The Good Hope School will hold the Calcutta Tennis Tournament at 6 p.m. on Oct. 4-7, at the Buccaneer Tennis Club. The tournament is a mixed doubles affair and a handicap system will be used.

Dear Source,
World peace and understanding may seem more remote than ever at this moment, but it could be that we are in fact a step closer.
Our eyes and our minds have been forced wide open by this terrible tragedy. We are given no choice but to leave complacency behind, to look deep into our own hearts for answers, to truly recognize ourselves as human beings — individuals together, people the world; to think about how each one of us, whoever we are, wherever we live, in our everyday lives can make the world a better place for another human being.
We have all been laid bare by this event and we have all been given the opportunity to start from ground zero to build a better world using the blocks of kindness, understanding, dignity, tolerance and love. Let us seize this opportunity and make it our life's work.
Corinne Van Rensselaer
St. Thomas

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Sept. 15, 2001 – Regional U.S. Coast Guard officials are encouraging St. Thomas and St. John commercial boaters to attend a meeting on the morning of Sept. 28 to go over marine safety regulations coming into effect this season and to review those already in place. The regulations, which were actually adopted in 1995, are amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping and come into full effect Feb. 1, 2002.
Billed as The Small Passenger Vessel Industry Meeting, the event is aimed at the owners and operators of commercial vessels in the territory who are licensed to carry more than six passengers. The Coast Guard is asking that those planning to attend let the Marine Safety Detachment office on St. Thomas know by Sept. 21.
The officer in charge of marine inspection regionally, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio, who is based in San Juan, is urging and encouraging all commercial boaters to attend. "We need to continue working together toward our common goal of a partnership in safety," he said. The meeting was timed to coincide with the traditionally slow time of year for boaters, he noted.
Lt. John Reinert, supervisor of the Marine Safety Detachment on St. Thomas, said the Sept. 28 meeting "is the only one planned at this time."
Servidio said the amendments are of particular interest to local boaters on inspected vessels weighing 100 gross tons or more and carrying passengers between the USVI and the British Virgin Islands.
Other topics on the agenda for the meeting include requirements and responsibilities for vessel maintenance and administration, chemical testing, marine casualty reporting and pollution prevention.
Servidio said anyone with questions or suggestions on topics to be addressed should contact Reinert at 776-3497. That is also the number to call to reserve space for the meeting, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Wireless World, an ATN company, will host the St. Thomas/St. John Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Buccaneer Mall.
Complimentary horsd'oevers will be served as well as the Chamber $2 bar.

Coral World will host its fourth annual Halloween Party from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Children 12 years old and under dressed in full costume will be admitted to the park free, though they must be accompanied by an adult.

Wireless World, an ATN company, will host the St. Thomas/St. John Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Buccaneer Mall.
Complimentary horsd'oevers will be served as well as the Chamber $2 bar.

Sept. 15, 2001 – Regional U.S. Coast Guard officials are encouraging St. Thomas and St. John commercial boaters to attend a meeting on the morning of Sept. 28 to go over marine safety regulations coming into effect this season and to review those already in place. The regulations, which were actually adopted in 1995, are amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping and come into full effect Feb. 1, 2002.
Billed as The Small Passenger Vessel Industry Meeting, the event is aimed at the owners and operators of commercial vessels in the territory who are licensed to carry more than six passengers. The Coast Guard is asking that those planning to attend let the Marine Safety Detachment office on St. Thomas know by Sept. 21.
The officer in charge of marine inspection regionally, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio, who is based in San Juan, is urging and encouraging all commercial boaters to attend. "We need to continue working together toward our common goal of a partnership in safety," he said. The meeting was timed to coincide with the traditionally slow time of year for boaters, he noted.
Lt. John Reinert, supervisor of the Marine Safety Detachment on St. Thomas, said the Sept. 28 meeting "is the only one planned at this time."
Servidio said the amendments are of particular interest to local boaters on inspected vessels weighing 100 gross tons or more and carrying passengers between the USVI and the British Virgin Islands.
Other topics on the agenda for the meeting include requirements and responsibilities for vessel maintenance and administration, chemical testing, marine casualty reporting and pollution prevention.
Servidio said anyone with questions or suggestions on topics to be addressed should contact Reinert at 776-3497. That is also the number to call to reserve space for the meeting, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Sept. 15, 2001 – Regional U.S. Coast Guard officials are encouraging St. Thomas and St. John commercial boaters to attend a meeting on the morning of Sept. 28 to go over new marine safety regulations coming into effect this season and to review those already in place.
Billed as The Small Passenger Vessel Industry Meeting, the event is aimed at the owners and operators of commercial vessels in the territory who are licensed to carry more than six passengers. The Coast Guard is asking that those planning to attend let the Marine Safety Detachment office on St. Thomas know by Sept. 21.
The officer in charge of marine inspection regionally, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio, who is based in San Juan, is urging and encouraging all commercial boaters to attend. "We need to continue working together toward our common goal of a partnership in safety," he said. The meeting was timed to coincide with the traditionally slow time of year for boaters, he noted.
Lt. John Reinert, supervisor of the Marine Safety Detachment on St. Thomas, said the Sept. 28 meeting "is the only one planned at this time."
High on the list of issues to be addressed are amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping that were adopted by international convention in 1995 and come into full effect on Feb. 1, 2002. Servidio said the new requirements are of particular interest to local boaters on inspected vessels weighing 100 gross tons or more and carrying passengers between the USVI and the British Virgin Islands.
Other topics on the agenda for the meeting include requirements and responsibilities for vessel maintenance and administration, chemical testing, marine casualty reporting and pollution prevention.
Servidio said anyone with questions or suggestions on topics to be addressed should contact Reinert at 776-3497. That is also the number to call to reserve space for the meeting, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Sept. 15, 2001 – Regional U.S. Coast Guard officials are encouraging St. Thomas and St. John commercial boaters to attend a meeting on the morning of Sept. 28 to go over marine safety regulations coming into effect this season and to review those already in place. The regulations, which were actually adopted in 1995, are amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping and come into full effect Feb. 1, 2002.
Billed as The Small Passenger Vessel Industry Meeting, the event is aimed at the owners and operators of commercial vessels in the territory who are licensed to carry more than six passengers. The Coast Guard is asking that those planning to attend let the Marine Safety Detachment office on St. Thomas know by Sept. 21.
The officer in charge of marine inspection regionally, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio, who is based in San Juan, is urging and encouraging all commercial boaters to attend. "We need to continue working together toward our common goal of a partnership in safety," he said. The meeting was timed to coincide with the traditionally slow time of year for boaters, he noted.
Lt. John Reinert, supervisor of the Marine Safety Detachment on St. Thomas, said the Sept. 28 meeting "is the only one planned at this time."
Servidio said the amendments are of particular interest to local boaters on inspected vessels weighing 100 gross tons or more and carrying passengers between the USVI and the British Virgin Islands.
Other topics on the agenda for the meeting include requirements and responsibilities for vessel maintenance and administration, chemical testing, marine casualty reporting and pollution prevention.
Servidio said anyone with questions or suggestions on topics to be addressed should contact Reinert at 776-3497. That is also the number to call to reserve space for the meeting, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Sept. 15, 2001 — Sweltering heat added to the emotional heaviness in the air Friday afternoon as about 50 people gathered in downtown Christiansted to honor the thousands of victims in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on the mainland.
Before the memorial started at the Christiansted bandstand, a fire truck led a procession of employees from the Property and Procurement Department down King Street. It was, Commissioner Marc Biggs said, a show of support for the victims of the attack and the entire country. To emphasize that sentiment, P&P employees wore T-shirts with messages of love for both New York and Washington, D.C.
Prayer vigils were also held at the legislative chambers in Frederiksted and in the terminal of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport.
An hour in the unrelenting noonday sun was a burden those at the memorial service were willing to bear. The emotional gathering was led by Lt. Gov. Gerard Luz James II and the Rev. Lester White. Also speaking were Pastors Vincent Gordon and Reuben Vessup and Apostle Eleanor Estrada.
James, a U.S. Army veteran, acknowledged the immense loss and grief the country has experienced since Tuesday but urged people to remember, "We still have our freedom and our democracy."