Page 4 Issue 7. Postal Address: Stainforth Town Council, PO Box 797, Stainforth, Doncaster, DN7 5WZ. Tel: 01302 844903 www.stainforthtowncouncil.gov.uk Town Clerk- Email: [email protected] Deputy Clerk- Email: [email protected] MAYOR: MRS. A. ABBOTT—Tel: 07824676241 DEPUTY MAYOR: MRS. L. CROSBY—Tel: 07525099005 MEMBERS Tel. No. Committees MEMBERS Tel. No. Committees Mrs. J. Bolton - 842220 R, N Mrs. I. Moore - 351016 C, N, R D.A. Cannon - 883837 F E. Nesbitt - 840014 C W. S. Q. Cook - 841604 C, F, N Mrs. M. Nesbitt - 840014 C, N Mrs. J. R.. Harvey - 840112 Mrs. P. Pilkington- 843944 C, N E. Hughes - 846749 F, R H. Riley - 844272 N. Hughes - 844217 C, F J. Thompson – 842857 F, N D. Moore - 351016 C, F, N, R C= Cemetery F= Finance N= Newsletter R= Recreation Other numbers: CEMETERY - Church Road – Tel: 845158 Street Lighting Complaints - DMBC during office hours 736892. Safer Neighbourhood Team – 736000. FLAG – 736050. MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR AND LEADER EX OFFICIO ALL COMMITEES. MEETINGS - The third Tuesday in the Month except August & December in the Council Chamber commencing at 6.30 p.m. (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED) with 15 minutes public participation prior to commencement of the meeting. Public Participation – the Town Council welcomes input from residents, and to facilitate this, provides a period of 15 min- utes prior to the commencement of its meetings. Any subject you wish to discuss should be notified, in writing, and should reach the Clerk not later than 7 days before the meeting. It is also open to residents to raise any pressing issues with the Clerk between meetings. COUNCILLOR SURGERIES…..To be held on the final Saturday of every month except August & December, at the Town Council office at 11am. The Mayor will be available at all surgeries along with the following Councillors: July - E. Hughes, D. Moore September - J. Thompson, Mrs. M. Nesbitt October - Mrs. L. Crosby, Mrs. J. Bolton November - W.S.Q. Cook, Mrs. I. Moore January - D. Cannon, Mrs. P. Pilkington February - N. Hughes, H. Riley March - E. Nesbitt, Mrs. J. Harvey April - Mrs. L. Crosby, D. Moore If you wish to submit any articles for inclusion in the newsletter, please forward them for consideration to the Stainforth Town Council Office. See above for address. All article entries will be scruti- nised by the newsletter committee and edited where appropriate. The committee decision will be final. Your Council DID YOU KNOW…… Our first Mayor of Stainforth, Tommy Collins, went to the USA to take part in the World Weight Lifting, Bench Press Veterans category. He finished runner up just being beaten by a Frenchman on the final lift for the title. Well done once again to Tommy!!! Issue 7. Stainforth Voice In this issue: Mayor’s Awards. Plant a Tree. Stainforth Bridge. Remembrance Sunday. Fun in the Li- brary. St. Mary’s Lunch Club. Firework Spec- tacular. Advertisements. Garden Comp Washout. Mrs. Moore’s Parkin. Deputy Mayor’s Dialogue, Your Council contact details. Councillor Sur- geries. Date: Sept 2012 Stainforth Bridge DON'T go thinking you are having hal- lucinations if you see frogmen diving for stones from Stainforth Bridge any time now. The frogmen are retrieving the his- toric stonework from the riverbed where it has lain since an accident closed the bridge on 6th September. A farmer's JCB displaced the parapet into the river be- low. The attractive single file stone bridge over the river Don has existed since 1768 when it replaced a wooden structure and is now a Grade II listed building. Special cement is on order from the National Trust. The bridge is a bus route to Fishlake and Sykehouse whose residents use the shops and post offices in Stainforth and provides Stainforth folk with a quick route to the motorway. DMBC hopes to have the bridge open by 15th October. Plant a Tree for You and Me STAINFORTH Town Council would like to invite you and your friends to come and help plant 420 trees on the Welfare Ground off Church Road. The trees have been given to Stainforth by the Woodland Trust to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in what has been a memorable year for Britain. Trees benefit us all, be it as a home for wildlife, as a source of fresh air or as a means of improving the landscape. We hope that schools, churches, clubs, other local organisa- tions, families and individuals will come along and follow the example of the mayor, Cllr. Mrs Arlene Abbott by planting a tree to have a stake in a greener future of Stain- forth. Parents and Grandparents may wish to plant a tree and see it grow over the years as their family grows. Come and join us on 12th November! Please contact the Clerk or Deputy Clerk at the Town Council. ADVERTISING SPACE. If you would like to advertise your business or organi- sation in this maga- zine then Stainforth Town Council are giving you opportunity to do so. Please contact the Town Clerk or the Deputy Town Clerk at the Town Council Office for details. Mayors Awards The Mayor, Cllr. Mrs. Arlene Abbott, has pre- sented 2 awards recently to Mr. Jack Cheadle and Ms. Christel Wood, in recognition of their services on behalf of the Royal British Legion within the Stainforth community. REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY This year’s Remembrance Sun- day service is scheduled for 10:00am on 11/11/12 at St. Mary’s Church, followed by a parade to the Cenotaph in time for silence at 11:00am and the laying of wreaths. The Mayor would like to invite you to par- take of light refreshments in the Chapel following the wreath lay- ing ceremony. This year we will have the pleasure of a cornet player for the ’Reveile’ and the ‘Last Post’ from Markham Main Band.