Profile of Danette Dooley

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• Bands pumped for Round 2
  A duel to determine the best rock band in St. John's gets underway Saturday night at the Ship on Duckworth Street, an event that's been two years ...
• Family fight
  One of the first things Cathy Skinner felt when she learned that her daughter Ashley had an eating disorder was guilt. "As soon as I heard about ...
• A life in uniform
  June Layden has held every rank possible in the RNC's Street Patrol Division, including constable, media relations officer and platoon commander. ...
• Making the most of it
  Carla White has slurred speech that's difficult to understand. She's also an accomplished speed reader, and can read almost as well when the page ...
• Cross-training
  The first room on the right as you enter Larry Foley's home looks more like an artist's studio than a living room. A piano, a mandolin, seven ...
• Nurse's knowledge saved the day
  Kim Oake credits a nurse for doing what a team of doctors could not do: diagnose what was causing her unbearable headaches and her blistered and ...
• Celebrity sighting sparks memories
  Paul O'Neill wasn't expecting to see an old friend on New Year's Day when he got a call telling him to turn on the television. There on the ...
• Samuelson in Singapore
  Keith Sameulson feels like pinching himself to find out if what's been happening to him over the past six months is real. "Sometimes, when I ...
• Cousins kick cancer
  First cousins Stephanie Hodder, 12, and Damian Hirschkorn, 13, have plenty in common. Just nine months apart in age, they're both avid ...
• Candlelighters brighten families' dark times
  On a Christmas tree in the corner of John Bullen's living room hangs a star-shaped ornament. In it is a photo of Bullen's son, also named John, ...
• Helping out in Peru
  Stephanie Stoker and Cara Lewis both lived in downtown St. John's, frequented the same shops and shared mutual friends and acquaintances. Oddly ...
• Keep on giving
  Patricia (Pat) Watters did her Christmas shopping this year from the comfort of her home, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Bay Bulls. "I bought ...
• Blue Christmas?
  On Dec. 18, 1988 Danny Steele cut a Christmas tree for his family. The next day, the 15-year-old took his own life. His mother, Mary Steele, has ...
• Running in the family
  For many people, Sept. 11 conjures up images of death and destruction. Amelda (Wilson) Boland, 41, of Renews will remember Sept. 11, 2008 as the ...
• Set for life
  Working as a makeup artist in Montreal puts Colleen Quinton face-to-face with world-famous actors. Late in October, however, the Catalina native ...
• Hidden GEM
  A research project that could change life for over 100,000 Canadians is about to begin at several universities throughout the country, and ...
• Arts community focused on getting Lois Brown back on...
  A small, square sign on the inside of Lois Brown's house door in St. John's reads, "Never, Never, Never Give Up!" It was given to her by a ...
• Queen's Maid ready to 'Pound' their music home
  After performing on the St. John's downtown scene for more than two years, Queen's Maid is ready to release its first CD. The five-member ...
• Bulk bang
  Isabelle Harris claps her hands when told her family's going grocery shopping. "Can we get cheese and oranges and milk?" the six-year-old asks, ...
• Moocher reflects language of the past
  Poetry lovers who feel nonsense verse is merely whimsical rhyme without educational value have yet to read Tom Dawe's "Moocher in the Lun" ...
• 'Hot Ayres-Cool Moves' inspired by song and dance
  When the Hot Earth Ensemble takes to the stage at Memorial University's School of Music Petro-Canada Hall Sunday afternoon the instrumentalists ...
• Self-Creative
  In a large gymnasium-type room in the basement of Gower Street United Church in St. John's Monday afternoon, Nancy turns pieces of an old ...
• Family room
  There's no mistaking that children live in Melody and Scott Morton-Ninomiya's home. Their living room resembles a room, though tidier and ...
• Smiles all around
  "They got a lot of nice doctors at the Janeway," says 10-year-old Tara Evoy. She should know. A Grade 5 student at Virginia Park Elementary, Tara ...
• Helping hands
  Michael Maloney's greeting to a person he's never met is not the norm for a 14-year-old. Just barely giving me time to take off my shoes, Michael ...
• Working on their health
  The City of St. John's has taken a direct approach to the health and well-being of its employees. "We all want our employees working, getting ...
• Wayne Rostad travelling a different road
  In 1975 an unknown Wayne Rostad left his home in Ontario and headed to Newfoundland. A serious folk artist at the time, Rostad was searching for ...
• Offering Choices
  Brittany Lucas dropped out of school at age 13. At age 14 she got pregnant. At age 15, she gave birth to a baby girl. Brittany is now 16. Her ...
• Hands on
  Douglas Dunne cannot tell his parents that he loves them. Nor can the 22-year-old tell his only sibling, Danielle, how much he appreciates the ...
• Bringing the message to the music
  It's difficult to fathom how you'd feel if, not long after celebrating your 19th birthday, you were told you needed to be tested for HIV. Matt ...