District News
Items of news for inclusion in the Shotts news section should be emailed to dinsdey@hotmail.co.uk or can be phoned in to 825294 on a Sunday evening before 9pm. Calderhead High School Parent Council meet on the first Thursday of every month at 6pm in the school. The next meeting is tomorrow (Thursday, December 7). Any parents or guardians of pupils can come along and observe one of the group’s meetings. The parent council also have a new Twitter account “@CalderheadPC” and the minutes of meetings can be found on the school’s website. Shotts Gala Day Anyone who shops online can now donate to the gala day by using the following link https:// www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ shottsgaladay/. 3rd Shotts Scout Group The scout hall at 100 Benhar Road, Shotts, is available for any organisations in the community to use and requests to do so should be made to Mrs Mary Lees (Group Scout Leader) on 01501 821658. Shotts and District Rotary Club have their meetings every Wednesday evening in the Station Hotel, Shotts. For further information about any Rotary Club matter, contact David McCloy, secretary, on 07961204871. EU Congregational Church The church will be open for prayer and contemplation on Wednesdays, from 11am until 1pm, with a short service held at 11.30am to 12pm. This is followed by tea and a chat in the big church hall from 12pm to 1pm. The service on Sunday morning, is held in the church at 11.30am, everyone is welcome. Singing group meets on Tuesdays at 7pm. Shotts Salvation Army Corps The friendship club meets on Tuesdays, from 1pm to 3pm. The nativity rehearsal takes place this Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm, followed by the youth club at 7pm to 8pm. The toddlers’ group meets on Thursdays from 9.30am to 11am. The prayer meeting on Thursday evenings, meets at 7pm. Friday Club is held from 5.45pm to 6.45pm and the JAM Club meets at 6.45pm to 7.45pm. The Sunday morning meeting is held at 10.45am, and will be led this week by Lieutenant Amy-Jo Battersby. Everyone is welcome. Bon Accord Club has events as follows; The boxing show, due to take place on December 15 has been cancelled. The entertainment for this week is bingo on Wednesday, Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 10pm. A guest singer will be performing in the lounge at 9pm. The Hogmanay party has now sold out. Airdrie and Shotts Post Offices have been voted top in the Post Office Limited’s Constituency Challenge bill payments category.
MP for the area, Neil Gray, accepted an award on behalf of the constituency.
There were 269,000 bill payments made in 16 Airdrie and Shotts Post Office branches in the year to September 2017.
This made the district the most used rural Post Office network in the UK for payments.
Mr Gray said:“Having helped to secure a Post Office in Plains, I know how much people rely on these services.
“This award is justification that villages and rural towns need to retain vital Post Offices which not only sell stamps and give pension payments but enable bills to be paid and banking to be done without the need to travel miles.
“I will always fight to maintain Post Office services in Airdrie and Shotts.
“As this award proves this is a lifeline to many residents.”