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AND THE AFRO NEWS PRESENTS THE 23rd ANNUAL JR.BLACK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS OCTOBER 21, 2006 Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver 
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A complete list of last year’s (2005) winners follows...
2005 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
For Post Secondary Education
Left:
Paul Moseley presents Brittany Palmer with the $1,500 scholarship donated by Dr. William T. Brown.
Brittany also won awards for: Performing Arts, Essay Writing and Community Service.
Photos by Mark Okoth
Left:
Paul Moseley presented the $1,000 scholarship award donated by Abantu Beauty Products to LaToya Barrington.
LaToya a was also the leader of the group NYC (Negro Youth of Canada) which won the top award in the Performing Groups category.
2005 HARRY JEROME AWARD WINNER
For Excellence in Sports and at least one other category
Left: At the Jr. Black Achievement Awards, Jodi Ann Robinson, winner of the Harry Jerome Award is congratulated by the donors of the Award - Bev and Eric Drayton.
Jodi Ann is a national, international and local (Whitecaps) soccer player. A superior athlete, and only 16. Her second category was Essay Writing - she wrote on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Right:
Dr. Rico Ricketts presents Jodi Ann Robinson with the prestigious 2005 Harry Jerome Award
Photos by Mark Okoth
22nd Annual Jr. Black Achievement Awards
- Held November 18, 2005
2005 JBAA WINNERS
Top Awards - Academics:
Grade 5 Tiffani Hernandez
Grade 6 Jasmine St. Pierre
Grade 7 Janille Wingson
Grade 8 Tianna Hernandez
Grade 9 Bo Palmer
Grade 10 Amarachi Miller
Grade 12 Brittany Palmer
Certificates:
LaToya Barrington - Certificate of Merit
Jevon Guiseppi - Certificate of Participation with Distinction
Top Awards - Sports:
Female 16-18 Individual Chelsea Payne
Female 16-18 - Team Jodi-Ann Robinson
Male 12-15- Bo Palmer
Male 16-18 Tommie Olajide
Runners-up Medals + Certificate of merit:
Gabrielle Payne - Female 12-15 Track & Field
Joesph Martin - Male 12-15 - Soccer
Other Certificate winners:
Tiffani Hernandez - under 12
De’voreaux Williams - under 12
Kaly Soro - under 12
Devon Guiseppi - male 16-18
Top Awards - Performing arts:
16-18 Brittany Palmer
12-15 Tianna Hernandez
under 12 Jamila Ali
Performing Groups:
Negro Youth of Canada
Performing Arts Certificates:
LaToya Barrington - 16-18
Bo Palmer - 12-15
Shanille Okoth - under 12
Miyanda - Performing Groups
Essay Writing:
Topic: The Importance of Role Models in the Community : Name and briefly discuss one.
Top Awards:
Grades 5-6-7 Tiffani Hernandez
Grades 11-12 Brittany Palmer
Certificates:
Grades 11-12 Amarchi Miller, Chelsea Payne
Grades 8-9-10 Tianna Hernandez
Jodi Ann Robinson
Bo Palmer
Grades 5-7 Janille Wingson
Top Awards - Creative Writing:
12-15 Tianna Hernandez
16-18 LaToya Barrington
Certificates:
Elijah Payne under 12
Tiffani Hernandez under 12
Visual Arts:
Certificate Tiffani Hernandez under 12
Top Award - Music:
16-18 Jevon Guiseppi
Certificates:
Tiffani Hernandez - under 12
Top Award - Community Service:
Brittany Palmer - age 17
Certificates
Shanille Okoth - age 11
Tianna Hernandez - age 12
Bo Palmer - age 14
Harry Jerome Award - For excellence in Sports and at least one other category.
Jodi-Ann Robinson
Scholarship Winners: For post-secondary education
$1,500 - Brittany Palmer
$1,000 - LaToya Barrington
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