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Volunteers at the opening of the Sunday Shelter Adoption and Book Fair

Keeping Bonaire Literate! nother great book fair at the Animal Shelter Bonaire was held this last Sunday, May 6. What a fantastic service to the A community—books of all kinds, in different languages, for adults, for children, sci fi, romances, non-fiction, thrillers, mysteries—everything you can imagine and they were inexpensive. $1 per book or 6 books for $5. Leftover books can be found at the Saturday Shelter flea market. Wonderful volunteers organized them beautifully, just like in a real library! And all the proceeds go to keeping the Shelter open for unwanted cats and dogs. A Big Thank You to All! Last weekend on Curaçao two drones nessing the Power of Humor,” and focused This Week’s Stories dropped drugs and cell phones from the on the latest research in the field of neurosci- air during the outdoor exercise of the con- ence and its relationship to therapeutic humor victs in the 425 inmate SDKK prison. Prison and well-being. “The power of humor has Mystery Lionfish Disease 3 Are Cruise Ships Worth The Trouble? 5 Director Urny Florán did not detail how they meant better health, perspective and fun Rincon Day Photos 7 were intercepted. "But it went very fast. One for so many!” said Ditlow. Picture Yourself 2017 Award Winner 9 of the drones had five phones, the other She will share more resilience techniques at Rescuing Flamingoes 10 drugs." Does the new Bonaire Prison have Plaza Resort every Thursday, 5:15- 5:45 pm, Making Bonaire "Accessible" — Wheel- anti-drone defenses? (Dick Drayer) at the Smiling Buddha Yoga studio. There is chair Challenges #10 – Becoming Dis- no charge. Attend, laugh and learn. For more abled 11 information, visit www.aath.org. Coral Farms 14 Another feather in Bonaire’s conserva- tionist hat. In  The Bonaire island government an- Departments s the 2017-2018 cruise ship season mid-April nounced a price reduction for diesel, large ends it’s clear that cruising the 2018, the and small cooking gas tanks and a price Flotsam & Jetsam (Warships to Carib- A bean?, Shorebirds protected, Social Caribbean has become big business. WHSRN increase for gasoline and kerosene. The (The relief postponed, Royal recognition) 2 Beginning in the last edition, and continu- price drop for diesel was 13.1 cents, for large Shopping and Dining Guide 4 Western ing in this edition on page 5, is a discus- gas tanks (100 lbs) $1.62 and small gas tanks Letter to the Editor (Questioning Cruise sion of the merits of expanding and main- Hemi- (20 lbs) $0.28. Gasoline however rose by 1.2 Ship Economics) 5 sphere taining cruise ship tourism for Bonaire. WHSRN photo cents and kerosene 2 cents. The next adjust- Did You Know—Baitballs 6 Shorebird ment of fuel prices is in June 2018. On the Island Since—Youp Schmit 8 According to the Caribbean Tourism Or- Reserve Gasoline 95 112.80 USDct per liter. Picture Yourself– Primosten, Croatia 9 ganization (CTO), in 2015 the Caribbean Network) Council voted to accept the nomi- A Garden–Just Do It (Troublesome received 28.7 million stay-over tourists and nation of Cargill Salt Ponds Bonaire as a Kerosene 55.70 USDct per liter. Plague of Ants) 11 24.4m cruise passengers generating in total WHSRN Site of Regional Importance. This is Diesel 80.00 USDct per liter. What’s Happening + Cruise Ship + onshore visitor spending of about the first WHSRN site in the Dutch Caribbean, LPG 100LBS 34.39 USD per cylinder. Exhibitions + Close In Events 12 US$30bn. Of this, around US$2.4bn came and only the second WHSRN site in the Car- LPG 20LBS 8.78 USD per cylinder. Classifieds, Masthead, Tide Table, Sun- rise & Sunset Times, Moon Phase 13 from cruise passengers while US$27.6bn – ibbean as a whole – joining Cabo Rojo Salt Pet Of The Week (Miss Mikkie Cat) 14 11.5 times more – was spent by stay-over Flats in southwestern Puerto Rico. The nomi- About 1,000 ex-students who live in the Animal Shelter News–Can You Help? 14 visitors. Put another way, although arrival nation was prepared by Daniel DeAnda Jr., Caribbean Netherlands have received student Bonaire Sky Park (Canis Major and numbers for cruise and stay-over visitors Cargill Salt Bonaire’s Production Manager, loans from the DienstUitvoeringOnderwijs Canis Minor) 15 are roughly equal, the gap between what in collaboration with Lisa Sorenson, Execu- (DUO) in the Netherlands to further their The Stars Have It (Horoscope) 15 Caribbean nations earn from cruise and tive Director of BirdsCaribbean. education. In order to deal with student stay-over visitors remains substantial. . The site comprises 3,700 hectares, 2,700 of loan defaults, the Minister of Education, Last year cruise ship head taxes vary which are artificial wetlands - primarily solar Culture and Science offered the ex- How to contact us from $1 in the Dominican Republic to evaporation ponds for salt extraction. Brine students in the Caribbean a one-time, cus- $60 in Bermuda, with a Caribbean aver- shrimp fill the ponds, and the dike roads be- tomized payment scheme. Find Bonaire Reporter tween them are covered with brine flies, a age of $8.92 per passenger. Bonaire’s on Facebook. Press crucial food source that attracts thousands of charge is currently $2 with a rise to THE HAGUE--The Dutch Government “Like” shorebirds to the harsh landscape between did not make the May 1 deadline to pub- The Publisher: George DeSalvo $3.50 under consideration. these mountains of salt. lish the research report to permit setting a [email protected] benchmark for the social minimum* in Phone 777-6125 The Nether- lands has to Did you know that Echo has been Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. They said The Editor: Laura DeSalvo show more mus- growing over 5,000 trees in their reforesta- more time is needed to allow the Govern- [email protected] tion nurseries just this year? They are plan- ments to share their view on the preliminary cle to Venezuela, Phone 786-6518 Retired Dutch Lt. ning to double that number before the start of report. BES islanders were disappointed Box 407, Bonaire, General Rob the rainy season in October. Then, hopefully and disgusted at this additional delay to cor- Caribbean Netherlands Verkerk says. He all of these native trees can be planted. To rect such an obvious injustice. Story, tip, question or idea: suggests a trip to find out more, attend the presentation on On April 24 Dutch State Secretary of Social [email protected] Tuesday, May 8, at the Dutch Caribbean Na- Curaçao with Affairs and Labor Tamara van Ark in- Phone 777-6125 ture Alliance (DCNA) building from 7pm to frigates or a sub- formed the entire Dutch Parliament of the Available on-line at: marine. “You 8pm. (Also see Happenings page 12) delay. The State Secretary didn’t provide a www.bonairereporter.com show that you time as to when the draft report would be Printed Every Fortnight, On-line every day, 24/7 have the potential Dutch Walrus-Class Bonaire resident and proponent of published and sent to Parliament. It was re- ported that she questioned “the factual accu- Next edition printing on to use this type of submarine navy photo “Laugh Therapy,” Florence Ditlow, R.N., Monday, May 21, 2018 resource,” ac- attended the 28th Annual Conference of the racy, completeness and consistency” of exist- Deadline: Friday, May 18, 2018 cording to Verkerk. The military previously Association for Applied and Therapeutic ing research. warned of “military adventurism” from Vene- Humor (AATH) in San Diego, CA, April 12- zuela towards the ABC islands. 15. This year’s theme was “Resilience: Har- (Continued on page 3)

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Page 2 The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Flotsam and Jetsam (Continued from page 2) OLB photo Two years ago the Dutch Parliament, specifically the First Chamber, insisted the Government set a benchmark for the social minimum*. All the research and surveys to few months ago people in meet that objective to date have shown the A Bonaire’s water sports present support levels for social welfare activities began to notice some- allowances, the elderly pension AOV and thing strange about lionfish. Char- the minimum wage, which are far below ter sailboat Woodwind saw numer- those of the European Dutch residents, ous lionfish floating at the surface need significant upward adjustment, per- Bonaire’s new members of the Order off the east side of Klein. Then a haps above European levels in some cases. of Oranje-Nassau in the left foreground paddle boarder found one floating Independent evaluations show these low at the surface. It had a skin wound levels of support contribute to poverty lands following last season’s hurricanes. similar to an ulcer. Occasionally a which has been on the rise since the islands Bonaireans honored as Members in the speared lionfish exhibited similar became Public Entities of the Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau: Amado Felix, wounds. As news of this spread Ulcerous lionfish STINAPA photo in 2010. Sue Felix-Sheets, Patun Saragoza and via social media other cases on Bonaire were reported. Divers * The Social Minimum-The Dutch sys- Ezzie Semeleer. were asking is it disease, pollution, a preda- age of affected fish being reported from the tem is supposed to guarantee a minimum The annual honors list is always an- tor? “Professional” lionfish dive-fishermen Florida Panhandle. nounced the day before the monarch’s income for people who are not able to have seen a falling off in the quantity of support themselves independently. This birthday and focuses mainly on people who (2) The proportion of lionfish with active their catch as well. social minimum serves as a policy bound- have made a major contribution to society, ulcers in the Gulf of Mexico greatly de- ary by which people can get financial help usually in the form of volunteering. Some Concern is escalating as reports from the clined in winter and early spring along the to achieve a 'minimum acceptable lifestyle 64% of the recipients were male and the University of Florida related similar cases Florida Gulf Coast regions, and several fish for the Netherlands.* average age is 60. Most people were made dating back to August 2017. The first docu- displayed what appeared to be healing le- mented report of lionfish with skin ulcera- sions. Members of the Order of Oranje-Nassau – tion was of lionfish harvested from artificial (3) Diseased fish collected in the Gulf had Pending the outcome of discussions on which has six levels. That honor was intro- reefs near Destin, FL where 40% of 503 a lower relative condition factor than appar- the exact fee structure for electricity, WEB duced in 1892 for foreigners and the “lower lionfish presented ulcers. Researchers addi- ently healthy fish -- i.e. they are signifi- has announced that the current fee struc- classes.” The first Dutch honor was intro- duced by King Willem I in 1815. tionally received reports of ulcerated lion- cantly "skinnier" -- however, the effects of ture will stay in place for the month of fish from the West Florida Shelf, East Flor- skin ulcers are still unknown. May 2018. Keep in mind that WEB al- ida Shelf, Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cayman ready raised the per kW charge in January Bonaire will soon have a new (4) Researcher have never received a Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and now report of human illness due to ingesting 18 by about $05. source of fresh water for agriculture Bonaire. STINAPA is involved in partici- healthy lionfish or ulcerated lionfish. But and livestock. After months- long prepa- pating in the continuing research, but since they cannot make any definitive statements Almost 3,000 Dutch people received ration the Coöperatie Punta Agua was the departure of CIEE the island is without a regarding human health. recognition from the Crown on the eve of formalized on April 29, 2018 at the office lab facility. Divers are advised to report (5) Researchers from several Florida King's Day, 24 of them from the Caribbean of Notary Arends on Bonaire. The Co-Op details of their discovery on ulcerated lion- schools plan to continue monitoring obser- part of the Kingdom: eight on Aruba, four has three member-initiators who form its fish to STINAPA. vations and begin molecular studies on dis- on Bonaire and 12 on Curaçao but none Board: To summarize the research to date from at ease etiology, which will focus on a poten- from St. Maarten, Saba or Statia, reportedly the University of Florida: tial viral origin or association.  G.D./ because the nominating committee was 1) The percentage of fish presenting with press releases preoccupied with the restoration of the is- (Continued on page 4) skin ulcers varies with the highest percent-

The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Page 3 Flotsam and Jetsam (Continued from page 3) kets in the ABC Islands have been sold conduction classes here in June. Susan to a new owner, Gassan Azan from Ja- DeSalvo-Reed, who has family on Bonaire, maica . Gerard van den Tweel (73) will is again offering Bonaire classes at half the continue to manage the markets for up to US price. Her Energetic Healing procedures five years. No changes to present proce- are useed by medical professionals as well dures were mentioned. The BFG whole- as individuals who want to learn the proven saler is not included. -Dick Drayer techniques. See the poster on page 10 for more details.

A financial lien has been placed on Remember your mother on Sunday, 7 the BOPEC facility and its contents by May. You are here thanks to her. Celebrate the Houston-based company, Conoco together. Phillips, to satisfy past debts. At press -Ms. Nadine A.C. Emerenciana, Presi- time there was no information on how this One of The Reporter’s phone numbers dent. would affect the fuel supply to Contour has changed. The new number +599 796- -Mr. Harlton “Onnie” Emerenciana, Global which supplies electric power to KPCN photo 6125 replaces the previous one that had the Secretary. WEB and its Bonaire customers. Contour same number with the 777 exchange code  -Ms. Martine Groenendijk, Treasurer. Global, located adjacent to BOPEC, gets G./L.D. supplied by pipe line from a BOPEC tank. Nadine Emerenciana initiated the pro-  Al- ject. Without her tirelessness and driving though The Police Corps Caribbean Nether- force there would not be a Punta Agua. the goal lands introduced their new operational uniform in Bonaire on April 30. Saba and As The Reporter understands it, seawater to bring St. Eustatius will follow in the third quarter from the east coast, near the Punta Blancu Billy Valen- of this year. The Biker Team also keeps Farm, will be desalinated via a modern their special uniform. reverse-osmosis plant powered by renew- tine to A four-week “wearing test” was con- able electricity. The product water will be Bonaire last ducted by police officers on Bonaire, Saba optimized for farming and animal hus- month and St. Eustatius. The reactions of the offi- bandry, not human consumption. wasn’t cers involved were positive and it was de- Punta Agua is planning a meeting in the met, activities and fundraising are con- cided to introduce the new uniform in the near future to describe its plans and recruit tinuing. The updated donation Bank Ac- Caribbean part of the Netherlands. Bonaire more members for the Co-Op. count number for Bring Billy to Bonaire is Police will be the first to wear the new uni- Account# 100913605 MCB- Bonaire, Ac- form shown at left. According to an internal communica- count name: Ban yuda Billy See story in tion. the five Van den Tweel supermar- the previous edition. One of California’s top practitioners and teachers of energy healing will be

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re QUESTIONING BONAIRE increase of tour busses clog the roads, es- A the CRUISE SHIP ECONOMICS pecially to the north and the dive spots. financial Talks with local people gave me the im- benefits for Dear Bonaire Reporter; pression that only a very small group allowing First of all, thanks very much for your (mainly Dutch newcomers) make any large cruise Cruise ship passengers disembarking information provided for so long. I am a money from of the ships’ passengers. Most ships to call repeat guest and have come to Bonaire do not! Restaurant owners say that passen- Even, when I hear, that Curacao has a at Bonaire since 1986. When at home in Switzerland, gers drink at the maximum, a beer. Food is passenger fee of 20 USD and Bonaire 6 worth the I really enjoy reading your paper with high free on the ships. Shop owners related that USD (I heard that, so don't take it as a investment interest. the passengers just try on the clothes, but fact). Editorial note –TCB says that Bon- in port fa- So now my comments: I just came back don't buy, but as a result, the clothes are aire’s fee is $2.00/person, with a proposal cilities, inconveniencing residents and from Bonaire after a 3-1/2 week stay full of sun block oil. One told me that going to raise it $3.50 other tourists, escalating traffic problems (April 2018) and was really shocked with when a cruise ship is in port she closes Increasing the fee, would be at least the and discouraging higher-paying overnight what’s going on with these cruise ships. down the shop. first measurement to reduce the amount of visitors? More and more Bonaireans are asking that question. They find an answer After downloading the 9 April issue of Why is the Bonaire government not lis- landings without losing money and maybe in the research done by Professor Ross Bonaire Reporter I came across your first tening to the people and the tourists who bring more money for Bonaire. Klein at Memorial University of New- article in the Flotsam & Jetsam section -re. spend thousands of dollars to enjoy an I read here in Swiss newspapers, that a foundland. the tourism officials in Aruba said that unspoiled island and ignore the knowledge lot of towns (like Venice in Italy) are al- cruise ships did not bring any financial gained in Aruba (and in other places ready banning cruise ships because of the He finds that the touted huge economic benefit to Aruba. around the world)? I hope there is not a negative impact. benefits to compensate for all those pas- I especially loved the passage "one that kind of corruption going on upon the Why is Bonaire going the other way? sengers creating unpleasantness are a bit more than compensates for all those pas- shoulders of mother nature. Not understandable !! bogus. He discovered that the reports that sengers creating unpleasant queues at at- I heard also rumors among repeat tour- Thanks very much for listening (and I show how much passengers are spending tractions, generating traffic jams, and an- ists that a couple of years ago a selecting think I am not alone with this opinion :-) per shore visit (typically about $80 – $150 factor for deciding the visiting time in a day) are largely conducted by the cruise noying the higher-paying overnight visi- Didi (Zurich) Bonaire was the season and eventually lines themselves (!) and lack a certain tors." (A frustrated repeat guest) I see myself as one of those "higher- good flight offers. NOW, and that makes amount of scientific methodology. They me very sad, that a third factor comes into mainly rely on surveys left in passengers’ paying overnight visitors" and it really The Reporter also wants letters and com- pisses me off, that many days of the week the game and that’s the cruise ship calen- rooms to fill in when they return from dar. mentary that define the benefits of their on-shore visit. The survey is com- you simply cannot go to downtown Kral- cruise ship calls and list the economic Bonaire has to be very careful now not pletely voluntary and only a small percent- endijk because of the masses of people. benefits to Bonaire, like local employ- to scare away long term visitors (who age of passengers actually take the time to Also Sorobon and Coco Beach at that time ment, increased recreational opportuni- spend real money) in favor of the cruise complete it, which any basic survey book are not usable. The passengers using the ties, profits retained locally, etc. golf carts block the roads and the dramatic ships. (Continued on page 6)

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The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Page 5 Cruise Ships (Continued from page 5) “When local tourism organizations or or expert will tell you means it contains ports conduct similar studies, they al- “voluntary sampling bias.” A more most always find that the sums are sig- scientific way is for island tourism de- nificantly lower,” says professor Klein. partments to ask a randomly selected And that’s if they disembark at all. bout the sample of passengers while they are All those on-board waterslides, surf- huge visiting the port. It’s difficult to recall A ing machines, climbing walls and other school of tightly- purchases unless people sit down with attractions are affecting the bottom line packed little fish their receipts. Imagine you went shop- for destinations. The idea of getting swimming in the ping and eating for a day and spent access to these on-board toys without same direction roughly $80 – $150 per person in your the crowds is appealing. As Kevin that you come group and were given the survey below Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian Cruise across while snor- at the end of the day. It would be diffi- Line, explained in a Skift article (Skift, keling or diving? cult for many to recall exactly how Inc. is a media company founded in If so, then you saw much was spent, especially when some 2012 that provides news, research, and a “baitball,” when of it may have been booked and paid for marketing services for the travel indus- small fish swim months in advance. try), “more passengers are choosing to together in a be- Survey expert, Matt Champagne, play on the ship rather than get off in havioral response Ph.D., looked over the questionnaire as some ports.” to predation. well. He had two immediate observa- While baitballs If they stay onboard, the cruise lines tions: may be found in earn money at their spas, bars and 1) “They make the error of attempting all oceans, from shops. And, of course, cruise lines also to survey the facts. There are numerous cold to tropical A diver meets a baitball earn money on the shore excursions. observational and archival ways of com- waters, the preda- Not just by selling tours (typically at a paring the amount of money spent on an 50% markup of that money), but also on tors involved in these hunting parties dif- protection is the main reason why all island when a ship is in port vs. not in fees for promoting shopping at certain fer. For example, if you’re lucky enough, those fish swim together at such high con- port, each with their own biases but all stores (a modern, more sophisticated here in the Caribbean Sea you may see centrations. Unlike a solitary prey, school- more accurate than relying on the recol- and lucrative twist on traditional kick- bottlenose dolphins, yellowfin tuna, mar- ing fish may confuse and disorient the lection of the 2% or 3% of guests who backs). In one example, Professor Klein lins, blue runners, jacks, tarpons, yellow predator due to their large numbers, mak- bother to return the form.” cites a single shop in the Bahamas that jacks, and even seabirds feasting on sev- ing it difficult to identify and select a sin- 2) “Responses may over-represent pas- paid $100,000 a year to be included on a eral thousands of small scad, sardines or gle individual for a directed strike. Having sengers who spent more. That is, few map and in the shopping program. “If a juvenile jacks. But be quick with your their eyes located on the sides of their passengers will take the 20 minutes cruise ship is recommending a shop,” camera, this exhilarating spectacle may heads gives them a wide field of view needed to fill out a 40-item survey that says Klein, “they’re getting money for not last long! Even large baitballs can be which, in addition to swimming at con- reveals exactly who they are, where it.” The bottom line is that less money decimated to only very few survivors stant speeds, creates the perfect conditions they live, and how much income they actually stays in the destinations than is when so many predators are found feeding to distract. This ingenious defense mecha- make, just to tell their hosts that they officially calculated.  G.D. in the same area. nism acts as a danger signal by creating a only bought one T-shirt.” What you witness is not just one of Na- single, all-seeing large body of fish able to The next installment of this series will In other words, it’s not terribly scien- ture’s amazing wonders, but is also a dis- sense changes in pressure and movement tific. describe how destinations help sell play of carefully-planned and coordinated in the water. A fish of a different size, cruises and get little in return. survival and attack strategies. You see, (Continued on page 14)

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The 30th commemoration of Rincon’ day began with the Scouts raising the town flag...... and a Mass at the Catholic Church with a memorial procession

incon Day 2018, the R 30th time the event was held, really lasted more than a week. Streets were repaved, village houses deco- rated (the best judged house got a prize of a trip to Hol- land), musical events abounded, stands were con- structed , goats were slaugh- tered, costumes finished and an air of expectation was eve- rywhere. All agreed, it was the best yet.  G.D.

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More people than ever wore colorful traditional outfits. Beauty and excite- ment were everywhere

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The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Page 7 came here when I was “I six with my two brothers and my parents. Before we left I saw a windsurfing picture on a folder and I knew immediately I wanted to learn that. On Bonaire I got my first lesson from Ronald at Jibe City and I fell in love with the sport. And next to that there were all the local heroes: Taty, Tonky, Kiri and Choco. I looked up to them and to all the crazy tricks they could do on the water. I started to compete in local competitions and did well. Then I began competing internationally, Joup being greeted at the airport following his return first at the Aruba Hi-Winds and from North Carolina FB photo then in international professional Youp Schmit Greta Kooistra photo competitions. I wanted to go to ent people. It has a very positive such a poorly paid sport he de- the World Cup really badly be- month-long recovery followed. fracture in my calf and I was influence on them; they learn to cided to go study in Holland. cause I felt I had a chance but I My sponsors left me and I had to walking on crutches for weeks. socialize and their behavioral The worldwide windsurfing was too young, 14. start at zero again. It was devas- But the sponsors stayed with me. problems get fixed in a playful level is extremely high, but the tating but yet I was very hungry I dropped to ninth place, which is and natural way. ‘Stichting Pro- I asked Jibe City to help me out financial return is extremely low. for a comeback. still good in the World Cup, com- ject’ uses it with some of the and they supported me to go to So you have to love surfing and ing back from a year knee injury most difficult children. In general my first World Cup in 2010 in I am a 100% go-getter. Of training, but don’t expect to be- these kids are far from easy, but the Canary Islands, Spain. For the come rich. Even if you are in the the moment they are with me, first time I was competing against Top 10, you are not making big they cool down and their behav- the big boys who were my he- money. I think when I am older I ior becomes perfectly normal, roes, my idols and 10 years older still will be very much involved because they want to go wind- than me! But I ended up in the in the windsurfing industry and surfing with me! And along the Top 20. All the big sponsor windsurfing world, like coaching way I guide them through the brands approached me and or being a board shaper. I do Forsa method. Besides my pro- wanted me on their team; it was a board designs for my board brand fessional windsurfing this has dream come true! I was in my sponsor and I also help in the become a whole other part of my last school year at Mavo, and the development of future windsurf- life. It’s an amazing, giving back sponsors wanted me to go on the ing products like boards and sails to Bonaire and the children of World Tour, but I was forced to and clothing. I already have a Bonaire. I love it! finish the school year. It sucked, small clothing brand which is but I only missed two events out Yet, I am still 100% a profes- called ‘Hey You,’ which comes of seven, because five of them sional windsurfer and traveler from ‘Hey Youp.’ I’ve sold my took place during my school va- around the world, so I can’t be shirts on the beach to sponsor my cation. So, I was still able to do Youp on the water in North Carolina Tom Brendt photo with the kids all the time. But I windsurfing. People loved the what I wanted to do: to compete share my videos and stories and shirts and the simple design. I and getting kicked out again be- and travel and dedicate myself course it’s the adrenaline and the adventures with all of them. started selling a lot in the global cause of another injury. I had 100% to windsurfing. tricks and the crazy things we do, While I am on tour I keep in windsurfing world and it’s still a but it’s also the pride and the three months to recover for the touch and see how they are do- great success, thanks to the inter- That summer I graduated, but honor – for me and the island. At next World Cup tour competition, ing, how they are progressing and national group of tourists that sadly,” he grins, “I couldn’t be at visit the island and all the people my graduation, because I had a I get to meet on my world tours. World Cup to attend. From that “ I got involved with ‘Stichting Project’ moment on I was on board with When I am on Bonaire I get up the biggest brands on the market at 5, eat a full breakfast. From 6 and I travelled the whole world. I and ‘Forsa,’ helping kids learn how to to 7:30 I work out. Then, from 8 was nine months abroad and to 11 I am a personal trainer at three months at home. I got to go windsurf, have fun and keep ‘m off the the gym, ‘Mr. Fat Killer,’ and at to Hawaii for photo shoots; I 11 I go to the beach to train on went to amazing competition and streets.” the water. I eat a big lunch and in training locations all over the the afternoon I pick up the kids to go windsurfing. Around 9 or 10 world; chasing wind and waves, which was enough. I made it to the same time I feel very thankful I keep on motivating them from a pm I fall asleep! That’s the pro- being on the water every day. the next event and finished that for being in this moment. Wind- distance. gram when I am here, non-stop! I won two Youth World Cham- year in the Top 10. Okay, I was- surfing is my life. The moment I Right now I just came back Bonaire to me is 100% home. It pion titles on the professional n’t happy because I am always am on the water I forget every- from North Carolina, where I was is my dream to one day build my World Tour and I was a standard aiming for the best, but I was thing that’s going on – it’s pure at the International Windsurf house on this island and I am dangerous rider on the Top Ten super stoked and thankful to be freedom. Tour. I took the Pro Freestyle working on it very hard right of the professional Men’s World back on tour, travel and live this From being injured to coming title back to Bonaire, which was now. I see my future here, be- Tour. In the summer of 2014 I life style and be able to finally back, I had to find new sponsors cool. It was great being there and cause Bonaire is my mother, the was first in the Top 5, then in the windsurf again. and get my ass back on tour. It winning with the whole windsurf island that built me and made me Top 3. I was at the highlight of was a hard struggle to find some- Along the way I became an world watching. When I arrived who I am today.” Greta my career and heading for the one who would believe in me but ambassador for the sport and for on my island, all the kids I sup- Kooistra top, but at every competition I I found two new brands: a new Bonaire windsurfing. I got in- port were at the airport together felt my knee was not in its place board sponsor, 99 NoveNove, volved with ‘Stichting Project’ with a lot of other people, which and I knew I was making it and a new sail sponsor, Avanti and ‘Forsa,’ helping kids learn was an amazing feeling and an worse, but I was so successful, I Sails. I got a tiny budget and to- how to windsurf, have fun and honor. couldn’t stop. keep ‘m off the streets. I’m help- gether with the local support of On Bonaire we do have a lot of Then, at the same location ing the project to get local kids Jibe City I was able to go back on promising kids in windsurfing. where I’d started my career, Ca- from eight to 15 into windsurfing. tour in 2015. At the first event, One of them was – or is – nary Islands, Spain, I tore the They love it and they open up going for a fifth place, I slipped Stepherd ‘Cheppi’ Gustowski. He ligaments in my knee and had to and some of them speak English out of the foot strap of my board, is incredibly good He’s got more fly straight away to Holland now because they’re always on lost control and crashed really talent than I and he is an amazing where I was operated and an 11- the beach and talk to many differ- hard. This time it was a muscle kid, but… because windsurfing is

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The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Page 9 also fed this food until they are stable. At about eight weeks, normally developing chicksd start to get their feathers and become “juveniles.” At that point they can start to eat by themselves. In the Wild Bird Rehab they’re fed a pellet mix soaked in water in a shallow dish. Tube feeding a really tiny flamingo, four times a day Elly says that Bonaire Wild Bird Rehab got started with the oil spill in Trinidad last summer that affected our birds. She reached out to Odette, a vet in Cura- cao, and Monique from Stichting Vogelklas Kare Schot in Holland which deals with 10,000 injured birds a year. They gave training on handling, how to “water onaire’s usual February baby fla- proof” birds, how to mingo boom has taken an unex- B draw blood and more. pected and worrisome turn. Relative large On Bonaire Elly has The younger the bird, the straighter the bill numbers, more than 10 times normal, of dealt with tropic birds, young flamingos, both chicks and juve- Elly Albers feeding one of the chicks with shearwaters, ospreys, egrets, barn owls, niles, have been turning up on the roads a tube-syringe. About eight others were Donate Royal Canin Convalescence Sup- ruddy turnstones, caracaras and pelicans and populated areas of the island. The waiting in line. port Instant Diet. You may ask friends to specific cause of the exodus from their HOW CAN YOU HELP? bring it down or donate to the collection normal nesting zones is uncertain. Accord- coastal western Venezuela to feed and then If you see chicks and juveniles outside box at Bondigro Supermarket which will ing to Elly Albers of Bonaire Wild Bird return to Bonaire. The birds are fast flyers; the sanctuary, follow Stinapa’s rescue deliver it to the Rehab center. Rehab, so far this year more than 100 baby the trip takes only a few hours. It’s a normal guide http://stinapabonaire.org/flamingo- Cash donations can help to pay for the flamingoes have been brought in to her behavior, but never in living memory have rescue-guide/ food and resources needed to save all these Bonaire Wild Bird Rehab at Mangrove Cen- so many baby flamingoes gone AWOL Elly emphasizes that these birds are wild chicks. You may donate via the Mangrove ter near Lac Cai: 30 are in house now, 43 from the nesting area. and should be treated calmly and quietly. Center, MCB Account 41010104, specify- have been released and 15 to 20 have died. But the economic situation in Venezuela Do not pet them. Wrap a towel around ing “rehab” as the reason. Or, via Go- The time that the first ones were brought in has resulted in human food shortages. Ac- them and keep them quiet until they’re FundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/ was at the same time as the onslaught of the cording to The Miami Herald and other brought into the Rehab which is on the road help-the-flamingo039-on-bonaire  L.D./ sargassum arrival in March. The chicks media that may be a death sentence for the to Lac Cai, next to the Mangrove Center. G.D. Photos by Elly Albers & Laura DeSalvo (under 6 months who need to be hand fed) returning birds as people are now shooting and juveniles (6– 12 months) were weak flamingoes for food. and malnourished. Some had already died No one really knows the reason. At this by their nests at the creche. time Most of our flamingos breed in the A STINAPA press release says it’s possi- flamingo sanctuary in Pekelmeer, a Ramsar bly due to high winds or low tides which site, which is completely off-limits and have cut the food supply to adult flamin- managed by Cargill. But the water level of goes. The tide has remained low and re- Pekelmeer where most nests are located is mains of the sargassum assault may have not regulated by Cargill and is too low for poisoned some habitat. The youngsters’ their source of food. The tide has remained presence in populated areas is attributed to low and there are still remains of the sargas- strong winds blowing them away, but even sum present. with moderate winds they’re still weak and At the Wild Bird Rehab the babies are underweight housed in cages with the youngest group, Consequently, the adult parents or “baby eight to nine weeks old, who need to be fed sitter” flamingoes cannot produce enough with a high protein reconstituted food via a regurgitate to feed their baby chicks during syringe four times a day (see photos). Older their first six months of life. So some adults birds who are brought in who are weak are must fly south to the vast salt pans of

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OUR WHEELCHAIR- CHALLENGES ON BONAIRE, TROUBLESOME PLAGUE OF ANTS PART 10- ’ve heard it from so many people these I days: ants in the house, ants every- BECOMING DISABLED where in the yard, ants all around. I’ve had the same problem so I needed to look for information on how to get rid of them in the ot every person with physical house. They were coming from far away. I N challenges was born that way. followed the line and it started from the Oftentimes they acquired the handicap street, from the dirt container to my yard after an accident, a CVA, a disease, etc. and into the house. That was a real awful This means that they had to learn to ac- thing. They were everywhere: in my food cept and to adapt, which is a very hard (stored food, fresh food), everywhere on the and long process. This acceptance is just kitchen counter, in the bathroom, in my bed, like a mourning process. They lose in my plants, I almost went crazy from it. something that was very important and So I went into action and I GOT RID OF need to learn how to cope. It starts with this kind of help. That means that you THEM! Oh, what a relief. denial. After that there is anger—anger at cannot have regular visits from your loved So let me share with you all the informa- the world, the people surrounding them ones. Or they need to go and stay there for tion I found and my experience and I hope and caring for them. Then there comes the a long period of time to be with you. you will be as successful as I was. sadness. The bitterness …and at last Keep your cooked and/or sweet food One of the most common household or comes the acceptance. So we have been thinking … would it safe. Put it in a bowl with water. When I yard pests has got to be the common ant. not be awesome if we could have a cen- had that ant attack in my kitchen this Now this is a very long process and not There are over 12,000 species of ants. The ter like that on Bonaire? We have the most common is probably the regular pave- was the only way to keep my cooked everybody runs the process in the same hospital, the Kas di Kuido (old folks ment ant, the ones that come into your home food safe! way and in the same sequence. Some peo- home), the FKPD (disability center). One as soon as you spill sugar and forget to ple stay for a very long period of time in of those could easily create a small facil- sweep it up. They like sweets and if they the anger phase and never reach the ac- I got rid of them. ity where a few patients at a time could don't find them outside in your garden, they ceptance stage, which, of course, is very - Good old fashion Clorox bleach in a stay and all the therapists could come in will come inside and find what they need. understandable. Another common one is the carpenter ant. small spray bottle . Spray it right on the nest and offer their services. We have a lot of These guys start eating your home if you when you find it. But almost all these people get to stay in good para-medicals here on Bonaire, and find them indoors. So our question is, how - Boiling water on the nest. a convalescent center where they can if needed, we could fly them in. Just like do I get rid of ants in my garden and home -Regular black pepper, red pepper, learn. Everything that is needed to learn a it happens now: neurologist, optometrist, without pesticides? coffee grounds, baby powder, cinnamon, life as normal as possible is taught by gynecologist, every specialist comes to I wanted to use something harmless in the nutmeg powder, baking soda, therapists who are highly specialized. Bonaire, stays for three months and leaves garden because I don't want pesticides to get chalk. They don't like powders and certain Psychologists, physiotherapists, er- and another takes over. onto my vegetables. So I looked for info and smells on their legs. So when they smell gotherapists, logopedists, and of course a It is an idea that deserves a good think- also I knew a simple solution from this, they stay away from that spot. But then long line of specialized doctors help and ing about. Grandma. Let me start with her remedy. they still come via other ways. That’s why guide the patients in this acceptance proc- Grandma used her morning urine on the ant they came via my bathroom window into ess and help them to be able to function MiVaBo is working together with the nests in the yard. As soon as she noticed a the house. So I needed to put these powders on an acceptable level. FKBO on an interesting project. They lot of ants she looked around to find the nest everywhere, which is impossible. The best visit the schools where they tell about life solution for me was to let them take some- This takes hard work and dedication, for and poured her urine on it. It helps, I tell with a handicap and let the children ex- thing to their nest, which work out the best. the patient as well as the therapists. An- you. I know people here who follow this perience how it is and feels when you ger, tears, deep sadness, but also defeat advice and they got rid of the ants in their - Household vinegar, fresh lemon juice have to be in a wheelchair. This is an eye yard. Its a cheap remedy, nature friendly works too for cleaning the kitchen. Ants and winning. But in the end it is all worth opener. and you always have it with you! Ha ha. don't like the smell. it, because they can leave the convales- Grandma was the best in these down-to- cent-center and live at home again with Should you, with your organization, like earth solutions. (The secret is that ants don't On the other hand killing all the ants in their families, where they belong, and to experience this as well, you may con- like the sour smell of pee). But now, what to your yard is not good for your plants either. who are by their side 24 hours a day. tact these organizations do when the nest is near your neighbors or and make an appoint- Ants play an important part in the health of And being at home also is hard work! they’re coming in the house. You cannot go ment: MiVaBo at the soil and bringing over seeds and other Because you need to keep up, exercise to pee there. No way. WWW.mivabo.org and stuff. Unless it is the nastiest ant infesta- every day, stay on it because if not…. you So here are some solutions to try when tions, try to find some creative ways to deal FKBO, phone 717- go back to stage 1 again. And that is not you don't like grandma's shocking way to with them. 5765. deal this problem. where you have fought for so hard and so -Pipe tobacco. Soak the tobacco in water long. Story by Ria Evers-Dokter overnight and make tea with it. Discard the On Bonaire we have no convalescent wet tobacco, pour the liquid over the ant center. We need to go to Curacao to get hills and soak them. Wear gloves because your hands will smell for hours from the strong tobacco smell. This tea can be used caterpillars. These ants do not typically able to hear , but they say you get rid of the for other bugs too and against the harm vegetation by stripping leaves from ants in only 48 hours. That would be good Pomegranate bush/tree white fly (piespies). plants. The only time the ants might pose a in your kitchen if you don't want to use any- -Mix boric acid and sugar together to problem is if the population becomes very thing else. make a paste. About one tablespoon of boric large, resulting in an outright infestation. acid to a cup of sugar. Drop pieces of this Something to watch for with ants in the So, you’ve got it all now: work for you in paste near the hills and anywhere you see garden is aphids, Ants are attracted to your yard and in the house when you have ants. They will feed on the poisoned sugar aphids due to the fact that aphids give off a ant problems. Remove old useless things and take it back to their nest to the queen, sweet secretion. The ants will also protect from the yard, clean up heaps of dead leaves which will wipe out the whole colony. You the aphids from predators. If you do find and rotten wood, look under stones and also can mix corn meal with the boric ants in your garden, check to make sure that rocks where ants and bugs like to make acid and a few drops of water. After aphids are not present as well. Treat any nests and pee there many remedies I tried this one, and finally I found aphids as soon as possible. (ha ha), clean got rid of the ants. I put the paste around the Be careful with ants too. They may even things like the Seli- Corn meal mixed with boric acid and house and especially close to the windows spread bacteria like E.Coli, salmonella, bon container and baking soda put around the house and and doors where they used to come inside. Shigella, Streptococcus, and Staphylococ- around the house. where ant lines are. It helps. After three days no ants in the house any cus. Start now. Just do more. This was just a week ago. So it means A last solution against ants is the Ultra- it.  Story & pho- that it works. They took it to the nest which Garden ants can actually be beneficial by sonic Ant Repeller, an electrical device tos by Angliet, Na- is maybe in my yard but also somewhere crawling around from bloom to bloom look- which plays sounds that you will never be ture Lover else. But anyway, without strong pesticides ing for nectar, and they can kill off harmful The Bonaire Reporter May 7-21, 2018 Page 11 Date Ship Time #PAX 09-May Carnival Sunshine 0800-1600 2974

REGULAR EVENTS •Chess Club meets to play starting at Rooi Lamoenchi Kunuku Park 6 pm at Tera Cora Ranch. 10-May Equinox 0700-1600 2850 Tours $21 (includes tax). Discounts • Echo offers free (donation-based) for residents and local people. Tel. 717 Public Conservation Tours at 4:30. No 15-May Monarch 0700-1800 2744 -8489, 540-9800. reservation needed. Soldachi Tours—See the Real Bonaire For optimal birding, you can also book and be transported back in time. Learn a private tour by calling 701-1188 or 16-May Caribbean Prin- 0700-1700 3200 about the history, culture and nature by email [email protected]. Please cess Bonaireans from Rincon. Call Maria give at least one day's notice. Private Koeks for more information: 796-7870, tours are $25/person with 2 person 22-May Monarch 0700-1800 2744 717-6435. minimum. Parke di Libertat -Park-playground Fridays CLOSE IN EVENTS and canteen (formerly Dare to Care •Bonaire Goat Farm Tour—9am. EXHIBITIONS Park) Behind the hospital. Open Mon- See Monday for more information — “Salute to the Sailors”– old mari- Tuesday, May 8— day-Saturday 8am-7pm. Entry fee CLUBS and MEETINGS time photos from the Bonaire Maritime based on income level. Heritage Foundation, Museo Bonaire, Presentation by Echo Lions Club meets every 2nd and 4th Kaya Kachi Craane #34, free. Nature Organization, STINAPA, has Thursday of the month at 8 pm at Foundation at the Dutch frequent events– bird watching, sunset Kaya Sabana #1. All Lions welcome. —Coral Restoration Exhibit- Ter- Caribbean Nature Alli- hikes, lectures, etc. Go to their website For more information call 510-0710. ramar Museum for more information of events for the ance (DCNA) from 7 to 8 Rotary lunch meetings Wednes- rest of 2017: stinapabonaire.org/ — Mead Lowance Art Exhibition at days, 12:15-2 pm - Divi Flamingo pm. Kaya Finlandia #10 events Bistro de Paris Restaurant. Modern Beach Resort in Peter Hughes meeting mixed media and texture paintings in- Reforestation results in- Saturdays room upstairs above the dive shop. All spired by nature. Free entry •Marshe di Playa (Bonaire Duodero)- Rotarians welcome. Call Gregory cluding data on Every Saturday, 8am-1pm, near Obersi 785-9446. growth and survival rates Warehouse Bonaire, locally made and Toastmasters Club meets every two of thousands of native grown products. BONAIRE’S MUSEUMS weeks. For more information call Cru- trees planted on Bonaire •Marshe di Kunukero (Farmers Mar- sita de Palm at 786-3827 or Lucia Mar- •Terramar Museum at Terramar ket) at Kriabon-First Saturday of the tinez Beck, at 786-2953. Shopping Mall, on the waterfront. Mon- Month. Kaminda Jatu Baco #55, next CHURCH SERVICES day-Saturday 9am-6pm. Sunday, closed. Thursday, May 10 - to Aquamarin School, 8am-12noon The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- Cruise ship days 9am-6pm, $10, $5 for Ascension day, Holiday •Monthly Cultural Market at Man- ter-Day Saints --Kaya Sabena 26 Sun- residents, children free, 717-0423, 780- gazina di Rei—Usually the last Sat- day Services - Papiamentu/Espanol 4327 urday of the month, 8am-1pm. See 9:00 am to 12 noon Add’l Info (599) Saturday, May 12— •Museo Bonaire on the waterfront at the real Bonaire: traditional music, 701- 9522 Dutch/English 1pm to 3pm Cleanup at Te Amo and crafts, local produce, Creole kitchen, Add’l Info (599) 701-2892 the old Kas di Arte, Kaya Kachi Craane educational presentations. Mangazina #34. 717-8868. Monday-Friday 9am- Donkey Beaches. Spon- Protestant Congregation of Bon- di Rei is on the Rincon Road, at the noon, 2-4pm. Free aire: ( VPGB ), Kralendijk, Plaza Wil- sored by STCB, Jr. Rang- eastern entrance to Rincon. Free en- helmina; Sunday service-10 am in • trance Mangasina di Rei, Rincon. See, ers, Wildconscience, Seli- Dutch. Rincon, Kaya C.D. Crestian; Feel and Taste the Culture of Bonaire. • Bonaire Animal Shelter’s Garage Sunday service-8:30am in Papiamentu/ Enjoy the view from “The King’s Store- bon, 8:30-11am. Info: Kaj Sale (Pakus di Pruga)—every Satur- Dutch. house.” Monday-Friday. Cultural Mar- Schut- 717-2225, day, 8am-5pm. At Kaminda Liberador Children’s Club-every Saturday from ket last Saturday of the month. Call Simon Bolivar, across from Brandaris [email protected] 4:30-6 pm in Kralendijk, (annex of the 786-2101 Café. Tel. 717-4989. Drop cast offs on church.) Saturdays or at the Shelter on the La- •Chichi i Tan Museum. Step into the Sunday, May 13 goen Road weekdays. 717-4989 Contact: [email protected] or past—a typical old Bonairean home, [email protected] •Last Saturday of the month – do- furnishings and garden. 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However, schooling fish are not the only CAN YOU HELP? ones that have tricks up their sleeves. Preda- tory fish, birds and mammals have some ow can you say "no" to this precious puppy? He and really efficient strategies to increase their H his Shelter roommates need your help. hunting success, which focus on the bait- Many of our Shelter volunteers are "seasonal." They arrive ball’s vulnerabilities. Pikes, for example, on island in October and depart back to their "other" home in fish similar to barracudas, rely on stealth and May for the warmer weather. In addition, two of our long- powerful, sudden movements. After orien- time, year-round volunteers are leaving the island and return- tating to nearby prey, they use their pectoral ing to Holland permanently next month. In short, we need fins for propulsion. Once closer, they accel- your help! If you have two hours to spare on any morning of erate and then strike. You may think this the week, the puppies, kittens, dogs and cats would really method would not be effective. Without the appreciate it. Duties include cleaning kennels, washing and element of surprise it should be ‘game over’ refilling water and food bowls and the best part.....playing for them. Yes, it might be...sometimes… with all the Shelter residents! If you can help out any morn- However, their body shape is less detectable ing from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (there is some flexibility in these by prey from a cross-sectional view (from hours), please contact us at animalshelterbo- the side). Tarpon gang up like wolves and [email protected], stop by during open hours for a visit or herd the school until one of the small fish call us at 701-4989. makes a mistake and then WHAM! It’s a Want to do more than just volunteer? The Shelter is also goner. Whether using brute force or high looking to fill paid staff positions as animal care giver. If intellect, the marine world never ceases to you have a big heart for animals and are looking for a part amaze. Did you know that, often in pairs or time job, 18-22 hours per week, the Shelter would love to in small groups, thresher sharks are known talk with you. Please send an email to animalshelterbo- to scare and confuse their prey by circling it [email protected] to arrange an appointment.  and splashing the water. Then, in a powerful Story & photo by Jane Madden- Disko strike like a whip,they stun the fish using their incredibly long tail fin.

As you can see, several factors determine the survival of a baitball. However, the big- gest threat for many of the ocean’s wonders MEET MISS MIKKIE is still mankind. Future generations may not ikkie is a quiet, loving, very big beautiful cat with a be so lucky enough to see these majestic M sad story. She is about 15 years old and was brought displays in their natural setting. There is still in for boarding at the Shelter while her owners prepared for hope for our oceans, though… but time is their move back to Europe. Staff was told the husband would running out. Will future generations still be pick Mikkie up in two weeks to take her back to Europe with able to witness these beautiful works of Na- him. The day arrived for Mikkie to be picked up and no one ture in the wild? Or perhaps only in aquari- came for her. Weeks went by and all attempts to contact her ums? Story by Alessandro Corubolo, owners failed....she was abandoned after 15 years! STINAPA intern. Connecting People With Nature. Mikkie is very healthy and quite large for a female cat. She has "longish" soft, silky hair and a big fluffy tail and loves to Alessandro Corubolo is an intern from Italy be stroked and cuddled. She knows her name and will come working in the Nature Unit. He’s currently when you call her. Mikkie deserves a REAL loving home in involved in numerous marine conservation her twilight years. In a good home, protected from harmful projects including daily Sargassum monitor- elements, she could very well live into her 20's!! ing, coral bleaching analysis, sponge trans- If you are looking for a loving, affectionate, quiet com- plantation and bird monitoring. In addition, he panion...please come and meet Mikkie. Remind her that will also help with outreach and education. there are human guardians willing to give her a truly fur-ever He is a graduate in Marine Biology from the home and she will love you uncondi- University of Aberdeen. tionally for as long as she lives. You can visit Mikkie and her companions at Animal Shelter Bonaire, Kaminda Lagun 26, open Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 3-5 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. nonstop. 717-4989/701-4989.  Story & photo by Jane Madden- Disko MISS MIKKIE

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*to find it... just look up May 2018 ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20)Your lover intellectual conversation. Your partner's CANIS MAJOR AND CANIS MINOR may be annoyed if you have been flirta- a little jumpy. You will have additional tious or not attentive to their needs. Op- discipline that will aid you in your objec- ave you been watching that bright portunities for romance will flourish tives. Your luckiest events this month H star in the western sky after sunset? through travel. Try to spend time with will occur on a Monday. It not a star but a planet Keep watching Ve- those having similar interests. Residen- SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. nus as she climbs higher in the sky. tial moves will be hectic and may be 22) Pleasure trips will induce exciting We often write about Orion the Hunter in unsatisfactory. Your luckiest events this and passionate encounters with those of the Sky Park, but rarely do we ever get to month will occur on a Thursday. foreign extraction. You can help them talk about his dogs, Canis Major and Canis TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You can more than they can help you. Involve- Minor. be sure that any dealing with large insti- ment in groups will be favorable. Busi- After Orion was stung by Scorpios the tutions should go well. Don't even bother ness partnerships will prove lucrative. Scorpion, he was placed in the sky. How- trying to get their approval on the things You can change your living arrange- ever, like most dog-lovers, Orion was lonely you want to do. Don't make promises ments. Your luckiest events this month without his beloved hunting dogs. So, Zeus years from us. This star’s name means “the that you can't possibly keep. You can will occur on a Tuesday. placed his dogs in the sky to keep him com- make extra cash if you act on a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. pany. weight” and for good reason. Wezen is mas- sive! It’s 17 times the mass of our Sun, over hunch. Your luckiest events this month 21) You may become rundown if you About an hour after sunset, any night this 50,000 times as bright and its diameter is the will occur on a Sunday. take on too much. Find ways to make week, facing south. High in the sky, you’ll same as the orbit of the Earth. Therefore, if GEMINI (May 22-June 21) extra cash. Start making things or reus- see the familiar stars of Orion the Hunter. it took the place of the Sun in our solar sys- Difficulties at an emotional level may be ing rather than buying ready made. Make The three stars forming his belt make him tem, we would be skimming across its sur- likely. Don't make promises that you some notes regarding the changes that easy to find. face. can't possibly keep. You can meet new you should make. Things have been To find Canis Major, use Orion’s belt and Just to the left of Wezen we have the star and exciting lovers through work related moving so quickly that you need to do start with the star on the far right; that star is Aludra. Aludra is even brighter than projects. It might be time to do some of something physical to release your ten- Mintaka. Then draw a line from Mintaka, Wezen, but only half its diameter. Aludra is those chores at home. Your luckiest sion. Your luckiest events this month through Anlinam and Alnitak and keep a blue-white supergiant, shining over events will occur on a Saturday. will occur on a Monday. going and you’ll run smack dab into the 176,000 times as bright as our Sun and is a CANCER (June 22-July 22) You can CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) brightest star in the Sky Park. That star’s whopping 2000 light years away. name is Sirius. Sirius is the brightest star in make financial deals, but it may be best Insincere gestures of friendliness may be the night sky because it’s relatively close to The other star in the triangle is Adhera. if you're not using your own cash. Your misleading. Your mind will be on mat- us. At roughly eight light years away, Sirius Today, Adhara is 430 light years away, but involvement in sports or entertainment ters that deal with secret affairs. Your definitely makes its presence known. You almost 5 million years ago, Adhara was will lead to new romances. Changes in mate may not have been honest with can easily see Sirius twinkling brilliantly in close enough to the Earth to be the brightest your domestic scene are apparent. You you. Chances to express your ideas and the southern sky. star in the night sky, dramatically outshining can gain approval, get kudos, and ask for beliefs can bring popularity as long as Sirius and even rivaling the brilliance of the The name Sirius comes from the Greek help if you put a little heart into your you're not arrogant. Your luckiest events planet Venus. word for “scorching” and it’s actually a bi- speech or request. Your luckiest events will occur on a Thursday.. nary star system. The companion star, Sir- Let’s now talk about Orion’s other hunting this month will occur on a Wednesday. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Secret ius-b is a white dwarf with an orbital period dog, Canis Minor. Canis Minor only has two LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Do things that affairs will eventually backfire on you. of almost 50 years. Sirius-a and Sirius-b had stars you can clearly see from most loca- involve children. Be careful not to mis- Patience will be of utmost importance. their smallest angular separation from each tions. But, believe it or not, this tiny con- place your wallet or belongings. A better Go with the flow and don't let the unset- other back in 1993. Their greatest angular stellation has over 50 stars! diet, exercise, or a change to a relaxed tled atmosphere get on your nerves. Get separation will happen between 2020 and To find Canis Minor, take Orion’s shoul- atmosphere could be ways to soothe your involved in jobs that require creative 2025. der stars Bellatrix and Betelgeuse and draw nerves. Keep an open mind when dealing input. You can win points with both Up and to the left of Sirius we have Mu- a line toward the east and you’ll run into the with youngsters. Your luckiest events peers and superiors. Your luckiest events liphein, a blue-white giant star 441 light two stars Procyon and Gomeisa. Procyon is this month will occur on a Sunday. this month will occur on a Tuesday. years from Earth, and on the other side of the brighter of the two and is only 11 light VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Be care- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Make ar- Sirius we have Mirzam, Mirzam is 500 light years from us. ful not to hurt the ones you love. Put rangements to spend quality time to- years away and its name means “the an- Gomeisa is 162 light years away and is your efforts into moneymaking ventures. gether. This may not be your day if you nouncer, because from most locations, it 195 times as bright as our Sun with a surface Try to be precise in your communica- are overly melodramatic and unnerving rises just a few minutes before Sirius. temperature of over 20,000 degrees Fahren- tions. Don't be too quick to judge. Your everyone around you. Your creative heit. Just to the south and east of Sirius, you’ll luckiest events this month will occur on ideas must be put to good use. You need see a small triangle of stars which mark the Get outside tonight and check out Orion’s a Tuesday. to put some trust in others. Your luckiest hind quarters of Canis Major. The star at two hunting dogs in all their celestial splen- LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You are events this month will occur on a Sun- the top of the triangle is named Wezen, a dor.  Dean Regas & James Albury best to move quickly and to get in good day.  yellow-white supergiant about 1600 light with the boss. Dazzle them with your Michael Thiessen

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