The ship is here until Tuesday, then they are off for more training and in 2000 they will deploy to the Mediterranean. Today is a holiday in the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Friendship day. In some places it is called Columbus Day. Here in the Virgin Islands schools are closed, the banks and government offices are closed. The Post Office is closed.
Many retail stores are open and so are the malls.
University of the Virgin Islands has no classes but the administrative offices are open. Women's Conference Hosts 500 Over the weekend the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort was home to 500 women for the annual Virgin Islands Women's Conference. Some of the statistics the women heard were grim. But, parents can make a big difference by keeping the lines of communication open, building self-esteem, setting rules and keeping them in force and teaching personal responsibility. A group of divers and other volunteers spent Saturday working in the waters right around the Frederiksted dock to collect trash and debris from the water.