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36 The Link Magazine • June 2005
Grants on offer to Haydon groups Cartoonist paints himself into a career
The panel of local people who consider requests for small grants from When Lee Mason from Haydon Wick was offered a redundancy
voluntary organisations operating in the Haydon parish council area package he could not refuse. He saw the chance of turning a life long
will next meet in July and are inviting groups to submit applications. hobby into a second career as a full-time cartoonist and illustrator.
During 2004, the first year of and to the club is very im portant to
operation, the Haydon Wick Fund us and we greatly appreciate the
of the Community Foundation grant from the Haydon Wick
granted £5,000 to local scouts and Fund."
guides, sports teams, senior citi- Newcomers are always welcome
zens, art projects and volunteer- at the club's Monday open eve-
ing groups. nings. Call Nigel on 336839 for
In January, Haydon Wick Bowls details.
Club received money to purchase Applications should be sent in
eight sets of small woods suitable by 10 June. Contact Jill Dyke at the
for younger players. Nigel Morgan, Community Foundation for details
one of the club's coaches, said, "at- on 01380 729284 or mail:
tracting youngsters to the game [email protected]
I i Lee said, "I did my first mural at room wall, featuring Newcastle

JPN CLEANING `S the age of eight when I covered my United's stars. He also has com-
missions for a mural in a youth
bedroom wall with Disney charac-
ters during a rainy summer holi- club and illustrations for a chil-
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day. Being a full-time freelance il- dren's book.
• Office Cleaning lustrator is something I have al- "The work has just started to
daily, nightly & weekly Contact us for a ways wanted to break into." snowball; more and more jobs are
• Ironing I FREE In December he set up coming via word of mouth," said
Macetoons, specialising in carica- Lee. "It's great to know my name
• Window Cleaning Quotation tures, cartoons, murals, comic is being used when someone wants
strips, greeting cards and invita- a quality job done."
• Household Cleaning tions - along with other artistic Make Father's Day special. Lee
Tel/Fax:
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01285 657210 trations. of the man of the house at a re-
• National Contracts Since then Lee has sold an idea duced rate of £39.95.
to a well-known card company and Call him on 726563 to discuss
has just finished creating a Toon where to send pictures and pay-
Army tribute for a young fan's bed- ment. See the advert on page 22.

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