The Illogan Parish Review Summer 2011 Issue 13 With Compliments of the Illogan Parish Council Welcome to the Summer Edition of the Parish Review. Information is included about what’s going on in the parish during this period between June 1st to the end of August, Inside this issue: Also, the Review is also available in full colour on line at the Parish Council Website. Councilor 2 Reports Illogan Parish Plan Published Chairmans 3 The Illogan Parish Plan will be officially Report Cont. published at a special event hosted jointly by the Illogan Parish Plan Steering Group Parish Hall, 4 and Illogan Parish Council at 11am on Satur- Allotments' 5 day 23rd July at Illogan Village Hall. The Wellbeing 6 All residents are welcome to attend Centre 7 although space is likely to be a little limited. Parish Church, 8 Methodist Hall 9 Library, WI, 10 Cancer research Scouting, Play 11 Group, Maningham 12 Wood Harris Mill Hall, 13 FC, Penwartha Short Mat 14 An electronic version of our Bowls Parish Plan will be Tehidy Country 15 available to download Park from the Illogan Parish Parish Council 16 Council website from Contacts Monday 24th July. The next issue of the Review will be available on 1st September 2011. Potential entries for inclusion are to be with the Editor by the 10th August Cornwall is watered by six principal rivers: the Tamar, Lynher, Fowey, Camel (or Alan), Fal and Hayle. There are also numerous minor rivers and streams in the county which serve to drain the land. COUNCILLOR REPORTS 2 Thinking of holidays, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. Cornwall Councillor Terry Wilkins MBE Parish Council Chairman David Ekinsmyth Well, I am sorry to start off on a May is a very busy month for the serious note but those of you that saw council because all the main annual the article in the West Briton where meetings are held. These are the Annual Parish Assembly, I was campaigning to educate dog The Annual Council meeting and the owners on picking up after their dogs, normal monthly full council meeting. seems to have fallen on deaf ears as The Parish Assembly is supposed to the problem has not improved. provide an opportunity for the local We have given out 3 fixed penalty tickets in Illogan community to come along and discuss issues with the but the problem still exists as it seems owners think councillors outside formal council meetings. that by taking out their dogs at night, the poo will Unfortunately it is not well attended, which is a shame because this sort of direct communication is very mysteriously disappear. It does……normally on important if councillors are to understand the views somebodies shoe !! and aspirations of their community. Perhaps we can On a more positive note, it’s great to see the group of persuade more of you to come along next May. Members of the public are always welcome at the lads and lassies signing up for the BMX project at the monthly council meetings , held on the third track on New Portreath road. The owner Steve has Wednesday . Agendas can be viewed in advance on the enthusiastically taken on the project, where the three council notice boards in Illogan, Park Bottom and youngsters will develop their own part of the field Tolvaddon or on the Council web site. with jumps etc. he plans to pick them up from Illogan The Annual meeting formally elects or re-elects and return them. councillors to positions on the council. The most Thanks goes to WPC Sarah Trewern and PCSO significant each year being the Council Chairman. This Morwenna for organising all this and the necessary is a position I have held for a year and I was pleased to be re-elected for a further year at this meeting. It is an funding etc. honour to be the Chairman of your Parish Council, but Lastly, I have now taken on the role as the Illogan it does carry with it serious responsibilities, not least Parish Council Vice Chairman and would like to thank ensuring the council continues to function in the absence of the Clerk as happened this year. Other the outgoing Vice Chair for his involvement in the last duties include representing the council at official year. functions and providing a lead on developments within He has done an excellent job in producing the Review the council. The Clerk is the only permanent member and has brought us into the 21st Century. It is a of staff and she is the one that carries the legal and thankless task but, he took it on and did a great job. financial responsibility for advising the council in all its activities. Do they come with The Chairman is supported by the Vice-Chairman who a parachute ! Not is also elected at this meeting. After an active twelve for the faint months in the job Councillor Roger Benney decided not hearted and I don’t to stand again, and Councillor Terry Wilkins was think I would try elected for the forthcoming year…… this at Home !! Cont. on page 3 BMX started in the early 1970s when children began racing their bicycles on dirt tracks in Southern California, drawing inspiration from the motocross superstars of the time. The availability and size of the Schwinn Sting-ray and other wheelie bikes made them the natural bike of choice, PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN report Cont. 3 When dog food is new and has improved taste, who tests it? My thanks to Roger for his help and support over the size of the parish over the past few years the the year, and welcome and congratulations to Terry, council has been happy to ask the Clerk to operate who as our current Cornwall Councillor is going to from her own home. This meant that there was no be even more busy in future. public access and difficulties in operation when the Clerk was unable to carry out her duties. This meeting also decided to reduce the number of Standing Committees to two, Finance and It also makes it very difficult to employ additional Resources and Planning and Environment. staff as this becomes necessary. It was considered that all other matters would be The Council reviewed possible options and decided dealt with at full council meetings, or ad hoc to go with an extension to the Parish hall, as this committees could be formed if absolutely had been considered but rejected previously, but necessary. the original plans were still available to be developed as required. Starting from scratch would As you will see elsewhere in the Review we have at have been considerably more expensive. last completed the process of producing our Parish Plan. In co-operation with the Parish Hall Management This is the document that has been developed Committee it was decided to try to enhance the after extensive work by the Steering Group and facility already available in the hall, by applying for consultation with the community. additional grant funding currently available. This will mean turning the whole facility into a Hopefully you can recall the parish wide survey community hub. that was done and subsequently the Road Show Plans are currently with Cornwall Council and once and most recently a final public consultation. approved we would hope to A large number of people responded and that is complete the works by the end of the year, all why it has taken over two years to complete. things going well. This is the document that will be used to set In order to help our Clerk with administration of priorities for future action within the parish, and be meetings we have employed a temporary Minutes presented to planning authorities and others when Clerk, but the council has already decided that in they are preparing area and county-wide plans. view of the additional work now coming its way, it This will be a live document, actions will be will need to look at more a more permanent support reviewed each year and objectives updated as time post in the near future. moves on. I hope I have managed to give you some idea of the It is quite remarkable how much the world has workings of the council and the hard work that its moved on since we started the process. Come members and staff do on behalf of the community. along to the Launch and help us move forward. Perhaps some of you would like to stand in the next The other major event that is happening at the round of elections in 2013, if so get in touch and in moment is planning for our parish office. the meantime do come along to a meeting and take Hard to believe perhaps but despite the growth in the opportunity to get involved. It was an old belief, in England, that one of the best times to see fairies is between twilight and midnight on Midsummer's Day (June 24th). ILLOGAN VILLAGE HALL 4 Lead Picture is the front façade of the Village Hall, Churchtown Village Hall Hire The hall is available for parties, receptions, meetings and conferencing at very competitive rates. Facilities include the main hall, a fully equipped kitchen and a meeting/training room. Tables and chairs are also available as is a public address system. To book or for more information contact Sue Skewes on 01209 843575 Help Always Wanted Many of the voluntary groups who are based at the hall are only successful because of the kind support and generosity of people just like you.