Today is Labor Day – federal holiday – schools, banks and
government offices are all closed WAPA, ICC and other offices are closed for
the holiday.. Many businesses are open.
Call before you go. Here’s irony,
the Dept. of Labor phones are on the fritz. Call St. Croix at 773-1994. Wait. It’s labor
day. Call tomorrow.
September is Labor Awareness month. Governor John DeJongh
issued a proclamation asking everyone to recognize the hard work of working
people who built our economy and he asks everyone to be aware of the need to
get excellent training to play a part in the growth of our whole community.
the remnant low of gaston...located about 525
miles east of the northern leeward islands...is producing a small but
persistent area of showers and thunderstorms that has become a little more concentrated
near the center of circulation.
upper-level winds are expected to become more conducive for development
over the next day
or so...and moisture surrounding the low should
gradually increase as it moves westward at about 15 mph. there is a high chance...70 percent...of this
system becoming a tropical cyclone again during the next 48 hours. heavy rains and gusty winds could begin to affect
portions of the leeward islands late today and tonight...
Meanwhile WAPA says Sunday night that electrical
service has been substantially restored to the residents of St. Thomas. Water
island got power late Sunday evening. Work crews continue to respond to trouble
spots in Smith Bay, Anna’s retreat, Nazareth, Mafolie, Est Elizabeth, Tabor and
Harmony, Peterborg< Magan’;s Bay, Fredendahl and New Herrnhut and at Addie’s
house. If you are still out, call
777-9272. On St. Croix call 713-9272. If
you have a damaged weather head you will have to call your electrician to
repair that weather head.
Governor John DeJongh had a Big Thank You for the crews in
the Police Department, VI Fire Service, Department of Public Works< Waste
Management Authority, WAPA, Department of Planning and Natural Resources and
many other agencies of government who responded to the call during the recent
storm. He asks us all to look out for our neighbors and friends until
everything is back to normal.
Kean School track is inching forward. Governor John DeJongh signed a contract with
Elipse Consultants to access a watershed on East End of St. Thomas for the
proposed site of the Ivanna Eudora Kean School Track and Field facility. The hydrological study will take 45 days and
cost 80,000.
Is your cistern water
safe? Perhaps but maybe not. Department of Planning and Natural Resources is
reminding residents to disinfect cistern water before drinking it. You can boil
water or use common household bleach using 6 ounces per thousand gallons of water
to disinfect cistern water.
The Eta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc. presents: It's Annual Grandparent's Day Luncheon at Palm's Court
Harbor View Hotel on Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 12 noon - 3:30 p.m. Tickets
are $45.00 each and can be purchased from from any of the honories, or
call Mrs. Beverly Lettsome at 775-0122
The 5th annual“ Dollar fo' Dollar 'Pitch It In The Harbor'
Culture & History Tour: A Remembrance of the 1892 Coal Workers Strike on
St. Thomas” will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010,
with a ferry tour around St. Thomas Harbor and Hassel Island, followed by a
bamboula march to Market Square. The free, interactive tour is held annually in
celebration of the hundreds of 19th century coal laborers and Queen Coziah who
led a successful protest in the streets of Charlotte Amalie for better pay. Participants
will meet at Emancipation Garden for tour orientation at 3:30 p.m., then
proceed to King's Wharf to board the Native Son vessel,“Lady Virginia,” at 4
p.m. For more information, call 643-5851
Colette Monroe, Chief of
Staff for Senate President Louis P. Hill wrote " on behalf of the
residents of Water Island to express sincere appreciation to the WAPA linemen
who spent all day Sunday bringing electrical service to
Water Island which has been out since 5:00 Monday morning of
last week. It came back on at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening. Like many
Virgin Islanders, we were fortunate to have minimal damage to our
community, suffering most of the damage to our power lines and
to our town center at Honeymoon Beach. Also a big thanks to
the motorbarge "Saint" for transporting the WAPA trucks and
equipment, and to Honeymoon
Restaurant operator Heidi Erwig who provided lunch for the workers. Mr.
Hugo Hodge and the entire WAPA crew deserve our utmost gratitude for their
untiring efforts." That from Colette Monroe, Chief of Staff for Senate
President Louis P. Hill.