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Smookler Top Angler, Just Fish Top Boat in VIGFC’s Annual Dolphin Derby
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The catch of a 39.5-pound dolphin fish (mahi-mahi) earned St. John’s Francis Smookler the Top Angler prize at the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Annual Dolphin Derby held April 25.
Top Boat Winner – Just Fish – L to R Jennifer Tyler, Joshua Bourg, Francis Smookler, Carlos Lindquist, Sarah Dennis, Johnathon Doran – Credit Dean Barnes
Fishing aboard the St. John-based 42-foot Liberty, Just Fish, with Captain Joshua Bourg at the helm, Smookler caught his winning fish south of St. John.
“We had an idea it was a bigger one than the other fish we’d caught, so we thought we had a chance (at the top prize),” says Smookler, an avid fisherman yet first-time tournament winner.
CMEs Hold ‘Love for YOUR Journey’
By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion Editor
Published April 7, 2021
Dr. Vanilla Brooks (Courtesy photo)
The Los Angeles – San Diego District of the CME Church sponsored “Love for Your Journey” on March 27, and the response was overwhelming. A huge crowd tuned in for the international, intercontinental, interdenominational and interracial virtual event.
The Christian Coalition, a collaboration of the Christian community that includes the CME Church’s L.A.-S.D. Department of Evangelism and the Christians 4 Salvation outreach ministry, sponsored the program, which focused on the emotional and spiritual impact COVID-19.
According to Dr. Vanilla Brooks, Evangelism Dept. chair, the event was presented to “encourage both Christians and non-Christians, assuring them of God’s Love, and His individual plan for each.” The participants included the Rev. Travis Morris, L.A.-S.D. presiding elder, who rendered the opening pr