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A Place of their own; Helicopter rescue; Ships cruising in; LegCo meets today; SAMA82 members arrive; Tsunami appeal over £20,000; Forces on show at MPA.
A Place of their own
STANLEY'S teenagers finally have their own venue to hang out in. The Place, located in the former telephone exchange building on Ross Road, was officially opened by Tim Simpson on Wednesday. Before cutting the ribbon, Mrs. Simpson, the Community School's popular art teacher, thanked the many volunteers who had helped to renovate and furnish the building, ready for Stanley's young people to use. She told the gathering of teenagers, "At last you younger people have somewhere to go in your spare time. "We truly hope it will be successful and that you can all enjoy The Place for the foreseeable future. "We have been trying to get you somewhere for some years now so it is good to see that we are finally making a start." Dion Robertson (14) said he felt The Place gives youngsters, "...a chance to meet and talk to people we don't usually mix with." He said he was pleased that, "...finally we've got somewhere for the younger generation to go." David Barton (14), a member of The Place's committee, said the adult members of the committee had been "really good and helpful". He said that in addition to assisting with the practicalities in preparing the building they are now allowing the teenagers to run The Place themselves: "They told us, ?it's your place, and you look after it'." Pictured: Teenagers Dion Robertson, Cameron Reeves, Dana Morrison and Erica Berntsen at home in The Place.
Helicopter rescue A CRUISE ship passenger from the Infinityhas been flown to Montevideo for treatment after a dramatic night-time helicopter rescue in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Up to a thousand passengers on board the vessel cheered and clapped as the person, initially suspected of having a burst appendix, was winched on to the helicopter just after midnight. After being brought in to hospital in Stanley the man was reassessed and the military were involved in organising a flight to Montevideo which left on Tuesday morning. FIBS
Ships cruising in
TODAY marks the start of another busy week for the cruise industry. Saga Rose (carrying approximately 490 passengers) will be calling in to Stanley along with Explorer II (187) and Insignia(1,158). Tomorrow Royal Princess (1,158) will be in Stanley while A S Vavilov(100) will visit Bleaker Island. Hanseatic (100) will call at George and Barren Islands on Monday and on Tuesday MS Silver Wind (300) and Hanseaticwill be in Stanley. On Wednesday Amsterdam (1,380) will be in Stanley and it's Crystal Symphony's (1010) turn on Thursday.
LegCo meets today LEGISLATIVE Council holds its first meeting of 2005 today. Questions will be asked on a number of subjects including waiting times for dental appointments, the routing of the Murrell Road and the camp telephone service. The meeting begins at 10.30am and will be broadcast live island-wide by FIBS.
Mini Sports meeting THE Stanley Sports Association is hopeful its Mini Sports meeting will take place tomorrow. In light of the substantial rain fall over recent weeks, Association Chairman Owen Summers said he has examined the course and is hopeful it will be all right for racing. He commented, "The course will not be the restriction in itself but it is more likely to be in the pulling up area if there is too much rain just before the day." Mr Summers said if the Mini Sports cannot be held on Saturday, "...we will postpone and see what Sunday brings...rain on Friday night will force us to make a final decision on Saturday morning." He added, "An announcement will be made on FIBS/BFBS if we have to cancel."
SAMA82 members arrive TWO members of SAMA Wales are due to arrive in the Falklands on today's Air Luxor flight. Peter Evans from the Welsh Guards and Bruce Kirkham from the Atlantic Conveyor will be in the Islands until February 8. Anyone wishing to contact them during their stay can do so through Jan and Tim Miller at the Market Garden.
Tsunami appeal over £20,000 THE Tsunami Earthquake Appeal now stands at £6,755.17.
This amount is in addition to £14,600 which has already been sent overseas for the relief effort, bringing the total raised to well over £20,000. Forces on show at MPA
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