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42 the advertizer t: 01505 613340 07731 923970 e: info@advertizer.co.uk kilbarchan, howwood, lochwinnoch & elderslie kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie Kilbarchan Parish Church kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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! kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie 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
@GryffeAds www.advertizer.co.uk june 2017 43 kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie Lochwinnoch Arts Festival Old Pictures and Videos of Lochwinnoch Wednesday 19th April 7.30pm McKillop Hall A great turn out to this second showing by Dr Brian Smith of the old images of the village and many characters. There was a good mixture of old and young who thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Thanks to Brian, Pat and Crawford (For PA and sound). A collection was made for Alzheimer Scotland. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie I am delighted to have been elected as SNP Councillor for Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch. It has been a busy few weeks since the election and I have been attending Community Council and Local Organisation Meetings, getting to know some of the key fi gures in the Communities I now represent. With Gala season approaching, I look forward to meeting with more of my Constituents at these Community events. I will strive throughout my term to foster effective relationships with the people of Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch whatever their political persuasion. I am in the process of arranging my surgeries and details of these will be updated on the council website as soon as they are available. Until then, you can contact me by email on cllr.emma.rodden@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 0300 300 1431. Myself and my SNP colleagues in local wards believe in an Inclusive Society. Having returned 11 women out of a total 19 elected members we are representative of the Communities we were elected from. We have a positive vision for the future of Renfrewshire and look forward to the challenge our Administration of the Council will bring. kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie Six months at the Old Library Centre I fi nd it hard to believe I have been here for six months, yet, on the other hand it feels like I have been here a lot longer. It is such a welcoming place to work that I fi tted in very easily and have made many new friends. Ann, The Chairperson has been a delight and I have enjoyed hearing her stories about the past especially about being a Mod and being in a scooter club! Then there is Ian, our volunteer computer expert who I have had to call on his expertise many times. Isabel and Pam who come in regularly every week. Ann, our gardening volunteer has been working like a Trojan this week getting the garden in order. Hamish runs the Bridge Club, and along with Elaine and Ken are stalwarts of the centre and are often here doing general work around the building. Apart from this we have our support group volunteers, Stuart and Helen, who come in to set up and clear away we have events on. Not forgetting Betty who comes in twice a week to help out. Many interesting and colourful village characters drop in for a coffee and I’m always happy to stop my work to sit and have a chat. I would like to thank everyone involved in the centre for making my work here such an enjoyable experience. I work on Monday, Tuesday and Fridays from 10am - 12noon and 2pm - 4pm. I’m always kept very busy. It is a much busier place than what I was expecting it to be and have had to learn some new skills and brush up on old ones. I think I have now mastered all the different functions of the photocopier. Apart from straightforward copying I can now enlarge, reduce, do two- sided copying and use the scanner as well. All sorts of folk come in to use the computers (usually when there is something up with their own) with printing boarding passes being especially popular. The classes run here are very popular and I have started going to the Pilates class on one of my days off- just can’t keep away now. I have also joined the Book Group and been to a couple of concerts. Prior to working here I was an occasional user of the centre but I am really surprised at just how busy it can be and have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. Helen Bell Brian and Pat Smith Silk Mill Pictures We are delighted to announce that over the Arts Festival 2017 a total of £474.16 was raised for this very important charity. See more on ‘Let’s make Lochwinnoch a Dementia Friendly Village’ kilbarchan, howwood, lochwinnoch & elderslie
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