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Anguilla Diary: August 13 to September 6, 2000
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Here is a day-by-day compendium of
news items, as we gathered them - starting with the most recent.
Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Meads Bay Hideaway.
Here is a web site for a project under development:
Click Here.
Hurricane Preparedness.
Beachshack, Mary Ann's Tropical
Construction web site, has been updated with pictures of
hurricane shutters and discussion: Click Here.
Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Splash Villa 360 Degree Panorama. Janine and
Ian "Sugar George" Edwards have enhanced the web site for
their Splash Villa with a rotating full-round
picture of the pool area:
Click Here
Monday, September 4, 2000
My Caribbean Page About Anguilla.
Here is a summary of tips for visiting Anguilla:
Click Here.
Saturday, September 2, 2000
New Anguilla-St.Thomas Flight. American Eagle
announces new service, starting October 1, 2000, one daily roundtrip flight between Anguilla and
St. Thomas: Click Here.
Meads Bay in July.
This photo was taken at the west end of Meads Bay
beach in July, 2000. For a tour of Meads Bay,
Click Here.
For lots of information about all of Anguilla's beaches,
visit Beaches.ai: Click Here.
Thursday, August 31, 2000
Long Pond Condominium Development.
Ambrose Fleming is
creating an intimate, private resort
project on the shore between Sandy Hill and The Valley. Email:
[email protected]. For
more information, visit his web site:
Click Here
Maps of Anguilla. Caribbean-on-line has very
good on-line maps of Anguilla:
Monday, August 28, 2000
Kazz Kondo's Anguilla Web Page.
Kazz, who is a subscriber of news.ai, writes
"I've returned from Anguilla a week ago.
It is the best place for my family's vacation.
I've just created a web page for our memories of Anguilla."
His page has great pictures (click on them to expand) and
useful information on beaches, restaurants, day trip to St. Martin, etc:
Click Here.
Sunday, August 27, 2000
Computer News.
The Computer Club recently
held graduation for the summer 2000 boot camp. To read about the ceremony, including Senegal
Carty (pictured here) - winner of a PC as the best overall student,
Click Here.
To read about the club's donation to the high school of a 14-computer lab,
Click Here.
Bow Green Villa
This 3-bedroom villa is located within easy walk of Rendezvous Bay beach. It now has a
web page at bowgreen.com:
Click Here.
Friday, August 25, 2000
3D Panorama of Seabreeze Villa.
Chris Mason has put a rotating panoramic picture of
this Shoal Bay villa on his Netconcepts web site (requires
Java, which most people have now).
To make the picture rotate left/right or up/down, click on it
with the mouse and drag slowly: Click Here.
Tourist Board Web Site.
The tourist board has three news items on their site:
French Translation.
Maria Lee has translated the August 12, 2000 news into
French: Click Here.
Tuesday, August 22, 2000
Debby Has Passed.
Debby is now a minimal hurricane. It seemed to pass early this
morning and we have had on and off rain storms all day since.
Monday, August 21, 2000
Debby.
The island is batterning down for a visit from a
tropical storm tonight. Predictions for Debby are
somewhat iffy at this time because the storm does not
have a clear eye. The National Hurricane Center issues updates at
5am, 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm and 11pm, with every other update
include full discussion and revised projections and probabilities.
For more information, Click Here and
follow the links.
Sunday, August 20, 2000
Wooden Floors.
Mary Ann's Tropical Construction web site, Beachshack, has
a new story about building wooden floors:
Click Here.
Land Ownership and Title Registration.
Interesting technical article by Scott Hauser on issues of Anguilla land title and
transfer of title on sale or death, including holding title in a corporation:
Click Here.
The Fountain Cavern.
The Big Springs Committee also has a web page for
the Fountain Cavern: Click Here.
New Storm Forming.
Tropical Storm Debby could be a threat to Anguilla on Monday night or Tuesday:
Click Here.
Be Aware Environmental Club.
The summer 2000 Be Aware camp was a wonderful
experience for numerous primary school students:
swimming, learning, horseback riding, exploring,
creating, and helping the community. To read all
about it and see 16 pictures, visit their web site:
Click Here.
Saturday, August 19, 2000
Bounced Email Addresses. When you subscribe to the
Anguilla News, you give us your email address. But if you misspell that
address or close the account later, our email to you will bounce.
We have dropped the following email addresses from our subscriber
list recently:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (john mahoney)
[email protected] (kerry siple)
[email protected] (ANN L HAASE)
[email protected]
[email protected] (James Ruan)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Jamie Gavula)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Joan Schmiedlin)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Sergio Nini)
[email protected]
[email protected] (John Moerman)
[email protected] (Ken Chance)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Pepper Herman)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Minglord)
[email protected] (Craig Connor)
Tropical Storm Chris Fizzled Out.
It has been downgraded and is no longer a threat.
Books.ai has been updated with the
second edition of Don Mitchell's bibliography of
every English-language non-fiction book or pamphlet about
the West Indies. Take a look, it is amazing:
Click Here.
Tropical Construction.
Mary Ann's Beachshack web site has been updated with
pictures of custom cabinet work in the main house:
Click Here.
Tennis.ai Site Updated.
The Anguilla Tennis Academy web site has been updated with
eight new pages of pictures and information on this summer's
tennis program: Click Here.
Friday, August 18, 2000
Tropical Storm Chris.
A new tropical storm has formed to the east of Antigua. Although it is
currently predicated to pass to the north of Anguilla, there is still a
22% chance of Chris passing within 65 nautical miles before Monday.
For more details, try the Weather Underground:
Click Here
or the ATWC: Click Here.
Big Spring National Park to be Developed.
The Island Harbour Community is invited to join the Anguilla
National Trust and the Government of Anguilla to jointly develop
and manage the Big Spring National Park site for
the coming tourist season. But they need your involvement now.
Share your ideas and energy with the Big Springs Action
Committee on Thursday evening, 24 August, 5:30pm at Island
Harbour Primary School. Free Hot Dogs. Free T-shirt raffle.
Drinks for Sale. Big Spring web page: Click Here.
Thursday, August 17, 2000
American Eagle in Anguilla.
According to an article in The Daily Herald,
the Government of Anguilla has met with American Eagle to discuss improvements
to the airport to ensure that the airline will continue to serve the island:
Click Here.
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Champion of Champions Boat Race.
De Chan was the winner of Sunday's final race. Chris Mason
has taken pictures of the Sandy Ground festivities, including
crowd, boats, and trophy presentation:
Click Here.
Monday, August 14, 2000
Arawak Beach Inn.
This 17-unit facility in Island Harbour continues to upgrade itself.
The restaurant is now open, serving local and tourist favorites (including
pizza and spagetti). The octagonal buildings have all been painted
pastel colors and it looks quite cute now. Rates vary from $95 to $210.
Web site: Click Here.
Tasty's Cafe. Good things have been happening
at Tasty's Cafe in South Hill.
Chef and owner Dale Carty has quit his night job at Malliouhana's restaurant
and is now serving dinner at Tasty's, as well as continuing breakfast and
lunch service. And he has remodelled his building, making the
dining area more open and attractive. Prices are still very reasonable and the food is great.
And you can call to order take-out too.
Miss Anguilla 2000.
Hyacinth Snaggs won this year's competition. And, for the
first time in many years, the winner was not sponsored by National
Bank of Anguilla.
Revised: 2000/9/6
Computer News.
