Annelie Johanssen, a visitor to this country and a regular user of Merkinch Enterprise’s IT facilities, was in the office picking up her email in mid-December when she was invited to pick the winner of our annual Eden Court Pantomime Competition out of the hat - or rather the envelope. Lucky winner Linda Annal, Telford Road, won a ticket for four. She wrote to News & Views afterwards to say how delighted she was to win and how much she and her friends had enjoyed the evening. “It was a splendid start to the New Year,” she said.