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By being a Good Example and Only Singing for Fun, won the Mighty Sunbeam the 2005 calypso crown. With his splendid performance, one was not shocked at the cheers coming from the crowd when the crown was placed on his head.

This year’s queen show ended with a bang – quite literally. But despite the disruption, the show had to go on. The show was scheduled for Thursday 4th August, but was cut short due to a shooting incident at Carnival Village. It was then cancelled for the rest of the evening, with only the evening wear and question and answer segments left.

Swarms of giant African snails continue to be pests and nuisances in the Stoney Ground area in Anguilla in particular.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACOCI) offered the Customer Satisfaction Management seminar in partnership with Ms. Melinda K. M. Goddard, MBA, principal of ClienTell® Consulting, LLC, on July 21st at the ACOCI Communications Center in the Valley.

The leatherback turtle, which laid its eggs at Junks Hole Beach on the eastern coastline of Anguilla, some weeks ago, is now in Canadian waters.

The Anguilla Summer Festival is on, having commenced on Thursday, July 28, with a series of carnival activities at Landsome Bowl Cultural Centre, on the streets in the Valley, boat-racing and other events over the ensuing holiday week.

A press release announcing that His Excellency Governor Alan Huckle is to leave here to take up an appointment in the Falkland Islands has taken the people of Anguilla by surprise. He arrived on the island on May 27, 2004 and was expected to have remained for at least four years.

Anguillans are being warned to protect their personal information after a local company received a fax on Tuesay July 26, purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the US Treasury Department.

The 24th Annual General Meeting of the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association was held at Paradise Cove Resort on Thursday July 21. The President, Sherrille Hughes, delivered her annual report for 2004 - 2005 which she described as a milestone year for the tourism industry.

Construction work is in progress on the extension of the Chief Minister’s Office.

In keeping with its drive to promote healthy lifestyles, the Health Authority of Anguilla will soon launch a project called Island loses 1000 lbs.

Police Commissioner in Anguilla, Keithly Benjamin, says that although a bomb threat turned out to be a hoax, the matter is under active investigation.

The newly-appointed Executive Director of the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association, Anne van Deventer, is looking forward to introducing additional initiatives to make the body a more vibrant and unified one.

Caribbean Cable Communications, Platinum sponsor of the Calypso Monarch Competition, donated EC$10,000 on Wednesday this week for the event due to take place on August 3 as part of the Anguilla Summer Festival.

Young Methodists in Anguilla have been told that the days when the flames of Methodism were lit on the island by such pioneers like Reverends John Hodge and Henry Britten, and carried forward by a cadre of Anguillian ministers, are not over. That burden and commission will have to be taken up by the upcoming youth of the church and, according to the influential preacher, Reverend Theophilus Rolle, “the best is yet to come.”

Between 80 and 100 members and leaders of the Caribbean and American Girls Brigade shared in a one-week regional camp in Anguilla from July 22 - 30 at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School. There were some 60 visiting campers from various Caribbean islands. The camp was held under the theme “Divided by seas, united in Christ.”

The tragic death of Anguilla’s popular motorcyclist, Michel Kurt Edwards, is still haunting the minds of the people of the island one week after the sad incident occurred.

The final week of the Anguilla Tennis Academy summer programme culminated in a cocktail reception hosted by Deputy Governor and Mrs. Mark Capes at their Sea Rocks residence at Island Harbour on Monday evening, July 25.

Anguilla’s Overseas Marketing Representatives have been updated on the new tourism initiatives now being embarked upon as the island continues to develop its hospitality industry at the upper end of the market.

As the hurricane season progresses, Anguilla is now taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the island and a speedy restoration in the event of a serious storm.