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Vol. 4, Issue 24 - Price: £1 Thursday 3 September 2015“serving St Helena and her community worldwide”

SENTINELTHE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd.

ON THE GRIDSAMS gets fi rst offi cial mobile call

On Tuesday morning the CEO of Sure, Hensil O’Bey, called the SAMS Radio 1 studio. This in itself was not unusual, but what was unique was where and how he phoned in. Mr O’Bey was in the middle of the Grand Parade in Jamestown calling off a mobile phone. He had a relaxed chat with Sunrise presenter Luke Bennett, and praised Sure for their efforts: “It’s a lot of work that’s going on behind the scenes [...] the networks team has done a wonderful job here on the island to make sure

that we are actually at this point right now.” Mr O’Bey said that mobile phone number will start with either a fi ve or a six, and that customers will get a small box with a mobile phone and a SIM card in when they buy a deal from Sure. Unfortunately there are still some issues to fi ne tune before the network can be offi cially launched but, with Sure promising customers a connection during the month of September, there should not be long left.

August Graham, SAMS

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Hard Work Pays off for

Sure

Sure CEO Hensil O’Bey Making the First Offi cial Test Call to SAMS Radio 1

Undecided what phone or what mobile package is for you? See pages 16 &17

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Scouts Fun Day 2015 Richard Wallis, SAMS

On Sunday the St Helena Scouts held their biggest fundraising event of the year at the Mule Yard in Jamestown. Many families took advantage of the fi ne weather and joined in with the day. There was live music and an open bar for the adults, with plenty laid on for the children. Volunteers were out in force manning the stalls offering games, face painting, tombola’s and other attractions. One of the main attractions of the day was a grand Raffl e for a 40 inch TV that had been donated by the RMS St Helena. That raffl e was not drawn on the day and members of the public still have a chance to buy tickets for the next fortnight.

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Star Gazing Soon to be potential tourist attraction

The Tourism Association has been busy over the last year with projects aimed at in-creasing tourism on St Helena, encouraging more people to visit the island to experience its natural beauty.One of the current is called the ‘Dark Skies Project’ where tourists can visit St Helena to gaze at the stars. In 2013 astronomer Steve Owens visited the island to carry out an audit on the night sky measuring darkness and tak-ing 360-degree photos. St Helena’s night sky was classed as ‘Gold Standard’ meaning that our island sky is of a high quality. The Tour-ism Association hopes to get International Ac-creditation through the National Dark Skies Association, creating global publicity for St Helena. Chair of the Tourism Association Vince Thompson told The Sentinel, “Star gazing adds to what the island has to offer, besides the Georgian architecture, East Indian forti-fi cations, creepy crawlies, the wirebird and various walks, people don’t just visit for one thing.”Seeing St Helena’s skies as a potential tourist attraction, the government has taken measures to protect them. An ordinance will be drawn up by SHG which to ban external lighting around the island or in conservation areas which can affect the environment and star gazing. All projects carried out in the future will be dark

skies compliant, meaning that only low level lighting can be used on St Helena, meaning no light can refl ect upwards escaping into the night sky. Halley’s Mount was seen as a perfect location by astronomer Steve Owens, and ESH has seized the opportunity to make this a promi-nent spot for star gazing. A planning applica-tion has been put forward to ESH to build a shelter “with seating and interpretation boards explaining the signifi cance of the area,” Con-

struction Trainer and Project Manager David Goodrick told The Sentinel. There will also be binoculars available at the Tourist Offi ce and possibly a telescope at Halley’s Mount for ev-eryone to enjoy. The Tourism Association represents private sector tourism services on island including hotel owners, restaurants and taxi operations, acting as a vocal point and lobbying with or-ganisations such as SHG and Enterprise St Helena.

Chillin’ With Luke New Show on SAMS Radio 1

Eira Stevens, SAMS

After co-hosting on the early-morning Sunrise show on SAMS Radio 1 with great panache, Luke Bennett has branched further into his radio call-ing with a solo show. Chillin’ With Luke will be broadcast on Fridays from 2-3pm and repeated on Sundays. During the show Luke will take his listeners on a trip through the soundtrack to his life, with music which has infl uenced him.

Luke Bennett takes you through his life’s soundtrackLuke Bennett takes you through his life’s soundtrack

Photo Credit; Paul TysonSt Helena Night Sky

SENTINELCOMMENTJulie Fowler, SAMS

Well, yesterday we saw our children return to school for another brand new School Year. As they walk through the gates we say the same thing, ‘no chatting’, ‘listen to the teacher’, ‘eat all your food’ etc. We all expect improvement and another produc-tive year. What I will say is: Our children will only achieve what they can, and we can push our children as far as punishing them for not getting their sums right, or not achieving their reading championships, but remember not all children are the same. They can only be as bright as they were born to be. Of course some children will be far more intelligent than others. So don’t be disappointed if your child falls below their expected level each year, just be grateful for the other things in their life that they are great at, which might be music, sports, gardening etc. How many of you have chil-dren who know all the words to the latest music, but when you ask them there times tables and they go mute? It always makes me chuckle, of course as parents we need to assist and help our children to do their best and their best is all they can do. Good luck to all those children and teachers as you start your journey into another successful year.It seems like the RMS leaves the harbour and then before we know, it is back. Un-fortunately we haven’t had a nice selection of fruits because of the season in South Africa. On the ship yesterday were the usual oranges and apples, but I am so looking for-ward to December when we get our peaches and plums. Every time the ship arrives I realise, sadly, it is one trip closer to its fi nal voyage. It is going to be an emotional day for a lot of people, especially the captain and crew who have an amazing job to make each journey a memorable one. However, the airport will be opening and hopefully the queues for fl ight tickets will be long.I still haven’t made my decision on buying a mobile phone. Before the prices were released I was excited about it, but now I have taken a step back because I am really not sure if I can afford it. It is going to be very interesting to see what percentage of the island does purchase mobile phones. Have a nice weekend islanders!

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Elsewhere the police are due to issue a warn-ing that calling the emergency services with-out proper reason is a criminal offence. Since the mobile network has been available over the last few weeks a number of phone calls have been made to 999 from mobile phones. This is possible as it is a legal requirement that all phones, whether or not they have a SIM card in them, should be able to call the emer-gency services. This means that even though

it is not possible to call other numbers, people who already own a mobile phone are able to get through to the emergency services. However seeing as there is just one phone line leading to the 999 number this means that any person who calls 999 to test their mobile is blocking the number for a potential real emer-gency. Test-calling 999 can therefore put peo-ple’s lives at risk and it is a criminal offence.

SAMS Gets First Live Radio Mobile Callcontinued from front pageAugust Graham, SAMS

The Art & Crafts Centre has a wide range of high quality, locally made arts and crafts products avail-able now…our Uniquely Saint mark guarantees good quality workman-ship. Aloe work, Recycled paper books; new Fabric Prints show-ing Whale sharks and Humpback Whales; an exciting variety of Jewellery; Wood crafted products including boxes, picture frames, vases, and trinket boxes; Books by

Saint authors; Paintings, Prints, Lace work, Seed work and more.….. We’re open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10am to 3pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm….be sure to come in to fi nd that special gift for family or friends here or overseas. In stock now are locally produced 2016 Calendars and Christmas cards…other season-al gifts expected shortly.

Luke Bennett receiving the fi rst offi cial mobile call on SAMS Radio 1

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YOUR LETTERS/ST HELENA SNIPPETSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 3 September 2015

Dear Editor,

I felt compelled to write expressing my disap-pointment and engage in the ongoing St Hel-ena Airport logo saga. This week the coun-cillors have taken what was a safe and dull, unbalanced, plainly functional logo and made it worst! A remarkable turnaround.

St Helena has endured a long history (some say decades) of bad design. From one dated website design to another, awful typography use, and blinding colour palettes. We told our-selves it was fi ne, and what is its real value anyway out here in the middle of nowhere - who cares as long as it does its job, right? Us-ing Microsoft Word would do just fi ne.This time I had hoped it would be different. Well no! Instead we ended up with something that looks like it was knocked up one night us-ing Google image search and the forth men-tioned Microsoft Word. Yes its harsh I con-cede, but with its mixed visual messages it leaves one fl ummoxed as to its meaning. Is the anchor at the bottom meant to weight the plane down? Wouldn’t it clash? Wouldn’t that be bad? Dunno?

It all leaves me feeling exceeding disappoint-ed. I had hoped for and wanted a visual rep-resentation of what this airport means to the island and its people. Generations have waited for this airport by Jove. For it it to open up the world, to refl ect the island moving forward - to become part of the ‘big world’. To be that symbol of a new way of life. A well executed logo has the power to do this. To be that sym-bol of pride, that symbol of hope. Instead I look upon a closed shield with a plane landing, like at the end of a journey. I am disappointed.Annoyingly so, there is rich visual imagery to play with here. You have the wirebird (with its wings - long used in air travel) fl ight paths, the location and even a sheet of research inspira-tion (even with the aid of beer goggles in place the Airport logo is still not good). Why look to the safe option of the past other than pro-vide us with a symbol to inspire. Hell, even something we can grow to love, like beer from Namibia.

This letter is intended as an impassioned re-lease of disappointment and not as an attack on the numerous hours of hard work involved in creating this logo, by many. I am not about to start a petition to call for a change seeing as the councillors have deemed this version as fi nal. It is very disappointing that this is added to the list of bad St Helenian designs, and a great shame that it will most likely be one of the fi rst pieces of visual design a person with notice when using the airport - right next to their name on the ticket. Whether they will be disappointed as me (I will never know) but lets hope they don’t notice. That is my hope from this saga.

Many thanksR.E.Yon

Dear Supporters and Members

Thank you for helping to make our dance at the Blue Hill Community Centre on Friday night 28th August 2015 an enjoyable and successful event.Our sincere appreciation to all who came and generously supported us with entrance and raffl e ticket purchases. We would also like to thank all those who gave donations because

they were unable to attend. The amount raise is £238.00 our fund rais-ing events is very important to help cover the high cost for our shooting equipment, am-munition, utilities and maintains to the club.The rifl e club has made a huge success over the last three years training and sending a young team to the international games and this year 2015 winning more medals for St Helena has proven money well spent.Many thanks to Mr Stedson Francis and his committee for providing the Hall free of charge, and to Mr King George Keith Benja-min and his merry men Gerald and Norman for providing really good tunes for dancing free of charge and enjoyed by all.Thank you to the community for all your generous contribution, it is because of your kind support it help make a difference.We are exceedingly grateful.

SincerelyJamestown Rifl e Club.

Thank You

Health professionals Marian Kanes and Marian Yon will be joining SAMS Radio 1 for a regular slot on the fi rst Tuesday of ev-ery month. The show aims to bring the two health promoters onto the island’s airwaves to help people know how to live a healthier life-style. The pair will be talking about a different topic every month for half an hour and taking

Health and WellbeingNew SAMS show promotes good living

questions from listeners and the host. Marian Kanes and Marian Yon are keen on feedback and if anyone has any suggestions of what the two can talk about they are encouraged to con-tact SAMS.

August Graham, SAMS

Tune in on the fi rst Tuesday of every month Tune in on the fi rst Tuesday of every month for great health tips from Marian Kanes and for great health tips from Marian Kanes and Marian YonMarian Yon

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READING SPORTS 2015

Music, dancing, food, sports races, infl at-ables and lots and lots of Saints. That could only mean one thing, St Helena Sports Day was back for its 36th consecutive year and what a fantastic weekend it was for all who attended. St Helena Sports Day is organised by the UK-based charity, The St Helena Association which fundraises for individuals and com-munity organisations on St Helena. St Helena Sports Day is the biggest event in the UK for St Helenians to catch up, reunite and enjoy themselves, as well as raise funds for those who need it most. St. Helena Sports Day started on Saturday the 29th with a strong showing of Saints from all across the country, including a couple who travelled all the way from Glasgow just to at-tended. Saturday night featured the fantastic musical stylings of Paul George and Phillip Thompson who had everyone, and I mean ev-eryone, up dancing. With the success of Saturday ever present, Sunday brought new triumphs and achieve-ments as well as many more Saints. After the success of last year, the infl atables were back and in popular demand. With countless Saints attempting the likes of the rodeo bull and The zorb balls. The sports day marquee featured a wide range of stalls including, Horizon Photography, At-lantic Star Airlines, the Friends of St Helena, Ian Matheson’s Miles Apart Books and An-gela Yon’s St Helenian Food Stall. Angela Yon brought the culinary sensations of St Helena to sports day with a delicious and fl avoursome menu featuring many island classics such as plo and the much loved fi shcakes. Outside of the marquee, the highly-celebrated sports races began with a fancy dress parade led by Renee and Rio Duncan Prasetyo. The sports races were opened with a speech by The St. Helena Associations new president, Ms Candy Moyce and The Mayor of Reading, Councillor Sarah Hacker. Once all the children’s races were complete, the evening entertainment began with music from Sawdust’s Disco, Paul George, Phillip Thompson and special guest Amy Yon. Amy Yon’s subtle but emotively charged perfor-mances captivated many Saints who stood in awe of her phenomenal singing abilities. Trevor Toms writes “I think my favourite mo-ment at this year’s sports day was watching young Amy Yon do her set. She is magical. She will be a big star one day and I look for-ward to buying her album.” In a last-minute change of events, we had the brilliant hoedown band in the clubhouse due to an unfortunate cancellation. They put on

a fantastic show for all of the country-loving Saints and we are hugely grateful for their con-tribution.To sum up this year’s sports day, it was a re-sounding success and I would like to thank the rest of the committee (Angela, Roy, Lettie, Candy, Bruce, Vilma and Trevor) and anyone else involved for all of their hard work and dedication to making this the best sports day ever!

Saints Head to ReadingSaints Head to ReadingJames Miller

Photo Credits;James Miller, The St Helena Association UK, Press and Publicity Offi cer/ Events Coordinator.

The St. Helena Associations new presi-The St. Helena Associations new presi-dent, Ms Candy Moyce and The Mayor dent, Ms Candy Moyce and The Mayor of Reading, Councillor Sarah Hacker.of Reading, Councillor Sarah Hacker.

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With the bicentennial celebration of the arrival of Napoleon coinciding with cancer awareness week the two programmes are merging to hold events that will acknowledge both. “The tourist offi ce kindly asked us to become involved with them and we’re merg-ing the two together. So because they’ve got so many events on, and we would’ve had a week’s events on, we can’t get everything into the week. we’re starting on 3 October. We’ll be celebrating for a month, but not continu-ously, it’s just that it’s spread out over a month rather pushing all into the one week,” Sandra Sim, a member of the cancer awareness com-mittee told The Sentinel.“The bicentenary programme is happening in October. The offi cial date is 7 October when the RMS St Helena gets in harbour and it will go right through to the 18 October. There has already been on-going events happening so far, with the moment de memoire in May. Whilst this is an annual event, this year we tried to give it a little bit extra special because that was 200 years for Napoleon to be on the island,” Tourism Manager Helena Bennett told The Sentinel.

Napoleonic Bicentenary and Cancer Awareness MonthNapoleonic Bicentenary and Cancer Awareness MonthCelebration Plans

The events will start once the RMS has arrived from Cape Town, giving tourists a chance to see how St Helena hosts events involving Na-poleon, and his connection to the island even today. “The cancer awareness group have a lot of fun things happening as well, but basically the fi rst week is to commemorate Napoleon on St Helena,” Helena Bennett continued.“On 17 October the ship would already have left for Capetown. We want to do a line-up; basically it is a rendition of the line-up that was done in the 1970s by the locals on the island for the BBC programme that was pro-

duced by Kenneth Griffi th. So they had all the locals at the sea front, all lined up all the way up to Broadway House and he walked through them, saying this is the path Napoleon took in 1815. Apparently all the locals did come out to see Napoleon off the ship,” Helena Bennett explained.Events this year will include the pink walk, the fi re truck pull and the regency ball. Through-out the week the Pink Panther and friends will be doing a walkabout, and towards the end of November there will be the blisters for sisters short walk.

Robyn Midwinter, SAMS

Jobs Aplenty!Jobs Aplenty!New Career Centre Opens in JamestownNew Career Centre Opens in Jamestown

On Thursday last week a brand-new careers centre opened to give advice to those who are looking for work, entering the job market, or just interested in a career change. The new centre, which is the result of cooperation be-tween Enterprise St Helena and the Education and Labour Strategy Group, will be open ev-ery Thursday from 9.30am to 3pm above the Post Offi ce in Jamestown. “They can have the opportunity of seeing what jobs are available, we will also have a facility where you can use a computer to fi ll out a CV, complete a job application form, anything that can help them apply for a job,” ESH Business Start-Up Coordinator Cara Joshua told The Sentinel.The team had twelve job vacancies last week, however they’re keen on having local employ-ers send them more jobs which will be adver-tised at the job centre for free.The centre is only open on a six-month trial basis every Thursday, but it is possible it will

be continued and expanded to more days if the response is good. Councillor Christine Scipio-O’Dean told The Sentinel that it would be pos-

sible for a private enterprise to take over the centre, however she could not say how such a venture would make a profi t.

August Graham, SAMS

Raising the Ribbon 2014, one of the many events in Cancer Awareness Week on St Helena

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TIP OF THE WEEK…

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leaks too, small leaks in

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Pipes not only waste water but

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Airport constructors Basil Read have posted “much improved” results for their business in the six months leading up to June, however the company still faces challenges. “It is undeni-able that there is a massive improvement from the previous year, but it is very disconcerting to hear they must go to an unnamed private lender because the banks won’t lend them money,” independent fi nancial analyst and money manager Ruby Rosenberg said. In an interview on Business Day TV the com-pany’s CEO Neville Nicolau accredited much of this turnaround in fortunes to a restructuring of the company. “We’re trying to make money by improving our effi ciency rather than tender-ing at extremely low levels,” he said. Mr Nicolau highlighted the St Helena project has been a major success for his company, say-ing they have to fi nd something to replace it: “Our mining division is quite healthy but in terms of our order book, the St Helena project is quite a big gap into the future, and we’re working very hard at the moment looking to the next two years to fi nd a proper replacement

that we have with that, and fi nd a signifi cant project to dedicate those people to, into the future.”

for the St Helena project. We’d like to take the St Helena project, which has been extraordi-narily well executed, and take that full team of people with all of the learnings and experience

Fortunes Improving August Graham, SAMS

Basil Read Post improved Finances

Basil Read Crane on Ruperts Wharf

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WORLD NEWS/ST HELENA SNIPPETSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 3 September 2015

For the discerning coffee lover Rosemary Gate Estate Coffee is now available exclusive-ly in the UK from Harrods Food Hall.Earlier this year Bill & Jill Bolton celebrated 20 years the planting of their fi rst coffee trees at Rosemary Gate.The fi rst limited batch of coffee was very well received and is being offered to coffee buffs at a mouth watering £60.00 per 100grams! Everyone involved in this venture is now looking forward to a further batch being avail-able in mid 2016.

ST HELENA COFFEE HITS HARRODS!

Contributed, Bill and Jill Bolton

£60 per 100 gramsRefugees in limbo in BudapestThousands of refugees are stranded outside Budapest’s main international railway sta-tion a day after Hungarian authorities closed it to them, sticking by the European Union’s rules which prevent refugees from leaving for Germany and other countries.Early on Wednesday, the AP news agency reported the number of refugees stranded outside the Keleti station had swollen to 3,000 as citizen patrols were brought in to assist police to keep order.Volunteer groups usually accustomed to providing food, clothing and medical as-sistance to a few hundred migrants at a time were struggling with large numbers of people crammed outside the station’s main entrance.On Tuesday, hundreds of people demanding to travel to Germany faced off with police outside the station, as new fi gures high-lighted the unprecedented scale of Europe’s refugee crisis.More than 350,000 people, many from war-torn Syria, have made the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean so far this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.Police cleared and briefl y closed the station late on Tuesday, after thousands of refugees boarded trains for Germany and Austria on Monday, but later re-opened it to tourists and residents.As night fell, hundreds of mainly Syrian refugees were blocked from the station en-trance by a police line, chanting: “Germany, Germany,” and “Hungary, let us go.”Some held improvised placards from card-board boxes calling for the UN to step in, while a protester hoisted on another’s shoul-ders held up a Germany football shirt to cheers.“The demonstrations - vocal not aggres-sive - carried on right through the day,” Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, reporting from the station, said on Tuesday.“But perhaps the dilemma the refugees are in is conveyed more by the sight of exhaust-ed families who had bought their tickets only to be turned away. They settled in the shade wherever they could fi nd it, refusing to move,” he said.The police continued to hold back, though, and by midnight the tension had eased, with most of the refugees retreating to a nearby makeshift shelter to sleep, many vowing to return to the station entrance in the morning.Hungarian railway authorities said earlier that they would allow “only those in posses-sion of the appropriate travel documents”, and - if necessary - a visa to board trains travelling to Western Europe.In a statement posted on their website, the Hungarian police said they would “continue to carry out [their] duties in accordance with the Schengen rules on border control”.Abridged article from Al Jazeera

WorldWorldNEWSNEWS

Reporter’s Camera Illegally Confi scated by PoliceSnapped Up

While covering a story for his newspaper last Wednesday, Mike Olsson claims he was assaulted by a police offi cer who took his cam-era away. There had been an accident behind the prison in Jamestown, but by the time Mr Olsson got there the driver had been removed and taken to hospital. He was taking pictures outside the police cordon when, without giving a reason, a police sergeant approached him claiming he was not allowed to take photographs. Know-ing the police had no legal authority to stop, Mr Olsson continued and says the camera was subsequently seized by the offi cer, something which he claims constitutes an assault. Chief of Police Trevor Botting visited Mr Ols-son in person on Thursday morning to apolo-gise for the actions of his offi cer and to return the camera. In a statement to The Sentinel Mr Botting said “whilst well intentioned in their

actions, the offi cer should not have removed the camera from the member of the media,” adding that “the driver of the car had left the scene so there is no reason why appropriate press photos could not have been taken.” Mr Olsson’s camera was returned on Thursday with all the photographs on and he seems to have accepted the police’s apology, however when speaking to The Sentinel he said this kind of behaviour from law enforcement of-fi cials is unacceptable. Mr Botting said the police, “in doing an extraordinar[ily] challenging job, don’t always get things right” adding that when they fail they “say sorry when necessary and, critically [...] learn from the experience in order to give our community the best service possible.” He is also committed to ensuring his offi cers are instructed how to deal with the media.

August Graham, SAMS

Weekly WeatherWeek ending 30 August 2015

Provided by the Met Offi ce, Bottom Woods

Max Temp 19.0 C Min Temp 13.0 CTotal Rainfall 11.0 mmMean Temp 15.2 CTotal Sunshine 25.9hrs

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SAFEGUARDING DIRECTORATEVACANCY FOR SOCIAL CARE OFFICER

The Safeguarding Directorate has a vacancy for a Social Care Offi cer to work in the Social Services Division. The Social Care Offi cer will be responsible for the provision of social work including child protection, family assessment, registration of child-minders and crèche’s, assessment and support for disabled people and vulnerable people who are at risk.Duties of the post include:• Working within all policies, standards and practices of the Social Services Section, liaising with the Prison Manager and being responsible for social care input into offender management programmes;• Client assessments, case recording and report writing to include initial, core and comprehensive assessments, social enquiry reports for Magistrates and Supreme Courts and child protection case conferences in accordance with the Child Protection Procedures. • Developing risk assessments and care plans in conjunction with relevant multi and joint agencies to promote the welfare and safety of children and families in need, participating in the delivery of family and parenting support programmes and working in partnership with Clients, Carers, Parents, voluntary providers, government departments and the local community to ensure services get to the right people at the right time.• Participating in multidisciplinary teams and meetings regarding, for example, child protection or mental health and maintaining accurate records and preparing reports for legal action.• Promoting ethically sound practice, including equality of opportunity and anti-oppressive practice and undertaking such other duties, train-ing and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.• Undertaking health & safety duties commensurate with the post and/or as detailed in the Directorate’s Health & Safety Policy and partici-pating in the Council’s emergency response arrangements as directed by the designated offi cer.The successful Candidate should be in possession of a GCSE qualifi cation or equivalent in English Language at Grade C or above and a qualifi cation in Social Care at a minimum of Diploma level and must have a valid driving license.Salary for the post is at Grade D, commencing at £10,739 per annum.For further information please contact Ms Suzanne Nixon, Senior Social Worker on telephone no. 22713.Application forms and Job Profi le, which are available from the Human Resources & Admin Offi cer, Safeguarding Directorate, should be completed and submitted to Sarah Williams, Human Resources & Admin Offi cer, Safeguarding Directorate, Brick House by no later than Friday 11 September 2015.Gregory Hall (Mr)Director, Safeguarding Directorate 26 August 2015

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Prestigious Scholarships on OfferPrestigious Scholarships on Offer

Applications are now open on the island for Chevening Scholarships. Chevening Schol-arships are the British Government’s global scholarship programme which is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce and partner organisations. Chevening Scholars come from over 160 countries and territories worldwide (excluding the USA and the EU). Chevening began in 1983 and has developed into a presti-gious international awards scheme. Chevening Secretariat Director, Michael Scott-Kline said “Chevening Scholarship is a mark of honour bestowed on individuals who have been iden-tifi ed as having the qualities to become highly infl uential global leader.”The scholarships support study at UK universi-ties – mainly for one year Master degrees – for individuals with strong academic backgrounds who have the potential to become future lead-ers. Chevening Programme Manager Nyssa Lee-Woolf said “Chevening Scholars enjoy exclusive access to a wide range of events and opportunities designed to introduce them to

Applications Invited for Chevening ScholarshipsApplications Invited for Chevening Scholarships

the UK, its history, institutions, customs and people.”There are approximately 1,500 Cheve-ning Scholarships on offer globally for the 2016/2017 academic cycle. Governor Mark Capes said, “Being a Chevening Scholar marks you out as someone with ambition, drive and ability. It offers students a unique opportunity to gain academic experience and at the same time to broaden their global and social outlooks. The Chevening Scholarship

enables a student to acquire the tools to make a great contribution to St Helena’s develop-ment.” Mr Scott-Kline concluded, “I am delighted to announce the opening of the 2016/17 competi-tion for Chevening Scholarships and I strongly encourage emerging and established leaders to make an application – it may be the best deci-sion you ever make.”Applications for a Chevening Scholarship close on the 3rd November.

Hannah Durnford, SAMS

Bringing Them HereNew Tourism Director Appointed

The government has announced they have appointed a new tourism director for the is-land. Christopher Pickard will be starting a two-year contract when he arrives on the is-land in October. Mr Pickard will be working with Enterprise St Helena to continue the tourism development on the island “to be on par with best prac-tices globally and for the benefi t of the Saint community, the tourism sector and investors alike,” a statement from SHG claimed. Pickard’s appointment caused some excite-ment on social media, with many on micro-blogging site Twitter reposting articles about him coming to St Helena. He says “I look forward to learning about ev-erything that the island currently offers to its residents and its visitors and, in conversation with Saints, I want to understand how they would like St Helena to develop.” Mr Pickard has previously been the chair of the Latin American Travel Association and set up Brazil’s fi rst overseas tourism offi ce. He has also been the director of communica-tions for the world travel and tourism coun-cil and worked with tourist boards, airlines, cruise lines, hotel companies, destinations and ground operators.

August Graham, SAMS

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HEALTH DIRECTORATEVACANCY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

The Health Directorate has a vacancy for a Human Resources Offi cer. The purpose of this role is to serve as the focal point in all areas of Human Resource Management and Development within the Health Directorate.Essential qualifi cations required for this post is:• GCSE in Maths and English Language at Grade C or above• Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) Certifi cate in Human Resources Practice, or willing to work towards this qualifi cation• Valid Driver’s Licence Class A.

Salary for the post is at Grade D commencing at £10,739 per an-num but the successful candidate may be required to serve initially in the training grade C.

For further information and a copy of the job profi le, interested persons can contact Mrs Helen Lawrence, Assistant Director on telephone no. 22484.Application forms which are available from the Health Directorate should be completed and submitted through Directors where appli-cable, Miss Tina Sim, Human Resources Offi cer, Health Director-ate by Wednesday, 9 September 2015.

Darren J Clarke (Dr)Director Of Health 26 August 2015

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BRINGING HISTORY BACK TO LIFE

The Museum of St Helena was offi cially on opened 21 May 2002, by Governor David Hollamby. It was the creation of the St Helena Heritage Society as a result of public concern for the protection of the historical heritage of the island.At the moment, there is a Napoleonic exhibit at the museum however they are planning an-other exhibition based on the Napoleonic pe-riod looking at Napoleon from the perspective of the British, rather than the French. The ex-hibit will also be portraying the role of Hudson Lowe, who was the Governor of St Helena and jailer of Napoleon from 1815 to 1821. Gener-ally, the exhibit will represent the island dur-ing that period of history, with the hope that it will be ready by October.Another exhibit which has been “a long time coming” said Adam Sizeland, the temporary Director of the Museum, is the exhibit on the Rupert’s excavation and the history behind it. This exhibition was originally based in Liv-erpool, UK, at the International Slavery Mu-seum. The exhibition fi nished in May this year and the museum is currently negotiating how they can bring the exhibit to the island, Adam added that they are “hoping it comes before the end of the year,” and “the new exhibits will defi nitely encourage more people to visit the

museum.”Alongside the new exhibitions, the museum would also like to have a permanent exhibition based on music on St Helena, with details of marching, religious and other bands on island.

They would also like to expand the maritime section in the museum as it is “a huge part of the island’s history.”One section of an established exhibit in the museum is based on Dr James Barry. Dr Barry was a woman who was disguised as a man so she could attend medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr Barry was the fi rst Senior Medi-cal Offi cer on island and worked on island for almost two years from 1836-1838, without anyone discovering she was a woman. When Barry died in the West Indies she had the high-est rank possible for an army doctor, Inspector General. She was disguised as a man because for women during that time, “it was not proper to have that occupation,” Adam said. She also worked in South Africa and the West Indies.The museum has a lease on the PWD (Public Works Development) store opposite the mu-seum. The museum plans to develop the store into a “heritage centre, with the archives and library being located there as well,” added Adam. This will also give more space in the museum for extra exhibits if the need arises. Since its opening in 2002, the museum has provided a focus for visitors to the island and has been the basis for island research. The mu-seum has also been a source of pride and inter-est to everyone living on and off island.

Protecting HeritageHannah Durnford, SAMS

Exhibits focusing on local history in the St Helena Museum

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SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last year

After one year, nine months and sixteen days Basil Read have accomplished the task of fi lling Dry Gut at the Airport site on Prosperous Bay Plain. Following the fi nal truck-load on Saturday 30 August the team had shifted over 7.6 million cubic metres of earth and rubble and created a platform which stretches almost 120 metres up into the air.

Outpatient clinics have been temporarily unavailable in country areas from the sec-ond half of July. A reason given for this is the continuing need to keep doctors and nurses close to the hospital, and community nurses were covering shifts there.

Football: Two Scott Crowie goals against Fugees on Saturday moved Axis into the fi rst division and condemned last season’s champions, Wirebirds into the league’s lower tier.

Famous Birthdays3 Sept - 9 Sept

Charlie Sheen (50)Actor - 3 Sept

Beyonce Knowles (34)Singer - 4 SeptIdris Elba (43)Actor - 6 Sept

Wiz Khalifa (28)Rapper - 8 Sept

Adam Sandler (49)Actor - 9 Sept

DID YOU KNOW...• 99% of the solar system mass is concentrated in the sun.

• Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

• The Amazon is the world’s largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.

• Grapes can explode when you put them in the microwave.

• A pound of housefl ies contains more protein than a pound of beef.

• Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular fl ag.

• Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

PEOPLE ...Family Hobbies

If you would like to take part, we need a good picture of you (which we can do) and your top 3 - it could be your top 3 movies, songs, books or cars. It could be your top 3 places on St Helena, or top 3 achievements. The more interesting the better chance of being chosen, as we will only print 1 per week! Email: [email protected] with subject heading, top 3.

1. Colouring with Mummy 2. Building Lego with Daddy 3. Swimming with Papa

Ryley Bennett

BREAKHUMOUR

There was a man who had worked all of his life and has saved all of his money.He was a real cheapskate when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife:“Now listen, when I die I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. Because I want to take all my money to the afterlife.”So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died she would put all the money in the casket with him. When one day he died.He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to their best friend. When they fi nished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, “Wait a minute!”She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the cas-ket. Then the undertakers locked the casket and rolled it away.Her friend said, “I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in there with that stingy old man.”She said, “Yes, I promised. I’m a good Christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I was to put that money in that casket with him.”“You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?”“I sure did,” said the wife. “I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check.”

COFFEE

CRAZY MAZEFind your way through this ‘Crazy Maze.’ Enter through the gap on the top-left and work your way through to the exit on the bottom-right. Good Luck!

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What Do people Think?What Do people Think?

St Helena Mobiles;The deals offered by Sure include monthly fees ranging from £25-60 and a pay as you go option where customers have to top up their phone before they can make calls, send texts or go online. What option is best for you depends entirely on how much you will use your phone, and what you will use it for. Here we try to break down some typical users to give you a better idea of what may be best for you.

The surferThe surfer cares little for texting or calling people, he is all about being online. He wants to check his Facebook, read the international newspapers, Skype friends and family, or just watch funny cat videos. He needs 50 minutes of calls every month just to let his mum know he’ll be over for Sunday lunch, and 50 texts for when he’s running late at work and needs to let his girlfriend know he’ll miss dinner. But he wants 400MB of internet data so he can have fun online. For the surfer the best bet is to go for the £40 monthly contract. It will give him way more texts and minutes than he needs, but the mega-byte allowance is quite good and it will work out cheaper in the end. However he won’t just be paying £40/month, he will have to add a further £17.60 for the extra megabytes he uses.

The caller/texterThe caller/texter doesn’t really need the inter-net on the go. She doesn’t really go online, or prefers doing her surfi ng on a laptop at home; it’s just easier than using a tiny phone screen. But the caller/texter lives up to her name, she needs to keep in touch with friends and family on the island and is constantly ordering take-aways. She’s popular and doesn’t like to leave a text message unanswered, so will easily eat through 200 texts and 200 minutes in a month. She wants 50MB of internet as well, just in case there’s an emergency, or a pub quiz she needs to cheat at. The best package for the caller/texter is the £25 contract. She will end up paying £50, but it’s still cheaper than going for the other options. She should stay away from the £60 package which gives her way more internet than she’s interested in.

The texterThe texter doesn’t like talking; he’s all about the written word. He’s the kind of person who won’t pick up the phone when you call him and text you back a minute later asking what you want. He’s the guy at your table in the pub whose phone keeps vibrating every ten seconds and whose incessant texting re-ally irritates you. But there’s a good reason for him acting like he does. He’s very busy and needs to get straight to the point. He doesn’t have time for chit-chat, tell him what you want and then go away. The texter will only use his minutes and megabytes when he’s having an emergency, or when he has no choice because the keyboard on his BlackBerry has broken from the incessant typing. He’ll use 50MB, 50 minutes and 400 texts every month.The best bet for the texter is to go on pay as you go. Texts only cost one penny more on pay as you go than they do on the other options and he doesn’t need the extra megabytes and min-utes that the monthly contracts will give him. But he doesn’t know that because he doesn’t have time to read this article. He’s got texts to reply to after all!

The Sentinel Question: Will you buy a phone?The Sentinel Question: Will you buy a phone?People on the street in Jamestown were split whether they will buy a mobile phone contract from Sure. One person said it will cause trou-ble for children in school, with others claiming that it is simply too expensive. One man said the phones will be both a “blessing and also a curse.” 15 people told The Sentinel they were not go-ing to get a mobile subscription and 11 said they will. Of those who said they would get a mobile, seven opted for pay as you go, with only two people saying they would sign up to the monthly charges. Two of those polled weren’t sure what contract they wanted. Some of those interested in buying a mobile wanted to phone people, others wanted to be able to text and some were just interested in the internet. A clear trend was those who said they were not interested in owning a mobile telephone, regardless of the price. Also notice-able was the number of people who thought they would need one for work, especially

those who are self-employed. Surprisingly people on TC contracts, who are on higher salaries than average, seemed less likely to want a mobile, possibly because for

them it is not a novelty. Many Saints said they already own mobile phones, often from previ-ous visits to the UK, or the US.

Hannah Durnford & August Graham, SAMSSAMS

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What Deal is Best For Me?

The callerYou know her, she’s the friend you have who will spend an hour on the phone saying noth-ing and everything. She’ll call her parents from her room to ask if they’ll bring her a glass of water. She also uses the phone to arrange meetings with her secret boyfriend who works for Basil Read. The caller insists on speaking, you’re not sure why, but you saw her write a text once and her grammar, syntax and spelling was so bad that no one could understand a word of it. The caller needs 400 minutes of calls, but only 50 texts and 50MB every month. For her the best package is the £25/month option. It gives her 125 minutes of calls. It’s not worth going up to the £40 contract because she’ll only get 15 more minutes for £15 more, and she doesn’t need that extra in-ternet or those additional texts.

The allrounderThe allrounder needs a little bit of everything. She’s a big sports fan and wants to check all the results online so she wants some internet. She likes to keep in touch with her friends and plan nights out via text, in a club with loud music phone calls are useless because you can’t hear anything anyway. But once a week she calls her granny to talk about anything and everything under the stars. The allrounder should also go for the £25 con-tract. It’s perfect for her needs and she’ll get to do what she wants for £43/month. Go on, granny’s waiting for the call.

The kidThere’s no doubt here, the most important thing for a parent buying their child a phone is to make sure they don’t rack up an enor-mous bill by going over the allowance. But of course a phone can be great for making sure (no pun intended) the kids are safe, or knowing when to pick them up from their friends’ houses. Our advice to parents is to buy a pay as you go. That way you can regu-late your child’s usage by only giving them a certain amount of credit every week. This way you make sure they don’t bankrupt you at the end of the month.

£25 StHelena

UK Falklands

Minutes 125 1,000 125Texts 25 1,000 25Data (MB) 125 1,000 25Cost for a year (incliPhone 6)

987 532 N/A

£40 StHelena

UK Falklands

Minutes 140 Unlimited 140Texts 40 Unlimited 40Data (MB) 240 5,000 240Cost for a year (incliPhone 6)

£1,158 £604.80 N/A

£60 StHelena

UK Falklands

Minutes 260 Unlimited 260Texts 60 Unlimited 60Data (MB) 360 20,000 360Cost for a year (incliPhone 6)

£1,398 £864 N/A

St Helena UK

Doro 612 £ 75.99 £ 49.99Samsung E1200 £ 16.99 £ 9.55Caterpillar B25 £ 88.00 £ 49.47Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen £ 153.00 £ 89.00Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen £ 176.00 £ 130.00iPhone 6 £ 678.00 £ 501.46

There is an obvious difference in price between mobile contracts on St Helena and elsewhere. So are you getting value for money? Not if we compare it directly to the UK as you can see here. However Sure’s contracts are virtually identical in price to the Falkland Islands where mobiles have been in place for many years.These tables show the prices for mobile phones in the UK and in St Hel-ena. We also compare what you can get for £25, £40, and £60 in St Hel-ena, the UK and the Falkland Islands to give you a better understanding of whether your contract is value for money. It was always likely to be more expensive on a small island where there are fewer customers, but there is a major difference between the prices in the UK and the two south Atlantic islands, whether this will put cus-tomers off is yet to be seen.

Is it Cheaper Elsewhere?

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SAMSRADIO 1

102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHzAlso Live Streaming via www.sams.shCONTACT THE SHOWTo reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or email: [email protected]. You can also contact us via our Facebook page - just visit the SAMS website, www.sams.sh, click the Facebook link at the top right of every page. St Helena News: Monday to Fridays at7am, 10am, 12noon, 5pm, 7pm & 10pmalso at 3am & 5am Tuesday to Saturday.Saturday news: 8am & 12noonMonday to FridaySUNRISE 7am to 10amLive music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena News12.00pm: St Helena News, public service announce-ments and notice board.Repeated at midnight everyday.SATURDAY CHART BUSTERSA compilation of top chart hits, both new and old.REWINDSaturday 9.30am. Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm, Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.2nd CHANCE SUNDAY9.00am - Selection of recorded interviews and pro-grammes from the week, mixed with easy listening sounds for a chilled out Sunday.IN CONVERSATIONEvery week day at 5:30pm or 7.30pmAnother chance to hear interviews that made the news during last week and also this week.

B&H GOLDBen and Harriet Hathway host 1 hour of all time great tracks. Wednesday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’

PRIME TIMEJohn Lamdon and Andy Parkinson share their passion for mathematics and classic rock and pop. Every second Thursday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’

PAS SHOW - ‘News & Views’Mondays after 7pm news & notice board.Replayed Fridays, after 10am news & notice board.

POT LUCKSunday 6 September and repeated following Thursday 7.30pm, where Stedson Francis plays a mixture of middle of the road easy listening music, interspersed with local and international history.THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woollacott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 8.30pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Saturday 1.00pm.BBC WORLD SERVICE NEWS24/7 on our 2nd radio channel. 100.7 MHz and 88.1MHz

Harriet Hathway host 1 hWednesday 5.30pm

y.’BACK SOONBACK SOON

HOT ROCKSMondays at 5:30pm, Replayed Fridays at 12:30pm,Hannah Durnford and Lizemarie Robbertse, play their way through alternative rock tracks.

‘News & Vies after 7pm news & notice

yed Fridays, after BACK SOONBACK SOON

CHILLIN’ WITH LUKEFridays at 2pm and repeated on the Sunday in the Second Chance Sunday line up. Join Luke Bennett as he takes you through his sound track to life.

ST. HELENALOCAL HISTORY BOOKLETS

RESEARCHED BY BARBARA B. GEORGEON SALE AT ARTS AND CRAFTSTHE CANISTER, JAMESTOWN

Island of St. Helena South Atlantic Ocean STHL 1ZZHave you always wanted to know more about:-

• The Ladder and Ladder Hill?• The Boer prisoners on the island?

• The Military Buildings in Jamestown - now used as Pilling School – and Barracks Square?Then these booklets will give you the background to the important part the island has played in British history, as well as local happenings like the disastrous 1890 Rockfall and the disap-

pearance of the Fountain which was erected in memory of those who died as a result.

“Richard Short - Shorty’s Building Services in the Falkland Islands immediately requires 2 suitably qualifi ed and physically fi t carpenters/builders for optional short or long term contracts.Work will be on the basis of a 40-45 hour week at a rate of £11 per hour with optional over time. Accommodation will be provided. Travel expenses will be paid for.To obtain further detailed information or to forward CVs please email [email protected]. Applications to be received by Wednesday 16th September 2015.”

Shorty’s Building Services

The Health Directorate would like to inform the Public that with immediate effect, Emergency Dental Clinic’s will operated between the hours of 8:30am to 9:30am on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday only.

Anyone experiencing pain and therefore requiring emergency dental attention on a Wednesday, are asked to contact the Dental Clinic on telephone number 22500 to make an appointment.

Health Directorate1 September 2015

Emergency Dental Clinics

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Day 16 Aeroplane & Visit to Two Boats SchoolThe team was up bright and early as we left Thorn Block at 6.30am and headed out to the Air Head to watch the plane land and to take a few photographs.By 8.30am we were all registered for a half day in school. The team and the Two Boats Seniors were split into fi ve groups. The school day started with a game of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ where all questions were based on issues like: The dangers of alcohol and smok-ing; the respiratory system and the rights of a child. The second activity saw the team build a contraption which could get a tea bag into a cup without using their hands. Points were awarded for the most material used; how cool the contraption looked and if they managed to get the tea bag into the cup. I am pleased to say all fi ve teams managed to get the tea bag

into the cup.After a break St Helena took on Ascension in a novelty relay which included apple bobbing; getting jelly beans out of fl our with just their mouth and using straws to blow a table tennis ball into a glass. The next activity saw the boys and girls build a paper aeroplane and the fl y it. Finally the team had to use materials to protect an egg (Egg-Bert) from smashing as it was dropped from the roof off the school. After school the team went off to do some fi nal shopping.Day 17 Packing Up and a Surprise PartyThe team was up fairly early and started the dreaded task of packing. At 4pm a few people started disappearing as the planned surprise party for Caitlyn (who celebrated her birthday on Wednesday) and Ronan (whose birthday is on Monday) went into operation. Tina and I had recruited Chloe; Tanisha, Alex and Adam as our helpers (none of the others knew). It was our most stressful day to date as a number of times the surprise was almost given away.At 7pm I whisked Ronan and Caitlyn away to pick up pizzas from the VC (they thought we had a games night at Two Boats Club). Everyone else made their way to the Com-munity Centre and hid in the dark for 30 min-utes as our pizzas were delayed. On their ar-rival everyone jumped out; Caitlyn got a bit emotional; Ronan being Ronan tried to play it cool. The birthday pair were presented with two nicely made cakes which were baked and iced by Malinda Leo. Everyone enjoyed the eats and drinks and danced away to the tunes provided by DJs Porky and Ooksee.Day 18 Rude awakening; Basketball; Lunch at the US Base and the Farewell FunctionEveryone found it a struggle to get out of bed despite the constant knocking from myself. So Alex, Aiden and I armed with pots, pans, spoons and a whistle did a march down the

corridor we soon had everyone at their door, tired but amused. We headed out to the basketball at the US base (we did one fi nal stop at the shop ‘Glamour’ for the girls). The basketball consists of some drills and some friendly games provided by Mr King and Mr Stringer from Two Boats School. At 7pm the team met up at the AIG beach hut for their farewell party. Over 100 people were in attendance. Everyone enjoyed the fi sh fry and other food that was prepared and cooked by Carolyn Yon, TG, Bluey, Colin, Glen and Angela. After dinner Colin said a few words on behalf of the Ascension Team and I went on to thank everyone who had helped us in any way during the trip The medals and cup were presented to the two teams by RAF Base Commander Mark Taylor. The cup was collected by Tanisha and Alex; those two were chosen to collect the cup as they were two of the fi ve members who took part in all of the sporting events and were up for the non-sporting events as well. Day 20: Ronan’s Birthday Tanisha’s Broth-er returns; Cleaning and Packing Up; Hor-ror Movie Night. Tina woke with a bad migraine so opted not to go to the Air Head. 6.30am Tanisha; Chloe and Caitlyn set off with me to meet Tanisha’s brother who was on the fl ight from Brize Nor-ton. We managed to capture good photos of the plane coming in to land.Back at Thorn Block we all wished Ronan happy 16th birthday. We gave him a card and a present. We soon started cleaning the rooms. One or two people had not understood the con-cept that we were leaving on Tuesday and need to keep on task to get done. Most of the team went off to take some photos at places around the island. The younger boys opted to stay with their friends and family.That evening we enjoyed another meal cooked by Pammy (Pammy we really appreciate your help). The New Horizons team then joined the As-cension team and went to watch a horror mov-ie at the community centre. After the movie the team set of to Comfortless Cove to visit the graveyard. After a few scares we were back at Thorn Block.Day 21: FarewellThe team was woken at 6.30 and was soon up helping to pack the bus all except ‘last minute Chloe’ who was still packing hold boxes. We will catch the ship at 3.45pm. I guess there will be a few tears as team members have made great friends with the children on Ascen-sion. Even for us it is a little sad as we have built up quite a bond with so many people and companies since our fi rst visit in 2007 and we know this is potentially the last ever visit by a group from New Horizons. So from us all we would like to thank every-one who had made this trip possible and we look forward to seeing friends and family on Thursday.

NEW HORIZONS ON ASIContributed, Nick Stevens

One Last Time?

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Bakery Assistants Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc

has vacancies for mlomSo

Job Outline To assist with the production activities of the Bakery in meeting the daily demand for

bread, cake and pastry products.

Interested Persons Should: Have some knowledge or experience in this field

Have basic Mathematical & Literacy Skills Be energetic and able to communicate and work well within a team

Be prepared to work unsocial hours and meet tight deadlines

Salary will start at £149.94 per week (£7,796 per annum), depending on qualifications and experience

For further information, including the Company’s

attractive benefits package, please contact

Timothy Young, Bakery Manager on telephone number: 23770

or via email address: [email protected]

Application forms

can be collected from the Main Office Building, Jamestown

and completed and returned to the Human Resources Manager by 16 September 2015

The Bakery Complex

has recently undergone extensive refurbishment

with improved automation and an enhanced working environment

RMS Back On ScheduleEira Stevens, SAMS

The RMS St Helena is expected to be back on schedule when she returns from Ascen-sion Island on Thursday 3rd September. On the 29th July she was expected to enter dry dock in Cape Town to carry out works on the hull; a later date than planned due to an

oil rig support vessel occupying the dry dock area. Due to high winds on the following day the RMS was still unable to enter dry dock which meant that her schedule was further delayed. Because of the RMS’s postponement in Cape Town this meant that the vessel did

a few quick turn rounds during Voyage 229 and 230 to make up for time lost and to return back to the original schedule as programmed.On Saturday 5 September the RMS will de-part for Capetown to arrive on Thursday 10.

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Heritage Development at LongwoodHeritage Development at LongwoodBertrand’s Cottage to be Developed

Preparations to accommodate tourists who will be arriving early next year by airplane, is underway. Enterprise St Helena and SHG have already begun developments such as 1, 2, 3 Main Street and the Market in Jamestown which is to become a modern shopping arcade. Development is in progress on Bertrand’s Cot-tage in Longwood. ESH proposes to convert the cottage into a restaurant and guest house and is due to put a press release out for tender. It is hoped that by mid September a contrac-tor will have been appointed and construction work will take place. Construction Trainer and Project Manager David Goodrick told The Sentinel, “We hope construction works will be completed over a period of six months, but in getting materials to the island in time is prov-ing diffi cult, so we have tried to work on get-ting materials that are locally available.” Bertrand’s Cottage will have three guest bed-rooms and will act as a re-established training facility for 2on’Main. “Ultimately it is hoped once the redevelopment is fi nished someone will see it as a good investment opportunity and will take it on board” Mr Goodrick said. The cottage was built next to Longwood House, the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte,

and it is where the Count and Countess Ber-trand and their family, who accompanied the French Emperor into exile, lived in 1815.Running alongside the Bertrand’s Cottage project is also the Packhouse planning devel-

opment at Longwood. ESH is waiting on ap-proval of the planning application in conjunc-tion with ANRD, where it is hoped that more local produce will be readily available.

Eira Stevens, SAMS

New Mobile Service ... New Counter at

Bishops Rooms

WWhen walking into Sure’s customer hen walking into Sure’s customer care centre in Bishop’s Rooms you will care centre in Bishop’s Rooms you will notice a bright and colourful difference. notice a bright and colourful difference. Over the weekend a new counter was put Over the weekend a new counter was put in place, which now matches Sure’s colours in place, which now matches Sure’s colours of yellow and orange. The counter was con-of yellow and orange. The counter was con-structed by local carpenter Charles George structed by local carpenter Charles George and now brings about a bright change to the and now brings about a bright change to the

room, allows a wider range of products to room, allows a wider range of products to be on display and also represents change be on display and also represents change for the company as the counter was con-for the company as the counter was con-structed in conjunction with the release of structed in conjunction with the release of the mobile phones. At one point on Tuesday the mobile phones. At one point on Tuesday morning The Sentinel counted ten custom-morning The Sentinel counted ten custom-ers queuing for their mobile phones and ers queuing for their mobile phones and pre-ordering their mobile packages.pre-ordering their mobile packages.

Hannah Durnford, SAMS

Bertrands Cottage; Photo Courtesy of ESH

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FaithMattersDIOCESE OF ST. HELENA

The Cathedral Parish of St. PaulSunday 30 August 22nd Sunday of the Year8.00 am Eucharist, Cathedral10.00 am Sung Eucharist, Cathedral5.30 pm United Service, Salvation Army HTHThursday 3rd September10.00am Eucharist, ArabiaSunday 6th September 23rd Sunday of the Year8.00 am Eucharist, Cathedral10.00 am Sung Eucharist, Cathedral3.30 pm Sung Eucharist, St. peterThursday 10th September10.00 am Eucharist, Arabia

The Parish of St. JamesSunday 30th August 22nd Sunday of the Year9.30 am Sung Eucharist, St. James5.30 pm United Service, Salvation Army HTH

Wednesday 2nd September7.30 am Eucharist, St. JamesThursday 3rd September7.00 pm Eucharist with healing, St. JohnSunday 6th September9.30 am Sung Eucharist, St. James3.30 pmEucharist,St MichaelWednesday 9th September 23rd Sunday of the Year7.30 am Eucharist, St. JamesThursday 10th September7.00 pm Eucharist with healing, St. John

The Parish of St. MatthewSunday 30th August 22nd Sunday of the Year9.30 am Sung Eucharist, St. Mark5.30 pm United Service, Salvation Army HTHTuesday 1st September7,00 pm Eucharist, St. MarkSunday 6th September 23rd Sunday of the year9.30 am Sung Eucharist, St. Mark6 30 pm Evening Prayer, St. MarkTuesday 8th September7.00 pm Eucharist, St. Mark

Seventh Day Adventist Saturday 5 September9.15 - 10.40am Sabbath School11.00 - 12.00am Divine Service2.00 - 3.00pm Pathfi nder ProgrammeMonday 7 September7.00 - 8.00pm Bible Study, Home of Lionel and Pam Joshua, Cleughs PlainWednesday 9 September7.30 - 8.30pm Prayer Meeting in Jamestown ChurchFriday 11 September6.00 - 7.00pm Bible Study at the Home of Pas-tor Millin, JamestownFurther Info Contact, Paul Millin, Tel 22267

BAPTIST NOTICES Saturday 5th SeptemberPrayer meeting, 7:00 am, Sandy Bay ChapelSunday 6th SeptemberChurch Services: Family Worship ServicesSandy Bay Chapel, 8:45 am (Leader & preacher: Pastor Graeme)Head O'Wain Chapel, 10:45 am (Leader & preacher: Pastor Graeme)Jamestown Chapel, 6:00 pm (Leader & preacher: Pastor Graeme)Other activities:Sunday School, 10:00 am, Baptist Manse, JamestownPrayer Meeting, 5:00 pm, Jamestown SchoolroomTuesday 8th SeptemberBible Study & Refreshments, 7:30 pm Jamestown Schoolroom (Led by Pastor)Wednesday 9th SeptemberLay Preacher's Group, 4:00 pm Knollcombes Chapel (Led by Pastor)Thursday 10th SeptemberBible Study, 5:30 pm, Sandy Bay Chapel(Led by Pastor)Bible Study, 7:30 pm,Blue Hill Community Centre (Led by Pastor)For further information please call Pastor Graeme Beckett at 22388)

Bible study /cell groupTuesday at Cape Villa at 5pm

Wednesday at the home of Charles Schwarz at 7:30pm

Thursday at Sandy Bay Community Centre at 7pm

Praise and Worship service on Sunday 6th September 2015 at Kingshurst Community

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received in respect of the fol-lowing proposals: 1. Proposed Lounge, Bathroom, Pantry, Dining Room and Patio extensions on Land Parcel No. 40 in the Longwood North Registration Section adjacent to the property of Mr Hensil Thomas, Longwood2. Proposed Rabbit Fencing along each side of the Haul Road from Dead Wood to the Airport Site to include additional areas at Middle Point, Millenium Forest and Prosper-ous Bay Plain Copies of the applications and plans may be inspected at the Planning and Building Section, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 4 pm. Any person who wishes to make representations on the above applications should make them in writing within 14 days to the Planning Offi cer, Essex House, Main Street, James-town or email: [email protected] Isaac, Planning Offi cer 4 SEPTEMBER 2015

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Another Car Fire in Jamestown

The Police and Fire services attended to an-other car fi re on Tuesday afternoon. The small fi re in a maroon Ford Mondeo was quickly ex-tinguished, and the car was left parked on the road by Botanical Gardens over night. This is the second car fi re within a week after a Mit-subishi L200 caught fi re at the Grand Parade on Wednesday 26 August.

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Calibration Flights - PMU Achievements - NavAids

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St Helena Airport’s historic Calibration Flights are currently planned for mid-September. Prior to this, Basil Read will need to obtain approval from our regulator - Air Safety Support International (ASSI) - for temporary use of the runway. ASSI’s Senior Aerodrome Inspector, Justin Rothwell, arrived on-Island on 29 August to carry out his assessment. This includes verifying the Airport infrastructure, observing a table-top exercise for the emergency services, and checking that all safety procedures are in place and being observed. Once Basil Read has demonstrated to ASSI that all safety procedures are in place, ASSI will approve temporary use of the runway. These flights will be undertaken by Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) who will travel to St Helena on a Beechcraft King Air aircraft which has been leased from TAB Charters, based in South Africa.

My Role in the Calibration Flights - Part 1 Leading up to the planned calibration flights a lot of work is going on behind the scenes and with different agencies. We’ve caught up with some of the main parties involved, to look at their role in preparing for the first aircraft to land on St Helena. Part 2 will follow in next week’s Airport Update.

Captain Grant Brighton, TAB Charters Grant’s role will be to ensure the safe passage of the aircraft to and from St Helena. He will need to ensure the trip is correctly planned and executed on the day of arrival on the Island. Whilst on St Helena, Grant will monitor

the weather reports and ultimately decide on the best times and days to fly. He will work closely in conjunction with Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) to ensure the aircraft is flown in accordance with its requirements for calibration. Grant commented: “It is a true honour and privilege to fly to St Helena and be part of this historic event that is about to unfold.”

Co-pilot and First Officer, Dillan Van Niekerk, TAB Charters Dillan will be the First Officer on the aircraft for all flights. He will jointly share the ‘hands on’ flying, navigational duties and radio communications with Captain Grant Brighton. Both crew members will need to ensure the calibration tests are flown as accurately as possible to achieve the end goal of correct calibration of the new instrumentation based at St Helena Airport. Dillan said: “I feel very privileged to be part of this flight. There are no words to explain the excitement I have for the history that we will be part of. It’s a flight I’m sure I’ll always want to re-live.”

Dillan Van Niekerk

Grant Brighton

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Chief Aircraft Engineer, Jeffrey McKenzie, TAB Charters Jeff’s role as Chief Aircraft Engineer will be to ensure that the aircraft is maintained and kept fully airworthy. A spares and tool kit has been shipped to St Helena and Jeff will have full access in order for him to fulfil his vital role.

My Role in the Calibration Flights - Part 1

Jeff McKenzie

Nick Whitehouse is not only the Technical Director and joint founder of FCSL with over 35 years’ experience of flight inspection and air navigation systems - but also an avid flyer. Nick is responsible for the organisation and management of the whole of the Flight Inspection task at St Helena. His main role as flight inspector in the cockpit will be the recording, and assessment of the various radio signals emitted from the instrument landing system. From this assessment, the systems can be certified for use by commercial air traffic into and out of St Helena.

Nick Whitehouse

Stuart Rawlinson, as Chief Pilot, is responsible within the company for the training and management of the company’s pilots, who require a wide range of experience, skill and at times, patience with the weather! Having flown since he was aged 13, he has grown up with flying in his blood, piloting anything from a vintage Tiger Moth bi-plane to higher performance turbine jet powered aircraft. Whilst on calibration duties at St Helena, Stuart will be responsible for ensuring the aircraft is flown within very tight tolerances on approximately 50 various approaches into St Helena Airport. Typically the aircraft must be within a window of 5 metres by 5 metres whilst flying at over 200mph.

Stuart Rawlinson

Airport Project Director, Janet Lawrence “The Access Office is involved in the planning and facilitation of overall airport certification, including the calibration flights. We have a co-ordinating role between Basil Read and those parties in SHG that will be part of airport operations (e.g - Customs, Immigration, Biosecurity etc). “The Access Office does not itself have an operational role so on the day of the arrival of the calibration flight, I expect to be another eager spectator.” Janet Lawrence

Head of HM Customs & Excise, Jon Holland: “Her Majesty’s Customs & Excise is responsible for maintaining the border integrity of St Helena. We currently carry out law enforcement operations at Jamestown Wharf and also at Rupert’s Bay - in order to protect St Helena from the threat of illegally smuggled drugs, firearms, explosives, and any other items considered to be a threat to the Island or population. No vessel can enter the Island without having been ‘cleared’ by a Customs Officer. “Once aircraft start landing at our new airport, they will also need to be ‘cleared’ in exactly the same way. So from the very first calibration flights landing, our officers will be involved in this very important duty.” Jon Holland

Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) have reported they are proud and excited to be working with Basil Read towards the certification and opening of the new St Helena Airport. Calibrating the instrument landing system, airport lighting and flight instrument procedures is a challenging task - requiring expertise, finessed flying, advanced flight inspection knowledge, and a little luck with the weather! The St Helena flight inspection team consists of Flight Inspection Manager and Chief Flight Inspector Nick Whitehouse,

and Chief Pilot of FCSL Stuart Rawlinson. Nick and Stuart have flown together for many years all over the world, and are very much considered to be at the top of their profession. The challenges that a remote airport such as St Helena offers are both strategically and tactically demanding. Both Nick and Stuart are well prepared and look forward to meeting the challenges and working with colleagues on St Helena in certifying the new airport as open for business.

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My Role in the Calibration Flights - Part 1

Pest Control and Biosecurity Officer, Jill Key “Biosecurity is about protecting the Island from new pests and diseases, so our main role in the calibration flights will be to ensure that the historic first flight to land on the Island conforms to our regulations. We will also be ensuring that the aircraft does not have any mosquitoes onboard, which could bring malaria or other human diseases to the Island. St Helena is free from Anopheles, which is the Malaria carrying mosquito, and we want to keep it that way. “Biosecurity works closely with Customs and we will also be checking that any Baggage or goods brought from the aircraft are clean and free from pests”

Jill Key

Senior Immigration Officer, Emerald Newman “This is an exciting time for the immigration team, having been involved in the process leading up to this historic moment for the last four years. Preparing for calibration flights means that we are getting closer to receiving our first operational flight and handling our first fare-paying passengers arriving by air. The Immigration Service is now looking forward to welcoming the calibration flight crew. Pre-entry checks are carried out in advance as well as on first arrival to confirm nationality, identity and status of the individuals arriving on the plane. Operationally, the calibration flights highlighted a change that the Immigration Service needed to make to policy to enable an aircraft to exceptionally travel into and out of St Helenian territorial airspace without crew clearing immigration every time. Aside from this, the team are being handled in exactly the same way as all those working on the airport contract and the Immigration Service looks forward to meeting the crew at border control on arrival.” Emerald Newman

Health & Safety Inspector, Lucia Plato, and Environmental Inspector, Nick Stevens, of the Halcrow Project Management Unit (PMU) have recently gained internationally-recognised General Certificates in Health & Safety with the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). Both Lucia and Nick studied with Phoenix Health & Safety, taking around 18 months to remotely complete their course. Course modules included the study of Health & Safety Regulations, and Management, plus the Controlling of Workplace Hazards and Risk Control. There were also practical sessions which enabled Lucia and Nick to expand their knowledge of health & safety policy, organisation, planning, regulations and the control of workplace hazards. As the Health & Safety Inspector, Lucia’s role is to carry out inspections of the Airport buildings, runway, and Rupert’s Wharf - creating site observations detailing any issues to be addressed. Lucia commented: “Having this qualification has benefited my job role because I am now more confident when carrying out inspections and making site observations. I actually feel quite proud of myself for achieving this qualification as there aren’t many people on the Island qualified in this area. Now that I am internationally qualified, I am more likely to find a job anywhere in the world as a Health & Safety Inspector.” Nick’s role is to assist the PMU Environmental Monitor and work with the contractors on all environmental and archaeological issues on site. He also assists with maintaining health & safety at the Airport site. Nick added: “Having achieved this qualification, I am now able to carry out any role involving health & safety inspections. It feels great to have gained this certificate and motivates me to study further in this field.” Congratulations to both Lucia and Nick on their achievements!

Nick Stevens

Health & Safety Qualifications for PMU Staff

Lucia Plato

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Other Instruments to Aid Flights to and from St Helena Airport

Navigational Aids Used at St Helena Airport

St Helena Airport will be equipped with the following Navigational Aids (NavAids) vital to the safety of aircraft, both in the air and on the ground.

Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) - This is a navigation aid that shows the relative position of the beacon from an aircraft. This system can be affected by atmospheric conditions, but can be useful for aircraft flying at lower heights than normal airliners. Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Range (DVOR) - This equipment provides signals that allows a pilot to fly defined radials to and from the beacon, and so is used for Instrument Flight Approaches as well as en-route navigation. Localiser - Provides very precise navigational information that is usually aligned to a runway heading as part of an instrument approach. In the case of St Helena, the Localiser is offset by just over 11 degrees due to signal interference from the Barn. The pilot receives information on cockpit instruments, advising whether the aircraft is on track or to the left or right of the track. The offset Localiser at St Helena requires a small turn onto the final runway heading as the aircraft approaches the

Airport. Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) - Provides distance to and from the station. The DME station is co-located with the DVOR and Localiser to provide distance information in addition to the horizontal guidance to the station. Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) - This is a

relatively new technology that uses satellites to provide horizontal and vertical guidance to the pilot on approach to

the Airport. A principal benefit for St Helena is that this system is not affected by terrain around the Airport, allowing a straight-in approach to be flown by aircraft fitted with the necessary equipment. Comair’s B737-800s are equipped with this technology.

Aircraft flying to and from St Helena will use a combination of NavAids. These will include GPS for the main part of the flight, until close enough to pick up the signals from the DVOR/DME. This will be used as part of the Instrument Flight Procedure to correctly position the aircraft for approach to the Airport. The final approach will use one of the DVOR and DME, Localiser/DME or GBAS systems to a decision height, when the landing is carried out visually. The Localiser/DME and GBAS permit the aircraft to fly lower in cloud than the DVOR/DME, before the crew need to have visual contact with the runway.

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A census in February will get a glimpse of the island’s population before the airport opens. Statisticians Paula McLeod and Justine Joshua joined SAMS Radio 1 to answer peo-ple’s questions about the census. What follows are some extracts from the one-hour interview. What is a census?P: “A census is a complete count. So what we are talking about here is a population and housing census which is going to be a com-plete count of all the houses on the island and all the people living in those houses [...] we’re then going to ask a whole bunch of questions.” What will it be used for?P: “That’s going to give us a really rich data set which tells us all about St Helena [...] so we’ve got the pre-air access characteristics of the island, and that data is going to be used for many years ahead to make sure that we’re planning correctly, allocating budgets cor-rectly and also, just from an interest point of view, what was St Helena like before the fi rst airplane landed?” Do you think it will show if the airport has been successful? P: “That’s one of the things the data will be used for.”What kind of questions will people be asked? J: “The sort of question we will ask are the type of household you live in, the dwelling type, the number of rooms, bathroom and toilet facilities, cooking and lighting, things like that. And in relation to the population we would count age, gender, marital status and education.”If I do not want to fi ll it out, what happens?P: “You will be liable for prosecution under the census ordinance; we will do everything we can to work with you to make you as happy as possible to take part.”Do you think this encroaches on people’s privacy?P: “No. We are part of a community, we are

“This is essential information”

part of St Helena’s popula-tion, and this is essential in-formation for St Helena.” How will my data be stored?P: “We will not enter you with all your personal details into one database. It is likely that we will have two sepa-rate databases [...]. It is likely we will have some sort of database with your name and address information on it [and] we will have a separate database that has that full-er detail you fi lled out on your census form.” Will the data really be useful in fi ve years?P: “It will be essential fi ve years down the line. Depending on the question you’re asking some information, yes, does become quickly outdated. But what we have to make sure is that this census baseline is essential.”“Where we can keep information updated – and that’s most noticeable looking at the age profi le; adding in births, taking away deaths, and adjusting for migration – that is something we can do to keep better track of changes in the St Helena population.” Why does SHG need to know my history of education? What benefi t does that have for the government? P: “We don’t actually need to know your his-tory of education. What we need to know is the educational background of the entire island population. It’s a really important social indi-cator, how many years of schooling that we’re getting people to complete and what qualifi ca-tions they’re getting at the end of it.”Do you understand why people are reluc-tant to trust you with this information? P: “Of course. It is personal, it is natural to want to keep it to yourself.”Are there any benefi ts of fi lling out the cen-sus? P: “You don’t get a lollypop for taking part, although we are looking into stickers if that helps anybody who’s sat on the fence. But the reward for fi lling in this census completely

and truthfully is that you will be equipping SHG [...] with the data they need to be able to provide the right resources for you.” Will you be asking how much money I make? P: “No, we won’t ask anything like that. We don’t ask about your income, we don’t ask about your savings.”Why not?P: “It’s something that’s been dropped lately, the US didn’t do it in their last census, the UK didn’t do it in their last census, and I don’t think they did it in the one before that either, just because the information we tend to get is not reliable.” How do you make sure the questions are not leading?P: “We look to international best practice for this [...] we mentioned the UN recommenda-tions so we look to their suggestions for what questions to ask and how to ask them.” Do you tailor the questions to the island?J: “We will try our best to strike the balance between getting the international comparabil-ity and making it relevant to St Helena. We won’t ask how many skyscrapers [there are] we will try to make it relevant to the island and get the best dataset that we can.” What happens if I feel uncomfortable answering any specifi c questions?P: “We will do our best to work with you to make you more comfortable. So if you can let us know what those questions are and why they make you uncomfortable, we can work with you.”

What? SHG will soon be doing a census to fi nd out more about the island’s population. When?The census will be taking place on Sunday 7 February 2016. How?The statistics team will be on hand to help people who have any diffi culties fi lling out the form. Where?You can fi ll out the form at home, but can also go to your local community centre if you need help.Why?It is vital to get this data so the government can make evi-dence-based decisions, Paula McLeod says.

Statisticians Look Forward to February Census

August Graham, SAMS

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GOLF NEWSGOLF NEWSSt Helena Golf Club Report St Helena Golf Club Report Weekend 29 - 30 August 2015Weekend 29 - 30 August 2015

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18 Hole Stroke Play Par 3’s – Sponsored by John Joshua – 11 Players took part & all play-ers received a prize.

In two top spots – Nicky Stevens & Lawson Henry both on 64 points – 10 over par.

2 Ball winner – Nicky Stevens

Sunday 30th AugustMonthly Medal – 18 Hole Stroke Play – Spon-sored by Basil Read

Winner – Brian Fowler – on par 68Runner-up – Norman Thomas – one over par 69

2 Ball winner – Arthur Francis on 1st Green par 322 players took part on a very pleasant after-noon.

Competition this week - 5th & 6th September - 36 Hole stroke play sponsored by AMD Engi-neering. Tee-off time - noon

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19-0Rovers net the highest number of goals (19) for the past 5 seasons against Crystal Rangers on Sunday. If the league ends up being decided on goal difference, such a scoreline could clinch the title for Rovers.

Man of the Match Clayton Benjamin bagged a hat trick on Sunday

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system in 2002, gross transfer spending has exceeded £7.3bn, with over 80% of this being spent in summer transfer windows, according to fi nancial analysts Deloitte.Manchester City broke their club record twice this summer to bring De Bruyne and Sterling to Etihad Stadium as they became England’s highest gross spenders in a single window.Their total spend of approximately £160m beat the near £150m outlay of Manchester United in summer 2014, including deals for Fabian Delph, Patrick Roberts and Nicolas Otamendi.

Premier League: Transfer window proves rich-est ever at £870mThe summer transfer window was the richest in Premier League history as total spending for the calendar year reached £1bn for the fi rst time.Summer outlay passed £870m, 4% up on the record set last year.The biggest spenders, Manchester City, paid the two biggest fees, £55m for Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg and £49m for Raheem Sterling from Liverpool.Since the introduction of the transfer window

With that said there were many positive points to draw from the match.Although this is their debut season many of Wolves’ players have established themselves as future talents. Jordan Thomas has produced

great defensive performances game after game, and Jacob Duncan has excelled in a more attacking role. He is defi nitely one to

watch for the future.Although Axis had a less than convinc-ing start to the season, they have found

a winning formula - albeit one that means playing less attractive foot-

ball. The early exchanges were even with both teams un-

able to create clear-cut opportunities. Midway

through the half Axis managed to string string

together a few together a few passes and An-passes and An-tonio Green fi n-tonio Green fi n-ished a sweeping ished a sweeping

move with a well-placed fi nish into the move with a well-placed fi nish into the bottom-left corner.bottom-left corner.

Wolves’ heads did not drop after going a Wolves’ heads did not drop after going a goal behind and Alex Hudson, J Duncan goal behind and Alex Hudson, J Duncan and Jamie Phillips continued to attack and Jamie Phillips continued to attack Axis’ defence, attempting to forge shoot-Axis’ defence, attempting to forge shoot-

ing opportunities. Their pass-and-move ing opportunities. Their pass-and-move style of play is a simple one that hasstyle of play is a simple one that has stood the test of time, and one that the

more experienced teams could adopt. They came close to scoring when a spec-ulative shot from the left of the 18-yard area was fumbled by George in goal for Axis, but he recovered and clawed the ball off the line.In the latter stages of the half, Rocky

Stroud’s dogged determination saw him burst into the penalty area, and after having his initial effort was saved by D Duncan, he squeezed in the rebound at the near post. Relish-ing his new role on the right wing, Stroud continued to drive forward

Sun 30 August 2015 - Match ReportAxis 3 - Wolves 0

Damien O’Bey, SAMS

Dogged Determinationand found his team another goal. This time around his shot fl ew into the top-left corner.Wolves had a goal disallowed for offside be-fore the half-time whistle. After the restart Axis continued to pressure Wolves’ defence and, despite having their forwards in great po-sitions, they lacked a good fi nal ball. Kieron Bowers replaced Mark George in the heart of Axis defence and Adam Sizeland provided fresh legs on the right wing when he replaced Stroud. Wolves carved out a few more chanc-es and Axis have their keeper to thank after he made two crucial saves to keep them in the match.Wolves were reduced to 9 men when J Thomas was injured in a tackle with Dalton George,

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League & hotshots table produced by The Sentinel. Results & fi xtures provided by SHFA

P W L D GF GA GD PtsRovers 10 9 0 1 76 7 69 28Harts 9 7 0 2 42 8 34 23CSB 10 6 2 2 35 16 19 20Wirebirds 9 6 2 1 43 15 28 19Fugees 10 3 5 2 28 30 2 11Axis 10 3 5 2 16 31 15 11Bellboys 9 3 5 1 15 30 15 10C Rangers 9 3 6 0 19 67 48 9Raiders* 9 1 7 1 20 33 13 2Wolves 9 0 9 0 10 67 57 0* Points deducted for failing to provide a Linesman and aReferee

Player Team TotalRoss O'Dean Rovers 22Rico Benjamin Rovers 20Kevin Hudson CSB 18Ronan Legg Rovers 14Jason George Harts 13Joseph 'Ace' Hlongwane Wirebirds 13Clayton Benjamin Rovers 9Thulani Khanyile Wirebirds 9Chris Owen Harts 7Kyle Shoesmith Fugees 7Andrew Yon Rovers 6Christian Phillips Raiders 6Alonzo Henry CSB 5Bank C Rangers 5Cody Thomas C Rangers 5Jordan Yon Fugees 5Julian Fowler Raiders 5Own goals 5Scott Crowie Bellboys 5Shane Stroud Harts 5

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLE

FOOTBALL HOT SHOTS

Saturday 5 September 2015Wolves CSB1.30pm1.30pm org. Harts

Sunday 6 August 2015C Rangers Harts11.45amRaiders Fugees1.30pm

org. B Boysorg. Rovers

Saturday 29 August 2015Harts 4 Fugees 2

K Shoesmith, K YonJ George 2, M Williams, C OwenMoM: Jason George

Sunday 30 August 2015CSB 1 Bellboys 1

Rovers 19 C Rangers 0R Benjamin 6, R O’Dean 5,A YonA Yon 2, C Benjamin 3, D OkaliOkali, B Sim, P BenjaminMoM:MoM: Clayton Benjamin

K Benjamin P Francis (P)MoM: Phillip Francis

FOOTBALL RESULTS

Rovers B Boys3.30pm3.30pm org. Fugees

Axis Wirebirds3.30pm org. Rovers

Raiders 2 Wirebirds 7D Leo, M Yon, T Khanyille 2, S Scipio 2, S

Clingham 2, M GreenMoM: Simon Scipio

AxisAxis 3 Wolves 0A Green, R Stroud 2MoM: Antonio Green

The Premier League leaders were boosted this summer by having restrictions on their transfer spending lifted after meeting their Financial Fair Play target.City’s spending in 2014 was capped at £49m and they were also fi ned £16.3m for breach-ing Uefa rules.The four Premier League clubs competing in this season’s Champions League - City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal - had a com-bined gross transfer spend of around £340m, representing around 40% of the aggregate

gross transfer spend by Premier League clubs.The signing of 19-year-old Martial, Everton’s £9.5m capture of Argentine defender Ramiro Funes Mori and Papy Djilobodji’s £4m arrival at Chelsea from Nantes on Tuesday helped the 2015 window overtake the £835m set last year.Liverpool have used the Sterling money (and more) to sign seven players, with Christian Benteke (£32.5m), Roberto Firmino (£29m) and Nathaniel Clyne (£12m) the most expen-sive.Abridged article from BBC

however the defender recovered af-ter 10 minutes on the sideline.Luke Bennett played the last 15 minutes of the match and man-aged to send a shot goalwards but it lacked the venom it needed to beat D Duncan. Travoy Stevens used

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his height to his advantage in the fi nal stag-es of the match but his headed efforts were also saved by Duncan.

Axis took all three points from the match, albeit with a less than convincing perfor-

mance. However they will be pleased to have added another three points to their season tally.

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Dogged Determination

Rocky Stroud netted a fi rst-half brace as Axis defeated a ten-man Wolves team by three goals to nil in Sunday’s fi nal match.New boys Wolves were dealt a blow when their goalkeeper fell ill just before the match, leaving Captain Darren Duncan no choice but to put himself between the sticks. This left Wolves a man short for the entire

90 minutes. At the opposite end Axis were buoyant following their 3-0 victory over Crystal Rangers and were boosted even further by the return of star goalkeeper Robert George.The game was often ragged and failed to fl ow in the way other match-ups have. Wolves were a man short so could be forgiven for kicking the ball out of play to allow their players to return to defensive positions, but the more experienced Axis team needlessly adopted the same tactic.

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