THE latest community news from Tywyn.

Inner Wheel

THE Inner Wheel Club held their monthly meeting on Thursday, 13 October at Aberdyfi Golf Club.

President Jane Pearson was unable to be present so vice-chairman, Joanne Parton chaired the meeting.

At our business meeting, invitations were read out from other Inner Wheel clubs in our district to join them at their social functions. Tywyn Club is part of a large area which extends from Llanidloes to north east Wales and the Wirral.

We were much saddened to hear of the death of a teenager Elisha recently, and agreed that we should donate £100 to the CLIC Sargent and Teenage Cancer Trust.

After a tasty supper we enjoyed a most interesting talk and slide show given by Margaret Smith.

Margaret spent three weeks in Nepal in April 2015 in the Kathmandu area. Margaret has a particular interest in photography and wanted to take pictures of the fauna and flora, as well as of people going about their everyday lives. Her slides told the story of how hard lives can be and we particularly noticed that the women did most of the physical work.

Margaret returned home just before the terrible earthquake which devastated the area she visited, so she now gives talks to raise awareness and sends money to help with the rebuilding of lives as well as structures.

The travel company Exodus is working hard and has sent Margaret slides of some of the new buildings which include three schools, community nutrition centres and a medical camp.

Councillor

A LONG-STANDING Tywyn town councillor has stepped down.

Former councillor Richard Vaughan sent a letter to council chair Alun Wyn Evans stating his desire to resign, ending 80 years of Vaughan representation in the area.

In his letter, read out at last week’s town council, he stated it was “not a decision he had taken lightly” and suggested it was a “privilege” to serve his community.

Mr Vaughan had been preceded on the local council by several generations of his family, not least his father Morgan Vaughan who stills plays an active role in the community to this day.

The former councillor wrote he had given his “open and honest opinion at all times” and suggested he would “endeavour to support the council in any way he can” following his resignation.

He concluded by wishing the council all the best for the future for what will be “testing times” for local councils.

Both Cllr Eileen Ellis and Ron McCoo expressed their sorrow for Mr Vaughan’s decision and the council chair thanked him for his service.

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Tywyn Inner Wheel vice-president, Joanne Parton, presenting a cheque to the speaker, Margaret Smith