Valley News August 2021 by Valley News

E E FR Issue 171

August 2021

for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas

Helping to inform and unite the Community

for the site so there will be plenty of space for families to sit and we hope it will be enjoyed by many.

Editorial We should like to thank those of you who took the trouble to let us know how pleased you were to see the magazine back in print – and colour, too! We realise that it takes a bit of effort to do this and it was much appreciated. We were very pleased at the reaction of our delivery team, who were all delighted to be ‘back in the saddle’ of monthly deliveries. We couldn’t do this without your support – thank you for your help. We are also pleased that our advertisers are sticking with us. Don’t forget to use them when you can – their support is how we can manage to produce the magazine free each month. And having mentioned the colour we can now use for our printing, we have a couple of colour pages (inside the two cover pages) which might attract advertisers for a particular splash or to be more noticeable. This is a new opportunity and we felt that there might be interest in having a colour advertisement. We would be able to do this for a small additional sum of 10% over normal advert rates. Please contact Anne Donnelly if you would like to discuss this possibility. With travel restrictions still causing difficulties for holidays, it might be that there will be more staycations this year. Now we have a printed copy, don’t forget that we are pleased to print photos of our magazine in various locations – we’ve had some great ones in the past, from near the Arctic Circle to Argentina – let’s see what we can manage this year – but if anyone is going to North Wales, perhaps we might ask for the shortened version of that famous station on Anglesey rather than its full name – LlanfairPG would take up a lot less space and fit in better… As everyone will be aware, we are in a very difficult phase of the pandemic here in the UK. It remains vital that we continue to take care, both for ourselves and for our community. Please keep on being careful. The Valley News team

Winterborne Valley Croquet Club in Full Swing Socially distanced play started fully on the 21st May on the croquet lawns at Winterborne Stickland Sports and Community Club, the home of Winterborne Valley Croquet Club. Members can enjoy their favourite sport as the lockdown is eased and summer weather is with us - mostly! Membership is open and potential members may apply through the club website (wvcroquet.co.uk), or by e-mailing the club (membership.wvcroquet@gmail.com).

Why not come along, young or less young, for a free taster session (contact membership.wvcroquet@gmail.com)? You will be hooked! We encourage young players and comply with the safeguarding rules, and of course with the Covid advice. Chair Tim Dennis said, “We are delighted that full play is possible for the summer season. Following the latest lockdown changes we can now welcome new members, with coaching available. We look forward to encouraging others locally to take part in this skilful, fascinating, and social sport.”

Stickland Parish Council The Stickland Parish Council are thrilled to announce that we have some extremely exciting news about the Village Playground. After much work, by the current and past members of the Stickland Parish Council, we have a plan and the funding to add a new and exciting large piece of equipment. We would especially like to thank resident Simon Jones for kick starting the project by organising a village survey in Spring 2019. This survey allowed everyone in the village to have their say on the play park and has formed the basis for our plans. We would also like to thank The Solar Fund Committee for supporting us with improving the playground and generously donating substantial funds, which have been added to the money saved by the Parish Council over the past 9 years. We have chosen the most exciting and best value piece of equipment after we obtained 4 quotes. The equipment will be installed in early September 2021.

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Milton Abbas Surgery 5th August 2021 is Cycle to Work Day! Cycle to Work Day encourages people to think about healthier journeys to work and reducing environmental pollution. Why not take part in the UK’s biggest cycle commuting event and give it a go this year! If you cannot cycle to work, why not consider parking a little further away from your workplace and walking the rest of the way. Or try to go for a small walk during your lunchtime break. Getting active is one of the best things that you can do for your health. If you would like to get active but are not sure what steps to take, why not register with LiveWell Dorset. Their health coaches offer one-to-one telephone coaching to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle, get active and break bad habits. For more information phone them on freephone 0800 840 1628, or go to www.livewelldorset.co.uk. Alternatively, feel free to call the surgery and speak with Kelly, our Social Prescriber. Do something today that your future self will thank you for!

The equipment has 3 towers which are linked by a tunnel and a wobble bridge. There are lots of ways for the children to enter and exit the towers, including a rock wall, cargo net, gangplank, and a spiral slide. There are even Club Houses at the bottom of the towers for picnics and play. The equipment also adds a new swing set to the park. The new equipment is aimed at the 8–12-year-old age group. The current equipment is aimed at younger children, although we will be adding a toddler swing onto the new swing set so that all ages can have a go on the swings! The new equipment will sit between the current climbing frame and swings. We can keep all the current equipment and there will be room to add equipment in the future. The Parish Council will be purchasing new picnic tables 2

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the car park is so limited and we need to prioritise its use for our hirers. We have also continued to see a substantial number of delivery van drivers using the car park to turn round, rather than using a simple reversing manoeuvre. This has caused damage to the hall roof (minor, thankfully, and now repaired) and to the gravel surface; the main concern though has been drivers travelling far too fast through the car park, which was very dangerous when toddlers were leaving the hall after their weekly session with their parents. Fortunately no injuries! To try and regulate this we have now put up two chains with signs explaining that the car park is for hall users only. We hope this will sort the problem now. Finally, the committee decided to leave the COVID protocols in use for the time being as cases are increasing rapidly everywhere, in order to try and help keep everyone safe. This will of course be kept under review and will be lifted as soon as it is safe to do so. Everyone hopes that this will be sooner rather than later! Graham Case 880740 Stop press: Very shortly after the car park chains were erected, they were torn from their fixings on the wall. They have now been repaired and replaced.

Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall The hall was built in 1937. It was built with the Winterborne Whitechurch and surrounding community in mind hence our slogan ‘the hall is for all’. We have a strong committee of half a dozen active members and half a dozen friends. New members are always welcome as well as help and ideas. We have always had lots of activities taking place but as you can imagine Covid-19 had a massive impact on our hall and all halls have struggled. We managed to successfully apply for a grant which allowed us to open our hall during the pandemic. This enabled us to be Covid-19 safe and open for the vulnerable and hold a handful of events. Now we are able to open again we have a great timetable of activities and events. These include Tai Chi, Zumba, Keep Fit, Dance Fitness & Puppy Training. We also run our own hall events such as Kurling, Crafty Natter, Swing Jive Stroll, Auctions, Tabletops, Games night and coming up a live music cabaret event with Steve Marks. The hall is available for private hires too. While we have been closed, we have been working on a few projects including opening our brand new library. The community have been so kind in donating bookshelves and books, and we thank them very much. We are also in the process of tidying up our garden areas. Several Committee members have worked really hard at clearing our overgrown areas full of brambles. It has now been decided to make the back area into a wildlife garden. Thank you to Trophy Pet Foods for sponsoring this garden and planting bee bombs and purple bergamot. We are hoping to have a beautiful wildflower garden with bird boxes and insect houses. A lovely area for all to view and watch the wildlife and flowers blossom. We are also planning on working on the side area of our hall which leads from our fire exit. We are hoping to lay gravel boards then gravel and pave to make it safe as soon as funds allow. During lockdown we had a milk and produce station installed by Allen Valley Milk which is a fantastic and well used facility. Please also make use of the Clothing Bank in our car park. WWVH Committee bookings.wwvh@gmail.com

Deadline for September’s Edition Adverts: Tuesday 10th Aug ads@valley-news.co.uk Articles: Sunday 15th Aug news@valley-news.co.uk Thank you from Jilly You may have read in July’s edition of the Valley News that I am in the process of relocating to North Devon and that I have retired as a trustee of The Pamela Hambro Memorial Hall after many years. I wanted to respond to the well wishes expressed by saying thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has attended and supported my various exercise, dance, music and movement classes over the past 20 years! It all began with Action Songs in 2001, then came Fun Fit and Funky, Extend exercise and Pilates. Through my classes I have met so many wonderful people and the sociable aspect of my classes has been a joy and has opened a wealth of communication for me and others in the Valley. Teaching you all in the Pamela Hambro Memorial Hall has been an absolute delight. What a fantastic local resource the PHMH is. All credit to the Board of Trustees whose enthusiastic management keeps the Hall in tip top condition for everyone local to use and enjoy. Sadly Covid 19 has affected all of us including those of us who gather to exercise together. In 2021 I had to suddenly stop my classes in the community and readjust to teaching online. This huge change involved reassessing my work/life balance and the realisation of how fragile our structure is; how quickly life can turn around from being able to do something one day which is then not possible to do the next due to external or personal reasons. The recent loss and ill health of some dear friends and family have also prompted my husband Jim and I to do the things we enjoy whilst we are still able. We have always loved North Devon and we have a passion for surfing and therefore presently I am fortunate enough to spend equal amounts of time living and teaching 1-1’s face to face in Dorset and online from Devon. So… it is not goodbye for good as two of my daughters still live in Blandford and I am seeing many of you, my regular pupils, two or three times a week online. The Zoom chat pre and post sessions keeps us all united no matter where we are situated. As my father would say, ‘As one door closes another opens’. For the moment I’m enjoying life in the corridor and the door hasn’t closed behind me yet. With love and best wishes from Jilly Spencer.

Coffee Pot Stickland Coffee Pot is re-opening on Mondays from 10.30am until 12 noon, starting from Monday 26th July. Come along to St Mary's Church, Winterborne Stickland, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with a slice of cake while you chat. If you would like to join the rota of helpers please contact Philippa Smith on 07979 241938

Pamela Hambro Hall 100 Club Results July August 1st 152 Kevin Oakley 171 Mr Westby 2nd 184 Mrs A D'Silva 177 Mr B Harlock 3rd 186 Sue Eggar 123 John Jeffery News from the Hall The AGM was held as planned on July 12th. We are now a small band of just nine volunteers as our numbers have been shrinking, so if there is anyone who would like to come and join us to help manage this resource for our local community it would be appreciated. Please contact me for a chat if you might be interested. Since Jilly has moved away, we now have several vacancies during the day and evenings for hiring the hall. You may remember that we are limited to providing services to our local community, so it needs to be for our own community – we cannot let the hall for a party for people from Blandford, for example! Please contact Hazel Lappin (880969) if you might be interested. We had a long discussion about the car park at the hall. Despite the articles in previous editions of the Valley News we have still had a number of people leaving their cars at the hall when not involved in any hall activity. As previously explained, we need to stop this as 4

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice As I write I am preparing to go away for a few nights on retreat. I do this once a year and this time I will return to a place I stayed a few years ago. A hermitage set in some woods, a time of solitude, for prayer, writing, reading and resting. I recognise it’s a privilege that I am able to have these days each year and that it’s an expectation from the Bishop that I should do so.

and every morning it ended with him having to make a run for it to make it on time. The biggest reason for their delay was that his youngest son Joseph just couldn’t hurry. He walked slowly, enjoying every fallen leaf, every odd shaped rock along the way. No matter what his Dad tried, he couldn’t get Joseph to walk faster. Mark was frustrated by this, but so was Joseph. He expressed that frustration by starting a new club: Slow Club. The one rule of slow club was that you couldn’t hurry, you had to do everything slowly. After much nagging, Joseph finally persuaded Mark to become a member, for just one day. But that one day of not hurrying, of taking the time to enjoy your surroundings, to wonder at little marvellous surprises like squirrels and flowers, that one day showed Mark his son had something that he himself had lost: the ability to wonder. Our soul is in constant wonder and wants to slow down and appreciate all that we see, feel, hear and taste. It wants us to slow down and enjoy what’s happening around us and in us. It wants us to wonder. If we keep hurrying, keep doing, keep being busy, we lose that sense of wonder. We lose the deep peace and satisfaction that wonder can bring. Ultimately, we lose the connection with our soul, with who we are and with God. There’s nothing wrong with working hard. God has given us all gifts and talents and he enjoys it when we use those. But he doesn’t want us keep running without ever taking a break. He doesn’t want us to be so busy doing, that we never have time to just be. God wants us to wonder. It’s God who has created our souls with that very longing. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver’s ‘Instructions for living a life’: “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” With prayers for all who live in this area. Rev’d Lewis Pearson, Rector revlewispearson@gmail.com 01258 880482

But slowing down is hard and it’s definitely scary. Because slowing down not only brings us wonder, joy and enjoyment, it also gives us time to think, to re-connect with how we are feeling. Many of us have become very good at suppressing our real thoughts and feelings by keeping going, by working and above all not stopping. Well, slowing down means we do stop and take notice of how we are feeling, what we are feeling. And that can be quite scary. The writer Mark Yaconelli shared a wonderful story about his son. Every morning Mark tried to get his two sons ready for school

AUGUST SERVICES 9.00am Winterborne Whitechurch Communion 10.30am Winterborne Stickland Communion with Live Stream to Zoom Sunday 8th August 9.00am Milton Abbas Communion 10.30am Winterborne Clenston BCP 4.30pm Winterborne Houghton Outdoor Service in Churchyard Sunday 15th August 9.00am Winterborne Stickland Book of Common Prayer Communion with Livestream to Zoom 10.30am Winterborne Whitechurch Communion Sunday 22nd August 9.00am Turnworth Communion 10.30am Milton Abbas Communion Sunday 29th August 10.30am St. Catherine’s Chapel 6.00pm Winterborne Clenston Taize Service in the Churchyard Midweek Prayer : Our normal pattern of midweek prayer takes a pause in August and will return in September Sunday 1st August

meant, for gentlemen of the road, there was a vicar (or wife!) with free food living not far away. Life became easier when we moved to Dorset so she could spend a time designing a garden at the Old Mill in Spetisbury, which we used to open to the public regularly through the NGS. Apart from 10 years as Rector in Dorchester we have lived, and worked, from our own home. I worked for 2 years with the Archbishops' Council on Evangelism for doing research into the way small groups function, then 2 years as Administrator with the Poole Festival hiring (& filling!) the newly opened Arts Centre, followed by another 2 years as secretary with the Churches Together in Britain. Much of that time I was a sort of "stop gap" in many parishes in the deanery until becoming part time Rector in the Tarrant Valley. I am now the longest clerical inhabitant in Blandford Deanery! GROWING All Christians need to grow in faith. Growing means changing, whereas lots of us get stuck in a rut, and church can easily become a boring formality. "Faith is a journey of discovery" said a wise RC priest. So what have I discovered over these 60 years? Many things, but some of them proved to be dead ends! Continued on page 19

60 YEARS of Ministry On Trinity Sunday 1955, having been a Christian for about a year, I was in Holy Trinity, Loughborough. Basil Williams, the Vicar, was giving out the notices, announcing that the collection would be given to support ordination candidates. God tapped me on the shoulder and said in effect, "That includes you!" I eventually obtained a BSc degree. I went to a theological college for two years. I was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1961 in Southwell Minster by Bp Russell Barry. Deacons are given authority to read the gospel, and was presented with a copy of the New Testament with authority to preach the same. That is just what I hope I have been doing for 60 years in a way that makes sense in our scientific age. MARGARET I could not have done this ministry without Margaret's support. She has had to bear the brunt of bringing up our 4 children. In Bramcote we used to have meetings in the Vicarage for young people every Sunday night, Bible Study and Prayer on Mondays, and Young Wives or other meetings occasionally. On top of that there was a spire visible from the A52, & that 6

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Milton Abbas Local History Group is back! Hopefully with a bang! Actually, we never went away - our meetings have continued, our research has gained pace, and new members have joined. Now it's time to meet in person again! YIPPEE! Our new exhibition will take place in the Reading Rooms and the south aisle of St James church, Milton Abbas on Saturday 28th to Monday 30th August. We are calling it "The times they wuz a'changin' - Milton Abbas then and now". Put the date in your diary, and come along and discuss Milton Abbas then and now over a cup of tea (and cake, of course!). We have much to show our visitors with artefacts and lots of new information on the life of the people in a rural Dorset village during the Georgian period. It has been exciting to research the lives of ordinary people when great changes were taking place in society, and, in addition, Milton Abbas had to deal with its own upheavals. A huge thank you to our research team who have made this possible. We hope that it will be just as exciting for our visitors. Certainly, we have learned a lot, and we would just love to share it with you. We are telling the stories of the families who prospered and those who did not. We have also been researching what people wore, the churching of women, the school, sanitation and lots more. From the House of Lords to the poor house - we have it covered. And we will be displaying the postcards of Milton Abbas that show the changes that have taken place in the last century.

Spam texts Texting remains one of the most popular ways to keep in touch. So it's no surprise that firms are increasingly choosing to market their products by text. But no-one wants to have their mobile phone bombarded with spam texts advertising products and services they don't want. This guide explains more about spam texts and how to stop them. A spam text is a text message sent to a mobile phone marketing a particular product or service. These texts can have many purposes. For example: Claims management – these mainly concern personal injury claims and claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). Debt management – these messages offer various types of debt management services. Organisations send these texts to generate ‘leads' which they then sell on to firms who offer the service provided in the message. In the case of personal injury claims, the leads would essentially be a list of people interested in claiming compensation for a personal injury. This list is then sold on to a firm which manages personal injury claims. It will contact the people on the list and offer them its services in dealing with possible claims. It is against the law for anyone to send you spam texts unless you have previously given them permission. However, if there is an existing customer relationship between you and the sender, it can send you spam text messages about similar products and services, as long as you are given the ability to opt out of receiving such messages. The law does not cover messages sent to business numbers. If you receive a text message from a sender you are familiar with, or from a shortcode (a shortcode is usually 5 digits long but can be up to 8), reply ‘STOP' to the telephone number or short code shown in the text message. This will inform the sender that you no longer wish to receive their text messages. However, if the text message is from an unknown sender, or from a sender you are not familiar with, we recommend you don't reply. Responding to the text will confirm that your number is active and might actually result in you receiving more messages, or even voice calls. Instead, you may report the text to your network operator. To report a spam text forward the text to 7726. You may get an automated response thanking you for the report and giving you further instructions if needed. You will not be charged for sending texts to 7726. An easy way to remember ‘7726' is that they are the numbers on your telephone keypad that spell out the word ‘SPAM'. Why complain? Continued on page 10

Do You Know What A Ghost Broker is? Just 15% of people have heard of a ‘ghost broker’. Do you know what one is? Have you ever heard of a ‘ghost broker’? No, we are not talking about things that go bump in the night – this is a lot scarier. ‘Ghost brokers’ are fraudsters who sell fake or invalid car insurance policies. Victims are sold fake insurance documents for a policy that does not exist, or for a genuine policy that has been set up using false details to lower the price of the premium. How do ‘ghost brokers’ operate? Fraudsters lure victims in with the offer of cheaper insurance premiums, usually via social media or by word-of-mouth. These individuals or groups pose as middlemen for well-known insurance companies, claiming they can offer you legitimate car insurance at a significantly cheaper price. This type of fraud is typically carried out either by forging insurance documents, falsifying your details to bring the price down, or by taking out a genuine policy for you but cancelling it soon after. Often, the victim is not aware that they have been scammed until they are involved in an accident and try to claim on the policy. Who do ‘ghost brokers’ target? ‘Ghost brokers’ tend to target vulnerable communities, including members of non-English speaking communities who may not have full knowledge of UK insurance and laws, as well as young people looking for cheaper insurance deals. Last year, Action Fraud received 694 reports of ‘ghost broking’, with almost a third (29%) coming from victims aged 17-29. The reported losses for these victims alone totalled £113,500, with each individual losing an average of £559. Figures also indicate that over half (58%) of all reports in 2020 were submitted by men. What could happen if I drive without valid insurance? As policies sold by ‘ghost brokers’ are either invalid, non-existent or fraudulent, this means that the driver is technically uninsured, meaning that you could face: £300 fixed penalty notice Six points on driving licence Vehicle being seized and crushed How can I protect myself from ‘ghost brokers’? There are simple steps that you can take to spot the signs of these scams and avoid being taking for a ride by ‘ghost brokers’: ‘Ghost brokers’ often advertise and communicate via social media, online forums and messaging apps. If a broker is only using a mobile phone or email as a way of contact, this can be a sign of this type of 8

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Continued from Page 8 Your complaint can provide real benefits, both for you as an individual and for consumers generally. This is because complaints play a vital role in helping regulators tackle the companies responsible for nuisance calls and messages. Without your complaints, regulators would find it much harder to identify and take action against those responsible. Although complaining may not put a complete or immediate stop to all your nuisance calls or messages, it does help regulators take more targeted action in this area. Making a complaint is simple. You can do it online, by phone or by post, and it can take as little as 5 minutes. How can I complain? The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for enforcing the rules on spam texts. If you are unhappy about receiving such texts, or continue to receive them after informing the relevant company to stop, you should complain to the ICO. The ICO has powers to investigate any suspected breaches of the regulations, and take enforcement action against any organisation breaching the rules. You can complain to the ICO by: ringing their helpline 0303 123 1113 visiting ICO website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/nuisance-calls-andmessages/spam-texts-and-nuisance-calls/ post: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Owners of John Deere Starfire 6000 systems just to make you aware there is a new software version available. The new software enables the use of pin code protection to help secure these units. All newly supplied by dealer Starfire 6000 units will come with the software update. The update renders the system useless without the pin protection. So please if you have the SF6000 system do enable the pin protection on it. John Deere America have also released a video of how to protect your Starfire 6000. youtube.com/watch?v=3YPnCcTEQ1g Please contact your local John Deere dealer if you have any doubts and they will be able to help and advise you about the best way to update this software. They will also be able to supply a lockable bracket and pin protected sticker to reduce the chances of this being stolen. For all other systems please follow these steps to help secure your units: Remove all GPS guidance receivers, aerials or antenna globe when not in use and keep them locked away in secure locked place when possible. Consider fitting security tethers or brackets to stop units being removed. Consider marking screens and GP receivers with UV Marking solutions such as : https://www.datatag.co.uk/gps-survey.php and if you are an NFU Member you are eligible for a discount on the purchase of these kits. More information on this can be found here: https://www.nfuonline.com/membership/nfu-member-rewards/nfusecurity-discounts/save-over-15-on-the-new-gps-security-markingsystem-from-datatag/ Consider marking these with UV pen or engraving your postcode or forensic marking such as Datatag are all options to consider. Machines fitted and registered with certain security markings are 4 times less likely to be stolen and our 6 times more likely to be recovered if they are stolen. We can supply free of charge UV marking kits to members of Farm watch which can be used to mark these pieces of equipment. If you are a member of Farm watch please send us an email to ruralcrimeteam@dorset.pnn.police.uk with your name, address including postcode and the quantity you require and we will post these out to you. Store machinery inside locked barns if possible. Where locking machines away isn’t an option consider fitting mains or battery operated alarms to outbuildings or around the perimeter of areas where machines are stored. If you are considering fitting CCTV then please consider fitting this as well as alarms as part of a system. CCTV cannot be relied on fully as this won’t alert you at the time that you have intruders. CCTV and intruder alarms will deter most thieves but make sure they are checked regularly to ensure they will work when you need them and they are placed in a position that won’t be triggered by animals or foliage moving in the wind. Record machinery serial numbers and photographs for reference. This will help police should they be stolen with press releases and social media appeals furthering the chances of the items being recovered. Encourage farm staff to be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour or vehicles to the police. We don't know unless you tell us! Please contact Dorset Police by: Calling 101 Calling 999 for a crime in progress. Visit our website at www.dorset.police.uk Sending an email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk If you wish to remain anonymous please contact Crimestoppers Rural Crime Reporting Line by calling 0800 783 0137 or visiting http://www.ruralcrimereportingline.uk. More crime prevention advice can be found here: https://www.dorset.police.uk/ruralcrime If you would like a visit to your farm, smallholding or other rural business from the Rural Crime Team or for further crime prevention advice please send an email to the team at ruralcrimeteam@dorset.pnn.police.uk

Events Extra Artsreach Open Air Event 'The Cameraman - he’s got you framed!' Bash Street Theatre Friday 13th Aug • 7.30pm • Ibberton & Belchalwell Village Hall 6pm BBQ/Bar • Tickets £10, U18s £6, Family ticket £30 More info: artsreach.co.uk/event/cameraman-bash-street or phone 01258 817269 ~~~~~~~~ More than a Movie presents A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (PG) Friday 10th Sep • 7.30pm • Milborne St Andrew Village Hall Tickets £5 includes drink or ice cream • Bar opens 7pm

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they felt something wasn’t quite right at the time. This campaign aims to raise awareness of the tactics scammers use and encourages people to ‘stop and think’ if something doesn’t FEEL, SEEM, LOOK or SOUND right. This allows them time to trust your gut instinct and help prevent becoming a scam victim. “Everyone likes to feel special. But watch out! If a stranger is going out of their way for you, something fishy may be going on instead. Scammers like to offer one-off deals and favours. Don’t be afraid to tell them no.” John Hayward-Cripps, CEO of Neighbourhood Watch Network How can you support this campaign? LEARN: Visit our scams website pages to learn more about common scams, preventing scams, reporting scams, supporting victims and a scams campaign toolkit. https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/protectfromfraud SHARE: Follow us on our Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / LinkedIn channels and share our posts http://www.facebook.com/ourwatch https://twitter.com/N_watch https://www.instagram.com/neighbourhood.watch.insta/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/neighbourhood-watch/ JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Join us for an online talk (details below) ONLINE TALKS We are delivering a series of scams awareness online talks in partnership with the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), the National Trading Standards Scams Team (NTSST) and Avast. Anyone can attend, but we are now running waiting lists only for all the webinars apart from one! We ran an online talk on ‘Exploring the psychology behind scams and how scammers are so effective at their crimes’. It was so popular we have decided to re-run it on 27th July, 5pm. Visit https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/webinars to book your place. Please note – this event will not be recorded.

Farm and Horse Watch Signs If you have old, broken or faded Farm or Horse watch signs and you would like to replace them or you would like a sign, please send the team an email to RuralCrimeTeam@dorset.pnn.police.uk with your name, full address including postcode and the quantity of signs required and whether you’d like Farm or Horse watch signs and a member of the team will send these out via the post to you. Maximum of 4 signs per address.

The Valley Gardening Club At the time of the Valley News going to print, we are trying to work work out whether the Summer Show will be a virtual one or be held at the Pamela Hambro Hall. For the latest news about the show and the club, please visit our web site at https://sites.google.com/view/valleygardeningclub

Sling Your Hook Campaign Launched We [Neigbourhood Watch] are excited to tell you more about our SLING YOUR HOOK campaign running throughout July to help tackle scams WHY ‘SLING YOUR HOOK’? The campaign taps into the psychology that scammers use to hook people in, helping you stay one step ahead and protect yourself and your loved ones against the increasing variety of scams happening every day. We’ve identified the following five behaviours scammers commonly use: They imply they’re doing you a favour (reciprocity) They indicate everyone else is doing this (social proof) They say your only chance is to act now (urgency) They act like they’re similar to you, so you like them and want to please them (connection) They ask you to do one little thing which makes you do more (commitment). We also know that often victims of scams report that in hindsight

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CRYPTIC Across 1. Artist’s president was queen’s lover (8) 6. Specialised cleaner caught in corridor marching backwards (6) 9. Work both ways for counterpart (4) 10. Bruno Tonioli, say, consumed Mediterranean style (10) 11. Hello sailor from Shanghai (6) 12. Wonderful software problem resists remedies (8) 13. Bill fifth worker before long time privileges (10) 15. Band when in quiet (4) 16. Electronic go weapon (4) 18. Exodus accompanying backward boy around undressed (10) 20. Spread it mixing it shuffled (8) 22. Bad actor reversing old hat is a keeper (6) 23. Anti-cholesterol holding love, hesitate before youth, say, envelops (10) 24. Sound like mixed up school (4) 25. Jones, for example, in northernmost state. Suitable attire. (6) 26. Unruly mice in bad pens give sample (8)

Down 2. Used computer program was untrue (7) 3. Raise forward article shorthand for scandal (9) 4. Consider changing 100 for hot intimate (5) 5. The grandee’s sins unfortunately overlooked with this condition? (15) 6. Grass around sprite, very backwards, brought back (9) 7. Youngster caught sapper (5) 8. Produces unacceptable places (7) 14. Inhabitants of Folkestone curiously losing two points and gaining an opposite one (9) 15. Fashionable watering hole next to slum where love exchanged for one food item. 17. Mayflower content found in larkspur it analysed (7) 19. Allium montage without even former graduates (7) 21. Bury Italian football team (5) 22. Always in order, weather permitting (5) CONCISE Across 1. Admirable (8)

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Continued from Page 6 Those mentioned below are the important ones. 1) The church is very much bigger than I used to think. It embraces a huge variety of people. Rigid catholics, awkward evangelicals, a few godly souls, a vast number of imperfect sinners, as well as people who are still searching or feel lost, but frequently get frightened off by over-enthusiastic evangelism. My emphasis has always been to encourage the laity to minister. We had Lay Pastoral Assts in Nottingham and Dorchester long before dioceses even thought of them. Churches cannot survive, let alone grow, without the active cooperation of people like you. Many clergy find it hard to accept lay ministry, in spite of the fact Jesus himself worked, with 12 apostles & 70 disciples. New Wine (not the whole C of E) to which some churches are attached has decided to think about having new churches led by lay people which has been happening on foreign mission fields for many years! This suggestion has produced a very negative reaction from traditionalists. The C of E often gets, & sometimes deserves, a very bad press by the way we, including the clergy, carry on. a) Stop trying to get everybody to agree about everything - allow people to differ!You may have grave doubts about bits of the creed. Being a Christian does not mean signing up to a list of doctrines. You may be wishing you could move on from sitting on the doubters' fence. What actually matters is following a Christ who is very much alive!. That is not easy and all of us fail frequently! b) Demonstrate we follow Jesus by the way we care and love people, without taking advantage of them. We need to change our ways. "What we are speaks so loud that people cannot hear what we are saying." 2) The Bible is the main way God speaks to us, but it is a rather confusing library. Bits I cannot understand. Other bits which I wish I did not understand!. Bits I like. Bits I do not like:! It seems to contradict itself - just as science often does! Scientists still say that light is a wave, but also a particle. Quantum Theory deals with the minute particles & Relativity deals with space and time - but even now these theories cannot yet be reconciled. 3) What is truth? That is very complicated, Truth can never be fully understood or put into words or formulae. No more can God!" The first Christians spent centuries looking for the right words to describe the truth about Jesus. They were rigid and intolerant of those who disagreed. Intolerance is still flourishing in the church, although we do not torture or burn people who do not tow our party line. Many people are made to feel unwelcome or rejected because of our attitudes. 4) GOD The person that really matters if you are a Christian is Jesus. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever." (Hebrews 13 8) Does that mean Jesus is locked into the past for ever? His attitude to people was remarkably open. He treated people (apart from pious humbugs) with respect and love. He went out of his way to heal those who were ill, and forgave people who had made a mess of their lives. The church is catching up with him in the way that we treat those who do not fit into the norms of society. It has changed its mind over such controversial matters as sex, divorce & remarriage. For Jesus people are always more important than rules. God, according to the OT, actually changes his mind! He reveals himself to Moses as "I AM THAT I AM" (Exodus 3 14) which according to the late Rabbi Sacks could well be translated "I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE". So God is apparently influenced by prayer, but not always in the way we want! I am not in favour of pestering God. but he does love to cooperate with us, and pays attention when ordinary people pray. He became human himself in Jesus, so now he has personal experience of what it means to be human. I think God makes discoveries as a result of having been one of us. The idea that God is unchangeable may be Greek philosophy - but not Biblical theology. If you follow Jesus your faith needs to grow. and that means being open to new thinking, learning, and then praying and being prepared to change, hopefully for the better! Do come and join us as we endeavour to grow together. Jimmy Hamilton-Brown

Greetings from Corfe Mullen! We hope all our friends are well and have survived the last year and a half of difficulties and sadness. We are both okay but have realised our advancing years have brought various health issues to the fore. Along with a torn leg ligament, now thankfully healed, and which disabled me for some long weeks, I now have kidney and heart problems, and collecting more medication on the way! Des is okay but at last has made an appointment to see his doctor about various health issues. Both now feeling age is catching up with us! Because of various health issues, I haven't done much in the garden this year, apart from weeding and tidying up! But at least the greenhouse is bulging with tomato plants etc. And our strawberry patch has been amazing this year! One of the biggest sadness this year has been that after 65 years of owning horses, I've had to give up - I had my first pony when I was 10 but because of ill health, realised that I could not look after Skye as well as I had, so he is now living at the Margaret Green Animal Sanctuary at Church Knowle near Corfe Castle- an absolutely amazing place, full of love and care. He loves it there and has made plenty of new friends, and I can go and see him any time I wish. He is 28 now and will live out his days there although he is fitter than I am!

My riding days are well and truly over but I have so many wonderful memories of riding Skye and my other ponies in the fields and beautiful woods in and around Stickland - precious memories I shall treasure forever. Take care of yourselves and goodbye till next time! Heather Sims

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