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LOCAL Friday 28 OctOber 2022
Aruban designer Darwin Winklaar receives In the Spotlight Award

THE HAGUE – Aruban fash- ster and was given by Hel-
ion designer, Darwin Wink- en Kamperveen, winner of
laar, better known as Niño the theatre award Colom-
Divino, received from the bina 21/22 for best actress.
Plenipotentiary Minister of Ivette Forster, from Suri-
Aruba in the Netherlands, namese descent, grew up
mr. Ady Thijssen, the In the in Aruba and currently is
Spotlight Award 2022 at the in charge of the organiza-
Bijlmer Park theatre in Am- tion of the Keto koti, Kwaku
sterdam. and Reggae Lake festivals.
During the last seven years,
Darwin is a multi-talent- Ivette is programmer of
ed fashion designer who Black Achievement Month.
makes use of storytelling,
music, dance and singing In the Spotlight Award is
to express his artistic dispo- an initiative of Vereniging
sition. He reintroduced a Antilliaans Netwerk, and
new genre inspired by his the awards are a design
Aruban roots: Neo-folkloric. of Aruban artist, Melvin
Anderson.q
The In the Spotlight Award
2022 also went to Ivette For- Image are courtesy of Aruba-
huis.

The fountain of life and inspiration
Nature is the origin of everything

ORANJESTAD – The inaugu- in the festival. feel everything that nature
ration of the Festival of Chil- Mr. Gino Vrolijk, teacher offers us. All this makes us
dren’s Books 2022 will take and author of children’s curious to learn, to find out
place on Friday the 4th of books is giving his all for this more about and take care
November at Cas di Cul- festival. of nature. And one way or
tura, from 5 to 7pm, with the The books that Gino has another, we all enjoy na-
show starting at 6pm. written are ‘Sumpi e wan- ture, be it by walking in the
glo sabi!’, ‘Na caminda pa mondi – Aruban wilderness
The theme for this year is e fiesta grandi’ and ‘Ami- – swimming in the ocean,
‘Biba Natura-Lesa’[red: gonan tur caminda!’ (co- see the stars in the sky at
Naturalesa, the Papiamen- author). Children can read night, live or work in the cu- of Essoville San Nicolas. The 4-8) at Colegio Hilario An-
to word for Nature, con- or borrow these at the Na- nucu – Aruban farm – or use schools that Gino attended gela Basisschool. In 2004 he
tains ‘lesa’ which means tional Library. nature in any other positive are Graf von Zinzendorf worked as curriculum de-
to read]. Twelve authors way, the point is that we all Kleuterschool, Prinses Irene veloper at the Department
and illustrators will present In the context of the theme form part of nature. Biba School, John Wesley Col- of Education of Aruba.
during the week of 7 to 11 for this year, Gino connects Natura-lesa!” lege and Colegio Arubano From 2008 to 2019 he was
of November in different with nature, saying: San Nicolaas y Oranjestad. director of Fontein Kleuter-
schools and also at the Na- “Nature is the origin of ev- Georgino ‘Gino’ Vrolijk was school and from 2019 until
tional Library in Oranjestad erything. It is the fountain of born on the 4th of October Gino began his professional now he is practice teacher
and San Nicolas. More than life and inspiration. We can 1973. He grew up in and career in 1999 as a teacher at the Pedagogic Institute
60 schools are participating see, hear, smell, taste and around the neighborhood of first grade (specialization of Aruba (IPA). q

Preliminary report on Palo Marga racing track delivered to minister of Sport

ORANJESTAD – Last week, gether with ABM and a rep- will be delivered this week
invited by the minister of resentative of the minister to the Ministry of Sport.
Sport, Mr. Kurt Johnson from of Sport to make an analy-
Total Venue Concepts, a sis on everything that needs Minister of Sport, Mr. Endy
professional on the prepa- to be done in order to get Croes expressed his hope
ration of drag racing tracks the track certified. that soon the track can be
in the United States, came fixed and approved by in-
to Aruba for four days. Mr. Johnson met with the ternational organizations,
minister of Sport in order to so that the drag racers in
During his career Mr. John- give a preliminary presen- Aruba can have a track
son dealt with a lot of drag tation on the report. that fits all IHRA and NHRA
racing tracks around the specifications for interna-
world and has knowledge During his stay, Mr. Johnson tional and national races to
and expertise to evaluate, met with Aruban compa- take place on the Interna-
measure, dig, and analyze nies that have teams that tional Raceway Park Palo
tracks and provide a final can execute the work as Marga in the safest way
report. Mr. Johnson visited soon as funds become possible. q
the Palo Marga track to- available. The final report