April 16 to 23, 2004 Volume 11, Issue 16

SINCE 1994

page 1 and the walk- IN THIS ISSUE: ing trails next Cruise Ship Season Ends 4 to them from Barkadera to Easter Camping 6 LM an- !Divers, snorkelers and dive shop person- Karpata. Diadema – Our Prickly Friend 7 K nounced they nel have been reporting incredible sight- • Cut the will schedule more ings of dolphins these last two weeks. branches Referendum Chronicle 8 flights to Aruba Whole pods of mothers, fathers, babies have blocking the and the Netherlands Antilles during the been frequenting Klein Bonaire and the west walking trails from Barkadera to Kar- Computer Grant to Schools 10 summer. During the peak season Bonaire coast, even coming in so close to shore that pata. Dive Inn Easter Egg Hunt 13 will be served 11 times weekly; Curaçao, they’re inside the boat moorings. Fernando • Clean up of the caves at Barkadera seven times weekly; St. Maarten, twice Simal, Washington Park Manager and In- • Clean up of Playa Chikitu and Boka Dietitian (Breakfast) 16 weekly; and Aruba, five times weekly. terim Marine Park Manager, who doesn’t Chikitu in Washington Park Diving on the Wild Side Made Easy 17 Some of these flights will be scheduled to get to be in the water that often any more, • Clear up rocks on the walking trails connect with BonairExel flights. The trips to said he counted 29 dolphins at Klein. And (Lagadishi and Kasikunda) in Washing- Bonai Researches Curaçao 18 Lima will increase from five to six. they’re still here. ton Park. • BBQ at Washington Park entrance Count down to the 2004 Dive Festival 18 ! After Nikiboko and Tera Kòrá residents ! The tourist when all activities are over. complained about loud airplanes, Flamingo arrivals recorded Meet at Barkadera (STINAPA Head- Airport published a ‘Notam’-‘Notice to Air- for February 2004 quarters) at 8 am on April 22nd and go to the men,’ that gives the pilots special takeoff increased by 9% different sites from there. The trucks from rules. over 2003. The US STINAPA will be available for transporta- WEEKLY FEATURES: Earlier the complaints were focused on the market again tion, but there may not be enough room for Flotsam & Jetsam 2 KLM MD-11s that landed in Bonaire at picked p (by 6%) after a decline in 2003. everyone, therefore be prepared to maybe night and continue to Lima, Peru, or back to The general economic recovery of the US take your car to the Washington Park en- Police Update 4 Amsterdam. Now the complaints are espe- and the increase in the airlift of one flight trance. STINAPA will provide bags and Opinion (Transition Government 5 cially on DCA's DC-9-30-planes. The older (from three to four) on Air Jamaica helped tools to work, but there may not be enough DC-9-30s that DCA flies are not equipped to boost the arrivals. The numbers from also, so it is a good idea to bring some tools Letters (Praise; Crime) 5 with noise suppression on the engines. The Europe, especially from the Netherlands, (machetes, loping tools, etc.) and large plas- noise is especially loud during the turn that have shown a 14% increase. The South tic bags of your own. Gloves are highly rec- Classifieds 6 the DCA pilots make to the west towards America market is still decreasing as a con- ommended for these tasks!! There’s more: Picture Yourself (Kaua’i Hawaii) 10 Curaçao after taking off into the east wind. sequence of strikes and the stringent cur- • Yellow Submarine underwater cleanup During and after the turn they are so low rency controls in Venezuela. The South on April 17th. On the Island Since 12 that the noise disturbs people. In the future, American market recorded a decrease of • Town Pier clean up dive lead by Dee (Sean Paton) the jets have to fly for at least one minute in 7%. The Caribbean increased by 3%. The Scarr on April 22 an easterly direction before making the turn. rest of the world increased by 47%. Year- Yachts & Water Sports 13 • Activities for Bonaire’s school chil- An alternative is to not turn before reaching to-Date shows an increase of 21% for the dren, coordinated by Debby Wauben, Windsurf Scene (Surfing the Net) 13 2,000 feet. North America market and 12% for Euro- Bonaire’s Nature and Environment pean market. The total Year-to-Date tourist Pets of the Week (James & Sa- 14 Education Coordinator. bena) ! Johnny Kock from Admiral Shipping arrivals recorded increased by 13%. • Agency N.V, the company that will operate Caribbean Club Bonaire Festival of Life (Saturday, April 24, 12 noon to 7 What’s Happening 15 the new Bonaire-Curaçao car ferry ser- ! Bonaire likes to consider itself a leader in pm) vice, writes, “We are almost ready with the environmental awareness and this year has Shopping Guide 16 ship documentation, but no firm sailing date numerous events planned for celebration of If you want to become involved or if you just want to find out more about what will has been set. Hopefully it would be within Earth Day and Earth Day Week. They Dining Guide 17 be happening here on Bonaire during the the next two weeks, as the long weekend include: Bonaire Sky Park; The Stars Have It 19 holiday is in between. • Clean up of the tourist road (north road) (Continued on page 4

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page 3 (Flotsam and Jetsam. Continued from page 2) ! On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, the long- week of April 22, here are the people to awaited third edition of the Bonaire Dining contact: STINAPA, on 717-8444. Email: Guide hit the streets. The official guide of [email protected]; accounting@stinapa. the Bonaire Restaurant Association, the Din- org or [email protected] ing Guide provides information regarding Nature and Environmental Education Coor- the various types of restaurants offered on dinator (Debby Wauben) on 717-8444. Bonaire, along with their amenities. It lists Email: [email protected] menu highlights as well as recipes for some Dee Scarr, Touch the Sea on 717-8529. of Bonaire’s favorite dining experiences. Email: [email protected] This edition of the Bonaire Dining Guide is Sean Paton, Manager of the Caribbean Club available at fine restaurants, the airport’s Bonaire at 717-7901. Email: arrivals hall, Tourist Corporation Bonaire, [email protected] and other establishments on Bonaire.

! The doctors’ association of Curaçao, ! Two of our correspondents reported that Bonaire and St. Marten have won a court the mooring lines at several dive sites case against the Sociale Verzekerings- were cut. From a report received Sunday: bank (SVB – Social Insurance Bank). The “Today we went by boat to Klein. We were SVB will retroactively reimburse those doc- surprised to see no boats tied up there. Then tors affiliated with the association a higher we went to find a mooring and found many subscription rate per patient. In 1997 the rate of them had been cut. The floats were bob- was NAƒ121 per patient per year, but for the bing away at the shore line and the lines period covering 1998 - 2001 it will be in- were definitely cut. The moorings that were dexed for the increase in cost of living. gone were: Forest, South Bay, Rock Pile, Joanna's Sunchi, and Hands Off. For some ! Senator Ramonsito Booi was quoted as reason Captain Don's reef still had a good s another successful cruise ship season draws to an end there is a reason to saying that Bonaire has more than enough mooring that didn't look like it had been A celebrate. And Bonaire Tours took the occasion to show off their new doctors. “The island can manage with half tampered with. I tried to call the Marine buses. Here the staff offers us a toast. of the current number of physicians. Bon- Park personnel to report it but no one an- aire has 12 doctors, way too many,” says swered their cell phones (It was Easter Sun- Booi. He compares it with the Netherlands day).” in damages. where there is one physician per 2,500 peo- POLICE UPDATE Public Prosecutor Ernst Wesselius likens ple. “In Bonaire we have one physician per ! At last for those of us who hear best in this to the case last year of Warehouse 1,000 inhabitants,” said Booi. His party, the English there’s a radio show to listen to. employees doing the same. The suspects UPB, accuses the opposition Democrats Its host is Sean Paton, who previously hree male employees of are in preliminary custody. The case goes (PDB) of causing this problem. worked with Ben Becker on an English/ T Consales/Cultimara have to court in June. Some of the doctors are from Cuba. While Dutch program. If you are starved to hear been arrested: J.M.R., 41 years; E.C.A., There were nine arrests last week of co- the Cuban doctors are much appreciated by about topical items in English, want to air 44; L.R.K.,34. They are accused of sell- caine smugglers at the airport. One person some Bonaireans, their practices are your views (717-2101), hear the latest jokes, ing merchandise belonging to the com- from Suriname had 20 kilos in his suit- frowned on by others, especially some of the comments about and from our elected offi- pany and pocketing the proceeds them- case. He’d taken the extra flight put on Dutch-trained physicians. cials, environmental news and Sean’s irrev- selves. Two other persons were arrested from Suriname to Bonaire and was wait- The UPB-led Executive Council is currently erent comments, tune in to MEGA FM 101 for receiving stolen goods and released ing for the connecting flight to Holland. trying to remedy the situation. According to on Sunday and Monday, from 12 noon until after they were interrogated. The police 95% of the drug smugglers caught in Bon- Commissioner Jonchie Dortalina of the 2 pm. There’ll be some great music too. See expect more arrests next week. The store aire are Curacaoans, either native born or UPB, a maximum of six physicians would the ad on page 8. G./L. D. manager estimates that the company has naturalized. L.G.D. do. suffered hundreds of thousands of guilders

page 4 OPINIONS & LETTERS: THE Op-Ed PAGE

terity measures forced on the Antilles by Attorney General following the latter's

OPINION Holland with IMF advice. He also said working lunch with two visiting high- LETTERS that the Dutch should deal with the drug level Dutch ministers early this year. Af- he govern- import problem and not harass the Antil- ter that meeting, Minister Komproe PRAISE T ment of our les just because the drugs flowed through threatened to fire the Antillean Attorney Dear Editors, country is in a tran- Curaçao. Following the election Goddet, General who at that time was prosecuting, I always enjoy reading Greta Kooistra's sition phase follow- Monte and the FOL Party were convicted his brother, Hedwig Komproe, in another "On Bonaire Since..." column. Many a ing the fall of a of fraud and corruption. During his trial, fraud case. time it featured a person whom I person- controversial ad- Goddet repeatedly pointed the accusing When Komproe's actions protecting ally know and love. This (past) week's ministration. Let's finger at the Kingdom government in The Monte unexpectedly came to light, coali- column, however, stood out as a gem look at the events Hague, stating time and again that he was tion partners in the Central Government among gems. I have never met Wendy of the past 11 the victim of Dutch propaganda and that demanded Komproe's resignation. When Horn, but was impressed (and inspired) months that led to there were political motives for his being he refused, the PLP party resigned and, by how she profoundly captured the this: targeted. Goddet is now free pending ap- like a stack of dominos, the others fol- essence of being truly "Bonairean." On May 6, 2003, voters on Bonaire went peal. lowed, including Bonaire's Jopie Abra- I'm glad and honored she chose our is- to the polls to elect their Island Govern- The previous PAR-led coalition Cabinet ham, who had earlier played a role in sav- land to settle on, and no wonder she at- ment officials. Ramonsito Booi's Patri- (the Ministers who make up the Central ing the Goddet government after Ramon- tracts many friends and feels so at home otiko party won control of the local gov- Government) resigned following the re- sito Booi’s party, the Bonaire UPB, here. ernment. Curaçao and the other islands sults of the Curaçao island election be- stepped out in disgust at the government's Orphaline Saleh held their elections also. The large popu- cause they lost their power base and the actions. lation of Curaçao, as compared to the to- Governor asked that a new Cabinet be The situation currently at the Central tal population of the rest of the Antilles, formed. The FOL party took the lead in Government level is chaotic because the WHY CRIME HERE gives it an overwhelming number of seats forming it. FOL ministers have said they will not Dear Editor: in Parliament and great influence in form- Since a convicted felon does not custom- stay on in a caretaker government until a It seems to me that the police are not ing a Central Government. And the peo- arily hold the position of Prime Minister, new government, probably led by the addressing the seriousness of crime on ple to fill those seats are often chosen Anthony Goddet, as FOL leader, ap- PAR party, is formed or new elections are the island. The general population is from the winners of the Island elections pointed his sister, Mirna, Prime Minister. ordered. Check The Reporter for further comprised of law abiding citi- as was the case last year. She had little experience for the position developments. G.D. zens. What is the problem? Why is The big winner of the popular vote and had never held elected office. . it that the government does not re- (33.9%) and five seats in the Curaçao His FOL advisor, Nelson Monte, had a spond? Tell me what is lacking, what Island Council was the Free Worker’s heart condition which was corrected in needs to be done; where is the defi- Front Party, the Frente Obrero Lib- December in the US by the implantation cit? Is it lack of concern, lack of money erashon (FOL), led by Anthony Goddet of a pacemaker. He faced prison time but or lack of governmental oversight? and who is advised by party strongman, his FOL party friend, Justice Minister From an American-Bonairean perspec- Nelson Monte. Both of those men were Ben Komproe, pulled strings and, instead tive, the greatest city in the world (New under indictment, and actually in prison, of prison, Monte enjoyed first-class ac- York) has been able to conquer crime, until just before the elections. Yet Goddet commodations, even though he was pro- how can the Bonairean government to still won the most votes of any Curaçao nounced fit and well, in the St. Elizabeth do the same? candidate ever. His campaign promises Hospital. A member of an old Bonairean family were based on separation from Holland Komproe's position had already been Anthony Goddet and rejection of the debt burden and aus- weakened by a row with the Antillean

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page 6 ’m sure that many of you will already can find plenty of shelter. It is rather cos- I have noticed that the black spiny ur- mopolitan in its food preferences and will chin, Diadema antillarum, is making a eat just about any plant material it comes tentative appearance on our reefs. One of across. Diadema is also one of the most the best places to find them is around the sociable invertebrates you will find on Cargill salt pier and the chances are good our reefs. During the daytime it loves to that it won’t be too long before you will congregate into dense prickly huddles. have to watch your fins when you go Most Diadema sport jet-black spines, but shore diving. Scientists are really excited sometimes you will see them with white by the Diadema comeback and we should or with black and white striped spines. be too because Diadema really is our The color variation seems to be deter- prickly friend. mined by light level. In very bright light Diadema will routinely be black; lower Recent immigrant or old hand ? the light level and it will tend to have Anyone not living on Bonaire before whiter spines. 1983 could be fooled into thinking that This little creature is capable of some Diadema is a recent immigrant, maybe truly stunning feats of survival. Did you even an invasive species. But as Capt know, for example, that it can live for up Don Stewart can confirm, Diadema has to six months without food. Or that its have arrived here in the Antilles in the nificant recovery of Diadema … until been around for a long, long time. In larvae can live in the plankton for up to same way. now. And finally it seems to be making a those days, divers concerned with the in- 60 days. This is an absurdly long time by The consequences … tentative come back. It is certainly start- tegrity of their feet, placed an absurdly anyone’s standards. The consequences for Caribbean coral ing to reappear on Jamaican reefs, and high bounty of $0.25 per urchin on its Diadema die off reefs were dire. In places like Jamaica, you won’t have to look too far to find prickly head. Divers had such an antipa- Then, without any warning, between with few grazing fish due to chronic over Diadema here either. But their comeback thy for this prickly grazer that they would January 1983 and January 1984, popula- fishing, the reefs underwent what has is patchy, and it’s still not clear whether routinely chop them up to provide a tasty tions of Diadema throughout the Carib- been called a “phase shift.” In other they are here to stay. With all the multiple snack for marauding fish. All this might bean mysteriously sickened and died. In words, healthy coral reefs rapidly turned pressures on our reefs you can understand lead you to assume that Diadema is an less than a week they went from being into an algal wilderness. On Bonaire we why scientists are starting to get really aggressive species prone to sneak attacks perfectly healthy to developing “sticky” were lucky that parrotfish moved into the excited about the Diadema comeback. on invading divers. But it was not their spines, shedding their spines and dying in niche vacated by Diadema, cropping the Divers and snorkelers: I do believe now is speed or stealth which was causing the hordes. The pathogen which caused this algae and keeping our reef from becom- the time to strike up a whole new rela- problem, simply their numbers. Several mass mortality event has still not been ing overgrown. tionship with our prickly friend, Dia- decades ago Diadema was not only pre- identified. It traveled with terrifying In nearly 20 years there has been no sig- dema ! Kalli De Meyer sent on our reefs, it was positively abun- swiftness from an epicenter in Panama dant. following the main circulation patterns to Kalli De Meyer is Executive Director of Coral Resource Management Diadema, the Echinoderm Florida, Bermuda, St Croix and finally St (Fundashon pa Bon Koral), Bonaire’s newest environmental, not-for-profit Diadema is in fact a slow moving, bottom Vincent and the Grenadines, leaving de- foundation. With 10 years marine park management experience, Kalli is dwelling plant grazer of the echinoderm struction in its wake. Scientists speculate “Bonaire’s voice of the reef.” Head offices are at the Caribbean Club, Hill- (“spiny skin”) family. It lives on and that it was originally carried through the top. Monday to Friday 8:30 to 12:30, 2-5 pm. Telephone: 786-0675. around reefs, preferring places where it Panama Canal by shipping and it seems to

page 7 Referendum Chronicle NOS FUTURE, BAN P’EI (OUR FUTURE-LET’S GO FOR IT.)

MORE REFERENDUM county belongs to a province, and every les and Aruba are a tiny sideshow to ALTERNATIVES province is under the Crown and re- Holland’s political arena, and its repre- sponds to Dutch law and government. sentatives and delegations often feel t looks like the earliest Former colonies are just that. Indonesia treated as guests who long overstayed I possible date for the was allowed to opt out after a protracted their welcome after a nice post-colonial Referendum is early July, war of independence in 1949. After that party. (This holds especially over the 2004. As the voting date Holland lost its colonial stamina. last half year when the childish antics of nears, more considerations Surinam was virtually pushed out with a the former Antillean Prime Minister, have to be addressed that king-sized independence bonus in 1975. Myrna Louisa-Godett, reduced serious are requiring more prepara- The six West Indian islands, formerly meetings to vaudeville.) tion time. Besides, or per- The island of Schiermonnikoog, about 11 miles long making up the “Curaçao Colony,” were This little historical excursion serves to haps in combination with with extensive sand dunes, is a Dutch national Park granted semi-autonomous status in show the odds against Holland being Status Aparté, UPT or LGO map from an old Friesland Atlas 1954, as a separate land within the very attentive and forthcoming to the status (see following story Kingdom. upcoming referendum on Bonaire and and last week’s Chronicle for some major adaptations under Napoleon, ca. It is not generally known that the docu- Saba (and perhaps Curaçao) and its im- background), there may be innovative 1810. Unlike France, which has seen ment lying at the base of the formation plied constitutional choice, a vital matter alternatives that would suit Bonaire. five republics and two empires since of the Netherlands Antilles in 1954 had to the islands concerned, a minor mis- One idea might be to make all Bonaire Napoleon, and Germany, which saw a been more or less copied by the penuri- cellaneous item on the Dutch political a Dutch National Park. After all, about a loose confederation of kingdoms and ous Dutch from the document with agenda. third of the island is already set aside for princely states (a “Reich,” the Weimar which Holland tried to lure Indonesia It will take clever and top-level lobbying nature preservation. Provided property Republic, Hitler’s Third Reich and then into first a Federation, then a Confedera- (such as Aruba did during its three-year rights and self-government are main- the Bundesrepublik, now enlarged after tion in 1947-48. That might explain the fight for independence from Curaçao) to tained, perhaps it would be beneficial on the reunification, all since Napoleon), hybrid character of the Kingdom: le- achieve attention and sympathy on the several grounds. Holland hasn’t moved much in this field gally a Federation (an alliance, partner- right political levels. Consider the Dutch island of Schier- of national governance. ship, coalition), in practice a Confedera- Gemeente/Provincie monnikoog, a short distance off Hol- We mention this since it illustrates the tion ( a fusion, merger, integration). It is almost inconceivable that Holland land’s North Sea coast in the Wadden difficulty and the uphill fight to change Aruba was granted its “Status Aparté” in would grant to Bonaire the status of a Sea. The entire island of Schiermon- the Dutch constitution in order to allow 1986 on the basis of Aruba’s promise to “provincie.” The provincie is a mostly nikoog is a National Park. The system an overseas province or some loosely become independent within a decade. It antiquated, purely administrative body of National Parks in the Netherlands tied overseas county like Bonaire to never came about because Aruba peti- of governance, with which the Dutch works in close cooperation with all or- emerge. tioned in the early 90s to remain in the citizen has no truck at all. Moreover, the ganizations and owners that are in- Dutch Kingdom. average province numbers about a mil- volved within the area to the benefit of The Dutch are an orderly people. Every It is but true that in today’s The Hague, all. Together they make arrangements citizen belongs to a county, every Holland’s government center, the Antil- Continued on page 9 for the management, changes, etc. in the Park. The status of National Park does not add significant additional laws but makes allowance for special situations. For example, if there is too much ice for the ferries to run, children can be heli- coptered to school. Could that type of arrangement work for ecology-minded Bonaire? It certainly would provide the ultimate eco-tourist attraction and pro- vide for the preservation of the Bo- nairean way of life. But no matter Park or not, we must determine….

WHO PAYS FOR THE GOODIES? (PART 2)

n Part 1 of this article we made the I round of the advantages and setbacks attached to the constitutional options of Mondays and Sundays 12 noon-2 pm FM 101 Status Aparté, LGO and UPG, and (in passing) of the options Independene, and Crown Colony. In this article we will review the option of country/ “The Forum” province (gemeente/provincie). In the final Part 3, we will comment on the • pros and cons of the status quo (the N. Call in A.) and finally draw some conclusions • as to what Bonaire might really seek, Studio guests apart from the specific constitutional • options. Current affairs Holland is made up of 12 provinces (the • original 11 plus the reclaimed-land Politics province Flevoland), and at the latest • count, nearly 500 “gemeenten,” a Humor “gemeente” being mostly comparable to • a French commune or British county. Environment The laws governing this issue of provin- • cial and commune governance are old Controversy indeed: roots in the 17th century, latest Sean Paton • Music(Continued on page 9)

page 8 (Referendum. Continued from page 8) Unemployment benefits (WW). handicapped or disabled people. ria. It mainly benefits unmarried We will skip the technical details, mothers and long-term jobless who lion inhabitants. which are many. Basically, the WW Disability to Work (WAO) do not qualify for the WAO. The The main political function of the guarantees 70% of last earned labor Holland’s WAO has grown to the monthly payments are higher than in provincie is that its elected deputies income for one year, max five years monstrous size of nearly a million the N.A., but again here, Dutch pub- (“Provinciale Staten”) vote in the mem- (depending on employment’s dura- disabled (compared to five million lic opinion will turn fiercely against bers of the First Chamber of Parlia- tion), all this capped with a maxi- gainfully employed) and everything subsidizing what many European ment, an equally antiquated body com- mum wage. After that, one reverts to is being done to stem the tide, by Dutch say are the “lazy Antilleans parable to the British House of Lords. the “bijstand” (see below). reducing benefits, sharpening medi- and their many bysides.” This may There is a theoretical possibility that the So, Bonairean WW would be cal standards applied, and repeated sound racist, but it is the plain truth Dutch would go along with an overseas linked to Bonairean labor income ability testing. regarding Dutch public opinion (the “provincie” made up of the present five (and minimum income), not to the Politically speaking, spreading the silent majority). N.A. islands (with a population of Dutch standard. But as to hiring and WAO to the Netherlands Antilles about 250,000). The present governor firing by employers, the same stan- would abhor the Dutch working Summing up, applying for the Dutch of the N.A. would then become dards would apply as in Holland, population. It is a strict no-go, we county status in the hope of generous “Commissaris van de Koningin” (Her and what that means in practice can believe. Dutch-geared social benefits is like Majesty’s High Commissioner), the be seen in St. Maarten/St. Martin. turning on the cold shower in the present N.A. government would evapo- The French part has better unem- Elderly Support (AOW) (Dutch) cold winter climate. rate (no mean bonus, this) and the Lt. ployment benefits but harsher em- All Dutch people of 65 and over There are in total 20 Dutch social laws, Governor (“Gezaghebber”) would be- ployment and labor laws than the benefit from the AOW, regardless some old and crippled and on the way come burgomaster of his or her island Dutch part. of their other income. But, the out, some barely tolerated because of county. As a result, most new jobs are of- AOW is paid proportionally accord- one party’s (the CDA) support, like the fered on the Dutch part, and even ing to labor history in Holland and “kinderbijslag” (child benefits), and It is an option which has its attractions though on the French part the unem- the payment of the (rather hefty) most others a patchwork of adjust- (we’ll return to this later), but it is in- ployed may be better off, the net AOW premiums. For every year ments, exceptions, differentiations, etc. conceivable that all five islands and the flow of job opportunities and invest- employed between the age of 15 and Getting Bonaire into this very compli- N.A. Government and the Dutch Gov- ments goes to Dutch St. Maarten, 65, 2% of the final AOW has been cated and politically fraught pattern is ernment would all vote for this option, not to St. Martin, and this shows in secured. As Antilleans living here an uphill fight. It would take three to as of necessity they must. the flow of morning and evening never paid AOW premium in Hol- five years at least. Much better would This leaves the option of Bonaire be- traffic, the quality of the roads, etc. land, their rights are nil, except be an “a la carte” solution, in a “status coming an overseas county when a very generous gesture would aparté,” which can be negotiated with- (“gemeente”), but, attached to what Sickness Benefits (ziektewet) entitle them to. We do not see such out the encumbrance of Dutch social provincie? The orderly Dutch would After the latest round of pruning a gesture forthcoming, politically law. The Chronicler certainly like to know. social laws, it is the employer who speaking. As to the “goodies” involved in becom- now has to shoulder the first 12 Next week: The N.A. constellation ing an integral part of the Netherlands, months of his employee’s sick Bijstand (in the N.A. Onderstand) revisited, and conclusions. Bonairean referendum voters should leave. After a year, the State substi- This is a veritable jungle of crite- not harbor too high hopes for Santa tutes the employer, but in practice it Claus bringing the big pancake of so- is only permanently disabled people The aim of the Chronicle team of editorial and staff writers is to inform, not to influence public opinion cial benefits. We’ll make a quick round who remain on sick leave, and they or “sell” a particular option. Critical comments, useful additions and questions by the readers will be warmly welcomed and published whenever possible. Active co-operation and exchange of information is of the main Dutch social benefits and then automatically revert to the sought with the local/regional media (press, radio, TV), and the official Referendum Commission. Any their legal funding: WAO, the law on permanently item in the Referendum Chronicle can be freely quoted and/or downloaded via Internet.

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page 11 2001 Sean Paton

first came by boat in 2001 from boat, the Our Confidence, and ran here, not the “I St. Martin where we had been away. rest of my living for some nine years. Marjolein My wife and I went to Barbados and it life, but cer- was still there, we’d just been through was great, like we found a piece of the tainly some Hurricane Lenny, I at sea, Marjolein on world that was undamaged. We took years.” Sean St. Martin. It’s amazing how self impor- our first cargo from Barbados, which Paton is a tant and big people think they are and earned me my first thousand dollars beautiful per- then one storm comes along and we’re with the boat, and we went to Grenada, son, a good all back as baby creatures again. to the Windward Islands chain and one, a real In many ways, it’s history repeating ended up in St. Martin. I loved it; I good one; a itself. I started in Gibraltar many years thought it was a great place. We were free spirit, ago when that little colony was striving there for six years before my wife left bright and for its right to self-determination and me. She’d enough of boat life, under- unconven- eventually its independence, which it standable, I think. I was never angry. I tional, but never achieved, and neither will the An- thought: Yeah, you’re right! Fortunately also warm tilles. And also I find history repeating we had a cargo of 40 tons of rum which and caring. itself again here with the situation of allowed me the self-indulgence of a “I went on to environmental problems. year’s depressive drinking. Trinidad to All those years ago the Spanish were Then I met Marjolein, which was great. fix the boat. I Marjolein and Sean over fishing the Mediterranean waters She didn’t stop me drinking, but she came back to including Morocco. It wasn’t just over gave me a good reason to cut down! Bonaire to fishing, it was also massive pollution. She’d run a garden center and had been celebrate Jaap’s birthday. He needed belt” of the island, the coastline. We were working with Greenpeace at on St. Martin for eight years. Her center help with the aloe plantation so I de- We need to take care of the people of the time and doing water sampling and was totally destroyed by Hurricane cided to stay. the interior. To reduce crime, give those it was just coincidental that I caught this Lewis, so when Marjolein was back in Holland people employment; don’t make them mullet. Its pollution level was so high I met her she for a year and from there she feel like strangers on their own island. I that one bite could have killed you! was working in got a job at Plaza, doing the think the answer is development of agri- I went to Gibraltar because my father a little marina “Here I am, years later, landscaping. We lived in a lit- culture and light industry like assembly was in the R.A.F. and Gibraltar was an bar. I think it doing the same thing I tle house in Nikiboko. It was plants, but also import and export. I R.A.F. outpost. I’d been there as a child was love at first was doing in Gibraltar. quite romantic, no money think one of the greatest gifts would be so I remembered it quite clearly. I did- sight for both though. When the heavy work to produce our own food. That’s what n’t go with any ideas of changing the of us really. We I enjoy politics and I was finished on the plantation I I’m busy with at the moment. Those world, just to get away from Europe. I’d were both sur- think the one way you wasn’t really needed anymore, issues can’t wait; decisions have to be come from England, I wanted to travel prised with so I started writing “The Inspi- made now. and Gibraltar had a lot of mystery, a each other,” he can really help is by rations of Nick.” I finished it, The main reason that I’m starting a very special place, the last point before laughs: “She telling people what the but I didn’t get it into print. The news service in English with Mega FM North Africa. Officially, I’m an engi- couldn’t be- absolute truth is. ” manuscript is in my office, get- is to give the people here all the infor- neer although I’m really a “Jack of all lieve I was ting dusty… it’s a bit like giv- mation. We’ll start on Mondays and trades, Master of none,” he laughs. drinking vodka ing a baby away and I guess Sundays from 12 to 2, midday. But for “I became an environmental activist and cranberry juice in the morning, and I’m putting it off for the right day when sure I’m not going to do as I did in Gi- because once when a friend and I went I couldn’t believe such a beautiful girl I feel brave enough. braltar, because you can lead a horse to for an early morning walk up to a little was working behind a bar! By that time Anyway, now the environmental issues water, but you can’t make it drink! ” He place in Gibraltar called Europa Point I’d exchanged my cargo of rum for fruit on the island are far more important to smiles: “Let’s just see what the future we saw this great big dump truck drop trees from Trinidad to St. Martin, be- me. Here I am, years later, doing the brings. I’ve always found it very funny its entire contents in the sea. We spent cause after the hurricane there were no same thing I was doing in Gibraltar. I when people say they’re going to stay the next five years looking for an active trees left on the island. And for a short enjoy politics and I think the one way here forever and the next minute you workable solution. We looked at every period Marjolein and I ended up doing you can really help is by telling people look around and they’ve gone! As long option but the best option of all was re- landscaping. We were just generally what the absolute truth is. as I am happy here I’ll stay. I’m not go- cycling, so we thought that’s what making a living, enjoying ourselves. I think freedom of information and free- ing to fight any wars! This is today and we’re going to do. We managed to survive four hurricanes, dom to express yourself are the corner- you don’t get it back tomorrow. We started a company and had every- Lenny being the last and I hope the last stones of democracy. We have to be The most important thing to me is my thing ready and then the government I ever see. very careful not to lose the heart of the family and Marjolein and I would say decided to buy an incinerator. I got a I was still repairing the boat after the island for the sake of progress. After a after that is the belief that you can actu- letter from the government saying that damage Lenny did to her when Jaap year we’re still waiting for information ally achieve something. I’m here!!! “Anything that’s burnable can’t be re- Ensing asked me if I would move his about what’s going to happen with the But seriously: The one issue that we cycled.” That was because the incinera- furniture and cars down to Bonaire. I foreign fisheries in our waters. People wrote about foreign fisheries last year tor also produced electricity and needed needed the work and the money, so it who care about these issues: that’s the made people aware; it showed that peo- everything that could be burned for its was a great offer.. We arrived in Bon- heart of the island. If progress means ple care… the fuel. The ironic part of the story was aire at nine o’clock in the evening; we not working out the implications of heart of the is- that the incinerator used scrub water to tied to the dock and fell asleep. When what we did today, then tomorrow is land is still take out the dioxins and other pollut- we woke up the next day it was one very uncertain. With the referendum, alive… And as I ants, water that was flushed into the sea. nice surprise after the other. First of all whatever option we choose, we should see it: It starts Dead fish started popping up all around there was the blue sea and the wealth of know about the consequences of our with a question the coast. Five years of work went fish which we’d never seen in any other decision. If we keep tourism as our um- mark and it ends down the drain. The pollution became island before. Secondly, there was the bilical cord and depend on it as our sole with a question so apparent, I couldn’t live with that. I friendliness of everybody, from Immi- source of income and another tragedy mark; that’s became depressed and said, I’m out of gration to Customs. I think right there like 9-11 comes, we’ll be stood on our life.” Greta here! I gave up the battle. I found my and then I decided to spend some years own. Tourism only benefits the “golden Kooistra Greta Kooistra

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Dive Inn photo he Easter holidays brought me back to the US to en- T joy time with friends and family. Also I had the lux- ury of 24-hour wireless Internet. For the first time since King of the Caribbean 2003, I was able to surf the Internet for coverage of this now-annual sporting extravaganza. Today's “Scene at Sorobon” feature will not cover the week's events as I am not on island to present an accurate update, BUT, my efforts here are quite rewarding. Having done an extensive Internet search on the 2003 King of the Cape media coverage I found some nice links covering windsurfing in Bonaire. Trevor Nisbeth’s photo They include Andy Khitrovo's Russian coverage, Ben Van from the King of the Hooydonk's four-week hiatus in Bonaire and more. Take a Caribbean look at some wonderful photos and a wide range of jour- nalistic talents. Here are some of my favorites: http://www.surfkix.be/album/thumbnails.php?album=6 ( A Belgian windsurfer's journey to Bonaire) http://www.solocaribe.com/ (Indiana Monteverde's 2002 video on the event. Some great Diver “Bunnies” line up to begin the search for Easter eggs shots. Click on video and then the Bonaire film) http://www.kikotakiko.com/gallery1.php?album=30&item=Photogallery&bekijk=3 (Curacao's own Trevor Nisbeth from Kikotakiko covers his favorite aspects of the event) he Easter bunny had just enough http://www.star-board.com/women_youth/youth/wonder.asp?Number=25 (a feature of T time to hide 100 hard-boiled eggs Dive Inn photo young Bonaire's own Amado Vrieswijk is featured) from 22 divers and two snorkelers who http://www.wind.ru/photos_e.php?evn=King%20Of%20The%20Caribbean%202003 (A lined up in front of the Dive-Inn, at Russian story with great photos) Chachacha Beach last Sunday. Shortly See you soon on island and back on the water! Ann Phelan after a countdown, off they went. They had 45 minutes to find the eggs. Eighty were found. KRALENDIJK TIDES (Heights in feet, FT) Miriam Meier, a German guest at Dive- Remember: Winds and weather can further influence the local tides Inn Studios, recovered the “special” egg, DATE TIME HEIGHT COEF very well hidden in an underwater camera 4-16 5:08 1.2FT. 10:48 1.5FT. 17:33 1.1FT. 23:25 1.5FT. 70 housing, in relatively shallow water, while 4-17 6:30 1.1FT. 11:47 1.4FT. 17:24 1.1FT. 23:50 1.6FT. 77 she was snorkeling. 4-18 0:12 1.6FT. 8:01 1.1FT. 12:44 1.3FT. 16:37 1.2FT. 82 The buddy team with the most recovered 4-19 0:49 1.7FT. 9:38 1.0FT. 85 eggs, 21, was made up of two Dutch la- 4-20 1:25 1.8FT. 10:59 0.9FT. 84 dies, Carolyn Boelen and Thea Teerstra. 4-21 2:04 1.8FT. 12:08 0.9FT. 81 The best costume award went to Thomas 4-22 2:46 1.8FT. 12:56 0.8FT. 76 Fredholm from Sweden, another Dive-Inn 4-23 3:31 1.8FT. 13:41 0.8FT. 69 guest (see picture of him with his bag of recovered eggs). Unfortunately there was not much left of the costume by that time. There is a nice story behind his costume. He was dressed as an Easter witch (in Thomas Fredholm, of Sweden, with a Sweden called paskkarring). Every Easter bag of eggs morning the witch flies on her broomstick to a small Swedish island called Blakulla rything was free as part of the celebration for a gathering of all sorts of witches for of Dive-Inn's 20th anniversary. their special Easter meeting. As for the fish on the reef off the Dive- All the winners got a nice prize and there Inn... Well, they still have 20 eggs to feast was even an extra prize for the buddy on. team that recovered just one egg, local If you want to spend time at Dive-Inn or artist Henk Roozendaal and his son Boy. dive with them, Easter or not, stop by the Following the awards there was coffee, tea shop on Chachacha Beach or call 599- and juices for everyone and of course they 717-5095/8761, or e-mail: all HAD to eat the eggs they had found! [email protected]. Visit the Their taste was okay too, a little bit more website: www.diveinnbonaire.com Babs salty than normal. Everybody could look Muelink back at a great Easter morning full of ex- citement, laughter and fun! This year eve-

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ooking for a L matching pair? Here are brother and sister, “James” and “Sabena,” all curled up together in the cat cage of the Bon- aire Animal Shelter. These two kittens are just a year old and are very close and best of friends “James” and “Sabena” too. What’s more fun than one cat? The answer is “two,” especially when they play and cavort and make us laugh. These two siblings fit the bill. And as “mousers” they get the job done in half the time. James and Sabena are in excellent health, having been examined and checked out by the vet; they’ve had their shots and testing for feline leukemia. The adop- tion fee of NAƒ75 includes their sterilization and shots. You may be assured of a healthy animal that’s social too when you choose one from the Shelter. It’s lo- cated on the Lagoen Road, open Monday through Friday, 10 am to 2 pm, Satur- days until 1. Tel. 717-4989. Visitors are always welcome. L.D.

page 14 Tuesday-BonaireTalker Dinner/ Kiwanis Club meets at APNA Plaza, Gathering at Gibi's Terrace-6:30pm Kaya International, every other Tues- -call Jake at 717-6773 or e-mail day, 7 pm. Tel. 717-5595, secretary

MOVIELAND [email protected] for more infor. Jeannette Rodriguez. CINEMA-BONAIRE Tuesday -Harbour Village Tennis, Lions Club meets every 2nd and 4th New! 9:00 pm Social Round Robin 7 to 10 pm. $10 Thursday of the month at 8 pm at per person. Cash bar. All invited. Call Kaya Sabana #1. All Lions are wel- Hidalgo Elisabeth Vos at 565-5225 /717-7500, come. (Omar Sharif) ext. 14. Rotary lunch meetings Wednesday, Wednesday -Sand Dollar Manager’s 12 noon-2 pm - Rendez-Vous Restau- Early Show (7:00 pm) Cocktail Party, Mangos Bar and Restau- rant, Kaya L.D. Gerharts #3. All Ro- Along Came Polly rant tarians are welcome. Tel. 717-8454 (Ben Stiller) Friday -Manager’s Rum Punch Party, Buddy Dive Resort 5:30-6:30 pm. Friday- Open House with Happy BONAIRE’S TRADITIONS Kaya Prinses Marie Hour at the JanArt Gallery at Kaya Mangazina di Rei, Rincon. Enjoy the Behind Exito Bakery Gloria #7, from 5-7 pm. view from “The King’s Storehouse” while Tel. 717-2400 Every day by appointment -Rooi learning about Bonaire’s history and culture Tickets - NAƒ10,50 (incl. Tax) Lamoenchi Kunuku Park Tours Au- and visit typical homes from the 17th cen- High Schoolers - NAƒ7,75 thentic Bonairean kunuku. $12 tury. Daily. Call 717-4060 or 790-2018 (NAƒ12 for Bonaire residents). Tel Go to the source. Visit the Bonaire Mu- NEW FILMS BEGIN EVERY FRIDAY 717-8489, 540-9800. seum on Kaya J. v.d. Ree, behind the Catholic Church in town. Open weekdays SATURDAY SUNDAY MATINEE 4 PM from 8 am-noon, 1:30-5 pm. Tel. 717-8868 Peter Pan FREE SLIDE/VIDEO SHOWS Washington-Slagbaai National Park, Sunday- Discover Our Diversity Museum and Visitors’ Center. Open THIS WEEK Slide Show, Buddy Dive at the pool daily 8 am-5 pm. Closed on some holi- bar, 7 pm 717-5080 days. 717-8444/785-0017 April 15-22: Dive into Earth Week Monday- Touch the Sea introduces Sunday at Cai- Live music and danc- (Day) - Check with your hotel or dive Dee Scarr’s unique perspective on ma- ing starts about 12 noon at Lac Cai. shop for activities including beach and rine animals and divers. Aquarius Con- Dance to the music of Bonaire’s most underwater cleanups. See the schedule ference Center, Captain Don’s Habitat, popular musicians. in this week’s Flotsam and Jetsam for 8:30 pm. Tel. 717-8290, or call Dee at Saturday at Rincon - Marshe Liber more details. 717-8529 (smaller markets) 8 am until 2 pm Tuesday-Fascinating Fish slide show Large market offering Rincon area Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 16, by Jessie Armacost at The Old Inn, at tours on the first Saturday of each 17 and 18, Grupo Teatral Boneriano 6 pm opposite the Plaza Resort. Each month, 10 am to 2 pm will present two plays, Spiritu den week a different show filled with fish Kas (A Ghost in the House) and E ID tips and other fascinating facts Animal Kanibal (The Animal Canni- about fish. Tel. 717-4888 CHURCH SERVICES bal) in Papiamentu. Friday & Satur- New! Wednesday– Turtle slide show International Bible Church of Bon- day, 9 pm. Sunday at 11 am, at by the STCB (Turtle Club) at the aire – Kaya Amsterdam 3 (near the traffic Movieland, Tickets are NAƒ20, sold at Buddy Dive pool Bar at 7 pm. circle) Sunday Services at 9 am; Sun- Bonaire Boekhandel, Flamingo Book- Friday- Week in Review Video Pres- day Prayer Meeting at 7:30 pm in Eng- store & office of Èxtra newspaper. entation by the Toucan Dive Shop at lish. Tel. 717-8332 the Plaza’s Tipsy Seagull , 5 pm. 717- Protestant Congregation of Bonaire. Sunday, April 18: Kite Flying Con- 2500. Wilhelminaplein. Services in Papia- test. Kòntèst di Fli: In the field behind Friday- The Captain Don Show - mentu, Dutch and English on Sundays Kooyman. Information at Flamingo Conversation, fun, yarns, a few slides. at 10 am. Thursday Prayer Meeting Book Store, Kaya Grandi 21, Tel.717- Guaranteed 85% true. Aquarius Con- and Bible Study at 8 pm. Rev. Jonk- 6586 ference Room. Captain Don's Habitat man. 717-2006 8:30 pm Tel. 717-8290 The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- COMING ter Day Saints, Kaya Sabana #26 Sun- days 8:30 - 11:30 am. Services in Saturday, April 24, Opening of VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Papiamentu, Spanish and English. Cinnamon Art Gallery. 7-9 pm. Bonaire National Marine Park 717-8444. Catholic San Bernardus in Kral- Celebration at Kaya A.P.L. Brion #1, Bonaire Animal Shelter 717-4989. endijk – Services on Sunday at 8 am located just off Kaya Grandi behind Donkey Sanctuary 560-7607. and 7 pm in Papiamentu 717-8304 . Banco di Caribe. Jong Bonaire (Youth Center) 717-4303. Saturday at 6 pm at Our Lady of Sister Maria Hoppner Home (Child Coromoto in Antriol, in English. Mass Friday, April 30: Rincon Day and the Care) Tel. 717-4181 fax 717-2844. in Papiamentu on Sunday at 9 am and Queen's Birthday, MCB Bonaire Special Olympics contact Delno 6 pm. 717-4211. Rincon Day 17 km. run, 7 am (tel. Tromp, 717-7659 Assembly of God (Asamblea di 717-8629) Dios), Kaya Triton (Den Cheffi). Ser- CLUBS and MEETINGS vices in English, Dutch & Papiamentu EVERY WEEK AA meetings - every Wednesday; Phone on Sunday at 10 am. Wednesday Sunday -Dinner and live music at 717-6105; 560-7267 or 717- 3902. Prayer Meeting at 7:30 pm. 717-2194 Chibi Chibi Restaurant at the Divi Al-Anon meetings - every Monday New Apostolic Church, Meets at Flamingo 6 to 9 pm. evening at 7 pm. Call 790-7272 Kaminda Santa Barbara #1, Sundays, Monday -Soldachi Tour of Rincon, Bridge Club - Wednesdays, 7:30 pm 9:30 am. Services in Dutch. 717-7116. the heart of Bonaire, 9 am-noon. $20- at the Union Building on Kaya * * * * * * * Call Maria 717-6435 Korona, across from the RBTT Bank Send in your events to Monday -Rum Punch Party on the and next to Kooyman’s. All levels in- The Bonaire Reporter beach at Lion’s Dive. Dutch National vited. NAƒ5 entry fee. Call Cathy 566-4056. Email [email protected] Products provides an introduction to Darts Club plays every other Sunday Tel/Fax. 717-8988, Cel. 791-7252 Time Sharing and how to save on your at City Café. Registration at 4, games next vacation. 6:15 to 7 pm at 5. Tel. 717-2950, 560-7539.

page 15 them, of having breakfast before going to jam. Of course you can vary your selec- school? tion with whole wheat crackers or whole Eating at school break should not be con- wheat pancakes or whole wheat arepas. sidered breakfast, because half of the Other substitutions for bread can be: low school time has already passed by. And fat yogurt or low fat milk with cornflakes school break means having an or whole wheat cereals, yogurt with fruit, “inbetween” or snack, like fruit, juice, or porridge made of low fat milk. or nearly six years I’ve been giving Why is breakfast crackers or one slice of bread and not F healthy nutrition lessons to the chil- so important for breakfast, which is a meal. For those children who are not used to dren at the basic schools. One of the bad everyone, but eating breakfast, you don’t have to start habits that I notice in every one of the especially for the What is considered a immediately with a big breakfast consist- classes at every school is that a lot of the kids? healthy breakfast ? ing of bread. Start with a children skip their breakfast. This is a bad Between the last A healthy breakfast may small breakfast to en- habit that is growing all over the world, meal from the consist of bread, crackers, courage them, step by Angélique Salsbach and our island is no exception. In Amer- night before and grains, cereals, fruits, milk step, to get into the good ica and the Netherlands they’ve started breakfast the fol- products or breakfast drinks. habit of having breakfast. this year with campaigns at school to en- lowing morning there lies a period of 12 Try to also introduce brown You can start with small courage children to eat breakfast. to 14 hours. That last meal of the night bread to the kids. Bread, espe- meals like: a glass of before has, by breakfast time, already cially brown bread, contains low fat milk or one Why do I call this a bad habit? been digested, and the body is ready to more fiber, vitamins and min- fruit or two to three Because when you ask the kids why they receive new energy and nutrients. When a erals than white bread. As a slices of crackers or a don’t have breakfast, the answers you get child skips breakfast, his or her concentra- spread on the bread you can glass of 100% juice or are: tion capacity is much lower than when use diet halvarine or marga- what we know nowadays as • there is no time having breakfast. Moreover, when skip- rine. These spreads are breakfast drink meals, yo- • I’m not used to having breakfast, so I ping breakfast it is impossible to catch up sources of Vitamins A, D and E. ghurt drinkontbijt or wake- have no appetite in the morning on the required nutrients for the day. A Avoid using butter on bread for the kids. up drinkontbijt . Remember, just tea is not child can lose 20% of his required nutri- Butter is very high in saturated fat (which a breakfast! These reasons have everything to do with ents by not eating breakfast. We don’t can increase blood cholesterol) and hal- Also take time to have sit down and have habit. Most of these kids create these hab- have to emphasize the importance of con- varine or margarine is a rich source of breakfast at a table. Have a nice start of its because at home they didn’t grow up centration and effort that five hours of unsaturated fat (which prevents high having breakfast again. having breakfast with the whole family school requires of a child. blood cholesterol). Choose low fat lunch- Angélique Salsbach together at the table before leaving the So, doesn’t the child need his or her eon meats, low fat cheese or low sugar house for work or school. Those old valu- breakfast to perform well at school? Isn’t able habits are fading away in today’s this the reason that we send a child to Angélique Salsbach, a dietitian with Bonaire’s Department of Health and Hygiene, has a society. school? So why as parents and educators radio program every other Tuesday 9 to 9:30 on Bon FM. Her patients successfully win the don’t we encourage this good habit in battle of the bulge and become healthier! Write her at [email protected]

AIRLINES DIVING REPAIRS BonairExel. Bonaire’s own ON TIME airline flying be- Carib Inn is the popular 10-room inn with top-notch Bon Handyman is here if you need something fixed or tween Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba. Look for The Bon- dive shop and well stocked retail store. Best book trade on built. Ultra reliable, honest and experienced. Electrical, aire Reporter on board. Bonaire. Reasonable prices on regulator repair, dive com- plumbing, woodworking, etc. puter H.Q. RESORTS & ACTIVITIES APPLIANCES/FURNITURE/COMPUTERS Buddy Dive Resort offers diving, Adventure Fun tours City Shop is Bonaire’s mega-store for TV, Stereos, Air Dive Inn Seven studio apartments and dive shop/ including kayaking, mountain biking, cave snorkeling conditioning, large and small kitchen appliances. Name school directly on the waterfront in the heart of town. and exploration. brands, guarantees and service center. Friendly, highly experienced with an exceptional staff. SECURITY BANKS FITNESS Special Security Services will provide that extra meas- Maduro and Curiel’s Bank provides the greatest num- Bonfysio offers comprehensive fitness programs to ure of protection when you need it. Always reliable. Call ber of services, branches and ATMs of any Bonaire bank. suit your needs whether they be weight loss, sports or just 717-8125. They also offer investments and insurance. keeping in shape. Convenient schedule. SHIPPING BEAUTY PARLOR Fit 4 Life at the Plaza Resort Mall. Classes in Pi- Rocargo Freight Air and sea shipments in/out of Bon- Hair Affair. Expert hair cutting, styling, facials, wax- lates, Aerobics, TaeBo and more. Professional trainers, aire. Customs agents. Professional and efficient. FedEx ing and professional nail care. fitness machines and classes for all levels. agent. Call 717-8922/8033.

BICYCLE / SCOOTER/ QUADS GARDEN SUPPLIES AND SERVICES SUPERMARKETS De Freewieler rents great scooters and quads. They can Green Label has everything you need to start or maintain Tropical Flamingo is convenient, clean, modern, effi- also professionally repair almost anything on two wheels. your garden. They can design, install and maintain it and cient and has the lowest prices on Bonaire. Located be- Top brand bikes for sale too. offer plants, irrigation supplies and garden chemicals. hind NAPA. Visit Warehouse Bonaire to shop in a large, spotless BOOKS GIFTS - SOUVENIRS - LIQUORS supermarket. You’ll find American and European brand Watercolours Bonaire and Eye on Aruba, Bonaire, The Bonaire Gift Shop has a big selection of what products. THE market for provisioning. Curaçao are the most original ways to remember Bon- you need to enjoy Bonaire and remember it when you get aire and the islands at their best. At Photo Tours and home. Digital cameras and watches a specialty. TOYS AND GAMES many other island shops. Laur’an is a store dedicated to providing quality toys Bonaire Diving Made Easy, Third Edition, is an essen- HOTELS and games to Bonaire. Find them on Kaya Gerharts in the tial in your dive bag. The latest information on Bonaire’s Friars’ Inn, downtown Kralendijk, offers rooms and Lourdes Shopping Mall shore dive sites. breakfast at Bonaire’s lowest prices. Great for tourists or when visiting family and friends. WATER TAXI BOATING / REPAIRS/ SUPPLIES Get to Klein Bonaire by Ferry. Call Bonaire Nautico at Bonaire Nautico for low cost dockside mooring in the METALWORK AND MACHINE SHOP 560-7254. Ride the Kantika di Amor or Skiffy. Hotel heart of Kralendijk. Ferry to Klein. Boat Rentals. b c b- Botterop Construction Bonaire N.V., offers pickup too. outstanding fabrication of all metal products, including BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION stainless. Complete machine shop too. WINES APA Construction are professional General Antillean Wine Company. You’ve tried the rest; now Contractors. They also specialize in creating patios and PHOTO FINISHING try the best: best prices, highest quality wines from walkways with fabulous sprayed and stamped concrete Paradise Photo in the Galeries Shopping Center offers around the world, kept in a cooled warehouse. Free deliv- pavement. fast, fine processing for prints and slides plus a variety of ery. items and services for your picture-taking pleasure. YOGA CLEANING SERVICE REAL ESTATE / RENTAL AGENTS Yoga For You. Join certified instructors Desireé and Conetal Cleaning Service cleans homes, apartments, Harbourtown Real Estate is Bonaire’s oldest real Don at Jong Bonaire for a workout that will refresh mind offices. Offers babysitting, gardening, laundry. estate agent. They specialize in professional customer and body. Private lessons too. services and top notch properties. CYBER CAFES TAKE BONAIRE HOME WITH YOU The Seahorse Cyber Café has cyber facilities. See Res- Re/Max Paradise Homes: International/US connec- Subscribe to the weekly Bonaire Reporter taurant Guide. tions. 5% of profits donated to local community. A full By mail, $95/year On-line edition, $35/year. service realtor. Call (599) 717-8988, Kaya Gob Debrot 200 DENTURES email [email protected] All Dentures Lab. For denture repair or new ones. All Sunbelt Realty offers full real estate, rental, and insur- work done on the island, fast results. Owner-operator ance services. If you want a home or to invest in Bonaire, ATTENTION BUSINESSMEN: denturist. Repairs while you wait. stop in and see them. Put your ad in The Bonaire Reporter. The most advertising for your guilder. Contact The Reporter TODAY Phone/Fax 717-8988, Cel 791-7252 page 16

ER OV C RY and start from Lac Bay. TO S Larry himself is well known on Bonaire. His ourteen green tur- F tles, four tarpon, a background is that of a rocketing barracuda, a Canadian Army combat giant grouper, uncount- diver and instructor and able fish and unspoiled commercial diver. Be- coral greeted the first ginning in 1999 he guests, a family of four worked as a dive instruc- staying at the Sand Dol- tor at Carib Inn. Later he lar Resort, aboard did escorted dives using Larry’s Shore and his own comfortable Wildside Diving’s new cabin cruiser. But the boat. That’s more than cozy cruiser couldn’t some divers see in a deal with the conditions week. Why? Because on the wild side. they were diving on the Enter a Zodiac 920 Hur- Dive legend Captain Don Stewart congratulated usually rough windward ricane, a 30’ (9.14m.) Larry on his new venture. Don said the tubes of the side of Bonaire. screamer of a dive boat, Zodiac reminded him of the ill fated Sterke Yerke. There are no resorts on 10.4 ft. (3.18m) wide, that side of Bonaire that with twin 225 hp Yamaha 4-stroke low pollution outboards. During a shakedown faces the unbroken cruise it went from Lac Bay to Kralendijk in 30 minutes. It’s so buoyant it can float swells that roll in from with all seven of its chambers deflated and is rated to carry 30 persons! But Larry will limit his trips to just 12. Africa, driven by the Larry and Janice on Wildside Bonaire constant trade winds. While safety is the number one issue, comfort is also considered. Hendrik Wuyts, No building could long the well-known ScubaVision videographer, found it quite easy riding on a recent survive. Except for some very fit macho types the only opportunities for safely and underwater video exploration. Among the first discoveries is a previously un- comfortably diving “the wild side” were when the trades died down for a few days. known pinnacle rising from the depths to within 50 feet (15m.) of the surface. The But those times are usually many months apart and of short duration. That is until GPS aboard Larry’s boat will allow him to find it again with pinpoint accuracy. now. The boat, Wildside Bonaire, was christened last Friday with lots of fanfare and Larry Baillie figured out how to do it: Get a wide, rigid hull inflatable boat, the guests at Dive and Discover next to Sand Dollar. It marks a new era in diving op- type used by military, law enforcement and rescue groups. Equip it with every con- portunities on Bonaire and a chance to explore a whole new area. ceivable safety element known to the dive industry, escort the divers if necessary You can book a trip by calling 717-5426 or 790-9156. G.D.

RESTAURANT PRICE RANGE / WHEN OPEN FEATURES

Bella Vista Restaurant Moderate Magnificent Theme Nights: Sunday: Beach Grill; Wednesday: Sea Side Restaurant at Buddy Dive Resort Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Mexican Night; Friday: Manager’s Rum Punch Party and All-You- 717-5080, ext. 535 Open every day Can-Eat B.B.Q

The Blue Moon- Early Bird Special! before 7 pm Moderate-Expensive Master Chef Martin Bouwmester of the award-winning Culinary Sea Side Restaurant—Waterfront on the Promenade Dinner Inexpensive bar menu Team guarantees a superb dining experience. His menu is 717-8617 Closed Wednesdays innovative, creative and sumptuous.

Moderate After your warm welcome from owner-chef-hostess Lucille you’ll Chez Lucille Dinner 6 to 10 pm be enthralled with a menu that combines the familiar and the exotic. Kaya C.E.B. Hellmund 19, Waterfront, 717-7884 Closed Sundays In an historic waterfront home and garden.

Chibi Chibi Restaurant and Bar Moderate-Expensive Sit over the water in the most charming and colorful building on the At the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort. Waterfront Lunch and Dinner waterfront. Fine service with a broad menu to suit every taste. 717-8285 Open 7 days Special menus often offered. Live music Sundays. Skilled chefs direct from Tuscany prepare exquisite dishes. Croccantino Italian Restaurant Moderate-Expensive Authentic ingredients and romantic setting make dining a total Downtown at Kaya Grandi 48 Dinner delight. Get served in a garden settings under floating umbrellas 717-5025 Closed Monday or in air-conditioned comfort.

Garden Café Moderate Finely prepared Middle Eastern cuisine plus Venezuelan specialties. Kaya Grandi 59 $5 to $20 Excellent vegetarian selections. 717-3410 Dinner Pizza and BBQ.

La Balandra Moderate Cuisine by Chef Alberto Roldan of the Bonaire Culinary Team. On the Water at the Harbour Village Resort Breakfast-Lunch If you are using the NAƒ25 Beach Pass, a NAƒ15 credit is given for 717-7500, ext 62; 785-0902 Special Dinners on Friday, Sunday meals Bonaire’s best seaside location?

The Last Bite Bakery Low-Moderate Enjoy a delicious dessert or savory baked meal in the comfort of 717-3293 Orders taken 8 am-4 pm your home or resort. This unique bakery offers gourmet class Home Delivery or Take Out Closed Sunday items -always from scratch- for take out or delivery only.

The Lions Den Beach Bar And Restaurant Moderate-Expensive Spectacular setting overlooking dive sites and Klein Bonaire. On the sea at Lions Dive 717-3400 Dinner Imaginative menu, open kitchen. 717-6616 Open 7 Days Owned and operated by Kirk Gosden.

The Lost Penguin Low-Moderate Watch the bustle of downtown from this street side Caribbean-style Across from MCB Bank in downtown Kralendijk Breakfast, Lunch, Early Dinner bistro owned and run by a European educated Master Chef Call 717-8003 Closed Tuesdays and his wife.

Pasa Bon Pizza On Kaya Gob. Debrot Low-Moderate Bonaire’s best. The Real Thing! Freshly prepared pizzas made with the ½ mile north of town center. 790-1111 Open from 5-11 pm Wed-Sunday finest ingredients. Salads, desserts. Eat in or take away. Nice bar too. Call ahead to eat-in or take out 790-1111

The Seahorse Cyber Café Low-Moderate Tasty breakfasts, pastries, fresh tropical juices, homemade bread, Kaya Grandi #6 Open 7 am - 7 pm Closed Sunday Fam- special sandwiches, delicious desserts and much more make this a Phone 717-4888 ily Happy Hour Friday, 5-7 favorite indoor/outdoor stopping place on Bonaire’s main street

page 17 Bonaire made in 1947 and they had a talk on COUNTDOWN conserving documents and photography. TO THE Museums they visited were: Ft. Church DIVE FESTIVAL Protestant Museum, Stamp Museum, Mari-

time Museum, Jewish Museum, Telecom- 46 DAYS TO GO munication Museum, National Archives,

National Museum Offices, Kura Hulanda, ut on your fins and get ready to have Curacao Museum, Kas di Pali Maishi. One of the students, Stephanie Antonio, was P fun and get wet. Coming up is the extremely enthusiastic about the trip. Eighth Annual Bonaire Dive Festival, “Everything was so well organized,” she June 5 – 19, 2004. Expanded from one to said. “People knew we were coming. My two weeks to give participants more free- favorite was the Maritime Museum because dom and flexibility to enjoy Bonaire, this it was so big and so very beautiful.” year’s Festival will offer fun and educa- Dr. Haviser declares, “These students were tional activities including guided dives, mature, responsible and disciplined. It was a BBQs with live music, A Taste of Bon- good experience for them because of the aire food and cultural festival and the way they acted. They asked good questions. highlight of the event, two evening pres- This was as much a life learning experience entations by the Festival’s featured as an academic one. The bottom line is if speaker, Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson you give teens the responsibility they’ll take of legendary Captain Jacques-Yves Cous- it and most do a good job. Give them more teau. responsibility to do responsible actions. This And there’s NO signup fee as in past builds better adults.” years. The program begun by Jay Haviser is a pilot Philippe’s presentations will take place on program for the rest of the Antilles and has the evenings of June 7th and June 14th at been going for about a year. In that time it’s Captain Don’s Habitat. As part of his been a good academic, social and personal presentations Philippe will speak about success for the students, according to Dr. the responsibility that people have to be Haviser. It’s funded by the Central and Is- caretakers of our planet and that the role The Bonai group in front of the National Archives land Governments as well as the Prince Ber- divers in particular have to be ambassa- ourteen students of the Bonai group school program with Dr. Haviser: cultural nard Culture Funds and AMFO (a Dutch dors to the oceans. He will share ways in F spent two days in Curaçao visiting anthropology, pre-Colombian archeology, foundation). It’s a two- to three-year project, which divers can become more informed and assessing 10 different museums, from historical archeology. This is the fourth with new students entering the program as about everyday things they do to have a the most modest to the most opulent, includ- module, museum exhibitions. “The bottom the older ones leave. Jay continues, “The lasting, positive impact and will touch ing the National Archives. The Bonai group line is scientific method: how to observe, bonding going on in this group will most upon his own efforts to protect and pre- is made up of SGB (high school) students, analyze and evaluate,” he says. likely have a very positive influence in their serve our planet through his work as 15 to 18 years old, who are of different eth- Jackie Bernabella, a museum expert work- future role in the Bonaire community. President of EARTHECHO International nic groups but who are living in Bonaire. As ing for SKAL, accompanied the group. She There’s pride, identity, bonding, a sense of and its project like the Coral Reef Resto- the leader, Dr. Jay Haviser puts it, “They are designed an observation form for the stu- responsibility. I’m so proud of these kids. ration Initiative. In Bonaire for the dura- motivated kids with a good academic stand- dents where in each museum they rated, for They inspire me, not only for Bonaire but tion of the Dive Festival Philippe will ing, and the program’s aim is to stimulate example, lighting, display, cost, showcases, for the whole Antilles. And having so many also lead guided dives with Festival par- youth to go into science. This trip was cre- and security. According to Dr. Haviser these different ethnic groups represented within ticipants. ated because, as Dr. Haviser says, “I were extremely intensive work days. The the group is especially exciting. What’s an Pass by the downtown TCB office to get wanted to give them a life experience that group spent at least one hour at each mu- example of such and such from Holland, more information. Or check out the web- they’ll remember for a long time and how to seum, evaluating and discussing. At the Na- Venezuela, China? I’ll bet that in 20 years site at: www.bonairedivefestival.com. be mature adult citizens.” tional Archives they were given a full pres- you’ll see these same students as the leaders G.D. The students have been studying in an after- entation. They saw a documentary film on of the community in Bonaire.” L.D.

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*to find it, just look up For the week: April 16 to April 23, 2004 By Astrologer Michael Thiessen

ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You will be erratic and quite likely to make personal mistakes. You'll find you're detail oriented this week. Try to control your irritability if you're experiencing emotional problems with your partner. You have two choices: get out on your own or bend to your mate's whims. Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Be cautious when dealing with foreigners. Try to keep ahead of the game. Tempers may flare if you haven't been completely honest about your intentions or your whereabouts. Get involved in activities that will bring you knowledge about foreign lands, philosophies, or cultures. Your lucky day this week will be Monday. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Opportunities to upgrade your living standards will come through your lover or through joint financial investments. You will learn easily if you put forth an effort. You are best to avoid such unsavory circumstances, espe- Moon in Pleiades cially if you're in a group situation. Your emotions will be touched off concerning recent encounters with your lover. Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Pay attention to small but important details. You may want to take a trip; however, before you do, make sure that your car is serviced prop- "Celebrate National Astronomy Day Saturday April 24th erly. Do not get involved with individuals who are already committed to others. Be and Watch the Moon Visit Three Planets During Astronomy Week" careful that you don't overextend yourself. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You're likely to encounter new partners if you take short ark Saturday, April 24th, on your calendar as National Astronomy Day for 2004. trips. Double check your work and be sure that your boss is in a good mood before And also mark that week as the time to watch a growing crescent Moon visit M you do your presentation. Direct your energy into physical entertainment. Ask family three planets with, as a spectacular finale, a pairing with the ringed planet Saturn on astronomy day night. On April 21st, just after sunset, face west where you'll see an ex- members for help and you will be able to complete the projects more quickly. Your quisite two-day-old crescent Moon parked right next to the little group of stars called lucky day this week will be Tuesday. The Pleiades, The Seven Sisters, which through a pair of binoculars looks something VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Emotional matters may not be easy for you to handle. like a tiny dipper. Plus you'll also notice one of my favorite lunar phenomena called New friendships will develop through group events. Get the red tape and the un- Earthshine. wanted paperwork out of the way. You can look around for the right place and enlist Indeed if you look closely at the Moon you will see what looks like a black full Moon some of your friends to help you move. Your lucky day this week will be Friday. nestled inside the bright crescent. We call it Earthshine because that's exactly what LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You can get into self awareness groups or look into causes it. You see, when we look at the bright crescent part of the Moon we are actu- physical enhancement programs. You can make money through your creative efforts. ally seeing sunlight bouncing directly off the Moon to Earth. But that black, dark, al- Nagging has never been something that you could tolerate, and it's once again driv- most full Moon within the crescent is created by sunlight bouncing off the bright cloud ing you into a lonely state of affairs. Don't be afraid of opposition; your suggestions layers and oceans of our Earth onto the dark portion of the Moon and then bouncing are valid. Your lucky day this week will be Friday. back to Earth again, thus the term Earthshine. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Get the whole family involved in a worthwhile cause Now the following night, Thursday, the 22nd, a slightly larger crescent Moon complete or cultural event. You will want to take off and have some recreation. Start sending with Earthshine will be parked right underneath the most dazzling of all the planets out those resumes. Don't be too confident that co-workers are on your side. Your which will reach its greatest brilliancy in less than three weeks on May 2nd: our nearest lucky day this week will be Tuesday. planetary neighbor, 8,000-mile-wide Venus. And if you look just up and to Venus' left SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You need to be active and spend time with you'll see the reddish-orange planet which last August was over 63 times brighter than friends you enjoy. Your emotional partner will push all the right buttons this week. it is right now: very dim and very distant 4,000-mile-wide Mars, the planet which is Don't be too quick to react. You may feel that someone at work is holding you back. playing host to two emissary rovers from planet Earth. In fact on the next night, Friday Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. the 23rd, a slightly larger Moon with Earthshine will be parked right above this intrigu- CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Direct your energy wisely this week. Anger will ing red planet. But then on the next night, Saturday April 24th, National Astronomy prevail if you expect help from others. Refuse to let others make unrealistic demands Day night, an outrageously beautiful crescent Moon will be parked just to the side of of you. You will enjoy interacting with those who come from different backgrounds. the most beautiful planet in our solar system, 75,000-mile-wide, ringed Saturn, which Your outgoing charm and obvious talent will be admired. Your lucky day this week is almost as good as it ever gets for viewing right now because its rings are tilted wide will be Saturday. open and reflect light like a giant mirror back to our Earth. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Keep a lookout for any individuals eager to confront Once again: Wednesday, the Moon and The Pleiades; Thursday, the Moon underneath you with unsavory situations. You might have some problems balancing your books. Venus; Friday, the Moon just above Mars; and for Saturday Astronomy Day night, the Your intellectual charm will entice new love interests. Use your better judgment be- Moon right next to Saturn. Wow! The Moon and Saturn together on Astronomy Day fore you sign up for a costly venture. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday. night! It just doesn't get any better than this. Jack Horkheimer PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You need to take some time out to decide what you want to do. Social activity should be on your agenda. Clear up domestic chores that Moon Info Last Quarter on April 12th New Moon on April 19th have remained undone for some time. You can make it up to them later. Your lucky day this week will be Monday. First Quarter Moon occurs on April 27th. Full Moon on May 4th .

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