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Dear Readers Welcome to the December issue and here we are hurtling along heading towards Christmas and the New Year... and what a year its been.

The Rotary recently did a big shout out for their Christmas Shoebox Appeal and you didn’t disappoint with your generosity, and you can find out the final figures on page 8.

Our FREE Gift to you this Christmas A can of SPOT REMOVER Go to our website www.chemdryfirst.co.uk

There is plenty happening across the Island in December whether its lantern parades, Christmas fun days, Christmas Fayres or concerts you will find something for everyone on the ‘Dates for your Diary’ on pages 14 and 15.

Who can you trust to clean your Carpets, Upholstery, Drapes & Rugs

The Salvation Army in Newport are once again providing a Christmas Day Dinner for friends in the community who may be homeless, elderly or on their own. Please go to page 18 to see how you can help with donations and volunteering.

Call now on 01983 295518

Please keep using the businesses that advertise, between them all they offer a wide range of services.

Finally, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I look forward to catching up with you all in the New Year.

Debbie

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Report from Stuart Hutchinson: West Wight Ward. White Acre, Main Road, Wellow, Yarmouth PO41 0TD Tel:760048 email stu.hutch@btinternet.com.

One of the many responsibilities of the Isle of Wight Council’s Audit Committee, of which I’m Chairman, is to approve the Council’s purchasing policies.

Every year, we spend about £135 million pounds with suppliers and contractors. We review policies at least every three years, more often if necessary, such as a change in the law. Policies for the next three years have just been agreed and again one of the most important is that the Council, whenever it can, spends that money on the Island - helping our economy.

Reflecting on that made me think of what we as individuals can do.

As we come up to Christmas we all tend to spend a bit more than usual. Last year the average family expenditure on Christmas was nearly £800. That’s what the Centre for Retail Research tells us. It’s a lot more than myself and my wife spend so someone is making up for us skinflints! What it does show though, is that Christmas spending is an important part of business income, and that creates employment. The more of our money spent here on the Island the better.

We have about 70,000 households which means that altogether we are spending close on £60M during the Christmas period.

Most of the money is spent on presents of one sort and another, but over £200 per household is spent on food and drink. And what a great range of home grown and home made produce we have here. For our size, probably a wider and more varied selection on this small Island than anywhere else in the country. We have several award winning cheeses, made from Island milk, 4

dozens of different real ales from our Island craft breweries, Island wines, and spirits too, with top quality gin and vodka and, I’m told, soon to be whisky as well.

Fantastic pork, lamb and beef, local eggs and chicken, and locally reared turkeys too. All the veggies can be local, whether you want sprouts, parsnips, spuds or whatever.

For those who stick to salad we grow it here.

Isle of Wight tomatoes are the best tasting ever. I visited Wight Salads in the summer to see how they pack in so much flavour.

It’s not just the variety, but how they are nurtured, all in an incredibly eco friendly way, with everything recycled and no waste.

And most of us are aware of the great garlic grown here, so good it’s even exported to France!

If I were to list everything I’d need another page!

Almost of our stores here in west wight sell local produce, with a good example being our local co-op in Freshwater which constantly promotes local produce. Well done to them.

So when we are all out buying for Christmas (and not just Christmas but all year round), use your local shops. When you can, buy local produce, it’s often no more expensive and it’s miles better. It keeps that pound here on the Island. That’s good for all of us.

My best wishes to all readers for a happy and healthy festive season !

Stuart Hutchinson

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Rotary Shoebox Appeal Thanks to a tremendous effort by schools, clubs and members of the Island Community the Island Rotary Clubs collected 2,438 shoeboxes together with an assortment of warm clothing which has all been loaded onto a lorry kindly provided by Steve Porter Transport and delivered to the mainland. From there the shoeboxes will be transported to Moldova to reach Rotary Clubs there for distribution to children in Moldavan communities in time for Christmas.

Thank you everyone and we look forward to working with you next year!

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FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL In some ways it’s been a frustrating couple of months for the Parish and the West Wight.

The ill considered and erroneous comments from the Chairman of Ofsted were extremely disappointing but we eventually got an apology and a resignation.

Then there was the publicity regarding 1Leisure, the Medina Leisure facility which had received a cash injection of £880k as an IWC ‘invest to save’ policy. This, despite IWC withdrawing the £105k annual support previously given to the West Wight Sports and Community Centre leaving local communities to help maintain this superior facility which plays a more comprehensive role in the well being of our community.

On a personal level I was disappointed that the much publicised improvements to Avenue Road were put on hold again until January by Island Roads. This was due to the late but correct decision to prioritise Princes Road. I don’t suppose that any of us were in any doubt that this was long overdue.

However, on a positive note, the postponement has given IWC the opportunity to work with Southern Water Services to try to solve the drainage problems experienced in sections of Avenue Road.

The short notice given to the residents of Princes Road by Island Roads restricting vehicular access to their properties for the duration of the works, together with the parking restrictions imposed on the residents of the High Street as part of the diversion route, was poor.

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negotiated with IWC for Avenue Road Car Park to be free to all users for the period of the works. As a result we have received very positive feedback from residents and local businesses proving this to be a worthy investment and also provide us with some useful usage data.

We have yet to receive details of IWC new parking strategy but it is likely that we will be able to develop a proposal for local off street parking for consideration by IWC and our community. This will be available for discussion at our Annual Consultation Event in January.

As part of the Just Ask! Project our Information Officer, Melanie Gardiner, joined on 21st November and is based in WWSCC. She will provide an information support service to all our West Wight community and will work alongside Dale Sloan and Adam Tucker. Should you have some concerns and need information or help, the Just Ask! Team are there to assist.

Now that FPC is now the proud owner of Freshwater Library, plans are in hand to undertake some internal improvements to the kitchen and toilet facility. It is hoped that work will start in January. Whilst these works will cause some minor disruption, FoFL (Friends of Freshwater Library) together with the IWC Library service will advise on any necessary temporary closures.

FPC has over the last year taken over the management (and in some cases ownership) of many assets including Freshwater Library, Moa Place and Gate Lane Public Conveniences and Stroud Recreation Ground.

FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL It is fully understood that the maintenance of these assets has a financial commitment but there is also the potential for improvement to a number of these assets so we are currently looking at possible projects designed to extend the facilities offered at Freshwater Library and to provide more facilities at Stroud Recreation Ground and Jubilee Field.

The Freshwater Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted in Draft to IWC for comment. There has been a great deal of effort expended on this document which is designed to assist our local community have a greater influence on future local planning matters. The team lead by Cllrs Anne Bancroft and Clive Fleury and with the massive input from David Lewis, together

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with professional support and input from many other individuals and groups deserves our thanks.

We would be pleased to hear your views.

More Christmas lights will make the Village look spectacular this season.

I hope that you all have a great Christmas and wish you all the best from Freshwater Parish Council for 2017.

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In that time Luke has entertained in various prestigious venues such as the O2 arena, The Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, St James Palace Theatre in the West End and many other theatres in London, Oxford and Edinburgh.

Luke performed his own shows as well as acting in the critically acclaimed 1940’s comedy stage play “The Gin Chronicles” and its sequel. Luke wrote his role and gained high praise for his comedic performances.

After two successful runs at Edinburgh Fringe festival, receiving 5 star reviews from the official reviewers and multiple 5 star reviews from magazines and national newpapers Luke is bringing his Award Winning magic back home.

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Dates for your Diary Friday 2nd December – Musical Xmas in the Square. Starts 6.30pm at Vernon Square, Ryde – Carols and music by The Wight Diamond Marching Band, Whitgar Morris Dancers, Ryde Aspire Community Choir, Mulled wine and mince pies. Entry £1

Saturday 3rd December – Christmas Fayre at Nine Acres Community Primary School, South View, Newport 12pm – 3pm. Come along and enjoy the fun. Many stalls, tombola, Santa’s grotto, raffle - with great prizes including £100 cash prize.

Saturday 3rd December – Winter Carnival and Lantern Parade in association with Newport Carnival. Assemble from 5pm at Matalan Car Park for judging from 5.15pm.

Procession moves off at 5.45pm, along south street, St James Street, upper Pyle Street, High Street, Quay Street and finish on Quay.

For more info call 523468

Sunday 4th December – Santa Dash in aid of Earl Mountbatten Hospice. 11am at Ryde Superbowl, Ryde – Adults £15 under 12’s £10 and under 3’s free. Includes santa suit and medal. Register at www.iwhospice.org

Saturday 3rd December – Shalfleet CE Primary School and Little Explorers Christmas Fayre from 12pm – 3pm at Shalfleet Primary School, Station Road, Ningwood. A fun filled Christmas fayre offering crafts, stalls,games a raffle - fun for all the family. Join us for lunch from our Christmas BBQ or delicious soup and rolls and lots of homemade cakes will be available to buy to help raise funds for our fabulous school. Come and listen to our children sing some of our favourite carols. All are very welcome.

Saturday 3rd December - FUN DOG SHOW at Binstead Community Centre, Coniston Avenue, Ryde, PO33 3SB in aid of Wight Dog Trackers, Search & Rescue for lost dogs across the Island. Entries from 12.30pm.

Judging starts at 1pm. Entries £2 per class or £5 for three. Only dogs of 6 months and over are eligible to compete but younger puppies (once fully vaccinated) are most welcome to come along. Everyone is welcome.

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Sunday 4th December – Christmas Fair at Baptist Church, Pier Street, Ventnor. 2pm – 5pm Big charity raffle, stalls, candy floss, hot chocolate cart, grotto and lots more.

Sunday 4th December – Christmas Concert at Cowes Yacht Haven at 3pm in aid of Diabetes Research. The Royal Marines Association Band will be performing with guest appearances including The Royal Marines Corps of Drums (Portsmouth).

Tickets £16. Please call 856857 for further details Monday 5th December - Isle of Wight Family History Society open meeting, everyone welcome. 100 years on – an update on the Titanic – talk by Dr Noel Stimson at Hunnyhill Room, Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport.

Doors open 7pm talk starts 7.30pm lasts about 45 minutes. Admission: members of the Isle of Wight FHS - £1, non-members - £2 Tuesday 6th December - Coffee morning in the Oddfellows Hall, 20 St. Thomas Sq, Newport PO30 1SG. Come along have a cup of coffee or tea and have a rest from the Christmas shopping, everyone is welcome.

Dates for your Diary Wednesday 7th December – Sunday 11th December - Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival will begin on Wednesday 7th at 7pm with the special “Lights of Love” Carol Service in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice. All welcome. From Thursday 8th December to Sunday 11th December over 200 themed decorated Christmas trees will be on display in seven different locations in Brighstone and all venues will be open from 10am to 5pm. No admission charge. All donations to charity.

Saturday 10th December - Monday 12th December - Yarmouth Christmas Festival.

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December - Christmas Market at Rylstone Tea Gardens, Shanklin from 10.30am – 4pm. Craft stalls, mulled wine, hot food and drinks, Christmas crazy golf tournament and much more. Free entry and dogs on leads welcome.

Sunday 11th December – Christmas Indoor Car Boot Sale at West Wight Sports & Community Centre. Buyers from 10am Thursday 15th December – Cowes Rotary Club Christmas Concert at St Mary’s Church, Cowes. Starting at 7.30pm. Featuring “THE ISLAND CONCERT BAND”. Tickets on the door - Adults £5 - children under 15 Free.

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Friday 16th – Sunday 18th December - Sandown Christmas Tree Festival. Come along to Sandown Baptist Church, Station Avenue, Sandown for a display of Christmas trees decorated and themed from local businesses, clubs, societies, associations and groups.

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th December – Cowes Christmas Festival at Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes. A host of great quality exhibitors and festive entertainment, it’s an event you don’t want to miss. Live cookery demonstrations from talented local chefs, a great choice of Isle of Wight Arts and Crafts stalls, a fantastic range of live music, children’s entertainment, Santa’s grotto and lots more Monday 19th December –The Cowes Concert Band present a Christmas Concert of festive music and carols at Newport Methodist Church at 7.45pm admission is free but a collection will be taken for Ability Dogs for young people and the band. All welcome.

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Totland Parish Council News Totland Parish Councillors and the Clerk would like to wish all residents in Totland a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you to all the volunteers for their time once again this year, you have done an amazing job by keeping Totland flowering.

Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch at the Memorial Hall. Councillor Jan Cave has been a Parish Councillor since 2013 and is very hands on with the Memorial Hall. Jan has taken the lead for the Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch which takes place on Wednesday 7th December at 1pm. Tickets are available from the Parish Office.

Christmas Opening Times: The Parish Office will close on Thursday 22nd December 2016 at 12 noon and reopen on Tuesday 3rd January 2017 at 9.00am.

Christmas Refuse & Recycling Collections for Totland: Waste normally collected on: Monday 19th December Tuesday 20th December Monday 26th December Tuesday 27th December

Will now be collected on: Normal Normal Tuesday 27th December Wednesday 28th December

Open Spaces: Licenced work has been carried out on Turf Walk and this area will be turfed rather than seeded quickly. The Councillors are hoping this will prevent Badgers from coming up onto the Turf Walk causing damage and they will be checking regularly. Thank you to The Badger Action Group who have been the Councils advisors on this matter.

Sadly a large and heavy roll of the mesh weld fencing was taken without permission from Turf Walk during Sunday 6th and Monday 7th November. The Parish Council request this is returned immediately to the Turf Walk in order that all works can be finalised. If anybody has any knowledge of this please make the Clerk aware.

West Wight Arts Association - tickets can be purchased or reserved from the Parish Office for monthly concerts held in the Memorial Hall.

Unfortunately there has been a lot more excrement left on the footpaths. Apart from the serious health issues this has this is very anti-social. BE RESPONSIBLE pick up after your dog.

Spot checks are being held and we urge you to report any witnessed dog fouling in our area.

To report incidents of dog fouling please contact 01983 821000.

Reminder: We have now moved into the Winter Timetable Afton Marsh Recycling Centre open days and times: • Three days a week; Saturday, Sunday and Monday, including bank holiday Mondays.

• Winter 7.00am to 6.00pm. (1st November 2016 to 25 March 2017) • Summer 7.00am to 8.00pm. (26 March 2017 to 30 October 2017) 16

Totland Parish Council News Parish Councillors’ for Totland are; Vince Fennell, Jan Cave, John Howe, Dave Filby, Iain McKie, Steve Blamire and newly co-opted Helen Wood.

Ward Councillor John Howe Telephone 753414 or email: john. howe@iow.gov.uk CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs Helen Gibbs - Telephone 756028 Totland Parish Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. The parish office is open Monday - Thursday 9am–12 noon.

Email: totlandparishco@googlemail.com or follow the Clerk on Twitter @TotlandClerk You can also keep up to date with news on our Facebook page.

The Parish Council meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, except August, and all Totland residents are welcome.

Tel 01983 565753 or 07917 861 969

CONTACT DAN FOR YOUR FREE QUOTATION Telephone: 01983 862695 Mobile: 07816 545283 Email: td.decors@hotmail.co.uk www.tddecors.co.uk

If you would like to receive an electronic version of the magazine in your email inbox each month email freshwatermagazine @gmail.com and type in the word SUBSCRIBE

For all your electrical needs from lights, sockets, showers, cooker & oven installation to new fuseboards.

Email: richelectrics.iow@gmail.com

GREENWOOD BUILDERS COMPLETE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Chimey stacks Roofing Carpentry

Kitchens Bathrooms Patios & fencing

Drives & path ways Internal & external decoration

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Christmas is fast approaching and once again the Salvation Army in Newport will be holding their Christmas Day Dinner.

There will be a free hot meal and pudding available to all their friends in the Community who may be homeless, elderly, anyone on their own and for any families who wish to join them.

This event is a mammoth task and organiser, Kay Willett is asking help from us all whether it be in the form of donating food or volunteering. Kay understands that without the help of the Community this event would not be as successful as it has been on previous years.

Here is a list of items needed in order for them to help the homeless and those who would usually spend Christmas on their own. If you can help in any way please email Kay on kay. willett@salvationarmy.org.uk or find her on Facebook.

Currently the drop off points for donations are the Salvation Army Church in Newport on a Monday Tuesday and Wednesday between 10 and 2. Also the Salvation Army charity shop in Ryde. If you are aware of anyone who would like to join them on Christmas Day or are in need and can’t be there, please let Kay know.

Food - carrots, sprouts, stuffing, pigs in blankets, parsnips, roast potatoes, gravy, turkey, peas, Christmas pudding, cream, custard, mince pies, milk, tea, coffee and Christmas cake.

Drinks (non alcoholic) - Pop, flavoured water, fruit juice.

Gifts - Men’s, ladies and children’s.

Entertainment - Can you spare a couple of hours on Christmas Day to bring some entertainment to the guests.

Volunteers - Volunteers are needed to assist in the preparation of the vegetables on Christmas Eve. This usually takes a couple of hours with a good team of people.

Volunteers are needed on Christmas Day to help get the room ready for the guests’ arrival.

People are also needed to serve the guests during the meal and to chat and share fellowship.

You may be the only person that has spoken to the elderly folk that come in for a while.

Finally, it all needs to be cleared away.

Drivers - Many of the guests will needed to be collected from their homes. If you can help collect and return the guests at the end of the day please get in touch.

The Salvation Army also delivers food parcels to families over the Christmas period. Could you assist?

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Your Local Independent Minibus Service

DECEMBER 2015

FYTbus timetables for our scheduled routes are available on our buses and on our website (see below), or you can pick one up from our Totland office, Brookside Health and Leisure centres, libraries, pharmacies and shops in Freshwater, Totland and Yarmouth, and The Village Shop, Brighstone, The Crown Inn, Shorwell and The Sun Inn, Hulverstone.

Why not catch the FYTbus for a pre-Christmas visit to our Charity shop on Totland Broadway ? We have a wide range of books, bric-a-brac, CDs, DVDs, clothing, etc., on sale at affordable prices - . Something for everyone’s taste! Call in and have a browse – you might find the perfect Christmas present for a friend.

DECEMBER EXCURSIONS. As usual, these will be on a door to door basis, with the minibus picking you up from and delivering you back to your home. If you would like more information, give us a call, between 09.45 and 12.30 any weekday, or leave a message on our answering machine and we’ll call you back.

Remember to book early if you would like to travel on one or more of our trips, by phoning our office on 01983 752917. If a minimum number of bookings is not achieved for an excursion, we might have to cancel it (as you will appreciate, we have to cover our costs), but we will always let you know. Excursions will be confirmed (or cancelled) by phone, one day before departure. Please note that bus passes are not accepted on our excursions.

DECEMBER EXCURSIONS 3 Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl

OUT

BACK

FARE

09.30

13.00

£5.50

10

Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl

09.30

13.00

£5.50

11

Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival

13.00

16.30

£5.00

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Newport & Waitrose, E.Cowes Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl

09.30 09.30

13.00 13.00

£7.00 £5.50

Are you interested in joining FYTbus to help the community? Contact us to volunteer to drive, to assist passengers, work in the charity shop, help out at the garage or in the office.

Wight Community Access – FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Tel: 01983 752917

Web: www.fytbus.org.uk

Email: info@fytbus.org.uk