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July 30, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  Source Staff

September 4, is a date that will be remembered long into the future. The Virgin Islands' own Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights are hosting their 40th Anniversary Grand Gala. After four decades of performing the "official music" of the Virgin Islands all over the world, they are truly our cultural ambassadors, and have honorably presented what is good and beautiful about the Virgin Islands to friends near and far.

The Grand Gala will take place on Saturday evening, Sept. 4, at The Palms, St. Croix. Dress is Crucian elegant (semi-formal). The evening will feature the music of the British Virgin Islands' Lashing Dogs and the...

July 30, 2010

The St. Croix Source  ::  Source Staff

On the weekend of July 24-25, a team of young athletes from St. Croix competed in the biennial 2010 Caribbean Union of Teachers Games held in St. Kitts. St. Croix's squad was comprised of a team of eight athletes under the age of 15: Annika Benders, Mikaela Smith, Sevon Washington, Krystahl Gordon, Shamiyah Burke, Rodney Griffin, Britney Sage and Malique Smith and three accompanying officials: Keith Smith, Mireille Smith and Mr. Johnson.

There were some very impressive performances with four Crucian athletes reaching the finals six times. Rodney Griffin reached the finals three times with personal bests in the 100m and...

July 29, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  Bill Kossler

A team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research will come to St. Croix this August and September to study the earliest moments of hurricane formation.

“One of the great longstanding mysteries about hurricanes is how they form,” Christopher Davis, a principal investigator on the project, said in a statement from NCAR. “There are clusters of thunderstorms every day in the tropics, but we don’t know why some of them develop into hurricanes while others don’t. We need to anticipate hurricane formation to prepare for hazards that could develop several days later,” he...

July 28, 2010

The Virgin Islands Daily News  ::  Daily News Staff

After positive feedback and a surprising amount of interest from the public, the V.I. Tourism Department has launched a new website for people to take the USVI Customer Service Pledge.



The site — usviservicepledge.com — offers workers and businesses the opportunity to take the pledge and have their names posted for all to see.

The “USVI Customer Service Pledge” — 10 tips developed to help Virgin Islanders provide good service to all guests — came as the result of a secret shopper program. The 10 tips in the customer service pledge are the same service standards used in the secret shopper survey.



Tourism launched the initiative in May to encourage everyone in the territory to focus on the simple ways to improve a visitor’s...

July 28, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  Source Staff

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) has partnered with federal and local agencies recently in an effort to protect mutton snapper and sea turtles transiting the closed fishing area around St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

During Operation Slow Down, OLE and other law enforcement personnel were stationed in waters around St. Croix that are closed to fishing in order to allow mutton snapper to spawn. Leatherback sea turtles also pass through these areas on their way to nest in the nearby Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, the largest nesting beach in...

July 28, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  Source Staff

Advocates for the disabled, government officials and St. Croix residents gathered alongside Gov. John deJongh Jr. at Kingshill School on St. Croix Monday to raise awareness of the civil rights of people with disabilities.

The day's ceremonies were in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. The wide-ranging civil rights law prohibits discrimination based on disability.

"On this 20th anniversary ... we reaffirm our commitment to work toward full accessibility and inclusion of people with...

July 27, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  Carol Buchanan

A good feeling hits one upon entering the grounds of St. Croix Montessori. You go through a stone-walled gate, drive along a flamboyant lined drive to the cream-colored facilities surrounded by a white picket fence. Access and location are nice too, it is right by the new GERS building in Orange Grove, and easy to get to.

Dr. Maria Montessori, physician, psychologist and scientist, created the educational method that takes into account “the whole child.”

“We give the...

July 27, 2010

The Virgin Islands Daily News  ::  Cristian Simescu

Local and visiting students are spending part of their summer sharing experiences and being empowered.

About 25 students, ages 12 to 16, have participated in the five-week Youth Empowerment Summer Camp at the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute, located at Creque Dam Farm in St. Croix’s rain forest, through exposure to organic farming, music, arts and crafts.

The campers include students from the V.I. Department of Labor’s Lifeskills and Career Exploration Summer Program and visiting stateside students from Overland Summer Program. The Overland program, based out of Williamstown, Mass., is intended for 11- to 18-year-old students from all over...

July 26, 2010

St. Croix Source  ::  John  Baur

Several hundred people turned out for Saturday's Emancipation Day Donkey Races, but they weren't there to see racing, exactly. They were there for the donkeys, and for the mayhem unleashed when the beasts of burden put their legendary stubbornness on display.

Put a horse with a jockey on a racetrack and you pretty much know what's gong to happen -- the horse will almost always run as fast as it can around the track. Put a donkey on a track with a novice passenger aboard and anything can happen, or nothing, but  something usually does.

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July 22, 2010

Hey, Music Fans!

Just a quick note tonight to let everyone know about the going-away party tomorrow night, July 22nd, at the Pickled Greek for Chris & Linda Simmons, who are about to sail their boat down to Trinidad and dry-dock it, and then proceed to go to North Georgia and start chopping firewood for the long, cold winter. About January, they'll be missing the 89 degree days!

Chris has played in many bands here and has usually been the last to,leave a jam or gig. Linda has been a good sport. Bless her! I remember many years back when Chris started coming to the Deep End Bar to sit in with me, I was very surprised that he had drums on his boat! Harmonicas I understand, but drums? Anyway, it's been fun to make music with Chris over the years, and we'll all miss his enthusiastic drive to keep the beat going.

Not much else on my list for this weekend, but Steve Katz...