Looks like the island is going to see some video crews this summer and get some more national exposure in November.  Thanks to Kenny Chesney.  Again. Billboard Magazine reports the entertainer of the year will appear in his first network special on ABC-TV the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 23.  The one-hour "Kenny Chesney: Somewhere in the Sun" will include tracks from his concerts as we;; as "moments shot both on the road and at his home in the Caribbean."  Several unnamed celebrity friends, and even Mrs. C., are expected to make cameos in the show.

The restaurant where Renee and Kenny had a wedding-eve dinner for friends and family has become a hot spot.  Smack in the heart of Cruz Bay, across from Joe’s and next to the Post Office, the relatively new Rhumb Lines has been mentioned in Star and People magazines, according to the Virgin Islands Daily News.  Thai fusion was the theme of the dinner and included pupu platters and samosas.  Jerome O’Connell, who owns Rhumb Lines, told the paper many customers have asked him about the event, and he is happy to tell them. Play your cards right, and he’ll even point out the table the happy couple shared.

It’s turtle nesting season on the island.  Rafe Boulon, chief of resource management for the V.I. National Park, advises that if you see turtles nesting or hatching, leave them alone and turn off all distracting lights.  Most of the nesting activity occurs after dusk.  Also, don’t disturb the beach because the nests are not deep in the sand. 

Memorial Day Weekend activities on island will include the Fiends of the V.I. National Park’s second annual Beach-to-Beach Power Swim.  (Click on the map graphic to see the courses.)

For serious swimmers as well as recreational swimmers, Friends president Joe Kessler said the event  "contributes to St. John’s growing reputation as a hotbed for challenging sporting events, drawing in athletes from off island to compete and fuel St. John’s economy."

Swimmers hit the water at 8:00 a.m. on race day at Maho Bay Beach, Sunday, May 29.  The finish line for the short race is at Cinnamon Bay, which is also the location of the first transition point for the relay teams. Another great location to view the race will be at Trunk Bay Beach, which is the location of the second relay transition point and the finish line for the new intermediate course.  Through swimmers will pass close to Cinnamon and Trunk beaches so these will be great spots to view the action in the water and cheer on the swimmers.  The long race and relay will finish at Hawksnest Bay Beach.  More information.

This year, the awards ceremony will be held as part of a beach party hosted by the Friends at Oppenheimer Beach beginning at 11:00 a.m. until about 3:00 p.m.  There will be hamburgers, hot dogs and cold drinks for sale, and live music by Mark Wallace and company.

If the Public Works Department won’t do it, Rotary St. John will, and did.  Members Doug White, Catherine Fahy and Bill Willigerod were up early one Sunday morning this month to paint crosswalks to alert motorists when people are crossing the street.  They started with the faded crosswalk where a seven-year-old boy was killed in an truck accident.  Plans include also painting crosswalks near the Sprauve School and others in town.

One of the hottest fishing boats on island may well belonjg to Bite-Me Charters http://stjohnlinks.com/Charters/Bite_Me/www.bitemechartersvi.htm.  Captain Bill Limpert, and wife Tammy, caught a 77 lb. Yellowfin Tuna off the South Drop of St. John, according to the St. John Sun Times.  Bill carried it over his shoulder form the park dock to the Lime Inn, where good eatin’ was had by many, the report said.