THE latest community news from Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Services

HOLY Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin.St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin.St David’s: Morning service at 11am.St Michael’s: Morning service at 9.30am.Manod Orthodox: Third and Sixth Canonical Hours followed by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.Calfaria: John Price, Machynlleth, 2pm.Bethesda: John Price, 10am.Bowydd: Buddug Medi. Calfaria: Eifion Jones.Bethel, Ffestiniog: Rev Anita Ephraim.Jerusalem, Trawsfynydd: Rev Anita Ephraim, 5.30pm.

Gorlan

BYDD Cymdeithas y Gorlan yn dathlu Dydd Weddi Byd Eang y Chwiorydd am 6.30yh yng Nghapel Carmel nos Wener, 3 Mawrth, gyda Meinir Humphreys.Nos Lun, 6 Mawrth, yng Nghapel Bethesda bydd eu Cyfarfod Blynyddol yr un amser ac am 7yh y wraig wadd fydd y Parch Anita Ephraim.

Advice

ON Mondays between 10am and 1pm a representative of the Citi-zens Advice Board will be at the library ready to give any relevant advice if needed.

Letters

THE council has received a letter of thanks from the local Cylch Meithrin thanking them for its recent donation. They have also received a letter regarding the Review of Electoral Arrangements for Gwynedd from the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales and it was resolved to discuss the letter at a Planning Committee as comments are required on the matter by the end of May.

Camera

THE following members of the Camera Club have gained awards for their work: Iona O’Neill, Steve Jones and Carl Senior gained a CPAGB level from the Photo-graphic Alliance of Great Britain and Carl, along with Ian O’Neill, were awarded AWPF status from the Welsh Photographic Federation and congratulations to them. Meanwhile Dewi Williams was the judge for the club’s ‘Life in Blaenau’ competition with Rory Trappe winning the print section with Tom Dodd both second and third. In the projected images John Powell Jones was placed first and overall winner, Tom Dodd came second and Rory Trappe came third.

Bloom

THIS will be the 13th year of the annual Blaenau in Bloom garden competition and the organisers are hoping for good weather and plenty of entries.There will be five house garden classes in small, large, containers, vegetables, and wildlife. Last year there was an increase in the Commercial category and there is hope for more. Entry is free and the entry forms will be available from Hen Bost Shop from 2 June, and the other important date is the closing day of 3 July.

Congratulations

THE town councillors have congratulated Jess Kavanagh-Williams on winning her first International cap when playing for Wales against England at Cardiff recently and she becomes the first women rugby player from this area to have played for her country.

Phones

WITH BT having reported that they intend to close a further phone boxes including two at Penybryn, Ffestiniog, and the ones at Pantllwyd and Rhyd-y-Sarn, the town council is ask if the latter can be retained due to the lack of mobile signal and the severity of accidents in that area.

League

AFTER many years in the post Gareth Jones has tendered his resignation as treasurer of the Memo-rial Hospital and District Nurses League of Friends but will still be a member of its committee and was thanked for his valued contribution to the league. It was stated that the local petition held to try and get the inpatient beds, X Ray and the Minor Injuries Units back to the area is being debated at The Senedd with a hope for a positive reply. Also hopes for a positive reply regarding room for those vital services to be put in the new centre that is being built on the Memorial Hospital site.The league has thanked the con-tractors on the site for making the area safe and clear for the laying of wreaths on the Remembrance Sunday at the memorial outside the hospital.

Choir

IDRIS Roberts presided over the annual meeting of the Moelwyn Male Voice Choir where he thanked the conductor, accompanist, members and officials for their work and support over the past year. After Meirion Ellis presented the financial report the choir agreed that this year they will be donating their raffles income to the Wales Ambulance Service, which last year was just short of £800. Also the choir will give three concerts, the fees of which is to be donated to Marie Curie, St David’s Hospice and the Children in Need appeals and they also sponsor Ysgol y Moelwyn’s annual Young Musician of the Year event. As for the coming year the choir will have many engagements at Betws y Coed which makes their donation appeals possible with Sylvia Ann Jones the conductor Wenna Francis Jones the accompanist.The officials are: chair, Idris Roberts; vice chair and stage manager, Glyn Jones; secretary, Eifion Morris; assistant secretary, Tecwyn Williams; treasurer, Meirion Ellis; compere, Gareth Griffiths; and raffles, Evie Roberts and Meirion Ellis. Over the past few years the choir has given young soloists from the area the chance to take the stage during the choir’s concerts.They would happy if anyone else would like to do so and, if so, get in touch with the choir, whose first visit this year to Betws y Coed will be this Friday evening.

Committee

THE town council has resolved to form a Christmas Committee which will be responsible for the activity planned at the park before Christmas as well as the purchasing of any Christmas lights for the area. The committee members are: Councillors Mandy Williams-Davies, Annwen Daniels, Rowena D Roberts, Mari Rees, Erwyn Jones and Kevin Baldwin with the town clerk Ann Coxon and Elin Roberts.

Côr y Brythoniaid

NOS Sadwrn, 25 Chwefror, bu Côr y Brythoniaid yn cymryd rhan yng Nghyngerdd Dydd Gwyl Dewi Cymdeithas Corau Meibion Gogledd Cymru a gynhaliwyd yn Theatr Hafren (Severn Theatre), Amwythig. Roedd yr holl docynnau, 650 ohonynt, wedi eu gwerthu ers sawl wythnos, gan olygu fod y theatr yn llawn ar gyfer yr achlysur. Roedd y cyngerdd er budd y Gymdeithas Motor Neurone, ac roedd y côr yn falch iawn o’i gefnogi. Canodd y côr oddeutu 15 o ganeuon, y cymysgedd arferol o’r clasurol, emyn-donau, caneuon ysbrydol a chaneuon cyfoes. Yn ystod ambell gân cafwyd un-awdau gan ddau o aelodau’r Côr, sef Jon Murray ac Arwyn Tibbott Williams, gyda’r arweinydd, John Eifion, hefyd yn cyfrannu ambell unawd oddi mewn i gân.Yn rhannu’r llwyfan gyda’r côr oedd y pianydd ifanc hynod dalentog Julian Gonzales, ynghyd â’r grwp harmoni, Triawd Nantclwyd, tair o ferched dawnus o Ddyffryn Clwyd. Roedd cael gwrando ar Driawd Nantclwyd yn canu yn bleser arbennig i Oscar Williams o adran y baswyr oherwydd roedd un o’r merched yn wyres iddo. Arweinydd hwyliog a ffraeth y noson oedd Dilwyn Price, sydd yn hen law ar lywio digwyddiadau o’r fath. Cafwyd cyngerdd gwerth chweil gyda’r gynulleidfa yn amlwg wedi mwynhau’r amrywiaeth difyr o gerddoriaeth ac arddulliau cerd-dorol a glywyd yn ystod y noson.