Andover Gazette

ISSUE No. 56 JUNE, 2012

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Welcome…

Tracey

5 Sound & Vision

8 Footsteps to Success

9 The Andover

Entrepreneurs Club

14 Parking In Test Valley:

Is There a Better Way?

16 Claiming Business

Expenses

18 Cooking with Ian

19 Phil Spencer Announces

Top Agents In The Uk

23-26 Cruise In Section

28 Celebrating Local

School Personality Tonia

Oldacre’s Life by Running

10 Races For Life

30 Why Cash-Flow Outranks

Profit In Business

32 Backyard Poultry

34 Free Flower Festival

36/37 Your Soap Box

38 Throwing Out Your Old

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All Your Personal

Information? Are You

Sure?

39 Jan Jack’s Perfect Verse

42 Dates For Your Diary

44 Drive Section

to the June edition of the Andover Gazette. This month we have the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration which means we have a long bank holiday to celebrate. There are events organised in most towns and villages to include everyone. We just need to keep fingers and toes crossed for the good weather!!!

Don’t forget next month we will publish the winners of the Andover Buffett Competition. They are offering 10% off bookings until the end of June, see page 15.

If you have not yet booked your cruise then look at the fantastic offers on pages 23-26.

Our magazines are printed in a factory that is FSC® & ISO 14001 certified. Sustainable and environmentally friendly printing is part of our ethos. Using vegetable-based inks and recycling nearly 100% of our paper waste means you can be confident that this publication isn’t harming the planet.

Please keep sending us in all your diary dates, events and local articles.

Have a lovely June.

Issue 58 – June 2012

For adver t is ing detai ls contact Tracey on Tel : 01264-310476 Mob: 07775-927161 e-mai l : andover@mlgpubl ishing.co.uk 3

In this issue…5 Sound & Vision

8 Footsteps to Success

9 The Andover

Entrepreneurs Club

14 Parking In Test Valley:

Is There a Better Way?

16 Claiming Business

Expenses

18 Cooking with Ian

19 Phil Spencer Announces

Top Agents In The Uk

23-26 Cruise In Section

28 Celebrating Local

School Personality Tonia

Oldacre’s Life by Running

10 Races For Life

30 Why Cash-Flow Outranks

Profit In Business

32 Backyard Poultry

34 Free Flower Festival

36/37 Your Soap Box

38 Throwing Out Your Old

Computer? Deleted

All Your Personal

Information? Are You

Sure?

39 Jan Jack’s Perfect Verse

42 Dates For Your Diary

44 Drive Section

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Whilst this area of home technology can be very exciting, One Degree West also understands it can be quite daunting. If you go to them you won’t be bombarded with technical speak, instead their experts will talk you through the process step-by-step, figuring out the right package for you. Their new showroom, based in Ludgershall, can demonstrate how home cinema and home automation systems can enhance your home. They can offer advice on multi room audio/video, plasma TV's and projectors and automated lighting systems, in fact anything to do with individually tailored sound and vision systems for your home.

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With dark clouds still hanging over the economy, a new group of local entrepreneurs is aiming to give businesses a brighter future.

They believe the long term future of our commercial and cultural well-being as a region is dependent upon small to medium size businesses growing, employing more staff and increasing people’s disposable incomes.

With the aim of helping to support this growth, The Andover Entrepreneurs Club has been founded by Michelle Duckworth, Managing Partner of DBB solicitors, Angela Wilbraham, community manager of Inspired Community and Richard Gigg a local business entrepreneur. DBB solicitors will host the meetings at their London Street offices in Andover.

The aim of the club is to support progressive business owners who wish to overcome their immediate challenges to help their companies grow and prosper. The club is a place where business problems and challenges are shared, seeking a balanced perspective and answers to the most pressing issues.

The club meets once a month and is designed

to take members out of their business for a couple of hours to work on their business rather than in it.

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This is a strictly not-for-profit venture with the sole aim of helping to promote business success and boost the local economy.

DBB solicitors’ managing partner Michelle Duckworth said: “Corporate social responsibility is high on our agenda.

“The Andover Entrepreneurs Club will provide a trusted, confidential forum within which members can focus, through participative interaction, on developing their own business.

“Such transparency is key to achieving progressive, business growth and, equally as important, to securing the growth and prosperity of our community and its residents”.

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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee takes place from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June 2012, with celebratory activities throughout the UK and across the Commonwealth.

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Saturday 2 June, 2012The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby.

Sunday 3 June, 2012The Big Jubilee Lunch: Building on the already popular Big Lunch initiative, people will be encouraged to share lunch with neighbours and friends as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. This may take the form of a traditional street party or a picnic lunch in small or larger groups. This event is being organised by the Big Lunch.

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Our recent article on Inspired Community about the problem with parking in Test Valley prompted a lot of discussion including some very interesting revenue figures and a response from the Test Valley Borough Council. This is the original article and if you want to see, or have your say in the discussion, go to blogs on Inspired Community and look for the article.

It’s not something I noticed particularly until I started going into Andover and Romsey frequently for meetings about Inspired Community: paying for parking is a pain!

What prompted my thoughts on this issue was getting a parking ticket a couple of weeks ago. I am not at all complaining about getting a ticket – I deserved it as I overstayed and those are the rules. What I am suggesting, however, is that the rules could be made to suit frequent visitors better.

As it is now, you have to decide as soon as you park how long you are going to stay for, and you have to have the exact change otherwise you end up overpaying.

But I have had many times when I have decided an hour is long enough for my meeting and I’ve ended up having some great conversations that are difficult to cut short (or even to look at my watch to know what time it is as it’s easy to lose track) and so I find I overstay the time on my ticket. Or on other occasions I opt to pay for more time and find I’m only half an hour so I’ve wasted money. And because I can go in a couple of times a day several times a week, having enough change is a constant problem. So I end up overpaying but not getting any more time for it.

Suggestions for Test Valley Borough Council

So if Test Valley Borough Council were ever to reconsider its approach to charging us for parking, here are some suggestions that could make it easier for frequent visitors:

- Either provide change or give us longer based on the extra we pay when we don’t have the right change

- Even better, allow us to pay when we’re ready to leave so we don’t have to guess beforehand how long we’re going to be and we can pay for what we use

- Possibly harder to implement, let us pay with a card – like an Oyster card for the London Underground – where we can top up the balance on the card and when we leave the car park it deducts the right amount

Now of course, there are always reasons why things are done a certain way which aren’t always clear if you are not involved in the decision making. But it seems logical to me that if the pricing policy is not just about revenue generation but rather about providing a service to local tax payers, finding improvements to the way we pay for parking would be a worthwhile consideration.

What are your opinions? Do you have issues with parking or do you think the system works as it is?

For more local Test Valley articles, as well as local videos, event listings, and a groups section designed to help local organisations raise their profile and grow membership, take a look at www.inspiredcommunity.co.uk, or call Angela on 01264 710 033.

Parking in Test Valley: Is There a Better Way?asks Angela Wilbraham, Community Manager, of inspiredcommunity.co.uk

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As a business owner it is vital that you maximise the amount of money you withdraw from your company and minimise the tax you pay on your income.I thought it would be useful this month to list a few key items that you should make sure you consider along with your usual salary and dividend arrangements.• If you use your own car or van for business

purposes then you can claim 45 pence per mile for these trips. You can claim this allowance for the first 10,000 miles and 25 pence per mile thereafter. This is a very good way to get tax free income from your business. One of the conditions of this is that you need to keep a mileage log so that you can prove your business trips if the Revenue asks questions about them.

• If you are paying out on items on behalf of your business make sure you claim these expenses. Many business owners tend to lose receipts and therefore forget to claim the expense. If the expense relates to the business you can claim it, however small. If you aren’t so good at keeping records maybe keep an envelope in the car so that when you are out and about you can just pop the receipts in, then count them up at the end of the month and claim the money back from the company.

• Due to the cost of office rental many small businesses are working from home. If this is the case it is worth considering the amount you claim from the business for use of your home. The Revenue says that you can claim £4 per week for use of your home without having receipts to prove what it costs you.

• If your spouse does not have another job but does some work for your business, maybe it’s worth considering whether to pay them a salary. They will be able to earn up to £8,105 before paying Income Tax. This will then mean you do not have to earn as much to have the same overall family income. This will obviously differ for everyone depending on their circumstances, so we would recommend that you speak to your Accountant before doing this.

Overall I would recommend to all business owners that they claim all that they are entitled to. This ensures they pay the very least amount of tax. If you would like further advice on how you can maximise the income you draw from your company and minimise the amount of tax you pay please call us for a free, no obligation meeting. Please phone 0845 409 7859 / 01264 361054 or visit www.croombsca.com for information on other services we can offer.

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Cooking with IanIan Wooldridge, Head Chef,

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Pan-Fried Cod with Broad Beans

and PancettaMake the most of broad beans during their short season with this quick,

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400 grams of podded broad beans (weight with pods approx 1.6Kg)

A little salt125 grams of pancetta, cut into strips200 grams of crème fraicheHalf a 25 gram packet of fresh dillSalt & freshly milled black pepper

Olive oil

4 cod fillets, skin-on, 125 grams each

40 grams of salted butter

Large handful of parsley, finely chopped

Firstly, blanch the podded broad beans in a pan of lightly salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and then plunge the beans into cold water. Larger or older (late season) broad beans will now need their membranes peeled off. Next, heat a frying pan and add the pancetta strips. There isn’t a need to add any additional fat or oil. Fry until the fat from the pancetta is rendered and it becomes crisp. Add the blanched broad beans to the pan, constantly stirring until tender. Now stir in the crème fraiche. Discard the thicker storks from the dill and chop the rest finely, then add to the pan. Season with salt and pepper and set aside. In a separate pan, heat a little olive oil. Season the cod fillets with salt and pepper and place skin-side down into the pan. Fry for approximately 3 minutes until the skin is crisp. Turn the fillets over and add the butter (10g each) and

cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes until they are cooked through, basting them with the butter as you go. The cod is cooked when it breaks easily with a fork. Depending on the size of the pan, you can do this one or more at a time. To serve, share the broad bean mixture between four plates and place the cod skin-side up on top. Sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley. A bowl of buttered new potatoes or sauté potatoes would be a good accompaniment.



The Estate & Letting Agent Awards are the largest and longest running awards in the estate and letting agent industry. Known in the trade as The ESTAS, the competition determines the best agents in the country through research carried out amongst customers who are asked a series of questions about the service they have received from their agent. Over 33,000 questionnaires were completed by customers during the competition.

The competition this year also recognised individual excellence by short listing members of staff based on the feedback received from their own clients.

As Simon Brown, who runs the ESTAS, explains “the ESTAS has always been, and will continue to be a team competition, but we also believe staff who have been integral to the customer service experience should be recognised. We are therefore highlighting individuals based

on the comments we have received from the thousands of customers who have completed questionnaires.”

Twenty five members of staff from agents of all different shapes were shortlisted in the category sponsored by LCA Recruitment and just 5 individuals received a Highly Commended Award.

Carole Bazzoni from Martin & Co based in London Street, Andover commented “I am absolutely delighted to have won an individual award at the ESTAS. The awards means so such because it’s my clients who have rated me not a judging panel. We pride ourselves on high levels of customer service as this award shows we must be getting it right!”

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• NEWS • NEWS •• NEWS • NEWS • YOUR PERSONAL CRUISE CONSULTANCY

01264 350750 • www.cruisein.co.uk

June 2012

RiveR CRuise update

The Douro cruise on 12th July has now sold out. No surprise as it represented incredible value. If you would like to go on a waitlist for this cruise please let us know. The Christmas Markets cruise on board the Elegant Lady on the 26th November still has limited availability. If you have never experienced a German Christmas market then you must, it will be a memory that will stay with you forever. Remaining Main Deck Cabins are £525 per person and Upper Deck Cabins £585 per person for 5 nights full board basis. Read on for more information. We are now finalising contracts with Croisi Europe to bring back the popular mini-break in Paris, there is no better way to visit the Capital of Love! The first of these breaks will be 9th to 12th February 2013 – a perfect early Valentines gift! We are then looking to operate another one in early March for our Loyalty Club Members and featuring our Annual Ball and Party! Negotiations are also underway with Dunav Tours to bring back the Dutch Bulb Field cruise in April 2013 on board the beautiful Elegant Lady. For all the latest river cruise offers, or for more information on any of the above, check our website, give us a call or as they say Watch this Space!

aMaZiNG CRuise iN pRiCesStateroom Grade Cruise In Price

Best Available Interior £249

Best Available Atrium PR £279

Best Available Ocean View £299

Best Available Balcony £399

3rd/4th Person including children £150

Prices based on twin occupancy includes port taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise.

3 Nights on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas26 October 2013 from £249pp

Southampton - Zeebrugge, Belgium - Le Havre, France - Southampton

the Most affoRdable 4 luxuRy CRuise

to sample the delights of cruising!

Ring immediately • Limited spaces • 01264 350750

delibeRate MistaKe - oR a Real hoWleR?

Did you spot our deliberate mistake in the May 2012 issue of the Gazette? We sang the praises of an amazing mini cruise offer, 3 nights on Independence of the Seas from only £249. But just to tease you, we left out the date! Only kidding. We were so excited about it we forgot to put it in. So, now, please put it in your diary. 26 October 2013. Better still, get on the phone and book. Not only is it a snip, it’s a wonderful cruise. It’s the best offer for a 3-night mini cruise we have ever seen. Independence of the Seas, at 160,000 tons is the biggest luxury 4-star ship sailing out of Southampton. If you’ve never cruised or are doubtful about cruising, well, no more excuses! This will make up your mind for good! Come and join all the staff of Cruise In on this wonderful cruise with two lovely itinerary stops at Zeebrugge for Bruges and Le Havre for Honfleur, Normandy or even Paris! Included in this special 3-nighter is a chance to visit the ‘Ben & Jerry Sweet’, a PR Atrium cabin, a viewing of a 606 square feet Owner’s Suite, optional Cruise In coach tours from Zeebrugge and Le Havre at special Cruise In prices. Enough said? See you onboard!

WolversdeneTHE CLUB

w w w . w o l v e r s d e n e c l u b . c o m

Dene Road, Andover, Hants, SP10 2AAMain Club : 01264 352227

Secretary: 01264 323079Email : [email protected]

If you want to become a member of the Wolversdene Club, then please fi ll in below the required information and place it in the renewal box (situated at the main bar) along with the correct fee. You can also send it to us through the post. Membership will not be accepted until full payment is made. If paying by cheque, please make sure your cheque is payable to the Wolversdene Club.

Name: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Address: .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

.......... ...................................................................................................................................................................Postcode: ......................................

Home Tel. No: ............................................................................................ Mobile No: ..................................................................................

Email Address: (In order to receive monthly newsletters) ........................................................................................................................................................

Please choose which Membership you require and tick the appropriate box.

■ Family £32 (2 x Adults under 65 and children under 18)

■ Normal £20 (18 years or over)

■ Senior Citizen £10 (65 years and over)

MEMBERSHIP FORM

✃Membership

starts in

MARCH

The Wolversdene offers a variety of activities for its members as well as offering excellent prices for food and drink.Food is served in the main club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday lunch times from 12.00 until 1.30pm. Thursdays we have a special offer of 2 meals for £6.00.

The club boasts and enormous range of facilities including:

2 pool tables ✪

two snooker rooms ✪

a skittle alley ✪

table tennis ✪

eight dart boards ✪

2 screens ✪

5 TVs - including one undercover, outside. ✪

Furthermore, we have the full Sky Sports package. This ensures that our members never miss a game and with a large wide screen TV and 2 projectors, you will never miss a kick!

The Club offers entertainment varying from live bands to discos.

The venue - for eventsto remember.......

Wed�ings

Busine�s ��etings

Birth�ay Parties

Sports Di�ners

Live Music

The Hayward Suite is an events venue that offers the perfect venue for any event. We offer in-house catering and a bar, plus the option of a marquee if needed.There is plenty of parking for all your guests.We can also offer a fl exible staging facility with great audio and lighting support - plus of course there is wi-fi should you need it.The Hayward Suite hosts all the events for the local darts, football, and Jamie G charity events, as shown in the photographs.

HaywardTHE SUITE

w w w . h a y w a r d s u i t e . c o . u k

Dene Road, Andover, Hants. SP10 2AA 01264 352227 email:[email protected]

We have helped raise money for the Jamie G Trust, Help for Heroes, Scotties Little Soldiers,

Andover Darts Academy, Sweet Science Boxing and many more.

‘Excellent’



• NEWS • NEWS •• NEWS • NEWS • YOUR PERSONAL CRUISE CONSULTANCY


June 2012

RiveR CRuise update

The Douro cruise on 12th July has now sold out. No surprise as it represented incredible value. If you would like to go on a waitlist for this cruise please let us know. The Christmas Markets cruise on board the Elegant Lady on the 26th November still has limited availability. If you have never experienced a German Christmas market then you must, it will be a memory that will stay with you forever. Remaining Main Deck Cabins are £525 per person and Upper Deck Cabins £585 per person for 5 nights full board basis. Read on for more information. We are now finalising contracts with Croisi Europe to bring back the popular mini-break in Paris, there is no better way to visit the Capital of Love! The first of these breaks will be 9th to 12th February 2013 – a perfect early Valentines gift! We are then looking to operate another one in early March for our Loyalty Club Members and featuring our Annual Ball and Party! Negotiations are also underway with Dunav Tours to bring back the Dutch Bulb Field cruise in April 2013 on board the beautiful Elegant Lady. For all the latest river cruise offers, or for more information on any of the above, check our website, give us a call or as they say Watch this Space!

aMaZiNG CRuise iN pRiCesStateroom Grade Cruise In Price


Best Available Atrium PR £279



3rd/4th Person including children £150

Prices based on twin occupancy includes port taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise.

3 Nights on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas26 October 2013 from £249pp

Southampton - Zeebrugge, Belgium - Le Havre, France - Southampton

the Most affoRdable 4 luxuRy CRuise

to sample the delights of cruising!

Ring immediately • Limited spaces • 01264 350750

delibeRate MistaKe - oR a Real hoWleR?

Did you spot our deliberate mistake in the May 2012 issue of the Gazette? We sang the praises of an amazing mini cruise offer, 3 nights on Independence of the Seas from only £249. But just to tease you, we left out the date! Only kidding. We were so excited about it we forgot to put it in. So, now, please put it in your diary. 26 October 2013. Better still, get on the phone and book. Not only is it a snip, it’s a wonderful cruise. It’s the best offer for a 3-night mini cruise we have ever seen. Independence of the Seas, at 160,000 tons is the biggest luxury 4-star ship sailing out of Southampton. If you’ve never cruised or are doubtful about cruising, well, no more excuses! This will make up your mind for good! Come and join all the staff of Cruise In on this wonderful cruise with two lovely itinerary stops at Zeebrugge for Bruges and Le Havre for Honfleur, Normandy or even Paris! Included in this special 3-nighter is a chance to visit the ‘Ben & Jerry Sweet’, a PR Atrium cabin, a viewing of a 606 square feet Owner’s Suite, optional Cruise In coach tours from Zeebrugge and Le Havre at special Cruise In prices. Enough said? See you onboard!

WolversdeneTHE CLUB

w w w . w o l v e r s d e n e c l u b . c o m

Dene Road, Andover, Hants, SP10 2AAMain Club : 01264 352227

Secretary: 01264 323079Email : [email protected]

If you want to become a member of the Wolversdene Club, then please fi ll in below the required information and place it in the renewal box (situated at the main bar) along with the correct fee. You can also send it to us through the post. Membership will not be accepted until full payment is made. If paying by cheque, please make sure your cheque is payable to the Wolversdene Club.

Name: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Address: .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

.......... ...................................................................................................................................................................Postcode: ......................................

Home Tel. No: ............................................................................................ Mobile No: ..................................................................................

Email Address: (In order to receive monthly newsletters) ........................................................................................................................................................

Please choose which Membership you require and tick the appropriate box.

■ Family £32 (2 x Adults under 65 and children under 18)

■ Normal £20 (18 years or over)

■ Senior Citizen £10 (65 years and over)

MEMBERSHIP FORM

✃Membership

starts in

MARCH

The Wolversdene offers a variety of activities for its members as well as offering excellent prices for food and drink.Food is served in the main club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday lunch times from 12.00 until 1.30pm. Thursdays we have a special offer of 2 meals for £6.00.

The club boasts and enormous range of facilities including:

2 pool tables ✪

two snooker rooms ✪

a skittle alley ✪

table tennis ✪

eight dart boards ✪

2 screens ✪

5 TVs - including one undercover, outside. ✪

Furthermore, we have the full Sky Sports package. This ensures that our members never miss a game and with a large wide screen TV and 2 projectors, you will never miss a kick!

The Club offers entertainment varying from live bands to discos.

The venue - for eventsto remember.......

Wed�ings

Busine�s ��etings

Birth�ay Parties

Sports Di�ners

Live Music

The Hayward Suite is an events venue that offers the perfect venue for any event. We offer in-house catering and a bar, plus the option of a marquee if needed.There is plenty of parking for all your guests.We can also offer a fl exible staging facility with great audio and lighting support - plus of course there is wi-fi should you need it.The Hayward Suite hosts all the events for the local darts, football, and Jamie G charity events, as shown in the photographs.

HaywardTHE SUITE

w w w . h a y w a r d s u i t e . c o . u k

Dene Road, Andover, Hants. SP10 2AA 01264 352227 email:[email protected]

We have helped raise money for the Jamie G Trust, Help for Heroes, Scotties Little Soldiers,

Andover Darts Academy, Sweet Science Boxing and many more.

‘Excellent’

Andover Gazette



adveNtuRe of the seas 7th May 2013

2 Night French Escape

Southampton - Le Havre, France - Southampton

Stateroom Grade Cruise In Price




Junior Suite JS £339

iNdepeNdeNCe of the seas 2nd May 2013

2 Night French Explorer




Best Available Promenade PR £249

Best Available Oceanview £269


iNdepeNdeNCe of the seas 29th October 2013


Southampton - Le Havre, France - Zeebruge (Bruges) - Southampton






Mini Cruises 2013If you are unable to go on our Mini Cruise on the 26th October 2013,

and really want to try a short cruise or simply just need a break, then don’t worry, below are some alternative Mini sample cruises that might just suit!

The BLaCk Sea - aN aMazING CRuISe25 September 2013 - 12 night Black Sea & Greek Isles

We’re delighted to be able to offer this cruise because we get so many requests for Black Sea cruises. Everyone, it seems, wants to sail through the Bosporus. The famous strait captures the imagination of many cruisers. The cruise could also be your first opportunity to experience Celebrity Constellation since she was recently ‘Solsticized’. What’s ‘Solsticized’? Well, let’s tell you all about it. ‘Solsticizing’ began when many favourite features of Celebrity Millennium Class ships inspired them to build their world-famous Solstice Class ships. Celebrity have now come full circle and have incorporated many Solstice Class features on Celebrity Constellation. That’s ‘Solsticizing’ and the transformation has made a special ship even more special! Celebrity Constellation boasts spectacular style and ambience. Once you enter the Grand Foyer, with its stunning atrium and marble staircase, the tone is set for your cruise. From the minute you sip your favourite vodka at the ultra-cool, ice-topped Martini Bar, or savour your favourite steak in the Tuscan Grille, you’ll feel transformed as well. Sumptuous suites and staterooms with stunning new décor and flat-screen TVs, and a level of personal service that’s unobtrusive, intuitive and a delight to be on the receiving end of. This cruise is a wonderful way to travel through the heartland of the eastern Mediterranean on a wonderfully exotic and adventurous itinerary. And, of course, there’s the chance to add-on nights pre or post cruise in Istanbul, the ‘capital city’ as it has been called, of that fabled part of the world.

Istanbul, Turkey -athens, Greece - Mykonos, Greece - ephesus (kusadasi), Turkey - Bosporus Strait (cruising) - Yalta, ukraine - Sevastopol, ukraine - Odessa, ukraine (overnight) - Burgas, Bulgaria -

Istanbul, Turkey (overnight)

aMaZiNG CRuise iN pRiCes


Interior 11 £1479

Ocean View 7 £1589

Balcony 2B £1879

Concierge Balcony C3 £1969

Aqua Class Balcony A2 £2089

Price per person based on twin occupancy includes return flights from London Luton, Istanbul transfers, port & air taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise. Flights subject to 2013 schedules. Other airports may be available at a supplement

Constellation®

Price per person based on twin occupancy includes port taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise.


Last RemaInIng avaILabLItyTHE ULTIMATE RHINE CHRISTMAS MARKETS CRUISE

5 nIgHts On 5-staR eLegant LaDy26 nOvembeR - 1 DeCembeR 2012

WhAt the trIp InCludesprICes

■ twin cabin with television, air con/heating and ensuite shower/wc

■ travel arrangements as detailed below. some options carry a supplement

■ all mooring fees, new german 19% tax, air taxes and surcharges where

applicable

■ Full board on mv elegant Lady from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 6. this includes early risers’ coffee, hot and cold buffet breakfast, morning coffee, 4-course lunch, afternoon tea, 5-course dinner and late evening snacks

■ entertainment nightly with the Cruise In band

CoLogNE • KobLENz • WEISbAdEN • RüdESHEIM • boNN • CoLogNE

hOW WOuld YOu lIKe tO trAVel?

EURoSTAR ANd CoACH • 26 NoVEMbER To 1 dECEMbER 2012travel by standard class eurostar from st Pancras or ebbsfleet on monday 26 november. sit back and relax on the hour and a half journey to Lille europe. On arrival join our luxury coach to take you onward to shipside on the Rhine in Cologne. Our luxury coach will collect you from mv elegant Lady on saturday 1 December transferring you to Lille europe for your 15.30 return train, arriving st Pancras 16.03.

FLY To CoLogNE oR dUSSELdoRFFly from London stansted or London gatwick direct to Cologne or direct from London Heathrow to Düsseldorf. all flights are subject to 2012 winter schedules. many routes are subject to supplements at time of booking. transfers between airport and shipside are not included.

EXTENd YoUR TRIP To 6 NIgHTS ANd INCLUdE oNE NIgHT IN THE CoLoURFUL ToWN oF LILLE • 25 NoVEMbER To 1 dECEMbER 2012

Why not add a night pre-cruise in Lille at £65 per person bed and breakfast? travel by standard class eurostar from st Pancras or ebbsfleet on sunday 25 november to Lille europe. you can enjoy the afternoon and evening in Lille at your leisure. Our luxury coach will collect you at 11.30am on monday 26 november from your Lille hotel to take you onward to shipside on the Rhine in Cologne. On saturday 1 December our luxury coach will transfer you between mv elegant Lady and Lille europe for your 15.30 return train, arriving st Pancras 16.03. transfer between Lille station and hotel not included.

No SMoKINgCRUISE

ItInerArY

16.00 embarkation at Cologne 17.00 - 22.00 sailing to Koblenz

Day 1

Koblenz Christmas market 13.00 - 22.00 sailing to Wiesbaden

Day 2

Wiesbaden twinkling star market 12.30 - 14.30 sailing to Rüdesheim Rüdesheim Christmas market

Day 3

08.00 - 13.00 sailing to bonn bonn Christmas market

Day 4

07.00 - 09.00 sailing to Cologne 5 Cologne Christmas markets

Day 5

08.00 Disembark at CologneDay 6

Main deck A sOld Out

Main deck B £525

upper deck 4 CABIns reMAInIng £585

single supplement +80%

lille Add on (twin £65




adveNtuRe of the seas 7th May 2013

2 Night French Escape






Junior Suite JS £339

iNdepeNdeNCe of the seas 2nd May 2013








iNdepeNdeNCe of the seas 29th October 2013


Southampton - Le Havre, France - Zeebruge (Bruges) - Southampton






Mini Cruises 2013If you are unable to go on our Mini Cruise on the 26th October 2013,

and really want to try a short cruise or simply just need a break, then don’t worry, below are some alternative Mini sample cruises that might just suit!

The BLaCk Sea - aN aMazING CRuISe25 September 2013 - 12 night Black Sea & Greek Isles

We’re delighted to be able to offer this cruise because we get so many requests for Black Sea cruises. Everyone, it seems, wants to sail through the Bosporus. The famous strait captures the imagination of many cruisers. The cruise could also be your first opportunity to experience Celebrity Constellation since she was recently ‘Solsticized’. What’s ‘Solsticized’? Well, let’s tell you all about it. ‘Solsticizing’ began when many favourite features of Celebrity Millennium Class ships inspired them to build their world-famous Solstice Class ships. Celebrity have now come full circle and have incorporated many Solstice Class features on Celebrity Constellation. That’s ‘Solsticizing’ and the transformation has made a special ship even more special! Celebrity Constellation boasts spectacular style and ambience. Once you enter the Grand Foyer, with its stunning atrium and marble staircase, the tone is set for your cruise. From the minute you sip your favourite vodka at the ultra-cool, ice-topped Martini Bar, or savour your favourite steak in the Tuscan Grille, you’ll feel transformed as well. Sumptuous suites and staterooms with stunning new décor and flat-screen TVs, and a level of personal service that’s unobtrusive, intuitive and a delight to be on the receiving end of. This cruise is a wonderful way to travel through the heartland of the eastern Mediterranean on a wonderfully exotic and adventurous itinerary. And, of course, there’s the chance to add-on nights pre or post cruise in Istanbul, the ‘capital city’ as it has been called, of that fabled part of the world.

Istanbul, Turkey -athens, Greece - Mykonos, Greece - ephesus (kusadasi), Turkey - Bosporus Strait (cruising) - Yalta, ukraine - Sevastopol, ukraine - Odessa, ukraine (overnight) - Burgas, Bulgaria -

Istanbul, Turkey (overnight)

aMaZiNG CRuise iN pRiCes


Interior 11 £1479

Ocean View 7 £1589

Balcony 2B £1879


Aqua Class Balcony A2 £2089

Price per person based on twin occupancy includes return flights from London Luton, Istanbul transfers, port & air taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise. Flights subject to 2013 schedules. Other airports may be available at a supplement

Constellation®

Price per person based on twin occupancy includes port taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise.


Last RemaInIng avaILabLItyTHE ULTIMATE RHINE CHRISTMAS MARKETS CRUISE

5 nIgHts On 5-staR eLegant LaDy26 nOvembeR - 1 DeCembeR 2012

WhAt the trIp InCludesprICes

■ twin cabin with television, air con/heating and ensuite shower/wc

■ travel arrangements as detailed below. some options carry a supplement

■ all mooring fees, new german 19% tax, air taxes and surcharges where

applicable

■ Full board on mv elegant Lady from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 6. this includes early risers’ coffee, hot and cold buffet breakfast, morning coffee, 4-course lunch, afternoon tea, 5-course dinner and late evening snacks

■ entertainment nightly with the Cruise In band

CoLogNE • KobLENz • WEISbAdEN • RüdESHEIM • boNN • CoLogNE

hOW WOuld YOu lIKe tO trAVel?

EURoSTAR ANd CoACH • 26 NoVEMbER To 1 dECEMbER 2012travel by standard class eurostar from st Pancras or ebbsfleet on monday 26 november. sit back and relax on the hour and a half journey to Lille europe. On arrival join our luxury coach to take you onward to shipside on the Rhine in Cologne. Our luxury coach will collect you from mv elegant Lady on saturday 1 December transferring you to Lille europe for your 15.30 return train, arriving st Pancras 16.03.

FLY To CoLogNE oR dUSSELdoRFFly from London stansted or London gatwick direct to Cologne or direct from London Heathrow to Düsseldorf. all flights are subject to 2012 winter schedules. many routes are subject to supplements at time of booking. transfers between airport and shipside are not included.

EXTENd YoUR TRIP To 6 NIgHTS ANd INCLUdE oNE NIgHT IN THE CoLoURFUL ToWN oF LILLE • 25 NoVEMbER To 1 dECEMbER 2012

Why not add a night pre-cruise in Lille at £65 per person bed and breakfast? travel by standard class eurostar from st Pancras or ebbsfleet on sunday 25 november to Lille europe. you can enjoy the afternoon and evening in Lille at your leisure. Our luxury coach will collect you at 11.30am on monday 26 november from your Lille hotel to take you onward to shipside on the Rhine in Cologne. On saturday 1 December our luxury coach will transfer you between mv elegant Lady and Lille europe for your 15.30 return train, arriving st Pancras 16.03. transfer between Lille station and hotel not included.

No SMoKINgCRUISE

ItInerArY

16.00 embarkation at Cologne 17.00 - 22.00 sailing to Koblenz

Day 1

Koblenz Christmas market 13.00 - 22.00 sailing to Wiesbaden

Day 2

Wiesbaden twinkling star market 12.30 - 14.30 sailing to Rüdesheim Rüdesheim Christmas market

Day 3

08.00 - 13.00 sailing to bonn bonn Christmas market

Day 4

07.00 - 09.00 sailing to Cologne 5 Cologne Christmas markets

Day 5

08.00 Disembark at CologneDay 6

Main deck A sOld Out

Main deck B £525

upper deck 4 CABIns reMAInIng £585

single supplement +80%

lille Add on (twin £65

Andover Gazette


01264 350750 • www.cruisein.co.uk • 01264 350750 • www.cruisein.co.uk Cruise In Limited, 8 Westmarch Business Centre, River Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1NS Tel: 01264 350750 Fax: 01264 361222

The information and opinions contained in our newsletters are the views of Cruise In and do not necessarily represent those of our suppliers and business associates. While every care has been taken in the production of this newsletter, Cruise In accept no responsibility for errors or omissions.

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tWo exClusively pRiCed CRuises foR alasKa oR the CaRibbeaN

It’s a fact of life that Cruise In’s prices on the cruises below are hundreds of pounds cheaper than buying directly through the cruise line! Not only do they represent amazing value, the ships and itineraries are to die for. Cliff always raves about Alaska, saying it’s the best cruise he’s ever been on - quite a statement from someone who has cruised as many times as him! Alaska is truly a magical place. Every stop is different. From the wildlife, the whales, the gold town of Skagway, the totem poles in Ketchikan, the glaciers and, not forgetting, the astonishing wild and wonderful scenery. In complete contrast to Alaska, Celebrity Eclipse is cruising a Caribbean itinerary which speaks for itself - just wonderful in a completely different way! Added to this there are the breathtaking facilities, service and food on, in our opinion, the best large cruise ship in the world. Don’t miss out! You’ll have a cruise of a lifetime!

11 NiGht ultiMate alasKa fRoM £143915 SePTeMBeR 2012

Vancouver, Cruising Inside Passage, Sitka, Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Juneau, Icy Strait Point Cruising, Ketchikan, Vancouver

stateroom grade Cruise In price

Interior 11 £1439

Ocean View 7 £1599

Balcony 2B £1929


Price per person based on twin occupancy includes return flights from London, one night vancouver pre-cruise hotel room only, port and air taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise.

CELEbRITYCENTURY®

feel fRee to dRop iN foR youR fRee CRuise iN 2013/14 bRoChuRe

We published the first edition of our Cruise Collection 2013/14 brochure on 10 May 2012. It features many of the luxury 5-Star Celebrity Cruises new itinerary launches from May 2013 to April 2014, as well as the 4-Star luxury cruises of Royal Caribbean International. The big news is Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Infinity, Independence of the Seas, Adventure of the Seas and Brilliance of the Seas are all home porting from the UK for the summer months. This gives you a wonderful opportunity to cruise from the UK without flying. Our next edition will feature Princess, Cunard, P&O, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and other luxury cruise lines. Feel free to call in and collect your copy of the brochure, or visit the ‘free brochure’ section of our website www.cruisein.co.uk

Just ReMeMbeR, doN’t foRGet, We sell all luxuRy CRuise liNes

As your Andover based personal cruise consultancy - we’ve been in Andover 12 years - we pride ourselves on the knowledge, service and advice we give to anyone wishing to book a luxury cruise. This service has won us numerous national awards. And, as we never tire of telling people, we sell all luxury cruise lines of 4-star and above.

16 NiGht ultiMate CaRibbeaN fRoM £169925 JaNuaRY 2013

Fort Lauderdale - Charlotte Amalie - St Thomas - Philipsburg, St Maarten - St Johns, Antigua - Castries, St Lucia - Bridgetown, Barbados - St George’s, Grenada - Oranjestad, Aruba - Willemstad, Curacao - Fort Lauderdale

CELEbRITYECLIPSE®

stateroom grade 25 Jan

Interior 11 £1699

Ocean View 8 £1799

Balcony 2B £1899


Price per person based on twin occupancy includes flights from London, one night pre-cruise hotel room only, port and air taxes, full board and entertainment on cruise. Indirect manchester flights available at a supplement



01264 350750 • www.cruisein.co.uk • 01264 350750 • www.cruisein.co.uk Cruise In Limited, 8 Westmarch Business Centre, River Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1NS Tel: 01264 350750 Fax: 01264 361222

The information and opinions contained in our newsletters are the views of Cruise In and do not necessarily represent those of our suppliers and business associates. While every care has been taken in the production of this newsletter, Cruise In accept no responsibility for errors or omissions.

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Wanting to mark the 10-year anniversary of the loss of their mum to breast cancer, local sisters Kate Bone and Emma Dowinton have chosen to run not just one but ten Race for Life races. And not content with running them by themselves, they have managed to convince about 70 friends and family members to join some of the races with them, with the aim of raising £3,000 for Cancer Research UK.

Kate and Emma’s mum, Tonia Oldacre, was well known in the Andover community as she worked at Andover’s John Hanson Community School for over 20 years, including as assistant head teacher. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. After surgery it went into remission, but in 2001 the cancer returned and had spread. Tonia died at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice in Andover in September 2002.

Kate says, “With the 10 year anniversary coming up we knew we wanted to do something big to raise money for Cancer Research UK. We’ve done the Race for Life before but we thought let’s go bigger and do ten of them. And rather than just asking people we knew for sponsorship, we thought it would be more fun to get others to do it with us and each of them could also get sponsorship. So we created Team Tonia but we never thought it would get this big”.

With sponsorship – including two main corporate sponsors Fostering Solutions (where Emma works as a social worker) and local recruitment firm Nicholas Howard – they have so far raised £2,000 of their £3,000 target. They believe more runners may yet join and more sponsorship will be raised, as the race dates - from 27th May to 27th July – get closer.

The Training is Hard

Kate and Emma are now in training and have just reached five miles, but it’s not an easy task says Emma. “The training is hard. I’m not a runner, I’m not slim, and I’m breastfeeding. But I’m determined to do it and am just approaching it in bite-sized pieces”.

As well as getting themselves around the courses, Emma and Kate now feel a responsibility for all the people who have also volunteered to take part,

some of whom are not natural runners either. To help motivate others, they have set up a Facebook page for everyone to share their training experiences. Their proud father and Tonia’s husband, Ian Oldacre, who was one of the founding members of the Andover Athletics Club and is a UK Athletics Coach, is now providing training advice to the team. The team are also inviting people to come training with them at set times. “We want everyone to get around their course and enjoy it,” says Kate.

There are matching T-Shirts for the runners, but also for husbands (‘support crew’) and even the many babies. They will have a banner at the start of each of the races so everyone knows where to meet, and you may have already spotted one of their posters around Andover and local villages.

If you want to support them, you can either join their races to help raise sponsorship, or you can donate by texting toni48 then £amount to 70070, or visit their just giving page at www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/team-tonia. You can follow their blog here www.teamtonia.blogspot.co.uk/. And you can find out more about them on their Inspired Community group, their main Facebook group, or by following them at www.twitter.com/teamtonia.

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Do you recognise the primacy of positive cash flow or not? I firmly believe that it is vital for business survival and growth.

A good sales creed is “give me cash not credit”. It is also the tune that successful businesses sing. It does not matter if your gross margins make your competitors green with envy if you don’t get paid in time to keep your creditors off your back. By putting in place simple systems, many businesses can move from “just surviving” to “really thriving”.

Just because you’re making great gross profit doesn’t mean that you are putting lots of it into your pocket. Nor do great levels of gross profit mean you’re doing well. In fact it could mean that you’re going to go bust sooner than you thought! There are many examples of businesses that sold so much so fast that they couldn’t pay their monthly bills. Primarily because they weren’t paid quickly enough from their customers, but now have to pay more bills from suppliers to cover their newly increased sales.

To some this will sound obvious, to others it will come as a surprise. However, to me the only surprise is how many business owners don’t actually plan for their cash flow throughout the year. Often they don’t have a basic cash flow forecast, let alone the ability to model potential changes in their businesses. For example, can you model the effect on your cash flow as a result of:

• A change in your turnover (even a slight one)

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• A change in your receivables or your payables (how quickly you get paid from your customers or pay your suppliers)

• Reducing your overheads

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Do you just carry out changes and assume or worse still hope that they will be beneficial? Do you just try and increase your sales and assume that this will be good for business? Whilst it normally is good for business, surprisingly often it isn’t. It can cause a myriad of problems such as more work, increased overheads, cash flow problems, operational or production issues.

It is always better to model the changes before you carry them out to see what the impact will be on your business and, indeed, your life. The unfortunate fact is that clichés are sometimes correct. Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity and cash flow is reality.

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This is a strange description that is applied when people keep small numbers of chickens or bantams, ie they are not kept in huge commercial flocks.

It is also a growing hobby with birds kept, not just in backyards but in gardens or allotments.

Some people just keep a few while others will keep a fair number. Some are kept as pets while others are kept as egg-layers or for showing or simply breeding to preserve some of the older rarer breed (there are, in fact, a considerable number of breeds and these birds come in a vast range of colours and sizes; not just chickens!)

They are relatively easy to keep free-range although they are liable to destroy your garden unless fenced away from “nicer” areas and if you have close neighbours the birds should be regularly wing-trimmed unless they are penned. They don’t roam far and will tend to return to their roosting house each night but it’s best not to allow them to enter other peoples’ gardens! Nowadays it is also possible to get some luxurious houses and pens in a range of shapes and sizes which restrict birds while allowing sufficient space that they can perform normal behaviours and also give sufficient security from dogs and foxes.

This last point is very important, especially in winter and in the spring breeding season when hungry foxes will enter gardens to attack poultry if fences are not sufficiently secure.

Feeding too is simple as layers pellets are ideal. Adding too much variety tends to lead to more problems. Remember that corn-fed chicken for eating are not supposed to live for a long time nor lay eggs. Supplementing the pellets with kitchen scraps is fine but the pellets should comprise at least 90% of the diet. If keeping ex-battery birds then the ex-battery feeds are specially supplemented to help these “tired” birds. There are also a range of excellent supplements to help these birds too.

One major “don’t” is keeping cockerels. Obviously they are needed if you plan to breed your birds but they should be penned separately or they will kill each other. If you have neighbours then I wouldn’t keep one at all; the crowing at 4am is very hard to control and, after a while, extremely annoying! Neutering is possible though very difficult, very expensive and results in a loss of all those fantastic feathers that make the rooster so attractive.

The most common diseases we see in these birds are egg peritonitis where egg yolk is laid into the

abdomen resulting in an infection, egg binding where the egg cannot be laid and Mareks Disease, a viral condition where nerves become swollen and the bird is paralysed.

One important factor when medicating these birds is that there are legal considerations in dosing birds producing eggs for human consumption. Please do not be upset when your vet advises you to throw away eggs for a period after medicating! In some cases (eg using an unlicensed drug) this advice may be that you can never eat the eggs again. It is therefore always worth discussing these issues with the vet before giving any drugs. If eating the birds’ eggs (especially if giving or selling the eggs to others) you should keep an Animal Medicines Book where all drug uses are recorded – these are easily available from vets or farmers’ merchants.

Overall they are fascinating birds to keep and it is possible to get a lot of pleasure from keeping them as well as a good source of fresh eggs! However, if you’re thinking of taking up this hobby then talk to experienced keepers and vets first and, above all, think of the neighbours.

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What does Whitchurch Methodist Church have in common with Charles Dickens, Edward Lear and Augustus Pugin? Answer: A birthday. 1812 must have been a special year.

To celebrate this 200th anniversary for the Methodist Church in Whitchurch a free flower festival is being organised from 15th to 18th June 2012. Local organisations, shops and businesses are helping to celebrate ‘the church in the community’.

As well as flower displays there is an exhibition which complements a new book charting the history of Methodism in Whitchurch (available to buy £7.50 plus p&p). Commemorative mugs and notelets will also be on sale. There will be refreshments over the whole of the weekend and musical interludes: a feast for the eyes, ears, and heart. Opportunities for quiet reflection will help to make this a visit to remember.

John Wesley, founder of Methodism, came to Whitchurch on several occasions and preached both in the open air and in a ‘new house’. The congregation outgrew this new house and a church was built in 1812. It is one of the oldest Methodist chapels in the country. Inside the building there is the tombstone of John Haime,

a soldier converted after hearing John Wesley. Another special feature is a depiction in stained glass of the woman at the well.

Over the weekend the building will be lit not only by the colours in the glass but also by the beautiful floral arrangements. John Haime’s gravestone and the window will be two of the areas depicted in flowers.

The Festival is open in the church on:

Friday 15th June and Saturday 16th June from 10.00am to 8.00pm

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Once you have visited the Festival, explore the historic town of Whitchurch lying on the River Test and boasting several old mills, including a working silk mill. Explore by following the mill trail and the town trail and visit the Millennium meadow, the river and surrounding countryside. Nearby is Chelsea gold winning Hardy’s Cottage Garden.

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What’s On…Charity Fashion Show at the LightsThe Lights Theatre was the venue chosen by Cotton Traders to host a fashion show as fundraiser for the Andover Carnival’s annual local charities, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire and The Macular Disease Society and although the turnout was somewhat on the light side the event ran very smoothly.

A wide range of quality clothing was paraded on the cat walk by the staff of Cotton Traders, volunteers from The Andover Garden Centre, the odd husband or two and they even managed to persuade yours truly to strut my stuff down the runway! The collection shown had something suitable for a range of ages or size. We were entertained during the interval by local singing talent, Daniel Farr, Jake Ward, and Jamie Walsh. Asda boosted funds by running a raffle with prizes donated by local Businesses.

So may I recommend that you pay a visit to Cotton Traders, adjacent to The Andover Garden Centre, meet their friendly team, try on something and take home a quality item that will last the test of time. They also have an online shop from which you can buy direct.

Test Valley BloomMay 30th at 10.00amTest Valley in Bloom Gardeners Market will be in Andover High Street along with the Andover Carnival team.

Wheels of AndoverJune 3rd at 10.00amIn George Yard car park there will be a collection of vintage buses and classic cars. In Andover High Street there will be a static discplay of vintage motorcycles.

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Believe that nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come” – The Scary Guy 1998 Who is The Scary Guy?The Scary Guy is just an average person who went by the name of Earl Kenneth Kaufmann, until he changed it legally in 1988 to The scary Guy, packed up his bags and hit the road in an attempt to educate school children about the evils of bullying. His sole mission is to eliminate ‘Hate, Violence and Prejudice’. These were the first words that Scary spoke when he began his mission in 1998. Since that day, Scary has worked with over 7 million people around the world, promoting peace through the teaching of Love and Acceptance of all people. And now he’s coming to a school near you!. The Scary Guy is unique in the world of public speaking. Heavily tattooed, his very presence shocks people into an awed state of attention.What does he do?According to his website ‘The Scary Guy’ is an expert in determining the root causes of emotional experiences that manifest themselves throughout communication on an individual, group and global scale. He claims a unique capacity to reach audiences of all ages and backgrounds.There has always been bad behaviour and kids learn how to behave badly. The power to choose is a philosophy with two key principles. The first is teaching the power to choose what we see and hear, and secondly, understanding we have the power to choose what we create, accepting responsibility for all of our words and actions.

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Former baby portrait photographer Earl Kenneth Kaufmann changed his name to ‘The Scary Guy’, and focuses on teaching love and acceptance of all people. His mission? To eliminate hate, violence and prejudice worldwide. Noble sentiments indeed.His audiences consist of both youth and adults, within police departments, military organisations and corporations across the world including: here, the U.S., Sweden, Germany, and Luxembourg. His philosophy is that “if someone calls you a “rotten word” it’s their problem not yours, and “you choose to accept what they say.” He’s even brought his mission to schools, The Scary Guy’s programme asks questions that force audience members to look inside themselves; if people call you names and use negative/bad words towards you it is their problem and not yours as they created their negative words. Therefore, The Scary Guy teaches that everything that comes from a person is a reflection of that person and their behaviour. His unorthodox stunts include shouting abuse at people, so unsurprisingly has inevitably divided teachers into two camps: awestruck or regretful.Now, I don’t care what someone looks like, but I do care about what they say.Apparently, one Minnesota school Head was understandably staggered when experiencing Scary remarking “Oh, that’s the best sex I’ve had all day!” after shaking hands with a child.Some ‘joke’, Earl. Surely this tells you everything you need to

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know about the shaman that is Earl Kenneth Kaufmann.CNN reports that schools worldwide are paying as much as $6,500 a day to hire this tattooed, pierced and bearded man with no credentials to impart anti-bullying wisdom to pupils.But wait, wait. In the immortal words of the late, great stand-up comedian Frank Carson, “There’s more. There’s more.” I’ve saved the best till last. And if this weren’t so troubling, it would be funny: Ivor Evans, former head of a local housing association and Test Valley Borough councillor Phil North have seen fit to book this man to run a ‘The Scary Guy’ seminar in May. Who’s paying his fee, I wonder?And even more Scary, how much might children be paying for the experience afterwards?What do you think? Would you like this man anywhere near your child? Please let us know by: using our Rant Room; writing a blog, tweet, email or submitting an article; making a short film, viral or mp3 audio file. YSB.COM can help affect change. We lobby MPs and help inform communities. Contact us. Because if you don’t stand up for change, then don’t expect any.

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The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office purchased devices from auction sites such as eBay and computer fairs and out of the 200 hard drives collected 11% contained personal information.

The watchdog also stated that at least 2 of the hard drives had enough information on them to enable someone to steal the former owners’ identity.

With more and more companies encouraging us to be a paperless society most people keep more information than they realise on their computer. This includes the obvious: bank statements, utility statements etc, but also the not so obvious: cookies which may fill in your passwords for you and therefore be desirable in every day computer use but are even more desirable to someone who wants to steal your identity or have access to your bank account.

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the data from their hard drive but this is not the case. Emptying the recycle bin is a good first step but to really be safe there are a number of other steps that need to happen.

A good computer engineer will have a ‘personal information removal package’ which includes making a back up of your information before taking other measures such as running software that will completely remove all information on your hard drive.

If your intention is to sell your computer it can then be restored to the clean ‘as new’ state by reinstalling Windows.

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Summer at WimbledonIt’s Wimbledon again, I’m feeling anxious, very fraught,

The pressure’s on again, it always is, on Centre Court,

The linesman has a guide dog and the umpire’s ninety three,

My opponent’s using gamesmanship; it’s really bothering me,

He queries almost everything; we’re stuck again at deuce,

The umpire is agreeing! What’s all this? The man’s obtuse,

So many bad decisions, and so many dodgy calls,

If he carries on, it won’t be me who needs some brand new balls,

Now it’s getting cloudy, and of course, here comes the rain,

It seems that we’ll be heading to the changing rooms again,

I’m thinking things can’t get much worse, and then, to my chagrin,

As I scuttle off the court, I hear Cliff Richard start to sing…

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A FREE LOCAL EVENTProviding Landlords and Letting Agents with topical information on all aspects of residential lettings, presentations from National Landlords Associations and best practice discussions.

The next Forum will be held on Tuesday 3 July 2012 from 9:30am and usually runs until midday.

The Forum is held at the council offices, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, SP10 3AJ.

Please contact the Rent Deposit Team on 01264 368611 or email: [email protected] for further information and to confirm your attendance.

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Dates For Your Diary

June 2nd Diamond Jubilee, Stockbridge. Beacon to be lit on Stockbridge Down with a Street Party and BBQ, etc. 2.30pm-4.30pm

June 3rd Jubilee Jamboree. This event marks the Diamond Jubilee with a ‘typically’ British fete in Beech Hurst Park, Andover. Join us for music, workshops and attractions from 11am-5pm - a fund day out for the whole family.

June 4th–30th Art & Oak Exhibition at Ace Framing, The Commercial Centre, Picket Piece. Opening times - Mon-Fri 3.00pm-8.00pm, Sat 9.00am-5.00pm, closed Sundays. Come and browse an interesting and varied exhibition by a small group of local artists, who meet regularly to paint together. We use watercolour, acrylic, oil, collage and more and the subjects range from landscape to abstract, from flowers to still life. The paintings are complemented by locally made bespoke oak furniture, and many small handy oak items.

June 9th Coffee and Cake Morning at the Grateley hall giving an opportunity for a mid morning cup of coffee or tea, a selection of home baked cakes, and an opportunity to meet and chat with friends and neighbours. 10.00am-12.00noon. Grateley Village Hall in Station Road. In aid of the Christian Aid appeal.

June 13th Car Boot Sale at the museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop. Wednesday afternoon 2.00-4.20pm. Cars £5, Vans £8, General public 30p. Enquiries 01264-784421

June 16th Wallop Primary School Summer Fete at School Lane, Nether Wallop SO20 8EH. Join us in the beautiful grounds of Wallop School for a fun day out for the all family. This year we have the ‘Falcon High’ Falcon display team as well as Tractor Rides, Pony Rides, Face Painting, Bouncy Castle, Go-Karting, Raffle, Coconut Shy, Tombolas, BBQ, Homemade Cakes, Cream Teas and much more. Free entry. We are raising funds for Science and Technology resources throughout the school. 1.00-4.00pm

June 22nd & 23rd NOMADS present ‘Diamond Days on a Summer Night’ in Woodley Village Hall, School Road, Romsey. An evening of music and entertainment at 7.30pm to include a buffet supper. For tickets or more information call 01794-523578 or 01794-513860.

July 7th Andover CE Primary School PFTA Summer Fair. We have arena events, BBQ, space hopper racing, homemade cakes and many more other stalls to keep the whole family entertained for the afternoon. Everyone welcome.

July 14th Grateley Primary School Summer Fete. Great fun for all the family. Olympic events, live music, assault course, bouncy castles, stalls, BBQ, licensed bar, games, raffles, prizes and so much more. Come along and enjoy the fun. 1.00pm onwards at the school playing fields.

July 23rd–27th & Lockerley School P.T.A. Summer Playscheme. To be held at Lockerley Primary School, 30th July–Aug 3rd daily from 9.00am-2.00pm for children aged 5 (inc. year R) - 11 years. £10.00 per session.

Activities will include:- Sports, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Dancing, Themed Days and much more. If you would like more details or an application form please contact Chris Goodman and Phillip Stirrett on 01794--340098 or Julie Black at Lockerley School 01794-340485

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Andover Farmer’s Market – Third Sunday of every month. 10am–2pm. Andover High StreetRomsey Farmer’s Market – First Sunday of every month. 10am–2pm. Alma Road Car Park, off Alma Road, Romsey SO51 8ED



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The design, technology and capability of Land Rover’s current model range has been reflected in the brand’s emphatic success in the 2012 Diesel Car Awards.

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Car Of The Year Honour For Range Rover Evoque As Land Rover Excels In 2012 Diesel Car Awards

Ian Robertson, Diesel Car editor, said: “Already an icon, the Evoque combines stunning design and brilliant engineering to great effect.”

While Evoque claimed the ultimate prize, the Land Rover Discovery 4 demonstrated the diverse capability of Land Rover design and engineering by taking the ‘Best 4x4 Award’ for the third successive year. No challenger has yet to do better than the Land Rover, which has occupied the top spot ever since it was launched, and is described by the magazine as “everything you could possibly want in a car”.



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