ISSUE 149 December 2018/January 2019

In this issue...

Feature Page 30 minutes with… 2 Reflections from the Rectory & Church Services 3 Sports & Social Club news 4-5 You might like this… *** new feature *** 5 Parish Council Update 6 What’s On In Our Local Area 7 Abigail Myers’ World Challenge 7 Baptist Chapel 8 WW1 100th Anniversary Remembrance 8 Your Garden 9 Events 10 Christmas Wreath Workshop 11 Cricket Report 12 Over and Out… a thank you to Lionel Colby 12 Adverts and classified listings 13-17 Local Services 18 Three Schools Update 19 Christmas Concert 20

GREENACRE HALL For hall bookings please telephone

Carol 01296 720741

We now have electric blinds fitted giving hirers the option for a full black-out venue any time of year for showing films etc.

DRAYTON DIARY December 1st Christmas Lights Switch On, Main Road 17:30 7th Open Bar, DPSSC from 8pm 8th Bingo, DPSSC 8pm 9th Carol Service, Baptist Chapel 2:30pm

10th Neighbourhood Plan Update with mulled wine and mince pies – DPSSC 7:30pm

13th Christmas Wreath Workshop with lunch, Greenacre Hall 10:30am

21st Children’s Christmas Workshop, Greenacre Hall 10:00am

22nd VPA Children’s Christmas Party – see page 3 23rd Christmas Carol Concert, Holy Trinity 18:00 24th Christingle Service, Holy Trinity 15:00 January 21st Parish Council Meeting DPSSC 7:30pm

COIN JARS Thank you to everybody who had their jars ready for the team of collectors who really go the extra mile in trying to find you all in.

Anybody who visits the Churchyard can appreciate what their contribution funds, it’s a big area to upkeep and it’s looking good.

Our total for October was £660.88 giving us a grand total for 2018 of £1,333.70

NEXT ISSUE Contributions, articles and photos for the February / March issue by no later than Friday January 4th, 2019 please to the

Village News mailbox dpvillagenews@outlook.com or by hand to Sally Wallis (10 Prospect Close) or Claire Darnley

(Tamara, 3b Main Road). If you want to speak to either of us, please contact Sally on

720030 or Claire on 720383.

Wishing all the villagers, and those involved in the Village News be it

distributing, printing, advertising or contributing, a Merry Christmas and

Happy and Healthy 2019.

Sally and Claire

The next of our series of features on members of the local community: Let’s spend 30 minutes with…

Sarah Norman I have never lived anywhere longer than a year or two, so to have spent 13 years in Drayton is a true testimony on how much I love it here. 1. How long have you lived in Drayton Parslow? When I first moved to Drayton on a very wet November day, in 2005, if my memory serves me well! I couldn’t believe that this beautiful chocolate box farmhouse was finally ours. I fell in love with Chestnut Farm after seeing it in a small Savills advert. The house of our dreams. I have moved many, many times in my life, so to find a house that I could finally settle with my young family, and my horse Bradley and my two Red & White Setters, Rosie & Finn, was truly a dream come true. I had hoped we wouldn’t have move again, but we did, and thank goodness only next door into the barn that we renovated, that were the original stables. 2. What do you like best about living in Drayton Parslow? Being part of a village community, be it on a social level, as I am on the committee of Drayton Parslow Sports and Social club or the Cricket Club, or with the local equestrian fraternity. We have made many dear friends and I know if ever we needed any help I could count on any number of local friends to call on, and of course that also works both ways! 3. What is your favourite event held in the village? I think my favourite village event would either be the VPA show or the biannual/triannual (!) Cricket club ball. 4. What is your favourite book / books? When I actually get time to read, it’s usually on holiday, but I love Lisa Jewell as I grew up with Lisa and her family, and we holidayed every summer together in Thornham, Norfolk. I have read every book, from her first, Ralphs Party to the last, which in my mind is one of my favourites and I highly recommend it, it’s called Then She Was Gone. 4. Who is your favourite celebrity chef & why? My favourite celebrity chef I think would be Nigel Slater. I love his simple rustic attitude to cooking. A close second would be Lorraine Pascale.

5. The film you can watch again & again? The film or films I could watch over and over again, are pretty cheesy: Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman or any film that’s horse based!!! 6. What is the best job you have ever had? The best job I ever had was running a livery yard in Hertford Heath. It was such hard work, but I loved it, even though I was paid £50 a week!!! For a 6 day week, and Christmas Day, Boxing Day! 7. What is your favourite place to visit? This is a hard one as I have been extremely fortunate to travel to many beautiful and interesting places around the world, but I think I would have to say my favourite is the North Norfolk coast. I first went with my family when I was 7. We had a static caravan behind The Chequers in Thornham and enjoyed many happy summers there, I used to take my horse, in the summer holidays and put him in the field in front of the Lifeboat pub. I still like to go most years as we have friends that live there, and I still take the horses there My favourite place on earth is the beach at Holme nature reserve. It holds many special memories for me. 8. Who would be your special guests at a dinner? Who would I like to attend a special dinner party would be Stacey Dooley, Terry Hall, George Michael, my Mum and Dad and of course my village friends

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Holy Trinity News

What do you enjoy most about Christmas? Is it the giving and receiving of gifts (or just the receiving), the dinner and all the snacky bits, getting together with family you don’t see as often as you would like, hot chocolate or mulled wine by an open fire, perhaps even singing carols and/or other Christmas songs? One of the things for me is the wonder of all that the prophets of the Old Testament wrote about - God coming to be in the most unexpected way: the birth of a child. A story that for the last 2,000 years has been influencing and transforming the world. Each year during the Christmas season we read these words from the beginning of John’s Gospel: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. This is John’s description of the baby we celebrate, the one who would take God from a page to a person. In those days the way people learned about God was through reading the word (or listening to those that could read) but now we can know about God by seeing Jesus, His son. This Christmas the Church of England invites us to Follow the Star (look out for more information, #followthestar), to meet with Jesus and receive his light, and our Churches across the benefice offer plenty of opportunity to do just that. You can find details of all our services in the village news, also on our website (www.5parishes.org.uk) or on Facebook (just search for 5 parishes). On behalf of the churches and as a family, we would like to pray you have a peaceful and blessed Christmas. Simon Faulks

HOLY TRINITY SERVICE DATES November 25th 9:30 Holy Communion John Saunders December 2nd 9:30 Advent Walk Simon Faulks 9th 9:30 Family Service Simon Faulks 16th No Service 23rd 9:30 Holy Communion John Saunders 23rd 18:00 Christmas Carol

Concert Drayton Parslow Singers

24th 15:00 Christingle Service Simon Faulks 25th 09:30 Holy Communion Simon Faulks 30th 10:00 Benefice Holy

Communion At Little Horwood

January 6th 9:30 Holy Communion Simon Faulks

Christmas Lights

The Fedoriw family annual Christmas Lights switch-on is on Saturday December 1st at 5:30pm.

Come along for festive refreshments and perhaps a singalong too!

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Sarah, Kirsty and Vicky are opening up the bar on Friday 7th December, as an Open Bar, all welcome, to get everyone into the Festive spirit. Please grab a friend and come along 😊

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Thank-you very much to John Adams who has joined our team of Volunteer Bar Staff. We are delighted to have you on the team.

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There are lots of clubs and activities running out of the Sports & Social club. Key sessions are:

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Tuesdays 8-10pm Whist Drive

All welcome.

Wednesdays AM, PM & EVE Abbey Smith Bridge Club. More details can be found on www.bridgewebs.com/abbeysmith

Thursdays AM & EVE Fridays PM Fridays EVE Local Cards Players

Petanque Saturdays Monthly, 7-

10pm Bingo. Doors open 7pm, eyes down 8pm. The bar is open and the Fish & Chip van will be in attendance. Dates for the rest of the year are: 8 Dec.

Sundays 12-2pm Open Bar session. Petanque Court Open All welcome.

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Subject to diary availability, the clubhouse remains available to hire. With a lovely view over the Cricket / Rec ground, we have a large, spacious hall with kitchen, ladies/gents/disabled toilet facilities, Bar facilities, and outdoor space to the rear of the club.

Hall Hire charges are fixed at £10 per hour (with an incremental £8 per hour if the bar is required). A non-refundable deposit and hire agreement form are required for all bookings. Please contact Sarah Norman on 07970 820342 for hire availability.

*** New Feature ***

You Might Like This… Here are two reviews by local residents of books you might like to try.

Why don’t try your hand at a review of something you would like to share with other villagers?

It might be a book, a film, a day out, an activity, an exhibition, a recipe or anything else you think people might like to hear about as after all its your village news. You can email, call or drop a note through one of our doors and we will include it in the next edition - See page 1 for contact details -

A Good Read

Drayton Parslow Book Club Recommends… The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha. This book was a surprise to all Book Club members, as although it`s subject matter is very harrowing, we all enjoyed reading it. The story is set in America mostly in Oregon. It is a complicated, layered narrative about a family`s journey towards justice and forgiveness after the shocking murder of their son. One of the reasons we particularly liked it was that the author creates such wonderfully clear-cut realistic characters, each one of them seems to jump off the page! We found that the story moves along at a good pace and it retains it’s tension to the end.

A Good Read For Younger Readers Georgia Darnley Recommends… Paper Towns by John Green Paper Towns is a romance/mystery about two teenagers, one very popular and one not. When they were younger, they were very close friends but they aren’t anymore. Quentin becomes concerned when he hears Margo has gone missing and decides to try and find her. The book follows Quentin and the mysteries he has to solve to find her. Margo leaves clues for him in mysterious places and ways about where she might be and he has to follow the trail to find her. I would rate the age of this book as 13 plus. An exciting book that keeps you turning the pages to find out where Margo actually might be and wonder if she will ever return. It is one of my favourite books that I have read again and again and I would definitely recommend reading it.

Neighbourhood Plan Update – come along and find out about the progress of your Plan….

Christmas Mulled Wine & Mince Pies

Monday 10th December - 7:30 Sports & Social Club

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS http://draytonparslowparishcouncil.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DraytonParslowPC/

Thank You Following the high marks Drayton Parslow received in the annual Best Kept Village Competition, the Parish Council would like to extend its thanks to Alan Burden who maintains the grass verges under devolved services and also maintains the play area and parts of the recreation ground. Comments from the judges were very positive. Neighbourhood Plan The steering group has been working extremely hard and has had additional meetings with AVDC’s Neighbourhood Planning Officer. If you would like to learn more about its progress, please come to a festive mulled wine & mince pies evening on Monday 10th December at 7:30pm in the Sports & Social Club. Planning If you wish to receive updates regarding planning matters, please send a request e-mail to the Parish Clerk asking to be added to the mailing list. This request will need to be renewed annually to comply with new GDPR regulations. draytonparslowpc@btinternet.com If you wish to comment on or view any planning application you may by going to

https://publicaccess.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/online-applications/ Traffic Calming We hope you have noticed a reduction of lorries in the village since the installation of ‘Unsuitable for HGVs’ signage approaching the village accesses. Further measures will be implemented in the new year. Horse Rider Safety Signs Transport for Bucks has advised that they have marked out the locations for the signs and that they have been ordered. As soon as they receive them they will be installed. Next Parish Council meetings No meeting scheduled in December; January 21st 2019 – 7:30 pm Sports & Social Club

WHAT’S ON IN OUR LOCAL AREA December and January

Some local events (including some ** free ** ones) happening in and around our area in December and January. Please check websites before visiting in case details have changed since we went to print. Victorian Christmas, Milton Keynes Museum 30th Nov – 16th Dec Friday 4.30pm – 7pm and weekends 1.30pm – 6pm National Trust at Stowe - Landscape Advent Calendar 1st Dec – 4th Jan 10am – 4pm National Trust at Stowe – Carols In The Courtyard 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th Dec 10.45am – 2pm Christmas Craft and Gift Fair 2nd Dec 11am Market Square, Aylesbury Christmas Bingo Tea Party 8th Dec Florence Nightingale Charity, Aylesbury 4pm – 7pm £10 per ticket includes afternoon tea / £5 if no food Parks Trust Open Sunday Linford Lakes Nature Reserve 9th Dec Great Linford 10am – 4pm ** free ** Vintage and Handmade Fair ** children free ** 9th Dec 12-5pm Longueville Hall, Newton Longville Festive Family Fun ** free ** 9th Dec 11am – 4pm , Market Square, Aylesbury Children’s Christmas Cup Cake Class (Amore bakery) 15th Dec 10am – midday Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard £12 per child Buckingham Town Christmas Parade ** free ** 15th Dec 10.45am – 12.30pm Santa Express, Caldecotte Miniature Railway 15th & 16th Dec Carols at The Rose, Campbell Park MK ** free ** 16th Dec 3pm Elf (movie) 22nd Dec Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre Pottery Throwing 13th Jan 10am – 4pm Queens Park Arts Centre, Aylesbury

Abigail Myers’ World Challenge

In summer 2019 I am going, along with 14 other students from the Cottesloe School, to Nepal. We will spend 3 weeks in the country, trekking around the Himalayas, meeting people from the Seven Women Charity, where we learn to cook traditional food and we will help in rebuilding a school damaged by the earthquake of 2015.

Before I go, I have got the mammoth task of raising £3,800.

I have a job at The Boot in Soulbury where I wash up every Sunday lunchtime, I sell on eBay (from my mum’s clothes to my brother’s Xbox games).

I babysit, dog walk and pet sit. My most unusual customer is Shelby the Tortoise. She doesn't want much from me except putting her back on her feet if she has got stuck on her back.

At the beginning of November lots of friends and villagers came for a cuppa and a chat. Lots bought gifts and ordered a Christmas cake, chocolate Robin or chocolate orange pudding which I will be making closer to Christmas. My Dad's company, Hardcastle Blake, have very kindly sponsored me, which means the task isn’t as daunting as it could be.

If you would like me to babysit, walk your dog or watch your tortoise or know of a company that might like to sponsor me, see my contact below. My cakes and Chocolate Robins and puddings are still available to order.

Contact me at abimyers15@gmail.com 07719 314184

Thank You

Abigail

DRAYTON PARSLOW BAPTIST CHAPEL

We were pleased to welcome our friends from neighbouring chapels to our Harvest Festival on September 23rd. The service was taken by Sue Sparling, ably assisted by her granddaughters.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Chapel display, the donations for Milton Keynes Food Bank and the buffet after the service. We had a lovely day and a total of £279.38 was raised for Chapel funds.

Services for December 2018 & January 2019

December 2nd 11am Songs of Praise by the congregation December 9th 2:30pm Carol Service, Liz Carter-Gates January 6th 11am Songs of Praise by the congregation January 20th 11am Sue Sparling

Any enquiries concerning the Chapel, please contact:

Mrs J McCall 720486 Mrs E Mallick 720666

100th Anniversary of WW1 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

To mark one hundred years after the guns fell silent on the world's first global war a special Service of Remembrance was held at the War Memorial on 11 November.

Rev. Canon John Saunders led the service assisted by John Perry and John Preston. This year the names of those who served from Drayton Parslow were read out by Ian Hounslow and Richard Wemyss, Richard also read out the names of relatives of residents who served in the war. Liz Carter-Gates read the List of Fallen. Helen Lee read the bible reading and David Perry read The Kohima Epitaph. Wendy Lambros played the Last Post and the Rouse. The Drayton Parslow Singers sang Abide with Me and the wreath was laid by Mac. Then Jacob Cotton and Marney Trenzinger laid a wreath made by Years 1 and 2 of Drayton Village School.

Following the Service of Remembrance, tea and coffee were served in the Three Horseshoes and at 12.30pm the church bells were rung, joining in with churches across the country, as an echo of the bells that rang out 100 years ago at the Armistice.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the service, the bell ringers and Denise and Steve for helping to make the occasion so special, thanks also to the Parish Council for arranging for the road to be closed during the service.

I would also like to thank the poppy collectors and Helen New. We raised an amazing total of £779.08, the most ever collected in the village.

Liz Carter-Gates

Your Garden in December Gardening Advice from Gill Gallon, Potash Nursery www.potashplants.co.uk

As Christmas approaches, you can take it a little easier without any risk to your garden; maintenance is the most important thing until the Spring. But of course, there are still plenty of smaller jobs you can do! Jobs for the garden • Plant hardy trees, shrubs, roses, climbers and perennials, providing the soil isn’t frozen

solid or waterlogged. Keep off heavy clay soils when they’re wet or frozen as you can damage the soil structure.

• Continue to tidy up beds and borders, clearing away dead and dying leaves and faded flower stems. Deadhead winter-flowering pansies to keep them flowering during mild weather

• Check your winter protection structures are still securely in place • Check that greenhouse heaters are working OK • If ponds freeze, carefully melt with a pan of warm water. Don’t smash the ice – this can

harm the fish. Try to prevent freezing by inflating a plastic ball or bottle and lag stand pipes.

• Prune open-grown apples and pears (but not those trained against walls), prune acers, birches and vines before Christmas to avoid bleeding

• Harvest leeks, parsnips, winter cabbage, sprouts and remaining root crops • Take hardwood cuttings • Reduce watering of houseplants • Net holly bunches to protect them from birds to ensure you have berries for Christmas

decorations.

Topical Tips – Caring for Your Christmas Tree Provided you look after your tree it should easily survive for over 4 weeks. It is essential that cut trees are fresh when bought, the needles should not be dull and dried up; the branches should not be brittle. Even with a ‘non-drop’ tree, you must expect a few needles to fall when shaken. When a Christmas tree is cut, more than half its weight is water. Keep your tree outside, preferably in water, until it is required. Use a stand that fits your tree. Avoid whittling the sides of the trunk down to fit a stand. The outer layers of wood are the most efficient in taking up water and should not be removed.

Cut about half an inch off the bottom in order to open up the trees pores before bringing it indoors. Check the stand daily to make sure that the level of water does not go below the base of the tree. Keep trees away from major sources of heat (fireplaces, heaters, heat vents, direct sunlight). Lowering the room temperature will slow the drying process, resulting in less water consumption each day. Container grown trees have been grown for at least one season in their pots. They should be watered and cared for as for any house plant. After Christmas they can either be planted out or they can be left to grow on in their pot. Wishing all our customers a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year. Gill Gallon Potash Nursery, www.potashplants.co.uk

Village Events Children’s Christmas Workshop, Greenacre Hall

Friday 21st December,10–12midday

A workshop of craft, cooking and games, while learning about the true meaning of Christmas. Open to all village children aged 5-11 years.

Booking is essential so please telephone 728163 or email spiddock@john-lewis.com (If possible, £2 donation per child would be appreciated towards costs.)

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Toys for Needy Children

We welcome toys for local needy children which will be distributed via the Milton Keynes Foodbank.

Please bring them along to Church at our 9.30am Family Advent Service on December

9th or hand them into Church prior to that date. Many thanks.

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Quiet Hour – Winter Time Change Our hour of silence is now every Tuesday afternoon between 3-4pm during the winter months.

Please feel free to come and leave when you want during the hour.

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Mice at Christmas Thank you for your orders for 2019 Church Mice Calendars.

At the time of writing we are well into profit on these and should be able to raise quite a lot of money for the Alzheimer’s Association and our Church toilet

extension.

Thank you also for your orders for Santa mice which have so far raised £85 for the Institute of Cancer Research.

To order a calendar (£7.50 each) or a Santa Mouse (min. £12 donation) please contact Susan Tel.

01296 728163 or email spiddock@john-lewis.com.

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Trivia Night with Hot Supper 2019 Our Village Quiz Night on Saturday, January 12th is sold out.

Thank you for all your support. We look forward to meeting all our contestants in the New Year.

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Short Mat Bowls Two sessions per week Mondays and Wednesdays 3-5pm - £2 per session.

If you haven’t played before, please come along and give it a go (coaching

available). New and experienced players welcome.

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Church Fete Diary Date Please make a note in your 2019 diary – our Church fete will be on Saturday 8th June.

Christmas Wreath Workshop with Lunch

10.30am Thursday 13th December Drayton Parslow Village Hall

Back for a 3rd year by popular demand with Sue Milner leading and demonstrating. Decorations and oasis will be

provided but any greenery you have would also be welcome.

As before the cost will be £25.00 which includes:

Morning Coffee/Tea and Shortbread Homemade Soup Lunch with Breads from The Farm Deli

and Homemade Mince Pies

To book ring Wendy on 720426 or email prestons759@icloud.com

All proceeds will help fund a toilet for Holy Trinity Church

CRICKET REPORT This autumn has been one of celebration for the cricket club in the wake of having won division 5 of the Four Counties Cricket League. A most enjoyable end of season game between the Saturday and Sunday XI was won by the latter and was then followed by some enjoyable Asian food thanks to the efforts of some of our players. There was an excellent turnout with past players also coming to enjoy the celebrations.

The cuisine was followed by the presentation and the roll call of the trophy winners:

• Friendlies batsman: Hasan Ali • Friendlies bowler: Jack Woodhouse • League batsman: Waseem Dad • League bowler: Terry Dickens • Friendlies players player: Jon Adams • League players player: Zaheer Mahmood • Umpire’s “Man of the Match” league award: Irfan

Javed • Most improved player: Josh Duncan • Clubman of year: Roger Willis

Our departing club secretary/scorer was then thanked for his efforts over the years in playing a crucial role in running the club, having been the secretary for more than 10 years and scoring games since 1984. Barrie Norman then presented a large cake beautifully decorated with a cricket ball, bat, stumps, bails and with “DPCC” around the side so many thanks to Linda Fedoriw for her painstaking work in making it. And after the cake Barrie presented a framed signed photo of all the players.

Then in mid-October at the League presentation evening at New Bradwell, Terry Dickens was presented with the Division 5 trophy and commemorative plaque that the club then keeps. And Zaheer Mahmood was presented with the trophy as the highest run scorer in division 5.

This is my last cricket report so good luck to the club in forthcoming seasons and no doubt I shall be checking their results and even popping back occasionally. I shall miss the banter and ambience. And special thanks to Barrie Norman in his unstinting support in helping to run the club in recent seasons.

Lionel Colby

Over and Out to Our Record Breaking Village News

Contributor! Lionel Colby has been contributing cricket reports to the Village News for 110 issues. Lionel started contributing in issue 13 in October 1989 with both a cricket and travel article and this issue will sadly be his last contribution as he is moving away from the area to pastures new.

A very big thank you to Lionel on keeping all Drayton residents updated with what is happening with the village cricket club which has been in existence in the village for at least 140 years.

We wish him all the very best in his new home.

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We experienced what an earthquake feels like and came face to face with a T-Rex!

We also took part in some workshops: investigating what we can learn from fossils and saving a town from a volcanic eruption. It was certainly a busy and fun-packed day!

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The JRSOs attended a variety of workshops including:

• Road safety games from Thames Valley Police • Passenger rescue demonstrations from • Thames Valley Fire and Rescue • Truck road safety programme from Gist Ltd • Assemblies from Living Streets • Speed awareness campaign from Transport for Buckinghamshire • Dealing with parking issues from our School Crossing Patrol Supervisor

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