Schools receive masks from foundation
Article by May 5, 2021
The Arnott Cato Foundation, represented by one of its board members, Margaret Hope and its administrative manager Requell Griffith, presented fifty masks in their respective school colours to the principals of Queen’s College and Ellerslie schools last Thursday.
The masks are intended to be worn by the leaders among the students at the school to set a proud example to their fellow students and to follow the protocols for mask- wearing still in place as Barbados continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficult task of safely educating students in these difficult times, as well as protecting their teachers and their families at home.
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The popular novelist and crime writer Alanna Knight, who has died aged 97, had a career that extended over 50 years and encompassed more than 60 books in numerous genres. Yet her writing life only began with recovery from a severe illness, and the gift of an electric typewriter.
In 1964, while living in Aberdeen with her husband, Alistair Knight, and their two young sons, she was struck down with polyneuritis, a rare nervous disorder that paralysed her from the neck down. As therapy to aid her recovery, Alistair bought her an electric typewriter, and she began writing.