Page 50 • The HERALD • 9th May 2024 v FOR GOOD ADVICE, ASK YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v Yours Faithfully... Everyone welcome to our Services SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 10.30AM 1st Sunday of the month Communion HAMPTON LANE, BLACKFIELD SO45 1XA You are invited to BETHANY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Rollestone Road, Holbury Every Sunday, 6.20pm for 6.30pm Christian Worship & Teaching 023 8089 2153 Everyone Welcome 24” high from £550 30” high from £675 (Prices inclusive VAT) Installation anywhere in England and Wales Memorials refurbished and inscriptions added Colours and full range of memorials available Southampton Grad Band Coming soon! The popular Southampton Grad Band is returning to the Waterside for a great concert on Saturday 18th May, 7.30pm at Cornerstone Church in Hythe. e band is technically a “Wind Band” and play a variety of music including Traditional (Holst Suites, Dambusters), Stage & Screen (Miss Saigon, Lion King), Popular music (Beatles, Take at), Big Band / Jazz (Blues Brothers) and Classical arrangements (Carmen, Nutcracker Suite). is is a great concert not to be missed! Tickets at £10 (£5 under 18) – which includes a programme and interval refreshments - are available from: Cornerstone Church O ce Tel: 023 8084 5005 or: enquiries@ cornerstonehytheurc.org.uk and e Herald o ce, High Street, Hythe (cash only). Social Responsibility Awards Hythe & Waterside Rotary offers local schools a Social Responsibility Award to be given to a pupil who has demonstrated outstanding personal commitment to the school and/or wider community. At a Celebration Assembly on the last day of Spring Term, Waterside Primary School nominated Tobias for this award and also nominated Lacey for a newly introduced Super Specialist award. Tobias, a Year 1 pupil, is proud of where he lives and to help to keep the neighbourhood nice and clean, he regularly collects litter in his local streets and helps to tidy up a nearby communal area (please don’t throw your litter onto the street – take it home and bin it: thank you!). Hythe & Waterside Rotary will be making a donation in Tobias’ name to the British Heart Foundation in memory of his Grandad who recently died from a heart condition. Lacey, a Year 4 pupil, was presented with the school’s rst Super Specialist Award to recognise her application of the school’s values, both in school and outside school. Lacey is an expert gymnast and represents her gym club at events across the country and she also represents the school at running and athletic events. Hythe & Waterside Rotary will be making a donation in Lacey’s name to the New Forest Aerobics Gymnastics Club to be put towards buying new equipment. Congratulations to Tobias and Lacey from everyone at Hythe & Waterside Rotary and Waterside Primary School. Hythe & Waterside Rotarians Tim Parsons & Tony Carter with Lacey and Tobias Soup & Sweet at Trinity Church, Hazel Farm Road, Totton, SO40 8WU takes place on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12.30pm to 2pm. For £4 per person you can have soup with a bread roll followed by a sweet and a tea or co ee. Very good value in congenial company – they hope to see you there! Soup & Sweet Toddler Group at Cornerstone Cornerstone Toddler Group meet Wednesdays (during term time). 10am to 11.30am at Cornerstone Church, New Road, Hythe. Each session is £1 per family which includes drinks and biscuits. ey have a good variety of toys, books, playdoh, puzzles, simple cra and singing time. Children and babies 0-5 years and their parents/ carers are all very welcome. Go along with an open mind to join this Reading Group who read and discuss the Bible together, to form their own opinions about its message. Weekly on Fridays, 7pm to 8.30pm in the Totton and Eling Community Centre. Refreshments available from 6.30pm and further information from Julie: 07779 362358. BIBLE CLUB An update from Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) e debate around the management of water supply has increased in intensity since the last issue. At international level, the British Triathlon team have been advised to eat yoghurt and probiotics before competing in the Olympics, and a thorough hosing down with disinfectant a erwards (“It would be insane not to do so” according to one o cial). e post boat race celebrations were curtailed by instructions not to throw coxes into the ames. Nearer home, concerns about sewage dumping in the River Test and reports about unsafe bathing conditions at Calshot prompted WaterCAN members to raise these issues with Southern Water at their open day. One piece of good news which emerged was that there are plans for £14,000,000 to be spent on reducing storm spillage by increasing site capacity there. Local walkers may have noticed a large hole in the ground there. e expected completion date is May 2025. Following Lee Atrill’s talk on 29th April, discussion centred around what further action we might take. We are currently investigating the possibility of purchasing water quality testing kits in order to enable regular checks at a local level. Southern Water have o ered to speak at one of our meetings, which should help in monitoring progress. A crucial date is June, when Ofwat is due to publish its dra determination on bill increases for all water companies for the next 5 years. is will indicate how much customers will be expected to contribute towards the turnaround plans. Following mention of plastic free local traders in the last issue, Longdown Farm Shop has a range of local, plastic free produce. And in news just in, results from the Big Plastic Count based on 225,000 participants, including individuals, schools, businesses and community groups, show that in the UK we throw away 1.7 billion pieces of plastic a week! We are second only to the U.S. in terms of pieces of plastic per person. Finally, following the news that March 2024 was the hottest March ever globally, and that it was the tenth month in a row to beat warming records, there was hope in the news that 2,400 older Swiss women took a more direct, and potentially more powerful, approach to confronting the climate crisis. ey took Switzerland to the European court of human rights, claiming that, by missing its climate targets, the government was putting them more at risk of dying in a heatwave. eir case was upheld, raising pressure on other governments to act more quickly. Please check our website for news of forthcoming events and other information at e-voice.org/waterCAN, or on Facebook, or email watercan2024@ gmail.com
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