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There was high praise for the mother of a Hamilton beauty queen this week after she decided to follow her daughter’s footsteps onto the catwalk.
Laurie Meisak has made it to the final of the Mrs Galaxy UK competition.
And the 55-year-old entered after receiving encouragement from her daughter Amy Meisak, 24, who has represented her country in various pageants.
The Mrs Galaxy UK final will be in the Park Hall Hotel in Chorley today (Thursday, March 22) and the winner will represent the UK in the world final in Orlando this July. Go Laurie Meisak you will be amazing on the 22nd. No doubt about it you’ll be great.
Ann Keary
The apple never falls far from the tree Laurie.
Kenny Beecroft
Not long now. You will do fab.
Donna Kinkade
Go you Laurie. So proud of you dear friend. Remember you’re a winner for just pulling on that sash.
Irene Barkby
There was much excitement surrounding the news that Hamilton is getting its first comic con in a bid to help rescue the town centre.
The event - celebrating comics, fantasy and cosplay - will be held at the Town House on Saturday, July 7. Ours have been going to one in London for a few years now they love it dressing in star wars family. outfits
Breda Barnes Dear Editor,
it’s good for the I am writing to urge residents in South Lanarkshire to get involved in the National Autistic Scotland’s biggest fundraiser, World Autism Awareness Week (March 26 - April 2). In the seven days leading up to World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), we are encouraging schools, workplaces and individuals to take part in activities to raise money and autism awareness. Whether it’s taking part in a bake sale, sponsored walk or wearing an onesie, there are plenty of ways in which you can get involved.
Around 58,000 people in Scotland are autistic and although we’ve come a long way in raising awareness, there’s still more to be done until everyone understands autism. Our research found that although 99.5 per cent of people in Scotland have heard of autism, just 16 per cent of autistic people think it is understood in a meaningful way. We want to increase understanding of the condition – which affects one in 100 people – in order to tackle this issue and build more compassionate communities.
Autism is a lifelong, developmental condition that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people, and how they experience the world around them. We want to close the gap between awareness and understanding so that Scotland can become an autism friendly nation.
To do that we need the public’s support to raise vital funds to continue running campaigns like Too Much Information, training and sharing knowledge with professionals working with autistic people, and so much more.
This World Autism Awareness Week, I hope that people living in North Lanarkshire, including Hamilton, will get involved and help us to raise vital funds so we can continue to make a difference to autistic people in Scotland.
Free fundraising guides, packed full of great ideas on how you can make a difference, can be downloaded from www.autism.org.uk/waaw.
Fiona Mcgrevey, The National Autistic Society Scotland