Secretary report for Spring 2020 newsletter If you want to place an advert in future editions of the newsletter which is published three times a year then please contact me on 01358 789761 or e mail [email protected] Foveran Community Council looks after the interest of the residents of Newburgh, Foveran, Udny Station and Cultercullen, and everything in between. The newsletter can be now be accessed after publication by anyone on https://foverannews.wordpress.com/electronic-news-letter/, We act as a focal point where you can bring to our attention matters that may concern you. Elected councillors from Aberdeenshire Council normally also attend our meetings which are open to all. A list of community councillors and scheduled meeting dates is included in the newsletter. This newsletter would not be possible without the support of the companies who advertise in it, so please consider them when thinking of making a purchase. The Gallowshill Sports Hub in Newburgh is available to all in our community, including Foveran, Udny Station, and Cultercullen, and offers, Amateur Football, Youth Football for both boys and Girls, as well as Netball, and Tennis. Aberdeenshire Council are still considering whether to implement traffic calming in Newburgh, however, will resurface the road between Knockhall Rd and School Rd. Dog Fouling unfortunately is on the increase in all our communities, can dog owners / Walkers, please clean up after their dogs, and please dispose of the bags properly, not just throw the bag in bushes. Following on from the Grant from Hill of Fiddes towards Christmas motifs for Newburgh that meet Aberdeenshire Councils latest specifications, I will have 6 motifs going spare. These are all in good working order. They are NOT suitable for mounting on lampposts, but have fixings suitable for example for wall mounting outsides hall etc. Should Foveran, Udny Station, or Cultercullen want any, then please let me know, First come first served. I hope to have more available later this year. Glen Douglas. Foveran Community Council Members 2019-20 Chairman William Grant 01651 842791 Secretary & Treasurer Glen Douglas 01358 789761 Katrin Prager 01651 842197 Pat Smith 01358 789821 David Hancock 01651 842813 Ron Macdonald 01358 789006 Janet Jones 01358 742304 Niall Findlay 07984 131401 Editor’s Note. Many thanks to all those who contributed to this edition. The next newsletter will come out in August so I need your articles by the 7th of July. You can post them to me Mrs Janet Jones, South Minnes, Newburgh. Ellon. AB41 6BB or email them to: [email protected] Advertisements Newsletter advertising rates apply to the three editions in 2020. Newsletter now published in Colour in A5 format with 1200 print run, hand delivered to all houses in Newburgh, Foveran, Cultercullen, Udny Station, including remote houses. Full Page inside front cover £90.00 (booked) Full page inside (Portrait format) £80.00 ½ page back cover (landscape format) £45.00 (booked) ½ page inside (Landscape format) £40.00 ¼ page inside (Portrait format) £20.00 1/8 page inside £10.00 Full payment required before publication RATES ARE PER ISSUE, there are 3 issues per year Contact details for advertising: Glen Douglas, 23 Eider Road, Newburgh. AB41 6FD 01358 789761 [email protected] Full Page advert should be 126mm wide x 184 mm high Half page advert should be 126 mm wide x 89 mm high Quarter page advert should be 60 mm wide x 89 mm high And should be in any of the print standard formats High resolution PDF with images in CMYK format at 300ppi, with fonts outlined High resolution TIFF file in CMYK format at 300ppi High resolution JPEG file in CMYK format at 300ppi If you need help in preparing an advert, our publisher 06 Media should be able to assist you, any costs for preparing your advert are between you and 06 media. Contact Stuart on 01651 863358 [email protected] If our publisher has to amend your advert to meet the sizes above then we reserve the right to pass on these charges to you. The latest date for the August edition is 30th June 2020. NEWBURGH Nicer Newburgh Gardening Group First of all, we would like to thank the generous people who have made donations to the Nicer Newburgh Gardening Group over the last three months. The money helps us cover the cost of maintenance and materials that the group needs. The 2,400 crocus planted by the group last autumn have added to the display on the embankment by the school field and are currently in flower (beginning of March). Whilst the crocus are in flower we have taken, and noted measurements, so that we know where to carry on planting from later this year, as they obviously will not be visible when planting time arrives (Sept/Oct). We are hoping to buy a further 2,000 corms to complete the coverage of the entire length of the embankment. During this winter, we have been busy weeding, and forking beds and moving and pruning plants, as necessary. A number of additional plants have been sourced from Aberdeenshire Council, and are in the process of being planted to boost coverage around the links play area. In the middle of January a very high tide, coupled with strong winds meant that the water over-topped the coastal defence by the side of the estuary at the north end of the village, washing stone from the path and debris across the grass and on to the beds. A large amount of work has been carried out to remedy this damage and hopefully it will be fully restored in the coming few weeks. Earlier this month we made a successful application for a grant from the Hill of Fiddes Community Fund for £446.79, for which we are very grateful. This money is to cover the cost of 70 hardy geraniums which we are hoping will, in time, provide a long-lasting display of colour at the south entrance to the village. Once again, this year, Aberdeenshire Council have raised the issue of the cost of providing free bedding plants to community groups. We will continue to seek possible alternatives to the annual summer bedding provided by the Council, just in case they decide to withdraw this benefit to the local communities. The hardy geraniums which have been purchased will be assessed to decide whether they would be a credible alternative. The group has in the past produced up to 2,600 summer flowering annuals each year themselves, but we would like to reduce this work load to a degree, as we are not getting any younger! Anyone wishing to make a donation to the Nicer Newburgh Gardening Group’s funds, could put it in an envelope (cheques made payable to ‘Foveran Community Council – Nicer Newburgh Gardening Group account’) and post it through the door of either: • Glen Douglas (Community Council Treasurer) 23 Eider Road • OR Graham Waters 4 Mallard Road We do like to send a formal ‘thank you’ to any people who donate to the group, so it would help if you include name and address. NEWBURGH Hello Friends, Well Christmas and New Year have been and gone and I hope Santa was good to you, but what about the weather, bet that wasn't on your Christmas wish list. Once again Newburgh SWI has had some good nights. Flowers were the order of the evening in November when one of our members, Janet Campbell, displayed her talents with winter floral arrangements including a beautiful arrangement in red for a table centre and a lovely and unusual small arrangement set in oasis in a Christmas Cracker. In December we once again went to the pantomime in Ellon. This year it was Peter Pan, and up to the excellent standard the Church Drama always present. Before being entertained, we once again had a lovely high tea in the New Inn , always an enjoyable feast. January was a Members Evening and took the form of Sing, Say, Play or Pay (the 'Pay' being for those members who preferred to hide their lights under a bushel!) Contributions ranged from recipes for delicious fudge and a white chocolate torte. Several jokes and funny stories, poems, a monologue, a sketch, Christmas Fairy and the beautiful singing of a lovely hymn. When everyone had displayed their talents a much needed and very nice cuppa and biscuits went down well. Mrs Katherine Hyman came along to show us the art of 'Book Folding' in February. This aroused everybody's curiosity, how do you fold a book? was the question. All was revealed as pages were folded in a special but simple way then opened out to make a lovely hedgehog. We all got the chance for hands folding, which was enjoyed by all. Katherine even brought eyes, noses, ears and tails to stick on and we all took home a cute little hedgehog. This can be done with most book sizes and more accomplished folders can create other shapes by cutting the finished folding. On a desk the hedgehogs can hold pens or letters. This month, unfortunately, our speaker did not arrive, so after the normal business, Sheila Moir conducted a short quiz which caused a lot of hilarity, and then members sat round the tables, and enjoyed a cup of tea and biscuits and a 'good old natter'. April is the Annual Business Meeting, and the speaker for May is Mr John Lemon, and his subject is 'Haddo Babies, should be very interesting. If you think that you would like to come along and meet us and enjoy an evening being entertained and in good company, don't forget We meet in the Village Hall the first Tuesday of every month, and notices are always around the village to tell you what will be happening.