273 June 2017 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Kilbarchan Parish
Church Tots’ Club
The club takes place on Monday
mornings from 9.15 - 11.30am in the
hall, where there is a large variety of
toys and a bouncy castle for the totsfrom
birth-3 years-and coffee and
friendly chat for the accompanying
adults, cost £1 for each adult. The fi nal
meeting of the session, the summer
party “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” will be held
on Monday 26th June at 9.45am in the
hall and grounds (weather permitting).
The club resumes on Monday 4th
September after the summer break.
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Scottish Country
Dance Classes
Tuesdays in the McKillop Hall,
Lochwinnoch at 7.30pm.
We always have great fun and it's
good exercise too! Phone Lorna Black
01505 843048 for more info.
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Kilbarchan Parish Church
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Kilbarchan
During the month of
June, the group has 2 meetings, the
AGM and a Car Treasure hunt which
includes our partners and fi nishes
with fi sh suppers! The group would
welcome new members, we meet
on Wednesday evenings in each
other’s homes and enjoy speakers
and discussions on a wide variety of
topics. If you are interested in fi nding
out more, please phone 703786 or
see the website: www.nwr.org.uk.
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Knitting Bee
Knuts4Knitting
Meets fortnightly on a Tuesday from 7
to 9pm at Knit Knax, 37 High Street
Johnstone, also weekly Thursday from
2 to 4pm.
Contact details: Pamela 07743156738
or email bknitting@hotmail.co.uk.
Services continue at 11am each Sunday throughout June, conducted by Rev.
Stephen Smith. On Sunday 25th, the Sacrament of Holy Communion will be
celebrated at 11am and 6.30pm.
Sunday School and the creche continue to meet in the large hall from 10.45am
each week. The prizegiving for the crèche and Sunday School will also be in June,
date to be confi rmed. Refreshments will be served after all services as usual.
ALL WELCOME TO ANY or ALL OF THESE SERVICES. For further information
about the church and the organisations, please visit Kilbarchan Kirk online: www.
kilbarchan-kirk.btck.co.uk
Kilbarchan Parish Church Midweek Fellowship continues from 10.30am for
coffee, followed by a short service of worship, on Wednesdays in the small hall.
Kilbarchan Parish Church-make sure you visit our stalls in the park on Lilias Day,
3rd June, with home-baking, tombola and strawberries and cream.
Water Treatment Works Completed
A major upgrade of a water treatment works, which will benefi t more than
84,000 people in parts of Renfrewshire, has been completed.
Scottish Water has invested £16m in improvements at the Muirdykes Water
Treatment Works (WTW), which provides water for homes and businesses in
Renfrewshire, including Johnstone, Howwood, Linwood, Elderslie, Kilbarchan,
Quarrelton, Craigend and parts of the south of Paisley such as Glenburn and
Foxbar.
The upgrade, which involved the installation of a new fi ltration building and
process at the WTW near Howwood, will reduce the risk in the network of
discoloured water caused by naturally-occurring manganese.
Although it is possible that localised discoloured water might occur following
issues such as a burst water main, the risk of widespread discolouration
throughout the network caused by manganese at Barcraigs reservoir near
Howwood in the summer months has been substantially reduced following
the WTW upgrade.
The completion of the project follows investment of £4m four years ago
on more than 100 miles of water mains affected by discoloured water in
Renfrewshire and the installation of a cutting edge piece of equipment called
a Wears Resmix system at Barcraigs reservoir in 2012.
The upgrade of the WTW, which was carried out for Scottish Water by
contractors Black & Veatch, started in September 2015. The new secondary
stage fi ltration process will remove oxydised manganese from the system
before it goes into the supply zone and will be housed in a single-storey
building constructed on the site of the WTW.
Scottish Water had given an undertaking to the Drinking Water Quality
Regulator to provide an effective manganese removal system for this area. The
work was contained on Scottish Water’s site at the WTW and did not cause
any disruption to normal services to customers or any road traffi c issues, other
than some additional site traffi c using temporary access that was required.
Some trees on the WTW site, which had to be removed to enable the work to
be carried out, will be replaced following the project.
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Lochwinnoch Gala Day incl. Dog Show
Saturday 10th June - Lochwinnoch Public Park
This year the theme is Pirates of the Caribbean with the Parade starting at
12.30pm from Auld Simon, and heading to the Public Park, with Houston 1st BB
Boys & Girls Pipe Band.
The Opening Ceremony will be held at 1pm by Lochwinnoch's 'Marathon Man',
Mr Ronnie Brown. Come along and meet Captain Jack, Elizabeth and the Pirate
Fairies.
A great day to be had by all with Fancy Dress, entertainment by Pulse Dance
Academy, our regular Dog Show, Bottle Stall, Infl atables, Ponies, Face Painting
and many stalls.
As part of the annual Lochwinnoch Gala Day there will be a dog show raising
money for Dogs Trust Glasgow. The 1st Stevenston Guides will be helping the
planning and running of the dog show for part of their community badge work.
The dog show is open to all ages and breeds of dogs, but please no bitches in
season, and please clean up after your dogs.
Come and join us for a great, fun-fi lled day out!
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Thank you to everyone in Kilbarchan Howwood and
Lochwinnoch who voted at the recent council elections and
who have allowed me the honour and privilege to serve them
for the next 5 years. I will continue to represent everybody and
will work hard all year round
I also want to congratulate Bill Binks, Andy Doig and Emma
Rodden fellow ward 9 councillors on their success at the
election. I regret that my colleague and friend Chris Gilmour
will not be joining us as ward councillors.
I want to place on record my thanks to Chris, not only for his
support of me personally, but also for his tireless work over the
last 5 years as chair of the Clyde Muirsheil Joint Committee, the Johnstone and
Villages Local Area Committee, and his support of Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch
Community Councils other village organisations.
There will be many challenges over the next 5 years. At the moment the biggest
is the threat to the green belt. The decision of Renfrewshire Council to reject
the proposed development at Johnshill will therefore be welcomed. The 1,360
objections from villagers spoke for themselves,and it is only right that these views
should have been listened to and acted upon. This was simply a case of the
wrong development in the wrong place.
The appeal in respect of the Branscroft development in Kilbarchan is still pending.
The Scottish Government are well aware of local feelings and the overwhelming
opposition to this proposal. An appeal has also now been lodged in regard to the
development in Milliken Road Kilbarchan which was rejected by Renfrewshire
Council in March. Renfrewshire Council has also received notifi cation of a
possible future planning application on land at South of the Holms.
Old Howwood Road, Howwood - I will continue to keep a close eye on each of
these planning issues and update villagers accordingly.
Due to the changes in the ward boundaries I am having to change the details
of my surgeries. I will continue to hold surgeries on the fi rst Saturday of each
month except January and July at the following times: 9am in the McKillop
Institute Lochwinnoch, 10am in Howwood Village Hall, 11am in the Steeple Hall
Kilbarchan, all with effect from Saturday 3rd June. Meantime please contact me
at cllr.derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or phone 07534 156007.
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This is my fi rst message to you as your new Councillor on
Renfrewshire Council. I will start by thanking you all for voting
for me and giving me the opportunity to represent you on the
Council. Over the next fi ve years I will work hard to progress
the things that matter most to you and ensure that all of
Ward 9 has a voice. Complaints have been lodged with me
already about proposed housing developments at Branscroft,
Kilbarchan and land south of the Holms, Old Howwood Road,
Howwood, that also covers part of Ward 8 as well. Condition
of roads within our ward, speeding in our high streets, litter
and and anti-social behaviour are also the main concerns. My
core aim will be to insist that the residents of Johnstone North,
Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch are given more say in
the decisions that affect each area.
I am currently going through the motions of settling in and acclimatising myself to
this new environment. The fi rst Council meeting takes place on the 18th May and
the various positions of responsibility will be agreed and appointments made.
From then on the work begins. The times of surgeries etc. have not been fi nalised
as yet but I hope to have details for you in the next edition of the Advertizer. In the
mean time my contact details are as follows.
Email: cllr.bill.binks@renfrewshire.gov.uk phone: 0300 300 1423