People

Derrys Richardson, a 21-year-old Anguillian student at Bowie State University School of Business in Maryland, has reported on his most significant achievements since enrolling there in the fall of 2004.

By Atlin Harrigan’s Family

The family of the Late Atlin Noraldo Harrigan acknowledge and thank the people who stood by him and supported him in his political struggles during the early days of Anguilla’s secession from St.Kitts and Robert L. Bradshaw. The family also recognize and thank those who stood by him as he battled with his foes on the home front for democracy.

Charissa-Ann Joseph, an Anguillian student at the St. Croix Campus of the University of the Virgin Islands, has made it to the Dean’s List having done very well in her first year of studies.

A job placement stint arranged at the Tourist Board for Anguillian Chrislyn E. Connor, when she was 16 years and a student at the Comprehensive School, has resulted in her achieving a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Management.

The caring staff at the Miriam Gumbs Senior Citizen’s Home organised a party for one of the inmates, Hilda Gumbs, who celebrated her 90th birthday on May 10.

By Nurse Gracita Christopher

It seemed like yesterday - though far back in time - when the medical staff at Cottage Hospital welcomed our new colleague Mr. Claudio Hodge to the fold. Claud, as he is affectionately known, was employed as an Orderly, on 1st October 1990, and carried out his assigned duties mostly unsupervised.

The Anguilla Tourist Board, through its Portfolio Marketing Group in the United States, has just published a new magazine under the re-brand slogan for the island’s tourism industry, Feeling is Believing. One section of the promotional publication is about love and marriage, encouraging couples from abroad to have their weddings and honeymoons in Anguilla.

Turtle Cove, one of Anguilla’s beauty spots, just under the hillside at Malliouhana Hotel & Spa, was the venue for the wedding of Timothy Michael Bailey and Victoria Lilian James (Tim and Tori) of Connecticut on Saturday, May 7.

By: James R. Harrigan

Percy Romney Sr. of Blowing Point and his beloved wife, Jane (Janie), came together in the presence of God and a church overflowing with witnesses to openly reaffirm their love for one another in a vows-renewal ceremony at the Maranatha Methodist Church on Saturday, April 16th. The occasion highlighted the celebration of their golden anniversary, having been joined together in holy matrimony for 50 untiring years, since April 14th 1955.

Saturday night, April 23, was an unforgettable experience for Dr. Louis Bardfield, members of his family and a large number of invited guests all of whom shared in a most delightful time. The occasion was the grand celebration of his 70th birthday.

“I feel okay and I am putting my hands in God’s hands that He may guide me along the way where I should go,” said Teacher Daisy Richardson, a once stern but loving educator, on her 81st birthday on Friday, March 11.

Christopher and Adriana Ulrica Richardson of North Hill, are the eldest couple alive, and reasonably well, in Anguilla. Christopher celebrated his 99th birthday on Saturday, March 19 with a thanksgiving service at which were Methodist Ministers Reverends Lindsay Richardson and Joseph Lloyd, family members and friends. His wife will be making 100 years on May 28, “God willing,” the family said.

A number of Anguillians are enjoying a long life and, despite a few aches, the majority of them are reasonably in good health.

Claudine Hodge is one of those Anguillians born abroad who are hoping one day to lend their expertise to the continued development of the island.

Executive Director and Producer of Kreative Communications Network, Carlton Pickering, Snr., has been awarded membership in the International Association of Business Leaders with headquarters in North Carolina.

By Teacher Patricia Adams

(Dedicated to the late
Atlin Harrigan, OBE)

Eternal slumber
Is now your gracious gift
For the sleepless nights of your life,
When constitutions and commerce,
Justice and education
Capital and health
Seized your every waking breath.

Mr. Atlin Harrigan lived for his family and his community. He was a dedicated servant of the people of Anguilla. He was definitely a shinning symbol and one of the most outstanding figures in Anguilla. He dedicated his life and limb for what he believed was fair and just for his people.

After seven and a half years of service in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Chanelle Petty-Barrett has resigned from the Anguilla Public Service.

A well-known Anguillian, Veronica Anita Gumbs-Richardson, who resides in the United Kingdom, says she was honoured to have received a plaque from Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming in Slough, Berkshire recently.

Carla Smith, a scholar of Anguillian parentage, has graduated with a doctorate degree in Psychology from York University in Ontario, Canada. There she successfully defended her thesis entitled: “Naturalistic Observation of girls and boys playground aggression”.