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THE STINCHAR VALLEY MAGAZINE Content from the Communities of Ballantrae, Barr, Barrhill, Colmonell, Lendalfoot, Pinwherry & Pinmore WINTER 2012 THE STINCHAR VALLEY MAGAZINE Content from the communities of Ballantrae, Barr, Barrhill, Colmonell, Lendalfoot, Pinwherry & Pinmore WINTER 2012 1 Corrie Fyfe [ Pinmore ] - Moshi, Tanzania, Africa Ballantrae Farmers’ Market 2 Corrie Fyfe from Pinmore in Moshi, Tanzania, Africa. [ See pic’s on page 2 ] I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated their time & money to help send me to Africa. Through several fundraising events such as: a sponsored Abseil kindly arranged by Adrian Henderson, a triathlon around Loch Ness by my brother Ben Fyfe and the Community Council Small Grants Fund (put forward by Joy & Mike Chamberlain), and many more, I managed to raise an amazing £3500 for the charity T.E.A.CH (Time to Educate Africa’s CHildren). I travelled to Moshi in June this year, where I was met with a very warm welcome from the local people of Tanzania. Myself and 10 others spent 2 tough weeks transforming a dangerous, dirty school filled with broken glass & dust into a clean, colourful & safe place for the children and teachers to work. The whole experience was the toughest yet most inspirational thing I’ve ever done and I hope to share it with as many people as I can. I have already been to Colmonell primary & Ballantrae Nursery School and delivered a presentation to the children, where I shared pictures & stories, giving them a deeper insight into the African way of life, and I hope to continue to do this throughout my career as a teacher in years to come. Once again thank you so much for all your hard work and generosity. Ballantrae Farmers’ Market 21 Oct 2012 [ See pic on page 2 ] Craigiemains Garden Centre and the Ballantrae Development Group (a sub-committee of the Community Council) joined forces with the Ayrshire Farmers‘Market, Savour the Flavours, & The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere project on Sunday 21 October to run a Farmers’ Market in the grounds of Craigiemains Garden Centre, Main Street Ballantrae. The event ran from 11am to 3pm. The intention was to showcase local produce from Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway including award winning cheeses, rare breeds of pork, beef and lamb, terrines, pates, fresh vegetables, jams, preserves, vegetarian and gluten free food, non homogenised milk, free range eggs, and honey plus other local specialist products. To host this kind of event was a new departure for Craigiemains, attracting both locals and visitors not just to the market, but also the Craigiemains coffee shop, gift shop and childrens’ play area. The Ayrshire Farmers’ Market and Food Network wanted to introduce some of the Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway’s most interesting artisan food to a wider audience - an objective shared by the Ballantrae Development Group who wanted to bring that produce to Ballantrae in the shape of the first Farmers’ Market and also to raise the profile of the village. The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere saw this as an opportunity to help develop new collaborative projects between communities and local business in southwest Scotland as a key part of what the LEADER funded ‘Building Opportunity in the Biosphere’ is about. On the day, the weather was perfect and from the time the market opened, the stalls were busy serving locals and visitors. Such was the enthusiasm for the produce that some stalls sold out within the first hour and a half. The Ballantrae Development Group is currently considering feedback from customers, producers and the event organising group to establish the lessons learned from this pilot to see how a similar event might be organised in the future and when. 3 Mail to the Editor Welcome to the Winter issue of the Stinchar Valley Magazine, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to all from everyone here. This publication is your chance to read and make the community news in the Stinchar Valley and surrounding region. If you have any news you would like to send us or comments upon articles you have read in these pages please get in touch. The same goes for any additions to these pages you would like to see in the future and if you have events, clubs or anything that local people would like to attend or hear of. Would you or someone you know like to appear here in the future? Are you from Ballantrae, Barr, Barrhill, Colmonell, Glen App, Lendalfoot or Pinwherry & Pinmore areas? For all this and anything else that crosses your mind about our communities contact the editorial team. Your input is vital. Be heard, make a difference. Items may be edited for spelling, grammar, clarity or length. Please contact your area representatives: John McAlley [ Editor ] Mail: Stinchar Valley Magazine, Liglartrie Farm, Pinwherry, KA26 0SL Tel: 01465 841198 Email: [email protected] Ballantrae representatives: Andy McAlpine: Email: [email protected] Peter Newland: Email: [email protected] Barr representatives: Alastair Smith: Email: [email protected] Barrhill representatives: Vacancy. Colmonell/Lendalfoot representatives: Evelyn McCubbin Email: [email protected] Margaret Robertson Email: [email protected] Jim Fleming Editorial Panel The Stinchar Valley Magazine is published by the voluntary editorial group with the valued support of the contributors, with the aim of supporting the community interest and local businesses. The magazine is funded by Hadyard Hill and Carrick Futures grants schemes. Images are used with all needed permissions from, open source, Flickr.com under open copyright standard licence. Images also courtesy of Clker.com and Public contributions. All material copied from newspapers, websites and other sources are accredited and referenced wherever possible. All contents and views in this publication are those of the contributors. Cover photographs by; Harriet Ellis [ Autumn Trees - Asselfoot ] & Evelyn McCubbin [ Snowy Colmonell ] Galloway & Southern Community Ayrshire Biosphere Council News Hosting an amazing combination of landscape, wildlife and culture Community Councils are the most local tier with communities that care about and for their environment. Putting a of statutory representation in Scotland. They global spotlight on south-west Scotland as a special place and one of are non-party political. They bridge the gap only 580 Biosphere Reserves worldwide. Providing a catalyst for new between local authorities and communities, economic opportunities, environmentally sustainable development, nature and help to make public bodies aware of the conservation and education. Offering a unique marketing opportunity opinions and needs of the communities they through the global UNESCO brand. represent. Their primary purpose is to ascertain and express the views of the community to the The Biosphere is led by a broad partnership made up of representatives local authority and other public bodies. Many of communities, organisations, businesses, local councils and public Community Councils also involve themselves agencies which are together committed to delivering the Biosphere Charter. in a wide range of other activities including Scotland’s First Biosphere is an exciting new way to demonstrate good fundraising, organising community events, nature conservation and environmentally sustainable development. undertaking environmental and educational projects and much more. There are currently The aim now is to build on the award and make Galloway and Southern around 1200 Community Councils in Scotland, Ayrshire a “World Class Place for People and Nature”. You can see the all of which are composed of elected volunteers decision on the UNESCO website at http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural- from the community. For more information sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/ and can also see our own go to the Scottish Government website www. refreshed website at http://www.gallowayandsouthernayrshirebiosphere. scotland.gov.uk or the South Ayrshire Council org.uk/ website www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk. 4 St John’s Pinwherry Episcopal & Pinmore Church, Community Girvan Council Serving the Anglican and Episcopalian Full minutes of all meetings are available upon request from community (and anyone else interested) in the Claire Pirrie, Acting Secretary: Rose Cottage, Poundland, Girvan area, including Pinwherry, Pinmore, Pinwherry, KA26 0RU. Email: [email protected] Ballantrae, Barrhill, Colmonell, Lendalfoot and Barr Road Matters We meet in the Methodist Church, Dalrymple Street, Girvan on Sundays and Tuesdays and Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Council have asked visitors are warmly welcomed to all these South Ayrshire Council, local Police and Amey Highways to services. improve signage when there are closures on the A77 and / or the A714. Sunday 9.30 am: Holy Communion. On the first Sunday Instead of just saying “road closed” we have asked that signs of each month, we have a joint service at 10.30 indicate at what point the road is closed. Recently a closure am with the Methodist congregation near Laigh Letterpin meant a resident leaving Girvan took the diversion down the coast, up through Colmonell to Pinwherry Tuesday Fellowship Group and found they were on the wrong side of the obstruction, so 11.00: Informal Worship; they had to retrace their journey back to Girvan and drive up 11.30: Coffee; past the closure sign. 11.45: Bible Study; 12.30: Lunch At a time when the weather may cause road problems e.g. fallen trees, landslip, flood etc. you may need to call local police, but please note that South Ayrshire Council have a 24 Christmas Eve hour call centre and will respond to clear or repair the road Monday, 24 December: 8.00 pm on 0300 1230900. Join us for a beautiful, atmospheric service Red Squirrels of... Carols by Candlelight In South Scotland Singing much-loved Christmas carols in the [ RSSS ] candle-lit church To find out more about St John’s, contact Please Help; Report Squirrel Sightings. Control Grey either the Rector, Rev. Dr. Ian Meredith, Squirrels. Apply for SRDP Funding (01292 261145) or the Pastoral Assistant, Mrs Anne Morris, (01292 267859) The new Scottish Rural Development Program (SRDP) is a vital tool in the grey squirrel control effort.
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