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Holidays an After School Club will start from 3.30 to 4.30 every Monday. Agroup of parents are interested in starting a Junior Football Club and we arecurrently seeking advice on any work needed to the football pitch area of theRecreation Ground to make it suitable – but hopefully before too long this alsowill be up and running. Risby Pre-School are hosting a Chocoholics Party inthe Small Hall on Tuesday 1 March – so please go along to get those Easterpresents. January’s Bingo session was well attended? Why not come and joinus on the last Friday of each month – so book a date for 25 March at 7.30pm.Tea and coffee are provided free, but do bring your own “other drinks” andnibbles if you wish and join in the friendly atmosphere. The next IndoorCarboot Sale will be on Sunday 20 March. All proceeds go to the VillageHall. Thanks to Jill this usually raises about £300 towards the Village Hall.If you would like to book your table for the next sale please phone Jill Gray on811324. Rick Rawlings .Risby Gift Horse Appeal News40 new chairs have now been ordered from the money raised by the SponsoredWalk. These should be delivered on 4 March. Thanks again to all who helpedraise this. The winners of the January “50 Club” Draw were Joan Boyle,Welham Lane (1 st prize £75) and Shirley Wallis, Woodland Close (2 nd prize£25). At the time of writing this there are still a few tickets let for the 40sNight Dance, on 5 March. Dancing to Galaxy Big Band. Contact RodneyBrook on 811250 or Bridget Rawlings on 810660 for tickets. Wanted! TheGift Horse Appeal needs new members to join the group. If you have ideasfor Fundraising Activities or want to help organise events please let us know.We meet on an irregular basis to organise activities to raise money for projectsto improve our Village Hall. The money we raise also helps us to apply forgrants from other bodies. For example the Gift Horse Appeal has just beenable to provide £1,600 which has enabled us to obtain a grant of £14,000 torefurbish the Small Hall with new windows (where not already replaced),heating, flooring, ceiling and redecoration inside and repair and redecorationoutside. It is hoped this work will be completed by the end of the summer.Contact: Rodney Brook (811250), Roger Shuttler (810226), Diane & AlanBird (760260), Bridget Rawlings (810660).Neighbourhood Watch NewsAdvanced notice for the Bury Rural Neighbourhood Watch Conference –2005, which is to be held in the Horringer Community Centre on Monday the21 st of March at 7.30pm. All coordinators and members of Bury Rural Watchschemes are cordially invited.Bogus Callers Beware! There have been a number of burglaries in the areawhere the victim has been elderly or vulnerable. All manner of deceptionshave been used to gain entry to the house and distract the occupant whilst theoffender steals the property. People should always ask for identification and, ifthe caller is acting suspiciously, then shut the door and call the Police.
If in Doubt – Keep Them Out.During January in Risby four incidents to report. A man was arrested at6.45pm on the 3 rd of January in a house on South Street after an alarm hadbeen activated. A set of golf clubs were taken from a garage off South Streetbetween 11.45am and 3pm on the 5 th of January. The fence round the cricketfield was damaged between the 8 th and 10 th of January. Overnight on the 20 thto 21 st of January 500 litres of diesel was siphoned from a lorry in a park offNewmarket Road after the fuel cap had been prised off. Another vehicle alsohad its fuel cap damaged. Barrow. A lawn mower was taken from a shed offChurch Road between the 21 st of December and January the 8 th . LittleSaxham. Two wheels were taken off some agricultural machinery in a field offHoney Hill between the 18 th and 25 th of January.A Shock First for Illegal Hare Coursers. For the first time in this sector twovehicles that were being used in connection with illegal hare coursing wereseized under Section 19 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. In theirefforts to reduce this sort of crime the police will continue to seize anyvehicles they find involved in illegal hare coursing and apply for destructionorders at court. It is also possible for the driver of such a vehicle to bedisqualified from driving as a result of this sort of offence. This success hascome about as a direst result of timely information being provided bymembers of the general public. Much can be achieved by this sort ofcooperation to keep our Suffolk the safest county in England. Every little bitof information, passed to the police quickly, will help to keep it that way.I have been asked by one of my Risby Street Co-ordinator’s to bring to yourattention this telephone number. To contact your CPO, Call 01284 774100and Ask for the Officer’s Airwave Voicemail. In an Emergency always call999.Nigel Abrey Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator 01284 811138Barrow and District Local History SocietyIn February Mr Vernon Place reminisced about his schooldays and life as itwas before and during the Second World War, hence the title “Fings ain’t wotthey used to be”.Risby & District Garden ClubOur recent annual supper at Ravenwood Hall Hotel. was a great success.Lovely food and much fun was had with John Carter’s own brand of Bingo!Our next meeting will be on Thursday March 24 th when the speaker will beAndrew Tokeley from Thompson & Morgan. His title is Something Old,Something New and refers to the breeding of new plants, together withpreserving old varieties. Andrew also has a slot on Radio Suffolk’s gardeningprogramme on Saturday mornings. Our meetings are open to everyone not justmembers and we meet at the Village Hall at 7.30pm.
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