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Celebrating Five Years
of G-Unique Designs
Liam Yon, SAMS
T
his month G-Unique Designs, which specialises
in jewellery and accessories, is celebrating five years
since its start in 2010. “It certainly feels very invigorating,” said Giselle Richards, owner of G-Unique Designs, “we are very proud to reach this milestone.”
Starting in 2010, Giselle envisioned G-Unique designing jewellery that St Helena could be proud of, “from
a professional standpoint.” Although she always had a
“A Fantastic
Opportunity”
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good feeling about the business she, “never imagined
it would be this successful.”
Giselle started making jewellery, in particular earrings, as a hobby. This eventually grew into a, “cottage
industry,” where she would create jewellery products
in her home and sell them via outlets around the island.
“Then I decided to develop it further,” said Giselle,
“because my spare bedroom just wasn’t big enough.”
She rented a workshop where she would create her
jewellery. Giselle then decided that there needed to
be, “an actual G-Unique
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Getting Down and Dirty
Environmental Risk
Manager, Mike Durnford
Thursday 23 April 2015
Sparkle Jewellery
- L&C
page 18
Senior Managers
Clean Toilets
Richard Wallis, SAMS
T
wo senior managers from within the Environment
and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) rolled up
their sleeves and scrubbed the islands public toilets in
an effort to better understand the amount of work that
goes into providing a better service.
Head of the Environmental Management Division,
Ben Sansom and Environmental Risk Manager, Mike
Durnford spent the whole day on Friday 17 April,
when the biggest cruise ship of the year arrived, visiting every public toilet with cleaning equipment and
scrubbing brushes.
continued on page 4
Shipping News
pages 13 & 34
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
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A Precious
Bundle of Joy
Kianna Joella
Constantine
Anne Clarke, SAMS
eautiful baby girl Kianna
Joella Constantine was born
to proud parents Leanne
Thomas and Phillip Constantine and order brother Kallis
on 3 February at 11.30am.
Born in Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town, baby
Kianna is, "happy, contented
and very quiet," said mummy. Weighing a healthy 6lb
14oz and measuring 51.5cm,
Kianna is a delight to her
older brother Kallis, who is,
"very protective," of his baby
sister. Mummy has adjusted
well to her new addition to
the family, "the second time
around is just like the first,"
she said, "everything is good
and I'm very happy to have
Kianna with us." Daddy is
also overjoyed with the arrival of Kianna and is, "very
hands on" said mummy.
Nurses Show Support
for Burnt-Out Business
Amphibian’s Ryan Backhouse receiving a donation from Senior Nursing Assistant, Cynthia Fowler
Jane Durnford, SAMS
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ast Friday afternoon, Senior Nursing Assistant, Cynthia Fowler presented Ryan Backhouse and Jason George, owners of Amphibians mobile bar, with a donation of £200, which
had been raised by the staff at the General
Hospital over a short period of time, following the suspected arson attack that destroyed
their bar.
On Friday the MV Costa Deliziosa was sitting
in the harbour and the bar and grill had been
set up in the Grand Parade, the business was
busy with tourists and island residents buying
drinks and food. Ryan and Jason were both
grateful for the generosity and support of the
nursing staff.
A heartfelt card accompanied the donation that
said they, “were all very saddened by the arson attack and decided to do a whip-round to
help,” get them back on their feet.
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Celebrating 5 Years of G-Unique
From a Spare Bedroom to Two Successful Outlets
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Outlet.” This is where the G-Unique Boutique
and Studio Branch was born.
By this time Giselle had turned jewellery making from a hobby into an established business.
In the latter part of 2014 Giselle decided to expand her business by opening a second outlet
in The Market, Jamestown. “Recently as you
would’ve seen,” explained Giselle, “G-Unique
has decided to go one step further and develop
into a second branch which is there to cater for
people in the Main Street area.”
Giselle said that it was not smooth sailing going from a hobby to two successful branches.
“There were plenty of challenges,” she said,
“particularly when you are doing a business in
a creative field, you have to get that balance
right between creative designs and making a
profit.” She says when running a business you
must always think ahead, “where do we go
from here? And how does this fit in with the
G-Unique vision?”
Giselle cannot run the business on her own
Mandy Hathway. Photo Supplied
Displays of G-Unique Jewellery
G-Unique’s Kerisha,
Giselle and Tysha
and is very grateful for her team, saying they,
“are what actually makes G-Unique such a
success.” Keisha Peters and Tysha Anthony
are both Jewellery Designers for G-Unique
with Mandy and Lydia running the Mainstreet
Branch in Jamestown. “The jewellery designers are absolutely incredible,” said Giselle,
“they bring their own spin on the products. It
has got to the point now where I just oversee.”
G-Unique also has a guiding principle of upskilling young people and encourages participation in educational programs. This month
Keisha (18) will be enrolling on a Jewellery
Diploma and Tysha (17) is still carrying out an
apprenticeship at the lab in Jamestown whilst
still learning skills at G-Unique.
G-Unique is not the only jewellery-designing
business on island with other local designers
also selling handmade jewellery. Although this
is the case, Giselle, “welcomes the competition,” saying that it helps to keep G-Unique,
“on their toes.”
To celebrate its 5th Anniversary, G-Unique has
had many special offers during the month of
April. These offers range from ‘buy one get
one free’ to ‘double reward card stamps’ and
‘free cake Fridays.’
Although reaching five years is a fantastic
milestone for any local business, Giselle envisions G-Unique going even further. “One of
the things that has definitely taken off this year
is our export market,” she said, “so we’re in
the process of re-designing our website to cater for this.”
Giselle hopes G-Unique designs will continue
to be successful for years to come and dreams
of one day being able to visit the Philadelphia
Bead Festival in the USA.
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SENTINEL Getting Down and Dirty
COMMENT Senior Managers Clean Toilets
Julie Fowler, SAMS
I
have one community wish and that would
be to have the General Hospital fully staffed. I
have been admitted to hospital many times in
the last few years here on St Helena, UK and in
Chile and I must say that each and every time I
was looked after 100%. I remember in the Hospital in Chile as we walked along the corridors
there was a cleaner with a cloth mop and disinfectant cleaning as we walked, everything was
spotless and we had to wear special clothing as
we entered different sections of the hospital,
also masks on our faces, everything to protect
germs from spreading. Doctors were dressed in
white cloaks and special shoes; in every aisle
was a hand sanitizer. As we sat to wait in the
waiting room a nurse would come and ask if we
were okay and if we needed anything, we knew
where to find her, she kept reassuring us that
everything would be okay. The hospital and
the gentleness and compassion shown from the
Hospital staff made me feel positive. In Hungerford UK we had a village surgery, another
welcoming and professional Unit, the Doctor
gave me his card and told me if I needed him
just call anytime. The service from this surgery
was amazing. For the few times I have been in
Hospital here on St Helena I have been looked
after very well, but that was 6+ years ago, I can
tell standards have dropped over the years, from
booking a doctor’s appointment, to waiting in
the waiting room and also visiting a relative in
hospital. I could share my specific complaints
but it will just add fuel to the fire. I have been
looked after in the pass by Anna Crowie, Annabel Clifford, Shara Robinson, Erica Benjamin,
The Benjamin’s from Pounceys, the late Shirley Anderson, Rosie Mittens, Andrew Dillion,
Wendy Herne (I am sure I have left a few out)
but these were/are hardworking, dedicated and
professional nurses. I do hope the new recruits
take a leaf out of these great nurses’ books. If
they show the same compassion and dedication
for nursing as these individuals do/did they
will be on their way to a successful career. The
prices of air fares it not a concern, I am grateful
knowing that overseas medical treatment will
now be hours away, money cannot buy health.
Even if we have to pay ourselves, we can go
anywhere in the world for medical treatment in
a much shorter time. We all know there are so
many people in their graves today, because they
didn’t have the correct treatment or in time.
Have a good weekend Islanders!
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“They are not just for tourists,” Mr Durnford
said, “they are for island residents as well, so
we want to make sure that there is a high standard of service for everybody on the island.
This gives us an opportunity to fully appreciate the hard work the guys do. What these issues are, and once we are better informed we
can make better informed decisions.”
On the 1 April Sanitary Services were transferred from Public Health to ENRD and the
senior managers took the opportunity to find
out what difficulties are faced by the frontline
staff when they cleaned the toilets at the Museum, at top of the Ladder, Plantation House,
Longwood Avenue and the Tomb.
In an interview with The Sentinel last week Mr
Durnford explained that Sanitary Services deal
with landfill operations, domestic and commercial waste services, and the cleaning and of
public areas and toilets. He says the public will
not immediately notice the change in provider
from health to ENRD, however the team itself
will see a difference. The first change will be to
introduce two landfill operators for health and
safety reasons, he also wants to ensure that the
team have good communications, are provided
with emergency first response training and can
manage their own human resources. Mr Durnford urged the public to be, “conscious of the
fact that we’re trying to improve a service [...]
give us time and more importantly, be respectful for the guys who are doing this hard job.”
The two managers were determined to tackle
the task with the tools available and quickly
discovered they did not have all they needed.
“We are just finding that with the equipment
that we have, we don’t necessarily have all
of the right equipment for the jobs,” Mr Sansom said continuing, “this is the first time we
have been out, and we want to go out with the
equipment that we were given, and that we
have in stock, so that we can fully appreciate
what needs to be done to improve the service.”
THANK YOU
Deborah, Jim, Stephen, Ajay and Rico
would like to thank the following people
for all the care, help and support they
gave to Deborah - Dr Sotto and staff of
the General Hospital, Dr Halls and staff
of Vincent Palotti Hospital, Charmaine &
Julian Swain, Rose & Reg Yon and family,
Adrian, Verline and Katelyn Leo, Lorraine
& Stephen Thomas and family all in Cape
Town, Sister Ann and family in the UK,
Jolene, Melinda and their families on
Ascension, Maria & Keith Yon and family,
Lorraine & Barry Henry, Mandy & Moya,
and Doris and Preston.
God Bless You All
A very Happy 85th Birthday
to Uncle Arthur Bizaare
From
Dawn,Jim,Pamela,Alex,
Gay, Donald and Julian.
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YOUR LETTERS/OPINION
Ellie and Gabriel in London
Dear Editor,
I thought you might like this to use as a story about children being
proud of their St Helenian roots.
Attached is a picture of our daughter Ellie Jones (10) and son Gabriel (5). Their Mum (Karen Leo) and her Grandma (Dot Leo of
Halfway) have told them all about Saint Helena. Even though Ellie has never been to the island she always describes herself as
a Saint and will not have it she is also half Scouse as I am from
Liverpool. Really speaking, she is actually a cockney as she was
born in a hospital just about within earshot of the bells of St Maryle-Bow church.
In the picture, with Tower Bridge in the background, Ellie is wearing her new Scout uniform on to which she insisted I sew a Saint
Helenian flag. Gabriel is too young for Beavers but helps me out
running Cub Scouts. His baseball cap also has a Saint Helenian
flag sewn on to it. 16th Bermondsey is a Scout group in South
East London. By almost unbelievable coincidence, at 16th Bermondsey two other Scouts have direct family connections with
Saint Helena.
The Saint Helenian flags were bought from Amazon.
Hope you like the story.
Regards,
Bryan Jones
Poker
An occasional questioning prod at the political firegrate
By Stuart Moors
Government of the people
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ou’ll probably recognise this week’s title
as an extract from Abraham Lincoln’s socalled “Gettysburg Address”. He was speaking at a memorial service in 1863 at which the
fallen soldiers of the Battle of Gettysburg were
reburied in a specially consecrated cemetery,
and in his 2-minute oration he managed to
remind listeners of the birth of a nation, note
what the current occasion represented, honour
the fallen, exhort the survivors to continue the
struggle and finished with a prediction that the
nation would flourish in freedom. Not bad for
only ten sentences.
But the famous quote, which comes at the end
of the address, reads “that we here highly resolve that .... government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from
the earth.”, and maybe we could expect a similar resolution applying to St.Helena.
Now, to resolve that “government of the people” will not disappear is just saying that government is regarded as essential – anarchy is
unacceptable. Pretty well a given, really. But
then we come to “by the people”. How are we
doing here?
Not well, I fear. We are not governed by the
people, but by unelected officials and by DfID,
the purse-holder.
Here are a few examples which show that government is not “by the people”, which I take to
mean by people we have chosen to represent
us. The recent draft end-of-life RMS schedule
includes trips to Tristan da Cunha and to the
UK – how many of us “people” would have
selected these as optimal choices at a time
when demand for access to St.Helena will be
at an all time high? Unelected officials have
put that draft together, pandering to those with
substantial financial influence. I mentioned
a few weeks ago about a draft bus timetable
that was proposed without any reference to
the needs of us “people”, focusing instead on
the needs of government and the bigger businesses. No Councillor drafted that. The recent
choice of Comair as the air service provider
was made, not by elected Councillors, but by
SHG’s procurement section and, of course,
they will have been influenced by financial
interests which do not correspond to those
of most of us, since we would much prefer
to be sure that our luggage won’t be pilfered
by dishonest airport staff and that we won’t
be mugged at the traffic lights, and we would
much prefer to continue with medevac cases
making use of the infrastructure that has been
built up over many years in Cape Town.
I am sure you can think of your own examples.
And ask the Councillors what their role in the
decision-making was. I wager that they were
simply expected to rubberstamp the drafts if
“consultation” (i.e. ask for comments at the
last minute) did not lead to actual rioting.
What will change as we move into the future?
There is an undercurrent of concern that the
purse-holding will simply transfer to big in-
vestors, because, as we all know, the more
money you spend, the more influence you will
have, and while the public sector and the rest
of the local private sector might retain a semblance of influence, the man (and woman) in
the street and civil society organisations will
be left well out of it. The US can’t crow about
a better outcome, though, when in order to
even stand for President, you have to be prepared to spend millions of your own dollars,
an option for only a very few.
Of course, we could instead have the government look after us all equitably in a sort of
command economy which is much like what
has been the major part of St Helena’s history. But there are dangers there too as most
authoritarian governments in the world are afflicted by rampant corruption, and often resort
to violence to retain control. The majority of
us would not prefer that I am sure.
The examples above show not only that our
government is not “by the people” – it is also
not “for the people”. Our current status is
“Government of the people, by the government, for the government”, and I can’t say that
I would resolve that it should not perish from
the earth. Would “Government of the people,
by the corporations, for the most of us” be any
worse? In any case, a transition is looming,
so perhaps we should make our requirements
known (before someone in SHG tells us what
they are!)
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NOTICE BOARD
Expressions of Interest to Tender
Airport Concession (Enterprise) Opportunities
With the exci ng progress of St. Helena’s Airport and the announcement of Comair as St. Helena’s air service
provider,
Enterprise St. Helena (ESH) in partnership with the Air Access Office are seeking Expressions of Interest
from suitably experienced individuals or businesses for the opportunity to tender for any of the following business
opportuni es:x
Airside Café (Ground floor)
x
Airside Duty Free Shop (Ground floor)
x
Landside Retail Unit (Ground floor)
x
Landside Restaurant (First floor)
x
Parking Management (Landside)
There will be one scheduled flight per week for the first year of opera on and a 4—5 hour product and service
offering will be expected for those arriving and those wai ng for departure. It is an cipated that the number of
flights will increase from 2017/18 onwards.
Closing date for expressions of interest will be noon on Thursday 30th April 2015.
For further informa on and viewing of the Airport terminal floor plans
please contact Mar n George, Private Sector Development Manager, at ESH
Office, Ladder Hill Business Park, or via telephone number 22920 or email
mar n.george@esh.co.sh
The Economic Development Group | Head Office | ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill
Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: info@esh.co.sh
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Guests at the Queen’s garden party
Happy Birthday Your Majesty
Queen Celebrated On Island
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Governor Capes with MBE’s
Edith Timm and Jessica March
t Helena held the island’s annual Queen’s
Birthday Party at Plantation House on Saturday 18 April. HE Governor Mark Capes hosted the party that saw a diverse spectrum of the
public in attendance to mark the occasion.
The Queen famously gets to celebrate her
birthday twice a year in a tradition that stretches back for centuries. Whereas Her Majesty
was born on April 21 1926 and she turns 90
this year, her official birthday on June 14.
Unfortunately the weather on the day was
Precious Moments
Dylan Anthony Matt Richards
Anne Clarke, SAMS
H
andsome baby boy Dylan Anthony Matt Richards was born to proud family, Justine Thomas, David Richards, Jenna and Domonic on 27 March at
12.55pm. Weighing a healthy 6lb 9oz, baby Dylan
is, "contented and loves his baths," said mummy.
Dylan, "eats well, sleeps well," and is, "completely
adored by his siblings, Jenna and Domonic." Motherhood came natural to mummy and daddy is, "very
excited and proud of his little man." Both parents
would like to extend their sincere thanks to midwives Rosie Mittens and Erika Bowers for the safe
delivery of baby Dylan and to all of the family and
friends for their support throughout. Also a special
thank you to all those that sent wishes, cards and
gifts.
Richard Wallis, SAMS
damp forcing the party to seek shelter under
the marquee. It was a tight fit but there were no
complaints. The Governor gave a speech that
focused on the future of the island and ended
with a toast to the Queen.
For her actual birthday in the UK, the occasion
is marked by gun salutes in central London at
midday; a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park, a 21gun salute in Windsor Great Park and a 62-gun
salute at the Tower of London. The Queen usually spends her actual birthday privately.
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NOTICE BOARD
Formal Proposals – MFV Extractor
SMRL has invited Formal Proposals for the Operation of the MFV Extractor within St Helena Island’s 200 EEZ.
In order to ensure that the opportunity to gain a return on this public investment is maximised, SMRL have decided to extend the closing date
for receipt of formal proposals to Monday 4th May 2015 at 17:00hrs. Proposals must clearly state what the proposer is offering, and what
price they are willing to pay in respect of such interest.
For the purpose of clarification, the Company would consider the following arrangements:
1. Outright Purchase of Vessel from SMRL
2. Majority share purchase (controlling interest) in SMRL
3. Chartering / Leasing arrangement with SMRL
For technical information regarding the vessel and a copy of the evaluation criteria to be used, please contact Noleen Herne via email to:
noleen.herne@sainthelena.gov.sh, or Tel: 22470.
Proposals will be evaluated by an independent panel and recommendations presented to the relevant Boards.
Formal proposals should be submitted in writing, via hard copy, to Mr Marc Lockley, Head of Procurement, St Helena Government, or via
email to: marc.lockley@sainthelena.gov.sh
Saint Marine Resources Limited
is a joint funding initiative between the
St Helena Fisheries Corporation and
Enterprise St Helena
15 April 2015
Seeking a Post Box Walks Project Supervisor
TIP OF THE WEEK…
Using a hosepipe to wash
The Trust is seeking a dedicated and hard working individual
to lead the Post Box Walks project. This project is funded by
St Helena Tourism and supported by the St Helena Nature
Conservation Group.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering
the management of all Post Box walks for a period of 1 Year.
A job description will be provided upon request.
Salary for the post is set at £7,523 per annum subject to
qualifications and experience.
Interested parties should submit a CV and Cover Letter to
the Trust headquarters in Jamestown.
your car uses the
equivalent of 33 buckets of
water. Use a bucket and
sponge and save around 28
buckets or 140 litres of
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Could You Be The Next Mo Farah?
St Helena Tourism to Hold Festival of Running in July
Liam Yon, SAMS
dards,” said Ms Marais. “With flights being
available to St Helena next year, this would be
a good opportunity for us to do a practice run.”
On Saturday 11 July, island organizations will
take charge at water points, with prizes to be
awarded to whoever does the best job. Tourism is hoping to expand the day into an island
event. “We will also be looking at having stalls
and music to really bring people to the event,”
said Ms Marais.
On Sunday 12 July Tourism are planning,
“another very exciting new event,” which
still needs to be confirmed. The Festival of
Running will kick off with a launch night on
Wednesday 8 July.
Persons interested in participating in the full
marathon are asked to call the Tourist Office
on 22158.
Previous Running Festival
Photo courtesy of ESH
S
t Helena Tourism’s Festival of Running
will take place between 8 and 16 July this year.
In a change from previous years, the upcoming festival will start while the RMS is in harbour to help maximise participation numbers
and, “give visitors a chance to take part,” said
Chanelle Marais, Marketing and Communications Manager for Tourism.
A major change in this year’s programme will
see the 3km, 10km, the half marathon (21km)
and the full marathon (42km) events all take
place on one day; Saturday 11 July. “This is to
bring our event in line with international stan-
“A Fantastic Opportunity” for Free
Liam Yon, SAMS
PAS Post School Scholarship Award
The current Year 13s at Prince Andrew
School are busy applying for the PAS Post
School Scholarship Award. The award, “is a
sponsorship for study beyond sixth form, normally at university level,” said Pamela Lawrence, Head of Sixth Form at PAS. “This sponsorship covers the cost of student study fees,
their travel to and from St Helena, and their
keep while they are overseas.”
As the award is post-school, only students that
successfully complete their year 13 studies
are eligible to apply. “Those students need to
be successful in their studies,” said Ms Lawrence, “for example getting good grades at
their A-Levels to make them eligible for entry
at the course of their choice.” Although the
award pays for the scholarship, students must
give back to the island upon completion of
their studies. “Their area of studies that they
choose to pursue at university level,” said Ms
Lawrence, “needs to be something that, once
they’re back, needs to make an input and be of
benefit to St Helena.”
Ms Lawrence urges all Year 13 students to apply, though there are only a limited amount of
places available. “Everybody might not neces-
Derrie Yon, previously
awarded scholarship
sarily get the award, and it is competitive, but
you must try.”
Students are made aware of this award as early
as their Year 9 studies. There are currently a
few former PAS students who, with funding
from the Post School Scholarship Award, are
carrying out studies in various universities in
the UK.
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NOTICE BOARD
Harford Primary PTA
would like to thank all those who supported their recent
Easter Raffle
A special thank you to our parents for providing an overwhelming number of prizes!
The amount raised from this fund raising initiative was
£1156.00 (one thousand one hundred and fifty six pounds)
Winners were as follows:
Prize
Chocolate Hamper –
Winner
Miss Charlotte Williams -Longwood
Sheet no
59
Ticket no
18
Chocolate Shoe
Easter Cake
Easter chocolate cake
Small Chocolate Hamper
Celebration Easter Egg
Yorkie Easter Egg
Easter Bunny Cake
Easter Egg Cake
Stand of Cup Cakes
Heart Cake
Diary Milk box of chocolates
Chocolate Orange Maple cake
Chocolate Log
Chocolate sandwich cake
Chocolate Cherry Cake
Chocolate Easter Egg cake
Square Chocolate Cake
Tin of Quality Streets
Chocolate sandwich
Tin of Quality Streets
Small Chocolate Hamper
Easter Cup Cakes
Small Easter Chocolate Bundle
Tin of Quality Streets
Small Easter Chocolate Bundle
Small Easter Chocolate Bundle
Small Easter Chocolate Bundle
Chocolate Crunchy Hamper
Box of Victoria Biscuits
Box of Diary Milk Chocolates
Box of Diary Milk Chocolates
Box of Diary Milk Chocolates
Cup Cakes
Box of Chocolates
Cup cakes
Cup cakes
Lilly Grace Henry – HTH
Naomi Leo – Levelwood
Macadian Crowley – Knollcombes
Marina Piek – The Briars
Michael Henry - Ropery Field
Ian and Fiona Smyth – Alarm Forest
Lilly Grace Henry – HTH
Christina Henry - Ropery Field
Max Benjamin – Longwood
David Richards – Ropery Field
Candice Thomas – Ruperts Valley
Skyla Thomas – LW Hangings
Rachel Cornall – Ladder Hill
Sheralee Yon – Ladder Hill
Delrae Yon – Nr Harlyn
Skyler Thomas – LW Hangings
Shaun Beard – Ladder Hill
Lojanda Voister – Alarm Forest
Rea Williams – Sandy Bay
Bonita Peters – Ladder Hill
Gourange Leo – Levelwood
Keeley Yon – Levelwood
Johan Theron – Half Tree Hollow
Claire George – Ladder Hill
Reginald Furniss – Ladder Hill
Jonathan Gill – Longwood
Adrian Crowley – Knollcombes
Tara O’Bey – Blue Hill
Debbie Michaels - Basil Read
Freddie Yon – The Briars
Michelle Clingham – Longwood
Heather George – Levelwood
Erik Robbertse – Gordens Post
Thomas Owens - Jamestown
Lisa Benjamin – Clay Gut
Matt Yon – The Briars
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MV Costa Deliziosa
Increases Islands
Population by Half
Damien O’Bey, SAMS
M
V Costa Deliziosa glided gracefully into James
Bay at 9am on Friday morning. The rather large cruise
vessel brought with it, a total of 2,871 visitors to the
island of which 1,963 were passengers, and 908 were
crew.
Passengers and crew disembarked in a steady stream
and many were on pre-booked tours or walking around
Jamestown before 11am. The temporary market stall
on The Grand Parade was a hub of activity. Stall holders benefitted from those visitors who had made the ascent and descent of Jacobs Ladder and were in need of
refreshments on completion of the 1,400 step journey.
Having a high number of visitors to Jamestown created
a number of problems. Traffic in Jamestown nearly
came to a standstill, as an absence of crowd management was clearly evident. Tourists also found the
lack of available taxis disappointing and began to
stop other vehicles, in search of a lift to other areas
of St Helena. Such a high number of visitors
meant that the islands population was increased
by nearly a half, and in hindsight it is safe to say
that businesses and the island in general was
not prepared for such a large influx of people.
Although, at times, events were somewhat
chaotic, visitors who spoke to The Sentinel
commented positively about their visit.
Tourists enjoying the
view from Jacobs Ladder
A busy wharf on Friday
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NOTICE BOARD
Expressions of Interest, Board/Committee Members, Enterprise St Helena (ESH)
Enterprise St Helena seeks Expressions of Interest from Private Sector individuals who would like to be considered for
appointment to the Enterprise St Helena Board of Directors and subsidiary Commi ees, namely: Finance, Governance
and Audit, Tourism, Business Development and Project Management.
Enterprise St Helena is a statutory arms length organisa on of the St Helena Government, responsible for implemen ng
St Helena’s Economic Development policy in accordance with the Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) and the
Sustainable Economic Development Plan (SEDP). ESH is governed by a Board of Directors, established by Ordinance.
The Role of Board and Commi ee Members is to contribute to the overall strategic direc on and governance of ESH
through effec ve par cipa on at Board and Subcommi ee mee ngs, suppor ng key sector development.
It would be helpful if potenƟal candidates:
x
Have experience of the related areas, preferably in the private sector;
x
Are able to commit me for board mee ngs, commi ee mee ngs, planning sessions and special events
A copy of the full Terms and Reference for Board and subsidiary
CommiƩees can be collected from the Enterprise St Helena RecepƟon.
WriƩen expressions of Interest should be submiƩed to the ESH Board
Secretary, Natasha Bargo, email natasha.bargo@esh.co.sh by Friday 24th
April 2015.
The Economic Development Group | Head Office | ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill
Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: info@esh.co.sh
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD
What Will be the Future for Freight?
Bidding Ends in April
Jane Durnford, SAMS
20 April 2015
ax Timeline
Dates for your Diary
Information required for the
year 2014/2015
30 April 2015
Employers to submit P7 form (Employer
End of Year Return)
30 April 2015
Employers to issue P5 or P60 (Employee
Certificate of Earnings) to each employee
30 June 2015
Annual Self Assessment Tax Returns due
(Self Employed, Businesses & Company)
RMS St Helena soon to be decommisioned
W
ith the RMS being decommissioned towards the end of 2016, St Helena will need
freight to be provided by another sea freight
service.
Bidders have submitted proposed to St Helena
Government and the successful applicant will
be informed at the end of April.
On 27 March a press release from SHG stated
the Comair aircraft that will be used to provided air service to St Helena, “has no palletised
cargo capability, but a limited amount of cargo
can be loaded by hand. But depending on the
number of passengers; this could vary from
one tonne to around five tonnes of cargo.”
In February 2015 Seafast Group, after sending
two representatives to St Helena, submitted a
bid to St Helena Government, to provide this
sea freight service.
The Seafast Group’s global network ships
freight internationally and supports services
to and from the Falkland Islands. “Whilst the
group acknowledge the shipping needs of Ascension Island, it is not part of this tender,”
they are, “sympathetic towards the regional
needs and this is taken into due consideration.”
The End of 2on Main
31 July 2015
Annual Self Assessment Tax Returns due
(employee’s)
30 September 2015
All tax due for the year 2014/2015 should
be paid.
Should you require a Tax Return
visit the SHG Website
www.sainthelena.gov.sh
Or collect one from the
Customer Service Centre or the
Income Tax Office.
New Location for Training Restaurant
Income Tax Office Contacts
Email: ac.tax@hmrc.gov.sh (Gillian Knipe)
Email tax.auditor@hmrc.gov.sh (Noleen Phillips)
Tel. No. 2287
Jane Durnford, SAMS
MCDANIEL’S COMPLEX
HAS FOR SALE
18mm PINE SHUTTER PLY
@ £34.00 PER SHEET
INTERESTED TEL 24526
HOUSE FOR RENT
Delicious food served at 2on Main
T
he doors of the 2on Main, training restaurant closed for business at the end of March.
The announcement that Mantis had secured
the contract to turn 1, 2 and 3 Main Street into
a hotel development was announced by Niall
O’Keeffe, Chief Executive for Economic Development at Enterprise St Helena’s Opportu-
nities Fair on 27 March.
The new location for the training restaurant
will be Bertrand’s Cottage at Longwood; this
is still in the planning stage and should be
completed by the end of this financial year, Susan O’Bey, Deputy Chief Executive Economic
Development told The Sentinel.
Furnished property in Levelwood
Superb quality, fully-furnished accommodation offering generous-sized rooms
including 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms,
games room and plenty of storage space.
Available from mid-May.
For further information contact tel.
23743 or
STYLES.HOME@helanta.co.sh
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NOTICE BOARD
SAMS
RADIO 1
102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHz
Also Live Streaming via www.sams.sh
CONTACT THE SHOW
To reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or
email: news@sams.sh. 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 at
7am, 10am, 12noon, 5pm, 7pm & 10pm
also at 3am & 5am Tuesday to Saturday.
Saturday news: 8am & 12noon
Monday to Friday
SUNRISE 7am to 10am
Live music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and
trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena News
12.00pm: St Helena News, public service announcements and notice board.
Repeated at midnight everyday.
SATURDAY CHART BUSTERS
A compilation of top chart hits, both new and old.
REWIND
Saturday 9.30am. Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm,
Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.
CHARGEHAND
FORESTRY SILVICULTURE
SECTION
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Division has a vacancy for a Chargehand within the
Forestry Section’s Silviculture team.
The Chargehand will be responsible for two Small Machinery Operators and five Forest
Workers and the role will also entail the supervision of a variety of manual forestry operations.
Salary for the post is at Grade B4 which is £7,523 per annum although the successful applicant without all of the essential qualifications and experience may need to start at the
training grade.
For further details regarding this post, interested persons should contact Miss Myra Young,
Forestry Officer; on telephone number 24724 or via e-mail at myra-young @enrd.gov.sh
An application form and Job Profile is available from either Scotland Office or Essex House
and should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, ENRD, Essex House or e-mail
karen-thomas@enrd.gov.sh by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 29 April 2015.
Darren Duncan
Head of Agriculture and Natural Resources Division
Weekly Weather
Week ending 19 April 2015
Provided by the Met Office, Bottom Woods
2nd CHANCE SUNDAY
9.00am - Selection of recorded interviews and programmes from the week, mixed with easy listening
sounds for a chilled out Sunday.
B&H GOLD
Ben and Harriet Hathway host 1 hour of all time great
tracks. Wednesday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance
Sunday.’
PRIME TIME
John Lamdon and Andy Parkinson share their passion
for mathematics and classic rock and pop. Every second
Thursday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’
PAS SHOW - ‘News & Views’
Mondays after 7pm news & notice board.
Replayed Fridays, after 10am news & notice board.
GOSPEL FM
Every Second Thursday 7.30 - 9.30pm
Presented by John Moyce, 30 minutes of childrens’
feature followed by 90 mins of gospel music.
POT LUCK
Sunday 3 May and repeated following Thursday
7.30pm, where Stedson Francis plays a mixture of
middle of the road easy listening music, interspersed
with local and international history.
THE CHART SHOW
Wednesday 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 1.00pm.
BBC WORLD SERVICE NEWS
24/7 on our 2nd radio channel. 100.7 MHz and 88.1MHz
The public are advised
that delays can be expected on the road
from Black Gate to Woody Ridge
commencing with effect from
Wednesday the 22 April
for approximately for 4 weeks.
This is to enable trenching and pipe
laying works by NGcph.
IN CONVERSATION
Every week day at 5:30pm or 7.30pm
Another chance to hear interviews that made the news
during last week and also this week.
April 2015
Max Temp
Min Temp
Total Rainfall
Mean Temp
Total Sunshine
24.1 C
18.1 C
7.2mm
20.2 C
43.7hrs
You are also reminded that the road from
Taglate to Rock Rose
remains closed until further notice.
NGcph apologises in advance for any
inconvenience caused.
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NOTICE BOARD
DIVING ESSENTIALS
ALL ON SALE AT THE HIVE
HP Terms available
First 3 months interest free
Available at all Rose & Crown Outlets
DISCOUNT VOUCHER
The Rose & Crown, Jamestown (T: 22427)
The Hive, Jamestown (T: 22427)
Maisies Hardware, Longwood (T: 24462)
Longwood Supermarket (T: 24679)
E-mail: sales@roseandcrown.sh
Website: www.roseandcrown.sh
5%
Redeemable at all
Rose & Crown Outlets
ENDS 30 APRIL 2015
Terms and Conditions apply
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NOTICE BOARD
Food Allergy Awareness Workshop
Food Allergies are a hot subject around the world at the moment for consumers as well
as hospitality and food business owner/managers.
Sue White the Food Safety Trainer who is on Island
will be running a workshop on Tuesday 19th May 2015 from 4-6pm.
Come along to the St Helena Hospitality Up-Skilling Facility and find out about food allergies and food intolerances
and what your responsibility is concerning guests who may visit your establishment.
To register to aƩend please contact the St Helena Up-Skilling Facility, No 2
Main Street on 22110 by Friday 15th May 2015.
The Economic Development Group | Head Office | ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill
Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: info@esh.co.sh
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SCHOOL PAGE
The Final Countdown!
Students at PAS Prepare for Those All-Important Exams
Jordan Stevens, Deolandre de Jager & Niza Yon, PAS
Exam time has come around again with
the first exams fast approaching. Some year
11 students have already started their exams
and are under immense pressure to do their
best. This a very stressful time and many students feel anxious about their performance in
exams. “GCSEs are really stressful; I always
have to worry about if I’m going to get the
right grades to get into Sixth Form,” said one
concerned student. Sophie George of Year 12
said, “These exams are really important as I
want to complete A levels and go to univer-
sity.” Year 13 student, David Clarke, echoed
these sentiments: ”I hoping to study engineering and become a qualified civil engineer.
Good grades are crucial.”
So the first step is revision. The most common
method of revision is to read from a textbook.
Other students revise by making colourful Photos supplied
notes, fact files and flash cards but this is only
a small percentage. It is proven that these are student said: “I try to revise but I don’t usually
more effective methods of revision as they re- remember much.” From talking to students,
quire the student to think rather than just being this is a very common problem for those who
‘fed’ information. It is clear that some children are revising, so here are a few of our top tips
are unsure of how to revise effectively. One to help you stay calm and do your best.
Top Tips
For Revision:
Stay Cool!
• Mnemonics/ acrostics: This method is
often used to remember a sequence or an
order of something such as the reactivity
series in science. This involves making
up catchy rhymes or acrostic poems to remember a list or order of events to make
them more memorable.
• Quizzes: This is a technique which is
ideal for group revision. This involves a
group of people asking each other questions about a topic.
• Revision cards/ Flash Cards: This is a
popular technique for remembering formulas and definitions of key terms. Write
the term on one side of the card then flip
the card and write the definition or formula
on the opposite side. To use the card, keep
the side containing the answer face down
and try to remember the meaning or formula then flip the card over to check if you
are correct.
• Fact files: This method entails creating a
summarised version of the topics you are
studying by creating a bulleted list of key
points that you need to remember.
• Spider diagrams/Flowchart: This
method involves choosing a topic and
writing all that you know about it in a given amount of time. After you have done
this, use a textbook to write down what
you have missed.
• Look, cover, write and check: This involves reading from a textbook, covering
up the information and writing what you
remember.
Top Tips
For Parents:
• Be considerate towards your child while
they are revising. If they feel as though
their workload is too heavy then you can
help by allowing them to do fewer chores.
• Make sure your child has a quiet studying environment; avoid playing loud music during their revision that could disrupt
them.
• Ensure everyone in the household respects your child’s revision time- if your
child has siblings, make sure they don’t
cause any unnecessary disruptions.
• Get involved- encourage your child to
revise by joining in and helping them. For
example, you could ask them questions
about a topic they are studying
• Ensure that your child eats healthily and
get loads of rest – especially the night before the exams.
• It’s okay to feel a little nervous- you are approaching one of the most import stages of
your life so its normal to feel a little stressed,
but try not to get over-stressed- this is unhealthy.
• If you feel over stressed, tell your parents or
teachers- they will help you to find techniques
to help you manage your stress.
• Ensure that you exercise: this could include
running, walking, swimming or a sport such
as football or cricket. Many people find exercising a brilliant method for coping with stress
so as well as keeping fit; you will be left feeling cooler and calmer than before.
• Eat healthily: it is recommended to have a
balanced diet during the examination period.
It is also recommended that you eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day which
can be fresh, frozen, dried or even a fruit juice.
As well as this, it is important that you kick off
the day with a good breakfast and stay hydrated throughout the day. Eating healthily could
greatly improve your performance in exams.
• Make sure you rest well during the examination period to ensure you are fresh and ready
to do your best.
• Make revision enjoyable- use techniques and
methods of revision that appeal to you.
• Have a balance between revision and your
social life- being happy is just as important as
revising so ensure that you spend some time
with your friends.
• Study with your peers- you can learn a lot
from the people around you so it sometimes
helps to study as a group instead of always
revising alone.
• Plan your revision: make a revision timetable to plan the times that you are going to
study each topic. This helps you to stay organised and revise effectively.
• Don’t revise endlessly: Divide an hour’s
revision into 20 minute chunks with short
breaks in between.
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LIFESTYLE & CULTURE
Handmade Jewellery
on St Helena Island
Sparkle
Cara Joshua, Cleughs Plain, Tel: 24626
Email: sparkle.sthelena@live.co.uk
Sparkle Jewellery - Cara Joshua
Being a Wife and Mother with a Full Time Job, Cara Joshua Still Finds Time
in Her Busy Day to Make Jewellery A variety of Cara’s
Jane Durnford, SAMS
C
ara Joshua works for Enterprise St Helena (ESH) as a business start-up coordinator,
and once she comes home from work, there is
a house to maintain, children’s homework to
supervise and meals to prepare. Cara started
making Jewellery whilst she was on Ascension
Island in 2007; she was given a jewellery kit,
which a friend had bought from the UK for her
birthday. With no formal training, just research
and a desire to make jewellery, Cara started
creating.
The collection is called Sparkle, the name
was appropriate to use as most of her pieces
includes Swarovski crystals, and the way they
are cut creates a ‘sparkle’.
The time needed to make a piece of jewellery
varies from piece to piece, as it depends on what
kind of piece, technique and style is used. A
delicate piece like a necklace that has crimping
can be time-consuming and takes longer than
a single strand for a pair of earrings. If time allows she works about two hours in an evening,
if there are events coming up, she will take a
day’s leave to boost her items for selling. Cara
has noticed that her style has changed over
time and inspiration comes in many forms, for
example a dress hand-made Jewellery
she sees someone
wearing in the
street.
Jewellery pieces
can be made to
order and there
is no chance of
wearing the same
style and colour,
as she tends not
to make more of
the same style
and colour, unless the customer
requests it. If she
has the beads and colours she can do special
orders for customers in their choice of colours
and style. Some of her pieces have been sent to
Ascension Island and these have been popular
amongst the ladies.
Cara has to constantly be aware of where the
RMS is and being on top of her game, so she
does not run short of supplies. As with anything creative, jewellery making can be therapeutic and Cara has a workstation set up in her
home with all her supplies close to hand for
inspirations flows.
Cara stocks Sterling Silver necklaces complete with pendants and fashion rings, pieces
are made in either fashion silver or gunmetal
and are sold in a presentation box or organza
bag. She believes competition on the island is
healthy between other jewellery designers and
she feels that her designs are different to others. When asked about her jewellery plans for
the future, she says to, “watch this space,” as
she is still researching the equipment needed.
Sparkle can be bought from Warrens Department store, a small selection is stocked in the
Museum and St Helena Art & Crafts Association. Cara can be contacted via her Facebook
page ‘Sparkle designs’ or at home on email:
sparkle.sthelena@live.co.uk
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TIME OUT
COFFEE
BREAK
HUMOUR
“H
arry,” whined Mary, to her husband of 20 years. “What should
I do?! I’m not ready for old age! I’m only 40 years old but I look and
feel like I’m over 55! My face is all wrinkly, my back is bent over, and
my hair is all thinned out.”
“Well,” said Harry after looking her up and down, “There is one thing
about you that still works as good as new.”
“Oh Harry!” said Mary sitting down next to her husband, “you always
know just what to say! What are you referring to?”
“Never mind” said Harry looking down.
“C’mon Harry, please tell me what you were referring to.”
“Mary, please don’t make me.”
“Harry I insist.”
“Well I was going to remark about how your eyesight seems to be
working just fine!”
CRAZY MAZE
Find your way through this ‘Crazy Maze.’ Enter through the gap at the bottom
left and work your way through to the exit at the top right. Good Luck!
SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last year
When councillors announced that the Highways Authority would be putting legal ‘No
Parking’ signs in the Castle Gardens, few would say that this was a bad idea, but the
inclusion of the “No Loitering” signs has come in for some ridicule from the public and
tourists.
The ‘MFV Extractor’ safely arrived in James’ Bay at 5.30pm on Saturday 19th April
after a week’s journey from Hout Bay, South Africa. The excitement for the families
and friends of the crew was evident when they travelled out to meet the Extractor on
the Gannet Three.
Athletics: St Paul’s Primary (SPP) won the annual Primary Schools’ Athletics cup yesterday, on Francis Plain, making this two in a row. Pilling (PPS) and Harford (HPS)
followed.
PEOPLE
... Great
Places I’ve
Visited
1. Alcatraz
2. Grand Canyon
3.Pearl Harbour
Cara Joshua
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: news@sams.sh with subject heading, top 3.
Famous Birthdays
23 Apr - 29 Apr
John Cena (38)
Wrestler - 23 Apr
Kelly Clarkson (33)
Singer - 24 Apr
Al Pacino (75)
Actor - 25 Apr
Channing Tatum (35)
Actor - 26 Apr
Jessica Alba (34)
Actress - 28 Apr
DID YOU KNOW...
O
n February 10, 1355 in Oxford, England, Walter Spryngeheuse and Roger de Chesterfield, two
students at Oxford University, got in an argument
with tavern owner John Croidon over the quality of
the drinks he was serving. In the end, drinks were
thrown in the face of Croidon, after which the two
students attacked him. Soon the fight spread, with
local townspeople on one side and Oxford students
on the other, including the students assaulting the
mayor of Oxford, John de Bereford. The riot lasted
two days, leaving 63 students and about 30 locals
dead and many more injured. For the next 470 years,
the mayor of Oxford and its councilors had to march
through the streets of Oxford on February 10th each
year with bare heads, as well as give one penny annually for each of the students killed. This finally ended
in 1825 when the mayor refused to do the penance.
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NOTICE BOARD
www.connect.co.sh
CONNECT SAINT HELENA LTD IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE
LAUNCH OF OUR WEBSITE
The website has been designed with our customers in mind. It contains information that we
think is both relevant and interesting. From basic details about our services and charges, to up
to date information on project progress.
The website is easy to navigate and the content includes answers to frequently asked
questions, latest news and information, downloadable forms and content, billing information
and what to do if you are having trouble paying a bill. We will also post notices about planned
service outages.
Created in partnership with Envision-IT Computer Support Services, the website has been
carefully developed to be user-friendly. We have also looked to the future and made the site
responsive which means it can adapt viewing automatically on mobile devices.
So, have a look at the site and let us have your feedback. If there is anything else you would
like to see on the site please let us know and we will be happy to consider your suggestions.
The website can also be accessed at www.connectsainthelena.com or view website updates on
www.facebook.com.
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD
Adventure Cruises
Small Cruise Liners Visit Island
August Graham, SAMS
A
longside the MV Costa Deliziosa which
arrived on Friday last week, residents in
Jamestown may also have seen a smaller ship,
the MV Plancius, which came in the same day.
The Plancius, a considerably smaller vessel,
stayed on St Helena for three days, arriving
on Friday and leaving on Sunday. Although
smaller than the RMS, with a maximum passenger capacity of 116, the Plancius offers a
different type of cruise experience. Marketed
to the adventurer, the Plancius came from
Tristan Da Cunha, where it had not managed
to disembark due to a virus on the island.
Formerly a Dutch deep sea research vessel,
the Plancius now offers an exploratory educational travel programme, and spends as much
time ashore as possible. It regularly frequents
the poles, and other places which larger cruise
liners struggle to access.
Similar in size and purpose to the Plancius, the
MV Ortelius also spent the weekend in James
Bay, arriving on Saturday and leaving a day
later. Named after Dutch cartographer Abraham Ortelius, she also offers cruises to remote
and unusual locations.
High Knoll Fort Open Day.
Saint Helena National Trust, supported by
ESH and SHG
invite you to High Knoll Fort for an evening of Entertainment, Food and Drink.
Saturday 25th April
High Knoll Fort
5pm till late
Speeches at 6.30pm
Come and see what has been done, and what is planned for High
Knoll, and be proud of your heritage.
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CHURCH NOTICES
FaithMatters
Father Clive Duncan
What is time?
God created time and is one
of his greatest gifts he has
given us. We cannot do with
out it. It is a very precious
commodity and should be
used in a way that it is not
wasted. Time that is lost cannot be replaced.
We do hear from time to time people saying
'if only I had more time' or 'I need more time
to do this'. Undoubtedly there are occasions
when we feel the same due to other pressures
that there isn't enough time in a day to accomplish everything that we have planned.
However, we have all been given the same
amount of time in a day. How we manage it
is entirely in our hands. We have the power to
make decisions on how to make that time work
for us that has been given freely to us.
There are those who can manage their time
without any sign of problems. On the other
hand there are others who never seem to have
enough of it. One reason is that we all use
time in a different way.
God has not given this precious commodity
to us without calling us to give an account of
what we achieved. Like all his other gifts he
has given, one day we will stand before God to
give our account how we managed them and
in particular how we invested our time.
We have only to look to Jesus how he managed his and to try and follow His way.
WILL BE HAVING A MORNING
SERVICE AT THEIR JAMESTOWN
HALL ON SUNDAY 26TH APRIL AT
11AM. ALL ARE WELCOME.
If you would like to know more about this then
please contact Lt. Coral Yon on telephone nos
22703/24358.
Take care and God bless.
Ladder Hill
Gun Site
Ed Baldwin, Letter
T
he two large 6 inch Mark VII* coastal defence guns and associated structures within the
compound of Ladder Hill Fort are of historical significance and should be made accessible
safely to visitors. They are a natural draw to
tourists despite the locked gate and rocky detour. The complex, which dates back to 1903
includes the command centre (the rather plain
blockwork structure midway between the
two guns) and underground magazines (am-
DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENA
The Cathedral Parish of St Paul
Sunday 26 April
3 Sunday of Easter
8.00 a.m. Eucharist,
Cathedral
11.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist,
St Andrew
11.15 a.m. Sung Eucharist,
St Helena & The Cross
7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival,
St Mark
Thursday 30 April
10.00 a.m. Mass,
Arabia
Sunday 3 May
4 Sunday of Easter
8.00 a.m. Eucharist,
Cathedral
10.00 a.m.Sung Eucharist,
Cathedral
3.30 p.m. Sung Eucharist,
St Peter
The Parish of St James
Sunday 26 April
3 Sunday of Easter
9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist/St George’s Day
Parade,
St James
7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival,
St Mark
Wednesday 29 April
7.30 a.m. Eucharist,
St James
Thursday 30 April
7.00 p.m. Mass with Healing,
St John
Sunday 3 May
4 Sunday of Easter
9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist,
St James
3.30 p.m. Eucharist,
St John
Parish of St Matthew
Sunday 26 April
3 Sunday of Easter
7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival,
St Mark
Tuesday 28 April
7.00 p.m. Eucharist,
St Mark
Sunday 3 May
4 Sunday of Easter
8.00 a.m. Eucharist,
St Matthew
11.00 a.m. Eucharist,
Barnabas Pledges
7.00 p.m. Sung Eucharist,
St Matthew
Seventh Day Adventist
Saturday 25 April
9:15- 10:40am- Sabbath School
11:00- 12:00- Divine Service
2:00- 3:00pm - Youth Programme
Monday 27 April
7:00 - 8:00pm - Bible Study (Home of Pam
and Lionel Joshua) Cleugh’s Plain
Wednesday 29 April
7:30- 8:30pm- Prayer Meeting in Jamestown
Church
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
Further contact: Paul Millin, Tel: 22267
BAPTIST NOTICES
Saturday 25 April
Prayer meeting, 7:00 am, Sandy Bay Chapel
Open Air Service, 10:00 am, The Canister
Sunday 26 April
Church Services:
Family Worship Services, incl. the Lords Table:
Sandy Bay Chapel, 8:45 am
(leader: Nick Williams; preacher: Stedson Peters)
Head O'Wain Chapel, 10:45 am
(leader & preacher: Vincent March)
Jamestown Chapel, 6:00 pm
(leader: Gareth Drabble; preacher: Arthur
Beckett)
Other activities:
Sunday School, 10:00 am, Baptist Manse,
Jamestown
Prayer Meeting, 5:00 pm, Jamestown Schoolroom
Tuesday 28 April
Bible Study & Refreshments, 7:00 pm
Jamestown Schoolroom (Led by Pastor)
Wednesday 29 April
Bible Study, 7:30 pm, Deadwood
(Led by Hazel) Home of Winnie Thomas
Thursday 30 April
Bible Study, 5:30 pm, Sandy Bay Chapel
(Led by Pastor)
Bible Study, 7:30 pm, Blue Hill Community
Centre (Led by Pastor)
munition stores) beside each gun, which are
complete with mechanical shell hoists. One
magazine was upgraded for storage of quarry
explosives a few years ago, but I understand
is now disused but no longer all original. The
other (W) magazine is used by the Fire Service
for training and is prone to flooding when the
nearby HTH septic tank overflows.
Requirements to prepare the site for visitors:
Safety fencing along the cliff between the guns
and continuing inland to East and West.
Guardrails or chains around the actual gun
platforms.
Three new chequerplate “bridges” on the gun
platforms
Repair and reroofing of the Command Centre
for use as an interpretation centre.
Upgrading of one of the magazines to house
displays.
The Museum has an extensive collection of
artefacts and accessories relating to these guns
and there are many stories to tell. Some displays can be devised in such a way that they
can be viewed at all times without the need for
staff on site.
The immediate surrounding area and approach
road need a little tidying, Connect’s pole stock
needs a new home, but apart from that, there
you have it. Not a hugely expensive project
at all.
General Comments:
If new buildings are contemplated for the
greater site, they should be sensitively sited
and be stone of brick finished to fit in with the
existing buildings. Designs could reflect Verandah Quarters, which are also part of the fort
complex.
Creating new openings in the road wall should
be avoided as these would compromise the
overall appearance of the fort.
BAHA’I FAITH
www.sthelenabahai.org
BAHA’I CENTRE
Gumwoods
DEVOTIONAL MEETING
THURSDAY EVENINGS
at 8pm.
ALL ARE WELCOME
For info. Telephone 24525
“Pray for strength. It will be given to you, no
matter how difficult the conditions.”
Abdu’l-Baha
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
“All We’re Doing is Burying Money”
EMD Hopes to Export Waste Products to International Market
August Graham, SAMS
F
ollowing their return from an exposure
visit to the UK and South Africa, a group have
brought home experience and expertise to apply to their jobs on St Helena. The leader of
the group, Environmental Risk Manager Mike
Durnford, told The Sentinel the visit was, “primarily aimed at seeking new ideas for recycling and greener waste management for St
Helena.” Mr Durnford was keen to highlight
the value in the waste, which on St Helena is
simply dumped at the landfill site. This has
been realised worldwide and materials are
often recycled and sold for reuse. A tonne of
recycled office paper, Mr Durnford said, can
be sold to a third party for about £230, and for
every tonne of aluminium cans, companies are
willing to pay approximately £700. “All we’re
doing is burying money, because if we had the
correct machinery [...] we could process these
recyclables, we could significantly increase
the life of the landfill site by burying a lot less
waste, we could potentially export the nonhazardous wastes off island [...] because it’s a
marketable product,” Mr Durnford said.
A container to South Africa currently costs
£3,000 and can be filled with £12,000 of
aluminium cans, leaving £9,000 after transport costs have been accounted for. Through
this process, Mr Durnford believes the initial
costs for the machinery can be offset within
Mutli waste bin with cigarette disposal
Environmental Risk Manager,
Mike Durnford
5-10 years. He appreciates other procurement
may be more important, however added that
the return on the investment means it can start
generating revenue for Government.
Recycling is not only financially beneficial for
the island, it also contributes to minimising
St Helena’s environmental impact. It can increase the lifespan of the landfill site from five
to twenty five years, if action is taken immediately to, “procure sensibly,” and, “buy the correct machinery” Mr Durnford told The Sentinel. The benefit can also be felt in people’s
McDonalds Lunch – no polystyrene
Serving food in cardboard boxes,
such as at McDonalds in the UK,
has many advantages. Firstly cardboard is biodegradable, so is much
easier to use, but the Styrofoam boxes on St Helena also have the ability
to melt into the food.
homes, through, for instance, crushing glass to
make sand for construction.
The exposure visit training, provided through
the Chartered Institute of Waste Management,
saw Mr Durnford and the team visit a company which uses recycled plastics to make street
bins and furniture. The company’s Olympic Street Bins particularly impressed Mr
Durnford. These were designed for the 2012
Olympics and were placed across the City of
Westminster. The bin is designed to collect
general waste in one end, a dry recyclable
such as glass in the other and in the middle
there is a space for cigarette disposal. It is a,
“really good way” of disposing litter and cigarette ends Mr Durnford said, adding that the
Environmental Management Division have already ordered six bins for Jamestown and are
hoping to buy a further 24 receptacles for the
island. He says there is a space for companies
who wish to sponsor the bin, to get their name
printed on the side.
The exposure visit team, which consisted of
representatives from SHAPE and SHG, returned to the island on 30 March.
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
An Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen
MoD Invest Seven Million to Remove Oil and Explosives from Wreck of the Darkdale
August Graham, SAMS
T
he UK Ministry of Defence, in association
with SHG, have announced they are going to
spend £6.87 million to salvage the 5,000 cubic
metres of oil which is still slowly seeping out
of the hull of the ship. “It’s a potential pollution incident waiting to happen,” Marine Conservation Officer Elizabeth Clingham told The
Sentinel, “if you’re a diver and you go out that
way you can actually smell the oil on the water.” Although Mrs Clingham believes that the
Darkdale is currently safe for divers, she highlighted that there was a risk of the ship blowing its tanks, something which could cause
immeasurable damage to the island’s marine
environment.
Because it is a British ship the Ministry of Defence will be footing the impressive £7m bill
for the operations. “The MoD have a responsibility for all of their vessels and all historic
wrecks to make sure that they’re made safe,”
Head of the Environmental Management Divi-
Unexploded ordinance laying on the wreck
sion Ben Sansom told The Sentinel, “so this
particular wreck was put back on to their list of
operations. Since then there has been evidence
gathered to work out what is there [...] what
can be done, how it can be done and when it
can be done.”
The MoD team will include a group of Royal
Navy divers who will clear the ammunition
Sports divers 40m below
exploring the Darkdale
Photos courtesy of Mark Stevenson
around the wreck so as to make it safe for contractors Swire Salvage to empty the oil. The
team will be supported by three ships which
will depart from South Africa on 25 June.
Most of the work will be carried out from
the Pacific Diligence, a large offshore vessel
which will be supported by an oil tanker to
carry the oil and a smaller offshore vessel to
assist with tasks such as laying moorings for
the tanker.
“We will have a shadowing role while they’re
here so that we can learn from experts in the
field,” Mrs Clingham said. EMD also hope
that they will be able to provide local help and
expertise to assist the MoD team in their operations. Mrs Clingham was delighted with the
opportunity saying they, “don’t have the luxury of being able to specialise in one particular
area, so we need to be a jack of all trades and
this will just add to our portfolio.” Mr Sansom
was also happy highlighting the possibilities
of research at those depths and also saying,
“it’s great news that it’s happening and we’re
looking forward to working with the MoD and
providing any local support we can.”
Jamestown Parking Improvements
Recommendations to be Implemented by August 2015
Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS
T
he recommendations for improving parking throughout the town and permits for residents were discussed by the Environment and
Natural Resources Committee in an open
meeting on 16 April.
Two options for pay-parking were considered:
The first was to only introduce charges on the
Grand Parade and Main Street, the other was
to extend them to the whole of Jamestown.
Both options require a traffic warden, park-
ing meters and monitoring, and will have to
be self-funding. It was thought supplementary
appropriation may be needed to start the programme when the Roads Manager revealed
what approximate set-up costs and revenues
might be.
The committee preferred to extend the charges
to Jamestown and the time line for implementing the new system is scheduled for August
2015. Parking fees will vary depending on distance from Main Street and the Grand Parade.
The finer details are still to be worked through
as more information is needed and the Roads
Manager will be looking to see what markings
will need improving.
Also agreed within the improved parking system was the necessity for Jamestown residents
to have permits for their vehicles. Details of
how many permits each household can have
and how much it will cost is still to be worked
out.
The parking review agreed that the Duke of
Edinburgh Playground should be a designated
car park with the recommended works costing
approximately £46,000. However the disused
playground was a former graveyard and St
Helena Government will have to be certain
there are no remains left.
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NOTICE BOARD
Friday 8th May 2015, Starting at 7:30pm
At Prince Andrew School
Saint Sizzer Food on will be sale
Also Tuck Shop Available
Tickets: £3 - Adults
£1 -15 years and under
Tickets can be purchased from New Horizons
Frabea's
Cleaning & Gardening
Service
Has a vacancy for
a full time cleaner.
The ideal applicant must be
hardworking, honest and
reliable with the ability to drive.
For further information please
contact Beatie on 24691.
Date: Monday, 27th April 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Yacht Club
All are welcome, current, old and new
member or any interested persons.
.
The St. Helena Dive Club committee
would like to take
this opportunity to feedback on the progress on various
issues raised at our AGM.
If any member or stakeholder has and specific item that
they would like to add to our agenda please contact Larry
Thomas (chairperson) by Sunday 26th April on telephone
24567
Follow our updates or contact us on our
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WORLD NEWS SNIPPETS
World
“This is no tragedy, it is manslaughter”
“Europe’s border politics show a complete
disregard for human life,” Italian author
Igiaba Scego has written this week after 800
migrants were thought to have died on a boat
off the coast of Libya. UK Prime Minister
David Cameron blamed “appalling human
traffickers,” for the catastrophe, describing it
as a, “dark day,” for Europe.
“Bodies were seen floating in the water, and
rescuers said that some remained trapped inside,” the New York Times reported.
The Italian Coast Guard were coordinating the rescue efforts of 17 vessels, including merchant ships, around 70 miles off the
Libyan coast.
Since the start of the Arab Spring, the European Union (EU) has been experiencing an
influx of migrants, often travelling in poor
conditions on crowded boat. These migrants
are fleeing from conflict in their home countries.
Italy has borne much of the burden of
launching rescue missions for ships that
have sunk in the sea, however its successful
Mare Nostrum programme ended in November and is being replaced by a joint European
project. On 13 April, before the most recent
tragedy, the New York Times reported that
10,165 migrants had already been rescued in
the first three months of 2015, however April
has seen a spike in numbers.
Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency was quoted by
AFP as saying this could become, “the worst
massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean.”
She was joined in her strong statements by
Maltese PM Joseph Muscat who said that
if Europe did not act to prevent future tragedies, “history will judge it very badly.”
An online petition which called upon the
Sun newspaper to fire columnist Katie Hopkins reached 190,000 signatures after she said
gunships should be used to stop migrants from
crossing the Mediterranean.
The Guardian reported that the EU has been,
“reduced to impotent handwringing,” over
what it called the Mediterranean refugee crisis. EU countries registered a total of 626,000
asylum applications last year, with one quarter
of the countries receiving three quarters of the
applications.
This latest tragedy will be used to argue for
the reintroduction of the Mare Nostrum programme. Igiaba Scego also used the opportunity to criticise European immigration policy,
saying that when her parents arrived from
Somalia in the 1970s there was considerably
more freedom of movement. “It is more fitting
to speak of a manslaughter than a tragedy,
especially after parts of the EU decided to
stop Mare Nostrum. This was a clear choice
where our continent decided to fortify its
borders and show a complete disregard for
human life.”
Writing in the Guardian Hakim Bello, himself an immigrant who fled to Europe from
Libya, said that, “no one gets on those deadly ships to Italy unless it’s a last resort.” He
said on the boat he came across in, “people
were shouting that they couldn’t breathe, so
the men in charge of the boat went down
and started beating them.” He also referred
to the crossing as, “the deadliest border in
the world.”
The Guardian/Al Jazeera/New York Times/
Dagens Nyheter/CNN/BBC
Crossbow Killing in Spain
Xenophobic Killings in SA
A pupil from the Instituto Joan Fuster school
in Barcelona has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed a teacher at the school
with a crossbow. The 13 year old, who made
the weapon at home, may not face charges
because the age of criminal responsibility in
Spain is 14, the BBC reports.
Accounts have emerged in media that the
killed teacher was protecting a colleague during a confrontation in which four others were
wounded, but not badly hurt.
Police spokespeople could not confirm whether the teacher, who only joined the school
recently, was killed by the crossbow or by a
knife that the boy was also carrying.
Spanish media has reported that the pupil had
spent a week talking about killing all his teachers, however his schoolmates had dismissed
the threats as a joke.
BBC
The recent spate of xenophobic killings in
South Africa was catapulted into international headlines as photographer James Oatway
captured the brutal murder of an immigrant
in Johannesburg’s Alexandra Township.
Emmanuel Sithole, a Mozambican, pleaded
for mercy while being bludgeoned with a
wrench and stabbed with knives by four
South African men in broad daylight.
“They wanted one thing and that was to kill
Emmanuel,” the photographer told CNN,
“They wanted his blood and nothing was going to stop them from doing that.”
Oatway’s photographs, some of which he
took as close as four metres from the attack,
appeared on the front page of South Africa’s
Sunday Times. Oatway, and fellow journalist
Beauregard Tromp, took Sithole to hospital
where he later passed away.
CNN
In Brief
After the Pope’s comments last week condemning the Armenian massacre of 1915
as genocide, US President Barack Obama
has refused to join the pontiff in his definition. Obama had originally pledged to acknowledge the genocide, however due to
opposition from the State Department he has
backed down.
Elsewhere a lump of congealed fat and
household waste, dubbed a, “10-tonne fatberg,” in British media, was removed from a
sewer in Chelsea. The operation was reported to cost Thames Water £400,000.
It has also been announced that the BBC will
air unseen Top Gear footage starring Jeremy
Clarkson who was recently fired from the
successful show after allegedly punching a
producer.
In New Zealand the Prime Minister John
Key apologised this week for pulling a waitress’s hair claiming it was, “a bit of banter.”
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For further inform
iinformation,
n mati
m tiion
n,
Company’s
including the Co
ompany’s
attractive benefits package,
packa
age,,
age
please contact
Marilyn Johnson,
Senior Secretary
on telephone number: 22380
Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc
has a vacancy for a
Messenger
Within the Secretariat Department
or via email address:
marilynj@solomons.co.sh
Application forms may be collected
from Solomons Reception Desk, in
the Main Office Building, Jamestown
or alternatively an electronic copy
can be requested via e-mail
address: hradmin@solomons.co.sh
and should be completed and
returned to Nicola Essex, Human
Resources Manager,
Solomons Office, Jamestown,
By
29 April 2015.
Job Outline
To provide a messenger/delivery service for the Company.
x
Interested Persons Should:
x Have a valid driving license
x Have good Customer Service skills
x Be able to work unsupervised
Have good time management and organisational skills
Salary will start at £545.58 per month, (£6,546 per annum),
depending on qualifications and experience
Situated at Kunjie Field
First building on your right. Car park is available.
Opening hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays
From 4pm – 6pm
Contact Jean Fowler on Tele no 24044
Date: Sunday, 3rd May 2015
Time: 8am at the Wharf Steps
Destination: Lemon Valley
(Sea conditions permitting)
This invitation is open to all club members
and their guests.
On sale are ladies, men’s and children’s clothing
in assorted sizes to suit everyone. Come and have a browse!
This outing was originally scheduled for the 29th of
March but was cancelled due to poor sea conditions.
For members interested in coming on this new date please
resubmit your detaisl to either Michielle Yon (Tel 23677)
or Elizabeth Clingham (Tel 23538) by the 28th April so
that boating and catering arrangements can be made in
advance.
Follow our updates or contact us on our
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD
Design Issues Delay Replacement Spire on St James’ Church
Steel Structure Spire Still
Awaits Planning Approval
Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS
T
he Sentinel reported on 15 January that a
project would shortly commence to construct
a steel spire on St James Church to replace the
porous red stone structure which was deemed
unsafe and dismantled in 1980. At the open
Highways Authority meeting on 15 April
a member revealed, “there could be a long
drawn-out process in planning,” due to engineering design issues.
The inner working of the clock in the spire
Within an overall project costing £50,000 the
church’s third spire will be erected in stages,
Church Warden, Ivy Ellick, told The Sentinel.
The bell in the clock tower
Contractor, Adrian Duncan, said some structural work is also needed for protecting the
historic bell and clock. Planning approval
was not in place and it was later revealed
that representations about the proposed spire
should be made to the Chief Planning Officer.
Scaffolding in front of the Church has been in
place for three months, cordoning off five car
parks including three used by the police. The
Police were provided with five other spaces
in front of the cordon but in the meeting their
representatives expressed concern about not
being able to use all, suggesting a risk assessment is carried out.
The meeting heard that members of the public
are frustrated about the delay in work and reinstatement of parking spaces. It was asserted
that the contractor should make the public
aware of what is happening with the project.
St Helena Hotel Development Ltd will be holding a Public Consultation at No.3 Main Street
on Friday 1st May 2015 from 1pm - 4pm. This Public Consultation will provide an onsite
update on the Hotel development project with detailed plans for comment and feedback as
part of the detailed planning process.
This is an opportunity for all who are interested to have a walk through the buildings to get a
feel of how the Hotel will look and operate via the detailed designs that will be on display,
along with other information relating to the project, including the Heritage Impact
Assessment.
We look forward to seeing you.
Anthony M. Thomas
Communications Liaison Officer
St Helena Hotel Development Ltd.
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ST HELENA SNIPPETS
SS City of Cairo Treasure
£34m Recovered from World’s Second-Deepest Ocean
Merten, centre, with
survivors on the HMS Belfast
Picture: St Helena Museum
Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS
T
he BBC reported on 14 April that underwater salvagers, Deep Ocean Search, contracted by the UK government, recovered a £34m
trove of silver coins in the deepest salvage
operation in history, from SS City of Cairo
which was torpedoed 480 miles south of St
Helena and sank to 5,150m. The 100 tonnes
of silver rupees have now been melted down
in the UK and sold, with the undisclosed sum
Creative St
Helena, Keeps
St Helena
Buzzing
Damien O’Bey, SAMS
D
irector of Creative St Helena, Pamela Murray, was pleased to announce
the opening of an area at Kingshurst
Community Centre that will be used
as an art studio. The room became officially operational on 21 April. “It’s
basically a blank room with a large
bench,” said Ms Murray. “Anyone
who needs some space and fancies do-
divided between the treasury – which technically owns the coins – and the salvagers, who
took a percentage of the sale. The salvage was
completed in September 2013.
The Sentinel covered the “Torpedoing of City
of Cairo” story in its 13 November 2014 edition, marking the 72nd anniversary of the British passenger ship sinking by German U-boat,
U-68, commanded by Capitan Karl-Fredrich
Merten on 6 November 1942. The ship left
Bombay, India on 1 October with 302 people
onboard, bringing families back to Britain and
also carried 7,422 tonnes of general cargo, including pig iron, timber, wool, cotton manga-
nese ore and 2,000 boxes of silver coins. She
departed Cape Town on 1 November.
Captain Merten sunk 27 allied merchant ships
with a combined tonnage of 170,151 including
the 8,145 tonnes Darkdale off James Bay on
22 October 1941. First was the 5,302 tonnes
British steamer SS Silverbelle on 22 September 1941 and last was 6 November 1942, the
8,034 tonnes City of Cairo. On 19 November SS Clan Alpine enroute from Cape Town
picked up three of Cairo’s boats 50 miles from
St Helena. That afternoon she landed 150 persons – 62 European passengers, 22 European
and 64 Asian crew, and 2 dead seamen.
ing a bit of art can book and use it.” The
studio also lends itself to other art forms like
photography.
Creative St Helena is also launching a
weekly art house cinema night, to help with
raising funds for St Helena’s participation
in the Jersey Arts Trust’s Artists’ Lock-in.
“What we’re trying to do with film nights
is to try and show slightly more unusual
films,” explained Pamela. “We don’t want
to be showing films that will also be shown
on TV.” Entry for the monthly film nights
will be free however Creative St Helena will
be looking to collect donations to help with
fundraising.
Lastly Creative St Helena has begun seeking contributions for inclusion in the second
volume of ‘Speaking Saint’. The book contains a variety of poems and stories, short
and long, fiction and non-fiction, with some
written in Saint Dialog. There were 23 contributors for the first volume and it is hoped
that there will be more submissions this
time.
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Ascension CRICKET
Catherine Leo, Ascension Island
Cricket Results
Weekend 18-19 April 2014
Sunday 19th April
Traveller’s Sharks vs Ascension
Vigilantes
Chay Sharkie and Ryan were the opening
batsmen for the Sharks this week and the first
ball was hit for a six by Sharkie. But on the
third ball, disaster when he was called LBW.
There was outrage over the decision – speaking with Sharkie he described the ball as coming of his shoe and the Umpire could not have
predicted where it was going, but at the end
of the day the decision stuck. Jaie once again
spent a while at the wicket, but again frustrating his team with his tactics of blocking rather
than striking to get the run-rate up. Frustrated
would be too tame a word to describe what
Robbie thought of his run-out when Jaie chose
to run on a shot easily collected in the field. Jason would go on to reach the highest score for
his side. It seemed Damon may have been on
to something after cracking a six, but this was
swiftly followed by his wicket being taken.
Saturday 18th April
Two Boats Mix vs V.C Titans
Two Boats opened the batting and were able
to put up 132 runs. The first wicket went in the
third over when Alex was caught by Darren,
bowled Myles. Marc, also opening batsman
should also have been caught, what looked
to be a comfortable catch for Johnson was
dropped when he collided with Darren going
for the same. There was a steady drain on Two
Boats wickets, Myles having a good day and
credited with five. When Richie C took to the
crease his teammates reminisced about a time
in the past when he hit six sixes in one over,
today he faced two balls, striking the second
for Johnson to produce a terrific one-handed
catch. Clayton V was the surprise of the day,
running up 28 runs, drawing applause from the
stands and frustrating the opposing side. Novice cricketer, Benjy, celebrated hitting a four
with an emphatic wave of the bat in the air,
but his showboating was brought to an abrupt
end when he was caught by wicketkeeper,
Matthew, also having a good game. With just
TG and Mikey left batting, there was hope for
a greater score when Mikey’s first strike produced a six, but this was also short-lived when
he was bowled by Darren to end the innings.
Two Boats managed to take just two wickets
of the Titans, they were sloppy in the field and
dropped catches. Myles continued in his good
form and scored an impressive 65 not out, but
the game was over in the 14th over – perhaps
the Two Boats team missed the vocals of BBC,
but seemed to have given up quite early and
had no defense against the Titans.
Compared to previous games, the Sharks
went on to put on a horrific performance in
the field. Both opening batsmen for the Vigilantes should have been caught for ducks but
both were dropped. Sharkie’s frustration from
the first innings ran over and his actions cost
his team runs, the ball being thrown around
wildly and with no accuracy. Others in the
team were sloppy and though teammates tried
to calm the situation this was not going to be
their day. Despite this they managed to take
a number of wickets. Errol again carried his
team through, taking to the crease in the tenth
over and staying to the end. More infuriation
for Robbie when going for a catch he collided
with Geordie. Damon covered a lot of ground
and had his work cut out for him, he took two
good catches and when put on as a bowler his
first ball took the wicket of Neil. The Sharks
managed to slow the run rate, only eight runs
were awarded to four overs (26 to 29) and with
the Vigilantes playing a man short, it did make
for an interesting end to the match – but in the
end the Vigilantes triumphed and deserved the
win.
Saturdays Results
Two Boats Mix, all out for 132 runs after 29
overs.
Batting: Marc Holland 21, Sam Arms 23 and
Clayton Vanguard 28
Bowling: Myles Henry - 5/30 (7), Darren
Bedwell 2/34 (5) Cardie Green 2/14 (4)
V.C Titans, 137 runs for the loss of 2 wickets
after 13.2 overs.
Batting: Myles Henry 65 n.o, Dale Josias 17
n.o and Darrell Henry 13
Bowling: Richard Constantine 1/33 (3), Stefan Hunt 1/18 (3)
Performance points: 3 Myles Henry,
2 Matthew Andrews 1 Clayton Vanguard.
V.C Titans were the winners with 3 points.
Sundays Results
Traveller’s Sharks, 158 runs all out after 28.1
overs
Batting: Jason Peters 21, Jaie Jaie Buckley 16
and Alvin Henry 14
Bowling: Mario Anthony - 4/22 (6), Mario
Williams 2/32 (7) Ashley Lawrence 2/36 (4.1)
Ascension Vigilantes, 163 for the loss of 8
wickets after 30 overs
Batting: Errol Thomas 52 n.o, Ashley Lawrence 21 and David Beard 16
Bowling: Geordie Peters - 3/51 runs from 6
overs, Simeon Coleman - 2/22 runs from 7
overs
Performance points: 3 Errol Thomas,
2 Damon Bowers, 1 Jason Peters
Ascension Vigilantes were the winners with
3 points.
Next Weekend Fixtures
Saturday 25th April
Traveller’s Sharks V G.T Allrounders 12:30
Sunday 26th April
V.C Titans V Ascension Vigillanties 12:30
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PRIMARY SCHOOL
ATHLETICS
Annika Lawrence after presenting the
Lawrence Cup
St Pauls Primary
Crowned 2015 Athletics
Champions
Aiden Yon-Stevens , winner of the
Rocco Cup following an outstanding
perfomance at the Primary School
Athletics day
Nicus DeJager celebrates his
silver medal
Brooke Yon lunges
for the Finish Line
Laila Clarke wins gold
in the
80 m Sprint
Katie Williams crosses
the line for Pilling
Damien O’Bey, SAMS
The islands three primary schools, Pilling, St
Pauls and Harford, came together on Wednesday
to contest the 2015 primary school athletics day.
Winners of the Key Stage 1 sector was St Pauls
Primary school, who were presented with the
Lawrence cup, presented by the St Helenian
Lawrence family. Various members of the family have represented the school in sporting events
over the years. Annika Lawrence, currently a
student in her final year at St Pauls Primary, presented the trophy.
Although numbers of spectators were noticeably
less than previous years the event was still really
well supported, students relished the support
given by parents and cheerleaders.
They day concluded with the relay races and results were announced. Key Stage 1 winners were
St Pauls with 46 points, followed by pilling with
38 and then Harford with 31. Key Stage 2 winners were Harford with 129, hot on their tails
were St Pauls with 120, followed by Pilling with
93 points. When the totals of the different key
stages were combined St Pauls were crowned
overall champions on 166 points in second on
160 was Harford and third was Pilling with
131points.
Athlete of the day for years 1-2 was shared by
Carla O’Conner from St Pauls and Blaize Baldwin from Pilling. Years 3-4 athlete’s of the day
were; Matthew Owen from Harford, and Leah
Bedwell from St Pauls. Years 5-6 athletes of the
day were; Hannah Hickling from Harford and
Aiden Yon-Stevens from Pilling. Aiden was also
awarded the Rocco Cup for his outstanding performance on the day
Headteacher at Harford Primary, Carlean Crowie commented, “It was great to see how much
our athletes have improved in both field and
track events. The talent on display was amazing.
The day has been a huge success.”
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SENTINEL SPORT
GOLF NEWS
Contributed by Rodney Buckley
Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan could pay the
price for playing with no shoes in his World
Championship opener against qualifier Craig
Steadman.
It had all begun so easily for ‘the Rocket’ who
went close to a maximum break in the opening
frame, potting 13 reds and blacks, but then suffered discomfort four frames later.
The world No 2, who suffered a broken ankle
towards the end of last year, appeared in pain
due to his footwear and opted to remove his
shoes, briefly playing in his socks.
He subsequently borrowed a pair of shoes
from tournament director Mike Ganley and put
them on, but the World Professional Billiards
and Snooker Association may well probe his
conduct and consider whether it constitutes a
breach of its rules about members’ dress code,
which could see them dishing out a fine.
Sky Sports News
Boxing: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will finally share a ring in just over week
but an actual contract to stage the richest bout
in history at the MGM Grand still has not been
signed.
A row between the rival promoters has resulted
in no tickets being printed for the showdown
between the world’s two best pound-for-pound
fighters on May 2.
Tickets for closed-circuit viewing at the MGM
Hotels have also yet to go on sale.
Sky Sports News
Football: After what was deemed a, “flat performance,” by Bayern Munich in the first leg
of the Champions League quarter final against
Porto, Bayern came back in style with a 6-1
victory to bring the aggregate to 7-4. According to Barney Ronay in the Guardian, Porto
were undone by, “Bayern’s ruthless exposing
of weakness on the flanks.” Guardiola won
plaudits from both Ronay and Zonal Marking’s Michael Cox who said that, “the rest of
Europe should be terrified,” of the team which
had adapted perfectly to come back in the second leg.
Cox said that the Bayern team had showed
good flexibility, moving from its usual passing game to a style which relied more on width
and crossing. However despite this the team
still managed to move the ball around on the
ground, with one of the goals being the result of
26 passes, a record for this season’s Champions
League. Barney Ronay: “We were very bad in
the first half,’ Porto’s Manager Julen Lopetegui said. He was wrong though. Porto were not
quite as good as that.”
Sky Sports News
St Helena Golf Club Report
Weekend 18-19 April 2014
Saturday 18th –Two Team Texas Scramble. Stableford format.
Winners – Larry Legg & Brian Fowler – 43 Points.
Runners-up – KJ & Gavin Crowie – 43 Points (decided on
count-back).
Two Ball winners – KJ & Gavin on 7th par 3.
Ten competitors on very wet afternoon – consideration was
given to hiring airport flood lights to see them home.
Sunday19th -18 Hole Stroke Play. Played to Furrows.
(Furrows are a line defined “narrower course” within the
main golf course-designed to encourage straight driving –
not for the likes of me).
Winner – Larry Legg 6 over par 74.
Runner-up – Ray Yon also 6 over par 74 decided on countback.
Third place –Tony Green 8 over par 76 on count-back with
Foxey.
Two Ball winners- Lawson Henry 7th par 3, Larry Legg 14th
par 3, Foxey 16th par 3 & Leon Crowie x 2 – 7th par 3 &
18th par 4.
17 players took part on a sunny afternoon & many thanks
expressed to Lawson Henry for sponsoring the prizes.
Fixtures this weekend. Saturday 18 Hole Tombstone & Sunday 18 Hole Monthly Medal. Members please note fixtures
for May & June are in the process of being revised. May to
coincide with the May long weekend holiday & the open to
come forward in June to accommodate six regular playing
members who would otherwise be offshore for the open.
Enjoy-Always keep our words soft and sweet, just in case
we have to eat them.
Seafast Sails Off With Queen’s Award
International Trade
Award for Enterprise
Seafast Chief Executive,
David J Halliday
Seafast, Press Release
S
eafast have been announced today
(22/04/15) as having won, the Queens Award
for Enterprise, in the category of International
Trade. Even more pleasing, is the fact Seafast
were the only Company based in the County of
Suffolk, to have been granted a Queen’s Award
this year. David J Halliday, Seafast Chief
Executive, stated, “Since 2008 Seafast have
received a number of Logistics Industry specific awards, which has been pleasing. That
Proposed Seafast
vessel for St Helena
said, none compare with the fact The Queen’s
Award is across all UK based Industry Sectors,
and therefore we have not been measured only
against our Industry Peers, but rather a much
wider range of Organisations. It is by a considerable margin, our most treasured Award
recognition to date.” Seafast business focus
is upon providing bespoke Global Logistics
solutions, for Customers in emerging, remote
and difficult to serve Regions, including British Overseas Territories.
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Greg Coleman struck 52 runs before
having his stumps scattered by Phillip
Stroud on Sunday.
Colemans Innings
Contained six 4’s and one 6
CRICKET RESULTS
Saturday 18 April 2015
Levelwood Allstarz J/Town Barracudas
158/5
Ross Henry, 47
David Franics, 2/22 (4)
152/6
Damien O’Bey, 50
Gavin George 3/27 (4)
St Matthews Lions
HTH Dolphins
119/4
Scott Crowie, 30
Ross Leo 3/23 (4)
115
Danie Klienhans 25
Tris Moyce 2/33 (4)
Sunday 19 April 2015
St Matthews Lions Levelwood Allstarz
170/4
Scott Crowie, 108*
Ross Leo 1/26 (4)
166/4
Greg Coleman, 52
Greg Coleman, 2/14 (4)
CRICKET FIXTURES
Saturday 25 April 2015 - 9.00am
Levelwood Allstarz vs J/Town Barracudas
1.00pm
St Matthews Lions vs HTH Dolphins
Sunday 26 April 2015 - 9.00am
Sandy Bay Pirates vs Western Warriors
1.00pm
Levelwood Rebels vs J/Town Zodiacs
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replaced skipper Darrell Leo at the top of the
order for the shorter format, and he too looked
to be in menacing form. The pair combined
to devastating effect and had brought up the
teams 100 within 11 overs.
On his way to an innings of 50, Henry struck
five 4’s and a 6. Although Lions had attempted
to block off his main scoring shot, the lofted
straight drive, Henry showed that he is not a
one trick pony and scored runs in other areas, before perishing, caught Alex Langham,
bowled Scott Crowie with the score on 103.
Coleman, although riding his luck at times,
compiled 52 runs. He too found the boundary regularly, cracking six 4’s and a solitary
6 before his stumps were sent flying by Lions’
paceman Phillip Stroud.
The launching pad had been set for Allstarz to
go on and set a total in excess of 200, however, credit must go to Lions who remained
focused and produced an outstanding bowling
and fielding display to stem the flow of runs.
Dane ‘Sixes’ Leo, missed out on an opportunity to cash in on Allstarz’ good start and perished, bowled Ross Leo, for a meagre 2 runs.
A dogged innings from Darrell Leo (25*) and
a quick fire 14* from Stefun Leo saw Allstarz
to 166, which was still a competitive total.
Unlike the Allstarz opening partnership, Nick
Stevens and Alistair Buckley could only manage 5 runs between them, and when Chris
Dawson was dismissed for a duck, and Phillip
Stroud 4, Lions found themselves in a perilous position of 30 for 4 after 6. For Allstarz,
Colemans spectacular opening bowling spell
produced 2 wickets for just 14 runs.
When Michael Bedwell strode to the crease to
partner Crowie, the match looked all but over
for Lions, however if any of those who had
gathered to watch the match had decided to
leave early, they would have missed what has
to be the most exciting display of cricket that
has been produced this season.
Both Crowie and Bedwell started patiently, defending the good balls and punishing the bad
ones up until the 13th over. This approach was
not a match winning one and the pair realised
this. It was imperative that the duo scored runs
of every single delivery.
Crowie seemed to kick into another gear and
went about dismantling Allstarz’ bowling attack. The left hander began to find the boundary with regularity. Although he survived a
number of close calls, his stroke play remained
classy, but was simply destructive. His spectacular unbeaten innings of 108 contained
eleven 4’s and seven 6’s, and with Bedwell
chipping in with a well played 25* Lions surpassed Allstarz total with 3 balls to spare.
Congratulations
St Matthews Lions!
Ross Leo attempts to run out Greg
Coleman at the non-strikers end
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SPORTS ARENA
LIONS T20 CHAMPIONS
SCOTT’S LIONS
ROAR
TO VICTORY
108 not out
Eleven 4’s
Seven 6’s
St Matthews Lions 170/4 vs Levelwood Allstarz 166/4
Sun 19 April 2015 - Match Report
Damien O’Bey, SAMS
Scott Crowie produced a top class unbeaten innings of 108 as St Matthews
Lions surpassed Levelwood Allstarz’
166 in Sundays T20 cricket final on
Sunday afternoon.
AllStarz had booked their place in the final after emerging victorious
in a closely fought semi final match against Jamestown Barracudas the
day before. Lions earned their spot in the final with a comfortable semi
final victory over HTH Dolphins
After early morning showers on Sunday, The T20 cricket final at Francis Plain began in perfect weather conditions. The start to Allstarz’ innings was equally as bright as the sun that had made its way out from
behind the rain clouds.
Allstarz’ mercurial opener Ross Henry had continued his run of good
form and began to attack Lions bowlers from the off. Greg Coleman
continued inside
Ross Leo was the best Lions
bowler over the course of
the weekend.
3/23 against
Dolphins
1/26 against
Allstarz
Young Lions, Alex Langham, and Ross Leo Celebrate a wicket