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All Jazz photos by Wilna Groenenboom ost new Dutch political parties are Bonaire Inflation in 2012... Still inflating, but not as fast This Week’s Stories M having great difficulty participating in the September 12 general election in the Car- Bonaire Inflation 2 ibbean Netherlands. For the first time, citi- Elders Celebrate (Pensionado) 4 zen- residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Happy Birthday Greta 4 Saba will be allowed to cast their votes in Pro Kids Prep. 6 the Dutch Parliament Second Chamber Evert Piar-45 years 7 Donkey Situation 7 election. Friday Happy Hour Market 8 There are 19 electoral districts in The Nether- Happy Birthday Madelief 10 lands mainland. The latest addition, Electoral 8th Jazz Festival 10 District Bonaire, consisting of the “special 8th Jazz Festival 11 entities” Bonaire, Statia and Saba, brings the Bonaire Ambassadors 14 total to 20. There are approximately Wounded Warriors Coming 14 15,000 eligible voters in the three islands. To New Waterfront Park 15 be eligible to vote in the Second Chamber Stop Smoking Bonaire 17 Monuments of Bonaire 17 elections one must have Dutch nationality, be at least 18 years of age and not have been Departments deprived of their voting rights by court order. Flotsam & Jetsam 2 These requirements are similar to those for On the Island Since –Mala Harnam residents of The European Netherlands. 5 The Democratic Political Turning Point Party, Piece of Paradise- Owning a the Party for Seniors 50PLUS, and the Euro Bonairean Humor 7 Bonairean Voices –The Beauty Party have not gathered the needed 50 signa- Pageants 8 tures signed in the list in the presence of a Piece of Paradise-Condo On Bon- civil servant at the Government Administra- aire-Pleasure or Pain 9 tion Building to qualify. Shopping & Dining Guides 12 Classifieds 13 The airline Tiara Air Aruba announced it Tide Table, Sunrise & Sunset will conduct daily flights between Curaçao Times, Moon Phase 13 and Bonaire beginning Monday, July 30th. Picture Yourself (Tahiti) 15 What’s Happening 16 Tiara will fly three times a day with a Masthead 16 Shorts 360 – a small aircraft with 36 seats – Sudoku, Sudoku Answer 17 between Hato Airport and Flamingo Air- Pet of the Week (Tygo and Rose) port. The Curaçao-Bonaire route is the first 18 step in Tiara’s expansion plan. The airline Did You Know-DCS in Marine recently purchased a 141-passenger Boeing According to the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the inflation rate on the Mammals 18 737-300, to be used for six new weekly routes Dutch Caribbean islands was substantially lower in the second quarter of 2012 than in The Stars Have It (Astrology) 19 from Aruba to St. Maarten, Medellin and the first quarter. The rate on Bonaire was 3%; on St Eustatius and Saba, the rates were Sky Park (Perseid Meteors) 19 Armenia in Colombia, Maracaibo and Cara- 5.3% and 3.9% respectively in the second quarter. cas in Venezuela and Fort Lauderdale in the Inflation on Bonaire was 0.6% less in the second quarter of this year from the 3.6% in US, starting September. the first quarter. The decline is predominantly due to the fact that prices of food and How to contact us home furnishing articles have risen less rapidly than in the first quarter. Food prices Nearly all Bonaire restaurants are feel- were on average 6% up from one year previously, versus 8.9% in the first quarter. Find Bonaire Reporter on Face- ing the drop in the economy. Richard’s Res- book. Press “like” taurant closed, but opened with a new chef, Letters to the Editor: then closed again. Patagonia will move next land. Thanks to the huge storage possibilities, [email protected] to Donna & Georgio’s downtown. There’s a we can even ship refrigerators for example.” Story tip or idea: [email protected] great new Japanese Sushi place run by a The Publisher: Dutch guy – Osaka. Owner Kirk Gosden left Dr. Jay Haviser, well known in Bonaire [email protected] Sunrise at Den Laman. The Peruvian restau- for his archeo- rant, Plazita Limina, on Kaya Grandi, will logical studies Box 407, Bonaire, move to their own building behind the Tung and involve- Dutch Caribbean Fung store. Spice (across from Plaza en- ment with Phone 786-6125, 786-6518 trance) is closed. City Café has finished their The director of the new company that will run BONAI, cele- Available on-line at: lease with the building’s owners but has not the ferry service, said: “There is much interest brated his 30 www.bonairereporter.com moved out. They are in court. for the route. Many tour operators and compa- years as a Printed Every Fortnight, nies made contact after the announcement. Civil Servant On-line every day, 24/7 The ship Krioyo Blue Curaçao with a pas- There were also many positive responses for the Nether- senger capacity of 300 and a 400-cubic-meter from Bonaire. We will therefore celebrate the lands Antilles Next edition printing on storage space plans to sail from Curaçao to Day of Bonaire, September 6, on that island. and island Dr. Haviser Monday, August 13 Story and Coro, Venezuela, via Aruba-Punto Fijo- It will be attractive for them to shop on Cura- governments, Ad deadline: Bonaire-Curaçao beginning in September. çao because of huge price rises on their is- (Continued on page 3) Friday, August 10

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Page 2 Bonaire Reporter- August 3-17, 2012, Flotsam and jetsam (Continued from page 2) last week. To commemorate this he donated several of his paintings to the St. Maarten Disaster Management Office and the Nature Foundation of St. Maarten as a show of gratitude for being allowed to serve the people of the islands for three dec- ades.

It has been about three months since Drukkerij De Stad NV (who prints The Re- porter and most of the other newspapers available on Bonaire) began a new printing New DeStad press press installation and it is moving along fairly smoothly. Print tests and training will commence in another couple of weeks and they should be “pulling paper” and going “live” shortly after. Readers should notice an improvement in quality. The old press will be dismantled and shipped to Canada as soon as the new press is commissioned and completed.

LONDON/PARIS—The world’s first vaccine against den- gue fever, being developed by French drug maker Sanofi SA, should protect against three of the virus’s four strains in a keenly awaited clinical trial in Thailand. Other drug companies are also working on dengue vaccines but Sanofi’s product is several years ahead. Every year some resi- dents of Bonaire contract dengue fever from a mosquito bite. The sickness is severe but rarely fatal.

Chat ‘n Browse is becoming a visitor information center. Since good information is the basis of all knowledge and since island visitors sometimes find it difficult to park and visit the Tourist Office downtown the shop in the Sand Dollar Mall in the northern hotel row will fulfill the role of Information Disseminator par excellence! It is a role Chat ‘n Browse shop owner Mike Gaynor has always played. Now he is formally asking all of the busi- nesses, accommodations, restaurants and attractions to let him promote them by passing out their flyers, etc. There is no charge to them for this service other than to continue to offer our visitors a good product and an enjoyable vacation. As usual, Chat ‘n Browse offers visitors the use of their phone at no charge for local calls. Please drop off your mate- rial at Chat n Browse, Kaya Gob N Debrot 79. For more information call 717-2281 or email [email protected].

The Bonaire Island Council recently offi- cially approved the draft wastewater (sewer/kloaka) ordi- nance. This new regu- lation contains rules that are necessary to implement the Sewer- age Project that aims to capture the human-produced wastewater from Belnem to Hato The work of tearing up the streets to lay sewer lines, the con- struction of the treatment plant and related elements over the dumped in the wastewater that could impede the opera- You now can receive all Benetton news on your past is almost complete. The Island Ordinance is necessary tion of the purification plant (like used motor oil). smartphone or tablet in real time: news, dis- because it formalizes the rules on connection to the sewage The sewerage project is to protect the public’s health and counts, promotions, etc. Have you already downloaded system of households and businesses along the coastal strip. the coral reefs. It’s also good for tourism and the econ- the Benetton app? You can find it on App Bonaire now complies with the agreements with the European omy of the island. Responsible Commissioner James Store, Android Market, Amazon App- Union, who financed the greater part of the project. Kroon is pleased the Island Council adopted his wastewa- store and BlackBerry App World. The administrative negotiations with The Netherlands on com- ter regulation. pulsory connection aren’t completed yet, so the households and Don't forget to enter The Reporter’s “name the businesses involved needn’t take any action now. Government Five Italian students practicing in Bonaire were prison” contest. Bonaire is increasing its prison accom- will send a letter beforehand with the necessary information. treated to an evening at Capriccio Restaurant before modations drastically and a better name is needed for the The wastewater regulation goes beyond the households and their return to Europe last Sunday. They are participating facility. Curaçao’s prison is Bon Futuro. Can you top businesses on the coastal strip that must be connected to the in a 10-year-old exchange program with the hotel and that? Send suggestions to [email protected]. sewer. The Government is also compelled to collect the waste- restaurant section of the SGB comprehensive high Winner gets a large Pasa Bon pizza. water with tank trucks within 500 meters on both sides of the school. Students from Bonaire take part in chef’s courses road to Rincon and Lagun. at hotel academies in the region of Emilia Romagna, Readers! Remember to remind the places where The regulation also contains the obligation for everyone dump- Italy. This year eight Bonairean students went to Naz- you shop that they should advertise in The Reporter ing wastewater to make sure no damage is done to the environ- ereno School. Their Italian counterparts did internships at because English is the language of bargains and busi- ment. In principle, this means not polluting the soil, ground various restaurants in Bonaire. ness and will help them get more customers. water or surface water. Neither may substances or products be G./L. D.

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ome of the older people of Bonaire had a lively, mu- from WEB, BIA, TELBO and SELIBON), had a lunch S sical and delicious party on Wednesday, July 25, the by Giby at Glenda Bernabela’s Rancho Bon Ambiente, International Day of Retired Persons. The Bonaire UPAH perfect for the party. It was a time for old friends to get (association of retired government workers and retirees together and share some stories. L./G.D.

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Retired Customs head, Ubaldo Anthony, helped organize the day and served as MC. real happy birthday.

About 130 people were seated under trees or in the pavilion for the event. The spectacular view from the hilltop at the kunuku

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Page 4 Bonaire Reporter- August 3-17, 2012, am from Paramaribo, Surinam. I not anymore. I’ve learned to appreciate “I was the youngest girl of three the quietness and the tranquility.” girls and six boys so when my mom had “We’ve known each other for 11 years,” me she gave me to some people who Mala says, “and we’ve been living to- lived in the same street. I grew up with gether for eight years. We started at them; they were a family of six. Until I Kaminda Djabou when our son Widjay came here I lived with that family and I was born- he’s eight now -and our called them mama and papa and consid- youngest son, Wirash, is three. The eldest ered their children as my brothers and is going to Havo 4. Widjay will be going sisters. The parents and one of their sons to the sixth grade and the little one is still have since passed away but I still have a going to crèche and…. in the meantime close relationship with the others. They Wilfried got a permanent job at Cargill’s. raised me very strictly. I wasn’t allowed On August 4th, 2006, we bought this to speak Hindi. At home, at school and house here in Nort di Saliña – fortunately outside the house we had to speak Dutch still in guilders! Everything has gone up (Surinam is a former Dutch colony), and I so much! We changed all the windows always had to help in the household. But and doors and inside we renovated the they were affectionate and I am happy whole kitchen and everything else. I knew they raised me the way they did because this neighborhood because I often went to it made me independent; I can do every- visit a friend of mine, Rietje, who lives thing myself. around the corner. The house belonged to Mala peeling potatoes while little Wirash is eager to help! In January 1994 I went to Curaçao for Tico Grijt who was killed in a car acci- nine months and lived with a foster sister. dent. It had been for sale for three years Then in October that year we came to until we bought it and from that day on Bonaire together because she had found a almost every day people would come to job with WEB. I had been fascinated by ask if they could buy the house. Strange Curaçao, but when we arrived here it was huh? The house is very good – it has a big all I’d ever wanted – the tranquility, the balcony and lots of breeze, nice and cool. fact that you could go everywhere on foot It’s is a fine place to live – a quiet part of because it was small and everything was Nort di Saliña with nice neighbors.” close. It was paradise! This is a close-knit, beautiful family. I was here for one month and applied They love each other and they respect for a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken. each other and each family member helps Then I had to return to Surinam to com- the other and together they make it work. th plete the permit. On January 10 , 1995, I Win is a great guy, mellow, with a good arrived on Bonaire. I was 23 years old sense of humor and Mala is strict – but in and I didn’t know anybody here. a very wise way. She has insight and I worked for three years and eight she’s pretty!

“It’s a good job although the sun can be a bit intense, but especially these days The whole family: from the left to the right: Jaywand, Mala and Win and in front a permanent job is very important!” of them Widjay and Wirash

months at Kentucky and during that pe- “I changed my job when Best Buddies little! have to throw away half. Anyway, all the riod of time, my eldest son, Jaywand was sold to Marjolein Gramsma and I Every Sunday we used to go to Thou- Surinamese people know each other and Cicilia, was born on August 4, 1997. th went with Marjolein. It’s fun to work at sand Steps or sometimes Klein Bonaire. on Independence Day, the 25 of Novem- Then I started looking for a day job and I Best Buddies and Pearls because you see Now we go for a drive or we go swim- ber, the Surinamese association invites us found one as a salesperson for Bonaire a lot of people from all over the world. ming with friends and colleagues. We go all to get together. For the last three years Gift Shop. I stayed with them for eight The majority are divers and they like the to the beach with a group, all of us bring- I’ve sold food for fundraisings. The last years and eight months. tranquility here on the island. Quite a lot ing something dushi (delicious) to eat and fundraisings were for the Catholic Church I had a girlfriend, also from Surinam, of tourists come every year and during the when the children see the water they’re (we’re Catholic, you see. Whichever way and she had a boyfriend who was Win’s years I worked at the shops in Kaya gone the whole day until they get hun- you look at it, there’s only one God) and cousin.” Her partner, Wilfried ‘Win’ de Grandi I’ve befriended many of them. gry… for the Kontest di Fli and for Jerry Pikerie Windt, laughs teasingly. “Look at her, Alas, these days Bonaire has become ex- because he’s going to Holland for a body Neither one of us has family here, but look at her big smile,” and Mala blushes pensive, even for tourists, and you notice building competition. And Win is a vol- now and then we go to Curaçao to visit and nods affirmatively. “Yes! I liked him! it because people buy less. I work full- unteer with the Red Cross. Win’s family. And every year we have And so yeah, that’s how we met….” time, five days a week and so does Win. family over from Surinam. We as a fam- I still have a wish,” she laughs, “and Only when a cruise ship comes to town I “I thought she was a bit strict,” Win ily have been to Surinam twice.” that’s to travel with the whole family. says, “but after all it wasn’t too bad and work weekends and the same for Win Next year I want to go on a cruise, to visit “Surinam is very good, hopi (very) that’s why I’m still here! I am from Cura- when a ship comes in to collect salt. He the other islands that we don’t know. My great and dushi- adventure, adventure!” çao. I was raised in an easy going way. works in maintenance. It’s a good job boss told me it’s fun! Of course I went to Win says. “We’ve made many trips We didn’t have too many responsibilities although the sun can be a bit intense, but ask and for all of us in total it will be inland, to the jungle, by boat, up to the – it was a great childhood. My father especially these days a permanent job is $5,000 for the trip. Sure, everything has boarder of Guyana. We also went to worked for Curaçao Dry dock Company very important! been paid for but when you arrive at an- Nickerie and slept on the river banks - Inc. where he repaired ships and my mom We get up every day at 5am and at 6 other little island you also need some very good! Very adventurous. I heard lots was at home. And she wasn’t as strict as Wilfried is picked up by a bus from Car- money to spend! of noises at night! And every day we had this one here, haha! But my parents did a gill. Then I take all the kids to school. delicious fresh vegetables and fruits – I am happy. I’ve good job when they raised all seven of us! The eldest is finished at 2pm and he different from the ones you find here. It’s built up everything comes home by himself. Widjay goes I came here in 2000 to work for my a great country to go for vacation, but for myself. I am just from Papa Cornes School to Skol di Tra’i cousin’s company, Pro Con. When I ar- the people who live there it’s tough, be- happy with my boys, Merdia Kibrahacha in the Sentro di Bario rived I said to myself, ‘Where have I cause they don’t make a lot of money.” with Win, with our ended up?’ There was nothing. Now I’ve here in Nort di Saliña, and the little one jobs and our house, “On Bonaire, the Surinamese commu- been here 12 years. In Curaçao life is very stays all day at crèche till 5:30 pm when with everything we nity has grown,” Mala says while she’s intense and there are always lots of things Daddy picks him up. At home everybody have.”Story & helps in the household and Wirash espe- peeling potatoes and holds one up. “Look to do. I don’t think Bonaire is boring – photos by Greta Kooistra cially wants to do everything but he’s too what they look like from the inside. You

Bonaire Reporter– August 3-17, 2012 Page 5 he Pro Kids T World Champion Wind- surfing Competi- tion with entries from England, Mexico, Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba will be held at Sorobon Beach next weekend, August 2 to 5 thanks to great support from local sponsors. See the background of the photo for the list. Unfortunately, this year the “adult” Professional Wind- surfers Association, PWA, competition won’t be held because the fee requested by PWA and the prize money requirements are too high. Bonaire is not the only place where the PWA championships won’t be held this year due to the worldwide economic recession, said Elvis Mar- tinus, Pro Kids spokesman. Bonaire’s focus on windsurfing has created sports pro- fessionals that made Bonaire known worldwide and is something to be proud of, in the eyes of the sponsors Event coordinator, Gerrald Victorina, announced details of the 2012 Pro Kids Bonaire Freestyle & Slalom Cham- Elvis Martinus (far left) speaks to the press and sponsors at the press conference at Akkermans Toyota/ pionship. This event will be dedicated to the 25th anniver- Hundai, sary of the Aquaspeed Bonaire Windsurfers organization. “The program is very extensive, starting with registration day on Thursday, August 2nd. and changes could be possible. rd On Friday, August 3 we will start with the windsurf competition, dominos, bolas, and the For the participants of the Pro Kids event we would like to mention that Kontiki Beach official opening followed by a Happy Hour with the Dushi Band directly from Aruba. Resort which is our host hotel has a very special price. For more information visit our On Saturday, August 4th we will have a day of windsurfing, domino, bolas, the 25th website www.prokidsfreestyle.com and also our Facebook page: Prokids Windsurfing Anniversary celebration together with Rincon Krioyo and On Time Band. Bonaire. A reminder for all participants, please register in advance through our website, Finally, Sunday, August 5th will be filled with different sports final competitions. There www.prokidsfreestyle.com/ will be beach soccer, bolas, domino and also the Stand Up Paddleboard competition (a Aquaspeed Bonaire Windsurfers together with our sponsors would like to invite all Bon- new sport on the Bonaire scene- ed.). The beach goers will have the opportunity to learn aire to visit the Sorobon Event Site and enjoy it together with us. Without any doubt we how to practice the Stand Up Paddleboard. would like to give a special thank you to all the members of the organization, the event The featured event is the Telbo Big Splash event. We will close our event with the well- committee, collaborators, sponsors and everyone who one way or the other made this known Ephrem J & Loading Band directly from Curaçao. This program is very extensive event possible.” Press release/G.D.

Page 6 Bonaire Reporter- August 3-17, 2012, Bonairean Humor From the Papiamentu language newspaper Extra, translated by Jane Madden Disko f you could name a person on Bonaire whom everyone knows man was driving 80 miles an hour in the wrong lane. A “I and highly regards it would be Evert A traffic cop stopped him and said: I am giving you a ticket because you are driving on the wrong side of the road. The Piar, the Managing Director of Maduro man said: In Germany you have the right to drive there. The & Curiel’s Bank Bonaire. cop said: I’m also giving you a ticket because you are driving On Tuesday, July 17th, Evert Piar cele- way over the speed limit. The man said: In Germany, there is brated 45 years of service at the Friendly no speed limit. The cop said: I am give you another ticket be- Bank, a remarkable and successful career cause you do not have your lights on. The man said: Why, it’s that started in 1967 when he first joined daylight? The cop said: It’s daylight here but it’s night time in the Bank as a teller, subsequently climb- Germany. ing the ladder to become Managing di- rector in 1990. uy goes into a bar and orders five shots of rum. The bartender lines them up n the bar Evert Piar and the man drinks every one in less than 30 seconds. The bartender says: You drank Mr. Piar has been an example in our G community, not only because he is an those awfully fast. The man says: You would drink fast too if you had what I have. The bar- losophy to give back to our community. excellent manager but because he is an tender says: What do you have? The man say: Only 47 cents in my pocket. He is an active member of a large num- outstanding person. During these 45 ber of organizations and boards aiming years MCB Bonaire went from five em- wo close friends are sitting having a drink. One friend says, You are a lucky man, your to help our community, including the ployees to 110 employees whom now T wife has a great sense of humor. She told me the funniest joke yesterday. It was so Rotary, Mangazina di Rei, Chamber of work with the same passion and dedica- funny I almost fell out of your bed. Commerce and several more. He was tion as Mr. Piar. Thanks to the devotion decorated by Queen Beatrix as Knight in n Valentine’s Day, a man goes into a store and asks if they have any Valentine cards of Mr. Piar, MCB Bonaire is one of the the Order of Oranje-Nassau. O that say for my one and only true love. The cashier says yes we do. The man says, biggest private companies with a large Great, give me seven of them. number of employees and a leader in Evert Piar’s legacy will live forever as banking with many clients and friends the young man from Rincon whose hard man and woman have been married for many years and have six children. The man who are happy with MCB Bonaire’s work, love and dedication made MCB A always refers to his wife as “mother of six” when they are in public, and never calls personal service. Bonaire the professional and innovative her by her name or any term of endearment. She asks him year after year to please stop it. leading Bank that it is today. Moreover, Mr. Piar lives by the phi- He keeps on doing it. So one day they are at a big party and it’s time for them to leave. The Andrea Van Slobbe husband announces in front of everyone, “It’s time to go, mother of six.” The wife replies in a loud voice: “Ok, just let me get my purse, father of one!”

very drunk man stands up in the middle of a bar and says: I’ll pay anybody $2,000 if A they will take me home.” Everybody thinks he is crazy and ignores him. Half an hour later he stands up and says: “I’ll pay $3,000 to anybody who will take me home.” One pa- tron decides to take him up on the offer and says: “OK, pal, I’ll take you home, where do you live?” The drunk guy says, “Do you think I’d offer somebody $3,000 to take me home if I could remember where I live?” More in the next edition

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THE BEAUTY PAGEANTS

eauty pageants have been the fo- B cus of the world today, just like Every Friday from 5-9pm—arts and by me. I make jewelry from sea glass any world wide competition because it’s crafts, affordable drinks that I find on the shore. I make slave huts an opportunity for the countries to pro- and good music and flamingos from wood and sand. All mote their culture, language, talents and the magnets I make myself from wood costumes to the world. Bonaire also has t’s the Happy Hour Arts and Crafts and sawdust. I also use coconut, gourds been in those competitions for some time I Market at the plaza next to El and seeds and pits as material and at to promote its beauties to the outside Mundo restaurant on Kaya Grandi. Bonaire Superstore I buy shells (because world like Trinidad & Tobago, Sint When the cruise ship season stopped in on Bonaire it’s not allowed to take any- Maarten, Dominican Republic, Poland April, 12 people from the original cruise thing natural from the beach) which I and the United Kingdom, to mention just ship market decided to carry on through integrate into my jewelry as well.” She a few. the low season. It’s resulted in a cozy shows me a slave hut with a Christmas Miss Loresca Anthony, the 2010- little market, where people sell their lo- tree and a pelican sitting in the tree and 2012 second finalist, participated in the cally made art, jewelry and photography she laughs, “I always have these funny Miss Carib Hibiscus Sint Maarten Pag- combined with good music and afford- ideas to make something different; I see eant 2011. Miss Benazir Charles Ber- able happy hour drinks. It’s not only an things out of the ordinary! I like to talk end, Miss Bonaire 2010-2011, partici- occasion to buy handmade arts and crafts to tourists and to explain how I make my pated at the Miss Intercontinental Pag- but it also gives people an opportunity to things. If they spend over $40 I always eant 2010 in the Dominican Republic. talk to the artists about their work, but give them a present. Or when somebody She was number 8 in the top 10 finalists. also about Bonaire and what’s going on. comes with a baby I give them a little Miss Benazir also participated in the This special event gives Playa, the tour- present for the baby and you know, they 2011 Miss World in the United King- ists, families and friends an extra dimen- really appreciate it! I would like the dom. In London she was in the top 30 for government to put up nice little houses Miss Sport, Miss Top Model and Miss sion on a Friday evening. Beauty of Purpose. Over the last weeks The Reporter has on the Wilhelmina Plaza, made of corn stacks and coconut palms and The Miss Bonaire Organization has introduced the artists who are part of this make-up, hair, guard rope and more. Usually wood - real local huts. That would presented many events to elect a Miss Bon- market and in this edition you will get to the elected misses participate in smaller look good and we could sell our arts aire to represent the island. Miss Julina know two more. First there’s Diana, a events like Miss Intercontinental, Miss Supra and crafts from there! If they give me Felida (35), President of the Organization, thoroughbred entrepreneur: “I am from National, and Miss Globe before they get to recalls some information about the organiza- Bonaire and I’ve been at the cruise ship permission, I can make it myself. And Miss World, which is a bigger event. The tion. We might mention that Miss Felida, market for many, many years, but I am when we are not using them they can use Academy will prepare Miss Bonaire to the besides being the president of the Miss Bon- also at the Regatta market, at Dia di Rin- them for other events. Well, right now I highest standard of the international rules to aire Organization, also has her regular job as con and Dia di Arte. am making a lot of things at home, to be compete in the Miss World event. prepared for the next cruise ship season. a Marechaussee (immigration official) for Everything I sell in my stand is made the Dutch Kingdom, working shift hours. Miss Bonaire also has the responsibility to I am ready for it, but meanwhile I am She’s an active athlete in the Galaxie Volley- behave herself on Bonaire and internation- ball Team and takes care of her mother. Miss ally as the elected Miss Bonaire. She has to Julina has more than a handful of responsi- participate in all the training, interviews and bilities, so why did she decide to create a behave as a role model for other youths. She Miss Bonaire Organization? must have lots of discipline. The Miss Bon- aire Organization today has Miss Ana Ma- She explains. “My nephew, Roderick ciel who participated in the Miss Supra Na- Beaumont (23), who is studying Business tional Pageant in Poland and was elected as Management Administration in Holland, the 3rd finalist for Best National Costume. encouraged me to start with the Miss Bonaire She is at the Laurisa Academy to prepare to Organization because of my experience in participate in the Miss World the 18th of organizing a Miss Sport Queen pageant. I August 2012 in Mongolia. myself participated in a Miss Bonaire beauty pageant in 1997-1998 and was the 1st final- The Elected Miss Bonaire 2012-2013, ist. With my title I represented Bonaire in Miss Saphira Janga (21) (left in photo), is Sint Maarten in 1998 at the Miss Carib Hi- very talented and has a self confident and biscus Sint Maarten and was in the top 10 for independent personality. She will be prepar- best photo shooting. In 1999 I participated in ing this year to participate in the Miss Globe the Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago pag- 2012 in Europe. After getting more experi- ence she will be sent to the academy for eant. In 2010, 4th of September, with a board of five members Miss Bonaire was organized training for Miss World 2013. Diana offers handmade things a bit out of the ordinary at Harbour Village. The Miss Bonaire Organization thanks all At first, the organization had a gathering the sponsors who cooperated with them for with all the participants. Classes on how to Miss Ana Maciel to participate in the Miss be interviewed and public speaking are held World 2012: Rochaline Hotel for the souve- in English and Spanish. Mrs. Rosita Paiman nirs, Cadushi Liqueur Bonaire, TCB, Com- contributes for the nutrition part and the missioner James Kroon, Fundashon Wega di training. And at the end the candidate will Number for Anna Maciel’s ticket to China. have a photo shoot. After full period of cast- Thanks to Auto City for leasing a car for ing the participants have to wait a week for Miss Bonaire 2012 for a whole year. Miss their official qualifications in the Miss Bon- Julina Felida encourages young women to aire Pageant. After the official qualification realize their dream and participate in Miss the rigid preparations begin for three months: Bonaire. Bonaire helps these youngsters to etiquette, protocol, public speaking, make- grow. Give your support when it’s needed. up, hair styling, training, healthy diet etc. With this event you can put Bonaire interna- The responsibilities of the Miss Bonaire Or- tional on high. Those who want to join the ganization are to prepare each candidate to organization to help are always welcome. be a possible winner. Information on a high Send your request to Missbo- level is given—all that a Miss Bonaire needs [email protected]” Pag- to represent the island. The chosen Miss eants are another way of Bonaire will be sent to an academy for more promoting your is- professional training. This academy, the Lau- land.When the event risa Inspired Academy, is the Miss Bonaire coordinator knocks at Aline prints shirts and other articles with her own whimsical designs Organization’s main sponsor in Holland and your door it’s for a good prepares the girls for the bigger event. There cause. So consider how they get their training—a whole package- you can help. Story (Continued on page 9) & photo by Siomara Page 8 Bonaire Reporter- August 3-17, 2012,

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OWNING A CONDO ON BONAIRE: than one building. When the grounds sur- rounding your building are not part of PLEASURE OR PAIN? your ownership, you will not automati- ——–—————————————- cally have a say about the management e believe owning a condo on and upkeep of these. In a worst case sce- W Bonaire can be an immense nario they could be sold or further devel- pleasure, as long as you are well informed oped without your approval. so that you do not fall in any of the pit- With the ownership of a condo auto- falls. Many people who like to own prop- matically comes the membership of the erty on Bonaire decide to purchase a home owners association of the building. condo because of its relative ease: not too We highly recommend you request to much hassle to organize maintenance and read their regulations before buying. supervision when you are not here and These are laid out in the deed of division usually a very good rental possibility of the building and their rules and regula- since all condos are located close to the tions (if the latter exist). In this document Caribbean Sea here on Bonaire. So, defi- the exact division of ownership of the nitely a good choice for many who con- total of the grounds and the common ar- ings for which you will become partially annually, and you are looking for a place sider purchasing property on our beautiful eas of the building and the building as responsible. to retire to, you may have to look else- island. I believe that you as a buyer need such are laid down. Furthermore they In some condo buildings you will deal where for a condo. Furthermore, you need to be fully informed, therefore, below I specify the responsibilities and tasks of to look into the charges the management shall elaborate on what you need to know with a management company, either on a the home owners association, how often voluntary basis, or as an obligation that company makes for taking care of your and look out for when you decide to pur- they need to meet and how the votes are condo and any guarantees they may want chase a condo. comes with the ownership of the condo. divided between the different owners. Ask to read the contract with the manage- to, or not want to, make with regards to First of all the condo is part of a build- The membership of a home owners as- ment company before you purchase a rental income. ing, that is built on a plot of land. Before sociation implies a fee for ownership. We condo. Also ask for realized income over All in all, owning a condo on Bonaire you purchase a condo it is important to recommend that you look carefully into the past, if that is available. Here on Bon- can be a very pleasurable state indeed, as establish what grounds you will own with the budgeting and financial management aire many management companies do an long as you have informed yourself prop- your group of fellow owners: the ground of the association.With the membership excellent job of ensuring you a high re- erly before the purchase. Corine van the building is built on, including or ex- comes responsibility for this and you turn on your investment, however you der Hout © Sunbelt Realty cluding the grounds that surround the want to make sure all is in order and that should know your rights and obligations. building. This becomes additionally im- no financial surprises will arise. In addi- For example, when the management portant when you consider purchasing a tion we suggest that you look carefully company only allows you to stay in your condo at a resort or in a setup with more into the state of maintenance of the build- own condo for a limited amount of time

Happy Hour Market (Continued from page 8) action with my colleagues is very nice enjoying this cozy little market too. I just too. We always help each other, but we love the market!” also have a lot of fun together. I made a Aline says, “I came to Bonaire in 2005. deal with Ferio from El Mundo that I In Holland I was a graphic designer and could get electricity from him for the now I’m printing T-shirts and bibs with press I print with. It can get hot here; my own designs. This business belonged sometimes it feels like I have a stove in to a friend of mine who had been at the my tent, especially when the wind dies cruise ship market for several seasons. down because the press needs to be 375 When she told me it was for sale I bought degrees Celsius! I’ve been through all from her. I still have some of her designs, kinds of weather too here at the market - but now most of them are mine and peo- storm and rain - my tent has flown and my ple can add whatever name or text. This is computer has been soaked, unbelievable! my first year at the market. It was great But I love it; it’s fun! One thing I would fun when the ships came in, but it was like to add: could the government also very hectic! There were days I sold please fix the lighting here on the 40 T-shirts! I love to meet all the different square? There are two lampposts but they people and feel all the buzz going on in are not working. Maybe they could put a town. People are always enthusiastic bunch of new ones. It would make the about the results. In general they are just plaza so much more lively and people happy to be here and to chat and ask ques- could come and sit and chat here at night tions about the island. And time and time under the trees – which are beautiful by again you hear that this market is unique the way – and have a good time, just like in the Caribbean, that we sell handmade at the squares in Spain or France where beautiful and original quality products, people socialize and walk with their kids. things you won’t find again on another I think it would be possible here!” island with a different island name printed Story & Photos by Greta Kooistra on it. That doesn’t happen here! The inter-

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Bonaire Reporter– August 3-17, 2012 Page 9 o many words describe the sassy, female voice. Too bad that Candy Dulfer’s performance with Night,” “Please Don’t Stop,” and Sarante, S eighth annual 2012 Bonaire the lyrics of the songs were not her alter ego, the alto saxophone. “Crazy,” Dulfer’s music exudes a was Heineken Jazz Festival, which gets projected onto the screen (hint, Imagine an internationally- visceral sensuality that makes you totally better and better every year. The hint, organizers for next year) so renowned musician with the alto feel more than good, more than loved by scene was set with an awesome that their impact could be com- sax fronting a band playing a mix alive, and more than ecstatic. The the au- multi-media professional stage pletely understood and appreci- of jazz, hip hop, blues, and every- musical philosophy embodied in dience – typical of big city concert venues, ated: from one song, “So you thing in between. A quick glance her 1990, Grammy-nominated young, but, no, it was on the tiny island of thought you were the King, but at the crowd reveals 80% have album, Saxuality, is on display old and especially the middle ages. Bonaire at the edge of the Carib- you’re not. Head for open waters, their eyes and mouths open in here: unabashed, unapologetic, and They clustered around the stage, bean Sea, which provided the pre- Captain!”; or from another song on amazement. No wonder because uncensored. When she and her taking photos, dancing, clapping show percussion as the ocean abusive relationships, “I never Dulfer is not only the consummate saxophone direct us, “You know hands. They became really crazy! surge hit the wall at the Plaza Re- knew you could be so hateful, so musician but also the creator of the how I like it—just like that,” there Mountains of accolades to the sort. cruel”; and from an anthem on musical narratives that tell stories is no question that we do. To com- Board of the Jazz Festival organi- The vigorous tradewinds blew freedom in Zimbabwe, “When we of passion, sexuality, insanity, plete the spell she cast the back- zation. Everything was terrific: the Rina Mushonga and her band awaken, we rise up!” The pound- celebration, and downright naugh- ground musicians were swinging, groups from the different coun- onto the stage, which proved to be ing guitars and the forceful tiness. In fact, she and her saxo- working together perfectly, letting tries, their styles, the stage, the appropriate for her unique, phe- rhythms of the band made the ex- phone “make love” to every mem- Dulfer rise to a higher level. lights, everything. Wilna perience of listening to Mu- ber of the band as well as the audi- Pauline Kayes nomenal musical style. Half Groenenboom Dutch and half Zimbabwean, Mu- shonga’s music akin to achieving ence. With songs like “Party All The last performer, Yoskar shonga is a force of nature in her introspection through primal own right with many moods, col- scream therapy (or dancing) and ors, and tones. Her opening song reminiscent of another dynamo was a high-velocity, passionate female artist, Janis Joplin. No dirge that took in the crowd from wonder Mushonga is taking Hol- the very beginning. Throughout land by storm. And it was amazing her band’s set, there was always that the skies over Bonaire did not the sense behind every song of a pour down in response. deep, passionate melancholia in a “Mesmerizing” is the word for

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Candy Dulfer gets down with the Rina Mushonga grooves Composer-musician Chance Yoskar Sarante

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he Bonaire Ambassadors awards were inaugurated by the Tourism Cor- A Week-Long Program T poration Bonaire almost a decade ago the honor repeat visitors to Bon- Designed To Help Wounded aire. Recent honorees include: Warriors Relax Underwater And Experience What It Means To Be On “Island Time”

ourism Corporation T Bonaire and the entire island will welcome a group of “Wounded Warriors” later this month. The group will be scuba diving for rehabilitation and recreation from August 18- 25, 2012. This is the seventh year that Bonaire, one of the top scuba diving destinations in the world, will be hosting a group of US military veterans. During this week, severely wounded soldiers and their Howard and Jill Fischer from New Jersey, for 15 consecutive annual visits. significant others will travel to They were staying at the Sand Dollar condominiums and celebrating both the island to complete the final their wedding anniversary and the graduation of their children. step in the process of obtaining their dive certifications. Repre- sentatives of the Diving Equip- ment & Marketing Associa- tion’s (DEMA) Be A Diver Program, the North American office of Tourism Corporation Entering the water at Habitat (2007) Bonaire and the Handicapped Scuba Association (HSA) will also be on- aire community gathers to meet these ex- site in Bonaire. All accommodations and traordinary troops and their companions at a diving will be provided courtesy of Captain reception held in their honor with Bonaire’s Don’s Habitat Bonaire. Each year, the peo- Lt. Governor, the Honorable Lydia Emeren- ple of Bonaire warmly welcome this group cia. and show them not only the natural beauty Sponsors to date of the 7th Bonaire-Be A and pristine waters of the island, but also the Diver-Wounded Warrior Scuba Certification friendliness and genuine hospitality of the trip are: 9Line LLC, Adams Unlimited Public Bonairean people. Relations & Marketing, Bikers Bonaire, Bonaire KFC, BonPhoto, BonaireTalk.com, Bonaire “It’s certainly appropriate that these warri- Quad Tours, Bonaire Guided Motorcycle Tours, ors are coming to Bonaire to scuba dive. Bonaire Tours & Vacations, Budget Rent A Car The fantastic reefs and marine life found on Bonaire, Captain Don's Habitat, Caradonna Dive our island help create an unforgettable ex- Adventures, Inc., Care Coalition, Caribbean perience,” commented Anja Romeijnders, Travel & Life Magazine, Chat & Browse Bon- Norin Martis-Marchena, Operational Manager of Toucan Diving, with aire, Casablanca Restaurant, Destinations Wed- President of Tourism Corporation Bonaire. Thomas Picciano and Dana Haltug who received their15-year medals at the “As a scuba diver myself, I know the excite- dings & Honeymoons Magazine, Disabled Sports USA, DEMA/Be a Diver, Dive Training Maga- Plaza Resort Bonaire. They love diving Bonaire and consider it their second ment I feel after a dive. I’m pleased that home. Bonaire is able to help these impressive zine, Henderson, H.S.A. International Training Center of New Jersey, Innovative Scuba Con- soldiers experience that same feeling and cepts, Inc., Iron Order Motorcycle Club Bonaire always remember Bonaire. It’s one way we (Caribbean Pirates Crew), Islands Magazine, It can thank them all for their efforts and sacri- Rains Fishes, Jack Chalk, Jewel Of Bonaire, fices.” NetTech, N.V., OCEANIC, PADI, Paradise This year’s contingent of 10 Wounded Moon Bar & Restaurant, Pasa Bon Pizza, Prince- Warriors has suffered life-changing physical ton Tec, Rum Runners, Scuba Diving Magazine, Spice Beach Club, Sport Diver Magazine, Tour- injuries received in combat while stationed ism Corporation Bonaire, XS Scuba, Wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. They and their Warrior Project Press release partners will be kept busy with a variety of activities beginning with the completion of their PADI and HSA dive certifications, which will take place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Once certified, they will con- tinue diving throughout the week, both from the dock of Captain Don’s Habitat and via boat dives to Klein Bonaire and other famous Bonaire dive sites. The group will also enjoy sight- seeing, shopping, dining, a beach BBQ and an authen- Three more Ambassadors were named in June. They were Robbie and Bob tic Texas-style BBQ. The Revel and Margarite Kennedy, shown with TCB’s Helen Thode. highlight of the week will They also have been visitors for 15 consecutive years. They especially enjoy take place when the Bon- the Bonairean hospitality and recommend the island to their friends.

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ere is Bonaire’s new “Park H Playa Pabou” on the water- front promenade next to the Kas di Arte. It’s a disappointment to many who were led to believe it would be a people friendly place for neighborhood children to play, to have picnics and gather to chat. Even the designer says it’s not what was in her drawings. With the crushed stone surface it could make a nice parking lot. L.D.

? runo Ottens waves a copy of The Bonaire Reporter shortly after his recent pace t of S B arrival in Tahiti aboard the sailboat Guppy with the world’s youngest solo Ou circumnavigator, Laura Dekker. Bruno met Laura during her stop in Bonaire a couple of months ago and they have been sailing together ever since. They plan to spend three months in Tahiti before heading for Australia. The mountains of Tahuatu is the photo’s backdrop. Wow! WE NEED PHOTOS!

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Bonaire Reporter– August 3-17, 2012 Page 15 CLOSE-IN EVENTS REGULAR EVENTS Toastmasters Club meets every two • Rooi Lamoenchi Kunuku Park FREE SLIDE/VIDEO SHOWS weeks. For more information call Cru- Tours $21 (includes tax). Discounts for Monday -- Touch the Sea -- Dee Scarr, sita de Palm at 786-3827 or Lucia Marti- residents and local people. Tel. 717- honored as a member of the Women nez Beck, at 786-2953. 8489, 540-9800. Divers Hall of Fame conducts Bonaire's CHURCH SERVICES • We Dare to Care Park children’s Touch the Sea programs of personalized Protestant Congregation of Bonaire: playground open hrs 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm dive guiding. She presents a unique per- ( VPGB ), Kralendijk, Plasa Wilhel- entrance fee 1.00 per child & 1.50 per spective on critters and corals, plus an mina; Sunday service; 10 a.m. in Dutch adult. Saturdays open for free. Closed on updated Bonaire lionfish report, every Rincon, Kaya C.D. Crestian; Sunday Sundays. Monday when she's on-island at 8:30 service; 8:30 am in Papiamentu/Dutch pm in the Aquarius Conference Center Children’s club, every Saturday from Saturdays at Captain Don's Habitat, Call 717-8290. 4:30 till 6 pm in Kralendijk,(annex of •We Dare To Care Playground Ba- Wednesday - Sea Turtle Conserva- the church.) Contact; Maryt- August 2-5 —Prokids Windsurf- zaar, Flea market tables are $10.00 tion Bonaire (STCB) presents an infor- [email protected] or Daisycof- except first Saturday of the month when ing Championships at Sorobon. mative slide show: Sea Turtles of Bon- [email protected] they are free. Open 9 am - 2 pm. - Call aire, at 8pm, every 2nd and 4th International Bible Church, Kaya Pa- See story on page 6. Marissa - 701 1103 Everything for sale, Wednesday in the conference room at pago 104, Hato, behind Bon Fysio/Bon old & new: household items, plants, Captain Don's Habitat (717-8290) Bida Spa & Gym on Kaya Gob. N. De- Saturday, August 4– Monthly baby things, clothes & shoes. Food riot, brot. Sunday 9:00 am Worship service in Farmers’ Market at Kriabon, BBQ. All funds go toward maintaining BONAIRE’S TRADITIONS English; 10:45 am Sunday school for all the Park. Mangasina di Rei, Rincon. Enjoy the view ages. Tuesday 7:30 pm Adult bible study Kaya Nikiboko Nord, past More •Marshe di Kunukeru (Farmers’ Mar- from “The King’s Storehouse.” Learn about class. 717-8377 for more info or ride for Less, next to Aquamarin ket) 1st Saturday of the month, at Bonaire’s culture. Visit homes from the 17th [email protected] School,. 8am-1 pm For info or a Kriabon, Kaminda Jatu Baco #55, next century. Daily. Call 717-4060 / 790-2018 Catholic: San Bernardus in Kralendijk table call 717-4587 to Aquamarin School, 8 am to 12 noon. Bonaire Museum on Kaya J. v.d. Ree, be- – Services, Sunday at 8 am and 7 pm in •Marshe di Kunukeru (Farmers’ Mar- hind the Catholic Church in town. Open Papiamentu, 717-8304. ket) Last Saturday of the month at weekdays from 8 am-noon, 1:30-5 pm. Tel. Our Lady of Coromoto in Antriol, Sat- Pakus di Pruga (Animal Shelter’s Ga- 717-8868 urday at 6 pm in English. Mass in Papia- rage Sale-see below), 8 am-noon Washington-Slagbaai National Park mentu on Sunday at 9 am and 6 pm. 717 •Bonaire Animal Shelter’s “Garage Museum and Visitors’ Center. Open -4211. Sale” Pakus di Pruga—every Satur- daily 8 am-5 pm. Closed on December Assembly of God (Asemblea di Dios): day, 8am-5pm. At Kaminda Liberador 25th and January 1st. Call 788 - 9015 or Kaya Triton (Den Cheffi). In English, Simon Bolivar, across from Brandaris 796 - 5681 Dutch & Papiamentu on Sunday at 10 Café. Tel. 717-4989 CLUBS and MEETINGS am. Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7:30 • Wine Tasting at Antillean Wine AA meetings - every Wednesday at pm. 717-2194 Company’s warehouse on Kaya Indus- 7pm. Phone: 790-7001 and 796-4931 Ministerio di Kristu Hesus Services Sun- tria, Second Saturday of the month, 7- Al-Anon meetings - every Thursday day mornings at 10 am at Jong Bonaire 9 pm. (Always call to make sure it’s on: evening at 7.30pm. Call 700-7751 or Youth Center in English, Dutch and Papia- Tel. 560-7539. ) Snacks and tasting of 701-8728 mentu. Preaching the full gospel. Contact: Sunday, August 5— Back On six wines for $10 per person. Darts Club plays every other Sunday 786-2557. Track performs at the Tera Cora • Soldachi Tours—See the real Bon- at City Café. Registration at 4, games at Prayer and Intercession Church, in 5. Tel. 717-2950, 560-7539. English. A full Gospel Church located Ranch from 8-9 pm aire and be transported back in time. Learn about the history, culture and na- JCI - First Wednesday of the Month- temporarily at Kaya Alexandrit # 20, ture by Bonaireans from Rincon. Call Junior Chamber International Bonaire Santa Barbara, Republiek. Services are Sunday night-Monday Morning, Maria Koeks for more information—796 (JCI Bonaire, formerly known as Bon- held Sunday mornings10am to 11:30am. August 12-13– Perseid Meteor -7870. aire Jaycees) meets at the ABVO build- Bible studies in English on Monday ing, Kaminda Jato Baco 36 from 7:30 to nights from 7 to 8 pm. Contact: 717- Shower. See page 19 •Petanque- Jeu de Boules, Satur- days 2:30 pm Tera Cora ranch. info: 9:30 pm. Everyone welcome. Contact: 3322 786-0150 Renata Domacassé 516-4252. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- August 18-25—Wounded Warri- Sundays Kiwanis Club meets at APNA Plaza, day Saints: Kaya Sabana #26, Sun- ors in Bonaire, See page 14 Kunuku Arawak - Music, drinks, local Kaya International, every other Tues- days: 9 am Sacrament Ser- day, 7 pm. Tel. 717-5595, Jeannette vices (Translation to English and food, dancing, 10 am—6 pm. Live mu- sic starts at 4 pm. Tel.786-7210 Rodriguez. 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his fall on Bonaire a group will T embark on a Stop Smoking program aimed at all our population as well as visi- tors. It is also designed to prevent anyone from starting this addictive habit. It is hoped that the Department of Health will come through with their promised support, but I have found that waiting for Govern- ment is like waiting for water to boil or paint to dry. "Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. " —.Jean Anouilh

Let’s get serious about our health. We all overeat to some extent and don’t always The symposium started at the Executive Office Building (Bestuurkantoor)... get enough rest or just party too much. Of course all these bad habits are not as lethal as smoking! We were all duped over the years by big tobacco companies into thinking s in other places – in Rome for The group was taken to see for them- smoking cigarettes was sophisticated and set us apart as the “in crowd.” As we all A instance, where their ruins are a selves some of the treasures still standing know it was a pack of lies. All I remember from my youth was my parents, who had tourist attraction - Bonaire too has its on the island – a Kas di Hala in Jato cigarettes dangling from their lips, saying, “It will stunt your growth!” That was an “monuments” or ruins of buildings Bako, a plantation house where social understatement! where people of other generations lived events like wedding receptions were held The evidence that tobacco is the cause of a long list of nasty diseases is irrefutable. and worked, a testimony to the history, (see photo below). Another traditional We're talking not only heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease but also bladder, culture and soul of Bonaire. But, sadly, Kas di Bara house is in Nikiboko com- lung, and pancreatic cancer. Around 400,000 Americans die each year--one every 80 because of ignorance, lack of money and plete with cistern and oven, and two seconds--from tobacco-related illnesses. interest these old places are being demol- nearly gone ruins that crumble by the ished at an increasingly rapid rate, some day. If we know that smoking is harmful, why can't we stop doing it? Because nicotine is powerfully addictive, and the cigarette is one of the most efficient drug-delivery de- by wrecking balls, others by neglect So what exactly is a “monument?” vices ever devised. When people try to quit, they often experience classic nicotine which allow nature to take over. At the Unlike the ancient buildings of Rome on withdrawal symptoms: anxiety, irritability, headache, depression, and restlessness, to moment only 15 buildings on the island Bonaire “ancient” can mean it must be at name a few. are protected by law but it’s estimated least 50 years old. It must be of historical there were hundreds more and that num- But people can, and do, stop--once they find the right reason. Here's a list of 25 other and cultural value, of a traditional style reasons. Some are scientifically based, some a stretch. I hope there's one here that rings ber is diminishing as we write. and hopefully in good condition. a bell with each of you. Last week, teacher-author- Groenenboom considers herself a photographer, Wilna Groenenboom “motor to give some extra power to a 1. I'll have fewer wrinkles. (author of Document Bonaire) was on process that’s already begun. But with 2. After the first year, I'll have saved enough for a cruise. the island and held a “monument sympo- money from the SfA (The Nederlands 3. My breath will smell better than my dog's. sium” to bring interested parties together Architecture Fund), I found an organiza- 4. I'll be around to see my grandchildren. to do something about this accelerating tion which hopefully can help me with 5. I won't have to go outside between courses at a restaurant. loss of our cultural past. Invited were my dream (which started in 2005 with 6. There are new drugs that can help, including bupropion (Zyban). monument specialists from Curaçao, the articles of ‘Antique Living Houses of 7. My physician won't need to "counsel" me anymore. members of the community who have Bonaire’ in The Bonaire Reporter) preservation foundations, a representa- 8. I'll live longer. which has become bigger and bigger - to 9. I won't feel like a leper in public. tive of the Governor, a member of the preserve the last monuments of Bonaire. judicial staff, head (and only member) of 10. I won't have to worry about how smoking is ruining my health. They are the history, culture, the soul of 11. The average person tries to stop smoking at least four times before succeeding. the Bonaire Monument Foundation. head Bonaire. But also the SfA can help this of Ruimte & Ontwikkeling, the new head I'm on No. 3, and I don't want to be average. preservation project financially and 12. I won't have to hide my habit from my children. of SKAL and the press, among others. make it come true. The SfA believes it is 13. My fingers won't get frostbitten when I go outside. Groenenboom says, “Each year I come important to do investigation, but most 14. I'll be able to exercise more. back and more and more houses have of all it must be open to a big group, not 15. In time, I'll have the same life expectancy as a nonsmoker. been torn down, especially along the only for the specialists, but also for the coastline. Can you blame the people, if ordinary people. Doing an investigation 16. My cat won't get emphysema. they can sell and make a lot of money?” of the monuments of Bonaire, what is a 17. I'll cough less. “And this is a new start,” she said. monument and what not? We want to 18. I'll be able to taste and smell food again. “Where are we today with our monu- make a ‘monument route’ on the island.” 19. My children will have fewer ear and respiratory infections. ments? This group of people have al- To complete the process the author is 20. I won't have to wonder if my date is bothered by cigarette smoke. ready started a process of preservation, working on a book, Bonaire - An Archi- 21. My teeth will be whiter. but we find that a lot more must be done tectural Journey, where history, culture, 22. I won't waste time looking for a smoking area everywhere I go. before we can really start preserving nature, beliefs (churches), education, and 23. No more wheezing. these places, not just on paper. They are economics comes together around the 24. I won't have to listen to talk about what it's like to kiss an ashtray. the souls of Bonaire.” old houses of Bonaire. 25. 29. My plants won't turn brown. Mike Gaynor Laura DeSalvo Sudoku Puzzle Sudoku Solution

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ere’s “Tygo,” who’s only about 2 hat one of the 1/2 months old, being cuddled by H most common Rose at the Bonaire Animal Shelter. Rose T causes of SCUBA div- is from Holland and is vacationing on the ing injuries in people island and of course had to spend some of can also occur in marine that time at the Shelter having fun with mammals that dive to the puppies. Tygo was found abandoned great depths? This in- after his owners moved. But luckily a jury is called Decom- neighbor found him and brought him into pression Sickness, also the Shelter. Tygo is perfect to cuddle known as DCS or ‘the with his soft fur and adorable little face. bend.’ The air we With all those spots he must have had Eppo breathe is made up of some Dalmatian in his background—at roughly 21% oxygen least as shown onn his body and spotted and 79% nitrogen. As tummy. Tygo has been checked by the humans breathe air vet, pronounced healthy, has been from scuba tanks at wormed, given his inoculations and will depth, nitrogen gas gets be sterilized when he’s old enough. And dissolved into the he is so looking for a home where his bloodstream. DCS can master or mistress will always be there Sperm Whale– Woods Hole photo arise due to a sudden or for him and not just up and move away! rapid drop in pressure, You may see Tygo and the other cats such as a rapid ascent. The nitrogen gas their deaths. and dogs available for adoption at the forms bubbles that expand and travel Marine mammal diving injuries appear Shelter on the Lagoen Road, open Mon- Tygo and Rose through the bloodstream and lungs, to be more rare than human diving acci- day through Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm and 3 which can cause severe pain, tissue dam- dents, but this new information demon- to 5 pm. Tel. 717-4989. For the latest age and in extreme cases death. strates that whales and dolphins are sus- Shelter news and current Pets of the the pets and have a good time. It was previously thought that the anat- ceptible to nitrogen bubble formation and Week from The Reporter, go to One of the special things about this omy, physiology and behavior of diving either tolerate the effects or alter their www.Bonaireanimalshelter.com. Shelter is that the animals are housed in marine mammals prevented the formation behavior (dive profiles) to manage the social groups—not like in some shelters of any harmful nitrogen bubbles, making amount of dissolved nitrogen in their where each individual animal is in a cage them immune to such diving complica- bloodstream. This is just one more exam- SHELTER NEWS: all alone. How sad because these are true tions. However, recent studies of stranded ple of how we are connected to the mam- Are you a visitor on the island and “social animals.” Maybe sperm whales and common dolphins have missing your pets? Then you are invited that’s why our Shelter mals of the sea. Wiley Sinkus showed evidence of bubble formation in to come out and have some fun socializ- pets are all so well ad- Edited by Caren Eckrich bones, veins and kidneys. ing with the very appreciative cats and justed, kind and affec- dogs at the Shelter—like Rose in the tionate. See for yourself!. Scientists believe that, under normal Sinkus is a senior Biology major at Wof- photo did. You’re very welcome to meet Laura DeSalvo circumstances, marine mammals manage ford College in South Carolina. He stud- their dive profiles in a way that mini- ied Tropical and Marine Biology and mizes the risk of DCS. Human activities, Conservation at the CIEE Research Sta- such as military sonar tests, are inter- tion in the spring 2012 semester pro- preted as a direct threat by the diving gram. Wiley hopes to continue following mammals, causing them to severely his passion for Marine Sciences in gradu- change their behavior, and thus dive pro- ate school. files, causing greater than normal concen- trations of nitrogen gas and bubble formation. From Bonaire Nautico Marina These activities have been identified as the most likely cause of some of the beaked

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By Astrologer Michael Thiessen *to find it... just look up August 2012

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Although it lenge yourself. Consider selling your does look promising, be careful not to homemade crafts at the flea market. You his first week of August is time to overextend yourself or you will lose in can persuade even the toughest oppo- get ready for the Perseid Meteor T the long run. Opportunities to get to- nents to think your way. Your lucky day Shower which will peak this year on gether with people in powerful positions this month will be Saturday. Sunday night August 12th through could help you get ahead. Your partner SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You Monday morning the 13th.The meteors may be reluctant to tell you how they will be appreciated for the competence will be as plentiful as they usually are and feel. Put your efforts into job advance- you exhibit and for taking on responsi- the sky will be dark because the Moon is ment. Your lucky day this month will be bilities. You may have been trying to do a waning crescent which rises well after Thursday. too much, leaving yourself exhausted and midnight. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) First find open to colds and infections. Go out with The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of out if they're married. Knowledge can be friends and avoid the situation on the the most easily observed meteor showers acquired if you listen. Keep your home front. You can solidify your rela- because it occurs during August. The sec- thoughts and opinions to yourself and tionship if you plan a special evening ond best Meteor Shower is in early De- you won't get dragged into an unsavory with your mate. Your lucky day this cember. debate. Don't use the roads as a race- month will be Thursday. Meteor Showers happen when the track. Your lucky day this month will be SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Earth runs into the stream of debris left Wednesday. Abstain from getting involved with mar- in the path of a comet as it orbits the Sun. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Helping ried individuals. A passionate party for In this case the comet is named Comet children may be rewarding and challeng- two might be just the remedy. Your boss Swift-Tuttle, after two astronomers, a pair of somewhat dimmer lights. The ing. You can make excellent investments won't be too thrilled if you leave things Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle who are light to the left is the star Spica. Spica is a if you are in the right place at the right unfinished. Use your energy wisely. credited with discovering it. Since the hot blue multiple star whose light has time. Travel will initiate new friendships Your lucky day this month will be Fri- Earth's orbit is pretty regular and repeats taken over 260 years to get here while the or love connections. Go out with friends day. much the same way each year we come light you see from a planet like Saturn or family. Your lucky day this month CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Your back to the same spot in space at the same which only needs about 85 minutes to will be Sunday. changing philosophies may lead you into time every year. This is why the Perseid make the trip from Saturn because Spica CANCER (June 22-July 22) You can new circles and open doors that will give Meteor Shower repeats at the same time is nearly 2 million times farther away. make amends by taking them somewhere you a unique outlook on life. Remain each year. It's not that the comet comes This is a great opportunity to see how special. You will have a tendency to put calm and you'll shine. Passion should be back each year at this time. The most re- stars and planets differ in how they look on pounds. Your personal life will be your goal. You will benefit through hid- cent visit by Comet Swift-Tuttle was in in the sky: stars will twinkle, while plan- disrupted if you have been too busy with den assets and property investments. You 1992 and we're not expecting it again for ets won't. business. You may be offered opportuni- must be sure not to be frivolous, because 135 years. But next year the Perseid Me- ties that will result in a higher earning as the saying goes, easy come, easy go. Stars look like dimensionless points of teor Shower will happen again because potential. Your lucky day will be Mon- Your lucky day will be Tuesday. light since they are so far away while debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle has day. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Don't planets actually look bigger because they been spread all long its orbital LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You can make make a move; your confusion has caused are so much closer. The twinkling of a Now for something else we can see next reasonable bids on real estate or large this dilemma and you are best to back star is really caused by movement in the week. Get out after sunset, any night next items for your home. Plan a trip to the away and reassess the situation. Make layers of air that the light from the star week, look west and you'll see several country or take a drive to the beach. sure that you get legal matters checked has to pass through on its way to your bright points of light, some stars and one Trips will be exciting. You may be tired out thoroughly. Opportunities to upgrade eye. Planets don't usually twinkle because non-star. Let's start with the brightest light their image is not disrupted as much by of working for someone else. Your lucky your living standards will come through that you're likely to see first. Twinkle, this movement of the air. You don't hear day this month will be Wednesday. your lover or through joint financial in- twinkle little star about half way up from anybody singing twinkle, twinkle little VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Children vestments. Don't reveal anything about the horizon you'll spot a very bright star, planet. will keep you busy. Social gatherings your personal life that could be used ad- Arcturus. Arcturus is not a run of the will be conducive to meeting new poten- versely. Your lucky day this month will mill star. It is the third brightest star we So take a look at Spica and see if you tial mates. You will meet a person who be Tuesday. can see from Earth and it's over 200 times can see it flash and change color and then may turn out to be more than just a PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Problems brighter and about 26 times the diameter compare Spica to Saturn off to its right. friend. Try to join groups of interest such with ear, nose, or the throat are likely. of our Sun. An easy way to remember the Then look at Arcturus, higher in the sky as ballroom dance classes or perhaps an Relationships will be emotional this name of Arcturus is to look for the Big and see if it's twinkling. So remember that internet organization. Your lucky day month. Evasion is likely if you aren't Dipper in the northwest and extend the the Perseid Meteor Shower will probably this month will be Monday. direct about your feelings. You will need arc of its handle and you'll come to Arctu- fizzle this year but Spica, Saturn and Arc- LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You may to do a lot of research if you wish to get rus. Arc to Arcturus, remember? Below turus will dazzle in the early evening. have the energy to clear up that mound of to the bottom of things. Your lucky day Arcturus closer to the horizon you'll spot Dean Regas paperwork facing you. You need to chal- this month will be Tuesday.

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