As part of the Jubilee celebrations, Open Dawes propose a PHOTO EXHIBITION of “A Day In the Life of Hernhill Parish”, a snapshot of village life in one day, capturing the ordinary, every-day activities of everyone living, working, walking or just passing through the village.

We would like everyone to join in and photograph themselves, their neighbours, the post-man, the workmen, animals, plants, buildings, everyone and anyone, anything and everything, they see in the parish on the day, doing their every-day activities.

If you have a digital camera and are willing to volunteer as an amateur photo-journalist for the day, (or evening) please contact me. If you would like to be included in the project, or have any suggestions of what should be included, but do not have a camera, we can send a volunteer with a camera out to you on the day. We would like to include as many residence of the parish as possible (everyone, ideally!) If you do not have a digital camera, but would like to take your own photos, I do have a scanner and can scan photo prints for inclusion in the project. We will ask for photos to be submitted by 8th May, so that we can display them over the Jubilee weekend. They will then be made permanently available on the hernhill.net website. Please contact Miriam with offers of help or suggestions on 0227 752189 or

Miriam@machin.f9.co.uk

All photos should be taken on Tuesday 1st May 2012 please – get your cameras ready!

Walk to Crooked Oak, Sunday 29th January

Families and individuals are invited to join us for a guided walk in Blean Woods Nature Reserve with

Local Expert David Shire

We will visit the moated site near Crooked Oak and look at other archaeological and natural landmarks on the reserve.

10.00am       Meet in the car park of The Red Lion, Dunkirk for a 1 – 1 ½ hour walk and a drink/meal in The Red Lion

Roast Dinners available

Please ring Miriam on 01227 752189, or email miriam@machin.f9.co.uk if you would like to join us.

Please bring a donation for Tree Aid.

No Dogs

Because of the dry weather there is not much to see at Elmley at the moment, so we will now be visiting Oare wildlife reserve instead, where it IS wet and there are lots of birds to see.

We will visit Elmley at a later date TBC.

10.45am  Meet at Hernhill Village Green to drive in convoy

11.00am Meet at Oare Reserve Car Park

The walk will be approximately 1 – 11/2 hours, with a stop in a hide.

Directions: http://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/pdfs/reserves/oareMarshes.pdf

Photo: tripadvisor.co.uk

Apologies if you are disappointed because we are not going to Elmley this time, but there really will be more to see at Oare!

Please contact miriam@machin.f9.co.uk if you would like to come.

“We are just finalising our accounts for the 2011 fireworks event, and despite the bad weather and resulting lower attendance, we have still made a profit of around £3,000.  I would like to thank all the committee and everyone who helped over the weekend, for all their hard work. It really is a team effort.

This year we will once again be able to offer a donation to the Village Hall as well as the Church Restoration Fund.

Although the fireworks event is the major fundraiser for the DCA for the year, we would very much like it to become more of a fundraiser for the whole community, especially since there are discussions in progress regarding the better joint use of both the DCA and Village Hall buildings.

There are more and more people from the village getting involved and we are keen to encourage locally based stall holders etc. Obviously the event would not be possible without the long term support of the Dawes family, but in these very difficult times, the fireworks event represents a real opportunity for more of our community to work together for the benefit of all.

This year’s date for the fireworks event  is November 3rd. I would encourage any newer and or older members of our community to get involved in any small way they feel they can. This can be help with set up on the Friday/Saturday. Help on the night or help with packing up on the Sunday morning. We are really trying to spread the load amongst more people so that no one has to give up too much time”.

Felix Krish – Fireworks Committee Chair

Lanterns

Image John Plunkett guardian.co.uk

Craft Workshop for Children

Saturday 19^th November 11.30 a.m. DCA Centre

Free for DCA members (£1 non-DCA members)

Something like this : Tin Can Lanterns or  Jar Lanterns

Suitable for all ages and abilities. We will be making lanterns out of recycled tins and jam jars. Please bring a clean jam jar and a hammer if you have one, tin cans & other materials will be provided.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring a picnic lunch.

contact Miriam@machin.f9.co.uk 01227 752189 to reserve a place

Everyone Welcome!

Eighteen children and their parents had a great time
either creating collages based on ” The Snail ” lead by Sarah McNulty, or creating their own cartoons with the help
of Michael McNulty.

To see more of their creations click here:

Matisse The Snail:Colour and Collage

or come and see them in the Village Hall on Friday at the Exchange Cafe.

The next art workshop for children will be held on 18th November 2011

Charity Fireworks Display 2011

at Mount Ephraim, Hernhill will be held on

5th November at 7.30pm

Tickets £9 in advance, £12 on the gate – each ticket admits 1 adult + 3 children under 14

For Tickets  Click here

Or available from any of the outlets listed here

Licenced Bar & Food Available

Spectators must not bring their own fireworks or sparklers

Enquiries: Please contact 07513 750145

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Volunteers needed to help on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. If you can help in any way, however small, please call 07513 750145 or 07931 354989

(Printable at A4)

Under 8s : Under 8′s 2011-2012

Under 9s : Under 9s 2011-2012

Under 10s : Under 10s 2011-2012

These documents will be permanently available on the website here: http://dawesca.co.uk/herons-football/latest-news-events/

This four week series is fully-booked, if you would
like to be put on the waiting list for the next series, please e-mail the Forum or
contact Miriam Layton.

     

Starting Friday 14 October, Boughton Golf Club will be
running lessons for children for a four-week period from 3.45 – 4.30pm on the
village playing fields. Coached by one of the club professionals, sessions will
include stroke technique, indoor and outdoor play, soft-ball sessions and
more.

The four sessions will be run either side of half-term on Friday 14 /
21 October and Friday 4 /11 November

The entire course will cost only £14 (£3.50 per session),
and there will be then be possibility of developing them into regular sessions,
plus competitions / driving-range sessions at Boughton Golf Club.

Click here
to view / download the flyer.

The session will be approximately 2 hours long, including time for lunch. Hot
and cold drinks will be available for a small donation.

Find out more about the Snail here : http://www2.tate.org.uk/imap/pages/animated/cutout/matisse/snail.htm