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Correspondent: Jean Watson Mob:
07966 361434 Tel: 01622 687053 Tea and Chat: The next over 50s Get Together meeting is on Wednesday, March 29 in the Baptist Church from 2.30-4pm. Library: Fun sessions for pre-school children ages nought to four (term time only). Baby Rhyme Time every Thursday with songs and rhymes from 2.15-2.45pm also Story Time with crafts every Tuesday from 2-2.30pm. Garden club: Next meets on Thursday, April 6 in St Nicholas Church Hall from 7.30-9.30pm. Darren Everest will give a talk entitled Dahlias and Sweet peas. Visitors £3 per visit. Subscriptions £12 per year. Kettlebridge quiz: Kettle Bridge Clogs invite you to St Nicholas Church Hall on Saturday, April 1 at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. The cost is £6 per person with a minimum of six and maximum of eight per table. Take your own food and drink (some nibbles will be provided). To book a table or for information contact Val or Pip on 07876 194375 or 07876 256235 or email: quiz@ kettlebridgeclogs.org Places are limited. fun quiz on Saturday, March 25 at Grove Green Community Hall (next to Tesco’s). Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start. Prizes for winning team & raffle. Entrance by ticket, £6 per person, available by emailing chairman@vvpt. co.uk Gve name, phone number and quantity of tickets required. Teams of up to eight . Take your own nibbles and drinks. All monies raised will go towards the upkeep and running of the nature reserve. Registered Charity No. 1004726 re-elected at the county elections in May. Cllr McLoughlin reported that the signs at Norton Road/ Church Road had been moved and Cllr Waring agreed to look into it. He also complained about the off road parking for the village hall which was causing pedestrians to walk into the road or across lawns. He was asked to report this to the village hall management committee. Cllr Waring reported that the village hall committee was considering installing CCTV to try to catch flytippers. Cllr Underdown had attended the East of Maidstone Bus meeting and had passed over a letter from residents to the representative from Arriva. She also attended the launch of the Warden Support scheme which the parish had agreed to participate in. A piece advertising for volunteers wwould be put in the Village News . Cllr Underdown attended a Speedwatch training session for a new system which was going to make organising sessions and logging results very long-winded and was not suitable for a small group such as in Chart Sutton. She felt she could not carry on with this especially as two of the team members were not happy with having to cope with the new system. The clerk was asked to write to the Speedwatch organiser explaining that the parish was withdrawing. However, since this, the organiser had approached Cllr Underdown and was prepared to give training to the team and to try to find a way to make things easier and more appropriate to their situation. If successful, Cllr Underdown would reconsider resigning as she does not want the village to lose Speedwatch. Members noted that the internal auditor carried out an interim audit on February 28. Members confirmed that the internal auditor is independent of the council and has no involvement in financial decision making.