offence. ---- Page 2 READY FOR OIL SPILL EXERCISE ENV GVT Ready for oil spill exercise All systems are go for next week's major oil spill exercise. The $500,000 exercise, code-named `Exercise Weatherbird', will bring together more than 100 locals from various agencies and Government and almost 100 overseas officials and observers. ---- Page 2 PLP JOIN IN JET SKI DEBATE HOA SKI PLP join in jet ski debate Jet skis and water safety will be brought to the forefront during the new parliamentary session which started yesterday the Shadow Minister of Transportation announced. Dennis Lister said he plans to raise the issue of personal water craft use and safety in the House of Assembly this session. ---- page 2 COLLEGE PREPARES TO BE A LEADER EDC College prepares to be a leader On the eve of its silver anniversary and a new millennium, the Bermuda College is preparing to become a world leader in education. "This is an exciting time for Bermuda College, its faculty, staff and students,'' said chairman of the Board of Governors Brian Hall. ---- Page 2 BAKKE HAS THE RIGHT TIME! CYC Bakke has the right time! One of the ironies of stage racing is that often the most critical part is probably the least entertaining. So it was yesterday with the opening segment of the Bermuda Grand Prix, a ten-mile time trial that lays the table for today's tactical 75-mile road race and Sunday's all-out street criterium. Best cumulative time over the three days takes the pot. And with talented team-mates protecting the leader, a scant few seconds can seem like an eternity over the next two days. That being the case, Olin Bakke, a 28-year-old Californian, is sitting pretty, having destroyed the ten-mile Baselands course in 19 minutes and 19 seconds yesterday. ---- Sport, Page 15