their fighting skills in a special expedition next month.

Two officer cadets and ten men will be flying out to Kenya to learn about jungle warfare and go on an adventure training exercise.

The team has been invited to take part in the six-week long exercise by the First Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment.

Based south east of Kenya's capital Nairobi, the men will have the chance to take part in live fire exercises as well as go on a three-day safari.

Regiment adjutant Capt. Edward Lamb said: "We had quite a lengthy list of volunteers and then had to go through a process of elimination depending on who we could afford to let go and who was prepared to be away for the six week period.

"The only thing the Regiment is having to pay for is the flight to London.

Everything else is being paid for by the Royal Anglian Regiment.

"The men will gain a great deal from the experience and come back as better soldiers. They will be able to see how a real battalion operates and pick up new skills that they will bring back to Bermuda. They'll also come back a lot fitter.'' RENOVATIONS FORCE EXHIBIT CLOSURE MUS Renovations force exhibit closure In its quest to revamp and upgrade every area of its property by the year 2000, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo has begun renovations to the Invertebrate House.

The exhibit will be closed until early April.

BAMZ principal curator Richard Winchell said the new and improved complex will feature living and static exhibits of local animals along with supporting interactive displays and a Discovery Room.

Aiming to make the Invertebrate House as successful as both the North Rock and Australasia exhibits, Mr. Winchell asked visitors and members to "bear with us as we endeavour to improve the BAMZ experience''.

ROADBLOCKS TO CAUSE DELAYS GVT TFC Roadblocks to cause delays A portion of Middle Road, Warwick will be closed to traffic this week as workmen from the Department of Agriculture & Fisheries make the area safer for residents.

Middle Road will be closed from the junction of Burnt House Hill to Tamarind Vale from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. both today and tomorrow while workmen cut trees away from power lines.

According to a Government spokesman, delays may be expected as roadblocks will be in place on both days, and traffic will be diverted onto Harbour Road.

The Department apologises for any inconveniences caused.

CRACK COCAINE 96 PERCENT PURE CTS Crack cocaine 96 percent pure A 30-year-old man was fined $600 for possessing two rocks of 96 percent pure crack cocaine when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Ricardo Dowling of Rocky Lane, Hamilton Parish admitted to the offence which occured on November 4.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said that Police went to the parking lot between Court and Union streets to investigate complaints of drug activity.

When they arrived they found Dowling sitting on a chair on the western part of the car park.

Officers saw him hiding something behind his back and he was seen to throw something away.

An investigation of the area where he was seated turned up a brown paper twist that contained two rock-like substances.

Analysis revealed that the substance was .43 grams of 96 percent pure crack cocaine.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined Dowling $600.

PEMBROKE MAN FINED $200 CTS Pembroke man fined $200 A 30-year-old Pembroke man was fined $200 for possessing cannabis last year.

Michael Davis of Princess Estate Road, appeared before Senior Magistrate Will Francis and pleaded guilty to the charge.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said that Davis was seen standing in an abandoned house located in Friswells Hill.

The house was a known locale for drug selling and drug use. When Davis was arrested and searched, a brown paper twist that contained plant material was discovered in his right rear pants pocket.

Analysis revealed that the plant material was cannabis and weighed .47 grams.

Mr. Francis fined Davis $200.

WINDREACH AWAITS DAB APPROVAL PLN Windreach awaits DAB approval The Island's only multi-facility for the disabled has applied to the Development Applications Board for permission to construct a new multi-purpose activity centre.

Catherine Carreiro, Office Administrator of the Windreach Bermuda Trust, yesterday said she hoped construction of the new activity centre would start early this year, depending on planning permission and construction schedules.

The Windreach Recreational Village in Warwick is a facility designed for a wide range of people with special needs.

The proposed activity centre will be used for general meetings, social gatherings, lectures and videos, crafts and light-exercise classes in a bid to "create a quality environment and to avoid any risk of becoming a place known for the disabled''.

Ms Carreiro said the two-story, 5,000 square-foot centre will be able to hold more than 100 hundred people, including 20 wheelchairs.

In addition to the general purpose main floor, the centre will feature a child-friendly lower floor, two kitchens, washrooms, meeting room, elevator, administration office and large covered decks leading from both floors.