Essex Business & Leisure Canvey Island December Edition 2012

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Welcome Hi There,

Welcome to our 1st Christmas edition. I’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Very Happy New Year.

Christmas is my favourite time of the year (probably because I’m a big kid at heart !).

This year has flown by and my children are already very excited. It is a family time and I look forward to everyone coming together and having a good time and a nice break from work. An extra special thought goes out to people that are on their own, so if you know someone who is on their own, please make a special effort to take time and visit.

Hundreds of people turned up to the Town Council’s Christmas Event in Canvey Island’s town centre on Saturday 24th November, despite the wet weather and like my family and I, I hope you all had a great time.

I’ve been out and about in the Canvey area over the last Month on several occasions meeting people and visiting local businesses and would like to say thank you for the very warm welcome I received. There are some lovely shops, boutiques, Restaurants etc and these local Businesses rely heavily upon local trade so when shopping for Christmas presents, please try to shop locally. Karon’s florist was beautiful, the smell of the beautiful flowers stayed with me throughout the day and she offers a friendly service. So if you would like to send that special someone a special delivery for Christmas, please see page 8 where you will find a discount voucher.

Feeding the Birds Please log on to our website www.eblonline.co.uk to see all our Money saving vouchers, there are some great offers and new offers updated on a monthly basis.

You can register for free for monthly updates of our vouchers.

We had a fantastic response this month with our quizzes, if you wasn’t lucky this month the please try again. Quizzes this month, Tandoori Parlour giving away a meal for 2 and for the children you can win a Party for 10 children at the popular Stay & Play children’s indoor play area in Basildon. www.stay-play.co.uk 01268 491511.

Last month’s Quiz winners were: Mrs. Eva Hayes from Linroping Avenue, Canvey who won a meal at Rajpoot up to the value of £50 and Lisa White from Haarlem Road, Canvey who won a Party for 10 children at the popular Stay & Play children’s indoor play area in Basildon. www.stay-play.co.uk 01268 491511. I hope you enjoy your prizes.

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As winter arrives our feathered friends need a little extra help to feed themselves so making your own Fatballs or cakes is a great help to them. This is a fun thing to make with children but the melted suet could cause burns on young skin so an adult should always handle that stage of the process.

2 packs of Beef suet, Chopped Nuts Chopped dried fruit Sultanas, current or Raisins A bag of dried mealworms, A bag of wild bird seed, An empty food tin, washed and dry A ball of string , A pan of hot water A large dish of cold water, Clingfilm Put the Suet in the tin and stand it in a pot of hot water.

I did this on the cooker so I could put a low heat to it if I needed to.You shouldn’t need the heat on all the time - you want the Suet to warm enough to melt, but NOT hot - it will melt through your containers and burn you if you make it too hot.

While it’s melting, cut lengths of string and tie them into loops - one for each mould. I put a big knot in each one to give the finished feeder a better grip on the string when hung up.

Put a layer of dried mealworms at the bottom of the moulds. Fill them almost to the top with the wild bird

seed.You need to put the worms on the bottom so the seed weighs them down - otherwise they all float to the top.

When your Suet is liquid, lift the tin carefully and gently pour into your mould. I used a wooden spoon to gently stir the mixture to make sure the Suet was evenly mixed through. Top up as necessary. Make sure you put enough in to hold the dry ingredients together. Poke the string loop down into the middle of each mould. If this leaves a hole, fill with melted Suet. Once I had done all of my moulds, I put them into a shallow dish of very cold water to speed up the hardening of the Suet. Once they were set I put them in the fridge overnight to harden them.

Suet is solid but quite soft at room temperature so these are best kept refrigerated until you use them.

The moulds can be washed out yogurt pots, plastic cups, some small jelly moulds or old take away containers.You can use or recycle almost any kind of container.

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Police have a winter warning for criminals Police on Canvey have a seasonal message for those intent on committing crime and bringing misery to the innocent and law-abiding – be prepared for a winter of discontent, we’re coming after you.

Routine operations are being reinforced with targeted action to deter known offenders and to disrupt the criminal activities of others, including regular calls on their homes to confirm their whereabouts, high visibility street patrols in affected areas and random vehicle stop checks.

Sgt Mark McQuade of the Canvey Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “Canvey is a safe place in which to live and we want to keep it that way. The majority of crime is committed by a small number of people and our message to them is ‘We’re watching you – and we’ll bring you to justice if you step out of line.

If we have reasonable grounds to believe someone is involved in criminal activity we will target them any time of day or night. Just as the activity of criminals disrupts the lives of honest, hard-working residents so we intend to disrupt theirs.

“Acquisitive crime like burglary is our priority and we will use all the resources at our disposal not only “We’re grateful for the patience and understanding catch those responsible but also to prevent them shown by law-abiding motorists as we carry out happening in the first place. We won’t stand for these important stop checks,” said Sgt McQuade. people for people committing crime and blighting our neighbourhoods and I would encourage residents to tell us if they know of any criminal activity in their area. We will act on all good information received. If they do not want to contact police directly they can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 and pass the information on anonymously.”

Call Essex Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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