S T I C K N E YN E W S

Don’t forget the Referendum on 23 June 2016

JUNE 2016

Hello and welcome to the June edition of the magazine.There are three events this month that I hope you will be keen to attend. On the 11 June there is a Race Night with a Buffet Supper; the one we held two years ago was well attended and great fun. On the 14 June the Ladies Club are holding their now famous Strawberry Supper with entertainment by an Abba Tribute Band. On the 18 June there will be a walking Treasure Hunt culminating in a Barbecue at the Village Hall. For more information and how to book your tickets please find the relevant details inside this magazine.Welcome to any new comers to the village, we hope that you will enjoy living in our midst. You will find lots of information about what is going on inside this magazine and at the back of it you will find most of the important telephone numbers.

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STICKNEY LADIES CLUBinvite you to their ever popular

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM SUPPER on

Tuesday 14th June

with entertainment from an Abba Tribute Band

7.30pm start in Stickney Village Hall

Tickets are £6.50 each available from Sue Peall 01205 480876

and Pam Digby 01205 480430NB: entrance is by ticket only.

WHAT’S ON WEEKLY IN STICKNEY?(Fixed weekly meetings in the Village Hall (VH) and Youth Centre (YC))

TUESDAY’S

Toddler Group 9.30am – 11.30am (YC)

Ballet & Tap Dance Class 4.00pm - 6.00pm (YC) 01205 480851 Ages 3 –10 years 07496 305167

Disco Dance Class 5.00pm – 6.00pm as above

Senior Ballet (Point work) 6.00pm – 7.00pm as above

Ladies Club 7.30pm (2nd Tues in month) (YC) 01205 480292

Badminton Junior and Senior 7.00pm (VH) 01205 368077

Stickney & District Gardening Club 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480802 (4th Tuesday in month)

WEDNESDAY’S

Short Mat Bowls 1.00pm - 4.00pm (VH) 01205 480397

Table Tennis 7.30pm (winter months only) (YC) 01205 481212

THURSDAY’S

Thursday Over 60’s Club 1.30pm - 4.00pm (YC) 01205 480802 (1st Thursday in month)

Short Mat Bowls 6.30pm - 9.00pm (VH) 01205 480397

Parish Council Meeting 7.30pm (YC) 01205 270352 (First Thursday in the month with Public Forum 7.20pm)

FRIDAY’S

Cash Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480802

30 May Prize Bingo Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pmMonday Proceeds to St Luke’s Church

18 June Prize Bingo Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pmSaturday Proceeds to Cancer Research UK

Any donations of prized would be much appreciated.

25 June Prize Bingo Doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pmSaturday Proceeds to Bliss

Donations of prizes to Bev Gosling (480641)

ST LUKE’S CHURCH“Cast ne'er a clout 'til May be out!” the saying goes. Someone asked “Does it mean May blossom or the month of May?” This year definitely the latter: after a few days of heat and summer clothing I've returned to jumpers in the middle of the month.Rev Fran nearly completed her SPONSORED WALK over the early May Spring holiday: strong winds and blistered feet called a halt just a few miles from home and she plans to finish this short distance over the late May holiday. Total of monies raised for Stickney Church Cluster will be given next month.Bev Gosling and Angela Brady are running a SQUARES COMPETITION for Church Cluster Funds. 90 squares at £1.00 each with 3 prizes. The squares are filling up so get in touch if you are interested.We had a good PRIZE BINGO on 02 May raising £321.80p for Stickney Church and thank you for all the support. We hope to do well at the next PRIZE BINGO on 30 May, start time 7.30pm in the Youth Centre.Our CYCLIST FRIENDS in LYCRA will be coming on Saturday 02 July and we plan to give them a good welcome at St. Luke's Church. Likely time of arrival should be between 11.30am and 12.30pm. This is also St. Luke's GIFT DAY and your Church will be open from 10.00am to 1.00pm to receive envelopes with your donations and to offer free light refreshments.Our BINGO FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK will be held on Saturday 18 June at 7.30pm in Stickney Youth Centre and the proceeds will be presented to the cyclists on their sponsored ride from Nottingham to Skegness. We will be grateful for any donated prizes.CONCERT in St. Luke's Church on Saturday 04 June at 7.00pm. LINCOLN DIOCESAN LADIES CHOIR are coming to sing to us. The special acoustics of a Church like St Luke’s promises quality sound. Tickets are £8.00 (£6.00 concessions) available from Rev Fran or ask your Churchwardens. Do come along.Don't forget your entries to the PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. Entries should be given to Rev Fran by 10 September 2016. Categories: Local area --- Local Church at work --- It's a wonderful world ---- My pet and other animals --- Celebration --- Still life. The photographic exhibition and launch of the 2017 calendar will be in November.CHERISH YOUR CHURCHYARD: A special effort will be made on Thursday 09 June at 6.30pm to clear undergrowth etc. from the Churchyard. Please come along to help – many hands make light work! Refreshments will be available. If wet the event will take place on Saturday 11 June at 10.00am.

Rural Dean: Canon Peter Coates 01790 752526

Parish Priest and PCC Chairperson: Rev’d Fran Jeffries 01205 481183

Church Wardens : Mrs A Brady 01205 480661 Mrs B Gosling 01205 480641

PCC Secretary: Mrs M Weston 01205 480127

Treasurer (GeneralFunds): Mrs D Cooley 01205 480397

Treasurer (Fabric Fund): Mrs B Gosling 01205 480641

JUNE CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday 05 11.15am Group Holy Communion at New Leake

 

Sunday 12 9.30am Morning Worship

Sunday 19 11.15am All Age Worship

Sunday 26 10.00am Benefice Holy Communion 6.00pm Farewell to Rev Cheryl Hilliam at

South OrmsbyJULYSunday 03 11.15am Group Holy Communion at

Stickford

Every Thursday 9.30am Morning Prayer followed by the Coffee Morning at 10.30am

Last Thursday of each month the Parish Council Chairman and Clerk will be available at the coffee morning on St Luke’s.

Books and jigsaws continue to be available for 20p and 50p in St. Luke's, in the tower area.

Some people are surprised to find the Church is open daily from around 9.00am until approximately 4.00pm but it is your Village Church for local residents and visitors to visit and to enjoy. Do call in.

KIDDIES CORNERMixed Fruit Ice Lollies

Fill ice lolly molds with berries, bananas and kiwi. Pour in white grape juice to fill. Freeze about 2 hours or until frozen enough to insert lolly sticks. Enjoy!

Word Search

Ingredients1 cup of berries (sliced strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and/or raspberries)1 cup sliced bananas and kiwi1 White grape juice1 Ice lolly moulds

Football Jokes! Get ready for Euro 2016 – 10 June!

Q: Why can’t Cinderella play soccer?A: Because she always runs away from the ball.

Q: Why don’t grasshoppers watch soccer?A: They watch cricket instead.

Q: What kind of tea do soccer players drink?A: Penal-Tea

Q: What kind of tea do soccer players drink?A: Penal-Tea

Q: What lights up a soccer stadium?A: A soccer match

Q: Why shouldn’t you play soccer in the jungle?A: There are too many cheetahs!

QUIZ1 Who was prime minister of the UK for most of the Second World War?2 Who was caught red-handed trying to blow up parliament in 1605?3 What did Romans use a hypocaust for?4 What is the London home of the prime minister?5 Which liner sank on her maiden voyage in 1912?6 Who was the Deputy Prime Minister in 2010?7 What did Spain send to attack Britain in 1588?8 In which country in ancient times was mummification carried out on important people when they died?9 Which city did the ancient Greeks by legend besiege for 10 years?10 How many wives did Henry VIII have?11 Which people travelled in longships and raided Britain from Scandinavia in early medieval times?12 Which king received an arrow in his eye at the Battle of Hastings?13 An act of 1864 outlawed children doing what job, for which they were often employed as they were smaller than adults and it was thought they could do a better job as a result?14 What notable event affected London in September 1666?

The Horbling Ladies:Our next Luncheon Club will be held on Tuesday 07 June - doors open at 11.00am and lunch will be served at 12 noon.

This will be our third luncheon and numbers attending are growing each month. There is still room for you to come along and enjoy the good homemade food, good music played by John and the good company. Everyone is made welcome so come along and join us, our next menu is:

MelonCottage Pie (Beef) With Seasonal Vegetables

Apple Pie And CustardMints And Coffee Or Tea

Only £5.50 per person

Admittance by ticket, or by prior telephone booking. For more information please call Kay Digby on 01205 480769 or Sharon on 01205 481273.

Stickney Short Mat Indoor Bowls

This is a lively and friendly group which is looking for new members. No experience is required, bowls can be borrowed to try the game. We play on both Wednesday afternoons (from 13.00 to 16.00) and Thursday evenings

(from 18.30 to 21.00) in Stickney Village Hall.

Just come along or for more information please contact

Alan Pethybridge (480322) or Clive Kingswood (480344)

Stickney Outdoor Bowls ClubStickney Outdoor Bowls Club needs new members. There have been bowlers in the village since 1929, what a shame it would be if we have to close the club. There are more people living in the village now, children, from the age of 12 years, are very welcome to join and play for fun or as part of a team. The green is open from until early September for your enjoyment. For more information please contact: MRS S HUTTON - 01790 752996 or MR H WRAGG - 01205 481221

Prize Bingo to Raise Funds for:

Bliss is a newborn baby charity that raises money to help families with premature and very ill babies. Ashley Napier and Marcus Gibbons are fundraising for Bliss as part of Prudential Ride London 100 - a 100 mile cycling sportive around London and Surrey in July 2016.

If you are able to donate any prizes, please contact Bev Gosling on 01205 480641.

The Longest Day of the YearThe summer/winter solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet, in either northern or southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star that it orbits, the Earth orbits the Sun. This happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), at which times the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.

The summer solstice occurs during a hemisphere's summer. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs sometime between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice.

The term midsummer refers to the day on which the summer solstice occurs, this day has the longest period of daylight.

Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).

Gardening Tips for JuneJune, marking the start of early summer, is a landmark in the new season, a signal to celebrate the first tastes of success as spring-grown crops reach the edible stage and reward all our earlier efforts. There are signs too of future successes as you notice the flowers on the strawberries and the rows of nearly mature carrots. Also available now will be the juicy radishes, spring onions, baby beets and of course outdoor lettuces and other leaf crops.

Enough, however, of resting on our laurels; let’s see what we can do to ensure success going on through the Summer and into Autumn with our 'jobs for the month'.

1. Don't forget to weed ruthlessly and water regularly to give your plants their best possible chance to thrive.

2. This month you can test to see if early potatoes are ready by pulling back some of the earth which must be replaced to prevent the potatoes from going green. Continue to earth up main crop potatoes and water copiously at this stage.

3. Keep a careful watch for slugs, snails, blackfly, cabbage white caterpillars, carrotfly and other harmful insects. I have found that cabbage white butterflies can penetrate even the 1cm net covering, so use something like 'insect net' sold by Marshalls {other products are available!} fine old net curtains can also be useful as a barrier.

4. Net peas and fruit bushes against hungry birds.

5. Continue to sow beetroot in June - successive sowings will ensure a steady stream of young tender beet well into Autumn.

6. French beans are ready for a second sowing this month. Sow seeds in staggered rows at a depth of about 2" and at intervals of 6"-9" and keep them well watered.

7. Young courgettes are thirsty plants and need regular watering. A good tip is to heap a little soil around the stem to reduce the chance of water logging and mulch to retain moisture.

8. Thin vegetable seedlings sown in spring to give the other plants room to develop.

9. Tomatoes should be supported and tied in, while side shoots should be pinched out as they appear between the main stem and leaf branches.

In conclusion, a word from an appositely named writer, Richard Gardiner, who in 1533 wrote: "Sow carrots in your garden, and humbly praise God for them, as for a singular and great blessing."

Happy Gardening!

Stickney Bus Service!The market day service is available on 08 and 22 June and 06 and 20 July. The cost of the service is £5.00 per person. You can book your seat by phoning 01205 480241.

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Mobile Library Visits

The mobile library visits Stickney on MONDAY’S at the Youth Centre, Hall Lane between 10.15am and 11.15am and at Horbling Lane between 11.30am and 12.00noon. The next visits will be 13 June and 11 July.

Stickney Primary SchoolOur pupils break up on 27 May for half term and return to school on 06 June.

Look out for Stickney Primary School Dance Troupe! They will be performing at the Lincolnshire Show on Wednesday 22 June and also as part of the Lincoln Children’s Festival in Lincoln High Street on Tuesday 28 June.

Stickney Primary School PFTA Annual Summer FairFriday 01 July 2016

5.00pm and 7.00pm at the Primary SchoolOur theme this year is the Seaside!

Lots of Stalls, Fun & Games, Refreshments, Raffle, Tombola etcAll Welcome – come along and enjoy the fun!

All proceeds to Stickney Primary Parents, Friends & Teachers AssociationDonations for prizes, tombola etc. gratefully received at the school office.

IS YOUR PROPERTY HIDING FROM HELP? Emergency services must be able to locate your road and property name or number in order to provide the service requested.

On many occasions we are not able to find a property due to the name or house number being obscured from easy view.

Take this simple test:

Stand on the roadside and see if you can clearly see your house name or numberIf not, valuable time could be wasted if the emergency services have to drive up and down your road trying to locate the correct house name or number.  This is particularly important if you are a single occupant and have not got a relative who can stand outside and flag down the emergency service.

It is good practice to have a house name or number located at the boundary of your property ie on your fence or drive way entrance and then another located on or near your front door.  Try to have the letters or numbers as large as your fixing location will allow.

Think! - if you can’t see your house number or name then the emergency services won’t see it either.  

Stickney Show 2016 www.facebook.com/StickneyShow (16 July at the William Lovell Academy)

Sausage & Mash Supper with Auction of Pledges

This event, held in the Village Hall, made a fantastic profit of £1092.19! A huge thank you goes to Mr Gareth Evans, our Auctioneer for the evening, and to Mr Mark Handson of Handson Butchers at Mareham, for supplying, cooking and delivering the sausages which were one of the main talking points of the evening! Thanks also go to the donors of the pledges, those of you who bought tickets, those of you who contributed to the bidding, numerous friends for help and support and to the Jubilee Committee for their hard work, Harry & Isabel Dodds

The last two fund raising events will be held this month, we hope you will come along and support the efforts of the Jubilee Committee.

11 June Family Buffet Supper and Horse Race

Night! Another night out for all the family!

£5.00 adults, £3.00 ages 5–11 yrs and U5’s free.Please book your tickets with Mrs Margo Bolland on 01205 480015. There will be a buffet for the adults and one for the children too!

18 June A Walking Treasure Hunt using the public footpaths

in the village, this will start and finish at the Village Hall from 1.30pm.Participants will be given a list of clues to solve whilst walking around the footpaths in Stickney - a good way to learn a bit more about the village and perhaps notice things you hadn’t done before! There will be a barbeque back at the Village Hall.Sheets will cost £2.00 each and there will be a power

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What’s On this year? Fun Dog Show

Giant Tortoises

Birds of Preyincluding performance in the ring

Reptile Life, bringing various reptiles to view and ask questions about

Many and varied Craft Stalls

Various Trade Stands

Saber Dog Agility

Tombola

Doggie Tombola (doggie gifts and treats)

Ukele Band

Scalextric Competitions

Car Crash Simulator*Skid Pad Simulator **Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership

Grand Raffle - 1st prize - £100

Children’s attractions:Surfboard Simulator50ft Mega Assault CourseFootball Skill ShotJurassic Play bounce and Slide2 Lane Bungee RunBurger Bills Magic ShowJJ Circus SkillsSwing BoatsMini StrickerCraft ActivitiesFace Painting

Refreshments:

Jubilee Committee Tent with homemade cakes, hot and cold drinks and children’s drinks

Duke of Wellington Bar

Barbeque

Jacket Potatoes

Dennetts Ice-Cream VanOld Fashioned Sweet Stall

To view:Brand New TruckTraction Engine TractorsVintage BicyclesVintage Cars

This year the Stickney Show has grown with many more things to be seen and to do. All this is due to the sponsors of the Show who have donated money to enable the Jubilee Committee to book more attractions, purchase prizes for competitions and to hire marquees. The Sponsors will be listed in glossy programme that will be available on the day to all who attend the Show. This will also have times of events in the ring and guidance on where to find the things that may be of interest to you on the day.There will be some changes to the above items, probably with more additions! The items above are definitely booked, so please come along to support this ever-growing venture in Stickney.There will be more details in the July edition of Stickney News, but for now put the date on your calendar and in your diary so you do not miss this great day out – on your own doorstep!

Allum Active

In the Ring:Stickney Olympics, inter-school competitionCompeting for the John Braybrooks TrophyBirds of Prey DemonstrationSaber Dog Agility followed by ‘have a go’ for any dogs with owners who want a go!The Wright School of DanceHorncastle Brass BandBoston Gymnastics AcademyEast Lincolnshire Fox HoundsTerrier RacingDakota Fly Past booked

Fitness is a moving experienceWe are a new fitness and exercise business that has started in Stickney, based at Stickney Grange. I have a diploma in personal training with certificates in circuit training, nutritional advice and will have certificates in fitness testing, functional resistance training and TRX training soon.

We offer a number of fitness services from personal training and training programme design through to fitness testing and nutritional advice. My main focus at present is running circuit training/boot camp sessions, every weekend to start with, but will be looking at expanding to sessions during the week and in the evenings. Our circuit training sessions are designed to exercise the whole body, but there will also be sessions designed with specific targets in mind, for example cardiovascular.

You do not have to go to a gym to be active or to carry out fitness, so our circuit training sessions are run outside, at the far end of the car boot sale field. All we ask is that you do YOUR best.

Find us on Facebook at Allum Active, where you can view photos of some of our previous sessions. All of our circuit training sessions will be advertised on Facebook so feel free to look and book a slot on one of these sessions.

Alternatively you can call us, if you would like more information, on 07977 460781

MEETINGS HELD ON THURSDAY 12 MAY 2016

Annual Parish MeetingApologies were received from Cllr Perham and Dist Cllr AshtonPresent: Cllrs Edwards, Spring, Littlewood, Dodds, Wood and Bolland Also present: Dist Cllr Jones and 1 member of the public.

The Chairman read out her Annual Report to Parishioners:

“We ended last year with a Council that was bereft of Councillors so I was very grateful to Councillor Wood and Councillor Lewis for volunteering to come back on until such time as we had enough Councillors to keep going, as otherwise the Council would have closed down and all our affairs would have been dealt with by another council, eg Stickford. Unfortunately Tony was only able to attend one meeting before he had to resign due to ill health. We were all shocked and saddened to hear of his death a short while later.

At the first meeting of this year we welcomed 3 new Councillors, Councillors Edwards, Littlewood and Spring. In September we welcomed Councillor Dodds and the return of Councillor Lamy Edwards who has since resigned, I would like to thank her for her work over the time she was back on the Council. More recently we have welcomed back Councillor Perham who served on the Council for a long time before needing to resign due to work commitments. We are now up to now up to 7 Councillors with room for one more.

There haven’t been any earth shattering events this last year. There have been the usual problems of planning applications, some granted and some not and of course we have the never ending problem of pot holes and poor road conditions. These are unlikely to be solved in the near future due to the District and County Councils lack of funds.

We lost our grass cutter for the Cemetery who had always done a good job. Our replacement grass cutter was then unable to do it due to ill health. We now have a firm who seem to be doing a good job.

Last year we were a member of the Parish Paths Partnership, this meant we told our grass cutter to cut the paths and were reimbursed the cost, due to monetary concerns this has now been scrapped and we are reliant on the County Council to cut them.

As you may have heard the County and District Councils are looking at passing services down to Parish Councils. They have already taken the step of not paying for any Parish elections, so if an election is called the Parish will have to foot the bill. The Parish Council has put money aside for such an event. There is an ongoing problem with the Picnic Area, namely what is going to become of it. Despite many emails to all concerned to try to ascertain what is going on, no-one has replied to inform us of any plans or a request for a meeting. We will keep trying to find out exactly what the County council are intending to do with it.

We were able to stop the building of 100 houses off the Main Road, although 50 are on schedule to be built at some stage in the future. We owe thanks to Mrs Arnold who managed to put our objections in such a way that the Planning Committee were swayed in our favour. There has been permission given for a few smaller developments which should almost take us to the limit required by ELDC over the next ten years.We would like to than Mr Tempest for his sterling work as a litter picker. As I travel round the village there is little evidence of litter either on the Main Road or on Hall Lane. The cemetery is also

free from litter. Thank you to Mr Dear for his work in the play park and the Garden of Remembrance, they always look really well cared for.

Thank you also to George Bolland who clears the litter from the play park every week and checks the equipment to see that it is safe.

We must thank the people who deliver the magazine every month, Peter Hood, Coral Elderfield, Linda Wooding, Julie Dawson, Nick Gosling, Kim Pennells-Clark and George Bolland, who between them, deliver 500 magazines.

Thanks also to the Jubilee Committee who have been working hard on the Summer Show.

Finally I would personally like to thank all the Councillors for all their hard work for the Parish and Mrs Arnold who works so hard on behalf of the Council and the Jubilee Committee.”

The member of the public reported:The April minutes are not on the website, but the March minutes have been duplicated.He has contacted the Countryside Agency to question the purpose of the large industrial waste wheelie bin sited at the picnic site.Annual Parish Council Meeting

Cllr Bolland will continue as Chairman with Cllr Edwards as the Vice Chairman.

Cllr Littlewood resigned and left the meeting

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 May 2015 were read out by the Clerk and it was resolved that they be signed as a true record.

Parish Council Representatives on other bodies/committees:William Lovell Foundation: Cllr DoddsPlanning: It was resolved not to have a planning committee as plans can be viewed onlineby all Councillors and comments sent to the Clerk for the few applications that are received between meetings.Cemetery: Cllrs Bolland and Edwards Play Area: Cllrs Bolland and SpringJubilee Committee: Cllrs Bolland, Edwards, Spring, Dodds and PerhamEmergency Planning: Cllr Perham

Parish Council MeetingPresent: Cllrs Edwards, Spring, Dodds and Bolland (Chairman). Also Present: Dist Cllr Jones and one member of the public

Apologies: were accepted from Cllrs Wood and Perham and Dist Cllr Ashton

Reports From Representatives On Outside BodiesDist Cllr Jones had nothing to reportPCSO Pollard has contacted the Clerk to report that a system was now in place to get a report of Stickney’s recorded incidents to the Parish Council meetings.

To Receive Declarations of Interest in Accordance with the Localism Act 2011There were no declarations of interest

Letter from ELDCNo election has been called to fill the current vacancy, this will now be filled by co-option. ELDC will be advised that Cllr |Littlewood has resigned.

Planning Applications Received The following plans were looked at and NO OBSERVATIONS were made:S/169/00826/16 - Mr Handley - Application to vary condition 2 which states “The accommodation hereby permitted shall be and shall remain incidental to the use of the dwelling known as Chapel Farm, shall not be sold or let off separately, and shall be used only by Mr Derek Handley and/or Mrs Kathleen Handley. The use hereby permitted shall cease at such time as Mr Derek Handley and/or Mrs Kathleen Handley no longer occupy the premises or at such time as the applicants no longer occupy the main dwelling, Chapel Farm, or whichever is the sooner” to read “The accommodation hereby permitted shall be and shall remain incidental to the use of the dwelling known as Chapel Farm and shall not be sold or let off separately” as imposed on planning permission ref no S/169/01406/11

Planning DecisionsFULL planning permission has been received for:S/169/02512/15 - A R Craven Farms Ltd - Erection of a free range poultry unit at Land at Poplars Farm, Midville Lane.S/169/00323/16 - Moschatel Ltd - Change of use of existing building (5 units) used for horticulture to use for light industrial and storage purposes (2 units already in operation) at Braybrookes Yard, Main Road

Audit for the Year Ended 31 March 2016The questions in the Annual Governance Statement were read out by the Chairman and the responses, all being yes, were completed. The paperwork was signed accordingly.The Accounting Statement was read out by the Clerk. This was approved by the Councillors present and the paperwork signed accordingly.Notices, together with copies of the Annual Governance Statement and the Accounting Statement, will be placed in the notice boards and on the Parish Council website.

RepairsAn intermittent street light at the Post Office and a pot hole in the centre of the crossroads at Horbling Lane/Midville Lane will be reported to LCC.ANY POT HOLES OR STREET LIGHTS IN ALL DAY OR OUT AT NIGHT CAN BE REPORTED TO THE PARISH COUNCIL CLERK. Alternatively it can be done direct via the LCC website where repairs are shown on a map so may have already been reported. It is tedious to register but if you let the site remember your details it is easy (use a very obscure password as you will not need to remember it!) after that you can report any highway issue direct.

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Thursday 02 June 2016 in the Youth Centre at 7.30pm. There will be a public forum from 7.15pm.____________________________________________________________________________________________________

QUIZ ANSWERS1) Winston Churchill 2) Guy Fawkes 3) Heating their villas 4) 10 Downing Street 5) RMS Titanic 6) Nick Clegg 7) The Spanish Armada 8) Egypt 9) Troy 10) Six (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr) 11) Vikings 12) Harold II 13) Chimney Sweep 14) The Great Fire

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS:

Parish Councillors:Cllr M Bolland (Chairman) 01205 480015

Cllr L Edwards 01790 763558

Cllr L Spring 01205 480030

Cllr B Wood 01205 480253

Cllr I Dodds 01205 480463

Cllr R Perham 01205 480608

Vacancy – contact the Clerk if you are interested in filling this vacancy

Clerk to the Parish Council:

Mrs E L Arnold 01205 270352Crookes CottageWrangle BankBoston PE22 9DL

Parish e-mail address:

Parish Website: parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Stickney

County Councillor: Cllr Victoria Ayling 07764 536867

District Councillors: Cllr Tom Ashton 07812 522372Cllr Neil Jones 07577 957392

Police phone numbers: PCSO P Pollard 07939 312883PCSO M Pearson 07944 777039PC Paula Young 07939 312650

Police Office 101

Doctors phone number 01205 480237

Hospital phone number 01205 364801

Post Office phone number 01205 480225

Stickney Primary School 01205 480254

William Lovell Academy 01205 480352

Youth Centre and Village Hall bookings – Mr Gosling 01205 480641