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Older Scouts On Hill Venture

They're Quick to Learn in Ceri's Class

Family Tragedy Spurs Marathon ; an All Too Common Cause of Heartbreak has Brought a Heartfelt Effort for Charity, Says David Powell.

TERRY Cross is training hard to run in this year's London Marathon on April 18. The 45-year-oldPrestatyn runner takes on his challenge spurred partly by the heartache from the stillbirth of his daughter Olivia.

Celebration

Lesley Wilde, 45,head coach at Holywell Swimming Club broke the 45 to 49 year age group world record for the 200m back stroke and the European for the 400m individual medley at the Welsh Masters Championships. Partying in Liverpool. ..Pictured above (fromleft)are Lun, Alma,Rhian,Wendy, Judith and Karen on the wild hen night of Glenda Jones,of Penrhyn Bay; Glenda Jones is seen below (left) with another friend,Mandy Williams.

Reader's Eye

A bull relaxes in a Conwy field... Picture by Gareth Jones, Llandudno.

Claire in Tune with Firefighters' Charity ; Winning a Karaoke Competition Gave Singer Claire Poole the Chance to Help Others,As David Powell Discovers.

RHYL girl Claire Poole won a Karaoke competition in The Seagull Inn in Towyn and decided to donate pounds 100 of her pounds 250 prize to the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund. The sweet- voiced 18 -year-old sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow, covered most recently by Eva Cassidy,and Flashdance by Irene Cara. She made the selfless gesture because her uncle Raymond Olsen works in Merseyside Fire Service and she knows the good work that fire fighters do.

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Cutest Kids

Eighteen-month-oldShaun Robert Whitley, of Beaumaris, seems to have been born to be a pianist. He entertained at the wedding of his Aunt Claire at Trescawan Hall. Thanks to his grandma Mrs B Roberts,of Gerdi Stanley in Beaumaris. Celebrating St David's Day. ..Beca Lloyd Hughes,aged two and a half,at a concert at Ysgol Feithrin Salem. She and her sister Cate,aged eight months,are granddaughters of Gwynn and Alwena Jones,of Ystrad Road in Denbigh. The girls and their parents Dylan and Mari Lloy...

Practical Approach Makes the Three Rs Fun ; Number- Crunching Pupils Have a Lively Time at Ysgol Llangoed On the Eastern Side of Anglesey, As David Powell Finds Out.

CAN Maths be fun? Yes,of course it can! Especially if you're one of the 80 or so pupils at Ysgol Llangoed. Deputy head teacher Carol Hughes says: "We have an hour of maths every day.

Peace Hopes to European Friends

PRESTATYN pupils with friends in Spain have paid tribute to victims of the Madrid bombings. Students at Bodnant Junior School sent a message of peace to their mourning pals at a special service.

Squash Masterclass

Football for Disabled

UP to 70 Denbighshire pupils will be putting their football skills to the test at a major tournament for the county's disabled students. The Disability Football Festival,organised by Disability Sport Cymru and the Football Association of Wales (FAW) Trust, takes place at Pengwern College,Rhuddlan tomorrow (Wed,March 31)between 1pm and 3pm.

Students Can Shine

TWO students at Coleg Llandrillo Cymru have been short listed for prestigious International Student Awards 2004,also known as the "Shine Awards". Mulham Alasfar,from Syria and Menekse Goker from Turkey have been short listed from over 2,000 entries. Mulham is studying for a GNVQ in Business and Menekse is following an HND programme in Hospitality Management at the Rhos-on-SeaCampus.

Obituary: Farewell to Real Gent Stan

STANLEY Frank Frost,known as Stan, was born in London on February 19,1916. He tragically lost his father, a stretcher bearer,in the last moments of the First World War in Prisau, France, on November 1,1918. Stan grew up with the love of his mother Jessie and brothers Bob,Arthur and Bert, and sisters Doris and Millicent.

Bride and Joy

Karen Norman and Wayne Swift,both of Abbey Road in Rhuddlan,married at the Marble Church in Bodelwyddan. They held a reception in the Faenol Fawr Hotel in Bodelwyddan and the honeymoon was in Venice. Picture by Gerry Blackford Photography,of Holywell. Carol Gray and David Higgins,both of Llandudno Junction,married at Maenan Abbey near Llanrwst on St Valentine's Day.

Born in Wales: Naomi Rhianon Parker Born 29/1/04 Weighing 11 Lbs

BEAUTIFUL Naomi Rhianon Parker came into the world 17 days later than her due date. Born by Caesarian section, she is the first child of her delighted parents Jim, a musician,and Sarah, a designer. Naomi is also the first grandchild of Gareth and Sue Jones,of Glastonbury in Somerset. Gareth himself was born at Red Farm in Penmaenmawr in 1941 weighing 12 and a half lbs!

How We Met: Alice and Stanley Robinson of Colwyn Bay Post

ALICE and Stanley Robinson met while they were at Sunday School in Manchester in 1936. She was aged about 13 and he was a couple of years older when they were pupils at the Wesleyan Chapel Sunday School on Oldham Road in the Ardwick area of the city.

Blast From the Past: Exceptional Teacher in Service of Church

IT was almost 50 years ago that one long-servingclergyman's career in Bangor started. The Reverend Leslie Mills Daniel BA had his Service of Institution and Induction as Rector of Bangor Monachorum (Bangor-on- Dee)at St Dunawd's Church.

10 Years Ago

A CABINET Office official who advised the Prime Minister that guidelines on military sales to Iraq had not been changed yesterday admitted he did not know if he had been right. Nicolas Bevan told Lord Justice Scott's arms to Iraq enquiry that he had briefed John Major following the collapse of the Matrix Churchill trial in 1992.

20 Years Ago

A NORTH Wales sailor was plucked to safety yesterday from angry seas which claimed the lives of 17 seamen. John Scragg, 22,of Bramble Way, Buckley, is grateful to be alive after he and a colleague were overturned five times in their 30ft yacht off the Cornish coast. He had been delivering a yacht from Milford Haven to Malaga.