VOLUME 14 A The baconian SECTrIiOonN Ee NUMBER 15, AUGUST 1st 2007 Summer camps dominate youth activities Camps are offered for children in many Abaco towns The Hope Town Sailing Club - heen offereing children of Elbow Cay a summer camp for 15 years. Most of the activites are water oriented and include swimming, sailing and windboarding. A variety of shore activities are also enjoyed. Hope Town couple produced winning video . cy Hope Town Sailing and Sports Camp By Jennifer Hudson. Since 1973 the Hope Town Sailing and Sports Camp has been providing summer fun and instruction for the children of El- bow Cay. Though the camp is primarily for local children, participants are allowed to bring along out-of-town guests if space allows. Jim Laughlin has been co-director of this camp along with his wife Marjorie for the entire 15 years of its existence. Jim and his wife, who live most of the year in New Jersey, have been spending sum- mers in Hope Town for many years and re- alised the need for a summer camp for the children there. They have a constant flow of volunteers who include teachers who Please see CaysS Page 2 The barge is still Tas T he oil ean drilling Drie is still euro on ili fee between Hope T own “aha Man-O-War. It was to have been removed months ago, but finally it may happen. An international company has the contract and is subcontracting some of the work to be done by a local firm. A few items will be removed that would be harmful to the water; then it will be cut apart and taken out to sea and sunk, making a fish habitat. It blew aground in Hurricane Wilma and it is hoped that it will be gone before the height of this year’s hurricane season . Matthew McCoy and his wife Lindsay Delaphaine were presented with a cheque for $1000 for winning a competition by the Bahamas Red Cross. The Red Cross offered the prize nationally for a four-minute film that would sensitize the public about climate change. The McCoy’s film was the best of 10 entries, and it will be entered into a Election of two Councillors Caribbean-wide contest. Mr. McCoy is shown accepting the check from Ms. Marina Ni a n -O -Wa r ® A u g u st 2 Gibson, Director of the Bahamas Red Cross while Mrs. Delaplaine and Ms. Barbara Johnson, Director of the Abaco Red Cross, look on. All 10 films will be shown on Bahamas television. See story on page 19. Council hears from Hope T. residents Shelter management and initial } te 4 me damage assessment seminars By Mirella Santillo At the request of the people who at- tended the June 5th seminar on disaster preparedness, the instructor, Mrs. Beryl Armbrister from the U.S. Embassy in Nas- sau. agreed to come back to Abaco to teach two more courses. This recent seminar was directed at people in the community who oversee the response to possible disaster situations. Attending the courses were sev- eral members of the local Social Services’ staff, employees of BEC, the local police and fire department, a representative of lo- cal government and members of the Abaco Volunteer Intervention Team. Employees of Baker’s Bay and Winding Bay resorts were also present. Most of the participants had attended the previous seminars held by Mrs. Beryl Armbrister. The briefings took place at the Anglican Hall on July 16th for Shelter Manage- ment and on July 17th for Initial Damage Assessment. The first course was intense covering all aspects of shelter management, includ- ing the determination of what makes the best shelters, the location and structural soundness, the inspection of the building before a disaster, making sure the facility is in good repair, the determination of how Page 25 Please see Seminars The Hope Town District Council held a town meeting on Hope Town on July 25. Three Council members and the new adminsitrator for Central Abaco, Mr. Cephas Coo- per, listened to community complaints and answered questions. Funding and garbage problems were the overriding issues. See story on page 6.