aug-09 - Lochwinnoch Online

WALKIES !
Everyone has the right to be on most
land and inland water providing they
act responsibly. Your access rights
and responsibilities are explained fully
in the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
Contact SNH on 01738 444177 for
leaflets or advice or visit their website:
outdooraccess-scotland.com for further
information.
Whether you’re in the outdoors or
managing the outdoors, the key things
are to take responsibility for your own
actions, respect the interests of other
people and care for the environment.
Here’s some guidance, reproduced
with permission from SNH, to help
you take the lead.
* Don’t take your dog into fields
where there are lambs, calves or other
young animals.
* Don’t take your dog into fields of
vegetables or fruit unless you are on a
clear path, such as a core path or right
of way - and keep to the path.
* Never let your dog worry or attack
farm animals.
* If you go into a field of farm animals,
keep as far away as possible from the
animals and keep your dog on a short
lead (i.e. 2 metres of less) or
under close control (i.e. this means
that your dog responds to your commands
and is kept close at heel).
* If cattle react aggressively and
move towards you, keep calm, let the
dog go and take the shortest, safest
route out of the field.
* During the bird breeding season
(usually April-July), keep your dog
under close control or on a short lead
in areas of moorland, forests, grassland,
loch shores AND the seashore.
* Pick up and remove your dog’s faeces
if it fouls in a public open place or
where there’s a risk to farming interests.
* Some reservoirs and streams are
used for public water supply. If there
are intakes nearby, keep your dog out
of the water.
* In recreation areas and other public
places, keep your dog under close
control.
YOUR DOG
DOESN’T KNOW ANY BETTER.
MAKE SURE YOU DO.
MEDAL SUCCESS
FOR
LOCHWINNOCH
GIRLS
at the National Rowing Championships
of Great Britain held in
Nottingham at the end of July.
The girls, Emma Brander, Caitlin
Horsburgh and Emma McDonald
(all 14 years old) were members
of a composite crew with
Meghan Hunter and Rachel
Wells of Inverness Rowing Club.
The girls qualified for the semi
finals and final in good style and
rowed home in 3rd position to
win the bronze medal. The girls
had only rowed together on a
couple of occasions previously,
where they had won the Scottish
Championship title and had
benefited from the input of the
Castle Semple and Inverness
coaches in their preparation for
the Championships.
LOCHWINNOCH
SURGERY
SWINE FLU
Advice is available on the NHS 24
website at www.nhs24.com or
by calling NHS 24 on Tel: 08454
242424 or you can call the practice
for a telephone consultation
on Tel: 842200.
GASTROENTERITIS
A number of patients have been
diagnosed with gastroenteritis
recently. Good personal hygiene,
including hand washing is the
best way to prevent this.
ELIZABETH FINDLAY
On the 15 th of July our dear
friend and colleague, Elizabeth
Findlay died having lost her two
year battle with serious illness.
She was only 33 years old and
had worked in the surgery as a
receptionist since the age of 18.
She will be sorely missed by us
all.
ELDERLY FORUM
After a break in July, the Forum
resumes monthly meetings on
27th August at 1pm in The
McKillop Institute. Representatives
of the wardens service will
visit on that date to talk about
their remit in the village and to
answer members' questions.
At this meeting final details of
times, lunch arrangements etc for
the bus run to Oban will be given.
Therefore, if you are booked for
this it is advisable to attend. This
trip has proved very popular
and sadly there are not enough
places on the bus for everyone, so
anyone finding they will be unable
to go will they please let either
Reta or myself know to give someone
on the waiting list the opportunity.
The Tbar resumes on Tuesday
8th September at 10am having
given the hard working team of
volunteers led by Reta Parr a well
earned rest in July and August.
From what I am hearing it is being
very much missed.
The speaker at the June meeting
was Gordon Martin who spoke
about lunch clubs being run in
other Renfrewshire areas under
the umbrella of ROAR (reaching
older adults in Renfrew-shire). He
proposed that our Tbar team could
become involved in taking this
on. This suggestion was met with
enthusiasm, and discussion is underway
for them to begin the lunch
club in October in The McKillop.
More news of this later.
We now have 71 members and welcome
anyone over the age of 55.
It's only £2 for the whole year
and for that, as well as the meetings
and Tbar (which of course
is open to all age groups), there's
the Christmas lunch and the bus
run. Speakers come to our meetings
talking on a variety of subjects
of interest. Some making us
aware of things we may not be
aware of and which are available
for the asking and what help is
available to solve any problems.
Gordon Nicholl Tel: 842632