260 May 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer

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kilmacolm
& quarriers
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Kilmacolm and Quarriers Christian Aid
The Kilmacolm and Quarriers Christian Aid committee
are organising the annual Christian Aid Week house
to house collection which will take place countrywide
during the week of 15th - 21st May.
Eighty volunteer collectors will cover the villages
of Kilmacolm and Quarriers to ask for a donation in the traditional
red envelopes. Taxpayers can enhance the donation by 25% by government
agreement.
Please help us to make this year a generous year for the work of Christian Aid in the
poorest countries in the world, endeavouring at grass roots level to bring an end
to poverty, disease, corruption, with training programmes for health, education,
farming methods, begging for changes to international trade injustice, the list is
endless, which is why we hope for your understanding and your donation.
If you can help with the house to house collection during the Week, giving two
or three hours of your time, please contact Jill Russell on 01505 872393. We
need eighty collectors to complete a good job, we only have sixty volunteers.
We need you - please!!
SUMMER DUPLICATE BRIDGE
If you would like to play Bridge during the summer
months why not come along to the Kilmacolm
Community Centre on Monday evenings? Starting
on 2nd May at 7pm for a 7.15pm start. Come with a
partner or come alone and hope to find one there.
Further information Tel: 01505 872345.
Duchal Nursery School
We are delighted to announce that from August 2016 Duchal Nursery
School will be adding to the core morning sessions with the introduction of
optional extended days offering daily care from 8.15am until 3.30pm.
This will give parents increased flexibility on hours and will be an exciting addition
for the children, complementing their core morning nursery session.
Duchal Nursery, in it’s 50th year of providing nursery education, remains a
dedicated pre-school specialist for children aged between 2 years 9 months and
5 years, giving them the best start in life.
With highly experienced and qualified staff, unique park location and purpose
built facilities Duchal Nursery offers a stimulating environment for children to
flourish in their pre school learning and development.
We are delighted to offer the extended Duchal hours and know that the children
will thrive on the additional experiences on offer. If you would like more information
about this or would like to arrange a visit please email info@duchal.com. For
further details on Duchal Nursery please visit our website www.duchal.com and
our Facebook page.
Kilmacolm Spring cleanup thank you
A huge thank you to the six faithful and marvellous volunteers - Jeanette, Martin,
Jim, Fiona, Marion, and Morven - who came along to the Kilmacolm Community
Cleanup in April. Thanks also to Mike-on-his-bike - although he couldn’t be there
on the day, he assured me that he’d tidy up “his patch” soon before and/or after
his holiday. This marks the third, fourth, or even fifth year of contribution for
most of these people, who donate precious Saturday time for what seems to,
distressingly, make a difference for only a few short hours.
Thanks to Louise, too, who stopped to see if I needed help,
thinking that my car had broken down, when she saw me
doing battle with an old tyre in the middle of the Lochwinnoch
Road!
Special thanks to Brian Hennan at Inverclyde Council, who
cheerfully delivers and picks up the equipment from my
house, and to the Community Council for underwriting the
cost of packed lunches.
We collected more than 20 large bags of rubbish, as well
as the usual assortment of various car parts, roadwork
leftovers, and broken reflector posts. We managed to stay dry again
this year, from above, although a lot of the area we tidied was wet and mucky
from the heavy rain the day previous.
Finally: How long does it take to biodegrade?
• Paper bag - up to one month • Orange peel - up to two year
• Banana skin - up to two years • Plastic bag - up to 10–20 years
• Cigarette butts - up to 12 years • Plastic bottle - up to 450 years!
• Glass bottles and chewing gum - are not biodegradable
(Source: Keep Britain Tidy)
howwood
& elderslie
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I was out this morning helping the Howwood Community
Council with their annual village clean up. There was a good
turn out of locals doing their bit for the village. It still amazes
me that so many people get rid of their rubbish by dropping it
at their feet or throwing it out of their cars. Some people sadly
lack any thoughts for others or the local environment.
I am glad to hear the village fete is going ahead this year and
from what I hear it should be a great day. I know local people
have missed this day for the last couple of years so its great
to see so many local people working hard to make this years
event a success.
On 21st April Johnstone High School held an event to celebrate
the school being in its current building for 50 years. As I write this the event has
not yet happened but I’m sure it will be great night and as a local councillor and
ex pupil I would like to wish the school all the best in the future.
By the time you read this Howwood will have a new MSP. I would like to pay
tribute to Hugh Henry who represented the village for many years and was a great
servant to the people of Howwood. I wish him well in his retirement and I wish
the new MSP well.
Until next time a reminder that my monthly Howwood surgery is in the Village hall
on the fourth Thursday of every month.