Herald - Issue 380

Page 14 • The HERALD • 24th October 2019 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v FREE ESTIMATES Call Richard on 07554 421544 or 023 8178 8299 PEST CONTROL Domestic, Commercial & Agricultural • WASPS • MOLES • RABBITS • RATS • BEES • MICE • SQUIRRELS • PIGEONS • INSECTS Local Friendly Family Run Business Fully Trained & Insured HOME FIX HANDYMAN All aspects of Property Maintenance Undertaken l Carpentry l Flat Packs l Tap Changing l Fitting of Blinds/Curtain Tracks l Lock Fitting l Reseal Kitchens/Bathrooms l Gutter Clearing l Aerial Fitting etc Local, Reliable Professional with over 20 years experience Call Paul on 023 8084 5255 or 07799 880082 Todd Beverley Carpentry Services Quality workmanship with over 20 years experience All Household Carpentry Undertaken including: • Kitchen/Bathroom/Bedroom fitting • Purpose Built Cupboards and Wardrobes • Internal/External Door Hanging • Solid/Laminate Flooring • Window Renovation • Decking For a friendly & reliable service you can trust call: Tel: 023 8086 0969 Mobile: 07941 021558 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk A Gift That Keeps On Giving Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club were delighted to donate some 150 Dictionaries4Life to Year 4 pupils at several local primary schools including Waterside Primary School whose pupils received their copies from members of the Rotary Club at a recent assembly (the 2 larger than life ‘pupils’ in the photograph are Rotarians Ray Lewis and David Saunders). e children were thrilled to be given their dictionaries and were excitedly thumbing through them even before they le the assembly. Continuing with their Dictionaries4Life project, Hythe & Waterside Rotary Club visited Wildground Junior School, Dibden Purlieu to donate dictionaries to Year 4 pupils. Rotarians David Saunders, Ray Lewis, Tim Parsons and Trevor Hanmore were delighted to attend a recent school assembly to see the children presented with their dictionaries. e children were very excited and were soon enthusiastically looking through them. e dictionaries, published by Usborne, are full colour, beautifully illustrated mini-encyclopedias which the pupils will use throughout their time at Waterside Primary School and go on to take them to their secondary school and beyond as they keep the dictionaries for life. Rotarians Ray Lewis and David Saunders with the pupils of Waterside Primary School Rotarians David Saunders, Ray Lewis, Tim Parsons and Trevor Hanmore with the pupils of Wildground Junior School It’s Frightfully Fun at the Farm Go along to Longdown Activity Farm for some frightfully fun activities on the run up to Hallowe’en; there’ll be lots of spooky stu to see and do. other offer). On Sunday 27th October (only) what could conjure up an atmosphere of spells and magic better than meeting and holding a real-life barn owl? You can take part in this magical experience, and because Hallowe’en has to be a bit scary too, you can also encounter creepy creatures like giant millipedes, snakes, lizards, rats and maybe a cockroach or two with the Creature Teachers! A er all the scary stu calm down with their friendly farm animals. Join in when you want to with a full schedule of farm activities lasting all day, which includes bottle-feeding kid goats and calves, small animal handling in the Animal Encounter Barn and feeding the ducks. Longdown Activity Farm and the Farm Shop will be open daily, as usual, for the whole of half-term. Visit www.longdownfarm.co.uk or call 023 8029 2837. *Please note: There will be a small extra charge for pumpkin carving and face-painting. £5.50 each (cannot be used in conjunction with any Enter the Haunted Barn at your peril from Saturday 26th October through to Thursday 31st October where you can carve your very own pumpkin into a grimacing ghoul*. Don’t forget to visit the brrrrrilliant resident face-painter Katie* who will give you the chills when she turns even the most angelic child into a scary end! Any children that arrive in spooky fancy dress on Saturday 26th October and Sunday 27th October (only) will be given entry at the reduced cost of Next time you’re passing, pop in to e Herald at 2 High Street, Hythe to see the wonderful art on display on the Window Wall by local artist Peter York. Peter has been a member of the Waterside Art Group for many years and is currently Chairman. ART AT NUMBER 2