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p4 June2012 The TownJ u n e 2 01 2 Crier NOW DELIVERED TO 19,000 Your parish online www.sthelier.je ST HELIER RESIDENTS EVERY MONTH To Pegasus Bridge with our veterans inthisissue Last month the Parish of St Helier organised the annual trip to the 4 Parish Matters landing beaches, cemeteries and museums associated with D-Day, and 5 Parish clubs and associations a donation enabled the Band of the Island of Jersey to be invited 6 Normandy veterans along with members of the Normandy Veterans Association. 9 Jubilee Marine Lake An account of this very special journey is included in this month’s 10 Dates for your diary 16 Parish Rates Assembly - 11th July magazine. The Parish continues to support the commemoration of ‘the 18 St Helier health and wellbeing longest day’ itself, with a reception in the Town Hall for the veterans 23 Update on Parish residential care following the wreath-laying at the Cenotaph on 6th June. 30 St Helier Gazette June2012 p3 Welcome to the News around our residential homes and nurseries Town Crier The Parish’s Day Nurseries, Avranches and Westmount, have Welcome to the June edition of the Town Crier. The places available in September. If your child is three before month begins with the celebrations to mark the 31st August 2012 you may be entitled to 20 hours’ free Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and by the time most nursery education, term-time only. For further information, parishioners receive their copy of the Parish’s monthly visit our website, www.sthelier.je, or for Avranches magazine the events of the Jubilee weekend will have Nursery email [email protected] and for passed. However, efforts to mark this historic year will Westmount Nursery email [email protected]. continue, especially now that a project group has been 23rd April 2012 saw residents and staff at St Ewolds sharing in Cliff formed under the chairmanship of former Senator and Jean Elsbury’s Diamond Wedding Anniversary celebrations. Pierre Horsfall, to investigate the feasibility of restoring A telegram was received from HRH The Queen, which made their West Park pool (see page 9). day complete. Liberation Day was also celebrated in style with a The month of June also provides an opportunity to remember Liberation quiz, followed by a lunch of Jersey produce, and an and commemorate the service and courage of the Armed afternoon of entertainment provided by singer Margaret Ferguson. Forces, beginning with the annual commemoration of D-Day on 6th June, services to mark the experiences of Jersey’s evacuees on 24th June and the bombing of St Helier harbour on 28th June, and finally Armed Forces Day on Saturday 30th June. Members of the Parish’s twinning committees meet during the month to plan events in what is a year of twinning anniversaries: Avranches – 30 years and Bad Wurzach – 10 years, while the Funchal ‘geminaçao’~ will be marking Portugal Day (10th June) and Madeira Day (1st July) with special events. These groups are always on the lookout for new members so if you would like to get involved please use the contact information on page 5. While the Parish’s municipal workforce will be kept busy this Above: Cliff and Jean Elsbury cutting their Diamond Wedding Anniversary cake month ensuring that the Parish, especially the town, is clean Below: St Ewolds’ Liberation Day quiz and attractive, all property owners have their chance to contribute to keeping the Parish well looked after, with their efforts being judged during the first of the year’s Visites du Branchage on Wednesday 4th July. Meanwhile the elected Accounts Committee, the Parish’s auditors and finance department staff will be hard at work preparing the accounts of the last financial year (to 30th April) and the budget for the new financial year for consideration by parishioners at the annual Rates Assembly on Wednesday 11th July. To contact the editorial team, please call 811821 or email [email protected] Front cover photo courtesy of ParishSchools Tony Pike / Jersey Evening Post Rouge Bouillon School Written by Jordi Brown Photographs of the whole school were On 14th-18th May the taken at the end of the Easter term, and Year 6 pupils went to in May, students were picked to France and stayed at participate in a drama exercise called the Chateau ‘Play in a Day’. The pupils were Beaumont - more details about this trip will be in introduced to an actor and director the July issue of the Town Crier. called Lynn and had to learn a play, as Another exciting event has been the prospect the name suggests, in a day! The play of the uniform changes for the new school year. was about the Olympics and more or At the time of writing, only a handful of parents, less went smoothly, which was a governors and a few Year 6 pupils have seen the remarkable achievement considering the ideas that the children could be wearing soon. length of time given. The Town Crier is printed on FSC Certified Paper p4 June2012 Parishmatters A round-up of the latest news and events from the Town Hall, Parish departments and our associated clubs and organisations. St Helier – Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft committee held its Annual General Meeting last month. Clive Armstrong was elected Chairman, former Chairman, Angela Francey, was elected Secretary, and Lola Garvin the Treasurer. The Constable of St Helier remains the President of the Committee. Chelsea Flower Show - A team from St Helier’s Parks Department left for the Chelsea Flower Show on 13th May to build The rates assessment is the display commissioned and paid for by the RHS. The show not a demand for payment: opened to the press, the Royal Family and VIPs on 21st May and rates bills are only sent out remained open to members and the general public until 26th May. after the Parish rate has A full report on the Parish’s participation in this prestigious event been set by ratepayers at will be in next month’s Town Crier. the annual Rates Assembly on 11th July at 7.30 pm. Ratepayers who have any questions Queen’s Diamond Jubilee benches – St Helier will have a about their rates assessment are invited to meet with members lasting and very useful reminder of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee of the elected Rates Assessment Committee who will be available in the shape of a dozen wooden benches which have been hand on Wednesday 13th and 20th June between 10am and 12noon, made by local firm, Jersey Oak. The wood used, French oak, has and on Friday 15th and Monday 18th June from 2pm to 4pm. No been air dried for up to ten years and has been sourced from appointments are needed. sustainable sources. It is also ‘character grade’ which means that the natural beauty of the wood is used to create that unique, New Parish officials Friday 27th April saw the swearing in of hand-crafted, real oak finish. The cost of the benches was Elvis Vieira, Constable’s Officer, and also Paul Ellison and Daniel included in last year’s budgets. The benches are due to be Walker, new Rates Assessors for the Parish. unveiled by His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor General Sir Design a Mural Competition – the Avranches/St Helier John McColl and Lady McColl, following the Island’s Diamond Jumelage is organising the painting of a mural on the gable end Jubilee Church Service on Monday 4th June. of a building in town as part of its efforts to mark the 30th Best Parish in Bloom – Judging for St Helier is on 10th July anniversary of the signing of the twinning agreement in 1982. during the morning, with both the floral displays around the Town The committee would like the design to include elements of our Hall and the Parish as a whole being judged in the annual twin town, such as its ‘Jardin des Plantes’, with its celebrated view competition organised by Jersey Tourism. of Mont St Michel, or its churches and squares. Designs need to be submitted by the end of June in order that the necessary Rates assessments – Parishioners will have received their permissions can be obtained and the painting of the mural 2012 rates assessment for the current year at the end of May. carried out during the dry summer weather. The committee is Most assessments have not changed from last year unless there offering a prize of £200 for the successful design, which will be have been changes to the property or errors found. Appeals executed by the Parish’s painting and decorating department. For against the rates assessment need to be within 14 days of the more details please contact Annabelle Bishop on 07797 762008 issue of assessment. More details will be published in the Jersey or email [email protected]. Gazette in the Jersey Evening Post and on the Parish website. Main and top: Preparations for Chelsea Flower Show Above: St Helier is planning to look its floral best for July’s Parish in Bloom competition 134095_SERCO_105mmx297mm_AD_Layout 1 30/03/2012 June 11:22 Page2012 1 p5 Parish organisations and associations R IE L E The Parish supports a number of closely affiliated H t organisations and associations. For anyone interested in S becoming involved in these groups, a brief overview and contact details are shown below. St Helier in Bloom St Helier in Bloom is a year round environmental improvement campaign, organised by the St Helier Community in Bloom Group. This group of enthusiastic volunteers support the Parish by instigating and encouraging community initiatives.