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Welcome ContentsBelieve it or not, this is the beginning of our third year. How time flies!

Now that Spring is here and we look towards holidays and getting out and about, Angie Matson gives us sound advice on new regulations this year when driving abroad. Hopefully warmer weather is just around the corner, something guaranteed to make us all feel better, not that the weather seems to dampen the spirits of the older generation who, according to recent studies, are happier than younger people and you can read why this is.

Competition entries continue to rise every month and last issue reached a record number. This issue we also have additional prizes of tickets for forthcoming live events. Talking of live entertainment, jazz enthusiasts will be interested in the middle pages featuring details of live acts throughout Newark during the middle of May.

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Recent studies, have found that older people are happier than younger ones and it seems that despite worries about ill health, income, changes in social status and bereavements, our later years are often our best, with an increase in well being.Recent studies, have found that older people are happier than younger ones and it seems that despite worries about ill health, income, changes in social status and bereavements, our later years are often our best, with an increase in well being.Researchers at Warwick University looked at the happiness of around 100,000 people in the UK and US. They used eight factors - including mental health, pain and general health - to evaluate participants’ quality of life. The team discovered that happiness levels were at their lowest around the age of 45 but then steadily improved with age.

The study suggests that older people might have higher happiness levels because they have developed “better coping abilities” to address problems than younger people, saying that’…. that this could be due to better coping abilities, an interpretation supported by previous research showing older people tend to have internal mechanisms to deal better with hardship or negative circumstances than those who are younger.’Another suggestion is that older people appear to be happier because they tend to focus on and remember positive events, leaving behind negative ones. As the brain ages and loses some of its memory, there is a subconscious choice in what to remember and what to let go, and the positive memories are more likely to stay. Studies have also discovered that as people age, they seek out those situations which will lift their spirits and avoid social circles and acquaintances who drag them down and make them feel more stressed.

There seems to be a growing desire to make the most of the time they have left and not want to engage in situations that will make them unhappy.Another factor is that as we get older, we learn to not give ourselves a hard time over unachieved goals, and be more realistic about expectations. As we get older, we’ve usually managed to gain a sense of perspective about things.Research also suggests that as we mature, our brains are better equipped to see the sunny side of life and as we move from middle to old age psychologists claim that we focus more on positive events filtering out bad experiences.Not to be forgotten is the fact that many older people lead active, healthy lives enriched by experience and learning which naturally increases a sense of well-being. It does seem that getting older can be a happy and positive experience rather than the negative view so often expressed in the media.

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HistoryThe RAFA branch in Newark opened on 22 May 1989, for the benefit of ex and serving RAF personnel in what was Donalds garage. The building was renovated, with all the work being done by the committee and members, and was originally one room only for members and guests.

It began to be used by Navy, British Legion, Sherwood Foresters and Paras personnel and the ladies section was set up. As the club took off, staff were employed for the first time. Fund raising from the local airfields at Swinderby, Waddington, Cranwell, Newton, Syerston was the biggest source of income, this being the only club in the area, with Melton being the next nearest.

In 1998 the room which is now the Concert room was added and was in fact the back half of Peel & Bowler Chocolate factory. All the fixtures and fittings came from RAF Newton’s mess hall, complete with ghost!

A tremendous camaraderie existed in the club and when the economy collapsing resulted in a number of airfields closing,

membership was opened to the public in the early 2000s. All the facilities in the Newark club are open to anyone in Newark and the surrounding areas.

FacilitiesFacilities include a snooker room (The full sized snooker table was donated by the Police Club who used it in the Town Hall but now meet in the RAFA). The Concert Room has full disabled facilities and access and also has a fully fitted kitchen and stocked bar and can be totally independent from the ‘Members Club’ room, which also has a fully stocked bar. Rooms are available for Christenings, weddings, funerals, birthdays, 6th Form parties, anniversaries and any other special occasions or meetings. Full catering packages to suit all pockets are available, if required, but people can do their own catering if they so wish.

ServicesThe RAFA has a Welfare Officer whose role is to help and advise with problems connected with the RAF, either by visiting or telephone. In addition to this the British Legion also have a Welfare Officer who works at the RAFA Club.

There are three coffee mornings a week and these are open to anyone at all with the Welfare Officers available for advice with problems and any queries.

Many local organisations, including the Age Concern, Arthritis Society, the Paras, British Legion, Sherwood Foresters, and the ATC, use the RAFA Club for regular meetings. Music events include regular meetings by the Lazy River Country Music Club and a Motown Soul Night which is held the first Friday in every month. There is regular monthly live entertainment as well as a resident DJ, if required.

Auctions are held bi monthly and there are monthly afternoon prize bingo sessions with lunch, as well as monthly quiz nights which include supper.

The RAFA is now open every day at lunch time and in the evening and is open to suggestions from the local community for worthy fund raising causes. You can even design a new drink, and if it’s popular, it will be named after you! All in all there really is something for everyone at Newark RAFA Club.

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MotoristsNow Spring is arriving, motorists are advised to have a simple checklist for their cars and motorbikes. Motorists should firstly check their oil, water levels for radiator and windscreen as well as tyre pressures.Making a few simple checks can help to reduce the risks of a breakdown for any motorists, especially if you are making a long journey to see friends and relations.In case of an emergency, it is also a good idea to take some spare water and engine oil, as well as a first aid kit, torch and spare batteries, plus the tools needed to change a tyre, which should be close to hand, along with a wheel nut. It is a good idea that people check that lights are working properly before setting off and it is advisable to carry a spare bulb kit.Don’t forget to take your breakdown card before making a long journey, or take out breakdown cover with AA/RAC/Green Flag or similar company.Driving in Europe This Year?•Familiarise yourself with the driving laws of the

country you are visiting, including speed limits and which side of the road they drive on

•Check with your insurance company that you’re fully covered to drive abroad, including breakdown recovery, and any medical expenses resulting from an accident

•Check whether you need a Green Card•Check whether you need an International

Driving Permit•Service your vehicle before leaving the UK•Check you comply with the vehicle

requirements of the countries you’ll visit. (At certain times of the year, winter tyres may be compulsory in some countries. Eg Germany)

What You Need to takeThe regulations of what you need to carry with you in your vehicle when you’re abroad can differ very much from the UK. Please check www.fco.gov.uk/travel

Check List•V5 Log book

(If you don’t have this, you could be fined)•GB Sticker clearly visible on the back of the

car, if your number plate doesn’t include this•Headlamp converters, if you are driving on

the right hand side of the road•Spare bulb kit•High visibility jacket, one for each person•First aid kit•Fire extinguisher•Warning triangle•Disposable camera, in case you need to record

accident damageNew RegulationsFrom July 2012, drivers of all motor vehicles and also motorcyclists (excluding moped) must carry a personal breathalyser kit, and anyone stopped after November 2012 who fails to produce a breathalyser when requested will receive an on the spot fine of 11 EurosFrom January 2013, all motorcyclists, plus passengers, must wear reflective clothing when riding their vehicles.Angela Matson (Chapples Autos)

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Here we are again emerging into spring after a completely different winter to last year. The previous four months have been particularly mild other than a couple of cold and snowy weeks in February. This sudden drop in temperatures (we recorded -12 degrees C) damaged some plants that had enjoyed the mild winter.

As I write we are currently potting on annual bedding, our speciality. Available in pots & packs and includes basket and patio plants, geraniums and over 30 varieties of fuchsia. The nursery grows over half a million plants for the main spring & summer season.

Over the last couple of years we have seen a lot of problems with Impatien Downy Mildew. This disease affects all types of Impatien Walleriana and there is no curative treatment available. The disease has wiped out many Impatien Walleriana that were planted.

As a result we have introduced a new Impatien. This will replace about 70% of our traditional Impatien Walleriana (Busy Lizzy) production. Divine New Guinea Impatiens are grown from seed and resistant to Impatien Downy Mildew. Although they cost

a little more, fewer are needed as they grow to be a larger plant. I have seen these in trial plantings and was very impressed with the display they put on. We will still be producing a reduced quantity of Impatien Walleriana as disease occurrence is very much weather dependant.

We sell a range of summer hanging baskets and containers. All of which are handmade on the premises and can be pre ordered. The last date for orders of summer baskets is 30 April for collection throughout May.

We try to make sure that there are some available to buy ‘off the peg’ though pre ordering is recommended.

Many people are keen to grow their own food, whether it be in their garden, allotment or on their patio. Throughout spring, the nursery offers a choice of fruit and vegetable plants including runner beans, French beans, peppers, courgettes, aubergines, melons, cucumbers, strawberry plants and 12 varieties of tomato.

For more information please visit our new website www.devoncroftnursery.co.uk where you will also find details of our special offers and promotions.


Balderton Sainsbury’s are looking for a local charity to raise money for in 2012.

If you know of a worthwhile local charity that you would like to be considered for Sainsbury’s charity partner,

please contact Richard Murten, manager, at Sainsbury’s on 01636 703102

Kittens are curious, intelligent and faithful and there are many different breeds, with the average life span being 12-14 years. Most cats are kept as house pets with access to the outside, usually via a cat flap fitted to a back door. Choosing and buying your kitten Your new kitten should be at least six weeks old, fully weaned and eating from its own dish. By this age your kitten will have a full set of milk teeth. A healthy kitten should be bright and alert, have no signs of discharge from eye, ears, mouth and nose, have a clean anal area, have a glossy coat with no bald patches and not have sores on the skin. The kitten should move about easily, with no signs of lameness. General care All kittens will benefit from regular grooming, particularly if long haired. Your pet shop will advise on a brush and comb suitable for your kitten’s coat type. Worming - Your kitten must be wormed regularly with a proprietary worming preparation. Flea control - Regular flea treatments will be needed to prevent fleas and other skin parasites. Vaccinations - Your kitten must be vaccinated against the infectious feline diseases: feline enteritis, ‘cat flu’ and feline leukaemia. Regular boosters will be required. Neutering - If you are not going to breed from your cat it is advisable to neuter. Your vet will advise. Insurance - Kittens should be registered with your vet and insurance against unexpected veterinary costs should be considered. ID Chip - You should consider having your kitten id chippedHandling Always pick your kitten up with one hand behind the front legs and the other holding the rear legs. Settling in When you take your kitten home, spend as much time with him as you can, giving lots of reassurance as he adjusts to his new surroundings. Your kitten should be given freedom to explore but not be allowed to go outside until he is fully settled in. He will also need times of undisturbed rest. Introduce him to other pets and children gradually and keep all doors and windows closed. House training Kittens are naturally clean and will normally use a litter tray. The litter must be changed regularly and the tray washed, disinfected and dried. There is a wide variety of litter trays and litters available. Your pet shop will be pleased to advise.

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Toys Your kitten will enjoy playing with toys. There is a wide variety to choose from, and your pet shop will be pleased to advise. Cats also have a natural instinct to sharpen their claws regularly. To prevent damage to woodwork and furniture it is recommended that you buy a suitable scratching post.Housing You should provide a sleeping bed or basket and suitable bedding. There is a variety of beds and bedding available and your pet shop will be pleased to advise. Feeding and water Your kitten will need separate bowls for food and water. These should be washed thoroughly every day. Your pet shop sells a wide range of canned, moist and dry foods that are balanced to meet your kitten’s nutritional requirements for growing. If you make any changes to the diet be sure to do so over a period of time as sudden changes can cause stomach upsets.

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Basic VanillaIce Cream

2 eggs, separated

2oz/60g caster sugar

10floz/300ml double cream

1-2 tsp vanilla extract

Beat the egg whites until stiff, and beat in the sugar a spoonful at a time until the mixture is stiff and glossy.

In a separate bowl, beat the cream until pillowy but not stiff.

Mix the egg yolks and vanilla extract.

With a spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the egg whites. When it is almost incorporated, gradually fold in the egg yolks a spoonful at a time.

Pour the ice cream into a plastic freezer-proof container and freeze for at least 6 hours, until solid. If you use a very large box, so the mixture is no more than an inch/3cm deep, then you should be able to eat it 3 hours later.

Take the container out of the freezer 10 minutes before serving.

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Now that Spring is here and the weather is set to get warmer (We hope!) why not try making your own ice cream as a special treat? Here is a recipe for vanilla ice cream that can be used as a base for lots of other flavours. Try adding up to 3fl oz/85ml of fruit purée to the egg yolk mixture just before freezing.

Serves: 8

method1. Peel, core and slice the apples. Place into a flan dish and sprinkle on

the sultanas.

2. Beat the eggs with the artificial sweetener and vanilla essence. Add the

Mullerlight yogurt and beat again.

3. Pour over the apples and sultanas (allowing the mixture to sink) and

sprinkle with cinnamon. Cook in a moderate oven 190°C/Gas Mark 5

until set approximately 30 minutes.

4. Serve warm or cold with sweetened quark or fat free fromage frais.

Tip: If you’’re vegetarian, or can’’t get hold of Mullerlight, you can use any

other vanilla yogurt. If it’’s not Free, check the Syn value on Syns Online.

Alternatively, use fat free natural yogurt flavoured with vanilla essence.

Apple Betty

ingredients340g/12oz eating apples

57g/2oz sultanas

8 eggs

42g artificial sweetner

2 tsp vanilla essence

250g/9oz vanilla Mullerlight yogurt*

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Take control of how you want to feel and reprogram your mind with NLP tools...NLP tools that help you create emotionally positive states of being in yourself are known as anchoring techniques. Just as the Anchor of a boat helps keep it steady in stormy seas, an emotional anchor helps you to stay calm in your daily life but in addition gets stronger the more you use it.When you learn how to anchor, you can take all your positive and challenging experiences and memories and play around with them to make yourself more resourceful in the future and react, feel and be how you choose to in situations that used to bother you.Use the Calm Anchor Tool for yourself now1. Remember a time when you felt really calm at peace and in

control, (Could be on holiday on a beach, mountain, meadow, by a lake or anywhere else or any situation). Return to it fully in your mind as if you are there now. Relive it as much as you can, daydreaming, seeing what you saw, hearing what you heard, feeling what you felt (you may even get smells) If nothing comes to mind, just imagine how good it would feel to have all the peace, calm and self-control you need.

2. Keep running through this in your mind, each time making it more vivid, make the images brighter, more colourful and richer, the sounds clearer and the feelings stronger as if you have a remote control to do this. When you feel these good feelings, squeeze the thumb and middle finger of your dominant hand together (you are creating an association between this feeling/emotion with this squeeze). Run through this several times until you have a nice feeling of calm.

3. Go through this memory several more times whilst squeezing thumb and middle finger together, locking in these good feelings. You know when you have done this enough when you just have to squeeze these together and you remember the calm feeling spreading through your body.

4. Now think about a situation that in the past/or future you would have felt some stress about (mild stress) or a situation. Squeeze thumb and middle finger and feel the calm spreading through your body. Now imagine taking it into that situation and imagine everything going as you want it to, seeing what you see, hearing what you hear and feeling so much calmer and in control emotionally in the situation.

5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 at least 3 times until when you think about the situation you feel much calmer and more in control!!! You can follow the above procedure to establish other resourceful states such as confidence or motivation.

The story of anchoring: The Psychologist Pavlov conditioned his dogs to salivate each time he rang a bell. Every time he fed them, he rang a bell, an association was “anchored” in the dogs mind between the bell and the food so that all he had to do in the end was ring the bell and the dogs would respond as if they were about to be fed.

Human Beings set and respond to anchors all the time, eg a particular song transports you back to a particular memory, smell of certain alcohol makes you feel nauseous because of a bad memory on it. We create positive and negative anchors for ourselves all the time.

This is only one powerful tool out of the NLP tool-bag.

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Bowen Therapy is a gentle hands on therapy that is suitable for newborns through to the elderly. It is drug free and involves no deep/hard tissue massage. It may help with Back Pain, sports injuries, pregnancy discomfort, ME, Fibromyalgia and many other conditions.

Bowen Therapy aims to balance the whole

person, not just the symptons, and as well as

physical conditions it can also be used as stress

management and healthy maintenance, with

some people seeing their therapist regularly 2 -3

times a year.

An appointment will take approximately 45

minutes and most of the work can be performed

through light clothing (or directly on to the skin)

Three treatments, at weekly intervals, are usually

sufficient to bring about some relief, although

further treatments may be required.

The therapist uses his or her thumbs or fingers to

make a series of precise gentle rolling movements

over specific muscles, muscle groups, nerves or

tendons. Interspersed with these movements are

short breaks where the client is left to rest to allow

the body to respond to the movements that have

been performed. The rest period is an important

part of the treatment as it allows the body time

to make the fine and subtle adjustments, which

help to re-balance, relieve tension and reduce

pain. It is these features which make the Bowen

Technique unique.

Are you pregnant & frightened of giving birth?

Has your mind been filled with birth horror stories from family & friends?

Do you watch “fly on the wall” maternity programmes & then wish that you hadn’t ?!

Well…. Relax….HypnoBirthing® is a complete birth education programme, teaching simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth, allowing you to experience birth in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the birthing muscles of your body from functioning as nature intended them to.During the course you will:• Learn that severe pain does NOT have to be an

accompaniment to labour.• Learn how to release the fear & anxiety you may

currently have about giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births.

• Discover & experience the joy & magic of birth, rather than the horrific ordeal everyone else seems hell-bent on telling you about!

The sessions are run over a 5 week course. This is important as it allows time for you and your partner to practice what you have been taught each week and enables ongoing support from a qualified midwife and HypnoBirthing® practitioner.Research has shown that HypnoBirthing® can help to:• Create a calm, easier, peaceful birth experience.• Shorten the first stage of labour.• Eliminate or reduce the need for conventional pain

relief.• Reduce the likelihood of surgical birth.• Alleviate fatigue during labour, leaving you more

energy for the birth.• Provides a supportive role for the birthing companion.• Promote bonding of mother, baby and birthing partner.• Encourage more rapid postnatal recovery.

Theresa Mounsey, a qualified Midwife as well as HypnoBirthing® (The Mongan Method) Practitioner, who runs the sessions at Natural Birthing Company . adds that HypnoBirthing® can even encourage Breech babies to turn to a Head-down birthing position and will also help to induce labour for those ladies who become “overdue”.She reassures that “HypnoBirthing® doesn’t mean you will be in a trance or asleep. Rather you’ll be able to chat, be totally relaxed, but fully in control.”Natural Birthing Company provides bespoke packages to guide you through your pregnancy, to birth & beyond. Additional services on offer include Antenatal Classes, Pregnancy Yoga, Antenatal relaxation, Nausea & Vomiting Clinic, Antenatal and Postnatal coffee mornings, various complementary therapies & much much more!!

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Complete the grid so that every row, every column & every box contains the digits 1-9.

Prize Sudoku 2 prizes of £15 Vouchersto spend at the Lord Ted in Newark

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Last months Anagram solution: Mohammad Ali

Last months Children’s Puzzle

AnagramTo win £15 Voucher to spend at Lord Ted was won by Rosie King of Healey Close, Collingham.Word SearchTo win £15 Voucher to spend at Lord Ted was won by Mark Conway of Elizabeth Road, Newark.SudokuTo win £15 Voucher to spend at the Thanal restaurant was won by Mrs H Brummitt of Macaulay Drive, Balderton.To win 2nd prize of £15 Voucher at Thanal was won by Mrs Z Holmes of Lovers Lane, Newark.Alternative prizes will now be awarded to Thanal voucher winners.....as the restaurant is now closed.

Competition winners from last month are:

Please send completed Solutions to 98 Hawton Lane, New Balderton, Newark, Notts. NG24 3DN.

Please include your name, address & telephone number

The first correct answer drawn wins. One entry per person. Closing date is

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Can you guess who the famous celebrity is?All correct answers go into a draw and the

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Children’s Prize Word Search Puzzle

The Prize Puzzle is open to children aged 16yrs and under.

Look for the words listed in the puzzle below, all associated with school. Words can go across, down, diagonal, forwards and backwards.

Children’s Word Search Competition was won Jake Wilson, Age 9 of The Close, Averham, Newark who wins a pair of bike mudguards and gloves from the Bike shop in Newark.

Guess the Celebrity Last Month: Mrs M E Heeley of Birch Road, Newark who wins a free MOT at Chapples Autos, in Newark

Solution to February / March Guess the Celebrity: Michael Jackson

Win a Claud

Butler Bike Computer

Please send your completed answers to98 Hawton lane, New Balderton, Newark,

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Most people with a Facebook account will not have been able to escape the controversy of last month involving a campaign called ‘Kony 2012’. For those who did, the campaign aimed to raise awareness of Joseph Kony, a guerrilla group leader in Uganda, who kidnaps young children and forces them to become child soldiers. The campaign, by not-for-profit group ‘Invisible Children’, took the form of an incredibly moving and beautifully edited video, and quickly stacked up millions of views on the internet, encouraging all browsers to buy a Kony activist kit to raise awareness and raise funds for change. However, whilst the campaign raised awareness of the previously much unknown issue, it also raised a lot of other questions, proving that no matter what the cause, things are never black and white.Ethics are a part of our everyday life. We make decisions based on what we think is morally right, what is ethically correct. However, the ethics of any given situation are not always as transparent as they may seem at first, and that was where the problem came with the Kony campaign.It came to light that many of the campaign’s clips were outdated and that many of the facts about Kony actually

related to many years ago – he actually moved out of Uganda in 2006, yet the campaign was very clear in its focus to 2012, 6 years later. It also emerged that the ‘Invisible Children’ also supported military intervention from the Ugandan military, who themselves have been at the centre of rape and corruption allegations. And in fact, the video itself was branded as ‘propaganda’, and the group criticised for being more concerned with spectacular film-making than the welfare of actual children.So what can we make of this ‘propaganda?’ As one of my tutors once wisely told me, humans have a distinct inability to be neutral. Everything we write, say, and even think has our own personal slant: including the parts that we don’t even think are our own opinions because we simply cannot be impartial. But that need not be a weakness. Impartiality can actually be a massive strength – after all, no other species could even begin to think on the same depth as us – the fact we can consider weighty subjects and draw a conclusion either way is nothing short of incredible, and should certainly be something we celebrate. Even if the organisation set out to lay out both sides of the story in a clear way, the very fact that they have an aim to bring about change

manipulates the discourse. The backlash to ‘Kony 2012’, which branded the campaign as biased and deceitful, has had criticisms itself. So on which side should we fall? In the grand scheme of things, the most valuable decision we can make is one that is well-informed. The internet is a beautiful but harrowing thing, with the potential for as much destruction and poisoning of minds as it has for invaluable networking, campaigning, and ultimately, massive social change. If people have made an informed decision on whether or not to support a campaign, based on an intelligent consideration of both sides of the argument then personally, I feel as democratic members of society, we can ask for little more.

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Fri-Sun 01636 611853Home visiting Scheme: 01636 701888Wheelchair, etc, loans: 01636 679343

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Men Only health meeting at Newark RAFA Club 7-9pm Mon 23 April arranged by Men’s Talk, which aims to get men to be more open about their health. The main meeting covers problems affecting men’s health and there is an opportunity for a private one-to-one with a doctor.Sahara Exhibition member Becky Dobb will talk at the visual impairment support group ‘Look Ahead’s’ meeting at Newark Baptist Church 10am Wed 25 April about her fundraising for Beaumond House. The group will have a social meeting on May 23. For more info please contact Barbara on 01636 681299 or Christine on 01636 673422Newark Ramblers are doing an 8 ½ mile walk with coffee and picnic stops, starting at Oxton Church at 10am Sun 1 April. They will visit Sherwood Forest and Rufford, with similar stops, on Sun 13 May. For more info phone 01636 812318Arthritis Care are having a singalong with Ian and Barbara Morton at Newark RAFA Club 2pm Wed 4 April. East Midlands Arthritis Care volunteer services supervisor Alyson Horton talks about ‘Living with arthritis’ at the meeting on Wed 2 May. For more info please contact Graham Tomlinson 01623 883083. To enquire about a lift in the Age Concern bus, please phone Beryl 01636 702146 An Auction will be held by Balderton & Newark OAP Association in Balderton Church Hall at 2pm Tue 10 April. Balderton Parish Council chair Angela Jarvis will talk about her work at the association’s meeting on May 8. For more info, please ring Christine Fergusson on 01636 626435 or Robin Clarke on 01636 659427, or just turn up.

Crusader Cruises run by Age Concern Newark for individual, couples and tiny groups of friends. We sail upstream to Hazleford Lock or downstream to Newark, depending upon the weather, which route most trippers prefer and how much traffic there is. Mon 14 May, Fri 13 July, Wed 5 Sep Home pick-ups from 9.30 (Fare £2); lunch after boat trip at the Lord Ted (About £5); home between 3 and 4pm. Please phone 01636 701888. The St John Ambulance boat and Age Concern bus can accommodate wheelchairs and walkers (Please mention this when booking) If you are frail, you will need to bring an escort and wrap up warm as it can get chilly. Group leaders can book a trip by phoning Bernice Sweeting on 07747 567528 or 0115 8404231 and can use the Age Concern bus if available. To check availability please ring 01636 701888.

Shoe box size parcels of useful everyday items for RAF men and women serving in Afghanistan

- such as writing materials, cosmetics, books, sewing kit,

razors, socks and tights - are being collected by Balderton RAFA, which meets at 8pm on the second Friday

of each month at Coronation Street pavillion. Please contact

Mick Scatherd on 01636 678810, or Derek Rigby on 01636 676303

Forthcoming Events in April & May

Forensic Archaeology is Ann Dawes topic for Coddington History Group’s meeting in the village hall 7.30pm Thur 19 April. The topic on Thur 17 May is the early history of knitting in Ruddington. For more info, please phone Isobel or David on 01636 708781Balderton & Newark OAP Association and Ghent House Lunch Club has an outing to Spalding Churches (£9 for members & £10 for guests) Leaves at 10.30am Thur 3 May. Please contact Christine on 01636 626435Film Trips to the Odeon at Newark on Monday evenings in the Age Concern bus, a door to door evening out with friends are now arranged week by week because of lack of advance info. Please ring 01636 701888 for details of this month’s trips.Age Concern AGM at Ghent House, Balderton 7.15pm Mon 23 April. Open to all residents of our area (Please bring ID) For agenda, please ring 01636 61168Downtown Shopping Trip Sat 14 April. Please phone Beryl on 01636 702146 for details.

DOCTOR’S SURGERIESLombard Street

01636 702363Fountain Medical

01636 704378Barnbygate

01636 704225Balderton Lowfield

01636 705826Long Bennington

01400 281220Foston

01400 281220

HOSPITALSNewark Hospital

01636 681681Grantham Hospital

01476 565232Kings Mill Hospital

01623 622515Queens Medical Centre

0115 9249924

POLICE & FIRE STATIONSNewark Police Station

0300 300 9999

Grantham Police Station01476 402222

Balderton Police - Lakeside0300 300 9999

Newark Fire Brigade01636 605777

UTILITY SERVICESBT Faults Line0800 800151

Severn Trent Water0800 7834444Emergency:

Gas: 0800 111999Electricity: 0800 0568090

LIBRARIESNewark Library01636 703966

Balderton Library01636 703930

LOCAL COUNCILSNewark & Sherwood District Council

01636 650000South Kesteven District Council

01476 406080

OTHERRSPCA

0870 5555999NSPCC

0808 8005000Beaumond House

01636 610556 (24hrs)Citizen’s Advice Bureau

01636 704391Childline

0800 11 11NHS Direct0845 46 47

Samaritans0115 9411111

Train Enquiries0845 484950

Al-Anon Number020 7403 0888

Cruse Newark Branch01636 706228

FOBS (Friends of Balderton Surgery)Gerald Smith 01636 705113

email [email protected] 39Community

Useful Telephone Numbers

in touch april/may 2012

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