In this week's WNTV News programme you can find out what happened when I set about filming last Thursday morning's lunar eclipse. The Ross Citizen's Advice Bureau is officially reopened at the Corn Exchange - Mel Hodges and Jack Baldus talk to Tina about Jamstand and the resolved clash of events - Ross Lions hold a social event to recruit new members - I film a frogs mating orgy - Tina's Dad throws a birthday party - Tina sings at the Plough Inn and 'The Figs' perform at the Prince of Wales.

My apologies for the late delivery of last week's WNTV to the Heritage Centre. The fact that it was missing was mentioned to me by several people I met around and about whilst working. Tina and I have had a very busy week this week, what with covering news whilst decorating the living room and organizing a funeral. The decorating bit was a sudden mad decision I took whilst Tina was at work - intended as a surprise for her when she got home. I imagined, rather stupidly that I would get it done in a day and you know how it is. By the fifrth day, with 170 quid less in my wallet, I regretted having started the job. It was all worth it in the end though - we no longer have that eccentric pink colour on the walls - a result of my last moment of decorating craziness, which I regretted after the first brush stroke but had already bought the paint. Although I did produce the DVD on time, the first opportunity I had to deliver it did not occur until Sunday morning . . .

WNTV is now available to watch in DVD quality at Ross Heritage Centre

Please tell your friends - especially those without www access. If you go to view, would you please inform the Heritage staff whether or not you like WNTV NEWS being available in the Centre - preferably in the guest book as availability depends on whether you enjoy watching there, or not. Thank you.

Back issues are also available there to be viewed and current issues will be available from Friday lunchtimes (possibly earlier - this depends on time available as I can only produce the DVD quality versions once the main news is prepped and on-line.

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The Ross-on-Wye branch of the Citizens' Advice Bureau was officially opened by Ross Town Mayor, Councillor Derek Bedford on Thursday of last week at the Corn Exchange.

The CAB provides free information and advice to local people on a whole range of issues and is an invaluable service to the community. You can view the opening in this week's WNTV News programme.

Pictured with Mayor Bedford, who is about to cut the ribbon are Ross Town Clerk, Denise Mason, Mayoress, Mrs. Meryl Bedford, Brian Roe, Vice Chair of the Trustees, Mrs. Claire Keetch, CAB Manager, Paul Deneen, Chair of West Mercia Police Authority and founder of the initial Ross Advisory Service, along with Mrs. Joyce Thomas, MBE-DL.

Proprietors of Audrey's Fish Bar, Sharon and Graham Element hold a special raffle in the run up to Easter each year. For just £1 you can buy a ticket to try to win one of the two delicious prizes that you can see being held by the charitable pair.

Last year's draw raised a magnificent £408 for the Royal National Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen. Why not help them to beat that total this year. We've already got our tickets, and bags I the rabbit!.

A brilliant musical production is being staged at John Kyrle High School this week. The production shows once again just how talented the staff and pupils of the school are; not only musically but in the direction, the backstage work and the quality of the sound and lighting.

The shows performed at the school have always been resounding successes and we are expecting this one to be no different. If you would like to see the production, it is running from Thursday, 28th February until Saturday, 1st March. Please telephone the school for further details.

Local football team Ross Junior Colts are hoping to go on tour in May, as they do each year. To help with the cost of the tour, Dave and Jacqui Newman of the White Lion Inn held a quiz night at the pub last Thursday.

As well as a fun quiz, there was a raffle held, with lots of great prizes and the evening raised a total of £113 to help the kids on their way.

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When filming for WNTV News, I always film a lot more than I actually use. This is so that I can select, edit and use the takes with fewest bloopers - or the parts of a performance which recorded the best, and every week I am asked this same question - often more than once - depending on how many different events I have covered:

'You filmed a lot more of me/us than you used. Would you mind just putting the rest of the footage on a DVD for me?'

Sounds simple, doesn't it? And with blank DVDs costing around £1.00 each, not an unreasonable request.

Unfortunately though there is no 'just' about it. To get the quality of reproduction, my camera is not a simple 'write what you take to DVD' type home movie camera. I can do this if I do it immediately but I film so often that I do not get chance. I have to delete from the camera's hard disc very frequently to stop it filling up. Every time I stop/start the camera, it produces a very large, individual video data file. Processing these files for DVD requires editing them together using the same editing software I use to produce the news. The resulting production then needs further processing through the DVD producing software and this combined process takes an absolute minimum of an hour of my time and ties up my main computer so that I can do nothing else on it while the job is running. (Processing video takes huge amounts of memory, making multitasking very unwise.)

The answer to the question is, of course: Yes I can but I will have to charge £25.00 for the time involved in producing a one-off item, which I would otherwise not have produced.

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