The ReferendumQuestion

Dear Sir:

Democracy demands that there be a referendumbefore any constitutional advancement. Major Constitutional changewas not a platform issue in the year 2000 elections. In fact manycandidates said they would not change the constitution or saidnothing on constitutional change. The electorate of the CaymanIslands has the right to express their views through a referendumto vote on the specific constitutional amendments.

We were pleased to see the appointment ofCaymanians as Constitutional Commissioners.

On 4th October, 1999, a Private MembersMotion No. 11/99 moved by Mr. Kurt Tibbetts and seconded by Mr.Roy Bodden and as amended was unanimously passed in the LegislativeAssembly a copy of which is attached.

Let us see if the new Government will avoida referendum on the constitution like they have avoided answeringthe questions to the Hon. Financial Secretary on the country'sfinances. Are they being transparent and allowing freedom of informationwhich they preach?

Juliana O'Connor Connolly
Thomas Jefferson
John McLean
Truman Bodden

PS: We submit for yourconsideration the relevant Private Members Motiom

Private Members Motion No. 11/99 (AS AMENDED (NO. 3)) REFERENDUM LAW "WHEREAS there is growing compatibility of the referendum with the parliamentary representative system of government and it is also recognised that the referendum is wholly consistent with parliamentary sovereignty; "AND WHEREAS an increasing number of matters of national importance demand widespread public participation in the decision making process; "AND WHEREAS it is rare for a general election to be fought on a single main issue and the result of an election indicates, at most, an undifferentiated approval of a whole range of policies; "AND WHEREAS only the referendum makes it possible for the electorate to give a clear judgement on a single issue of immediate relevance. "BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Legislative Assembly takes the necessary steps to cause section 29(2) of the Cayman Islands (Constitution) Order, 1972, to be amended to allow the electorate to initiate a referendum. "AND BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT once this amendment is achieved, the Government takes immediate steps to bring to the Legislative Assembly a Referendum Bill setting out the terms and conditions under which referendum may be conducted. 'AND BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Cayman Islands (Constitution) Order, 1972, shall only be recommended for further amendment by this Honourable House after a referendum whereby the electorate vote for the specific amendments other than minor consequential amendments necessitated by electorally approved amendments to the Constitution and the first resolve clause of this Motion for the electorate to initiate a referendum; 'AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, subject to the approval of the electorate in a referendum, the Constitution be amended to entrench the principle that the Constitution should only be amended after a referendum whereby the electorate vote for the specific amendments, other than minor consequential amendments necessitated by electorally approved amendments to the Constitution."' Unanimously Passed in the Legislative Assembly on 04th October, 2001 Moved by: Mr. Kurt Tibbetts, MLA First Elected Member for George Town Seconded by: Mr. Roy Bodden, MLA Third Elected Member for Bodden Town Received in the Office of the Clerk this 5th day of October, 1998. PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY THIS 4TH DAY OF October, 1999. CLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

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Letter

The ICL/NuanceDeal: "I Told You So"

Sir:

A couple of years ago I told the Caymanpeople that the day the Island Companies (ICL) was granted a localcompanies control licence (LCCL) was the day to remember in futureas the day of doom. Thankfully soon after, the decision to grantICL a LCCL to operate locally as a foreign owned company was reversed.Even though it was only an appeal, we at least held out hope andcontinued to pray that the powers that be would continue to upholdthe laws and practices of our country, or at least leave alonethe way in which business had always been done in Cayman, andwhich had proven to be very successful.

Now again I say that all of Cayman, thosewho love their country and its people, those who would not sellout their country at any price, must remember the date of Monday30 July 2001. It is my opinion that this is what should alwaysbe remembered as our "D-Day" the day that Cayman was"SOLD OUT".

We elected a new Government in November2000, and had great hope for the future, because we felt we neededa change, and we got it.

We trusted these new elected members, andI have personally supported most of them from 1984.

I suppose that because of what took placejust after elections, with all the deal- makings, the choppingand the changing, and the back-stabbing over the election of ExCo,we should have been fearful of what the future held.

I say all of that to say that no matterwhat "excuses" they may give the Cayman people, andno matter what little good that ExCo may claim that can be gainedfrom granting a LCCL to ICL, it can never outweigh or even comeclose to the bad it will cause to Cayman and its people.

The decision in the past to grant ICL thelicence was upsetting, but this decision is just plain sad becauseit is a decision made by the very people we elected to representand protect us. All governments are elected to represent All Caymaniansand "the common good," not just one person and themselves.

This decision will now make it impossiblefor Caymanians to stay in business because we cannot ever hopeto be able to compete against large billion dollar foreign companiessuch as Nuance. Some small Caymanian owned businesses have alreadyfelt the pressure, and a couple have already been forced out ofbusiness, and nuance has the nerve to say that "it does notintend and has no desire to drive out competition in the CaymanIslands or to dominate the tourist-related market." Do theybelieve that the Cayman people are so stupid that they can insultus with a remark like that? What other reason is there to getinto business other than to profit? This company is the secondlargest duty-free company in the world and cares only about moneyand profits, Not one bit about Cayman people. This is a fact!Do you believe that as soon as they are no longer making a profitthey will stay in Cayman?

The most important fact that Caymaniansmust realise now is that any large foreign company can come intoour island and compete against the local companies. It will bethe small companies that will suffer first! Because all our locallyowned companies are small in comparison, these big companies willrun us out of business, and we as a people will all be workingfor large foreign-owned companies. Worst still is that the vastmajority of the millions of dollars made by these foreign companieswill not stay in our economy and the results will be disastrous.
In future no young Caymanian will take the gamble (or risk) tostart their own business knowing that they will be run out ofbusiness in a short time by a large foreign owned company.

The supermarkets, the printing companies,the real estate companies, record shops, the car companies, theclothing companies, duty-free companies, you name it, will soonbe foreign owned, because it is now legitimate.

All these types of businesses have beenowned and operated by Caymanians in the past, and it is becausethe Caymanians have done so well in doing so, why these largeforeign companies want to exploit the success. Why now changewhat we have been doing so successfully for decades. It is becauseof the protection that was given to companies like ICL, in thepast that they have become successful. Now the owners want totake away that very same protection that helped them. Why? Isit greed?

Even though I cannot understand the positiontaken by foreigners like the Governor and the Attorney General,it is a little excusable because they are not Caymanians. Evenin the case of the so-called owners of ICL who have shown themselvesto be what they really are over the years, it is not totally surprisingwhat they are doing. But for our newly elected government, whowe put our trust in, to betray the Cayman people and the "CommonGood" for one or two people and themselves, it is truly sadand shocking. As I said, no excuse can possibly justify this decision, and this is only the beginning of the facts that will be revealedin the near future.

I end by having to unfortunately say goodbyeto the great times in which Caymanians could proudly own theirown businesses. Even though we may not feel it today or tomorrow,the time is now near for those who decide to stay in Cayman andtry to fight it out, that we all be owned by foreigners who donot give a damn about you or me.

Please Cayman remember this day and pleaseremember who is responsible. We will not forget the betrayal,and we will not forgive because it is the next generation thatwill suffer most.

Chris Wight

PS: I cannot understandhow the new ExCo can destroy in six months what "our goodold Caymanian people" have built up and protected for manygenerations just for the benefit of one minority Caymanian shareholder.

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Commentary

TheH. M. Northward Prison Report ­ Women and Fairbanks PrisonPart 9 of a Series

In May of this year,Sir David Ramsbotham, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons,submitted to His Excellency the Governor, Mr Peter Smith, a reportcontaining his opinions on progress made in the Cayman Islandsprison conditions since a two-day riot in 1999.

Cayman Net News has beenpublishing a series of articles on this report, of which thisis the last installment. We will continue with a three-part serieson the prison as it is today.

In this final extractof the series Sir David addresses recommendations for the ChiefSecretary, Hon. James Ryan, and directors of Northward and Fairbanksprisons.

Recommendations

To the Chief Secretary

Sir David suggested to the Chief Secretarythat government should determine the number of places in custodythat the criminal justice system on Cayman needs based on informedresearch forecasting, and should provide the necessary fundingfor additional places.

"There should be no increases in thenumber of prisoners held at the Northward above the accepted capacityof 214 until planned arrangements have been implemented not onlyfor additional sleeping accommodations but also for central regimeactivities."

He said an independent authority shouldbe set up working to establish criteria, in order to certify thenumber of prisoners able to be held at Northward and Fairbanksprisons. This function could, after training, be carried out bya constituted Board of visitors.

Good Order
He said a Board of Visitors should be set up modelled on thatwhich works very effectively in the United Kingdom.

He added that the West Bay lock-up shouldnot be used to hold young people. Instead a secure facility foryoung people should be developed on the Fairbanks' site, to bethe responsibility of the Director of Northward but under thedirect management of the prison Deputy Director, who should combinethis responsibility with running the women's prison.

Staffing Training
He wants to see a competition held for accelerated promotion toAssistant Director and Director for non-United Kingdom staffswith successful candidates undertaking an intensive training programmeat home and abroad to develop the required competencies. He saidpart of such a training programme should include an attachmentto the Prison Inspectorate.

To the Director, Northwardprison

Induction
He said prison officers should be trained to lead the inductionprogramme.

Included in subjects covered in the inductionshould be: the basic rules of the prison; building relationshipswith staff and other prisoners; security classification; copingwith custody; exercise; fire precautions and evacuation procedures;grievance procedures; hygiene facilities; and employment.

He wants to see all residential staff havingprofessional involvement in sentence planning and review arrangementsfor individual prisoners.

Religious Activities
"Facilities should be provided for non- Christian religiousactivities.
The chaplain should have a list of all receptions.
The chaplain should see all new reception within 48 hours.
The chaplain should be provided with an up-to-date list of prisonersby chosen religious denomination.
Voicemail arrangements should be provided for the chaplaincy."

Education
He said significant improvements should be made to punctualityof classes to ensure that prisoners arrive from all the unitson time and the Education Co-ordinator should monitor this closelyand report the results to the responsible director.

He called for an annual educational needsanalysis of the present prisoner population and asked that thereis an examination of the need for additional teaching staff toensure adequate provision for both Northward and Fairbanks prisons.

"Additional classroom space shouldbe provided and there should be more opportunities for drama andmusic.

"Educational needs and objectives shouldbe built into sentence plans. The Educational Coordinator shouldbe required to produce a three-year development plan for his department."

Good Order
He said it should be a key objective for senior management toensure that basic rules are clear to staff and prisoners, disseminatedwidely and consistently enforced and an effective anti-bullyingpolicy should be introduced to which all people in the establishment;staff and prisoners should be committed.

"The anti-bullying strategy shouldreflect the different sections of the population, in particularthe need for the different approach to anti-bullying where youngprisoners are concerned.

"There should be a complete reviewof systems governing the movement of prisoners within the establishmentand this should include role checks at the beginning, middle andend of the working day.

"Senior managers should take time outto decide on a 'whole management team approach' to achieving consistencyin systems and routines that contribute to the proper controlof prisoners. This work should include specialist, such as educationstaff," he said.
Catering

"Whatever possible dinning arrangementsshould be introduced which enable prisoners to take their foodat the table. This particularly applies to young prisoners butis also relevant to the needs of adults."

Young Prisoners
Sir David wants the regime for young people to include: sentenceplanning based on a rigorous assessment of each young person'sneeds, including education, skilled training, physical educationand the prevention of re-offending; an education programme thatis challenging and rewarding; a PE programme that is similarlychallenging and rewarding; skill training and preparation forpost-release employment; opportunities for reparation; a personalofficer scheme that provides individual attention from a namedmember of staff for each young person; and help with maintainingfamily contacts in preparation for return to the community.

He said that additional teaching and classroomprovision should be made to address the needs of young peopleand an experienced and competent PE should be recruited on a two-yearcontract from the United Kingdom.

"Training should be provided in theskills young people need to gain employment on release.

"A personal officer scheme should beintroduced for young prisoners.

"Offending behaviour work geared toyoung people should be developed at Northward."

Management
He suggested that a third of staff from the United Kingdom shouldbe retained for a further four years; a third should not havetheir contacts renewed; a third should be retained for a furthertwo years, although one or two individuals should be replacedwith new staff hired from the United Kingdom. The number of principalofficer posts should be reduced, including the existing post atFairbanks and the confusion between the ranks of senior officerand lead officer should be resolved by abolishing one of thoseranks.

Staff Training
He said senior managers should introduce effective systems acrossthe establishment to control prisoners and an urgent programmeof staff training should be embarked upon that concentrates onthe day to day tasks that faced all staff; for example, roll checks,rub down searching, security information reporting, personal officerwork, policing the wings, recording information etc.

To the Director, Fairbanksprison

Residential Units
He wants to see bedside boxes replaced with proper furniture andwomen prisoners allowed perfume in glass bottles and spray cans.
Reception
Sir David said a safe for valuable property should be held atFairbanks and all records on women prisoners should also be heldthere.
Healthcare
There should be an urgent audit of the equipment essential forthe nurse to be able to practice primary care properly and anyshortfall should be made up.
Education
He said the large area recently converted into a number of officesand staff room should be used for classroom or workshop space,Fairbanks should have its own permanent teaching staff, thereshould be clear starting and finishing times for education classesand punctuality should be ensured.
Catering
He called for provision of an additional oven, a large fryer anindustrial toaster and additional pots and pans in the kitchen.And, Fairbanks should control its own budget for food and itemsshould be brought which meet the need of women.
Security
The razor wire needs strengthening in places, Sir David said.
Good Order and
Discipline
"Women prisoners should be allowed exercise in the freshair before breakfast and much better use should be made of theoutside areas.

"There should be properly constitutedcommunity meetings once or twice a week, working to clear termsof reference to deal with issues between women and openly andthereby help relieve the inevitable frustrations of being coopedup in a fairly small area.

"More exercise equipment should beprovided and this should be placed in an outside area," HM'sChief Inspector of Prisons said.

This completes Sir DavidRamsbotham's report. It is hoped that Cayman Net News will beable to present a follow-up report with some of the good thingswhich have been put in place at the prison.

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Fashion

What'sthe deal with extensions?

Gary Callan

Extensions, are simply the act of addinghair to your own hair, either for length, thickness, or colour.

There are hundreds of methods for extendingthe hair. Some with self-explanatory names such as bonding, orbraiding. Others with exotic and dramatic misnomers, such as laseror monkey bars.

I think there are three basic types of extensions,either using real or synthetic hair.

Bonding or gluing
This is exactly as it sounds. Pieces of hair are glued to theroot of your own hair. This can be achieved using an adhesiveor hot glue applied with a special 'gun'. This method is the quickestand least 'permanent'.

Braiding
Extremely small sections of hair are braided and the extensionis added into the braid. This can then either be braided for theentire length of the hair or just the first inch. This gives avery natural result but takes a very long time to apply. Sometimesup to twelve hours. It will last about three months.

Weaving
Your natural hair is braided into a cornrow. A weft or skirt ofhair is then sewn into the braid. Depending on the pattern ofthe braid, hair can be added to the full head or, in most casesjust the back. This will give the hair a fuller appearance, andwill need tightening every 6 weeks or so.

All other techniques fall in to these threecategories somehow!

Here are a few common myths:

These techniques will make your hair growfaster. Nothing can speed up the hair's growth.

These are better for 'black hair'. It doesnot make a difference what type of hair you have.

If left in, it will damage your hair. Thisis only partly true. Remember you lose up to 100 hair a day. Ifthe hair can not fall out it will remain in the extension, andappear quite dramatic when the extensions are removed.

Until next week ­Gary

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Community

TexacoScholarship Assistance

A Head Startfor College: Mr. James Tibbetts (right), Texaco's Country Manager,presents the company's cheque for $5,000.00 to scholarship recipient,Ryan Ebanks. Ryan will leave the island soon for Trinity College,Canada. His mother, Allison Ebanks, shares the moment.

Sixteen-year-old Ryan Ebanks, a graduateof John Gray High School, will leave the island at the end ofthe month to attend Trinity College in Canada, where he will pursuea two-year programme of studies in Computing and Business.

Ryan is the recipient of a CI$5,000 scholarshipfrom Texaco (Caribbean) Inc., which will assist in covering thecost of his further education.
One of the outstanding students in the Texaco-sponsored JuniorAchievement Programme, Ryan worked with the company during two15-week Junior Achievement projects and so impressed Texaco'sexecutives, that he won their admiration and the scholarship.

According to Texaco's representative, LesleyMorico, Ryan displayed superior computer knowledge and good workethic. "Based on that we're very confident he will do well.We certainly wish him all the best in his studies and his futurecareer."

Country manager for Texaco, Mr. James Tibbetts,in presenting the company's cheque to Ryan and his mother, AllisonEbanks, recalled that he showed tremendous potential and leadershipability and was always easy to teach, as a Junior Achievementparticipant.

"It's good to see that Texaco's involvementin Junior Achievement is helping to produce kids like him,"Mr. Tibbetts added.

Ryan, who describes himself as somethingof an all-rounder, said he chose Trinity College because of itshigh academic standards and its offering of a wide variety ofsports that he enjoys. He has played soccer and volleyball forJohn Gray and was part of the school's sailing team.

While Ryan says he's nervous about his nextbig step, his mother is confident that given the discipline hehas learnt from sports, his good study habits and leadership potential,the youngster will adjust and do well in the new environment.

Ryan says that at the end of his two years,he will go on to a university in Florida, then return to CaymanIslands to work in the computer industry or to establish his ownbusiness.

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Community

AvoidLines for Licensing

The Department of Vehicle Licensing remindsits customers that the best time to visit is during the middleportion of each month. Lines are usually short or non-existentduring this time and staff are generally less busy.

Opening hours are 8:00 a.m. ­ 4:30 p.m.Monday through Friday.

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Community

Natural HealthSeminar

A leading medical researcher, Dr Neil Nedley,believes that the suffering from many diseases can be eased andthose ailments are in some cases curable through natural healthpractices and Caymanians will get an opportunity to hear his messagethrough a series of lectures beginning Thursday, 23 August.

Until Saturday evening Dr Nedley will beimparting information at the George Town Seventh Day AdventistChurch on Smith Road on the natural way to prevention of cancerprevention, diabetes, depression, obesity and heart disease.

These sessions, based on scientificallyproven results, are free to the public and are held twice Thursdayand Friday while the Saturday programme begins with a Church service.

Educated at Loma Linda University in California,he is a member of the American Medical Association (AMA), theAmerican College of Physicians and the American Society of InternalMedicine. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicineand the Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Nedleyhas also received numerous professional awards. These includethe AMA's Physicians Recognition Award for five years, most recentlyin 1998.

He is currently in private practice as aninternist; the medical director of the medical education and medicallibrary of Mercy Memorial Hospital; and a Community Health Teacherat Ardmore Institute of Health, all in Oklahoma.

Dr. Nedley has presented numerous seminars,mostly in Europe and the US, and is well respected for using multimediapresentations and gentle humor as he educates the audience.

The first Thursday seminar begins at 7 p.m.and is titled, "The Sugar and Diabetes Story", to befollowed by "Hypertension and Obesity: Lasting Cures",at 8 p.m.

The starting time Friday is also 7 p.m.with the topic, "Depression: Finding and Treating the Cause",after which will be "Innovative Methods in Stress Control".

The Church Service begins at 11 a.m. Saturdayunder the theme "Renewing Your Mind", to be followedat 4 p.m. with the lecture "Conquering Heart Disease throughNutrition", and at 5:30 p.m." The Latest in Cancer Prevention".

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Community

SchoolTrip To Cayman Airways

The group inthe photo are from La Petit Academy

Cayman Airways' Maintenance & EngineeringDepartment recently hosted groups of students from both Ren &Ren pre-school and La Petit Academy for a tour of their facility.Thesestudents accompanied by their teachers were escorted through themaintenance facility by Cayman Airways employee Yolanda Rankin-Lee.The students were taken on board the aircraft that was in thehangar during their tour, and each spent a little time in thecockpit of the plane.

The students were also given a tour of thecontrol centre and met several Cayman Airways Maintenance &Engineering employees. As their field trip ended they were presentedwith a Cayman Airways airplane as a souvenir.

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Community

Women'sGarage Sale Donations Needed

People completing their summer cleaningor just having excess items in their homes are invited to makedonations to the Women's Resource Centre (WRC) for it's annualgarage sale.

The event takes place on Saturday, 1 Septemberat the WRC office in Elizabethan Square at 7:00 a.m.

Especially welcome are donations of 'gentlyused' items for children, such as school uniforms and other clothing,toys and games, as well as household items and small appliances.

Shoppers are also invited to take advantageof the many bargain items that will be available during the garagesale. This is the third annual event, and all proceeds are usedto supplement the WRC services and programmes.

For more information, or to donate items,please contact the women's Resource Centre at 949-0006.

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History

The CaymanasChurch and Our Time

By The Rev'd NicholasSykes

In 1983 some attempts to make reforms tothe government of the Anglican Mission in the Cayman Islands uncoveredthe apparent anomaly that the Diocesan jurisdiction that had beenoffered by the Anglican Church in Jamaica in 1970 and acceptedby the Cayman congregation at that time was in conflict with principlesof ecclesiastical order that formed part of historic Anglicanism.

Though this was an outcome wholly unsoughtby the original reforming efforts, it became the key factor inthe recovery of the Church of England in the Cayman Islands inlate 1983. The radical nature of this discovery and its practicalconsequences were difficult for many, both within and outsidethe Cayman Islands.

As a result, from 1983 Anglicanism in theCayman Islands has been represented by two Anglican organisationsindependent of one another, one looking to the current Churchin Jamaica in the Province of the West Indies and the other lookingto the historic Church of England. The Church looking to Jamaica(the 20th century St. George's) continued to receive the pastoraloversight from the Bishop of Jamaica that had begun in 1970, whilethe Church claiming a historic Church of England polity (St. Alban'sin Grand Cayman with St. Mary's in Cayman Brac) in spite of yearsof effort continuing up to 1992 did not receive the oversightfrom the Bishop of London or the Church of England to which itlaid title.

It is instructive that through those yearsthe Church of England in the Cayman Islands always utterly resistedany suggestion that it should renounce its identity, which wasdetermined not by a Bishop's oversight but by its fundamentalpolity supported by history and law.

In November 1992 the General Synod of theChurch of England agreed to the idea of the ordination of womento the Presbyterate, an idea which conflicts dangerously withthe historic and catholic order of the Church of England and,it has been successfully shown, with the scriptural foundationsof the priestly ministry of the Church. After that time, therefore,no further attempts by the Church of England in the Cayman Islandsto receive oversight from the Bishop of London or the EstablishedChurch of England were made, in spite of the continuing claimby the Cayman Church to such entitlement.

Very soon afterwards, the Episcopal needsof the Cayman Church began to be met by Dr. A. Donald Davies,the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church, whichhad become independent of the Protestant Episcopal Church in theU.S.A. as a direct result of the 1992 Church of England GeneralSynod decision.

The 1992 Church of England General Synoddecision seemed inevitably to lead sooner or later to a conditionof there being two organisations in England each claiming to bethe Church of England, one by virtue of continuity of establishmentand local episcopal succession, the other by virtue of continuitywith the traditional norms of doctrine, order and polity of theChurch of England, which the other party arguably abandoned. Forthe time being, however, the major parts of these two divisionsfunction rather like a "Church within a Church"; perhaps,with the English genius for compromise and making do, this arrangementwill last.

The effect of Cayman's history has beento produce in Cayman Islands Anglicanism one particular versionof things to come throughout the Anglican world beginning in England:our example of accepting the oversight of a soundly traditionalBishop in the course of attempting to adhere to our God-givenand fundamental polity can be compared with the use in Englandof the Provincial Episcopal Visitors.

These so-called "flying bishops"are allowed and expected to be an Episcopal resource throughoutthe two Provinces of the Church of England for traditional Anglicanswho have been alienated from bishops hitherto uniquely establishedin their own areas. Anglican churches throughout the world willbe wise to follow this example of the Church of England at least,by allowing to their traditionalists the structures they needto be a blessing and a leaven to their churches.

In the Cayman Islands such a structure isprovided by adhering to the constitutional character of the Church,which descends to us from the very heart of the history of theIslands; however, our understanding of Cayman Islands historyhinges upon our understanding of the burning question that exercisedand vexed the minds of successive governors and their peers, thedependency question.

It is contended that this matter has beenshut away for years, largely unconsciously, into an amnesiacalcloset. Its recovery in the pages of this book may be for somepeople like the disclosure of the proverbial skeleton; be thatas it may, the exercise is entirely necessary.

The character of the Church of the Islandsis derived indelibly from the original nature of the CaymanasChurch, which first emerged into the historical record no laterthan 1802. The Caymanas Church was quite simply the Island expressionof the Church of England, just as the Church of England itselforiginated quite simply as the English expression of the "trueand apostolic Church of Christ". For the first four decadesof its life, the Caymanas Church, though gravely deficient inmany ways, was unchallenged by any sectarian presence.

Later, with the advent of the Wesleyan mission,which failed after six years, and then of the Scottish Presbyterianmission, which prevailed, the original character of the CaymanasChurch became obscured. The pastoral oversight provided in thelast seven years of the Caymanas Church's unchallenged existencehad been entwined with a degree of anomaly shown in the precedingchapters of this work, and this was the principal cause of thecessation of the oversight.

The ecclesiastical anomaly, however, wasrooted in the dependency question at the heart of the historyof the Islands, and throughout the years of the Caymanas Church'sexistence, from its emergence into history until the present time,ecclesiastical jurisdiction has continued to be provided for bylaw received in the Islands.

The 1830s oversight afforded to the CaymanasChurch by the first Bishop of Jamaica and ending in 1839 was anomalousto the extent that it may have purported to originate an ecclesiasticaljurisdiction over the Islands that was independent of law receivedin the Cayman Islands.

Today also, any pastoral oversight affordedto a congregation in the Cayman Islands that purports to originatean ecclesiastical jurisdiction will still be anomalous in respectof being independent of received law, excepting the case of suchoversight being afforded by the Bishop of London.

For the time being the Church of the Islandswill continue to exist in several "integrities" or "prelatures",a situation which, while the manner of its formation has beenunique to a degree, parallels the current and differently-structuredsituation obtaining in the Church of the mother-country herself.

From this situation may the Cayman Churchbe raised, with its inherited character forged, tried and strengthened,a testimony to the character of Christ Himself, with the scarsof its many wounds and the glory of His power to surmount them.

The 1830s oversight afforded to the CaymanasChurch by the first Bishop of Jamaica and ending in 1839 was anomalousto the extent that it may have purported to originate an ecclesiasticaljurisdiction over the Islands that was independent of law receivedin the Cayman Islands.

Today also, any pastoral oversight affordedto a congregation in the Cayman Islands that purports to originatean ecclesiastical jurisdiction will still be anomalous in respectof being independent of received law, excepting the case of suchoversight being afforded by the Bishop of London.

For the time being the Church of the Islandswill continue to exist in several "integrities" or "prelatures",a situation which, while the manner of its formation has beenunique to a degree, parallels the current and differently-structuredsituation obtaining in the Church of the mother-country herself.

From this situation may the Cayman Churchbe raised, with its inherited character forged, tried and strengthened,a testimony to the character of Christ Himself, with the scarsof its many wounds and the glory of His power to surmount them.

• To be continued

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Sports

TheSummer That Was

Jumping, exercising, playing or just plainshowing off, these are the photographs of a summer that is fastclosing.

Seeing parents now tugging along their youngones in stores as back-to-school shopping begins can make onewonder where it all went.

Although the summer is not yet over andthere may be much more splashing and running around to do, CaymanNet News takes this time to say thank you to those community groups,church organisations, and sports clubs which came up with programmesfor the nation's children.

We recognise that not only were our childrenentertained and kept out of trouble but also they were given theopportunity to learn, if not the sport itself at least the disciplinerequired. Such lessons outside the classroom could prove equallyuseful in guiding them through the rest of their promising lives.

Sports

EnergeticAll-Games Molly Takes Her Sport to Another Level

She has represented these islands in fivedifferent sports disciplines, continues to play many more andnow Molly Ann Moore is in Jamaica taking up studies to serve thisnation as a netball coach.

Before Molly left Sunday night to enrolat the G.C. Foster College Monday, 20 August, she told CaymanNet News that although netball is her pet sport and her trainingwill be for primarily coaching people in this area she intendsto help out in other diciplines upon her return.

That is the spirit of this woman who neverrests.

Molly represented Cayman Islands abroadin basketball, cricket, softball, volleyball, and of course netballin which discipline she even captained the national side.

There is a national softball squad preparingfor an upcoming tournament in the United States and despite beinghappy about taking up coaching classes in Jamaica, she looks enviouslyat those players.

"If I was going to be in Cayman Islands,I would have been preparing for that softball tournament,"said Molly who has been active in sports since primary school.

This 5 feet 7 inches energetic woman ofthe mid-thirties will now have to give up much of her outdooractivities for two years of classroom to obtain a certificatein physical and sport education. True to her forever-achievingoutlook, however, Molly is looking towards going on at this well-knownsports Caribbean college to the four-year degree programme whichshe believes will make her even more useful to this country'ssports people and hopefuls.

In spite of the classroom regime Molly willnot be totally away from outdoor games as she naturally plansentering sporting events offered by the college. One of theseis an annual Venus Netball Tournament. A Caymanian team usuallygoes to Jamaica for that competition and Molly aims to join thesquad.

Molly is full of praise for assistance andguidance given to her by Jean Tierre and Lucille Seymour, withoutwhom she doesn't think her achievements could be what they aretoday.

"I owe them a whole lot. If it wasn'tfor the netball association and these ladies I wouldn't have gotto where I am today," she said.

Many Caymanians have attended the G.C. FosterCollege before and on her signing up Monday Molly was expectedto be joined by another local sports person, Anthony Chin.

At the college now and into her third yearalso is Caymanian Amanda Thompson.

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