Dwight Nelson, Gleaner Writer

The Rotary Club of Christiana will be seeking to set up a skills training centre in Spaldings, Manchester, to provide tutoring in the field of hospitality.

Incoming president, Lloyd Swaby, speaking at his installation ceremony in the parish last Saturday evening, said the club was also hoping to set up a dental clinic in Spaldings, and planned to adopt a basic school in the Christiania area.

Installation ceremony

During the installation ceremony, held at the Sacred Heart Academy Hall in Christiana, four new members - Kesha Jones, Patricia Clarke, Winston Williams and Curtis Barnett - were also installed.

Swaby said he was delighted to be chosen to lead the Rotarians in Christiana for the second time, after serving as president in 2001-2002.

He urged Rotarians to continue to maintain the high standard they have displayed and to live up to the motto of 'service above self'.

Swaby told those in attendance that, during his tenure as president, his administration would be working on several projects of importance in the Christiana area.

Guest speaker at the ceremony, Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, challenged Rotarians to remember that the community was looking to them for leadership.

Community involvement

Llewellyn called for Rotarians to be guardians of their communities and to ensure that people with criminal intentions were encouraged to go elsewhere.

"I ask you Rotarians, if any of you are called to give evidence in a case, how many of you would be prepared to go to court, or how many of you are prepared to go and served as jurors?" Llewellyn said.

She said Jamaica was at a crossroads, and that the nation was calling for its citizens to be extraordinary leaders within their communities.