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July 2016

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Saturday 23rd July

At Newchurch Pavilion

A Wild West Themed Event including a Mechanical Rodeo Competition See inside for more details

Dear Readers Welcome to the July issue of Island Magazines. The Festival has been and gone and it appears it was a roaring success and the traffic definitely seemed to be under control when everyone departed the Island. The months are just flying by and July marks the start of the school summer holidays. Lets hope the weather stays warm and dry for everyone. If you are looking for ways to spend your time during the holidays and at weekends, why not check out the ‘Dates for your Diary’ on pages 8 and 9.

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Inside you will also find all the latest news and information for the community along with advertisers and features. If you would like to receive an electronic version of the magazine in your inbox each month email- freshwatermagazine@gmail. com and type in the word subscribe. I hope you all have a wonderful July and I look forward to catching up with you again soon. Debbie

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Helping A Feathered Friend in Need. What do I do now? or Who do I call? Are the questions in the forefront of anyone’s mind if they have come across an injured bird, whether it be the common garden sparrow or one of the Queens protected swans. The first call should be to Wild Bird Aid which is a local ‘not for profit organisation’ run by Kerstin Voigt and Claire Newsome. Wild Bird Aid specialise in the rescue, rehabilitation and release of native birds. Claire specialises in all native bird species with emphasis on seabirds, pigeons and doves and Kerstin specialises in corvids (ravens, carrion crows, rooks, jays, magpies, jackdaws), birds of prey as well as swallows, martins, nightjars and swifts and all native birds. They will both endeavour to help all bird species, but at the moment they are unable to provide long time care for any birds not listed and will therefore need to get in touch with other rescues on the Island or mainland. Wild Bird Aid at present are caring for approximately 70 birds and everyday they are faced with problems of running an organisation that is so widely used by the local community. The areas in which they really need help is with volunteers to cover a variety of duties but particularly people to help with the transportation of injured birds and ideally they would like to have volunteers in all areas on the Island, so if an injured bird is found, the volunteer can be called upon to collect the bird and bring it to Wild Bird Aid which is based at a private home in Wootton Bridge for assessment and care. Volunteers are also needed to take care of animals in their own home e.g to rear orphaned small song birds, as Wild Bird Aid cannot accommodate all of these at their premises. Training will be provided if needed. They also require volunteers to help with feeding and cleaning and as you can imagine the running costs are very high and they are always happy to receive financial donations or if you have an Amazon account please take a look at the Wild Bird Aid wish list. Fund-raising plays an important role and they are looking for anyone who would like to come aboard to organise fundraising events to help raise the much needed funds. Some birds which are brought to them will obviously need more in depth medical treatment and on many occasion huge vets bills are Are you fed up with your dirty accumulated, one such case recently was the paving? Does your timber need swan that had swallowed a fishing hook and some TLC? We can get it looking therefore vets bills, call out charges, x-rays like new again. and procedures were incurred and these can WE ALSO OFFER run into hundreds of pounds. Kerstin and Claire are passionate about what they do and desperately need your help. For more information please go to their website www.wild-bird-aid.uk and check out the Wild Bird Aid Wish List on Amazon or you can call Claire on 07874 660863 and Kerstin on 07935 487306. 4

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SUNDAY AT THREE 3pm Sunday 17 July Dimbola Lodge, Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay

The Story of Carisbrooke Castle A talk by Bob Longton Donations £5 at the door. Includes refreshments.

Way out West fundraising supports local charities & community groups

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Isle Rodeo Saturday 23rd July 10am - 4pm

Newchurch Pavilion, Watery

Lane, Newchurch A WHOLE DAY OF FUN Admission prices:Adults and 13 years • Mechanical Rodeo Competition • Line Dancing & Cheer Leading old and over - £5. 6 - 12 year olds - £3 Workshops AND 0 - 5 year olds - FREE • Live Music & Entertainment Brought to you by • Native Indian Camp Play Area Kudo Rock Ltd • Beer Tent & Refreshments Supporting Hampshire & IOW Air • Wild West Themed Stalls Ambulance • Happy Pony Ranch 07815 669 482 • Food Stalls www.islerodeo.com • Competitions all day info@islerodeo. • AND SO MUCH MORE! 5

Island Resin Drives Does your drive, patio or paths look tired and letting your property down, then why not consider a resin bound stone overlay from Island Resin Drives, an independent Island company with 15 years landscaping experience around the Island. They offer a professional design and installation service with no pressure sales and come highly recommended by satisfied customers. The Resin Bound Stone comes in a choice 25 colours and will transform and enhance your property giving it instant curb appeal. No planning permission is required as this product meets all current regulations which are compliant with Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) as it is a permeable product. The resin they supply is of the highest quality available and is produced in the UK. An average sized driveway can be installed in one day with the minimum of disruption. They will also carry all preparation work prior to installation. The resin product is odourless and extremely durable, it helps to suppress weeds and is very low maintenance and any oil stains can easily be washed away with warm soapy water. All work and materials from Island Resin Drives is covered by a 10 year guarantee and for extra peace of mind you also receive an additional 10 year free independent insurance cover. For further information visit their website www.islandresindrives.com or call 01983 852940

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NPC Property Services Having spent his working life in the building trade, but working for other companies, Neil Carpenter took the leap of faith in 2008 and started his own business, NPC Property Services. Since this time, Neil has built up a good reputation and most of his work is due to recommendations from satisfied customers. NPC Property Services are a professional property maintenance company and a lot of Neil’s work is lime mortar pointing on older properties and churches. However his skills allow him to cover a variety of jobs and his most recent job was a full loft conversion, giving his customer amazing sea views. Whilst just before this he was working on roof repairs, cleaning out gutters and a complete refurb. He offers an Island wide service and undertakes all aspects of property maintenance to include both interior and exterior and he also does garden work such as fencing, patios, decking and retaining walls. Whatever your requirement may be, it is definitely worth speaking to Neil as he will never turn a job down for being too small and he is prompt with quotes and will always turn up when he is supposed to as he gives 100% to every job. Call Neil on 857042 or 07821447270 or see his main advert.

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Dates for your Diary Saturday 2nd July – Round the Island Race - organised by the Island Sailing Club, this is a one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight. Starting on the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, the fleet races west, to The Needles, round St Catherine’s Point and Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes. The first start in Cowes will be at 8.30am, Monday 4th July – Isle of Wight Family History Society open meeting at Hunnyhill Room, Riverside Centre, Newport. Doors open 7pm, talk starts 7.30 and lasts about 45 minutes. Admission members - £1; nonmembers - £2. Sharon Beddard speaking on Finding Balmoral House: the beginning of complex genealogy. Wednesday 6th July and Thursday 7th July – The world famous Watoto childrens choir will be performing their lively, joyous music and dance at free concerts on Wednesday at the Salvation Army in Pyle St. Newport and again on Thursday at St John the Evangelist Church in Sandown. Both concerts start at 7pm. The choir consists of about 30 adults and children (aged 7 to 13). Thursday 7th July – Newtown Church will be holding a fundraising sale in Yarmouth Town Hall from 10a.m.-3p.m. with the sale of brica-brac, books, toys, collectables, plants, etc. Donations welcome. Any enquiries call Pauline 759808. Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th and Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July Seahorses Open Day, Studio and Garden. Victoria Road, Freshwater PO40 9PP. Seahorses opens the doors of its houses, B&B, Art Studio and gardens for two weekends in July. A great day out for the entire family with BBQ, Wood fire pizza, Ice cream, Cream Teas, T-shirt printing Workshop, stalls and more. 8

Saturday 16th July – Bembridge Summer Festival 2pm – 10pm . Come and join us at Steyne Park for a packed day of entertainment. This year we have a display from Haven Falconry, a dog agility demonstration, street dancing, live music, stalls, dog show and more!! Once the daytime festivities are over we’re moving inside the BYCC for a night of eclectic DJ’s courtesy of Lane End Downbeat. Entry to the festival is free but any donations and money raised on the day goes to Bembridge Youth and Community Centre. Sunday 17th and 24th July and Sunday 7th and 21st August - Vectis Boating and Fishing Club Junior Open Fishing Competition for under 16’s on Ryde Pier. For times and details ring Colin on 01983 811220 (daytime), 07967 330871, or email: cwebb1100@yahoo.co.uk Sunday 17th July – The Bestival Ryde Slide will once again be taking place in Union Street Ryde and there are 600 places up for grabs to ride the Ryde Slide. Tickets are £5 to enter the prize drawer, visit www.bestival.net. There will be a fancy dress competition where you can win Bestival tickets and Ryde Slide T-shirts, DJ’s will be playing on the day from 11am till 6pm including Rob da Bank. All proceeds will go to Ryde Aspire, Ryde Inshore Rescue, Wight Brainy Bunch, Ryde Arena and the Waterside Trust. Saturday 23rd July – Isle Rodeo at Newchurch Pavilion from 10am Kudo Rock Ltd are proud to present Isle Rodeo the Islands first annual mechanical rodeo competition! How long can you stay on?! Come and join us for some good ol’ American entertainment. Finger lick’in food, cold beer and maybe get up and do a bit of line dancing and cheer leading! Bouncy castle, Native American Camp and pony petting for the kids, plus a few other things! Western themed refreshments and stalls!

Dates for your Diary Tuesday 26th July – Compton Sandcastle Competition – 10.30am – 2pm Pit your wits and creative skills against the elements for the ‘Last Castle Standing’ competition or use your design skills to create a spectacular Sand Sculpture in our ‘Design’ competition. 10.30am registration for an 11am start. £2 per team. You will need to bring your own bucket and spade. Sandown Carnival - Come and celebrate 127 years of Sandown Carnival. Friday 29th July – Childrens Day at Eastern Gardens. This is an all day event which includes, fun sideshows, face painter, competitions, disco, free trampolines, Magic by Andy, Twisted Inflations Balloon creating, Unidos Samba band. The Childrens Parade starts at Sandham Grounds and finishes at Easter Gardens. 2pm assemble for judging and photographs, 2.15pm judging commences and at 3pm procession leaves Sandham Grounds and arrives at Eastern Gardens at approx 3.45pm for prizes. Saturday 30th July – Main Carnival starts at 11am with entertainment throughout the day at Easter Gardens including Magic, Wight Bells, Company B and Derek Sandy. The main carnival parade starts and finishes at Culver Parade/The Esplanade. Procession starts at 7pm For more information go to www.sandowncarnival.com

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Monthly News Report by John Medland IW Councillor for Freshwater South. Tel: 07543 309 219 or email jcmedland@outlook.com As previously reported in these pages these are exciting times for local public services with a major shift of property and power from the bankrupt County Council to Freshwater Parish Council. At the last Parish Council we voted for £60,000 of immediate investments to bring the library building up to the correct standard.

population of Freshwater South in 2011 aged between 20 and 40 had fallen to 13% and that of women to 15% of the total compared to the Island average of around 20%. Therefore the normal position of having a large healthy workforce that can take care of the children and aged is now reversed. Many of the people of working age have to work elsewhere on the Island. The number of children is falling too. As we re-plan and reorganise our public services In 2005 there were six primary schools in the in the West Wight it is worth noting that we are wider West Wight. There are now four. pioneers, sort of time travellers. In terms of the aging population of the UK the IW is about ten What the West Wight needs is not an endless years ahead of the rest of the country and the succession of new housing projects bringing West Wight is about ten years ahead of the Isle more elderly ‘overners’. We face the danger of Wight. that we will become a coastal colony of people too old to take care of ourselves. According to the 2011 census my ward, Freshwater South, had a 9% greater part of its What we need is jobs for young people so that population aged 65 years old age or more or they can stay and live and work in the West 31% of the population (compared to 21% of Wight and restore the population balance. the population in the whole of the Island). Five years on this should now be 11-12% more. I am delighted that the clothing company Therefore the local over 65’s are getting on Rapanui has decided to re-locate to Freshwater for 40% of the total population of the ward of from Cowes. This will open new apprenticeship Freshwater South. Many, perhaps most of us and employment opportunities for local young are now caring for our elderly relatives and people to work in a rapidly expanding Island neighbours. Many lone elderly households are company which puts all its profits back into becoming increasingly vulnerable; socially cut investment. The company will be taking over off through disability and circumstance. the former Co-op supermarket. Overall the easiest way to improve employment is through Thankfully there are new services to tackle this. growing the local tourist economy. Jobs in Adam Tucker adam.tucker@iow.gov.uk and Dale tourism are low paid and seasonal but it is our Sloan dale@communitynavigators.co.uk are one big industry. We need to develop ways to both available to make house visits to assess the bring more tourists to the West Wight, to stay needs of single people and families who may overnight and for a longer season of the year. need extra support services. The Parish Council, If we can keep more young people working local health providers, IW Council, the Sports here we will later have more children to keep and Community Centre Trust and many others our remaining primary schools open. Over are actively engaged in seeking new ways for us time our lopsided population should naturally to work together and organise new joined up balance out. service provision. PS If anyone needs an assisted rubbish bin By contrast to the rise of the older population collection please get in touch with me. the younger population is emigrating. The male

Frack Free Isle of Wight Update By Sylvia May

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Many of you will have heard the disappointing news that North Yorkshire County Council granted planning permission for Third Energy to frack their existing well at Kirby Misperton, despite the council receiving over 4,000 objections to the application and only 36 (less than 1%) in favour. For more details on this visit www. frackfreeryedale.org The application was, no doubt, helped by the fact that this well was already in place having been previously drilled as a conventional well, just like here in Arreton. A fact which cannot be emphasised enough to anyone who is reassured by a company stating they are only planning conventional drilling. UKOG, who has been awarded the Isle of Wight licence, have gone to great lengths to portray themselves as being interested only in conventional processes; however this could prove to be a red herring. Many people believe ‘conventional drilling isn’t as bad as fracking’. But this is simply not the case. Frack Free Isle of Wight is determined to ensure that the public is informed of the real facts about oil and gas extraction.

Find out more by joining us at our public meeting on, Tuesday 19th July, at The Wilberforce Hall, Main Road, Brighstone, PO30 4AH. (Car Parking in Warnes Lane). Doors open 6.30pm ready for presentation at 7pm followed by Q & A’ s. Friendly & informal, refreshments available, all welcome. 11

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Totland Parish Council News Totland Parish Council welcomed a new Councillor, Sandra Allen, this month. Sandra has a wealth of business experience including the volunteering section and will also be a member of the Memorial Hall. Open Spaces: Some residents who live around Jubilee Pump have asked if the contract to maintain this area can be reviewed in order that the wild flowers can be viewed for longer. The committee will look into this when the contract is due for renewal.

issues in Totland which include the Car Park on The Broadway, Church Hill and The Broadway in general. Events; Colwell Common will be holding 2 car boot events this year during September and October and the Scouts have agreed to help with these.

Reminder: Afton Marsh Recycling Centre is open to the public as follows: • Three days a week; Saturday, Sunday The Planting Team met last month and more and Monday, including bank holiday Mondays. volunteers have offered to help especially with • Summer 7.00am to 8.00pm. (27 the watering of the toughs. If you would like March 2016 to 30 October 2016) to help and be a part of this small team please contact the Clerk in the parish office. CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs Helen Gibbs - Telephone 756028. Totland Parish County Councillor: John Howe met with Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, agencies last month to reduce the speed on Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. Summers Lane to 20mph. Several residents The parish office is open Monday - Thursday have complained about the speed motorist 9am–12 noon. drive along this road especially around Email: totlandparishco@googlemail.com school dropping off and picking up times. or follow the Clerk on Twitter @TotlandClerk The police have been involved with this and You can also keep up to date with news on our the Community Speed Watch Team will be Facebook page. arranging speed checks in this area. If you are a motorist please watch your speed and Ward Councillor John Howe Telephone 753414 be considerate to all users on our roads. or email: john.howe@iow.gov.uk Councillor Howe is still dealing with residents and their bin problems with Amey, so if you The Parish Council meet on the 2nd Wednesday need assistance please telephone him. of each month, except August, and all Totland residents are welcome. Other News: The Parish Office has now been redecorated and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our Call: 01983 754666 residents. • Portable Appliance Testing (PAT Testing) The public toilets have now been painted and no further work will be carried out this year. If you spot any problems please report to the Parish Office. Councillors are still looking at the parking 14

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The volunteers of Wight Community Access Ltd (FYTbus) are surprised and delighted that they have been recognised with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2016. This is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work in their communities. FYTbus provides scheduled and nonscheduled minibus services to several communities in West Wight linking their residents with local retail, health, social and leisure facilities, improving their quality of life and independence. The awards were created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and winners are announced each year on 2nd June. The Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Major General Michael White CB CBE JP, will present the Award Certificate to the FYTbus volunteers at an event on 9th July. Thank you to all our volunteers, our passengers and everyone who has helped us to achieve this un-looked-for but warmly welcomed award.

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operate to FOUR scheduled timetables, Monday to Friday. You can catch Route A (between Freshwater Bay and Yarmouth) , or Route B (around Freshwater, Totland, and Colwell) in the mornings, and Route C (between Yarmouth, Freshwater Bay, Freshwater, Totland and Colwell) in the afternoons. We also operate Route D (between Freshwater, Brook, Mottistone, Brighstone and Shorwell), on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, to a scheduled timetable, providing residents and visitors alike with improved access across South West Wight. Catch us at our bus stops, or just hail us on those parts of our routes which do not have stops. Free bus passes are accepted. Our NEW TIMETABLE started on 1st June, and is available on our buses and on our website (see below), or you can pick one up from our Totland office, health and leisure centres, libraries, pharmacies and shops in Freshwater, Totland and Yarmouth, as well as The Village Shop, Brighstone, The Crown Inn, Shorwell and The Sun Inn, Hulverstone. The FYTbus Charity shop on Totland Broadway augments voluntary donations from our passengers, gifts from the local communities, and the grants from BigLottery and the Dept. of Transport which have ensured that the FYTbus fleet is up-to-date, well presented and maintained. Why not call in to the shop when you are in the vicinity and see the range of books, bric-a-brac, CDs, DVDs, clothing, etc., on sale. There’s something for everyone’s taste!

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Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Newport & Waitrose, E. Cowes Island Highland Gathering, Northwood House. (Entry from £8.50) Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl

As usual, these will be on a door to door basis, with the minibus picking you up from and delivering you back to your home. If you would like more information, do not hesitate to give us a call, between 09.45 and 12.30 any weekday, or leave a message on our answering machine and we’ll call you back. Remember to book early if you would like to travel on one or more of our trips, by phoning our office on 01983 752917. If a minimum number of bookings is not achieved for an excursion, we might have to cancel it (as you will appreciate, we have to cover our costs), but we will always let you know. Excursions will be confirmed (or cancelled) by phone, one day before departure. Please note that bus passes are not accepted on our excursions. Wight Community Access – FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Tel: 01983 752917

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