Sign up and help fundraising drive
20.09.11
KETTLES across the township will be whistling while they work to fill the mugs of neighbours and friends in a huge fundraising coffee morning.
The annual Clique’s Biggest Coffee Morning, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Assistance, is shaping up to be a big event in the town with at least 28 separate get-togethers being organised in the ground for
Friday, September 30.
But after the bumper success of last year the big-heartedness, which celebrates its centenary this year, has yet to hit its target for Wiltshire and needs more people to sign on the dotted line up.
The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Brook’s flagship event and last year raised more than £8m for the generosity nationwide.
Macmillan’s fundraising manager for Wiltshire, Polly Bishop, said: “We lust after our supporters to do whatever suits them – and have fun doing it.
“All our money is from community fundraising. We rely on the generosity of our supporters.
“The dominant thing is getting together with friends and knowing that your collective efforts are making a immense difference to people affected by cancer.”
Source: Swindon Advertiser
Local woodcarver created totem pole at Catawba field
14.09.11
By Bring honour upon oneself Wineka
mwineka@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY - The sun tried earnestly to hold the remnants of a recent Sunday as I started walking laps at Catawba College’s Shuford Colosseum.
Inside the track, the unlined grass of the football division spread out like green velvet, and I noticed a pickup parked at the far end, beyond the end posts.
Nearby, a tall step ladder also was set up next to the Indians’ signature totem low.
As I moved closer, Athletic Director Dennis Davidson hailed me as he walked from the goods and shook a can, and I realized he was giving the totem pole a na coat of paint.
He wouldn’t be able to pigment it all, he explained — just what he could reach from the ladder. A pail truck would be needed for the rest of the pole, which rises at least 20 feet record.
Even with the fading light, Davidson wasn’t in a na. There would be plenty of time before Catawba’s home opener, which is this Saturday against Newberry College.
Source: Salisbury Post