Island Magazines East Cowes & Whipingham October 2015 Issue

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Dear Readers Welcome to the October issue of Island Magazines.

As you know I always like to give a mention about the weather but really I’m not sure what can be said about it this month. There have been some nice days at the beginning of September but then I am also hearing that some people have put the heating on already!!!

To me October represents Autumn leaves and Halloween and the nights drawing in but I really don’t feel that way whilst writing this but who knows what is in store for us in the next couple of weeks.

One thing I know for sure is that this issue is packed with news, information and details of some great local businesses.

You can read all about Art Therapy on page 5 and on page 3 , if you are a cat owner you can find out how you can help the cat crisis on the Island. The ‘Dates for your Diary’ page is on page 14.

The Rotary is appealing to the generosity of Islanders in the hope that you will all be able to support this years Christmas Shoe Box Appeal.

The full details are on page 19 and this is a great Charity to help and in doing so you will put a smile on the face of a child at Christmas.

I hope you enjoy this issue and please keep me informed if you have any news to share.

Until next month.

Debbie

text or call 07880 587 931 email: eastcowesmagazine@gmail.com twitter @islandmagazines www.islandmagazines.co.uk The editor does not necessarily hold the same views as those expressed by contributors and advertisers and reserves the right to refuse or alter material where necessary.

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FELINE WELFARE & PET DOCTORS SPAYING BLITZ There is a CAT CRISIS on the ISLAND and NATIONWIDE with endless cats needing to come into care, but the reality is that all the Rescue Centres are always full so can not offer the care so desperately needed to many homeless, abandoned and neglected cats.

YOU can help to ease this CRISIS by getting your female cats spayed.

From September until the end of December Feline Welfare and Pet Doctors are working together and they can spay your female cat or kitten, 4 months and over, for £20.

If you are on a low income or on benefits and would like help getting your cat/kitten spayed please don’t hesitate to call Feline Welfare on 521778 (answermachine at times) Nursing mothers can be spayed when the kittens are 7-8 weeks old - JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NURSING IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY CAN’T GET PREGNANT AGAIN !!

They are also offering microchipping (at the time of surgery only) for £8 They are still helping with the boys so please do contact them.

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I hope you like this months front cover. Some Portable Appliance Testing (PAT Testing) of you will know exactly what it means and for Telephone sockets & Faults the others I’d like to welcome you to the world of Art Therapy.

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Art Therapy is exactly what it says it is… creative therapeutic colouring for grown ups.

Remember when you were a child and you were given a colouring book! It’s exactly the same as that… you get to bring a picture to life.

It’s your picture/book and you can do what you want. You can use pencils, crayons, felt tips, gel pens, the list goes on. You can use whatever colours you want and if you don’t want to stay within the lines then you don’t have too as this is the beauty of Art Therapy!!!

I have the Secret Garden colouring book which is combined with an inky treasure hunt and features pictures containing birds, rabbits, Fully Insured - References - Free Estimates insects and animals hidden amongst swirly trees, beautiful gardens and other magical wonders. I can find myself engrossed in colouring for hours at a time or sometimes I can just pick it up and shade a few flowers. There is no set time and you can make the rules up as you go along. Its relaxing and rewarding and you can take it with you wherever you go and its not expensive either.

These books are designed to give us a break from the manic world that we live in. Feeling stressed or has your day been frustrating, perhaps you are recuperating, or maybe you just need some ‘you’ time… whatever the reason Art Therapy could be just what you need. You will find many local shops will be stocking these colouring books or you can order them online like I did from Amazon.

Not sure if this is for you? Then why not just colour in the front cover of this magazine and see how you go. Remember there is no right way and no wrong way. Make it your picture.

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Councillor Luisa Hillard – County Councillor for East Cowes.

Phone/text: 07964 869341 or email luisa.hillard@iow.gov.uk Reinstating a community bus in East Cowes is something that I believe is important. I am hopeful that funding will soon be in place with the However, I’m still looking towards the future support of local business, S106 money and an LSTF grant (if successful). My intention and it’s a mixed outlook. Locally, there is is that this service will help older people to plenty of news: get into the town centre for shopping and the doctor’s, and also help families to do the Red Funnel recently submitted their hybrid planning application. Part is a detailed plan school run. for a larger, relocated marshalling yard and The Council has started working on next new terminal. It describes relocating the year’s Budget and there will be huge savings White Hart slipway access, demolition of needed due to repeated government cuts. It buildings and road changes. will be a challenge to balance the books and The rest is an outline description of potential it is almost certain that there will be changes to the way that some services are delivered. housing, retail and a hotel with waterfront access. You can view the application on-line There will be difficult decisions ahead. In the meantime the Council will continue to at iwight.com, or at the Seaclose planning lobby government for an ‘Island Deal’ to help offices. overcome our unique challenges.

I believe that the Town Council have signed the Licence which will allow the Signage Project to be completed. The arch made from chain from the Floating Bridge will be installed between the two Co-ops, the sculpture with time capsule will be built in Kings Square, and the remaining signs and town maps will be put up. A real legacy for East Cowes which will enhance our heritage.

October is here and like me you might still be waiting for summer to arrive. I feel a little cheated to have had so many cool, rainy days during the last few months!

Bestival visitors caused issues in town upon their arrival, particularly for Waitrose, and together with the Town Council we were successful is getting extra portaloos delivered.

At a recent meeting between the East Cowes Business Association and the Town Council it was agreed that we will try and get permanent arrangements in place for future years and events.

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Town Mayor Report for East Cowes Margaret Webster There has been a lot of talk about discretionary services recently and I have been asked what they are and how they affect the Town Council.

Discretionary services are services such as play parks, recreation grounds and toilets which the IWC can no longer afford to provide and are transferring to the responsibility (with costs of maintenance, repair and insurance) to Town and Parish Councils.

AS a small Town Council consisting of only eight (8) unpaid members, we do our best but the risk of responsibility for this undertakings was considered too high at our July meeting.

This is one service we have declined as the IW Council are much better placed to retain the management and responsibility for the beach.

I was very proud on Sunday 13th September to be asked to represent East Cowes at the Service to commemorate the reign of East Cowes has taken on discretionary Her Majesty the Queen, in Newport. I was services, with the Esplanade toilets, Play even more proud as a school governor at Park and paddling pool, Jubilee Play Park, Skate Park, Cadets Walk Community Garden Queensgate Foundation Primary School, to witness the youth of East Cowes being and Town Hall and we also support the represented by pupils at the school, by community library. This year we have also contributed to the grass cutting in Jubilee and actively taking a part in the Service. Thank Vectis Rd recreation grounds with the view to you to those who attended, it was pleasing to see that the children were rewarded for taking this over next year. their time by being given a certificate as a momentum of the occasion.

As mentioned in the last edition, the Town Council offered to pay the fee for INFORMATION. water sampling to support Bathing Water Designation but the IWC then asked us to Please Note: take responsibility for the management of this. We subsequently learnt that this included adherence to regulations for which East Cowes Town Council Meetings will now the East Cowes Town Council would have full be starting at 6.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of responsibility for any waste removal from the each month. beach and this could be endorsed by court The next Town Council meeting will be on orders if deemed necessary.

Thursday 21st October at 6.30pm.

Our beach here in East Cowes is at the Kind Regards edge of an estuary and opposite one of the UK busiest Port. Our vulnerability to potential accident was highlighted earlier Margaret this year when the H O ship was grounded on sandbanks in the Solent. Fortunately a You can contact me by leaving a message for disaster was adverted on this occasion. the Mayor on tel no 01983 299082.

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Dates for your Diary Sunday 4th October The East Cowes RNLI Branch is holding the annual quiz and bumper raffle at the East Cowes Conservative Club, Clarence Road, East Cowes. £6 per team of four and first question is at 7.30pm. Contact Jenny Clune on 293292 or Helen Wilkinson on 293664

at the Regatta Office in Bath Road each day from 10am until 4pm. Admission is free.

Wednesday 7th October until Friday 11th October – Harp on Wight Festival. In addition to the concerts, there will be lectures, teaching courses for all levels of ability including absolute beginners, and a wonderful exhibition of harps made by national manufacturers which will be at Ryde Methodist Church from October 8th. For full details please see www. harponwight.com, or for further information please phone 01983-73930. This is also the number to book tickets in advance

Friday 30th October –Cash Low? Cash Flow?

11am – 3pm This free event is organised by The Footprint Trust and is at the Riverside Centre, Newport Quay, Newport. On hand will be experts from many organisations, including the CAB, AgeUK and The Footprint Trust, who can help you save money and get you extra help.

Friday 23rd October - The Ghost Runner. This is a 5km fun run through Parkhurst Forest.

Staged after dark, runners will follow a well marked, flat off road course lit by head torch, enhanced by one or two Halloween themed Wednesday 7th October – Goat Round Up surprises! This year, the entry fee includes a 9.30am – 3pm. Come and help the Rangers light supper, with proceeds going to Challenge round up our goats on Ventnor Downs. Be and Adventure a charity who have specialised prepared for steep slopes and uneven ground, in working with disadvantaged and challenging come dressed in thorn-proof clothes and young people on the Isle of Wight for over 20 leather boots with good grip. Booking essential years. This fun event is suitable for all levels on 01983 741020. Meet at Ventnor Downs walking is acceptable! Registration and signing Radar station car park PO38 1AH (SZ 566 785). in is from 6pm - there is a briefing at 6.45 and Bring a packed lunch the run starts at 7pm. Price: £7.50

Friday 30th October – Charity Quiz Night at the Hare and Hounds, Arreton starting at 8pm. In aid of RSPCA IOW Branch. All the money raised stays on the Island for Island Animals. Call Thursday 15th October – Sun 18th October the 01983 523446 to book a team/table Isle of Wight Literary Festival at Northwood House, st Mary’s Church and The Trinity Saturday 31st October – Family Firework Party Theatre in Cowes. They are also planning a – Spooks and Sparks. At Victoria Recreation number of exciting fringe events to be held in Ground, Newport from 4.45pm. Once again, and around the town.

Jubilee Fireworks will provide the finale of spectacular fireworks but there will also be Saturday 17th October until Sunday 8th music from Cornerstone, magic from Huxley Nov. Cowes Heritage Centre are presenting and because it is Halloween, many spooky an exhibition entitled “Celebrations”. It surprises! Fancy dress competitions for both features many local organisations who have adults and children, so get your witches, enjoyed major birthdays. ( Women’s Institute, ghouls, ghosts and vampire costumes dusted Cowes Football Club, Royal Yacht Squadron, off. Family tickets (2 adults, 2 children) are £10 Northwood School, Solent School, 70 years of and will be available at a number of outlets. peace, Street Parties etc). It will be displayed Call 559119 for more info 14

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East Cowes must be more than a ferry terminal

by Lin Kemp and Sharon Lake

We are in really important times for the future The SEEDA Masterplan 2006, shows that of East Cowes !!

Dover Road properties were never intended to be demolished.

The SLEP (Solent Local Enterprise Partnership) is made up of businesses and public authorities Red Funnel want to use the Isle of Wight that are charged with distributing government Council to issue a Compulsory Purchase funds for large, infrastructure projects. The Order (CPO) to acquire 2 family homes bid for Southampton is £500 million compared and 2 homes / businesses as cheaply as to £3.6 million for the public realm in East possible. They do not want to pay a decent Cowes, with an additional £4.8 million to be sum to these families for the distress and paid out for a new Floating Bridge disturbance they are causing. There have been NO negotiations since the first offer.

In Southampton, life will improve for nearby residents adjacent to Town Quay. The nightly The East Cowes Regeneration website sound of tractors slamming into trailers and states:being moved about will be a thing of the past. ‘We are working closely with property owners to buy the properties from them and provide In East Cowes, life for the individual resident a fair price so they can relocate.’ in the town may worsen. Drop-trailer storage spaces are to be increased to a potential The owners are not asking to make vast 28 trailer units adjacent to the town and in amounts of money out of this. They never amongst existing and proposed homes and a asked for this at all and shouldn’t lose out possible hotel. either. They have a right to be treated with dignity, respect and consideration.

Red Funnel were asked through their agents, Savills, about the deep water frontages and the The Red Funnel bid to the SLEP Board shows loss of businesses from them. that visitor numbers to the Island have been in decline over the past 6 years. They are The East Cowes Regeneration website states:- apparently working at 50% capacity at the ‘Venture Quays is in private hands and it is moment on an annual basis. Even having therefore not something Isle of Wight Council taken business from Wightlink, there is still can insist on.’ plenty of scope for an increase.

If the Red Funnel plans go ahead in East Cowes, viable, sustainable, highly paid innovative jobs and businesses will be lost from the town, even from the island.

‘While the existing ferry terminal has served the Isle of Wight well for decades, the company now needs more space to cater for the increase in people using its services.’

Our whole deep water berth frontage will disappear from the marine industry to be used as a trailer depot and marshalling yard. It is too precious an asset to be wasted to a private company who does not need it. They only need access to the water via a linkspan.

Please be aware of their ambitions, when the Red Funnel Planning Application is made public. Read it carefully and respond accordingly. It is very important for the survival of the town to be more than a huge ferry terminal. We deserve better.

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Shoebox Appeal District 1110 Reg Charity No 1064463

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For disadvantaged children in Albania, Montenegro, Moldova and the Philippines

Final Date for receipt of shoeboxes is the 31st October 2015 Age 1 - 3 Boy or Girl - choose from Small soft toy, picture book, hat gloves, socks, soap, hairbrush, flannel, toothbrush/toothpaste, plus other suitable small items

Age 4 - 7 Boy or Girl - choose from Educational book & game, simple jigsaw, ball, lego, crayons & colouring book, hat, gloves, scarf, socks, hairbrush, flannel, toothbrush/paste, toy vehicle, small doll, skipping rope

Age 8 - 11 Boy or Girl - choose from Educational book & game, jigsaw, ball, card game, felt pens, pencils, pencil case, drawing book, hat, scarf, gloves, socks, comb, soap toothbrush/paste skipping rope, hair accessories.

Age 12 - 15 Boy or Girl - choose from Educational book & game, playing cards, geometry set, pens, pencils, rubber, sharpener, pencil case, writing/drawing book, hat, scarf, gloves, socks, toiletries, washbag.

Boxes must not be larger than 33cm x 20cm x 15cm or 13” x 8” x 6” Please cover your box with wrapping paper, ensuring the lid is separately wrapped for customs’ purposes. Do not wrap individual items - just place them in your box, include a card/letter if you wish. Use an elastic band to secure the box. Cut out and stick the label below to the top of the box and clearly mark the catergory it is intended for. Please sellotape to the top of the box a donation of £1 towards transportation and admin costs.

You can drop off your shoe box(es) at any of these places:East Cowes - Under the Umbrella Tree, Co-op Funeral Care, West Cowes - Beresford Barbers, Lake - Post Office, Co-op Funeral Care, Newport - County Press, IOW Radio, Co-op Funeral Care, Jewsons, Staples, STA Sofas, Nettlestone - Vic’s Store, Ryde - Co-op Funeral Care, Busy Bee, Island Wide Carpets, Sandown - Moreys/Jewsons, Shanklin - Shanklin Conservative Club, Co-op Funeral Care, Shorwell - Post Office, Ventnor - Wendy’s, Freshwater- Amazing Glazing, Co-op Funeral Care.

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District 1110 A present with love from

Please circle who the shoebox is intended for BOY 1 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 11 12 - 15 GIRL

PLEASE STICK THIS LABEL AND YOUR DONATION TO THE TOP OF THE SHOEBOX.

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Resin Stone Driveways Beautiful Surface Overlays - for your driveway What is a Resin Stone Overlay?

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Resin Stone Overlaying is effectively surfacing over your existing block-paved, tarmac or concrete driveway, path or patio. Resin Overlays provide a highly cost-effective and quick way of replacing the surface in the Garden or on the Driveway. As well as being aesthetically pleasing and highly durable, the benefits include: Being both solvent and odour free, during and after application - Restricting growth of weeds - Eliminating loose stones Being environmentally friendly - Compliance with Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).

How is it done?

We initially prepare the existing surface using a high-pressure jet washer system and primer, before applying your chosen resin stone combination. The overlays typically take 1-2 days with minimal inconvenience.

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We also offer a range of natural or blended stone and surrounding landscaping options including moon stone to truly personalise your resin installation.

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We cover all areas of the Isle of Wight