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your life, your home, your community. August has been a lot brighter and dryer I’m glad to be able to say. Still the wettest summer for a 100 years, but let’s hope September follows in Augusts footsteps, and if we get an Indian summer as well that will help us feel like we’ve had some sun before Autumn and Winter sneak up on us. I bet the younger ones amongst us are giving a huge sigh of relief now their exams are over and the results are through. Good or bad at least it’s all over! Mind you I hope no one is too upset with their results, and we all followed in team GBs Olympic success. I was keen to get Wrexham’s gold post box on the front cover of the magazine this month, until Carol reminded me we’d saved this spot for a local photo entry. So the lovely front cover shot this month is courtesy of John Brookshaw of The Plassey Leisure Park. There were many fantastic entries - but there can only be one winner! Let’s not forget the honour of having a gold post box in Wrexham though, courtesy of Tom James, I think, who won his gold in rowing. That will put Wrexham back on the map! I wonder if St Asaph, who pipped us to the post for city status, have a gold post box?
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According to a local resident in Worthenbury, the area wouldn’t win an Olympic gold medal for best kept village of the year.Whilst out and about last month I chatted to a local resident who expressed concern at the untidiness of Worthenbury itself, mainly overgrown weeds , and for a change not the boarded up old pub which is becoming more dilapidated and run down as time goes by, and quite the eye sore. They mentioned that neighbouring Bangor on Dee seemed to receive more attention from local council department ‘Street Scene’ than Worthenbury appeared to, and I wondered if they had got in touch with them and had any positive news in getting some help to tidy up the area? I forgot to mention they can always get in touch with their local councillor if they feel it needs addressing further. Anyway no doubt I’ll be able to see for myself when I’m out delivering this month’s magazine. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this month’s magazine, and before I go Happy Anniversary to Alan and Kath at the Buck House.
All the best, Jill
BOYS & GIRLS, 7-18
Opening up opportunities for Juniors, Seniors... and beyond A visit to The King’s School will open your eyes to a unique learning environment, where children of all ages are able to flourish and develop their personalities as well as their academic abilities. In the Junior school you’ll see why a recent inspection called our 7-11 year old girls and boys ‘happy learners’ – enjoying Drama, Music and Sport and a host of other activities, as well as gaining a firm academic foundation. That foundation is built upon at The King’s Senior school and Sixth Form, where outstanding teaching staff and superb facilities, a diverse and enriching new curriculum and a vibrant atmosphere, inspire young minds and encourage our 11-18 year olds to attain the highest standards. Virtually all go on to universities, and 85% to ‘The Times Top 30’. Financial help is
available for Senior school, too, dependent on parental income – King’s opens up opportunities for all children, throughout their school life and beyond. You are warmly invited to our Open Morning, where you can explore the Junior and Senior schools, along with our new Sixth Form development, meet the teachers and pupils, and see for yourself what makes The King’s School unique.
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Exeo - SEAT’S sporting family holdall There is little doubt that the SEAT Exeo estate car is a well-built, refined family holdall- elegant and with a hint of sportiness from its attractive 18” alloy wheels, door mouldings and stainless steel roof rails. The test car was the 2.0TDI Sport version, with attractive sport seats in its smart but practical interior. Its 1968c.c., four cylinder, turbo diesel engine produced 143 b.h.p. which, mated to a six-speed manual transmission, enabled it to accelerate to 62 m.p.h. in 9.6 seconds and on to a top speed of 130 m.p.h.. Evenso, this large and practical load and passenger carrier could return as much as 56.5 m.p.g. on the Combined Cycle, and its CO2 emissions of 132 g/km requires a V.E.D. of only £120 p.a. Smart and workmanlike you might call the interior with its elegant Alcantara/ leather seats. The electric glass solar sunroof is certainly a sophisticated piece of equipment as its small solar panels generate the electricity to operate the cabin air vents, when detectors find it necessary.This is just one instance of the amount of hi-tech equipment installed in this estate car, which also includes a sophisticated sound system, advanced automatic air conditioning, Bi- xenon Headlamp System and DVD-based Sat. Nav. The luggage space available is huge- as much as 1,354 litres with the rear seat backs folded and the compartment loaded to the ceiling. There are also storage boxes under the front seats! 6
It is a sporty looking estate car with a sporting performance to match, thanks to its sports suspension, powerful brakes and first class road holding, which all adds up to a desirable family car which is so rewarding to drive and ride in. As tested, it cost £23,800. In such vehicles, young passengers do not get bored on long journeys due to such entertainment aids as DVDs players etc, whereas in the old days we had to play I-Spy or listen to stories our parents thought up to save the constant “Are we there, yet?” pleading! The novel ‘Watership Down’ started out this way! However, a very talented telecommunications engineer colleague of mine, who sadly passed away recently, employed his own original thinking to such a problem. Some years ago he took his family for a day out to the North Wales coast in his trusty Vauxhall Viva. His young son and daughter were in the rear seats and, he told me, “They argued and fought with each other all the way there!” “I wasn’t going to put up with that on the return journey, so I got several buckets full of sand, poured it into the rear footwells, and they played happily in it all the way home!” Now, I’ll bet you never thought of doing that,did you?
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The Cross Lanes dates back to the late Victorian era when it was built as a private house. Its name in Welsh was Maes y Nant, which translated means house by a stream. The Oak panelling in the front hall is Jacobean, dating back to about 1620. Together with the wooden staircase it was acquired from a grand old house, Emral Hall at the nearby village of Worthenbury, and carefully restored at Maes y Nant in 1935. In 1959 Maes y Nant was sold and converted to a hotel. Many of the original features and homely atmosphere are preserved to this day. Our six acres of beautiful gardens and grounds provide a truly wonderful setting for weddings, wedding receptions and other parties and events, whatever time of the year. Situated just two miles from the Wrexham Industrial Estate making it the perfect venue for business meetings and functions as well as providing overnight accommodation for visitors. There are two ground floor meeting rooms, both open directly onto the grounds making them ideal for leadership courses, team building exercises and training. Our Garden Suite has long been one of the area’s most popular venues for social functions such as weddings and dinners. It opens out to extensive lawned gardens making it ideal for summer days and evenings. The main lawn is large enough to take a large marquee. Relaxed, charming and friendly are the words often used to describe The Lanes Bar Restaurant. Here you can enjoy quality food cooked simply with fresh local ingredients and value for money prices.
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The Inn at the Lanes Restaurant and Bar offers contemporary yet relaxed dining. Inspired by head chef, Vince Williams, the restaurant features a comprehensive menu combining fresh seasonal produce with a Welsh twist. Dishes change regularly to make the most of local availability. Our Lite Bites menu offers something for everyone, while a more extensive menu is available in the evening. With a comprehensive, personally selected wine list and friendly, attentive service, The Inn at the Lanes Restaurant and Bar is the perfect place to dine.
• A complimentary half bottle of champagne as you relax in your en-suite double bedroom • A small box of handmade Choose from a selection of chocolates succulent roasts, a tasty vegetarian option and•aThree delicious fishcandlelit course dinner course for two all served with the trimmings ofand course! Enjoy Christmas New Year at Cross Lanes Country Hotel. From Christmas Party Nights with inclusive carvery, to a more traditional 3 • Overnight accommodation with course Alternative Christmas Party. Day and Boxing Daysetting dining options are always popular, full Welsh breakfast Then what better way to relaxChristmas in our peaceful let someone else do the cooking and washing up, while you enjoy BOOK NOW FOR precious with your family and loved ones. with a good pudding and coffee to time round off your day? From only £99
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Students in Wrexham schools are once again celebrating as they receive their A Level results. Recent results show an overall A level pass rate of 98% which is marginally above the all Wales figure and also above performance in Wrexham schools in 2011. 23% of grades awarded were at A* or A, which is a significant increase on the figure for 2011 and is in line with the all Wales figure. 95.9% of Wrexham schools’ sixth formers achieved the Level 3 threshold, which is 3.5% above last year’s figure.The Level 3 threshold performance measure takes into account all qualifications, including A and AS Level, vocational and skills qualifications. The pass rate for Wrexham schools’ sixth form leavers achieving the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma qualification is 97%, which is a further improvement on last year's exceptional results and once again well above the Welsh figure of 82.8%. This year, 82% of Wrexham schools’ sixth formers followed the qualification which requires students to be 12
successful in a range of traditional academic, vocational and skills qualifications. This is a significant increase on the figure of 70% who studied for the Advanced Diploma in 2011. Cllr Michael Williams, Lead Member for Children’s Services and Education said: “Our young people are to be warmly congratulated for their commitment, hard work and success. They, along with their families and schools, can be very proud of their achievements. I am particularly pleased to see the large numbers of Wrexham students achieving the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification.” John Davies, Wrexham’s Head of Lifelong Learning says: ‘I congratulate Wrexham students as they celebrate their achievements. These results today are the culmination of two years’ commitment and hard work by our young people, supported by their families and schools. I am particularly pleased to see the significant increase in the number of students achieving Grades A* and A. I wish all our students well as they move on to higher education, training or employment. Well done everyone and congratulations!’
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A whole host of seasonal walks around the gardens and estate From costumed Romantic Walks to a Spooky Walk with ‘Hagrid’
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Gender pricing: all’s fair in love, war and insurance premiums Have you ever wondered why women tend to pay less for car insurance than men? It is all to do with the practice of genderbased pricing used by insurers to calculate the premiums we pay. But it is a practice that is about to be outlawed from the 21st December thanks to a landmark ruling – a ruling that will soon affect how much you pay for insurance or get from your pension fund. The European Court of Justice has ruled that using differences between men and women as a risk factor in setting premiums for car and medical insurance and pension schemes breaches EU rules on equality. How it will affect you will depend on your age, medical condition and gender, although it is anticipated that more men than women will be better off as a result. If you have a teenage son you will be all too aware of the sky-high cost of insurance. Younger female drivers pay significantly less than their male counterparts because they are less likely to be involved in accidents and therefore, less likely to make a claim. With life insurance and pension annuities, the difference in premiums or benefits can be explained by differences in the life expectancy of men and women.
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Contributed by Miss Viv Lavis-Jones
I was reading a collection of letters left by the Rev T H Gresley Puleston of Emral Hall when he dies in 1890 and I came across this one sent from Ireland from a James Ward to Richard Ward, probably in connection with the Irish estate owned by Francis Price of Brynypys. I just could not resist sharing part of it with you. Dublin, January 15th 1730(31)
Killbrew, Mr Georges’ seat in the county of Meath, when the account came of the disaster. Mr Hamilton Georges, brother of the gentleman of the house, said he heartily pitied his sister Lady Hoath who had lost so amiable a companion as Miss Burford, he knew not what she would do for company having nobody but that silly Miss Rice. St Lawrence, who was uncle to this young lady and excessively fond of her, resented being called silly, whereupon a quarrel ensued and after they had gone to bed Mr Georges went to St Lawrence’s chamber to ask his pardon when St Lawrence bounced out of bed and went to his pistols and bid Georges to take one, which he declined, and declared if they must fight, it were better in the morning. St Lawrence swore if he hesitated any longer he would shoot him through the head. Georges took a pistol and fired both balls hitting St Lawrence who lives a few days after, happily for Georges, as there was no third person in the room.The Lord Chief Justice has given Georges bail...”
“... I can send you nothing from this place but a long train of unlucky disasters which have lately happened in the provinces. The only brother of Sir Lawrence Esmond had married by stealth a daughter of Colonel Butcher of Killcash. Father and son had only just been reconciled, when the lady’s brother, visiting her and fiddling with a gun in the parlour, by accident shot Mr Esmond in the leg, and no surgeon being near the wound mortified and he died. About the same time two young ladies, Miss Hawley and Miss Burford, while taking the air in a four-wheeled chaise, the driver having got down to fasten the lintspin of a wheel, the Talk about a chapter of accidents! horses took head and ran into the river, overturned the chaise and both ladies were drowned. This happened in the country of Kilkenny near Lord Hoath’s hunting seat. Miss Burford lived with his family and the other lady was there on a visit... ... Lord Hoath’s only brother Harry St Lawrence was spending his Christmas at 18
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essential gardening FLOWER GARDEN • Buy spring bulbs for next year. Most bulbs, including daffodils, hyacinths, lilies and small bulbs are best planted this month or in early October. Tulips are better planted towards the end of October • Give evergreen hedges a final trim to ensure they are neat for the winter • Now’s the time to go around your garden collecting seeds from perennials and annuals. Collect seed heads in paper bags and leave them in a warm place to dry for a few days, before cleaning and storing in small envelopes. Some gardens that open to the public offer see-collecting days – a great way to find something unusual. Most seeds are best sown in spring • Sweet pea lovers may find that sowing seed in autumn produces stronger plants. Do not soak the seeds as they are liable to rot. Use Seed and Potting Compost and sow the seeds in root trainers, sweet peas tubes, pots or trays. It has been found that dark coloured seeds germinate well in fairly damp compost, but pale seed require compost that is only just moist. • Cover the containers with glass or put them in a propagator and keep at around 15 C (59 F). When the seedlings appear transfer them to a cold frame. Pinch out the growing tips when the plants are about 10 cm (4 inches) high 22
ROSES • Shrub roses and ramblers can easily be propagated from stem cuttings at this time of year. Take a length of stem about 30cm (12 inches) long and trim it off just below the bottom leaf. Remove the soft tip just above a root joint. Take off all but the top two or three leaves and push the cuttings into a well dug trench in the garden to about half their length. They should be left for 12 months to root and develop • If rambler and climbing roses have got a bit out of hand, spend a bit of time tying them in LAWN • Aerate the lawn with a fork or special tool then apply Scotts Autumn Lawn Food to nourish your lawn through the winter months • You can continue to re-seed bare patches on your lawn. It’s also a good time of year to prepare the ground for sowing a new lawn, while the earth is still warm. FRUIT GARDEN • Cover autumn-fruiting blackberries and raspberries with netting to keep off the birds, but check daily to ensure no animals or birds get trapped • Pick early varieties of apples as soon as they’re ripe and eat them – they won’t keep.
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Two of our three Olympic Rowers from The King’s School have completed their London 2012 quest with medals! Tom James, who left King’s in 2002, battled for gold against Australia and the United States in the Men’s Four rowing final to secure his second Olympic gold medal. Team GB have been crowned Olympic champions in the Men’s Four at each of the last four Olympic Games, with Tom and his team defending their title after winning gold in Beijing in 2008. Chris Bartley, who also left King’s in 2002, eased through the heats and semi-final of the Men’s Lightweight Fours, securing silver in the nail-biting final of his first Olympics – only a quarter of a second behind South Africa. Olivia Whitlam, who first learnt to row at King’s at the age of 16, came fifth in the final of the Women’s Eight, after facing strong competition from United States and Canada. James Fair continues his quest for gold with the GB Hockey Team, having reached the quarter-finals. The King’s School headmaster, Mr Chris Ramsey, said; “On behalf of all the pupils and staff at King’s I would like to say how delighted and proud we are of all four of our former pupils representing Great Britain in 24
the Olympics. King’s has a long history of producing elite sportsmen and women. For this Olympics, however, we had a recordbreaking number of former pupils in the GB team. Very few schools in this country have this many and I haven’t heard of any other schools in the North West who can boast this number! Tom James and Chris Bartley both learnt to row at King’s at the age of 13, and Olivia had never rowed until she joined us in the Sixth Form, and soon progressed to make her mark. Everyone at King’s is excited to welcome back our Olympians in the next term, so that they can inspire the next generation of pupils.” Director of Rowing at The King’s School, David Blackham, said; “The King’s School is immensely proud of Tom, Chris and Olivia. Tom and Olivia have been back to King’s on several occasions and spent time with our current rowers. These role models are a fantastic inspiration to our pupils and the fact they started rowing at the King’s boathouse, just as current pupils do today, gives all our rowers a real insight to what you can achieve with hard work and dedication. All three have built not only a rowing career, but an Olympic legacy at the school’s Rowing Club which all our pupils dream of emulating over the current years.”
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Tuesday 18th September: 2pm - 4pm Join Karan at The Plassey for a enjoyable floristry workshop, learn how to design a seasonal arrangement (colour harmonies). £10 per person For more information and to book a place on this workshop please call Karan on 07795 167382 or email karan.foxley@btinternet.com
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Lemon chicken tray bake
Makes 4. Ingredients: For the marinade: 8 chicken thighs, boneless and skin on 4tbsp soy sauce softened, then add in the rosemary and Juice and zest of 1 lemon breadcrumbs. 1tbsp sugar • Remove the chicken from the marinade For the tray bake: and shake off the excess, reserve the 1 onion, finely diced marinade for basting. Open out the thighs 2 cloves garlic, crushed with a sharp knife and stuff with the breadcrumb stuffing, use a cocktail stick 1tbs rosemary, very finely chopped to secure them. 50g breadcrumbs. • Bring a large pan of water to the boil and 400g maris piper potatoes parboil the potatoes for 5 mins, then drain 2 red onions, quartered and add these to a roasting tray along with Squeezed lemon halves from 1 lemon (keep the chicken, the red onions, the squeezed the juice) lemon halves and the halved head of garlic then season with black pepper. 1 head garlic, halved horizontally • Drizzle over some olive oil and bake in Black pepper, to season • Drizzle olive oil the preheated oven for 1hr, 20 mins. Flat leaf parsley, to serve • Before the end of cooking, scatter over How it’s done: any remaining breadcrumbs, and return to the oven until golden. • In a large bowl, marinate the chicken thighs in the soy sauce, juice and zest of 1 • Garnish with some flat leaf lemon and sugar for at least 2 hours. parsley and squeeze over the juice from the roasted • Preheat the oven to 200˚C/400˚F fan/Gas lemons and serve. Mark 6. • In a large frying pan heat some oil over Shop local. You know it a medium heat and fry the diced onion makes sense. and garlic for around 5 mins until
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Litter louts in Wrexham are warned to pick up their rubbish or risk being fined as Wrexham Council work with Wrexham Police to issue penalty notices to those who refuse to clear up their rubbish in the town centre. Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Collaboration and Partnership, said: "I have held a meeting today with Police and Enforcement Officers and asked them to become more proactive in tackling the litter problem in Wrexham. Leaving litter is extremely anti social behaviour and also contributes to a general lack of pride in our communities. Recently Llwyn Isaf and the surrounding area have been left strewn with rubbish and even though adequate bins are provided they are just not being used. Whilst we welcome the mainly young people who use this area, they have to accept responsibility for disposing of their litter in the bins provided." If people refuse to pick up their litter fixed penalty notices will be issued and if they remain unpaid there will be a zero tolerance policy and prosecutions will follow. 32
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28 year old Tom James from Coedpoeth, Wrexham won a gold medal in rowing during the men’s coxless four event. James defended his own Olympic win along with his teammates, four years after winning in Beijing. He becomes the fifth Welshman to win multiple Olympic gold medals. James has also overcome physical challenges this year, and was treated for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition in which the sufferer experiences an irregular heartbeat. As promised, Wrexham got a “gold” painted post box to mark the Olympic win; the gold post box can be found outside Townhill Post Office in Wrexham. The special post boxes are part of a campaign by the Royal Mail to celebrate Olympic gold medal wins by painting a post box “gold” in the home towns of winning athletes. Special stamps are also being printed to honour the gold medallists.
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Whatever you dream of achieving in life, King’s Sixth Form opens the way – this year our students achieved, on average, four offers out of five for university.* In 2011, eleven students went to Oxford or Cambridge and over 86% to ‘The Times Top 30’ universities. 26 A level choices, the AQA Extended Project and Enrichment afternoons, providing a huge choice of academically-stretching or skill-enhancing subjects, combine to give you an impressive range of options. They’re all supported by outstanding teaching and facilities – soon to be even better with the acclaimed Sixth Form Centre adding, this September, new study rooms, a brighter and vibrant common room and cafe, new IT facilities and Sixth Form only teaching rooms.
Shape your future – join us for an informal Sixth Form Evening at King’s, Thursday 4th October. Or come and spend the day with one of our current Sixth Formers and sample the lessons and facilities on offer.
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Sixth Form at King’s is not just about academic achievement, with over 130 clubs and activities, from music groups and student-run MedSoc to chess and some of the country’s most successful sporting teams.
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One of our favourite bands, The Black Oil Brothers from Chicago will be returning for another UK tour. We are unable to host them at Worthenbury this year but I’m delighted to say that we have arranged for them to appear a few miles away just over the border in Shropshire at Dudleston Heath and Greenhill Bank Working Men’s Club. (situated a few miles the other side of our other venue at Overton on Dee)
September 15th 8pm for 9pm Alan Preston is in charge there and you must contact him by phoning on 01691690521 or Email ahpreston@btinternet.com to reserve tickets @ £10. He tells me they are going quickly as he only has a capacity of 80 there. It’s a great venue similar to Worthenbury with stage, lighting and in house PA system. It also has a bar and plenty of parking. The Black Oil Brothers are best described as Blues, Roots and Americana with great harmonies and musicianship - think The Eagles playing Blues !
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Dear Essentiallyours I may be having a bit of a rant, so sorry, but our business Your Body Matters Ltd, in Church Street by St Giles, the Ladies Only Gym (Please join if you want to look after your health or lose weight quickly Ladies and bring a friend too!- Ad over) like every other business in Wrexham is feeling this Credit crunch. One of the main issues, I and others can see is a town centre which used to be full of people shopping, local people and others from afar, all of this seems to have gone away. As has the money in the town, and why, I feel because the town has been cut in half between Eagles meadow and island green with not much in the middle. I know it was with good intention building a new exciting and special shopping centre, to attract people from all over, but has this happened, NO. The town centre shops are empty, unless it is a discount store and what’s more so is Eagles meadow! The Town still Trying to achieve city statues, I feel has killed the quaint and prosperous market town of Wrexham. (Only an option) We need help and fast, I have heard Debenhams are thinking of closing and moving on from Eagles meadow. I am not sure how true or if it is true or not, but if they do move, we will have a dead town of two half instead of one with a whole in the middle and things will get worse. I am sure there are lots of people and business in the town and surrounding areas, which have ideas to help the town- this is mine, is it wacky maybe, but it is an idea- forget city status- let’s make Wrexham a popular market town again let’s get the main shops back in the town centre, with Marks & Spenser in the old TJ Hughes, Next could move into the old Top Shop/Peacock’s store and the others in the rest of the now growing number of empty shops (Give them incentives to move back! Make it happen!) Now Eagles meadow lets develop restaurants and bars make it a centre of fun to go to, cafes and entertainment, maybe even a casino, family fun houses and more, a fair it would be a great place to go for the day with the family and even better for night out with your friends. With one or two night clubs, there too and a couple of hotels. Easy to police and control at night with everyone in the same place, in the day people would go there to eat, for business meetings and more. The town would be busy again. And the Meadow renowned the place to go for the best night or day around. The town would be a nice and pleasant market town again, with little shops and cafes, like it was when people used to love to visit and spend money and they would come again. It would create jobs and cash in the town and all business would benefit. This is my idea, I am sure you and others have ideas and maybe better ones, the main thing something has to be done before it is too late, So Help, if we don’t no one will! Make the changes before it is too late! Steve Howarth
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