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ALAN BLONDIN ON GOLF: Love Course at Barefoot Resort makes top 100 list
The Grand Strand has added a third course this year to the Golf Magazine rankings of "Top 100 You Can Play" public courses in the United States.Caledonia Golf & Fish Club has moved up one spot to No. 25 and The Dunes Golf and Beach Club has dropped 11 spots to 46th. The new addition is the Love Course at Barefoot Resort, which debuts at No. 95 on the biennial list published in the magazine's September issue.
Pebble Beach was supplanted as the No. 1 course for the first time since the list originated in 1996 by Pacific Dunes in Bandon, Ore. The new rankings also include a record 20 courses debuting on the list.
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort climbed to No. 3 from No. 8 to be the highest ranking Carolinas course, and Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island moved up to No.
Laptops stolen from parked vehicles
In the parking lot at Bahama Breeze restaurant, 11000 Pines Blvd., burglars broke into three vehicles between 8 and 9:45 p.m. July 24.The vehicles had left a Miramar office at the same time and arrived at the Pembroke Pines location at 8 p.m.
When the drivers returned to their vehicles, they noticed the vehicles had been tampered with and called police.
The driver's-side door lock of a 2005 GMC Envoy was broken and two Hewlett-Packard laptops valued at about $4,600 were missing from the rear of the sport utility vehicle.
The trunk lock on a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt was pried open and two more Hewlett-Packard laptops valued at about $5,20 were taken, along with $4,500 in cash and several forms of ID including passports.
The burglars tried to break into a 2006 Saturn by prying both the front passenger-side door and the trunk but were unsuccessful.
With Saints' McAfee, it's always two more years
JACKSON, Miss. -- At 38 years old, still trying to play in the NFL, Fred McAfee wants everyone to rest assured of one thing: He is not taking testosterone."I've got to tell you -- I am Fast Freddy. I'm a freak of nature," McAfee said as he chuckled to himself after a recent practice. "I don't take vitamins. I don't take anything. I'm just blessed by God."
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Polluted Andros creek in shambles
A popular Andros Bone fishing creek is still filled with dirt more than two weeks after Minister of Works, Bradley Roberts, ordered a cleanup campaign.Minister Roberts' directive came in late June after residents raised concerns over Dothum Creek being filled in because of the construction of a road in the area. At the time he had ordered work on the road to stop and the filling be removed.
Now weeks later, Chairman of local government for South Andros, Rance Smith, has revealed that Minister Roberts' instructions have been partially carried out. "The work has been stopped but the fill has not been removed form the Creek," said Mr Smith. "It's still sitting in Dothum Creek even though Minister Roberts gave directives for it to be removed."
The Guardian contacted Minister Roberts who reiterated that he had ordered the fill to be taken out, but added that he had received reports to the contrary yesterday.
Tourist Arrivals Climb Slightly
Two point five million visitors entered various ports in The Bahamas in the first six months of 2006, newly released figures from the Ministry of Tourism are showing. It reflected a marginal increase over the figures recorded between last January and June. .Six Bahamian students attend regional environmental camp
Broadening their awareness about the many factors affecting the land and sea environment, six Bahamian students recently attended the Caribbean Environmental Youth Programme summer camp in St. John, United States Virgin Islands. Their participation was made possible through the Bahamas Hotel Association.Held at the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station (VIERS) at Lamesur Bay in the most remote part of St. John, students participated in land and sea field trips studying the diverse flora and fauna and moving between sub-tropical forest, mountains and endangered coral reefs.
They hiked to waterfalls, ancient Taino Indian petroglyphs and plantation ruins and met with world-renown scientists who were studying the lifecycles and factors affecting the health of the region's coral reefs.