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From the Falmouth Packet, first published Wednesday 28th May 2008.

SITHNEY

ST SITHNEY CHURCH: Last Sunday morning, at the Holy Eucharist service, Rev Harry Pugh presented Mr Eric Mildren with a DVD player and recorder in recognition of his 30 years' service as churchwarden at St Sithney. Eric's predecessor, the late Fred Mildren, held this office for many years. Now we are pleased that Ron has been elected as churchwarden. Eric was very appreciative of his present and wished Ron and Lucy best wishes as churchwardens.

The Parochial Church Council of St Sithney Church, with the approval of the Bishop of St Germans, has appointed Canon Eric Mildren, Lay Canon of Truro Cathedral, as churchwarden emeritus. Eric also received a special certificate painted and framed by Lucy Matthews and signed by the Rev Pugh.

Mrs Beth Caddick has resigned as PCC secretary. Beth was unable to attend the service to receive her gift but it will be presented to her as soon as possible.

Evensong has taken place at St Sithney for as long as most people can remember. Since early May, the vicar and churchwardens have invited everyone to five o'clock tea in church on Sunday afternoons before the service. There will be no evensong this Sunday, June 1, but it will resume on Sunday, June 8.

Tea in the garden at the home of Mr and Mrs Schofield took place on Monday, despite the inclement weather. There were various stalls, raffles and cakes. Ron Mildren thanked the Schofields for their hospitality. The sum of £128 was raised for church funds.

CARLEEN

VILLAGE HALL: There will be an Antiques and Collectibles evening at the Village Hall on Saturday May 31 at 7.30pm. Bring along any interesting article and have it valued and discussed by a local expert. At a cost of £1 per item maximum of two per person. Do come along for an enjoyable evening and learn about some of the more interesting items that people have collected or have become family heirlooms.

SECRETARY: Due to family commitments our present secretary has unfortunately moved away from the area. If anyone with some secretarial skills would like to join the team please contact the chairman John Notley on 01736 762521.

COFFEE AFTERNOON: The next monthly coffee afternoon will be held on June 2, 2pm-3.30pm. Why not come along and meet old and new friends. There will be a bring and buy stall and a raffle.

QUIZ: The recently held Quiz Night proved to be a great success with many new people coming along and entering into the spirit of the evening lead by our resident Question Master Tommy Ackland. The next Quiz will be held at the Hall on June 21, 7.30pm.

PRAZE-AN-BEEBLE AND NANCEGOLLAN

CROWAN CHURCH: On Friday, 9.30am-noon, a stall event will be held on The Plan, The Square, Praze. Pop along and see what lovely hand made and home made items will be available.

STITHIANS CHOIR: Crowan Church, June 8, 7.30pm.

PRAZE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE: The next meeting will be on June 9, 7.15pm at The Institute, Fore Street, Praze .Visitors are always welcome.

PRAZE CRICKET CLUB: On May 9 the Fund Raising Committee chose the Carnival Royalty and attendants for this years Carnival, taking place on Thursday July 10. For further details please contact Geoff James on 01209 714643.

CROWAN SCHOOL: May 23 attendance - Class 5 winners again! 96.1%. Congratulations to the Golden Ticket winners - Mollie in Class 1 and Chrissy in Class 4.

Well done to all of the children who made a special effort this week to either walk or cycle for at least part of their journey to school. The local suthority has estimated that for Crowan Primary the use of cars amounted to £57 per day being spent on petrol (£10,8887 per academic year). With petrol costs, that could be significantly more now. The school's carbon footprint is below average, but still amounted to 7.1 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide last year (one tonne correlates to the volume of a 10-meter wide, 25-meter long and 2-meter deep swimming pool).

The winners of the Walk To School Week prize draw were: Jessica in Class 2 and Taz in Class 3 who chose a football, a stopwatch and some elbow and knee pads as prizes. The class with the highest percentage of walkers this week was: Class 5 with 90.6%.

All entries for the KS1 colouring competition and the KS2 poetry competition will be sent off the County Hall now for judging with the chance to win a digital camera.

Crazy Hair Day - there were some weird and wacky hairdos on show and thanks to the 50p contributions from the children, we have raised a further £42.80 to offset the cost of transporting the Year 6 children to their school camp.

This week it was the turn of the Year 6 boys and girls to take part in the local Kwik Cricket tournament. The threatened rain didn't materialise and everyone had a great time. The team won two out of its three matches but won't progress further this time around.

The school team arrived at Tregurtha Downs at 8.30am and were up at 6am to plait the manes and tails to make the ponies look nice and to have a chance of the best turned out team. Then Mr Davis walked the course with the team. All the children rode well and their behaviour and team spirit was a credit to Crowan School.

There was a steady trickle of people to the car boot sale on Saturday. Thanks to the PTFA committee for organising this event along with another successful disco on the Friday night.

PRAZE FAIR SHOW 200TH ANNIVERSARY: Photography Section - Past Praze Fair Show (not necessarily taken by the exhibitor), Harvest Time, Colours of Nature, A Glimpse of the Past, Clouds, Croust Time, Gate/Stile, Cornish Hedgerow, Vintage Vehicle, A Feature of Praze, Farm Animals, Candid Camera (may include caption).

FREEMASONS LODGE HAYLE: Hayle Masonic Hall will be open on Saturday, July 19, 10am-6pm so members of the public will be welcome to visit, tour the historic building and talk to Freemasons. As well as being an institution that encourages a moral and social probity, Freemasonry raises a considerable amount of money for charity, locally, throughout the UK and abroad.

LEEDSTOWN

CORNISH LADS: This week is your last chance to book for "Cornish Lads". It is the drama with music and song of the story of Cornish Mining, written by Cornish Songwriters, which is on at Leedstown on Saturday 31st. May at 7.30pm in the village hall. This celebrates the mining landscape of Cornwall and the Tamar Valley.

The songs and story are memorable and set mining in its worldwide context. come along and hear and be a part of this great episode in Cornish history.

Tickets are available by phone from Mrs. Ann Jenkin on 01736-850332, or by email at pellgowser@btinternet.com at £6 adults, £5 concessions, £4 children and students and £15 for a family booking of any two adults and two young people.

GARDEN FETE: Gwinear, Crowan, Godolphin Hospice Support Group for Cornwall Hospice Care, invite you to their annual garden fete on Sunday, June 15 at 2.30pm at the Garden Lady, Godolphin Hill Nursery, Trewithen Terrace, Godolphin, by kind permission of Vicky Marshall. There will be a raffle, stalls, including cakes and plants, delicious refreshments and music by Samba Celtica. Admission is free. No dogs except guide dogs. Please go along and make this an interesting and memorable afternoon.

CRAFT FAIR: This is on Saturday, May 31, from 11-3pm at Leedstown Village Hall. Admission is free. There will be a wide range of stalls from plants to books, jewellery to food and cards. Refreshments will be available, as well as tea or coffee.

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