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STOKE UPON TERN

NEWS LETTER

Keeping in touch with communities

within the local parish.

March 2014

Issue: 2

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Welcome to the second of our quarterly

newsletters, designed to keep you in touch

with local activities and our communities

within the Stoke upon Tern Parish.

As a reminder the parish covers five rural villages, Stoke upon

Tern, Stoke Heath, Wistanswick, Eaton-upon-Tern and Ollerton.

The newsletter is self funded and we would like to say ‘Thank

You’ in advance for the donations and sponsorship that support

the publication.

We hope that you enjoy the newsletter and we welcome your

feedback, news and any stories for future editions.

If you would like to inform us of an event, advertise a local

business or sponsor the newsletter please contact us by:

newsletter@stokeupontern.info Sue: 01630 638 348

WHO’S WHO.....?

Shropshire Council

The Shropshire Council can be contacted via their website: www.shropshire.gov.uk or by telephone: 0345 678 9000 Our Shropshire Councillor is Karen Calder Cabinet Member for Health Shropshire Council Hodnet Division 01630 685236, karen.calder@shropshire.gov.uk

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Stoke upon Tern Parish Council

The parish council currently have 10 councillors who are made up from local people within the community.

Cllr Pete Waters – Chairman Cllr Sandra Birchall Cllr Richard Wright Cllr Percy Farmer Cllr Chris Rollinson Cllr Phil Butters Cllr David Moore Cllr Keith Newby Cllr Sue Bartram Cllr Carole Meade

The Clerk Mr Graham Bould may be contacted at stokeparishcouncil@hotmail.co.uk Tel: 01952 594 758

St. Peter Church, Stoke on Tern

For information regarding normal times of church services, please see the Church Notice Board. Rev Andy Ackroyd Telephone: 01952 840 554 revandy320@btinternet.com

Services for Easter at St Peters are as follows; Palm Sunday at 11.00a.m - there will be a Cafe Style Service, Maunday Thursday at 7.30p.m - Passover Supper, Good Friday afternoon Meditation and Reflection, Easter Sunday Dawn Service at 6.00a.m - this will be a breaking of Bread Celebration followed by breakfast. Easter Sunday 11.00a.m - Holy Communion. "Flix in the Stix" Saturday 15th March 2014 at 5.00p.m. in church This is an invitation to all - the film is "Justin and the Knights of Valour" Admission is free and refreshments are available.

Next Meetings will take place at the Parish Hall

on Wednesday

19th March at 7.30pm

& Wednesday 15th May at 7pm (AGM)

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Wistanswick Chapel

Hold regular chapel services on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month at 4.30pm.

Rev David Cassidy Telephone: 01691 658 016 Secretary Liz Dodd 01630 655 404 Wistanswick Institute

Wistanswick Institute, Chapel Bank, Wistanswick has different events held throughout the year.

For more information please contact Richard Wright on 01630 638 520

What's on at Wistanswick Institute......

Saturday March 1st - Quiz Evening starting at 7.30, tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children, to include hot food.

Saturday March 29th - Prize Bingo starting at 7.30pm

Saturday July 19th - Wistanswick Fete will include all the usual attractions including Horse Show, Dog Show, Garden & Produce Show, stalls and attractions. It will continue to focus on being a great family day out. Entrance will be, as always, by donation.

Stoke on Tern School and Nursery

Stoke-On-Tern Primary School Rosehill Road, Stoke Heath Telephone: 01630 638 332, www.stoke-ontern.shropshire.sch.uk

School Holidays Easter – 14th to 25th April 2014 May Bank Holiday – 5th May 2014 Whit Sun Holiday – 26th to 30th May 2014 Summer Holidays – from 22nd July 2014

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Women’s Institute The local WI meet at the Wistanswick Institute on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30.pm. We offer the opportunity to learn, develop and pass on new skills, to belong to something special, make new friends, work as a team and have fun with events such as: 4th March – A Talk by Shropshire Wildlife 1st April – First Aid - Chris Ebben 6th May – Craft Workshop with Alison 3rd June – Growing and Cooking with Herbs - Sue

Wistanswick W.I. has teamed up with Shropshire Fire and Rescue to make elderly and vulnerable parishioners aware that the Fire Service will fit fire alarms. If you think you may benefit from this service would you contact the W.I. when we would pop round to your house and give you further information and fill in a form which we then pass on to Shropshire Fire and Rescue. For further details, call Christine on 01630 638620. or Liz on 01630 638520 or Tracy on 01630 638505 The following recipe is a great favourite with our WI. It isn't necessarily seasonal but does use (Easter) eggs BARBARA'S MICROWAVE LEMON CHEESE

4 oz butter

zest and juice of 2 lemons

1/2 lb sugar

2 eggs + 1 egg yolk In a large microwave proof bowl melt butter in the microwave on full

power for 2 minutes. Add zest and juice of 2 lemons and sugar.

Whisk 2 eggs and egg yolk together. Then add to other ingredients and

whisk. Put in microwave and cook on full power for 2 minutes. Whisk

mixture and again cook for a further 2 minutes. Whisk mixture again

and bottle.

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Mobile Library

Did you know that our parish has a mobile library?

For more

information

please phone

01743 255 024

Please support this service – if we don’t we may lose it!

Buntingsdale Park 11.25 - 11.45 alternate Tuesdays

March 11th, 25th, April 8th, 22nd, May 6th, 20th, June 3rd,17th

Rosehill Road by school 11.50 - 12.20 alternate Thursdays

March 13th, 27th, April 10th, 24th, May 8th, 22nd, June 5th,19th

Wistanswick, Red Lion 12.30 - 12.45 alternate Thursdays

March 13th, 27th April 10th, 24th, May 8th, 22nd,

June 5th,19th

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Stoke on Tern – Parish Hall The Parish Hall, Langley Dale, Stoke on Tern Chairman Peter Speight, For bookings or more information contact: Jane Lloyd on 01630 638 238

The Parish Hall is self funded and all proceeds from the Bingo go back in to the running and the

up-keep of the Hall. Prize Bingo is played every Monday Eyes down at 8pm – All welcome!

The Tractor Club meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm until 9.30pm.

We are currently looking to set up a Brownies

group in Stoke upon Tern, but we need adult

help and children to attend.

For more information please refer to Girl Guide website where there’s info and a joiners

section, or contact Ann, email paddington57@yahoo.co.uk, or

Christian, email foxc@yahoo.com

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HODNET & DISTRICT

GARDEN CLUB www.hodnetanddistrictgardenclub.co.uk

W A N T E D NEW MEMBERS

To join our friendly garden club. We meet at the Lyon Hall, Hodnet

on the third Tuesday of each month January to May & September to

December Visitors welcome

FORTHCOMING EVENTS for 2014

Tuesday 18th

March Helen Harrison, Propagating Dahlias

Tuesday 15th

April William & Louise Friend

Plants from Mountains, Moorland & Meadows for the NW Midlands

Tuesday 20th

May Open Mic, talks from our Members

Saturday 16th

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nd Annual Horticultural Show

Tuesday 16th

September Mike Powis, Talking Bonsai

Tuesday 21st

October AGM & Member’s Discussion Group

Tuesday 18th

November Fiona Grant, History of the Wall Garden

For further details please contact Jayne Holtom on 01630 685384

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Walking Group Meets the third Sunday of the month at 11am at the Red Lion Pub A new footpath section has been opened in Wollerton to connect with the existing path from Warrant Road. We will hopefully be walking to Wollerton in May or June incorporating a visit to Wollerton Old Hall Gardens Please check the website (stokeupontern.info) for more information. All are welcome, why not come and join us for a stroll across our parish. The next date is March 16th 2014.

W “otter” shame

"A mature female otter was found on the edge of the Stoke School to Wistanswick road, having been hit by a car in daylight late in the afternoon of Friday 31st January. Apparently otters travel extensively using ditches and culverts and in this case the culvert under the road was flooded, forcing it to cross the road, with tragic consequences. It is believed that it came from the River Tern. The Environment Agency has taken it for a post mortem as part of their ongoing research into water quality and sustainability."

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Puzzle Time

Sudoku, to solve the puzzle each column, row and block must contain numbers 1 to 9 – There must not be no two numbers in the same column, row and block the same.

Difficulty rating: Medium

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Can anyone identify

this strange substance

found in a

Wistanswick garden?

Email us if you think

you might know.

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Stoke upon Tern Parish Website In addition to our newsletter, the website can be accessed to find out what’s going on in the parish. Once on the website (stokeupontern.info) the various links will take you to other pages where you can find out more, and get notice of events taking place in your parish.

This site is run by a team of volunteers who would like to hear about anything of interest in the area. If you have any stories or news from the parish please email: stokeupontern@gmail.com

Answer to Puzzle

'Any views expressed within this publication are not necessarily the views of Stoke upon Tern Parish Council.'

Thanks for reading the newsletter, we hope that you have found it useful and of interest. If you would like to get involved in the

next issues and its production, or have a story or activity to tell us about then please do get in touch by the 10th May 2014

The next newsletter will be out in June.

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The current newsletter committee are; Sue Bartram, Helen Tyler

and Marie Speight.