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SANDFORD - ON - THAMES MAGAZINE
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE MAY 2000

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
in the Village Hall
Monday May 8th 2000 at 7.45 pm

This is your special opportunity to meet the Parish Council.
Join in. Have your say. Ask questions. Make your comments.
PLEASE COME ALONG

DIARY DATES REMINDER

Sat June 24th	SANDFORD RIVER RUN
W/E July 8/9th	MILLENNIUM FETE & FLOWER FESTIVAL
	SANDFORD WOMENS INSTITUTE
Mon May 15th	Proposed Resolutions to the National Federation
Mon June 19th	Japanese Costume & Culture by Anne Addyman
Mon July 17th	Make-up Demonstration

STOP PRESS **** GET ON THE BUS **** STOP PRESS
Sandford has a new bus service - Stagecoach service 10B
See back for details

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Sandford-on-Thames Parish Council
Highlights from recent meetings

King's Arms Footbridge to Lock: Nothing is certain in this life, so it now seems that the Environment Agency is not willing to proceed at this time with repairs to the footbridge. This is a big disappointment, and the Council is having to re-open negotiations to prevent the closure of this important link for reasons of safety.

Community Tax 2000-01: For this financial year the Parish Council has reduced it's Precept by half to �9,000 in light of the surplus built up over recent years, and to mark the Millennium.

Concessionary Fares Scheme
Concessionary fares are available for qualified persons resident in Sandford by the issue of Bus Tokens, financed jointly by SODC and the Parish Council. The year 2000 value of the Token issue is �25, as last year.
Gina Ashburner will issue Tokens this year at 73 Henley Road between the hours of 10 am & 2.0 pm on Friday 30th June. If you are really unable to attend at this time, contact Gina on 771176.
Next year Concessionary Fares will be harmonised across the country by the adoption of a Bus-pass scheme, and we offer our thanks to Gina for all she has done in the past administering this service.

Neighbourhood Watch: Church Road Neighbourhood Watch now has a new co-ordinator for the stretch from Henley Road to River View.
Mr Alan Graham at number 45 has kindly agreed to take on this task. His telephone no. is 777293, please contact him if you see anything suspicious going on in the area.
If you have been thinking of starting up a new Neighbourhood Watch in your part of the village, please do it to-day - don't delay.

Full Council Minutes are published and posted on the notice boards.

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Community Refuse Vehicle: A reminder that the dates and times for the Community Refuse Vehicle being stationed at the Village Hall car park during the next few months are as follows:

Tuesday 9 May	08.00 - 10.45		Saturday	27 May	10.10 - 12.00
Tuesday 6 June	08.00 - 10.45		Tuesday	1 August	08.00 - 10.45

NB: The operator will not remove rubbish left on the ground, so please bin it.

Dog Fouling: It is an offence to allow dogs to foul footpaths and open areas, but there is ample evidence that it is still prevalent within this village, causing distress to walkers and to those responsible for mowing open grass areas.
Be a good citizen and scoop the poop.

Sandford on Thames Womens Institute
The Annual General Meeting was held in March, with Ruth Webb coming along from the county Federation to guide us through the procedures.
Our founding President, Pat Tuson stood down from that office, so a new President had to be elected, and after some discussion Jan Mc Callum agreed to take it on for this year. Angela Howard is continuing as Secretary, and the rest of the Committee was elected as before.

The Boundary Group meeting, held at Garsington, was attended by six Sandford members. Entertainment was provided by "The Giffords", led by the President of Crowmarsh Gifford WI with her son as the leading male singer, and included Songs from the Shows, comedy turns, monologues, and a sing-along. A buffet supper concluded a very enjoyable evening.

The April meeting turned out to be more active than usual. Joan Creese brought along her music, and we spent an hour doing "Easy Exercises, at first sitting down, and then moving around the hall, after which we were all ready for a cuppa and biscuits. Maybe we can enjoy another evening like this sometime!

Reports by Joan Inston

Future Meetings - see front page.

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NEW BUS SERVICE FOR SANDFORD
After many years campaigning for a Bus service to carry Sandford people to Cowley Centre, we have been rewarded by Stagecoach who have introduced their service 10B which runs from Sainsbury's Heyford Hill to the Hospitals, via Sandford, Greater Leys, Blackbird Leys, Cowley Centre and Hollow Way.
Details are:
Service 10B Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays)

Sainsbury's Heyford Hill	0800		1800
Sandford (Catherine Wheel)	0806		1806
Greater Leys (Elder Way)	0817		1817
Blackbird Leys (The Blackbird)	0825	then every hour	1825
Cowley Centre (opp Nelson)	0832	until:	1832
Churchill Hospital	0844		1844
John Radcliffe Hospital	0854		1854

John Radcliffe Hospital	0655		1755
Churchill Hospital	0706		1806
Cowley Centre (Post Office)	0718		1818
Blackbird Leys (The Blackbird)	0722	then every hour	1822
Greater Leys (Elder Way)	0730	until:	1830
Sandford (Catherine Wheel)	0740		1840
Sainsbury's Heyford Hill	0748		1848

The Link Magazine Supplement published by Sandford on Thames Parish Council.
This issue edited by MJ Inston. Printed by PARCHMENT, Cowley, Oxford.

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CONTENTS

Annual Parish Meeting.

Diary Dates Reminder.

Stop Press.

Parish Council Highlights.

Community Refuse Vehicle.

Sandford on Thames Womens Institute.

New Bus Service.

Last update: 3 January 2004

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