march 3, 2012

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Last Thursday, The PrimeMnister of Aruba opened thefirst symposium by TNOCaribe under the auspices ofJan Ebbing and his team.This symposium was organ-

ized for all stakeholdersslated to work with TNO onthe realization of variousprojects to make Aruba agreen energy sustainable is-land.

One of the discussionsduring the symposium was anexplanation of what exactly isa “living lab” and how thiswill be developed. The sym-posium, titled “Roadmap of asustainable Aruba 2020” wasgraced with the presence ofthe Directors of WEB,ELMAR, FCCA, and SETARexecutives. Members of theSupervisory Board of UtilitiesN.V. and various advisers in-volved in energy programswere also in attendance.

Everyone is aware of thefact that TNO was brought toAruba for two main purposes.One purpose is to establish ascientific institution of learn-ing with a far reaching repu-

tation which will affordAruba an opportunity to builda third economic pillar...onthe area of knowledge.

The second purpose forTNO’s existence on Aruba isto pursue a change in Aruba’senergy into one that is sus-tainable, according to PrimeMinister Eman. Eman is ofthe opinion that we must de-velop a third economicstream which fits in with the“Green” concept. Eman con-tinued to remark that withinsix months we will mostprobably be inaugurating an-other windmill park whichwould generate 40% of en-ergy from the wind. Thoseclosest to this project knowhow difficult this processwas. In order to create sup-port for sustainable develop-ment and to create atransition from the present tothe future, requires a greatdeal of energy and congenial-ity to make that happen andto guarantee a stable andprosperous development, ac-cording to Eman.

According to the govern-ment, the “livng lab” that isto be developed on Aruba, isnot just a simple idea but aprocess of education and astep we must take for the en-tire community so that wecan develop sustainable en-ergy.

TNO holding first symposiumon green energy

CHICAGO (AFP) - A secondwave of tornados tore acrossthe central United States Fri-day leaving a trail of damageas residents were recoveringfrom a string of twisters thatkilled 13 people earlier in theweek.

Some 17 tornados were re-ported in Alabama, Ten-nessee and Illinois by Fridayafternoon, bringing theweek's total to 65, though notall were confirmed.

More could be on theirway as a "particularly dan-gerous" tornado watch wasset to continue until 9:00 pmFriday (0200 GMT Saturday)in Indiana, Kentucky andOhio and 6:00 pm (2200GMT) Friday in Illinois, In-diana, and Missouri.

"This is a particularly dan-gerous situation," the nationalweather service warned.

"Destructive tornadoes,large hail to 2.5 inches (6.4centimeters), thunderstormwind gusts to 70 miles (112kilometers) per hour and dan-gerous lightening are possi-ble."

Most of Friday's tornadoeswere reported in Alabama'sMadison county, wherehouses were destroyed, treesand power lines were

knocked down and carstossed about.

The weather service re-ported "people trapped inrubble with injuries," but nofatalities were reported byFriday afternoon.

This latest outbreak oftwisters comes as peoplewere still picking throughrubble left behind by a seriesof twisters which struck sixstates on Tuesday andWednesday.

The town of Harrisburg,Illinois was the hardest hitafter it was ripped apart by adeadly twister that stayed onthe ground for miles Wednes-day, killing at least six peopleand injuring more than 100.

Some 545 people werekilled by tornadoes in 2011,which was the deadliest tor-nado season since 1936 andthe third worst on record, ac-cording to the nationalweather service.

This year, the tornadosseem to have come a bit earlywith the mild winter creatingthe right conditions for coldfronts to slam into warmerair. Peak tornado season inthe southern states is usuallyMarch through May, and inthe northern states late springto early summer.

Second wave of tornadosravages central US

The Cas Animal DoggyCarnival this SundayThose wishing to enter the ap-propriately garbed canine witha chance to win great prizesand crowns for a Small andLarge Carnival Queen and aSmall and Large Carnival Pan-cho, should inscribe in theparking lot of the Acqua Con-dominium project across fromthe Palm Beach Plaza at 4:00PM; entry fee is 35 florins.

Sunday -Ms. CanadaFundraising Beach Volley-ball tourney - 11 am16 teams will be battling it outon the La Cabana Beach front,contestants will includeAruba’s Minister of Social andEconomic Affairs and Culture,Michelle Hooyboer-Winklaar,playing for the Canada team.(see pg 16)

Saturday morning from 9am - 1 p.m.: Santa RosaFarm Fair

Santa Rosa Farm is hostingits first fair for the year 2012.Buy fresh veggies, fish, andmeat, natural products, sweets,local dishes home cooked,bring the kids along to enjoythe Kids Corner, make it afamily day.

Things to dothis weekend!

2 Saturday, March 3, 2012

UNION, S.C. -- Fans of theAmerican Drag RacingLeague will be happy toknow that the smiling facesand palm tree adorned pitarea of Team Aruba will beback on tour for 2012, givingfans a taste of the Aruban par-adise this team calls home.Also as in previous years,fans can learn more aboutbooking their own dream get-away at each ADRL event.

Driver Trevor Eman andthe entire Aruba.com creware excited to be back for an-other year and continuebuilding their program. Al-though the team may belooked at as an underdogcompared to some of the gi-ants of Extreme Pro Stock,each year the team grows inconfidence and strengthenstheir assault on the competi-tion.

“We’re thrilled to be backunder the Aruba banner tocompete in the ADRL again,”told Eman. “We love to tellpeople about our home coun-try and encourage them totake the vacation of a life-time, and to be able to do thatthrough this racing platformis an opportunity we’re verygrateful for. Alltel Wirelesswill also be on board with us

again this year. We’re keep-ing much of the same thingsin place and looking to buildon our knowledge and suc-cesses from last year. Thisteam has a huge amount ofpotential, and we hope to un-leash more of it in 2012.”

Team Aruba will fieldtheir stunning Jerry Haasbuilt Mustang with a JonKaase Ford power plant onceagain providing the muscle.

“Kaase has been workingreally hard during this offseason finding any improve-ments he can, and we can’twait to see how well his ef-forts have paid off,” addedEman. “We want to givethose Chevy guys a run fortheir money, and we’re de-pending on Jon Kaase to findevery little horsepower he

can in that big 825 FordHemi. Our Aruba.com Mus-tang is also updated with thelatest in clutch and drive traininnovation.

“We’ll be testing these up-dates and preparing for theseason during a week-longtest session at Bradenton Mo-torsports Park beginning onMonday [March 5th]. Theguys at Bradenton are reallynice folks and always have akiller track to run on. It’sbeen our location for pre-sea-son testing for the past fiveyears now.

“This Aruba.com Team isexcited that racing season isupon us and it’s time to getback to the track. We’re hop-ing to get a lot accomplishedin this test session and beready to give it all we’ve gotwhen Houston gets here. Ourfans are some of the best outthere and our goal is to givethem a win or two this year.We’re certainly not afraid ofhard work, and our crew hasthe talent, so hopefully we’llget a little luck this year andscore a Minute Man for ourfans and for Aruba.”

Keep up with Team Arubaat www.facebook.com/tea-marubaracing and on Twitter@TeamArubaRacing. Findrace results, team updates,videos and photos. Also leaveyour comments to cheer onTeam Aruba!

For more on your Arubavacation visitwww.Aruba.com.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012 3

Foundation Cas Animalis conducting their an-nual Doggy Carnivalfundraising event thiscoming Sunday, March4 in Palm Beach. Thosewishing to enter the ap-propriately garbed ca-nine with a chance towin great prizes andcrowns for a Small andLarge Carnival Queenand a Small and LargeCarnival Pancho, shouldinscribe in the parkinglot of the Acqua Condo-minium project across fromthe Palm Beach Plaza at 4:00PM; entry fee is 35 florins.

Entrants will then be di-rected to the field just southof the Westin Resort, where

Judges Eva Wever, co-founder of ARUBA INSTYLE Fashion Week and

Michael Douglas, noted car-nival costume designer, willbe waiting to watch the aspir-

ing contest win-ners will struttheir stuff on thestage providedcourtesy of EliteLighting, begin-ning at 5:00p.m.

Dependingon the numberof entrants, thecanine beautypageant shouldtake around 90minutes.

Balashi Chillis providing beer and softdrinks for sale along withtasty snacks, all to furtherbenefit the foundation, plusattractive souvenir tee shirts.Winners will receive bags of

Beneful dog food as prizesand other great gifts, includ-ing custom-made crowns.

Cas Animal is a non-profitfoundation dedicated to res-cuing Aruba’s abandoned andabused dogs and cats; thecurrent fundraising event isto finance the construction ofa no-kill shelter in Kibaima,which will accommodate upto 250 dogs and include anonsite clinic.

All are welcome to enjoythis most entertaining showwhile helping a very worth-while cause; if you are a doglover, come and admire somegreat canine companions andhelp rescue Aruba’s strays.

Rosalie Klein

A dose of concentrated cuteness for a worthwhile cause:

The Cas Animal Doggy Carnival on Sunday

Some of last year’s participants: Queen Joy of the largebreeds, Panch Clown of the small breeds and a verywrinkly pirate

less fortunate. The award ceremony took

place on Thursday evening,March 1 at the RadissonAruba Resort, Casino & Spa,where FOTH annually con-ducts their fundraisingSweethearts Dinner Danceon Valentine’s Day.

FOTH President Art Starkand all the FOTH volunteersreceived a personal thank youfrom Daniel Tecklenborg, Di-rector of CEDE Aruba, anon-profit organizationwhich administrates andfinds funding for foundationsand social projects, for theirselfless and ceaseless effortsto assist Aruba’s less fortu-nate during their time on theisland, when most usuallycome to just lay on the beach.

This is FOTH’s silver an-niversary, 25 years offundraising, with a total of45,000 Arubian florins($25,700) finally distributedamong 13 foundations.

The 2012 recipients oftheir efforts were:

• Imeldahoff Homefor children from troubledfamilies,

• Funari center forphysically handicapped eld-erly,

• Respeta Mi, whichbattles child abuse,

• Ambiente Feliz, ahome for mentally chal-lenged adults,

• Centro Kibrahaca, anactivities and social center

for retirees, • Cas Marie, a therapy

and social center for thosewith Alzheimer’s and SenileDementia,

• Bibito Pin care cen-ter for severely physicallyand mentally challenged chil-dren,

• Edmund Harms,which provides home-carefor terminal cancer patients,

• Abiente Nobo for thementally challenged,

• FAVI for the visuallyimpaired,

• Hacienda andEliezer rehab centers forthose battling substanceabuse

Representatives of thevarious foundations ex-pressed their admiration forthe efforts of FOTH volun-teers, when coming to thepodium to collect their dona-tions, where they explainedthe work they do and how thefunds will be deployed.

This year, FOTH mem-bers also welcomed to theirranks new volunteers Richand Marie Szempruch, whojoinArt and his wife Alma,Phil Solomon, Sal andMaryann Lacarruba, DavidUlmschneider and his wifeTana, Pat and Marsha Finckand Huguette Vatiquette, ablyassisted by Marcelino andAnoushka of Aruba in theirdedication to “giving back”to the community of the is-land that has become their“home away from home.”

By Rosalie Klein


After two months of winter-ing on Aruba, the volunteervisitors who comprise the

foundation Friends of theHandicapped distributed thefunds they had raised for

charity over the past twomonth, to a number of localinstitutions dedicated to the

Friends of the Handicapped distribute theirannual donations

The Lent season is here andSubway has already launchedits traditional ‘Seafood Sen-tation’campaign offering cus-tomers the best choice inseafood sandwiches, as mostArubans are known to eatonly fish on Fridays duringthe Lent season.

On the menu: the famousand delicious ‘Clam Chow-der Soup.’ Subway also haslobster, tuna and crab sand-wiches, as well as wraps andsalads; a healthy choice vari-ety for all those who wants toeat healthy and has a love forseafood and fresh produce.

Subway is always con-

scious of its customerswho prefer to eatseafood during theLent season, espe-cially on Fridays. So,start your reflexionseason in a healthyway with the freshsandwiches, wrapsand salads Subwayhas to offer.

Subway bakes its breaddaily and each order is madethe moment you order it inyour presence.

And…not to forget itsparty platters, and excellentchoice for a fresh, healthyand delicious way to surpriseyour family and friends dur-ing any festive event or beachparty.

Subway also announces toits clients that its RenaissanceMarketplace branch is openagain after undergoing acomplete renovation with amore modern corporate envi-ronment. A tremendous newsfor clients and tourists.

Special for the Lent Season:

Subway has its traditional‘Seafood Sentation’ campaign

FOTH Volunteers and recipients

Photos depict at left: Daniel Techlenborg of CEDE thanks Art Stark, at right: Dennis Con-rado receiving donation on behalf of the SVGA

Saturday, March 3 , 2012 5

Aruba has been receivinggreat media coverage latelyfrom the Internationalmedia. This time it is ourCarubbian Festival that isbeing lauded on Smarter-travel.com. Aruba wasnamed one of the best desti-nations in the Caribbean forthe year 2012. Nine othercountries were named,namely, Puerto Rico, St.Maarten and St. Lucia.

Carubbian Festival wasan initiative of the govern-ment of Aruba, with the ob-

jective of giving ourvisitors a unique experi-ence; to teach themsomething of our cul-ture and at the sametime to contribute to theeconomy of San Nico-laas.

Integrating Aruba’sculture into our tourismhas always been an im-portant element of ourtourism. In this veryfashion, Carubbian Fes-tival has been very suc-

cessful. Our visitors are

simply enchanted with theCarubbian Festival concept;it is something big and verydifferent. This festival, cele-brated once weekly in SanNicolaas, has undoubtedlyadded a new and interestingdimension to our tourism.

Today, somewhat as a ‘re-ward’ for their hard work andplanning. The Carubbian Fes-tival team is delighted overthe news of the internationalrecognition of this Festivalfor travelers around theworld!

Smartertravel.com website lauds Aruba’s Carubbian Festival!

GORONTALO (AFP) -Thousands of male In-donesian civil servantshad their monthly paytransferred to their wives'bank accounts this week ina bid by a local govern-ment to stop men havingaffairs.

The Gorontalo admin-istration on northern Su-lawesi island issued therecommendation earlythis year to its 3,200 civilservants, saying it wouldhelp control funds usuallyspent on mistresses.

"Men are usually un-able to control their be-haviour if they have toomuch money in theirpocket," governmentspokesman Rifly Katilitold AFP.

"I'm pretty sure thiswill eliminate the possibil-ity of love affairs that un-dermine families."

About 90 percent of theworkers are voluntarilytaking part in the initia-tive, Katili said.

"This kind of initiativewill also empower the em-ployees' wives to learnabout household budgetmanagement," he said.

Katili said many wiveshad complained to thegovernor that their hus-bands withheld how muchthey earned, typically be-tween one and four millionrupiah ($110-$440) amonth.

Katili did not knowhow many civil servantshad cheated on theirwives.

"Unfortunately, wenever researched that."

Indonesian

women get

husbands' pay

to stop affairs

Tourist learn one of the local dances duriing CarubbianFestival in San Nicolas.

ities.The soldiers "openly slan-

dered and defamed the dignityof the supreme leadership ofthe DPRK (North Korea) aftercreating a touch-and-go situa-tion", it said in a statement onthe official news agency.

The command vowed to"mercilessly" wipe out anyonewho "slightly insults and de-fames" the dignity of theNorth's supreme leadership.

Pyongyang made similarthreats last year when SouthKorean reservists were foundto be using pictures of the rul-ing Kim dynasty as rifle-rangetargets. The South says thatpractice has been stopped.

Pyongyang has taken a con-sistently hostile tone towardsSeoul since Jong-Un took overafter his father Kim Jong-Ildied of a heart attack on De-cember 17.

Last Saturday it threateneda "sacred war" over US-SouthKorean joint military drills, de-scribing them as a "silent dec-laration of war".

The North vows never todeal with the South's conserva-tive leaders, accusing them oftrying to spark a war and re-jecting appeals for dialogue.On Friday it compared them to"a mad dog getting more fero-cious before meeting its end".

But Seoul's UnificationMinister Yu Woo-Ik told aforum Friday: "We urge NorthKorea again to quickly re-spond to our proposal for dia-logue."

Under the North's agree-ment with the United States,the communist state promisedto suspend a uranium enrich-ment programme and declare amoratorium on nuclear andlong-range missile tests. Itwould also re-admit UN nu-clear inspectors.

The United States said itwould provide the impover-ished and hungry country with

SEOUL - North Korea Fridayrenewed threats to launch a"sacred war" against SouthKorea, indicating cross-borderties will remain icy despite Py-ongyang's surprise nucleardeal with Seoul's close allyWashington.

The North's agreement tofreeze some nuclear and mis-sile activities in return for mas-sive US food aid has raisedcautious hopes of eased ten-sions under its new youngleader Kim Jong-Un.

In statements released lateWednesday announcing thedeal, both Pyongyang andWashington pledged to workfor better relations.

But Friday's commentsfrom the North's supreme mil-itary command struck a differ-ent tone with the South.

The command accusedSouth Korean troops of dis-playing slogans or placardsslandering the North's top lead-ers at their barracks, shootingranges and other military facil-

A North Korean missile unit takes part in a military paradeto celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of theKorean People’s Army in Pyongyang in this picture takenApril 25, 2007.

allegations since mid-Decem-ber largely over his connec-tions to wealthy businessmen,initially over an advantageoushome loan from a friend's wife.

He then faced claims hetried to hush up the story, aswell as reports of free holidaysaccepted from friends.

Wulff stepped down afterprosecutors sought the liftingof his legal immunity to probeallegations he had enjoyedfavours from a film producerfriend.

A Hanover prosecutor's casefocuses on his relationshipwith film producer friendDavid Groenewold who is alsofacing investigation over deal-ings between his firm andLower Saxony while Wulffwas state premier.

He also reportedly pickedup the bill for Wulff's hotelduring a short holiday in 2007.Wulff's lawyers have said herepaid the money in cash later.


240,000 tonnes of food in-tended for young children andpregnant women.The disarmament talks havebeen stalled for some threeyears. The disclosure in No-vember 2010 of the North's en-richment programme, whichcould give it a second path toan atomic bomb, has lent ur-gency to the diplomacy.

The United States and its al-lies had demanded a shutdownof the programme as one pre-condition for reviving the six-party forum.

Washington had also calledon Pyongyang to improve tieswith Seoul, although the StateDepartment made no mention ofthis in its statement Wednesday.

Amid the latest progress,the United States said NorthKorea's top nuclear negotiatorRi Yong-Ho would pay a rarevisit next week for talks at aUS university.

N. Korea threatens S. Koreadespite accord with US

SEATTLE (AFP) - The Re-publican race to choose theparty's White House candidatemoves today to Washingtonstate, in the last stop before thenation's vote bonanza onSuper Tuesday next week.

The far northwestern USstate bordering Canada is tra-ditionally a Democratic bas-tion, but also has lots ofself-described independentvoters who can take part in theRepublican caucuses, poten-tially skewing the results.

Mitt Romney, who has re-gained his frontrunner statusafter defeating surging Chris-tian conservative Rick Santo-rum in two polls earlier thisweek, got a boost on the eve ofthe weekend Washington cau-cuses.

The latest Public PolicyPolling (PPP) survey gave thelead in Washington state toRomney with 37 percentagainst 32 percent for formerPennsylvania senator Santo-rum, 16 percent for Ron Paul,and 13 percent for Newt Gin-grich.

Romney, campaigning inthe Evergreen State on Friday,trained his fire exclusively onPresident Barack Obama, re-turning to his frontrunnerstrategy of rising above hisRepublican rivals' fray.

Although in past racesWashington state has largely

been off the beaten track formost campaigns, all four ofthe remaining candidates inthe race to take on DemocratObama in the November elec-tions have campaigned here.

Texas RepresentativePaul's strong support amongthe young and independentscould boost his chances in thestate, which sends 43 dele-gates to the Republican con-vention in August.

But leading rivals Santo-rum and Romney -- who hasregained his footing after win-ning easily in Arizona and sur-viving a high-stakes primarytest in his native Michigan --will battle hard for a pre-SuperTuesday boost.

The latest PPP poll was aturnaround from two weeksago, when Santorum -- whoscored a hat-trick of wins lastmonth in Colorado, Minnesotaand Missouri -- led with 38 per-cent to Romney's 27 percent.

The Washington caucuses -- which are non-binding --come just days before SuperTuesday, when 10 states willvote for their Republican can-didate, who will be crowned ata party convention in August.

In the topsy-turvy battle todecide which Republican can-didate will take on Obama,Romney has now won sixstates, Santorum four and for-mer House speaker Newt Gin-grich one.

Republicans vie forpre-Super Tuesdaypoll boost

BERLIN(AFP) - German pros-ecutors Friday searched thehome of former presidentChristian Wulff, who resignedon February 17 after allega-tions of corruption and a dodgyhome loan, police said.

A computer was seized dur-ing the search of Wulff's homeat Grossburgwedel, nearHanover in the northern stateof Lower Saxony, the mass-circulation Bild daily reported.

The 52-year-old Wulff hasbeen rocked by scandals and

Prosecutors searchhome of Germany'sformer president

International News

VILLACOUBLAY : French journalist Edith Bouvier smilesas firefighters carry her into an ambulance after the planecarrying her and French photographer William Danielslanded at the military aiport of Villacoublay outside Parison March 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO

sort with a friend when the av-alanche struck.

At the time the avalanchealert level was at the secondhighest, posing a particularrisk away from the preparedski slopes.

The Dutch royal family hadbeen vacationing in Lech,where it regularly spends itsskiing holiday, when the acci-dent happened, and membersof the family made daily visitsto the prince's bedside.

Prince Friso has been chieffinancial director of Britain'sURENCO group -- dealingwith nuclear fuel supplies --since 2011, and previouslyworked with the investmentbank Goldman Sachs in Lon-don.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - DutchPrince Johan Friso, brain-dam-aged and in a coman afterbeing caught by an avalanchein Austria last month, wastransferred to a London hospi-tal Thursday, the palace said.

"His Royal Highness PrinceFriso arrived today in London,where he has been living formany years," a statement said.

"Wellington hospital wasrecommended by experts.Considering his condition,Prince Friso will receive thebest possible treatment there,"the palace added.

Queen Beatrix, and theprince's wife and two daugh-ters, also flew to London, thepalace said.

The 43-year-old has been inintensive care in hospital inInnsbruck since being buriedby an avalanche in the AustrianAlps on February 17. Doctorssaid last week he may never re-gain consciousness.

"It can't be said with cer-tainty at this point whetherPrince Friso will ever regainconsciousness again," accord-ing to Wolfgang Koller, headof the trauma unit at InnsbruckUniversity Hospital.

"In any case, a neurologicalrehabilitation will be requiredthat will take months, if notyears."

The father-of-two, the sec-ond son of Queen Beatrix, wasskiing off-piste in the Lech re-

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the prince’s wifeMabel leaving the hospital.

The step was necessary inorder to allow the remains ofthe journalists to be repatri-ated.

French President NicolasSarkozy on Friday an-nounced the closure of Paris'sembassy in Damascus andChevallier's imminent returnhome.

Colvin, 56, worked forBritain's Sunday Times and28-year-old Ochlik was inSyria for the photo agency heco-founded, IP3 Press. Theywere killed when a makeshiftpress centre in the rebel-heldHoms district of Baba Amrwas hit on February 22.

Three other Western jour-nalists were wounded in theattack, including Colvin'sBritish photographer col-league Paul Conroy andFrench reporter Edith Bou-vier of Le Figaro and Frenchphotographer WilliamDaniels.

Bouvier and Daniels wereflown to Paris on Friday fol-lowing their evacuation fromHoms where they had beentrapped for days underregime bombardment.

Conroy was in hospital inBritain, where he returned acouple of days ago afterbeing smuggled to Lebanonon Tuesday.

Paris prosecutors on Fri-day opened a preliminarymurder probe into the attackon the media centre in BabaAmr.

A judicial source said thatone of the inquiry's first ob-jectives would be to gatherdata that would allow the for-mal identification of Ochlik'sbody so it could be returnedto France.

Red Crescent ambulances ar-rived at the Assad UniversityHospital in Damascus ataround 1845 GMT.

French Ambassador EricChevallier and his Polishcounterpart MichalMurkocinski, who representsUS interests following theclosure of the American em-bassy in Syria, identified thetwo bodies at the hospital.

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Theremains of two Western jour-nalists killed in Syria, Amer-ican reporter Marie Colvinand French photographerRemi Ochlik, were Fridaytaken from the besieged cityof Homs to the capital wherethey were identified, an AFPcorrespondent said.

A three-vehicle convoy ofone car and two Syrian Arab


Bodies of Western journalistsidentified in Damascus

International News Brain-damaged Dutchprince Friso in hospitalin London

A combination of two photos shows US-born journalistMarie Colvin (L) in a recent picture released by the Sun-day Times, and freelance French photojournalist RemiOchlik in an AFP picture taken on February 2005.

in 100.And while in many coun-

tries it's a standard dietaryvariation, in France, wheregluten-based foodstuffs are al-most a national icon, the dis-ease is still under-diagnosedand little known.

For Brigitte Jolivet, presi-dent of French Association ofGluten Intolerence, little isdone for French sufferers.

Even for those withoutcoeliac disease, a gluten-freediet is popular on healthgrounds -- meaning anyonecan enjoy the pastries here,and if Marie's done her jobproperly, you won't even knowthe difference.

If things go well, Marie andher husband plan to soon starttackling the next symbol ofFrench cuisine -- home-madegluten-free baguettes.

cone, but say that in somecases the injection sites weresealed with super glue.

Windslowe, also known asthe "Black Madam," isknown for her goth-inspiredhip-hop videos. She also is aperson of interest in the caseof British student, ClaudiaSeye Aderotimi, who diedafter receiving a butt injec-tion in Feburary 2011.

In that incident, police saythe substance injected intoAderotimi entered a vein, ac-cording to police documents.

Windslowe has not beencharged in that case, but maybe if a medical examiner de-termines that the injectionkilled Aderotimi.

The woman in that inci-dent paid as much as $1,800per treatment, according tocourt documents. Windslowewas required to surrender herpassport before a court ap-pearance on March 13

PHILADELPHIA (AFP) -Philadelphia police have ar-rested a transgender hip-hopartist known for injectingsubstances into the buttocksof other women to give thema curvier, more feminine ap-pearance.

Padge Victoria Wind-slowe, 42, was charged withaggravated assault, deceptivebusiness practices and relatedoffenses after a 23 year-oldexotic dancer was hospital-ized following a procedure inFebruary.

She was arrested lateWednesday outside of whatpolice say was a "pumpingparty" being held by cus-tomers waiting in a house forsilicone injections and isbeing held on $10 millionbail.

Police are not sure whatsubstance Windslowe used toenhance her customer's but-tocks. They believe it is sili-

for 15 years," he adds.It might not quite be the

stuff of Marcel Proust'smadeleine recollections, butfor people deprived for yearsof a chocolate eclair, the Tagli-aferro shop has proved a god-send.

Cakes and pastries were al-ways Marie's life. But a fewyears ago doctors told her shehad a severe intolerance togluten -- a protein found in ce-reals such as wheat -- whichcan cause chronic diarrhoeaand vomiting.

She thought she wouldnever again be able to enjoyher own pastry creations.

But now she's has opened apatisserie dedicated to gluten-free versions of the bestFrench pastries.

A medical intolerance togluten, known as coeliac dis-ease, affects up to one person

PARIS (AFP) - Some cus-tomers burst into tears whenthey first bite into one of hercakes. It's not just that they'regood... they're gluten-free.

Marie Tagliaferro is one ofthe very few -- if not the onlypastry chef in pastry-lovingFrance -- to offer customerssuch delicacies in a countrywhere gluten intolerance haslong been considered a prob-lem of the very young.

When customers call at hersmall Paris shop, they alwaysask "is it really gluten-free?"says her husband Francois, thebakery's owner-manager.

"And we say, yes, I promise,it's gluten-free... And they arevery emotional, they start toeat the cakes and we havesome people who are moved totears because they haven't hada religieuse (a glazed puff pas-try) or a lemon meringue tart


Health & Living

Gluten-free cakes bring tears ofjoy to Paris

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US police arrest 'Black Madam'over buttock injections

EU breastcancerdeaths 'todrop 9% in2012'(AFP) - The number ofwomen dying from breastcancer in the European Unionis expected to drop by ninepercent this year thanks to ad-vances in treatments, re-searchers said on Wednesday.

In the 20-49 age groupspecifically, the death ratein 2012 will fall by asmuch as 13 percent, theItalian-Swiss study found.

Breast cancer is theleading cause of femalecancer deaths in the EU,accounting for 15 percentof all cancer deaths.

There will be nearly 1.3million deaths from allforms of cancer in the EUthis year, researchers esti-mate -- 717,398 men and565,703 women.

Overall cancer deathrates will be 139 per100,000 men and 85 per100,000 women in 2012, afall of 10 and seven per-cent respectively comparedto 2007 data.

Deaths from lung cancerare continuing to riseamong women but declin-ing among men for whomit is the deadliest cancer.

Rates of pancreatic can-cer are rising among bothmen and women, a findingwhich surprised the studyauthors given the declinein smoking.


(AFP) - Engineering profes-sor Donald Sadoway onThursday used an old-schoolchalk board at the prestigiousTED gathering to write theformula for a liquid batterythat could one day cut theneed for new power plants.

"The way things stand,electricity demand must be inconstant balance with sup-ply," Sadoway told the tech-savvy audience in southernCalifornia.

Inexpensive batteriesmade from liquid metalcould store electricity fromsolar panels, wind farms, orexisting generation facilitiesand save it for when it ismost needed.

That would be a majorchange from today's con-sume-it-now-or-lose-it sys-tems.

"The battery is the en-abling device here," he said."With it we could draw elec-tricity from the sun evenwhen the sun doesn't shine."

Sadoway and his team ofstudents at Massachusetts In-

stitute of Technology wereso confident in their creationthat they started LiquidMetal Battery Corporationand plan to have bistro-tablesize models out in two years.

Microsoft co-founderBill Gates is among thecompany's backers.

The company plans toeventually bring to market a

liquid battery the size of a 40-foot shipping container andcapable of holding enoughelectricity to serve the dailyneeds of 200 typical UShouseholds.

"You could have these bat-teries in the basements ofbuildings drinking up powerin the wee hours," Sadowaysaid.

"It means we don't have tobuild more plants, powerlines just for peak use," hecontinued. "The limits areway out there, not only interms of what it can do for re-newables."

The key metals in the bat-tery are common vanadiumand magnesium, the profes-sor explained as he chalked abasic chemical equation onthe board.

TED (Technology, Enter-tainment and Design) is a se-ries of conferences designedto present cutting-edge ideas.Speakers are given only 18minutes to give deliver theirpitch.

Richard Sarles calling for theremoval of the advertisement.

"The ad is deeply disre-spectful of the President ofthe United States and doesnot belong in the WashingtonMetropolitan Area TransitAuthority (WMATA) net-work," he wrote.

It turns out that such lan-guage is within the acceptedlimits of American law andsuch advertisements are pro-tected under the First Amend-ment of the US constitution,guaranteeing free speech.

Liquid battery couldcharge green energy

(AFP) - In the heat of a USpresidential election year,with Americans immune tothe polarized and bitter natureof political discourse, it takesa lot to shock them, espe-cially in Washington.

But one ad at a DC Metrostation -- which starts off crit-icizing Obama's health carereforms and ends up tellingthe president to "go to hell" -- goes beyond the pale, saysJim Moran, a Democraticcongressman from Virginia.

The advertisement is for"Sick and Sicker: When theGovernment Becomes YourDoctor," a documentary thatinterviews Canadian doctorsand patients in the hope ofshowing how dangerous"Obamacare" is for theAmerican people.

"Barack Obama wantspoliticians and bureaucrats tocontrol America’s entiremedical system. Go to hellBarack," the ad says.

Moran wrote a letter toMetro general manager

'Go to hell Barack': Row overWashington Metro ad

Sci-Tech

The attorney generalsought the information --which would have included re-search drafts, handwrittennotes and emails -- via what isknown as a "civil investigativedemand" under the state'sFraud Against Taxpayers Act.

But the Virginia supremecourt came down on the uni-versity's side, saying Cuc-cinelli's bid had no legalstanding because the univer-sity was neither a "person" nora "corporation" under the actand therefore could not beprobed.

Also, Cuccinelli "did notsufficiently state what the at-torney general suspected Dr.Mann did that was 'false orfraudulent,'" the ruling said.

The Union of ConcernedScientists hailed the ruling andsaid Cuccinelli was part of a"small but vocal minority in apointless and costly investiga-tion."

"We applaud the high courtfor reaffirming that Mr Cuc-cinelli didn't have a legal legto stand on in his pursuit ofMann's and other scientists'private correspondence," saidMichael Halpern, programmanager for the UCS scien-tific integrity program.

(AFP) - The supreme court ofVirginia on Friday ruled infavor of a prominent climatescientist, blocking a two-yearbid by state officials to get ac-cess to his university emailsand grant materials.

The case was brought bystate attorney general KenCuccinelli, a skeptic of globalwarming, against the Univer-sity of Virginia where wellknown climate scientistMichael Mann taught from1999 to 2005.

Cuccinelli had tried to ob-tain Mann's communicationsrelating to grants he receivedto conduct climate science re-search, alleging there mayhave been data manipulated toshow a rise in global tempera-tures linked to fossil fuel use.

Virginia high court rules infavor of climate scientist


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NEW YORK (AFP) - Oilprices reversed course Fridayafter Thursday's rumor of aSaudi pipeline fire sent crudesoaring.

After the Saudis, theworld's largest exporters ofcrude, denied the rumors,prices sank in all major mar-kets.

New York's main contract,West Texas Intermediatecrude for delivery in April,shed $2.14 to $106.70 perbarrel, one day after hitting anine-month high at $110.55.

In London, Brent NorthSea for April dived $2.55 to$123.65 per barrel.

The Brent contract hadsurged on Thursday to$128.40 -- the highest levelsince July 23, 2008 -- after anIranian media report of apipeline fire in Saudi Arabia.

"The jump in price wasprompted by an Iranianmedia report of an oilpipeline explosion in SaudiArabia," said Commerzbankanalyst Carsten Fritsch.

"Even if the original storycame from Iran and no doubtwas spread deliberately, themarket clearly believes there

to be an increased risk of sup-ply shortfalls," he added.

A slight pullback in saber-rat-tling over Iran from the US andIsrael also helped prices ease.

US President BarackObama warned against anypremature military actionagainst Iran over its allegednuclear weapons program,saying Tehran was feeling thepressure of severe sanctionsand isolation.

"The only way historicallythat a country has ultimatelydecided not to get nuclearweapons without constantmilitary intervention has beenwhen they themselves take[nuclear weapons] off thetable," he told The Atlanticmagazine.

At the same time, IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu, in Canada ahead ofmeetings in Washington withObama next week, said hisgovernment would not pres-ent "red lines" to the US formilitary action against Iran.

Both though clearly re-served a military option, withObama saying all options re-mained possible and warning"I don't bluff."

Oil falls after Saudipipeline fire rumordoused

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Economist Jeffrey Sachsthrew his hat into the ring tobecome the next president ofthe World Bank Friday, say-ing it needs a developmentexpert like himself ratherthan a politician or WallStreet banker.

Sachs was the first high-profile American to declareinterest in the job, after cur-rent president Robert Zoel-lick announced two weeksago that he was would stepdown on June 30, at the endof his five-year term.

"My quest to help endpoverty has taken me to morethan 125 countries, from

mega-city capitals to moun-taintop villages, from rain for-est settlements to nomadicdesert camps," Sachs wrote inthe Washington Post on Friday.

"Now I hope it will takeme... to the presidency of theWorld Bank. I am eager forthis challenge."

Sachs, 57, directs theEarth Institute at ColumbiaUniversity and is a specialadviser to UN Secretary Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon.

His announcement openedthe fight for the job runningthe World Bank, which hasalways been held by anAmerican since it waslaunched in 1945.

Jeffrey Sachs seeks World Bank'stop job

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LAMU (AFP) - Kenyalaunched the construction ofa massive port, railway andrefinery Friday near a UN-ESCO-listed Indian Oceanisland in a project it bills asthe biggest ever in anAfrican nation.

Kenyan President MwaiKibaki, Ethiopian PrimeMinister Meles Zenawi andSouth Sudanese PresidentSalva Kiir unveiled a plaquein a ceremony to mark theofficial start of buildingwork near Lamu island inKenya's southeast.

Nairobi hopes the $24.5billion (18.5-billion-euro)scheme will turn the eastAfrican country into a re-gional economic hub andpropel it to become a mid-dle-income economy in thenext two decades.

The port to be con-structed with 32 berths andbe connected to Ethiopiaand oil-rich South Sudan bya super-highway, a railwayand a pipeline to exportJuba's crude.

***S&P downgrades Nokia

over dwindling smart-

phone share

HELSINKI (AFP) - Stan-dard and Poor's downgradedmobile phone giant Nokia'srating by a notch, blamingespecially the Finnish com-pany's difficulties in defend-ing its smartphone marketshare.

S&P cut Nokia's long-term corporate credit ratingto BBB- from BBB, with anegative outlook "reflectingthe possibility of a furtherdowngrade in the next twoyears," if the companiesmargins remain too weakand its cash holdings de-crease too much, the ratingsagency said in a statement.

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Briefs

GREECE, Thessaloníki : Customers queue to buy cheapsacks of potatoes sold directly by farmers at cost price inthe northern Greek town of Thessaloniki on March 2,2012. Farmers in northern Greece have joined forces withlocal residents to provide cheap produce to the people,who maked orders by email, and also to help producerswho say they are being squeezed by middlemen. Similar'solidarity' actions started to be organized in other Greekcities. (AFP PHOTO)

Investors hesitant as US stocks slipNEW YORK (AFP) - US stocks closed lower Friday with

traders lacking any kind of news to spark enthusiasm for buy-

ing. All the market energy seemed to go into driving smallish

Nasdaq newcomer Yelp to a first day gain of over 60 percent,

while blue chips languished and other tech stocks dropped

on profit-taking. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial

Average was down 3.94 points (0.03 percent) to 12,976.36.

The broad-based S&P 500 lost 4.23 (0.31 percent) to

1,369.86, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 12.78

points (0.43 percent) to 2,976.19.

Nick Cannon has recentlybeen going through a seriesof health problems, including

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tion for such a special celebra-tion.

Lea shares her story: "Fateas it seems, brought us to-gether 2 years ago. Pat, who isa police officer, was workingas I was walking home after anight out with friends. Hestopped and helped me get ataxi home. When I was gettingin the taxi, I passed him mynumber. I thought I'd neverhear from him again, but, I gota text from him a week or solater. It took about a month be-fore we hung out for the firsttime, and we just hit it off.We've been together eversince. The personalized, heart-felt ceremony delivered by Of-ficiant Diane Keijzer broughttears to our eyes."

Photos by photographer,Kenneth Theysen show Mr. andMrs. Maguire at their dreamwedding.

Lea and Pat Maguire, fromManchester, New Hampshire,have much to celebrate, andchose Bucuti and Tara Resort'spristine beach for their specialoccasion.

Lea and Pat, who have beenlegally married for almost oneyear, did not have the tradi-tional large wedding with hun-dreds of guests. Instead theydecided on a getaway to cele-brate their first wedding an-niversary, being blessed withtheir beautiful daughter Brielleincluded in the wording of theintimate ceremony on thebeach. Something special, justthe two of them that wouldtruly allow them to expresstheir love and strong bond theyhave for each other, and the be-ginning of their own family.Both Lea and Pat have been toAruba before, and they knewthis would be the perfect loca-

vacation in Aspen, CO withhis wife Mariah Carey latelast year.

He was then re-hospital-

ized with blood clots in his

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cle in his heart in February --

resulting in the 31-year-old

quitting his Rollin' with Nick

Cannon radio show to focus

on his health.

Cannon is maintaining a

positive attitude despite his

health issues.

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Mariah Carey and has twins

Monroe and Moroccan, said

he is focused on recovering.

kidney failure and blood clotsin his lungs.Cannon has now revealed hiskidney failure was actuallycaused by the autoimmunedisease and is an incurablecondition.

"The blood clot thing wasprobably the scariest be-cause... I've known peoplewho have passed away fromthat," he told People. "Ithought I was getting betterand then that happened, sothat kind of came out ofnowhere."

Cannon was hospitalizedfor a week with what wastermed "mild kidney failure"while on a New Years Eve


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As time whizzes past, this is agood moment to realize thatthe one-day, invitationalWente Vineyards/PapiamentoRestaurant Golf Tournament,held on Saturday, March 31st,is already around the corner.By participating, the golfersof the event at the Tierra delSol Golf Course, support aworthy cause. This year, pro-ceeds are going to CasMarie,the foundation which helpspatients with dementia andAlzheimer’s disease and theirfamily members cope by pro-viding them with support anda day care center. The event issponsored by various localfirms, which each ̀ buy’ a holeas well as main sponsorsWente Vineyards, PapiamentoRestaurant and Arion WineCompany.

The golf tournament startsoff with an invitational cock-tail reception in the stunningprivate garden of PapiamentoRestaurant on March 30. Dur-ing this fabulous party, alwaysattended very well, playersmeet their team mates and op-ponents, the event sponsorsand friends. Of course WenteVineyards wines will bepoured and fourth-generationEric Wente will be present atthe reception to greet all par-ticipants. Eric loves to play

Charity event for CasMarieThe 8th annual Wente

Vineyards/Papiamento Restaurantgolf tournament is around the corner

SPORTS

can come close," said Port-land guard Jamal Crawford,who scored 52 points forNew York against Miami in2007.

"Scouting reports are soadvanced, guys have a lot ofpride and there's a lot of teamdefense. It would be hard fora person to score 100. After40, 50, guys are making ad-justments."

Even Chicago Bulls greatMichael Jordan never scoredmore than 69 points in onegame.

"One hundred points in agame," said former Denverstar David Thompson, whoscored 73 in a game againstDetroit on April 9, 1978."That's crazy."

career that included fourMost Valuable Player awards,seven scoring titles, 13 All-Star appearances, and twoNBA titles -- with the 76ers in1967 and with the Los Ange-les Lakers in 1972.

On that fateful night inHershey, Chamberlain playedall 48 minutes, leading theWarriors to a 169-147 victory.

His free-throw shootingwas especially noteworthy,given his career success rateof 51 percent from the line.

As the years have passed,the idea that an offense-dri-ven NBA would see the 100-point game matched havefaded.

Los Angeles Lakers super-star Kobe Bryant has comeclosest, pouring in 81 pointsagainst Toronto on January22, 2006.

Bryant believes the 100-point mark will be broken --someday.

"Somebody will do it,"Bryant said. "It probablywon't happen in our lifetimeor in the next lifetime, but itwill happen."

Others aren't so sure."I'm not even sure a player

riors."It's going to be all Wilt, all

night long," 76ers chief exec-utive Adam Aron promised.

Friday's game in Philadel-phia involves two franchiseskey to the Chamberlain story.

The Warriors moved toSan Francisco in 1962 andbecame the Golden StateWarriors in 1971.

When the Warriors moved,the Syracuse Nationalsmoved to Pennsylvania andbecame the Philadelphia76ers.

Chamberlain moved withthe Warriors to San Fran-cisco, but returned toPhiladelphia in a trade to theSixers in 1965.

The Sixers bought theoriginal court from the Her-shey arena -- which had beenin storage.

Most of it will be pre-served, but fans at Friday'sgame will receive a two-inchsquare piece of the court tocommemorate the anniver-sary.

Halftime ceremonies willhonor the family of Chamber-lain, who died of a heart at-tack at age 63 in 1999 after a

PHILADELPHIA (AFP) -Fifty years on, Wilt Chamber-lain's 100-point game re-mains the stuff of legend inthe NBA.

On March 2, 1962, beforea crowd of 4,124 in out-of-the-way Hershey, Pennsylva-nia, Chamberlain made 36 of63 shots from the field and 28of 32 from the free throw lineto score 100 points for thePhiladelphia Warriors againstthe New York Knicks, a featwhose mythic status has onlybeen enhanced by the lack offilm or photographic recordof the contest.

Chamberlain and the War-riors hosted the Knicks inHershey, then their secondaryhome, as part of the then-lowly NBA's bid to expandinterest in the league.

The most enduring imageof the event is a post-gamephoto of Chamberlain holdingup a piece of paper with thenumber "100" written on it.

The Philadelphia 76ersplanned to make up for thelack of hype in that pre-inter-net age with plenty of hooplaon Friday night, when theyhosted the Golden State War-


NBA: Half-century on, Chamberlaincentury lives on

balanced mixture of attack anddefence.

He was helped by an indif-ferent spell from Djokovic,who played two poor servicegames in the first set and an-other early in the second.

But when Murray tried toserve out for the match at 5-3in the second set he grew tenseand missed the great opportu-nity, only to earn another afterforcing Djokovic into drivingerrors three games later.

This was his first victoryover Djokovic in a completedmatch for nearly three years.

It left an impression that hisunbroken two-week stint oftraining in Miami had givenhim better preparation for thistournament than Djokovic,perhaps helping achieve adeeper focus.

Djokovic, who received theLaureus World sportsman ofthe Year award in London andbecame the recipient of Ser-bia's highest civil award inBelgrade, endured this defeatnot long after receiving theseand other honours.

Federer scored his third winthis year over the dangerousDel Potro, who returned to theworld's top 10 last month forthe first time since wrist sur-gery in 2010 consigned him toa ranking close to 500.

But it required Federer tomake a fine comeback in thesecond set tie-break, in whichhe was 2-6 down, with foursuccessive set points againsthim, before producing a won-derful six-point streak to closethe match out.

DUBAI (AFP) - World num-ber one Novak Djokovic wasbeaten for the first time thisyear when his first tournamentsince his Australian Open tri-umph ended in a straight setssemi-final defeat to Andy Mur-ray at the Dubai Open.

The triple Grand Slam final-ist beat the triple Grand Slamtitle-holder from Serbia 6-2, 7-5 to earn a final against RogerFederer today.

Federer reached his 102ndcareer final with a 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6) win over Juan MartinDel Potro which earned him achance of extending his recordof Dubai titles to five.

The Grand Slam record-holder from Switzerland beatthe 2009 US Open championfrom Argentina with a calmand solid performance inwhich he held all his servicegames throughout a fourth suc-cessive match.

He also saved four setpoints in the second settiebreak.

Murray, who lost a thrillingAustralian Open semi-final toDjokovic, gained revenge in animpressive display.

It was an unpredictablematch, with two or three sur-prising twists and turns,Djokovic attacking the netmore than usual, but Murraybeing the better server andmore consistent player.

Murray could not hide hispleasure.

That involved taking awaytime from Djokovic with con-sistent pressure and a better


16 teams will be battling itout on the La Cabana Beachfront this Sunday, March 4,during the fundraising eventorganized by dedicated is-land visitor Michelle Beginfrom Ottawa. The Ms.Canada tournament begins at11:00 AM and contestantswill include Aruba’s Ministerof Social and Economic Af-fairs and Culture, MichelleHooyboer-Winklaar, playingfor the Canada team.

There is no cost to be aspectator, but funds raisedfrom the sale of soft drinks

and snacks, along with raffletickets for some fabulousprizes, will help bolster thedonations, the lion’s sharegoing to Foundation Mi Porfor youngsters with CerebralPalsy with additional “wishlists” from Ambiente Feliz, ahome for mentally chal-lenged adults and Casa CunaProgreso, a home for chil-dren ages infant to sevenyears from troubled homes.Ms. Begin has also ear-marked monies to assistAruban Police MotorcycleCorpsman Agbert Groes to

travel to Holland for recon-structive surgery needed forinjuries incurred during anaccident.

•Raffle prizes are $10; 3for $25 and prizes are:

•A string of fresh waterpearls donated by Queen’sJeweler; value: $900

•Topaz necklace and ear-ring set donated by Dia-mante: value $500

•Caribbean topaz neck-lace and earring set from Lit-tle Switzerland: value $125

•Weekend Stay at La Ca-bana Resort

•Weekend Stay at Tropi-cana Resort

•One-Hour Massage do-nated by Indulgence by theSea

•One-Hour tennis lessonwith local pro HumphreyHose

•4-$50 gift certificates do-nated by Casa Tua Restauran

•2-$50 gift certificates do-nated by Screaming EagleRestaurant

•2 $50 gift certificates do-nated by Flying FishboneRestaurant

•2-$50 gift certificateddonated by Chalet SwissRestaurant

•Logo Gear from BalashiBrewery

•Logo Gear from SenorFrog’s

•Parasailing with JulioWatersports

•4 - Round Robins withTropicana Tennis Club

It will be a fun day on thebeach for a number of worth-while causes, and all are wel-come.

by Rosalie Klein

Don’t forget: Ms CanadaFundraising Beach Volleyball Tournamentthis Sunday!

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