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NEWSLETTER Brief The Town Crier August2011 NOW DELIVERED TO 19,000 ST HELIER Your parish online www.sthelier.je RESIDENTS EVERY MONTH Best Parish! inthisissue Thanks to the expertise and hard work 3 Recycling update of the St Helier Parks and Gardens Dept., 6 New Jersey theme for Battle float 8 Jersey Fish Festival and the enthusiasm and skill of the 11 Historic St Helier Community in Bloom Group, residents 16 Changing face of St Helier 18 Fitness fix and businesses, the Parish has won two 19 Fashion fix major awards for its environmental 23 St Helier bites 25 Legal aid quality. Page3 Welcome Recyclingupdate Over 60% of residential premises in St Helier now have access to the kerbside to the Town Crier recycling scheme. This has resulted in 54 tonnes of household recyclables being The old adage about competitions, that taking part is diverted from incineration. A large number of commercial premises in town are more important than winning, is especially true of the taking part in the cardboard collection scheme, which means a further 13 tonnes annual awards for floral displays and environmental of recyclable material has also been diverted from the incinerator. A campaign to encourage more shops and businesses to segregate their cardboard for recycling is initiatives around the parishes. St Helier makes a great currently underway. To date the total of recyclables diverted from incineration effort each year to look its best during the Spring and stands at 67 tonnes. Summer for the benefit of tourists and residents alike. Exciting News Nevertheless, it's gratifying for everyone involved The large trailer required to ship the recyclables to France was delivered to the when their hard work is recognised as it has been this Parish Depot on 16th July. year with 'Best Parish' in the local competition run by It was a dismal rainy Saturday morning when the team from the Depot arrived at Jersey Tourism, and another Gold Award at the RHS the Condor Logistics trailer yard to start the journey. However the Director of show in Tatton Park. Municipal Services could not contain her excitement and was seen buzzing around Meanwhile, our Battle of Flowers Committee is hard taking lots of photographs. The trailer breezed through the outskirts of town with at work on the Parish's second entry in the Battle its escort without any problems. parades on 11th and 12th August - for a preview see The trailer negotiated the roundabout next to Victoria Park very easily then on page 13. Our electoral officer, Daryn Cleworth, has his towards Cheapside. The key area of concern was cars parking at Cheapside, sights set on a different goal, improving electoral therefore the Parish put up warning signs to advise the public not to park in the registration by the deadline of 5th September. We area between 6am and 7.30am. The trailer proceeded to Elizabeth Place and already have more electors registered than ever Rouge Bouillon, then up Queens Road and La Grande Route de St Jean into the Depot. It was a tight squeeze past the glasshouses at the Depot but it finally made before but there're still hundreds of parishioners who its destination outside the interim recycling shed. are not on the list. The recycling trailer will be loaded with bales of cardboard and paper during the August in Jersey is traditionally associated with week before making the return journey back down to Condor Logisitics for onward holidays and the Parish hosts several festivals this transmission to our recycling partner, ROMI Recyclage in France. month to help us enjoy ourselves. As well as the Our thanks go to Condor Logistics and DVS for helping to make this happen. Battle of Flowers we have the Fish and Seaside Recycling Equipment Festivals on 6 & 7 August, the St Helier Polish Festival, We have now taken delivery of the can sorter/baler for aluminium and steel. It is 12 - 14 August, and the Portuguese Food Festival amazing how many cans it takes to make a small bale. from 26 - 29 August. Bonnes vacances à tous! We are still awaiting the delivery of the bottle perforator which will allow us to start baling the plastic bottles. To contact the editorial team, please call Coloured Bags 811821 or email [email protected] f Please remember to tie the top of the bags before placing next to your refuse bin. The blue bags containing paper and card can become very heavy when overfilled. News around our Please use additional bags as required. If you have a shop and would like to help support the residential homes recycling scheme in any way please contact Debra D’Orleans, St Helier House is looking forward to the Battle of Director of Municipal Services, by telephoning 811708 or Flowers and its festivities. Due to refurbishment the emailing [email protected] f décor is now looking very plush and includes a very popular jacuzzi bath! The Home was visited by Stop Press: Lieutenant Governor Sir Andrew Ridgway and Lady Ridgway recently, which was enjoyed by all. Down the Tall ship visits St Helier road at Maison de Ville, the gastronomic scene The Parish is welcoming a visiting tall ship from Assens in Denmark, the schooner Fulton (length 38m) between continues to change with this month’s treat being a 12th and 16th August. The ship provides training Fruit de Mer. The annual Garden Party is eagerly opportunities for teenagers following the alternative anticipated on 3rd August. Meanwhile, a friendly curriculum. Jersey Tourism is hosting a reception for the homely atmosphere is very much in evidence at St visitors and they will also attend the Battle of F lowers Ewolds, with the staff often involved in fun activities. Moonlight Parade. The Home has also been chosen as one of Waitrose’s The Fulton will be open to the public between 12 noon and 2pm on Friday 12th, and on Monday 15th at community matters scheme charities for the month of 5.30pm there will be a free lecture at the Jersey Museum August – so get shopping and place your green on the Fulton foundation and the maritime links The Town Crier is printed token in a collecting box! f between Jersey and Denmark. on FSC Certified Paper Page4 The August2011 Town Crier Top: Winning Parish entry at Tatton Park Middle: The Constable with Honorary Police Parishmatters Officers at the swearing in ceremony Bottom: Branchage inspection in full swing A round-up of the latest news and events from the Town Hall, Parish departments and our associated considered the Parish Accounts for the previous financial year, which were clubs and organisations. adopted by a show of hands, before examining the proposed budget. The Accounts Committee's proposal for a Parish rate of 1.1p was approved by 23 St Helier was awarded Best Parish in Bloom votes to 11 in a secret ballot, so proposals for two lower rates fell away. The this year and also received a Gold Award Assembly also voted to approve an increased for the Town Hall. This year’s entry for the expenditure for the St Helier Youth Committee Tatton Park Flower Show left Jersey on and the transfer of funds from the Building 14th July and, we’re pleased to report, Reserve to construct a recycling shed at the duly claimed another Gold Award at the Municipal Services Depot. RHS show. Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October will at last see the opening of the The Parish has been involved in a Millennium Town Park. If you would like to recruitment campaign for new members in the become a Friend of the Millennium Park, Honorary Police, which has included breakfast please contact Bernie Manning on 07700 presentations and appeals in some of the 356438 or email town's churches. At an Electoral Assembly on [email protected]. 19th July the vacant position of centenier was filled by Malcolm L’Amy, formerly the Chef de General repairs to footpaths and Police in St Peter, who was proposed by roadway gullies continue Deputy Jackie Hilton. Three throughout the Parish, with new new Honorary Officers have roadways being laid out in the also taken their Oath of Surville Cemetery extension. Lay- Office before the Royal out drawings are currently Court on 8th July, following underway for the allotments, and recent elections. Joe De anyone with a potential new Castro now joins his wife, allotment location should contact Isaura De Castro, in the Tony Andrews on 811700. On position of Vingtenier, Mary 30th June a residents’ Osmond has become a consultative group was set up for Vingtenier and Jorge De Clos Vaze, with policing of parks Sousa has been elected a and roads discussed as well as the Constable’s Officer. The rôle of the Roads Committee. Connétable and several The Parish is reviewing the colleagues attended the potential of a Residents’ Parking Royal Court for the formal Scheme in the Havre des Pas area swearing in ceremony and and we’d like to hear your views the Parish is pleased to on whether you would like such a welcome them on board. scheme in this area. Please contact us on 811847 or Branchage The first of this year's email [email protected] to pass on your views, with the two branchage inspections took place following information: name, address and contact last month on one of the few sunny telephone number. days in July! The Roads Committee set off for a tour of the Parish’s roads Learning from Eastleigh – Parish representatives where overhanging trees and undertook a fact-finding trip to Eastleigh Borough protruding shrubs had not been Council recently to observe their house-to-house glass trimmed.
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