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Vol. 3, Issue 35 - Price: £1 Thursday 20 November 2014“serving St Helena and her community worldwide”

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Barbara Osborne Celebrates 25 Yrs

O’Keeffe Sisters Entertain page 2

New Resturant Opened page 32

pages 14 & 15

SUPREME COURT OPENS

see page 7

BUILDING ON SUCCESS

The National Amateur Sports Association of St Hel-ena’s (NASAS) Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday evening following a delayed start due to a mix up in the times. Many members showed up at 7pm; however others were of the opinion that the AGM was scheduled for 7.30. Proceedings got underway with a welcome followed by a confi rmation of the minutes from the 2012 Biennial General Meeting. In attendance at the Adult Vocational Education Centre (AVES) were representatives from the various sporting clubs such as Mr Pat Henry from the Jamestown Rifl e Club and Lawson Henry representing the St Helena Golf Club. Chairman Eric Benjamin delivered his re-port for the last two years fl anked by Vice Chair Nicky Stevens and Secretary Pamela Young. The meeting’s focus then shifted to the accounts. Questions were raised by Dax Richards as to what £24,124.70 in “General Expenses” entailed. As Trea-surer Wendy Benjamin was absent in Cape Town there was some diffi culty in answering questions about the accounts, however concerns seemed to be settled. NA-SAS closing balance currently lies at £68,045.22. This consists of £11,040.17 from the Glasgow 2014 Training Grant, £24,040.13 from the Delhi Grant and £32,964.92 in General Accounts. Mr Benjamin highlighted that without outside grants it

would be impossible for NASAS to function in the way it does, however added that such grants are often very specifi c in the way they must be spent and therefore the £11,000 from the Glasgow 2014 Training Grant must be used for training purposes. Summaries of the Bermuda Games and Glasgow 2014 were given and there was much delight at the media attention St Helena had received. However Nicky Stevens highlighted that at the next Commonwealth Games in 2018, the St Helena

August Graham, SAMS

continued on page 4

New Chairman of NASAS, Nick Stevens

National Amateur Sports Association Elect New Committee

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SAMS Radio 1 Live LoungeO’Keeffe Singers Entertain

Recently the Irish sisters who have been singing and making a name for themselves across the island did a live lounge show on SAMS Radio 1. Sophie and Laura O’Keeffe sang fi ve songs on the evening and answered

Richard Wallis, SAMS

Hospital Receives Valuable Donation from St Helena League of Friends

The General Hospital on St Hel-ena has recently received a valuable donation from the St Helena League of Friends, in the form of a Patient Moni-tor, valued at £8000. The monitor is much needed at the Hospital and is al-ready in use aiding with Patients’ re-covery. At a small thank you ceremony at

the Hospital on Thursday, 13 November 2014, Director of Health and Social Services, David Jenkins, said:“Thank you very much to the St Helena League of Friends for their valuable donation which is already in use here at the Hospital. The monitor is a really important piece of kit and means a huge amount to us in showing the vital signs of a patient at just a glance. Equip-ment like this is absolutely vital and they’re life saving and very much appreciated by the Hospital.”Senior Medical Offi cer, Dr Atilla, added:“We’ve already had a number of patients using the monitor donated by the St Helena League of Friends and this monitor has everything we need. It’s a ‘Phillips’ high quality monitor and if we take care of it, will last us for a very long time.” Chairperson of the St Helena League of Friends, Wendy Essex, concluded:“It is so good that our donation is receiving

publicity so that the community can see what we have donated. As Dr Atilla has said it is a very important piece of equipment and I think the community will appreciate where their money has gone.” The St Helena League of Friends was set up in 1993 (the idea brought to the Island by the late Bobby Robertson). The group’s mission is to raise funds and provide help to the Hospital and other care centres on the Island through an annual calendar of fundraising events.

questions about their music. Sophie (18) and Laura (15) are at Prince An-drew School and said they fi rst got into live singing at their previous school when their teacher asked them to perform for an assem-bly. From there they practiced and entered the National Duet Competition eventually win-ning. “The standard in the competition was so high, so it was really overwhelming when we won,” said Laura. The sisters work very closely with their music but Laura admitted that Sophie is the one who mainly chooses the songs they cover. Although they do cover versions they are song writers in their own right and hope to be stars one day.

MV Astor Arrives TomorrowFerdie Gunnell, SAMS

The cruise ship MV Astor is scheduled to arrive in James Bay on Friday morning at 10am and depart at 7pm. The vessel is car-rying 253 passengers and 284 crew. She was last here on 25 April this year. The Tourism offi ce has reported that 11 bus-es have been pre-booked, with 102 people pre-booked with Solomon’s and 151 will be freelance, although this fi gure is subject to change. Activities being prepared include a market area in front of New Horizons in Jamestown, Shape will have a stall selling water and other refreshments at Ladder Hill, and stalls will also be available in Long-wood. MV Astor was built in 1987. On 28 Novem-ber 2008, an attempted pirate attack on the Astor in the Gulf of Oman was prevented by a German frigate. Today she operates voy-ages to Europe, South Africa and Australia.

Laura and Sophie O’Keeffe

Photo: Trans Ocean

SHG, 14 Nov

St Helena League of Friends

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Governor’s Cup Yacht Race 2014Tommy-Lee and Kerry to Represent St Helena

The two St Helena participants who will take part in this year’s Governor’s Cup Yacht Race were announced, after a selection pro-cess, on the afternoon of 13 November. The two lucky winners were Tommy-Lee Young and Kerry Furniss. Tommy-Lee and Kerry have secured places on the Yacht ‘Windjammer’ and will leave for Cape Town onboard the RMS on 26 Novem-ber. Sailing training has already started locally with the St Helena Yacht Club and they are venturing further out every time. The fear of the open water is not fazing Kerry or Tommy-Lee: “We are just looking forward to the chal-lenge to be honest,” said Kerry. Tommy added that, “it will be scary, we’ve got a big ocean

to come across, but that’s what we signed up to do.” Both said they signed up for the race for the adventure aspects and to push themselves in-dividually. They think it will be hard but could offer them an experience which will benefi t

them in future. Both Tommy-Lee and Kerry will be taking time off from their jobs at Thorpes and Cus-toms to participate in the race. They said their colleagues had been very encouraging in their bids to represent St Helena.


Battle of the Districts!Bank of St Helena Youth Games Start Tomorrow Night

The annual Bank of St Helena (BoSH) Youth Games, which started in 2005, will begin tomorrow evening, 21 November, at 5.30pm. Following the opening ceremony will be the fi rst competition, with four district teams battling it out for volleyball gold.In recent years the opening ceremony has been held at the Swimming Pool followed by the competition. This year it was not possible due to the swimming pool not being ready. Alter-natively, it will be held at the New Horizons Centre.The youth games are a great opportunity for the island’s youth to show off their sporting abilities and to get involved in healthy compe-

Liam Yon, SAMS tition between districts. “There aren’t many competitions (on-island) that involves this amount of sport,” said Youth Leader at New Horizons, Nick Stevens, “it’s getting the youth ready to compete internation-ally.” There will be four teams in-volving island districts: St Pauls/Blue Hill, Half Tree Hollow, Jamestown/Ladder Hill/Sandy Bay and Long-wood/Levelwood/Alarm Forest. Jamestown are the current title holders but other teams will be looking to get their hands on the shield this year. To be eligible to compete a person must be

between the ages of 11 and 18 (in the year of the competition). The overall sponsor is BoSH and each sport is sponsored by a different or-ganisation on-island except the netball which the New Horizons will cover themselves.

Back to SchoolLifelong Learning Certifi cates Presented

On Thursday 13 November the Lifelong Learning Services (formally AVES) held a certifi cate presentation morning at the Edu-cation Learning Centre. Certifi cates were handed over to those who had completed various adult vocational training. After three years of full-time studying and work, Joey George was fi nally presented with her Bach-

elor’s Degree in Business and Administration. Speaking to The Sentinel after the presenta-tions, the Assessor for National Vocational Qualifi cations, Jenny Corker, said that voca-tional qualifi cations are important “for people who didn’t achieve an academic qualifi cation” adding “it gives them the confi dence to carry on and progress.” She said she felt proud see-ing what her students had achieved. Cynthia Bennett said the livelihoods programme par-ticipants had done “extremely well” in their efforts.

August Graham, SAMS

Tommy-Lee Young and Kerry Furniss

Last years swimming competitors

Diana Fowler recieving certifi cate from Cllr Scipio O’Dean

SENTINELCOMMENTFerdie Gunnell, SAMS

Napoleon Street road too dangerous?Someone said to me recently that the Napo-leon Street road must be the most diffi cult St Helena road to negotiate. Well, there are roads, and then there are other roads, and all roads must be driven with care, but some-times the other party is at fault and the care one takes isn’t enough.

But my friend was referring in particular to the diffi culty he had when manoeuvring past an oncoming vehicle in a tight space where both drivers had to pull in their wing mirrors so as to not collide with each other. It has been said that if you can drive through Napoleon Street without damaging another vehicle, or knocking over a pedestrian, you are a good enough driver for anywhere in the world. That probably is an exaggeration but one has seen very near misses including of pedestrians.

In Napoleon Street there are places where there is insuffi cient space on sidewalks for people to walk because vehicles are parked there. There is only one alternative for the pedestrian; leave the safety of the sidewalk and take their chances with the traffi c. While vehicles are covered by insurance against damage caused to other vehicles, and people, is it fair that pedestrians have to com-pete with vehicular traffi c on the main road. There is a statistic which says that whenever a vehicle and pedestrian collides it is always the pedestrian that comes off worse. What good is compensation to a victim or their family when one is seriously damaged for life?

And then there is the question of legality with sidewalks and parking. Are they legal park-ing areas; do they belong to the pedestrians or drivers; if a person is injured by a vehicle because they decided to leave the protection of the sidewalk who correctly is liable, is it the pedestrian or the vehicle owner, or could it be St Helena Government?

What is infuriating is that the appropriate au-thorities, as they drive by, seem to not notice there is a potential problem which could re-sult in damage, injury or fatality. And if they do they seemingly do nothing about correct-ing the problem before it is too late.

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team will have travelled by plane, therefore taking away the media’s fascination with the distance they had been forced to travel to get there. Therefore, Mr Stevens said St Helena would need to perform better at the games, to cause upsets and to win medals. Nicky Stevens was later elected as Chairman, with Larry Thomas taking the position as Vice Chair. Wendy Benjamin will continue as Trea-surer; however no secretary could be elected at this time. Eric Benjamin’s service to NA-SAS over the last years was recognised by his election as Honorary President. Also elected as members of the Executive Committee were Anne Dillon, Jeremy Roberts, Gavin George, Phillip Francis, Dax Richards, Lawson Henry and Pat Henry.

NASAS Elect New CommitteeAGM Raises Concerns about Future International Media Coverage

continued from front pageAugust Graham, SAMS

APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received in respect of the follow-ing proposals:1.Proposed siting of installation of 0.5 MWe Solar Farm incorporating civil engineering works to re-profi le land, photo-voltaic panel arrays and related operations at the Rifl e Range site, Half Tree Hollow – (Full). 2.Proposed 3 Bedroom Dwelling adjacent to the property of Mr Hugh Constantine, Nr Half Way.Copies of the applications and plans may be inspected at the Planning and Building Section, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 4 pm. Any person who wishes to make representations on the above application should make them in writing within 14 days to the Chief Planning Offi cer, Land Development Control Authority, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown.

Alfred V Isaac, Planning Offi cer Email: [email protected] 20th NOVEMBER 2014

New Honorary President, Eric Benjamin

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OPINION/YOUR LETTERSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 20 November 2014

Dear Editor,We all know that St. Helena’s motto is “Loyal and unshakeable”, but exactly how we acquired these words seems to be a mys-tery. I can fi nd no mention of a motto in the his-toric records. It has been suggested to me that the motto was introduced by Governor Francis Eustace Baker when the new fl ag was adopted in 1984. It seems there was no public consultation, and exactly who came up with these words is not known.I wonder if any of your readers can enlight-en me?Regards,John TurnerSaint Helena Island Info

Poker An occasional questioning prod at the political firegrate By Stuart Moors

Signs of change I’ve mentioned before about some idiocy related to signage on the island – like the No Loitering sign in a public park, and an injunc-tion to prevent forest fi res in National Park areas (by the way, the irony is that the sign is left standing as a sentry protecting the building site that will become our new fi re station in Alarm Forest – so, no naked fl ames while you are practising, please, fi remen!)But I guess we have to have signs, if only for the Highways Authority to show that it has authority – speed limit signs, no entry signs, no parking signs (except for people with three noses, and then only on the third Saturday af-ter the full moon following arrival of the RMS, unless you have the hiccups), and so on. Peo-ple need to know that someone is in control.However, I’d like to suggest (tongue-in-cheek, I hasten to add) that the requirements for sig-nage that an establishment must fulfi l in order to renew their liquor licence be extended to your home. The Golf Club is one such estab-lishment, and it has been required to erect four “Toilet” signs (I’m not entirely sure where, but I guess it won’t be on the 18th green). The Golf Club is just that – a club. It’s new members have to be approved by the exist-ing membership, so we all know each other, and fi nding the toilets is not exactly a burden-some task, even if you are not a member – a non-member is never going to fi nd himself or herself alone in the clubhouse, desperate for

relief, and unable to work out which of the hundreds of unlocked doors offers the services required. They can simply ask someone, like your visitors would ask you in your house. In what way does the cost and bother of erecting Toilet signs help anyone – it certainly won’t enhance the decor! How would you feel if you were required to put up Toilet signs in your house, presumably to help those unfamiliar with the layout of the rooms?But, admitting that some signs are necessary, especially in the tourism arena, can we get things right, please? It seems that a plethora of departments and NGOs all feel , probably with justifi cation, that signs are needed, for direct-ing visitors to places of interest, for labelling public places, for helping hikers fi nd their way around without a guide etc etc. The problem is that they all have different visions about how the signs should look, in terms of size, colour, fonts, graphics etc – what is generally termed “Look and Feel”.And Look and Feel shouldn’t be something bolted on afterwards. When you use a com-puter, you operate several programs (some-times without realising). If they all had com-pletely different Look and Feel characteristics, you would not be able to use what you have become accustomed to in using one program when learning to use another. By virtue of them having the same or grossly similar Look and Feel, the user (you) makes far quicker progress and makes far fewer mistakes, and the whole

experience has the appearance at least of being coherent, integrated and pleasing.Our requirements for island signage should also be governed by a consistent Look and Feel – Note this is not suggesting that they all look the same, merely that they should appear to have been designed with consistency and coherence in mind.How do we achieve this? One wag has sug-gested that the Government should appoint a Working Group to decide who should sit on a Working Group whose job it will be to decide who should design the signs, and to fi eld com-plaints from the public when the signs turn out to be horrendous.A better way would be to appoint a single per-son with some design experience to defi ne the overall Look and Feel strategy, but who would fi rst obtain views from the current sign design-ers and experts from people elsewhere that have done it before. Once the Look and Feel has been defi ned, any new signage would have to comply. Who would police it? I would sug-gest the Planning Board – as long as they do not feel they have the power to decide things according to their own whims, then the cen-tralised authorising body seems to me to be the most suitable mechanism.Change is in the air and many want to be a factor rather than a spectator. But uncontrolled change will lead to chaos and the look and feel of the signs around the island may be the least of our problems.

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New Directorate AnnouncedSocial Services no Longer “The Poor Relation”?

St Helena Government is setting up a new Safeguarding Directorate in order to, “protect and safeguard vulnerable children, young peo-ple and adults at risk or suffering from abuse.” This means that Social Services and Health will be separated from each other and based in different locations. SAMS spoke to the As-sistant Chief Secretary, Paul McGinnety, and Councillor Les Baldwin about the new direc-torate. They dismissed claims this might lead to less communication between Social Servic-

es and Health and said it was unusual for the two to be housed under one organisation. Mr McGinnety was keen to highlight this was, “a planned and managed approach,” where they will be improving the skills and training of lo-cal staff, saying it was an issue of “succession planning.” Mr McGinnety paid tribute to those social workers who had come from abroad, and said short-term contracts had allowed SHG to fi ll their “capacity issue” and new recruits will be arriving in the New Year for a, “far longer pe-riod of time.” Cllr Baldwin called, “life and death decisions taking precedent over quality of life” a “no brainer,” and therefore having both under the same roof meant that Social Services has often been, “the poor relation in the budgetary cycle” with Health taking more of the money. The two were asked whether the Lucy Faithful Foundation (LFF) report had caused the rise in the reported cases that they spoke about; this they did not know, but they stressed it is vital to concentrate on what is being done on island rather than what is written in outside media. Cllr Baldwin highlighted the changes predated the LFF report, saying that the “planning and development” of the new Challenging Behav-iour Unit (CBU) had started before LFF even visited the island.

August Graham, SAMS

Successful Car Boot SaleHousehold Items at Give-Away Prices

Car boot sales have become popular and the latest was at Blue Hill on Sunday 16 No-vember held in the Community Centre from 1-6pm. It was a beautiful sunny day. People looking for bargains and gifts for themselves or Christmas presents were not disappointed. Some had journeyed from far away Jamestown and other distant locations. There seemed to have been something for everyone from the wide range of household items, clothes, etc which were snapped up as fast as they were being displayed, clearing space for other items in cardboard boxes still to be opened.In a great many cases the word ‘bargain’ was an understatement as hardly-used or new items were sold at give-away prices. Local crafts including from recycled materials were also available. Refreshments were sold from the bar, and from the teas and cakes outlet which saw a steady stream of customers. Proceeds were to benefi t the Blue Hill Com-munity Association. One of the organisers, Steve Evans said to SAMS, “I think the turn-out is good.” Another car boot sale is being planned for a few months time.

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

Councillor, Les Balwin

Supreme Court OpensChief Justice Sits

His Lordship Charles Ekins, Esq Chief Jus-tice returned to the island to preside over the sessions of The Supreme Court when the RMS arrived on Tuesday morning. With the current caseload he decided to forego the traditional sherry party before the opening of the Su-preme Court and went straight to work. In the opening remarks he was welcomed back to St Helena and he paid tribute to Bill Drab-ble saying, “[his] passing since I was last here

I was very saddened to hear of. Mr Drabble served with distinction, as a Lay Advocate for many, many years. Over those years he rep-resented many people, both before the Magis-

trate’s Court and the Supreme Court.” His Lordship Charles Ekins welcomed St Helena’s two new Lay Advocates, Geof-frey Dawson and Tony Green and ex-tended greetings to Mrs Ivy Ellick. His Lordship then spoke of the pleasure it gave him seeing Eric Benjamin, who has just recently been recovering from ill-ness. “I can tell you now that I shall be less than pleased if it appears that you are over-working yourself.” These warm sentiments drew a smile from Mr Eric Benjamin. Shortly after His Lordship’s welcom-ing of the other gathered legal profes-sionals he invited the Lord Bishop of St Helena to lead them in prayers. After a short while, when the court was cleared, the fi rst of fi ve cases, a civil case to be held in closed court, was started. Four other cases are due to be heard in regard

t o serious sexual assaults.


His Lordship and wife entering Supreme Court

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WORLD NEWS SNIPPETSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 20 November 2014

This has been yet another busy and horrifi c week in the Middle East. It started badly when another westerner was beheaded in a video released by ISIS and a number of Syrians were executed. On Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a “harsh response” after fi ve Israelis were killed and seven more injured in an attack in a Jerusalem synagogue. Elsewhere female bishops were fi nally allowed by the Church of England’s General Synod. Bird fl u also returned this week in the UK with a reported case in an East Yorkshire duck farm.

Goat Sues PigA woman in Italy with the same name as a character from children’s TV show Peppa Pig is claiming €100,000 in damages from the show’s producers. Ms Gabriella Capra shares her name with the Italian version of character Gabriella Goat. Capra claims she has suffered taunts from her peers.The Guardian

Submarine Confi rmed The Swedish Armed Forces have issued a statement confi rming that “a submarine has violated Swedish territorial integrity.” “There is no doubt,” said Supreme Command-er Sverker Göranson, “we have excluded all other explanations. Swedish territory has been seriously and unacceptably violated by a for-eign power.”It was on Friday 17 October that the Swedish started operations to attempt to fi nd “foreign underwater activity in the Stockholm archipel-ago,” after receiving “credible information.” Details on how the Armed Forces were able to confi rm the existence of the submarine were not released as it was believed this “could disclose information on Swedish abilities and capacities.” The Armed Forces could not confi rm the na-tionality of the violators; however experts have speculated that Russia is the most likely culprit. Göranson said in a press release that “the gravity of this is obvious.” The Swedish Armed Forces

Burkina Faso Appoints LeaderThe former foreign minister of Burkina Faso has been named as transitional president in the wake of the military takeover reported in The Sentinel two weeks ago. Mass protests had overthrown long-time President Blaise Compaore on 31 October, and the army had taken power. The African Union and several countries condemned the military takeover, giving the country an ulti-matum to return to civilian rule. The transitional president Mr Michel Kaf-ando, 72, will appoint a prime minister; how-ever he will not be permitted to stand in the elections next year. A committee of 23 offi cials from the army, religious groups, civil society and the po-litical opposition selected Kafando from fi ve candidates.At one point Kafando was the ambassador of Burkina Faso at the United Nations where he served a year on the Security Council as its president. Al Jazeera

Warnings over New Global RecessionPoliticsOn Monday 17 November, while at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, British Prime Minister David Cameron stated “red warning lights are fl ashing on the dashboard of the global economy.” Writing in The Guardian news-paper Cameron warned that “global trade talks have stalled” and the economic boom in emerging markets is slowing down. The paper’s economics editor, Larry El-liott, explained that, with a general election around the corner, Cameron is hoping to use the economy as a trump card, seeing “threats to Britain’s economy wherever he looks” (Guardian, 16 Nov). The BBC’s political editor, Nick Robinson, agreed that Cameron was looking use the economy to his benefi t. However Robinson did not look as far forward, choosing in-stead to focus on Thursday’s by-election in Rochester and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s Autumn Statement (17 Nov).This came as reports emerged from Japan that the economy had contracted at an an-nual rate of 1.6 per cent in the third quarter. Following on from the 7.1 per cent drop in the economy in the second quarter this now signals Japan’s slide back into recession (Al Jazeera, 17 Nov).

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in 2012 on a “pledge to reinvigorate the econ-omy,” (New York Times, 16 Nov) however experts say his efforts have been “dulled by the tax increase, which was approved under a previous government.” The failure to reboot the Japanese economy has forced Abe to call a snap election for this December, with plans in place to disolve par-liament by the end of the week (BBC, 18 Nov).The Guardian stated Abe will likely win the new election, however he does risk losing his two-thirds majority (17 Nov). The BBC claimed he will need to restore his mandate in order to increase sales tax to 10 per cent (17 Nov).David Cameron had pushed for a free trade deal between the European Union and the United States. He was keen to highlight that the British economy is forecast to grow by 3.5 per cent in 2014. However the Japanese economy was projected to grow by circa 2 per cent in this economic quarter. The BBC’s eco-nomics editor Robert Peston was impressed by Cameron’s timing, saying it came perfectly on the morning Japan slid into recession (17 Nov).The Guardian/Al Jazeera/The New York Times/BBC

ScienceThe fi rst ever picture from the surface of a comet has been taken and sent back by the Eu-ropean Space Agency’s Philae lander. It was last Thursday 13 November that the spacecraft fi nally touched down on the surface of comet 67P after a nervous overnight wait. Scientists lost contact with the lander for a pe-riod when mothership Rosetta dipped below the horizon of the comet.

However on Thursday morning contact was re-established. The landing was not perfect, with the craft bouncing before touching down on the surface. One of the Philae’s legs was not fi rmly placed on the ground and the solar panels were unable to produce enough energy. Soon after the 60-hour battery life ran out.Scientists are still attempting to re-establish contact with the depleted lander and locating

ESA Loses Contact with Philae Lander

In Brief

Pictures from the Rosetta Mission and Philae lander.

Image: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-

SA IGO 3.0

its resting spot. They hope the sun will make contact with the solar panels again, allowing the robot to reboot. Even if contact is not re-established the Euro-pean Space Agency have said they are happy with the achievement, adding that Philae has completed over 80% of its planned data col-lection.The Guardian

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Full-Time Fuel Attendant & a Temporary Fuel Attendantwithin the Half Tree Hollow Fuel Station

Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc has vacancies for a

Application forms may be collected from Solomons Reception Desk, in their

Main Office Building, Jamestown and should be completed and returned to

the Human Resources Manager, Solomons Office, Jamestown

by 24 November 2014

Web: www.solomons-sthelena.com

Salary will start at £6,010 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

For further information, please contact Priscilla Henry, Supervisor, Half Tree Hollow

Fuel Station on telephone number 23170

Job Purpose:

To assist with the day-to-day operations of the Half Tree Hollow Fuel Station ensuring maximum performance

and quality service is delivered on a safe, consistent and timely basis.

Duties will include:

To ensure that customers receive a high standard of customer service at all

times

To ensure that health and safety is maintained in the workplace at all times

To dispense fuel to customers

To issue LP gas cylinders, paraffin oil and any other motor oils, fluids and

additives etc.

To assist with daily cash takings and ensure the daily cash sales are

recorded accurately for submission to the Supervisor on a daily basis.

To ensure that all administration and required records and kept up to date

To assist with the receipt of fuel and carry out fuel tank dips on a daily basis

while liaising with the Bulk Fuel Installation Manager.

Special Conditions:Working outside of normal working hours as and when required.

Working with hazardous substances.

Manual Handling.

Solomons offers an attractive benefits package which includes: free home-to-duty transport, a Pension Scheme, Annual, Sick, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Training & Further Education

Incentives, Discount on Purchases and much more.

The St Helena Art & Cra s

Associa on Invites you to a

CRAFTS FAIR on SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER

FROM 10.00AM TO 4.00PM

at the JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Ar sts and cra ers- Call 22101 or 23729 to book your space and let us know if you need transport home leaving

town at 4.15pm.

See how things are made- Buy “Uniquely Saint” gi s.

Live performances throughout the day-

Crea ve St Helena—readings, drama, interviews.

From 2.00pm—meet the ar st - Andy Crowe, who will be signing the limited edi on commemora ve prints to mark

the “End of Royal Mail Ship Era to St Helena “

Not got your Christmas presents or cards yet? You’ll find something at the Cra s Fair so be sure to come!!

Refreshments on sale– Bar open. Mul -Raffle.

The League of Friends will be holding a

miscellaneous sale in front of the Canister at Jamestown on Saturday 29th November

2014 from 09.30 am.

All monies raised from this event will be donated towards

the purchase of a mammography machine.

Please come along and support a worthy cause.

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Among “Worst Economic Veterinary Diseases”Newcastle Disease Vaccination Continues

This week sees the start of the second phase of Newcastle Disease vaccinations on island. Starting on Monday 17 November, collection points have been spread across Levelwood and Blue Hill, and will continue in Long-wood, Alarm Forest, Sandy Bay, Jamestown and Rupert’s. The South African Lasota vac-cine which is added to the water supply will be used, allowing owners to administer the vaccine to their fl ocks without assistance. Se-nior Veterinary Offi cer Joe Hollins’ holiday fell just after the fi rst outbreaks of the disease, fortunately allowing him to transport samples of the virus to the UK for testing. Mr Hollins arrived back after the fi rst phase of vaccina-tion had been completed and was very happy with his team’s efforts, saying his confi dence in them was one of the reasons he felt able to leave.Mr Hollins told SAMS that Newcastle Disease was considered, “one of the worst economic veterinary diseases” internationally. However the contamination rate on St Helena has been low, with little spread between fl ocks. The consultant for Newcastle Disease in the UK, Professor Ian Brown, told Mr Hollins this was the fi rst example of it reaching such a remote location. For now ANRD can only speculated how Newcastle Disease arrived on island. Mr

Hollins told us migrant birds are unlikely as they would struggle to travel so far when sick, therefore the most likely route is through im-ported poultry meat. A new outbreak of the disease has been re-ported in Half Tree Hollow where Phase 1 of the vaccination has been completed. Other properties have also come forward unaware of the vaccination programme. SAMS asked Emergency Planner Alistair Smith whether SHG had taken all necessary steps to inform the public. He said they had tried to, “provide the right information at the right time and in

the right method,” adding that the new case was someone unlikely to be reached through media. Out of the estimated 6,000 chickens on island, approximately 2,200 had been vaccinated be-fore the start of Phase 2. Elsewhere a recent outbreak in Romania infected over 63,000 birds of which 50,000 died and the remainder were culled. Mr Hollins said the vaccines that were lost during transit to St Helena were pur-chased for fi ve or six pounds for every thou-sand, meaning 5,000 vaccines were lost at a cost of approximately £25-30.

August Graham, SAMS

Extractor SidelinedLabour Disputes Stop Fishing

It has been confi rmed that the Extractor has not been doing any fi shing due to a contractual argument that has arisen between the crew and the owners of the vessel, Saint Marine Re-sources limited (SMRL). The dispute is a setback for the island, as it is for all parties involved. For the crew there is a fi nancial setback as they are receiving no pay whilst the Extractor in inshore. SMRL have been called before the Economic Devel-opment Committee regarding their concerns the vessel has not been productive for over a month. To the Saints who were told that the Extrac-

tor would act as an economic catalyst, kick-starting industry growth; the project is quickly losing its lustre. The owners and the crew are in negotiations that are proving to be diffi cult. Crew member and spokesperson, Waylon Thomas, stated: “We are in the midst of acquiring legal ad-vice in respect of the draft contracts to enable


us to enter into productive negotiations with SMRL.”The Director of SMRL, Robert Midwinter, has stated that: “Negotiations between the di-rectors and existing crew members regarding terms and conditions of engagement continue to progress, with the aim of achieving a resolu-tion as soon as possible.”

SMLR Directors welcoming the vessel & crew to St Helena in April

Monday morning at Longwood vaccination collection point

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PUBLIC NOTICE

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES VACANCIES SILVICULTURE OFFICER

A highly motivated individual is required to manage ANRD’s silvicultural activities. Silviculture is a key part of the Forestry Section’s programme and involving activities from establishment of new forest plantations through to management of mature plantations.

Key tasks of the post include management forest land prep for plantings, tree planting, plantation weeding and cleaning, plantation pruning and thinning; oversight of forestry tree seedling nursery; preparation of annual work schedules and budgets, tender prep and costings for contract work; staff supervision and reporting on work progress; participation in forestry awareness programmes and delivering on the job training to staff and contractors engaged in the Silviculture programme.

Salary for this post is at Grade D commencing at £10,739 per annum however, if you do not fully match our requirements but have the potential to fulfill the requirements of the post, you may be considered for appointment at the Training Grade.

If you are interested in finding out more about this post please contact Myra Young, Forestry Officer or Darren Duncan, Head of ANRD on telephone 24724.

CHARGEHAND (FORESTRY SERVICES)

The suitable candidate is required to undertake planned harvesting of forest raw materials and to support an effective tree surgery service. Other key tasks include safe removal of trees posing a safety threat in various areas around the Island and supervision of five staff. Salary for this post is at Grade B commencing at £6,542 per annum however, if you do not fully match our requirements but have the potential to fulfill the requirements of the post, you may be considered for appointment at the Training Grade. If you are interested in finding out more about this post please contact Larry Stevens, Forestry Services Officer, or Myra Young, Forestry Officer on telephone 24724.

SMALL MACHINERY OPERATOR

The Agriculture and Natural Resources Division has a vacancy for a Small Machinery Operator. The role will include clear felling, harvesting, thinning, pruning and cleaning operations in both the forest and recreation areas also carrying out chemical cleaning operations in accordance with Health and Safety standards. Salary for this post is at Grade B commencing at £6,542 per annum however, if you do not fully match our requirements but have the potential to fulfill the requirements of the post, you may be considered for appointment at the Training Grade. If you are interested in finding out more about this post please contact Larry Stevens, Forestry Services Officer, or Myra Young, Forestry Officer on telephone 24724.

Application forms and Job Profiles for the above posts are available from Receptionists at Scotland Office and Essex House. Completed application forms should be submitted to ENRD Human Resources Manager, Essex House by 4pm Wednesday 26 November 2014. Darren Duncan Head of Agriculture & Natural Resources Division 10 November 2014

Environment & Natural Resources Directorate , St Helena Government, Island of St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean, STHL 1ZZ

Telephone: +(290) 4724 Facsimile: +(290) 4603 E-mail: [email protected]

www.sainthelena.gov.sh

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St Helena Nursing Hospital Looking for International Recruitment to Solve Crisis SituationAttempts in recent months to fi ll nursing positions locally have failed. Despite having full com-plement of six doctors, country outpatient clinics have not been provided. Since July there has been a need to keep doctors and nurses close to the hospital where community nurses had to cover as well.The Chairman of the Public Health Committee, Councillor Ian Rummery said to SAMS, “we’ve actually gone out to inter-national recruitment for a number of nurses.” In particular they are looking for senior nursing. “That’s really what we are going to need to do,” said Mr Rummery. “Next year there will hopefully be a refurbished hospital and more equipment. We’re obviously looking for a greater skills set amongst our nurses.”Mr Rummery recently returned from Cape Town where he met with the Vincent Pal-lotti School of Nursing and had conversations about nurses either training there or having ex-periential visits. He said the Health & Social Welfare Director, David Jenkins will follow up when passing through Cape Town. Mr Jenkins asserted in July that local nurses are underpaid. “Nursing is more than a job,

it’s also a commitment as well as a large emo-tional burden.” He would like to see the local workforce given the required skills sets and in-creased pay. Mr Rummery hopes the cadre re-view is nearing completion, “and we are going to have very clearly competency based nursing and nurses paid accordingly.” Nurses will need to show they have specifi c competencies. In the short term international recruitment is the alternative. A number of nurses have arrived in the last months, “but we’ve got a way to go to fulfi lling our comple-ment,” Mr Rummery said.


FOR SALECar: BMW 316i E36 Dolphin shape,

Electric guitar,Cort signature with Seymour

Duncan pickups,Digital effects pedals for guitars and amps,

Guitar stands and hangers for the wall,

High quality stereo system consisting of separate components,

Nad amp,Yamaha Blu Ray 3D

DVD/CD player,Kef Celeste speakers,

Yamaha active sub woofer,Aiwa FM tuner,

Pioneer Tape deck,Cabinet,

Speaker stands,2 x Aiwa speakers,

Wall bracket to hang TV screen,

XBOX 360 250GB and games,Double bunk beds can alsobe used as two single beds,Helmet with twin shield s

ystem, full face can be lifted for off road purposes,

2 ton trolley jack,Contact: John Scipio Telephone no: 24974

The Ivyletts of St. Helena Present

Jack and the Beanstalk

Friday 9th and Saturday 10

January 2015 th

Prince Andrew School

7.00pm

Adults £3.00 Children £1.50

An evening of family fun and laughter,

brought to you by the world’s most remotpantomime.

Tickets on sale from 27th November, fromthe Tourist Office and various outlets

around the island.

Meeting Room for Hire

Media CentreCastle Gardens

Ideal for meetings, training, interviews etc. Seats 10. Bright, spacious and private. Half or full day rates.

T: 22727E: [email protected]

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LIFESTYLE & CULTUREwww.sams.sh Thursday 20 November 2014 | THE SENTINEL

“As Long as I am Around the Children, I am Happy”Mrs Barbara Osborne Celebrates 25 Years of Educating the Island

This year Barbara Osborne reached a sig-nifi cant milestone in her teaching career, completing 25 years. Barbara is a well known fi gure within the Saint community and has taught many generations of students through the years and says she “can’t see herself mov-ing” anytime soon.Being a sporty person, Barbara represented

Liam Yon, SAMS St Helena at the Island Games in Guernsey in 1989. Upon her return she was approached by Edith Timm, who was team manager at the games. “She asked if I would like to do some

training to be a PE teacher,” said Barbara. From this she started work at Jamestown Pri-mary School under the headship of Mrs Gwen

Yon. Speaking of Gwen, Barbara said, “She gave me a lot of help during that time, espe-cially with my English literature.”After two years at Primary level, Barbara then moved into the Secondary level, at the newly opened Prince Andrew School. “Here I did some training with Mr John Burchill, who was the head teacher at the time, and Mr Paul Star-kie who was the PE instructor.” It was at PAS where Barbara really took on the role of PE teacher, which was her main area of expertise up until 2010, when she broadened her range of teaching. “Four years ago I took over from Mr Derek Henry, who worked at the agricul-tural section down at Harpers,” she explained, “so I’m also running the Harpers Agriculture

Centre as well as working with the PE depart-ment.”Barbara has been working at PAS well over 20 years and says there have been diffi cult times where she has thought about a different career. “When I go home in the afternoon and I feel tired or I feel that I’ve had a bad day I always question myself; do I really need to stay in PAS?” But when the new day comes, “I always think to myself yes. This is something I enjoy and this is something I get a lot from.”Over the 25 years Barbara has also been a form tutor and says one of the best parts of the job

“This is something I enjoy and this is something I get a lot from.”

“I look back over those years and feel proud to be a part of what they learnt.”

Mrs Barbara Osborne, all smiles after 25 years

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is watching the children progress during and after school. She spoke about the captain of the RMS, as well as Merrill Lawrence and Mia Henry, who have all gone on to play big roles on the RMS. “I look back over those years and feel proud to be a part of what they learnt.”

During her time, Barbara admits she has built the reputation of a ‘no nonsense’ kind of teacher. “What I want for the children is the best opportunity that they can have for their career.” Despite agreeing with her reputation, she does admit that her strict ways are begin-ning to mellow out. “Some of the staff who I have taught over the years are now working with me and they have said ‘you are not as crabby as you used to be’.”Being a teacher for so long, Barbara has seen generations of students pass through the school and every year has to say goodbye to so many. “It actually becomes a very sad occasion for me,” she said, “because, to me, those are my

children from nine o’clock to four o’clock and you can see how much they have developed from Year 7 to Year 13.” Even though it can be hard not to, Bar-bara says teachers can’t get attached to students. “I try to treat all children with the same respect and try not to hold any grudges or have any best friends because professionally you cannot do that.”Looking back 25 years, Barbara says she didn’t picture herself still teach-ing as she was interested in becoming a nurse. But now, after so long, she “can’t see herself mov-ing” from Prince Andrew School saying, “As long as I am around the children, I am happy.”

“It actually becomes a very sad occasion for me,”

Dead Bodies NeededMajor Incident Exercise Planned

Following an SHG announcements earlier this year, SHG and the private sector are gear-ing up for a major incident exercise to be held on St Helena on Wednesday 17 December. The top secret exercise will involve all elements of the emergency services and has volunteers organized to be walking-wounded and pre-

tend corpses. Only the two organiz-ers know what and where the planned emergency will be. The exercise will provide an oppor-tunity to test elements of the Island’s Major Incident Plan and is the fi rst step towards exercises that will take place next year as part of the Airport certifi cation process.Emergency Planning Manager, Alistair Smith said in a SHG press release, “17 December allows us to rehearse plans ahead of the formal process in the latter part of next year. With the timing close to Christmas we know there will be some disruption on the day but we hope to minimise this and have some contingencies so as not to inconvenience too many people.” The exercise is being split into two distinct elements; the fi rst (morning session) will be a ‘live’ exercise where an incident will be


staged with the emergency services and multi-agency partners responding to deal with it. The afternoon will be a command simulation to put commanders from the emergency ser-vices, along with senior SHG offi cials, through their paces. Also involved will be some of the supporting elements to the command struc-ture, which will provide them with an insight into how the process works.Emergency Planning Manager, Alistair Smith is keen to hear from anybody who would like to take part and get involved as role players on the day. If you would like to volunteer please contact Alistair Smith on 22721.

Weekly WeatherThe summery signs are on their way,The children are coming out to play.

But the weather we’ve weathered this weekAt times seemed rather bleak.

Max Temp 20.5 C (10th) Min Temp 14.7 C (16th) Mean Temp 16.6 C Total Rainfall 0. 8 mm Total Sunshine 42.0 hrs

Barbara at PAS Athletics Day 2013

Photos from July Fire Service exercise

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Invitation to Tender

The Saint Helena Government wishes to invite suitably experienced contractors to submit Tenders for The Refurbishment of Rainwater Gutters and Drainage at the Government Garage, Donkey Plain.

A copy of the Tender Document can be obtained from Friday 14 November 2014 at 9:00 am.

Please contact:-Miss Nicola Young, Procurement Offi cerEssex House, JamestownTelephone No: 22270 or email [email protected]

For further information and to arrange a site visit, please contact the Project Manager, Mr Glen Owen, on telephone 23608 or email [email protected]

The closing date by which completed tenders are to be placed in the Tender Box at Essex House is Friday 28th November 2014 at 12.00 noon.

Interested parties should note that this opportunity is not being advertised overseas

SENIOR AUDITOR VACANCIES

Salary range £10,739 to £13,424 per annum plus a non-pensionable allowance of up to £12,000 depending upon

qualifications and experience

The Saint Helena Audit Service is seeking to recruit two Senior Auditors to join their audit team. The Senior Auditor’s primary role is to plan and undertake Financial and Value for Money audits producing clear assignment plans, working papers and reports with evidence-based recommendations.

Potential candidates will be part-qualified CCAB accountant or degree level equivalent or hold the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification and be prepared to study for chartered status.

Experience is required in audit or finance, including at least one year in a supervisory capacity, together with knowledge of recognised financial reporting and performance management frameworks.

We are looking for team players with good communication and people management skills who are able plan, prioritise and project manage workflow and use their own judgement. Excellent analytical abilities and IT skills are also required.

Job profiles and application forms are available on our website at www.audit.gov.sh or from the Saint Helena Audit Service, Post Office Building, Jamestown, St Helena Island and must be submitted by e-mail to the Chief Auditor [email protected] by no later than 4pm on Tuesday 2 December 2014.

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TIME OUTwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 20 November 2014

BREAKHUMOUR

A recently divorced woman is walking along the beach contemplating how ruthless her husband was during the divorce proceedings, when she fi nds a magic lamp washed up onshore. She rubs the lamp, and out pops a magical catholic genie!The catholic genie notices her anger and lets her vent her troubles to him. For freeing him from the lamp, the catholic genie informs her that he will give her three wishes. But, he says the wishes have a caveat, because he does not believe in divorce, he will give her ex-husband twenty times the amount of whatever she wishes.The woman is steaming mad, thinking that this is hardly fair, but she makes her fi rst wish. The fi rst wish was for a ten million dollars. The genie grants her wish and she fi nds herself sitting in pile of money. The genie then reminds her that her husband is now the recipient of 200 million dollars.The woman can barely contain her anger when she makes her second wish. The second wish was for a beautiful mansion on the shore of her own private beach. In an instant it was granted, but the genie then reminds again that her ex-husband now owns twenty of what she wished for, and points out at the beach to a small development of twenty such mansions. Upon hearing this, the woman takes her time to contemplate her last wish. Just as the genie was about to give up on her, the woman informs the genie that she wants to make the last wish. But, before she can do this, the genie again warns her that her ex-husband will get twenty times what she wishes for.“No problem,” said the woman as she grinned in ecstasy. “For my last wish...I’d like to give birth to triplets.”

SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last yearOpening in the new Customs and Passenger Terminal building on Friday 15 November was new business; the Ocean Wave Cafe. The cafe is run by owners of Little Gems and Fowlers’ Candy, Leroy and Kayla Fowler. At closing time on Friday the owners were pleased with how the day had progressed. “It went really well today,” said Kayla. “We had a lot of customers which means we sold out of a lot of things. I’m really pleased with the outcome.”

Wednesday 20 November was Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Day. The GIS sec-tion held an Open House Gallery to celebrate the day. The doors of the GIS offi ce, Essex House in Jamestown opened at 10am. The team of fi ve were prepared with display’s, DVD’s, leafl ets and digital examples for the general public, organisations and businesses.

Cricket: All Starz opening batsman, Greg Coleman, struck a stunning double century, as the boys from Levelwood defeated new boys, Western A Mustangs, by 426 runs.

Famous Birthdays20 Nov - 26 Nov

Carly Rae Jepsen (29)Singer - 21 Nov

Scarlett Johansson (30)Actress - 22 NovMiley Cyrus (22)Singer - 23 Nov

Rita Ora (24)Singer - 26 NovTina Turner (75)Singer - 26 Nov

DID YOU KNOW...• A ‘jiffy’ is actually 1/100th of a second

• One googol is the number one followed by 100 zeros

• A one minute kiss burns about 26 calories

• Frogs don’t drink, they absorb water through their skin

• At birth Dalmatians are always white

• A crocodile can’t move its tongue

• A strawberry is the only fruit which ‘seeds’ grow on the outside

• That the fi rst MTV video played was ‘Video killed the radio star’ by the Buggles

COFFEE CRAZY MAZEFind your way through this ‘Crazy Maze.’ Enter through the gap at the left and work your way through to the exit on the right. Good Luck!

PEOPLE ... Islands I’d Like To

Work On

If you would like to take part, we need a good picture of you (which we can do) and your top 3 - it could be your top 3 movies, songs, books or cars. It could be your top 3 places on St Helena, or top 3 achievements. The more interesting the better chance of being chosen, as we will only print 1 per week! Email: [email protected] with subject heading, top 3.

1. Turks and Caicos

2. Cayman Islands

3. Montserrat

Jane Jones, Social Worker

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SAMSRADIO 1

102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHzAlso Live Streaming via www.sams.shCONTACT THE SHOWTo reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or email: [email protected]. You can also contact us via our Facebook page - just visit the SAMS website, www.sams.sh, click the Facebook link at the top right of every page. St Helena News: Monday to Fridays at7am, 10am, 12noon, 5pm, 7pm & 10pmalso at 3am & 5am Tuesday to Saturday.Saturday news: 8am & 12noonMonday to Friday

SUNRISE 7am to 10amLive music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena News12.00pm: St Helena News, public service announce-ments and notice board.Repeated at midnight everyday.

SATURDAY CHART BUSTERSA compilation of top chart hits, both new and old.

REWINDSaturday 9.30am. Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm, Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.

2nd CHANCE SUNDAY9.00am - Selection of recorded interviews and pro-grammes from the week, mixed with easy listening sounds for a chilled out Sunday.

MUD ON THE TIRES

IN CONVERSATIONEvery week day at 5:30pm or 7.30pmAnother chance to hear interviews that made the news during last week and also this week

RADIO SPORTS ARENAMonday, 5.30pm, review of the week’s sporting ac-tion, local & international. Repeats will be Tuesday at 10.30am and 10.15pm and Friday at 8.30pm.

PAS SHOW - ‘News & Views’Mondays. after 7pm news & notice board.Replayed Fridays, after 10am news & notice board.

GOSPEL FMThursday 7.30 - 9.30pmPresented by John Moyce, 30 minutes of childrens’ feature followed by 90 mins of gospel music.

POT LUCKEvery second Sunday, Where Stedson Francis plays a mixture of middle of the road easy listening music, interspersed with local and international history.

THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woollacott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 8.30pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Saturday 1.00pmBBC WORLD SERVICE NEWS24/7 on our 2nd radio channel. 100.7 MHz and 88.1MHz

ON THE TIREBACK SOONBACK SOON

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee has set up a Subcommittee to review the Land

Disposal Policy and the Land Development Control Plan. Anyone wishing to make

recommendations regarding these documents may submit them to the Secretary of the Committee by the

30th November 2014 for consideration by the Subcommittee.

This may be done by email: [email protected]

or in writing to:Secretary, Environment & Natural

Resources Subcommittee,Essex House, Jamestown.

Pilling Primary School would like to thank all those who participated in the programme and

who helped to organise ‘We will remember them’

The evening was a huge success as a result. A special thank you to the

Get-togethers’ Orchestra and the Salvation Army Band and to Mrs Wendy Benjamin for leading the

war time choruses.Collection totalled £304.41. The sum of £152.20 will be

donated to the Poppy Appeal.Thank You

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13TH NOVEMBER 2014JACOBUS JOHANNES CROUS (21) of Bottom Woods and TYREL JOSE EL-LICK (20) of New Ground, pleaded guilty to participating in an affray (unlawful vio-lence causing persons to fear for their safe-ty). Mr Crous had played a signifi cant part in instigating the same. Prior to the affray Mr Crous had inquired into the whereabouts of a group with whom he had been involved in an altercation on the previous weekend. Mr Ellick had played a lesser role in the affray. This affray involved some 10-15 people. These people were involved in a mass brawl in busy licenced premises. This incident was therefore of a most serious nature with but two police offi cers, fearing for their safety, endeavouring to restore order to the group. Mr Crous and Mr Ellick were however fi rst offenders and in good employment. The Court therefore, exceptionally, concluded that the same could appropriately be dealt with by very substantial fi nancial penalties as opposed to imprisonment. Mr Crous, who was in receipt of a comparatively signifi cant income, was fi ned £2,100.00. Mr Ellick was fi ned £220.00. Both defendants were or-dered to pay costs of £15.00. The Court indi-cated that any repetition of such large scale violence, in the ordinarily extremely safe and secure environment of St Helena, would

ST HELENA MAGISTRATES’ COURT REPORT

inevitably require the court to consider on that occasion imposing very substantial sentences of imprisonment by way of deterrence. CRAIG ANDREW MELIN (47) of The Tomb, Alarm Forest pleaded guilty to driving while 56% over the prescribed alcohol limit. This offence was aggravated by the particulars of the driving of the Defendant. The Defen-dant had, while swerving, driven on the wrong side of the road and had come close to strik-ing police offi cers and structures with his ve-hicle. The offence was further aggravated by Mr Melin being uncooperative with the police after his arrest. Mr Melin was fi ned £900.00 with costs of £15.00. Mr Melin was disquali-fi ed from driving for the minimum period of 12 months standing said substantial fi nancial penalty and the effect that such disqualifi ca-tion will have on his employment.

14TH & 17TH NOVEMBER 2014COLIN REX HENRY (42) of Trap Cott had pleaded guilty to the production of 116 canna-bis plants. Sentence was initially adjourned for the Court to hear evidence on whether this pro-duction was for the personal use of Mr Henry alone as he had claimed in mitigation. After a two day hearing, the Court determined that Mr Henry would have personally used approxi-mately 26 grams of cannabis per month. Mr Henry was however found to have produced

plants with a potential yield of at least 1450 grams of cannabis. The Court considered Mr Henry’s stated position that he had grown the said 116 plants, only to enable him to choose 5 of the best from these and that he intended to destroy the remaining 111 plants thereafter was both fanciful and incredible. The Court determined that such production was not for Mr Henry’s sole use. The Court found that the only reasoned conclusion, due to the very large potential yield from such production, was that such was motivated at least in part for fi nancial reasons. The Court indicated that a sentence of imprisonment was there-fore inevitable. Mr Henry was remanded in custody and sentence was adjourned for a Pre-Sentence Report to assist the Court in determining the appropriate length of such a custodial sentence.

MARK ANTHONY WILLIAMS (40) of Botanical Gardens, Jamestown had admitted to breaching an existing probation order (in respect of a domestic assault) by failing to attend for unpaid work. Sentence had been adjourned for Mr Williams to show that he was willing to comply with the terms of such Probation Order. Mr Williams had now demonstrated complete compliance with the order and therefore the same was allowed to continue.

2014 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

The 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary and 43rd Small Branches conferences were held in Yaounde, Cameroon in October. Coun-cillor Christine Scipio-O’Dean represented St Helena. She departed the island on 18 Septem-ber and returned on 5 November.

The offi cial opening took place on Sunday 5 October, after which the Small Branches Con-ference convened to deal with overseas terri-tories issues. There was unanimous agreement for a chairperson to represent small branches on the CPA Executive Committee, to strength-en their role, ensuring issues are not lost with-in the wider commonwealth meeting.Ms Scipio-O’Dean was pleased to lead a dis-

cussion, recommending that education is fundamental to small states resilience to improve social and economic out-comes central to all policy decisions. This was unanimously endorsed for General Assembly action.Ms Scipio-O’Dean attended two work-shops. One - “Joining hands of Wom-en’s Rights; the role of parliamentarian in gender empowerment.” This was about encouraging more women to be-come parliamentarians so that women’s issues are not excluded in society. It was strongly recommended that leg-islation should be sought that ensures gender equality. Within the Common-wealth 30% of politicians are women, “which needs increasing to at least 50%,” the workshop said.The second workshop was: How can Parliament ensure that young people

are placed at the centre of sustainable devel-opment; the role of education. The workshop felt that youth plays a vital role in sustainable development and it was time to improve in-vestment in education to create an enabling environment for youth to prosper.At the British Isles and Mediterranean regional group meeting all delegates reported on their achievements and activities over the past year.In the General Assembly meeting fi nancial reports were presented and a new CPA Ex-ecutive Council was elected. Constitutionally there is a rota for regional membership and St Helena is a member of the Executive for the next three years. The St Helena Branch has nominated Councillor Derek Thomas to be the region’s representative. “This is going to raise St Helena’s profi le by having a representative from St Helena,” said Ms Scipio-O’Dean.The CPA Executive Committee will meet in May 2015 in Malaysia. Ms Scipio-O’Dean as-sumed that all conference recommendations will be addressed at that forum.Outside of the conference Ms Scipio O-Dean said she represented St Helena in various dis-cussions both on Ascension and in London. She also visited a primary school in Salisbury with over 600 children, and in Shepherds Bush a visit to over 100 autistic children, “was a real eye opener.”


Councillor Christine Scipio-O’Dean

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Welcome to “Pest Week”!

We are pleased to announce that next week is Pest Week, happily not the week that the pests take over, but a week with the theme “how to control them and stop them coming in”. From Monday 24th November to Monday 1st December, ANRD and Public Health will be hosting a Pests display in Porteous House, together with the Community Forests Project, Landscape and Ecology Mitigation Programme (LEMP), Buglife, and Environmental Management Division (EMD). On Thursday 27th and Saturday 29th November morning between 1000am and 100pm, staff from ANRD and Public Health will be around to give advice, answer pesty questions, and hand out leaflets and other goodies. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Shelco for the use of Porteous House.

Pests! We have too many of them in St Helena, we can all agree on that. They impact all aspects of our lives, from cockroaches in our homes to caterpillars in our gardens, from mealybugs on our precious endemic trees to the barbers pole worm in our pigs. Some are definitely no-ones friend – rats and fleas spring to mind– while others are more debatable, such as rabbits and ginger plants which many people like to see around.

Most of these pests arrived long ago on the island. Black rats and mice, for example, arrived around 1599, in the early ships among goods landed by the first settlers. Cockroaches, fleas and other public health and food storage pests probably arrived about the same time. People didn’t worry about such things then, no one was really aware of the problems caused by introduced pests. Goods and produce was landed without any thought to making sure it was free from pests, or that plants brought in could become major weeds. Napoleon’s surgeon in 1819 noted “The rats are so numerous at Longwood, and so fearless, that they

often assemble, even in day time, in flocks to feed when the offal of the kitchen is thrown out”. Rats are under better control now, but it’s a continual battle and requires a large budget each year for Public Health to keep them at bay.

These days the island is protected by a strong biosecurity system. The first national Biosecurity Policy was approved in October of this year, and Biosecurity St Helena works closely with Customs and traders to minimise the risk that new pests, weeds and diseases enter the island. There are strict controls for produce and goods which are most likely to carry pests and diseases, such as fresh produce, live plants and live animals. The biosecurity team works closely with Customs officers to carry out border security checks on importations. This is most clearly seen in the inspection of the fresh fruit and vegetables, which takes an average of 4 hours to clear.

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It’s impossible to check everything 100% or be everywhere all the time and there are gaps, as was seen in the recent outbreak of Newcastle Disease. A possible route of entry was via frozen raw chicken from South Africa. It’s everyone’s responsibility to help Stop the Spread of any pests or weeds which have slipped through the net into the island by reporting in any new or unusual plants or creatures spotted.

Public Health and ANRD both offer professional spraying services on request from the public, as well as technical advice and support on all aspects of pest control. The integrated pest management approach is promoted, in which a combination of cultural, biological and chemical methods of pest control are applied, as required. Pests can be managed more cost-effectively if you let nature help you. Farmers, for example, grow healthy crops in the first place, practice good crop hygiene and encourage natural enemies; for public health pests, cleanliness and good housekeeping are key.

Biological control is the use of one living creature to control another, and it has been very successful on St Helena. The Biological Control Unit at ANRD has researched and bred up biological control agents for a range of pests over the last 25 years, and is currently working to support polytunnel farmers control whitefly with a natural enemy called Encarsia.

Changes in land use have resulted in new pests on the island. Long ago, white weed was valued as a pretty flower, now it is rapidly spreading across farms, gardens, grazing land and protected areas, taking over the place. Having fewer people farming has resulted in abandoned plots in a less intensively managed landscape, making things easy for weeds like white weed and wild mango, and pests such as rabbits and pheasants.

Our native and endemic species suffer as much from pests as do we and our crops. The gumwoods at Peak Dale were badly infested by a mealybug in the 1990s and were saved from possible extinction by the timely introduction of a biological control agent, the ladybird Hyperaspis. Current problems, apart from weed invasion of the protected areas, include rabbits nibbling at the young seedlings being planted in the Millennium Forest and Blue Point by the Community Forests Project at the National Trust and EMD, and around the airport construction site by the LEMP.

The presence of pests, weeds and diseases should be seen as symptoms of a problem, careful observation of which will suggest the correct solution. Sometimes this is about hygiene, protection such as fencing or management to encourage natural enemies; sometimes pesticide spraying. Local knowledge and experience is invaluable, knowing what works best. Check out ANRD webpage http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/integrated-pest-management/ for information for farmers, including Guidance Notes on peach tree care, rabbit fencing, cold storage, and information on seed potato varieties as well as Codes of Best Practice for pesticide users; or call Jill Key or Rosie Peters on 24724 for hard copies, or Georgina Young on 22500 for information and hard copies of leaflets on Public Health pests.

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Invitation to Tender

The Saint Helena Government wishes to invite suitably experienced contractors to submit tenders for the Refurbishment of No 9 Ladder Hill Barracks.

A copy of the Tender Document can be obtained from Friday 21 November at 9:00am

Please contact: - Miss Nicola YoungProcurement Offi cerEssex HouseJamestownTelephone No: 22270 or email [email protected]

For further information, and to arrange a site visit, please contact the Project Manager, Mr Glen Owen, on telephone 23608 or email [email protected]

The closing date by which completed tenders are to be placed in the Tender Box at Essex House is Friday 5th December 2014 at 12:00 Noon.

Interested parties should note that this opportunity is not being advertised overseas

¿Habla usted español?

Do you speak Spanish? If not, do you want to try?

If so, come to an Absolute Beginners Spanish class in January 2015

This fun relaxed class is for anyone

Or if you didn’t learn Spanish at school or just want to learn another language

For further information and registration please contact Training & Re-Training Coordinator onTelephone 22607 or email: [email protected]

Date Starting Thursday 15th January 2015Duration 1.5hrs per week

Time 4:30pm - 6pmVenue Lifelong Learning CentreTutor Alison Laycock

Closing Date Monday 1st December 2014

SHG UK REPRESENTATIVE’S OFFICE

NEW CONTACT DETAILS

The public is advised that the SHG UK Representative, Mrs Kedell Worboys MBE and her team will be moving offi ce on Thursday 20 November 2014.

The new offi ce will resume its normal functions from Friday 21 November 2014.

The contact details for the new offi ce are:

Address: The St Helena Government UK Offi ceAlliance House12 Caxton StreetLondonSW1H 0QS

Telephone: 0203187610SHG18 November 2014

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called safe haven marine, in 2005. Mr Herne explained that he use to operate “The Gannet and The Ocean Wave.” He told us that when the boat arrived it was bigger than what he expected. Mr Herne bought this spectacular boat for fi shing, game sports fi shing and all tours around the coast of St Helena. The En-chanted Isle is a new beginning in St. Hel-ena’s crystal clear waters.When on the boat you could feel the power behind the engine. After sitting outside for a while I took a look inside. There in front of me was the most shiny and comfortable, aircraft style, red and black seats I had ever seen. Mr Johnny Herne’s son Alex was driv-ing the boat, I felt safe in his hands. Alex gained his experience from his father. The boat carries a full complement of safety equipment and lifesaving appliances and a full array of electronic equipment to maxi-mise safety whilst at sea. Mr Johnny Herne described the boat in three words modern, fast and capable. This extraordinary boat is defi nitely these three words Modern-It is the Lamborghini of the sea. Fast-The high performance engine cuts through the waves like a rocket. Capable-It is safe, comfortable and well built.My advice to you is if you haven’t been on the mind blowing, extraordinary Enchanted Isle then GO!!! It offers fantastic hospitality, affordable prices and brilliant tours.-Kyla Louise Joshua, Year 6

St Pauls Primary School PageThe Year 5/6 at St Paul’s Primary School had the fantastic opportunity of a trip on ‘The Enchanted Isle’. This was a brilliant learning environment for pupils that generated lots of ideas and discussion for their Literacy topic. Thank you to St Paul’s PTA and Mr Johnny Herne and crew for helping to enable this.Pupils wrote about their experiences with their attempts at journalist writing. Here are a few examples of their work:

On the 5th November 2014, I had the opportunity to go on a Dolphin trip in Mr Johnny Herne’s boat, the’ Enchanted Isle’. He greeted Year5/6 pupils at the wharf and straight away I felt safe in his hands. He has surely proved to us that he has excellent hos-pitality skills and is a fantastic skipper.The boat is extremely comfortable, safe and being on it was like a peaceful dream. Whilst sitting out on deck the wind blew through my hair and the sun shone on me, I felt amazing and relaxed!Inside of the boat is very posh. It has the most amazing aircraft style seating, a small but very nice sleeping area, automatic toilet

and a small kitchen space. The boat is well equipped for whatever trip you go on.We had the opportunity to go around the RMS, and then headed out into the crystal clear Sea. Mr Graham Sim not only told us about the dol-phins but also about the Historical sites on the coast. Straight out of Horse Pasture we started to see the Pan Tropical dolphins where they

did a brilliant display of jumping and leaping out of the water.If you have not been on the Number 100 boat in James Bay then you are missing out on a fantastic time. The boat offers a range of tours so contact Mr Herne for further information. This was a brilliant experience for me and I would like to thank Mr Herne for a brilliant trip.-Brooke Yon, Year 5

On the 5th of November 2014 my class and I went on Mr. Johnny Herne’s amazing Boat called The Enchanted Isle. We got there by travelling on the bus from school to the sea front. There was a little bit of commotion at the sea side because the RMS St. Helena was in the harbour and the work men were busy with lots of containers and the big TREX was knocking about. At the bottom of the steps my class and I had to put on life jackets, some of them were big and yellow and some had rafts inside it in case you fell overboard. I told my friend that “the Enchanted Isle was bigger than what I had expected.” We were told that the boat can carry up to 16 passages, but Johnny was trying to put more seats in the back of the boat so it could carry more people, possibly 32 to 33 people. Alex (the boats driver, Johnny’s son) took us around the RMS. When we had been around the RMS, we then went out to sea. After a while we saw some Pan Tropical Dolphins right of Horse Pasture. Mr Graham Sim said “that there were approximately 200 to 300 dolphins swimming around.” Johnny asked the class who would like to drive the boat. I went to drive the boat but I couldn’t see out of the window. Inside The Enchanted Isle were these comfortable red chairs, they looked and felt like plane chairs. It was very homely in the boat because it has a stove, heating, a bed and an automatic toilet with one button so the water comes in and one to let the water back

out. I was sitting on a white chair outside that turned out to be the 700 horse power cat en-gine. The boat has tremendous speed that goes up to 27 knots. The Enchanted Isle weighs 11 tonnes, and it is also 42 feet long and 14 feet wide. The boat was built at Safe Haven Ma-rine; it is a 42 Interstater model. Johnny used the words safe, fast and reliable to describe his boat. If the boat had sunk a raft would pop up from the top of the boat. The boat was made in 2005 and she is about 9 years old. Johnny took us over to Egg Island; we saw some brown and black noddys and sea gulls. There was a lot of noise at Egg Island, the noises were birds chirping out loud and children screaming and talking. I recommend that everybody who wants a dolphin trip or a trip around the Island book a ticket to The En-chanted Isle. -Cerys Joshua

The Porsche of the Sea!!On the 5th November 2014 my class and I made history. We went on the amazing new boat called “The Enchanted Isle”. On the boat I felt like a Princess. The reason for going was for educational purposes but it felt like a vaca-tion to me. This incredible boat belongs to Mr Johnny Herne. Mr Graham Sims was his tour guide. This boat has a 700 Hz power CAT en-gine and can go up to 50 miles per hour, in oth-er words 29 knots. The boat weighs 11 tonne and is 9 years old; it is 14 feet wide and 42 feet long. This boat is an interceptor 42 and was an US coast guard patrol made by a company

Contributed by St Pauls Primary Photo: Johnny Herne

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An exci ng tourism opportunity for local businesses on St Helena

What is the World Arc Rally?

The World ARC is a round-the-world adventure taking place over 15 months and covering 26,000 nau cal miles.

Following the classic trade winds route, the rally avoids regions of poli cal instability, piracy and the storm seasons in both hemispheres. The pace of the rally allows the fleet to stay together, and to enjoy shore-side ac vi es as a group, mixing together cruising and me to explore.

St Helena As previously the rally will once again include St Helena between 19 and 23 January 2015 before sailing on to Salvador, Brazil. St Helena Island is excited to welcome the Rally back and hopes to make this an unforge able experience for the crew members of the 20 yachts that are par cipa ng.

St Helena Tourism would like to hear from local businesses and tour operators who would be prepared to offer island tours for 70 World Arc par cipants on Thursday, 22 January 2015. Details of how you plan to make this a memorable experience will be most welcome.

The World Arc Rally will visit St Helena again in 2017.

You can follow the World Arc Rally too by going to the event website:

h p://www.worldcruising.com/world_arc/event.aspx

World Arc Rally 2015

If you would you like to learn more about the World Arc Rally or you are interested in providing a world class experience for our visitors then we would love to hear from you.

Contact: Chris na Stroud, Tourism officer at Tourism on tel. 22158 or by emailing Chris [email protected]

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CHURCH NOTICESwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 20 November 2014

Activities at the Army this weekend

Saturday 22nd NovemberRefreshments stall at the craft fair at the Jamestown community centre at

10am to 4pmSunday 23rd November 2014

No jam club.Morning service at the Half Tree Hollow hall

at 11am. All are welcome.

Mondays - Mums & Toddlers at 10am – Half Tree Hollow Hall. Please note there will NOT be any Mums & Toddlers when it is school holidays

or if the Monday is a Public Holiday.

Every Tuesday Home League (Ladies Fellowship) at the Half Tree

Hollow Hall at 3.30pm.

Every Wednesday EveningPrayer meeting & Bible study at the Half Tree

Hollow Hall at 7.30pm. All are welcome.

Friday revive café & thrift shop opens from 10am to 1pm.

Still lots of great bargains.

Advance NoticeSunday 30th November

Bring & share lunch at the sandy bay community centre at 12.30pm. Then at 3pm there will be an advent carol service and this will be folowed by

tea and refreshments. All are welcome. There is always a warm welcome for you at the

Salvation Army.If you would like to know more about The Salva-tion Army’s activities, contact Lt. Coral Yon on Tel nos 2703/4358. Take care and God bless.

FaithMatters

Seventh Day AdventistSaturday 22 November9:15- 10:40am- Sabbath School11:00- 12:00- Divine Service2:00- 3:00pm - Youth ProgrammeMonday 24 NovemberBible Study at home of Pam and Lionel Joshua.Tuesday 25 November 7:30- 8:30pm Bible Study at the Home of Mrs Beatrice Stroud - Horse PastureWednesday 26 November7:30- 8:30pm- Prayer Meeting in Church

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND Further contact: Paul Millin, Tel: 22267

Will the real Jesus please stand up!While some may be offended by the apparent indignity of my title, the reality is that there exist many false perceptions of this enigmatic Man. No wonder! Perhaps no other Person has been as misunderstood, maligned, even hated, than the Man of Galilee. In the course of my life I have encountered many of these. How can we tell which is true or false, since the ordinary reader may be confused? That is simple: go to the source, the Bible, but beware of those which have been carefully mistranslated to portray a false Jesus. The Bible contains eye-witness accounts of those who knew Him intimately, and His teachings. It even warns of those who will distort both His Person and His message: “...if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you re-ceived, or a different gospel from the one you accepted…(II Corinthians 11:4). So what are these different views? Here are some:1.One religion claim to believe in Jesus, but denies His divinity (that He is God), deny His crucifi xion, and claim a later “prophet” is superior in rank to Him.2.Some Christian sects deny His divinity and assign to Him a sort of lesser divinity (He is not “God” but “a god”)

which fl ies in the face of the commandment “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3), through a deliberate mistranslation of John 1:1 and other passages.3.Then there are those theologians who believe that the Bible is not reliable, or deny that God could (or would) perform actual miracles, and assume that many events (like turning water into wine or raising the dead) are re-ally myths with no factual basis, leaving the way open to re-interpret the message of the Bible into whatever they please, usually watered down moralities, tailored to suit modern ethical and social thinking. Who, then, is the real Jesus? While much had been writ-ten, let me attempt to give some pointers: (space does not permit all Bible verses, but I will gladly show them)1.He is the Son of God (that is a reference to His posi-tion within the Godhead, and has nothing to do with His “origin”)2.He is the “Jehovah” of the Old Testament. (There are several places which suggest this, and since this may raise some eyebrows, compare Isaiah 44:6 and Revelation 1:17&18)3.He is the Creator. (with the Spirit also active in creation)4.He is human. This took place when Mary conceived. He remains human, even after His Resurrection and Ascen-sion. He is both God and Man.5.He is the Saviour. This means that through His sub-stitutionary death, those who repent of their sins and call upon Him for mercy and forgiveness, receive the author-ity to become sons of the Father, and co-heirs with Jesus (in effect becoming His brothers, though not attaining His divinity).6.He is the Judge of all mankind. Every human who ever lived will stand before Him to be judged.7.He will return, establish His kingdom on earth for a pe-

riod (the Millenium) after which the “eternal state” will be established, with the present universe being destroyed in favour of a “New Heaven and a New Earth”.Some may wonder where the Father is in all this. Well, in a word, the Father planned it all and the Son executed it and the Holy Spirit (the third Person of the Godhead) empowers it. Do you disagree? Please feel free to discuss this with me. I would like to meet you.

DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENAThe Cathedral Parish of St Paul Sunday 23 November8.00 a.m. Eucharist Cathedral11.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist St An-

drew11.15 p.m. Sung Eucharist

St Helena & The Cross5.30 p.m Choral Evensong Cathedral

Thursday 27 November 10.00 a.m. Mass Arabia

The Parish of St James Sunday 23 November Christ the King 9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist St James7.30 p.m Evensong St John

Wednesday 26 November 7.30 a.m. Eucharist St James

Thursday 27 November 7.00 p.m. Eucharist with Healing St JohnParish of St MatthewSunday 23 November Christ the King 11.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist St Matthew

Tuesday 25 November 7.00 p.m. Eucharist St Mark

BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org

BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods

DEVOTIONAL MEETING THURSDAY EVENINGS at 8pm. ALL ARE WELCOME

For info. Telephone 24525“ Religion is the light of the world and the progress, achievement and happiness of man result from obe-dience to the laws set down in the Holy Books.”

Abdu’l-Baha

BAPTIST NOTICESSaturday 22nd NovemberPrayer meeting 7:00 am SandyBay ChapelSunday 23rd NovemberChurch Services:Family Worship Service, 8:45 am, Sandy Bay Chapel(Leader & Lord’s Table: Stedson Peters; Preacher: Nick Williams)Family Worship Service, 10:45 am, Head O’Wain Chapel (Leader, Lord’s Table & Preacher: Vincent March)Divine Service, 3:00 pm, Community Care Centre, HTH(Leader and Sermon: Pastor)Family Worship Service, 6:00 pm, Jamestown Chapel(Leader & Lord’s Table: Brian Thomas; Preacher: Arthur Beckett)Other activities:Sunday School, 10:00 am, Baptist Manse, JamestownPrayer Meeting, 5:00 pm, Jamestown School-roomTuesday 25th NovemberBible Study & Refreshments, 7:30 pm, Jamestown Schoolroom (Led by Pastor)Wednesday 26th NovemberBible Study, 7:30 pm, Harford Community Centre (Led by Arthur and Hazel), Long-woodThursday 27th NovemberBible Study, 5:30 pm, Sandy Bay Chapel

(Led by Pastor)Bible Study, 7:30 pm, Blue Hill Community Centre (Led by Pastor)

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Biosecurity St Helena

ANRD Vaccination Programme to Protect Chickens Against

Newcastle Disease The vaccine is free and very simple to administer - you put it in the chickens’ drinking water. ANRD will prepare batches of fresh vaccine and bring it to a distribution point. For details of the second (and last) week’s distribution please see below:

District: Alarm Forest Date: 24 November 2014 Collection Points Times Times Alarm Forest Police Post 10.00am 4.30pm Gordon’s Post Junction 10.45am 5.15pm Dungeon 11.45am 5.45pm Brown Hill 12.15pm 6.00pm

District: Sandy Bay Date: 26 November 2014 Collection Points Times Times Sandy Bay Chapel 10.00am 4.30pm Bamboo Hedge 10.45am 5.15pm Pine Gate 11.45am 5.45pm Community Centre 1.00pm 6.00pm

District: Jamestown/Rupert’s Date: 28 November 2014 Collection Points Times Times New Bridge 10.00am 4.30pm Briars Junction 10.45am 5.00pm Rupert’s 11.30am 5.30pm

Here’s what PRODUCERS have to do:

1. Take away drinking water from your chickens for 2 hours before you collect the vaccine, but leave feed. This means they will drink the vaccinated water very quickly.

2. Ensure that all the drinking water bowls have been washed using untreated water (not chlorinated). Treated or chlorinated water will kill the vaccine. Do not use any disinfectant and let the water bowls drain dry.

3. Collect the vaccine in a bottle that has been washed with untreated water (not chlorinated). A used drinking water bottle is ideal.

4. Once you have collected the vaccine take it home and use it immediately: put it in the cleaned drinking water bowls and offer it to the thirsty chickens. The vaccine will only work when it is fresh.

5. Protect the area in your pen or coop where you feed the chickens from wild birds with fine mesh, so they don’t get in to spread the disease.

Untreated water can be collected from standpipes at the following locations: Scotland (near the fire tank) Hutts Gate (near the treatment plant) Castle Gardens, Jamestown Woody Ridge Casons

POULTRY OWNERS IN THESE AREAS - Please phone ANRD on 24724 to advise the Vet Section of your chicken numbers by FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2014 for the week beginning 24 November.

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Job Vacancy

Power Station & Wind Turbine Assistant

The main purpose of this job is to provide practical support to the Electricity Generation Team.

Duties include:Assisting with routine maintenance and repairs to the wind turbinesAssisting with monitoring and adjustment of fuel, air, & lubricant levelsGeneral upkeep and cleanliness of the wind farm and power station.

Applicants will need to demonstrate the following skills:be willing and able to climb and work at heights of up to 20metresgood communication skills and ability to follow instructions a methodical approach to work good attention to detail.

The power station is manned 24/7. This position includes a requirement to provide relief shift cover which will include weekends, nights and Public Holidays. Applicants

must be willing to work flexible hours as and when required.

Application forms and a job description can be obtained from our Administration Office at Seales Corner, Jamestown, by telephoning 22255 or by e-mail to

[email protected]

Starting salary for this post is £6,400. The closing date for completed applications is Monday 1 December 2014.

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If you are in the private sector and would like to study towards formal Management Qualifica ons via Distance Learning, Enterprise St Helena and The Lifelong Learning Team would love to hear from you. Funding is currently available to support Distance Learning courses that are focused on enhancing the skills of business owners and/or employees of businesses, ideally leading to entry level qualifica ons in specific areas of Management such as: Project Management, Business Management, Accountancy and Financial Management, Leadership Management, or Hospitality Management. It is intended that full support and funding will be provided, as well as access to an on-island mentor where possible. Addi onally, we would be interested to hear from individuals or businesses that may be in a posi on to offer local mentoring support on island in the areas iden fied.

For further informa on please contact Angie Benjamin at the Lifelong Learning Team on 22607 or via email to: training@educa on.gov.sh

Management Training Opportunities

Enterprise St Helena | PO Box 117 | Jamestown | St Helena Island | South Atlantic Ocean | STHL 1ZZ

Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: [email protected] |

The Economic Development Group | Head Ofic| ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: [email protected]

2onMain Training Restaurant Opening & Closing Times Christmas / New Year 2014/15

Wednesday 24th December Closed Thursday 25th December Closed Friday 26th December Closed Tuesday 30th December Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Wednesday 31st December Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Thursday 1st January Closed Friday 2nd January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Saturday 3rd January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Tuesday 06th January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Wednesday 07th January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Thursday 08th January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals Friday 09th January Open 11.00am to 3.30pm for light meals

Normal Opening Times Week Commencing Monday 12th January 2015

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Evenings Seating Bookings 6pm to 7.30pm

For further information please call 22110 We would like to wish all our

Customers & Suppliers A Very Merry Christmas &

A Happy Healthy New Year.

Julia Benjamin will be upstairs in the

market on the 27th November, 8.30am-1pm

Selling clothes. Come along and

get a bargain.

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Monthly Newsletter from The Environmental Management Division

Environmental Management Division | Scotland| St Pauls | STHL 1ZZ Tel - (+ 290) 24724 Email – [email protected]

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Deputy Manager for the MET Office, Bottom Woods, Lorimar Bennett departed the Island on Friday 29th August 2014 to undertake training in Exeter and Camborne provided by the UK MET Office. Lorimar arrived back on Island on the 29th October 2014 having received training in Synoptic Surface Observations and Radiosonde Upper Air Ascents (weather balloon) at the MET Office HQ in Exeter. Lorimar said “I found the training beneficial to my role and I look forward to sharing my experience with current and future staff; the MET Office has a fantastic facility and it was great to see how our information is utilised in the global monitoring process”.

STAFF TRAINING Staff movements

Kayleigh Harris and Marayka Henry have commenced apprenticeships with the SHNT community forests project. As part of this they will spend at least one day per week working with Vanessa Thomas and her team in the Terrestrial Conservation section of EMD.

At the beginning of this month we welcomed Karl Martin who has taken up the post of Environmental Assistant (Monitoring and Assessment)

In October we said goodbye to Clint Scipio (Climate Change and Pollution Officer – part-time). We wish him well for his future.

At the end of November EMD will say goodbye to Liza White (Invertebrate Co-ordinator), we would like to say thank you to Liza for all her hard work and we wish her well in the future.

Lourans Malan and Graham Leo have been on a 3 week training programme with SANSPARK in Cape Town, which covered a wide range of issues, including managing protected areas, including invasive species, habitat management and guiding. EMD would like to thank St. Helena Tourism for funding this training.

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Shayla Ellick is currently at the University of York studying for MRes in carbon sequestration. As part of this Shayla has been awarded the inaugural David Macdonald Fellowship, and will get the opportunity to visit the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University as well as visit the Darwin secretariat and attend the annual OT’s reception in London.

Key areas of work covered in EMD since August 2014

Solid waste management project – phase 1: Horse Point landfill site redevelopment contract completed within scope and budget

Solid waste management project – phase 2: Hazardous waste management started

Airport wildlife hazard management plan – Bird strike report completed

Climate change policy – Statement of intent, ‘A sustainable living strategy for St. Helena’ completed

Pollution incident(s) management

Recycling forum

General ongoing environmental support to the airport project

Environmental assessments of new/planned developments and projects

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The Workshop team

New apprentice in the Marine Section

Since June the Marine Section was joined by our new marine apprentice Dwayne-Eddie Joshua. Eddie as he likes to be called was interested in this area of work because he had previous experience in this field and enjoyed it. It also allows him to work closely with and see animals within the marine environment. Eddie has participated in all work areas which to date includes side scan sonar and drop down camera work as part of our habitat mapping and verification work through our Darwin bid. He has also participated in our monthly seabird colony and nest monitoring at various sites around the island using different techniques. With all fieldwork Eddie also gets an opportunity to enter or verify data brought back to help his understanding of reasons for collecting good reliable data and what data is used for. Eddie will shortly be learning to dive to allow him to participate in other areas of the Marine Section’s work.

New Legislation for the marine environment

Two pieces of legislation have been approved relating to the marine environment. They are The Protection of Wrecks and Marine Archaeological Heritage Ordinance, 2014 and The Spear Guns Control Ordinance, 2014

The Protection of Wrecks and Marine Archaeological Heritage Ordinance, 2014 is aimed to protect all eight known wrecks and any marine artifacts. It is illegal to penetrate any protected wreck, tamper with, damage or remove any part of a protected wreck. It also provides a 100m buffer zone around the wreck which prohibits sand pumping, spearfishing and groundfish fishing with the exception of bait fishing.

In August, in preparation for deploying the GPS data loggers onto red-billed tropicbirds, the Marine Section monitored the colonies of red-billed tropicbirds at Ladder Hill. In September the loggers were deployed.

The nesting cavities are being checked on a daily basis with some surprising results. We recorded 21 nesting attempts but unfortunately some nests that had chicks failed. It is thought the high predation risk from feral cats and rats may have played a part in their demise and as a consequence cat trapping was conducted in the area. Cat owners at Ladder Hill and Half Tree Hollow were encouraged to get their pet’s micro chipped so that if their pets were caught they could have been returned to their owners.

Interestingly from the 31 recaptured birds that were ringed last year (fitted with a uniquely numbered metal ring onto their leg), an astonishing 74% were found in the same cavity. Also 78% of nesting adults this year were using the same cavity as last year suggesting they are very site faithful. For more information on this work watch this space or contact the Marine Section at Essex House.

Red-billed tropicbird monitoring on St. Helena – update 1

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‘THANK YOU’ “EMD would like to extend a very heartfelt ‘thank you’ to Mrs Sandra Sim, Mr Sean Burns and ‘His Excellency The Governor’ for considering and granting funding out of the ‘Governor’s dedicated Fund’ to our dedicated ‘Visitor and Educational Centre’ here at Scotland Nursery. It is hoped that our enhanced facility will promote the work that we do and raise public awareness, for local people and visitors, of the importance of St Helena’s endemic flora.

DEADWOOD WALKING

In mid-2013 the last know wild population of She Cabbage Trees (Lachanodesarborea) died out at the area known as Osborne’s. As tragic as this was, the legacy of this site lived on in the populations of invertebrates living on the deadwood.

Deadwood is an important habitat type for many invertebrate species. On St Helena in particular, many of the endemic fungus weevils require varying degrees of decaying wood and the fungi that grow on it to complete their life cycle.

As many of the invertebrates that rely on the deadwood are small and flightless, their ability to disperse to other areas is limited. Osborne’s site is remote from other She Cabbage woodlands and so, once the deadwood is utilised at this site, the populations of invertebrates will die out before the newly planted She Cabbage Trees produce enough deadwood to maintain the invertebrate populations.

The decision was made to relocate the She Cabbage deadwood from Osborne’s to another site at Beal’s where She Cabbage Trees have been planted in the past, along with other endemic plants such as Rosemary (Phylicapolifolia) and Redwood (Trochetiopsiserythroxylon). At Beal’s site there is a mixture of mature healthy living trees along with a few dead and dying trees. The deadwood taken from Osborne’s is at varying stages of decay that will allow a gradual transition to the newly dead wood of the trees on site.

The team of five brought together Liza White and Dave Higgins of SHG’s Environmental Management Division, David Pryce and Phil Lambdon of the St Helena National Trust and the land owner Rebecca Cairns-Wicks. The dead trees were cut into manageable sizes to be carried up the hill and put into the back of the Land Rover. They were then driven to the new site and carried down-hill to the new site. Here they were placed alongside the newly dead and dying trees with the hope that the invertebrate populations will establish on the new deadwood.

It is important to protect these invertebrate species, not only to conserve St Helena’s unique biodiversity, but for the vital role they play in the ecosystem as deadwood composters, and providers of new soils.

Liza White EMD Invertebrate Co-ordinator

Public Reminder

A reminder to Contractors that West Rocks is not a dumping ground – recently various contractors have been observed depositing wastes at West Rocks including; construction rubble, washing down cement trucks etc.

Contractors are reminded that the only designated area for waste is Horse Point Landfill Site and persons depositing wastes in other areas including West Rocks may be prosecuted.

Thank You.

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Two competitions were played over the week-end. On Saturday in dry, but windy, conditions 16 players took part in the 18 hole modifi ed Stableford.Larry Legg was back in the top spot with a very good plus 12 and he was closely followed by Mike Harper on plus 11. Larry has a handicap of 7 and Mike 12. Larry was the only player to hole out in two when he had an eagle on the par four second hole.On Sunday, in dry and much calmer conditions, 24 players took to the fi eld for the 18 hole Sta-bleford for the second of our Turkey and Ham competitions.Despite the dry conditions there were some good scores and worthy of mention was Nicky Stevens on 36 points. In the runner up spot was Donald Bowers on a very good 37 points to win the Ham, but one point better was veteran player Gerald (Whistler) George on 38 points to scope the Turkey. Gerald shot net 66, two un-der par and had one stroke deducted from his handicap and is once again in single fi gure of 9. Donald has a handicap of 18. Only two players holed out in two to share the ball pool; Larry (again) on par three fi rst hole and Roy Reynolds on par three seventh hole.Congratulations to the winners. Competitions for next week: On Saturday there will be an 18 hole (Stroke play) two team Texas Scramble (choose your own partner). This competition is

sponsored by Colin and Helen Owen and will be followed by curry and rice for those tak-ing part. The ‘Par Threes’ will be making an appearance and will entertain the players with some live music.On Sunday, starting at 11am, will be the ladies monthly medal followed at 12noon by the gents in an 18 hole stroke play. Please sign list on the

club notice board.The club will be organising a raffl e for a Xmas Hamper and is looking for donations from members. Please sign against a list of items posted on club notice board by 30 November.I will be off island from 20 November to 15 De-cember, during this time Brian (Dinky boy) Yon Vice Captain and Helena (Foxy) Stevens Lady Captain will manage the club’s affairs. Please give them your full support during this time. Stay safe, have a good week, and keep swinging!

GOLF NEWS St Helena Golf Club Report Week ending 6 April 2014

Contributed by Lawson Henry

Shhh... New Asian Restaurant OpensAugust Graham, SAMS

A new establishment has opened on the Jamestown food scene. The Fusions.sh res-taurant will be focussing on various Far-East Asian cuisines and offering a set menu on Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday. Founders Bill and Fe’ Scanes told The Sentinel this was an opportunity for them to offer something new. Business on Tuesday, when they fi rst opened, was expectedly slow, however “it was better than one might expect.” On Saturday a beef, pork and chicken barbeque will be on of-fer, however it is recommended that customers book in advance as a good turnout is expected.

Fusions.sh Operating at Consulate Hotel. Tue, Thur - Sat, 11.00-14.00, 17.00-21.00. Eat-in or take-away.

For enquiries and bookings phone Fe' on 23263 Low price dishes which are a fusion of oriental recipes, offering a different daily Small selection of tasty dishes. small selection results in small wastage and ability to offer Quick, tasty, hot meals at lowest possible price. Just £3.50 per meal. (Including Saturday Night 22nd Nov Chinese Barbeque - Advanced booking highly recommended) Menu changes Daily. Check "St Helena Bring and buy" for the coming weeks daily menus or look at menu at Consulate Hotel.

Low price dishes which are a fusion of oriental recipes, offering a different daily Small selection of tasty dishes. small selection results in small wastage and ability to offer Quick, tasty, hot meals at lowest possible price.

Menu changes Daily. Check "St Helena Bring and buy" for the coming weeks daily menus or look at menu at Consulate Hotel.

Fusions.sh Operating at Consulate Hotel. Tue, Thur - Sat, 11.00-14.00, 17.00-21.00. Eat-in or take-away.

For enquiries and bookings phone Fe' on 23263 Low price dishes which are a fusion of oriental recipes, offering a different daily Small selection of tasty dishes. small selection results in small wastage and ability to offer Quick, tasty, hot meals at lowest possible price. Just £3.50 per meal. (Including Saturday Night 22nd Nov Chinese Barbeque - Advanced booking highly recommended) Menu changes Daily. Check "St Helena Bring and buy" for the coming weeks daily menus or look at menu at Consulate Hotel.

Bill and Fe’ Scanes

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Ascension FOOTBALL

Rastabouts 2 - 1 VC MilanMOM: Robert Yon

Catherine Leo, Ascension Island RASTA’S CHAMPIONSThis year’s Flipper Cup Final would be con-tested between VC Milan and Rastabouts, ar-guably the two best teams on Ascension at the moment, and a great contest was anticipated.Rastabouts kicked off and the game was im-mediately played at a fast pace. Nerves were prominent with both teams giving away pos-session easily. Despite the game being up tem-po, there was scrappiness and, at this point, the Rasta’s were the threatening team. After a cou-ple of attempts off target the Rasta’s broke the deadlock just past the 15 minute mark. Player of the Match Robbie Yon made a fantastic break forward, beating the defenders. His timely cross fell for Scott, but keeper Bagley kept the ball from crossing the line, however, from the scramble that ensued, Dominic even-tually fi red the loose ball into the back of the net. The Rasta’s were now playing with more confi dence. VC, whose strength is normally their wingers, were playing a narrow game and were unable to spread the play. Their game plan did not appear to be working. Just short of the half time whistle the Rastabouts doubled their lead. A free-kick was delivered from deep in the Rasta’s half, which fell to Robbie who carried the ball forward and with the keeper advancing, made a perfect chip over the keep-ers head. The half ended 2-0 to Rastabouts.VC Milan started the second half quickly

and seemed determined to get back into the match, but the Rastabouts defence held strong. Near the hour mark the game began to fade, but a series of substitutions from both teams sparked it back into life. It was diffi cult to see where VC’s goal was going to come from un-til they were gifted an opportunity around the 77th minute. Perhaps with a lack of concentra-tion, Rastabouts keeper decided to play a short ball to defender Fagan. Josh pounced winning the ball and placed an inch perfect cross for Chris to head in. VC almost equalised minutes later when a tantalising ball across the goal mouth was delivered by Chris but Scott slid-ing in could not get on the end. Rastabouts hung on and with the fi nal whistle came cheers of jubilation as they became the Flipper Cup 2014 Champions.

Rastabouts lift the Flipper Cup 2014

Aaron Boot on the ball for VC Milan

Player of the Tournament, Robert Yon

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SENTINEL SPORTwww.sams.sh Thursday 20 November 2014 | THE SENTINEL

Tennis: Rafael Nadal says it is his goal to be fully fi t for the Australian Open and competi-tive enough to challenge for a 15th Grand Slam title. Nadal missed the ATP World Tour Finals in London after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix. The 28-year-old has also battled knee, wrist and back problems, with doctors confi rming his rehabilitation included stem cell treatment. “I have a month before Australia to get to my best level,” said Nadal. “I hope to be healthy enough to work as much as I need and want, and if that happens I really feel confi dent I can come back strong.” Nadal, who won the the French Open title in June for the ninth time in 10 years, will begin his comeback in an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi on 1 January. Football: Germany infl icted Spain’s fi rst home defeat under manager Vicente del Bosque as Toni Kroos’s late goal proved enough for the world champions.The Real Madrid midfi elder saw a low shot from 20 yards fumbled into the net by substi-tute goalkeeper Kiko Casilla, who was making his debut.It was a friendly of little quality, with Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller limping off through injury in the fi rst half.Spain debutant and Celta Vigo forward Nolito went closest for the hosts, seeing a 20-yard shot turned away by goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler.Germany had lost their three previous encoun-ters against Spain, including the Euro 2008 fi -nal and the World Cup 2010 semi-fi nal.Del Bosque, who has been Spain boss since 2008, saw his side knocked out of the World Cup in the fi rst round in Brazil and a defeat to Germany caps a miserable year.Formula 1: McLaren are to delay the an-nouncement of their 2015 driver line-up until December as they decide who should partner Fernando Alonso. McLaren chairman Ron Dennis has to decide between existing team drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen. The team said on its Twitter account: “We know you’re awaiting news on our driver line-up. We’ll announce after 1 December - you’ll hear it here fi rst.” Double world champion Alonso’s move from Ferrari is yet to be announced. Dennis had been leaning towards retaining Magnussen, 22, who is coming to the end of his fi rst season in Formula 1. But 2009 world champion Button lies seventh in the world championship standings with 106 points, compared to the 55 of Denmark’s Mag-nussen. - All stories from bbc.co.uk

continued from back pagestem the fl ow of runs and the barrage of big hits continued with the arrival of Dane ‘Sixes’ Leo at the middle. Clingham and Dane Leo saw the score to a healthy 149 before Cling-ham was out caught Moyce, bowled Araujo and the Levelwood tail was exposed. The tail enders combined with Dane Leo and Allstars were eventually bowled for 225, helped by the 25 extras bowled by Dolphins younger bowl-ers.In reply HTH started their run chase steadily. Ruan Dippenaar held steady, scoring 13 and Norman Thomas rolled back the years posting an accomplished 26, providing a supporting role for the more aggressive Klienhans who notched up an intelligent 72 before he was out caught Stefun Leo bowled Shavone Leo.

The wicket of Thomas was secured quickly after, bowled Leon Legg. Chris Owen added 6 before he was bowled by Stefun Leo and AllStars seemed to be edging their way back into the game. The shift in momentum saw the coveted wicket of Tris Moyce secured for a duck by way of a run-out. Talks of an Allstars comeback were quickly quelled when Dolphins youngster David Young strode to the crease. The normally ag-gressive batsman played a gem of an innings, nudging ones and twos, rotating the strike leaving Mike Araujo (42*), who was in fi ne form to strike the boundaries. With just 9 runs to go, Young was out bowled, but the job had already been done. Araujo, completed the run chase in fi ne style with a maximum struck back over the bowlers head. The defending

Allstars’ Sanjay “Lips” Allstars’ Sanjay “Lips” Clingham playing a Clingham playing a shot on Saturdayshot on Saturday

Allstars’ batsman facing one Allstars’ batsman facing one of Darnies speedy bowlsof Darnies speedy bowls

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CRICKET RESULTSSaturday 15 November 2014Levelwood Rebels Western A Mustangs

108Paul Crowie, 22Antonio Green, 5/17 (7)

109/8Belfred Knipe, 45*Aiden Leo, 4/19 (6)

Levelwood Allstars HTH DolphinsBelfred Knipe 3, Antonio Green 2, Paul Crowie 1

CRICKET FIXTURESSaturday 22 November - 8.45amJamestown Zodiacs vs Western B Warriors1.15pmJ/T Barracudas vs Sandy Bay Pirates

Sunday 23 November - 8.45amLevelwood Allstars vs Western A Mustangs1.15pmLevelwood Rebels vs St Pauls B

Organiser: HTH Dolphins

Organiser: St Matthews Lions

230/6Darnie Kleinhans, 72Darnie Kleinhans, 3/21 (7)

225Dane Leo, 76Dane Leo, 2/24 (5)Darnie Kleinhans 3, Dane Leo 2, Mike Araujo 1

Sunday 16 November 2014J/Town Barracudas St Pauls B

96Ajay Bennett, 24Ajay Bennett 2/29 (7)

299/5Gavin George, 121Andrew Yon, 5/28 (7)

St Matthews Lions Sandy Bay PiratesGavin George 3, Andrew Yon 2, Carlyn Yon 1

67Mark Isaac, 19Lynton Fowler, 3/46 (7)

283/4Nick Stevens, 87Chris Dawson, 7/12 (4)Chris Dawson 3, Nick Stevens 2, Phillip Stroud 1

champions had been defeated in the fi rst game of their defence.In other games on the weekend. Levelwood Rebels edged an entertaining low scoring

match against Western Mustangs, and both Jamestown Barracuda’s and St Matthews Li-ons, completed convincing victories over St Pauls B and Sandy Pirates respectively.

Jamestown Rifl e ClubPat Henry, Chairman JTRCSHOOTINGNEWS

It’s been another interesting and exciting week for shooting. There’s been continu-ous training with Kayleigh Harris practicing standing position techniques, fi ne tuning is a key element to this exercise. Chelsea Ben-jamin is settling in with minor adjustments to her new rifl e and position. Emma-Louise Piek is feeling much stronger and confi dent in focusing her mental status with Madolyn and Jordie Andrews raising the bar in their kneeling and standing positions. Training and dedication is vital to bring out the best in you, it also improves a healthy lifestyle in all sporting activities.On Monday night the shooters practised target shooting in prone position. Kayleigh shot 95.4 and 96.2, Deirdre 93.1 and 95.3, Jordon Thomas, who is developing his con-fi dence, shot 93.4 and 95.2, Patrick Young added pressure to our new comers with 97.6 and 99.8, Colin Knipe 94.5 and 99.7, Laurent Bate-Roullin did well after some coaching and shot 91.3 and 96.4. Damian Burns and Felix Driver is also progressing and enjoying their shoots. Another enjoyable night of shooting took place with the Jamestown Scouts on Tues-day. Mr Gavin George was accompanied by six members from the Scouts as part of their sporting activity. Most of the group had

taken part in these events before. I was asked to talk to them about my experience and what the Commonwealth Games meant to me in Glasgow 2014. Then they started shooting, not knowing what I had planned for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest scores. The two lowest scores in a single shoot was Frazer Stewart and Thomas Roberts. The four highest scores shot their second target and fi nishing in 4th place

was Kieran Young with 80.1 and 93.2 (total 173.3). In 3rd place winning Bronze medal was Scott George on 89 and 90 (total 179). In 2nd place was Duwaine Yon with Silver on 94.3 and 88 (total 182.3). Taking the top spot with 94.3 and 96.5 (total 190.8) was Callum Ellick winning the Gold. Medals were pre-sented by Thomas Roberts. They all had a good time and enjoyed their event. Their most pleasant attitude made it a joy working with them. Congratulations to the winners and well done to all. Until the next time we meet at the range, work hard and aim high.

Allstars’ batsmen pulling off a blocked shot

Members of the Scouts at the Rifl e Club last Tuesday night

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HTH Dolphins 230/6 vs Levelwood Allstarz 225Sat 15 November 2014 - Match Report

Damien O’Bey

HTH DOLPHINS BEAT LEVELWOOD ALLSTARS

DARNIE’S DOLPHINS DEFEAT LAST YEARS CHAMPS

Half Tree Hollow Dolphins (230/6), pulled off a stunning run chase to topple defending champions Levelwood Allstars (225 all out) in Satur-day’s second cricketing fi xture.Having won the customary coin toss, Derek Thomas led his Dolphins team to the fi eld. A bold move considering the powerful Allstars bat-ting line up. However with former South African under 23 international bowler Darnie Kleinhans spear heading his bowling attack, who could blame Dolphins’ captain for making such a bold decision.It was the pace of Kleinhans that dominated early proceedings. Allstars opening bat Darrell Leo took a blow to the shoulder from just the sec-ond delivery of the match. The blistering pace and steep bounce from a ball pitched back of a length proved just too much to deal with. The opening pair never looked comfortable against the pace of Kleinhans at one end, and the nagging line and length of Tris Moyce bowling from the Red Hill end. Stefun Leo was dismissed for a very nervous 4 before Allstarz registered their fi rst boundary in the 4th over, a crisply timed cut shot from Captain Darrell Leo.Early season rustiness seemed to be the order of the day as Allstars lost two important wickets in quick succession. D Leo was out caught playing an uppish drive right into the grateful hands of Ruan Dippe-naar fi elding at cover and Greg Coleman was out caught Mike Araujo, bowled Kleinhans. Shavone Leo and Sanjay Clingham, went about rebuilding Allstars in-nings. The bowling changes saw Chris Owen on at the Peak hill end and David Young at the other. The Levelwood batsman welcomed the respite from the pace and accuracy of HTH’s opening bowlers. Bound-aries fl owed until S Leo was out caught going for one big shot too many, however this did not continued inside

Dolphins’ Darnie Kleinhans bowling on Saturday

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