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Eleuthera 2001

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Suite 131

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This CDRom contains a complete interactive information guide to the Bahamian Island of Eleuthera Bahamas. Along with an eclectic collection of personal Writing of short stories, Poetry, Prose, Articles and 200 digital Photographs of the island of Eleuthera. These photographs are a collection of Unique photos of the seasons and picturesque beaches, flowers, sunsets, sinage, buildings people etc.

This item is a great gift idea for people who have visited Eleuthera island in the Bahamas and for those wanting to know much more completely the island of Eleuthera and its unique brand of people. The beautiful digital photographs on this disk can be used for a variety of purposes from Screen savers to calendars and mouse pads or simply to show a relative or a friend just what the island of Eleuthera has to offer. Its all there on this CD rom. This CD rom is produced and is a unique product of the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Get your copy while supplies last.

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Tarpum Bay,

Eleuthera

Bahamas

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Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Weather

Todays weather here in Eleuthera is calm. There are no signs of Edward here. The skies are bright blue with occasional scattered clouds. There is a thirty to forty percent chance of rain today. The glorious sunny summer continues with the temperature today getting up into the mid to low nineties.

News

To the north of the Central Bahamas the tropical storm Eduard is churning and threatening the Eastern Florida coast. This activity will do two things today if nothing else. It will stop the flights of tourists into the Bahamas and discontinue the flight into Florida for the Bahamas. Either way our economy looses today and probably through Friday because of the formation of the storm. However there is nothing else for us to do but thank God that we were speared the wrath and move on.

Otherwise in Eleuthera those who can work are working and all else is quiet.

Fishing Report

The fishermen have taken to the calm Eleuthera seas today for another chance to catch that greatest elusive catch and set the market afire with news of their bravery in catching the biggest fish. As an aside the local fishermen compete with each other and watch the catch of each other in some sort of local competition for the reputation of being known as the best diver on the docks. That is one of the ways they relax and have some fun after being out in the dangerous waters of the Caribbean.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 03, 2002

Weather

Another wonderful day of weather for the lovely island of Eleuthera. The sun is out and the temperature is around ninety degrees farenheit. The sky is sunny with occasional cloudy, scattered skies. It’s a wonderful warm day for the beach. There is a slight breeze across the landscape today.

News

In Eleuthera today the mood overall is quiet. Those who have jobs have attended them. School has just opened since yesterday and children are back in school for the entire day.

Otherwise the inhabitants of Eleuthera are complaining about the job situation since there are no jobs available for the inhabitants. Some blame the government saying that they were promised the speedy creation of jobs. This has not taken place after the new government has been elected. Many are feeling the disappointment.

There is lots of entertainment on the island these days. On the weekends beginning on Friday nights the weekly and original Friday night fish fry is held in Governors Harbor at Anchor bay. Then on Saturday night Savannah Sound has reopened their fish fry for patrons who love good food music and drinks until the wee, wee hours of the morning.

Fishing Report

There is much fishing now adays going on on the island since the weather has settled and fishermen are able to get to the fishing grounds far beyond the island. However many say that the supply of fish and conchs especially is becoming noticeable at the fish markets daily. There are shortages since the fishermen say they have to go further and deeper for the conchs. There is much concern by government which has reported via the media that they are considering placing seasonal restraints on certain fish species like the grouper and the conch especially. They must do this to replenish stock of the precious necessary resource.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera tomorrow

Monday, September 02, 2002

Weather

Today is another beautiful day in the Bahamas. The temperature is in the upper eighties. We’re under sunny skies with occasional scattered clouds. It is a wonderful day for the beaches today.

News

It is rumored in Eleuthera today that a government friendly corporation will be taking over the government highschool transportation contract from the former government friendly group effective immediately. The group will order new busses for the transportation contract. For the time being the old contractors will fulfill their contracts until further notice from the present PLP central government.

In addition there will be a new PLP government administrator placed in the governments road traffic department on Eleuthera. This new administrator will come from the road traffic department in Nassau, Bahamas.

It would seem that the last government revenue generating venues on Eleuthera will be garnered by the present PLP government solely for the economic benefit of their supporters. The record will show that this wasnot done by the former FNM administration. Where to from here? These moves by the present PLP government are certainly victimization at least if carried out by the government.

In the private sector as well it is rumored that Windermere Highschool has been reverted back into the hands of the local settlement of Savannah Sound where a local head mistress has been put in place as head mistress of the prominent boarding highschool. The school was allowed to operate under the guidance and leadership of the former Gospel Missionary Union headquartered in the Mid west United states for the past thirty years. The GMU appearantly has been given a pivotal role still in the running of the highschool.

Also as reported by the first lady of Eleuthera the speaker of the house of assembly and his wife will be embarking on a two week trip to Africa. The couple will be a part of a fact finding group from the PLP government of the Bahamas on a fact finiding mission to the mother continent. Africa is a well renoun subject in the existence of the Bahamas and is highly regarded as the birth place and origin of our culture and our people. Junkanoo, our music and our local dialect being the most appearant of these ancestoral ties.

Fishing Report

Fishermen have embarked for the past few weeks on a renewed energy of getting back on course after a few spells of bad weather. Fishermen have been getting back to the business of daily fishing and the daily fish market has seen a renewed revival of products as a result. You can now purchase your daily supply of fish products at the local ish market in Tarpum Bay Once again.

More News from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, Bahamas tomorrow.

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Weather

Dear friends the weather in Eleuthera today is overcast and it has been threatening to have rain the whole day and hasn’t. I’m sure you have seen days like that here. The tempuerature is a cool 87 degrees today. The winds are calm and there is hardly a breeze across the island today.

News

The news in Eleuthera centers around the fact that even up to today there has been no meaningful announcement of development of the economy of Eleuthera by the government of the Bahamas. The only major project going on in Eleuthera today is the rebuilding of the airport runway at North Eleuthera airport by a local Bahamian construction company. That project was started and has been going on under the old government so the present government cannot claim to have started that venture as they have been doing.

Economically Eleuthera is stagnant. In this regard we are no doing well at all. There are no tourists coming there are no hotels open. There is but only illegal economic activity.

The culture, the pride, the humor of Eleutherians is dying right before our eyes even after such great promises by the new government. In their mission they are failing already at being able to provide economic alternatives for the native people of Eleuthera. There has been all talk and no truth to all of their promises. Eleuthera continues to die a slow economic death. Eleutherians remain helpless and humble.

Fishing

Fishing in Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera continues to do fine on a daily basis. The weather is good for the fishermen these days and the guys are catching the fish they can to sustain a good standard of sales.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera Bahamas tomorrow

Thursday, August 15, 2002

Weather

Eleuthera ufortunately is in the middle of a draught period as related by the farmers of the island. Many of the farmers are now complaining about the lack of water on the island. Most of the cloud cover is blown over the island at a fast pace since in the past few weeks we have had quite windy conditions. Today the weather is partially overcast with occasional rain clouds built up over the community. Its been a great day for the beach. The cool breezes frequenting the island fight the dense humidity. The temperature was up into the low nineties today with the occasional chance of rain.

News

Local government were elected to the office to serve the community of Tarpum Bay on May the 27^th three weeks after the general elections took place in the Bahamas. Other communities have gotten off to a great start by holding meetings and deciding on some local projects they will be doing and improving in their respective communities. However as has been customary for the past ten years the elected body has not had one public meeting to explain to and meet the general public who supported them in their run for office during the end of May. The elected officials of local government need to act fast here in Tarpum bay in order to win the confidence of the general public. Since the body has not been doing a good job in the past it is imperative that they shapen up and treat the community with the respect it deserves. At least they should stick to the schedule of the central government which calls for quarterly meetings to be held in every community around the country. We’ll have to see if local government in Tarpum Bay have learnt a lessen from the past regime or will they do the same? Hope not.

Fishing report

Bad weather marred the fishing for the past few days in the community. Not many fishermen were out in the water due to the bad weather and the prospect of having to run home from a passing hurricaine formation or something similar to that. We’ll have to hope that the weather subsides and returns to normal for the hard working fishermen of Tarpum Bay to return back to work.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera,
Bahamas tomorrow

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Weather

The weather in Tarpum Bay today is warm. The temperature is into the low nineties with scattered cloudy skies. The chance of rain is low today. August is the warmest month in the Bahamas traditionally. It is a great day for the beach or sitting by the seashore where there is a great amount of breeze flowing along the seashore of the island.

News

The atmosphere in Eleuthera is quiet. The holiday is over. Homecoming this year was a great success. People attended the homecoming event from several distant areas of the globe and from as far away as California and Britain. This further encourages the local community organization in their efforts to bring joy and unity during the homecomings at least if not throughout the remainder of the year. People had lots of fun on the kids rides, enjoying the unique Bahamian cuisine and drinking lots of Kalik beer and guiness stout. Kalik beer happens to be the favorite beverage in the Bahamas among the adult drinking population. Dishes like jerk pork, chicken, crack conch, fried chicken, conch salad, conch fritters,crab and rice, and many more Bahamian favorites were served by the wide variety of private food vendors who bought the stall space to sell food.

The music and fashion/talent shows were quite nice. Many local girls and guys from the community were participants in these events. Homecoming in Tarpum Bay is a great time to visit the island for a vacation. You will definitely not be alone. The entire town is converged upon and thousands of people enjoy the goodtimes and hospitality which go along with a holiday in the Bahamas and Eleuthera island. See you there next August first. It’s the greatest time in your life you’ll ever experience.

Fishing Report

This summer has been marred with bad weather for the fishermen. Each week there is a weather scruff blowing up which impedes the fishermen from freely fishing the seas as they normally would. Some elements of weather are reorganizing in our area and are limiting the fishing progress that begins the lobster season opening on August 1^st. Lets hope that the weather will simmer down so our fishermen can bring in more lobster and grouper for our daily fish market here in Tarpum Bay. Any good weather day large quantities of fish products are available for purchase at the fish market at the docks in Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, Bahamas tomorrow.

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Weather

The weather today is delightful and sunny. The temperature today will get up to the low to mid nineties with clear skies and lots of sun.

News

Home coming in Eleuthera is over. Everyone attending both the Hatchet Bay and the Tarpum Bay homecoming had a great time. There were lots of activities this year and we had people coming to the park from as far away as Britian and California. There were fishing contests to fashion and dancing contests. Each night the park in Tarpum Bay and Hatchet Bay were filled with various spectators enjoying the food the drinks and the festivities. There were lots of new activities that included boxing and a boxcart building tournament. There were more than twenty stalls for the vendors and lots of other venues for visitors to have a wonderful time.

So good by until next year to all. See you again soon at the Back to the Bay homecoming fest. Get your housing and transportation booked early if you intend to attend next year.

Fishing Report

Reports say that Lots of lobster are being caught and available for sale at the docks here in Tarpum Bay. The fisherman are reportedly catching above fifty to eighty pounds of the good stuff. Lots of grouper and conch is being caught as well. So if your looking for some very fresh just caught fish products like file’ and lobster make you way to the Tarpum Bay fish market before four PM in the day for your share of the daily catch.

More news from Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, Bahamas tomorrow

Monday July 29^th 2002

Weather

Todays weather is the usual hot weather we have in the month of

July and the beginning of August. Today was a warm beautiful day

Filled with open skies and the occasional rain cloud. The temperature

Is around 92 degrees farenhiet. It was a great day for outdoor activities.

News

Today is the official opening of the back to the bay homecoming.

Events will run throughout the week at the community park in East

Tarpum Bay. All of the stall vendors can be in place to sell goods

At this time. There will be a lot of activities for the public to enjoy.

This year there will be more activities for children. The association

Doing the planning for the event see the need to provide more entertainment

For the children especially. Events are starting earlier this year as well.

The entire event will run this year for at least an entire week where as in the

Past the event ran only for the four day weekend. Attempts are being made

For the association to benefit more monetarily during the event. We’ll have to

See from the reports how that economic end of the event ends up.

Fishing Report

Once again the lobster fishing season is due to arrive in two days time.

This is the time when most fishermen in the Bahama islands earn their

Substantial money fishing for the lobster which sells for around $12.00 per

Pound locally and the price escalates abroad in other markets. If your in Eleuthera

And want to get a fresh supply of lobster or fish you can come to the daily

Fish market here in tarpumbay and purchase a wide variety of fish products

From the fishermen who go out daily to supply the local market.

Calender of Events for Eleuthera Island, Bahamas for year 2002, events are subject to change. Call 12423322142 Bahamas tourism office Governors Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas for confirmation.

FEBRUARY 14^th

Ministry of Health Food Fair-Parish Hall, Governors Harbor-contact 12423322774