roads.

Work will be done in cooperation with homeowner’s associa-
tions, Department of Public Works, and groups of residents who
maintain their local roads. Local contractors are encouraged to at-
tend to learn about bidding requirements. For more information,
call the CBCC at 776-2099 or the V.I. RC&D at 692-6932, ext. 5.

Next SJHS Meeting Is January 12

The St. John Historical Society will host its January member-
ship meeting on Tuesday, January 12, at the Bethany Moravian
Church Hall, beginning at 7 p.m.

Featured speakers for the evening will be Don Drost and Roy
Watlington. The two will discuss a variety of interesting topics
from really ancient history to the location of local wells.

Barshinger Alpine Meeting on Jan. 13

Senator at Large Craig Barshinger will host the next Commit-
tee of Economic Development, Energy and Technology hearing on
Wednesday, January 13, at 9 a.m. inthe Earle B. Ottley Legislative
Hall on St. Thomas.

The purpose of the meeting is to take testimony from govern-
ment officials, corporate executives, representatives of non-profit
agencies and interested members of the community on the pending
implementation of the recent agreement with Alpine Energy Group
to produce the territory’s energy using a combined petroleum coke
and waste-to-energy method.

For more information call Barshinger’s office at 693-8061.

Alpine Town Hall Meeting on Jan. 14

The VI. Water and Power Authority, VI. Waste Management
Authority and Alpine Energy Group are hosting a series of town
hall meetings this week across the territory.

On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday, January 14, at the
Cruz Bay Legislature building from 6 to 9 p.m. For more informa-
tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050.

Friends Annual Meeting Set for Jan. 24

Friends of V.I. National Park is hosting its 2010 Annual Meet-
ing on Saturday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree Lizards
Restaurant at Cinnamon Bay Campground.

Olasee Davis is the keynote speaker, VINP Superintendent Mark
Hardgrove will give the State of the Park Address and Friends of
VINP president Joe Kessler will deliver the Friends annual report.

Light refreshments will be served. Parking at Cinnamon is
limited, and attendees are asked to park at the NPS maintenance
area by Mongoose Junction. Shuttle service will be provided from
there. Call Friends at 779-4940 for more information.


St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat

The sidewalk along South Shore Road, above, is almost
complete. The powerlines in the center of the roundabout
will be buried as part of the last major phase.







St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 3

St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tom Oat

The last phase of development at the Cruz Bay roundabout includes completing the

sidewalk and burying utilities.

Despite Delay, Cruz Bay Roundabout
Construction Still Ahead of Schedule

By Andrea Milam
St. John Tradewinds

Construction of the Cruz Bay
roundabout has been slightly de-
layed thanks to difficulty coordi-
nating with Innovative and VI.
Water and Power Authority, but
despite these delays, the project
will still be finished ahead of the
contract’s closing date in June.

The holdup came during one of
the final phases of burying utilities,
in the area of the Winston Wells
ball field.

“We're halfway done there,”
said Department of Public Works
Program Manager Thomas Jones.
“We've got the first pole done,
which is all Innovative stuff, and
WAPA will go down to the next
pole heading westbound. We’ll be
running conduit to the next pole
down from there, and the sidewalk
is going to raise up also.”

The sidewalk at the ball field’s
bleachers should be completed
within the next week, and crews
are working hard to finish the
sidewalk at the Julius E. Sprauve
School annex on South Shore
Road, Jones added.

The utility and sidewalk work
represent the last major phases
of construction at the roundabout
project, which began in August
2008. During the final stretch,
motorists should expect frequent,
but minor, traffic disruption at the
site.

“The only traffic disruption will

be in the area of the ball field for
the next three weeks,” said Jones.
“We'll have flaggers, and appro-
priate signs will be up. There will
just be minor road closures here
and there.”

Once the utility and sidewalk
work is complete, contractor Is-
land Roads has several odds and
ends to finish up, including ring-
ing the exterior of the roundabout
with concrete curbs and gutters,
and tearing down the old Texaco
gas station, which has served as
the contractor’s office during the
construction process.

“Once the gas station is gone, it
will be like a grassy knoll,” Jones
said of the space where the build-
ing currently stands.

The center of the circle will be
finished with stamped concrete in
the traditional Danish yellow color
found on historic buildings in the
territory, at the urging of the State
Historic Preservation Office, Jones
explained.

Traffic signs which were in-
stalled at the roundabout several
weeks ago have greatly improved
traffic flow, according to Jones.

“Tt used to be like a freefall
there,” said Jones. “People didn’t
understand how it really works.
We're really happy to have the
signs in place.”

Jones originally predicted the
project would be complete in
December 2009, but the difficul-
ties coordinating with the utility

companies have pushed the esti-
mated completion date back a few
months.

“We're still way ahead of the
original finish date of June 2010,”
said Jones. “No matter what, we'll
be out of there before the contract
ends. It would be nice if we could
have the place cleaned up and turn
it back over to the public by the
end of March.”

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By Jaime Elliott

Water Bars Help Direct and Stem Stormwater Runoff

St. John Tradewinds

In the ongoing effort to stem the tide of stormwater run-
off in the Coral Bay watershed, one neighborhood is having
success with a relatively inexpensive dirt road fix.

In June 2009 residents in the Mill Vista neighborhood in
the Estate Lower Carolina area of Coral Bay, installed sev-
eral water bars on their dirt road and have seen a dramatic
improvement.

Water bars are basically telephone poles set in the ground
in strategic locations which direct the flow of water to a
swale along the roadway instead of running down and wash-
ing out the road itself.

Mill Vista neighbors learned of the technique and got ad-
vice on the best placement of the water bars thanks to the
Coral Bay Community Council’s former storm water engi-
neer.

Armed with a $300,000, three-year Community Action
for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant from the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, CBCC hired hydrologist Joe
Mina, who shared expert advice with residents looking to
reduce runoff in their neighborhoods.

Mina, who spent about six months on the job in St. John
before having to return stateside for personal reasons, met
with Mill Vista residents in June 2009 and discussed the
best placement of water bars for their road, explained hom-
eowner Toni Lacer.

“Joe came up and met with us and told us where we should
put the water bars because they must be spaced properly in
order to work,” Lacer said.

The price tag for installing four water bars in a dirt road
is much less than the cost would be to pave the road, making
the technique ideal for many neighborhoods.

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Vista residents direct the flow of water into a
swale along the side of the roadway.

said Lacer. “We had someone dig holes with a backhoe and
then we put in the telephone poles. It probably cost around
$1,000.”

A water bar’s most obvious drawback is the bump cre-
ated from the pole. In order to direct the flow of water, the
bars are not embedded entirely in the roadway, but protrude
several inches. While there are essentially several bumps in
the Mill Vista road now, the runoff has improved greatly,
explained Lacer.

“We used to have the road graded, but with heavy rains,
it would just get washed out again,” Lacer said. “This seems
to have slowed down the flow of water dramatically.”

Fellow Mill Vistas homeowner Hilarie Oliver agreed.

“T’ve definitely noticed a difference,” said Oliver. “The
water bars are a fairly inexpensive solution that helps to
maintain the integrity of the road by diverting water to

In addition to directing the flow of water, planting veg-
etation is another way to combat runoff, explained CBCC
president Sharon Coldren.

“The other thing that goes along with this is lots of veg-
etation in the swales,” said Coldren. “There are three things
to remember — vegetate, vegetate, vegetate. Vegetation will
help to keep the sediment in the swales from eroding and if
it’s a light rain, will just absorb the water.”

“Everywhere that you see bare earth on the road, you
have the potential for erosion,” Coldren said. “It takes a lot
of work to get the plants going, but once you get them estab-
lished it makes a big difference.”

An example of the positive impacts of vegetation can be
seen in Estate Upper Carolina in Coral Bay, where residents
have been planting seedlings for years, according to the
CBCC president.

“The Upper Carolina Home Owners Association made a
real effort after Hurricane George in the late 1990s, to veg-
etate and to eliminate the potential for landslides,” Coldren
said. “They already had paved roads, but the vegetation still
helped as far as stabilizing sediment. That is a really good
example of what vegetation can do to help reduce runoff.”

The Mill Vista water bars are truly the EPA grant at work,
explained Coldren.

“This is the EPA CARE grant at work and shows you that
a simple hour’s advice can make a big difference,” she said.
“The homeowners themselves did a lot of the work too. Not
everything gets done in one day, but they’ve done their part
and they continue to do their part.”

“These homeowners are taking responsibility for their
runoff,” Coldren said. “Joe had other suggestions too, which
will be implemented but this is something that he advised
and six months later we can all see the difference it made.”

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Crews expect to finish reconstruction of North Shore Road this summer.

North Shore Road Construction
Expected To Wrap Up Early

By Andream Milam
St. John Tradewinds

Reconstruction of the North
Shore Road is progressing at a
good pace, and work is expected
to move even more quickly once
the project’s contractor, Island
Roads, finishes work at the Cruz
Bay roundabout and is able to
dedicate a second crew to the
North Shore job.

Work began on the road, which
has become severely pockmarked
with potholes in some areas, in
October 2009. The crew took a
break between Christmas and
New Year’s Day, and now is back
out in full force, reconstructing
the road base.

The contractor has 18 months to
finish the project, which stretches
along the North Shore Road all the
way from Cruz Bay out to where
the road ends at Annaberg, and to
where it reconnects with Center-
line Road.

“No one believes they’ll need
the full year and a half to finish
it,” said VI. National Park Su-
perintendent Mark Hardgrove.
“They’re making a lot of prog-
ress. We’re looking to have the
project complete sometime this
summer.”

Crews will first reconstruct the
entire eight mile stretch of road,
and then lay down the new pave-
ment all at once, Hardgrove ex-

plained.

“They re digging down to solid
bedrock and putting in a plastic
material that helps stabilize the
road, making it stronger than be-
fore and able to carry more of a
load,” he said. “They’re going
through and making reconstruc-
tions first, and then they’ actu-
ally come back and throw down
the new pavement all at once. It
should last 15 to 20 years; this is
the right way to proceed.”

Unlike the last time the North
Shore Road, which cuts through
the VINP, was paved 17 years
ago and entirely closed during the
process, there will not be any road
closures during the current recon-
struction. Motorists can expect
the road to be down to one lane in
areas, where traffic is controlled
with temporary stop lights.

In addition to improving the
road’s stability, the reconstruction
should also make the road easier
to traverse, explained Hardgrove.

“Theyre using a high tack as-
phalt, which is really sticky, and
will substantially improve trac-
tion on the switchbacks between
Trunk and Cinnamon Bay,” he
said. “There will also be some
realignment of grades at those
switchbacks to make it as friendly
as it can be made.”

The reconstruction project,
which is expected to cost approxi-

mately $4 million, is being funded
by the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration and money from the eco-
nomic stimulus package.

Response to the project has
been highly positive, according to
Hardgrove.

“We're glad we were able to
recruit a local company that em-
ploys local subcontractors and
residents of the Virgin Islands,
and that was well received by ev-
eryone,” he said. “The taxi drivers
like how it’s going, and even in-
terpret the project as part of their
tours, talking about President
Barack Obama and the stimulus
package at work.”

The project is long overdue, the
VINP superintendent continued.

“I always worry when we is-
sue special permits for bike races,
because we’ve had some acci-
dents due to issues maintaining
shoulders which are eroding,”
said Hardgrove. “We’ve also had
folks hit potholes on bicycles and
motorcycles and pop their tires.
We're looking forward to a safer
North Shore.”

The VINP also plans to improve
the island’s north shore by paving
the road and parking lot at Francis
Bay, helping to reduce erosion in
the area. The contract was recently
awarded to Tip Top Construction,
and work is expected to become
sometime this winter.

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By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

While digital cameras make the
world of photography accessible
to all, many people never even go
so far as to change the manufac-
turer’s settings.

The St. John School of the Arts
is offering a digital photography
workshop this month for people
who want more creative control
of their pictures, or to just learn
about all the features their camera
includes.

Led by commercial photogra-
pher Kathryn Wagner, the six week
class will meet on Saturdays for an
hour and fifteen minutes. Wagner,
a graduate of Virginia Common-
wealth University with a bachelor
of fine arts degree in photography,
will discuss both the technical and
creative aspects of photography
during the workshop.

“It’s an introductory photog-
raphy workshop for people with
all different types of cameras,”
said Wagner. “The workshop is
designed to give people an under-
standing of their camera, how their
camera works, what happens when
they take a photo as well as the
other side of digital photography,



which is the computer side.”

“Tll cover how to use your
photographs after you take them,
like how to upload them or email
them,” Wagner said.

The workshop is perfect for the
beginner to intermediate photog-
rapher, and especially for people
who are still learning about their
cameras, Wagner explained.

“My hope is that this class will
be particularly useful to the non-
tech savvy among us,” said the
photographer. “A lot of people
probably got cameras for Christ-
mas and this workshop would be
perfect for them to learn just what
their new cameras can do.”

“We'll go over how to use all
the functions and I'll explain what

happens when you use those func-
tions,” Wagner said. “It’s really
about how you can have input on
your photos as opposed to just us-
ing the manufacturer’s settings.”

At the end of six weeks, work-
shop attendees will not only know
how to take great pictures, but also
know how their cameras work.

“You'll be able to use all the
functions on your camera and take
great shots and understand what
your camera is doing,” said the
photographer.

The class will consist of no more
than 15 people to ensure hands-on
instruction, Wagner added.

The cost is only $75 for the
entire six weeks, or $12.50 each
class. The digital photography
workshop will meet at St. John
School of the Arts on Saturday
afternoons, but attendees will also
make trips to V.I. National Park for
photo shoots, Wagner added.

Registration is required. To reg-
ister call the St. John School of the
Arts at 779-4322, call Wagner at
244-0581 or email kathryn@kath-
rynwagner.com. To view some of
Wagner’s impressive work, check
out her website kathrynwagner.
com.

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VINP Archaeology Has Big Plans for 2010

By Andra Milam
St. John Tradewinds

The new year has brought a bevy of projects for
V.I. National Park Archaeologist Ken Wild and his
crew, one of which is the realization of a years-old
plan to renovate the archaeology museum at Cin-
namon Bay.

Funding for the project is coming from the Na-
tional Park Service, which dedicated approximate-
ly $200,000, and the Friends of the VINP, which
raised more than $100,000 for the renovation. The
historic Cinnamon Bay building will be redone in-
side and out, explained Wild.

“We're going to get it fixed up with paint, new
doors and windows and an alarm system and cam-
eras,” he said. “Then hopefully by the end of this
year, we'll start actually getting the exhibits to-
gether. Everything’s falling into place.”

Wild’s ultimate goal is to use the museum as a
teaching tool, he continued.

“We want it to have a good flow, so a teacher can
walk in there with her class and take them all the
way through the history of St. John,” said the VINP
archacologist.

Analysis of artifacts found in the park will con-
tinue at the museum, allowing students and other
visitors a firsthand look at archaeologists at work.
The archaeologists will also be on hand to answer

questions about the exhibits, which Wild hopes will
change frequently.

Hassel Island will also keep the VINP archaeol-
ogy department busy this year, with plenty of his-
toric artifacts to stabilize and restore, and numer-
ous steps which need to be taken to make the island
more accessible and comfortable for visitors.

Among the Hassel Island projects slated for
2010 is the task of making the island more acces-
sible by boat.

“Right now it’s difficult to dock your boat there
at Creque Marine, as there’s no railing or anything
to protect your boat from the stone wall, so we’re
going to put some historically accurate railings in,”
said Wild. “We'll also probably have new bollards
cast for people to tie their boats to, and there are
some historic bollards in the water that we'll send
off to do conservation work on. We have to do ev-
erything historically correct.”

The park will also look into ways to transport
equipment to the island needed for metal conserva-
tion, and for somewhere to safely store that equip-
ment, some of which is quite expensive. The St.
Thomas Historical Trust has hired a landscape ar-
chitect to help make Hassel Island more present-
able and comfortable for the public, by possibly
installing walkways, restrooms, and shaded areas.

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Ecelma Sprauve, Helen Francis and Natalie Thomas.

sprauve, Francis, Thomas Celebrate Retirement

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

Friends and well-wishers gath-
ered at the Cruz Bay Battery on
Thursday afternoon, January 7, to
wish three women — with almost
100 years of government service
between them — happy retire-
ment.

After 41 years as Administra-
tor Secretary II, Helen Francis has
been an integral part of keeping the
St. John government cogs turning.

As different governmental ad-
ministrations came and went,
Francis was the one person who
remained. She worked with Ad-
ministrators William Lomax,
James Dalmida, Julien Harley and
current St. John Administrator
Leona Smith.

Friends often asked Francis
when she would call it quits at the
Battery, she explained.

“My friends would always ask
me, “Ms. Francis, when are you
going to retire,” she said. “I al-
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be asking me that anymore.”

Now that she has officially spent
her last day at her desk in the St.
John Administrator’s office, Fran-
cis will be spending more of her
time cultivating her voice, spiritu-
ality and dance moves.

A member of the Emmaus
Moravian Church congregation,
Francis also sings with the church
choir, is involved with bible study
groups and Quadrille dancing.

“I have things that will keep
me busy,” said Francis. “I might
travel a bit, but the choir, my bible
study and Quadrille will keep me
going.”

Natalie Thomas isn’t about to
slow down either. The Deputy
Supervisor of Elections, who has
worked with the department for
31 years, is not ready to put on a
bathrobe and eat bonbons, she ex-
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After 25 years as Election As-
sistant, Ecelma Sprauve also re-
tired at the end of 2009. When she
was first hired in the mid-1980s,
Sprauve didn’t know she would
remain in her position for more
than two decades.

“T just loved it so much,” said
Sprauve. “I love meeting people
every day and I’ll miss the staff. I
loved the busy season of election
time.”

“I might have to give them a
hand this year during election
time,” Sprauve said.

While Sprauve will miss the
fast paced election time days, she
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Total Immersion Hosting Long-Distance
Swim in V.I. National Park on Jan. 16

Total Immersion hosted its latest swim course on St. John,
which started on Saturday, January 9.

The group brought a group of 45 to Maho Bay Camps for the
event. To cap off the week-long course they will host a one-mile
and two-mile open water race on Saturday, January 16, and have
invited interested local swimmers to participate.

This is a casual event: no pre-registration; no participation fees;
no formal awards; etc. Just show up at Maho Beach, near the old
green pavilion, at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 16.

Friends of V.I. National Park, organizers of the Beach-to-Beach
Power Swim, are assisting Total Immersion to organize this swim.
The 7th annual Beach-to-Beach Power Swim will be on May 30.

Call the Friends at 779-4940 for more information.

Hearing for New Childcare Regulations

The Department of Human Services will host public hearings to
discuss the new rules and regulations for administering child-care
facilities across the territory.

On St. John the meeting will be on Thursday , January 28, at St.

Ursula’s Senior Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay, from 6 to 9 p.m.
The new rules and regulations are available for comment and
review at DHS main offices on St. Thomas and St. Croix, the UVI
library and all public libraries and on the web at www.dhs. gov.vi.
For more information call Leitha Cummings at 773-2323 ext.
2022.

Crimes Stoppers USVI Anniversary
Celebration Set for January 20

Crimestoppers USVI is having a birthday party on St. John on
Wednesday, January 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz Bay Battery.

The group is celebrating its One Year Anniversary and more
than 500 anonymous tips received from Virgin Islands residents,
which help to make the territory’s streets safer for everyone.

The public is invited to come out and enjoy light refreshments
and hear from Crimestoppers USA Trustees, who are impressed
with the Virgin Islands’ results.

Everyone who cares about their community will have an oppor-
tunity to find out more about this totally anonymous program and
the positive impact it is clearly making on the territory. For more
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2010 Looks Bright for SJFS As
‘“‘Neshoba’”’ Draws Record Audience

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

While entering only its second season, it is already
looking like 2010 is going to be a great year for the St.
John Film Society (SJFS).

The group’s first free screening of year, which was
on Tuesday night, January 5, at Sputnik’s in Coral
Bay, drew a record number of attendees from across
St. John and St. Thomas.

“We had at least 120 people and 20 of them came
all the way over from St. Thomas,” said Martha Hills,
one of the founding members of the non-profit SJFS.
“Earle Thomas ran a shuttle for us from the ferry dock
out to Sputnik’s for the St. Thomas guests. We also
had a group from Maho Bay who came out.”

“Tt was such a great night,” said Hills.

The crowd was mesmerized by “Neshoba,” a chill-
ing tale of racism and violence in the U.S. South in
the 1960s, by filmmakers Tony Pagano and Micki
Dickoff. After viewing the documentary, the crowd
was able to discuss the film with Pagano himself.

“The discussion afterward was really enlighten-
ing,” said Hills. “There were a lot of questions and we
were probably there for close to an hour after the film.
Tony stayed as long as people wanted to talk.”

The fledgling group was formed last February by
founding members Hills, Andrea Leland, Rea Roberts,
Sigi Torinus and Felicia Torres, under the financial
umbrella of the St. John Community Foundation.

SJFS’s mission is to “inspire a positive apprecia-
tion for the history, culture and environment of the
US Virgin Islands by establishing a free monthly film
series open to and for the benefit of our local com-
munity.”

If the January 5 screening is any indication, SJFS
members and enthusiasts have gotten the word out

about the group’s entertaining, educational and
thought-provoking film series.

“After getting through our first year and figuring
out what we were going to do, it felt really good to
have so many people come out to our first screening
of the year,” said Hills.

The next screening in the group’s winter 2010 film
series is “Young @ Heart” a feel-good movie about a
chorus of senior citizens, who give new meaning to
James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”

The 90-minute documentary was filmed by Ste-
phen Walker and Sally George and will be screened
on Thursday, January 21, at The Marketplace at 7
p.m. in conjunction with ITVS Community Cinema,
Independent Lens and WTJX.

Other upcoming films featured by SJFS include
“Sugar,” about an aspiring major league pitcher from
the Dominican Republic, and “The Agronomist,” a
profile of the Haitian independent radio broadcaster
Jean Dominique.

SJFS will also welcome two more filmmak-
ers this season. Marta Bautis will be on hand
on February 18 as the group screens her film
“Sarayaku; Rios de Maiz,” an inspiring tale about the
Ecuadorian Amazon.

Filmmaker Laurel Chiten will join the group on
March 2 when her film “Touched,” about people who
believe they’ve been contacted by aliens, is screened
at Sputnik’s.

SJFS is an entirely volunteer run organization
which relies mostly on donations and memberships
to keep its programs running. SJFS is partially funded
by the VI. Council on the Arts and the National En-
dowment for the Arts. For more information about
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8 Tuff Miles Road Race

Jeremy Zuber crossed the finish line in
49 minutes and 35 seconds on Saturday
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straight 8 Tuff Miles race. The 13th annual
race from Cruz Bay to Coral Bay drew
838 registered runners and walkers who
traversed the hilly 8.38-mile course under
sunny skies.

Injured Soldiers Get
Underwater Therapy
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waters for SCUBA certification

“Doctors originally told me that | had
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Cinnamon Bay Campground

The sound of crashing surf did little to ease the
minds of vacationers in five cottages which were hit
by a thief last week at Cinnamon Bay Campground.

The crimes occurred sometime between 9:45 a.m.
and 12:45 p.m. in the 8,9 and 10 cottage units just
steps away from Cinnamon’s white sand beach. VI.
National Park law enforcement rangers and VI. Po-
lice Department officers both responded to the inci-
dent and are collaborating on the investigation.

March 16-22, 2009

Omnibus Earmarks Include

S$8M for Virgin Islands
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Public Lands $2.5 Million

“A couple of years ago when we
bought the property we bought it
with a large conservation loan that
needs to be repaid. This is the first
installment payment of that loan.
We'll be conveying over acres of the
property to VINP for the $2.5 million
this year.”

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VIPD Clears Out Cruz Bay

Squatter Encampment

“They were there until 12 p.m. and they
removed four dump trucks full of debris.
Officers found a lot of drug paraphernalia.
It was a big drug haven — they found a
lot of small plastic bags used to package
marijuana and crack cocaine.”

— Melody Rames, VIPD spokesperson

Boater Held Up at Gunpoint

A local boater was going out to his vessel around 9
p.m. on March 12, when he was held up at gun point.
The man had just stepped into his dinghy when two
men with hoods on jumped on him and demanded
money.
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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



DOJ Says Officer
Acted Appropriately
in Shooting Death
of Burglary Suspect

A VI. Police Department officer acted
within the scope of duty when he shot and
killed 18-year-old burglary suspect Mi-
chael Freeman on January 4, 2007, follow-
ing a car chase which ended in a shootout
between suspects and police.

An investigation conducted by the VI.
Department of Justice concluded the offi-
cer acted properly when he returned fire on
the suspects, who began shooting at police
during the chase.

“Freeman was shot within the normal
scope of duty,” said DOJ spokesperson
Sara Lezama.



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Sussman Donates
$72,000 to Rotary
for Telemedicine

St. John skeleton
sensation Alexa Put-
nam scaled the world
rankings and put
herself in a position
to vie for the chance
to represent her home
territory in the 2010
Winter Olympics in
Vancouver, Canada.

James H.
Herrin

James H. “Jimmy”
Herrin passed away Sat-
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He was 55. He was a 30-
year resident of St. John,
not counting a little va-
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Wayne
Lowry Dies

Wayne was a free spirit
and lived his life exactly
as he saw fit. He loved his
children and was a won-
derful father. He loved
telling stories and being
the life of the party.

Texaco Demolished for

Cruz Bay Roundabout

Crews continue to grade the ground
beneath the former Texaco station in
preparation for paving a leveled road-
bed for the future roundabout in the
center of Cruz Bay.

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Blues entertainers Janvia
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Schnebelen of Trampled Under Foot
performed to hundreds of event-goers
at the 7th annual St. John Blues
Festival on Saturday, March 21, at the
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Thursday morning, March 19. The restau-
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opened just a week before the fire and was
so popular the kitchen ran out of food after
only three days. V.I. Fire Department offi-
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injured in the blaze and owners hope to
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School. VIPD Commissioner James McCall and VIPD St. John Deputy Chief Darren Foy both urged the

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In a fitting tribute to the memory of Bill
Morris, the scholarship fund established in
his honor was awarded for the first time last
week to one of his former pupils — Malik
Stevens.

st. Thomas Man Convicted for ‘07
Estate Enighed Shooting, Robbery

A 12-person jury found 28-year-old Micheal Stanislas guilty of at-
tempted murder, robbery and assault and weapons charges stemming
from a December 2007 incident in Estate Enighed.

Stanislas was convicted of the attempted murder of 43-year-old St.
John resident Kevin Samuel. Stanislas was also convicted of one count
of first degree assault, one count of use of an unlicensed firearm during
the commission of a crime, five counts of first degree robbery, and one
count of attempted first degree robbery.

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Each Easter for
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BJ Harris Receives
Paul Harris Award

Rotary Club of St. Thomas hosted the 25th
Annual Paul Harris-Rose Council Dinner at
St. Peter Greathouse on Saturday, March
21. Rotary Club of St. John president BJ
Harris, center, was presented with a Paul
Harris award by Don Chandler, left, the
Assistant District Governor from St. Thomas
and Rupert Ross the District Governor from
St. Croix, right.

Marcelino Guerrero

Passes Away

Marcelino Guerrero, 74, died March 17, 2009, in
Mexico City after a brief illness.

Mr. Guerrero was born November 27, 1934 in
Mexico. He lived on St. John for many years. He
worked initially at Caneel Bay and later opened a
family business, Marcelino’s Bakery, in Mongoose
Junction.

PSC Approves $2 Rate Hike for Red

Hook Run, $2 Decrease for Downtown

On Wednesday night, April 1, the Public Services
Commission voted to rescind the $1.10 fuel sur-
charge which had been in place since June 6, 2008.

Wrapping up a months-long rate investigation, the
public service regulators voted to raise the adult one-
way fare from Cruz Bay to Red Hook from $5 to $7.
The board also voted to lower the adult one-way fare
from Cruz Bay to Charlotte Amalie from $10 to $8.

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Huge Crowd Cheers New St. John
Men’s Flag Football League

A new tage has gripped Love City and has resi-
dents of all ages packing the Winston Wells ball
park bleachers and nearby streets every Tuesday and
Thursday evening.

Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation of-
ficials had tried to start a men’s flag football league
on St. John for years, but didn’t get momentum go-
ing until January, thanks in large part to First Phase
Datacom owner Brummell Germain.

John R. Littlechild
and Jennifer Elaine
Dorn were married
on March 17 on the
Rainbow River in
Dunnellon, Florida,
in front of family and
friends The couple
got engaged on St.
John and is planing
} to move to the island
next Spring.

Congratulations!

VINP Officials Clear Estate
Sieben and Re-route Trail

As more and more hikers traverse trails in the re-
mote regions of Virgin Islands National Park, it can
be a race against time — and foot traffic — to pro-
tect ruins and collect artifacts.

Such became the case in the Estate Sieben area
after a trail map distributed on island showed a path
cutting directly through several ruins, explained
VINP archaeologist Ken Wild.

“The trail was literally cutting right over historic
walls and through unstable, historically significant
structures,” Wild said. “Basically we have more traf-
fic down there and we’re trying to get everything off
the surface before it disappears.”

The area is a rich in history and attractations.
Love City’s sole boab tree is located on the property
once owned by Johan Sieben who establishd a sugar
plantation at the stie 1721 and moved there from St.
Thomas, according to historian Chuck Pishko.

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Easter Bunny and First Lady
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More Lanes Close
as Construction on
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Petition Drive Underway
To Change Ferry Rate Hike

“That’s a $40 difference every two
weeks which adds up quickly. And that
is before all of the other transportation
costs once you get to St. Thomas. A lot
of people really can’t afford it.”

— Sherry-Ann Francis, St. John resident

New
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Bay
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The unassuming entrance to the
Caneel Bay Resort has undergone a
major transformation. The new entrance
structure houses a security office and
provides the resort with an increased level
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Recently identified witnesses and a misstep by
prosecutors could result in a new trial for the only
man convicted of the 2007 murder of Jamie Cock-
ayne — a crime that cast a harsh national spotlight
on St. John and the Virgin Islands justice system.

VI. Superior Court Judge Brenda Hollar heard
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for Jahlil Ward based on new evidence — state-
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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



Tourist Beaten, Robbed in Cruz
Bay on First Night of Vacation

“It was the first night of my vacation and | caught
the last ferry here. | walked off the dock and around
to where Joe’s Diner is and | was asking for directions
to a taxi or the Westin. My memory is that a group of
young men tried to assist me in finding a taxi and it
turned into something else real quick.”

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Parents, Friends, Dignitaries Celebrate
Opening of St. John Montessori School

lvan “Cookie” Chinnery Sentenced
to 15 Years for Sexual Offense of Girl

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The Coral Bay Yacht Club
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Guy Benjamin School Flotilla
on Saturday, April 18, at Miss
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day provided students and
parents with a morning sail
from Coral Bay to Hansen
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St. John Man Arrested
for Possession, Intent To
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Alpine Deal will Sicken Residents,
Reduce Tourism

Craig, staff, and others,

It is easy to become mesmerized by details of industrial design and
chemical engineering. I would rather leave the details for analysis by
true experts. Petroleum coke is largely a global waste product that no-
body wants, and we in the VI may find ourselves as a dumping ground
for this dreadful fuel that is loaded with toxins. The proposal is NOT
to burn petroleum coke, but to impregnate with pet coke processed
waste largely consisting of plastics, wood fibers, and other materials
that we in the VI have demonstrated no interest in sorting at any step
in the disposal stream. We do not have the garbage stream to maintain
a 24 hour a day through the year incinerator -- that is precisely why
the proposal demanded we import pet coke, not just from St. Croix,
but from any entity desperate to rid themselves of it.

It has become apparent to me that the “alternative energy” cam-
paign we all heard so much about, associated with a $5 million plus
evaluation of bids -- completely rigged for a particular evaluator who
eventually won the contract -- was a charade. This morning I saw
Waste Met Authority advertising for a public relations contract to sell
this rotten deal to the citizenry.

I would hasten to add that we will not get there if these two Waste
to Energy Plants are built because the bottom ash, fly ash, and the re-
lease of toxic chemicals into our atmosphere will sicken our residents,
reduce tourism and strap us with a serious toxics disposal dilemma.

Tam not drinking the Kool Aid because I am certain that the Virgin
Islands deserves genuine alternative energy, and solar energy is our
best option.

Photovoltaic infrastructure must be largely decentralized, with
retrofitting and strict regs on new construction. We must invest in a

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Technical Information Needed on Alphine Agreement

Open Letter To (Senator) Craig Barshinger,

I read in the paper yesterday that there will be a
hearing next Thursday on St. John regarding the Al-
pine energy proposals.

Id like to participate, but unfortunately I feel ex-
tremely handicapped in my ability to ask any intel-
ligent questions. Although I’ve been following the
story in the papers, I have seen absolutely nothing on
details of the process by which garbage and pet coke
will be combusted and then noxious components of
the combustion gases removed to allow those released
to meet EPA standards.

I’ve also searched the web for examples of this
technology to little result. I did find a very interest-
ing paper on a process for burning pet coke, which
I’m attaching. However, this process had only been
investigated by computer modeling, and did not in-
clude burning garbage.

I assume that detailed description of the process
has been provided to WAPA in order for them to eval-

uate its feasibility.

Given that they chose this technology over other
available ones to meet their mandate to purchase en-
ergy from alternative providers, it must be very cool!
In light of the considerable opposition to this proj-
ect, it’s a mystery to me why its proponents are not
trumpeting it from the rooftops in support of their
proposal.

As chairman of the Senate committee with over-
sight in this area, I assume you have this detailed
information. Please forward it to me at your earliest
possible convenience so that I'll have time to review
it prior to the hearing and prepare some relevant ques-
tions and remarks.

There are probably others being cc’d on this who
would be interested as well. Perhaps you could direct
us to a web link where all interested parties could get
the information.

Yours,
Chris Clark

St. John Capital Improvement Fund Should Be for St. John

Dear Governor John deJongh,

I wish to address an issue for you to consider. Re-
cently, the legislature acted on returning the St. John
Capital Improvement Fund from waste management
to be used for actual capital improvements on St.
John.

That bill now sits on your desk for signing, and I
urge you to do so. For 20 years, our capital improve-
ments have been used for everything but capital im-
provements for St. John.

Since it’s inception, this fund should have provided
about $40 million for St. John improvements, yet we
have not received funds for improvements, only trash
hauling.

Unlike any other island, we have to pay twice for
trash, first in general funding for the Department of
Public Works and Waste Management Authority, and
second to pay for our trash hauling. No other island
pays a special “tipping fee,” which is so wrong.

However, using this fund, we could purchase the
four acres of land at the Enighed Pond from the Port
Authority which sits fenced and dormant, but could
be used for so many improvements for our island.

On this land, Cruz Bay’s “second city” could be
built, relieving the pressure cooker atmosphere of
Cruz Bay. On this land we could create parking, a
Carnival amphitheater and Vendors Village, a car
rental area (just like at an airport), a taxi staging area
freeing the congestion downtown, and a park life at-

mosphere complimenting St. John.

If we don’t move to acquire this land from the Port
Authority for better uses, the Port Authority plans to
use it as an empty trailer parking area. Just what Cruz
Bay doesn’t need, more industrial, instead of a resi-
dent and visitor friendly site.

I would like to discuss this further with you at some
time, because if left to the Port Authority, further mis-
management of the island’s waterfronts will continue.
The Port Authority’s new plan for the Creek removes
parking and increases congestion downtown, just
what we don’t need, yet we are powerless to change.

Have you seen the big black fence, complete with
barbed wire, at our Creek? St. Thomas’ waterfront,
with ferries, cruise ship passengers, mega yachts,
down island boats, etc., doesn’t have a fence, but little
St. John must look like a prison. The people of St.
John consider this an insult.

Governor, we are all in this together. We need to
improve our islands. We need to stimulate the quality
of our towns if we want success. We have to fix our
communities if we want to be the beautiful paradise
we claim to be.

Please, sign our St. John Capital Improvement
Fund Bill and let’s move forward with beautifying St.
John.

My best to you,
Steve Black

Alpine Deal will Sicken Residents, Reduce Tourism

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major way, replacing the aged oil burners and boil-
ers with a modern energy infrastructure. I believe that
large wind turbines on our ridge lines, particularly in
the northern VI (its more appropriate for the flat ter-
rain on St. Croix), will discourage tourism because it

detracts from the scenic beauty of our islands.

We must replace this debate with a serious discus-
sion about CLEAN alternative energy for our future
that does not contribute to global warming.

Thanks for listening,
Gary Ray
Letters to St. John Tradewinds



Let’s Get the Facts About Petcoke

During the Holiday season, the Water and Power
Authority, Waste Management Authority and Alpine
Energy Group have been bombarding Virgin Island-
ers with paid advertisements, or “FACTS” as they
deemed, in order to persuade Virgin Islanders that the
construction in 2010 of two petroleum coke and gar-
bage fueled incinerators on St. Thomas and St. Croix
for generating electricity is in their best interest.

Subsequently, WAPA has invited Virgin Islanders
to attend any of the town hall meetings scheduled for
St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John with the inten-
tion that Virgin Islanders should bring an open mind,
but with a caveat: for those who testify against the
projects- be prepared to scientifically and technically
prove why the Alpine method should be rejected over
any other method of generating electricity and gar-
bage disposal.

After reading the advertised series paid for by Vir-
gin Islanders and published in the Daily News, St.
Croix Avis and Island Trader, I am convinced that I,
as well as a majority of those who read _ the adver-
tisements, did not fully understand nor have the re-
sources to disseminate and compare the information
to other proposals.

Now I am no scientist, chemical engineer or coal
tycoon; but as a fairly educated person, I know that
any hypothesis stated true (FACT) with a series of
proper proofs can be refuted by an opposing hypoth-
esis with its own set of proofs, depending on whose
side you are on (Albert Einstein’s and Stephen Hawk-
ing’s theories, Darwinism vs. Creationism, etc.).

And as a descendant of natives of the Danish West
Indies, who valued common sense, common sense
tells me that no flue stacks in the Virgin Islands are
better than having two flue stacks belching out poi-
sonous gasses, and make no mistake-petroleum coke
flue gasses are known carcinogens and a danger to
human health and the environment.

The incinerator stack emissions will release into
Virgin Island air sulfur dioxide, mercury, lead, carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, benzene, vanadium, cad-
mium, volatile organic compounds, ozone and diox-
ins. That is a FACT.

How much? Any amount is too much. Virgin Is-
landers households collect rainwater on house roofs,
which is then stored in cisterns and used for drinking,

bathing, washing, watering vegetable gardens and
fruit trees. The water will become contaminated with
toxic chemicals particularly dioxins.

The Virgin Islands is geographically susceptible
to flash floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. That is a
FACT.

The ash from the incinerators, considered toxic
waste by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), will be buried in landfills that in all probability
will be impacted by natural disasters. The pollution
will contaminate the soil and coastal waters, endan-
gering human health and wildlife.

The $440 million cost of the agreements and all
other costs incurred will become the financial burden
of Virgin Islands’ electric ratepayers well into the
21st century. All inherent risks in the contracts will be
borne by ratepayers, even if Alpine Energy Corpora-
tion fails in its agreements. That is a FACT.

The Virgin Islands is in non-compliance in resolv-
ing its waste issue as mandated by the EPA — also a
FACT. WAPA and WMA have had many years and
a great many opportunities to be at the forefront of
waste processing technology and electrical genera-
tion by using renewable energy.

Now that the deadline is approaching-and the crisis
is looming, both authorities are desperate to convince
Virgin Islanders that the Alpine Energy Group con-
tracts are the only solution.

There is the industrial process that can be used re-
cycling all our waste products and returning a finan-
cial gain to the Virgin Islands. Virgin Islanders must
be enlightened to a new environmental plan for the
planet; they need to know that they have the power to
push their administrators to explore new electricity-
generating technology, such as wind, solar and wa-
ter.

Despite the in-depth paid scientific advertisements,
I am convinced WAPA’s and the WMA’s push for the
Alpine Energy Group proposals are not in the Virgin
Islands best interest. Scientific proof? I say keep it
simple: the islands are blessed with clean air now;
with incinerators it will be dirty dangerous air; and
that’s a FACT.

Moriah Jacobs
St. John resident

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St. John Tradewinds
Keeping Track

2009
TO-DATE

Homicide: 1
Solved: 0

Shootings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 5
Under Investigation: 5
Solved: 0

Arsons: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 6
Under Investigation: 6
Solved: 1

2nd Degree Burglaries: 17
Under Investigation: 16
Solved: 1

3rd Degree Burglaries: 70
Under Investigation: 66
Solved: 4

Grand Larcenies: 67
Under Investigation: 64
Solved: 3

Rapes: 1
Under Investigation: 1
Solved: 0

2010
TO-DATE

Homicide: 0
Solved: 0

Shootings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Arsons: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

2nd Degree Burglaries: 1
Under Investigation: 1
Solved: 0

38rd Degree Burglaries: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

Grand Larcenies: 2
Under Investigation: 2
Solved: 0

Rapes: 0
Under Investigation: 0
Solved: 0

St. John Tradewinds’ Keeping Track data comes from the V.I.
Police Department’s Leander Jurgen Command Incident Log, an
unofficial record of calls to the station, reports and arrests on St.
John.



Alcholics Anonymous Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous meets as scheduled: Sundays, 9:45
a.m. at Hawksnest Bay Beach; Closed meeting for alcoholic
only at Nazareth Lutheran Church at 5:30 on Tuesdays; Open
meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at
Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cruz Bay; Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Moravian Church, Coral Bay.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings
Narcotics Anonymous has open meeting from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. every Saturday at St. Ursula’s Church.

Al-Anon Meetings
Al-Anon meets on St. John every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the
picnic table at the VINP ball field, and every Thursday at 5:30
p.m. at St. Ursula’s Multi-purpose center.

Alateen Meetings
Alateen will meet on Mondays at St. Ursula’s Church from 6
to 7 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in attending.
18 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



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An Encounter with

Shortfin Pilot Whales

Marine Biologist Jeff Miller and
co-worker Andy Davis encountered
a pod of shortfin pilot whales as
the scientists were on their way to
Buck Island recently. The scientists
were about 10 miles off the shore
of St. Croix when they spotted
between 15 and 20 of the small
non-aggressive whales.



Top Gun, Sweet Ting, Soma
Win Around St. John Race

May 4-10, 2009





Super Pests
Decimating
Native St.

Artist Annie
Hingham
Dies In Early
Morning Car
Accident






MaLinda Media Wins
Big at Addy Awards

MaLinda Media swept the categories it
had entered winning two golds and three
silvers in the 28th Annual Virgin Islands
Advertising Federation Addy Awards on
Saturday, April 25, on St. Thomas.

Mat Vacharat Wins
Ultimate Chef Challenge

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Downpours Drench Love City

5.79 Inches of rain dropped on
Monday, May 4.

Queen and Princess
Shows Will Include
St. Thomas Contestants



VIPD Arrest Two Men for
Robbery, Assault of Tourist

VI. Police Department officers on St.
John arrested 18-year-old Jah-Wada Jones
and 19-year-old Lawrence Powell Jr. and
charged them with second degree robbery,
third degree assault and grand larceny in
connection with the April 12 robbery of a
55-year-old visitor to the island.

Michael Stanislas
Sentenced to 15 Years
for Estate Enighed
Robbery and Shooting

A year and a half after robbing a poker
game and shooting a VI. National Park em-
ployee, Michael Stanislas was sentenced to
15 years in prison last week.

Stanislas, a 28-year-old St. Thomas resi-
dent, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 5, by
VI. Superior Court Judge Leon Kendall to
15 years for first-degree attempted murder,
five years for first-degree assault, 15 years
for possession of a dangerous weapon, sev-
en years each for five counts of first-degree
robbery and an additional seven years for
first-degree attempted robbery, according
to a published report. He was also fined
$5,000 for the weapons charge.

May 18-24, 2009

Ferry Fares To Remain

at Current Rate — for Now

The price of riding the ferry to Red
Hook will not increase for at least 60 days,
if at all.

At a Tuesday evening, May 12, meeting
before a packed house of about 80 people
at the St. John Legislature building, VI.
Public Services Commission members vot-
ed to stay their order, passed last month, to
increase most ferry fares for runs between
St. John and St. Thomas.

Nahim Jolly Arrested
for Stealing Laptop
from Gifft Hill School

Friends —
of VINP ‘ ys
Welcome
Cavanaugh
As New
Development
Director



With a background in publication, mar-
keting and fund raising, Noreen Cavanaugh
brings a wealth of experience to the Friends
of V.I. National Park.

O’dege Sails To
2nd Commodore’s
Cup Victory

Ina Alicia George Dies

Charles Smalls, 82,
Passes Away

May 25-31, 2009



NPS Returns Young
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
to Hawksnest Bay

After Rehabilitation

Paddy, a young Hawksbill turtle
found stranded and distressed on
Caneel Bay Resort’s Hawksnest
Beach on March 17, was returned
to the same area on Thursday,
May 21, by NPS employee Christy
McManus after being rehabilitated
at Coral World.

One Dies, One
Recovers After Being
Overcome in Cistern

A 33-year-old St. Thomas man died and
a 42-year-old St. John man recovered after
they were overcome by fumes in a cistern
at a home in Fish Bay. The worker who
died was the first one to go into the cis-
tern, according to witnesses. The man who
survived had recovered consciousness af-
ter being overcome and was able to get out
of the cistern while rescue workers donned
breathing aparatus to bring the second vic-
tim out.
St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010 19

2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 2



May 25-31, 2009 continued
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Love City Jumps Up
for Javon at Fun Day;
Scholarship Awarded
to Malik Stevens

The threat of rain couldn’t keep more
than 100 Love City residents from cel-
ebrating what would have been Javon Jade
Alfred’s twelfth birthday at the JJ Fun Day
on Saturday, May 23, at the Winston Wells
ball field. “JJ,” as he was affectionately
known to friends and family, was killed on
December 22, 2004, when he was struck by
a delivery truck as he walked home from a
school Christmas party.

Wagapalooza Nets
$25,000 To Keep
ACC Running
Through December

June 1-7, 2009

Caneel Employee Suffers
Minor Injuries After
Being Run Over by Boat

An employee of the Caneel Bay Resort
suffered lacerations to his shoulder after a
boating accident on Friday evening, May
22. The employee borrowed the boat from
the resort and was just leaving Caneel when
the accident occurred around 10 p.m.

The man lost control of the boat when
his shirt became stuck in the steering
wheel, explained V.I. National Park Acting
Chief Ranger Jeff Mihan.

Memorial
Day
Honors



St. John Hosts Sea
Space Symposium

Toxic Gases in Cistern
Caused Death of
Construction Worker

Toxic gases were to blame in the death
of Fritzner Referve, 43, of St. Thomas,
according to the findings of VI. Medical
Examiner Francisco Landron. Referve died
in the early morning hours of Friday, May
22, after he was overcome the previous day
while working in a cistern at a home under
construction in Fish Bay.



Power Swim Attracts
Record Numbers,
Raises $15,000

The Friends of the VINP hosted its sixth
annual power swim on Sunday, May 24,
generating a record number of participants
and approximately $15,000 that will ben-
efit its many programs, according to Joe
Kessler, Friends president.



With Win Over Prestige,

Westin Takes First Men’s Flag

Football League Championship
Love City’s first men’s flag football sea-

son wrapped up on Wednesday, May 20,

with Westin beating Prestige in a closely

contested match which ended with the re-
sort team on top 32 to 28.

June 8-14, 2009



Hires Ms. Roskin,
GBS PTO Takes to

the Street in Protest

The halls of Guy Benjamin School were
just about empty on Thursday, June 4, as
parents kept students home as part of a
planned Parent Teacher Organization pro-
test to demand the hiring of Jane Roskin.

About 10 GBS PTO members, parents
and students stood outside the school hold-
ing posters which read “We Need Mrs.
Roskin At Our School — No More Ex-
cuses,” and “Together We Can Make Guy
Benjamin Great.” There were only about
18 of the 100 students in attendance on
June 4.

Drowning Reported
at Honeymoon

VI. Police Department St. John Deputy
Chief Darren Foy reported that a 65-year-
old female tourist apparently drowned on
Honeymoon Beach on St. John on Wednes-
day, June 4.

Police were dispatched to that location
just before 12 p.m. June 4 and encountered
a woman unresponsive on the beach. The
victim was identified as Linda Padgett of
North Carolina, who was staying at Blue-
beard’s Beach Club on St. Thomas.

J’Nay Penn Graduates
As Valedictorian of IEKHS

Selengut Donates
2.2-Acre Nanny Point
to Trust for Public Land

Located on Nanny Point on the south-
east coast of St. John, the site was owned
by Stanley Selengut, owner of Maho Bay
Campground and Estate Concordia.



Coral Bay Triangle
Getting A Face Lift

“| want to get this thing up as
quickly as possible. Once we have
the design complete and the mate-
rials and funds together, we’ll get
together and get it up. It will be like
an old fashioned barn raising.”

— Samuel Rymer, Moravian Church property manager



Marketplace Gym
Reopens Under
Original Management

Camille Paris, 73,
Passes Away
Ariel Powell, 28, Dies

Jessie Alice (Todd)
Turner Fitzgerald
Passes Away

June 8-14, 2009



JESS Graduates Reminded
To Make Good Choices
20 St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

World Renowned Cellist Performing
at St. John School of the Arts Jan. 28

Kalin Ivanov will be performing at St. John School of the Arts
on Thursday, January 28, at 8 p.m.

This world-renowned cellist is gaining recognition as an artist
whose “dramatic urgency and expressive tone” (The STRAD, New
York) is matched by “his deep, emotional, and poetic performing
style” (Moscow North). From Barber to Brahms and Schumann to
Vivaldi, this performance will entice all music lovers.

A native of Bulgaria, Ivanov began studying cello at age six
and now holds a Master of Music degree from Brooklyn College.
Don’t miss this wonderful night of the classics on St. John. Tick-
ets are $30 and may be purchased at Connections or at the door.
Space is limited.

St. John Rescue Needs Volunteers

St. John Rescue is looking for volunteers to join its dedicated
team of first responders. The group particularly needs volunteers
in Coral Bay. Please contact Bob Malacarne at 626-5118 or Chris
Jordan at 514-4793.

Explore Waterlemon Bay on Jan. 23

The St. John Historical Society will explore the historical land-
scape of Waterlemon Bay on Saturday, January 23, beginning at 9
a.m. and starting from the Annaberg parking lot.

While the Annaberg sugar factory epitomizes singularity in co-
lonial-era industrial design and function, the sprawling remains at
neighboring Waterlemon Bay are a study in diversity.

Join historian David Knight for an in-depth exploration of what
was once the island’s most active and densely-populated coastline.
This is a moderately difficult hike; wear sturdy hiking shoes and
appropriate protective clothing for sun and thorny bush. Also pack
sunscreen, bug repellent, a towel, plenty of drinking water and a
snack. Still cameras are welcome, but no video or recording de-
vices. SJHS activities are free to members and guests; a donation
of $25 per person from participating non-members is appreciated.

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VI Awarded $1.4 Million Grant
for Broadband Mapping

St. John Tradewinds

The Virgin Islands was awarded approximately
$1.4 million from the National Telecommunications
Information Administration of the Department of
Commerce under their Broadband Technologies Op-
portunity Program (BTOP) last week.

The monies will fund mapping of the territory’s
existing broadband network and funding for planning
the expansion of the territory’s telecommunications
facilities, explained Governor John deJongh.

“This competitive federal stimulus grant award will
allow us to begin the process that will result in our be-
ing able to provide reliable broadband services to the
territory’s residents and businesses,” deJongh said.
“This is a key initiative towards bringing the critical
infrastructure to further spur economic growth in the
territory and enable our community to participate in
communications and internet worlds without limita-
tion.”

In May 2009, deJongh hosted all of the existing
telecom and broadband service providers, as well as
the V.I. Water and Power Authority and the Univer-
sity of the Virgin Islands’ Research and Technology
Park to begin the effort which led to this award.

“The purpose of that first-ever such meeting was
to outline the government’s vision in submitting an
application to the BTOP and gain the cooperation and
participation of these stakeholders in sharing vital in-
formation about their networks that is critical to pro-

viding the information requested by the NTIA to first
create a national broadband map and then to form the
basis for developing the plans for expanding the terri-
tory’s broadband infrastructure,” deJongh said.

Local service providers participating in the meet-
ing were Innovative Communications, Choice Com-
munications, Broadband VI, Clear Signal Network
Solutions, ADM Wireless, AT&T Cellular, and Sprint
Cellular.

Following a competitive bid process, Stratum
Broadband Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts was con-
tracted to assist the OEO in submitting the grant ap-
plication for the mapping and planning initiatives as
well as to develop the engineering and business strat-
egy.

It is anticipated that the base data on mapping will
be completed in February and that a submission of
a second competitive grant application for network
build out funding will take place.

“Our success in this area complements efforts that
are underway by the University’s Research and Tech-
nology Park to expand our e-commerce platform of-
ferings to drive business development in the territory
and the recent government submissions of a federal
stimulus grant application to build out our health in-
formation exchange infrastructure and recent approv-
al of a federal grant to development and implement a
Medicaid management information system,” deJongh
said.

Crime Stoppers USVI: Crimes of the Week

St. John Tradewinds

Crime Stoppers is asking the community’s help
to solve the following crimes. Even the smallest
bit of information may be just what law enforce-
ment needs to solve these cases.

St. John

On December 27 at about 6:30 p.m., a black
backpack containing a woman’s US passport and
a black iPhone in an orange case were stolen from
a grey Isuzu Trooper while parked at the Mar-
ketplace. The minimum reward for this arrest is
$357.

St. Thomas

On December 25 at about 12:20 a.m. inthe area
of Silver Dollar Convenience Store, four masked
individuals in a white Toyota Camry robbed and
then opened fire on a group of people playing
dominoes, wounding six individuals. Help police
identify these shooters and get these thugs off the
streets. The minimum reward for the arrest of the
four suspects is $2,500

St. Croix

On August 18, 2008 at about 1:40 a.m., resi-
dents of Williams Delight reported a number of
shots fired. Police officers found 30-year-old

Shada Mustafa lying in his front yard with several
gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital but
later died. Help detectives identify the killer(s).
The minimum reward for this arrest is $1,250.

Community members can submit tips to Crime
Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The
tips are completely anonymous, and the stateside
operators are bilingual. Tipsters can also submit
tips online at www.CrimeStoppersUSVLorg or
by texting “USVI” plus your message to CRIMES
(274637).

If a tip leads to an arrest or the recovery of
stolen property, illegal drugs, or weapons, the
tipster receives a cash reward to be paid accord-
ing to their instructions. Only anonymous callers
to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash re-
wards.

Crime Stoppers is pleased to report that in
2009 we received 508 tips. This is over twice
what was expected and Crime Stoppers thanks the
entire community for sending a strong message to
criminals in the territory that law-abiding citizens
and law enforcement are working to put an end
to this crime spree, thus making the USVI a safer
place to live, work, and raise a family.
Carabana Ensemble Presents “‘Benjie”’
at Cinnamon Bay on Thursday Nights

Carabana Ensemble Theater Company opened its thirteenth
season at the Cinnamon Bay amphitheater on Thursday, January 7,
with its presentation of “Benjie.”

The mono-drama Benjie is the story of Guy Benjamin, a leading
educator, community activist and storyteller on St. John. His story
is told through the lesson of a grade school teacher to her class.

The play was written and directed by Clarence Cuthbertson and
feather Kathleen Pascal as Miss Kay, the grade school teacher. The
play will run each Thursday at 7 p.m. through April 29. Admission
is free. For more information call 779-4940.

First Annual St. Thomas Blues Festival
Set for January 22 at Reichhold

The first Annual Johnnie Walker St. Thomas Blues Festival is
set for Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold Center at the
University of the Virgin Islands.

The much anticipated concert features Curtis Salgado, Tram-
pled Under Food and Eden Brent.

Tickets are now available at The Reichhold Center Box Office;
VI Bridal and Tuxedo at Tutu Park Mall; Home Again at Red Hook
Plaza; Eccentric Shoe Boutique; Urban Threadz at Havensight;
and at Connections on St. John.

Please note that tickets are going quite fast so make plans early.
For more information check out stthomasbluesfestival.com.

DPNR’s Building Permits Division
Is Discarding Old Buidling Plans

Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner
Robert Mathes announced last week that the Division of Build-
ing Permits advised all applicants who have obtained an Occu-
pancy Permit from 1995 to 2007 and all approved plans from 2005
through 2008 that were not picked up, to come in to DPNR and
pick up their building plans.

As mandated by the International Residential Code and the
International Building Code, DPNR will hold construction plans
only six months after the Occupancy permit has been issued.

Dept. of Human Services Offering Free
Training for Non-Profit Organizations

The Department of Human Services announces a free 12-week
training session for directors, managers and board members of
nonprofit organizations.

The sessions will begin on January 21, at 9:30 a.m. at the DHS
Video Conference Center- St. Thomas

Call Ms. Warrington at 774-0930 ext. 4103 for more informa-
tion and registration forms. Space is limited, so register promptly.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Free
Vow Renewal at Trunk Bay Ceremony

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by te-affirming love and commit-
ment at the eight annual free marriage vow renewal with Love
City’s famous barefoot minister Anne Marie Porter.

The ceremony will be on Sunday, February 14, at 5 p.m. at
Trunk Bay beach. So far 630 couples have enjoyed the free, fun
event. No registration is required, just show up! For more informa-
tion call Cathy Dove at 642-2182 or email Cathy@bookitvi.com.

St. John Tradewinds

The Community Foundation of
the Virgin Islands announces the
launch of its 2010 Mini-Grant Pro-
gram.

The mini-grant program was es-
tablished by CFVI to offer support
to school based groups, communi-
ty organizations, non-profit groups
and individuals who propose in-
novative programs that support the
mission of CFVI which is to en-
hance educational, cultural, social,
physical, and the environmental
well-being of children, youth and

St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17,2010 = 21

CFVI 2010 Mini-Grants Available

families in the U.S. Virgin Is-
lands.

“For the 14th consecutive year,
CFVI is able to offer these grants
which enable hard-working vol-
unteers to provide services to Vir-
gin Islands’ children and families
in after-school and summer pro-
grams” said CFVI’s president Dee
Baecher-Brown.

These mini grants range from
$250 to $1,000 and are awarded
on a competitive basis to appli-
cants from St. Thomas, St. Croix
and St. John.

Completed applications for
2010 mini-grants must be post-
marked or faxed by Friday, Feb-
ruary 12. Successful applicants
will be required to submit a brief
written report, receipts for expen-
ditures and, if possible, contribute
visual documentation, on the use
of the grant at the end of the fund-
ing period.

Applications can also be re-
quested via email at general.info@
cfvi.net or kwilliams@cfvi.net. Or
pick up an application at Connec-
tions in Cruz Bay.

St. John Police Report

EMERGENCY NuMBERS:

Land Line: 911 ¢ Cellular: 340-776-9110
St. John Police Dept: 340-693-8880
St. John Fire Station: 340-776-6333

Saturday, January 2

5:55 a.m. - An Estate Pastory
resident r/ that her boyfriend as-
saulted her. Assault.

9:11 am. - A citizen c/re-
questing police assistance with
removing an individual from
Mongoose Junction. Police as-
sistance.

6:35 p.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r an auto accident in the area of
Dolphin Market. Auto accident.

Sunday, January 3

10:00 a.m. - An Estate Grun-
wald resident c/requesting police
assistance. Police assistance.

Monday, January 4

9:30 a.m. - A member of St.
John Rescue c/r seeing suspi-
cious males on the beach at
Chocolate Hole.

10:15 a.m. - An Estate Spring
Garden resident 1/ being assault-
ed by a male. Aggravated assault
and battery.

11:08 a.m. -AnEstate Enighed
resident r/ lost documents. Lost
documents.

5:00 p.m. - A St. Thomas resi-
dent p/r being involved in a fight
at the Cruz Bay dock. Simple as-
sault and battery.

8:27 p.m. - A visitor r/ a bur-

glary. Burglary in the second.

9:23 p.m. - A citizen c/r a dis-
turbance in the area of the Na-
tional Park Service parking lot.
Disturbance of the peace.

Tuesday, January 5

1:33 p.m. - An Estate Caro-
lina resident c/r being threatened
on the telephone. Telephone ha-
rassment.

4:25 p.m. - A Belleuve Vil-
lage resident p/r that she lost her
postal money orders. Lost prop-
erty.

5:17 p.m. - A VI. National
Park ranger r/ an accidental in-
jury. Accidental injury.

8:40 p.m. - A citizen c/r the
smell of marijuana near her resi-
dence. Suspicious act.

9:40 p.m. - A dinghy ran
aground near Moorehad Point.
No injuries were reported. Po-
lice assistance.

Wednesday, January 6

12:20 p.m. - A St. Thomas
resident 1/ being in a fight. As-
sault and battery.

12:45 pm. - An Estate
Enighed resident 1/ an assault.
Assault and battery.

3:13 p.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r a burglary in Estate Adrian.

Unfounded burglary.

3:15 p.m. - A minor p/r she
was assaulted at her home. Ag-
gravated assault and battery,
DV.

4:40 p.m. - A citizen p/r that
his tenant broke his door. De-
struction of property.

Thursday, January 7

4:00 a.m. - Central Dispatch
c/r a burglary in progress in
Chocolate Hole. Police assis-
tance.

10:25 a.m. - An employee of
Waterfront Bistro c/r a larceny.
Grand larceny.

2:49 p.m. - A John’s Folly
resident 1/ that someone stole
his roosters, valued at $4,000.
Grand larceny.

11:33 pm. - An _ Estate
Enighed resident p/r she was as-
saulted by a male. Court order
violation.

Friday, January 8

12:51 a.m. - Acitizen 1/ some-
one removed his dinghy from
Cruz Bay. Unauthorized use of
vessel.

1:22 a.m. - A citizen r/ he was
assaulted by three males in the
area of Wharfside Village. Sim-
ple assault.


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St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

Community Calendar



St. John Tradewinds welcomes notices of community-orient-
ed, not-for-profit events for inclusion in this weekly listing. Call
7716-6496, e-mail editor@tradewinds.vi or fax 693-8885.

Monday, January 11
Coral Bay residents are in-
vited to attend a community
meeting on Monday, January
11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
the John’s Folly Learning In-
stitute.
Tuesday, January 12
The St. John Historical
Society will host its January
membership meeting on Tues-
day, January 12, at the Bethany
Moravian Church Hall, begin-
ning at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 13
Senator at Large Craig
Barshinger will host the next
Committee of Economic De-
velopment, Energy and Tech-
nology hearing on Wednesday,
January 13, at 9 am. in the
Earle B. Ottley Legislative
Hall on St. Thomas.
Thursday, January 14
The VI. Water and Power
Authority, VI. Waste Manage-
ment Authority and Alpine En-
ergy Group are hosting a series
of town hall meetings this week
across the territory. On St. John
the meeting will be on Thurs-
day, January 14, at the Cruz
Bay Legislature building from
6 to 9 p.m. For more informa-
tion call 774-3552 ext. 2050.
Wednesday, January 20
Crimestoppers USVI is hav-
ing a birthday party on St. John
on Wednesday, January 20,
from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cruz
Bay Battery.
Friday, January 22
The first Annual Johnnie
Walker St. Thomas Blues Fes-
tival is set for Friday, January
22, at 8 p.m. at the Reichhold
Center at the University of the
Virgin Islands.
Friday, January 22
For The Sea Productions,
created by award-winning
underwater filmmaker Ziggy
Livnatto, was designed to
promote marine conservation
via visual experience. He will
bring his entertaining and edu-

cational film “Learning to Sea”

to the St. John School of the

Arts on Friday, January 22
Saturday, January 23

The St. John Historical So-
ciety will explore the historical
landscape of Waterlemon Bay
on Saturday, January 23, be-
ginning at 9 a.m. and starting
from the Annaberg parking lot.

Sunday, January 24

Friends of VI. National
Park is hosting its 2010 Annual
Meeting on Saturday, January
24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at T’ree
Lizards Restaurant at Cinna-
mon Bay Campground.

Thursday, January 28

— Kalin Ivanov will be
performing at St. John School
of the Arts on Thursday, Janu-
ary 28, at 8 p.m.

— “Crowns,” a Gospel Mu-
sical about the story of six Af-
rican American women, will
open at Pistarckle Theater on
January 28.

— The Department of Hu-
man Services will host public
hearings to discuss the new
rules and regulations for ad-
ministering child-care facilities
across the territory. On St. John
the meeting will be on ?? , Jan-
uary 28, at St. Ursula’s Senior
Citizens’ Center in Cruz Bay,
from 6 to 9 p.m. d run through
February 14.

Saturday, January 30

St. John School of the
Arts Dance-a-thon will be on
Saturday, January 20, from 7 to
11 p.m. at The Westin Resort.

Saturday, February 6

The annual Friends of VINP
Gala will be on Saturday,
February 6, at Janet and Martin
Marshall’s Villa in Great Cruz
Bay.

Sunday, February 14

Celebrate Valentine’s Day
by re-affirming love and com-
mitment at the eight annual free
marriage vow renewal with
Love City’s minister Anne Ma-
rie Porter. The ceremony will



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3 Sail Church Missionary Baptist Church
10 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday Services, 10:45 Worship,

Tuesday 7 p.m. e
Baha’i Community of St. John Bible Study 693-8884 St. John Tradewinds

Race Unity Devotions e@ oe
7:30 p.m. Fridays; Nazareth Lutheran Church
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716-6316, 776-6254 7716-6731
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VINP Archaeology Has Big Plans

Continued from Page 7

Another Hassel Island project slated for
2010 is the first phase of the renovation
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company,
which put the Virgin Islands on the map in
the 1800s, Wild explained.

“Every ship from the British Empire
that came into the Americas offloaded in
St. Thomas harbor,” he said. “That created
the need for coaling stations and a place for
ships to be repaired. It was a huge industry
from the mid-1800s into the 1900s.”

“We have funding to start cleaning up
the company and getting it in good re-
pair,” Wild added.

Back on St. John, work will continue
on the excavation of centuries-old remains
found at Cinnamon Bay, a project which
has been ongoing for years.

The remains, likely those of men,
women and children who died in a cholera
epidemic sometime between 1680 and the
1800s, have been washing up on Cinna-
mon Bay beach for years due to erosion.
They will eventually be reburied in an
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“The excavation just takes time,” said
Wild. “I actually just returned from Talla-
hassee, where some of the human remains
we've found are being stored, to see how
much was there to determine how much
room we need for the ossuary.”

The VINP archaeology department may
have an even bigger task to accomplish at
Cinnamon Bay, an area rich in historic ar-
tifacts, if funding comes through for the
replacement of the campground’s water
system.

“The excavation for that project would
be a large, large archaeological dig,” said
Wild. “We'd have to dig at least the first
meter deep so they could install the new
system. The funding hasn’t come in yet,
but it’s something that’s being looked at
very closely.”

Wild also plans to welcome interns
from the University of Copenhagen in
Denmark, whose task will be to help find
approximately 20 undiscovered planta-
tions which were plotted out by the VINP
archacologist and last year’s interns.



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“VILLA MISTRAL”- WATERFRONT —This beautiful 5 bedroom home
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screened porch, A/C, beautiful pool & hot tub. $1,950,000.

NAUTILUS —- Dramatic WATERFRONT setting on Maria
Bluff. 3 bd/2 bath masonry villa w/large wraparound veran-
da, spa, sunrise to sunset views, 1.25 acre, tile roof, circular
drive. $1,495,000,

SEASCAPE - Fantastic location on Bovovoap Point!
Spacious 2 bd main house w/lap pool, plus a separate
caretaker’s cottage. Panoramic sunset views, privacy.
$1,495,000.

AURORA -— Luxurious 4 bd/4bath masonry villa on
Contant Pt. Enjoy 180' views from Great Cruz Bay to St.
Thomas, great privacy, pool, multiple outdoor areas,
excellent vacation rental history. $1,995,000.

VILLA ROMANCE -Brand new, lux4 bd pool villa, features ex-
quisite design, craftsmanship, tile roof, coral flooring, columns,
fountains & sunsets over Chocolate Hole Bay. $2,999,000.

POINT RENDEZVOUS — New rental villa in upscale neigh-
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3 bdrm/ 2 baths, large covered veranda, spa, 20’ vaulted ceil-
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WATERFRONT WITH DOCK - Concrete 3 bd/2 bath
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CHEZ SHELL - Charming 3 bd /3 bath, w/gorgeous sunset
views, & prime Great Cruz Bay location. This beautifully dec-
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TESSERACT - Popular 3 bdrm / 3 bath rental home w/
fantastic lap pool & panoramic views from Hart Bay to St.
Thomas. Comfortable layout, large rooms, multiple decks,
privacy & extensive landscaping. $1,200,000.

STONE HOUSE - Unique native stone 3 bd/3 bath villa w/
covered rotunda, freeform pool, and spectacular Coral Bay
views. $1,800,000. With adjacent parcel $2,100,000.

PLUMB GUT - 1 bd/1 bath home w/adjacent 1X1 cottage.
Lush setting on eastern side of Bordeaux. $574,000.

BAYVIEW - Private villa bordering Natl. Park, minutes
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connected by pool, decks & patios. 280° views overlooking
Francis Bay & North Shore + Coral Bay. $1,695,00.

CAROLINA — Small, poured concrete, home with lovely
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LUMINARIA — Luxurious ridgetop villa w/incredible views
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bath suites, 4 car garage, gated entry, beautiful furnishings
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WINDSONG - Stately Boatman Pt. villa, w/separate
cottage, situated on a lac parcel w/panoramic views. 6
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BORDEAUX MT. - Family home w/3 bd./2 baths, large
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BETHANY CONDO - Spacious, free-standing 2 bd/2 bath
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GALLOWS POINT CONDO - Waterfront, 1/bd/1 bath
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hotel amenities. $695K.

SELENE’S - Ideal in town location, w/parking, for living/
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SERENDIP CONDO - A great buy! Cute 1 bd unit w/dy-
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CANEEL HILL - Gorgeous panoramic views. Improved
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DITLEFF POINT - Extraordinary sites on magnificent pen-
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KLEIN BAY - Small upscale neighborhood, gorgeous
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WATERFRONT ON MONTE BAY - Spectacular 13.44 ac.
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CRUZ BAY TOWN - Walk to Frank Bay, R-4 zoning. $249K.
CHOCOLATE HOLE - Water views, 2 ac. $299K & $379K.
GLUCKSBERG - Gentle grade, % ac., Ig. trees. $130K.
POINTRENDEZVOUS- Outstanding views. $375K &$415K.
LEINSTERBAY-2IotsonJohnnyHornTrail.$225K&$329K.
ZOOTENVAAL — Hurricane Hole views, paved road.$400K.
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MARBELLA Expansive St. Thomas sunset
views, 3 bdrms w/ en suite baths. Open style,
all on one level, Central A/C. $2,850,000

FUN & CONTENTMENT 180° views. Pool,
2 large AC. suites & mahogany hardwoods
Plans for 3 more bdrms. $1,235,000

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foundation, cistern & deck in place. $765,000



NEW CINNAMON DAY DREAMS! Located
in Nat'l Pk boundaries of Catherineberg on 1
acre. 2BR/25BA & office. Immaculate!
$2,395,000

WATERFRONT MARIA BLUFF Villa Belvedere
Commanding views, year-round sunsets, pool,
spa, deck, 3BR/3.5BA. $2,750,000

AMOROSA A Tuscan inspired villa in the
midst of the Nat'l Pk in Peter Bay. Sweeping
views, deeded walking path to the beach,
4BR/5BA. $7,450,000

MYSTIC RIDGE 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath,
dramatic views, short distance to North Shore
beaches, cooling breezes. $2,390,000

VIRGIN GRAND ESTATES Brand new villa
nearing completion. 4 master suites, top shelf
fumishings, granite counter tops & travertine
floors. $2,950,000

COMMERCIAL
28 = St. John Tradewinds, January 11-17, 2010

IN MEMORIAM:

Jon Gibney

February 6, 1954 - January 14, 2003