RAINTONRAINTON NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER OCTOBER Published by Rainton Village Hall Management Committee Editor’s email: [email protected] DEFIBRILLATOR Parish Council clerk email: [email protected] CODE: C147 ARTICLES FOR THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER Please submit articles for inclusion by Monday 26th October to: [email protected] RAINTON GARDEN CLUB VILLAGE HALL REFURBISHMENT Following on from our first successful Zoom As part of our ongoing refurbishment pro- meeting in September on bulb planting, Garden gramme, we’ve taken advantage of the village Club will host monthly meetings covering a hall being closed to make further progress on range of different subjects. our work. Head over to our website www. At the request of some members, the next raintonvillagehall.co.uk and click on the “Hall meeting will be a Gardeners’ Question Time, Improvements” menu header for photos of the where you can put all your gardening questions refurbishment programme. to Martin. For October only the meeting will By liking Rainton with Newby Village be on a Wednesday, the 21st October - 7.30pm, Hall facebook page you can keep instead of the normal Tuesday. A Zoom link will up-to-date with all the latest news be sent to all members the weekend before. and events - search for @raintonvillagehall Please feel free to email your question to Mar- tin in advance on [email protected] The cost of producing and printing the newslet- ter is 100% funded by our advertisers so we’d like to thank all for their continued support and welcome the two new advertisers who have placed adverts with us. CHURCH of ENGLAND SERVICES St James’ Baldersby St James/Rainton THE BAY St James Church next service is on Sunday 4th HORSE October at 10.45. Tel: 01845 578697 This service will be a “Celebration of Harvest” in a very difficult year for everyone. Although Please see page 2 for our latest we are “Social Distancing” in church we have Covid-19 update and current take lots of safe spaces marked out and hand gel (please wear masks). away menu. Many Thanks from Chris & Bev AN UPDATE FROM CHRIS & BEV AT FOOD AID THE BAY HORSE St James Church is collecting dry goods, clean- We are sorry to announce that as from 24th ing material etc for Ripon Food Bank over the September 2020 we will not be offering a next 3 weeks. Please leave donations at the “dine in” option. back of church. It is sobering to realise that The take-away service will continue as normal. they are needed so close to our church, so Apologies for this, we hope to return to normal please give generously, as they will be much ap- soon. preciated. Many thanks. Regards. Susan Brown- Baldersby PCC. Chris & Bev PERMISSIVE ACCESSES This week’s take away menu is: The contract with Natural England to provide and maintain the footways and bridleways to Steak pie the North of New Road ends on 30/9/20. Steak and ale pie The scheme which provided for these was Chicken leek and bacon wound up in 2011 as it was funded by the Lamb and mint pie UK treasury, not the EU. There has been no Mushroom and pepper stroganoff replacement. Chicken curry Therefore general permission to use these walk Lasagne and bridleways will cease on 1/10/20 and the Chicken kebabs land returned to agriculture. Battered sole fillets Sweet and sour chicken I would like to thank all the users of these Sausage and colcanon walks for their respect and consideration over the years, as there has been little disturbance or Served Wednesday to Saturday 5.30pm until problem to our ongoing farming activities. 7.45pm. L.T. Webster. PLEASE NOTE: Due to new legislation you will be required to wear face masks when GREAT NEWS!! collecting your take away. After an unbelievable amount of work and effort by our Chair; Gill - Rainton Village Hall has received a £2,000 donation from The Jack CROSSWORD ANSWERS FROM Brunton Charitable Trust. Their generosity & OUR SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER support is hugely appreciated. USE OF DEFIBRILLATOR. When the AED (defibrillator) is taken from its cabinet, please return it with the battery indica- tor facing outwards and the machine up the right way. This enables the next user to grab the machine by its handle and allows the regular checking of the battery to be carried out without removing the AED from the cabinet. Thank you. VILLAGE HALL WEBSITE Our Village Hall website www.raintonvillagehall.co.uk provides a wealth of information including: • Information on “what’s on” in the hall • News and up-coming events • Details of the facilities & how to hire the hall • Our contact information THE GARDENER’S DIARY With Martin Fish October is the perfect time to plants trees, shrubs, roses and climbers into the garden so that the roots can establish while the soil is still warm. Compost all green plant waste generated by clearing borders and the veg plot. Tough stems rot down faster if shredded first and never add the roots of perennial weeds to the compost heap. Carry on planting bulbs into the garden and pots for a spring display. Tulips can wait until November to be planted when the soil is cooler. Make sure main crop potatoes are dug out of the ground, dried and then stored in a cool, dark place. Paper sacks, hessian bags or a box with ventilation are all ideal, but never plastic containers. Finish planting spring cabbage plants and overwintering onions out into prepared soil in the garden Start cutting down herbaceous perennials to tidy through the borders. Any with attractive seeds heads or structural stems can be left over winter if you wish. There is still time to give your lawn an autumn MOT to help keep it in good condition through winter. A light scarify with a rake or electric scarifyer will remove old grass and dead plant material that has built up over summer. Any compacted areas of the lawn can be spiked with a garden fork to allow air to the roots and aid winter drainage. Finally, apply and autumn lawn feed (don’t be tempted to use the last of the spring summer feed) that is low in Nitrogen and high in Phosphate and Potash, which will encourage a strong root system and induce winter hardiness and diseases resistance. For more weekly gardening tips and advice from Martin visit “Pots & Trowels” on Facebook or sub- scribe on YouTube for free. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH North Yorkshire Police have received many reports of a new scam email in circulation purporting to be from HM Courts & Tribunal Service informing the recipient they have been using their vehicle on a road subject to a charging scheme and have failed to pay the appropriate charge. The recipient is informed there is a £25 fine increasing to £50 if not paid within 14 days and £100 if not paid within 28 days. The recipient is encouraged to click on a link in the email to pay the fine. THIS IS A SCAM. There are several indicators in the email that it is a scam 1. The senders email address does not correspond to HM Courts & Tribunal Service 2. It is not personally addressed 3. It does not state where your vehicle was seen nor any details of your vehicle 4. The email encourages you to click on a link to make payment (all this will do is harvest your bank account details) 5. There is a deadline to act Remember all suspicious emails can be forwarded to [email protected]. 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