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Taking part in a project close to her
heart
Enniskillen student Eloise Wilson is
one of six young people from this
area setting off on projects with this
year’s Spirit of Enniskillen Trust — a
scheme set up after the 1987
Remembrance Day Bomb.
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Thank you for the music
Old friends of music man Cecil
Kettyles, who died last week, bade
him a fitting farewell on Friday. As the
cortege moved from the funeral
service at St. Michael’s Church to
Breandrum Cemetery, it stopped
briefly as musicians who had
formerly played with him in the Sky
Rockets showband played a number
of tunes in the centre of Enniskillen.
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Hundreds of cards for
a 100th birthday
One of Fermanagh’s oldest
residents, Mrs. Bessie McCabe, a
native of Rosslea, celebrated her
100th birthday in grand style last
weekend.
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Foster may have to resign Council
seat
Fermanagh District Council could be
holding its second by-election within
a year if a new code of conduct for
Ministers of the Northern Ireland
Executive is passed.
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Health cuts predicted
Essential services may have to be
cut if savings of up to £1.5 million
over three years have to be made
within the Sperrin Lakeland Trust, its
chief executive has warned.
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An achievement
for all the people
of Enniskillen
Enniskillen has won this year’s
Ireland’s Best Kept Large Town
Award.
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Hospital closure
leads to more
admissions to
Erne Hospital
The closure of services at the South
Tyrone Hospital in Dungannon is
leading to more admissions to the
Erne Hospital in Enniskillen and
Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh.
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£7,000 fine for farmer in a case
of ‘grave and serious cruelty’
A farmer charged with animal cruelty
and breaching disease control
regulations has been fined £7,000
and sentenced to two months’
imprisonment, suspended for two
years.
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Haidee’s left holding
the baby - bat!
“It’s just like a little alien,” said the
E.T. specialist at the vet’s.
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Fermanagh women
‘ahead of the rest’
The first ever purpose built
Women’s Institute centre in
Fermanagh, Tamlaght Women’s
Institute Resource Centre, was
formally opened during a
well-attended celebratory gathering
last Friday afternoon.
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sense of
devotion
that will match many bigger churches
Traditionally, all the main churches
have operated on an island of Ireland
organisational basis. But within the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland, there
is a small congregation in
Fermanagh whose status is unique.
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Turning a dream into reality
This week’s profile is on
Hazel Lendrum
A widely respected member of the
county’s teaching profession, Mrs.
Hazel Lendrum, the principal of
Elmbrook School in Enniskillen is
retiring later this summer after 42
years service.
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