birthday on Wednesday on the hotel's golf course. L.E. (Buster) Gibbons took to the greens with his sons, Smith's North MP Leonard Gibbons and Dr. Robert Gibbons, on the golf course he himself opened "after the War, and after all the Americans left'' decades ago. ---- Page 2 ISLAND TO HOST CONFERENCE CON Island to host conference Bermuda will be hosting an international conference next year to commemorate the deaths of thousands of slaves who died on their journey from Africa to the US hundreds of years ago. ---- Page 2 PLP, UBP REACH IMPASSE PTL PLP, UBP reach impasse Pressure is building for a short-notice showdown between Premier Pamela Gordon and Opposition leader Jennifer Smith. And United Bermuda Party campaign committee chairman Michael Winfield said: "We are of the opinion that this should be a simple and quick process.'' ---- Page 3 PAIR COMPLETE CHARITY RIDE FNR Pair complete charity ride Charity cycle riders Tom Butterfield and Kim Carter have reached their goal.

The pair finished the Lands End to John O Groats ride in Britain yesterday morning, after a gruelling two-week pedal covering 1,082 miles of the UK countryside. ---- Page 7 ACCIDENT VICTIM MULLS LAWSUIT AC Accident victim mulls lawsuit A jet ski accident victim may be suing the water sports company that rented her a jet ski. Visitor Christine Alfano, 22, of Melrose, Massachussetts, was involved in a collision with her jet ski instructor of the Blue Water Divers water sports facility on June 4 at the Marriott's Castle Harbour Resort. ---- Page 7 ATHLETES THROWN OFF TRACK ATH GVT Athletes thrown off track Renovations began this week to resurface the track at National Stadium and the timing couldn't be worse for Bermuda Track and Field Association. A month before the CAC Games and two months before the Commonwealth Games, many of the Island's top runners are now being forced to train on an uneven, grass field.

---- Sport, Page 14 BOYD LOSES COURT CLAIM BUC CTS Boyd loses Court claim Former Sonesta Beach Hotel boss, David Boyd, has lost his Supreme Court claim against Colonial Medical Insurance Co. Ltd. The Supreme Court began hearing earlier this year the application by Mr. Boyd for a declaration that he is covered under the hotel's group insurance policy with Colonial in respect of his claim for long term disability benefits. ---- Business, Page 35