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Welcome to Issue 22, Autumn 2013 edition of the Parish Review. Information is included about what is going on in the Parish from 1st September to the end of November 2013. In this issue Illogan Park Cover Story: Illogan Park Illogan Park is situated between Paynters Lane End and Park Bottom, with a rugby Chairman & Cornwall 2 pitch, football pitch, changing facilities, children’s play area and a formal garden. Councillor Reports The Park is owned and maintained by Cornwall Illogan Parish Council: 3 Information and Notices Council. Regeneration work was completed in St. Illogan Church: 4 1999; unfortunately the Park has not been well Message and Services maintained since and is starting to look neglected. St. Illogan Church, 5 Methodist Church and Due to budget cuts Cornwall Council do not have Chapel, Harris Mill Hall the funds to make any improvements to the Park Illogan Village Hall 6 or the facilities in it. Illogan Parish Fair, 7 Disability Advice It is likely that Cornwall Council’s budgets will continue to be reduced in the future. Illogan School and Friends 8 Seventh Day Adventists Illogan Parish Council has the opportunity to take over ownership and Gardens Competition, 9 management of the Park. Illogan Pre-School The Wellbeing Centre 10 The Council is keen to know your thoughts and comments on the Park and the The Wellbeing Centre, WI, 11 facilities within it, what you would like to see in the Park in the future, and Ante Natal Classes whether you think the Parish Council should take over the ownership and Cornwall Fire & Rescue, 12 management of the Park. Neighbourhood Watch Grapevine Comm. Church, 13 Please take a few minutes to complete the enclosed questionnaire and return it to Far Walker’s Group the Council in the pre-paid envelope by 20th September 2013. The Council will not Active Plus 14 make any decision on the future ownership and management of the Park until the Cancer Research, 15 questionnaires have been received and the results collated and discussed. Blind Association, Medical Information The Council will put regular updates on the website and in the Illogan Review. If Illogan RBL, 16 Illogan Youth Football, you would like regular updates on the Park either via email, letter or telephone Allsorts at Penwartha please contact the Clerk who will be more than happy to record your details and Illogan RFC, 17 forward the information to you in your chosen Mobile Library, format. Know Who is Working For 18 You, Gardeners’ Corner It is your Park! Please let the Council know your views and opinions to help all of us make the right Scouting and Guiding 19 Events at a Glance decision for Illogan. Parish Council Contact 20 Details Thank you. With compliments of Illogan Parish Council 2 PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: GRAHAM FORD Parish Council Chairman David Ekinsmyth This piece goes out for printing at the beginning of August for reading at the start of September. We look forward to something new but, of course, we feel that we have sort-of been there before. The last three months in the life of Illogan Parish Council have included the formal welcome to a new Rector of the ecclesiastical parish and, in the civil parish, the second year of the revived Illogan Parish Fair and of the (nearly) new Illogan Gardens Competition. The formal “welcome” at St Illogan Church was kindly made by the Vice-Chairman, Cllr Jill Ferrett whilst I was there that evening in my [other] church role and, at the Parish Fair, she kindly covered my brief stay in hospital. It was a real pleasure to make the formal prize presentations for the Gardens Competition, supported by Cllr Wilkins, whose Events Committee had done all the work that delivered the event, judging and so forth. The common thread in all three is that none of them would have any meaning or outcome without the support of the wider “crowd”. The beyond-normal contributions of organising committees, secretaries, various clubs, societies, sheer enthusiasts and a general willingness to get involved; these enable our society and community to be more than just a collection of people who spend some time during the week in the same general location, having done work, school, college or whatever. This ranges from showing off a ginormous steam roller, to the W.I. ladies giving up a glorious summer Saturday to provide the refreshments at a prize-giving. They make the rather formal role of Chairman the pleasure and honour it can be. They also make Illogan the pleasurable and vibrant place it is. Please do not let this treasure slip through our collective fingers. Encourage the enthusiasts, support and help them/us all. And there is something we can all do - ready for next year. Decide now to have a go at the Gardens Competition. There are so very many and varied gardens here – not all of them that grand and permanent. (I know one that for the time being is a small corner and all in pots whilst someone moves house). We probably all know of a garden we secretly admire. So enter yourself and “suggest” friends and neighbours. The council staff will happily keep a little list! The more entries, the more categories and more prizes! (And possibly even more eatables from the W.I. next July. What more could we possibly want?) Graham CORNWALL COUNCILLOR: TERRY WILKINS, MBE By the time you read this, we will be into September and the majority of our tourists will have departed for another year. What a brilliant summer they have had and I hope it encourages them to come back againCornwall next year. Councillor Terry Wilkins MBE We had a very successful village fair, thanks to the hard work of Steve Turner and his team CHAIRMAN AND CORNWALL COUNCILLOR REPORTS REPORTS COUNCILLOR CHAIRMAN AND CORNWALL and an equally successful gardens competition. My job was to chauffeur the judge, Andrew Tompsett, to the entrants’ gardens. I’m glad it wasn’t my job to judge, because everyone would have won a prize! Thanks to all those that made the effort to enter and if you didn’t, there is always next year. Also, can I thank the New Inn, Keltek Brewery and the Robartes Arms for their generosity with prizes for the competition. It seems silly sitting here in a sunny garden in August, thinking about planning the Christmas Lights Festival at both ends of the village but, “time and tide wait for no man” they say, and there is a lot to plan. And lastly, an update on swings for Illogan Park. I was hoping to get them installed for the summer holidays but there is a delay on the installation of the new soft surface. My phone and email are red hot trying to get Cornwall Council to get a move on with this, and I won’t give up until our children have got some swings. Terry Upcoming main events in the Parish are listed on Page 19 3 ILLOGAN PARISH COUNCIL INFORMATION Illogan Parish Council is pleased to report that it has been given a clean bill of health by Grant Thornton, the External Auditors. Grant Thornton reviewed the Council’s financial management for the year ending 31st March 2013 and found no cause for concern or any other matters for attention. Scheduled Meetings September Monday 2 September Devolution Committee (currently investigating all aspects relating to the future management of Illogan Park) Wednesday 4 September Planning and Environment Committee (comments on planning applications, manages the environmental interests of Illogan i.e. planting Mary’s Well, managing Manningham Wood) Wednesday 11 September Finance and Resources Committee (monitors the Council’s budgets, considers future budgets and precepts and makes recommendations to Full Council) Monday 16 September Events Committee (organises events such as the Christmas Lights Switch On) Wednesday 18 September Full Council October Wednesday 2 October Planning and Environment Committee Wednesday 9 October Governance Review Committee (reviews all of the Councils policies and procedures) Wednesday 16 October Full Council Wednesday 23 October Events Committee November Monday 6 November Planning and Environment Committee Wednesday 13 November Finance and Resources Committee Wednesday 20 November Full Council There may be other meetings scheduled as and when required. Please see the Council’s noticeboards and website for meeting updates, agendas and minutes. Members of the public are invited to attend all Council meetings. If you would like any further information please contact the Clerk, Ms Sarah Willsher at the Council Office. Our full contact details are on the back page of this Review. Polite Notices As a courtesy to those members of the public who have asked us, may we remind people about two important ILLOGAN PARISH COUNCIL INFORMATION PARISH ILLOGAN health and safety issues. One of our biggest complaints is dog fouling. Never mind the fact that you can skid on dog excrement better than any banana, dog faeces carries bacteria and can be harmful, particularly to small children. There are dog bins available all over the Parish. They are quite expensive to install but we have placed as many as is financially and strategically possible and we would urge dog owners to use these facilities or to take their poo bags home for later disposal. Bear in mind, too, that excrement left on verges is just as likely to cause a health issue, and think of the poor contractor who has to do the strimming! You can actually be fined if caught, so it makes sense to be health and safety conscious. Please avoid parking on pavements. This is also a health and safety hazard, not least for members of the public who are blind or partially sighted who rely on a clear thoroughfare when using the pavements.