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Walking for Jamaican schools
Eight years ago, Beachers Karl Hale and Geoff Bower hosted a small get-together that raised $500 for a school in a small Jamaican town. Today, the foundation they started has raised 1,000 times that amount, built six primary schools and funded training courses for the teachers who work in them. At one of the schools, [...]
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Frank Bert Butson, 1965-2013
Goodbye, Big Frank. I have always believed in the goodness of people – that everyone has a purpose, no matter how insignificant they may think their lives are. Today, with great sadness, I write about the perfect example of such a person. Frank Bert Butson, known to most as ‘Big Frank’, was born 48 years [...]
Dog guides a boon to owners’ health
Soon after Taylor Martin and his dog Scooby joined dozens of others on the boardwalk for the Beach’s Walk for Dog Guides, the two were leading the pack. That’s true to form, says Julie Martin, Taylor’s mother. Eighteen months since he paired up with Scooby, a black lab trained as a seizure response dog by [...]
St. John grad wins dual scholarships
Ask Kim Taylor why basketball scouts at US and Canadian universities wanted her to play wing for them next year and the answer can be summed up in one word: drive. “When I started playing, I was really just the most aggressive player,” she says. But Taylor, who just netted sport and academic scholarships to [...]
