Today we celebrate the
life of D. Hamilton Jackson. Jackson is
remembered among many things – native son, political leader, activist,
educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, judge, banker, statesman and community
leader. Here at WSTA we celebrate him for being the first locally born, native of the Virgin Islands to own a printing press
and for starting the first locally owned newspaper. This is the territory’s first radio station
that is entirely locally owned. D
Hamilton Jackson and Addie Ottley. – We celebrate local ownership of the
channels of Communication
The Governor has granted Administrative leave for all
government employees to celebrate the life of D. Hamilton Jackson. Local government offices will be closed. Public Schools will be
closed. Banks are closed, Courts are closed. GERS will be closed on Monday and
reopen on Tuesday. Federal government offices are open today, so are the Post
Office buildings with regular counter service.
There are events on Monday at Grove Place St. Croix on
Monday. – Grove Place Action Committee will have an official program at 1:00 PM
followed by the traditional Bull and Bread and Taddy.
UVI President David Hall gave his first address to the Board
of Trustees. He started with the topic
of money. It seems that several hundred students have been going to college
without paying their fees. Hall sent a personal
letter, pay or you will be purged from the system. some 60 students paid up. 130 were purged and many rushed to pay and be
reinstated. Hall is working to build the partnership between the University and
the public school system. he said too
many students arrive at the University unprepared for academic college work and
the local school system needs to work with the university to raise the qualifications
of the teaching professionals. The changes are just getting going according to
Hall. The Board approved disbanding the
Ad Hoc Hotel committee and decided to put that project on hold. The Board approved plans to post all their
actions on the University’s web site and they got a briefing on the status of
the students body. 2,602 students are enrolled in the university right now with
225 additional students in the fall semester a 10% increase
What is that long blue
tube along the Charlotte Amalie waterfront ? It is a water pipe liner. The long blue pipe is just a smidgen smaller
than the existing water main under Veterans Drive and will be inserted into the
old line to give it new life. 3,860 feel of new pipe will be inserted into the
old water line.
Delegate Dr. Donna
Christensen says the US House of Representative passed a bill with 900,000 for wastewater treatment.
Cruise
Ship News Victory at Havensight
Dock, Caribbean Princess at Crown Bay Dock and
St. John has SeaDream II
The Department of Human Services advises the public that the
new switchboard number for the Division of Family Assistance is 340-715-6996.
This also includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
formerly Food Stamp office.
Parents of students attending the St. Croix Educational
Complex, Arthur Richards Junior High and the Alfredo Andrews Elementary Schools
are advised of an extension to submit Parent Consent Forms for the H1N1 Vaccine
administration. “Distribution of forms to these schools was delayed and
additional time is being given to those families to review, complete and submit
their forms,” said Public Relations Director for the VI Education Department,
Juel Anderson. “The deadline has been extended to Wednesday, November 4,
2009 for these schools only.
Cultural Heritage Institute, We From Up Street and Kidscope
are having a Day of remembrance and healing from noon to 4:00 PM at the Lionel
Roberts Stadium and later from 4 to 6:00 PM there is a candlelight vigil at the
Winston Raymo Recreation Center basketball court. You are invited to memorialize your loved one
with candles and flowers. Call 714-1012. Noon at Lionel Roberts Stadium, and 4:00
PM at Winston Raymo Recreation Center. And there is a community meeting at 7:00
PM at Winston Raymo Recreation Center to discuss matters of concern with everyone
living in the community.
Finally this – the Virgin Islands leads the nation – a
recent research study shows that the Virgin Islands and the other territories
lead the nation. In Sleep. Researchers
at the Centers For Disease Control conducted a phone poll, they called
households in all 56 of the US Jurisdictions asking how well rested you are. They asked all kinds of questions regarding
sleep and you know what. The Virgin
Islands and other territories have more people who say they get a good nights
sleep than all the states. West Virginia gets the least sleep and has the most
grumpy people. And living in the US
Virgin Islands gets you a better nights sleep than living in any of the
states.
Today is the Good News
Guy’s 14th anniversary of coming to WSTA. 14 years of asking, “what’s
going right, not what’s going wrong.” Thank you each and every one for making good
news or I’d be out of a job.