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The Advertiser, September 18, 2008

www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk By Daniel Darlington email [email protected] tel 01628 678221

Marlow, Bourne End, Flackwell Heath & the Wooburns Diary

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Have a say with PCSO DROP-IN dates have been announced for residents looking to vent their concerns and frustrations about community safety in Marlow. Police Community Support Officer Stuart Burt is set to speak with residents at the library in Institute Road, on Wednesday from 3-3.30pm; October 23, 6-7.30pm; November 20, 6-7.30pm and December 18, 6-7.30pm.

Sweet Thames did not flow softly for Kiwi canoeist’s upstream journey IT WAS supposed to be a relaxing and pleasurable trip paddling up the River Thames while raising money for Diabetes UK. But adventure-loving Kiwi Andrew Dunning’s odyssey to reach the source of the mighty river in his orange kayak Karot was foiled by stormy squalls which swelled river currents. Progress upstream became more arduous and laboured as the 57-yearold fought to steer his little canoe past large pieces of swift moving flotsam and numerous dead fish. But when lock keepers opened the weir sluices to avoid flooding, the tide turned against Andrew, of Kiln Lane Bourne End, and the game was up. Leaving Teddington on September 1 he hoped to reach the source of the River Thames near Cricklade by Saturday, September 6. But his journey’s end came on a wet and stormy day 90 miles up the

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and a great opportunity to do something different.” The 57-year-old Kiwi is hoping to raise more than £500 for Diabetes Research. His wife Caroyln has suffered from various diabetic complications. If you would like to support Andrew please visit his gift aid web page www.justgiving/andrewdunning

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AN AMERICAN songstress should bring some glitz and glamour to the 23rd annual Bourne End Concert Orchestra next month. Soprano Lori Lynn will perform Mimi’s aria from La Boheme at the concert which is held on the first Sunday of October each year. The musical evening is set to take place at the community centre in Wakeman Road on October 5 at 7.45pm. Tickets are priced at £10, available from the community centre, Crocks and Crystals in the Parade or by calling 01628 522 854.

PRISTINE new classrooms were opened at a school in Marlow on Saturday. The extension at Marlow

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River Thames at Osney Lock north of Oxford. “I had made various 20-mile day trips on the river during the summer and it was a pure joy to experience the gentle beauty of the Thames from the Karot,” he said. “Little was I to know the week I chose to paddle the non-tidal stretch upstream would end with severe flood warnings across the south west of England.” While the rest of us were sitting in our warm homes watching the stories of flood disasters in the west country unfolding, Andrew was facing a rising Thames and 30mph squalls. “As I progressed up the river, my conversations with other river folk became increasingly brief as they flew past me unable to slow down on the strong current,” he said. “It got to the point where I saw dead fish and all kinds of flotsam floating past, as if there had been

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CE Infant School, in where assemblies and events Sandygate Road, includes can be held. two classrooms and features The ribbon was cut at the an outdoor amphitheatre ceremony by the Rev Nick Molony from All Saints Church in Marlow, with the help of the pupils. More than 100 schoolchildren, their parents and staff watched before belting out the school anthem in perfect harmony. A special speech was then given by headteacher Elizabeth Toohig, as pupils shared their thoughts about their hopes for future times at the new facilities. Mrs Toohig was delighted OPEN DAY: The Rev Nick Molony with Harry Bender, Alfie to see the classrooms open Bevan-Avery, David Benfell and Louise Tillier. Ref: 100101-2 and excited about the new era

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A DEDICATED seafarer has been nominated for an award by his longsuffering girlfriend, even though his work with the sea cadets means she hardly ever sees him. Jodie Hall feels her boyfriend Nick Jones, 24, should win a YOPEY – Citygate Young People of the Year in Buckinghamshire – for leading a unit of 20 sea cadets in Marlow. Jodie’s nomination is surely worth a bunch of red roses after putting Nick in the running for a prize of £1,000. Nick joined Marlow Sea Cadets 14 years ago at the age of 10. When others left aged 18, Nick

WARNING signs have been put up instructing motorists to slow down while driving along an accident black spot in Marlow. Carriageway resurfacing should stop drivers from skidding on a treacherous stretch of Chalkpit Lane, from Chiltern Road to the Royal Oak pub. Additional chevrons and signs should help to improve safety on the road which has seen numerous collisions in the past three years. The work by Bucks County Council and a maintenance office was completed in 48 hours last week.

THE dare-devil sisters of Harry Mills, an 11year-old from Marlow who died from meningitis, will once again

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stayed on to train as an adult instructor and became a commanding officer of the club two years ago. The 24-year-old lives in High Wycombe and works for a travel consultancy in London, but two nights a week, instead of heading home to his girlfriend, he heads to Marlow’s sea cadet base in Wethered Road. The sub lieutenant helps educate and train young men for the cadets and also organises sponsored events in a bid to raise the £8,000 a year, needed to keep the Marlow unit afloat financially. “A lot of the time he

will leave for work at seven and gets back in gone 10 at night,” said Jodie. “He is working his way up the company and up the cadets or possibly to an early grave.” His role has been hugely rewarding and Nick believes the cadets have kept many youngsters on the straight and narrow. “I have seen a number of cadets who I feel could easily have become associated with the wrong group of young people had they not joined the cadets,” he said. Anyone can nominate a young person for a YOPEY. Logon to

PROUD: Jodie Hall with boyfriend and sea cadet Nick jones. www.yopey.org or write to Young People of the Year, PO Box 103, Hare Street, Ware SG9 0XD for an entry form. Entries close on September 30.

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for the school. She said: “It was a very well attended event and the new classrooms give us more space. “We are very excited for the future of the school now we have the extension.” Of the amphitheatre she said: “It gives us the opportunity to have special outdoor events, drama classes, assemblies and gives us another facility. “Having classes on the curriculum outside is very important.” The new classrooms have been added to the back of the existing Marlow school. A barbecue capped off a memorable day.

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TODAY (Thursday): One Night of Queen, tribute act by Gary Mullen, Wycombe Swan Theatre, St Mary Street, High Wycombe, 8pm. Tomorrow (Friday): Jim Davidson. Standup, Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe, 6.30pm. Saturday: The Shakers and DJ Jivin George, rock and roll, Hedsor Social Club, Hedsor Road, Bourne End, 8pm. Monday: Forum Players final panto read through, Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, 8pm. Puppetry of the Penis, Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 7.30pm Tuesday: Marlow Jazz Club, Tribute to Benny Goodman, British Legion Hall, Station Approach, Marlow, 8.30pm. Wednesday: Forum Players panto auditions, Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, 8pm. Talk & Lunch, Hughenden Manor, 11am.

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attempt to jump out of an aeroplane this Sunday in his honour. The girls, Marie, 21, and Jenny, 19, have been foiled in their recent attempts to make their Jump for Harry – by atrocious weather conditions. And though the sun finally shone last weekend, the girls were once again grounded by technical difficulties with the plane at the

base near Oxford. If they, and good friend Louise Coleborn, 22, finally get airborne this weekend, their 3,000ft jump will be made all the more satisfying after their disappointments. If you would like to donate money for this jump of remembrance, you can do so at www. justgiving.com/jumpforharry. Between them the

three girls hope to raise more than £1,000 for the Meningitis Research Foundation. ■ On Tuesday, a more conservative, but equally important, charity event will be hosted by friends of Harry’s mother Judy Mills at St Katherine’s, Parmoor, in Frieth. Former world-class rower Guin Batten is set to talk to more than 120 people about the

Youth Sports Trust and how donated money will be used to bolster its resources and performance. Wendi Parcell and Gill May also hope to persuade some of the area’s Olympians to make a special appearance at the event. The reception is set to begin at around noon, with lunch at 1pm and speeches starting at 2.30pm.