Community Information - Friday 14 August 2009

(1) Loggerheads Parish Festival FUN Vegetable Show Saturday 12 September 2009 – At Hugo Meynell Primary School
(2) Ashely, Loggerheads, Tyrley & Mucklestone - Horse Show - Sunday 13 September 2009
(3) Loggerheads Festival Fun Dog Show - Sunday 13th September 2009
(4) Cream Tea - Ashley Garden Guild - Saturday 15 August
(5) GARDENER WANTED - 3 HRS PER WEEK - general gardening
(6) The July 2009 Vortex Windfall prize draw
(7) AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY CHARITY WEEKEND
(8) Do you have any info and or photos about the Loggerheads Pub and the history of it etc?
(9) A young man has visited rural properties in a small red pickup/ van
(10) Maer, Aston & Chorlton Community Group Newsletter
(11) 2 latest SCAM
(12) Ragwort alert
(13) Market Drayton U3A - London Weekend
(14) Blore Heath 2009 Download colour poster
(15) Wilkins Pleck Garden Open Day in support of Maer Hills protection Group - Sunday 23 August
(16) Community Lunch Sunday 13 September
(17) Park Hill Farm - Bank Holiday Monday 31 August and Sunday 20 September

Loggerheads Parish Festival FUN Vegetable Show Saturday 12 September 2009 – At Hugo Meynell Primary School

VEGETABLES Judges : Members of Loggerheads Allotment Association

OPEN CLASS – Entry Fee 30p per class to a maximum of £1.50. Prizes 1st and 2nd place – a certificate. ( Including HEAVYWEIGHTS).

1. 5 Potatoes, same colour, of any-shape.
2. 6 Runner Beans - stalks attached.
3. 6 Dwarf Beans - stalks attached.
4. 6 Pods of Peas
5. 3 Onions
6. 3 Carrots, with tops
7. 2 Sweetcorn.
8. 3 Parsnips, with tops
9. 3 Beetroot, globe or cylindrical, tops trimmed.
10. 3 Tomatoes, large or medium
11. 9 Tomatoes, small fruited, " Cherry " cultivars.
12. 1 Cabbage
13. 1 Vegetable Marrow
14. 1 Cucumber grown under glass
15. A pair of Courgettes
16. A pair of Vegetables not mentioned in the schedule.

HEAVYWEIGHTS

These exhibits will be publicly weighed or measured during the afternoon of the Show.
All exhibits must be clean.

17 1 Longest Runner Bean
18 1 longest Cucumber
19 1 Heaviest Onion - shown as grown.
20 1 Heaviest Potato
21 1 Heaviest Marrow

CHILDREN’S CLASS – under 16 years old – Fee 10p per entry. Prizes 1st and 2nd place – a certificate

FUN CLASS

22 The most unusual shaped vegetable
23 The ugliest vegetable
24 The most exotic vegetable
25 The funniest vegetable.
26 Make an animal using vegetables
27 Make a face using vegetables

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Loggerheads Festival Fun Dog Show
13th September 2009
On the Church Green, Ashley
Show opens 11:30 am
Classes include: Puppy, Junior, Adult, Veteran, Scruffs, Best in Show, Young Handler, Condition, plus Novelty
Judging by Terry Williams of Tariya’s Mastiffs
All dogs welcome – Many prizes

Ashely, Loggerheads, Tyrley & Mucklestone - Horse Show

Sunday 13 September 2009

By kind permission of Mr & Mrs Platt

To be held at

Ashley Village Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 4LF
Follow the signs from the A53
Between Black brook and Loggerheads

Show Secretary
Mrs Samantha Wallbanks Tel: 07719943995

Refreshments available / Trade stands / Photographer

2010 Winter MARC Qualifiers
2010 Eccleshall Show Retrained Race Horse Qualifier
Rosettes, Trophies
In hand Champion Sashes & Ridden Champion Sashes
Show Champion Sashes & Sponsored Prizes

Cream Tea - Ashley Garden Guild - Sat 15 August

Ashley Garden Guild are raising funds with a Cream Tea at
32 Mucklestone Road, Loggerheads on Sat 15 August from 2 to 5pm.
Admission £3 including cream tea. Also stalls, cakes etc.

GARDENER WANTED - 3 HRS PER WEEK - general gardening

Please email info@loggerheads.eu

Karen Malking drew the winning numbers on 25th July 2009 at Woore post office.

Mr Bicknell was first, with number 110, winning £150
Second, was Mrs Mitchell with number 198, winning £75
Third, were Mr and Mrs Firth with number 57, winning £50

Do you have any info and or photos about the Loggerheads Pub and the history of it etc?

A website is being designed and would like to include a bit of history

Please email info@loggerheads.eu

A young man has visited rural properties in a small red pickup/ van

He is allegedly looking to buy scrap metal but his behaviour suggests other motives
Please look out and hopefully get a registration number

Maer, Aston & Chorlton Community Group Newsletter

Please find attached the second edition of our newsletter. Please feel free to pass on to anyone you feel should want a copy.

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SCAM - from the BT Broadband Team

High Risk Friday 31 July 2009

Problem: Consumers are receiving emails allegedly from the BT Broadband Team. The consumer is then directed to a website where they are asked to update their billing information and details.

Possible Action: This is a scam. Do not reply to unsolicited emails and do not supply any personal information or bank details.

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SCAM - a chap selling his artwork, door to door

We live in Loggerheads and have just been visited by a chap selling
his artwork, door to door. A quick look on the web and it seems that
identical oil paintings that the chap or his friends had supposedly
painted were available for $5.95 on the internet, on a Chinese
website, presumably produced en masse in Chinese sweat shops.
One, called Sand Hill on the website
(http://www.doupine.com/Storage/?Pageid=6&action=next) was supposedly
inspired by his girlfriend who was depicted in the picture as a
spoonful of honey, or a woman, depending which way up you viewed the
picture. What a scam.

He was charging £75.

That summer menace, ragwort, is blooming all over the country at the moment, so it is time to reiterate the importance of controlling it. As every horse owner and farmer knows, the weed contains toxins which can cause serious liver damage, bringing about debilitating or fatal consequences if eaten by horses and other grazing animals.

In the right place, and where there is no risk to animal welfare, ragwort plays an important role in the countryside; it supports a wide variety of invertebrates and is a major nectar source for many insects, but it must be controlled, especially where horses and livestock are present.

Land stewardship and animal husbandry are both huge responsibilities which are taken seriously by farmers and landowners, but it is important that the dangers posed by ragwort reach the widest possible audience.

By law, all Local Authorities and public bodies who own land must control their ragwort. Last summer, your concerns moved us to write to all Local Authorities, emphasising the importance of this issue and asking them their management policy for ragwort. We had an encouraging and positive response from Local Authorities, with many taking time to write to us again in April of this year to let us know that their spraying was underway, for which, full marks. If you feel, however, that there are landowners near you who are not tackling their ragwort, especially near livestock, by all means alert them to DEFRA's Code of Practice, which details how to recognise ragwort and how to control it.

The threat ragwort poses to animals cannot be underestimated and is something that, by law, all landowners, whether public or private, must take seriously. Read the Code of Practice on DEFRA's website.

Market Drayton U3A - London Weekend

"Long weekend in London at an amazing price. Four nights in a 4* hotel, buffet breakfasts and coach from Loggerheads. 11th December. £169. per person. Will organise theatre trips etc nearer the time. This is a great opportunity to do your Christmas shoppping, see the lights, join in the carol singing in Trafalgar Square, go to museums or see the wonderful sights and cultural venues. If interested please phone Lynn Ashburner 01630 673782 immediately as deposits of £25 are due in the next few weeks. "

Blore Heath 2009

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Wilkins Pleck Garden Open Day in support of Maer Hills protection Group - Sunday 23 August

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Community Lunch Sunday 13 September

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Park Hill Farm

Bank Holiday Monday 31 August

and

Sunday 20 September

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