March Dragon
I wonder whether my
colleague, Wendy, realised when she raised the policy of Henham Church not
to appoint a woman vicar, how much discussion it would lead to.
Consequently, this issue boasts an extra large letters section. We welcome
the thoughts of a new comer to the village who has incorporated help from
her sister, a trainee vicar and that gives us further food for thought. The
editor suggests that maybe the subject should be closed until the new vicar
is in situ as we understand that is to happen before too long.
There
are mentions of the forthcoming Consultation meetings for the proposed new
housing and the need to ensure the missive from the Council was not
inadvertently thrown away as Junk mail as a response is shortly needed.
Cookery corner provides an opportunity to experiment with seasonal food and
produce some hearty soup. Incidentally, the apple pudding proved a great
success when I ventured to try it out.
Sheena tempts us to try out the Cock Quiz evenings with a taster of local
Questions. Can you answer them?
The
Dragons Den interview with nurse from Great Ormond Street makes useful and
stimulating reading for anyone looking for a career opportunity. Maybe this
could be the first article of many exploring different jobs and careers.
Carol
tells us how much the Book Sale raised for OSCA, which was an amazing result
and thanks are expressed to Viv and Josie for their great efforts.
Snow
drops are in the news in the gardening page and there are ideas for things
to do as soon as the weather becomes warm enough for it! Continuing the
inclement weather theme, John keeps us up to date with the latest local
tennis matches which took place in spite of the weather, while reminding us
that recent successes on the world circuit from British players might give
us something to which to aspire. His little anecdotes encourage even the
most disheartened of players.
The
Shop news gives special thanks to Pat, (who has been a great book-keeper
since the community shop opened) and to Lynn and Rob for their help with the
shop. We wish Lynn and Rob every success with their new venture.
It is
good to see how busy the Penguin class have been and they have obviously
enjoyed learning about Sikhism.
Just
a timely reminder please that articles should be submitted by the 12th
of the month to ensure publication in the following month’s Dragon.
Ros
Heywood
(joint editor)