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UNUSUAL GARDEN VISITORS ANDREW FALCONER On Hogmanay, I noticed a bird, which was smaller and darker than the usual Goldfinches on my Niger feeder. I had a look through my binoculars and realised that it was a Lesser Redpoll, a species I knew but had only seen once in the main area of Balmullo. Since then, I have had these visitors every day with numbers increasing to 4 – obviously word of a good place to feed gets around! Its Latin name is Carduelis Flammea Cabaret and it is usually found in woodland, mainly birch, alder and coniferous. It is more common in upland areas of Scotland, and although flocks roam more widely in winter, looking for good sources of food, there are not many records from gardens in an area like Balmullo, with limited woodland nearby. It is about 11.5 cm long and the most obvious feature is the red patch on top of the head – hence Redpoll! There is also a distinctive black bib two birds in my photo. The fine beak, which can below the beak and adult male birds have a access the slits in a Niger Feeder, is yellow. pink flush on the pale breast, as can be seen on In some winters, the numbers of Redpoll in Scotland are enhanced by birds coming over from Scandinavia in search of food, but these are of a larger species known as Common or Mealy Redpoll. It’s difficult to separate these birds from our native species, although they are generally larger and paler with more distinctive wing bars. Redpolls are also very acrobatic when feeding in birch and alders, clinging nimbly to tips of twigs, even upside-down. Keep a lookout for this species in your garden.
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THE BALMULLO COMMUNITY COUNCIL Members Chairman: Zoë Sanders 1zoesanders@gmail.com Vice-Chairman: Alison Jeffrey 870674 alison@balmullo.net Treasurer & Newsletter: Andrew Falconer 870496 anfalconer@tiscali.co.uk Secretary: Sue Smith 870221 secretary@balmullo.net Minute-Secretary: Ann Falconer 870496 anfalconer@tiscali.co.uk Councillors: Ina Cameron 870253 twaauldgoats@btinternet.com John Normand janormand1@gmail.com Gwenyth Mitchell 870010 gwenyth@balmullo.net Raymond Crush Peter Lomas pil7@talktalk.net
Fife Councillors Maggie Taylor 01382 552718 cllr.margaret.taylor@fife.gov.uk
Statements made or opinions expressed in this Newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of the Balmullo Community Council or any of its officers.
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Tim Brett 01382 330905 cllr.tim.brett@fife.gov.uk Bill Connor 077 1866 8792 cllr.bill.connor@fife.gov.uk Useful Contacts Burnside Hall Keeper Lynn Murphy
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Next Balmullo Community Council meeting is FERUARY 10th @ 7.30pm in the Burnside Hall. Play outdoors in summer Indoors in winter Variety of competitions and friendly matches every week No experience required. All welcome to join.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Fife Thistle AFC’s planning application for a new building to replace the dilapidated Portacabin in the Park was approved by the North-east Fife Planning Committee in January, subject to conditions requiring tree planting for additional screening. The Balmullo Playing Fields Committee are having a meeting to consider how this development and subsequent use of the facility can be best managed and what additional safeguards they may require to minimise the impact on the Park and surrounding streets.
BALMULLO COMMUNITY COUNCIL By the time you read this, the bench seat at the Hayston Park end of Murray Row should have been reinstated after Councillor Taylor asked for this on our behalf. Fife Council have managed to find more savings in their budget than needed to break even in 2014/15, so £0.5 million should be available for local projects. A planning application has been submitted to Fife Council for a large wind turbine on land owned by Logie Farm, on the north-west shoulder of Lucklaw Hill. This application is at a very early stage so not yet open to objection. However, as the height to the blade tip is 77 metres, the blades will stick up above the hillside and be visible from much of Balmullo. We will monitor the progress of this proposal and also assist local residents who have reasonable concerns.
The defibrillator machine and display case for Balmullo, supplied by Heart Start, will soon be installed at the Doctors’ Surgery in Pitcairn Drive next to the roundabout, with the agreement of Pitcairn Practice. Although the machine “talks” any user through the correct procedure, a training and awareness session will be organised shortly after installation. We may be able to obtain a second machine for installation at the other end of The next meeting is in Burnside Hall at 7.30pm on the Village, if we can find a suitable building for it Monday 10th February. with easy access and a power supply available – A copy of the Minutes will be available on the any suggestions? shelves at the Post Office. At our Carol Concert, the voluntary collection for Unicef’s Sing for Syria campaign raised £126, so thank you to all who donated so generously.
EDITORIAL A Happy New Year to all our readers in Balmullo and beyond. We hope you like this month’s new style front cover – your photo could feature in a future issue! We did consider using a photo of the recycling area at Burnside Hall, but it was very unattractive, taken shortly after Christmas when we were appalled at the state of the area. In particular there was paper and cardboard piled high on top of and also stuffed in between the large containers. If you are taking material for recycling, after you’ve filled your own “grey” bin, please first flatten any boxes, then fill up the container carefully. If it is full, please take
BALMULLO PATHS GROUP Our Christmas outing was a brisk walk round the Cuplahills and Lucklaw Hill followed by mince pies in the Balmullo Inn. Our thanks go to Ashley and Andrew for their continued support and for providing lovely mince pies.
ANDREW FALCONER additional waste to the Council recycling centre in Cupar or St. Andrews or, during holiday periods, store the waste at home until it can be disposed of properly. When extra waste is dumped indiscriminately, apart from being unsightly it gets soaked by rain or blown about by wind and some unfortunate person has to clean up the mess – not a nice job. You’ll also see that I’ve included another article on birds. As you’ll be aware, I enjoy watching and feeding birds, so make no apologies for more articles until others out there get a bit creative and submit different material to us.
LINDA IRVINE usually alternate walks around the village with ones slightly further afield. Most of the routes we follow are fairly gentle and walks last about two hours. Look out for announcements in the Newsletter and for posters at Burnside Hall for details. Everyone is welcome to join us.
We go out on the last Sunday of every month. During the winter months, to ensure enough The next walk will take place on Sunday January daylight, we leave Burnside Hall at 1pm. During 26th, when we plan to go to the Morton Lochs. For British Summer Time, we set off at 2pm. We further information please contact me on 870413.
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THE 200 CLUB DRAW - JANUARY’S WINNERS £50 £20 £20 £20 £20 £20 £10 £10 £10 £10 £10
Mrs Allan, Inchlaw Mrs Baird, Pitcairn Drive Mrs Thow, Pitcairn Drive Mrs Tulleth, Anderson Drive Mrs Buist, Lucklaw Road Mrs Fleming, The Mount Mr Dall, Anderson Drive Mrs Vefkioglu, Smithy Road Mrs Johnston, Pitcairn Drive Mrs Stewart, Borthwick Place Mrs Dunstan, Hayston Park
How to Join Our 200 Club? - It's easy to join the 2 0 0 Club . Ca ll o r ema il I n a a t twaauldgoats@btinternet.com or call 870253. It only costs £1 per entry per month, and you can enter as many times as you like. We are currently trying to raise money for various Balmullo community activities and projects.
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WHAT’S ON? JANUARY 25th Burns Club - Burns Supper in Balmullo Inn. See article for details. 26th Balmullo Paths Group – leaving Burnside Hall 1.00 pm FEBRUARY 6th WRI Meeting. Burnside Hall 7.15 pm. Open meeting – see WRI report 10th Community Council meeting. Burnside Hall 7.30 pm. All welcome 13th Gardening Club. Gardeners Question Time. Burnside Hall 7.30 pm 14th Prize Bingo in Bowling Club. Eyes Down 7.30pm. All welcome 23rd Balmullo Paths Group – leaving Burnside
BALMULLO S.W.R.I.
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President Mrs. Ann Falconer welcomed members to the first meeting of 2014 on Thursday 9th January and wished everyone a happy and healthy new year. The meeting was a Fun Night, starting off with an unusual game compiled by Wilma Mackie. Each member was given a list of 30 Scottish tourist sites and attractions and then had to find someone else in the hall who had visited one of these places, but needing a different name for each place. This involved lots of audience participation asking questions of each other and getting to know our newer members. The tea break allowed everyone to have a rest and catch up with Christmas events. This was followed by an unusual quiz devised by Mary Reilly who handed out lots of cookery books, old and new, and then asked us to find specified items or recipes. The evening was rounded off with our usual raffle. Competition winners: Flower of the month –
Hall 1.00 pm MARCH 1st Rotary Club Annual Charity Ceilidh. Blyth Hall Newport. 7.30 pm 6th WRI Meeting. Burnside Hall 7.15 pm. Cookery Demo. All welcome. 10th Community Council meeting. Burnside Hall 7.30 pm. All welcome 13th Gardening Club. Talk on Guide Dog Association. Burnside Hall 7.30 pm 14th Prize Bingo in Bowling Club. Eyes Down 7.30pm. All welcome 30th Balmullo Paths Group – leaving Burnside Hall 2.00 pm Running an event? Email anfalconer@tiscali.co.uk
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2 shortbread fingers 1st Gina Baird 2nd Margaret McQueen 3rd Ann Falconer Favourite Christmas card 1st Pauline Smith 2nd Gillian Hall 3rd Wilma Mackie The next meeting will be on Thursday 6th February at 7.15 pm in Burnside Hall, when the speaker will be Alex Lorimer. Alex’s subject will be “Life in the Bothy”, based mainly on his father’s experience and promises to be a very interesting and humorous talk. This meeting will be open to all interested residents and many of the members’ husbands are coming along. Competitions will be a Photograph of a local Winter Scene, a Small Antique and Flower of the month. New members are always welcome.
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Tickets Available From Louise Hair & Beauty & Gala Committee Members ÂŁ10.00 Raffle Tickets will be available to buy from Louise Hair & Beauty before the night and also available to buy on the night.
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YOUR M.S.P.
ROD CAMPBELL
In my December 2012 article, I took the time to reflect on what events had taken place that year. I am sure we all have hazy memories of the London Olympics, the Queen’s diamond jubilee and the scandals involving the media – both print and broadcast. Rather than look to the past, however, I would like to look to the future and what 2014 beholds.
of Homecoming. Hundreds of events will be t a k in g p la c e throughout the country to celebrate Scotland’s history, diversity and culture. North East Fife will see its share of Homecoming supported events including the annual Highland Games in Cupar, Ceres and Newburgh, Fife’s Garden Festival that will see a number of gardens opening to the public for the first time in June, the tenth anniversary of the East Neuk Festival and the StAnza poetry festival in March. With a bumper programme of over 430 events nationwide in the next 12 months, there is no doubt that there will be something to suit your taste taking place nearby.
Locally, the issue of broadband remains central to a very large number of people throughout North East Fife with a recent survey I conducted showing many receive a sub-average connection speed. I know that Balmullo is one such area with low speed connections, but I have been advised that announcements regarding what areas of North East Fife will benefit from upgrades will take place in the early half of this year. With Cupar and Anstruther set for upgrades in May and March, respectively, I hope larger parts of the constituency will follow and that we can all have access to 21st Finally, 2014 will, of course, see the referendum on Century broadband connections, soon. independence take place on 18 September. 9 months may seem like a long time, but it will be Nationwide, however, the world’s eyes will be decision time before too long. I look forward to the looking at Scotland this year. We are now home to run-up to the referendum but hope to see some the first Wimbledon men’s singles champion from more inspired interventions from both sides of the these islands in 77 years and I’m sure everyone will debate. There is a wealth of information already be watching to see if he can repeat that feat. out there, including “Scotland’s Future”, the Staying with sport, this summer will also see the Scottish Government’s White Paper which spells Commonwealth Games come to Glasgow, and out its plans for Scotland, post-independence. I other venues that are closer, such as Barry Buddon would encourage everybody to read as much of shooting centre in Angus and the Royal the available information so as to make your own Commonwealth Swimming Pool in Edinburgh. The decision on whether Scotland should be an 2012 Olympics provided a record medal haul for independent country. Scottish athletes, including Katherine Grainger, Michael Jamieson and Sir Chris Hoy, and I am sure I hope 2014 is a good and prosperous year for all that a home crowd in 2014 will help spur our readers of this newsletter and their families and athletes onto further greatness. remind you that my office is available, Monday to Friday, if you have an issue you would like to Moving on from sport, 2014 is also Scotland’s year discuss.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH
GINGER SHORTCAKE
Ingredients – Base
Ingredients – Topping
6 oz margarine 3 oz caster sugar 8 oz self-raising flour 1 teaspoon ginger
3 oz margarine 1 cup icing sugar 2 dessert spoons syrup 1 teaspoon ginger
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Method Mix base ingredients together with mixer. Press into baking tray. Bake @ 150°C for 30 minutes, until golden brown. Melt all topping ingredients together in a bowl over hot water. Spread over base. Cut into squares while still hot – scrumptious.
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BEE-FRIENDLY PLANTING No doubt serious gardeners have sent off their orders for this year’s seeds long ago but it’s not too late for us ordinary mortals to be planning what to plant. Having been given a copy of Dave Goulson’s book A Sting in the Tale for Christmas, I have been thinking more than usual about bees recently. Dave’s fascinating and eminently readable book is about his researches on bumblebees and about the problems that bees have been suffering in recent years – which are many and varied. One thing that anyone with a garden (even a window-box) can do is to provide food for bees, in the form of nectar and pollen produced by their garden flowers. There are so few “weeds” (i.e. wild -flowers) in the countryside today that the bees
JEREMY GREENWOOD have little to feed on except when the crop-plants are in flower. As a result, both bumble-bees and honey-bees do not have enough food outside the flowering period of the local crops, so their numbers have fallen. Many farmers are now having to import nests of (Turkish!) bumble-bees to complete the pollination of their crops. We can all help by growing in our gardens plants that are good nectar and pollen producers, choosing a range of species that flower at different times through the spring and summer, to provide nectar throughout. The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust has a great web-site that helps one identify which flowers to plant. And avoid pesticides. They don’t just kill pests.
Next Balmullo Community Council meeting is on FERUARY 10th @ 7.30pm in the Burnside Hall.
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POINTS FROM THE SECRETARY’S MAIL Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014 – 2020. The consultation for the ‘Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014 – 2020 Stage 2: Final Proposals’ has been published, on the Scottish Government website. A summary document is also available. The closing date for the consultation is Friday 28 February 2014. Our Local Fire and Rescue Plan for Fife 2014-17 is open for public consultation, until 14 February 2014. The plan can be found at http:// w w w . f ir e s c o t la n d . g o v . u k / m e d ia / 4 8 6 4 0 9 / fife_draft_local_plan.pdf and you can add comments at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ SFRSLocalPlan
fifeplan and this is also where responses should be made. ‘Planning Aid for Scotland’ is running a ‘Planning and Renewable Energy Forum’ on 28th January in Edinburgh, which is free. To register for a place email events@planningaidscotland.org.uk The Rural Parliament is a forum for all those who live and work in rural Scotland to discuss and debate issues of common concern. The inaugural Parliament will take place in November 2014. More information can be found and interest can be registered on their website at info@scottishruralparliament.org.uk
Fife Access Forum is holding a Seminar – ‘Keeping The consultation on the FIFEplan Development your group going: Funding and Enthusiasm’ at Fife Strategy closes at 5.00pm on the 5th February. House, Glenrothes on Wednesday February 5th The plan can be found at www.fifedirect.org.uk/ from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
YOUR COUNCILLOR - BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FIFE COUNCIL
TIM BRETT
I hope that many of you will have seen, or possibly taken part, in the Council’s Budget Consultation that occurred between September and the end of October this year. Fife Council, like all local authorities in Scotland, is facing significant financial challenges over the next four years and will have to find savings of £92 million by the end of that period. This is clearly a significant amount of money but looked at as a percentage of the Council budget it becomes much more manageable. The minority Labour Administration has now also issued its proposed budget which will be considered by the Council in February 2014. This is a mixture of savings which nearly all services are having to find and is for a three year period. The savings proposed in 2014/15 are £14.5 million but these will rise to £38.6 million is 2016/17. If anyone would like to see the detail of this I would be happy to send them the document in which they are set out. Making savings is never easy but a significant amount of the savings are being achieved by new ways of working and using equipment as well as combining back-office functions so that the services the public see will not be affected. The Administration are proposing that nearly £8 million of one-off investment is then allocated next year. This is because the savings for 2014/15 are greater than needs to be achieved. Within this
there should be some additional non-recurring funding in North East Fife and therefore if you have any suggestions for this type of spend would you please contact Councillor Maggie Taylor or myself. Can I wish everyone a belated Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
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LEUCHARS AND DISTRICT GARDENING AND CRAFTS CLUB
BILL DUFF
Now that the Christmas and New Year festivities have an aspidistra it can be shown in the class for a are past the committee have settled down to pot plant foliage. Most of the craft sections are organising this year's shows. regularly revised to give variety and keep up with current trends. Judges for all the sections of the show have been agreed and contacted. These are changed The schedule should be available sometime in generally every three years which is accepted as March, so if anyone is interested in showing or good practice by the judging fraternity, and as a having a look at the classes contact me (870787) or judge myself I enjoy the variety of seeing how one of the committee for a copy. other shows are run. Also if you are looking to find out how to grow We are now revising the schedule. The Gardens, plants or have a gardening problem come along to Flowers, Vegetables and Pot Plants sections do not the Burnside Hall on Thursday 13 February, when need to be regularly updated and changed as the we are having a Gardener’s Question Time, and same plants are grown year in year out. get the answers from a panel of growers and exhibitors well known for their knowledge and Looking back over the years in the 1940's and 50's experience. there was a separate class for aspidistras which were very popular then, but not for bonsai or The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Entrance is £2.50 which orchids which are now readily available. If you do includes a glass of wine or fruit juice.
READER’S LETTER
BALMULLO PARK
The Fife Thistle AFC have put planning permission in for a changing facility with showers and toilets to replace the old portacabin. It is about time somebody is trying to put life back into the village park. I have lived in Balmullo for 26 years with my wife and our son has grown up here. From the day we came to Balmullo football has been played at the park with other sports. Balmullo had their own amateur football team and many of the boys in village strived to play for them unfortunately the team folded. But grass roots football was taught with Balmullo Boys played in the FYFC league. If it was not for the use of the changing facility this would not have happened. The youth in village build strong friendships from playing in the park where older youths often encourage younger children to join in games boys and girls. With schooling, going to cubs / youth club which also used the park not forgetting the Gala. Life and socialising all comes from the park which in recent
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years has fallen quiet. It is about time to bring back the buzz the park had. We can add to the youths that have gone on to play professional and high levels of Amateur / Junior League football / ladies football, rugby which all the people who have gone on to play are proud to promote the town. When the new Hall was built in the plans there was supposed to be an artificial sport surface built. This never happened. It is time the adults of Balmullo started thinking of the future for the youths in Balmullo and also remember what it was like for them or their teenagers to grow up in Balmullo. I think the new changing facilities is a must.
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