Alzheimer’s donation

DONATIONS of £990.27 were received in memory of Pauline Richards of Gellilydan, which included donations from the Bryn Arms charity night and the Christmas bingo raffle, and which were forwarded to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Services

HOLY Cross, Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin; St Mary Magdalene, Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin; St Michael’s - morning service at 9.30am; St David’s, morning service at 11am; Manod Orthodox, Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed 30 minutes later by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom; Bowydd, Rev R I Jones at 10am; Calfaria, Rev Tecwyn Ifan, afternoon; Bethesda, Rev Olwen Williams, 10am.

Sports

BLAENAU Amateurs FC were beaten at Greenfield and the Reserves’ home match against Colwyn Bay was postponed.This Saturday the first team are home to Halkyn and the Reserves have no match. Bro Ffestiniog XV kept their WRU Division title hopes alive with a 13-6 win at Wrexham but remain in 2nd place behind Col-wyn Bay. The Bowling Club’s AGM will be held at the Park pavilion on Tuesday, 22 March, at 7 pm and members area asked to make every effort to attend.

Gallery

THE Maenofferen Gallery hosts an exhibition under the heading of Sea and Mountain by artist Ray Murphy and admission is free during the library’s opening hours.

Camera club

THE Camera Club’s black and white print competition turned out to be a very close contest, with Rory Trappe, John Gareth Roberts and John Powell Jones each awarded maximum points by the judge Tom Dodd, with Rory gaining the overall prize. Members visited the Llanrwst Club for the annual inter-club competition with Terry Mills from the Deudraeth Club the adjudicator. Blaenau won both the print and projected images sections. Rain was the subject of the latest club competition, with club member Juliet Dover as the adjudicator. She gave a detailed and construc-tive adjudication and placed John Powell Jones in first place, with Rory Trappe and Iona O’Neill tied second and Iona was also placed third.

Shelter

TOWN councillor Bedwyr Gwilym made an application for a bus shelter to be placed at Bethania, but following a site meeting with Iolo Tegid, information was given that there is no suitable location for a bus shelter in this area. Also Mr Tegid was approached with a proposal to have double yellow lines at various points in the town to ease traffic congestion and the problems with drivers not giving way to oncoming traffic. The council has agreed to the recommendations regarding the yellow lines and the legal work will now commence to proceed with this.

Advice

REPRESENTATIVE of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau will be at the library on Mondays between 10am and 1pm. The Macmillan support co-ordinator will not be present on Fridays, but anyone can pass their concerns on to the library staff, who will pass them on.

Planning

A PLANNING application for change of use of ground floor from a shop to a self-contained flat at 32 Church Street has been objected to by the council.

Cerdded

TAITH y Crynwyr o Ddolwyddelen fydd gan aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog ddydd Sul nesaf i gychwyn o Ty Gorsaf am 9yb; mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.

Signs

THE North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency has been seeking the views of the town council on an application to have signage of the approaches of the town. The meeting was disappointed that the application had been made in English only with errors when spelling local names. The council has already made a similar application with the costs likely to be around £2,000 for each sign because of the legal costs for placing them on trunk roads. In the meantime Cllr Kevin Baldwin is to liaise with the person who made the application.

Choirs

RHIANNEDD y Moelwyn Ladies’ Choir conducted by Sylvia Ann Jones with accompanist Wenna Jones took part in a ladies’ choir competition in Manchester, where they were unplaced but were pleased with their performance in the event, which had a total of 14 choirs taking part. On Friday evening, Sylvia Jones was conducting the Moelwyn Male Choir with accompanist Wenna Francis Jones at a concert at Betws y Coed. Gareth Griffiths was the compère.

Cyfeillion Ysbyty Goffa a Gweinyddesau y Gymuned

CROESAWYD pawb i’r cyfarfod. Derbyniwyd ymddiheuriadau gan rai o’r cyfeillion. Anfonwyd cofion at Price Edwards ar ôl ei anhwylder diweddar.Darllenwyd cofnodion y cyfarfod diwethaf a chafwyd hwy yn gywir.Nodwyd fod swyddog newydd wedi ei benodi yn lle Simon Dean ar y Bwrdd Iechyd.Y sefyllfa ddiweddaraf ynglyn â’r ysbyty mae’n debyg yw fod manylion yn y Ganolfan Iechyd yn hysbysu cleifion fod y clinigau oedd yn arfer eu cynnal yn yr ysbyty yn cael eu symud dros dro i’r Ganolfan Iechyd hyd nes 2017, tra roedd gwaith yn cael ei gario allan ar yr ysbyty.Yn ôl pob sôn roedd gwaith adeiladu yn dechrau ar adeilad yr ysbyty yr wythnos nesaf.Mae’r cofebau yng nghyntedd yr ysbyty yn aros am le iddynt gael eu storio tra bydd y gwaith yn mynd ymlaen, nid oedd neb yn siwr pwy oedd yn gyfrifol ohonynt. Disgwylir iddynt gael eu gosod yn ôl yn yr ysbyty ar ôl i’r gwaith gael ei gwblhau.Tybir y bydd edrychiad blaen yr ysbyty yn aros fel ag y mae ac fod estyniad yn mynd i gael ei godi i greu swyddfeydd ac ystafelloedd ar gyfer clinigau.Disgwylir gweld yr holl glinigau a oedd yn bresennol yn 2008, sef 28 ohonynt yn cael eu ail-sefydlu yn yr ysbyty unwaith bydd y gwaith wedi ei orffen, gan fod y nifer wedi lleihau i pedwar clinig erbyn 2012.Yr hyn fyddai’r Cyfeillion yn hoffi ei weld fwyaf yn adeilad yr ysbyty fyddai y gwelyau yn ôl.Mae’n debyg fod Cartref Bryn Blodau yn cymryd cleifion petai angen os na fyddai lle yn Ysbyty Alltwen, Tremadog.Mae’r cynlluniau yn dangos fod tair ystafell gynhadledd yn mynd i gael eu lleoli yn yr ysbyty, a gan fod y cynlluniau wedi cael eu derbyn mae’r gwaith yn debygol o ddechrau yn y dyfodol agos. Teimlir fod gwastraff ac arian mawr yn cael ei wario ar yr adeilad.Derbyniwyd adroddiad byr gan y trysorydd ar y sefyllfa ariannol.Dyddiad y cyfarfod nesaf i gael ei gadarnhau eto.

Cymdeithas Hanes

BYDD y Gymdeithas Hanes yn cynnal eu cyfarfod nesaf yn neuadd Sefydliad y Merched, nos Fercher nesaf (16 Mawrth) am 7.15.Y siaradwr fydd Hefin Jones-Roberts â’i destun fydd ‘Hanes, profiad a hiwmor drwu lygaid dyn ambiwlans’.

Joint meeting

THE town council chamber will be the venue for a long-awaited joint meeting of the council, the Dolwyddelen Council, the Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital Defence Committee and the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which is to take place on Tuesday, 15 March at 10am. Present on behalf of the health board will be Dr P Higson, its chair; Geoff Lang, strategic direc-tor and Ffion Johnston, area direc-tor west.