• President Michael D Higgins returns to Scariff €2 • East Clare Development plan • New Agricultural research in Scariff • St Patrick’s Day Parade • The Dugout Newsletter Scariff CommunitCommunityy CounciCouncill Issue 175 March-April 2013 SCARIFF NEWS www.scariff.ie Contacts Table of Contents Editorial Harry O’Meara 3 Editorial ([email protected]) 4 Scariff Harbour Festival fundraising Christina Grisewood campaign Martin Hartigan Advertising Joan Crotty 4 Postman Brendan Moloney retires ([email protected]) 5 Scariff Public Library Activities Layout Sandra Design & Print 5 Derg Community Games News Printing Sandra Design & Print 6 New Agricultural research being undertaken in Scariff Contributions welcome 7 President Michael D Higgins return Contributions to Scariff News are encour- to East Clare Community Co-op for a aged. Comments, opinions, readers’ letters, second visit articles on any aspect of community life, lo- 9 Michael McNamara TD offi cially opens cal events, poems, stories, photos, drawings, publicity, buy & sell... If you want to share it the 66th Clare Drama Festival or shout about it, this is the place for you. The 11 Teresa Browne is the AA Ireland “Bean deadline for contributions is strictly the third an Tí “ (Hostess) of the Friday of the fi rst month e.g. Sept-Oct, 3rd Year Award 2012/13 Friday of September. 14 Developing a sustainable and vibrant Views expressed in articles in Scariff future for East Clare News are those of the authors and do not 17 St Patrick’s Day Parade necessarily refl ect those of the editorial team or of Scariff Community Council 19 The Dugout 23 Childrens´ Corner Advertising rates 24 EmployAbility Clare If you would like to advertise in Scariff News, 25 Easter Egg Hunt at Irish Seed Savers contact Joan Crotty or any other member of the 26 The wireless in Scariff editorial team. 28 Community Alert Small ad. € 5 30 Photo Album - St. Patrick´s Day Double small ad. € 10 32 Scariff Bridge Results Colour box ad. € 25 33 Scariff RFC Full page colour ad. € 50 Double page business feature € 90 34 Services 39 Useful info Community Council collection procedures The Community Council is a representative body which works to improve many aspects of the par- ish for everyone. To do this, it relies on voluntary Scariff News is available contributions from households in the parish. The recommended contribution is €5 per household as a PDF fi le on the Scariff per month or €60 per household per year. If you are website: www.scariff.ie not already contributing and would like to start, contact any member of the Community Council, and they will assist you in getting set up. Cover photo: Lots of colour and animation at this year´s St Patrick´s Day Parade. Photo by Harry O´Meara EDITORIAL In one of the episodes of M*A*S*H, the sophisticated shell, inside which Major Win- chester protects himself from the horror of the suffering and death with which he constantly deals, breaks; and he is left defenceless. He goes into a type of depression in which he struggles to fi nd some answers to life‘s most perplexing problem -death. Finally, in utter desperation, he leaves the base hospital and goes up to the battalion aid station where the wounded are fi rst taken. Colonel Potter discovers where he is and calls him, ordering him to return to the M*A*S*H hospital. A medical corpsman interrupts the conversation and calls the surgeon over to a man who is dying. Win- chester confi rms the impending death with a glance. The soldier says, „I can‘t see any- thing. Hold my hand.“ The major replies, „I am.“ „I‘m dying,“ the soldier moans, and this causes the surgeon‘s unarticulated questions to surface: „Can you see anything? Can you feel anything? I have to know.“ But the dying soldier doesn‘t answer. Instead, he says, „I smell bread.“ The smell of bread or home baking or cooking often reminds us of home, family and community. Easter is one of those times of year when we gather as family and community to be together. To break and share the bread. It is a season that punctuates our lives with memories of the place where we feel safe or at rest. It is at the table that we are brought face to face with the person and mission of Je- sus Christ. In that meal, we celebrate our death and our life in Christ. But Christ doesn‘t allow us, any more than he allowed the disciples, to relax and enjoy the fellowship of his table, simply talking about the Lord and what the resurrection experience means to us as though that‘s all there is to the E appearances of the Lord. If we dare to say, „Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!“ We are enjoined to listen and re- spond to what else he has to say: „You are my witness “. Just as the disciples witnessed in the fi rst century of the Christian era, it is our business to show the world by what we do and say that the Lord is really alive and that he is, indeed, the Lord of all. That‘s a sig- nifi cant part of the continuing story about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Those who hear it and believe that it is true are charged with the responsibility of passing it on to the rest of the world so that all people will have the opportunity to hear and believe. Fr Brendan Quinlivan SCARIFF NEWS 3 NEWS IN BRIEF Scariff Harbour Festival planned for April/May. We will keep you fundraising campaign posted of the exact date. Thank you to all those who support any of these ini- Plans are well under way for this year’s tiatives, your support is much appreci- Scariff Harbour Festival, which takes ated and will help us to put as exciting a place over the August Bank Holiday programme as possible together for this weekend (1st to 4th August). year’s Scariff Harbour Festival! While we can’t release any details yet, be assured we have some great Postman Brendan Moloney acts lined up for this year’s event. In the retires meantime the committee is undertak- ing some fundraising initiatives to help Mr Brendan Moloney of Scariff is pic- fund the weekend’s activities. An Easter tured with Ms Mary Rodgers, Area Of- Draw will be held in Rodgers Bar & Off Li- fi cer for An Post, on the occasion of his cence on Sunday 31st March. Lines, at €2 retirement from An Post. each or 3 for €5, are now on sale in many Brendan, who was the postman for shops around the town and there are Scariff for thirty fi ve years, was present- some fabulous hampers to be won. The ed with a Valedictory Plaque in recog- committee will also hold a Church Gate nition of his service to An Post. Collection at masses in Tuamgraney All Brendan’s colleagues, Scariff Com- and Scariff over the weekend of the munity Council and the wider commu- 13th/14th April. A table quiz is also being nity wish him well in his retirement. 4 SCARIFF NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF Scariff Public Library Derg Community Games Activities News Bookclubs Once again Derg was well represented The newly formed morning book- by 26 local children from each of the par- club will hold their next meeting on ishes in our group, Bodyke, OGonnelloe, Friday 12th April at 11a.m. and will be Scariff and Tuamgraney in the Clare Com- discussing Ravens by George Dawes munity Games U13s 1200 metre cross Green. The evening bookclub will hold country race and under 10 cross country their April meeting on the 11th at 7pm relay races. This was a fi rst in recent years and have chosen ‘Gone Girl’ by Gillian for Derg and for many of the children. Flynn as their book of the month. The teenage bookclub will hold their next meeting on the 9th April at 6pm. The Kids bookclub (ages 9-12) will meet on Friday 26th April at 4pm for reading fun and games. Bookclub books are avail- able for loan from the library desk and new members are always welcome. Free beginners Internet and e-mail classes Free beginners Internet and e-mail They all put in great performances. Two classes are ongoing in the library. of our under 10 relays made it into the Please contact the library if you wish to fi nals and our Under 13 boys team fi n- put your name on the waiting list. ished Fourth over all in the 1200metre race. Children’s storytime This Under 13 boys team consisted Children’s storytime for ages 3-6 ap- of Conor Downes, Cathal McKeogh, prox. takes place every Wednesday at Mark Rodgers, Adam and Noah Sheedy. 3.30pm. Well done. There has been a big interest in run- Telephone Scariff Public Library on (061) 922893 ning in the area and we hope to con- for information. tinue to foster this. On March 29th we are sending U12 and under 14 teams to the mixed distance relays in Cooraclare. Thanks once again to Rachel Stewart and Reggie Quin for their organizing and training our running groups. SCARIFF NEWS 5 NEWS IN BRIEF New Agricultural research Teagasc has leased its building in Scar- being undertaken in Scariff iff to Clare Local Development Com- pany (CLDC) and Teagasc, in turn, lease East Clare Development Group are back a room within the building to delighted to welcome Michael Kelly, maintain an advisory clinic for Teagasc from Ardrahan, Co Galway to Scariff.
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