The Tribune

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Upcoming events:

Saturday - leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank 30 miles headed west. In order to complete this ride, it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling. Leaving P/I Bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, two-hour duration.

Sunday - leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank, 40-50 miles headed East. This ride is not recommended if you have not cycled recently or first timers. P/I Bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).

November 7 - Conchman Sprint Triathlon, Taino Beach, Grand Bahama. http://www.conchman.com.

November 7 - Cycling event in Exuma. Formal registration is open for the Great Exuma Charity Bike Ride. www.rideforexuma.com.

November 8 – UWC triathlon, 8:30am, Jaws Beach, New Providence. http://www.uwctriathlon.com/registration.html

November 14 – Bahamas Medical Centre Health Fair, noon–4pm, free. Bahamas Medical Centre, Blake Road, Nassau.

November 22 – Bahamas Half, Arawak Cay. Online registration now open at www.bahamashalf.com.

Morning rides west - Wednesday and Friday, 4:45am, Cable Beach Police Station, West Bay Street, 20-mile ride route: Headed East to Montague & return. One-hour duration. Cyclists capable of 14+mph welcome. Ride leaves promptly (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route). Contact Shantell the day before to confirm your attendance: shorelinecargo@gmail.com.

Afternoon rides west - Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving 5:30pm sharp, parking lot next to Lyford Cay Gas Station. 18 or 24 miles depending if you do second loop. This is an advanced cyclist’s ride. The pace will range from 20+mph Intermediate, 18-22mph see Spyder.

Morning ride east - Tuesdays & Thursdays, leaving 5am sharp, start/end Seagrapes Shopping Centre-(under the big sign), East Prince Charles Drive: 1-1.5 hour duration. Cyclists capable of 14+mph welcome. Prince Charles Dr-Eastern Road-Shirley St-Church St-East Bay-Eastern Road- Prince Charles. Please have lights attached to your bike.

Diners’ Debates. - The School of Social Sciences at the College of the Bahamas is resuming its Diners’ Debates lecture series on Thursday, November 19, at 7pm. The first Diners’ Debate of the 2015/16 academic year will feature presenters William Fielding (Grant Writer and Adjunct Professor for Statistics and Social Research at the College of the Bahamas) and Keisha Ellis (Adjunct Professor in Political Science at the College of the Bahamas). Attendance is free.

On the 2012 campaign trail, Perry Christie observed: “Too many Bahamians are still suffering, living in the dark because they can’t pay their bills, or living in cars because they’ve lost their homes. I know so many Bahamians who worked hard to make it into the middle class – Bahamians who grew up poor but worked hard so they could give a better life to their own children. Yet so many of them today feel like they’re standing over a trap door – one step away from falling back into poverty. For too many, their debts are going up but their incomes are going down. They’re looking at a pile of bills they just can’t pay.”

In 2013, the government of the Bahamas and the Inter-American Development Bank conducted a Household Expenditure survey, which concluded that $3.82 can pay for a “balanced low-cost diet of 2,400 kilocalories a day” in The Bahamas.

William Fielding, who is assisting with the editing of the report, will explain the methodology of this survey, and Keisha Ellis, accompanied by COB students, will share the results of a practical experiment conducted on the basic premise of its findings.

Please note that the venue of the Diners’ Debate has changed, and it is now being hosted at the Black Box Theatre, which is located right behind the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts on Mackey Street. There will be a cash bar and snacks for purchase.

Nassau Rowing Club. - The Nassau Rowing Club will be holding a General Meeting on Thursday, November 12, at 7pm at the New Providence Community Center on Blake Road.

The Nassau RC leadership will provide a review of the last quarter, and update members and interested persons on upcoming activities for the the first half of 2016.

Anyone interested in rowing, or joining the club, is encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact NassauRowingClub@gmail.com, or Facebook.com/NassauRowingClub.

Rotaract Club of East Nassau. - The club is having a fundraiser Scavenger Hunt on Saturday at 6:30pm. The even starts at Fat Tuesday bar, and is open to teams of up to four people, at a cost of $25 per person. Bonus points will be awarded to team members in full costume. Anyone wanting to take part must have a device with a camera attached. The hunt will be on foot. Email tmrussell86@gmail.com to register your team. You must register today to take part and be at Fat Tuesday with teams paid for by 6.30pm tomorrow. All proceeds go towards Rotaract’s community and international service initiatives.

Rotary Club of Nassau. - At a recent Rotary Club of Nassau (RCN) meeting, the speaker for the day was Donna Delancy, Deputy Treasurer at the Ministry of Finance, who gave an interesting talk about the ministry’s mandate.

She and other GHS alumni also donated a cheque in the amount of $500 for use in RCN’s Feeding Programme at Stephen Dillett Primary School. RCN discovered that many children at the school were not eating for the entire day so they joined a feeding programme which provides breakfast for several children each morning, so they start the day with a nutritious meal. The donation was presented by herself and other members of the Government High School Class of 1974 and was given in memory of Lorraine White, deceased sister of Angela White.