Quarterly Newsletter February-2004   Farewell Dr. Angus In January of this year, we had to say goodbye to Dr. Dwight Angus, who has been with us since September 1999. Dr Angus has left to reside with his family in Tobago. He remained in Jamaica long enough to participate in the 2004 Dental Convention for which he was Chairman, and we had hoped he would tarry with us a little longer, but this was not to be. His warm personality will certainly be missed and we wish him and his family success and happiness. We are in the process of recruiting another Associate Orthodontist to help to provide you with remarkable care you are so used to receiving from us. While we continue to search for this Associate, be assured that with the team of excellent Orthodontic-Assistants that we boast supported by state-of-the art technology, the progress of your treatment will be unaffected.   Stacey-Ann Whittaker Hats off to Stacey-Ann Whittaker of Immaculate Conception High School who copped 5 distinctions in her recent exams and won herself a scholarship to boot. All the best, Stacey-Ann and keep up the good work.                         IslandSmiles News The exchange rate effective Feb1st 2004 is J$60.00 to US$1.00 Movie Days for 2004 are July 10th and August 21st. See you there !!! Remember we have arranged it so that you can ease the stress by using Bill Express to make your payments to us. There are locations all over the island and if you are not sure where the nearest one is, just call 1-888-555-5555.   Patients in Sports Brigitte Foster Congratulations to Brigitte Foster on winning the Sportswoman of the Year award for 2003. We saw a lovely newspaper photo of her with her trophy. The only thing more brilliant than the trophy was Brigitte’s beautiful smile. Kyle Gregg Kyle Gregg represented Jamaica in the US Open Squash Tournament which took place December 18-23, 2003. Zachary Banbury Step aside Yao Ming and Shaq, here comes Zachary Banbury. Zachary helped his team to a 7-4 victory over Mona Prep in the Insport/Milo Mini Basketball competition recently. The Gleaner’s photographer caught a good shot of Zachary about to make a jump shot.     Patients in News Marguerite Orane Did you see Marguerite Orane in the news the other day? We saw a snapshot of her in the Jamaica Observer , making a presentation to the President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica on behalf of her company, Growth Facilitators. Joan Francis and Sybil Belnavis And more recently, we saw Joan Francis and Sybil Belnavis, members of the UWI Alumni Association Docuspot Team. The Docuspot business office is located on the Main Library Building of the Mona campus and offers all kinds of printing. copying, courier services to UWI students. With Joan and Sybil there, we know Docuspot must be the Top Spot. Primla Munroe Then there is Primla, the Pilates Princess who was featured in the Gleaner’s Flair Magazine on March 1. Primla was selected to take part in Flair’s Pilates challenge, a three-month, three-class per week Pilates programme at a pilates/yoga studio. So far Primla is losing inches and the exercise has done a lot for her health and her general well-being. Keep it up, Primla! Gisele Gardner We have a budding writer in the family – Gisele Gardner was one of the poets featured recently in the Jamaica Observer’s Literary Arts pages.   Shadae Stanton Congratulations to 14 year-old Shadae Stanton, of Montego Bay High School who has been selected to serve as Montego Bay’s Junior Mayor for a 2003-2004. There was a lovely picture in the newspaper of Shadae receiving her award from Montego Bay’s Mayor. Sounds like we have a future leader in our midst. Simon Benjamin Want a trendy T-shirt? Try one designed by Simon Benjamin who has been taking the local market by storm. His collection is called ROY, meaning Right Outta Yard and has designs for males and females. Simon is now pursuing an undergraduate degree in graphic design and motion graphics at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and his T-shirts will soon be available in boutiques in the United States. Well done, Simon!       We’ve always known how wonderfully talented Danielle Stiebel is and now more and more people are finding that out. Danielle was the “Young Achiever” featured in the Jamaica Observer’s Teenage Entertainment page on February 17, 2004. Hope you saved your copy! Danielle is the star of this year’s Jamaica Junior Musical Theatre company (JJMTC) production, Anastasia. Although she is now studying economics at the UWI, her first love is performing on stage – singing, acting, dancing. Danielle is involved with the Edna Manley School of Dance – they represented Jamaica in Brazil at an international conference last summer – and she’s also a member of the UWI Dance Society. She would love to continue her career in the performing arts but since opportunities in that field are limited in Jamaica, she has set her sites on making her contribution to the social and economic life of Jamaica. Whatever she does, Danielle will do well. Congratulations to Tiffany Reid and Marlon Samuda of Hillel Academy, who received special acting awards during the last Annual Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival. Their school was also recognized for the most outstanding performance for 2003.   Good Luck!!!  to all who are taking GSAT Exams   News from the Stork Sophia Williams was blessed with a son on November 6, 2003, Romano Nicholl Buchanan. He is not a very big fellow, weighing 5 lbs 5 oz at birth. But Romano, we know you are going to give new meaning to the saying “little but tallawah!” Sandra Grandison-Josephs gave birth to a 9 lb 1 oz heavyweight champion on January 25, 2004. His name is Kristoffe André Joseph Wedding Bells Congratulations to Charmaine Walters Balfour who tied the knot on December 13, 2003. with her braces on!! We wish the newlyweds many, many years of happiness.   We were all so very sad to hear of the passing of Jaime Dunstan on Sunday, February 8 at the Andrews Memorial Hospital. Jaime was one of our patients, and a very special one he was, too. Jaime was diagnosed at seven months with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disorder that results in weakness of all the motor muscles. So Jamie was never able to walk, but he made up for that in many other areas. By age two he was already reading. He also had a special gift for mentally calculating complex mathematical problems. He received prizes for poetry from the Optimist International Club in its Caribbean Creative Writing Competition in 1998 – he loved to draw, was a member of the choir and was a sports enthusiast. Even though he couldn’t play the games he could spout out statistics at will and always gave his schoolmates advice on how to improve their game. He was in his second year at UWI, pursuing a double major in Mathematics and English Literature when he died. We will always remember Jaime for his courage, confidence and his keen sense of humour.