‘Smokey’ pleads for St James facilities

When school re-opens in September, students attending the Mucurapo Girls RC School will walk into an improved learning institution thanks to the Smokey and Bunty Sports Bar. Ricardo McKenzie a.k.a. “Smokey” was on the job site at St James last week  busily painting the front of the school. The well known watering hole has forked out $5,000 to purchase paint for the school. ”We operate just across the road and we always help out this school. When school re-opens after the holiday period, I want the kids to feel good walking into a relatively new building,” McKenzie said. “People from all over the country come to us for donations and we oblige. Recently we decided to concentrate on St James and help our area before venturing ‘outside’ again. “We need proper facilities in the area. For instance we need to get the Poor House Football League going again, as well as the Youth Centre re-opened,” he said. “We are going to try and see what we can do but I am calling on the city council to take notice and help out the area. The youths of St James are going astray and we need positive things in the area for them to occupy themselves meaningfully,” McKenzie said. The popular businessman lived at Panka Lane for many years but has moved to Diego Martin. But his heart is still in St James.