March 2009 Archives

An Orthodox Jew and a Muslim community leader, both from Israel, shared the platform as guest speakers at Gerrards Cross Methodist Church on Monday, March 16.
Eliayahu McLean Rodef Shalom and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari belong to Jerusalem Peacemakers, a multi-faith organisation that aims to promote peace across the religious and political divide in the Holy Land.

Lovers of the murder mystery dinner genre could soon be face to face with an imaginary killer.
Millennium Productions, fronted by Gerrards Cross based John Draper, is proposing to present a drama at the Ethorpe Hotel on Thursday, April 23, at 7pm.
Mr Draper was the inspiration behind the musical, The Century Sings, which premiered at the Elgiva in Chesham during September 2006.
Ticket information is available from Mr Draper on 01753 888 666.

This is a list of the latest planning applications registered with South Bucks District Council.
Any person wishing to make representations should do so in writing to Development Control either by email to planning@southbucks.gov.uk, by letter or via 'Planning Online' on the website.

Residents of a road in Gerrards Cross continue to be angered at the behaviour of truck drivers who use their street as a layby and a dumping ground.
People who live in Heusden Road off the A40 have put up with the problem for years and are now demanding that something is done about it because they feel that they cannot continue to live in the squalid conditions.

Girls at Maltmans Green School took part in a nation wide event to help children with liver disease.
Pupils at the school in Maltmans Lane got involved in the Children's Liver Disease Foundation's Big Yellow Friday event last week.
Girls decorated yellow rubber gloves to raise money for the charity, which funds research into the causes and treatment of childhood liver disease.

The Rotary Club of Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St. Peter organised the first round of the national 'Rotary Youth Speaks' competition.
Max Thomas, George Hayes and Will Dent from Thorpe House School will be giving their speech at the Ethorpe Hotel in Gerrards Cross next week.

Chiltern House in Gerrards Cross held its annual championship quiz night in the Memorial Centre last Friday.
This year's winners of the Championship Shield were Hazel's Nuts from Hayes, led by Hazel Hunter, closely followed in joint second by the Long Woodenheads and Ickenham Allsorts, who always appear in the top ten.

Eleven year old boys and their parents in south Bucks are facing a nail-biting wait on grammar school waiting lists after school offers last week were limited to significantly smaller areas than last year.
Bucks County Council has said that more children than usual passed the 11-plus exam this year.

Hundreds of youngsters descended on Gerrards Cross at the weekend for an annual race event.
The Junior Fun Run took place on Saturday morning at Thorpe House Sports Field, and saw 144 children aged between seven and 11 running in the event, which had been organised by the Misbourne Matins Rotary Club.

Something fishy went on at Gayhurst School when pupils there were visited by two chefs.
On Friday, Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi arrived at the school in Bull Lane to demonstrate to the boys the variety of ways that fish could be cooked.