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Vol. 3, Issue 10 - Price: £1 Th ursday 29 May 2014“serving St Helena and her community worldwide”

SENTINELTHE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd.

Salvation Army:Celebrating 130 Years on St Helena page 14

Sports and Physical Activity Champion page 9

New SHNT Director page 16

Ascension Doctor Killed in Gliding AccidentSouth African mountains claim lives of two experienced gliders

Dr Milenko Gradinski the Senior Medical Offi cer who worked on Ascension Island and a friend, Dave Hall an electrical engineer were killed on Saturday af-ter their unpowered glider crashed into a mountain in Howick, South Africa.The Witness newspaper, reported that the pilot, Mr Hall was the chairperson of the Howick Gliding Club. An aviation colleague, of Mr Hall, confi rmed an emer-gency worker’s report that Hall had placed a desper-ate cellphone call, moments after the crash, asking a friend to send for help. Hall apparently succumbed to his injuries before ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene. The co-pilot, Dr Milenko, was reportedly killed on impact, and trapped in the crushed cockpit.The chairman of the Soaring Society of South Africa, said the two men usually fl ew along the ridge in Ho-wick and were competent and experienced. “It was a recreational fl ight that went wrong.”At this stage, all indications showed that the cause of the accident was what was termed a CFIT, or con-trolled fl ight into terrain. This is to be determined by an offi cial investigation.Dr Milenko lived in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa but worked on Ascension. IOL News reported that Dr Milenko’s wife, Vera, spoke briefl y about her husband on Sunday before becoming too emotional and hand-ing the phone to a family friend. She said he would

come to South Africa when he was on leave. He ar-rived on May 14, and was to return to Ascension on the 9 June.The Acting Administrator of Ascension Island Govern-ment, Catherine Leo issued a statement. “...Dr Milenko (as he was affectionately called) fi rst arrived on Ascen-sion in the 1990’s as a locum medical offi cer, he subse-quently went on to take up a substantive position as a medical Offi cer/Anaesthetist in 2004 and later became the Island’s Senior Medical Offi cer, a position that he held from February 2010. He was known throughout the community both in his offi cial and social capacity. On island, his interests included running, swimming, cycling and chess.This has come as a shock to us all. On behalf of all resi-dents of Ascension Island we send our deepest condolences to his wife, sons and family. The Ascen-sion Island Govern-ment will provide Milenko’s family, as well as his col-leagues at George-town Hospital with

Sharon Henry, SAMS

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Dr Milenko

Home ‘Suite’ HomeSaints Return from SA Hospitality Exposure Visit

L-r: Bevan Youde, Keith Joshua, Moira Peters, Daryl Legg, Kimberley Thomas, Gloria Williams and Marissa Thomas, all returning home yesterday. More on their trip in next week’s Sentinel

Th ursday 29 May 2014 THE SENTINEL2 www.sams.sh

ST HELENA SNIPPETS

The need for improved accommodation for the residents of the Sundale Unit at Half Tree Hollow has long been talked about and in the last month work has started on a redevelop-ment of the old Half Tree Hollow School. Acting Head of Property for St Helena Gov-ernment, John Clement said about the current building conditions at the Sundale Unit, “Sun-dale quite frankly is intolerable, it’s a disgrace, and nobody is denying that.” He continued to say that the work now started is, “long over-due.”The old school had been left vacant for nearly a decade. Local contractor Johnny Isaac Con-struction has been on site for a month strip-ping out the externals and the roofs have been cleaned down and painted with an epoxy paint

to increase the longevity.Internally the building will be stripped to make ready for the conversions. The length of the building will be broken up into three accom-modation blocks with a block set back that will be a day room and administration rooms. The site of the new, yet to be named, ac-commodation has wonderful views and John hopes that the works will be completed by early 2015. “Social Services wanted to create a residential feel. We wanted to get away from this; hiding away behind brick walls. It will be a much more open site with landscaping. Secure and safe, but not being hidden away,” said John. “Hopefully it will be more than fi t for purpose and that it is a facility that Social Services can really be proud of and vastly improve the care that they can provide to these very vulnerable elements of society.”

Sundale Residents Sundale Residents New HomeNew Home

Richard Wallis, SAMS

Work Has Begun Former Half Tree Hollow School under renovation

John Clement

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS

Bundle of Joy

A day after being born, tiny tot, Luten Theodore Yon (full middle name is unde-cided!) was resting peacefully in his home surroundings. He entered the world on Monday, 26 May, at 6.54pm, weighing 5lb and 5oz and measuring 47cm in length. First time parents Pamela Constantine and Wayne Yon of Jamestown are overjoyed, “I’ve never felt like this before,” said Wayne, “I just can’t describe it.” Although, they were a bit shocked after Pamela’s emergency c-section. The young family wish to thank Dr Helene, midwives Erika and Rosie and birthing partner, Diana Stroud. Also Anna Crowie and the theatre team who performed brilliantly with the delivery of Luten.

Sharon Henry, SAMS

Thorpe’s Going For GoldThorpe’s will again be entering into the upcoming Go-Cart road race organised by SHAPE on Sun-day, 15 June. Their plans are to take the cup currently held by Sure SA (formally Cable and Wireless) after they won the fi rst Gravity Rush event last year. One of last year’s drivers, Tommy Lee Young said, “Sure is the team to beat, but if we fi nd a daredevil driver who will just let the car go, I think we might have a chance.” Tommy gave me a sneaky peak of the Go-Cart and, after dusting it off, admitted that it does need a bit of maintenance. It has been stored in the Thorpe’s wood shed and is suffering from two fl at tyres and a steering malfunction. With a bit of tender loving care Tommy believes that it could be a champion car. However he feels that there may be unseen chal-lengers vying for glory. “I think SHAPE may have a few tricks up their sleeve, they could be the dark horse this year.”Are you thinking of racing? Make sure that you contact SHAPE to register your interest as soon as possible. If you are entering and have a cart, The Sentinel would love to visit you and do a racing profi le before the big day.

Gravity Rush Gains MomentumRichard Wallis, SAMS

Tommy Lee is raring to go in the Thorpe’s cart

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SENTINELCOMMENT

SAMS Contact Details Telephone: 22727 email: news@sams.sh website: www.sams.sh

Sharon Henry, SAMS

Works are set to start next week to improve the pavements on Main Street, all I can say is, ‘bout time too; there has been many an unfortunate fall due to the uneven walking surface. It can be a bit of a minefi eld, negoti-ating a safe pathway on a dimly lit Saturday night especially in high heels. The 20 week period whilst the work is being carried out, is not going to be pretty. There’s enough may-hem already on a busy shopping day without the added bother of cordons and rubble.

I’m sure the bollards that are going to line the streets will be a welcome relief for those who detest motorists parking on the pavements outside the Post Offi ce. I’ve had many oc-casions as a pedestrian having to jump out of the way to save myself being bumped by oncoming vehicles on the sidewalk.

Having said that, the bollards will also surely have some opposition from those not pleased that they will be required to ‘walk’ from a parking space down the street. At least the new Sports & Physical Activity Champion will be happy to see the increased amount of ‘physical activity’ coming up from the sea-side!

Along with the new pavements wouldn’t it be brilliant to have extra street lighting? Seeing the string of Christmas lights being dismantled after the festive season is always a downer. But it further enhances how dark and dreary Jamestown is at night, out of sea-son, and it seems as though the scant lamps are fi tted with low wattage bulbs. These little touches will further boost our attraction as a tourist destination.

According the to the latest SHG quarterly statistical bulletin, the island’s population is on the rise. In the late 2000s it was down to a forbidding 3900. Figures now currently stand at around 4527 - good stuff. This is soon to be further increased with the 50+ ba-bies that are registered to be born this year so far - seems there’s something in the water.

Let’s hope the decisions we make today are taken with the correct ‘vision’ to benefi t that new generation of Saints and those that fol-low.

www.sams.sh Th ursday 29 May 2014 THE SENTINEL

The GGs are Up and Running!

Sunday 18 May we launched the GGs (Gum-wood Guardians!), a new volunteer morning to help save the last ancient gumwood forest in the world. Peak Dale is a magical place full of the most extraordinary gnarled old beauties, currently hanging on by their dying tree-tops, as the wild mango shoots up through and over them. EMD is doing some fantastic work of restoring the eastern end of the forest, but the western end is in real trouble, so SNCG (St Helena Nature Conservation Group) has set up this new monthly day to start the process of saving the survivors. At present there is almost no natural regeneration of the gumwoods, almost certainly due to the dense shade cast by the invasive trees, and by the terrible dam-age and erosion caused by the feral cattle that graze most of the site. We met fi ve of the huge beasts this weekend. In time we hope our work will reverse this situation and bring renewed life back to this globally important forest. Seven fi ne folk turned up and with swords and saws at the ready, and we very carefully, piece by piece, dismantled an area of wild mango that was killing about ten wonderful old trees. The work needs to be done with real care be-cause the gumwoods are very brittle, snapping off with the slightest pressure. Some of us climbed like monkeys doing the aerial surgery, and others stayed close to ground mopping up the defeated mango. It was richly rewarding to watch how the tangle of invasive slowly gave way to a previously hidden sky-scape of an-cient endemics, damaged but intact. All through Peak Dale it is clear that huge amounts of work and effort have gone into conservation here in the past, but so much has been lost due to lack of continuity. Part

Jason Courtis, SHNT

of forming the GGs is to ensure that month by month, and year by year, a small group of dedicated volunteers will continue the care that Peak Dale desperately needs, even as in-dividual people come and go. Many tourists will want to visit St Helena’s unique and magical wildlife. But without ef-fective and consistent restoration work, Peak Dale, by far the best surviving site of St Hel-ena’s national tree, will not be there to enchant them. As it has me. GGs will meet on the third Sunday of each month, 9.30am at the ‘Sex Garage,’ until noon. Next meet is Sunday 15th June. Please join us. For more information email: co.comforests@shnt.org.uk or call 24583 in the evenings.

22ND MAY 2014RICO JAYE ANTHONY (23) of Hutts Gate pleaded guilty to careless driving. Mr Anthony had two warnings and a recent conviction for careless driving. Mr Anthony was fi ned £200.00 and disqualifi ed from driving for the period of 6 months, with costs of £15.00.

23RD MAY 2014LESLIE GEORGE CLINGHAM (55) of Jamestown pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault of a child. Sentence was ad-journed for a Pre-Sentence report.

St HelenaCourt Report

Extractor returns with 7.8 tonnes of fi sh after fi rst fi shing tripThe MFV Extractor fi shing vessel returned to St Helena at 2am on Wednesday morning, just 4 days after leaving on its fi rst offi cial fi shing trip. Although the boat was not full to capacity, St Helena Fisheries reported the vessel land-ed just under 400 individual fi sh with a total weight of 7.8 metric tonnes.A further press statement is expected soon from Saint Marine Resources Ltd.

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LETTERSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL Th ursday 29 May 2014

Dear Editor,

Ocean Freight Services

With reference to the advertisement in last week’s Sentinel: “The St Helena Government is looking to identify appropriate solutions to supply the island’s Ocean Freight needs on a fully commercial non subsidised basis”What actually does this piece of jargon really means?In theory it means that the ‘self- governing ter-ritory’ of St Helena has to meet the whole cost of this new service. But, although St Helena may be a ‘self-governing territory’ it certainly is not self suffi cient! It has no money, because it does not earn any money, well, virtually none. It is wholly dependent on the Grant-in-Aid and Development Aid from Britain. ‘The islanders enjoy a unique life style’ courtesy of the British Taxpayer. So in actual fact, the cost of this new service will have to be met by the British tax payer via the Grant-in-Aid.At present the shipping subsidy is a line in the Budget and is paid directly from the Grant-in-Aid. If this new shipping service is introduced that line in the budget will be removed, and payment will be made indirectly by recipients of the Grant-in-Aid when they buy imported goods in the shops. However, Social Welfare recipients will have to pay the same infl ated prices as those receiving large salaries, thus creating unnecessary hardship.What the people in Whitehall, with the ap-proval of local Councillors, are doing is saving the fi ve million pounds shipping subsidy and forcing the islanders to pay for the new servic-es out of the reduced Grant-in-Aid. This will create an even bigger gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ than at present, and bring about unrest in what is now a peaceful societyNow the RMS St Helena earns money from fee paying passengers, and only requires a mere fi ve million pounds annual subsidy. This new service will not earn one brass penny, and I can guarantee that it will cost a lot, lot more than fi ve million pounds annually. Not only does the RMS St Helena supply the island’s freight needs, it also brings tourists to the is-land, and provide employment for some 100 Saints. What benefi ts the new freight services will bring to the island?So, if the decision makers had any sense at all, they would retain the services of the RMS St Helena, even if it means paying the fi ve mil-lion pounds subsidy out of the reduced budget. At least it would be a lot cheaper than the new freight service and would avoid the chaos and mayhem that will inevitably ensue following the withdrawal of the RMS St Helena and the introduction of a new unsubsidised freight ser-vice.One wonders if the decision makers, like the people who voted in favour of the airport, re-alise the repercussions of their decisions.

Yours sincerely,Stedson George

Economic DriverNew Chief Executive for ESH

Last week a SHG press release announced that a new Chief Executive for Economic Development (CEED) had been appointed for Enterprise St Helena (ESH). Niall O’Keeffe succeeds Julian Morris and will arrive on-Island on Wednesday 23 July to take up his new position, on a three year contract. Niall said of his appointment, “I am de-lighted to be joining the team at ESH to help build and expand upon the positive work un-dertaken to date.“I look forward to working with and for the people of St Helena to strive for sustainable and inclusive economic development. It is a privilege to take on the CEED role at such an exciting time in the history of St Helena and I hope to contribute to maximising the opportunities and minimising the risk associ-ated with such change.” Niall’s main purpose will be to deliver the Sustainable Economic Development Plan to maximise the advantages of the investment in air access, to deliver a shared vision for St Helena’s future prosperity and to ensure the Island is ready for the Airport opening in early 2016. Niall’s remit will be to attract investment from Saint and international investors, pro-mote tourism, fi sheries development and to lead on major economic initiatives and sup-port policy development. The CEED’s du-ties, through Enterprise St Helena, are also to help Saint businesses grow, to up-skill Saints, and to oversee the provision of mi-cro-grants, loans and equity fi nance for local Saint businesses. Niall is currently the Chief Executive of NABCO, Ireland’s National Association of Building Co-operatives.

Dear Editor,

Here is an update written by Alaina Johnson

Hello everyone back on St Helena. Nanny Liz and Papa Philip, Nanny Vilma and Papa Larry, Aunties Tricia, Uncle Pat and LiamAuntie Shanna, Christian and darling Anelle. Uncle Adrian, Peggy & Reshad and all at the shop.All my Aunties and Uncles, Jane & family, Charmaine, my godmothers, Auntie Tellie and JohnnyAuntie Linda and Roy, Auntie Yvonne and family, also all the teachers at Harford Primary school and the pupils and also my best friends Grace Owen on St Helena & Kelly Jo Peters on Ascension Island. Also Glen and Professor Robertson and the Public Health.Also to my two other best friends, Patrick Benjamin and my 100% Amelia Grey, still miss and love you loads and I miss all those lovely dances.And last of all, not forgetting all those people who gave me gifts before I left, thanks to ev-eryone.I started going into hospital on 7 April, where I have been for the past fi ve weeks. We were so lucky to get into hospital so quickly. It has been really hard on my own, especially night time when I really miss my family. Day times I enjoy all the activities except when it comes to the time I have to eat.I am still struggling and can’t eat. One day I licked a tiny bit of spaghetti but was unable to eat it. I have been offered different foods like Weetabix, egg, mashed potato etc. but I only can eat chocolate custard and a food supple-ment called Scandishake, as I was taken of Ensure and introduced to this new drink which I liked.I am still up and down with my weight from 22kg - 23kg. I have made a few friends in the hospital and get my sad days as well as happy days. I love my school there and we get to go on visits like to the museum. I have two teach-ers and they are very nice, also my doctor and nurses are nice. I enjoy weekends where I get to go home with my family, but look forward to returning on Monday mornings. I also look forward to 6pm every evening as my family visits me for 2 hours.

Sincerely,Alaina Johnson

Picture supplied Photo from SHG

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Th ursday 29 May 2014 THE SENTINEL

Please contact: Gina Henry, Crown Estates Assistant on emailaddress:gina henry@enrd.gov.sh, or byTelephone on number: 22270, or collect an information packfrom Essex House, Jamestown.

Prospective bidders are invited to collect aninformation pack from Essex House, Jamestown or arrangements can be made to view theproperty.

Closing date for bids are 12 noon, Wednesday 11thJune 2014.

On behalf of the St. HelenaGovernment, the PropertyDivision of the Environment andNatural Resources Directorate hasan Residential Development Sitefor sale, recorded within the LandRegistry as Parcel Number 53,Deadwood Registration Section:

LAND FOR SALE

Susan will be delivering Food Safety Level 2 and 3

and also HACCP Level 2

Briefing Sessions on course content will be held at

2onMain on the following days:

Monday 02nd June 2014 From 6pm to 7pm

Wednesday 03rd June 2014 From 1pm to 2pm

Courses are due to start in June 2014

Anyone wishing to book any of the courses or require

further information please contact 2onMain

on Tel No: 22110

On Island from the 28th May 2014 will be

Accredited Food Hygiene Trainer Susan White

all the support they require at this very diffi -cult time. Many will have their own personal memories of Milenko, there is no doubt he will be missed by all.”Staff Nurse Diane Stroud who was a col-league of Dr Milenko at the Ascension Island hospital in Georgetown, said, “I thought Dr Milenko was a brilliant person, there was never a dull moment... He was a really good doctor and a really good man to work with, people used to queue up when it was his clinic day.”Gliding is a recreational and competitive air sport in which pilots fl y unpowered aircraft known as gliders using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to re-main airborne. (All photos from AIG)

Ascension Doctor Killedin Gliding Accidentcontinued from front page

New Copper on the BeatSafeguarding and protecting the vulnerable

Detective Chief Inspector, Pam Trevillion arrived on 18 March on a two year contract with SHG. She heads up the Criminal Inves-tigation Department, Safeguarding and Intel-ligence.Pam said her specifi c responsibility and pri-mary focus, is safeguarding and public protec-tion. This area of work focuses on child abuse investigations, domestic violence and protect-ing the most vulnerable in society; anybody who is not in a position to protect themselves fully. In the UK as a Detective Superintendent she has fi ve years public protection experience. Pam set up a safeguarding referral unit, which received all referrals between social care, health, education and police. She also set up a public protection department and ran a child abuse investigation team, and sat on the ex-ecutive of the Safeguarding Board. “So I had experience working at that strategic level and also the operation level, looking at audit and quality assurance to make sure investigations

and police response, and multiagency response to victims has been appropriate,” Pam said. Pam will be looking at some historic cases, making sure things were done properly in the past, learning lessons, and if there are oppor-tunities to improve, to put those in place, “so that there is a legacy going forward beyond me being on island around child protection and domestic abuse, and those vulnerable areas.”

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

DCI Pam TrevillionDr Milenko - second from the right

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NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL Th ursday 29 May 2014

Saturday 28th June

At PAS Hall

Starting @ 7pm

Tickets: 16+ Years - £3 2-15 Years – £1 1 Years and Under - Free

Call New Horizons on 22034 for tickets

Prizes for the best dressed Country Male & Female

TEACHER VACANCIESMath’s & Music

The Education & Employment Directorate is seeking to employ a suitably qualifi ed Math’s Teacher to work in the Secondary

Sector and a Music Teacher to work across the Primary & Secondary Sector.

Applicants must have qualifi ed teaching status (local or UK) and have recent and relevant work experience.

Salary for the post is at Grade C.2 commencing at £8,801 per annum.

For further details regarding these posts, interested persons should contact Mrs Penny Bowers, Acting

Headteacher at Prince Andrew School on telephone number 24290 (e-mail headteacher.pas@princeandrew.educ.sh)

Application forms which are available from Education & Employment Directorate and Corporate Human Resources

should be submitted through Directors, where applicable, to the Human Resources & Administration Manager at the

Education Learning Centre or e-mail hram@education.gov.sh by no later than 4pm on Tuesday 10 June 2014.

Mrs Kerry Yon Ag Director of Education & Employment 27 May 2014

Invitation to TenderThe Saint Helena Government is seeking Tenders from suitably qualifi ed and experienced Project Managers to

provide services on a Framework Call-down contract to be undertaken in the 2014/15 fi nancial year.

Works include, but may not be limited to:- Designing and specifying works

- Obtaining planning and building control approvals- Programming of works

- Procurement of works (in accordance with the Procurement Regulations)- Site supervision and management of contracts

- Preparing cost and project reports on a monthly basis- Ensuring successful project delivery – completed safely,

on time and within budget

Project Managers wishing to submit Tenders should indicate their qualifi -cations, experience and confi rm level of professional liability Insurance.Tenders should include an hourly rate for each service to be provided and

the rate per mile/km for transport.

The Property Division would also like to hear from suitably qualifi ed and experienced structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical

engineers.

For further information please contact the Estates Management Advisor, John Clement on telephone 22270 or email john-clement@enrd.gov.sh

Tenders are to be submitted to the Property Division, Essex House, James-town by 12.00 hours on Tuesday 10th June 2014.

Interested parties should note that this opportunity is not being advertised overseas

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WORLD SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Th ursday 29 May 2014 THE SENTINEL

WORLDNEWS

SNIPPETSPakistan Acid Attack Parents ‘Feared Dishonour’A couple arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of killing their 15-year-old daughter with acid say they carried out the attack because she looked at a boy. The girl’s father told the BBC that they feared she would bring dishonour on their family. Her mother said it was her “destiny” to die that way. The couple were arrested after the girl, known only as Anusha, was found to have burns over 60% of her body. Her father Muhammad Za-far told the BBC what happened: “There was a boy who came by on a motorcy-cle. She (Anusha) turned to look at him twice. I told her before not to do that, it’s wrong. People talk about us because our older daugh-ter was the same way,” he said. Her mother Zaheen described the aftermath: “She said ‘I didn’t do it on purpose. I won’t look again.’ By then I had already thrown the acid. It was her destiny to die this way.”Brazil Anti-World Cup Protesters Clash With PolicePolice in Brazil have fi red tear gas at anti-World Cup and indigenous demonstrators in the capital, Brasilia. Stones were hurled at security forces as hun-dreds of protesters tried to reach the National Stadium – where the golden tournament cup is on display. A group of indigenous people who were de-manding land rights at Congress eventually joined the protest. This is the latest in a series of demonstrations in Brazil against the cost of staging the tour-nament.Authorities say around 1,500 people were tak-ing part in Tuesday’s demonstration, which blocked one of the main roads of the city. Google Is To Start Building Its Own Self-Driving CarsGoogle is to start building its own self-driving cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. The car will have a stop-go button but no con-trols, steering wheel or pedals.Pictures of the Google vehicle show it looks like a city car with a “friendly” face, designed to make it seem non-threatening and help people accept self-driving technology. Co-founder Sergey Brin revealed the plans at a conference in California.“We’re really excited about this vehicle - it’s something that will allow us to really push the capabilities of self driving technology, and understand the limitations,” said Chris Urm-son, director of the company’s self-driving project. All stories from bbc.co.uk

For Your Social/Holiday CalendarMONDAY 16 JUNE 2014 – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

An event, not to be missed, for all the familyGUINEA GRASS CENTRE 2PM – 8PM

Watch this space for full details

REMINDER - USE OF THE WHARFThe public is reminded that while construction works continue at the Wharf, the area will be open to pedestrians only between the hours of 16.00 & 08.30 Monday to Friday and from 16.00 Friday to 08.30 Monday. There will be restricted access to vehicles, and a barrier will be in place at the start of the construction works, adjacent to the freight terminal. Authorised users only will be able to drop off/pick up equipment (e.g. diving equipment, fi shing tackle etc) at the lower steps - before returning their vehicle to the area beyond the barrier. No vehicle at any time can be left parked on the Wharf between the construction site and the landing steps – this area will need to be kept clear in the event of an emergency. Port management would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in advance for their continued co-operation.

SHG26 May 2014

APRIL BDM STATISTICSHere are the birth, death and marraige statistics for the month of April:

Births: 4 Marraiges: 1 Deaths: 4

Sadly in the month of April, we send goodbye to the following people:

Robert Neil Joshua (59)Evelyn Maud Crowie (91)

Maureen Rose Stevens (71)Mary Elsie Ellick (71)

The Interment of the late George Stuart Moss’s Ashes will take

place at St Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard

on Friday, 30th May at 2.15 pm.

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD

Stock Control Clerk within Warrens Wholesale

Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc has a vacancy for a

Job Purpose: To provide and maintain an efficient service to both customers and the

Company operations.

Web: www.solomons-sthelena.com

Salary will start at £5,659 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

Solomons offers an attractive benefits package which includes, free home-to-duty transport, a Pension Scheme, Annual, Sick,

Maternity and Paternity Leave, Training & Further Education Incentives, Discount on Purchases and much more

For further information, please contact Jean Lawrence, Deputy Wholesale Manager,

on telephone number 22408 or via email address: wholesale@solomons.co.sh

Application forms may be collected from Solomons Reception Desk, in their Main

Office Building, Jamestown, and should be completed and returned to the

Human Resources Manager, Solomons Office, Jamestown,

By 11 June 2014

Duties will include:

• To maintain the Stock Control System

• To ensure the collection of cash from customers

• To assist with the end of day transactions for the cash register and processing of a daily sales sheet

• To process invoices for customers and Company Outlets using the Stock Control System

• To monitor and prepare information for reductions and written-off goods

• To process general stock adjustments and assist with Cycle Count checks as and when required

• To monitor/tally goods received/returned, and check goods out

• General clerical/administrative duties

Sports & Physical Activity ChampionPlans to promote a healthier St Helena

Councillor Gavin Ellick has been appointed the Sports & Physical Activity Champion by Legislative Council. The importance of com-munity health and well-being has recently been highlighted and Mr Ellick aims to cham-pion involvement in sports and promote physi-cal activity to all ages and abilities. “People think sports is just football and cricket but it’s wider than that. For instance old peo-ple, they can’t play football so they need to en-gage in something that can help them. A little bit of walking, a little exercise, it’s all about trying to do the best you can with what you got,” said Mr Ellick.He plans to collaborate with all the island’s sporting bodies, “to see if we can come up with a lovely plan for the island.”Mr Ellick leaves for overseas business next month in the UK. Whilst there it is planned he will create links between St Helena and the in-ternational sporting community through meet-ings being arranged by the Foreign & Com-monwealth Offi ce.

Sharon Henry, SAMS

Westminster Seminar and WorkshopParliamentary democracy, practice and procedure

Councillor Gavin Ellick, will attend the 63rd Westminster Seminar and Workshop held 16-20 June in London. He departs on 5 June and will join approximately 90 recently-elected parliamentarians and mid-career clerks, from national and devolved parliaments to explore parliamentary democracy, practice and proce-dure around the Westminster model. Mr Ellick said, “I am quite excited and quite humble to get this experience. Being a fi rst time councillor I think it will be good for me to learn something different.” Preparing for the upcoming visit he has consulted with council colleagues who have attended previous West-minsters. The programme will highlight current best practice and how parliaments adapt to chang-ing domestic and global political environments. It includes a number of objectives that the councillor will be better able to answer ques-tions about upon his return to the island on 23 July. About the topic, ‘Holding the Executive

to Account’ he thinks this would be diffi cult in St Helena within the committee system of government.Away from the seminar Mr Ellick, who has been appointed Sports and Physical Activity Champion, said he would like to make links with sports personalities and organisations and also, meet up with conservationists.

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

Cllr Ellick

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – SUPPLY OF VEHICLES

Connect Saint Helena Limited is seeking expressions of interest from suitable persons to supply Land Rover and Ford vehicles, including a multipurpose access vehicle, as replacements of part of our vehicle fleet. All interested persons are encouraged to submit their expressions of interest, including capacity statement, in writing to the Operations Director by 09:00 on Monday the 2nd June 2014.

The capacity statement should include the following information and documentation: Names, qualifications or documented experience related to the procurement and importation of

vehicles to the Island of St Helena. For any further details, please contact the Operations Director, namely Leon de Wet, on 22255 or email: leon.dewet@connect.co.sh

Ocean freight post airport opening Appropriate solutions for the island’s needs

Following the opening of the airport in February 2016 the existing freight service, provided by the government owned and sub-sidised RMS St Helena will be removed. Ex-pressions of interest that have been advertised widely, principally in UK, Europe, South Af-rica and locally, are being sought for provid-ing an ocean freight service on a fully com-mercial, non subsidised basis, from mid 2016. The initial term for the contract will be fi ve years with an option to extend to 10 years. Speaking about potential use of the RMS, the Assistant Financial Secretary, Dax Richards and Corporate Procurement Executive, Da-vid Woosey said that all of the specifi cation of the RMS and information in terms of potential costs of operating the ship in its current form would be made available if someone felt this was an option.

continued on page 12

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

The Right to ComplainAn alternative to completing the form

The SHG Complaints Procedure was es-tablished in September 2013. Customers can complain against a government service by fi ll-ing in SHG’s Complaint Form and registering that with the Executive Manager, Corporate Services, Mrs Carol George at the Castle. Forms can be downloaded from SHG’s web-site or collected from the Customer Services Centre at the Post Offi ce. Mrs George, who is the central point of contact for complaints said that, “fi lling in forms can be off-putting,” and added, “We’ve come to the conclusion that whilst the preferred way would be in writing, we are willing to take complaints over the tele-phone, or through an email process.”There is a general complaint form for all other services, but the Health and Social Welfare Directorate, has a separate one. All are for-warded to relevant directorates to deal with. People should receive an acknowledgement within three days and hopefully a substantive response within ten. “Some health procedure complaints might take a little bit longer to

deal with, depending on their nature, but ide-ally we would aim for general complaints to be resolved within 10 working days,” said Mrs George.If it is felt that an initial complaint has not been satisfactorily dealt with, it is possible that the Chief Secretary can be asked to look into it. Customer complaints at The Castle tel. 22695or email customer-relations@sainthelena.gov.sh

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

Carol George

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Special Pilling Primary Car Boot offer for this month only!

Book a car boot at Pilling Primary

School for only £3.00 a table instead of the usual £5.00

The car boot sale for this month

will be on this Saturday, 31st May at 10am - 12:30pm.

See you there to grab a bargain!

Come and support Pilling Primary School

Contact staff at the school

(tel. no. 22540) to book a table or just show up on the day

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONFINANCIAL MODELLING

BULK FUEL INSTALLATIONA self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom, St Helena is an island of 47 square miles in the South Atlantic.

With Cape Town in South Africa some 1,700 miles distant, the Islanders enjoy a unique lifestyle in truly beautifully unspoilt, friendly and peaceful surroundings poised for transformation with the imminent construction of an airport.

The opening of the airport will be a game changer for St Helena. The planning for the new Permanent Bulk Fuel Installation and Aviation Fuel Facility needs to take into account a vastly different operational context to that of the current Bulk Fuel Installation.

The new Permanent Bulk Fuel Installation and proposed Fuel Management Contract will also take over provision for the existing needs of the island, including all ground fuels (petrol and diesel) and the island’s diesel-fuelled power station.

The scope of work briefl y comprises the development of a fi nancial model for the fi rst 10 years of operations of the Permanent Bulk Fuel Installation and Aviation Fuel Facility in order to provide cost projections for the provision of fuel to the island over the next 10 years

for a number of scenarios. We envisage this being a desktop exercise and there will be no need for a visit to the Island.

The St Helena Government therefore invites suitably qualifi ed organisations to submit a Quotation for the Financial Modelling of a new Bulk Fuel Installation on the Island of St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean.

A full Terms of Reference can be obtained by requesting a Quotation pack from; Mr David WooseyCorporate Procurement ExecutiveProcurement ServicesThe CastleJamestownSt HelenaTel: + 290 22266Email: cp.advisor@sainthelena.gov.sh

The deadline for the return of Quotations is at 12.00 Noon GMT, Friday 11th July, 2014.Interested parties should note that this opportunity is being widely advertised on the island of St Helena and overseas.

The Annual General Meeting of the St Helena Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Enterprise Centre,

The Canister, on Tuesday 3rd June at 7.30 pm.

All current Members are warmly invited to attend and other established businesses that wish to join prior to the meeting are asked to contact Corinda Essex, President,

cs.essex@helanta.co.sh or Patrick Williams, Treasurer, Pats.Auto@helanta.co.sh

The main business will be presentation of the President’s report, Treasurer’s report and election of

Offi cers and other Chamber Council Members.

CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG AND UNIFIED LOCAL PRIVATE SECTOR IS ESSENTIAL

TO ST HELENA’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEEDS THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL BUSINESSES ACROSS ALL

SECTORS IN WORKING TO ACHIEVE THIS.

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VACANCY EXECUTIVE OFFICER - EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

The Education & Employment Directorate is seeking to employ an Executive Offi cer to work in the Administration & Management Section of the Education Learning Centre.

Working in a large Directorate with over 100 employees, the successful applicant will be responsible for providing clerical and secretarial support to the Education Committee, Senior Management Team and Recruitment panels. In addition they will maintain and manage the central fi ling system and draft and process correspondence.

Applicants must have GCSE in English and Maths at grade C or above or equivalent and be profi cient in Microsoft applications (word, excel and outlook). A minimum of 4 years clerical experience including working in a secretarial role is essential.

Knowledge of SHG practice and procedures and experience of working independently would be advantageous.

The ideal candidate must be self motivated, highly organised and have good interpersonal skills. In addition, a high degree of confi dentiality is essential.

Salary for the post is at Grade B 6, however the successful applicant may be required to start in the training grade.

For further details and a full job description for this post, interested persons should contact Mrs. Carol Thompson, Human Resources & Administration Manager, Education & Employment Directorate on telephone number 22607 (e-mail hram@educaton.gov.sh .)

Application forms are available from the Education & Employment Directorate 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 or e-mail hram@education.gov.sh by no later than 4pm on Tuesday 10 June 2014.

Mrs Kerry Yon Ag Director of Education & Employment 27 May 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE

Time of the SignsESH beats a path for Tourists

Merrill Joshua announced that things are happening in Tourism, with works completed on a new pathway to the telescope and inter-pretation board at top of Ladder Hill, and the implementation of tourism attraction signs. The Tourism Manager was pleased to say that with the help of the National Trust, a walk-

way to the telescope and interpretation board, which was partly a donation by Sure SA Ltd (formally Cable and Wireless), has been com-pleted. The work that the National Trust has done was described as “amazing” and was necessitated by the rough terrain approaching the site. “It was not fi t for the elderly and could have lead to tripping hazards,” said Merrill.

About future plans for the area Merrill said, “We can beatify it with appropriate vegetation, but it is a heritage site with connections to the Zulu’s, so we have to be careful of what we put up there. We don’t want to undermine the historical value of the site.”The Tourism Offi ce has also started work on signs around the island, repainting the ‘welcome to’ signs; like ‘welcome to Levelwood.’ Tour-ism attraction signs have be implemented that will direct people to sites like Jacobs Ladder, Heart Shaped Waterfall and Napoleon’s Tomb. Installation has already begun on this project and Merrill believes that it will be completed by the end of June.

Richard Wallis, SAMS

continued from page 10In terms of options could the contract extend to carrying passengers? Mr Richards and Mr Woosey said that the prime focus is ocean freight, “but we’ve worded (the expressions of interest) in such a way, that we’ve said, it doesn’t preclude the option of providing a passenger service as well, if that’s something that can be accommodated.” They continued, “We want to make sure the RMS is included within people’s thinking. If somebody can make this commercially work, then we will want to support that, but our prime focus is ensuring a freight service to the island.”

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NOTICE Gravity Rush event held in Jamestown, will commence at 12 noon with the first race starting at 2P.M. The road from AVES to the Canister will be closed between the hours of 10.30 A.M to

8 P.M on Sunday the 15th JUNE 2014. Its going to be bigger, better, and a whole lot more fun.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION will take place at Seals Corner for vehicles travelling down Ladder Hill Road.

This will be a one-way system into lower Jamestown. Vehicles leaving lower Jamestown will use Shy Road via

the museum to connect onto Ladder Hill Road. This diversion will

not effect vehicles using Side Path

Road.

GRAVITY RUSH

SHAPE is excited with the response for the Gravity Rush event, where companies and individual teams design and build Go-Karts according to specifications and set criteria. SHAPE would like more entrances in the Novelty Race and the main event. If you are still thinking about entering a Kart, ACT NOW! Deadline for registration has been extended no later than the 06 June 2014.

Late entries will not be accepted. Don’t miss out!

SUNDAY 15th JUNE 2014

To register your kart contact SHAPE NOW on 24690 or email: SHAPE@helanta.co.sh

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This year 2014 the Salvation Army celebrates 130 years on St Helena. Below is a report of the fi rst Army meetings on the island, conduct-ed by a party of Blue Jackets who had previ-ously been at Simonstown Naval Base South Africa.

ATTACK ON ST HELENA(From the South African “War Cry”)

H.M.S. “Opal”St Helena, May 15th, 1884

DEAR MAJOR,I can hardly express my joy and gratitude to God for His glorious manifestation since our departure from South Africa.Since we left we have always met together ev-ery evening – sometimes under rather diffi cult circumstances; but I am so glad because the young ones are not ashamed of their profes-sion, but stand up boldly, and confess Christ

before all men.On our arrival we made our acquaintance with Mr. Woodman, and found him to be an out-and-out Salvation Soldier. On Saturday night last we had a cottage meeting in his house, and started in real Salvation Army style; and when we had fi nished a grand meeting we erected the fi rst penitent-form that has ever been on the island; gave the invitation when Four Took up their Cross and fell at the bleeding feet of the world’s Redeemer.At last they are set at liberty. We fi nished with a real Hallelujah “Go” at eleven p.m. Six souls out of only ten unconverted people. Glory be to our God!Sunday morning fi nds us treading up the noted Jacob’s Ladder to preach Salvation to a neigh-bouring village about two miles distant. All up-hill work, but, bless the Lord, it was not so hard a road as He trod before us. Brother Woodman brought us up to the place, where we had another Salvation Meeting.One professed to fi nd peace; another came, but would not give up her all, and therefore, did not get what she wanted, for we cannot have Christ and the world both. Afternoon fi nds us In The Poor House, preaching Salvation to the inmates. Tears fl owed pretty freely at the simple story of the Cross, and God alone knows what good was done. After them all promising to meet us in Heaven, we left them.Away we go, and fi nd ourselves in a nice little Hall; about seventy or eighty men present. Had a good meeting, but with no visible re-sults. After swallowing a cup of tea, off again; two

more miles of up-hill work; but, oh, Hallelu-jah! singing the songs of Zion made it light work. About twelve marched away in real Army fashion. Reached the place; crowded out to the doors; some diffi culty in getting in; packed like sardines in a box. The fi rst hymn is given out, and the people showed their abili-ties in singing. We went in for a testimony meeting, and all dumb devils were cast out, and people who had professed to be saved for years, but had not yet spoken before of Jesus’ power to keep them through all things did so on this occasion. At the fi nish we were at a loss to know what to do. The people were so closely packed that we could only tell them that wanted Salvation to seek it where they were, and only God knows what was done. When we fi nished, and the people began to clear out, one fell down and cried unto God to deliver her from sin, which He soon did and she went to her home taking Jesus with her. Glory to His name.

(note- small piece from this letter missing here)

Sailors on Horseback going to preach Salva-tion. Arrived just in time. Place packed. Peo-ple from all parts of the island came to see us. But oh what a meeting! Pen cannot describe it. The fi rst hymn was given out, I heard the voice of Jesus say, and it seemed to carry every one away. Here, I may mention we had the Salva-tion Army Song books. Two or three took hold of God, which brought more power

CELEBRATING 130 YEARS ON ST HELENA1884 – 2014

ELEBRRATING

The Salvation Army

Lieutenant Coral Yon, Salvation Army

Coral at the Half Tree Hollow Salvation Army Hall

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BREAKHUMOUR

A man is driving down the road, when he passes a farmer standing in the middle of a huge fi eld. He pulls the car over and watches the farmer doing absolutely nothing. The man walks over to the farmer and asks him, “excuse me sir, but what are you doing?” The farmer replies, “I’m trying to win a Nobel Prize.” “How?” Asks the man puzzled. “Well I heard they give the prize to people who are outstanding in their fi eld.”

I was stopped on the street the other day, and was asked for change for a hundred. When I opened my wallet to take a look, a picture of my wife slipped out. The guy asked me, “why do you keep the picture right there?” To which, I replied, “to remind me why there is no money left!”

Bob went golfi ng with Ted and by the ninth hole, Bob was taking a real long time. “Hurry up!” Ted yelled. “No my wife is watching! I want to make this a perfect shot!” Replied Bob. Ted turns to him and says, “Why bother, you’ll never hit her from here!”

SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last yearSt Helena woke up this morning to what appears to be the fi rst meaningful rainfall for a long time and everyone will hope this continues. However, it’s unlikely this would be classed as a ‘heavy downpour’ so the serious warnings that have been sent out this week remain relevant.

Arriving on St. Helena on the 11th May were Mike Sheath and Adrian Todd of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF). The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is the only UK wide child protection charity dedicated solely to reducing the risk of children being sexually abused.

Football: Shane Clifford’s unfortunate own goal, 9 mins from time, denied Rovers their fi rst win of the season, after teammate, Phillip Stroud, had applied a clinical fi nish to a well worked free kick as early as the 18th minute, resulting in a 1-1 draw with Harts.

Famous Birthdays29 May - 4 Jun

Steven Gerrard (34)Footballer - 30 May Clint Eastwood (84)

Actor - 31 May Morgan Freeman (77)

Actor - 1 JunRafael Nadal (28)

Tennis Player - 3 JunAngelina Jolie (39)

Actress - 4 Jun

DID YOU KNOW...• China has more English speakers than the United States.

• Kleenex tissues were originally used as fi lters in gas masks.

• In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes. These cameras had special lenses that use infrared light, which allowed you to see through some types of clothing.

• Madonna suffers from garophobia which is the fear of thunder.

• Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald™” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese. In Singapore he’s known as “Uncle Mc Donald”.

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!

PEOPLE ... Sports People

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

1. Rory McIllroy

2. Raphael Nadal

3. Steven Gerard

Lawson Henry,Sea View

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down. God’s Word was then read. With a few comments, gave out another real Salvation favourite. My Saviour suffered on the tree Glory to the Bleeding Lamb! Which was taken up with plenty of spirit. Some earnest speak-ing, and another song. Soldiers fi ghting round the Cross Counting all things else but dross. A few comments on it, and oh! What a power swept over us; all the place bathed in tears. The invitation to come out if they wanted Je-sus to save them was responded to with great spirit, a poor woman coming out blinded with tears, and had to be led to the front. Still more follow on – three, four, fi ve, six; lose the number – still they come. Oh the crying, the wringing of hands, the bitter agony of Soul.

But, oh, Hallelujah! Up they jump and tell the congregation that they have found the Pearl of greatest price. Some more come, and we fi nished one of the best nights I ever remem-ber, rejoicing over Forty Souls, but not until we had a real Hallelujah ‘Wind-up’(a quarter-minute meeting) people popping up all over the place; plenty of Salvation choruses.The Cry is Send us Offi cers. God hasten the time. Amen! Returned home at half-past twelve, feeling tired, but rejoicing so much that sleep was almost out of question. Wednesday night, at it again in the same place we were on Sunday evening. Rejoiced over seven souls. Glory be to God! One had been under conviction ever since the fi rst night we came here; and oh, what a struggle went on; but with more faithful dealing with God, she is liberated; springs to her feet as if by an electric shock, and shouts out: ‘I’ve found Him and

I’ll fi ght for Him till I die.” and sat down and shed tears of joy. Glory, Hallelujah! We give the Lord all the glory, and went home rejoicing and feeling more determined to fi ght than ever. You must use your infl uence to get the dear General to send Offi cers to these dear people. There is a home for them and a Hall. I am feeling very tired after a hard fi ve days fi ght-ing, but greatly rejoicing over the fi fty-nine souls that have professed to fi nd peace since our stay. Glory be to our God! Amen. Pray on for us!I received a “War Cry” from someone. Fare thee well! God be with the Army!

Yours in the fi ght,

JAMES BASHARD.

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The Salvation Army - CELEBRATING 130 YEARS ON ST HELENA, 1884 – 2014Lieutenant Coral Yon, Salvation Army

National Trust: Third Director in Two Years New Director to bring “Stability”

New Director of the St Helena National Trust, Jeremy Harris has been on island since 2 April and after a handover period, with the outgoing Director, Chris Hillman, has been in charge of the Trust. “The breadth of things that the National Trust is involved in is staggering. I have to say that the handover was one of the best I have ever had. Chris was incredibly gracious and took me through all the projects,” said Jeremy. Jeremy has set some goals already and wants to bring stability to the trust. “I would like to be able to give the organisation a period of sta-bility where there are not any changes at the top.” He intends to stay forever on the island which would help achieve that goal. “I have a three year contract but I want to stay, my fam-ily and I want to stay.“The next thing is I will make myself redun-dant in a set number of years. So that eventu-

ally the Trust can be an organisation that is not lead by somebody that has come over from the UK. But lead by some-body whose island this is,” said Jeremy. In the UK, before arriv-ing in St Helena, Jeremy for the last fi ve years was working as the De-velopment Director for the Species Survival Commission at the ‘In-ternational Union for the Conservation of Nature’. “They are the biggest and oldest conservation or-ganisation in the world. They were the ones who originally coined the term sustainable development.” Jeremy with his wife Isha and nine month old son Arlo, since arriving on St Helena have not

had any regrets. Jeremy said, “It was a bit of a gamble coming all this way not having had any experience of the island before,” but fi nished by expressing, “It’s fantastic, we love it.”

Richard Wallis, SAMS

Main Street Enhancement Project20 week project to pave Jamestown

A main road artery in Jamestown is soon to be disrupted for 20 weeks with pavement enhancements on Main Street. Business owners, residents and landlords have been informed of the upcoming construction work from New Porteous House up to the Consul-ate Hotel and the Post Offi ce on both sides of

the street. Part of the work is restorative with the aim to stay true to the nature of town in-cluding preserving and replacing cobble stones where possible.The contract has been awarded to Brian Leo and will be managed by ProArc Ltd and is antici-pated to take 20 weeks to complete. The team aims to minimise impact of obstruction and in-conveniences.The pavement enhancements will be a continua-

tion in the style of the stones and bollards that is completed outside New Porteous House.

Sharon Henry, SAMS

New SHNT Director, Jeremy Harris

Pavement outside New Porteous House

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NOTICE BOARD

Thank YouThe Friends of Guiding would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped in any way,

before, during and after with the Miss St Helena 2014 Contest.

Thank you to all our sponsors:

Sure South Atlantic Limited |Solomon & Co (St Helena) PLC |Queen Mary Store |Basil Read |Sydne Rays |RMS St Helena (Captain Andrew Greentree & the Crew of the RMS) |McDaniel’s Complex |Miss St Helena’s 1st Runner Up 2012 – Miss

Ashton Yon |Hair 4 U |Flagg’s Accommodation |Island Images |Dillon & Son |Printech St Helena Limited |Susan’s B&B |Reg-gie’s Take Away |Cyril & Sylvia Fowler |Bead Beach Limited |Sunfl ower Café |A&D’s Mini Mart |Richard James International |Connect Saint Helena |Beauty Spot |Essence Beauty Saloon |Bliss Hair Salon |Bank of St Helena Limited |G-Unique Designs |Philip John |Olive Bagley |Yon’s Wellington House Trading |Romans |Bennett’s Upholstery |Johnny Isaac |Diana Benjamin |Andy’s Shop |Bernadettes Hairstylist |The White Horse |Annie’s Laundrette |Benji’s Cleaning Service |St FM Community

Radio |South Atlantic Media Services |George Entertainment & Leisure |The Independent | The Consulate Hotel

Thank you to all the Contestants who took part:

Megan Francis |Justine Sim| Eira Stevens| Annalise Thomas | Kimberley Yon-Roberts | Louisa Francis | Asita O’Bey | Madolyn Andrews | Sinead Green | Emily Cairns-Wicks | Ruby-Jade Stevens |

Michelle Henry | Maria Francis | Anne Clarke | Megan FrancisCongratulations to you all, especially 2nd Runner Up Justine Sim, 1st Runner Up

Louisa Francis and Miss St Helena 2014 Sinead Green.

Thank you to our ushers, Mr Cristen Yon and Mr Tyrell Ellick, and our Compare for the evening Mr Richard Wallis, you all did a brilliant job. Not forgetting Miss St Helena’s 1st Runner Up 2012, Ashton Yon.

Thank you to the Judges:

Mrs Shara Robinson | Dr Cilla McDaniel | Mrs Morag Stevenson | Mr Lawson Henry | Mr John Ward.

Thank you also to Pilling Primary School |Dwayne Joshua |Jeremy Duncan |Martin George |Rob Benjamin| Kurt Thomas| St Helena Tourism Offi ce|Solomon & Co’s Building Works and Secretariat Departments | Elaine Young | Julie Thomas |Ivan Gough |Richard Moors | Damien O’Bey |Robert Peters |Gavin & Angie Benjamin | The Proprietor and Staff of the Consulate Hotel | Karen Ellick | Zoe George | Monica Yon |All Girl Guiding Units who

made donations | The Trefoil Guild | The Guide Consul.

Thank you to all who provided entertainment:

Ms Teeny Lucy and her Prince Andrew School Students | Miss Tracey Thomas | Mr Gareth Drabble

Thank you to St FM Community Radio and Sure South Atlantic Limited for making the live broadcasting possible and thank you to both South Atlantic Media Services & St FM Community Radio for promoting the event.

Thank you to everyone who helped with our fund raising events, which were the Family Fun Afternoon and Family Bingo:

St Paul’s Primary School PTA |Harford Primary School Cheer Leaders |Kayla & Leroy Fowler |Emma Fowler |Marie Jonas | Johnny Dillon & Staff | Olive Williams | The Trefoil Guild

Thank you all for your help and support throughout, you all contributed to a very successful and enjoyable evening. We sincerely hope that we haven’t missed anyone.

Anya Williams, Tiffany Plato, Carol O’Dean, Patra Duncan, Celia Reynolds, Sarah Lebese & Daryl Legg

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Car Polish 1 L £ 4.14Tyre Shine 1 L £ 3.40Hand Cleaner 1 L £ 3.78Workshop Rags 5 Kg £ 10.40Carpet Refresh 400 g £ 1.88Carpet & Upholstery Shampoo 500 ml £ 2.32Dishwashing (Wash-up) Liquid 750 ml £ 1.05Handy Kleen All-Purpose Cleaner 750 ml £ 1.09Tile & Floor Cleaner 1.5 L £ 2.27Plush Supreme Furniture Polish 275 ml £ 1.95Airoma Air Freshener 180 ml £ 0.98Liquid Hand Soap 2 L £ 3.04Pine Gel (Disinfectant used to clean bathrooms) 1 Kg £ 3.18Scouring Powder 1 Kg £ 1.90Bleach (Jik) 1.5 L £ 3.04Britewash Laundry Detergent 5 Kg £ 12.60Viva Laundry Detergent Bar 200 g £ 0.50Fabric Softener 5 L £ 6.29Toilet Paper Luxury 4 Rolls £ 2.05Doom Insect Spray 300 ml £ 2.26Mortein Insect Spray 180 ml £ 1.48Brooms Heavy Duty Each £ 7.34Brooms Household Each £ 3.83Dusters Feather Each £ 6.82Dusters Yellow 10 £ 5.40Dust Pan & Brush Set Each £ 2.60Micro Fibre Cloths 2 £ 1.12Dish Cloths (Kitchen / Tea Towels) Each £ 2.59Kitchen Swabs Each £ 0.77Pot Scourers Each £ 0.40Scrubbing Brush Each £ 3.16Toilet Brush Sets Each £ 2.70Mops Each £ 5.32Plastic Rakes Each £ 1.80Refuse Bags (18 Micron) 20 £ 2.18Refuse Bags (50 Micron) 20 £ 4.57

VISIT US @ ESH BUSINESS PARK (UNIT 1), HALF TREE HOLLOW

CONTACT US @ EMAIL: smithandwatson@helanta.co.sh OR TELEPHONE 23116

FREE DELIVERIES IN JAMESTOWN

CLEANING PRODUCTS

OPENING TIMES: MONDAY - FRIDAYSATURDAY

08H00 - 15H0008H00 - 13H00

REFILL @ £ 1.02 PER LITREREFILL @ £ 1.08 PER LITREREFILL @ £ 1.24 PER LITRE

REFILL @ £ 1.10 PER LITRE

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VACANCYCOOK – PLANTATION HOUSE

The Corporate Services Directorate has a vacancy for a Cook at Plantation House. The postholder will

be responsible to the Residence Manager for all matters relating to the supply and preparation of

food for Plantation House.

The successful applicant should have a genuine interest in catering/cooking with ability to be creative, have basic understanding of food and nutrition and be prepared to do shift

work to cover evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Salary for the post will depend on the relevant qualifi cations and experience.

Persons interested must be in possession of a qualifi cation in Hospitality and Catering to NVQ levels 2 or above, experience

in catering at a three star level, observing a high standard of health and hygiene and to have a valid driving licence in Class A.

For further details about the post, interested persons should contact Ms Deborah Stroud, Residence Manager on telephone number

24453 or e-mail: ph.resmanager@helanta.co.sh

Application forms which are available from Corporate Human Resources and Corporate Support should be submitted through Di-rectors, where applicable, to Mrs Clare O’Dean, Corporate Human Resources, The Castle or e-mail hro.wfp@sainthelena.gov.sh by no

later than 4pm on Friday, 6th June 2014.

Corporate Services 15th May 2014

VACANCY GENERAL OPERATIVE PLUMBER

The Environment and Natural Resources Directorate is seeking to recruit a suitable person

to the post of General Operative, Plumber within their Properties Division. The successful candidate will be responsible for general plumbing duties and working with other Senior Tradesman to carry

out building maintenance tasks such as road rail repairs, rigging scaffolding and assisting Carpenters.

The salary for this post is at Grade A commencing at £5,106 per annum.

If you are interested in fi nding out more about this post please contact the Foreman Plumber, Mr Leroy Plato on telephone No 22054.

Application forms and copies of the job profi le are available from the Receptionist at the ANRD Offi ce at Scotland

or Essex House. Completed application forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, ANRD Offi ce

by no later than 12 noon on Thursday 5 June 2014. Mr Derek HenryDeputy Director, ENRD 19 April 2014

PUBLIC NOTICEPOLICE DIRECTORATE

The Police Directorate is seeking expressions of interest for casual workers to act as Community Work Supervi-sors for H M Prison & Offender Management Service

The initial requirement is for individuals who can provide supervision to Offenders, sentenced to Community Work

Orders which consist of carrying out work out in and for the benefi t of the community, predominantly at Weekends.

Individuals should be of good character, practically minded and able to mentor others. Typically they would be expected to

supervise a group of 2 - 4 low risk offenders, ensuring that work orders are complied with and that meaningful work is completed

to an acceptable standard. The hours are likely to be between 4 & 8 hours on a Saturday but may vary.

There may also be additional opportunity for occasional work providing support for Prison Offi cers on an as required basis.

For further information, please contact Miss Kylie Hercules, acting Deputy Prison Manager, on telephone no. 22626 or on

email deputyprison.manager@police.gov.sh

Expressions of interest should be submitted to the Administration Offi cer, Jacqueline Robinson at Ogborn

House or e-mail administration.offi cer@police.gov.sh by no later than 4pm on Friday 6 June 2014.

Trevor Botting (Mr.) Director of Police May 20, 2014

Andrew Weir Shipping would like to advise all passengers travelling to South Africa that the following items are not

allowed to be brought into South Africa. These items, if found, will be confi scated and the passenger will be subject to a fi ne

of approximately R5 000-00.

• Animal products and the by-products thereof.• Poultry and all the by-products thereof.• All fi sh and the all by-products thereof. This includes fresh, frozen, smoked and canned products.• Seeds • Unprocessed coffee beans• Flowers• Fruit• Honey• Margarine• Vegetable Oils• Eggs• Medicines. Travellers are allowed no more than 3 months’ supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medicines for personal use.

The usual Customs allowances will also apply for cigarettes (200), alcohol (litre spirits) and perfume (250ml).

The South African Customs are tightening up their control at the Ports of Entry and luggage will also be subjected to inspec-

tion and the use of sniffer dogs has also been implemented.

If you require any further information, please contactthe Shipping Offi ce on Telephone 22523.

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Essen al Skill Requirements Qualifica ons/Experience:

A high degree of computer literacy Cisco CCNA or other Network equivalent cer fica on. A good knowledge and understanding of computer networking Experience and understanding of a variety of different systems such as UNIX, MS Windows 2008 / 2012 Server, DNS, Ac ve Directory, Windows 7/8, MS Office 2010 or higher, Cisco Routers and Switches.

Personal Quali es:

An ability to deal effec vely, professionally and confiden ally with internal and external customers directly and indirectly via Helpdesk support. Good communica on and interpersonal skills A high degree of accuracy and adherence to deadlines Basic administra on skills Good organisa onal and problem solving skills A valid class “A” driving licence Candidates must be energe c, enthusias c and proac ve in everything they do Willingness to work outside of normal working hours at a moments no ce.

IP Networks Systems Administrator

Have you considered a career in IP where services are con nuously changing with new technolo-gies, then Sure has a vacancy for an IP Networks Systems Administrator to work within the IP Networks team at the Technical Opera ons Centre, The Briars.

Join us and you will enjoy some of the many benefits that Sure offers.

Further informa on regarding the responsibili es of the post may be discussed with Adam Yon, Manager Networks on Tel no: +290 22229. An applica on form and copy of the Job Descrip-

on may be obtained from Shara Robinson, Human Resources and Administra on Manager at Bishops Rooms on Tel no: +290 22800 or email: HR-Admin.Manager@sure.co.sh

Applica ons should be submi ed to Human Resources and Administra on Manager, Sure South Atlan c Limited, Bishops Rooms, Jamestown by 4pm on Friday 06 June 2014.

Salary for the post is nego able and the successful candidate may be required to serve a proba onary period of six months.

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SAMSRADIO 1

102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHzAlso Live Streaming via www.sams.shCONTACT THE SHOWTo reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or email: news@sams.sh. You can also contact us via our Facebook page - just visit the SAMS website, www.sams.sh, click the Facebook link at the top right of every page.

St Helena News: Monday to Fridays at7am, 10am, 12noon, 5pm, 7pm & 10pmalso at 3am & 5am Tuesday to Saturday.Saturday news: 8am & 12noonMonday to Friday

SUNRISE 7 to 10amLive music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena News12.00pm: St Helena News, public service announce-ments and notice board.Repeated at midnight every Mon-Fri.

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

2nd CHANCE SUNDAY9.00am & 5pm - Selection of recorded interviews and programmes from the week, mixed with easy listening sounds for a chilled out Sunday.

SANCTUS RUCKUSThursday 5.30 - 7pmPresented by Gareth Drabble, 90 minutes of the best modern Christian music being made today.

THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woollacott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 9.00pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Saturday 1.00pm

FOCAL POINTTuesdays - 6pm. Presented by Ferdie Gunnell. A discus-sion show with councillors and government offi cials on various political issues of the day.

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

REWINDSaturday 9.30am. Rewind takes you back to years gone by featuring a different year every week, focussing on the music and stories that made it memorable.Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm, Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.

MUD ON THE TIRESEach week this show turns the musical spotlight on the wonderful world of country music. Join Darrin Henry as he discovers more about the singers and bands, the inside stories and of course, the best coun-try sounds around today.Sunday: 11am and 7pm. Tuesday 7.30pm & 11.30pm, Thursday 10.15am

RADIO SPORTS ARENAMonday, 5.30pm, review of the week’s sporting ac-tion, local & international. Repeats will be Tuesday at 10.15am and 10.15pm and Friday at 8.30pm.

Open on Friday 30th & Saturday 31st May 2014 at 5pm.

Call 22592 for a menu or to place an order.

FOR SALE Ford Bantam Van, 29000 km on the clock.

If interested contact Jonathan Fuller on telephone number 24403.

Miss St Helena 2014 DVD will be available to buy from today Keep an eye out in your local shop or call for more information

Richard Moors (Vision Media) 23650

Due to unforeseen circumstances theSHAPE Annual General Meeting scheduled forSaturday 31st May 2014 is POSTONED.

Notice will be given of the new date.

Vyona YoungChair, SHAPE Board of Directors

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FaithMattersPastor Graeme Beckett

Seventh Day Adventist

Saturday 31st May9:15- 10:40am- Sabbath School11:00- 12:00- Divine Service2:00- 3:00pm - Family Time Monday 2nd JuneBible Study at home of Pam and Lionel Joshua.Wednesday 4th June7:30- 8:30pm- Prayer Meeting in ChurchThursday 5th June7:00pm- Bible Study at home of Arnold & Sandra CrowieALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND Further contact: Brian Joshua, Tel: 24507

Some Thoughts on a Parable

Most of us are aware that one of the teaching meth-ods Jesus used during the three or so years of His earthly ministry was to illustrate spiritual truth in parables. Not many people have the God-given ability to grasp spiritual truth, but ev-erybody who heard Jesus speak were familiar with the scenes He “painted” in His parables, even if they did not understand the spiritual truth they were illustrating.Many of us mistakenly believe that Jesus used parables as a method to make things simple. Not quite!In Matthew chapter 13 Jesus told the people the “Parable of the Sower” (see verses 3 to 9) and Jesus ends it mysteriously with the words “He who has ears, let him hear.” When His dis-ciples asked Him why He used parables, His answer probably shocked them. “He replied,

“The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them…. This is why I speak to them in para-bles: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.”” (vs 11 & 13) Jesus had a twofold purpose - to reveal and to conceal: to reveal eternal truth about His kingdom to some (His disciples and followers) and to conceal it from others (the “educated” religious leaders and their follow-ers, i.e. the majority). In fact, all who asked Jesus the meaning of the parables had them explained, like this example of the Sower (see vs 18 to 23), which brings us to this particu-lar parable, one of the more complex parables since it has many parts to it.Sowing the seed is preaching the Gospel, which Jesus describes from the point of view of the people hearing it (“…hears the message about the kingdom…”) and different people receive the message in different ways, illus-trated by the various types of ground on which the seed falls. I am not going to go into the details, since you can look that up yourselves, but I want you to notice that of the four types of ground (the path, rocky ground, thorny ground, and good ground) only one had a result, with different levels of success, some more than others. As for the rest, nothing, in

spite of some early results, which soon fade.Most of the parables Jesus taught have a single point to them, but this parable in a sense had four: three disappointing and one good – un-less the real point is that only a few will re-spond to the Gospel and enjoy the amazing benefi ts of being a useful and fruitful citizen of the kingdom of God.The big question is this: What type of soil are you? Are you the path, where the Gospel had no chance to take root? What about the rocky ground? There may have been some interest once, but trouble or diffi culties soon put paid to that. Are you the thorny ground? There was also some interest, but other things seemed more important or more attractive, like seek-ing pleasure, including becoming enslaved in false religion. Then there’s the good soil…

BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org

BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods

DEVOTIONAL MEETINGTHURSDAY EVENINGS

AT 8pm.ALL ARE WELCOME

For info. Telephone 24525“Should the lamp of religion be obscured, cha-os and confusion will ensue and the lights of fairness and justice, of tranquillity and peace,

cease to shine. Baha’u’llahDIOCESE OF SAINT HELENA

The Cathedral Parish of St Paul Sunday 1 June Sunday after Ascension8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral10.00 a.m.Sung Eucharist, Cathedral3.30 p.m. Eucharist, St PeterThursday 5 June 10.00 a.m. Mass, St SwithinSunday 8 June Pentecost Sunday8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral9.30. a.m. Eucharist, St Martin11.15 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St Helena & The Cross5.30 p.m. Choral Evensong, Cathedral

The Parish of St James Sunday 1 June Sunday after Ascension9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St James3.30 p.m. Eucharist, St MichaelMonday 2 June 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St MaryWednesday 4 June 7.30 a.m. Eucharist, St JamesThursday 5 June 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St JohnFriday 6 June 7.30 a.m. Mass, St JamesSunday 8 June Pentecost Sunday 9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St John7.00 p.m. Evensong , St James

Parish of St MatthewSunday 1 June Sunday after Ascension7.00 p.m. Sung Eucharist, St MatthewTuesday 3 June 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St MarkSunday 8 June Pentecost Sunday11.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St Mark

BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday 1st June

1) 8.45 am Divine Service,Sandy Bay Chapel2) 10.45 am Divine Service, Head O’Wain Chapel3) 6.00 pm Divine Service, Jamestown ChapelPreacher : Pastor Graeme

11.00 am “Uplift” Open Service at Knollcombes ChapelLeader: Gareth DrabblePreacher: Arthur Beckett

10.00 am Sunday School, Baptist Manse5.00 pm Prayer Meeting, Jamestown Schoolroom

Tuesday 3rd June7.30 pm Bible Study, Jamestown Schoolroom

Thursday 5th June5.30 pm Bible Study, Sandy Bay Chapel7.30 pm Bible Study, Blue Hill Community Centre For more info contact Pastor Graeme BeckettEmail: graemebbeckett@gmail.comTel. 22388

Activities at the Army this weekendSunday 1st June 2014

JAM CLUB – at the Half Tree Hollow Hall at

10am. Bring along a Friend ….it’s too good to keep to yourself.

PRAISE & WORSHIP Service at the Half Tree Hollow Hall at 6.30pm. All are welcome. MONDAYS - MUMS & TODDLERS at 10am – Half Tree Hollow Hall. Please note there will NOT be any Mums & Toddlers when it is school holidays or if the Monday is

a Public Holiday. Every Tuesday

Home League (Ladies Fellowship) at the Half Tree Hollow Hall at 3.30pm. Every Wednesday Evening

Prayer meeting & Bible study at the Half Tree Hollow Hall at 7.30pm. All are welcome.

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

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

on telephone nos 2703/4358. Take care and God bless.

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SCHOOL PAGE/NOTICE BOARD

The week has been a mixed bag across the island, although the rain has been held at bay it never really warmed up. This time last year the weather word of the week was “crisis” with the drought nearing its end. Here are the weather readings from the Met Station at Bottom Woods for the past week.

Min temp 16.5C Max temp 22.5CMean temp 18.8C Total sunshine 29.7 hoursTotal rainfall Trace Mean w/speed 10.4 knots

Thank You from the LibraryThe Public Library Service would like to

thank the MS Amsterdam for their generous donation of books which

consist of fi ction and non-fi ction. These books will be available to the public

for borrowing soon.

WEEKLY WEATHER

This Week’s School Page was Contributed by Pilling PrimaryOn Thursday, 24 April, all Nursery and Re-ception pupils from Pilling, St Paul’s and Har-ford Schools went to Blue Hill for a Bring and Share picnic. We were also joined by children of the ‘Happy Tots’ and ‘Kidz R us’ crèches. Our Early Years trainer Ms Vivienne Ward also came along accompanied by Chairperson of Education Committee, Ms Christine Scipio O’Dean and Mr Cyril George. This was a social event to allow children to join together and socialize with each other. We arrived at Blue Hill at around 9.45am in brilliant sunshine. Children were soon making friends with each other and playing together on the play equipment. The picnic foods were soon prepared which was contributed by par-ents of all children. Tables were full of a va-riety of goodies which children thoroughly enjoyed. This was a successful event and was enjoyed by everyone. Another one is planned for the end of this half-term on Thursday, 19 June. We are all looking forward to another successful gathering.

Edna Richards: Nursery Teacher/Pilling Primary School.

All photos contributed by PPS

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Butternut soup @ £ 1.00Beef lasagne with salad @ £ 4.00

Beef goulash soup @ £ 2.00Grilled pork chop with fries and salad @ £ 5.15

Vegetable soup @ £ 1.00Honey and lemon chicken with fried rice and salad @ £ 4.00

Chicken noodle soup @ £ 2.00Beef stew with rice and salad @ £ 5.00

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No more Saint directors in SHGTitle change for key government posts

St Helena Government announced further restructuring, via a Gazette notice last week, changing the titles of two key government posts.The title of Deputy Chief Secretary, has now been renamed, Assistant Chief Secretary (Support), with the Support in brackets. This change applies to the post held by Gillian Francis, who is currently off island on per-sonal leave.This means there will now be two Assistant Chief Secretaries, following the appointment

of Paul McGinnety, in April, as Assistant Chief Secretary (Performance).Mr McGinnety is currently acting as Chief Secretary until the new appointee, Roy Burke, arrives on 4th June.The other change announced was a change to the title of Director of Human Resources, a post held by Barbara George. This post title now becomes, Head of Human Resources, in line with the department’s name, Corporate HR.This last change means that Mrs George was the last St Helenian to hold the title of a Direc-tor within SHG. All current Director posts are now held by TC staff.

Darrin Henry, SAMS

Dogs Out of Control - Dogs Caught Worrying Sheep are Shot Dead

The Police reported they are currently in-vestigating an incident of dogs worrying do-mestic animals in the St Pauls area in their weekly radio update. Unoffi cial sources re-ported that dogs were also shot in relation to this case. ASP Merlin George gave us fur-

ther details, “I can confi rm that on Sunday we received a report...and I can confi rm that dogs were shot. But I cannot elabo-rate on this because it’s still under inves-tigation.” ASP George is keen to remind dog owners to keep pets under control and warned there is a fi ne of £150 for any ani-mal worried, wounded or killed.

Sharon Henry, SAMS

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AscensionFOOTBALL

VC Milan clinch title after a nervy fi rst half against InbetweenersAt the end of the fi rst half with the score at just one nil to VC, one had to wonder if Inbetweeners were saving a shocker for the fi nal day of the league. Although VC were applying most of the pres-sure, Inbetweeners were holding out in defence. Attacking efforts from Ashley Dutch, Mario, Scott and Chris were being foiled and Inbetweeners were managing to counter attack. The deadlock was fi nally broken on the 40th minute when a soft goal was conceded with Chris shooting low, the keeper had time to see but failed to get down in time to stop the ball from going in.Half time talks did not have the desired effect in the Inbetweeners side, VC on the other hand started the second half intent on sealing the win. After 12 minutes of attack Scott eventually scooped the ball into the net, and three minutes later Chris added his second and VC’s third. Inbetweeners would get on the score sheet through Suse, scoring from a diffi cult angle when the keeper failed to clear from a corner. But it only took seconds for Chris to score again for VC. It

Two Boats United hang on to claim win against MCRAfter giving away points the previous week as a result of insuffi cient players, MCR came with a full team and substi-tutes, TBU on the other hand played the fi rst ten minutes with ten players with Shoe arriving to complete the team and to relieve some of the pressure. MCR were relentless in attack, but with no positive results.On the half hour mark, on one of TBU’s rare attacks, a ball played into the box ap-peared easy for the keeper to collect, he made the call but misjudged the height al-lowing the ball to drop for an easy tap in by Schmichael.Second half was more of the same, Mel-vin and Andy were the last line of defence camped out in their own penalty area with most of their team around them bravely defending their goal. The best efforts for MCR saw Kieran shooting into the side netting, the Keeper Williams saving from Tex and Fraser’s shot rebounding of the bar.In the fi nal minute of the game, Schmi-chael broke into the MCR half from a cleared fee kick and score the second goal of the match, putting the game out of reach of MCR – and showing that cru-cially, converting chances is what wins the game.

Interserve fi ght back to equal-ise and take second place on the fi nal day of the League seasonInterserve were without Bongis and Peaches but were boosted by the return of goalkeeper Damon Jo, Raiders however lined up with 10 men, with Corey out through injury and Dewy unavailable to play therefore handing this sea-son’s top goal scorer title to Shonray. Interserve knew they couldn’t lose if they want-ed to take the runners-up spot in this season’s league having seen MCR lose to Two Boats in the midday kick off and VC Milan reclaiming the title in the 2pm match. With a reshuffl e, Cox started in defence alongside Jaie Jaie with Shonray teaming up with Ally Stu in midfi eld.Raiders hard work was rewarded when Bennett received the ball about 20 yards out and unleashed a fi erce shot which was blocked, the ball came back to Bennett and this time sat up perfectly for the volley which rifl ed pass Jo. As it stood Interserve were in 3rd place, it was time for

Inbetweeners 1 - 6 VC MilanMOM: Chris O’Rourke, VC Milan

Catherine Leo, Ascension Island

was all VC from there on with Chris and Scott both adding goals for a fi nal score of 6-1. A valiant effort from Inbetweeners but in the end the onslaught from VC was just too much to deal with.

Raiders 1 vs 1 Interserve UnitedMOM: Jeremy Constantine, RaidersYellow Card: Jeremy Constantine, Raiders

Mario Anthony, Ascension Island a change, Cox moved to his more customary forward position and was immediately in on the action when he rolled back the years to volley just over the bar from outside the area. Interserve nerves were calmed when Alex Bo making his 2nd appearance for Interserve, showed great individual skill when he fl icked the ball over Puc 2 and continued to dribble the ball forward before blasting into the net.Interserve continued to push forward with Raiders attacking on the break but both teams could not add to their tally with the match end-ing 1 – 1, seeing Interserve United taking the runners-up spot in their debut league season.

Two Boats United 2 - 0 MCRMOM: Schmichael Benjamin, TB UnitedYellow Card: Nicky John, TB UnitedYellow Card: Fraser, MCR

Catherine Leo, Ascension Island

Myles Henry on the ball, helping VC Milan to the league title

Shonray Phillips, Ascension’s top goal scorer for 2014

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Football: Gareth Bale described lifting the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid as “a dream come true” after he scored the de-cisive goal in Lisbon on Saturday.With a pulsating fi nal between city rivals Real and Atletico Madrid fi nely poised at 1-1, Bale struck fi ve minutes into the second period of extra time to break the hearts of the recently-crowned Primera Division champions.Bale held his nerve to steer a header into an empty net after Angel di Maria’s shot was saved by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.Marcelo’s strike and Cristiano Ronaldo’s pen-alty gave the scoreline a rather fl attering look as Real claimed a 4-1 victory and fi nally sealed the dream of ‘La Decima’, their 10th European Cup triumph.

World Cup organisers insist an incomplete roof at Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao Stadium will not affect it hosting matches when the tournament begins next month.Constructors completing the project have ad-mitted they will not fi nish the intended design until after the tournament.The 70,000 seater Itaquerao Stadium will host the opening match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12 before England face Uruguay there a week later. The stadium has been dogged by problems since construction, the cost of which has rocketed from £95million to an estimated £320million, began in 2011.

Golf: Rory McIlroy came from seven shots behind to claim a remarkable victory in the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday as over-night leader Thomas Bjorn squandered a fi ve-shot lead at Wentworth.Just four days after a visibly upset McIlroy re-vealed he had called off his wedding to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki after the invitations had been sent out, the 25-year-old carded a closing 66 to win the European Tour’s fl agship event following a dramatic fi nal day.

Athletics: Jamaica’s men posted a new world record in the 4x200 metres on the opening night of the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, the Bahamas.Yohan Blake, silver medallist in both the 100m and 200m at London 2012, led home the quar-tet in a time of one minute 18.63 seconds to beat the old record by 0.05secs, which was set by the USA in 1994.Nicekl Ashmeade, Warren Weir and Jermaine Brown also played their part for Jamaica, with Brown and Blake completing the fi nal lap of the track in a time of 39.63secs.

all stories: www.sportinglife.com

Two golf competitions were played over the weekend as scheduled. On Saturday 24 May was a Modifi ed Stableford where there were just seven players taking part. In the runner-up spot was Brian (Peachy) Coleman on plus 10, (handicap 15) but on his own with a very good plus 15 was Gerald (Whistler) George (handicap 10). There were no two balls recorded; congratulations to Ger-ald and Brian.On Sunday 25 May was the Monthly Medal sponsored by Basil Read, we had 27 play-

ers. There were some good scores recorded given the playing conditions (very dry) and worthy of mention are Nicky Stevens, Cecil (Jigs) Thomas and Paddo Johnson on 70, Roy Reynolds, Martin Buckley and Ray Yon on 69. In the runner-up spot was Gerald George who kept his form from Saturday with a very good 68 (par round), but reversing the posi-tion from Saturday was no other than Brian (Peachy) Coleman on 65, 3 under par. Brian had a handicap of 15 but was cut 2 strokes.Four players holed out in two to share the ball

pool, they were Joan Thomas, Henzil Beard and Roy Reynolds on the par three 7th hole and Martin Buckley on the 16th. Congratulations to the win-ners and our thanks once more to Basil Read our sponsors. Competitions for next weekend, Sat-urday 31 May will be the Gaffer Cup sponsored by Colin and Helen Owen. This is an 18 hole stroke play. This will be followed by a curry & rice meal provided by the Owens. Please sign sheet by Wednesday 28 May if you wish to take part. There are some very good quality prizes on offer for both ladies and gents in this compe-tition. Spouses and children are also welcome to the presentation and meal but must be signed up by the above date.On Sunday 1 June will be an 18 hole Greensome (draw for partners) high/low handicaps. Please sign list on club noticeboard.

Enjoy the week, stay safe and keep swinging!

GOLF NEWS St Helena Golf Club Report Week ending 25 May 2014

Contributed by Lawson Henry

Jamestown Rifl e ClubPat Henry, Chairman JTRC

SHOOTINGNEWSAn exciting activity at the JTRC Tuesday night, 20 May, with 18 members in a pairs competition. Prizes were mirrored plaques bearing crossed rifl es and the club logo, were presented to the winners. In 3rd place Colin Knipe and Timmy Francis with 96.4 & 90.2, total 186.6; in 2nd place Kara Henry and Jor-die Andrews with 92.1 & 96.3, total 188.4; in 1st place Chelsea Benjamin and Richard Wallis with 95.4 and Richard’s overwhelming score of 100.9, total 195.13. Both received a mug each for the lady and gent’s highest indi-vidual score.

Sunday 25 May we were back at High Knoll on the 50m range with invited guests Mr Eric Benjamin, Chairman of NASAS and some committee members. A beautiful afternoon with favourable weather for the shooters to perform; Madolyn Andrews, Chelsea Ben-jamin, Patrick Young and Jordie Andrews. It was good for the shooters and NASAS mem-

bers to view score cards afterwards and dis-cuss the team’s preparations. The afternoon was fi nished off with tea, coffee and cakes provided by Olive, Pamela and Zoe.

Tuesday 27 May, Chelsea was back practising on 50m. This excises was testing her positions and control, each shot fi red was recorded, 10 shots per ring. Ring 1, 91/100; ring 2, 87/100; ring 3, 95/100; ring 4, 95/100. This proved to be a very rewarding training session.In the evening at the club 12 members were in practicing in readiness for the next com-petition. Deirdre Maggott shot 179.2, Patrick Young 198.12, Kayleigh Harris 186.5, Jodie Andrews 196.10 (he also shot 100.5), Mado-lyn Andrews 198.14, Otto Engel 177.2, Lyn Buckley 175.2, Colin Knipe 96.2, Chay Plato 178.3, Richard Wallis 192.10 and Pat Henry 95.3. Thanks to everyone for their support and continue to shoot and enjoy yourselves.

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Saturday 24 May 2014Raiders 3 Axis 0

Bellboys 2 Crystal Rangers 1D ReynoldsYPOM: Rico Thomas

L Caswell, og. (D Stroud)MOM: Nico Benjamin

A Henry, G Phillips, M BenjaminMOM: Meshara Yon

Sunday 25 May 2014Fugees 0 Harts 2

Chop Shop Boys 1 Basil Read 5T Pooe, T Motlogelwa (2), D Lukhanyo, J MonyabeMOM: Thomas Motlogelwa

R Williams

S Stroud, K HudsonMOM: Dion Maggott

FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 31 May 2014

Rovers Wirebirds

P W L D GF GA GD PtsBasil Read 3 3 0 0 14 3 11 9Rovers 2 2 0 0 8 0 8 6Harts 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 6Bellboys 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4Raiders 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4Wirebirds 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 2Fugees 3 0 2 1 3 8 5 1Chop Shop 3 0 2 1 4 13 9 1Axis 2 0 2 0 1 7 6 0C Rangers 2 0 2 0 2 8 6 0

Player Team TotalDoni Lukhanyo Basil Read 6Ross O'Dean Rovers 5Kevin Hudson Harts 3Leroy Caswell Bellboys 3Shane Stroud Harts 3Tshepo Tlhabakwe Basil Read 3Alonzo Henry Raiders 2Dean Moyce Fugees 2Thomas Basil Read 2Aaron Thomas Rovers 1Andrew Osborne Chop Shop 1Clayton Benjamin Rovers 1Clayton Thomas Fugees 1Darren Reynolds C Rangers 1Gary Benjamin Rovers 1Greg Coleman Wirebirds 1Greg Phillips Raiders 1Jamie Thomas Wirebirds 1Jeffrey Basil Read 1Juan Joshua Axis 1Kyle Shoesmith Bellboys 1

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLE

FOOTBALL HOT SHOTS

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

1.30pmBasil Read Fugees3.30pm

Sunday 1 June 2014Crystal Rangers Harts1.30pmBellboys Axis3.30pm

FOOTBALL RESULTS

VOLLEYBALL DISTRICT RESULTSRound 2 – Sunday 25th MayJamestown One 2 - 0 Jamestown Two (25-11) (25-21) LOM: Penny Bowers JT One

Half Tree Hollow 2 - 1 St Pauls(18-25) (25-13) (18-16)LOM: Kim Francis of Half Tree Hollow

VOLLEYBALL DISTRICT FIXTURESRound 3 – Sunday 1st June2pm, Half Tree Hollow vs Jamestown One2.30pm, Jamestown Two vs St PaulsOrganiser: Jamestown Two

outstretched right hand.Chop Shop’s second substitution next, Cruyff Buckley on for the injured Leroy Fowler.Chop Shop’s Ricardo Williams then thumped a half volley from all of 24 yards with the out-side of the right boot, beating the keeper to his right to make it 3-1. This was one of the few times the Basil Read keeper was really tested in the game. The momentum though stayed with the airport contractors, and goal number four for Basil Read scored by Monyabe wasn’t a surprise, despite the unfortunate circum-stances that resulted in the injured Hayes hav-ing to be carried off. Score now 4-1 to Basil Read.The seven minute stoppage following Hayes’ injury then brought two more Chop Shop sub-stitutions: First Andrew Osborne made way for Declan Clifford and then, later, Leroy March came on to replace Hayes in goal. It took six minutes of play before the linesman brought the error to the attention of the referee and Clifford (the third sub) was then asked to leave the fi eld. The incident, embarrassing as it was, highlights a draw-back of linesmen be-ing changed at half time. Having three offi cials who all view the game in its entirety would help minimise such an error. On Sunday it was a substitution which didn’t infl uence the result, but next time it could be a yellow card that’s missed with game-changing consequences. Ironically, it was the linesman in this case who spotted the error, but only because he had been watching from the sidelines during the fi rst half. Something for the SHFA to consider.The clock showed 94 minutes when Motlogel-wa broke through the Chop Shop defence once more and a cool fi nish gave the fi nal score of 5-1 to Basil Read.

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Chop Shop’s Ricardo Williams (left) and Thapelo Pooe, both on the score sheet on Sunday

Harrison Kani commanded midfi eld for Basil Read

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Monyabe and talisman Doni Lukanyo eased the African side to nine points in three games. Ricardo Williams pulled one back for Chop Shop.Chop Shop’s keeper, Shavone Hayes, was hobbling from the 18th min-ute having aggravated an old “Achilles injury.” The decision to soldier on proved to be a mistake when he literally collapsed in the 70th minute moving to collect a tame effort, which subsequently trickled into an unguarded net.For 26 minutes Chop Shop had managed to hold on, counter attacking with some promise against Basil Read’s more measured, passing approach. Ri-cardo Williams surged into the box in the fi rst two minutes and knocked a delicious square ball right across the goal line, but there was no teammate on hand to apply the fi nish.The dreadlocked midfi eld pairing of Motlogelwa and Harrison Kani were calling the tune for Basil Read. Their movement and fi nesse of touch was easy on the eye for those on the sidelines.As the half wore on Basil Read began to create the better chances; their defender (no.2 jersey) was striding through from defence and declared his team’s intent with two early sighters. On 20 mins, through one-on-one he was thwarted by a good save from Hayes. Then three mins later, a powerful drive from distance which fl ew straight into the keeper’s midriff.The opening goal came on 26 mins, Thapelo Pooe fi ring in a low drive from outside the box after a period of sustained pressure from Basil Read.Chop Shop responded immediately with their fi rst (of four) substitutions. Off went Jamie Ellick, on came Dave Bagley. A great chance to equalise went begging mins later when midfi elder Leroy Fowler fl icked a header on from a corner, which once again ran right across the goal line, but no striker to meet it.On 45 mins the impressive Motlogelwa in Basil Read’s midfi eld beat the offside trap, kept his composure and stabbed a low fi nish past the advancing keeper to make it 2-0. Referee Peter Young was forced to delay the start of the second half, waiting on a linesman. Five mins later the score was 3-0. Lukanyo controlled the ball well with his chest in a crowded penalty box, turned and shot in one motion, driving the ball low past the keeper’s continued inside

Chop Shop Boys 1 - 5 Basil ReadSun 25 May 2014 - Match Report

Darrin Henry, SAMS

Basil Read went top of the league on Sunday with another demonstration of impressive passing foot-ball, beating Chop Shop Boys 5-1, despite the ‘Boys’ fi elding four substitutes.Two goals from ‘man of the match’ Thomas Mot-logelwa, and one each from Thapelo Pooe, Jeffrey

NEW BOYS CHOPPED TO BITSChop Shop’s 11 + 4 Subs Easily Beaten By Basil Read

Basil Read’s Doni Lukanyo (left) and Chop Shop’s Julian Henry

Man of the Match, Basil Read’s Thomas Motlogelwa scored twice on Sunday