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Tournament means business
MOREHEAD CITY — When Tom Bennett talks about the Big Rock Blue Marlin fishing tournament and what it means to the community, a shopping trip to Raleigh comes to mind.Bennett, who's on the tournament board, stopped in a store in search of a belt with a blue marlin buckle and struck up a conversation with one of the managers.
“She asked me where I was from and when I answered Morehead City, her next question was ‘Do you fish in the Big Rock?'" he recalled.
She went on to explain that her husband fishes in the tournament with five friends. It's something their entire family looks forward to each year.
“Those are the kinds of stories we hear over and over again," Bennett said. “They look forward to this week every year, and they can't wait to get here."
The 48th edition of the tournament kicked off Saturday with the Lady Angler event and continues through June 17.
Swamp of Death
The battle to rid the Bahamas of the deadly strain of mosquitoes in Exuma is being fought by a small band of experts, on the ground.A short time after the first malaria case was reported June 8, officers from the Department of Environmental Health flew into Exuma to search for working anopheles mosquitoes.
They have also tried to reduce the number of local mosquitoes on that island as well.
During a trip to the island The Nassau Guardian reporting team has seen first hand the work being done.
Despite the rumours on the island that environmental health officers have only been fogging the main roads, that claim was clearly and categorically denied.
Tagging along with vector control officers Christopher Williams and Uriah Ferguson, in addition to entomologist Dr Christian Fredericsson, on Friday night- work was truly in progress.
Company really knows how to say, 'Thanks!'
Cardinal State Bank celebrated its fifth year in business last week with barbecue in its Durham parking lot. Marking an anniversary with a bash can boost morale, and free food never misses.DocuSource of North Carolina is five years old, too, and it's going all out: Its staff is Vegas-bound.The Morrisville business-communications firm is taking nearly all of its employees, plus a guest for each, on an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas this weekend."We looked at the Bahamas and Disney World, but Vegas fit the bill," president and CEO Kathy Murchison said last week.HIGH ROLLERS: In a business environment where pink slips often rival bonuses, DocuSource's celebration is noteworthy.Its Vegas outing includes round-trip flights to the gambling mecca, rooms at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, front-row tickets to Cirque Du Soleil and spending money.Travel Agent Charged With Defrauding Vacationers
MINEOLA---A Hempstead man has been arrested and charged with masterminding and executing a plan that allegedly defrauded hundreds of travelers out of tens of thousands of dollars.Jerry Andrew Cummings, 40, of Hempstead, has been charged with two counts of third degree grand larceny, scheme to defraud in the first degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree.
"We believe this defendant is responsible for the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from vacationers, travel agencies, and credit card companies," said Nassau County district attorney Kathleen Rice. "His elaborate cons have left people without their vacations and, many times, stranded or fearing for their safety in foreign countries."
Cummings is being arrested for the second time in two months as a travel agent who has victimized and stranded hundreds of travelers and travel agencies across the United States and Canada over the past five years.
Dramatic new changes at Winn Dixie
Damages from the twin hurricanes of 2004 sped up the renovation process at the Winn Dixie downtown which consumers concur is long overdue.Ken Burns, managing director of Bahamas Supermarkets, in an interview with The Freeport News Monday admitted a make-over at the downtown location was in the works, but the major roof damage in September of 2004 did help to push the project along.
The new decor at the downtown store has taken on a dramatic new change with a Bahamian flare. Burns pointed out, however, the interior is similar to that of the Winn Dixie stores in the United States with brighter walls and less colour.
Cognizant of the dark, old look the store portrayed, the managing director said it had much to do with the paint, lighting and flooring.