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AuchterhouseNewsletter
CONTENTSPage 2-3 Community CouncilPage 4-6 Sports Day 2018Page 7 Curling ClubPage 8 SWIPage 9-10 Dronley Wood UpdatePage 11 Sidlaw ChurchesPage 12 Pawsitively Purrfect PetsPage 12 Country SportsPage 13-14 School Lane GardenPage 15-16 Newtyle PlaygroupPage 17 ADG Roofing Services
Welcome to the 16th edition of theAuchterhouse Newsletter
Thank you to everyone who submitted articles for issue 16.There will be another 2 editions of the newsletter in 2018 inAugust and November. Please send any content/articles [email protected]. Please also use our facebooknewsletter page to share details of any local events/groupsor information that benefits our community.If you are not already on our email distribution list please send your emailaddress to [email protected].
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Guild Coffee Morning - Saturday 2nd June, 10:00am
Community Council Meeting - Thursday 21st June, 7:00pm
Auchterhouse Sports Day & Ceilidh, Saturday 25th August
1Issue 16 - May 2018
Community Council Update - February to May
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Police matters raised by our community PC Gail Beattie Several times recently, motor bikes have been seen on the hill, where they are notallowed. If you meet them please take details including registration numbers and report them to the Police. There have been break-ins to property in neighbouring ruralareas. Keep your property secure at all times. Leave a light or a radio on when not athome. Report anything suspicious to Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Road and traffic mattersRecent road repairs on Bonnyton Road have been completed. Repair work done onthe Brae has been unsatisfactory with some potholes opening up already; thesehave been reported.
BT Phone BoxAn application to the Big Lottery, Awards4All for funding to cover the redecorationof the phone box and installation of a defibrillator in it has been made. A decisionis expected by August.
PlanningAn application for a new house and the conversion of a barn into a garage at WestKeith farm has been approved.
Dronley WoodAn application to FES was made for the Community Asset Transfer of the wood toour community and an independent panel met on 26th April to assess our offer. Adecision is expected before the end June. In the meantime an application for fundingthe purchase is being prepared and will be sent to the Scottish Land Fund in thenext few weeks. Watch the website www.dronleywood.org for details.
CPR TrainingThe Fire and Rescue Service have provided a first training session in the village hallfor 7 residents. Five more received training at the MacAlpine Road Fire Station on 22nd May.
Playing Field ToiletsWe are awaiting improvements planned by the Council before taking over management of the toilet block.
Next MeetingThe next meeting will be on 21st June at 7.00pm in the hall.
Community Council Update - February to May
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Oo la la! This year’s Auchterhouse Sports Day 2018 is going to bethe crème de la crème. We have some French visitors for the eventthis year, tying in with the village twinning, so hope you can comealong on the 25th of August to help us make it one to remember!
The day will kick off with the Pipe Band at 1pm as always, followedby an event that we haven’t had time for in the last few years, theTug ‘O’ War! We hope to have as many different groups as possibleto participate, e.g, French V Scots, Up the hill V down the hill etc.There will be some prizes on offer as the event is kindly sponsoredby Grewar’s Farm Shop.
Once the push and pull is over, it’ll be time for another pushingevent, the wheelbarrow race, sponsored by Forsters Roofing! With amaximum of 4 people per team, the wheelbarrows can be decoratedhowever you wish but whoever is pushing it should be able to transportthe other 3 members of their team from point A to point B as quickas they can. In true sports day fashion, it won’t be as straight forward as it sounds!
The “Auchtathlon” will be refreshed with some different events, including “Toss the caber”, “Haggis throwing”, “Toss the Boss” and amini “chrisassinator” (you may remember the winning catapult froma few years ago.) We will also be having some inflatable fun withsumo suits and a target scorer.
Auchterhouse Sports DaySaturday 25th August
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We will have the usual “on the day” entry competitions. The tasting competition will be tablet thisyear. We hope our French visitors can taste some of the wonderful home recipes we are sure peoplearound the village use.
We will not be having cupcakes, but instead hope to get your creative juices flowing by running aphotography competition. The photos should be of the local area and entries will be accepted in categories of primary pupils, secondary pupils and adults.
Vegetable sculptures will be replaced to try and encourage more eco warriors in the village! We arelooking for some recycled plastic models along the theme of Myths and Monsters! Could youmake a Medusa from a milk carton or a plastic Pegasus?!
Teas and coffees will be available throughout the afternoon, as always. Donations of sandwiches andbaking for the tea and coffee stall would be greatly appreciated on the morning of the event.
Our Hill Race, kindly sponsored by Auchterhouse Country Sports, will kick off at 3pm (£3 entry fee)with the presentation of prizes at around 4.30pm. T-shirts will be on sale again this year so don’tmiss out on your chance to pick one up!
The evening ceilidh will start at 8pm, with doors open from 7.30pm. The price of your ticket (£10 peradult & £2 per school age child) includes a burger from the BBQ which will be open until 9pm. A “BringYour Own” policy exists whereby you can bring your own drinks and snacks along with you. The bandwe have had for the last 2 years, “Alba Ceilidh Band”, have been so great that we have booked themfor next year. They will be calling the dances again for our French visitors, so if you’re not sure, they’llkeep you right! Children are welcome to come along, with most of them choosing to play in the park.Please be aware however, that children attending the event should have an adult who is responsiblefor them. There will also be a raffle, with tickets available on the day. All donations of raffle prizeswill be gratefully received.
If you would like to volunteer to help out with any of the stalls on the day or would like to help in otherways by donating raffle prizes or cake/ sandwiches please contact any of the people listed below.
We’re sure you’ll agree that this is a great community event, with a fun atmosphere, where friendshipsare made. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Contacts for Ceilidh tickets: Dan Gilmour - Tel: 320303, Jenny Baird - Tel: 320286, Kellie Smith -Tel: 320285/ 07956547608, Liam Yule – Tel: 320363 / 07809403315.
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Lundie and Auchterhouse Curling Club celebrated the end one of their most successful years onThursday 3rd May 2018 at their Annual General meeting. Club President Irene Spalding took the opportunity to thank all the support she has been given over the last years. She has enjoyed beingpresident of the the club but it was time to stand down and Dave Smith was nominated as the newClub President. This was followed by Jenny Arbuckle and Judith Strachan taking up the roles as seniorand juniors Vice Prsident. John Smith, Andrew Skea and Karen Smith agreed to comuniue in theirroles as Treasurer, Match Secertary and Club Secteraty.
The winners of the following club leagues were: Stirling League – Winners - Skip Dave Smith, JohnBrown, Georgw Dewar and Irene Spalding. Runners up – Skip Graeme Ferrier, Mari Brown, KarenSmith and Sarah Hornsby. Valentine League Winners – Skip J. Steven Adam, Helen Smith, JaniceMcNee and Bruce Buchan. Runners up – Skip John Brown, Ted Bowen, Isla Miller and Andrew Skea.Smith Salver Pairs – John Smith and Marlyn Foster. Points Winner – John Smith. The following memberswon a number of compeitions at Dundee Ice Arena: Ice Ladies Tops – Skip Judith Strachan, MariBrown, Karen Smith and Sarah Hornsby. Panmure Pairs – Skip Andrew Skea, Neil Mackintosh andCalum Skea. Province Points – Ladies Trophy Liz Furrie. Calum Skea was awarded Dundee Juniorsplayer of the year and the Most Improved Young Curler at Forfar Indoor Sports.
If you are interested in joining the club please contact Karen Smith at [email protected]
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Lundie & Auchterhouse Curling Club
Meetings held 3rd Monday of the month September - May
AuchterhouseVillage Hall at 7:30pm
AUCHTERHOUSE
S COT T I S H W O M E N ’ S I N S T I T U T E
New Syllabus starts 17th September
New Members
always welcome!
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Dronley Community Woodland - Update
It is coming up to 18 months since the Forestry Commission came to usto ask if we would be interested in purchasing the Wood. 18 months anda great deal of work: seeking support from the community, establishinga charity with a formal constitution; holding open days to gather ideasfrom the community; applying for a Scottish Land Fund Stage 1 grant to appoint a consultant; drawing up a business plan and feasibility studywith him; completing a Community Asset Transfer (CATS) request topurchase the wood from the Forestry Commission; finally working on a very detailed Scottish Land Fund Stage 2 application for a grant to purchase the wood.
The CATS application went in, in April 2018 and we are awaiting a decisionfrom the Forestry Commission agreeing to our offer. We hope to hearfrom them fairly soon, hopefully by the end of June at the latest. Oncethat has been agreed, the application for the grant will be considered bythe Scottish Land Fund. We hope to have the results of that decision bythe end of August.
Meanwhile we are updating our website to make it more interactive,with a members’ section and an on-line membership form. We plan tohold an AGM in late August or early September when we hope to havenews of the outcome of all our hard work.
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Dronley Community Woodland - Update (continued)When/if (better not to assume) the Wood comes into community ownership, we will be employing aWoodland Manager, one of whose tasks will be to organise work parties. That will be the start of thefun part of owning a wood and a different sort of hard work. We hope that many of you will comeand help restore the wood and implement a good many of the suggestions made during the opendays. Ultimately we all want to make the wood a really pleasant place to spend time in.
Fingers crossed!
Shiona Baird Chair of the Board of [email protected]
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Sidlaw Churches
Guild Coffee MorningSaturday 2nd June at 10:00am –12:00pm. £3.00 per adult and £1 per child.Usual stalls and fun on offer.
Minster’s AssistantIsobel Brown has been appointed as Rev. Jean de Villiers’ assistant. She will provide one day per week of pastoral care.
Church BellThe Church Bell has been repaired and awaits being reinstated in the Tower. Itwill hopefully be on display for a few Sundays in the Church followed by a smallservice of dedicating before it is hoisted up to its rightful home. It will be wonderfulto hear the bell’s peels once again, it has been missed.
BaptismsThere were two Baptisms during April:
Millie Reid Grewer, daughter of Ewan and Lindsey Grewer
Bobby William David Murray, son of Steven Murray and Gemma Smith
Elizabeth Millar
On Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd andSunday 24th June, we are hostingthe DTL Scottish Championshipsevent over the 3 days.
This event is for people getting intothe Scottish Team and will competein Wales at the Home Internationalin July.
This is just a courtesy notice to letyou know that we have been grantedpermission to allow us to startshooting at 9am to 8pm on the 3 days. Thanks.
The Christies
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The best part of having a long cold, wet winter andearly spring is that we really appreciate the sun andthe flowers when they finally arrive. The daffodils inthe garden have been superb. The blossom is comingon the fruit trees and the rhubarb has sprouted likemagic.
The children have only been out on Friday afternoons since the start of this term, yet they havedone a power of work. The whole school came out onthe first Friday and it was so encouraging seeing themwork so well. The P1s did well, sowing flower seeds,noticing the many shapes of the seeds. Three plotshave been dug over, with one plot revealing “treasure”– potatoes which the nursery planted last year andwhich were not dug in the autumn. The potatoes survived the winter remarkably well and the childrenwere excited to take them home. It’s a good thing therhubarb has grown so well as, surprisingly, pulling arhubarb stalk and taking it home is regarded as agreat reward for the afternoon’s work!
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The School Lane Garden
The School Land Garden (continued)The bath pond at the back of the playground is too overshadowed by trees. The water lily grew butdidn’t produce any flowers so we decided last year to move it to an open space in the School LaneGarden. Several children spent two afternoons this term, digging out the hole for the bath, measuringto make sure of the size. However it was too heavy to move and very dirty so a plastic pre-formedpool was bought and fitted in to the same hole last week. A spirit level was used to get the pool level– a good learning exercise which will be followed by another lesson in their next afternoon as thepond has sunk into the soft earth and is now a bit low. We will have a discussion about what to doabout it. The plants are in and the donated water lily and iris are already growing well. It will begreat if we can get frogs’ spawn next year. One young boy asked if dragonflies will visit the pond – who knows!
The garden is not just for the children and is open for all to visit and to participate. As always if youwould like to help just let me know. We have not been so regular on Saturday mornings so phone or email to arrange when we could meet.
Shiona Baird 320435 email: [email protected]
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