Haliwards – Sandra Starratt
Posted by Alex on Feb 10, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
Today i visited Halifax West High School to talk to the students who will be receiving an award from us in April. Today came with a twist though. For the past week or so we have been researching the teacher that nominated the students and it seems she is just as incredible as they are. Her main role at the school is as a French teacher but it became clear to us very quickly...
Haliwards: Award Winners
Posted by Alex on Feb 7, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
Today i made the decision to announce the award winners 3 days earlier than planned. The reason for this is because word is spreading fast about the award winners and tickets are getting snapped up fast and we want to give everyone an opportunity to attend the ceremony. It took us a long time to select our final winners. Hours and hours of research and more phone calls than...
Haliwards: Ceremony
Posted by Alex on Feb 5, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
Finally! It gives me a great sense of joy and a great sense of relief to be able to give you the details of the Haliwards Ceremony. Before i do that i just want to bring your attention to the image above. Let me introduce Clara. Over the years our awards have had prototype names and Clara is the predecessor of others like Markand Penny. We are all thrilled with our...
Link with Canada
Posted by Alex on Jan 17, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles, Press | Comments
Central Somerset residents are being asked to honour those people who make a difference to the community with the launch of this year’s Pride of Central Somerset Awards. They Celebrate the positive contribution that people make in the community and this year the awards will have a transatlantic feel as they are being linked with the Haliwards based in Nova Scotia,...
Haliwards: Nomination’s Now Closed
Posted by Alex on Jan 16, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
I am very pleased to announce and almost relieved to say that the nominations for the Haliwards are now closed. As stated before the holidays, if we had a period of seven days or longer with the absence of nominations we would close the flood gates and that is exactly what we have done. The last nomination was received on January 6th. We received more nominations than we...
Launch: POCS 2010
Posted by Alex on Jan 12, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
I have wanted to say this ever since i raised a glass to toast the success of 2009; the nominations for the Pride of Central Somerset 2010 are now open. Last year POCS was a resounding success and i hope with the help of some dedicated colleagues we will be able to do even better this year. I hope this post will either be something new and exciting to you or a refreshing...
Rewind – 2009 Statistics
Posted by Alex on Jan 9, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
I wanted to share with you some of my most popular posts from 2009. My articles were by far the most popular taking up over 40% of my visits. Second to that were my reviews of local talent. This has given me a clear indication of what to write about this year. Thanks to everyone who has passed by my blog in 2009, i hope you will continue to visit and interact more using the...
Welcoming a New Decade
Posted by Alex on Jan 2, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
Firstly i would like to begin by wishing you all a very Happy New Year. It seems hard to believe that its been ten years since the millennium. I guess the calendar isn’t lying so it must be true. I am very excited about 2010. It’s rare for me to go into a new year with a project already in motion but i am pleased that the Haliwards made an unexpected comeback in...
