Becky Hamilton
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Becky Hamilton grew up on a North Carolina farm surrounded by critters and wildlife of every kind and can’t remember a time when she didn’t love caring for animals. She and her husband Curt, a U.S. Postal worker, have five children, but they are furry and all but […]
Frances Jennings
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Frances Jennings, an Avondale resident for more than 50 years, has seen people’s lives transformed when they find help, motivation and dignity through City Rescue Mission programs. Her belief in those programs has led her to volunteer for more than 20 years in many roles, from receptionist to […]
Kids ‘spring’ into fashion at Willie’s annual show
Willie’s annual Spring Fashion Show enjoyed a good turnout on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. More than 40 boys and girls of all ages modeled the best and loveliest of spring fashions, giving more than a little competition to nearby plants in bloom.
Clean up and green up at Fishweir
A small but devoted group of moms and dads were on hand (and knee) last month as they cleaned up the portable classrooms and planted flowers in the center courtyard of Fishweir Elementary School. Fishweir Dads, as they are known, prefer to spend more time doing and less time sitting in parent-teacher meetings so one […]
Drawing talents scores
St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School student Kevin McAfee (second from left) won second place for the 3rd-5th grade group in the 2014 Regional Poster Contest for National Poison Prevention Week. He is shown with Florida/USVI Poison Information Center (Jacksonville) staff members Dr. Jessica Rivera (left) and Phyllis Bell-Davis, M.Ed. (far right), along with other winners […]
Bolles Spanish students take close second
Missing first place by just four points, 16 Bolles Spanish students earned a second place finish at the Florida State Spanish Conference in March. Competing in impromptu speaking and presenting a play, Sempronio, the students earned a score of 453 points, according to Bolles Spanish teacher Cathy Soud. High school freshman Annie Pentaleri, an Ortega […]
Avondale 8th grade student knows his geography
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Walker Miller knows countries in the farthest reaches of the world. The 8th grade student at James Weldon Johnson Middle School also knows about those countries’ natural resources, crops, weather, religions, monuments and land formations. “I have always liked geography and in the fourth grade, I participated in […]
Eleanor Smith
By Susan D. Brandenburg Resident Community News Eleanor Smith moved to a house on Jasmine Place when she was nine years old and, with the exception of three years when she and her husband, Lawton, lived in Jacksonville Beach, she has been a resident of Murray Hill. Eleanor and Lawton met at a Halloween Carnival […]
