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Westlea School grounds project Woman doctor joins practice
As they wait to discover whether they will be chosen as overall Westlea's Ashington House Surgery has a new woman GP, with
regional winner in the Environmental Youth Awards, volunteers special interests in women's health, family planning and geriatrics.
with the Westlea School Grounds Project have been hard at work. Adele Steptoe, 35, started work
With support from Thames Wa- red campion, ox-eye daisies, rag- on 1 May joining the practice as an
ter and Nationwide, a path has ged robin, cowslips, purple loose- additional partner. This will al-
been built through a marsh area strife - and 600 snowdrops. low it to open up to new patients,
and the environmental club have Trevor Carlton, parent environ- easing the demand for doctors in
planted wetland species including mental co-ordinator, has super- West Swindon. The practice is also
vised the planting of a beech hedge, pleased to have appointed a
left. "This area is for environmen- woman doctor as there are still too
tal studies, reading, writing, to sit few female GPs to meet the needs
and listen to the birds and just of the high number of young fami-
enjoy being outside." lies in West Swindon.
Four boxes have also been in- Having trained in Bath, Dr
stalled for nesting birds. The next Steptoe spent 14 months in gen-
project is a wild summer meadow, eral practice in Australia and six
for which a plot has already been months in an accident and emer-
set aside. gency department. For the last
The school won the Wiltshire four and a half years she has been
County Environmental Youth a GP Principal in Cheltenham. r--------1
Award earlier in the year and the Dr Step toe and her husband are EARN A SECOND
busy setting up their new home in
presentation takes place at the INCOME IN YOUR
Royal Bath & West of England Swindon and tackling its garden.
Show in the first week of June. The They are keen walkers, accompa- SPARE TIME
regional winner will also be an- nied by their dogs, a cocker-span-
nounced at this time. iel and a cross-breed. £50-U00
She is looking forward to get- CURRENTLY BEING
ting to know her patients and says,
War graves site "I have been made very welcome EARNED, MANY ON I
In response to last month's article about the Westlea School trip to the in the short time I have been here." MUCH MORE.
Normandy D-Day sites, which gave ten year old Danny White the PROOF OF EARNINGS
Westlea School Summer Fayre
chance visit his great uncle's grave at the Bayeux military cemetary, AVAILABLE.
John Doyle from Nine Elms e mailed The Link to pass on the internet Saturday 26 June, 1.30pm
address of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Q Stalls and attractions 01749 900038 FOR
www.cwgc.org Mass balloon launch with pr izes FREE INFORMATION I
Those killed in World War I and II can be looked for in the database.
£1 per balloon, on sale from 21 June
PACK
John points out that it is a heavily used site and can be slow. ` ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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