Now in its 28th Year! Oct 15 - 21, 2015 Vol. 28, No. 7
YOUR FRee GUiDe
to our islands’ happenings
AlsO this week: health Fair • sports Fishing tournament • UMi Pink Fashion show • “D” Best Cup Re-Opens
This Week’s Feature Story by Arlena Smith
Seaweed Everywhere It’s hard not to notice the growing seaweed problem throughout the island, mainly due to all the floating brown stuff that has been popping up on our shorelines and the pungent smell coming from it. The floating brown seaweed is a marine algae that originates from the Sargasso Sea, which is a region in the North Atlantic Ocean. Sargassum Seaweed is commonly found on beaches and shorelines throughout tropical areas worldwide, and undergoes seasonal cycles of growth and decay due
and agricultural benefits of the seaweed.
to changes in sea temperature that may be attributed
This summer’s invasions of sargassum seems to be the worst we’ve seen stretching from the beaches
to climate change. The sargassum blocks the penetration of sunlight,
of Palm Beach County and Key West in Florida and as
which reduces oxygen production by seaweed and
far south as the Mexican Riviera.
other photosynthetic organisms in the water after the
The government of the BVI is organizing a Territory
Sargassum dies, the decomposition of the weed uses
wide cleanup scheduled for October 17th to 19th.
up the oxygen in the water column thus causing the
Volunteers are encouraged to bring rakes, shovels
marine life to die. The Conservation and Fisheries
and wear protective gear on clean up days. Interested
Department announced that it would launch a public
persons and organizations are asked to contact the
education campaign to highlight the environmental
Conversation and Fisheries Department at 468-2700.
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Ask Koren
Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!
Is He Stealing From Me
Ask Koren
Dear Koren, I believe my boyfriend is stealing from me. On two occasions I thought I had a particular sum of money and when I checked it was less. He works at a supermarket and makes enough money to take care of himself, but since he started smoking, he goes through his money so fast it seems like he have his mind on what I work for too. We don’t live together but he come and goes as he likes at my apartment because I trust him. Should I ask him outright or set a trap to find out? – JL
you imagined the two incidents or they were isolated; in that case you can come right out and mention that you thought you had a particular sum of money and now it seems to be less and see what he says. If the money that you deliberately left is taken, then you have the difficult task of confronting him and seeing if he will come clean or if he is a liar as well as a thief. Either way, you are faced with a difficult situation and if you cannot trust someone, what hope is there for the relationship? You then have to decide how you want to go forward. Regardless of the outcome, if you have concerns about the rising costs of his new habit, as a concerned girlfriend, I think you should bring it up, after all sticky fingers are nothing compared to damaged lungs while being completely broke.
Dear JL, For both your sakes, I hope it is a simple misunderstanding and he is not stealing from you. Sometimes we make mistakes in our counting and checking, so you want to be certain before you confront him and have him feel a sense of betrayal for your lack of trust. Most thieves will not readily admit to stealing, so asking outright might not yield fruitful results. I don’t like being sneaky, but I think this scenario well warrants a trap. Maybe we will all feel better if we call it a test. Make a note of how much money you are leaving in a particular area or areas and then check back a week or so later. This will only work if both of you are the only two persons with access to the cash. If after several weeks the money is still there, then maybe
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By Jan Critchley
Ultimate Libra Bash See stars this weekend with the Ultimate Libra Bash at Da Basement (UP’s) on Friday, October 16th presented by Five Star Promotions. The event will feature the Jealous Ova Competition where they will be choosing one lucky lady to perform live with Dexta at the Hullaween Party at Myett’s on October 31st. The Ultimate Libra Bash will also feature Ah Milli Sounds, TeeJay of VIBE, Boss of Showtime Band, DJ Dre and The Venomous Poizon – this is going to be one hot night and the first six Libra girls receive a complimen-
begins with registration at 5:30pm till 7pm on
tary bottle of champagne! Tickets are $20 and $25 VIP,
Saturday, 17th October followed by a Captain’s
so get yours today!
Briefing at 8pm. On Sunday, 18th October it’s lines in
Egg-cellent Breakfast
at 6am with the weigh-in at 3pm on the beach. Please
Tortola’s favorite breakfast spot is back at ‘D’Best Cup in picturesque Soper’s Hole, so don’t miss their
call 346-9080 for more information.
Join the Fight!
grand re-opening on Thursday, October 15th.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so
Breakfast is served from 7am till 2pm with a mar-
together with the BVI Cancer Society join the fight
velous selection of international coffees & teas, bacon
against cancer. The whole month is filled with events
and eggs, omelets, pancakes, breakfast sandwiches
and health fairs and this Friday, October 16th don’t
and more. After 2pm you can still stop by for coffee
miss the UMI Pink Fashion Show at 5:30pm outside
and other drinks until 5pm and they are open daily.
the store. On Sunday, October 18th head to the Beach
What better way to start your day!
Jam at Long Bay, Beef Island from 12 noon till 8pm with
Shoot Out Tournament
great music and great food for a great cause! Also this
The BVI Sport Fishing Association is celebrating its launch with a Shoot Out Tournament for tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi at Fischer’s Cove Restaurant in Virgin Gorda this weekend. There are great prizes to be won, $5,000 for the first prize of the heaviest fish and
week, there will be free health fairs, the first on October 16th at HLSCC from 9am till 1pm and then on October 17th at Riteway, Pasea Estate from 10am till 2pm. So stand up and show your support for those lost, those fighting and the survivors. Wear pink, and walk it or run it at the next
$3,000 for the second prize of the heaviest overall catch plus more cash prizes and giveaways. The event
HLSCC/Highland Spring Classic Race Series in Virgin Gorda to be held on Saturday, 17th October. 7
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live music • events • concerts • p
TERRITORY WIDE SEAWEED CLEAN-UP
CANE GARDEN BAY
OCT 17-19. CALL 468-2700
MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ $2 Carib &
THURSDAY - OCT 15
Coors Lights w/special priced bar menu. Evolution
ROAD TOWN
Band play live at 7pm.
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
ELM’S BEACH BAR — Lunch Daily 11am-4pm.
SOPER’S HOLE
Beach BBQ w/ Live Music. Serving Caribbean Fusion
D’BEST CUP — Grand Re-opening! Open daily from 7am till 5pm for great coffee and delicious breakfasts
SATURDAY - OCT 17 ROAD TOWN
till 2pm.
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/
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Dinner 6-9pm
RITEWAY PASEA — Free Health Fair 9am till 1pm
Candyman. $2 Carib & Coors Light & special priced
CANE GARDEN BAY
bar menu
MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour $2 Carib Beer &
ELM’S BEACH BAR— Lunch Daily 11am-4pm.
Coors Lights & special priced bar menu. Buy one dinner
Happy Hour 4-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion
entrée get one free!
Dinner 6-9pm
ELM’S BEACH BAR— Lunch 11am-4pm. Happy
FRIDAY - OCT 16
Hour 4-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm
ROAD TOWN
VG & OTHER ISLANDS
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
FISCHER’S COVE RESTAURANT — Shoot Out
UP’S - Ultimate Libra Bash feat. Ah Milli Sounds,
Sports Fishing Tournament. 1st prize
TeeJay, Boss, Dr Dre & The Venomous Poizon.
$5,000.Registration 5:30pm till 7pm & Capt’s Briefing
Competition and free champagne for first six Libra girls
at 8pm.
UMI — Pink Fashion Show at 5:30pm
HLSCC CAMPUS — Walk/Run for Breast Cancer.
HLSCC – Free Health Fair 9am till 1pm
Registration 6:30am - wear pink!
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s • parties • sports • movies and more
SUNDAY - OCT 18
TUESDAY - OCT 20
ROAD TOWN
ROAD TOWN
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
CANE GARDEN BAY
CANE GARDEN BAY
MYETT’S — Sunday Brunch w/Bottomless Mimosas
MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour with
till 3pm. Sunday Social w/ DJ from 3-7pm, the Ultimate
Candyman with $2 Carib & Coors Lights w/ spe-
Sunset Party.
cial priced bar menu.
ELM’S BEACH BAR — Lunch Daily 11am -
ELM’S BEACH BAR— Lunch Daily 11am-4pm.
4pm.Beach BBQ w/ Live Music. Serving Caribbean
Happy Hour 4-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion
Fusion Dinner 6-9pm
Dinner 6-9pm
BEEF ISLAND
WEDNESDAY - OCT 21
LONG BAY BEACH — Beach Jam from noon till 8pm
ROAD TOWN
for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from
VG & OTHER ISLANDS
5pm - 7pm
FISCHER’S COVE RESTAURANT — Shoot Out
CANE GARDEN BAY
Sports Fishing Tournament. 1st prize $5,000 & more
MYETT’S — Buy one dinner entrée get one free!
prizes to be won! Lines in at 6am with weigh-in at 3pm.
Sunset Happier Hour with $2 Carib & Coors Lights
MONDAY - OCT 19
& special priced bar menu. Dinner & Dance 7pm.
ROAD TOWN
ELM’S BEACH BAR— Lunch Daily 11am-4pm.
PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm
Happy Hour 4-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion
CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Mexican Monday with 2 for 1 speciality Margaritas & Munchies. Sunset Happier Hour w/ Candyman 5-7pm. Live entertainment
UPCOMING HAPPENINGS
Dinner 6-9pm. 2 for 1 specials on Painkiller & Rum Punches
Anegada Lobster Fest Nov 28 & 29
National Theatre Live of Mice & Men — Oct 24 The Willy “T” Virgin Cup Race — Oct 24 Myett’s Local Arts, Crafts & Winetasting — Oct 26 TICO Wine & Spirits Expo — Oct 29 Paint the Town Pink — Oct 30 Foxy’s Catfight BVI & Masquerade Ball — Oct 31
VG & OTHER ISLANDS THE IS. LAST RESORT — Back to the Future re-opening party. Fancy dress from 5pm
Hullaween Party w/ Dexta Daps & Kalado @ Myett’s Beachfront — Oct 31 Adult CHAIR-ity Event — Nov 6 Taste of Tortola — Nov 7
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Registration is at 6:30am (where you receive your pink fighting gear!) and there will be a balloon release at 6:55am in memory of all cancer fighters. Refreshments will be served after the race.
World Food Day World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16th October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945 and this year’s theme is “Social Protection and Agriculture:Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty.” Here in the BVI the Department of Agriculture is hosting it’s celebrations at the Central Administration Complex Breezeway at 11:30am. The event will feature a short ceremony and tasting of local cuisines including local chicken, chicken soup
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and breadfruit salad.
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By Jan Critchley
Permanently Wired It is not often in these hi-tech days to be “off-line,” in fact is almost a mortal sin not to be “on” 24/7… especially with the number of social media and chat sites that are evolving and emerging almost daily. It can be exhausting… In fact, I remember when I got my first “smart” phone that was an iPhone 4. I really did not want anything to do with it for the first week or so. I thought, “Why do I want this? I just want a phone to make calls.” However, once you start to use them, within a few days you are simply inseparable. If I happened to minority as I see it all the time, couples especially –
forget it at home, I would drive back and get it, or if I
out in a nice restaurant, clearly there to spend time
didn’t, I would feel like something was missing all day. When I lost it (OMG!) – I was devastated, as I had
together, but texting other people on their phones.
owned it for a few years and had become extremely
Are they that busy?
fond of the iconic device – it had it all my favorite
But back to technology overload – I was watching
music and everything else that I could possibly need!!
an old film recently, He’s Just Not That Into You, star-
I used the “Find Your Phone” app for it just to tell me
ring Drew Barrymore about girls wanting to find their
it in was in Cane Garden Bay and hey, I had guessed
ideal soul mate, and she hit the nail on the head when
that already and that’s a lot of beach to search…
she said, “I had this guy leave me a voice mail at work
I just about made it through three days before giv-
so I called him at home and then he e-mailed me to my
ing in and going to get another smart phone, this time
Blackberry and so I texted to his cell and then he e-
an Android, which merely by its name made me shud-
mailed me to my home account and the whole thing
der. But, again, although sorely missing my iPhone, I
just got out of control. And I miss the days when you
became familiar with it and now I am slowly but sure-
had one phone number and one answering machine
ly using it. (Although it will never be the same.)
and that one answering machine has one cassette
However, having said all of that, I make an effort
tape and that one cassette tape either had a message
not to be one of those people who can happily pop
from a guy or it didn't. And now you just have to go
out their cell phone over dinner and start texting
around checking all these different portals just to get
away. That’s just plain unfriendly unless it is an emer-
rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhaust-
gency or an urgent situation. I seem to be in the
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Word Search – Category: California
Last weeks crossword solution on page 15 Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide
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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
A Woman’s Winner in the Saddle after she met Felicia Trant who’s now her agent and Since the days of the late Tessa Gunter, there hasWasi Charleswell of BW Racing in Santa Anita after n’t been a woman jockey racing at the Ellis Thomas they claimed Great Friends Rule. Her husband worked Downs. It’s not something they even consider. for the trainer—she didn’t—but was doing her own But, for California native Kelsey Camarillo, the BVI thing. now holds a special place in her heart. “They told me ‘if you ever want to come to the “This was my first win ever so it was amazing,” Virgin Islands and ride, let us know,”’ Camarillo said an elated Camarillo who has ridden on tracks at recalled. “I said ‘anytime,’ but I didn’t think they Del Mar, Santa Anita, Los Alamitos and Hollywood were serous. Felicia called me up Park in her home state of last year and asked if I wanted to California, as well as in Seattle, come out and I said yeah. I was Washington and St. Thomas. “It’s riding races Seattle, Washington a great track. They guys are very this year and I wasn’t having professional. I love it. I’ll come much fun up there, so she called back again.” again and I said, yes please. So I It was her BVI debut on debucame down and rode for them. tant “Motion To Appeal” last race They take awesome care of their day and Camarillo guided the 2horse. They are great people, year old colt to victory over 6 furthey’re really professional and I longs in one minute 20.4, to finish like working with them.” ahead of Orithyia, Miss Homer Charleswell said fans have to and LB Thunder. get use to seeing her racing in the “I had no clue what to expect. Photo by Shadow Dawson: Kelsey Camarillo Virgin Islands. She broke out of the gate, she “To be honest, she’s part of the family, so whenwas really professional and I sent her to the rail, which ever one of our horses is running in St. Thomas or was open and I sent her to the front. I looked back a Tortola, she will be right here to represent,” he said. few times and didn’t see any horses coming. I was “While this is her first time in the BVI, she rode in St. shocked—absolutely shocked,” she reflected. “I didThomas in June. She got a bad break but still came n’t think it was going to end up that way. The team did back and ran second on “Fair Command.” So, fans an awesome job getting her ready for this race and I have to get use to seeing her. And the horse’s name started only I work. of lot a really appreciated that. It’s says it all, ‘Motion To Appeal’ so one can put in all the racing last year and have done 26 races. I got injured motions they want, it will get dismissed—case in my second race so I had some time off.” closed.” Camarillo’s journey to the Virgin Islands began 13
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By Arlena Smith
The Flash It's pretty much a given that any new TV series is going to have a period of adjustment as the actors settle into their roles and the writers hone the show's voice. With superhero shows, it may take a month or two or it could take the better part of a season. However, The Flash was unique in its first season in the sense that it never really needed to find itself or grow into something better. It simply started strong and continually got better. Much of the credit rests with the fact that The Flash was hardly starting from scratch. This show is the first spinoff of Arrow and its growing superhero universe. Not only did The Flash not have to waste much time establishing its universe, it didn't even have to introduce viewers to its main character Grant Gustin as super-speedster Barry Allen. Midway through Arrow's second season, we saw at the creation of The Flash with the accident that created him. By the time this show came around, viewers already knew Barry, what made him tick and what fueled his particular quest. The premiere episode, “City of Heroes,” did a fine job of laying out the cast of characters and basic status quo for the show. The idea that the STAR Labs particle accelerator created a new wave of meta-humans alongside The Flash offered an easy way to start building a roster of villains and put Barry's growing speed powers to the test. Gustin brought a winning blend of youthful energy and a Peter Parker-esque awkwardness to the table. He gave us a Barry Allen that's impossible not Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide
to connect with. Barry is immensely likable. He's less intense than Oliver Queen of Arrow. He's driven by tragedy but anchored by a small family unit. One of the main reasons for The Flash's success, though, is its supporting cast. So much of the drama and the emotional core of the show centered around Barry's ties to his core circle of friends, family and allies. His adoptive father, Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) keeps him grounded and honest and then there is his adoptive sister who Barry is secretly in love with, Iris (Candice Patton) – a story line that surprisingly never comes across as creepy or as incest-y as it could have. His newfound father figure/mentor in Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) who has a secret that is sure to change this relationship in the future. Then there are his new friends/partners in metahuman-busting, Dr. Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) it is these friendship that have made Barry the most likeable of all the comic book heroes. Stay tuned for what The Flash has to offer I promise you wouldn’t be disappointed. 14
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