STENTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
12 November 2009
7.30pm
STENTON VILLAGE HALL
ALL WELCOME
There will be cheese, wine and socialising at the end of the meeting!!
Also Ettie Spencer is coming along to talk to everyone about her thoughts and plans on trying to reduce the carbon footprint of Stenton with a view to Stenton becoming Britain's first carbon neutral village.
The Annual General Meeting of the Stenton Horticultural Society will take place ;
There will be wine and cheese and all are welcome. This is your one chance to air your views on matters horticultural so please try and attend.
Looking forward to seeing you all then
Amanda Mitchell
Photographs (courtesy of Moya) of the hard work making the path at the Bughts in September
There should be another delivery of bark from the council soon (hopefully) to finish the job.
A decked area is also to be built (as soon as I get round to buying the timber!!) and strong boys will most definitely be needed to help build it.
We can then get the seating ordered and then bookings will be taken for winter picnics!!
K VC SCA
March 2010 Production
In recent years the Footlights have put on a single play in March. This next production will be a ‘fest’ of one act plays.
One of which will have a cast of young actors of school age – primary and senior school. There are both speaking and non speaking parts in the play we have chosen so if you are interested in
· acting (no experience necessary) and are available for
· rehearsals which will begin in January on Sunday evenings 6pm -7.30pm and are free for the
· performance week 21 March -27 March
There will be a meeting on a Sunday before the end of the year to read through the play and cast it ready to start in January. If you want to be involved or have any questions please get in touch with me A.S.A.P.
Barbara Wyllie
01368 850 243
Email barbara.wyllie@ruchlawproduce.co.uk
PS : Footlights are having a Cheese and Wine open meeting on Thursday 8 October at 7.30 to which all are welcome.
We will be discussing the chosen plays and reading parts of them at the beginning of the evening. We would particularly like to welcome any young people who can come along even for a short time. THIS IS NOT A CASTING NIGHT.
Hi All
We are having a cheese and wine in Stenton Hall on Thursday 8th October at 7.30 pm.
We have two one act plays being selected and directed by Kelvin D'Arcy-Burt and Barbara Wyllie ready for this years production in 2010. I hope they will tell us a little about their plays and be able to do some test reading for each of them.
Kelvin's play is a one act play with a cast of 6 persons and will run for approximately 45 mins. Barbara's play is also a one act play running for approximately 30 mins and is chosen with children in mind particularly so I do hope we see a good turnout of budding actors young and old.
If anyone else would like to direct a short one act play it would be good to hear from them. It would make the performance night a little more complete timing wise with 3 plays.
Please bring along anyone to this meeting who is interested in joining Stenton Footlights. Look forward to seeing you all there on Thursday 8 October.
Yours
James Wyllie, Chairman
Hi everyone
In conjunction with the British Heart Foundation, Stenton has been allocated a defibrillator machine.
Due to the location of Stenton (i.e. miles away from the nearest hospital) time is of the essence when someone takes ill. Figures have shown that if a patient can be treated with a defib machine and CPR prior to the arrival of an ambulance, the chances of their survival are very much increased. To this end, we are looking for volunteers to be trained in the use of our defib machine.
We have teamed up with Scottish Ambulance who will be coming to provide a training weekend in the village hall. The date set is 7-8 November 2009. You do not need to have any medical or first aid background - anyone can be trained on these machines - they are very straightforward to use and basically tell you what to do.
Verity Sinclair (850316) and Andrew Mallen (850205) are at present are our only two trained defib operators within the village. Should you have any queries about the use of these machines or exactly what is involved they are both more than happy to speak to you about it. They have been on the course the same as the one we are holding in the village hall and therefore can tell you everything about it.
We are looking to try and train as many people as possible. Please think carefully about this - you never know - you could save a life.
If you are interested in this course, please let me know.
Many thanks
Emma
Forgot to mention to you all in the last Bunko update, it is a BYOB night on Saturday - so bring a much as you want!
Also we are planning on running a raffle so any prizes would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks
Emma
Hi Everyone
We still have plenty of tickets left for Bunko on Saturday night. We would love to see all parents/friends there, it will be a really fun evening and you will be of course supporting the school. It is for the guys too as I know some people thought it was just a girls night so bring your partners along.
Please see Val (850735) or Suzie (850657) for info and tickets.
Suzie
As a lot of you probably know, the Community Association has taken on the Bughts as an ongoing project. To date (with the help of Jenny Harper) a path has been cleared going up to a clearing half way up the Bughts. We have already had a team of Community Association members cutting back weeds etc and now we have been awarded a grant to buy some benches for use by the residents of Stenton in the Bughts.
We have purchased some black membrane and plan to put this down on the path before covering it with bark.
This is where we need your help.
The Council have very kindly given us, free of charge, 2.5 tonnes of wood chippings to use. These have been delivered into the field next to the Bughts.
We now need your help to move the bark into the Bughts. We are planning on doing this this Saturday 26th September at 1.30pm. If you are free, please come and help. Bring your wheelbarrows and spades!
Also, if there is a very kindly farmer out there who could spare an hour with a forklift and a big bucket to help dump the majority of the bark straight into the Bughts, we would be very, very grateful.
Many thanks and looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday
Emma
