Issue 373 June 2016 Now reaching 3500 people every month Welcome Richard ! PARISH P3 REPORTS FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL AND VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS NOW P9 HIRING ! VILLAGE FACILITIES MANAGER WANTED CHEESY P14 FEATS RESULTS AND CREDITS FROM ANOTHER GREAT EVENT NATURE P27 WATCH Our new Rector, Richard Gibbs, taking the Oath of GOT ANY SPOTTED Allegiance before the Bishop of Huntingdon, the FLYCATCHERS IN Archdeacon of Huntingdon & Wisbech and a welcoming YOUR GARDEN? congregation during his Installation at All Saints’ Parish Church, Elton, on 10th May 2016. Richard is now Priest in Charge of Stilton, Denton, Caldecote, Folksworth, Morborne, Haddon and Elton parishes. INCORPORATING FOLKLORE, FOR READERS IN FOLKSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES SCAN 373 June 2016 SCAN is published by The Stilton Community Association. All articles, original artwork and the SCAN name & logo are copyright. All trade marks recognised. 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Digital material in a neutral PC format please. email: [email protected] GREY BIN DAYS: Index to Advertisers Category Service Page th th Monday 6 , 20 June, Retail Watch & Clock 54 4th July Charity 56 Pharmacy 4 Furnishings 53 Stilton Health & Yoga 53 GARDEN BIN AND Fitness Foot care 45, 57, 59 RECYCLING DAYS: Financial Accountancy / Payroll 55, 60 Monday 13th, 27th June, Animals Vet, pet care 45, 55, 59 th Personal Hair & Beauty 49, 50 11 July Counselling 58 Trades Building services 48, 55, 57, 59 Folksworth Conservatories 49 RECYCLING BIN DAYS: Heating / Plumbing 54, 56, 58, 60 Electrical / TV 58 Monday 13th, 27th June, Computer services 51 th Garden services 51, 57 11 July Recycling 52, 54 GARDEN BIN DAYS: Removals 54 Travel Community bus 43, 47 st Wednesday 1 June, Professional Architect / Civils 51 Tuesday 14th, 28th June, Funeral services 50 12th July Childcare Pre-school 50, 55 www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins Wanted Garage space 26 2 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 373 June 2016 The Parish Pump Local News Roles & Responsibilities WHO DOES WHAT ON YOUR PARISH COUNCIL The Annual Parish Meeting, held on 9 May been highlighted as an issue. As a result, 2016 elected the following to hold office the police will be targeting this problem, for the year 2016/2017: initially with warning notices, then onto fixed penalty notices of £30. Chairman: Olive Main Vice-Chairman: Sue Ayres The double yellow lines are there for a Chair of Finance and General Purposes reason - to make Stilton a safer place. Also Committee: Sue Ayres helping with this are the volunteers of the Chair of Leisure and Amenities Committee: Speedwatch scheme; to find out more visit Chris Walford [email protected] Chair of Planning Committee: Dee Darnell The local team provide SCAN with regular Chair of Communications Committee: alerts and updates. You can contact them Tristan Pithers direct via [email protected] or on the non-emergency number 101. Members of Stilton Parish Council also serve on the following Committees: Look Before You Leap Mrs Worthington's Almshouse Charity A cliché isn’t it? But SCAN knows one Governors of Stilton School promising young man paralysed from the SKIDS (Skate Park) neck down after breaking his neck when Norman Cross Action Group ‘tombstoning.’ It’s trashed his entire life. Stilton Memorial Hall So with the warm weather upon us, Cambs These groups report to the Parish Council. Fire & Rescue are running a campaign (see Their reports will appear in SCAN in June p.46) warning of the dangers of leaping into and July. lakes and rivers. Too often, the shock of the icy cold water and/or submerged hazards Police Team can catch out even confident swimmers. Our local police team conduct regular So if you want a cooling dip, go to a patrols around the village and, as a result managed pool or lido. You know it will be of a meeting with Parish Councillors, safe and there will be help on hand if you parking in various parts of the village has do get into difficulties. Enjoy the summer! Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! 3 SCAN 373 June 2016 Shop at CARESCO! 7 Greenways, Sawtry 01487 208026 [email protected] Looking for a bargain? Having a clear-out? ● Lots of high-quality items If you’re thinning out your wardrobe, or always in stock those unwanted Christmas presents that ● New items arriving every day deserve a good home, why not donate them to the CARESCO charity shop? ● Score a bargain and support this popular and welcoming community Storage space is limited, so if you’ve got care centre bulky items, or just lots of stuff to donate, call us first to make sure we’ve got room! Seasonal items particularly welcome. 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You can also find out more about know need support, and then find they are unsure adult social care in Cambridgeshire on the about where to find information or how to access website below. the services they need. If you think you may need help with mental health issues you should contact your GP in the first instance. www.yourlifeyourchoice.org.uk 4 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 373 June 2016 Parish Progress STILTON PARISH COUNCIL REPORT 2015-16 PEOPLE have coped well and frequently gone the The new Council welcomed four new extra mile. members: Dee Darnell, Tristan Pithers, Sue PERENNIALS Smith and Tim Stokes. Sue Ayres was elected Vice-Chair and Chair of the Finance The more humdrum work has gone on; and General Purposes Committee; Bruce Fergusons retain the maintenance contract Marks became Chair of the Planning and the recent village walk showed the Committee. We also have a new District village to be in good shape. Regular Councillor, Tim Alban, who works closely cleaning by Ian Croll keeps the village and with the Parish Council. We have set up a field clean. The old story of dog fouling new Communications Committee to take (taken up by District Councillor Alban) advantage of social media in an attempt to continues to annoy but, in fairness, it is a keep in closer touch with residents between very small minority of owners who do not our monthly meetings. clear up after their dog. Parking, particularly PROCESS in Church Close and in the village centre, is another perennial problem. Councillor We have also made changes in some of our Alban has managed to get some pot holes financial practices once the building project filled and the yellow lines at the crossroads got under way, notably allowing the signing renewed (but not the white lines!). He and of cheques between meetings and Chris Walford are on the verge of finishing authorizing Dave Pacey (Project Manager) the saga of the street lights project. A new more freedom in ordering and checking seat was provided at the end of Mill Road deliveries before presenting invoices. and the Barn Close play area made safe. PROJECTS Our aging and unreliable CCTV system is in the process of renewal. All this activity Of course, the Amenities Project has has to be carefully costed and fit into our dominated the year. There is a separate overall budget. We were able to recommend report for this, but I want here to commend only a 1% increase in the precept because the very hard work put in by Councillors we are prudent in our expenditure. who are members of the Project Board, led by Chris Walford. In recent weeks other The other issue of speeding is not one the members of the Council have started work Parish Council can solve, but we have on the fitting out of the building. The facilitated the creation of a Speedwatch Council is also involved in designing the team in recent weeks. We are also co- governance and management of the operating with Halls the Chemist in the facilities. Mary Croll and Kathy Ray have provision of a defibrillator.