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Invited guests attend dinner


CAMBORNE Redruth and District Lions Club has celebrated its 37th birthday with a charter dinner held at the Penventon Hotel, Redruth.


Southwest Lions Clubs were repre- sented in the 61-strong guest list welcomed by club president Paul Bray. After dinner en- tertainment was a cabaret by Pete Cara- dine.


Special guests in- cluded past district governor Dave Rosson and his wife Jenny and the guest speaker Alan Buckley of the Corn- wall Miners Associa- tion, and his wife So- nia.


Lion president Paul Bray said that, to date, they had had a good year with in excess of £5,460 funds raised and £7,400 donated to vari- ous good causes.


SPECIAL guests were, from left to right, Jenny Rosson, Alan Buckley (Cornwall Miners Association), Sonia Buckley, past district governor Dave Rosson, Truro Lion president Peter Reid, Pat Bray, Hayle Lion president Dave Girling, Camborne Redruth & District Lion president Paul Bray, Penzance Lion President Jerry Dawkins, Lion 2nd Vice District Governor from Newquay Towan Blystra Lesley Clarke, Helston Lion president Jill Green


The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette April 2013


Special Lions celebration


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Benefit cheat guilty


A WOMAN from Cam- borne has been given a Community Order to in- clude a 12-week curfew af- ter she admitted housing benefit, council tax bene- fit and income support fraud totalling £6,985.27. Rachael Belcher, 24,


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Penrose Court, Tolvaddon pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates’ Court to three counts of benefit fraud after failing to promptly report to both Cornwall Council and the Department of Work and Pensions that her partner had moved in with her. After hearing the facts of the case the bench re- quested a report from the probation service.


Curfew


On returning and hear- ing the probation report the bench sentenced Belcher to a community order of a 12-week curfew Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8am-noon.


Belcher was also or- dered to pay £200 towards the investigation and le- gal costs.


The overpaid benefits are being recovered from Belcher by both Cornwall Council and the Depart- ment of Work and Pen- sions separately from this court action.


Do you have a two year old? Family Information Service


Are you in receipt of any non-working benefits?


If so, you could be eligible for a free early learning and childcare place.


If you think you might be entitled please contact the Family Information Service


Telephone - 0800 587 8191 or 01872 323535 Text the word FIS along with the surname, date of birth and National Insurance Number of the benefit claimant to 60030 Email - fis@cornwall.gov.uk


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