The next meeting of the Addelita Cancryn PTA will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the school's cafeteria.

The next meeting of the Addelita Cancryn PTA will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the school's cafeteria.

A reviving school reunion meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Lutheran Parish Hall in Cruz Bay.
Persons who attended the Horace Manh, Benjamin Franklin, Bethany, and Julius Sprauve Schools before the year 1950 are invited.

A reviving school reunion meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Lutheran Parish Hall in Cruz Bay.
Persons who attended the Harace Mann, Benjamin Franklin, Bethany, and Julius Sprauve Schools befor the year 1950 are urged to attend.

Dr. May Trieu will conduct a free class on qi gong (pronounced chee goong), an ancient Chinese exercise that promotes health and healing. The class will be from 10 – 11 a.m. Sunday in Frenchtown in the old Planning and Natural Resources building.
Qi gong, which has been practiced in China for at least 4,000 years, is designed to build the "qi"or "chi"energy in the body and to increase its flow by combined movement, breathing and visualization. Qi gong is said to strengthen organs against disease and to reduce stress.
In China today there are some 90 million people practicing qi gong. Tai Chi, one form, and qi gong began to experience popularity in the United States in the '60s and '70s as the search for alternatives to Western medicine began to emerge.
Qi gong is practiced by people of all ages since it is a very low impact exercise.
Trieu, a medical doctor and acupuncturist, is a master of qi gong. She has been trying to offer free classes in the community and hopes this will be part of an ongoing series..
Turn into Frenchtown by the post office, make a left past McDonald's and go over the bridge. The class will be held on the second floor of the two-story building the previously housed DPNR across from Frenchtown Tires.
Everyone is welcome. For more information call 774-1420.

Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has admonished the Senate leadership for what he termed their "encroachment on the authority of the executive branch" in discussing marine issues with British Virgin Islands officials, but majority senators insisted they were simply acting on issues which have been stalled for too long.
Turnbull said in a statement Friday that "some who would seek to lure the once- lucrative marine industry back to the U.S.V.I. contributed to its relocation in the first instance." He described as a "sensitive matter" the licensing of boats to fish in B.V.I. waters in light of new regulations mandated by fisheries conservation agreements.
The governor said the fishing license issue is on the agenda of the next meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Conference, the framework within which such negotiations have usually been conducted. "It is important that the territory have a common position on these often delicate matters, which are already the subject of 'quiet diplomacy' and dialogue between our respective governments," Turnbull said in the statement.
But majority senators have justified their impatience by noting that time is not on the side of the U.S. Virgin Islands economy. Sen. Norma Samuel, who along with Sens. Carlton Dowe and Donald "Ducks" Cole met Friday with BVI officials on the fishing license issue said the effort must continue. "There was no disrespect meant to the governor," she said, "but we are in a crisis. We will not sit by idly while this issue lingers."
Samuel said the majority's role in the game fishing license controversy is in response to the prodding of the industry, which for years has appealed to the government for movement.
"The boating industry came to us, and we took the bull by the horns and did what we had to do," she said. She apologized if the governor has interpreted "the strides we made this afternoon" as disrespect.
A spokesman for the V.I. Gamefishing Club, Harry Clinton, said that for some years now, the BVI government has issued only limited licenses which has complicated the planning process for the many popular—and lucrative—tournaments held here each year. "One of the hindrances is the lack of BVI fishing licenses available to visiting and local boats, and we must work towards a resolution of this problem," he said.
Clinton said despite the efforts of former Sen. George Goodwin and many years of prodding the government, nothing has happened until now. "When these issues came up this year, we had a forum with Sens. Samuel, Cole and Dowe, who all recognized this need and volunteered to take the lead on this," he said.
The once-flourishing marine industry in the USVI has all but fallen apart, going from a $100 million industry in the 1980s—and at one time projected to reach $200 million by 2000—to a fraction of that $100 million today.
The results of the meeting were most concrete, Samuel said Friday. "What used to be a partial license will be issued for a one-year period. We made great progress … everyone understood that we are not taking from the BVI, we are seeking their assistance to recover our marine industry."
As for the second marine-related issue with the BVI, Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen said she wants to find out more about the BVI's appeal to the charter yacht industry.
"My approach as regards the BVI is to look at what Tortola has been offering as incentives that boaters saw fit to go there rather than remaining at our ports," Hansen said.
Hansen believes now that the governor has publicly objected to the 24th Legislature's tactics, the yachting industry may lose faith in her efforts. "Their concern is that everything will be dropped because the senators may be afraid to move," she said. "When I take up an issue, I will drop it when I see it where I want it."
There was no indication Friday as to whether followup meetings with BVI government officials are planned.

Gov. Charles W. Turnbull Friday admonished the Senate leadership for what he termed their "encroachment on the authority of the executive branch" in discussing marine issues with British Virgin Islands officials, but majority senators insisted they were simply acting on issues which have been stalled for too long.
Turnbull said in a statement that "some who would seek to lure the once lucrative marine industry back to the USVI contributed to its relocation in the first instance." He described as a "sensitive matter" the licensing of boats to fish in BVI waters in light of new regulations mandated by fisheries conservation agreements.
The governor said the fishing license issue is on the agenda of the next meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Conference, the framework within which such negotiations have usually been conducted. "It is important that the territory have a common position on these often delicate matters, which are already the subject of 'quiet diplomacy' and dialogue between our respective governments," Turnbull said in the statement.
But majority senators have justified their impatience by noting that time is not on the side of the U.S. Virgin Islands economy. Sen. Norma Samuel, who along with Sens. Carlton Dowe and Donald "Ducks" Cole met Friday with BVI officials on the fishing license issue said the effort must continue. "There was no disrespect meant to the governor," she said, "but we are in a crisis. We will not sit by idly while this issue lingers."
Samuel said the majority's role in the game fishing license controversy is in response to the prodding of the industry, which for years has appealed to the government for movement.
"The boating industry came to us, and we took the bull by the horns and did what we had to do," she said. She apologized if the governor has interpreted "the strides we made this afternoon" as disrespect.
A spokesman for the V.I. Gamefishing Club, Harry Clinton, said that for some years now, the BVI government has issued only limited licenses which has complicated the planning process for the many popular—and lucrative—tournaments held here each year. "One of the hindrances is the lack of BVI fishing licenses available to visiting and local boats, and we must work towards a resolution of this problem," he said.
Clinton said despite the efforts of former Sen. George Goodwin and many years of prodding the government, nothing has happened until now. "When these issues came up this year, we had a forum with Sens. Samuel, Cole and Dowe, who all recognized this need and volunteered to take the lead on this," he said.
The once-flourishing marine industry in the USVI has all but fallen apart, going from a $100 million industry in the 1980s—and at one time projected to reach $200 million by 2000—to a fraction of that $100 million today.
The results of the meeting were most concrete, Samuel said Friday. "What used to be a partial license will be issued for a one-year period. We made great progress … everyone understood that we are not taking from the BVI, we are seeking their assistance to recover our marine industry."
As for the second marine-related issue with the BVI, Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen said she wants to find out more about the BVI's appeal to the charter yacht industry.
"My approach as regards the BVI is to look at what Tortola has been offering as incentives that boaters saw fit to go there rather than remaining at our ports," Hansen said.
Hansen believes now that the governor has publicly objected to the 24th Legislature's tactics, the yachting industry may lose faith in her efforts. "Their concern is that everything will be dropped because the senators may be afraid to move," she said. "When I take up an issue, I will drop it when I see it where I want it."
There was no indication Friday as to whether followup meetings with BVI government officials are planned.

Several persons were taken into police custody Friday night after a major local and federal raid on Rothschild Francis "Market" Square, reportedly in connection with drug trafficking.
The operation saw special agents of the Justice Department and agents of several federal agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, detain about a dozen persons for reasons unknown.
Dozens of agents corralled people from sidewalks, alleyways and the streets that lead to Savan, marching them to the bungalow where they were searched and questioned. Some were released almost immediately but others were detained and placed in an unmarked white van believed to be owned by the INS.
The operation lasted about 45 minutes and quieted an area of St. Thomas where hustle and bustle, and loud music from nearby bars, is the order of the night.
At the scene, Justice Department officials would not comment on the raid but one source said that it came about after weeks of surveillance of the area by a combined task force primarily concerned about the increased trafficking of drugs through the area.
Attorney General Iver Stridiron is expected to release full details on the raid over the next day or two.

A U.S. District Court jury has convicted former Public Works official George Patrick of defrauding the government when he provided illegal security services in the aftermath of Hurricane Marilyn in 1995.
The jury returned the verdict late Friday night after nine hours of deliberations, finding Patrick guilty of eight counts of making false claims against the government and nine counts of furthering the fraud through the postal system.
Prosecutors said throughout the trial that Patrick was not licensed to provide the services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at various emergency staging areas across the island. They further charged he hired inexperienced guards who were not licensed to carry firearms, and that Patrick did not provided the number of guards contracted for.
Patrick remains free on bail pending his sentencing which is set to take place in about three months. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugh Mabe and presided over by District Court Judge Thomas K. Moore.
Patrick, a retired Solid Waste Director at Public Works, was represented by attorney Treston Moore.

The Virgin Islands Carnival Committee is sponsoring a logo design competition for Carnival 2002 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Virgin Islands Carnival. The contest is open to all students in public, private, and parochial schools.
A release from the carnival committee encouraged students "to put their creative and artistic energies into action to design a logo that will represent a half-century of culture and history of our Caribbean splendor."
The winning entry will promote Carnival 2002 and will be part of an international campaign inviting the world to celebrate the Golden Jubilee here in St.Thomas.
Entry deadline is April 1, 2001. Entries should be submitted to the Virgin Islands Carnival Committee headquarters to the attention of the archives sub-committee.
For more information contact Glenn Kwabena Davis at 775-6380 or 776-3112.