BARRHILL NEWS November 2013
B7027 Closure
B7027 Knowe Road between A714 and the D&G boundary
will be closed for resurfacing work from
09:00 hours on Tuesday 19th November until 23:59 hours on Thursday 21st November 2013,
or on completion of works, whichever is sooner.
For full details click here.
Skip
The skip this month is due from Friday1st November to Monday 4th.
The skip is intended for small items only, please be considerate to others who also want to use this faciity. It saves space if boxes etc are flattened before being put into the skip.
Bins Schedule
The shedule for bin collections for the next year is now available. It can be found on the dates menu or by clicking here.
DUE TO STAFF TRAINING
THE SURGERY will be CLOSED on
Tuesday 5th November 2013
EMERGENCY MEDICAL COVER WILL BE PROVIDED BY NHS 24
08454 24 24 24
IN A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY DIAL 999 FOR AN AMBULANCE
Remembrance Service
This will be held at the war memorial on
Sunday 10th November
at 3pm
Kildonan Craft Fair
Sunday November 17th from 2pm to 7pm
Kildonan Beer Festival
The weekend of 15th to 17th November
Good Food
Good Music
and most importantly
GOOD BEER
BCIC Community Bus Trip
NOVEMBER
Saturday 23rd
10am start
Three possible destinations: SILVERBURN, DUMFRIES or AYR
The choice to be made by those interested in going on the trip.
An earlier start may be made for the more distant locations.
FREE for ALL Residents of Barrhill
£1 for non-residents
Contact: Celia Strain 01465 821333
Community Transport in Carrick Newsletter 2
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BCIC: CAR PARK LIGHTING – SOLAR PANELS.
The lighting will be the bollard type and will be sited towards to the rear of the footpaths all round the car park.
We would like to explain to any member who is not sure how the solar panels will be beneficial to the lighting of the car park.
The Solar Panels when operating will supply electricity straight into the Scottish Power/grid supply via a meter which will record the amount of electricity going into the Scottish Power/grid supply.
The lights will be electrically supplied by Scottish Power and will have a meter, reading the amount of electricity they use.
Scottish Power will invoice us with the amount of electricity used and deduct the amount of electricity that has been supplied into the Scottish Power/grid supply by the Solar Panels.
Benefit of using Solar Panels:
Calculations show that the proposed solar panels should generate more electricity to put into the Scottish supply/grid than will be taken out. This, obviously, is why there should be sufficient extra revenue to help cover some of the maintenance costs in the long term future, when the wind farm money is no longer coming into Barrhill.
With the ever-increasing cost of energy the solar panel proposal should help the community avoid excessive expenses, particularly as the lighting will be controlled by a time clock so that the bollards are only illuminated when necessary.
Directors: Barrhill Community Interest Company.
Note: The October BCIC statement is now available here.
Memorial Hall Refurbishment
I'm sure you will be pleased to learn that our planning application for the Memorial Hall has been made and is now on the Planning Dept web site.
The planning application No. is 13/01077/APP.
Many thanks to all who have helped with the project and also to the Community Council who, by being the applicant, have saved the community a large proportion of the application fee.
Six O Club
The meetings are now taking place in the TROUT INN from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesdays
Mobile Library
The mobile library schedule has changed and it is to Barrhill's benefit.
Instead of a 4 week cycle on a Thursday it is changing to a 2 week cycle on a Friday starting 9th August 2:45pm, the next being 23rd August 1:30pm and then the pattern repeats.
I will post the full schedule in the dates section of the website once the library service sends me the details.
PNE Altercanoch Windfarm Information
PNE will be holding further information sessions in the Memmorial Hall in January/February 2014.
The current design has been reduced from 10 to 9 turbines and moved further out of the valley.
Minutes from the Community Liaison Group are avaiabl at:. www.altercannochwindfarm.co.uk
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
St Colmon Parish Church - Church of Scotland
St Colmon Parish Church has services in Colmonell every Sunday at 10am and in Barrhill Memorial Hall at 3pm once a month, which is mainly the third Sunday of the month (see below). After each service in Barrhill we enjoy tea, coffee, and refreshments and a time of fellowship.
At the Colmonell service we have our Sunday Club for children, which is for all children over the age of 3.
For more information on our services or activities please see our
website: www.stcolmonparishchurch.org.uk
The services in Barrhill are on the following dates in 2013:
17 November
15 December
All are welcome at any of our services.
God bless
Rev Stephen Ogston
Minister of Ballantrae Parish Church linked with St Colmon Parish Church
a: The Manse, 1 The Vennel, Ballantrae, Girvan, KA26 0NH
t: 01465 831252
e: ogston@macfish.com
