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Correspondent: Jean Watson Mob:
07966 361434 Tel: 01622 687053 Coffee mornings: The community association is hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday, September 29 from 10.30am-noon. Tea and coffee will be provided. Do take cakes for everyone to enjoy. Donations for the raffle would also be appreciated. Pre-school children welcome. Aunt Sally’s Kitchen will be hosting a coffee morning also on Friday which will run all day. All coffee and cake sales of that day will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. The Baptist Church is holding its Macmillan Coffee Morning on Saturday, September 30 from 10.30am-noon, with cakes, coffee and craft items for sale. Get Together: At the next meeting on Wednesday, October 4 at the Baptist Church from 2.30-4pm, there will be the chance to have a chat, play a few games and spend a time of fellowship together with some refreshments. Hi Kent: The next hearing aid after care clinic is on Wednesday, October 4 from 10-11.30am in the library. Clinics are run by trained volunteers who can change batteries, clean and re-tube hearing aids free of charge. Garden club: The next meeting is on Thursday, October 5 in St Nicholas Church hall from 7.30-9.30pm. Visitors and new members are welcome. Details from Pam on 01622 757319. Correspondent: Steve Pearce, 97 Merton Road, Bearsted, ME15 8LR Mob: 07740 796002 Fiddle and Faff: On Saturday October 7 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church, Christine and Lissie will perform a set of songs reflecting the glorious county of Kent. Tickets cost £8 from Shirley Barton on 01622 739411 Mixed blessings: On Saturday October 14, Mixed Blessings will sing for the NSPCC in Holy Cross Church. Show tunes, folk songs and favourites from musicals. Admission £10 to include a glass of wine and canapes. Contact tikkigulland@ hotmail.co.uk or 01622 737471. Harvest service: On Sunday October 1, there will be a joint service at 10.30am in Holy Cross Church. Usual harvest gifts, cash donations will go towards homeless care. Church Christmas cards: After the new way and classic services blank greetings cards will be for sale. Prices are £5 for a pack of 10. All proceeds will benefit Holy Cross. Marden Motor Club: On Tuesday, October 3, the club will be meeting outside Marden library for a second navigation evening exercise. If you would like to join in, just turn up or contact Colin Addison on 01622 831471 or email caddison1950@ gmail.com. Woolpack: Sunday October 1 at 7.30pm is the next Woolpack folk/ jam night. All are welcome to this informal monthly session in the bar. The Almshouses: The trustees of Yalding Almshouses will meet on Monday October 2. The almshouses are available to six single women who reside in, or have close connections with, Yalding, Laddingford or Collier Street. Currently there are no vacancies. School photographs: On Tuesday, October 3, individual and family group photographs will be taken at school. Pre-school siblings should be taken to the school hall at 8.45am if you would like them to be in a photograph. Correspondent: Maureen Jopson, 68 Stockett Lane, Coxheath, ME17 4PY Tel: 01622 746086 Borough councillor surgery: If you have any concerns which you would like to bring to the attention of a borough councillor, the next surgery is on Saturday, September 30 from 10am-noon in the library. No appointment is necessary. Ladies group: The next meeting is on Thursday, October 5 at 7.30pm in the village hall committee room. For details about this and speakers etc, phone Mary Wright on 01622 746621. Charity quiz: The Maidstone branch of the RNLI is holding a fundraising quiz on Friday, October 13 at Fant Community Hall, Fant Lane, beginning at 7.30pm. Maximum of eight per team. Tickets cost £10 including a fish and chip supper but take your own drinks and nibbles. To book a table and/or supper, phone John Ashbolt on 01622 725435 or Alan Cocks on 761004. PARISH COUNCIL: Cllr Gordon Down would welcome support for his litter picking campaign. If you would like to volunteer, phone him on 07963 150954. The parish council has agreed to an annual grant of £6,500 to the village hall for the current financial year. A vote of thanks was given to Cllr Taghdissian who has, regrettably, tendered her resignation. A casual vacancy will be announced and the procedure put in place to find a replacement. In the meantime she would be asked about the position on the Village News and consideration would have to be given as to who would replace her on the finance committee and the website editorial group. Cllr Potts had volunteered to become the parish council’s permanent liaison representative with the village hall management committee. There had been six reported crimes; three thefts, one case of criminal damage, one burglary and one public order offence. The owner of Hamilton House was to be contacted to determine what action was planned to remove or repair the damaged wall and trip hazard adjacent to Page and Wells. The borough council had been instructed to replace and install the seat in the bus shelter at a cost of £260 plus Vat. KCC Highways had been approached again regarding the clearing of surface grit from footways following the resurfacing of Stockett Lane in May. Highways claimed that the work had been completed but it was agreed the they would return to sweep again. A substantial number of motorists had been caught speeding during the recent Speedwatch initiatives and had been issued with notices.