The Annual General Meeting of Pencaitland Community Council takes place at 7.30pm on October 10th 2012.
This will be followed by a brief regular meeting for the appointment of office bearers.
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Last year’s AGM Minutes – AGM Agenda.
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Pencaitland Community Council exists to represent the views of local residents about local issues that matter to them. This involves close liaison with other groups in the community and helps to develop a more coherent and dynamic village environment.
Since moving to our new home on Ourlocality.org all recent and future Community Council minutes can be found online using Google Drive.
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Pencaitland Community Council Minutes 2012
Earlier minutes can be found here.
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Daz Hack, was celebrated today following a service at Melrose Crematorium. After returning to Pencaitland’s Bowling Club party-goers went onto the playing fields to release balloons to send him a message…
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A thanks from Lollipop man Bill’s daughter
It reads:
“I’m writing on behalf of Bill Wise’s family and the overwhelming response from Pencaitland.
This has been a tremendous support to us knowing that our beloved Dad also meant so much to many others. Please pass on our thanks.
My Dad used to say ‘who would be bothered when I pass away’? He would be surprised by ‘all the fuss’ for him.”
This has been the picture in the Pencaitland Community Council area for many years, with no elections ever having taken place for seats in this ward.
In all there are fifteen seats on Pencaitland’s Community Council with twelve taken up for the next session. Sadly, this means that we are under-represented.
We really want local representation for other parts of this ward including Peastonbank/Glenkinchie, New Winton, Boggs Holdings, Fountainhall and everywhere in-between. Equally, for a rural area we have no-one from the farming community nor anyone in their teens or 20s. Did you know you can be 16 and sit on the Community Council?
We are searching for new blood to join the team. We need more voices on issues which directly affect you and your local environment. If you care about local matters then take the next step – come along to your local community council and see if you’d like to become a co-opted member.
Interested? Next Steps
Want to know more? Contact the current Community Council Chair, Ralph Averbuch, on 01875 340 641 or 07920 094 923 to discuss how you can get involved. Or you can email chair@pencaitland.org.
This is your chance to represent your local community and directly affect the way it develops in the future. Come along and be part of the team.
Pencaitland Community Council represents the local community, seeking to liaise with other local bodies and East Lothian Council. This includes ten Community Council meetings a year which usually take place on the last Wednesday evening of the month.
The role involves minuting the Community Council’s ten meetings and managing and re-distributing correspondence. This is increasingly delivered via email. You can see a recent example of the Community Council’s minutes here.
In the last year the Community Council has made much greater use of the web and social media to update the local population of news and events. As well as this website, the Community Council can be found on both Facebook and Twitter. Whilst not part of the post, training will be given to any Secretary interested in this area.
If you would like to know more about what’s involved please contact the current Secretary Nicky Neighbour. Nicky steps down on the 4th of October but would be delighted to tell those interested in the post about what’s involved. She can be contacted on 01875 340 115 or by emailing secretary@pencaitland.org.
Thanks
And finally, we’d like to say a big thank you to Nicky for her many years of involvement both as a community council member and, in the last year, as our Secretary. She will be sorely missed.
Pencaitland Community Council
The funeral will be held on Monday 1 October at 10am at the Borders Crematorium in Melrose. Family flowers only, donations can be made to Marie Curie please.
Following the service, Emma invites everyone to Pencaitland Bowling Club for Daz’s After Party and refreshments.
There will be a Memory Book available at both the Crematorium and the Bowling Club for you to write a message to Emma, Aimee, Olly and family.
Daz Hack: Request
Daz chose an eco-friendly cardboard coffin and asked for everyone to have a chance to either write a message or draw a picture on it. You can do so today, Friday, until 4pm, or tomorrow, Saturday, between 9am and 5pm, at the Co-operative Funeral Care, 96-98 High Street, Tranent.
Please try and make the time to do this over the next two days, as it was one of Daz’s last wishes.
Daz requested that people wear what makes them happy, for Daz’s colleagues, the wearing of police uniform to the Service is entirely optional.
For directions:
Borders Crematorium, Melrose, TD6 9HA
Pencaitland Bowling Club 29 Vinefields, Pencaitland, EH34 5HD
Co-operative Funeral Services 96-98 High Street, Tranent, EH33 1HH
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Ormiston church packed for Bill’s funeral
If an indication were needed of how well liked Bill was, then the packed church, with people standing in every available space, spoke volumes.
A number of Pencaitlanders made it along to pay their respects as well as Bill’s large family and many friends from Ormiston, where he lived most of his life.
Would you like to see Scouting start-up in Pencaitland for young people aged 6-14? Then come to a parents’ information night at the Trevelyan Hall on Tuesday 25th September, 7.30-8.30pm.
South East Scotland Scouts will be hosting an info night for parents to find out more about Scouting and how Scouting can get started in Pencaitland. To register your interest in Scouting starting up, email development@sesscouts.org.uk.
For more info on Scouting, view this video:
http://youtu.be/WT6No8lDSBI
In just a few hours the river went from a gentle and shallow meandering stream into a swollen muddy mass of water. This has become a fairly regular occurrence in recent years leaving parts of the river pathway annually inundated and weakening the river bank.
However, it is Haddington, further downstream which is currently under threat from the swelling waters of the Tyne. Further details on the situation can be found by checking the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s updates page for the Lothians.
Having trouble viewing the video? See it on the Pencaitland channel on Youtube.