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Wishing all the mums in the area a very happy one. Looking The paper only happens as a result of huge effort from the staff at Grange Now so a very big thank you to Sarah, for photos Sharon and Glenn in particular. The next issue will come out two weeks before the Easter weekend and looks set to Grange be a busy one. Please send your contributions in by 17th of March. We will be focusing in particular on all manner of Carnival Easter activities, dining out, refreshing the home and garden and outdoor activities . Keith Benton is looking for Finally can I pass on images of Grange carnival and, in particular, the Silver Jubilee a message from Julia Knockout competition. Keith Sawford at Davenports called into the Grange Now who wishes to thank offices with an assortment of everyone who attended photographs, relating to the their recent 10th birthday carnival, which he has in his celebrations (pictured possession. below). He would love to hear from Happy Mother’s day to all anyone who has any other photos, the mums and especially slides, cine film or even just their recollections of this once well mine! Yes Ann I mean you. attended carnival. Keith believes that the last carnival took place in Silver Jubilee year and that there hasn’t - NEXT DEADLINE 17 MARCH - been one since. He would love some memorabilia of that particular event 2 Imperial House, Main Street, Grange-over-Sands LA11 6DP and the knockout competition which [email protected] 015395 35453 he said was a huge success. If you have any information or images to share please get in touch with Keith Benton on 015395 32676 Skydiving sisters are doing it for Maggie’s or email him at: keithbenton1@ tiscali.co.uk Once collected and On 22nd April, residents Alice and Terence Hutton will be collated, Keith would like to put nervously watching their daughters, Samantha and Amanda, jump together a display and/or film show of out of a plane, all in aid of Maggie’s Centres. the carnival’s glory years. In 2015, Samantha was diagnosed with breast cancer and she decided to undergo treatment at Furness General Hospital so that her family, who live in Grange, could help her through this battle. By her side throughout were brother, Paul and sister, Amanda. Samantha told Grange Now: “After all my treatment, I received amazing emotional and practical support from the local Maggie’s Centre [Oxford] who really helped that keen on us jumping out of a me pick myself up after a very plane!” rough year.” www.justgiving.com/ To raise money for Maggie’s SkydivingSisters2017 or text the sisters plan to do a skydive AMSA70 £10 to 70070 (or together through Skydive amount of your choice). Northwest at Flookburgh. On the day they jump Samantha Skydive Northwest will be 40 and Amanda will be Skydive Northwest is one of the 45. They said, “We wanted to longest established skydiving do something special for this centres in the UK (est.40 years). There’s still time to see South Pacific birthday, by raising money for Last year, Kents Bank youngster, The show is on at 7.30pm nightly, up to and including, Saturday a charity that means a lot to Sammy Taylor raised £2000 for 4th March and there is also a matinee at 2pm on Saturday. us. We are going to jump from Cartmel AFC by doing a tandem Tickets available from Grange Information Centre (The Victoria the Flookburgh base so that jump.Make this the year you do a Hall) in person, or telephone 015395 34026 (Credit/Debit card our parents can join in the fun, jump, whether for charity, or just though I think they aren’t actually for fun! skydivenorthwest.co.uk bookings accepted). [email protected] | 015395 35453 3 Butterfly Hugs Update Councillors praise lido progress Since the last Joe and Connie Calling, in May 2016, Butterfly Hugs Grange Mayor Tricia Thomas significant investment is to be became a registered charity. Three and District Councillor Tom welcomed. children benefitted from donations Harvey have praised the How you voted Cllr Harvey added, “This is a which helped them to become more progress being made by SLDC Over 50% voted in favour project I’ve been working on for mobile. Fifty collection pots have been and Grange Town Council on of Option 3 - restore and many years. Time and again purchased and will be distributed finally bringing the Lido in make safe then look to professionals have studied possible investors to open around the Lakeland and Furness Grange back into public use. area. The team has expanded to what can be done on the site businesses and units on welcome Karen Bradshaw, David Cllr Thomas said, “I know there and while it may be possible the site. Hamer and Sarah Pearse. is a lot of passion surrounding to fund the restoration of the Approx 25% in favour of the ‘Lido’, locally known as site, with costs starting at £5m Option 1 - demolishing all On the 6th of May Butterfly Hugs is and only getting higher, what hoping to enter one walking team the old bathing pool, and a the buildings on the site is abundantly clear is that into the Keswick to Barrow and one small minority of people still with even the most modern Less than 5% for Option 2 into the Coniston to Barrow. This is believe a pool is viable, but I - make safe, use buildings and efficient technology in being organised by Karen Bradshaw want to assure everyone that as viewing points and place, and based on the most after the doctors at Cartmel Surgery there has been exhaustive platforms. decided that they wanted to raise investigation into the various optimistic usage assumptions money for Butterfly Hugs this year.