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“Former Senator Iles epitomizes the rotary motto of service above self,” said Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory in a statement on his passing. “He was also a fine example of a leader who always maintained a calm demeanor while getting the work done.” #visource #usvi
Frederiksted Icon Edgar Iles Passes
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Edgar Iles, a lion of Frederiksted who served his country at war, served in the V.I. Legislature, in the V.I. government and served his community for decades, has passed.
Local artist and educator Niarus Walker yielded to her creative and impulsive nature because “I thought it would be fun.”
Walker’s entry, “Good Breeding Stock,” is a free-standing sculptural work consisting of two images made of recycled coaxial cable debris salvaged from Hurricane Maria. The sculptures are male and female, where the lower half of the male torso is a bull, and the lower half of the female torso is a cow. Each member of this duo, together, breaks the chain, that iconic symbol of slavery, she said.
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When you grow up as Nicci Roos did, on a 13-by-3-mile island, you learn to think small, at least in the physical sense.
Perhaps that’s why Roos is able to pack so much into her new storefront, Nicci’s Boutique, housed in an 11-foot by 11-foot by 11-foot peach-colored box on the Yacht Haven Grande waterfront promenade.
It’s overflowing, not only with women’s fashions featuring Fair Trade and local brands, but also with a community spirit offering connection, fitness and fun.
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📸: Nicci Roos positions a rack of summery boho dresses outside her new women’s boutique located in a colorful kiosk next to the Box Bar on the Yacht Haven Grande waterfront. (Source photo by Patricia Borns)
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Crucian-born poet Geron Richards has taken his writing to the video screen, collaborating with professional filmmaker Shaun Matos to film “Youth Man, Man Up!” Richards’ inspiration to the youth of the U.S. Virgin Islands to put down the guns and seek education.
“Youth Man, Man Up” is the first of 88 poems in Richards’ book, “Roots Ah De Baobab.”
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📸#1: Geron Richards in the Baobab tree at Estate Grove Place. (Submitted photo)
📸#2: Filmmaker Shaun Matos. (Submitted photo)
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The man who spent more than a decade helping to celebrate the contributions of outstanding Virgin Islanders through his role as chair of the Rotary Club of St. Thomas II’s Person of the Year Award Committee was himself held up over the weekend by hundreds of community members who mourned his passing and described it as a “great loss” for the territory and its continued development.
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📸: Elliott “Mac” Davis joined fellow cyclers in January 2010 for the “I ride with Mac” 50-mile ride on St. Thomas. (Photo provided by Walter ‘Wally’ Bostwick)
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News of the death of Holland Redfield, the six-time U.S. Virgin Islands senator and longtime voice of the V.I airwaves, brought words of sadness and recollections of his service to the territory.
Redfield died Saturday at the age of 78.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. called Redfield “a dear friend, mentor and pillar of the community” in a statement issued by Government House.
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The late St. Croix artist Leo Carty’s exhibit “Remembrance” opened in late July to the delight of his patrons and friends. “Remembrance” showcases the genius of Carty’s use of paints, brushes and canvases and evokes recollections, memories and reminisces. Friday was the last day of the magic when the show closed at 7 p.m.
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🎨: Art by Leo Carty
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Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. congratulated the V.I. Police Department’s graduating class of 2021 from the St. Thomas-St. John District during a ceremony for the recruits at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center Wednesday. The St. Croix class will be holding a graduation ceremony Sept. 17.
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The West Indian Company welcomed the passengers and crew of the Norwegian Gem at least 30 minutes earlier than anticipated on Wednesday, according to a WICO release.
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📸: Norwegian Gem Captain Kim Karlsson with WICO President Anthony Ottley on Wednesday. (WICO photo)
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In mid-July, a team of divers from several organizations took to the murky waters of Coral Bay harbor to confirm what several local divers have quietly alleged for a long time: the existence of a partially buried ship dating back to the early 1700s that could prove to have great historical significance.
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📸: Divers found a cross at the site of the shipwreck. (Photo by Colin Hanson)
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For the past eight years, retired former educator Carol Henneman has been working to make her late husband’s dream of feeding his community come true.
“Everyone knew him as ‘Buddy,’ but his real name was Myron, and for all the years that we were married, 48 years, he kept telling me that he wanted a farm where he could grow enough food to feed his people. He worked for more than three decades at the Department of Agriculture, so he had a love of the land and knew what he needed to do to make it work,” Henneman said Wednesday.
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The friends and family of Renix Charles have launched a fundraising effort to to help him overcome his diabetes and the effects it has caused. They are grateful for the support they have been receiving from community members so far, but Charles’s condition requires much more treatment, they said.
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📸: Renix Charles is grateful for the community’s support. (Submitted by Nathalie Roumou)
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Sometimes fences make for good neighbors, as the saying goes. But our backyard fence has actually attracted some questionable characters. These recent ones were certainly odd looking, but I felt it might be interesting to get to know them a bit better.
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✏: Article by Gail Karlsson
📸: Photos by Gail Karlsson
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Sunday, a couple of dozen people walked from Cramer’s Park to Point Udall to support St. Croix’s LGBTQIA+ community after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the annual June Pride celebration.
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📸: Supporters of LGBTQIA+ mark the end of their walk from Cramer’s Park to Point Udall Sunday morning. (Photo by Bobby Thompson)
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Postponed from June due to bad weather, supporters will gather for a Pride Month celebration on Sunday, walking from Cramer’s Park to Point Udall at 5 a.m. in time to watch the sun rise over the Millennium Monument.
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📸: The Pride Parade marches through St. Croix in 2019. (Submitted photo)
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Antilles School celebrated its 71st back-to-school day Monday with students across divisions – from toddlers to high school seniors – welcomed back by faculty and staff, the school announced in a news release.
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📸: Head of School Shannon Harris popped into the Pre-K classrooms Monday for some one-on-one time with students. (Submitted photo)
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St. Croix-born author Lorine Samuel-Woods this June launched her second novel, “All the Ghauts Are Running,” a romantic suspense novel that readers review as a “page-turner.”
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📸: St. Croix-born author Lorine Samuel-Woods with her daughter Miquea and husband, Kevin. (Submitted photo)
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Barbadian sculptor Ras Ilix Heartman, the artist-in-residence at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts during August and September, brings a reputation as an organic sculptor with international exposure in Havana and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and in many public and private collections.
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The Henry E. Rohlsen Airport was filled with excitement and smiles Friday afternoon as the USVI Soccer Association boys’ and girls’ teams prepared to fly to the Dominican Republic to compete in an international soccer tournament hosted by the Caribbean Football Union.
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Rotary International, Sail Aid and World Central Kitchen, organizations well known in the U.S. Virgin Islands and throughout the region, are calling for cash and volunteers to support relief efforts for the residents of western Haiti who were struck Saturday by a 7.2 force earthquake.
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📸: A quake-devastated home in Haiti. (Photo provided by Sail Aid International)
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Struggling after an owner’s bankruptcy, a devastating fire and the hurricanes in 2017, Chenay Bay Beach Resort’s new owners are showing progress in rebuilding. Beachgoers can see the white pergola dining room expand every week. The pool will open soon and most of the cottages have been updated, according to the new manager, John McCoy.
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📸: Photo by Susan Ellis
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