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Maho Bay Pavilion Renovations Slated for June, Despite Lack of Funding Page 7 New Ferries, Ambulance Boat and Plans for New Island School Coming This Year Page 9 February 8-14, 2010 © Copyright 2010 EPA Regional Administrator Tours Local Watershed Page 3 FOXY SPOTTED AT FRIENDS GALA Mike Bertolino shows his Virgin Islands pride by displaying the “V.I.” hand sign with Jost Van Dyke celebrity Foxy and fellow Virgin Islander Lindsay Soper during the annual Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Gala on Saturday night, February 6. The fundraising event was hosted by Janet and Martin Marshall at their waterfront villa in beautiful Great Cruz Bay. Additional photos on back cover. St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tristan Ewald The Marketplace / Suite 302 / Cruz Bay / St. John / Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 / www.theodoretunick.com Black History Month: See Page 2

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Page 1: EPA Regional Foxy Administrator Tours Local Watershedufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/09/39/99/00087/00002-08-2010.pdf · Knight will share “The Awakening of an American Paradise:

Maho Bay Pavilion Renovations Slated for June, Despite Lack of Funding

Page 7

New Ferries, Ambulance Boat and Plans for New Island School Coming This Year

Page 9

February 8-14, 2010© Copyright 2010

EPA Regional Administrator Tours LocalWatershed

Page 3

Foxy SPoTTEDAT FRiEnDSGALA

Mike Bertolino shows his Virgin Islands pride by displaying the “V.I.” hand sign with Jost Van Dyke celebrity Foxy and fellow Virgin Islander Lindsay Soper during the annual Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Gala on Saturday night, February 6.

The fundraising event was hosted by Janet and Martin Marshall at their waterfront villa in beautiful Great Cruz Bay.

Additional photos on back cover.

St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tristan Ewald

The Marketplace / Suite 302 / Cruz Bay / St. John / Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 / www.theodoretunick.comThe Marketplace / Suite 302 / Cruz Bay / St. John / Phone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002 / www.theodoretunick.com

Black History Month:

See Page 2

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2 St. John Tradewinds, February 8-14, 2010

St. John TradewindsThe 17th Annual Health Fair will be on Sunday, February 14, at

The Marketplace. The event, sponsored by the Cruz Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church, will run continuously throughout the day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Volunteers from the church will be manning health-related sta-tions on the second level of the shopping complex including: blood pressure screening; glucose and cholesterol testing; real-age anal-ysis; medical counseling; HIV testing; massage therapy; exercise demonstrations and more.

For more information contact Pastor Ammaran Williams at 775-1388 or Debbie Marsh, Marketplace general manager, at 776-6455.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Free Vow Renewal at Trunk Bay Ceremony

Join the Love City Pan Dragons’ boat trip to the St. Croix Ag-riculture Fair. The boat leaves St. John at the Cruz Bay bulkhead on Friday, February 12, at 11 a.m. And leaves from St. Croix on Monday, February 15, at 2 p.m.

The cost for adults is $85 round-trip or $65 one way. The cost for children is $65 round-trip or $50 one way. Tickets can be pur-chased at Connections or Courtesy Car Rental.

Boat Tickets to STx Ag Fair Available

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by re-affirming love and commit-ment at the eighth annual free marriage vow renewal with Love City’s barefoot minister Anne Marie Porter.

The ceremony will be on Sunday, February 14, at 5 p.m. at Trunk Bay beach. So far 630 couples have enjoyed the free, fun event. No registration is required, just show up! For more informa-tion call Cathy Dove at 642-2182 or email [email protected].

The next St. John Historical Society monthly meeting is Tues-day, February 9, at 7 p.m. at the Bethany Moravian Church Hall. David Knight will present a photographic journey through time.

Knight will share “The Awakening of an American Paradise: Three Decades that Transformed St. John,” seldom seen photo-graphs of St. John taken by Knight’s parents, Anna and George, between 1936 and 1966. The meeting will also feature Eleanor Gibney, who will present selected images from the society’s new book St. John: Life in Five Quarters.

Members and guests are invited to come and are encouraged to bring along any photos, postcards, or illustrations they might have from this period, so that they can be digitally copied for preser-vation in the SJHS archive. All images will be handled with the utmost care and promptly returned to their owners.

next Historical Society Meeting Feb. 9

By Chuck PishkoSt. John Tradewinds

People today view slavery as the Southern “pecu-liar” institution that was allowed to continue there. Under our founding fathers, the Compromise of 1790 was thought to be the action that gave the 13 colonies a chance to survive as the United States of America.

Unfortunately, it proved to be the Sword of Damocles suspended over the nation which fell and tore it asunder with the great Civil War. The trade between the Northern colonies and the sugar plan-tations in the Caribbean is common knowledge. What’s shocking is the discovery of Northern plantations worked by African slaves. This little-known and seldom-studied aspect of colonial his-tory recently began being studied in earnest on the Beverwyck Plantation in New Jersey and the Sylvester Plantation on Shelter Island, New York. Beverwyck was studied as part of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (1784-83) from New York to Yorktown where the British were finally defeated. The study was conducted in 2004 for the New Jersey Department of Transportation by McCor-mick Taylor and John Milner Associates.

The archeological and archival data associated with the enslaved labor force of Beverwyck provides significant information on the daily lives of 18th cen-tury enslaved Africans, a socio-cultural group that tends to be less represented in archival records. The data has revealed new and astounding information on the practice of slavery in the northern United States. Connections with the Virgin Islands are plentiful, es-pecially the shift of British Loyalists to the Caribbean and wise colonists looking for new lives in America.

In 1772, Lucas von Beverhoudt, a planter on St. Croix, purchased 2,000 acres of land from William Kelly, a New York merchant, for £12,000. Included in the purchase price were “the Negroes, horses, cattle, hay, grain, and stock of every kind, with the house-hold furniture and implements of husbandry on the said farm.” (Chancery Court Case File 1793) The farm produced grain, hay, cattle, and horses. (NJ Chancery Court).

Kelly and von Beverhoudt may have bar-tered the land, exchanging the New Jersey prop-erty for a plantation called “Santa Maria” in St. Croix (Wheelock Papers). He was alleged to have brought an additional 200 slaves with him. He arrived in New Jersey and took up residence at Beverwyck in June, 1779.

Von Beverhoudt maintained a constant correspon-dence with his fellow Virgin Islanders. On November 23, 1779 in a letter to John Rogiers, Esq. of St. Croix he wrote “quarter my pipe of wine by heavens, I must have it or I am ruined. Frequently General Washington and his brave officers take a glass of Madeira with me.” Also in November, 1779 he wrote to William B. Huy-ghue: I as well as my family are well. We live in a world of company. General Washington’s headquarters for

this winter is in Morris Town [Washington arrived De-cember 1, 1779], 7 miles from me and the whole army is encamped in its vicinity. I am acquainted with that great man and with all the general and field officers, of consequence. Have company enough and will spend this winter merrily, especially as we have been so suc-cessful this campaign, this country has beyond a doubt fixed its independence.

In another letter dated November 24, 1779 to Jo-seph De Wint, Esq. (St. Thomas), Von Beverhoudt writes: Mama and myself is very happy to think there is a possibility for us to embrace you next year in this part of the world, whatever makes you hesitate to resolve to make a trip this year, one six week at Bever-wyck will perfectly recover you, if you are not yet quite recovered, besides I flatter myself that was [sic] you to pay us a visit you would so much like the Jerseys that you would never think of returning to pitiful St. Thomas.

The New York Times in July, 1999 reported that ar-cheologists from the University of Massachusetts and Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia had begun to study Sylvester Manor.

Starting around 1650, this plantation was supply-ing provisions for the family’s sugar plantation in Barbados. Ships delivered preserved meats, grain, barrel stave, and lumber and returned with molasses for making rum.

The labor on both plantations was performed by en-slaved Africans — more than 20 slaves working in the North and 200 on Barbados. Excavations focused on the slave quarters, a formerly overlooked aspect. The archeologists have found wattle and daub houses simi-lar to those found down South and in West Africa.

They also found earthenware cooking pots not-ing similarities to pottery in Nigeria and Ghana. A burial ground on the property holds the remains of about 200 Africans and Native Americans. In fact slavery existed in all of the colonies including the venerable New York City. Twenty percent of the city’s population was slaves.

Recent discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan has brought this involvement to the public’s attention. These slaves built many landmarks there including Battery Park, two Trinity Churches, and the first City Hall. Only Charleston, South Caro-lina, had more slaves.

In 1785 influenced by the Quakers, a missionary so-ciety was founded and dedicated to freeing the slaves. Two years later, a school was opened to educate freed slaves, the African Free School.

A true emancipation law took effect on July 4, 1827. Since white citizens often attacked blacks on public holidays, the 5th of July was chosen for the celebration of slavery’s end in New York. Black History Month is the perfect time to honor those African-Americans who lived through this evo-lution of human freedom in places where the injus-tices, while newly discovered, are no less painful.

17th Annual Health Fair Set for February 14 at The Marketplace

Senate President Louis Patrick Hill is hosting an open commu-nity St. John Summit meeting on Wednesday, February 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Westin Resort and Villas.

The purpose of the meeting is to encourage all local St. John groups, community activists and concerned citizens to identify and define issues with the hope of forming a consensus on community solutions which Hill can help address. For more information call the senator’s St. John liaison, Bonny Corbeil, at 693-5874 or email [email protected].

St. John Summit Meeting February 10

Celebrating Black History Month:

Studies show that northern colonies were heavily involved in slavery

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

Armed with a three-year $300,000 grant from the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency, the Coral Bay Community Council has ambitious plans to slow the stream of stormwater runoff that muddies the harbor after rain-falls.

During her first trip to the ter-ritory last week, the new EPA regional administrator got a first-hand look at the Coral Bay watershed and CBCC’s planned stormwater management projects funded in part by the EPA’s Com-munity Action for a Renewed En-vironment (CARE) grant.

Judith Enck, who two months ago took over the reigns of the EPA’s Region II — which consists of New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — met with top government officials in-cluding Governor John deJongh and Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Robert Mathes.

Enck also took time to tour the Coral Bay area with CBCC president Sharon Coldren, CBCC board members and V.I. National Park officials.

“In about 2003 or 2004, with barely any government oversight, development grew very rapidly

out here,” said Coldren. “When we moved here, there were 14 lights at night and now none of us can count them anymore. Stop-ping stormwater runoff and pro-tecting the environment were key concerns of the CBCC board and members.”

“So we began programs to ad-dress stormwater runoff and part-nered with the V.I. National Park to elevate the discussions and pro-grams,” said Coldren.

With its recent development and expansive watershed area, Coral Bay is the perfect place to attack stormwater runoff, ex-plained VINP’s Chief of Resource Management Rafe Boulon.

“With the development in this area, if we can’t get a handle on stormwater management here, where are we going to get a han-dle on it,” said Boulon.

“There is nothing we can’t ac-complish if we work together,” said VINP Superintendent Mark Hardgrove.

Enck was impressed with the partnership between CBCC and the VINP and the work done by Coral Bay residents.

“I’m really excited to be here and really impressed with all the proactive work, especially the partnerships you have,” said Enck. “I’m very impressed with

the initiative here. They say, ‘peo-ple lead and leaders follow.’”

“Well here the people are lead-ing and the EPA is following,” Enck said. “We’re really looking for results here and we know there is a lot at stake.”

After meeting at Le Chateaux de Bordeaux, the group toured the Mill Vista neighborhood where residents installed water bars to direct the flow of water off the road.

Enck also saw stormwater man-agement measures developing at the Calabash Boom affordable housing site and met with CBCC board members and stormwater engineer Joe Mina before heading to Puerto Rico on Tuesday night, February 2.

With two full time staff mem-bers in the Virgin Islands, the EPA is dedicated to seeing environ-mental programs progress in the territory, explained Enck.

“We had a lot of really good meetings this trip and I’m getting a good sense of the environmen-tal challenges here,” she said. “Every island has a different set of concerns, but there are some over arching ones. Stormwater challenges is a big one and I’m delighted that CBCC has a CARE grant.”

“Planned land use prevents

habitat destruction,” said the EPA regional administrator. “Smart growth and planned development avoid headaches down the road.”

The number one thing the Vir-gin Islands needs is a comprehen-sive recycling program, according to Enck.

“Proper disposal of solid waste is an urgent need here,” she said.

“That is why the V.I. needs a com-prehensive recycling program. It’s crazy to be burying recyclable and reusable materials, especially ones that have value.”

“We need to establish a man-datory recycling program,” said Enck. “First reduce, then recycle and then set up robust programs to compost organic materials.”

2009 RAin DATA

at Trunk Bay

January Rainfall2.97 inches

Average January Rainfall

3.17 Inches

Total yTD Rainfall2.97 Inches

Average yTDRainfall

3.17 Inches

St. John Tradewinds, February 8-14, 2010 3

Thursday, Feb. 11th

inDExBusiness Directory .............20Church Schedules ..............20 Classified Ads .....................19Community Calendar .........18 Crossword Puzzle ...............18 Ferry Schedules .................20Letters ...........................14-15Obituary ..............................16Police Log ...........................17 Real Estate ....................21-23Wha’s Happn’nin’...................5

EPA Regional Administrator Tours Coral Bay WatershedCoral Bay Community Council leads Judith Enck on tour of local watershed

St. John Tradewinds News Photo

EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, above center, with government officials, and, at right, with VINP and CBCC officials.

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

Local food, music, dance, crafts and art will take center stage in Love City this month as the 10th annual St. John Arts Festival gets under way.

A full slate of activities are scheduled, starting on Thursday, February 18, and running through Saturday, February 26. The festival will kick off with the St. John Film Society’s February 18 screening of “Sarayaku: Rivers of Corn,” by Marta Bautis, who will be on hand for the event.

Film will remain the focus of the Arts Festival on Saturday, Feb-ruary 20, when local filmmakers and would-be filmmakers take part in the V.I. Productions Mini Film Festival at the St. John School of the Arts.

Starting on February 20, Cruz Bay’s Frank Powell Park will be full of local food, crafts and mu-sic. Check out local craftspeople’s Caribbean made clothing, jewelry and more while grooving to St. John musicians all week long.

Love City Pan Dragons, Love City Leapers and Inner Visions will entertain the crowd on Febru-ary 20. On Sunday, February 21, St. John Church Choirs and Qua-drille dancers will be featured in the park and the Caribbean Ritual

Dancers will perform that night at the Westin Resort and Villas.

Other Cruz Bay park concerts will feature Solider Crab Band, Echo People and Koko and the Sunshine Band.

Since conceiving of the festival back in 2000, Frank Langley has kept the focus on showcasing local talent, he explained.

“I wanted to bring the culture of the island and the real island people to the foreground for the festival,” said Langley. “When I started the festival I thought the local culture was really being overshadowed by all this development and all these things going on.”

With help from St. John School of the Arts founder Sis Frank, Lan-gley found the perfect venue for sharing the wealth of talent found on St. John.

“I played my idea by Sis Frank and she gave me every support possible,” Langley said. “She was instrumental in getting the festival going and she gave me contacts galore.”

While Frank was key to starting the St. John Arts Festival, it has continued to enjoy success for a decade thanks to numerous volun-teers, Langley explained.

“Corrine Matthias has been working with the festival since day one back when she was secretary to Julian Harley when he was St. John Administrator,” said Langley. “And she still works on the festi-val for me. It’s totally volunteer, so it’s really a labor of love.”

Yolanda Morten and Sonia Sprauve have also been key to hosting a successful festival each year, Langley added.

Ten years after launching the festival, Langley has enjoyed watching the week become an an-ticipated event.

“You know it was a good-will gesture really and sure enough it took root,” said Langley. “If I didn’t do it, I’d like to think the place would be a little worse for naught.”

Check out the website www.stjohnartsfestival.org for the St. John Arts Festival’s full schedule of events.

4 St. John Tradewinds, February 8-14, 2010

Frank Langley

St. John Arts Festival Celebrates Decade of Local Arts Crafts, Music and Dance

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

For three days this month, the beautiful and histor-ic Annaberg Sugar Mill ruins in the V.I. National Park will become the backdrop of academic discussions, time-honed crafts, traditional food and local music.

The 19th Annual Folklife Festival will be on Thurs-day, February 25, and Friday, February 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Saturday, February 27, from 6 to 9 p.m.

This year’s theme, “Virgin Islands Culture 2010,” will focus on the English Creole language and will feature discussions from a variety of presenters, as well as musical entertainment and traditional food and crafts.

Featured presenters include Gilbert Sprauve, My-ron Jackson, Olabayo Olaniyi and Guy Benjamin. Music will be provided by Chester “the Mighty Groover” Brady, Eddie Bruce, Smalls and the Merry Makers and more.

“Gilbert will talk about linguistics and we’ll have Chester Brady talk about folk songs and we’ll get the children involved,” said VINP Ranger Denise Georg-es, who founded the festival almost 20 years ago and continues to ensure it’s success annually.

Since its inception, the Folklife Festival has been focused on highlighting local culture as well as the African Diaspora experience.

“We’re always looking at our culture and we start-ed this to commemorate Black History month and our own unique heritage,” said Georges. “This year we’re trying to showcase the English Creole language with-in the Virgin Islands so that it’s not forgotten. You use all these words from this language and you can look at the lineage of its development.”

“You can see that even though we say we are los-ing this, in one sense it’s really being expanded,” she said. “Language is something that is alive and is changing all the time.”

The topic is sure to make for interesting discus-sions, especially with the entertaining linguists Sprauve and Olaniyi, who joins the festival from Ni-geria via Iowa.

“Gilbert and Olabayo will be talking about the Eng-lish language and will use metaphors and proverbs to emphasise the birth of art and culture together,” said Georges. “They will use the understanding of lan-guage to lead interactive discussions with students during the day and during our night time program.”

Other exhibits and presenters at the 19th Annual Folklife Festival include St. Johnian woodworker Avelino Samuel, basket weaver Clyde Dale, painter Karen Samuel, beekeeper Elmo Rabsatt and steel pan player Olanzo.

Doll makers, charcoal makers, fishermen, net mak-ers and traditional bread bakers will also be showing off their skills in the shadow of the stone ruins at An-naberg.

Students from across St. John and St. Thomas will take part in the fun and educational activities. The public is invited to join the free festival at any time. Saturday night attendees are asked to bring a flash-light and bug spray.

The annual Folklife Festival is sponsored by the VINP, V.I. Government, St. John Community Foun-dation, V.I. Council on the Arts, Friends of VINP, and funded in part by a grant from the V.I. Humanities Council.

For more information contact Georges at 776-6201, ext. 239.

St. John Tradewinds, February 8-14, 2010 5

English Creole Language Takes Center Stage at 19th Annual Folklife Festival

Wha’s Happ’nin’ by Sis Frank

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The Beach Bar will have dif-ferent shows on Sunday, Febru-ary 7, and 14, and March 14 and 21.

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SJSA Dance-a-Thon was Exciting

The young boys and girls danced the night away and, be-lieve me, the rhythm was bounc-ing off the floor! They had a ball, no nerves, very self-confident and beautifully dressed. It was a lesson in proper attire for danc-ing, how to follow your partner’s steps, and good manners for the dance floor.

We like to teach our dance stu-dents to have fun as they follow the beat of reggae, jazz, Quelbe, waltzing and even hip-hop.

The adults were enjoying “Rum and Coca Cola” as much as our students!

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6 St. John Tradewinds, February 8-14, 2010

Meet Blake Parker: Stormwater Management Coordinator for CBCC

By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

After relocating to St. John from Iowa in 2008, Blake Parker didn’t picture himself helping oversee a million dollar stormwater project.

Since accepting the position of coordinator of Cor-al Bay Community Council’s stormwater manage-ment project, however, that is just what the former trial lawyer is doing.

Based at the CBCC office across from Skinny Legs in Coral Bay, Parker is sepnding most of his time meeting with residents and home owner associations and helping to ensure the success of the non-profit group’s ambitious stormwater management efforts.

In collaboration with the Fish Bay Owners As-sociation and the V.I. Resources, Conservation and Development Council, CBCC was awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-istration under the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act.

In total, VIRCD was awarded $2.7 million in NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration fund-ing for three projects in the Virgin Islands — install-ing swales and culverts on Estate Fish Bay Road, ad-dressing a severe gully erosion at East End Bay on St. Croix and the Coral Bay watershed projects.

CBCC plans to install water bars, swales, retention ponds and other measures in several sites across the Coral Bay area in an effort to stem the tide of runoff that flows into the bay and reduce the amount of sedi-ment in the runoff that does reach the bay.

The road from semi-retired trial lawyer to CBCC stormwater project coordinator was actually a short and direct one, Parker explained.

“I met [CBCC president] Sharon Coldren, who told me about the job,” said Parker. “I actually started out in law with the idea that I would be an environ-mental lawyer. I never practiced it, but it’s what got me into law and is something I’ve always been inter-ested in.”

In addition to the NOAA funds, CBCC was also awarded a three-year grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, through which the group was able to hire stormwater engineer Joe Mina. While Mina re-turned stateside for personal reasons several months ago, he is still consulting with CBCC and residents for the stormwater projects.

Since becoming project coordinator, Blake has been working closely with Coldren and Mina and has learned some interesting lessons.

“I’m doing everything with the NOAA project,”

Parker said. “The EPA CARE grant, which Joe Mina started working under, really started the stormwater project. The NOAA dollars are going to implement what the EPA grant originally funded.”

“My job is to make this all work,” said Parker. “So in that I guess my job is to coordinate all the efforts between the neighbors, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Planning and Natural Re-sources and the VIRCD.”

While much of Parker’s time is spent ensuring that all paperwork is in order and CBCC is in line with all NOAA grant requirements, he is definitely looking at the big picture.

“I haven’t begun to see the best part of the job yet,” said CBCC’s stormwater management coordinator. “I think the best part will be to see a photo taken by the St. John Tradewinds that shows the bay clean after a rain.”

Until then, however, Parker is enjoying working with Coral Bay residents, he added.

“Working with neighbors has been great,” he said. “Eveyone has been really cordial and understanding. There are some groups who want to be on the top of the list, but they recognize that everyone can’t be on the top of the list.”

For more information about the stormwater man-agement projects, stop by the CBCC office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and talk to Parker or call 776-2099.

St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Jaime Elliott

CBCC’s Stormwater Management Coordinator Blake Parker

“My job is to make this all work…to coordinate all the efforts between the neighbors, the Department

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— Blake Parker, CBCC Storm Water Management Coordinator

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By Andrea MilamSt. John Tradewinds

Years after the project was first put on the drawing board, renovations to the Maho Bay beach pavilion have been funded — although further funding will be needed to complete the project — and scheduled to begin in June of this year.

The design, planning and compliance procedures were completed many years ago for parking and pavilion improve-ments, restrooms and parking for ap-proximately 50 cars.

“The design phase has been com-pleted and the funding component is approved, but it’s underfunded,” said V.I. National Park Superintendent Mark Hardgrove. “We’re currently putting in another updated request to increase the funding level to allow us to negotiate a design build contract with a local com-pany out of St. Thomas.”

The National Park Service will pull the extra money from fees collected in the VINP, and Hardgrove feels confi-dent the Maho Bay project will be fully

funded, he added. The existing pavilion will be restored

and expanded, and an independent struc-ture will be built to house restrooms. Satellite parking for approximately 25 cars will be constructed at the beach’s east end, and there will be parking for an additional 25 cars at Maho’s west end.

Picnic tables and grills will be in-stalled, and the finished product will be similar to facilities found at Hawksnest, according to Hardgrove. The project is expected to cost less than $500,000.

Hardgrove estimated the entire reno-vation process would take seven to eight months.

“We hope to have it ready for next season,” he said.

During the renovation, which will be managed by VINP Facilities Manager Keith Macneir, residents and tourists can expect the beach to remain open and accessible.

“Parking will always be accessible,” said Hardgrove. “We’re working hard to keep the access open for all people.”

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Despite Lack of Funds, Maho Pavilion Renovations Slated for June

St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Andrea Milam

The lack of adequate parking at Maho Bay, which often leads to cars parking haphazardly and obstructing the roadway, will be a thing of the past when the V.I. National Park constructs parking lots with approximately 50 spaces this summer during renovation of the beach’s facilities.

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

To celebrate the launch of its first pub-lished book, St. John: Life in Five Quar-ters, the St. John Historical Society is host-ing an adventure at sea aboard Coral Bay’s own tall ship.

The 110-year old steel schooner Silver Cloud will carry up to 50 passengers on a day sail out of Coral Bay harbor on Satur-day, February 20, starting at 9:30 a.m.

The day will feature an optional snorkel-ing stop in Round Bay, and depending on the wind, a cruise along the south shore of St. John up to Lameshur.

On board activities include historical presentations by David Knight, Les An-derson, Eleanor Gibney and Silver Cloud Captain Elliot Hooper. A catered lunch pre-pared by Shipwreck Landing’s Chef Jim McManus and water will be included in the $90 cost. Wine and beer will be available for purchase.

The sail culminates almost a year of work by SJHS board members Bruce Schoonover, Robin Swank, Eleanor Gibney and David Knight to create St. John: Life in Five Quarters.

“Since its inception in 1974, the pri-mary mission of the St. John Historical Society has been to identify, document, preserve and share the rich history of this very special island known as St. John,” said Schoonover. “The society has done this through informed activities and programs, the publication of an outstanding newslet-ter, and by the development of a compre-hensive website.”

St. John: Life in Five Quarters, a 216-page stitched soft cover book, brings to-

gether 66 articles culled from the pages of SJHS’s monthly newsletter.

“The society has been doing a newsletter for the past 10 years and I’ve been doing it for the last six years,” said Schoonover, SJHS’s newsletter editor. “Once I became in charge of the newsletter, I really was a fierce advocate of getting this stuff down in writing.”

“Up to that point we really didn’t have

full summaries of some of the presentations we had at our monthly meetings,” Schoon-over said. “We started meticulously record-ing the presentations and printing them in our newsletter.”

The group ended up with about 115 ar-ticles over the decade, from which the edi-tors selected the best ones to tell the tale of Love City from the Danish colonial days to the present, explained Schoonover.

“From the collection we picked the best of the best and what we have is 66 different articles that really describe life on St. John from the very early Danish days right up to the present time,” he said. “This book also contains an impressive collection of images — many of which are being published here for the first time.”

The book signifies the first major pub-lication of St. John history in the last two decades, according to Schoonover.

“This is, from our perspective, really the first book that has come out over the past 20 years that is exclusively about the history of St. John,” he said. “Ruth Low’s Backtime, printed in the 1980s, was the last volume to come out. And we used the latest technol-ogy so there are crystal clear photos.”

“It truly is extraordinary,” said Schoon-over. “I think it is going to be very well re-ceived by the public.”

The February 20 Silver Cloud day sail will also be a SJHS fundraiser, as the group has big plans for the future.

“This is obviously designed to help us fund the book, but also the society is grow-ing all the time and we have this vision of some day having our own home and our own archive,” Schoonover said. “We’d love to have office space, a museum and to build our collection. So we’re really trying to build our financial stability in order for us to take the next step.”

The Silver Cloud adventure can only ac-commodate up to 50 passengers and SJHS members expect to have a full boat. Tick-ets are available at Connections in Coral Bay and Cruz Bay and Keep Me Posted. Interested attendees should bring their own snorkel gear.

Set Sail on Silver Cloud Feb. 20 with the St. John Historical Society

St. John Tradewinds News Photo Courtesy of SJHS

The 110-foot steel schooner Silver Cloud will take St. John Historical Society members and residents on a fun-filled and educational afternoon sail out of Coral Bay harbor.

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

St. John ferry companies can count on having two new vessels by the end of the year, according to Department of Public Works Commissioner Darryl Smalls.

In testimony before the V.I. Senate Committee of the Whole on Wednesday afternoon, Febru-ary 3, Smalls gave an overview of the department’s capital projects on St. John, including plans to construct a fish market, renovate bus shelters and obtain two new ferry boats.

“During the month of February 2010, the Department of Public Works, Division of Transporta-tion, will publicly advertise an Request For Proposal (RFP) for the design and construction of two new passenger ferryboats,” said Smalls. “Funding for this endeav-or has been realized through the successful grant award of $3 mil-lion from the ferryboat discretion-ary fund, $1.5 million from the Federal Highway Administration and approximately $600,000 from various FTA grant awards.”

“It is the goal of the department to receive the new vessels during the fourth quarter of 2010,” said Smalls.

DPW officials have received bids for construction of a new am-bulance boat to replace the dete-riorated Star of Life, and hope to select a vendor by April, Smalls explained.

“The Department of Health, through the Department of Prop-erty and Procurement, have so-licited bids for a state-of-the-art ambulance boat that will be ca-pable of performing in all types of weather and off-shore conditions,” said Smalls. “Bids have been re-ceived and it is anticipated that a vendor will be selected during the first quarter of 2010.”

DPW, in conjunction with the

Department of Education, hopes to select a contractor this year to begin plans for a new St. John school, according to the commis-sioner.

“The Departments of Educa-tion and Public Works, the Of-fice of Management and Budget and the Office of the Governor received from the Department of Interior Office of Insular Affairs, a grant award in the amount of $200,000 for the development of a new school on the island of St. John,” Smalls said in his tes-timony before the Senate. “These funds will be utilized to secure the professional services of a contrac-tor to establish program and sche-matic designs for the school. An RFP will be advertised during the month of February 2010.”

Local fishermen could have a brand new place to sell their wares near the Enighed Pond Marine fa-cility, thanks to a project launched by DPW, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, V.I. Port Authority and the St. John Ad-ministrator’s office, Smalls ex-plained.

“DPNR, the V.I. Port Author-ity and the St. John Administrator have coordinated the development of the St. John fish market,” said Smalls. “Since this project will be situated within the Port Author-ity’s boundaries, it will be most effective to develop one CZM ap-plication which will include both the interim parking solution and the fish market.”

“The final design, which will include plans and specifications, are being finalized before submis-sion to CZM and public bids,” the DPW Commissioner said. “The start of construction is slated for the third quarter of 2010.”

After being delayed for more than two years, DPW expects to make progress on long-planned improvements to the Franklin

Powell Park in Cruz Bay, accord-ing to Smalls.

“DPW, in collaboration with the St. John Administrator, have com-pleted the final review of the plans and specifications for the develop-ment of the Franklin Powell Park revitalizations,” he said. “Adver-tisement for bids is planned for the first quarter of 2010. The total funding available for this project is $300,000.”

In addition to the federally funded improvements to South Shore Road, DPW has big plans of its own in 2010 for other Love City thoroughfares, Smalls added.

“During the first quarter of 2010, DPW will commence work on Bordeaux Mountain Road at a cost of $1.2 million,” said Smalls. “During the third quarter of 2010, work will commence on Bethany Road and Kings Hill Road at a cost of $1,075,000.”

VITRAN riders will be able to wait for the bus in comfort this year, Smalls explained.

“Four bus shelters will be reno-vated on the island of St. John through funds received through American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act Federal Transit Admin-istration grants,” said the DPW Commissioner. “Stone Masonry Inc. was selected to perform this work at a cost of approximately $150,000. We anticipate that this work will commence during the first quarter of 2010.”

During his testimony, Smalls also said that the Cruz Bay Round-about project will be competed in 2010, ahead of schedule.

“The roundabout project in Cruz Bay, which began in August of 2008, is a federally-funded project that is 90 percent com-plete,” said Smalls. “At a cost of $6.9 million, Island Roads Corp. is slated to complete the project during the second quarter of 2010, ahead of schedule.”

new Ferries and Ambulance Boat Coming This year, Says DPW Commissioner

DPW, in conjunction with the Department of Education, hopes to select a contractor this year to begin plans for a new St. John school,

according to the commissioner.

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St. John TradewindsV.I. National Park officials announced the park’s participation in the

Recycling Association of the Virgin Islands St. John Chapter aluminum recycling program.

Both VINP and Friends of V.I. National Park teamed up to purchase 24 green plastic drums resembling the shape of soda cans and marked “Aluminum Recycling” in support of the community’s grass-roots recy-cling program.

These bins will be placed adjacent to trash receptacles at heavily-vis-ited beach access areas along North Shore Road as well as at Salt Pond and Lameshur Bay.

Collected aluminum from these bins will be transported to the com-munity’s recycling station located at the Enighed Pond Marine facility.

St. John is only recycling aluminum cans; all tin, plastic and glass products will not be accepted and should be placed in trash receptacles.

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

While the exact schedule of events has yet to be set, one thing is certain — Steve Simon’s eighth annual blues festival will rock St. John from March 17 through 21.

Since Simon presented the First Annual St. Thomas Blues Festival at the Reichhold Center for the Arts last month, many residents have questioned whether he would produce a St. John blues festival this year.

Simon, however, has put those fears to rest.

“I have received about 10 mes-sages since we announced the St. Thomas Blues Festival,” said Si-mon. “It seems a lot of folks think that we did the St. Thomas event in place of the St. John event, but that is not so. The eighth annual

St. John Blues Festival is around the corner, from March 17 through 21.”

The lineup for this year’s fes-tival — which culminates on Saturday, March 20, with the big concert at the Coral Bay ballfield — features Memphis-based blues and boogie pianist and saxophon-ist Deanna Bogart; frequent Blues Cruise entertainer and official Blues Ambassador from Norway Jan Tore Lauritsen; the Ford Blues Band; EG Kight; Shakura S’Aida; the Ty Curtis Band; JP Soars and the Red Hots; and Washboard Jo.

In addition to the main Satur-day night event, concerts will be hosted all week at venues across the island. Check out stevesimon-presents.com for more information or email [email protected].

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GHS Shares Spirit at PartySt. John Tradewinds

Gifft Hill School fifth graders, who won the Spirit Award at the Mad Hot Ballroom final competi-tion in December, shared their fun — and food — with their fellow dancers on Tuesday, January 26.

Fifth graders from all three is-land schools battled it out over me-rengue, fox trot, tango and swing dance steps on the ballroom at the Westin Resort and Villas in mid-December during the final compe-tition of the Dancing Classrooms’ St. John program.

Guy Benjamin School took first place, Julius E. Sprauve School took second place and GHS won the Spirit Award — a pizza party — for the loud support of its danc-

ers.Instead of enjoying all the piz-

za themselves, GHS fifth graders invited GBS and JESS Dancing Classroom participants to join the fun. Students from all three island school enjoyed food and games on the new GHS turf field on Tues-day, January 26.

Tradewinds News Photo Courtesy of GHS

GHS fifth graders invited fell island students to share the fun.

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St. John TradewindsAn elderly Cape Cod lady gave

me a handful of black seeds years ago, saying it was some sort of very old-fashioned morning glory. She didn’t know the name of the plant but knew I’d love it.

I planted them in containers on my deck here on St. John and was amazed by their growing hab-its. Each season I’ve carried the seeds back and forth between my two places so I can always have a mass of them growing on fences to attract hummingbirds and but-terflies.

I no longer put out sugar for the birds because even the banan-aquits come to feed on these little blooms, which open early each morning and close as the sun goes down.

I originally planned to give seeds to people all over St. John, but decided instead to propagate them so people could see the flow-ers for themselves and could then snip and save the seeds to use however they wanted.

What I hadn’t considered was the plants’ need to tangle togeth-er, and so the nursery project has been incredibly labor intensive. I have to treat each little pot like a

bonsai, to be pruned, rewound and trained individually every day — hours and hours of work in the sun among all these little red blooms, with butterflies and birds zipping around me.

Seeds that have dropped on the bare ground around my deck don’t generally germinate, and if they do, don’t survive without lots of sun and water — which of course they don’t get.

So I feel very confident these vigorous little plants won’t ever go wild and become invasive in

our island environment. Valentine Vines are so named

because when first planted, each seed seeks one partner to form a strong root system. They then twine around each other for strength and stability. What better symbol for true love?

They’re strong and wiry plants, and their blossoms attract hum-mingbirds, bananaquits, bees and butterflies. Because the young plants want to spread and climb they’re now in protective cages.

At home, remove the pot and plant them in moist soil with room for their roots and a place in the sun for them to climb.

They will not naturalize. They need your help to grow. Spread the beauty across St. John. Save the seeds to give to friends or to plant new vines whenever you need them.

They grow quickly from seeds and set new blossoms every day. So snip off the seed pods to keep your vines blooming.

Valentine Vines will be avail-able at select locations during the next few weeks. For more infor-mation, email [email protected].

— Paula Myles

Valentine Vines Are Available This Week Friends of the Elaine I. Sprauve Library is hosting the first 2010

Speaker Series presentation on Friday, February 12, at 6 p.m. fea-turing author and guest speaker Cristina Kessler.

The series is designed to promote the awareness and insight of authors and their books related to local culture, community and educational assets.

There will be time for questions and answers with Kessler fol-lowing her reading. Refreshments will be available.

Cristina Kessler Speaking Feb. 12

Pre-Valentine’s Day Food Sale Feb. 13

Tradewinds News Photo Courtesy of Myles

The vines attract hummingbirds, bananaquit, bees and butterflies.

Come to the Coral Bay Triangle on Saturday, February 13, for a pre-Valentine’s Day food sale to benefit renovations of the John’s Folly Learning Institute. The menu will include BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken, fried chicken, baked chicken, BBQ beef, fried fish, johnny cake, peas and rice, corn on the cob, cole slaw and potato salad. Local drinks will also be available. Music will be provided by Henry Powell.

ACC needs the Community’s HelpThe Animal Care Center is competing for a chance to win

$10,000, but the group needs the community’s help.The website, www.animalrescuesite.com along with petfinder.

com, is hosting a competition to give away a total of $100,000 in grants. Each day people can vote for their animal shelter of choice and the shelter with the most votes on April 18 will win the grand prize $10,000 grant.

Three $3,000 grants and 51 $1,000 will also be awarded along with weekly winners, a Canadian and an international winner.

People can vote every day until April 18 at www.animalrescues-ite.com. Click on the “Shelter Challenge” tab on the side of the page and then enter “Animal Care Center of St. John” to vote for the local shelter.

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By Jaime ElliottSt. John Tradewinds

Dressed to the nines as Annie Lennox — complete with shocking blonde hair — St. John School of the Arts assistant director Kim Wild welcomed a crowd of Love City youngsters to the school’s second annual Dance-a-Thon on Saturday night, January 30, at the Westin Resort and Villas.

Thanks to pledged dancers, paying guests and donations, the event raked in around $8,300 for the school’s scholarships and program development.

St. John fifth graders who took part in the Danc-ing Classrooms program showed off their merengue moves to start the fun and a dance-floor full of young-sters kept the energy going strong throughout the night, explained Wild.

“Everyone who was there had a great time,” said Wild. “There were a lot of kids and the talented Danc-ing Classroom students opened the event with a me-rengue.”

While some of the youngsters sported costumes for the SJSA Dance-a-Thon, no one but Wild cut and bleached their hair.

“I really did bleach my hair and cut it really short,” said Wild. “People didn’t even know who I was. The husband of one of my students works at the Westin and he came up to me and introduced himself.”

“He had no idea who I was,” Wild continued. “Some of my students asked what the heck I was do-ing, but I also got a lot of compliments.”

The wild getup was well worth the effort, as the school raked in much-needed funds for its scholar-ship program and program development, according to Wild.

Up next at the school, internationally renowned pi-anist Julian Gargiulo will perform on Thursday, Feb-ruary 11, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 and are available at Connections or at the door.

Anyone who missed the dance-a-thon or who wants to brush up on their skills for next year’s event should be sure to catch one of Teresa Fraguada’s dance class-

es at SJSA. Fraguada is teaching a series of classes covering merengue, fox trot, tango and more. Sign up for one or all of the Tuesday night classes and attend alone or with a partner.

SJSA will also be hosting the V.I. Productions Mini Film Festival on Saturday night, February 20, at 8 p.m. Fore more information about any of the school’s events call 779-4322.

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Bordeaux Mountain Chicken is a simple chicken recipe that represents layering of flavor in Caribbean cooking with the Sofrito, a primary building block, followed by annatto and bay rum leaves in the mari-nade. Annatto and bay rum leaves have had multiple uses in the history of the Americas.

Annatto, also known as achiote or roucou in Domi-nica, was originally used by the Carib Indians as both body paint and insect repellent. It is said, annatto was the roucou colored skin that prompted the Spanish Ex-plores to call the native Caribbeans “Red Indians.”

Annatto is produced from the reddish pulp which surrounds the seed of the Achiote (bixa orellana L.), a small shrub or tree originating from Brazil which can be found in indigenous cookery from Mexico’s Yucatan throughout Northern South America.

Today, annato is prominently found in Latin Amer-ican and Caribbean cuisines infused in oil or as a powder. It also is used as a food coloring agent. As far back as the mid-19th century it was used to improve the appearance and value of English cheese.

Bay rum leaves are native to Granada, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Lucia and, of course, can be found here on St. John. The leathery, shiny leaves have a distinct aroma. They are picked and distilled to make bay rum which is not the kind of rum that is imbibed. It is used in perfumes, soaps and ointments to produce a cool-ing cosmetic effect.

The leaves are also used in soups, stews and pick-les. The small dark berries the tree also produces are known as malaguetta pepper. They are used in dishes such as blaff, a fish stew common in the French is-lands.

The following recipe will take one down the cu-linary road built by the Caribs, Spanish and French. The multiple applications of the annatto and bay rum make it possible, with a little imagination, to expand the romantic nature of the dinner to more sensual en-

deavors. Happy Valentine’s Day and Buen Provecho from Shipwreck Landing’s Chef Jim McManus!

VALENTINES DINNEr FOr TWOBOrDEAux MOuNTAIN CHICkEN WITH

ANNATTO-SHErrY SAuCE

Marinade Ingredients:2- Seven ounce leg/thigh portions or 2 bone-• less and skinless chicken breasts2 teaspoons Sazon Criada or Goya’s version • with annatto and coriander (see note)5 bay rum leaves torn into pieces • 3 local oregano leaves minced or ½ teaspoon • dry oregano2 tablespoons Tomato Sofrito (Goya) see note• 1 orange cut in half, squeezed and added to • the marinade1 lime cut in half, squeezed and added to the • marinade1 cup dry sherry• 2 cloves garlic minced• 1 small yellow onion thinly sliced• Saute:•2 tablespoons olive oil• ½ cup chicken broth• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold)• 2 tablespoons flat parsley chopped• 1 cup jasmine rice cooked•

Note: Sazon Criada and Goya’s Sazon and Tomato Sofrito have MSG. While they are great instant sourc-es of flavor there are alternatives. The Sazon may be replaced with 1 teaspoon each ground Annatto, Co-riander and salt. There is a Sofrito recipe below in place of the Goya product.

Directions: In a non reactive (glass, plastic) bowl marinate chicken with the marinade ingredients for 8 hours or over-night. Remove the chicken from the marinade and pat dry.

Remove the orange, lime, and reserve the mari-nade. It will become part of the sauce later.

Valentine’s Day Menu for Two from Chef Jim McManus

Bordeaux Mt. Chicken with Annatto-Sherry Sauce

Continued on Page 16

Annatto, also known as achiote, is found in many Latin American and Carib-bean dishes.

St. JohnTradewinds News Photo by Jim McManus.

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Recreation Facilities Are Needed at Calabash BoomTo: Governor John P. deJongh, Jr.;Senator at Large Craig Barshinger

The Reliance affordable housing development at Calabash Boom on St. John is in its final stages and the new residents of the complex are moving in. There has been a dire need for affordable housing on St. John and this development has produced an attrac-tive result for the new residents of the complex.

However, some problems still exist that need to be addressed before we let the developer leave the island (water runoff problem adding silt to the fragile eco-system of Coral Bay and the noise and smell of the wastewater treatment plant controversy are ongoing issues).

A new concern has emerged that has implications for the safety of the children who live in the complex. There are already a number of families with children who have moved into the development and there will be even more children when the larger duplex units with three bedrooms are occupied.

The problem is that there are currently no recre-ation facilities (indoor or outdoor) available for the children. The result — the children are riding their bikes on Route 107 in groups. This is occurring dur-ing the daylight hours, at dusk and in the evenings.

These bike riders are putting themselves at great risk in addition to scaring the drivers of vehicles on Route 107 out of their wits. While it is not good judg-ment on the part of the children, the real fault lies

in the fact that there is a lack of after school activi-ties available and other on-site outlets for recreation available at the remote location of the development on our small island.

The problem is only going to get worse as more families with children move in. I fear for the loss of life of one or more of these children. This is a tragedy waiting to happen.

It was my understanding that the plan called for recreation facilities on the property (tot playground, basketball court, etc.) to provide an outlet for the many children who will be living in the complex.

Did the recreation facilities get axed? Who made that decision for a high density complex designed for families with children?

If the recreation facilities are supposed to be there, are we going to let another developer leave the island without fulfilling their commitments? Is there going to be space in the community center on the property for activities or after school programs (possibly utiliz-ing volunteer tutors, mentors, etc.)?

We need answers to these critical questions that impact the safety and future of the children.

As stated above, the development was much need-ed on the island of St. John. Let’s not let the developer receive final approvals and leave the island without fulfilling the commitments to the environment, to the residents and their children.

Jeff Smock

Thank you to the wonderful people of St. John for your generosity and support. There’s no place like home!

Brenda Wallace

Thanks to Community

Capitalistic DemocracyCapitalistic Democracy?? This is a struggle between Capitalism

and Democracy. The Capitalists — Republicans — are more and more support-

ing Capitalism, “ethanol-farming.” What interesting damage to our home, the Earth, in the name of saving it.

Democrats say they are the party to fix the problem. But they fight to the death over what to fix instead of fixing it. It really is time that people get serious about the Democracy. Capitalists are very willing to sacrifice the world we live on in the struggle to see who can make the most money and would be very happy to die arguing about it.

Take a look at the interesting way they provide health care in this country. It only works, and then very badly, if you are working for a government or a large company. Otherwise it comes out of our pock-ets, either as payment for insurance directly or diminished our level of health care via reduced income to Government Health Care which is paid for out of our pockets.

This really crazy when the richest country in the world is the coun-try that has a level of health care lower than our peers.

Greg Miller

Last week we were hit in the face with the real-ization that we cannot protect ourselves from random acts of terrorism. I suspect that even if we do manage to capture a leader of a particular terrorist group there are many others willing to make the same sacrifice for their “cause.”

One thing that we can do is to work to improve the lives of all of the people in this world so that they feel that they have something to live for, that their lives have some meaning and that they do have some-thing to lose. When all of the peoples of the world feel that they have something to live for, none of us will tolerate, much less harbor, protect or join, terror-ist groups.

Last year I was in Zambia doing volunteer engi-neering work to establish an Agricultural Training School in a small village of hunter-gathers. The peo-ple of the village are slowly starving to death due to a lack of protein in their diet caused by their extermina-tion of all of the animal life in the area and their lack of ability to farm.

I would like to share with you something that I wrote in my diary while on my flight home from Zambia.

“At the beginning of the 21st century, it is well af-fordable to set up a radio-TV communication educa-tion system to be broadcast via satellite in local lan-guages to all parts of the world.

These are some of the things that could be taught:

We could teach people that they have the right to live the way that they want to live as long as they do not limit others’ rights to live they way that they want.

We could teach people in Iraq, Afghanistan, The Republic of Congo and everywhere where people are being oppressed that being human gives them the right to be free and to lead healthy and happy lives.

If the leadership of the country that they live in does not provide that, they must change it or move.

We could teach everyone in the world that it is his or her unquestionable right to have any spiritual be-lief that they want and that everyone else has the same right. No one or no group has the right to limit other people’s spiritual beliefs.

We, the first world, have learned to live with each other, different races, cultures, religions etc. through trading, which we call capitalism. Capitalism is where we willingly trade what we have or what we make for what someone else has or has made. We know that each of us has to be fairly compensated in the trade for capitalism to work. Don’t we?

We live in a world where one fifth, over a billion of us, go to bed hungry every night, while more than enough food to remedy this problem is wasted each day.

People deserve our efforts to protect them just as much as the whales, owls and Pacific salmon do.”

Greg Miller

Improving the Lives of All

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Liza Trey Comments on Recent Grande Bay StorySeveral corrections should be noted regarding the

article, “Grande Bay Gears Up for Short-term Rent-als, Says Managing Owner Kane.”

We are not suing the developer Bay Isles Associ-ates for blocking our views. We filed a complaint in November 2005 citing zoning violations, specifically density and height.

After extensive research, Grande Bay does not meet one zoning criteria in any of the VI zoning districts. In essence, these buildings do not belong anywhere in the territory. This will be proven at trial. The court has already acknowledged this case is for monetary damages. If we prevail at trial, punitive damages may be sought as well.

Regarding the controversial mezzanine aspect of the project, Todd Wilson stated, “we just decided we would remove it.”

This is incorrect. DPNR/Zoning did not approve the fifth story/mezzanine level.

DPNR/Zoning has acknowledged they did not re-view the original plans for buildings A-D, which is in violation of VI Code, Title 29, Chapter 3, section 235(a) “It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administra-tor to examine all applications for building or other permits for the use of land and to determine that the application and plan submitted conforms to all provi-sions of this subchapter, as provided and set forth in subsection c of section 235 of this subchapter prior to the issuance of any building or other permit.”

Liza TreyEditor’s Note: The article referenced never stated

the Trey family was “suing the developer.” The article stated, “Heirs of the Jadans have fought the develop-ment for years, charging it blocks the views from the family’s property.”

Willson was referring to the recently completed fifth building and was quoted correctly within the ar-ticle.

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st. John Tradewinds Keeping Track

2009 To-DATE

Homicide: 1Solved: 0

Shootings: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 5Under Investigation: 5

Solved: 0

Arsons: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 6Under Investigation: 6

Solved: 1

2nd Degree Burglaries: 17Under Investigation: 16

Solved: 1

3rd Degree Burglaries: 70Under Investigation: 66

Solved: 4

Grand Larcenies: 67Under Investigation: 64

Solved: 3

Rapes: 1Under Investigation: 1

Solved: 0

2010To-DATE

Homicide: 0Solved: 0

Shootings: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

Stabbings: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

Armed Robberies: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

Arsons: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

1st Degree Burglaries: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

2nd Degree Burglaries: 2Under Investigation: 2

Solved: 0

3rd Degree Burglaries: 6Under Investigation: 4

Solved: 2

Grand Larcenies: 9Under Investigation: 7

Solved: 2

Rapes: 0Under Investigation: 0

Solved: 0

St. John Tradewinds’ Keeping Track data comes from the V.I. Police Department’s Leander Jurgen Command Incident Log, an unofficial record of calls to the station, reports and arrests on St. John.

Alcholics Anonymous MeetingsAlcoholics Anonymous meets as scheduled: Sundays, 9:45

a.m. at Hawksnest Bay Beach; Closed meeting for alcoholic only at Nazareth Lutheran Church at 5:30 on Tuesdays; Open meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cruz Bay; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Moravian Church, Coral Bay.

Narcotics Anonymous MeetingsNarcotics Anonymous has open meeting from 6:30 to 7:30

p.m. every Saturday at St. Ursula’s Church.

Al-Anon MeetingsAl-Anon meets on St. John every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the

picnic table at the VINP ball field, and every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at St. Ursula’s Multi-purpose center.

Alateen MeetingsAlateen will meet on Mondays at St. Ursula’s Church from 6

to 7 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in attending.

After nearly 20 years as St. John residents and Fish Bay home owners, things are looking a little different around here. We used to be so far off the beaten track that it truly did feel like Paradise. I surely do remem-ber when we used to take our puppy for joyous walks on secluded Ditleff Point.

Weaving along what was then, barely a goat trail, we hoped that, somehow, others would appreciate this special enclave and therefore, it would remain only delicately touched; preserved for us all to enjoy.

Alas, life seldom turns out as planned. Change is inevitable and time forges onward. So it goes with this tranquil island peninsula; sliced into part and par-cel and laid forth on the selling block with astronomi-cal price tags and attitude to match.

Certainly a degree of charm was lost with the bulldozers and paved roads but the location was still delightful for an evening stroll, encountering, per chance, other local residents for a brief chat.

Before long, the construction of huge residential estates has left, in its wake, barely a wisp of native life on their respective sites. Once lost, theses delicate island ecosystems are irretrievable so I admit to shed-ding the proverbial tear as, more than likely, a similar fate awaits what remains.

Last evening we again took our ”puppy” for a jaunt, as we have done, almost every evening for nearly 16 years, most lately along the Ditleff Point roadway. While we slept, the gates had swung shut, the bars had gone up, the perimeter had been barricaded, the doors locked and we were on the outside, looking in.

It seems that our peaceful walks along this unde-veloped shoreline are a thing of the past. So, also, must we wave a fond farewell to enjoying the sunset behind Klein Bay after an evening swim.

I can only say that already I miss those moments as another today slips away into the “good old” cat-egory. Will we survive…yes, of course. Will there be other joyous outings and discoveries of other lightly

blemished destinations, probably, although, “pristine” is becoming more and more of a challenge.

Still, I must pose this query. Is existing in harmony with our fellow island residents and with nature, im-possible? Is it unthinkable to include our neighbors, in the experiences that bring us joy? To make our-selves feel “at home” must every other living thing and every other desire be ploughed asunder?

I don’t know the answer to those questions but I do know this. When my turn comes around, I hope that I have the wisdom to recognize, respect and tread lightly on perfection in its natural form.

I hope that I am able to delight in happiness, even more so when it is shared with someone else. I hope that any slight participation that I may share in “prog-ress” bring about, in some slight way, a positive or, at least, a neutral result.

Other people now own Ditleff Point. It has become exclusively and undeniably “their” property. I am only sorry that I no longer have the opportunity to invite them to experience it as I once did. Something invaluable has been lost in the translation; something irreparable.

Newcomers certainly need be afforded the right to enjoy this beautiful island as home and should be wel-comed by locals but shouldn’t it work the other way around too?

Certainly, in the past two decades, some positive transformations have been forthcoming on the island. The law of nature, however, demands equal and op-posite and anyone who shares even a passing interest in St. John cannot help but notice the reverse side of this coin.

Like many before me, I breath a reflective sigh in recollections of days gone by. If nothing else in this expose has yet dated me, this paraphrase certainly will…literally and figuratively…where have all the (native) flowers gone?

katha ricciardi

Progress: A Dubious Distinction

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St. John TradewindsRolf Schaub, our good friend

and a long-time St. John resident, died on January 27 on the cusp of turning 70. Rolf was born in Bos-ton on April 30, 1940, of German parentage.

With his then-wife Cathy, he ar-rived in St. John aboard their sail-boat “Pelagic” during the “good ole,” halcyon, pre-70 days when island life was a good bit less dra-matic, padlocks were more option-al, the barter method was readily accepted, help of whatever variety was only a request away and ev-eryone knew not only everyone else but probably a bit too much about their fellow islanders’ per-sonal lives.

Except for cruising exploits that included a three-year trip deep into the South Pacific and on to South-east Asia, Rolf was a continually familiar and engaging presence on his adopted island for the better part of 40 years.

Rolf Schaub was, to say the least, a man of many parts...

Scholastically, early on he was driven to excel, attending Boston Technical High School, followed by Boston University, Trinity Uni-versity, Germany’s University of Freiburg (on a Fulbright scholar-ship) and finally, Duke University.

The range of his studies was as eclectic as it was both challenging and wide ranging: a double B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and En-gineering Management; a Masters in Experimental Psychology; and doctoral work in Physiological Psychology.

All that work and studious ap-plication to become a hand’s-on Mr. Fix It in Paradise? Sounded like a fine tradeoff to Rolf.

Despite the diversity of his educational pursuits, the romantic escapist in his makeup prevailed when he realized the horizon-less potential inherent in a cruis-ing sailboat; too soon the vintage Caribbean social setting, the VI’s matchless beauty and the sybaritic lifestyle of St. John proved to be the Sirens’ song of permanent al-lure.

Rolf sailed in, looked around and settled. The year was 1969, the

spell was to be long lasting. In half a decade, the family had expanded by one in the presence of a tow-headed summer’s child, Tristahn.

Making a living in “Paradise” is never too predictable...unless, of course, you have a knack for repairing things at which time the inventive Fixer becomes Mr. In-valuable.

How many rental homes were kept functioning, how many re-frigeration systems resuscitated, how many water pumps cobbled back together, how many roofs re-waterproofed and how many cars or cycles were brought back from the brink of a mechanical demise thanks to Rolf’s quick-witted at-tempts to outsmart failing machin-ery?

His methodology might have been a bit “impromptu” and “in-ventive” but the results normally proved their self-worth. The man had a Masters in Tinkering.

The perfection-seeking artist in Rolf Schaub came out in other endeavors, most particularly in his dedicated, near-manic, all-day weekends type of obsessive care-taking for his beloved “Karingal” a sweet looking, highly robust double-ender on which he made a seminal long-summer cruise to Maine, through the Bahamas and back.

With rare exception, few would ever believe that Rolf’s cruising homestead was constructed of steel so resolute was the meticulous maintenance applied to the boat. Most assumed she was popped out of a fiberglass mold. Needless to say, everything worked...well, most of the time.

Sailing was a true passion for Rolf...he was always ready for a delivery trip just as he would read-ily join a racing crew no matter how hopeless the potential for a podium finish. Being on the wa-ter seemed more than sufficient reward.

And with Rolf aboard, there was never a lack of suggestions, re-marks, strategy consultations and advice as to how the boat speed could be inched up or something might be improved.

It was part of the game and an

ingrained reaction to solving what he viewed as niggling problems that deserved to be addressed.

Quirky? There was a surfeit of such material in his makeup. Who else would, into his middle years, sport a Dutch Boy, bowl-shaped hair cut? And not many would keep, and maintain, a 1974 vin-tage Lincoln Continental (Awlgrip painted and sporting the football field sized front hood) in a Maine barn where conditions encour-aged preservation and about which many plans were concocted for ex-tended land cruising.

And then there’s Rolf on the tennis court with out-moded, fash-ion-challenged shorts that were al-ways a size or so too hopeful that he still sported the same physique as when he arrived on “Pelagic.”

Everyone has their stories re-garding the highly idiosyncratic style with which Rolf attacked his life and work...but island life could be considered more vibrant and colorful for such teasingly quirk-some anecdotes.

Rolf was, in his own way, a man of the “old country” which is to say that developments, “advance-ments,” changes and that ole buga-boo Progress were hardly readily accepted...certainly not embraced. His was not a world of Internet expertise, computerese or facility in adjustments to the Brave New World provided by the 21st Cen-tury.

Give him points and rotors; no thanks to computerized ignition systems. After all, duct tape, baling wire, epoxy and crazy glue were invented for a purpose. In his well practiced Bert-And-I replicated Maine accent, he could opine that “there’s nuttin’ wrong with the old ways...or the old days.”

The man had his comfort zone and would articulate such. But then, at the same time, he found it difficult to muzzle the enormous pride he carried for his bright, en-ergized, and tech-savvy daughter, Tiareh Morea, who, along with his sweet natured wife Kazumi, was the Venus-star of Life’s meaning in his later years.

One of the original pages of the late 20th Century St. John volume

of characters has been ripped from the book.

Rolf Schaub sailed in, spent 40 years cruising with us and has now sailed on. In the process, he man-aged to leave behind a lot for all of us, with either a chuckle or a shake of the head, to recall, reminisce and savor.

Rolf, whose parents both pre-deceased him, leaves behind his thoroughly devoted and ever-

supportive wife Kazumi; the pis-tol-quick Tiareh; his island-born son Tristahn whose success Rolf admired; his sister Marlinda who shared his adventures and a small group of German relatives...and then all of us who knew him well and enjoyed with Rolf the riches of island life.

Good cruising and calm waters Rolfie...you’re home safe now.

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Crossword Answers — Puzzle on Page 18

St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Courtesy of the Schaub Family

Rolf Schaub was a consumate sailor.

Rolf Schaub

obituary

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Friday, January 295:00 p.m. - An Estate Contant resident r/ a disturbance. Distur-

bance of the peace.Saturday, January 30

5:16 a.m. - A citizen r/ a suspicious vehicle off the road with its horn sounding in Estate Adrian. Unfounded suspicious activity.

10:26 a.m. - An Estate Powerboyd Plantation resident r/ that someone was trespassing on her property. Unfounded.

2:05 p.m. - A citizen p/r that he was assaulted by two males in the area of Estate Bethany. Assault in the third.

Sunday, January 312:14 a.m. - A St. Thomas resident r/ that a boot placed on a

vehicle was removed and the vehicle was taken out of the parking lot. Grand larceny.

Monday,February18:20 a.m. - A Coral Bay resident r/ that her boat was stolen.

Unauthorized use of vessel. 11:00 a.m. - A citizen p/r that she needs police assistance. Po-

lice assistance.3:51 p.m. - An Estate Carolina resident p/r that he was assault-

ed. Assault in the third.Tuesday,February2

2:44 p.m. - ADT r/ an alarm sounding at Santo’s Laundry in Estate Enighed. Activated alarm.

5:22 p.m. - A Wharfside Village resident p/r that he was robbed. Burglary in the third.

6:13 p.m. - An Estate Grunwald resident c/requesting police assistance. Police assistance.

Wednesday,February310:05 a.m. - The owner of Surly Cantina p/r that he was evicted

from his place of business without proper notice and requested police assistance in recovering his property. Landlord/tenant dis-pute.

6:35 a.m. - An Estate Hansen Bay resident r/ an attempted bur-glary at her business in Coral Bay. Attempted burglary.

9:45 a.m. - An Estate Bethany resident r/ someone on the prop-erty of the St. John Animal Care Center. Trespassing.

11:00 a.m. - A Cruz Bay Apartments resident r/ being assaulted. Assault and battery.

5:00 p.m. - An Estate Enighed resident p/r that he was assaulted by his girlfriend. Assault in the third, D.V.

8:50 p.m. - An Estate Enighed resident p/r that he was involved in a verbal altercation that turned physical. Simple assault.

8:50 p.m. - An Estate Pastory resident p/r that he was assaulted. Simple assault.

Thursday,February410:20 a.m. - An Estate Fish Bay resident r/ a grand larceny.

Grand larceny.11:20 a.m. - An Estate Enighed resident r/ that his wallet was

missing from his car. Grand larceny.No time given - A V.I. Police Department officer r/ that his po-

lice-issued radio was missing. Lost property.6:10 p.m. - A citizen p/r that someone refused to return her

money. Breach of contract.5:00 p.m. - A citizen r/ an auto accident in the area of The Mar-

ketplace. Auto accident.

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DiAL 340-776-9111 FRoM A CELL PHonE

nade. It will become part of the sauce later.Heat the olive oil in a saute pan and fry the legs

and thighs skin side down first until golden brown. Turn the chicken and add the chicken broth and marinade.

Cook until thermometer inserted in the thickest part reads 160-F. (There will be some carry-over cooling for another five to 10 degrees.)

Remove the bay leaves and chicken and keep warm to the side. Add parsley to the sauce.

Serve chicken on Jasmine rice and pour the sauce on top.

TOMATO SOFrITOIngredients:

¼ cup diced ham • 3 tablespoons bacon • ¼ cup olive oil• 6 cloves garlic• 1 small onion roughly chopped• 1 each red and green pepper seeded and • roughly chopped1 cup canned diced tomatoes and their • juices1 teaspoon dry thyme• 6 leaves fresh local oregano or 1 teaspoon • dry oregano1 bunch cilantro• ½ teaspoon black pepper• 1 teaspoon salt•

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender and pulse to produce a puree. In a medium sauce pan bring to a boil and sim-mer for 20 minutes. Cool and refrigerate. Keeps for two to three days in the refrigerator or keep in the freezer for one month.

DOuBLE TrOuBLE CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Ingredients: 4 oz bittersweet chocolate chips4 oz 60 percent coca chips Ghirardelli of course1 cup chopped pecans8-10 pecan halves

½ cup brown sugar4 tablespoons unsalted butter3 large eggs lightly whipped¾ cup light corn syrup1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractPinch of salt

Directions: Lightly toast pecans in oven or with a touch of brown sugar and butter in a pan. Melt chocolate and butter in microwave stirring till blended.

In medium bowl blend all ingredients except pecan halves.

Place shell in pan and prick bottom with fork. Cover with foil and fill with coins or stones to keep shell flat. Bake 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden at 375.

Pour filling in to pre-baked pie shell. Place pe-can halves on top. Bake at 375 about 45-50 minutes or until firm. Best served with fresh whip cream or really good vanilla ice cream and of course a nice red wine. Wow!

I am all about easy so I use Pillsbury pie crusts from the refrigerator section of any store (except Dolphin Market). No one has guessed I did not make them and I did not have to clean up all that flour.

Here is a make-it-yourself recipe if you must.

PIE SHELL CruSTIngredients:

1 1/3 level cup all purpose flour• ½ level teaspoon salt• 1/3 cup Crisco shortening• 3 tablespoons ice water•

Directions: Spoon the flour into measuring cup and level. Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in Crisco using pastry blender or two knives, un-til all flour is blended in forming small pea-size chunks. Sprinkle with ice water one tablespoon at a time. Toss lightly with fork until dough will form a ball. Press between hands to form a 5-6 inch pan-cake. Flour dough lightly, roll into circle between two sheets of waxed paper. This cuts down on the flour clean up of the traditional spread flour and roll dough out.

Valentine’s Day Menu for Two Continued from Page 13

The finished product features chicken with layers of Caribbean flavors.

St. JohnTradewinds News Photo by Jim McManus.

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Two for oneACRoSS 1 Makes a speech 7 College grounds 13 London cathedral 20 Alou of baseball 21 Danes of film 22 White root vegetable 23 Traveling across a

French port on foot? 25 James or Judas, e.g. 26 Say you did 27 “Just a —!” 28 One of the Brontës 30 — Tin Tin 31 Marina del — 32 Bungler’s cry 34 Group working to keep

folks in high spirits? 38 Parolee’s shout 40 See 53-Down 41 Painter Peter Paul — 42 Motto of someone who

loves dull photo fin-ishes?

46 BBQ food 47 Field units 48 Large fishing hook 49 Mtn. stat 51 It follows chi 54 Wedge used for leveling 55 Secluded valleys 57 Position the red veggie

on the salad? 60 Small barrel 61 Luau garland 62 Mazda sports car 63 Upside-down sixes 64 President digging a jazz

band?

70 Simple commoners 72 “Old MacDonald” refrain 73 Golfer’s item 74 Foofaraw 77 Creepy waterway? 79 Deer with huge antlers 82 Haze 83 Promos 84 Went hastily 85 — good example 86 See-through 87 Prayer start 89 Slap the sheriff’s help-

ers? 92 Response 95 One online 97 “Cute as a button,” e.g. 98 “Misery” star tending to

his plants? 101 River of Spain 102 Paranormal ability 105 — Z (the gamut) 106 Arty NYC district 107 Novelist Fleming 109 Dickens girl 111 Be delayed 114 Section of a statue

made of element #50? 117 Top spun on Hanukkah 118 Fold 119 Select 120 Waitstaff members 121 “A Bell for Adano” nov-

elist 122 Electric pianos, for

short

DoWN 1 Tug — 2 “Hard Cash” novelist

Charles

3 The Beatles’ “— Loving” 4 Polynesian figurine 5 Perfect examples 6 Mailed out 7 LX times V 8 Cry of woe 9 Artist Edouard 10 Sever by squeezing 11 Ending for script 12 — seed bun 13 Vincent of “Downdraft” 14 Data-writing device 15 In support of 16 Mule’s sire 17 Like lies 18 — Jackson Braun 19 Uses up 24 Become a paid athlete 29 Fish-fowl link 33 Suit material 35 Cain’s mom 36 Deli offering 37 NFL hurlers 38 News flash 39 Liveliness 42 Identity obscurer 43 Pain 44 Sets off 45 Possibilities 46 Retracts 49 Title valley of a 2007

film 50 Notes following sol 51 Writers’ aliases 52 Use eyes 53 With 40-Across, breakup

statement 55 Prefix with thermal 56 1985 benefit concert for

famine relief in Ethiopia 57 Math ratios

58 Kitty chip 59 Life, at first? 61 Be beaten 62 — Tse-tung 65 Stat for a slugger 66 “— kleine Nachtmusik” 67 Enjoy a magazine 68 Wheaton or Shriner 69 “Aw, —!” 70 Soup veggie 71 Trailblazed 75 “That — it!” 76 Mean beast 78 Robed singer, often 79 89-Down, in France 80 Elevator company 81 “Colleen” actor Jack 82 Mule or clog 85 Colander 86 Full of irregular stains 87 Be obliged 88 Berlin loc. 89 Pirate realm 90 Glowing coal 91 Lung cells 92 Tonys, e.g. 93 Character 94 Fruit-pitting gizmo 95 “Yecch!” 96 Whiskey variety 99 Christmas seasons 100 Grannies 102 Untouchable Ness 103 Spill haphazardly 104 Glass plates 108 Cousin of NASDAQ 110 Prep school since 1440 112 Ullmann of film 113 Sweet drink 115 Vexation 116 Tina of “30 Rock”

PreMIer Crossword

Tuesday,February9The St. John Historical Society’s monthly meeting on Tuesday,

February 9, at 7 p.m. at the Bethany Moravian Church Hall will feature David Knight, who will present a photographic journey through time.

Wednesday,February10Senate President Louis Patrick Hill is hosting an Open Com-

munity St. John Summit meeting on Wednesday, February 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Westin Resort and Villas.

Thursday,February11St. John School of the Arts presents Julian Gargiulo in concert

on Thursday, February 11, at 8 p.m. Friday,February12

Friends of the Elaine I. Sprauve Library is hosting the first 2010 Speaker Series presentation on Friday, February 12, at 6 p.m. featuring author and guest speaker Cristina Kessler.

Saturday,February13Come to the Coral Bay Triangle on Saturday, February 13,

for a pre-Valentine’s Day food sale to benefit renovations of the John’s Folly Learning Institute.

Sunday,February14— Celebrate Valentine’s Day by re-affirming love and com-

mitment at the eight annual free marriage vow renewal with Love City’s minister Anne Marie Porter. The ceremony will be on Sun-day, February 14, at 5 p.m. at Trunk Bay beach.

— The 17th Annual Health Fair will be on Sunday, February 14, at The Marketplace. The event, sponsored by the Cruz Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church, will run continuously throughout the day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday,February20— The St. John Historical Society will host a benefit aboard

the historic 110-foot steel schooner Silver Cloud on Saturday, February 20. Tickets are $90 per person, which includes a catered picnic lunch and complimentary soft drinks and water all day. Meet at the dinghy dock in Coral Bay, behind Skinny’s at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are available at Connections in Cruz Bay and Coral Bay.

— The St John Film Society, in conjunction with Janet Cook-Rutnik and William Stelzer, will present the V.I. Productions Mini Film Festival on Saturday, February 20, at the St. John School of the Arts starting at 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 13— Gifft Hill School’s 24th Annual Dinner Auction will be

Saturday, March 13, at the Westin Resort.— The Reichhold Center for the Arts continues its 2010 season

with the conscious sounds of the United Kingdom’s award win-ning reggae band Steel Pulse on Saturday, March 13, at 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 10Julius E. Sprauve School Fundraising Gala will take place on

Saturday, April 10, at Caneel Bay Resort.

St. John Tradewinds welcomes notices of community-orient-ed, not-for-profit events for inclusion in this weekly listing. Call 776-6496, e-mail [email protected] or fax 693-8885.

Tradewinds SubcriptionsCall 340-776-6494

We Accept VISA or MC

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Commerical

STOrAGE: SECurED LOCkErS Sizes to 10’ x 12’, Autos, Boats, Trailers. Call For Rates: 779-4445 www.properyachts.com

EVErYTHING YOu NEED

ON EVErY LEVEL

GrEAT PLACE TO SHOP, DINE

AND WOrk

COME JOIN uSWE HAVE

SPACES AVAILABLErETAIL, OFFICE AND STOrAGE340-776-6455

rELIABLE MOBILE AuTO rEPAIr

Professional and experi-enced. Brakes, CV Joints,

Suspensions, Shocks, Alternators, Timing Belts, General Engine, Repair,

Foreign & Domestic. All Work Guaranteed.

Call227-9574

TheLumberyard

Down Town Cruz Bay Where St. John Does Business

CommercialSpaceAvailable

ForSpaceCallNick771-3737

Glass/Screens

Completeglasses$79 Single Vision

$109 Bifocals

Dr. Craig Friedenberg

779-2020

PLENTYOF PARKING

GOODTRAFFIC FLOW

Cruz Bay Watersports 776-6857

Get a Tan and a Paycheck!Full time, part time, lots of benefits, free scuba,

snorkeling, sailing trips to the BVI, etc. Growing watersports company has immediate openings:

•BeachAttendantsatWestinResort•RetailStoreStaff•PADIInstructors

NExt Ad dEAdliNE: thurSdAy, FEb. 11

Services

new center with market, bank, spa & more

office/retail space available

1036 sq. ft.

reasonable rates / flexible terms

excellent location next to Westin

call Emily for info. #776-6666

1036 sq. ft./ 726 sq. ft.

GLASS • MIRRORS • GLASS SHOWERS SCREENS • TABLE TOPS

Across from Inspection Lane, Sub Base, STT, 777-9269

An EDC Qualified Supplier

LICENSEd GENERAL CONTRACTOR ANd PAINTING

Commerical

Employment Employment

Short-term rental

NEW FOr SEASON: Affordable, clean, cute 2 bedroom apartment for rent short-term. Ideal Cruz Bay location provides an easy

short walk to the ferry dock, taxi stand and V.I. National Park hiking trails. Accommodates up to four people

comfortably with air-conditioning, wi-fi and off-street parking. Starting at $1000/week. For availability

and more information, email: [email protected].

Chocolate Hole East – furnished 1 bedroom, $950/month, includes

electric, W/D, large yard, waterfront.

Ron@715-853-9696

SCENIC PrOPErTIES 340-693-7777Cruz BAY:

Cruz Bay Apartments One bedroom/one bath $1400.00 avail march

Two bedroom/one bath/w/d $1600.00

Two bedroom/2 bath/large deck/w/d $2200.00Three bedroom/2 bath/

w/d $1700.00 COrAL BAY

One bedroom apt/w/d/ocean front $1250.00 Two bedroom/2 bath

house/washer $1800.00 One bedroom/one bath/

w/d/ocean front $1400.00 One bedroom/one bath

$1250.00

La Shackteau relaxo5MonthsMinimum:

$1088 mo. 1st, last, secu-rity. Non-smoker, adult. Very private on 1 acre, close to busline, taste-

fully furnished. 1 BR with many amenities. Seaview.

340-779-4154.

For rent

HOuSE FOr rENT:2 bd/2 ba Mt. top house,

30 mile views, paved road, 5 min to Coral Bay, 20 min.

Cruz Bay, wrap around covered porches, A/C, W/D.

$1400/mo. 561-832-3040561-602-9484

New 2BR, furnished, large bath, off-street parking, ceiling fans, microwave, security lights, spacious

porch overlooking Westin, $1700/month; 340-776-6331

or 678-715-1129.

Long Term Fully Furnished Coral Bay

Newer 2 Bed 2 Bath A/C W/D $1800/mth Feb 1 Ron@715-853-9696

Cruz Bay–furnishedhouse, view, 2 bedrooms

A/C, 2 bath, W&D.Pets considered. Available

Now. $1950/mo. Year lease. (340) 690-4532

Two Bedroom, 1 Bath Apartment in Estate

Bethany, overlooking Westin Resort with A/C.

Call 340-690-1104

Suzuki Island Car for Sale: Partially Renovated$1500 OBO Call Richard

340 642-5358

Autos

‘06JEEPWRANgLERYellow, hardtop, extended

length, 4x4, A/C, CD player, hardly driven with 8,000 mileage. $16,500or OBO (860) 912-3718

Misc.

ST. JOHN TAxI MEDALLION FOr

RENT.CALL513-9884

FOr SALEMitzubishiFuzo$1800.00orOBO.

Ned643-0706

Coral Bay-2+BR 1BA house w/yard near mini

market $1,400. Available for business use—open

your carpentry shop now. 693.3399

CHAIr SALE: Six (6) Mahogany-stained bar chairs – $100 • each or all six for $500.Six (6) Coffee wood, outdoor chairs, very • heavy and sturdy – $100/ea. or all six for $500.Three (3) Executive office chairs, two used for • $10 each, one still in box for $40.

CALL642-5386

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AccommodationsCaribbeanVillas&Resortstel. 1-800-338-0987 or locally 340-776-6152

Island Getaways888-693-7676, [email protected]

Suite St. John Villas/Condostel. 1-800-348-8444or locally at 340-779-4486

VIVA Vacationstel. 779-4250P.O. Box 1747, STJ, VI 00831

Air-ConditioningDr. Cool 340-715-COOL (2556)One call for all your air-conditioning refrigeration and appliance needs

ArchitectureCrane,Robert-Architect,AIAtel. 776-6356P.O. Box 370, STJ, VI 00831

Barefoot Architect, Inc.tel. 693-7665 fax 693-8411P.O. Box 1772, STJ, VI 00831

Art/GalleriesMaho Bay Art Centertel. 776-6226 Offering Art Classses

BankingScotiabank#1 Mortgage Lender in the VI The Marketplace (340) 776-6552

Beauty/SpaBeauty Lounge Salon & Spa776-0774 www.stjohnbeautylounge.comLocated in Mongoose Junction

Westin resorts & VillasSpa Servicestel. 693-8000, ext. 1903/1904

Building ProductsSt. John Hardwaretel. 693-8780 fax 776-6685Located at The Marketplace

GalleriesMaho Bay Art Centertel. 776-6226 - Glass blowing, pottery, recycled art, tie dye, paper making

HealthSt.JohnEyeCare-779-202027 years serving Virgin Islanders Dr. Craig Friedenberg

InsuranceTheodore Tunick & CompanyPhone 775-7001 / Fax 775-7002www.theodoretunick.com

Jewelryr&I PATTON goldsmithing776-6548 or (800) 626-3455pattongold.com, [email protected]

LandscapingAlfredo’s Landscapingtel. 774-1655 cell 513-2971P.O. Box 91, St. John, VI 00831

Coral Bay Garden Centertel. 693-5579 fax 714-5628P.O. Box 1228, STJ, VI 00831

PrOPErTYkINGtel. 643-6348Landscaping & Irrigation

Property ManagerCimmaron Property Managementtel. 340-715-2666St. John’s Premier Property Manager

Seaview Vacation Homes, Inc.tel. 340-776-6805; 1-888-625-2963www.seaviewhomes.com

Real EstateAmerican Paradise real Estate tel. 693-8352 fax 693-8818P.O. Box 8313, STJ, VI [email protected]

Cruz Bay realtytel. 693-8808 fax 693-9812P.O. Box 66, STJ, VI [email protected]

DebbieHayes,gRItel. 714-5808 or 340-642-5995debbiehayes@debbiehayes.comwww.stjohnvirealestate.com

Holiday Homes of St. Johntel. 776-6776 fax 693-8665P.O. Box 40, STJ, VI [email protected]

Islandia real Estatetel. 776-6666 fax 693-8499P.O. Box 56, STJ, VI [email protected]

John McCann & Associatestel. 693-3399 fax 888-546-1115Located at Wharfside Landingwww.RealEstateOnStJohn.com

rE/MAx Island Paradise realtytel. 775-0949 fax 888-577-3660P. O. Box 646, STJ, VI [email protected]

RestaurantsConcordiaCafe,693-5855Happy Hour 4:30-6pm Dinner 6-8:30pm Tues-Sat

Fish Trap restaurantand Seafood Markettel. 693-9994, Closed Mondays

La Tapatel. 693-7755Open Wednesday-Monday

ronnie’s Pizza and Mo’tel. 693-7700 Call for DeliveryLocated in Boulon Center

Skinny Legs “A Pretty OK Place”tel. 340-779-4982www.skinnylegs.com

Sun Dog Cafetel. 693-8340Located at Mongoose Junction

RetailSugar Birds340-776-6909Located at Mongoose Junction

ServicesC4thCustomEmbroiderytel. 779-4047Located in Coral Bay

st. John Tradewinds

business directory

st. John Tradewinds — Call 776-6496

3 Sail Church10 Sunday

Baha’i Community of St. JohnRace Unity Devotions

7:30 p.m. Fridays;Study Circles 9 a.m. Sundays

776-6316, 776-6254

Bethany Moravian Church Cruz Bay, St. John

11 a.m., Sunday School 776-6291

Calvary Baptist Church13 ABC Coral Bay, 776-6304

Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday evening 6 p.m.,

Thursday 7 p.m.

Christian MinistryCinnamon Bay Beach Inter-Denominational

Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Christian Science Society 10:45 a.m. Sunday- Marketplace

Wednesday Testimonials 7:45 p.m. on last Wed. of Month

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sun. 9 a.m., STT. 776-2379 Sun., 5 p.m., STJ, Lumberyard

Cruz Bay Baptist Church Sunday 11 a.m., 6 p.m. 776-6315

Emmaus Moravian Church Coral Bay, Sun. 9 a.m. 776-6713

Jehovah’s Witness7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 7 p.m.

Saturdays (Español), 10 a.m. Sundays340-715-0530

Missionary Baptist Church9:30 a.m. Sunday Services, 10:45 Worship,

Tuesday 7 p.m. Bible Study 693-8884

Nazareth Lutheran ChurchSunday 9 a.m., Sunday School 8 a.m.

776-6731

Our Lady of Mount CarmelSat. 6 p.m., Sun. 7:30 & 9:30 a.m.,

Spanish Mass 5:30 p.m.Monday and Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.776-6339

St. John Methodist Church Sunday 10 a.m

693-8830

Seventh Day AdventistSaturdays779-4477

St. John Pentecostal ChurchSunday 11:05 a.m., 6:30 p.m.Tuesdays Prayer 7:30 p.m.,

Thursdays Bible Study 7:30 p.m.779-1230

St. ursula’s Episcopal ChurchSundays, 7:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Every 1st Sunday: Service 9:30 a.m.Bible Class, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

777-6306

unitarian universalist Fellowship 9:45 a.m. Sunday

776-6332

Word of Faith ChurchWord of Faith International

Christian Center, Sundays 7:30 a.m. Gifft Hill SchoolCall 774-8617

St. John Church Schedule & Directory

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Ferry Schedules

CRuz BAy To RED HookEvery hour on the hour from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

RED Hook To CRuz BAyEvery hour on the hour from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m.

CRuz BAy To DoWNToWN CHARLoTTE AMALIE

Leaves Cruz Bay8:45 a.m.11:15 a.m.3:45 p.m.

Leaves Charlotte Amalie

10 a.m.1 p.m.

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Providing professional rental management

and marketing services for St. John’s finest

vacation villas and condominiums.

For reservations For St. John

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View our villas at www. c a r i b b e a n v i l l a . c o m

Lumberyard Complex

P.O. Box 458 St. John USVI 00831

C a r i b b e a n

Villas & Resort sM A N A G E M E N T C O .

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Office: 340 714 5808Cell: 340 642 5995www.StJohnVIRealEstate.com [email protected]

ISLA VISTAExceptional 5 bedrm, 4.5 bath Gated Villa atop Caneel Hill. Seller is Licensed Real Estate Broker.

VILLALLUREImpressive 5 bedrm, 7 bath European Style Villa in Coral Bay

Contact DEBBIE HAYES, GRI, Your Licensed U.S. Virgin Islands Real Estate Broker

DebbieHayes-TW 12.21.09.indd 1 12/14/09 10:21:42 PM

Kids First! Awards Grants To Schools

Tradewinds SubcriptionsCall 340-776-6494 We Accept VISA or MC

St. John TradewindsKids First!, a Virgin Islands-based non

profit organization which supports education on St. John announced it has awarded four recent grants totaling $40,000 to two island early learning programs, the St. John Mon-tessori School and the Gifft Hill School.

St. John Montessori School was opened by Debra Polucci in September 2008 at the facilities of the John’s Folly Learning Insti-tute. Using the well regarded “Montessori Method,” the school currently provides in-struction for children ages three to seven.

It is the only licensed early learning pro-gram in the Coral Bay area, filling a criti-cal need in this community. As is often the case with quality pre-school programs, the cost of attending can exceed the capability of parents to pay.

To help address this problem, Kids First! is providing a grant of $13,750 for financial aid to help offset the cost of attending the school. This aid will be administered by the Montessori School and will be directed at needs-based students.

In addition, Kids First! is providing a two for one matching grant for donations made by individuals and businesses to the Mon-tessori School.

This grant will be in place through the 2010-2011 school year up to a maximum of $5,000. Last, Kids First! will provide a grant of $2,200 for the Montessori School to file for non-profit status.

“I am thrilled at the support Kids First! is providing our school,” said Polucci. “We are part of a vibrant community that under-stands the importance of early education. With these grants we will be able to expand

our program to children who would not oth-erwise be able to attend while providing an incentive for the entire Coral Bay commu-nity to support our efforts.”

“Having a quality early education pro-gram right here in Coral Bay is very im-portant to our community,” said Coral Bay Community Council president Sharon Col-dren. “Kids First! is enabling the St. John Montessori School to expand and better meet the known educational needs of our community. The matching grant program provides an incentive for all of us who love Coral Bay’s children to help assure this pre-school program is available to every child, regardless of their parent’s income.”

Gifft Hill School offers the largest early learning program on St. John. Using the Creative Curriculum method, it offers a quality educational opportunity for children age three to six. Unfortunately, the cost of attending this program often exceeds what parents are able to pay.

That is why Kids First! is providing a $20,000 grant to assist parents with the cost of tuition in the 2010-2011 school year.

“Kids First! has been a generous support-er of early education across St. John includ-ing the Gifft Hill School,” said Ed Deusser, GHS interim headmaster. “This is our fourth major grant and we are grateful for the sup-port they have provided us.”

The most important time in the develop-ment of a child is birth to age five. If chil-dren arrive at formal school unprepared, immediate remedial action is required, and if a child is not brought up to grade level in basic skills by 4th grade, the outlook for success in school and beyond is in doubt.

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We’re Sold on St. John!

800-569-2417 • 340-693-8808 • www.cruzbayrealty.com

Gretchen Labrenz Margie Labrenz Susanne Kirk Tammy Pollock

CBR HOME LISTINGSLUMINARIA – Luxurious ridge-top villa with incredible

views of North shore and down island. Large pool with waterfall, 3 bedroom/ bath suites, 4 car garage, gated entry, beautiful furnishings and landscaping, vacation rental history. $2,495,000. PERELANDRA – Excellent 2 bd/2 bath rental villa high

above Cruz Bay. Stunning water views, privacy, lovely pool set in lush gardens. A good buy at $1,050,000.CHOCOLATE HOLE –Masonry 2 bd/2 bath home w/

carport/workshop, on an absolutely gorgeous 0.86 acre lot with panoramic views. End of the road privacy. $975,00.CALYPSO del SOL – Very successful rental villa w/

excellent views of Chocolate Hole Bay & St. James islands. Newer masonry home with 3 bdrms / 3 baths, large screened porch, A/C, beautiful pool & hot tub. $1,950,000.NAUTILUS – Dramatic WATERFRONT setting on Maria

Bluff. 3 bd/2 bath masonry villa w/large wraparound veran-da, spa, sunrise to sunset views, 1.25 acre, tile roof, circular drive. $1,495,000.SEASCAPE – Fantastic location on Bovovoap Pt! Spa-

cious 2 bd main house w/lap pool, plus a separate caretak-er’s cottage. Panoramic sunset views, privacy. $1,495,000. AURORA – Luxurious 4 bd/4bath masonry villa on

Contant Pt. Enjoy 180' views from Great Cruz Bay to St. Thomas, great privacy, pool, multiple outdoor areas, excellent vacation rental history. $1,995,000.VILLA ROMANCE – Brand new, lux 4 bd pool villa, features ex-

quisite design, craftsmanship, tile roof, coral flooring, columns, fountains & sunsets over Chocolate Hole Bay. $2,999,000.WATERFRONT WITH DOCK – Concrete 3 bd/2 bath

home, on large, flat 1 ac.flat lot, with direct access the bay at your door step. Now only $1,250,000.CHEZ SHELL – Charming 3 bd / 3 bath, w/gorgeous sunset

views, & prime Great Cruz Bay location. This beautifully dec-orated, & maintained rental villa has marble floors, A/C, cus-tom cabinetry, inviting spa & excellent floor plan. $1,295,000.TESSERACT – Popular 3 bdrm / 3 bath rental home w/

fantastic lap pool & panoramic views from Hart Bay to St. Thomas. Comfortable layout, large rooms, multiple decks, privacy & extensive landscaping. $1,200,000.STONE HOUSE – Unique native stone 3 bd/3 bath villa w/

covered rotunda, freeform pool, and spectacular Coral Bay views. $1,800,000. With adjacent parcel $2,100,000.PLUMB GUT – 1 bd/1 bath home w/adjacent 1X1 cottage.

Lush setting on eastern side of Bordeaux. $574,000.BAYVIEW – Private villa bordering Natl. Park, minutes

to Maho Beach. Traditional masonry design with 2 bldgs connected by pool, decks & patios. 280° views overlooking Francis Bay & North Shore + Coral Bay. $1,695,00.CAROLINA – Small, poured concrete, home with lovely

covered wraparound deck. Flat ½ ac. fenced lot. $349K. BOATMAN POINT – Masonry 4 bd. home on spectacular

1 ac. waterfront site with amazing views & outstanding neighborhood. $2,795,000.

WINDSONG – Stately Boatman Pt. villa, w/separate cottage, situated on a 1ac parcel w/panoramic views. 6 bdrms., 7 baths, huge pool, fully furnished. $3,495,000BORDEAUX MT. – Family home w/3 bd./2 baths, large

porch, water view, ½ ac. lot w/large trees. $575,000.GOLDEN DRAGON – Beautiful stone villa w/exceptional

craftsmanship. 4 bds./4 baths, infinity pool, multi patios & decks, lush gardens, Pt. Rendezvous location. $2,195,000.

CBR CONDO LISTINGSBETHANY CONDO – Spacious, free-standing 2 bd/2 bath

unit w/ amazing views, new common pool. $495,000. GALLOWS POINT CONDO – Waterfront, 1/bd/1 bath

condo in resort setting. Pool, restaurant, swimmable beach, hotel amenities. $695K.SELENE’S – Ideal in town location, w/parking, for living/

rental or business. Terrific views. Reduced to $399K!SERENDIP CONDO – A great buy! Cute 1 bd unit w/dy-

namic views, pool & good rental history. $359,000.

CBR LAND LISTINGSCANEEL HILL – Gorgeous panoramic views. Improved

property w/driveway & foundation slabs in place for 4 bed-room villa. Paved roads, underground utilities. $580K. DITLEFF POINT – Extraordinary sites on magnificent pen-

insula w/sandy beach, gated entry, beautiful landscaping, and incredible views. Prices start at $895,000. KLEIN BAY – Small upscale neighborhood, gorgeous

views, commonly owned beach. $799K & $995K.WATERFRONT ON MONTE BAY – Spectacular 13.44 ac.

site, ideal for private estate or subdivision. $3,400,000.CRUZ BAY TOWN – Walk to Frank Bay, R-4 zoning. $249K.CHOCOLATE HOLE – Water views, ½ ac. $299K & $379K. GLUCKSBERG – Gentle grade, ½ ac., lg. trees. $130K.POINT RENDEZVOUS – Outstanding views. $375K & $415K. LEINSTER BAY – 2 lots on Johnny Horn Trail. $225K & $329K. ZOOTENVAAL – Hurricane Hole views, paved road. $400K. GREAT CRUZ BAY – 1.05 acre site w/fantastic harbor

views & architectural plans. Walk to dingy landing. $895,000.FLANAGAN’S PASSAGE – 2 beautiful sites. $299K–$350K.ESTATE FISH BAY – Many parcels to choose from, start-

ing at $165K. Call US for a complete list.ESTATE CAROLINA/EMMAUS – Time to buy. Affordable

lots, with water views, $95k and up.

CBR BUSINESS LISTINGSFABRIC MILL – Very successful clothing business, estab-

lished in 1982, in Mongoose Junction. Price includes inven-tory & equipment, owner will train: $150,000.

CHRISTY ANN – New rental villa in upscale neighborhood. Masonry construction with low maintenance features. three bed-room/two baths, large covered veranda, spa, 20’ vaulted ceiling in greatroom, ample room for ex-pansion. $1,595,000.

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HOMES CRUZ BAY Prime .75 acre, 3 BR, pool & panoramic views. Zoned R-4 for development. $2,950,000 MARBELLA Expansive St. Thomas sunset views, 3 bdrms w/ en suite baths. Open style, all on one level, Central A/C. $2,850,000 QUACCO Brand new 3 BR, 4 bath masonry home in Flanagan's Passage. Great views with many amenities. Sleeps 12. $1,999,000 YOUR OWN SECLUDED BEACH Just steps to Hart Bay, "Rendezview" features 4 BR/4BA with a lower 3BR beach house. $2,895,000 MULTI UNIT 2 unit (2x2+1x1) masonry home overlooking Carolina Valley. Ideal for starter home with 2nd unit for rental income. $679,000 CAROLINA Views to BVI. Well maintained 2-unit cottage, 1x1 plus studio, ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED! $585,000

GARDEN BY THE SEA B&B, West Indian gingerbread architecture & island furnishings. Owners apartment plus 3 income producing units. Room for expansion. $1,800,000 ONE OF THE BEST DEALS ON ST. JOHN! LA BELLA VITA is a spectacular villa in the Virgin Grand Estates, 4 a/c identical master suites & breathtaking views of STT. $2,250,000 VIRGIN GRAND ESTATES Brand new villa nearing completion. 4 master suites, top shelf furnishings, granite counter tops & travertine floors. $3,450,000 FLANAGAN'S PASSAGE VILLA 3 BR, 3.5 BA villa, superior craftsmanship, Spanish tile roof, 180° views, pool & hot tub $2,850,000 ELLISON BIG PRICE REDUCTION New construction in the Virgin Grand. Generous floor plan w/3 levels of living space. 3 suites. $2,190,000

RAINBOW PLANTATION A private, family estate house on 1.6 acres. Features one of the largest private pools on St. John (w/diving board, & wet bar). Mature landscaping. $1,650,000 UPPER CAROLINA 3 BR/2BA. Expansive views. Master suite, living area & kitchen on upper level. Lower level: 2 BR, living area & kitchen. A/C. $675,000 BLUE HEAVEN 3 BR, 3 BA with hot tub overlooking Rendezvous Bay; Caribbean cute popular vacation rental $769,000 AMOROSA A brilliant Tuscan inspired villa in the midst of the National Park in Peter Bay. Sweeping views, deeded walking path to the beach, 4 bedrooms, 5 baths. $7,450,000 ADURO Cute Caribbean cottage in a tranquil setting. Water views of Fish Bay. 3BR/2BA on .27 acres. $710,000.

BAREFOOT New 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath guest cottage in quaint neighborhood. $599,000. AMANI Spectacular sunsets,180° views, prestigious Maria Bluff, 3 bdrms w/baths located in the main building, plus private self-contained guest cottage $2,295,000 CVISTA Magnificent open air 4 bdrm villa above tendezvous Bay. Stunning residence exudes comfort, class & elegance. $3,895,000 CINNAMON DAY DREAMS! Located in Nat’l Pk boundaries of Catherineberg on 1 acre. 2BR/2.5BA & office. Immaculate! $2,395,000 SEAGRAPE Live in guest apartment & rent lower apt. Plans for 2BR/2BA main house with foundation, cistern & deck in place. $765,000 VILLA TESORI Luxurious custom home, uncompromising quality, exquisite finishings, sweeping views. 5 BR/5BA. $4,395,000

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The social scene was alive with dancing at this year’s annual Friends of the VINP Gala on Saturday night, February 6. The fundraising event was hosted by Janet and Martin Marshall at their estate Great Cruz Bay villa and catered by Mathayom.

See next week’s St. John Tradewinds for a full story on this event.

St. John Tradewinds News Photos by Tristan Ewald

Fun niGHT AT FRiEnDS GALA