Four young women named Jubilee Scholars
Premier Paula Cox hailed four students as royal examples to their peers, as Bermuda’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations continued yesterday.“You have given to your community, and service is the rent we pay for life,” Ms Cox told Jubilee Scholars Amanda Brown, Julia Dunne, Kyla Sinclair and Rachael Waldron at a Camden House ceremony bestowing $5,000 scholarships, with commemorative plaques — plus iPads with free service through 2012.Ms Cox said the presentation was a specially Bermudian way of recognising the Queen’s legacy.Students were honoured for high grades, “stellar records of volunteering” and all-round scholastic achievement.Governor George Fergusson told them: “It’s a great, tangible way to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen’s reign. The service which the Queen has put in over the last 60 years, I hope, will be something the beginnings of your careers will model.”And “Jubilee Grove” on Coney Island was formally opened, with Ms Cox, Mr Fergusson, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith and young students from St. George’s Pre-School taking part in a cedar tree planting and plaque unveiling.The ceremony is part of the ongoing reforestation of the park.Useful website: www.royal.gov.uk.