High of 91 Low of 80 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR: WHO KILLED CHARM? LOCAL | PAGE 8 QUICK ARRESTS IN RECENT VIOLENT ATTACKS ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter Discover the adventure at the Join us with our resident rates CI $10 Adults CI $ 4 Children 786 Northwest Point Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman info@turtle.ky | www.turtle.ky | +1 345 949 2894 +1 345 949 2894 / Cayman Turtle BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman Islands prosecutors will ap- peal a 3.5 year prison sentence given earlier this month to a local accountant who ad- mitted to stealing nearly US$500,000 from two investment funds he managed during a liquidation process. Robert Aspinall, 38, began serving time in Northward Prison last month – before he was formally sentenced – after agreeing to plead guilty to charges of theft, converting criminal property and obtaining money or- ders by deception in connection with the scheme to steal from two U.S.-based invest- ment funds that were caught up in insider trading allegations. The sentence represented the minimum time Aspinall could have received under court guidelines for a “class 1” theft case. During the Aug. 1 sentencing, Grand Court Justice Timothy Owen noted that his initial sentence consideration for the crime was five- and-a-half years, but that Aspinall’s coopera- tion with the authorities and his admission CROWN: ASPINALL SENTENCE ‘LENIENT’ RECORD COMPENSATION PAYOUT FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM More than $6 million awarded JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Nearly two decades after suffering a severe brain injury in a boating accident as a child, a Caymanian man has been awarded the highest personal injury compensation payout in the is- land’s history. The victim, who was 12 when he was in- volved in the accident in 1998, was awarded more than $6 million in damages and to cover the cost of a lifetime of care. Neither the victim nor the party responsible can be named because of an anonymity order imposed by Justice Malcolm Swift. James Kennedy of Samson and McGrath, which brought the case on behalf of the acci- dent victim, said the award was the highest on record for the Cayman Islands. Responsibility for the accident was deter- mined in an earlier court hearing, and interim payments have been made over the years since PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 10 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 11 » Grieving for horse killed after gruesome assault CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Tributes continue to pour in this week for Charm, a 25-year-old pony at the Eques- trian Center, known for teaching many of Cayman’s smallest children how to ride. Charm had to be euthanized late last week. She developed a severe infection after being sexually assaulted with a large for- eign object. Police say they are investigating the matter, but that is little consolation to the Equestrian Center staff, students and parents who knew Charm as the gentle mainstay at the horse farm on Linford Pierson Highway. “She didn’t bite, she didn’t kick, she didn’t spook,” said the Equestrian Cen- ter’s Regina Nowak, who led riding classes for the youngest students. “She gave the kids confidence.” A second horse, Jelly Bean, was simi- larly assaulted the same night, Aug. 10. The 30-year-old Jelly, as she’s known, survived the attack. “Charm and Jelly are the backbone of those beginner lessons,” Ms. Nowak said. Charm, she said, “taught all the beginners how to ride.” Equestrian Center owner Mary Alberga said she and her staff are still in shock over the nature of the attack on the farm’s two most gentle horses. “I wake up, I can’t sleep,” she said. Standing by Charm’s empty stable Tuesday, with an IV bag still hanging from the ceiling, Ms. Alberga said Charm had been part of the Equestrian Center for 19 years. “She’s grown the business with us,” she said. Ms. Alberga said she has heard from people around the world, directly and through social media, expressing shock and condolences over the killing. Joanna Humphries, who helps the Equestrian Center with media relations, Charm was euthanized on Aug. 18. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 11 » Equestrian Center owner Mary Alberga with Jelly Bean, the horse that survived the assault. – PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY2 LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any film starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. 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Keanu Oliver, 17, and Emily Whit- taker, 15, students at Clifton Hunter High School, joined the Stay-Focused diver certification program as interns. As well as learning to dive for the first time themselves, the pair assisted visiting teens in the program. Ryan Chalmers, director of programs for the nonprofit organization which has certified 86 teens and young adults with physical disabilities since its in- ception in 2004, said the internship pro- gram was designed as a way of bringing young Caymanians into the fold. He said, “The interns room with one of the participants and that is where they really get to learn about disabilities. “That is something we want to bring here on island. We want to show that people with disabilities are just the same as them. All they have to do is adapt.” Keanu said learning to dive and working with disabled youngsters had been an eye opening experience. “My buddy was in a car accident and had lost movement in his legs. He was in therapy to get him to move again. He was awesome. He had a great per- sonality and such a cheery spirit. It was amazing.” Emily said she had been nervous to learn to dive but was inspired by the bravery of the disabled teens. “It is funny because I am the one that lives on an island, but when we first went snorkeling I was really anxious. I saw the rest of the kids so excited and I thought I don’t need to be scared. I can do it as well.” She said sharing a room with a girl of her age who was in a wheelchair gave her a new appreciation for the chal- lenges disabled people face. “I think all the disabled kids in Cayman should get involved in the program – not only would they learn how to dive, but they would learn things they didn’t know about themselves.” Keanu said his first experience of diving in Cayman was amazing. “It was my first time seeing the reef and the coral. It was beautiful, iconic.” For the disabled divers, he said, “It was like weightlessness. Under water we were all on the same level. They loved it. One of the group said it was the most difficult but gratifying experi- ence of his life.” Stay-Focused intern Keanu Oliver, standing, assists first-time diver, Josh Hipps, before a dive. Stay-Focused programs director Ryan Chalmers, left, with Caymanian interns Emily Whittaker and Keanu Oliver. CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A West Bay man ap- peared in Summary Court on Tuesday charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on Friday, Aug. 19. The defendant, James Douglas Ebanks, 58, is also charged with wounding as an alternative. Police issued a release indicating that the victim/ complainant went to the district police station to re- port the matter just before noon on Saturday Aug. 20. He was given first aid and an ambulance was called to take him to hospital. The location of the in- cident was the yard of a third party. Police officers found it by following a trail of blood for more than three-quarters of a mile. In court, defense attorney John Furniss told Magistrate Valdis Foldats that the in- jured man, 54, had required 12 stitches to his hand. Nei- ther Mr. Furniss nor Crown counsel Neil Kumar gave any details of the incident that led to the charges. There was no mention of the apparent inconsistency in the dates. No application was made for bail. The magistrate pointed out that wounding with in- tent is a charge that can be dealt with only in Grand Court. He set the matter for mention in the higher court on Sept. 16. Mr. Furniss indicated that the question of bail could be addressed in the Grand Court. Wounding charge sent to Grand Court A story titled “At- tempted murder charge sent to Grand Court” on page 3 of Monday’s Cayman Compass contained an in- correct spelling of Kevin Curtis Bowen’s name. 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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 EXECUTIVE EDITOR PATRICK BRENDEL A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will findtheirownway” WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS It has not only been a waste of money, it has done real harm. Some trillions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars have been spent to combat global warming over the last three decades. Has the expen- diture of all of this money re- duced global temperatures from where they would have otherwise been? No. At least not to a measurable degree. The major governments of the world have undertaken a public policy which to date has cost far more than any benefits. The rebuttal by the advocates of all of this gov- ernment spending is to say it is nothing more than a down payment on what needs to be done and the benefits will ac- crue to future generations. Earlier this month, British scientist Valentina Zharkova and her team at Northum- bria University in the United Kingdom, using a new model, predicted that a coming pe- riodic reduction in the sun’s radiation will soon lead to major global cooling. For many decades, it has been known that a decrease in sun spot activity is associated with lower temperatures. Ms. Zharkova argues that we will soon enter a new “Maunder Minimum,” which refers to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the sun’s surface ceased producing its heat-releasing magnetic storms. This period coincided with the Little Ice Age – a time of much cooler temperatures and crop fail- ures. A number of other re- spected scientists have also argued that changes in solar output are more important than changes in carbon di- oxide in regulating the earth’s temperature. During the last couple of weeks, since the re- lease of the new study, the de- bate has been quite fierce be- tween those who believe that solar changes trump carbon dioxide and vice versa. Re- member, “climate science” is not a unified field of study like quantum physics, but a combination of many dif- ferent disciplines from the people who study tree rings, ice cores, atmospheric gases, cloud science or solar output. One climate scientist, commenting on the debate, observed that mankind might luck out with the heat-trap- ping effects of carbon dioxide, offsetting the temperature de- cline coming from the expected solar minimum. It may be that the solar folks are right, or the carbon dioxide folks are right or that neither is right. What do we know? We know that extreme global warming doomsayers, like Mi- chael Mann (of “hockey stick” fame), were telling world leaders if they did not make massive changes in carbon- dioxide emissions by 2002 – that it would be too late. De- spite the fact that it is now “too late,” Mr. Mann and others are still preaching the same old gospel – and I ex- pect they will continue to do so until the government grants and other monies run out. We do know that those like Al Gore, who told us that Arctic sea ice would be gone by now and that Antarctica ice would be greatly dimin- ished, were wrong (ships still cannot sail the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica ice is now cov- ering a record amount since the measurements were first taken). We do know that not one of the climate change models predicted the 16- year pause in rising temper- atures and all of them over- stated the rise in temperature that did occur. We do know that rise in carbon dioxide to date has been largely ben- eficial, with the earth getting greener (carbon dioxide is plant fertilizer). What we also know is the trillions spent on global warming mitigation schemes slowed real economic growth through higher energy prices and taxes worldwide, thus leaving millions more people in poverty, without jobs and eco- nomic opportunity. The ben- eficiaries of all this spending were the crony capitalists of the ruling class, including all of the researchers who have been funded to “prove” global warming is a massive imme- diate threat, caused by hu- mans, and that humans have the tools at hand to stop it. If your research happens to show something else, you are immediately attacked, not in a calm, objective manner, but in a rather vicious manner, as Professor Zharkova has found in the last couple of weeks. The scientific and political estab- lishment has a vested interest in silencing the sun output theorists, because if they are right, many others’ funding and pride are at risk. What is clear is that much is still unknown – let alone how to stop the newly labeled “cli- mate change.” From the end of the Little Ice Age, temperatures and sea levels have been grad- ually rising, and mankind has been dealing with it quite well through adaptation. Old struc- tures and piers are replaced as they wear out with stronger and higher structures. Air con- ditioning is invented. And all of this happens almost automati- cally without anyone noticing. The Germans and others are giving up their “renew- ables” and moving back to coal because of cost. They would have been better off doing nothing to “stop cli- mate change.” Until mankind knows far more than now, the safest and best course of ac- tion is to do nothing – other than, as always, adapt. Richard W. Rahn, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth, is on the Editorial Board of Cayman Financial Review. © 2016, The Washington Times The sexual assault and death of Charm (a gentle riding horse beloved by local children) is one of the most trou- bling crimes we can recall in the Cayman Islands. It is also a test of the relationship between our community and law enforcement. Charm, who was 25 years old when she had to be euthanized as a result of her injuries, was about as well- reputed locally as any horse could be. The docile white mare was known by name and appearance to thousands of children and their parents who visited the Equestrian Center to learn to ride. The horse’s measure of “fame,” combined with the animal’s innate innocence and helplessness, are two con- tributing factors as to why this crime has touched the nerve it has in the community. Additionally, the offense itself is so macabre that the community is concerned that the perpetrators, still at large, will either repeat their perverted behavior or, worse, “graduate” to humans. What we do know about the link between violence toward animals and violence toward humans is well-estab- lished in scientific and legal literature — and little cause for comfort. For example, a 2014 report from the U.S. National District Attorneys Association demonstrates links between sexual assault against animals and crimes against children (including child sexual assault) and domestic violence. The report also establishes links between animal abuse and violence against intimate partners, arson, property destruction, assault — even serial murder. In summary, “Those who harm, torture and kill animals for sadistic pleasure or control have few bound- aries and should be considered very dangerous,” the report states. The savage crime committed against Charm (as well as a nearby 30-year-old horse, who survived the injuries) is the closest case we’ve seen in recent times to having a madman on the loose in our small community. Police must realize and appreciate that what has happened is not just another act of animal cruelty. It is sensational in the worst way possible, and frankly it is potentially terrifying to the community. We believe the police were slow in appreciating the degree to which this crime was engendering fear — and outrage — throughout the community — but now they do. Finding who assaulted Charm will require good, tough police work. Most investigative strategies have multiple components — relying on tips, gathering forensic evidence and working sources. In this instance, police need to work their sources aggressively. Someone in the Cayman community knows, or suspects, who committed this atrocity, and they must step forward. Silence equates to cowardice. For context, the sexual assault of Charm comes amid a too-steady stream of violent acts in Cayman being committed by humans against other humans. Just this weekend, a now-comatose man was brutally beaten and left for dead outside a bar in East End, and three people were hospitalized in a “melee” outside a nightclub on West Bay Road. (To their credit, police have made an arrest in connection with this last case.) Criminologists are well aware of the phrase “Defining Deviance Down” (DDD), coined by former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who warned that a society is in dangerous decline when it starts to accept as “normal” behavior that had previously been considered “deviant” or unacceptably antisocial. At this newspaper, we find ourselves writing headline after headline, day after day, about increasingly violent crimes (many of them involving guns or machetes), and a concomitant disrespect for our police. It is a lethal social cocktail. Perhaps the hideous assault on the island’s most beloved pony will awaken the collective conscience of our country, and compel us to declare one message with one voice: Enough is enough. Violence and thuggery will no longer be tolerated in our once-tranquil country. Animal behavior: Who killed Charm? Causing less harm by doing nothing One climate scientist, commenting on the debate, observed that mankind might luck out with the heat-trapping effects of carbon dioxide, offsetting the temperature decline coming from the expected solar minimum. RICHARD W. RAHN RICHARD W. RAHNThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 TODAY’S AMBASSADORS. TOMORROW’S LEADERS. MINDSINSPIRED.KY Since 2007, Dart has been welcoming the next generation of leaders in Cayman and we are once again honoured to have such bright, young minds spend their summer with us. The diversity and range of industries and the dedication and commitment of our employees provides the ideal learning environment for work experience students to gain hands-on experience by getting involved in real and meaningful projects. Top to bottom, left to right: Shanda Johnson, Raul Lockhart, Wray Sulisz, Kory McLean, Brittany Evans, Lotoya Smith, Nathan McCoy, Karlie Lovinggood, Hasani Stewart, Victoria Tibbetts, Viktoriya Bolgova, Robert Rivers, Robyn Ross, Denvil Clarke, Maia Thompson, Kevin McCoy, Chloe Tathum, Moses Ebanks, Danny Link, Melissa Thomas, Matthew McTaggart, Ben Woodford, Bianca Meghoo, Jack Graham. Not pictured: Greta Fernandes, Kavanagh Lambert, Rory Barrett, Sarah Jackson, Chloe Dacosta, Damian Thompson, Beatriz Dorea, Holly Thompson, Julian Solomon, Ophelia Manderson, Alanna Warwick-Smith. TODAY’S AMBASSADORS. TOMORROW’S LEADERS. MINDSINSPIRED.KY Since 2007, Dart has been welcoming the next generation of leaders in Cayman and we are once again honoured to have such bright, young minds spend their summer with us. The diversity and range of industries and the dedication and commitment of our employees provides the ideal learning environment for work experience students to gain hands-on experience by getting involved in real and meaningful projects. Top to bottom, left to right: Shanda Johnson, Raul Lockhart, Wray Sulisz, Kory McLean, Brittany Evans, Lotoya Smith, Nathan McCoy, Karlie Lovinggood, Hasani Stewart, Victoria Tibbetts, Viktoriya Bolgova, Robert Rivers, Robyn Ross, Denvil Clarke, Maia Thompson, Kevin McCoy, Chloe Tathum, Moses Ebanks, Danny Link, Melissa Thomas, Matthew McTaggart, Ben Woodford, Bianca Meghoo, Jack Graham. Not pictured: Greta Fernandes, Kavanagh Lambert, Rory Barrett, Sarah Jackson, Chloe Dacosta, Damian Thompson, Beatriz Dorea, Holly Thompson, Julian Solomon, Ophelia Manderson, Alanna Warwick-Smith.DISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days Sister Islands WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Brac all set to host football tournament The Brac Cup Invitational Men’s Football Tournament is returning to Cayman Brac after a 12-year hiatus. In the two-day knockout tournament, from Aug. 26 to 28 at the Cayman Brac Sports Complex, the Cayman Brac Football Club, the CI Under-20 National Team and a team from Johnson & Wales University will com- pete for the trophy. Clyde Jureidini, general manager of Kingston, Jamai- ca’s Harbour View FC, will also be attending. A press release notes that the CBFC hopes to reach an agree- ment with Harbour View FC that will enable foot- ballers in Cayman to benefit from annual trials and pro- vide coaching exchanges and other development opportu- nities at the club level. “Over the past year, Deputy Premier Moses Kirk- connell and I have been dis- cussing the possibility of hosting an invitational tour- nament in Cayman Brac to take advantage of the natural linkages that already exist on many levels,” said sports instructor Harold “Mit- chum” Sandford. “For example, the CBFC Men’s team has consistently had over a dozen young men between the ages of 14 and 24 on the team and has success- fully aided several teenage footballers from Cayman Brac with training opportuni- ties at universities in the USA. Bringing universities from the USA to Cayman Brac to play in local tournaments, on local soil, goes a step further, and gives more of our young players the chance to gain ex- perience playing against in- ternational teams.” Minister Kirkconnell added that outside of sun, sea and sand, sports tourism is a significant driver of vis- itor travel and offers the flex- ibility of being timed to take place during the slower or off-peak season. “Sports tourism has the potential to boost the Cayman Brac economy and government has been working hard to methodically put the pieces in place to at- tract and underpin sports tourism opportunities,” said Mr. Kirkconnell. “The upgrades at the sports complex provide a safe and modern environ- ment for players and fans and allow the sports program to be confidently expanded to meet international standards. Additionally, the introduction of direct international flights and the increase in seats al- ready available through Cayman Airways collectively places us in a better position to market Cayman Brac as an ideal location for smaller tournaments.” In conjunction with the visit by the Johnson & Wales team, the university’s dean of admissions and admis- sions officer will be hosted in September at Layman Scott High School. They will con- duct presentations with stu- dents, faculty, parents and guardians, and will also hold one-on-one sessions with interested students. Looking to the future, Mr. Sandford says the Brac Cup is poised to again become an annual event. “CBFC has made friends with more than two dozen universities in the USA, and the plan is to invite them all take part in the Brac Cup over the next few years. As the tournament grows, we hope to invite several scouts, coaches, and admissions of- ficers from other schools and academies to come and watch the Brac Cup and hopefully recruit.” The next Invitational foot- ball tournament planned for Cayman Brac will be the Ju- nior Brac Cup Invitational in June 2017. Harbour View FC of Jamaica and Arsenal FC of Honduras have already con- firmed their participation. 50 YEARS AGO: Rollin Jackson earns Jamaican spelling bee accolades In the Aug. 24, 1966 edi- tion of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, Cayman Brac correspondent Lilian Ritch wrote: “Congratulations to Rollin Jackson on attaining the 10th place in the Children’s Own Spelling Bee Championships in Kingston last week. This is the third competition in which the Cayman Islands has partaken and he repre- sented us for the first time in the final stage. “The Creek PTA spon- sored programme and cake sale for the Championship Fund on the 9th returned 16 pounds 19 shillings 9 pence. A short interesting programme was rendered by the children of the Creek, West End and Jamaica local centre schools, finished off by a play entitled ‘All at the Cinema,’ directed by Miss Mary Hayes and acted by former students and other youngsters home on hol- iday. The PTA thank all who helped and acknowl- edge further cash donations … the total raised was 19 pounds 9 shillings 9 pence. “We observe Constable Willie McLaughlin driving leisurely around enjoying his absence from duty. He is on one month’s leave. Re- placing him is Constable James Terry of George Town Police Station, who comes with the experience of four years’ service in the force and special training in Jamaica for transport duty in driving and motor- cycle riding. We welcome Constable Terry. Our first thought was that our police force was to be augmented. “The All Island Men’s Meeting was held at Stake Bay on Monday 19th. The women were invited to this meeting. The feature of the evening was a health talk by Dr. Henry Collins. Dr. Collins introduced his sub- ject by showing the rela- tionship of health service to medical practice, namely that broadly speaking it is cheaper to prevent illness than to cure people when they become sick, hence the wisdom of public health education … Because of medical knowledge of its worldwide prevalence and seriousness he spoke on the venereal diseases – gonor- rhoea, syphilis, granuloma inguinale and lymphogran- uloma venereum … He im- pressed his audience that public health is a civic duty. “Homecoming visits con- tinue and we are glad to see currently for a fortnight Burke and Naomi Ryan, Maureen and Margaret of Tampa looking in on their parents and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ryan of Stake Bay, and Winton and Linda Tibbetts of Tampa, happily meeting with kin from one end of the island to the other. “Born of Cayman Brac parents though this is his second visit in two years, Winton says, ‘It’s like coming home.’ He is the nephew of Mr. Erbin and brother Mr. Esterley Tibbetts of Grand Cayman, both of the Public Works Department. Hosts are the Marvyn Ryans of the Watering Place, Linda’s family. Winton is a shipping clerk with Weyerhauser Co., timber growers and makers of corrugated cartons. “With Capt. Spellman and Mrs. McLaughlin and family of the Creek are their daughter, Bunzil and her husband Mr. Oliver Rivers of Miami, Florida. He is of Caymanian origin, born on the Isle of Pines, Cuba, and thinks ours is a beautiful little island and looks forward to returning in the future.” James Christian, 17, of CBFC practices his moves. CBFC players Thomas Jackson and Michael Martin, in white and blueDISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days Sister Islands CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 Exciting tales bring Brac’s past to life As part of an ongoing project to document the Brac’s early days, Saskia Edwards of the Cayman Brac Heritage Committee recently sat down with Leonardi Orlando Carter, whose family history spans many interesting periods of the island’s development. The original interview referenced below will be included in a special memory bank being created just for the Sister Islands. Best known as Mr. Leo to his fellow Brackers, Leonardi Orlando Carter is the son of the late Edwin Adolphus Carter, a well-known mer- chant and fisherman of the Brac community for many years. Born during a stormy night in the wee morning hours of Sept. 6, 1941, Mr. Leo grew up in the district of the Creek, and has witnessed many changes take place on the Sister Islands during his 70 plus years of life. Mr. Leo still resides in the Creek district today, be- hind the house his father originally built back in the 1920s. It was in this same house that he and his wife, Evelyn Carter, raised Mr. Leo and his 10 siblings. The picturesque upstairs Carter home, which now proudly serves as a popular histor- ical landmark on the Brac, has undergone various ren- ovations over the years. It is a manor construction, orig- inally built as a wattle and daub cottage on the first floor which was later rebuilt with ship lap, and a timber cabin on the second floor. It was featured on the 25 cent Cayman Islands postage stamp in 2014. A variety of goods such as provisions, paint, furniture, and clothing could all once be purchased at Edwin Cart- er’s business, The Fair E.A. Carter & Co., store. “He also sold bicycles made in England – the Her- cules and Coventry brands,” said Mr. Leo. “There was also a back part addition where he used to have an ice-cream parlor shop.” Storm of ‘32 The existing store building was rebuilt in its current location, further from the sea than the original, which was destroyed during a strong hurricane. “Before the ‘32 storm, my dad had another shop where the road is now. The road was further north back then,” said Mr. Leo. Like all families living on the Brac during the early 1930s, the Carter family was heavily impacted by that infa- mous 1932 hurricane, which claimed many lives and caused unprecedented damage. In ad- dition to destroying the family business building, the storm almost resulted in the loss of one of his immediate family members. Although he was not born when the storm occurred, he has been told many stories of that fateful night. “Just to tell you how bad it was, you see that same upstairs house?” Mr. Leo pointed out. “[The storm] built up the sand level to the top floor.” All of the family members living in the house at the time were swept out of the dining room by a ferocious wave. His brother, Lyman Ashmole Carter, who was then only 3 years of age, sheltered in a tree. When he was washed out of the house, he felt the root of a guinep tree in the back, and climbed up it and stayed there till the next day. Mr. Leo said his mother later heard some crying nearby. “This time the water was pretty high. There were two cisterns on the west side and the tops had wash[ed] off. My father said he would leave and try [to] get on top of them and swim out to see who it was. He said about 15 feet away he saw my brother hanging on to this tree, and he saw where he just let go from exhaustion, and he quickly dove down and got him. That was how he was saved.” Other people also took to this method and held on to a fig tree to save their lives as well. “They said even the snakes were in the trees,” remarked Mr. Leo. “The night the storm struck, [my father] had just put in a full stock and every- thing was destroyed. He also had a garage built on the side of the shop and had a Model ‘A’ Ford vehicle [in there]. In those days, to close the win- dows, we had what you called roll up curtains.” The prized family vehicle would succumb to the ef- fects of the storm, as Mr. Leo stated: “The car was in the back yard rolled up into the sand after the storm.” Before opening his shop, Mr. Leo’s father was also en- gaged in numerous sea- going ventures and business arrangements. “He sold turtle shells to England, and he used to go out to the Cays to pick bird eggs, trap fish and that sort of thing.” As Mr. Carter reminisced on his childhood, he high- lighted the high regard for work ethics, and the sound teachings of parents, which were instilled into children from a young age. “In them times like that especially mine, [they] would put you to work in the yard to clean up, and put a broom in each hand. One for in the house, and one for around the yard. I still prefer it like that today actually.” He also reflected on the various modes of transporta- tion that were around during that era. “In those times they had very few vehicles, [there weren’t] many cars. [It was] very rare you see a car passed on the road. We mostly had bicycles and motorcycles. We had what you call Cyclemas- ters. They had a[n] engine in the back wheel of the bicycle. I had two motorcycles in my time too, in my ‘20s growing up. Mr. Britton Grant used to sell motorcycles. The make of them was Cyrus.” Communications advances Late advances in the de- velopment of communication technology was a challenge at times. “We hardly had any good communication. They only had a few telephones on is- land. They had one at Stake Bay, by the Museum area there, one at West End, and Captain Edwin Walton had one in Spot Bay. I called it a coffee grinder,” he play- fully joked, describing it as a noisy piece of equipment that involved a lot of winding and a rather intricate an- swering system. “You had to holler and talk on that. You could stay in the street and hear them talk. The poles weren’t square, just one wire across and that was a raw wire that wasn’t in- sulated. Up until some time ago there was one pole still standing by where you call the Rocks, but I don’t know what ever happened to it.” Radios were another typical type of communication equipment that were available and among the merchandise items that his father sold. “My father ordered ra- dios from Jamaica. They car- ried a dry cell battery and that would last six months. The maker of these was Espy and Ecko. He would also sell them in Grand Cayman as Mr. Warren Conolly was his agent down there.” Disaster averted These radios proved to be quite useful and one night in particular, helped to detect a plane in distress flying over Cayman Brac. His brother Lyman was listening to his radio, which could pick up planes communicating with Jamaican stationed air traffic controllers. “The plane was en route from Venezuela, heading to Kingston, Jamaica, caring merchandise goods like re- frigerators and washing ma- chines,” said Mr. Leo. “My brother heard the pilot mention that his navi- gational detector went out and he didn’t want to risk flying through the mountains of Jamaica.” Mr. Leo explained how the pilot told the air traffic controller that he was over a small island south of Cuba, which was actually Cayman Brac, and the air traffic con- troller told him that he was probably seeing one of the Cays off the coast of Jamaica. Mr. Lyman however, having recognized that the island the pilot was seeing was in fact Cayman Brac, quickly made contact with the appropriate local aviation personnel. “So my brother got a hold of Captain Keith [Tibbetts]. In those days he was in charge of the airport terminal, and told him about this plane that was in trouble,” said Mr. Leo. “So Captain Keith was able to get in touch with the pilot, and good thing too, cause he was running low on fuel, and he told him the coordinates of where he was to land. Cap- tain Keith got it arranged for two cars on each end of the runway, to shine their car lights facing each other, cause them days you never had any lights on the runway. There was an electrical storm on that night too. Anyway the pilot landed the plane safely. He said he had seen a sandy area where he was thinking of trying to land on but he changed his mind. The next day the Captain needed fuel so they also arranged for him to get gas.” The pilot was reportedly very grateful for the help and hospitality extended to him and his copilot by the people of the Brac community, and boasted that Cayman Brac was his “lucky island.” The waters surrounding the Brac were also busy with activity. Mr. Leo recalls that many different vessels could often be seen sailing on the open waters. “When they would see the olden ships coming from Ja- maica, [people] would come out and holler ‘Sailor–ho! Sailor-ho!’” said Mr. Leo. “After a while that just died out.” Mr. Leo recounted one of his own exciting adventures, when he got to experience the thrill of traveling on the open waters on board one of these captivating vessels, when sailed on the Caymanian for his first trip to Jamaica. “She was a lovely boat – steam, no diesel. I was 7 years old. My father, mother, sister and myself – the four of us went on that trip.” During that postwar era it was common to travel to Ja- maica by boat for supplies and to seek medical care. “My first trip up there, we went to a doctor. My father was taking us to an Adventist hospital for a check-up. Fa- ther would buy merchandise for the shops, things like files and machetes.” Today Mr. Leo is enjoying his retirement years, living the simple life. He takes de- light in reflecting on yester- year, and is quite happy to en- lighten those who are willing to lend a listening ear. Leonardi Carter in front of the restored Carter House on Cayman Brac. – PHOTO: SASKIA EDWARDS8 LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS 180559-Ad-YesMinister-qp-TIXs.in1 18/2/16 2:56:27 PM LAST NIGHT -SATURDAY- 27TH AUGUST Update on our famous Chef – His b k has b n a huge succe and has had to go for a re-print and Chef is now on his way to Rome to hand-deliver a b k to the Pope – Amazing – even the Pope has heard about Chef George! MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US THIS LAST YEAR CALYPSO CLOSES FOR VACATION AND WE RE-OPEN ON TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER Quick arrests in recent violent attacks BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Royal Cayman Islands Po- lice have made quick arrests in a string of violent inci- dents that occurred around Grand Cayman since the start of August. RCIPS Chief Superinten- dent Kurt Walton said he could not explain why so many serious, violent inci- dents had occurred within the past few weeks, but he lauded local officers for their recent arrests. “We’ve seen a recent trend, certainly when it comes to assaults, we’re working with the liquor li- censing businesses re- garding the incidents there, but I can’t state definitively what is the cause of it,” Mr. Walton said. “We don’t want to inflame matters and make it appear worse, but the pos- itive is that we’ve had se- rious incidents … and in most of those serious in- cidents someone has been arrested and put before the courts.” The incidents han- dled since Aug. 5 include a shooting, an armed robbery, the arrest of an armed sus- pect in a crowded place, and two violent assaults – one of which occurred outside a popular nightclub. Gun at Bananas Randy James Parchment, 35, was charged earlier this month with possession of an unlicensed firearm re- lated to a loaded .38 revolver and ammunition police said he carried with him during an incident outside a George Town bar. The incident took place Aug. 5 in the parking lot of Dolphin Centre on Eastern Avenue, near Bananas Res- taurant and Bar. Police re- ceived a report of someone brandishing a handgun in the area around 2 a.m. According to police re- ports, responding officers approached Parchment and asked to search him. Officers said the suspect declined and walked away. When ordered to stop, he refused to comply. A Taser electric charge weapon was eventually used to subdue him. Fete nightclub A 23-year-old West Bay man was arrested Sunday in connection with an assault outside Fete nightclub along the Seven Mile Beach strip. The fight that led to the attack occurred Saturday morning, sending three people to hospital, including the suspect who attended hospital after he was ar- rested by police. Reports from the scene early Saturday indicated one of the victims had been slashed with a machete. The victims in the attack have since been released from the hospital. Blood trail West Bay station po- lice officers followed a blood trail left by an assault victim Saturday night, leading to the arrest of another assault suspect. According to the RCIPS, a man walked into the police station just before midnight “bleeding profusely from a wound to his left forearm.” Officers at the station per- formed first aid and called an ambulance to take the man to the hospital. Officers then “followed the trail of blood” from the police station to an address at Neon Close – three-quarters of a mile away, where the attack had occurred. Using evidence collected from the scene, po- lice detectives arrested a 58-year-old West Bay man on suspicion of wounding. Savannah robbery On Friday, the RCIPS ar- rested two undocumented im- migrants who have since been charged with robbing a money transfer business in Bodden Town earlier this month. The two were being harbored at a local address, RCIPS detec- tives confirmed Monday. The arrests were made following an early morning air and land search in the Bodden Town area last Friday. The suspects were identified as Jamaican na- tionals Paul Martin, 28, and Romario Codner, 21. Mag- istrate Kirsty-Ann Gunn or- dered the two men remanded in custody without bail be- cause neither man “had a lawful basis for being on is- land,” she said. The court heard that the two men were charged with robbery in connection with an Aug. 12 heist that oc- curred at DND Accessories & Things in Savannah. “This [operation] is not stuff that’s done overnight,” Mr. Walton said. “This was about painstaking method- ical detective work that led to those arrests there.” Shooting suspect A 34-year-old man was brought to court Friday fol- lowing his arrest on attempted murder and grievous bodily harm charges. Kevin Curtis Bowen was arrested in connection with an early morning Aug. 7 shooting on Rock Hole Road outside a local restaurant. The victim was hospitalized for a gun- shot wound to his left arm. Police attend the scene of an Aug. 7 shooting on Rock Hole Road in George Town. 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