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HERE is the latest Thame update for September 2009 from Police Community Support officer Diane Jackson C9610.

LOCAL NEWS

Shop Watch /Business watch has been set up in Thame; there are seventy four shops signed up. There will be a small number of shops from the seventy four who have suffered thefts, which will have a ring round system to alert each other of possible offenders.

Thame fair was a success over the three days with only two arrests. Thame council and Thame police worked closely together to ensure an enjoyable and safe event.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

I continue to join Soha and South Vale Housing on site inspections around Thame. This month has seen the removal of three abandoned vehicles, the tidying up of residents’ gardens and other issues.

I had a invitation to attend a meeting on Thursday 10/09/09 with the British Legion to talk about my job role to members .They found it very interesting and had plenty of questions. They admitted that they did not realise the areas of work that I cover ensuring that Thame community have a safe and nice place to live and work in, keeping on top of fly tipping abandoned vehicles and anti-social behaviour.

One warning letter has been served to a resident in Thame for Anti-social Behaviour.

SURGERIES

PCSO C9610 Diane Jackson’a surgery date is on 3RD October 2009 at Thame Town Hall 10.00-1200hrs.
PC Russell Hounslow?s surgery date is to be held by Diane on 16/09/09 at Thame Police Station 1800-2000hrs.

A Swap Shop is a unique way of recycling and re-using unwanted goods, things that you don?t use anymore but are just too good to throw away.

Here is your chance to see them being used by someone else, which is much more satisfying than throwing them out.

The Swap Shop
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 10am till 12noon
Place: Chinnor Village Hall

Just bring along your unwanted items ? good condition only – on the day, and take away anything you see that you want.
? Toys, books, CDs, bric-a-brac, linen, clothes, baby equipment, kitchenware, unwanted gifts
? No electrical goods please
You can just bring or you can just take. You don?t have to bring to take or vice versa. Everything is free. Everything is donated.
NO MONEY IS EXCHANGED.

Goods left over will be taken to charity shops or clothes banks or recycled if unsuitable for reuse.

The Recycling Centre
You can also deposit any of the following items for recycling on the day:
? Household batteries, CDs, used postage stamps, foreign coins, mobile phones, printer cartridges and old reading glasses.

Entrance free Refreshments available

Organised by Chinnor and Thame Friends of the Earth.
For more information ring Maureen on 01844 352816

HADDENHAM LIBRARY. Would you be interested in volunteering to assist with the library?s weekly term-time Bounce and Rhyme and Story time sessions for under-5s? If so, for more information please visit the library and speak to Barbara Paul, Library Manager, or telephone 0845 2303232.

RECYCLING. As well as recycling 95% of its own waste (everything except the food waste from the Gardeners? Retreat Coffee Shop), Haddenham Garden Centre is now able to offer a recycling service to the public by giving space to AVDC recycling banks. It already has in use banks for cardboard, glass (separate banks for clear, green and brown glass) and newspapers and, in due course, you will also be able to dispose of plastics and cans, clothes and foil. In addition, you can take unwanted plant pots or seed trays to a collecting point within the shop.

A Swap Shop is a unique way of recycling and reusing unwanted goods, things that you don?t use anymore but you don?t want to see ending up in the landfill site.
Most of us will have items we don?t want or use, but they are just too good to throw away. Here is your chance to see them being used by someone else, which is much more satisfying than throwing them out.

The Chinnor Swap Shop is on Saturday, September 26, 2009, at Chinnor Village Hall from 10am till 12noon. Just bring along your unwanted items ? good condition only – on the day, and take away anything you see that you want. You can just bring or you can just take. You don?t have to bring to take or vice versa. Everything is free. Everything is donated.

NO MONEY IS EXCHANGED.

Suitable items could include toys, books, CDs, bric-a-brac, linen, clothes, baby equipment, kitchenware, unwanted gifts etc.
No electrical goods please.

Goods left over will be taken to charity shops or clothes banks or recycled if unsuitable for reuse.

You can also deposit any of the following items for recycling on the day:
Household batteries, CDs, used postage stamps, foreign coins, mobile phones, printer cartridges and old reading glasses.

Entrance free; Refreshments available

Organised by Chinnor and Thame Friends of the earth.
For more information ring Maureen on 01844 352816

THE AGE of STUPID film to be screened in Chinnor!

This much acclaimed Climate Change blockbuster will be shown at the Village Centre in Chinnor on Thursday 8th October, 7.30 ? 10pm.

The drama?documentary stars Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: Why didn?t we stop climate change while we had the chance?

The Guardian called the Film “The first successful dramatisation of climate change to hit the big screen,” and The Ecologist magazine said, “Knocks spots off An Inconvenient Truth.”

Tickets cost

HER Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson, has appointed a new Vice Lord Lieutenant.
Former Oxfordshire County Council Chief Executive John Harwood will take over the position from Malcolm Cochrane, who is stepping down after 11 years in the post.

Mr Harwood, who has been a deputy Lieutenant since 2001, is Chairman of the CfBT Education Trust and until 2008 was chief executive of the UK’s Food Standards Agency. Among his other previous roles he was chief executive of the national Learning and Skills Council.

The Wootton resident is also chairman of the Northmoor Trust, a trustee of the Oxfordshire Victoria County History Trust, a governor of the Marborough School in Woodstock, a member of the Court of Oxford Brookes University and of the advisory council of the Oxford Trust. He is also a member of the Awards Council of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

Queen’s representative

Tim Stevenson said: “I am delighted that John has agreed to take on this important role and much look forward to working with him.”

The Vice Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the Lord Lieutenant with the approval of the Queen. As the Queen’s representative in Oxfordshire the Lord Lieutenant has numerous official and social duties and if he is unable to carry out any of these he may ask his Vice Lord Lieutenant to represent him in his capacity as his official deputy.

POPULAR local news broadcaster, Wesley Smith, will be presenting Oxfordshire County Council’s inaugural Livestock Farmer of the Year Award at the Thame show tomorrow (17/09/09).

The competition, organised by the county council’s Trading Standards Team, has been won by Letcombe Regis farmer, Anthony Good and shepherd David Butler, of Warborough Farm. The pair will receive a trophy, certificate and a cheque for

THAME Town Council’s Capital fund stands at around

ONE of our readers has asked whether anyone else in Thame has noticed a distinct slowing, to the point of paralysis, in Internet connections on several evenings recently.

There were similar delays during daytime towards the end of the school holidays, he says. This raises the question of whether heavy use of the Internet by youngsters is the cause, and whether the system should be as vulnerable to overload as that would suggest.

Contact: editor@thame.net with your experiences.

IF you are thinking about primary schools for September 2010, or for future years, St. Joseph?s Catholic Primary School Thame is delighted to offer parents the chance to see the school in action at our Open Afternoon on Wednesday, September 23,2009; 1.30 ?2.45pm.

Headteacher Claire Kerr, commented: “We?re opening up our school to give families a chance to get a taste of life at St. Joseph?s and of our wonderful family atmosphere. Our doors are open to both Catholic and non-Catholic families and everyone will be warmly welcomed.”

There will be displays by the After School Club and by Friends of St. Joseph?s, who provide fundraising social events for parents and children. Parents will also be able to meet some Governors of the school.

Although this event is aimed primarily at parents of pre-school children, anyone is welcome to attend.

St Joseph?s currently has some vacancies for children entering reception class in September 2009. Refreshments will be available.

For further information, please ring 01844 214278.

Location: Brook Lane, Thame, OX9 2AB,