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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR EVENTS FNHC FUNDING SHORTFALL LINDENGATE CENSUS 2021 IAIN WANSTALL - LEGAL INSIGHTS HS2 - UPDATE LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS FORUM HS2 AND ME WENDOVER HS2 - MITIGATION GROUP CLUB CORNER TRIBUTE: MARLENE FIRMIN YOUTH MY FUTURE SELF CLIMATE ACTION WENDOVER LITTER IN WENDOVER SWIRE RIDGEWAY ARTS PRIZE TRIBUTE:COLIN PLANT RAF HALTON EVENTS TABLES LOCAL FACE: GRAHAM EVANS MATTERS ARISING
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Wendover Music AGM - POSTPONED
The Society's AGM is Tuesday 2 March at 7.15pm and will be held online. The monthly meeting, BBOWT Talk featuring speaker Timothy Walker discussing How Tue 16, 7.45pm, online to be a 21st Century Gardener, will follow at 8pm. Chiltern Butterflies. A link costs £4 and is easy to book by 15 March at www.bbowt.org/events. All Details from www.e-voice.org.uk/kehs/. local reserves are open currently except College Lake - please check on the BBOWT website for World Book Day more news of when facilities there will be back Thu 4 World Book Day makes sure every child in the UK on stream and when volunteering is restarting. & Ireland has a book of their very own and will continue to work with schools and nurseries to Coming Soon - Save the Date! distribute the £1 book tokens. The token will also • Pace Big Walk - Sat 24 April be on McDonald’s Happy Meal boxes through • Tour de Rennie Grove - Sat 12 June • Thames Path Mighty Hike for Macmillan Cancer March, and in some children’s magazines. - Sat 17 July Cholesbury-cum-St-Leonards History Group • Rennie Grove Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge - Sun 12 Sep • Friends of Wendover Library Golf Day - Thu 7 Oct Fri 5, 8pm, online British Second World War Artists. Ann Danks • Virtual Herts 10K and Half Marathon - Sun 10 Oct is an art historian and archivist at the Stanley Spencer Gallery. Meetings by video conference, Easter details from Richard Leat 01494 758784. Visitors Sun 4 April At the time of publication it is very difficult to welcome. predict whether church services will take place at St Mary’s Church during Holy Week and Easter. Wendover WI Please look at the St Mary's website for details Wed 10, 6.30pm, online A cookery demonstration of a dinner party dish of all the services online and in person. www. by Peter Lien. If you would like to participate and stmaryswendover.org
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