| No TV, radio or running water on this paradise isle |
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Stromness resident, Dr Kate Johnson, has been spending time on the island of Malekula in the Republic of Vanuatu, a tiny state of only 200,000 people spread out over dozens of volcanic islands and coral atolls.
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| Special
St Kilda delivery for Doris! |
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It’s
amazing what you can do with a couple of pieces of wood and an old pair
of knickers - as an Orkney mum and daughter found out last week.
Doris
Shearer, of Airy Cottage, Stronsay, received a surprise letter in the
post, a delivery she describes as nothing short of a miracle.
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| Catching
up with our good friends in Malawi |
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At
the end of March, Sylvia and Roderick Thorne, from Sanday, and Glenys
Hughes, director of the St Magnus Festival, visited Malawi again
- but not just for a holiday.
After
Sanday School’s success in a national competition last year,
a strong link with a rural secondary school in Malawi has been established,
which the travellers planned to visit.
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| Monks' work continues to develop
Golgotha island monastery |
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It
has now been more than six years since an order of Catholic monks and
priests - the Transalpine Redemptorists - bought the island of Papa Stronsay,
with the ambition of establishing a monastery on the site thought to contain
the most northerly early Christian monastic ruins in the world.
Reporter
Fiona Nichol was invited to have a look around the island to see how the
monastery has been taking shape, what the brothers have accomplished so
far during their stay on the island and how their plans for the future
- both on Papa Stronsay and further afield - are shaping up.
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| Feeling fine and ready to have a crack at two long-standing distance records |
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William Sichel season started this year with his first serious attempt at breaking a British athletic record or two.
The records he decided to go for are the British Age Group 24 hour indoor record of 212.97km/132.3 miles which was set way back in 1988.
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| Winter Wonderland 2006 |
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With Orkney blanketed under snow during a cold snap at the start of March, visitors to
our website responded in their droves to our request for winter wonderland pictures.
Well over 150 pictures were received - a number of which we have
posted on the site.
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| Infamous 1955
game saw Eric drive off with the Boys' ba' |
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Lorraine Shearer catches up with two Ba’ winners from 50 years
ago and re-lives one of the most controversial games in the event’s
history.
For the first time in 50 years, the truth behind the Christmas
Day Boys’ Ba’ of 1955 has been documented by the man who
knows what really happened — the winner.
Eric Kemp was just 14, and in his first ever BA’, when he
snatched the trophy to victory - much to the dismay of many Doonies,
and, surprisingly, fellow Uppies.....
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| Barbara-Ann's mission to care for street
children in Bolivia |
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 Caring
for others is in the nature of Barbara-Ann McVean.
The 24-year-old Stromness woman has recently taking up a volunteering
position at a children’s home called the Casa de Amor (House
of Love) in the city of Cochabamba in the Latin American republic
of Bolivia.
There she cares for children who call the streets their home.
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| Hundreds turn
out to remember those lost |
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Orkney’s young and old gathered together in solidarity to
remember those who gave their lives in the two world wars and later
conflicts at Sunday’s Remembrance Day 2005 parade and service.
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| Sydney's 15-year seaplane dream finally
set to take off |
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An 88-year-old Orcadian is about to witness the
completion of a long-held dream, as his self-built aeroplane undergoes
final checks before taking to the air.
Sydney Bichan of Stenaquoy, Orphir, started work
on the Kingfisher seaplane, only the second of its kind every to
be built in the UK, 15 years ago.
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