“I am delighted that Edith Timm has been honoured with an MBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on 16 June. I feel sure that anyone who knows Edith will agree that she fully deserves the award for her services to education and to the community. Edith faces all the many and varied challenges of life with cheerfulness and tremendous strength of character, setting a fine example for others to follow. I hope the entire community will join with me in sending her warm congratulations.”
