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Ashford Friars Prep SchoolRegistrations now being taken for Reception and Year 3

“My child is so confi dent and independent since joining Reception at Ashford Friars. He really benefi ts from the small class sizes, the excellent facilities and the varied mix of lessons. He loves Music and Movement, ICT and is very much enjoying hockey. His reading and writing is just

amazing too.” Parent, February 2012

Contact our Admissions Secretary, Mrs Jenny Garrard,on 01233 620493 to book a tour with the Headmaster

or email [email protected].

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Hi everyone,

I must start this month by thanking those of you that have been sending in jokes for the “Wit & Wisdom” page. Emails relating to a variety of diff erent subjects have contained a contribution of wit tagged onto the end., and a special thank you goes to Mo Charlton for sending me numerous jokes and sayings, as well as adding me to his email circulation of witty repartee. Wit & Wisdom lives on!

As this magazine arrives we are about to head into Easter and our thoughts turn to time off from work (yippee), family get togethers and CHOCOLATE Easter Eggs! I’m sure that a very respectable period of time has now elapsed since Mother’s Day so I’m more than ready for my next chocolate fi x.

Easter tends to be the fi rst opportunity to get out into the open and enjoy the spring sunshine, I do so hope that the weather continues to be good through the holiday period, it’s such a tonic. For those of you planning to tackle the garden, you‘ll fi nd all the help you need within these pages, hopefully this will make it that little easier and enjoyable. You can than sit back with your Easter Eggs at hand and enjoy the fruits of your labour.

As I write a thought just crossed my mind, isn’t it strange that I have no-one advertising chocolate in this magazine? I would make such a good sponsor!

Have a great Easter ~ Enjoy!

~ DebbieT: 01233 720488e:[email protected]:www.thevillagedirectory.co.uke:[email protected]

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Spring is in full swing – the birds are shouting, blossom is blossoming and the garden has sprung into life. The tasks for the month are too long to list, but one of them – if tackled now will save you lots of time and eff ort as the season progresses, in fact if you leave it too long, you may go off gardening for life when you fi nally get to it. I’m talking about weeding.

Weeding is one of the (many) onerous gardening tasks and the rate at which the pesky things grow is amazing. They spread while you’re not looking or while you’re too busy with the other growing pile of – insert pile of choice – ironing? Dishes? Clutter? Paperwork? The thing about weeds is that they’re very competitive with anything else that grows; they’ve evolved over millennia to out-compete all the namby cultivated plants. They’ve learned to germinate earlier, while the soil is still cold and wet, and to hang on in there, some of them re-growing from a tiny speck of root when you think you’ve pulled the blighters up.

There are two main types of weed – perennial (there forever) and annual (living for just one year, but spreading their seed around - forever). Perennials are tough and can spread quickly by sending out runners and underground roots that are hard to eradicate, especially when they grow among existing

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plants. Annual weeds seem easier to control, but some can germinate and set their own seed within 3 weeks. And each plant contains thousands of seeds that can lie dormant in the soil for years.

It helps if you can identify the seedling leaves of weeds – that way you can get rid of them before they start spreading (key in ‘weed seedling identifi cation’ on the computer and lots of useful info pops up). If you can get to them early, you may just need a hoe (and a trowel for the tricky ones left over from last year). I try to pull up weeds whenever I walk through the garden (and then leave irritating little piles of them around the place). But weeding regularly will help you to stay on top of them.

So pick up your hoe, or choose an alternative weapon of mass destruction (but try to be kind to wildlife – skulls on the side of weedkiller packaging don’t bode well) and prepare for battle.

Jo Arnell runs Gardening workshops in Woodchurch 01233 861186 www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk

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Hello Everyone, Mowgli here. I hope you are Hello Everyone, Mowgli here. I hope you are all well and enjoying the spring weather. It all well and enjoying the spring weather. It has been quite a busy month in our house. has been quite a busy month in our house. Do you remember how I said it was cold Do you remember how I said it was cold going outside in the snow as I had clipped going outside in the snow as I had clipped patches on my side? I was worried I might patches on my side? I was worried I might get pneumonia but I was fi ne. It was Dennis get pneumonia but I was fi ne. It was Dennis the goat who got pneumonia just as the the goat who got pneumonia just as the snow was thawing. He is very very old and snow was thawing. He is very very old and he got pneumonia in the snow once before he got pneumonia in the snow once before so whenever it gets cold the goats get so whenever it gets cold the goats get special treatment (blooming goats. They special treatment (blooming goats. They are always getting special treatment as they are always getting special treatment as they are so naughty!)- extra straw in their shed, are so naughty!)- extra straw in their shed, extra insulation on their shed and an extra extra insulation on their shed and an extra two meals a day with lots of carbohydrate two meals a day with lots of carbohydrate to help keep them warm. Anyway, despite to help keep them warm. Anyway, despite all this poor old Dennis got pneumonia and all this poor old Dennis got pneumonia and had to be examined every day and to have had to be examined every day and to have

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a course of injections. Ebony and I increased a course of injections. Ebony and I increased the frequency of our ‘goat watch’ from the the frequency of our ‘goat watch’ from the window to check on him and on day 3 we were window to check on him and on day 3 we were pleased to see that things were returning to pleased to see that things were returning to normal- Clive was injecting Dennis and Dennis normal- Clive was injecting Dennis and Dennis was running at Clive and trying to butt him. was running at Clive and trying to butt him. He didn’t look back from that moment on and He didn’t look back from that moment on and I don’t know who was more pleased when the I don’t know who was more pleased when the course of injections was over- Dennis or Clive!course of injections was over- Dennis or Clive!

The other reason we have been busy this The other reason we have been busy this month is that there is building work in the fi eld month is that there is building work in the fi eld next to our garden. Every day a new and even next to our garden. Every day a new and even bigger piece of machinery arrives. The goats bigger piece of machinery arrives. The goats have been on watch- duty as well as they can have been on watch- duty as well as they can see quite well through our fence. They have see quite well through our fence. They have spent so much time at the fence bleating and spent so much time at the fence bleating and snorting at the workmen that some of them snorting at the workmen that some of them have even come to ask if the goats are alright! have even come to ask if the goats are alright! I think they are more than alright, I think they I think they are more than alright, I think they are fascinated..... I have to admit that I do not are fascinated..... I have to admit that I do not like the large machinery much. All the bits of like the large machinery much. All the bits of machinery seem to be yellow . Our vacuum machinery seem to be yellow . Our vacuum cleaner is also yellow and that scares me too. cleaner is also yellow and that scares me too.

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I would like to point out here that I am of I would like to point out here that I am of course a terribly brave cat- being scared of course a terribly brave cat- being scared of a JCB just seems sensible to me! I hope that a JCB just seems sensible to me! I hope that by next month I can report that the machines by next month I can report that the machines have moved on!have moved on!

Do you remember I mentioned a stray grey Do you remember I mentioned a stray grey cat we had at the Clinic last month? Well, I can cat we had at the Clinic last month? Well, I can report that he has found a wonderful home. report that he has found a wonderful home. He has even been re-named Montgomery He has even been re-named Montgomery after the clinic. Ebony and I hope that he after the clinic. Ebony and I hope that he settles in quickly and soon establishes with settles in quickly and soon establishes with his humans that he is head of the household!his humans that he is head of the household!

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The Handy Household - New Ways With NewspapersWhile we all know that our daily newspaper is a source of news and entertainment, what you might not realise is that it is an extremely useful product to keep around the house. So, next time you’re about to recycle your old newspapers, stop for a minute and consider the following uses.Newspaper is a very absorbent material - it has to be to absorb the ink that’s printed on it. But this means that it’s also fantastic at absorbing all sorts of moisture. One of the most useful ways of taking advantage of this characteristic is that of drying out leather shoes and bags. Simply place crumpled newspaper in the shoes or bag overnight and in the morning not only will they be dry, but there won’t be any water stains.If you come home with wet wellies or snow boots, placing them on a pile of old newspapers will avoid creating messy puddles on the fl oor.Newspaper will absorb any odours in shoes, lunch boxes or vegetable drawers. Just place a balled-up piece of newspaper in the offending items and it will deodorise them in no time.You can use newspaper for cleaning tough marks off mirrors and windows by using cleaning fl uid on the paper. To clean antique glass that might be damaged by cleaning solutions, use the paper with a solution of one part white vinegar to one part warm water.With all these versatile uses, let’s hope the digital age doesn’t signal the end for the newspaper, because it’s clearly not just for reading the news.

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The Cabriole leg design has been around for hundreds of years and was commonly used in this country in the time of Queen Anne and Chippendale. It’s a wonderful aesthetic shape when carved and shaped correctly, and is normally fi nished at the base by a simple pad shape, although looks even more interesting with a well carved hoof or ball and claw.

Four footed mammals were the basis of the cabriole leg design, especially mammals like the goat. (They are part of the ungulate family which is not interesting at all, but I wanted to write the word ungulate).

Years ago I broke my left leg, actually crashing into a car at 60 miles an hour whilst sitting on the back of a motorbike is what really broke my leg! I was a little alarmed at the consequential cast that was applied, I say it wasn’t the cast, but the way it exaggerated the shape of my God given leg. I would like to blame the aforementioned crash for the odd shape but alas, another Tozer confession in this magazine will have to reveal that God gave me the legs of an ungulate.

Basically I have a little bowed leg issue, my Dad used to say, for instance, that my legs were so bowed I couldn’t stop a pig in a passage. Another favourite of his was that, on coming to see me take part in the school sports day, he said “that I looked like an egg whisk trying to run”.

It was only then that I stared down at this oddly shaped cast and realised that my Dad had been right all along.

I was actually half goat. So I have been thinking.

On the upside however, if I unfortunately loose a leg, I have loads of Cabriole legs to choose from at my furniture Emporium.

I was thinking I would probably go for one with the ball and claw feature, which could

be an improvement to my human feet. I will also go for a little decoration, like a shell motif carved around the knee area, so once I am dressed and greeting my customers no one will ever know any diff erence!

Richard Tozer

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Size mattersStart by considering the size of desk you require. The bigger the better – you will never regret having plenty of space on which to spread out. Do you also need a table and chairs for meetings, or perhaps a sofa or chaise longue on which to recline and read or think? And storage is vital, whether it’s a shelf above the desk, plan chests, fi ling cabinets, drawers or stacking boxes. Bear in mind that some things will need to be within arm’s reach, while less-used items can be stored on high shelves or deep cupboards, not necessarily in the same room. In awkward rooms, such as lofts, under-stairs or other small areas, built-in storage will make the most of the space; otherwise you may consider cheaper, free-standing options.

Get technicalA good start is to count up your electrical appliances and ensure that you install enough plug sockets in the right places (about three inches above the work surface is good, plus some hidden lower down, too) to accommodate them all. Place electrical items together so you don’t end up with long stretches of cable between them, and clip trailing wires to backs of table legs where possible. Alternatively, going wireless eliminates some cables entirely, and gives you greater fl exibility about where to site your equipment.

Light fantasticGood task and general lighting is vital to avoid eye strain when working at home. The more natural light the better – though beware glare from direct sun, and position your desk at right angles to a window if possible. For working on dim days and in the evenings, fi t overhead lighting that doesn’t cast any shadows over your working area – track lighting, spots inset into the ceiling and wall lamps are all options. Desk lamps should ideally be adjustable. Alternatively, consider wiring one or two adjustable lamps into the wall above your desk.

Fabulous furnitureConventional offi ce furnishings are great for effi ciency, but tend to look out of place in a home. While ensuring that your desk and chair are comfortable, seek out furnishings that suit your

Home OfficeWhether you have a dedicated

room, a corner of the kitchen,

a converted outbuilding or are

simply looking to squeeze an

offi ce in under the stairs, our

expert Katherine Sorrell’s guide

will help you create a work

space that’s not just effi cient and

functional, but also inviting and

comfortable.

In this pretty home offi ce, a wall shelf and natural, neutral storage boxes, baskets, bags and trays from The Holding

Company (020 8445 2888; theholdingcompany.co.uk) provide a variety of storage for papers and other work essentials.

Create the Perfectleisure

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home and your personality. Plenty of chain stores and independent shops sell home offi ce furniture at a range of prices, but you could also consider hunting around junk shops, second-hand offi ce furniture stores and salvage yards for interesting alternatives, such as old school lockers, a trestle resting on a pair of metal fi ling cabinets, a distressed kitchen unit or a desktop made from blackboard. Add functional accessories that will brighten up your day, such as colourful waste bins or funky pen holders, and some fi nishing touches, such as plants, pictures and scented candles that will make this a space where you really want to spend time.

Shared spacesIf your offi ce space is shared with your dining room, kitchen, bedroom or living room, you will probably want to conceal it as much as possible when it’s not in use. Build a large cupboard in a recess next to a chimneybreast, for example, and behind the doors you should be able to squeeze in a desk with some shelving above. In a kitchen you might consider removing a unit. That said, think carefully about whether the room’s two purposes will confl ict – if you need to work with the children running around, or when a partner wants to sleep, it’s going to be a problem. You might be better off converting the loft, or fi tting an offi ce under the stairs, on a large landing or even in the garden shed.

Top: This clever extendable letter rack can either be placed on your desk or mounted on the wall. Extension magazine rack, £35.55, Red Candy (0121 2247728; redcandy.co.uk).

Bottom: File away your work disks in plain and simple labelled boxes. Kassett CD boxes with lids, £2.99 each, Ikea (0845 358 3363; ikea.co.uk).


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Seasonal Delights

BASE• 3 eggs • 70g caster sugar• 50g plain fl our • 2 tbsp cocoa powderMOUSSE• 2 x 150g bars good quality white chocolate, broken into pieces

• 3 tbsp milk • 1 tsp vanilla extract• 300ml double cream • 3 large egg whites

• 2 tsp powdered gelatineGLAZE

• 85g plain chocolate • 20g unsalted butter• 4 tbsp double cream

• Melted white chocolate and small candy coated chocolate eggs, to decorate

Serves 8Perfect for a special Easter Sunday meal this indulgent dessert has a chocolate sponge base, creamy white chocolate mousse fi lling and a rich and dark chocolate glaze. It can be prepared the day before or made a couple of weeks in advance and frozen.

Easter Chocolate Mousse Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and line the base of a 20 cm round spring-form tin. To make the base, whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until very thick and pale – the whisk should leave a trail in the mixture when lifted.

Ready in1¼ hours plus 3 - 4 hours chilling

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2. Sift over the fl our and cocoa and fold in gently. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 12-15 minutes until just springy to the touch. Turn out and leave to cool completely. Clean the tin and lightly grease and re-line the base. Place the cold sponge in the base of the tin.

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Caulifl owerGreensKaleSwede

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3. To make the mousse, place the white chocolate, milk and vanilla extract in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water and leave until melted. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth then stir in 4 tbsp of the cream.

4. Dissolve the gelatine in 2 tbsp hot water. Cool for a few minutes then stir into the chocolate mixture. Softly whip the rest of the cream and fold into the chocolate mixture. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold in. Spoon the mousse over the sponge base and chill for 3-4 hours until set.

5. For the chocolate glaze, melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat, stir until smooth then stir in the cream. Leave until cool and thick enough to spread, stirring occasionally.

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Harringe Plants have a wide range of seeds, bulbs, plants and shrubs available for your spring planting, along with a large range of composts, planters and pots and many gardening accessories. Many of the plants on sale have been grown in the nursery and therefore are of excellent quality. Staff are on hand to off er help and advice. Harringe Plants belong to the National Gardens Gift Voucher Scheme.

AGM Fencing are well known locally for their supply and fi tting service .They manufacture on-site using treated timber and will fi t to your requirements.Martin can also supply materials or panels for you to fi t yourself and is always willing to off er help and advice.

Potten Farm Shop off er a wide range of Kent produce when in season .We support our local farmers and growers whenever possible. As well as fruit and vegetables we off er a good selection of jams and preserves, local honey, locally produced milk and cream, frozen locally sourced meat and game (when in season) , Korkers range of sausage products and Kentish Mayde pies and meat puddings.

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EVENTS AprilThe Ashford Branch of Kent Beekeepers Association meet on 1st April, at their Apiary site, Cheesemans Green Lane, Mersham, TN25 7HX for the fi rst inspection of their hives, weather permitting. Anyone with an interest in learing about beekeeping please contact Peggy Wood 01233 503074

Sellindge Village Hall Restoration Fund There will be a tabletop on Saturday 7 April at The Village Hall from 10 - 4. There will be bric-a-brac, books, refreshments, raffl e and lots more.Please come along and support this charity. Tables £5 or £8 on the day if there are any left.Please ring 01303.813475 for tables.

Aldington & Bonnington Gardening Society next meeting is on Thursday the 12th April when we will have a talk on “A Year in the life of a Honey Bee” by Mrs Mary Hill. We meet at Aldington Village Hall 7.45pm for 8.00pm. Visitors welcome. For further information contact Colin Evans 01233720618.

14th April Coff ee Morning with Craft Stallsin Aldington Village Hall from 10.30am to 1pm Cake Donations Welcome. We hope you will come and support this event toraise funds for a great day together in our villages of Aldington and

Bonnington to Celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee on 4th June 2012. For further information call Sue 01233 720394

Smeeth W.I. will meet a week later than usual due to Easter Bank Holiday. Our meeting will be on Monday 16th April, at 7.30 pm at the Brabourne and Smeeth Village Hall when our speaker will be Margaret Gibbs who will demonstrate the delicate art of “Spring Flower Arranging”. Visitors are always most welcome and should you need further information, please contact Joy Taylor on 01303 812165 or Kathleen MacPhee on 03103 812536.

Brabourne & Smeeth Horticultural Society next meeting will be on Friday April 27 with George Puddefoot speaking on the subject of Fuchsias & Pelargoniums (National Collection) 7.15 for 7.30 pm. Visitors and new members will be made very welcome. For further info contact Wendy Sanders on 01303 813 451.Lympne Village Hall is holding a Garage Safari on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Maps will be on sale at the Village Shop from 2nd May. Maps and refreshments will be on sale at the Village Hall from 9.00 am – 1.00 pm There is ample free parking in the car park and toilets. Raising Funds for the Village Hall Floor Fund

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Afternoon Car Boot Fairs - 2012 The Sellindge Sports and Social club will be hosting car boot fairs on the following dates: 14th April, 12th May, 16th June , 14th July, 18th August, 8th September &13th October. £5.00 per boot - no booking required. Set up 11 am - no entry will be allowed before this time. Public are requested not to arrive before 12 noon. Refreshments and toilets in the Clubhouse. Free Car Parking and Entry. Homemade Cake Stall. Any queries ring 01303 812955 up to 10 am on the day of the event. Full details available at www.sellindgeclub.co.uk.

Food at the Clubhouse Visit Steve at the Club and enjoy excellent quality, homemade pub favourites. We off er good quality pub cuisine including Chicken/Lamb Curry, Lasagne & Chips, Ham, Eggs and Chips - Adults from £5 and Children from £3.00. We would like to provide some additional entertainment for our younger customers, therefore, we would be grateful for any toy or children’s book donations. Weekly Activities: Whist Drive - Every Tues starting at 7.30 pm. Only £1 to play. For further information on 01303 812437. This is a very friendly whist drive, we do not take ourselves too seriously so if you would like to learn how to play or are a bit rusty and would like some lessons please contact Angela on 01303 814511. Cash Bingo - Every Thursday evening starting at 8 pm. All welcome to join in the fun, from £1 to play (full set of 6 books £6). The more playing, the bigger the prizes! If you would like any further information please call the Clubhouse on 01303 812437.

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Spring is here at last, and with it comes the end of a dreadful dilemma that has been plaguing me since November – whether to turn on the central heating or not?

Our new house is a dreadful wind-tunnel. An icy blast rips straight through it from the ill-fi tting front door to the catfl ap in the kitchen. The dining room that serves as my offi ce is right in the middle of the house and man! Is it cold! The fact that the ancient wooden sash windows are more gap than glass doesn’t help, but as the house is listed and in a conservation area they can’t be replaced.

The central heating comes on at 6.30am, the boiler coming alive with a rattle and a roar that served the entire household as an alarm-clock until we got used to it. By 7am the house is toasty – almost too toasty, in fact. Then one by one the family emerges, blinking and bleary, breakfasts, and departs for whatever quotidian joys await. Leaving me and my dilemma.

The heating is timed to go off at 9.30, and within a few moments the house has gone polar again. I could just turn it on again, but it seems wasteful to heat the whole house when I’m sitting on my tod in a single room. On the other hand I could go round turning off all the radiators in the rooms that aren’t being used, but it takes forever and anyway, I no longer particularly want to go into my teenage son’s room. I’m sure some the old washing that’s strewn about the place is alive and could well be dangerous. Besides, then I’d have to do the same tour again and turn all the radiators on when the heating shudders back into life at 4.30. Could I be bothered? I most certainly could not!

The alternative is to make do with a single bar of the ancient electric fi re in the dining room. This does the job all right – on one side of me, which gets char-grilled, while the other remains deep frozen.

But here’s the dilemma (and it’s one that we middle-class liberals get genuinely hand-wringing about, so don’t laugh): which alternative is the less destructive to Lifeboat

Earth? Is it the carbon-rich fumes wheezing into the atmosphere from the fl ue of the gas boiler, or is it whatever eco-outrages are perpetrated in order to squirt a trickle of current into the electric fi re? I really don’t know, and it’s doing my head in.

On a more prosaic note, I don’t know which alternative is the more expensive, either. A manlier man than me could probably read the meters and sort the data to make meaningful comparisons. But for me and the bills it’s out of sight, out of mind.

There is, of course, a politically correct option, which would be to insulate the house properly. But how do you insulate a 17th-century cottage without ripping out the entire interior and, eff ectively, starting from scratch? Cavity wall insulation? Don’t make me laugh! The windows we’ve already dealt with. As for loft insulation – well, the loft is the attic bedroom, my son’s sinister eyrie. If you tried to clad the sloping ceiling with insulating foam and then put up the necessary plasterboard the headroom would be reduced still further and the poor boy would have to bend double to get in. And anyway, even if there are grants available towards the cost I have a feeling that persuading the landlord to make any additional investment that might be necessary would be about as easy as converting Iran to Wesleyan Methodism.

So there’s only one thing for it. Before next winter comes, I’ll have to buy a jumper.

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Art and Camera Club The next meeti ng is on Tuesday April 10 from 10am -12md. If you have an interest in art or photography you will be made very welcome. You are encouraged to bring your own materials, although some are available. We are holding an Art and Photograph Exibiti on, displaying works of art that members have done on Friday evening, Saturday 13 and 14 April. For more details please phone Mike on 01303 812484 Meeti ng Point We will meet at the church on April 26 at 12.30pm for lunch, followed by a guest speaker. For further details please call Tim 01303 813257 or Cathy 01303 814132MP’S Surgery: Our MP Damian Collins, will be holding his monthly surgery at the church from 3.45pm to 4.30pm on Friday April 20 If you have any questi ons, complaints or comments, please book an appointment by e-mailing your name, post code, subject and message to: shepwayconservati [email protected] or telephone 01303 253 524 Café Wednesday: Open every Wednesday from 10am to 11.30am. Drop in for coff ee, biscuits, company and a warm friendly atmosphere. Choice of books available. Everyone Welcome: children too! Graham Kingston, our Community Warden, will try

to be there on the fi rst Wednesday of every month, should anyone need to see himMen’s Full English Breakfast On Saturday April 28 from 8.15am. All men are warmly invited (church goers or not). The guest speaker will be Rick Woodward of Bessels Green Bapti st Church in Sevenoaks, and his talk is enti tled ‘My God is Real’. Rick is acti vely involved in the Hospice Movement in Romania and all proceeds will be in aid of ‘Hospices of Hope’, an organisati on which has established a network of hospices in that country and trained thousands of doctors and nurses in hospice techniques. Please phone Ian Ruck 01303 813743 or e-mail: [email protected] asap to book your place, by April 26 latest . A contributi on of £3 per person is requested on the day.Easter Celebrati onsMaundy Thursday April 5 at 7.30pm; ‘Preparing for Easter’Good Friday April 6: ‘Walk of Witness’. Please meet at BBC at 10.30amEaster Sunday at 7am; Sunrise Service at Devil’s Kneading Trough. If you want to walk from the village, please contact Geoff Thorpe 01303 813152Easter Sunday at 10.30am “Celebrati ng the Resurrecti on of Jesus” with an Easter Egg Hunt for the children

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SudokuLympne Short Mat Bowling Monday and Thursdays from 7.00 p.m. to 9.45p.m. in the Village Hall. Annual Subscription is £20.00 and the green fees are £2.00 per evening. For more information call Mick or Marian Hatton on 01303 814274

The Sellindge Get Together Club Meet in the Durling Hall at Sellindge, next to the main hall, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on the second Wednesday in the month. If you would like to come just come to our meetings or phone 01303 813528 for more details.

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Why do I need a seasonal tune up now? When seasons change extra demands are placed on the energy of our bodies and we are more prone to illness or feeling down. The ancient system of acupuncture works in tune with nature and eases this time of transition. Spring is a time of new growth and rejuvenation but the change from cold, short days to lighter evenings and more warmth can leave people being vulnerable to illness or lacking emotional strength.

Prevention is better than waiting until we become ill or emotionally run down and yet many people take more care of their car than their mind and body! The car may have regular servicing and care, so what about our physical and emotional needs? Having a seasonal acupuncture tune up makes sense in helping to ward off potential illness, or making us stronger to fi ght any existing conditions. Acupuncture works not only by addressing the symptoms, but also by improving the energy imbalances that are regarded as the underlying causes.

Acupuncturists look at the whole person and may give dietary and lifestyle advice, as well as teaching how to relax and boost health and energy using the ancient art of qi gong. Learn about some of these and other intriguing techniques such as cupping and moxibustion, in my next article. The national Acupuncture Awareness Week (27th February - 4th March) highlighted the growing interest in acupuncture. So fi nd out more and benefi t from this safe and natural treatment.

Stephen Bayliss

SPRING: The Time Of New Growth And A Seasonal A c u p u n c t u r e Tune Up Feeling tired and run down physically or emotionally after the winter cold and snow? Still recovering from those niggling ailments such as colds and fl u? Acupuncture helps a wide range of physical and emotional conditions from muscle/ back pain to stress and anxiety. But you don’t need to be ill to have acupuncture. A quarterly seasonal tune up using acupuncture can help reduce sickness, boost energy levels and improve overall wellbeing.

BSc(Hons), BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd, Lic. Ac, MBAcCAcupuncturist, Acupuncture Kent.

Stephen has clinics in Hythe and Folkestone.For more information see www.acupuncture-kent.co.uk, telephone 01303 253304, or email [email protected] Copyright: Stephen Bayliss, February 2012

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Each morning your bank would deposit £86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize had rules, just as any game has certain rules. The fi rst set of rules would be:

1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you.

2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.

3. You may only spend it.

Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another £86,400.00 for that day.

The second set of rules:

1. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, “It’s over, the game is over!”

2. It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do?

You would buy anything and everything you wanted, right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right? Even for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, right?

ACTUALLY, THIS GAME IS REALITY!

Each of us is in possession of such a “magical” bank. We just can’t seem to see it. THE MAGICAL BANK IS TIME! Each awakening morning we receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us. What we haven’t lived up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone. Each morning the account is refi lled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time... WITHOUT WARNING.

WELL, what will you do with your 86,400 seconds?

Aren’t they worth so much more than the same amount in pounds? Think about that, and always think of this:

Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.

So take care of yourself, and enjoy life!

.

Two elderly ladies had been

friends for many decades. Over

the years, they had shared all

kinds of activities and adventures.

LatelyTheir activities had been limited to

meeting a few times a week to play

cards. One day they were playing

cards when one looked at the other

And said “now dont get mad at

me....I know weve been friends for

a long time, but i cant think of your

name! Ive thought and thought

But i cant remember it. Please tell

me what your name is”

Her friend glared at her for at

least three minutes she just stared

and glared at her. Finally she said

“how soon do you need to know”

I had a very happy childhood; every summer dad would squeeze me into a car tyre and roll me down all the hills. They were goodyears!

Overheard at a rowing boat lake:

“Come in number 9, your time is

up!”2nd voice, “Number 9 isn‛t out

today John, it‛s being repainted in

the shed”Original voice, “number 6, do you

need any help?”

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