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Sunday rail link savedRail chiefs and council officials reached an un-derstanding last week to preserve the future of a Sunday rail service between Bishop Auckland and Darlington.It was feared the service could be axed altogether when Darlington Borough Council withdrew their funding from the Northern Rail Service, with subsidies from Durham County Council also due to expire this year. However officials at Northern Rail and the County Council have thrashed out a deal that will see the service continue indefinitely.Michael O’Neill, who helped start the ‘Save Our Sunday Service’ campaign in Bishop Auckland said, “The public has stood up over this issue and forced decision makers to get their heads together and come up with an

agreement.” Hundreds of people signed a petition, lobbying that poorer and vulnerable residents would be isolated if the service was removed. “We have always known that it was a well used service and I would urge people to keep on using it. To lose it would have been devastating for the town” continued Mr O’Neill.Head of transport for Durham County Council Adrian White told how they worked closely with Northern Rail to figure out funding to save the service. “Growth in passenger revenue has allowed us to reduce our contribution. “These savings were identified in line with the council’s medium term financial plan,” he surmised and the service looks like it will continue to be well supported for many years to come.

Tony Blair shows his support for ‘Laurel Museum’

The project to save the building has been backed by Tony Blair, as well as Stan Laurel’s daughter.

A project to save the building in which Stan Laurel went to school has been backed by Tony Blair.The former Prime Minister

has sent a signed copy of his autobiography to the Stan Laurel Community Building Group, in the hopes that they will auction it off to

raise funds.They also received an email from Stan Laurel’s daughter, 83 year-old Ms Laurel-Hawes, who wishes to be informed of the progress they make.The group is working towards buying the former Old Boys Grammar School, situated between Bishop Auckland Cricket Club and King James I Community Arts College, in order to turn it into a museum and arts centre.The old Geography block has stood vacant since March 2007 when it was targeted by arsonists. The fire destroyed the building’s roof, spire and most of the second floor, leaving residents fearing the local landmark might have to be demolished. However the group intends to restore the building and ‘bring it back’ to the community.Anyone interested in becoming involved in the project can visit stanlau-relmuseumbishopauck-land.yolasite.com.

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Youngsters from Woodhouse Community Primary School have sent a message to the future by burying a time capsule in the grounds of the recently opened March Hare pub and restaurant in Bishop Auckland.Newspapers, letters,

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also put up outside the building with the date of when the capsule was buried (29.9.11).The Deputy Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Councillor Charlie Kay, was also in attendance to assist the children in the time capsule burial.

Bishop Auckland Community Events in Newgate Street are hosting a ‘Glitz’ evening in support of the work of Dr. Wadd and the Oncology Team at The New Endeavour Unit at the James Cook University Hospital in Mid-dlesbrough. This special evening is for ladies and is at the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield on Thursday 10th November, from 7pm

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A car wash with a difference made a splash last Saturday at Sains-bury’s Bishop Auckland. Customers were able to get their cars cleaned as part of ‘The National Car Wash’ – a fundraiser to support The Fire Fighters Charity. Firefighters from Bishop Auckland took part in the event. Watch manager David Saunders said, “I would like to pass on my thanks to Sainsbury’s for hosting the charity car wash and a huge thank you to the

customers. We raised the amazing sum of £535.78 which was a magnificent effort by all involved”.The Fire Fighters Charity is the U.K’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families. Sainsbury’s Bishop Auckland Store Manager Tom Phillipson said, “We were delighted to be able to help out with this fantastic community event which proved very popular with our customers”.

Thank you for being our friendThe organisers of one of the region’s biggest food festivals are cel-ebrating after accepting their 1,000th friend on Facebook.The Bishop Auckland Food Festival’s page on the social networking website provides information on the annual celebration of food, drink and enter-tainment as well as other events in County Durham.Mike Richardson, Durham County Council’s corporate events officer, said, “We are thrilled to have reached such a milestone in just nine months and would like to thank all of our Friends for their interest in the food festival.“Our Friends can view

pictures from last year’s event, where 500 people signed up to join us on Facebook, and find out about lot of other events and activities in their local area.“In the coming months they will also be able to find out about plans for food festival 2012 as prepara-tion begins for next year’s event.”The food festival page has helped to promote the Chairman of Durham County Council’s charity golf day, which was in aid of the Rainbow Trust, the Halford’s City Cycle Race, Chester-le-Street Activity Week, county trail races, the Beast and Big Ride, the Under-16s McGregor Golf

Trophy and the National Junior Men’s Cycle Road Race Championship.In coming weeks, updates will be provided on events including the international Under 18 Mixed Cham-pionship Indoor Bowls Championship 2011 in Stanley, Halloween and Santa Run at Hardwick Park in Sedgefield as well as Christmas entertain-ment and crafts in Bishop Auckland.To become a Friend of Bishop Auckland Food Festival visit www.facebook.com/bafoodfes-tival.Traders can also register their interest in next year’s food festival by emailing events@durham.gov.uk.

Closed pub could re-open under new nameThe Beehive Pub on Kingsway could re-open under a new name if Durham County Council pass the plans.Shaun Bradford has submitted an application

for a licence to open The Vibe in the building. The pub was closed in April after Anthony Hancock from the town was killed outside of the premises. The tragedy

followed a series of 17 assaults in and around the bar since January 2009, as well as the death of another Bishop Auckland man, Stephen Wilson, who was killed in 2009.

Eleven Bishop Barrington students have just passed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme with flying colours. The final part of the award was a two day and

Awards all aroundone night trek from Cow Green Reservoir through Middleton in Teesdale and on to Barnard Castle. The course examiner John Lamb said, “Some friends of mine who live in Teesdale were

very impressed with the young people. They were polite, motivated and well mannered and they really wanted to tell me that the students were a credit to their school.”

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At Bishop Barrington School in Bishop Auckland, modern foreign languages have created a new level of interest. Strategic Leader of Languages, Karen Fletcher has organised a series of events around European Day of Languages on Monday 26th September. Many celebrities can speak more than one language and Bishop Barrington staff dressed up as famous people and displayed their names, the exact languages that they speak and a quotation on a badge.A competition was organised for Key Stage three students to find out all of the information on

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each staff member. They filled in a matrix and the winners of each year group, decided by the first correct form submitted, received a voucher for iTunes, clothes or books. Students were also awarded Vivo Miles, a system for rewards whereby students are given credits via the internet to spend in various shops.Karen Fletcher said, “The day has been a huge success. The aim of raising the profile of both European languages as well as their culture has really hit home and students have used a fun activity to explore the importance of languages in today’s global society.”

Make time to help save a life this AutumnPlatelets are the vital blood clotting component of blood but they only have a five day shelf life. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is urging blood donors to brave the Autumn weather and falling leaves to give blood and save a life.October can see the start of the colds and flu season which can mean existing donors are unable to donate whilst they are unwell. With only four per cent of the eligible population giving blood regularly it is important that others come forward to donate blood if they are able to do so.Darren Bowen, said, “For many, October can be a quieter time of the year and with the dark nights drawing in it can be tempting to stay indoors.

We are urging donors to come forward this month to help maintain blood stocks.“If you are generally in good health you could po-tentially help to save up to three lives with every donation you give. Colds and flu can have a knock-on effect with blood stocks, this is why we need people to act now to help save and improve patients lives across England and North Wales.” Donated blood is used not only in accident and emergency situations but also for patients undergoing surgery and receiving treatment for cancer and blood diseases, such as leukaemia. Giving blood can dramatically improve or save the lives of those in need of blood transfusions, in fact a single donation

can be broken into three component parts (red cells, plasma and platelets) which means that one donation can potentially save or improve the lives of up to three people.Anyone aged between 17-65, weighing more than 50 kg (7 stone 12lbs) and in general good health could potentially start saving lives by becoming a blood donor. There is no upper age limit for donors who have donated in the last two years. A blood donation session will take place at The Scout Centre on Kingsway on Thursday 20th October between 2.30pm and 3.45pm and again between 4.30pm and 7pm.For more information or to book an appointment, call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk

Two scary events are talking place in October, both for the Butterwick Hospice in Bishop Auckland.The first is being promoted by Bishop Auckland Town Council. It is a 'Spooky Supper Quiz Night' which is taking place at The Park Head Hotel Restaurant on Wednesday 26th October, from 7pm till 10pm.

There will be a buffet of jacket potato with various fillings and salad, also a quiz and a raffle. Tickets are £6.50 per head with all proceeds going to the Mayor's chosen charity.The second event is a 'Scary Walk & Halloween Fun' on Monday 31st October, from 5.30pm. There’s sure to be lots of fun for all the family,

with activities including a scary walk, treasure hunt, bobbing apples slime bucket, hot food and much more.Tickets are £5 for children (including food) and £2 for adults.For more information and tickets contact Julie Nisbet on 01388 603003, or email julienisbet@butterwick.org.uk.

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A local teenager was stabbed last weekend at a house in Station Road, West Auckland. He was taken by ambulance to Darlington Memorial Hospital where he was treated for his injuries. It is understood that the knife missed his major organs by only millimetres.Police are describing the incident as a serious assault, commenting “A 17 year old male was attacked with a knife and received numerous puncture wounds to his body”. Police cordoned off the house next to a hairdressers on Station

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Road whilst investigations were carried out. A 16 year old boy was consequently arrested and later charged with causing grievous bodily harm. County Councillor for West Auckland Andy Turner was shocked to hear of the incident and said, “This is a total one off and has left us all feeling shocked. I and my fellow councillor Rob Yorke will work with police to ensure nothing like this happens again. We want people to be assured that this is not a regular occurrence in our area.”

On Saturday 17th September, staff at Boots in Newgate Street held a fun-draising day for Macmillan Nurses, raising £607.They received fantastic support from local retailers in Bishop Auckland,

especially from Bondgate Gallery who donated a fabulous picture painted by Eric Thompson which was the first prize in the raffle.Other stalls included a tombola, guess the name of the teddy, guess the

weight of the fruit cake and guess the number of peas in a jar.These stalls were manned by retired Boots staff Pat, Sandra, Enid, Ann and Kath who had previously worked in the store.

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Have a Ball at Spennymoor Town HallAn annual Charity Ball will be held at Spennymoor Town Hall on Saturday, 29th October. The evening starts at 7pm with a drinks reception, followed by a three course meal, music and dancing to local band 'In The Mood', as well as a bottle tombola, raffle and silent auction.

The ball, in aid of Butterwick Hospice in Bishop Auckland, will help raise vital funds for the charity. The hospice maintains high standards of patient care and fundraising is a vital and essential element of ensuring the Hospice is always there to serve the

local community with it’s free services and advice.Tickets are £35 each and can be pre-booked or reserved by calling the Butterwick Hospice and speaking to Lynn Albury in the Fundraising Team on 01388 603003 or emailing lynnalbury@butterwick.org.uk.

David Gartland will appear at Durham Crown Court on 26th October after pleading guilty to two charges of fraud before the District Judge at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. The 57 year-old, of Taylor Square, Bishop Auckland, had committed the offences between 25th January and 1st June whilst occupying a position of appointee, in which he was expected to safeguard, not to act against the financial

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interest of John Gartland. The 75 year-old victim had been admitted to a care home suffering with severe dementia and his benefits had been paid to his nephew, David Gartland. He had given £2,000 to a funeral fund for his uncle and another amount had been paid towards his care as well as buying £300 worth of clothes but had dishon-estly abused his position intending to make financial gain of almost £23,000.

Bishop Auckland Photo-graphic Society is holding a members’ night on Monday 10th October, when partic-ipants can show images on

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Man attacked in bus stationAn investigation is underway after a 22 year old Shildon man was attacked when walking through Bishop Auckland bus station on Sunday 18th September. He was walking towards the cash machine when a group of males and females approached him, where he was punched in the head several times and kicked in the legs by one male member of the group. When the victim fell to the ground the rest of the group then kicked him. He sustained cuts to his elbow

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Youngsters in Bishop Auckland are being urged to get cooking, thanks to a project being supported by the Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership. (AAP)King James 1 Community Arts College is launching an after school club aimed at helping young people to think healthy.It’s a joint initiative between the school and Community Education,

for those aged eleven and above to offer out of hour’s cookery classes and sports coaching clubs.Weekly cookery classes will offer youngsters the chance to learn new skills and discover more about healthy eating. Not only will they produce dishes from different cultures they will learn how to improve the nutritional content of meals.Mountain biking, indoor

bowls, badminton, squash and dodgeball will also be on offer to encourage the young people to get healthy while taking an interest in sport. This also develops team building skills and builds self confidence.The AAP is supporting the project with £1958 from their Activities for Children and Young People Small Grants Fund. The funding will be used to buy cookery and sports equipment. Dave Merryweather, area youth worker, said: “The funding has been a huge benefit and made the facilities more accessible to the community. “Cooking, sport and cycling offer a different opportunity for young people to work together and do something fun.”

Woodhouse Close Library is holding a WOW (Woodhouse on Wednesday) session every Wednesday afternoon from 1pm till 2.30pm. The sessions are free and are open to everyone.Starting 5th October there will be a textile craft session with 'Stitch Arena'.On 12th October Steve Owens will give a talk entitled 'A Mountain Task' which will be about the work of mountain rescue teams.On 19th October the group will be paying a visit to Low Barnes Nature Reserve in

W.O.W!Witton le Wear; transport will be provided.These are just a few of the events planned to get WOW started. The organisers have many more sessions and events planned, but they would like to hear from you if you have any suggestions for forthcoming activities or ideas. They can be informative, supportive or just good fun. They would love to hear from you.Woodhouse Close library can be contacted on 01388 604612.

The next Police and Together Meeting for Henknowle, South Church & Cockton Hill is on Wednesday 5th October at 6.30pm in Henknowle Community Centre, Cumbria Place. On Wednesday 12th October at 6.30pm the PACT meeting for Bishop Auckland & Toronto will take place in The Stanley

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A new project is promoting sport and physical activity to women, the over 45s and people with disabilities in the Wear Valley area.The new two-year initiative, sponsored by Sport England, hopes to increase participation in a number of targeted groups by offering more accessible opportunities in sport and physical activity.A variety of sessions including pole fitness, netball and running will begin next week in community halls and leisure centres in the Bishop Auckland area, all aimed at the over 16s with some sessions specifically targeted at the over 45s.- Pole Fitness, Mondays, 6.00pm - 7.00pm, Spectrum Leisure Complex, Willington. (from 3rd October).

- Netball, Mondays, 7.00pm – 8.00pm, Bishop Auckland College. - Activity Plus Fitness Sessions, Wednesdays, 2.00 - 4.00pm, West Auckland Memorial Hall.*- Netball, Wednesdays, 6.30pm - 7.30pm, Spectrum Leisure Complex, Willington.- Activity Plus Gym and Swim, Thursdays, 1.00pm – 3.00pm, Woodhouse Close Leisure Centre.* (From 22nd September)Trampoline coaching, Thursdays, 6.00pm – 7.00pm, Bishop Barrington School.(Sessions marked * are aimed at the over 45s.)Marie Unwin, sport and physical activity officer with Durham County Council has successfully organised similar events in other areas of the county.

She said, “By providing sessions within local community settings, we are making them more accessible and less in-timidating and people are therefore more likely to give them a go.“My past experience has shown that people bring their friends and have a good time and are then more likely to come again.“By emphasising a fun, social side we are more likely to encourage people to participate in regular exercise.”Disability sport and physical activity sessions will be available soon.For more information on the sessions, prices for which vary between £2 and £3.50 contact Marie Unwin on 07834 569436 or at marie.unwin@durham.gov.uk.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after copper piping was stolen in Toronto.Sometime after 1pm on Monday 26th September, a trench has been dug around an electricity pylon at Needless Hall Farm, uncovering the copper earth wire. A 4m section of this copper cable has been cut and removed.A telegraph pole close to the nearby footbridge on the A689 Toronto bypass has also been damaged and two 4m lengths of copper cable taken. An appeal is being made for

anyone driving or walking past the area either on Monday afternoon or anytime on Tuesday who may have seen anything unusual to contact police.To cut the wire on the telegraph pole the offender or offenders will have had to use ladders or climb the actual pole. Anyone with information is asked to contact Durham Constabu-lary on 0345 60 60 365 and ask for the Operation Waterfront team at Bishop Auckland police station or ring the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Thieves dig trench to steel copper

Bus depot takeoverIt is understood that the Go North East bus company (formerly Go Northern) will take over the depot near Crook which has been

used by the Weardale bus company. Services 21 and X23 from Bishop Auckland to Newcastle will operate from this depot.

The District Judge at Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court spoke of how heroin addiction causes problems with family rela-tionships, before imposing a 2 year restraining order upon Paul Andrew Hodges, conditions of which mean that he must not make contact with his sister or his mother.The 32 year-old, of Proudfoot Drive, Bishop Auckland, pleaded guilty

Restraining orderto pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to harassment earlier this month, despite having received an harassment warning notice. The court heard that Hodges lives close by his mother and sister but was looking to move to the Durham area. As well as the restraining order, Hodges was handed a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 costs.

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The St Mary’s boys teams had an excellent weekend, playing 17 games with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 4 teams losing.The Under 7s Kings had an outstanding 14-0 victory over Ferryhill, with goals from a wonder free-kick from Jake Dobinson, Joe York (2), Luke Mitchell (2), Joe Spark, Lennon Seymour, Reece Powton, Tommy Hawkes and man-of-the-match Joseph Johnson, getting 5.The Under 7 Aces also had a good win, beating Richmond Town 4-1 with goals from Luke Pinkney, Robbie Wilkinson and 2 from man-of-the-match Danny Shaw.The Under 8 Aces beat 21st Allstars 2-0 with both goals coming from Dylan Nicholson and man-of-the-match going to Jack Dobson. The friendly was a 4-0 win with goals from Kyle Blacklock and Jack Dobson.The Under 8 Kings won 3-2 against Mount Pleasant Rangers with goals from Sonny Richardson and Cameron Burn.The Under 9s drew 2-2 with Stockton Town, with goals from Oliver Johnson

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and Jack Wood.The Under 10 Aces also drew 2-2 with St. Francis with goals from Jack Hobbs and Aaron Willoughby.The friendly was a 1-0 win with a goal from Aaron Willoughby and Euan Kitchen starring.The Under 10 Kings had an excellent 6-1 win against another St. Francis side with goals from Jack Glasper (4), Chris (Quiggers) Quigley and Liam Robson. The friendly was a 1-0 win with a goal from Hamish Wigley-Smith.The Under 11s had a terrific 7-1 win against Cumby Rovers with goals from Peter Gillis (3), Lucas Hallimond, Ben Lowrie, Robbie Sleep and Matthew Stokoe.The Under 12s lost 3-1 against Boro Rangers with Jordan Wintersgill scoring for St. Mary’s and Jamie Redfern being awarded man-of-the-match.The Under 13 Aces lost 2-0 to Marton in a very close game.The Under 13 Kings played Acklam and won 4-2 for the second week running, with the game hanging in the balance again at 2-2 with 15 minutes to go. After a terrific save from James Hauxwell, St. Mary’s went straight up the other end to score and addded another near the end to make sure. Scorers were Sam Parnaby (2), Thomas Wilkinson and Ashley Adams with the man-of-the-match going to Owen Robinson with

Kieran Kirkby coming a very close second.The Under 14 Aces won 6-1 against Durham County Youth in the county cup, with goals from Raisbeck (4), Hopps and Thexton.The Under 14 Kings lost to Easington Juniors in the same competition, with Dagan Taylor starring.The U15s beat Great Ayton 4-2 to stay top of the league with goals from Matthews, Wall, Pickering and Findley.The Under 16s beat Redcar athletic 5-1 with goals from man-of-the-match Connor Dunlavey (3), Liam Mather and James Burton.The Under 18 Aces lost to Liam Rangers 5-2, with goals from Keith Jaynes and Ryan May, with Andrew Taylor man-of-the-match.The Under 18 Kings drew 4-4 against Brinkburn with 3 goals from Lewis Garnett 1 from Adam Atkinson.The Under 15s girls had a terrific 5-0 win over East Durham with goals from Bianca Owen (2), Chelsea Nicholson (2), and Anna Colwell (1). The Under 13 girls played Cestria in their first home league 9-a-side game but lost to the defending champions.St Mary’s still have a few tickets left for their Sports Night, which is being held on Friday 7th October. Ex-Arsenal player Kenny Sansom will be going along to the event to talk about his time at the club.To purchase tickets, visit www.basmj.com.

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Bishop Auckland Cricket Club have finally had to resign themselves to the fact that the 1st team will be playing in Division 1 of the Darlington Building Society N.Y.S.D. League next season, after relegation from the Premier League was confirmed on Saturday September 17th - even though they beat Barnard Castle at Kingsway in their final match. To their credit the team, led by skipper Phil Holdsworth and coach Dan Conway, were up at the crack of dawn to prepare the ground ahead of a bad weather forecast. Unfor-tunately for them fellow strugglers Marske won by 6 wickets which put them 12 points ahead of Bishop, who were left second off bottom of the table.At Kingsway the visitors batted first but they were soon on the back foot after James Robinson removed former Bishop Auckland professional Gary Pratt for 5 and then fellow opener Sutton for 14. Former Bishop Auckland skipper Ben Usher steadied the ship with 37 runs, but when he was caught by Richard Hawthorne off the bowling of Dan Conway that was more or less the end of the Barnard Castle resistance and they closed on 102. James Robinson took 4-51, Phil Holdsworth 3-21, Dan Conway 2-29 and Richard Hawthorne 1-0.Bishop Auckland too lost early wickets, Matthew Cowling falling for 2 and Ryan Nicholson for 5, both caught by Hesp off Borrowdale. However, from a dodgy 16-2, skipper

Phil Holdsworth and Craig George gradually repaired the situation, although there was some controver-sy in the 18th over when Holdsworth appeared to edge a catch to Pratt at slip off spinner Finch. From the boundary the ball appeared to carry to Pratt and Holdsworth initially started to walk off but was brought back as it was deemed not to have carried. George, who has matured into a confident and steady runscorer this season, started to open his shoulders and hit Toulson for a 4 and a 6 off con-secutive deliveries. Just when it seemed that he would complete a well deserved half century the Bishop connection of Pratt and Usher combined to dismiss him on 49, Usher taking the catch off Pratt's bowling. It was left to Phil Holdsworth 31 not out and Richard Hawthorne 8 not out to finish the job.It is not a complete disaster for Bishop Auckland to lose their Premier League status, they are a com-paritively young team, and hopefully players like Craig George, James Robinson, Ben Thompson, Callum and Scott Oldfield will be around for many years to come. With the Junior set up second to none they will always have a steady supply of young cricketers coming through the ranks. One to keep an eye on is spinner Liam Bell who has returned some excellent figures in the 3rd team while Mark Little has turned in some very good all-round performances for the 3rd's.