AUGUST 2008 Price 40p

ST. CATHERINE, WHITESTONE

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Pathfinder Village

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St. Catherine’s Church Whitestone

St. Catherine’s Church, Whitestone St. Catherine’s Church, Whitestone

Priest in Charge

Reverend Martin Wood, The Rectory, Church Lane, Cheriton Bishop 01647 24119 (Tuesday to Saturday )

Whitestone and Oldridge Churchwardens

Dr. Jane Richards, Quarryfield House, Whitestone (tel. 01392 811492)

Miss Mary Stanbury, Poole Meadow, Barton Head Hill, (tel. 01392 811532)

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SERVICES FOR AUGUST 2008

Sunday August 3rd

8.0.am. Whitestone Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood 9.30.am. Holcombe Burnell Parish Communion Canon John Tutton 11.0.am. Tedburn St Mary Family Service Lay led MW preach 3.0.pm. Pathfinder Village Holy Communion Canon John Tutton 6.0.pm. Cheriton Bishop Evensong Revd Martin Wood

Sunday August 10th

9.30.am. Holcombe Burnell Holy Communion Revd Martin Wood 9.30.am. Whitestone Parish Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 11.0.am. Cheriton Bishop Family Service Lay led Revd Wood preach 3.0.pm. Pathfinder Fellowship and Prayer 6.0.pm. Tedburn St Mary Evensong Lay led

Sunday August 17th

8.0.am. Tedburn St Mary Holy Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 9.30.am. Cheriton Bishop Parish Communion Revd Martin Wood 11.0.am. Whitestone Family Service Lay led MW preach 3.0.pm. Oldridge Evensong and Mini Fete Revd Martin Wood 6.0.pm. Holcombe Burnell Evensong Peter Chalk

Sunday May 25th

8.0.am. Cheriton Bishop Holy Communion Canon John Tutton 9.30.am. Tedburn St Mary Parish Communion Revd Tim Gorringe 11.0.am. Holcombe Burnell Family Service Lay led 3.0.pm. Pathfinder United Service 6.0.pm. Whitestone Evensong Lay led JWW preach

Sunday August 31st 10.30.am. Tedburn St Mary Benefice Communion Canon John Tutton

Every Thursday 10.30.am. Pathfinder Holy Communion (BCP) August 7th and 14th Revd Martin Wood, 21st and 28th Canon John Tutton FROM THE RECTOR

August is an interesting time because it is a month in which many people are away from work. Parliament is in recess for August and September, judges often have a recess in August, teachers and schools are on holiday and many other people take time off. Whole industries will completely shut down for two or three weeks. Interestingly this appears to happen more in other European countries than here. There is a sense that the non urgent work can be put on hold while people take a well earned break. Frustratingly, your urgent work can come to grinding halt as someone else non urgent work takes a break. You are left often with one option, if you cannot beat them then join them! On other side of the coin there is the essential work which carries on regardless and seasonal work which often intensifies in August. We think of emergency services, medical support, utility services which have to run every day of the year and require employees to work when perhaps they might want a break. The harvest season means that the farming community works the longest hours. So August can be viewed in many ways. It could be your holiday time or it could be your busiest month. We now need to add the element of choice. Many people have no choice as to what August means. If you work in a hospital A+E you cannot shut down and join the holiday makers. If you are a teacher perhaps you fancy time off when it is not the peak holiday season. Or perhaps the people you go on holiday with fix your holiday time for you, parents taking time off in the school holiday. The element of choice is often an important factor. To be given no choice often brings resentment. To be forced to work or have a holiday in August can both be equally frustrating in both instances. To be able to choose what you want to do in August can be liberating. You can delight in hopefully better and brighter days for your plans or feel smug at work because you are not stuck in a twelve mile queue on the M5. As I think of the element of choice I think of our relationship with God. I do not believe in a God who forces us to a particular decision or position. I see a God who gives people choice. We can choose to work with and for God. Perhaps at this moment in time we are taking a break and God is in the background, on hold. Sadly people are sometimes hurt by what people say and do in God’s name, people feel excluded and let down by their experience. The pain they feel they attributed to God or perhaps his absence. God, as far as, I know does not take a holiday and is available whenever we turn to him. He longs for us to have another go. Perhaps this August you could resolve to find God or perhaps work out why there is gap between you and God. A good place to start is to talk to someone who is in touch with God. You will be surprised how welcome God can make you feel.

Rev. Martin Wood. The Rectory, Church Lane, Cheriton Bishop 01647 24119(Tuesday to Sunday)

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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: Cheriton Bishop Wednesday: Tedburn St. Mary Thursday: Holcombe Burnell Friday: Whitestone He will be very pleased to see anyone who wishes to join him or speak to him at these times as well.

BENEFICE SERVICE The Benefice Service will be at Tedburn St. Mary on the last Sunday in August . The collection will be for the charity Shelterboxes.

CHURCH ORGANIST We are sorry to announce the retirement of Mr. Edgar Newsom (Ted) from his place at the organ on the second Sunday each month. Age has caught up with Ted who now needs to step down. He will be much missed by the congregation who enjoyed the skills of an experienced organist who played well into the later years of life. Thank you Ted.

Now HELP! We need an organist or pianist or other instrumentalists who will play for the 9.30am second Sunday in the month service. If you can help, perhaps occasionally, or more often, please contact Mary Stanbury, 01392 811532.

CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY On Saturday 9th August from 9.30am there will be a GRAND SPRING CLEAN of the inside of the church and a CHURCHYARD WORKING PARTY outside. Please come and help with all your appropriate equipment dusters, brushes, secateurs, garden forks and strimmers. There will be jobs for all ages!

THE PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO ’S CHURCHES This book is being published to coincide with the 1100th anniversary of the Diocese in 2009 . “This unique book is a cameo of two thousand years of Christianity in Devon and how the Church of England, in particular, has evolved. Exeter Cathedral and every single Church of England is included from the oldest to the newest with a photograph and enticing text inviting you to visit. The book is packed with fascinating information, including the origins and meanings of church features and furnishings like rood screens and pulpits. Many of the churches are open during the daytime, so people can come in and see a wealth of architectural features, find out more about local history, or maybe sit and reflect a while. With simple maps and a comprehensive index including Ordnance Survey map references, this a book for your glove box or backpack, whether you live in Devon or are one of our many welcome visitors”. Quotation form the inside flap of the book. It is excellent value at £7.99 for 192 pages in full colour and there is a Special Offer for Church Members. If we place a prepublication order before September 30th for a box of 24 copies we can have them for £4.99 (post and packing included to one address). If enough copies are wanted we could probably combine with the other churches in the Benefice and order at least one box. We are allowed to sell it on at the full price in aid of our own church funds. Please let the Churchwardens know if you want a/some copy/ies.

CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS Some humorous bits and pieces which appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services......

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What is Hell?’. Come early and listen to our choir practice

Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

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BELL RINGING Practice nights are on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm. Visitors are welcome, please contact Joy Field on 01392 811600 beforehand.

BENEFICE CHOIR Anyone who would like to join the choir and sing please contact Jackie Lightband (811527). New recruits always welcome.

GUILD OF ST. RAPHAEL (Sec. Mrs. E. Milverton, Tel: 811268). There will be not meeting in August.

WHITESTONE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE (Sec. Mrs. M. Smith, Tel 01392 430485). The next meeting of Whitestone WI will take place on Monday 11th August at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall. The speaker for the evening will be Mary Andrews from the Association of Country Women of the World.

MOTHERS UNION On the 7th August there will be the Archdeaconry Festival Service at St. Mary’s Hall, Warren. Details from the Secretary.

PARISH HALL BOOKINGS Mrs Roz Hanson will be taking the bookings for Whitestone Parish Hall, her telephone number is 01392 811878.

. WHITESTONE GARDENING CLUB (Sec. Mary Stanbury. Tel: 811532) The August meeting is a visit to Sutton Seeds, Ipplepen at 1.40pm on Monday, 4th August . Please note this is not the regular 3rd Monday in the month meeting day. All attending to meet at the Parish Hall at 11.45am to share/arrange trans port. We aim to be at Suttons (Fermoys Garden Centre by at least 1.00pm to allow those who wish, to take lunch in the Nursery restaurant. The restaurant has a reputation for being busy and alternatively those attending may wish to take a packed lunch.

We return to the Parish Hall for our monthly meetings at 7.30pm on Monday, 15th September. Peter Cantrill will speak about the plants he is bringing (he has a business which includes many herbaceous plants for sale). Please give any orders for plants you especially want and/or any questions you have to Mary Stanbury, before 8th September and she will then contact Peter.

WHITESTONE FETE 2008 If you didn’t come to the Fete or Quiz Night you missed a wonderful day out. From star attractions like the Dog & Duck display, the Sally Gray School of Dance Concert, the Dog Show and the Ide School Maypole dancers – to the usual stalls and events including Skittles, Bric a Brac, Children’s Races, Toys, Cakes, Books, Cream Teas, Face Painting, Whitestone Players, Ice Cream, Raffle, Photo Competition and the Great Egg Throwing Competition, there was more than enough to keep you busy during the afternoon. The Crockery Smash proved to be a smashing suc cess. Thanks must be extended to Nikki Coombs who expertly devised and presented the evening quiz which included in novative picture and sounds rounds. Thanks also to the many local helpers who gave their time to make the annual fete a great success. All profits will go to the Parish Hall Roof Fund.

SHELDON SUMMER EVENTS 2008 Saturday 1st August Abba Magic. Enjoy the great Abba sounds and looks from the band that defined an era. Wednesday 6th August The Fab Beatles Wednesday 13th August Diamondogz Concert tickets £12.50.

Check out the festival website for up to date info on these and other events: www.sheldon.uk.com/festival

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH A revised, local scheme has now been in operation since March, providing residents with information on current crime/incidents and enabling matters of an urgent nature to be circulated amongst members. Following the recruit ment of a large group from the Nadderwater area it is necessary to revamp the scheme in some respects. If any other residents of the parish are contemplating joining, now would be a good time in order that all the changes can be made at the same time. Please contact the coordinator, Derek Fisher, on 01392 811979.

EXTRACT FROM DEVON IN TOUCH JULY 2008 FOLKWEEK DANCES TOWARDS SUCCESS Dance groups from the UK and abroad will be performing in Devon this August thanks to a grant from . The Council is giving £10,000 to the Sidmouth FolkWeek. The money will specifically be used to support the event’s dance programme which features visitors from France, Latvia and ther Isle of Man. Sidmouth county Councillor Stuart Hughes said: “I am delighted that the County Council has agreed to make a con siderable donation towards this year’s Folk Festival. The event is the biggest in Europe and plays an important role in Sidmouth’c calendar, attracting visitors from all over the world. Its continuation is therefore vital for the local econ omy and the £10,000 from the County Council will go a long way to ensure this goal”.

Sidmouth Folk week runs from 1 8 August. For further information go to http://www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk MARY’S DAIRY DIARY - JULY 2008

Summer's here the race for wild growth has slowed, and nature fills in and enjoys the growth that's there. Eighteen hour days slowly shorten with the sun now past its peak, and the soil dries summer rain has to be heavy and thundery to do more than settle the dust. Scrape the soil after a shower, and you can see the moisture rarely pene trates right down to where the roots are. Most plants now look to harden their growth and fruiting, harvesting their gains. Birds and animals are busy feeding their young. We saw a big dog fox eyeing up my son's chickens, safe at the mo ment behind electric fencing. He didn't leave empty handed, because we saw the underfeathers of the last female of the little group of pheasants in our garden, caught off her nest. The cock pheasants are now peaceful, no more ladies to fight over (there were 3 males, two females, now just two males, best of friends at last). You can see why gamekeepers shoot foxes and catch up hens for them to lay and rear their chicks, otherwise the silly creatures are so much fox cub dinner.

CROPS The maize crop gets into its stride, plants meeting in the rows at last it seems odd how the crop misses all the sunlight for the first half of the year, only to make all its huge growth in the warm 3rd quarter, most like its South American home. It is one plant that unusually can take in moisture from its leaves, in the little cups formed where its leaves grip the stem, so it can grow even on light showers and heavy dew. We harvest some wheat for silage we now know how much grass silage we made in May and June, we can see how the maize has established, so we top up what we need to feed the cows in the winter with the wheat. We cut it just while the nodes on the stem are green, taking from the wheat we could sell and straw that we could use for bed ding and feeding, but the cows really thrive on it in the cold times of year, when the grass is sunstarved, on this just juicy memory of the sun. We get the silage team in with their huge forage harvesters, quieter now after the mad chase to get round everyone's grass silage in the dry gaps in the rain. They chop the whole crop up quite finely, tak ing care to shred the straw and bruise each grain, or we'll see whole grains behind the cows in the winter. Back to the silage pit, tucked up under the black sheet to keep out the rotting air, another part of the winter's jigsaw in place.

COWS The cows are enjoying the drier grass not quite so much volume to eat, when each mouthful contains nearly half as much nutrients again. Our task is to keep grass ahead of them as the growth rate slows, halving and more from its dizzy peak in May. So we measure the grass growth and plan and predict, feeding some of that pre cious winter feed to eke the grazing out to make sure we don't eat too far into the growing grass. Once the grass gets too short, the growth slows further, so we need to get the balance right. It's helped because the autumn calving cows are on their annual 8 week holiday from milking and need half the grass and not too rich. I love to see the cows grazing, with the beautiful Ayrshire and Swedish Red colouring enlivening the herd. Now the spring calving cows, are gaining some of the weight they lost in the spring after calving, and they look sleek and con tent. I love watching them as they come in for milking, one by one, nose to tail, however wide the tracks we make, and I can see every one individually (anyone lame, who's too lean, are the heifers thriving, are they as they should be?). The newspapers have had reports of the health benefits to the milk of grazing cows for most of their diet more omega 3 and conjugated linoleic acid, cholesterol reducing, cancer preventing and antidiabetic since you ask. We tested our milk and found it to have about double normal milk, because our cows are out making good use of grass every month of the year. We'll test our milk all year round, and find out how well it lasts in our cheese the Irish say well, but we'd like to find out for sure.

YOUNGSTOCK The youngstock are grazing the fields on the hill. The youngest heifers, calves still, born in late March, are grazing by the old sow houses. I go and see them, and they are sleek and shiny too, looking up briefly from their grassy world, experienced grazers now. The incalf heifers, to calve next spring, are all in a large teenage gaggle, grazing by the woods. They charge up the hill where I stand watching them, surrounding me, barging forward, 'what's that, let me see, any food?', the Angus bulls watchfully lumbering after them to check I'm no threat to their ladies. As suddenly, the surging puffing mass hear something to interest them at the other side of the field, and off they all go, tails in the air, a serious turn of speed, before calf and swaying udder curb their Royal Ascot ambitions later in the year.

CHEESE It's hot in the cheese dairy, hot for such heavy work taking cheese in and out of presses, cheddaring to day's curd, heated more by the steaming vats of junket and scalding curd. That's the process where we take the vat up above the comfort zone of the starter to hold back too much acid development and drive off moisture, all in the interests of divine complexity. I realize that complexity and length, creamy to start, unfolding layers of flavour as it goes on, is what I prize above all else, like a fine wine, but without the mortgage required.

RECIPE It's summer, we're still buzzing from winning the Royal Bath & West Supreme Champion, let's not cook, but enjoy our 8kg vintage cheddar with one of the gloriously complex Australian wines my Australian customer, Will Studd, sends me at Christmas. It's enough with fresh seedy bread, and a flowertopped salad from my garden while we gaze at the garden, the fields and trees and chat about the day in the early evening with the family before the midges get going.

Whitestone Walkers

Last walk On Sunday 6th after a very wet Saturday and rain all the night before, 15 walkers plus 1 dog set off for a circular walk from Stickelpath. Luckily it had stopped raining by the time we reached the starting point the car park at Finches Forge. We crossed the by the bridge, it was running very fast and was very swollen, and we joined the Tarka Trail and headed up the valley towards . We kept to the river bank but after the 2nd bridge we headed uphill away from the river because of the high water, and after a stiff climb we were out of the woods with a lovely view of Belstone Tor and Cleave. On arriving at the village we stopped at the Tors pub for tea and coffee thanks to the landlord who opened up for us. Refreshed we took a slight detour to see the old stocks thank you Jock for the photos. We headed towards Higher Pristacott across old meadows full of flowers next across a field of very lively cattle (what is it about the Whitestone Walkers and cows) towards Sticklepath again. From Tongue End to Stickelpath the walk is mainly on bridle paths with nice views over midDevon towards , back down into the village and car park, just in time to miss a really heavy shower. In all a very nice walk of approx 4miles.

Next walk Sunday 3rd August Meet as usual at 9:30am in the Parish Hall car park to share transport. The walk will be around the Killerton House estate. The terrain varies from open fields to leafy paths through woods. Although mostly flat, there is one sloping field to conquer (bench at the top with great views). At this time of year, expect some mud especially near wellused gates. The National Trust cafe and toilets are at the start/end of the walk so you may wish to bring a warm drink with you. The round trip is about 4.5 miles. Everyone (and dogs) welcome.

Right of Way application news We have formally resubmitted a request on our own account along the original route. We did not agree that there was no safe exit onto the Tedburn Road as the road is straight where we wished to join it. There was therefore no need to approach adjoining landowners.

Dates for your diary: August 3 rd – Killerton House, as last January September 7 th – Belstone to and back October 5 th – Whitestone Woods to Newton St Cyres and back November 2 nd – Stoke Canon December 7 th – New Inn, Broadclyst. Christmas lunch for those who wish.

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WHITESTONE SOCIAL CLUB- Secretary Bob Waddell, (tel. 01392 811346) Our last “meeting” was on the horsedrawn canal boat at Tiverton. There were 40 of us on board which left quite a few spare seats. There was a lot of seatswapping and the resulting hubbub of conversation was in danger of drowning out the silence of the canal. All in all, an excellent trip.

If you’re reading this before our next meeting on July 28 th , Dr Jane will be talking about the Devon dialect after which we’ll share food and drink that we’ve brought and just stand around eating, drinking and talking. The meeting on August 25 th will be a picnic and musical evening in the Community Garden. Everyone is welcome.

If you’ve not been yet why not come along? We now have 56 members. It’s only £12 a year to join and the anniversary meal is free, as is the Christmas buffet if funds permitso it really costs very little.

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FILM SHOW- “THE POWER OF COMMUNITY - How Cuba survived peak oil” Parish Hall, Thursday Aug 7 th , 7 30pm, This a film about how Cuba survived after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 and imports of oil, machinery, fertilizer and food were drastically reduced. It got even worse when the U.S. announced an embargo in 1992. As we seem to be entering a new era of high oil, fertilizer and food prices brought on by scarcity of oil, the economic growth of India and China and continued growth of world population, we may well find we could learn from the Cuban experience and think about how we can prepare for tough times ahead. Free showing but donations to the hall roof fund will be welcome. CROSSLINKS Crosslinks cont. Extracts from Minutes of Whitestone Parish Council meeting held at Whitestone Parish Hall on Thursday 10 th July 2008 at 7.30pm to be confirmed at Council meeting on 11 th September

Attendance: Chairman – Councillor Mrs M Belt Councillors Mrs L Cox, P Hanson, D Munro, Mrs B Netherway, R Phillips, M Riches, Mrs T Taylor County Councillor J Brooks Mrs P Vaughan, Clerk to the Council Mr and Mrs Breeze, Mrs Cocker, Miss Cocker, Mr Beeching, Miss Munro Apologies: District Councillor P Bromell

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mr and Mrs Breeze and Mrs Cocker and Miss Cocker were in attendance regarding their planning application.

The meeting was opened by the Chairman and Minutes of the Council meeting held on 12 th June and Planning Applications meeting held on 20 th June having been circulated were taken as read and signed as a true copy by the Chairman.

PLANNING Planning Applications 08/02173/FUL Conversion of leanto kitchen for barn conversion at Bag End, Norway Farm for Miss V Charlton. Councillors examined documentation from District Council and the meeting was opened to allow questions/discussion with Mrs Cocker. The meeting was then reconvened and following discussion no objections were raised. 08/02079/FUL Proposed stableblock, tackroom and feedstore and extension to existing parking area at Nadderpark, Pound Lane, for Mrs M Breeze. Councillors examined documentation from Teignbridge District Council and it was noted that Nadderpark is in Nadderwater and not Pound Lane. The Chairman indicated that she had received a copy of a letter sent to the Teignbridge Planning Department from Mr and Mrs Nield regarding concerns they have about this application. The meeting was opened to allow questions/discussion with Mr Breeze. The meeting was reconvened and following discussion no objections were raised to the extension to the existing parking area but concerns were noted about ponies accessing the main road from the site. It was recommended that the planned facilities are used for private/family use only. 08/02363/FUL Provision of timber framed building at The Rectory, Church Lane for The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd. Discussed with no objections to the actual building but reservations as it was felt that accommodation within the Rectory was already sufficient for a study area for the vicar.

Granting of Planning Permission 08/02219/FUL Replacement porch at Poole Meadow, Barton Head Hill for Miss E M Stanbury.

Mr and Mrs Breeze then left the meeting.

County Councillor Brook requested that he gave his reports at this point in the meeting as he has another meeting to attend. He is aware of the concerns regarding the roof at the Parish Hall and has received an indication from the deputy finance director that there may be some funding available from the airport community fund and the Clerk passed him a copy of the surveyor’s report which contained some estimated costing. Councillor Brook said that he was sent a copy of the letter from Whitestone to the Devon Transport CoOrdination Service on the subject of complaints about the 173 bus service and Councillor Munro passed him another list of dates and times for June. He is in contact with Mr RichardsonDawes regarding this matter. Councillor Brook spoke regarding the draft proposal from the Boundary Committee for unitary local government in Devon which is a Devon unitary authority comprising the existing county of Devon with no changes to and . They have also included in their report another pattern of unitary local government that they considered had merit and which people may wish to bear in mind when considering the draft proposal, i.e. an Exeter and unitary authority and a unitary authority covering the remainder of the county with no changes to Plymouth and Torbay. Under the Exeter and Exmouth scheme Whitestone, along with another seventeen parishes, would be incorporated within a greater Exeter boundary. A series of meetings will be arranged for public consultation and the Chairman informed the meeting that she had been informed that one of these would be held at Tedburn St Mary on the 5 th August from 9am to 8pm. Councillor Brook felt that it was vitally important that the public made their views known through this public consultation period which will end on the 26 th September. County Councillor Brook then left the meeting.

MATTERS ARISING Crossways Park As reported at the last meeting County Councillor Brooks had sent the necessary claim for a Community Fund grant for £265.00 for the fencing around the play area and this had been completed and returned. It was reported that the play bus had been cordoned off as it is unsafe for play and Councillor Mrs Netherway has been informed that it will need major work to bring it back to the required standard – it might even be better for it to be replaced. Councillor Mrs Taylor said that her husband had removed the stepping logs and had sawn down a rotten post. The Clerk was instructed to complete the District Councillor’s Community Fund application for the amount of £300 for the repair work and refurbishment of the play area

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Parish Paths Councillor Munro reported that he has not heard from Richard Spurway regarding progress on the footpath at Oldridge.

School Houses It was reported that the painting/decoration at 2 School Houses has now been completed and the account for £4112.50 was proposed and seconded for payment. All in favour. A further account for £86.50 was submitted for the emergency installation of a water barrier on the front door to prevent water entering the house. Proposed and seconded for payment. All in favour. It was agreed that the Sub Committee now investigate the cost of the bathroom and kitchen refurbishment.

MATTERS RAISED BY THE CHAIRMAN The Chairman reported having a meeting with the Chairman of the Parish Hall Management Committee. Arrangements had been made for a joint meeting between the Parish Council and the Hall Management Committee at 7.30pm on Thursday 17 th July and she requested Councillors to attend. The Chairman has been informed that Mrs Cocker had passed a box of paperwork to Mr and Mrs Watkins and opened the meeting to allow Mrs Cocker to explain. Mrs Cocker said that the records related to a group called PANEL which had been set up to object to a link road which had been planned by the Ministry of Transport to run through Whitestone. Mrs Cocker had been one of the protestors who had organised the petition which had proved successful and felt that the papers should be kept but she had found them in her loft and felt that they should be kept as a record of the work that had been carried out. Councillor Mrs Belt said that she would approach Mrs Watkins and arrange to go through the paperwork, keeping what was deemed archival material.

Mrs Cocker and Miss Cocker left the meeting at this point.

FINANCE The balance sheets showed balances in the bank as at the 30 th June 2008 as follows: Current Account £200.00 Reserve Account £6,951.01 Capital Reserve Account £5,361.18 £12,512.19

This balance includes £3,000.01 P3 Grant money

The following expenditure was proposed and seconded for payment. All in favour: Clerks expenses and quarterly salary £282.64 Crossways Park maintenance from 1.4.08 to 30.6.08 £435.50 Footpath No 7 grass cutting and strimming from 1.4.08 to 30.6.98 £64.00 It was noted that following expenditure up to 10 th July the Reserve Account will be £1735.86.

CORRESPONDENCE As noted in the June minutes Mr Eric Beeching has placed a bench in the bus shelter and now Mr Beeching and Ms Munro requested permission to place a plaque in commemoration of Mike Beeching on the seat. Ms Munro, who was Mike Beeching’s partner, will be responsible for fitting this and for the wording. It was also asked if the Council felt that it would be a good thing for the seat to be secured to the concrete. This was agreed and Mr Beeching said that he had someone who had offered to do this. The Councillors expressed thanks for this. Teignbridge District Council notification of their decision to object to the payphone at Whitestone being removed as the mobile phone network coverage is either very low or nonexistent and the payphone is therefore the only means of communication in the case of an emergency. Teignbridge District Landscape Character Assessment Public Consultation – passed to Councillor Mrs Taylor Highways Agency – closure of Fingle Glen Junction Public Inquiry – passed to Councillor Mrs Belt Teignbridge District Council – Draft Parish & Town Charter – passed to Councillor Hanson

REPORTS Councillor Hanson said that one of the things mentioned at the recent Hall Committee meeting was the need to make sure that the oil tank was burglar proof. Councillor Munro reported that there had been more bus failures and he had passed these to County Councillor Brooks. Councillor Phillips reported on attending the Hall Committee meeting as the representative for the Parish Council in place of Councillor Mrs Taylor. Councillor Mrs Cox reported that the door on the garage was broken and was advised to report this to the Hall Committee. Councillor Riches reported that the Heath Road sign was broken at the C50 Pathfinder end.

The meeting closed at 9.45pm IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE PARISH HALL :

The roof of the parish hall is in a bad state of repair, and after a recent inspection by a chartered surveyor the work required has been initially estimated to be in the region of £50,000. The parish council and parish hall management committee are looking at ways of raising this money through grants, appeals and fund raising events. If anyone in the village has any suggestions regard- ing events that they would be prepared to be involved with to raise money for this ex- tremely important cause then please get in touch with Mary Belt (01392 811374) . For ex ample, if anyone has any experience in or would like to organise a farmer’s market or a car boot sale any assistance would be gratefully received! It has been decided that the hall hire charge would be waived for any fundraising event for this appeal.

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We’re going to have a grand start to our fundraising for the roof appeal on Saturday 13 th Septem ber. There will be a coffee morning (almost certainly with cake stall) to start the day, with a ‘10p trail’ outside, to see how many 10p pieces can be laid side by side round the garden (weather permitting!). Then in the evening we’ll have a cheese and wine party, with who knows what additional attractions. More details will be available in next month’s magazine, but keep 13 th September free for this great event! (And pass the message on to those who don’t take the magazine).

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The committee are also trying to sort out the equipment storage in the hall, as there is a shortage of cupboard space. There are a number of items that have been in the cupboards in the hall for some time and we are not sure to whom they belong. The committee would like anyone who has items stored in the hall to label those items by the end of August , after which unidentified items may be disposed of . Letters to this effect will be going out to regular users very soon, but if you have equipment in the hall, please make sure that you label it before the end of August! Thank you.

ADVANCE NOTICE Bob and Pam Hunt warmly invite you to join them for a cream tea at Brambles, Merrymeet, Whitestone, 2.30pm 6.00pm on Sunday, 7th September. £2.50 per person all proceeds will go towards the Parish Hall Roof Appeal.

Contributions for the September2008 Parish Magazine to Pat Martin, 11 Merrymeet, by Saturday, 16th August please. Any queries, comments, suggestions or complaints about the magazine, please, to the editor, Mrs. J. Kellagher, East Rowhorne – (01392) 273864. MITCHELL Shawthorne Bungalow Whitestone Sydenham & Vernon Exeter EX4 2JS Tel: 01392811374

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