P.O. Box 407, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Phone 790-6518, 786-6125, www.bonairereporter.com email: [email protected] Since 1994 Printed every fortnight On-line every day, 24/7 Photographers Bart Landheer & Jaqueline Bremmers (center row) join youth leader Judith Meijers (center back) and some of the Jong Bonaire teens who are fea- tured on the 2011 Calendar titled: Discoveries of the Kids of Jong Bonaire. -Jane Townsend photo Bonaire Reporter- Sept. 10- Oct. 8, 2010 Page XThe Dutch municipality of Table of Contents Breda donated 18 used con- This Week’s Stories tainers for glass recycling to Glass Recycling Containers -Breda 2 Bonaire. They are currently en 10-10-10 / 100%? 3 route to Bonaire via the Royal Controversial Nature Laws 3 Navy ship Hr.Ms. Southern Parrot watch– Lora Season Wind-Up 6 Cross. The ship will arrive on Letters to the Editor –Great Picture, Sunset Bonaire this month. Breda has Beach for the People, Thanks Police changed over to underground (stolen car) 8 containers so these were avail- Jong Bonaire Calendar Debuts 7 able. SELIBON, Bonaire’s Sunset Beach For All 10 Eugenie Clark Shark Lady Award 11 waste management company, Glass Bottom and More 11 will begin separate collection Miss Bonaire Crowned 15 of glass from households next Breda PR photo Influential Women 15 year. Cycling Team Wins 16 n a joint statement on August 25, Divi Resorts and Bonaire Over- MCB Thanks Bonaire Press 16 I heidsgebouwen N.V. (BOG, responsible for Bonaire's island- sufficient wind. Various tests Dutch Treat (Kibbeling) 16 owned buildings, a subsidiary of Bonaire Holding Maatschappij will be performed before full Flamingo TV Apologizes 17 N.V.), announced that they have mutually decided that the pro- use will be made of the wind Dolphins of the Week 18 ———————————————— posed Divi Sunset Resort Bonaire project will not continue to be turbines’ capability. Departments developed. Flotsam & Jetsam 2 The proposed multi-use project was to include condominiums and XCommissioner Jopie Abra- On The Island Since (Jiri Lausman) 4 an all-inclusive resort at Playa Lechi, the location of the former Sun- ham has issues with Bonaire’s Picture Yourself—Dubuque, Iowa, USA 6 set Beach Hotel. Divi Resorts had promised to build there several Spatial Development Plan Bon- Sudoku Puzzle 7 years ago and erected a huge Quonset hut-shaped tent (above) on aire (ROB) now under review Bon Quiz #37 (Eleanor Roosevelt the site. The deteriorating tent has become an eyesore (photo above) and public comment. “The plan Memorial Plaque) 7 on the northern hotel row. has too little space for the resi- Latin Music Classics (New) Bachata 7 dents of the island. The tourists Bonaire Voices– A Weekend To Remem- Many local residents welcomed the announcement. They want a ber (Frank Reyes) 9 public beach on the site rather than another resort. More on page 10. and the environment are given ample space. That’s fine for the What’s Happening , Cruise Ships 12 Lucia Beck and kwartiermaker tourists and I love the environ- Reporter Masthead 12 Friso Fennema presented the new Classifieds 13 kenboom was quoted as saying, “It ment, but we must not become name and logo. Tide Table, Sunrise & Sunset Times, was a stupid accident.” reservation inhabitants,” he said. Moon Phase 13 “I heard that land is being par- XTHE HAGUE - The intro- Shopping & Service Directory 14 XBonaire is now celed out at 400 square meters, duction of a new tax on Bon- Body Talk – Overfed But Undernourished 16 using wind power which means living on top of one Bonaire On Wheels –Victor Summits aire in 2011 will yield $2 mil- as well as fossil another. We need space and that Brandaris on Mountain Bike 17 lion more than previously esti- fuel for generating space is available.” Bon Quiz Answer 17 mated, wrote the Dutch Finance electricity on a Abraham says he won’t rush to Sudoku Solution 17 Minister Jan Kees de Jager in a S. Stapert photo regular basis. The enact the ROB before the Pet of the Week (Jos with Colton) 18 letter to Parliament. That’s pri- 10/10/10 transition date. “Let Did You Know (Dolphin Therapy) 18 turbines have been marily because there are cur- XBecause of an accidental The Netherlands deal with the Sky Park (Close Planets ) 19 set to generate rently 15,700 people registered Jack Horkheimer Obituary 19 error, between 500 to 5,000 liters spatial development of Bonaire. (only!) 210 kilo- as living on the island rather than The Stars Have It 19 of oil leaked into Salinja Vlijt There’s no need for us to do watts each, so for the “more than 11,000,” which and then into the sea on August 20 someone else’s dirty work now.” How to contact us now, up to 2.5 mil- is the 2001 figure that the previ- Letters to the Editor: from the Akkerman auto dealer- lion watts is avail- ous estimate was based on. In the [email protected] ship. It was an unfortunate combi- XThe Dutch Government’s Re- Story tip or idea: able from the tur- same letter, the minister wrote nation of events. Akkerman was gional Service Centre (RSC) for [email protected] busy with activities on the septic bines. Because the that most Bonaireans will have to The Publisher: the BES Islands (Bonaire, St. [email protected] wind is low these pay less tax, except for tourists, tanks and drainpipes during a Eustatius and Saba) was renamed days sometimes Pensionados and 60+ seniors. Box 407, Bonaire, tropical downpour. Rainwater sub- “Rijksdienst Caribisch Neder- Neth. Antilles. sequently ended up in the oil drain, they don’t reach land” (RCN) –Dutch Carib- Phone 790-8988 XTHE HAGUE—Eighteen Phone 790-6518 / 786-6518 forcing the oil out into the saliña that point. They are bean Public Service” which laws and regulations relating to Available on-line at: via Kaya Amsterdam. Akkerman being stepped up slowly to pro- would better fit its mission fol- www.bonairereporter.com the new constitutional relations immediately reported the spill to vide a control on electric grid lowing the planned October 10 in the Kingdom were published Printed Every Fortnight, the fire department and STINAPA stability. Next step is to phase in integration with Holland. The in the Dutch Government Ga- On-line Every day, 24/7 and did everything to limit the wind power as a fraction of total new name was unveiled during a zette (Staatscourant), a required Next edition printing on damage,” said VROM kwartier- electrical demand. This week one RCN-sponsored media breakfast step in the reformation of the October 5 , 2010 maker, Manfred Beckman Lapré. turbine will be set to produce its on Bonaire to celebrate Interna- Dutch Antilles. The decree can Story and Ad deadline: STINAPA Director Elsmarie Beu- peak power of 900 kW during a tional Press Day (September 1). 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Dutch political parties ast week into The Netherlands of the BES have been trying to form a coalition L the Nature Disappearingjon photo Islands and the “country status” for based on parliamentary arithmetic Conservation Curaçao and St. Maarten more cer- from the last elections held on June and the Under- tain. Queen’s Commissioner Henk 9. Talks on forming a right leaning water Park Laws Kamp told The Reporter last week of minority government collapsed on became become his concerns that the actions of the Friday when the Freedom Party-PVV effective and, new government in Curaçao and the pulled out. Queen Beatrix is meeting according to a reaction of the Dutch Parliament’s with party leaders this Monday and government Now a permit and good reason will be Second Chamber may hamper pro- Tuesday to try to again revive coali- press release, needed to cut down a tree like this. gress towards the breakup and subse- tion negotiations. The Netherlands will be enforced And the permit fee may be as much as quent restructuring of the Dutch An- has been without a permanent cabi- vigorously. But $195 for a tree of 95” in girth or more. tilles. But developments over the net since the previous government they are being past weekend should lessen his con- collapsed on February 20. opposed by some in Bonaire’s tourism sector. cern. It remains to be seen whether a The new laws were passed after consultation with stake- Between midnight Friday and Sat- majority of the Dutch Second Cham- holders and the public last year.