Welcome to the first annual St. Lucia Kentucky Derby.
For the race this year we have only three entrants; Bud from Minnesota riding his olive green Ford, then there is Warren from Georgia driving a dark blue Suzuki and finally, Ian, from St. Lucia in a white 13 passenger van.
Odds are 2 to 1 for Bud; he is the boss and he is in a small more powerful vehicle. Ian is at 10 to 1; he is in a slow heavy beast, but with local knowledge of the track he has home field advantage.
Finally, Warren; the dark horse of the race at 50 to 1 odds. He has a car with a small engine and tires with no traction. He has a distinct disadvantage.
It is anyone's race to win.
It is 8:00 a.m. and the racers are at the starting gate.
And, they're off.
It is Warren in the lead, he has a good head start with Earth Boxers Dave and Julie and construction workers Robert and John.
He's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners to the hardware and seedling stores.
Bud's a close second at 8:15 with primary schoolers Linda, Vicki, David and Chris and Roaming Care givers Darlene and Betsy. And he's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners. He is in the speedier car but he's fading fast; he has to return to the hardware store for another pick up and delivery to the primary school. He is REALLY fading now with the knowledge that the construction team has once again misplaced the tool box.
And now it is Ian's turn with an 8:30 start. He's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners. He has Mary Dee, Keith, Barbara and Marilyn for a quick delivery to the Marigot School. Also aboard are Russ and Lynn; Ian is in such a
rush that he almost races by the health clinic. He's catching up fast with deliveries of Pam, Roger and Mary to the Infant School and Laurie, Paddy and Michelle to the pre-schools. Ian has a late start but we are confident that
his mastery of the roads will help his chances of winning.
And they are rounding the bend for home, the morning drop off is almost complete. It is a tight race, but Ian wins it by a nose.
His pleasant demeanor, patience and superb driving skills are what it took to master this difficult track.There also was agreement among the team that these kids have trouble learning on their own.
For the race this year we have only three entrants; Bud from Minnesota riding his olive green Ford, then there is Warren from Georgia driving a dark blue Suzuki and finally, Ian, from St. Lucia in a white 13 passenger van.
Odds are 2 to 1 for Bud; he is the boss and he is in a small more powerful vehicle. Ian is at 10 to 1; he is in a slow heavy beast, but with local knowledge of the track he has home field advantage.
Finally, Warren; the dark horse of the race at 50 to 1 odds. He has a car with a small engine and tires with no traction. He has a distinct disadvantage.
It is anyone's race to win.
It is 8:00 a.m. and the racers are at the starting gate.
And, they're off.
It is Warren in the lead, he has a good head start with Earth Boxers Dave and Julie and construction workers Robert and John.
He's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners to the hardware and seedling stores.
Bud's a close second at 8:15 with primary schoolers Linda, Vicki, David and Chris and Roaming Care givers Darlene and Betsy. And he's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners. He is in the speedier car but he's fading fast; he has to return to the hardware store for another pick up and delivery to the primary school. He is REALLY fading now with the knowledge that the construction team has once again misplaced the tool box.
And now it is Ian's turn with an 8:30 start. He's up the hill and down the hill and around the corners. He has Mary Dee, Keith, Barbara and Marilyn for a quick delivery to the Marigot School. Also aboard are Russ and Lynn; Ian is in such a
rush that he almost races by the health clinic. He's catching up fast with deliveries of Pam, Roger and Mary to the Infant School and Laurie, Paddy and Michelle to the pre-schools. Ian has a late start but we are confident that
his mastery of the roads will help his chances of winning.
And they are rounding the bend for home, the morning drop off is almost complete. It is a tight race, but Ian wins it by a nose.
His pleasant demeanor, patience and superb driving skills are what it took to master this difficult track.There also was agreement among the team that these kids have trouble learning on their own.
Dave and Julie of the Earth Box Team got seedlings and met
with 3 mothers and had them plant Earth Boxes.
I believe there were two tomatoes, 6 cabbage and 3 cucumbers planted in
those three boxes.
At the Infant School Pam reported some success when she
pulled a few students from class and worked with them individually. It was also mentioned that Roger continued his work with the second
grade boys.
Darlene and Betsy from the roving care givers continued to
go into several home to observe. This day Darlene went into 2 and Betsy three
homes.
At the Primary School Vicky reported there was a big
discussion about respect of the soap dispensers and what a big hit they
are. The kitchen staff wanted to know if
they could have one as well. Sounded
like a good idea to everyone and it was agreed that the mobile construction
crew would make it happen. Linda gave
several more of her aerodynamic lessons and they were thrilled. One student actually wanted to know if she
was a pilot. She is many things, but I
do not believe she is that. It also
should be noted that several members of other teams arrive to should support
for Linda as well as teamwork amoug the Global Volunteers.
Russ and Lynn reported they spent part of their day looking
into local food prices in an effort to see if you can feed a family of 5, 3
meals a day on 10 -15 EC. They felt you
could get close.
Paddy and Michele reported they too had started pulling
students out of class and working with them and they felt it was working.
Robert and I assembled an Earth Box Table and cut lumber for
a second one. We also visited the Kiddie
Homey daycare at Russ and Lynn suggestion and worked on getting the soap
dispensers working properly. We also
have a new drill and drill bits so watch out now.
Bud and Warren ended their day with several meetings. The first was with a Former Government
official who is a soil expert from McGill University who will assist us in
evaluating alternate soils for our Earth Boxes and the second meeting was with
the new Agriculture Minister who will help us get Earth Boxes into St. Lucia.
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