SECTION | PAGE ## TITLE FOR THE SPORT/ BUSINESS SKYBOX ‘First Man’ focuses on Neil Armstrong An in-depth look at the astronaut and reluctant hero who made history B4 Food & Drink Travel Movies ■ EVENTS NCVO Radio-Telethon See oyster shucking at its finest Icoa party promises briny delights on the half-shell B3 Discovering the wonders of Clearwater Beach It may be nearby, but it feels a world away B6 The charitable organization promises an entertaining fundraiser. B5 Culture at the cinema: ‘Frankenstein’ Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the Mary Shelley classic B2 PHOTO: PICTURESBYSHANKAR CAYMAN WEEKENDER NCVO Radio-Telethon EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 DESIGNING EXCELLENCE IN CAYMAN High of 89 Low of 78 Seas: Moderate to rough with wave heights of 4 to 6 feet. Small craft should exercise caution over open waters. ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA RED BAY CLIFTON HUNTER DEEMED WEAK IN MEETING STUDENTS’ NEEDS MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@pinnaclemedialtd.com Clifton Hunter High School students are performing well below international stan- dards because they are not receiving adequate instruction, according to an inspection report issued late Tuesday by the Office of Educa- tion Standards. The report rated Clifton Hunter’s overall performance as weak, the lowest of four possible scores. The report faults the school’s teachers and administrators on a number of fronts, including poorly executed lessons, inade- quate student outcomes and misplaced prior- ities. The points raised by the report include the following: ■■ Attainment and progress in English, mathematics and science were below international standards. ■■ In more than a third of lessons, teachers did not use assessment information to identify students’ strengths and weak- nesses or plan learning activities to match FAMILIAR FACES WIN AIRPORT CONCESSION BIDS JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman’s upgraded airport will fea- ture many of the same shops and restau- rants as the old facility, as well as a few new additions. The Cayman Islands Airports Authority an- nounced the winning bidders for the retail, food and beverage concessions Wednesday. The food court will include dining options by Wendy’s, Subway, Island Taste and The Brew Hut, the Cayman Islands Airports Au- thority said in a press release. Retail and duty-free shopping will be pro- vided by Kirk Freeport, Last Chance Island Souvenirs, Bodden Freeport, Tortuga Rum Co., Jacques Scott, Island Jewellers and Churchill’s Cigars, the statement added. It is understood that several of those com- panies, including Tortuga and Kirk Freeport, will operate multiple stores. It was not immediately clear if all of the shops and restaurants would be ready for the December opening of the newly Jim Knapp, Cayman’s tech giant, dies at age 68 KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com Tech entrepreneur and green energy advocate Jim Knapp died Wednesday after getting into difficulty while in the water at Seven Mile Beach. Mr. Knapp, 68, was the di- rector of local company End- less Energy, which conducted numerous projects in the terri- tory, including wiring a building in George Town with a 528- panel solar system in 2014. At the time, it was the largest solar farm in Cayman. He also owned an entirely off-the-grid, solar-powered home in Grand Harbour, which won a Governor’s Award for archi- tecture in 2011. But before coming to Cayman in the 1990s, Mr. Knapp had a storied career that included him working for two United States presidents. Mr. Knapp was recruited and educated by IBM at the age of 15, and later served in the U.S. Air Force as a teacher for com- puter guidance systems. Ac- cording to his biography on the www.caymaninstitute.org. ky website, he served as a tech- nology representative on the National Security Forum in 1989, and as a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business in 1995 under President Bill Clinton. Cayman developments shine at International Property Awards Grand Cayman took a starring role on the global stage last month, when three local developers were recognized as re- gional winners at the International Prop- erty Awards in Toronto. The Residences of Stone Island were named Best Residence and Best Resi- dential Development in the Caribbean, and the NCB Group’s Cayman Technology Centre won awards for Best Office Devel- opment in Cayman and for Best Office De- velopment in the Caribbean. Local architect Robert Towell won for Best Architecture for a Single Residence in the Cayman Islands and in the Caribbean. All three will be up for global recogni- tion at an awards dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London on Dec. 3. The Residences of Stone Island, built by developer Fraser Wellon, are three-story homes close to Seven Mile Beach but en- joying the seclusion of lushly landscaped grounds surrounded by the waters of the Yacht Club inlet. The residences have a path with an underpass under the road for safe access to the beach. “We are thrilled to have been recog- nized with these internationally accred- ited awards for The Residences of Stone Tech and solar-energy entrepreneur Jim Knapp died on Wednesday. - PHOTO: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FACEBOOK PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 13 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 13 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 12 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » The Residences of Stone Island consist of 44 three-story homes, each of which measures approximately 4,500 square feet.2 LOCAL&REGIONAL FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Enjoy a Cimboco breakfast of *Two Eggs (Done to your liking) *Your Choice of Apple Smoked or Canadian Bacon *Herb Roasted Potatoes *Honey Wheat Toast For ONLY $5.00!!! Finish it o with a cup of Java for $1.99 Start your day o right! Mon-Fri * 7:30-11:00am *Except Holidays PROTECT WHAT’S VALUABLE TO YOU. CHOOSE CAYMAN FIRST. Call 345-949-7028 | Visit caymanfirst.com PROTECT WHAT’S VALUABLE TO YOU. CHOOSE CAYMAN FIRST. Man denies indecent exposure, assault Defendant named after video was circulated CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man named after video footage was circulated on social media appeared in Summary Court on Thursday charged with indecent expo- sure and indecent assault. Leandro Solomon, 28, denied being the man in the video, defense attorney Kathleen Ryan told Magis- trate Valdis Foldats. She ap- plied for his bail. Crown counsel Scott Wainwright objected and set out the allegations. He said the female com- plainant had been out for dinner on Sunday, Oct. 14. She left the restaurant around 12:30 a.m. and was walking home. In the area of Eden Rock, on South Church Street, she was accosted by a man whom she described as between 5 feet, 8 inches and 6 feet tall, and 28 to 35 years old. She also identified a dis- tinctive article of clothing. She said the man asked her for a cigarette and she gave him one. He then con- tinued to follow her and he offered her money. She declined and when she reached the street where she lived, he groped her from behind and touched her stomach. She had the presence of mind to film what was happening, the court heard. He exposed himself to her and began masturbating, Mr. Wain- wright told the court. She ran to a nearby apartment complex but no one answered her attempts to get help. She was afraid the man would do her harm and she phoned police. The man continued his behavior and she began to yell at him and confront him. He left before police arrived. The woman sent the video footage to a friend to see if that person could assist in identifying the man. Through a Face- book check, the name Le- andro Solomon came up, Mr. Wainwright said. Mr. Solomon was ar- rested the next day and re- fused to take part in a video identification. He said he had been in an altercation with a taxi driver and had a tendency to “black out” in situations causing anxiety. The magistrate asked if the man being filmed had been aware of a re- cording device. Mr. Wainwright indicated that it looked as though the perpetrator persisted: one of the shots had lasted about three minutes. Ms. Ryan gave her client’s account of how he had spent his time. He told her he had spent Sunday at a beach bar and then had gone home to get some money and go out again. When he got to Me- ringue Town, it was closed, so he walked to a nearby gas station and asked for a taxi to be called. The taxi arrived and the driver was someone he knew, so he got into the front passenger seat. The driver appeared not to like that and came at him with a knife, Ms. Ryan said. Mr. Solomon panicked and started running, jumping over a wall and hiding in the bush. After a while, he went back to the gas station and then to the police station to lodge a complaint against the taxi driver. Mr. Solomon was ar- rested on Monday evening at a George Town bar. “He adamantly denies being the person in the video,” Ms. Ryan told the court. Asked if she had seen the video, she said yes. Clearly there was a male in it, she indicated, but the out- line was dark and the pic- ture was jumping around. “You can’t make out who the person is,” she said. The attorney advised that Mr. Solomon did have other matters in court, namely drugs and traffic offenses, “but nothing of this nature.” She said he was willing to abide by any bail conditions. The magistrate pointed out that a bail hearing was not deciding whether a de- fendant was guilty or not. He noted that Mr. Solomon had previous convictions for failing to appear in court when he was supposed to, and he refused bail on this occasion. He set the matter for mention on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and remanded the defendant in custody until then. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SHIELDS OFFICIALS FROM CORRUPTION PROBE MEXICO CITY (AP) – Less than two months before President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves offices, his ad- ministration is seeking to shield itself from a corrup- tion investigation that has the potential to sweep up federal officials. The presidency’s legal office filed a motion with the Supreme Court seeking to protect federal officials from being targeted in a criminal process under way in northern Chihuahua state over public funds purportedly diverted to a campaign of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI for its ini- tials in Spanish. It is the first publicly known case in which the president’s legal office has sought to protect him and his officials in a corruption investigation. The Supreme Court re- ceived the filing Oct. 11, but it was not made public until the newspaper Re- forma published its con- tents Wednesday. The legal document is public. Last December, au- thorities detained Ale- jandro Gutierrez, a former high-ranking PRI offi- cial, for alleged participa- tion in a plan to siphon off the equivalent of $12 mil- lion in Chihuahua state public funds for polit- ical campaigns. The money was al- legedly diverted in 2016, and state authorities are searching for former PRI Gov. Cesar Duarte, who is currently a fugitive. Guti- errez was acquitted in the case and freed last month. Javier Corral, Chihua- hua’s current governor from the opposition Na- tional Action Party, has been a staunch critic of federal action in the case. In an interview after Guti- errez’s exoneration was announced, he called the entire process a “pretense.” “Corruption was not en- capsulated in the states,” he said, but rather “rose to the federal level, touched officials from the govern- ment of Pena Nieto and Pena Nieto himself, and for that reason they have resorted to these acts of cynicism.” Against that backdrop, the presidency’s legal of- fice this month filed the motion against Corral and judicial authorities of Chi- huahua seeking to block any “existing or immi- nent” legal actions against “current or prior federal public officials,” either “directly or indirectly (re- lated) to the exercise of their duties.” The woman was afraid the man would do her harm and she phoned police. The man continued his behavior and she began to yell at him and confront him. He left before police arrived. Police: 2 dead, dozens injured in protests across Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Authorities in Haiti say at least two people were killed and dozens injured during large protests over alleged misuse of government funds. Police spokesman Michel- Ange Louis-Jeune said Thursday that 11 people were injured by bullets and 11 officers by flying rocks. However, municipal offi- cials reported higher numbers. Saint-Marc Deputy Mayor Frantz Ulysse said 14 people were injured on Wednesday when police opened fire to clear a road for a presidential motorcade. He said 10 were hit by bullets and three are in critical condition. Protesters were demanding more transparency in how the government uses funds from Petrocaribe, an oil assistance program sponsored by Ven- ezuela. An investigation by Haiti’s Senate found that at least 14 former government officials allegedly misused $3.8 billion under the adminis- tration of former president Mi- chel Martelly. Demonstrators hold up a former Haitian flag with a picture of independence hero Jean Jacques Dessalines, during a protest demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday. - PHOTO: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 Disclaimer : FIN Grand Cayman features and amenities are based on current development plans and concepts and are subject to change without notice. Some services and amenities are subject to service-based fees or homeowner fees. Only six residences remain. Two to four bedroom residences priced from USD $1.8M SECRET, CROWDLESS BEACH Beach cabanas, attendant and a private salt-water lagoon. DISCREET, RELIABLE, READY A full service team to care for your every need and safety. PRIVATE RESIDENCE ENTRY Private elevator access, private foyer, no corridors. WALLED, GATED AND LUSH A hidden oasis surrounded by tall privacy hedges. 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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” “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” — Winston Churchill For centuries, architects and designers have sought not only to provide shelter, but to amaze and inspire. The finest examples of architectural expression – let’s call it genius – are never imitative. They are spawned in the wellspring of creative minds, and the result is always original, unique and, sometimes, even awe-inspiring. So it is clearly noteworthy and newsworthy that Cayman Islands professionals have been honored for excellence in the demanding development industry, as we report on today’s front page, through the International Property Awards held in Toronto, Canada, last month. Three of Cayman’s residential and commercial projects were recognized as being among the finest in the Carib- bean. By virtue of their victories, the local trio has been automatically entered into the global level of the competi- tion, with winners being announced at an awards dinner in London on Dec. 3. Fraser Wellon’s Residences of Stone Island won Best Residence and Best Residential Development in the Carib- bean. The cluster of 44 three-story homes is surrounded by the Yacht Club inlet and has access via an underpass to Seven Mile Beach. The Residences were built by the same development team behind The WaterColours. “This is not only a tremendous achievement for our extended team, partners and clients, but also for our beautiful island to be recognized globally for outstanding efforts in multiple categories of development and archi- tecture. We are proud to have Cayman highlighted at this global level and consider this a wonderful collective achievement for all,” Holly Wellon said. The NCB Group’s Cayman Technology Centre won Best Office Development in the Caribbean. Anchored by The Security Center, the complex near the Cayman National roundabout is the region’s largest off-grid solar- powered commercial development and incorporates geo- thermal cooling to increase the efficiency of its air-condi- tioning system by 50 percent. “We were so proud of our fellow Cayman peers that were also award recipients, and it was a wonderful experi- ence being able to celebrate our individual achievements together whilst representing our country on the world stage. It was an exciting experience for all of us and I think this has clearly put Cayman on the map in terms of the quality of construction in Cayman, both commercially and residentially, as well as showcasing the extremely talented architects we have here,” said Tania Knapik, sales and marketing coordinator for NCB Group. The Robert Towell-designed Z-Spec House won Best Architecture for a Single Residence in the Caribbean. The 7,500-square-foot home in Grand Harbour includes 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms and took about 5 years to build. Mr. Towell said he was looking forward to December’s global awards: “Someone told me yesterday, ‘It’s like the awards ceremony for Hollywood.’ Everybody goes and everybody is happy to be there even if they don’t win. Not everybody can win. I think it’s great for Cayman. We’re so small here, but it’s nice to know we’ve been recognized.” We agree with Mr. Towell’s sentiments. As a leading international financial center and luxury tourism destina- tion, Cayman’s success is predicated on meeting, exceeding and newly defining standards in a variety of industries. Rarely can Cayman compete against our global peers in terms of quantity, but, as demonstrated by our three property award winners, when it comes to quality we can stand on the awards stage with anyone in the world. Designing excellence in Cayman FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS An unsparing look at the Vietnam War’s mendacities WASHINGTON – Early in his Marine Corps career, which he concluded as a four- star general, Walt Boomer was decorated for valor in Vietnam. He distilled into three words the lesson of that debacle: “Tell the truth.” Max Hastings, an eminent British journalist and histo- rian, has done that in a book that is a painful but perhaps inoculating re-immersion in what Americans would prefer to forget. “Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975” is a product of Hastings’ prodi- gious research and his apti- tude for pungent judgments. It is an unsparing look, by a warm friend of America, at the mountain of mendac- ities, political and military, that accumulated as the na- tion learned the truth of the philosopher Michael Oake- shott’s axiom: “To try to do something which is inher- ently impossible is always a corrupting enterprise.” Vietnam remains an American sorrow of squan- dered valor, but it was vastly more a tragedy for the Viet- namese, 2 million to 3 mil- lion of whom died during the 30 years war – around 40 for every American who died during the 10 years of intense U.S. futility. U.S. statesmen and commanders, Hastings writes, lied too much to the nation and the world but most calamitously to themselves. In 1955, Hastings writes, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sent a cable to Saigon authorizing the removal of South Vietnam’s Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, “much as he might have ordered the sacking of an unsatisfactory parlor maid.” Six hours later, Dulles changed his mind, so Diem lived until he was murdered in the 1963 coup authorized by John Kennedy. Hastings’ tangy writing tells us that as the coup approached, a U.S. operative arrived at the South Vietnamese ar- my’s headquarters “carrying a .357 revolver and $40,000 in cash, which he deemed the appropriate fashion accessories for an after- noon’s work overthrowing a government.” “Old Ho [Chi Minh] can’t turn that down,” said Lyndon Johnson of his offer to buy North Vietnam out of the war with $1 billion for a Mekong River dam. Amer- ica’s president fit part of Graham Greene’s descrip- tion of the title character in the novel set in Saigon, “The Quiet American”: “I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused” and who was “impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.” Except John- son’s intentions were often self-serving. In 1964, he unnecessarily sacrificed truth and, as an eventual result, young men to achieve a 44-state land- slide, which was won three months after confusions compounded by lies pro- duced the Tonkin Gulf Res- olution’s limitless authori- zation for warmaking. Eight years later, Richard Nixon twisted military strategy, di- plomacy and the truth for domestic political advan- tage – while cruising to a 49-state romp. Soldiers and Marines died because their M16 ri- fles were given to malfunc- tioning in combat. The man- ufacturer’s response was what Hastings calls “a bar- rage of lies,” with which the Army was complicit. Almost every Hast- ings page contains riveting facts, such as these about the French, whose Indo- china miseries preceded America’s: “While they abol- ished the old custom of condemning adulteresses to be trampled to death by elephants … opium con- sumption soared after the colonial power opened a Saigon refinery.” Eddie Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Saigon’s police chief shooting a Viet Cong in the head during the 1968 Tet Of- fensive seemed to validate some Americans’ sympathies for enemy. Hastings casts a cold eye, noting that the Viet Cong was in civilian clothes, and had just cut the throats of a South Vietnamese of- ficer, his wife, their six chil- dren and the officer’s 80 year-old mother. Hastings’ detailed re- ports of battles – a few fa- mous ones; others un- remembered except by participants on both sides, some of whom Hastings tracked down – are as suc- cessful as printed words can be in achieving his aim of answering the question “What was the war like?” “This,” says Hastings, “was a ‘Groundhog Day’ con- flict, in which contests for a portion of elephant grass, jungle, or rice paddy were repeated not merely month after month, but year upon year.” America’s inevitable failure there might, how- ever, with Hastings’ help, prevent America from having a “Groundhog Day” foreign policy. A history book can be a historic act if, by modifying a nation’s understanding of its past, it alters future be- havior. Obviously Vietnam itself was insufficiently in- structive. On page 752, the book’s concluding words are Gen. Boomer’s: “It bothers me that we didn’t learn a lot. If we had, we would not have invaded Iraq.” Some- times, contrary to Marx, his- tory repeats itself, first as tragedy, then not as farce but as tragedy again. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2018, Washington Post Writers Group A history book can be a historic act if, by modifying a nation’s understanding of its past, it alters future behavior. GEORGE F. WILLThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 © 2018 DCB Holding Ltd. and its affiliates. www.deloitte.com/ky Both our offices will be closed today, as our staff spend the day giving back to our community. This year we held our first-ever IMPACT Week, in celebration of Deloitte’s commitment to community investment. From Monday to Thursday, our offices engaged in several drives for different charitable organizations, leading up to our traditional volunteer day, IMPACT Day. Today, our offices will close for the day, as we focus our passion and skills towards making an impact that matters by volunteering in our community. Throughout the year, our firm and staff have made numerous contributions to local non- profits, as well as educational, youth development and professional development projects, such as: 100 Women in Finance • Breast Cancer Foundation • Business and Professional Women’s Club • Cayman Arts Festival • CI Cancer Society • Cayman Islands Crisis Centre • Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants • CI Little League Association • CI Youth League Hockey • Various local schools • Health Services Authority - Children’s unit • Hedge Funds Care Cayman • Junior Achievement • Leadership Cayman • Meals on Wheels • Miss World Cayman • National Trust • NCVO • The Special Needs Foundation • This year’s IMPACT Week and IMPACT Day beneficiaries are: Blue Iguana Recovery Facility • CI Blood Bank • CI Crisis Centre • CI Humane Society • Help for Children (Hedge Funds Care) • John A. Cumber Primary School • Lionfish culling • Mission House • Committed to making a difference Deloitte’s 15th Annual IMPACT DayThe islands’ most-trusted news source 6 FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Island in the categories of Best Residential Development and Best Residence,” said Holly Wellon of The Resi- dences of Stone Island. “This is not only a tremen- dous achievement for our ex- tended team, partners and clients, but also for our beau- tiful island to be recognized globally for outstanding ef- forts in multiple categories of development and architecture. We are proud to have Cayman highlighted at this global level and consider this a wonderful collective achievement for all,” she added. Cayman Technology Centre is the largest off-grid solar- powered commercial building in the Caribbean, and its sus- tainability is enhanced by a state-of-the-art geothermal cooling system that operates 50 percent more efficiently than conventional air con- ditioning systems. NCB de- signed the technology center with innovation in mind and was thrilled to be recognized internationally for its efforts. “It was exciting for our commercial project to be recognized because NCB is more known for our quality, energy-efficient homes and communities than anything else. So this award is very special to us,” said Tania Knapik, sales and marketing manager for NCB Group. “We were so proud of our fellow Cayman peers that were also award recipients, and it was a wonderful expe- rience being able to celebrate our individual achievements together whilst representing our country on the world stage. It was an exciting ex- perience for all of us and I think this has clearly put Cayman on the map in terms of the quality of construc- tion in Cayman, both com- mercially and residentially, as well as showcasing the extremely talented architects we have here.” Robert Towell was recog- nized for his Z-Spec House, which he said took around five years to build. The property is in Grand Harbour and is a 7,500 square-foot single-family home with five bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms. Mr. Towell said that he started believing he could win once he had finished the application process, and he’s excited to mingle with the world’s best archi- tects in December. “Someone told me yes- terday, ‘It’s like the awards ceremony for Hollywood.’ Everybody goes and every- body is happy to be there even if they don’t win,” he said. “Not everybody can win. I think it’s great for Cayman. We’re so small here, but it’s nice to know we’ve been recognized.” Cayman developments shine at International Property Awards The Z-Spec House was designed to take advantage of boating and outdoor living.The Cayman Technology Centre is the largest off-grid solar-powered commercial building in the Caribbean. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “This is not only a tremendous achievement for our extended team, partners and clients, but also for our beautiful island to be recognized globally for outstanding efforts in multiple categories of development and architecture.” HOLLY WELLON, The Residences of Stone Island Fraser Wellon and Holly Wellon of The Residences of Stone Island with their awards.Matthew Wight and Tania Knapik of NCB with their awards. Architect Robert Towell receives an award for Best Architecture for a Single Residence. The Residences of Stone Island were created by the same development team that built The WaterColours.The islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 KPMG 7th Annual Brain Bowl Tournament Participation of 12 local high schools! The firm promotes academic excellence, personal responsibility and commitment to service our community. Students’ commitment to their education, discipline and participation through the academic rigors of the Brain Bowl is a direct result of our Island’s incredible mix of intellectual, cultural, economical, and geographical backgrounds that is changing the way our students view the world. We proudly support the leaders of tomorrow. kpmg.ky KPMG hosted its seventh annual KPMG Brain Bowl Academic Tournament on Tuesday, October 16th at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort. Students from all twelve of the Island’s high schools participated. Congratulations to all of the participants in the tournament; Cayman Prep & High School took first place, with Cayman International School and Wesleyan Christian Academy placing second and third respectively. © 2018 KPMG, a Cayman Islands partnership and a member firm. 1st place 2nd place3rd place8 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Controversial sea wall removed JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A sea wall that was built without planning permis- sion has been removed after neighboring homeowners raised concerns. The stone wall, in the Cayman Kai area of North Side, was built several feet below the high-water mark. Images sent to the Cayman Compass show the impact of the low retaining wall on the surrounding beach. The Department of Envi- ronment confirmed the wall had been built without a coastal works license. “The property owner then submitted an after-the- fact application to Cabinet for a coastal works license, but that application was de- nied in August,” a spokesman told the Compass. Officials confirmed this week that the wall had now been removed. Jeanette Totten, of Cayman Luxury Properties, which manages and sells properties in the area, said she had heard about the wall through a homeowners’ Face- book group and had taken the matter up with the De- partment of Planning and the Ministry of Environment. She said the wall ex- tended into the sea and would have prevented resi- dents from walking along the beach and would have set a dangerous precedent for other property owners. She said such structures were supposed to be at least 75 feet inland from the high water mark. In this case, she said, she was glad the matter had been dealt with “Thankfully, my efforts paid off,” she added. AFTER: The wall was demolished, restoring the beach to normalcy, afer the DoE ordered it knocked down.BEFORE: The sea wall was built well below the high water mark. AIDS FOUNDATION TO HOLD ANNUAL RUN THIS WEEKEND The Cayman AIDS Foun- dation will host its an- nual Run2Zero marathon Saturday. The run begins at 6 a.m. from Seven Mile Public Beach. The route will take run- ners south along West Bay Road to the Galleria round- about, where they will loop around and travel north on West Bay Road, back to Public Beach. Police advised that no roads would be closed for the event. RCIPS officers will be on the route to provide traffic control, and motorists trav- eling on West Bay Road on Saturday morning are ad- vised to exercise caution and be on the lookout for runners. When young people become good readers in the early grades, they are more likely to become better learners throughout their school years and beyond. Kids who read, SUCCEED It all starts with newspapers Officials confirmed this week that the wall had now been removed.9 HEALTH NEWS 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 So many precious memories come ooding back today. As we celebrated your birthday, before you left us; three sad years today. We miss you, we still love you and always will. We try to hide the tears Whenever your name is called. Loving you always, Mom, Brothers, Nephews & Nieces Gone but not forgotten. In Loving Memory of a Precious Son, Brother & Uncle. Dr. Astley Rudyard McLaughlin Oct 20, 1954 – Sept 9, 2015 Gone but not forgotten. of a Precious Son, Brother & Uncle.of a Precious Son, Brother & Uncle. Dr. Astley Rudyard McLaughlinDr. Astley Rudyard McLaughlin Oct 20, 1954 – Sept 9, 2015Oct 20, 1954 – Sept 9, 2015 Gone but not forgotten. of a Precious Son, Brother & Uncle.of a Precious Son, Brother & Uncle. Dr. Astley Rudyard McLaughlinDr. Astley Rudyard McLaughlin Oct 20, 1954 – Sept 9, 2015Oct 20, 1954 – Sept 9, 2015 We try to hide the tears Whenever your name is called. Loving you always, Nephews & Nieces we still love you and always will. We try to hide the tears Whenever your name is called. Mother Lenecia, Father Ronnie, Sister, Brothers, Nephew, Grandmothers, Great-g�andmother, Aunts, Uncles,Cousins, Friends and the rest of the family Gone but NEVER forgott en ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY RENEE JEANNE WATLER JULY 17, 1997 ~ OCTOBER 11, 201 7 Last week was the fi rst anniversar� Of the day that we lost you And for a time it felt as though Our life had ended too. But loss has taught us many things And now we face each day With hope and happy memories To help us on our way. And once more it's a reminder That life's road is sometimes rough Because the time we shared Just wasn't long enough. It's so sad that you had to go Your leaving caused such pain But you were so ver� special And ear�h's loss is heaven's gain. In our hear�s forever and always: MARK ANTHONY LUKE, SPC 185 JULY 18, 1970 – AUGUST 29, 2018 The Family of the late Mark Anthony Luke wish to extend their deep and heartfelt appreciation to all the Relatives, Royal Cayman Islands Police Force O cials and sta , Marine Unit and other Government O cials and Sta members and a host of friends who have supported us through their prayers, phone calls, cards or other expressions of sympathy during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to the Sta of the Health City and Dr. Veneeda, MD Anderson Doctors and sta members, Manager and Sta of CINICO, Cayman Islands Medevac Ambulance Crew, Mr. Mark Scotland, Customs Department/Je Jackson who spearheaded Mark receiving his Appreciation Plaque, Mr. Gene Thompson and Family, Cayman Hospice, Cayman Islands Cancer Society, Cayman Islands Hospital and Sta , especially The International Patients Department, Mr. Raymond Scott of Cayman Brac who had all ships passing the Cayman Islands have their lights on and the blowing of their horns. We the family give God thanks for Mark’s life who was a great Inspiration to many throughout the Cayman Islands and Overseas. HIS MEMORY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER. Construction of mental health facility in East End delayed MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@pinnaclemedialtd.com Groundbreaking on a new residential health facility in East End has been delayed by at least several months, according to an official close to the project. When approval for the project was announced in March, government officials said groundbreaking was planned during the summer. That has not happened. Dr. Marc Lockhart, chairman of the Cayman Is- lands Mental Health Commis- sion, said groundbreaking is not expected now until after the first of the year. He said he has been told the delay is a result of “fine tuning and final negotiations” between the government and the com- panies doing the construction. “It is not an issue re- garding budget or commit- ment,” he said. In response to a request for information from the Ministry of Health on the delay, Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn said in an emailed statement: “We are currently in the tendering process for the construction of the fa- cility and will be sure to up- date the public once we have concluded that process. The $1 million project planned on 15 acres in East End will have nine cottages, each of which can house six patients, and a central building for administration, dining and activities. It will also feature an orchard and vegetable garden. The facility was expected to be completed in late 2019. Dr. Lockhart said it appears that time frame will be pushed back by “a few months.” Any delay, he said, cre- ates additional problems for those providing inpa- tient mental health ser- vices. Cayman Islands Hos- pital has just eight beds for mental health patients, and those beds are frequently full, he said. “The [average] level of oc- cupancy is at 83 percent,” he said, noting that demand is increasing. A year ago, the av- erage was 69 percent. Overflow patients have to be housed in other areas of the hospital. Nurses on those wards do not always have the time needed for such patients. “The level of care may not be adequately provided,” Dr. Lockhart said. In addition to seeing an increase in patients, par- ticularly in age groups 19 and under, he said, more pa- tients are needing long-term care, something that is dif- ficult to provide in a set- ting not dedicated to ad- dressing such needs. Government officials, he said, are aware of the critical nature of the problem. “We do work closely with the ministry,” he said. “I do give them updates all the time. I let them know the ur- gency of the demand.” While he is pleased a dedicated facility is on the horizon, he acknowledged, “Any delay is still a chal- lenge for us.” This architect’s rendering of the planned long-term mental health facility shows the exterior forecourt of the site. - IMAGE: MONTGOMERY SISAM ARCHITECTS Health conference focuses on empowering patients Cayman’s ninth annual Healthcare Conference got under way Thursday eve- ning, bringing medical pro- fessionals from both overseas and local facilities. The theme of this year’s conference, which is being held at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, is “Managing Your Health; The Empow- ered Patient.” In a welcoming statement, Minister of Health Dwayne Seymour told delegates, “The aim of the conference is not only to enable the public to leave the conference with a better understanding of what they can do to look after and maintain their health, but also to give our healthcare professionals a platform to engage with and encourage their patients and clients.” Among the topics being covered at the conference, which will end at lunchtime on Saturday, are the day-to- day management of non- communicable diseases, un- derstanding when health symptoms indicate a trip to the emergency room, and de- velopments in technology and its impact on health- care in Cayman. Speakers at the conference include: Health City Cayman Islands’ Dr. Archita Joshi- Bhatt; Dr. Randy Sallee, chief medical officer at Ironshore Pharmaceuticals; Keith Hig- gins, chief information officer at Cayman Islands Health Services Authority; Acting Governor Franz Manderson; Dr. Mariam Botros, chief ex- ecutive officer of Wounds Canada; dermatologist and internist Dr. Gary Sibbald, who is a professor of medi- cine and public health at the University of Toronto; An- nikki Brown, country man- ager for Generali Worldwide; Shannon Seymour, director and psychologist at The Well- ness Centre; James Malicoat, director and consulting ex- ecutive at Cerner; and Sutton Burke, clinical director at In- finite Mindcare. The event will feature pre- sentations, workshops and breakout sessions.Next >