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1 PAGE 2, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 CARL BETHEL MINISTER of Educaion Cal Behel efued epo claiming hi miniy appeaed o have "lo ack" of eveal Depamen of Educaion employee unde inveigaion in connecion wih claim of exual miconduc wih uden. The claim appeaed in he lead oy of The Naau Guadian on Monday unde he headline School Sex Claim Uncoveed. While explaining ha he had no een he aicle in queion, M Behel aid i eemed o efe o "old infomaion which no longe eflec he cuen iuaion. The aicle aed ha he Miniy of Educaion eemed o have lo ack of eveal of LOCAL NEWS Repo ha miniy ha lo ack of inveigaed employee ae efued he nealy 20 public chool employee who have been inediced, eaigned, fied, o foced o eign due o allegaion of exual miconduc owad uden. The aicle aid "in a lea hee mae, he miniy eemed o have no idea of he au of he cae of employee chaged wih ex cime". Bu M Behel aid fo an exended peiod of ime, he Miniy of Educaion ha been collecing infomaion o updae file on all employee accued of exual impopiey wih uden. "I do know ha fo he la eveal monh we have engaged in a poce of deemining he iuaion of all ouanding mae o hey can be deal wih accoding o due poce, he minie aid. He added ha hi miniy ha o ely on eveal independen agencie who have hei own chedule including he Aoney Geneal' Office, he police foce, he Public Sevice Commiion and he Depamen of Public Sevice in ode o collec hi infomaion. "We fo ou pa ae in he poce of doing eveyhing in ou powe o move hoe cae fowad," aid M Behel. "Due poce mean ha he mo ha can happen i ha hey ae (deained) and hey eceive a educion of hei alay pending a eoluion of he mae. Whee i ha been concluded by police ha hee i no abiliy o poecue he mae, hen he Depamen of Public Sevice' hand ae ied o he exen ha hey ae kep on and hey have o be paid". He added ha i i a vexing poblem o have "peon who emain on govenmen payoll when hee i no equiemen fo hei evice". Fo monh he miniy ha been a he cene of a fieom a numeou accuaion of uden exual abue a he hand of educaion employee, including eveal eache, have ufaced. La week he official a he US Embay aid hey believed The Naau Guadian exaggeaed he impoance of a aemen placed on i local webie, blowing a ouine noice ou of popoion. The Guadian led i Fiday ediion wih he headline: US Embay iue cime waning, bu accoding o a enio embay official, hi headline migh have given a mileading impeion. Jeff Dubel, Poliical Economic Public Diplomacy Chief, aid he embay i diappoined ha The Naau Guadian did no conac he Embay befoe pining he oy a much could have been explained. He aid he noice wa meely he poing of a ip o be on he lookou fo poible ciminal aciviy in ween New Povidence. AN AERIAL view of he Mud communiy in Abaco. FROM page one Habou aid Immigaion and Royal Bahama Defence Foce (RBDF) office caied culae, heaened childen wih gun and ued violence a hey deained a lea 165 Haiian of all age and epaaed hem fom hei familie a aound 4am on July 30. Souce in he Mud, home o houand of Haiian and Haiian Bahamian, old The Tibune how childen wee lef behind a hei paen wee deained and hen en o Haii, and Bahamian bon of Haiian paen wee foced o bid faewell o elaive and fiend, ome of whom had lived in he Bahama fo decade. Anxiey and a olemn mood ha ince aken hold of he communiy which can only hope fo bee eamen in fuue. A 30-yea-old Haiian man who moved o he Bahama 15 yea ago, and live in he Mud, aid office heaened childen a young a five a gunpoin and odeed hem o divulge hei paen wheeabou. They knocked down doo and commanded men and women o come ou of hei home wihou allowing hem o de befoe hey wee deained, he aid. And he man, who aked o emain anonymou, aid he know of a wo-yea-old child and an eigh-yea-old boy whoe paen wee en o Haii while hey emain in he cae of elaive o fiend in he Mud. He aid: Lile kid wee lef hee while hei paen wee en back home. Thee i boy, eigh o nine, who i aying wih a fiend of mine, and a lile baby, wo yea old, whoe paen wee aken duing he aid. They wee vey had hi ime. They bea people, hiing hem in he face o hey ae bleeding. They ook money, o if hey had $1,000 in hei pocke hey would maybe give hem $50 and keep he e. If hey found food o dink in hei home hey ook i. They ook eveyhing. Thee wa one man who came ou in hi boxe ho and hey didn le him ake anyhing, hey ju ook him like ha. Haiian Bahamian, bon in he Bahama o Haiian paen, ae angy abou he way hei paen, elaive and fiend wee eaed in he aid a Sand Bank, nea Teaue Cay, and he Mud and Pigeon Pea in Mah Habou. They wee among he cowd which wamed he Immigaion Depamen, aco he ee fom he Mud, o ake food and documen o hoe who wee abou o be en back o Haii on he moning afe he aid, while employe lined up o peen wok pemi o Immigaion auhoiie. The Tibune ouce, who wa aken o Naau fom Pode-Paix, noh we Haii, a ju 15, aid he ha held en wok pemi ince moving o he Bahama. Bu in ode o obain a new wok pemi he would need o eun o Haii o obain a doco ceificae and police ceificae fo he Immigaion David Ralph/The Abaconian Haiian-Bahamian Depamen. He aid: People who have hei Bahamian papo o wok pemi feel hey can leep a nigh, bu ohewie you ae alway glancing ove you houlde o ee wha going on. The aid ae becoming moe fequen, and moe violen. I don like how hey ea he people, he way hey beak down you doo - hey don even wai fo you o anwe. I don feel good hee. An Abaco employe who poke o The Tibune on he condiion of anonymiy, ciicied he applicaion poce fo Haiian migan he wan o hie. The employe ubmied a wok pemi applicaion fo a 35-yea-old man who euned o Haii in Apil, and i ill waiing fo hi medical and police ecod o be appoved by he Immigaion Depamen o he can eun o Mah Habou and a wok. He aid: Evey ime hey wich job hey have o go back o Haii, bu hey only need o fulfill he ame cieia hey needed fo he peviou wok pemi. The govenmen need o have a clea guideline ha ell you how eligible (an applican) may be, aking ino conideaion whehe hey have had a wok pemi befoe o no. I idiculou ha we ae doing he igh hing by applying fo he pemi fo hi guy, and he i down hee aving. Dieco of Immigaion Jack Thompon aid he Depamen i looking ino way of peeding up he applicaion poce, bu mu alo enue applican ae in good healh and ae no a hea o communiy afey befoe hey allow hem o live and wok in he Bahama. He aid he aid alway povoke eacion and while hey ae appeciaed by ome, hey ae condemned by ohe. M Thompon mainain he aid wa caied ou popely and he allegaion of office wielding culae i abud. He added: Childen hould no be lef behind and if ha happened I don know how i happened. I know hee i a degee of ange, pain and digu ou hee, bu ha hould no happen. Tha again eveyhing we and fo. When we go in we deal wih he whole family and wok wih hem a a goup. I make no ene o ake he mohe and fahe and leave a child, I don know wha happened bu he people involved hould ep fowad.

2 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, PAGE 3 Inveigao ae ying o deemine he caue of blaze POLICE ae ill ying o deemine he caue of a blaze which conumed a iny apamen and killed he diabled 10-yea-old boy apped inide. "A hi ime ou inveigaion ae ill in he peliminay age and we canno ay wha caued i," aid dieco of Fie Sevice Supeinenden Jeffey Deleveaux. He added ha inveigao wee ill ineviewing peon who wee in he i-plex when he fie aed in an effo o glean moe infomaion. When aked if police wee eaing he cae a a poible aon o an acciden, M Deleveaux aid i wa oo ealy o ay. "We eally don' know ha a hi ime," he aid. The fie oe hough he middle uni of a i-plex in Colony Village a aound 9am Sunday moning. Wheel-chai bound Jemaine Mackey wa leeping in a bedoom while hi mohe' boyfiend lep on a ofa and hi fouyea-old bohe wached TV in he living oom. Rodney Minni, 37, aid he nodded off fo wha eemed like a few minue and wa awoken by hi on' ceam of "Daddy! Fie!" He aid when he awoke he apamen wa filled wih hick moke and hooing flame. Hi fi ininc wa o ecue he younge boy, he aid. When he euned o he apamen he aid he head Jemaine' ceam fo help bu added ha he ho flame baed him and a neighbou fom gaining acce o he bedoom. Jemaine, who could no move on hi own, wa aid o be bun beyond ecogniion. Hi diaugh mohe Anaacia Hepbun aid he lef Jemaine home in he cae of he boyfiend while he dahed o he food oe "fo a few hing" a aound 8.30 am. The diplaced family, who lo all hei belonging in he fie, old The Tibune hey would be aying wih elaive fo he ime being. By DENISE MAYCOCK Tibune Feepo Repoe dmaycock@ibunemedia.ne FREEPORT Police ae inveigaing an amed obbey ha occued a he Boulevad Sevice Saion on Sunday evening. A Sup Loea Mackey aid police eceived a epo of an amed obbey a abou 10.44pm. An employee conaced he Man ge 30 yea in pion fo aemping o kill police office A MAN yeeday eceived a 30-yea pion enence fo he aemped mude of a police office la yea. Feon Scavella, alia Kevin Woodide, wa conviced la monh of he aemped mude of Conable 2844 Nahaniel Lloyd, who along wih Conable 1895 Leoy Rolle, wa eponding o a buglay complain off Bello Road la Augu when he inciden FOLLOWING he demoliion of Canaan Bapi Chuch by Aawak Home and he euling upoa la week, he Bahama Chiian Council called on all eligiou leade o enue ha hey have pope ile when buying land. The Bahama Chiian Council (BCC) gieve ove he lo of he building peviouly occupied by he congegaion of Canaan Bapi Chuch and we call upon he Chiian communiy o pay fo he pao and in paicula he membe of he chuch and by all mean o lend uppo o he CBC family. The BCC accep ha he cou ae he highe civil auhoiy in he couny and ha deciion of he cou, having head all ide, mu be epeced. Such epec fo he law i a fundamenal bai fo good ode and a civil ociey, he aemen ead. While he Chiian Council aid i accep hi fac, i alo expeed adne ha Aawak Home and Canaan Bapi Chuch could no come ogehe and eolve he mae by mean ohe han he deucion of he chuch. Evey poible effo mu be made o avoid any eoccuence of hi mo unfounae even. In hi egad he police conol oom o epo ha he eablihmen wa being obbed by a lone gunman. Accoding o epo, he culpi, amed wih a chome handgun, jumped ove he coune and ole an undeemined amoun of money befoe fleeing he cene on foo. The gunman wa weaing a cloh-like mak coveing hi face, accoding o eyewinee. occued. Scavella had been placed unde ae and handcuffed, bu wa able o fee one of hi hand. He go a hold of he conable evice weapon and ho M Lloyd in hi igh leg and face. Conable Rolle wa alo ho a when he wen o ai hi pane. La monh, Scavella wa alo conviced on buglay and fieam poeion chage. BCC call upon all pao and congegaion o enue ha in he puchae of any land hey ake all equiable and eaonable ep o enue ha hey ecue pope ile, obey he law of he couny; and ha no pao o congegaion i in beach of any ode fom any cou. Police pobe amed obbey He i decibed a being abou ix fee all and of lim buil. The upec wa weaing a dak hooded jacke, ho blue jean oue, and blue enni hoe a he ime of he obbey. M Mackey aid office of he Cenal Deecive Uni ae coninuing hei inveigaion ino he mae. Anyone wih infomaion ha can ai police wih hei inveigaion i aked o call /8, /5 o 911. LOCAL NEWS Senio Juice Jon Iaac enenced Scavella o 30 yea impionmen on he aemped mude chage, 20 yea on he buglay chage, five yea on wo coun of fieam poeion and ix monh impionmen fo eiing ae. The enence ae o ake effec a of Augu 25 and ae o un concuenly. Eucal Bonaby appeaed fo he poecuion. Chiian Council call on eligiou leade o enue hey have pope ile when buying land FRANKLYN WILSON Wilchcombe ay he ha eaned oppouniy o un fo depuy PLP leade Similaly we call upon all land owne o how maximum eain and Chiian gace and bohely love in he execie of hei legal igh. The BCC make due noe of ecuing allegaion ha he law of he Bahama in epec of land ae open o manipulaion and abue by dihone, faudulen and mendaciou lawye and ha uch abue ae aking place ofen a uch conideable advee financial conequence o individual wihou he mean o poec hei legiimae igh, he aemen aid. Aawak Home CEO Fanklyn Wilon aid he wa pleaed he Chiian Council and fome BCC peiden Simeon Hall expeed view which ae vey much in confomiy wih hi hinking on he mae. And ou paye i ha hei voice will be head no only by pao and congegaion bu alo individual who ae occupying land which hey do no own. Ove he pa even yea, Aawak Home claim, i ha pen well ove $1 million o eablih i igh o he popey on which he Canaan Chuch had been buil. Afe he cou uled in he company favou, he chuch edifice wa demolihed a membe of he congegaion including pao looked on. SEE STREET TALK ON PAGE SIX By DENISE MAYCOCK Tibune Feepo Repoe dmaycock@ibunemedia.ne FREEPORT PLP MP Obie Wilchcombe ay he ha eaned he oppouniy o un fo he po of depuy leade of he pay a ace he ha been pepaing fo ince he deah of Si Lynden Pindling. M Wilchcombe paid ibune o Si Lynden by officially launching hi candidacy on he anniveay of he buial of he fome pay leade and pime minie. I announced my candidacy o he media on he day he died, and oday (Sepembe 4) wa a day he wa buied, and I waned o pay ibue o him becaue I owe him o much. He old me ha one day I would be doing hi, and I am ju happy o be a hi age igh now, he aid. M Wilchcombe launched hi campaign in yle in he gand ball oom of he Ou Lucaya Reo. Phoo eamed on wo gian pojeco ceen howcaing a poliical caee which pan moe han a decade. M Wilchcombe alo acknowledged hi mohe, whom he decibed a hi onge uppoe. He aid he wa vey pleaed abou he uppo he WILCHCOMBE ha been hown by o many people boh he young and old. Ando MP Picewell Fobe and Melia Sea of Gand Bahama, who epeen he younge geneaion of PLP, have hown hei uppo behind M Wilchcombe. I feel vey good and I believe i i a good a becaue when you look aound, you ee he delegae ou, and ha wha i wa inended o do. We have abou 170 alwa councillo and I hink a lage majoiy wa hee onigh. Gand Bahama will ake abou 400 delegae o New Povidence and o I hope we can ge hei uppo, aid M Wilchcombe. The MP fo We End and Bimini expec o avel o Bimini and Abaco o gane uppo fo hi candidacy. I have he expeience, and I have eaned he oppouniy o un fo depuy leade of he pay, aid M Wilchcombe. I am no only eeking o hold a poiion. I waned people o know ha I am no eeking powe; I am eeking o empowe he Bahamian people. I waned o hae my hough and idea, and I waned o make ue hey knew ha hi poce aed a long ime ago and ha we ae able o now bing i o hi poin, he aid. The queion i whee he PLP go fom hee. We have a ong foundaion and we have young people who ae eady o lead and who have he expeience. I happen o be he la man who ood a Si Lynden fee and alo he new man of he new geneaion. I hink ha I have been pepaed fo hi. I hink hi i my eaon, he aid.

3 PAGE 4, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 EDITORIAL/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Tibune Limied NULLIUS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI Being Bound o Swea o The Dogma of No Mae LEON E. H. DUPUCH, Publihe/Edio SIR ETIENNE DUPUCH, K., O.B.E., K.M., K.C.S.G., (Hon.) LL.D., D.Li. Publihe/Edio Conibuing Edio EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. Publihe/Edio Publihed Daily Monday o Sauday Shiley See, P.O. Box N-3207, Naau, Bahama Inuance Managemen Building., P.O. F-485, Feepo, Gand Bahama TELEPHONES Swichboad (New, Ciculaion and Adveiing) Adveiing Manage - (242) Ciculaion Depamen - (242) Naau Fax: - (242) Feepo, Gand Bahama: 1-(242) Feepo fax: (242) WEBSITE updaed daily a 2pm Poliical lying changing he yem LEAVING CHURCH Sauday evening a genleman fom Feepo, who we had no een fo ome ime, emaked a how upe and digued he wa wih he conan bickeing of local poliician in he mid of a collaping couny. We old him we had ju compleed an aicle on he ame ubjec fo hi column on Monday. Hee in he Bahama mo of ou poliician have lo all cedibiliy hey have yammeed oo long and fooled he people even longe. While Peiden Obama in hi peech o he naion choolchilden la week encouaged hem o be eponible, ay in chool, and wok had fo a good educaion, he PLP in he ealy day of i fi adminiaion ook gea deligh in celebaing ignoance a he Univeiy of Wulff Road. I wa ofen aid ha Papa Doc Duvalie of Haii believed he only way o ule wa o keep em ignoan. I wa alo claimed a he ime ha on a vii o Haii Papa Doc ecommended hi policy o he lae pime minie Si Lynden Pindling. Knowing he uneliabiliy of poliical popaganda, we neve knew if uch advice wa eve given o we canno vouch fo i accuacy. Suffice i o ay ha fom poliical plafom PLP uppoe wee encouaged o ceae hinking fo hemelve and o pu hei fuue compleely in he hand of he Chief. We ae accuomed o poliical lying in he Bahama, bu in he Unied Sae ecenly i ha been eched o incedible exeme. We ill have no ecoveed fom he hock a he lie ha uppoedly eponible legilao pead o encouage Ameican o cloe hei ea o a peidenial peech ha advocaed eponibiliy and had wok. And wha i even moe aounding i ha many chool efued o le hei uden hea he peech and ome paen kep hei childen a home o make ceain ha hey couldn hea i. Wihou knowing wha Peiden Obama inended o alk abou, Floida Republican chaiman Jim Gee wa appalled ha axpaye dolla wee being pen o pead he Peiden ociali ideology. Gee claimed wihou a hed of juificaion ha choolchilden would be foced o wach he Peiden juify hi plan fo govenmen-un healh cae, bank and auomobile companie, inceaing axe on hoe who ceae job, and aking up moe deb han any ohe Peiden. Gee found uch a peidenial ploy no only infuiaing, bu (i) goe again belief of he majoiy of Ameican paen hough an invaive abue of powe. No one wod of wha Gee aid wa ue. Nowhee in hi peech did he Peiden efe o any ubjec ha Gee aid he would alk abou. To have uch people in eponible poiion in he Ameican poliical yem i cay and even moe cay when i i claimed ha Gee i een a one of he moe enible, maineam Republican. Peiden Obama peech o uden wa he fi by a iing peiden ince Peiden Geoge Buh poke o he naion childen in 1991 and Peiden Ronald Reagan alked poliic o hem in I mu be noed ha boh hee peiden wee Republican. Peiden Obama i a Democa. Much of oday noie i coming fom he conevaive Republican camp. Bu a hou of You lie! fom a Souh Caolina congeman challenging a peiden duing a peech o Conge wa oo much. You lie dieced a hei head of ae ang ou in he ea of many Ameican. The eacion wa inan. Rep Joe Wilon mu have been haken o lean ha hi 2010 Democaic opponen wa benefiing fom hi ca indiceion. Rob Mille, an Iaq wa veean who wa beaen by Wilon in 2008, i planning a come back. In July hi campaign fund wee epoed a ju unde $50,000 o Wilon $211,000. A a eul of Wilon oubu 5,000 individual gaoo conibuion have bough Rob Mille campaign fund o moe han $200,000. Look a hough Wilon big mouh and diepec of he peidenial office could co him hi elecion. Thi oppoiion and dihone oppoiion a ha ju fo he ake of oppoiion will oon come back o haun he Republican pay. Thee i nohing wong wih hone oppoiion, i neceay, in poliic i healhy. Howeve, unle he oppoiion maen up and how moe eponibiliy i will oon exhau he paience of a fai-minded people and become ielevan. A doco aie concen abou BEC popoed powe plan EDITOR, The Tibune. I am a phyician who ha pacied medicine in Mah Habou fo weny-five yea. I wih o add my voice o hoe expeing concen egading he popoed BEC powe plan a he Wilon Ciy ie. I i my undeanding ha BEC plan o ue a Bunke C (No 6 Fuel Oil) fied geneao. I have concen egading he ue of hi fuel, he popoed ie of he geneao, and commimen o ue of foil fuel ino he foeeeable fuue. A a medical doco, I woy abou he effec of buning hi fuel in egad o he healh of hi communiy. While i hae chaaceiic wih ohe hydocabon fuel, Bunke C conain high level of hydogen ulphide, which i exemely oxic. The Unied Sae Naional Iniue fo Occupaional Safey and Healh (NIOSH) ae TWA (Time Weighed Aveage, o expoue fo woke ove an eigh hou hif) a oxic a only 10ppm, and IDLH (Immediaely Dangeou o Life and Healh) a 100ppm. Bunke C alo conain oxic heavy meal, including vanadium, cadmium, lead, and nickel, polycyclic aomaic hydocabon (PAH) and ohe componen, ha have been idenified a upeced cacinogen in animal. Repeaed o polonged expoue may be dangeou fo BEC woke and he populaion a lage, due o i cacinogenic effec. Few cienific EDITOR, The Tibune. Fo he edificaion of Chiian Council peiden Paick LETTERS lee@ibunemedia.ne udie have inveigaed hi fuel and i effec on mammal. Howeve, one uch udy ugge deimenal immune yem effec on human, maine mammal, and ohe ea life. I ecognie he need and plan fo mokeack cubbe. Howeve, hi echnology i ubjec o pepeual mainenance, and will no be effecive wihou aenion o coninuing evicing of hi equipmen. The diibuion of emiion i ubjec o he vagaie of wind and weahe depie he popoed heigh of he mokeack. Howeve, pehap a moe immediae concen i he locaion of he new powe plan. The Wilon Ciy ie equie a docking aion fo anfe of fuel fom anke o a pipeline o he ie. I have been founae o own a mall coage on Lynyad Cay, which i ju ea of he popoed ie, fo 32 yea. I have exploed he ceek ouh of Snake Cay o Wilon Ciy and he Bigh of Old Robinon exenively. I ecognie he incedible unpoiled beauy and diveiy of he ceek, mangove, and Blue Hole, ha exi in few ohe place in he wold. I alo ealie he impoance of hi aea a a nuey o he eef and Sea of Abaco, which in un, i eenial o Paul, he Webe dicionay define ape a follow: The cime of having exual inecoue wih a woman o gil focibly and wihou he conen. Thee ae no excluion. I m no ue wha age Rev Paul i living in, bu omeone hould emind him i We live in a democacy, no in fihing and ouim. I have een he popoed ie of he docking aion expoed o diec ocean well fo much of he yea, which undoubedly will make anfe of fuel pecaiou and ubjec o oil pill, depie he be of pecauion. Such a pill will be devaaing o he ea life, and ubequenly, o he beauy and economic well-being of ou communiy. In addiion, he placemen of he docking ie, plan and he neceay oweing mokeack, will be eadily viible fom he ouh Abaco Sea, which i exenively avelled by local and oui, and will deoy he aeheic of he aea. Finally, he co and magniude of hi pojec ugge commimen o hi oil-fied powe poducion fo he foeeeable fuue. In hi ime of economic low down, concen fo he envionmen, apid developmen of alenaive enegy, and he unpedicable co and upply of peoleum poduc, hi plan eem egeive and unuainable. I call fo immediae ceaion of conucion of hi plan, delibeaion and examinaion of he concen of he ciizen of Abaco, and conideaion of alenaive locaion and ouce of powe poducion. FRANK BOYCE MD Mah Habou, Abaco, Sepembe 2, Headline bing fale hope EDITOR, The Tibune. You headline Sauday, Augu 29, ye again bing fale hope and a ene of unealiic hinking a he fac peak fo hemelve. Look a he Head of Ageemen one Hube A Ingaham igned back in 1994 wih Kezne Inenaional and you will ee ha Kezne wa obligaed o bing even like Mi Univee o Paadie Iland well folk i ook even Kezne 15 yea o comply wih ha equiemen of hi Head of Ageemen. You ee even like Mi Univee only have a poeivene when he make i down a fo even you have o dicoun eveyhing. M Field menion ha 98 p cen of he icke wee old ineeing o find ou how much of ha 98 pe cen wee Bahamian and how much wee foeign viio? A eo doe no puh even when buine i good ha i why Alani ha no had many majo even beween 1994 and 2009 of coue a he beginning I ecall he much loved poweboa even, bu haven head oo much moe a buine wa good beween hoe yea. We have o hank M Obama fo hi policy of diallowing US baed copoaion wih ubanial execuive incenive pogamme fo killing he well negoiaed conceion we go fom he US when we igned he Tax Infomaion Exchange Ageemen and why Kezne buil hi lage Convenion faciliy bu M Obama ha opedoed ha o he boom of he ongue of he ocean off Ando. Lage meeing planning and eeving i a pio o wo-yea buine o wha you can book in 2009 you will no ee unil 2011 wha do we do in he meanime? You headline bing fale hope. W THOMPSON Naau, Augu 29,2009. Could you imagine Jeu aying i OK o ape you wife? Afghanian. In ou ociey, women ae fee and civilized men do no foce hem o ubmi again hei will. Could you imagine Jeu aying i ok o ape you wife? ATHENA DAMIANOS Naau, Sepembe 10, 2009

4 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, PAGE 7 PERRY CHRISTIE Avenue, Coconu Gove, la Wedneday. I i alleged ha Rolle obbed M Goodman of $200, he popey of Beha Go-Go Rib. M Goodman, 44, a eiden of Pinewood Gaden and an employee of he popula akeou eauan, wa gunned down holy befoe midnigh la Wedneday. Accoding o iniial police epo, he wa appoached by eveal people ju befoe gunho wee head. Rolle i alo chaged wih he aemped mude of Alexande Dean and he aemped amed obbey of Dean Building Supply iuaed on Pakgae Road. M Dean, 23, wa ho in he abdomen and back afe a gunman and hi accomplice eneed he hadwae oe and demanded cah aound 3pm la Sauday. invaiably find hem digging up oad wihou pemiion, and i can be a imple a ha o a complicaed a he conucion of a chool. Bu when i done by a pivae peon ha no he cae. The pojec will now op unil he pemi ae in place. The $105 million pojec ha ied conovey in he Abaco communiy and nealy 1,000 Abaco eiden concened abou he developmen aended a public meeing wih govenmen minie and BEC execuive a New Viion Miniie in Mah Habou on Thuday. Many ae oppoed o he plan a hey fea he ue of heavy oil fuel Bunke C (HFO) could pemanenly damage he uounding envionmen nea he Bigh of Old Robinon and Pelican Cay Land and Sea Pak. Bu ohe fed-up wih fequen powe cu aco he Abaco expeed hei uppo fo he developmen. Minie of Sae fo he Envionmen wih eponibiliy fo uiliie Phenon Neymou, Minie of he Envionmen Eal Deveaux, BEC chaiman Fed Golieb and BEC geneal manage Kevin Badon dicued plan wih he public, and eiden wee invied o ak queion. Aoney Fed Smih, epeening a goup of Abaco eiden, old he panel he would ake acion o op he developmen if he coec pemi have no been appoved by local and cenal govenmen. M Deveaux aid: Following FROM page one unde he peudonym Pey Leade - which pundi explain wa deigned o make M Chiie appea a a elf-eving naciiic individual. In fac, pay chaiman Gleny Hanna-Main ouigh denounced he and called on hoe peon who wih o un fo office in he pay o do o in a maue and hone fahion. Tha did no eminae fom he official pay ucue, no would he pay he meeing we aked BEC o confim whehe all he pemi equied wee in place, and if hey ae no in place, o hal he wok in ode o be in full compliance wih he law. Plan fo he 48 megawa powe plan, hee mile pipeline, conaine po and oad mu be appoved by vaiou govenmen depamen including he Miniy of Wok, Depamen of Envionmenal Healh and Town Planning befoe conucion can coninue. Pemi fo he foundaion and floo plan of he building ie wee eviewed by local govenmen in Souh Abaco yeeday. Souh Abaco adminiao Benjamin Pinde aid he plan had aleady been viewed by he Miniy of Wok and Miniy of he Envionmen, and would be en on o Naau fo final appoval fom cenal govenmen befoe he wok, which ha aleady aed, can be coninued. An applicaion fo he dock ie ha aleady been eviewed engage in hi o of elf deucive denouncemen ha ae conained in ha a i elae o ou pay, he chaiman old The Tibune yeeday. Cuenly, he aid, he pay i conducing an inenal inveigaion ino he mae, and will ake all he neceay ep ha ae equied. The uh i, hoe peon who wih o expe hemelve ough no o hide behind addee. They mu do wha I i alo alleged ha Rolle obbed he Equie Liquo Soe of $1,275, Adieco Enepie of $1,175, a John Chea oe of $2,000, Supe Wah of $346, Subway eauan on Baillou Hill Road of $550 and Healhy Living Phamacy of $250. Rolle who wa aaigned befoe Chief Magiae Roge Gomez in Cou One, Bank Lane, yeeday wa no equied o ene a plea o he chage. Rolle accued he police of lying, aying hey had chaged him wih offence he knew nohing abou. He alo complained of a boken ib and leg. Chief Magiae Gomez odeed ha Rolle be aken o ee a doco. Rolle wa emanded o He Majey Pion and i expeced o appea in Cou 5, Bank Lane, oday fo a fixue heaing. by local govenmen and en on o cenal govenmen in Naau fo appoval, M Pinde aid. The Minie of he Envionmen aid: Following he meeing we can ge foundaion and floo plan appoval, which will bing BEC in compliance fo wha hey ae doing o hey can coninue ha wok while enginee complee dawing fo ohe hing. All he documen ae in place and when hey have filled in he pecibed fom i will be expedied. Govenmen mu be aified he powe plan will have pope dipoal uni and he capaciy o conain an oil pill if i occu, M Deveaux added. BEC made he deciion o build a new powe plan in Abaco ove wo yea ago owing o he inadequacy of he 30-yeaold 27 megawa faciliy in Mah Habou. Howeve eiden aid hey wee no awae he plan wa going o go up in Wilon Ciy unil conucion began. Local oganiaion Fiend of he Envionmen equeed a public meeing o give eiden he RUSSELL S WAREHOUSE CLOSING SALE 20 x30 Ten $2,500.00, 5 Ton Spli A/C Uni $1,500, 15kw dieel Geneao, A. Fixue and Fiing, Rive Rie Shelving, Gondola, Gla Shelve, 2 & 4 Am Diplay Rack, Gidwall, Slawall, Sloed Sandad, and Hadwae. Men Coveall $5.00, S/S & L/S Whie Shi $1-$5, Blank CD $0.50, Men Jean z , $15, Blank ID Cad bx of 500 $45.00, 16 Sand Fan $20.00, And moe Locaion: Madeia Shopping Cene Behind Myical Gym - Enance o Aquina - Fi lef-fi ai on lef. Hou: Tueday - Thuday 9:00am. o 5:00pm Conac: LOCAL NEWS Fake fea fo PLP leade hey wan o do, bu ou focu i on he convenion and o look a he plafom and bing ou oop ogehe and enghen ou eolve o become he nex govenmen of he Bahama. And depie he numeou diacion ha manife hemelve in he media, including ha , i doe no diac u fom ou pupoe which i o go ino he convenion and pepae ouelve fo he nex elecion, he aid. FROM page one Man chaged 25 yea enence FROM page one Powe plan FROM page one a Khodee wih a knife, abbing him in he che. The wound poved o be faal. Fanci aoney, Michael Hanna, old he cou hi clien will have o live wih he buden of guil and he wa deeply emoeful and epenan. M Hanna aked Senio Juice Jon Iaac o have mecy on Fanci. I didn mean fo hi o happen and I am uly oy hi eve happened, Fanci old he cou. Juice Iaac noed hee wa a ivaly beween young men in he Sep See communiy and hoe on Fox Hill Road. He alo aid ha Fanci claim he had been acing in elf defence wa a vaiance wih he evidence of he cae. Juice Iaac enenced Fanci o 25 yea impionmen. The enence i o ake effec a of June 1, oppouniy o pu hei concen o govenmen and he even aaced an enomou unou. When BEC and govenmen execuive wee queioned abou whee funding fo he developmen wa coming fom hey aid he $105 million developmen i being paid fo wih local fund. Howeve hey did no povide any fuhe deail abou whee he money came fom, in ligh of he fac ha BEC uffeed a ne lo of $16 million in M Golieb aid BEC made an $11 million pofi in New Povidence la yea and lo $27 million in he Family Iland, $8 million of which wee loe fom Abaco. A new powe plan i eenial fo Abaco, M Golieb aid. In Sauday and Monday Tibune, we epoed ha he co of he Wilon Ciy powe plan would be $150million. The coec figue hould have been $105million. We apologie fo any inconvenience caued. Well-known ecuiy office die uddenly FROM page one aea eiden convened behind yellow police ape a hey wached undeake place M Mo' body ino a waiing heae. Long-ime fiend and fome co-woke Gegoy Lloyd Smih aid he wa paing he aea and lowed down when he aw he cowd. He wa hocked o lean he fiend he had lo ouch wih wa dead. "I upied me when I paed and aw i wa him laying down hee," aid M Smih, who affecionally efeed o M Mo by he nickname John Claw. "He wa a good woke. He wa a nice peon and had a good aiude. He wa fiendly, omeone you could ak o do omehing fo you he didn' have no poblem wih i, he would mile and do i fo you," he added.

5 PAGE 8, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 Thee-mile fam oad fo Souh Ando LOCAL NEWS THE Bahama Agiculual and Induial Copoaion (BAIC) i ceaing acce o hunded of ace of pime agiculue land in Souh Ando. A hee-mile long oad fom Duncombe Coppice, ouide of Congo Town, ino he pine foe on ween Ando will open ha aea fo he fi ime in living memoy. BAIC i equeing ha govenmen anfe eveal hunded ace of Cown land, which in un will be ubdivided and leaed o Bahamian ineeed in food poducion - a pacice aleady undeway in Noh Ando and Abaco. We hope o make a big diffeence fo he people of Souh Ando, aid Edion Key, BAIC' execuive chaiman. Thi i ju he fi phae of hopefully ceaing an induy in food poducion in Souh Ando, he aid. Once he oad i compleed we will move ino high gea. Thi could open a new wold fo Souh Andoian a fa a food poducion i concened. A high-level delegaion including Souh Ando MP Picewell Fobe; BAIC geneal manage Benjamin Rahming; aian geneal manage of Agiculue Anold Doe; aian geneal manage of Handicaf Donnalee Bowe, and execuive eceay Lovelee McQueen accompanied M Key o Souh Ando la weekend o inpec he pojec. Fo M Fobe, he BAIC pojec came a vey good new. Adminiao Fancia Neely and chief councillo Zebedee Rolle ageed. Thi open he doo fo new oppouniie and allow fo he people of Souh Ando o engage in a highe qualiy of agiculue a i done in Noh Ando and Abaco, aid M Fobe. He enviioned he poibiliy of a new eidenial communiy being ceaed a a eul of va aea being opened. I am vey excied abou hi, he aid. I i a new day dawning in Souh Ando afe much alk. I am vey hopeful ha hi i going o happen hee. Souh Andoian, he aid, ae vey excied abou he pojec. They have been waiing fo i fo a long ime. Duing a well-aended communiy meeing, he new oad go enhuiaic uppo. M Key noed ha BAIC ha made emendou poge A THREE-MILE FARM ROAD i being conuced fo Souh Ando. Picued fom lef duing inpecion of he pojec la weekend ae opeao Gay Fanci; conaco Wayde Fobe; chief councilo Zebedee Rolle; Souh Ando MP Picewell Fobe; BAIC execuive chaiman Edion Key; aian geneal manage Anold Doe, and geneal manage Benjamin Rahming. woking wih fame in Noh Ando duing he la wo yea. He aid he waned o do he ame in he ouh He uged Souh Ando fame o fom an aociaion. BAIC i willing o povide echnical and financial aiance, he aid. Thee ae a lo of poibiliie once he people hee ae pepaed o wok, aid M Key, he Membe of Paliamen fo Souh Abaco. Red Co donae fi aid ki By LLONELLA GILBERT Gladone Thuon/BIS THE Bahama Red Co la week peened he nine Uban Renewal Cene in New Povidence wih 10 fi-aid ki. Cene manage, eam membe and ohe communiy membe alo eceived aining fom he Bahama Red Co in emegency cae. Kim Sawye, dieco geneal of he Bahama Red Co, made he peenaion o Ella Lewi, he coodinao of he Uban Renewal Pogamme in New Povidence, he day befoe Wold Fi Aid Day. Suden, adul and enio fequen ou nine cene daily and fom ime o ime hee ae emegencie, M Sawye aid. We wok hand-in-hand wih he Bahama Red Co and hee ki ae a vial pa of wha we will ue in he even hee i a need. A key componen of he wok of he Red Co i o ain peon o be pepaed fo diae. The Red Co alo demonaed emegency cae o paon in he Mall a Maahon on Sauday. Raymond A. Behel/BIS BAHAMAS RED CROSS peened he Uban Renewal Pogamme wih Fi Aid Ki on Fiday, Sepembe 11, 2009 a, Bahama Law Enfocemen Cedi Union, Collin Avenue. Making he peenaion wa Peiden, Kim Sawye, foe gound a igh (puple and black). Reponding on behalf of Uban Renewal i Co-Odanao, Ella Lewi foegound a lef. Alo picued fom lef ae Manage of Fox Hill Uban Renewal (UR) Poia Sand; Manage of Bain and Gan Town UR, Dianna Bullad; Manage of Pinewood UR, Shely Knowle; Mange of S. Cecelia UR, Robea Rolle; Deae Manage, Pamela Bown; Mange of F. Chaloe UR, Paicia Walke; and Faciliao of Pinewood UR, Diana Fobe. DHL JOB DESCRIPTION POSITION: JOB FAMILY: RCS CODE: REPORTS TO: LOCATION: Commecial Supevio Accouning L10005 Finance Manage Couny Finance Depamen o Clue Office The following individual ae aked o conac M. Anee Rahming ( ) o M. Shamaa Faquhaon ( ) a ColinaImpeial Inuance Ld: ALBERTHA MILLER Pinde Poin Feepo, GB ANITA L BURROWS Mahew Town, Inagua ANTONIA LESBOTT P. O. Box SS-5481 New Bigh Ca Iland BRENDA ADDERLEY CLAUDE LESBOTT P. O. Box SS-5481 New Bigh Ca Iland CYRIL WILLIAMS I Yellow Elde Gaden 2 CYRIL WILLIAMS II Yellow Elde Gaden 2 DWAYNE DORSETTE EDNA DEAN P. O. Box N-4912 IAN TRECO P. O. Box N-3693 JASON SAUNDERS Pince Chale Dive JENNIFER TRECO P. O. Box N-3693 KEVA FAWKES Mahew Town, Inagua KOVAN SMITH P. O. Box CB LEANDRA PINDER Mahew Town, Inagua MERVIN SMITH P. O. Box CB MIRIAM NAOMI INGRAHAM P. O. Box N-7905 NASHLAWN CURTIS NESHA JASMINE L CULMER P. 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6 TRIBUNE SPORTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, PAGE 9 RENALDO S RAMBLINGS SPORTS by RENALDO DORSETT Spo Repoe doe@ibunemedia.ne God wache movie. Wih week one of he 2009 NFL eaon in he book, hi ha eaily been he mo definiive oyline hu fa. In fac God like good movie o much he in he fi ac of wiing hi be pojec ince How ele would you explain wha i abou o happen in Philadelphia igh now? Thi cip ha undegone i hid meabai and ou a, he heo, uned villain, ha a chance o become a heo once moe. When Michael Vick wa eleaed fom pion on May 20h, we all (well we few Vick fan ouide of Philly) held a fain belief ha he would ge o play again...aing wa almo ou of he queion, we ju waned him o play. I eay o hae Vick becaue of all he wong he been accued of and chaged and again eay o acknowledge ha he whole odid affai wa wee hoendou. No aying I agee wih any of i, bu if you e on ha ide of he agumen, I can acknowledge how i eay o hae him. The boomline i, wha he did wa illegal, he eved hi ime, and now he ha he chance o move on. Fo he pupoe of he epic maepiece being woven ogehe by he All Mighy Auho, we have o do wo hing, ecognize Vick he heo (pe dog-fighing) and ha hee ae no infallible heoe anymoe. Michael Jodan pen hi Hall of Fame inducion peech bahing anyone he found faul wih duing he coue of hi caee, Hulk An epic maepiece woven by he All Mighy Auho Hogan joined he NWO a one poin, Ted Kennedy had Chappaquiddick, Kobe wa on ial fo ape, Jimmy McNuly wa oo elfih and undehanded o be apa of he Majo Cime uni, Allen Iveon became he poechild fo apahy when he hugged off going o pacice, even Han Solo wa iniially a elf ceneed bue wih no inee in helping he Rebel figh he Empie, Kanye We will neve be happy omeone ele won an awad...aboluely none of ou heoe ae infallible (Baack Obama, Bandon Roy, Bill Sackhoue and Michael Lee fom he The Wie ae ganed exempion). Pe dog fighing Michael Vick came fom humble beginning in he Ridley Cicle Home, a public houing pojec in Newpo New, Viginia, be decibed a a financially depeed and cime-idden neighbohood. Again he odd he ued fooball a a way ou of an advee iuaion and wowed NFL cou, coache, and ciic fo wo yea a Viginia Tech leading hem o an undefeaed egula eaon and Naional Championhip appeaance in hi ophomoe yea. Wih hi family wa ill living in hei hee bedoom apamen in he Ridley Cicle Home pojec, Vick lef chool ealy fo he NFL aed ha he wa going o buy hi mohe "a home and a ca." ESPN lae epoed ha Michael ued ome of hi AP Phoo/Joeph Kaczmaek EAGLES QUARTERBACK Michael Vick peak o uden a Nueva Epeanza Academy in Philadelphia on Tueday Sep. 8, 2009, making hi fi ani-dogfighing appeaance. NFL and endoemen eaning o buy hi mohe a band-new houe in an upcale ecion o Thee Po-Bowl, fou playoff appeaance, quaeback uhing ecod, Hi conac along wih hi endoemen had Vick anked 33 among Fobe' Top 100 Celebiie in He wa ou heo. Then i ained all ove ha paade, hee wa a monoon, followed by ma flooding all ove he Vick Paade. Vick pleaded guily o fedeal chage in he Bad Newz Kennel dog fighing inveigaion unde a plea ageemen which oulined gueome deail egading eamen of he dog, he NFL upended him indefiniely wihou pay. He lo i all, conviced of Felony conpiacy in ineae commece/aid of unlawful animal fighing venue and Felony dogfighing. He wa enenced o 23 monh in pion and hee yea pobaion following eleae. He became he villain. Releaed fom pion, and afe an abence fom a po fooball field fo abou wo yea, Vick igned a one yea conac wih he Philadelphia Eagle in Augu. Now he villain would have o play behind Donovan McNabb, a peennial Po Bowle, he face of he Eagle fanchie and one of he be quaeback of hi geneaion. The ime of he heo fom Viginia Tech, and he Alana Falcon wa ue o be ove. Then he All Mighy Auho hew anohe hich in he cip. and if you ve eve wached a po movie, you knew hi wa coming. A ue a Adian Peeon and Uain Bol ae look down upon he e of u a mee moal, I wa poiive McNabb wa going o ge injued a ome poin duing hi eaon Vick would ake he eign...you ju knew i. Week one oll aound and McNabb i foced o leave he game afe a eie of hi which lef him wih a facued ib, ionically doing wha Vick did be, cambling fo a ouchdown. Thee i ill no wod on how long McNabb will be idelined, bu Vick will be eligible fo a eun o he field in week hee, wih Kevin Kolb he only hing anding beween him and he pefec oy. Ou heo eun. Thi ha he making o be God be cip ince David Tyee caugh a ball again hi helme o lead he Gian o he bigge upe of ou geneaion in SupeBowl XLII If Vick, eun o he playmake we fondly emembe, lead he Eagle deep ino he playoff and make a legiimae un a he Supe- Bowl...hi film ha a chance o pawn an epic equel, maybe even a ilogy. Uually in hi pace I d delive ome wiy one line o bing i all full cicle, bu I wouldn wan o gue wha happen nex...hee ill oo much of hi oy lef o be old. (By he way we can all compleely diegad hi enie column if Kevin Kolb how fo 250 yad and hee ouchdown nex week again he Sain.) Chi Fieman Bown ebound fo $20,000 pue By BRENT STUBBS Senio Spo Repoe bubb@ibunemedia.ne ALL hing concened, Chi Fieman Bown aid i wa good o cloe ou hi long and guelling eaon a he unneup a he IAAF/VTB Bank Wold Ahleic Final in Thealoniki, Geece. On Sauday, Bown clocked econd o ail Ameican Olympic and Wold champion LaShawn Mei, who ook he one-lappe in Afe he Wold Championhip, I wa ju eady o come home, aid Bown, who wa conideed a bonze medalli, bu lipped all he way o fifh in Belin, Gemany, in Augu. Bu wih he uppo of my family, epecially my wife, I decided o hang in hee and ide he om ou. I m no a quie. So I waned o make ue ha I wen igh o he end. Eaning a pue of $20,000 on Sauday compaed o he $10,000 he colleced in Belin fo fifh, Bown aid he wa pleaed ha he wa able o ebound a he Wold Ahleic Final. A lo of people wouldn be able o elae o wha I m aying becaue hey have neve been in ha iuaion, aid Bown, who fo he hid ime, failed o win a medal a he Wold Championhip. So fo me, i wa a new expeience, knowing ha I wa uppoed o go ou hee and win a medal, bu I didn execue my ace and I paid he pice fo i. Thoughou he emainde of he championhip, Bown aid a lo of hi Bahamian eam-mae, a well a ohe ahlee fom aound he wold, made i known ha he didn un hi ace. They wee like, wha happened o you. You didn execue you ace, aid Bown, who wa acually iing in hid behind Mei and Jeemy Waine up o he la 50 mee of he ace. I gue hey ive of ha becaue I ve been going fo o long. Bu he Lod i in chage of my caee and I pu i all in hi hand. Man can ay wha hey wan, bu I know wha he ha in oe fo me. Admiing ha he ace wa Bu wih he uppo of my family, epecially my wife, I decided o hang in hee and ide he om ou. I m no a quie. So I waned o make ue ha I wen igh o he end. Chi Bown e up pefecly fo him a he wa in lane fou, andwiched by Waine in hee and Mei in five, Bown aid he couldn complain. I ju didn execue my own ace, aid Bown, who wached a Tinidad & Tobago Renny Quow acended he medal podium wih Mei and Waine inead of him. Wih he compleion of he Wold Ahleic Final ove he weekend, Bown bough he cuain down on hi 2009 and 10h oveall eaon on he inenaional cene. Decade I ve been going fo he la decade, bu a lo of hee guy ha I an again, hey ju came on he cene ove he la 4-5 yea, aid Bown, who a one poin challenged wold ecod holde Ameican Michael Johnon. A lo of he guy who an in my ea ae eihe uggling o have eied. So fo me, my body ju need a vacaion. So I m ju going o e up. I m glad ha he Lod ha bleed me wih a gea eaon. I aed ou ong and I finihed ong. I did wha a lo of people couldn do. Bown, who un 31 on Ocobe 15, wa efeing o he fac ha hee wee ome Olympic and wold champion who didn ge o duplicae hei fea eihe by injuy o failing o make i o he final. I know i wa diappoining fo me, bu hee wee a lo of people who wee ou hee in woe hape han I wa, he declaed. Bu I wa able o pull myelf ogehe and finih off ong. Afe chaing Johnon, Bown found himelf going afe Waine. Now i Mei, who a one poin Bown had achieved a gea deal of ucce again. I ve beaen LaShawn in he pa, bu ha he pa, Bown poined ou. He epped hi game up ove he la wo yea o win boh he Olympic and he Wold Championhip. All i ha augh me i ha if hi guy can ep hi game up in one eaon and impove o he level ha he i a igh now, hen i le me know ha I need o be doing moe in my aining. I need o ain hade. I need o be moe menally and phyically pepaed. I ju have o be eady o go ou hee and execue my ace. Nex eaon o leading up o he 2012 Olympic in London, England, Bown aid he will definiely have o focu moe on himelf if he inend o finally ge he medal ha ha been miing fom hi éumé. Fi I alo wan o be he fi Caibbean unne o do wha ha neve been done befoe and ha i o un unde 44 econd, aid Bown, who hold he naional ecod of and had a eaon be of The All-ime be mak poed by a Caibbean ahlee i ha wa an by Ian Moi of Tinidad & Tobago. I m ju going o go ou hee and pefom my be, aid Bown, who will be looking fowad o compeing in Mach a he Wold Indoo Championhip in Doha, Qaa, whee he i wo-ime bonze medalli befoe he head o he Commonwealh Game in India in Sepembe. Bown hope o be home on Ocobe 3 fo he celebaion fo he Wold Championhip eam. Then he will go back o he dawing boad o have anohe ucceful eaon in I m excied abou nex yea and he yea o come becaue he Lod doen give you moe han you can handle, he chaged. I hink wha I ve been going hough wa a eimony becaue even hough I haven been geing he big pize, I haven been giving up eihe. So I wan o encouage ohe ahlee and even hoe who ae no ahlee ha even hough you don alway ge wha you wan, don give up. I m enjoying my caee and I m having fun doing i. Tha i wha I did a he Wold Final and i paid off in he end. EXPLOSIVE: Chi Fieman Bown

7 PAGE 10, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 TRIBUNE SPORTS SPORTS Hollingwoh inend o un fo op BAAA po By BRENT STUBBS Senio Spo Repoe bubb@ibunemedia.ne Now ha he ack and field eaon i ove, he Bahama Aociaion of Ahleic Aociaion (BAAA) i pepaing o hold i annual geneal meeing and elecion of office fo he nex hee yea. Aleady, Cu Hollingwoh, who ook ove a peiden when Mike Sand wa foced ou of office in a voe of no confidence, ha made i clea ha he inend o un fo he op po. Thee ae ome indicaion ha Sand i expeced o eun o un again fo peiden. He i expeced o have, a hi unning mae, Shewin Sua a vice peiden. When conaced oday, Hollingwoh aid he expec ha hee will be ome challenge, bu he and he peon who have indicaed ha hey will wok along wih him ae confiden ha hey will pevail a he elecion on Novembe 21. Thi i my fi ime unning fo he poiion, o I m offeing myelf fo he poiion of peiden, Hollingwoh aid. So i going o quie ineeing fo me. I know i going o be a challenge. I don know who he ohe people ae who ae vying fo he ohe poiion, bu I m ue ha hey will make hemelve known o he public in he uoming week, if hey haven aleady done o. The fome fi vice peiden aid he no concened abou all of he noie in he make becaue he focued on he viion ha he ha fo he BAAA. Now i ime o pu you houlde o he wheel and ell youelf o you membehip and ay hi i wha I ve been able o do and I would now like o have he oppouniy o do a hee-yea em ha would allow me CURT HOLLINGSWORTH o eally go ou hee and do he hing ha I feel i equied o echnically un he BAAA, he inied. Along wih Hollingwoh, fome BAAA and Bahama Olympic Aociaion eceay Livingone Bowick i eihe going o eek a poiion a a vice peiden o council membe. The ohe vice peiden po i expeced o be filled by Gand Bahamian Ania Dohey. Meanwhile, eaue Roie Caey i expeced o move ove and un fo he po of eceay making way fo men quae-mile Tim Munning, who ha been invied o un a he new eaue. Julie Wilon i vying once again a he aian eceay wih Debbie Smih eeking he aian eaue po. Fank Pancho Rahming i expeced o un again a he echnical dieco wih coach Dianne Woodide coming on boad fo he po of aiician. THE young Bahamian Foo- Schola have aed o make hei mak a he US college occe eaon ge ino full wing. Kyle William go an ai on he opening goal a hi Univeiy of Tampa eam won hei fi mach 2-0 ove Floida Memoial Univeiy. Two day lae, hey coninued he win eak wih a 1-0 vicoy ove Clayon Sae, and ended he weekend wih a 3-1 ove Noh Geogia College. Michael Behel go hi fi goal of he yea in he 3-1 vicoy. William and Behel ae ae on he chool eam ha i cuenly anked Numbe 1 in he NCAA Diviion II Socce Poll. Cameon Hepple coed he opening goal in hi Bowling Geen Sae Univeiy' 2-0 win ove Mahall Univeiy. Hepple' ally came fom a fee kick on he edge of he penaly aea, which he duifully buied ino he op cone of he goal. Hepple i he eam' acive caee leade in ai (8) and poin (24). Bowling Geen hen lo hei nex wo mache, 3-0 o Louiville and 4-1 o he Univeiy of Kenucky o a hei eaon a 1-2. Lama Cancino' Univeiy of Chaleon (We Viginia) eam i off o a good a, winning hei fi and hid mache, 7-1 ove Bluefield and 4-1 ove Aldeon-Boaddu, bu loing in beween o Cal, PA 3-2. Defende Dana Veh' Univeiy of Minneoa-Moi eam lo a MIKE SANDS Pio o he BAAA AGM, he fi official elecion fo he newly fomed New Povidence Amaeu Ahleic Aociaion i cheduled o ake place on Ocobe 31. Ray Hepbun eve a he ineim peiden. In beween ha ime and he BAAA AGM, Hollingwoh aid hey hope o have he elecion fo he Mae Tack and Field Aociaion. An ineim commiee headed by Foe Doe i cuenly in chage of he aociaion. If eleced, Hollingwoh aid hi focu will be on enghening he Family Iland pogamme, which he feel will be able o gealy benefi he BAAA becaue of he amoun of hidden alen available. One of ou mandae i o fuhe develop alen ha would allow u o have hi coninuaion of ahlee and a o be moe han one dimenional, he aid. We concenae on he pin, bu we need o develop ou long diance ough mach in ove-ime o Augbug, 1-0. The fac ha hei opponen ae anked 17h in he naion did no make he lo any moe beaable, epecially ince he winning goal wa an own goal of a Minneoa-Moi defende. Howeve he eam ebounded in hei econd mach o defea Hamline 1-0. Veh and hi defenive coho held Hamline o only five ho on goal fo he mach. Minneoa-Moi' hid mach held he ame coeline a he econd mach, 1-0, bu hi ime hey wee on he loing end o S. John'. The eam cuenly i a 1-2 on he eaon. Bahama Women' Inenaional Kelly Simon go he fi ae on he collegiae cene, bu i wa a bie pogamme. A one ime we had a long diance pogamme when we compeed a Caifa. We need o pu moe emphai on hoe even. Addiionally, Hollingwoh aid if he Bahama can concenae moe on he echnical even, he couny can have moe ahlee compeing in he hudle, a well a he howing even - ho, dicu and javelin. We alo need o coninue o povide moe aining fo ou coache, he poined ou. The moe coaching ha hey eceive, hopefully he bee fo hem o povide bee aining fo ou ahlee. And when you look a he naional pogamme, we have ome good poenial in he pipeline ha i being goomed. So we need o enue ha he pogamme i developed o ha hey will ge bee a well. Baed on wha he ha een hi yea, Hollingwoh aid if he naional eam can ge he oppouniy o avel ogehe and compee in moe aining camp, he convinced ha he eam hould be able o pefom a a highe andad on he inenaional cene. A pime example wa he women 4 x 400 mee elay eam, which compeed fo he fi ime a he 12h IAAF Wold Championhip in Ahleic in Belin, Gemany, wih wo eenage high chool enaion. The eam, howeve, go diqualified in he peliminaie. I believe moe young ladie will be inclined o compee in he 400 mee becaue hey know ha hey can ge he oppouniy o compee on he 4 x 4 eam, Hollingwoh eed. Hollingwoh aid he majo hu fo he BAAA immediaely afe he elecion i o a woking on ecuing he neceay funding hough i panehip wih he local communiy o make ue ha he eam ge eady fo he oad o he 2012 Olympic Game in London, England. one a he Noh Caolina Weleyan College eam lo 3-1 o S. Andew, hen 7-1 o Randolph-Macon. Simon wa poducive, howeve, leading he eam wih 6 ho in he game, bu wa unable o coe hu fa. A pai of Bahamian Women' Inenaional lead Souhen Univeiy' women' occe eam. Goalkeepe D'nae Capon lead he confeence wih 30 ave, bu ha een a lo of ho in he eam' fou mache, all of which euled in loe. He eammae, Nakeha Rolle, i one of he eam' leade. Senio Inenaional Taliha Wood' Souh Caolina Sae Univeiy eam ha a 1-2 ecod, winning hei home opene 3-0 ove SPORTS INBRIEF CRICKET BCA S UPDATE ON Sauday a Windo Pak, he Police Cicke eam wa bowled ou by Scoiabank Paadie fo a mee 77 un. Police op coe wee Olando Sewa wih 23 un and O Dain Tucke wih 20 un. Ben Fulleon of Scoiabank Paadie ook five wicke and Kee Duncan had wo wicke. Scoiabank Paadie a ba found he going ough and hey lo five wicke in hei winning coe of 81 un. Andew Nah had 28 un and Aeon Lewin had 27 un. Bowling fo he Police, Geg Taylo J ook hee wicke. Police lo he mach by five wicke. Sunday mach wa abandoned due o he ain. RBDF TRACK MEET THE Annual Royal Bahama Defence Foce Tack and Field mee i cheduled o ake place 6pm Sepembe 18 a he Thoma Robinon Tack Sadium. Minie of Naional Secuiy Tommy Tunque and ohe govenmen official ae expeced o aend. The mee, which include all dicipline of ack and field, compie of all he office and maine, who will be compeing in fou houe Alpha, Bavo, Chalie and Dela. Dela Houe i he defending champion. The mee i fee o he geneal public. Thee will be pecial ace fo he childen. Foo-Schola making mak on US college occe Honouing a enni icon FROM page 11 hee Gand Slam final hi yea, only o win one, Knowle aid he ill fel ha he had a fanaic yea. And looking back a hi illuiou caee a he wa baically he only one caying he flag, Knowle aid he geae expeience he had wa epeening he couny a Davi Cup, moe pecifically 1992 when he Bahama played again he Unied Sae in Noh Caolina. Knowle, howeve, had o aue eveybody in he balloom ha hi caee i no whee nea compleion afe he wa eenaded by young Jecon Mackey wih he ong: My Way. In epone, Knowle aid: I don feel my age. Minie of Youh, Spo and Culue Demond Bannie ead a li of Knowle achievemen and aid la nigh wa a good ime fo he Bahamian people o how hei gaiude o Knowle. Bu Mae of Ceemonie, Anie Nain may have be ummed i up when he aid ha Knowle depomen on he inenaional cene i one ha hould be emulaed becaue of he gaceful manne in which he conduced himelf. Pime Minie Hube Ingaham peened Knowle wih a poclamaion ha poclaimed Mak Knowle Week beginning Sunday, Sepembe 13h and ending Sauday, Sepembe 19h. Knowle wa alo peened wih a ciaion fom Goveno Geneal Ahu Hanna. Bahama Lawn Tenni Aociaion peiden Sephen Tunque welcomed he audience ha included Knowle poud paen Vicki and Sammy Knowle; hi wife, Dawn and fome wold Phoo by Paick Hanna/BIS No.1 ingle playe Lleyon Hewi. Among he govenmen official peen wee Minie of Naional Secuiy, Tommy Tunque; Minie of Houing Kenneh Ruell and Minie of Envionmen, Eal Deveaux. Emile Knowle, who gew up playing wih Knowle a a younge; Knowle fome Davi Cup pane Sean Cawigh; hi Davi Cup capain John Anona and ohe digniaie poing bodie including Bahama Olympic Aociaion peiden Wellingon Mille wa alo peen. Noe: Moe on he ceemonie wih eacion fom ome of hoe in aendance will be publihed on Wedneday. Souhen Viginia, and loing 4-2 o The Ciadel and 2-0 o Campbell Univeiy in hei econd and hid mache epecively. Wood, who ha wiched fom midfield o defene, ha played in all of he eam' mache. Denaika Bowick' Souhwe Bapi Univeiy eam i off o a vey good a, winning hei fi wo mache. In he opene, he eam defeaed Quincy, Ill 2-1 and in he econd defeaed Mioui S & T 1-0. Thei hid mach, again Abilene Texa, wa cancelled due o weahe and he eam hen dew hei fouh mach 2-2 again Dalla Bapi. BAHAMIAN TENNIS ACE Mak Knowle and hi on, Gaham, ae flanked by Minie of Sae fo Culue Chale Maynad (fa lef) and Minie of Youh, Spo and Culue Demond Bannie (fa igh) on hei aival a Lynden Pindling Inenaional Aipo yeeday. Knowle wife, Dawn (geen op), can be een in he backgound a an unidenified woman puhe a olle wih hei econd on, Body...

8 C M Y K C M Y K T H E T R I B U N E PA G E 1 1 Fieman ebound fo $20,000 pue... T U E S D A Y, S E P T E M B E R See page 9 PAGE 10 Hollingwoh inend o un fo op BAAA po... GOVERNOR GENERAL Ahu D Hanna peen a ciaion o Bahamian enni a Mak Knowle la nigh a Govenmen Houe. The Govenmen honoued Knowle fo hi pefomance ince uning po. PHOTO: Paick Hanna/BIS Honouing a enni icon By BRENT STUBBS Senio Spo Repoe bubb@ibunemedia.ne MARK Knowle Week go aed wih he Bahamian ouing pofeional aing ha la nigh celebaion a Govenmen Houe ceainly made up fo hi cahing defea in he men double final a he US Open. Knowle, who uned 38 on Sepembe 4, wa due o aive home on Sunday and feed o lunch, bu he celebaion wee delayed unil la nigh becaue he final wa poponed fom Fiday o Sunday becaue of he ain in Fluhing Meadow, New Govenmen Houe celebaion make up fo US Open double final lo, ay Mak Knowle Yok. Seeded numbe hee, Knowle and hi Indian pane Maheh Bhupahi fell vicim o he numbe fou eeded eam of Luka Dlouhy and Leande Pae a hey fell ho in hei econd Gand Slam fo he yea. Bu he Bahama Govenmen honoed Knowle fo hi ella pefomance ince uning po moe han wo decade ago, including hi iumph wih Geman Anna- Lena Goenefeld in he mixed double final a Wimbledon in July. When you ge eaed like hi, you foge abou he US Open final la nigh, aid Knowle, in hi accepance peech, who admied ha I love o compee. I love o win. Alhough he played in SEE page 10

9 THE TRIBUNE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 SECTION B buine@ibunemedia.ne Bahama 19% RevPAR fall bee han egion By CHESTER ROBARDS Buine Repoe cobad@ibunemedia.ne Th e Bahama i he m o undepefoming [ouim] deinaion in hi enie egion, he Minie of Touim and Aviaion ha agued, alhough he 18.9 pe cen decline in i hoel induy evenue pe available oom (RevPAR) aveage fo he even monh V-WALLACE o end-july 2009 wa bee han he Caibbean aveage and only maginally woe han he US. Vincen Vandepool-Wallace, peaking duing he opening of HVS Caibbean office in he Bahama, aid hi naion ha o fa only developed Naau and Paadie Iland, undecoing he need o focu moe on he Family Iland. When you look a he gap beween By NEIL HARTNELL Tibune Buine Edio BAHAMIAN food oe have been dopping pice quie conideably in ecen monh, upemake execuive old Tibune Buine yeeday, wih aple poduc uch a banana now cheape in hi naion han Floida depie he elucance of many US-baed upplie o lowe wholeale pice in line wih he educion in enegy/an- Some food cheape han Floida pice SEE page 4B Gun deale ee demand gow a ecuiy fea ie By CHESTER ROBARDS Buine Repoe cobad@ibunemedia.ne BAHAMIAN ecuiy fim and a fieam deale have all een an inceae in inquiie fo home and buine poecion, Tibune Buine wa old yeeday, confiming ha he eceion and coeponding ie in cime ha been good fo one induy a lea. Though he deale, who deal in hogun ha ae legal fo pivae ciizen o own, could no ay how much fieam ale have ien yea-ove-yea, he admied inquiie have been ubanial. You need one, oo, he aid * Bu minie ay Bahama he mo undepefoming deinaion in hi enie egion, due o having only developed Naau/Paadie Iland * Say naion inane fo a long ime and ju aing o ge ou beaing on deinaion developmen * Naau RevPAR fall le han like of Miami and New Yok, and ju maginally woe han aveage US decline * Supemake dopping pice quie conideably due o inceaed compeiion and pending powe decline, even hough inflaion a 8.1% * US wholeale conolling Bahamian food pice, hough, and no bough co down in line wih fuel pice educion * SupeValue chief age ale/pofi pefomance ha equal o bee 2008 SEE page 4B wha he poenial of he Bahama i and wha we acually do, hee i no queion ha we ae undepefoming, he aid. We all know ha in Jamaica you have all hee ohe deinaion ha ae being developed. In Cuba, all hee ohe deinaion ae being developed, in Mexico all hee ohe deinaion ae being developed, in he Dominican Republic all hee ohe deinaion ae being developed. We have focued on and developed eenially only on Naau/Paadie Iland, and if we find ouelve in he iuaion whee we begin o povide he kind of infaucue ha neceay fo u o make ceain ha we gow he e of he Bahama, he ucce i going o be exaodinay. M Vandepool-Wallace uggeed ha low co ailif wa he key o he developmen of he wide Bahama, and lauded effo made by hi miniy in conjuncion wih he Bahama Hoel Aociaion o ge ailine in. The minie aid i wa moe expenive o avel fom New Yok o London, Pai o Rome han i wa o avel o he iland of he Bahama, excluding New Povidence. We have been inane fo a long peiod of ime, and we ae ju beginning o ge ou beaing, M Vandepool-Wallace aid. Only la monh i wa evealed ha AiTan, one of he lage low-co ailine in he US, will begin diec evice o Naau by yeaend. Howeve, wih ailif o he Bahama lowly coming on eam, M Vandepool-Wallace uggeed infaucue developmen wa he nex big hudle in developing he Family Iland. Meanwhile, HVS evealed ha yeaove-yea, he Bahama decline in RevPa fo he fi even monh of By NEIL HARTNELL Tibune Buine Edio THE pecenage of Bahamian ouim eaning pen on oil impo inceaed fom 16.6 pe cen o 26.7 pe cen ove a even-yea peiod, he Naional Enegy Policy Commiee fi epo ha evealed, wih hi naion cuen egulaoy famewok acing a a baie o enegy compeiion, efficiency and conevaion. The epo, which wa ecenly eleaed fo public conumpion, howed ha he Bahama wa having o pend eve-inceaing quaniie of foeign exchange geneaed by oui pending on oil impo, epecially duing he uge geneaed by global oil pice ie duing % of ouim eaning lo o enegy impo * Pecenage of oui pend ecycled and lo o oil impo inceae fom 16.6% o 26.7% in even-yea peiod, wih fuhe expanion in 08 * Enegy eco egulaoy famewok ceae monopolie, ac a diincenive fo pivae eco and enewable enegy developmen A compaion of he Cenal Bank oil impo fo local conumpion, and he eimaed ouim expendiue beween 2001 and 2007, eveal ha he SEE page 2B 2009 wa le han he Caibbean, which had lipped 22.3 pe cen, while he Bahama' 18.9 pe cen fall wa only maginally woe han he US decline of 18.2 pe cen. And Naau 18.9 pe cen RevPaR fall wa bee han he 28 pe cen fall uffeed in Albea; 20.5 pe cen decline in Boon; 30.6 pe cen dop in Bueno Aie; 27.2 pe cen dop in Chicago; 22.5 pe cen fall in Lo Angele; 23.5 pe cen decline in Miami; and 32.5 pe cen dop in New Yok. Fome Pime Minie Pey Chiie aid duing he HVS opening ha he Govenmen mu conide infaucue impovemen in Exuma, in ode o ai Sandal in making he old Fou Seaon Emeald Bay Reo popey viable. M Chiie uggeed ha a ubandad aipo and pied oad aied in he demie of Fou Seaon poduc in Exuma. He inied ha govenmen ue HVS, a global evice and conuling oganiaion focued on he hoel, eauan, haed ownehip, gaming, and leiue induie, o ai i in aeing he capial wok impovemen needed o bole Sandal invemen. M Vandepool-Wallace ageed ha govenmen ha o commi ielf o moe capial wok impovemen in he Family Iland. We have o be a pa of puing he infaucue in place, he aid. He added ha becaue he Caibbean wa he mo ouim dependen aea in hi egion, i make a gea deal of buine ene fo HVS o opeae hee. People ae no afaid abou he opening of Cuba, aid M Vandepool-Wallace. They ae afaid abou he opening of he Bahama. $4.25 $4.68 $4.16 $4.51 $4.26 $4.69 The infomaion conained i fom a hid pay and The Tibune can no be held eponible fo eo and/o omiion fom he daily epo. SANDYPORT #5110 Taefully decoaed 3 bed, 2.5 bahownhoue wih ecen enovaion and numeou upgade. Pefecly poiioned wihan exended deck o enjoy excellen ocean and lagoon view. Oveized uni wih 1,897 q. f. of living pace and upgaded wiha 12 KW Kohle geneao, new high-efficiency cenala/c yem, huicane hue and paial funihing. Aacively piced a $649,000 go. Call oday o view. Lana.Rademake@SohebyRealy.com c SIRbahama.com f

10 PAGE 2B, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 BUSINESS Accounan pepae o e-ubmi Ac amendmen By NEIL HARTNELL Tibune Buine Edio THE Bahama Iniue of Chaeed Accounan (BICA) peiden aid yeeday ha he oganiaion wa pepaing o e-ubmi i ecommendaion fo efoming he Public Accounan Ac 1991 o he Govenmen befoe he end of hi monh if neceay, ince allowing accounan o pacice wih limied liabiliy wa a big hing. Reece Chipman old Tibune Buine ha BICA uggeed amendmen o he Ac had been peened o he Aoney Geneal Office and Dupuch Law School unde hi pedeceo, he main feaue being allowing Bahamian accouning fim and panehip o pacice wih limied liabiliy, and pemiing BICA o egie and licence fim a well a individual. Wih he Govenmen having ye o epond o he iniial ubmiion, M Chipman aid BICA inend o ubmi he documen again befoe he end of hi monh, if ha i wha i equied. The ubmiion will alo go o he Miniy of Finance. Thee efom ae vey, vey impoan fo u, and hopefully we will ge hem ino hei [he Govenmen ] hand by he end of he monh. Hopefully, hey will ge ome acion fom hee, he added. M Chipman aid ha wihou he abiliy o egie and licence fim, a well a individual accounan, BICA lacked he abiliy o fully elf-egulae he Bahamian accouning pofeion. He added: I i a key focu fo u. We have igned on o a Pacice Monioing Pogamme, and wan o be monioing fim. If we do no have legilaion ha include fim, i will be difficul o e he age fo Pacice Monioing in ha egad. In un, M Chipman aid he egiaion/licening efom, coupled wih he Monioing Pogamme, would pave he way fo highe andad in he Bahamian accouning pofeion. He poined ou ha, cuenly, he exiing Ac e no minimum andad when i came o pofeional indemniy inuance and capial equiemen. Wih hee new efom, we hope o inceae he equiemen o be licened by BICA and inceae andad in he induy, he BICA peiden aid. M Chipman alo old Tibune Buine ha he Bahama wa pobably one of he few counie whee accounan and accouning fim wee ill pacicing wihou he benefi of limied liabiliy, meaning ha pane wee poenially expoed o huge peonal liabiliie if majo damage claim wee ubmied again hem. In he abence of limied liabiliy, M Chipman aid: I mean he pane could be peonally liable. I i a vey big hing fo me, becaue i impac he andad in he pofeion wih egad o ceain cieia. Liabiliy could exend a fa a i could go. TOURISM, fom 1B pecenage of fund epaiaed o puchae oil fo local conumpion gew fom 16.6 pe cen o 26.7 pe cen ove he peiod, he commiee epo aid. The value of oil impo gew fom $273.3 million o $802.2 million ove he evenyea peiod. And, in line wih he epo fea, he Bahama pen $1.147 billion on oil impo duing 2008 when global oil pice peaked, fuhe illuaing he enegy ecuiy and economic iue he couny face. Fo piking global oil pice dain hi naion foeign exchange eeve, omehing ha could place he Bahamian moneay yem unde immene ain, epecially if pice ie again a a ime when oui pending and foeign diec invemen ae much educed, down anywhee beween pe cen. A he commiee epo noed: Acce o enegy fom impoed foil fuel in he Bahama i diecly linked o he abiliy of he couny o acce he inenaional oil make and he availabiliy of foeign eeve o pay fo he upplie needed. Local hoage of upplie have occued a a eul of one pivae eco oil eaile in a Family Iland having gone ou of buine ecenly. The Bahama vulneabiliy o global enegy pice inceae i deepened by he fac i i almo 100 pe cen dependen on impoed foil fuel fo i enegy need, which amoun o he conumpion of 26,000 bael of oil pe day, mainly o mee eleciciy and anpoaion need. A a eul, he Govenmen, pivae eco and wide Bahamian ociey ae now looking, belaedly pehap, a developing alenaive, enewable enegy ouce o educe foeign exchange leakage and hi naion dependence on impoed fuel. Ye one majo obacle o hi plan i he Bahama exiing legilaive and egulaoy famewok fo he enegy eco, which i govened lagely by he Eleciciy Ac, he Ou Iland Eleciciy Ac and he Ou Iland Uiliie Ac. Acknowledging ha he Eleciciy Ac doe no pomoe he exploaion and developmen of enewable enegie, he Naional Enegy Policy Commiee fi epo aid he legilaion give excluive igh fo he geneaion and ale of eleciciy o BEC o a fanchie, hu pohibiing elf-geneaion and ineconnecion o BEC gid. In addiion, hee wa no equiemen fo BEC o geneae a ceain pecenage of i eleciciy upply fom alenaive, enewable enegie, anohe handicapping o developing uch an induy. Howeve, he commiee epo hined ha BEC could, aguably, be in beach of he Eleciciy Ac, which equie i o upply eleciciy a eaonable pice. Some migh ague hi equiemen wa beached, epecially in he umme and ealy auumn of 2008, when oil pice piked. Elewhee, he Ou Iland Eleciciy Ac povide an oppouniy o upply eleciciy, and ceae/opeae uiliy companie in he Family Iland, if hi can be hown o be in he Bahama be inee. Meeing hi, hough, ha been difficul fo he pivae eco, wih BEC ill upplying mo of he Family Iland due o he fac hee locaion lack a ciical ma o make he upply of powe pofiable. Fed Golieb, BEC chaiman, aid la week ha he ae-owned uiliy uffeed a $16 million ne lo in i financial yea o Sepembe 30, 2008, lagely due o i unpofiable Family Iland opeaion. While BEC made an $11 million ne pofi in New Povidence ha yea, i lo $27 million in he Family Iland, including an $8 million lo in Abaco. Wih he Hawkbill Ceek Ageemen alo ceaing a fanchie holde fo Feepo, and Gand Bahama Powe now he ole enegy upplie on Gand Bahama, he commiee epo concluded: Thi [egulaoy] famewok ha ceaed a nea monopoly on eleciciy poducion and diibuion in he Bahama. I peen challenge in foeing an envionmen of compeiion, efficiency and conevaion ha will mainain eaonable pice fo eliable eleciciy upplie, paiculaly in a global envionmen of volaile oil pice. A uch, he legal and egulaoy famewok of he enegy eco and fical incenive will need o be eviewed and amended befoe any invemen fo commecial applicaion. The peen egulaoy famewok eve a a diincenive o pivae-public panehip in he expanion o developmen of he Commonwealh enegy infaucue. The commiee epo uggeed ha wae-o-enegy conveion wa he moe immediae acionable iniiaive o inceae powe upplie in he ho-em, whil a he ame ime impoving ai qualiy, educing polluion and illegal buning of wae and fie on he public landfill. Ohe benefi fom waeo-enegy conveion wee a educion in he ue of op oil o cove wae, he ecovey of ecyclable maeial and a educion in he eepage of polluan ino he gound. Ocean Themal Enegy Conveion (OTEC) alo held poenial fo he Bahama. A he Bahama Bank ae chaaceied by eep dop-off, mo of he majo iland have a locaion whee OTEC echnology would be feaible, he commiee epo added. Howeve, hi echnology i a he expeimenal age. Seawae diic cooling could alo be ued in hee locaion, bu hee ae few wih appeciable demand fo i. Deep-well evee hemal conveion may alo be an exploiable ouce of enegy.

11 Panehip ough fo healhy woke T H E Bahama dieco of public healh will nex week appeal o he buine communiy o pane wih he Govenmen in ceaing a healhie Bahamian wokfoce. D Peal McMILLAN McMillan will adde he opic Public Healh Challenge and Iniiaive in Abaco duing he ixh annual Abaco Buine Oulook Semina, which i cheduled fo Sepembe 23, 2009, a he New Viion Miniie Cene in Mah Habou, Abaco. D McMillan will ak he pivae eco o become pane wih he Depamen of Public Healh in ceaing a healhie wok foce. Thi public/pivae panehip, he hope, will ho even, povide eouce and implemen healhy lifeyle campaign o ceae healhie communiie houghou Abaco. D McMillan wa bon in New Povidence. She eceived he ealy educaion a Bahama Academy and obained a Bachelo of Medicine and a Bachelo of Sugey degee fom Univeiy of he We Indie. She alo ha a Mae degee in Public Healh fom he Univeiy of Mayland. A he dieco of public healh, he i eponible fo public healh and pimay healh cae evice in he Bahama. The emina keynoe peake i Senao Vincen Vandepool- Wallace, minie of ouim and aviaion. Ohe peake include Eic Caey, execuive dieco, Bahama Naional Tu; Algenon Cagill, dieco, Naional Inuance Boad; Iaac Collie, lawye and economi; I. Chee Coope, peiden and chief execuive, Biih Ameican Financial; Rev Lennie Eienne, peiden of Abaco Fame Coopeaive Sociey; and Anne Albuy, Viion Speake. By CHESTER ROBARDS Buine Repoe cobad@ibunemedia.ne THE OWNER of Sue Alam, who ook hi buine off BEC gid ba he ai condiioning, hough he inallaion of ola powe, yeeday aid he wa huing hi yem down unil he Govenmen' poiion on alenaive enegy uage wa clea. Gaham Weahefod aid he Govenmen policy on alenaive enegy and he language of he Bahama Eleciciy Ac ae oo ambiguou o ik he $3,000 fine ha could be impoed on him fo geneaing hi own "clean" powe. He aid hi ola powe yem could have allowed him o pa hi enegy aving on o hi cuome - he had aleady begun o adveie he dicoun - bu he now ha o enege on hoe deal. You would hink he Govenmen would encouage clean enegy, aid M Weahefod. Reponding o Tibune Buine aicle on he yem la week, Phenon Neymou, minie of ae fo he envionmen, had waned Bahamian o ay wihin he law on alenaive enegy upply. M Weahefod aid he fel he aicle poke diecly o him. M Neymou did menion ha he govenmen ha been exploing clean enegy developmen uch a ola powe, and had advocaed he inallaion of ola wae heae houghou he Bahama. Accoding o M Weahefod, he Govenmen, hough M Neymou, hould have oued hi ola powe BUSINESS Buine owne ake ola enegy yem off-line Fea fine, and wan claiy fom govenmen geneaing faciliy a he way fowad fo enegy poducion. Inead, he lamened, hey fel i moe neceay o end ou waning. M Neymou uggeed in he aicle ha one concen coming ou of BEC wa he deucion of hei ae if alenaive enegy peipheal wee no popely inegaed ino home o office yem. M Weahefod ini ha hi ola powe plan i in no way affecing BEC' opeaion. The Bahama Eleciciy Ac ay: Excep wih he appoval of he Minie and in confomiy wih any condiion o which any uch appoval may be made ubjec, no peon ohe han he Copoaion hall inall o opeae in New Povidence any geneaing aion wih a geneaing capaciy exceeding 250 kilowa. Thi wa povided ha he pohibiion impoed by hi ecion hall no apply o any andby geneaing plan which i ued only fo he upply of enegy in cae of he failue of he enegy upply by he Copoaion o ohe emegency. The Minie hall no efue hi appoval unde hi ecion fo he inallaion o opeaion of any geneaing aion by any peon in any cae in which he enegy equied by uch peon canno be upplied o canno be upplied wihin a eaonable ime by he Copoaion. Any peon who inall o opeae o pemi he opeaion of any geneaing aion in conavenion of he poviion of hi ecion hall be guily of an offene and hall be liable on ummay convicion o a fine of $3,000 and, in he cae of a coninuing offene, o a fuhe penaly of one $150 fo each day ha he offene coninue. The Govenmen coninue o wok on i naional enegy policy, which will include ome exploaoy alenaive enegy iniiaive. I ha been deemined hu fa ha wae o enegy could be he be opion fo enewable enegy. Opion fo ola and wind enegy ae alo being exploed fo implemenaion in he Family Iland. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, PAGE 3B LYFORD CAY, E.P. TAYLOR DR. Coage Lo Wih Pivae Beach FOR SALE Gea invemen oppouniy in a afe envionmen. Be pice eve on E. P. Taylo Dive! Excluively offeed by Maio Caey Realy a US:$1.5 million Web Liing # 8377 Maio A. Caey, CRS, CIPS, CLHMS Peiden & CEO Tel: Cell: info@maiocaeyealy.com MCR Maio Caey Realy I abou you... Le alk.

12 PAGE 4B, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 BUSINESS Some food cheape han Floida pice FROM page 1B poaion co. Gavin Wachon, peiden and chief execuive of BISXlied AML Food (he fome Abaco Make), old hi newpape ha he company had been dopping pice aco he boad in ecogniion of inenifying compeiion a well a he educed puchaing powe many Bahamian conume have. I become a vey compeiive envionmen in he la couple of week, M Wachon aid. Thee a couple of new compeio ha have come ino he make, and hee a new compeio in Feepo. We ve een ome ighening up in conume pending, and becaue i become moe compeiive you have o figh fo he cace dolla. Fom ou pepecive, we ve been dopping pice quie conideably fo he la couple of monh. Pice have deceaed and i i aco he boad. Banana ae cheape hee han in Floida a he momen, a an example. The makeplace fo u ha become moe compeiive, we ve go o pa on pice aving o he cuome, and we e doing ha. The Cenal Bank of he Bahama lae monhly epo howed ha food and beveage pice inflaion wa unning a 8.1 pe cen yea-ove-yea fo he 12 monh o July 31, 2009, wih many conume in ecen day having complained o Tibune Buine ha hei food bill ill eem elaively high. Thi, hough, wa dipued by boh M Wachon and Rupe Robe, SupeValue peiden and owne, he lae elling Tibune Buine ha gocey pice had abilied in compaion o 2008, when food bill oaed a a eul of inceaed anpoaion and opeaing co caued by oaing fuel pice, plu upply hoage when i came o ceain aple. M Wachon indicaed ha he pice chaged by many foeign wholeale upplie of Bahamian food oe, epecially hoe in he US, wee icky, meaning hey had no come down in line wih he educed anpoaion and enegy co poduced by lowe oil pice. We can conol he food pice coming ou of he US, and a lo of US wholeale have no adjued hei pice level down o mach he dop in oil pice, he AML Food peiden aid. Pice have no been educed by eniie paing good along fo expo. The conume need o ealie he picing i lagely ou of ou conol. When aked whehe hi, combined wih he conume pice deceae, had impaced AML Food magin, M Wachon eponded: Magin have impoved, bu fo a lo of eaon. Thee ha been an impovemen in hinkage, and we ve moved fom puchaing ou of Floida. Puchaing We ve moved quie a bi of ou puchaing away fom ouh Floida in he la ix o 12 monh becaue of picing. We e oucing quie a few hing ou of ouh Floida igh now. We e moving moe and moe, and coninue o look a avenue o move moe puchaing ou of hee. Thee ae lo of ohe counie and ae in he US. Alhough M Wachon did no cie hem by name, i appea a if Robin Hood move ino he food and beveage make, plu ign ha Ciy Make i now geing i ac ogehe afe i ecapialiaion aed, have inceaed compeiion in he food buine. The AML Food peiden aid ha a a eul, magin ae no going up, and he pediced a ough couple of monh lay ahead becaue, due o educed dipoable income, conume wee imply no hopping a hey had in he pa. Sunil Chaani, Ciy Make chief execuive, had peviouly old Tibune Buine ha he food chain wa cuing ome 500 poduc pice pe week, having deceaed ome 2,000 pice o dae. Meanwhile, SupeValue M Robe aid food pice had boh educed and abilied in compaion o 2008, when apa fom oaing fuel pice hey wee alo impaced by hoage of aple uch a con, which wa being ued o manufacue ehanol. Ye depie he eceion, he aid he 11-oe upemake chain hoped o bea o mach i 2008 ale and pofi pefomance. I m hoping o be lighly ahead, M Robe old Tibune Buine. We knew wha wa happening in he economy and wha ou cuome wee expeiencing. We e hoping o be ahead of la yea wan he be yea, bu we e hoping o equal o even bea ha. We e fighing hade fo he conume. I can ell you ha he economy ha dagged, bu we ve been fighing had o keep abea of la yea, and have made ome poge in ha diecion. We e no falling behind. The bee you eve he public, he moe hey will uppo you, and we e doing he be we can o feed hem bagain, value and pecial. We e aying afloa. M Robe added ha SupeValue had fel no peue on picing fo i cuome bae, explaining: When pice wen ky high, we miigaed mo of i by fowad buying. Pice wen up and came down, and we did no have o pay high pice a we bough lage quaniie of ock befoe hey wen up. BISX LISTED & TRADED SECURITIES AS OF: MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2009 BISX ALL SHARE INDEX: CLOSE 1, CHG %CHG YTD YTD % FINDEX: CLOSE YTD -5.40% % TELEPHONE: FACSIMILE: wk-Hi 52wk-Low Secui y Peviou Cloe Today' Cloe Change Daily Vol. EPS $ Div $ P/E Yield AML Food Limied % Bahama Popey Fund % Bank of Bahama % Benchmak N/M 0.00% Bahama Wae % Fideliy Bank % Cable Bahama % Colina Holding % Commonwealh Bank (S1) , % Conolidaed Wae BDR % Doco' Hopial % Famguad % Finco % FiCaibbean Bank % Focol (S) % Focol Cla B Pefeence N/M 0.00% Feepo Concee % ICD Uiliie % J. S. Johnon % Pemie Real Eae % BISX LISTED DEBT SECURITIES - (Bond ade on a Pecenage Picing b ae) 52wk-Hi 52wk-Low Secuiy Symbol La Sale Change Daily Vol. Inee Mauiy Fideliy Bank Noe 17 (Seie A) + FBB % 19 Ocobe Fideliy Bank Noe 22 (Seie B) + FBB Pime % 19 Ocobe Fideliy Bank Noe 13 (Seie C) + FBB % 30 May Fideliy Bank Noe 15 (Seie D) + FBB Pime % 29 May 2015 Fideliy Ove-The-Coune Secuiie 52wk-Hi 52wk-Low Symbol Bid $ Ak $ La Pice Weekly Vol. EPS $ Div $ P/E Yield Bahama Supemake N/M 0.00% Caibbean Coing (Pef) N/M 7.80% RND Holding % Colina Ove-The-Coune Secuiie ABDAB % RND Holding % BISX Lied Muual Fund 52wk-Hi 52wk-Low Fund Name NAV YTD% La 12 Monh Div $ Yield % CFAL Bond Fund CFAL MSI Pefeed Fund CFAL Money Make Fund Fideliy Bahama G & I Fund Fideliy Pime Income Fund CFAL Global Bond Fund CFAL Global Equiy Fund CFAL Gade Bond Fund Fideliy Inenaional Invemen Fund FG Financial Pefeed Income Fund FG Financial Gowh Fund FG Financial Diveified Fund MARKET TERMS BISX ALL SHARE INDEX - 19 Dec 02 = 1, YIELD - la 12 monh dividend divided by cloing pice 52wk-Hi - e cloing pice in la 52 week Bid $ - Buying pice of Colina and Fideliy 52wk-Low - Lowe cloing pice in la 52 week Ak $ - Selling pice of Colina and fideliy Peviou Cloe - Peviou day' weighed pice fo daily volume La Pice - La aded ove-he-coune pice Today' Cloe - Cuen day' weighed pice fo daily volume Weekly Vol. - Tading volume of he pio week Change - Change in cloing pice fom day o day EPS $ - A company' epoed eaning pe hae fo he la 12 mh Daily Vol. - Numbe of oal hae aded oday NAV - Ne Ae Value DIV $ - Dividend pe hae paid in he la 12 monh N/M - No Meaningful P/E - Cloing pice divided by he la 12 monh eaning FINDEX - The Fideliy Bahama Sock Index. Januay 1, 1994 = 100 (S) - 4-fo-1 Sock Spli - Effecive Dae 8/8/2007 (S1) - 3-fo-1 Sock Spli - Effecive Dae 7/11/2007 NAV Dae 31-Aug Aug-09 4-Sep Aug Aug Jun Jun Dec Jul Aug Aug Aug-09 TO TRADE CALL: COLINA ROYALFIDELITY FG CAPITAL MARKETS COLONIAL Gun deale ee demand gow a ecuiy fea ie when Tibune Buine aked if people wee now inceaingly eeking hi ype of poecion. Meamwhile, vice-peiden of buine developmen and ecuiy evice a ICS Secuiy Concep, Gay Geenlade, aid he fim had een moe peon come o hem inquiing abou manned guad evice fo buinee, plu mobile paol uni. Accoding o him, home owne a well a buine owne have become moe vigilan and poacive in ecuing hei popeie. Eveyone undeand ha he police' hand ae full, and heefoe ha ou eaon fo being a pa of hi induy - o ai he police in deeing ciminal fom caying ou hei ciminal ac, aid M Geenlade. Ohe ecuiy fim ay hey have alo een an inceae in inquiie. Gail Main, of Tace Secuiy, aid people have come in fo quoe on diffeen ype of evice, bu wee ofen diuaded by he co. Jonique Reckley, of Unique Secuiy, aid he company had een a daily inceae in inquiie fo baic evice uch a nigh guad. Howeve, he aid no many of hoe inquiie anlae ino conac fo evice fo he wo-yea-old buine. Supe Value' peiden, Rupe Robe, ecenly old Tibune Buine ha he would have o pend beween $50,000-$55,000 o acquie new camea equipmen fo fou oe, a pialling cime level hi buine co and fuhe educe hiveling boom line. He aid ha a a eul of a cuome being obbed of he hand bag in he paking lo of Supe Value Cable Beach oe la weekend, he 11-oe upemake chain had odeed moe camea equipmen o monio he ouide of he oe, in addiion o hiing exa ecuiy guad o ecue he paking lo. Khaali Rolle, he Bahama Chambe of Commece peiden, old hi newpape ha he wa vey concened abou he impac iing cime level wa having on he buine communiy, epecially he eeming uge in amed obbeie of companie in ecen week. He added ha i wa no ece ha a bad economy fequenly led o iing cime level, and aid: I having a lo of impac. People ae afaid, hey'e cauiou, and hi now call fo a ie in opeaing co. You have o hie addiional ecuiy. You have o do fa moe han in he pa o enue you buine, you people, ae ecue. People ae having o inve in ecuiy yem.

13 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2009, PAGE 9B THE WEATHER REPORT 5-DAY FORECAST TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY UV INDEX TODAY WORLD CITIES MARINE FORECAST Today Low W LOW ORLANDO : 90 F/32 C Low: 74 F/23 C TAMPA : 89 F/32 C Low: 76 F/24 C Paly unny wih a hundeom. Paly unny, a -om poible. Paly unny, a -om poible. Paly unny wih a hundeom. Low: 75 : 89 Low: 75 : 87 Low: 75 : 88 Low: 74 : 88 Low: 74 AccuWeahe RealFeel AccuWeahe RealFeel AccuWeahe RealFeel AccuWeahe RealFeel AccuWeahe RealFeel AccuWeahe RealFeel 101 F 80 F F F F F Moly unny, a -om in po. Paly cloudy. : 89 The excluive AccuWeahe RealFeel Tempeaue i an index ha combine he effec of empeaue, wind, humidiy, unhine ineniy, cloudine, pecipiaion, peue, and elevaion on he human body eveyhing ha effec how wam o cold a peon feel. Tempeaue eflec he high and he low fo he day. ALMANAC ABACO WEST PALM BEACH : 89 F/32 C Low: 75 F/24 C FT. LAUDERDALE FREEPORT : 87 F/31 C Low: 77 F/25 C : 89 F/32 C Low: 76 F/24 C ELEUTHERA The highe he AccuWeahe UV IndexTM numbe, he geae he need fo eye and kin poecion. TIDES FOR NASSAU H.(f.) Low H.(f.) 4:06 a.m :18 a.m :41 p.m :07 p.m. 0.6 Today Thuday 6:02 a.m :17 p.m :27 p.m Fiday 6:53 a.m :45 a.m :15 p.m :10 p.m. 0.0 SUN AND MOON Sunie :56 a.m. Sune :14 p.m. New Fi Foeca and gaphic povided by AccuWeahe, Inc Sep. 18 Sep. 26 : 91 F/33 C Low: 77 F/25 C NASSAU : 89 F/32 C Low: 75 F/24 C KEY WEST CAT ISLAND : 89 F/32 C Low: 80 F/27 C : 88 F/31 C Low: 74 F/23 C GREAT EXUMA SAN SALVADOR : 91 F/33 C Low: 77 F/25 C ANDROS Shown i oday' weahe. Tempeaue ae oday' high and onigh' low. : 88 F/31 C Low: 76 F/24 C : 91 F/33 C Low: 75 F/24 C LONG ISLAND : 89 F/32 C Low: 76 F/24 C U.S. CITIES Albuqueque Anchoage Alana Alanic Ciy Balimoe Boon Buffalo Chaleon, SC Chicago Cleveland Dalla Denve Deoi Honolulu Houon 82/27 60/15 85/29 85/29 74/23 74/23 88/31 80/26 77/25 84/28 83/28 80/26 89/31 88/31 Today Low 45/7 67/19 62/16 63/17 56/13 54/12 68/20 60/15 59/15 66/18 52/11 56/13 75/23 71/21 Wedneday Low W W c 77/25 81/27 73/22 60/15 71/21 87/30 75/23 71/21 81/27 76/24 89/31 90/32 56/13 47/8 69/20 60/15 51/10 54/12 73/22 54/12 59/15 50/10 56/13 75/23 c Indianapoli Jackonville Kana Ciy La Vega Lile Rock Lo Angele Louiville Memphi Miami Minneapoli Nahville New Olean New Yok Oklahoma Ciy Olando 82/27 85/29 82/27 94/34 83/28 78/25 82/27 81/27 89/31 84/28 87/30 82/27 81/27 90/32 Today Low 70/21 62/16 67/19 62/16 66/18 67/19 78/25 59/15 67/19 63/17 74/23 Wedneday Low W W c 77/25 88/31 80/26 97/36 82/27 78/25 91/32 81/27 89/31 68/20 90/32 59/15 74/23 56/13 74/23 63/17 62/16 65/18 65/18 78/25 54/12 65/18 71/21 58/14 60/15 75/23 c Philadelphia Phoenix Pibugh Poland, OR Raleigh-Duham S. Loui Sal Lake Ciy San Anonio San Diego San Fancico Seale Tallahaee Tampa Tucon Wahingon, DC EXT. Moonie :26 a.m. Moone :01 p.m. Full La AccuWeahe.com MIAMI : 89 F/32 C Low: 78 F/26 C V. HIGH HIGH Wedneday 5:07 a.m :20 a.m :36 p.m :58 p.m. 0.3 Saiic ae fo Naau hough 2 p.m. yeeday Tempeaue F/30 C Low F/26 C Nomal high F/31 C Nomal low F/24 C La yea' high F/33 C La yea' low F/25 C Pecipiaion A of 2 p.m. yeeday " Yea o dae " Nomal yea o dae " : 90 F/32 C Low: 79 F/26 C MODERATE 85/29 99/37 80/26 83/28 88/31 80/26 76/24 90/32 75/23 77/25 88/31 89/31 94/34 88/31 Today Low 76/24 57/13 58/14 65/18 56/13 70/21 66/18 58/14 57/13 76/24 71/21 67/19 MAYAGUANA Wedneday Low W W 99/37 76/24 80/26 88/31 75/23 73/22 74/23 85/29 88/31 94/34 77/25 77/25 56/13 58/14 62/16 58/14 69/20 65/18 58/14 56/13 75/23 67/19 c c : 88 F/31 C Low: 78 F/26 C CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS 89 F/32 C RAGGED ISLAND : Low: 79 F/26 C : 88 F/31 C Low: 75 F/24 C GREAT INAGUA : 89 F/32 C Low: 79 F/26 C Oc. 4 Oc. 11 Wedneday Low W Acapulco 90/32 77/25 90/32 77/25 Amedam 63/17 52/11 c 66/18 54/12 Ankaa, Tukey 46/7 73/22 45/7 Ahen 82/27 68/20 81/27 68/20 Auckland 66/18 53/11 60/15 49/9 Bangkok 89/31 78/25 89/31 78/25 h Babado 86/30 77/25 86/30 78/25 h Bacelona 73/22 55/12 c 71/21 59/15 Beijing 86/30 59/15 82/27 62/16 Beiu 75/23 81/27 76/24 Belgade 82/27 84/28 Belin 63/17 52/11 h 68/20 54/12 Bemuda 86/30 78/25 h 88/31 75/23 c Bogoa 66/18 47/8 66/18 46/7 Buel 63/17 52/11 66/18 54/12 Budape 83/28 58/14 h 83/28 59/15 Bueno Aie 73/22 55/12 70/21 52/11 Caio 96/35 74/23 96/35 71/21 Calcua 97/36 85/29 94/34 82/27 c Calgay 80/26 46/7 82/27 48/8 Cancun 93/33 77/25 92/33 76/24 Caaca 84/28 83/28 73/22 Caablanca 75/23 62/16 h 77/25 59/15 Copenhagen 50/10 65/18 52/11 Dublin 46/7 59/15 45/7 Fankfu 66/18 54/12 c 57/13 Geneva 62/16 51/10 c 62/16 56/13 h Halifax 43/6 h 42/5 Havana 90/32 73/22 89/31 h Helinki 63/17 48/8 45/7 h Hong Kong 85/29 81/27 90/32 81/27 h Ilamabad 103/39 74/23 103/39 74/23 Ianbul 76/24 67/19 77/25 Jeualem 81/27 63/17 81/27 62/16 Johannebug 82/27 54/12 84/28 53/11 Kingon 86/30 75/23 87/30 Lima 70/21 57/13 70/21 58/14 London 68/20 54/12 h 66/18 52/11 h Madid 77/25 48/8 50/10 h Manila 88/31 77/25 89/31 77/25 Mexico Ciy 73/22 55/12 73/22 55/12 Moneey 95/35 73/22 97/36 73/22 Moneal 45/7 45/7 Mocow 68/20 46/7 h 70/21 48/8 Munich 75/23 48/8 h 74/23 52/11 Naiobi 89/31 55/12 88/31 56/13 New Delhi 90/32 77/25 93/33 Olo 63/17 45/7 59/15 45/7 Pai 63/17 50/10 h 68/20 55/12 c 77/25 50/10 c 73/22 52/11 h Pague Rio de Janeio 74/23 63/17 h 74/23 c Riyadh 106/41 82/27 104/40 81/27 77/25 75/23 63/17 Rome S. Thoma 88/31 78/25 87/30 h San Juan 80/26 49/9 62/16 50/10 86/30 73/22 90/32 70/21 San Salvado 43/6 66/18 48/8 Saniago Sano Domingo 90/32 73/22 86/30 h 71/21 57/13 c 70/21 56/13 h Sao Paulo Seoul 57/13 81/27 59/15 48/8 50/10 Sockholm 77/25 53/11 75/23 55/12 Sydney Taipei 89/31 80/26 91/32 81/27 77/25 66/18 Tokyo 54/12 66/18 56/13 Toono Tinidad 95/35 73/22 99/37 73/22 70/21 57/13 73/22 57/13 Vancouve 73/22 h 75/23 62/16 c Vienna 74/23 56/13 54/12 Waaw 75/23 57/13 c 57/13 Winnipeg Weahe (W): -unny, -paly cloudy, c-cloudy, h-howe, -hundeom, -ain, f-now fluie, n-now, i-ice, Pcp-pecipiaion, T-ace NASSAU Today: Wedneday: FREEPORT Today: Wedneday: ABACO Today: Wedneday: WINDS NNW a 7-14 Kno ESE a 4-8 Kno NNE a 7-14 Kno ENE a 7-14 Kno NE a 8-16 Kno ENE a 7-14 Kno WAVES 1-3 Fee 1-2 Fee 2-4 Fee 1-3 Fee 3-6 Fee 3-5 Fee VISIBILITY 10 Mile 10 Mile 10 Mile 10 Mile 10 Mile 10 Mile WATER TEMPS. 86 F 86 F 87 F 87 F 85 F 85 F TODAY'S U.S. FORECAST Seale 77/57 Minneapoli 84/59 Billing 87/59 San Fancico 72/58 New Yok 82/64 Deoi Chicago 80/56 80/60 Denve 83/52 Wahingon 88/67 Kana Ciy 82/62 Lo Angele 78/62 Alana 79/67 El Pao 92/68 Showe T-om Rain Fluie Snow Ice Houon 88/71 Miami 89/78 Shown ae noon poiion of weahe yem and pecipiaion. Tempeaue band ae high fo he day. Foeca high/low empeaue ae fo eleced ciie Cold Wam Saionay Fon

14 PAGE 6B, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 The Tibune WOMAN healh B O D Y A N D M I N D HUNDREDS EMBARK IN WELLNESS REVOLUTION OVER THE WEEKEND By REUBEN SHEARER Tibune Feaue Repoe HUNDREDS of Bahamian ook pa in a wellne evoluion on he gound of he Miniy of Healh complex a he juncue of Augua, Delancy and Meeing See la Sauday. The aciviie wee pa of a Mega Healh Exavaganza, o obeve Caibbean Wellne Day- a day maked by Caicom Head of Govenmen in The even wa planned in epone o a ecognied need fo definiive acion in he figh again chonic dieae, unde he heme "Love My Body. In a aemen a he opening ceemony, Healh Minie, D Hube Minni aid: "ik faco combined wih unconolled blood peue, a ie in blood uga, and elevaed choleeol, may eul in lo of life and diabiliy duing wha hould be he mo poducive yea fo people. He eimaed ha 40 o 80 pe cen of non-communicable dieae can be pevened, by equipping he public wih knowledge o change hei die, and adop healhy, acive lifeyle which wa he pupoe of he all-day even. D Minni encouaged hoe who uppoed he fai o anlae he knowledge gained ino behaviou change ha i uainable; wih wellne becoming a daily puui. If hi i done, D Minni believe ha he miniy would have accomplihed hei miion. Summing hing up, he old Tibune Feaue ha he wa vey pleaed wih he day aciviie, and will coninue o champion fo a bee Bahama. Depuy Pime Minie Ben Symonee alo poke and made a commimen o "enue ha ciizen ae povided wih eouce o mainain healhy balanced lifeyle paiculaly by poviding afe place in which o engage in wholeome wellne aciviie." Hunded of people opped by houghou he day o ake pa in an aay of aciviie. Ten houand dolla in pize wa given away o lucky winne, including pedicue, home alam yem, gym membehip, full body maage, and kaae leon. Vaiou gym, pa and wholeale wee peen, and had pecial giveaway houghou he day. Peon wee able o y hei hand a a punchboad" and ample a vaiey of food including oaed con, naive boil, and fui plae. Fo hoe ha ween icly couning he caloie, conch fie wee available a a booh ponoed by he Mehodi Women Goup. Naual juice wee made on he po a he Public Hopial Auhoiy booh. Cao, apple, banana, papaya, and celey wee juiced and ample wee given ou. The Bahama Cance Sociey, Naional Inuance Boad, and Royal Bank of Canada wee amoung he oganiaion aking pa. The healh fai included aciviie uch a bakeball hoo-ou feauing pao v poliician (won by D Minini and paliamenaian Shane Gibon) and govenmen v non govenmen oganiaion; egg and poon ace, and a kaae demonaion and a how opping obacle coue demonaion coodinaed by Naaha Bown, a fine guu and owne of Kingdom Fine and Wellne Inenaional. Aendee wee alo eaed o lively pefomance fom he Royal Bahama Defence Foce and Cuade band and a Junkanoo uh ou. Tibune Feaue poke o a numbe of peon who wee epecially ineeed in infomaion on new execie pogamme. Tavi Bowe who igned up fo a Bally Toal Fine pogam aid he waned o be ue he i aound fo hi wo-yea-old daughe, Telia Bowe. "Thee' a lo of infomaion ou hee ha i good fo my own upkeep," M Bowe explained. "I go my blood uga eed, and go ome infomaion on diabee. Eliia Ouen, an educao, poke o Tibune Feaue wih a V8 plah ample in-hand fom he D'Albena booh. She wa paiculaly excied o vii he 'Slimmin Up' pogam o inquie abou hei evice. "I'm expecing o ee wha hey have going on fo hea ae, cadio and o inceae my meabolim, he aid. Thi wa he hid ime uppoing a healh even, adding "i' a good hing fo peon in he communiy o come ou hee and ee wha' available. Ohe counie in he egion held aciviie on Sauday and houghou he week. Bemuda, Babado, Jamaica, Biih Vigin Iland, S Ki and Nevi, held bakeball game, walk and ide on he diffeen iland. Addiional aciviie wee planned duing he week leading up o Sauday. PHA employee Anoine Ache whip up a bach of papaya and apple juice fo aendee. TWO-yea-old Telia Bowe i aken up wih India he clown. MARGO Hillhoue and Kaina Rolle howcae poduc available a The Wellne Cene on Thompon Blvd. THE CANCER Sociey and US TOO pead he wod on bea and poae cance. Felipé Majo/Tibune aff Reuben Sheae/Tibune Saff Reuben Sheae/Tibune Saff Felipé Majo/Tibune aff By SUSAN DONALD DC Degeneaive dic dieae THE em degeneaive dic dieae i vey mileading. All of u expeience ome level of deeioaion; howeve i' he cae of exceive beakdown ha acually lead o pain and ohe ympom. Anohe ouce of confuion i pobably ceaed by he em dieae, which i acually a minome. Degeneaive dic dieae i acually no a dieae a all, bu ahe a degeneaive condiion ha a ime can poduce pain fom a damaged dic. Degeneaive dic dieae i quie vaiable in i naue and eveiy. Wih age all people will exhibi change in hei dic conien wih degeneaion. Howeve, no all people will develop ympom. Degeneaion of a dic i a beakdown and weaing away of he dic, which eve a a cuhion beween he veebae of he pine Dic ae a gel like ubance, compied of ove 90 pe cen wae and nomally ong and duable, bu when placed unde uneven peue and compeion fo yea hey can eaily give way. The condiion geneally a wih a oion (wiing) injuy o he dic. The injuy weaken he dic and canno hold he veebal egmen ogehe a well a i ued o. The inflammaoy poein inide he dic become expoed and iiae he local aea, poducing low back pain. Unlike he mucle in he back, he dic doe no have a blood upply and heefoe canno heal ielf and he painful ympom of degeneaive dic dieae can become chonic. I i common fo individual who have had painful dic degeneaion condiion a a young and middle-aged peon o have no pain when hey age. The eaon fo hi i ha a fully degeneaed dic no longe ha any inflammaoy poein ha can caue pain and uually collape ino a able poiion. Fo mo people, degeneaive dic dieae can be uccefully eaed wih conevaive cae ha coni of egula chiopacic adjumen, mucle eeducaion eamen, daily eching and low impac aeobic execie. Pacicing hee uggeion will help abilie and op pain fom he condiion of degeneaive dic dieae. Fo moe infomaion conac D. Suan Donald a Life Chiopacic Cene, Shae you new The Tibune wan o hea fom people who ae making new in hei neighbouhood. Pehap you ae aiing fund fo a good caue, campaigning fo impovemen in he aea o have won an awad. If o, call u on and hae you oy.

15 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, PAGE 7B WOMAN LOVING RELATIONSHIPS Why hould we fogive? LOVE'S geae challenge ha o be fogivene. The olde we ge he geae he chance of having been faced wih a deep hu. Wouldn' life be eaie if we did no have o deal wih fogiving people? Thee people may o may no be in ou live. They may be ou paen, fiend o love pane. We may feel hem hahing hough ou live cauing mayhem and deucion. All oo ofen we feel a if he offende calmly walk away aying, 'oy and pleae fogive me', and ye we ae he one lef buied and bleeding. Ae we made o feel ha fogiving i ju a way o pu up wih wong ha we ju do no deeve? Do we have o fogive eveybody? Aen' hee ome people and he wong hey do ju off he ada concening fogivene? Thee ae ome people who exemplify he wod fogivene. They fogive eveyone aco he boad and ea all hu he ame. They do no hold a gudge and hing ju eem o wah of hei back. They bounce By MAGGIE BAIN back quickly and eaily. They a each day wih a new and efehed aiude. You may know uch a peon, mavel a hei dipoiion and wih you could be like hem. On he ohe hand you may have queioned hei inceiy and pehap even hei moive. I i ue ha fogivene come moe eaily o ome bu fo mo of u i i a uggle. No being able o fogive i viewed a a weakne; conequenly we do no like acknowledging ou bale wihin. Cynic among u, o eali a hey like o be called, would ay ha he wold i full of unfaine. They ae he fi o ay, Eveyone ge hu a one ime o anohe. -So ge ued o i. Opening ouelve o any ype of elaionhip make u vulneable o anohe' beayal and diloyaly. We may pull back a we nue ouelve bu we oon ealie ha living life doe no mean cuing ouelve off fom people. A childen we cla all unfaine ogehe bu a we maue we ae able o deciphe he hing ha ae eally mall diappoinmen o ligh compaed wih ue deep hu. The peon feeling he pain can only meaue hi. Wha one peon looking on may conide a huge injuice, he peon who i diecly involved may view diffeenly. Ou hea ell u when i i a deep pain. We a wondeing how o ge pa he pain and if i will eve end. We come o undeand ha i i only by fogiving ha we can a o heal. Bu how can fogivene be igh when i feel o naual o le he offende ge hei punihmen? I i hi vey unnaual feeling ha make fogivene uch an uphill uggle. The mounain climb i aduou and filled wih an aay of emoion. Fi we have o feel he hu only o find he accompanying pain immobilie u. I i hee helple and ovewhelming feeling ha conume u. No being in conol of ou pain puhe u o find he powe by blaming he ohe. Geing aenion and ympahy fom hoe aound u i a much happie ae o be in and o we coninue o blame. Many people live in hi ae fo yea wihou ecogniing ha i peven hem fom healing and moving on. How ofen have you no been able o look, alk o ineac wih ha peon, le alone conemplae fogiving hem? Then we may even find ouelve haing hem. We can no move fom hee eible feeling and pehap even wih hem ham. How could we poibly deeve a fiend beaying, a paen abuing, o a pane leaving u ou in he cold? Some people ge uck a hi age. Like geing uck in he mud. Thei fee ae deeply implaned. They wan o move bu a had a hey y hey ju can no ge anywhee. Someime i i ju a mae of ime o pehap i i wih a lo of inopecion. Yea of being uck and no being able o move fowad will uually equie pofeional help. Seeing hing wih new eye and fom a new pepecive ofen eleae he fee o walk fowad. They op blaming and punihing and come o undeand why i happened. The pain change diecion and fo ome even diipae. Hea feel fee and fogivene move in. The climb up he mounainop ha been wohwhile and a new onge peon emege. Magae Bain i an Individual and Couple Relaionhip Theapi. She i a Regieed Nue and a Ceified Clinical Sex Theapi. Call fo an appoinmen- Relae Bahama a , o elaebahama@yahoo.com o She i alo available fo peaking engagemen. By BERNADETTE GIBSON THE MOST obviou diadvanage of pedaoy behaviou by dog i he unneceay injuy o deah of ohe animal including wildlife and ohe pe ha appea o be offenive and unneceay. Pedaoy behaviou in dog and ca DOGS wee oiginally domeicaed o ake advanage of hei huning abiliie. Ou anceo edieced he naual ininc of he dog abiliy o hun in pack benefiing fom i acking kill and peed in puui of common pey. Thouand of yea of eleced beeding have poduced a lo of diffeen beed. The Bloodhound wa developed fo i ene of mell, he Saluki and Bozoi fo hei keen eyeigh, Labado fo huning bid, Coonhound fo huning accoon and Rhodeian Ridgeback fo lion. Wih he excepion of lion, mo ca ae oliay hune ha hun alone and pimaily a nigh. Pedaoy behaviou in ca i boh inincual and leaned. Kien, in he fom of play, pacice huning echnique. Some houe ca wihou pio expeience inincively eac o pey animal ha co hei pah. Dog beed wee developed o hun ceain animal- he Iih Wolfhound and he foxhound o hun wolve and foxe. Some beed wee developed o poec ohe animal. The Bode collie and Elkhound o poec mall uminan, dachund and eie beed By DR BASIL SANDS wee bed o puue gound pey. The Englih Bulldog and Ameican Pibull Teie wee oiginally bed fo uninhibied pedaoy and dominan ocial aggeion fo hei owne eneainmen uch a dog figh. The Sain Benad and Geman Shephed wee boh developed fo moe humaniaian applicaion, uch a he each and ecue alen ha we ee oday. Undeiable pedaoy behaviou i elaively common in dog. Mo pe ae geneically pedipoed owad ome fom of pedaoy behaviou. Thi ype of behaviou i a poblem, becaue he dog can caue injuy, can be injued ielf o be expoed o conagiou dieae. Owne may be hoified when hei ca peen hem wih a half eaen moue o bid. Thi i no a gif o he owne fo i gaiude fo he owne cae and hopialiy, bu i a maenal ininc when he ca bing back pey o i home fo hei young one. The queen will nomally bing dead pey even egugiaing half digeed food fo hei newbon lie. A he kien gow, he will eun wih live pey o each he kien how o pey. A ca ininc may be o cay i pey o a heleed aea bu no o conume i. Some ca owne poclaim ha i cuel o eic a ca naual ininc o hun. The mo obviou diadvanage of pedaoy behaviou by dog i he unneceay injuy o deah of ohe animal including wildlife and ohe pe ha appea o be offenive and unneceay. I can alo ake a moe inie fom when dieced again family membe, paiculaly if hee ae childen and infan. Pedaoy ininc i mo likely o be edieced owad childen when an infan begin o cawl and walk. The dog may no diplay any inee in an immobile newbon, bu may how ome inee in hi ame newbon when he begin cawling aound you home. So neve leave a child (oddle) unaended wih even he mo ued pe. How o peven pedaoy behaviou in dog and ca In dog hee ae wo imple appoache: 1. Deny you dog he oppouniy o hun. Peven oppouniie o oam unupevied oudoo. Inue ha you home i fenced o walled in if huning occu beyond you popey. 2. Minimie you dog deie o oam and hun by poviding ohe aciviie, dicouage wild and undiciplined behaviou, walk you dog on a leah and pacice obedience kill daily. In ca, he only pacical way o eolve undeiable pedaoy behaviou i o peven i. The ininc o hun can be o ong ha i la a lifeime. The clinic ca Sneaky hun eveyday and will bing a dead moue o u mo ime. Of coue, we like i becaue i i a mean of oden conol. Huning i a pa of a ca oudoo aciviie egadle of how he i fed. I may help o aach bell o a colla o wan unupecing age. Remembe ha you pe can be injued in i aemp o capue pey and i ucepible o he healh ik aociaed wih oaming oudoo. Do you have fla fee? THIS week ou back o chool eie conclude wih a dicuion abou 'fla fee'. Fla fee i eihe acquied o inheied. I i one of he mo common foo defomiie alo known a 'pe planu', and i chaaceied by he flaening of he ach on he medial (inide) of you fee. Someime, fla fee occu becaue you ache don' develop duing childhood, o in ohe inance, fla fee may occu naually a you age. Flafoo - a nomal flafoo i een a 'congenial' and i believed o be inheied. Nomal flafee ae funcionally healhy and uually caue no dicomfo, howeve hey can omeime caue hoe fiing poblem becaue a he foo i in he hoe i occupie moe pace in he mid-foo aea of he hoe. Thi fiing peen moe diec peue on he hank aea. Acquied fla fee on he ohe hand can peen moe eiou poblem. Sevee Ponaion (ouwad oaion) of he heel, and a ponounced ou wing of he foefoo i a majo concen becaue i affec one naual balance. The caue of acquied fla fee ae many, bu in olde age goup, i commonly eul fom deceaed execie and inceaed weigh, which in un, add o he mechanical diubance of he foo. Thi can fuhe lead o a evee beakdown of he ach. The foo become mihapen, wih an exemely depeed ach, and a olling-in and down a he inne ankle. How impoan i he ach? The ach of he foo diibue weigh evenly aco he fee and up he leg, and can affec walking. A well developed ach i balanced beween igidiy (fo abiliy) and flexibiliy (fo adaping o uface). While 'acquied flafee' can be given elief by he ue of ohoic, hey ae among he hade-o-fi fee. Odinay hoe on hee fee quickly go ou of hape, and hence pecial ohopedic foowea, plu highly killed and expeienced fiing abiliy i equied fo uch fee. If you have been expeiencing pain in he ach aea of he foo, I uge ha you eek pofeional help becaue you ache may be falling and could be aved by way of pope ach uppo - Ohoic. Benadee D. Gibon, a Boad Ceified & licened Pedohi, i he popieo of Foo Soluion, a healh and wellne fanchie ha focue on foo cae and pope hoe fi, locaed in he Sandypo Plaza, Naau. Pleae diec any queion o commen o naau@foooluion.com o 327- FEET (3338). "The view expeed ae hoe of he auho and doe no neceaily epeen hoe of Foo Soluion Incopoaed o any of i ubidiay and/o affiliaed companie.

16 PAGE 8B, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 WOMAN Conucive confonaion Confonaion i a fou lee wod in vaiou buine envionmen and ypically, i i avoided a many co. Hee ae hee cenaio ha can happen in any office a any level: Scenaio 1 Jenny i a upevio who ook ove a new eam hi yea. Jenny inheied Sanda who i quie killed a diappeaing duing peak peiod of wok. Jenny i heian abou aying anyhing o Sanda becaue Sanda i fiendly wih he CEO and o when Sanda diappea, ohe membe of he eam begudgingly ake on he exa wok. Ove ime, he wok fall behind and when Jenny addee he eam abou hei poduciviy, an aggeive, heaed exchange enue. Scenaio 2 Jame i a good woke and conibue poiively o he pefomance of he eam. Wheneve he paicipae in a meeing, he cu off he peon peaking, alway eeming o have a logical eaon why omehing canno be done. Ove ime, ohe employee op offeing hei idea, and he meeing become le poducive becaue eveyone ha diengaged. Scenaio 3 Ronnie i a vey nice peon bu By YVETTE BETHEL he doen' ge he wok done. A lunch ime he collec lunch fom vaiou eauan fo he cowoke, he bake paie and bing hem o wok and he alway ha uplifing wod fo he colleague. She i congenial, bu he wok mie deadline, i incomplee o conain eo. No one wan o be he bad guy and ell Ronnie ha he i no pefoming. In each of hee cenaio, he ue of conucive confonaion kill would help o enue u level ae no eoded by feeing eenmen caued by peceived avoidance. Conucive confonaion i an aeive appoach o building healhy woking elaionhip ha engende open communicaion and collaboaion. Conucive confonaion i no blaming o biaed, i i engaging, fac baed and oluion diven. In many wok envionmen, employee, upevio and manage eem o ue he wod confonaion inechangeably wih conflic. Thi i becaue hey uually delay addeing iue fo o long ha he confonaion end up euping ino an exchange laced wih ange, diappoinmen o fuaion. In ohe ealiie, when confonaion i well imed and ued in a conucive way, i can acually build poduciviy, collaboaion and moale. Tip fo Making Confonaion Conucive The fi ip i o manage he iue a oon a poible. While waiing may be an effecive plan in ome inance, i i uually ineffecive becaue fuaion bew he longe you ake o conend wih a iuaion. If you end o ake long o manage an iue, epec fo you leadehip will eode and employee will view you a omeone who i eihe unfai o afaid o do wha i igh. Anohe eaon you hould no wai oo lae o deal wih conflic i ha ealy on, a iuaion may be eolved wih a coaching eion. If you wai oo long, i can lead o diciplinay acion which could mean eminaion. Don' aume confonaion ha o be negaive o unpleaan. Refame you biae and emembe if you ick o he fac and avoid wod ha label, blame o expe a negaive opinion, you can ceae a conucive conveaion. Avoid confuing confonaion wih conflic. While confonaion can how up a conflic in he fom of an angy o aggeive exchange beween individual, i can alo peen a an open, aeive, coaching dialogue deigned o develop conciou, engaged employee. Be clea abou wha you have o ay becaue conucive confonaion can be deailed by unclea, vague language ha ap dance aound oo caue. Be oluion diven and enue hee i a clea undeanding a he end of he conveaion abou expecaion and nex ep. Make you appoach hough he language of cuioiy. Blame and judgmen will aac defenivene and poiioning, no anpaence and collaboaion. Be open o liening. You ae pobably conibuing o he challenge. Manage you emoion no mae wha i being aid o you. You can ue he pefomance appaial poce o confon undeiable behaviou in employee. Take noe, hi hould no be he fi ime hey hea abou you diaifacion bu i hould help o hold hem accounable o uained change in hei behaviou. Le' go back o he hee cenaio. Ak youelf if you have a Jenny, Jame o Ronnie on you eam. Alenaively, hink abou if you ee youelf in any of hem. Then ak youelf which combinaion of hee ip can help you o confon he iue conucively. Avoiding hee oppouniie o confon can lead o loweed employee moale, compomied poduciviy and a lack of epec fo leadehip. In he book, The A of Conucive Confonaion by John Hoove and Roge DiSilveo hey ae ha, Conucive confonaion inceae accounabiliy and deceae conflic. When hing ae no confoned ealy and ofen, hey end o cah and bun. By hen, hee' nohing lef bu conflicual, accuaoy, negaive, blame-placing, find-a-capegoa, each-fo-he-guily-and-punih-he-innocen, confonaion. No hank Confonaion keep accounabiliy high and conflic low by eliminaing confuion, chao, inconien meage, and double andad... Conucive confonaion i he onge ool available o enue effecive leadehip aco an enie oganiaion, a evey level. Yvee Behel i CEO of Oganizaional Soul Ld., an HR Conuling and Taining Company. Conac he a info@ogoul.com o a GREEN SCENE By Gadene Jack By SARAH BEEK PINK Bandywine i conideed by many a he wold' aie omao. Tomaoe - King of cop A VEGETABLE gaden wihou omaoe i almo unhinkable. Viio will look abou and ak whee you have hidden hem. Tomaoe ae he king of cop and if you gow only omaoe you will have a ewading eaon. Thee ae eveal diinc ype of omao ha have diffeen ue. Chey omaoe ae mall and can be ound, ovoid o pea-haped. They can alo be inenely wee o ineeingly avouy. Regula alad omaoe can be yellow, pink, oange o ed while beefeak vaieie end o be ed and lage, ideal fo andwiche whee one lice will do he job. Plum o Ialian omaoe have a lowe liquid conen and ae ideal fo auce and pae. Mo omao vaieie on ale hee day ae hybid ha ae vey eliable poduce. All of he ype of omao I have menioned ae available in heiloom fom. Heiloom omaoe ae open pollinaed bu abilied o ha he eed can be aved and ued fo ubequen cop. Seed fom hybid plan canno be ued a fully heequae of he cop would have undeiable feaue. The eaon heiloom omaoe exi i due o he fac hey ae upeio in ome way uually in ae and have been peeved in many cae fo decade. Heiloom omaoe come o u fom all ove he wold and ome of hem have hape and colou ha GIANT Pink Ruffled i an heiloom omao ha i a iking a i i ay. do no exi in he hybid wold. I i geneally ecognied ha Pink Bandywine i he be aing omao of all ime, hough many heiloom ae in he ame league. A favouie of mine i Gian Pink Ruffled. Ye, i ae gea bu i mo noable feaue i i calloped hape. One lice can cove andwich bead bu i eem a hame o ea uch a wok of a. Tomaoe come in wo fom, whehe hey ae hybid o heiloom. Deeminae omaoe poduce a cop quickly and hen he plan die. Indeeminae vaieie coninue o gow and give fui long afe he iniial cop. I would ecommend uing deeminae vaieie a he yield i much highe when pead houghou he gowing eaon. Tomaoe ae eay o a bu geneally need ome ype of uppo once hey bea fui. Tomao cage ae geneally acceped a being he handie way o uppo omao vine. The mo impoan faco i keeping he fui off he gound. Fui ouching he gound will almo ceainly be aacked by inec. If you allow you omaoe o pawl naually you can ue plaic cae o uppo you omaoe and keep hem away fom pedaion. Thee ae ome inec ha will climb you vine o aack he fui, mo noably he gian omao honwom. Alhough Dipel can be ued on caepilla he mo effecive mehod i o pick hem off and ep on hem. Oganic, oo. Anohe enemy of omaoe live in he oil. If you gow omaoe (o any ohe cop) in he ame aea fo moe han one eaon i i highly likely ha nemaode will infe he oo. Thee micocopic wom ene he iue of he oo and caue hem o well in an ugly way. The abiliy o abob wae fom he oil i blocked and he plan wihe, uually when i ha half-gown fui. If you omao plan uffe fom nemaode you mu pull hem up. Fo he e of he eaon you mu plan a oally diffeen cop, uch a cabbage o cucumbe. Eggplan, poaoe and peppe belong o he ame family a omaoe o you canno plan hem in he aea. Vey few gaden cop ae a ewading a omaoe. Keep he cop coming by owing new eed once he fi one ae a monh old, hen new eed again when he econd cop i a monh old, e ceea. If you do have a glu you can ue he exce o make a omao auce ha you can feeze fo fuue ue. j.hady@coalwave.com Acne: Veion 2.0 IS acne a pevalen pang of adolecence, o a lifelong kin healh challenge? Tun ou i can be boh. While acne i aociaed wih eenage yea filled wih aging homone and he uggle fo ocial accepance, many adul ae finding hemelve caugh in he middle of an acne epidemic. Skin cae pofeional and demaologi alike ae alo epoing adul acne i on he ie. Clinical udie indicae beween 40 and 55 pe cen of he adul populaion in he 20 o 40 age goup ha been diagnoed wih low gade, peien acne and oily kin, wih he pimay caaly idenified a chonic e. Balancing peonal and pofeional eponibiliie make hi geneaion of adul he mo imecompeed geneaion in hioy, which conibue o chonic e: he conan, coninued and heighened level of e ha how ou adenal gland ino ovedive, which in un can boo ebum poducion, eing he age fo acne developmen. Once hee' a boo in ebum poducion, he cacade of even leading o beakou begin: oil pill ono kin' uface and ac a a binde, ceaing a mixue of oil and cell ha block oxygen fom eneing he poe. The lack of oxygen ceae he ulimae beeding gound fo baceia, which lead o he welling, edne, and inflammaion aound he follicle, euling in acne. Adul cae of acne ae ofen moe peien and moe inflammaoy han eenage cae. Adul acne i alo ofen accompanied by kin eniiaion, o a combinaion of kin condiion, which make eamen moe challenging. To uccefully ea, clea and peven acne, he cacade of even leading o acne developmen mu be conolled; bu don' un o popula een-cenic eamen ha may be oo hah and iiaing. MediBac Cleaing i Demalogica' anwe o he adul acne epidemic. To lean moe abou hi weny-fou hou eamen yem fomulaed pecifically o ea, clea and peven adul acne, vii you Demalogica pofeional kin heapi fo you Face Mapping kin analyi and cuomied poduc pecipion.

17 THE TRIBUNE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 SECTION B HEALTH: Body and mind Handcaf inviaion caefully cafed by Aboluely Inviing. Aboluely Inviing By Jeffaah Gibon Aboluely Inviing add a conempoay wi o adiional inviaion wih caefully handcaf inviaion o ui any even. Afe ecogniing how alened he wa, Dameeka Robe, Owne of Aboluely inviing, began fabicaing inviaion fo a numbe of pecial occaion. "I aed making inviaion a yea ago. I neve conideed myelf a ceaive peon. A I wa looking fo inviaion fo my on' bapim, my mohe aid o me, why don' you make he inviaion youelf inead of paying fo coly inviaion, o I did." Wih he advice fom he mohe and he ingenuiy, he venued ino a buine, ha would pove quie ewading. The company goal i o enue ha hei clien have a much inpu a poible ino inviaion deign. Cuome elec he colo cheme fo he inviaion, and he yle. Some of he yle fo he inviaion include he pocke fold yle, he fla panel yle, and he peal yle wih he mo popula being he pocke fold. Thi i wha M Robe ay e Aboluely Inviing apa fom ohe inviaion deigne. "Inviaion e he one fo an even and we allow ou cuome o have ome inpu. We don' have caalog o clien don' chooe fom he aleady deigned inviaion. Ou aenion o deail and excellen cafmanhip place u a a foce wihin he local aionay induy" he aid. M Robe alo ay ha he qualiy of hei wok i vey impoan and hey y o do hei be o incopoae idea fom clien o make ue hei deign ae ceaive and unuual. "We ue diffeen exue of pape. They include he himme pape, he mae pape which i a lile oughe han he himme pape, and he anlucen pape. Afe ou clien chooe he ype of pape and he colo cheme fo he inviaion, we ae allowed ceaive feedom." Since hey ae alway coming up wih new deign concep, one inviaion wa deigned wih Andoia cloh. A cadboad a cuom ize wa ued and he Andoia pin cloh wa baked a he back and aound he bode of he cadboad. Inviaion fo all even ae ceaed, bu he majoiy of inviaion eque ae fo wedding. "Ou company povide one of a kind aioney oluion fo all of life' occaion and evenualiie, caeing o wedding, paie, howe, chuch and copoae funcion ju o name a few" he aid.