247 April 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Easter Celebration
in Quarriers Village
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You are warmly invited to our Easter Services at Mount Zion Church, Law View
Road.
• Palm Sunday, 29 March,
Family Worship, 10.30am.
• Maundy Thursday
Communion, 7pm
• Good Friday Meditation,
2.30pm
• Easter Sunday Family
Celebration, 10.30am,
followed by a brunch in aid
of Mercy Ships.
Why not come and discover the
heart of Christianity with us?
Static 24-hour Cycle Fundraiser
Come along on Friday 3rd April from 2pm until Saturday 4th April at 2pm, at the
Kilmacolm Library and help raise funds for Kilmacolm Scout Group.
A mammoth session of static cycling to raise much needed funds for our group.
All adults welcome to come and cycle. Anyone welcome to come along and
cheer. We look forward to seeing you there.
OUTLOOK
The Kilmacolm afternoon social group for friendship and
fellowship, organised by the Old Kirk. We meet in Kidston
Hall on 1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly from 2-4pm.
On Thursday 2nd April Dr David Ellis will present a talk
reflecting Holy Week. On Thursday 16th April we ‘get active’
with musical Aerobics - as gentle or as strenuous as you wish. Each meeting
includes afternoon tea, community issues, and social activities. Everyone
welcome, please come along.
Some 70 residents attended a public meeting organised by the Community
Council to discuss parking within the village. There was unanimous consensus
that the current Council Policy has to change. At a further meeting of Traders,
27 attended representing 25 traders and shopkeepers, there again was a
clear need for change expressed. 95% of the traders had experienced a drop
in trade since the new measures were introduced. I presented the petition
which had 765 names and addresses to the relevant Inverclyde Council
Director. Officers are reviewing the Policy.
With the demolition of the Institute imminent, the benches outside will
be moved to West Glen Park. The benches were donated in 1953 by the
Kilmacolm Guides and Scouts to recognise the Coronation. Planning Officers
have recently had a site visit with the owners agent to discuss demolition and the general poor
condition of the building.
In my role of Honorary Patron I will be visiting WW1 Battlefields in the company of the local
Balaclava Detachment of the Army Cadets. I am informed by the Brigadier that the billet is “Hard
lying and Spartan"! Apart from the Somme, Ypres and other Battlefields, we will be attending the
evening service at the Menin Gate. I am sure this will be a very emotional visit.
I attended a workshop/presentation by 20 S1 and S2 pupils of Port Glasgow High School based
on the proposition how can young people play an active role in reducing alcohol-related harm
in Port Glasgow?”. I recognised several villagers amongst the presenters and the event was not
just informative but professionally conducted solely by the youngsters.
I have now forwarded requests from both St Colms and St Fillans Churches for road signs. This
is necessary as both are kind of tucked away.
Congratulations to St Columba's pipe band who entered the Scottish Schools Championship for
the first time. 50 Bands entered including the Renfrewshire Schools Pipe band. St Columba's
won the Junior A category beating Queen Victoria School and Glenalmond College into 2nd and
3rd positions. The Band is an asset to Inverclyde and annually leads the Remembrance Parade
in Port Glasgow.
Our recycling continues to be a success. We were one of 9 Councils who achieved 50% by 2013
and are now eying up the 60% target by 2020. In the first month of the household kerbside glass
recycling, 79 tons were diverted from landfill.
The Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Show is on the 9th May and the Lodge Annual
Plant Sale is that weekend and the next.
Surgeries: 18th April at The Cargill 10-11am.
Contact: 01475 712727/741969 and 07766 992294, email david.wilson@inverclyde.gov.uk
"Happy Birthday"
Cairn celebrating his
1st Birthday!