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Kunuku Shimaruku, P.O. Box 407, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Phone 790-6518, 786-6518, email: [email protected] Since 1994 Printed every fortnight On-line every day, 24/7 Wilna Groneneboom photo ou will have to pay a New electric power for Bon- Table of Contents minimum of NAƒ1 just to Wilna Y aire is fast building toward real- Gronenenboom Unloading op- pick up or drop off a passenger ity. This week the CMA CGM photos erations at Kral- close to the airport entrance. Ship Togo delivered the compo- endijk pier: This Week’s Stories Wind Turbines Arrive 2 The 15 minute “free” period to nent parts for Bonaire's 12 new drop-off or pick up passengers has RSC Working For Direct Ties 3 wind turbines. Last month the Blades Snorkeler’s Notebook- been rescinded by the airport au- massive bio-diesel-capable MAN Sewage Dreams 6 thority. generators landed. More towers Op-Ed Power of One 6 This has inspired disgust in the and transformers are on the way Aysla ten Holt-30 Year Show 7 local press and the following from Germany and Brazil. Document Bonaire Debut 8 opinion from one of our readers: The wind turbines are designed Parrot (Lora) Watch (Poacher’s Toll) 9 “Bonaire used to have the most Letters to the Editor—Alaska, Bikes 10 by Sir Norman Foster, perhaps the user-friendly airport in the world leading urban stylist of our age. Students to Holland 14 but the design freaks changed all His elegant, efficient buildings Kibrahacha Bloom 16 that. Now we have empty parking grace cities around the globe. lots and long walks for all passen- The 300-ton Boekestijn crane from Weekly Features gers. Clearly there needs to be Mils Trucking of Curaçao is Flotsam & Jetsam 2 some real-world thinking applied needed to handle the assembly of Nacelles On the Island Since (Ans Donker- Wassink) 4 to the traffic pattern and parking the turbines. The pillars weigh 31 situation. A pick-up and drop-off Bonairean Voices (Business-Tokos) 7 tons and the nacelle of the genera- Bon Quiz #12 Pali’lele 8 lane with no charge should be tor is 26 tons. Body Talk ( Sugar) Substitutes 10 created at the roofline of the The parts were stored at Kral- Picture Yourself (Epcot) 11 airport, with no parking allowed endijk stadium for later transport Classifieds 11 here and a taxi stand nearby. to the Morotin wind park. Tide Table 11 This way people can quickly get Each of the 12 wind turbines will BonQuiz Answer 12 in and out of the airport without produce over 1 million watts. They Reporter Masthead 12 getting wet and without having to will be 55 m. tall with 44 m. di- What’s Happening 12 Dining, Shopping Guides 13 pay. (Sounds a lot like what we ameter blades. On average the used to have!) Bonaire On Wheels ( Red Baron) 14 wind should provide 40-50% of Pet of the Week (Jill) 14 Many of our visitors and resi- the island’s power needs. Bubbles-Did You Know (UW Stars) 14 dents are of an advanced age or The new power system is de- Sky Park (Scorpio/ Center of Galaxy) 15 are traveling with a large amount signed to be reliable, a problem The Stars Have it (Astrology) 15 of sports gear and often there are with the present WEB system. handicap groups visiting the is- There will be five main diesel gen- How to contact us land. These three groups should erators and two backup generators. Letters to the Editor: have primary consideration [email protected] Excess power from the wind farm Story tip or idea: when planning the pick- up and or generators will be stored in a info@mto Archives” drop off space if we want to huge three-megawatt battery to The Publisher: [email protected] maintain these visitors.” smooth our power fluctuations and Box 407, Bonaire, If you want to express your for backup. Operation is set for Neth. Antilles. opinion contact: Bonaire Interna- year end 2009. Phone 790-8988 tional Airport- Plaza Medardo Phone 790-6518 / 786-6518 S.V. Thielman #1 , Kralendijk, Available on-line at: www.bonairereporter.com Bonaire, N.A. Phone: (599) 717- companies in the Netherlands and Digicel, Bonaire’s leading The archives of the 5600. Fax (599) 717-5607 E-mail: has the permission to fly to the US cellphone service provider has Fundashon Historiko Kultural Printed Every Fortnight, [email protected] after having successfully com- announced it’s offering cellular Boneriano (FuHiKuBo) are in On-line Every day, 24/7 plied with the mandatory audit. phone service to the Pacific desperate need of voluntary Next edition printing on August 19, 2009. island of Nauru. Slightly smaller help. Time is taking its toll on this Story and Ad deadline: Insel Air has started an Dive Friends Bonaire has than Bonaire, with a bit fewer invaluable material and volunteers August 15 intensive program to undergo been named a Five-Star Gold people, Nauru had no cellular are needed now to assist in an IATA Operational Safety Palm PADI Instructor Develop- service until now. transferring text and audio visual Audit (IOSA). IOSA is an inter- ment Dive Resort. Environmentally, Nauru is the information into computers. This information please call Bòi national acknowledged standard These facilities have a responsi- opposite of Bonaire. The beautiful includes the Herensia programs, Antoin at 786-6818 or email him for airline companies, which guar- bility of developing qualified island was gutted by phosphate music from the past, historical at [email protected] antees that the relevant airline PADI Instructors. Dive Friends mining and uninhabitable except photos and negatives as well as company complies with the high- Bonaire will hold its first Instruc- for a surrounding narrow green other historical documents. It’s back to school for Bon- est demands in the field of safety tor Development Course (IDC) zone. More than 40% of its reef Volunteers need not know aire’s youngsters. Primary and and operational management. This beginning November 25t, to coin- was destroyed by soil runoff. Papiamentu. Those who speak secondary schools will open on will be a milestone for Antillean cide with the next Instructor Ex- Digicel’s GSM services should Dutch and/or English will be various dates in early August, aviation. amination (IE) to be held in Bon- help in the recovery of the island’s welcomed. 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They are Queen’s Commissioner for Bon- “experts” in their field. They are aire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Henk on temporary assignment from the Kamp last Thursday, July 30. It’s crown and the focal point for the been a bit over six months since local and European activities. Kamp arrived on Bonaire to lead The kwartiermakers are the in- the transition effort. dividuals, assigned to Bonaire by The transition staff is now the various ministries, who will mostly in place with its members work most directly with the offi- resident on Bonaire with offices in cials of Bonaire, the NGOs, and the Regional Service Center others to define and perform the (RSC), the former APNA building tasks that will make the transition just off Kaya International. RSCs happen and establish what follows. have also been set up on Saba and They are the ones who “work in Statia. the field.” Apart from the RSC, in response Kwartiermakers is literally to an earlier request of Bonaire, translated into English as Quarter- Dutchmen have already been masters, but the Dutch meaning is working together with the island quite different from the English departments in the areas of tax translation.