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“It is Beaujolais Nouveau Time” is the new slogan adopted by the producers of Beaujolais Nouveau to promote this year’s vintage. It replaces “Beaujolais Nouveau Has Arrived” and indicates the growing international reputation of this young French wine that is uncorked on the third Thursday in Novemberevery year. Saint Barth also played its role: As it does every year year, Saint Barth Properties invited its clients to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau. This year the tasting was held at the Cave du Port Franc.Photo: Saint Barth Properties Dream Team.

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was the most seniorranking official topreside over theArmistice Day cere-monies of Novem-ber 11 that markedthe 87th anniversaryof the end of WWI.The armistice wassigned at 5:00am onNovember 11, 1918in the railway car-riage of AlliedSupreme Comman-der Ferdinand Foch,at Rethondes in theforest of Campieg-ne, near Paris,France. At the localcelebration onNovember 11, the

mayor and PhilippeEnault, lieutenant-colonel of the AirForce Reserve, an

officer in the Légiond’Honneur and pres-ident of the St Barthassociation of war

veterans, eachplaced a wreath atthe foot of the warmemorial in Gus-tavia. As part oftheir history, geogra-phy and civics class,and in collaborationwith the war veter-ans group, a delega-tion of four studentsfrom the junior high,paid tribute to thesoldiers who diedfor France duringthe first world war.This war that tookover nine millionlives (in France andin Germany one insix active soldierswas killed) withalmost 20 millionwounded, half ofwhich weremaimed. The mayorthen read the officialspeech by HamlaouiMekachera, FrenchMinister Delegatefor Veterans Affairs,before inviting allpresent to join himat City Hall for thetraditional cocktailreception that is partof the November 11ceremonies.

WELCOME !With the tourist seasonthe Saint Barth Wee-kly is happy to be backas well for its third sea-son. The Weekly isdesigned for you, tohelp you put your fin-ger on the pulse of thelocal community. Fea-turing an Englishrésumé of the top sto-ries of our Frenchnewspaper “Le Jour-nal de Saint Barth”,Saint-Barth Weekl isthe only English-lan-guage newspaper thatcomes out every veryfriday from Novemberthrough the end ofJuly. Our most excitingnews is that each Fri-day The Weekly is alsoavailable on line atSaint-Barth Online(www.st-barths.com),the wonderful web sitethat our friends Lau-rence and PeterO’Keefe created in1996. Thanks to them,you can now downloadevery edition of theSaint-Barth Weekly sothat no matter whereyou are in the world,you can stay in contactwith the island.

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At the same time asin France, yetactually a little in

advance, the residents ofSaint Barth had their firsttaste of the 2005 Beaujo-lais Nouveau, whichdebuts the third Thursdayof November every year.But thanks to the differ-ence in time, the first bot-tles on the island wereuncorked on Wednesday,November 16 at 7pm, asthe clock stuck midnightin France.The warmclimate thisyear hasp r o d u c e dan excep-tional vin-t a g e ,accordingto InterBeaujolais,who hasp r o -nounced the 2005 wine tohave aromas of “wildblackberries, huckleberry,and black currant,” as wellas “red berries.” To make a bigger state-ment in the internationalmarket, the traditional“Beaujolais Nouveau HasArrived” slogan has beenreplaced this year “It isBeaujolais Nouveautime!”— easier to under-stand by foreign clients,especially the Japanese,who since 2004 are the topimporters of the wine.Vintner Georges Duboeuffirst introduced BeaujolaisNouveau on November13, 1951. It is a wine fromthe Beaujolais region ofFrance made from Gamaygrapes, and whose sale isauthorized immediately

following its fermentation.Beaujolais Nouveau is nota wine that keeps, andmust be consumed quick-ly, within a few monthsfollowing the productionof 450,000 hectoliters, ora third of the productionof Beaujolais.

Close to 6000 bottles in Saint BarthAn estimated 6000 bottles

of Beaujo-lais Nou-veau haveb e e nimported toS a i n tBarth. Thel a r g e s timporter isthe GroupASB with3000 bot-tles of

Georges Duboeuf, “theinventor of BeaujolaisNouveau.” Les GrandsVins de France haveimported 11,000 bottles ofBouchard for the NorthernIslands, of which 1,400are destined for SaintBarth. Match supermarketimports its own wine andhas three kinds of Beaujo-lais Nouveau representinga total of 900 bottles onthe shelves. All of theorders have been deliveredto the island and could befound as of Wednesdayevening in the marketsand wine merchants. Ashort-lived product, mostof the bottles of Beaujo-lais Nouveau are generallysold within the first threeweeks after the launchdate each year.

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Special Events◗ Friday, November 18 Cocktail reception by Le Square(open to the public) in celebrationof the opening of the “Renato Nuc-ci” boutique. From 6pm with livemusic by “Louisa and Mr.Presi-dents,” Cour Vendôme, Gustavia ◗ Thursday, November 24 Special Thanksgiving Dinner withlive music, Taïno Lounge Bar &restaurant, Hôtel Christopher,Pointe Milou

Live Music ◗ Every Evening- Lounge mix, 7pm to 1am, Bar’tô,Hôtel Guanahani, Grand Cul de Sac - “Iguane Compilation” by Mario,6pm to 11pm, Café Yacht, Gustavia - “Black Snake” from Boston, a rhyth-mic mix of soul and funk, from 8pm tomidnight, Bet’a Z’ailes, Gustavia - Alan Landry, piano, from 8pm, Gaïacrestaurant, Hôtel Le Toiny, Toiny - Live concert on screen, from 6:30pm,Cafe Yacht, Gustavia ◗ Friday, November 18 - Nilce & Philippe Nardone on piano,musical styles from the Copacabanato Montmartre, from 7pm, Taïno

Lounge bar & restaurant, ChristopherHôtel, Pointe Milou ◗ Saturday, November 19 - Nilce & Philippe Nardone on piano,musical styles from the Copacabana toMontmartre, from 7pm, Taïno Loungebar & restaurant, Christopher Hôtel,Pointe Milou- Balearic afternoon mixed by Franky,

from 2pm, La Plage, St Jean - Evening party with Zouk music, DJsVincent & Tony, Ti Zouk K’fé,Gustavia ◗ Sunday, November 20- The Big Mix by Guillaume, from2pm, La Plage, St Jean ◗ Wednesday, November 23- Nilce & Philippe Nardone on piano,musical styles from the Copacabana toMontmartre, from 7pm, Taïno Loungebar & restaurant, Christopher Hôtel,Pointe Milou◗ Thursday, November 24 - Nilce & Philippe Nardone on piano,musical styles from the Copacabana toMontmartre, from 7pm, Taïno Loungebar & restaurant, Christopher Hôtel,Pointe Milou- Latino night au Ti Zouk K’fé,Gustavia

Exhibits◗ “Women in Art,” presented by theEve Ducharme Art Gallery, in thewine bar at the Wall House restau-rant on The Point in Gustavia. ◗ November 23-30 Jeanne Susplugas and FabienVerschaere, contemporary art, pho-tos, drawings, videos. To-b.art gale-rie, Carre d’Or, Gustavia. Permanent exhibtis ◗ Hannah Moser, Petit Cul de Sac ◗ Antoine Heckly, Made in Saint-Barth boutique, La Créole, Saint-Jean

Fashion ShowEvery Tuesday evening, 6:30-7:00pm, Case de l’île, Hôtel Isle deFrance, Flamands

Night Club◗ Every nightFeeling – Zen Café, from 10pm, Lurin ◗ Thursday-Saturday, Pumpkin, from 10pm, Gustavia ◗ Monday- “Studio 54,” Casa Nikki, Gustavia - “Total Rewind”, retro muisc,YachtClub, Gustavia ◗ Tuesday- “Let People Talk,” Caribbean musicby DJ Chaya, Yacht Club, Gustavia ◗Wednesday“Funky House” by Franky, Yacht

Club, Gustavia ◗ Thursday- “Ladies Night”, Casa Nikki, Gusta-via - Theme Night, Yacht Club, Gustavia ◗ Friday- “Magic Soul”, Casa Nikki, Gustavia - Real Yacht Party, electric music byChaya & guest, Yacht Club, Gustavia ◗ SaturdayResident DJ Max, Casa Nikki, Gustavia - Real Yacht Party, electric music byChaya & guest, Yacht Club, Gustavia ◗ Sunday“Surprise,” Yacht Club, Gustavia

Let’s Party◗ Monday“Diva’s night”, 100% disco, Ti St-

Barth, Pointe Milou ◗ TuesdayFashion show, Ti St-Barth, ◗ Wednesday“Plastic Boots” by Carole, Ti St-Barth◗ Thursday“Angel Night,” white dress code, Ti St-Barth, Pointe Milou ◗ Friday & Saturday“Real Ti Saint-Barth,” cabaret & fash-ion show, Ti St-Barth, Pointe Milou ◗ Sunday- Amazing Sunday (DJ, fashion show,showcase…), Nikki Beach, Saint-Jean - Romantic fashion show, Ti Saint-Barth, Pointe Milou

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SSCCEENNEE IINN SSTT BBAARRTTHH

Happy Birthday to Pénélope &Francis who share, this sunday,

their big moment at la Route desBoucaniers with friends and the

local band RMI.

Happy Birthday

Left to right: Dennis Carlton, a friend, Elise Magras, WendyCartlon, Dennis’s mom PatCarlton, his niece, and in frontDavid Anderson

Welcome to Villa Case et Cuisine

“It is Beaujolais Nouveau Time”!

Keith and Donna, Wednesday eveningat the Cellier du Gouverneur tastingthis year’s Beaujolais Nouveau. Keith,who loves Saint Barth, is here for theninth time since 1993. For Donna, it’s the first time. “I love Saint Barth,” she told us.

Every year year, Saint Barth Properties invited its clients to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau. This year the tasting was held at the Cave du Port Franc. Photo: Saint Barth Properties Dream Team.

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The GustavialoppetA marathon to celebrateFrench-Swedishfriendship On Sunday, November 20,at 7:30am, the 15th annualGustavialoppet, a mara-thon celebrating French-Swedish friendship, willstart at the sports stadiumin Saint-Jean. Launched in1991, reviving a marathonpreviously organized onthe island, the Gustavia-loppet (which means "Raceof Gustavia" in Swedish)serves as a reminder thatSaint Barth was underSwedish rule for almost100 years- from 1784 to1878, before being retur-ned to France, its formerruler. That is why an ave-rage of 20 runners fromSweden participate in thisrace every year. The 2005edition, held on Sunday,November 20, will be noexception to the rule. Ledby Roger Richter, 23 Swe-des will take part in therace.This year, the lengthof the race is 10 kilometers.You are also welcome toparticipate in the event. Todo so, you must present amedical certificate whenyou sign up for the race atthe sports service at TownHall in Gustavia which willbe open from 8am to 11amand 3pm to 5pm this Fri-day, November 18. There isalso a 5 kilometer "walk"open to all, organized inconjunction with the Gus-tavialoppet, that will beginat 7:35am at the stadium inSaint-Jean. Inscriptionswill take place on site.

Although he wasborn in Paris in1970 and has a

French father, Nils Dufaustudied in Sweden andhas a personal perspectivewhen it comes to theSwedish history of SaintBarth. His Swedish moth-er provided home school-ing until the time he wentto boarding school inSweden at age 16. Bythen, Nils spoke fluentSwedish as well asFrench (thanks to Papa)and English. "My grandparents wereteachers, so I think mymother had it in herblood, and I had a won-derful childhood," saysDufau, whose parentsdecided they wanted toleave Paris when Nils wasbut five years old. "Theybought a boat and after acold winter in Stockholmharbor, we crossed theAtlantic and sailed to theCaribbean. My parentsearned their living byboat charters," he recalls.By 1978, the charter busi-ness brought them to

Saint Barth, where theyarrived in the middle ofthe 100th anniversary ofthe retrocession of theisland to Sweden."There were Swedishflags flying everywhere,"Nils notes. "It was fantas-tic for my mother as aSwede. We hadn't real-ized how important theSwedish history was tothe island." Once theDufau family discoveredSaint Barth, they decidedto stay, running the char-ter boat business from theisland through 1982 whenthey decided to stay ondry land and open themotorcycle business theyrun to this day.In 1986, Nils left forSweden at the age of 16and stayed to study politi-cal science as well ascomputers andaudio/visual courses atthe University of Lund.He completed his militaryservice there as well, anddid not actually return toSaint Barth until 1995."Hurricane Luisdestroyed our business,

and I came back to helpmy family," he says. "Itwas great to return to theplace of my childhood."Once Nils returned, hedecided to stay.Among his many activi-ties outside of the motor-cycle business, he isinvolved in the localRotary Club (and servedas its president). Butmore importantly he isvery active in the ASBASassociation, a non-profitorganization that pro-motes the friendshipbetween Sweden andSaint Barth, and whosemain goal is to rememberthe island's Swedish her-itage and keep it active.He helps organize localevents such as Pitea Day(the town of Pitea in Swe-den is the twin city toSaint Barth) and the Gus-tavialoppet, a Swedish-style marathon that takesplace every year inNovember (this year'srace is this Sunday,November 20). TwentySwedes have come to theisland especially to partic-ipate in the race."It is very important not toforget the Swedish historyof the island," Dufauemphasizes. "You cannotprepare for the futurewithout understanding thepast. We want to continuethe traditions we havestarted but want to organ-ize more activities in thefuture to strengthen therelationships." One idea isa student exchange via theInternet to encourage con-tact among young people.As Nils would say, "Hallåoch välkommen."

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Following a new trend, the Gua-nahani Resort opened a stylishlounge on November 1, and it is

the first of its kind on the island.Enclosed and air-conditioned, with aunique ambiance and soft lighting,Bar’Tô — as it is called— offers theperfect lounge attitude, or “loungi-tude,” preferred by the 25-55 agerange. Former model Alex Dumas, awell known hostess on the island, willmanage this new lounge at the heart ofthe 4-star luxury hotel, as well as thegourmet restaurant, Bartoloméo,which is adjacent to Bar’Tô, andwhose kitchen has been slightlyremodeled. Far from trying to be aship as possible, it was client satisfac-tion that drove the creation Bar’Tô.“Our clients wanted a bar that wasopen at night. This allows them to fin-ish the evening in a festive loungeatmosphere without having to drive, orto simply have another drink after din-ner,” explained Marc Thézé, directorof the Guanahani. It is the kind of“before-after-before” place (beforedinner, after dinner, before night club)that is very popular in France at themoment, and is open every day from7pm to 1am. Open to guest of thehotel, of course, but also to othertourists as well as the local population.The elements are in place for a perfectlounge attitude: a personal welcomeby one of six very pretty hostesses, anelegant decor with a mix of colors andtextures, yet very cozy and with worksby various artists to complete the pic-ture. Plexiglas pieces by Denis Perol-

laz opens a round of exhibits chosenfrom the To-b.art gallery. As far as theall important element of music is con-cerned, there is not a false note: DJJacques Dumas, a friend of celebratedDJs Philippe Corti and Stéphane Pom-pougnac (he is also Alex’s husband),has concocted the musical mix heardduring the course of the evening. Inhigh season when everyone wants toparty, live music and a DJ will beadded to the scene. When it comes to the cocktail menu,all is at perfect pitch here as well:Franck, the bartender, and one of thetwo males on the eight-person satff,

has quite a few recipes in his repertory.His specialty? The Apple Martini, areal treat. Another specialty of thehouse is vodka. Bar’tô has 28 differentkinds of Vodka on the menu, from thefour corners of the world, includingGrey Goose from France and Tanquer-ay Sterling from England… and ofcourse the best of the Russians! Finally, for those who want a smallsnack or something sweet, the menuat Bar’Tô includes two special plat-ters, one for a light meal and the otherfor dessert, offering a little taste of theexcellent cuisine prepared next doorat Bartoloméo.

Bar‘tô, la lounge attitude façon Guanahani

A TROMPE L’ŒIL MURAL BY HECKLYAT THE BANANIER

Marie Félicia, who was married to Cerge, passed away about 10 years ago,and has just been immortalized, at least in St Barth. Her family called

her “Gangane,” a name that signifiesgrandmother in Saint Barth, and as oflast week she can be seen on the doorsthat separate the Petite Colombebakery from Le Bananier restaurant inColombier. Actually what you see is alarge-scale painting of Gangane bylocal painter Antoine Heckly, who wascommissioned by owner Alain Gréaux,great-grandson of the small womanseen in the hamac. Created on plywoodand attached to the central door panel,the painting of Gangane is just onepart of a trompe l’œil mural that hastwo additional panels. It took AntoineHeckly a month and a half to completethis charming acrylic triptych.

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The arrival of a thirddoctor at the DeBruyn hospital natu-

rally meant that supplemen-tary medical equipmentwould be needed, especially

to take care of medical evac-uations without taking equip-ment needed for the emer-gency room. With that inmind, the board of directorsof the hospital approved a

budget in the amount of70,000 euros to be used tobuy new equipment includ-ing another ultrasoundmachine to be used for emer-gencies and cardiologypatients. This budget alsoallows for the purchase ofduplicates for equipment thatthe hospital already owns butuses too frequently to haveserviced. Additionally, thehospital will receive twomultiparametric controllersthat have been donated to thehospital by the Rotary Clubof Saint Barthelemy and byFEMUR (Foundation forEmergency Medical Equip-ment, a non-profit organiza-tion founded by AmericanPeter Mund).

High SeasonFlights to Juliana The generalmanager ofArrindell Avia-tion Service(AAS) recentlyannounced thatDelta Airlineswill begin itsdaily flightsfrom Atlantawithin a week’stime. As ofNovember 1, thedaily Airbusflight on AirFrance has beenin service, aswell as threeweekly flightson KLM’s Boe-ing 747-400.The number ofdaily flights onAmerican andAmerican Eaglewill alsoincrease inDecember. Dur-ing the high sea-son, chartercompany SunCountry willrun three week-ly flights on aBoeing 737-800from Minneapo-lis/ St. Paul. Anew company,Zoom Airlines,will fly a Boeing767-300 everySaturday fromthe Canadiancity of Ottawa,and Miami Airwill fly to SintMaarten fromNew York on aschedule yet tobe announced.

THE HOSPITAL INCREASES ITS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

The American flag willonce again fly overGustav III airport

where two American compa-nies have recently been giventhe right to fly regular flightsin and out of Saint Barth.Since a hardening of Frenchcivil aviation regulationsregarding charter flights, ithas been impossible forAmerican companies to oper-ate in Saint Barth and nocommercial planes flyingunder the Stars and Stripeshave landed on the runway inSaint Jean since January 2,2005. Today, things are differ-ent. Since the beginning ofNovember, Air America andTradewind Aviation havereceived the right to operatefor six months and have infact started to land charterflights on the tarmac in St.Jean. Two additional compa-nies are still waiting forauthorization. While Air America, based inSan Juan, Puerto Rico, flewan Aztec and a BN2 in andout of Saint Barth for a few

years, this marks a first forTradewind Aviation. Based atOxford Airport in Connecti-cut, this business airline has aflotilla of eight planes, mostof which are less than fiveyears old. The company alsoflies out of Westchester Coun-ty Airport (New York) andTeterboro Airport (New Jer-sey), and from mid-Octoberthrough the end of April, outof Saint Croix where theirCaribbean fleet includes a

Pilatus 12 and a CessnaGrand Caravan, both set up as“executive” planes.Tradewind Aviation hassigned a contract with WIM-CO, the American representa-tive of SiBarth, which nowoffers information about char-ter flights San Juan on itsWeb site. Locally, Brice Cagan and hiscompany, Saint Barth Ser-vices, will represent the twoAmerican airlines.

Dr Jean-Michel Valade, Jean Meyer and Benoît Delecourt

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LOVER’S QUARREL: A CAR PUSHED INTO THE HARBOR

After a fight with his girlfriend, the owner of a small carthat he had bought for her (but was still in his name), deci-ded to get rid of it. Which is exactly what he did by simplypushing the car into the harbor with the help of his othervehicle. The car was fished out of the water the next mor-ning. Aside from the fact that the car was totally ruinedand towed to the dump the same morning (where it willjoin other wrecks), the overall damage caused by this unu-sual incident was minor. The dock was slightly damaged aswell as the concrete mooring buoy belonging to a boatowner, who filed a complaint. But the angry lover agreed torepair all of the damage, and an amicable settlement wasreached after an interview with the police. In the end, nolaws were broken and no charges were pressed.

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Caroline and Karinetteare both handicapped.One thanks to a car

accident the other due to poisonthat attacked its central nervoussystem. These two red-footedtortoises luckily came acrossFlorence and Eric Demoulierewho have taken them in andcared for them. They have hadrather unusual treatment, butthat which today allows them toget around. The story of theirrescue: Poisoned by an anti-bee pulver-ization, Caroline arrived at Flo-rence and Eric’s house almostcompletely prostrate, with para-lyzed feet. A treatment of vita-min B seemed to stem the poi-soning but did not treat thesymptoms. Two months laterthings are somewhat better,even though Caroline still suf-fers from minor paralyzation ofher feet and has difficulty mov-ing around. Florence continuesto carry her at meal time, butthe turtle manages to get backto her “home” by herself. This “home” in Florence andEric’s garden is shared withanother “miracle tortoise,”Karinette, who was found in aterrible state. Run over by a car,her shell was seriously dam-aged and some of her flesh hadbeen crushed. After an initialantibiotic and anti-maggottreatment at the vet, she wasgiven to Florence: “I contactedan association, The TortoiseVillage of Gonfaron, in theSouth of France, where there

are specialists who could offerme advice. First, we had tomake sure that no maggots hadcome back. Then for a monthand a half, we treated thewound with diluted Betadine.When we were sure it wasclean, Eric repaired the shellwith several layers of boatresin, making sure not to touchthe flesh. There was still a smallhole that was eventually closedwith automobile mastic.” ButKarinette was still not walking.“Gonfaron thought that nerveshad been severed but she hadgood reflex movement. So Istarted physical therapy: first Iattached a sort of stabilizer toher breastplate to facilitatemovement of her back feet.Then I encouraged her to walkby lifting her back end. Usingher front feet, she would take astep, then two. But it took sixmonths before she really couldwalk. Her walk is more of a“tumble” but she gets around.” But things were not easy forKarinette. Separated from othertortoises, she was depressed,says Florence: “Afraid of possi-ble infection, we kept her onour terrace (that was washedevery day with very hot water).She would only eat frozenstring beans, she refused every-thing else. Then one day shewould not eat, or walk. I wassure she was depressed. So webrought her some friends, andwithin the space of one minuteshe started to walk and eateverything!”

POACHING OF A MARINE TURTLE

THE ACCUSEDFOUND GUILTYAccused of capturing an endangeredspecies, a marine turtle weighing over 140pounds, GL and IL were called before thecriminal court on September 15, and havebeen found guilty as accused. After deliber-ation, the verdict was announced onNovember 3. Their penalty includes a fineof 5000 euros each. But the strongest sanc-tion was the seizure of the material used inthe capture of the marine animal: not onlythe fishing nets and the boat —a BostonWhaler— but also the pickup truck used totransport the turtle. The judge also con-demned both men to pay civil damages inthe amount of 500 euros to each of the fol-lowing: Grenat, the association that man-ages the Marine Park, and the SubProtectassociation that protects the underwaterenvironment. On May 8, 2004, GL and ILwere surprised by two agents from theMarine Park who found them on the beachin Toiny, where they had just loaded theirpickup with a marine turtle over three feetlong and weighing more than 140 pounds.The turtle, which had been imprisoned in alarge bag, was released.

Four sea snail poachers caught on November 11 Neither wet weather nor a public holidaystood in the way of four poachers, and didnot affect the agents of the Marine Parkeither. On Friday, November 11 at 3:00pm,the agents caught four people in the act ofpoaching sea snails in the bay of Petit Culde Sac. Immediately contacted, the policewere soon on the scene and questioning thefour poachers, whose defense was they didnot know it was prohibited to collect seasnails in the waters of the Marine Park’sprotected zones. Considering the size of thesea snails found in their plastic bags, thesepoachers were also unaware that these uni-valve shellfish must be of a certain mini-mum size to be collected even outside of theMarine Park’s jurisdiction. In fact, of the100 sea snails measured, only ten were largeenough to meet the legal minimum size offour centimeters. The sea snails were putback into the water and the four poacherswere taken to the police station.

Caroline and Karinette :Get up and walk!

Karinette Caroline

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OpinionCongratulations on the third edition of the“Weekly”. Those of us who consider our-selves loyal St. Bartens but are seriouslyFrench challenged do appreciate an “eng-lish” publication. It helps greatly to be ablefollow the progress of life here, especiallysince serious changes are on the horizonfor our island. Keep up the good work. I would like to comment on one of yourarticles, namely the one about the move forreusable bags to replace the perennial plas-tic bag. While I commend the committeeon a very useful effort to improve the envi-ronment I am afraid their has not beenrecognition of the “Law of UnintendedConsequences”. I do not know how otherfolks use the plastic bags in which theirgroceries are bagged, but we use them forour trash and I suspect that most others doalso. So if there are longer any plastic gro-cery bags where are the trash bags comingfrom? They will have to be bought anewagain replenishing the bag supply. Seemssilly to me when biodegradeable bags areavailable universally at reasonable cost. A great modern solution for a serious environmental concern.

All the best. Herbert Rust, Deve

With a new plant installedin Public to desalinateocean water, the

island’s capacity to producedrinkable water will increasefrom the current level of 2300 m3per day to a little more than 3000m3 per day, once the new plant isoperational in December. That’sthe news from Hubert Magras,the local director of the Ucdem(Caribbean Union for the Desali-nation of Seawater, a division ofGénérale des Eaux). The newplant is located in the formerwater production plant in Public,and is expected to produce 800m3 of water per day, increasing toseven the number of plants putinto service since the late 1970swhen the island began to desali-

nate the ocean to produce drink-ing water. This increase in theproduction capacity correspondsto the demand for water whichcomes close to 3000 m3 per dayin times of drought or the peak ofthe tourist season. Ucdem decid-ed to add this new plant in theearly part of 2005. The new plant functions on theprinciple of inverse osmosis. Acutting-edge technology intro-duced by NASA to provide purewater for the astronauts, inverseosmosis is not a new method fortreating brackish water or purify-ing city water, but it has justrecently been employed toremove the salt from ocean water.It is therefore the latest word inthis kind of technology.

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