THE PEMBROKESHIRE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 30 2015
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A novel way of raising money
the last decade. This January, Julia is encouraging all men over 40 to make one extra New Year’s resolution: to get a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) screening test. Julia said: “So many men are still unaware that only a simple blood test is needed to detect prostate cancer and prostate disorders, so I really want to raise awareness.”
A LIGHT-HEARTED
romance and mystery novel set in Pembrokeshire has been published as an e-book in aid of the UK’s leading prostate cancer charity.
St Davids-based author Julia Horton-Powdrill has set her debut novel Single or Double? in Porthcwm, a small sleepy town on the Pembrokeshire coast.
Julia wrote the book while her husband Brian was ill with prostate cancer. After his death in April 2014, Julia decided that she would like to donate all proceeds from the e-book sales to Prostate Cancer UK which has invested millions of pounds into research, services and awareness over
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Julia believes that men’s wives, girlfriends, daughters, mothers and sisters have a huge part to play. She added: “Annual testing is recommended for all men over 40 years old but most men fail to have themselves tested for this
disease.Prostate cancer kills one man every hour in the UK, which is over 10,000 men every year, a shocking statistic. Let’s try and encourage the men in our lives to have this test. “And just so you know, my book, Single or Double? is not about cancer at all. It’s upbeat and a bit romantic, which is exactly how we should all try to remain, even during our darkest times,” Julia added. The story is about twin sisters,Cass and Jo, who leave the bright lights of Paris and London to meet with their Godmother’s solicitor in a small, sleepy Welsh seaside town after her passing. They don’t expect their lives to change at all, but they find themselves embroiled in the weird and wonderful carryings-on in Porthcwm with its larger-than-life inhabitants.
forget facility. “This facility is the latest of
many improvements being made to the Council’s online service,” said Gareth Johnson, the County Council’s web manager. It’s proving very popular with more and more people registering.” My Account provides access to a variety of council services - 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
PEMBROKESHIRE residents
can sign up for waste and recycling collection reminders. The County Council’s online
‘My Account’ facility is now able to prompt people about their waste collections on request. To sign up for the reminders, which will include a list of items to be collected the following day, people need to register or login to My Account – the council’s online
It hosts a range of services from
requesting a bulky waste collection to reporting a missed bin collection or subscribing to the council’s garden waste service. Users can also sign up to receive school and Cleddau Bridge closure notifications during bad weather, register for job alerts, pay for council services, apply for copy certificates and much more.
a waste collection!
37 Community
Calendar raises over £400 for Prostate Cancer Cymru
Calendar a success: £400 raised. AT A RECENT presentation at
Preseli Community Learning Centre three representatives from the Pembrokeshire Friends of Prostate Cymru namely John Daniels, Dai Davies and Brian Harries received a cheque from Jan Halle on behalf of the adult learners of North Pembrokeshire. The calendar was produced last year exhibiting work by learners attending classes in St David’s, Fishguard and Preseli Adult Learning Centres. Each
month contained
pictures of work ranging from Jewellery making, Patchwork, Art and design, Traditionally
stained glass,
Upholstery, Health and Wellbeing; Dressmaking and Design; Hairdressing and Learning Welsh. Brian Harries congratulated the learners for raising funds towards promoting awareness of the condition and to help fight Prostate Cancer in Wales. He noted that proceeds raised in Pembrokeshire have gone towards treating patients and training specialists to use the latest
technological
equipment. With
the
help of Prostate Cymru and Welsh Government a new Da Vinci Robotic was purchased and based at the Heath Hospital in Cardiff. This new procedure has revolutionised the way of treating prostate cancer and will benefit the people of Pembrokeshire. He advised all men to check
their PSA through their local GP and reminded people that men in Wales have a 1 in 8 chance of developing Prostate Cancer.
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