Ejtusjcvufe!up!Dpojohupo-!Hmbuupo-!! Vqupo!'!Tbxusz! www.caresco.org.uk Op/!92!Bvh!.!Tfqu!311:! You can read the Sawtry Eye on the internet at www. caresco.org.uk What a load of Rubbish! SAWTRY SHOW th 12 SEPTEMBER Come and find out what you can SAWTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE do about it at this year's Schedule of classes available from the library and the Parish Council offices Sawtry Light Factory DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES Holiday Club Wednesday September 9 at 1.00pm rd th Photography, Art and Craft Classes – Monday 3 to Sunday 9 August 2009 exhibits to be delivered to the College th on Friday September 11 between Mornings: 10am-12noon 4.00pm and 6.00pm All other exhibits to be delivered to Afternoons: 2 . 3 0 - 4 p m the College on the morning of the show between 10.00am and noon at the Methodist Church, Green End Road. College closed for judging from For children in School Years 1 and above Noon – 2.00pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - 2.00pm Advance registration recommended . for viewing the entries, craft demon- Come to the Methodist Church coffee morning st strations, raffle and refreshments between 9.30 and 11am on Saturday 1 August. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS For more details, contact Matt on 01487 830345 3.30pm LOCAL Sawtry WI In Aid of the WI Hall PRODUCE MARKEMARKETTTT B i n g o Local people making food with local 7 & 21 Aug / 4 & 18 Sept / 2, 16 & 30 Oct Ingredients who sell their produce directly to you Eyes down 7.30 r d THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER English Afternoon Tea (Sandwiches, Scones, Cakes & Tea) 8 a m - 2 p m Thursday 17 September, 2.30 – 4pm, Entrance by ticket only £4.00 OLD SCHOOL HALL, Green End Rd, SAWTRY Raffle & Bring & Buy & Books For more information please call Diane or Sally Coffee Morning at the Parish Council Office on 01487 831771 Thursday 15 October 10.30am – 12 noon, £1.00 Next Market Thursday 3 rd December Raffle & Bring & Buy, Cakes & Books Contact for events 01487 831793 If you are moving house, please can you leave a rec ent copy of Sawtry Eye for the new occupiers - Than k y o u SAWTRY EYE IS PUBLISHED BY CARESCO (SAWTRY & DISTRICT CARE & RESOURCE ORGANISATION) REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 288202 !!! O O O O C O F F E E S H O P Gps!jttvf!Op;!!Gps!jttvf!Op;!!93939393!!!! Pdu!Pdu!....!Opw!311:!Opw!311:!Opw!311:!!!! Every Friday Bewfsujtfnfout!cz!! 23!Oppo!po!22!Tfqu!311:! 9 - 11.30am (Term Time) Ofxt!Jufnt!cz!! 9.45am - 11.30am (During school holidays) 23!Oppo!po!29!Tfqu!311:! at the CARESCO Centre Full Page: Portrait A warm welcome for coffee and a chat. (17.5cm x 26cm) 1 Issue - £90 It’s the place to be 6 issues - £450 Half Page: Landscape CARESCCARESC CARESCCARESC Everyone Welcome (13cm x 17.5cm) I Issue - £50 6 Issues - £250 You are invited to Quarter Page: Portrait CARESCO AGM (13cm x 8.5cm) Thursday 24 th September 2009 1 Issue - £28 6 Issues - £140 7.30pm CARESCO Centre, Green End Road, Sawtry Eighth Page: Landscape (6.5cm x 8.5cm) Speaker Robert Boorman 1 Issue - £16 Of COPE (Cambridgeshire Older People’s Enterprise) 6 Issues - £80 The meeting will be followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to chat informally with the trustees, staff & volunteers For more information call in or Our Annual Report will be available from early September phone 9.00am - 12 Noon Please contact the CARESCO Office for a copy Monday - Friday All are welcome 01487 832105 For more information about [email protected] CARESCO visit www.caresco.org.uk Friends of CARESCO Will you be our Friend? It’s hard to believe but the Friends of Car Boot Sale CARESCO is now five years old. Launched in the spring of 2004, the aim was to form a group rd Saturday 3 October, 9 – 12pm of people who wanted to show their support for this local charity by receiving a regular news up- By the CARESCO Centre, Green End Rd, Sawtry date, the annual report and our gratitude in re- turn for an annual membership subscription. £5 per car (£8 on the day) We would like to publicly thank our Friends for To book call 01487 832105 their support and encouragement over the years and if you haven’t yet joined to ask you to con- sider doing so. This is a great way for you to Refreshments will be served in the back our vital work in the local community. The annual membership is for a minimum dona- CARESCO Centre tion of £5. Please pick up a form from the CARESCO Centre, download one off our web- All funds raised will go towards site at www.caresco.org.uk or call the office on 01487 832105. the work of CARESCO Everyone needs Friends 222 Sawtry Eye Aug - Sept 09 Sawtry Eye Magazine is Published by: CARESCO (Sawtry & District Care & Don’t you just love the British summer? There is a thunderstorm as I Resource Organisation) write! Never mind, it was dry (just) for the Sawtry Carnival, what a bril- CARESCO liant day. Congratulations to the organisers and thank you for all your CARESCO Centre hard work. Green End Road Sawtry August should a quieter month, schools closed and clubs taking a Huntingdon break before coming back in September, but those of us who live in Cambs PE28 5UX Sawtry have the Show to prepare for - don’t forget to pick up a sched- Telephone: 01487 832105 ule from the parish Office or CARESCO and see which classes you [email protected] would like to enter. Articles & Letters can be emailed to For some the holidays mark the end of an era and we have tributes to CARESCO. Please put as subject “For Sawtry Miss Bennett who has retired from the Junior School and Mrs Gregory Eye” and enclose full name and postal who has stepped down from the Infants. Between them they have address — Email: [email protected] done over 60 years of loyal service to the children of Sawtry and the www.caresco.org.uk surround villages. Have a great summer. Marina Joyce / Liz Coates Editors Marina Joyce Advertising/Sales Liz Coates - Co-Editor Samantha Rees / Donna Green Design / Artwork - This Issue Printed By: CARESCO PrintShop E DITORIAL P O L I C Y S UMMARY · All items are included entirely at the discretion of the editors who reserve the right to edit or refuse to print any item submitted. REGULARS CHURCH NEWS · Views expressed in the Sawtry Eye are not necessarily those of the editors or CARESCO, 2 CARESCO 17 Remembrance they are included in the interests of free speech. 4/5 Dates for your Diary 18 Sawtry Methodist Church · Anonymous items will only be considered Make a Date 18 All Saints’ Parish Church where the author has submitted their full name & Community Activities 28 Saint Luke’s contact details to the editors with their contribu- 6/7 Notices tion and have requested, with reason, that these 19 St Nicholas Parish Church are withheld. 8 Readers Letters 19 Fallen Heros of Normandy Your views on subjects that matter · Before printing a critical item the editors re- serve the right to approach the criticised per- 26 Classifieds - Advertising !!!!!!! sons/group and offer an opportunity to comment, GENERAL INFO where possible, in the same issue. At their dis- cretion the editors may delay the critical item to the following issue or publish without a reply. VILLAGE NEWS 20 Wildlife Trust · The editors cannot accept any liability for 20 St Neot’s CATS omissions, errors or mistakes which occur in 10 Wellside Surgery News 21 General Information production. 10 Fairtrade News 22 Plantsman · The copies of Sawtry Eye delivered to the par- 11 News from Sawtry Library ish of Sawtry are accompanied by the Sawtry 11 Junior School News Parish Council Newsletter which is published by 12 SHS & The Sawtry Commun Archive SPORT & CLUBS and the responsibility of Sawtry Parish Council. 12 www.sawtrynews.co.uk The full Editorial Policy is available from the CA- 12 Upton Village Gardening Club 21 Sawtry Cricket Club RESCO office during office hours. 13 Shredded Paper 22 Footy Girls Invade Sawtry 13 Going Green 23 Yaxley Runners DISTRIBUTION OF S AWTRY E YE : 13 Sawtry Allotments Association 23 Sawtry & District Bowling Club If you know of anybody who does not re- 14 1st Sawtry Scout Group ceive a copy or would like to help deliver 14 Sawtry Show Sawtry Eye, telephone: 01487 832105 14 Royal British Legion between 9am—12 noon Monday-Friday 15 Farewell Mrs Gregory SAWTRY S a w t r y MISS BENNETT TWINNED WITH Twinned with 15 - 17 Tributes and Farewell WWEIMAR e i m a r messages to Miss Bennett on her retirement 333 Sawtry Eye Aug - Sept 09 S C H O O L T E R M D A T E S F O R Don’t forget - during all weeks containing a bank S AW T R Y S CHOOLS holiday, collections will take place ONE DAY LATE Autumn Term 2009 Start of Term - 3 September HDC R EFUSE C OLLECTION Half Term - 26-30 October Sawtry, Conington, Glatton & Upton End of Term - 19 December have the same calendar for refuse collection, however the week day may Spring Tem 2010 vary. To find out the exact dates for your prop- Start of Term – 5 January erty visit http://applications.huntsdc.gov. uk/applications/refusecollection/ and Half Term - 15 to 19 February enter your house number & postcode or End of Term – 1 April call 01480 388388 Summer Term 2010 GREY (L ANDFILL WASTE ) Start of Term – 19 April (Week Beginning) May Day 3 May th th 10 & 24 August Half Term – 31 May – 4 June 3rd & 17 th September End of Term – 22 July Schools have a number of training days available to take at their COMPOST (G ARDEN WASTE ) discretion.