Sept. 3, 2001 – The St. Croix public is invited to hear a presentation on the Port Authority’s draft of a new Economic Development Action Agenda for the island at a meeting set for 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Legislature Building conference room in Frederiksted.
VIPA's executive director, Gordon Finch, said the meeting will take place "in an informal setting."
The "agenda" is the result of a five-month study by TRIAD Associates, an economic consulting firm retained by the Port Authority. The document includes an analysis of St. Croix’s economy, identification of market opportunities, evaluation of existing business marketing, and recommended actions. Port Authority and TRIAD representatives will be at the meeting.
Copies of the draft agenda are available in the VIPA administrative office at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport.

Sept. 3, 2001 – Charcoal clouds, blustery winds and rain pelting down so hard that it was difficult to tell where the sky stopped and sea began spelled the conditions for the first day of racing in the 2nd annual Island Marine Outfitters KATS (Kids and the Sea) Cup International Multi-Class Regatta held Saturday and Sunday out of Coral Bay.
If those conditions fazed Ian Barrows, it didn't show. The St. Thomas 6-year-old valiantly crewed with Sunfish Doubles partner Addison Caproni, 13, sometimes even taking the tiller between races.
"He's never sailed before, but he's watched his older brother and really wanted to do it," Ian's dad, Shep Barrows, said. Ultimately, Ian and Addison won their class — and with their fellow St. Thomas sailors took home the top team trophy.
But more important, Ian signified the spirit of the regatta — first-time sailors testing their skills, more experienced juniors tackling progressively more difficult boats, and adult sailors demonstrating their love of competition in the sport.
The six-class event attracted 58 sailors from St. John, St. Thomas, St. Croix, the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Sint. Maarten and Trinidad and Tobago. They competed in Laser singles and doubles, Sunfish singles and doubles, and Optimist advanced and Green fleet. The short, sprint-style courses were triangular or straight-line windward/leeward.
"Through this event, we wanted to generate interest for the Caribbean Dinghy Championships, which we'll host next year, and to acquaint sailors with team racing," regatta organizer Robin Clair Pitts said.
Competition was keen in the Laser singles class, with winner Beech Higby from St. Croix being one of only two sailors to finish the first race when a squall blew through the course. Higby went on to rack up six more wins to take the class — with final second- and third-place finishers Tom Kozyn of St. Thomas and Robbie Ferron of Sint Maarten, respectively, riding his tail in more than one race.
Thomas Barrows from St. Thomas, who has long excelled at Optimist sailing, proved with teammate Nathan Rosenberg that he's equally adept at handing a Laser. "He sailed Laser Radials up in the states this summer, as well as Optimist," Thomas's dad, Shep, explained. The pair won this class just four points ahead of the St. Croix duo of Scott Stanton and Andrew Loe.
Two veteran St. John Opti sailors, Callie Burks and Valerie Trahan, graduated to Lasers for this event and handily placed third. "It's a more difficult boat than an Optimist, but doubles are fun," Burks said afterward.
The colorful sails on the Sunfish cut dashing figures across the course as St. Croix's Peter Stanton sailed to a nearly flawless first-place finish. Peter has sailed Sunfish since 1999 and competed in two Sunfish Worlds. "Lasers are physically demanding, and weight is all important," he said. "But with Sunfish, there's less emphasis on weight and more on tactics." Peter, his brother Scott, fellow St. Croix sailor Tim Pitts and St. John's Angelo Raimondi will compete in the Sunfish Worlds in Antigua Oct. 5-15. In this weekend's sailing, St. John's Ian Beam and Dane Tarr placed second and third, respectively, in this class.
Caproni and Barrows captured the Sunfish doubles, but close in pursuit were two St. John duos, Zach Trahan and Lonnie Tarr, and Chutney Mohler and Nicole Barbier. In the end, Zach and Lonnie won the tie-breaker for second place by having garnered more first-place finishes than Chutney and Nicole.
Three fleets raced in the advanced Optimist class. St. Thomas's Cy Thompson won in the Red Fleet (for ages 13-15); St. Thomas's Taylor Canfield took the Blue Fleet (ages 11-12), and Puerto Rico's David Alphonso finished first in the White Fleet (10 and under). Alphonso was one of four competitors who traveled from Puerto Rico for the event. "We're working to promote more small boat sailing," David Kerr, president of Puerto Rico's Federacion de Vela, said.
Experience at the Optimist National Championships in Barrington, Rhode Island, paid off for Optimist sailors earning medals in the Green Fleet. "I gained a lot of experience and confidence," Tyler Rice of St. Thomas, who won the class, said. St. John sailors Sarah Burks and Hugo Roller, who also sailed at the Nationals, ended second and third, respectively.
The theme of sportsmanship played out many times throughout the two-day regatta: Class competitors rigging their boats side by side on the beach, "good job" called out to fellow sailors, and assistance given to "turtled" boats between races. "Sportsmanship is almost even more important in this regatta than how you place out on the course," Pitts said at the start of the event. "It's what sailing is all about."
One sportsmanship trophy was awarded to Elsa Meyers of the B.V.I., who got a conk on the head from her Optimist boom during wild weather the first day but didn't give up sailing. Another went to St. Croix's Curtis Diaz, who volunteered to tow a boat in to shore where it could be repaired. And a third went to Puerto Rico's David Kerr Jr., who volunteered to sail in Sunfish singles — in a boat that was new to him — since he was too big for an Optimist and too young to sail Laser singles.
At the awards presentation, Ian Barrows happily accepted the shiny golden team trophy for the St. Thomas delegation. Tom Petrone, director of retail operations for the regatta sponsor, presented the Island Marine Outfitters KATS Cup trophy. "I'm impressed with the dedication shown by these sailors," Petrone said. "We're proud to be involved and hope to contribute again in the future."

GALLERIES
If you are looking for art, or even food and art, here is the list that will help you chose where to look first. The listings here are compiled from a brochure currently in production to introduce and chronicle the art scene on St. Croix.
Christiansted Gallery
#1 Company Street, Upstairs C'sted 773-4443 mrobbins@viaccess.net
Contemporary Caribbean realism, all media. Majorie P. Robbin's studio. Revolving exhibits of artists including Lisa Etre, Nancy Pistilli, Dan Gibbons, Gabrielle di Lorenzo, and others.
Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Danica Art Gallery
54 King Street C'sted 719-6000 danicaart@yahoo.com danicaartvi.com
Owned by St. Croix-born artist Danica David; here you'll find original paintings, sculptures, art tiles, prints and cards by David and several other local artists.
Mon-Fri 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Maria Henle Studio
55 Company Street 773-7376 mhenle@viaccess.net mariahenlestudio.com
Paintings and etchings by Maria Henle grace this historic loft Studio/ Gallery. Representing the estate of photographer Fritz Henle; featuring exhibitions of noted local and off-island artists in season.
Mon-Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mark Austin's Fine Art Gallery
The Caravelle Arcade C'sted 692-2301 www.visitstcroix.com/austin
Mark has moved his Gallery into the beautiful Caravelle Arcade in Christiansted. Here you will find a large variety of hand painted buckets, furniture, sculpture, original paintings, prints and much more. Come meet the artist at work in his new location.
Mon-Sat 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Taller Larjas
20 A Queen Street C'sted 779-3039 gevarch@viaccess.net.
Taller Larjas features emerging and avant garde artists! Work which captures emotive, explorative and expressionistic themes. Gallery owner/artist Gerville Larsen, a mixed media abstract figurist painter, is regularly featured.
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. and by appointment
ALTERNATIVE EXHIBIT VENUES
Christine's Cafe Des Artistes
#6 Company Street C'sted 713-1500
French Bistro / Gallery, exhibiting the works of fine local artists including Marcia Jameson, Kathleen Pierie, and Maude Pierre Charles.
Mon-Fri 10 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
Indies
55 – 56 Company Street C'sted 692-9440 visitstcroix.com gotostcroix.com
Caribbean island inspired food with emphasis on local seafood & produce. Featuring various local artists including Jeri Hillis & Dino di Natale.
Dinner nightly from 6 pm, Lunch Mon – Fri 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in season
(inquire re: summer hours)
Sushi at the bar every Wed & Fri evening 5 – 8 p.m.
Walsh Metal Works Studio/Gallery
14 AB Peters Rest 773-8169 stxwalsh@yahoo.com
Contemporary sculpture, paintings & drawing; decorative metalworks and furniture.
Independent gallery available for rent.
Mon-Fri 7 a.m.– 4 p.m. Sat 9 a.m.-12 noon & by appointment.

The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism
by Robert William Fogel
University of Chicago Press, 394 pp, $29
Rating: 4 stars *
Robert William Fogel became famous for demonstrating that, contrary to Marxist theory, slavery was indeed still profitable when it was (almost) eliminated in the 19th century. The book that brought him to such prominence was "Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery," published in 1974.
Fogel and Douglass C. North won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Economics for their invention of "cliometrics," which purports to demonstrate statistically the rightness or wrongness of pat or pet theories of history. Fogel's original thesis, that American slavery was still profitable in 1861 as the South seceded from the Union, has survived innumerable unscientific attacks intact.
His new book — positing his theory that a resurgence of religious fervor in America is focused on bridging the inequality of spiritual, rather than material, resources — is less convincing, if not less interesting. In "The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism," Fogel claims that:
– The "Evangelistic Revival" of the 1730s, led by the Rev. George Whitefield, prepared America for 1776 and all that.
– The more elite "Reawakening" of the early 19th century prepared the way for the abolition of slavery.
– The "Billy Sunday Awakening" of the early 20th century led to workers' rights legislation.
In the first instance, unfortunately, Fogel completely omits the Levelers, the Yankee Town Meeting, and Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Franklin (Episcopalian, Unitarian, Deist and Pragmatist, respectively). All of them were influential, to say the least, but none of them were the least bit evangelical.
In the second instance, Fogel ignores abolitionist activism in the North from before the American Revolution. Even if Washington didn't free his own slaves, he was freeing others'. And this evangelistic movement certainly didn't free any slaves in the South!
In the third instance, workers' rights and protection were part and parcel of Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism and of the Social Democracy of his son-in-law John Stuart Mill, author of "On Liberty," well before Marx and Engels gave these principles marching orders; they were hardly the result of grin-and-bear-it Evangelism.
The author's theory now is that, in an era where it has been the tendency of technological advances to outpace the development of ethical norms, the "fourth reawakening" will bring about egalitarian reforms based on shared values of liberals and conservatives.
Fogel is a major social scientist with a winning track record, and this reviewer hesitates to dismiss a major theory that the author has thought about for a lifetime. I leave Fogel's "Fourth Great Awakening" — which pervades Caribbean religious life today — to the reader. His argument may convince, even if the reader is put to sleep by the three previous "awakenings."
* Richard Dey rates the books he reviews for the Source on a scale of 1 to 5 stars:
5 stars – Beyond serious criticism
4 stars – A fine read
3 stars – Good, fascinating, with caveats
2 stars – Interesting or shows promise
1 star – Cautionary tale

Sept. 3, 2001 – Sunday's first-ever St. Thomas nighttime carnival parade was a relatively short and sweet affair — but, judging by the crowds, an unqualified success. Part of the Labor Day weekend lineup of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of V.I. Carnival, it attracted 21 entries, some specially lighted for the night, and their enthusiastic followers.
"This is just for fun," parade committee member Benny Gagliani said. The entrants paid no fees and there was no judging or awards, he added.
Applauding spectators lined the parade route from Rothschild Francis "Market" Square along Main Street to the Fort Christian parking lot. A motorized police contingent cleared the parade route in front of 2001 Carnival Queen Cherrisse Woods. Besides the normal street lamps, extra lighting was in place in front of the Alvaro de Lugo Sr. (Emancipation Garden) Post Office. Watchful police on foot patrol mingled with the crowds.
Mocko Jumbie Jamboree founder Gerry Cockrell said she was "pleased with everything" about the event, especially the "cool night air." Recuperating from a twisted ankle, she paraded in costume on foot instead of on stilts with the rest of her troupe.
Lesmore Howard, who chaired the parade committee and was responsible for starting the parade on time, thanked the all who took part. "We really owe it to them for coming out to participate in the spirit of carnival," he said.
Plans for the weekend had included a fun day and jam Monday on the beach at Brewers Bay. However, the V.I. Carnival Committee canceled the event on Saturday after untreated sewage from the nearby treatment plant polluted the water and the beach. The weekend's events kicked off the "Golden Jubilee" year for V.I. Carnival. The committee will be presenting additional activities that will culminate in the 2002 Carnival celebration next April.

Aug. 30, 2001 – The resident Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment's new supervisor has literally worked his way up to his present assignment at the world's No. 1 cruise ship destination — St. Thomas and St. John.
Lt. John V. Reinert began his three-year assignment on July 15, succeeding Lt. Kevin Smith. He says the unit's focus will continue to be "marine safety, including the inspection of commercial vessels and the investigation of marine casualties and environmental pollution."
Reinert points out that the local detachment is not directly tasked with the Coast Guard's "operational duties including drug interdiction, search and rescue and the boarding of vessels" at sea. "San Juan directs all those operations," he explains.
With one exception, the Coast Guard vessels occasionally seen operating in territorial waters or docked at King's Wharf are not St. Thomas-based, he says. The exception is the 32-foot Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel owned by local Auxiliary Operations Officer Klaus Willems. The auxiliary consists of individuals who volunteer their time to educate the public on safe boating practices and to perform free safety inspections of privately owned vessels. They also conduct local harbor patrols and assist with Coast Guard search and rescue operations when needed.
Five Coast Guard members are assigned to the St. Thomas and St. John detachment. Working with Reinert are Chief Warrant Officers Darel McCormick and Kevin Austin and Petty Officers 1st Class Scott Howell and Torin Zielenski. The detachment is housed in the small, single-story building located on the Charlotte Amalie waterfront between King's Wharf and the Legislature Building.
"My responsibility is St. Thomas and St. John and the territorial waters that surround them," Reinert says. "It's a challenging assignment with the limited number of people assigned here and the limited amount of resources. San Juan sends over additional inspectors as necessary to help us keep up with the operational tempo."
At the heart of his jurisdiction is the Charlotte Amalie harbor. "It's a very busy port," he says. "The biggest risks are the high-capacity vessels, the cruise ships and the ferries that can carry large numbers of passengers. We really have to watch those."
A native of Beatrice, Neb., Reinert enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1982. After graduating from boot camp, he was assigned to the Coast Guard cutter Point Herron at Fire Island, New York, N.Y., where he performed a variety of search-and-rescue and law-enforcement duties. He subsequently held staff positions at Commander/Atlantic Area, Commander Support Center/New York, and Commander/Maintenance and Logistics Command/Atlantic Area, all located on Governors Island in New York, N.Y.
He left the Coast Guard for about three years in 1986 and nearly finished college before returning to active duty. He then worked for two years at the Marine Safety Office in Morgan City, La., qualifying as a marine pollution investigator, marine facility inspector and federal on-scene coordinator representative. Meantime, he finished his bachelor of science degree in business finance at the State University of New York.
In 1994, after attending officer candidate school in Yorktown, Va., he received his commission as a Coast Guard officer. He spent the next four years as the assistant chief of port operations at the San Diego marine safety office. His projects there included coordinating waterside safety for the 1994 World Cup sailing races and security for the 1996 Republican National Convention. His response operations included a 97,000-gallon jet fuel spill into the San Diego River from a ruptured pipeline.
In 1998, he became the assistant chief of port operations at the Galveston, Tex., marine safety office. His duties included port safety and security and environmental response for the three major ports which make up the largest petrochemical complex in the world, 100 miles of intracoastal waterway and more than 160 oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Reinert visited St. Thomas for the first time in May, to attend a four-day Caribbean Regional Response conference. "It's a very vertical island," was one of his first impressions. "Every other place I've ever been stationed has been relatively flat."
As the St. Thomas detachment supervisor, Reinert reports to the captain of the Port of San Juan, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio. "I worked with him before in San Diego," Reinert notes. "He's a great man to work for. I requested to leave Galveston a year early to take this position. I wouldn't have taken the job if it wasn't for him."
At his last two duty stations, Reinert volunteered to make educational presentations in the schools. The Sea Partners Program involves going into schools and appearing before civic groups to talk about "the effects of pollution on the ocean and sea life," he says. "It's one of those things that I truly love to do. We will do a program for anyone who will listen to us."
He has an open mind about his future with the Coast Guard but plans to go "for at least 20" years of active duty. "After that I don't know," he muses. "I'm having a great time. I enjoy my work. I enjoy the job I do. I enjoy the Coast Guard."
The Coast Guard appreciates him, too. He has received two Commandant Letters of Commendation and has been awarded two Coast Guard Achievement Medals and the Coast Guard Commendation Medal.
Reinert notes that while the Coast Guard is the smallest of the nation's armed services, with about 32,000 members, it often is the most visible. He says he wants to form a working partnership between his unit and the St. Thomas/St. John community. "Keeping the public informed on what we are doing here helps us out as much as it helps out the public," he says.

Aug. 30, 2001 – The resident Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment's new supervisor has literally worked his way up to his present assignment at the world's No. 1 cruise ship destination — St. Thomas and St. John.
Lt. John V. Reinert began his three-year assignment on July 15, succeeding Lt. Kevin Smith. He says the unit's focus will continue to be "marine safety, including the inspection of commercial vessels and the investigation of marine casualties and environmental pollution."
Reinert points out that the local detachment is not directly tasked with the Coast Guard's "operational duties including drug interdiction, search and rescue and the boarding of vessels" at sea. "San Juan directs all those operations," he explains.
With one exception, the Coast Guard vessels occasionally seen operating in territorial waters or docked at King's Wharf are not St. Thomas-based, he says. The exception is the 32-foot Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel owned by local Auxiliary Operations Officer Klaus Willems. The auxiliary consists of individuals who volunteer their time to educate the public on safe boating practices and to perform free safety inspections of privately owned vessels. They also conduct local harbor patrols and assist with Coast Guard search and rescue operations when needed.
Five Coast Guard members are assigned to the St. Thomas-St. John detachment. Working with Reinert are Chief Warrant Officers Darel McCormick and Kevin Austin and Petty Officers 1st Class Scott Howell and Torin Zielenski. The detachment is housed in the small, single-story building located on the Charlotte Amalie waterfront between King's Wharf and the Legislature Building.
"My responsibility is St. Thomas and St. John and the territorial waters that surround them," Reinert says. "It's a challenging assignment with the limited number of people assigned here and the limited amount of resources. San Juan sends over additional inspectors as necessary to help us keep up with the operational tempo."
At the heart of his jurisdiction is the Charlotte Amalie harbor. "It's a very busy port," he says. "The biggest risks are the high-capacity vessels, the cruise ships and the ferries that can carry large numbers of passengers. We really have to watch those."
A native of Beatrice, Neb., Reinert enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1982. After graduating from boot camp, he was assigned to the Coast Guard cutter Point Herron at Fire Island, New York, N.Y., where he performed a variety of search-and-rescue and law-enforcement duties. He subsequently held staff positions at Commander/Atlantic Area, Commander Support Center/New York, and Commander/Maintenance and Logistics Command/Atlantic Area, all located on Governors Island in New York, N.Y.
He left the Coast Guard for about three year in 1986 and nearly finished college before returning to active duty. He then worked for two years at the Marine Safety Office in Morgan City, La., qualifying as a marine pollution investigator, marine facility inspector and federal on-scene coordinator representative. Meantime, he finished his bachelor of science degree in business finance at the State University of New York.
In 1994, after attending officer candidate school in Yorktown, Va., he received his commission as a Coast Guard officer. He spent the next four years as the assistant chief of port operations at the San Diego marine safety office. His projects there included coordinating waterside safety for the 1994 World Cup sailing races and security for the 1996 Republican National Convention. His response operations included a 97,000-gallon jet fuel spill into the San Diego River from a ruptured pipeline.
In 1998, he became the assistant chief of port operations at the Galveston, Tex., marine safety office. His duties included port safety and security and environmental response for the three major ports which make up the largest petrochemical complex in the world, 100 miles of intracoastal waterway and more than 160 oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Reinert visited St. Thomas for the first time in May, to attend a four-day Caribbean Regional Response conference. "It's a very vertical island," was one of his first impressions. "Every other place I've ever been stationed has been relatively flat."
As the St. Thomas detachment supervisor, Reinert reports to the captain of the Port of San Juan, Cmdr. Joseph Servidio. "I worked with him before in San Diego," Reinert notes. "He's a great man to work for. I requested to leave Galveston a year early to take this position. I wouldn't have taken the job if it wasn't for him."
At his last two duty stations, Reinert volunteered to make educational presentations in the schools. The Sea Partners Program involves going into schools and appearing before civic groups to talk about "the effects of pollution on the ocean and sea life," he says. "It's one of those things that I truly love to do. We will do a program for anyone who will listen to us."
He has an open mind about his future with the Coast Guard but plans to go "for at least 20" years of active duty. "After that I don't know," he muses. "I'm having a great time. I enjoy my work. I enjoy the job I do. I enjoy the Coast Guard."
The Coast Guard appreciates him, too. He has received two Commandant Letters of Commendation and has been awarded two Coast Guard Achievement Medals and the Coast Guard Commendation Medal.
Reinert notes that while the Coast Guard is the smallest of the nation's armed services, with about 32,000 members, it often is the most visible. He says he wants to form a working partnership between his unit and the St. Thomas/St. John community. "Keeping the public informed on what we are doing here helps us out as much as it helps out the public," he says.

Sept. 3, 2001 – An off-duty St. Thomas police officer was shot in the arm Sunday night in what his superiors say may have been a case of being caught in a crossfire.
Law enforcement sources said Officer Kent Hodge suffered a gunshot wound to the arm during the incident around 9 p.m. near General Gade in the Savan area. Police Chief Jose Garcia and Deputy Chief Theodore Carty both said Sunday night that Hodge’s life was not in danger.
"He was treated and released from Schneider Hospital a few hours after the shooting," Garcia said late Sunday night. "We don’t believe he was targeted."
Rather, he added, it's believed Hodge "was caught up in the middle of the shootout."
Another person escaped what may have been a retaliation shooting in the incident, Garcia said. Police responded to the scene after receiving reports that two gunmen had opened fire on a white compact car. The driver of that vehicle later was interrogated by police.
Garcia said Hodge was driving his private vehicle when he was shot and subsequently drove himself to the hospital for treatment of the wound.
Garcia asked that anyone with information about the matter contact the police at 715-5522 or the emergency number 911.

Sept. 2, 2001 – Don't throw away those ripe bananas that are starting to turn black and mushy. Use them instead for making banana bread.
Bananas — really, big herbs — are native to Malaysia. Back some 2,000 years ago, traders carried them across the Indian Ocean into Africa. From there, they went to the Canary Islands, where European explorers put them aboard ships sailing to the Caribbean. Here, they thrived in the year-round warm temperatures, abundant rain, and deep, fertile soil.
We enjoy ripe bananas in a variety of ways: sliced in fruit salads, blended in smoothies, and made into cakes, pies and cocktails. Eaten out of hand, they are brimming with good nutrition. One medium-size banana has 120 calories and is an excellent source of vitamins C and B6, as well as potassium. The Food and Drug Administration has just approved bananas for health claim labeling, linking their potassium content to helping prevent high blood pressure.
Many traditional recipes are for banana bread that's as rich as cake because of the high fat and sugar content. The recipe here has been modified to make it more healthful. It replaces oil with unsweetened applesauce, substitutes egg whites for whole eggs, reduces the sugar content by 1/2 cup while increasing the number of bananas, and uses whole-wheat flour in place of some of the white flour for added fiber and nutrients. Enjoy this sweet bread for breakfast or as a snack.
Healthful Banana Bread
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
whites of 3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins, if desired
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick coating. Lightly flour the pan; set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt with a whisk.
In another medium bowl, beat the mashed bananas, sugar, applesauce, egg whites and vanilla until well mixed. Add the dry ingredients and whisk just until smooth. Stir in the raisins, if desired. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top of the batter evenly in the pan.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until the top is brown and the bread pulls away from the sides of the pan. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes on a wire baking rack. Invert onto the rack, turn right side up, and let cool completely.
Makes 16 slices. Per slice: 175 calories, 0.5 gm fat (4 percent fat calories), no cholesterol, 88 mg sodium.
Food tip: If you have bananas that are overripe but don't have time to make banana bread, then do this: Peel the bananas, then place them in plastic freezer bags, six to a bag. That way, you'll have them ready for preparing banana bread in the future.

As the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, the fifth named storm system developed over the central tropical Atlantic this weekend. Tropical StorSept. 2, 2001 – As the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, the fifth named storm system developed over the central tropical Atlantic this weekend. Tropical Storm Erin grew out of a depression which became organized Saturday more than 1,500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
Hurricane forecaster Stacy Stewart said Sunday that Erin is considerably better organized than it was at depression status and its associated upper-level outflow is impressive for a storm system so early in the development stages. In fact, Stewart expects Erin to be upgraded to a hurricane on Monday. At 5 a.m. the center of Erin was located near 13.4 degrees north latitude and 38.5 degrees west longitude, about 1,410 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. With winds of 45 miles per hour, it was moving westward at nearly 20 mph.
Knight Quality Stations meteorologist Alan Archer said Sunday that computer forecast models are all in agreement that Erin will pose no threat to the Lesser Antilles or the northeastern Caribbean. "The models all take Erin to the northwest, well east of the Lesser Antilles," he said. "I think only the shipping channels will be impacted."
There is a better than 50-50 chance Erin will have no effect on the major land areas of the Caribbean, he said.
Archer did note, however, that two other areas of disturbed weather are spinning off the African coast that bear watching over the next several days.