The Tribune

Back to School Show. - On Saturday, November 5, a Back To School Trade Show will be held from 10am to 7pm at the Activity Centre and grounds of Holy Cross Church, Highbury Park.

The show is hosted by Lavish Events and will include everything from uniforms to shoes, hair products and accessories, plus a barber, hair stylist and braiders will be available. There will be a motivational speakers corner, food and drinks, gadgets and technology booths. There will also be registration for extra-curricular activities, be it dance, karate, equestrian sports, swimming, music lessons, baseball and more. There will also be entertainment from bands, choirs, soloist, and a debut fashion show, plus horseback riding, a petting zoo, and a bouncing castle. A special feature is the uniform give away booth. New and used uniforms in excellent condition will be available.

For more information and vendor opportunities, contact 424-4487, 457-1980 or 676-6195

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).

Saturday - Potcakeman Sprint Triathlon, Jaws Beach, New Providence.

October 9-12 - Run For Pompey Marathon, Exuma, www.runforpompey.com.

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

November 7 – Cycling event in Exuma, formal registration is now open for the Great Exuma Charity Bike Ride, www.rideforexuma.com.

Morning rides west - Wednesday & Friday, 4:45am Cable Beach Police Station, West Bay Street, 20-mile ride route: Headed east to Montague and return. One-hour duration. Cyclists capable of 14+mphwelcome. 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.

Rotary Club of East Nassau. - On July 31st, the Rotary Club of East Nassau hosted guest speaker David McLaughlin.

David is an auto racing enthusiast, owner, collector and motor sport event manager. In 2011, along with local partners, David re-launched Bahamas Speed Week that ran for three years and attracted many high net worth visitors to our shores.

David visited RCEN to speak about Edukarting. Currently, two one-week summer programs are being run to teach 11 – 17 year olds wide-reaching skills. The fun of driving a cart attracts the youngsters to the program, but they also learn life skills such as teamwork, business building, and sales & marketing.

Edukarting will soon have a permanent site off of Gladstone Road in Nassau where all automotive related skill will be taught. This is a wonderful program where teams are created that include a Crew Chief, Mechanic, Financial Officer, Public Relations, and Art & Design - just like in the real world of auto racing. David also emphasized that racing can become a sport tourism attraction for the country, and briefly shared his vision of the near future.

The Rotary Club of East Nassau is proud to support the Edukarting program and is looking forward to joint events with the program and participants.

Zonta Club of Nassau. - On Saturday, August 22, the Zonta Club of Nassau hosted its fourth annual Back to School Drive. This year, the club partnered with Solomon’s Super Center Nassau and AML Foods Ltd in an effort to collect school supplies, food and toiletries items which were donated to the Bahamas AIDS Foundation to benefit the Aftercare School Programme.

“As a civic organisation, Zonta strives to assist the community through our service projects and we have found that over the years our annual back-to-school drive has assisted many organisations such COFTEM Program of the PACE Foundation, St Agnes Parish Church for the benefit of the Bain and Grants Town Communities and Woodcock Primary,” said Bernadette Gibson, President, Zonta Club of Nassau.

The Zonta Club of Nassau would like to thank Monalisa Sweeting, Solomon’s Brand Manager and event organiser and her team for the opportunity to partner with them as well as the general public who generously supported this venture.

The Zonta Club of Nassau was chartered in October 1982 and is a member of Zonta International, an organisation of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. For more information, contact Zonta Club of Nassau at zontaclubofnassau@hotmail.com.