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• Diary
• Congratulations and thanks
• Profile of St Dennis Cancer committee
• Poppy appeal collections
• St Denys Old Cornwall Society
• St Dennis women's institute
• Cancer research committee
• School
• St Dennis Band
• Letters to the editor
• Pantomime
• St Denys church
• Carne Hill Methodist Church
• Hendra Road Methodist Church
• St Dennis over 70's meal
• Walkers corner
• St Dennis parish council
• Contact information

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Saturday 2^nd February 11.30a.m. Carne Hill Methodist

Church Pancake Lunch at Claytawc.

Sunday 3^rd February. 7.00 p.m. Euchre Drive at St

Dennis WMC.

Tuesday 5^th February 7.30 p.m. Carnival AGM Meeting

At St Dennis WMC

Saturday 13^th February. 7.00 p.m. STIG Executive

Meeting at St Dennis WMC

Saturday 23^rd February 10.00 a.m. Red Cross Coffee

Morning at Claytawc.

Sunday 24^th February 2.15 p.m. Pinocchio Pantomime

At St Dennis WMC

Monday 25^th February - 7.15.p.m. Pinocchio Pantomime

Saturday 1^st March At St Dennis WMC

Tuesday 27^th February. 7.00 p.m. STIG Open Meeting

at St Dennis WMC.

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Congratulations
 
Kim Roberts celebrated her 18th birthday recently with a super trip to Disneyworld.  We wish her well on her coming of age.

Happy 70^th Birthday

Many Happy 70^th Returns to Mrs Jennifer Fouracres during February.

Happy 96^th Birthday

Mr William Oliver, a well known figure in our village, celebrates his 96^th birthday on 23^rd February. He owned his own business and was the local milkman for over 40 years. In 1939 he was a founder member of the Mens Detachment – which later amalgamated with the Ladies to become the St Dennis Branch of the British Red Cross. The county provided and maintained an ambulance here which was manned voluntarily by the detachment until 1980. Mr Oliver was awarded life membership of The Red Cross in recognition of his long and loyal service. For Several years he served on the St Austell Rural District Council and was a member of the St Dennis Parish Council for over 40 years. On his retirement he was presented with a silver watch for services to the parish. He continues to support other organisations in the village and still enjoys his gardening. A truly remarkable man! Happy Birthday to our Dad.

Love From Denis, Meryl, Jeannette and all the family.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the Fun Run/Walk on Boxing Day. The sum of £153.40 has been donated to the Children’s Hospice South West’s ‘Precious Lives Appeal’.

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PROFILE - The St Dennis Cancer Committee
 
The St Dennis Cancer Committee began it's life in January 1962.  A meeting was conveened by Mr Ralph Burnett at the C of E School and eighteen people attended. Mr Household, the area secretary for Devon and Cornwall, British Empire Cancer Campaign addressed the meeting outlining the work being done by the BECC and stressing the need for public support.  It was decided that a St Dennis Branch should be started and the committee was then formed with Canon Lambert as President, Mr Ralph Burnett as Chairman, Mr Parker as Treasurer and Mrs Jay as Secretary. 
 
The first committee meeting was held a couple of weeks later on 31st January 1962 when it was agreed to call on every house in the village with a leaflet and the collecting tins.  Committee members all volunteered and each took a street or streets to call on.  A total of £47.7s.4d was collected - a great deal of money in 1962!!
 
The committee went from strength to strength and over the years has raised almost £200,000 for Cancer Research UK.  This is a tremendous sum of money to raise from the extremely generous folk of St Dennis.  There are still some founder members on the committee who have served for the last 46 years, Mr Ralph Burnett who only stepped down as Chairman in 2006, Mr Jack Burnett still serving the committee after 45 years, Mrs Olga Trethewey still on the committee and running the raffle after 45 years.  Mrs Betty Bell served for 25 years as secretary only giving up the post in 2006, but now remaining on as a committee member, and continuing to help with all events.  Mrs Val Trudgeon has served on the committee for many years and is joined now by her daughter Kaye Roberts providing vital help behind the stalls and contributing greatly to the fun of the day. 
 
The present committee president is Mr John Blewett who is so often pressed into speaking on our behalf and takes photographs for our album of many of our events. 

The present chairman Mr Stan Goodman and his wife Hazel are also long serving committee members along with Mrs Phyllis Luke and Ms Christine Nance.  We are blessed by our present treasurers Mrs Clarice Westlake and Mrs Molly Lorimer for keeping our accounts up to scratch and to Mr Ken Rickard for his auditing abilities.  One person must be mentioned and that is Mrs Carole Ellacott for the endless cups of tea and coffee she tirelessly provides.  Other committee members not already mentioned are Fred Greenslade, Ginny Edwards, June Rickard (who is our new Vice Chair) and Sylvia Hambly.  All work unstintingly and some have done so for many years.
 
We have had to say goodbye to many of our friends over the years and most recently to Elizabeth Brown who sadly passed away in 2005, Mrs Betty Hick who has retired due to ill health and Mr Gerald Kelly who had to resign for family reasons.  They have all made their mark and are missed by us all. 

We must mention our stalwart regulars who attend come rain come shine and give so generously of their time and money.  We couldn't do it without them.  Each year we manage to hand over a cheque to Cancer Research UK (details of this year's cheque will appear in a separate article during either February or March).  St Dennis may be a small village but it has a huge heart of which it should be justifiably proud. 
 
If we have left anyone who has ever served on the committee out may we please apologise for the oversight, no offense is intended.
 
The Magazine Committee will be profiling other voluntary organisations in the village over the coming months and we will be interested to hear what you think of the articles and also to hear any anecdotes and/or stories you may have from the past.

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	2007 Poppy Appeal
Area	Collector	Total
Church Road/TrelavourSquare	Neil Cotton	9.43
Enniscaven	Daniel Best	47.45
Fore Street	Rob Stack	47.06
Halimote Road/Hall Road	Frank Gingall	31.70
Hendra Prazey/Grose Meadows	Dani Hamilton	67.23
Hendra Road	Eileen West	35.66
Manson Place/Hall Road	Ashley Waters	104.20
Robartes Road	Rachel Best	27.84
Trelavour Estate	Molly Lorimar	47.28
Trelavour Road	Martyn Best	77.63
Trerice	Eamon Harvey	14.12
Wellington Road	Rowena and Cynthia Coon	97.21
	Sub-total	606.81
Static Points
AFC		3.05
Barclays Bank		8.86
Boscawen Hotel		4.96
Commercial Inn		6.39
Colin and Di		8.38
Les’s Shop		7.54
Penwyn Garage		16.12
Post Office		25.75
School		20.94
Spar		67.55
WM Club		22.03
	Sub-Total	191.57
Wreaths
		377.00
Whitemoor		122.18
	GRAND TOTAL	1404.81
Martyn Best Honorary Organiser

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St Denys & District Old Cornwall Society
 
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The St Denys Old Cornwall Society meet on Monday 18th February at ClayTAWC when Mrs Carol Vivien will be presenting a talk on Smuggling. Carol has given many talks to our group and is always interesting and well received.  We meet at 7pm and all are welcome to come along and join us.  Refreshments and raffle will follow Carol's talk.

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St Dennis Women's Institute
 
The St Dennis WI meet in the Working Men's Club on Monday 4th February at 7pm.  Mr Alan Cooper will be presenting slides and a talk on New Zealand.  This will be followed by our monthly competition and refreshments.  If you are interested in joining the WI just come along at 7pm and join us.  We will be very pleased to see you.  Alternatively contact Mrs Kathy Truscott on 823240 or Ginny Edwards on 821715.
 

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St Dennis Cancer Research Committee
 

Sincere apologies for providing the incorrect date for last month's coffee morning.  Our February coffee morning will be held in the Working Men's Club on Tuesday 12th February at 10am.  Our next table top sale will be held at ClayTAWC on Saturday 16th February at 10am.  Both events will include stalls, raffle, refreshments and much fun.  See you all there.
 
On Saturday 19th January we were able to make a presentation to Cancer Research UK of a cheque in the sum of £8,600 raised during the past year by the Committee to Truro Organiser Miss Sam Williams.   We would like to thank everyone who has attended our coffee mornings and table tops throughout 2007 thus making this presentation possible.
 

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ST DENNIS PRIMARY SCHOOL – YEAR 4

Tegan

How to make a Year 4 pupil

You will need

1. You need a very clever and smart brain

2. You need a sprinkle of truth

3. You need a cup of friendship to help you get friends

4. You need a spoonful of sensible behaviour

5. You need a touch of tolerance

6. You need a measure of kindness

How to make

1. First put the brain in a bowl

2. Add the sprinkle of truth

3. Next pour the cup of friendship in

4. The put in the spoonful of sensible behaviour

5. Stir in a touch of tolerance – everyone has the right to their Then put in the measure of kindness and stir it all up

6. Leave it to learn for a few years and then you’re done.

Rowan

How to make a year 4 pupil

You will need

A sprinkle of smartness

A teaspoon of kindness

A dozen happy dreams

An equal amount of manners

A number of brains

A nugget of niceness

An inch of cheekiness

A spot of smiles

How to make

1. First sprinkle your smartness into a bowl

2. Mix your teaspoon of kindness

3. Then put the dreams into the bowl

4. Crack the manners and plop them in

5. Mix in the brains and mash the niceness

6. Put in the mashed niceness

7. Leave it to set

8. When set put the cheekiness and smiles on for toppings.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .

Dear Editor

What a delight it was to go into the village today and find it completely litter-free!   A big thanks to whoever it was who achieved this.  Wouldn't it be nice if it could remain like this always?  I'm sure it would be possible if we all used the litter bins and encouraged our children to do the same.  We live in a great village - let's keep it so.

Valerie Morganti

Dear Ed

A sign is needed to stop horses being ridden through the lane from Jackie Salmons to Trelavour Square. They are being ridden through when the children are coming out of school, and leaving piles of dung behind.

Also, a light halfway along the lane to be able to see the mess left after dark is needed.

From Anonymous

County Council Waste Contract with SITA

Dear Sir or Madam

Purely personal opinion.

Since the decision was taken to bring all non recyclable household waste to the centre of Cornwall by our County Council, the cost of a barrel of crude oil has rocketed from around 30$ to near 100$ and shows no sign of going down.

A report in the press a few weeks ago gave some facts regards taking all the landfill to United Downs. Briefly it would, according to the article, amount to 750,000 miles of road travel a year. A huge amount of travel by any standards.

Lets apply this logic to the proposed carrying of 240,000 tonnes of waste annually to the centre of Cornwall, plus taking away 60,000 tonnes of ash. Not for an interim period but for a contracted time of thirty years.

The case made against carrying waste to United Downs from all round the County must surely be equally applicable to the proposed transportation of waste to Central Cornwall from all corners of the County. The environmental issues surrounding the transportation of waste are mind blowing. It also flies in the face of some clauses laid out in the Counties own strategic documents.

There are thousands of residents who have worked out that a Waste Contract that says all residual waste that cannot be composted, recycled or reused in some way will be taken to a central site in Cornwall was flawed from the start. Given the latest fuel cost increases the Contract must be even more questionable.

One of the sites, the preferred site, for an incinerator (Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre) has no suitable road access from the A 30 and will need a new road access. All this at a time when the A 391 proposed upgrading from the A 30 to St Austell, has been shelved.

Surely the officers, councillors and contractor should revisit the business plan and reconsider the options open to them. Come on you decision makers at County Hall, please tell us how the balance sheet stacks up now.

If the figures do not add up please, for the sake of our Cornwall’s future, have the courage to reconsider the disposal of waste issues and recognise there could be a better way forward.

To admit conditions and technology are changing will show that you, our decision makers at County, do have some commitment to us the electorate after all.

Just a thought.

If the decision to bring all non recyclable waste to Central Cornwall is such a sound one, then the new Unitary HQ must also be in Mid Cornwall. Even heated by latent heat from an incinerator. Oh sorry. The Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre.

Just a thought.

Happy New Year.

Fred Greenslade. St Dennis Resident

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Services at St Denys Church in February 2008

3rd February:    9.30am  Parish Communion

10th February:   9.30am  Parish Communion 

17th February:   9.30am  Parish Communion

24th February: 10.00am  Parish Communion suitable for all Ages

Services are held each Wednesday at 10.30am.  Your special attention is drawn to our service at 10.30am on 6th February when we celebrate Ash Wednesday.

Please contact the Priest-in-Charge, Rev’d Paul Arthur, on 01726 822317 for further details or if you would like to discuss arranging a wedding, baptism or other service.

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Carne Hill Methodist Church. 

Sunday Services & Junior Church

Feb 3^rd 11.00 Rev Derek Balsdon Holy Communion

Feb 10^th Sheila Allen

Feb 17^th Mrs B Abbott Fellowship

Feb 24^th Brian Phillips

Junior Church meets every Sunday at 11am. All young people welcome.

You are invited to Informal Worship on Saturday 2^nd February 7.30pm at Carne Hill Methodist Church. 

Derek and Hilary Balsdon will be sharing some of their experiences of God from their recent visit to the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship.  All are welcome.

CARNE HILL METHODIST CHURCH PANCAKE LUNCH

On Saturday 2^nd February we are having a pasty and pancake lunch from 11.30 am to 1pm at Claytawc.

A variety of filled pancakes pasties and desserts.

Bring and buy stall, and homemade cakes. Raffle.

Transport is available. Everyone welcome

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HENDRA ROAD METHODIST CHURCH

PREACHERS FOR SUNDAYS AT 6PM

3^TH FEBRUARY REV D BALSDON(SACRAMENT)

10^TH FEBRUARY MR C DOWLING

17^TH FEBRUARY REV A VIDAMOUR

24^TH FEBRUARY MR P M STEPHENS

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ST DENNIS OVER 70’S CHRISTMAS MEAL

Betty Craddock, Jean Luke and Vera Cross would like to thank St Dennis Parish Council for their donation of £300, Help the Aged £200 and Roche Lions £50 towards the cost of the meal, and all who supported the coffee morning.

St Dennis War Memorial Institute for the room, Ann Curtis for the catering and Carne Hill Drama Group for their entertainment.

Kath Truscott, Kath Chapman, Avis Hobbah and Noreen Hewitt, for helping serve the meal.

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Walkers Corner

Good news for walkers as the old railway line between Stamps and Gaverigan bridge has been cleared once again. This was originally cleared out by the owners, several years ago, but the vegetation had grown back, making it quite difficult to negotiate.

It opens onto the main road, where you can see that the old railway line to Indian Queens has been opened up. If you cross here, please note there is very fast moving traffic using this road.

If you walk along the track towards Indian Queens, and stay on the sandy road, you will emerge opposite Gnome world, having crossed the A30 by means of a bridge.

If you would like to add your favourite walk to this column, not necessarily in St. Dennis, please send it to the editor,

stdennisnews@hotmail.co.uk , or put it in the box in Claytawc.

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PARISH COUNCIL NEWS.

The Parish Council meet on the 2^nd Tuesday of each month in the ClayTAWC Centre. All meetings start at 7 p.m. The public are very welcome to attend. There is a regular agenda item of 10 minutes duration when members of the public may speak and raise their particular concerns.

Notes from the Parish Council meeting held on 8^th January.

1. PCSO Fisher reported that there had been 6 reported crimes during December of which 3 had been detected. .PC Dingle reported that the football coaching scheme for children of 9 years old upwards would be starting early in February and would run initially for 10 weeks and possibly longer if the scheme is successful. PC Dingle thanked the Parish Council for its support and financial contribution of £150 and added that it would be advantageous if parents were prepared to be involved with a view to establishing a youngsters village football team.

2. The Council have received complaints about horses being ridden on footpaths in the village and will be putting up notices prohibiting horses to be walked or ridden in these areas. The local Police team have also been informed.

3. A member of the public has reported vandalism in the Borough Council car park off Wellington Road and the Police will be keeping an eye on this area in future.

4. A member of the public spoke at the meeting about the possibility of a skateboard facility being provided in the middle of the village for younger children. The Council agreed that the Playing Field Committee would consider this and also advised the parishioner to approach Celine Elliott the YP2 Project Manager.
   

5. The Council will be undertaking a safety check on all the memorials in the Cemetery over the next few months. Where any memorial is found to be unsafe the family of the deceased will be contacted and if the family cannot be traced the Council will consider steps to make the memorial safe.

6. Complaints have been received concerning excessive amounts of mud being deposited on the roads in the village by traffic from the Parc an Bre development and the Council have written to Restormal Borough Council Planning Department regarding this.

7. Councillor Greenslade has been raising the subject of dog fouling in the village at Restormal Borough Council in an effort to increase the presence of the Dog Warden staff in St Dennis. It has been agreed that the Dog Warden staff will be more active in the village and owners of dogs should be aware that the Warden has the power to levy on the spot fines on any person who does not clean up after their dog.

8. In the public discussion period the following information arising out of the latest meeting of the Sita Liaison Group was reported :

• the proposed Energy from Waste plant will generate additional traffic of 140 lorries per day excepting Sundays.

• an estimated 48-50 full time jobs would be generated which would be advertised locally.

• the height of the chimney would be at least 100 metres.

• Natural England and the Environment Agency have reported that the pollution levels on the Goss Moor have exceeded the critical load.

• a public exhibition by Sita outlining plans for the proposed plant will be held in the Working Men’s Club on the 23^rd and 24^th January.

• the Planning Application from Sita is expected to be lodged with the County Council in March.

• all future minutes of the Liason Group will be provided to the Parish Council.

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If you wish to have your article printed in this magazine the article must reach the editor by 15^th day of the month before

the next issue.

The magazine will be issued on the 1^st of the month.

Articles will be accepted by email at

stdennisnews@hotmail.co.uk.

Please include contact details and telephone number.

Articles can also be accepted handwritten in

BLOCK CAPITALS please and delivered to:-

CLAYTAWC BUILDING

FORE STREET

ST DENNIS

With contact details and telephone number.

A box will be provided on the reception desk.

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Letters and contributions to the Editor will be published at the

discretion of the committee.

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