SPRING 2013 Esprit de St Sauveur Edition 18 Miss St Saviour 2013 chosen In this p 3 Out and about in the Parish issue p 6 News from Grainville School p 8 Local brickworks p 16 Know your Limits p 18 Clubs and Associations p 27 Miss St Saviour 2013 p 29 Easter Message Spring2013 St Saviour Parish Magazine p3 Out and About in the Parish Familiar faces at the Parish Hall have taken on new roles with the retirement of the former Parish Secretary Mike Mallet. Bernie Buesnel now fulfils the role of Parish Secretary having held the Office of Assistant for many years and Denise Ferri moves to Assistant Secretary. In February the children from Year 1, Mrs Fowler’s class, at St Saviour’s School made an educational visit to the Senior residents of the Parish Parish Church. Having been introduced to the Rector they proceeded with their were once more able to collect their Christmas vouchers clip-boards to make drawings of the various church ornaments as part of their courtesy of Mr David Kirch. The willing team of volunteer studies into community aspects. They took a brief respite from their tasks to distributors maintained cover for the steady flow of assemble for a group photograph in the chancel. grateful recipients. Travelling along La Route de la Calling all FCJ past pupils H.E. the Lt. Governor and Lady McColl have kindly allowed the use of Hougue Bie Government House grounds for an FCJ 80th. Anniversary Soiree on Monday one notices that an unusual landmark has disappeared - 17th. June 2013 from 6-30 to 8-00 p.m. Tickets, priced £10 (cheque made in the burnt tree sculpture near the junction with La Rue des favour of FCJ Past Pupils Association) can be obtained by sending an s.a.e. to Friquettes, which has been succumbed to “lateral Carole–Anne Robins, No15, Les Tuilies, La Route de Mont Mado, St John JE3 persuasion”. Whether this has been effected by natural 4DW. The following charities will benefit from this event - Jersey Cancer Relief, degradation or with the assistance of miscreants remains Donna Ann and Melanoma Charity and Parkinsons Jersey. a mystery? The Jersey Embroiderers Guild In January another of the Battle of Jersey re-enactment walks was held, led by our resident historian Frank Falle. Commencing at As its name implies this group meets to further the fine Grouville Church the route soon entered St Saviour and having crossed art of embroidery and all are welcome to learn this very Bagatelle Road proceeded down Wellington Road towards the muster satisfying skill. They meet on the third Tuesday of each station at the Town Park before the final leg to the Royal Square. The month in the evening at Trinity Parish Hall. If you are photograph shows some of the 200 participants as they wend their way interested and wish to find out more please contact St along La Rue de la Retraite. Saviour resident Mrs June Poucher on 723854. Please contact the Editor if you are able to assist in any way with the stuffing/collation of La Cloche or in the delivery. New members for the team are always required. Telephone 767120. p4 Spring2013 St Saviour Parish Magazine Cara Billot and John Miller Cara Billot is a member of a well known St Saviour family. Moreover, she is also an important member of the La Cloche Team. Thus we were all absolutely thrilled when her long time friend John Miller, popped the question with impeccable timing on December 16th. Cara's family has lived in La Porte for 150 years. own up to having a number of these between them housed in different parts of However, her father, Mervyn, was working in England the Island. Together, they enjoy taking part in Classic Car events in France as when Cara was born and her early years were spent in well as in Jersey. John spends much of his leisure time rebuilding cars, England and in Jersey before the family returned here for especially Ford cars from the 1930's onwards. John still has family in Scotland good in 1968. Mervyn met Sheila, his wife, in England and in the shape of his mother and his two sons and three grandchildren as well as they married there in 1949. Cara has two sisters, Frances, a daughter in Australia who is returning to Scotland to be married later this who lives in New Zealand and Nicolette who lives in year. However, after twenty-five years in Jersey he himself is well rooted here. London though they are both frequent visitors back home Cara had a brush with serious illness earlier in 2012 and we missed her to Jersey. Cara attended Jersey High School and Jersey from the La Cloche Team while she underwent treatment. With the end of this College for Girls before taking a secretarial course at in sight in December John took Cara out to L'Etacq in a hailstorm and with the Highlands College. Her first job was at the Housing thunder crashing and the lightning flashing he proposed- in the car-not on the Department and interestingly, after many other posts both beach as intended! in London and in Jersey, it is to the Housing Department La Cloche offers its heartiest congratulations to John and Cara. We wish that Cara has returned. Cara was an enthusiastic them every happiness for their future together here in St Saviour. horsewoman but a serious accident in 1980 necessitated Angela Swindell treatment in London and while she was there she worked for entertainment lawyers and studied for the Legal Executive Part 1 exams. She returned to Jersey in 1992 but it would be another eight years before she met John at work in a Trust Company. Since returning to Jersey Cara has been involved with the Sea Cadets , La Société Jersiaise, The Island Singers, St Saviour's Church, clearing La Jardin Des Buttes and La Cloche. Thus she is well known within the Parish and the Island. John Miller is a Scot who was born in Perth. He came to Jersey in 1988 to work for Channel TV as an accountant. He moved on in time to posts in finance and met Cara through one of these in 2000. They share a mutual interest in Classic Cars and Spring2013 St Saviour Parish Magazine p5 Congratulations to Centenier Louise Noel The States of Jersey Police at their 60th Anniversary Ball and Awards Evening recognised our very own Centenier Louise Noel for her exceptional contribution to the Honorary Police, involving her commitment to community policing and crime prevention along with her significant contribution to training and liaison with the States Police Our picture (courtesy of www.Kandidprints.com) shows Louise receiving her award from the Chief Officer, Mike Bowron and also in attendance is the Chairman of the Honorary Police Association, Centenier Hugh Raymond. Louise is Chairman of the Police Training Group and course co-ordinator for island wide honorary police training. If you would like to discuss with Louise about service in the St Saviour Honorary Police then please give her a call on 07797 739330 and she will enlighten you about serving your community. p6 Spring2013 St Saviour Parish Magazine News from Below : Pupils taking part in Grainville School the Entrepreneurship Challenge The Entrepreneurship Challenge Grainville School has recently launched a joint venture with Jersey College for Girls known as The Entrepreneurship Challenge 2013. It is funded and supported by Ogiers, Barclays Wealth, Jersey Telecom and Ernst and Young. Students had to form teams of between 2-6 and submit their entrepreneurial idea of how to use an initial investment of £100, to trade over 8 weeks. Headteacher John McGuinness and Business Studies Teacher Jo Carroll then selected the lucky 10 teams. On January 31st 2013, the teams met their mentors from one of the four supporting companies at The Pomme d’Or hotel and consolidated their ideas and carried out market research. They are now trading their company until the end of March, they will selling flowers, organising dance lessons, as well as creating be judged by a school and corporate partner panel in April and final customised mugs and t-shirts. Although any profit which the winners announced at the awards ceremony in May. Teams will be students make is theirs to keep many of the teams have decided to judged on profit maximisation, community impact and team work. give a proportion, or in one case, all of their profits to charity. This Students have come up with many different ideas for their business shows how students at Grainville School care for and value their local ventures including organising concerts, cake sales, jewellery making, community. Year 10 Charity Week Valentines Meal Year 10 students at Grainville School spent a Grainville School’s local week fundraising in aid of Jersey Hospice Care community were once again at the end of January. Many activities ran treated to a 3 course meal throughout the week culminating in a non- known as the annual “Valentines uniform day. Students were given responsibility Meal”. Year 11 students and to come up with ideas, advertise, organise and staff prepared vegetable soup run events to raise money for such a vital with heart shaped croutons, charity in the Jersey Community. The week beef casserole and Victoria included a blindfolded guess the gunge, a trio sponge for over 100 of eating challenges, a penalty shoot out and parishioners. The meal was even a gunging of a teacher. Year 10 students served by year 11 students and also challenged their teachers to a netball the night also involved some match where the teachers just got the better of musical entertainment provided them! In total over £1000 was raised adding to by Grainville students.