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WESTHILL GALA SATURDAY 9Th JUNE 2018 GALA WEEK PROGRAMME in CENTRE INSERT Westhill Bulletin Summer 2018 Issue 154 WESTHILL GALA SATURDAY 9th JUNE 2018 GALA WEEK PROGRAMME IN CENTRE INSERT Red squirrel in Carnie Woods Photo courtesy of Kelly Deans Published by Westhill & Elrick Community Council Westhill website – www.westhillelrick.org 1 2 CONTENTS Office Bearers Report ....................................................3 Westhill Gala Programme ..........................centre spread Gateway Art Project .......................................................3 Westhill Walking to Health ...........................................59 Westhill Library News ....................................................4 Police Report ...............................................................61 Westhill Art Project ........................................................5 Skene Singers .............................................................61 Gardening Club .............................................................5 Golf Club......................................................................62 Cllr Ron McKail ..............................................................7 Skene Medical Group – Patient Info ............................63 Cllr Iris Walker ...............................................................9 Westhill Music ..............................................................63 Cllr David Aitchison......................................................11 The Physio says ..........................................................64 Bill’s Gardening Corner ...............................................12 Tennis Club ..................................................................65 Milne Hall, Kirkton of Skene ........................................12 Westhill Community Church ........................................66 First Responders .........................................................13 Echt Show ...................................................................67 Ashdale Hall ................................................................15 Westhill Open Award Group ........................................70 Planter Box Project ......................................................15 Vinespring Church .......................................................70 SensationALL ..............................................................18 Westhill Walkers ..........................................................71 Skene Church ..............................................................22 Scouting.......................................................................76 Donations from the Community Council ......................22 Westhill Men’s Shed ....................................................77 Macmillan Cancer Support ..........................................23 Westhill in Bloom Nomination Form ............................78 JogScotland Westhill ...................................................23 Rotary Club..................................................................82 Citizens Advice Bureau................................................24 Community Learning & Development ..........................83 Girl Guiding Westhill ....................................................25 Language Café ............................................................83 Running for good causes.............................................26 Westhill & District Senior Citizens Club .......................84 Litter in Westhill ...........................................................27 Are you looking for company on Christmas Day? .......84 Westhill & District Community Sports Hub ..................27 Westhill District ASC ....................................................28 See also Notices list on the next page and Adverts Index on page 88 SUBMITTING ITEMS FOR THE BULLETIN The Westhill & Elrick Community Council distribute over 5000 copies of the Westhill Bulletin quarterly to houses and businesses in Westhill and surrounding villages. We offer good advertising rates and are keen to support local businesses and services. Adverts and articles for the autumn issue should be sent in by Friday 3rd August, for distribution in late August. All contributions or enquiries should be emailed to: [email protected] Telephone enquiries re adverts or articles to: Bulletin Editor – David Ritchie on 01224 744058 or 07989 637461 Articles should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents attached to an email. Articles larger than 600 words may be edited. 2018 advertising rates: Black & white – 1/4 page £37, 1/2 page £60, full page £115 Colour – Centre pages – 1/4 page £60, 1/2 page £110, full page £190 Colour – Inside covers £210, back page £240 (There is a small additional one-off charge for new adverts and when changes are made) For more details on advertising see www.westhillelrick.org/bulletin BULLETIN DELIVERY The Bulletin is delivered by an army of dedicated volunteers. More deliverers are always required for the ever-expanding Westhill and to replace retiring helpers. If you can spare an hour or so four times per year to help deliver the Bulletin in your locality or nearby then please ring David Ritchie on 01224 744058. 1 NOTICES Household Waste & Recycling Centre ............ 8 Dementia Friends Awareness Session .......... 26 Library Opening Times .................................... 8 School Holiday Dates .................................... 28 Lions Club Book Sales .................................... 8 Animal Blessing Service ................................ 64 Westhill Service Point ...................................... 8 Westdyke Leisure Centre .............................. 86 Scaffold Tower Hire ....................................... 13 Useful Numbers ............................................. 87 Banking Services in Westhill ......................... 25 Advertisers Index ........................................... 88 Westhill & Elrick Community Council Chair Ordinary Members [email protected] Dawn Anderson vacant Stuart Bews Vice–Chair Brian Colvin Heather Brock, 15 Dawson Drive Heather Coull Tel 01224 743129 Mandy Duggan Secretary Alan Eastell [email protected] Chikodil Edeh (Chika) vacant Daniel Hay Minutes Secretary John Long Clare Davidson Bill Loudon Treasurer & Bulletin Manager Kate Lumsden [email protected] Diane Priestley [email protected] David Ritchie, 11 Fare Park Drive Kenneth Stewart Tel 01224 744058 Raymond Swaffield Community Council meetings are held on 2nd Thursday of each month at 7pm in Holiday Inn West, Westhill and are open to all residents of Westhill & District The agenda is placed in the noticeboard near Co-op a week before the meeting and posted on the Westhill website www.westhillelrick.org 2 Office Bearers Report Chair Position Charlie Love took on the WECC Chair position in October 2018 but unfortunately has now resigned from the Community Council. We thank him for his contributions and hope to appoint a new Chair at our meeting on 14th June. Kingsford AFC hope to start ground work on phase 1 of the project in June 2018, though local community action group NKS intend to launch a judicial review. Phase 1 mainly comprises the community sports hub and training facilities. WECC have agreed to provide representatives to the working group that AFC are establishing, which will be the conduit for on-going dialogue between the Club and the local communities. Ashdale Hall We have been made aware recently that the Ashdale Hall is in danger of closing if new members cannot be recruited to join the management committee. We can’t afford to lose such a valuable community facility so please consider if you can help. More details on page 15. Westhill Gala The Gala will be held on Saturday 9th June and WECC will have a stall as usual. We hope to have Holger Lonze there. Holger is the sculptor commissioned to deliver the Gateway Art Project to celebrate 50 years of our community. He will have drawings and maybe a model of the planned sculpture which is due for completion in the autumn. We intend to landscape the sculpture site beside the Tesco roundabout and would appreciate some assistance from residents with this. More details will be in Autumn Bulletin. At the Gala we also intend to display the many bids that developers have put in recently for possible housing land allocations to be incorporated into the next Local Development Plan. This LDP is in its early stages and will not be adopted till 2021. It is likely that we will be holding a public meeting in early 2019, during the period of public consultation on the housing bids as part of the Main Issues Report and draft Proposed Plan. Westhill in Bloom This is the third year of our re-launched Westhill in Bloom competition. We would love if more people would take part this year this year to compete for the lovely trophies and other prizes. Please see the application form on page 78 and return it by 16th July. There will be more details shortly on our website, and through word of mouth with any WECC member. The judging will be held in early august this year. We hope that we all enjoy a summer of good weather and please come along to any of our monthly meetings which are open to all residents. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month, upstairs in the Holiday Inn. The meeting on 14th June will commence at 8pm, and the meeting on 12th July will commence at our normal time of 7pm. There will be no meeting in August and the 13th September meeting will include our AGM. Heather Brock David Ritchie Vice Chair Treasurer Gateway Art Project Our sculptor, Holger Lonze,
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