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Jan 7, 2021
The Cyclical Issue of Sugar Roads
Today, News Five’s reporter Duane Moody and cameraman Kenroy Michael headed north to the sugar belt to highlight an issue that has cost the government millions of dollars annually. While it is expected that the sugar roads are in poor condition at this time of year due to the yearly rains, this year, it is compounded by the effects of hurricanes Eta and Iota. Here’s that report.
Duane Moody, Reporting
The sugar crop season is once again experiencing delays, and cane delivery to the mills at Tower Hill will come to a temporary halt effective today at seven p.m. until another start date is determined. There are multiple factors to consider, but one that has been a recurrent issue is sugar roads. Between four to nine million dollars are spent annually on sugar roads, which are almost always in a deplorable state, due to rains, at the start of a crop season. So it came as no surprise for the 2021 season. It
Magnolia Pott
“The reindeer will save Christmas 2020 because my whole family had COVID in October – we were on quarantine and so my husband said he can’t go to the workshop and work and I haven’t had so much orders.
I open my phone and it was messenger with people ordering reindeers and I said, well, Christmas is a time of blessings I guess because we have been blessed with these reindeers.”
And those orders have Magnolia, her husband Ariel and their three boys busy in an outdoor workshop at their home. The family combined their skills to make these log reindeers and earn some extra cash on the side while getting into the Christmas spirit.