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Town Crier-JANUARY2012-PRINT_Governance style ideas 04/01/2013 16:57 Page 1 The TownJanuary2013 CrierYour parish online www.sthelier.je NOW DELIVERED TO 19,000 ST HELIER RESIDENTS EVERY MONTH Can we learn to love the Waterfront? inthisissue With spaces in Liberty Wharf nearly p4 Parish Matters fully let, and increasing numbers of Apb7ove: ShakesSt Helier schools Arep11 Us hasDates an for your diary parishioners visiting or living on the army of loyal customersp13 Jubilee Marine Lake update Waterfront, isn't it time that the rest Left: Fresh fruit is alwaysp18 anComment on Castle Quay of St Helier welcomed the extra alternative optionp19 Constable’s comment space that the reclaimed land to the p22 Parish Notice Board south of the old town offers for p26 St Helier Gazette leisure, exercise, socialising and living? Town Crier-JANUARY2012-PRINT_Governance style ideas 04/01/2013 16:57 Page 2 When’s your Glass that is collected for recycling is crushed glass day? and reused as a basic building material on the island Glass recycling is easy. Use your Parish glass recycling scheme. Glass should NOT be thrown away with general rubbish as the Energy from Waste Plant (where your rubbish goes) cannot process glass. During the incineration process, glass melts but then cools and sets, causing extra maintenance work and potential mechanical problems. St Brelade WEEKLY with Rubbish St Peter MONTHLY 1st or 2nd Fri* St Clement WEEKLY with Rubbish St Martin MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* Grouville MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* St Mary MONTHLY 2nd Thu St Helier USE BOTTLE BANKS St Ouen MONTHLY on a Fri* St John MONTHLY 1st Thu/Fri* St Saviour MONTHLY 1st Week* St Lawrence MONTHLY 2nd Tue/Wed* Trinity MONTHLY 4th Thu/Fri* *PLEASE NOTE: Your glass will only be collected on one of the dates listed. Please contact your Parish Hall if you are unsure which day your glass collection is on. Visit www.gov.je/recycling Call 445509 or email [email protected] 5(&<*/$66&$03$,*17RZQ&ULHU$$GYHUWLQGG Town Crier-JANUARY2012-PRINT_Governance style ideas 04/01/2013 16:57 Page 3 the Town Crier January2013 p3 When’s your Welcome to the Town Crier Glass that is collected for recycling is crushed Welcome to the January edition of the Town Crier, and a Happy New Year to all of our readers. Everyone involved glass day? and reused as in producing our monthly magazine enjoys being able to cover the variety of topics that are relevant to those who a basic building live, work, visit and relax in our Parish. We hope that the combination of current news items and historical articles, material on together with our regular features in Jèrriais, French, Polish and Portuguese, means that there is always something the island of interest for each member of the household or business that receives the Town Crier. This month begins as is now traditional Parish has renovated the grave of Pierre le beyond. Our regular contributor on urban with a commemoration of the Battle of Sueur in Green Street Cemetery, the planning issues, André Ferrari, finds the Jersey which took place on 6th January inscription on which was in danger of glass half empty, while David Warr, who 1781. With the exhibition on the famous becoming illegible, and the Dean of Jersey runs a business on the Waterfront, finds painting, ‘The Death of Major Peirson’, will lead a short service there at 5.30pm that the glass is more than half full. continuing at the Jersey Museum during on Tuesday 15th January. 2013, there has never been a better time There is a Waterfront theme to this To contact the editorial team, for us to find out more about the events month's Town Crier, which we hope will please call 811821 or email which took place 282 years ago. cause some parishioners to look again at [email protected]. Continuing the historical theme, the the developments at Liberty Wharf and f New Year’s message from the Dean 2012 has brought great celebrations and St Helier has been at the heart of many of them. We are rightly proud of all that the municipality does, both through our paid staff and our army of volunteers, including those who serve in the Honorary Police. From the Battle of Flowers through the Air Display to the visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, Her Majesty's Jubilee year has been marked with celebrations at every opportunity. It's good that we enjoy our diversity too. The food festivals, twinning events, markets and the St Helier pilgrimage remind us of our heritage and cultural diversity and give us so much to enjoy together as a community. We have so much for which to thank God who gave us this beautiful island to enjoy and to hold in trust for future generations. The old year has not always been easy. Our States Members have had many Glass recycling is easy. Use your Parish glass recycling scheme. difficult decisions to take and they will have many new problems to tackle in Glass should NOT be thrown away with general rubbish as the Energy from Waste Plant 2013 as much of the world continues to steer a course through very choppy economic waters. (where your rubbish goes) cannot process glass. During the incineration process, glass melts Decisions always have implications for individuals and for many people in but then cools and sets, causing extra maintenance work and potential mechanical problems. Jersey times are hard, jobs are not easy to come by and the pressure on pay means a tightening of belts that takes away some of the things we enjoy. It is St Brelade WEEKLY with Rubbish St Peter MONTHLY 1st or 2nd Fri* so easy to blame our politicians and say that ‘someone’ should do something St Clement WEEKLY with Rubbish St Martin MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* about ‘it.’ Grouville MONTHLY 3rd Thu/Fri* St Mary MONTHLY 2nd Thu I want to ask you to join me in two New Year resolutions as we start 2013: St Helier USE BOTTLE BANKS St Ouen MONTHLY on a Fri* Firstly: Spare a prayer for all those who serve in public life, that God would St John MONTHLY 1st Thu/Fri* St Saviour MONTHLY 1st Week* guide them and give them wisdom in all their decisions. St Lawrence MONTHLY 2nd Tue/Wed* Trinity MONTHLY 4th Thu/Fri* Secondly: Get stuck in. Christmas reminds us that God got stuck into the mess of the world when the Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, was born. It might be popping in on a lonely neighbour, or decorating this year’s Battle of Flowers float, but if we work together our Parish can only go from strength. *PLEASE NOTE: Your glass will only be collected on one of the dates listed. Please contact your Parish Hall if you are unsure which day your glass collection is on. May you know God's peace and blessing in 2013. f Visit www.gov.je/recycling Bob Key The Very Revd. Robert Key Dean of Jersey Call 445509 or email [email protected] 5(&<*/$66&$03$,*17RZQ&ULHU$$GYHUWLQGG Town Crier-JANUARY2012-PRINT_Governance style ideas 04/01/2013 16:57 Page 4 p4 January2013 the Town Crier ParishMatters The search starts A round-up of the latest news and events from the Town Hall, Parish departments and our associated clubs and organisations. Mr, Miss and Junior Miss St Helier 2013 Allotments update of charitable funds left to the Parish in bequests, The St Helier Battle of Flowers Association is Following concerns raised by a number of and at present can take place due to the once more looking for the next faces of the nearby residents about the original location for generosity of Mr John Vautier. Parish in the form of Mr, Miss and Junior Miss allotments in Clos de Hugh, off Trinity Hill, a St Helier. The competitions will be held on new location has been found off the Grande Mr David Kirsch has once again provided £100 Saturday 23rd February 2013, with the Junior Route de St Jean, along Ruette Pinel. This will vouchers for the over-70s, which were distributed Miss competition taking place in the morning in take up to 40 plots, including several raised by Parish volunteers and members of the the Old Magistrate’s Court and the senior beds for those who may not be so able or are municipality. The Town Crier joins with the competitions being held in the evening in the wheelchair users. During the next couple of hundreds of parishioners in thanking Mr Kirsch for Assembly Room. months work will progress on providing water his generosity. For this year’s senior competition we are points, boundary posts and rails. New grass looking for entrants who will be 18 or over on will be sown over the site and marking out of 1st August 2013, while the Junior Miss needs individual plots will take place. to be aged between 10 and 16 by the same A committee meeting of the Clos du Hugh Above: The over-70s of the Parish could again claim date. Applications must be received by 5pm on Allotment Association will be held at the their £100 vouchers in December thanks to the Friday 15th February 2013. Municipal Services Depot at 6pm on Thursday continued generosity of Mr David Kirsch The winning girls will receive £200 and a 24th January, together with the Jersey Below: Miss St Helier, Carla Gouveia, and Miriam beautiful tiara kindly donated by Pearce Allotment and Leisure Gardening Association, Crowcroft volunteering at one of the Senior Citizens’ Jewellers, the winning man will receive £200 in order to move the project forward.