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THE OKEFORD BENEFICE serving the parishes of:- St. Nicholas , Child Okeford, St Paul, Hammoon , St. Nicholas, Manston, St Andrew, Okeford Fitzpaine, Church of the Holy Rood , Shillingstone.
In the Blackmore Vale Deanery of Salisbury Diocese .
N.B. The closing date for copy is the 20th of the month By 5.00 pm please
All enquiries about Baptisms, Funerals and Christian marriage should be directed, in the first instance, to the Rev Darren A’Court, 01258 861847
email [email protected] Benefice Administrator, Diana J Lewis,
Benefice Office, Shillingstone Church Centre, Mon & Wed. 10-2. Fri. noon - 4 pm 01258 860652 Office Hours.
Benefice Office e mail:- [email protected]
St Andrew’s Okeford Fitzpaine.
Churchwarden Keith Bradley 01258 861735
Churchwarden Mrs Zoë Goddard 01258 861046
Church Treasurer Robert James 01258 860523
P.C.C. Secretary Mrs Zoë Goddard 01258 861046
The Revd Fr Darren A'Court Rector
Off duty Fridays The Rectory Shillingstone
DT11 0SL
01258 861847 Email [email protected]
Mrs Sue le Riche LLM in training
(off Mon, Wed, Sat) 01258 861830
Mrs Sue Clayton Lay Worship Leader
01258 860653
The Ministry Team
website www.okefordbenefice.org e-mail [email protected]
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From the Rector Dear Friends
Are you working too hard? Or, perhaps I should put it another way, are you too busy? If so, you may be in need of a rest and perhaps your thoughts are, even now, turning towards planning for your holidays and some ‘time out’.
Although we shouldn’t read it literally, the Bible gives us a story of
creation (two stories, in fact, but that’s another matter!) which includes the fact that in the end, on the seventh day, God rested. Hence we have the idea of the Sabbath and, for a long time, in the Christian tradition, people took Sundays as a day of rest. (Many also went to church then, of course; some still do!). These days, many more people are working on Sundays, some rarely having an opportunity for a proper rest and break from the demands of the working week. We all know it’s not good for us, but somehow we can’t get off the treadmill.
With our lives being as busy as they are, rest is increasingly important
for our wellbeing. Having rest enables us to refresh ourselves in body, mind and spirit. It’s a kind of renewal on all levels of who we are. We might manage this through a holiday, or at least the odd day off. The Church has long recognised the value and importance of stillness and si-lence: it is an important part of prayer and worship. The Church also rec-ognises the importance of rest. St Benedict’s Rule, dating from the sixth century and adopted by the majority of monastic communities, emphasis-es balance as a cornerstone of the religious life. St Benedict spoke of the importance of balance between the disciplines of prayer, work and study, but none of these things are possible without rest. For St Benedict moder-ation, not overdoing things was essential. It is a wisdom which few
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Don’t miss the
Summer First Friday Lunch
Friday 7th June 12 noon to 2.00 pm Village Hall
Summer Menu £3 per head
All ages Welcome
of us can ignore today; in fact, given the often frenetic lives we lead, it is a wisdom which has a lot of resonance with contemporary living.
It’s sometimes possible to build rest and quiet time into our day, or the week, or even the month. Some people (not all of them intensely reli-gious, I might add) do this as an annual retreat, a time to be quiet and rest, freeing up the mind to listen to God a little more acutely than usual. An-other option, not necessarily an alternative one, is to try to make some time for silence and quiet reflection. I am hopeful that we will soon be able to offer a contemplative prayer group in the Okeford Benefice and this may be helpful for some. If you would be interested in finding out more about this, please get in touch.
However you do it, though, I hope you will find time and space to stop
and rest a while. As you do so, take a moment to remember that God himself took rest after the work of creation: there is no better example to follow. With every blessing Fr Darren
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Okeford Fitzpaine Village Hall
We had a very enjoyable weekend at the Three Okefords Preservation Society rally, busy, but well worth the effort with a profit of £363 for Hall funds, a huge thank you must go to Anthea for her famous jams and chut-neys and to the T.O.P.S. for putting on such a good show.
Sunday 16th June sees our annual fête the Fippenny Fayre this will be
the 26th under that name and it takes place at the Recreation Ground, Cas-tle Lane starting at 2:00pm. (see full adv. elsewhere in magazine).
We have some vintage tractors coming, if you have anything like this
that you would like to show everyone else please feel free to come along and join us – tractors, classic/old and interesting cars, engines etc, you will be very welcome.
We are very grateful to Healthy Pets (Blandford) Ltd for sponsoring
the 8 fun classes in The Novelty Dog Show including a child handler class for children from 5 – 11 years old), so come on dogs, don't get left behind, you may win a prize.
Don't forget if you can spare a little time on the day to help out on a
stall or with the dog show we would be very grateful. Also we would love some cakes, large or small, for the refreshments, MANY THANKS. All profits go to Village Hall funds, for use on the kitchen extension and general maintenance. We are a small committee and very grateful for any help given.
Diane Burt, Treasurer/Secretary & bookings.
Tel: 01258 807697 or email [email protected]
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
Children are natural mimics, who act like their parents, despite every effort to teach them good manners!
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From the Parish Council
Shillingstone Lane
Work on resurfacing the worst sections of Shillingstone Lane will be taking place from 7th June to 17 June. This work is then to be followed up next summer with surface dressing on the full stretch of road between Okeford Fitzpaine and Shillingstone.
A highways inspector has visited Shillingstone Lane and has put in
orders for pothole repairs so hopefully these will take place in the near future. Planning Decision Notices Application No: 2/2013/0166/PLNG – Castle Cottage, Castle Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine – Replace window in lieu of door and double doors in lieu of window, remove partition, carry out internal and external alterations in association with this – GRANT OF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT Date of next Parish Council Meeting
The next Parish Council Meeting will take place at 7.30 pm on 4 June 2013. All residents are welcome to attend.
Sandra Deary, Parish Clerk, Telephone 01258 459863 Email:
BOWEY FIELD GROUP
We would like to say a huge thank-you to everybody who made cakes for us to sell on our cake stall at the village market.
Thank you to everybody who bought them and those who didn’t want
a cake but left a donation. The cake stall made £133.70, which was a great effort.
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Goddard Landscapes Ltd.
Water fea-
tures, Patios, Walls, Fencing &
Driveways any job considered.
Tel 01258 861046
Email in-
www.goddardlandscapes.co.uk
Are you flying this summer? Using a no-frills airline? That’s the kind where there is no on-board film, and no need for one: your life keeps flashing before your eyes.
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General grocerieslocal produce.Photo Copier Bakery serving breadcakeswarm savouriestake-away tea & coffee
croissants on Sundays Off Licence NewspapersTraditional sweetshop
Opening Hours Shop: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 7.30-5.30 Wed,7.30-1.00pm Sat 8.30-1.2.30 Sun 9-11
Post Office: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9-1, 2-5.30. Wed 9-1 Sat 9-12.30. Sun closed.
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Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School
Dear All,
As we get towards the last half term of this academic year we find a busy few weeks ahead where pupils in different classes have various outings to look forward to. We now have our statutory KS2 testing behind us and all the children were well prepared to take the tests and coped well with the formality of the tests. We have less formal testing in other year groups still to go ahead but once again the children will be well prepared.
Year 6 Trip to Weymouth
During the first week of June our Year 6 children will be attending a residential trip to Weymouth where they stay in a hotel and attend the Outdoor Education Centre daily to take part in such activities as rock climbing, abseiling and kayaking. This trip is always enjoyed by the pupils and is the first step of independence before transferring to High School in September.
Cream Tea Fundraiser
I don’t know if any of you were able to join us for our Cream Tea fundraiser on Thursday the 9th of May but we had a great array of cakes and scones with jam and cream on sale along with soft and hot drinks. The event was run by the children in Year 6 as they wanted to raise some funds towards their Weymouth Trip and also for a young Indian girl whom the school sponsors. We were delighted to have raised £134.60. Well done to the children in Year 6 for all their hard work, especially Jack who was the main organiser.
Reception Children Taster Mornings In June and July we will welcome the children who are due to join us in September into our Reception Class for four ‘taster’ mornings at school. The children will have 2 mornings where they will stay for lunch. This is an opportunity for the children to find out what school is like before they come in September. We still have some spaces in Reception so if you are new to the village or are interested in your children coming to school
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St Andrew’s Church
To celebrate the re-gilding of our clock, we are holding a
Coffee Morning
In the Church on
Saturday 8th June from 10.00 am to 12 noon
Cakes, Bric-a-brac
Photographs of the church since 1860
All proceeds to towards Church Funds
here, please make an appointment to look around by contacting the school office on 01258 860530. Sainsbury’s Vouchers
We are collecting the vouchers being handed out in Sainsbury’s so if you have any that you do not want please hand them in to the school office. Every voucher helps. We have, over the years, got many extra resources through the voucher scheme and now that budgets are being cut everywhere we are grateful to get the equipment free of charge. Yours sincerely M.S. Acreman Head Teacher
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DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM Lecture: Bird Migration and the Campaign to stop Illegal
Hunting by Andrew Morgan
Wednesday 26 June 2013 at 7.30pm
BirdLife Malta is a society for the protection of birds and natural habi-tats in Malta. The organisation monitors activity that threatens wild birds, such as illegal hunting and trapping and urban development in conserva-tion areas on the Maltese islands.
This year BirdLife Malta celebrates the 50th anniversary of its cam-paigning, research and conservation work. Founded in January 1962 it is the oldest environmental organisation in Malta.
Malta lies on one of three routes used by birds on their biannual migra-tion between Europe and Africa. There are over 12,000 licensed hunters on the Maltese islands and many will illegally shoot protected birds as there is a large bounty on the rare species.
To help Birdlife Malta stop this tragic waste, Andrew Morgan is giving a lecture, to raise funds and awareness for the campaign which he has been supporting since 2008.
The lecture is free but a donation of £3 is encouraged to cover costs.
Everyone is welcome and there is no need to book.
info contact: Rachel Cole Tel: 01305 262735 or email [email protected]
HELP WANTED 16th JUNE FIPPENNY FAYRE
Strong men (or at least reasonably fit), to be Gazebo Riggers, Table Shifters, in the morning to help set up. Hard work, but come and join the gang, it can be fun.
Diane Burt, Treasurer/Secretary & bookings.
Tel: 01258 807697 or email [email protected]
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ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION STURMINSTER NEWTON & GILLINGHAM BRANCH
To join contact Tony Edmunds 01258 473823
For Hire Mini digger– various types and siz-
es of buckets 2 ton flatbed trailer 2 ton tipper trailer
Farm Manure-bagged or trailer load Self drive hire & towed Contact: Mike Bartlett Mill Farm Bungalow Shillingstone Lane Okeford Fitzpaine
Phone 01258 861647 Mobile 07890 829645
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Located within Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School
Opening Times Monday to Friday 8.00am - 3.00pm
Ages 2 – 5 years. Experienced, qualified friendly staff. Safe enclosed outdoor play area. Wide range of indoor
activities Earlier start or later finish time available if required.
Please contact Pre-School Manager Niki Carey on 01258 860023 Email: [email protected]
Bumps, Babes and Bigs Toddler Group part of pre-school meets Fridays 9.15 to 11.15 in the school hall during term time. Please
come and join our friendly group.
NEWS FROM THE PRE-SCHOOL
This half term we have been enjoying the wonderful Pre-School
garden, thanks to some dry weather. Let’s hope this continues next half
term. All of the children enjoy having access to the garden and benefit
from investigating and exploring the resources, such as the tools – there
has been a lot of fixing going on!
The older children have been enjoying their weekly visits to the
Primary School, spending the morning with the Reception teacher and
children. It is making the transition from pre-school to “big” school much
less stressful for them and their parents and continues to build on the links
between the two sites.
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Friday June 21st
7:30pm at St Andrews Church.
“Friday Night is
Minstrels Night”
Come along and enjoy an evening of your favourite songs.
Tickets £5:00
from the shop, Keith Bradley (01258861735) or
on the door. Refreshments available
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Okeford Fitzpaine Short Mat Bowls Club
Who are we? We are a group of people who play indoor bowls all year round. What do we do? We meet twice a week to play bowls socially as a club. We also have teams that play competitively in local leagues. (See below) Why not give it a try? We meet at about 7.15pm at the village hall on Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout the year. Come along and have a go. We usually have a break for tea, coffee and biscuits and a general chat mid way through the evening. The League matches are over until September, so now is an ideal time to get started.
All playing equipment can be supplied by the club. In the 2012/13 season our teams finished as follows:
We hope to improve on these positions next season.
For further information phone Martin on 861370 or Barbara on 861524
We look forward to meeting you.
Martin Donovan Chairman
Blackmore Vale League
Division 4 Oketrees, our second team,
finished in 5th place
Blackmore Vale League
Division 1 Okeleaves, our first team
Finished in 6th place
Dorset League – Division 1 In the Dorset League our team finished 6th in Division 1, consolidating
our mid-table position
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HELP WANTED 16th JUNE FIPPENNY FAYRE
Can you make cakes? Would you be willing to make cakes,
large or small for both the refreshments and/or the cake stall. Would you be able to help on a stall or on the refreshments
Diane Burt, Treasurer/Secretary & bookings.
Tel: 01258 807697 or email [email protected]
The rules of bureaucracy 1. Preserve thyself. 2. It is easier to fix the blame than to fix the problem. 3. A penny saved is an oversight. 4. Information deteriorates upward. 5. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time; the last 10% takes the other 90%. 6. Experience is what you get just after you need it. 7. For any given large, complex, hard to understand, expensive problem, there exists at least one short, simple, easy, cheap wrong answer. 8. Anything that can be changed will be, until time runs out. 9. To err is human; to shrug is service. 10. There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.
The Sewing & Craft Group Our next meeting will be on June 18th at No 9 Castle Ave-nue, thanks to Joan France, at 2.30pm. Why not come and join us, we are a friendly bunch and would be pleased to see you.
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Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic
Sturminster Newton & Shaftesbury
Farm Animal Practice &
Domestic Pets Consultation By Appointment
8.30am-6.00pm
24 hour Emergency Care
01258 472314 01747 850500
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Disposable barbecues – a fire hazard
In 2012, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service attended 241 cooking related fires; these could have been easily avoided if more people were aware of basic cooking safety. Being aware of the dangers of fire and taking pre-ventative measures could help save the lives of you and your family.
Kate Huelin, Home Safety Manager said: "We would just like to re-
mind the public, especially looking forward to the warmer weather, that disposable barbecues can be a fire hazard. These barbecues should be dealt with and disposed of in the proper manner; they should also be fully extinguished before they are thrown away. Barbecues should not be used near or on public benches or any other potential fuel for a fire." Cooking outdoors is a hazard at this time of year, please remember:
When using a gas barbecue with a gas bottle, always check your gas connections with a leak detecting solution after hooking up a new bottle.
Pay attention to the proximity of flammable materials to your barbecue. We advise you do not cook too closely to combustibles.
When using charcoal, always check to see that there is an ash catcher in place before lighting your barbecue. Hot embers have dropped down underneath a barbecue and start a fire on the shelf or other combus-tible surface below.
Do not attempt to barbecue or use an open fire when it is windy. Hot em-bers blown from a cooking fire can start a heath, woodland or house fire.
Educate your children so they know that they cannot play near a barbe-cue. Running or playing within close proximity to a hot barbecue is an invitation for a serious injury.
Please make sure that the barbecue is completely out before you leave it unattended.
Kate added: “As we approach the summer months, we see a rise in fires where people have left disposable barbecues or even camp fires unattend-ed. These then spread to gorse and heath and can be extremely difficult to fight. If you are using disposable barbecues, please make sure you extin-guish them fully and dispose of them properly.”
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Date Time Venue Price Show Contact |No
6th-8th 7.30 Exchange
“Monstrous Regiment” By Terry Pratchett SNADS
01258 475137
9th 7.30 Exchange £10,£8 u 18, £30
“She’Koyokh” Balkan Kletzmer Band
01258 475137
15th 7.30 Exchange £17.50
Taiko Japanese drum-mers & theatre
01258 475137
20th 7.30 Exchange £12
“Sweet Chorus” Swinging Acoustic Jazz
01258 475137
22nd 7.30 Exchange £5
Gillingham Imperial Band
01258 475137
25th 7.30 Marnhull V H
“Hyde Park on Hudson” Film
01258 820387
29th 7.30 Exchange £20
Ruth Palmer & Sasha Grynyuk Violinists
01258 820387
30th 7.30 Exchange £10
“Moonfleet” Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
01258 820387
The Entertainemt Page. What’s on in the district in June
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Summery Puddings In the seemingly unlikely event that we shall have a
summer I have decided to temp fate with a few ideas for ice cream sweets. You can always eat them in front of the fire.
Only ice cream made with fresh milk/cream is actually labelled Dairy Ice Cream. The rest is made with all sorts of STUFF. Palm oil in particular. Source of this infor-mation, Mary Berry, on TV.
Chocolate Sundae
Layer scoops of Vanilla ice cream with chocolate ice cream, top with whipped cream and chopped walnuts.
Knickerbocker Glory
Vanilla ice cream alternately layered with peaches and raspberries, topped with whipped cream and pistachio nuts.
Peach Melba
Scoops of vanilla ice cream and sliced peaches are coated with fresh raspberry purée, sweetened with a little caster sugar.
Vanilla
Scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce. Or Scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with a sauce made from melted
chocolate creams blended with a little milk and real cream.
Fruit Sundaes Really these are just selections of fruit, fresh, canned, frozen or bottled,
layered into tall glasses (not essential, just use what bowls you have) with alternate layers of ice cream of what ever flavour you fancy, sauces made
from melted sieve jam or a spoonful of jelly and finally topped with whipped cream. I think you can still get Angel Delight which the kids would probably love. Soda Fountain Toppings Stock Syrup A basic syrup for mixing the sauces. Dissolve 1lb granulated sugar in ½ pt water, stirring over gen-
tle heat until completely dissolved. Then boil up without stirring for 2 mins only. Strain through muslin into a jug, cool, cover with a lid or piece of oil and store in fridge until needed. Should keep for a week or so at least
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Chocolate Sauce Measure 5 tbspn stock syrup into small pan or basin. Add 4 oz grated
or chopped chocolate. Stand pan or basin in shallow pan of hot water and stir over gentle heat until chocolate is melted and the sauce smooth and glossy. (Add another tbsp of syrup if the sauce seems too thick) Cool un-til tepid before spooning over ice cream.
Fruity Toppings
Measure 4 tbsps stock syrup into a saucepan. Add 4 heaped tbsps Redcurrant Jelly, seedless Raspberry jam (or Melba Sauce) or Apricot jam. Heat until almost boiling. Rub through a fine strainer. Add juice of a small lemon and boil up for 1-2 mins, until sauce hangs in syrupy drops from the spoon. Cool before using.
Most soft fruits can be pureed and with a little added caster sugar can
be used to perk up even very ordinary ice cream. So experiment and give the family a treat. They think that you have been very extravagant and a little fruit goes quite a long way.
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Fippenny Fayre Sunday 16th June
Recreation Ground 2.00 pm
All the fun of a traditional village fayre
Tombola - Ice Creams - Plants - Cakes Raffle - books - bric-a-brac
Bouncy castle - B.B.Q. - car boot sale
Shaftesbury Silver Band
Fun Dog Show Vintage Tractors etc
Refreshments Free Admission
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LEWESTON NURSERY Situated just outside Sherborne in 46 acres of beautiful Dorset parkland, Leweston Nursery and Prep offer an inspiring education in a happy and purposeful environment to girls and boys aged 2 to 11.
A Catholic Foundation which welcomes pupils of all denominations
Leweston School Trust Is a registered Charity number 295175
For more information please contact Chiara Damant on
01963 211010 or email: [email protected]
www.leweston.co.uk Morning and afternoon sessions and after school crèche available. Free Parent and Toddler Music
Group every Thursday 9am-11am. Just drop in!
Fippenny Fayre - Fun Dog Show - 16th June 2013 List of Classes
1 Most Attractive Puppy (6-12months) 2 Most Handsome Dog 3 Prettiest Bitch 4 Dog/Bitch most like its owner 5 Dog/Bitch with the waggiest tail 6 Most Obedient Dog/Bitch 7 Dog/Bitch doing the best trick 8 Best Child Handler
Entry fee £1 per entry
The dog show organiser, Beth Fox, would very much appreciate some volunteers to marshal the different groups, to fill in the entries and someone with good handwriting to fill in the names/dog han-dler on the winners certificates.
If you would be willing to help please phone Beth on 01258 472963 or e mail her on [email protected]
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FIPPENNY GARDEN CLUB
Thanks to Elizabeth we should all be able to deal with our pests and diseases a bit more effectively. It certainly sounds as if ‘enviromesh’ could be a good investment to keep most of the potential problems out from the start!
The competition of a photo of a stem of flower(s) was won by Sandie with a picture of a ‘bleeding heart’ flower stem. Second was ME! with Barbara and Ian joint third. Well done to all who entered.
Next Meeting:- Monday 3rd June, 7.30pm, Village Hall
“Kingfishers! An illustrated talk by David Boag
Come along to what is bound to be a popular talk and learn more about the private lives of these special, colourful birds. NEWS Summer Show:
The theme this year for the Summer Show Photo Competition is “Blossom Time”
and the Craft Topic for the Summer Show is “Something for a Child”
Fippeny Fayre:
If you’re growing or dividing plants don’t forget to put some aside for the Fayre in June. Also, if you could label the plants it really does help when it comes to selling them on the day. Fippenny Fayre will take place on June 16th (Fathers’ Day).
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Saturday, 20th July 2013, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service will be holding its annual
Dorset Fire Fayre at Slades Farm, Bournemouth. This annual family event is designed to inform, educate and entertain –
not to mention providing a great day out for all the family.
This FREE event, running between 10am and 4pm, will include a main arena where DFRS and its partners will provide a number of at-tractions, including a real fire demonstration and multi-agency Road Traffic Collision safety demonstration. There will also be a variety of stalls, emergency service displays with static and dynamic events. Any profits from the event will go to the Fire Fighters Charity.
Confirmed attendees include Dorset Police, Urban Heath Partnership, Fun Face’s Facepainting, Bouncy Castle, the DFRS Animal Rescue team, an ice cream van and vintage fire engines. Come along and enjoy this great day out with all the family!
And finally...... A husband and his wife were sound asleep when suddenly the phone rang.
The husband picked up the phone and said, "Hello? .....How the heck do I
know? What do I look like, a weatherman?" He then slammed the phone
down and settled into bed.
"Who was that?" asked his wife.
"I don't know. It was some guy who wanted to know if the coast was
clear."
'You never get anything right,' complained the teacher. 'What kind of job
do you think you'll get when you leave school?'
'Well, I want to be the weather girl on TV.’
Two Viking invaders are trudging up the beach in the pouring rain. One
looks skywards and says, “So this is England. What’s it like?” The other
snarls, “Well, if you like the weather, you’ll love the food.”
FRED PHILPOTT, Chairman
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Beware the church microphone The Rectory St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Despite my assurances that it was unnecessary, it was kind of you to loan us your sound equipment, so we could experience the advantages of using radio microphones in church. Your assurance that everyone would then be able to hear with absolute clarity seemed to miss the point that everyone does not necessarily want to do so.
I have no doubt that members of your congregation hang on to your
every word, eager to make sure you remain theologically sound, but for us, those who had blissfully slumbered throughout my sermons for the last 30 years found themselves unable to filter out a single syllable.
Colonel Wainwright decided to change the start of his Bible readings
from the customary “Here beginneth..” to “Testing, Testing” before giv-ing the microphone a good biff, which made the verger dash outside to check if yet another mediaeval gargoyle had fallen from the roof. Also, forgetting that microphones pick up asides just as effectively, his own comment to his wife in the front pew “I thought I read that rather well” did nothing for the pride he has always cherished for his humility.
I was also not convinced that the sixteenth century workmen who had
devoted the greater part of their lives reverently carving the Lady Chapel altar had intended it to support an electronic console that would have looked more at home in an aeroplane cockpit.
However, the event which finally decided us against microphones
came about an hour after the service. Several of the choir boys had crept back into the church and decided to improvise a rock concert with their guitars and the mikes turned up full blast. The church exploded in a per-fect cacophony of noise which panicked a horse and rider going by. The horse bolted down the road, which caused two cars to veer violently to avoid it. One car ended up in a pond, the other in a field, having ripped off a great deal of old fencing. Whoever fixed the fencing failed and later that night all 43 cows in the field escaped, and ended up in the Colonel’s
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flower-filled front garden, where they spent a comfortable night slicing his velvet turf with their sharp cleats, and chomping everything in sight.
your loving uncle, Eustace
Okeford United Football Club :- Monthly Draw results.
May 2013 :- £30—[No.63] Martin Adlem £10—[No.87] Calvin Thomas £5— [No.6] Ed Thomas Many thanks to all our supporters. Anyone interested in joining our monthly draw (cost £1 per month) - please contact Allan Frampton (860083) or any Football Club member.
I think that this was 70 years ago, when Okeford celebrated the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Perhaps someone with a long memory can confirm this. I remember the day well, boy did it rain. In a larger format, the banner on the tractor
seems to read ‘God Save the Queen’. This was not a particularly good print but if anyone has a better I would
be please to borrow it and scan it for the archives.
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HINTON ST MARY - GARDENS OPEN 2013
This year’s Gardens Open weekend will be held on the 15th and 16th June from 2 – 6 p.m. on both days. The Manor House gardens will be open as well as 20 others in the village. This event takes place biannually to raise funds for St. Peter’s Church.
Cream Teas, homemade cakes, plants and collectables will be on sale in the Tithe Barn.
There will also be an exhibition “The World of the Horse and the Mo-saic”. This will include a display of equestrian paintings and small sculp-tures in the Church and the Manor gardens. For further information please contact Jill at [email protected]. There is also a section showing the achievements of William Fox-Pitt, the Olympics three day event silver medallist, who lives in the village.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Roman Mosaic and another section will explain its significance, it being considered by archaeologists to be the world’s earliest depiction of the head of Christ. Some years ago this image was used by Royal Mail to produce a 37p stamp. Very interestingly the Mosaic, which is now in the British Muse-um, includes Bellerophon riding his winged horse, Pegasus, to slay the two headed monster called Chimera. Admission £5.00 - children free. Free parking & disabled facilities No dogs please. Further information on www.hintonstmary.com
Wimborne Folk Festival The annual folk festival in the Dorset town of Wimborne Minster will
be held over the weekend of 7, 8, 9 June 2013. Wimborne Minster Folk Festival promises three days of 'folk, family
and fun', with the much-loved mix of dance displays, family activities, workshops and stalls returning to the historic minster town's streets.
The concerts at the Allendale Centre will showcase superb live music from artists spanning the current folk spectrum.
This year features a large Children's area on Willow Walk, with pedal boats, zorb balls, free circus skills workshop and much more!
Free craft activities and workshops for all the family will take place at the Community Learning and Resource Centre (CLaRC), a moment's walk from the Minster.
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Who’s Who
Okeford Fitzpaine School Mr. M. Acreman Head 860530
Mr Ian Berry Chairman of Governors
860656
Parish Council Mr Mike Burt Chairman 807697
Mrs Sandra Deary Clerk 01258 459863
Tree Officer Adam Saberton 01258 861577
Footpaths Mark Paine 861719
Homewatch Mike Wood co-ordinator 860146
Transport Mrs Anthea Calcott 861071
Pre - school Niki Carey Manager 860023
Village Hall Mrs Diane Burt Secretary 807697
Mrs Diane Burt Bookings 807697
Okeford United Mr Stephen Corben Chairman 861327
Football Club Mr Allan Frampton 860083
Fippenny Garden Club Fred Philpott Chairman 863419
Mrs. Marilyn Berry Secretary 860656
Short Mat Bowling Club Mrs Barbara Pluthero
861524
Youth Club Mike Bennett Youth Worker 01258 472368
Allotment Group Robert Loving Chairman 860966
Fippenny News E-mail [email protected]
Mrs Barbara Pluthero
Distribution 861524
Mrs Jane Tapping Editor 860095
Shop The Olde Bell Stores & Post Office 860414
The Royal Oak 861561
Surgery Child Okeford 860687
The Hill C.O. Kate Partridge & Richard Muffett
Editor email:- [email protected]
