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Pontarddulais Walking Club The club would like to give their thanks to Norman Richards for leading the trek to the Tywi Valley. Norman took the group that included a healthy turnout of nearly thirty trekkers to visit the hillside fortress of Drislwyn Castle and its environs. Lunch was taken at Gelli Aur in lovely winter sunshine. Club secretary Alan Richards announced that the North Wales trek will take in the assent of some of Wales highest mountains namely Glyder Mawr,Glyder Fach and Tryfan. Geraint Owain Price will lead the trek on the Pembrokeshire Coast that includes a visit to the picturesque coastal hamlets of Solva and Trelerw. CALFARIA HENDY. CYFARFOD I DDIOLCH AM YR ACHOS Cynhelir cyfarfod arbennig yng Nghapel Calfaria, Hendy am 6.30 o'r gloch ar Nos Fawrth, Mawrth 16, 2010 i ddiolch am yr Achos yno, ac i nodi ei fod wedi dod i ben. Dymuna y cyn aelodau eich gwahodd atom at y cwrdd hwn ar y noson a nodwyd, i sefyll gyda ni wrth i ni gofio am ddylanwad Calfaria arnom fel teuluoedd a Chymuned. Bydd y Parchg Irfon Roberts B.A., Arolygwr parchus Cymanfa Caerfyrddin a Cheredigion, yn pregethu. Cewch groeso twymgalon gyda ni ar awr deimladwy fel hon yn ein hanes. Sadly Calforia is set to close and there will be a final service at Calforia on Tuesday 16th March at 6.30pm, all will be welcomed Hendy Community Pact Meetings The community meeting was held in Hendy this month, sadly it was purely attended by residents, the meeting was chaired by the local Inspector James Davies, who was accompanied by PC 138 Jane MacDonald and County Councillor Steve-Lloyd-janes, there were no new priorities brought to the table, crime statistics were shared and during the previous month there had only been three crimes reported to police month, due to the low crime rate and no new priorities identified, there was a discussion about ongoing issues and priorities from previous months, these were parking issues on Bryngwili, Iscoed and the Fforest road, and speeding traffic in general through Llanedi village, the Fforest area and the Llannon to Hendy road, the was a discussion about the expected completion of the new speed bumps on this stretch, the police confirmed that they had been on the fforest road with a speed gun and that the officers were surprised at the higher than expected number of offenders caught speeding, the police were going to share the statistics of the numbers of offenders caught, to help strengthen the need for traffic calming measures along the Fforest road to the black horse junction, Steve reported that the Community Council had held a site meeting with highway safety officers in December and that there was another meeting scheduled in March to discuss the Fforest road issue, the police also reported that the next day they were going to continue with a traffic safety awareness partnership day outside a local school, they are currently attending schools around the area, with highway traffic control police and any driver caught speeding is stopped and given the option to conduct a survey with the police and the local children in the playground to explain why they were speeding, there was a small number of people caught who opted to speak to the children, County Councillor took part in this scheme and observed the interviews and survey's by the children and was held on Tuesday morning outside Llanedi School, whilst nobody was caught doing more than 40 miles an hour during the exercise, once the police car had left the school area, the children continued to monitor the smiling flashing speed sign mounted outside the school and PCSO Steve Lloyd, the children and myself witnessed that the very first car to pass the school after the police had left triggered the SID machine off with a flashing Sad face and a speed well in excess of 40 miles an hour, past the school gates Hendy Senior Citizens The meeting opened with the Chairman welcoming all members, the Lord's Prayer was spoken and minutes of the last meeting were read and signed as correct, as there was business to discuss, the speaker for the afternoon was Mr Don Treharne who was introduced, he brought along slides, the first of which had the heading PYRAMIDIAU, the group immediately expected a talk on Egypt but this was not the case, these pyramids were in fact the coal tips of the Amman Valley, the group heard that it was Mr Aneurin Talfan Davies who was responsible for naming the Amman Valley "Land of the Pyramids" which was the area that the guest speaker had been brought up. He had attended Ammanford grammar school which has also seen many famous faces educated namely Neil Hamilton MP, Alan Watkins journalist for the Independent news paper and Huw Lloyd Williams international rugby player. He showed many slides of Ammanford as it looks today and more of the area from years ago. The square slide was shown when there was only a stable as a stopping place for the horse and cart and coaches, he explained that in 1880 Ammanford had changed its name from Cross Inn after the very informative talk Mr Preece thanked Mr Davies for some wonderful memories. the raffle was drawn and won by Afanwy Launa, Mary Walters, and Mareth The next meeting will be held on the 10th March in the Urdd Hall new members would be welcomed.
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Kai Both Sides Of The Bridge ~ 4th Edition Step Aerobics Classes The newly organised fitness classes are looking for support Sharon a local fully qualified aerobic instructor has just started teaching step aerobics in Hendy every Tuesday at 6.30pm the course is suitable for beginners and costs £3 per session please ring 07812007892 for further details. Your local Neighbourhood Team is based in 1/2 Lon Ceiriog, Top Site Cefncaeau, Llwynhendy, SA14 9HB. Contact details for a Non-Emergency is 101. The Emergency Number is 999. The local Neighbourhood Police Team for Hendy are PC 138 Jane MacDonald and PCSO 8041 Stephen Lloyd WPC Wendy Janas and PSCO Tom Edwards are also part of the team and cover the Llwynhendy area. Community Policing Team The new community policing meetings where residents can share concerns with the community with police and councillors are being held the first Monday of every month at Llangennech Community Hall between 6pm and 7pm, all are welcome there will be councillors there from Hendy and Llangennech along with members of the community police team and it is your chance to tell the team about any issue that is effecting your community, if you have a police issue and don't want to speak openly then you can always fill out a note or letter and post it to myself or the police team in one of the police community boxes which can be found in one of the local post offices. Pupils Recycle 5,890 Yellow Pages
Carmarthenshire County Council chairman Tyssul Evans presents the pupils and teachers from Llanddarog, Gorslas, Llanedi and Gwynfryn schools with their certificates and prizes along with the executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones and local members. Picture: Jeff Connell. SCHOOLCHILDREN from across Carmarthenshire have recycled 5,890 old Yellow Pages to help plant new trees. Some 39 schools across the county have taken part in the Yellow Woods Challenge. The eco-friendly pupils were asked to collect the old directories which were then picked up on behalf of the county council by CWM Environmental to be recycled. Not only could the schools win cash prizes for the number of Yellow Pages they recycled, but for every pound Yellow Pages awards, they will give a matching pound to the Woodland Trust for its Tree for All campaign. First place went to Llanddarog, second place to Llanedi and third place to Gorslas. A highly commended and bonus prize went to Ysgol Gwynfryn. All four winning schools were presented with framed certificates and cheques by Carmarthenshire County Council chairman Councillor Tyssul Evans at a special reception at County Hall along with the executive board member for the environment Councillor Haydn Jones and local members. Councillor Evans said: “I would like to congratulate all the schools that took part in the challenge, this has been an excellent competition with a total of 5,890 old Yellow Pages directories being diverted from landfill and being recycled.” Councillor Jones added: “Recycling not only saves valuable landfill space but also reduces the amount of energy needed to manufacture new products. By taking part in the Yellow Woods Challenge, these pupils are learning very important environmental issues at an early age – a great start for our next generation of recyclers.” Gold Oak Award: Llanddarog collected 1379 Yellow Pages with 90 pupils attending the school. Silver Birch Award: Llanedi collected 161 Yellow Pages with 28 pupils attending the school. Bronze Beech Award: Gorslas collected 476 Yellow Pages with 101 pupils attending the school. Highly Commended and Bonus Award: Gwynfryn school collected 254 Yellow Pages with 76 pupils attending the school. Press note: For further information contact Carmarthenshire County Council communications officer Diane Phillips on 01267 224913.
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COUNTY COUNCILLOR
STEVE LLOYD JANES ~ 01792 - 882018
CHAIRPERSON OF LLANEDI COMMUNITY COUNCIL
BUDDEG THOMAS
COMMUNITY COUNCILLORS
STEVE LLOYD JANES ~ 01792 - 882018
Buddug Thomas ~ 01792 - 882161
gareth beynon thomas ~ 01792 - 882569
bob roberts ~ 01792 - 881891
For Advice On Benefits, Housing, Education, Health or Any Other Issue
Helen Mary Jones AM For Llanelli ~ Tel: 01554 - 774393 ~ e-mail: helen-mary.jones@wales.gov.uk
Nia Griffith MP For Llanelli ~ Tel: 01554 - 756374 ~ e-mail: griffithn@parliament.uk
Nia Griffith can also be contacted at Victoria Road, Llanelli.
Helen Mary Jones can also be contacted at Bres House, Bres Road, Llanelli.
