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VILLAGE
HALL NEWS
I’m delighted to say that we have been awarded the £23,000 grant we applied for from the Community Council of Devon and EDDC to part-fund this summer’s work at the hall. With £10,000 from our own reserves, a grant of £20,000 from the Parish Council and over £17,000 from our own fund- raising we have now almost reached the £75,000 we need for the works. We have made really good progress with fund- raising in the last few weeks, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the great response to Hazel Eaton Terry’s sponsored swim. She raised over £4000!
Work will start at Easter to replace the Function Room floor, but most of this year’s work will be programmed for the summer when the hall is normally quieter. Our contractors will ensure that summer events like the Flower & Produce show will be able to take place normally.
Funds we raise from now on will be used for the complete re-fit of the kitchen. We’re talking about the exact details of this work which will cost around a further £30,000 and will be done in the summer of 2011.
We’re also planning to replace all of the stage lighting tracking and controls in the hall this summer, in collaboration with the Players, Lympstone Entertainments and the Film Society.
Village organisations have been really positive about joining in the fund raising and we have over a dozen fund raising events lined up right through the year.Spring dates to note are:
- Film Society screening of Mamma Mia 26th March
- Grand Scrabble Tournament 28th April
- Fashion Show organized by PTFA 12th May
Don Mildenhall
LYMPSTONE
ART GROUP
On Tuesday 23rd March at 7.30pm Lympstone Art Group will host a talk on ‘Art of Early 20th c Vienna’ (Gustav Klimt, etc.) by Gemma Blackshaw. The venue is the Lympstone Village Hall admission members free, guests £3.
Chris Norris
LYMPSTONE COMPOST
Thank you to all the households that have subscribed for the coming season. The first collection will be on the 24th March. Order forms for compost will be available at the Post Office before the first collection.
Compost Committee.
TRYING FOR THE TRI!
Ever imagined competing in an Ironman triathlon? Ellen Yeates is going to be swimming, cycling, and running her way to do just that on 20th June this year (the 70.3 miles distance) and hoping to raise money for The Leukaemia Research Fund - Children's Hospice, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Life Education Centres through Rotary International.
A special BBQ Fete is being organised to take place on 15th May at the Saddlers Arms with all-comers invited. If you can help by donating unwanted gifts or items which can be used as tombola or raffle prizes for the event please contact Ellen on 01395 271734 or visit www.justgiving.com/Ellen-Yeates to make a donation.
Ellen
Yeates
POLICE REPORT FOR LYMPSTONE
FOR FEBRUARY
During this period there has been 1 non- crime domestic and 4 crimes reported as follows:
1. KE/10/263 – Between 6pm on 2nd February and 11.30am on 3rd February a burglary occurred on a small-holding in the Lympstone Parish. A quad bike, trailers and other tools were stolen, enquiries continuing.
2. KE/10/333 – A vehicle was stolen from N & D Services between 11.30pm and 12pm on 11th February. The vehicle has since been recovered and believed to have been used for the purposes of committing crime. Enquiries continuing.
3. KE/10/351 – Between 10.30pm on Friday 12th February and 4pm on 13th February parts were stolen from a hire vehicle parked in Underhill Car Park. No viable lines of enquiry to date.
4. KE/10/364 – On Monday 15th February a vehicle failed to stop after an accident in Lympstone. The offender was located and charged to court.
Incidents reported to Enquiry Centre:
Transport related – 4: Crime related – 4
Public Safety – 3 : Administrative – 2
VILLAGE HALL FUND RAISING LOTTERY
The lucky winners of the February lottery draw
were Bruce and Natasha
Foster with ticket number 83 (first prize £62) and Jeff and Joan
Horwood with ticket number 109 (second prize £21). The next draw
will take place on 12th March and application forms are still
available from the Post Office, Londis, the cafe and the pubs. For
£10 your ticket will be included in draws for the rest of 2010. Do
take this opportunity to help raise funds for the Hall with the
welcome bonus of a chance to win some money each month!
Viv Day
LYMPSTONE
GARDEN CLUB
We
are sure that our talk on Wednesday, 17th March will have a very wide appeal
throughout the village. John Marriage will speak on ‘Photographing Your
Garden’, but it seems inevitable that there will be valuable tips which can be
applied to photography in
general. Given the popularity of the photographic section in our
Annual Show in August, you may well want to come along and make sure
you have a head start when it comes to preparing your exhibit! As
usual we will be in the Village Hall Function Room for a 7.30 pm
start. Entrance £2. Everyone welcome.
Viv Day
WRITER?
I am going to start a Creative Writing and Story Group in the village. It will meet monthly on a regular evening either in peoples' houses or in a hall /public space somewhere - depending on numbers. I would like to combine creative writing and storytelling to start with, but am open to the possibility of two groups eventually. In the sessions, we would hear short stories told (not read) as well as reading own writing (prose and poetry) and we would be doing writing games and exercises to inspire or play with in the sessions. I have run creative writing sessions before and can lead the initial sessions and then others can take turns. This is an invitation to express interest and I will sort out the possible dates when I can gauge numbers.
Jenny Moon - 01395-276569
FRIENDS OF LYMPSTONE PARISH CHURCH
The winners of the February Church Lottery were Mr. and Mrs. McChance of Strawberry Hill with ticket No. 68.
The new lottery year will soon be starting (from April onwards) and tickets for 2010 are now on sale at the Post Office.
Our annual AGM will be held on Thursday, 25th March, 7.30 at the Sailing Club, followed by sherry and biscuits.
Do please come and support us.
Joyce Malster
42 NEW HOMES IN LYMPSTONE
To save any misunderstanding, the Trustees of the Peters Harefield Estate, Lympstone wish to make clear that the land referred to as ‘Harefield’ in February’s Herald forms no part of the Estate with that name.
Harefield Estate Representative
ST PETROCK’S A RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS
Over the years many people in Lympstone have donated both in kind and in money to help this small charity in Exeter to do a marathon job. We thought it was time to give you an update on how your generosity is put to good use.
On Sunday 11th April at 10.45am in the Parish Church, Shirley Gill, an extremely experienced Project Worker at St Petrock’s, will give a talk about the work of St Petrock’s and answer your questions.
Where Shirley is it is never all doom and gloom. Consequently, aided by the other like-minded staff, St Pet’s has become a homely sanctuary where every individual is given hope and help towards a happier life ahead.
PLEASE do come to support Shirley. (She is quite an entertainer!). Everybody is most welcome.
Mary Truell
LYMPSTONE CRICKET CLUB 2010
After a very successful season last year, the Club starts the 2010 season with its first match on 13th May. Here are the fixtures for 2010.
FIXTURES
AWAY Newton Poppleford, Thursday 13th May, 6pm
AWAY Nomads, Killerton, Wednesday 26th May, 6pm
HOME Erractics, Thursday 3rd June, 6pm
AWAY Heads and Quickes, Wednesday 9th June, 6pm
HOME Aecom, Thursday 17th June, 6.15pm
HOME Argyle Road, Thursday July 1st, 6/6.15pm
HOME Sunsets, Friday 9th July, 6/6.15pm
HOME Newton Poppleford, Thursday 15th July, 6.15pm
HOME EDF Energy, Thursday, 22nd July, 6.15pm
AWAY Geriatrics, Coaver Club, Friday 30th July, 6pm
HOME Nomads, Thursday 12th August, 6pm
HOME Heads and Quickes, Thursday 19th August, 6pm
HOME Lympstone Band, Thursday 26th August, 6pm
AWAY Bridford, Wednesday 1st September 6pm
We welcome new members. If you would like to find out more about our village cricket club, visit our website (http://www.lympstonecc.org.uk/) or ‘phone me on 01395 277007 or email me at johngc66@gmail.com.
John Goss-Custard