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CHARITY SHOP - Once again the Care & Share Charity Shop in Pentre has come to the financial aid of a local organisation. On this occasion the Phoenix Theatre and Cinema in Ton Pentre were granted £950, enabling them to refurbish their projector together with a new cinemascope lens, a wide screen lens and improve the tower for changing reels which has helped them to provide a better quality picture and better presentation. As a result, they have been able to provide a better service for members of the community, including young people.
Congratulations on the good work Care & Share are continuing to do in the locality. Without people like yourselves, who are raising much needed finance, things would be much more difficult for many local organisations.
- TREORCHY OAP - The Annual General Meeting of Treorchy Senior Citizens (OAP) Club will be held at St. Matthew’s Church Hall on Thursday 8th April at 2pm, followed by refreshments and bingo. Members’ contributions for 2004 are now due.
DOG
FOULING FINES - From
March 2004, dog owners in Rhondda Cynon Taf will face on-the-spot fines of
£75 if their pets foul pavements and public places, and owners fail to
clean up the mess.
- The
Dog Fouling (fixed penalty) (Wales) Order 2003 has proposed to
increase the level of fixed penalty fine for dog fouling from £25 to
£75.
- In
1997 Rhondda Cynon Taf issued an order that designated all public land
in the county borough under the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act (1996).
This empowered the Council to take action against anyone in charge of
a dog who fails to remove its faeces from public land.
- Fixed
penalties for dog fouling must be paid within 14 days. Failure to pay
can result in prosecution and a maximum fine of £2,500.
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Are you Disabled or a carer of someone who is?
- Do you find it difficult or impossible to walk even the shortest of distances?
- Is it hard to park outside your own home?
A newly
constituted group (D.A.P.S.) has
been set up in RCT to try and address some of these issues.
A meeting is being held at The Church Hall, St.Catherine’s Church, Pontypridd – on Tues.30th March 04 at 7.30 p.m.
for more information:
Phone: 01443 650615 - daytime. 01443 405324 - evenings.
MIXED BOWLS - Pengelli Senior Citizens Mixed Bowling Club held their Annual General Meeting and Pre-Season Meeting at the Treorchy Conservative Club at 3.15pm on Tuesday 9th March. Anyone who was unable to attend the meeting but would like to join the bowling club is most welcome to contact the secretary for further details on 772938.
- PREACHING - Mr. Blair Martin, a visiting Evangelist from Scotland, will be preaching at the Gospel Hall, Treorchy (by the children’s park) for most of this month, until 18th March. Mr. Blair will be speaking each week from Monday to Thursday from 7.30 to 8.30pm and on Sundays from 6pm to 7pm. There will also be sessions for children on Wednesdays from 6pm to 7pm. All are warmly welcome.
GRANT - Cylch Meithrin Cwmparc has received a grant of £2,782 for staff costs, the purchase of a computer and a desk, and educational play equipment from the lottery funded grants programme ‘Award for All Wales’ . The money will mean that the Parent and Toddler group can open for an extra day a week and the new play equipment will greatly boost the facilities available to local children of pre-school age. The computer will also introduce the children to technology before they start school.
Meithrin leader Gill and assistants
Karen and Emma were thrilled at receiving the award.
Gil said, “The money will be a big help to our group and will benefit local mothers and pre-school children. The Awards for All Wales grant was easy to apply for and the staff were very helpful. I would definitely recommend the grant programme to other groups.”
Gill, Karen and Emma would
like to thank the local Plaid Cymru Councillor Richard Ashton for
presenting them with the cheque.
For more information about the Meithrin and the Parent and Toddler group, contact 01443 776920. For more information on Awards for All Wales, or to obtain an application pack, please call: 01686 611740.
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THANKS - The Brothers of the Barrett Lodge 3132 of the R.O.A.B. who meet at Treorchy Conservative Club, would like to send a very big thank you to the following individuals; Mrs Pauline Jarman - Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taff Council, Mr. Chris Bryant - MP for Rhondda, Mr. Leighton Andrews - AM for Rhondda, Mr David Roberts of Lanyons Estate Agents, Messrs. R L. Edwards and Partners - Solicitors, Mr. B. Thomas of Wyndham Street, Ton Pentre and Mr. Dave Bassett of Charles Street, Tonypandy for helping us to nominate Mr. Ian Botham for a knighthood. We all hope that our application will be a success.
RHONDDA CAMEO SOCIETY - Member of the Rhondda Cameo Society were pleased to welcome the choir and Welsh folk dancers from Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Bronllwyn, as they celebrated St. David’s Day at their February meeting. Colourful Welsh costumes worn with pride by the performers and committee members brightened up a cold winter afternoon. A bi-lingual vote of thanks was given by Annie Clarke. A tribute to the memory of the late Bronnie Hinton was followed by a respectful silence. The secretary, Megan Morris, announced that the Annual General Meeting and Spring Tea will be held at the Maindy Conservative Club in Ton Pentre at 2pm on Wednesday, 31st March.
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REUNION - All former pupils and staff who attended Porth County Grammar School for Girls are invited to a re-union to be held at the Ystrad Rhondda Sports Centre on 15th May. Tickets are £15 and the evening will include a four-course meal. All proceeds will go to Macmillan Cancer Relief. Those who are interested (all years of the girls’ school attendees are included) should please contact Olwyn Davies (nee Jones) on 01443 434587 or e-mail to gareth.olwyn@virgin.net
SURGERIES - Chris Bryant MP for Rhondda holds an advice surgery at his constituency office from 5pm on 19th March. For any urgent enquiries, or if you are physically unable to attend, please contact the constituency office at 5 Cemetery Road, Porth, Rhondda, CF39 0LG. Due to unforeseen parliamentary business, it may be necessary to rearrange surgeries at short notice. Phone 01443 687697 for further details.
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