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THE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd. www.sams.sh Vol. 3,SENTINEL Issue 34 - Price: £1 “serving St Helena and her community worldwide” Thursday 13 November 2014 Remembrance Day Island Marks 100 years since the First World War Generous Donation page 3 see pages 2 & 3 BAM Meets Chamber of Commerce Cllr Henry Off to Feedback Indicates a Successful Meeting JMC page 5 Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS ticularly for farming and fi sheries. Fisheries empha- sized the importance of balanced development in both BAM team members Doug Winslow, David Finan the offshore and inshore fi sheries so that one comple- and Morgan Riley met the Chamber of Commerce ments the other. Farming representatives emphasized (COC) on 6 November to hear about private sector is- the importance of improved storage and chill rooms sues. BAM are considering SHG’s current budget per- infrastructure to benefi t all farmers. formance and requirements for the next three fi nancial Farmers also spoke about invasive species control years. which is, “threatening both arable production and ani- Mr Winslow said BAM was trying to build a picture mal farming.” EU money obtained some years ago to of where revenues are coming from and taking into ac- control those has long since been exhausted and no fur- count restrictive monies available. ther money has been forthcoming on any big scale to The COC President, Dr Corinda Essex, said it was very actually tackle the problem. Some felt the situation is important for the DfID team to be aware of the issues worse now than ever. raised, “so they can understand the context in which we The tourism sector expressed concern about the state are operating in St Helena at this point in time.” She of key built-heritage sites, viewing points and tourism Is Your continued, “they should be able to then take that into sites which need upgrading and clearing but unfortu- Childminder Legal? account when reporting back after their return to the nately, “there never seems to be any money to do much page 21 UK and in the ongoing negotiations taking place be- restoration.” A written submission made the case for tween now and the settlement for the next three years.” a direct air link with the UK when the air service be- Concerns about ongoing support were expressed par- comes operational. BAM continued on page 21 2 www.sams.sh Thursday 13 November 2014 | THE SENTINEL ST HELENA SNIPPETS Fire Serviceman, Robert George at the Cenotaph Remembrance Day Marked 100 Years Since the First World War front of hundreds of people he laid a Richard Wallis, SAMS wreath at the Cenotaph before asking those in attendance to join him in a two- On Saturday 9 November St Helena joined minute silence. other nations around the world in remember- After Mr Burns, representatives of the hymns were sung. The Right Reverend Lord ing service personnel killed during confl icts in President of the French Republic; Royal Navy; Bishop of St Helena, Dr Richard Fenwick, this and the last century. Army; Royal Air Force; Merchant Navy; St invited all in attendance to offer each other The Queen led the UK Remembrance Service Helena Police Force; St Helena Fire and Res- the sign of peace by shaking hands with those and entrusted her representative, Acting Gov- cue Service; and St Helena Prison Service, around them. ernor Sean Burns, with the ceremony here. In along with members of the public laid wreaths This year marks the 100th anniversary of the to mark their respect for the fallen. start of the First World War and is also 70 Island faith leaders gave short speeches and years since the D-Day landings. Prominent Prison Offi cer, invited guests Nicky Crowie at the Cenotaph marking the day THE SENTINEL | Thursday 13 November 2014 www.sams.sh 3 ST HELENA SNIPPETS Live music procession St Helena youths in good attendance for the day Acting Governor, Sean Burns One of the members of Clergy delivering prayer Generous SAMS, Nicole Anonymous Peters delivering anonymous Donation donation to Richard Wallis, SAMS Connie Johnson Over the weekend the team at SAMS were entrusted to deliver an anonymous donation of £220 to the Poppy Appeal. Nicole Peters of SAMS met with the Assistant Secretary of Cor- porate Support, Connie Johnson, who organised much of Sunday’s memorial day, to hand over the money. Connie said about the donation: “Sincere thanks are extended to whoever contributed towards the anonymous donation of £220 made towards the Poppy Appeal. This generous donation will greatly boost funds collected on Island and also on the RMS and will result in St Helena remit- ting a large contribution to the Royal Legion. Thank you to everyone who contributed so gen- erously towards the 2014 Poppy Appeal.” 4 www.sams.sh Thursday 13 November 2014 | THE SENTINEL SENTINEL Pilling Primary Remembers August Graham, SAMS COMMENT On Tuesday 11 November at 19:30, in front August Graham, SAMS of a large crowd, Pilling Primary School held an evening in the schoolyard entitled We Will Remember Them. The Pilling Primary School Choir started off proceedings with a rendition Here at The Sentinel we pride ourselves of We Will Remember. Head Teacher Elaine on our unbiased approach to news. We try Benjamin held and opening speech after which our best to report on what people tell us some facts about the two world wars were rather than commenting on it. The latter is shared with the audience. poor practice. This is, however, not to say After the children had fi nished their last per- that our personalities and beliefs don’t sneak formance of the evening at about 20:30 the Mrs May Young into our reporting. We’re the ones asking the Scouts played The Last Post which was fol- questions, and those questions are of course lowed by a two-minute silence. After this com- informed by what we think is important. memorations continued with a number war Weekly Weather An excellent example of this is present in songs, cut down to the chorus and performed this week’s article about diabetes. You can by Wendy Benjamin and the Gettogethers Or- We said it the other week and scared sun see much of the discussion is centred on chestra. This was followed stories of the war away. the idea of school meals. This is something on St Helena, and the highlight of the evening But it seems to have returned, and hope- which I’m interested in. when May Young told of her experiences on fully to stay. St Helena. She spoke about the sinking of the As time passes sea temperatures rise. The responses I got were very predictable, RFA Darkdale, saying that the island was lit Good Gosh are those blue skies. along the lines of: ‘We just don’t have the up “better than daylight.” She told a delighted money.’ And there, ladies and gentlemen, is audience of her grandmother who said “to stay Max Temp 20.6C one of the problems of SHG. There is very where we are” because “if a bomb came over Min Temp 14.2C little foresight. In this case a large investment and hit the road we all would go, but if we Mean Temp 16.4C in school meals for children on St Helena stayed at home we would be safe. Bless my Total Rainfall Nill could drastically improve the, frankly, poor granny.” Total Sunshine 48.7 hrs dietary habits on island. This in turn would improve the health of the population, sav- APPLICATIONS ing a large amount of money on healthcare costs. School meals cost somewhere in the FOR DEVELOPMENT region of £500-700/year per pupil. David PERMISSION Jenkins told me that one single case can cost him over £100,000 in a month. A saving in the latter can defi nitely be used to fund the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received in respect of the former. So why aren’t they doing it? Where’s following proposal: the foresight?! 1. Proposed 52 x 3 Bedroom Bungalows and 2 x 4 Bedroom Bungalows on Crown Land at There we go. There’s a comment piece writ- Bottom Woods, adjacent to the existing residential properties on the east side of the main ten in the style of a dishonest, or lazy, jour- road. nalist. I could just leave it there asking ‘dif- fi cult’ questions, not giving you the answers. Copies of the applications and plans may be inspected at the Planning and Building Section, But that’s poor practice. The thing is I’m Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 4 pm. being very unfair. David Jenkins is no idiot; he knows that preventative measures can be Any person who wishes to make representations on the above application should make them used to save money and ultimately pay for in writing within 28 days to the Chief Planning Offi cer, Land Development Control themselves. However he’s also a realist. He Authority, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown. has 695 diabetes patients needing treatment, and if he starts paying for kid’s lunches they will suffer. The truth is it’s not foresight that Alfred V Isaac, Planning Offi cer is lacking; it’s the ability to act on that fore- Email: [email protected] 13th NOVEMBER 2014 sight. The money that can be saved through school meals will take some time to be saved, and therefore we’d have to sacrifi ce some- thing else. It’s a like the grandfather paradox, but so much more complicated.