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WASTE experts from Oxfordshire County Council will be on hand to remind people that small electrical items can now be recycled at each of the county?s Waste Recycling Centres, at special events in April.
Staff will spend a day at the centres on April 5 and 12. They will hand out leaflets explaining that items such as clocks, games consoles and hairdryers can be brought to the recycling centres, where they go into separate containers for recycling. Large items, such as fridges and washing machines, are already accepted at the recycling centres.

Staff will be dressed in deep pink, the colour local authorities use to denote electrical items at their recycling centres, and the containers will be marked with pink balloons to help residents spot them.

The leaflet gives more examples of what electrical items can be accepted at the recycling centres, as well as answering questions such as: ?What about light bulbs?? and ?Who pays for all these items to be recycled?? It also asks people to think about the environmental consequences before replacing their gadgets, by upgrading or buying a refurbished product instead.

Where are the recycling centres?

The following recycling centres will be visited on April 5

Alkerton (nr Banbury),
Ardley Fields (Ardley),
Dean (nr Chadlington)
Redbridge (Oxford city) will be visited on 5th April.

The following recycling centres will be visited on April 12

Dix (Nr Stanton Harcourt),
Stanford in the Vale
Drayton
Oakley Wood (Crowmarsh)

The reminder follows changes to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations that came into force in 2007 and aims to tackle the growing amount of waste electrical and electronic items that is thrown away.

The regulations affect everyone who uses, sells, treats or disposes of WEEE, by setting targets for recycling and making producers pay for treating and recycling end-of-life electrical equipment.

Funding to promote the recycling of electrical items has been provided by the Government through the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership, which is made up of Oxfordshire’s district councils and Oxfordshire County Council.

Councillor Roger Belson, Oxfordshire County Council?s Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: ?The more items that people can recycle the better. Obviously if some people are still unaware that it is now possible to recycle small electrical items then we need to inform them. Hopefully these events will do the trick and raise awareness.?

CHILDREN in Oxfordshire nurseries will be enjoying free, cool milk as part of a ‘Cool Milk’ early years scheme.
Cool Milk already operates the primary school milk scheme in Oxfordshire and its successful relationship with Oxfordshire County Council was a key factor in expanding the scheme to include nurseries.

This means Cool Milk will take over the paperwork and administrative burden of providing free milk to nurseries. The organisation will work with local dairies to organise the supply of milk and then claims back subsidies on behalf of nurseries.

Colin Garnham-Edge is General Manager of Food With Thought, Oxfordshire County Council’s school meals provider. He said: ?We already work with Cool Milk on our very successful primary school milk scheme and I?m delighted that we?re now able to roll out this brilliant scheme to Oxfordshire pre-schoolers as well.
?Cool milk takes away all the hassle from school milk for everyone involved, and anything that helps kids to get a healthy drink at school has our full support.?

THE Thame community Network is planning to host a display of the activities and work of the voluntary groups in Thame.
The organiser of the event, Cllr Beatrice Dobie, said: “The event is to mark National Volunteers Week and will be held in Town town hall, on June 7, from 10am to 1pm. It is hoped that a wide range of groups will take part. Groups and organizations who would like to take part should let the town hall know by Monday, April 21.”

PLANNING Applications Considered by Thame Town Council?s Planning Committee on Tuesday, March 18, 2008:

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P08/E0230 KALPANA, BROOK LANE
Two-storey forward extension.
Correspondence was received and noted from the Thame Conservation
Area Advisory Committee.
RECOMMEND REFUSAL
1. Over-development of the site
2. Unneighbourly
3. Out of character in a Conservation Area
8436

P08/E0216 MEADOWCROFT CARE HOME, TOWERSEY ROAD
Extension to approved 60-bed care home to provide 11 additional
bedrooms and ancillary space.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8437
P08/E0213/A
THE SIX BELLS, HIGH STREET
Erection of 7 signs and replacement flood lighting.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8438
P08/E0214/LB THE SIX BELLS, HIGH STREET
Replacement public house signage and external lighting.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

8439
P08/E0196 14 ORMOND ROAD
Conversion of garage into habitable room.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL
Comment: The Committee approved this conversion of a garage but with great regret (for loss of a parking space)

8440
P08/E0231 22 WHITTLE ROAD
Rear first floor extension, front porch and front first floor extension
over existing garage.
NO STRONG VIEWS

8441
S.04/08 LORD WILLIAMS?S LOWER SCHOOL
Erection of 2.4m high security fencing in four separate locations within
the school site.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL

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P08/E0292 3 BANNISTER ROAD
Conversion of one half of double garage to form studio.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL
Comment: The Committee regretted the conversion of garage space.

THAME Town Council have recommended approval of a planning proposal to provide 11 more units to the new residential home for the eldely, currently being built in Towersey Road, Thame.
The current Meadowcroft residential home for the elderly was built in the 1960s but does not comply with modern standards for the care of the elderly, which includes en suite bathroom facilities and a bigger room size.
The additional extension will bring the number of rooms to 71.
The new facility will include a special garden for suffers of dementia.

FOLLOWING the demise of the Thame summer holiday playscheme last year, Churches Together in the town have got together to organise a new style week of activities for this coming summer, 2008.
Lighthouse, a Christian holiday week for local children and young people in Thame, will run between July 28 and August 1. There will be 500 places available for children between 4 and 11 years-old, to take part in activities such as sports, craft, drama, Bible teaching and music.

There will be no admission charge but donations will be invited to help cover costs.

More information can be found on: LINK

AS many people will know, St Mary?s Parish Church, Thame, has not had a Vicar for some months. However this does not mean that the needs of the congregation and indeed those of the whole Parish of Thame are not being cared for.
We are hoping that the process of appointing a new Vicar may begin in the next few weeks. In the meantime we have a goodly number of retired clergy and lay people amongst us and each of the congregations at the Church have an appointment person to whom they may contact for any pastoral care needed.
For the Town as a whole we would like to extend this care and if anyone has any pastoral needs or requires advice they may contact Mrs Rosalie Gibson who will then put them into contact with the most suitable person in our team.
Please feel free to contact her on 01844 213948 at any time when she will be happy to talk to you and pass on your needs to the right contact.

Photo: Rosalie Gibson

THAME’S twin town of Montesson has recently held elections for its Mayor and deputies, and Jean-Fran

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ADULT Learning courses run by Oxfordshire County Council are filling up fast ? but it?s not too late to enrol on a range of exciting courses.
Hundreds of leisure and qualification courses are on offer, giving people a chance to make new friends, learn a new skill, acquire and interest or gain a qualification.

For instance if you fancy clowning around this spring and summer, four exciting workshops will be taking place between March and July in Woodstock and Chipping Norton, offering the chance to explore the arts of the clown, including mask making and juggling.

Jane Dixon, the county council?s Head of Adult Learning said ?Many of our courses are unusual and give people the chance to try something different.
“For example if you have ever fancied trying your hand at archery, you may like to sign up for a workshop which will give you a chance to try out an exciting, unusual sport?.