looking for a new venture for the winter.

And CVC public relations officer Belcario Thomas said the organisation was appealing to organisations and businesses to help them to find community work.

CVC was organised to help locals between the ages of 18 and 25 years network while helping out the community.

The summer project was the painting of the Salvation Army's Shelter on Parsons Road, Pembroke by some 90 college students.

Mr. Thomas explained a winter project would have to be smaller because most of the students would only return to the Island for the brief Christmas break.

JET HAD TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING FLY Jet had to make emergency landing Island firefighters were called to the International Airport yesterday afternoon when a Continental Airlines passsenger jet, Flight 198, was forced to make an emergency landing due to failure of its hydraulic system.

Units from the East End and one truck from Hamilton responded at 2:13 p.m. as a precautionary measure. The jet, destination unknown, eventually landed safely.

DUTCH DIVERS OUT AFTER RECOMPRESSION FLY Dutch divers out after recompression Two Dutch divers taken off a plane in Bermuda suffering from the bends have been released from hospital.

A flight from Jamaica to Holland was diverted on Thursday night after the two men -- Mario Ten-Hoopen, 31, Perry Theunissen, 25 -- started showing symptoms of the disease, caused by nitrogen bubbles forming in the blood.

They were rushed from the Martinair charter flight by ambulance to the King Edward Hospital and placed in a recompression chamber.

But it is understood the two were released on Saturday and are thought to have continued their journey home.

WOULD-BE THIEVES FINED $250 APIECE CTS Would-be thieves fined $250 apiece Two would-be thieves were fined $250 apiece after they admitted trying to break into a Happy Valley Road carpentry shop.

Omar Scraders, 19, of Friswell's Road, Pembroke and Lincoln E. Smith, 24, of Fenton's Drive, Pembroke pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to break and enter Leverock's Carpentry Shop on July 25.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osborne told the court Police received a report of two men trying to break into the shop and upon responding found the two men in the area.

On being arrested the two men admitted trying to break into the store. They claimed they'd been threatened earlier in the day by a group of six masked men and wanted something with which to protect themselves.

Mr. King fined each man $250 and ordered that $50 be sent to the store's owner to pay for damage done to his door when they tried to break in.

POTTERY THEIVES STRKE HARBOUR NIGHTS CTS Pottery thieves strike Harbour Nights Pottery worth $450 cost a pair of Pembroke men $500 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Lionel H. Smith, 43, of Curving Avenue and Michael E.W. Robinson, 33, of North Street pleaded guilty to being concerned together and stealing the pottery on July 10 at Front Street in Hamilton.

The court heard that a Harbour Nights street festival stall operator had finished work for the night and had packed up her merchandise in two large plastic bags.

She went to get a snow-cone and returned to find the bags gone. She then saw the two men walking away with the bags but could not catch them after losing them in the crowd.

However she had recognised one of the men and contacted Police who eventually arrested the duo. They admitted stealing the goods but the pottery was never recovered.

Magistrate Edward King gave them until September 30 to pay their fines of $250 apiece.

SWING BRIGDE CLOSED TO MARINE TRAFFIC TRA Swing Bridge closed to marine traffic Works and Engineering has closed the Swing Bridge in St. George's to boaters in order to carry out repairs.

The Ministry apologised for "any inconvenience'' but explained that a routine inspection yesterday morning revealed a stretched main drive chain.

It will take "a couple of days'' to carry out the necessary repairs.

CRUISE LINE OFFERS STORM ALTERNATIVES SHI Cruise line offers storm alternatives Majesty Cruise Line will offer alternative cruises to passengers whose itineraries are changed by hurricane warnings.

The news comes in the August 12 edition of Travel Weekly which states: "Passengers can opt to book another cruise up to a year from the date of the sailing that was affected.'' However, this offer is only valid when the National Weather Service issues a hurricane warning before the ship embarks on an altered itinerary, continued the article.

Majesty Cruise Line operate the Royal Majesty which sails to Bermuda from Boston until October 27 before repositioning to the Caribbean for the winter.

ADMITTED IMPAIRED, TO KEEP LICENCE CTS Admitted impaired, to keep licence A St. George's man who admitted drunk driving was fined $450 and disqualified from driving motorcycles for 18 months on Friday.

But Senior Magistrate Will Francis allowed Uwe Lipfert, 29, who works at the Bermuda Biological Station, to keep his light truck licence which he uses for his job.

Lipfert was stopped on Mullet Bay Road on August 16 at 1.45 a.m. after Police officers saw him cross over the centre line and noticed he was unsteady on his motorcycle, Police prosecutor Sgt. Anthony Mouchette said.

When the officers stopped Lipfert they noticed his eyes were glazed, his speech was slurred, and his breath smelled of alcohol.

A subsequent test showed that he had 175 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80.

TEENS ARRESTED OVER SMASHEED GLASS CRM Teens arrested over smashed glass Two teenagers were arrested on Saturday night in connection with vandalism on Reid Street, Hamilton.

The two -- a 19-year-old Hamilton Parish man and a 16-year-old -- were arrested after Police got reports of three men smashing shop and car windows.

The men were taken into custody on Burnaby Hill and detained after a struggle.

Police inquiries into the incident are continuing. It is understood a department store window was damaged and a parked car had property stolen from it.

MEN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED STRUGGLE CRM Men arrested after alleged struggle Two men on a cycle were arrested after an alleged fight with Police officers in the early hours Sunday morning.

The incident occurred after Police stopped an auxiliary cycle on Kindley Field Road, St. George's, around 2 a.m.

It is alleged the driver of the cycle struggled violently with officers when they tried to arrest him for suspected impaired driving and that his passenger joined in the fight.

Assistance was called for and the two men, aged 18 and 21, were taken into custody.

A Police spokesman added that a search of the vehicle later turned up a quantity of what is believed to have been cannabis.