The Minister of
Education Launches his
Book Club Selections
from COB

 The Minister of Education,
the Hon. Alfred Sears has
honoured COB by making our
Chapter One bookstore the
headquarters of his Book of The
Month Club. On the morning of
January 16, 2006, Minister Sears
visited Chapter One to announce
the book selections for the month
ofJanuary. "I am here to celebrate
three stories which I have been
personally inspired by," The
Minister said.


Dr Kathleen Bondurant
Music Lecturer
School of
Communication and
Creative Arts (SCCA)

 What's good from Idaho
(apart from fabulous baking
potatoes)? Let us introduce you
to Dr. Kathleen Bondurant, one
of the newest lecturers at The
College of the Bahamas.
 Kathleen was born in the


These stories were Reading
The Sky by Avi, chosen as the
children's selection for the month,
The Skin I Am In by Sharon
Flake, for young adults and Sir
Clifford Darling: A Bahamian
Life Story, the autobiography of
the former Governor General
of the Commonwealth, as told
to Patricia Beardsley Roker,
as the selection for adults.
Accompanying the Minister was
Mrs. Patricia Collins, Deputy
Director of Education and
other officials from the Ministry
of Education. COB Acting
President Dr. Rhonda Chipman-
Johnson was there to show her
support for the Minister's literacy


drive on behalf of The College
of The Bahamas. Also present
for the press conference was Sir
Clifford Darling himself, who
signed copies of his book as gifts.
 The press conference was a
good opportunity to showcase
The College's bookstore,
particularly, the Bahamian and
Caribbean authors section where
the Minister and his officials
gathered for the meeting. Sir
Clifford Darling: A Bahamian
Life Story can be purchased from
the bookstore. COB staff and
students are encouraged to buy
copies for themselves, family or
friends. 0


(I to r) Patricia Beardsley Roker; Sir Clifford Darling; Hon. Alfred M. Sears, MP
Attorney General and Minister of Education; Patricia Collins, MOE; Dr Rhonda
Chipman-Johnson, Acting President, The College of The Bahamas.


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Kathleen and her two sisters had
not become musical as well. She
began playing the flute at age 10
and, by 11, knew that she wanted
to be a flutist. One of her sisters
plays the oboe and the other the
bassoon.


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