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ROLLING STONESLuckily no one was in the way of the dozen-or-so rocks which ripped through the customs building last weekend, smashing tables and chairs. But no one doubts it could have ended in tragedy if the staff were working that day.

August Graham, SAMS

Flights from St Helena’s new airport will allow passengers to trans-fer straight onto a British Airways fl ight to London Heathrow after arriving in South Africa, SHG confi rmed on Tuesday. In a press re-lease detailing the newly decided fl ight times, the government said that fl ights will arrive at OR Tambo International Airport at 6.30pm local time, giving ample time to connect to one of four different fl ights to London Heathrow within a few continued on page 4

It is unclear whether the £90,000 that was spent on two ambu-

lances will come to nothing as SHG last week rejected the

converted Ford Rangers that arrived in September.

REJECTED

PLANE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

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200 years ago the world’s most famous man stepped ashore here. Over October The Sentinel will be celebrating the bicentenary of our best-known resident – Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Calling All Unsung Hereos Hannah Durnford, SAMS

WISH Look For a Woman of the YearWomen's Issues on St Helena (WISH) is seeking nominations for the WISH Woman of the Year award 2015. Chair of WISH, Cathe-rine Turner said, "It is really about celebrating women so that we can start building an archive about what women do and how women are in-volved in island life, but the main reason we are doing it is to say thank you to all women, because they are all unsung heroes."The woman of the year will be chosen by a committee, however, WISH are waiting to see who the nominations are before they can select a committee that is not going to have an

undue bias.The winner will take away a perpetual tro-phy, a £100 cash prize and a prize package. There are no age restrictions and no criteria for nominations. Pamela Murray, a member of the WISH committee said, "We're just looking for women who are working really hard, whether it is in the community or in business, and can be regonised as someone who works hard to make St Helena a better place."Nominations can be done by email, telephone, or by visiting the human rights offi ce in the PWD Yard. The closing date for entries is 16 October.

Happy AnniversaryWhat The Saints Did Next Celebrates a Year on Facebook

Bloggers Darrin and Sharon Henry from ‘What The Saints Did Next’ have decided to mark their one year an-niversary on Facebook with a photography competition.“It’s not a serious competition,” Sharon told The Sentinel last Friday, “and its people themed.” Photos should be sub-mitted to Darrin and Sharon in a private message and the pair will upload them to their page on Facebook. “Darrin and I will not be the judges,” said Sharon. The winner will be decided by who gets the most Facebook likes.The competition will run until 8 October, which is when the ‘What The Saints Did Next’ page fi rst went up on Face-book. The couple will also celebrate the anniversary with a new concept. A Facebook party. “Throughout the day we’ll be doing some quizzes and other fun little games, to mark the day” Sharon explained.

Damien O’Bey, SAMS

The Seventh-day Adventist ChurchInvites you to a special series of meetings

At the Half Tree Hollow Community CentreCommencing Sunday, 18th October to Friday 23rd October 2015

At 7 pm each eveningSpeaker: Pastor Paul Millin

If you are looking for spiritual upliftment then this is an opportunity not to be missed!

Photo supplied by Darrin Henry

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Young hairdresser Gareth Benjamin better known as 'Stretch', opened his new business Stretches' Extreme Cuts on Friday 2 October. The freshly decorated premises styles a red and black theme with the layout of a small barber shop. "I feel really proud of what I have accomplished," Gareth said when The Sentinel visited his salon above Saint Sizzler, "I wanted to provide a business for the men in the community, somewhere where they can enjoy the therapeutic experience in an environment designed for them." For seven pounds Stretches' Extreme Cuts offers a wash and cut. For the adventurous, hair art - which consists of lines and patterns - is also on offer. "There aren't many places on the island that offer hair-dressing for men," said Gareth, "I decided to open my own business when approached by family and friends to offer the service." Gareth decided to pursue the idea two months ago and in the last month, he located and decorated the premises himself. Gareth hopes to fi ll a void in the market for hairdressing and encourages boys and men to book an appointment.

One for the MenStretches' Extreme Cuts Opens in JamestownAnne Clarke, SAMS

Go Hard or Go HomeNew Management Opens Gym 24 Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week

Liam Yon, SAMS

On 1 October this year the gym at AVES went under full management of New Horizons.

The fi tness facility was opened in 1998 by Di-rector of New Horizons Nick Stevens’ prede-cessor, Michael Stevens. “The gym equipment

has always belonged to New Horizons, but the place itself belonged to AVES,” said Nick. “They have since vacated this building and

have now handed over the manage-ment to us.”Under the new management, there will be a few changes to the running of the gym. “The main change we want to have is to make the gym ac-cessible 24/7,” Nick said. A coded lock has been placed on the door which will allow only members to access the facility. Nick said most Saints live, “very busy lives,” and therefore cannot visit the gym at the previous set times. Now, with the new coded lock, it is hoped mem-bership will increase as people will be allowed to attend the gym when-ever they want.Membership can be bought for the whole year or monthly from the New Horizons. “You will need to fi ll out a form and we can also do blood pressure tests and so on,” said Nick. So far, over thirty people have bought memberships, and it is hoped more will come forward in the coming days.Nick and Tina Sevens at the gym

SENTINELCOMMENTAnne Clarke, SAMS

It’s the little things that count! I bet nearly all of you have heard that expression before. I was struggling for inspiration this week, so I decided to go out into our well-kept Cas-tle Gardens and just take a few moments to breath in the sights and sounds of this amaz-ing place we call home.

I got chatting to our gardener about how wonderful the place looked, and I was amazed at the ideas he had. Before I knew it I was picturing a tarmaced Sisters Walk lined with beautiful fl owers and greenery in a dim light from over hanging solar lights. Well - can you imagine how breathtaking that would look? The gardener’s vision was one that was most defi nitely possible, and was something that could also be done within a matter of months. As the conversation went on, low and behold I was picturing the play-ground in upper Jamestown with endemic trees and plants surrounding a fi sh pond that was the focal point of seating areas and pic-nic benches. Again very possible, as opposed to what it’s being used for right now.

I think sometimes, we compare St Helena to the so called big outside world, and really we will never be like the big outside world. What we have is unique - the airport and mo-bile phones are just a bonus to the experience of St Helena. In my opinion the true experi-ence of a place like this, is the little things: walking up the street and being greeted by people every fi ve steps you take; waving to cars passing you by on Ladder Hill road; jumping over the side at the wharf steps on a hot sunny day and swimming out to the eye; heading to Rupert’s and sitting on the beatle stones with your pot of plo; driving through the countryside and enjoying a dif-ferent breathtaking view with every wind-ing bend you turn; and among many more, walking into the Castle Gardens on a typical sunny day and relaxing in a beautifully kept surrounding.

We sometimes focus on so much of the big projects that need to be done in order to take us forward, and simply forget - it’s the little things that count!Have a lovely weekend!

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ANRD Assets

ANRD wishes to advise the public that the following assets are available for licensing:

Arable land at Plantation Gardens Arable land at Guinea Grass Pastureland for sheep production at Lower Middle Point

An information paper and application forms can be collected from the Receptionist at ANRD Office or by contacting the Agricultural Development Officer, Andy Timm on telephone 24724 or on email [email protected] or the Farmers Support Officer, Fred Green on the above telephone number or on email [email protected] closing date for applications is 1600 hours on Friday 23 October 2015. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVSION, SCOTLAND, ST HELENA, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, STHL 1ZZ

May 2015

EXCO REPORT TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2015

Executive Council met today, Tuesday 6 October 2015, with three items on the Open Agenda.The Governor welcomed Acting Attorney General, Mr Walter Scott to the meeting.The fi rst item on the agenda was an application to approve an amendment to the South Atlan-tic Media Services Broadcasting Licence to allow for the previously agreed broadcasting of a third separate FM radio channel. Council was also asked to approve the transfer of the existing Broadcasting Licence from St Helena Broadcasting (Guarantee) Corporation Lim-ited to South Atlantic Media Services. It was noted that the original licence had been issued before the organisation changed its name to South Atlantic Media Services. The above was approved by Executive Council.For the second item, Executive Council was asked to consider and endorse the Welfare of

Children (Adoption) Regulations 2015. Exec-utive Council welcomed these regulations as it gives the Safeguarding Children’s Board the ability to sit as an Adoption Panel and make recommendations to the Safeguarding Direc-torate in relation to:• Whether a person should be approved as an adopter • Whether a particular child who has been identifi ed for adoption and whose parents in Law is the Safeguarding Directorate should be matched to a particular approved adopter. These regulations were approved and will be effective from tomorrow, Wednesday 7 Octo-ber 2015.For the third item, Executive Council endorsed an amendment to the Better Life Allowance Policy which was introduced on 1 September 2015, allowing for an increase to the low-est band rate from £10 to £11.53. Executive Council reaffi rmed its earlier decision that the Better Life Allowance is separate and will not impact on Income Related Benefi ts.

ExCo, 6 October 2015

hours.The fl ights to St Helena, which leave at 8.20am local time from Johannesburg, also allow for connecting fl ights from London. This means that passengers will not be forced to wait over-night in Johannesburg, something which had

caused much concern on the island. The fl ight arrives on St Helena at 11.30am and the schedule allows an hour-long turnaround at the airport before leaving at 12.30. The fl ights, as previously announced, will be provided by South African operators Comair. The company will be fl ying a brand-new Boe-ing 737-800 plane, seating 120 passengers in business and economy class. The fl ights, SHG say, are still scheduled to start in February next year.

Plane Schedule AnnouncedAugust Graham, SAMS

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WANTEDA small fl at (one room, kitchen facility) in Jamestown to rent

for a long term period

An old car in good condition

Please Call 22594 after 5 PM

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

Aiming to destroy They are doing it again! SHG are taking the stance that only they know how we should live. Only they (or the regulators they appoint) know what is best for us. Do they think that if we buy a cake at a fund-raising event, made in someone’s kitchen for the benefi t of a wor-thy charity, we should be able to expect that the amateur baker’s kitchen is up to scratch, with cleanliness standards comparable to a fully-fl edged commercial cake factory? Do they think that if we get a stomach problem as a result that we will begin legal proceedings against the hapless baker, with the intention of obtaining fi nancial recompense which some-how is to make the diarrhoea go away? Does this happen now? Of course not.So why are SHG intent on destroying small scale kitchen industry the way they destroyed the small scale livestock production by regu-lating home slaughtering to oblivion? Be-cause, as sure as eggs is eggs, no-one will be making and selling fi shcakes if they have to have a certifi cate of cleanliness on the kitchen wall, the expense of the obtaining of which will be nonsensically and disproportionately high. No-one is going to make jam for sale at the Growers if they have to prove that they

have the right implements and equipment and a range of different cutting boards for differ-ent purposes, or to prove that their sugar ther-mometer is calibrated properly. What next? Will they be regulating the small vegetable producer out of existence by requiring them to prove that their garden forks are disinfected every evening?The reason SHG is pushing this unnecessary regulation is the threat of litigation from visi-tors. Our yet unborn tourism industry is al-ready impacting the lives of people like you and me, and we are completely unconnected with the visitors. Why can’t this threat be dealt with in a differ-ent way? Is there no way other than to squeeze the locals in order to pander to the visitors? Is it not possible to make a distinction between those who are in the business of making a profi t from visiting tourists and those who are making a very small living from selling, up till now, to locals? If there really is a minis-cule danger that a visitor buys a jar of locally made marmalade, and that the product causes a medical problem, and that the intransigent sufferer is determined to sue the hell out of the producer, then why not simply make it clear that local produce is not made to commercial

cleanliness standards and the producers accept no responsibility? After all, caveat emptor.But if you think, as I do, that this is still re-quiring the small kitchen producer to do some-thing special, something they have not been required to do until now (and no-one has died) and anyway, the message is very negative (the label effectively saying “don’t consider buy-ing this product because you might get the squits”), then there is a better way.SHG could issue a “Cleanliness Standard Mark” which is issued to producers only if they voluntarily undergo the testing and moni-toring that the proposed regulations envisage. The mark can be affi xed or displayed as re-quired and is designed to “inform” tourists that the produce in question has been manu-factured with high standards of cleanliness (now, a very positive message), and crucially the tourist still has the option to buy, at their own risk, local produce which may not be so marked. This way, neither local producers nor local consumers will be inconvenienced or even affected.Perhaps SHG could manage to resurrect home slaughtering by using the same technique! But they might be accused of creating something rather than destroying it.

REGISTRY OF LANDS, ST HELENA9th October 2015

NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Mr George Elstob Frederick Peters of Blue Hill, St Helena, for registration as proprietor of an area of Crown land namely Parcel 112 in the Registration Section for Barren Ground. Such application is made by virtue of claimed peaceable, open and uninterrupted possession of said land for a period of at least 15 years.

A copy of the application and a plan of the said land are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce hours. Any person who wishes to

make representations to the Land Registrar as to why this application should not be allowed must do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.

JOHN A. MACRITCHIE, REGISTRAR OF LANDS

ST HELENA MAGISTRATES’

COURT1st October 2015COLIN PATRICK YON (53) of New Ground, St Pauls pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place. Mr Yon was fi ned £30.00 with costs of £15.00.

MARTIN DAVE HENRY (36) of Half Tree Hollow pleaded guilty to driving whilst 52% over the prescribed alcohol limit. Mr Henry was fi ned £300.00 and disqualifi ed from driving for the minimum period of 12 months.

DERRILL GRAHAM CROWIE (35) of Deadwood pleaded guilty to charges of driving whilst 69% over the prescribed alcohol limit and using an unlicensed ve-hicle. As Mr Crowie had similar previous convictions from Ascension Island, sen-tence was adjourned for a Pre-Sentence Report prior to determining sentence.

The Housing Division of ENRD

is urgently seeking private accommodation to rent.

Please contact the Housing Offi cer,

Tracy Thomas on telephone 22270 or email [email protected]

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Public Solicitors are like Public Busses... ...You Wait Ages for One and Then Two Come Along at Once!

August Graham, SAMS

The position of public solicitor stood vacant for a couple of months after Debbie Wahle left, but now two have come along at once. Nicholas Aldridge will be taking on the role as public solicitor while Charlotte Collier has a more specialist role focussing on civil and public childcare. Speaking to The Sentinel Ms Collier – who throughout her career has “done nothing but act on behalf of parents and children” – said her role is important so that families have an opportunity to get specialist advice. The position, which is brand new, was cre-ated because of the recent focus on child safeguarding on island. Ms Collier was keen to highlight that the public solicitors are independent from the government and it is often their job to bring actions against SHG. They offer free advice for anyone who needs help with crime and public law childcare work.

Post-School Scholarship SuccessZedella Young Returns from Overseas Studying

Zedella Young has recently graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a Bach-elors of Science in Human Geography, Jour-nalism and Media Cultures. Zedella was one of fi ve students who left the island in August 2012 on the Post-School Scholarship to study overseas, "I absolutely loved it. Defi nitely academically as the subjects I studied comple-mented each other at times," Zedella said.Zedella's fi rst semester was spent living on campus, "my campus housing was actually an international building, so my fl atmates were mainly international students, so I've made friends from all over the world." After her fi rst semester, she moved off campus to Hitchin, a town in North Hertfordshire, "I was lucky to pick a place where there were more St Heleni-ans than myself, but that didn't stop me from making friends." In her last year of studying, Zedella completed a full-year module and had the chance to trav-el to Spain to witness tourism in Grenada, "I would like to thank the scholarship committee for allowing me to go there," Zedella said.As part of the post-school scholarship, Zedella was given the opportunity to go to Westmin-ster where "there were debates amongst every-one who took part, and I got to meet people

from all over the world."Zedella was also able to go to Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Garden Party in May, "it was a great experience to be inside the Buckingham Palace gardens," she added.The Post-School Scholarships give students fi nishing Year 13 studies a chance to learn and expand on what they are interested in. "It was an amazing experience, the scholarship is there for students and is something that should defi nitely be taken advantage of. It was a chal-lenge but I did enjoy it," said Zedella.

Hannah Durnford, SAMS

Amphibians Bar will be hosting a

Beach Party at Ruperts this coming

Saturday 10 October from 12 noon to 1am. There will be music, a volleyball

tournament, water sports, hot food on sale and the normal bar services.

Promise CeremonyA promise Ceremony took place at the HTH Community Centre on Tuesday 22 September 2015 when four new guides from the HTH

guide unit were enrolled by Mrs Alice Phillips (The Island Commis-sioner). Mrs Gwen Crowie, Guide Advisor and parents were also in

attendance. This was followed with some light refreshments.

New guides Shanice Phillips, Magdalena Sovjak, Katherine Sovjak and Victoria Mastna received their badges and certifi cates. The girls

were welcomed into the unit by the rest of the guides and senior section

Guide meetings are held every Tuesday afternoons at 4.30pm at the Walcott Guide Hall in HTH. At our meetings there are lots of activi-

ties to carry out. There are the Go for it! Packs. You will have the chance to get active in the community and try exciting challenges.

You can also take your pick from the huge range of interest badges.

If there are any girls out there aged between 10 & 14 years and would like to become a girl guide you can contact Mrs Sylvia Phillips on

Tel No. 23892 or Mrs Muriel Leo on Tel No. 23630

We will be happy to have you as guides.

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VACANCY FOR ATECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN

The Education and Employment Directorate is seeking to employ a Technology Technician to work at Prince Andrew School.The post holder will be responsible to the Subject Leader (Design & Technology) for the preparation, maintenance and storage of all tech-nology resources and tools and for providing assistance to students of Technology as required under the supervision of the teaching staff.

Applicants should have Functional Skills at Level 1 in Numeracy and Literacy and have experience in the use of technology tools and equipment.

Salary for the post is at Grade A, commencing £5,106 per annum.

The Education & Employment Directorate is committed to safe-guarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to uphold these principles. All appointments are subject to a satisfac-tory medical check and vetting or Enhanced CRB Disclosure.For further information and a full job description, please contact Mr Nicholas Plato, Head of Year, Prince Andrew School on Telephone No 24290 or email address [email protected] forms are available from Education & Employment Di-rectorate and Corporate Human Resources and should be completed and submitted, through Directors where applicable, to the Human Resources & Administration Manager at the Education Learning Centre, Jamestown or email, [email protected], by 4 pm on Thursday 15 October 2015.

Mrs Shirley Wahler, Director of Education & Employment 1 October 2014

Th e winners for the September Scout Jackpot

were:

1st - £100 - Chris George - Tel. 24913 -Ticket No. 561, 2nd - £50 - Linda Th omas - HTH - Tel. 23647 - Ticket No. 253, 3rd - £25 - Mouse Bargo - Tel. 23629 - Ticket No. 527, 4th - £25 - Geraldine Bagley - Tel: 23103 - Ticket No. 328.

Th e October Jackpot will be drawn on Friday, 30 October 2015.

Tickets are available from shops being Yon- New Ground, Larry Th omas-Longwood, Sylvia Stevens, McKnight’s,

Th orpe’s Wholesale, Rose & Crown & Fowler’s at the Arch. Also from the Standard, MTB’s Mini Mart, Inkwell and

the following personnel: Mark & Colin Yon, Ray Hudson, Elaine Benjamin, Joy George, June Lawrence, Pat Crowie,

Bobby Essex, Terry Richards, David Young – Ladder Hill & Valerie Henry – Ruperts- also available from the Beavers,

Cubs, Scouts and ExplorersREMEMBER TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING,

YOU MUST PARTICIPATE

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Rolling StonesStaff Worried after Collapsed Wall Smashes Customs Building

August Graham, SAMS

Customers at the Coffee Shop were startled when they heard a major rock fall smashing through the roof of the customs building at the wharf last Saturday. Fortunately the building was empty and no one was injured. It was at 11.50am that rocks from the wall along Sister’s Walk came crashing down, cutting the tin roof like butter and smashing through the closed door. “We’re just assessing the situation now,”

Deputy Harbourmaster Steve Kirk told The Sentinel when we spoke to him on Monday. At the time they had not decided whether the building would still be closed for the arrival of the RMS, but Mr Kirk said there will not be an effect on shipping.By Monday morning the tin roof had been mended and the cleanup was in progress. The rock guards had put up a barrier to stop more stones falling from the same section of the wall.

Those working at the wharf were still wor-ried and questioned why the whole cliff face was covered in protective netting, but there is nothing to stop rocks falling from the unstable wall. Roads Manager Ben Hathway, who leads the rock guard team, told The Sentinel they will be monitoring the dry stone walls, but added there had been no obvious indication that sec-tion of the wall would come down.

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On sale are ladies, men’s and children’s clothing in assorted sizes to suit everyone. Come and have a browse!

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We’re always here – round the clock, every single day of the year.

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Be yourself – whoever you are, however you feel, whatever life’s done to you.

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On Thursday 24 September, a team began clearing debris from the Duke of Edinburgh playground, following requests to ENRD. A week later, the Waste Management Services and a team from HM Prison completed this task. Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durn-ford said, “whereas the playground has been given a makeover it will not take long for it to become in a poor state once again,” he there-fore recommended an appropriate plan for its development and maintenance, including a cleaning schedule. Mike also took the oppor-tunity to thank the prison for their efforts and looks forward to further partnership with them in future.Forty gravel sacks were used in order to col-lect all the debris. The service also delivered one trailer load of bagged leaves for some-one’s garden; the remainder will be added to green waste at Horse Point Landfi ll Site for mulching, in support of the LEMP project. “The Waste Management Services is commit-ted to working towards a ‘cleaner and greener’ St Helena, in partnership with other Director-ates and stakeholders where possible,” Mike said.

Hannah Durnford, SAMS

URGENT

VACANCY FOR ELECTRICIAN The Property Division is urgently looking for an Electrician on a temporary basis for about two or three months in the first instance. The Electrician will need to be able to carry out wiring, maintenance of electrical installations and associated equipment and assist with testing and inspections of electrical installation within SHG buildings. The post holder will also be expected to be available for Call-out after hours on a bi-weekly basis.

The salary for this post is £6,542 per annum and the successful candidate must hold a St Helena Wireman’s license and have a clean and valid Class C Driver’s licence.

The appointment to this post is subject to a clean vetting certificate.

For further details regarding this post, interested persons should con-tact Mr Anders Bowers, Senior Superintendent (Installation) on tele-phone number 22054 (e-mail [email protected])

Application forms and Job profiles are available from Essex House and should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, ENRD, Essex House or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 21st October 2015.

Mr Derek Henry Deputy Director, Environment and Natural Resources Director 6 October 2015

PUBLIC NOTICE

A Cleaner and Greener St HelenaDuke of Edinburgh Playground Gets a Makeover

SAFEGUARDING DIRECTORATESPECIALIST ONE-TO-ONE

WORKERS - LEARNING DISABILITIES

Urgently needed, within the Learning Disabilities Section of the Safeguarding Directorate, are specialist one-to-one Workers who are caring, reliable and who want to make a difference. The post is of-fered on a casual basis for a period of six months in the fi rst instance. The hourly rate is £7 per hour and the successful applicants are ex-pected to work shifts which includes some weekends.

For further details about the post please contact Suzanne Nixon on 22713.

Application Forms, are available from the Human Resources and Administration Offi cer and should be completed and submitted to Sarah Williams, Human Resources and Administration Offi cer, Safe-guarding Directorate, Brick House, or emailed to [email protected], by no later than Monday 19 October 2015.

Gregory Hall (Mr)Director 6 October 2015

Inset: Playground before clean-upPhotos supplied: ENRD

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TIP OF THE WEEK…

Consider investing in low energy light bulbs as your old

bulbs need replacing. Low-energy bulbs are more

expensive to buy but will save you money on your bills in the

long term. For every £1 of electricity used by a regular bulb, an energy saving bulb

would cost just 20p.

LED lamps are even more efficient.

Enterprise St Helena is looking to appoint two individuals, one on Ascension and one in the Falkland Islands, who would be keen to act as a representa ve for the Saint popula on on each Island and would be pleased to receive nomina ons from St Helenians who wish to be considered for taking the role.

The representa ves will be the point of contact for the dissemina on of informa on by SHG/ESH and liaison officer for Saints on both islands between the St Helenian community and SHG/ESH. In addi on to a retainer fee per annum, travel and prin ng costs will be reimbursed upon receipt of a claim.

If you are interested please forward your details with the names of at least 10 Saints who support your interest in the role.

Dr Niall O’Keeffe will be travelling to the Falkland Islands on the 24th October and Ascension Island on the 27th October 2015.

Mee ngs will be held where Investment and Business Opportuni es on St Helena will be outlined. Further details will be publicised in advance of his visit.

Expressions of Interest for Saint Representatives

on Ascension and Falkland Islands.

For further informa on and/or to submit your interest, please contact Grace Richards at ESH office, Ladder Hill Business Park, or via telephone number 00290 22920 or email [email protected]

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

VACANCY FOR A WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES OPERATOR

ON A 2 YEAR CONTRACT The successful candidate will work within a team to undertake duties such as; public and commercial refuse collection, public areas, toilets and street cleaning and provide temporary cover at Horse Point Landfill Site (as required).

While a J4 license and a C license is not Essential it would be Desirable for the post.

The salary for the post is at Grade B commencing at £6,542 per annum, or £7,523 per annum if you have a J4 license.

For further details regarding this post, interested persons should contact Mr Mike Durnford, Environmental Risk Manager on Tel No: 24724 or e-mail: [email protected]

Application forms and Job profiles are available from Essex House and Scotland and should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, ENRD, Essex House or e-mail: [email protected] by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 14 October 2015.

Derek Henry

Deputy Director of Environment and Natural Resources6 October 2015

PUBLIC NOTICE

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SCHOOL PAGEwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 8 October 2015

Prince Andrew Celebrates European Day of LanguagesAlison Laycock & Jordan Stevens, PAS

On Friday 25th September, European Day of Languages was celebrated across the island. In Prince Andrew School, many non-language teachers took part in the celebrations by offer-ing their students something different in les-

sons. In Food Technology, Year 11 students had the opportunity to cook a dish from some-where around the world; the Maths department taught Maths in French, German and Spanish. The Science department also got involved and, with Year 7, researched famous scientists of different nationalities. Year 8 learnt the names of different pieces of equipment in French and German. In English lessons, Spanish and Ital-

ian could also be heard from teachers and in French lessons, Year 9 students got to taste a pain au chocolat, a typical breakfast item in France. A special assembly was opened with a speech by French teacher, Ms Alison Laycock, who highlighted the importance of learning differ-ent languages with the opening of St Helena Airport fast approaching. The airport “opens up a lot of opportunities for you where knowl-edge of languages will be useful," said Ms Laycock.Photographers, Darrin and Sharon Henry of 'What the Saints did next’ , shared experiences and photographs of their travels. Mr Henry emphasised the benefi ts of language skills and how they can help improve experiences when travelling. "One of the main things we found was that in all the places we went, you can have a really good, good time but you can have an even better time when you can talk to people and you can understand languages." Many students were inspired by this assembly and want to gain language skills so that they can use them to travel the world and see dif-ferent places. One student stated, "I found the assembly really inspiring- it made me want to travel and learn different languages." Prince Andrew students currently have the op-portunity to learn French as a second language. Madame Laycock would like to thank staff at PAS for getting involved in the occasion and Darrin and Sharon Henry for delivering a very enjoyable assembly.

A New StartTiffany Herne refl ects on the thoughts and feeling of new Year Seven students who are just starting their secondary education in Prince Andrew School.

It is the start of September and that means moving to a higher year and, for most of us, it seems to be not a big deal. But this is very different for the new Year Sevens as this is the start of their secondary education. Many of the things Years Eight to Thirteen know are still very foreign to them, for example, the change of schedule for the school day and the new lessons they have yet to study such as French, the new addition to the secondary school curriculum. “Prince An-drew School is so very different to primary school,” said one student.Year Seven students often feel quite nervous as they come from being the oldest in their schools to being the youngest in Prince An-drew School- a shock to their systems. One student said that she “thought the older chil-dren would be mean,” but she soon found this out to be wrong. Furthermore, the Year Sevens often miss friends, teachers and

memories left behind at primary schools. But, on a positive note they also feel a sense of excitement as they are meeting a new group of people they have never met before. They are also exposed to new responsibilities, for example, fi nding their way to class. Before coming to Prince Andrew they did not have to go to many different classrooms for lessons. Now students move from room to room and there are more teachers with more names to remember. Most students fi nd that there are new learning challenges with a mix of excitement and a lot of fun. They may be, understandably, a little nervous about new lessons and homework but that is soon overcome when they gain more experience and they realise it is not as diffi cult as initially thought. Often at the start of the new academic year there is a misconception that the school is enormous and Year Sevens fear that at any moment they will become lost. As Shanice Philips said, “ I thought I would get lost every day”. But after a few wrong turns they soon fi nd their way around. There are often doubts in the minds of the new students: will I fi t in? Which House will I be in? Will my friends remain my friends? Often they fi nd their current friends, who they have

known for nearly all their lives, drifting from them. Though they fi nd it sad at fi rst, they realise they have found new friends who will be with them for the rest of their lives. Another new experience they are exposed to in Prince Andrew is Enrichment, where a range of fun and exciting activities is avail-able, for example, outdoor pursuits, con-servation, radio and fi tness and it does not end there. Blake Hannah said, “I enjoy my Enrichment science investigation as we get to do many fun things like blowing up jelly babies to learn about chemical reactions and other new and interesting things.” Many stu-dents fi nd that the Enrichment sessions of-ten teaches them things they did not know, through more informal teaching methods. Also with help of Enrichment the Year Sev-ens have a chance to give back to society in the Community Outreach sessions. “I enjoy Community because it feels good to help,” commented Chloe Young. In conclusion, though there may be qualms from Year Sevens about starting secondary education, these are often unnecessary. Al-though problems may occur being organised, making friends, and an optimistic and posi-tive attitude will help them fl y through the fi ve years without trouble.

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When was St Helena Discovered?SynopsisFor over 400 years, it has been believed that the Portuguese discovered the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena on a very precise date in 1502, on the 21 May. New research suggests that a Dutch author fi rst quoted this date and that he was referring to the Protestant feast-day for Saint Helena. Since the Protes-tant faith did not exist in 1502, the Reforma-tion beginning in the 1520s, this date seems mistaken. The author of this new research has emphasised he is not suggesting that the date of the national St Helena Day celebrations should be changed.

Full Release DetailsA fact drummed into the head of every St Helenian schoolchild is that the Por-tuguese commander João da Nova discovered the island on 21 May 1502, the feast-day of Saint Helena. For the past 70 years, St Helena Day has been celebrated as a national holiday and many important events such as the restoration of full British passports have been deliber-ately timed to occur on this day.

Historically however there has always been a problem with this date. As pointed out by the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the 21 May is the feast-day for Saint Hel-ena in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The problem is that the early Portuguese dis-coverers were Catholic and the Roman Church has long celebrated this saint on 18 August. There is no obvious reason why the Catholic Portuguese discov-erers would use an Orthodox Church liturgical calendar when naming the island.

The best available explanation for this came from Bishop Cannan who devoted several pages of his history of South Atlantic island churches to this puzzle. He favoured the idea that Greek culture heavily infl uenced the Por-tuguese and Spanish around the time of the island’s discovery, so much so that da Nova preferred to use the Greek Orthodox Church’s liturgical calendar. Wholly unconvinced by this, an investigation has been launched by Ian Bruce to establish the origin of the 21 May date. His conclusions, just been published by Friends of St Helena in their historical maga-zine Wirebird, have thrown up several sur-prises.

Who originated the 21 May Date?

The search for the origin of the 21 May date began with a trawl through the several history books about the island. Many quote the 21 May 1502 for the island’s discovery, but none state where the date originated. A search was next made of many of the early Portuguese de-scriptions of the island’s discovery, but none mentioned a specifi c discovery date. Finally, a search was made of the several early non-Portuguese language books. From this it was concluded that the fi rst person to quote the 21 May as the discovery date was a Dutchman, Jan Hüygen van Linschoten, in 1596. He was a passenger on a Portuguese ship returning

from India to Lisbon and arrived at St Helena

in early May 1589. The opening and closing sentences of his description were as follows (quoting from an English translation published in 1598):

“The island of Saint Helena is so named be-cause the Portingales discovered it uppon Saint Helens day which is the twentie one of May”.

“The 21 May, being St Helens day, and Whit-sunday, after we had taken in all our fresh water, and other necessaries, we set sayle al-together in companie, and directed our course to Portingall, leaving about fi fteen men in the island, and some slaves that ran out of the ships.”

The Puzzle SolvedLinschoten’s second statement, mentioning

both the feast-day for Saint Helena and Whit-sunday in the same context, prompts a ques-tion. From which liturgical calendar was he quoting - Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church or Protestant? Whitsunday (or Pentecost) is seven Sundays after Easter for all three faiths and in 1589, Catholics and Protestants would indeed have celebrated Whitsunday on 21 May, just as stated by Linschoten. The Ortho-dox Church calculates Easter differently how-ever, and their Whitsunday would have been a week later, the 28 May. There would have been other differences, Protestants and the Or-thodox Church marking the feast-day of Saint

Helena on the 21 May and Catho-lics on 18 August. In summary, on 21 May 1589:

• The Roman Church would have celebrated Whitsunday but not the feast of Saint Helena, which was celebrated on 18 August.• The Eastern Orthodox Church would have celebrated the feast-day of Saint Helena but not Whit-sunday, which for them was a week later on 28 May.• However, Protestants would in-deed have celebrated BOTH Saint Helena Day and Whitsunday, ex-actly as stated by Linschoten.

If he was indeed the fi rst to quote the date of 21 May, two important conclusions can be drawn. First, Linschoten seems to have em-ployed the Protestant liturgical cal-endar, which is perhaps unsurpris-ing because at the time he wrote his book in Holland he was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. Incidentally, historians have been amazingly lucky with the timing of Linschoten’s departure from St

H e l - ena. Not only was Whitsunday note-worthy for him because he happened

to sail from St Helena that day, but also in 1589 Whitsunday, as marked by Catholics and Protestants alike, was celebrated on 21 May that year. This did not often happen - Whit-sunday is a moveable feast-day, and only fell on 21 May on three occasions in the 16th cen-tury, in 1553, 1564 and, crucially, in 1589. The fact that Linschoten mentioned two feast-days rather than just one, has allowed the Protestant Saint Helena Day to be clearly differentiated from the Orthodox Church feast-day on the same date.

The second crucial conclusion stems from the fact that the island has always been known as “St Helena”/“Santa Helena” since its fi rst dis-covery in 1502. This was several decades be-fore the start of the Reformation in the 1520s and the establishment of Protestantism. It has already been demonstrated that Linschoten

Contribution, Ian Bruce

Jan Hüygen van Linschoten

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LIFESTYLE & CULTURE/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 8 October 2015

ASCENSION ISLAND GOVERNMENT

Vacancy for Facilities Operatives AIG is looking for flexible and enthusiastic individuals who are seeking a new challenge and who can work well as part of a team to fill two positions

of Facilities Operative. The successful candidates will, amongst other duties, undertake waste management duties, assist other tradesmen with day-to-day repairs and maintenance programmes, assist with maintenance and accommodation services of the Two Boats and Georgetown areas and also assist with duties relating to swimming pools, refuse collection, sewage plants and cleaning services. Stevedore duties are a core function of these posts.

The successful candidates must have prior experience in some of the duties set out above or be willing to learn and undertake these tasks. They must also have a working knowledge of Health & Safety at Work and good communication skills. The posts are offered as single status. A competitive salary will be paid. The successful candidates will also receive: a food allowance, rent free accommodation, utility allowances, mid-tour passage/flight, a gratuity on completion of 2 year contract, free medical and primary dental treatment and generous baggage allowances. For further details concerning the above posts, please contact the Waste Management/ Facilities Support Team Leader on telephone number (247) 66138 or email: [email protected] . Application forms and a job description are available from the AIG’s Human Resources by telephoning (247) 67000 extension 132 or by emailing [email protected]. Completed applications should be submitted to the Director of Human Resources at email address [email protected] or by fax to (247 66152) by no later than Monday 19th

October 2015.

quoted the Protestant date for the feast-day for Saint Helena. Since Protestantism did not ex-ist as a faith when the island was fi rst found, it can categorically be stated that the island was NOT so named because it was discovered on the Protestant feast-day for Saint Helena of 21 May. Linschoten’s Protestant feast-day date of the 21 May therefore seems mistaken.

It is suspected that Linschoten simply assumed the Portuguese followed their usual practice of naming their land discoveries after the feast-day of the saint on which they were found. He therefore took for granted that the island was discovered on the feast-day of Saint Hel-ena. When writing his book in Holland some years after his stay at St Helena, he must have looked up the feast-day for Saint Helena and found the Protestant date of 21 May. This was only a tiny error; nevertheless, this mistake has echoed across more than four centuries, all the way down to the present day. Certainly, his statement “The island of Saint Helena is so named because the Portingales discovered it uppon Saint Helens day which is the twentie one of May” suggests he looked up the date from Saint Helena’s feast-day and not the other way round. Incidentally, had Linschoten quoted the Roman Church’s date of 18 August for the feast of Saint Helena he would prob-ably still have been wrong. The problem then would be that it is known that the Portuguese discovery fl eet led by João da Nova returned to

Lisbon on 11 September 1502 - it is unlikely his fl eet of ships could have sailed the 3,000 nautical mile distance so quickly.

An Alternative Discovery DateLinschoten was not alone in the 16th century to quote a date for the discovery of St Helena, even if only his suggestion of 21 May is still remembered. Odoardo Duarte Lopes visited St Helena in 1578, more than a decade before Linschoten and his description of the island was published in an Italian book. He stated: “This island is so called from having been fi rst discovered by the Portuguese on the 3rd of May, the Feast of St Helena”.

At fi rst sight, this statement seems wrong, the Roman Church celebrating 3 May as the feast of the True Cross, not the feast of Saint Hele-na. However, this Catholic feast-day certainly has a strong resonance with Saint Helena be-cause it celebrates her claimed recovery of the cross on which Jesus was crucifi ed in Jerusa-lem. Nevertheless, why did the Portuguese not name the island “Ilha de Vera Cruz” (Island of the True Cross)? The answer may be very simple because on 3 May 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral, leader of the second Portuguese India Armada, gave this name to the newly discov-ered Brazilian coastline, which he thought was a large island. News of Cabral’s discovery reached Lisbon directly from South America

before da Nova’s fl eet set off on the voyage to India in 1501. If da Nova knew the True Cross name had already been assigned, the most ob-vious and plausible alternative name for him to give the island was “Santa Helena”. Although Lopes’ Catholic feast-day date of 3 May was quoted several times thereafter, it was gradu-ally forgotten so that only Linschoten’s Protes-tant date of 21 May is today recognised.

To summarise, evidence has been presented that shows the traditional date of 21 May for the discovery of St Helena originated with a Dutch author at the end of the 16th century who erroneously quoted the Protestant feast-day of Saint Helena for a discovery made by Catholic navigators two decades before the Reformation started.

The Catholic feast-day of the True Cross on 3 May is probably a better fi t the historic facts of the date when the island was discovered. The author of this work Dr Ian Bruce has however commented, “the islanders have long marked St Helena Day on 21 May for their national celebrations. This is a deeply ingrained tra-dition and I would no more suggest this be changed than argue that Christmas be celebrat-ed on another day”.

This is an abridged version of Ian Bruce’s article. The full thing can be found online at: http://tinyurl.com/odn29ek

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ST HELENA SNIPPETSwww.sams.sh Thursday 8 October 2015 | THE SENTINEL

The St. Helena Bee Keepers Association “Plant a Flowering Tree for the Honey Bee.”

St Helena’s Honey BeeIt is unusually taken for granted for many years that the bees we see on the fl owers or in the hives that are owned by several people….will automatically produce HONEY…but there is a lot more to this than meets the eye.The world is facing a big problem with the disappearance of the Honey Bee. Every country in the world is doing everything in its power to save the Honey Bee but in some cases the success is very slim. Why is it so important for us to save the honey bee from dying out? Bees are responsible for pollinating 99% of the food we eat, remembering that much of this is imported from other countries.Whilst the honey bee elsewhere in the world is facing a rapid decline, we believe that our bees here on St. Helena are disease free and it is our intention to keep it that way. This is why there is a restriction on HONEY IMPORTATION and bee products. The time has come for us to take stock of this precious environmental asset and its value to the island community.What kind of honey bee do we have on St. Helena and where did they come from? This is a question that is constantly asked, of The Bee Keep-ers Association and to be quite honest, we really don’t know. There is some literature available pin pointing when the Bees were introduced and by whom, but we don’t know for sure what type of bees we have on island. According to old stories handed down through the ages, it is thought that the African Bee (Apis Mellifera) and the Italian Bee (Apis Mellifera copensis) were introduced in the late 1939 and early 1940. Members of the Association were always of the opinion that this was the case until recently, when I was answering some overseas correspondence on bees, then later talking to a member of the South African Bee Association just prior to him boarding the RMS St. Helena and returning to South Africa, some new information came about.We exchanged email addresses and have continued our discussion on the origin of the St. Helena Bee. It became so interesting that I was somewhat stunned to hear it said that we might have the Killer Bee on island. Where did it come from and why is it only being revealed now? The question remains unanswered BUT we, The Bee Keepers Association of St. Helena aim to fi nd this out. In order to carry out an experiment of the Bees of St. Helena and to fi nd out exactly what kind of bees we have, and how did we come by them. Many interesting questions arose regarding how many types are on island, are they good honey producers? Are they free from diseases? Have they interbred? and there are a number of other unanswered questions. For this important experiment, we will need three strong colonies/hives of bees as advised by our overseas experts on the subject.Much correspondence has been exchanged over time in connection with the Honey Bee of St. Helena and the Association is fi nding it diffi cult to give answers to some of the brainstorming questions coming in from bee enthusiasts in many countries. They want to know if we have the same problems as they face as far as CCD (Collapse Colony Disorder) Varroa Mite and the worst of all, The American Foul Brood.We are not aware that the St. Helena Bee has ever been studied and therefore little is known. What beekeepers have learnt has been handed down through the ages. As mentioned earlier, other countries are zooming in on St. Helena to fi nd out if we have all the diseases and bee pests that they are experiencing that is devastating to many owners of bee colony’s large and small. We are told that apiaries have been wiped out and the AFB is travelling at a rate that it cannot be stopped. In fact it has moved through The Western Cape and is now on the doorstep of Cape Town. This is very bad news for the island as we depend on many imported products from this part of the world.It is therefore in everyone’s interest to look after what we have. If any bee diseases come to this island we can say good bye to all bee colonies either wild or in hives. If this happens we will not have bees to pollinate any of our fruits (such as they are) or vegetables. Honey will be none existent so we must all be as cooperative and vigilant as possible. We must save our St. Helena Bees.The St. Helena Bee Keepers Association is seeking assistance from all bee owners and the public in general. The Association is actively working with its members but we are also aware that there are a number of persons who have hives but are not members of the As-sociation. To this end we also seek your assistance in getting a special survey project under way. We have the assistance of Professor Mike Alssop and others in South Africa and the United Kingdom who are keen to be involved with this interesting and puzzling topic.With the onset of warmer weather, the Association will have two attendants to carry out a survey on a number of Bee Hives of con-senting owners. We are appealing to all beekeepers/owners to allow us to visit your hives and assess the health of the swarm and how they are working. We will need three strong colonies at least from different parts of the island to be able to carry out this experiment.Records show that the “Italian Bee” was imported from UK and we also imported Bees from South Africa, It is also believed there was a “Red Bee” on island up to 1988. We are told by the experts that two different types of bees won’t survive living together, and if we had the SA Bee, it is possible that we still have it because the Italian strain will have been killed off by the SA strain, hence it is termed the Killer Bee! We hope our experiment will tell us “What type of Honey Bee we really do have on the island?IF we have developed a new strain of bee that is unique to St. Helena and IF this bee is a good honey producer then already scientists will be zooming in and will want to study it further. St. Helena could be classed as the only place in the world with a new Strain of Honey Bee. If this turns out to be so, then everybody will want it. It could eventually be a big business venture for someone on St. Helena in rearing Queen Bees for Export.The St. Helena Bee Keepers Association is asking for help from owners of bees by assisting us to carry out these experiments. I cannot emphasise the need to have all bee hive owners, members or none members of the association to be united in this project that is all for the good of this island now and in the future.Finally, please watch the column in the local papers and listen to the radio for updates, we want to keep you informed of the progress we are making regarding this important project for St. Helena.

Tony Leo, Chairman St. Helena Bee Keepers Association. 10 August 2015

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TIME OUTwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 8 October 2015

SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last year

With the sounding of the ship’s horn, 150 plus people linked by 300m of pink ribbon climbed Jacobs Ladder before making their way down Ladder Hill Road to the Mule Yard to party the night away, all in aid of cancer support and awareness.

The island-wide Newcastle Disease vaccination programme has been cancelled just a week after its announcement when it transpired that the vaccines onboard the RMS St Helena had been stored incorrectly and are therefore unfi t for purpose.

Football: A shining performance and brace from super sub, Ronan Legg, ensured Rovers end their league campaign undefeated as they breezed their way to a 5-1 vic-tory over the Raiders.

Famous Birthdays8 Oct - 14 OctBruno Mars (30)

Singer - 8 OctNick Cannon (35)

Actor - 8 OctJohn Lennon (1940-1980)

Singer - 9 OctHugh Jackman (47)

Actor - 12 OctUsher (37)

Singer - 14 Oct

DID YOU KNOW...The Universe is BeigeCosmic Latte is the colour of the universe, according to a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins Uni-versity. In 2001, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the colour of the universe was a greenish white, but they soon corrected their analysis in “The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: constraints on cosmic star-formation history from the cosmic spec-trum,” published in 2002. In this paper, they reported that their survey of the colour of all light in the uni-verse added up to a slightly beige white. The survey included more than 200,000 galaxies, and measured the spectral range of the light from a large volume of the universe. The hexadecimal RGB value for Cos-mic Latte is #FFF8E7.

PEOPLE ...Favourite places I’ve travelled

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

1. Turkey

2. Paris

3. Hong Kong

Tracey Stroud

BREAKHUMOUR

Edward was lying on his deathbed and the family was taking turns spend-ing time with him. As he was speaking to his young granddaughter Emily, Edward suddenly smelled an all too familiar smell. Why it was his favorite – apple pie! His wife Sandy must have been baking it for him to enjoy this one last time. “Emily dear,” asked Edward. “Would you please go ask Grandma for a slice of that Apple Pie? It’s smells so delicious!” Emily ran off to fulfi ll her dying Grandfather’s last wish. A moment later, Emily returned empty handed. “Where’s my pie?” questioned Edward. “Grandma said it’s not for now” responded Emily, “it’s for the funeral.”

“So Jimmy,” said Grandpa, as they stood on line at the local grocery store. “What did you learn in school today?” “To tell you the truth,” answered young Jimmy, “I’m not exactly sure. My teacher was going on and on about something called ethics, and I still don’t know what she was talking about!”“Ah, ethics” responded Grandpa, “very important indeed.” “Well, let’s say the cashier gives me back too much change, ethics would be whether I keep the change for myself, or if I give it back to Grandma!”

COFFEE

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

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Thursday 8 October 2015 | THE SENTINEL

SAMS RADIO 1 SCHEDULE102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHz Also Live Streaming via www.sams.shCONTACT THE SHOWTo reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or email: [email protected]. You can also con-tact 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 & 10pmalso at 3am & 5am Tues-day to Saturday.Saturday news: 8am & 12noon

SUNRISE 7am to 10amLive music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena NewsRepeated at 11pm everyday.

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

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

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

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

B&H GOLDBen and Harriet Hathway host 1 hour of all time great tracks. Wednesday 5.30pm. Re-peated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’

PRIME TIMEJohn Lamdon and Andy Parkinson share their passion for mathematics and clas-sic 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.

THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woolla-cott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 8.30pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Satur-day 1.00pm.

BBC WORLD SERVICE NEWS24/7 on our 2nd radio channel. 88.1MHz, 100.7 MHz and 102.7MHz

d Harriet Hathway hosgreat tracks. Wed on ‘2ndBACK SOONBACK SOON

HOT ROCKSMondays at 5:30pm, Replayed Fridays at 12:30pm. Hannah Durnford and Lizemarie Robbertse, play their way through alterna-tive rock tracks.

‘News & Vays after 7pm news & notice byed Fridays, after 10boardBACK SOONBACK SOON

CHILLIN’ WITH LUKEFridays at 2pm and repeated on the Sun-day in the Second Chance Sunday line up. Join Luke Bennett as he takes you through his sound track to life.

GOOD MORNING WITH DONNA

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

Monday to Friday from 10.30am till 12.30pm. Join Donna Crowie for the latest news and updates as well as great music to keep you entertained.Includes 12pm news and noticeboard.

GOOD AFTERNOON WITH DONNAMonday to Friday from 2pm till 4pm.Again, join Donna to keep you entertained in the afternoon.

Rejected£90K Ambulance Contract in Jeopardy

The government rejected two £45,000 am-bulances last week after it emerged they did not live up to the expected standards. The ambulances, which arrived on the island in early September, are converted Ford Rang-ers. Quality control checks which SHG per-formed on the vehicles were negative. Health and procurement both pointed The Sentinel towards Financial Secretary Colin Owen who could tell us that the government is “now in consultation with the suppliers,” over what to do with the £45,000 ambulances.Although “some areas of concern” have been identifi ed, Mr Owen could not say why they were rejected, what was likely to be the out-come, and who would be paying for any re-

placement. However sources at the hospital have told The Sentinel that the ambulances were sim-ply too small. When the vehicles fi rst arrived on the island concerns were raised that they

were not large enough for a person to lie down in. After further investigation The Sentinel found they were large enough to lie in, how-ever it now seems they were still too small for purpose.

August Graham, SAMS

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Further to the road closure from Rock Rose to Green Hill, NGcph is pleased to advise that installation of the water

line is now completed in this area, however this road still remains closed

during working hours to allow the Roads section of ENRD to complete resurfacing. Trenching/pipe installa-tion works will now commence from

Green Hill to Perkins Gut and this section of the road will now be closed

between the hours of 9am to 4pm, Mondays to Saturdays.

The public are thanked in advance for their cooperation.

Walking With A PurposeSt Helena has Second Worldwide Photowalk


Thirty two people took part in this year’s worldwide photowalk hosted by the tourist offi ce. The walk was led by Chanelle Marais, and Helena Bennett delivered informational talks at points of interest throughout the walk. The impending Napoleonic Bicentenary cel-ebrations had prompted tourism to host the walk in Longwood; however photography was not limited by the Napoleonic theme. The group of 32, made up of children and adults, met in the gardens of Longwood House be-fore making the trek along Longwood Avenue to Hutts Gate and then snaked back to Napo-leon’s house via the forest section of the Fish-ers Valley walk.The group were told to pay careful atten-tion to the left side of Hutts Gate road where remnants of Longwood’s boundary wall had merged with the bank that runs the length of the road. Of course Napoleon was a prisoner during his time here on island and the bound-

ary wall would have played a signifi cant role in where he was allowed to roam without Brit-ish escort.The walk took around two hours and on return to Longwood House, participants were given the opportunity to take photographs in the famous gardens while enjoying refreshments that were laid on by the tourist offi ce. Merrill

Joshua also donned his Napoleon costume and roamed the gardens, creating quite a unique photo opportunity.Photos taken on the walk have to be submitted to tourism and the winners will be “announced later in October,” Ms Marais told The Senti-nel. The winning photographer’s prize will be a 4x4 trip with Aaron’s Adventure Tours.

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WISH Woman of The Year Award 2015 Friday 20th

November.

Do you know someone on St Helena who deserves recognition? Who is a role model to others? Who makes a difference in the lives of others? Who is an unsung hero in the community or society? Who contributes supports and inspires?

The award winner will receive: A perpetual trophy £100 donated by the Bank of St Helena A prize package A reception for all nominees

Nominations to [email protected] , by hand to the Human Rights Office in the PWD yard or phone 22133 with the name of your nominee and reasons for your nomination (up to 100 words). Closing date: Friday 16th October 2015.

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British Airways jet fi re: parts from other General Electric engines examined

Safety authority and GE Aviation say Las Vegas emergency, in which plane aborted take-off, traced to compressor spool in en-gine used on most Boeing 777sGeneral Electric Aviation, maker of the jet engine that caught fi re on a British Airways plane taking off from Las Vegas, has said it is inspecting parts from other engines of the same types as part of a US federal in-vestigation.

On 8 September BA fl ight 2276 was on a McCarran international airport runway bound for London when the left engine burst into fl ames. Takeoff was aborted and all 157 passengers and 13 crew members survived; some had minor injuries.

Updated fi ndings released on Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board indicated the fi re started with the engine’s spool, a key part in the high-pressure com-pressor that gives the plane power.

“We’re doing a full pare-down of the spool and analysis of the components,” said Rick Kennedy, a spokesman for GE Aviation.The twin-engine Boeing 777 was built in 1998 and registered to British Airways a year later. By the end of 2013 it had fl own nearly 77,000 hours, according to the Brit-ish Civil Aviation Authority. GE90 engines are used in most Boeing 777s.

GE Aviation said that the spool, which holds the blades in the GE90-85B engine, was among the fi rst ever made for that model in 1995.

The manufacturer said it was voluntarily analysing 38 similar spools of about the same age that were out of service awaiting maintenance and repairs. Other inspections of working engines were expected.

“The 38 will help us decide what engines might need to be inspected,” Kennedy said.GE said this was the fi rst engine failure of its kind, as spools could be similar in de-sign but were not built identically. There are about 400 base GE90 engines being used to power 167 planes.

NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss said there was no talk of grounding any planes with similar spools.

The NTSB also said the case would be analyzed to determine a probable cause after the current fact-fi nding process. A fi -nal report would not be issued for several months.

Full article from the Guardian

WorldWorldNEWSNEWS

INVITATION TO TENDER

The Saint Helena Government wishes to invite suitably experienced contractors to submit tenders for the Refurbishment of No.10 Piccolo Hill.

A copy of the Tender Document can be obtained from Thursday 01 October 2015 at 9:00am

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

A site visit will take place on Tuesday 6th October 2015 at 9:30am meeting at No.10 Piccolo Hill.If you require and further details, please contact the Project Manager, Mr Glen Owen, on telephone 23608 or email [email protected] tenders should be placed in the Tender Box at Essex House by 12:00 Noon on Tuesday 20th October 2015.Interested parties should note that this opportunity is not being advertised overseas

Comair Problems will have “No Impact” on St Helena

St Helena’s future air provider Comair has told The Sentinel there will be “no impact” on the company’s service to St Helena. This comes after reports that their orders for new Boeing 737-800 aircraft may be jeopardised by the loss of funding from the US Export-Import Bank. The aircraft are the same type as those due to fl y to St Helena.

August Graham, SAMSComair said they have already received fi ve of the eight planes and will get another this month. They don’t have a “fi rm commitment” from the bank for funding for the fi nal two aircraft; however have alternative measures in place should they be needed. An SHG spokesperson also confi rmed Co-mair have signed up to a contract with SHG and this development “will have no impact on Comair’s forthcoming weekly service to St Helena.”

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CHURCH NOTICESwww.sams.sh Thursday 8 October 2015 | THE SENTINEL

The Rock Cell group/Bible studies

Thursday evening 8th October the various cell groups will meet at Sandy Bay

Community Centre at 7 :30 pm Contact Riana on Telephone Number 24700 and Charles on telephone no 23085 if you need trans-

port. Saturday the 10th October Ladies fellowship at 3pm at the home of kate Germany for further in-formation contact Nicky on telephone no 22572.

All ladies are welcome. Wednesday evening 14th October bible study group at the home of at the Home of Charles

Schwarz contact No 3085 You are most welcome to any of these

meetings.

Activities at the Army this weekendSUNDAY 11 OCTOBER

FAMILY SERVICE AT THE HALF TREE HOLLOW HALL AT 11AM.

ALL ARE WELCOME. EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING

PRAYER MEETING & BIBLE STUDY AT THE HALF TREE HOLLOW HALL AT

7.30PM. ALL ARE WELCOME. FRIDAY & SATURDAY

‘QUALITY SECONDS’ SHOP & CAFÉ OPEN FROM 10AM TO 1PM.

There is always a warm welcome for you at the Salvation Army.

If you would like to know more about The Salva-tion Army’s activities, contact Lt. Coral Yon on

telephone nos 22703/24358. Take care and God bless.

BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org

BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods

DEVOTIONAL MEETINGTHURSDAY EVENINGS

at 8pm.ALL ARE WELCOME

Telephone 24525 "True Happiness depends on spiritual good and having the heart ever open to receive the Divine

Bounty."Abdu'l-Baha

BAHA’I FAITH

FaithMatters

Seventh Day Adventist Saturday 10 October9.15 - 10.40am Sabbath School11.00 - 12.00am Divine Service2.00 - 3.00pm Youth ProgrammeMonday 12 October7.00 - 8.00pm Bible Study, Home of Lionel and Pam Joshua, Cleughs PlainWednesday 14 October7.30 - 8.30pm Prayer Meeting in Jamestown

PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

This extract is from a Statement to the United Nations by the Baha’i International Community on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations in 1995. Now, 20 years later, these views on Economic Development are still relevant. The rich have become richer and the poor are still poor in most countries. The current Refugee Crisis has accentuated the despair and poverty which has driven so many from their homes .This Statement offered suggestions for solving the massive problem of world poverty, but the whole article includes so much more. For anyone interested, the full Statement can be found on the Baha’i International Community Website/Statements to U.N:- Turning Point for all Nations.Economic development strategies employed by the United Nations, the World Bank and a num-ber of governments during the last fi fty years, however sincerely conceived and executed, have fallen far short of aspirations. In much of the world, the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" has widened and is accelerating with the persistent disparity in income levels. Social problems have not subsided. In fact, crime and disease are not just on the rise; they are also be-coming endemic and more diffi cult to combat.These failures can be traced to a number of fac-tors. They include a misplaced focus on large-scale projects and bureaucratic over-central-ization, unjust terms of international trade, a pervasive corruption that has been allowed to fl ourish throughout the system, the exclusion of women from the decision-making processes at all levels, a general inability to ensure that resources reach the poor, and the diversion of development resources into military hardware..Material needs are often addressed without taking into account the spiritual factors and their power to help chan-nel thoughts in a positive direction.True prosperity includes spiritual as well as ma-terial well-being. Food, drink, shelter and a de-gree of material comfort are needed by all, but human beings cannot and never will fi nd fulfi ll-ment in these necessities. Nor is contentment to be found in social recognition or political power. In the end not even intellectual achievement sat-isfi es our deepest needs. It is in the hunger for something more, something beyond ourselves, that the reality of the human spirit can be prop-erly understood. Education is the best investment in economic de-velopment. "Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath, however, deprived him of that which he doth inherently possess," wrote Bahá'u'lláh just over 150 years ago. "Re-gard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefi t there-from." Education implies more than a process of gaining knowledge or learning a set of life skills. In truth, education, which should be a fun-damental requirement of development, must also

teach people how to gain knowledge, cultivate the powers of intellect and reasoning, and infuse the student with indispensable moral qualities.It is this all-embracing approach to education that allows people to contribute to the creation of wealth and encourage its fair distribution. Genu-ine wealth is created when work is undertaken not simply as a means of earning a livelihood but also as a way to contribute to society. Meaningful work is a basic need of the human soul, as impor-tant to the proper development of the individual as nutritious food, clean water and fresh air are to the physical body.

DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENAThe Cathedral Parish of St Paul Sunday 11 October 28th Sunday of the Year8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral9.30 a.m.Eucharist /Harvest Festival, St Martin11.15 a.m. Sung Eucharist/ Harvest Festival, St Helena & The Cross5.30 p.m.Choral Evensong, CathedralThursday 15 October 10.00 a.m. Eucharist, ArabiaSunday 18 October St Luke8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral10.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist, Cathedral3.30 p.m. Eucharist, St PeterThe Parish of St James Sunday 11 October 28th Sunday of the Year9.30 a.m.Sung Eucharist, St John7.00 p.m.Evening Prayer, St JamesMonday 12 October 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St MaryWednesday 14 October7.30 a.m. Eucharist, St JamesThursday 15 October 7.00 p.m. Health Worker’s Service, St JohnSunday 18 October St Luke9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St JamesParish of St MatthewSunday 11 October 28th Sunday of the Year9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist/Parade Harvest Festi-val, St MarkTuesday 13 October 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St MarkSunday 4 October St Luke9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St Mark11.00 a.m. Eucharist, Barnabas Pledges

BAPTIST NOTICESSaturday 10 OctoberPrayer meeting, 7:00 am, Sandy Bay ChapelSunday 11 OctoberChurch Services:Family Worship ServicesSandy Bay Chapel, 8:45 am (Leader & preacher: Pastor Graeme)Head O'Wain Chapel, 10:45 am (Leader & preacher: Pastor Graeme)Jamestown Chapel, 6:00 pm, (Leader: Brian Thomas; preacher: Pastor Graeme)Other activities:Sunday School, 10:00 am, Baptist Manse, JamestownPrayer Meeting, 5:00 pm, Jamestown SchoolroomTuesday 13 OctoberBWA Meeting, 10:00 am, Sandy Bay ChapelBible Study & Refreshments, 7:30 pm, Jamestown Schoolroom (Led by Pastor)Wednesday 14 OctoberBible Study, 7:30 pm, Deadwood(Led by Hazel) Home of Winnie ThomasThursday 15 OctoberBible Study, 5:30 pm, Sandy Bay Chapel(Led by Pastor)Bible Study, 7:30 pm, Blue Hill Community Centre (Led by Pastor)For further information please call Pastor Graeme Beckett at 22388

ChurchFriday 16 October6.00 - 7.00pm Bible Study at the Home of Pastor Millin, JamestownFurther Info Contact, Paul Millin, Tel 22267

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NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 8 October 2015

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPSREMINDER

“The Chevening Programme gave me a second chance for getting a Degree. I fi nished school after my GCSEs and never thought I'd ever be able to study fulltime again. Chevening funded my Masters course and provided a monthly living grant which en-abled me to commit fully to my studies and complete my MBA in just 12 months. Being back in a classroom and studying alongside other adults from places like Mexico and Russia was daunting initially but concluded as an enriching and invaluable experience that you would never get from distance-learning.” – Tara Wortley, St Helena Chevening Scholar (2013)

The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2016/17 Chevening Scholar-ships via www.chevening.org/apply - until Tuesday 3 November 2015.

Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with strong academic backgrounds who also have demonstrable leadership potential. The scholarship offers fi nancial support to study for a Master’s Degree at any of the UK’s leading universities and the opportunity to become part of an infl uential global network of 44,000 alumni.

There are approximately 1,500 Chevening Scholarships on offer globally for the 2016/2017 academic cycle, representing a signifi cant investment from the UK Government to devel-op the next cohort of global leaders.

For more information, visit www.chevening.org/faqs for details on the eligibility cri-teria and award specifi cations - or contact Manager of the Governor’s Offi ce, San-dra Sim, on tel: 22308 or email: [email protected]

Chevening Scholarships are funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce (FCO) and partner organisations. The scholarships support study at UK universities - mostly for one year Master's Degrees - for individuals with potential to become future leaders, decision-makers, and opinion formers.

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Keeping St Helena Unique


Environmental Protection Ordinance Released for Public Consultation

The environmental protection ordinance was released for public consultation last month. This is the fi rst ever piece of com-prehensive environmental legislation for the island. With air access imminent and develop-ment likely to increase, the EPO should ensure any development does not destroy the unique and vulnerable environment.“To be able to deliver all of the things under the EPO we will need extra funding,” ENRD’s Derek Henry told The Sentinel. EMD’s tiny budget in the last fi nancial year of £291K is less than the £338K that SHG pays for clean-ing service. “We simply don’t know what the budget will be because we haven’t worked through all of the details that we need to estab-lish all the policies and procedures that will sit behind the ordinance,” Mr Henry continued, before confi rming that additional budget will be available. But they will fi rst “need to deter-mine what that sum of money will be.”The ordinance establishes high fi nes for caus-ing unnecessary harm to animals and plants and allows fi nes up to £1000 for littering. It also opens doors to make legislation for pol-lution standards for cars or other machines. “Everything is not going to be law right from the day this legislation is enacted,” said Coun-

cillor Pamela Ward-Pearce, chair of the en-vironment and natural resources committee. She went on to say that time will be given for people to replace their cars if needed. “If your car is belching out a load of visible fumes then you can expect that something will have to be done about it and I think this is quite reason-able,” she continued.The EPO also makes allowances for a Chief Environment Offi cer who will enforce the en-tire EPO. It is hoped that EMD’s Isabel Peters will take on this role. “It will be a challenge,” said Isabel, “The ordinance does include some stuff that is already in place, there is other stuff that we are already moving towards. A lot of it has been done on good will without it being a legal requirement, but the ordinance ups the game.” As part of the public consultation process, drop-in sessions and public meetings have been organised. The public meeting at Harford community centre was poorly attended, leav-ing ENRD staff to question the ability of the department to enforce legislation in the draft ordinance. Another public meeting was held on Tuesday in Half Tree Hollow Community Centre and there was a slight improvement in attendance.The public consultation closes on Friday 9 October and there “have been indications that stakeholders will be bringing comments in,” Isabel said.

Committing to the VulnerableOrdinance Brings Mental Health Issues into a New CenturyAugust Graham, SAMS

Although much of it is just an update, the new Mental Health Ordinance is an impor-tant update, Community Psychiatric Nurse Ian Rummery told The Sentinel last week. It takes away some of the draconian mea-sures of an old piece of legislation which was created in a time when human rights were not upmost in the consideration of lawmakers. “There aren’t really the safeguards in the old act [...] and I think as particularly com-ing up to airport and more international ex-posure, it’s just right that acts such as this are brought in line with international best practice,” Mr Rummery said. The public consultation on the legisla-tion ends on Friday and Councillor Cyril George said they hope to get it approved at the next meeting of LegCo in November.The legislation allows medical profession-als to forcibly commit someone to medical care for a mental health issue. However Mr Rummery was keen to highlight that this is a last resort: “You try your best not to use a mental health act section, you try your best to work with the person to voluntarily take their medication.”Another part of the ordinance allows courts to send an accused person to prison for a mental health assessment should they be-lieve there is good cause for this. When asked whether this was a wise option as prison is a bad place for those with mental health problems Mr Rummery said “obvi-ously the preferred option is to bring a per-son into hospital” however he added that in the rare case of someone being aggressive, the safer conditions of prison can help staff. “Elsewhere you probably wouldn’t have that option, I think we just need that safe-guard to make that decision. So it might be that in order to conduct a safe assessment that person may need to be in a secure facil-ity and then we make the decision whether the person needs medical treatment or they go back into the legal system,” Mr Rum-mery said.

WEEKLY WEATHER NEWS

Max Temp 18.8 ºCMin Temp 13.5 ºC Total Rainfall 7.8 mmTotal Sunshine 5.3 hrs

Weekly stats from the Met Offi ce, Bottom Woods, St Helena for W/E

4th October 2015

St Helena Gumwood tree

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ADVANCE NOTICE OF CHANGES TO ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION COMPLIANCE

All electrical Installations must be designed and installed in accordance with BS 7671:2008 IET Wiring Regulations. Connect Saint Helena Ltd are responsible for inspecting and testing all new installations to ensure that the requirements of the Regulations have been met. We assess electrical installations to the latest IET Regulation standard, so if the Regulations change, our testing regime will also change. Any installation that does not pass the test and meet the latest Regulations cannot be connected to the electricity network. There were changes that came into effect on 1 July 2015 (BS 7671:2008 Amendment 3) and Connect worked closely with ESH and the Lifelong Learning Service to provide training for electricians and wiremen to ensure their work align with the new standards. Only Wiremen and Electricians who passed the training are eligible for a Saint Helena Wireman’s Licence. A full list of licenced Wiremen is available on our website www.connect.co.sh or from our office at Seales Corner.

Further changes to the IET Regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2016 and if you are planning, installing or purchasing electrical equipment, you will need to be aware of how these changes affect you.

THE CHANGES ARE IN 3 CATEGORIES:

1. CONSUMER UNITS Within new domestic (Household, garages, outbuildings) premises, consumer units must:

Have their enclosure manufactured from non-combustible material; or Be enclosed in a cabinet or enclosure constructed of non-combustible material and

complying with Regulation 132.12. (Accessibility of electrical equipment – see below); and

All openings into the enclosure or cabinets for cables, conduits, trunking or ducting must be sealed.

All electrical Installations must be designed and installed in accordance with BS 7671:2008 IET Wiring Regulations. Connect Saint Helena Ltd are responsible for inspecting and testing all new installations to ensure that the requirements of the Regulations have been met.

We assess electrical installations to the latest IET Regulation standard, so if the Regulationschange, our testing regime will also change. Any installation that does not pass the test and meet the latest Regulations cannot be connected to the electricity network.

There were changes that came into effect on 1 July 2015 (BS 7671:2008 Amendment 3) and Connect worked closely with ESH and the Lifelong Learning Service to provide training for electricians and wiremen to ensure their work align with the new standards. Only Wiremen and Electricians who passed the training are eligible for a Saint Helena Wireman’s Licence. A full list of licenced Wiremen is available on our website www.connect.co.sh or from our office at Seales Corner.

Further changes to the IET Regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2016 and if you are planning, installing or purchasing electrical equipment, you will need to be aware of how these changes affect you.

1. CONSUMER UNITSWithin new domestic (Household, garages, outbuildings) premises, consumer units must:

Have their enclosure manufactured from non-combustible material; orBe enclosed in a cabinet or enclosure constructed of non-combustible material andcomplying with Regulation 132.12. (Accessibility of electrical equipment – see below);and All openings into the enclosure or cabinets for cables, conduits, trunking or ducting must be sealed.

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These parts of the regulations are to reduce fire risk. Any fire resulting from poor, damaged or dangerous connections need to be contained within the enclosure and not spread to the rest of the building.

2. ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN BUILDINGS These parts of the regulations are to ensure that everyone can gain access to the building

and use its facilities. Within new domestic (Household, garages, outbuildings) premises

Switches and socket outlets shall be installed at heights so that everyone, including those with limited reach, can easily use them. To satisfy this requirement all switches, sockets-outlets and controls in new domestic buildings, must be installed at a height of 450mm to

1200mm from the finished floor level.

Consumer units in new domestic buildings should be located so that the switches are between 1350mm and 1450mm from the finished floor level. At this height, the consumer unit is out of reach of young children yet accessible to other people when standing or sitting.

3. LABELLING To ensure general safety, the external earth and the individual consumer unit’s switches in new domestic installations must be clearly and appropriately labelled.

If you need further advice, please contact the Electricity Distribution Manager, Colin Anthony on telephone number, 22255 or email [email protected]. 2 October 2015

2. ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN BUILDINGSThese parts of the regulations are to ensure that everyone can gain access to the building and use its facilities.Within new domestic (Household, garages, outbuildings) premisesSwitches and socket outlets shall be installed at heights so that everyone, including those with limited reach, can easily use them. To satisfy this requirement all switches, sockets-outlets and controls in new domestic buildings, must be installed at a height of 450mm to

1200mm from the finished floor level.

Consumer units in new domestic buildings should be located so that the switches are between 1350mm and 1450mm from the finished floor level. At this height, the consumer unit is out of reach of young children yet accessible to other people when standing or sitting.

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Baptist Church 170th

Celebration (1845 -2015) Anniversary

Come join us for a week of celebration:

1st to 7th

November 2015 Celebration Service

Jamestown Baptist Chapel, Sunday 1st

November, starting 11am

Seminar "Fighting For the Family" by Joe Bell Jamestown Baptist Schoolroom, evenings 7pm Mon - Fri (2nd - 6th

)

Music & Gospel Live music, and singing. With an address by Rev. Errol Wesson Half Tree Hollow Community Center Every Evening Monday to Saturday 7pm (2nd - 7th

November)

Coffee Morning, Jamestown Baptist Schoolroom Saturday 7th

Nov. 10am

Children's "Treasure Hunt" by Morag McLean Jamestown Baptist Schoolroom, Mon - Fri 3pm (2nd - 6th

(transport will be provided to take children home afterwards) )

Family Picnic (music & activities) Rosemary Plain on Saturday 7th

(bus will be provided from and back to Pillings School) November from 2h30 pm

For further details please contact Pastor Graeme Beckett (tel 22388) (Times & venues subject to change - any changes will be announced on radio/press)

Note: We are committed to share only the historic Christian message and will not attempt to lure members of other churches to the Baptist Church . Let's celebrate!

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Cancer Awareness Month 2015Cancer Awareness Month 2015During the month of October there are many events and activities planned, all to

Liam Yon, SAMShelp raise awareness of cancer and to fund-raise for the St Helena Cancer Support and Awareness Group. It is no secret that cancer has affected many people on island; whether someone has been diagnosed or is a family member or friend of someone who has fell

victim to the serious illness. This year sup-port for the charity has been excellent, with some volunteers even willing to withstand being publicly waxed to help raise funds. Below is a look at all of the events coming up in the next seven days.

‘Pull Together’On Friday, 9 October, teams of eight will display their strength as they attempt to pull a large fi re truck over a short distance. This is a physically demanding challenge, but will also be entertaining for spectators. There is no need to put forward a team in advance, as you can just show up on the day to take part. This will be followed by an ex-

citing evening of fun in the Mule Yard. The bar will be open and there will be a majority of stalls set up. Also on the night, Nigel McMi-chael will be getting his head shaved and chest waxed in front of all in attendance. Joining in with the fundraising, Colin Owen’s chest is also going to be waxed, with John Canes opt-ing to shave off his beloved beard. The event promises to be a good night out for the whole family. There will be an admission fee, which will all go to the Cancer Support and Aware-ness Group.

Regency BallA special event is scheduled for Satur-day 10 October. The Consulate Hotel will take a trip back in time to the early 19th century (1811-1820) for the Cancer Sup-

port and Awareness Group’s Regency Ball. Tickets for the event must be booked in ad-vance and costs £12. The event is themed, which means attendees will need to dress in regency-styled clothing which should make for a fun night. Included in the price will be a fi nger buffet to make sure none of the guests go hungry.

Look Out, Pink Panthers About!That infamous pink cat will be out and about on Monday 12 October prowling around town. Joined by friends, Pink Panther will be hoping to raise as much money as possible from anyone they see. Make sure you have some loose change in your pockets to put towards a worthy cause.

Information StallThe last of the events for the coming seven days will be the informational stall at the Canister in Jamestown. This will be your one stop shop for information, ribbons and even some delicious themed cupcakes. If you’re in the area do show your support and stop by at the Canister on Wednesday 14 October.

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If so could you please call Antonella on 24254

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Bank of St Helena Ltd Extracts from the Directors’ Report 2014/15

The Bank is a Limited Company and the St Helena Government (SHG) owns the Bank, as Majority Shareholder. At the time of reporting the Bank’s Capital Base comprises of Share Capital (SHG) £3.2 Million and General Reserves of £2 million.

Independent and objective assurance on the Bank’s fi nancial statements is provided by an external audit service.The external audit assurance for the Accounts to 31 March 2015, has been contracted to a UK based fi rm of accountants, Moore Stephens.

During the year, the Bank has continued to make progress towards the achievement of its critical success factors: secure, safe and user-friendly systems and processes; right complement of numbers and skills within the staffi ng team; robust risk management to safeguard the assets of the Bank and its customers; enhancement of shareholder and stakeholder value.

This year, the Bank continued to maintain a healthy level of profi t of £266,308 after tax, resulting in an increase of 5% in Capital and Re-serves (Total Shareholders’ Funds). Profi t ensures the stability of the Bank’s Assets and Liabilities and that retained earnings are conducive with the growth in the Bank’s Risk Weighted Assets.

The increase in economic activity due to the works associated with Air Access appears to have levelled off. The growth in the value of the Bank’s Customers Deposits was 11% (£7,517,203), a lower rate of growth than the previous year’s 16% (£9,073,082) growth.

The demand for Commercial Lending continues to be low, with a 0.8% (£20,745) decrease in this portfolio overall, which includes overdraft facilities. However this year’s performance is an improvement on the previous year’s decrease of 8% (£205,066). The Bank’s Personal and Housing Loan Portfolios refl ect growth of 37% (£277,923) and 4% (£319,973) respectively.

It has been estimated in the Bank’s Strategic Plan for 2014-2017, taking into account the potential growth in capital, that the Bank could support an additional £15 million of lending and remain within the capital constraints of its Risk Assets Ratio.

Therefore whilst lending activities have not reached the levels expected; the Bank remains in a strong position to facilitate such growth in the next 3 years.

At 31 March 2015, Bank of St Helena had £61.3 Million of its £75M Depositors portfolio invested in Cash Deposits with major UK Banks; currently receiving minimal interest. This has a direct impact on the interest rates payable on the Bank’s Customer Deposits whichtranslated this year to a reduction in interest rates payable on Customer Deposits by 0.5%. The Directors appreciate that this may not have been well received by its customers but such was an unavoidable decision to ensure that the Bank is able to remain profi table in the face of reduced income from one of its main sources of return.

The key highlights of the Bank for 2014/15 were: 11% growth in its investment portfolio 11% growth in value of Depositors Accounts 11% growth in total income

In 2015/16 the Directors will evaluate new and upgraded systems that will improve the ease with which customers can transact business with the Bank. A range of options - Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), introduction of Debit/Credit Card payment methods and Elec-tronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale - have been proposed and all will be considered within the parameters of affordability, appropriate-ness and added value.

A summary of the Financial Statements is reproduced below. The Full Directors’ Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Finacial Year 2014-15 can be downloaded from the Bank’s website and a printed copy is available for reading at each branch.

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Courses for November...Are you interested?

Note: These are individual courses and Spaces are limited to 12 people. **Spaces are limited to 6 people

Spaces will only be confirmed upon receipt of registration forms by the closing date stated in the table.

For further information and registration forms please contact reception at the ELCOn telephone 22607 or email: [email protected]

Course Title Date Time Trainer Venue Closing date

Cost

Fire Safety 11th , 18th & 25th9am-12pmNovember 2015 Fire Personnel

LLS Large Training Room,

ELC Hall, Ladder Hill

28th £5.00 Per Person

October 2015

Team Time Management(Intermediate)

10th9am-2pmNovember

2015Angela

Benjamin ELC Hall03rd

£2.50 Per PersonNovember

2015

**MS PowerPoint for Beginners

16th & 17th9am-12:30pmNovember 2015 Mark Yon LLS IT Suite

09th

N/ANovember 2015

Business Writing (Intermediate)

17th9am-2pm November

2015 Shelley Smith ELC Hall10th


2015Minute Taking & Report

Writing (Intermediate)

24th9am-2pmNovember

2015 Shelley Smith ELC Hall17th


2015

Buying Clerk Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc

has a vacancy for a

Within the Procurement Department

Job Outline To ensure a reliable and efficient service is provided for the sourcing

and supply of overseas purchases

Interested Persons Should: Possess GCSE grade C or above in English & Maths, and should ideally be competent in

general Microsoft programs i.e. Word, Excel and Email communication Have good Customer Service skills

Salary will start at £545.58 per month, (£6545.96 per annum), depending on skills and experience.

For further information,

including the Company’s attractive benefits package,

please contact Lucille Johnson

Procurement Manager on telephone number: 22104

or via email address: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

and should be completed and returned to Nicola Essex, Human

Resources Manager, Solomons Office, Jamestown,

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A BIG thank you to everyone who supported SHAPE at our 80’s & 90’s dance on Friday.

A special mention to the DJ Wayne Crowie and his assistant Julian Fowler, Mr Melvin Benjamin for the venue and Mrs Olive

Bagley for the catering.Saint FM & SAMS for your extensive advertising on air.

We cannot thank your team’s enough.Just as important, the public for making our dance a success -

you all looked “raddest” in your outfi ts.From the Manager, Staff & Trainees, we thank you all for your

continued support and look forward to seeing you all at our next fundraising event.

MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE - PUBLIC CONSULTATION

REMINDER

The public is reminded that St Helena’s Mental Health Ordinance is currently out for public consultation.

The primary aim of the Ordinance is to protect individuals with mental health vulnerabilities. The current Ordinance will be slightly amended to incorporate Human Rights Obligations - an example will be to make provisions for patients who may need to have a Guardian appointed on their behalf.

The proposed changes to the Ordinance will be a positive develop-ment for the care and treatment of some of the most vulnerable mem-bers of the community and will bring St Helena into line with other mental health services internationally.

The Ordinance is available for viewing on the SHG website at http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications/ and hard copies are also avail-able in the Public Library, Jamestown.

Members of the public wishing to comment on the proposed changes to the Mental Health Ordinance should submit their comments in writing to the Secretary to Elected Members, Anita Legg, at the Castle or via email [email protected] by no later than 4pm on Friday 9 October 2015.

SHG6 October 2015

The HMS Lancaster, one of the Royal Na-vy’s Type 23 Frigates, is expected to visit St Helena from Tuesday 13 to Friday 16 October. As has happened previously, a football match has been scheduled for Wednesday 14 Octo-ber at 1.30pm. Below is a list of players that have been selected as a possible Saint team to go head to head with the British Navy eleven. As the game will be played during normal working hours, it is important for all players, whether they can make it or not, to contact Nicky at New Horizons on 22034 to inform him of their availability.

Goalkeepers: Andrew Yon, Rick ThomasDefenders: Mark Williams (Harts), Brian Sim, Michael Bedwell, Dion Caesar, Gary Benja-min, Tyrel EllickMidfi elders: Clayton Benjamin, Andrew Yon (Rovers), Ryan George, Rick Joshua, Alonzo Henry, Carlyn Yon, Chris Owen, Ronan LeggAttackers: Rico Benjamin, Mike-e Williams, Kevin Hudson, Shane Stroud, Jason GeorgeStand-bys: Liam Yon, Jordan Yon, Cody Thomas, Scott Henry

The tanker RFA Gold Rover will also be vis-iting the island and there could possibly be a second game played on the day. This game will be a less physical match-up and a more veteran line-up of Saints may be asked to play.

Liam Yon, SHFASAINTS VS BRITISH NAVY

Andrew Yon

Mark Williams Brian SimDion Caesar Michael Bedwell

Ronan Legg Chris Owen

Clayton Benjamin Carlyn Yon

Rico Benjamin Mike-e Williams

One of the possible line-ups for Wednesday

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SKITTLES NEWSTerrence Lawrence

GOLF NEWS St Helena Golf Club Report

Week ending 4 October 2015Contributed by Rodney Buckley

18 Hole Stroke Play – Monthly MedalSponsored by Basil Read

Winner – on Count-back – Larry Thomas – par 68Runner-up – Lawson Henry – par 68Also on par – Tony Green

Two ball winners:- Larry Thomas – 1st Green – par 3Brian Joshua – 5th Green – par 3Tony Green – 7th Green – par 3Larry Legg – 16th Green – par 3

29 players took part on a pleasant afternoon.Competitions this weekend:-Saturday 10th – 18 Hole Stroke play – playing within the furrows & Sunday 11th 18 Hole Stableford.

Thought for the week “True happiness arises in the fi rst place from enjoy-

ment of oneself” Happy swinging!

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St Helena GolfWeek ending 4 OctContributed by Rodney

18 Hole Stroke Play – MSponsored by Basil Read

Winner – on Count-back – Larry ThoRunner-up – Lawson Henry – par 68Also on par – Tony Green

Two ball winners:- Larry Thomas – 1st Green – par 3Brian Joshua – 5th Green – par 3Tony Green – 7th Green – par 3Larry Legg – 16th Green – par 3

29 players took part on a pleasant aftCompetitions this weekend:-Saturday 10th – 18 Hole Stroke play –furrows & Sunday 11th 18 Hole Stab

Thought for the wearises in the fi rs

ment of onesel

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Raiders 0 - 0 WirebirdsSat 21 May 2014 - Match Report

Liam Yon, SAMS

into promising attacking positions, but good defending ensured that the scoreline remained level. For Bell-boys, Ryan and Shane Benjamin combined to great effect with R Benjamin enjoying some early success on the right wing. In a similar vein Kanyile and Ace combined for Wirebirds.The fi rst clear-cut chance of the match fell to Ace but his effort was smothered by Bellboys’ keeper Deon Yon, who was called into action again just moments later to collect a cross that had

been fl oated into box after his save. The game was brought to a halt before the 20 minute

mark when Wirebirds’ keeper Lee-Marc Augustus had to leave the fi eld for medical assistance af-

ter gashing his chin in a collision. Thapelo Pooe was set to miss the game through

injury but made the decision to h o b b l e onto the pitch and take the gloves from Augustus.

The match restart- ed and contin-ued at a high tempo. Yon made another

save, diving to his left to deny Ace once again and Rick Joshua saw a shot rebound of the crossbar. Al-though Bellboys enjoyied the majority of possession they failed to carve out any scoring opportunities.

The second 45 got underway with Bellboys attacking the Red Hill end. They looked a much better team with the wind at their backs

and were soon utilising the searing pace of Damien Stevens who latched on to and crossed countless over-the-top passes.

R Benjamin seemed to be playing in free roll and brought an el-ement of composure to Bellboys’ attacking play. He’s not shy of putting in a tackle either and his defensive performance was

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Raiders 0 - 0 WirebirdsSat 21 May 2014 - Match Report

Liam Yon, SAMS

into promising attacking positions, but godefending ensured that the scoreline remained level. For Beboys, Ryan and Shane Benjamin combined to great effect wR Benjamin enjoying some early success on the right wing. Isimilar vein Kanyile and Ace combined for Wirebirds.The fi rst clear-cut chance of the match fell to Ace but his effwas smothered by Bellboys’ keeper Deon Yon, who was calinto action again just moments later to collect a cross that h

been fl oated into box after his save. The game was brought to a halt before the 20 min

mark when Wirebirds’ keeper Lee-Marc Augushad to leave the field for medical assistance

ter gashing his chin in a collision. ThapPooe was set to miss the game throu

injury but made the decisionh o b b l e onto the pitch and take gloves from Augustus.

The match restart- ed and contued at a high tempo. Yon made anoth

save, diving to his left to deny Ace once again aRick Joshua saw a shot rebound of the crossbar. Athough Bellboys enjoyied the majority of possession they faito carve out any scoring opportunities.

The second 45 got underway with Bellboys attacking the Red Hend. They looked a much better team with the wind at their bac

and were soon utilising the searing pace of Damien Stevens wlatched on to and crossed countless over-the-top passes.

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“R Joshua’s strike from thirty yards forced Yon into another save but that was the closest Wirebirds came to scoring a second half goal. Yons saved seemed to boost Bellboys and the boys in black and yellow con-

tinued their search for a winner.”

Rick Joshua came closest for Wirebirds on Sunday

Doping; Banned substances were found in more than 3,000 samples out of 283,304 tests carried out worldwide last year, World Anti-Doping Agency fi g-ures reveal. However, that represented a fall,

across all sports, of more than 10%, despite an increase in the number of tests carried out. Ath-letics has been the subject of allegations of wide-spread doping. And Wada has told the BBC more than 10% of elite athletes could be using perfor-mance-enhancing drugs. August’s athletics World Championships in Beijing included 66 competi-tors who had previously been subject to doping sanctions. Athletics’ governing body, the Interna-

tional Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), carried out more than 1,400 tests on an estimated 600-700 athletes - only a third of the total number of competitors - in China. Just two - Kenyan runners Joyce Zakary and Koki Manunga - failed them, al-though the IAAF said samples would be frozen and stored for future reanalysis as science and technol-ogy progressed.Football; Liverpool are close to appointing former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp as their new manager on a three-year contract. The Reds hope to complete negotiations by Thursday and name the 48-year-old German as Brendan Rodgers’ suc-cessor by the end of the week. Rodgers was sacked on Sunday following the 1-1 Premier League draw at Everton. Klopp has asked to bring former assis-tants Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz as part of his coaching staff. Bosnian Buvac, 54, and German Krawietz, 43, were key members of Klopp’s back-

room team during his time at Dortmund.Football; Fifa president Sepp Blatter has report-edly said it is “outrageous” he is being “con-demned without there being any evidence for wrongdoing”. It comes on the day that he was called “a hypo-crite and a liar” by Chung Mong-joon, who plans to sue the Swiss for embezzlement and wants to succeed him at world football’s governing body.Blatter is facing an investigation on suspicion of criminal mismanagement. “It’s not an indict-ment,” The 79-year-old Swiss told German maga-zine Bunte. Blatter, who will step down on 26 February, added: “This is just an investigation. I will fi ght until February - for myself, for Fifa. I am convinced that evil will come to light and good will prevail.”

All Stories from www.bbcsport.com

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League & hotshots table produced by The Sentinel. Results & fi xtures provided by SHFA

Saturday 3 October 2015Harts 19 Wolves 0

Rovers 12 Raiders 1D LeoR Benjamin (4) R Legg (4)

R O’Dean (3) W Crowie

J George (7) R Williams (3) S Stroud (3) C Owen (3) C Yon (2) M Williams MoM: Jason George

Sunday 4 October 2015Crystal Rangers 6 Fugees 1

Bellboys 1 Wirebirds 0T BradyMoM: Tyler Brady

Somad (3) J Johnson, Pilat, C Thomas MoM: Somad

M Williams

Saturday 10 October 2015Bellboys Fugees

P W L D GF GA GD PtsRovers 15 13 1 1 115 12 103 40Harts 14 12 0 2 88 11 77 38Wirebirds 14 9 3 2 68 18 50 29CSB 15 9 4 2 52 24 28 29Bellboys 14 6 7 1 22 39 17 19Axis 15 5 8 2 28 46 18 17Fugees 15 4 9 2 43 46 3 14C Rangers 14 4 9 1 30 95 65 13Raiders* 14 3 10 1 29 53 24 1Wolves 14 0 14 0 29 124 95 0

* Points deducted for failing to provide linesmen

Player Team TotalRico Benjamin Rovers 35Kevin Hudson CSB 30Ross O'Dean Rovers 26Jason George Harts 24Ronan Legg Rovers 22Chris Owen Harts 18Joseph 'Ace' Hlongwane Wirebirds 15Shane Stroud Harts 14Thulani Khanyile Wirebirds 13Clayton Benjamin Rovers 11Scott Crowie Bellboys 11Kyle Shoesmith Fugees 10Christian Phillips Raiders 9Cody Thomas C Rangers 8Dane Wade Axis 8Jordan Yon Fugees 8Mike e Williams Harts 8Sanjay Clingham Wirebirds 8Simon Scipio Wirebirds 8Andrew Yon Rovers 7Carlyn Yon Harts 7Rico Williams Harts 7Scott Henry Axis 7Bank C Rangers 6Denny Leo Rovers 6Own goals 6

1.30pmC Rangers Wolves3.30pm

Sunday 11 October 2015Rovers Axis11.45amCSB Wirebirds1.30pm

FOOTBALL RESULTS

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLE

FOOTBALL HOT SHOTS

Chop Shop Boys 4 Axis 0K Hudson (2) R Backhouse, P Isaac

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just as good. His midfi eld battle with R Joshua was

intense and entertaining and played in g o o d spirit.

Tyler Brady, who had been working tirelessly, was now

enjoying more success on the left wing. He went by full back Mario Green on a few occasions and delivered unnerving crosses into the box, but Bellboys could not fi nish.Wirebirds star winger Kanyile swapped his attacking role to play as centre half for the last half hour of the match with Captain Martin Kunya Buckley being deployed as a centre forward. Despite this change in tactics his efforts were thwarted by Martin Henry and Phillip Francis playing in the heart of Bellboys de-

fence.R Joshua’s strike from thirty yards forced Yon into another save but that was the clos-est Wirebirds came to scoring a second half goal. Yons save seemed to boost Bellboys and the boys in black and yellow continued their search for a winner.Brady came close when his looping header rebounded of the right upright, and Scott Crowie had a few shots from distance that fl ew narrowly wide, but still, Bellboys could not score that elusive goal.However with 15 minutes left to play, Brady ghosted in from the left wing and dispatched a curling shot into the far bottom corner. The goal gave Bellboys a well deserved win and ended Wirebirds title hopes. Having dropped fi ve points in their last two matches Wire-birds are now equal on points with Chop Shop Boys who have played a game more.

, yWirebirds star winger Kanyile swapped hisattacking role to play as centre half for the last half hour of the match withCaptain Martin KunyaBuckley being deployedas a centre forward.Despite this change in tactics his efforts were thwarted by MartinHenry and Phillip Francis playing in the heart of Bellboys de-

fl ew narrowly wide, but still, Bellboys could not score that elusive goal.However with 15 minutes left to play, Brady ghosted in from the left wing and dispatched a curling shot into the far bottom corner. Thegoal gave Bellboys a well deserved win and ended Wirebirds title hopes. Having dropped fi ve points in their last two matches Wire-birds are now equal on pointswith Chop Shop Boys who have played a game more.

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BRADY’S BELLBOYSBELLBOYS DUMP WIREBIRDS OUT OF TITLE RACE

Bellboys 1 - 0 WirebirdsSun 4 October 2015 - Match Report


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A sublime strike from man of the match Tyler Brady was the deciding factor in Bellboys 1-0 victory over third-placed Wirebirds on Sunday afternoon at Francis Plain.The season has moved on to the home straight with most teams having just four games left to play. 2013 champions Wirebirds were held to a 1-1 draw in their last match and were looking to get back to winning ways. However, they could only fi eld ten players for this weeks match.Bellboys have been in good form and were confi dent after a 2-0 win over Axis in their last match. Throughout the season they have tinkered with the starting line-up and have arrived at a winning one. Their experienced backline is solid, and the return of midfi eld maestro Ryan Benjamin has given them some grunt and creativity in the centre.Both teams started brightly stringing together passes to get themselves continued inside

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