In Brief

Six km 'Fun Run' today

A 6 km 'Fun Run 2014' will take place on September 14 with all the proceeds from the entrance registration fee Rs. 500, being donated to charity. The event will be held on Sunday, September 14 commencing at 7.00 a.m., hosted by the Hilton Colombo Residences with KISS FM and is open to the public with event categories and cash rewards to be won.

The events for the day will include a Men's and Women's open running event for 6 km, and another for boys and girls under 15 years for a 3 km run.

The route of the 6 km - run will commence from Hilton Colombo Residences at Staples Street, turn right to Malay Street, through Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, to T.B. Jayah Mawatha to Union Place and back to the hotel, via Union Place.

For the under 15 age group the 3 km - run will turn off from Malay Street to the Slave Island Police Station through Kumaran Ratnam Mawatha and head back to the hotel via Union Place.

It is an event to foster fun, fellowship and networking away from the hectic work life.

Death of Chelvatamby Maniccavasagar

Kalabooshana Chelvatamby Maniccavasagar - Justice of the Peace and a former staffer of the Ceylon Daily Mirror, Sunday Times and the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., passed away peacefully at the Colombo National Hospital on Tuesday, after a brief illness. He was 76.

Maniccs (to his close friends and colleagues) who was born at Puloly in Point Pedro had his education at Hartley College, Jaffna.

He started his journalistic career as a sub-editor at the now defunct Times Group. He later joined Lake House in 1976 and worked for 30 years. After retirement he continued to contribute articles to various English and Tamil newspapers.

The cortège will leave the Jayaratne Parlour today at 10.00 a.m. Funeral at the General Cemetery, Kanatte (Hindu Section).

Kidney patients seek help

M.K. Wijerathna (55)of No. 45, Bandaranayake Mawatha, Biyagama Road, Kelaniya, is suffering from a kidney ailment.

Consultant Nephrologist of the , Nephrology & Transplant Unit, NHSL, Colombo, Dr. A.L.M. Nazar has recommended immediate kidney Transplantation and the cost is around Rs. 3 million. His blood group is O+ and needs a kidney of a donor whose group is 'O'.

He is unemployed due to his sickness and has to look after his wife and his 12-year-old daughter. Wijerathna appeals to the public for financial assistance to undergo the surgery.

Contributions could be made to his wife Sylvia Bernadine Fernandopulle, A/c. No. 055-2-001-7-0026124 of the People's Bank, Peliyagoda Branch, Kelaniya.

Please contact 0773 938607 for details.

Priyantha de Almeida, 52, of No. 125/1, Galle Road, Kuda Payagala, Payagala has been advised by Consultant Nephrologist Specialist S.M. Seneviratne to undergo a kidney transplant to save his life.

He is a father of three schoolchildren. His needs a kidney of B or O blood group.

He appeals to a willing donor to donate a kidney, to contact him on 0714934244, 0771172028 or 0770880633 for details.

Harcourts - Awards Day on Sept. 18

Harcourts International School will hold its Annual Awards Day on September 18, 2014 from 3.00 pm at the Bishops College auditorium. The Chairperson of Insurance Board of Sri Lanka Mrs. Indrani S. Weeratunge will be the chief guest.

Ashan Jayatilaka's book launch on Sept 18

Sri Lanka's first contemporary epic fantasy fiction written in English "Tristan's Conquest: Knights of Olympus" by Ashan Jayatilaka will be launched on September 18 at 6 p.m. at the "Crescendo", Nelung Arts Centre.

The book is published by Perera Hussein Publishing House.