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Smoke Alarm
You can't seem to escape it no matter where you go. Pop into a popular nightclub downtown or wander around Cable Beach, and you could find yourself going home smelling like a walking ashtray. Even family outings to the Fish Fry or Junkanoo in June, will leave you wading through a cloud of smoke.In fact, being a non-smoker in The Bahamas can seriously damage your health. So what can be done to avoid that smoker's cough, even though you have never picked up a cigarette in your life?
Well, the United States Surgeon-General Richard Car- mona said last week that the only way to control second-hand smoking is to ban it from all public places.
"Scientific evidence is now indisputable [that] second-hand smoke is not a mere annoyance, [but] it is a serious health hazard that can lead to disease and premature death in children and non-smoking adults," said Carmona.
Anglicans' new Bishop Coadjutor
Anglicans throughout The Bahamas and the West Indies will gather at the Christ Church Cathedral today to witness the consecration service of Bishop Coadjutor Elect, Father Laish Boyd.According to a press statement, Father Boyd was elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands by the 179 members of the Elective Assembly, comprising the House of Clergy and the House of Laity on February 24th. He was unanimously confirmed by the House of Bishops on March 21.
The House of Bishops is comprised of 14 Bishops of the eight Dioceses that make up the Province of The West Indies. Thirteen of the Bishops are in New Providence to attend and participate in the Consecration Service.
Government officials, in addition to local and foreign dignitaries, and Anglicans from throughout the Province of the West Indies and the wider Anglican Community will also be in attendance.
Man gets prison term for stealing from employer
BRECKENRIDGE - A former Fairplay man who stole $250,000 over nearly three years from his Silverthorne employer faces an eight-year sentence in prison for the felony theft.David Lantz, 47, siphoned the money from Kaupas Water Labs between November 2002 and September 2005 when he was employed as the business' accountant.
Summit County District Judge Terry Ruckriegle handed down the sentence to Lantz on Monday afternoon in Breckenridge after listening to statements from Lantz's wife, his pastor, his marriage counselor, Lantz himself and Kaupas Water owner Ed Kaupas.
"This community lives and breathes on the employment force working for employers, whether it's ski areas or individual owners such as Mr. Kaupas," Ruckriegle said to Lantz. "When trust is broken to the level that you broke it, it's absolutely imperative that the community understand what the consequences of that are."
Ruckriegle cited Lantz's violation of trust as an accountant, his efforts to hide the thefts by stopping the mail and locking the file cabinet while he was on vacation, and his lack of any attempt to pay Kaupas back as reasons for imposing the sentence he did.
WNBA All-Star Final Rosters Announced
NEW YORK (JULY 8, 2006), - The 2006 WNBA All-Star rosters have been finalized, it was announced today by the League. Eastern and Western head coaches selected the players who will round out the 2006 WNBA All-Star teams. The game will showcase the league's stars ranging from savvy veterans like the Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie, Detroit's Katie Smith and Phoenix's Diana Taurasi to the All-Star debuts of three rookies, Minnesota's Seimone Augustus, Phoenix's Cappie Pondexter and San Antonio's Sophia Young. Following are the player additions for the Western and Eastern Conferences for the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game Presented by Vonage:Eastern Conference Additions:
Alana Beard (Washington Mystics) Guard/Forward
Katie Douglas (Connecticut Sun) Guard/Forward
Cheryl Ford (Detroit Shock) Center
Deanna Nolan (Detroit Shock) Guard/Forward
Katie Smith (Detroit Shock) Guard
Tamika Whitmore (Indiana Fever) Forward
Western Conference Additions:
Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx) Forward
Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles Sparks) Center
Cappie Pondexter (Phoenix Mercury) Guard
Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) Guard
Tina Thompson (Houston Comets) Forward
Sophia Young (San Antonio Silver Stars) Forward
About the Eastern Conference Additions:
- Washington's Alana Beard is making her second All-Star appearance and ranks sixth in the WNBA this season with 18.7 points per game.
Ackee - a fascinating tree
THE ACKEE TREE 'Blighia sapida' comes originally from Ivory Coast and Ghana, where the tree is planted for shade and for its wood. The wood is not attacked by termites. In West Africa, the green fruits are used for soap because they contain oil. The plant was introduced to Jamaica at the end of the 18th century by Captain Bligh as food for the slaves. From Jamaica, the tree spread to other islands in the Caribbean such as Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, the Bahamas, the Antilles, Central America, various South American countries, Florida and the Philippines. The ackee tree is considered a beautiful tree by many with smooth grey bark that grows to 10-12 metres. The tree grows well in tropical to subtropical areas and can grow up to 900 metres above sea level. The leaves are shiny on the upper side and lightly hairy on the underside.