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THAME Walking and Cycling Campaign (TWAC) will be running a ?Try a bike? stall at Thame Festival from 2pm on Saturday (17/06).
There will be tandems, trikes, a recumbent, suspension bikes, folding bikes, shopping and many ordinary bikes to try out! This event is part of Bike Week. www.bikeweek.org.uk and is mainly suitable for teenagers or adults. Donations to Leukaemia Research.

If you have an unusual bike in good working order that you would be prepared to lend, Cathy Gaulter-Carter would be pleased to hear from you. 01844 261430

Photo: Just one type of ‘recumbant’ bicycle – Courtesy of ‘The Bike Rack’; (This is not necessarily the model that will be available at the event.)

ONCE again, Thame’s young gardeners have come up smelling of roses!(Or rather, sunflowers)
Cllr David Laver, the out-going Mayor of Thame, presented the winners of this year’s Thame In Bloom Children’s Art competition with their awards, last Thursday at Thame town hall, helped by Thame In Bloom Chairman, Nigel Ayres.
The over-all Cup winner was eight year-old, Ellie Aitken, who goes to John Hampden school, Thame. The other age Category winners were:

Under 5’s Loik Helmer
Five years Luke Eaton
Six years Alex Dudsinski
Seven years Lewis Branch
Nine years Eleanor MacDougall
Ten years Sophie Deacock
Eleven years Alice Niedzielski

Collage Rachel Godfrey
Group Work Barley Hill – Year 1
Highly Commended – 1st Thame Brownies

All the winners received a young Sunflower plant in a pot.

The competition was judged by Anna Wiltshire.

A GROUP of venerable ?old ladies? from Thame, have just returned from the fortified hill town of Laon, in France, where they took part in what was billed as ?Le Laon Historique?.
Thirteen elderly but wonderfully preserved motors, driven by members of the Thame Classic Motor Club, joined over 550 other Classic beauties from all over Europe, for two tours around the local area on Saturday (June 3) and a run around the closed roads of Laon itself on Sunday, June 4.
Classic Car Club member and Mayor of Thame, Nigel Champken-Woods, told ThameNews.Net: ?Despite one of our number breaking down on the M25, and having to go back to Oxford for another member?s Jaguar, we had no serious mechanical problems. It was a fantastic atmosphere. The highlight of the weekend was a trip to the ?Caverne du dragon?, a cave in an old quarry works, held by the Germans and the French during the first world war.?

Thame Classic Motor Club Members who travelled to Laon were:
Malcolm & Ann Brown Talbot Alpine 1953
Nigel & Alison Champken-Woods Sunbeam Alpine 1964
Bert & Jan Ingram MG Midget 1979
Maurice & Joan Priestly Triumph Stag 1970
Ron & Sandra Rumens Triumph TR4A 1966
Malcolm & Mary White Rover 110 1963
David & Beryl Kew MGB GT 1974
Keith & Margaret Broady Mercedes Benz 280SL 1984
Vic Watson MGB GT 1974
Philip & Liz Wilson Jaguar Mk II 1966
Chris & Jane Jones Triumph Stag 1971

Photo: Ron & Sandra Rumen’s Triumph TR4a

IF the thought of the World Cup is filling you with dread, put your best foot forward join one of the Chilterns Conservation Board?s guided walks in June.

Saturday 17th June, 2pm ? 4.30pm. ?Get Out of Town? walk from Bourne End. A six-mile circular route taking in the River Thames, Little Marlow Lakes Country Park and Bloom Wood. Plenty of opportunities to see bird life including red kites. Meet at Bourne End railway station.

Sunday 18th June, 10am ? 12pm. ?Downland Flowers and Butterflies? guided walk, Litmore Shaw Nature Trust, Ibstone. A chance to see the orchids and butterflies on the chalk downland with an expert ecologist from Bucks County Council.

Tuesday 20th June, 7.30pm. ?Discover Your Common? guided walk at Naphill Common. Join your expert guides for a gentle stroll around the common, discovering the natural and cultural history of the area as you go. Meet on Naphill Common at the end of Forge Road (off Main Road).

Sunday 25th June, 10am ? 12pm. ?Red Kites and Woodland? guided walk at Ewelme. A four-mile circular walk in stunning countryside with one very steep climb. Look out for red kites and buzzards. Park in the Primary school playground at the eastern end of the village.

THE next in a series of ?Chill Out? bids for youth activities, has been agreed.
Oxfordshire County Council has just awarded five more youth projects ?Chill Out? cash to improve activities for young people in local communities.

Thame and Wheatley youth clubs have also been awarded

OXFORDSHIRE County Council is sending out a World Environment Day (June 5) reminder to encourage people to enter to win a prestigious award.

If your school or workplace has an environmental initiative that is working well, you have recently been involved in setting up a new waste reduction, water or energy saving scheme or your local community has taken action for the environment, you could enter your project for a prestigious Oxfordshire Sustainability & Conservation Award (OSCA)?

Projects can be entered in one of four new categories for the 2006 awards: Waste minimisation, energy efficiency and renewables, biodiversity and grounds development and water efficiency.

As well as receiving an OSCA, the top project from each category, picked by a panel of judges, will receive

PLANS to build over half a million homes in the South East must be urgently reviewed because of the impact that this will have on the region’s diminishing water resources, says Friends of the Earth.
The statement coincides with a recent meeting. Wednesday, May 24, of the South East Regional Planning Committee to discussing reports on water and housing that may lead to a re-think about housing in the South East of the country.
See Friends Of the Earth’s full report:
Link

OXFORDSHIRE pupils are being invited to nominate their peers for a Learning Matters award. in recognition of their achievements at school.
Young people aged 11-16 can single out a friend who has gone the extra mile and made a difference.
They may have inspired someone to improve their grades or supported a friend to double their efforts in a subject they find difficult.

Pupils have until Friday, June 16, to make their nominations and are asked to tell their story in fifty words or less, either by e-mail to learningmatters@oxfordshire.gov.uk or using the Learning Matters postcards being sent to schools or online at the Fox FM website: www.foxfm.co.uk.

Schools and childcare settings that have supported young people in innovative ways can also nominate themselves for an award in the following categories:

o Be healthy
o Stay safe
o Enjoy and achieve
o Make a positive contribution
o Achieve economic well-being

The awards are the finale of the first year of the county council?s Learning Matters campaign that aims to drive up school standards, particularly at GCSE, by involving the whole community.

They are supported by Fox FM and a prize-winning ceremony hosted by Fox Select?s Roop and Tom ? two people who know what success at school can lead to ? will be held in July.

Both DJs recently graduated from university and were immediately given their own show on Fox FM.

Photo: Roop and Tom, Courtesy of Fox FM

STARTS Wedneday, June 21 -7.00 ? 9.00pm at Wheatley Park School.
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THE amazing success of Towersey Village Festival will continue over the August Bank Holiday weekend for its 42nd year, but only if the organisers are able to find more bed space for visiting artists.

For many years the people of Towersey and local B&Bs have provided accommodation for artists from all over the UK, Europe and beyond who visit the Festival. However an increase in artists and other circumstances have led to a serious bed shortage in recent years.

If anyone in the Thame and Towersey area is able to offer a bed for a Festival artist for one to five nights during the August Bank Holiday weekend the Festival Organisers would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Jess or Louise on 01629 827017.

Festival Director Steve Heap said, ?In recent years Towersey Village Festival has contributed tens of thousands of pounds to local organisations, individual musicians and generally encouraged involvement in the arts from its funds. A good deal of this work is now in jeopardy for the simple shortage of artist accommodation. We hope local people will be able to help.?

For full details of this year?s Festival which runs from 24-28 August 2006 visit Link