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| Quarterly Newsletter November-2004 |
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| Gillian
Thompson |
The
winner of our Christmas card competition is
eleven-year-old Gillian Thompson
who won herself an MP3 player. Second place
went to Shaun Douglas who
won a cellular phone. Congratulations to them
both and thanks to everyone who entered the
competition.
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| Sarah
Whitelock |
Hats
off to Sarah Whitelock of
Denison University in Ohio who is among the
recent winners of a Tryee Scholarship. Sarah
completed grades 11 and 12 of high school in
the United States where she was a national honour
roll student and a member of the Who's Who among
American High School students. The Tyree Scholarship
is awarded on the basis of academic performance,
extracurricular activities, and essay and counsellor
and teacher recommendations. |
| Levon
Whyte And Nicholas Pennycooke
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Congratulations
to Levon Whyte of Ardenne High
School , as well as Nicholas Pennycooke
- they both gained no less than eight
distinctions in the recent CXC examinations.
Keep up the fantastic work, boys!
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| Anna-Maria Dawkins |
received
the top student award for pre 4 th and 5 th
at the Maths Unlimited Super Summer School.
She was also commended for her outstanding performance
in Biology and Chemistry. |
| Danielle Levy And Ashley
O'Sullivan |
Other
brilliant CXC scholars include Danielle
Levy of Immaculate Conception High
School, with three distinctions and five credits
under her belt and Ashley O'Sullivan
, also of Immaculate, who gained two
distinctions and six credits.
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| Danielle
Sheraine Pottinger
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of
Immaculate Conception High School deserves high
praises for a year of many successes. She gained
no less than nine distinctions in the CXC and
Cambridge examinations recently and was valedictorian
for the 2004 class. Danielle was also the high
school champion of the Vivian Rochester Memorial
Mathematics Competition.
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| Julene allen |
Congratulations
are also in order for Julene Allen,
who has been awarded a certificate
of excellence at her school for three consecutive
years. Last year, she got the highest grade
in English Literature in the entire second form.
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| Asha-Kai Faulkner |
who
passed her GSAT and is now attending Immaculate
High, came first in her class and won the Principal's
award for high achievement in sports, academics
and exemplary behaviour. Keep it up, Asha-Kai!
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IslandSmiles News |
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The exchange rate effective
November 1st 2004 is J$62.00 to US$1.00 |
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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. |
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Patients in Sports |
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Angella Chuck And Brigitte Foster |
Caught
a few Jamaica Observer photos of our Olympians at
the Athens Games recently. There were Angela
Chuck relaxing at the Olympic Village, and
Brigitte Foster cooling out with
a fellow hurdler. They deserve our congratulations
for making it to the Games. They seemed so at home,
we're lucky they came back.
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| Jodi Seymour |
is
a chess-playing swimmer. She won four gold medals
for chess and is Jamaica 's top female chess player
under 13. She has won two bronze medals for her school
and three golds and one silver for her swim club (Tornadoes).
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Patients in News |
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| Joy
Crawford
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Did
you see the photo of Joy Crawford
on the social page of the gleaner recently? She was
named Kiwanian of the Year for the Kiwanis club of
New Kingston at the club's installation banquet at
the Hilton Kingston Hotel. |
| Camille
Delgado |
And
we caught a snap of Camille Delgado
in the Gleaner, chatting with other guests during
the cocktail hour of the Aglow concert at Half Moon's
50 th anniversary celebrations. |
| Anna-Maria Dawkins |
was
at the Maths Unlimited exhibition and awards ceremony
at the Knutsford Court Hotel recently and the Gleaner
photographer snapped her chatting with a youngster
about the tie-dye clothing on display.
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| Heidi-Anne Hanson And Maureen
Hemmings |
Did
you realize that we have our own “Digicel girl”? Yes,
it was Heidi-Anne Hanson showing
her winning smile in Digicel's press advertisements
this past summer. And another beautiful smile came
from Maureen Hemmings , owner and
pharmacist at Waltham Park Pharmacy, as she gave her
endorsement to the National Health Fund card.
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| Amanda Gibson
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| is already a gifted photographer. She entered this year's JCDC photo competition and was awarded on bronze medal and a certificate of merit. |
| Niaomi Cowan
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| Sixteen-year-old Naomi Cowan was crowned Miss Teen Jamaica 2004 on July 25, toppingthirteen other finalists to win the title. She will be traveling to Barbados the Miss Teen Caribbean competition on December 5. She entered the competition with the intention of gaining experience, meeting people, traveling to various places and getting involved with charities. This is the first time that Jamaica will be participating in the Caribbean pageant and we know that Naomi will do us proud. |
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| Raecine Williams |
is
Miss JMTC 2004. Raecine is a fourth-former at
Campion College . She made her stage debut with
JMTC in 2001 as a member of the dance chorus
and by 2003 she had gained her first principal
role as Princess Delectina in Scheherazades'
Tale. This year she plays one of the six lead
roles and is also a principal dancer. Raecine
has been dancing for ten years and she is a
member of Tony Wilson's Dance Centre where she
helps teach very young pupils. She also has
a fine singing voice. Congratulations Raecine,
we look forward to watching you collect an Oscar
one of these days!
As in past years, the cast of the Jamaica Junior Theatre 2004 production , Anastasia ,
is full of our star-quality patients. The
musical
boasts the talents of stars such as :
Krysten Chin
Ayanna Dixon
Elizabeth Goffe
Christopher Gomes
Deirdre Gomes
Matthew Gordon-Martin
Rachel Hitchins
Noelle Jackson
Elizabeth Levy
Shannon McClure
Dana McCulloch
Toni-Gaye McCulloch
Shauna Myers
Christian Seaga
J'Nelle Stephenson
Danielle Stiebel
Nicole Thwaites
Raecine Williams
Samantha Chin Yee is working off stage as Assistant Choreographer
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And
we somehow did not include Desiree Leslie
of Immaculate, Kerithea Rose
of Wolmers Girls, and Angiel
Shaw on our list of GSAT scholars
last time. It's never too late to say congratulations.
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News from the Stork |
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| Donna and Alwyn
Scott |
| The stork brought
a new baby girl to Donna and Alwyn
Scott . Proud parents and baby Naima doing
well! |
| Elsa Smith |
| also
had a baby girl, Elsan , who made
her appearance on July 18, weighing 8lbs 4 oz. |
| Nadine
Bridgemahon-Russell |
| gave birth to a baby girl,Daniella, on October 11,weighing 8lbs 1oz. |
| Wedding Bells |
Congratulations
to Eban Hutton who tied the knot
on June 6 at the Andrew's Memorial Seventh Day Adventist
Church . We wish Eban and his lovely bride Kaydean
a long and joyful marriage.
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| Sandra
Daley |
| And
we have a new member of staff - Mrs Sandra Stephenson
, if you please! Well, she's not really new,
but you might know her as Sandra Daley. Sandra and her
new hubby Chris tied the knot on July 31, 2004 . We
wish them health and happiness together in the years
to come |
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