S T I C K N E YN E W S

OCTOBER 2017

Welcome to the latest edition of the magazine. Have you missed us? I hope you enjoyed the summer holidays and, if you went away I hope you had a good time. You will find an advert for a Jumble Sale on the 07 October. If you have any jumble for this sale you are welcome to drop it off at 11 Holmes Road, phone 480015 if you would like it collecting or you can, of course, drop it off at the Youth Centre on the morning of the Jumble Sale.If you have any ideas for items you would like to see in the magazine just let us know, it would be nice to have a bit of variety now and again.If you have just moved into the village, a very warm welcome. We hope you will be very happy and soon join in some of the events and activities in the village. You will find lots of information inside this Stickney News and all the important phone numbers are on the back cover.

On the last Thursday of each month the Parish Council Chairman and Clerk will be available at the coffee morning at St Luke’s.

onSaturday 07 October10.00am – 2.00pm

To give any jumble please contact Margo Bolland on 01205 480015

Refreshments availableEntrance by donation

Proceeds to the Jubilee Committee

WHAT’S ON IN STICKNEY?(Fixed weekly meetings in the Village Hall (VH) and Youth Centre (YC))

TUESDAY’S

Luncheon Club 11.30am (1st Tues in month) (VH) 01205 480769

Ladies Club 7.30pm (2nd Tues in month) (YC) 01205 480292

Badminton Junior and Senior 7.00pm (VH) 01205 368077

Stickney & District Gardening Club 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480802 (4th Tuesday in month)

WEDNESDAY’S

Short Mat Bowls 1.00pm - 4.00pm (VH) 01205 481462

Table Tennis 7.30pm (winter months only) (YC) 01205 481212

THURSDAY’S

Thursday Over 60’s Club 1.30pm - 4.00pm (YC) 01205 480802 (1st Thursday in month)

Short Mat Bowls 6.30pm - 9.00pm (VH) 01205 480397

Parish Council Meeting 7.30pm (YC) 01205 270352 (First Thursday in the month with Public Forum 7.15pm)

FRIDAY’S

Cash Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480661

STICKNEY LADIES CLUB

Doors open 6.30pmEyes down 7.30pm

Raffle and refreshmentsAll welcome

onSaturday 04 November

in theYouth Centre, Hall

Lane

ST LUKE’S CHURCHLast time I said that September was looking busy – I was not wrong, and October is continuing the busyness!

High on the agenda, of course, is the annual celebration of Harvest which, this year, will take place in St Luke’s Church on Sunday 22 October at 11.15am. Stickney Primary School will be celebrating in Church on Monday 16 October. All the tinned items donated will go to Centrepoint in Boston, where they help support the homeless. If you would like to support this worthy cause, but cannot make the service, just pop your goods into the Church during the week and add it to the display.

Our Harvest celebrations continue with the Harvest Supper in the village hall on Monday 23 October. Good food and enjoyable company await all who come with their own plate and cutlery (Adults: £7.50, Children under 11: £3.00). Please let us know you are coming – it helps us get the catering right! Bev Gosling (480641) Sandra Boone (480802) or Doreen Cooley (480397) would love to hear from you.

We want to record our thanks to all who supported the August Bingo which raised £414.35 and Sandra & Dave’s Open Garden which raised £241.00. Thanks go also to Sarah Gosling who used her holiday from studying to paint the St Luke Owl on our servery. Call in and admire her handiwork. The faculty to permit the repairs to the window and the permission to remove some diseased trees in the Churchyard should arrive on my desk any day now and the work will commence.

Services during October:(in St Luke’s Church unless otherwise indicated):01 October 11.15am Holy Communion

08 October 9.30am Morning Worship

15 October 11.15am Family Worship

22 October 11.15am Harvest Festival

29 October 10.00am Deanery Eucharist at Sausthorpe

Kiddies CornerHalloween ‘Pumpkin’ Pasta Dinner

Shapes Word ScrambleLetters Answers1. EUAQRS 1.2. GHAXOEN 2.3. CLRIEC 3.4. IGANLTER 4.5. TNCOAGO 5.6. LTRGNECEA 6.7. OLVA 7.8. AETGOPNN 8.9. SHEREP 9.10. MBURSHO 10.

Chicken and Egg

Ingredients: 6 – 8 medium orange

peppers washed and dried

8 oz spaghetti 1 x 25oz jar pasta sauce

– tomato & basil flavour

Method: Carve each pepper as you would a pumpkin, cutting the top off

and hollowing out the inside before carving a face. Discard the tops. Cook and drain the spaghetti according to package directions. Heat the sauce in a pan Mix the spaghetti with warm sauce and spoon into each individual

pepper, making sure the pasta 'oozes' out the eyes, mouth and top of the pepper.

Can you match the position of each hen (A, B, C) with its name and he number of eggs it laid?

1. Scratchy laid twice as many eggs as the hen at C.

2. The hen at B laid three more eggs than Chooky.

3. One of the hens is called Pecky.

4. One hen laid 2 eggs, one laid 4 eggs and one laid 5 eggs.

Ghost Jokes!Q: How do Ghosts begin letters?A: Tomb it may concern …… !

Q: Did you hear about the stupid Ghost?A: It climbed OVER walls!Q: When do Ghosts usually appear?A: Just before someone screams!

A Halloween picture to colour

BIG SCREEN RACE NIGHTSaturday 28 October

Catering (included) will be arranged, but bring your own drinks!Adults (over 16): £5.00 Kids (5yrs to 16yrs): £3 Under 5’s Free

For tickets, to buy a horse, to sponsor a race or help by selling a full raceplease call Harry or Isabel on 01205 480463

Raising funds for the Jubilee Committee

PLACE A BETFOR £1.00

OWN A HORSEFOR £2.00

STICKNEY VILLAGE HALLDOORS OPEN 6.00pm - FIRST RACE 7.00pm

Stickney Church of England Primary SchoolAnd Pre-school

Learn, Enjoy, Achieve!

Is your child aged 4 before 31st August 2018?Are you looking for a good school?

Our Early Years Teaching was graded OUTSTANDING by Ofsted in February 2013Or are you looking for high quality child care provision for your 2, 3 or 4 year old?

Visit our website at www.stickneyprimary.co.uk andCOME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES!

We would like to invite you to one of ourOPEN AFTERNOONS

MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER OR TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBERPlease telephone the school office on 01205 480254

to book a slot at either 1pm or 2pm

Our school is situated on the A16 between Spilsby and Boston and we can provide…

quality education with experienced teachers & support staff single age classes in spacious, bright classrooms large attractive grounds with a nature area, growing area and peace garden breakfast club and after school child care provision available on site high quality provision for 2 year olds 15 hour and 30 hour funded places for 3 and 4 year olds

In February 2013 Ofsted said:

Pupils love their school. They feel safe and their parents and carers feel that theirchildren are safe.

The education of children in the Reception class is outstanding.Teachers make good use of new technologies to make learning more interesting.

The creative curriculum is outstanding.The social, moral, cultural and spiritual development of the pupils is outstanding.

Outstanding results at the end of year 6.

For further details please ring 01205 480254 to speak to the Headteacher Mrs R Thompson,email parents@stickney-pri.lincs.sch.uk or call into our reception

William Lovell Foundation - Grant towards University CostsThe Trustees of the William Lovell Foundation invite applications from students aged 18 years and over, who are about to start or are in full time further education. You must live, or have lived, in the village for five years or more and have attended either the Stickney Primary School or the William Lovell School.You may apply in writing, giving details of your past schools, the university whose conditional offer has been met and accepted, and a brief outline of the course subject.Send applications to:Mrs B GoslingIona, Horbling LaneStickneyBostonLincsPE22 8DQ Closing date October 14th 2017_______________________________________________

We provide: Funded places Lunch & snacks available Experienced, Qualified EYFS Teacher Supportive and skilled EYFS staff Enriched indoor and outdoor provision Parents are complimentary about all

aspects of the early years provision. (Ofsted July 2015)

Nursery places are still available at New Leake Primary & Nursery School, register your child for a place. All 3 and 4 year olds in England are already eligible to claim 15 hours funded a week, or 570 hours a year of free early education. If a child’s parents are living and working in England, they may be entitled to claim 30 hours free childcare for their 3 or 4 year old. Please visit https://childcarechoices.gov.uk for more information to find out if you qualify and to obtain your eligibility code. At New Leake we offer the standard delivery over 38 weeks per year. In addition to any funded hours that you are entitled to additional sessions can be purchased and will be charged termly, please see our 2017/18 charging policy for details. For more information or to arrange a visit please contact the school on 01205

New Leake Primary & Nursery School

Fodderdyke Bank, New Leake,Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 8JB

Telephone: 01205 270285Fax: 01205 270285

Email: enquiries@new-leake.lincs.sch.uk

www.new-leake.lincs.sch.uk‘LEARN, ENJOY, ACHIEVE’

Executive Headteacher:Mrs R. Thompson

270285 or email enquiries@new-leake.lincs.sch.uk. We will be holding an open afternoon on Friday 10 November, so why not come along and find out what makes our small rural primary school so special.

Gardening Tips for OctoberOutdoor temperatures fall quickly this month and we may even experience the occasional frost, so be prepared to protect any plants still maturing and also those sown late for early spring harvesting. Even cloches which are covering dwarf French beans in order to prolong the picking season or summer salads will need to be protected at both ends if a frost is forecast. Oh dear, nothing makes the year speed by more quickly than writing gardening notes in one month to be read for the next!

Here then are a few jobs we could be getting on with as the days become increasingly shorter and the TV winter schedules begin:

1} A major task for this time of the year is the 'Autumn Tidy'. This could include useable produce or ripe seed heads to be gathered for drying. Exhausted stems of e.g. Runner beans or Sweet corn can also be cut down and can be added to the compost heap. Dead and yellow leaves should be cleared away especially around fruit trees and, of course, any weeds should be cleared. Autumn leaves should be put in plastic bags which are spiked and then watered. In a couple of years the contents of those bags will be a valuable source for the garden.

2} Sow seeds of 'early' varieties of broad beans. They should grow over-winter and give you a crop from around June next year.

3} October is the last chance for transplanting spring cabbages. Plant them in ground that has been well firmed down and cover with nets to protect them from the birds.

4} If you have a cold frame or greenhouse, try sowing a few seeds of early summer cauliflowers in pots or modules. Keep them under cover and plant them out in March.

5} If you did not plant out your over-wintering autumn onion sets earlier, it's not too late to do so in early October. This year I'm trying 'Radar' and 'Senshu Yellow'.

6} If you have grown pumpkins in readiness for Hallowe'en, they should be cut and left to dry in the sun. This 'curing' hardens the skins and they keep longer.

I leave you with this thought, which I saw at a Gardening Show recently: " Curious how gardening is cheaper than therapy, and you get tomatoes".

The Horbling LadiesThe Horbling Ladies would like to thank those of you who helped with donations of gifts and those who attended our second Prize Bingo Night on the 19 August in the Village Hall. We had the most fantastic evening raising £822.00. This is a brilliant total that will enable us to purchase all the extra equipment that we need. We hope that everybody that came enjoyed the evening as much as we all did - THANK YOU again for your support.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *The Stickney Luncheon Club is held at Stickney Village Hall

Doors open at 11.30am and lunch is served at 12 noonOur next Luncheon will be held on Tuesday 03 October when the menu is:

Butternut squash Soup Roll and ButterJacket Potato, Salad home cooked Beetroot and Coleslaw

(Filling of either Prawn Cocktail, Grated Cheese & Ham or Tuna Sweetcorn & Mayo

Bread and Butter Pudding and Custard

still only £5.50Please telephone Kay to book your place 01205 480769

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *We are holding our second Afternoon Tea Dance in the Village Hall on Tuesday 17 October, doors open 1.30pm and the entertainment starts at 2.00pm. Our entertainer for the afternoon is John H, a wonderful Vocalist. Those of you who attended our last Tea Dance will know that it is a fantastic afternoon, with ‘sing a long’ Rat Pack Show Songs and much more.

There is of course afternoon refreshments of sandwiches and cake, plus lashings of tea!

Entrance is by ticket only, at a cost of £5.00 eachTickets can be ordered from Kay on 01205 480769

(Please call for further information if required)

 

FOUND DOG ADVICE ALERTThis is a general advice alert to all members of the public who may come across a lost dog.Under current law the finder of a lost dog may provide accommodation for that dog for an initial period of seven days whilst the owner of the dog is sought. You MUST contact the dog warden for your area, Tel: 01507 601111, and register the dog as found or you could be charged with theft by finding. The dog warden may decide that you can board the dog for the seven days if you are a suitable person. The finder must take all reasonable steps to ensure the legal owner of the dog is found within that period of time:

Check if the dog is microchipped (now a legal requirement) Check DOGLOST website to see if the dog is registered as lost Ring local rehoming kennels to see if an owner has registered their details Check Lincs FM website to see if the dog has been registered as lost Put up local notices to say you have found a dog Add the dog to social media sites such as Facebook

After seven days, if an owner has not been found, the finder may decide to keep the dog or rehome it. To ensure your dog is found and reunited with you as soon as possible, ensure your dog tag is up to date and your chip details have the correct address on the database. Keep your chip details on your mobile phone so they can be updated on the data base if your dog is lost.

Special circumstances: If you find a sighthound, ie lurcher, saluki, or greyhound please take extra care when trying to trace the owner. Many dogs are abandoned during the hare coursing season, for various reasons, and care should be taken to trace the legal owner of these dogs. If the microchip gives a current owner, these details should be passed to the Dog Warden to enable them to make an informed decision as to whether the dog should be returned or not.

Barking DogsComplaints are often received regarding pet dogs barking in neighbouring gardens, for example when the owners are at work, or just out for a few hours. This can be very annoying and upsetting for neighbours. Please take care to ensure your dog is happy, and safe when being left outdoors for any length of time.

NOTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 07 SEPTEMBER 2017Cllr Dodds has resigned, the vacancy is to be filled by co-option.

Apologies were received from County Cllr BowkettPresent: Cllrs Sherriff, Cooper, Edwards, Spring and Bolland (Chairman)Dist Cllrs Jones and Ashton also attended the meeting

Reports From Representatives On Outside BodiesPolice Report for the area:2 incidents of anti-social behaviour at the picnic site and at Horbling Lane; 1 burglary at Hall Lane; 1 attempted burglary at Hall Lane; 4 thefts at East Fen Lane, Hobhole Bank and two at Main Road, Stickney; 2 incidents of suspicious circumstances at West Fen lane and Fen Road, Stickford and 2 traffic offences at Main Road, Stickney

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SECURELY LOCK UP SHEDS AND GARAGESDist Cllrs Ashton and Jones reported:Cllr Ashton is now the portfolio holder for planning at ELDC. The Local Plan is ready for public inspection. Stickney is classed as a large village in the plan, the Planning Inspector suggests that small and medium villages should have some development to allow for growth so they do not disappear. Lincolnshire Waste Partnership is now working better to deal with the disposal of household waste. A way of disposing of food separately is being looked into. The Louth Livestock Market consultation has ended and the results will be used for ELDC to make a decision on its future. The Councillors were asked if ELDC would be providing signs with the new law regarding dogs. This would mean that signs through the District were all the same with the ELDC logo on. This will be looked into by the Dist Councillors.

County Cllr Bowkett reported by email: £110,000.00 will be spent on Fodderdyke Bank in this financial year. £1.2m will be spent on Fodderdyke Bank in each of the next two years. LCC have filled in 21,341 potholes in one quarter of the year and completed190 miles of surface dressing. New street lighting is going to a new scrutiny panel and conclusions will be known in six months. Grass cutting is being scrutinised and results will be known in November

Picnic SiteLCC are having a meeting at the end of September regarding the picnic area. It has been suggested that the building be removed and the water be left available for the fire service and for use if any events take place at the site. The electricity supply will be removed for safety and cost reasons. Generators can be used if electricity is required for any events.

Grant applicationsThe full grant applied for was approved for the defibrillator, this was ordered on 28 July and has a six weeks delivery. Councillors approved the sign for the kiosk. The full grant was received for the bird boxes this information has been passed to West Fen Parish Meeting and will be dealt with by the Clerk. £700.00 of the grant was approved for the notice board, thedetails have been sent to West Fen Parish Meeting and the Clerk is trying to get the additional funding required from local businesses. A certificate from LCC has been received to site the notice board at the Folly Lane junction.

Audit for the year ended 31 March 2017The accounts have been received from the External Auditor, there are no problems reported. The Notice of Conclusion of Audit is now in the notice boards.Planning Applications Received The Parish Council looked at and SUPPORTED:S/169/01191/17 - Mr & Mrs J Hodgson - Erection of a house with a detached double garage and construction of a vehicular access at Land adjacent to Charwin, Main Road

The Parish Council looked at and had NO OBSERVATONS for:N/110/01549/17 - National Grid Viking - Works to facilitate the Viking Link electrical Link Limited interconnector with an approximate capacity of 1400 mega watts extending from Revsing, Jutland, (Denmark) to Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire (UK) comprising: (a) Installation of 2 subsea high voltage DC cables between Mean Low Water Springs and landfall at Boygrift in East Lindsey. (b) Installation of 2 onshore DC cables between the landfall at Boygrift and the converter station buildings (relating to land in adjoining authority) together with temporary and permanent ancillary infrastructure at Viking Link National Grid, Sandilands (to Bicker Fen)

Planning DecisionsFULL planning permission has been received for:S/169/01125/17 - Mr M Toin - Rear Extension and alterations to existing bungalow to provide an enlarged lounge at 4 Mary Lovell WayS/169/01191/17 - Mr & Mrs J Hodgson - Erection of a house with a detached double garage and construction of a vehicular access at Land adjacent to Charwin, Main RoadPlanning enforcement is looking at the planting situation at Poplars Farm, Midville Lane .

HighwaysAn Archer report carried out for five days from 07 July in Hall Lane showed that 12180 vehicles travelled through the survey area, around the junction with West Fen Lane. A number of the vehicles were speeding and, with the accidents in this area, it now meets the criteria for the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to use speed camera enforcement. LCC have assessed the dip in Stickney Lane and report that no action will be taken, but it will be monitored as part of the routine inspection.ANY POT HOLES OR STREET LIGHTS IN ALL DAY OR OUT AT NIGHT CAN BE REPORTED TO THE PARISH COUNCIL CLERK AT ANY TIME.

Highway faults and repairs should now be reported at:www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/faultreporting

New Meeting Place RequiredThe Community Committee has a group that wants to use the Youth Centre every Thursday, this means the Parish Council will have to change the meeting day or meet somewhere else. It was resolved to continue to meet on the first Thursday of each month at a different location.

National Libraries WeekCouncillors are invited to visit the mobile library in National Libraries Week (09 – 14 October) to see what services the library has to offer.

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on 05 October 2017

Stickney Bus Service!The market day service is available 04 and 18 October and 01, 15 and 25 November. The cost of the service is £5.00 per person. You can book your seat by telephoning 01205 480241.

Mobile Library Visit – Changes from July 2017The mobile library visits Stickney on MONDAY’S at the Youth Centre, Hall Lane between 11.00am and 12 noon and at Horbling Lane between 12.15am and 12.45pm. The next visits will be 02 and 30 October and 27 November.

OVER 50? Would you enjoy a freshly cooked three course meal at the Eastville, Midville & New Leake Village Hall?Why not join the Luncheon Club, it takes place on the third Friday of each month?

Please contact Vicky on 01205 270350 for more details.

Stickford Local History Group This is a small friendly group of people interested in the local area. We meet on the third Thursday of each month in Stickford Community Centre at 7.30pm. We have an illustrated talk each month on a wide variety of subjects, mostly Lincolnshire based. Admission to the talks is £1 for members and £2.50 for non-members. The next talk will be a film show on Thursday 19 October from the Lincolnshire Film Archives, who will select some films from the local area in times gone by to show us. You are most welcome to join our group for the evening.For more information please contact cherylsteele@tiscali.co.uk. Cheryl SteeleChairman of Stickford Local History Group

Solutions: Scrambled shapes - 1. Square; 2. Hexagon; 3. Circle; 4. Triangle; 5. Octagon; 6. Rectangle; 7. Oval; 8. Pentagon; 9. Sphere; 10. Rhombus.

Chicken and Egg:

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS:

Parish Councillors:Cllr M Bolland (Chairman) 01205 480015

Cllr L Edwards 01790 763558

Cllr L Spring 01205 480030

Cllr R Perham 01205 480608

Cllr F Cooper 01205 481197

Cllr K Sherriff 01205 481261

There are currently two vacancies on the Parish Council, anyone interest in joining the Parish Council should contact the Clerk for more details.

Clerk to the Parish Council:

Mrs E L Arnold 01205 270352Crookes CottageWrangle BankBoston PE22 9DL

Parish e-mail address: stickneypc@aol.com

Parish Website: parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Stickney

County Councillor: Cllr Wendy Bowkett 01754 880388

District Councillors: Cllr Tom Ashton 07812 522372Cllr Neil Jones 07577 957392

Police phone numbers: PCSO P Pollard 07939 312883PCSO M Pearson 07944 777039PC Paula Young 07939 312650

Police Office 101

Doctors phone number 01205 480237

Hospital phone number 01205 364801

Post Office phone number 01205 480225

Stickney Primary School 01205 480254

William Lovell Academy 01205 480352

Youth Centre and Village Hall bookings – Mr Gosling 01205 480641