Aug. 2, 2002 – The 2002 revised "V.I. Environmental Protection Handbook," produced by the University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service, is available for purchase.
Recognizing that public education and outreach are essential to the reduction of nonpoint source pollution caused by land-clearing activities, the V.I. Planning and Natural Resources Department contracted the UVI Cooperative Extension Service to revise and reprint the "Virgin Islands Environmental Protection Handbook", a manual describing proper practice design, installation and maintenance.
Eroded sediment is the primary nonpoint source pollutant harming Virgin Islands’ coastal waters and degrading its coral reefs. Most construction and earth-change projects in the territory do not use effective erosion and sediment control practices.
The handbook presents up-to-date information on design practices for low-impact developments, specifications for erosion, sediment and stormwater "best management practices," and describes predictive models that can be used to estimate erosion and runoff. The handbook is specifically designed for the construction industry (architects, contractors, draftsmen, developers and engineers), but is also useful for individual property owners. DPNR’s goal is to raise the standards of the Virgin Islands construction industry to comply with national pollution prevention standards.
To order the handbook, which costs $15, contact Faye Williams, V.I. Resource Conservation and Development Council, at 692-9632 ext. 101 or Julie Wright, UVI-CES, at 693-1082.
Visit the Cooperative Extension Service webpage at: rps.uvi.edu/CES/wqhome.htm
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Aug. 2, 2002 – The University of the Virgin Islands is looking for a new queen – one to wear the title of Miss UVI.
The Queen's Committee is accepting applications for contestants for a Nov. 2 pageant on St. Croix. Applicants will be judged on ambassadorial presentation, personal interview, business wear/introduction, question and answer, evening wear and talent.
To be eligible to compete a student must be a matriculated UVI female, not be on social or academic probation, never have been married, must not be a parent, must have a 2.50 grade point average or better, and have completed at least 12.5 credits, said a release.
Miss UVI for 2001-2002, Nyasha Mutunhu, was crowned in October 2001.
For more information call UVI's student activities office at 693-1111 or 692-4188.
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Aug. 2, 2002 – The University of the Virgin Islands is looking for a new queen – one to wear the title of Miss UVI.
The Queen's Committee is accepting applications for contestants for a Nov. 2 pageant on St. Croix. Applicants will be judged on ambassadorial presentation, personal interview, business wear/introduction, question and answer, evening wear and talent.
To be eligible to compete a student must be a matriculated UVI female, not be on social or academic probation, never have been married, must not be a parent, must have a 2.50 grade point average or better, and have completed at least 12.5 credits, said a release.
Miss UVI for 2001-2002, Nyasha Mutunhu, was crowned in October 2001.
For more information call UVI's student activities office at 693-1111 or 692-4188.
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Aug. 2, 2002 – The University of the Virgin Islands is looking for a new queen – one to wear the title of Miss UVI.
The Queen's Committee is accepting applications for contestants for a Nov. 2 pageant on St. Croix. Applicants will be judged on ambassadorial presentation, personal interview, business wear/introduction, question and answer, evening wear and talent.
To be eligible to compete a student must be a matriculated UVI female, not be on social or academic probation, never have been married, must not be a parent, must have a 2.50 grade point average or better, and have completed at least 12.5 credits, said a release.
Miss UVI for 2001-2002, Nyasha Mutunhu, was crowned in October 2001.
For more information call UVI's student activities office at 693-1111 or 692-4188.
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Aug. 2, 2002 – The University of the Virgin Islands Humanities Division will offer an "English as a Second Language" course during the fall semester on the St. Thomas campus. The course is for enrichment and is open to community members whose first language is not English.
"We are really attempting to reach the population in the community who do not speak English as their first language," said Humanities Division chairwoman Dr. Lorna Young-Wright.
The course offers Spanish- and French-speaking individuals who are already in the work force an opportunity to improve English speaking and writing skills so that they become more effective in the workplace, she explained. The course also assists those who are attempting to make the transition into the working environment for the first time.
"The course ran last semester with great success," Young-Wright said.
Curriculum is being developed to add two follow-up courses, so that students who complete all three courses can easily transition into degree programs at UVI.
Students can register for the course from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. August 15 at UVI’s Sports and Fitness Center. For more information on the "English as a Second Language" course call 693-1340.
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Aug. 2, 2002 – The University of the Virgin Islands Humanities Division will offer an "English as a Second Language" course during the fall semester on the St. Thomas campus. The course is for enrichment and is open to community members whose first language is not English.
"We are really attempting to reach the population in the community who do not speak English as their first language," said Humanities Division chairwoman Dr. Lorna Young-Wright.
The course offers Spanish- and French-speaking individuals who are already in the work force an opportunity to improve English speaking and writing skills so that they become more effective in the workplace, she explained. The course also assists those who are attempting to make the transition into the working environment for the first time.
"The course ran last semester with great success," Young-Wright said.
Curriculum is being developed to add two follow-up courses, so that students who complete all three courses can easily transition into degree programs at UVI.
Students can register for the course from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. August 15 at UVI’s Sports and Fitness Center. For more information on the "English as a Second Language" course call 693-1340.
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July 10, 2002 – The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce is offering the third in a series of four Professional Enhancement Seminars by Dr. Russ Grieger and Dr. Tom Tyne of Caribbean Organizational Consulting Associates.
The third seminar in the series will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002 at the Chamber of Commerce boardroom.
The topic will be "Bringing Balance, Harmony and Rejuvenation to Leadership Life." Though many leaders excel at producing results, they often ignore their own personal needs, thereby losing balance and harmony, and compromising professional and personal effectiveness.
This leadership development program provides insights and skills to internalize habits of balance, harmony and renewal – for the body, mind, heart, and spirit – so that one can continue to function at one’s best, and fully enjoy oneself in the process.
The cost for the seminar is $50 for Chamber members and $60 for non-members. Both private and public sector businesses and organizations are encouraged to attend. A $5 discount per person will be given for businesses with three or more people attending. Coffee and beverages will be available during the day. RSVP by calling the Chamber at 776-0100 as soon as possible, as these seminars have filled up quickly in the past.
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Divi Carina Bay Casino's August entertainment and activities include:
* Cool Cash Giveaway – begins August 12. Stop by the Beachcomber's Club booth daily to earn entries. Double your fun (and your entries) on Mondays. On September 16, eight lucky Beachcombers will win a cooler full of cash. Top cash prize is $2,500!
* Karaoke – August 6 and 20. We now have over 1,000 songs to choose from!
Join St. Croix's hottest host, Malcolm Evans, as he spins the tunes you want to sing! The fun starts at 9 p.m.
* Bingo – $40 buys you an afternoon of fun and games – along with your chance at over $3,000 in cash prizes!
It's Sundays at 3 p.m.; Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
* This month's local bands include Latin Sounds, Liquid Sounds, Mo-Tempo,
Oreo, Thadeus Toad, Tuff Enuff, X-Citements and Xpress Band.
* From Atlanta we welcome back Herb Williams. This band will keep you dancing all night long with contemporary dance and party favorites. Catch Herb every Wednesday through Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and Sundays from 7 to 11 p.m. throughout August.
Here's the full entertainment schedule for August:
DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . .GROUP/EVENT . . . TIME
Thursday, August 1, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Friday, August 2, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Xpress Band, 1-4 a.m.
Saturday, August 3, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Tuff Enuff, 1-4 a.m.
Sunday, August 4, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 3 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 7-11 p.m.
Monday, August 5, 2002 Latin Sounds, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 Karaoke hosted by Malcolm Evans! 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 7 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Thursday, August 8, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Friday, August 9, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Xpress Band, 1-4 a.m.
Saturday, August 10, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
X-Citements, 1-4 a.m.
Sunday, August 11, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 3 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 7-11 p.m.
Monday, August 12, 2002 Cool Cash Giveaway: Start collecting tickets today!
Liquid Sounds, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tuesday, August 13, 2002 Thadeus Toad, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Wednesday, August 14, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 7 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Thursday, August 15, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Friday, August 16, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
X-Citements, 1-4 a.m.
Saturday, August 17, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tuff Enuff, 1-4 a.m.
Sunday, August 18, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 3 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 7-11 p.m.
Monday, August 19, 2002 Cool Cash Giveaway: Earn double entry tickets today!
Mo-Tempo, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002 Karaoke hosted by Malcolm Evans! 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 7 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Thursday, August 22, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Friday, August 23, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Xpress Band, 1-4 a.m.
Saturday, August 24, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Thadeus Toad, 1-4 a.m.
Sunday, August 25, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 3 p.m. start time
Herb Williams, 7-11 p.m.
Monday, August 26, 2002 Cool Cash Giveaway: Earn double entry tickets today!
Oreo, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tuesday, August 27, 2002 Liquid Sounds, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Wednesday, August 28, 2002 Bingo for cash prizes! 7 p.m. start time;
Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Thursday, August 29, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Friday, August 30, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Xpress Band, 1-4 a.m.
Saturday, August 31, 2002 Herb Williams, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.;
Tuff Enuff, 1-4 a.m.

Aug. 1, 2002 – For the first time in memory, two men with island backgrounds — both with Samoan connections — have the No. 1 and No. 2 jobs in the federal government's liaison office for the U.S. islands.
The Bush administration, after 18 months in office, has finally cemented the leadership of the Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior. In the top spots are David B. Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of Interior, and, reporting to him, Nikolao Pula, director of the OIA.
Cohen, a political appointee and a lawyer, is the son of a mainland father and a Samoan mother. He had been active in American-Samoan affairs as well as the Republican Party in California.
Pula, whose appointment was announced on Wednesday by Cohen, is a career civil servant. He was born in American Samoa, the son of two native American Samoans. He was the acting director of OIA when the Bush administration arrived and had been director of policy for the office before that.
Among other positions within the OIA, he has been desk officer for American Samoa and for the Republic of Palau. Before joining Interior, he worked on Capitol Hill for both Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and former Congressman Fofo Sunia of American Samoa, both Democrats. Inouye has for years been the major promoter of island interests in Congress.
"Many people expected that a political appointee would fill this position," Cohen said in announcing Pula's designation, "but our approach to the territories is entirely bipartisan. Nik has a great amount of credibility with Republicans and Democrats alike, both on Capitol Hill and in this administration."
Further, Cohen said, "Having traveled many times to all four insular areas and the three freely associated states and having worked extensively with their leaders, Nik has an unparalleled personal knowledge of insular issues. He did an excellent job as acting director and has more than earned the right to continue in that position in a permanent capacity."
OIA is the primary point of contact within the federal government for the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the three freely associated states — the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
In the decades prior to 1994, when President Clinton changed things, the top OIA post had been filled by a succession of minority group mainlanders who had ties to the political party in power but knew little or nothing about the islands as they took up their posts.
The ranking island OIA official had been, for example, a Hispanic Republican man from New Mexico, a Hispanic Republican woman from Texas, and a black woman from the law practice of Clinton's close friend Vernon Jordan. (According to Interior insiders, all three struggled with the job, none making much of an impact. None of the three is active now in island-related affairs.)
Clinton placed Alan Stayman, a mainlander but a U.S. Senate staffer with deep knowledge of the islands, in charge, backed by Danny Aranza, a lawyer from Guam. Aranza moved to the top job after Stayman was promoted to a State Department position. Both left the government with the arrival of the Bush administration.
The Bush White House has given the islands a little more clout in Washington circles than Clinton did, because Cohen carries the rank of deputy assistant secretary, a step up from directorship of the office. At one time, the ranking island position in Washington had been that of assistant secretary. But the position disappeared as a result of a struggle between Congress and Clinton’s Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt, and it appears the title is unlikely to be revived.

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Aug. 1, 2002 – For the first time in memory, two men with island backgrounds — both with Samoan connections — have the No. 1 and No. 2 jobs in the federal government's liaison office for the U.S. islands.
The Bush administration, after 18 months in office, has finally cemented the leadership of the Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior. In the top spots are David B. Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of Interior, and, reporting to him, Nikolao Pula, director of the OIA.
Cohen, a political appointee and a lawyer, is the son of a mainland father and a Samoan mother. He had been active in American-Samoan affairs as well as the Republican Party in California.
Pula, whose appointment was announced on Wednesday by Cohen, is a career civil servant. He was born in American Samoa, the son of two native American Samoans. He was the acting director of OIA when the Bush administration arrived and had been director of policy for the office before that.
Among other positions within the OIA, he has been desk officer for American Samoa and for the Republic of Palau. Before joining Interior, he worked on Capitol Hill for both Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and former Congressman Fofo Sunia of American Samoa, both Democrats. Inouye has for years been the major promoter of island interests in Congress.
"Many people expected that a political appointee would fill this position," Cohen said in announcing Pula's designation, "but our approach to the territories is entirely bipartisan. Nik has a great amount of credibility with Republicans and Democrats alike, both on Capitol Hill and in this administration."
Further, Cohen said, "Having traveled many times to all four insular areas and the three freely associated states and having worked extensively with their leaders, Nik has an unparalleled personal knowledge of insular issues. He did an excellent job as acting director and has more than earned the right to continue in that position in a permanent capacity."
OIA is the primary point of contact within the federal government for the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the three freely associated states — the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
In the decades prior to 1994, when President Clinton changed things, the top OIA post had been filled by a succession of minority group mainlanders who had ties to the political party in power but knew little or nothing about the islands as they took up their posts.
The ranking island OIA official had been, for example, a Hispanic Republican man from New Mexico, a Hispanic Republican woman from Texas, and a black woman from the law practice of Clinton's close friend Vernon Jordan. (According to Interior insiders, all three struggled with the job, none making much of an impact. None of the three is active now in island-related affairs.)
Clinton placed Alan Stayman, a mainlander but a U.S. Senate staffer with deep knowledge of the islands, in charge, backed by Danny Aranza, a lawyer from Guam. Aranza moved to the top job after Stayman was promoted to a State Department position. Both left the government with the arrival of the Bush administration.
The Bush White House has given the islands a little more clout in Washington circles than Clinton did, because Cohen carries the rank of deputy assistant secretary, a step up from directorship of the office. At one time, the ranking island position in Washington had been that of assistant secretary. But the position disappeared as a result of a struggle between Congress and Clinton’s Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt, and it appears the title is unlikely to be revived.

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