Artists come to Callington

The well-known group of painters 'Artists in Cornwall' is kicking off the 2002 season with a display of the members' latest work at St Dominic Village Hall over the May Day weekend.

There are 12 artists taking part so a wide variety of styles and subjects will be on show including landscapes and coastal scenes, floral paintings, tranquil still-lifes and unusual figure studies in a range of different media.

The group has gone from strength to strength over the past five years and has gained a reputation for consistently high standards in the artists' work making this show a must.

It runs from May 4-7 and is open daily from 10am-6pm. If you miss this one there is another exhibition by the group at Polperro Village Hall from May 13-24.

Artists taking part are: Anthea Libby, Jenny Marchant, Sarah Mohun, Jenny Hannaford, Chris Wells, Graham Munt, Denis Harding, Ruby Herndon, Alan Kinwell, Teresa Moore, Sue Mercer, Joanne Poore, Julie Mcintosh and John Watson.

It's a double for Daniel

FORMER Callington Community College student Daniel Moore has made a promising start to his career in the Army, scooping two awards.

Daniel started at Liskeard Army Cadet Force, where he was Cadet of the Year. After completing his GCSEs, he joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. During his Army entry programme, Daniel was selected to attend the Army Foundation Technical College, which specialises in leadership training. Daniel completed the course and was one of five out of 278 trainees who achieved the promotion to Junior Sergeant. On passing out, he was awarded the Commandants Cup for his contribution to Military Activities and the Wavell Cup for the best at External Leadership.

Fund raising at

St Mary's Church

THE fund raising committee of St Mary's Church, Callington, have been hard at work recently with two events.

'According to Luke', written by Steve Dawe, a member of St Mary's, was performed in the church on Good Friday and this event raised approximately £520.

On Saturday, April 13, a well-attended auction was held in the town hall and a sum of £1,700 was raised and thanks must go to the auctioneer, Lewis Bond.

The money will go towards the Improvement Fund and St Mary's would like to thank everyone who supported them.

Two nights to remember

Two memorable evenings were held at The Cross House, Metherell, when Callington Rotary Club held their weekly luncheon fellowship.

On Wednesday, April 10, David Morris, Cornwall Regional Co-ordinator for Children's Hospice South West, was guest speaker of Rotarian Graham Massey.

Mr Morris outlined the history of Little Bridge House at Barnstaple, the only Childrens Hospice in the South West.

Covering the area Bristol to Penzance, homely and specialist care free of charge is provided to patients and their families for critical conditions.

With little support from public funds the one million pound running costs are provided by private benefactors.

Graham Massey's sister, Norma Crocker, was introduced to the club with an outstanding record of local fundraising through Tamar Valley Friends. Graham, whose President's year commences in July, has named this caring children's hospice as his chosen charity.

On the following Wednesday, April 17, current Rotary President Colin Lake introduced Amizade, a local singing group who gave an outstanding performance.

The group of four, Jo and her sister Laura Browning, and Steph and her sister Gemma Lumley, who also played piano, possess exceptional talent. They are taking their music to France in May, and Germany in July, where audiences are in for a treat.

Concluding the night, members were reduced to side-splitting laughter by a dialogue given by Bruce Brown and Andrew Wilson based on a misunderstanding between a fictitious hotel guest and the hotel management and staff.