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In an effort to propagate the message of the gospel in these crucial times, the Anguilla Evangelical Association (AEA) has brought together several evangelical denominations with one voice. A number of churches from across the island have united for the purpose of sharing the gospel in order to see individuals come to experience the blessings and benefits of God’s full and free salvation.

A two-week Joint Summer Day Camp, organised by the Anguilla Youth Centres, the Department of Youth and Culture and the Anguilla National Trust, opened at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium on Monday, August 15.

A large number of young people, drawn from the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, the Junior Red Cross and the community, found much pleasure and learning opportunities in attending a three-day workshop on Reproductive Health at the Teachers’ Resource Centre.

From 8-12 August, thirteen young people participated in the Anguilla National Trust’s environmental and cultural heritage summer programme, sponsored by the Department of Youth and Culture through the Youth ESCAPE initiative.

The findings of the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Anguilla, headed by Hunter Monroe, Senior Economist in the Western Hemisphere Department, have given the island’s Government much needed information for consideration and action.

There have been some good reviews of the just-ended 2011 Summer Festival in Anguilla which are both encouraging and commendable.

One of the comments has come from Governor Alistair Harrison who has responsibility for law and order through the Royal Anguilla Police Force.

Police in Anguilla are investigating shooting incidents in different locations on the island. The first was reported to have occurred at North Side, on Saturday, August 6. Several gunshots were fired in that area, but do damages or injuries were reported.

While speaking at the press conference called by the Anguilla Government and the IMF team on July 30, Chief Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hubert Hughes, expressed disagreement with the planned transfer of Permanent Secretaries in January 2012. He was particularly concerned about the transferring of Dr. Aidan Harrigan and Kathleen Rogers from his ministry in view of their important work in economic development and finance respectively.

When the reconstruction and drainage work at a section of the Queen Elizabeth Avenue is completed by the end of this month, the entire public roadway would not only be better as a result, but also because the street will be fully lit up at night.

People from all walks of life, throughout the island, filled the Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, its grounds and adjacent pre-school and hall, to capacity where they gathered to pay their last respects to the late Julian Russell Harrigan, on Saturday, August 7.

LIME Anguilla’s customer, Rudy Webster, was the lucky winner of two VIP tickets to see Rihanna live in concert in Barbados on August 5.

The AXA/UK Association, a newly-formed group in Slough, England, comprising some ten Anguillians, has made its first donation to the island, choosing to assist the Miriam Gumbs Senior Citizens Home.

David Rudder, special guest artiste for the Leeward Islands Calypso Monarch Competition held in Anguilla on August 6, the last event of the Summer Festival, was welcomed to Anguilla and commended for his success as a foremost Caribbeanrecording artiste and singer.

The Caribbean Hotel Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) last week awarded scholarships to seven persons in the tourism industry. They received the awards at a ceremony held at Paradise Cove Resort. The CHTAEF received some one hundred applications in March this year from eighteen countries in the Caribbean. Forty four scholarships were awarded to fourteen destinations at a total cost of US$193,400.00.

A new edifice, to provide rental accommodation in Anguilla, has been dedicated to meet the growing needs of the business community despite the state of the island’s economy which will hopefully rebound in the near future.

This Friday, August 12, the Saint James School of Medicine will celebrate the inauguration of its Anguilla Campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony from 3 pm to 6 pm.

August 15 2011 will be thirty years since the Soroptimist International Club of Anguilla was chartered. During the week from August 15-21 there will be several activities commemorating the occasion and Soroptimists from Antigua, St Martin, Martinique and Barbados will join members here for the various events.

Eighteen young people from the eastern end of Anguilla came together for a walk-in, educational, recreational and fun-filled time, leading into the carnival festivities. The participants ranged from pre-school to secondary school.

Anguilla Credit Management Ltd., an auctioneering subsidiary of Keithley Lake & Associates, presided over the auction sale of the Viceroy development on Wednesday, July 27, at the Teachers’ Resource Centre. The sale was on behalf of SOF Vlll Hotel ll, a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group in the United States, and Chargee of the property.

Anguilla’s celebrated and eminent jurist, Dame Dr. Bernice Lake, QC has formally gone into retirement with a big send off and thank you from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, the Anguilla and OECS Bar Associations and other members of the legal fraternity and family and friends in the region and the island. The extraordinary assertive, adversarial and legal giant, who earned the respectand admiration of her colleagues everywhere, was the recipient ofa full measure of tributes at a special sitting of the Court on Friday, July 22.