The Placencia Breeze
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September/October 2018
Rotary Club of Placencia Seine Bight Youth Running Events Updates News Round Up By JEFF WHITE Public Relations Officer Rotary Club of Placencia jjeffwhite@gmail.com
Even during the summer months, the Rotary Club of Placencia has kept busy. Join us on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Pickled Parrot to learn more about our community activities below. Blood Donor Clinic: Our second blood donor clinic of 2018 saw 13 people donate, a solid turn out for this time of year. Our next clinic is scheduled for Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Medical Centre. Save the date on your calendar. Fridge Magnets: Rotarians continue to distribute the Emergency Contact Phone Number fridge magnets. They have proven to be so popular that people requested stickers for non-magnetic surfaces. Please reach out to any Rotarian for either the magnetic or sticker version. Community Info Boards: The Rotary Club of Placencia has erected a board in Maya Beach, Seine Bight and at the Placencia pier. We encourage the community to use the three boards for events notificiations, etc. Please remove the posting once the event is over. Dictionaries: With the kind financial contribution from the Parkway West Rotary Club, in memory of Thomas S. Diffendal, Standard three students of Stann Creek will again be receiving dictionaries. This is an annual contribution; and this year approximately 400 dictionaries will be distributed during the first few weeks of the school year. Medical Mission organized by Kylon Eiley: The Rotary Club of Placencia is providing financial assistance to a group of medical students from Merida, Mexico who will be making their second trip to Placencia from Sept. 13 to 16 to provide dental, medical, nutritional, psychological and pedagogical services.
Santa Cruz Youth Soccer: The Rotary Club is donating trophies for the Santa Cruz youth soccer tournament. Trades 4 Life: We are pleased to announce that we are accepting scholarship applications to the Trades 4 Life program, which will run from Jan. 19 to Feb. 22. Please email Robert Cook at rcook2804@gmail.com to apply. This is a chance for students to gain hands-on training in a variety of skills such as computer repair, air conditioning, plumbing, welding, electrical or automotive mechanical. Visit trades4life.bz for more info on the courses available.
By WANDA STAKUTIS Seine Bight Volunteer gregvwandas@gmail.com
Oldest Members of Seine Bight Running Club Move on to Sixth Form; Club Organizing Data Sheet to Track Supply Needs
We are happy to announce our five eldest members all graduated from high Peninsula children run together in the first Splash Running Camp held school in June, and all are in August on the Placencia Village sports field. (Photo by: KATHY ANGLIN) entering sixth form this year. listing including the names Our next goal since we now of all our members along have the equipment for it, is Ilene Ramirez is attendwith their ages, birthdays to develop a sprint and relay ing Independence Junior and t-shirt and shoe sizes. training program. College (IJC) and majorShe is also keeping track of ing in biology with plans when the kids receive shoes As always everyone is welto become a high school and who needs shoes, so that come to join us Saturday biology teacher. Rafaine when people ask what they mornings at 6 a.m. on the Caliz is also attending can bring for the kids we can field in Seine Bight. You Scholarships: Through the IJC and majoring in bigive them exactly what is can run with us, help train generous support of the anology. She aspires to be a needed. While we received and coach or simply just nual End of the World Marforensic doctor. Venisha brand new shoes (Thank you cheer on a kid! Many thanks athon, we are pleased to Cruz is going to EcumenLaura Sen for the donation, to everyone who continues announce that we are providical Junior College (EJC) and PUMA and Kevin Jones to suppiort this program. ing scholarships for 30 high and majoring in tourism for getting the shoes!) for We currently have over 40 school students and 10 sixth and business. Wanigie the older students for the students who come out on form students. Ogaldez is at the UniverEnd of the World Marathon a regular basis and it seems sity of Belize (UB)and is in December, shoes for the every week we see a few new Motorcycle Raffle: We will majoring in science and younger kids are an ongoing faces on the field.▪ be raffling off a 200 c.c. statistics. Ronnell Thomneed. motorcycle! Tickets will be as will be attending EJC available in late September and majoring in education Splash Holds First form which is their dream). with the drawing to be held a with the goal of being a Running Camp Help was also provided from few weeks before Christmas primary school teacher. Placencia mothers Megan - a great gift to wrap under We still hope to see them someone’s tree! Tickets will on Saturday mornings, but From Aug. 13 through Aug. Rodden, Julia Uren, and be BZ$20 each. Stay tuned due to their busy sched- 17 on the Placencia Village Bridgette Kramer whose for more details including a ules they may not be with sports field, Splash Dive children participated in the photo of the motorcycle! us as often. All, however, Center hosted 30 to 40 kids program. Kathy Anglin was say that they will make all in the first ever Splash Run- there to take pictures every ning Camp. The kids were day of the kids out on the Weekly Seniors Activithe races! separated into groups and field working hard. There ties: Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the PlaWe now have cones for led in warm ups. Head- was a noticeable difference cencia Community Centre. our drills and thanks to coach Kirwin Ramirez took in the performance from Fun events include arts and Nick and Fiona Betts, we the kids through a series of day one to day five of all the crafts, karaoke and bingo! have real batons, a very drills using starting blocks, participants. welcome addition to our passing the baton and timed Friday Night Bingo: 6 p.m. supplies that allow us to sprints. Each day Kirwin Splash provided water during at the Flying Pig there is a work more on relays and had some games for the kids the camp and in keeping weekly chance for someone baton passing skills. Cher- which taught them running green, gave every student a metal water bottle. At the to take home BZ$500! Come yl Watts has compiled a skills in a fun way. end of the day fruit was also on out and try your luck! Every day focused on a given to all the participants. different skill, including 40- Transportation was provided yard sprints, relay, 200-meter for all the students coming and 400-meter sprints. The from Seine Bight in the kids raced on the last day, Splash vans. and the first, second and third place winners were awarded Everyone involved in the prizes by Patty Ramirez of camp from the children to Splash. Kirwin was helped the adult helpers, coaches out by his other coaches and support people had a Greg Valiton, Zadel, Ken- blast. We are looking foryon, Devin and on the last ward to next year’s camp and day, Damone Martinez. (On hope for even more children a side note, Devin, Kenyon to attend. Many thanks to One of three new Placencia Rotary community bulletin boards and Zadel are all trying to Splash for doing this and to stands at the Placencia Village Municipal Pier. The others are save so they can attend sixth everyone who helped out.▪ set up in Maya Beach and Seine Bight Village. (Photo by: JEFF WHITE)
