S T I C K N E Y

N E W S

FEBRUARY 2018

Hi, welcome to our first magazine of 2018, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a belated Happy New Year.

It would be great if we could have some new ideas for the magazine, if you can think of anything you would like to see in a future edition please let us know and we will do our best to include it - something that interests you may be of interest to other people.

Preparations are going ahead for the Stickney Show and there will be some fund raising events so keep your eyes open for the notices in the magazine and on posters in the notice boards.

Welcome to any new comers into our community, we hope you will soon settle in and enjoy living here. You will find news of what is happening in the village between these pages and some important telephone numbers on the back.

WHAT’S ON IN STICKNEY?

(Fixed weekly meetings in the Village Hall (VH) and Youth Centre (YC))

TUESDAY’S

Luncheon Club 11.30am (1st Tues in month) (VH) 01205 480769

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 481462

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

FRIDAY’S

Cash Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm (YC) 01205 480661

On the last Thursday of each month the Parish Council Chairman

and Clerk will be available at the coffee morning at St Luke’s.

PCSO Emma Latham will also try to attend

ST LUKE’S CHURCH

Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas – we certainly enjoyed our celebrations in the Church, and hope you did too. The Crib service on Christmas Eve was a new venture for us, and one which will definitely be repeated next year.

But time moves on, and this month our thoughts turn towards Easter. We begin Lent on Ash Wednesday (14 February), which is the preparation for the celebration of Easter on 01 April. We will be holding Lent discussion groups which you are welcome to attend. Contact Rev Fran for more details (481183).

As always, we are very busy and we would like to invite you to come and join some of the activities. There will be a Jumble Sale in the Church on Saturday 24 February from 12 noon. We will happily take your unwanted items off your hands – these can be left at the back of Church under the tower, or you can contact Sandra Boone to arrange collection (480802).

The next Church Bingo will take place on Saturday 10 March - more details next time.

Services during February (in St Luke’s Church unless otherwise indicated):

04 February 11.15am Holy Communion at Stickford 11 February 9.30am Morning Worship 14 February 11.00am Ash Wednesday service

followed by soup and a roll lunch 18 February 11.15am All Age Worship Service 25 February 9.30am Holy Communion

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Stickney Show – 22 July 2018 – William Lovell Academy

Are you thinking about doing a bit of spring cleaning? Do you want to get rid of stuff?

Don’t forget the ‘Anything Auction’ to be held in the Village Hall on Saturday 17

February. Bring items for auction to the hall during the morning (10am – 12.30), or

arrange earlier collection by ringing Nick Gosling on 01205 480641.

The doors will be open for viewing from 12.30, and refreshments will be available. The

auction will begin at 2.00pm.

Forms for booking a stall at the show are now available. Contact Fran Jeffries (01205

481183) or revfjeffries@outlook.com to obtain a form and register your interest.

We are also looking for teams of 4 adults to take part in our ‘It’s a Knockout’

competition throughout the afternoon of the show. Entry forms are available from

Rev. Fran.

Kiddies Corner Potato Pancakes Use up leftover mashed potato in these breakfast pancakes, delicious with bacon and eggs

BATHROOM JOKES

Q: How did the bubbles communicate?

A: By mobile foam!

Q: Why did Tigger look down the toilet?

A: To find Pooh!

Q: Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?

A: Because it wanted to get to the bottom!

METHOD

Sieve the flour and baking powder onto cooled mash.

Whisk eggs and milk together and add to the potato mix with the chives and whisk the batter until smooth.

Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add ½ tsp sunflower oil and a dot of butter.

When the fat is hot, start to cook the pancakes by adding 1 tbsp of batter for each pancake cooking 4 at a time. Cook for about 1 min until the underside is golden brown and small bubbles appear.

Flip the pancakes and cook until golden.

Remove from the pan and keep warm while you cook the remaining pancakes. Serve the pancakes with scrambled egg and crisp rashers of bacon.

INGREDIENTS – makes 12 - 15

250g cold mashed potato

75g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

125ml milk

1 rounded tbsp. finely chopped chives

Maths Quiz

1. 28 - 9 =

2. How many sides does a hexagon have?

3. 8 x 9 =

4. What does the square root of 144 equal?

5. 5 to the power of 0 equals what?

6. The perimeter of a circle is also known as what?

7. 17 + 14 =

8. What is the next prime number after 7?

9. What does 3 squared equal?

10. 21 ÷ 7 =

Word Play

1. Look at the clues below and see if you can make new words by changing just one letter in each of these words.

a. Change CAT into something to wear b. Change BOX into an animal c. Change DOG into a piece of wood

2. Can you make new words by adding two letters to the front of each of these words?

a. Change ANT into something huge b. Change APE into a fruit c. Change OWL into an animal sound

3. Can you find some 3-letter words jumbled up in ICE CREAM?

a. A form of transport b. Part of the body c. Used for listening d. Something you breathe e. A male sheep

Chinese New Year Colouring Pictures - 16 February The Year of the Dog

THURSDAY CLUB

Over 60's meet together in the Youth Centre on the first Thursday of each month between 1.30 pm and 4.00 pm.

We would be pleased to welcome fresh faces, so do come along to see what we're like. Transport is provided around the village for a nominal sum: please contact 01205 480415 if you would like to be picked up.

STICKNEY BUS SERVICE

The market day service is available 07 and 21 February and 14 and 28 March. The cost of the service is £5.00 per person. You can book your seat by telephoning 01205 480241.

MOBILE LIBRARY VISIT

The mobile library visits Stickney on MONDAY’S at the Youth Centre, Hall Lane between 11.00am and 12 noon and at Horbling Lane between 12.15am and 12.45pm. The next visits will be 19 February and 19 March.

House to house collections used to

carried out to raise funds for RNLI,

but these are no longer being carried

out. To replace these collections the

local Branch of the RNLI are holding:

INDOOR CAR BOOT SALES

in the

STICKNEY VILLAGE HALL

on:

11 February

11 March

Between 8.00am and 1.00pm

£6.00 per table

Sellers arrive from 6.30pm

To book call

Margaret Langford

01205 354752

The Horbling Ladies

The Stickney Luncheon Club is held at Stickney Village Hall

Doors open at 11.30am and lunch is served at 12 noon

On Tuesday 06 February the menu will be:

Homemade Soup of the day with Roll and Butter

Cottage Pie (Beef) Carrots, Greens and Gravy

Banoffee Pie and Ice Cream

Tea or Coffee and Mints

still only £5.50

Come along and join our friendly, enjoyable Lunch Club Please telephone Kay to book your place 01205 480769

LincsAlert

You can now follow LincsAlert messages via twitter instant feeds by adding

@lincsalert to you list of chosen people to follow.

This means you can get instant alerts rather than waiting to view emails at home.

Not on Twitter? Join at: twitter.com

If you would like to access further crime prevention advice, visit our website at:

Lincolnshire Police Crime Prevention Advice

Telephone Preference Service (TPS)

Register with the TPS to remove yourself from mailing lists, and stop nuisance

calls, visit the website: www.tpsonline.org.uk or ring: 0845 070 0707

Gardening Tips for February

Already there are signs of the approaching Spring. Days are becoming longer, bulbs have started to appear and light levels and temperature are on the up. Most of what we will do as gardeners this month, however, will be indoors as we prepare for the season ahead. Here, then, are some activities to be getting on with for February.

1}. Clean greenhouses paying particular attention to staging, seed-trays and pots, ready for the coming growing season.

2}. When possible, complete winter digging of bare beds and cover the ground with polythene to keep off the worst of the weather and to warm up the soil ready for early sowings.

3}. Use a forcing jar or an old coal scuttle to force rhubarb for an early crop. Make sure that no light can enter from the top.

4}. Onion seed can be sown indoors now, preferably into polystyrene modules. This enables them to develop good roots for planting on. Monty Don advises sowing 4 to 6 seeds per module and transplanting the whole clump with their well-developed roots in March or April.

5}. Early varieties of potatoes should be chitted in a cool light frost-free place ready for planting out towards the end of March or earlier in pots or bags if you can keep them under glass.

6}. Again, in the greenhouse or under cover in a warm propagator, you can now begin to sow seed of cabbage (summer/autumn maturing). Leeks can also be started off in the same conditions.

7}. If you haven't already, plan your vegetable plot for this year to ensure good crop rotation and prevent pests building up in the soil.

In conclusion, a mid 16th century proverb to ponder on, particularly relevant to our county.

"February fill dyke, be it black or be it white."

Happy gardening

NOTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 07 DECEMBER 2017

Apologies were received from County Cllr Bowkett

Present: Cllrs Sherriff, Cooper, Edwards, Spring and Bolland (Chairman)

Also present: Dist Cllrs Ashton and Jones

Reports From Representatives On Outside Bodies Police Report: 1 incident of hare coursing and 1 incident of anti-social behaviour

Dist Cllrs Jones and Ashton reported: The Local Plan is being prepared for another round of consultations with the aim that it will be adopted in the Spring of 2018. Residents have voiced concerns about the parking in Hall Lane. LRSP should be reminded of the action to be taken after the archer report in Hall Lane.

Picnic Site There is no information about when the toilet block will be removed

Planning Applications Received The following plans were looked at and OBJECTIONS were made by the Parish Council: S/169/02009/17 - Mr K Mitchell - Change of use, conversion of and alterations to existing public house to provide 2 additional flats and erection of 5 terrace houses and provision of parking at The Rising Sun, Main Road This will mean the loss of a local amenity. The access is near to the junctions and access for the schools and the surgery on the Main Road.

The following plans were looked at and SUPPORTED by the Parish Council: N/110/01549/17 - National Grid Viking - Works to facilitate the Viking Link electrical interconnector with an approximate capacity of 1400 megawatts extending from Revsing, Jutland (Denmark) to Biker Fen comprising: Installation of 2 subsea high voltage direct current cables between Mean Low Water Springs and land fall at Boygrift in East Lindsey; installation of 2 onshore DC cables between land fall at Boygrift and the converter station at North Ing Drove in South Holland together with temporary and permanent ancillary infrastructure at Viking Link National Grid, Sandilands, Mablethorpe. S/169/01951/17 - Ark Wildlife Park - Siting of a mobile home in connection with existing business at Ark Wildlife Park, West Fen Lane. S/169/02177/17 - Mr C Casswell - Application to remove condition no 1 regarding an agricultural occupancy restriction as imposed on planning permission ref: S/126/220/63 at Roslyn, Midville Lane

Planning Decisions Appeals have been made against the following planning decisions: S/169/01601/17 - American Caravans Direct - Erection of a building comprising of workshop, stores, sales offices, reception, staff room and WCs. Construction of a vehicular access and provision of a caravan sales area at Land adjacent to Station Business Park, Main Road S/169/01602/17 - American Caravans Direct - Erection of 1 bungalow and construction of a vehicular access at Land adjacent to Station Business Park, Main Road

Repairs

Highway faults and repairs should now be reported at: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/faultreporting

Cemetery and Churchyard A quotation has been received and accepted for a footway to be placed in the cemetery, the work will be carried out in the spring. A quotation has been received and approved ready for the removal of two cherry trees in the Churchyard when a faculty has been received.

Good Neighbourhood Schemes Good Neighbourhood Schemes are run by a Committee which is set up to organise the care of residents in the village who may need some help. Help includes shopping for the person, taking the person shopping, taking them to appointments or just visiting for tea and a chat. This is a community led project that needs a team of people to run it. If anyone is interested in getting this project off the ground please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council in the first instance.

Draft Budget for the Year Ended 31 March 2019 The draft budget was discussed and amended and the precept was set at £19,000.00 for 2018/19.

Defibrillator The defibrillator is now in place in the old telephone kiosk. Instructions for use are on the case inside the kiosk.

To Appoint Two Trustees for the Stickney Consolidated Charities A letter from the Stickney Consolidated Charities was read out. It states that the Parish Council should nominate two Representative Trustees to serve for a four year term. Two Trustees were selected and the Stickney Consolidated Charities will be advised accordingly.

The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Thursday 07 February 2018 at 7.30pm in the Bungalow at the Old Rectory, there will be a Public Forum from 7.15pm

There are three vacancies for Parish Councillors in Stickney

Kiddies Corner Answers: Maths Quiz: 1= 19, 2 = 6, 3 = 72, 4 = 12, 5 = 1, 6 = the circumference,

7 = 31, 8 = 11, 9 = 9 and 10 = 3

Word Play-Answers: 1a = HAT, 1b = FOX, 1c = LOG, 2a = GIANT, 2b = GRAPE, 2c = GROWL,

3a = CAR, 3b = ARM, 3c = EAR, 3d = Air and 3e = RAM

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS:

Parish Councillors:

Cllr M Bolland (Chairman) 01205 480015

Cllr L Edwards 01790 763558

Cllr L Spring 01205 480030

Cllr R Perham 01205 480608

Cllr F Cooper 01205 481197

Cllr K Sherriff 01205 481261

There are currently two vacancies on the Parish Council, anyone interest in

joining the Parish Council should contact the Clerk for more details.

Clerk to the Parish Council:

Mrs E L Arnold 01205 270352 Crookes Cottage Wrangle Bank Boston PE22 9DL

Parish e-mail address: stickneypc@aol.com

Parish Website: parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Stickney County Councillor: Cllr Wendy Bowkett 01754 880388 District Councillors: Cllr Tom Ashton 07812 522372 Cllr Neil Jones 07577 957392

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