COMMUNITY NEWS KIRBY WISKE, MAUNBY, NEWBY WISKE & OTTERINGTON’S Search - South Otterington, Maunby, Kirby Wiske and Newby Wiske Community WHAT’S ON IN MARCH 2020 Thurs 5th from 7.30pm Pub Quiz at The Buck Inn, Maunby Sat 7th from 8pm Live Music from George Borowski at the Otterington Shorthorn Tues 10th 7pm Local History Group Meeting at Kirby Wiske Village Hall Fri 20th Pie Night at The Otterington Shorthorn please ring to reserve your table for this very popular event - 01609 773816 Sun 22nd 12 noon - 4.30pm Mother’s Day Lunch at the Otterington Shorthorn, please ring to book your table in advance 01609 773816 Thurs 26th from 8pm Open Mic Night at The Buck Inn, Maunby Fri 27th 9am Coffee Morning in the School Hall Everyone in the Community is welcome to join us for refreshments, not just parents! It is not a fundraiser, just a chance to catch up and meet new people Sat 28th 10am – 12 noon Coffee & Chat with an Easter flavour at Kirby Wiske Village Hall in the aid of Kirby Wiske Church Roof. All welcome SNEAK PEEK AT FUTURE EVENTS Wed 1st April - Bag2School. Give your home a spring clean and bring bags of jumble to the playground. The more bags we have, the more funds we raise for our school! If you would like more details or some bags to fill, please email [email protected] or phone school 01609 776273 Sat 9th May 7 for 7.30pm Spring Concert by the Northallerton Male Voice Choir in St John The Baptist Church, Kirby Wiske. Tickets are £8 each and include refreshments and are available from Derek Sharpe on 01609 771031. All proceeds will go towards the Church Roof Fund. Everyone is welcome to join us Sat 20th June South Otterington Summer Fete inside the Village Hall and spilling out onto the Village Green, let’s hope for the amazing weather that we had at our last summer fete a couple of years ago! September date to be confirmed asap – South Otterington Village Scarecrow Trail, back this year as it was sadly missed last year! Kirby Wiske Village Hall For all bookings & details for Kirby Wiske Village Hall contact Stevie on 01845 587738 Kirby Wiske Parish Council meets in the Village Hall at 7.30pm on the first Tuesday of each month, agendas and minutes can be found on their website kirbywiskeparishcouncil.gov.uk/ our next meeting is on 3rd March Our Local History Group Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm so please keep the following dates free - 14th April, 12th May, 9th June, 8th September, 13th October, 10th November, 8th December – Christmas Meal? 12th January & 9th February. Please contact Hilary on 01845 587836 for more information POST VAN with a full range of post office services is available outside Kirby Wiske Village Hall every week on Wednesday between 12.30pm & 1.15pm & Thursday between 1.45pm & 2.30pm South Otterington, Maunby and Newby Wiske Village Hall Our website address is www.southotterington.org.uk/village-hall/ For bookings, further details, photos, costs and conditions of use please check our website. You can also check availability on the booking’s diary! Alternatively, contact Penny Helliwell, on 07977 231276 or email [email protected] Yoga Mondays 6.30-7.30pm Hathja Vinyasa Yoga is taught by Helen Gillertson and costs £40 for 6 weeks or £8 per session. Please contact Helen for further info on 07784 378242 or email [email protected] Table Tennis Tuesday 7pm-9pm all welcome. There are three tables and all equipment is provided but if you wish to bring your own bat, please feel free. There is a standing charge of £2 per person to contribute towards the cost of hiring the hall. Please contact Keith Bowe for further information [email protected] Little Otters Parent/Carer & Toddler Group Thursdays 1.15–3.15pm this is a friendly group with babies/toddlers & pre-schoolers who meet each week. Please pop along and join us, we look forward to meeting new people. For more info contact Debbie Robson on [email protected] or Madi Shaw on 07845 223959 100 Club Membership this year celebrates the 4th year of our 100 Club which also means that renewals are now due from 1st April. No action is needed if you pay by Standing Order however if you pay by cheque or cash please contact Dottie Tosh on [email protected] to pay your £12 to re-join or preferably complete a standing order form. Application forms can be downloaded from our website. Subject to everyone renewing, which we hope you will, we have over 100 members, however new applications are still very welcome and by increasing our membership the prize monies will increase accordingly, plus it is a great way to support your local Village Hall and you may even win! The draws for January and February were made at our last monthly coffee morning on 6th February, the January winners were 1st Prize £25 - Pat Ovard & 2nd Prize £10 - Jayne Collingwood. The February winners were 1st Prize £25 - Andrew Helliwell & 2nd Prize £10 - Len Swales South Otterington, Newby Wiske & Maunby Parish Council Details of current Parish Council members & their contact details can be found on Public Notice Boards in each village. Any other queries contact Keith Bowe on [email protected] or 07557 798386 Parish Clerk vacancy Debbie Robson, from South Otterington, expressed an interest in the vacancy and has attended previous meetings to see what the role entailed. She clerked her first meeting on Thursday 20th February. We would like to welcome Debbie onboard and thank Nikki Bowe for all her work over the past few years. At the moment please would you continue to use Nikki’s email address for questions, comments and concerns etc. and we will update you once we have a new email address for Debbie Parked cars please can people be considerate when parking cars and refrain from parking close to or opposite junctions or on footpaths as they then become an obstacle to pedestrians, especially for pushchair and wheelchair users and young children – thank you! BE SAFE, BE SEEN a reminder to all out walking/cycling/riding during the morning and evenings, please wear something visible (like a High Visibility Vest) as motorists don’t always see you until last minute Maunby Village Speed Limit Review we have received a negative response from Area 2 - Thirsk Office Highways with regards to even having a review done. Not one to be fobbed off, Ken Johnson has written to 95 Alive Partnership which reviews road safety…. so, we will wait & see what their response is, watch this space! All 3 Defibrillators have been installed centrally in each village, the first was at the front of The Buck Inn at Maunby in March 2019; the second was at the rear of The Otterington Shorthorn (in car park) in May 2019 and the third on the Old School House (behind the post-box/notice board) in Newby Wiske in January 2020. Fund raising enough money to purchase 3 Defibrillators in approx. 14 months is a major community achievement which the charity, Restarting Hearts, have asked if they could publicise as they were astounded at just how well and how quickly our three villages worked together as a community in order to raise the necessary funds - well done and thank you very much to everyone who got involved or helped out in any way. A massive thank you also to the Landlords of both pubs and the Old School House for allowing them to be installed on their property. Following concerns and comments raised by local residents about how to use the defibrillators, how they work and whether you could kill someone by using it, rather than saving their life etc the Parish Council are in the process of organising a meeting with Restarting Hearts at the Village Hall. They have asked that they cover areas such as what to do in an emergency, an understanding of CPR and familiarisation of the defibrillator (how it works; that it can’t harm anyone etc.) and they will happily answer any other questions you may have. As soon as we have a date for this, we will let you know WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING & WHAT’S GOING ON Friends of South Otterington School this year we are supporting our school by fundraising for new laptops and updating the nature garden. We would like to thank Mrs Barnes and Mrs Thornber from Newby Wiske for their generous donation which allowed us to purchase new playtime equipment for the children, they were all absolutely delighted! Tesco Bags of Help Scheme South Otterington Primary School has qualified for the Tesco Bags of Help scheme to develop their outdoor nature garden. Until the end of March, you will be able to vote for their nature garden in both Northallerton and Bedale Tesco stores using the blue tokens you get at the till. Please would you to consider putting your blue token in their box to help support our wonderful school? The more tokens they get in their box the more money they will receive South Otterington School on Monday 2nd March to celebrate World Book week the BFG (!) will be in school. Staff and children will all be dressing as their favourite book characters and having a sponsored read! The School’s Ethical Leaders (children) decided to organise this so they can save up for an indoor Reading space to complement their Outdoor Reading Shed.