July 2013 - Issue 252 New Mayor Seeks to Harness All Local Resources for the Community e as a community need to harness the goodwill and capabilities of local volunteers to look after ourselves and in particular the ‘Wmost vulnerable within our community’, believes our newly elected Mayor Cllr David Yates. During his term of office he intends seeking to ensure that all available resources, public and private, are utilised to look after those most in need including the many hidden from view, who are existing near the breadline, with families dependent upon such support as the food banks in order to eat properly. A man of Kent, born in career in electronic range and have lived there Bromley, David Yates engineering. He served thirty happily ever since. It was there graduated at Sheffield years in the Royal Navy, largely that they raised three children University before beginning a as a submarine engineering all of whom attended local officer. Subsequently he has schools. worked in Devonport dockyard David has been keenly for DML then Babcock Marine, involved in local affairs, in as a submarine skills Manager particular being an active and has recently gone part time thespian with the Burraton ‘A LEVEL ARTISTS’ to allow himself more hours to Players and active with the devote to mayoral duties. Plougastel twinners, familiar WORK ON DISPLAY FENSA 19348 Thirty years ago, while with the civic leaders of our IN IMPRESSIVE driving around the Cornish Breton twin town. He also countryside looking for a home, enjoys model railways and EXHIBITION’ David and his wife Stephanie retains a devotion to the any visitors attended chanced to pull off outside a Canaries, Norwich City saltash.net 01752 841234 cottage at Forder, just outside Football Club. Our Mayoress, Mcommunity school’s Only £34.95 Saltash, looked at it and fell in Stephanie who serves as a A Level Art Exhibition held on Mon - Fri 8.00am - 5.00pm Sat 10.00am - 1.00pm love with it. They found it to be registrar in Plymouth is an Friday 14th June. Work 1 Kingsmill Road, Tamar View Ind. Est. (opposite Focus) on the market within their price equally keen twinner, fluent in produced by Year 12 and Year French as well as Spanish 13 students for the final Te l : 0 1 7 5 2 8 4 4 9 1 6 which she has taught. examination pieces, as well as In 2007, keen to put back for coursework, was on something into the community display and the range of talents which he had come to showcased was vast. During appreciate, David put himself the school day on 14th June, '&'%') forward as a town councillor. students from across Years 7- Since then he has chaired the 10 were able to visit the *##'%" -(/ town’s industry commerce exhibition. 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Negotiations are and John at From Councillor Joe Ellison as I have been trapped inside by everything we could do in the Association caretaker Arthur under way to place a ping pong a mixture of council meetings next four years: we have now Allen has decided that on table in the side road next to St. Stephens and the joys of A Level exam turned these into a list of 120 reaching his 80th birthday ‘The Bookshelf’ off Fore Street ’m writing as one of the advisory committee, and I am marking (which I volunteered options – everything that was It is time to take a well- on Tuesday 30th July. he strident notes of two new Cornwall on the Partnerships for, but partly on the reasonable suggested and was legal and assumption that I’d probably be earned rest and he will give This is all a part of Cornwall Saltash Town Band Councillors for Saltash. committee. This oversees all possible! I trapped indoors anyway by the notice to that effect at the Council’s ‘get fit’ strategy. Cllr sounded across packed The new Council, like Saltash, the companies in which We now want your views T rain!). Therefore when I have Annual General Meeting to Adam Killeya, himself a keen pews in St. Stephens church at is made up of a new intake and Cornwall has a financial stake, managed to make it outside I as to which is the most be held on Wednesday, July table tennis player who a concert commemorating two previously experienced including Newquay Airport, have tried to make the most of it important, and which you 31st at 7-30 p.m. organises play for the students of the church’s best known councillors in about 50:50 Cormac, Cornwall Housing and this week I have been very don’t want us to do. A There is a saying that at saltash.net academy, where and well loved past members. proportion, and Hilary Frank and the new BT/Cornwall lucky: watching a great Sports consultation form will be nobody is irreplaceable and the he teaches is in negotiations to Mona Tomaszewska- and I are grateful for the joint company that will now Day at saltash.net, going going out in a special edition Committee is hoping that this have the table placed there for Honywill had been baptised experience and contacts of be responsible for back office crabbing in Looe with my 4 year of the messenger but in case will be the case in their search the day. Those of any age, at St. Stephens was formally Bob Austin and Derek Holley. services such as IT, personnel, old nephew and beating my you miss it, or in case more for someone to fill Arthur’s experienced or otherwise, will chosen as Mayor of Saltash in All the Cabinet positions and Face to Face services. brother in a game of football - than one person in your shoes. be welcome to stop off and the church and while Mayor and all the many committee Derek Holley is Chair of something that does not get any household wants to put in a The position, which carries play for as long as they wish.