50p THE LYMPSTONE HERALD where Apr 2013 Volume 36, Number 8 sold ELECTION OF EAST DEVON COUNTY COUNCILLORS 2nd May 2013 – in the Village Hall PERSONS NOMINATED Name of Home Address Description (if Name of Candidate any) Proposer DUMPER Tim 22 Woodville Liberal Democrats Toye Brian J Road, Exmouth, EX8 1SF HUGHES 170 Exeter Road, The Conservative Moody Ian C Bernard C Exmouth, EX8 Party Candidate 3DZ JOHNSON 24 Phillipps Labour Party Newton Carole L Lesley Avenue,Exmouth, Candidate EX8 3DZ MCANDREW 17 Strawberry UK Independence Lill Geoffrey I Patrick C Hill, Lympstone, Party (IKIP) Exmouth, EX85JZ Clerk to the Council: A J Le Riche, DMS, 43 Salisbury Road, Exmouth, EX8 1SL, Tel 279665/ 07866 535580 mailto:[email protected] ________________________________________________________ Editor: Chris Carter, Tel 274104. Copy editor – P Acca Deputy Editors - Terri Scott & Jan Teague, Advertising - Liz Griffiths Lympstone web site – www.lympstone.org Copy deadline for the next issue – Tuesday May 14th by 10 am Copy by e-mail, if possible to [email protected] The Editor at Hillcrest, Greenhill Ave, Lympstone, EX8 5HW Distribution by the Telfers, Tel 272275 and others 1 FROM THE EDITOR FLOWER BEDS COMMUNICATIONS The Parish Council is LYMPSTONE.ORG WEBSITE responsible for maintaining several Editors are urgently required to take flower beds around the village, not just maintain and update the village in the centre. Most, but not all are website. This ongoing task is to keep looked after by very willing and able the village informed and aware of volunteers. There is opportunity for current affairs events, timetables etc. more volunteers to take on this work or Sharing responsibilities would be to help those already giving their time. encouraged and training is available. It is not a big commitment but a small Further help with editing the amount of work can make a big Lympstone Herald would also be difference to the appearance of the useful. Village. So if you think that you could If you require more information about spare an hour or two each month please these important posts then please contact Cllr Peter Acca, Cllr Terri Scott contact Cllr Rob Longhurst on 263495 or Tony, the Parish Clerk, to let them or the Clerk, Tony Le Riche on 279665. know what you might be able to offer. Chris Carter Cllr Terri Scott ANNUAL PARISH MEETING ATTENTION ALL DOG WALKERS This will take place at 7.30pm on Monday 13th May 2013 in the A reminder to dog walkers Committee Room at the Village Hall. in the village. Please This is a Village Meeting, not a Parish remember to pick up Council meeting. Any elector can after your dog and place in the bins come along to raise issues of Local provided, this applies to all public areas concern. including Avenue Field and Cliff Field, There is a lot happening in your the Dog Warden will be patrolling the community so this is a chance to update village and if caught you will be fined on Parish matters. It is only scheduled £80. It is worth noting that it is also an to last half an hour so it will not take up offence to pick and flick your dog’s much of your time but it will be worth poo into hedges!!!!!! Thanks. attending. Cllr Di Beatty A J le Riche 2 combined with wine and cheese. PARISH CHURCH Please bring your own wine, other refreshments will be supplied. The Church website. For Anybody who wishes to donate cheese details of all church events or biscuits or other nibbles please please look at telephone Roger or Lisa Riggs on www.lympstonechurch.org 268189. The website is full of news information, Concerts The Clyst Valley Choral photographs and all that you need to Society will be performing in church know about the church. Do look at it. on Saturday, 20th April at 8 pm. The There are also the notice boards under programme will include Faure Requiem the railway arch and in the church and the Haydn Nelson Mass. Tickets porch. are £7 in advance from Shears Cafe or Annual Meeting On Sunday, 14 April £8 on the door. This promises to be a immediately after the morning service, wonderful evening. There is a second there will be the election of Church performance at Holy Trinity Church, Wardens followed by the Annual Exmouth on Sunday, 21st April at 8 Parochial Church Meeting. Both Mary pm. Blair and Richard Giles are willing to London Marathon. Once again Tim continue in their roles as Church Lupton will be participating in the Wardens and will be standing again. London Marathon in aid of the charity This does not mean other candidates MACS which supports families with are precluded – if anyone else is children who have been born with sight interested please see Jill Wilson. problems. If anyone would like to Lent Lunches. You will be pleased to sponsor Tim please see either John hear that, after all expenses are paid, Lupton or Penny. the lunches made a total of £440. This will be given to the Open Door in Brian Mather and Jill Wilson Exmouth and St Petrocks in Exeter. Very many thanks to all who helped, FRIENDS OF not forgetting Mary and Neil Downes LYMPSTONE PARISH who erected and dismantled the tables CHURCH for everyone. Well done to all. Jean Young The winner of the March Church Social Evening. The date of the Lottery was John Whiter with ticket no. Past2Present evening is Saturday 13th 934. April from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. This is an evening of showing photographs of Joyce Malster events in the church and the village 3 VILLAGE SHOP LYMPSTONE W.I. Spare a thought for At our Annual Meeting in April Diana those of us who are de la Rue was elected President, and dependent on the village grateful thanks were given to Anne shops for groceries and Frampton and Jo Cotton who were cash, who have no cars, difficulty in standing down as President and Hon. walking or, are unable to access trains Secretary respectively. and buses and therefore can’t reach We welcomed Mary Andrews, W.I. Exmouth, shops or supermarkets. Advisor, to assist us with the formal For elderly people, especially those proceedings and also to chair the living alone, a visit to the Village discussion on this year’s W.I. Shop/and Post Office is an outing, a Resolution addressing the “Decline of therapeutic experience and a chance to our High Streets and Town Centres”. meet friends. The friendly staff at the Nationally, the W.I. is an extremely shop, numbering approximately 10-12 , influential group which each year are all local people, who work hard to campaigns and lobbies government and keep things going . If the shops go, they other agencies on a different resolution will lose their jobs. which has been submitted by W.I. These facilities are vital for those like members to the National Conference me, who wish to remain independent, and voted on at that time. Recent and not be a burden on family and resolutions have included campaigning friends. for more midwives, and for a fair price We all get old, it is a fact of life, to farmers for milk. There is circumstances change, and although we information on the website about all may lose our ability to move around as previous resolutions and the many other we once did, the incentive to do so activities that the modern W.I. takes remains. part in www.theWI.org.uk We have a Village Shop, a Post Office, We are looking forward to hosting the and a Mobile Library. It is vital we Estuary Group Spring Meeting on keep them, it would be sad to see these Wednesday, 10th April, and ten of us facilities die through lack of support. are going to the Devon Spring Council SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOP, Meeting in Torquay on 17th April when THE POST OFFICE and THE Ann Widdecombe will be the speaker. MOBILE LIBRARY. Our next meeting is on Wednesday, 1st USE THEM OR LOSE THEM May (not 8th May as in printed programme) at 2.30 p.m. in the Village Pat Dearsly Hall. Rosemary Bethell will be talking to us about “Flower arranging on a budget”. All are welcome, and if you 4 would like any more information about They are fairly rusty and slightly Lympstone W.I. please phone Diana de unloved and have been in situ for quite la Rue on 01395 274099. some time. I am trying to establish whether they have been abandoned. If Heather Stratford you are the owner, could you please contact me to confirm ownership. POLICE Cliff Field/Candys Field – please can I ask that dog owners/walkers make sure Between the 10th and they watch their pets when exercising 12th March a number of them at these locations. I have had a insecure vehicles in the number of complaints regarding dog village were entered and jumping up at people and chasing have money and CDs cyclists and runners. As a dog owner it stolen. This occurred at is your responsibility to ensure you are various locations around the village in proper control of your pet at all including Wotton Lane. It is believed times. I will be asking the dog warden they occurred in the early hours of the to attend and monitor the area. Thank morning. If anyone has any you in advance. information regarding these thefts, please contact me on the details below. PCSO Sarah Trayhurn Please ensure that your vehicle is left [email protected] secured when unattended and remove n.police.uk any valuables.