18 Village Voice February 2017
Melbourne’s Annual Meeting of the Parish Monday, 13th March 2017 The Melbourne Room, Melbourne Assembly Rooms 7.30pm (refreshments from 7.00pm) - All Parishioners are invited to attend -
Councillors: Mrs Margaret Sharp, Jane Carroll, Wendy Earp, Ian Casson, Nigel Collyer, George Dunnicliff, Tom Gates, Sheila Hicklin, George Hudson, Andrew Jackson, Robert Parker, David Smith, Terry Summerlin, Paul Willmore, Mick Usher
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Birthday gym ’n tonic for Dick, 80
SOME people might put their feet up on their 80th birthday – but this active soon-to-be octogenarian is doing quite the opposite with a sponsored workout at the gym to mark his new decade. Dick Carlier, of Melbourne, will be marking his birthday on the day itself, March 20, by doing an hour’s testing fitness workout at Breedon Priory Health Club – a venue which had to be changed at the last minute after the original one, Picture of Health Fitness Studio in Melbourne, suddenly shut its doors. Dick’s workout will include a 2km row to start, 10 minutes on a stepping machine, 12 sets of repetitions on different pieces of resistance equipment before a kilometre finish on the treadmill. He has set himself a target to complete the lot in an hour, which will be a “bronze” finish, with 55 minutes counting as silver and 50 minutes as gold. It’s all for a good cause, with the money raised from sponsorship destined for Melbourne Community Care and Macmillan Cancer Support. “I’ve been involved with Community Care since just after I came to Melbourne,” said Dick, an ambulance escort for the service. “And, like everybody else, we have been grateful for what Macmillan has done for friends and relatives and over the years.” A retired chartered engineer who has lived in Melbourne for 30
years, Dick has rowed and played rugby for much of his life and has always tried to get to the gym three times a week. “I was a lousy rugby player, a better referee, not a bad administrator and now I’m a glorious old fart!” he told the Village Voice. “Exercise just makes me feel good. If I don’t exercise I start to seize up. I’ve got a few aches and pains but the workout helps.” Dick is asking for sponsorship for his heroic birthday workout. Forms are available from the Community Care office and from Dick himself. You can also support him via https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/dickcarlieris80
VILLAGERS URGED TO RESPOND TO HS2 SURVEY
RESIDENTS are being urged to respond to a Government consultation about the proposed HS2 route so that it continues not to affect their community as much as it might have done. The Government has announced a refinement to the route of the new high speed train which means it would now run parallel to the A42 and not east of it – a move which would greatly reduce the aural and
visual impact of the new rail route in Breedon and Tonge. Now a public consultation has been launched in which people are being asked, amongst other things, whether they approve of this route re-alignment. Breedon Parish Council is urging residents to respond to the survey “in support of this route refinement before the closing date of 9 March 2017”.
The council adds: “There is likely to be strong objection from other areas of North West Leicestershire. “Silence from this area could be taken as indicating support for the original route or lack of concern either way.” Responses can be made online via https://route2b.dialoguebydesign.net, or by email to route2b@dialoguebydesign.co.uk. SOUTH DERBYSHIRE
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