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“THE MOST APPALLING DEVELOPMENT THAME HAS EVER HAD” – Cllr David Dodds..about a plan approved by SODC for 8 residential units at the rear of 12/12a Cornmarket (behind Money Spinner). This development is to be known as White Horse Mews, in recognition of an inn called The White Horse that once stood on the site, and the first inn in Thame to have a landlady!

PARK TERRACE
Following oppostion from residents in Park Terrace, Thame, town councillors, Thame’s County Councillor and Thame Service Station, Thame Town Council has recommended refusal of a planning application to build six, two-bed houses in Corporation Yard, in Park Terrace.
Part of the yard is used by Thame Service Station who say that any reduction in the space available to them would have a detrimental effect on their business, with the potential loss of at least six jobs.
The council gave their reasons for not supporting the application as:

1. Traffic generation, parking and safety
2. Over-development
3. Noise generation
4. Potential loss of employment at Thame Service
Station

THE OLD MEMEC SITE, THAME PARK ROAD
The council did approve a plan for 40 dwellings on the old Memec site at 17 THAME PARK ROAD, subject to a, so-called, Section 106 contribution of

THOMLEY Activity Centre is a unique recreational and educational facility for disabled children, their families, siblings, friends and schools. Situated on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border in seven acres of beautiful countryside, Thomley offers a safe and supportive setting for children to play, learn and explore.

There are a wide range of activities suitable for all ages and abilities, allowing everyone to have fun, make new friends, and most of all, feel accepted. Activities vary from outdoor activities including; a football pitch; 1km cycle track; zip wire and outdoor play area to numerous indoor areas including; arts and craft; computer room; soft play area and the very popular sensory room.

N.B. Open from 10am-3.30pm / All children must be accompanied by their parents/carers. Advance booking is essential

Thomley Activity Centre, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, Bucks, HP18 9JZ,
Tel/fax: 01844 338380. Web: www.thomleyhall.org, Email: enquiries@thomleyhall.org

Listings for 26th September 2009 ? 23rd November 2009

Please note that in school/term time Thomley is open to special schools and mainstream schools who include students with additional learning needs. We are open Wednesdays to Fridays throughout term time. Activities can be tailor-made to compliment school projects.

o Tuesday 6th October ? Adult day – Open to disabled adults (16+) and their carers to try out a variety of art and craft activities, relax in a rural environment, chill out in the sensory room or just have a chat and a cup of tea.

o Saturday 10th October ? Family day – Open to disabled children, their families and friends to enjoy a variety of indoor activities and outdoor equipment at Thomley including the soft play area, art and craft room sensory room and the 1km cycle track.

o Tuesday 13th October – Preschool day – For all pre-school toddlers and babies (up to the age of 6yrs) with and without disabilities accompanied by their parents/ carers. Activities are designed for children to play, explore and most importantly to get messy!

o Saturday 17th October – Family day – Open to disabled children, their families and friends to enjoy a variety of indoor activities and outdoor equipment at Thomley including the soft play area, art and craft room sensory room and the 1km cycle track.

o Saturday 24th October ? Family day – Open to disabled children, their families and friends to enjoy a variety of indoor activities and outdoor equipment at Thomley including the soft play area, art and craft room and the 1km cycle track.

o Tuesday 26th October ? Saturday 31st October ? October Half term
October Half Term will contain all of the usual activities that Thomley has on offer, with additional activities such as Halloween discos, creepy art and crafts, and pumpkin carving on every day.

The following days are focus days during the October Half term: –

o Tuesday 26th October ? Teenager day – For all disabled young people aged between 10- 19yrs accompanied by their parents/ carers. Younger siblings are also welcome. Teenage days provide a great opportunity to socialise with other teenagers, to make new friends and try out various activities, including the very popular 1km cycle track. Organised activities include an Owl workshop where you will be able to learn about different species and maybe even get to see them fly.

o Friday 30th October ? Community day ? Fully Booked, waiting list available – Open to all children (i.e. disabled and non-disabled) and their families to enjoy our all the usual activities from soft play to the 1km cycle track. This is Meg and Mog day, bringing the books to life with storytelling, sensory cauldrons, dressing up and broom painting!

o Saturday 31st October ? Quiet day – Quiet days are specifically designed for families and children with disabilities who might prefer a quieter day. Numbers are limited to 30 children and are a birthday party free zone. Bring your own T-shirt for screen printing of spiders, ghosts, bats and pumpkins!

o Tuesday 3rd November ? Adult day – Open to disabled adults (16+) and their carers to try out a variety of art and craft activities, relax in a rural environment, chill out in the sensory room or just have a chat and a cup of tea.

o Saturday 7th November ? Community day – Open to all children (i.e. disabled and non-disabled) and their families to enjoy our all the usual activities from soft play to the 1km cycle track.

o Tuesday 10th November ? Preschool day – For all pre-school toddlers and babies (up to the age of 6yrs) with and without disabilities accompanied by their parents/ carers. Activities are designed for children to play, explore and most importantly get messy!

o Saturday 21st November ? Thomley Christmas Craft Fair ? Look no further for all your Christmas gifts! Our Thomley Christmas Craft Fair will have a variety of stalls including jewellery, cake and card stalls. All of our play facilities will be available for families to enjoy throughout the day as normal, but there will be no admission charge for this day. We hope to have a mixture of craft, toy, jewellery and food stalls. So if you, or anyone you know, would like to hold a stall please contact Milly on milly@thomleyhall.org .

Thomley Activity Centre, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, Bucks, HP18 9JZ,
Tel/fax: 01844 338380. Web: www.thomleyhall.org, Email: enquiries@thomleyhall.org

HADDENHAM and District Rotary Club – David Rankin, known to many as Haddenham’s tree warden, is the new president of Haddenham and District Rotary Club (formerly known as Thame Witchert Rotary Club). He has been involved for some years in the Rotary Club sponsored tree planting scheme for reception class children at the village infant schools and plans are in place for November?s planting sessions. The club also does extensive fund-raising during the year and two Haddenham organisations – the Cricket Club and the Youth Centre – have benefited from money raised during Paul Haworth?s presidency.

COMING UP IN HADDENHAM THIS MONTH

Sat 3rd Autumn Market. There?s a chance to start your Christmas shopping early at the autumn market, being held in support of Haddenham Baptist Chapel, on Saturday (9am-12noon) at the Youth and Community Centre, Woodways. Jewellery, cards, preserves and cakes, pottery and other crafts, gifts and lots more will be on sale and you can even have your breakfast there as bacon baps and other refreshments will be on sale. Entry is 50p.

Sat 3rd Mini Concert. An informal

NORTHMOOR Trust Autumn Events – October, November, December, 2009; Unless stated otherwise, all events take place at Northmoor Trust, Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ and booking is essential:

Sunday 4th & 11th October & 8th November: 10.30am – 1pm Northmoor Trust Fungus Foray

Find the fabulous fungi that are fruiting in the forest. Adults

VOLUNTEERS are being sought by Oxfordshire County Council’s Youth Mentoring Service to help troubled young people turn their lives around.

The service recruits, trains and supports people from the community to become mentors to young people who have problems in their lives.

These may include:

Family issues
Educational or employment difficulties
Facing negative peer influence
Committing crime or being at risk of committing crime

The mentoring has many aims, including raising young people’s self-esteem, integrating young people with the wider community and preventing and reducing offending.

Mentors from a range of backgrounds

People must be at least 18 years old to become a volunteer mentor. Current volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and bring a range of qualities and skills to the young people who they assist.

All mentors are required to attend training, which covers four basic units:

Mentoring Skills
Youth in Society
Equal Opportunities
Interpersonal Skills and Young People at Risk

The training, for which travel costs are covered, takes place at Oxford’s County Hall.

Mentors are carefully matched with an appropriate young person once trained. Volunteers receive support, supervision and the opportunity to attend more training sessions if required.

Valuable experience for all

Councillor Louise Chapman, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, said: “Becoming a mentor can benefit a young person in so many positive ways by giving them a real sense of support and assistance early on in their lives.

“It can also be extremely rewarding for the mentors too. I hope that lots of people will come forward to offer a few hours a week to help young people in Oxfordshire.”

People interested in becoming a mentor can call 01865 848181 or email oyms@oxfordshire.gov.uk for more information.

FOLLOWING the news recently that County Councillors have agreed to push ahead with plans for a waste incinerator in Ardley, near Bicester, the Oxfordshire Branch of the environmental campaign group, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), has expressed concerns that the incinerator will seriously damage the local environment and have major impacts on the local transport network.

CPRE has stated that it understands that the related planning application is due to be determined by the County Council later this autumn.

CPRE?s Bicester District Chairman, Bruce Tremayne said: “Our objection to the proposal rests on two areas of particular interest to our aim of protecting rural Oxfordshire: firstly, the building itself, with a stack 82 metres high, brings an industrial feel to what is essentially a very rural landscape. The impact on the surrounding countryside will be marked. Secondly, we query the scale of the project. The implications of operating a scheme of this size on the dependent existing transport system are clearly onerous, possibly fatal.”

He continued: “Not only does the raw waste have to be brought in, all on existing roads, but 75,000 MTPA of bottom ash needs to be sent out, and a further 12,000MTPA of toxic fly ash removed for specialised disposal elsewhere (possibly Gloucestershire). This could mean over 500 lorry movements per day or approx 125,000 movements per year. This may be feasible where there are routes available with adequate capacity, but the B430 carries more than its fair share of HGVs, and is already overloaded. A comprehensive survey is required of the traffic, plus the overall air quality and CO2 emissions, impact on all roads in the vicinity that will be involved in the operations associated with this plant.”

He added: “While we are unable to comment on the health and environmental pollution aspects of the proposal, we understand that the technology proposed is not exactly ?state of the art?, and that later developments such as mechanical biological treatment together with plasma gasification should perhaps be researched more deeply before any firm decisions to proceed are made.

“It may be that some form of incineration of the final level of the waste hierarchy is required. However, it would seem sensible to keep such units small in scale to minimise the visual impact on the landscape; minimise the lorry miles needed to feed them, and so minimise the additional CO2 emissions involved.”

A PROUD winner at the recent Oxfordshire County and Thame Show, was Mrs Lesley Evans, of Willow Road, Thame, with her mare, Broughton Morwena, in the in-hand Welsh Section C&D, four years and over class.

Mrs Evans told ThameNews.Net: “I was very proud of her; she behaved impeccably and really moved! I have owned Wena since she was weaned as a six month old foal and she was bought from the Broughton Welsh Cob Stud in Broughton, Aylesbury ? so a truly local win!
“She has recently been broken to ride and we hope to do County level ridden classes next year, but at the moment I am concentrating on schooling her and quietly hacking her around the local countryside.”

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THANKS to all those who came over to talk to us at our stand at the Thame Food Festival. For those who wanted to know more about what we are planning for the future, there’s plenty going on!

We are having a film showing ‘Powerdown’ on more sustainable transport and use of energy followed by a discussion at 8pm on Tuesday, October 06, 2009, at the Cross Keys pub, Park Street in Thame – all welcome.

There will be a talk on Climate change and energy – What are we going to do about it? by Julian Darley, co-founder of the Post-Carbon Institute, followed by discussion at the Seer Green and Jordans Society AGM 8pm on Tuesday, October 13, at Jordans Meeting House, Welders Lane, Jordans, Bucks HP9 2SL. Julian is the co-founder of the Post Carbon Institute (http://www.postcarbon.org/) of which he was President from 2003 to 2008.

He is also the author of High Noon for Natural Gas: the New Energy Crisis (2004).

A LOCAL charity that supports soldiers who fought in Burma in World War II, is offering local ladies the opportunity to buy up-to-the-minute fashion from designers such as Frank Usher and Dusk.

The clothes range in size from size 10 – 20, and are all new! Call: 01844 291526 for an appointment and to try on. Prices are