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July 2009 Volume 6 No. 6


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KCOBA jamaica elects new board

Dr. Ray Fraser

The new Chairman of KCOBA Jamaica is Dr. Ray Fraser who was elected at the organization's annual general meeting in Kingston on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Atlanta Announces New Board

Winston Stewart

KCOBA Atlanta elected a new board at its Annual General Meeting on June 27th 2009.

The board is headed by Winston Stewart who ran unopposed for president.

Letter from NOBCCHe

Last year, the KCOBA Atlanta chapter partnered with the National Association of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers - Atlanta chapter - to put on a Super Science Weekend for Fulton County's south side students.

The high cost of a university education

Twan Beckford

Students enroll in Kingston College and after a minimum of five years they are ready to move into a university programme.

Either it is at the prominent University of the West Indies or the University of Technology in Jamaica. Students are elated to get the news that they have been accepted in one of the many university programmes that they had previously applied for.

It is all jubilation for the parents and the students until they come to the shocking revelation that come September 2009, tuition fees at the University of the West Indies will be approximately $210,000 per year for programmes outside of the faculty of Medical Sciences where it will be a minimum of $500,000 per year.

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The 1961 common entrance results

Gleaner - September 23, 1961

Did you sit the Common Entrance Exam in 1960 or 1961? We have the results courtesy of Peter Daniels, one of the 1968 sixth formers.

Has the IMF changed?

Basil Waite

Jamaica is about to re-enter into a three year standby arrangement with the IMF for balance of payment support.

Man a Yard Audley Shaw, who previously has boasted that he can source cheap money, is now on his way to Washington with an entourage to seek US $1.2 billion. Make no bone a about it, details of this arrangement, if fully divulged, will be a bitter pill to swallow...

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My name is locksly Wallace

Locksly Wallace

y name is Locksly Wallace. I am an eighteen year old and recently completed upper six at Kingston College.

I presently reside in Central Village in an extended family system, where I am placed seventh of eight children for my mother.

I attended the White Marl Primary and Junior High School located in the community, where I pass the GSAT examination and was fortunate to win a place at the school of my first choice, Kingston College.

A Pop icon passes


KC won 39-28

The untimely passing of Michael Jackson has left those of us who grew up in the 1960’s and 1970’s teary eyed and sad.

As children and teenagers we knew all the songs ‘by heart’ as we sang (or spoke the words) with our girlfriends who loved the Jacksons to death. The bold amongst us had our glove and as rudeboys we already had our ‘gunmouth’ pants so we were in style influenced by Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five!!!

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2009 Churchill Neita Inter-Form Quiz

Stephanie Tulloch presents prize to a student

The finals of the K. Churchill Neita Jr. Inter-form Quiz Competition were held on May 15, 2009 in the newly opened Multipurpose Building on the Melbourne Park Campus.

The day’s events began at approximately 3:30pm and ran smoothly through to 5:45pm. The first match of the day was the Master's match which was introduced 5 years ago and is played between male and female teachers.

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son of KCOB among top GSAT students

Justin Henry

Eleven year old Justin Henry of Stella Maris Preparatory had the second highest average score of the over 300 boys placed at KC based on the Ministry of Education's 2009 GSAT Examinations.

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Jamaican Alumni Soccer Tournament in ft. Lauderdale - Labor Day Weekend - September 6-7, 2009.

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Influential Jamaican in Atlanta - Dr. Noel Erskine


Dr. Noel Erskine

DrNoel Leo Erskine is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Candler School of Theology and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Emory University.

A native of Jamaica, he holds a Diploma in Theology from the University of London, a Master of Theology from Duke University, a Master of Sacred Theology from Union Theological Seminary, a Master of Philosophy from Union Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Union Theological Seminary.

Glen Laman's interview with Dr. Erskine

Dr. Erskine's CV

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On a sad note: Andrew Lewis

ndrew Lewis, nephew of KCOBA Atlantan Lascelles Lewis, departed this life on June 1, 2009.

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David "Wagga" Hunt memorial Football Classic

David Hunt

he inaugural David Hunt Memorial Classic will be held this August. The event includes two legs. The first will be held in Jamaica on Saturday, August 8th at the UWI Mona Bowl, with three games planned:

Meadhaven Senior Team vs. KSAFA Invitational
Pelicans FC vs. Jamaica Nats (USA), Masters Teams
KC vs. Calabar, Manning Cup Teams

A few words from the editor

Glen Laman

They are running the Peachtree Road race in Atlanta as I write this morning. For many years I ran in what is reported to be the largest road race in the world boasting over 55,000 runners.

The race is run over a 10 kilometer (6.2 miles) course through the city's streets each July 4th.

The competitors include many international runners who are attracted by the first prize of $15,000. The race has been dominated by Kenyans in recent years but last year Terefe Maregu of Ethiopia took the men's prize.

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new rector at kingston parish church

Rt Rev E. Don Taylor

The Retired Bishop, KC Old Boy and former principal of of Kingston College returns to Jamaica,

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The Bishop's Last mass

Portrait of Bishop Taylor

This official portrait of Bishop E. Don Taylor is to be hung at the St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York.

We have more photos from his last service as the Episcopal Vicar Bishop of New York.

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Lennox Graham named CIAA women's Track Coach of the year

Lennox Graham

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association named head coach Lennox Graham as the 2009 Outdoor Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year.

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Neita bemoans breakdown in discipline

K. Churchill Neita

Reprinted from the Jamaica Observer

IGH-PROFILE criminal lawyer K Churchill Neita is bemoaning the breakdown in discipline and values among high schools and is urging speedy action to correct what he called a worrying trend.

Delivering the main address at Kingston College's Founders' Day dinner in Kingston recently, Neita, an old boy of the institution, said that the breakdown in discipline was going against the teachings of stalwarts of the 84-year-old institution, in particular the school's founder Percival W Gibson, who went on to become Anglican Bishop of Jamaica.

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Bailey and Batchelor win SEC awards

Alain Bailey

Tarik Batchelor

wo KC Old Boys on the Arkansas Razorback's Track and Field team took home awards at the recent Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships.

Everard Hoo

Everard Hoo a KCOB living in Canada is giving Charles Henry, the first George Thompson scholarship winner, a brawta.

Everard is providing Charles with a subscription to Reader's Digest for as long as he attends KC.

On a sad note: Phillisita Blissett

Mrs. Phillisita Blissett, mother of Kitson Blissett of KCOBA NY departed this life on June 23, 2009.