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Breinton Ringcraft Society

2:19pm Thursday 19th August 2010

KEVIN Dover of Pemcader Welsh Corgis judged the match on July 21.

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Autumn Rainbow

2:18pm Thursday 19th August 2010

AUTUMN Rainbow had its first meeting recently which was well attended.

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Caring For God’s Acre

2:20pm Thursday 19th August 2010

THIRTY volunteers working on three projects with Caring for God’s Acre have become Action Earth Heroes.

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Tref-Y-Clawdd WI

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

AFTER the reading of the newsletter by secretary Shirley Moorhouse it was reported that members had now completed the NFWI challenge. Members have walked, swum and cycled to complete the challenge in record time.

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Escley Youth Club

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

THE club said farewell to its two founding organisers – and stepped into an uncertain future. Steve Herington and Gareth Jones have been running the club, based at the Michaelchurch Escley sports pavilion, for the past eight years, but have decided to step aside now their own children have become too old to attend. The club held a surprise party for them and presented them with cases of wine. Club chairman Benna Waites said they had made a tremendous contribution to the youth of the Golden Valley. “We all owe Gareth and Steve a huge debt of gratitude for their enthusiasm and dedication,”

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Hereford Arts Appreciation Society

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

THE programme for 2010-11 has been announced. On August 20, at 3pm, at Cox’s Cottage, 42 Venns Lane, there will be a garden party and food and produce bring-and-buy sale.

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Hereford Lions Club

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

A NEW member of Hereford Lions Club, Dave Price, came up with the idea of car boot sales to boost the club’s charity funds and already £5,000 has been added to the kitty to support St Michael’s Hospice. The car boots are held every Saturday on a field on Roman Road, opposite South Hereford Garages with the generous support of the owner and have proved highly popular.

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Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

THE next meeting of the Wyche and Colwall horticultural society will be on Monday. The speaker will be Jennifer Harmer and her talk is on the history of flower arrangers’ plants. It is not a flower arranging demonstration but the history of plants used for the art. The meeting will be at Colwall Village Hall commencing at 7.30pm with refreshments available from 7pm. The annual show will be on Saturday, August 14, at Colwall Village Hall, commencing at 2pm. Shedules for anyone wanting to enter the show are available at John Goodwin, the Newsagents, Post Office and Old Court Nursery Colwall, or by calling 01531 640622.

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Wye Valley Art Society

12:00pm Thursday 29th July 2010

PETER Walwin – sculptor, woodcarver and fine furniture-maker – told members of his widening interest in threedimensional art. From an engineering background, he had gone to a specialist college course in High Wycombe where he carved a wide range of chairs, table legs, doorways and mirror frames. His broader interests encompassed many wild life forms such as bears, eagles and owls. Each year he competes at Westonbirt Arboretum with other sculptors using chainsaws to produce large-scale works from big tree trunks. Peter displayed a number of his carvings plus the appropriate tools, the designs and the different types of wood which he used.

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Hereford Sea Cadets

12:00pm Thursday 1st July 2010

MICHAEL Watkins of Shrewsbury is showing the young sea cadets of Hereford what can be achieved with dedication and commitment and hard training. Michael, aged 26, takes part in many runs, bike rides and parachute jumps and in March completed an Ultra 30 Wye run in Herefordshire. He is now training for the Lakeland 100 run which he is taking part in from 5.30pm on July 23. The tour is a 100-mile circuit visiting many of the most picturesque valleys and dales that radiate out from the high central fells like the spokes of a wheel and includes in the region of 6,300m of ascent. In some places the paths have all but disappeared into the mire. The organisers allow up to 40 hours for competitors to complete the full course but Michael is aiming to finish in less than 24 hours.

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Herefordshire Active Retirement Association

12:00pm Thursday 1st July 2010

THE group has been quite active recently with various events, which have included talks and slide shows.

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Leominster Friendship Centre

12:00pm Thursday 1st July 2010

Leominster Friendship Centre Ltd, a charity, has been set up to give a welcome and hospitality to seasonal and migrant workers, and is appealing for volunteers to help prepare simple suppers at Ivington Village Hall. They will take place during the early evenings of July 20, August 5, August 19 and September 2. At each supper up to ten volunteers prepare and bring along the food and set up the room before about 40 seasonal workers turn up at about 7pm. All food expenses are covered by the charity. The volunteers sit and share the meals with the workers amongst whom there are always a good number who speak English.

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