Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Mon. through Fri. or 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mon. through Thurs., interested persons may register for Skill Center evening classes at the Raphael O. Wheatley Skill Center.
Classes being offered this semester include: microcomputer applications; typing; cosmetology; carpentry; electronics; masonry; and diesel engine mechanics.
Registration fees are $100 per course and payable only by money order.
Classes begin on Tues., Feb.2, 1999 and will end on Fri., June 11, 1999.
For further information, call 774-6277.

At 5:30 p.m. on Wed. Jan. 20, 1999, a financial aid workshop is scheduled for all seniors and their parents in the school's auditorium.
Representatives from the University of the Virgin Islands will conduct the session. Bring a number two pencil and copies of your latest tax information.

Former Sen. Holland L. Redfield has been hired as director of governmental affairs for Jeffrey Prosser's Innovative Communications Corp., which owns the V.I. Telephone Corp., the Daily News and the islands' cable television stations.
Redfield, 55, a six-term senator from St. Croix who decided not to seek re-election last year, said the job will involve "interfacing with the local and federal government on certain issues of basic interest," the Independent reported Saturday.
Redfield said he also will deal with "personnel development" for the company.
The Independent noted that Redfield "will be lobbying for a company that is partly regulated by a commission he used to be a member of — the Public Services Commission. Part of his job will also be to discuss with fellow colleagues in the Virgin Islands Senate legislation pertaining to the telecommunications company."
Redfield said he saw no conflict.
Redfield declined comment on the newspaper's report that he will earn more than $100,000 a year in the new post.

A clean-up activity at Joseph Sibilly school will be held from 7 a.m. until noon on Sat., Jan. 23.
Parents, students and teachers are encouraged to participate. Bring tools and equipment to facilitate the clean-up.

Friday, Jan. 15, marked the official launch of St. Thomas Source, the territory's first on-line newspaper.
St. Thomas Source will offer news, commentary, resource data and a host of other information to island residents, former residents, property owners and would-be visitors, as well as people around the world who have an interest in St. Thomas goings-on.
Shaun A. Pennington is the publisher and owner of the Source.
St. Thomas Source is an edition of OnePaper Inc., an innovative company providing on-line community newspapers. OnePaper provides the platform and the national feed. Local publishers provide the local news and information for their communities.
"The beauty of this publication is that it is completely grassroots — the digital nature of the medium naturally eliminates some of the overhead," said Pennington. "We also have a large corps of volunteers who want a voice in their community. St Thomas Source can provide that."
One of the Source's premiere volunteers and advisers, Penny Feuerzeig, was executive editor of the Virgin Islands Daily News when the paper won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and scores of other national prizes.
"When I looked at the opportunity presented by OnePaper for small communities to have their own independent, on-line newspapers, I knew I had to get involved," Feuerzeig said.
The Source's advisory board is impressive, made up of respected journalists and community leaders: Feuerzeig, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Melvin Claxton, Carol Henneman, Frank J. Jordan and Henry U. Wheatley.
Jordan, another hard-working Source volunteer, is a former University of the Virgin Islands journalism professor and before that was dean of the School of Communications at American University. Jordan was also, for many years, an executive of NBC news.
The focus of St. Thomas Source is to provide news, informed commentary and information to readers here and abroad.
"There is really something for everyone," Pennington said. "News for locals and residents who are off-island, potential visitors and investors; commentary for the same audience, and lots of data and information for everyone — including potential visitors to our island."
St. Thomas Source expects to attract readership from the 10,000 or so Virgin Islands residents who have Internet accounts. In addition, the increasing number of students using the Internet at their schools and libraries will log on to St. Thomas Source for research in its expanding databases providing information specific to the Virgin Islands.
Among the data now on the site: economic benchmarks, ferry schedules, cruise-ship visits and lists of restaurants, water sports, land sports, religious services and a calendar of events. Other data will be added to the site regularly.
"It is encouraging to see how many people are willing to give their time and effort to this venture. I am overwhelmed by the tremendous support that has been freely offered," Pennington said. "But that is why I have chosen St.Thomas as my home — the quality of the service to this community by its people is unparalleled."
Pennington first came to St. Thomas in 1967. She has an extensive background in management as well as advertising and public relations. She was a senior account representative with Austin Advertising and was a principal of AdOne, an advertising agency in Rochester, N.Y. She is also a free- lance writer.

Registration for adult continuing education classes began at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., Jan 14 at Charlotte Amalie High School.
Registration will be ongoing at 6:30 week-nights through Jan. 28, 1999.
The tuition for three or more classes is $100 and must be paid by money order.
Laboratory fees are $15 and may be paid in cash.
For further information call Gene A. Powell, continuing education program administrator at 774-0780.

January 15th marked the official launch of St. Thomas Source, an edition of Onepaper and the territory's first on-line newspaper.
St. Thomas Source will offer news, commentary, resource data and a host of other information to island residents, former residents, property owners and would-be visitors, as well as people around the world who have an interest in St. Thomas goings-on.
Shaun A. Pennington is the publisher and owner of the Source.
St. Thomas Source is an edition of OnePaper Inc., an innovative company providing on-line community newspapers. OnePaper provides the platform and the national feed. Local publishers provide the local news and information for their communities.
"The beauty of this publication is that it is completely grassroots — the digital nature of the medium naturally eliminates some of the overhead," said Pennington. "We also have a large corps of volunteers who want a voice in their community. St Thomas Source can provide that."
One of the Source's premiere volunteers and advisers, Penny Feuerzeig, was executive editor of the Virgin Islands Daily News when the paper won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and scores of other national prizes.
"When I looked at the opportunity presented by OnePaper for small communities to have their own independent, on-line newspapers, I knew I had to get involved," Feuerzeig said.
The Source's advisory board is impressive, made up of respected journalists and community leaders: Feuerzeig, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Melvin Claxton, Carol Henneman, Frank J. Jordan and Henry U. Wheatley.
Jordan, another hard-working Source volunteer, is a former University of the Virgin Islands journalism professor and before that was dean of the School of Communications at American University. Jordan was also, for many years, an executive of NBC news.
The focus of St. Thomas Source is to provide news, informed commentary and information to readers here and abroad.
"There is really something for everyone," Pennington said. "News for locals and residents who are off-island, potential visitors and investors; commentary for the same audience, and lots of data and information for everyone — including potential visitors to our island."
St. Thomas Source expects to attract readership from the 10,000 or so Virgin Islands residents who have Internet accounts. In addition, the increasing number of students using the Internet at their schools and
libraries will log on to St. Thomas Source for research in its expanding databases providing information specific to the Virgin Islands.
Among the data now on the site: economic benchmarks, ferry schedules, cruise-ship visits and lists of restaurants, water sports, land sports, religious services and a calendar of events. Other data will be added to the site regularly.
"It is encouraging to see how many people are willing to give their time and effort to this venture. I am overwhelmed by the tremendous support that has been freely offered," Pennington said. "But that is why I have chosen St.Thomas as my home — the quality of the service to this community by its people is unparalleled."
Pennington first came to St. Thomas in 1967. She has an extensive background in management as well as advertising and public relations. She was a senior account representative with Austin Advertising and was a principal of AdOne, an advertising agency in Rochester, N.Y. She is also a free- lance writer.

Thc St. Thomas Bridge Club has a new location at Al Cohen's Plaza. There are duplicate games 1 p.m. Wed. and Fri., 1:30 p.m. Sun, and 7 p.m. Mon. and Thurs.
For information, call 775-5335 or 775-6381.

In what his successor called a 'midnight raid on the treasury," former Gov. Roy L. Schneider and 36 members of his administration took almost $400,000 in lump sum payments with them when they left office at the December.
Gov. Charles W. Tumbull termed the episode "willful and malicious" in view of the precarious fiscal condition of the territorial government. But he stopped short of using the word illegal to describe the payments, which were for unused annual leave.
In releasing the names Friday, Tumbull said he was particularly concerned that the payments were made through government miscellaneous disbursement vouchers1 which 'circumvented" deductions for income taxes and Social Security.
Tumbull has referred to the matter to the inspector General for a formal review, the Government House announcement said.
One source said former Finance Commissioner Juan Centeno, Schneider's running mate last Fall, originally was on the list but withdrew after Attorney General Julio Brady raised questions about procedure to be used for the payments.
Tumbull did not say who approved the vouchers. Some government veterans said it had to be Schneider.
The former governor received the largest amount, $24,461. The remainder of the list is a virtual Who's Who of Schneider's administration, including Police Commissioner Ramon Davila, Licensing and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Osbert Potter, Government House Legal Counsel Amos W.Carty Jr., Office of Management and Budget (0MB) Director Nellon Bowry, Internal Revenue Bureau Director Joseph A. Aubain, and Government House Press Secretary Hal Hatfield.
The list of recipients, the jobs some of them held, and their lump sum payments (rounded to the nearest dollar) includes:
Roy L. Schneider Governor $24,461
Levron Sarraw Sr., St. Thomas Administrator – $19.181
Maureen Bryan, Gov's Executive Secretary – $19,070
Amos W. Carty Jr., Goy's Legal Counsel – $18,647
David S. Brathwaite – $18,191
Oran Roebuck, Gov's Labor Negotiator – $17,375
Jose Raul Carrillo, Gov's Protocol Director – $16,533
Janette Millin, Deputy Press Secretary – $16,511
Lawrence A. Bastian, Fredericksted Administrator – $16, 347
Ramon S. Davila, Police Commissioner – $15,625
Deandre J. Atwell – $14,175
Louis Hughes – $13,903
Barbara L. Wheatley – $13,856
Nellon L. Bowry, OMB Director – $13,031
Dean M. Wallace, Special Assistant to Gov. – $11,594
Osbert Potter Licensing, Consumer Affairs – $11,516
Hoyt Chang – $9,597
Antonio Messer Sr. – $9,479
Eldred A. Potter Sr. – $9,426
Larry Boschulte – $9,217
Iris V. Magras – $9,005
James C. Dalmida Jr.- $8,476
Lindel A. Williams, Public Works Commissioner – $8,375
Hal Hatfield, Press Secretary – $ 7,876
Maria O'Neal Wallace – $ 6,025
Noris Griffin – $5,687
Ebony Evans – $5,568
Alaine Lockhart – $5,074
Petra Phipps – $4,900
Maria Friday – $4,616
Joseph A. Aubain, Internal Revenue Director – $4,500
Manse James, Legal Counsel, St. Croix – $3,116
Beulah Dalmida-Smith, DPNR Commissioner – $3,062
Leslie Millin Sr. – $2,649
Samuel J. Baptiste – $2,620
Nerissa Serrano – $2,250
Maria C. Benjamin – $1,201

It's official: Gwendolyn Brady is out as banking and insurance director, as the Source reported previously.
Taking over that slot will be St. Thomas attorney Deverita C. Sturdivant.
Lt. Gov. Gerard Luz James II also confirmed other key appointments:
— Nathan Simmonds of St. Thomas, former post auditor, as chief of staff.
— St. Thomas attorney Maryleen Thomas as general counsel.
— Gary Molloy of St. Croix, former assistant principal of John H. Woodson Junior High School, as executive assistant.
Brady is the wife of Attorney General Julio A. Brady, who remains in his post in an acting capacity.
Molloy is the son of Claude "Tappy" Molloy, husband of Gov. Charles W. Turnbull's chief of staff, Juel Molloy.