The Changing Faces of the Family

April 26th, the last show of the month. Todays topic is The Changing Faces of the Family. The National Parenting Programme joins the Flex crew to discuss how the changes in the family structure has affects young people. The Flex Crew will touch on how poverty has spurred these changes that leave young people vulnerable.
This is Linda McField and Denise Myers from CASA, Cayman Against Substance Abuse
On the far right is Shian O'Connor and the rest of the Youth Flex Crew

Photos By Ronaldo Garcia aka Mr. Biggs

Underage Drinking

Todays topic is underage drinking. This month is Alcohol Awareness Month. Underage drinking is a very big problem with teenagers, and the number of alcohol-related fatalities among underage drinkers has been increasing annually. This is a very disturbing trend that goes against the goals of the National Youth Policy and the National Strategic Policy Vision 2008. Mr. Simon Miller from the Cayman Islands NDC (National Drug Council) was on the show today. He spoke about the dangers of underage drinking.

Knolis is back to visit and he is on the show. And we have Miss K.C from the Gospel Festival, she gave away tickets to the concert. The first caller won 1 Gospel ticket & 1 FunkyTangs gift certficate.

Here's some pictures from todays show

TC

JoJo

Miss KC

Delisa Hernandez

Simon Miller

Ahmed Myles, the youngest memeber of the Youth Flex crew

Live! from theBonaventure Home

Yesterdays Youth Flex came Live from the Bonaventure Home in West Bay. It is a home for boys who would otherwise have no where else to live. It was originally called Bonaventure, then the name switched to Cayman Marine Institute, then back to Bonaventure. HERE is an informative article from the Cayman Net News

Todays Topic!

Current events. Beauty Queen meets Sprint Queen, Miss Cayman Ambyah Ebanks sitting in the studio today with Cydonnie Mothersill chatting about current affairs. check us out

In Memory Of

Iliana Isabel De La Cruz,
late host of Radio Cayman's Youth Flex Radio Show,
who died tragically on 11 March 2006

Loved by all, forgotten by none
Rest In Peace, Ili

200th Show Celebrations

Youth Flex is celebrating its 200th show on Wednesday November 30th. Past Host and cohost will return to the studio to share in the celebrations. A special award was presented to Funky Tangs Ltd for their committment to youth radio. Guest will include Sandra, Anya, Shyvon, Leah, JoJo, Jamo, Priscilla and Knolis also Carolina from Cayman Aids Foundation will briefing everyone on the activities for World Aids Day in the Cayman Islands. Check us out by clicking on the Radio Cayman link and listen in of the celebrations. Answer the Reflections questions of the Weeks and you could win Reflections prize packs totaling $200.

Youth Flex Season 14 Schedule

Date Topic Guest Show #

19 Oct Peace & Social Harmony Pastor Fitz Carter 194
26 Oct Remote @ East End Primary Princpal Frederick 195
2 Nov Free Mic Jo-Ann Richards 196
9 Nov War/ CYC Raffle VP Dierdre Scott CYC 197
19 Nov Remote @ Cayman Brac Nicholas Dacosta 198
23 Nov Health Insurance Commission Mervyn Conolly&Suzanne 199
30 Nov 2oo Show/World Aids Day Past crews & Carolina 200
6 Dec Thankfulness Dr. Mark Larkins 201
13 Dec CYC Book Drive Commonwealth Youth Club 202
20 Dec Christmas Show 203
4 Jan New Years Resolutions 204
11 Jan Farewell for Shyvon 205
18 Jan Heroes & Civics Roy Bodden 206
25 Jan Volunteerism Commonwealth Youth Club 207
1 Feb Season Finale Bernie Bush 208

Health Insurance & Young People

Next week's show will have guests from the Cayman Islands Health Insurance Commission speaking on how Health Insurance affects young people. Youth Flex is always trying to educate and inform young people on topics that relate to their development. Have your questions and comments ready and join us by calling our toll free number 2-800-949-7799 or simply drop us a line on youthflex@hotmail.com or a comment on this site.

Reflections Questions of the Week

Which company gives a gift certificate for every Youth Flex show?
Who was the second host of Youth Flex?
What was the age of the youngest Youth Flex host?
Name 3 past youth Flex hosts?

Last Brac Trip before 200th Show

The Flex crew will be broadcasting from Market Place in Tibbetts Square in West End Cayman Brac this Wednesday. This will be the last time the Flex Crew will be in the Brac prior to our 200th show.

Special thanks to Cayman Airways Express, CB Rentals and our friends at Market Place where there are specials on Florida Oranges for 29 cents each , Shurfine ice cream 64oz 2 for $5, Sunkist tuna 6 oz 2 for 99 cents and more contact them at 948-1296 for all your grocery needs.

Reflections Questions of the Week

Who was the first named National Hero of the Cayman Islands?
Who was the first non-elected Speaker of the House?
Who was Cayman's first Governor?
Who was the first Caymanian Knight?
Who ws the first female elected representative in the Legislative Assembly?
What year did the Caymanian Compass begin publishing newspapers?

Free Mic on Show 196

Free Mic this week on the Flex. We will be discussing Music and culture and any topic callers bring to the table.

Reflections Questions of the Week

Where is the Department of Youth & Sports located?

Who was the first Director of Youth & Sports?

Who was the first Sports Coordinator for Women & Girls?

What is the slogan of the National Youth Policy?

Who was the MInister responsible for Youth & Sports when the National Youth Policy was passed in the Legistlative Assembly?

Youth Flex 1st Fundraiser (Haunted Forest)

Youth Flex first fundraising event is scheduled for October 31st Halloween night at the Dart Family Park. Admission to Haunted Forest is $5 and part proceeds go to the National Recovery Fund.
Special thanks to event sponsors CUC and Bank Vontebel Cayman and Party Mart. Cake and drinks on sale for $1.


Youth Flex is now in its 14th Season and the show is now hosted by Shyvon Hydes and her cohost is Leah

National Youth Assembly of the Cayman Islands

Youth Organization are encouraged to nominate their repesentative for the National Youth Assembly.

The criteria for the candidates are as follows:

Be Caymanian between the ages of 10-25
Be able to portray the spirit of your organization
Be able to clearly articulate the concerns of youth in your organization and (district if needed)
Be able to meet monthly and to research topics in your organization and (district if needed)
Be able to serve for at least 12 months

Nomination forms can be emailed to you if you leave your email address.

Yours in youth development

James Myles
Youth Services Coordinator
Producer of Youth Flex

Social Harmony Youth Programme

The Social Harmony Youth Programme is an initiative of the Department of Youth & Sports with assistance from a SHYP committee of Quincy Brown, Victor Crumbley, Nicosia Lawson, Stuart Wilson and Jeremy Josephs to promote youth talent and civic self help and self-worth amoung youth groups and youth of the Cayman Islands.

Youth Groups are to register with the programme and chose a charity as beneficiary of their event.

Funds will be distributed as follows:

You or Your choice & Your facilitator
Your group social responsibility

Talent 80% Charity 10% Promoting Agency 10%

Responsiblities

Talent will be responsible for: selecting venue, type of event, sale of donation tickets,development of tickets, flyers and posters, making media appearances and media statements with charity, choose charity.

Charities will be responsible for : assisting talent with media statements, provide logo for flyers, tickets and posters, be present at event to recieve proceeds, make media appearances with talent.

Promoting Agency will be responsible for: Producing flyers, tickets and posters, setting up media appearances, distribution of funds raised, produce report of event to talent and charity.

Please leave your comments here. Registration forms can be emailed to you if you leave your address.

James Myles
Youth Services Coordinator
Department of Youth & Sports and Producer of the Flex.

Did you know that the Broad leaf plant leaves were used for sandpaper in years past? It was how the wooden floors of Caymanian homes of yesteryears got their shine. They didn't have any mop n glo then.

Many Broad Leaf plants were destroyed in 1988 by Hurricane Gilbert who brushed south of Grand Cayman leaving trail of destroyed foliage.

Youth Flex 200

Youth Flex is 4 years old and on November 30th will be 200 shows in the books. The 200th show will be sponsored by a local retail giant " Reflections". The 200th show is to reflect on the past host, co-host and shows. We will be giving away 200 prizes and the show promises to be the best ever. The Flex crew will present a special award for Funky Tangs Ltd. for their committment of a $20 gift certificate for every single Youth Flex Show.


Youth Flex first aired on September 26, 2001 with host James Myles and cohost Crystal McField. After 14 weeks the show was hosted by Sandra Catron and cohosted by Anya Rankin

The show was developed to assist in the implementation of the National Youth Policy which was present in Parliament by Hon. Julliana O'Connor Connolly and passed. The slogan on the policy is Youth are the future... Show us the way. The Flex was designed to facilitate this guidance through expression and advocacy.

Road Trip

On October 26th the Flex crew hits the road and heads to East End for the first remote broadcast for Season 14. The Crew will be chatting with the Principal of the Primary School and some youth in the district of East End.

Reflections Questions of the Week

What was the date of the very first Youth Flex Show?
Who was the first Youth Flex host?
Who is the present host of Youth Flex?
What date was the last time the Flex Crew was in Cayman Brac?
What special segment was introduced on Youth Flex in March?

Answer any one question from each week correctly leading up to Youth Flex 200 on November 30th and you could be the reciepient of an awesome Reflections Prize Pack.

Flex New Look

Props to Matthew Seales of the CBR Camp on outfitting the Flex crew with a new look. The local graphic designer has delivered an awesome logo that will be on the Flex t-shirts and all correspondence from the show.

Reflections Question of the Week

What was the name of the major hurricane to brush Cayman in 1988?

Peace & Social Harmony

Wednesday October 19th is the start of Season 14 and the topic for the first show of the season is " Peace & Social Harmony". It is a topic that the whole Caribbean Region is grampling with and the Flex Crew will be laying out the issues on the roundtable discussion with Pastor Fitz Carter and presenting solutions the way only the Flex can. Youth Flex, Mo than talk!

Culture & Identity

This week on Youth Flex Shyvon & Lea raps with local sociologist Carl Brown on his take of the Caymanian Culture. Also featured on the show is local youth band "Love Culture". This show you will not want to miss.

This topic was first tackled by the Flex back in 2003 when Matthew Hylton was host. He brought a civic component to that show speaking to the Caymans first Governor Mr Athel C Long and Cayman first non- elected Speaker of the House Mrs. Sybil McLaughlin and the first Caymanian Knight Sir Vassel Johnson and the first lady MLa Miss Annie Huldah Bodden and Cayman's first National Hero Mr James Manaoh Bodden.

End Of Summer Brac Get-A-Way

The Flex crew will be hosting a End Of Summer Brac Get-A-Way at the West End Park in Cayman Brac. Look for the photos next week. Flex shirts will soon be in stock and visitors to this site could be able to win shirts. The shirt is designed and printed in the Cayman Islands by CBR, a group of young entreprenuers whose conglomorate attitude ranges for rapping, clothing designs to event coordinating and radio show production. Yes CBR's, Bubblz,M1, Dash are co-producers of the Flex.
You may have noticed how many girls are in the photos on the this website. Back in March and in fact every March since the Flex has been on air there have been a segment called " Female in the Spotlight". March is named Womens Month in the Cayman Islands.

Current Affairs

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Today's guest is the Miss Teen Contestants and Mr. Joel Francis, the host of the formost listened talk show on Natioanl Radio in the Cayman Islands. Today music selection includes the new track from Stuart Wilson of Love Culture.
Youth Flex and Coco Red Band is putting on the Brac End of summer Get-a- way. The Flex Crew will be hosting a Fun Day at the West End Community Park in the picturesque Cayman Brac.
Joel Francis is the unofficial Ombusman of the Cayman Islands via Talk Today Radio Show. Tune in each and every Wednesday 4-5pm est.

Next week's show is on Democracy. Check us out.

Speaking of Current Affairs the media giant in the Cayman Islands just celebrated their 40th anniversary. The Flex congratulates the Caymanian Compass who started publishing newpapers in 1965