Today's most viewed
Town display to support armed forces
HUNDREDS of balloons are to be launched from the centre of Carterton to show support for the armed forces.
The town is home to thousands of servicemen and women at RAF Brize Norton and the Yellow Ribbon Foundation, set up to provide information for their families.
The balloon launch is on Saturday, March 29, at 3.30pm in the town recreation ground, one of a series of events across the country to mark Yellow Ribbon for the Forces Week.
Foundation spokesman Victoria Evans said: "We've seen the armed forces act as first response to many natural disasters, both in the UK and across the world, as well as serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It's a mark of respect to those individuals returning home from lengthy tours, but for whom a homecoming parade will not be on the agenda."
The foundation was set up five years ago.
Children at all local schools have been invited to go along with their families.
Families will also be able to send messages of support at the event, either over the radio or by letter.
6:09am Thursday 27th March 2008
Print 
Email this 
CommentPosted by: Victoria Evans, Carterton on 7:55am Sat 29 Mar 08
The Balloon Race has had to be postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
As such, it will [italic][bold]NOT[/bold] [/italic] be taking place today (29th March) but will instead be taking place on [bold]Saturday 19th April 2008 at The Rec, Carterton at 3.30pm.[/bold]
The Balloon Race has had to be postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
As such, it will
NOT be taking place today (29th March) but will instead be taking place on
Saturday 19th April 2008 at The Rec, Carterton at 3.30pm.
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
