Clarendon honours two retired police inspectors

MAY PEN, Clarendon — Avis Murdock-James and Evroy Laing, retired inspectors of police from the Clarendon Division have been honoured for their outstanding and dedicated contribution of 33 and 30 years respectively to crime fighting in the parish.

The two were recognised by the Clarendon Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Bethel Temple Apostolic Church and the wider community, at a service held recently in May Pen.

Both Inspectors, who retired late last year, have earned medals from the police force for long service and good conduct, efficient and distinguished service as well as firearm recovery and apprehension of wanted men.

Noting that they had a long and distinguished career that was performed selflessly, Custos of Clarendon, R James deRoux, guest speaker at the function, said that the two ex-officers had also retired from the force with their integrity intact.

Yamboree Festival gets

good support

ALBERT TOWN, Trelawny — Hundreds of persons, including visitors to the island, turned up at the Albert Town High School in Trelawny, on Easter Monday, April 1, for the 2002 Yamboree Festival.

The festival, dubbed ‘Yam any Way, Come Nyam Yam’, was organised by schools in South Trelawny in collaboration with other community organisations.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, chairman of the planning committee, Rudolph Brown, said the gathering came “to celebrate yam which is an important product of the parish”.

Brown said the farmers, particularly those in South Trelawny, gained financially by selling yams, “and so the schools have to take an interest in yam, because most of the children are able to attend because of the money their parents make from yam sale”.

Three Miles road work to be completed monthend, says minister

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill has said that road work at Three Miles in Kingston is to be completed by the end of this month, three weeks ahead of schedule.

On completion, it is expected to improve the flow of traffic in that area, the minister said this week.

The improvement work include widening the road from Marcus Garvey Drive and Hagley Park Road to accommodate three lanes of traffic; while the approach leg from Six Miles along Spanish Town Road will consist of four lanes, including two turning lanes onto Marcus Garvey Drive and the approach leg from Darling Street will consists of three lanes.

Central High tops

Clarendon 4-H awards

MAY PEN, Clarendon — Central High School in Clarendon took the top awards in the 4-H Parish Achievement Day competitions held recently at the Knox Community College in May Pen.

The school was presented with a trophy for being the ‘overall winner’, while students of the institution received sectional prizes in eight different categories including management of organic farms, project work display, use and application of chemicals, beef cattle judging, agro-processing, plain cake making with butter frosting and apron making.

Central High emerged the winner from a total 30 schools and community groups, which participated in 21 different categories of the competition. Some of the areas include solid waste management, cattle judging, rabbit and goat care and management, budding and grafting, floral arrangement, containerised gardening and school gardening, selection and grading of vegetables as well as the preparation of one pot meals and 4-H uniform making.

Hayes Primary and Junior High and Mineral Heights Primary placed second and third respectively.

Seventeen year-old Mahalia Campbell of Denbigh High School and 13 year-old James Johnson of Garvey Maceo High won the ‘Girl of the Year’ and ‘Boy of the Year’ titles respectively, for which they received several trophies. Terrain Edwards of the Bethel Temple Community Club also won the agriculture public speaking competition.

Community group

assists St Ann police

DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann — The Discovery Bay Police Consultative Committee in St Ann is working to strengthen relations between the police and citizens in that community.

Sergeant Elsada Dawkings, sub-officer in charge of the station, told the Jamaica Information Service that the group, formed a year ago and comprising mainly returning residents, members from the business community and other persons “have collaborated their efforts and have lobbied for items that have helped to make our working environment more people friendly”.

She said that within the year, the group has renovated the police guard room and recreational centre, provided additional lighting and furniture for the station, and lobbied for a security fencing that was erected some four months ago.