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OXFORDSHIRE County Council?s Cabinet has identified areas where they will spend

SUPPORT HIV and Aids Orphans in South Africa.
Come to Katy?s coffee morning on 25 February, at Barley Hill School 10am-12 noon.

Please park in the Cattle Market and walk through to the school.

*Registered charity number 1092028: God?s Golden Acre UK

STATEMENT from Cllr Larry Sanders, Leader of the Green Group on Oxfordshire County Council.
“The proposed Conservative Budget spending cuts on home, residential, intermediate and respite care for older people ignores the increase in numbers of very old people. These cuts will be disastrous for older people and their families. It also ignores David Cameron?s policy of ?compassionate conservatism?. The ?old? Conservative leadership of the County Council has delivered a slap in the face to the new leader.
“The Green budget will put

OXFORDSHIRE County Council is considering making cuts to free transport for pupils attending faith schools in the county.
As a cost cutting excercise, the council proposes ending free travel to faith schools, including St Joseph’s in Thame, for pupils who live outside the catchment area of their school or who travel more than two (up to the age of 8 years) or three (for older children) miles to school and do not attend their nearest school.
A consultation excercise is currently being carried out by the county council and if it decides to go ahead, the changes will take effect from 2007.

To take part in this consultation, visit the Consultation Tracker on the ?Feedback On-Line? pages of the County Council’s web site www.oxfordshire.gov.uk.
The closing date for responses is March 8. For more information, contact Jo Edge on 01865 810616 or email her at jo.edge@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

FOR THE FARMING COMMUNITY, THE FUTURE IS HARD TO PREDICT.
The national farming charity, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, is based in Oxford and has an unbroken 146-year history of providing for the welfare and wellbeing of members of the farming community who are facing need, hardship or distress. No-one knows what lies ahead, especially for those who are retiring from the industry with no savings to fall back on, but RABI may be able to help.

RABI can provide financial assistance to farmers, farm workers and their families, to help meet everyday expenses (we don?t support business costs). Ways in which we help include:

? Awarding regular quarterly grants and one-off payments to alleviate financial hardship;
? Helping with applications for state benefits. Our welfare staff have helped secure over

THE Association is very pleased to report that once again it has extended a welcome to all ex. students of the college, to join its members at their annual reunion.
This will take place on 11th February at the Spread Eagle Hotel when it will be the venue for over 100 ex. students and their guests for a buffet lunch and formal dinner. The day will begin at 10.00am with coffee/drinks, lunch at 12.30pm and then a presentation by Thame Museum trustees, who will review information and items of college memorabilia with members.
The Rycotewood Association will hold its AGM at 4pm in the Hayloft, Spread Eagle Hotel. We will be re-gathering for the dinner at 7pm and during the evening, a role ?call of ex. students present, will be held, followed by a raffle. Throughout the day, there will be a display of old photographs & memorabilia, as well as the sale of Association regalia and limited edition prints of Mike Weston?s college painting.
This may be the last opportunity for many ex. students to see the college before it becomes a housing development, minus some of its later buildings. There will be ex students from as far a field as Canada and Australia.
For more details of the event, please contact Mike Hadley on 01684574905 or Stewart Sloan, Honorary Secretary of the Rycotewood Association on 01844290142.

THAME’S very own Stitch n’Bitch Club, the knitting craze that’s sweeping the world, has attracted the attention of the local media, featuring on Mix ’96 last Friday, throughout their afternoon news bulletins.
The group’s founder, Jeanette Matelot, was interviwed by the station and snippets of the conversation played over the airways. With clever editing and sound-bites like: “Swap your anger for Angorra,” listeners got a taste of the fun, relaxation and socialising (usually with a glass of wine at the elbow)that charactises these groups of stitchers. Through Jeanette’s fun-loving evangelising about the merits of sitting together with friends and creating something whilst at the same time, having a good old-fashioned chin-way, more and more people have contacted her about joining the group. And its not only women who have taken to the needles; at last night’s meeting at the Six Bells pub in Thame, which was interrupted by an evacuation of the premises when a fire alarm went off, the Deputy Manager, Michael had a go!

Anyone who would like more information about ‘Thame Twinset’ (the name reflects the origins of the group which began during a conversation among members of Thame’s Twinning Association), can contact Jeanette by email: jm@telot.wanadoo.co.uk

LOOKING for something exciting to do with the children this half term? Why not come to Aston Rowant Nature Reserve on Thursday 16th February and take part in some fun environmental activities?

The Chilterns Conservation Board is teaming up with English Nature for ?Fun in the Woods?. Drop in at any time between 10am and 2pm to take part in nature trails and scavenger hunts or get creative making natural mobiles and bird feeders.

At 11am you can join the Assistant Site Manager for a guided walk around the woodland to find out more about the plants and animals it supports.

All activities start at the English Nature car park off the Christmas Common Road, (grid reference SU 732967).

Please note the date for this event printed in the ?Woodland Wonderland? Events Programme is incorrect.

The event is free, and there?s no need to book. For more information call Anne at the Aston Rowant Nature Reserve on 01844 351 833.

MARKET Town Miniaturists of Thame have been working hard over the past year to produce 1000 tombola prizes for their forthcoming charity Dolls House and Miniatures Fair and Exhibition.
100% of the money raised by the event, on Saturday, February 11, will be donated to The Breast Cancer Campaign.
Attractions include an exhibition of dolls houses, old and new, plus room boxes and miniature shops, a “School days” exhibit, with Victorian school, a modern classroom and the club’s projects of scenes from their favourite books (some of the scenes can be seen in the window of the Coffee House in Buttermarket, Thame).
There will also be 17 quality stands with miniatures to buy, a raffle with star prize of large children’s dolls house, plus stand; Name The House competition, Grande Tombola, childrens’ quiz, demonstrations, second-hand dolls houses and related items table and home-made refreshments.
The venue for this exciting event is Barley Hill school, which is only four minutes walk from the town centre.
Ring Chairman, Christina Dore on 01844 213802

TWO bicycles were stolen from an address in Thame, on Friday, January 20.
The bicycles were removed from a front garden in Queens Road between 7.45 – 8.30am.
Please can anyone with information contact Lesley Nesbitt, crime reduction advisor at Thame Police Station, via: 08458 505 505.