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Tourism in the quarantine era
It had been over a year since Iâd last travelled to the United States. I normally make the trip twice a year, and Iâd never missed Christmas in my home …
It had been over a year since Iâd
last travelled to the United States.
I normally make the trip
twice a year, and Iâd never missed
Christmas in my home state of
Minnesota in my entire life.
Covid-19 changed all that, of
course, and with the pandemic
still raging in December, it seemed
foolish to try to travel just to
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Team of divers help untangle whale with rope caught around its flipper
Around 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, somebody asked Dr. Shannon Gore, the managing director of the Association of Reef Keepers, to call Blue Water Divers. While on the phone with …
After news spread quickly Monday morning about a distressed whale somewhere in the water off Nanny Cay, a team of divers helped set it free. (Photo: JOEY WALDINGER)
Around 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, somebody asked Dr. Shannon Gore, the managing director of the Association of Reef Keepers, to call Blue Water Divers.Â
While on the phone with the company, Dr. Gore overheard radio chatter describing a distressed whale somewhere between Nanny Cay and Great Harbour, Peter Island.Â
Zebulon McLean, left, Chandi Wattley, Jacinta “JaJa” Weeks and Alston “Alo” Hanley, won the 4-on-4 division
By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
Two teams from Tortola and one from Virgin Gorda, emerged winners from the 32 overall teams participating in Sunday’s Virgin Islands Volleyball Association Fun Day activities, held at Fishers Cove, Virgin Gorda.
In all, there were 14-2-on-2 female teams, 10-2-on-2 male teams and 8-4-on-4 coed teams. The Tortola quartet of Zebalon McLean, Chandi Wattley, Jacinta “JaJa” Weeks and Alston “Alo” Hanley, stopped Virgin Gorda’s Taliyah Miurhead, Daphne Sprauve, Rachel Ann Nape and Jose Martinez, for the 4-on-4 division.
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