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EDITORIAL
INDEPENDENTNEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 21, 2009VOLUME 1, ISSUE 19
STATIA NEWS
DearStatianewsreader,
Iwanttowishyouamerrychristmasandahappy
newyear,hopeyouspendsomelovingtimeswith
familyandfriendsIwishtothankeverybodythat
helpswiththepaper,thataskmetoputsomething
init,thatpointoutthingstomeandsendme
emails.
ThiseditionIdontreallyfeellikehavingadifficult
politicaldisplayofwhatisgoingononSt.Eustatius.
Fromnow,Iwillputalltheletterstotheeditor
thatappearintheDailyHeraldaboutStatiaon
www.statianews.com
Ialsodecidednottohavepoliticianstalkingabout
thefederalelectionsinStatianewsfornow.Every
thingabouttheseelectionsIwillputonthesite
too. IonlyshowapicturewiththePLPcandidates.
Iwasplanningtoputsomeopinionsaboutthe
socialeconomicdevelopmentinthisedtion,since
wehadatownhallmeetingaboutthat.Iputthe
articlethat
was
written
about
that
on
the
site
too.
Fortherest,Iwanttoshowyoureaderwhatalot
ofactivitiyisgoingonaroundChristmastimeon
Statia.IwonderhowthingsareonSt.Kittswere
ChristmastimeisalsoCarnivaltime.PreCarnival
timestartedDecember14thalreadyandnowthe
realCarnivalisabouttostart.
Itcant
be
as
sweet
on
St.
Kitts
as
it
is
on
Statia.
Twonightsinarow,Iheardthewindblowmusic
pastourporche.ThekillikillibandwhentheBuzzy
Beehadtheirparty,andtheothernight,Ihearda
christmaschoir,verylovely,singingChristmas
Carolsatahousenearby. Andtoday,Ievenheard
atrumpetplaying.
Threenightsofpeople talking,laughing,singing,
peopleyelling:Bye!Bye!
Wehearthescreekingofthecricketsandthetree
frogs and we hear the music coming with the
wind.
EnjoytheChristmaspictures,
AnnemiekeKusters
Christmas Parade,
Page 2
Statias Lt. Gover-
nor left Statia,
page 3
The Antillean Elec-tions and Statia,
page 3
Progressive Labor
Party Candidates,
page 4
Dollarization,
page 4
Senior Citizen
Lunch, page 5
Christmas with Do-
ra the Explorer,
page 6
Four Founders of
the Auxilary Home,
page 7
Who Will win the
Competition?
Page 8
A poem and a pictu-re, page 9
IBOS strikes again,
page 10
Announcements,
page 11
Statia Chirstmas Parade great succes see page 3
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PAGE 2 LOCAL NEWS STATIA NEWSDEC 21, 2009
DECEMBER 15CHRISTMAS PARADE
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PAGE 3 LOCAL NEWS STATIA NEWSDEC 21, 2009
STATIA S LT . GOVERNORLEFT STATIA
Mr.HydenGittens,hiswifeSylvanaandtheirchildrenplayingWiiatateachershouse.Lastmonth,Mr.HydenGittens
leftStatia.ItisstillunknownwhowillbeStatiasnextLt.Governor.ThespokesmanofMrs.BijleveldtoldStatianews
thatweprobablyhavetowaitalittlelongerthantheFirstofJanuarybeforewewillknow. Fornow;Thankstothe
Gittensfamilyforthegoodmomentsyougaveinthepastyears,allthebestinCuracao.
Pictureby:MarcoCoenen
StatiahastwopoliticalpartysthatjointhefederalelectionsnextJanuary22.TheDP,withfourcandidatesandthePLPwith7candidates.
TheDPcandidatesareJulianWoodley,ReginaldZaandam,AdelkaSpannerandJoshuaSpanner.
ThePLPcandidatesareMillicentLijfrockMarsdin,LaurensDuiveman,ArleneSchmidtSpanner,BrendavanPutten,RichellineLeerdam,
EsmanF.Roosberg, andClydeI.vanPutten.
Thepartywhogetsthemostvotes,wins.Thecandidatewiththemajorityofvoteswithinthatwinningparty,willbeStatiasnextsenator.
IntheAntilleanparliament,StatiaandSababothhaveoneseat,BonaireandSintMaartenhavethreeseatsandCuracaohas14seats.
Aftertheelections,whenanewGovernmentwillbeformed,thisGovernmentwillbedemissionair.Wedontknowiftheywillhavethe
sameamountofMinistersandStateSecretarysaspresently. Itisforexamplenotnecessarytohaveaministerofeducationandaminis
terofhealth.ItremainstobeseenifStatiawillhaveaStateSecretaryinthisnewgovernment.
What
a
senator
in
the
Antillean
parliament
can
do
for
Statia
is
difficult
to
know.
I
think
its
best
to
read
about
that
in
the
different
news
papers.Ortolistentotheradio.
THE ANTILLEAN ELECTIONSAND STATIA
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LasteditionofStatianews,Ipublishedatransla
tionofsomeoftheanswersMr.DassenandMr.
vanHaeftengavemetomyquestions.Theirpic
turewasnottobefound,butwasfoundafterall.
ThefirstofJanuary2011,theUSdollarwillbe
Statiascurrency.
Themostimportantquestionaboutthenewcur
rencyis:
WhyDollarandnotEuro?
TheAntillesareorientedonthedollar.80%oftrade
takesplacewithdollarregions.
MosttouristscomefromU.S.dollarsregions.
Theeuroisanexpensivecurrencycomparedtothe
dollar.ThatmeansthateverythingontheBESislands
wouldbecomemuchmoreexpensive,thiswouldhave
negativeimpactonwelfare.Thiseffectisclearlyvisible
ontheFrenchpartofSintMaarten.
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PROGRESSIVE LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES
LeftWillyDassen,rightEwoutvanHaeftenoftheBankofthe
Netherlands.
From
January
1,
2011,
Statia
will
have
a
new
cur
rency,theUSDollar.Mr.DassenandMr.vanHaeftenarehelping
toprepareforthisdollarization.
ClydevanPutten,RichellineLeerdam,ArleneSchmidt
Spanner,Millicent
Lijfrock,
Laurens
Duiveman
and
Bren
davanPutten.EsmanRoosbergisnotonthepicture.
BigMouthBigBellyBusbyandhisgirl
MillicentLijfrock.
DOLLARIZATION
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December1,LionsDen.
Iamsorrytosay,buttome,themeetingaboutthesocial
economicdevelopmentplan
Okay,thisiswhathetoldme,IcanaddnothingThese
condsmartpersononthatmeeting,wasmyhusband,he
saidthatwecanuseourtaxsystemtoencourageecono
micgrowth,isthistaxsystemincludedinthesocialeco
nomicdeveloppmentplan?No.Thethirdsmartperson
wasJaap,tocomeupwiththeissueofeducation.Alotof
reactionthat
provoked
and
here,
on
the
spatial
planning
meeting,thediscussionwasaboutthelanguageofin
structionatourschools.Thisisthechaoticsocietyof
Statia,thisisStatiasculture,eventhoughtherewerenot
somanylocalblackpeoplewhocametothemeeting,the
percentageofforeignpensioneersoralmostpensioneers,
wasveryhigh.AlotofthepeopleintheroomIhadnever
seenbefore.Theydidnottalkthough,apartfromoneor
two.Jaapforexample,buttomeandIthinktomost
StatianshebelongstotheFurniture,so
Dontfeeloffended,letmeexplain.Inmyopinion,alltheCarib
beanislandsarecrazy.Crazyinthesenseofcolorfull.Icometo
realize,nowthatIhavelivedherefortoandahalfyear,that
thereis
no
escape
on
an
island.
On
an
island,
you
cant
escape
yourself.Inabigcity,youcangounnoticed,butonasmallCarib
beanisland,thereisnoescape,everybodyiseverybodysmirror,
everybodyknowseverybodyandthismakeseverybodyalittle
crazy.Everybodymustshowwhotheyare,thereisnoescape
fromthat.AndsoeverybodydoesandthatswhyStatiaisa
colorfullplace.Theonepersonthatsaidthemostsensiblething
onthespatialplanningmeeting,wasAlidaFrancis.Iknowyou
seeLadyAlidaFraniciseverywhere,but,he,thisisasmallisland!
Whatshesaidwasthatwehavetomakesuretherewillnotbea
gapbetweentherichenthepoor.Thisisachristmasthought:
Wedontwantasocietyofhavesandhavenots,ifthereis
prosperity,wehavetosharethisprosperity.Prosperityust
comeifweareEuropeanandhaveaUSdollarascurrency.Idont
understandwhypoliticianshavenofeelingforentrepeneurship
atall.
Idont
know
anything
about
making
money,
but
having
a
USdollarseemslikeanadventagedwhenweareapartofHol
landforeigninvestors,butforlocalentrepeneurs.Buyingand
selling,Iwouldsay.Orproducingandsellingmaybeevenbetter.
Butagain,Idontknowanythingaboutthesethings.European
rulesapplyforStatia.Anopportunity,notespeciallyforforeign
investors,butforlocalentrepeneurs.Buyingandselling,Iwould
say.Orproducingandsellingmaybeevenbetter.Butagain,I
dontknowanythingaboutthesethings.
DEC 21, 2009
ANNUAL SENIOR C ITIZEN LUNCH L IONS CLUB
LionsDen,
December
20,
Annual
Senior
Citizens
Lunch
organized
by
the
Lions
Club.
KilliKilliBandplayingagain,theyplayalmosteverydayinChristmastime.
LotsofgoodfoodforStatiasseniorcitizens.
LionsKoos
Sneek
and
Siem
Dijkshoorn
working
hardtomakethislunchasucces.
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SundayDecember20,theAnnualSantagatheringatARCAgency.DoratheExplorerwasfavorite.Santahadpresentsfor
allthechildren.
DEC 21, 2009
CHRISTMASWITH DORATHE EXPLORER
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PAGE 7 LOCAL NEWS STATIA NEWSDEC 21, 2009
FOUR NAMESFOR FOUR WINGSATTHE AUXILARY HOME
Thursday,December17th,fourwingsintheAuxilaryhomewerenamedafterthefourpioneersthatfounded
theauxilaryhomein1997.FamilymemberswerepresenttohonourthesefourremarkableladiesChristine
ElisabethFlanders,LauraRouse,CynthiaCeciliaandMaryEuton.
Fromlefttoright:AlidaFrancis,thenieceofChristinaFlanders,IphraimCecilia,thesonofCynthiaCecilia,
ShandraandVanessaRouse,thetwogranddaughtersofLauraRouseandAmalia,thegranddaughterof
MaryEuton,cametohonourtheirfamilymembers,thefoundersoftheAuxilaryhome.
Mr.SjoukeBakker,presidentoftheboardoftheAuxilaryhome,tellsthestoryofthedevelopmentoftheauxilaryho
me.In1997ithoused12residentsandsomeofthemstillarelivingheretoday.Theauxilaryhomehasgrownoverthe
yearsandthewingsthatwereaddedinthepastwillbegiventhenamesofthefounders.Mr.Bakkeralsoexplained
what
is
going
to
happen
in
the
future.
After
the
merging
of
Queen
Beatrix
Medical
Centre
and
the
Auxilary
home,
there
willbeanewfoundation,whichwillhavenotieswiththelocalgovernment.FromJanuaryFirst,2010,theDutchMini
stryofVWSwilltaketheresponsibilityforhealthcare.Soon,theAuxilaryhomewillgetanewbus.
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WHOWILLWIN STATIA S COMPETITION?
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PAGE 9 LETTERTOTHE EDITOR
NEWSSTATIA NEWS
Avond op St.Eustatius,
Wat mooi is toch de aarde,die God voor ons heeft geschapen en bewaarde.Menig mens leeft er aan voorbij,
maar gelukkig niet voor mij.Ik zit in de tuin geheel alleen,
en kijkt stil om me heen.Daar komt langzaam de maan,
vanachter de vulkaan.Heel de aarde word verlicht,wat een prachtig gezicht.Ook zijn er vele sterren,te veel om ze te tellen.Wat mooi is toch de aarde,die God voor ons heeft geschapen en bewaarde.Daar staat een groepje bomen,in het gouden licht te dromen.
In de verte hoor je mensen zingen,over God zijn almachtige dingen.Er zijn mensen die het nog begrijpen.
Wat mooi is toch de aarde,die God voor ons heeft geschapen en bewaarde.
Wim T. De Jong.
AconcernedStatianwhowantshisorhernametobeleftunknown,madethispicturelastweekatthedump.Anony
mousisconcernedaboutthehealthofpeoplethatwilleatporkchopsfromthesepigs,ormeatfromthesecows.Anony
mouswantedthefollowingtitleabovethepicture:
DEC 21, 2009
A POEMAND A P ICTURE
Buffet at Statia's Dump: "Have you eaten local meat lately"
This is a poem Jan de Jong wrote in1983, he was living on Statia for sixyears then. When he wrote thispoem, he was sitting behind his hou-se on the concrete roof of the cis-
tern. His house was where Marysolsbeauty salon is now in Fort Oran-
jestraat.
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IBOS STRIKESAGAIN
OntheSabaDayFootballcompetition,theIBOS (InternationalBrothersofStatia)wonthethreegames
theyplayedagainstthreedifferentSabateams.
Theplayersare:PaulFletcherjr.,coachandmanagerPaulFletcher,DagoDelRosa,JuliusMcPherson,Kevin
Martinez,RomarioRenfrum,FrancisOfon,RochRenfrumandScottNewton.
ThejacketsandpantsIBOSarewearingcomefromJAC,famousfootballclubfromScheveningen.
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PAGE 11 ANNOUNCEMENTS STATIA NEWS
FROM JANUARY 4THWE WELCOMEA NEW COOK.
WEVE EXTENDED OPENINGOURS UNTIL 0830PM
AND ADDED A FEW ITEMS TO THEMENU: SALADS, BUFFALOWINGS, ONION RINGS ETC..
LIVE MUSIC ONCE A MONTH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU!
NEW COOK! NEW TIME! NEWMENU!
DEC 21, 2009
SEASON GREETINGS & ANNOUNCEMENT
Merry Christmas from Shandrelica en Shadira Dinzey and Elvira Redan
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