SAINT LAURENCE’S CHURCH MILCOMBE SERVICES FOR JUNE & JULY 2013 SEE PAGE 17 DIARY DATES FOR JUNE & JULY 2013 June No. 286. June / July 2013 Mon 3rd No Seniors Club today. Mon 3rd Community Playbus, Bloxham Road, 1-2.30pm (every Monday, both IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO months) Thurs 6th Senior’s Lunch, H & G, Noon, Booking advisable PRODUCE THE DOVE? Sat 8th Village Hall Sale 2pm onwards. Sat & Sun 8th & 9th Boddington Flower Festival. Nigel and I have decided to discontinue producing The Dove Newsletter/Magazine. We will th Thurs 13 Milcombe Women’s Group, Manor Farm BBQ, 6.30pm for 7pm (Contact continue until someone is willing to take over or until the end of the year. We feel that the M Charles) time has come to pass it on to someone else or rather a group of willing volunteers. We Sun 16th Father’s Day Carvery, Rye Hill, Booking Advisable th have produced it since Rachel Payne had her cycling accident six years ago and before that I Mon 17 Seniors Club today and then every first and third Monday in July, VH, 2- 4pm took over from Jenny Ferguson as a help assistant to Rachel, when Jenny moved away. In Thurs 20th Garden Club, Sausage and Mash, VH, 7.30pm. Book with Margaret the beginning I took the information that Rachel had put together on disk to KalKwik in Pearce Banbury to be printed. However, when printing charges climbed and for convenience, Nigel offered to print it at home and so it went on from there. I think that it began with a Mobile Library every fortnight on a Wednesday in Bloxham Road from folded A4 page and now has increased in size to what it is now. 3.50pm-4.30pm (both months) Continued on page 3 July HORSE & GROOM NEWS Tues 2nd Parish Council Meeting, VH, 8pm th This month an exclusive voucher for Dove readers - book a table for 2 or more people and Thurs 4 Seniors Lunch, H & G, Noon, Booking advisable Thurs 11th Milcombe Women’s Group, evening walk, see article order 2 courses from the main menu and get £10 off your bill (Offer valid any day of the Sat 13th Coffee Morning & Ringathon for C. Roof Fund, 10am-Noon, Church and week until the end of June - not to be used in conjunction with any other offer). Call us to VH book a table and bring this article with you. th Thurs 18 Garden Club visit to Colegrave’s (provisional booking, check with Mar- Thanks to everyone who has completed one of our customer comment cards – we received garet P.) th over 250 between January and April and we have taken your feedback on board in a number Thurs 18 Absolute Deadline for Dove Articles for June/July 2013 (Please send before if you can) of different areas: We have a new wine list with 12 different wines available by the glass. We are introducing some new menu items including some lighter dishes and classic British puddings. June / July Food Offers: The Dove is produced for the village of Milcombe and was started by Rachel Payne and St Laurence’s Monday nights - 2 home-made burgers with all the trimmings for £9.95 PCC some years ago. It is now an Independent Publication and is produced and distributed by Fixed Price Menu available Monday - Saturday lunch & Monday, Volunteers in Milcombe free of charge. Funded by the Parish Council and other contributors to The Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Dove, it aims to serve the village by increasing communication and mutual support by building Steak Night on Wednesdays. community life. Guided by the Holy Spirit and symbolised by a Dove as a messenger of God’s Love Fresh Cornish fish on Fridays. and Peace. Contributions by 18th for the next issue please, preferably by email to [email protected] or phone 01295 722936 or take material to Slade Farm, Main We look forward to seeing you over the Summer. Road. Best Wishes, David, Annette, Jim & Taryn 18 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH AND POLICE NEWS Continued from front page :Is There Anyone Out There Who Would Like To Produce Hello, this is a general safety messageEDITORIAL in response to an increase of distraction type The Dove? SAINT LAURENCE CHURCH MILCOMBE Hopeburglaries you are in enjoying the Cherwell the summer. area. It got off to a bad start, but I think we are getting some SERVICES FOR JUNE—JULY 2013 warmer days and some sunshine as I write this Editorial. If you fancy having a go, then I am sure it is up to you how often you produce it. Ideally of What is Distraction Burglary? Distraction burglary is where criminals call at your house courseJ UNEevery month would be the best option, as we did until last Autumn. However, even Itposing is so aspleasing officials to or get asking the forWI yourinformation help with from something. 1965 photographed and on disk, the if it isSat once 1st every Beneficeother month Prayer or Breakfast,even once Milcombe a quarter, then that 9would until 10ambe better than information of which can be used at events in the future and we are so grateful to Ivor nothingSun at 2 ndall. 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Although the number of distraction burglaries is nowhere near the number of event and phoneth numbers for more information. Please contact me if you can help? It may thanks to the idea from Colin Bennett. Sun 30 Trinity 5 Joint Holy Communion other crimes committed in the UK each day,every police force does take this crime very be that it has to be printed professionallywith S Newington again, but at this Milcombe is more expensive11.15am of course, as we Soseriously. sorry that We Nigel all work and I together feel it is with time a to national call it a police day producing unit called The Operation Dove. WeLiberal, only sethave up a to did notJULY charge for our time. 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Please unnecessary read the or information vastly over -thatpriced. Keith They Mitchell have no suggested formal training and see to off with exactly what people would like. In all fairness Mary did praise the Dove, it’s just what you think? Whatever time you can give it is up to you, as some sort of Dove from time she felt every other month was not enough for her. I am sure most people are grateful for carry out the work. Some have links with distraction burglars Rev. Sarah Tillett (Priest in Charge) 01295 720252 Benefice Administrator: Jane to time would be better than nothing at all. I will still write for Guardian Country Column anything. I am printing below some ideas that Keith Mitchell sent when he knew we were ● Don’t ever go to a bank or cash point with a trader; legitimate traders would never do this. Abel 720252 with● Don’tnews, allowbut the anyone space tois pressurelimited and you I intocan agreeingonly use toinformation have work for carried Milcombe out.