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Community News
Friends of Rings End Nature Reserve
PEOPLE are invited to a special event where they can help plan the future for one of March’s best loved nature reserves.
Specialists at Fenland CAB
FENLAND Citizens Advice Bureau held a special ‘Tea and Cakes’ event on Friday in a bid to promote the centre’s specialist services.
Celebrate age
WOULD your community group like to be involved in this year’s Cambridgeshire Celebrates Age which takes place during the month of October each year?
Town council agrees loos take-over
THE take-over of March’s City Road toilets by the town council split members at Monday night’s meeting.
Charity cheques from Swan
IT was presentation time at the Swan Inn at Parson Drove on Friday when customers and landlady Angela Willis handed over a total of £3,000.
Home teaching alternative
I WOULD like to bring to your attention the closing statement in an article ‘Truancy sweeps for Fenland’ (Citizen May 2) in which Education Welfare Officer Julie Rutterford is reported as saying ‘Parents have a legal duty to ensure their child or children are attending school regularly’.
Drums and dance at Native American event
THE exotic culture of the Native American Indians was bought to March on Saturday with a special awareness day.
Worried about Ouse wildlife
IT had to happen, the last bastion of safe refuge along the Ouse Washes for many thousands of migratory birds is under attack from wind turbines.
1 commentLegion’s Jubilee celebrations
MARCH Royal British Legion Club is celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on June 4 with a special event.
Outwell council
THE annual meeting was held May 1 with councillor J Wake being nominated as chairman again. Danny Cuckow was nominated vice chairman. All the committee places were accepted en bloc. The clerk’s annual report had been distributed before the meeting.
Graham bowls to victory again
MARCH bowler Graham Woollard has won his category in the East of England Blind Bowls competition for the fourth consecutive year – prompting jokes the trophy should be renamed the Graham Woollard Cup.
Time to enter March Garden competition
IT’S time to start digging for glory in our annual March Gardens Competition.
Inspiring bowlers in action at March
I WRITE regarding a bowls team and finals night played at the GER Indoor Bowls Club at March on April 19 - the club final for the Pensioners’ League Jack Haines KO Cup.
Baby competition
DON’T forget to take your youngster to March Library in City Road on Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19 as part of the Fenland Top Tots baby competition.
Help thanks
I WOULD like to say a big ‘thank you’ to the unknown lady who came to my aid when I was taken ill while having my lunch on April 13 in the Riverside Cafe in March. Also for taking my friend home.
Team plans group summit
WISBECH Town Team is looking to hold a summit meeting later in the year with the town’s societies, clubs and groups.
Dementia aware
ALZHEIMER’S Society Fenland is encouraging people to get talking about dementia during a special awareness week from May 20 to 26.
Parent praises Marshland High
AS the parent of a Year 11 pupil I read the article relating to Marshland High School’s Ofsted (Citizen May 2) with disbelief.
Lunch day help
CHURCHES Together in March is looking for help to set up and on the day at next month’s Big Jubilee Lunch Party.
Breakout Choir is on song for fundraising
A LOCAL choir has enjoyed a sell-out performance at the Oasis Centre in Wisbech.
Footways work in Wisbech and March
CONTRACTORS working on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council are about to invest £80,000 on repairs and improvements to footways in Fenland.
Volunteers are the pick of the bunch
GLOWING tributes have been paid to the “staggering” contribution made by the growing army of Street Pride volunteers across the district.
Once-in-a-decade opportunity on twinning trip
FLOWER lovers in Fenland are being offered a once-in-a-decade opportunity to visit one of the world’s most spectacular horticultural shows this summer.
Vote answer
IT is surely not unreasonable for people to expect their Members of Parliament to say how they intend to vote on issues of major national concern.
Have you seen these two cats?
PETSEARCH Fenland Branch has the following lost animals on its register this week.
Royal date for volunteer Tina
SUPPORTERS gathered at the Wisbech-based Volunteer Centre Fenland to wish former administrator Tina Wright all the best after she was nominated to attend a Buckingham Palace Garden Party.
Well done
I JUST want to say a huge well done to Kath Roberts who organised the charity concert at Neale Wade.
Desalination is needed
CLIMATE change should prompt the government to be more adventurous and build desalination plants at strategic sites on our coastline.
Call for action over speeding drivers
WHEN are the local authority and Cambs Constabulary going to do something about the speed of vehicles that use March Road, Friday Bridge?
Nominate your cause
ASDA in Wisbech is looking for community groups and local good causes to be nominated for its new Community Life scheme.
Are you the next Wisbech Rose Queen?
THE Fenland Citizen and Wisbech Round Table are searching to find this year’s Rose Queen to head the summer parade on Saturday July 7.
Charity events going on in the Horsefair
THERE are still a few pitches left for a charity car boot sale in the Horsefair car park in Wisbech on Bank Holiday Monday.
Wonderful
THROUGH the Citizen, I would like to thank and congratulate Kath Roberts, a pupil at Neale Wade School in March for all her hard work in organising a wonderful concert at the school on a recent Sunday evening.
Outwell Jubilee events
TO celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Outwell village are organising a whole weekend of celebratory events and are now looking for teams and businesses to take part.
Alan’s partner appointment
ALAN Faulkner has been appointed as a partner of Maxey Grounds and Co LLP, chartered surveyors, auctioneers, valuers, land and estate agents with offices in Chatteris, March and Wisbech.
Special memories for club
MARCH Town Bowls Club held a “Memories from the Past” evening on Saturday turning the clock back almost 30 years.
Christian Aid
CHURCHES Together in Wisbech and District are holding a united service on Sunday May 13 at the United Reformed Church at 6.30pm.
Great time at March pub
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank the landlord and staff at The Cock Inn at March for a very enjoyable afternoon last Sunday.
Concern about eye screening
WITH regard to the diabetic eye screening at Chatteris (Citizen April 25).
Torch run is under starter’s orders
PLANS to stage a special one-off Olympic torch run in Fenland have taken a step forward.
Children can get snapping
LOCAL school children can get snapping in a photographic competition being organised by Wisbech Camera club in association with Wisbech Lions.
Time bank lets you pool your skills and expertise
TIME banking, a volunteering scheme where people share their time and skills with others in the community, is coming to March.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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