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Beth Barry, Coordinator of the Anguilla Renewable Energy Office got a warm welcome and an encouraging slew of questions from the participants at this Years “Camp Be Aware”

Participants of the Duke of Edinburgh International Award for Young People now known as Anguilla Explorers’ Award visited St Martin for their first off-Island adventurous journey. The group of twenty one (21) participants and leaders, left the shores of Anguilla on Friday July 8th and camped at the accommodation generously provided by Jean-Claude Constanzo of JMC Marina and Boatyard.

This year’s Anguilla Summer Festival will have Digicel as a big sponsor, reporters have been told at a press conference called by the telecommunications company.

For the first time there will be a dedicated television channel in Anguilla where all members of the public will have an opportunity to view the Anguilla Summer Festival up to the middle of August.

Information Officer at Radio Anguilla Ms Felicia Hennis is back on island after attending a one-week workshop for journalists in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Ms Hennis along with ten other journalists from the region received a certificate for completing the journalism sessions.

As part of its on-going Health and Wellness “Stay Healthy, Keep Fit” Programme, Cap Juluca hosted Leroy Browne of Desert Green Organic Unit for a special session on health and herbs, last week.

Similar to most tropical, small island states, Anguilla is highly dependent on its marine and coastal ecosystems – particularly on the coral reefs and seagrass beds that line its shores. These ecosystems, although fragile, have provided this small island with important shoreline protection from storms, sand for beaches, food, medicines, and construction materials.

If there had been an alternative plan in place to operate the Air Traffic Control Tower, in the event that the Clayton J. Lloyd Airport had lost the ability to provide regular cover for aircraft, the situation that arose several days ago would have been averted.

A large audience remained captivated in their seats at the formal meeting room upstairs DaVida Restaurant, at Crocus Bay, on Tuesday evening, July 12, where David Carty’s stunning’ boat-racing film, 'Nuttin Bafflin’, had its debut showing.

It is expected that there will be much talk and interest in the schools of Anguilla about gender quality, when teachers and other persons eventually take the matter into the classrooms.

The Police report for the period July 6-13, showed that there fifteen serious crimes committed in Anguilla during that time.

Preparations are currently being finalized for the hosting of the 12th edition of the John T. Memorial Cycling Race from July 16-17, 2011. Widely regarded as one of the premiere cycling competitions in the region, the event attracts competitors from neighboring islands including St. Vincent, Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, Guyana, St. Martin/St. St. Maarten and Guadeloupe and host country, Anguilla. Newcomers for 2011 include Surinam, Santo Domingo and Aruba.

Leader of the Opposition, Evan Rogers, Elected Member for Valley North, and his parliamentary colleague, Elected Member for Island Harbour, OthlynVanterpool, did not attend the sitting of the House of Assembly on Friday, July 8.

The recently-appointed Attorney General for Anguilla, Mr. James M. Wood, has taken up his appointment. He succeeds Mr. Wilhelm Bourne who retired from the post several months ago.

The Bar Association will honor Dame Bernice at a Special Setting of the High Court on 22nd July 2011, in recognition of her contributions to Society and Jurisprudence. This ceremony will be followed by a Gala dinner that evening.

Similar to most tropical, small island states, Anguilla is highly dependent on its marine and coastal ecosystems – particularly on the coral reefs and seagrass beds that line its shores. These ecosystems, although fragile, have provided this small island with important shoreline protection from storms, sand for beaches, food, medicines, and construction materials.

The Optimist Club of Anguilla created history, when, on Thursday 7th July 2011, one of its junior members was elected to serve on the Optimist International Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI) Board of Directors. Mr. Cordane Richardson, son of Corvette Richardson and Daphne Jacobs-Richardson of South Hill, was elected to serve as one of four directors on the aforementioned board at the 19th annual JOOI convention which was held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, from July 5th – 7th, 2011.

Royal Anguilla Police Officers, Shawn Lake and Augustina Carbon, extended their service to the Ebenezer Methodist Church Youth Group, ‘Youths In Style ’on Friday July 1st at the Ebenezer Methodist Church. The officers specifically spoke about the D.A.R.E. Program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) for which they are responsible.

A contingent from the Anguilla Girls’ Brigade is among representatives from various other islands attending the Caribbean and Americas Fellowship Regional Camp now taking place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The camp, which began on Thursday, July 7, is continuing until Monday, July 18.

Last weekend members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul from the region held a Diocesan Assembly in Anguilla with two days of conference under the theme “Rethinking our Mission to meet the Challenges of Today.” It was held at La Vue, where the visiting participants stayed, and used the newly opened conference room. Members of the Society from Montserrat, British Virgin Islands and Antigua were in attendance.