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CONGRATUALTIONS go to John Hampden Primary School, Thame, which has been awarded the prestigious Green flag for its efforts in providing an environmental education.

Projects included, to name but a few, developing their wooded area to provide an outdoor classroom, building a greenhouse from recycled plastic bottles and creating a gardening club which is responsible for the school?s flower beds and vegetable plots.

The assessor found the school to be particularly good at involving the whole school community in their eco work and the high level of aptitude amongst the pupils.

John Hampden is entitled to fly the flag for the next two years during which time they will continue to develop other environmental projects.

ELMS PARK in Thame now has new fencing, thanks to partnership action in the the town.

The Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) identified the top priority for Thame as Elms Park and the high number of incidents of antisocial behaviour there.

The NAG group therefore worked with local residents and the policing team to carry out several actions including the replacement of signs and extra police patrols.

The reinstatement of the boundary fencing was considered necessary to help the police effectively manage the area, where there also tends to be a lot of dumping of rubbish.

The old fencing at the rear of Elms Park has now been replaced with high wire fencing. This follows approval of a grant application to the South Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership for

THE Oxfordshire Livestock Farmer of the Year Award, which recognise farmers who are leading the way in such areas as animal welfare, husbandry and disease prevention, amounts to

WELL over a ton of unwanted tools was recently collected in Thame town centre, when local people people cleared out their attics and garages to promote self-reliance in Africa.

The tools will be taken to the very well equipped depot at Netley Marsh where they will be refurbished by a group of retired engineers before being packed into containers for shipment to African countries.

From the port of arrival they will be taken by members of the organisation to villages to help the people become more self reliant. Particularly valuable are hand sewing machines.

If you find any more tools which you have no further use for (but not electrical or gardening) please contact 01844 215287 before 24th July and The Rotary Club of Thame, who organised the event, will arrange collection.

Photo: Rotarians from left to right, Nigel Tonge, Erroll Bateman, Ross Dike and Tyrell Gillman

YOU CAN BE A HISTORY DETECTIVE! Go along to Thame Museum on Tuesday, July 28, and Wednesday July 29,
Mornings: 10.30-12.30pm – Afternoons: 1.30-3pm

Activities include a museum trail, a dressing-up box with historical costumes covering 400 years, identifying mystery objects, unearthing buried objects and brass rubbing.

All children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

There is a maximum of 20 allowed in any session, so please come into the Museum and reserve your place in advance. Admission Free!

A Teddy Bears? picnic is being organised as a fund raising event by the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity on Sunday, July 12.

Taking place at The Elms, Bishopstone (next to the Harrow public house) the picnic will run from 1pm to 4pm and will feature a prize for the best-dressed teddy.

“We?re looking forward to a relaxed, family afternoon,” said Andrea Maggs, community fundraising manager for the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity, “and we hope that as many people as possible will come along with their teddies and a picnic. Magic Ian will be entertaining the guests with his limitless repertoire of tricks. There will also be competitions, games, face painting and a variety of stalls to help make the afternoon enjoyable for the teddies and their owners!”

Tickets and further information is available from the fundraising team on 01296 429975 or call in and see them at Chamberlain Road, Aylesbury any week day between 9am and 4.30pm.

Each financial year Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has pledged

Planning Applications Considered by Thame Town Council?s Planning Committee on Tuesday, June 23,2009:

8628
P09/E0481 12 HIGH STREET
Change of use class from A1 (Retail) to A3 (Restaurants & Cafes). (Ed. was Natural Cafe)
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8629
P09/E0525 LAND TO THE REAR OF 9 HAZELTON CLOSE
Erection of a two-storey detached dwelling.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8630
P09/E0563 4 LUDLOW DRIVE
Single-storey rear extension. First floor extension to master bedroom, new gable to front elevation.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8631
P09/E0579 18 CHINNOR ROAD
Erection of a single storey timber garden room.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

TIDY out the shed or workshop and rake out the old tools that you no longer have any use for, because the Rotary Club of Thame will be collecting old tools (excluding gardening) in the Upper Street Car Park, Thame, on Saturday, July 11, between 10am and 4 pm.

The collected tools will then be sent to the “Tools for Self Reliance” organisation, a charity that repairs old tools and sends them to countries in Africa to be donated to local tradesmen.

To find out more information regarding the tools you can donate, please visit the club’s website: www.thame.rotaryweb.org
or ring Erroll Bateman on 01844 212 230.

THE annual changeover of President of The Rotary Club of Thame took place on Wednesday (24/06/09) at the
Spread Eagle Hotel, their Headquarters, and the retiring President, Marius Ciortan was able to report a very successful year.

Many activities were undertaken, he reported, supporting local charities, in particular two matching grants from district for the Thomley Activity Centre and Thame Girl Guides, sponsorship and provision of a stall at the Thame and Oxfordshire Show and other successful fund raising events.

In particular there was a successful drive to recruit new members.

Peter Todd, who has been a Rotarian for seven years, became the new President. He is a local, semi retired businessman from Tetsworth who dedicates his spare time to volunteering and fundraising in the local community.
Peter Todd himself said: “I am delighted to become the new president of our great club which was founded over 40 years ago. It?s going to be a very exciting year. We?re hoping to try out a lot of new things and are looking for inspired and enthusiastic men
and women to join our club. We have a lot of fun and really enjoy ourselves, on top of all the fundraising we do, and we would love to hear from anyone interested in joining us and making a real difference to their community.”

His primary interest remains in furthering the contribution that Rotary can make to the local and International community through fundraising for worthy charities and participating in hands-on community projects.

Photo: from left to right, Peter Hook, senior Vice-president, Marius Ciortan, retiring President, and Peter Todd, President 2009 ? 10

FARMERS in and around Thame are being invited to join a scheme to cut down on rural crime in the area.

The police have been visiting farms in Thame, Chinnor and Watlington to encourage them to join the Country Watch scheme.

PC Ian Kent, Neighbourhood Specialist Officer, said: “The scheme has 208 members at present and we are keen to get more.
“Country Watch is part of our commitment to improving communication with the communities we serve, in this case, the rural community.
“People who sign up for the service will receive crime reduction advice, appeals for witnesses, and information about meetings – all specific to rural crime.
“We have received good feedback from those who are already members and receive frequent phone or email messages via our community messaging system.”

He continued: “This system is a brilliant way for the police to work more closely with the community in preventing and detecting crime. We will also put up signs to act as a deterrent to any would-be criminal, publicising that this farmer is a member of the scheme and working with the police.”

For more information about the scheme, or to become a member, contact PC Ian Kent via 0845 8 505 505.