{"id":2883,"date":"2019-09-04T19:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2019-09-04T19:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:08:38","slug":"education-and-tourism-the-future-of-truro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"Education and Tourism the future of Truro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Tyrone Guthrie thinking beyond handouts<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rosalee D. Wood (rosawwesternmirror@gmail.com)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The community of Truro in Westmoreland, came into existence when a hurricane displaced the residents of neighbouring community, Hunter\u2019s Wood. What were once farm lands were divided into residential lots and sold to residents of that community to form what is now known as Truro. From this small community many great people have risen. One such is Tyrone Dave Guthrie. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the tender age of 13, Tyrone dropped out of school due to\nfinancial reasons and started barbering, a skill he found himself a natural at.\nHe rode around his community, as well as neighbouring communities trimming\nhair. A born hustler and a progressive chap is how residents view him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the age of 15, he got a job at the Frome Sugar Factory, the\nlargest sugar factory on the island, a regular path for most young men living\nin the communities surrounding the factory. While working at the sugar factory\nand still doing his barbering, he decided to send himself back to school, as he\nstrongly believed in the importance of education. He enrolled at the Little\nLondon High School, where he was placed in Grade 9 C, the third brightest\nclass, after doing a test to get in. He was now a student, a worker at the\nSugar Factory and still a Barber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the age of 16 before graduating school, he was offered a\njob to work at a Barber Shop in Negril. By this time, he had resigned from his\njob at the factory and got, what he called,\u201ca nice sum of money,\u201d which he then\nused to open his own Barber shop in his community of Truro. He worked his\nbarber shop on Sundays and went to work at the barber shop in Negril on the\nother days. But it was his experience in Negril that piqued his interest in\ntravelling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RUDE AWAKENING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was okay with the money he was making until he realized\nhe needed more. One day he saw a watch displayed in a store for $125. At that\ntime, $125 JMD was a lot of money, but he was making $700 JMD a week. Easy buy\nfor him, or so he thought. He wanted the watch. He got a rude awakening when he\nwent to the store and proudly brandished his $125 JMD, only to be told that the\nwatch was valued $125 USD. His immediate thought was he needed to start earning\nsome US Dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He jumped at the first opportunity to travel overseas. In\nJune 1999, he took his first trip to the Bahamas with only $600 USD to his\nname. After basically being swindled out of all of it, he was left with $150\nUSD and an uncomfortable accommodation. He kept his focus and his drive to earn\nUS dollars. There he continued his barbering, and in 2008, he was able to lease\na building on which he opened his very own barber shop in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his barber shop, Tyrone has been able to assist other\nJamaicans who have migrated to the Bahamas by providing jobs for them in his\nshop. Now he is seeking to give back to his community that he refers to as his\nfoundation. \u201cThis is where it all began\u201d Tyrone shared. He further stated that\nthere is so much development needed as it relates to the simple infrastructure\nof the community and in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOMEWORK CENTRE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schools are back in session and although he had a\nback-to-school treat in the community, he has seen where more can be done. He\nis currently working on establishing a Homework Centre in the community for\nstudents. The centre will be equipped with WiFi, and he already has a few\nvolunteers who have committed to assisting children each evening with their\nassignments. He says that not everybody can afford to have internet at home and\nchildren who need to research topics for assignments will benefit greatly from\nthis centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Tyrone\u2019s focus is also on creating steady\nrevenue flow for his community and its environs. Tourism is Jamaica\u2019s biggest\nrevenue generator and he wants to be able attract tourists to that community.\n\u201cInland tourism\u201d is becoming a big thing as tourists leave the seaside to\nexplore more of the country. Mayfield Falls is the most popular tourist\nattraction that side of the island, but Tyrone insists that other developments\ncan take place that will not only provide jobs for residents, but also assist\nin the development of the community and the parish on a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a solid foundation in education and stable revenue for\nfamilies, Tyrone believes that the community can be used as a blueprint for\nother communities to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrone Guthrie thinking beyond handouts Rosalee D. Wood (rosawwesternmirror@gmail.com) The community of Truro in Westmoreland, came into existence when a hurricane displaced the residents of neighbouring community, Hunter\u2019s Wood. What were once farm lands were divided into residential lots and sold to residents of that community to form what is now known as Truro. 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