Twelfth Edition • Spring 2013 St Clement Parish Magazine Back on Top
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Twelfth Edition • Spring 2013 St Clement Parish Magazine Back on top Above: Shakes Are Us has an army of loyal customers Left: Fresh fruit is always an alternative option Glass that is collected for When’s your recycling is crushed and reused as a basic building material on glass day? the island Use your Parish glass recycling scheme. Glass recycling is easy. nd Fri* Glass should NOT be thrown away with general rubbish as the Energy from Wastest or 2 Plant rd Thu/Fri* (where your rubbish goes) cannot process glass. DuringSt the Peter incineration MONTHLY 1 process, glass melts nd Thu but then cools and sets, causing extra maintenance workSt Martin and potential MONTHLY mechanical 3 problems. St Mary MONTHLY 2 St Brelade WEEKLY with Rubbish st Week* rd Thu/Fri* St Ouen MONTHLY on a Fri* St Clement WEEKLY with Rubbish th Thu/Fri* St Saviour MONTHLY 1 Grouville MONTHLY 3 st Thu/Fri* Trinity MONTHLY 4 St Helier USE BOTTLE BANKS nd Mon/Tue* St John MONTHLY 1 St Lawrence MONTHLY 2 listed. Please one of the dates *PLEASE NOTE: Your glass will only be collected on contact your Parish Hall if you are unsure which day your glass collection is on. gov.je Visit www.gov.je/recycling@ Call 445509 or email recycle 5(&<*/$66&$03$,*17RZQ&ULHU$$GYHUWLQGG Spring2013 p3 When’s your Welcome to L’Amarrage G lass tha co t is Eune lettre du rédacteu llected recyc for ling is c glass day? an rushed d reu The tinsel and decorations may have long been put away, but this sed as a basic edition of L’Amarrage looks back at the season of good will as it building mate visited our Parish. Plenty of comings and goings, good deeds rial on the reflected both at home in the Parish and overseas, triumphs, rewards, island and - as the New Year began - some sad farewells too. If the proverbial ‘Man in the Moon’ had been looking down on our Parish during the past few quarters, he might very well have believed that it was us – not he - who were perched on a slice of gruyere cheese. Holes all over the place – historical holes in the churchyard, designer holes – yes we’re still the Island’s favourite location for home-building sites – accidental holes in our roadways, including a few niggling reminders of the effects of frost and snow. All grist to the L’Amarrage mill. Bien venu Left: Confronting depression in Alan Le Breton Maupertuis Lane Eune lettre du Connétabl’ye All Change? We’re fast approaching what could be one of the most Centenier and Chef important dates in the history of Jersey’s constitution. de Police. We shall Wednesday April 24, 2013 has been earmarked for an miss them both, and all-Island Referendum which will give us all the I offer the sympathy opportunity to indicate whether we wish to have fewer of the Parish to the States Members elected in larger constituencies, families of both whether or not we wish the Connétables to remain in deceased. the States or that we prefer the status quo. Whatever Finally I must our individual preferences, it is important that we all thank the residents Glass recycling is easy. Use your Parish glass recycling scheme. vote in the Referendum as the only way that the States, of Rue du who have been reluctant to embrace change thus far, Maupertuis, and its Glass should NOT be thrown away with general rubbish as the Energy from Waste Plant will support a new system is if a decent majority of environs, for their (where your rubbish goes) cannot process glass. During the incineration process, glass melts islanders vote for it. Voting for St Clement residents will forbearance and but then cools and sets, causing extra maintenance work and potential mechanical problems. be at the Parish Hall. Details of the hours the poll will be understanding while open, postal voting and other information will be we tackle the St Brelade WEEKLY with Rubbish St Peter MONTHLY 1st or 2nd Fri* published in due course. My appeal to you is quite difficult issue of the erosion in the area. As I write, St Clement WEEKLY with Rubbish St Martin MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* simple – whatever your view, please express it by voting engineers from Transport and Technical Services are liaising Grouville MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* St Mary MONTHLY 2nd Thu in the Referendum!!! with our own consulting engineers over this issue. We are St Helier USE BOTTLE BANKS St Ouen MONTHLY on a Fri* I wish to pay tribute to two prominent parishioners anxious that the matter is resolved as quickly as possible, St John MONTHLY 1st Thu/Fri* St Saviour MONTHLY 1st Week* who sadly passed away at the beginning of January. and I can assure you that all parties are working together St Lawrence MONTHLY 2nd Mon/Tue* Trinity MONTHLY 4th Thu/Fri* Each of whom, in their different ways, played a major to ensure that any solution is appropriate for restoring the part in Island and Parochial life. Former Senator Dick integrity of the road, as well as securing the infrastructure Shenton was a long-time resident of the Parish and was that lies beneath it. undoubtedly one of the most popular local politicians of Best wishes *PLEASE NOTE: Your glass will only be collected on one of the dates listed. Please the modern age. Maurice Etienne served the Parish contact your Parish Hall if you are unsure which day your glass collection is on. fastidiously as a member of the St Clement Honorary Visit www.gov.je/recycling Police, rising to become a most respected and well-liked Len Call 445509 or email [email protected] 5(&<*/$66&$03$,*17RZQ&ULHU$$GYHUWLQGG p4 Spring2013 Miss In the limelight St Clement 2013 It might seem as Rev Dave MBE short as the reign of ‘It came as a huge surprise’, for St Clement Rector, David a mayfly, but the Shaw , but he was pleased to accept the award of MBE in the title of Miss St New Year’s Honours list, in recognition of his pioneering work Clement has passed from Gigi Neil to for on behalf of communities in Kenya. twenty year-old Characteristically, Pastor David, as he’s affectionately referred to by Tracey Teixiera , who members of his Kenyan flock, attributes his nomination to the hard work works for a local of a dedicated band of St Clement volunteers and Islanders who have investment company. supported his work on behalf of school and church projects in the With the power of Above Mombassa region and Malindi. David was first drawn to the need for help video- technology, Gigi Miss St Clement when he visited Kenya twenty years ago and saw the poverty afflicting the appeared from faraway 2013 community. The main project which he and the volunteers have been USA to wish the three Left: The developing is the regeneration of Kaloleni hospital in Mombassa which finalists courage and winning line-up serves 250,000 people. When it went bankrupt in 2006, he organised an good luck. It has been an appeal and built up a fund of £50,000 to restore it. Furthermore, he event-packed year – appearing at a host of Parish events, engaged the support of twenty-five or so local volunteers to go out to meeting Royal visitors during Jubilee week, arriving in Kenya to help with reconstruction and encourage the local population to spectacular style with the Torch on Le Hocq Beach last summer, invest their own skills in the project. Since then, the work of the group and representing St Clement in the Battle of Flowers parade. has expanded into providing a new school for 150 children in Malindi Between her official duties, Gigi has been studying dance in which bears the St Clement name and receives regular visits, equipment New York keeping friends and family in touch when Hurricane and support from parish volunteers. (You may have read reports from Val Sandy blew in. Nibbs in previous editions of L’Amarrage) Tracey, who was born in the Parish, was chosen from a line- For those who don’t know David personally, he became Rector of St up including Dawn Pace, currently studying child-care at Clement fifteen years ago. His wife, Bridget, is Assistant Magistrate. They Highlands and Scarlett Moore, a Performing Arts student at have a daughter, Ally, and son Jonathan. (We will be featuring the work at Hautlieu, both aged 18. the Kenyan dioceses in a forthcoming edition of L’Amarrage) Already well-travelled, Tracey has her sights on a career in Below: David in Kenya with local children the modelling industry and would very much like to live eventually in Paris. She acknowledges she needs to be resourceful to face the challenge of meeting people and portraying the Parish in a good light. She’s looking forward to visiting schools and meeting parishioners in her role as our new ambassador, and is confident that with all the benefits of a young, vibrant and picturesque Parish featuring sandy beaches, good schools and lots of activities going on, she’ll enjoy the next year in the limelight. By Royal Appointment As our last edition went to print, Dawn Woodhouse was in London to receive her MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The honour was in bestowed in respect of Dawn’s tireless work for Holidays for Heroes Jersey, which she and husband Richard have been organising since 2008. After the formal ceremony, there was an opportunity to visit the military on parade in the capital.