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In his continued quest to motivate and encourage his exercise participants to gain their desired weight-loss goals, Allan Carty has again hosted the “Biggest Loser Contest”.

She is Ms. Jeri Aretha Richardson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Euroy Richardson, and the sister of Lawyer Dawne Richardson of North Hill. Her application was made in the High Court on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 by Caribbean Juris Chambers, where she was a pupil. Ms. Richardson was admitted to the Bar by Madam Justice Louise E. Blenman.

A British ship, RFA Wave Ruler, has embarked on a regional Engagement Visit to Anguilla from June 30 to July 4, the third time the ship visited the island, the first being in 2007.

A four-day workshop on Customer Service Excellence for some 80 Public Officers in Anguilla, drawn from all ministries and departments, was held this week. In addition, ten Senior Officers attended a separate training sessionto serve later on as certified customer service trainers.
The June 27-30 workshop, at Masara Resort, Katouche, was a collaborative initiative by the Department of Public Administration in Anguilla, the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation & Governance and the Institutional Development Division.

Viceroy Anguilla (VA) has launched its 2011 Cross Exposure Training Program. The program is designed to provide colleagues with an opportunity to train and work within their specific department at other Viceroy properties. The objective of the training is to give colleagues exposure to more established operations in order for them to benchmark and identify best practices that they can institute within their local departments to drive greater effectiveness and efficiency.

One year ago. Forest Bay beach. A group of approximately 20 bleary-eyed ALHCS Environmental Club students step onto a beach. The early morning light – the day’s first rays of sun – hits the white sand causing it to glisten almost as brilliantly as the turquoise waters that lap the shore. A pelican glides by perhaps looking for breakfast – or a comfortable tree so it can watch the unusual bustle of activities.

It was a very sweet way to kick off our participation at the Taste of the Caribbean Competition in Miami yesterday, when it was announced that Mr. Glendon Carty, Caribbean Chef of the Year 2009, and Executive Chef at Ripples Restaurant and Chef at CapJuluca, was inducted into the Caribbean Chef of The Year Hall of Fame.

Executive members of the Anguilla Civil Service Association-ACSA met for two days to take an in-depth look at a number of issues affecting and impacting Public Servants on the island.

Fitness Instructor/Motivational speaker Louis Price, this month teamed up with the Cap Juluca Health and Wellness Committee to present a special session on “Healthy Lifestyles” for the Resort’s staff. The session was part of the Juluca Health and Wellness “Stay Healthy, Keep Fit” Programme, which is aimed at assisting employees in improving their overall health and fitness.

Nurses at the various health establishments in Anguilla have completed a two-day workshop on chronic diseases, held at the Community College. It was part of an ongoing programme in the Eastern Caribbean sponsored by the Pan American Health Organisation, especially relating to the prevention and control of diabetes.

It pays to take time off for some backyard gardening as Carl & Wanda Bouffonge, a couple residing at South Hill, know too well. They have just harvested a 66-pound pumpkin, one of the largest grown in Anguilla recently.

The Anguilla Teachers’ Union, which comprises some 250 members, with Emma Ferguson as President, has laid out to Government its various concerns about taxation, cuts in salaries and the high cost of living. In the words of ATU member, Michelle Queeley, those were issues which “plague our nation’s most noble body of educators.”

Two fifth form students at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, Chelsey Hughes and Senegal Carty, are now in Wisonsin attending the World Affairs Seminar from June 18-24 at Carroll University. Their attendance was arranged through the Rotary Club of Anguilla with the assistance of a number of sponsors in Anguilla and in the United States.

Anguilla’s National Culinary Team left the island on Tuesday this week, to participate in the Taste of the Caribbean Competition at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, Florida, from Wednesday to Sunday (June 22-26).

POLICE REPORT

Sixteen cases, considered to be serious, were committed in Anguilla during the period June 15-22. They included an attempted burglary at North Hill and one burglary at West End.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, ventured to tell the membership of the Anguilla Teachers' Union on June 17 that there would not be any further cuts in civil servants’ salaries as rumoured.

LIME’s General Manager in Anguilla, Mark Romney, told reporters on Tuesday that he wanted customers to know that the company was still busily involved in restoration work, following what may have been a double strike by lightning two and a half weeks ago.

Five hospitality and tourism professionals - Mae Webster of Anguilla; and Sabrina Charles of St. Martin,Valda Woodley-Hazel, Rosina Romeo and Rebecca Low of St. Maarten - have had a most incredible travel experience. They were in Devon, England, from April 13 to May 31 on a Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange to the Devon District 1170.

LIME Anguilla announced on Tuesday that Ron Myers, a noted securitysystems provider on the island, was the winner of the company’s oldest telephone competition, which was launched on World Telecoms Day, May 17. His prize was a BlackBerry Bold 9780.

Vallon Hodge has been associated with the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA) since the age of fifteen when he attended his first summer tennis camp. His talent for the game and his leadership skills have led him to now be recently appointed as Tennis Director at Viceroy Resort