276 September 2017 - Gryffe Advertizer

september 2017
houston, crosslee & brookfield
Houston &
Crosslee SWI
1st Houston Boys Brigade
Parents & Friends Associaon
Annual Coffee Morning
Sat 2nd September
10.00am-12.00 noon
in the Church Hall, Main Street, Houston
Tickets £1
(including tea/coffee/homebaking)
Breakfast rolls on sale
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Houston and Killellan Kirk
It is a busy month at the Kirk with many groups in start up mode. The Cameo
Club on the 13th September then it is the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The group welcome anyone who would like to come along, a wide variety of
entertainment is promised. We meet in the Church Hall more information from
Isobel Sharp 01505 613355. If you enjoy Scottish Country Dancing come along
on a Wednesday night at 8pm in the West Halls enjoy a coffee and a chat with
fellow dancers and at break time, Marilyn Stewart will give you more details on
01505 613083. The social committee are pleased to announce that the Allander
Jazz Band will perform in the West Halls on Saturday 30th September at 7.30pm,
tickets cost £10 to include cheese and wine.
Harvest Thanksgiving will be held on Sunday 13th September at 11am and
this year the donations will go to the Trussel Trust local food bank. The items
that would be appreciated: fruit, custard, rice, tomatoes, potatoes and soup all
tinned. Breakfast cereals, jam, coffee, tea bags, U.H.T. Milk and carrier bags.
They have plenty beans and pasta at the moment. Flowers, posies and fruit will
be distributed to the elderly, housebound, sick or those in care homes.
The fi rst meeting of our
88th year will be on Wednesday 13th
September at 7.30pm when we will
have Hugh and Claire Kerr talking to
us about “ Kayaking Round Scotland”
On October 11th Neil Smith and his
hearing dog Ginger will visit us to tell
us about “Hearing Dogs”.
We have a very interesting syllabus
arranged for the year and look forward
to welcoming Members, old and new,
to another “Rural” year.
We meet in the Compass Centre, South
Street, Houston. Please come and join
us, you will be made very welcome. If
you wish further information please
contact, Arlene MacKay on 07932
459994.
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Brookfield Bowling Club
houston, crosslee & brookfield
Crafty Friends
Crafty Hobbies is what we do
Come and join our Crafty crew
Come and learn some Crafty makes
Followed by some tea and cakes
We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays
in the month at 7.30pm in the Carrick
Centre Houston. No previous craft
experience necessary. We are just
a group of ladies who enjoy making
things! Contact - Lorna Cairns 612844
or Shirley White 610721. First meeting
is Thursday 7th September.
Brookfi eld Bowling Club held it’s annual charities
day on Saturday 5th August when over £400 was
raised for St Vincent Hospice. The format of the day was for everybody to play
in a triples team, play 6 ends against two other teams. Then a wonderful
afternoon tea with home baking, followed by another 6 ends against a
different team. The team with the highest number of shots was the winner.
The weather stayed dry and a most enjoyable day was had by all
Winners were, B Gardner, R Cherry, & J Campbell. Runners Up were, S Craig,
A Forsyth & J Coia.
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kilbarchan - howwood - lochwinnoch - elderslie
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I was both shocked and angry on receiving news that the day
centres at West Lane Gardens Johnstone, and Whitehaugh
which provide care for people with learning disabilities are to
close in October.
I know that some of our most vulnerable citizens from
Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch attend these
centres. I have met with their Carers who, along with myself,
oppose the move, and I am demanding that Renfrewshire
Council take the necessary action to reassure those who use
the service that it will continue.
The appeal on the proposed Williamsburgh Housing
Association development in Milliken Road Kilbarchan has
been rejected, on the grounds of traffi c and access arrangements.
The appeal on the Branscroft development however is yet to be determined. Given
that this particular development was unanimously rejected by Renfrewshire
Councillors over a year ago, it remains a matter of concern that this is still
outstanding.
I do not need to remind readers of the awful weather we have had over the
summer. One of the consequences been an unusual increase in referrals for this
time of year in regard to blocked drains and gullies. I have asked the Renfrewshire
Council to attend to these, however given predictions of higher levels of rainfall
throughout the year, I have also asked that the regularity and frequency of drain
and gully clearing be increased in our villages.
In Howwood I have undertaken a site visit with a council offi cer and local resident,
to see if measures can be taken to improve the crossing point at the junction of
Midton Road and Main Street, used daily by school children. I have asked the
council offi cers to look further into this matter as to what can be done.
My surgeries are on the fi rst Saturday of every month except January and July at the following
times 9am in the McKillop Institute, Lochwinnoch 10am in Howwood Village Hall and 11am
in the Steeple Hall, Kilbarchan.
Meantime please contact me at derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or phone 0300 300 1274
or 07534 156007.
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Kilbarchan Parish Church Messy Church
Having had a break over the summer holidays, Messy
Church is back in Kilbarchan Parish Church halls on
Saturday 16th September from 4pm to 6pm. All
children, with an adult, will be made most welcome.
Everyone joins in and by the time we sit down to eat
together new friendships will have been made, or old
ones renewed. Look out for more details on posters,
Facebook and by e-mail.
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Kilbarchan Parish Church
Annual Senior Citizens’ Outing
This will take place on Sunday afternoon 10th September, when high tea will be
enjoyed in Rhu.
Blythswood Shoebox Appeal
Once again, we shall be supporting this very worthwhile
charity and forms will be available at the end of
September in the church hall or by phoning 703786.
Kilbarchan Parish Church Drama Group
Rehearsals are now underway for the November
production “Murder at the Asylum”, a comedy/mystery.
Kilbarchan Parish Church Tots’ Club
The club resumes on Monday 4th September
from 9.15am - 11.30am in the church hall,
when we shall be delighted to welcome
tots from birth-3 years, along with their
accompanying adults. There is a huge
variety of toys and bouncy castle for the tots
and enjoyable company with tea/coffee
for the adults. The cost remains £1 for
adults.
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Howwood Community Council
Meetings of the Community Council are held on the second Tuesday of each
month at 7.30pm in Howwood Village Hall. Please feel free to come along - all
welcome.
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