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10 Recipe
Mulled Wine
12 Nature Notes
EWT Volunteer Neil Sumner
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18 A View from the Church Rev. Mike Lodge
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The school has been working on the sixth form project for some two years and I have strongly supported this project from the outset. The new sixth form began taking pupils in September, at the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year and now has just over 100 pupils on its books. The opening of the sixth form at FitzWimarc follows a similar development at Sweyne Park School two years ago.
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Recently, I cut a ribbon to officially open FitzWimarc School’s new sixth form block in the presence of staff, students and other guests.
The opening ceremony was introduced by Mr Robert Harris, the Head teacher at FitzWimarc School, who has been a real drive behind the sixth form project and he was supported by Mr Steve Jolley the Head of Sixth Form, who now leads this new element of the school. I commended
FitzWimarc School for the development of the project and for providing additional choice for young people to continue their education in the Rayleigh area, rather than having to look further afield. I was really proud to be asked to undertake this important duty, to mark a really significant development for this town. This further expansion of educational choice for the young people of Rayleigh is to be very much welcomed and I congratulate the school, governors, the staff, and pupils and in particular Mr Harris for everything they have done to make this dream a reality. I hope that many people will now enjoy studying at FitzWimarc’s sixth form for many years to come.
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Mulled Wine (4 - 6 Servings) Ingredients: 1 bottle dry red wine 2 (5cm) cinnamon sticks 1 dessertspoon whole cloves 1 dessertspoon whole allspice 1 large piece orange rind (avoid the pith) 1 large piece lemon rind (avoid the pith) 2-4 tablespoons demerara sugar, (or to taste)
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Pour the wine into a heavy saucepan over medium heat, and add the cinnamon, cloves, allspice, lemon rind and orange rind. Heat gently, but don’t bring to the boil. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and once dissolved, taste to see if you’d like the wine sweeter and add more if so (take care not to burn your
mouth as this will be hot!). Keep hot on medium to low heat for 20 minutes to let the flavours infuse the wine. Strain your mulled wine into heatproof glasses or mugs and serve at once, perhaps accompanied by mince pies or just enjoy by the fireside.
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Unpleasant IssUes the 3 “D’s The three Ds – death, divorce and dementia – are things none of us want to think about. Yet if you’re reading this you’re likely old enough to know life isn’t always happy and hassle free. So, cheery chap that I am, I want to encourage you to sit down and have the ‘unpleasant issues chat’ whether with your parents or children. Ignoring this costs. Not just financially, but in hassle and emotion too, for you and your family. So, I plan to be candid and unemotional. Unpleasant issues happen and you need to plan. Here are four of the big ones; 1. Free wills - you’re going to die, ensure you minimise the impact on your loved ones Die will-less and your affairs can be in limbo for years. So, whatever your age, if you’ve assets (e.g., house, savings, a business), and people you’d like to look after, consider making a will. This is even more important if you live with your partner but aren’t married or in a civil partnership. Your partner has no status under law. If you die, they may not get the house or even the kids – even if you’ve been together 37 years and have 6 children.
your appointment. Print out the receipt and take with you to the solicitors. If you can’t afford it, you can give less, though don’t game it. 2. One in three over 65s will develop dementia. I’m 44 - thankfully I can’t foresee losing mental capacity, but I do have a Lasting Power of Attorney set up, in case. Without a Power of Attorney, if you lose your faculties through dementia, a stroke or accident, sorting your finances is less clear-cut than if you’d died. Don’t assume relatives can walk into the bank and access your money - not even to pay for your care, or the mortgage. To take charge of your affairs, someone would need to apply via the Court of Protection this is a hassle and costly. I’ve heard many nightmares, like forumite Norma, who said: “My mum is now responsible for my dad, who has advanced dementia. It’s a very long, intrusive and expensive process. She’ll have to pay hefty yearly fees too. I just wish we’d managed to get Power of Attorney instead, when dad was more capable.”
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solicitor to set one up. It’ll cost around £700ish. There’s good info on www.alzheimers.org.uk. 3. Are you hurting your spouse by looking after the finances? More than 60% of couples say one person deals with all the home’s money issues. If you’re reading this, my guess is that’s you. Yet if something happened, it could heap financial misery on the grief. That’s because often the other partner is in the dark. Too often people ask me: “My partner just died, I’m in dire straits, I simply don’t know where to start with the finances, what do I do?” Why not create a financial factsheet naming all product providers – from roadside recovery to investments, boiler cover to bank accounts. Then have a kitchen table briefing every few months to update and discuss. 4. Need cash from your house? Don’t leave it late Those in their 60s living in large homes with kids who’ve long since left the nest often plan to downsize “one day” to release money as they’re asset rich, cash poor. But as time ticks on, I often hear “it’s still a few years away” and finally “we’re too old to move”. It’s usually far better just to sell and downsize. If not, the main option is to use an equity release product. This is a way to borrow from your home’s value while you still live there. But
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Living in the light… We read in the Bible, ‘While they (Joseph and Mary) were there (in Bethlehem) the time came for the baby to be born, and she (Mary) gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn’ (Luke, chapter 2, verses 6 and 7). The hard facts about the birth of the Son of God can be summed up in the following way: • Jesus was born in Bethlehem because the bureaucrats were updating the taxation register.
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RAYLEIGH LIONS CLUB The Lions Club of Rayleigh is part of the International Association of Lions Clubs, and our primary aim is to raise and distribute funds within out local area. The Lions Club Of Rayleigh was chartered in 1974 and serves the Rayleigh, Hockley, Hullbridge and Rochford areas. Our club is a Voluntary Service Organisation and a registered charity, we are always looking for people willing to help make their community a better place to live. By visiting our website, you will be able to find out about the work of the international organisation of Lions and the Lions Club of Rayleigh in particular, including our activities and also details of forthcoming events, and who to contact for further information. Our club meets on the 1st (business) & 3rd (social) Tuesdays in every month in Rayleigh. Guests are always welcome. http://www.rayleighlions.org.uk
ROTARY CLUB OF RAYLEIGH MILL For most weeks in the year, we meet on Mondays as a club, with our members enjoying a meal at The Rayleigh Club near Hullbridge, Essex. It is followed by a particular kind of meeting such as ‘committee’, ‘business’ and ‘speaker’ - the latter gives us an opportunity to invite a well-known personality or charity organisation to keep us informed about their work or life. We have a members’ raffle at the end of the evening and our Sergeant-At-Arms is an appointed member of the club who manages to extract small amounts of money from us in friendly fun from personal observations of us which goes to our charity box. The evening is run by our President who sits at the top table with his Secretary and we welcome our visiting guests too. Toasts are made to the Queen and our Rotary organisation. We have a Treasurer to manage our accounts and appointed officers to involve us in the more gentle sports, a press officer to publicise our events, an IT specialist to handle our information, a webmaster to run this website and particular members who take on responsibility for an event eg. our Charity Golf Day and our social trips and dinner dances. Our Foundation officer looks to promote the work of Rotary eg. Purple Pinkie support to End Polio Campaign.
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2016 REVIEW My credentials and reputation are not exactly on world level, but read on as I give my thoughts on the 2016 sporting year. How have we done this year as a nation!? Excuse the cheesy barometer! Winning – Not bad – Fail – Epic Fail Rugby – Last year was a year to forget, but my word 2016 has seen England hit an amazing winning streak, putting them at number 2 in the world, soon to be number 1. A fresh mentality from Eddie Jones has seen a new confidence running through the Rugby team this year, making them almost unbeatable before a game has kicked off. Long may it continue! Football – Oh wow! 2015 looked ok for England, they had qualified with ease and actually had some exciting players etc. Then the Euros descended on us, some uninspiring results in the group followed by ICELAND! Oh dear! Formula 1 – Lewis Hamilton just lost out to his team mate and rival Nico Rosberg. It was somewhat of a hollow victory for Nico, as the momentum was with Hamilton for the entire second half of the season and if it wasn’t for some bad luck he would have taken a 4th title. Olympics 2016 - Team GB claimed more medals that they ever have at an Olympic Games and totally smashed the medal haul they took at London 2012. This is some feat considering most experts and former athletes were saying how hard it will be to follow such a home games. From Cycling and Rowing where Britain usually clean up to Hockey where they shocked the world. Rio had us staying up late and tuning in early to catch up.
Cricket – A struggle this year! Alistair Cook has been flying the flag on his own with the help of Joe Root. They drew at home to Pakistan as they looked hopeless against a world class spinner in Yasir Shah and then went to the sub continent to play Bangladesh and India. While Bangladesh are getting better, England will be disappointed to draw the series at 1-1 and then again in India they are 1-0 down in the series. Spin is killing them at this time and it is quite obvious how you hurt England at the moment. I expect the Aussies are trying to get Shane Warne out of retirement.
Boxing – British boxers are continuing to dominate at world level. Anthony Joshua has become the Heavyweight Champion and remains a shining light for British boxing. James Degale still holds a belt, along with Kell Brook, Tony Bellew, Nathan Cleverly and others. Katie Taylor has also started to put women’s boxing on the map this year in this country. She fights again before the year is out and with Nicola Adams threatening to turn professional Boxing is still Britain’s success story. Tennis – Andy Murray has firmly established himself as the best tennis player on the planet right now. He has taken advantage of dips in form from Djokovic and Nadal with both hands. With Roger Federer seemingly at the end of his career, can he dominate, I wouldn’t put it past him! I would love to cover more sports, but 2016 has been yet another positive year for Britain in regards to sporting achievement. Football has really let us down and apparently is the most loved sport in the country, but all we seem to see if negativity relating to the so called “beautiful game”. Perhaps I will leave it out of the list next year.
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