THE PARISH PUMP April 2018 Edition 437 The Newsletter for the Parish of St Ive Wanton lawlessness at Pensilva Carnival Day a couple of years ago. This year’s event is on Saturday July 7th. Disclaimer The articles appearing in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the Parish Council nor of the Parish Pump Editor. Parish Councillors Telephone List Peter Haimes (chair) 01579 362459 Alan Moss (vice-chair) 01579 362064 James Bruce 07411 192645 Marlene Carr 01579 362919 Martin Corney 01579 382450 Angie Haimes 01579 362459 Rosemary Farley 01579 384810 Tony Hodson 07973 536964 Nigel Libby 07968 891814 Kath Parkes 01579 362005 Ivor Vaughan 07979 934604 Craig Vaughnley 01579 364083 Sharon Daw (Cornwall Councillor) 07837 379305 [email protected] Meetings of St Ive Parish Council 2nd Monday monthly: Parish Council Meeting, alternating between St Ive Village Hall and Millennium House (please refer to notice boards for the agenda showing start time and venue each month). Any changes to the regular dates (i.e. Bank Holidays etc.) will be publicised accordingly. 4th Tuesday Monthly: Parish Council Planning Committee Meeting, 7 pm at Millennium House Pensilva, followed by the Parish Council Finance & Administration Committee Meeting commencing at 7.30 in the same venue. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting Monday 9th April 2018 at 7:30pm at Pensilva 101 Minicom 18001 101 Police Community Neighbourhood Office 01579 325454 at any time Your Community Support Officer is PCSO 30271 Linda Phillips. Contact: [email protected]. Phone for a chat on 07703 885654. Leave a message & I’ll call back when on duty To report2 a crime call 101 or go to www.devon-cornwall.police.uk In an emergency call 999 Contact details for St. Ive Parish Council and for Millennium House Address for correspondence: Millennium House, Century Square, Pensilva PL14 5NF General Parish matters should be raised initially with the Parish Clerk, Jenny Hoskin, who will present them to the Parish Council. Telephone: 01579 363096, email: [email protected] For accounts matters for the Parish and for Millennium House contact John Body, Finance Officer: 01579 363096, email: [email protected] Millennium House enquiries and reservations: 01579 363096 email: [email protected]. On the web: Millennium House Website: www.cornwallvenue.com Parish website: st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk Facebook: facebook.com/stiveparishcouncil Parish Pump Information and Contact Details To contact the editor please email: [email protected] or phone the Parish office: 01579 363096. Hardcopy submissions by post or by hand to the Parish office, Millennium House. Softcopy submissions: By email to the editor in MS Word, MS Publisher, pdf, Tiff or jpeg. Please use A4 pages and minimum 16 point font as the Pump is initially produced in A4 size and reduced to an A5 booklet at the printing stage. If in doubt please contact the editor. Current Advertising Prices including VAT at 20% Per issue: Quarter Page £7.50 Half Page £15.00 Full Page £25.00 10% discount for 12 months paid in advance. Bargain Corner free ads by email to the editor or drop off at the Parish Office. Deadline for the Parish Pump is STRICTLY 15th of every month The Mel Bar Relax and wind down at the Mel Bar, Millennium House 3 From the Editor Another sad blow to our community life (see opposite). Coming so soon after we lost Ruth Wilson makes it especially hard. Two wonderful women and two great workers for the public good. Although something of a late convert, Steph became a great supporter of the All Being Well gym and she will be greatly missed there too. Apparently, March 1st is the meteorological start of Spring, and yet March brought us just about every kind of storm except a meteor storm. And that’s all I have to say on the subject of meteorology. I’m not in the least bit superstitious of course, but... well... you know… you can’t be too careful! A very happy Easter to you all. Joe Millennium House Opening Hours Reception 9am till 2.30pm Monday to Friday Community Coffee Shop See separate notice on next page Bar 5pm till 11pm Monday to Thursday 3pm till 11pm Friday 12am till 11pm Saturday and Sunday If no-one is available please leave a message in our letter box at the front of the building or on our answer phone by calling 01579 363096. 4 Steph McWilliam 1950-2018 It was with great sadness that I learnt of the sudden and unexpected death of Steph. She was a friend to me and my family for many years, but most of all I think she was a friend to this Parish. She was involved in Pensilva players with her late husband Don and her daughters Fiona and Susi. Then when Don died she moved to Callington for a while, but then came home to Pensilva and became a member of St.Ive Parish Council. She was a very active councillor and took her position of Chairman very seriously, then she was elected to Cornwall Council where she represented this constituency for four years until loosing her seat last May. While on the County Council she worked hard to do her best for this Parish and was always available to her electorate. Even the day before she died she was considering joining the Parish Council again. She believed in this parish, this county and this country. She fought hard for Brexit and unfortunately won’t be here to see it achieved. Our thoughts are with her daughters, son in-law and grandchildren. So in her memory let’s see what we can all do to help our parish, give a little of our time and effort and perhaps we can all be proud to live in the parish that Steph cared so much about. Steph's funeral will be held at Glynn Valley Crematorium at 4.30pm on Monday 9th April. Steph loved colour so not too much black please. Angie Haimes. 5 The Pensilva WI Horticultural Show will be held on 8th September 2018. The classes will be as follows: Handicrafts 62. Knitted or crocheted item 63. Item of Needlework 64. Painting– any medium 65. Sugar craft or Porcelain 66. Any other Handicraft – not included in the above classes Photography 68. Garden bird/birds. Print 69. Sunrise. Print 70. Garden. Print 71. Gateway. Print 72. Own choice Print 73. Digitally enhanced photo of one of the above classes. Print Open Junior under 15 74. An animal. Print 75. Having fun. Print 76. Own choice. Print COMMUNITY COFFEE SHOP in MILLENNIUM HOUSE PENSILVA THE COFFEE SHOP IS NOW OPEN AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES: MONDAYS 10.00am - 1.00pm TUESDAYS 9.00am - 1.00pm WEDNESDAYS 9.00am - 12 noon FRIDAYS 9.00am - 12 noon 6 Parish Council Chairman’s Column It is with great sadness that I heard of the sudden death of Steph McWilliam. She had done a great deal for the parish, both as a Parish Councillor and as a Cornwall County Councillor. She will be greatly missed. On a happier note it is nice to welcome Jenny Hoskin as our new Parish Clerk, she seems to be settling in well, and if anyone has any Council problems she will be available for the public to raise them with her from 1000 - 1200 on a Wednesday, in the Parish office at Millennium House. Car parking around the Parish is again causing complaints to councillors, mainly because of restricting access through some roads, but also parking close to junctions, which restricts the vision of motorists trying to exit safely. Please park on your drive if at all possible, or as close to the kerb as you can, and park away from junctions to allow safe entry and exit from junctions. As part of our continuing volunteer clean up around the Parish, we are hoping to organise a tidy up of the cemetery in the near future, so watch out in next month’s pump for more details of a spring tidy up. As the days get longer and more people are out and about walking, they are noticing and complaining that cleaning up after dogs is still a problem. I know it’s only a few that don't, but I would remind everyone that Cornwall Council has recently increased the penalty for not cleaning up after your dog to a £100 on the spot fine and £1000 for repeat offences!! I hope everyone has a nice Easter break and that the weather is good to us. Pete Haimes 7 Received from Cllr. Marlene Carr on behalf of the Parks and Open Spaces Committee of St Ive Parish Council. DOG WATCH After so many months of really wet and windy weather, what a pleasure it was to enjoy a few days of cold but sunny days we had late in February, seeing spring flowers emerging and people walking their dogs on fairly dry lanes, roads and pathways. Sadly, this pleasure was well and truly spoiled by the amount of dog mess on roads, pavements and verges around the village. We are lucky enough to have several accessible dog bins but if not, is it too much to ask that owners dispose of the bags at home? We class ourselves as dog lovers but sadly this does not seem to apply when it comes to taking responsibility of picking up dog poo or if they do, somehow find delight in decorating the hedges by hanging the poo bags on the branches!!! Are dog owners not aware of potential health issues transferred to humans (children in particular) which can cause some serious results? Dogs are not grass eaters as are cattle, sheep and horses.