LYMPSTONE PARISH COUNCIL

 HERALD NOTES

OUR CURRENT WAR 

At our monthly Parish Council Meeting I was asked to put a thank- you letter in the Herald to those with family fighting on our behalf.
Living close to The Camp it is almost impossible not to know someone who is or was in The Forces. At least four and possibly more local families from the village plus many families from the Royal Marines Married Estates have family fighting in Iraq right now. To them, and all the others with loved ones involved in this war, all we can say is THANK YOU.

800 years ago we had people going to fight a Holy War in the same area. Today our forces are fighting on "Humanitarian Grounds". In both cases we, the common people, have little understanding of the root causes of wars which take away our friends and relations. All we can do is hope that the democratically elected Blairs and Bushes of this world know what they are doing.

Whether sitting in a tank in Basra or Baghdad or washing down a Green Goddess in a grimy inner city, our forces perform duties that most of us would shrink from whilst just doing their jobs - following orders. We can do little to reward them for being where they are. But when they return we must never forget to say THANK YOU and THANK YOU again.

Chris Carter

WHY NOT BE A PARISH COUNCILLOR ?

 

Those with a keen eye who watch our notice boards will have seen that not many of the 'old' members of our Parish Council have stood for re-election.
To rectify this problem a number of Councillors will have to be 'co-opted' on to the Council. This means that they will have to be brought in by those who did put their name forward.

If you feel that you could contribute one or two evenings of your time each month in this interesting work for the village then all you have to do is give Sally Harradine a call –

Mrs Sally Harradine,
Clerk to the Council
Telephone (01395) 275130

Or, if you are on the internet, for more information look on the East Devon District Council web site "On becoming a Councillor".