ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH: On Sunday 22nd April at the local church the service will be “Songs of Praise”. The service commences at 9:30am and everyone is welcome.
POSTAL SERVICES: The Post Office in the Village Hall will be available as usual on two occasions each week. On Mondays: 9:30am – 1:30pm and on Thursdays 9:00am – 1:00pm. The local office can supply residents with: Pensions, Foreign Currency, Travel Insurance, Car Insurance, Investments and Savings.
CAN YOU HELP?: Raise money for your charity by collecting empty ink cartridges.
Please collect as many ink cartridges as possible from neighbours, co-workers and family.
Bring the cartridges to your charity and place them in the recycling box which by kind permission of Mrs Pick will be sited in the village store or ring the Village Hall number if a collection is required : 07092 985 831.
The first lot of cartridges have been dispatched and a payment has been made.
LOCAL SELECTED: Sutton resident Sharon Dyson has been selected from a great many residents in Bassetlaw after applying for and winning a bursary award allowing her to attend a course held in Birmingham. The bursary valued approximately at £500 was sponsored by the Neighbourhood and Home Watch Scheme and the BTEC Advanced Award for Community Advocates. Sharon was one of only two people chosen from the Bassetlaw area. Congratulations.
VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS: Enquiries with regard to the booking of the village hall should be made by contacting 07092 985 831 or by visiting www.suttonvillagehall.net or email bookings@suttonvillagehall.net.
ELECTION DAY: With The date for the forthcoming election of Parish Councillors looming even closer, Thursday 3rd May 2012, it would appear at this early stage that all nine places available on the Council are being contested for the first time in many years.
In previous years Parish Council elections, the vacancies failed to attract a full quota of nominations.
SUTTON APRIL CLUB: The Sutton club will meet as usual on Friday 20th April in the village hall at the usual time of 2:00pm.
COFFEE MORNING: The Coffee Morning held on Saturday 14th April was once again a well attended event. Hosts Bryan and Kathryn Seddons were on hand to meet and greet villagers and friends as they arrived. Those attending were soon enjoying coffee and cakes and socialising in convivial company. A few visitors were lucky winners in the instant raffle, which is included in the entrance fee.
During the morning a “Litter Pick” took place around the area with lots of black bags being filled on the day. Pickers were then offered tea and hot food after a hard mornings work. Well done all!
SUTTON ART GROUP: The group will meet as usual on Friday mornings and will continue throughout the season. Further details available from Joan Reiter on 01777 702 137 or Margaret Beare on 01777 704 836.
PARISH PLAN: Plans are already in the making for the forthcoming celebrations and the Parish Plan Steering Group are still looking for offers of help to organise the village celebrations planned for the Queens Diamond Jubilee over the period 2nd – 5th June 2012.
If you can help please feel free to contact us on: 07092 985 871 or email parishplansecretary@suttoncumlound.net.
VILLAGE SPEEDWATCH: Concerns have been voiced over the speed of vehicles both within and passing through the village. Some years ago a system was set up in the village to allow residents to operate their own Speedwatch system complete with speed gun, after full training had been given.
Due to changes in Police personnel and internal restructuring plus unavailability of equipment the system failed to get off the ground at that time. The system is being operated successfully in neighbouring villages that have issues with speeding and is manned by volunteers.
If you have concerns with the speeding issue and can spare a couple of hours per month, you can assist your local Parish Council by volunteering your services that could ultimately save lives.
Would ideally suit retired people, male or female who care about Road safety in the village. The sooner volunteers come forward the sooner the scheme can be up and running.
Further details are available from the Clerk to the Council on 01777 948 320.
QUIZ NIGHT: Another successful quiz night at the local hostelry on Sunday week, in fact almost a full house on this occasion, as the event gathers momentum each week.
With the option of cash prizes or a Mystery prize on offer, it’s all to play for.
Winners on Easter Sunday night were a local team, 2shy who opted on the night to take the cash prize on offer. Congratulations!
The Quizmaster on this occasion was landlord Andy Barney. The venue will host another quiz on Sunday next, with the usual starting time of 9:00pm.
VILLAGE HALL UPDATE: With the lowered ceiling now completed, contractors have now started work on the installation of windows to the venue. The first of two French windows and a fire door are already in place and work continues with further windows progessing.
User groups in the hall over the past few weeks are most impressed with the progress made so far and are looking forward to further works being completed.
Further updates will follow when available.
SUTTON PARISH COUNCIL: Contact Sutton Parish Council via the Parish Clerk:
Nigel Johnson: clerk@suttoncumlound.net or telephone 01777 948 320.
The Council met on Wednesday 11th April as scheduled with 6 councillors present.
Councillors present were: Martin Rees (Chair), John Gough, Ron Beare, Paul Cody, Karen Foster, David Mowthorpe, with apologies received from councillor Jenny Bailey. Seven members of the public were also present and District Councillor Liz Yates was in attendance.
A full agenda was dealt with during the evening and various topics were raised from the floor during the time allowed for public intervention.
WHEELIE BINS: Residents are reminded that green bins should be put out for collection late on Monday night 23rd April or early Tuesday morning.