3 October 2011

Next parish council meeting                                                                    

The next parish council is on Wednesday evening (5th October) at 7.30 p.m. at Ellison Boulters School.  The council is moving towards a decision on allotments, so they are on the agenda as is the important question of the Christmas Tree.   The Clarion received a record number of emails on the tree question – every one in favour, so if there is still time there is a possibility that we could get one this year.    If we can afford it.  And if councillors can agree where to put it.   And if Elf and Safety regulations can be met.  

Planning

Only one application registered last month – it is for an extension to the rear of  Mark Harris Comercials and is a retrospective application for work already completed.  You can see the application details by clicking here

Electoral forms                                                                                 

Do you remember filling and sending off  those electoral forms a couple of months ago – the ones which give you the vote?  You do?  Well you don’t need to read any more then because you’ve done your bit.    However, of our some 350 households in Scothern fifty – yes FIFTY – haven’t returned them  

It’s amazing;  it is less than a hundred years since Emily Davison died after throwing herself in front of the King’s horse at the Grand National and women were chaining themselves to railings just to get the chance of voting, and now it really is too much trouble to fill in a form and post it.

Never mind, someone will come round soon and knock on your doors to remind you and so it will be OK, you haven’t lost the suffrage yet.   Can you imagine what this costs to do this all over the country?  No wonder the national debt is around a trillion pounds.

Of course, if any of you have got the forms on the sideboard ready to send out you could save a few of those pounds by posting your form and saving the visit.  And it must be better way of getting the vote than throwing yourself under a horse!  

Police Alert

We have several police officers living in the village, and one of them has written to the Clarion telling us about the Lincolnshire Police Community Messaging System.   You can find more about it by clicking on https://www.lincolnshirealert.co.uk/  It’s a sort of electronic neighbourhood watch.   If any of you do join the system please let the Clarion know how good it is.  Maybe you could use it to tell them about the dangerous parking on

Main Street

, the chaos on

Subrooke Road

at school arrival and leaving times and the illegal right turns from

Church Street

into

Sudbrooke Road

that they seem unable to respond to.    They do say they need your input and want to listen to your issues!