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Cymdeithas Gymreig Canolbarth Ohio
Promoting a strong and vibrant Welsh community in Central Ohio
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Newyddiadur Cymru / Welsh NewspaperARCHIVES2007
Thursday, 30 August 2007 Volunteers have started a 10-year project to restore a 400-year-old lead mine in a tiny community in Powys. Plans are to eventually reopen part of Martha Pit in the former mining village of Dylife, near Machynlleth. There has been mining in the area since Roman times, but the history of the present mine can be traced back to the mid-1600s. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/6970595.stm Friday, 17 August 2007 The largest hoard of English Civil War coins found in Wales is going on show in the county where they turned up. Initially local legend had it that buried treasure connected to a French landing nearby on 22 February 1797, lay in the grounds of Tregwynt Mansion near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, although nothing was ever found to suggest it was true. Then, in 1996, metal detector enthusiast Roy Lewis uncovered 500 coins dating back to, not 1797, but the 1640s. The coins now belong to the National Museum of Wales. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/6949422.stm Tuesday, 14 August 2007 Princes of Gwynedd's lost palace restored -- Craftsmen from America have helped restore an historic site which, it is claimed, was the lost palace of the Princes of Gwynedd. Current owner Brian Pritchard Gibson and his historian wife Kathryn bought it in 1988 after seeing it advertised as a chicken farm and set about the task of restoring it. Kathryn believes that Pen y Bryn was originally part of the palace where Prince Llywelyn Fawr (the Great) and his grandson, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the first Prince of Wales, lived. Thursday, 8 August 2007 A five-star hotel has become the only venue in Wales to be named in a list of the world's 100 best places to stay. Set in five acres of secluded grounds, the Plas Bodegroes on the Llyn Peninsula, in North Wales, will add the honour from the Sunday Times Travel Magazine to a string of other awards. The magazine named the hotel's restaurant as one of the top 10 Best Gourmet Greats. With the exception of the period between 1997 and 1999, the hotel has held a Michelin star since 1991. It is one of just two restaurants in Wales today to hold the Michelin star -- the other being The Crown at Whitebrook, Monmouthshire. In 2003, it was the Good Good Guide UK's Restaurant of the Year. Thursday, 17 July 2007 From the Welsh Assembly Government, NYC -- Keeping Up With the Technological Joneses (excerpted) The Welsh language, spoken by over half a million people in Wales, is alive and well and moving into a new technological era. The internet is y we, a website is gwefan, and a homepage is hafan. Microsoft has joined the Welsh technological revolution and Welsh speakers can download software that allows users to chose Welsh or English as an interface language for Windows XP and Office 2003. A Welsh Google bar allowing users to browse Welsh-language websites that have been developed by Mozilla. Microsoft also offers a Welsh spelling and grammar checker as does the commercial specialist language software developer Omega First. The Welsh company Testico made available a free downloadable program to allow Welsh speakers to use "predictive texting" in Welsh on their mobile phones. A Welsh-language version of Wikipedia is now available. Welsh language lessons are offered online on BBC Wales's website and programs can be downloaded onto the learner's MP3 for learning on the go. Friday, 13 July 2007 Did you know that the equals sign "=" was devised by a Welshman? A "definitive" encyclopaedia on Wales compiled by academics over 10 years is now available -- politics, climate, dance, art, and natural history are among the subjects covered in the book. It features information on every settlement of any size in Wales and there are more than 50,000 entries in the book, ranging from 50 to more than 5,000 words. It is crammed with facts and figures about places and people, accomplishments and accolades, trials and tribulations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6896500.stm Thursday, 12 July 2007 New insights have been revealed into the lives of two sisters, whose gift of masterpieces by Monet and van Gogh transformed Wales' art collection. The traditional image of Margaret and Gwendoline Davies is of two elderly spinsters living in rural mid Wales. But a new exhibition in Cardiff shows them as adventurous travellers at the cutting edge of the art scene. Their extensive collection, more that 250 works, was bequeathed to the National Museum and is seen as one of the most important world-class collections of impressionist and post-impressionist art outside Paris. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6291640.stm Monday, 2 July 2007 From the Welsh Assembly Government, NYC -- Keeping Up With the Joneses at the National Botanical Garden of Wales Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins was today presented with the brand new "Katherine Jenkins" orchid to commemorate her visit to see the start of planting at the stunning new Tropical House at the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire. The Tropical House was designed by 75-year-old Welsh born, New York based, architect John Belle. It features majestic palms, lovely lilies, blue ginger bamboo, and 1,000 orchids. The Tropical House is just the latest addition to the Garden, which already boasts the Great Glasshouse -- the largest single span glasshouse in the world -- which features plants from six areas of the earth: California, Australia, the Canary Islands, Chile, South Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. National Botanic Garden of Wales http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/ July 2007 From the Welsh Assembly Government, NYC -- Keeping Up With the Golfing Joneses Wales is becoming an increasingly popular golfing destination as golfers discover the country's world class courses, from the famous Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in mid Glamorgan to less heralded but equally impressive courses such as the Aberdovey Golf Club in Gwynedd. Wales will host the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. For profiles of six of Wales's best courses, go to http://www.travelandleisure.com/tlgolf/articles/golf-killer-wales Saturday, 9 June 2007 For only the second time in its history the Man versus Horse marathon has been won by a runner -- in fact two. Throughout the 22-mile race, held every June at Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys, the runners try to out run the horses over marsh, mountain and bog. German participant Florian Holginger came in 11 minutes before the first horse while John Parkinson from the UK was a minute behind the winner. A total of 250 runners took part although many of the 45 horses were withdrawn from the marathon due to hot weather. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/6737619.stm Friday, 13 April 2007 A huge Celtic knot and a giant postcard welcoming visitors to Wales are just two of the 15 design ideas for iconic sculptures under consideration as landmarks for three major Welsh gateways -- Holyhead harbour, the second Severn crossing, and Flintshire. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6552659.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6553145.stm
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