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  The Verwood & 3
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Twinning Association.
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Verwood
& 3X Twinning Newsletter for December
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Produced by
Catharina Green
VISIT TO
LIEDERBACH 1 -
5 DECEMBER 2005
 45 Of our members spent a very enjoyable long
weekend visiting friends in Liederbach. Friday, we went for a
boat trip on the
Rhine
from Rüdesheim to
Goarshausen. From
there the coach took us to the Lorelei View Point for a
stunning view of the
Rhine
way below. We then had lunch in
Rüdesheim and visited the Christmas Market. We met some twinners
from Swanage who were there with a Stall for 14 days.
Saturday we went to
Speyer
to the splendid Romanesque
Cathedral built in the 11th Century where we had a guided
tour. After
lunch, we spent time at the Christmas Market. In the evening we
attended the Soirée in the Liederbach Halle. We enjoyed good
company, an excellent meal and had a pleasant evening with
our hosts. Sunday,
many of us helped on our own Stall at the Liederbach
Christmas Market where we sold Christmas goods. Free time was spent
with the families. On
Monday evening we
arrived home tired but having had a wonderful time.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
Your representatives are trying to collect your
annual membership fee.
Still only £4.00 per family per year.
You can also let me have the money and I will pass it
on.
AGM
THURSDAY - 20
OCTOBER 2005
Our thanks goes to all leaving committee members
for their valued contributions to our Association over the
past years.
We welcome the following new members to the
committee:
Julie Blackwell-West, Terry Bright, Colin and
Sandra Hinvest and Rosemary and Malcolm Scott.
 Alice Fergie, a Verwood guide,
talked about her trip to the Danish National Jamboree.
She did so with youthful
enthusiasm, good humour and fervour.
Alice
had photographs and badges
and other paraphernalia on show.
Alice
gave us a very entertaining
evening.
NOVEMBER EVENT -
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2005
About 80 people attended our quiz evening. Thank you all members
of the Committee who helped with the event. This includes of
course those people who prepared the deserts.
The evening was very well organised and a good time
was had by all.
PETANQUE
Please contact Brian on 822299 if
you would like to know more about it. Weather permitting
some of us will be on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon
round
2 o’clock
during
the autumn and winter period.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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RECYCLING
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We have received the first mobile
phones and some empty ink cartridges for the Radio Solent
Carers appeal. There
is room for many more. Radio
Solent
request empty ink cartridges from your
computer; Hewlett Packard, Lexmark and Canon BC01/02/05/06,
BX2, BX3 ONLY. No
Epson or Laser Cartridges.
Look at www.recycle4charity.co.uk for a full list of
wanted inkjets.
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CARDS
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Your greetings
cards are still being put to good use. We have sold many at
the AGM and the November Event. We have even taken
some to
Germany
. The cards are still
only 30 pence each. Please
let me have your Birthday, Thank You and Get Well cards.
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MAYOR’S APPEAL
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 We
have given £50.00 to the Mayor’s Charity Appeal for Age
Concern - Verwood. They
do such good work for the lonely and the housebound,
transporting their clients to and from the Centre every
Monday and Wednesday. The
money will go towards the minibus
which costs a lot to maintain and insure.
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EUROPEAN FLAG OF HONOUR
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The report of this year’s
activities of our Association has been sent to the Council
of Europe in
Strasbourg
. This to see whether
we have done enough to receive the European Flag of Honour
for Verwood.
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SCOUTS
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I have been contacted by Jane
Mearns, Scout leader (Ararat) Verwood. As part of their
International Award the youngsters are trying to make
contact with Scouts abroad.
I have given them details of contacts in Champtoceaux
and Calcinato (
France
’s twin-town in
Italy
) and Liederbach and Saldus
(
Germany
’s twin-town in
Latvia
).
It would be great if this contact would result in
exchanges between the youngsters of these different towns.
If you know of a scout group elsewhere in the
world, please let me know and I will forward that
information to Jane Mearns.
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Website |
Stuart Clifton has put information about the
Twinning Association on www.verwoodheritage.org,
click on Verwood, Twinning.
You will also find links to Champtoceaux and
Liederbach.
NOTES FOR YOUR DIARY
Our March
event will be on
the 11th next year. We
have organised a Jazz evening.
The Roar Sextet from Fordingbridge will be playing
for us. Their
fee goes to the Charity Mencap. Tickets are £5.00
each, bring your own drinks.
Order your tickets from Brian on 822299. All you Jazz fans
book your seats early!
The Dog Show will be on
the 27th May 2006
. Though Audrey Palmer
has left the Committee she has offered to organise the Show
for us again next year.
Thank you.
The AGM will be on
October 19th 2006
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The November event will be on the 11th
next year.
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