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THE RNLI Barn Dance takes place on Friday, March 2, at 7.30 pm in Fant Community Hall. Music and calling will be done


by the popular John Sweeney. The ticket price of £10 includes


supper but you must bring your own drinks and nibbles. To book tickets and meals please contact JohnAshbolt 01622 725435 orAlan Cocks 01622 761004.


Park proms dip


COUNCIL chiefs are expecting a dip in attendance at the 2018 Proms in the Park after agreeing to intro- duce an admission fee. The Whatman Park classical


event has always been free but Maidstone BoroughCouncil claims it can no longer cover the running costs. Tickets cost £7.


Kindness year


BEARSTED vicar John Corbyn has suggested 2018 should be “Consis- tentActs of Kindness Year”. He says in the latest Bearsted and


Thurnham parish magazine that a survey suggested 90%of Britons go through a day without doing a good turn.


RNLI’s danceOUR REPUTATION


KENTISH oak trees enjoyed a spectacular acorn harvest in 2017 – helping to ensure its future as one of the county’s enduring symbols of strength and vitality. Oaks had a particularly plentiful


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‘mast’ year –when the tree fruits ex- cessively to ensure it cannot fail to procreate – but last autumn’s crop was bigger than many observers have ever seen. Tree surgeon and naturalist Theo


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McCausland, who lives near Leeds with wife Beth and their two sons, said in somewoodlands the acorns lay like carpets up to three inches deep. Father of two Mr McCausland,


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pictured right, took four 85 litre bar- rowloads of seeds away froma tree in his own garden in an effort to germinate and replant seedlings elsewhere. He added: “This was a kind of mast year many people haven’t seen before, such was the sheer volume of acorns. “Last autumnwas incredible. I’ve heardmany people talk about it.”


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other indigenous species of British tree which supports


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many forms of wildlife. He added:


“The oak is an iconic and ter- ribly impor- tant tree and themast years, which happen every four or five years, are a natural insurance policy.”


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Trust, the bounty can come at a price – Lyme disease.Aspokesman said: “It is thought that in mast years, incidences of Lyme disease across theUK could increase. “The increase in foragingmateri-


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als for smallmammals such asmice causes booms in their populations. Mice carry this tick-spread disease so themore that survive thewinter themore theywill infect the follow- ing spring.”


Acorn bounty ensures a healthy oak population


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