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1 0 The Link Magazine • August 2004

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• Central heating installation
and efficiency upgrades
• Repairs to all appliances
and central heating systems Full preventative
• Servicing to central heating boilers maintenance, annual service,
• Gas appliance fitting parts and labour cover Karen with headteacher Andrew Fleet and stiltwalkers practising
• Warm air heating for the Swindon Festival parade on 17 July
• Gas appliance sales to entire system Karen Jacques, (nee Hibberd) was growing up with people from
• Combination boilers www.gastechwilts.co.uk took to the stage in her uniform as such a wide variety of back-
Flag Lieutenant to the First Sea grounds. It was an excellent foun-
Lord to speak of her days at Hreod dation for a military life."
and her life in the forces. Karen, who recently moved to
y
Now in her twelfth ear since Portsmouth from Taw Hill with
our superb showrooms in signing on as a midshipman in her Navy husband Marcus, told
indon -finest in the area 1992, Karen took her A' levels at the students, "you will succeed in
A New College after leaving Hreod your ambitions if you're deter-
mined and work hard in whatever
in 1990.
IPLAN countries with the Navy, from field you choose to pursue."
Since then she has visited 42
Afterwards she said she had not
pleasant flag flying visits around
set out to recruit anybody, but
the Mediterranean to war town would not put anybody off. "Life
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Her last sea job was as the navi- tremendous training, great chal-
OF FINE HANDMADE KITCHENS gator on HMS Gloucester before lenges and rewards, and the op-
ter,
being selected for a two year ap- portunity to travel widely."
pointment as aide-de-camp to the Karen's present role is to escort
head of the Navy, the first woman the First Sea Lord on his official
to hold the job. duties in this country and abroad,
Karen said her days at Hreod to act as his liaison officer with
prepared her well for life in the other agencies and to ensure all
services. "I can't say I excelled at arrangements run smoothly.
school, but from the age of 14I was Her next posting will be a spe-
determined to join the Navy and cialist communications course then
worked to that aim. I loved the she puts to sea again. Ultimately
sporting activities at Hreod, but her aim is, in her words, 'to drive
perhaps the most important thing her own ship.'

Citizen students put ideas into action
Open: Three GCSE students studying Citizenship at Hreod teamed up with
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Mon—Fri 10am-5.30pm Freshbrook School to help them achieve good marks.
DRAKES WAY I Saturday & Bank Holidays The boys - Ben Vowles, James bean bags and frisbees.
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Sunday l lam out a project which benefits the in our research and putting the
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