Choiseul Fishermen Celebrate Fishermen's Feast

Early on Tuesday morning June 29, 2010 the street of Choiseul village was buzzing with activity. All along the street one could notice group of well dressed men in some form of discussion or another. The street started to get congested as more fishermen from Vieux Fort and Laborie started arriving  to join in the celebrations with their Choiseul counterparts.

  The Fishermen's Feast started with a procession from the Fisheries Complex to the Catholic Church where a service was  held. Approximately 150 - 200 fishermen, a few accompanied by their wife were in attendance.Veteran fishermen like Wax and Bogs and the District Community Officer were also there.

After the service, the priest  conducted a short ceremony on the Fisheries Complex where prayers were offered  and the fishermen's boats were blessed.

 Afterwards it was celebrations galore where champagne, drinks and eats was offered to all invited guests.

A popular hi-fi provided the entertainment throughout the day's activities.

       While all the fanfare was happening an excavator was busily removing accumulated sand in the fish pond. Accumulaion of sand in the pond is a perrenial problem that the authorities cannot find a solution for. The sand is removed and sold out. God help our beaches.

Bon Fete Paysher (Happy Fishermen's Feast)

Today fishermen in the district celebrate Fishermen's Feast. The celebrations will commence with a church service at the Catholic Church . Afterwards, there will be blessing of the boats and speeches will be delivered by various persons of the Fishermen's Co-operatve. Then the revelling starts.

 This blog will show the highlights of the celebrations tomorrow.

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP: Top 10 worst refereee's calls so far

Sunday proved to be a day of controversy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


Both Round of 16 games featured game-changing bad calls by referees that devastated fans of England and Mexico.

As the clamor grows to allow the use of video technology to help referees get their calls correct, we look at the top 10 worst decisions made by the officials at the tournament so far.
Click on the site below to see the referee's blunders.
 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/412542-2010-fifa-world-cup-top-10-worst-referees-calls-so-far

Reproduced from bleacher report

Check Out World Cup 2010 Links

Every four years the football fraternity is teated to the best of soccer. This 19th World Cup finals is being played in South Africa.

 The group stage is nearing its end and soon we will have the group of 16 matches.
 You can keep abreast with the tournament by logging on to the link on the left of this blog entitled South Africa 2010.
 Happy viewing.
You can also open the West Indies link and follow the World Cup.

Choiseul Village Council making great strides

Over the past years the Choiseul Village Council has gotten involved in many community projects,thus complementing the efforts of the District Rep. Although the councilors are yet to be sworn-in for this year's tenure, work is already in progress.
 A drain was recently constructed in the River Doree area and a small bridge in the Daretin community. The Dacretin pr0ject  actually removed  some residents from having to wade through a ravine to get to their home. Could you imagine what these people had to go through when it rains?

 Last year the Council completed many projects: One of them, a one hundred and fifty metres footpath in Le Riche. The pics show the Chairperson and Clerk visiting the completed projects for this year so far.

The Council is chaired by Elmira Joseph (Mrs) and the clerk is the hard working Williana St. Rose (Mrs).
 Look out for a documentry on the Council soon.

The Story of Fathers' Day

     It would be interesting to know how Father's Day came into practice and celebrated worldwide with an equal sincerity and respect as any other significant holidays. Here's a short history on the holiday, and meaning of the different colors of roses to be worn that Day.


About 4,000 years ago a young boy named Elmusu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life by carving a Father's Day message on a card made out of clay. No one knows what happened to Elmesu or his father, but the tradition of having a special day honoring fathers has continued through the years in countries across the world.

The Countries, where the Catholic Church were of significant influence on the culture of the society, Father's Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day (March 19). However, a more secular celebration which is not associated with any religion is followed in recent times to highlight the increased diversity among people from all over the globe coexisting together in one place.

Father's Day is celebrated popularly on 3rd Sunday in June in many parts of the world. The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. President Nixon, in 1972, established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born as a token of love and gratitude that a daughter cherishes for her beloved father. Roses are the Father's Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.

Bousquet sponsors 20/20 cricket

On Wednesday May 11, 2010, the Parliamentary Representative, Mr. Rufus Bousquet presented a cheque of ten thousand dollars ($10,000,00) to the president of the Choiseul Youth and Sports Council,Davidson Lionel, towards the 20/20 cricket tournament dubbed Bousquet 20/20 Tournament.
 The presentation ceremony was attened by the clubs and teams taking part in this competition which officially commenced last Sunday at both the La-Fargue and Piaye playing fields.

During his remarks Bousquet urged the teams to demonstrate a high level of sportsmanship and also asked the Council to give a prize to the most discipline player. He officially made it known that a mini stadium will soon be constructed at the La Fargue playing and said this will be the Mecca of cricket in the district.

Bousquet have made a number of gear donations to teams across the constituency. At Wednesday's ceremony four more teams received a complete set of gear. The teams, Piaye,Industry,Morne Jacques and Gia Bois were the recipients.

 It is the Rep's dream to see that the youths are engaged in sports and to uplift the standard of the game. At a recent presentation ceremony at Morne Sion, it was mentioned by Mac Arthur Phillip,that in 1993 Bousquet said that when Choiseul's cricket is strong St. Lucia's cricket will also be stong. His donation of gear to almost every team has surely brought the game to another level. On the St. Lucia U-19 team this year Choiseul had seven (7) players on the team, and the St. Lucia team won the Windward Island Tournament. Bousquet's prediction came true.

Bousquet has vowed to get playing fields in many of the communities, but explained that the topography of the district  makes it difficult. The Jetrine and Delcer playing fields will be given priority in the coming months.
Surely, Choiseul cricket has come a long way.