APRIL 2011 Price 40p
ST. CATHERINE, WHITESTONE
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Pathfinder Village
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ST. THOMAS, OLDRIDGE
P a r i s h M a g a z i n e
St. Catherine’s Church, Whitestone
Priest in Charge
Reverend Martin Wood, The Rectory, Church Lane, Cheriton Bishop EX6 6HY 01647 24119 (Tuesday to Saturday )
Whitestone and Oldridge Churchwarden
Dr. Jane Richards, Quarryfield House, Whitestone (01392 811492)
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SERVICES FOR APRIL 2011
Sunday April 3 rd Mothering Sunday 9.30 am Whitestone Family Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 9.30 am Holcombe Burnell Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood 11.0 am Cheriton Bishop Holy Communion Canon John Tutton 11.0 am Tedburn St Mary Family Service and Baptism Revd Martin Wood 3.0 pm Pathfinder Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood
Sunday April 10 th 9.30 am Holcombe Burnell Holy Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 9.30 am Whitestone Parish Communion Canon John Tutton 11.0 am Cheriton Bishop Family Service Lay led 3.0 pm Pathfinder Prayer and Fellowship 6.0 pm Tedburn St Mary Evening Prayer Lay led
Sunday April 17 th 8.0 am Tedburn St Mary Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood 9.30 am Cheriton Bishop Parish Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 11.0.am Whitestone Family Service Revd Martin Wood 3.0 pm Pathfinder Evensong Revd Martin Wood 6.0 pm Holcombe Burnell Evensong Lay led
Monday April 18 th 8.0 pm Holcombe Burnell Compline Revd Martin Wood
Tuesday April 19 th 8.0 pm Cheriton Bishop Compline Revd Martin Wood
Wednesday Apr 20 th 8.0 pm Whitestone Compline Revd Martin Wood
Maundy Thursday Apr 21 st 7.30 pm Tedburn St Mary Holy Communion Canon John Tutton
Good Friday April 22 nd 2.0.pm Holcombe Burnell 1 hour at the Cross Revd Martin Wood 2.0 pm Cheriton Bishop 1 hour at the Cross Revd Tim Gorringe
EASTER Sunday April 24 th 9.30 am Cheriton Bishop ParishCommunion Revd Tim Gorringe 9.30 am Tedburn St Mary Parish Communion Revd Martin Wood 11.0.am Holcombe Burnell Parish Communion Revd Martin Wood 11.0 am Whitestone Parish Communion Canon John Tutton 3.0.pm Pathfinder United Service 3.0.pm Oldridge Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood
Every Thursday 10.30 am (including Maundy Thursday) Pathfinder Holy Communion (BCP) Revd Martin Wood FROM THE RECTOR
April takes us from Mothering Sunday to Easter Sunday
This April is unusual as it bookends the midpoint of Lent and the beginning of Easter in one month. It is more usual to have the two events in separate months and not sharing the same one. The first Sunday, April 3rd is Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday has become a big business. Amazingly more flowers are sold on Mother’s day than are sold on Valentine’s Day. I would guess that many people will take Mum out to lunch, probably making it the busiest day for eating out of the year. We all have a mother and usually owe her a debt of great gratitude for all that she has put into being a mother for us. It is no wonder people want to give a gift to someone special. However for my purpose there is quite a disconnection here with Lent. Mothering Sunday is also known as Refreshment Sunday which marks the midpoint of Lent. It is a day of rest from your Lenten observance which may be fasting or giving some food up for Lent. It is a day when you rest from this and feast on those things you have been missing out. You can see it was more of a practical indulgence to sustain body and mind for the second half of Lent. Comparing Refreshment Sunday with its simple relaxation for a Sunday with Mother’s Day and it’s big business, shows that there are different forces in operation. Unsurprisingly the importance of Mother’s day overwhelms any religious observance. It is only in the UK and Ireland that Mothering Sunday is linked to Lent, because on Refreshment Sunday people in service were given a day off when they went home to their mothers.. In other countries it appears to be a secular event.
The midpoint of a journey is always important because you start to get nearer to your goal rather than your starting point. After the midpoint it is usually quicker to go on than to turn back. As we navigate the second part of Lent we move quickly to Passiontide (two weeks before Easter) and Holy Week. As the name suggests it is a religious observance which lasts a week. The idea is to follow the last week of Jesus’ earthly life. To that end there is a service on each night in one of the village churches. We journey through the week towards Good Friday and Easter.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there is the service of Compline at 8pm. It is meant to be the final service of the day as we get ready for night. It is a short twenty minute service which is said rather than sung. It makes a prayerful end to a day in Holy week. There are more familiar services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It is always worth the time to make space for reflection in Holy Week before the celebrations start. There is an absence of anything on Saturday as all seems lost to death. On Easter Sunday (24th April), there is a celebration of new life and resurrection. Easter is the most important date in the Christian year. I do invite you to join where you can in holy week and to be part of the Easter people.
Rev. Martin Wood. The Rectory, Church Lane, Cheriton Bishop 01647 24119 (Tuesday to Sunday)
DAILY OFFICE (MATTINS AND EVENSONG) Martin will be saying the Daily Office (Mattins and Evensong) in each of the churches once a week at 9.00 am and 3.00 pm as follows: Tuesday: Holcombe Burnell Wednesday: Tedburn St. Mary Thursday: Cheriton Bishop Friday: Whitestone He will be very pleased to see anyone who wishes to join him or speak to him at these times as well.
Lent Course 2011
Prayer Update March 2011
Dear Everyone, Thank you for your prayers and support over the last few weeks. The year seems to have got off to a flying Picturing the Passion start here and we know the rest of our time here will fly just as fast. The Lent course will be led by Tim Gorringe who will be
There are many answered prayers to thank God looking at what we can learn about God’s work of for. Dan's group travelled safely to Nairobi and back in redemption through Western art. The first week was a December for the Faith and Teaching conference, and look at pictures by Grunewald and Otto Dix; week two, it was good. Three of the group narrowly missed being will look at pictures by Bosch, Corregio and Francis on the bus which was bombed leaving Nairobi, and we Bacon; week three by Rembrandt; week four by Stanley are grateful for their protection. The Clergywomen Spencer and Chagall. Conference held here in January went very well and The course will run for the remaining three evenings on funds came in for it. About 150 women came and a Wednesday at 7.30pm. It will rotate around the seemed to leave encouraged and refreshed. We had a villages. really good final visit from Rosie's parents. Also, we are th all thankful for a peaceful election process so far. There Wednesday 30 March 7.30pm John Bromell Room, Tedburn St. Mary Village Hall are some rumblings from the opposition who feel the victory was "stolen" and are talking of rising up - please th pray that this is just talk (as we think) and that peace Wednesday 6 April 7.30pm will prevail. The Billiard Room, Whitestone Parish Hall
th Dan is teaching several courses in Theology this Wednesday 13 April 7.30pm term, and Rosie is meeting with the female students The Lounge, Longdown Village Hall regularly. We have some interesting sessions lined up - please pray for them that this fellowship will help prepare them for ministry ahead. Very sadly one of our CHURCH DECORATING lecturers, Moses Rwothomio, whom we knew well as he was our student when we first arrived here, died The Church will be decorated for Easter very suddenly after a stroke, leaving five children. He on Saturday 23 rd April at 9:30 am. was a lovely, godly man and is much missed. Please pray for his family especially as they adjust to his loss Please come and help us. and that his wife will be able to find ways to provide for Gifts of flowers or foliage welcomed her children.
This month Dan is preaching in the mid-day Please note Mothering Sunday service will be Community Worship on 29th March. We are hosting the rd Wednesday Staff Fellowship on 16th March which at 9:30 am on Sunday, April 23 involves leading a Bible Study/discussion followed by the usual tea, cake, pineapple and peanuts... Also Dan is taking the baptism of the son of one of our former students, Paul Kakooza, on 20th March.
Abigail and Alex are enjoying their friends and CHURCH HOUSE school as usual. Please continue to pray for safety on EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION the roads as we drive to school. Written applications for grants for students and Please continue to pray for our next steps after those eligible should be made to the Hon. Secre- leaving Uganda. Dan's Settlement Visa for the UK was tary by Sunday 8 th May 2011. approved which is definitely one step forward and a welcome answer to prayer! Please pray that God will The Annual General Meeting will be held in the lead us and open the right doors for us as we plan for Billiard Room of the Parish Hall on next year. Wednesday, 11 th May 2011 at 8:00 pm
Thank you once again - we value your prayers very Hon. Secretary: Mrs J. Thomas 2 Barton Cottages much, With our love Whitestone EX4 2LB
Dan, Rosie, Abigail and Alex ART & CRAFT FAIR Bank Holiday Monday, 2 nd May 2011 Shawthorne Bungalow
th Whitestone The 5 Art and Craft Fair will take place in the Parish Exeter EX4 2JS Tel: 01392-811374 Hall as usual and all profits will go towards the Hall
Development Fund.
If you’d like to exhibit your work we’d love you to take Mary Belt part. If you’re a parishioner it’ll be free unless you would like to sell some of your work in which case there will be Dressmaking Curtains Alterations Repairs a small charge. If you have access to the web you can get the invitation and application forms from the village website www.whitestone-devon.org.uk and click on ‘Art Zip Replacements & Craft Fair’. If you don’t have access to the web, please call Peter Hanson on 811878. The only stipulation is that all the work must have been produced by you only. HOMEWORKS
There will also be a creativity competition open to all and Carpentry free to enter which will be judged by visitors with a small prize. It doesn’t have to be art or craftwork, - just General maintenance and something you’ve done which you think is creative. Refurbishment
We’re marketing the Fair as “The art world’s best kept Dealing with all types of maintenance secret”- because we don’t charge any commission and the quality of the work is high so buyers get excellent quality at very reasonable prices.
It will be advertised in Excite magazine, Exeter Living and Devon Life as well as parish magazines throughout Mid-Devon and Teignbridge, by flyer and roadside MITCHELL notice, the Express and Echo, Devon Radio, Heart FM, Exeter FM and anywhere else we can think of. Sydenham & Vernon So keep the date in your diary and tell all your friends as well as any artists or craft workers you know who might FUNERAL SERVICES like to exhibit, whether they live in the parish or not. We Your local Funeral Directors plan to have lots of new exhibitors as well as some of the popular ones from previous years so all in all we hope it Should you wish to telephone, there is an experienced will be a great success. Member of our staff available 24 hours a day to offer advice
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Art & Craft Fair Carpenter & Joinery Manufacturer Top quality art and craft work at no-commission prices. Whitestone Parish Hall (EX4 2JS) Pitt Farm, Churchtown, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2LG Bank Holiday Monday May 2nd 2011 - 10am to 4pm 07710 434760 (mobile) 01392 811829 (tel/ans) Famous local artists include Ursula Radford who is a member of the naive artists of St Ives, and many others. Don Nicholson will also be painting at the Fair.
Crafts include woodturning, ceramic glass, pottery, silk necklaces, scarves and cardigans, dichroic jewellery, stained glass, knitted things, wooden toys, sugar craft and you can have a go at the fine art of felt making. Bread will be available from a local artisan baker and there will be a plant stall by the local nursery.
There will also be a cafe selling teas, sandwiches, home-made soup & home-made cakes, etc.
FREE ADMISSION . For entry forms and directions please visit our website at www.whitestone-devon.org.uk THE GREEN CORNER
Many reading this will face the perennial problem some time during the year of what to buy for a son, daughter, nephew or niece for birthday or Christmas. Sometimes the problem is made harder by the fact that they seem to have everything anyway and there’s the attendant thought that it won’t last long because it’s made of breakable plastic or they’ll lose a bit of it or they’ll just get bored with it quickly. But of course if you don’t buy them anything that would give the message you don’t care - and you can’t do that of course. So maybe it’s time to have a bit of a re-think about what we buy and as this is the “Green Corner”, perhaps choose something less environmentally damaging while we’re at it. What about computer based games? Well the trouble with them is they’re often (ok not always) played alone, don’t make you laugh, keep you away from family, consume valuable resources in their manufacture and have the potential to contaminate the environment if not disposed of properly. So are they really such a good thing to buy? Maybe instead of buying gizmos, we should think about sociable games, ones that don’t use electricity, ones that sharpen wits and creativity and while they’re at it need no power to operate them and no oil or precious minerals to make them. Perhaps something made out of natural materials that will still be around many years later. Time to think outside the box? Peter Hanson
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POLICE CHOIR CONCERT M.WREFORD & SONS ♦ Independent Family Owned Funeral Business A big thank you to all who supported the ♦ Private Chapels of Rest/24 Hour Personal Service highly successful concert by the police choir ♦ Professional Staff/Competitive Quotations and soloists on 3rd March. Reports indicate ♦ Modern Traditional Vehicles/Ample Parking that the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by ♦ Golden Charter Pre Payment Funeral Plans all who attended, not least by the choir 10 Alphington Road, EXETER EX2 8HH themselves, and a number of contacts have Tel: 01392 255535 been made for future functions of a similar 94/95 High Street, Crediton EX17 3LB nature. Tel: 01363 772326 The rendition by the audience of "Mud, Glorious Mud" was reported by the choir to be the best they had heard and we could well PATHFINDER VILLAGE CHURCH be asked to perform it again! As a result of the evening, a further £685 has COFFEE MORNING been added to the Hall Development Fund which, together with the events planned for 9th APRIL 10.30 AM the rest of the year, should enable work to PATHFINDER VILLAGE HALL start on the new entrance lobby in the not too distant future. EVERYBODY WELCOMED Derek Fisher. MANY ITEMS FOR SALE FUND RAISING EVENT
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE
WHITESTONE PARISH HALL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT (Regd. Charity No 1134187)
WILL BE HELD ON
MONDAY, 16th MAY 2011 IN THE PARISH HALL AT 7:30 PM
THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING OPEN TO ALL INHABITANTS OF WHITESTONE, OLDRIDGE AND NADDERWATER
NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE ELECTION OF UP TO FOUR MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR
NOMINATION FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE SECRETARY, DEREK FISHER (Tel 01392 811979) FOR RETURN BY FRIDAY, 13th MAY 2011 MARY’S DAIRY DIARY - APRIL 2011
April is bright and blowy, warm like summer, cold like winter - plenty of weather. We all cheer up as the days get longer, the light gets brighter, nature fizzes with the wild dance of high spring. Birds everywhere take on the business of breeding, endless feeding. The ravens in the wood on the hillside spend all their time scolding - who? Each other? Badgers are about a lot at night: all ours look healthy, fat: we see the guardian boars, who roam the edge of the territory keeping their families safe. The wild boar sows have piglets, making them off limits: each one producing 6 -12 young. They will defend their young vigorously, so walkers need to keep dogs on leads, you don’t want the dog running back to you with a stroppy mum in hot pursuit.
CROPS - The long cold winter meant the crops took much longer to wake up, but they are away now, the dizzy race for each grain to produce 20 and more is on. Round the world, eyes are on how much grain farmers produce - tyrants tremble on the news of poor harvest, as discontent over food prices spills over to demands for liberty. Our crops look in good shape after the winter, fields looking even, telling of many plants, many grains to come. The first shoots of the spring
barley we put in last month are coming through: half
the grain, in the ground for half the time, less grain the swop for habitat for birds over winter.
We’ll put maize in at the end of the month, after all but the lightest frost - in the ground for even shorter, but with an amazing ability to grow 15 to 20 tonnes on each acre to feed cows next autumn & winter. Half the year’s light will be gone before the crop harvests most
of the sunlight by the leaves meeting in the rows in late
June.
The grass at last feels like plenty. So recently, we were If you would like a last resting place in wondering where the next blades are to feed the cows beautiful countryside overlooking to working out which fields have so outstripped the Dartmoor. cows that we need to harvest them for silage next month. We will delay the cows’ grazing next year by one week by getting them in calf a week later this year Phone 0164724382 and speak to Julie because the grass has grown more slowly after the second cold winter. or Martin Chatfield www.crosswayswoodlandburials.co.uk COWS - The cows have now almost all calved, just a few left. This is the small break in concentration before the most important time of the year - getting them in calf again. Night checks in the maternity ward stop, catching up on sleep before night checks on who’s hot and who’s not. Already, astonishingly, the cows come bulling, hormones having them frisk
around, riding each other. We leave them at least six weeks to get their bodies recovered, and check they A. S. DOWN have cleaned up after birth before getting them in calf. Nature would have them try much sooner. The autumn ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR calved heifers are already in the mood for love too, but Domestic and Commercial Installations we are spoilsports until they are big enough for birth to be safe, like annoying parents. Rewiring Cooker Repairs
The heifer calves were outside, glistening, leaping, Economy 7 Heating playing from very young. We took milk to them, great excitement when the milk bar turns up, shoving and Showers Lighting Design barging to get a teat. We keep order, making sure each has what they need, a bit like at a children’s party.
CHEESE - The cows produce their peak milk, and it is a beautiful milk to make cheese from - a curd with enough strength from the protein to made a good body to the cheese, enough fat for richness and flavour, and the complexity from the grazed grass to give layer after layer Telephone : 01392 811431 of flavour. I love round richness, layers of flavour that allure you rather than beat you up, the rich lusciousness Mobile : 07976 626206 of our beautiful Devon valley coming through wherever you eat it. Merry View, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2JT It’s hard work now, our peak of milk as the cows reach their peak six weeks after calving, hard for cows to produce the milk and cheesemakers to turn it into cheese. Extra milk means extra cheese, all to be made, cheddared, milled, salted, moulded, scalded, dressed, and taken to store, and turned carefully every week until it’s old enough to be turned less often. Our cheesemen do a great job, taking as much care over the torrent of cheese now as with the trickle of cheese we had in January, however much their arms and back ache.
Still we keep on blowing the mite off cheese: they are ready for love by the billions all year round: no let up, even though we’ve plenty of other things to do.
RECIPE - Nettle tops and Mature Cheddar. This time of year lends itself to weeding that ends up on your plate. When you are weeding nettles in the garden, pick off some tender tops, before they start flowering. Wash them, cook in a pan with a little butter and the water that stays with them after washing. Cook till the nettles start braising in the butter. Grate a little Quickes Traditional Mature Cheddar into the pan, let the cheese melt and a little of the moisture now produced go, a twist of pepper, then eat: a tasty vegetable or a nourishing snack after gardening. I leave a small nettle patch in the garden that I cut down after I’ve got the tops to keep me in young shoots. It’s good for wildlife, a good excuse for an untidy garden and an unusual food that complements our cheese. MARY QUICKE WHITESTONE PARISH COUNCIL 10 th MAR 2011 would be beneficial as it would generate an income which could in time pay for the installation. There was a Minutes of Whitestone Parish Council meeting held at request from the Hall Management Committee that the Whitestone Parish Hall on Thursday 10th March 2011 to Parish Council could apply to the Public Works Loan be ratified at the Council meeting on Thursday 14th Board for money to fund this work and the Clerk will April 2011 contact the DALC for advice regarding this. The Attendance: Council felt that if this loan is secured it would suggest Chairman Councillor Mrs M Belt that the panels remain the property of the Parish Councillors P Hanson, R Phillips, A Reed, Council until such time as the monies are paid off. The Mrs B Netherway, Mrs T Taylor matter to be placed on the agenda for the April meeting County Councillor J Brook for further discussion. District Councillor P Bromell School Houses Mrs P Vaughan, Clerk to the Council The Sub Committee which had been set up at the Mr M Quinn, Mr P Nierop February meeting to investigate the estimates for the Apologies: Councillor E Beeching damp problems had met and Councillor Phillips reported on the conclusions. It was resolved that the quotation of The March Draw for the 100 Club in support of the £4884 from Overmass and Chapple be accepted. It was Parish Hall Appeal was carried out and the winning noted that it might be necessary for the tenants to vacate number was 10 and belongs to Anna Kellagher. the premises for some of the time and the Chairman will be in touch with them to ascertain if they Minutes of Council meetings held on 10th February are taking holidays when it would be convenient for the 2011 having been circulated were taken as read and work to be carried out. signed as a true copy. An account for £232 for the costs of the scaffold hire for the month of January was resolved for payment. County Councillor Brook gave a report as he wished to leave the meeting early. He reported that following the MATTERS RAISED BY THE CHAIRMAN damage done to road surfaces as a result of the severe Concern was again expressed regarding the painting of weather the Government was going to allocate extra the telephone box and the Clerk was instructed to again money for repair work and Devon County would be approach BT regarding this. applying. Following the concerns raised regarding the grit bins within the parish Councillor Brook had been FINANCE investigating this and requested that the Clerk send a Expenditure The following accounts were proposed and copy of the survey which had been completed by seconded for payment. All in favour. Councillor Taylor. Clerk’s expenses/quarterly salary - £274.32 Parish Hall Committee of Management (March PLANNING payment) - £125.00 Applications Granted Mr Joll - grass cutting and general cleaning to 10/03876/COU Conditional Planning Permission for Crossway Park and surrounding areas and the bus stop change of use of land from agriculture to manàge at area from 1st October 2010 to 31st March 2011 - Bickhams Farm. £384.00 10/03263/CLDE Certificate of lawful use or development for Woodstock Farm, Five Mile Hill. There CORRESPONDENCE was criticism of this application being granted and the Notification of ROSPA inspection of Crossway Park. Clerk was instructed to respond to Teignbridge District This will take place on 16th March and Councillors Belt Council with comments. and Taylor will attend. 10/01510/DCC Conditional planning permission to Mr Eric Beeching – resignation as Councillor due to extend the life of tipping operations and restoration of personal circumstances. the site for agricultural purposes at Springdale Farm, Teignbridge District Council - Nomination packs for the Bondhouse Lane. It was noted that the wheel wash Parish Council Election to be held on 5th May were does not appear to be in operation as complaints are distributed to Councillors wishing to stand again. The still being raised regarding mud on the roads in the Clerk will hold the remaining copies and parishioners area. interested in joining the Council can apply to her (01392 Planning Application 411628) and she will send the necessary paperwork out 10/04011/COU Revised plans for change of use of to them. existing store into a dwelling including parking and use Devon Association of Local Councils – Confirmation of of land as domestic curtilage at The Old Forge, booking and pre-event reading material received for Whitestone. Councillors discussed the application and conference “Making it work locally” to be held on 15th plans and supported it with no objections. March from 9.45am to 4pm in Exeter. The account for £36.00 was submitted for payment. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION Exminster and Rural Area Police report for February Parish Hall 2011. Contents conveyed to Council including request Insurance Claim for oil lost from damaged tank has now from the Police that the security of peoples’ sheds, been received in the amount of £396.27 and it was garages and outbuildings should be reviewed and that resolved that this be forwarded to the Hall Management the serial numbers of any expensive pieces of garden Committee. machinery should be recorded as the area is suffering A detailed proposal for solar panels to be placed on the from the activities of what are believed to be ‘opportunist’ roof of the hall was discussed and it was felt that this criminals and by improving the security of such buildings this can make their lives harder. Councillor Belt raised the point that there were now no representatives for Neighbourhood Watch within the parish and requested that anyone interested in undertaking this task should contact her when she will put them in touch with the organisers. Devon County Council – Planning Assessment for Emergencies. Passed to Councillor Belt.
REPORTS Potholes were reported at Merrymeet Cottage, Heath Cross/Heath Barton Farm, Copperwalls Lodge (by the footpath sign) and an 8” deep pothole at Trowbridge. Councillor Hanson asked about applying for Rural Aid for the Phase 2 Hall development and the Clerk reported that she had obtained the necessary form and this would be completed. It was requested that the quotations for this work be made available to her as these have to go in with the application.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mr Quinn requested that the comments made regarding the solar panels be conveyed to the Hall Management Committee as they have a meeting next Monday evening when this will be discussed. Mr Nierop asked if there was a warranty regarding the work to be carried out at School Houses and was assured that this would be in place. He commented that perhaps BT could be approached to ask if they would be willing for the phone box to be painted by the Parish instead of having to wait for them to do this.
The meeting closed at 9.35pm
WHITESTONE PARISH COUNCIL
are calling on parishioners to get involved in the forthcoming local election on Thursday 5th May by standing as a Parish Councillor.
Nomination forms and information are available now from Pat Vaughan (Clerk to the Council) on 01392 411628
WHITESTONE PARISH HALL FUND APPEAL
Thanks to those who have contributed to the Appeal in the last month, particularly to those involved in organising and supporting the Police Community Choir concert, which altogether raised over £685.
The total raised to date (after allowing for future 100 club prizes) is approximately £34,400, of which about £21,900 has been spent on the work to date. The balance of approximately £12,500 is about half of that required to complete the next Phase of the improvement work to the Hall.
We have provisionally pencilled in July 16 th as a date for the Summer Fete.
The next fund raising meeting is planned for 13 th April at 2 pm in the Billiard Room of the Parish Hall. This is an open meeting and anyone is welcome to attend.
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Please send articles to Jock Kirkpatrick 2 Merrymeet, Whitestone [email protected] WHITESTONE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE WHITESTONE WALKERS APRIL WALK (Sec. Margaret Nierop ( 01647 61419) Next Walk – Sunday 3rd April 2011. 09.30a.m. The March meeting was a fun evening of bread-making and was enjoyed by all. Meet at the Parish Hall as usual to share cars. Drive to the The next meeting of WI will be at 7:30pm on Monday 11 th village of Otterton for a morning walk along the river Otter April and will be held at the home of Marlene Franklin towards Budleigh Salterton before taking the coastal where favourite recipes will be swapped and discussed. footpath to Ladram Bay and returning to Otterton along footpaths and Bridleways. Distance approximately 5 miles.
TABLE TENNIS The afternoon walk will also start from Otterton with a walk We are now back to our usual schedule of Table Tennis through fields and minor roads to Collaton Raleigh before on the 1 st and 3 rd Mondays of the month at 7:30 pm in returning to Otterton beside the river Otter once more. the Parish Hall. Distance approximately 5 miles. th th For April, this means the 4 and 18 . Please make a For anyone wishing to go directly to Otterton, we will meet note in your diary. An evening’s entertainment and at the village green at approximately 10a.m. There is free fitness regime for only £1.50. street parking through the village.
Up to four tables available. Everybody welcome. Just If you have any queries regarding this walk please contact remember that children under 16 must be accompanied Jock on Exeter 811205. by a parent. TEA AND A CHAT The next Tea and a Chat will be at 3.30pm on WHITESTONE HANDBELL RINGERS Thursday, March 31 st in the Parish Hall. Please note that (for information, contact Mrs Chris Piper 01392 811365) there will not be a Tea and a Chat in April. Please We are a fairly newly formed group and have 21 bells. contact either Jennifer Kellagher (273864) or Ros We would welcome both experienced and learners alike. Hanson (811878) if you would like to come. At present we practice every Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 3 p.m. CHURCH BELL RINGING If anyone would like to join us or would like to know more, We practise most Thursday evenings at St Catherine’s please contact Mrs. Chris Piper. Church from 7:30 to 9:00pm. We urgently need more ringers - please help to keep up this English tradition in Whitestone.
If you would like to learn, find out more, or
are a visiting ringer, we would be very pleased to see you. To confirm that we are practising on a particular Thursday, please telephone Nigel Bateman on 01392 811677
WHITESTONE SOCIAL CLUB (Coordinator Pauline Fisher, tel. 01392 811979) If you will be attending the talk by Devon Air Ambulance on March 28 th , we’ll be providing a free buffet (but please bring your own drinks) instead of the normal Bring and Share and we hope that, in return, you’ll feel able to put some cash in the Devon Air Ambulance bucket. If you will be attending the bowls evening on April 13 th , would members please note that the final date for booking (and paying) is March 29th - so it would make sense, if you’re going to the bowls, to bring your money on the 28 th .
Forthcoming Events: March 28th Talk by Devon Air Ambulance. April 13th Visit to Exeter Bowls Club. £4 members (£5 non-members) inc. refreshments. May 23rd Talk on Deer Management by John Stowers June 27th Music Evening in the community garden July 25th Games evening
The ‘Bring & Share’ food & drink evenings are a great way to meet other people in the village. In particular newcomers to the village can get to know people, make new friends and find out what is going on. There’s also a book swap club. Meetings start 7 30 pm in the parish hall. Why not join, it’s only £12 per year (or £6 till Sept), or try one of our ‘Bring & Share’ food & drink evenings to see if you like it; it’s free for a first visit and then only £2.00 a time if you prefer to just come occasionally. WHITESTONE PLAYERS REGULAR PARISH HALL BOOKINGS Secretary: Judith Read The AGM of the Whitestone Players There are regular activities in the Parish Hall apart from (the pantomime company) the monthly society events. In response to suggestions will take place on we publish a list. Please note contact numbers for future Monday April 11th reference.
at Quarryfield House at 7.30.pm All those interested are welcome WEEKLY Tue evening BENEFICE CHOIR Sequence Dancing Colin Thorne 01392 206442 Anyone who would like to join the choir and sing please Wed 10.00 - 12.00 noon contact Jackie Lightband (811527). New recruits always welcome. Mothers & Toddlers Rachel Wilson 01647 61744 Thurs 6:30-7:30pm SUSTAINABLE WHITESTONE Pilates Peter Hanson 01392 811878 (Coordinator Liz Watkins, tel. 811285) Fri evening If you’ve seen the photographs of Nick and Alison Bingo Ray Kielty 07949 865204 Randall's log cabin, you may be pleased to hear that a visit is being arranged to see the structure first hand. Sat 9.00am - 1.00pm (If you haven’t seen the photos yet and you have access Topaz Dancing Sally Gray 01392 424073 to a computer, please visit www.whitestone-devon.org.uk and click the arrow to the log cabin). MONTHLY Please contact Liz to find out the actual date and time. Parish Council Meeting Normally 2nd Thursday in the month starting at 7.30pm. GARDENING CLUB Open to the Public. Sec. Mary Stanbury (Tel: 01392 811532) BOOKING THE PARISH HALL The May meeting will take the form of a plant sale and Please contact the Hall Caretaker, Paula Cook, to cream tea in the Community Garden at 2-30pm on arrange bookings for the Parish Hall. Saturday 14th May. Please endeavour to find a few bits Address: 8 Crossways, Whitestone and pieces/preserves etc to enable us to make a joint Tel: 01392 811038 donation to the Hall Development Fund and to Shelter Box. Mobile : 07786596445 email: [email protected] The Summer programme will commence with an evening visit on Monday, 20th June to three small, pretty but contrasting gardens at Broad Clyst known at Feebers. Combined admission fee £3. Meet at the Parish Hall at 6:15pm to share transport and agree a suitable pub on our return. Directions will be available on the night or by contacting Derek Fisher on 01392 811979 if anyone intends making their way direct.
Monday, July 18th sees our day visit to Holcombe Court near Holcombe Rogus, Wellington. This very varied 7 acre garden surrounds a Grade 1 Tudor manor house. Entrance fee is £5 (subsidised for members) all to the local church. We will be met by the owner Nigel Wiggins and, after partaking of a glass of squash and biscuits, will be given a talk on the history of the house/gardens and then left to wander and explore. Light (or more substantial) refreshments will then be taken at The Well House between Wellington and Cullompton, an interesting garden/centre and restaurant, which can be explored before our return to Whitestone. Meet at the Parish Hall at 10:15am to share transport, when directions will be available.
Visitors always welcome.
WHITESTONE BOOK CLUB The second meeting of the Whitestone Book Club took place on Monday 14th March ; our numbers rose to 8. We spent an enjoyable afternoon having friendly , informal conversation about the book we had just read, over tea and biscuits.
Again, everyone is welcome to the next meeting on DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
28 March 2011 Social Club - Talk by Devon Air Ambulance 29 March 2011 Last date for contac ng Pauline Fisher re-indoor bowling (13 April) 30 March 2011 Lent Course - John Bromell Room, Tedburn Village Hall 7:30 pm 31 March 2011 Tea and a Chat - Whitestone Parish Hall 3:30 pm 03 April 2011 Whitestone Walkers - meet at Parish Hall car park 09:30 am 04 April 2011 Table Tennis - Parish Hall 7:30 pm 06 April 2011 Lent Course - Billiard Room, Whitestone Parish Hall 7:30 pm 09 April 2011 Coffee Morning - Pathfinder Village Hall 10:30 am 11 April 2011 Whitestone Book Club - 2 pm in the Parish Hall 11 April 2011 WI mee ng - Favourite recipes - Marlene Franklin 7:30 pm 11 April 2011 AGM Whitestone Players - Quarryfield 7:30 pm 13 April 2011 Parish Hall Fund-raising mee ng - 2 pm in the Billiard Room, Parish Hall 13 April 2011 Social Club - Indoor Bowls at the ISCA Centre 6:45 pm 13 April 2011 Lent Course - The Lounge, Longdown Village Hall 7:30 pm 15 April 2011 Last day for submission of ar cles for the May edi on of this magazine 18 April 2011 Table Tennis - Parish Hall 7:30 pm 18 April 2011 Gardening Club - Talk on the Na onal Gardens Scheme 7:30 pm 23 April 2011 Church Decora ng for Easter 28 April 2011 Tea and a Chat - Whitestone Parish Hall 3:30 pm 02 May 2011 Art & Cra Fair Whitestone Parish Hall 10 am - 4 pm 05 May 2011 District and Parish Council elec on day 08 May 2011 Last date for applica ons to Church House Educa onal Founda on 11 May 2011 AGM of Church House Educa onal Founda on, Billiard Room 8:00 pm 13 May 2011 Last date for return of nomina on forms to serve on Parish Hall Cmte. 14 May 2011 Gardening Club - Cream Teas and Plants stall - Community Garden 16 May 2011 AGM Whitestone Parish Hall Commi ee - 7:30 pm 23 May 2011 Social Club - Talk on Deer Management - John Stowers 27 June 2011 Social Club - Music Evening in the Community Garden 16 July 2011 Whitestone Fete 2:30 - 5 pm 25 July 2011 Social Club - Games evening