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Heywood's Heroes crowned
Michael Byrne9/ 6/2007
A FIVE-year-old girl, an 80-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man were the toast of Heywood on Friday night as they won the first ever Heywood Heroes awards.
Jade Kilduff, Betty Fisher and Mike Huck collected the trophies as the inaugural awards evening at Heywood Civic Centre.
Jade, aged five, of Gregge Street, won the Young Person of the Year award, sponsored by New Heart for Heywood, for saving her mum Diana's life when she collapsed a few months ago.
Betty, aged 80, of Buckley Street, won the Woman of the Year award, sponsored by Heywood Rotary Club, for her work at the luncheon club at Crimble Croft Community Centre. She was also secretary of Heywood East Tenants' and Residents' Association for many years.
Mike Huck, 66, was the winner of the Man of the Year Award.
He has helped young people in Heywood since arriving in the town more than 40 years ago in a variety of ways from running youth clubs at Heywood Baptist Church, where he was a minister, to giving them jobs at his businesses The Wishing Well Pub and Old Hucky's Restaurant.
Mr Huck also given support to drug addicts at his home St Ann's House on Ryecroft Avenue.
Heywood Heroes was originally the brainchild of Heywood Advertiser editor Paul Harrison and he worked on the event with Ged Heatherington and Peter Rush from Heywood Rotary Club, Andy Hargreaves from New Heart For Heywood and Dennis Booth.
As well as celebrating the achievements of Heywood's unsung heroes the awards evening, which was attended by nearly 170 people, also raised money for local charities.
Michael Byrne, the Advertiser's deputy editor, said: "Heywood Heroes has been a great way to say thank you not just to our winners but all the unsung heroes who have been nominated for our awards. They all deserve our thanks and appreciation.
"This has been the first year of having the Heywood Heroes and we hope it will now become an annual event."
Compere for the evening was Norman Prince and guest speaker was blind water skiing world champion Dr Janet Gray MBE.
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Saw you near morrisons a few weeks ago, well done again for winning, you deserve it! Hope you are keeping well! see you soon
connor
27/09/2007 at 18:13