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Recently, some new-found friends gathered at Manuel’s Tavern to celebrate the 27th birthday of Jerome Lawrence, a Jamaican immigrant who brought them all together. They had cake, sang “Happy Birthday” and toasted his health and happiness. htiw saw ot gninruter revo ni ereh tog rof etupsid .egrahc emac tub gab kcab ta dna na enilria tnega a a kroY weN eH noskcaJ-dleifstraH samtsirhC 001$ Rev. Colin Holtz, pastor of the Church at Ponce and Highland, was one of several people who came together to find a new home for a Jamaican man who was being deported. (Matthew Demarko photo) htiw yhw saw saw gnissapsert ot ot eht eht tsafdaets gnitats deniamer desufer dnufer tpiecer ecilop no ronaemedsim evael .liaj eh deined gnidnamed ,retnuoc egrahc yb thguorb .gnidraob detserra dna dna dna a a a ecnerwaL eH ytnuoC notyalC atnaltA saw saw denrut ot eht revo ,retal eh ,dessimsid egrahc tub skeeW .ECI htiw pu eht eht gniyats os stcepsorp evissergorp fo dekool ylgnisaercni ni aedi remrof rof thgilf .yrtnuoc emac ,kaelb ,tnadnetta a a ,yaugurU .S.U siH ,nevarC