Events and services information for Scorton & District

Issue 20 - June 2012

Queen’s Diamond

Jubilee Party

Best Kept Village

Competition

Gardening tips

Gig in the Village

Hall

Feast Cake

Recipe

Photography &

Children’s Feast classes

April in India

Scouts Open

Evening

Home start

Youth Club

Digital switchover

Gig on the Green

Clubs and Societies

Diamond Jubilee Party Monday 4th June Scorton Green

Decorated House Judging from 6pm Sunday 3rd June

Selection of Sweet and Savoury Children’s food to Tea Room for 12noon please.

Programme of Events 1pm Royal Theme Fancy Dress Parade 1.30pm Games 2pm Zumba Demonstration for all to join 2.30pm Cheerleading Demonstration from Laser Cheer Academy 3pm Ju Jitsu Demonstration from Scorton Ju Jitsu Club 3.30pm Jubilee Crafts, including making your own Crown 4pm Children’s Jubilee Tea Party (bring an extra chair) 5pm Jubilee Mugs given out by Parish Council to children who ordered 6pm Best Decorated House Award 5-8pm Farmers Arms BBQ 8pm- Live Music at the Farmers Arms 10.30pm Beacon – to be approved/confirmed Supported by Scorton Feast and Parish Council

Best Kept Village Competition

Cut and edge your lawn regularly. Plant bedding plants when the threat of frost has gone (or cover

them with horticultural fleece on cold nights). Hoe weeds on a dry day, while they are still small. It’s time to finish pruning Spring flowering shrubs . Some fast growing annuals can be sown in empty ground, e.g.

marigolds, nasturtiums, candytuft, cornflower etc. seeds are readily available.

Hedges can be trimmed providing there are no birds nesting in them, if so wait until the young have flown.

Feed roses with a suitable fertiliser when the first flowers drop. A water butt connected to the down pipe from your roof will

provide water for most garden needs. Remove flowers as they fade to encourage a long flowering

period. Have you considered a red, white and blue theme? Happy gardening!! Let’s win the Best Kept Village this year.

Scorton has entered the Best Kept Village again. The competition is judged the first two weeks of July although nobody knows the exact date. Scorton won the large village class in 2008 and this funded the hand rails on the village steps near the Post Office. Lets win again in 2012.

Here are some hints to get your garden looking in good shape for the summer

Gig in the Village Hall Thursday 28th June

13Cities

Watch out for further details nearer the time www.13cities.com

Ingredients 250 g (9oz) soft mixed dried tropical fruit e.g. pineapple, mango, papaya, apricots 100g (3½oz) raisins 1tsp mixed spice 125g (4oz) butter (diced) 125g (4oz) soft brown sugar 150ml (¼pt) cold water 225g (8oz) self-raising flour 1 egg (beaten) Method 1. Grease and line base of 900g (2lb) loaf tin. 2. Cut tropical fruit into small pieces. 3. Place raisins, dried tropical fruit, mixed spice, butter, sugar and water in a medium saucepan. 4. Warm over low heat until butter is melted, stirring with wooden spoon. 5. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins. 6. Remove from heat and cool completely. 7. Preheat oven to 150ºC (300 ºF, Gas mark 2). 8. When mixture is cool, stir in flour and beaten egg with wooden spoon until combined, then spoon into prepared tin. 9. Bake in centre of oven for 50-60 minutes, or until skewer

inserted in middle comes out clean.

Feast cake recipe - Tropical Fruit Cake

The Feast is almost upon us 19th - 22nd August

Photography Classes

Springtime Diamond Jubilee Animal or Bird Industrial Flavour Local Landscape Past Times

Donations for Feast programmes sponsor the staging of the Feast and the prize money

So when someone knocks at your door please give generously

Travelling in India is an experience not to be missed but it is not for the faint hearted. It is an attack on the senses in every way. The smell of the exotic spices versus that of the open sewers. The taste of the fabulous food versus the ever present taste of the dust. The sound of bird song verses the constant honking of vehicles and the men hocking up phlegm. The sight of the beautiful vibrant colours of the women’s clothing versus the everyday squalor in which people live and work. The feel of everything you touch having seen better days, the feel of the scorching heat, the feel of the appalling road surfaces as you are constantly jolted about and the claustrophobic feeling generated by the sheer number of people and vehicles crowding you out. It is a country where you can ride on elephants, drift along waterways carpeted with the soft mauve blossoms of water hyacinths and eat delicately flavoured fish that has been caught less than 10 minutes before. But also a country where you need to step over rubbish, walk around mangy animals, protect yourself from monkey attacks, avoid electrocution from the bare wires and deal with the constant threat of dysentery. The list is endless. I travelled in Kerala, Assam and Varanasi, I am sure that the golden triangle, which includes the Taj Mahal, and resorts such as Goa are probably sanitised for tourism and cater for those visitors who have a romantic, idealised concept of India. But if you have the stomach and the courage, step outside this protective circle and experience India as it is. You won’t regret it!! Jenny Harper

India in April

Open Children’s Section – new themes

This is just a small selection of classes available to the children, for full details please see the Feast Programme.

Toddler’s up to 2yrs

Finger Painting Decorated Kitchen Roll Tube

6 – 8yrs Olympic – Collage any materials

Edible Jewellery 9 – 16yrs

Stripey Jelly in a Glass A Single Flower in an unusual Container Something Made From Liquorice Allsorts

Decorated Chocolate Apple

Youth Club Scorton Parish Council Councillors:

Danny Jones; Fiona Hurwood-Foster; Ian Threlfall; Jenny Harper; John Yorke, Angela Heywood Clerk :Vicki Raven Ash House, Southside, Scorton, DL10 6DN 01748 811433 vraven@scorton.com The Parish Council meets in Scorton Methodist Chapel on last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm, everyone welcome

Home-Start success but we still need you!

We are now recruiting for more volunteers who are parents and who recognise

that sometimes families need some extra support to help them cope with the

stresses and difficulties of family life. If you would like more information then

please ring Kerry Ellis on 01748 850079 or email me on

Kerry@homestartrichmondshire.org.uk. For more information about the

wonderful work that Home-Start does please visit the website: www.home-

start.org.uk

Do you think Scorton needs a Youth Club? Scorton Parish Council along with the Youth Team at North Yorkshire County Council would like to start a Youth Club in the village. But we need your help. We are looking for local volunteers who can assist in the smooth running of a Youth Club for village children. Interested? Then please contact the Parish Clerk (contact details adjacent).

Scouting Open evening Tuesday 3rd July

6pm onwards Scorton War Memorial Institute

Would you like to join the Scouting family? Do you want your child to do a good deed every day? Then come along to the Open evening there will be fun and games for all (girls and boys). Contact: Lesley 01748 835934

Beavers 6 - 8 Cubs 8 - 10.5

Scouts 10.5 - 14 Young Leaders 14 upwards

Juice & biscuits Camping activities

Get set for digital

This September analogue television will be switched off across the Tyne Tees region - when digital television takes over . Anyone watching analogue TV (five channels or fewer) on any set will need to convert them to digital and virtually any existing TV can be converted. Digital UK advice line: 08456505050 or digitaluk.co.uk Switchover Help Scheme: helpscheme.co.uk or 0800 40 85 900 Textphone users can call 0800 40 85 936

Gig on the Green

Saturday 21st July

‘Live Music’ Everyone welcome

Parking is a problem that all face, especially in a village setting with limited spaces. Please be a good neighbour and park with consideration to others.

Please remember ‘No Parking’ on the

grassed areas.

Parking Sable Bike Rides

Sunday 17th June Pub Ride (5.00pm) Saturday 23rd June (10.00am) Sunday 22nd July Curry Ride (5.00pm) Saturday 28th July (10.00am) Saturday 18th August (10.00am) Saturday 29th September (10.00am) Saturday 27th October (10.00am)

Contact details on back page

If you would like to contribute any information, events, articles or letters in future issues please send to Parish Clerk (contact details under Scorton Parish Council).

Jubilee Week Recycling Collection

Wednesday 6th June

Details of local Clubs, Societies and Church Services

Annie’s Stitchers St Mary’s School Hall alternate Thursdays 7.30—9.30

Contact: Annie 01748 823223

Archery Practice on the Archery field next to Beck Green on Wednesday 7.00pm – 8.30pm & Sunday 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Contact: Paul Scudamore 07968 429212

Beavers/Cubs/Scouts/ Young Leaders Scorton War Memorial Institute Contact: Lesley 01748 835934

Cool Club For 5 - 8yr olds on Monday 3.45 –4.45pm (term-time only) at Scorton Methodist Chapel enjoy Craft, Drama, Cooking, Bible Stories and Fun Contact: Mrs. A Heywood, 01748 810850, or Mrs L. Jones 01748 818144

Domino Drive Every 3rd Tuesday in the month Contact: Ian Threlfall 01748 811323

2MCs' Club for 8 to 11-Yr olds on Monday 6:00 - 7:00pm (term-time only) at Scorton Methodist Chapel . Contact: Mrs. A Heywood, 01748 810850, or Mrs B Robinson, 01748 811294

Footpath And Bridleway Walks Round Scorton—Monthly guided walks Contact: Jenny Harper 01748 818033

Goshin Ryu JuJitsu Kai - For all ages on Friday evening 6.30 - 8.00pm Contact: Sensei Jimmy Nesbitt on 07747 456601 or 01748 810461 www.jujitsu-scorton.sports.officelive.com

Mums and Tots Scorton Institute Thursday 9.30 –11.30am Contact: Scorton Village Pre-School 01748 812825

Short Mat Bowling Club Every Thursday. Scorton Institute (recommencing September) Contact: Rita Richardson 01748 811539

SABLE Rides Monthly bike rides from Scorton

Contact: John Yorke 07795 097985 or sablerides@btinternet.com

Scorton Methodist Chapel Worship Service every Sunday 10.30.

St Mary’s Parish Church Service every Sunday 9.30am -First and third Sunday Holy Communion, second and fourth Morning Prayer, Family Service every fourth Sunday.

Young Farmers Catterick Village Hall every Tuesday 7.30 12 –26yrs Contact: Richard Walton 07734 833878 Zumba Fitness Class & Body Metaboost Scorton War Memorial Institute every Wednesday 7.30pm - 9pm Contact: 07834169221 www.JXFitness.co.uk

HIRE SCORTON WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Main Hall (including use of kitchen if needed) Local Clubs & Ordinary Meetings—£12.00 Private & Family Parties—£65.00 Children’s Parties up to 7.00pm—£30.00 Children’s Parties up to 10.00pm—£35.00 Anteroom or Annexe per meeting - £8.00 To hire the Hall Contact Jeff Taylor on 01748 812320