{"id":14499,"date":"2011-11-01T08:18:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T12:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=14499"},"modified":"2011-11-01T08:46:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T12:46:34","slug":"artisan-hadassah-poitier-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/11\/artisan-hadassah-poitier-honoured","title":{"rendered":"Artisan Hadassah Poitier Honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14524\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14524 \" title=\"hadassah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hadassah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hadassah.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hadassah-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/hadassah-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artisan Hadassah Rolle Poitier (centre), formerly of Cat Island, was honoured by BAIC for her contribution to the handicraft industry. Also pictured are Agriculture and marine Resources Minister Lawrence S \u2018Larry\u2019 Cartwright (left) and BAIC executive chairman Edison M Key. (BIS photo\/Derek Smith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASSAU, Bahamas &#8212; Artisan Mrs Hadassah Rolle Poitier, 94, was named this year\u2019s Special Craft Gem during ceremonies marking Craft Week.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly of Old Bight, Cat Island, Mrs Poitier was described as \u201ca strong and fearless warrior for God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A long time member of the Straw Vendors Association, Mrs Poitier attends Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church where her Service of Thanksgiving was held last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Handicraft Development and Marketing Department of Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) hosted the event.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries included the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon Lawrence S \u2018Larry\u2019 Cartwright.<\/p>\n<p>Even though she was otherwise employed, straw work has always been Mrs Poitier\u2019s passion.<\/p>\n<p>She loved sewing and designing bags, dolls, purses, hats and slippers. Her products were a hit among the tourists.<\/p>\n<p>She spent almost every free moment in the straw market, which was then, a centre of economic activity for Bahamians.<\/p>\n<p>She believed in the adage that \u2018hard work never kill anybody\u2019 and continued diligently with her passion.<\/p>\n<p>By: Bahamas Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artisan Mrs Hadassah Rolle Poitier, 94, was named this year\u2019s Special Craft Gem during ceremonies marking Craft Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[37,104,40],"class_list":["post-14499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-crafts","tag-culture","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}