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Tuesday 29 sepTember 2020

My Aruba story … memories of loyal followers

ORANJESTAD — Aruba Today wel-
comes readers to participate in
our newspaper. Now that we are
open to visitors again after the
three months of lockdown we are
all ears to hear about you. How
do you feel to be back or maybe
this is your first time in Aruba? Let
us know! Send us a picture and tell
us about your experience because
we love to share this with our read-
ers.

What do you do?
It’s easy. Mail us your vacation
picture(s) together with your Aruba
story (Email: news@arubatoday.
com) and we will publish this in our
newspaper. This for sure is a great
vacation memory to take home
with you.
Yesterday Aruba Today shared
Part I of an amazing story from
Jo Ann Junk. Today read the se-
quence Part II where she tells us
about her Aruba experience from
2015 till now.

“Then came May 20, 2005. We
were there. Natalee Holloway … inciting people to boycott Aruba, TRUTH RING LOUD AND CLEAR!! lobby by 5:45 AM waiting to get
Beth Holloway. It was chaos … without reason!!! NO!!! NO – NO THIS is what truth looks like!! Aruba my two copies of ARUBA TODAY.
it was heartbreaking … it ripped – NO … JUST PLAIN NO!!! I started has bent over backwards trying One copy is for my husband, be-
your heart out. I spent time with my own “I LOVE ARUBA – AND to solve this crime, but Aruba is cause truth be told – I don’t want
Beth, I hugged her and we cried THIS IS WHY” campaign. I wrote not New York or Chicago or L.A. to share my copy with him. I take
together. But what I saw at that letters, I sent emails, I made tele- Give them the time and space to hubby’s upstairs because he is still
time was A COUNTRY THAT ALSO phone calls … to newspapers, to utilize their own means to solving sleeping, then I am on my way to
CRIED …. And A COUNTRY THAT television stations … to whomever this. For heaven’s sake …. How the pool or beach by 6 AM. Ah-
POURED OUT LOVE. The country would listen!!! It helped my heart many unsolved homicide cases hhh …. My absolute favorite time
gave all the Aruban people time to not ache so badly. My com- do you think there are in NYC, LA and place in the whole world ….
off so that they too could search munications all spoke TRUTH!!! Un- or Chicago? Aruba has done ev- The only sounds you hear are the
for Natalee … and they did. My like what was being reported in erything they know how to do to birds … singing love songs to you.
Aruba was deeply hurt, my Aru- the media. This is what I said (at soothe the pain that they know I go through my ritual of prepar-
ba was deeply sorry … my Aruba the time): Beth Holloway is experiencing. ing my chairs with towels – then

cried from the depths of their I have been going to Aruba for She received nothing but love, applying my lotion – saying good
souls. They did everything hu- about 15 years now. To me … visit- respect and compassion. Any- morning to all the other early risers

manely possible to find Natalee. ing Aruba is like God saying to me one that says anything different as they come down – having the
Aruba hurt … Aruba ached … that he is giving me small sample that that is simply just … LYING!!! I first of my morning conversations
Aruba was deeply impacted. of what heaven is going to be like WAS THERE … I KNOW WHAT HAP- and hugs with the security staff
But wait … what is happening in when I arrive. What you are hear- PENED!!! Stop trying to degrade that I dearly love, and who are all
the media? All of a sudden they ing and reading in the media are my beloved Aruba... stop trying to just like family – greeting the singu-
are attacking my beloved Aru- ALL LIES!! There is no safer place steal my dream, and the dream lar “runners” as they begin to ap-
ba. STOP!!! WHAT ARE THEY DO- on earth than Aruba. Aruba is a of others. KNOW YOUR TRUTH pear. It’s like a reunion – mostly
ING??? This is so sad. THIS IS NOT family island … it is an island filled BEFORE YOU SPEAK IT … and THE just a 1-2 minute conversation
RIGHT!! I returned to the US, and with love … it is an island filled TRUTH is what I have just told you.” (where did you eat last night), but
it was continuing …. Threats to with gratitude for the people who We all know the rest of THAT story, it’s been going on for 20 plus years
boycott Aruba … people in the visit it. Aruba thanks you for visit- and things finally returned to nor- with a lot of them …. In between
news saying all kinds of hateful ing, every time you turn around. mal for my beloved Aruba. all of this socializing I do my first
things about my beloved Aruba You feel continually blessed by ARUBA TODAY plays a huge role browsing of ARUBA TODAY.
… My heart is yelling … UNTRUE!!! the Aruban people. THIS WAS A for me at all times. Both when I Now, it is 7 AM … MY MOST FA-

… UNTRUE!!! … UNFAIR!!! … LIES!!! CRIME OF ONE MAN!! STOP TRY- am in Aruba, as well as when I am VORITE!!! It is my beach walk time,

Then I got mad!! REALLY MAD!!! ING TO SINK THE ISLAND BASED ON waiting to return to Aruba. and I can hardly wait until my feet
I wasn’t going to allow people to THE ACTIONS OF ONE MAN!!! We I am an early riser. I love my morn- and toes sink into that beautiful
slam my beloved Aruba like this have millions of worse crimes in the ings. When I am in Aruba I am sand and water.
… making false accusations … US …. EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! LET THE up, dressed and downstairs in the Continued on Page 9