Advertizer - Issue 177 - June 2009 (Gryffe)

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Watch this park! Howwood Fete Day
The Langbank Swingpark Saturday 20th June in the grounds
Regeneration (LSR) team are of Howwood Primary School at
pleased to announce that we 1pm. Plenty of fun for all the
have purchased new benches family - come and join in! Great
and picnic tables for the park rafﬂ e prizes - including £100
with the funding from the Local voucher for Xscape, a meal for two
Area Committee (LAC) funds. at Howwood Inn, a meal for two at
The benches and tables will be Bowﬁ eld, and many more.
installed by end of June 2009.
We are also delighted to
Glasgow Wind Band
announce that we’ve been
awarded £10k from the Awards
Concert
4 All funds towards phrase one
The excellent Glasgow Wind Band
of the park development.
is back by popular demand. The
The LSR AGM is being held on
band, conducted by Kevin Price,
Saturday 30th May, 10-11am in
will play a selection of popular
the church hall. All interested
music on Friday 12th June in
parties are welcome.
Howwood Parish Church at 7.30pm.
Tickets £5.50 (£4.50 conc.),
You can e-mail us on
available from any Community
LBSwingparkregeneration@
Councillor, the Band, or from the
hotmail.com
Post Ofﬁ ce, Howwood.
quarriers
Planting Bulbs
bishopton
Howwood Community Council
want your input to nominate
an area of the village for bulb
Playpark Project - Quarriers Village
planting later in the year. You
Thank You Very Much to all those who came along and
Bishopton Prepares for
could even join in and get
contributed to the £855.40 raised at the Garden Party on
planting yourself!
Sunday May 10th. Everyone had great fun and the weather
Annual Gala Week
Email any suggestions to dawn.
was kind. Special mention goes to the young entrepreneur
michael@rocketmail.com or
who made £20 by making and selling bracelets. Well
Events through the week:
andrew@howwood.com. You can
done! All week: Bishopton Art Group holds an
also drop your ideas into the
Thanks are due to Chris Vine for driving his train miles and
exhibition throughout the week within suggestion box in the Post Ofﬁ ce
miles with barely a break. The children loved it. Thanks
the village library during normal opening or the HCC stall at the Fete.
hours.
also to Will of Mia’s Bouncies for bringing out a selection
of his bouncy stuff!!
Sunday 14th June: ‘Murder Mystery Tea Dance’ - between 2 and 4pm, Bishopton
Community Centre. Entry only £2 including afternoon tea.
We have been very successful with our fundraising to date,
with contributions coming from Inverclyde Council (£30K
Tuesday 16th June: Children’s Magic Show - 6.30pm, Bishopton Community
in total), Quarriers Charity (£5K), Clyde Building Group
Centre. Admission only £1 includes a bag of sweets.
(£5K), Awards for All (£10K) and Kilmacolm Community
Wednesday 17th June: Fun Run - Bishopton Community Centre. Registration
Council (£500). Thank you all for your support. Adding all
5.45pm. Mini-fun run for toddlers starts 6pm, everyone else starts at 6.30pm
of this to funds held, and donations already received, we
This year the Fun Run will follow the new route avoiding main roads. Children
now have nearly £59K pledged or banked. We have started
and adults are welcome to come along in fancy dress to add to the festival
a competitive tender process with three companies with
atmosphere. There is a nominal entrance fee of 50p. Winners will receive their
a brief based on our “wish list”. We may not have enough
prizes on Saturday 20th June at the annual village fete.
funds for all of the items on our list, so will make a Saturday 20th June: Bishopton Gala Day starts at 12noon with the Grand
judgement as to which items to omit or replace.
Parade leaving Bishopton Primary School, Old Greenock Road. Parade theme
It is not too late to make a contribution to help. Simply
is ‘Homecoming Scotland’. Pram Parade - same theme - participants can join
make cheques payable to “Quarriers Village Council” and
the main parade at the school or at the Community Centre. Prizes for the best
ﬂ oats and best decorated prams. Fancy dress optional for everyone.
pass to any QVC committee member (some addresses
below).
Gala Day: Ofﬁ cial opening 12.45pm by Bishopton Princess Emily MacLeod.
Entertainment includes: show jumping display by Ingliston Equestrian Centre,
Sue Bomphray (Chair), 10 Craigends Ave; Alison Brodlie
dog agility display by the Gleniffer Dog Agility Club, music from Kilbarchan Pipe
(Secretary), 13 School Wynde; Bruce Niven, (Treasurer),
Band, children’s races and dancing by a Cheerleaders troupe. Live bands and a
16 Craigbet Ave; Christine Haddock, 37 Laurel Way, The knobbly knees competition on stage. Wrestling display by the Scottish Wrestling
Grange; Louise Welsh, 7 Gotter Bank. Alliance, an Antiques Road-show, Shetland ponies, themed bouncy castles, 50ft
obstacle course, wrecking ball, burgers, basketball, a magician, hockey, beat
the goalie, tombola, balloons, charity stalls, ice cream, beer tent, chocolate
Church in Quarriers Village
fountain, candy ﬂ oss, plus lots more.
The Mount Zion Fellowship is still alive and well and
Bishopton Week’s chosen charities, CHAS and Dreamﬂ ights will be presented
worshipping every Sunday Morning in Bethesda. During
with donation cheques. It promises to be fun for all the family. Admission to
the summer months some of our ladies provide Sunday
Bishopton Gala Day is £1 per adult. Children under 16 are admitted free.
Afternoon Teas between 2.30pm and 4pm, also in Bethesda.
Eddie Breen, Chairman of Bishopton Week Group said,
This is popular with both local, ‘regulars’ and occasional “Bishopton Week is a celebration of the community spirit that we all enjoy.
visitors to the village.
I hope that as many people as possible will take part in some or all of the
We serve tea, coffee and a plate of home baking for a
planned activities. We are always on the lookout for volunteers and if you want
modest price! Why don’t you come along and join us one
to help please email me at bishopton-day@hotmail.co.uk
Sunday? We look forward to seeing you.
We also have a website www.bishoptonday.com and more information about
our village fete can be found there.”
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