Honington and Sapiston Newsletter, June 2005 No.412

Euston Rural PasTimes Event
Lunches - Lunches will be available in the Old Kitchen at Euston Hall on Sunday 12th June from 12 noon to 2.30pm. A 2-course meal is provided with a glass of wine or fruit juice, followed by tea or coffee - for £7.00. Lunches must be booked by Friday 10th June and tickets can be obtained from Gill Farrow on 01842 763660. GF
Tea Tent - Come and help and have fun as part of the Tea Tent Team. If you can spare 2 or 3 hours on the day to help serve tea, cakes etc. please phone Avery Triggs on 269613. AT

Parish Council News
Thank you to those who attended our recent AGMs in Honington and Sapiston. Points raised include:
" The condition of Honington Village Green. It was hoped a solution could be found to help save the corners from being eroded away.
" Councillors welcomed the proposed Youth Club to be run in conjunction with the RAF
" Councillors also welcomed the announcement that the A1088 at Honington had been approved as a mobile van site as part of the Safety Camera Partnership. Watch your speed! LP

Neighbourhood Watch
The season is upon us when our sheds once again become vulnerable to the light-fingered brigade. The police are selling shed alarms for £8 and personal alarms for £5. Please contact me if you would like either.
Marilyn Williams, 268165
Coffee Morning
A coffee morning will be held at Syd Thurlow's home in Sapiston in aid of the Over Sixties Club on Tuesday 14th June at 10.00am. Everyone will be most welcome - there will be a Raffle and Trading Stall. MC

St Nicholas Hospice
The Hospice are looking for volunteer Catering Assistants to help support the chef with various duties, interacting vcwith all departments within the Hospice. If you can spare one morning a week, please telephone Sarah Turner, Volunteer Services Manager on 01284 766133. MC

Honington School News
Thank you to everyone who has kindly given us their vouchers from Tesco's and Sainsbury's. We are still collecting them if you have any lurking in the bottom of your bags! We hope to be able to buy lots of computer software and sports items with the vouchers.
The children from Willow Class (Year 4) are looking forward to putting together our floral display for the Flower Festival in Euston Church on Rural Pastimes weekend - we hope you are able to visit the Festival. At the end of June our school visits start with Rowan Class going to Knettishall Heath and Chestnut Class visiting Lowestoft. Willow Class will be joining other Year 4 children from local schools at the Area Sports afternoon. BAB/MR

W.I.
We commenced our meeting with a glass of sherry to toast 85 years of the WI Federation in West Suffolk. Following this we had our resolutions to discuss ready for our delegate Fiona Ridgwell to vote on at the AGM at the Albert Hall in London. This year our topics are: to ensure the farmer receives a fair share of the price of a pint of milk; and the problem of waste disposal and how we can play our part in helping to reduce waste in the home and shops. To conclude our evening at the Village Hall we had an array of delicious puddings to taste and enjoy, with recipes available to take home. Our June meeting will take place on Tuesday 14th June and our speaker is to be Brian Coley (a Blue Badge Guide) on "Bury's Ladies of the Town". We have a competition to bring a posh hat and the subject of the roll call is to name a street in Bury St Edmunds. DA

Good Neighbour Scheme
If anyone in Honington or Sapiston would like to go to Rural Pastimes and has no transport. Please phone the helpline 07950 930981 and we will try to arrange transport for you. MW

Over Sixties Club
Since 1969 our contribution to the Newsletter has been written by Ada Sydney who has now been forced by ill health to retire - we all owe her a big vote of thanks and wish her continued improving health.
26 of our members enjoyed a superb roast dinner at The Fox on the 5th May, following which we had our usual draw with Henry Shaw winning the first prize of a Breakfast Bonanza donated by a generous patron of The Fox. On the 12th May members were invited to Barnham Over Sixties where we were entertained to a singalong by Patsy Rose which we all enjoyed, followed by a splendid homemade tea. Our second meeting of the month was on the 19th May. We have two meetings in June on the 2nd and 16th at 2.30pm in the Village Hall. KK

Village Hall Diary & News
The "End of War Celebration 60th Anniversary Party" on Saturday 3rd September will begin with an early evening street party in the Village Hall garden for the children followed by an evening of big band music with supper. More in next month's Newsletter. We still have a redundant Hayter XJ6 rotary mower for sale to the highest bidder. The mower is recently serviced and sharpened. Offers to the Chairman, Mr Jay on 269414.
Dates for Your Diary:
3rd Sep - End of War Anniversary party
17th Sep - Village Show
15th Oct - "Flog It All" table top and auction
5th Nov - Bonfire Night Celebrations
26th Nov - Race Night ST

The Fox Inn News www.honingtonfox.co.uk
The Fox Inn Team and Thetford Ladies Hockey Team will be serving in the Beer Tent at Euston Rural Pastimes on the 12th June and look forward to seeing you all there on the day. We thank the Committee for the opportunity and wish all well for the days events. Please visit the website www.eustonruralpastimes.org.uk.
We are delighted to sponsor the newly-formed Honington Fox Football Club, junior football team. We wish the team, players and organisers well for the future.
Our nominated charity for June and July will be The Marie Curie Cancer Care Foundation in memory of Margaret Saywell of Ixworth Road, who recently passed away. Donations may be made at the bar in the MCCF collection case.
Along with the Petanque pitch we now have a table tennis Marquee in the garden. Our garden is freely available to the villages' community groups to use throughout the summer. ST

Honington Church Draw
In May the winners were: first prize Mrs Perry, second prize John Cusworth and third prize Mr & Mrs Bowman. The next draw will be on the 2nd June at the Over Sixties Club Meeting. MC

Church News
It is Rural Pastimes month!! Many of you are incredibly busy with getting it all ready. If anyone has anything they might like to give for either the main draw or the tombola, just drop them off at the Rectory or give me a ring on 269265 and I will collect them and make sure they get to the right place - thank you.
The event is always a great but busy day with so much going on - if you need a bit of quiet drop in for the Church Service at 11.15 or come and see the Flower Festival (open Saturday and Sunday). As we remember 60 years since the ending of World War II the Flower Festival reflects the theme of The Coming of Peace. Enjoy the day if you have time - it's a great day out and does so much to help our Hospice and our Churches.
Advance notice - next month sees the National Day for celebrating 60 years since VE and VJ Days - there will be a special service on Sunday 10th June. We also want to have a small exhibition of any memorabilia of the time - either in the Armed Services or on the home front, so if you have any photos or artefacts that you might be willing to lend please let either Gill or me know (we will take great care of it).
Also next month - the Church Fete on the 16th July!! Sally Fogden

The Calendar
Sunday 5th 9.15am, Mattins
Sunday 12th 9.15am, Holy Communion
11.15am, Rural Pastimes Festival Service, Euston
Sunday 19th 9.15am, Family Service
Sunday 26th 9.15am, Holy Communion


JUNE DIARY
2nd - Over Sixties Meeting, Village Hall, 2.30pm
12th - EUSTON PARK RURAL PASTIMES EVENT
14th - Coffee Morning, Astow House, 10.00am
14th - WI Meeting, Village Hall, 7.30pm
16th - Over Sixties Meeting, Village Hall, 2.30pm


This cost of this Newsletter is borne by the Parish Council