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Sponsored Cycle Ride - 11th September
Congratulations and grateful thanks to the following valiant cyclists who, battling against strong winds, between them raised the magnificent amount of £880.90 which will be shared equally between St Andrew's Church and the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust: -
Denise Burchell, Rosi Gerrell, Julia Reisz, Dione Shirreff and Chris and Wendy Sinclair. A big "thank you" also to their very generous sponsors and to the stewards who welcomed 58 cyclists to St Andrew's.
Each generation has a responsibility to maintain our wonderful churches for the benefit and pleasure of future generations, and Walberswick people are obviously aware of this!
Ruth Bassett
WI
The Role Of The Drugs Dog
We hold our Annual General Meeting on the 10th of
November starting at 2.30 p.m. in the Village Hall. This will be followed by a speaker from H.M. Prison, Hollesley Bay, on the role of the drugs dog. Visitors are welcome to hear this talk, which should begin soon after 3 o'clock.
Julia Josephs
Walberswick Heritage Centre
The season has, once again, come to end. A big "thank you" to all the volunteers who manned the centre on the cold, wet days; as well as the sunny ones!
In appreciation of the work done, the staff from Suffolk Coasts And Heaths have organised two speakers for the evening of Tuesday 9th November 2004, in the Village Hall at 7.30 p.m., followed by eats and drinks.
Invitations will be out soon and I would be grateful for help with the food.
Please ring me on 723755
Maureen Thompson
Voluntary Help Centre
The Splash Hut, Field Stile Road, Southwold. Tel: 724549
The Voluntary Help Centre was established in 1987 and is run solely for the benefit of people in Southwold, Reydon, Walberswick, Wangford, Wrentham and the surrounding villages. We run a car service where local residents can ask to make trips to the hospital (for appointments and visiting), doctors, dentists, for personal business, shopping, hair appointments, etc. We also provide help with shopping for people unable to get out, befriending the housebound and lonely and we offer respite care to give carers a break. We also act as an advice Centre and can offer advice and help for all sorts of different things - we are simply here to help where help is needed. If you, or someone you know could benefit from using the VHC, please get in touch and we will do our utmost to help. If we are unable to help directly, we can usually point you in the right direction. Similarly, if you are in a position to offer some help as a volunteer (drivers are particularly needed), we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you would like more information about the VHC, please get in touch.
Tricia Scott, Co-ordinator
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Scottish Dancing
Would anybody be interested in doing Scottish Dancing in the Village Hall? If so, please 'phone me on (01502) 723287 to see whether it might be feasible.
Dione Shirreff
Blyth Valley Computer Society
Our speaker for the first meeting of the new season was Tom Salusbury who is team leader of the Biotech Sector of UK Trade and Investment, a joint project of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign Office. Tom, who lives locally, gave a fascinating talk about the unravelling of the DNA code. Every living cell contains two miles of DNA with 46 chromosomes and 30,000 genes.
Sequencing DNA in the 1980's was painstaking work with pipettes and test tubes but advances in computer technology led to computerised robotics and laboratories on a chip techniques able to tackle the enormous amount of testing and calculation needed.
Eighteen countries joined the Human Genome project in 1990 supporting it with public funding. The work was
completed two years early in 2003.
The DNA codes sequenced include a round worm, a puffer fish, a weed, a rat and a person (whose identity is secret!). The potential applications of this knowledge include improved diagnosis of disease, individually customised drugs, earlier detection of genetic predispositions to disease, energy sources and environmental applications, forensics, agriculture and livestock breeding.
Our next meeting is at the Village Hall at 7 p.m. on Friday, 12th November. The talk will be about new software that is revolutionising the world of estate agency. It's bound to be fascinating.
Piers Ford-Crush
News From Southwold Surgery
Following the excellent news of the decision of the Town Council to allow us to build the new Health Centre on their land by the Fire Station, subject to a few caveats, planning is slowly moving on. The next hurdle is to get the Waveney Primary Care Trust (PCT) to agree a high priority for our new development. Having then got that, planning can begin in earnest.
All our patients need to be aware of the change of contractor for the times when the surgery is closed. From 1st Oct. '04, Anglian Medical Services (AMC) will provide the cover. Patients should ring the Surgery in the normal way, the answerphone message will tell you what number to call in emergencies.
There will be no Saturday morning service at the Surgery from Saturday 2nd Oct. '04, onwards. This was an emergency service only, but some patients found it convenient to pick up their medication on Saturday morning. We regret that this will no longer be possible. Remember, two working days is required to process prescriptions, this means that those given to us either by 'phone or posted late Friday or Saturday will not be seen until Monday and will not be ready for collection until late Tuesday. Conversely, those put in on Thursday will not be ready until late Monday.
Please plan ahead for your repeat prescriptions, or you will be disappointed and we do not want that to happen.
Alasdair Wilson, Practice Manager
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