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		<title>Peter Sets World Youth Record with Photofinish in 200m Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a week of record breaking firsts for St. Croix runner Allison Peter, 17, as she raced to two silver medals and a World Youth Record at the 6th Annual World Youth Championships in Sudtirol, Italy last week. She was the first female US Virgin Islander to make a final in this competition and the first to medal in the 100 and 200 meter races. It was in the 200m race, which Peter ran in 23.08 seconds that set the World Youth Record and earned her the second of two silver medals in the competition. That race ended in a photo finish. Peter also medaled in the 100m race, taking silver with her personal best time of 11.41 seconds. Peter is already a four-time medal winner in previous events and recently took third place at the Nike Nationals in the 100m and 200m setting V.I. National Records. Allison, who will be a senior at the St. Croix Educational Complex this fall, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peter. She has been running track for eight years. For more information on Peter’s accomplishments, go to http://www.virginislandstrackandfield.org/. Congratulations World Champion and Welcome Home! IAAF: Peter becomes US Virgin Islands&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Children Deserve Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you&#8217;re not having a meal, because these pictures will put you off food for sure. These are the filthy bathrooms at St. Croix Central High School, shown in photos taken within the past three days. Participants in the recent All-Star Basketball tournament held here were forced to use these facilities &#8211; that is after they spent their time in the gymnasium dodging the rats. And some of your children go to school here every day. How many deadlines have passed to get this done? How can we expect our children to learn in these putrid conditions? Unsanitary conditions are part of what is standing in the way of accreditation for this school. Here&#8217;s our question &#8211; Why does Middle States have to tell us that our schools should be clean? Share on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>The Drug Problem, It&#8217;s A Recurring Topic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We blame the pushers, the rappers, and the media. The pushers sell them, the rappers glorify them, and the media inundates us with stories of the lives they’ve destroyed. We clamor for more law enforcement, more government intervention, more community involvement and help from the educational system. But what’s the answer? More policemen on the street would certainly be a deterrent. Perhaps, rather than dissolving the admittedly ineffective Drug Enforcement Unit, the Governor could have demanded that that agency be staffed with people who could do the job they were hired to do. A watchful community is certainly part of the answer and education is a key element in the prevention of drug abuse. But the most powerful deterrent is staring us right in the face. The lessons our children learn at home are more influential in guiding their behavior than any external force could ever be. All the lectures in the world are not as powerful as the example we set. Talk to your kids and let them know they can talk to you. Don’t mince words – they know what’s happening out there and it’s important that they know that you do too. Start early – it’s never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing Juvenile Delinquency</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/01/15/addressing-juvenile-delinquency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Opinion by J. J. Estemac We are finally in the beginning of another year of the twenty first century, the year 2008. It could be an auspicious year for this territory of the United States of America, providing we the people of these Virgin Islands assume fully the responsibility that is ours. That of taking control of our government and accepting responsibility for its failures. If we would only expect more from our leadership, from our elected and appointed public servants we would be further on our way to improving our lot. The Virgin Islands like so many places in the world, including the continental USA, is going through some trying times. Our society seems to be decaying from within but we are looking for causes from without. The adults of our society are failing our youth as they are failing themselves. We have seek and apply solutions, neither lamenting or complaining is going to change anything for the better, but collective effort will. There have been steady increases in violent crimes, particularly amongst our young males, who are killing each other. They seem to have lost respect for life, including their own. I am no psychologist, neither am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quit the Systematic Neglect of Our Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Opinion by Gonzalo Rivera Several weeks ago I wrote a letter regarding the neglect of the youths being housed at the Youth Rehabilitation Center on St. Croix . As of today the situation remains the same. Young men and women are simply detained in a substandard environment, without access to any meaningful programs to assist them with behavior modification. The daily hours of instructional time they are entitled to, is limited to anywhere from zero to just over an hour, and to make matters worst, there is no vocational training available whatsoever. The recycled leadership, bankrupt of new methods in approaching the escalating problem with our troubled youth population, reaps great rewards for continuing to systematically fail our children. The end result of this form of cruelty to humans is notably documented in the increasing crime statistics, and the sense of hopelessness radiated by our young people. It is inevitable that all children will steer away from trouble, and will thereby become engaged with the judicial system. This community should insist that youths remanded to YRC, are provided with a well rounded education and vocational training so that they can become contributing members of our community. During the campaign [...]]]></description>
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