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October 2001

• PUBLISHED - Ron Watkins, the prolific Ynyswen author, has had his 19th novel accepted for publication by the London publisher Robert Hale. Entitled "Sharpshooters for Hire", the novel is a Western which will be published next year. His previous novels have been a mixture of detective stories and Westerns, written under his own name and the pseudonym Tom Parry. One previous novel "Death Draws the Curtain" has been translated into Danish.

GARDENING - Treherbert and District Gardening Society meets every 3rd Monday at the Treherbert Rugby Club at 7.30pm. Annual membership fee £2 - or £1 if retired or unwaged - for regular FREE lectures on all aspects of gardening (with a free cheese and pickle supper), Quiz evenings, Dances and Social Events, Classes in specialist subjects such as flower arranging, Occasional Trips to places of interest and a chance to meet new friends. Allotment plots for £4 per year. For information visit www.geocities.com/treherbertgardensociety or contact our secretary David Jones on 01443 773076.

• RALLY CLUB - Rhondda's leading Rally Club meets in the RAFA Club Treorchy every Tuesday. For further details visit their website at www.griffin-motor-club.co.uk

CHILDRENS DISCO - A childrens fancy dress "Halloween" disco will be held on Sunday 28th October at Treorchy RAFA Club from 4pm to 6pm. Entrance fee £1 and all proceeds in aid of new equipment - for Treorci Meithrin Group - for the children to play and learn with.

• HARP CONCERT - Friday 26 October 8pm - AN EVENING WITH ELINOR BENNETT in aid of Ty Hafan: The Children's Hospice in Wales. Join one of Wales' most distinguished musicians for an evening of exquisite harp music in the intimate setting of the Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay. Tickets £10 (includes a glass of wine) from BBC NOW 0870 013 1812

CHARITY AUCTION - A Charity Auction will be held at the Tynewydd Hotel (more commonly known as THE BRICKS) Tynewydd, on Tuesday 30th October at 7.30pm. All proceeds will be split between Selsig (Amateur Operatic Society) and the Rhondda Disabled Riding Group. A good time to buy all those stocking fillers for the family or to pick up a bargain. Get there early for a good seat! 

• APPEAL - Ynyswen Infants school are (for the second year) running the "Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child shoe box appeal. For full details visit www.samaritanspurse.org/uk In brief, they ask for a shoe box filled with items suitable for boys or girls in age groups, 2/4, 5/9, or 10/14 ( They are particularly needing boxes for the 10/14 years of age group for boys and girls as these are the hardest to do).

  Last year we found that people did not/could not do a full box, so this year we at Samuel Footwear, Bute Street, Treorchy - tel:01443 773944 - decided to accept small individual items and make up the boxes ourselves. Things needed are very basic, for example :- Small toys -  car, puzzle, skipping rope, teddy etc. School items - pencils, crayons, pens, rulers, erasers, exercise paper, colouring books. Sweets - wrapped sweets, chocolate. Toiletries - flannel, sponge, talc, soap, toothbrush/toothpaste, makeup bag. Clothing - scarf, hat, baseball cap, gloves, ties.

  A Christmas card from you and a photograph if you wish is also welcome. Items do not need to be brand new, just in good condition. Items not allowed are :- any war related items, marbles, battery powered toys, aerosols, mirrors, no food other than sweets, liquids (shampoo etc), medicines.

  Each box also needs a donation of £2, to cover costs.

  If you feel that you can supply just one of the above items - they may include things that you have at home and have not used or are in good condition, or the £2 needed to help us to do the boxes, please bring them into the shop for us.  Even a pencil will help us.  Let us give some children something for Christmas that costs us so little when our own children/grandchildren are so lucky.

  Time is now short, the filled boxes need to be in school ready for collection by November 9th.  Please think of the children and give something. Pass the word on to your friends and neighbours!  If you do fill a box and can't make it to Ynyswen School, again, we will take it up there for you. Thanking you in advance for any help - Sharon Walker, Parent Governor at Ynyswen Infants School. Email: samuel.footwear@btinternet.com

JOB VACANCIES - Viva! is a registered Charity based on the Cae Mawr Industrial Estate, Treorchy working with young people with and without a disability, between the ages of 11 - 25 years, and aiming to promote inclusive quality leisure opportunities for young people in local communities throughout Rhondda Cynon Taff.  

We currently have two 17.5 hour posts for Link Workers, one in the Rhondda (Maternity cover 6 months) and one in Taff Ely (one year contract).  Applicants will need to have experience of working alongside young people with or without disabilities, they will need to be enthusiastic, hard-working and have a positive approach to the rights of young people with disabilities.  

The salary is £7.09 per hour, to be worked flexibly, plus travel expenses at 35p per mile.  Will include some evenings and weekends. For an application pack, please contact Teresa Butler on 434224 or write to: The Viva! Project, Unit 5, The Enterprise Centre, Cae Mawr Industrial Estate, Treorchy, CF42 6EJ

• PLAYGROUPS - Applications are welcome for Treorci Meithrin and Ti a Fi Groups which meet at the Adult Education/Youth Centre, Horeb Street, Treorchy. Meithrin is held Monday to Fridays from 9.30 am to 1pm. Ti a Fi - for the under twos - is on Monday and Thursdays from 10am to midday. Contact rachel.pearce@care4free.net for further details.

FUNERAL NOTICE - Wyndham Eynon of Treherbert passed away Friday October 5th. The funeral will be leaving 31 Dunraven Street, Treherbert on Friday, 12th October at 11.30am for service at Llwydcoed Crematorium. Family flowers only. Donations in lieu to the Renal Unit at Heath Hospital  - via funeral director Phil Cole.

• OPEN DAY - Rhondda Model Railway Club holds its Annual Open Day at the Park & Dare, Treorchy on Saturday, 13th October - from 10am to 5pm. Entrance fee only 75p.

CHEAP TRAVEL - Students with a current student or young person's discount coachcard - can travel anywhere on the National Express UK coach network this Autumn for £10, when they register and book online at www.GoByCoach.com between October 1st to October 31st.

• Welsh language author Bob Eynon of Treorchy, hosts a question and answer session at Abercynon Library on October 3rd during Children's Book Week.

MEETING - Rhondda and Cynon Valleys Railway Society hold their next meeting at the Stag Hotel, Treorchy on Thursday, 4th October at 8pm.

• CHARITY WALK - The RNIB is inviting physically fit people to take part in their 10-day charity trek along the Greta Wall of China between June 16-25th in 2002. For details contact Anne Bell on 01786 450559 or email anne.bell@rnib.org.uk

BOOK LAUNCH and CONCERT - Treorchy Male Voice Choir will launch a new book which records the singers who shaped the musical history of Wales entitled - Hymns and Arias: Great Voices of Wales - at the Paul Robeson Room, Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy on Thursday, 11th October at 6pm. The choir will perform their annual concert immediately afterwards. Contact the box office on 01443 773112 for tickets.

• ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP - A United Nations exchange programme involving a group of students from around the world, have been building a path and footbridge at Glyncornel Environmental Centre in Llwynypia. Members of the voluntary group are Alfred Ackbarow, Detmer Muller and Elizabeth Frisch of Germany - Caroline Deroire of France - Manko Nakamura and Naoko Kamiyama of Japan -  Marketa Kroulikova of the Czech Republic - Ibrahim Rami of Palestine - Doruk Iris of Turkey and Serena Concone of Italy.

CHOCAHOLICS - A sale of continental chocolates and gift items for the family will be held at Ysgol Gymraeg, Ynyswen on Thursday, 11th October in the school hall at 6.30pm. Goods range in price from 10p.

• FUNDRAISERS - workers at Derek Davies drapery shop in Treorchy dressed as Indian squaws for a day and raised £258 for Rhondda Against Illegal Drugs.

TALENT COMPETITION - More than 50 entries have been received so far for the 11-week competition which started on 3rd October at Pentre Legion Club. Anyone who can "give a turn on stage" and is interested in scooping the £2000 prize money on offer, should contact Bobby Gilbert on 01443 435473 or Legion Club Secretary - Colin John on 01443 435156/435586. 

• CHARITY AUCTION - Rhondda Cynon Taff Chairman Larraine Jones has chosen respiratory illness as her fundraising campaign for her year in office. A Charity Auction will be held at Rhondda Sports Centre on Thursday, 6th December as one of the main fundraising events.

CAMPANOLOGY - St. Peter's Church in Pentre has a full peal of eight bells - just waiting for someone to ring them. Interested parties wanting to take up the bell-ringing hobby should contact Father Haydn on 01443 433651.

• CAMERA CLUB - Rhondda Camera Club meets every Tuesday at the Maes-yr Haf Hall, Trealaw on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm.

THEATRE - Spectacle Theatre Company wants youngsters from 8 years upwards to join them on stage for their production of Peter Pan in December. The group rehearse at Treherbert RFC on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Just turn up there or ring 01443 771360 for further information.

• FIRE RECRUITS - Part-time firefighters are needed in the Rhondda at Treorchy, Tonypandy, Ferndale and Porth fire stations. Physically fit men and women - aged between 18 and 55 - who can get to their station within 5 minutes when on-call, are invited to contact the fire service on 01443 232000.

CLASSES - Age Concern Morgannwg are setting up computer training classes at their Tonypandy office for anyone over 50 who would like to learn. Phone 01443 431944 for details.

• BUS GUIDE - RCT Council has produced a guide listing bus services to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. It is available from the Public Transport Section, Sardis House, Sardis Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DU - or phone them on 01443 494816.

CANCER RESEARCH - October has been nominated breast cancer awareness month - with a "Get in the Pink" drive to raise funds and awareness of the disease. For a fundraising pack - call 029 2022 4386 or 01745 360060.

• CARERS - Taff Ely and Rhondda Carers Stroke Groups meet at Llantrisant Leisure Centre on the 2nd Wednesday each month. Phone RCT Carers Support Project on freephone 0800 100 1801 or Minicom 0808 100 1675.

FAMILIES - Cardiff University's School of Psychology seeks married couples with children aged between 12 and 15 to take part in a study of family communication and relationships. Participants will be paid £70 for four hours. Phone 029 2087 5047 for details.

• COMPETITION - A poetry competition in three categories - for children aged 7 to 11; 11 to 14; and 14 to 18 - will be held to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Entries can be submitted in Welsh or English - via schools and colleges - up until March 31st.  Winners will receive a specially commissioned medal from the Queen in July.

DIABETES - Rhondda Branch of Diabetes UK meets at Brynnar Jones Day Centre, Gelli on Tuesday 11th October. Phone John Jones on 01443 436074 for details.

• FREE TICKETS - Owen Money's Theatre Company will be recorded by the BBC at the Park and Dare Theatre on Monday & Tuesday - 22nd & 23rd October.  Free tickets are available from the box office on 01443 773112.

BIKE RIDE - MENCAP is organising a charity bike-ride from London to Amsterdam between 3rd - 6th May, 2002. Registration costs £99 and a minimum sponsorship is required. Travel costs, food and lodgings are included. Call 0845 9777 779 for an information pack or email: events@mencap.org.uk

• FURNITURE - Valleys Furniture Recycling will be holding a furniture display at Ynyswen Welfare Hall on 17th October from 11am to 2pm. Recipients of income-based benefits are invited to see what's on offer.

LEISURE PASS - RCT Council has launched a cost-cutting leisure pass - costing £10 to £25 - to access its leisure and sporting facilities throughout RCT. Passes are available at all sport and leisure centres. 

• CLASSES - Abergorki Welfare Hall hosts several community classes. Monday evenings - Astronomy class, Friday evenings - Writers Group and a Textile class is planned for Friday mornings. Contact 01443 773457 for details.

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