Rotary Club of St. Thomas East has honored a teacher, a Girl Scout executive and a watersports pioneer as this year's recipients of its Vocational Excellence Awards.
The awards recognize individuals who have demonstrated a high degree of competence, effectiveness and enthusiasm in their vocation. The 2000 honorees, Fern Callwood, Idalia "Dolly" Dockery and Jimmy Loveland, were announced at the regular Rotary East meeting Wednesday evening..
Callwood chairs and serves as faculty advisor for the Family and Consumer Science Department at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School. She was recognized for her support of students and activities at the school.
Dockery is with the U.S. Virgin Islands Girl Scout Council. She was commended for serving as a positive role model and providing excellent leadership skills for young women and girls in the territory through the Girl Scout program.
Loveland, who came to St. Thomas in 1964 to work with Johnny Harms in developing deep-sea fishing in the territory, started his own business, Treasure Isle Cruises, in 1970. As captain of the Fish'n Fool, he has introduced countless locals and visitors to the waterways of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. He is founding president of the not-for-profit Mangrove Lagoon Waterway Village and Eco Preserve, established to clean and revitalize the Benner Bay Lagoon area.
