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ST DENNIS AREA COMMUNITY NEWS
MAY EDITION
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wednesday 7th
May 12.30 p.m Good
Companions
Portreath Coach Trip
Monday 9th May 7.00 p.m. Parish Plan
Public
Meeting at
Claytawc
.
Sunday 11th May
1 p.m. Queen of
AFC
Tuesday 13th May
7.00 p.m. Annual Parish Council
Meeting
At Claytawc
Sunday 25th May
7.00 p.m.
Dennis WMC.
Saturday 31st May 10.am. Red
Cross Coffee
Morning
2 p.m. Baby Show at Bandroom
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Celebration and
Memorable Dates
WITH THANKS
I felt I
had to put pen to paper and thank the Wildworks team for all their hard work in
the making of the film "Heart of Clay", it has made us feel proud of our
village, bringing together the young and the not so young.
Mrs Phyl Luke.
Happy Birthday
Courtney Rowe will be 13 on 28th May
Love from Mum, Dad, Shelley and Cameron
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Caring For The Local
Community
Oasis Community Care Limited
Oasis Community Care Limited
has been established since 1996, in this time we have provided a professional
and friendly service to our local community. We have continued to do the
uppermost to help all our service users Oasis Community Care Limited treat all service
users with the highest respect and remain sensitive to your individual needs and
abilities, we aim to promote your independency and personal
dignity.
We
have our own in-house emergency back up response team All employee’s have had
references from previous employer’s, (POVA) Protection Against Vulnerable Adult
Checks and (CRB) Criminal Record Checks All our services are tailor-made to suit you as an
individual.
If
you would like any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact any of
us on either St
Austell 01726 824611 or
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Hello everyone!
I have been asked to introduce myself as the new Head teacher
at St.Dennis CP School, so here goes…………..
I have been a Head teacher at two previous schools and look
forward to moving my new school forward during the coming years.
Before entering the teaching profession I worked in
manufacturing industry involving metal fabrication and engineering for many
years.
My wife is a nurse who works at a doctor’s surgery and I have
a twelve year old son who is in year eight at his secondary school.
I have already been impressed by the quality of staff and the
attitude of the children at St. Dennis and am certain we have a bright future
together.
I am keen to ensure that our children have an exciting time
at school here and are presented with the best opportunities possible as we help
to prepare them for the future.
That’s probably enough from me for now except to say please
introduce yourself if you see me out and about, it will be a pleasure to meet
you!
Paul Willetts
COFFEE MORNING AT THE OLD CHAPEL
A coffee
morning will be held at The Old Chapel,
St Denys & District Old Cornwall
Society
The St Denys Old Cornwall Society meets on Monday 19th May at
7.30pm at ClayTAWC when Mr Howard Curnow will present his talk on "What Makes
the Cornish Special?". This will be followed by refreshments and our usual
raffle. Our group will then break for the summer and we will meet up again
in October. If you are interested or would like to know more just come
along on Monday night or give Ginny a call on 01726 821715.
St Dennis Women's Institute
The St Dennis Women's Institute meets on Monday 12th May when
our speaker will be Mrs Margaret Walker and she will be talking about Simple
Cake Decoration. We meet in the upstairs room of the Working Men's Club at
7.30pm and members and guests are most welcome. Mrs Walker's talk will be
followed by a faith tea and raffle. Come and join in and find out what the
W.I. is all about.
The St
Dennis Women's Institute held a coffee morning in aid of Marie Curie Cancer
Care
on Friday 28th March in the Women's Institute
Room. It was a very wet and windy day but many stalwart supporters turned
out and a total of £107.50 was raised for this caring charity. The members
of the St Dennis Women's Institute would like to thank everyone who helped to
make this possible for their generosity in giving their time and their
money. Thank you all.
St Dennis Cancer Research Committee
The St Dennis Cancer Committee will be holding a coffee
morning on Tuesday 13th May at the Working Men's Club at 10am. We will
have the usual stalls, raffle and refreshments. Our next table top sale at
ClayTAWC will be held on Saturday 17th May also at 12 noon.
We enjoyed our meetings in April at which as managed to
raise over £250.00. The generosity of the people of St Dennis always
manages to amaze us. Thank you all.
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ST DENNIS RED CROSS COFFEE MORNING
SATURDAY 31ST MAY 10 AM – 12
NOON
JUMBLE, RAFFLE, LUNCH, PASTIES AND SWEETS
A WARM WELCOME TO ALL. PLEASE SUPPORT
GOOD COMPANIONS
ON WEDNESDAY 7TH MAY WE ARE
GOING ON A COACH TRIP TO PORTREATH AND PERRANPORTH. LEAVES ST DENNIS 12.30. FARE
£6.
USUAL PICK-UP
POINTS, BOSCAWEN,
NEWS FROM ST DENNIS LOOSE THREADS
Our Patchwork Quilt is getting bigger. It is a joint
effort by all and we are learning the techniques of patchworking and having fun
at the same time. Our meetings during May are scheduled for Tuesday 13 May
& Tuesday 27 May from 7.00 - 9.00 pm at the
For more details contact Barbara Tel: 01726
823480
St Denys Beaders
The St
Denys Beaders meet every Thursday in the upstairs room of the Working Men's Club
from 10am until 4pm. If you are interested in learning the various
techniques of beading please come and join us. This is a small,
friendly group who enjoy both the jewellery making and the socialising, so
come on in and see what we do.
Sunday Services &
Junior Church 11.00 am (refreshments from 10.30am)
May 4th Church Anniversary: Miss Karenza Sleeman
May 11th Pentecost Sunday: Mrs Carole Richards
May 18th Fellowship Service. 2.30
May 25th Mr Donald Pownall
Saturday May 31 7.30pm
Informal Worship @ Carne Hill. Informal Worship is a less traditional and
more contemporary style of worship. The singing of praises to God is
accompanied by a variety of instruments, and there is an opportunity to receive
prayer for healing or for other reasons. Everyone is welcome.
You are also invited to the
regular Bible Studies, House Group and Soaking in God’s.
Contact Rev Derek Balsdon on 822292 for further details
PREACHERS ON SUNDAYS AT 6.00 PM
MAY 4TH
REV J KENDALL
MAY 11TH
MRS J BEST
MAY 18TH
REV D BALSDON (SACREMENT)
MAY 25TH
MR C DOWNING
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THE TWENTY FIRST HORTICULTURAL
DOMESTIC
AND
ST DENNIS AFC AND BAND CARNIVAL COMMITTEE ARE HOLDING THEIR QUEEN OF
DOOR OPEN 1PM 2PM JUNIORS 6PM SENIORS
NEW CLASSES ALL WELCOME
RAFFLES AND REFRESHMENTS
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CHRIS 822875
ST DENNIS AFC AND BAND CARNIVAL COMMITTEE ARE HOLDING THEIR BABY SHOW ON SATURDAY 31ST MAY IN THE BANDROOM HALL
DOOR OPEN 1PM NEW CLASSES ALL WELCOME
RAFFLES AND REFRESHMENTS
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CHRIS 822875
CBBA Hat-trick for
both St Dennis Senior and Youth Bands
On Saturday 5th April both St Dennis Senior and Youth Bands
competed at the Cornwall Brass Band Association 53rd Annual Brass Band Contest
held at
The Youth Band performed 'Diamond Heritage' by Darrol Barry
in the Own Choice Youth Section. The Band put on an excellent performance which
led to them winning the section by 5 points. As well as winning the section the
Youth Band were also awarded prizes for the Best Percussion Section in the
Junior/Youth Sections, Best Bass Section of the day and Flugel Horn Player Zoe
Hancock was also awarded Best Soloist in the Youth Section and also Best Player
of the day.
The Senior Band competed in the Open Entertainment Section.
They opened their programme with the John Williams favourite 'Olympic Fanfare
and Theme'. This was then followed by 'March Celebration', Soprano Cornet Solo
'On With the Motley', upbeat 'Comedy Tonight' from 'A Funny Thing happened on
the way to the Forum', 'In Perfect Peace' and 'There is nothing like a Dame'.
The band concluded their programme with the popular concert finisher 'Glorifico
Aeternum'.
The band secured their title with an impressive 4 point
lead. As well as winning the section, Andrew Julian (Soprano Cornet) was awarded
the Best Soloist Award and the Cornet section received the award for 'The Best
Cornet Section of the Day'.
Saturday 17th May - Car Boot
Car Boot - £5 per pitch. Come along and sell your
unwanted finds from the attic and also enjoy one of our
popular breakfasts.
Prize Bingo every Tuesday in the Bandroom - eyes down at
7.30 p.m.
Date for your diary - Sunday 23rd November starting at 7.30
p.m.
St Dennis Band will be holding a Concert at the New Members
Pavilion at the Royal Cornwall Showground at Wadebridge. We are very
fortunate to have the World Renowned Euphonium player David Childs appearing as
Guest Soloist. David was also BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2000.
Tickets are £10 each from Max Haughton, 12a
100 Club - Winners of the March draw were 1st Mrs S Barrett and 2nd Mrs M Bazeley. If you would like to become a member of the 100 Club please collect a form from the Bandroom or contact Max Haughton (address & tel no. as above)
There are some very ancient footpaths in and around St
Dennis and they were often used to walk to church.
This walk starts at the sundial at Trelavour Prazey.
Walk about 100 yards towards Indian Queens and turn right
onto a public footpath by Biddick's cottage. Follow the path about half way up
the hill, and you have a choice of directions. You can then carry on up, through
a cow gate to a stone stile opposite Carne Hill Chapel, and then turn left on
Carne Hill and walk down to the public footpath to the church.
Alternatively you can turn left into the fields and follow a
well worn path across 3 fields, then turn right, go through one kissing gate to
the next kissing gate which is on Carne Hill, opposite the footpath to the
church.
Walk up the footpath to St Denys Church and go into the
church yard.
To the left of the church is the old christening font.
Follow the path past this and then go over the hedge by means of the style into
the fields. The views from here are spectacular.
Turn right into the next field then follow the path all the
way down the hill to a gate which comes out opposite Penrose Veor farm.
Turn right and walk along the road till the next turning
right. Walk up this hill until you have another choice. You can turn right and
walk up Steep Carne to the church, or you can carry on to Mena.
If you go along the road towards Mena, you will come to a turning right up another public footpath. This will take you up a lane, then across a field to the lower side of the cemetery, and so back to St Dennis.
Services at St Denys Church in May 2008
4th May: 9.30am Parish Communion, Preacher: Revd
Derek Balsdon
11th May: 9.30am Parish Communion for
Penteconst
18th May: 9.30am Parish Communion for Trinity
Sunday
25th May:10.00am Parish Communion suitable for all
Ages
Services (usually of
Holy Communion) are held each Wednesday at 10.30am.
Please contact the Priest-in-Charge, Revd Paul Arthur, on 01726 822317 for further details or if you would like to discuss arranging a wedding, baptism or other service.
A HUGE THANK YOU to.......
The St
Dennis Cancer Committee would like to thank the secretary, club and members of
the ST AUSTELL GOLF CLUB for their generosity and kindness extended to the
committee during three events recently. We attended at the Golf Club for
three days during the Stapleford, Ladies Day and Men's Open competitions where
we sold raffle tickets in aid of Cancer Research
ANOTHER HUGE THANK YOU to......
The St Dennis Area
Community Magazine would like to thank Mr Ivor Bowditch and The Imerys Community
Relations Fund for the very kind donation of £500 to help with the running costs
of the magazine. It is a very kind gesture and provides us with funds
which we desperately need. The running costs for the magazine have
escalated due to the fact that we can no longer obtain subsidised printing and
so must bear the full cost of this. The cheque from Imerys could not have
come at a better time and we thank them for coming to our rescue in this
time. We know that they help at least two other villages in this way and
are indebted to them for their help.
St Dennis Childrens Centre
‘The centre, situated on St Dennis Community Primary School,
offers a range of play activities for fun and early learning, various health
services, a nursery, and access to training and development for parents and
carers.
It is one of Childrens Centres being developed by Cornwall
County Councils Family Services across the county. The aim is that all young
children and their families in
Further services at the centre and surrounding areas could
include activities with health visitors and midwives, a baby group, breast
feeding group, a range of play sessions, access to a toy library service,
training, and fun activities run by parent and carer volunteers. There are 2
Family Support Workers linked to this centre. They will help families in many
different ways with advice on parenting, signposting and liasing with agencies,
budgeting, and support to do training or volunteering. They are able to help if
you need any support with your family.
For further information on St Dennis Children’s Centre
please contact Amy Williams on 01726 874010 or visit
www.cornwall.gov.uk/familyservices
The Parish Council meet on the 2nd 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 the 8th April.
a)
The Council received a presentation from Mr Tony Lee of
Restormel B.C. on the subject of ‘affordable housing’. In a very interesting
presentation Mr Lee explained the Borough Council’s policy with regard to
affordable housing and what action was being taken to achieve the target number
of houses required. With regard to St Dennis Mr Lee said that if St Dennis had a
parish plan containing data on the demand for affordable housing in the parish
it would be extremely useful to the Borough Council in its assessment of the
problem.
b)
The Community Policing report showed that there had been 6
reported crimes in March of which 3 had been detected. The total number of
reported crimes during the last year totalled 65 compared with 98 for the
previous year, a reduction of 33.6%.
c)
A member of the public referred to the proposed amenity area
to be provided on land to the rear of Dunstans Close and expressed concern over
who would be responsible for the maintenance of the area. It was explained that
the amenity area would be provided by the developers of the Dunstan Close houses
and was a condition of the planning consent issued by Restormel Borough Council.
The developers would be responsible for the maintenance of the area and if they
failed to do this action would be taken by the Borough Council.
d)
The Council received a report from County Councillor Higman
setting out the latest position with regard to the change over to the new
Unitary Authority for
e)
The Council have received a commissioned report on the
safety of the memorials in the Cemetery. The report highlighted that a total of
111 memorials (approx 12%) required remedial works and the Council’s
Cemetery Committee will be considering the report in detail with regard to what
action may be appropriate.
f) The accounts for the financial year 2007/08 were considered
and approved. The accounts showed a surplus of £3,804 for the year and a general
surplus of £5,582 carried forward together with reserves of £30,260 earmarked
for specific projects.
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