The Pee Wee winner is Noel “Junito” Tirado.
In Pee Wee One the winner is Deonandre Cascen calling herself
“Young Scrabbie’.
The Pee Wee two winner is Gira “Think–a-cute” Newton.
The Intermediate winner is Nunet “Sister B” Bailey.
In Intermediate One, the winner is Keshaundia “Princess K”
Quinn.
Among the Juniors Kaylah “Kalypson Princess” Galloway was
the junior winner
and Junior One, the winner was Glenn “Prince Smiley” Thomas Jr.
Senate has a full session slated to begin today. They have two court nominations, the Director of Bureau of Corrections. Two
nominations to the Government Health and Hospitals Facilities Board, Mark Walters
to head VITEMA, Yvonne Thraen to the Port Authority Board and 4 nominees of the
UVI Board. They have Coastal Zone
Management permits for Botany Bay and Cabrita Point. They will take up two leases
for the Alpine Energy Group to set up shop in Bovoni and then a series of bills – amendments
to the highway users tax, Probate law changes, Workers compensation for
volunteer groups, wrongful discharge of
government employees, Debt management services act and the minimum wage
bill for employees of semi-autonomous government agencies. and they have the Alternative Markets Acts.
Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs completed a
market basket food survey and found the bargain prices on St. Croix were at Plaza
Extra West, lower than all other stores. On St. Thomas the low process were at
Plaza Extra in Tutu Park Mall and on St. John the lower prices were at Dolphin
Market. They are also advising residents to watch out for consumer frauds –
charity fishing where fake charities appeal for funds. And fake invoices from delivery services that
look like a bill from FedEx or UPS but are fake. Be careful of social
networking requests from people you don’t know – sometimes there are veiled
viruses that will install malware on your computer. There are fake jewelry
offers that may come in e-mail and contain malware. And there are phony web
sites that hide as Christmas greetings but are virus threats. The Department of Licensing and Consumer
Affairs is also warning that job seekers are easy prey for crooks who offer to
find a job for a fee and take the money and run.
When will the Red Hook ferries be ready for electronic
ticketing? Right now if you are buying a
ticket, but that electronic ticket can’t be read by the turnstiles because they
aren’t there. When will the electronic ticket scanning turnstiles arrive –
maybe June. What is the benefir – well students will be issued electronic
passes good for two one –way trips per day no more. Other benefitrs? The count of passengers will suddenly get a
lot more accurate when the full electronic ticketing is in place – you’ll be
able to get exact counts of ferry passengers. Not the numbers supplied by the
ferry companies themselves.
Lost and Found Glendora Husband lost wallet - Back. Black
Coach with check book. – found it with credit cards- She would really like her
ID. Glendora Husband says it would be a
wonderful Christmas present from anyone who find it - Please call WSTA
774-1340. Her number 774-4750. X 2150
998-9296. The name is Glendora
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Office of Management and Budget will close today at noon, reopen on Monday
HOVENSA has planned a Block Turnaround as they clean and
inspect 9 processing units at once. The work will begin now with the erection
of scaffolding. And the real inside work will begin in January. There
are some 1700 job openings for this special work and laid off employees
will be the first called back to HOVENSA. The Dept. of Labor has information
about these temporary jobs at HOVENSA.
Ivanna Eudora Kean School PTA is meeting at 5:30 PM in the
library. The annual Christmas concert
will follow at 6:30 PM in the Cafeteria.
This is a special show called “Dreams of an Island Christmas on
Broadway” The Tickets are on sale for $
10 and 5 for students.
Post Office says the time has passed to mail parcel post or
priority packages in time for Christmas, but Domestic Express must be mailed by
December 21.
Good News Maker of the Day is a math teacher at Ulla Muller school. Adam Kloper has been teaching math at Ulla
Muller school for many years and teaching chess on the side as a way to
stimulate the student’s thinking. More
than 30 students are part of the student chess club in third through 6th
grade. Now here comes the Anderson Family Grant to buy a giant chess set for
the school. With chess men that are two feet tall. The unveiling is set for
Monday at 9:30 AM at Ulla Muller school.
That’s Adam Kloper –making good news.