BOSA Newsletter
Volume 22 July 2015
“Only The Best Is Good Enough”
Produced by: Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA)
Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased)
New Market P.O., Saint Elizabeth
Jamaica, West Indies
E-mail: beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com
Officers: Glenis Daley, President
Victor Smith, Vice President
Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer,
Newsletter Editor/Producer
Ann Hamilton, Assistant Secretary
Objective
The objective of BOSA Newsletter is to inform and educate the people in Beersheba School Community and all Beersheba Primary School Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora by means of clean and wholesome news. In doing so, the Newsletter will continue to highlight and celebrate their achievements, mourn their losses, defend their rights and articulate their needs. With meticulous calculated professional news reporting, the Newsletter will ceaselessly expose the entrenched culture of silence, secrecy, non-response and pussy-footing that has characterized the unscrupulous tyrannical oligarchy rule that is tarnished with nepotism that is designed to frustrate Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) as it continues to work assiduously as the safety net and mentor for voiceless and vulnerable students who reside in the impoverished peasant farming Beersheba Primary School Community from falling through the cracks cognizant of the fact, that had it not been for intervention from the Association, these students would be left alone to fend for themselves contrary to the vision of James “Dick” Richards, Beersheba Primary School Alumnus, Soldier, Self-made Businessman, Philanthropist and Icon.
Reflection on Beersheba Primary School Alumni that have Passed on
In keeping with the decision of Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) to support a paperless friendly environment and go green, effective from Volume 16 of its newsletter, the Association will no longer list in its newsletter the names of Beersheba Primary School Alumni that have passed on.
All Beersheba Primary School Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, Well-wishers, and all our other readers who are accustomed to see the names of those that have passed on listed in its newsletter, are asked to visit BOSA website: bosaonline.org where information is listed in full detains and it will be updated periodically.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to express its sincere condolence to all family members and relatives of the deceased as they continue to grieve and mourn the loss of their love ones. May the memories of these bereaved love ones continue to linger in our heart and subliminal consciousness. Sunset in one land is sunrise in another.
Decision Taken by the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) and the Managing Committee For James Richards Educational Trust Fund Re Shanisa Jones, now Grade 10 Students At Saint Elizabeth Technical High School STETHS)
BOSA comments on the above subject matter remains the same as they were written on page 1 of 12 and 2 of 12 in Volume 14 July 2013 of its Newsletter.
Beersheba Primary School Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, Well-wishers, and all readers of this newsletter are urged to visit BOSA website: bosaonline.org to view and read new articles posted on
the website that will give them additional information with respect to this outstanding, contentious matter unresolved.
Progress Report on Shanisa Jones, Tanhoi Guthrie, Nickayla Stevens, and Damankie Smith
After being successful in all eight (8) CXC subjects, Shanisa Jones – Six Form Student at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) – continues to excel in natural science subjects that will enable her to pursue studies in medicine which is the career of her choice. Shanisa sat four (4) subjects in CAPE Exam in May 2015 and is now awaiting results.
Notwithstanding the unconscionable tyrannically oligarchy ruled Administration at Beersheba Primary School (New Trustee) for James Richards Educational Trust Fund has consistently denied Shanisa benefit as a qualified beneficiary of the Trust Fund from she was grade 7 student in September 2009 with assistance and monitoring from Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), Shania has not ceased to excel academically.
All residents in your native Flint Valley District, New Market, saint Elizabeth and Beersheba Primary School Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora are proud of you Shanisa and we all BIG YOU UP and encourage you to KEEP ON KEEPING ON and NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP!
Tanhoi Guthrie, grade 11student, Nickayla Stevens, grade 10 students, and Damanike Smith, grade 10 students who currently attend Hampton School and Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Malvern and Santa Cruz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies respectively, continue to maintain satisfactory academic performances.
Meet Sameika Maitland and BOSA Adopted Achiever and Trailblazer
Sameika Maitland who is currently Form 1 Grade 7-24 student at Hampton School, Malvern, Saint Elizabeth has been adopted and is being assisted and monitored by Beersheba Old Student Association (BOSA).
Sameika Maitland, daughter of Juliette Mullings, an Alumnus of Beersheba Primary School, graduated from New Roads All Age School, Westmoreland, Jamaica West Indies where she was successful in passing the Grade Six Achievement Text (GSAT) with a grade of 92.7%. The Ministry of Education placed Sameika at Hampton School on the basis of her excellent performance in the GSAT Exam.
When news reached BOSA Secretary/Treasurer that Sameika’s mother was in the process of removing Sameika from Hampton School because she could not afford to pay her daughter’s Boarding and Tuition Fees, the Secretary/Treasurer stopped the transfer process and initiated action that resulted in Sameika being admitted to Hampton School where she began classes on September 3, 2014.
Sameika continues to excel at Hampton School by scoring all 90s in tests and Exams that she has been given at school.
For more information about Sameika and her plight, readers are invited to log on to BOSA website: bosaonline.org where by clicking on July 2014 in the archives section, they will be able to read the news article captioned: WHO WILL HELP SAMEIKA MAITLAND IN HER PLIGHT that is posted on BOSA webpage.
If the hearts of our readers are touched by Sameika’s plight and success story, you can make your generous financial contribution to assist in defraying the cost of her Boarding and Tuition Fees at Hampton School in the following manner:
1. If you reside in Jamaica West Indies, you can deposit your contribution into Account No. 891007604 in the name of Munro & Dickenson Trust Hampton School at any Branch of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited. Please indicate on the deposit slip that the amount deposited is for Sameika Maitland you are kindly asked to advise Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) by e-mail to: beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com the name, mailing address or e-mail address of the donor and date when the money was deposited.
2. If you reside in the Diaspora outside of Jamaica West Indies, you can make your checks/cheques or money orders payable to Beersheba Old Students Association. Amounts received will be deposited in the Association’s account at Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited (Black River Branch). All contributions with a note indicating the name, mailing or e-mail address of the donor should be mailed to: Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), 99 Jacaranda Avenue, Flat Rocks Subdivision, Black River P.O., Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.
All contributions will be promptly acknowledged.
Editor’s Note: Readers are asked to log on to BOSA website: bosaonline.org and browse through the Association’s web pages to ascertain the reasons that Parents have rejected the education products that are being offered at Beersheba Primary School and have been moving their children from the school to New Roads All Age School that is located in the neighbouring Parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica West Indies.
BOSA INVALUABLE HONORARY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND WELL-WISHERS
Cognizant of how invaluable Honorary Members, Friends, and Well-wishers are to Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association with importunity, continues his relentless search through the use of social net work websites and Information Technology (IT) to build BOSA database so as to add Honorary Members, Friends, and Well-wishers who are invaluable to the work that BOSA is doing in the interest and welfare of students at Beersheba Primary School.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to place on record and express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to Hartley Cawley of Cawley’s Pharmacy, High Street, Black River, Saint Elizabeth for his continued invaluable support that he has been giving to the Association.
Beersheba Primary School Alumni Who Continue to Have a Caring Heart towards Students who have Graduated From Beersheba Primary School as well as those who are currently attending the School.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation and gratitude to Sheila & Winston Hamilton, Nora “Kitty Teacher” Lawrence, Kenneth Smith, Viola Cain-Hall, RN, Gloria Smith-Meredith, BSC, Roy Holness, Neville Jones and other Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni who have requested that they remain anonymous, for their generous sacrificial financial contribution that are utilized by the Association as a safety net to assist students who are in need to further their education.
Need For GSAT Students Graduating Beersheba Primary School to be Computer Literate.
Against the backdrop of information given on page 2 of 10 Volume 15 October 2013 under the above heading, and in light of recent announcements made by the Ministry of Education with respect to the introduction and provision of Computer Tablets to each student at the Primary Level, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) met with the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) on December 4, 2013 to discuss the way forward regarding this matter.
Decision taken at this meeting at which four (4) additional items that were used as terms of reference for this meeting, is that the Administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) will take appropriate action to contact Stephen Curran, Network Design Director at Digicel Group, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies regarding his interest that he has indicated to Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) to provide Wireless Broadband Internet Service to the school notwithstanding the fact that his knowledge of the terrain in the area could be challenging to provide service to the school.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has not received any information from the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) with respect to the outcome of the contact that the Board is expected to make with Stephen Curran, Network Design Director at Digicel Group.
MORE JAMAICAN PROVERBS
On page 8 of Volume 2 of BOSA Newsletter under the heading: JAMAICAN PROVERBS THAT OUR ANCESTORS TAUGHT US, we defined a proverb (which comes from the Latin word proverbium) in any
language – including Jamaican Patois – as a simple and concrete saying that is popularly known and repeated and expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experiences of humanity.
In addition to two hundred and fifty four (254) Jamaican Proverbs that were published in Volumes 2-21 of the Association’s Newsletters, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is pleased to list the following fourteen (14) additional Jamaican Proverbs for the information and consideration of all Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, and Well-wishers and other readers of its newsletter in Jamaica and the Diaspora:
Ebrey day de devil help de thief, one day God will help de watchman
Howdy and tenke no bruck no square
Man no dead, no call him duppy
Two heads better dan one even if one a dem is coco head
One bundle of shingle can’t shingle more dan one bundle can
Tek time search ants and you will find him belly
See me a one ting but come live wid me is another
A no ebrey mango got magitch
If fish go a riber bottom and tell you say alligator hab gum boil, you better believe him
Hog say, de fus water him reach him wash
Puss no hab han, but him use him foot wipe him face
Wha dog see, him bark all night; wha ram goat see, it no bother him
You no fe bite de hand at feed you
Rabbit can’t weigh more dan him four quarters
Erection of the Unpainted Ply Board Partition in the Main Auditorium At Beersheba Primary School.
In the pursuance of comments listed on page 9 of 14 of Volume 7 of BOSA Newsletter regarding the above subject matter, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that as a result of pussy-footing by Ministry of Education Technocrats Errol Golding, Director of Technical Services, and Courtney Hamilton, Regional Building Officer, Bertram Brooks, Area Building Supervisor, and Collin Blair, Director of Communications, the issue remains unresolved and inimical to all Stakeholders in the Beersheba Primary School Community. notwithstanding the assurance given by the Board of Governors Beersheba Primary School which met at a meeting that was chaired by Mrs. Nadine Leachman, Regional Director, Region 5, Ministry of Education that the Board would handle and resolve the matter, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that this outstanding matter remains unresolved.
BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS OF BOSA
The Administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), has granted Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) permission to continue holding its bi-monthly general meeting in the main auditorium of the school.
Fund Raising Activities In Connection With BOSA Suport Fund for High School Students
BOSA Members, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, Well-wishers, and other Beersheba Primary School Old Students who have not yet heard but who through the help of other Old Students, and this News Letter, will be made aware of BOSA existence and the work that the Association has been doing in the interest and welfare of students at Beersheba
Primary School, are urged to make Checks/Cheques/Money Orders for their generous financial contribution to BOSA Support Fund payable to BEERSHEBA OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION and is to be mailed to: Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) at 99 Jacaranda Avenue, Flat Rocks Subdivision, Black River P.O., Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies. All donations received will be promptly acknowledged in writing on BOSA official letter head.
Persons living in Jamaica, West Indies may deposit their generous financial contribution to BEERSHEBA OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Savings Account No. 4410317200298396 at any Branch of Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited and advise the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association when the deposit has been made so that such contributions can be promptly acknowledged in writing.
Meet the Achievers and TrailBlazers
No profile of any Beersheba Primary School Alumnus/Alumna has been received for inclusion in this newsletter.
Editor’s Note: If Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora would like to see themselves being featured under this heading, Alumni who have not yet responded to appeals made in BOSA Newsletters to send the Editor/Producer their curriculum vitae, academic, and communal profile as an attachment to the Association’s e-mail address: beershebaoldstudentsassn.@gmail.com as soon as possible so that they can be published in Volume 18 as well as future Volumes of the Newsletter..
Resolution To Rename Beersheba Primary School James Richards Primary School
As a result of the above subject matter being thoroughly discussed with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in a meeting that was held at the Ministry’s Head Office in Kingston, Jamaica west Indies on March 13, 2013, and the matter being given full support by the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is hopeful that with the full backing of the entities named herein, the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) will acquiesce to meet with BOSA so that in the same way that Bob Marley Foundation has succeeded in getting cabinet approval for Hon.Robert “Bob” Nester Marley alma mater to be named after him, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) will also get Cabinet approval to rename James Richards alma mater, Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) after him.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that this subject matter was discussed at the meeting that was held in the main auditorium at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) between the School Board Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) and the Association on December 4, 2013. The Chairman of the School Board Rev. Phyllis Smith-Seymour – a Moravian and member of the decision making body in the Moravian Church pertaining to educational matters – informed the meeting that notwithstanding consensus reached by stakeholders in Beersheba School Community that the school should be renamed; the decision of the Moravian Church in Jamaica which she will communicate to the Association in writing is that the name of the school will not be changed despite philanthropic contributions
that James “Dick” Richards, Beersheba Primary School Alumnus, Soldier, Self-made Businessman, Philanthropist, Icon, and Legend has made to the school.
The big issue that will have to be resolved by Cabinet or the Courts in the Government of Jamaica is whether or not the Moravian Church as a Protestant Denomination has the inalienable right to ignore the
voice of the majority of stakeholders in Beersheba School Community and in so doing, deny the greatest good to the greatest number.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that up to the date and time of Volume 21 of BOSA Newsletter being published, the Association has not received any written response from the Moravian Church in Jamaica as promised by Rev. Phyllis Smith-Seymour, Chairman Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) stating that the name of the school will not be changed despite philanthropic contributions that James “Dick” Richards have made to his alma mater.
Members Of The School Board Beersheba Primary School, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies.
The National Council on Education (NCE) has published the names of the following persons whom the Honourable Minister of Education has appointed to serve on the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government School), New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies:
Chairman: Rev. Phyllis Smith-Seymour
Principal: Mrs. Tatlin Smith-Williams
Academic Member: Mrs. Naomi Foster-Brooks
PTA Member: Nickesha Lawrence
Community Member: Mr. Valdes Hamilton
Member 1: Mrs. Karen Walker
Editor’s note: As a result of what appears to be indefinite absence of Nickesha Lawrence, PTA Member on the School Board on personal business overseas, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has taken note of the fact that Beersheba primary School (Government Leased) PTA does not currently have a voice on the School Board.
Laughter Is Good Medicine For The Soul
Research done by medical science has revealed that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown. Consequently, a smile that often culminates in laughter does not only support good muscular skeletal health but it is also medicine for the soul.
BOSA invites its readers to read, smile and have a good laugh at the contents of the following articles:
Senior Wedding
Jacob, age 92 and Rebecca, age 89, living in Miami, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way back they pass a pharmacy. Jacob suggests that he and his bride to be go in the store.
Jacob addresses the man behind the counter. “Are you the owner?” The Pharmacist replied, “Yes.”
Jacob: “We’re about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?”
Pharmacist: “Of course, we do.”
Jacob: “how about medicine for circulation?”
Pharmacist: “All kinds.”
Jacob: “Medicine for rheumatism?”
Pharmacist: “Definitely.”
Jacob: “how about suppositories?”
Pharmacist: “you bet!”
Jacob: “Medicine for memory problems, arthritis and Alzheimer’s?”
Pharmacist: “Yes, a large variety. The works.”
Jacob: “What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for Parkinson’s disease?’
Pharmacist: “Absolutely!”
Jacob: “Everything for heartburn and indigestion?”
Pharmacist: “We sure do.”
Jacob: “You sell wheelchairs, walkers and canes?”
Pharmacist: “All speeds and sizes.”
Jacob: “Adult diapers?”
Pharmacist: “Sure!”
Jacob: “We would like to use this Pharmacist as our Bridal Registry.”
A young man turned up at the check in counter at one of the International Airports in Jamaica when the Ticket Agent said to him: “May I have your passport please?” The young man looking perplexed replied: “Me no hab no passport. Me grannie tell me say, good manners will tek me anywhere me want fe go in the world.”
BEERSHEBA OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (BOSA) HOME-COMING AND STUDENTS REUNION
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has not received any feedback, comment, and/or suggestion since the above subject matter was promulgated and thoroughly discussed in Volume 13 page 12 of 12 in its Newsletter, April 2013.
The Elesa Hamilton Scholarship that was announced At The Meeting of Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) PTA That was Held At the School On Thursday, September 12, 2013
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to inform its readers, that none of the students at Beersheba Primary School who sat the Ministry of Education Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) examination has satisfied the criteria that would qualify them to benefit from The Elesa Hamilton Scholarship.
Parents and other Stakeholders are urged to take active interest in the welfare of students who attend Beersheba Primary School so as to ensure that they will be able to meet and satisfy the criteria set by the
Hamilton Family that manages and makes disbursements from the Scholarship Fund to qualified beneficiaries.
GOLDEN THOUGHTS AND NUGGETS
“The world is often referred to as a cruel field where only the fittest survive but in the final analysis, the survivors will be those who have usefully given service to their fellowmen.”
Ira P. Philip, parliamentary Reporter in Bermuda 1948-1962, Broadcaster, First managing Editor of THE BERMUDA RECORDER (1925), AUTHOR OF THE BOOK: FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM MONK TO MONUMBO (1987)
“Truth crushed to the earth shall rise again!”
Charles Vinton Monk, unfrocked black clergyman in the AME Church Philadelphia, USA, after he was led away from Court to serve four months and six months consecutive sentence handed down by Judge Leopold Glass and Judge C. V. Gordon, Jr. at the end of his libelous trial in 1928 against Bishop William Hood of the same church. Before his conviction and sentencing, through THE NEW ERA that he owned, managed and edited and from the pulpit, Rev. C. V. Monk became the champion of the grassroots clergymen of the church who felt that they were being held down but they were too timid to speak out against what Rev. Monk called “the parasitical Presiding Eldership method of administering the denomination, which sometimes amounted to blackmail aided and abetted by a criminally careless and inefficient Episcopal superintendency.” The remark that Monk made after he was sentenced to prison, was ultimately proven correct and vindicated him when the issues he championed and campaigned against became so incensed, that at a historic session of the General Conference of the AME Church that was called in 1946, one thousand (1,000) delegates attending a meeting at Little Rock, Arkansas, unfrocked two Bishops and suspended a third of them after finding them guilty of the things Monk had written about in THE NEW ERA NEWSPAPER
“While we can’t always control the things of life that impact on our day, we have a choice. We can continue to brood over the mess we often encounter, or we can change our perspective.”
Randy Kilgore, contributor to the devotional booklet, OUR DAILY BREAD
SCIENCE AND HEALTH CORNER
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) FINDS NEW VIRUS
The Center for Disease Control (CDC), USA, says it has discovered a new virus after it killed a man in Kansas. The virus called the Bourbon Virus which is named after the county where the man lived is believed by Scientists that it is spread by a tick or an insect bite.
When the man fell ill last year, he was affected by flu-like symptom but doctors could not figure out what was making him sick. The man, who was under the age of 50, was bitten by numerous ticks while he was working on his property in eastern Kansas. He died eleven days later.
Doctors tested the man’s blood for several possible infections but they came up short. However, when the man’s blood samples were sent to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), it took months of testing before the CDC realized that it was dealing with something new.
Medical Researchers at CDC said: “it was very frustrating and is one of the biggest problems with our jobs that we love, in that we cannot answer certain kinds of questions and we cannot help patients or their families understand and cope with the strange phenomenon that they are experiencing.” These researchers believe that it is possible that other people may have been infected before by tick bite before but never as severe as the manner in which the man who died was infected.
NBC News reports that Scientists plan to visit the area in Kansas where the man who died was bitten by ticks when the weather gets warmer to look for insects and maybe even animals that might carry the virus. Health Officials at CDC recommend that people should use insect repellents and wear long sleeved shirts and pants to protect themselves against tick bites.
(Taken from news article published by AOL.com on February 21, 2015)
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH…………ARE YOU AT RISK?
Sudden cardiac death is defined as unexpected mortality from diseases of the heart that occurs after symptoms are experienced (usually within 60 minutes). This can occur in patients without heart disease and is often devastating due to the sudden and unexpected nature especially in the young, fit and seemingly healthy individual. However, sudden cardiac death is commonly seen in people with narrowing of the blood vessels that supply the heart by atherosclerotic (fatty) plaques, a condition termed coronary artery disease.
Approximately eight million worldwide die from sudden cardiac death annually.
Don’t ignore warning signs
Certain factors are warning signs that may be ignored by the individual or ascribed to less important conditions. These include the heart beating fast (palpitation), chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, excessive tiredness, and dizziness at rest or with exertion.
While healthy individuals with no warning signs can suffer sudden cardiac death, risk factors include chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus also called “sugar”, high blood pressure, smoking, family history of early coronary artery disease, obesity, high cholesterol, excessive alcohol intake, and lack of physical activity. These factors are related to the narrowing of the blood vessels supplying the heart, resulting in heart attacks and heart disease from reduced blood flow (ischemic) heart disease).
Other risk factors are patients with enlarged heart, diseases of the valves, abdominal structures, previous heart attacks and abdominal rhythms.
Physical activity and sudden cardiac arrest
Physical activity that causes increase in heart rate and blood pressure such as running, climbing, swimming and cycling may uncover and precipitate conditions that result in sudden cardiac death.
Diagnosing condition
Diagnosing and predicting sudden cardiac death can be difficult. Abnormally elevated heart enzymes, thyroid hormones and electrolytes, use of certain prescription drugs and substances such as cocaine, may be predictive. Studies that may predict the risk of sudden cardiac death include chest X-ray, electrocardiogram (ECG), electrophysiological testing (testing the electrical activity of the heart), echocardiogram and coronary angiogram outlining the blood vessels of the heart.
Sudden cardiac death events may present with cardiac arrest where the individual is unresponsive, not breathing and has no pulse. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is then indicated and can even be performed by lay persons with minimal training. An automated defibrillator increases the chance of survival. After resuscitation care using drugs, reversing causes, and sometimes surgery, implanting pacemakers and ablating abnormal pathways in the heart are also important as repeat arrest may occur soon after the initial event.
Prevention
Preventing sudden cardiac death can sometimes be difficult and may still occur after consulting the physician and getting a clean bill of health. However, regular routine check-ups, eating a balanced diet, avoiding smoking, illicit drugs and excessive alcohol while controlling weight, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar are some measures that can reduce the risk.
Taken from article written by Dr. Roymayne Edwards, Consultant Emergency Physician at University Hospital of the West Indies and Associate Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica that appeared in the JAMAICA OBSERVER on Sunday, March 01, 2015.
FEEDBACK FROM BEERSHEBA PRIMARY SCHOOL ALUMNA
After one Beersheba Primary School Alumna living overseas – whom Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to remain anonymous – received information about the existence of BOSA website: bosaonline.org she sent BOSA the following feedback after logging in and browsing through web pages on the Association’s website:
“I am acquainted with Viola Cain and her aunt was my aunt’s good friend. Who else is a member of your organization? How can I become an active participant? Please let me know. Congratulation on getting a Paymaster Service in New Market.”
Editor’s Note: BOSA website is doing exactly what it is intended to do in creating a link between all Beersheba Primary School Alumni as well as to fulfill the objective that is listed in detail on page 1 of this Newsletter. .
ANNUAL BOSA BACK TO SCHOOL DINNER
The Annual BOSA Back To School Dinner for students who graduated from Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) and are currently attending High Schools where the Ministry of Education placed them on the basis of their performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) Examination, will be held at Gold Spoon Restaurant, upstairs Intown Plaza, School Street, Black River, Saint Elizabeth on Saturday, August 22, 2015 commencing at 2:00 PM. Dress Code for the dinner is formal.
ANNUAL BOSA BACK TO SCHOOL CHURCH SERVICE
The Annual BOSA Back To School Church Service will be held at New Market Methodist Church, New market, Saint Elizabeth on Sunday, August 30, 2015 commencing at 9:00AM.
The service at which Rev. Jacqueline Lidell, Superintendent Minister for Saint Elizabeth Circuit of Methodist Churches will invoke God’s blessings on the students before they return to school in September 2015 will be attended by uniform wearing High School Students who graduated from Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased).
Note books, pencils, pens, high lighters, index cards and other school supplies will be distributed to all uniform wearing high school students at the end of the service.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is again appealing to all Beersheba Primary School Alumni, Friends and Well-wishers in Jamaica and the Diaspora to do what they can financially to assist in defraying the cost of the Annual BOSA Back To School Dinner and the Annual BOSA Back To School Church Service.
Financial contribution from persons this appeal is made should be sent to the Association in either of the following ways:
1. Make cheques/checks or Money Orders payable to Beersheba Old Students Association and mailed to Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer, Beersheba Old Students Association, 99 Jacaranda Avenue, Flat Rocks Subdivision, Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.
2. Send cash by MoneyGram Money Transfer to the Secretary/Treasurer as per information provided at 1 above. All donors should send an e-mail message to beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com
or call 1-876-297-1515 and provide their names, mailing address and telephone numbers, and Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).
BOSA DEVOTIONAL
The Strength of Weakness
The Apostle Paul found a wonderful feeling and life-altering approach to accessing the miraculous power of Christ in his life. It begins in the Apostle’s letter to the Corinthian Church.
“And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in meekness. Most gladly, therefore, I will boast about my weakness, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore, I am well content with weakness, with insults, with distress, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10, NASB).
Notice the Apostle Paul doesn’t just say “content” with weakness as in “I’ll endure them since I can’t do anything about them anyway; but, well content. How could the Apostle Paul or anyone be well content with weakness? Furthermore, how could the Apostle Paul claim “when I am weak, then I am strong?” Weakness and strength are opposites. It’s like saying, “When I’m hot, then I’m happy, then I’m sad.”
What if the path to true power, the resurrection power of Christ in our lives, doesn’t come through trying harder, but giving up the attempt to be powerful?
What if God’s power could be demonstrated through your life in a way you never thought possible, not by trying desperately to overcome your weakness, or trying harder than you ever have before, but by admitting them and seeking to get out of God’s way so He could demonstrate His power through those very weaknesses.
What if your weakness was the very vehicle through which God has always wanted to reveal His power?
That’s exactly what the Bible teaches us over and over again. It explores why God didn’t remove Paul’s weakness, and why He may not remove ours. As strange as it sounds, embracing our weakness is the Christian way of life.
Our world tells us: “Embrace your strengths, overcome your weakness.” It is only in scripture that we are encouraged to embrace our weaknesses and through them experience a power that we could never know otherwise. This power is not our own, but the power of the man Christ Jesus.
The Apostle Paul wanted the Corinthian Believers to experience the power of God (dunamis) so that they would be satisfied with nothing less.
Excerpt from: The Strength of Weakness, God’s Power Where We Least Expect it, a Discovery House Series Booklet by Dan Schaeffer.
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“A heart that is focused on others will not be consumed with self”
Excerpt from: The Strength of Weakness, God’s Power Where We Least Expect It, a Discovery House Series Booklet by Dan Schaeffer.
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