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Cayman Islands News, Articles and InformationLooking aheadNASCAR NEXTEL CUPPepsi 400 When: Today, qualifying (SPEED Channel, 4:30 p.m.); Saturday, race (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) Where: Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles, 31 degrees banking in turns), Daytona Beach, Fla. Distance: 400 miles, 160 laps Last race: Jeff Gordon combined patience with a fast race car at Infineon Raceway to grab a record ninth road-course victory. Gordon took the lead for the first time on lap 49 of the 110-lap Dodge/Save Mart 350. Last year: Tony Stewart made a dramatic four-wide pass, then pulled away on a restart with nine laps left to win the Pepsi 400, his first victory in 14 starts at Daytona. NASCAR BUSCH Winn-Dixie 250 When: Today, qualifying, 1:05 p.m., race (FX, 7:30 p.m.) Where: Daytona International Speedway Distance: 250 miles, 100 laps Last race: Paul Menard held on in the closing laps to win the AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile.
TV preacher aims at the multitudesJust after midnight on a Monday night, Bill Keller strolled into the UPN television station in Tampa, Fla., looking relaxed, if a bit sleep-deprived, in a jaunty red and black Michael Jordan jumpsuit.He greeted his TV crew and pastoral team, took a leather-bound Bible out of his briefcase and hurriedly ate a banana. Then he changed into a dark blue suit, sat down in a chair on the corner of the set and prayed quietly - eyes closed, hands held a football length apart. Three minutes later, he was on the air live, talking to 250,000 viewers throughout Florida in earnest tones about sin, death, salvation and alligator attacks. Five nights a week, Keller - televangelist, ex-convict and founder of the Web site liveprayer.com, billed as the world's largest interactive Christian Web site - brings a stark, fundamentalist message to broadcast TV.
Today’s Editorial June 15: The landfill dilemmaThat there needs to be a solution to the landfill dilemma is without a doubt. Not only is the landfill growing taller by the day, no one seems to want to talk about what kind of toxic mess is seeping through it into the ground – and water table – below.In other places in the world, retired landfills are covered with dirt, vented so that the gases created by decomposing matter can escape, and then planted with grass and other flora. Eventually, these landfills become parks. Certainly the future residents of Camana Bay would rather have a view of pretty green hill with a park on it than a ragged brown trash heap. Regardless of the motives of the Dart Group, however, we should recognise how much the offer could help the government and this country. Minister of Infrastructure Arden McLean has talked publicly about the enormous cost of dealing with the landfill.
Charity cycle ride for Cancer SocietyOn Sunday 25 June, Butterfield Bank will present a charity cycle ride with the aim of raising funds for the Cayman Islands Cancer Society.The ride will start from Paradise Bar and Grill, with the route taking participants down South Sound Road to the turnaround point just before the Grand Harbour roundabout. From there, participants will make their way back to the finish at Paradise. There is no entry fee as such, but a minimum donation of $10 to the Cayman Islands Cancer Society is required. These donations will be collected at registration. Presenting sponsor Butterfield Bank had undertaken to match dollar for dollar the amount raised for the cancer society on the day, and in so doing the organisers hope to collect a tidy sum. All participants who ride the course will be eligible to win a Cayman Airways flight to Miami in the post-ride prize draw. Brac BPW supports girls at collegeA tea party at the Heritage House for all the girls from Cayman Brac in tertiary education, hosted by the Brac Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Club, has become an annual tradition.Members of the Brac BPW send a small stipend to all girls from the Brac at college, and also send them letters of encouragement while they are away. This is in keeping with one of the stated aims of the Club: to encourage women and girls to acquire education, occupational training, and advanced education; and use their occupational capacities and intelligence for the advantage of others as well as themselves. The tea party provides a social situation in which the girls can chat informally with members and tell them how the school year has been, and also becomes an opportunity to discuss any problems they may have had, said Brac BPW President Claudette Upton. |
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