KCOBA Newsletter " KC Times" kingston College jamaica kingston college jamaica january 2010 freddie green, haiti earthquake janine scott leford green

January 2010 Volume 7 No. 1


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KCOB appointed chief in Ghana

Kwesi Kafele

Community leader and activist, Kwasi Kafele was recently appointed Chief of Youth Development for Manya Krobo, located in the eastern region of Ghana. His new name is 'Nene Kwesi Detse I'.

Read news accounts of Kwasi's appointment:

Our hearts go out to our Haitian neighbors

Flag of Haiti

Weare saddened at the unbelievable Earthquake destruction that has befallen Jamaica's neighbor, Haiti.

The KCOBA joins with the world community in sending our prayers and hopes for the Haitian people's deliverance in this period of destruction and distress.

Many lives have been lost. Many buildings have been destroyed and many, many more are without shelter. And over 200,000 are estimated dead. The amazing resilience of the people of Haiti is once again being tested.

Daughter of KCOB publishes book

Janine Scott

Attorney Janine A. Scott recently published her first book, Legal Aid Wealth, Surviving and Thriving on the Salary of a Public Interest Attorney. Ms. Scott is the daughter of KC Old Boy, Norman Scott, a former Secretary of the New York Chapter of the KCOBA.

Published at a time when the US and much of the world is experiencing a recession, the book is most timely. It is a practical guide on how to not just survive, but to live comfortably, on a modest income. While the author focuses on how she effectively manages her finances on the relatively modest salary of a legal aid attorney, the book is by no means restricted to attorneys. Instead, the real life, common-sense advice offered on repaying student loans, establishing a personal spending plan, saving for retirement, purchasing a home, and eliminating consumer debt, are applicable across all professions or careers.

Ms. Scott credits much...

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Why I joined the KC cadet Unit

Dr. Cedric Lazarus

am not sure or cannot now recall exactly why I joined the cadet force when I was in second form. Maybe I was just bored and was seeking an avenue for my pent up energy. It was not as if most of my friends were joining up, because they were not. In fact, from my class only about three of us joined up and in the entire second form of that year not more than 15 of the 250 of us decided to become cadets.

As I recall, others taking the plunge into the unknown with me included Simeon Stewart of Sagittarius Band fame, Knolly “Dread” Derby, Richard Blackford (who went to Camperdown for 6th form and started a cadet unit there) and the late Norman Watson and Milton Richards.

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Pencil Drawing of Collie Smith and Wes Hall

Bally Reid presents drawing to Wes Hall

Bally Reid's presentation of his pencil drawing of Collie Smith and Wes Hall to Wes Hall at the KCOBA Jamaica Reunion Dinner.

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Triple Champions honored by KCOBA Limited

Combined 1964 & 1965 triple football champions' teams, members of which were honored at the KCOBA reunion in November '09

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Where are they now: Freddie Green

Freddie Green

Freddie Green, captain of the 1949 KC Manning Cup football team, the first KC team to win the Manning Cup, is the focus of our inaugural “Where are They Now” series.

Born in Stony Hill, Green attended Mico Practicing School where he captained the football team and ran track before entering KC in 1946. During his outstanding tenure at KC, Green had the distinction of representing KC in football, track and cricket which culminated in the historic 1949-50 season when KC swept all three trophies in the aforementioned sports.

Youngster Goldsmith Classic 2010

all it a lyme, ole talk, reminiscence or whatever, it was a pleasurable evening at Professor Rainford Wilks’ residence. The evening of ‘shooting the breeze’ took place just a week before Christmas ‘09.

KC Chapel Choir concert 2009

"When I see the quality of the music these youngsters produce," Howard said, "I know there's hope for Jamaica - in spite of all the negative talk we keep hearing."

He was speaking to his friend Winty during a Christmas concert in the chapel of the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Sunday afternoon.

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KC times publication guidelines

Derrick R. Wright

Introduction: Every well-meaning organization that solicits articles or papers for publication to a discriminating readership needs to have an effective set of publication policies and guidelines.

As such, when KCTimes.Org Managing Editor Glen Laman asked me to help develop a policy for the KCOBA online newsletter, I drew from my years of experience as the long-time managing editor for Foresight, a technical journal published by BellSouth’s forecasting organization.

That I did as I drafted the initial set of policies and guidelines for our very own organization. In addition, I consulted with a number of publishing houses, and after considering a few of the policies that they had adopted, I found that the related policies and guidelines were fairly well in line with what we were proposing.

That was then. We released the initial set of guidelines, and the process worked well, as was expected. Since that time, however,

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The Grace Shield Cricket team

A few words from the editor

Glen Laman

he year 2010 is off and running. And there sure has been a lot of bad news at the start.

The global economy is still a mess. Many old boys are feeling the pinch. Many governments are on the verge of financial disaster and many families are worried about the future. And a devastating earthquake has demolished Haiti. Despite all this, we remain hopeful that better days lie ahead.

Your newsletter is now entering its 7th year.

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KCOB Joins Vancouver Whitecaps

Jhamie Hyde (r)

The former KC Manning Cup and Jamaica under 17 star Jhamie Hyde is seen in the background of this photo on his first day of training with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Former Manning Cup Captain excels at Mt. Vernon Nazarene

Chris Allen

Chris Allen, captain of the 2007 Manning Cup team has been selected to the American Mideast Conference (AMC) second team for his stand out role in leading the Mt. Vernon Nazarene University soccer team to the AMC Tournament. Allen a forward in his second year, as so far scored seven goals, four of which have been game winners, he has also contributed seven assists.

His goals and assists have been major contributors to the Cougars success, the team ended the regular season with a record of 12-5-1, and at the time of writing had advanced to the semi-finals of the AMC Tournament. This recent recognition highlight the stellar season that Chris is having, it started with him being named the Most Valuable Offensive player for the season opening First-Knox Cougar Invitational Tournament.

A little hospital doing big things

Dr Fraser (r) during surgery

Nadine Bourg perhaps summed it up best: "It is a humble little hospital, in a small community, doing great things." Head anaesthesiologist Dr Bourg was referring to her medical institution of employment, the Annotto Bay Hospital, located in South East St Mary, a 45-minute drive heading east from Constant Spring in upper St Andrew.

The hospital, founded in 1867 by Dr John Pringle as a medical post for workers, has grown at a rapid pace to emerge as one of the leading institutions of patient care island wide.

The new hospital, opened in 1950 at its present location along the eastern coastline on the edge of the town heading toward Portland -- with a picturesque view of the Caribbean Sea in tow -- has outstripped all expectations and those involved in its growth believe that the best is yet to come.

Leford green - the man to Catch

Leford Green

he Lennox Graham trained Leford Green is the man to catch this year.

Coach Graham is putting together something special at JCSU and we truly hope that some of you can come to the national championships in Charlotte, in May 2010.