ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – Monday June 22, 2015 High of 89 Low of 78 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. Worst Week Nancy Pelosi 3 Politics Bushes are a clan of fighters 45 Myths Big summer movies 23 Defining words How Obama has used his presidency to alter meaning of ‘American exceptionalism’ PAGE 12 ABCDE NATIONAL WEEKLY Business To see Mickey, the cost isn’t mini 17 THE WEEK OF SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 . IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WASHIngTon poST Defining words Editorial | pagE 4 CayMan’s prinCipal eduCation lesson: subtraCtion by division SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA Premier ‘disappointed’ with Chamber Council Attacks Compass publisher again over anti-corruption editorial brent Fuller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin on Friday criticized the leadership council of the territory’s largest business representative organization for not condemning a Cayman Compass editorial the premier previously referred to as “treasonous.” “I am disappointed … that the Chamber response fell short of condemning the Compass’s offending editorial,” Mr. McLaughlin said in a statement made to the Legislative Assembly. On Thursday, June 11, the Chamber of Commerce Council issued a statement urging the Cayman Islands government and Compass publisher David R. Legge to resolve a dispute that erupted over a June 3 editorial in the newspaper titled “Corruption: An insidious, creeping crime.” “We are concerned that, as a result of the actions of both parties, this matter continues to unnecessarily escalate with the effect that it is creating negative international media coverage,” the Chamber Council statement noted. “This is reflecting poorly on the Cayman Islands and the wider business community.” In addition, the Chamber leadership council asked the government to rescind a ban on government-sponsored advertising in the newspaper that was approved earlier this month via a motion made in the Legislative Assembly’s Finance Committee. “We support the right to freedom of expression as exercised by the Cayman Compass Voting district maps due out next week brent Fuller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com If all goes according to plan, Cayman Islands residents will be able to view new proposals for single-member district voting maps by the end of this month. Electoral Boundary Commission chair Laura Handley said last week that commission members were seeking to “post” the maps, both online and in local public libraries, by the last week in June. The commission expects to host another round of public meetings in the first week of July to discuss the proposed changes. “Our plan is to post paper maps of the proposed single-member constituencies in the district public libraries,” Ms. Handley, an American political scientist appointed by Cayman’s governor to lead the three-person boundary commission, said. “Because of the size of these maps, the proposed constituen- cies for the West Bay area will be posted in the West Bay library, the George Town constit- uencies in the George Town library, etc. “A full set of paper maps of all of the proposed single-member constituencies will be available for viewing in the elections office and will be posted online on the elections office website.” Final specific details of where and when the maps will be posted will be announced shortly, she said. The Electoral Boundary Commission, which also consists of local attorneys Steve McField and Adriannie Webb, held a series of public meetings in April regarding what would be a major change to Cayman’s four- year election process. Right now, the Cayman Islands are divided Hospice receives $1.3 million gift from marathon runner Jewel levy jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com A marathon runner’s dream to donate a record-breaking $1 million to Cayman HospiceCare came true Friday morning. Derek Haines, a retired Cayman Islands Police officer and long-distance runner at age 65, presented the $1.35 million donation to HospiceCare chairman Chris Duggan and director of operations and development Danielle Coleman, in the company of special guests, Governor Helen Kilpatrick, PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » Derek Haines, left, presents the record-breaking $1.35 million donation to HospiceCare chairman Chris Duggan, far right, in the company of architect and Rotarian John Doak, Rotarian Brian Hurley, HospiceCare’s Danielle Coleman, Governor Helen Kilpatrick and Rotarian Chris Johnson at the governor’s residence. – photo: Jewel leVy PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » Film festival brings Hollywood talent to Cayman Grand Cayman got a taste of Hollywood glitz and glamour last weekend during the inaugural CayFilm Cayman International Film Festival held at The Ritz- Carlton, Grand Cayman and other locations on the island. Pictured here, immediately before the event’s closing gala and awards ceremony, were the many film actors, actresses, directors, writers, producers, animators and talent managers that came for the event. For more, see pages 6 and 7. - photo: maggie Jackson PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL Monday June 22, 2015 • Cayman Compass www. 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Crown counsel Kenneth Ferguson said both men are Dominicans here on work permits. They were represented by attorney John Furniss, but attorney Martha Rankine assisted the court by serving as Spanish/ English interpreter. Details of the con- spiracy charge are that the two men conspired to- gether with a unknown person on or before June 15, 2015, to commit the offense of burglary in the South Sound area. Crown counsel Kenneth Ferguson told Magistrate Kirsty-Ann Gunn that he would be objecting to any application for bail. He explained that po- lice investigations were continuing after numerous items were found in the room shared by the two defendants. These items included six laptop com- puters, multiple phones, two flat screen TVs, cam- eras, watches and jewelry. Mr. Ferguson explained that officers were fol- lowing up on recent bur- glaries to see if the recov- ered items matched any reported stolen. The men are also charged with taking a con- veyance without permis- sion on June 15 – a white Daihatsu Charade. A charge of going equipped for stealing was laid after po- lice found pliers, a screw- driver, black gloves and 24- inch cable ties. Bienvenido is charged on his own with giving a false name to police; he alleg- edly identified himself as John Bonito. Mr. Furniss asked that the men be brought back to court on Tuesday, June 23, so that he could make the bail applications. The magistrate asked the Criminal Registry to arrange for an interpreter that day. Speed the 150-year-old tortoise dies at San Diego Zoo SAN DIEGO (AP) – One of San Diego’s oldest residents has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Galapagos tortoise known as Speed has been euthanized at an estimated age of more than 150 years. Speed had been living at the San Diego Zoo since 1933. He was brought to California as part of an early effort to preserve the endangered species from the Volcan Cerro Azul Island of the Galapagos Islands, off Ecuador. The massive tortoise had been in geriatric de- cline for some time. Keepers treated his ar- thritis and other maladies with medication, hydro- therapy, physical therapy and acupuncture. Speed was known in his younger years as an alpha male who would butt heads with other males in domi- nance skirmishes. Thirteen Galapagos tortoises still remain at the zoo. Bail hearing in attempted murder case postponed Carol Winker cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The bail application for David Andrew Bodden, charged with attempted murder, did not go ahead as planned on Friday. Defense attorney Amelia Fosuhene noted the long list of mentions Justice Charles Quin had to deal with in addition to the trial matter he was hearing. For that reason, she asked for the applica- tion to be adjourned until Tuesday, June 23. Bodden, of a Windsor Park address, was brought to Summary Court late Thursday afternoon charged with the at- tempted murder of Blake Christopher Barrell fol- lowing an incident on Fort Street in downtown George Town around midday on Tuesday, June 16. For the same inci- dent, he is also charged with wounding with in- tent to cause grievous bodily harm. Both charges are Category A, which means they can be dealt with only in the Grand Court, so Magistrate Adam Roberts transmitted them forthwith. At that hearing, Ms. Fosuhene asked for men- tion the next day so that she could make the appli- cation for bail. On Friday, she told Justice Quin said it might be unusual to apply for bail for someone facing these charges, but there were a number of facts that might persuade the court that Bodden should have bail. Jury notice The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court jurors who are in the April 1-June 30 session are now to report on Wednesday, June 24, at 9:45 a.m. Call the Jury Information line at 945-5072 for the most up-to- date information. License lapsed, insurance won’t cover Driver loses appeal against disqualification Carol Winker cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man who was disquali- fied from driving for having no insurance lost his appeal, although he had proof he had paid his insurance premium on time. Lenroy Anthony Davy appeared before Justice Robin McMillan on Thursday. He did not have an attorney, so Crown counsel Toyin Salako ex- plained his situation. Davy was stopped by police in June 2014 for failing to comply with a traffic signal. When offi- cers checked his license, they found that it had ex- pired three months earlier. Asked to produce his vehicle insurance, he pro- vided evidence that the premium had been paid. However, Ms. Salako con- tinued, the policy said that if the driver did not have a valid licence he was not insured. An expired license is not a valid license. Davy was charged with failing to comply with the traffic signal, driving without a license and driving without insurance. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced last month. His sentence included manda- tory disqualification for 12 months because of the failure to have insurance in effect. Justice McMillan told Davy that, because his li- cense was not valid, “your insurance coverage was automatically and effec- tively cancelled.” If Davy had been in an accident, the insurance would not have paid any claim, he pointed out. Davy, who worked as a driver, said he thought his license was up to date. His employer’s office had not reminded him, he added. The judge pointed out that a driver’s license usu- ally expires on the person’s birthday, so it should be easy to remember. He accepted that the of- fense was not intentional, but there were no excep- tional circumstances that would allow Davy to have his driving privilege re- stored. “I’m obliged to dis- miss your appeal,” he said. “You pleaded guilty. There was no doubt about what you were pleading to.” Speed, a Galapagos tortoise that has been at San Diego Zoo since 1933, was euthanized last week at an estimated age of more than 150 years. - PHOTO: AP Justice McMillan told Davy that, because his license was not valid, “your insurance coverage was automatically and effectively cancelled.” Mr. Ferguson explained that officers were following up on recent burglaries to see if the recovered items matched any reported stolen. Both charges are Category A, which means they can be dealt with only in the Grand Court, so Magistrate Adam Roberts transmitted them forthwith.3 LOCAL NEWS Cayman Compass • Monday June 22, 2015 Premier Health BRITISH CAYMANIAN INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. 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Commander Howard Clark. “How do police ma- rine units work with other marine agencies and the guys on the land in terms of information sharing be- tween different countries? “You can’t just stick [marine patrols] out there and hope to come up with something.” Lt. Cmdr. Clark has been in the Cayman Islands for nearly a month with two training officers, Warrant Officer II Martin Power of the Royal Marines and Chief Petty Officer Nick Dewing of the Royal Navy, working on an international mari- time training initiative for British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. The group was joined by Lt. Col. Patrick Brown of the Royal Navy this past week. Ten police officers of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and another few dozen police officers from other territories have attended various training sessions, including small craft navigation and han- dling techniques, over the past four weeks. Other courses include tactical training for sea rescues and intercepts in- volving migrants and il- legal traffickers, as well as routine maintenance of watercraft and marine unit equipment. The training course is funded entirely by the United Kingdom government. Once completed, the 10 RCIPS officers who re- ceive the additional ma- rine training will be used to retrain other officers within the Joint Marine Unit. If the funding is there for it, Lt. Col Brown said he would like to continue offering the training in Cayman periodically. “You can’t just stick [marine patrols] out there and hope to come up with something.” Lt. Commander Howard CLark, Royal Navy Warrant Officer II Martin ‘Wolfie’ Power has been in Cayman helping train marine unit police officers for the past month. Mr. Power is part of a Royal Navy-Marines training force doing extended instruction for a number of Caribbean marine patrol forces. - Photo: Brent Fuller A series of meetings will be held over the next two weeks in which members of the public are being invited to give feedback on a pro- posed Education Bill. The Education Bill 2015 proposes to create a frame- work for publicly funded, privately managed schools in Cayman. The bill also bans cor- poral punishment, en- shrines the National Curriculum in law and es- tablishes an independent schools inspection unit called the Office of Education Quality Assurance, among other changes. A series of meetings will be held over the next two weeks in which members of the public are being invited to give feedback on a pro- posed Education Bill. A final draft of the bill is expected to go to the Legislative Assembly in September, fol- lowing public consultation. The first meeting was held Saturday in Cayman Brac. The next meetings are as follows: ■■ George Town: Mary Miller Hall, 7-8:30 p.m., Monday, June 22 ■■ West Bay: Shirley Kidd Memorial Hall in Sir John A. Cumber Primary School, 7:30-9 p.m., Wednesday, June 24. ■■ North Side: Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre, 7:30-9 p.m., Thursday, June 25 ■■ East End: East End Primary School, 7:30-9 p.m., Tuesday, June 30 ■■ Bodden Town: Savannah Primary School Hall, 7:30-9 p.m., Wednesday, July 1. All residents of the Cayman Islands are invited to attend the meetings. The bill and an online survey can be found at the Ministry of Education’s website, www.education.gov.ky. A series of meetings will be held over the next two weeks in which members of the public are being invited to give feedback on a proposed Education Bill. Public invited to Education Bill meetingsThe islands’ most-trusted news source 4 – EDITORIAL – Opinion&Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@pinnaclemedialtd.com, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. WASHINGTON – Now come Greeks bearing the gift of confirmation that Margaret Thatcher was right about so- cialist governments: “They al- ways run out of other people’s money.” Greece, from whose ancient playwrights Western drama descends, is in an ab- surdist melodrama about se- curing yet another cash in- fusion from international creditors. This would add an- other boulder to a mountain of debt almost twice the size of Greece’s gross domestic product. This protracted dis- pute will result in desirable carnage if Greece defaults, thereby becoming a construc- tively frightening example to all democracies doling out unsustainable, growth-sup- pressing entitlements. In January, Greek voters gave power to the left-wing Syriza party, one third of which, The Economist re- ports, consists of “Maoists, Marxists and supporters of Che Guevara.” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, 40, a retired student radical, immediately denounced a European Union declara- tion criticizing Russia’s dis- memberment of Ukraine. He chose only one Cabinet member with prior govern- ment experience – a leader of Greece’s Stalinist com- munist party. Tsipras’ min- ister for culture and educa- tion says Greek education “should not be governed by the principle of excellence … it is a warped ambition.” Practicing what he preaches, he proposes abolishing uni- versity entrance exams. Voters chose Syriza be- cause it promised to reverse reforms, particularly of pen- sions and labor laws, de- manded by creditors, and to resist new demands for ra- tionality. Tsipras immedi- ately vowed to rehire 12,000 government employees. His shrillness increasing as his options contract, he says the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund are trying to “humil- iate” Greece. How could one humil- iate a nation that chooses governments committed to Rumpelstiltskin economics, the belief that the straw of government largesse can be spun into the gold of na- tional wealth? Tsipras’ ap- proach to mollifying those who hold his nation’s fate in their hands is to say they must respect his “mandate” to resist them. He thinks Greek voters, by making delusional promises to themselves, obligate other European taxpayers to fund them. Tsipras, who says the creditors are “pillaging” Greece, is trying to pillage his local governments, which are resisting his extralegal demands that they send him their cash reserves. Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister, is an ac- ademic admirer of Nobel laureate John Nash, the Princeton genius depicted in the movie “A Beautiful Mind,” who recently died. Varoufakis is interested in Nash’s work on game theory, especially the theory of cooperative games in which two or more partici- pants aim for a resolution better for all than would result absent cooperation. Varoufakis’ idea of cooper- ation is to accuse the cred- itors whose money Greece has been living on of “fiscal waterboarding.” Tsipras tells Greece’s creditors to read “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the Spanish Civil War. His passive-aggressive message? “Play nicely or we will kill ourselves.” Since joining the eurozone in 2001, Greece has borrowed a sum 1.7 times its 2013 GDP. Its 25 percent unem- ployment (50 percent among young workers) results from a 25 percent shrinkage of GDP. It is a mendicant re- duced to hoping to “extend and pretend” forever. But ex- tending the bailout and pre- tending that creditors will someday be paid encourages other European socialists to contemplate shedding debts – other people’s money that is no longer fun. Greece, with just 11 mil- lion people and 2 percent of the eurozone’s GDP, is un- likely to cause a contagion by leaving the zone. If it also leaves the misbegotten European Union, this evi- dence of the EU’s mutability might encourage Britain’s “Euro-skeptics” when, later this year, that nation has a referendum on reclaiming na- tional sovereignty by with- drawing from the EU. If Greece so cherishes its sov- ereignty that it bristles at conditions imposed by cred- itors, why is it in the EU, the perverse point of which is to “pool” nations’ sover- eignties in order to dilute national consciousness? The EU has a flag no one salutes, an anthem no one sings, a president no one can name, a parliament whose powers subtract from those of national leg- islatures, a bureaucracy no one admires or controls and rules of fiscal rectitude that no member is penalized for ignoring. It does, however, have in Greece a member whose difficulties are won- derfully didactic. It cannot be said too often: There cannot be too many socialist smashups. The best of these punish reckless creditors whose lending enables socialists to live, for a while, off other people’s money. The world, which owes much to ancient Athens’ legacy, including the idea of democracy, is in- debted to today’s Athens for the reminder that reality does not respect a democra- cy’s delusions. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group. Monday June 22, 2015 • Cayman COmpass East End MLA Arden McLean posed a constitu- tional query: Does the government’s current practice of allowing only Caymanian students to attend public schools run afoul of the Cayman Islands’ Bill of Rights? To which, Education Minister Tara Rivers, a trained attorney, provided a most lawyerly response: “There is no policy that disallows non-Caymanian children. There is a hierarchy in terms of who can access spaces first.” Those “spaces,” of course, tend to run out soon after the Caymanian students have been placed. According to Cayman’s Human Rights Commission, education officials have previously stated that 90 percent of children in government schools were Cay- manian. Additionally, the government provides private schools with a grant of around $550 annually for each enrolled student. That, by the way, is a small fraction of the cost incurred on a per-student basis by our public school system, and is significantly less than most private schools charge in tuition per student. (Lest anyone decry private schools as being unnecessarily expen- sive, remember that Cayman’s private schools gener- ally spend about the same or less per student than our public schools do.) Mr. McLean also notes that foreign workers must register their children with a private school before a work permit would be granted, a policy he believes amounts to the denial of the right to a free education, contrary to the Bill of Rights. For the record, our Constitution states: “Govern- ment shall seek reasonably to achieve the progres- sive realization within available resources of providing every child with primary and secondary education which shall ... be free.” Whether our education system would pass muster under the Bill of Rights is a question for the courts. The important point is this: Cayman’s schools may not be “legally” segregated – but they are “effectively” segregated. Through intention or inability, our government’s failure to provide equal public educational opportuni- ties to Caymanian and non-Caymanian children has brought great harm to both groups and to our society as a whole. While politicians and attorneys may quibble over whether Cayman’s public education policy is “Cayma- nians first” or “Caymanians only,” there is no disputing that it is the single most divisive policy in the country. Cayman’s schools are not only segregated in terms of “Caymanians vs. non-Caymanians,” but also in terms of “haves vs. have-nots.” Isolated in an inadequately performing public school system, Caymanian students, whose parents do not have the means to send them to private school, do not benefit from the greater degree of rigor, safety and freedom of choice enjoyed by their non-Cayma- nian, and wealthier Caymanian, peers. Thus, the less-privileged Caymanian children exist in a world apart, a smaller and more insu- lated sphere with less exposure to outside cultures, which in Cayman (whose population is split about equally between Caymanians and expatriates) comprise “the other half.” Missing from that equation are the unknown number of non-Caymanian children whose parents cannot possibly afford private school tuition in Cayman – not on wages paid to workmen and domestic helpers – and so who are left behind “back home,” entrusted to the care of family and friends, while their parents attempt to do something better for them “over here.” It is an invisible consequence of Cayman’s immigra- tion and education paradigm. No wonder, then, that discord has manifested itself in Cayman. The conflict between Cayma- nians and expatriates, and the poor and the rich, is a strife among strangers, who live near to each other without ever becoming neighbors, in the fullest sense of the word. Cayman can do better than this – regardless of the cold financial and political calculations executed in the past and carried on into the present. Yes, we do have the resources to do better for our children, all of them, starting with education. We have the means. But do we have the vision and, more importantly, the will? Cayman’s principal education lesson: Subtraction by division Let Greece go Printed and Published by: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town send us yOur VieWs Or neWs: P.O. Box 1365 Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@pinnaclemedialtd.com adVertise With us: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@pinnaclemedialtd.com Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHERS daVid r. legge and Vicki l. legge EdITOR-In-CHIEf daVid r. legge A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way” GEORGE F. WILL5 LOCAL NEWS Cayman Compass • Monday June 22, 2015 YOU DESERVE YOU DESERVE TRE ATMENT . Community help needed for defendant’s rehabilitation, judge says CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man with mental health issues was given a sus- pended sentence with nu- merous conditions after he pleaded guilty to wounding and common assault. One of those conditions is that he pay $50 per week towards hospital bills of $11,397 for the man who was wounded. Wayne Jeffrey Dilbert, 56, admitted stabbing one man five times and punching an- other man in the face, in- juring his eye and mouth. Both were friends with whom he had been drinking. Justice Charles Quin heard the facts from Crown counsel Nicole Petit and mitigation from defense attorney Fiona Robertson on May 28. Hearing that both victims had urged that Dilbert not be punished, he said he would take that into account, but there had to be consistency in sentencing for similar offenses. Because of the numerous factors he was asked to consider, the judge adjourned sentencing until last Thursday. Agreed facts were that the three men were out social- izing on March 17, 2013 in the Bodden Town area. The driver decided he had had enough and wished to end the night, so he was going to drive home. An argument ensued and Dilbert used a pocket knife to stab him – once in the lower abdomen and four times in the buttocks. He was in the Critical Care Unit for two days before being discharged from hospital on March 20, 2013. A medical report described the injuries as not serious or permanent, but Justice Quin remarked that being moni- tored in critical care and not being allowed to eat for two days was to his mind quite serious. He pointed out that the wound to the abdomen could have been fatal. Detailed reports about Dilbert indicated he had been diagnosed with a bi- polar disorder in 2005, but a more recent report referred to post-traumatic stress dis- order, which caused Dilbert to black out when he sensed danger. His condition was made worse when he con- sumed alcohol. Ms. Robinson explained that on the night of the in- cident, as the men got more and more drunk, Dilbert be- came paranoid and when the argument started he thought he was going to be “ganged.” That was when he took out the knife and used it “in re- sponse to a perceived threat.” Since the incident, Dilbert has been attending the Mental Health Court and Alcoholics Anonymous; he has completed a course in anger management. “The incident made him realize he had to get help,” Ms. Robinson said. Justice Quin referred to the social inquiry report which said that Dilbert is now living in a halfway house, where he is com- pliant with all rules and testing negative for illegal drugs. The psychiatric re- port said Dilbert’s disorder affected his decision making and it was exacerbated by alcohol use. His use of a knife in this incident had to lead to a cus- todial sentence, the judge said, and he considered 18 months to be the appropriate sentence, with six months concurrent for the common assault on the other man. However, in light of all the circumstances, including the fact that Dilbert had no previous convictions for vi- olence, he was prepared to suspend the sentence for 12 months. His orders in- cluded continued monitoring by the Mental Health Court, strict adherence to medi- cation ordered by the psy- chiatrist, monitoring by the Department of Community Rehabilitation, random drug and alcohol testing. He or- dered that Dilbert be banned from all liquor-licensed premises, complete one-to- one counseling and the inten- sive out-patient program. He ordered that Dilbert pay $50 per week as com- pensation to the Health Services Authority. This is a small island, Justice Quin observed. Many residents were aware of in- dividuals like Dilbert and his ailments. Anyone who has provided him with drugs or alcohol should de- sist from doing so, as it was clear that the results were costly and could have been life-threatening, not only to those involved but to innocent bystanders. He pointed out that people like Dilbert and his friends driving around intoxicated presented a serious threat to all road users. “This is a clear case when a community is called on to participate in the rehabilita- tion of a citizen and alert au- thorities immediately when ill persons such as the defen- dant are seen purchasing li- quor or drugs,” he said. Man who stabbed friend must pay $50 per week JEWEL LEvy jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Meals on Wheels pro- gram received a cash injec- tion into its Meals on Wheels program from Rotary Club of Grand Cayman. The program, which serves 170 meals per day to housebound, frail or elderly people and those with phys- ical and mental disabilities in Grand Cayman, received $30,000 from the service club. The club’s budget is around $200,000, spending at least $1,176 per person a year. “It is really fantastic that they have given the money to us. The $30,000 is re- ally going to allow us to be worry-free during the first part of this year,” said Beulah McField, executive director at Meals on Wheels. Rotary President Brian Hurley and Past President Larry Chomyn handed over the check to Ms. McField and chairman Rob Imparato during the club’s luncheon meeting at the Westin resort on Thursday. During the presenta- tion, Mr. Chomyn said the Meals on Wheels program in Cayman was one they wel- comed with open arms.the Rotary Club in that city. In 1997 Rotary became in- volved in Meals on Wheels, and throughout the following 18 years, Rotarians have not only donated substantial monies to Meals on Wheels but have also assisted in deliv- ering meals to people in need. “Along with this money and the money we just received from the ‘100 Men in Cayman Who Give a Damn,’ it will take us through to the end of the year,” Ms. McField said. “Thanks to all the people who have sponsored and do- nated to Meals on Wheels, which has made 2015 an ex- tremely successful year in fundraising and funds re- ceived,” she said. This, Ms. McField said, will finally allow the charity to look at bringing the West Bay district fully on board for inclusion in the program. In West Bay, Meals on Wheels feeds nine people, but has identified 80 or more people who need assistance. “The entire community, whether it is the little man on the street with a bag of rice or a corporation as sponsor … is now involved with Meals on Wheels. I am proud of that because it makes [this] a program for the community by the com- munity,” said Ms. McField. Meals on Wheels’ beginning Meals on Wheels began as an act of Christian kind- ness by Martha McField, an elderly widow, who was not simply satisfied with the usual Sunday visits to her el- derly friends and neighbors, so she began cooking and de- livering meals before going to church Sunday mornings. Her work was later picked up by Rehoboth Ministries and her daughter Beulah McField, as well as supported by government, in 1997. Later that same year, they were joined in these efforts by the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman. At first, they fed 14 se- niors three days a week. By 2014, Cayman Islands Meals on Wheels was feeding 170 seniors in three districts with a partial presence in a fourth, preparing and deliv- ering more than 37,000 meals per year. Meals on Wheels gets financial boost Meals on Wheels Beulah McField and chairman Rob Imparato, second from left, receive the check from Rotary treasurer Chris Johnson, far left, and president Brian Hurley. - Photo: Jewel levy,6 LOCAL NEWS Check out these photos and others by visiting caymancompass.com/photogalleries or on facebook.com/caycompass (and don’t forget to tag yourself and your friends!) Monday June 22, 2015 • Cayman Compass The red carpet was rolled out on Grand Cayman for the inaugural CayFilm Cayman International Film Festival that took place Thursday through Saturday last week. In addition to the screening of 200 feature films, documentaries and short films, the event attracted dozens of Hollywood actors, actresses, writers, directors, pro- ducers, animators and talent managers. Nicky Whelan and Wes Studi take a selfie.Alex Cazzetta, Brian Cox and Ronnie Hughes. 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Scotiabank Gold MasterCard® Get a Welcome Bonus of US$40† Scotiabank / AAdvantage® MasterCard® Get a Welcome Bonus of up to 7,000 AAdvantage® miles† /ScotiabankKY #MostCashBackEver † Film festival gets two thumbs up AlAn MArkoFF amarkoff@pinnaclemedialtd.com Attendees of the inaugural CayFilm International Film Festival praised the event which left many celebrity guests and attendees eager for next year’s encore. “It exceeded expectations,” said Festival Director Tony Mark. “I thought it went very smoothly and everyone seemed to have a really good time.” George Town MLA and Tourism Ministry Councilor Joey Hew said that when he first spoke with Mr. Mark about the event a year and a half ago, they thought it would take four or five years to reach the level of participation at- tained in the very first year. “I think this will become a solid date on Cayman’s cal- endar,” he said. “I truly be- lieve it has the potential to be as big or bigger than the Cayman Cookout.” Mr. Hew said he saw sev- eral potential benefits from the film festival going for- ward, including an educa- tional aspect and a tourism/ economic impact aspect, as well as creating new career opportunities for Caymanians in the film industry and the potential for seeing the Cayman Islands used more often as a film location. The festival, which ran from Thursday night through Saturday night, featured the screenings of 200 feature films, short films and doc- umentaries from 50 coun- tries, and well as workshops, talks and panels about acting and filmmaking. Some of the celebrity guests who attended in- cluded Paul Schrader, the leg- endary Hollywood writer and director responsible for the classic American films “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull”; ac- tors Brian Cox, Wes Studi, Reno Wilson, Nicky Whelan, Alexa PenaVega, Rick Gomez; screenwriter James V. Hart, who penned “Hook” and “Contact”; Loren Carpenter, the Oscar-winning animator and co-founder of Pixar. Most of the events and screenings were held at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, but other venues included the National Gallery Theater, the Regal Cinemas at Camana Bay and the Harquail Theatre. Mr. Carpenter, who has known Mr. Mark on a per- sonal basis since the latter was a child, attended with his wife, Rachel. Visiting the Cayman Islands for the first time, both he and his wife found Cayman “higher end” than they’d imagined. He said he believes Cayman’s climate, infrastructure and economic standing all bode well for the future of the event. “We’d do it again,” he said confidently. Actress Nicky Whelan said she really enjoyed the friend- liness of everyone involved in the organization of the event, as well as the people she met from the public. “It’s such a welcoming place,” she said, adding that she too sees positive things for the festival in the future. “I just think it will get bigger and stronger. It’s not a hard sell [to get celebrities to the Cayman Islands]. It really isn’t.” One of the highlight events was Mr. Schrader’s hour-and-a-half talk in which he spoke of his career and about the evolution of the film industry since his start in the mid-1970s. He said there has been a big shift in the kinds of movies made now compared to then. “In the 1970s, movies were at the center of the sociolog- ical debate,” he said. “People turned to movies to talk about what was going on.” However, eventually au- diences demanded different kinds of movies, Mr. Schrader said, adding that whenever so- ciety starts demanding some- thing from an art form, that art form loses part of its essence. “It’s not the fault of the actors, the filmmakers or the financiers that movies aren’t really alive today,” he said. “It’s the fault of the audi- ences. But that can change.” Films have also changed in other important ways, Mr. Schrader noted. “There used to be rules,” he said. “There are no rules any more. You can do anything.” In the past, movies had to have continuity and follow linear narratives, whereas today there can just be an episodic se- ries of vignettes, he said. He said that films used to be watched in darkened the- aters where the audience paid for a ticket. Today, he said, people can watch a film on their telephone while riding on the subway, something which presents challenges in terms of monetizing filmmaking. “The financial model has collapsed,” he said. “Theatrical is on the way out and the ques- tion facing us is how to mone- tize films in the digital age.” Conversely, however, people are making films these days without worrying about a financial return. “You don’t have to make money anymore,” he said. “People are making movies that no one wants to see and it’s not stopping them. That’s how divorced we are from the tradi- tional capitalist paradigm.” Native American actor Wes Studi, who has appeared in such films as “Dancing with Wolves,” “The Last of the Mohicans” and “Avatar,” had a session where he spoke about acting and gave advice to some aspiring actors and actresses in attendance. Although he said he likes to get many different kinds of roles, he is often type- cast as a bad guy in movies. Still, partially because he be- lieves “acting is a muscle you have to keep exercising,” Mr. Studi will still gladly take the “leather and feathers” western roles or those in which he’s cast as the bad guy. “A good bad guy is hard to find,” he said with a laugh. Mr. Studi said he likes to play his bad guys as if they’re good guys. How his bad guys are viewed by the audience is a matter of per- ception; for example, many native Americans would be sympathetic to his bad-guy roles, he said. “It depends on which side of the fence you’re on.” Like many other of the guest celebrities, Mr. Studi said he really enjoyed visiting the Cayman Islands and one of the highlights was a trip to Stingray City. “I learned how to snorkel and more importantly, how not to snorkel,” he said, ad- mitting he swallowed some seawater on the trip. “Then I had a full body massage … from a stingray.” One piece of good advice he gave the aspiring thes- pians was not to take rejec- tion personally. “Rejection is a huge part of [the acting business], if you view it as rejection,” he said, adding that when it comes to casting, many filmmakers are looking for specific qualities for specific roles, which may be beyond the control of the person auditioning. “You’re going to hurt your- self if you take rejection per- sonal. It helps to have a thick skin about it, but further it’s important to realize it’s not something you necessarily did wrong.” Mr. Mark said he was al- ready thinking about ways of improving on the film festival for next year. He believes that he can attract even more celebri- ties to attend, partially through positive word of mouth from those who attended this year, but also through the outreach efforts of Virgin Produced, the Sir Richard Branson company that partnered on this year’s event and was very pleased with the results. Attendees of the CayFilm International Film Festival enjoy the Gala Opening Cocktail Party at Camana Bay after the premiere of the film ‘Serena.’ - Photo: Maggie Jackson8 LOCAL NEWS Monday June 22, 2015 • Cayman Compass IT'S TIME FOR US ALL TO SAY Triple C celebrates graduates Thirty-five seniors from Triple C School were hon- ored during their graduation ceremony this month. Deputy Governor Franz Manderson presented the se- niors with diplomas and cer- tificates at the Family Life Centre on Walkers Road. James Watler, chairman of the Triple C board, wel- comed family members, friends, and well-wishers of the graduates. The service began as robed faculty, with candles symbolically lighting the way, formed a receiving line for seniors to pass. Senior Andrea Bodden, graduating with a 4.11 av- erage, delivered the valedic- tory address. Her speech recognized those who helped her to reach this milestone in her life and she thanked her parents for their love and support. In her closing remarks, Ms. Bodden encouraged classmates not to focus on success but on the bigger picture. “Always look at the bigger picture and re- member that if you do some- thing right, good things like success will follow,” she said. A Baccalaureate Service on June 7 kicked off the commencement exercise with seniors being inducted into the Alumni Association. Mason Chisholm, Class of 2005, was the keynote speaker at the Baccalaureate. Mr. Chisholm said that while he was happy to leave school, at the same time, he didn’t know what would be next for him. “I was gradu- ating with a sort of fearful uncertainty about the next phase of life. How was I to trade the desks I used for making the grade for the desk for making the pay?” he said. Mr. Chisholm also re- minded graduates that there is hope. He said good work ethics and his faith in God made him believe he was where he was supposed to be, working in a job that al- lowed him to excel. “Not sure what you want to do? Ask yourself what do you like and what are your interests; and ask God to reveal a path to serve Him with those interests and He will guarantee your needs will be provided for,” he told the students.The graduating class of 2015 at Triple C. Arty chairs auctioned at fundraiser for Montessori by the Sea Montessori By The Sea’s third annual art gala was a fundraiser with a difference, with the auction of chairs decorated by students in the style of famous artists. The “CHAIR-ity” event raised around $6,000, with the funds going to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the National Trust, ARK and Cayman HospiceCare. At the fundraiser, held on May 22, parents, teachers, caregivers and friends gath- ered at Pedro St. James, along with members of Cayman’s creative community. Each chair was designed, painted and decorated in the style of a noted artist. Each piece of art was cre- ated by a Montessori By The Sea class led by a parent or guest artist. Other art- work from Dawn McTaggart, Gordon Solomon, Guy Harvey and Janice Brown was also auctioned at the event, which was produced in partnership with the Visual Arts Society. “We chose to use old chairs as the theme of our art gala project because they are imbued with his- tory and character,” said parent, artist and gala or- ganizer Chloe Goodfellow. “By using the works of a famous artist as a theme and choosing a chair which fitted the style of artwork, the students and their ar- tistic mentors created one of a kind works of art while energizing the Montessori philosophy of encouraging students to be creative, in- dependent thinkers while embracing collaboration with the community at school and beyond.” Ms. Goodfellow and the Casa 2 class were inspired by Mark Rothko. Karoly Szucs of Artisan Metal Works chose metal artist Albert Paley to work with the Casa 1 class to create a sculptural piece in the style of this artist’s work. On the heels of her show at the National Gallery, artist Heidi Bassett Blair intro- duced the Lower Elementary Upstairs class to Keith Herring, while Martinne Mills explored the ideas of Walt Disney with the Lower Elementary Downstairs class. Interior designer Mary- Joelle Larocque of Crimson Teal worked with the Upper Elementary class on a Salvador Dali-influenced chair, and the Middle Years class, led by Mary Yates, drew on the work of Peter Max. The Toddler class may had the most fun of all, dis- covering their inner Jackson Pollack with guest artist Nathalie Marineau. Most of the chairs for the “CHAIR-ity” auction were donated by artist Jennifer Newton and photographer Lisa Motta, who are owners of The Nook. “We are so grateful to all the artists who have contrib- uted to our Art Gala,” said Ms. Goodfellow. “Their ap- preciation of the importance MBTS places on the arts has inspired extraordinary gener- osity which will in turn help nurture a new generation of artists in our community.” “We chose to use old chairs as the theme of our art gala project because they are imbued with history and character.” Chloe Goodfellow, organizer Montessori By The Sea’s Casa 1 class, with the help of local artist Karoly Szucs and inspired by artist Albert Paley, created the ‘Sea Chair.’ Inspired by Salvador Dali, the ‘Meditation Chair’ was created by the Elementary Class, with the help of artist Mary-Joelle Larocque. The ‘Sitting on Top of the World’ chair, by the Middle Years class, was inspired by Peter Max and created with the help of local artist Mary Yates.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 Cayman Compass • Monday June 22, 2015 Cut $250* from your motor premium with BritCay home insurance! Call 949-8699 www.britcay.ky BRITISH CAYMANIAN INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. BritCay House, 236 Eastern Avenue, George Town, P.O. Box 74, Grand Cayman KY1-1102 Tel. 949-8699 www.britcay.ky 12 Kirkconnell St. Stake Bay, P.O. 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While we may not agree with what is said or written, we believe it is important for everyone to be able to state his or her views, whether that be the premier, the editor of the Cayman Compass or anyone else. “We do not support, how- ever, the financial sanc- tion proposed and passed hastily during proceedings in [the Legislative Assembly’s] Finance Committee on Monday, June 8, as this sets a dangerous precedent and would negatively im- pact the important role that a free press plays in our de- mocracy,” the council state- ment continued. “The council calls on the government to repeal the advertising ban immediately.” Mr. McLaughlin said Friday that the Progressives-led government stood by the decision to re- move its advertising. “While I will always fight for a free media, any media house that will fight against my country unjustly to sell newspapers or to swell the ego and the coffers of a publisher while harming Cayman’s rep- utation is not one that, in my view, should be subsidized, in part, by public funds,” the premier said. Mr. McLaughlin said the government’s position might change, if both Mr. Legge and the Compass editorial board publicly apologized to “the people of the Cayman Islands” for the June 3 editorial. The apology, he said, should be “in a form acceptable to gov- ernment” and must appear on the Compass’s front page and editorial page. He also sought that the apology “receive the same degree of international coverage as did Mr. Legge’s flight from these islands.” Earlier in the speech to the House, Mr. McLaughlin noted that while he appre- ciated the Chamber Council weighing in on the issue, he believed it had not properly placed the blame where it lay. “It is David Legge’s di- rect actions, histrionics and fabrications that have di- rectly caused the interna- tional media stories that give the Chamber Council and me concern,” the premier said. “Yet I do not see the Chamber publicly stating its concern for his actions.” The Chamber of Commerce representatives were con- tacted Friday for comment re- garding the premier’s speech but had not responded by press time Sunday. The premier’s commentary in the Legislative Assembly went on to imply that some members of the Chamber Council did not agree with the statement released on June 11: “In private, some on the council have told me that the Compass editorial of June 3 was dastardly and had po- tential to damage our repu- tation, as were the actions of the publisher when he sup- posedly fled Grand Cayman to the safety of Florida and then went about systematically making wild claims to the overseas media. I believe they may also privately wonder what Mr. Legge is really up to. “With all due respect to the good people on the Chamber Council, for whom I have the greatest respect and regard, I would suggest that, if they wish to live up to the Chamber’s vision and mission statements, then they cannot sit on the sidelines but must speak out even when the private sector gets it wrong. “We have enough ene- mies abroad. We do not need enemies within our midst seeking to undermine the entire basis of our economy and society by claiming that we are ‘culturally steeped’ in corruption.” into six voting districts which all return a different number of members to the Legislative Assembly based on the voting population within those districts. The largest district, George Town, returns six members to the House – meaning voters who live in George Town get to vote up to six times. The smallest two districts, East End and North Side, return just one member to the Legislative Assembly, so voters there only get one vote. The changes proposed would divide Grand Cayman into 16 separate single- member constituencies and divide Cayman Brac and Little Cayman into two separate constituencies, depending on what lawmakers ultimately decide. The change would make voting constituencies much smaller and give all electors only one vote to cast, regardless of where they live. A key issue in the re- districting debate remains whether Grand Cayman’s new voting map would main- tain 16 single-member con- stituencies, or if an addi- tional Legislative Assembly seat might be added. “The commissioners could recommend that George Town has an additional con- stituency with another seat in the Legislative Assembly,” Mr. McField said during an April public hearing. Ms. Handley initially said the commission intended to draw 18 separate single- member voting districts, to replace Cayman’s current six- district, multi-member elec- tion system. However, she conceded during a public meeting in George Town’s Mary Miller Hall that the 19th seat issue is “one of the things we are taking into ac- count,” and that the commis- sion might even draw up al- ternate maps, based on input it receives from district resi- dents this week. There also remains the matter of whether the two smallest districts of East End and North Side would be drawn together as one single- member constituency. Ms. Handley said the final decision on that would be up to legislators. The issue derives from the fact that the Cayman Islands, with 18,297 registered voters as of April, would have about 1,016 as a “voter” av- erage per district if the is- lands were divided into 18 single-member constituen- cies. Cayman Brac and Little Cayman – which are guaran- teed two Legislative Assembly representatives by the 2009 Constitution Order – would not come close to that number if single-member constituen- cies were to be adopted. Also, East End and North Side dis- tricts, if left alone by the boundary commission, would not have anywhere near 1,000 voters apiece. Meanwhile, George Town – if divided into six single- member districts – would av- erage more than 1,200 voters per district. Mr. McField said, ordi- narily, the variance in voting population between the dis- tricts would be too great to meet international elec- tion standards. However, the Constitution Order 2009 specifies that commissioners “shall have regard to existing electoral districts” in re- drawing the voting map. “If we did not have the constitution to guide us, or- dinarily those two districts [East End and North Side] would have to be combined,” Mr. McField said. “We could make a recommendation to leave them as they are or to combine them … but you’ll have to wait until you get our report.” architect and Rotarian John Doak, and Rotarians Brian Hurley and Chris Johnson at the governor’s residence. Previously, Mr. Haines sought pledges on the orga- nization’s behalf, and in ex- change ran six marathons throughout 2014, starting with the Paris Marathon in early April. He also ran in London, Spain, San Francisco, New York City, and finally back home in the Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon in December. The money will assist with building a new facility for the nonprofit organiza- tion that toils year-round to provide end-of-life care free of charge to people in the Cayman Islands. “It is a big day for us, all the running and collecting is done and I am happy to be handing over the check,” Mr. Haines said. “Chris Johnson, who has been with me as treasurer and full time supporter from the initial stages, and the gov- ernor as well who has been the patron – it is just fantastic to see it all come together.” Mr. Haines said, “It has been [a] fantastic community ef- fort and I am proud of the Cayman community and for everyone for joining in.” HospiceCare’s Ms. Coleman said, “There is something to be said about the human spirit – the strength, the determina- tion and the grace with which we are capable of meeting challenges. Derek Haines, with the support of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, has shown us what all of us are capable of doing when we commit to passion: be it run mara- thons, spark change, or en- sure human dignity in all stages of life. “We will be forever grateful not only for this sizable finan- cial contribution but also for the awareness of HospiceCare which Derek has raised and how he was able to inspire a nation to do more, do better and go further.” Ms. Coleman also took the opportunity to thank Derek and everyone at the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman for the extraordinary donation. “The funds raised will cover a large percentage of the struc- tural costs for our new multi- purpose building. We hope to break ground soon and this reality has been made pos- sible by Derek’s unwavering commitment,” she said. HospiceCare hopes to break ground on the new con- struction very soon. “It is re- ally a dream to have the ad- ministration and residential as one,” Ms. Coleman said. Acknowledging the do- nation, Governor Kilpatrick said she was pleased to par- ticipate in the check presen- tation because it was such a great occasion. “The fun- draising has been a mag- nificent effort, [but] actually handing over the check and starting building is what it is all about,” she said. Architect John Doak, who is working on the building plans of the new hospice, said the aim is to create a site that can celebrate a per- son’s life. “It is going to be a happy place and have the feel of living in a garden,” he said. The project will consist of two buildings, the hos- pice facility and administra- tion building, spanning 3,500 square feet. “The building will have the look of a Cayman-style veranda home with spectacular settings,” Mr. Doak said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We do not need enemies within our midst seeking to undermine the entire basis of our economy and society by claiming that we are ‘culturally steeped’ in corruption.” Premier Alden mclAughlin The commission expects to host another round of public meetings in the first week of July to discuss the proposed changes. The money will assist with building a new facility for the nonprofit organization to provide end-of- life care free of charge to people in the Cayman Islands.Next >