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Two guest speakers, Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless, Sutcliffe Hodge, and Special Needs Teacher at the Stoney Ground Primary School, Tracelyn Hamilton, delivered addresses at Campuses A and B of the Comprehensive School on Monday and Tuesday respectively.

A Service of Thanksgiving was held at St. Mary’s Anglican Church on Sunday, February 27. It followed the General Election and the appointment of the new Government of the Anguilla United Front by Governor Alan Huckle.

The Alwyn Allison Primary School at West End has received a substantial contribution of US$5,000 towards the construction of an auditorium, a major part of its rebuilding and expansion programme.

Within twelve hours of winning Monday’s General Election, following the overnight counting of ballots, a new Government of the Anguilla United Front (AUF) was appointed and sworn into office on Tuesday afternoon, February 22nd.

A contingent from the Royal Anguilla Police Force bore the body of the late Atlin Harrigan, OBE, shoulder height into the House of Assembly Chambers and three officers leaned head bowed over their rifles on Friday, February 18th, 2005. That was the moving scene as the Government paid tribute to a fallen hero who was in the forefront of the island’s 1967 revolution.

Members of both branches of the Scouts and Guides in Anguilla observed Founders’ Day/Thinking Day on Sunday, February 20th, the joint birthdays of the Founders of the Movements, Lord and Lady Baden Powell.

The renaming of the Cedar Grove Road in the North Side area as “The Eric Reid Drive,” has been described as a small but fitting tribute to the former Elected Representative who was a dedicated Minister of Social Development.

The 6th Anguilla Beautification Club (ABC) Flower and Garden Show was held last weekend at Wallblake House and was a great success, attracting a large number of flower enthusiasts.

The Honourable Eric Reid will be missed by the staff of the Ministry of Social Development and Lands.

The staff of the Ministry of Social Development and Lands aptly saluted a well deserving boss in what was described as “A Celebration for 21 years of undaunting service to the Government and people of Anguilla”.

At the close of Nomination Day at the Anguilla House of Assembly on Tuesday, February 8 at 4 pm, a total of 25 candidates had registered for the General Elections to be held on February 21st.

The Anguilla Christian Council has again sought to raise the level of the election campaigning by calling a meeting of the contesting parties and independent candidates to issue and discuss a number of guidelines to that end.

Director of Kreative Communications Network, a local television service, Carlton Pickering, told guests attending the company’s 8th Annual Awards Ceremony that KCN was “in top shape and getting better.”

The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Anglican Church Women Association was held in St. Kitts on the weekend of February 5 and 6 at the Frigate Bay Resort.

The body of the late Britannia Elfrida Hodge, wife of Assistant Anglican Priest, Reverend Menes Hodge, was laid to rest at St. Mary’s Churchyard Cemetery on Monday, February 7, following a Thanksgiving Service.

Rhona Richardson, the Anguilla United Front’s candidate for Road North, says the experienced she gained as Special Assistant in the Ministry of Social Development over the past five years, had been a personal education for her. It had taught her how governments operate and what to say on the political platform for the upcoming elections rather than to embark on idle statements as others were doing. She stated that although public office was a Herculean undertaking, the task was enjoyable because of the contribution it allowed her to make to her country.

Rough sea conditions forced two boats ashore at Road Bay over the past days as a brisk north-west wind blew across the island.

The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Utilities has released the details of a wide-ranging programme for the formal ceremony to commission the expanded facilities at Wallblake Airport on Friday, January 28, commencing at 3.15 p.m. The Ministry has also listed the dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance.

A branch of the largest real estate organisation in the world, known as Century 21 Terra Firma, was opened in Anguilla on Tuesday evening in the Bedney’s Plaza at West End.

A benefit Gospel concert held in Anguilla on January 22 in aid of the victims of the tsunami disaster in Southern Asia raised about US$2,000.

A couple and their two young daughters from Monaco have sailed to Anguilla in their 41-foot yacht, Sun Legend. They covered a distance of 4,000 miles with stops in Gibraltar and the Canary Islands.