Ballycanew

TIDY TOWNS

Its that time of year again and just a reminder to everyone that the judging time for the the Tidy Towns Competition is now well on its way. Judging takes place during June, July and August. We would ask everyone again to make a special effort this year as we are still first in the county for the tidies centre. A huge thank you for your support in the past and your continued support, it is really appreciated.

SPLIT-THE-POT

Congratulations to the Saturday, July 21, winner of split-thepot, Simon and Joe. prize money was €242. And thanks for all your support.

ST PATRICK’S GAA LOTTO

There was no jackpot winner in last week’s draw: winning numbers were 1, 17, 22 and 24. Joe Tully matched three numbers to receive €200.

MID SUMMER PARTY

The annual Mid summer Party is on in O’Brien’s lounge in Killenagh on Saturday, August 4. There will be music and barbecue from 9 p.m.

LITTLE DUCKLINGS

Avail of the free playschool facility with Little Ducklings for your child. Little Ducklings Playschool are now taking enrolments for September 2018. Limited places available so contact Lucy at 086 0883141 to secure your child’s place now.

TEXT ALERT

Please report any suspicious activity to Gorey Garda Station at 053 9430690. For our vital system to work it is important that members of the public to report directly to the local garda station to ensure our system works effectively. It is imperative that anything you feel is worth reporting goes directly to 053 9430690 so that it can be sent out on our text alert system. Let’s continue to make our community a safer place.

FIRST RESPONDERS

Ballycanew First Responders was formed in 2016 and became active in July 2017. During that time all volunteers were trained in providing a community first response service to any 999 calls in our area for chest pain, stroke, choking and cardiac arrest. Our aim is to train as many people in how to provide CPR and use a defibrillator.

We hope in the future to have a defibrillator in every estate, we hope to work together with you to make this a reality. We are starting community training courses in the future. A course takes about an hour and will be held in the village in the evening. The cost will be free. We hope you will come on board with this initiative.

If you have any queries or want to find out more you can contact Leona Kehoe 087 2757110 or email leona.kehoe1@gmail.com or Olive Furney olivefurney@hotmail.com.

SERVICES DIRECTORY

The Development Association are looking to put together a local Directory of Services in the area, from builders, plumbers, etc, to cake makers. If you would like to include your business in our Directory please email aislinn@ medddesign.com This will be free to local business in the area.

NOTES

Please note the change of deadline day. Any items to be included in the local notes have to be sent to me by Thursday evening by 5 p.m. and not a Sunday. Please contact Ann at 087 7433684 or email annkehoe@ yahoo.ie.