THE PARISH PUMP November 2015 Edition 408 The Newsletter for the Parish of St Ive No topical pictures submitted this month. Here is one to remind us of the past. Photograph by Martin Sellix. Disclaimer The articles appearing in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the Parish Council nor of the Parish Pump Editor . Parish Councillors Telephone List Martin Corney (Chair) 01579 382450 Alan Moss (Vice-chair) 01579 362064 Pam Carter 01579 362640 Peter Dipper 01579 362315 Peter Haimes 01579 362459 Harvey Frith Alan Neal 01579 362478 David Waddington 01579 362654 Stephanie McWilliam (Cornwall Councillor ) 01579 362037 Meetings of St Ive Parish Council 2nd Monday monthly: Parish Council Meeting, alternating between St Ive Village Hall and Millennium House (please refer to notice boards for the agenda showing start time and venue each month). Any changes to the regular dates (i.e. Bank Holidays etc.) will be publicised accordingly. 4th Tuesday Monthly: Parish Council Planning Committee Meeting, 7 pm at Millennium House Pensilva, followed by the Parish Council Finance & Administration Committee Meeting commencing at 7.30 in the same venue. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday November 9th at 7.30pm at St Ive 101 Minicom 18001 101 Police Community Officers can be contacted on 01579 325454 at any time PC Garth Hatt [email protected] PCSO Bob Anslow [email protected] 2 PCSO Becky Steed [email protected] Contact details for St. Ive Parish Council and for Millennium House Address for correspondence: Millennium House, Century Square, Pensilva PL14 5NF General Parish matters should be raised initially with the Parish Clerk (Leesa Childs) who will present them to the Parish Council. Telephone: 01579 363096, email: [email protected] For accounts matters for the Parish and for Millennium House contact John Body, Finance Officer: 01579 363096, email: [email protected] Millennium House enquiries and reservations : 01579 363096 email : [email protected]. On the web : Millennium House Website: www.cornwallvenue.com Parish website: st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk Facebook : facebook.com/stiveparishcouncil Parish Pump Information and Contact Details To contact the editor please email: [email protected] or phone the Parish office: 01579 363096 . Hardcopy submissions by post or by hand to the Parish office, Millennium House. Softcopy submissions: By email to the editor in MS Word, MS Publisher, pdf, Tiff or jpeg. Please use A4 pages and minimum 16 point font as the Pump is initially produced in A4 size and reduced to an A5 booklet at the printing stage. If you would like a template, please contact the editor. Current Advertising Prices including VAT at 20% Per issue: Quarter Page £7.50 Half Page £15.00 Full Page £25.00 10% discount for 12 months paid in advance. Bargain Corner free ads by email to the editor or drop off at the Parish Office. Deadline for the Parish Pump is STRICTLY 15th of every month THE MEL BAR Come relax and wind down after work At the Mel Bar, Millennium House HAPPY HOUR From opening time till 7pm Weekdays 50p off all alcoholic drinks. 3 From the Editor The big news from my point of view this month is that Pensilva Community Association has been awarded charity status (see pg 10). In the next couple of months we will be doing our utmost to achieve the January 1st start date. There seems to be a lot going on around the parish at the moment. Lots of reports and notices this month have meant that I have had to go to 60 pages in this month’s Pump. First time since November last year! One thing about writing my few words here every month is that it makes me very aware of the passage of time. It doesn’t seem five minutes since I was writing about the glorious Spring weather we had this year. So now we have also had a glorious spell of early Autumn weather, though, as I write this, it seems to be over and Winter seems quite close at hand all of a sudden. Still, look on the bright side, it won’t be five minutes before we’ll be welcoming in the Spring again! All the best - Joe My apologies to the Pensilva Post Office for inadvertently chopping the bottom line off last months advert. In case of doubt, the Post Office continues to open on Fridays as normal . The Editor. Pensilva Post Office st Located through the Café on the 1 floor of Millennium House Opening times: Tuesday - 9am to 1pm Wednesday - 9am to 12 noon Friday - 9am to 12 noon 4 Millennium House Opening Hours Reception 9am till 2.30pm Monday to Friday Cafe (Angie’s Pantry) 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday 10am till 4pm Saturday Bar 5pm till 11pm Monday to Friday 12am till 11pm Saturday and Sunday If a member of staff is not available please leave a message in our letter box at the front of the building or on our answer phone by calling 01579 363096. Pensilva Carnival - Free Photographs An album of 150 photographs taken at the 2015 Pensilva Carnival by the official photographer is available for viewing at Millennium House. Anybody can have a copy printed (6x4) free of charge and the first ten orders can also be framed at no cost. To take advantage of this amazing offer, ask at Millennium House reception. The offer closes on December 5th 2015. 5 From Cllr Steph McWilliam - &ovember 2015 I cannot believe I am writing a newsletter for the November editions of parish magazines. How on earth has this happened? There are some reports that we are in for a very long, hard winter. If that is the case, please look out for each other and, in particular, check on elderly or vulnerable neighbours. We are nearly ready to finalise the emergency plan but we could do with volunteers who might be able to help rig up emergency heating and lighting if required, who are Raynet users and one or two volunteers to help in an emergency around Gang and Bicton. If you can, please contact Jane on 01579 362960. If you have any time to spare, do please consider volunteering. There are many ways you can do this. Some are indoors, some driving, some outdoors, some involve working with people and some don’t. As budget pressures mount, it is going to be harder to maintain all services to the same level. This doesn’t have to be all bad. If it means we take back some local community working, there may be many benefits. In particular, can I make a plea to our young people? It can really help you in applying for your first jobs to have some sort of volunteering to put on your CV and to have people prepared to provide you with really good references, which all helps improve your chances in life. It also feels pretty good to have done something worthwhile with your free time. Just search ‘Volunteer Cornwall’ and do let me know if you decide to give it a go. I’d love to mention you next month. I mentioned last month that councillors don’t seem to have a role in planning enforcement cases. It seems the terminology may change from ‘enforcement’ to ‘compliance’, which isn’t exactly the outcome I was aiming for but it is a start. With the introduction of the Bodmin Moor Commons Council next year, there may be an opportunity to look again at a 40mph speed limit to protect the animals. Please let me know how you feel about this. You have probably heard in the news lately about the pressure on policing and probable closure of more police stations. We are very fortunate to live in a low crime area but please help the police by reporting any suspicious activity, especially if you can give reg. numbers of unfamiliar vehicles in unexpected places. Just ring 101. (Yes I know – but the response time is getting much better.) Finally, the Minions sign has certainly been a talking point. Unfortunately there has been a misunderstanding about it. It doesn’t belong to Cornwall Council or to a parish council - either Linkinhorne or St Cleer. The decision to remove it was Universal’s who own the copyright. However much we may wish to see it back up, it isn’t going to happen unless Universal agree and so far they haven’t, despite our best efforts. We do know how popular it was and how much extra business it brought to the local businesses but we don’t own it and we can’t put it back. We aren’t all6 miserable grumps and I would love to be able to take my grandchildren up to see it but there is nothing more any of us councillors can do. Sorry! The Latest from Your Parish Councillor - Martin Corney I want to tell you about the Caradon Community Network Area Panel this month. When Cornwall Council became a unitary authority the old Caradon District Council was abolished, but this left a big gap between the parish and town councils and the new unitary authority. This gap has been filled by community network areas; each has a panel which is the main way Cornwall Council communicates with local communities. These panels meet every two months and consist of the local Cornwall Councillors and representatives from the Town and Parish Councils. Three community network areas have been set up covering the old Caradon District Council area; Liskeard & Looe, Cornwall Gateway (Saltash & Torpoint), and us in Caradon Community Network Area.