June 1990             Issue 32

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CHURCH NEWS Priest-in-charge: Rev. Robert Morgan, Lower Farm, Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames. Tel: 748848

SPIRIT

One thing that will happen on the day in Sandford is that some babies will be baptized. Their families will be giving thanks in public, and the family of the church will welcome new members into the community. Promises will be made about how these children are to be brought up as Christians at least until they are old enough and informed enough and practised enough to choose for themselves the moral and religious basis to their lives. They are being given the Spirit because they are surrounded by love, and wherever there is love, God's Spirit is at work. And they are born to be free, because where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.

There's been a lot of it visible lately - at least in germ. But there's a lot of slavery too - people enslaved in rotten political and economic systems, made to do uncreative and unsatisfying work instead of finding fulfillment in it; enslaved to our own weaknesses or by private fears; trapped in relationships which seem dead because God's spirit of love is not breathing through them. In all these indicators of our human condition being fractured we are challenged to open ourselves up to the good news of God, communicated in the unfathomable love and gift to the world:

PRIZE CROSSWORD WIN £10.00

Answers to xx Church Road
by the 10th June please.
Please note the prize for June is
£10.00 as no correct entries were received.

PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
JUNE

EZEKIEL 18:21,22

THUS SAYS THE LORD:

IF THE WICKED MAN RENOUNCES ALL THE SINS HE HAS COMMITTED, RESPECT'S MY LAWS AND IS LAW ABIDING AND HONEST, HE WILL CERTAINLY LIVE, HE WILL NOT DIE. ALL THE SINS HE COMMITTED WILL BE FORGOTTEN FROM THEN ON; HE SHALL LIVE BECAUSE OF THE INTEGRITY HE HAS PRACTICED.

Linda Parrott

SANDFORD ON THAMES PARISH COUNCIL

PRESENT
Mrs J Rolston (Chairman)
Mrs J Shepherd (Vice-Chairman)
Mrs G Ashburner
Mrs H Hutton
Mr M Leary
Mr M Norton
Mr A Robinson

Read and Approve Minutes
The Minutes of the previous Meeting were taken as read having been previously circulated, and signed by the Chairman. 6 votes in favour.
Proposed by Mrs Hutton, Seconded by Mr Robinson

Matters Arising. None

Correspondence

1.   SODC - Diversion Order 1990 Sandford N13. Noted
2.   SODC - Refuse Collection - Village Halls. Noted. Copy passed to Village Hall Management Committee.
3.   OCC - Kerbing works in Henley Road. Noted
4.   Letter from Professor Matthews. The Clerk reported that she had written to Highways who would deal with the matter.
5.   Rural Transport. This item will be dealt with on the Agenda of the Annual Parish Meeting.
6.   Village Hall Management Committee. AGM set for 12th March 1990 - Noted.

Matters for Consideration

General

Streetlight
Approval of estimate dated 12th February 1990, Item 2. Monies set aside and approved in 1989/90 Budget 7 votes in favour.
Proposed by Mrs Ashburner, Seconded by Mr Leary.

Free Litter Bins
Provision of litter bins, 6 No. Type D, to be fitted to lamp posts as agreed with SODC. 7 votes in favour.
Proposed by Mrs Ashburner, Seconded by Mrs Hutton.

It was agreed that the Village should enter the competition this year. 7 votes in favour.
Proposed by Mrs Ashburner, Seconded by Mrs Shepherd

SODC Central Oxfordshire Local Plan

It was agreed that the Council supported the Local Plan had no further comments to make. 7 votes in favour. The Clerk was asked to complete the form, making reference to previous observations by the Council, and return it to the District Council.
Proposed by Mrs Shepherd, Seconded by Mr Robinson.

Planning
P90/W0091 Blackbird Leys Construction of temporary road linking existing peripheral road (Grenoble Road) to housing development site B1.
No objection. 7 votes in favour.
Proposed by Mrs Shepherd, Seconded by Mrs Hutton.

Income & Expenditure.

Income	£		Expenditure	£
Ms Green (mooring)	48.00		British Telecom	26.74

Proposed by Mr Norton, Seconded by Mrs Hutton. 7 votes in favour.

Any Other Business

Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils - County Circular.
To be circularised

Community Policeman's Report. Nothing to report

LINK - Items for Discussion. Nothing to report.

Parish Council Meetings. The dates for Parish Council Meetings for 1990/91 were agreed.

Village Maintenance & Recreation Field Facilities
The Meeting was attended by three local boys, Bradley Harris, Darren Beecham and Stephen Timmins. They had offered to help with the general maintenance of the Village and had put forward ideas for the recreation field. This included the provision of goal posts, etc..
It was agreed that the boys would acquire further information and prices and the item would be discussed further at the Annual Parish Meeting on the 2nd April.

Date of Next Meeting - confirmed for Monday, 2nd April 1990 at 7pm in the Village Hall.
Date of Annual Parish Meeting confirmed for Monday, 2nd April 1990 immediately after the PC meeting.

Meeting closed at 8.15pm.

CHEMISTS' ROTA SERVICE

June
Closest to Sandford area only
The following Chemist will be open for dispensing from 5.30pm-6.30pm
Mondays to Fridays and 12 noon-1pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

Week commencing

June 3rd	M J Proctor 158 Oxford Road Cowley
June 10th	P L Jenner 236/8 Cowley Road Oxford
June 17th	Kingswood Chemists 103/5 Pound Way Cowley
June 24th	Emerald Pharmacy 34 Cowley Road Littemore
July 1st	W H Green (Chemists) Ltd 8 Rose Hill Parade