The Beauth Spot

Enter the

Face Of Fuschia

in The Beauty Spot, Athy.

Excellent prizes to be won.

(for details got to www.fuschia.ie)

Have a Fuschia Makeover for your Face Of Fuschia photo

for ½ Prize.

Purchase 3

dermalogica Skincare products

and get the cheapest one

FREE

All at The Beauty Spot, Athy.

Athy Girl Wins Rose of Tralee

Congratulations to Charmaine Kenny, daughter of Leon and Marian Kenny on winning the 2009 Rose of Tralee competition. A great year for Athy as Charmaine did us proud.

Castlefarm Allotment Harvest Fair –Saturday 29th August

Celebrate the Castlefarm Harvest with a fun-filled day of walks, talks and demonstrations. Exciting kids club that includes farm treasure hunt. 12 noon - 6pm. Pay on the day - Prices: Adult: €14 Child: €9.50 Family ticket (2 adults and 2 children): €45. Price includes lunch and a free goody bag. All proceeds go to St Brigids Hospice, Curragh and Our Ladies Children’s Hospital Crumlin.

11.30am Registration

12.00pm Welcome – Jenny Young

12.10 pm Understanding organics –Q and A forum

12.30pm – Cookery demonstration – Seasonal cooking ‘straight from the allotments’ by John Costrick, Head Chef at Rathsallagh house.

12pm-3.30pm Lunch available

2pm Walk option –

1. Keeping poultry Jenny Young

2. Honey and Bees – Loretta Neary and Jane Sellers

3. Apples Alan Glibert

2.45pm – Growing vegetables organically - Grace Maher

3.10pm -What you can produce from an allotment – my experience – Lisa Deney and Padric Dunne –

3.30 pm The health benefits of vegetables - Hilda Crampton, Nutritional Therapist (Dip NT)

4 pm Farming through the decade – John Young, Castlefarm

4.20 pm - Preserving the age old traditions, Biddy White Lennon, Food writer

4.40 pm – Producing local beef, lamb and pork Peter Byrne, Castledermot Farmer and Castlefarm shop supplier

5pm Walk option –

1 Keeping poultry Jenny Young Map to Castlefarm

2. Honey and Bees – Loretta Neary and Jane Sellers

3. Apples Alan Gilbert

Children’s fun programme12pm registration

12:30pm Tour the Farm with picture quiz
1:30pm Homemade ice lollies, taste and demo
2:30pm Glass painting/ hurricane lamp making
3:30pm Tour the Farm with treasure hunt

Plenty of fun for all the family as well as a great cause – see you there

Mamma Mia in Pedigree

South East Laois Arts Network present in Concert
BIG MAMA'S DOOR
50's R+B-- Real Blues ,Real Soul
-- plus support act
in Pedigree Corner on Thursday 3 rd Sept at 9 pm --Tickets 10 euro available from Pedigree Corner, Ballylinan Filling Station and Healthy Living Health Store Leinster St Athy . Booking also at 087 6729953

Check out their website and listen to some of their music on www.myspace.com/bigmammasdoor

War of the Roses

Rarely does a town boast of not one but two contestants in this year’s Rose of Tralee competition. Representing Sydney and London are Romy Farrelly and Charmaine Kenny respectively, both girls originally from Athy.

Already winners, the two give us another reason to be proud of our town and we look forward to seeing them excel in the coming week.

Caught in the Web

Great to see Athy moving more into the information age with a host of new websites from various businesses. Some new ones added to the Athy live directory are:

www.mcdonaldcatering.com Joan McDonald Catering

www.venusbeauty.info School of Health and Beauty

www.contemporaryphotography.eu Contemporary Photography

There is a full list of Athy websites on www.athylive.com