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Rolle ready for golf nationals
Coming off an impressive performance at the Bahamas Golf Federation's National Team Trials just two weeks ago at the Our Lucaya Reef Golf Course, collegian Georgette Rolle is now eagerly anticipating the upcoming National Amateur Championships.The 21-year-old student athlete, who currently attends Texas Southern University, said that she is looking forward to the championships, which are slated for July 7-10 in Freeport, Grand Bahama.
"I feel like I did really well in the qualifying tournament as I was able to shoot 305 over three days and I finished first in the women's division," said Rolle yesterday. "I expected a strong performance going into that tourney because I had been practising a lot prior to it. I did not play as well on the opening day but I think that the rest of the days were better for me.
Atlantic City's success a safe bet
But their wagers are dwarfed when weighed against those placed on the idea that people would chase money, booze and sex on a barrier island in South Jersey.The city got ahead, nearly lost everything, then rallied. As a compelling drama should, the city's story had a unique setting that will be forever linked to its rise and comeback -- a four-mile seaside walkway called the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Though legendary for most of its history, the boardwalk had a subservient beginning. A hotelier and a train conductor thought it up as a way to keep the beach sand visitors were tracking inside from ruining fine carpets and stuffed chairs.
The first boardwalk, laid across dunes and mosquito marsh in 1870, consisted of flimsy 12-foot sections that could be taken up after the summer.
Kerzner Names Gehry As Architect For Singapore Casino Bid
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Kerzner International Ltd. (KZL) and CapitaLand Ltd. (C31.SG) Tuesday named Frank O. Gehry as architect and designer for the casino resort they are proposing to build on Singapore's Sentosa island.Gehry, who is best known for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, will be up against architects appointed by two rival bidders: a tie-up between Genting International PLC (G13.SG) and Universal Studios, and a consortium involving casino resort developer Eighth Wonder and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT).
The Sentosa casino, which will be built on a 49-hectare site, will be Singapore's second after the US$3.6 billion Marina Bay Sands, which is expected to open its doors in 2009.
According to the Singapore Tourism Board, the Sentosa casino resort "is envisaged to be a large-scale iconic development and a 'must-visit' attraction for visitors.
Get passport now for air, sea travel to Canada, Mexico, Caribbean
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — You won't need a passport if you're going to the Junkanoo Summer Festival in Nassau, held Friday and Saturday nights through Aug. 8.But if you're planning on seeing the traditional Junkanoo parade New Year's Eve, you're going to need one.
Starting Dec. 31, U.S. citizens will have to have a passport for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermuda.
And you will need a passport for all land border crossings starting Dec. 31, 2007, under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, whose goal is to strengthen border security and ease entry into the United States for U.S. citizens.
Previous deadline was postpooned
This is a change from the previous passport deadline of Dec.
Junkanoo Queen Leaves the throne
The Queen of Junkanoo is coming off the throne. Singer Tamika Smith, 27, is not being dethroned, however. Her new six-song release, All I Need shows that she can master any genre of music that she wants to. Hers is a voice that is sweet and powerful, subdued and yet highly potent, and pleasant.Having worked with Tammy over the past several years, I have found her personality to be just as lovely as her voice. Her humble spirit leaves her open for God to be everything that she needs.
The release of the All I Need CD is just a foretaste of the songs that will be on her full length CD, Manifest My Destiny.
Tamika's music is not one that can be contained or placed in a box. The Queen of Junkanoo is not limited to just Junkanoo. She can wear that crown for jazz, reggae, R and B and whatever type of music that can be used to share the gospel of Jesus Christ in a most professional manner.
Rain Floods Streets, Damages Un-Repaired Roofs
(CBS4 News) MIAMI A tropical disturbance off the coast of the Bahamas dumped up to two inches of rain on parts of South Florida, sending a nervous chill into homeowners still awaiting roof repairs before the start of hurricane season. Reports of flooded roads, and leaking roofs, poured in after the storms hit.The weather system is part of a tropical low which has been tracked by the National Hurricane Center. A hurricane hunter plane which traveled into the storm did not find it was developing into an organized system, but the rain and thunderstorms associated with the system burst into South Florida late Saturday afternoon.The National Weather Service declared a severe thunderstorm warning late Saturday afternoon as the cells moved across North Miami-Dade and southern Broward county.The disturbed weather system remains off the coast of the Bahamas, and is expected to bring continues rainy weather, and the chance of Thunderstorms, to South Florida Sunday.Melton moments JULY 4, 2005
Melton is inaugurated along with the seven City Council members, two of whom are new. JULY 16 Melton tells Jackson Apartments residents he'll begin demolition proceeding on the complex. Two days later, he backs off the statement. AUG. 16 The original budget proposed a tax increase, but Melton changed his mind, leaving administrators a month to rework the entire budget. AUG. 29 Hurricane Katrina hits Mississippi. In the coming weeks, the city deals with evacuees, widespread power outages, gas and ice shortages and a massive debris cleanup. The storm delays many of Melton's plans. SEPT. 30 Melton cuts seven positions in the Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit, upsetting several neighborhood organizations. NOV. 1 After a month of working for the city, economic guru Jimmy Heidel is hired by contract to oversee business development.Port Authority boss fired
Two weeks after the Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited (GBPA) confirmed the resignation of one of its executives, the company has announced that the position of another has been made redundant.Willie A. M. Moss, a veteran employee, held the post of deputy chairman for eight years, but the GBPA revealed late yesterday that effective July 1, that position has been made redundant.
It is the third time in exactly one month that the company has announced the exodus of a high-ranking Bahamian from the GBPA. On June 21, Barry J. Malcolm, who had been with the company since February 2001, had reportedly resigned his executive vice president post effective immediately.
His portfolio included business development and licensing and, the GBPA announced that he had agreed to work with the company to complete a number of projects in the pipeline.