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Forrabury & Minster Parish Council 2008 / 2009 Proposed Precept

At the Annual Parish meeting held on Thursday 27th April the speaker was Tony Barnes from the Lions Club of Bude. He gave a brief history of the Lions and of their fundraising activities. The Lions are responsible for the first "white canes" that are now so widely used and recognised and for the first guide dogs and first Braille reader. They continue to support "sight aid" and are also closely involved with providing clean water supplies to yd world countries.
  It was suggested that there should be collection boxes strategically placed in the village for the collection of used metal framed spectacles (even broken ones), mobile phones with their batteries and chargers, ink-jet cartridges and used postage stamps. All these articles are used to help people less fortunate than ourselves. Spectacles and sun glasses are particularly valuable as they are repaired and re-graded and sent to places like Africa and Sri Lanka etc.
 The Lions Club International Foundation supported Boscastle during the floods and the appeal they launched for long-term projects now stands in excess of £20,000. This will go towards the new children's playground.

County Councillor's report
 Glenton Brown reported that there is a proposal that the amenity tip at Bowithick be closed. This is a valuable service for residents from a large catchment area. Cllr Brown urged everyone to write a short letter to David Owen at the County Waste Disposal Dept at County Hall, Truro voicing their objections to this proposal in the hope that the Council will take these concerns into consideration before making a final decision.

Playgroup report
  Playgroup have had a successful year although the number of children attending has dropped. Work on the extension to the Village Hall will be commence in June providing much needed storage for the playgroup.

W.I report
  The W I celebrated the 60ch Birthday of the Boscastle branch in January. It continues to meet monthly and to have many interesting speakers at their meetings.

Community Centre
  Bookings and finance in good shape that it was to be hoped that more young people could be encouraged to use the centre. Church of England Rev Chris disappointed with the third TV series of a Seaside Parish because it failed to concentrate more on the spiritual working of the church in the community. Following the flood work on Minster Church is complete and the Insurance Company have surpassed all expectations in their helpfulness.

Police report
  A written statement said that there were no particular crime trends. There were 503 reported incidents in the Camelford area of which 45 were attributed to Boscastle.

Methodist Church Delighted that the two family services have brought more children into the Church. The Rev. Andrew Sowden will be leaving at the end of July. Rev. Brian Eade from Delabole has been appointed to the position for the next two years.

Village Hall
  Reported on the Playgroup extension. A Vote of thanks was given to Michael Turner for his unstinting work over the past several years in putting on the Boscastle Cave of Harmony. This has raised considerable sums of money for the Village Hall over the years.

Chamber of Trade & Commerce  Reported that they now had 30 - 40 members. It is hoped that the end of May procession and Samba Band will take place. The Festival of Food will take place in October but with some changes to the venues.
 

Boscastle Blowhole Summer 2006 Pages  9

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