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Editor’s Note Starting in September For most kids the start of a new school years brings excitement and anticipation but some are frustrated when they enter a classroom- the kids who are confident and competent on weekends and holidays begin to withdraw.

These are the children who try to scrunch down in their seats, hoping to be invisible. They hold tightly to the belief that “if I can’t see the teacher, the teacher can’t see me.” They make excuses and messes - but seldom eye contact.

School is a challenge for them, but also for their parents and teachers. When it comes to teaching one size simply does not fit all but time and resources are limited. One key toward change is using encouragement and reward - rather than criticism and punishment - to bolster their belief in themselves.

September marks a new year with new possibilities. Let them start over. For some kids, this may be the greatest gift you will give them all year.

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Write Time is Right Now! This September Fingal Libraries presents the second annual Write Time Festival, celebrating the written and spoken word in Fingal. Library branches will host writing workshops and author talks to spark the imagination and inspire creativity.

Whether you are beginning to write or would like to develop your work, The Write Time programme offers a range of helpful workshops. Shauna Gilligan writes and teaches short and long fiction. She will facilitate Creating Something from Nothing - an interactive workshop for writers at all stages of their writing career.

Author Kevin Curran will explore the key features of good writing and answer your questions about what it takes to get your ideas on a page and in shape.

Author Fiona O’Rourke will facilitate creative fiction workshops for beginners and writers who want to develop their work.

Autobiographical writing is the subject of author Rob Doyle’s workshop.

Rob will use examples of autobiographical writing as a spur for participants to try out new ways of writing about their life experience.

The Write Time features events that will appeal to everybody who enjoys reading or writing poetry. Poet and performer Máighréad Medbh will explore The Poem as a Puzzle and a Quest in her talk and workshop. If you’ve found a poem that puzzles you, bring it along. Poet Christodoulos Makris will facilitate a workshop on found poetry. Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. Poets select their source material and use words and phrases from these texts to create new pieces.

Digital self-publishing and e-books have changed publishing, opening up new paths between writer and reader. Catherine Ryan- Howard will explore the options available to today’s authors in her talk The Digital Author and share her ‘best practice’ tips on self-publishing e-books, marketing and promotion.

The Write Time is as much about readers who enjoy a good story as writers. Writer, documentary-presenter and mountaineer Dermot Somers will present Adventures Far and Wide, a selection of his journeys among mountains, deserts and nomadic cultures. Dermot has presented many travel and adventure programmes for TG4 and RTE, including a series on great nomadic journeys of the world. Poet, playwright, screenwriter, translator and librettist Celia de Fréine writes in Irish and English. Celia will read from her work and discuss the challenges faced by today’s poet / playwright writing in a minority language. Frankie Gaffney, author of Dublin Seven, explores often neglected visual elements of novels, such as typography, punctuation and spelling. He will discuss the work of Irvine Welsh, Roddy Doyle, and others and his approach to including unusual visual elements in his own novel.

Admission is free to all events but booking is essential. Full details can be found on the Fingal Co. Co. website in the community and leisure section.

Clockwise from top left: Kevin Curran, Frankie Gaffney, Shauna Gilligan, Rob Doyle, Dermot Somers and Catherine Ryan Howard.

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Sailing to success The Irish Power Kite & Sandyacht Association will host the European Championships 2017 - marking the first major International Sandyacht competition to be held on the Island of Ireland since the 21st European Championships were in Northern Ireland in 1983.

This is the first time in the event’s 55 year history that the event will be held in the Republic of Ireland.

The event will see 110 sandyacht pilots from 16 countries including (3 non-European countries). Pilots will range in age from 17 to 76 years.

The venue for EC2017 will be the beaches of Laytown and Bettystown, County Meath, from September 10-15.The event will bring over 2,000 plus tourist nights to the East Meath area and generate a lot of tourism for Ireland’s Ancient East.

The event is being used to showcase the area and to deliver a successful event for FISLY, with the intent of getting Ireland onto the schedule of future international sandyachting events and possibly hosting a World Championship event at some stage in the future.

Recreation scheme grants welcomed Senator James Reilly has welcomed the announcement of grants for the Martello Tower Skerries, Ardgillan Castle, Martello Tower Howth and a cycling safety promotion grant under strand 1 of the Rural Infrastructure Grants. He has called for increased development of routes and facilities in the council area to further promote activity-based tourism.

“Fingal has great potential, for a Coast and Castleway cycling and walking route and it will take sustained determined effort to make that a reality,” he says.

“Fingal Co. Council have already completed the necessary work for the Balbriggan to Barnageeragh Skerries Route and can now focus on the final leg of that route and come up with a comprehensive plan to link Skerries to Ardgillan Castle along the Balbriggan Coastal road and onward then to Balbriggan.

“I note progress has been made on the Malahide to Donabate cycling and walking greenway across the estuary via the train tracks and that a planning application to Bord Pleanala is imminent.

“I welcome the progress on linking up Newbridge Demesne and Malahide Castle .

“Finally I would also support Fingal Co Council in drawing up a feasibility study to link Skerries, Loughshinny, Rush and Lusk to Donabate, completing the link all the way to Malahide and providing a super greenway from Balbriggan to Malahide and onward into Dublin.

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Multi-agency operation targets fly-tipping Fingal County Council and the Gardai are involved in a multi-agency operation which targets fly-tipping in Baldoyle.

Checkpoints have been established at random locations and times across the area with officers from Fingal County Council’s Environment Enforcement Unit being assisted by Gardaí from Howth Garda Station, Divisional Crime Task Force, Traffic Corps and Armed Response Unit. The checkpoints will continue over the coming weeks.

The aim of the checkpoints was to identify unauthorised and bogus refuse collectors committing offences as well as members of the public who are availing of the illegal service being offered. Both the unauthorised collectors and their clients can be subject to prosecution with fines and possible imprisonment under the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997.

As a result of the Baldoyle operation, Fingal County Council made several seizures and is now actively seeking to identify the owners of this rubbish in order to prosecute them.

A Fingal County Council spokesperson said: “Illegal dumping across Fingal is a serious issue and we are adopting a hard-line attitude in relation to prosecuting unauthorised collectors as well as those who are employing them to dump their rubbish.

The check-points in Baldoyle were extremely successful and we are grateful to An Garda Siochana for their support in mounting this operation. We would appeal to the public to report incidents of fly-tipping to the Gardaí or to ourselves on our hotline number which is 1800 20 10 93.”

Cllr. Darragh Butler welcomes the initiative and has called for it to be extened to cover the entire Fingal area.

Memories of a great Summer

Remember Us has just finished its six-week summer camp which ran for 4 days and 1 night each week.

Many families got a much needed break when their sons and daughters were out on the camp for some days up to 8 hrs. Outings included a trip to Navan Adventure Centre where members took part in Footgolf, golf driving range, human foosball, arts and crafts with Bernie Davis and historical high jinx in Clonard house in Mullingar.

Those taking part tried their hand at tennis in the Balrothery tennis club and cricket in North county cricket club and Balbriggan cricket club. They also headed off to The Irish Military War museum in Collon where they got to ride a real tank. The wax museum was on the agenda another day along with W5 in Belfast.

Astro park in Coolock was a big hit as was Clara Lara fun park in Wicklow.

The camp finished up with a closing party in the Bracken Court Hotel where entertainment included a magician and disco. The Lord Mayor of Fingal, Mary McCamley, Brendan Ryan TD, and Cllr Grainne Maguire popped in to say hello. Spider-Man dropped in and members got their photo taken with him by Green Screen Photography.

“I would like to thank all the volunteers, venues, tutors etc., above for making us feel so welcome and for their support.” says Nora Roban Remember Us founder. “Also Gormanstown coaches and Nifty and their drivers for being so patient with us when we were not in a hurry home on our days out. Castleland Community Centre for the use of their facilities, and Fingal County Council for their grant of €2,000 towards the summer camp.”

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Crossword & Sudoku

Across

Down

1. Rushed about on public transport.

(6) 5. Ancient vessel propelled by oars.

(6) 10. Exploit the power of with stable gear. (7) 11. Punishment intended as a warning to others. (7) 12. Signal with the help of a sea ridge. (4) 13. The stuff of commerce. (5) 15. A German Mrs. (4) 17. A secret watcher. (3) 19. It’s ruled by Putin. (6) 21. Once every 12 months. (6) 22. It keeps you warm at night. (7) 23. Bring back to mind. (6) 25. Burn superficially. (6) 28. Social insect. (3) 30. A brief note for internal communication. (4) 31. Encouraged forcefully. (5) 32. An independent ruler in Arabia.

(4) 35. Let go, liberate. (7) 36. Taxpayer’s documents. (7) 37. Look forward to a probable occurrence. (6) 38. Straight sword with a narrow blade. (6)

2. Reaches the destination. (7)

3. Neckwear mainly for men. (4)

4. Places of musical entertainment.

(6)

5. Insatiable for wealth or food. (6)

6. Take a jump into the unknown. (4) 7. A ruler on a large scale. (7) 8. A brief rainfall. (6)

9. A sheriff ’s aide. (6)

14. A ceremony at the start of something. (7)

16. The good book. (5)

18. Canine command. (5) 20. The whole lot. (3)

21. A simple affirmative. (3)

23. A brief statement or observation.

(6)

24. Hard to analyse or solve. (7)

26. About a famous Oxford detective.

(7)

27. A belief that rejects a central plank of a religion. (6)

28. Take into custody. (6)

29. An overwhelming feeling of fear.

(6)

33. Long-eared mammal with long hind legs. (4)

34. End here. (4)

ANSWERS

Down: 2. Arrives, 3. Ties, 4. Discos, 5. Greedy, 6. Leap, 7. Emperor, 8.

Shower, 9. Deputy, 14. Opening, 16. Bible, 18. Fetch, 20. All, 21. Yes, 23.

Remark, 24. Complex, 26. Remorse, 27. Heresy, 28. Arrest, 29. Terror, 33. Hare, 34. Stop.

Across: 1. Darted, 5. Galley, 10. Harness, 11. Example, 12. Wave, 13.

Goods, 15. Frau, 17. Spy, 19. Russia, 21. Yearly, 22. Blanket, 23. Recall, 25. Scorch, 28. Ant, 30. Memo, 31. Urged, 32. Emir, 35. Release, 36.

Returns, 37. Expect, 38. Rapier.

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‘Pesto’nishing Pasta Method

“Back to school and back to routine makes this an optimal time of year for getting into good habits from the get go! A lot of eating healthy comes from good food prep such as meal planning, shopping lists, batch cooking and making use of leftovers.

This pasta recipe below is quick and easy to throw together and is boasting full of energy and colour to help fuel the body back into school, work and whatever other life demands after the summer break. Make a batch for an evening meal and use up leftovers for lunch the following day. 2 meals done in 1.

Pop by to my Biabites cooking demos in October at the Balbriggan Food Festival” Method: 1. Cook the pasta.

2. Gently heat the onion and garlic in a pan with a tablespoon of pesto. Turn up the heat and add chopped chicken. Add another tablespoon of pesto and stir occasionally until chicken is cooked.

3. Add in tomatoes and chorizo and take off the heat.

4. Add in remaining pesto, cooked pasta, spinach and feta cheese and stir well to mix altogether.

To make the pesto; blitz the basil leaves and pine nuts in a powerful blender/food processor. Then add the garlic and parmesan and blitz more. Slowly add the olive oil bit by bit while still gently blitzing in order to help it blend in. Scrape down the sides of the blender throughout the blitzing to ensure all ingredients mix thoroughly.

Enjoy and see you in October!!

Niamh Arthurs, Public Health and Clinical Nutritionist www.biabites.net, Facebook/Twitter: Biabites BALBRIGGAN LOCAL-SEPTEMBER

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