Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter

Fifteen years ago, sons and daughters of Jamaica's bread basket parish St. Elizabeth found a way to showcase their parish as a centre for tourism and investment.

The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation's (SEHF) Week of celebrations has been keenly looked forward to and participated in since its inception and this year is gearing up to be another whopper.

The week was launched at The Pegasus hotel Thursday. This year's theme is 'Building 'Bess' Through Partnerships'; partnerships that will serve even those not born yet.

The activities begin November 24 with a health fair in Balaclava and end with a gospel concert on December 2 at The famed Munro College. Other activities include a Farmer's Forum in Santa Cruz on November 27, the Golden Awards Banquet on November 28 at The Jamaica Pegasus and a career fair on November 30 at St. Elizabeth Technical High School. The SEHF Golden Awards banquet will honour 10 more distinguished members of the St. Bess family, but chairman Dr. Patrick Dallas is keeping the names close to his chest.

Guests include Agriculture Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton, Rev. Canon Weeville Gordon, chairman of the homecoming committee; Kenry Jackson, Ionie Ramsay-Nelson, Donald Foster, Ouida Nesbeth-Dunn, Stephen Jones, Hope Sangster, Patrick Lawrence, Glenford McLeish, Joan Lobban, Donna Parchment, Joan Lobban, Jennifer Grant, Tommy Cowan, Leroy Dixon, Lloyd Wright and Janice McIntosh.