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CHILDREN’S HOBBY PAGE My love of snakes My love of snakes began on my 8 th birthday party when mum hired the reptile road show for my special day. All my friends shrieked and squealed at the lizards, snakes, scorpions and all the other fantastic animals whilst I was handling them like they were my own pets. As I held the corn snake I was fascinated by the gorgeous creature, this is where I discovered my passion for snakes. Snakes are so misunderstood like many of the other remarkable reptiles out there, people see snakes as long slimy ribbon like worm things but this is far from the truth they are so smooth against the cheek and their lack of legs is just how they evolved so we shouldn’t prejudge them, if I’m being totally honest snakes are the best and calmest pet I have ever encountered and owned and trust me I should know one wall in my bedroom is totally covered in vivariums! It was last year when I finally persuaded mum to let me have 2 baby garter snakes for my 13 th birthday. Although it was not all plain sailing. Not even 15 minutes after beginning to handling them at home they both escaped! So we stripped my bedroom and found both again phew. One was called ‘twiggy’ and the other was ‘speedy’ and I smothered them with all my love until one tragic day when we had to move them into another tank because the previous was too small, but the doors were not sealed properly and both escaped. We searched and searched for the little critters but could not find them, I was truly devastated. 6 months later I found myself scrolling the pages of preloved (second hand market) when I saw an ad about a lonely sunglow corn snake that needed a good home as the owners couldn’t look after her anymore. Out of curiosity I began to research about corn snakes and found that they were probably the calmest snakes of all and came in many wonderful colours. I showed mum the ad and explained how magnificent they were and about 8 weeks later I had this beautiful snake on my lap driving back from just the other side of the Humber Bridge where I got her. She is a beautiful ruby red colour with fiery saddles and so calm, because of her amazing colour I decided to name her Maple as in the rosy red colour of maple leaves in the autumn. Soon after I decided that Maple needed a friend. Since then I have gained more and more corns from all over the country until I ended up with 10. This is when I chose to breed them. Dad converted an old fridge into an incubator after I put my snakes through brumation (which is a type of hibernation that mimics the period of rest before the breeding season begins for corn snakes in the wild). I selected which girls and boys I wanted to mate. My girls didn’t let me down and began laying eggs 58 days later. I put them in the incubator which has to stay at 28 – 30 degrees and hey presto 68 days later 9 baby snakes hatched. I’m still waiting for 3 other clutches to hatch. As my snakes eat mice, I breed them too, which is another story for another day. My ambition for the future is to be the first person in the UK to own a scale-less corn snakes which are very rare and worth a fortune!!! Faith Mutti Do you have a hobby or skill or any interesting stories you would like to write about here, up to about 500 words – and any pictures? villagevoice@mmhome.me.uk 588414 10 Canon Peter Coates (Rural Dean), Tel. 01790 752526, Email peter.coates@onetel.net USEFUL INFORMATION Citizens Advice Bureau ~ 08701 224422 Anglian Water ~ 0800 145145 (24hrs) PCSO Keith Briggs 07825 100408 Lincolnshire Police non emergency number is 0300 111 0300 ( 24 hour service) NHS Direct – 0845 4647 . If it is not a 999 emergency, but you need medical help fast you now ring 111 Skegness Hospital ~ 01754 762401 Electricity loss of supply ~ 0800 0568090 Boston Pilgrim Hospital ~ 01205 364801 Lincoln County Hospital ~ 01522 512512 Call Connect Bus Service - ring 0845 234 334 or online at www.lincsinterconnect.com. The mobile Post Office - George & Dragon Pub on Tues. & Thurs. 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Mobile Library service will be in the George & Dragon yard from 10.15am - 10.45am monthly on Mondays (see link on website) Red Cross Link Community member Eileen Jackson ~ 01507 588273 Samaritans - 0845 790 9090 Childline – Lincolnshire 0800 3895272 National Drugs Helpline 0800 77 66 00 RSPCA – 0300 1234 999 (24hrs) District Councillor Mrs L-J Marfleet contact details – 01507 534672 L-J.Marfleet@e-lindsey.gov.uk Tetford Doctors Surgery ~ 01507 533233 Spilsby Doctors Surgery ~ 08444 773309 Horncastle Doctors Surgery ~ 01507 522477 Sir Peter Tapsell MP for Louth and Horncastle Contact details:- Constituency: 01507 603713 Office: 020 7219 4477 House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Helpful contact details . . . . Macmillan Cancer Support Line at Home, over the Phone - free 0800 808 00 00 Relate (Couple counselling) & Boston Cruse – Bereavement Support – 01205 315920 Lincolnshire Carers Partnership www.lincolnshirecarers.co.uk tel: 01522 554214, email carerspartnership@lincolnshire.gov.uk If you are a carer and need emergency help the Partnership team are available on 01522 782224 Louth & District Seniors Forum exist to promote the welfare of older people; provide information; represent the views of the over 50s. Tel: 0797 488 0157 (mobile) or write to them at PO Box 31, Louth Delivery Office, 15 Eastgate, Louth, LN11 9ND AgeUK - Home Support Service; fully insured help of all kinds; hourly rates apply - 01507 524798 Age UK Advice: 0800 169 6565 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Spilsby (opposite theatre on Church St) 01754 762528 Served from Skegness, 01754 762528 fralexadkins@gmail.co Horncastle, St Mary’s Church, contact - tel: 01526 352245, email catholic.church.woodhallspa@gmail.com METHODIST CHAPELS:- http://www.midlincs.org.uk/ Horncastle, Queen Street. SPILSBY, Market St contact - Geoff Tamblin 01790 752411, geoff.tamblin@btinternet.com 3
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH HAGWORTHINGHAM COMMUNITY If you need to speak to a Priest please contact Canon Peter Coates (Rural Dean), The New Vicarage, Church Street, Spilsby, Lincs. PE23 5DU Tel. 01790 752526, Email peter.coates@onetel.net We were all saddened by the death of our Rector The Rev. Adrian Sullivan. He will be greatly missed for his guidance, help and support, we shall miss his sense of humour. He was not just our Rector but our friend. Saturday 19 June was our Annual Gift Day, traditionally held on the weekend of Trinity Sunday. This year £240 was raised on the day for Church funds. The P.C.C. are grateful to everyone for their generosity. With the help of the Archdeacon, the Architect and Heating Engineer we are hoping the new heating system will be installed before too long. The new boiler will be situated in the Vestry. The hold up is still the problem of obtaining a faculty (permission from the Church authorities) and listed building planning from East Lindsey. This continues to take an inordinate amount of the Church Wardens time and effort. The care of the Churchyard continues and we are very grateful for the help of volunteers. It is looking really beautiful at the moment. FREE TREES! Deano has some unusual trees in pots to give away. They will grow into mid- to large trees. Contact him on 588543 and see the parish web site for details to find out more. Visit to local Permaculture Demonstration Project 3rd July. On Sunday 3rd July, there will be the opportunity to visit Deano Martin's Permaculture Project on the edge of the village for a guided tour. An explanation of just what the words mean will be followed by the chance to see the range of interesting food growing and the management approached Deano is developing The British Beekeepers Association have just launched a new web page to help people who think that they have a swarm. It takes you through the stages to identify a swarm, showing the other common insects that are often mistaken for Honey bees. Once you have established that you have a swarm, there is a link that will give you a list of registered swarm collectors within a 10 mile radius of your post code. The link is http://www.bbka.org.uk/help/do_you_have_a_swarm.php 8 MONEY RAISED IN THE VILLAGE……. The RNLI house to house collection in the village raised £224.77 Thank you to all who gave. Anne Brearley A thank you from Vanessa Maidens........... Thank you to everyone who came to the charity quiz at the George and Dragon, when we raised the sum of £266. Hagg2000 donated a further £100 and my Mum (Jenny Redman) raised oddments too. So the final sum was £400. Thank you to all of you who gave money, time and raffle prizes. The money was sent to Fletcher Ward of Nottingham City Hospital where my son Anthony (he's 19) has been receiving treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Thank you, Vanessa Manor House Garden The garden was opened for the first time for the National Garden Scheme at the end of May. Over £600 was raised to be split between the NGS Charities and the Church in Hagworthingham. Grateful thanks go to all the helpers. Since then a Garden Group has visited and several other groups are booked in during the summer. The second open day for NGS is August bank holiday Monday (29). The garden will also be one of the gardens open on 10 July for the Church / LIVES event. Photo by Viv Stacey on Open day GEORGE AND DRAGON GOLF SOCIETY Mike Thompson lead the troops down to Sandilands golf club for the Hagworthingham golf society’s latest day. Fifteen ventured out on a breezy day, with no shelter from the elements making scoring tricky for some. Unusually unaffected by wind Gary Bennett romped home by 5 shots with an impressive 42 points. Martin Ross was our runner up with John Redman (last month’s winner) making a better defence of the title than our previous winner, both with a creditable 37 points. Andrew Lee snuck into the prizes in 4 th keeping his nearly man tag intact! The nearest the pin prize went to Pete Mitchel, Mike Robinson made good use of a sudden gust of wind to win the longest drive prize. The 2’s money was shared by David Preston and Pete Mitchel proving the old saying that money does actually go to money! Gary’s prize was this pink wheel barrow. Ring 07815 739 337 if you would like one and donate £2 to breast cancer uk. Julian Miles 5
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