Lee Pinder

Born in the U.S, Lee Pinder, has lived in the Bahamas for many years.

She moved here to manage an off-shore bank and later became personal and private secretary to the manager of Chase Manhattan Bank at Oakes Field in Nassau, where she lived for five years.

Lee and her husband, Dan, moved to Freeport in 1966 where Lee worked at R.H.Curry Travel Agency. She was involved in the local Lions Club and The Grand Bahama American Women's Club, serving as president.

In 1985, the Pinders moved to Dan’s birthplace of Abaco.They have helped restore the hurricane-damaged Long Dock to its original length of 780 feet and to turn the old schoolhouse into a community centre. Lee is a contributing writer for The Abaconian newspaper and a member of the local Methodist Church. As an Abaco real estate agent, she enjoys networking with locals and visitors.

LEE’S LETTER
From Cherokee Sound

Keep Abaco Beautiful Award

We often hear that Cherokee Sound, Abaco, has a neat and tidy community, especially from visitors.
But now Cherokee has won the First Annual Keep Abaco Beautiful Award, making it official.
A committee of six Abaco judges honoured Cherokee with The Friends of the Environment Award for 2008 on September 28.
Sponsors included Pete’s Pub & Gallery, Colette Rolle, Stephen Knowles, Abaco Print Shop, Albury’s Ferry Service, The Snap Shop and 3 D Customs Signs. The programme was spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism.

Tom Hazel also was recocnised for distinguished leadership and the Hope Town Primary School got top marks in the education category.

Special thanks to Jo Bradley for nominating Cherokee Sound .

The Keep Abaco Beautiful” programme was set up in conjunction with the Keep America Beautiful Foundation.
Minister of Environment Earl Deveaux singled out the many natural assets of Abaco in his keynote address.
He told Abaco youngsters to concentrate on maintaining and preserving these valuable assets for future generations.
The Hope Town Primary School students delighted their audience with a concert of Bahamian calypso songs.

There are so many little things we can all do to help the environment. Keeping Abaco Beautiful must be an ongoing effort.

School News

Friends of the Environment reps spoke to our school in September about

Coastal Cleanup and what it means to our environment.

The community cleaned up the Long Dock area and plans to follow-up with a clean-up of the creek.

Special thanks to all those who are still using the aluminum can bins at the dump.

This is a valuable service, not just for Cherokee, but for our country and our world. Keep up the good work!

We are very proud Cherokee captured top place in the competition sponsored by Friends of the Environment and the Ministry of Tourism. We were recognised for building and sustaining an environmentally conscious programme “with exceptional success.”

We have been rewarded for collecting a mountain of garbage over the years.

Our students continue to be role models for Abaco and the Bahamas. Just a few days ago one of them saw garbage on the way to Marsh Harbour.

“You’d think people would learn!” commented the child. Well spoken!

Parrot Report

Cherokee people always get excited when we hear the parrots are back in town. They are without doubt one of natures most beautiful wonders.

They fly overhead searching for fruit in the native trees. Unfortunately, they are always too high and fast to photograph properly, but they’re such a delight.
They’ll often linger for several minutes at each stop and we can watch them feed from the ground.