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Hi everyone, Welcome to the June Issue, and as we enter the season for fete’s, picnics and summer fairs there’s plently to keep you occupied in the summer sunshine (hopefully!).

This month I introduce a new “Kids Corner� to the magazine featuring Dolly Doodles and the land of iDoo-B-Doo. The creators of this new feature are pleased to announce that they have just signed a new TV development deal with animation studio Flix Facilities, makers of Postman Pat, Old Jack’s Boat, and Rupert Bear, to name but a few. We wish them the very best of luck and hope that in the not too distant future Dolly Doodles and Tinkaboo capture the hearts of children everywhere. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this new feature and maybe pay a visit to the land of iDoo-B-Doo at www.idoobdoo.com.

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Plotting a Vegetable Garden

by Pippa Greenwood

Even the smallest garden can find space to grow vegetables. Start now and you can enjoy delicious home-grown salads all summer long.

Producing useful quantities of your own vegetables doesn’t take up as much space as you might imagine. There’s a lot you can plant out or grow from seed right now that will give you some super-tasty, succulent, and top-quality salads in just a few weeks’ time. And salad leaves grown in ornamental pots can be as decorative as they are nutritious.

Before you get sowing or planting, choose the right containers. Big ones are easier to maintain than small ones; and of course bigger pots mean more produce. Go for something of at least 30cm (12in) in diameter, larger if possible.

As salad crops tend to be pretty short-term there’s no need to spend a fortune on compost. Ideally choose a good-quality multi-purpose compost, but you can get perfectly acceptable results with the contents of a growing-bag. I find the quality of

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the garden the compost in these isn’t all that brilliant, but for the time you need it – and provided you keep it well-fertilised – it’ll be adequate.

If you grow your own salad leaves you can get precisely the mix you like best. There are plenty of eye-catching lettuces such as the frilly Lollo, either a gorgeous bright-green standard Lollo a burgundytinged Lollo Rosso or a mixture of both. Treat them as cut-and-come-again crops, snipping off the leaves as you want them but not cutting into to the base, then they’ll put out new shoots and keep cropping for longer.

Baby beet leaves are a popular salad ingredient, too.

Choose a variety like Bull’s Blood for the prettiest leaves or grow any of the standard varieties, and you’ll also get a great-tasting root crop later on. I generally harvest the young leaves a few at a time but let the plant produce a root too.

There are still plenty of tomato plants in the shops now, but hunt carefully to find the ones that are still in top condition. If you choose an outdoor variety it can be grown in a pot on its own, and if you have a big enough container you can grow some other salad ingredients around the edge of the container.

If you’re after some fire in your cooking, a chilli pepper thrives in a pot in a warm and very sheltered

spot as do sweet peppers.

Fresh herbs can make a salad more interesting too.

Choose your favourites and either grow them in a dedicated herb pot with extra grit in the compost for good drainage, or even consider popping a few in with your main crops.

Vegetables, like most plants, do best in a relatively warm spot with plenty of sun, so site your containers carefully. You want them to be easily accessible from the kitchen, but it’s more important to ensure they’re sheltered from the wind yet still get enough sun.

You may prefer to raise some of your crops in pots and grow them on a bit before planting them out. The garden containers will always be full and looking their best, even while you’re harvesting them. The new plantings will very quickly blend in with the old, and all summer long you’ll have a garden that’s as pleasing to the eye as it is to the tastebuds.

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If you wish to travel with your dog or cat to Europe you will need a pet passport. This is a much more straight forward procedure following the harmonisation of rules across Europe.

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The first step is to have your cat or dog microchipped. We advise microchipping for all cats and dogs, and from April 2016 it will be compulsory for all dogs in England to be microchipped. The Lady Dane Veterinary Centre is currently offering free microchipping for all DOGS in association with the Dogs Trust.

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The next step is rabies vaccination. Only one vaccination is required, but we feel that a course of 2 injections give your pet the best immunity. We normally do these 4 weeks apart.

A pet passport can be issued after the rabies vaccination and this will be required at any port as proof of vaccination (the photograph is optional). You are able to travel 3 weeks after the date of the first vaccination- this applies to travelling out of the United Kingdom.

On return to the United Kingdom you need to have your dog treated for tapeworm and this must be administered and signed in your passport by a veterinary surgeon at least 1 day (24 hours) and no more than 5 days (120 hours) before your return journey. This does not apply if you are travelling from the Republic of Ireland but a pet passport is now required.

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We would advise you have a discussion with a veterinary surgeon about your travel plans as additional vaccinations or parasite control may be required.

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Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary will hold its 43rd Open Day on Sunday the 20th July from 11am to 4pm. The Sanctuary, an entirely independent charity, founded by the late Veronica Huthwaite in 1970, is the largest for cats alone anywhere in Kent. We care for up to 200 homeless cats and kittens at any one time and take in and find new homes for over 300 each year. Our Open Day allows visitors to make friends with as many of the cats who are willing to cooperate, and hopefully some of those visitors will come back and welcome a new feline companion into their home.

Visitors will be able to view Magpie House, the enclosure which accommodates up to 60 feral cats, many rescued from London streets, who are not adaptable as household pets. There is also a separate Sanctuary for cats who test positive for the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus.

These cats can be homed but only as indoor cats where they do not come into contact with other non affected cats.

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This year we welcome owls and tortoises on show and also homeless dogs from Frandham Kennels, River. Applause for Paws Dog Agility Club will be providing a ‘have a go agility’ for dog lovers who wish to attend with their dogs.

There will be stalls selling cakes, jams, plants, books and pet related novelty items all made or given by Sanctuary supporters. Reflexology and face painting will also feature.

Refreshments including the renowned strawberries and meringues will be available all day. Parking is free and entry is £1 for adults or 50p for children or OAPs. We are located at Green Lane, Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6XU. Telephone: 01303 862243.

Normal visiting hours are 10am-1pm or 2pm4pm seven days a week, no appointment necessary.

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Cake and Bake Lemon Curd Cookies Crisp and buttery with a tangy lemon flavour these delicious home-made cookies taste divine. You can change the flavourings if liked, try orange zest with fine shred marmalade or replace 1tbsp of the flour with cocoa powder and fill with chocolate and hazelnut spread for a moreish choc and nut version!

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Ingredients: • 50g butter, softened • 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest • 85g caster sugar • 1 medium egg, beaten • 175g plain flour, plus extra for dusting • 4 tbsp good quality lemon curd • Icing sugar, for dusting

TIP The chilled dough will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days. Leave at room temperature for about 20 minutes to allow the dough to soften a little before rolling out otherwise it may crack.

Makes 16 - Ready in 30 minutes plus chilling

1 Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Beat in the lemon zest and egg then sift over the flour and mix to a crumbly dough.

2 Gather the mixture together with your hands and knead on a floured surface until smooth. Flatten to a disc shape, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for about 45 minutes.

3 Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°F/gas mark 4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment.

4 Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to a 5mm thickness and using a 6cm round cookie cutter stamp out 16 circles, re-rolling the dough as necessary.

5 Place the circles of dough on the baking sheets.

Spoon about ½ teaspoon of lemon curd in the centre of each circle then pull up two sides of the each circle and pinch together tightly to seal. Chill in the fridge for a further 30 minutes.

6 Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes until pale golden. Cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

Serve dusted with icing sugar.

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Local Markets Challock Challock Memorial Hall, Blind Lane.

1st & 3rd Friday of each month 1pm to 4pm Contact Pauline Hickson 01233 740979 The Barn Shop Traditional Market Challock - 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 10am – 2pm Contact 01233 740237 Charing Farmer’s Market Charing Church Barn 9 -11.30 every Thurs morning Contact 01233 740176 Egerton Every Friday 2 - 4.30pm Millennium Hall Rolvenden - 01580 240763 Every Thursday 10am -12 noon St Mary’s Church and the Village Hall Rye Farmers Market Every Wednesday at Strand Quay 10am - 1 pm (12pm Oct - April) Rye Market Every Thursday at the Cattle Market Car Park. Early till around 3pm (depending on the weather)

Rye Country Market Formerly WI Market Rye Community Centre, Conduit Hill.

Every Friday 10am -11.30am Tenterden Country Market Every Friday 9.30am -11.30am St Mildred’s Church Hall, Church road.

Wittersham Market Every Tuesday Village Hall 9am. - 11am Tel: 01797 270757 Wye First and third Saturday of every month on the Village Green in Wye. Tel: 07804 652156 www.wyefarmersmarket.co.uk

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In Season: June Fruit Cherries Gooseberries Rhubarb Strawberries

Vegetables Asparagus Beans Broccoli Carrots Courgettes Cucumber Garlic Kohirabi Mangetout Peas Potatoes (New)

Radishes Rocket Spring Onions

Salmon Sardines Sea Bass Sea Trout

Salad

Meat & Game

Lettuce Sorrel Spinach Watercress

Fish Cod Crab Dover Sole Halibut Herring John Dory Lemon Sole Mackerel Plaice

Beef Guinea Fowl Hare Lamb Mutton Pork Rabbit Veal Wood Pigeon

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L i v e Ja z z What’s On Ju n e / Ju l y T h e Fo l k e s t o n e J a z z C l u b A t T h e To w e r To B o o k C a l l : 0 1 3 0 3 2 7 7 1 7 5 A l l g i g s s t a r t a t 8 3 0 p m , Ad m £ 1 0 June 12th 8:30pm £10 The Legacy Continues EMILY DANKWORTH The Latest Member of The Dankworth Family to be in the Jazz scene. The vocalist with a little Latin. The Dankworth Dynasty But Not all Appearing ! ! ! (John - Cleo - Jacqui - Alec - Emily) With Emily will be this fantastic rhythm section NIC BRAKESPEAR double bass LIAN DUNACHE Piano ROD BROWN drums June 19th 8: 30pm £10 ALEX GARNETT & WILLIE GARNETTFAMOUS FATHER & SON SAX SESSION ON THE BRITISH JAZZ SCENE Plus The Rhythm Section of Rhythm Sections ( These were here with Scott Hamilton ) JOHN PEARCE DAVE GREEN STEVE BROWNNon better Brit Jazz Award Winner Brit Jazz Award Winner June 24th 8:30pm £10 Back again by audience request Europes No1 Vibes player THE ROGER BEAUJOLAIS QUARTET Everyone a star in his own right ROBIN ASPLAND Piano - - SIMON THORPE Double Bass WINSTON CLIFFORD Drums July 1st 8:30pm £10 This event is in conjunction with FHODs & The Tower Theatre To Celebrate THE HYTHE FESTIVAL 2014 THE HYTHE FESTIVAL FUN NIGHT- -GOOD TIME JAZZ FOR EVERYONE with THE COLROSE 7 - A Feast of Music.From Ellington to Spike Jones in a party atmosphere July 10th 8:30pm £10 The UKs Top Jazz Pairing DIGBY FAIRWEATHER & JULIAN MARC STRINGLE TED BEAMENT piano TEDDY POPE drums ALEX KEEN double bass.

July 17th 8:30pm £10 The Musicians Jazz Singer - - The fabulous SARAH MOULE SIMON WALLACE piano - MICK HUTTON double bass - ROD BROWN drums July 24th 8:30pm £10THE LONDON JAZZ QUARTET MICHAEL COATES Canadian Saxophonist. TEDDY POPE drums CLIFF HALL piano VAL MANNIX double bass July 31st 8:30pm £10 Two leaders from THE BIG BAND world of jazz PETE LONG saxes / CHRIS DEAN trmbn & vocals TED BEAMENT piano.-- VAL MANNIX double bass- -RICHARD PITE drums

Saturday 7th June The Friends of Bekesbourne Church Are holding a Concert in the evening featuring classical music by the Galliard Trio in St. Peter’s Church If you would like tickets would you please call Graham on 01227 830271 or Christine on 077101 70197 Tickets are £12.00 each to include light refreshments

Friday 13th June 7pm onwards in Charing Church Barn. A Silent Auction of items and/or promises, with an interesting talk about restoration of small items in the middle of the evening. Admission £5 to include wine and light refreshments. More details from Hilary on 01233 637498. In aid of Charing Parish Church.

Saturday 14th June CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL BOYS CHOIR CONCERT All Saints, Woodchurch 2014 7pm Raising funds for Canterbury Oast Trust Tickets £8, under 12 years £4 contact Margaret Hanlon 01233 732684 hanlon1@btinternet.com

JUNE: Fri 27th & Sat 28th, 7:15pm | Sun 29th 6pm JULY: Thu 3rd, Fri 4th & Sat 5th 7:15pm MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM Charlton Park Foundation presents Shakespeare’s wonderful comedy in the grounds, using professional and amateur actors, and as many teenagers as possible. Part of the ticket price will go towards the Relate Youth Counselling project, which has lost council funding. If you would like to be involved as an actor or backstage support please call Gubby Wales on 01227 831355.

Tickets: £14, concessions £8. £2 of the ticket price will be donated to Relate-East Kent for the Youth Counselling service, except Sunday 29th June when £2 per ticket will go to St. Mary’s Church Bishopsbourne.

Pilgrims Hospice Summer Fair Appeal The Pilgrims Hospices Summer Fair is rapidly approaching (2nd Aug 12pm - 4pm). If you are able to help us with any of the following items we would very much appreciate it. Any items can be dropped off in reception at the hospice in Hythe Road.

• Plants • Garden Produce • Bottles of Pimms • Any other bottles (from shampoo to champagne) • Jams & Chutneys • Cakes (These can be made in advance and frozen here) • Costume Jewellery • New Craft Items • New (Or nearly new) items for our Posh Frocks and Accessories stall • Spare Euros (we can use these to buy items for the fair)

what’s on What was life like in a Kent village in WW1?

Charing in the First World War Exhibition Open days June 14 -15; July 5-6 Saturdays 10am-5pm; Sundays 2-5pm

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Clubs & Societies Kent Youth Theatre: Stage and screen academy, a stage for any age from 3+. Classes in the performing arts with its own agency for professional work. 01227 730177 Canterbury Air Cadets: Ages 13 to 17 Years (01227) 768497 Invictor Athletics Club: From 7 Years Contact@ Iekac.org.uk Badminton: Racketeers Ages 7 to 16 Years (01227) 709377 Bokwa & Zumba: Next Generation Dance Studio Adults (07597) 052999 Body Conned And Yoga: Charlton Park Adults (01227) 831355 Ballet: Tippy Toes - Ages 18 Months To 4 Years (07786) 566647 Beavers & Carbs: Stelling Minnis - Ages 6 to 10 Years 01227 700552 Brown’s & Rainbows: Petham - Ages 5 to 10 yrs 01227 738766 Canterbury Bowling Club: Adults Men & Ladies 01227 463704 Calligraphy Group: Fresh Start Calligraphy Group. Adults (07522) 921790 Canterbury Camcorder Club: Adults Second Friday of Month 01227 730431 Dance-Ballet, Tap, Modern: Next Generation Dance Studio, from three Years (07597) 052999 Football: Chartham Sports Club, from Age 4 (01227) 732442 Golf: Broom Park Golf Club, Junior Lessons (01227) 830728 Gardeners Society: Waltham, 01227 701088 Gymnastics: Canterbury Gym Club from 3 Years (07941) 778057 Hockey: Polo Farm Sports Club from 3 years (01227) 769159 Horse Riding: Park Farm Riding School from 5 yrs (01227) 728349 Canterbury Horticultural Society: 01227 731171 Karate: Canton Martial Arts from 5 years (0845) 519 0390 Piano & Singing Tuition: Charlton Park All Ages (01304) 611996 Rotary Club-Whitstable: Chesterfield Golf Club Adults www.whitstable Rotary.org Canterbury Rugby Club: from Age 7 (01227) 761301 Canterbury Sea Cadets: Sea Cadets Ages 10 to 18 years, 07772835006 Squash: Charlton Park, Adults (01227) 831355 Singing: The Lemon Zingers, Children & Adults

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business The Importance of M a k i n g Yo u r W i l l A Will is one of the most important documents you will complete during your lifetime. We all want ensure that those person we want to protect after our death receive what we want to gift to them and your will is the only way to make this happen.

Without a Will, you lose the opportunity to direct to whom your assets will pass on your death and also to appoint persons to act as your executors and distribute your assets in accordance with your wishes.

A will allows you to plan for the future and the protection of your assets as trusts can be included to consider both residential care costs and Inheritance Tax, to provide as much for your family as possible.

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are older, this can be stated in your Will. You can also ensure that funds can be advanced to your children for their general upbringing and education before the age of 18.

If you have any Step-children, or God-children, they will not inherit from you unless stated in a Will. Your Will should be drafted by a solicitor to ensure no ambiguity arises after your death which could provide costly to rectify. You should avoid making a “homemade” Will or one prepared by uninsured and untrained Will Writers.

This article was written by Ann Coutts from Girlings Solicitors. Ann specialises in Wills and Probate. She works in the Girlings Ashford branch Tel 01233 664711 anncoutts@girlings. com. Girlings Solicitors also specialise in buying and selling your home, Family Law (divorce and separation), Employment Law and Business Law. Their other 3 offices are in ; Canterbury Tel 01227 768374, Herne Bay 01227 367355 and Margate 01843220274.

Consideration also needs to be given to any personal effects, family heirlooms or other items such as jewellery that are important to you , and your Will allows you to gift these items to your loved ones A Will also allows you to state any wishes you may have for your funeral, and also allows you to make provision for any pets you may own.

Without a Will, an unmarried partner or stepchildren would not receive any inheritance from you. If you are not married to your partner, regardless of how long you have lived with them, without a Will in place they will not be entitled to anything from your estate. If you are married, depending on the size of your estate and whether you have children, your spouse may not automatically inherit all your assets.

If you have children, in your Will you can appoint guardians to care for your children if you should die whilst they are minors. It is important to choose the people whom you believe would make important decisions on their behalf whilst they are growing up. Without a will, any funds passing to your children would be inherited by them on their 18th Birthday. If you would prefer your children to inherit when they

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