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May 5 - 11, 2016 Vol. 28, No. 36

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Also THis week: kal david & Miss lauri Bono @ Myett’s CGB • BVi dance school BBQ Fundraiser • Cil Pre-Mother’s day Car sale

This Week’s Feature Story by Arlena Smith

Kal David and Miss Lauri Bono @ Myett’s Head on down to Myett’s in Cane Garden Bay for your chance to see legendary blues and recording artists Kal David and Miss Lauri Bono performing on Tortola, Virgin Gorda and St John from May 6th to 24th. Kal David is recognized by his peers as one of the finest blues guitarists in the world today and he has played with the best of the best.

Born and raised in Chicago, Kal's recording career began as a teenager, as a member of Kal David and the Exceptions, he was signed to a contract with King Records and later to Vee-Jay Records. Later on, Kal joined musical forces with guitarist Paul Cotton to form the group, The Rovin' Kind. This band recorded for Dunwich Records and Kal and Paul hit their stride, recording two critically acclaimed albums for Columbia Records, Illinois Speed Press and Duet.

While in Woodstock Kal met his singing, writing and production partner, Miss Lauri Bono, who is a featured member of Kal's band.

After a move to Los Angeles in 1978, Kal and Lauri made a commitment to the Blues. In the studio or on tour their work with blues great Etta James was evident. In the mid eighties Miss Lauri did a short stint with Bette Midler as a Harlette and Kal joined John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers as featured vocalist and guitarist, replacing Mick Taylor. Kal has also played and recorded with the likes of BB King, Peter Cetera, Paul Cotton, Smokey Robinson, the Allman Brothers and the list goes on.

Kal and Lauri just finished recording their latest album "Living The Dream" in Germany late last year and were awarded Artists of the Year by a music industry web magazine, Damn Good Tunes.

Kal and Lauri are going to be performing at Myett’s in Cane Garden Bay May 6th, 7th, 11th, 12th and 21st.

Don’t miss your chance to see the awesome performance – it is not to be missed. For more information call 495-9649.

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Ask Koren

Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!

Bold Approach Didn’t Work

Ask Koren

Dear Koren, When I was setting my New Year resolutions, I decided to make this year the year I find a life partner.

A lot of the magazines and talk shows encourage a woman to go after what she wants. Well for the year, in a subtle way, I approach three different guys and expressed my interest and none of them really pursued anything. Two of them I whatsapp but they never make no move or ask me out, the other one I sent a message with a friend to say, I’m interested, she say he laugh but then he never contact me. So what do I do now? ~Eager But Discouraged

yield the fruit you wanted. It sounds like you don’t want to be laid back about it. Maybe you could try online dating and see if you connect with anyone there. Love will eventually come but in the meantime, until it does, enjoy your singleness because it is not a curse. While you wait, just focus on you…loving yourself, having fun, trying new things, enriching your spiritual and social life, pursuing your dreams and just living your life like it’s golden. All this will help you to enjoy the here and now and will also prepare you for when that special someone comes around.

You are complete just as you are. You are special and I would hope you have a lot in your life to occupy you.

That does not mean you stop looking, it just means that you enjoy your now, what you currently have and the process of seeking love will not seem so frustrating to you.

Dear Eager Lady, The desire to find a life partner is normal and you are not alone. Millions of women around the world dream of finding that special someone, so you are in good company. Everyone’s methods of doing so are different though – some go to clubs, some go to speed dating events, some approach men verbally, some ask for set ups and referrals, some try online dating, etc. You have tried with 3 persons and it did not work out, but it sounds like you got two friends, in the process. Not bad. Everything in life that we do should be a learning experience, so do not get discouraged.

You have tried the bold approach and it did not

Lime ... “to hang around idly” or “to go out on the town.”

Source: The Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole by the late educator and historian Lito Valls.

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By Arlena Smith

Deadpool It’s been years in the making but fans of Marvel will be happy with the latest entry in the incessantly expanding comic book movie series; this time we are introduced to the potty mouthed anti-hero superhero Deadpool.

Ryan Reynolds plays Wade Wilson, a mercenary with a heart of mold. There’s nothing sentimental about him. He hangs out at a bar with other mercenaries and hit men, run by a guy named Weasel (T.J. Miller). Weasel is Reynolds’ best friend, so to speak, and together they are a ferocious comedy duo.

Weasel runs a “dead pool” – that is, a betting pool with odds on which one of his patrons is likely to die next. One night after a job Reynolds meets Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), who shares his wit and values and they fall hard for each other. Reynolds eventually proposes to Vanessa but after passing out one night finds out he has terminal cancer. Weasel, a funny guy but a terrible person, bets on his best buddy when he learns he may die.

Having found his soul mate and willing to do anything to be with her forever. Reynolds is approached by a shady organization that offers him a cure.

Although skeptical he agrees to participate in this topsecret experiment if it means staying with Vanessa.

After he is experimented on by super villain Ajax (Ed

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Skrein) the procedure leaves him with advanced healing powers and strength but a horribly disfigured face and body, ironically his face and body only heal back to the disfigured face and not his once pretty boy looks. When Ajax leaves him in a burning building hoping that would be his demise, Deadpool who survives the fire, spends the next year training to hunt him down and kill him.

Incredibly funny and witty Deadpool is essentially a revenge story about a guy who is too vain to return to his beautiful girlfriend while disfigured, so he hunts down the man responsible.

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By Claudia Colli her a P&G beauty or household item from Road Town Wholesale. If Mom likes crafts, then the Odd Box in the Belisarius Building on Wickhams Cay II is for her.

Then there’s a car. Come out to the Tortola Pier Park from 9am-3pm for a massive Pre-Mother’s Day Car Sale on Saturday, May 7th sponsored by Caribbean Insurers. There will be special rates on insurance by CIL and special financing rates by Banco Popular and Scotia bank.

One BVI

It’s Mother’s Day

In order to promote the importance of tourism throughout the BVI, the Tourist Board has launched the One BVI Tourism Awareness Campaign. Among the program’s objectives are: defining the meaning of tourism in the context of the BVI; increasing awareness of the importance of tourism to the BVI and its residents; and emphasizing the role that each resident plays in the delivery of a succesful tourism product. For more information on One BVI and the role you can play go to www.bvitourism.com/onebvi or call 494-3134. You can also email the Tourist Board at onebvi@bvitourism.com

Give Mom the special attention she deserves by taking her out to brunch or dinner this Sunday, May 8th. Pusser’s West End’s brunch is from 11am-3pm and includes a Bloody Mary, Mimosa, Painkiller or nonalcoholic cocktail, plus a choice of six appetizers, nine entrees, dessert and coffee. Myett’s will be having special Mother’s Day Brunch and Dinner menus, and Bananakeet with its sweeping view of Tortola’s North Shore will offer a complimentary glass of Prosecco for Mom. Peg Legs Restaurant will also offer fizz for that special Mom. This time, sparkling rosé wine and a complimentary dinner for the first mother. Or, take her for a Sunday outing and brunch at Caravela Restaurant at Scrub Island. The buffet includes a welcome Mimosa, Champagne or fruit juice and a sumptuous buffet.

Other Mother’s Day ideas include buying her a beautiful piece of jewelry from Mi Amor, which will definitely bring a smile to her face. For a more practical gift that will be no less appreciated, LIME has several phones with prepaid packages available – or give

Museum Day Activities An art and photo exhibit is being held at the Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum throughout the month of May in honor of International Musuem Day. The works of fifteen prominent local artists and photographers are on display. Highlighting the event will be a Reception on Wednesday, May 18th at 5pm where you can come out and show your support for the museum, view the exhibition and mingle with the artists. A Cleanup will also be held in May (date to be 9

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live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY - MAY 5 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone” Ladies Night 2 for 1 drink specials 5-7pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “ No Ship Day” Brkf/Lunch/Din daily.

Sunset Happier Hour 4-7pm music by Candyman & Evolution Band at 7pm for Limbo dance contest.

QUITO’S — Open from 3pm. Live Music by Marcus Mark at Happy Hour. Evening- Third Dimension (Caave Stoutt & Akim) ELM’S — Daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:306pm & 2 for $5 Carib Beer. Serving Dinner 6-9pm WEST END D’BEST CUP — Open daily from 7am till 5pm for great coffee and delicious breakfasts till 2pm.

PUSSERS — George Worthmore from 7-9:30pm VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar” Glenn Lamonthe “Eon Starzs” from 5-7:30pm FRIDAY - MAY 6 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone”TGIF Party with Local DJ & Drink Specials CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S —” No Ship Day” Brkf/Lunch/Din daily.

Sunset Happier Hour with Live Steel Pan w/ Marlon 4-7pm. Blues by Kal David & Lauri Bono 8pm QUITO’S — Open from 10am. Oren Hodge at Lunch & Happy Hour. Music by Caave Stoutt & Akim for Happy Hour 5-6.30pm. The Edge 8.30pm

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ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:306pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm. Beach BBQ. Music by Jeff Ross 7-10pm SATURDAY - MAY 7 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — “Myett’s Chill Zone” Super Saturday Party with DJ PIER PARK — CIL Pre-Mother’s Day Car Sale 9am-3pm PROSPECT REEF — BVI Dance School BBQ Fundraiser 11am-4pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “No Cruise Ship Day” Brkf/Lunch/Din daily.

Marcus Mark for Happier Hour 4-7pm. Blues by Kal David & Lauri Bono 8pm QUITO’S — Open 10am Daily. Marlon Pan Jazz lunch.

Too Smooth Happy Hour & later 5-10pm ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:306pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

WEST END PUSSERS — Cave Stoutt live from 7-9:30pm VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar” Glenn Lamonthe “Eon Starzs” from 5-7:30pm SUNDAY - MAY 8 - MOTHER’S DAY CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “No Cruise Ship Day” Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner daily. Featuring Special Mother’s Day Lunch & Dinner Menu. Sunset Happier Hour 4-7pm & Marcus Mark live at 7pm QUITO’S — Open at 10am daily. Lunch & Happy Hour Marlon Pan Jazz.

ts • parties • sports • movies and more

WINDY HILL

CANE GARDEN BAY

BANANAKEET CAFE — Mother’s Day Brunch 10am-2pm

MYETT’S — Breakfast/brunch/ lunch & dinner daily. Sunset happier hour with Candyman 7pm.

WEST END PUSSERS — Mother’s Day Brunch 11am-3pm OUTER ISLANDS PUSSER’S (MARINA CAY) — “Rob White Bar Pan Vibes

12-3pm MONDAY - MAY 9 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone” 2 for 1 speciality Martinis 5-7pm WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore from 7-9:30pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Brkf/Lunch/Din daily. Sunset happier hour music by ‘Candyman’ 4-7. Mexican Monday 2 for 1 Margaritas and Mexican Munchies. “Al The Singing Chef” QUITO’S — Open from 10am. Happy Hour Caave Stoutt & Akim) VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar “Eon Stars” TUESDAY - MAY 10 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone” Taco Tuesday’s 2 for 1 Tacos & Margaritas 5-7 WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore live 7-9:30pm

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

QUITO’S — Open from 10am daily. Music by Marcus Mark at Lunch & Happy Hour 5-6.30pm.

Quito Solo 7:30pm.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm & 2 for $5 Carib Beer. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar “Eon Stars” 5-7:30pm WEDNESDAY - MAY 11 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone”Wacky Wild Wednesday Drink Specials & Party w/ DJ showing playoffs on 3 screens CANE GARDEN BAY

Cool Session Brass @ Myett’s Chill Zone May 15 Kal David & Miss Lauri Bono @ Myett’s CGB — May 12, 21

MYETT’S — Breakfast/brunch/lunch & dinner daily. Sunset happier hour with live music by ‘Candyman’ 4-7. Tortola’s own 3D Band 7pm.

Blues by Kal David & Lauri Bono 8pm

Museum Day Reception @ Sugar Works — May 18

WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore live from 7-9:30pm

CIL Annual Health Expo — May 21

QUITO’S — Open from 10am for lunch & dinner. Marcus Mark at lunch. Happy Hour 56.30pm with Quito solo. Too Smooth from 7.30pm.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm. Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

HLSCC Spring Concert — May 21 CADA Players presents “TattleTales” — May 21 & 22/ 28 & 29 — May 21 Live It Up Quito & The Edge CD Launch — May 27

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announced) in order to tidy the museum grounds and plant trees.

“Museums are important to the community,” says Olive Vanterpool. “It is way for residents and visitors to learn about our culture and history and helps us as a people to understand where we came from.”

Dance Fest Fund Raiser The BVI Dance School is holding a Fundraiser on Saturday, May 7th in support of the BVI Children’s Dance Fest. Held from 11am to 4pm, the fun day will have a something for everyone including a BBQ, games, bouncy castle, mocko jumbies, face painting and La Dolce Vita ice cream. Also make sure to buy a ticket for the biggest raffle prize in the BVI. The event will be held by the BVI Dance School on the Cutting Edge Gym Grounds across from Dolphin Discovery.

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By Claudia Colli

Is it Real? An Encounter with the Green Flash For years I have heard stories of the Green Flash.

Like séances, UFOs and alien abductions, the green flash, I believed, was the product of an overactive imagination – or, too much to drink after a long day at sea.

But then I saw one. I was walking on Long Bay and sat down to enjoy an amazing sunset – the type that you only get in summer. The sea was calm and

paper by M.M Dworetsky of the Department of

there were few clouds and almost no haze. The sun,

Physics and Astronomy, University College London

a bright orangey red was sitting just above the hori-

explained, “The setting sun’s disk is made up of light

zon between Jost Van Dyke and Great Thatch like a

of all colors. Green and blue light are refracted by air

flat crimson ball. It was the day before the solstice

slightly more than red light so that the disk actually

and I knew the sun was now as far west as it was

consists of a flattened red disk, with a yellow disk

going to be. It occurred to me: if I am ever going to

slightly above it, a green disk above that and blue

see the green flash, it’s going to be today.

and violet disks at the top. In the case of the setting

So I watched the sun as it continued its down-

sun, the upper limb is green (or sometimes blue).” He

ward slide into the sea. First it was a fiery orange

continued, “If the horizon is provided by the sea, and

semi-circle, then as it slipped lower into the ocean

the air is very clear for a hundred km or more towards

and disappeared below the horizon, I saw it: a flash

the sunset, then it is possible to see the green flash.”

of emerald green. It was distinct and unforgettable –

I have walked Long Bay at sunset dozens of times since and continue to look out for this elusive green

jewel-like in its intensity.

So, this is the green flash, I thought. But was it

flash. Either the sun sets behind an island, or if it has

real, or a mirage? There was only one way to find out,

moved to a position where it sets on the horizon,

I looked it up on the Internet, hoping that I wouldn’t

there is inevitably a hazy film of clouds just on the sea

just come up with crank sites also promoting para-

line. I plan to keep looking though. Because I now

normal experiences and encounters with aliens.

know that the green flash is real and not a matter of wishful thinking – or one too many Painkillers.

And there were some credible sources. One, a

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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Ah, the Governor’s Cup Again!

I have a suggestion, but it might not go down really well. For the last five years, no BVI horse has won the Premier’s Cup during August Festival Races.

However, with Lesmore Smith’s Giant Valley winning the St. Thomas Carnival Governor’s Cup on Friday— the fifth time a BVI horse has captured the USVI’s jewel in six years – how about considering the Governor’s Cup being our Premier’s Cup? Ok, ok, I’ll take my licks for the off the wall suggestion.

Why is Lesmore more famous in St. Thomas, winning the Governor’s Cup three times than on Tortola where he has never won the Premier’s Cup? “I guess it’s because of the effort and the energy I put into it,” he said of winning with Good Prosepcting in 2011 and 2012 and Giant Valley in 2016. “I guess it’s because it’s maybe my time of blessings from the almighty God. And he allows me to shine when it matters most.”

While he was looking for “an excellent race” this year, in scoping out Giant Valley, he noticed that he had beaten St. Croix’s St. Moose and when St. Moose beat him, it wasn’t by much.

“As a result of this, it gave me the courage to believe that with the proper training and fine tuning, he could do the job with a good jockey on board,” Lesmore explained. “I retained the jockey that rode him when he beat St. Moose and it was a combination of things that gave me the courage and faith and I did believe and God was able in my belief to

bring me through.”

While he clutches the Governor’s Cup, he has failed to snatch the Premier’s Cup. “Good Prospecting ran better in St. Thomas than he did on Tortola on most occasions,” he noted.

“Some horses love the lighter sand, some love the deeper track and Good Prospecting responded better on St. Thomas’ track, which surface was much firmer for him and he gave me his all on that track. I think tracks and track bias also has a factor and Prospecting never delivered (on Tortola) as he delivered in St. Thomas. That’s one of the things indeed I look back on, but no excuses. The horse didn’t deliver and that’s the only horse I basically had going up,” Lesmore added. “I know one year, with Square One, we ran second in that race. I have made some competitive bids, but I’ve never been successful, but, I’ve always been successful in the Governor’s Cup in St. Thomas. Maybe, my best hope is to take their prizes away from them.”

With USVI horses grabbing the last five Premier’s Cups, Lesmore has designs on stopping the streak.

“This year, I’m intending to put an indent in that and I think I’m on a good road to success,” he stated.

“This horse, to beat him you have to front him and with the speed that he has, if all goes well, by the help of the almighty, good care and maintenance, I think we should be in a good competitive role this time around.”

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