NASSAU, Bahamas -- Bring your Valentine to The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas on Valentine's Day evening (Thursday, February 14, 2013) from 6pm to 8pm.

As a prelude to your night of love, stroll on our historic grounds, surround yourself with art and ignite your senses as you overlook historic Nassau. It’s an evening of romance mixed with art and wine.

Your package includes entry in to the gallery, a rose, a bag of kisses, wine, delicious hors d'oeuvres, and a special presentation within the gallery.

RSVP: $20 Couple, $15/Individual. At The Door: $25/Couple, $15/Individual.  Call the gallery to reserve your spot at 328-5800/1.

Click HERE for more information at the NAGB website.

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Just in time for the Super Bowl last week Dionne Smith received a wonderful call at the end of his shift at the Container Port.  Smith had won the 42" flat screen TV from Freeport Jet Wash, the Grand Prize from a three month long promotion in their busy parts department.  

"We see a lot of traffic flow through our doors in parts," said General Manager Larry Albury.

"This promotion allows us to also thank our very loyal customers for their continued patronage and hopefully gain some new ones.  We know they have a choice of where to shop but we are pleased they shop at home and with Jet Wash."

In addition to the Grand Prize, Freeport Jet Wash also awarded its last month's winners gift certificates. Combined, the three January winners received $1,000 in store credit to spend in any of the Freeport Jet Wash departments: Parts, Service, Gas or New Car Sales.   

January winners were: David Musgrove, Ruth J, and Anthony Williams.  

Any parts department shoppers over November, December, and January were entered to win in the monthly drawings and then the Grand Prize draw.  

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Members of the Antique Auto Cub of The Bahamas have begun organizing plans for the Club’s 26th Annual Antique Auto Show and Cook-out. The Annual show, which has become a local favourite will again be held at Arawak Cay. The date is Saturday, March 23 from the hours of Noon to 6:00 PM.

Last year’s show at the same location featured about 60 local cars and trucks. The club is hoping to exceed that amount in 2013 and is appealing to members of the public, who own vintage vehicles aged 20 years old or more, and are not already members of the club to participate in the show. Entry fee for cars being judged remains at $35. Judging will be done in 8 different classes for trophies in first, second and third positions. The popular People’s Choice, where visitors to the show determine the winners, and has cash prizes as well as trophies, of course, remains as a standard of the Show.

Funds are raised primarily through the sale of steak and chicken dinners, still at the same cost of $10 that it has been for the past several years. Tickets are available from any Club member. Advance purchase allows free entry to the Show.  All funds raised continue to be donated to a charity or organization benefiting children. Last year the recipient was the Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home (see photo). There will be two beneficiaries for the 2013 Show, names of which will be announced shortly following discussions with those organizations.

Photo: Full proceeds of the Antique Auto Show and Cook-out from March, 2012 were donated to the Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home. L-R: Charles Radnetter and Stephen Turnquest, Antique Auto Club members; Murray Forde, Club Secretary; Vonita Cleare, Assistant Administrator, EECH; Betty-Ann Brooks, Administrator, EECH; Brendan Foulkes, President, Antique Auto Club and Richard Blake, Immediate Past President, Antique Auto Club. Beneficiaries of the Club’s 2013 Show will be announced shortly.

Written by Tip Burrows/HSGB

Sometimes no matter how hard you work, circumstances beyond your control come to a head, and conspire to derail all your efforts.  This is what is happening right now at the HSGB.   

Two years ago, our field spay/neuter programme was stopped. 

Those who stopped it never provided an alternative solution or offered their help; they just killed it with no apparent thought to the plight of innocent animals on Grand Bahama.  Our letters, emails and public pleas for answers were ignored.

Still, we soldiered on; thanks to HSGB Medical Director Dr. Dawn Gibbs, and local private veterinarian Dr. Chante Wildgoose, we have been able to do hundreds of sterilizations within Freeport, thanks to the budget for same provided by the Grand Bahama Port Authority, which pays for spay/neuter for low income pet owners. 

There is a limit to this budget and it does not include sterilizations for animals outside the Port area.  Therefore, the problem in those areas has continued to grow out of control.