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Grouville Gazettegazette an Independent Glimpse of Life in Our Parish Winter 2015 Volume 13 Issue 4 Printed on Paper from Sustainable Resources Grouville GazetteGazette An independent glimpse of life in our parish Winter 2015 Volume 13 Issue 4 Printed on paper from sustainable resources. Christmas Ahead! GG Photograph by Anita Boyce Competition: Name this lane. Prize for first correct answer. Answers to: [email protected] It has been a year that seems to have flown by and yet, at the end of the year. In her articles on page 7, her love as we look back, as the Parish Secretary points out in her for and pride in her school, as an integral part off our introduction on page 32, it is the sense of community that community, shines through. shines through as we look forward to Christmas. We have two pages on fashion, both written in Grouville, We have a new Procureur (see page 4) with an explanation having said goodbye to Nike Whittle, who is now living in of what his role in the Parish municipality involves, a Pittsburgh. We look at sport in Grouville on pages 26 and necessary explanation, as apparently very few people 27, as well as introducing you to yoga on page 12 and to knew. Yet the hustings nearly filled the Parish Hall in a different concept in remedial swimming on page 10. It September and about a third of the electorate turned out just shows what a busy and exciting community we live to vote, more than in most St Helier Districts at the in, how privileged we are and how lucky we are. So, General Election. please spare a thought for Tunisia (page 11) as we look We have a new Chairman of Grouville Battle (page 3) towards Christmas, to a time of peace and harmony with a clear focus on maintaining and growing the Battle extolled by the Reverend Canon Gavin Ashenden on of Flowers as a community activity, particularly for the page 30 and to the challenges, as yet unknown, that we younger generation. We say goodbye to Pam Pitman, will face in 2016. Christmas is ahead and Grouville moves who retires from being Head Teacher at Grouville School on! 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Lavender Villa team we would be very pleased to hear from you. /WKSV$ 3]KLOV*VK`OXNO\`SVVKMY_U Please contact one of our managers for further information. AOL$ aaaRYWOMK\OTO\]OcMY_U $0.*/(400/ 3&4*%&/5*"-/634*/()0.&888$)&7"-30$$0. Grouville Gazette | Winter 2015 2 Grouville Battle of Flowers – Not All Change At The Top from Drew Livingston It’s been quite a busy time for me these last few months since being elected Chairman. I thought after all these years on committee I might be close to knowing most of what there is to know about our float, but I’m finding out quickly that there is still so much more to learn. Luckily Mark Labey, our previous Chairman, has stayed on in my old role of Treasurer, so I never have to go far for advice and with the amount of experience in the association there’s more than enough support around. As this is the first article since the Battle last summer, I wanted to take a few lines to thank everyone involved, especially Helen Bliss and Sue Coutanche for their great design which saw us take 5th place overall. I won’t work my way through everyone who helped as there just isn’t enough space in this column but I hope you all know it couldn’t have been done without you. We were sorry to say goodbye to two hard working com- mittee members this year. Firstly, Shona Livingston has organised many of the social and fundraising events that have now become traditional, including the pub quizzes, car boot sales, the annual Easter egg hunt and last year’s Miss Grouville competition. Shona is taking this year off to organise a special event for herself and her FEB ADVERT:Layout 1 28/01/2015Drew Livingston 13:23 Page 1 fiancé but we hope to see her back soon. Secondly, we are losing Dave Salisbury who has been our Vice- Chairman and was almost solely responsible for Grouville winning the animation award this year. David is leaving the Committee to focus on some other projects but is not IRRIGATION leaving the Association, so we will still see more than Complete Automatic Irrigation Systems enough of him in the shed this year. specifically designed for your garden Since the AGM we have had our traditional bonfire night and installed by our experts. at Les Prés Manor where Peter and Carol-Ann Le Maistre No garden too big or too small. kindly let us use their home once again. We have also had the first pub quiz of our year, which was a great suc- cess. We have a design and have been steadily planning for next year and have already begun construction in the parish shed. I’ve run a few organisations in the past, but when I’ve taken over before there has always been the idea of change in my head. Grouville Battle of Flowers is strong- er and more together now than I’ve known it and I see very little that needs to change. I first went to help on the float when I was 14 and have felt at home there ever Drip Tubes for hanging baskets since. The battle has a way of taking over much more of Trickle Hose for shrubs and borders your life than you ever thought it would; you’ll soon find Sprinklers for lawns even your social life is spent with these people. If you ever wanted to become involved in the Parish, this is the place to start, whether you want to help build or decorate CALL FOR FREE ADVICE or support our fundraising events. So please get in touch Lawrence de Gruchy (irrigation) Ltd on [email protected] or you can call me on Tel 872002 747611. Grouville Gazette | Winter 2015 3 Getting to Know Your Parish – The Caring, Procureur du Personal & Bien Public by Peter Falle Professional On 9th September I was elected as Procureur du Bien Public in the first contested public election for this posi- tion in Grouville and I would like to thank my proposer, seconders, supporters, friends and family for all their hard work during my campaign, and all parishioners who voted for me. Whilst campaigning the only real question I was asked was: “What is a Procureur?” A Jersey company serving our Island for over 100 years Procureur Peter Falle PITCHER & LE QUESNE The mandate of Procureur du Bien Public goes back over 200 years to 1804 when it was decided that the FUNERAL DIRECTORS Connétable needed the help and advice of two principals in administering the Parish, its properties, trusts and gen- eral revenue. ,]ZQVOLQNÅK]T\\QUM[ Each Parish has two Procureurs. Until 2002 a Parish aW]VMMLXMWXTMaW]KIV\Z][\ Assembly elected them, which is why the role was rela- tively unknown outside of the Parish Municipality. That We pride ourselves on, the caring, year the Royal Court considered that the nature and and approach responsibilities of the office were not strictly those of a personal professional trustee, but were those of a procurator, or proxy of the our experienced team provide. Working closely Parish and decreed that the mandate of the Procureur with you to ensure everything is taken care of needed to be recognised across the electorate of the in a sensitive and thoughtful manner, giving you Parish and be governed by the same rules that apply to peace of mind when you need it most. a Centenier, hence we now have a public election. The changes also required that a Procureur be elected every 18 months, thus ensuring that there is an overlap ?PI\M^MZ\PM\QUMR][\OQ^M][IKITTWV in responsibility. The principal duty of a Procureur is to \MT"_M¼ZMPMZM\WPMTX look after the property of the Parish. The Procureur has a duty to report to the principals and officers of the Parish Funeral Directors: on any matter concerning the public property, or the Gareth John, application of the income of the Parish. The senior Paul Battrick MBE, Procureur (determined by length of service) also depu- Andy Errington-Rennell tises for the Connétable if he/she is unable to fulfil their parochial duties during prolonged periods of absence from the Island, or due to illness.
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