their reading with a computer.

Primary schools will be outfitted with a total of 70 computers to facilitate the Literacy Place 2000 programme which could be fully operational in as little as two weeks.

Government are expected to officially announce the new programme later this week.

Computer software known as WiggleWorks will be implemented as a supplement to the Literacy Place 2000 programme which started last month.

Touted as the leader in beginning literacy programmes in the US, the WiggleWorks software package is a blend of technology, literature and teacher support.

A study by Harvard University researcher Lynn Hickey Shultz showed that students who used the programme scored significantly higher in a test of basic reading skills.

The programme provides for students to read, write, speak and record themselves reading. It operates in three stage levels and sees students interact with several books available on CD-ROM and paperback.

HELP NEEDED FOR NAVIGATION RES Help needed for navigation Marine Police rescued a Ukranian sailing vessel yesterday morning after its crew lost their way off the West End of the Island.

A Harbour Radio spokesman reported that the 50-foot sloop Nataliya , with five male crew on board, tried to enter the Island's inland waters from the West End at around 7.30 a.m.

A Marine Police vessel was sent out to the yacht and found it anchored off Pompano Beacon. The crew had gotten lost and were escorted back out into deeper water and given a local chart.

They were told to make their way east along South Shore and a second Marine Police vessel was sent out to meet them off St. George's and escort them into the East End harbour.

The vessel is on its way to the US from Spain.

TICKETS STILL SELLING WELL THR Tickets still selling well Telephone problems have not stopped eager theatre goers from purchasing tickets to the Gilbert & Sullivan Society's next production.

With the telephone at the Visitors Service Bureau's ticket office out of order, theatre goers have been visiting the office to secure their tickets to "Anything Goes''.

The telephone of the ticket office at the Visitors Service Bureau has been out of order for a week. But Society president Marjorie Staton said she did not believe it had caused sales to dampen.

"We have been without the phone from the time we began selling tickets on Monday,'' she said. "But sales are going well with the weekends already sold out. I don't think we've lost.'' Mrs. Stanton said she believed that the phone affected people in St. George's and Somerset who may have wanted to call and reserve tickets.

"But it's really hard to tell,'' she said.

"I have called the telephone company every day,'' she added. "I think it's very bad that they would let it be out of service this long.'' The performance runs from October 7 to 16.

Tickets are $30 and available by coming into the Visitors Service Bureau between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday to Friday.