Works on Quay St

Roundabout - will they

affect you? Press release from Fareham BC

ROADWORKS to improve Quay

Street roundabout in Fareham

will start in May and last for up to

seven months.

Detailed plans for the works on

the roundabout have now been

released.

The work is being carried out by

Tesco as one of the conditions for

being allowed to build a new

store on the neighbouring old

foundry site.

The £2m project, which will

create a new „through-about‟ lane

for traffic coming out of Gosport

and on to Eastern Way as well as

new filter lanes and traffic lights,

is intended to ease congestion at

the busy junction.

Overnight on June 10 and 11 the

bridge across the A27 Western

Way exit will be removed to be

replaced by a street-level

pedestrian crossing.

On both nights Western Way will

be closed from 8pm to 5am and a

detour put in place along West

Street, Trinity Street, Osborn

Road, West Street and Portland

Street. The A27 flyover will

remain open to traffic heading

west.

In a bid to ease traffic queues

during the works, any other

necessary road closures will also

take place at night.

Councillor Sean Woodward, the

leader of Fareham Borough

Council, said: „If everything goes

to plan they should have the

roundabout finished and the store

open in time for Christmas. They

have said all the lanes will remain

open all the time during the day,

but it‟s human nature that people

will slow down to have a look so

I have no doubt there‟s the

potential for some horrendous

traffic problems.

„But all credit to Tesco, they

seem to be doing their best to

avoid that.

„It‟s great to see it all coming to

fruition at last.‟

Construction firm J Breheny

Contractors have set a target of

completing all roadworks by

November 27.

Work is due to start on May 9 and

all durations are provisional.

Some night-time lane closures

will take place on dates still to be

confirmed.

Existing 30mph limits will stay

on all approach roads.

Phase one: Eight weeks, A27

widening and removal of the

Western Way bridge.

Phase two: Four weeks, Portland

Street filter lane to Western Way

and continuing A27 widening.

Phase three: Four weeks,

roundabout A32 northbound – the

„through-about‟ lane.

Phase four: Five weeks,

roundabout A32 northbound -

new splitter islands.

Phase five: Six weeks, traffic

islands and resurfacing of roads.

Phase six: One week,

commissioning of new traffic

signals.

Phase seven: One week, complete

the kerb along the A32

northbound.

For more detailed information

and maps of the area please go to

the website below:

http://www.quayst.co.uk/

Thanks to Linda, Roger and

George for sending me details.

Wishing Well

Total collected on 31st March.

£111.50. (includes £12.80 from

Family Bargains

Total collected on 28th

April.

£110.10. (Includes £19.39 from

Family Bargains)

Here’s a good one to

start with--- From Ireland where driving

while under the influence is

considered a sport, comes

this story. (Only the Irish

could think of this).

Recently a routine police patrol

was parked outside a bar in

Donegal Town After last call, the

officer noticed a man leaving the

bar so apparently intoxicated that

he could barely walk. The man

stumbled around the parking lot

for a few minutes, with the officer

observing.

After what seemed an eternity, in

which he tried his keys on five

different vehicles, the man

managed to find his car and fall

into it. He sat there for a few

minutes as a number of other

patrons left the bar and drove off.

Finally he started the car,

switched the wipers on and off; it

was a fine, dry summer night,

flicked the blinkers on and off a

couple of times, honked the horn

and then switched on the lights.

He moved the vehicle forward a

few inches, reversed a little, and

then remained still for a few more

minutes as some more of the

other patrons' vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car

left in the parking lot, he pulled

out and drove slowly down the

road. The police officer, having

waited patiently all this time, now

started up his patrol car, put on

the flashing lights, and promptly

pulled the man over and

administered a breathalyser test.

To his amazement, the

breathalyser indicated no

evidence that the man had

consumed any alcohol at all!

Dumbfounded, the officer said,

'I'll have to ask you to accompany

me to the police station. This

breathalyser equipment must be

broken.'

'I doubt it,' said Paddy, truly

proud of himself. 'Tonight I'm the

designated decoy!

Latest results of Greetings

Box Challenge

MAY

10TH

Kay Barclay

10th Ken Trowbridge

12th Maureen Bowden

15th John Coghlan

17th Hazel Stannard

17th Pam Bryant

18th Mike Swinburne

31st Gary Willcocks

WEEKLY PROGRAMME - MAY

5th

Annual General Meeting

7th

District Assembly

12th

Fellowship meeting

19th

Official Visit by the

Mayor

26th

Speaker – arranged by

Keith Southern.

Note: Club Assembly will be

held on 2nd

June.

District Governor’s

newsletter Sheila and I recently had the

pleasure of attending a very

successful RIBI Conference in

Dublin. The main final session

speaker was Terry Waite who

was his usual commanding self

however the speaker that

impressed me the most was

former actor turned film maker

Jeremy Gilley. He told us

about his organisation “Peace

One Day” and his efforts to

raise global awareness of

Peace Day and engage all

sectors of society in the

peaceful observance of Peace

Day 21st September. I suspect

we shall hear more of this in

the future.

It was also very good to hear

again from RI President Ray

Klinginsmith who joined us for

the first half of the Conference

the whole of which was led in

a timely fashion by our RIBI

President Jim Moulson.

The Business Session provided

its usual mix of debate and we

heard varying views on the

proposals. The membership

subscription for RIBI was

approved at £45.50 per

member an increase of £0.75

and a public image/ awareness

campaign funding was

approved so that each club

shall pay to RIBI for each of

its members £2.75 in each of

the next three Rotary years,

which is the same annual

amount that we have paid in

the previous two years. A

number of resolutions

proposing fundamental

changes to RIBI including

replacing the position of

President with a Chairman of

General Council were heavily

defeated. The resolution to

introduce Proxy voting at the

RIBI Conference received a lot

of support in principle but

there were according to a

number of speakers too many

loopholes in the proposal so it

was defeated. I think we shall

see that one returning in a

different form next year.

Our Group Study Exchange

Team has now arrived in

District 4670 in Brazil and all

is going well. If you would

like to follow their progress

then read the “tour blog”. This

can be found on the District

Website by looking under

“Foundation Committee” and

then “Group Study Exchange”

where you will find an

appropriate link. Also do not

forget the Welcome Back

Dinner on 3rd

June at St.

Leonards Hotel Ringwood,

bookings are being taken by

AG Les Cunliffe email:-

leslie.cunliffe@gmail.com

telephone 01202 828343.

As we move towards the end

of this Rotary Year can I

remind you of the District

Handover Evening which will

take place at The Novotel

Hotel, Southampton on Friday

1st July 2011. Full details will

be circulated in the near future

but it would be really good to

have a large number of

Rotarians and Partners at this

dinner which has been a most

enjoyable event in recent

years. Once again Les Cunliffe

has kindly volunteered to

handle the bookings.

See you soon

Ian

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Don’t mess with the

Aussies! PERTH - An SAS trooper

collecting toys for children was

stabbed when he helped

stop a suspected shoplifter in east

Perth..

The 'Toys-R-Us' Store Manager

told 'The West Australian' that

man was seen on

surveillance cameras last Friday

putting a laptop under his jacket

at the store.

When confronted, the man

became irate, knocked down an

employee, pulled a knife

and ran toward the door.

Outside were four SAS Troopers

collecting toys for the "Toys For

Tots" program.

Smith said the Troopers stopped

the man, but he stabbed one of

them, in the back.

The cut did not appear to be

severe.

The suspect was transported by

ambulance to the Royal Perth

Hospital with two

broken arms, a broken leg,

possible broken ribs, multiple

contusions and assorted

lacerations including a broken

nose and jaw...

Injuries he apparently sustained

when he tripped whilst trying to

run after the stabbing.

One of the Troopers said, "He

was a clumsy b*****d."

Thanks to Mike Hurley.

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DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2011

SATURDAY 7TH

MAY at

The Mountbatten School,

Whiteneap Lane

Romsey SO51 5SY

This is an opportunity for every

Rotarian to get involved with

District activities, and to meet

District officials. Come and take

part in the specialist seminars

9.00am Coffee

9.30am Plenary session

for all, including

DG address

11.00am Specialist

seminars

1.00pm Close.

Open to all Rotarians -

For further details, please contact

Secretary Roger

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Stubbington Study

Centre. This local establishment,

supported by the Club, continues

to provide an exciting and

educational week for children

within the county of Hampshire.

For those not familiar with the

Study Centre I have included a

brief description, from their

website, which I hope you will

find of interest.

tubbington Study Centre

was originally built in

1932 by Southampton

City Council and was run as a

Summer School, aiming to get

deprived inner city children

away from the city and into the

countryside for two weeks in

the summer. In 1971, the focus

of Stubbington Study Centre

changed from pastoral to

educational. In 1972

Hampshire County Council

took over Stubbington Study

Centre. This meant that all

children in Hampshire were

eligible to visit the Centre.

Currently the Centre is still

owned by Hampshire County

Council and takes upper

primary-aged children from

schools around Hampshire and

across the UK.

Stubbington Study Centre lies

on a 14-acre site, providing a

large conservation area as well

as recreation areas and

Earthquake zone. To aid with

our activities, our grounds also

includes 7 ponds, 2 hides and

various classroom areas, in and

outdoors.

Our dormitories create a safe,

comfortable and friendly place

for children to sleep. Giving a

chance to rest up and make

new friends. These also

provide access to the children

for toilets and showers. Our

kitchen has a great reputation

for creating a wide range of

meals for children and staff.

Our site is situated in

Stubbington, close to Fareham.

We are within a short distance

of the M27 allowing good

travel links to schools from

near and far.

During a stay you will take

part in lots of fun

environmental and team

building activities. We

organise dormitory games in

the evenings before bedtime.

You will get a chance to go to

the hide at night where you can

see nocturnal wildlife and if

you are lucky you may see our

badgers too!

Stubbington offers a fun and

relaxed outdoor environment,

allowing children to learn in an

exciting way. Our activities

range from learning about the

outdoors and environment

around us to teamwork and

cooperation. We are also in

close proximity to Lee-on-

Solent/Hill Head beach, as

well as Titchfield Haven, and

can offer some off-site

activities making use of these

enriching environments.

Currently 104 children visit the

Centre every week so a

staggering 4056 children visit

each year. Often it is their first

extended stay away from home

and they learn a great deal

about themselves during the

week as well as learning about

nature!

The Rotary Club of Fareham

provides a bursary, which

enables children from less

fortunate families to join their

classmates, thus ensuring that

every child has an opportunity

to benefit from this wonderful

facility

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