aug-09 - Lochwinnoch Online
aug-09 - Lochwinnoch Online
aug-09 - Lochwinnoch Online
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Vanda’s Mobile Hairdressers<br />
Ladies and Gents.<br />
LOCHWINNOCH, BEITH,<br />
KILBIRNIE and HOWWOOD<br />
Business starts on 17th August.<br />
Book now for an appointment.<br />
Councillor<br />
Arthur’s Report<br />
Please, please take a few minutes to<br />
fill in the <strong>Lochwinnoch</strong> Residents Survey<br />
that LMEG (<strong>Lochwinnoch</strong> Millennium<br />
Events Group) are currently<br />
carrying out. We would greatly appreciate<br />
your participation.<br />
Once again we had a very successful<br />
and busy village Annual Community<br />
Football Camp which ran in the early<br />
part of July.<br />
Tel: 0774 8044 882<br />
My thanks to Viewfield Rovers Football<br />
Club for the use of their facilities,<br />
to St.Mirren Football Club Community<br />
Coaches for their excellent coaching<br />
and dedication, to <strong>Lochwinnoch</strong><br />
Space and to all our young people<br />
who attended and gave it their all.<br />
Unfortunately, due to holidays, I<br />
missed the Brown Bull’s 200 th Anniversary<br />
Street Party but I had no<br />
doubts that Laura and her helpers<br />
would make it a day to remember and<br />
from all accounts it certainly was.<br />
Betty McKellar’s poem ‘The Brown<br />
Bull’ has certainly c<strong>aug</strong>ht the occasion<br />
and I hear that Frazer Gamble is on<br />
the lookout for a part-time job now<br />
that he no longer has to wash his hair<br />
as often! Well done to all.<br />
Within Renfrewshire there is a multiagency<br />
supported, ‘Care and Repair’<br />
service for those aged 60 and over that<br />
require small repairs carried out in<br />
their home. This service is available<br />
to council, housing association and<br />
private tenants. The aim of the service<br />
is to help people who cannot afford<br />
the cost of small repairs around the<br />
home or find it difficult to get<br />
someone to carry out minor work.<br />
The work takes in small repairs such<br />
as broken shelves, minor internal<br />
joinery repairs, replacement of locks,<br />
hinges, letterboxes, tap washers and<br />
light bulbs. For assistance or advice<br />
phone Care and Repair Renfrewshire<br />
on Tel: 0141 812 4111.<br />
A reminder to all local groups and<br />
clubs that Local Area Committee<br />
grant application forms can be obtained<br />
-<br />
• by downloading from the Renfrewshire<br />
Council website,<br />
• by contacting Corporate Services,<br />
Renfrewshire Council,<br />
Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 1TR<br />
on Tel: 0141 840 3399 or<br />
• by emailing: local-areacommittees.cs@renfrewshire.<br />
gov.uk<br />
PLEASE NOTE - I have a change<br />
of venue to <strong>Lochwinnoch</strong> Library<br />
for my next Surgery which is on<br />
Saturday 15th August from<br />
11.30am. There is no need to wait<br />
for a Surgery if you require my help;<br />
you can contact me on Tel: 843507<br />
and we can agree a time when we<br />
can meet.<br />
Councillor David Arthur<br />
VILLAGE EVENT<br />
CALENDAR for 20<strong>09</strong><br />
<strong>Lochwinnoch</strong> Post Office has a<br />
wall-mounted planner, where members<br />
of the public can enter details<br />
of forthcoming events.<br />
Please use this planner to avoid any<br />
clashes when choosing dates to<br />
hold events, and to help publicise<br />
your own events in and around the<br />
village and local area.<br />
BOGUS CALLERS ALERT<br />
Police are warning Renfrewshire residents<br />
to be extra vigilant,<br />
following recent reports of bogus callers<br />
in the area, including in and<br />
around <strong>Lochwinnoch</strong>.<br />
Descriptions of individuals involved<br />
include the wearing of yellow reflective<br />
jackets and travelling in white<br />
vans.<br />
Advice from the Crime Prevention<br />
Department of Paisley Police Office is<br />
to only allow companies entry to your<br />
home if you have arranged for them to<br />
attend at an agreed time and date.<br />
If any members of the public spot anything<br />
suspicious, they should contact<br />
their local police office (see below for<br />
contact details).<br />
USEFUL<br />
CONTACT NUMBERS<br />
Strathclyde Police –0141 532 5900<br />
Johnstone Police –01505 404000<br />
Johnstone Community Safety<br />
Office – 01505 404023<br />
Trading Standards 0141 840 3233<br />
Care and Repair – 0141 812 4111<br />
Renfrewshire Council -<br />
Tel: 0141 842 5000<br />
Anti-social Behaviour Investigation<br />
Team (ASIST) - 0141 840 2163<br />
Victim Support – 0141 887 0328<br />
Nuisance Support & Advice<br />
Helpline – 0800 169 1283<br />
Crimestoppers – 0800 555 111<br />
The Strathclyde Police website contains<br />
information on all of the local<br />
Community Policing Teams, which<br />
aims to increase the visibility of the<br />
officers within their communities.<br />
Take a look at our website -<br />
www. strathclyde.police.uk<br />
for contact details of officers<br />
in your local Policing Team.<br />
You can also e-mail us<br />
from this website.
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