Euston Rural Pastimes Event:
Lunches: Lunches will be available in the Old Kitchen at Euston Hall on Sunday 12th June from 12noon to 2.30pm.
A 2-course meal is provided with a glass of wine or fruit juice, followed by tea of coffee - for £7.00. Lunches must be booked by Friday 10th June and tickets can be obtained from Gill Farrow on 01842 763660.
Tea Tent: Come and help and have fun as part of our 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.

Parish Council News:
Parishioners are invited to attend the Sapiston annual Parish \meeting to be held in Sapiston Village Hall on Tuesday 3rd May, at 7.30pm. Please come allong and have your say.
The Honington annual Parish Meeting will be held in Honington Primary School Hall on Monday 16th May. Again, starting at 7.30pm. We look forward to welcoming you.LP

Village Hall Diary & News:
The committee would like to remind hall users to please turn off all appliances and lights and also to leave the hall with curtains open when locking up. Please ensure that all bookings are confirmed with the bookings clerk, Jo Glen on 269555.
At the AGM which was held on the 26th April with a positive report delivered by both the Chairman and the Treasurer on the previous years events organised by the committee. Thanks to the committee volunteers was extended on behalf of village residents by Marion Cusworth. The committee agreed to generally hold annual events that have previousley been successful, nameley the village show, race night, Christmas concert, St. Patrick's Hooley, and the occasional dance and supper event.
It was also agreed that an "end of war celebration 60th Anniversary party" would be appropriate on Saturday 3rd September with an early evening street party in the Village Hall garden for the children following on to an evening of Big Band music and supper, more details in next month's newsletter.
We have a redundant Hayter XJ6 Rotary Mower for sale to the highest bidder, recently serviced and blade sharpened, offers to Chairman.Trevor Jay on 269414. ST

The Fox Inn News:
We have now started playing Petanque (boules) with team in the league on Wednesday evenings, and practice nights on Monday evenings from 7.30pm, please come along to join in the fun.
The new summer leagues are starting for both pool & darts with new team members welcome for Mixed Monday night darts, Tuesday pool, Mixed Wednesday darts, ladies Thursday darts and Mixed Friday darts teams.
The 'Nifty-Fifty' Quiz is now on every Sunday evening starting at 8pm, with a £10.00 per round prize money for the highest scoring team - there are five round of ten questions and spot awards of crappy prizes.
The Sunday evening pool knockout is played simultaneousley in the public bar with £2.00 subs to pay, winner takes the pot. When there are 16 players, £10.00 extra goes to the winner and £10.00 to the beaten finalist from The Fox Slush Fund.
The Fox kitchen and dining room is now open from 12noon every day, closing at 8pm on Monday through to Thursday and 9.30pm on Friday and Saturday which are chefs homemade special nights. Sunday roasts are on untill theyre gone, so it is wise to book. 269552.
We are open from 12noon untill 11 o'clock pm on Bank Holliday Monday, 30th May - Barbecue, weather permitting.
"Ladies in the Lounge" night on Thursday 26th May at 8.00pm will be an Anne Summers and Virgin Vie Cosmetics Party with hair and beauty treatments from Elsyium - nibbles and party games (gents in the public bar only). ST

W.I.
We were captivated last month by our speaker from the East Anglian Air Ambulance Service, Jenny Howell, who was such an enthusiastic speaker. Funded entirely by charitable donations, the vital service (launched in 2000 by Frankie Dettori) initially operated for just one day a week but a generous donation from the AA meant that its £2,500 per day operating costs could be met and the helicopter was able to start operating 7 days a week. The service flew 1,144 missions in 2004 among which were 658 RTA's, 56 horse riding accidents and nearly 100 sporting, work or farm related incidents. It certainly deserves everyone's support. The competition last month for an Acrostic using the word Ambulance was won by Margaret Ridgewell with Marion Cusworth second and Delyse Ray third. Next month's meeting on the 10th May is the Resolution meeting where the two topics on Care of the Environment and Farmgate Milk Prices will be debated. The competition is for a flower arrangement in a dessert dish and the roll call is A Pudding I Don't Like! Please come along and join us, you'd be most welcome - we meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the Village Hall. CC

Over Sixties Club:
In April our Club met twice - our first meeting saw the lunch on the Good Neighbour Scheme, which was well attended; our second meting was for our AGM where the whole committee was re-elected. This was followed by tea and a supprise draw. On the 5th May at 1.00pm we are all lunching at The Fox and our other meeting will be at the Village Hall on the 19th at 2.30pm. The Club have also been invited to Barnham Over Sixties on the 12th May for tea and entertainment. We wish Ada Sydney a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her back at our meetings. AS

Honington Church Draw:
Thank you to all those who have chosen to join in the start of a new year's subscription of the Money Draw. The first draw took place at the Hillage Hall during the Over Sixties' meeting. The first prize went to Jackie and Richard Holland, second prize to Syd Thurlow and third prize to Mr & Mrs Taylor. Next month's draw will be on the 19th May. MC

Church News:
May is always such a busy month - in Honington especially as it is 'pre Rural Pastimes Month' when so many are so busy getting things organised for the day - a day which helps both the Hospice and our Church - so thank you everyone who helps in any way. If anyone has anything for either the Grand Draw or the Tombola please ring me on 269265 and I will arrange to collect or simply drop it in at the Rectory.
The first Sunday of the month is Rogation Sunday so the morning service will have a Rogation flavour while in the afternoon there will be a Rogation Walk, beginning at Sapiston Church and ending up with tea at Meadow Farm, Sapiston, with the lessing of crops ad livestock on the way (dogs are very welcome - on leads please!). The blessing will be mostly at places accessible to cars so if you find walking a problem don't be put off as you won't be left out.
Thursday 5th May is Ascension Day and it has become the custom to have a Deanery Service in the evening - this year at Pakenham at 7.30pm. It is a good thing for us to get together from time to time, as a Deanery and this special day seems a very good opportunity.
On Thursday 12th we hold our Annual Meeting - at 7.30pm in Church. It is an opportunity to say thank you to our hardworking Churchwardens, Deputy Wardens, Treasurer, Secretary and PPC, as well as an opportunity for you to share your ideas about what we might do and to hear the latest on the window project (some progress I am glad to say!). Everyone is welcome.. Sally Fogden.

The Calendar:
Sunday 1st - 9.15am, Morning Prayer for Rogation Sunday.
3.00pm, Rogation Walk from Sapiston Church
Thursday 5th - 7.30pm, Ascension Day Service at Pakenham
Sunday 8th - 9.15am, Holy Communion
Sunday 15th - 9.15am, Family Service
Sunday 22nd - 9.15am, Holy Communion
Sunday 29th - 10.00am, Group Communion at Honington

February Diary:
3rd - Sapiston Annual Parish Meeting, Village Hall 7.30pm
5th - Over Sixties lunch at The Fox, 1.00pm
10th - WI Meeting, Village Hall 7.30pm
12th- Over Sixties visit to Barnham Club
16th - Honington Annual Parish Meeting, School Hall, 7.30pm
21st - Fun Sequence Dance, Village Hall 7.30pm