Issue 189 - June 2008 - e-mail edition CONTENTS - USE EDIT / FIND ON YOUR TOOLBAR TO READ ARTICLES LISTED BELOW - CARRADALE HARBOUR - THE CINEMA - CARRADALE CRICKET CLUB - TARTAN DAWN WALK - SOUTH KINTYRE SENIORS FORUM - WAR MEMORIALS TRUST - WITHDRAWAL OF LIBRARY INTERNET SERVICE - APRIL RAINFALL IN GROGPORT - BOTTLE THE THOUGHT - LITTERALLY SPEAKING - IBBIE CAMPBELL - CARRADALE DRAMA CLUB - CARRADALE DRAMA CLUB - SADDELL WATER - RING OF TELECOM ROSES - POSSIBLE PHONE BOX WITHDRAWALS - HOUSEY-HOUSEY - HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SALES - NOT THE EAST KINTYRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINUTES - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - DENTISTRY DESIGNS - BRING BACK THE SHEEP - A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM SOLVED ? - LETTER TO THE EDITOR - CAMPBELTOWN - A FURTHER CHAPTER FROM ADAM BEDE’S ‘GLENCREGGAN’ - CUTTERS & SMUGGLERS - E-MAIL ANTLER ON LINE - CARRADALE RENTALS IN 1724 - KINTYRE INITIATIVE MEETING - JOHN MCCAUGHAN 1929 - 2008 - ACHA New hope for ACHA wardens - A HISTORIC BIOPTIC VIEW - BARR & STROUD 7x BINOCULARS - ONE YEAR ON – A NEWS LETTER FROM COUNCILLOR JOHN SEMPLE - TRIBUTE TO JEANETTE MACDOUGALL - ROCKET TO ME - POSTAL CHANGES – A SIGN OF THE TIMES - ABC ATTENDANCE - THE TELECARE SERVICE - CARRADALE SURGERY NEWS - HOMECOMING SCOTLAND - LETTER TO THE EDITOR - FALLS PREVENTION - INTEGRATED CARE TEAM SERVICES - KINTYRE STROKE CLUB - COMMUTER BUS SUCCESS - ‘ARK TO THE PLANNERS - EVA AT ABBEYFIELD - IRRESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS FINED - THE TIMES, THEY ARE A’CHANGING - BEVAN BOYS MEDAL - RNLI BONUS BALL 1 CARRADALE HARBOUR Following the repairs to the harbour, Argyll and Bute Council have called a meeting with those who were on the Carradale Harbour Users Group for Monday, 9 June at 7.00pm. The matters to be discussed are tidiness of the pier, future management arrangements, charging arrangements and what future, if any, CHUG will have. A full report will be put in the Antler next month. THE CINEMA Sat 24 May 2008 for 6 days at 8.00pm Forgetting Sarah Marshall cert 15 Sat 31 May 2008 for 5 days at 8.00pm (Not Monday) Nim's Island cert U Mon 2 Jun 2008 for 1 day at 8.00pm The Other Boleyn Girl cert 12A Sat 7 June 2008 for 6 days at 8.00pm Iron Man cert 12A CARRADALE CRICKET CLUB The new season started on Sun 27th April in beautiful weather, with a match against Cairndow at Carradale. The home side batted first and made 82 with S. Walker(33) and A. Keogh(25) the main run getters. Carradale looked to have the game under control, when the opposition was reduced to 11-5, but subsequent wild bowling resulted in a defeat by 4 wickets. S. Downie, A. Keogh, R. Rixson and S. Walker all bowled well however. The first league match was played on Sun 11th May, again in wonderful conditions, on the beautiful little ground at Sannox on the Island of Arran. The home side batted first and scored 188 with S. Beasley(35), C. Marriott(47) and T. Brooks(39) the main contributors. This score was much inflated by poor fielding and catching by the visitors and too many extras given away. The bowling of the McMillan brothers was excellent, with Charles bowling 8 overs for 5 runs and 1 wicket, with 6 consecutive maidens. Alistair took 3-25 in his 8 overs, with Aidan Keogh (the captain) taking 3-39 and S. walker 2-39. Unfortunately, there was a total batting collapse with Carradale being bowled out for 26 runs, only Keogh(12) getting into double figures. The inexperienced team took their defeat on the chin and learned a lot from the way Sannox went about their play in the field and also their quick running between the wickets. The next match is at Carradale on the 25th May against Mid-Argyll. The club wishes to thank Wum Semple and Donald Macalister Hall for their rollers, Bobby Willan for his mower and to Lachie Macalister for getting the heavy roller up and running again after it had lain dormant at Torrisdale for nearly 70 years ! Also, thanks to Nonnie Macalister and Robert Strang for helping with the grass cutting and the ladies for the tea between the innings (one of the delights of a cricket match) ! THE TARTAN DAWN WALK Jose, Joanna and Irene are organising the Tartan Dawn Walk on the 22nd June 2008. Leaving from the Network Centre at 5.00am and walking to Grianan and returning to the Network Centre via Deer Hill. All money raised will be going to local Cancer Charities. Please support us. Registration Fee £5. Anyone interested please contact Irene on Tel No. 0779-970-5996 or see Jose at the Network Centre. SOUTH KINTYRE SENIORS FORUM EXTRACTS FROM CATHERINE McINTYRE’S DRAFT MINUTES The main presentation at the April meeting was given by Louise Burke - Integrated Care Team, Anne Nightingale -Assistant ICT and Aileen McLean – Telecare, George McMillan (Chair) welcomed the three ladies and invited Louise Burke to give a talk on the work of the Integrated Care Team. Louise spoke of the composition of the team and the area covered which includes Skipness. Referrals come from Hospital, Physiotherapy, Social work and individuals. The Team has 14 members who carry out assessments for care at home. The team is made up of a number of professionals with Louise Burke (Team Leader) and Mairi Brown being the nursing staff, 2 Health Care Assistants, 4 Social Work Care Assistants, Occupational Therapist, Delayed Discharge Co-Coordinator, Rehab Assistant and Physiotherapist. The Rapid Response Team is heavily involved with patient care. Louise gave examples of patients 2 needs such as hip operations and urine infections which can leave patients feeling low. Telecare is used by the Integrated Care Team. George thanked Louise and Anne who left the meeting at this point. Aileen gave an overview of her job on the periphery pf the Integrated Care Team. She explained the benefits of having an alarm installed in the home with the Response Centre being in Edinburgh which is manned 24 hours a day. A charge for the alarms is made by Argyll & Bute Council. Aileen carries out assessments in the person's own home and referrals are welcome from anyone. She also spoke of the Personal Trigger, Bogus Call Button, Smoke Detector, Fall Detector, Flood Detector PIR (Movement Detector) all of which are particularly beneficial to carers of dementia patients. George thanked Aileen for her talk. AOB : George read a letter to those present that Ian Teesdale had written to Sandra Greer (Officer for the Review for Older People). A letter to Nicola Sturgeon regarding the size of the ward at Mid Argyll Hospital to be written and sent before 21st April 2008. Val Cannell to be reminded of the importance of the Forum's Bank Statement being independently examined. Isobel Johnstone advised those present that the Crochet Class will no longer be able to be held in the Network Centre. Mrs Turner suggested contacting Lindsay McPhail for a room at Kinloch Hall. An outing to Argyll Arms Hotel, Southend is to be arranged for Thursday 5th June 2008. It was noted that this meeting took place in The Burnett Building as the Forum was unable to gain access to Kinloch Hall. WAR MEMORIALS TRUST Grants are available for both Free Standing and Non Free Standing War Memorials. Free-standing memorials are those that stand without any support. For example a war memorial cross standing in a churchyard or a statue such as the famous Black Watch memorial on The Mound or the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. Applicants seeking support for conservation projects on such memorials are eligible for up to £7,500 at 75% eligible costs. A maximum of £5,000 is available from the Historic Scotland funding while the rest will be funded by WMT through its fundraising. Non free-standing war memorials, such as plaques, stained glass windows and clocks, remain eligible for War Memorials Trust Small Grants Scheme which assists conservation work on all types of war memorials. Grants of up to £2,500 at 50% eligible costs are available. http://www.warmemorials.org/index.htm Telephone : Charity : 020 7259 0403 Conservation : 020 7881 0862 LIBRARY INTERNET Withdrawal of Public Internet Access in Public Libraries Due to the level of technical difficulties with the current Internet connection, Argyll and Bute Council has been forced to temporarily withdraw public internet access from its libraries. We wish to sincerely apologise to all customers for this disruption to service. Work is ongoing to resolve these difficulties and we hope to resume normal service shortly. Issued by Lynda Syed on 07/05/2008 12:24:12 APRIL RAINFALL IN GROGPORT The rainfall recorded in April was 83mm (a little over 3 inches). This is below average for the month. The monthly range over the last few years has been between 66 and 188 mm (2½ and 7½ inches). The April rainfall pattern too, was atypical, instead of the frequent short showers that we might expect …. April 1st certainly had us fooled as it brought 23mm (nearly an inch), a further 13mm (½ inch) fell on the 23rd and, whilst we did get showers on other days, there were three unusually dry spells notably between the dates 6th-9th, 12th-14th & 17th-21st. It hasn’t seemed very ‘Spring- like’ and the heat from indoors or behind glass has been deceptive. Temperatures struggled with strong winds from northerly and easterly directions so the glorious April temperatures of last year were indeed a very hazy memory. What a difference a year makes. The weather certainly gives us lots of ammunition as we, in true British fashion, talk about it and contemplate what the ‘Summer’ has in store. Margaret Leighton Editor’s note: Margaret, correctly, keeps strictly to her monthly brief; the temperatures in the first week of May could be the subject of comment in the July Antler, out, confusingly, at the end of June.