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Love has certainly been in the air at Newquay Zoo recently, as it welcomes the birth of another baby - this time a wildebeest - to its family. So far staff have welcomed a baby ring-tailed lemur, roul roul partridge chicks, fishing cat kittens and Visayan warty piglets and now they're celebrating the birth of a baby black wildebeest. John Meek, Animal Collection Manager said "I am thrilled to announce the birth of a baby black wildebeest, especially because they are my favourite species in our entire Zoo collection. "Wild herds of black wildebeest were almost extinct because of over-hunting, but thanks to measures put in place in South African game reserves they now enjoy some protection. Zoos worldwide have contributed to the captive population, and we are proud to be a part of that. "I think the baby is a girl, although we have yet to have this confirmed."

Are you going to see the Olympic Torch, as it comes through Cornwall? Enter our photo competition to win a super-cool camcorder! We are looking for creative photos from the torch relay as it sails through Cornwall. You can enter the competition in the following ways: 1. Take a picture with your camera or Smartphone. It doesn't have to be professional standard and be as creative as you like with the photo! 2. Upload the photo to one of the following social networks: Facebook – upload a photo onto our Facebook wall at: facebook.com/thisiscornwall please specify where and what town the photo was taken. Make sure you upload onto our wall, or else we won't be able to see your photo. Twitter – upload your photo to twitter and mention us @thisiscornwall with the #hashtag #localtorchrelay. Please specify where and what town the photo was taken. Instagram – upload your photo to Instagram and mention @northcliffedgtl in the caption with the #hashtag #localtorchrelay. Please specify where and what town the photo was taken. Email – you can also email us at: competiton@northcliffedigital.co.uk with your photo. Please include the name of your town in the email and your full name. 3. By submitting a photo to our competition, you are expressing that you have taken this image and own copyright to the image. You also consent to us including this image in a photo gallery on our site. 4. The closing date to enter the competition is 5pm on Friday 25th May. But the sooner you send us your photos, the sooner they will appear in the gallery! Don't forget to tell us where your photo was taken. 5. See our terms and conditions for full details. 6. We look forward to seeing your photos!

POLICE today renewed an appeal for witnesses to a car crash at Doublebois Cross in which a man was seriously injured. The accident happened on Tuesday evening, and police say they are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a green Peugeot 106 who may have witnessed the collision or either vehicle prior to the incident. The driver of a Daewoo involved in the accident remained in a serious but stable condition in hospital today. The incident involved a white Ford Transit van and the green Daewoo. The 22-year-old male driver of the Daewoo sustained serious injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital. Anyone with information regarding the collision is asked to call the serious collision investigation unit on 101 quoting log 515 of 15th May 2012 with any infromation.

On the evening of Friday 18th May the Olympic Torch touches down at Cornwall's Culdrose and on the morning of Saturday 19th it will start its historic journey through the country. The flame is travelling within ten miles of 95 per cent of the UK population towards the Olympic Stadium in East London in time for the opening ceremony on July 27th. An estimated billion people around the world will be watching the torch make its way through the Duchy and www.thisiscornwall.co.uk will be there every step of the way, following the route on the interactive map (below) which will update in real-time with pictures from the flame's journey. We also have a detailed list of the streets and torch bearers taking part across Cornwall. We are looking to the people of Cornwall to get involved in this historic event. For your troubles, we're offering a £50 Amazon voucher for the best gallery (minimum 10 pics) uploaded by you on the day. All you have to do is register on www.thisiscornwall.co.uk and click on 'upload pictures' (make sure the file size isn't too enormous!). If that's all a bit much and you just want to send in a photo then you can always email us at jo.wood@northcliffemedia.co.uk.

Campaigners fighting for the creation of a £20 million sports stadium in Cornwall have vowed to battle on after councillors turned their noses up at publicly funding the bid.

In a close vote yesterday, Cornwall Councillors voted against backing recommendations to siphon off £10 million from the public purse to build the 10,000-seater stadium on land at Langarth Farm, Threemilestone, on the fringes of Truro. A total of 46 voted for and 55 against, with seven abstentions.

Had the vote been won, the recommendations would be laid before two scrutiny committees and eventually in front of the Cabinet, which will make the final decision.

Supporters said they were "angry and disappointed" with the council's response, but vowed to fight on.

Peter Marks, chairman of the Stadium for Cornwall Group, who sat in the public gallery, said councillors had let the people of Cornwall down.

He said: "We were absolutely gutted and upset when the vote went against us.

"We have collected more than 16,000 signatures from the public in favour of the stadium and their wishes have been completely ignored by this council.

"We will do our best to fight on, because we believe the people of Cornwall deserve this stadium."

The recommendation to use £10 million of taxpayers' money came after Cornwall Community Stadium Ltd (CCSL), which is spearheading the push for the facility, last week revealed it could only find £10.5 million.

CCSL is a consortium made up of key stakeholders: the developer Inox Group – which already has outline planning permission for the stadium – and Exemplar Projects (Truro) Ltd, Truro and Penwith College, and the Cornish Pirates Rugby Football Club Ltd.

If the stadium is built it would be a new home for the Pirates as well as potentially for Truro City Football Club.

Dicky Evans, owner of the Cornish Pirates, accused councillors of a "lack of vision" and questioned the future of top-flight sports in the county.

He said: "I left Cornwall some 45 years ago because there were no job prospects at all and nothing has changed and nor will it with the closed minds that run your affairs, people.

"Will the last person to leave Cornwall please put the lights out."

During the debate, some councillors argued the stadium would create jobs and generate extra income for the county.

Others insisted that although they agreed in principle to Cornwall having its own stadium, ongoing financial difficulties could not justify the taxpayer picking up half of the bill.

Councillor Mario Fonk, who voted in favour, said the stadium would be a lasting legacy for future generations.

He said: "The money would come from capital funds so front-line services would not suffer as a consequence.

"The stadium would boost morale and be something to leave our children."

In February this year councillor Scott Mann resigned as deputy of the Conservative group after a secret report revealed plans to pay for the scheme contrary to the wishes of councillors came to light. Council leaders had always maintained no public money would be poured into the venture.

Mr Mann said during the debate: "I would love to see the private sector build it. The game change here is using taxpayers' money to bankroll the project. This stadium would be for the Pirates and not for the taxpaying public."

Last week, Inox won planning permission for a £140 millon application to build 1,500 homes on a 160-acre site on land adjacent to where they want to build the stadium.

The development will include a hotel, restaurant, shops, care home, primary school and 600-space extension to the existing park and ride.

A PENZANCE children's charity is to receive £500,000 of lottery money to pioneer revolutionary youth work to steer "at risk" children away from crime and antisocial behaviour.

Trelya, based in Taroveor Road, works with young people in parts of west Cornwall that are rated as being in the top 3 per cent of impoverished areas in the UK.

The nationally-recognised project has been granted £500,000 to develop a scheme where children as young as eight are given personal mentors to support them long term.

The mentor will become a permanent part of the child's life – providing each one with a consistent, positive role model who sticks with them over a period of years.

A total of £25 million in grants is being given to 25 projects across the UK by The Big Lottery – each one will develop a groundbreaking approach that has already been proven to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people.

For Trelya, that means using an idea pioneered by a project that has had huge success in Boston, USA.

There, each professional mentor works one-to-one, building relationships with the young person then supporting the person for years.

Successfully replicating that approach in west Cornwall could lead to a rethink of how youth work is delivered.

Sam Fitzpatrick, director at Trelya, observed the US project on a fact-finding trip funded by a grant from the Winston Churchill Fellowship.

She said: "Getting the grant is fantastic news. We started Trelya ten years ago with two aims – to make children's lives better and to change the way youth work was delivered. We have always wanted to affect policy and process and by delivering this and showing that it works we will be doing that."

The idea is that even the most vulnerable children can become healthy, productive adults with the help of a positive, consistent, caring adult in their lives.

Ms Fitzpatrick said: "It's being a positive role model. Someone who is going to be there, year in and year out, to help with homework or watch them at sports day; to support them to be rounded members of the community and to make positive choices about their lives and their behaviour.

"It's about consistency, about not having people flit in and out of their lives."

Trelya will employ permanent, full-time mentors who can commit to a long-term contract.

The project will run for an initial five years.

Ms Fitzpatrick said: "We've always believed that it is long-term youth work that makes the difference."

Penzance police Inspector Jean Philips said: "Trelya have always been innovative in the way they approach working with young people."

DAVID Beckham may make an appearance at Land's End on Saturday for the start of the Olympic Torch relay after carrying the Olympic Flame into Cornwall tomorrow.

Olympic organisers were unable to rule out an appearance by Beckham at England's most westerly point following an announcement on Wednesday that he will carry the Olympic Flame into RNAS Culdrose as part of the official Olympic delegation.

The England international and former Manchester United and Real Madrid player, who was part of the successful Olympic bid team in 2005, will attend the handover ceremony in Athens, before bringing the flame to Cornwall.

He will form part of an official delegation which include Olympic-organising committee LOCOG's Chair, Sebastian Coe, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Minister for Sport, Hugh Robertson.

Beckham will be joined by five young people invited to take part by LOCOG and the British Council in recognition of their commitment to sport, including Falmouth Ladies' hockey player Georgia Higgs of Helston Community College.

A MOTHER whose eyes were gouged out by her boyfriend has spoken of her relief at finally being able to move on after he was sentenced to life in prison.

Brave Tina Nash clenched the hand of her support officer amid cheers from the gallery at Truro Crown Court on Friday as Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, gave Shane Jenkin, who was not present, an indefinite life sentence with a hospital order. He had admitted causing her grievous bodily harm with intent.

The court had heard how Jenkin had strangled the mother of two unconscious as she tried to sleep in bed at home in Hayle before gouging her eyes out with his fingers or thumbs.

The 33-year-old who suffered from a delusional disorder at the time then said: "You are not going to see your kids grow up, it's all your fault."

During a 12-hour ordeal she battled for her life before convincing Jenkin to call her ex-partner, who alerted the emergency services. He fled but was caught two days later.

In a statement read outside court on Friday, Tina said she knew Jenkin, who had a history of convictions for violence, tried to kill her.

She said: "It was a week short of a year before Shane decided to plead guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent. Shane hoped I would give in and back out as I had done previously, and he was happy in the knowledge that he was still controlling my life by doing so.

"My life has been in limbo as I have not been able to have the treatment and counselling I so desperately needed whilst Shane has had a team of experts, professionals and psychiatrists assessing and ensuring his wellbeing and that he received the treatment that he required.

"It was a silent prolonged attack. Shane knows what he did to me that night and he has to live with that for the rest of his life.

"I am now able to move on, start my treatment and rebuild my life. I have a future and want to provide a future for my kids and be a good mum.

"I have been overwhelmed by the kind messages, offers of help and generous gifts I have received and would like to say thank you to everyone."

The court heard Jenkin had watched a horror film with Tina the night before the attack which ended with a girl's eyes hanging out of her head.

Andrew McFarlane, for the CPS, said Tina was identified by police as being "very high risk" after suffering nine attacks from Jenkin since April, 2010. He had put his thumbs in her eyes and stamped on her head.

He said: "The defendant was prosecuted for offences against Miss Nash but escaped conviction for all his activity as a consequence of threatening her."

In her statement Tina added: "I urge anyone out there suffering domestic abuse to contact the police before it is too late. Don't be frightened or embarrassed, there are specially trained officers who can and will help you. There are charities and support groups who will help, advise and support you in doing so."

After accepting psychiatric evidence, Judge Harvey Clark said Jenkin was still culpable for his actions.

He said: "She has lost the precious gift of sight. She will never be able to see again."

Speaking outside court, Detective Constable Mark Jones said: "The sentence is life imprisonment which is appropriate for the serious nature of this crime. It's what we had all hoped for as an investigation team."

PEOPLE in St Ives will get their chance to ask questions about the new Urgent Care Centre planned for West Cornwall Hospital on Tuesday night.

The last planned consultation event on the innovative new idea for the Penzance hospital's casualty unit will be discussed at a public meeting in St Ives Guildhall.

The Urgent Care Centre is due to be launched in June.

Penzance GP Dr Matthew Boulter, the Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group's commissioning lead for Urgent Care, and Tim Mumford, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust's project lead for the Urgent Care Centre, will both take questions. The meeting starts at 6.30pm in the Concert Hall in the Guildhall.

COUNCIL leaders would commit "political suicide" if they overturned colleagues' refusal this week to spend public money on a stadium at Truro.

Although Cornwall Council members rejected the principle of partly funding the £24 million project at an emergency meeting, the final decision rests with the Cabinet.

In a heated debate on Tuesday, Councillor Bob Egerton warned that granting funding against councillors' wishes would be "political suicide".

But Cornish Pirates' owner Dicky Evans said the vote brought shame on the council and risked turning Cornwall into "the largest old people's home in the world".

Cornwall Council has always insisted public funds would not be used but, on Friday, it announced that the group behind the plans, Cornwall Community Stadium (CCS) Ltd, needed £10 million from the authority to go ahead.

There was a packed public gallery at County Hall including Penzance Thai kickboxing champion Julie Kitchen, a supporter.

Councillor Mike Eathorne-Gibbons reminded councillors they voted 18 months ago that no public money should go into the stadium. But Councillor Mike Varney said: "Councillors had the foresight to support things like the university in Falmouth when there was a hell of a ruckus and now look at the success of it.

"If we are not prepared to invest in ourselves how can we get anybody else to do it?"

Members turned down a recommendation to support the council leading the stadium project by 55 votes to 46.

Council leader Alec Robertson said he would discuss the result with the Cabinet before deciding the next step.

THE ARRIVAL of the Olympic Torch on Saturday could inject as much as £3.5million in to west Cornwall's tourism economy – as long as the weather holds out.

That is the view of VisitCornwall chief executive Malcolm Bell whose estimation will have Penwith traders glued to the weather forecast in the build-up to the torch's arrival this weekend.

Speaking to The Cornishman last week, Mr Bell declared the region would also boast the lion's share of Cornwall's income from the torch's arrival due to its picturesque landmarks, such as St Michael's Mount and Land's End.

But he said his prediction may be dampened by bad weather, similar to the day of dense fog that greeted Jonathan Edward's arrival at Land's End to announce route details exactly a year ago.

He said: "The arrival of the Olympic Torch is going to generate approximately £7 million for Cornwall and I would estimate that west Cornwall will probably see half the benefit – but if the weather's bad it would be more of a problem.

"It's not only beautiful; west Cornwall has all the major land- marks but I think (if it's sunny) the main impact will be over time.

"We could spend tens of thousands on a half-page advert in a national newspaper, this will provide us with that advert for free. We have crews down here at the moment from China, Mexico and Australia to take stock footage.

"There are only two days that matter – day one and day 70. My colleagues in Kent are gutted that they are not first and they were pitching to get it. If we didn't want it there would be 30 other UK destinations in a line behind us."

Arnaud Ruetsch, chairman of the Penzance and District Tourism Association, agreed that the torch relay should provide a big boost for west Cornwall and in particular Penzance.

He said: "It's very hard to put a final figure on it but if it's a great day, a nice sunny day, it will have a really big impact.

"At 8.30am the tide will be high and the picture would be fantastic.

"All of our customers outside of the UK come from the United States, Germany, Canda, South Africa and Australia.

"All big countries which are interested in the Olympics. Everybody is really excited and are planning things to celebrate it."

James St Aubyn, lives in the castle on St Michael's Mount which he and Mary St Aubyn run in partnership with the National Trust.

He said excitement on the mount is palpable.

He said: "It will be a proud day for west Cornwall when the Olympic Torch starts its journey here, and a wonderful opportunity for us to show the world what a magical destination this is."

A spokesperson for the Met Office said the weather on Saturday was likely to be largely dry, with a chance of showers, a light easterly breeze and a temperature of 14 to 15 degrees Celsius.

NEWLYN Harbour Commission has not yet submitted a plan to Cornwall Council that would give it access to half a million pounds to use for renovations at the port.

The council set aside £500,000 for the port authority in its 2012-13 annual budget, which will become available on receipt of an acceptable business plan and a display of good governance.

Harbour chairman, Gilbert McCabe told the Cornishman in March that a business plan would be submitted within a month.

However, speaking this week, harbour master Andrew Munson said nothing can be done until consultants come back to them with necessary information on proposed works.

A HOTEL could be included in plans to redevelop a Penzance waterfront building.

Four proposals have been put forward to revamp the Coinagehall Street site, which is currently home to the PZ Gallery.

All the plans include a hotel with one looking at incorporating 60 rooms into the build.

"There were four bids in total, with mixed use and with similarities," said Ben Coleman, development manager, property services department at Cornwall Council.

The building was put up for sale in March by freeholders Cornwall Council. The one-acre site is being marketed as a mixed use redevelopment opportunity for the authority's regeneration vision of Penzance town centre.

Demolishing

All the proposals submitted to county hall include retail, residential and office space. Mr Coleman added that the plans looked at retaining and utilising the current building or demolishing and rebuilding it.

Chamber of Commerce chairman and guesthouse owner, Dick Cliffe, believes a top-class hotel would be good for the town.

"Penzance is under-represented in regard to top-level hotels," he said. "We would like to see a nice hotel."

Bringing a four-star hotel to the town would not "impact severely" on guesthouses, he said, because they are trading in separate tourism markets.

"It would raise the profile of Penzance for those people with deeper pockets – why should they all stay in St Ives and Falmouth?" he said.

"No one wants Penzance to just be a place where only the rich go but we also don't want it to be a place full of pound stores."

Each would-be development idea will now be looked at individually, with recommendations on the strongest proposal submitted to Cornwall Council's Cabinet in July.

A NEW map for Penzance could soon be on the cards after town chiefs met to discuss the proposals.

The Discovery Map aims to showcase the historical, environmental and industrial attractions of the area and has been hailed as a success when rolled out in other parts of the county.

Its possible introduction is being discussed by the newly-formed town team, with members of the Civic Society, chamber of commerce, Causeway-head Traders' Association and Penzance and District Tourism Association making positive noises about the proposals.

"There is a lot of enthusiasm for the map," said Dick Cliffe, chairman of the chamber of commerce and member of the town team.

"We can introduce local people, the rest of Cornwall and visitors to what the town has to offer."

He said it will cost around £20,000 to get the map to the printing stage with a third of funds raised through sponsorship and the rest by public funds and grants.

The aim of the map is to help people discover local attractions in a sustainable and green way.

Highlighting the benefit the scheme has had in other Cornish towns, Mr Cliffe said: "All the maps have been reprinted because of the demand commercially."

He added: "It is meant to be a community project and this is an opportunity for people to put their hand up and take part." A launch meeting to garner support is set to be held soon.

AN EXHIBITION of art to raise money to help care for people with learning disabilities is launched next week.

Fairytale, Dream and Memory at the Old Dairy in Penzance features work from artists who themselves have learning disabilities, alongside other established artists and relative newcomers. Artist Tamsin Bridge said: "The idea behind it is that half of the artists have learning disabilities and half are up and coming artists or established artists."

The exhibition runs at the Old Dairy Gallery in Knight's Yard, Belgravia Street, Penzance, from Monday, May 21 to August 15. For more details call 01736 365628.

A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to demolish the Shiver Me Timbers reclamation yard on the seafront near Penzance and replace it with a luxury home has been approved by councillors.

When the application to knock down the popular business was lodged it sparked nearly 30 written objections to Cornwall Council.

But landowner Sidney Leiworthy of the Cornish Mead Company wants to build a house and double garage on the site and says he has the support of many local residents.

Shiver Me Timbers was run until his death by popular character Terry "Trader" Gray and is now run by his son Joe.

It operates as a recycling and reuse project, a reclaimed timber and furniture store and a collection of art, curios and antiquities.

Now Cornwall Council has granted conditional approval for the levelling of the collection of buildings on the site and construction of a twin-garage house there.

The conditions state that development cannot begin until flood risk and contamination risk surveys have been carried out at the site.

It is unclear what the timeline will now be for the demolition but a standard condition imposed on the planning permission was that the development must be undertaken in the next three years.

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THE new mayor of Penzance has been officially chosen after a special ceremony this week, although two councillors publicly voted against the move.

Councillor Phil Rendle was handed the ceremonial robes with councillor David Nebesnuick taking up the role of his deputy.

Despite the nominations for mayor causing a deadlock during the informal vote last month, only two councillors formally choose to oppose the election of Mr Rendle and Mr Nedesnuick.

Dennis Axford, who voted against along with Judith Parkin, said Mr Rendle's performance as a councillor was below what was needed for a mayor.

Skill set

"The decision I took to vote against the election of the new mayor was not one taken lightly, the position of mayor is a complex one requiring a very special skill set," he told The Cornishman following the mayor choosing.

"I have seen it reported that it was his turn. There is no such thing as turns – the mayor is elected on the basis of his or her performance as a councillor and on this occasion I felt that this was below that required for mayor at this difficult time for the town and so felt unable to vote for Councillor Rendle."

Also during the event, outgoing mayor Jan Ruhrmund toasted the achievements of members of the local community. She handed the Brian Spiegelhalter award for Penzance's Citizen of the Year to Angie Butler for her dedication and passion for the town and her organisation of Pirate Day, which saw thousands of people gather on the promenade to smash the Guinness World Record.

Lucy Tyreman was handed the Humphry Davy Person of Outstanding Academic Achievement title with local sea cadet Brogan Pryor and air cadet Harriette Badminton-Miucci given the new mayor's cadet certificates.

HAYLE'S new mayor was officially chosen at a packed ceremony.

Councillor Jayne Ninnes stepped up to the top spot after being voted in unanimously by fellow town council members, while Councillor Graham Coad was elected deputy mayor.

There was standing room only as about 100 people squeezed into Hayle Day Care Centre for Thursday's mayor-choosing ceremony.

The new mayor said she was proud to hold the position at such an exciting time for Hayle, adding: "I would like to thank my fellow councillors for their kind words and for voting for me. I am really honoured to represent the town council and the people of Hayle, though I am sure some of my fellow councillors were motivated by the fact I get my own parking space so they don't have to watch me reverse near their cars."

Mr Coad, who was nominated by Councillor John Coombe and also voted in unanimously, added that he was "very very happy" to have been elected.

Outgoing mayor, John Bennett, gave a lighthearted speech, which included tongue-in-cheek comments on his time in office.

On a serious note, he added: "There is one accomplishment I am particularly proud of – and it meant facing off against some very large corporations – which is having helped to negotiate a much better deal for Hayle with respect to the harbour, including the return of its control to Hayle. Indeed, this was my principal reason for joining the council."

The event was also an opportunity for Mrs Ninnes to carry out her first duty as mayor – choosing the town's citizens of the year (see panel, above right) for 2012.

Hayle Citizens of the Year for 2011 were also presented with replica trophies as a reminder of their awards.

Mrs Ninnes took the opportunity to pay tribute to last year's female citizen, Esme Jelbert, who died in February, having lost her battle with cancer.

Mrs Ninnes said: "Esme was a very special lady and a very dear friend."

She was given the award for her fundraising work for the Passmore Edwards Institute.

Citizens of the year 2011: Female Citizen of the Year: Esme Jelbert, for services to the Passmore Edwards Institute, who passed away in February this year Male Citizen of the Year: Gil Tredinnick, for 50 years of service to the Hayle Surf Life Saving Club Young Person of the Year: Bliss Ellis, for outstanding flute playing Organisation of the Year: Angarrack Christmas Lights Committee Youth Organisation of the Year: 1st Hayle Cub Pack

Citizens of the year 2012: Female Citizen of the Year: Margaret Tanner, for her work with Hayle in Bloom and others Male Citizen of the Year: Malcolm Bryant, for his work with Angarrack Christmas Lights and Jubilee committee Young Person of the Year: Emily Corin, for sporting achievements in Surf Life Saving and surf ski, and for being an inspiration to others Organisation of the Year: Hayle Day Care Centre Volunteers Youth Organisation of the Year: Hayle Youth Club

THE FRIENDS of West Cornwall Hospital are offering an open invitation to anyone interested in what they do to join them at their annual general meeting.

It will be held in the outpatients' department at West Cornwall Hospital on Friday, May 25, at 7.30pm.

The organisation has been a major player in keeping the hospital operational in recent years.

West Cornwall Hospital (WCH) recently reopened the medical ward, Med 2, after its renovation was paid for by a £250,000 donation from the Friends.

The group has also been involved in the development of WCH's new laproscopic ward.

Secretary to the Friends, Gill Prodger, said anyone was welcome to attend the meeting.

She said: "It is their charity and their hospital."

The annual meeting will also be used to highlight the work of one of the volunteers.

Josephine Lawrey has completed 50 years of volunteering at WCH and will be presented with a special bouquet.