Little Cayman—One of Our Best Trips. More than 30 Rotarians and guests found their way to the Little Cayman Beach Resort in January, where they enjoyed outstanding food, accommodations and diving at the newly remodeled facility. Those of us who thought the lodgings at Little Cayman were a bit rustic or primitive were pleasantly surprised to find modern rooms and free web access. Combine this with large, comfortable dive boats, an excellent staff, and the legendary diving of Little Cayman, we could not have asked for a better week of diving. Rotarians from Connecticut to California joined to make this one of our best weeks ever.

We made our customary donation to a local charity, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, in the amount of $2,060. The purpose of the institute, located on Little Cayman, is to sustain marine biodiversity through research, education, conservations and outreach programs. The weekend of our visit the Institute was hosting a Rotary sponsored high school student groupfor an educational program.

While diving we discovered a lionfish in the waters of Little Cayman. Local authorities were notified, the lionfish was captured and taken to the CCMI headquarters for study. Unfortunately, lionfish have found their way to the Cayman Islands as well as various other parts of the Atlantic and Caribbean. Lionfish present a serious threat to the ecology of reefs in these areas, and researchers, including those at CCMI, are working on strategies to handle or eliminate lionfish from these areas where they do not belong and have no natural enemies. Many