week at Bermuda AME churches' annual conference.

And chairman of the organising committee Mr. Reuben Lambert stressed that the conference is open to all.

"We're working to make the church family and the community aware of how we can overcome the difficulties that many with youngsters encounter,'' he said.

The conference, with the theme "Preparation -- Empowerment -- Action'', will be held on Thursday at Mt. Zion AME Church at Whale Bay Southampton, beginning at 7.30 p.m. Panelists will be Mr. Leo Mills, the Rev. Leonard Santucci, and Youth Pastor Mr. Mark Hall.

The conference will be presided over by Bishop and Mrs. Philip R. Cousin Sr.

REGIMENT BAND TO BISIT N. CAROLINA MIL Regiment Band to visit N. Carolina Forty Bermuda Regiment Band members will travel to North Carolina next month to train for two weeks with the US Marines at Cherry Point, North Carolina.

The trip comes as a return favour from the US Marine Corps' Second Division Air Wing Band which played at the Agricultural Exhibition last year and stayed at Warwick Camp.

"This is a tremendous opportunity for us,'' the band's music director Capt.

Barrett Dill said.

"We will be in a highly disciplined environment of a US Marine Corps Base. We will be participating in physical training, personal tutoring on individual instruments, musical clinics, drills and displays as well as section rehearsals.'' The two weeks will culminate in a joint Bermuda Regiment/Second Division Air Wing Band military tattoo performed at Cherry Point for the general public on April 13.

SHOW GOES BACK ON THE ROAD THR Show goes back on the road Young people who can sing, dance and act are wanted for this year's production of the Youth Theatrical Road Show, which will focus on education, senior citizens and teenagers.

The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation would like all interested teenagers to register as soon as possible at their offices on the corner of Reid and Court Streets.

The annual production is again being directed and produced by Ms Pat Pogson.

It will be the traveling road show's ninth consecutive year of providing free family entertainment on Thursday nights throughout July.

Rehearsals and auditions will begin on Saturday, April 10 at Black Box Studios on Court Street.

WARNING AGAINST VIGILANTES CTS Warning against vigilantes A Paget man walked out of Magistrates' Court last week with a six-month conditional discharge for using threatening behavior during a dispute over visitation rights to a young child.

Jason Noel W. Burrows admitted the offence, but said he had been provoked. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful assault stemming from the same incident.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said the complainant was the ex-boyfriend of the woman who lives with Burrows, and is the father of her child.

When he went to the pair's residence on Moongate Lane on January 6, an argument ensued with Burrows.

The man alleged Burrows pulled out a machete during the exchange and "poked'' him in the chest.

The 20-year-old told Magistrate the Wor. John Judge that the child's father does not adhere to court-ordered visitation schedules and "comes over whenever he feels like it''.

"And every time I'm out alone, he and friends harrass me,'' Burrows added.

"If this man is bothering you, the Police and the courts are here to deal with that,'' said Mr. Judge. "Don't take the law into your own hands.'' GAS PRICES GO UP EGY Gas prices go up Fuel prices will rise from today, the Minister of Finance the Hon. David Saul has announced.

Wholesale prices of gasoline and diesel will rise by 0.6 cents and kerosene 0.3 cents.