Off-Season Publishing Begins. Next Issue: August 10-23. July 27-August 9, 2015 © Copyright 2015 Sean Downes, 19, Charged in Assault on Tommy Farrell Downes faced similar charges in Florida — INSIDE ON PAGE 4 Family and Physician Want Info Report Reveals From VIPD Five-fold Increase on Privateer in Vehicles in St. Murder Case John Rental Fleet Page 5 Page 6 30-Day Notice Paving Way for Abandoned Vessels Removal Fifth Annual in Coral Harbor St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tom Oat Page 7 St. John Chaotic Tennis Fundraiser All Coral Harbor Docks Must Go!!! Kayak Race Set Officials of the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources, DPNR notified nd for Noah Gessner Moravian Church Council officials the floating docks which serve the Coral Harbor boating for August 2 th community are not permitted and must be removed, according to Moravian Council Page 10 Is August 8 at representative Samuel Rhymer. The historic stone pier, foreground, will remain. STORIES AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 2-3. Cruz Bay Courts LETTERS: PGS 14-18 Page 9 PGU INSURANCE SERVICES AUTO • HOME Serving the Community Since 1972 COMMERICAL PROPERTY Lumber Yard Business Center, St. John, VI (340) 776-6403 Email: [email protected] Web: www.pguinsurance.com CASUALTY • BONDS 2 St. John Tradewinds, July 27-August 9, 2015 KATS Can Stay Tourism Office Undergoing Renovations The Department of Tourism St. John Administrative Office in Cruz Bay will be closed July 27 to August 2, 2015 for renovation. The office will reopen on Monday, August 3. In the interim, calls can be directed to the St. Thomas office, 774-8784. Holy Ghost Gospel Crusade July 26-31 The Holy Ghost Gospel Crusade will be bringing the Interces- sors International Ministries Inc. Holy Ghost Gospel Crusade to the Winston Wells Ball Park. The March for change on July 26 will begin at Mongoose Junc- tion at 5 p.m. and proceed to the Winston Wells Ball Park through Cruz Bay. The crusade will continue through July 31. Barbecue Night at Bethany Moravian Barbecue Night at Bethany is Friday, July 31, at 6 p.m. Tickets are available from church members or call 340-776- 6291 or e-mail [email protected]. The menu will include steak, fish, chicken and all the side dishes you can eat! “To whoever much is given, of him will much be required....” – Luke 12:48 Kick Em Jenny Volcanic Activity Is No Imminent Threat to the USVI St. John Tradewinds ST. JOHN — NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center at Alaska and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Hawaii are St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tom Oat continuously monitoring seismic activity and tide gauges near the Kick’ Em Jenny volcano, located approximately 5 miles north of The Moravian Church Council of the V.I. is waiting to hear from the beloved Kids Grenada. And The Sea (KATS) sailing program to arrange for the continued use of the Coral The volcano “currently poses NO imminent threat to the US Harbor waterfront owned by the Moravian Church and leased for development, Virgin Islands,” officials announced July 24. according to Moravian Council official Sam Rymer. “There is no imminent threat from the volcano in terms of “They just have to get in touch with me,” Rymer told St. John Tradewinds on July tsunami generation for the US Virgin Islands,” said Christa von 22. The historic KATS program has been a fixture in the Coral Harbor waterfront for Hillebrandt-Andrade, Manager of the NOAA-NWS Caribbean decades teaching young sailors sailing and water safety. Early boats in the KATS Tsunami Warning Program at Puerto Rico, during a conference call with VITEMA Director Mona Barnes. “This volcano is quite fleet still can be found along the shoreline Moravian Church Council-held property, a ways below water and it would take quite a powerful eruption above. for it to generate a tsunami.” If there is a threat to the Territory, the tsunami warning centers are prepared to immediately make contact with VITEMA’s 911 Emergency Communications Centers, according to Hillebrandt- Andrade. TRADEWINDS PUBLISHING LLC “At this time, there is no need for panic. There is no threat of The Community Newspaper Since 1972 a tsunami,” Barnes said. “But we are asking the public to monitor news reports about Kick’ Em Jenny volcanic activity.” VITEMA will remain in close contact with NOAA officials PUBLISHER NEWSLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS MaLinda Nelson (340) 776-6496 U.S. & U.S.V.I. only and that the Agency is also continuously monitoring reports of [email protected] www.tradewinds.vi $90.00 per year Kick ‘Em Jenny volcanic activity, Barnes added. [email protected] email: [email protected] On Thursday, July 23, the University of the West Indies Seis- EDITOR mic Research Centre (SRC) reported that from 1:25 a.m to 3 a.m., Tom Oat ADVERTISING THIRD CLASS PERMIT [email protected] [email protected] U.S. Postage PAID a strong continuous signal was observed on instruments monitor- Permit No. 3 ing the Kick ‘Em Jenny submarine volcano WRITERS MAILING ADDRESS St. John, VI 00831 Signs of elevated seismicity (earthquakes) began on July 11 Amy Roberts, Judi Shimel, Tradewinds Publishing LLC and has continued throughout the day July 24. According to the Raven Philips P.O. Box 1500 © COPYRIGHT 2015 St. John, VI 00831 All rights reserved. No reproduction center. There have also been observations from divers of degas- CONTRIBUTORS of news stories, letters, columns, sing occurring off the west coast of Grenada in the Moliniere Yelena Rogers, Andrew Rutnik, CIRCULATION photographs or advertisements Sculpture Park area. Jack Brown, Mares Crane, Call the newsline to be added allowed without written permission VITEMA will provide updates as more information becomes Bob Malacarne, Bill Stelzer as a newsstand outlet from the publisher. available. St. John Tradewinds, July 27-August 9, 2015 3 All Coral Harbor Docks Must Go!!! By TOM OAT rina on land that is owned by the St. John Tradewinds church council and the neighbor- CORAL BAY — After a site ing property leased from the V.I. visit by officials of the V.I. Depart- Government which had become an ment of Planning and Natural Re- unregulated public parking lot. sources, DPNR notified Moravian The Moravian Council’s appli- Church Council officials the float- cation for a zone change for some ing docks which serve the Coral of the property involved in the Harbor boating community are not mixed-use development planned permitted and must be removed, by for the council’s waterfront according to Moravian Council property and the V.I. parcel was representative Samuel Rymer. withdrawn from consideration by The Moravian Council repre- a V.I. Senate Committee of the sentative also posted the adjoining Whole meeting on St. John in mid- paved government parcel behind July without explanation. the V.I. Fire Service Coral Bay Although the posted Notice station that has been leased for the sign is undated, the Moravian project which includes abutting Council’s Rymer told St. John church property. Tradewinds the 30-day notice pe- Rymer apparently conducted riod commenced as soon as the an unpublicized meeting with Cor- Notice was posted. Several ve- al Bay boating community repre- hicles were reported towed from sentatives as the property was be- the property before the remaining ing posted. St. John Tradewinds trailers and moveable cars were was not informed of the meeting quickly removed by responsible at Skinny Legs in Coral Bay by parties. Rymer or community members Boating community leaders, early in the week of July 20. meanwhile, were seeking a new Rymer subsequently notified location for the 30-foot-plus ex- St. John Tradewinds that DPNR tension of the historic stone pier recently had conducted a site visit on the Moravian property shore- St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Tom Oat of the shoreline property to review line which DPNR officials said the Moravian Church of the V.I. the church council had to remove Although the Notice sign, below, is undated, the Moravian Council’s Rymer told St. permit application for a mixed-use as part of its marina development John Tradewinds the 30-day notice period would commence as soon as a photo of the development which includes a ma- permit application process. Notice, which was posted on or about July 21, is published in this edition of St. John Tradewinds. No Parking Notice Posted — and Enforced INDEX By TOM OAT vian Church Council property Business Directory ..............20 St. John Tradewinds manager Samuel Rymer told St. Church Directory .................18 CORAL BAY — The Mora- John Tradewinds. Classified Ads .....................21 vian Church Council of the Virgin The Moravian Church Coun- Community Calendar ..........16 Islands wasted no time in post- cil officials and the developers Crossword Puzzle ...............20 ing a notice on July 22 that they also plan to meet further with the Cryptoquip ...........................19 were re-taking control of the V.I. owners of Skinny Legs restaurant Letters ............................14-18 Government-owned property be- concerning parking for the iconic On the Market .....................13 tween Skinny Legs and the Coral burger joint and tourist attraction, Real Estate ....................22-23 Bay Fire Station and the shut- according to Rymer. tered Guy H. Benjamin School in “We can work something out,” Coral Bay and immediately tow- the Moravian Church Council th ing abandoned vehicles parked on official said of the parking area Thursday, August 6 the property which is leased to the that is V.I. public property that is Moravian Church and slated for leased to the council and sublet to development. the developers proposing a marina A few vehicles were towed and condominium development before residents arrived to re- on public lot and the neighboring move others, including boat trail- Moravian Church Council prop- ers stored on the open land, Mora- erty along the shoreline.