The Lauderdale News (Scottish Borders) Winter edition

Community
Council News
November 2018
Our purpose in holding the bonfire and fireworks again this year
was not only to address some of the requests that came out of
our older survey “The Big Question” but by hosting a community
event we hoped to minimise the number of private fireworks
parties.
A big thank you to those of you who supplied the bonfire with
wood and of course the Batman Guy! The total amount raised
from the buckets on the evening was £96.00 and £40.00 as a
donation from the Ice cream Van and Sweetie Stall, all of which
all will go towards the total cost of £750. If any of you missed
the bucket or would like to make an additional donation please
speak to one of the Community Councillors or message them via
Facebook or the Website.
We would like to thank Lauderdale’s Rotary Club for supplying
the hot food, The Lauder Ice cream van for supplying the ice
cream and, last but not least, Earlston Sweetie shop for the
wonderful toffee apples and sweets.
Thank you also to all conscientious parents for picking up the
metal rods from the sparklers and a huge congratulations to all
the youngsters who behaved impeccably. All in all, this event
seemed to be a success and the feedback received so far seems
to confirm that holding an organised event does discourage
‘back garden fireworks’ reducing potential anxiety levels for
others, pets and farm animals.
Some of you may also have spotted our new Leaderdale and
Melrose CBO PC 5158 Calum Wilson who dropped in just to
check everything went okay.
VE Day
As many of you will know May Day is traditionally held on
a Monday but next year will be held on Friday 8 May 2020 to
celebrate VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marks the
day towards the end of World War Two when fighting against
Nazi Germany came to an end in Europe. The holiday will
form part of a three-day weekend of commemorative events.
Lauderdale Community Council are hoping that most, if not all,
groups within Lauderdale, will pull together and participate in a
‘Joint Community’ event and we will be holding a meeting in the
New Year where all Groups will be welcome to attend to bring
their thoughts to the table.
Many of you may not know that PC 5955 Michael Norrie, is now
not Leaderdale & Melrose CBO. Our new CBO is PC 5158 Calum
Wilson, CBO. He can be emailed at calum.wilson@scotland.pnn.
police.uk or LeaderdaleMelroseCPT@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Meantime, if there is anything we can help you with, please,
feel free to attend our Meetings which take place on the 2nd
Monday of every month. We would also ask that, in the event of
bad weather, we all pull together to help each other, but, please
remember that elderly neighbours may appreciate some extra
consideration.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Lauderdale Community Council
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Photos from Phil Wilkinson