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President of the Anguilla Teachers’ Union, Leroy Hill, and a Graduate Teacher at Campus A of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, left the island on Wednesday this week to pursue a four-year course of studies in the United Kingdom.

An Anguillian young man in Brooklyn is a proud graduate with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from The City College of New York.

Red heart-shaped balloons popped in the hot afternoon sun on Friday, June 20, in the packed courtyard at the Alwyn Allison Primary School at West End, where Government officials, educators, students and others gathered to celebrate the life of Teacher Art Egel, the beloved Principal.

Before RFA Wave Ruler left Anguilla, the Commanding Officer, Captain Duncan Lamb, spoke of his life, 30 year career and thoughts about the Royal Fleet Auxiliary service (RFA).

Deputy Director in the Department of Social Development has completed and received a Master’s Degree in Management/Human Resources Management from the University of Phoenix in the United States with a 3.64 GPA on a scale of 4.00. The two-year programme comprised research, individual and group assignments affording her the opportunity to work with diverse individuals from several countries and varied professional expertise. Her studies were financed through a partial scholarship from the University of Phoenix and private funds.

Anguillian Born Miss Afranka L. Richardson, daughter of Tracy Richardson of West End, has successfully completed a certificate course in Dental Nursing at Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s University of Medicine and Dentistry in London, United Kingdom.

The three girls shown here, Anguilla’s triplets, celebrated their 11th birthday on Wednesday, June 18.

Mr. John (Bob) Rogers, former Chief Minister Sir Emile Gumbs, key figures in the 1967 Anguilla Revolution, and newcomer to Anguilla’s politics since then, Minister of Finance, Victor Banks, rarely get an opportunity to meet to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Four-year-old Tshara Rogers, a pupil at the Stoney Ground Primary School, is recovering very well at HIMS San Pablo Hospital in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, much to the relief of her parents, Foster and Charmaine Rogers of Shoal Bay, Anguilla and many others on the island.

The New Testament Church of God, Anguilla along with the Senior Pastor Dexter Welcome and First Lady Welcome. were pleased to honor two of Anguillas spiritual “Fathers of the Nation”.

The marriage of Zachary Kenworthy to Megan Dumpe took place on 24th May, 2008, at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Ohio. Best Man was Dermel Franklyn of Anguilla.
Zachary’s mother and father, Barbara and David Kenworthy, attended the ceremony, as did his sisters, Sarah Kenworthy of Anguilla and Emma Kunz and family, now residing in British Columbia, Canada.

Another one of Anguilla’s promising, multitalented and exemplary individuals successfully completed her tertiary education and have left her mark in the Virgin Islands.

At ninety-five he’s still so vibrant
He beats everyone else out the door
On a Sunday morning
(Never mind he’d been up since three,
Got bathed and dressed since four,
And paced and fretted until six).

The passing of Teacher Art Egel has left an aching void in his immediate family and in his extended family which comprised all the people of Anguilla whom he had come to love, admire and serve.

After a valiant and courageous struggle, our beloved Teacher Art Egel passed away on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:45 pm in Puerto Rico. Art and his wife Marian have resided in Anguilla for at least 15 years in South Hill. He was a giant of a man both in stature and in personality and was one of the most loved figures in Anguilla.

The Bible teaches that we are from a royal priesthood so that qualifies us as royalty. I claim royalty so when my life seemed to be in trouble I said to myself Ok this is a test of my faith and by Gods’ help, I will be victorious over this test for his queen.
Little did I know how serious this trouble in my life would turn out to be. It all started with a feeling of being very tired all week and no matter what I tried I was just tired. All during the week I could not wait until Friday to rest on Sabbath.

Angele Richardson, a second year student at the University of Technology, Jamaica, performed exceptionally well during the academic year 2006-2007.

By: Elcia Vanterpool-Daniel

Whenever I think of Uncle Ned I see a huge guinip tree spreading a million leafy fingers in every direction – fingers which I believe in some way reached out and linked the lives of all of us children who were drawn to that yard. I can remember only once having been actually inside the drawing room of his house. The shade of the guinip tree served every imaginable purpose, from kitchen to doctor’s office.

Mrs. Evalie Bradley, who recently retired as Principal Assistant Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office, has been appointed Commissioner of Oaths in Anguilla.

There was a certain tentativeness in the way she moved her body to the lively strains of the quick-step dance rhythm. Jane Seymour’s movements suggested a conflict between conventional restrictions and her desire to appear youthful and in sync with the rest of the competition.