april - may 2013 volume 103 the fulbeck newsletter...

Editorial - So this is spring! It is actually snowing as I write this, but I live in hope!! Still, the snowdrops have been up and flowering for some time and the daffodils are just starting to bloom so it must be true! Anyway, don’t forget to put your clocks forward before you go to bed on Saturday 30 th March. Incidentally, keep your eyes on the wildflower area in the churchyard. After some sterling work last year, with any luck we should be seeing a lot of blooms this year . Well done Julie Baum and team!

The next Newsletter Deadline is Saturday 18th May

Over 60s Club by Brian Fisher The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th April at 2.00pm in the sports Club. New members are always made welcome. The Day Trips this year are as follows: Date Venue Pickup Price Weds 5 June Boston Mkt/Spalding Bulbs/ Farm Museum 9.20am N/K Tues 2 July Bridlington 8.30am N/K Tues 30 July Chesterfield Mkt/ Dobbies Garden Centre 8.50am N/K Tues 27 Aug Mablethorpe/Skegness 8.30am N/K If anyone wishes to book seats on these trips, they should con-tact Sheila Johns (273691) or Brian Fisher (272099). The Weekly Draw by Brian Fisher The purpose of the draw is to generate funds for various volun-tary village organisations. We are always looking to recruit new members, if anyone wishes to join the draw (£1 per week) they should contact Mick Gilman (272617), Brian Fisher (272099), Peter Hughes (273941) or the Sports Club for more information. The draw runs in 10-week cycles and is drawn in the Sports Club at 1.15pm every Sunday. Balance Sheet for cycle ended 16/12/12 Expenditure Income £ £ 136 members @ £10 1360.00 1 member @ £9 9.00 Prize Money Paid Sports Club 186.33 Over 60s Club 186.33 PF/VH Club 186.34 1369.00 1369.00 Prize Winners - Cycle ending 10th March 2013 Date £50 £10 £100 27/01 Mrs J. Wyman P. Sandy - 03/02 Mrs B. Orchard S. Challis - 10/02 Mrs S. Smith A. Money - 17/02 G. Greenhalgh G. Petheram - 24/02 Mr Garbutt Mrs O. Kelway - 03/03 R. Castle K. Gregory - 10/03 Mrs C. Haywood Miss C. Asher J. Cottingham Additional Prizes: £25 £10 J. Grocock R. Wood N. Marston Mrs J Hitchens R. Baker D. Fisher R. Kinsella M. Twohig

L.I.V.E.S. (Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service) by Ann Sampson We would like to thank all our supporters in the village who have helped with our fund-raising throughout the last year which has enabled us to form a strong group of voluntary Responders to cover Fulbeck, Caythorpe, Frieston and outlying villages. We now have all the necessary training equipment we need, and have regular training sessions, so thank you all very much. There has been some confusion as to how LIVES works, so to recap on previous articles, should you, a relative or a neighbour feel unwell with, for instance, chest pain, asthma, diabetic prob-lems, have a fall or injure yourself badly, you should dial 999 or 112 and request an ambulance. Ambulance Control will always alert an ambulance, but as we live in such a large rural area, the ambulances are often many miles away, in which case they alert the LIVES volunteer on call and ask them to attend as they are nearer, and can start treatment such as oxygen therapy, First Aid and give reassurance earlier. This is especially important in the case of heart attacks, as the quicker CPR (or Artificial Respiration as it was known) is given, the better. We also have a Defibrillator which enables us to shock the heart and hopefully get it going again. The ambulance will always attend as well, but just might get there a little later. This is especially likely on Friday and Satur-day nights which is when the ambulances are at their busiest. I hope this makes it clearer as to how the LIVES service works. Thank you once again for your support.

LIVES Table Top Sale by B Gilman. The table top sale held in the Village Hall on Saturday 9th March, raised the sum of £293.10 for our local LIVES Group, Thirteen private stalls along with a LIVES stall selling donated Bric-a-brac, a raffle, and refreshments of homemade cakes, tea, and coffee all did a good trade in spite of the wet and cold weather. Michael Gilman ran the raffle. making £56.50 profit as all prizes were given, Sandra Pellett and Deanna Hammond assisted by LIVES members took care of the refreshments, raising £54.60, and LIVES members looked after their own stall making £101.50 with a further donation from another stall of £15.50, and a further £65 came from the private stall hire. A marvellous effort all round. I would like to say thank you to Peter Hughes who kindly came and put the tables up for me on the Friday night, thank you to Sandra Pellett for helping with the refreshments, thank you to my hus-band Michael who kindly volunteered to run the raffle, and thank you to those who kindly donated raffle prizes which have now been delivered to the recipients, and to all who helped in any way to make such a successful event,

THE FULBECK THE FULBECK

NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER

April - May 2013 Volume 103

Edited by A.J. Robinson (272389) & Mrs B. Gilman (2 72617) Edited by A.J. Robinson (272389) & Mrs B. Gilman (2 72617) Produced and Printed by Fulbeck CommunicationsProduced and Printed by Fulbeck Communications

INDEX 2 - Sports Club, Garden Society, 3 - WI, Parish Council, 4 - Church, 7 - Notices, 8 - Neighbourhood Watch, 9 - District Councillor, 10 - Calendar of Events

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Fulbeck Sports Club by Brian Fisher Guests and children are always made welcome and if anyone wishes to become a member at £5 per year (£2.50 for OAP's) they can obtain an application form from the club stewardess. The club facilities are available for hire at very reasonable rates, bar and kitchen facilities can be provided on request, together with very competitive bar prices. Club Opening Times Weds & Fri Evenings 8.00 - 11.00pm Sat & Sun Lunch 12.00 - 3.30pm Sat Evening 8.00 - 11.00pm Sun Evening 8.00 - 10.30pm

SKY TV is installed in the club Sports Club Newsletter - The club is planning to issue a monthly newsletter from 1st April. This will include bar promo-tions, sporting and other activities held at the club. Any member who wishes to receive a copy of the newsletter via email should contact Bernard Allen (272605). Fulbeck F.C. - The village team are having a good season and are currently top of the Lincoln Premier League., in the Village Trophy final, and in two other semi-finals. Training is held on Wednesday evenings at 7.00pm. If anyone is interested in joining the football club, in any capacity, they should contact Keith Pol-lard, the team manager, on (273369), or the Sports Club for more information. Junior Football Club .– Teams of various age-groups are playing at Fulbeck on Saturdays and Sundays in the Mid Lincs league. For more information please contact Michael Budden on 272131 or mobile 07711618269. Bingo - Cash bingo sessions are held fortnightly in the Sports Club on Saturday evenings, eyes down 8.30pm. The next session will be held on Saturday 6th April. Fulbeck Cricket Club - The village team will play in the Lincoln League this season, and the first game is away on Sunday 5th May, with a home game on Sunday 12th May. Net practice is due to start shortly. For more information please contact Ken Pollard on 01529 304838.

Garden Society - by Jean Allen The new season of meetings began with a talk by Mark Schofield from the ‘Life on the Verges’ project of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. He opened with a discussion on the contribution that gardeners can make to wildlife conservation by including na-tive wildflowers in the garden design. As well as food sources he encouraged us to provide shelter in the form of a wood pile, un-mown grass, leaf litter and a pond for aquatic species. Give up the hard labour of maintaining the perfect lawn, he suggested, and let wild meadow flowers have their way. He then offered practical ideas as to how to go about this. The second part of the talk explained the ‘Life on the Verges’ project. Roadside verges, and particularly the wider ones on the old drove roads in the county, can form wildlife corridors where native plants flourish, even in intensively farmed areas. The project aims to survey as many verges as possible to identify those with good biodiversity that could be preserved or improved with appropriate management. The protected verges around the High Dyke are good examples, where cowslips, scabious and knapweed flourish. It was inspiring to hear someone who is truly enthusiastic about their work, and we went away with plenty of good ideas to help us enjoy wildlife in our gardens. The March meeting featured Trevor Rogers as speaker. Trevor subject was ‘Soft fruit’ and how to grow the vari-ous kinds. As he grows them both for himself and also as a volun-teer in the walled garden at Gunby Hall, he has a wealth of experi-ence. If you like to eat raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries etc., there are two good reasons for making space for them. As descendants of plants native to the temperate areas of the globe, they are happy and hardy in our climate and need no special pro-tection to perform well. The other reason is cost: as they are la-bour-intensive to pick they are always expensive in the shops and some types, such as red, white and black currants are seldom offered for sale. Better to grow your own. Soft fruits, Trevor ex-plained, need sun for part of the day and don’t like very alkaline soils but otherwise they are not fussy as to soil or aspect. They need feeding just once a year, pruning after fruiting (or just tidying up in autumn for strawberries) and keeping adequately watered in dry spells. Trevor showed us that they can be attractive additions to borders beyond the vegetable patch when trained to cover a wall or grown as a standard. Trevor advised that the best way to minimise problems with pest and diseases is to buy disease free plants at the start and try some of the newer varieties that have been bred for health and vigour. Donations by friends and neighbours of offshoots from long established plants should be gently refused, as they may well be carrying viruses and other organisms you would be better off without. It is also a good idea to replace old plants when they are past their best – every 3 years for strawberries and around 10 years for the rest – and put the new stock in a different place. After all this sound advice, deliv-ered by such an interesting and entertaining speaker, the Show Committee are expecting great things of us at the Annual Show. If you are quick, there may still be time to get planting! The next meeting will be on 9th April at 7:30 in Carlton Scroop Village Hall when Sally Cunningham will speak on ‘Gardening in Small Spaces’. New members (£12 for the year) and visitors (£2) will be most welcome. Just come along or call David Fidler on 01400 272630 for more information.

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Caythorpe & District WI by Marylyn Mason Since the very early days of the WI one of its official charities has been the ACWW – Associated Country Women of the World. Set up in 1927 by a group of Scottish women it raises money to help women and their children in the 3rd World. Individual WIs help by donating pennies (loose change). At Caythorpe we do this via our Flower of the Month competi-tion when we put our coins against the flowers in order of preference. At our AGM Irene Rodden, the ACWW representative for the South Lincs Federation described how the fund raising works from the top down to Institute level. In 2011 Lincolnshire raised £12,000 towards the Tonga Appeal. The Tongan islands rise just above sea level, so high tides dev-astated villages, crops and polluted water supplies, leading to destitution and disease. The appeal bought cement, rock and expertise to create sea walls to protect the land and lives. As a result crops are now grown successfully and disease has been vastly reduced. Irene explained that water is the problem in 50% of projects – too little or too much. This year the ACWW is supporting the Katendi project in Kenya where the women have to fetch and carry all the water for the family for miles each day. So a pipeline is being constructed to bring fresh water to the villages. Lin-colnshire hopes to raise £2,800 towards the cost – so, ladies every coin counts! As retiring President, Sue Case thanked the committee for all their support during her four years in office. She said she hoped she had made a difference. She wished her successor, Janet Hoddell, every success and looked forward to the Institute’s 60th anniversary celebra-tions. She revealed that the new table cloth to mark the occasion was almost ready and has the names of all current members embroidered round the border. She welcomed two potential new members to the Insti-tute, Danielle Buck and Carolyn Eversfield from Fulbeck. Carolyn promptly won the raffle at her first attempt! We meet every second Thursday of the month in Caythorpe Village Hall at 7.30 pm. Guests and potential new members, like Danielle Buck and Carolyn Eversfield, from throughout the district are most welcome to join us .

.Parish Council Report At a Parish Council meeting held on Monday 11th March 2013, a number of matters were discussed. It is hoped that the notice board on the village hall wall will soon be repaired. David Stevenson has the matter in hand. A request for an extra grit bin on Sudthorpe Hill has been refused. It is hoped that work to improve the condition of Sudthorpe Hill will be carried out in the near future. The council were sorry to learn that John Holmes has decided to retire from cutting the village greens and a new contractor is being sought. John has always made a splendid job of maintaining the greens and will be hard to replace. Before the start of the meeting, a pres-entation was made by Paul Wood who will be standing as an Independent Candidate for the Hough division at the Lincolnshire Council Elections on 2nd May. Paul outlined his reasons for standing, stating that he feels he is the best person to fulfil the role and urging every-one to vote for him. If you wish a matter discussed please let the clerk Philippa Brown 01400273413 or the Chairman Ann Sampson 01400 273873 know at least one week before the meeting. Meetings are open to the press and the public and there is an opportunity for you to make comments and ask questions. The next meet-ings will be held on Monday 22nd April and 20th May 2013 at 7.30 p.m. in Fulbeck Village Hall. Please note that there will be an Annual Parish Meeting on Wednes-day 8th May at 8.00 p.m. in Fulbeck Village Hall. For further information on this event please contact the clerk or the Chairman.

Village Fete - by David Morison I think it now the time to start the planning process for this year's Village Fete so I am proposing that all who may be interested should meet on Monday 25th March at 7-30pm in the Committee Room upstairs in the Vil-lage Hall. I will put together a rough agenda and if you could bring your ideas along as well it will give a base to start from. Hope to see as many as possible there


Church News Flower arrangers for the next two months are: 7th Apr Wedding 5th May Mrs C. Aram 14th Apr No Service 12th May No Service 21st Apr Miss J. Woolfitt 19th May Mrs C. Hughes 28th Apr Mrs R. Day 25th May Mrs B. Hancock Becoming A Full Member Of The Church Of England For those who are interested in this there will be preparation sessions starting after Easter, in which we look at what Chris-tians believe, and what it means to be a member of the Church of England. It is open to young people over the age of 12, and to adults. At the end there is a service of CONFIRMATION, where the Bishop lays his hands upon your head, and prays for you. As a full member of the church you are then able to re-ceive Holy Communion, and are eligible to be on the Church Council. The Deanery Confirmation Service will be on Thursda y 20th June at 7.30pm at one of the churches within t he our Deanery. If you are interested, please contact Revd Alison Healy as soon as possible, on 0796 2318 728 or at [email protected]. Women's World Day Of Praye r held in Navenby Method-ist Church on Friday, 1st March, was well attended by repre-sentatives from 16 Churches along the Cliff Edge and sur-rounding villages, plus visitors ( and a few Gentlemen too) from all the local communities, with some of the ladies taking part in a small enactment of this year's theme 'I Was A Stranger And You Welcomed Me' which this year, was prepared by the Christian Women of France. Mrs Sheila Wilson of Navenby Methodist Church, organised the event, this being her first time in the 'chair' having taken over from Ruth Bavin, Ruth, who will be 90 years old in July, had organised the Women's World Day of Prayer for the past 14 years but has recently retired to live in Bracebridge Heath. The Preacher was the Rev Margaret Roe, Methodist Minister from Cherry Willingham. At the end of the service Ruth was presented with a beautiful arrangement of flowers and thanked for her 14 years of dedicated service to the cause. Next year's service will be held in St Chad's Church, Welbourn, The theme is 'Streams in the Desert' pre-pared by the Christian Women of Egypt Church Windows - On Friday 10th May at 7.30pm, Mr Kup-per who is in charge of Lincoln Cathedral’s glass will give a talk in our church about Fulbeck’s windows. We will all learn a huge amount about our church glass and the many changes which took place in the 1800s. Churchyard - On Saturday 20th April at 10.00am the spring-time cleanup of the churchyard will be started. “Many hands make light work” and “the more the merrier” see to be the ap-propriate phrases!!. Thanks! On the subject of the churchyard, like the Parish Council the PCC are looking for someone to take over the grass cutting contract this time, for the churchyard. If you are interested, please contact Julian Fane on 272231 Quiet Morning - The next Quiet morning will be on Tuesday May 7th at the sport's pavilion, Caythorpe - 9.30am for a 10am start, finishing with a bring and share lunch. For more informa-tion please contact Barbara Hancock 272644 Wholeness and Healing Service - A Wholeness and Healing service will be held at St Nicholas' Church, Barkston at 7.30pm on Thursday April 11th.

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Notices Maintenance of the Village Greens Fulbeck Parish Council are currently seeking a contractor to mow the Village Greens. Should you be interested, applicants should have their own equipment and hold Public Liability In-surance to the minimum value of £2.5million. For further details, please contact the Parish Clerk, Philippa Brown on 01400 273413 The Book Swap Shop We have raised £90.10 in donations for Marie Curie rapid re-sponse in the first year of the Book Swap! We would now like people to bring items of interest to display e.g. Old photos, notices, newspaper clippings of village life in Fulbeck. Carol Leadenham Post Office. - As no doubt you now know, Leadenham Post Office is up and running again and if we want to keep this valuable amenity please try and support it, I under-stand it’s future is still in the balance; depends on custom I suppose; so if we want to keep it, use it. Some Dates for Your Diary . – On Sunday 23rd June the gardens of Fulbeck Hall will be open to the public to raise funds for 'The Lincolnshire old Churches Trust' Entry will be by payment at the gate, parking available in the grounds, gardens open from 2pm to 5pm. Re-freshments will be available with profits from the teas going towards Fulbeck Church Fund. I know this is a bit premature but we will need cakes for the teas, if you could provide a cake please contact Philippa Day, Brenda Gilman, or Colette Hughes in good time prior to the event, also volunteers to help serve the teas please. On the following Wednesday, 26th June, the Grantham branch of The British Red Cross, will be organising a picnic in Fulbeck Hall grounds. Over the past few years it has been their custom to hold a picnic in the gardens as a way of raising funds for the cause, and members of the public are welcome to bring a picnic and chairs, then sit and enjoy listening to musical entertainment, watching the sun set while strolling around the gardens, buying a raffle ticket and generally have a very enjoyable evening among friends whilst supporting the British Red Cross. I am not sure how much the entry fee will be yet but it usually includes a glass of wine with more wine to pur-chase if necessary. A reminder of these two dates will be repeated in our June Newsletter. Walk 4 Life by Marylyn Mason 01400 272068 Our informal walking group has emerged into its third year in fine form with up to forty regular walkers. From the few enthusiastic pioneers in 2011 we have steadily grown in numbers each week until at our Christmas walk and lunch at Woodies, Ancaster last year we reached the Big 40! Despite braving snow, wind and mud, we have a remarkable record for enjoying dry and often sunny Monday mornings for our two hour ramble around the countryside surrounding Caythorpe and environs. The reward for all our efforts is coffee/tea and biscuits and a good chat provided in the comfort of the Hammond pavilion by the indefatigable Deanna Hammond. The fundamental aim of Walk 4 Life is to help people who have been advised to take more exercise to improve their health. So, as well as the main group of walkers, who we call the Striders, we also cater for those who cannot manage the three to four mile walks. The ‘Strollers’, take a shorter walk of about one and a half miles at a more gentle pace. Both Striders and Strollers are led by trained volunteer walk leaders who over the past two years have amassed a total of more than 20 different walks. On the first Monday of each month we organise an ‘away’ walk to other parts of the district including Hough on the Hill, Carlton Scroop, Ancaster, Fulbeck, Mar-ston and Welbourn, It is a wonderful way to start the week – fresh air, exercise and good company. We are such a happy band that some

people travel from Grantham by bus to join us! So, if you have been advised to improve your fitness, or you just enjoy walking in the country and making new friends, you will be made most welcome. Bring your dog as well if it is well socialised with people and other dogs. We meet at the Hammond Pavilion in Old Lincoln Road, Caythorpe, every Monday morning at 9.50am for a prompt start at 10 a.m. We look forward to seeing you. Car Boot Sales - Our monthly Car Boot Sales will start again on Saturday, 13th April; these sales take place on our Playing Field on the second Saturday of each month from April through to September, setting up time is from 7am, The pitch fees remain the same at £5, light refresh-ments are available from the Sports Pavilion and parking is available on the field. Proceeds from the pitch fees goes towards the Playing Field and Village Hall fund for the up-keep of these amenities. Thank you for your support.


Neighbourhood Watch - by Brenda Gilman On Tuesday, 5th March, along with my Neighbourhood Watch colleagues, I attended a meeting at South Kesteven District Council, which had been organised and was chaired by District and County Councillor Ray Wootten who had invited the new Police and Crime Commissioner, Alan Hardwick, and Chief Inspector Mark Housley. Mr Hardwick has a plan to have 1,000 'army' of volunteers, unpaid PCSOs, The cost to kit out one volunteer would be around £1,800. Surely it would be better spent on training a few more fully qualified Police Officers, which is what we truly need? He also stated that 'Crime was DOWN' he obviously hadn't seen the list of criminal activities I'd received over the past few days on the 'Watchline'. If you take the Gran-tham Journal (8th March Edition), reporter Neil Graham wrote a full report of the meeting which covers more points raised. A very interesting and informative meeting. The Annual General Meeting of Grantham and District Neighbourhood Watch Asso-ciation will be held on MONDAY, 29TH APRIL in Waltham Girls High School, Kitty Briggs Lane, Grantham, starting at 7pm. The Speaker will be (hopefully) Chief Inspector Mark Housley. . You are very welcome to attend and will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments. I might not have room for all the messages received but will print as many as I can. I have placed a Public Notice in one of our notice boards which states that the Police are currently experiencing a number of incidents where customers are being asked for cash in exchange for goods such as Rings or Watches. These goods are fake and of no value . Please take extra care and if you see anything suspicious, please report it immediately to either store security or ring 101 to contact the Force Control Room. Please read the notice in our notice board, and be aware. Messages - On 19th Jan, a petrol mower was stolen from a garage in the Casthorpe area of Barrowby. Between 17th and 20th Jan, damage was caused to a car in Foston and on 21/22 Jan 4 tyres were damaged on a vehicle on Hough Road, Bran-don. At a date unknown, a petrol can, can of oil, chain saw, and sense energizer were stolen from a property on Main St, Clay-pole also golf clubs and trolley, a chain saw, and an angle grinder was stolen from a shed in Barrowby (also on a date un-known). . At 11.45pm on 27th January, two males attempted to break into outbuildings on Gelston Road, at Hough-on-the-Hill, luckily entry was not gained. About 8.20pm on 31st January, tools were stolen from a van at a farm in Sedgebrook. Overnight on 3rd February, 900 metres of copper cabling was stolen from Heath Lane, Barkston Heath. Between 2nd and 3rd February, 2,600 litres of diesel were stolen from the Sandy Lane area of Marston. At approximately 1.30am on 5th February, a Quad Bike was stolen from a shed in Winters Lane, Long Bennington . A horse box was stolen from a garage during the early hours of 14th February, three males are believed to be involved, and heating oil is constantly being stolen from the area. On19th Febru-ary, an Ivor Williams trailer was stolen from Claypole Lane area of Dry Doddington. On the evening of 19th February a male attended a property on Hough Road, Barkston, claiming to be a Tax Rebate officer. He was approx 40 to 50 years old, white and wearing black overalls, he did not offer Identification. Overnight of 24th February, three doors were stolen from a stable in Church Lane near the roundabout at Long Bennington. Unknown offenders entered a stable on Main Street, Hougham, and stole a petrol lawn mower and items for an electric fencing, and two batteries used to power an electric fence were stolen from Washdyke Lane area of Fulbeck. Between 9am and 4pm on 27th February, there was a theft of cash from St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe and between 27th Feb and 1st March two wheels were removed from a horsebox In Washdyke Lane Fulbeck and then a message was received on 5th March of a spare wheel being stolen from a horsebox on Sudthorpe Hill, Fulbeck. . A shed has been broken into on Frieston Green and a lawnmower stolen and another shed was broken into on Old Lincoln Road, Cay-thorpe, amazingly, nothing was taken, but on the Kings Hill area of Caythorpe, 500 litres of heating oil was stolen. A large amount of cable has been stolen in the area of Ancaster and Byards Leap. Overnight on 10th March, a quantity of tools was stolen from a shed in Barrowby and sometime overnight on 14th March, a black Land Rover Defender reg number ending with CWF was stolen from Vicarage Lane, Long Bennington. The vehicle was found during the morning of 15th March in Moor Lane Long Bennington, its wheels, engine and roof had been removed. I have had more messages but doubt if we will have space for even these I hope so. So now MR HARDWICK, DO YOU STILL THINK CRIME IS DOWN? B Gilman NHW Coordina-

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District Councillor’s Report - by Bob Sampson 01400273873 /07766387872 [email protected] We all look forward to spring properly arriving, as frustrating as the weather has been we have been treated to wonderful drifts of snowdrops and ground cover of aconites in and around the village, just a foretaste of what we can all look forward to as the daffo-dils begin to show their yellow buds. The appalling condition of our roads, lanes and verges , are the source of much comment to me. These have really suffered mostly due to the constant rainfall conditions experienced throughout the long winter. Whilst the Lincolnshire County Council High-ways has attempted to keep abreast of never ending notices of potholes and damaged verges we have sent them throughout the winter, they have not succeeded for several fundamental reasons. Firstly the incomprehensible decision to temporarily signpost diverted traffic along South Heath Lane, a road that is clearly signposted at the A17 end as not being suitable for heavy traffic!! Secondly, whilst acknowledging reported potholes, dangerous road surface failure and continuation of road verge collapse, these all become the subject of further failure again and again because of the cursory repair regime that exists. Such an approach is a classic circular waste of time and ratepayer’s money, achieving nothing whatsoever. Last autumn at a public meeting I questioned the Leader of LCC, Martin Hill on these matters and in particular observations upon the operations of the road repair contracting company retained by the County Council, stressing that they, LCC, were not achieving value for money. I shall again be restating my views, because as we all know it is not just Fulbeck or Heath Ward, but the whole County infrastructure is suffering. Thirdly, I firmly believe that a more robust construction repair specification exists than the present approach of backfilling with tarmac and vibro-compaction. Perhaps we could learn from the maintenance standards used for airfield runways, taxi routes and aprons. An Electoral Review of South Kesteven District Council has commenced. The aim of the review is to regularise the number of electorate represented by each District Councillor. Currently the balance of representation of electorate in Heath Ward is 18% less than what the average should be, based upon the present population throughout SKDC. Presently SKDC comprises 34 Wards served by 58 District Councillors. A recent submission by SKDC to the Local Government Boundary Commission proposes that the number of councillors be reduced to 55. There are three parts to the review timetable, a consultation on the appropriate number of councillors for SKDC commenced 26th February 2013 and ends 8th April 2013. Thereafter a consultation on Ward boundaries will run from 28th May 2013 ending 5th August 2013. Following this the Commission will formulate its draft recommendations in Septem-ber 2013 followed by a further twelve week period of consultation, after which the Commission will formulate its final recommenda-tions which they expect to publish in early 2014.The revised electoral arrangements where they occur within SKDC will be imple-mented at the next ordinary District Council elections in May 2015. Watch this space, I will keep you updated at all stages, you may wish to have your say in the future on any revisions to the boundaries and possible name change of our present Ward. Please note that due to Easter the Silver Bin collection for Monday 1st April 2013 will take place on Saturday 30th March 2013

My future surgery dates are :- Saturday 11th May 2013 Caythorpe Village Hall 11.30am-2.30pm. Saturday 7th July 2013 Fulbeck Village Hall 11.30am-2.30pm.

Leadenham Bowls Club - The Bowls Club season starts in April 2013 and we are looking to recruit additional members. If you are looking for an outdoor leisure pursuit, green bowling could be the answer. You do not need to have any previous experience as you can play and learn in the com-pany of a friendly group of people. The bowls season lasts to the end of August and you can play as often or as little as you wish. Registration for the 2013 season is at the Clubhouse (adjacent to the village hall car park ) at 10.00am Sunday 7th April 2013. If you would like to find out more beforehand, please ring the Secretary for a chat on 01522 810439. If no reply, please leave your contact details on the answer-phone. A Big Thank You! We had a tree blown down at the end of January. across Sudthorpe Hill, causing power and telephone lines to come down. We would like to thank espe-cially Tony Grocock, Andrew Palmer and John Holmes for coming to our aid so quickly and remov-ing all the debris, thus enabling the power to be rein-stated by 7.30 that evening. We would also like to thank all of our neighbours for their forbearance with regard to BT lines, some of which were not con-nected for between one and three weeks, and still everybody smiled!! Thank you, good neighbours. Val & Gren Wollerton


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Legend: SC = Sports Club GS = Garden Society FC = Fulbeck Communications VH = Village Hall & Playing Field Committee PC = Parish Council HH = The Hare & Hounds LVS = LIVES

CS = Craft Shop FH/FM = Fulbeck Hall/Manor MT = Mums & Toddlers CH = Church

OS = Over 60s Club DC = District Councillor VFG = Village Functions Group

CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL– MAY 2013

APRIL 6 SC Bingo 8.30pm 9 OS Meeting 2.00pm 9 GS ‘Gardening in Small Places’ 7.30pm 13 VH Car Boot Sale 9.00am 20 CH Churchyard Cleanup 10.00am 20 SC Bingo 8.30pm 22 PC Meeting 7.30pm 23 OS Meeting 2.00pm

MAY 4 SC Bingo 8.30pm 5 SC Cricket (away) 7 OS Meeting 2.00pm 8 PC Annual Parish Meeting 8.00pm 10 CH Stained Glass Windows 7.30pm 11 VH Car Boot Sale 9.00am 11 DC Surgery 11.30am 12 SC Cricket (home) 2.00pm 14 GS ‘English Roses’ 7.30pm 18 SC Bingo 8.30pm 18 SC Newsletter Deadline 19 SC Cricket (away) 21 OS Meeting 2.00pm 22 SC Cricket (home) 2.00pm

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