Danielle – pride of Maidstone after her death
BARMING’S Danielle Brooker (18), who died after a common cold turned to a brain infection, has been honoured posthumously with a Pride of Maidstone award for her legacy of body organs which saved the lives of three pa- tients at Kings College Hospital, London. ShewatchedaTVprogramme before her illness and then in- spired 15 of her family and friends to sign the national organ donor register. Many were at the Town Hall
when the Mayor (Cllr Eric Hot- son) presented the certificate to Danielle’s mother. Other Pride of Maidstone awards went to: Geoff Norrington, of Barming, who has continued a successful campaign with the NHS for changes in how people can appeal for life-saving or life-prolonging treatments
Caring for carers
FREE workshops to support carers are being run in Maid- stone. The sessions include tips on coping with stress, healthy eating and looking after your- self, as well as information on the resources and benefits available to carers. Debbie Stock, of NHS West
Kent, said: "Carers are a lynch- pin of the health service and we want to help ensure their own health needs are met." The workshops will be held on March 3 and 10 at the Salvation Army Centre in Union Street.
following the death of his wife Sheila from bowel cancer. Deepak Myanger, post-master at Grove Green, who ran six half marathons last year to raise £2,300 for Kent Air Ambulance. StopKIG campaign team which devotedly united the community and battled at a 36-day public in- quiry to defeat the AXA plan for a rail/road
interchange at
Bearsted/Thurnham. Dennis Fowle, Downs Mail cam- paigning journalist, for his battle to retain women’s and children’s
services in Maidstone Hospital and chair- manship of campaign group MASH. Joan Macdonald (93), just retired from managing the Heart of Kent Hospice shop at Lenham after 11 years. Now she runs a vil- lage stall for Help for Heroes. Denise and Richard Pellant who have
CHARGES for trader pitches and boot fairs at Maidstone Market are being frozen for the coming financial year. But it will cost £25 per day
more for casual hire of the agri- cultural hall – £475 compared to £365 for regular hire, classi- fied as at least twice per month. Parking at the market will
cost 10p more – 80p for one hour and £1.60 for up to four hours. A report to councillors said, overall, the market service con- tinues to make a profit.
started a fund for games and TVs for chil- dren in local hospitals and help for other sick children in memory of their son Luke (11) who died of leukaemia. Geoff Miles, who runs Maidstone Studios,
GroveGreen–abusinessleaderandtop producer who has made the studios one of the busiest TV sites outside London. Martin Brockman (23), the decathlete
who won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and has Olympic ambitions. Pam Crooks, who has helped hundreds of families as a volunteer with Maidstone Me- diation Service since she joined in 1992. Bonny Malhotra, chief executive of Maid-
stone’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau, which he joined 17 years ago. An award has also been presented in his
Weavering home to Maidstone’s last Battle of Britain pilot Jimmy Corbin. The awards are run by Maidstone Coun- cil and the Kent Messenger.
Market pitch fees are frozen
But the number of traders is falling. On Saturdays it is 17 compared to the 20 last year; and on Tuesdays it is 45 com- pared to 47. In contrast, boot fair interest has risen – cur- rently an average of 20 each Sat- urday, an increase of three on last year.
School canopy plan A WALL-mounted canopy is planned to provide all weather usage of the play area at Brunswick House Primary School, Leafy Lane, Maidstone.
Birthday concert
BEARSTED Choral Society is celebrating its 40th anniversary year with a classical concert at All Saints Church, Mill Street, Maidstone. The society will collaborate with Upchurch Choral Society, which also cel- ebrates the landmark. Peter Ashley will conduct
more than 90 singers, who will perform mainly to Messa di Gloria, a setting written by Puc- cini. It takes place on Saturday, March 26. Tickets are £8 and £4 for students. Info: 01634 245704.
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