Bush Tea Party
Friday 31 December 2004
On Old Year's Night Jicky will be hosting a Bush Tea Party at Madison Square. Everyone is invited to come along at 8 pm to sample bush teas and coffee with buns, cheese, sausages, and ham rolls.
barbudaful news from December 2004
Fun and laughter raises $3000+
Friday 24 December 2004
On Christmas Eve the Barbuda Library Association held its annual fundraising drive at Madison. As always the event was extremely popular - with food for sale and entertainment from a stage built in the square. Members of the community and Antiguans donated the food. The entertainment programme emphasised fun and laughter, including skits, songs, dancing, and stories of Christmas past. Many thanks for the wonderful efforts of Frances Beazer, Bernita Myra Askie, Cleo Isaac, Keisha Deazle, and the Reverend Patrick Thomas, which raised more than EC$3000.
The next fundraising event is a raffle on 14 February 2005.
The architectural drawings for the community library should be finished by the end of February 2005, thus allowing the foundations to be laid by mid-2005. The site is already fenced and the ground is being cleared.
The Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, features in the photograph on the filing cabinet.
Treat for Sick and Shut-ins
Wednesday 22 December 2004
Jicky will be providing buns, sausages, cheese, ham rolls, and orange juice for the sick and shut-ins.
Children's Party
Monday 20 December 2004
Jicky will be holding a treat for children at Madison Square. All children should come along at 3 pm for buns, butter, and cheese, sausages and ham rolls, with fruit punch and other local drinks.
Porridge Party
Wednesday 15 December 2004
Come along at 7.30 pm to Madison Square to sample Jicky's traditional Christmas feast. He will have porridge made from rice, cornmeal, white flour, custard, Cream of Wheat, and oats.
Basketball Youth Camp
Monday 13, Tuesday 14, and Wednesday 15 December 2004
he Barbuda Council will be holding a basketball camp for boys and girls under the age of 20. The camp will be held at the basketball court from 9 am until 12 noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm daily. Mitchie David and the other Barbuda Council coaches will be conducting the sessions. The camp costs $5 for each of the three days.
Lecture on breast cancer
Friday 10 December 2004
The general public are invited to attend a lecture on breast examination and breast cancer by Dr Christopher Davies, the volunteer doctor at the Hanna Thomas Hospital.
The lecture will take place at 11 am at the hospital. Please make a special effort to attend.
HTS Graduation 2004
Thursday 9 December 2004
The Holy Trinity School will be holding its 2004 Graduation during the last week of the Christmas term. The graduates are Eldene Beazer, Joel Beazer, Leonard Desouza, Bethsheba Gray, Devin Jeffrey, Alia Jones, Andrea Lee, Terry Teague, Zane Teague, and Ransford Walbrook. The ceremony includes a Charge to the Graduates delivered by a past student, the award of Student of the Year, and presentations to the parents and guardians of the graduates. The graduates are organising a ball in the evening.
The Graduation is being organised by a committee of teachers - Lesley Watkins (Chairperson), Michelle François, Rexford Harry, Eartha James, Mitchell Lynch, and Sandra Mussington.
Sitting of the Magistrate's Court
Monday 6, Tuesday 7, and Wednesday 8 December 2004
There will be a sitting of the Barbuda Magistrates' Court from 6 to 8 December. The sitting begins at 9 am daily.
CREP Public Meeting
Thursday 2 December 2004
The Amenity Area Stakeholder Board of the Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme (CREP) will be holding a public meeting at 6 pm at Madison Square. The community will be updated on the Codrington Lagoon project, the CREP demonstration site, and what CREP will mean for stakeholders in this programme. The Stakeholder Board will be introduced and members will explain the benefit from the project for each group of stakeholders.