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18                                           NEWS & VIEWS
                                    KAN FIT                         Clare wins dance trophy
       R.T. Farley            AK                          Nine year old Clare Amor from
                                  KITCHENS                Benwell Close, Westlea has shown
     Landscape Gardener                                   great promise by winning first prize
       in West Swindon            Quality Drawer & Door   in her category at the Cheltenham
                                                          Festival of Dance, Music and Lit-
      20 years experience.        Replacement Service    eracy.
        Turfing, Paving,          Free No Obligation Survey   Performinga Romanian dance she
                                  Quality British Kitchens   also scored the highest marks of any
       Fencing, Pergolas,
                                  Free Estimates         of the under 12s in the competition
         Planting New                                    and won the Evelyn Hosking Na-
                                  See us at West Swindon
       Gardens, Rockery           Centre, every Saturday   tional Trophy.
                                                           Clare is a pupil at the Tanwood
         Construction,                                   School of Dancing in Old Town
       Crazy Paving etc.       TEL: 813766/               where she takes six dance classes a
                                                          week. She's also rehearsing with
        Tel: 875174                 870975               Swindon's Opera Spectra for a per-
                                                          formance of The Mikardo in June
                                                         and fits in pianoand clarinet lessons
                        HANDMADE FIREPLACES              along with attending Westlea pri-
                        IN BRICK OR STONE                 mary school.                 Clare in her  Romanian costume
                        Profesionally built to
                        your exact requirements.             Money raising and awareness
                        Free design service.                    for rare muscular disease
                        Tel: Swindon 535291               A week to raise awareness about a
                                                          rare muscular disease takes place in
                                                         July, but in June the parents of the
                                                         only child in Swindon suffering from
                                                         the condition are holding a fund
                                                         raising stall.
                                                           Liz Elliott from Crawford Close,
                              rn••ités
                                                         Freshbrook will be selling knitted
                                                         toys and cakes at the Link Centre
   Unit 12 Brindley Close, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon
                                                         Charity Market on Saturday 20 June
    Tr 0793421125
                                   Is 0860 808061
                                                         for the Jennifer Trust for Spinal
                                                         Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
                                                           Her daughterF1eur2 suffers from
                                                         Intermediate Spinal Muscular Atro-
                                                         phy, which is a wasting of the mus-
                                                         cles due to degeneration of nerve
                     BARBECUES  cells in the spinal cord. Fleur gets
                                                         around a little with the aid of a   Liz Elliott and Fleur
                                                         special walking frame and move-
                              A taste of                 ment in her arms is reduced.   ing was wrong. Eventually at 21
      A wide range
      to choose from:                                      ChildrenwithSMAarebrightand  months Fleur was referred to a spe-
                                                         happy and capable of normalactivi- cialist at Great Ormond Street Hos-
     O Broil King
     O Sunbeam  ?the ' reat                              ties, despite their problems with mo- pital where she was diagnosed as
                                                         bility and independence.
                                                                                     suffering from SMA.
                                                                                      The Jennifer Trust is also collecting
                                                           Because the condition is rare,
                         _,                              many medical practitioners have not  stamps to raise money for its work.
     O Sunnflair          ,- 	           I               come across it. In Fleur's case, Liz  Liz Elliott will be happy to receive
                         6~))ou
     O Camping Gaz                                       noticed that she wasn't developing  donations for her stall on 20 June
                                                 rs  at ten months but she grudgingly  and to talk to anybody interested in
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     O   Arkla                                           accepted medical advice that noth-  finding out more about SMA.
                                         %.
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                                                             Roughmoor Farm Nursery School

                                                                   is now open from 8am to 6pm weekdays.
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                                      Monday - Friday                  in a safe, spacious environment.
    Swindon Calor Gas Centre          8am - 5pm             Pre-school sessions available 9.30am  - 12noon; 1pm  - 330pm
    Bridge End Road, Swindon          Saturday                     For further information or visits,
    Tel: 0793 61 3391/61 2060         8am - 1 2noon                contact Mrs J. Layer. Tel: 772099
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