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| A handwritten tribute to late Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine penned by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is to be auctioned. | A handwritten tribute to late Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine penned by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is to be auctioned. |
| The David Ervine Memorial Talk and auction will be held at the Black Box in the city's Cathedral Quarter on Tuesday night. | |
| Money raised will go to the David Ervine Foundation, set up after his death just over two years ago. | Money raised will go to the David Ervine Foundation, set up after his death just over two years ago. |
| His wife, Jeanette, said Mr Heaney's words were very moving. | His wife, Jeanette, said Mr Heaney's words were very moving. |
| "It's a great honour that Seamus Heaney penned these words in tribute to David," she said. | "It's a great honour that Seamus Heaney penned these words in tribute to David," she said. |
| "I think it is wonderful that people still remember David in this way." | "I think it is wonderful that people still remember David in this way." |
| The event is being held as part of a special event put together by the David Ervine Foundation for the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival. | The event is being held as part of a special event put together by the David Ervine Foundation for the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival. |
| The tribute, which is signed by the County Londonderry poet, reads: "Education, according to the poet Robert Frost, changes the plane of regard - and David Ervine would have agreed. | The tribute, which is signed by the County Londonderry poet, reads: "Education, according to the poet Robert Frost, changes the plane of regard - and David Ervine would have agreed. |
| "He was an exemplary man of our place and our peace, somebody who believed that where there was a right word there was a right way, and acted accordingly." | "He was an exemplary man of our place and our peace, somebody who believed that where there was a right word there was a right way, and acted accordingly." |
| POLITICAL WILL LIVES ON Between the two bases 38 boys and girls, aged between 14 and 16, who have fallen through the gaps of mainstream education are being tutored Legacy transcends city politics | POLITICAL WILL LIVES ON Between the two bases 38 boys and girls, aged between 14 and 16, who have fallen through the gaps of mainstream education are being tutored Legacy transcends city politics |
| Besides the auction a special memorial talk - Ending Conflict Through Dialogue - will be staged featuring a guest speaker who has yet to be named. | Besides the auction a special memorial talk - Ending Conflict Through Dialogue - will be staged featuring a guest speaker who has yet to be named. |
| A series of grants totalling £36,000 will also be distributed to a number of community-based projects at Tuesday night's event. | A series of grants totalling £36,000 will also be distributed to a number of community-based projects at Tuesday night's event. |
| The David Ervine Foundation was established after his death from a heart attack and stroke in January 2007. | The David Ervine Foundation was established after his death from a heart attack and stroke in January 2007. |
| It helps disadvantaged children from Northern Ireland's two main communities. | It helps disadvantaged children from Northern Ireland's two main communities. |
| Mr Ervine, 53, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was found guilty of possession of explosives. | Mr Ervine, 53, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was found guilty of possession of explosives. |
| After his release in 1980 he joined the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) in his native east Belfast and in 1998 became an assembly member as its leader. | After his release in 1980 he joined the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) in his native east Belfast and in 1998 became an assembly member as its leader. |