CHATTERBOX - Lochwinnoch

LOSC Consultation
Lochwinnoch Out of School Club have
submitted a proposal to Renfrewshire
Council outlining some ideas of what
could happen to the Library building if,
as seems likely, the Council move the
library service to the McKillop Institute. They recently
presented this proposal at a meeting of the Community Council.
The proposal is that once the Library has moved to the
McKillop and LOSC has (temporarily) moved to the school that
LOSC would move permanently into the library building and
make as much of the building available for community use.
The key points of the proposal, as it currently stands, is that the
old museum room at the back of the building would be available
for community use at all times.
The main existing library area would be available for
community use when the out of school club are not using it.
The probable times that the out of school club will be using the
rooms are 7:30 - 9:30am and 2:30 - 6:30pm Mon-Fri and
7:30am-6:30pm Mon-Fri during school holidays. The rooms
would be available for community use at most other times.
Should the proposal be accepted by Renfrewshire Council LOSC
are keen to involve the whole community in the plans and
intend to fully consult with the community in the next couple of
months. In the meantime they are open to suggestions of how
the space could be used. The community room would be a
flexible space so multiple uses are planned, some current
suggestions are:
1. Traditional meeting/lecture room. With formal
seating and tables plus whiteboard, projector and screen.
(Community Council meetings etc)
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2. Comfy seating (armchairs) with smaller tables.
Intended for use by smaller, informal groups (writers group
etc)
3. Cinema
4. Craft/Hobby space. Seating / workbenches /
workspaces to be discussed.
5. Anything else - open to suggestions
LOSC are keen to discuss the proposal with any groups,
organisations or individuals that may wish to make use of the
space.
email : community@lochwinnoch.info
phone: 01505 842768
Beith Arts Sunday Concerts
The last concert of this season will provide a very melodious
farewell to our audience.
"Close Shave", a multi-prize-winning barbershop chorus from
Paisley, will be presenting a programme of well-known popular
songs dating from the early 1900`s to the 1960`s. This 16strong
choir sings unaccompanied, in tight four-part harmony,
and has won many prizes for doing just that. They have been
top male-voice choir in the Glasgow Music Festival four times
since 2000 and in 2005 were the overall winners of the choral
section.
So this will be a very popular way to close this season, and all
are welcome to join us at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, 17th April in the
Community Centre, Kings Road, Beith. Tickets are £8,
concessions £6, students and children £1.
Although the concerts will be finished until the next season
begins in September, we still have our annual Art Show to look
forward to. That opens on Sunday, 29th May and lasts for a
week, closing on Sunday, 5th June. More details of this very
popular event will be published here in May.
Elderly Forum
We are all saddened by the recent passing of two of our
members. Morag Wishart and Liz Glen will be very much
missed.
Due to Morag's funeral taking place on Tuesday 22nd much of
the special event organised by Morag Thow as part of the Arts
Festival was postponed. However we did enjoy a fine display
from Lochwinnoch Scottish Country Dance group while having
tea and cakes.
The rest of the programme will be arranged for a later date. The
country dance group will visit again, there's to be an audiovisual
history of Lochwinnoch and then the tea dance.
Something to look forward to.
The Sewing & Craft club will meet on Wednesday 13th and
fortnightly thereafter. Give it a try. Those who are attending
find the projects enjoyable and you work at your own pace. It's
£2 for the two hours 10.30am till 12.30pm. Coffee, tea and
biscuits are served and the company's good.
Tbar on Tuesdays 10am - 1pm and lunch club on Thursdays at
11.45am as usual.
Gordon Nicholl 842632