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'Special' program for kids
This past weekend, the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Bahamas organized its 'Healthy Athlete Program' in which some 100 special athletes were screened by medical professionals for their eyes and teeth. According to National Director, Amanda Moncur, most of the athletes in this program are from lower economic families, who are not in a position to afford these services, so this service would not otherwise be available to them. Local Optometrists and Dentists volunteered their services to examine the athletes and produce recommendations for treatment. Athletes are also provided with prescription glasses "free of charge". Much to their credit, many of the professionals provide free consultation to the needy athletes, The 'Healthy Athlete Program' is headed by Optometrist, Ebbie Shearer-Jackson, and Dentist, Mitchell Lockhart, who attended a training workshop in the Cayman Islands sponsored by Special Olympics.
Clinic for 'Special' coaches
Special Olympics Bahamas is taking its coaches to another level. In an effort to ensure the qualifications and skills of its volunteer coaches, the board of directors of Special Olympics Bahamas organised a two-day Coaches Clinic last weekend. The workshop was conducted by Dr. David Benjamin, Technical Director of the Special Olympics Caribbean Office, and the 35 coaches who attended said that the event was a much needed and successful exercise. Coaches in the sports of Track and Field, Swimming, Bocce, Basketball, Tennis and Soccer from the Grand Bahama, Long Island and New Providence programs benefited from the latest techniques and innovations in coaching special athletes. The course included workouts with the special athletes at the Stapledon School for the Mentally Retarded.
Lands, Survey gets technical
Lands and Survey and Planning Department staff attended a geographical information systems technology conference in Bahamas recently.Director of Lands & Survey Alan Jones and GIS Development Manager Garry Green made presentations at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 2006 3rd Caribbean GIS Conference attended by over 300 people from across the region, Africa and North America, states a press release.
Conference topics included the use of GIS in disaster management, land use, environment, urban planning, health and public safety and education. Also taking part from the Cayman Islands were Director of Planning Kenneth Ebanks; Planning Office, Assistant Director of Planning Haroon Pandohie and GIS Production Supervisor, Janet Dixon.
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Experts present developments in GIS technology at conference
Lands & Survey and Planning Department staff had the opportunity to extol the virtues of the departments cutting edge technology recently when they attended a geographical information systems (GIS) technology conference in Bahamas recently.Director of Lands & Survey, Alan Jones and GIS Development Manager, Garry Green made presentations at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 2006 3rd Caribbean GIS Conference attended by over 300 people from across the region, Africa and North America.
Conference topics included the use of GIS in disaster management, land use, environment, urban planning, health & public safety and education. Also taking part from the Cayman Islands were Director of Planning, Kenneth Ebanks; Planning Officer, Haroon Pandohie and GIS Production Supervisor, Janet Dixon.
Palm Beach Official Busted For Land Deals Including Diocese Parcel
MIAMI---A commissioner on the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners misused his position to personally enrich himself, his family and his secret business partners in a series of land deals in Palm Beach, Martin and Brevard Counties, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Anthony R. Masilotti, 50, of Wellington has been charged in a criminal information with fraud conspiracy. The information also seeks forfeiture of millions of dollars in assets derived from the fraud conspiracy, account to R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
If convicted, Masilotti faces a maximum period of five years of incarceration and a $250,000 fine in addition to the criminal forfeitures.
The information alleges that, among other things, Masilotti advocated and voted on these matters without disclosing to the BCC and the public his secret financial interest in the transactions, which ultimately netted him millions of dollars.